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Admission Requirements and Procedures:
The minimum standard for admission to a graduate certificate program is a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by agencies recognized by Missouri State University Graduate College. Additional requirements and higher standards may be stipulated for specific graduate certificate programs and applicants should check for such requirements in the departmental section of this catalog. To be considered for admission to a graduate certificate program, a student must complete the Graduate College Application (refer to the "Admission Procedures" section). If a student is currently attending Missouri State University in a degree-seeking graduate classification, no additional application fee will be required. Once the application is received by the Graduate College, the information will be sent to the Certificate Advisor for an admission recommendation.
Plan of Study Form:
Following admission to a certificate program, a Plan of Study Form will need to be submitted to the Graduate College. This form is available on the Graduate College website at graduate.missouristate.edu/forms.htm. The Plan of Study lists all of the courses to be used toward fulfillment of certificate completion requirements. A student should work with the certificate program advisor to complete the form, as signatory approval of the advisor is required. Keep in mind that courses taken for undergraduate credit may not be used on a Plan of Study for a graduate certificate. Completed forms should be submitted to the Graduate College. If it becomes necessary to change a course originally listed on the Plan of Study, a Change of Certificate Plan of Study form is required. On a case-by-case basis, Missouri State University may accept graduate credit earned at other regionally accredited institutions. Acceptance of transfer credits on a graduate certificate program occurs through recommendation of the student's major advisor and approval of the Graduate College. No more than 6 credit hours may be transferred to Missouri State University as part of a certificate program. Collaborative programs may have different requirements. As with all credits applied toward a graduate degree, transfer credits must have been earned within the eight-year time limit for a degree program. Grades on transfer courses accepted in the degree program are included in the overall graduate grade point average.
Certificate Completion Requirements:
A Notification to Complete a Certificate Program Form must be submitted to the Graduate College during the semester in which the student plans to complete the program requirements. This form is available at graduate.missouristate.edu/forms.htm.
To be eligible for a graduate certificate, a candidate must:
- Complete the minimum number of hours required for the certificate program. Minimum hours for specific programs vary.
- Attain a grade point average of at least 3.00 on all graduate work utilized in the certificate program (that includes Missouri State University and transfer courses).
- Complete all requirements within an eight-year period (exclusive of time spent in the U.S. Armed Forces).
- Meet all additional program-specific certificate program requirements. The certificate is mailed to the student approximately three weeks after the end of the semester of completion. A hold will prevent the release of a transcript or certificate.


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Trent O needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are a small group of professional game developers who have left the world of big publishers behind. We overhaul great old games by replacing the aging components with new technology and artwork, all while keeping the fun. We love games and we want to re-invigorate some great older titles.
Our customers are a mix of nostalgia gamers and new gamers. The nostalgia gamers remember some of the titles from the first time around, but through rose colored glasses. When they look back at the games they used to love they just can't get past the dated look and feel. We want to help them re-connect with games they used to love. For the newer gamers who are seeing these great title for the first time, we strive to keep the gameplay magic that made the game so great the first time around. The nostalgia gamers are likely between their 30's and late 40's. They've been away from gaming for a bit, but will return if the promise is great enough. The newer gamers are likely 14-25, have heard of these older games, but have never played them.
We require a good logo which conveys the concept of Overhaul Games. First and foremost it must be simple, recognizable and professional. We want a feeling of craftsmanship by veteran developers while still maintaining the fun of game development. The winning design will be one which can convey a feeling of experience without overwhelming complexity As part of the logo design we expect a series of treatments for different backgrounds (on white, on black) and different color depths (one color, two, print). We expect delivery in a number of formats, including adobe illustrator files so the logo can be reproduced as required.
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Editor's note: This is the third article in a series of monthly articles that will look at independent, assisted-living and other residential options for seniors in the Lowcountry.
Writing about alternative living for older adults has created questions from readers concerning the difference between independent living and assisted living, so we'll start out this month's article by defining the difference.
Independent living is what we have now in our own homes, which means your lifestyle shouldn't change that much if you were to move into an independent retirement community. The time to think about moving into one is when you've had it with household chores, home maintenance, lawn care, appliance replacements and other aggravations we're currently faced with. Instead, you're free to do what you want to do. These communities give you plenty of options for how to spend your time with their daily rundown of activities, or you can just enjoy the companionship of your peers, or maybe you'd like to just kick back and read a good book. If you keep your car, you can still stay involved with your outside links such as volunteer work, church activities or social clubs. The major advantage of retirement communities is they're looking out for you, so if problems should develop, help is there.
Assisted-living residences are primarily for seniors whose health has declined to the point of needing assistance in the everyday tasks most of us take for granted, such as getting in and out of bed, bathing and dressing. Or they may be unsteady on their feet and prone to falling. Some may need assistance in handling their medications. Yet, they still enjoy the fellowship of the other residents and are usually able to take part in the many activities despite their physical inconveniences. Assisted living communities have round-the-clock attendants at the ready if the resident calls for help via the emergency pulls provided in each apartment.
This month we are featuring an independent retirement community known as Indigo Pines.
Indigo Pines is located on Hilton Head Island. It's possible that you are not aware of this jewel because it is off the beaten path. Unless you have grandchildren in Hilton Head Christian Academy or attend the Christian Renewal Church, you probably have never ventured down Gardner Drive, which is to the right of U.S. 278 opposite Beach City Road. Shortly after you pass these two establishments on Gardner, you will come upon this attention-grabbing, spacious three-story building on the right. Indigo Pines is a totally independent retirement community with 113 apartments of various sizes and floor plans; some with balconies. Also on the grounds are five connecting cottages for those who prefer a more private independent lifestyle.
Indigo Pines is affiliated with Holiday Retirement, a company that offers more than 300 similar retirement communities throughout the United States and portions of Canada. Residents reside there on a month-to-month basis with no obligatory contract. The rates are based on the accommodations they select. Their choices range from a studio to a two-bedroom apartment. Since familiarity brings contentment, the residents are encouraged to provide their own furniture. Their one-time community fee is equal to one month's rent. Each unit has a kitchenette for snacks and beverages if they so desire between their three nutritious chef-prepared meals which are served daily.
All units are equipped with emergency pulls if assistance is needed. Weekly housekeeping and linen service are provided. All utilities plus cable TV are included. Only the phone is extra. Also included are many fun and enriching activities. Their mini-bus is used primarily for special outings. Along with their activity room, they have a library which is well stocked with books, puzzles and VHS tapes. There also is an exercise room. Laundry facilities are available at no charge for the residents' use. A combination beauty and barber shop is on the premises for their convenience. The loft overlooking the dining room provides a game table for mah-jongg lovers and a billiards table for the pool enthusiasts. Many of the residents have their own cars to come and go as they please. There are several carports on the grounds for the residents to use on a first-come basis. Also, the residents may bring their dearly loved pets with them.
As an independent community, the residents are self-sufficient and are at liberty to do their own thing such as shop or take a trip. Residents also are free to make their own decisions regarding health care. There are no medical professionals on the premises. However, there are two live-in management teams on duty 24 hours a day who stand ready to take action. If there is a medical emergency, a member of the team will call the EMS/EMT as well as the emergency contact on file to advise him/her of the problem.
Holiday Retirement offers a unique feature to the residents of their many retirement communities. If they should be traveling to a city in the continental United States or Canada where a Holiday Retirement community is located, they may stay at one of these residences for up to seven nights free of charge. This would also include meals and amenities. Staying at one of these senior-friendly inns could be like never leaving home. For seniors who are on the fence about which retirement community to choose, Indigo Pines offers a five-day stay in a guest suite to test the waters. This would also include three meals a day and all activities at no charge to the guest.
To learn more, call the Community Sales Leader at 843-342-3228 who will answer your questions and review the rate schedule with you.
Watch for our article next month as we review another Lowcountry retirement community for your consideration down the road. And remember to clip this article for your scrapbook. See you next month.
Ginger Stone is Sun City resident and a volunteer writer for Bluffton Today. She many be reached via email at email@example.com.


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FARMVILLE, Va. - Nicole Price (White Hall, Md./North Harford) and Jen Semler (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) combined for seven goals to lead Mount St. Mary's past Longwood 12-11 in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Tuesday.
Price notched her second career hat trick after scoring at 5:20, 8:22 and 23:44 before finding the twine once in the second half at 38:37 for a career-high four tallies. It was the senior's first hat trick since posting three goals against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Mar. 22, 2009. Semler posted her first career hat trick along with two assists for a career-best five points on the afternoon. The junior scored once in the first half and twice in the second stanza while adding an assist in each stanza.
Kaitlyn Larrimore (Pylesville, Md./North Harford) added two goals and an assist for the Mount (1-4) while Meaghan Conlon (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) found the twine twice and Allie Fife (Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton) registered a goal and an assist to help first-year head coach B.J. Lucey to her first victory as a head coach. Brigid McTavish (Mount Airy, Md./South Carroll) made 10 saves in the winning effort.
Cara O'Brien scored five times to pace the Lancers (2-1) while Kelsey Dean added a tally and two helpers. Juli Liebig turned away six shots in the loss.
Mount St. Mary's grabbed the advantage for good midway through the first half and held on after a furious comeback attempt from Longwood to end a two-game losing streak against the Lancers.
The Mount had a 10-6 lead with 18:14 left in the contest before O'Brien fueled a 4-2 run to end the game with three goals. Amanda Bereznay trimmed the margin to 12-11 off a Dean assist with 1:50 left. Katleen Battle won the ensuing draw control, but Alexis Salerno (South Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) caused a turnover to give the ball to Mount St. Mary's before a Mount turnover with 81 seconds left gave the ball back to Longwood. The Lancers then turned the ball over with 47 seconds on the clock and the Mountaineers ran out the clock to secure the victory.
Mount St. Mary's broke a 3-all standstill with four-straight tallies to take the advantage for good at 7-3. Larrimore handed the Mount the lead for good off an assist by Fife at 16:44 before Semler (21:08), Larrimore (22:10) and Price (23:44) each scored unassisted in a span of two minutes and 36 seconds to take a four-goal lead.
Longwood then scored the final goal of the first half when Duan Wright found the twine unassisted at 25:54 to trim the deficit to 7-4 at halftime. Dean started the scoring in the final frame with an 8-meter goal at 33:59 to make it a two-goal game.
Semler and Price responded with back-to-back markers at 37:53 and 38:37 to give the Mountaineers a 9-5 lead. After O'Brien answered unassisted at 39:39, Semler restored a four-goal margin off a Larrimore helper at 41:36.
The Lancers then scored four of the final six tallies to nearly tie the score before the end of regulation. O'Brien started the rally with a free-position goal at 43:41 and Jamie Brentlinger scored unassisted at 44:02 to trim the margin to 10-8.
Conlon momentarily halted the surge with her second goal of the afternoon off a Semler feed at 45:48 to give the Mount an 11-8 margin. O'Brien then scored consecutive markers at 54:15 off a Dean assist and unassisted at 53:48 to cut the score to 11-10.
Fife picked up a ground ball off a Larrimore shot and found the back of the twine at 57:36 to help seal the victory. Dean set up Bereznay with 1:50 left, but Longwood could get no closer.
Price got the scoring started in the contest unassisted at 5:20 to give Mount St. Mary's a 1-0 edge. Jess Rudloff answered with an unassisted marker at 6:56 to tie the game at 1.
Price restored the Mount lead unassisted at 8:22, but O'Brien answered with an 8-meter tally at 9:06 to even the score at 2.
After Conlon regained the advantage for the Mountaineers off a Semler assist at 9:52, Mary Barondess tied the match at 3 unassisted at 12:33. Mount St. Mary's then scored the next four tallies and held on for its first win of the year.
Aly Jost (Abington, Md./Bel Air) had a team-high four ground balls. Conlon tallied two ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers while Lucy Pompa (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) posted three ground balls, a draw control and two caused turnovers.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action at Bucknell on Mar. 16. Game time is 4 p.m.


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Third John
The Bible does indeed promise health and wealth for God's people, but this promise will not be fully realized until heaven and earth are restored (Rev. 21:1–4). While we do see some of the firstfruits of these physical blessings when ...Read More
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Are you unwittingly supporting the work of false teachers? Perhaps some of the money you are giving to local charities is being funneled to groups who do community service while being hostile to Christianity. Take some time today to look ...Read More
Walk in Love
Are you walking according to the truth, not just by studying the Word but by putting it into practice through concrete deeds of love toward others? Are you treating your neighbor exactly how you would want to be treated? Think ...Read More
Truth and Love
Sometimes we can fall into the trap of presenting truth without love. We who are Reformed can be especially guilty of using the doctrines of grace as a club with which we attack people instead of lovingly sharing God's sovereignty ...Read More
Growing Up in Love
Do you think it is more important to possess many talents and gifts or to be righteous? The emphasis in the New Testament is on the importance of personal holiness and the practice of righteous love, for if we are ...Read More
Love Never Ends
The suffering God allows us to go through can bring us many opportunities to grow in our effectiveness when ministering to others. Our time spent living with an illness or tragedy can make us better able to share Christ with ...Read More
Truth and Hope
Scripture speaks of hope as an anchor (Heb. 6:19) because it looks forward to the sure promises of our God. Hope is not merely a desire for something that may not come to pass. All the blessings and glory the ...Read More
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It is interesting that in addition to some of what we might consider the more "vile" sins in the above passage from Romans, Paul also lists gossip and slander (vv. 29–30). Unfortunately, these sins seem to be some of the ...Read More
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The hardest people to be courteous to are the people who know us the best. How often are we rude and irritable with our spouses and children even as we exercise a great deal of self-control with those who are ...Read More
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Have you learned how to be content in whatever state you find yourself, or do you envy others because they have things you do not have? Do you boast in what you possess, or are you thankful you belong to ...Read More


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Strategic Communication – Advertising/Promotions/Public Relations Track
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Advertising/Public Relations
The Advertising & Public Relations major is for students who love communication, media and business. Evangel's Advertising & Public Relations program teaches students how to promote businesses, nonprofits and other organizations using creative strategies and campaigns they develop themselves. Advertising and public relations are integral to both the business and media industries and, through this program, students have opportunities to work in promotion through the student media and the local community.
Students in this program learn basic communication skills, media production skills, writing skills and promotional strategies that are based on research and marketing. Students in this field are able to use their creativity in developing promotions for a variety of organizations. They also work with the student media, community organizations and businesses as they learn client relations, event planning, image advertising and business presentation.
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|Public Relations
|Clarification of the relationship between publicity and public relations with emphasis on the steps and means, the policies, and the people through which good public relations can be achieved.
|Web Design
|Introduction to the development of computer media on the Internet using text, visual, animation, audio, and video. Topics of study include Flash, web page design, and production of multimedia elements for websites.
|Desktop Publishing
|Emphasizes the designing and laying out of publications on the computer. Includes a study of basic design principles, typography, and relevant computer software.
|Interpersonal Communication
|Introduction to communication theory and processes, emphasizing one-to-one communication. Includes practice in personal application of communications principles.
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.
Melinda Booze: Assistant professor of communication and The Lance adviser
Melinda Booze joined the Evangel faculty in 2006, where she currently teaches communication courses and serves as adviser for The Lance, Evangel's student newspaper. Booze is the founding editor of the Assemblies of God's On Course magazine, a position she held for 10 years. Along with writing for On Course, Booze has written articles for […] read more
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Evangel's academic programs are designed specifically to prepare you for a career in the real world. But it's more than just job preparation; it's preparing you to make a full impact in your profession through the unique combination of faith and learning. Here are some of the professions this degree would prepare you for:
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- Marketing Manager
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in memory of my loving fur babies
well uploading pics on here i saw all my old pups that i have lost.
i lost my best friend if 2011 she was my best friend its hard to think of the days with out her by my side.
China(brother named her) was my first very own Rotty/Shepard that wasn't the family dog but was my own dog. i lost her on July 11/11. she was a friend and a dog all my nieces grew up around n also loved. She loved her adopted kids, from other dogs to kid to cats. she was 12 years old when we lost her. China was the type of dog that you could dress up and she would be happy. she was also the type to spend a day laying around with you but was ready to go for a 4 hour hike if not more just to be by your side.
and about 7 months later we lost my purebred Siamese. sadly we knew once we lost China that we would soon lose Taz. She was a totally evil at times but always loving when u needed it... she used to pick fights with the toms in the area so i would open the door and China would run out to chase off the cat while she walked in the house..
and the last one we lost was porsche. she was a doberman mix a great dog all around we rescued her 2 weeks after i got Nyx. she was about 9 years old and majorly over weight at 140lbs. was another great dog she used to allow kids to climb all over her and all she do is whine. sadly her weight wasn't going down as fast as it should have n early in feb of this year we lost her. vet thinks it was do to a heart attack. (weight issue wasnt do to her over eating on her own. she was also never really walked.. previous owner did say she was bigger then what we got her)
china (first pic at about a year old)
Such beautiful faces. What a grand crew you've loved over the years!
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
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such beautiful furry ones! you and your family have really big hearts to open your house to so many new members, and even though some are gone now, I am sure they were happy they were with you at the end.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney says he is in favor of abortion in cases of rape, incest and the health and life of the mother.
The presidential candidate's addition of the health of the mother is certain to raise questions about Romney's position among conservatives. Health can be broadly defined and, in fact, running mate Paul Ryan has challenged the health exception as a major loophole.
Romney commented in an interview Monday with CBS News. The network released Romney's comments before its evening broadcast.
Romney's position on abortion rights has evolved. When he ran for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, he backed abortion rights. As a presidential candidate, he has opposed abortion rights and says the Supreme Court should reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.


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Being a Serpents Tail author I was given a copy of this. I certainly would not have bought it and am not sure why I read it - partly out of interest to see if Kershaw is as big a twat as he has appeared in recent years (he is) and partly to see if he has any interesting observations on musicians/industry figures that interest me (occasionally he does). Beyond that there's little to recommend, Andy being a middle class British blowhard who reminds me here of Jeremy Clarkson more than anyone else - I know this is autobiography but he goes on and on about himself, not just as the centre of attention but a bloke who everyone admires and comes to and praise and wants to shag (if you are female) and is constantly having adventures in dangerous places (when not hanging out with rock legends - who praise him - or African musicians - who tell him he is a white African). He appears to be unable to reflect on his failings, constantly blaming others for his misfortune - snide comments about John Peel abound due to Peel not supporting our hero when Radio 1 dumped him (this could have been cos Peel was sick to his back teeth of this blowhard) and the harassment issues that saw him jailed are barely dealt with.
I was never a fan of Kershaw's radio show - he seemed to love extended live recordings by the likes of Neil Young, the Who and Bruuuuuuucceee alongside Billy Bragg and other dreadful pub rock types while the African and Southern soul music I tuned in for rarely got much space. But I do realise that he helped popularize African music in the UK and he has much to say on this (although a little on the Bhundu Boys would suit me fine). He also writes well on entering Rwanda just as the genocide came to a close. His observations on Haiti and other impoverished states occasionally demonstrate a keen journalistic eye. But too often he falls into the "look at me, I'm somewhere really crazy!" Thus his three trips to North Korea are boasted about because that nation is simply so repressive and odd. But there is little attempt to understand the people there and how they have to live under such a pernicious regime.
Charlie does get a nice mention as he takes Andy to Sterns and introduces him to the staff there. But most everyone else is treated with contempt. Andy doesn't seem to realise that he got very, very lucky - a Radio 1 show, lots of TV presenting and Radio 4 reporting - without ever having displayed any real skills beyond enthusiasm and an ability to talk his way into situations. And now that his luck's soured and he's virtually unemployable he doesn't appear to be thinking of what he can do to reinvent himself. He is, like Clarkson, a British bloke who believes he's the centre of the universe. Well, Clarkson's awful TV shows have made him a fortune and an international star. But Kershaw is forgotten by all but us world music geeks. And I can't see this book helping to redeem him as a writer - only rarely does he display a gift of narrative and much insight.
If No Off Switch bombs - and considering a publisher at ST told me it had garnered the worst reviews of any book he had ever worked on - I wonder what is next for Andy? When you're a hot media property everyone loves you. But when you have cooled to the point of being left in a prison cell to chill out it's unlikely there's a lot of work offers flowing your way. His love of motorbikes and the Isle Of Man races suggests that, like Clarkson, he would be best suited presenting bloke TV. Who knows?
Anyone who wants to read No Off Switch drop me a line and I'll give it to you at the next Ritzy Gypsy night - August 25th with the wonderful MODESTE HUGHES (Madagascar) performing. No need to return it.


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Bhaja Man Mere by GuruGanesha
Join GuruGanesha (longtime musical collaborator with Snatam Kaur) and his all star band for a magical evening of joyful chanting, mystical world music and hilarious stories from the spiritual path! Accompanying him on this musical journey are master cellist/multi-instrumentalist Hans Christian (RASA, Krishna Das, Robbie Robertson, Harry Manx, Jai Uttal and Donna De Lory), tabla/percussion stalwart Daniel Paul (Jai Uttal, Jaya Lakshmi, Donna De Lory, K. Sridhar), beguiling and unforgettable newcomer Michelle Hurtado on vocals, Spirit Voyage recording artist/ kundalini yoga teacher Sat Kartar Singh on acoustic guitar, and kundalini bass guitar magician Gurusangat Singh (recording artist and producer of the popular Miracle Mantra Series). Light show by Bliss Lights. All profits from the concerts will be donated to some of GuruGanesha's favorite charities.
Each concert will feature a special 15 minute opening performance by Hans Christian, starting promptly at 7:00pm.
March 31 & April 1*
7:00 - 10:00pm (both nights)
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Babies Free / Kids $10 (at the door)
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**Each night will be a different experience with varied songs, but the same great fun!
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Ukip leader Nigel Farage has boasted he could snatch two seats in Scotland for the European Parliament as his party tries to make a breakthrough north of the border. He spoke out in Edinburgh one year after he had to rescued by police from a group of rowdy protesters in the Scottish capital.
Farage, whose party is not represented at any level in Scotland, says voters are being conned by First Minister Alex Salmond's SNP as well as the mainstream parties in the Better Together campaign fighting for a No vote in September's independence referendum. The MEP was in Edinburgh to back candidate David Coburn at a rally in the Corn Exchange, where hundreds of protesters gathered to taunt supporters.
But a bullish Farage declared: "We're on course to win one seat in the European Parliament in Scotland, and if things go really well, possibly even two. We will have a legitimate voice in Scottish politics in two weeks time. Mr Salmond is pretty scared of us. He's not not scared of the size of us at the moment, but he is very scared of the argument.
"He is offering the Scottish people in September a referendum on independence. They think they've got referendum on independence, but they haven't. Mr Salmond is a Euro-federalist fanatic, he wanted to sign Scotland up to the euro, he wants Scotland to be part of the European Union and you cannot be an independent, self governing, democratic nation, and be member of a club whose laws are supreme over yours."
The whole of the United Kingdom should be independent with devolved powers to each part, he argues. A Ukip win will shock people in the run up to the Scottish independence referendum, being held on September 18, he predicted. "When they actually realise that Mr Salmond has not told them the truth about independence, that Better Together dare not tell the truth because they also believe in being members of the European Union, they'll realise that the Scottish people have been conned," he said.
Ukip fundamentally changed the debate in England after gaining a "toe hold" in Brussels, he said. "If you look at the opinion polls, Euroscepticism in Scotland is rising pretty rapidly. I think we can inject something fresh that will make a lot of Yes voter think again."
Shortly after he began to give media interviews, about 300 protesters had gathered outside, with some yelling "Nazi scum, off our streets".
Radical Independence, supported by other left-wing groups, had been advertising coach seats to take people from Glasgow to a rally in Edinburgh. Unite Against Facism had called for all those "sickened" by Ukip's adverts to gather in protest. The First Minister urged voters to defeat Ukip at the ballot box, rather than through protest.
"Nigel Farage and his party will not be defeated by demonstrations, which only give him the chance to play the victim, but by being humiliated at the ballot box, as they have been many times before in Scotland," Mr Salmond said. "And it is great that the candidate best placed to stop Ukip in their tracks in Scotland is the number three candidate on the SNP's list, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.
"Tasmina, as a successful Scottish businesswoman from an Asian background, is very much the face and voice of the new Scotland we are building, in stark contrast to Farage's party. Tasmina's politics are as inspiring and progressive as Farage and Ukip's are backward-looking and unpleasant.
"This election is as clear a contrast and choice that Scotland has ever faced at the polls, and I am confident that people will make the right choice by keeping Scotland free of the politics of Ukip."
Ukip won a tiny 0.91% of the vote across Scottish regions in the 2011 Holyrood election. At the time, the party pledged to replace MSPs with Scottish Westminster MPs. But polls from last month suggest a level of support around 10% for the European election, giving the party a chance of victory.
Last May, during a Holyrood by-election campaign, staff were forced to clear the Canons' Gait pub on the Royal Mile as protesters gatecrashed an impromptu press conference. He attempted to escape by taxi but protesters blocked its path, forcing him back to the pub, where police barricaded him inside until a riot van arrived. Afterwards, the First Minister said Farage is "someone who is outwith the context of normal politics".
The SNP has two MEPs and hopes to add a third. Labour has two seats and the Tories and Liberal Democrats have one each. A dip in fortunes for the Lib Dems means one seat could change hands at their expense. The Scottish Green Party also hopes to benefit and send its first MEP to Brussels.
Protesters loudly booed and heckled Ukip members as they tried to pass them and a line of 10 police officers to gain entry. One group played loud music while alternately singing along, or yelling "scum", over disco classics. Some Ukip members kept their heads down while others waved or made victory signs on the venue steps.
Former Socialist MSP Colin Fox was at the protest and said: "Nigel Farage is a merchant banker coming to Scotland telling us the financial crisis was caused by immigrants and claimants. In Nigel Farage's world he thinks he'll get elected, but not here.
"In two weeks time Ukip is going to top the polls in England and it will only underline the case for Scottish independence."
Maggie Chapman, who hopes to win a seat for the Scottish Green Party, was also outside the venue. She said: "Nigel Farage pretends to be against the establishment but it's a smokescreen, he is the establishment."


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A San Rafael bank was robbed Friday afternoon, two days after an aborted heist in Mill Valley.
The incident was the seventh time since Dec. 12 robbers have struck a Marin County bank, although three or more robbers appear to be involved in the series. In addition, a gunman tried to rob a San Rafael check-cashing business on Jan. 19, firing a shot at several employees before fleeing empty-handed.
The latest robbery occurred at about 1:35 p.m. Friday at the Westamerica Bank at 1 Mitchell Blvd. in San Rafael. The robber demanded money from a teller and ran off with the money, and witnesses were unable to confirm whether he had a weapon, said San Rafael police Sgt. Roy Leon.
The robber eluded a police search in the neighborhood. Witnesses did not see a getaway car.
Police did not say how much money the man stole.
The man was described as white, in his late 20s or early 30s and about 5-foot-8 with a thin build, police said. He was wearing a black or dark gray beanie, black sunglasses, a dark gray hooded sweatshirt and dark blue jeans.
Leon said the robber was dressed similarly to the man who struck Jan. 4 at the Westamerica branch at 1177 Francisco Blvd., but the link has not been confirmed. Investigators said that the Francisco Boulevard bandit could be the same man who hit the Westamerica branch on Jan. 10 at 300 Ignacio Blvd. in Novato.
Anyone with information about the robber can call San Rafael police at 485-3000.
Tipsters can also call the multilingual Bay Area Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-222-8477, where they can leave information anonymously and possibly be eligible for a cash reward.
Of the seven bank robberies since last month, police have arrested one suspect. Jeremiah Clyde Martin, 37, of San Francisco is charged in connection with the Dec. 20 robbery the Citibank branch in downtown San Rafael.
Investigators said two other robberies – a Jan. 9 robbery at the Union Bank in Greenbrae, and the abandoned robbery Wednesday at the Union Bank in Strawberry – appear to have been committed by the same man.
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Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, reported first-quarter profit that exceeded estimates as the Fusion sedan bolstered record results for its North American operations.
Ford reported net income of $1.61 billion in a statement distributed at its Dearborn, Michigan, headquarters. Excluding one-time items, the per-share profit was 41 cents, exceeding the 37-cent average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The result compared with net income of $1.4 billion, or 35 cents a share, a year earlier.
The new Fusion, which has drawn comparisons to Aston Martin car styling, is part of Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally's efforts to fill out Ford's lineup with more competitive cars to complement its pickups and sport-utility vehicles. Ford's more complete showrooms drove a record $2.4 billion quarterly profit in North America, which countered slumping demand in Europe and losses in South America.
"Ford has the freshest product in the right segments," Kevin Tynan, an auto analyst for Bloomberg Industries in Skillman, New Jersey, said in a telephone interview. "It's entry-level, it's move-up and then its crossovers, with Escape and Explorer."
Ford introduced the mid-size Fusion late last year, reinforcing a car lineup already led by the Focus compact, the top-selling global nameplate, according to R.L. Polk & Co. First-quarter automotive revenue totaled $33.9 billion, from $30.5 billion a year earlier. Sales exceeded the $33.6 billion average estimate of 11 analysts.
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Ford rose 1.6% to $13.57 at 8:27 a.m. New York time before the start of regular trading. The shares gained 3.2% this year through yesterday compared with an 11% increase for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
The company also forecast it would build 800,000 vehicles in North America and 390,000 in Europe during the current quarter. That's up 63,000 in North America and 21,000 in Europe from a year earlier. Automakers record revenue when vehicles are assembled and shipped to dealers.
"We expect a mostly neutral reception to 1Q results themselves and a slightly positive reception to the 2Q production guidance," Ryan Brinkman, an analyst with JPMorgan Chase & Co. said in an e-mail.
Renewed demand for pickups also helped pace the biggest U.S. sales gain among top automakers in the quarter. Ford's F- Series line has led the segment for 36 consecutive years.
Ford is leading Detroit's best lineup of American cars in a generation. Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC are turning sedans and small cars into areas of strength to counter a weakening yen that's giving Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. an advantage.
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As part of his D10 Conference interview last night, Apple CEO Tim Cook used the occasion to once again respond to critics of Apple's China policies and remind them key parts of the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are in fact made in the U.S.A -- including the Corning Gorilla Glass screens and the Apple A4, Apple A5, and Apple A5X chipset "brains".
The story of how Apple came to use Corning's Kentucky made Gorilla Glass for the iPhone is well known, involving Steve Jobs, some keys, a scratched iPhone prototype, and a demand to change an entire manufacturing process just weeks before launch. Apple has previously admitted and even touted the connection on their jobs creation page.
Samsung, who fabricates the chips designed by Apple for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV, shifted manufacturing to Austin, Texas some time in 2011. The Apple A5 chipset found in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, and likely subsequent chipsets have been produced there ever since.
Riffing on Apple's ongoing patent litigation, which was also discussed, Cook went on to describe how Apple is taking the lead in supply chain responsibility, making it more open and transparent, and reporting on progress more frequently than ever before.
Rather than stealing Apple intellectual property, Tim Cook said he wished Apple competitors who rip off some of that.
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Lil Wayne Responds To 50 Cent On New Track Called "Let's Talk Money"?: 12 Second Verse Where He Mentions 50 Cent's Name [12 Sec Audio]
"The track, "Let's Talk Money" is from late UGK rapper Pimp C and features a sample from T-Pain. On it Weezy spits, "That nigga Pimp called me before he left this bitch told me keep doin' ya thing and don't tell 50 shit"
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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Monday, April 30, 2007
213 new caches in April
5 comments:
- welch said...
If April showers bring May flowers, what do April geocaches bring?
I guessing maybe its WOOD TICKS, but maybe someone else has some ideas??
- 12:19 AM, May 06, 2007
- IowaAdmin said...
Micros? Some would say they're worse than wood ticks, but I wouldn't say that because that would be expressing an opinion which I as an impartial reviewer can't do. Or can I?
- 10:31 PM, May 07, 2007
- welch said...
Well since I can have an opinion, I think that's hilarious! :D :D
- 11:46 PM, May 10, 2007
- Tom said...
Well, as one who provides a regular part of Ken's workload, I just want to say a big "Thank You" for the work you do!
P.S. Glad to see Welch is out on the trails again - hope he does some more hides, too.
- 9:44 PM, May 20, 2007
- welch said...
LOL, did I take a vacation I didn't know about?
- 1:12 AM, May 21, 2007


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Beauty Changes Lives Launches Legacy of Style
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Legacy of Style by Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills brought together beauty pros from the salon world and the freelance world to meet, mingle and make a commitment to elevating beauty as a profession.
Created by the American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS), BCL is a non-profit coalition of beauty professionals including educators, product manufacturers, celebrities and industry icons. Legacy of Style was conceived by Diana Schmidtke, celebrity men's groomer. Acting as Event Chair and lightning rod, she invited her network of "the stars behind the stars"—hairstylists, men's groomers, makeup artists and agents—with the goal of enlisting them as mentors to young beauty school students and graduates.
"I have a special place in my heart for the beauty school student," says Schmidtke. "I know that my parents were absolutely shocked when I told them that instead of college, I was going to go to beauty school."
Schmidtke is truly a beauty school success story; she grooms a roster of Hollywood's leading men that has included Jon Hamm,Rob Pattinson, Chris and Liam Hemsworth and Christian Bale.
On her motivation to create this event: "At some point in your career, you have to sit back and think how you can give back. It came to my attention that there was a disconnect between the professional salon industry and the freelance industry. My goal was to merge the salon pros with us, the celebrity artists. "
Celebrity artists included Peter Butler (Claire Danes), Renato Campora (Katy Perry, Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Alba), Pati Dubrof (Leslie Mann and Jane Krakowski) Ken Paves (Eva Longoria, Victoria Bekham, Enzo Angiler (Charlize Theron, Katie Holmes, Gwyneth Paltrow), Adir Abergel (Anne Hathaway, Demi Moore, Kristen Stewart), and Jenny Cho (Elizabeth Banks, Amanda Seyfried).
This year's first LEGACY OF STYLE award was presented by BCL President Lynelle Lynch to Vidal Sassoon. Accepting the award in his honor was Sassoon's daughter Eden Sassoon, who read some never before heard quotes from her father's journal, including this:
"But most of all I am proud of the fact that we have trained thousands of people from all nations, developing talent and minds, which with care have helped beautify this world and I have given our craft international credibility and dignity."
This award will be given annually to an individual in the beauty industry who has demonstrated a vision for beauty that follows in the tradition and imagination established by Vidal Sassoon. "We chose Vidal Sassoon as our recipient for the very first year, not only because he is a legend, but because of what he means to our industry," said Lynelle Lynch, BCL President and President of Bellus Academy. "It is BCL's mission to inspire artists to give back to their community, inspire future artists, and create a high level of respect, which is what Vidal Sassoon has done so profoundly. With BCL's scholarship and mentoring programs, we hope to create many more stylists like Vidal Sassoon."
On hand to help present the award were two of BCL's board members Reuben Carranza, North American CEO, Managing Director, P&G Salon Professional and Robert Passage, Global Ambassador Pivot Point International.


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Just a few days after taking down the league-leading LA Galaxy, the Revs continued to roll with a rugged victory over Mexican side Pumas UNAM
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – If the New England Revolution was hoping to put forth an impressive showing in SuperLiga 2010 to build momentum for a second-half run in the league, the MLS club got off to the perfect start with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Mexican Primera División club Pumas UNAM on Wednesday night at Gillette Stadium.
The Revs snapped a three-game losing streak in the MLS regular season with an impressive 2-0 victory over the league-leading LA Galaxy last Saturday night, then continued their turnaround with a rugged performance against one of Mexico's top clubs four days later. It was New England's second consecutive shutout after conceding a season-high five goals against Real Salt Lake on July 2.
While veteran goalkeeper Matt Reis claimed the clean sheet in the league match against the Galaxy, it was second-year goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth who shut down Pumas on Wednesday night with a six-save performance. The 23-year-old benefited from a close offside decision in the 52nd minute and was saved by the crossbar in the 89th minute, but Shuttleworth will cherish his first professional shutout nonetheless.
"Everyone's out there to win," said Shuttleworth, who made his MLS debut in a 3-0 loss to Seattle Sounders FC on June 5. "If we can get two or three wins together, it will help us gain momentum for the rest of the season."
The inclusion of Shuttleworth was one of four changes head coach Steve Nicol made to the lineup which started in last weekend's victory over the Galaxy as the Revs' boss looked to find a balance between putting out his most competitive side and resting certain players. Also earning rare starts were Joseph Niouky, Kenny Mansally and Kheli Dube.
"It's a chance to get people some time, but we also want to win and do well," said Nicol. "It's just a case of balancing between getting people on the field and being competitive. I think we managed it."
A pair of regular starters combined to provide the only goal of the game, as Marko Perovic delivered the corner kick which rookie forward Zack Schilawski finished off at the back post in the 18th minute. It was Schilawski's team-leading sixth goal in all competitions to go along with five league goals.
Certainly not one of the taller players on the field at 5-foot-10, Schilawski was perhaps one of the unlikeliest players to get on the end of a corner kick in a crowded penalty area, but the impressive rookie cleverly created a yard of space before acrobatically finishing with his left foot.
It was a rare moment of quality in the first half, which was largely bogged down in midfield as both teams dealt with a slick playing surface and a level of unfamiliarity with their opponents.
"I don't have a lot of experience playing against Mexican teams, so that was exciting for me," said Schilawski. "I thought they were good with the ball. It's a little bit different in terms of when they pressure you and how they pressure you defensively. It was fun."
Having had 90 minutes to acclimate to the Mexican style of play, Schilawski should be more familiar with what awaits as the Revs continue the group stage of SuperLiga 2010 in the coming days. First, they'll visit a familiar foe in MLS rival Chicago Fire on Saturday, July 17, while they'll return to Foxborough a few days later to host Mexican Primera División side Monarcas Morelia on July 20.
While the Revs' objective in the last two group games will undoubtedly be to secure a spot in the SuperLiga 2010 semifinals, if they can use those performances to build confidence and momentum into their return to league action in late July, then all the better.
"We still have a lot of games left in the league, and SuperLiga is a big tournament," said Schilawski. "We take it seriously and we want to win as many games as we can in that tournament, as well. It's great to get a win in the first round."


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Because Netflix spends so much time tweaking, working and twerking its recommendation engine to spit out more personalized results for you, sometimes the suggestions can get a little bit eerie. Just because I watched a movie about twin brothers doesn't mean I like incest movies! UCB Comedy poked fun at Netflix's ridiculously specific movie suggestions by showing how it could ruin date night.
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How does job stress or working different shifts affect weight? How does leg flexibility relate to injuries or risk of falling? How does fatigue affect physiological systems?
These are few of the questions that are being investigated in the School of Health and Environment's (SHE) new Human Assessment Lab located in Pinanski Hall. The 1,385-square-foot lab, available for use by all University faculty, is equipped with high-tech devices that can measure body composition, cardiovascular function, oxygen uptake and fitness levels.
"The purpose of the lab is to assess factors related to human performance including biochemical, fitness, metabolic, nutritional and physical characteristics – all to discover ways to advise individuals and treat or prevent injuries and diseases," says Dean of the School of Health and Environment Shortie McKinney. "It's an interdisciplinary lab where we integrate health fields such as clinical laboratory sciences, ergonomics, exercise physiology, nutrition, nursing, physical therapy as well as related fields such as biomedical engineering and more."
Sean Collins, chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, is conducting multiple studies in the lab with other professors and students. He is collaborating with Assoc. Prof. Keith Hallbourg of Physical Therapy on a project to establish baselines for bilateral leg flexibility that can be used to study musculoskeletal injuries and risk of falls.
Collins says: "This lab is set up with the right equipment and meeting places to bring people in and evaluate and measure any number of factors that affect health. We're excited to have this new resource on campus."
Mindy Dopler-Nelson, assistant professor of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, along with researchers across all SHE departments, is conducting a study that assesses the prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk factors in diverse female night shift healthcare workers.
She is using a device – a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry made by Hologic located in Bedford – to measure body fat composition, a major risk factor associated with developing heart disease, diabetes and other diseases.
"Visceral fat that goes through organs can cause metabolic changes that increase risk for diabetes and stroke," says Dopler-Nelson. "This technology allows us to measure a participant's risks and compare it to physiological, behavioral and work environment stress indicators."
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Salil wrote:2009 Marcel Lapierre Morgon (The Kermit Lynch bottling with sulfur for those who keep track.)
Really fantastic; starting with a core of deep red fruited flavours on an incredibly elegant, silken textured frame and opening out aromatically with time as floral aspects, anise and touches of earth emerge around the fruit. Very ripe but carries itself with a sense of lightness and precision with tremendous length and persistence. Need to load up on this.
I might have to give this another try. My first bottle left me a bit ambivalent, and then once I tried the Roilettes I was more interested in them. Still, there is so much good material in all of these wines they should come into their own over the upcoming weeks, months, and years.


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Elizabeth Taylor had her fair share of weddings and I've tried to collect photographs of her 9 (she had 2 ceremonies when she married Mike Todd) wedding dresses along with a brief summary of her 8 marriages. I'll take this opportunity to recommend a fairly new-ish book,"Elizabeth Taylor: Her Life in Style" by Susan Kelly. Her fashion sense was very much hit and miss, and this book gives a good overview. I really think that she was one of the best dressed women in the 50s. But anyway, back to her weddings, all will be revealed under the image-heavy cut.
Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton
In May 1950, 18 year old Elizabeth married 23 year old Conad 'Nicky' Hilton in an extravagant MGM staged wedding in Beverly Hills. Her dress was designed by Hollywood costume designer, Helen Rose, who also designed the wedding dress she wore in Father of the Bride, and later, Grace Kelly's wedding dress.
Elizabeth later said that the marriage lasted for 2 weeks on their honeymoon before Nicky proved himself to be a violent, abusive alcoholic with drug and gambling habits. Elizabeth filed for divorce in November 1950, citing 'extreme mental cruelty'.
"She was so extraordinarily beautiful that I nearly laughed out loud. She (was) famine, fire, destruction and plague... She was unquestionably gorgeous. She was lavish. She was a dark, unyielding largesse. She was, in short, too bloody much. Those huge violet blue eyes... had an odd glint... Aeons passed, civilisations came and went while these cosmic headlights examined my flawed personality."Since they were both married to other people, their very public affair sparked condemnation from the Vatican, who accused them of 'erotic vagrancy'. Elizabeth and Fisher finalised their divorce in March 1964, and 9 days afterwards, Richard and Elizabeth married in Montreal.
Elizabeth wore a yellow chiffon dress, flowers in her hair, and an emerald brooch which Richard had bought her.


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Vladek's Dark Fortress was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II. This hinged castle has a two side towers, catapults, and central gatehouse with doors, a drawbridge, and boiling oil. It is guarded by Vladek and three of his shadow knights. Jayko, Rascus, Santis, and Danju attack with their horse drawn catapult. Various accessories such as fireballs, axes, giant swords, banners, and flags are included.


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Looking for a way to increase your vegetable consumption? How about veggies smothered in Alfredo sauce?
Arguably, this might minimize the health benefits of the vegetables, right?
Not with this Alfredo sauce.
The base: Great White Northern (or Cannellini) Beans.
Give it a try.
Vegetables with Alfredo Sauce – Adapted from Finding Joy in My Kitchen
- 2 C whole wheat penne pasta
- 1 (14 oz) can Great White Northern or Cannellini Beans, drained
- 3 medium bell peppers, red, orange or yellow, diced
- 8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
- 6 stalks of asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2-3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 C milk
- 1/4 C Parmesan cheese
- salt & pepper, to taste
Begin by boiling the pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, sauté the bell peppers, mushrooms, asparagus and garlic in a skillet until crisp tender – about 10 minutes. If you normally need to use some olive oil to sauté, do that here.
Using a blender, puree your rinsed white beans, adding up to 1/4 C milk to help create a smooth sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour the sauce over the cooked and drained pasta. Add 1/4 C Parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper.
Stir well until the sauce covers all the pasta.
Pour the veggies into the pasta mixture and stir to combine.
Serve warm, topped with additional Parmesan cheese, if desired.
You could easily add cooked, diced chicken or Italian sausage to this dinner!


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The other day I was at the radio station attending to things when the new copier started making a high-pitched nnoise that made my ear drums ring as if I'd been using a dentist's drill on them. I turned to one of the secretaries and said, "What's that awful noise?"
Oh, that's one of the sensors on our new copy machine, she said, in that calm and controlled voice that secretaries use. She said it's been going off almost constantly ever since it arrived.
She couldn't remember what the sensor 'sensed' and agreed it was annoying but she didn't think it was too serious. I'll ask one of the engineers to turn it off, she said.
The engineer soon arrived on the scene and quickly pushed a button that stopped the awful noise, but as I walked around the office for the next few hours I became aware of all the genuinely irritating sounds that fill our work places there days; all the annoying high-tech sounds that are routinely produced by our age's clever electronic office gizmos.
As I attended to things - listening to one annoying sound after another, I began thinking of all the great old natural sounds that are never heard anymore in today's highly efficient, muffled offices we know.
When I was a kid I would often go with my father on summer afternoons as he drove around town on various errands. We'd often begin with a stop at Jasper Willy's Insurance office on Main Street.
Willy's was a stately and quiet high-ceilinged office that was filled with ponderously heavy oak chairs, not the slick streamlined torture devices that serve as chairs in today's offices.
The office had walls that were covered with large and small paintings of beautiful Maine-built schooners under full sail. They also had several framed photographs of portly men with huge mustaches who stared down at you sternly as if daring you to crack a smile.
I didn't know what it was like to work in the office but I always enjoyed sitting in one of their mammoth oak chairs by one of their huge windows. As I sat quietly I'd alternate between looking around the office and looking through a particularly educational National Geographic, as I waited for my father and Mr. Willy to finish what I assumed was very important business.
There was a beautiful old Seth Thomas clock on the wall in the office and you could hear every tick of that clock all the way across the large room. The only other sounds were the low muffled voices of Dad and Mr. Willy talking about important things behind the big oak door. There was also the occasional rustling of what must have been important papers on the desks of the quietly busy secretaries.
Occasionally the telephone would ring - that classic old telephone ring we all remember - and one of the secretaries would answer.
I would sit and listen to the secretary's end of the conversation and try and imagine what they were talking about. Most times I'd soon lose interest and go back to my provocative magazine.
Sometimes I'd figure out she was talking to someone I knew and would become more interested in what she was saying. It was never that interesting.
On warm days when some of the large office windows were open I could hear the usual noises on Maine Street. Sometimes the conversations of people outside the window would compete with the one-way conversation of the quietly-busy secretary on the telephone.
Eventually Dad and Mr. Willy would come out of their closed-door meeting after finishing their important business and we'd go on our way.
As I thought of those days and compared them with today's irritating office sounds, I concluded that our high-tech, high-speed, digital office machines might be more useful than the old devices- but just barely.
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Wednesday, October 09, 2002
Well, waddaya know ...
I was posting in the NaNoWriMo forums today. Again.
I'm kind of torn about how to handle these public forums. I don't know if people are serious when they talk about how scared they are about writing a novel, about how little support they're getting, about how little they know about writing. Sometimes I think that it's a kind of posturing, a way of soliciting supportive responses, even if you don't really want or need them. But I'm a trusting soul; I answer as if they're honestly looking for support. But then I think I'm coming off as some sort of pompous twit or something.
If I knew it all, I'd be a guru or something. And I'd practice what I preach.
But I do know this. You cannot write something that isn't in you. But that doesn't mean that you have to write about yourself. There is a huge difference between what you know and what you can find out. What's inside of you is your experience, not just what you've done. I've seen too many novice writers limit themselves by writing about themselves ... plain and unadulterated. Yes, the story of a kid trying to come to grips with being different is interesting and universal. But that doesn't mean that you can't set that story in 14th century China with a young warrior trying to come to grips with his homosexuality in an Imperial Palace. Or set it with a leper at the time of Christ or a woman faced with losing her job after World War II when the men returned home.
I write to understand. The stories that pop into my head are more questions than anything else. I get characters that pop in there and then circumstances and then occasions and then conflicts. They perform for me, they have their lives and I watch and write it all down. If I don't understand hate or intolerance, something in the back of my mind will construct a framework to help me understand in some small way.
Most of the things that have been popping into my head for the past year or so have been about faith. We can all guess what that's all about. And some of them address it head on, but I think the more interesting approach is to go at it from another angle. Because that's where the surprises come in.
I am looking forward to this coming month where these things will open up to me. I worry that I haven't picked the right story to tell. But these characters and scenes have been following me around for some twelve years now. I've got to get them out soon. And who knows what it is that they have to teach me. Oh, I long for those moments where things suddenly click and I'm taken away from whatever keyboard I'm at and into that world.
Sunday, October 06, 2002
Why Blog the Novel?
Yes, why should I post my daily words on my blog?
Well, there are a few reasons.
1. Dissemination. It's easier to just post it and have it be there. If someone else who's following along wants to peek, they're welcome to it. If I wanna look over it, I can, from any computer. Say I'm at work and I get a thought, there's the whole thing, right up there on the web. All I have to know is the password to my blog and I can add to it or correct an inconsistency.
2. Honesty. These are my words and I wrote them. I am not having one of my characters read aloud from 1001 Arabian Nights ... This is not to say that folks don't trust me. I write lots of other things. But it's just a way to keep it all on the up and up.
3. Pressure. Let's face it, I'm much more likely to write my daily words to meet your expectations of me than mine. So I'll use my loyal following as a scape goat. I have to do my daily words because my fans demand it!
4. Vanity. I'm hoping you'll like it.
Saturday, October 05, 2002
Word Count Tips
Yes, it's only October 5th, but I thought everyone who is participating in or supporting NaNoWriMo should be thinking of ways to increase word count. Here are a few of mine from last year:
1. Stylistically violate hyphenation and compound word rules. Substitute farm boy for farmboy or farm-boy. In my case, I just avoided the compound word postman and referred to him as the postal carrier. Don't use hyphenates, instead, put them in quotes. A character with a holier-than-thou attitude suddenly has a "holier than thou" attitude. Suddenly his one word attitude is now three. If you don't like the quotes, try italics (but that has a negative impact on my typing speed).
2. Do Not Use Contractions. My personal study of my manuscript has led me to believe that I could up my word count by as much as 8% by eliminating contractions. That does not count the colloquial use of words like "gotta" in dialogue.
3. Address all of your characters by their full names. Give them long names, if necessary, make them southern so they can be naturalistically three to four words, like Miss Emma Jane Browning or Jimmy Joe Rand.
4. Choose multiple word placenames. Why have your characters live in Erie, Pennsylvania when they can live in Lake Oswego, New York?
5. Pick a phrase to use often when something happens in the book, as a sort of commentary. Like Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s use of "and so it goes." whenever someone died. Pick an event to use the phrase with, preferably something that happens a lot. Maybe your character is on a road trip, pick a phrase to use whenever you mention having to go to the bathroom, fill up the gas tank or feeling tired.
6. Have a character who is a religious zealot and have them pop up and quote Bible verses.
In reality, I didn't use any of these to gain wordcount. The only thing that I did that was just for the words was one day when I was stuck, I went ahead and shifted the location of the chapter to a high school English class and assigned five of the characters to read one page from their journals. That chapter was 2,498 words. All in less than three hours. It's something that would come out of the finished manuscript, but it was invaluable for me to do it as an exercise.
Friday, October 04, 2002
Because you asked
I've started talking about NaNoWriMo with friends and that inevitably leads to questions. So here are a few that might interest you:
How are you going to write 50,000 words in 30 days?
You're not serious, are you?
How exactly are you going to write it?
I'll work an abbreviated schedule at the office ... getting off around 4:00 and heading to a coffee house with my laptop. Each day I'll open the previous day's file and save it as a new one (so as to never lose more than a days work). I'll log my time and words on a detailed little spreadsheet and update my website faithfully. I will be a completely different person. With discipline and grace ...
Wait a second, you're going to become a wonderful person while you're writing your novel, but you just said you were going to taunt writers who were falling behind?
Wednesday, October 02, 2002
And So It Begins
Well, I'm all signed up for National Novel Writing Month 2002.
It all starts at 12:01 AM November 1, 2002.
I'm going to be adding lots of stuff to this site, including loads of links on the side for other Wrimo blogs.
I'm also going to post my brief recounting of last year and perhaps even my progress graph.
Look forward to some procrastination tips and ways to up your word count.
I'll also be participating in some other blogs as well.
So ... keep watching this space!
Monday, September 30, 2002
Don't Listen to the Man Behind the Curtain
As I cruise around the Internet a lot, I ran across this op/ed piece by Joseph Epstein:
Think You Have a Book in You? Think Again from September 28, 2002 in the NY Times.
It began, "According to a recent survey, 81 percent of Americans feel they have a book in them ó and that they should write it. As the author of 14 books, with a 15th to be published next spring, I'd like to use this space to do what I can to discourage them."
It seems that his reason for discouraging us is that the books we write may not be very good. And that it's a time consuming process. And that it sometimes makes you feel a little muddled, or even bad at some point.
Yeah, some of us write from vanity, to get love, to gain acceptance, to put forth our own political agendas ... I could go on and on. But is it really his place to tell anyone not to write a book if they're writing it for the wrong reason?
Which would bring me to the reason for writing my book.
I guess I'm writing to get love, belong to a community, advance my political agenda, to be able to call myself a novelist (I figured I oughta finish another before I really call myself that) ... what Mr. Epstein did not do was tell us why his books would be superior to one of my hastily written, stream-of-consciousness fictive works.
I could be peeved at his diatribe, but mostly after reading the piece, I was left thinking ... this wasn't a very good essay. It's all over the place. I'm not sure what the point was, if it was supposed to be funny, it wasn't. If it was supposed to be serious, it wasn't. In all reality, the only thing it succeeded in was some sort of odd irony. He complained that people who think they can write a book don't write very well, and here he's written poorly about that.
No, I'm not dissuaded by Mr. I've-Been-Published-14-Times. I'm gonna be published too.
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Getting Ready
Last year I wrote a novel in November. It was about 54,000 words.
The plot was decent, as were the characters. But I got stalled in several places because I didn't know how to get from point A to point C. Basically, I needed help in the middle. A lot of help.
This year I'm getting ready now. I know the story I want to write and in order to make the transition from "stuff in my head" to "stuff in text format that makes sense" I am going to take some steps.
Some of these may be helpful to others who are also preparing for the great November attempt. They are in no particular order.
1. Get maps and other resource materials together. I'm setting my piece in San Francisco and Romania. So I'm going to get a great street map of San Francisco and a travel guide (you know, one of those blend-in-like-a-native thingies) for Romania. Set these by your desk.
2. Make lists of character names. I know this sounds weird, but it's great to have a list of names that you can use at the drop of hat. I spent 90% of my first novel without a name for my main character. It woulda been so much easier if I just had one from the beginning.
3. Make notes of possible plot ideas and scenes, places and things. You think you know them now, but come November 22nd, you'll be floundering for something and lamenting the fact that the book isn't turning out at all like you thought it would ... those notes will really help keep you on track (if that's your goal).
4. Read and watch things as research. My book is going to have some stuff about counterfeiting, so I'm going to gather some information about it so at least I'll know what intaglio printing is ... These kinds of things are going to be very helpful when you're stuck. We all relied on long descriptive, expository passages from time to time
5. Think up a couple of sentences that will sum up what you're writing. If you tell people you're writing a novel, their first question will be, "Oh, what's it about?" Once you get tired of the snappy answer, "About 50,000 words." you might wanna have something else to say. Mine is a caper style piece, about an artist who reluctantly gets involved with a bunch of counterfeiters in San Francisco. This will also help you focus on your goal of figure out how to make that come to life in 50,000 words or more.
Saturday, September 21, 2002
The time has come
Equinox! Monday is the Equinox! That means that November isn't far behind.
I'm about to start my annual novel, part of National Novel Writing Month.
I'm going to post my chapters here as I go along. You can read them if you'd like.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:38 am
Monday, December 03, 2001
How It All Started
On October 26, 2001 I read an article in the Los Angeles Times about National Novel Writing Month (November). I was intrigued with the idea of writing a novel and had even begun one earlier in the year that I later abandoned. I wanted very badly to try again, so I signed up along with 5,000 others to commit myself to 50,000 words in 30 days.
What Happened
How It Happened
Day 1 - stellar start. I'm working on a book that I started early this year and later abandoned after 14,000 words. I've not looked at it since and I am restarting from memory. WordCount - 3,032
Day 2 - booted up, sat down. Not feeling well, I made some tea. Came back to the computer and typed "Chapter Three." Saved file. Went back to bed. WordCount - 3,034
Day 6 - hoping the antibiotics will kick in soon, I sit down and write a fair number of pages and actually feel pretty good about it. WordCount - 4,853
Day 7 - getting a little stir crazy, I decide to try this "writing in a cafe" thing that so many of the laptoppers talk about. I get a good amount done in 2 hours, but I find the sound of people eating distracting. WordCount - 7,699
Day 8 - Mom is coming today, gotta clean. WordCount - 7,699
Day 9 - Mom and I went fabric shopping then visited the National Headquarters of the Self-Realization Fellowship up in Mt. Washington. I feel invigorated and plan on writing lots tomorrow about what my characters know about upholstery and meditation gardens. WordCount - 7,699
Day 10 - spent some time goofing around, playing with my website. Emailed my sister a long letter, then realized that I had written over a thousand words to her, that could have been good NaNo stuff. Did over 1,500, which is good for a day I didn't actually budget into my schedule. WordCount - 9,371
Day 11 - went to Laguna to see my in-laws. Had a lovely time. Trying to figure out how to add the experience to my novel. Didn't write, but will try tomorrow. WordCount - 9,371
Day 15 - my mother is on a plane home and I can now get back to this. I have set a new goal for myself, 5,000 words a day for 10 days (with a few days of for Thanksgiving and the other relatives. Went to Coffee Table in Silverlake and got 3,000 words under my belt. WordCount - 12,096
Day 16 - through sheer force of will, I wrote a little under 3,000 distracted words today and took five hours to do it. I've signed up another WriMo to be my local adversary to try to get 4,000 words a day. WordCount - 14,824
Day 17 - got a good bit done, 1,930 words. Realized that I had miscounted the days in the month (I was looking at October and thought that I only had until next Wednesday to finish this puppy). WordCount - 16,754
Day 19 - buoyed by a compliment by Erika in a radio interview, I wrote what I consider to be 2,238 rather good words. WordCount - 21,030
Day 20 - I have a reading of a play of mine this afternoon at a local theatre, which has me wrapped in angst. Also, I woke with a start this morning as I realized that I have some huge continuity errors and am paralyzed to continue until I decide whether to go back and fix them, or just continue (which will make more work for myself when/if I revise). WordCount - 24,101
Day 20.5 - I couldn't sleep and got up at 1:30 with a mind to getting some more words in. After meeting Tom (my mano-a-nano adversary) in person, I had to do more than 975 words today. WordCount - 25,076
Day 24 - a prolonged power outage in my neighborhood was all I needed to get me to the coffee shop to write. I logged 5,000 words and made it home in time to go out to a movie. The plot moved along well to, and I think I might actually get getting somewhere. WordCount - 35,025
Day 25 - back to the cafe and another 5,000 words. My characters have backed off of each other as I try to tease a few more words out before the climax. This puppy's gonna need a lot of revision to be read-worthy. WordCount - 40,388
Day 26 - the social side of me likes it when other wrimos join me at the cafe, but my wordcount suffers. Only 2,200 today, but it is still within my goals of reaching 50K. Problem now is not reaching the wordcount, but finding a way to wrap it up. WordCount - 42,589
Day 28 - I've been going like gangbusters on the 5K days, though part of me wants to go back and fix some things that glare at me now as huge mistakes. But I must push forward. Fabulous get together with NaNoAcrossAmerica Wrimo Victoria at the Coffee Table. WordCount - 48,512
Day 29 - Though distracted with finalizing the party, I manage to finish my final 1,200 words and at least cross the finish line. I still need an ending, but that can be arranged. WordCount - 50,046
Day 30 - between planning the party and lots and lots of emails, I managed to bring it all to a close with a grand total of 51,426. The ending is not what I'd call "good" but I have signed up for National Novel Editing Month.
During November it's all about me writing a novel. Sometimes it's about whalewatching. You know, and then there's other stuff.


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The Best Wines I Tasted in the High Plains of TexasPosted by Fredric Koeppel under Cabernet sauvignon , Carignan , Chardonnay , High Plains Texas , mourvedre , Rose wines , Tempranillo
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I can't say a great deal about most of these wines, because they were tasted on the fly or at a buffet lunch or dinner during my sojourn in the High Plains AVA (indicated in the map) back in the month of May. And My Readers throughout the country will recognize that the enterprise is inherently unfair in relationship to their curiosity because very few wines produced in the Lone Star State are available beyond its irregular borders. Naturally, this circumstance disturbs winemakers in Texas, because they know that many of the wines that issue from their doors are fine enough to stand up to any in the U.S.A. (No state, of course, has a monopoly on mediocre wines.) Texas has slightly more than 200 wineries; 95 percent of the wine is consumed inside the state. Obviously in a three-day visit, the main purpose being to tour vineyards and interview owners and growers, I could experience only the tiniest fraction of vinous products and those primarily relating to High Plains grapes. Still, I thought that it would be friendly and decent to give a shout-out to the wines that stood above the pack. I'll say that some of the pricing structure seems inflated, if not downright grandiose. If you're passing through Texas, however, you might want to investigate some of these wines at retail stores or perhaps visit the wineries. Most will be happy to ship for you if the state you live in allows the practice.
McPherson Les Copains Rosé 2013, Texas, about $11. A delicate blend of 55 percent cinsault, 30 percent mourvèdre and 15 percent viognier. Kim McPherson is the son of "Doc" McPherson, one of the founders of seminal High Plains winery Llano Estacado, in Lubbock. McPherson Cellars is also in Lubbock and occupies an old Coca-Cola bottling plant from the 1930s. This is one of the best rosés I've had all year.
It's a consensus ( or fervent hope) in the High Plains of Texas AVA that tempranillo is the grape that will turn the tide and bring national attention to the region, though there's a back-bench movement for montepulciano. This belief indicates a general segue in High Plains away from "classic" grapes like chardonnay, merlot and cabernet sauvignon to grapes that reflect the hot dry climate and its similarity to some areas of Spain, Italy and southern France. I probably tried more wines made from tempranillo grapes (or blends) while I was in High Plains than all the other wines combined; these four were certainly the best:
1. Becker Reserve Tempranillo 2012, about $19
2. Lewis Wines Newsom Vineyard Tempranillo 2011, High Plains. About $32(?). Neal Newsom is a prominent grower in High Plains.
3. Lost Oak Tempranillo 2012, about $33. (The winery is in Burleson, south of Fort Worth.)
4. Inwood Estates Vineyards Cornelious Reserve 2012, 100 percent tempranillo from the Inwood Block at Newsom Vineyards. About $69. (See next entry for more about Inwood.)
Dan Gatlin is a wine pioneer in Texas, an outspoken and controversial figure. There's no denying, though, that he is a brilliant winemaker or that his Inwood Estates wines, authentic and highly individual, are difficult to forget once you taste them. Gatlin's chardonnays undergo no barrel-fermentation or malolactic and have what he called "a brief exposure to oak." Both the 2012 and '13 are notable chardonnays, the '12 deftly balanced between elegance and weight, with prominent stony minerality and hints of pineapple, cloves and baked peaches; the '13 suave, supple yet a little earthy, almost briery, showing chalky-flint elements. These are from Dallas County; they run about $40. Despite the movement toward Mediterranean basin grapes, cabernet sauvignon is still grown in High Plains; Gatlin's Inwood Estates Mericana Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, Newsom Vineyards, about $70, was definitively the best that I tasted.
As testament to the affinity of Texas High Plains climate to the grapes of southern France and Spain, I tasted these three wines on every occasion they were offered and kept going back for more. The "Reddy" refers to Vijay Reddy, a prominent grower in High Plains.
1. Bending Branch Reddy Vineyard Mourvèdre 2011, Texas Hill Country, 145 cases, about $28.
2. Brushy Creek Reddy Vineyards Tannat 2008, Texas, about $20.
3. Brushy Creek Rachel's Reserve Carignane 2010, Martin's Vineyards, Texas. About $25.


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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Issue(s): Whether Faretta v. California "clearly establish[es]," for purposes of habeas corpus review of state-court judgments under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), that a defendant retains a constitutional right to revoke his prior waiver of counsel at trial and require re-appointment of counsel to file a new-trial motion.
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 10, 2012, 11:02 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/petition-of-the-day-379/


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Red Hot Chili Peppers Frontman Anthony Kiedis Had a Fight With Some Bodyguards [VIDEO]
Lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis got in a serious scuffle with some bodyguards outside the Four Seasons in Philly today (June 21) after they refused to let him inside the hotel -- and it was all caught on video.
Kiedis and a female companion can be seen walking up to the hotel, which they're barred from entering. It gets ugly when the security guard touches him on the chest, Kiedis shoves back and then it basically turns into something out of a cartoon where you don't know whose limbs belong to whom.
Turns out Kiedis was trying to get into the hotel at the same time that the Rolling Stones were leaving, he wasn't recognized, and security thought he was just a fan.
All while the cameramen screamed to leave the Red Hot Chili Pepper alone.
Weirdly enough, no one knows right now who the guard worked for -- the hotel denies he's on their team, and the Stones are saying he doesn't work directly for them either. Insiders say it's possible he was an extra hand hired for the Philly show to help with crowd control.
In a statement to TMZ, all Kiedis had to say was, "I love the Rolling Stones."


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Homophobic Harlem Church Erects New Anti-Gay Sign
The ATLAH Missionary Church in Harlem, New York proved that it doesn't fully believe in its incendiary anti-gay messages when a church worker didn't have the balls to live up to his sign's mettle by stoning a lesbian to death in March. So, even though ATLAH's bark has no bite, the church has erected another divisive, anti-Christian sign attacking gays.
The latest sign reads:
"Halerm is a sodomite free zone. Stop sodomizing our children in schools across America."
1.) Has Pastor James David Manning ever been to Harlem? Some of modern day gay culture's most persistent identifiers are of Harlem provenance.
2.) ATLAH is demanding that Christian pastors stop sodomizing children, right?
(Via JMG)
These people don't understand their own bible and the definition of a "sodomite." I don't believe the story, but if you do, Abraham and God barter back and forth as Abraham tries to spare Sodom and Gomorra from destruction. In the end, God insists he will destroy both cities because not even 10 righteous people can be found. There's a lot of takeaways from this story, but one is certainly that whatever the reason for the judgment, it wasn't clearly articulated but it was also something even children were guilty of committing. And, it was probably not even a sexual sin. The story only proves that gay people have been a scapegoat since the beginning of time!


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Spent hours and hours on compiling PHP with IMAP support on CentOS 64-bit but after many trial and error sessions I got if fixed.
If you have set the '--with-libdir=lib64' flag and you encounter the the 'cannot find the c-client library' error while compiling, try to create a symlink 'lib64' to 'lib' in your imap installation dir.
Apparantly, PHP will search only in lib64 directories if the flag is set. This also applies on the IMAP library but documentation lacks on this point.