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Linda Warhaftig was cooking dinner in her North Brunswick, New Jersey, home in December 1998 when she heard a thud in the living room. Rushing over to the kitchen doorway, she found her 20-month-old son, Cameron, facedown on the ceramic tile floor. The plastic safety gate dividing the two rooms had given way when the toddler leaned into it -- and he fell on top. After calming Cameron ("He was more shocked than hurt," Warhaftig recalls), she removed the damaged gate and put it aside until she and her husband could check it.
About an hour later, Cameron started "making funny noises," says Warhaftig -- clearly he was choking on something. She quickly picked him up, and a hinge pin, which must have broken off the gate, popped out of the toddler's mouth.
"Thank God, Cameron was fine," Warhaftig says. "But what if I hadn't been the one watching my son that day? What if that gate had been the one at the top of the stairs? That makes me really nervous."
Nervous is how most new parents feel when they look around their homes and discover all the hazards for young children. Loaded bookcases. Electrical outlets. Hot stoves. Parents conscientiously buy locks, latches, covers and gates to protect their kids. Or they may even call in a professional to childproof their home.
But that's not enough, a Good Housekeeping Institute team has discovered. You have to know which childproofing products to choose: Many don't work well and some are inconvenient to use. Over the past two years, for example, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled two types of safety gate. And emergency rooms and distressed parents have reported thousands of injuries associated with safety gates. Other products are still on the market.
But our special report is more than a warning. We point you to the best products, tested by our engineering team, not just for safety but for relative ease of installation (the "Bob Vila test") and ease of use (the "Houdini test"). If you have to be extremely dexterous to use a product, we can't recommend it.
Of course, no product should substitute for supervision, stresses Steve Weinstein, vice president of the International Association for Child Safety. But many accidents happen when parents are a few feet away. "Babies are stronger, smarter, faster than you think," Weinstein observes. That's where effective childproofing comes in.
Cabinet Locks
Top Choices
The First Years Cabinet Safety Lock model 3337 ($2.49 for two) and Kidco Cabinet Lock model S110 ($3.99). Both plastic U-shaped locks hook around cabinet knobs or handles in seconds. Pinch to release.
Tot Lok/Safety 1st Magnetic Cabinet Locks ($17.98 for four). Run a magnetic key over the surface of the cabinet to unlock it. These locks can be "turned off" for busy times. Above-average carpentry skills are required, but these were the best locks we tested.
Not Recommended
Mommy's Helper Safe-Lok model 0356 ($9.95 for eight). Adults will have trouble opening this one.
The First Years Two Flexible Cabinet Safety Locks model 3543 ($2.99 for two). The zip lock can easily shift out of alignment, and requires a screwdriver to readjust.
Child Safe Inc. Child Safe ($29). This plastic safe, designed to house toxic products inside a cabinet, is difficult to open and close.
Safety 1st Cabinet Slide Lock model 12013 ($9.95 for four). There's not enough room for an adult's fingers to release the lock easily when this lock is used on knobs.
Drawer Locks
Top Choices
Tot Lock/Safety 1st Magnetic Cabinet Locks (see above) Safety 1st Cabinet and Drawer Latches model 116 ($1.99 for four). Plastic latch prevents kids from opening drawers. Parents press a tab to open, and when the drawer is closed the device re-latches automatically.
Appliance Locks
Top Choices
Safety 1st Oven Lock model 241 ($4.95). A two-piece plastic hinge that resists up to 33 pounds of force.
KidCo All Purpose Locking Strap model S400 ($4.99). This flexible plastic strap sticks onto the dishwasher door. In our tests, it resisted 20 pounds of force.
Not Recommended
KidCo On/Off Appliance Lock model S330 ($3.99). The locking tabs are so small they don't always lock properly, and the adhesive failed to hold the lock in place on a hot oven.
Toilet Locks
Top Choice
Gerber Safety Toilet Lid Lock ($4.29). It's easy to install -- the device sticks onto the top of the toilet seat -- and you just swing a lever to open it. Lid automatically locks again when you shut it.
Not Recommended
Mommy's Helper Lid-Lok ($9.95). You have to press on two tiny tabs to open the seat; houseguests (especially baby-proofing neophytes) may struggle with it. It's hard to keep clean and you have to remember to re-latch the device when you're done.
Anti-scalding Devices
Top Choice
My Own Shower ($24.99). This extra showerhead mounts at your child's height (with a suction cup). Inside, a safety valve cuts the water supply if the temperature gets dangerously hot.
Cabinet Locks
See Kitchen (above).
The Stairs
Safety Gates
Use only hardware-installed safety gates at the top of the stairs.
Top Choices
Evenflo Home Decor Swing Gate ($99). You have to be handy to install this heavy-duty wooden gate, but it's worth the effort: It locks automatically each time you close it.
KidCo Safeway Gate model G20 ($59.99). A tough, wall-mounted gate, made of coated steel. Downside: It needs to be re-latched after you walk through.
Not Recommended
C&T International Deluxe Slam Shut Gate ($59.95). This pressure-mounted metal gate can open from either direction, not a smart idea for the top of the stairs.
In addition, the spring-loaded door is narrow -- and the high threshold could trip someone.
Railing Protectors
Top Choice
Safety 1st Railnet. model 11796 ($22.99 per 10 feet). This nylon netting can be installed along railings to keep kids from falling or getting their heads trapped.
Safety Gates & Devices
Top Choices
Evenflo Extra Wide Soft Gate ($32.99). This portable, pressure-mounted gate is made of a durable nylon that's sturdy enough to keep young kids out of "off limits" rooms. A good choice to take to Grandma's.
Telko Kid Safe Door Monitor model KS503 ($19.99). An easy-to-mount device that sounds an alarm if your child opens "forbidden" doors.
The Living Room
Furniture Guards
Heavy bookcases should always be attached to the wall with brackets and screws. But with kids around, you also need to anchor freestanding shelves, TV stands, and dressers.
Top Choices
Mommy's Helper Tip-Resistant Furniture Safety Brackets model 02263 ($7.95 for eight). These nylon straps, which anchor bookshelves or other furniture to the wall so kids can't tip over the item, must be screwed into a wall stud.
KidCo Soft Touch Corner Protectors model S340 ($4.99 for four). Soft rubber/plastic corner guards adhere well to different surfaces.
Not Recommended
The First Years Safety Corner Bumpers model 3332, Safety Furniture Corner Cushions model 00111, Kid Kushion Corner Kushion model 6001. They're too pliable; toddlers can remove them.
Fireplace Protection
Top Choice
Millennium Products Hearth Safety Cushion (prices vary). Custom fitted to your raised hearth, this cushion protects your child from rough edges.
VCR Guard
Parent Units VCR Guard ($10.95). This plastic shield prevents kids from playing with the controls or sticking objects in the tape slot.
Around the House
Electrical Outlets
Top Choices
KidCo Standard Outlet Cover model S210 ($4.99). It replaces your existing outlet plate. When you pull out a plug, a sliding cover snaps into place.
Safety 1st Power Strip Cover model 10409 ($13.98 each). Houses an entire power strip, with room for AC adapters (oversize plugs).
Safety 1st Plug 'N Outlet Covers model 10404 ($7.99 for two). This plastic cover keeps kids from fiddling with the outlet or unplugging an appliance. It's a little tricky to open, so it's best for items (such as the TV or clock radio) you rarely need to unplug.
Not Recommended
The First Years Hinged Safety Caps (99 cents) and Safety 1st Individual Outlet Plug Caps (99 cents for six). Though these caps work, adults may find them tough to remove.
The looped cords on blinds can strangle a child. Always keep them out of reach, or cut the loops and tie loose ends.
Top Choice
Mericon's Cord Wraps ($9.95 for a 12-pack). Just wrap excess cord around these cleats. This blind protection system screws into your window moldings.
It's tragic enough when a child is injured because a parent neglected to take the right precautions. But what can you say when a safety product itself causes the accident? Some devices are simply poorly designed. Others are risky because they can give parents a false sense of security. The following products have led to thousands of injuries and a number of deaths.
571 injuries since 1994* They seem practical: rings and seats that hold your baby upright, leaving your hands free for washing. But according to a Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) study, the use of bathtub seats may increase the risk of drowning: They can give parents and baby-sitters the mistaken impression that it's OK to leave a child alone in the tub while they grab a towel or answer the phone.
Colleen Finnegan of Manhattan, Illinois, saw what can happen. A few minutes after she set her six-month-old daughter, Ashley, in a Safety 1st bath seat, the suction cups lost their grip. Ashley tipped over face first into the water and got her shoulder wedged beneath the seat's bar. "If I hadn't been there, she could have died," Finnegan says.
The Finnegans were lucky. At least 45 children have drowned in bath seats and rings since 1983. Says Don Mays, GH Institute director, "This type of product shouldn't be sold."
*All figures are from National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, an emergency room database, indicating all accidents associated with the category.
**Including accidents involving railings on cribs.
Danger Zones
43,376 injuries since 1985 Pressure-mounted gates aren't the only problem. Some safety gates have openings big enough for kids' hands and feet -- which invites curious toddlers to climb on (and over) them. Other models have been taken off the market for different reasons. In 1999, white plastic stairway gates from North States Industries (model 8675) were recalled because their lock could open if the gate was shaken. First Alert True Fit pressure-mounted safety gates (model CSSG1) were recalled in 1998 because small pieces could break off, posing a choking hazard.
If you're installing a safety gate at the top of the stairs, experts recommend a hardware-mounted model (you may want to hire a pro to help you install it). Avoid gates with small gaps, including the old wooden accordion-style gates with diamond-shaped openings.
70,843 injuries since 1985 Parents often use these portable railings, which attach to the side of a bed, when their children graduate from cribs to twin beds. With a poorly designed bed railing, a toddler could suffocate between the mattress and the railing or get his head caught in a gap between the bedpost and the railing. Between 1990 and 1998, at least eight children died as a result of such flaws. Another concern: Seven of them were less than a year old -- too young to be sleeping in an adult bed with a railing.
"Bed rails are not designed for infants," says Robert B. Waller, Jr., executive vice president of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association. "They should never be used in place of a crib." Adds CPSC chairperson Ann Brown: "The only safe place for babies is in a crib that meets current safety standards and has a firm, tight-fitting mattress."
Railings are intended for kids who can get out of bed on their own -- typically two- to five-year-olds. If you do use a bed railing, make sure it has no gaps between three and a half and nine inches wide and no protruding screws or rivets. Currently, the American Society for Testing and Materials is developing a standard that would require such measures.
Stroller Buckles
1,765 injuries since 1998 A 1997 Temple University study found that 27 percent of two-year-olds are able to undo three different types of stroller buckles. In some cases, safety clasps can pop open on their own. That's what happened on 18-month-old Ian Evans's high chair. After his mother, Jamie, had finished feeding the Hornell, New York, toddler lunch, she removed the tray. The clasp holding the safety belt in place came loose, and Ian fell out and hit his head, sustaining a large bump.
When John Galbreath of Reisterstown, Maryland, noticed that his two young daughters were able to undo all sorts of so-called child-resistant buckles, he petitioned the CPSC, calling for changes to the design standards of safety buckles. The commission is studying the problem. In the meantime, keep in mind: If you can open it easily, your two-year-old probably can too.
Hidden Household Hazards
Childproofing can be tedious. It may take at least 12 hours -- and that's if you're fairly handy. So some parents may prefer to hire a professional. If you do, ask about the childproofer's training: Most go through at least a weeklong apprenticeship. Find out whether his insurance policy includes "completed operations," which gives you recourse if something goes wrong. For the name of a professional near you, contact the International Association for Child Safety, 888-677-IACS. Prices range from $200 to $1,000, including products.
Even a trained eye might miss a thing or two. Here are a few other hazards to look for:
Bathroom Stuff Besides the well-known dangers (cleaning supplies and medications), lock up vitamins (an overdose of iron is a toxin), and keep mouthwash out of reach (it contains alcohol). Analgesic creams such as Ben-Gay, which contain methyl salicylate, are twice as toxic as aspirin.
Plants Not only can kids choke on leaves, but certain varieties of plants and flowers -- including azaleas, daffodils, mistletoe, hyacinths, irises, lilies of the valley, holly berries, snake plants, tulips, and jasmine -- may be poisonous. Place these plants on a tall table or buy hanging varieties so that kids can't reach them.
Closets Toddlers love to play inside them. But first you need to replace metal hangers with plastic ones and get rid of any dry-cleaning plastic bags, which pose suffocation and choking hazards.


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Stocks Shrug Off Caterpillar Catastrophe
U.S. stocks recover from Caterpillar's disappointing earnings report, and look ahead to GDP data. Jonathan Cheng reports on The News Hub. Photo: Associated Press.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd posted a 171.1 percent jump in net profit in the fourth quarter as its revenue rose 84 percent, according to a regulatory filing by major shareholder Yahoo Inc.
For the quarter ending December 2012, net income attributable to Alibaba Group was $642.2 million while its revenue for the period was $1.84 billion, the filing said.
Yahoo, which owns about 24 percent of Alibaba, reported the privately held online shopping giant's results as part of a document filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Industry watchers widely expect Alibaba to seek an initial public offering as early as this year and some say the company could fetch a valuation as high as Facebook Inc's $100 billion.
Late last month, Alibaba bought an 18 percent stake in Sina Corp's popular microblogging platform, Weibo, for $586 million.
For Alibaba's financial year ending September 30, the company reported a 78 percent rise in revenue to $4.1 billion while net profit attributable to the company rose 80.8 percent to $484.5 million. Alibaba's October-to-December period was previously the first quarter but that was recently changed.
Alibaba is China's largest e-commerce company offering platforms where millions of Chinese shop for everything from kitchen appliances to clothes.


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Corpse Party: Tortured Souls
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls -The Curse of Tortured Souls- (コープスパーティー Tortured Souls ―暴虐された魂の呪叫― Kōpusu Pātī Tōchādo Sōruzu -Bōgyakusareta Tamashī no Jukkyō-?) is an upcoming original video animation (OVA) anime series and animated adaptation of Corpse Party. It will be released on July 24, 2013.
The series consists of four episodes which can be purchased either in two boxed DVD sets for a total of 6,090 Yen ($61 USD) or one Blu-ray box for 16,590 Yen ($167 USD). The first volume DVD contains Episodes 1 and 2, the second volume DVD contains Episodes 3 and 4, and Blu-ray Disc BOX contains all four Episodes plus bonuses.
Synopsis: The anime ova will cover the first chapter of the PSP game.
OVA Staff:
Japanese Staff:
Original Work: Makoto Kedouin
Director/Supervision/Storyboard: Akira Iwanaga
Screenplay/Organization: Shōichi Satō
Key Animation Supervisor/Character Design: Masaki Takana
Music: Mao Hamamoto
Animation Production: Asread
Executive Production: MAGES
Opening Theme: "Stardust Ring" by Asami Imai
Ending Theme: "The Gleam of Fireflies" by Yumi Hara
Satoshi Mochida: Hiro Shimono
Naomi Nakashima: Rina Satō
Ayumi Shinozaki: Asami Imai
Seiko Shinohara: Satomi Arai
Yuka Mochida: Eri Kitamura
Yoshiki Kishinuma: Yūichi Nakamura
Mayu Suzumoto: Yūka Nanri
Sakutaro Morishige: Tetsuya Kakihara
Yui Shishido: Miyuki Sawashiro
Sachiko Shinozaki: Ikue Ōtani
Yuuya Kizami: Tomokazu Sugita
Naho Saenoki: Ayano Yamamoto
Yuki Kanno: Hiromi Igarashi
Ryou Yoshizawa: Satomi Moriya
Tokiko Tsuji: Momoko Ōhara
Yoshikazu Yanagihori: Daisuke Matsuo
Takamine Yanagihori: Taira Kikumoto
3: Warning!!! NSFW
*slowly hides behind the sofa*
Excuse me but I'm gonna watch teletubbies.
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Well, I hope that we might get BD over here, I'd so buy it. Would look good on my shelf
Though I guess chances are pretty low
But who knows. We even got "Training with Himeko" (or something like that? and in Bed and in Bath with dat chick over here
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Well, time to see these kids all suffer again. Poor Naomi though seems to suffer the most in the material that isn't the games. Wonder why they love using her as the sandbag to punch around.
I know yuri fans wont be happy with Naomi since she likes the main character, a guy, over Seiko.
|2013-07-24, 01:41
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They'd be right about that, each set (2 eps) runs about 58 mins. So the total run time is close to 2 hours and believe me there really is no episode cut off and it plays out more like a movie.
and for plot stuff
Spoiler for spoilers:
Over all people are going to find it hit or mess, the gore is there and well it lives it up how vivid the text in game was. The plot on the other hand... let's just leave that up to who ever watches it.
|2013-07-24, 05:42
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Well, it's not terrible but it definitely isn't good either. Obviously they mostly cared about Torture Porn. No time to sink the atmosphere in, no time to get to know the cast. It's just rushing from one scare to the next big scene. The 2nd episode alone covered chapters2-3 completely and even incorporated parts of 4-5. Wut? Nothing leaves much of an impression. Just to give one example,
Spoiler for game:
On the upside I thought episodes 3&4 were rather well done for the finale but, without a proper setup, there's only so much you can accomplish. This tells me Tortured Souls could've been a good adaptation if only they had 2 episodes more in the middle for developing the story and characters so I'd care.
Oh well.
tldr: play the game before you get spoiled by this animu.
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- An old cosmetic sponge or cheap kitchen sponge
- Multi Glitter nail polish
Next, paint the black nail polish onto one side of the sponge.
Next, paint the black nail polish onto one side of the sponge.
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The 2007 honorees of the Faithfulness in Ministry Cross Award represent three different generations of ministry, but they are united by the exemplary service they provide their congregations and communities. The award, established by the Luther Seminary Alumni/ae Council in 1991, seeks to "identify,recognize, celebrate and give thanks for alums, both clergy and lay, who have lived lives of faithfulness in ministry." In 2005, the council voted to recognize alums in three ministry categories: 10 years or less, 25 years or less, or more than 25 years. 10 years or less: Rev. Sherri Sandoz, 1996 Bethel Lutheran Church Lester Prairie, Minn.
10 years or less: Rev. Sherri Sandoz, 1996 Bethel Lutheran Church Lester Prairie, Minn.
A new pastor's first call can be a daunting experience. Now imagine that call coming from a church in crisis. Rev. Sherri Sandoz not only accepted that challenge but has remained in that parish for nine years, which has healed and grown under her leadership. Nominating Pastor Michael Short, '01, said Sandoz has "served well to bring God back to the center of [the congregation's] mission."
In addition to serving as Bethel's pastor, Sandoz is a trainer and leader for Healthy Congregations workshops and serves on the synod stewardship committee. She is active in her local text study group, apparently uninhibited by being the only woman in the room, Short wrote.
"She does it all with a good spirit," wrote Rev. Harvey L. Nelson, '71. She is a "breath of fresh air," he said, bringing insights from her Roman Catholic background and business experience to the table. She has helped her congregation look outward to engage in new kinds of ministry employing persistence, good judgment and sound Lutheran doctrine.
"Sherri has worked through lots of issues with her congregation at Lester Prairie and in the process has helped them develop a solid ministry," wrote Pastor Tim Hansen, '87. "In an age and era where it is much easier to flee rather than educate, Sherri has demonstrated a faithful response to important issues. Her involvement with Healthy Congregations and her work on the synod stewardship committee are reflections of her passion in ministry."
25 years or less: Jeffrey L. Hawkins, 1980 HOPE CSA North Manchester, Ind.
North Manchester, Ind. As pastors go, Jeffrey Hawkins truly is a man outstanding in his field--a farm field, to be specific. Since 2003, Hawkins has been executive director of HOPE CSA, or Hands-On Pastoral Education using Clergy Sustaining Agriculture. HOPE CSA is a working farm and teaching ministry for pastors who spend one day a month working and studying at the farm. The objective is to "teach an 'organic' way of thinking about all of life, from the vantage point of hopeful Christian conviction," according to the program's brochure.
"Throughout Jeff's ministry, he has been a farmer at heart," wrote nominator Rev. Dr. Dennis Wenzel, '80. Wenzel cited Hawkins' "innovative approach in parish education for the sustainability and growth of agricultural issues and increasing the health of parish pastors."
Before creating HOPE CSA, Hawkins served several Wisconsin and Indiana parishes since his 1980 ordination. He inherited his grandparents' 99-acre farm in north centralIndiana in 1987, eventually moving there and adding farm duties to his routine. Hawkins then felt himself torn between his love for the people of God and for the land. The solution came not by eliminating one or the other but by combining them in HOPE CSA.
"By engaging participants in a rhythm of work, rest and reflection, many have grown in their ability to lead the church in its mission," wrote Rev. Dr. James Stuck in support of Hawkins' nomination.
Rev. Stephen Flynn concurred enthusiastically in his letter of support. HOPE CSA provides "a very special opportunity for church leaders to grow in faith and spirit in an on-going way that is more effective and far-reaching than any other continuing education I have been involved with in my 13 years of parish ministry," Flynn wrote. "His approach deals with the whole person--physical, mental and spiritual. This is an integrative approach that touches upon all aspects of one's ministry, life and faith."
More than 25 years: Rev. Dr. Dick E. Hamlin,1958 Cave Creek, Ariz.
Pastor Rod Anderson, '74, describes Rev. Dr. Dick E. Hamlin as a pastor with a heart "as big as the house of God." Anderson nominated Hamlin for the Faithfulness in Ministry Cross for his 45 years of passionate and energetic ministry, culminating in his "transformational" work as interim pastor in parishes across the country. "Countless legions of lay people would join me and other church leaders in thanking God for Dick's interim ministry that changed their lives permanently," Anderson wrote. Since retiring at Shepherd of the Valley in Phoenix, Hamlin has continued to mentor church leaders and laity through Hamlin's Horizons Ministries, in addition to holding interim positions in the Southwest and Minnesota. While in the active ministry, Hamlin created and led "Life in G-major" evangelism conferences attended by hundreds,Anderson wrote.
Rev. Mark Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop, has followed Hamlin's ministry since they served concurrently in the St. Paul Area Synod. Hanson describes Hamlin as bringing "a passion for the gospel, a commitment to mission that is infectious, an ability to discern when to challenge and when to console. He has been a strong partner with the larger church."
Hamlin, according to Rev. Michael J. Neils, former bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod, came to him shortly after his call as bishop, and said, "I am now 70 years old, and I just want to go over my plans for the next 10 years of ministry," Neils wrote.
"Dick is a faithful and effective pastor. He brings great honor to Luther Seminary as an alum," wrote Rev. Jack Niemi, '72. In the 1980s, Hamlin received an honorary doctorate from California Lutheran University alongside the late Sen. Paul Simon and entertainer Bob Hope.
Hamlin has been "a blessing unimagind before in the expectations of every parish he has served," Anderson wrote. "I can't imagine one more deserving and appropriate for the Faithfulness in Ministry Cross than Rev. Dr. Dick Hamlin!"
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Monte Baldo is a 2218m high hill towering over Malchesine, Veneto, Italy. It's provides an astonishing view of Lake Garda which lies right next to it at an elevation of 65m. There is a cable car service from Malchesine to Monte Baldo which is most notable for it's rotating cabins on the second section which provide the riders with a 360 view along the track.
The name "Italy" is shrouded in mystery; some etymologists trace it to a Greek word meaning "the land of young cattle."Italy was fond of Jupiter and Mars from the very start, Jupiter for fatherly good luck and Mars for war!But it all began with Rome. Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus who were sons of Rhea and Mars.The twins were abandoned at birth out of a fear that they would grow up and later overthrow Amelius, usurper of their grandfather's rightful throne.Wrongful mis-doings most foul! Treachery and sabotage!! HOW would these two blessed infants make their way in such a world?As it turns out, the twins didn't have to make their way very far, because one of them killed the other one and then they weren't twins anymore. But that happens later.First they got rescued by a she-wolf who suckled them with her milk and raised them as her own until they were discovered by the shepherd Faustulus.Faustulus fed them meat and bread and also raised them as his own until they were old enough to return to Amelius and hack him up as planned. They reinstated the grandfather Numitor to his rightful throne and went off to celebrate by starting a town of their own.They chose a hilly area where the mama wolf had saved them from certain death in the barren wilderness and began scouting locations.Romulus liked one hill. Remus liked another. The circle of crows like Romulus' hill, so Romulus killed Remus and named the town after himself. Thus Rome was born and Italy with it.Text by Steve Smith.


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Please call or visit our Concierge, who will be happy to help personalize your visit.
Upon arrival, refresh and relax in the comfort of your spacious room with a number of complimentary services and amenities, including a DVD player, an iPod/MP3 adapter and bottled water.
- Enjoy your first taste of Boston with breakfast at The Bristol Lounge, which has an extensive breakfast menu.
- Take a short stroll over to the iconic Prudential Center, home to over 75 shops and restaurants.
- From there, board one of Boston's world-famous Duck Boats for an unforgettable city-wide excursion.
- After the tour, travel just a few blocks to enjoy a leisurely stroll down Newbury Street, filled with dozens of boutiques and galleries.
- Have a late lunch on one of the many patios that surround you, such as Stephanie's on Newbury, La Voile or Tapeo.
- Enjoy an intimate dinner in The Bristol Lounge, home to the award-winning Bristol Burger, dry aged steaks, housemade pastas and an extensive wine list.
- Following your main course, sample from our decadent Sundaes On Saturdays dessert buffet, available every Saturday evening between 9:00 pm and 12:00 midnight.
- Spend the evening at a performance of the world-famous Boston Symphony Orchestra or Boston Pops.
- Return to The Bristol Lounge for breakfast, and try our delicious New England Crab Cake Benedict or the famous Lemon Ricotta Hotcakes.
- Go behind the scenes with a tour of Fenway Park, home to Boston's beloved Red Sox and the oldest Major League ballpark in America.
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- A quick taxi ride from the park, visit the Museum of Fine Arts, which holds over 320,000 pieces of art, ranging from French Impressionist paintings to Egyptian artifacts.
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I found this picture of a Gios mini velo and someone's grandma. I'm pretty sure this is Taiwan and not Japan, so I guess that maybe these bikes are imported to Taiwan. Or maybe they never left Taiwan since I'm certain that these bikes aren't made in Japan. Either way, Gios mini velos are much more common in Tokyo than Taipei.
Also, I'm a bit jealous if this grandma actually owns and rides that bike.


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Poll Results
On average, how much time per day do you spend on direct diabetes care tasks?
Include glucose monitoring, insulin dosing, carb counting, and treating highs and lows
Under 15 minutes
15 to 30 minutes
31 to 45 minutes
46 to 60 minutes
61 to 75 minutes
76 to 90 minutes
Over 90 minutes
Total votes: 333
On average, how much time per day do you spend on direct diabetes care tasks?Poll dates: October 29 - November 5, 2008
Total Votes: 333
A 2006 study (see below) found that children with type 1 diabetes spend about an hour each day on diabetes-related tasks. If you allow 8 hours a day for sleep, that means that one out of 16 waking hours is spent on diabetes -- over 6% of your life. That's a lot of time.
As parents, we need to encourage our kids with diabetes and remind them that active diabetes management makes a big difference in their health. For example, research has shown reductions in HbA1c with increasing frequency of blood glucose monitoring, regardless of the individual glucose readings. Thus we should encourage our kids to check often and praise them for checking. Together we can then decide what to do based on the glucose reading -- treat a low, adjust insulin for a high, and continue on for an in-target reading. Teaching kids problem solving skills will help them grow up and take charge of their own diabetes.
Many companies are working on new technology that can help reduce the amount of time devoted to diabetes tasks while, at the same time, offering improvements in care. Continuous glucose monitors hold the promise for reducing the amount of time we spend monitoring glucose values and for helping to prevent highs and lows, which take time to treat. Closed loop systems that use continuous glucose sensors to control insulin pumps hold the promise for dramatically reducing the amount of time required to care for diabetes. While continuous sensors are available now, closed loop systems -- or even semi-closed loop systems -- remain in the research stage, but they are under development.
This chart shows how readers have answered this poll over the past couple of years:
Answer Oct 2008 Oct 2007 Oct 2006 Under 15 5% 11% 11% 15 - 30 27% 22% 29% 31 - 45 22% 15% 19% 46 - 60 17% 27% 15% 61 - 75 8% 6% 9% 76 - 90 3% 4% 4% Over 90 18% 14% 13%
Download the Excel 2007 spreadsheet with this data.
For more information, see Treatment burden and health-related quality of life of children with diabetes, cystic fibrosis and asthma
(J Paediatr Child Health.2006 Oct;42(10):596-600).
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When travelling up the Kapuas River, you will pass typical Dayak longhouses, with smoke wafting from atop roofs disappearing behind leafy ferns and rows of coconut trees. Inside, mothers will have just extracted the coconut juice to prepare a big dinner that smells most inviting. A Dayak longhouse consists of more than 50 rooms with many kitchens, making it one of the largest houses built. Although many may look delapidated, nonetheless, they are very sturdy, most built decades ago, and are made of strong ironwood.
The Dayaks are the original inhabitants native to Kalimantan, this large island which was once better known as "Borneo". They live in the interior upper regions of this huge island, amidst dense rainforests and along banks of wide rivers. Once feared for their headhunting raids, the Dayaks today live peacefully from agriculture, forest products, weaving and wood carving.
The Dayak longhouse is a large communal dwelling, where an entire community of extended families resides. These longhouses, known as betang or lamin, are normally located along river banks and are built on strong posts raised above the seasonal flooding. Such longhouses, therefore, are usually built on 5 meters and sometimes even 8 meter posts, while entry to the house is by a tangka or ladder, notched into a huge log. As the ladder is pretty precarious, visitors must be careful when climbing.
The river is necessary for the community for the supply of water and food, and of course as a means for travel, and communications with the outside world. But today such longhouses are fast disappearing or falling into disuse as people prefer to live in smaller homes rather in one large communal dwelling.
One longhouse takes a large number of families. The longhouse at Putussibau, in the upper region of the Kapuas river, for example, counts 54 cubicles, called bilik, for as many families. There is however one long veranda set aside for communal meetings, rituals, ceremonies, cultural performances or other common activities, where daily, women may be seen busy weaving and the men carving their intricate woodwork. The longhouse, therefore, provides shelter and builds a framework for continuous, informal contacts and harmonious social relations.
In the village of Saham, some 158 km. from Pontianak, the longhouse is 186 meter long and 6 meters wide, and is inhabited by no less than 269 persons.
In these houses, each family is assigned the tasks of taking care of communal safety, each must be involved in ceremonies and rituals. In all, there is a division of labour but also emphasis is on cooperation. Nevertheless, distinction is still made between aristocrats and commoners. The leader is positioned in the center of the house, with the lowest ranking on the outer side near the entrance
The original longhouses are dispersed in various places, among which are in the district of Sunge Uluk Apalin, at Melapi, Semangkok, Sungai Utik, and at the Bukung district, all in the Kapuas Hulu Region, or the Upper Kapuas. Such longhouses have become part of Indonesia's rich national heritage.
But, if you are not prepared to visit these tribal, long, train-like dwellings, a replica longhouse has been built for visitors in downtown Pontianak on Jalan M.T. Haryono. Standing inside and under this house, you can picture in your mind how incredible it must be if you were in the genuine dwelling together with some 50-odd families and livestock living below deck. This, together with the river cruise and sincere hospitality of the Dayak, would be an exceptional experience indeed.
When you take a river cruise to the Danau Sentarum National Park or the Betung Kerihun National Park, you must definitely stop by the longhouse at one of the river banks along the river. Nothing similar is found anywhere else in Borneo since here they can reach a length of almost 250 meters or even longer.
To travel into the interior of Kalimantan, we recommend that you use the services of a travel agent. A list appears in "Find Travel Agent". Packages include transportation, overnight accommodation and meals. A number offer meals with cultural performance inside a longhouse together with the dayaks community.
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Republic Indonesia


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Katherine Jackson says Prince, Paris, and Blanket couldn't be doing any better -- and according to her, they're all destined for greatness ... just like their father.
Katherine claims the "kids are doing fabulous" -- Paris wants to be an actress, Prince wants to make movies, and Blanket's got serious dancing chops.
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Sam Claflin shares his love for Hunger Games co-star Jennifer Lawrence. Hunger Games' Sam Claflin filled us in on his fitness regime and why he's Jennifer Lawrence's biggest fan…
Joining a host of TV, film and music stars a InStyle's Best Of British Talent Party was Snow White And The Huntsman star Sam Claflin. Joined by his fiancé, he looked seriously dapper in an outfit he joked he had "just thrown together". He chatted to us about this year's biggest awards season winner, Jennifer Lawrence, and getting back to reality after living in "the dream world" that was the Hunger Games.
Sam plays new boy Finnick Odair in latest Hunger Games instalment, Catching Fire, and it's clear he struck up a lasting friendship with Jennifer during his time on set: "She was amazing - love her to bits. I have all the time in the world for her and she's obviously doing hugely well."
Though he joked that her recent run of success may mean she's now rethinking their relationship: "It got to a point where I was texting her every day saying: "Congratulations, congratulations again for something else, congratulations on your nomination, congratulations on winning" and I think she must be bored of my English voice by now!"
About the forthcoming film he revealed: "I'm hugely excited to see it, but nervous to be honest. We worked so hard and had so much fun."
And it seems the hard graft wasn't just reserved to Sam's on-set experience – his diet for the active role also proved a struggle: "People think I exaggerate when I say I literally ate chicken and asparagus every day, twice a day for three/four months."
Having nearly wrapped the movie, Sam says he's more than ready to tuck back into a few hearty meals and settle back into reality: "I recently bought a house, well a year ago, but it's a matter of making it my own. So I've just been spending some time with my fiance and back to reality. I'm living the dream!"


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I want to touch you,
Purely, with words,
Plant goose bumps,
On your fertile skin,
Only with my voice.
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The image I uploaded is just a rough idea I threw together one evening. We're looking for a logo with a clean design that will be easy to brand and trademark. We're also looking for a long-term relationship with a designer, someone who understands our image and can help it to evolve along with the service / company.
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This article appears in the July 16 issue of Forbes magazine as a sidebar to "World Bank Mired in Dysfunction."
The World Bank is a place where whistle-blowers are shunned, persecuted and booted--not always in that order.
Consider John Kim, a top staffer in the bank's IT department, who in 2007 leaked damaging documents to me after he determined that there were no internal institutional avenues to honestly deal with wrongdoing. "Sometimes you have to betray your country in order to save it," Kim says.
In return bank investigators probed his phone records and e-mails, and allegedly hacked into his personal AOL account. After determining he was behind the leaks the bank put him on administrative leave for two years before firing him on Christmas Eve 2010.
With nowhere to turn Kim was guided into the offices of the Washington, D.C.-based Government Accountability Project--the only game in town for public-sector leakers. "Whistle-blowers are the regulators of last resort," says Beatrice Edwards, the executive director of the group. Edwards helped Kim file an internal case for wrongful termination (World Bank staffers have no recourse to U.S. courts) and in a landmark ruling a five-judge tribunal eventually ordered the bank to reinstate him last May. Despite the decision, the bank retired him in September after 29 years of service.
The U.S. is beginning to notice. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee insisted on inserting a whistle-blowing clause in 2011 after World Bank President Robert Zoellick approached them for an increase in the bank's capital. But because of the supranational structure of the bank, the Senate's demands are ultimately toothless.
"We can't legislate the bank," explains a Senate staffer. "All we can do is say, 'We'll give you this [money] if you do that [whistleblower protection].' But they say, 'You can't make us do that because we can't answer to 188 different countries.' "


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With normal monthly rainfall for July down by over three inches, Mayor Coleen J. Seng and Lincoln Water System (LWS) officials remind residents that voluntary outside water conservation measures have been in effect since April 1 and will continue until further notice. The public will be informed if changes are needed due to continued hot and dry weather. Current July precipitation is at .045 inches compared to the normal monthly average of 3.54 inches, according to High Plains Regional Climate Center at UN-L.
Addresses ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 are asked to limit outside water use to Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Those with addresses ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are asked to water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Citizens are also asked to wash vehicles on the same schedule.
"We have been fortunate to receive more rain this summer than last, but drought conditions continue," said Mayor Seng. "Water conservation is always important, and the voluntary assistance of the public to conserve outside water use is greatly appreciated."
LWS Engineer Jerry Obrist said current water flow levels in the Platte River are slightly below normal. Water usage has averaged 65.75 million gallons a day in July. City water officials say that is an acceptable usage, but the City will continue to monitor outside usage and river flows.
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A brochure called "A Guide to Planting Waterwise" is available on the City web site, the County-City Building, local nurseries and garden retailers, that offers water conservation tips.
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I had hoped I would write about my second outfit post today, but due to the fact that the sun decided to take a break for almost four days now, I didn't quite feel like putting on a cute dress in order to go for a walk in the pouring rain. Although, at this late hour (it's a scheduled post, yes) … that doesn't sound like a bad idea.
Instead, I started getting ready for my little trip back to my hometown, where I shall recharge my batteries, hopefully under a bright warm sun. I dream of walking barefoot, playing with the cat and the dog, taking pictures, eating delicious food and strawberries, whilst being surrounded by the people I love most.
Heading home, means I will have some time to do a little shopping so of course, I took the Spring runways as inspiration, once again, in order to add other beautiful key pieces to my – currently under construction – wardrobe. And this is what I would love to wear this summer :


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Jazz journalist James Hale's observations on the contemporary music scene, festivals, events and whatever he's been listening to.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Canada's Cloudless Sky
Now, as the release of Apple's iOS 5 and iCloud approaches, an asterisk on the apple.ca page tells the tale: iTunes in the Cloud will not be available in Canada.
Like Pandora, Hulu, Spotify, and numerous other streaming media services, iTunes in the Cloud violates various antiquated licensing and copyright regulations that "protect" Canadian cultural creators. Well, creators, face the facts: Your art is not reaching the ears of those most likely to buy your art to the extent it could. And, as digital services like iTunes continue to beat traditional bricks-and-mortar music retailers into the dust, you are being increasingly handcuffed. If the federal government cuts the $1 billion levy that flows to the CBC, your music is going to be all but unheard.
Meanwhile, the Canadian government is more concerned about increasing the mandatory jail time for petty criminals.
The federal government preaches loud and proud about the health of Canada's economy, but it is ensuring that our digital economy remains on the sidelines while other countries race ahead.
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- John Doheny said...
As` an educator, I find resources like these an absolute delight, since the ability to just dial up any musical example one wants in the moment makes for some great "teachable moments." However I remain pretty skeptical about any of these things putting my own music before "people likely to buy it," because if there's one thing my students know, it's this: nobody under 25 ever spent a nickel buying music.
They just don't see recorded music as a commodity. They don't. That horse has left the barn back in the age of Napster and frankly, I don't have any answers.
- James Hale said...
One of the issues of dispute over Canada's new copyright legislation, which will become law later this year thanks to the Conservative majority, is that educators will no longer have easy access to digital content. Academics have lobbied hard against the legislation in its present state, but that seems a lost cause now.
John. I disagree with you. The idea that a certain young generation regards music as something you don't have to pay for is not new, as demonstrated by hippies in the '60s who thought the price of a concert ticket was somehow "the man sticking it to them." In the end, though, it was the artists who educated their fans that they deserve to get paid and stigmatized the "rip-off" attitude.
Musicians today need to do the same. They should simply put their art forward and absolutely expect that people should be paying for it, not because they have technical and legal protections to ensure payment, but because paying for someone else's work is the ethically and morally correct thing to do. Stealing that work needs to be stigmatized so that people will view it as the habits of people with poor taste and breeding, the way most people view smokers now.
Musicians today are not well served by either the copyright law in Canada, or the notion that it alone is what will ensure they get paid for their work.
- John Doheny said...
I was around during the 60s, and while I was to a certain extent part of the demographic that viewed concert tickets charges as "ripoffs" (hell, we thought the Stones should come crash at our house on the floor instead of staying at some fancy hotel) that was, in fact, a very small cohort. The fact is that most young people in the 60s weren't hippies. And the Stones did pretty well for themselves in the long run.
Facts are facts, and the fact is, recorded music was worth something over six billion a year in 2009. That's about half what it was worth a decade earlier. Any business that sees it's sales decline by 50% over ten years is in serious trouble.
Recorded music is simply not seen as a commodity by young people today, at all, something that is unprecendented in the history of the medium. They've adopted Steward Brandt's mid 80s dictum "information wants to be free because the systems for delivering it are becoming so cheap" wholeheartedly, while being totally unaware of the second half of the statement, which is "on the other hand, information wants to be expensive because it's so valuable."
- James Hale said...
Does that speak to the copyright/licensing issue, or to a failure of the prevailing business model of the past to keep up? I haven't examined Sony's annual reports for the past few years, but I suspect they are not making less money for shareholders, just less from the music retailing side of the business. It's not the big players who are getting hurt—they seldom get hurt—but musicians are hurting. To bring it to a personal level, music journalists are getting hurt, too. There is a lot less money to go around for us, as well, and people are dropping out of the business. If musicians and everyone else who belongs to the music food chain below the multi-nationals like Sony don't find alternative ways to market what they do, they will continue to get hurt. If Canadian musicians want to leave it to Sony to determine whether or not their music gets heard by Canadians through digital media, then it most likely won't get heard, because there is not enough money to make it worth Sony's while, and as noted, they don't really care about music any more.


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Handmade Holiday Linky Party
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I'm an idiot on a new phone and entered my name instead of business. Sorry.ReplyDelete
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At 9500+ feet elevation, Albion Basin above Alta, Utah in Little Cottonwood Canyon offers a beautiful respite from the summer heat in the Salt Lake Valley below the canyon. In late summer, when the snows clear, the wildflowers put on a colorful display. In August of 2011, following the record snowfall of the previous winter, the wildflower bloom was one of the most spectacular in years.
Here in a meadow along the trail to Cecret Lake, you can see the red paintbrush, purple lupine, blue forget-me-not, brown coneflower, and white yarrow just to name a few. Lower on the trail, yellow balsamroot blankets the hillside. Colorado Columbine cluster among the white pines. Bluebells grow along boggy snow-melt streams. Over 120 species of wildflower attract bees and hikers alike for a summertime show.
Utah is a state located in the westcentral region of the United States of America. Utah is the 13th largest state by area, ranks 34th by population and 10th by population density of the 50 United States. Utah was the 45th state to be admitted into the Union, on January 4, 1896. Utah is landlocked, being bordered by the states of Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Nevada on the west, Colorado on the east and Arizona to the south. Utah is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population is about 2.82M with 95% being Caucasian, 2.4% Asian, 1.7% Native American and 1.3% Black. The state capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.Source: wikipedia


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Review: imici Messenger for Linux
Plugging the Phone Into the Wall
Right off the bat, I must confess that this whole Instant Messaging thing never really interested me. The amount of time I spend in front of a computer all day has (a) dulled my social graces to the sharpness of a baseball and (b) made me really, really loathe typing.
Thus, it was with some trepidation that I checked out imici Messenger 0.1.1, the first commercial multi-protocol IM client for Linux.
For those of you who have not participated in instant messaging before, the principles are really very simple. Each IM user is given a unique identifier that the IM client quietly broadcasts over the Internet, informing the world that the IM user is online and ready to chat.
When someone decides they want to converse with the first IM user, they will see his or her name on the user list with a notation of some sort that means "online." From there, it's conversation magic.
Like anything remotely useful in technology, IM has been chopped up into different messaging protocols, each one a proprietary format that allows users to communicate only within a closed system. Not that this is a big setback. ICQ, at last count, had 77 million users, so it's not like you would be hurting to find at least one person to talk to. Still, there are limitations. If you have an AOL Instant Messenger client, you are limited to chatting with AOL users. Ditto with MSN and Yahoo. And all of these protocols save ICQ are simply out of reach for the Linux community.
This is where products like imici Messenger come in. Dubbed a universal IM client, imici Messenger allows users to connect to and electronically chat with fellow users in up to five proprietary formats: AOL, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, and imici's own format.
Like many commercial ventures, imici has had this client available on the Windows platform for quite some time.
The decision to move the product over to Linux presents no big mystery. Trent McNair, the Chief Software Architect for imici, is himself a professed Linux programmer and so is much of his team. Because of their experience with Linux, McNair says, the team pushed management into going to the Linux platform next.
Not that this was a big sell to make for the company CEO and co-founder, Dante Federighi. Federighi sells the company's stance on interoperable messaging very stongly. Not only does imici want to promote interoperability across all messaging services, Federighi said, "we want to provide interoperability across all platforms as well."
Getting ahold of Messenger is simple. The beta application is available for free download at imici's offshoot Linux page at http://linux.imici.com. You're asked to register some personal stats, but this process takes just a few minutes.
The product is available for download as a binary RPM and source RPM, as well as a tarball source file. The file sizes are small (around 1.5 Mb), so users with low-bandwidth connections won't have to wait long.
Installation of Messenger is a very easy process with the binary RPM, and compiling the source was straightforward. This was done on Red Hat. I used Alien to pop the RPM to DEB format, however, and had some segfaulting errors appear. The one technical stipulation imici does place on installing the code is that your machine needs to have Qt libraries of 2.0 or higher. So, if you're not running KDE on your box, you may need to do some prepping first to get the Qt libraries.
The decision to use Qt 2.2 libraries was a no-brainer for McNair's team, as many of them are proficient in C++ coding and Qt "provides the best set of widgets out there," McNair said.
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Photos: Farmland up above
Photos: Farmland up above
Courtney Hennessey, co-founder of the Higher Ground Farm atop the Boston Design Center, tended to tomato plants.
Hennessey and co-founder John Stoddard (pictured) are using 1,400 milk crates as planters.
The urban farmers are sprouting tomatoes, basil, and arugula.
In April, before 25 tons of dirt were hauled in, the roof stood empty.
A view of Boston from Higher Ground Farm in April. At full build-out, the farm will span 55,000 square feet.
Hennessey posed on the empty roof in late April.


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Minor in Music (with an emphasis in music business)
A music minor will allow you to participate in a rich heritage of music and develop the skills necessary for a rewarding vocation that combines music with your life calling. By focusing on music business, you will uniquely prepare yourself to work in the rapidly growing and exciting music industry. This minor is often paired with a major in communication or business.
The Evangel University Department of Music is vitally interested in the spiritual, academic, social and aesthetic development of every student. The purpose of the department is to provide an excellent musical education that is thoroughly integrated with the university's emphasis on the development of strong Christian character. Within this framework, students are required to grapple with new intellectual, musical, aesthetic, social, ethical and technological challenges. The Department of Music's objectives are:
- To bring a breadth of stimulating intellectual experiences in music that will challenge each student to become a thinking and disciplined person responsive and sensitive to the needs of society.
- To encourage the search for the good and the beauty in music through formal study and consistent exposure to a variety of fine aesthetic experiences.
- To acquaint students with the physical properties of sound, the theoretical aspects of music found in nature, and the compositional procedures developed from universal natural principles.
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Each of Evangel's academic programs is made up of a set of core curriculum, program requirements and electives. The courses listed below are just a small sample of courses that might be taken as a part of this specific program.
|Introduction to Music Technology
|Assists music students in becoming better acquainted with the broad range of interrelated use of instructional technology and media materials as well as techniques associated with these items. Emphasis on the practical problems of choosing, using, and inventing instructional materials.
|Music Theory I & II
|The elements of music, including scales and keys, intervals and chords, and rhythmic and pitch aspects of music notation, along with introductory experiences at the keyboard and in sight singing.
|Worship Leadership
|Contemporary issues in Pentecostal worship in the context of biblical-theological foundations, historical development in the Christian tradition, and expression in the local church. A hands-on practical approach includes working with worship teams, instrumental accompaniments, worship literature, and multimedia
|Basic Conducting
|Fundamental techniques of the baton, basic choral and instrumental technique, and practical work in rehearsal situations.
|Performing Ensembles
|The Music Department offers an array of relevant and inspiring musical experiences for students. Our ensembles serve to sharpen musical skills, satisfy creative impulses, and provide valuable performing experience.
Evangel University's world-class faculty is made up of caring, Christian professionals who are distinguished in their fields and dedicated to the development of tomorrow's Christian leaders.
Jason Salazar: Assistant professor of music and Immanence director
Jason Salazar, assistant professor of music, has been a member of the music faculty at Evangel since 2007. Along with teaching a variety of music courses, he directs Evangel's touring worship band, "Immanence." Salazar graduated from Evangel in 1998. He then served as minister of music at churches in California and Texas. In 2001, he […] read more
Tom Matrone: Chair of Music Department and Director of Choral Activities
Tom Matrone has been a minister of music with the Assemblies of God fellowship for more than 25 years. He serves as Evangel's director of choral activities and advises the Chapel worship teams that minister on a rotating basis during each semester. Matrone is a graduate of Northwest College, and earned his Master of Music degree from […] read more
NOTE: A minor is a secondary field of interest that is meant to complement your academic major. While your major is chosen for your intended career choice, your minor may be something you pursue for your personal interest or to augment your major.
- Retail Music Management
- Music Administration
- Record Production
- Music Software Development
- Music Publishing
No special requirements for this program.
General Undergraduate Requirements
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|Graduation from high school, or having the equivalent of a high school diploma such as the General Education Development (GED) examination.
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|>Entering freshmen should take the ACT or SAT test. The codes for Evangel are as follows: SAT: 6198. ACT: 2296.
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"Mademoiselle Oliphant. It translates to 'Point zero of the roads of France.' In other words, it's the point from which all other distances in France are measured." St. Clair clears his throat. "It's the beginning of everything."
I look back up. He's smiling.
"Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come . . . Now make a wish."
Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she's less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all . . . including a serious girlfriend.
But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? Stephanie Perkins keeps the romantic tension crackling and the attraction high in a debut guaranteed to make toes tingle and hearts melt.
It also means that I can finally share this:
So. It's been another strange week. And by "strange," I mean AWESOME. Book blogger reviews for Anna and the French Kiss are popping up everywhere. Yeah, that "it's getting real" thing I mentioned last week? It's, like, totally real now. I promise I won't link to them all, but here are two (non-spoiler) reviews that I found particularly exciting. Sara and Erica decided to read Anna at the same time:
"And now, two days later, I'm still carrying it around with me. And no, I don't mean in my head, I mean LITERALLY. This book is so full of awesome that I can't let it go. I am unable to stop talking or thinking about it."
"In which I profess my love for Anna and the French Kiss" by Erica at The Book Cellar
"There was not a single thing I didn't like about it, and I can't wait until it is out so I can go out and buy a copy. The wait for her next book is going to be painfully long and I really hope she writes many many more lovely books. I would highly suggest preordering this one! It is THAT good."
Also, Myrna Foster wrote a review, interviewed me, AND is hosting a giveaway! The giveaway is for pre-orders of both Anna and the French Kiss and Kiersten White's Paranormalcy, Shelley Moore Thomas' Good Night, Good Knight, an Anna bookmark, a jar of Nutella (!), and "something pink and/or sparkly" to go with Para.
Did you catch that? ALL OF THAT COOL STUFF YOU COULD WIN? Enter, enter, enter!
Myrna was the first person who wasn't a family member or a friend who began commenting regularly here on my blog. (THANK YOU, MYRNA!) She's a friend now, of course, and because of that, I had so much fun doing her interview. And I probably said more than I'd usually say, too. Also, I'm frequently asked how I became critique partners with Kiersten White, so I finally answer that question. In great detail.
I need to get back to revising Lola, but this feels like it's been kind of a selfish me-me-me post.
Here's the video for The Dead Weather's "Treat Me Like Your Mother," which I've recently decided is the SEXIEST MUSIC VIDEO OF ALL TIME.
Which is soooooo wrong because it's filled with things that I normally do NOT find sexy (guns, violence, leather, cigarettes), but OH MY STARS. After watching the sexysexysexy Alison Mosshart and Jack White, I honest-to-goodness thought to myself, "I need to buy a pair of tight black pants and a leather jacket."
No. I do not need to buy tight black pants and a leather jacket. I would look ridiculous in tight black pants and a leather jacket.
But if angry rock stars aren't your thing, how about another giveaway?
This would be that giveaway I've been hinting about, oh, FOREVER. Arrrghhh. The humiliation! Do you see what it is? Do you see the theme?
Yes. Yes, I was. I was there in EARLY April. And I bought these presents for you, and I've been holding on to them ever since.
[Hides in shame underneath mountain of unwashed laundry.]
So. Um. If you'd like to win this special *cough cough* New York City giveaway, please leave a comment in this post that says: I Heart YA in NY!
No need to announce this contest on Twitter or Facebook or your blog. Just an "I Heart YA in NY!" comment here will be enough to enter. I'm keeping this low-key, because:
(A) It's embarrassing how long I waited to do this.
(B) I want the package to go to someone who actually read this entire post. Ha!
My giveaway includes a classic "I ♥ NY" mug filled with instant Starbucks coffee and two of my favorite YA romances set in the city, Maureen Johnson's Suite Scarlett and David Levithan and Rachel Cohn's Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Maureen's book features the HOTTEST OLDER BROTHER TO GRACE THE PAGES OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE, Spencer Martin. And if you've only seen the Nick and Norah movie, then you're missing out! The novel has one of the sexiest scenes I've ever read. (And they aren't even angry or wearing leather jackets.) I am NOT exaggerating. And it is NOT what they put in the movie.
My only warning is that Nick and Norah has a lot of strong language. Not a little. A LOT. So if this is the sort of thing that bothers you, for the love of New York, please don't enter. Seriously. (But do check out Suite Scarlett and its sequel Scarlett Fever!) And if you win, and you aren't a coffee drinker, let me know. I will gladly keep the coffee for you. Or you could save it for house guests. Like me.
This giveaway is open internationally, and I'll choose a winner next Friday, July 16th.
SO. The moral of the story is: if you've ever contacted me, and you've wondered at why I am sooooo slow at replying, um . . . obviously, I am slow at MANY things! In other words, it's not you. It's me.
("BUSY! I'VE BEEN BUSY!!" she says desperately.)
Oh! And I still have to tell you about the rest of my beach trip! I mean, I saw squirrel underpants, you guys. Ah, well. Next time.
(She says.)
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Patsy's grandson still runs that restaurant, and the family recounts this time justifiably with great pride. Greene writes,
A person recalls how he is treated not when he is on top of the world, undefeated, but when he is at his lowest, thinking he will never again see the sun.This is such a good insight for all people of faith. Not only do we ourselves remember how we were treated when we were down, it is a reminder about how we treat others when they are most in need. As Greene points out, many people didn't want to be seen with Sinatra during his "down" time, but Patsy reacted with generosity and compassion. That's a good lesson for all of us, especially those of us who are deacons.
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After being pregnant twice
I worked hard to get my hot body back but my boobs stayed huge. They are
now a nice, firm C-cup. I breast fed, maybe that helped.
I'm a naughty married gal.
My hubby doesn't mind if I play. He works long hours and he knows I am
always horny.
I'm pretty submissive. You can tell me what to do, but I can also find at
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I'm just your average house mouse gone bad. I love to talk and I can make
it really hot for us, you'll be sooo hard for me.
Cum and play anytime. Until then, I might have to start without you...


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So someone I know posted this on another board, I don't watch the news so had no ides it happened, but that's just crazy... A 17 year old mother left her baby strapped in a car seat on her apartment floor while having a cigarette with her mother outside, and at that time the 2 downstairs huskies entered her apartment and killed the child.
I'm not sure what to think, part of me thinks she deserves the charges cause she wasn't taking care of her kid, but it is her downstairs neighbour's dog who came in her house... Why were they loose?
This whole thing could have been so easily avoided.


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When some people say" hey, I acknowledge extremists are bad, but what is wrong with going to church to volunteer, give to the needy, help the community" what do you all say? just wondering
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@ liz ; right we can morals and we can give / volunteer without religion. I agree .. we really don't need religion for anything that I could think of…. But I have people that say … hey as long as they are not hurting anyone .. then let them worship a rock…….
I agree that religion has impeded human progress and has tortured and oppressed people and in many ways it is evil.. but if a moderate says I want to worship a rock I am not trying to convert anyone or hurting anyone… why cant I worship my rock on Sundays… (this is a real argument) what do we say to that
but if a moderate says I want to worship a rock I am not trying to convert anyone or hurting anyone… why cant I worship my rock on Sundays… (this is a real argument) what do we say to that
Why can't adults believe in Santa Clause on Christmas? Why do we have to tell children that the Easter Bunny is not real. It doesn't really hurt anyone, so why do we do it?
Also, as a moderate, and being aware of the extremes that religion promotes in certain circles, by simply choosing to ignore those things, because you aren't personally throwing acid in a child's face because she looked at a boy, or refusing a woman abortion, full well knowing that she and the baby will die, your hands aren't exactly clean either.
Just because you don't participate in your religion's extremes, doesn't mean that your indifference is not harmful to anyone.
For example, I grew up in Serbia during the early years of the Balkan War. I was a child at the time, and was not very familiar with what was happening aside from what I heard from the media and the adults around me.
To me, at the time, Croats were all evil, and the Serbian military was great, because they were defending my homeland.
But after growing up, and listening to different points of view, and having access to more broad information on the war, and the parties involved, I will argue against any Serb who agrees with the genocides that took place. I couldn't say anything when it was happening, because I was far too young and uninformed (misinformed), but now, that I have a voice, and evidence to back it up, I speak against the Balkan War whenever the topic comes up with my relatives, or any Serbian friends I have.
@ Sarah.There are multiple atheisim based and secular organisations. Many have been listed here.
I also own, and operate such an establishment myself and have been doing so since 2007, dealing specifically with homelessness, unemployment, poverty and basically human NEED. I am currently working on expanding this to the USA, where unfortunately, all of the above issues are rife, DESPITE the fact there are religious homeless shelters, soup kitchens..etc.. I wonder to myself, IF these religious organisations TRULY "work" to end these issues, why is it that the intention seems to be KEEPING the people going through the trials and tribulations associated with their situation, DOWN? Shoving a meal in someone's face and "praying" for them is not a solution to the issue. A temporary bed for a week and then you are back on the streets is NO solution either. Although it keeps those down and out coming back, over and over. The only ones this cycle really "helps" are these religious charities.
The work we do however, helps people with their lives, it creates opportunities, it helps give them one fundamental thing back THEIR SELF RESPECT. We find them permanent housing, help them with budgeting, retrain them so they can be gainfully employed again, if of course they cannot find work in their former career path. We help break this dividing line between the "haves" and "have nots". I actually desire it to get to a point where homelessness and poverty is not an issue anymore.. so basically.... my aim is to put MYSELF out of business with this work.
Here is a link to an Irish site called Good without Gods. The frist one Kiva is great.
Again, it's not helping that's the issue, it's all the other nonsense- http://www.atheistrev.com/2009/11/whats-so-bad-about-religion.html?m=1
I think this article provides some answers to your question.
Good and generous people do good and generous things. If they are religious, then many of them use religion as a vehicle for their natural tendencies. If they were to leave religion behind, they would still do those things.
What's wrong with throwing some worship X's way? Because, X doesn't exist, and it would be a waste of my time to fake believing in a poorly crafted fairy tale.
Bam! Well, I think you took this question, rolled it up and smoked it.
- kk
@ Nate Lundgren,
That is exactly it! They do ZIP and that is the cycle that does NEED to be broken. Religion promotes the idea of co-dependence..to it's "god" and therefore in turn, its claimed "charitable works" all done in the NAME of this "god".