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As much as I would like to live a life filled with decadent disregard for things like calories and extra pounds, a life packed with things like porchetta and chicharon and chocolate truffles, the reality of it all is that, sigh, I do have to think of these things (sometimes!). Truth be told though, I am not always the fat-gobbling, calorie-consuming Braveheart that I sometimes paint myself to be. Oh, that is definitely a big part of who I am, but I also love vegetables and fish and food that won't kill you. I guess at the end of the day, I can say that I am an equal opportunity eater: everything gets an equal opportunity to be eaten by me.
After all of the holiday's feasting, it was time for a little restraint. Not the restraint you would equate with suffering and deficiency, as this salad does not in any way evoke either. It was just time to eat a little lighter…something both my tightening jeans and taste buds where telling me. Yes, it happens…even to a voracious pork lover like me…I was in the mood for a salad.
I threw this salad together based on ideas and inspiration from the salad recipes in Donna Hay's The New Cook. She has so many wonderful-sounding salads! In fact, the dressing I use here is hers as well (from her magazine, Spring issue 23). So this salad basically sprung from the crossroads of: her recipes, what I had available, and a surfeit of apples from the Christmas season.
Apple and Blue Cheese Salad
- a bunch of red and green curly lettuce
- a bunch of arugula
- 2 apples, chopped into cubes
- 1 medium onion, sliced as thin as you can manage
- a small hunk of blue cheese (depending an taste)
- a knob of butter
- a pinch of brown sugar and freshly cracked black pepper
– Wash your greens and dry with a paper towel (I have a salad spinner but I find myself rolling the greens in a paper towel more and more often instead).
– Melt butter in a pan, once it's clear and bubbly toss in apples and sprinkle with a pinch of sugar and pepper (to taste). Let apples cooked a little until the sides are a tad caramelized.
– Arrange lettuce on a plate, top with arugula, then the onions, then apples.
– Crumble blue cheese on top and drizzle dressing over everything (or, if you are like my mother, serve the dressing on the side).Herb Dressing
(from Donna Hay Magazine, Spring issue 23)
- ¾ cup basil leaves
- 2 ½ tablespoons rinsed capers
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 crushed garlic clove
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Process in a food processor until just combined (I used an immersion blender).That's not all we had! We also enjoyed a strawberry yogurt smoothie with our salad.
Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup natural yogurt
- 2 cups strawberries
- ice
- honey to taste
– Blend everything but the honey in a blender.
– Taste.
– Add honey to sweeten, if needed.
– Makes 3 glasses.I so enjoyed this meal! The different components of the salad seemed to interplay perfectly with one another: the apple, the onion, the blue cheese…even the dressing. I really liked that I had pan-seared the apples first (fyi, Donna did it with pears). I was quite pleased with myself, and am now happily thinking up of all kinds of salads I can make for me and C (who is an absolute vegetable lover by the way). The smoothie was good…but could have been better as our strawberries weren't that sweet…hence the honey.Is this the end of fatty foods for me? Hardly. Only the beginning of more variety!


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Tokyo, Dec 5: FIFA will introduce goal-line technology for the first time at the Club World Cup in an effort to accurately judge when balls cross the goal line.
The magnetic-field-based system of GoalRef will be used at Yokohama Stadium while Toyota Stadium will be equipped with the camera-based Hawk-Eye system.
The seven-team tournament begins on Thursday when New Zealand's Auckland City faces Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Yokohama Stadium.
"Tomorrow will be the first time that goal-line technology will be officially used in a game," FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said Wednesday. "The tests are done; and the installation tests were successful."
Hawk-Eye is a British camera-based system already used in tennis and cricket. GoalRef is a Danish-German project using magnetic sensors to track a special ball.
Before each match, officials will test the system is working in both goals.
The referee will continue to have full autonomy in making any final decision during the match, using goal-line technology as an additional aid.
The data from the Club World Cup will be used to help FIFA decide, by the end of March, which technology it will use for the six venues at the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. The Confederations Cup system will then be used at the 2014 World Cup.
"The referee has the final decision," Valcke added. "The technology won't change the speed, value or spirit of the game. There is no reason to be against this technology."
FIFA decided to introduce both systems after they won "unanimous" support from the International Football Association Board panel. FIFA president Sepp Blatter was a member of the IFAB panel.
Blatter was initially opposed to the idea of using goal-line technology but changed his stance two years ago when he saw England denied a clear goal by midfielder Frank Lampard against Germany at the 2010 World Cup.
Two days later, Blatter said FIFA must reopen the debate, though insisted it must involve only goal-line decisions. Video replay remains off limits for judgment calls, such as penalties or offside.

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On January 16, 2014, 10:41 a.m., Lincoln (NE) Police were dispatched to Peter Pan Park, 939 N. 33rd Street. Neighbors of the park reported seeing a man lying on the ground, injured. Twenty seven year old Jarvis Long was found unresponsive and declared deceased. He had been stabbed several times. Jarvis Long's death is being investigated as a homicide. This is the first homicide reported in Lincoln in 2014.
Investigators are still piecing together the events that preceded Jarvis Long's death. Late Wednesday - early Thursday, Jarvis was walking between friends' homes in the Clinton/Malone neighborhood. This is not uncommon, as walking is Jarvis' known form of transportation. The Lincoln Police Department is asking anyone who may have seen or visited with Jarvis Long, on Wednesday evening or early Thursday, to contact an investigator at 402.441.6000. Information may also be reported anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 402.475.3600.


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Man has audacity to high-five boy during act
A California performance of Cirque Du Soleil turned into "Sex Du Soleil" recently when two U.S. border agents allegedly had sex in front of other audience members before attacking them.
Broadcast reports indicate Kallie Helwig was performing oral sex on Gerald Torello Jr. in plain view of others including children during the May 27 event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds near San Diego.
"She had her head in his lap. It looked like her head and her hand were moving up and down and it looked like she was giving him oral sex in public," an unidentified female witness told KFMB-TV.
The witness also claims Torello, the male agent, gave a 5-year-old boy a high-five during the incident, and there were other children present at the time.
"The guy was so lacking in judgment that he felt it was OK to give the boy a high-five while she was giving him [oral sex]," the witness added.
The couple was asked to stop by those in the audience, and the pair reportedly became enraged.
"While I'm watching her, she's staring at me and she's throwing punches in the air. And you can hear the guy saying, 'You can take her, babe. I got your back,'" the woman said.
After the Cirque Du Soleil event ended, Agent Helwig allegedly punched the woman three times in the face, while Agent Torello got into a confrontation with the woman's husband.
Helwig told deputies, "She wasn't feeling well so she had her head on Torello's lap and he was rubbing her stomach," the report reads.
Helwig also claimed she was attacked first, though other witness accounts contradict her version.
Photographs show injuries to the face of the woman who claimed the agent attacked her. She said Helwig, " … just turned around and socked me right on my left eye. She got me with a punch to the right jaw and left jaw. I had a black eye and a knot in my forehead."
Both agents were off duty at the time of the incident, and Helwig was given a misdemeanor citation for battery while Torello was detained for being intoxicated in public.
Investigators say neither agent is charged with any sex-related crime because audience members did not witness any specific sexual contact.
Federal supervisors of the pair have issued a statement concerning the case, stating:
"All Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner while on or off duty. CBP stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission, and the overwhelming majority of CBP employees and officers perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe. CBP takes every allegation of misconduct seriously and fully cooperates in the investigation of such allegations. Presently, the two employees in question have been assigned administrative duties."


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This is the second module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Each activity is self-directed by students or student teams and uses online videos, data from the SDO satellite and hands-on activities to explore, research... (View More) and build knowledge about how and why studying the Sun's electromagnetic energy and magnetic fields help scientists better understand the Sun's activity and space weather. Students build knowledge and vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections and create resources to use in investigations. Both a teacher and student guide is included with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos, tutorials and internet resources. In Activity 2A: The Sun and the EM Spectrum students learn how SDO uses key parts of the Sun's electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to research regions of the Sun, create an interactive foldable to describe the different wavebands of the EMS, then use real-time SDO image data and the Helioviewer online tool to explore the Sun's regional activity. Tutorials for using Helioviewer and making the EMS foldable are included. Activity 2B: Solar activity and Magnetism has students use information in online videos and slide presentations to demonstrate concepts of magnetism and the relationship between the Sun's variable magnetic fields and sunspots. Activity 3B: Solar Research in Action! Build a Spectroscope has students create a spectroscope to observe the different wavebands of visible light, demonstrate how the Sun emits varying EMS energies, and explain how this information helps scientists understand the composition and activity of both our nearest star, and other stars in the universe. A computer for student-teams and a connection to the Internet are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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This is a lesson about how magnetism causes solar flares. Learners will set up an electrical circuit with magnets to examine magnetic fields and their similarities to magnetic fields seen on the Sun. Learners should have a conceptual understanding... (View More) of magnetism prior to exploring this lesson. This activity requires special materials including a galvanometer, copper wire, and sandpaper. This is Activity 2 in the Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares teachers guide. (View Less)
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Two years ago Willow was my 40th birthday present. She was advertised as KC reg and was priced accordingly but I never got the papers for her despite leaving dozens of messages. To be honest having the papers doesn't really matter but we'd paid for them and I felt conned so it really cheesed me off. Well two years on what came through the letterbox but Willow's papers :confused: How bizarre! I sent off & got her pedigree through at weekend so spent lunchtime looking up pictures of her ancestors :rolleyes: Naturally, they're a good looking bunch.


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CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters remain camped outside the presidential palace in Cairo, but officials say Egypt's president has returned and is back at work. Mohammed Morsi left the palace through a back gate yesterdays as angry protesters held a massive rally demanding he rescind decrees giving him sweeping powers. Morsi's party, the Muslim Brotherhood, has called for a counter rally today


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ROCHESTER, NY (Reuters) - Rubber Duckie you're the one. The world's most popular bath toy sunk fierce competition to be named one of two 2013 inductees to the United States' National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday.
The rubber duck and the game of chess were selected from 12 finalists including bubbles, Clue, Fisher-Price Little People, little green army men, Magic 8 Ball, My Little Pony, Nerf toys, Pac-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the scooter.
"The winners this year represent both extremes in the world of play," said Christopher Bensch, vice president for collections at The Strong, a children's and cultural history museum in western New York where the National Toy Hall of Fame resides.
They follow 51 other toys inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame since 1998, with Star Wars figures and dominoes chosen last year.
The rubber duck first appeared on the toy scene in the late 1800s - the original ducks did not float, but were used as chew toys for babies. They developed into floating tub toys in the 1940s and now come in a myriad of colors and collectible designs that dress up ducks as everything from dental hygienists to vampires.
"They have evolved from water play," said Patricia Hogan, the museum's curator of toys and dolls. "They have been a fixture of pop culture for decades and recent variations of the toy appeal to adults as well as toddlers."
Chess, one of the world's oldest games, springs from an ancient Indian war game called chaturanga, in which pawns represented different types of fighting men. Around 1475, in England, chess began evolving into today's classic game of wit.
"The game demonstrates the importance of intellectual play throughout most of human kind's important history," said Nicolas Ricketts, the museum's curator of art, paper, clothing, and board games.
Chess and the rubber duck were chosen from more than 300 toys that are nominated by the public each year.
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These will be printed off of a laser printer, so they can be four-color and use shadowing effects if you prefer.
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Subtitle "Courtesy of NLECTC, a program of the Natl. Institute of Justice"
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Gizmodo tip: If you are driving 40 tons worth of cow intestine around in your truck, just turn on the radio. There's no need to fiddle with your MP3 player, find yourself distracted and spill your 40 tons of cow intestine in the road. Trust us, it happens.
Bonus tip: This rule also applies for transporting cadavers, manure and boxed sets of Friends.
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I'm looking to hike Skyline Trail Friday. I'm an experienced hiker from Canada. I live beside a tram and am experienced at this kind of hike. Ok maybe not quit the same elevation gain.
Leaving from the museum at 4 or 5.
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KShell flashes back to the year 2000 for the epic UW Huskies vs. Colorado Buffaloes matchup. This game proved to be closer than most had expected as the Huskies would have to rally for the first of many fourth quarter comebacks. Marques Tuiasosopo, Willie Hurst, Paul Arnold, Larry Tripplett, Rick Neuheisel are just some of the names to remember.
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The foam roller is one of the most versatile pieces of fitness equipment. It can be used for flexibility, massage and balance training. Many fitness trainers use them as props for their Pilates, core training and sport conditioning classes. They are really effective for developing core stabilization, body balance and awareness and strength, also great for myofascial release which unties muscular knots.
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In this activity, students create a scale model depicting the vertical distance from Earth's surface to various features and objects, including Earth's atmospheric layers, the Van Allen Radiation Belts, and geocentric satellites. Students also... (View More) compare the vertical distances to these features and objects with distances from their classroom to other common points on the ground. Includes background science information; student reading, handouts and worksheet; teacher information; and suggested extensions and adaptations for students with vision impairment. (View Less)
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This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science mathematics problems distributed during the 2012-2013 school year. They were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and physical science... (View More) curriculum in grades 5 through 12. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. The problems were designed to be one-pagers with a Teacher's Guide and Answer Key as a second page. (View Less)


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
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Club 9 is a dating advice company based in Russia. We offer a comprehensive self-improvement program for men. The objective of the Club is to improve dramatically the success that our clients have with women.
We are currently moving online and are in the process of designing our website http://www.pickupclub9.ru
Therefore, we need a logo and slogan for the website.
Russian-speaking males (18-30 yo) looking to improve their dating life.
The logo and slogan should stylistically match the look and feel of the website http://www.pickupclub9.ru
There are 10 illustrations already used at http://www.pickupclub9.ru (uploaded below). Please make sure that the logo and slogan match the illustrations.
The logo should include the name of the company (Club 9). PLEASE USE RUSSIAN SPELLING:
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The logo should be sexy and incorporate the illustrations of girls (or girls' silouettes).
The slogan in Russian is also needed. The slogan translates as '"Harem" in 9 months' and is spelled in Russian like this:
Гарем за 9 месяцев
http://www.pickupclub9.ru was created using Joomla. The resulting logo and slogan should incorporate easily into the Joomla site.
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PN-G art teacher finds art and inspiration outdoors
In his first attempt, Calvin Carter placed fourth with artwork he created for the 2013 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's federal duck stamp contest. Carter's work was narrowly edged out of the top three spots by one point. His work will be included in a traveling show to promote wildlife conservation. The contest is the largest wildlife art competition in the United States and this year drew 202 entries. Two of the top three winners had previously won the contest, so Carter felt a particular sense of accomplishment to place so highly in the only juried art competition sponsored by the federal government.
Waterfowl hunters must purchase a $15 stamp helping raise about $25 million annually to purchase wetlands and associated upland habitats for inclusion in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System. Since the program's inception, duck stamp sales have raised more than $800 million to conserve more than 6 million acres of crucial habitat.
Carter, his wife, Ashley, and their son, Austin, live in Port Neches where he teaches art at Port Neches-Groves High School. Carter has found some success with other conservation stamps, including the 30th stamp for the 1-million member strong Coastal Conservation Association in 2012, featuring a redfish, and the 2013 Texas Freshwater stamp and print, as well as magazine covers such as the June 2012 and March, April and August 2013 Texas Outdoor Journals.
He was chosen as the 2013 Texas Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Artist of the Year for a piece titled Moonlight Morning. He will sign about 2,000 prints that will be sent to the organization's sponsors.
Carter has been drawn to art and the outdoors as long as he can remember.
"We lived out near Hempstead. There was a lot of rice land, so my dad hunted ducks and geese a lot. I always enjoyed hunting and fishing and being outdoors since I was a kid," Carter said. "My grandma used to tell me that I would sit out there and watch the migrating geese for long periods of time and study them and do little drawings of them. She said 'I think sometimes if you could fly back with them you would.' She used to tell me that all the time."
Carter entered Lamar in 1994 and graduated in 2000 after he studied art under the late Jerry Newman, who was particularly well known for his wildlife art.
"A lot of people don't realize all the flower paintings that Jerry Newman did," Carter said. "That was his bigger thing, really, rather than the wildlife, he always told me."
The student and teacher developed a lasting friendship.
"He was like a dad to me," Carter said. "When Jerry passed away, I was asked to be a pallbearer. That was a major honor. I keep pictures of him in my studio and one of his paintings in remembrance of him. "When I graduated, I kind of didn't know where to go. It's like 'What's next?' You can go get your master's degree but I just couldn't financially. So, the years went by, and I was just kind of floundering. I was working in a restaurant, waiting tables. That's when I wasn't doing much artwork. I was doing some, but it was only for just here and there.
Then, about eight years ago, opportunity knocked.
"A lady, Susan Jackson, who lived in my apartment complex in Brenham, saw my painting and, come to find out, she was a principal at one of the schools," Carter said. "She said 'You're waiting tables? Why are you waiting tables when you should be doing artwork?' I said it's not like people walk up to you and say why don't you come and work for me. But, that's exactly what she did."
He took his first teaching position in Somerville, then moved to teach in Pineland, and, this fall, took a position in Port Neches. His teaching reflects his own philosophy: create using one's own experiences and strive to make a personal statement through art.
"During that time, I started doing some religious artwork," he said. "I got into that, and I had a big show at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in 2008. One of the paintings is called Texas Baptism, and you can see it hanging in the Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. "My grandfather is one of the characters in it. It was sort of the country version of the Archangel Michael. The whole theme was very southern and country— religious artwork mostly from a child or country boy's view —how a child would interpret the stories. Because not all of us growing in this part of the world would have seen Michelangelo's or Leonardo's work and understood what he was trying to say. "As a matter of fact, St. Anthony's Basilica is going to have a sculpture unveiled soon that I designed."
The three-dimensional depiction of Christ shows a muscular form because "they wanted to show his power through this image." The bronze casting is due for installation later this year, Carter said.
"It has been kind of a weird twist going from religious artwork back to wildlife artwork," Carter said. "When Jerry passed away, there was still lot of stuff I needed to know, and I didn't feel like I had anyone to turn to for help. I really didn't know the business that well."
He was fortunate to find some support from Gib DeLisle, who introduced him to Houston gallery owner Butch Kissman who works with several well-known wildlife artists.
"In the beginning it was pretty rocky," Carter said. "It is really hard to break into that market. The first six months was like having to learn all over again."
Carter works most often from reference photographs, but also draws on personal experience. When it comes to his exceptionally realistic depictions of fish in their habitat, he said he makes use of his small underwater camera, which gives him an idea of the lighting, sand, and colors underwater.
In the first year, his only commission was a four-part series of paintings of Houston businessman Brent Moreland and world-record-holding sharpshooter Tom Knapp duck, pheasant and dove hunting, and shooting skeet.
"Unfortunately, Tom died earlier this year. I did get to spend some time with him and complete the first of the series before he passed away," Carter said.
Moreland also commissioned Carter to paint a scene of him catching a 31-inch rainbow trout. The bonus – it would have to be painted on site in King Salmon, Alaska.
"When I got there, the guy who owned the lodge came up to me before I even got my suitcases out of my hands and said, 'Hey, I've got a little project for you.' My first thought was 'Really, I came up to fish, take pictures, and you've got a project for me.' He said, 'Well, did you see that old boat we have in front of the lodge?' I said 'No.' 'Exactly, nobody sees it," he said. 'It sits up there in front of the lodge, and nobody even pays attention to it. We are thinking about putting our name across it.'"
Before the trip, Carter had seen a photo of an airplane with a salmon painted along its side.
"I said 'Why don't we do a fish across the boat instead of just your logo?' We only had three days – which wasn't the biggest challenge. Getting the paint and supplies was the hard part," Carter said, because of the remote location. "I got my friend who took me up there to help. We got it done, and that was pretty cool. "In the following year, I did a lot of work with Ducks Unlimited, Delta Waterfowl, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and CCA."
For Ducks Unlimited, those who have the winning bid can arrange for a personal piece of art showing their favorite sport, often a father and son and their dog at their favorite hunting spot. Carter has created more than a dozen portraits on behalf of Ducks Unlimited.
While he looks forward to entering competition for the 2014 federal duck stamp, he continues to promote art and the outdoors in other ways. Currently, he is working with local outdoor host Chester Moore to film an episode of his show God's Outdoors focusing on wildlife art.
All the entries into the federal duck stamp competition are posted at www.outdoorsweekly. You can view Carter's art at www.calvincarterart.com and find him on Facebook at Carter's creations. To learn about art at Lamar University, visit BeACardinal.com.
(Lamar press release)


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Adam.baker13 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 6 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
Good Biker
we create graphic tees celebrating the positive aspects of motorcycling.
The prevailing aesthetic for biker tees is black tees with Skulls and Cross Bones. Hell's Angels and Outlaw Bikers dominate the "look" of biker culture. Much of the artwork is crude ("If you can read this shirt, the bitch fell off"). This does not represent the attitude or spirit of the majority of motorcyclists. Good Biker is a fun alternative to the prevailing genre.
"Good Biker" is a tee shirt company that celebrates and illustrates the positive aspects of motorcycling and motorcycle culture. It's intended to be quirky – not macho. Fun, not serious. It's intended to take insights from "the ride" and bring them to life in a fun and irreverent graphic that captures the spirit of motorcycling.
This brief is for a black and white logo which has two components. The first component is the "Good Biker" company name which needs a retro font treatment that conveys the fun, quirky, irreverent attitude of the company. The second component is a biker character - called "Good Bike Mike." The character should be riding a motorcycle and should have a retro feel - wearing old school helmet and goggles, and having a big smile like the Life is Good Character (Jake).
The "Good Bike Mike" character should be simple and fun, and have a retro feel to it (like the attached images of the Monopoly man). He should look as though he is enjoying the ride. He should be in Black and White. He should be more masculine than the Life is Good Character....
Attached are images for reference and inspiration.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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With the National Hamburger Festival approaching quickly, the marketing department decided to enter our Black Angus Superburger in the "Best Traditional Burger" category. But I so love the American Grill that I decided to enter it into the "Best Creative Burger" category.
At an assigned time, three of each burger was to be delivered to the judges' tent. The Black Angus Superburger was the first up at 11:45 am. I prepared the burgers and rushed them to the judges' tent in the hopes of keeping them as fresh and hot as possible. I got to the assigned location only to find that the tent had been moved! None of the festival workers could agree as to the new location of the tent. I had to get my entries there hot and I had to get them there on time. Mere minutes later I found the tent, handed over my creations and rushed back to our concession area to prepare the American Grill for the 12:15 judging.
Standing over the hot grill, I quickly found that evenly grilling the egg bread on our rented and hard- to- regulate grills was not going to be an easy task, and I only had enough ingredients to make six American Grills. Three had to be perfect for judging. The patties cooked nicely and the vegetables were sautéed to perfection but the bread for the first two burgers burned almost immediately upon hitting the grill. More stress! Happily, I was able to grill three perfect sets of egg bread for the burgers, assemble them, and get them to the judges' table right on-time.
My work was done. It was now time to slow down and enjoy the festival. As I walked "hamburger row" with my wife Sarah, I got my first real look at the competition. There were some local favorites like Carvers and Louie's, but some national competition as well. There was White Castle, Quaker Steak and Lube, Steak 'n Shake, Fatburger, and Big Boy to name a few. Half way down "hamburger row," I stopped at a souvenir stand and purchased a National Hamburger Festival hat. I joked with the woman in the stand that if I didn't win, I was bringing the hat back. Confident in the quality of the burgers I had served, I placed the hat on my head and continued my walk down "hamburger row."
I am proud to share with you that by the end of the day the Black Angus Superbuger was awarded the second place silver award for the "Best Traditional Burger". But what I am most proud of is that the old family recipe from The Pub, the American Grill, was awarded the first place gold medal as the "Most Creative Burger."
I'd like to thank Kevin Wall from our Cuyahoga Falls restaurant for cooking, as well as the rest of our Ohio restaurant team members for their role in our success at the Festival. I am really looking forward to defending our titles in 2009. And I am sure that between now and next July, John and I can come up with another winning flavor combination. In the meantime, stop in at any Eat'n Park, try both of our delicious burgers, and award your own gold medal.
If you would like to learn more about the National Hamburger Festival, please visit www.hamburgerfestival.com
Until next time,


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Jan. 30, 2006
Macon, Ga. - Lipscomb's Brian Fisk claimed his second Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honor after helping Lipscomb vault into the league lead last week.
With first place on the line for Florida Atlantic last Monday, Fisk posted a game-high 22 points and eight rebounds to hand the Owls their first conference home loss of the season. Just six days later, the 6-2 guard dominated the re-match in the Music City, pouring in 28 points in an 88-71 victory at Allen Arena. For the week, Fisk shot 58.6% from the floor including 6-of-10 from the three-point line and a 10-of-11 effort at the charity stripe.
The pair of wins gave Lipscomb the lead in the conference standings for the first time since joining the A-Sun three years ago. Fisk has led the Bisons in scoring seven times in the last 12 games, raising his points per game average to 16.6 points per game to rank fifth in the league. Lipscomb has won seven straight games, matching Kennesaw State's streak earlier in the year for longest winning streak by an A-Sun team this season. The Bisons two conference losses have come by a combined five points.
Fisk is a native of Newbern, Tenn., and is majoring in management. He will lead Lipscomb back into action on Tuesday night when they travel to Belmont for the second half of the Battle of the Boulevard, a game broadcast live on CSS.
The Atlantic Sun Conference hands out Player of the Week awards weekly during the 2005-06 basketball campaign.
The 11-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida and Stetson.
This release was provided by the Altantic Sun Media Relations Department.


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These days in the UK, Sunday is often a day spent at the pub, a chance to meet up with friends and relax at the end of the working week. A far cry from the early 19th Century when Sunday was spent going to church, you might think? Or perhaps not, if this outburst from the Kirk Session of Kilcalmonell and Kilberry, Argyll is to be believed:
Kilcalmonell and Kilberry Kirk Session: Minutes 1821-33
NAS Ref. CH2/1423/1 - Pages 33-35
At Kilcalmonell the 17th of April 1825 years The Kirk Session of Kilcalmonell met. Present the Moderator and Elders.
Among other matters the consideration of a practice too common in Country Parishes and in this also, of people meeting together after Divine Service in a public house profaning the Lord's day by drinking and engaging in carnal conversations especially when collected together under the vulgar name of Kirking Came before the session when after a full discussion of the same the Members agreed in the following as their judgment in this Matter.
That profanation of the Lord's day is a sin of vast criminality to many awful prohibitions of the word of God condemned by several Acts of Parliament and acts of Assembly; and quite inconsistent with the profession of Christianity. And it appeared to the Session to be established beyond a doubt, that those meetings on the sabbath called Kirkings, are [a] most gross and heathenish violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath, by the indulgence which is given to the flesh in drinking and speaking; they unanimously resolved and do now resolve, by the blessing of God, to apply the discipline of the Church to the suppression of such unholy meetings.
And give this public intima[tion] of their determination to deal with those who assemble in Kirkings on Sabbath day as with other transgressors of the law of God. And moreover that those keeping houses should take care not incur the penalty of the Civil Law annexed to keeping their houses open During Divine Service or disorderly during the rest of the Sabbath. And finally that the parties which occasion the Kirking shall be held as the leaders in the sin.
The Kirk may not have been able to prevent these 'Kirkings' but they did succeed in getting some of the individuals who participated brought before the Session and there are descriptions of two such events on pages 60-68 of the minutes. At one of these 13 or 14 bottles of whisky were drunk by a group consisting of between 20 and 25 people - naturally, recollections were a little vague!
I looked at a few Scottish dictionaries and did a quick internet search but was unable to find any further reference to this particular type of Kirking so it is hard to know how widespread the practice was. Although there does seem to be some similarity with the 'Kirking Feasts' which sometimes accompanied ceremonial attendances at church.


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Weekend of November 6-8, 2010
Mary Belle Jarrett Huffman, 90, of Conover, passed away Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at her residence after a period of declining health for several years. Hickory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Robert Burke Goble, 90, of Hickory, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Bass-Smith Funeral Home is serving the family of Robert Burke Goble.
Vernon McKinley Abbott, 87, of Hickory, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at the Veterans Medical Center in Asheville.


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Head butt, a very effective but seldom talked about technique.
We tend to subconsciously ignore or deny that "sort of techniques" because of the negative "dirty fighting" connotation, but come on guys, the older you get, the dirtier or nastier you must. They got the brawn and the chicks, we got the cunningness, right? What is it they say about "cunning and deceit will overcome youth and skills"?
It is a great technique. Especially effective when your hands are occupied whether standing or on the ground. Must be careful on how to use it though. Butting his nose is great, but butting his forehead with your forehead would be a literal head on collision.
Some of you might know that I encourage alternative interpretation of kata movements to supplement our normal practices. I made a new video called: "Seisan Head Butt & Knee Butt". Yes, another one of my out of the box interpretation of kata movements. I hope it doesn't get some of the less progressive old timers wound up, you know, those who think that anything that did not come from Okinawa or not taught by their Okinawan teacher is wrong, you know those guys---
My new Seisan Head Butt & Knee Butt video
To do it right, check this out. This is how Bas does it
For those who need some assurance that it works, there are tons of videos on Youtube. Here are some for your enjoyment:
UFC in the good old days (@2.35min)
On the street
On the beach
Outside of a restaurant
Outside of a bar


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Red and Green Cabbage Slaw
2½ cups thinly sliced red cabbage
2½ cups thinly sliced green cabbage
½ cup chopped yellow or red bell pepper
½ cup grated carrot
1/3 cup chopped red onion
8 ounces reduced-fat cheddar cheese, cut into ¼-inch cubes
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 cup fat free mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Splenda
¼ teaspoon celery seed
Combine vegetables and cheese in bowl.
Mix mayonnaise, vinegar, Splenda and celery seed in a separate bowl.
Pour mayonnaise mixture over vegetables and stir.
Flavors of Fiesta
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It's unlikely you'll see Michael Phelps peel off his shirt, lean out of his open-top Hummer and fling it into the parade crowd today.
That's something he did in 2004, the first time he returned home from the Olympics to attend a parade in his honor. His mother, Debbie, responded in mock horror, and as his female fans squealed, Phelps flashed a cocky grin before reluctantly covering himself.
You won't see that from Phelps today because - sorry, ladies - he's more mature and more comfortable with his fame. His life is more scripted than spontaneous. He also understands that, after winning more gold medals in a single Olympics than anyone else in history, he is as much a brand now as he is an Olympic athlete. Each public appearance represents an opportunity to solidify his status as a coveted corporate pitchman and to help the sport of swimming grow.
He knows his window won't stay open forever. Olympic athletes have a notably short shelf life. And so he intends to capitalize on these moments. He will smile today, soak up the applause, shake hands with politicians and minor celebrities, and then he'll be whisked off to something new: a new marketing campaign, a talk show, a Boys and Girls Club appearance, a speech to a group of CEOs.
Phelps will be honored today in a "Parade of Gold" in Towson and tonight during a "Star-Spangled Salute To Michael Phelps" at Fort McHenry. Ellen Kobler, Baltimore County spokeswoman, said there is no firm estimate on how many people will attend the parade, but "thousands" are expected. In 2004, about 10,000 people attended a similar celebration for Phelps.
Other honorees in the parade include Olympic swimmer Katie Hoff and Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long.
Phelps the pitchman is living a delicate tightrope act, with the potential for overexposure, but it's a challenge Team Phelps is happy to emBRACe. Swimming has taken a back seat to the promotion of swimming. Recently, he jumped into the pool for the first time in five weeks.
"It's weird not having swimming or working out be a part of your life when you've done it every day for the last 10 years," Phelps said. "It's strange, but it's a good feeling, too."
With recent appearances on Oprah, Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show helping boost his profile further, the demand for Phelps has become even more intense. His agent, Peter Carlisle, has estimated that Phelps could be worth as much as $100 million in endorsements during the rest of his career. According to the most recent Davie-Brown Index, which tracks a celebrity's "ability to influence brand affinity and consumer purchase intent," Phelps is now the most coveted endorser in the United States, ahead of Michael Jordan, Tom Hanks and even Tiger Woods.
His schedule hasn't entirely been about endorsements and award shows, however.
"At every one of the cities we've been to, he's talked to a local Boys and Girls Club," said Drew Johnson, Phelps' media manager. "That's something that's very important to him."
Phelps was in Baltimore last week to promote his endorsement of Kellogg's products and to accept a $250,000 check from the company for his foundation. He frequently cites forming the Michael Phelps Foundation as the most exciting thing he has done since the Olympics.
Phelps caused a minor stir last week in an interview with radio talk show host Dan LeBatard when he brought up the charitable foundation as the best thing to happen since the Olympics and LeBatard wasn't buying it. He then tweaked Phelps about recent Internet photos of him at a Las Vegas strip club, and Phelps cut off the conversation, but not before he could be heard telling someone that LeBatard was an "idiot."
Ask Phelps how he's dealing with a loss of privacy and he just shrugs.
"There's nothing I can do," Phelps said. "Every part of my life is out there, pretty much. I try to keep some things private and just have a few parts of my life that I'm the only one that knows about. It's hard. Everyone talks. Some of it's true, some of it's not."
Life will likely calm down once he resettles in Baltimore and eventually begins training again with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Phelps clearly jumped the gun a bit when he said, days after the Olympics, that he and his coach, Bob Bowman, had purchased a pool and were planning to expand the club's facilities at Meadowbrook Athletic Club. No such deal has been finalized, though an agreement appears to be on the horizon.
"I haven't really been in the whole mix of stuff that's going to happen," Phelps said. "We're still discussing everything that's going to happen, or supposedly going to happen. I've been on the road. I haven't really been caught up with what's going on."
The next goal for Phelps, Bowman and NBAC will be to attract more "postgraduate" swimmers to train in Baltimore and possibly reach an agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee to get funding for the program here. However, nothing has been nailed down.
"Right now, it's Katie [Hoff] and I," Phelps said. "If we could get more postgrads, people who are training and working toward what we're training to go to, I think that would be the biggest thing. One of the coolest things over the last year was really being able to have the other guys and girls I trained with in Michigan. That was a big part of my success."
For the Baltimore swimming community, the biggest thrill is simply having Phelps back.
"The parade is going to be unbelievable," said Murray Stephens, the founder and CEO of NBAC, who will soon hand the reins of the company to Bowman. "It's amazing how recognized the sport has become in the media and the general public. Really, that was one of the goals all along, and when Michael says that he wants to change the sport, well, he is.
"It filters down to the kids when they see swimmers treated like real athletes," Stephens said. "I don't think I ever envisioned it could be quite the way it is right now. Michael is going to continue to add to that, particularly in the local area."
Parade of Gold When: 3 p.m.
Where: On York Road in Towson, from Burke Avenue south for 1.3miles to the Drumcastle Government Building. Two dozen streets will be blocked off at their intersections with York Road.
Who: Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Jessica Long and other athletes
Performers: Ravens cheerleaders and mascot Poe, the Orioles Bird, antique cars, marching bands from Milford Mill Academy, Loch Raven, Parkville, Towson and Dulaney high schools
Parking: Free at four public garages in downtown Towson and at two Towson University garages; meters on Towson streets will be free from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Information: baltimore.org/phelps
Star-Spangled Salute When: 7 p.m., with fireworks at 7:50 p.m.
Where: Fort McHenry
Performers: Naval Academy Concert Band, Morgan State University Choir, Chopteeth, Reverb and The Players Band
Host: Billy Bush of Access Hollywood
Parking: Cars will be barred from Fort McHenry. Parking will be available by reserving a spot online with a small processing fee in lots at M&T Bank Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, with free shuttle buses to Fort McHenry.
Information: baltimore.org/phelps


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Ok, yesterday morning we woke up and it was muggy and 80 degrees. The same time this morning? A cool 63! It feels sooo good! The girls are really frisky this morning. So frisky, that Bella did something totally out of character. She bayed OUTSIDE! Now, Bella bays a lot. In fact, she is my noisier dog but it is always inside the house. I went out and Bella is in the middle of the yard, hackles up baying at the sky. I didn't see anything she could be baying at so I'm attributing it to the sudden weather change.
So, to catch up….Daisy did awesome in her first time staying in a hotel. We checked in and there were a ton of people in the lobby. Lots of distractions but she stayed right with me. No pulling on the leash, no trying to sniff everything. In the room she went around sniffing everything. Then did it again and again. The housekeepers were still out in the hallway and we were near the lobby where all those people were so she stood at the door wagging her tail over and over. She would also perk her ears and tilt her head side to side. I think she thought for sure they were coming to give her something!
I put down her toys so she'd know this was a place we'd be hanging out for a while. I also filled her water bowl and fed her dinner. She had a long day on the road and was hungry for sure!
It took a couple tries for her to decide where she wanted to sleep. I thought that between the couch and TV stand might be a good place but she thought under the desk was better. I probably should have known that. Daisy does generally like to sleep in her crate at night. We stayed at a new LaQuinta Inn and Suites. I would recommend them to anyone traveling with their pets. They don't charge a pet fee and allow 2 dogs up to 100 pounds each. Ours also had a free 'extended' continental breakfast.


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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Sister Joan Chittister - Sister Joan Chittister, author of more than 40 books on the spiritual life that have sold more than a million copies has been a member of Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pa., for the past 61 years. D
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America ReFramed "Follow The Leader" A political coming-of-age documentary about three boys who want to be President. Over three life-changing years, each rethinks his beliefs and discovers who he truly wants to be as an adult. D
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Serving America: Memories of Peace Corps SERVING AMERICA: MEMORIES OF PEACE CORPS highlights the experiences of some of the nearly 3,000 volunteers who served during the early years of the Peace Corps. A mix of archival film and photographs, along with personal stories from former volunteers, tells a story of service and idealism. Interviews convey the volunteers' passion, commitment and bravery as they lived and worked in developing countries, including South and Central America, Africa and the Middle East. D
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Global Voices "Journals of a Wily School" On the hot and crowded streets of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), three thousand pickpockets ply their trade every day, three hundred of them circulating through police custody at any given time. JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL takes viewers inside the world of these petty thieves and the detectives who doggedly pursue them, day in and day out. With unprecedented access, first-time director Sudeshna Bose follows a young and talented pickpocket named Azad Jalaluddin, revealing in cinema verit? style the many layers of his life. D
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Carrier "Show of Force" The mission really kicks off when the Nimitz arrives in the Gulf. The conditions are extreme: flight deck personnel endure temperatures hovering around 120 degrees, while the pilots undertake grueling six-hour missions over Iraq. The F-18s are mounted with infrared cameras, enabling them to serve as the "eyes in the sky" to support the troops on the ground. D
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Carrier "Groundhog Day" After two months in the Gulf, one day starts to become indistinguishable from the next. The airwing still hasn't dropped a single bomb, which is frustrating for some on board. The only relief comes from a port call in Bahrain, where some sailors relax by the pool, while others visit a mosque and learn about Muslim culture. D
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Faces of America "Making America" This episode tells the story of Meryl Streep's eighth great-grandfather who fought in Metacom's War. Records of a land dispute in Spain tell why Eva Longoria's ancestors left Spain for the New World in 1603. Yo-Yo Ma's Chinese genealogy gives insights into the identity that Ma has longed for his whole life. Part 3 of 4G
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The city is located about 15 kilometers west of Algeria and about 60 kilometers south of the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Oriental Region of Morocco and the birthplace of the current Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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Oujda is served by "Oujda Angad airport" Direct flights from Amsterdam, Paris, Marseille, Madrid and other cities from within Morocco occur on a daily basis.
By train[edit]
Three trains a day arrive from Western Morocco. From Fez, the trip will take about five and a half hours and cost exactly 158/108 Dirhams (First/Second class)
By car[edit]
Oujda is accessible from the North via Melilla / Nador as well as from the West via Fes / Taza. Arriving from the South is also possible from Figuig and Bouarfa. Currently, the Algerian border is closed which prevents land travel to/from the East. There are grand taxi's to many destinations including: Taza, Saidia (20 dirhams), Berkane (18 dirhams), Jerada (15 dirhams), Ain Beni Mathar (15 dirhams)
By bus[edit]
The bus station is located next to the grand taxi station in the South of the city. Many destinations are possible. From Oudja to Taza is roughly 30 dirhams, Oujda to Fes around 60 dirhams.
By boat[edit]
Boat service is via Nador / Melilla, both around three or four hours away.
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There are various decent hotels around the Place du 16 Aout, but two of the best are -Hotel Tlemcen (0536686533), which is attached to a women-friendly patisserie and cafe. 80 dh (around 10 usd) will get you a single room with a hot shower. Friendly staff.
-Hotel Hanna (0536686003) has public hallway showers, but is slightly cheaper.
As all over Morocco, the Hotel Ibis is a safe and well located bet. Always right next to the train station, the Ibis offers wi-fi, hot showers, white sheets, a lovely breakfast buffet, a pool and bar. Even if you aren't staying here, just pop in for an afternoon cocktail poolside (even during Ramadan!)
Another good option in Oujda is the Atlas Spa and Hotel, again, right next to the train station. Swank and brand-new, it's even got a night club (or at least a sign for one).
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Oujda Portail Latest news from Oujda Oujda days Oujda website
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Now, other than the famous Reggae music, I am totally ignorant about this beautiful destination. But, being a regular visitor of Cynthia Taste like Home, I taste virtually all the Barbados cuisine right in my monitor.
The Caribbean food offers lots of fusion: African, French, Dutch, Indian and Chinese. I was pretty much tempted to cook some Trinidad-Tobago dishes. I noticed this place is much influenced by Indian cuisine like Trinidad doubles (which is our channa bathura, Trini saheena (like our palak pakodas), Trinidad kachourie (kanchori), etc… I found at Trinigourmet by Sarina truly a Caribbean gal and have a great passion for food. I landed to her site by searching the word: Coconut toto. I simply love anything coconut and when I saw the coconut bake is quiet a simple quick bread or biscuit, which has a very mild taste of sweetness and less fat. I blindly picked it.
The only mistake I made: seeing her picture, I thought she divided the dough and made two breads with the dough but actually she doubled her recipe! I realized later in her comment box! Ok, not something related to taste! But the bread is loaded of tropical flavor with coconut and it is light and airy. Great for breakfast or for the evening snack with cup of tea! Check her step-by-step pictures and bake one bread!
Coconut Bake
All purpose flour: 2 cups
Salt: ¾ tsp
Baking powder: 2 tsp
Margarine or butter (cold): 1 tbsp
Grated coconut (I used fresh/desiccated unsweetened can work): ¾ cup
Sugar: 2 tbsp
Ice cold water: 2/3 cup
Shift the flour, baking soda and salt in the bowl.
Cut the cold butter and rub in the flour.
Mix the sugar, grated coconut and add the water slowly until u form firm a dough
Sprinkle some flour in work surface and knead slightly
Let the dough rest 20 minutes, covered.
Preheat the oven at 350
Flat the dough in the middle and try to roll into one big circle 2/3 inch thick
Using a fork, prick the dough by mark some wedges
Bake in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
Take out and let it sit 10 minutes and cut into wedges.
Enjoy with butter, jelly or cheese for your breakfast or evening tea.
You will be transported to Caribbean Island without spending many dollars!
In US, Don't forget to set ur clock at 2.00 AM, Sunday 8 th march, Daylight Saving begins!


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Found this at the Fremantle (PERTH) docks on our way to ROTTO the other day.
Could it be a back up harpoon vessel in disguise?
Unlikely IMHO. I would expect a better lookout and a re-enforced harpoon platform. But I could be wrong.
Further I would like to add that I agree on everything said here. It' sad that we have to always learn the hard way. Here in Norway we have only one piece of good news. The herring is back to pre 60ties levels. It's my hope that the amazing amount of herring larvae produced with such an amazingly high stock will help the atlantic cod back on its feet in the Norwgian sea. The North sea as you might know is a disaster in regard to the cod fisheries. It will take decades to recover.
I hope stricter regulations will be enforced on fish stocks, as per the moment i think people with money have too much power too many places in this world (lobbies etc..) .


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Adactus Housing Association Ltd was formed in 1964 as Family Housing Association (Manchester) Ltd. It is a Co-operative and Community Benefit Society and a housing association.
It was renamed Adactus Housing Association Ltd in 2005.
It is a member of the Jigsaw Homes Group.
Formed in 1964 by the Catholic Aid Society as Family Housing Association (Manchester) Ltd, the Association initially focused on addressing the problem of homeless families in Manchester with the support of grant funding from Shelter during the late 1960s.
The Association became a prominent housing association developer in Manchester and Trafford during the 1970s with a particular focus on the areas of Moss Side, Cheetham Hill and Old Trafford. By the 1980s it had grown to become the largest Manchester-based housing association.
In 2002 the Association became a founder member of the Adactus Group Structure. In 2004 it accepted a transfer of engagements from fellow group-member County Palatine Ltd extending its areas of operation into Lancashire and Sefton.
In 2005 the Association changed its name to Adactus Housing Association Ltd.
In 2007 the Association took on the management of 1,500 Manchester City Council owned properties under the Miles Platting PFI contract.
In 2008, the Association accepted a transfer of engagements from Neston and Parkgate Housing Society. This included some 200 homes in Neston.
In 2009, the Association entered into a management agreement with Chorley Community Housing Ltd. The agreement moved the management of some 1,800 AHA properties in Lancashire and Sefton to CCH.
In 2018 the Adactus Group merged with the New Charter Group and created the Jigsaw Homes Group Ltd.
The board of management
Adactus Housing Association Ltd is governed by a voluntary board of management comprising people with substantial experience in housing, finance, business and regeneration.
The board has a minimum size of five members and a maximum size of 12.
The board meets quarterly to make key decisions, help shape the direction of the company and monitor its performance.
Board decisions and non-confidential board papers are published here on the Association's blog.
The executive
The day-to-day running of the Association is the job of the Group's senior team of directors led by the group chief executive, Hilary Roberts.
As a housing association the AHA is regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency, which took on this function from the Tenant Services Authority in April 2012.
The Association draws on central services provided by the Jigsaw Homes Group. These services include:
- The Connect contact centre
- Tenancy management
- Income collection
- Lettings
- Development
- Finance
It retains a focus on neighbourhood investment and resident consultation.
Size and location
The Association employs 350 staff directly and manages over 8,500 homes across the Northwest of England.
Registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, no 16668R.
Registered with the Homes and Communities Agency, no LH0131.
Adactus Housing Association Ltd
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CPC Report; An unabashedly liberal perspective
Jazz as Communication (1956)
Langston Hughes, a central poet of the Harlem renaissance, was significantly influenced by the sounds and traditions of the blues and jazz. He presented "Jazz and Communication" at a panel led by Marshall Stearns at the Newport Casino Theater during the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival.
The essay opens on a practical note, as Hughes questions those who feel that jazz can exist only outside of commercial spheres. He points out that all the great blues musicians, by performing, have been "communicating for money," and that this in no way compromised their craft.
Hughes argues that jazz is everywhere, encompassing the blues and rock and roll. To those who would deny the connections between musical traditions, Hughes states, "Jazz is a great big sea. It washes up all kinds of fish and shells and spume and waves with a steady old beat, or off-beat."
Throughout the essay, Hughes cites the singers and musicians who have influenced his writing. He also notes other authors who have been "putting jazz into words," such as Dorothy Baker, Jean Paul Sartre, and W.C. Handy. Turning to the audience, Hughes states, "Jazz is a heartbeat—its heartbeat is yours. You will tell me about its perspectives when you get ready."
You can start anywhere—Jazz as Communication—since it's a circle, and you yourself are the dot in the middle. You, me. For example, I'll start with the Blues. I'm not a Southerner. I never worked on a levee. I hardly ever saw a cotton field except from the highway. But women behave the same on Park Avenue as they do on a levee: when you've got hold of one part of them the other part escapes you. That's the Blues!
Life is as hard on Broadway as it is in Blues-originating-land. The Brill Building Blues is just as hungry as the Mississippi Levee Blues. One communicates to the other, brother! Somebody is going to rise up and tell me that nothing that comes out of Tin Pan Alley is jazz. I disagree. Commercial, yes. But so was Storeyville, so was Basin Street. What do you think Tony Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver and Louis Armstrong were playing for?(1) Peanuts? No, money, even in Dixieland. They were communicating for money. For fun, too—because they had fun. But the money helped the fun along.
Now; To skip a half century, somebody is going to rise up and tell me Rock and Roll isn't jazz. First, two or three years ago, there were all these songs about too young to know—but. . . . The songs are right. You're never too young to know how bad it is to love and not have love come back to you. That's as basic as the Blues. And that's what Rock and Roll is—teenage Heartbreak Hotel—the old songs reduced to the lowest common denominator. The music goes way back to Blind Lemon and Leadbelly—Georgia Tom merging into the Gospel Songs—Ma Rainey, and the most primitive of the Blues.(2) It borrows their gut-bucket heartache. It goes back to the jubilees and stepped-up Spirituals—Sister Tharpe—and borrows their I'm-gonna-be-happy-anyhow-in-spite-of-this-world kind of hope. It goes back further and borrows the steady beat of the drums of Congo Square—that going-on beat—and the Marching Bands' loud and blatant yes!! Rock and Roll puts them all together and makes a music so basic it's like the meat cleaver the butcher uses—before the cook uses the knife—before you use the sterling silver at the table on the meat that by then has been rolled up into a commercial filet mignon.
A few more years and Rock and Roll will no doubt be washed back half forgotten into the sea of jazz. Jazz is a great big sea. It washes up all kinds of fish and shells and spume and waves with a steady old beat, or off-beat. And Louis must be getting old if he thinks J. J. and Kai—and even Elvis—didn't come out of the same sea he came out of, too. Some water has chlorine in it and some doesn't. There're all kinds of water. There's salt water and Saratoga water and Vichy water, Quinine water and Pluto water—and Newport rain. And it's all water. Throw it all in the sea, and the sea'll keep on rolling along toward shore and crashing and booming back into itself again. The sun pulls the moon. The moon pulls the sea. They also pull jazz and me. Beyond Kai to Count to Lonnie to Texas Red, beyond June to Sarah to Billy to Bessie to Ma Rainey. And the Most is the It—the all of it.(3)
Jazz seeps into words—spelled out words. Nelson Algren is influenced by jazz. Ralph Ellison is, too. Sartre, too. Jacques Prévert. Most of the best writers today are. Look at the end of the Ballad of the Sad Cafe. Me as the public, my dot in the middle—it was fifty years ago, the first time I heard the Blues on Independence Avenue in Kansas City. Then State Street in Chicago. Then Harlem in the twenties with J. P. and J. C. Johnson and Fats and Willie the Lion and Nappy playing piano—with the Blues running all up and down the keyboard through the ragtime and the jazz.(4) House rent party cards. I wrote The Weary Blues:
Downing a drowsy syncopated tune . . . . . . etc. . . . .
Shuffle Along was running then—the Sissle and Blake tunes. A little later Runnin' Wild and the Charleston and Fletcher and Duke and Cab. Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, and Ella. Tiny Parham in Chicago. And at the end of the Depression times, what I heard at Minton's. A young music—coming out of young people. Billy—the male and female of them—both the Eckstein and the Holiday—and Dizzy and Tad and the Monk.(5) Some of it came out in poems of mine in Montage of a Dream Deferred later. Jazz again putting itself into words.
But I wasn't the only one putting jazz into words. Better poets of the heart of jazz beat me to it. W. C. Handy a long time before. Benton Overstreet. Mule Bradford. Then Buddy DeSilva on the pop level. Ira Gershwin. By and by Dorothy Baker in the novel—to name only the most obvious—the ones with labels. I mean the ones you can spell out easy with a-b-c's—the word mongers—outside the music. But always the ones of the music were the best—Charlie Christian, for example, Bix, Louis, Joe Sullivan, Count.(6)
Now, to wind it all up, with you in the middle—jazz is only what you yourself get out of it. Louis's famous quote—or misquote probably—"Lady, if you have to ask what it is, you'll never know." Well, I wouldn't be so positive. The lady just might know—without being able to let loose the cry—to follow through—to light up before the fuse blows out. To me jazz is a montage of a dream deferred. A great big dream—yet to come—and always yet—to become ultimately and finally true. Maybe in the next seminar—for Saturday—Nat Hentoff and Billy Strayhorn and Tony Scott and the others on that panel will tell us about it—when they take up "The Future of Jazz." The Bird was looking for that future like mad. The Newborns, Chico, Dave, Gulda, Milt, Charlie Mingus.(7) That future is what you call pregnant. Potential papas and mamas of tomorrow's jazz are all known. But THE papa and THE mama—maybe both—are anonymous. But the child will communicate. Jazz is a heartbeat—its heartbeat is yours. You will tell me about its perspectives when you get ready.
(1) Tony Jackson (1876-1921), American ragtime pianist and blues singer; Ferdinand Joseph "Jelly Roll" Morton (1885-1941) began playing piano in New Orleans' Storyville at the age of seventeen and was regarded by many as the first great jazz composer; Joseph "King" Oliver (1885-1938), popular ragtime performer with roots in New Orleans.
(2) Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897-1929), early American pioneer of the blues; Thomas "Georgia Tom" Dorsey (1899-1993), African American blues singer, gospel songwriter, and pianist.
(3) James Louis "J. J." Johnson (1924- ), an American trombonist and composer, and Kai Winding (1922-1983), a Danish American trombonist, formed the popular group Jay and Kai in 1954; Lonnie Johnson (1889-1970), American guitarist and jazz singer.
(4) Jacques Prévert (1900-1977), French poet; James Price "J. P." Johnson (1894-1955), American ragtime and blues pianist and composer; J. C. Johnson (1896-1981), jazz pianist and songwriter; Willie Hilton Napoleon "Nappy" Lamare (1907-1988), American guitarist, banjoist, composer, and singer.
(5) Chick Webb (1909-1939), American drummer and bandleader; Hartzell Strathdene "Tiny" Parham (1900-1943), Canadian American pianist, organist, and bandleader; John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917-1993), American trumpeter and bandleader; Thelonius Monk (1917-1982), American jazz pianist and composer.
(6) W. Benton Overstreet, American songwriter; Perry "Mule" Bradford (1893-1970), American pianist, songwriter, singer, and producer; Buddy DeSilva, American songwriter; Dorothy Baker (1907-1968), jazz writer best known for Young Man with a Horn, a novel about the life of Leon "Bix" Deiderbecke; Charlie Christian (1916-1942), American guitarist; Joe Sullivan (1906-1971), American pianist and composer.
(7) Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff (1925-), American writer and jazz historian; Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), American composer, arranger, and pianist; Tony Scott (1921-), American clarinetist and saxophonist; Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920-1955), American alto saxophonist and one of the most influential soloists in jazz; Friedrich Gulda (1930-), Austrian pianist, flutist, baritone saxophonist, singer, and composer; Charles Mingus (1922-1979), American double bass player, pianist, composer, and bandleader.
A slave poem by John Beaufort
Glorious freedom
The cry of the enslaved
To break the bonds of oppression
Poetry of James Baldwin
I always wonder
what they think the niggers are doing
while they, the pink and alabaster pragmatists,
are containing
and defining and re-defining and re-aligning
nobly restraining themselves, meanwhile,
from blowing up that earth.
— From Staggerlee wonders
creates the situation,
and, then, the situation
creates imagination.
It may, of course,
be the other way around:
Columbus was discovered
by what he found.


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BrightShore needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 29 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
I need to get a fresh design for my church's web site.
I know the prize is relatively low, but this is coming out of my pocket and I'm not being reimbursed for it.
New CF
Trying to put together a new site for my church. Our current site is newcf.org. A simple, modern design. We'll need the navigation area to be easily changeable, so keep that in mind.
There is no church "logo" to speak of right now, so assume the design does not need to tie to a logo. Also, the name that can be used in the design is New CF. We may or may not change that, so don't tie the design to the name, either.
You can see pics on the current site that give you an idea of our people and the target audience. We're a non-denominational Christian church with a contemporary worship style. Our congregation runs the gamut from college kids to senior citizens.
In addition to the current top level items on the site will be Calendar and Photos
Sites the pastor likes:
Again, I know the prize is relatively low, but this is coming out of my pocket and I'm not being reimbursed for it.
- Contemporary Design
- Navigation areas that will be able to built using CSS/HTML, not images
- Either one design that can be used for both the front page and the interior pages -or- a front page and interior page
- Don't need HTML coding


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