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Picasso's Provence
The south of France is Cézanne country, but this summer it's all about Picasso. His château is open through September, and you'll see his work everywhere—even in a rock quarry.
When Pablo Picasso moved to Provence in his 70s in 1959, it was partly to escape the glare of public life in Cannes, but mostly to be closer to Ste.-Victoire, the mountain near Aix-en-Provence that served as the subject of more than 40 paintings by Paul Cézanne, whom Picasso called "my one and only master." After buying Château de Vauvenargues, at the base of the mountain, Picasso contacted his dealer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. "I have just bought Cézanne's Ste.-Victoire," he boasted. "Which one?" the dealer asked, assuming Picasso was referring to a painting. "The original!" the artist replied.
Together with Jacqueline Roque, the lover he picked up at a pottery studio and later married, Picasso lived in the 13th-century estate until 1961. It's been off-limits to the public ever since, but through September 27, fans can finally get an inside look. Brushes and paints lie scattered around Picasso's studio, and the mandolin that appears in many of his paintings is in his bedroom. In the garden, the couple's gravestones sit side by side—Picasso's is topped with his 1933 sculpture Woman With a Vase. Advance reservations have sold out, but same-day tickets go on sale each morning at 8:30 a.m. at the Hôtel de Valori (36 rue Cardinale, Aix-en-Provence, 011-33/4-42-16-10-91, $10.25).
Although Cézanne and Picasso never worked together—they were 42 years apart in age—the two artists shared a fascination with shifting perspectives. Cézanne often painted the same subject several times, in different lights, and Picasso played with perspective in his cubist works. The "Picasso-Cézanne" show at the Musée Granet, in Aix-en-Provence, is the first to examine the connection in such depth. Two Cézanne pieces from Picasso's private collection are on display, including a version of Five Bathers, from a series that inspired Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. And works from Picasso's period of Cézannian cubism, like Woman With a Mandolin, show the older man's influence. The biggest draw is a series of paintings that Picasso completed at the château. You can reserve tickets online via museegranet-aixenprovence.fr (through Sept. 27, place St. Jean de Malte, Aix-en-Provence, 011-33/4-42-52-87-97, $13.25).
Many other shows across the region will also celebrate Picasso (see picassoenprovencecotedazur.com). One of the most fascinating is at the Cathédrale d'Images, in Les Baux-de-Provence. Fifty years ago, Picasso acted in Jean Cocteau's Testament of Orpheus, filmed in a limestone quarry here. This summer the quarry, now a cave-like gallery, is home to a Picasso exhibit in which his paintings are projected onto the irregular stone walls, which reach up to 40 feet high, and accompanied by music from Miles Davis and Vivaldi. It's an entirely new perspective on Picasso's work (rte. de Maillane, 011-33/4-90-54-38-65, cathedrale-images.com, $10, through Jan. 3).
And When You're Done With the Art
La Bastide de Cabriès All 12 rooms in this 15th-century manor have views of the Provençal countryside (rue du Lac, Domaine du Lac Bleu, Cabriès, 011-33/4-42-69-07-81, bastidecabries.com, from $125).
Le Mas d'Entremont With a park, a pond, a tree-lined swimming pool, a tennis court, and a gym, you could spend an entire weekend exploring this estate (315 rte. d'Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, 011-33/4-42-17-42-42, masdentremont.com, from $198).
Le Bistro Latin The spot for updated takes on rustic Provençal classics. The steak comes with caramelized cabbage, and the crème brûlée is flavored with vanilla from Madagascar (18 rue de la Couronne, Aix-en-Provence, 011-33/4-42-38-22-88, three-course menu from $30).
Stock up on calissons, a favorite local candy made from almonds, crystallized melon, and orange peel ground together into a pointy oval shape. Béchard sells them in pretty red or white boxes (12 cours Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence, 011-33/4-42-26-06-78, $4.50 for 100 grams).


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University of Tennessee Extension entomologist Russ Patrick warns Tennessee producers that armyworms may be waiting to devour their wheat crop.
"It is possible to have true armyworms occur in the spring in wheat," Patrick said. "Many times these pests can denude the wheat and leave the producer with nothing or with delayed growth."
Patrick says producers should check their wheat for signs of damage, especially during late April and early May. "If temperatures higher than normal occur, then the insects will emerge sooner and attack whatever is green (wheat) at the time," he warned.
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Classical Solos For Tenor Saxophone 15 Easy Solos For Contest And Performance
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World premiere March 25 2011 on the Small stage.
Dance. Silent movies and German theatrical tradition has inspired dancer Patrick Migas to create Raderna Emellan, a completely new production where the languages of dance and theatre complement each other.
A production by Patrick Migas.
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The Small Stage provides a setting where dance can continuously develop and encounter other art forms. During the spring of 2011, we present Raderna emellan (In Between the Lines), a production where the languages of dance and theatre complement each other. The production will also tour the Västra Götaland region.
Patrick Migas from the Göteborg Ballet developed the concept, directed the production and created the choreography. Before coming to Göteborg he worked as a dancer in Germany and also had the chance to try his hand at acting. Raderna emellan has been inspired by German theatrical traditions, in which text and staging are independent of each other. Another source of inspiration was actors from the era of silent films, who clearly illustrated both feelings and interpersonal relationships through the use of simple body language.
The ensemble of seven includes both actors and dancers. The music, which will be performed live during the performance, has been written especially for the occasion.
New music by Michael Mennell and Frida Rolfsdotter Thurfjell. Watch, listen and be inspired!
Patrick Migas
Patrick Migas is from Essen in Germany and was trained in Hamburg, St. Petersburg and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He joined the Göteborg Ballet in 1998 after dancing in Schwerin in Germany. He also has also taken short leaves of absence to dance with the Zaragoza Ballet in Spain and the New Zealand Ballet. With the Göteborg Ballet his performances have included Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Albrecht in Mats Ek's Giselle, Pepparkaka and Kolaren in The Nutcracker, the friend/lover in Re: Tchaikovsky, Petite Mort, Bella Figura, Artifact II, Raptus, The Waiting, Hon Var Svart and Georgia.


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Black Gold: KMC Wheels 2007 Ford F150Posted in Features on September 1, 2011
Building a complete vehicle in order to showcase a single component is a solid concept. KMC Wheels had several options when it came to building an F-150 to demonstrate its XD 123 Bully wheels.
Option one was probably the simplest: use a simple lift kit, adorn the truck with some graphics, and bolt on the rolling stock.
Option two would have worked as well: lift kit, graphics, rolling stock, and myriad bolt-on accessories.
While options one and two are perfectly acceptable, KMC's XD 123 Bully wheels are true beadlocks. Not only that, but they are forged aluminum! Living up to such a wheel required a third option.
What's option three? It's a real rollcage, long-travel suspension, and shocks to match. Instead of in-your-face graphics, KMC went with stealthy black. When you add it up, it's black gold: an F-150 worthy of its wheels. OR
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Tires: 37x17 Nitto Trail Grapplers
Wheels: 17x8.5 KMC XD 123 "Bully" true beadlocks. Forged and polished
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Have you made it here from Holly's blog? Excellent!! Otherwise, please refer to the TSG Blog for the complete Blog Hop list and details. You can also find the complete list of participants' blogs, on the bottom of this post.
TSG is giving away one stamp set for each set previewed during the Blog Hop Challenges! One random commenter from a pre-determined Trendsetter's Blog Hop Challenge post will be selected to win. You'll have till Saturday's Release Party to comment on as many Trendsetter Blog Hop Challenge posts as possible. The more Trendsetter posts you comment on during each Blog Hop Challenge, the greater your chances of winning! Be sure to check the TSG Blog Saturday evening after 9:00pm EST to see if you're a winner!
We have another fabulous set from Torico – she's showing off her range of creativity. Whip us some delicious greetings with the new Bon Appetit set. From the succulent turkey to steamin' hot pie create some mouthwatering table settings and pass down secret family recipes for generations to come. Compliments of Chef Torico!
Bon Appétit is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 31 stamps and will sell for $18.
I came up with this card, great for those fabulous men who can cook! *wink*
Supplies: cardstock: recycled kraft, brown, white; paper/embellishments: My Mind's Eye (Kraft Funday - Happy Days); stamps: There She Goes (Bon Appetit); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Copics; MFT Dizzy Doily die; Nestabilities Circles; sewing machine; paper piercer
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Summerlander wrote:I wonder if you guys will be saying that when you are older. I've seen some people in their 90s who are pretty fed up.
Actually, I'm 56 now and I don't need to wait to be fed up. I'm pretty much fed up right now.
Summerlander wrote:Again, if in an eternal afterlife we never get bored because our stream of experience is unlike the earthly one then I assume that we would have a terrible memory in order to be able to have novelty for all time.
Or, there is just so much more there. We shouldn't limit ourselves to only that which we can imagine right now. I think you have helped me with this: I'm thinking that's it's really best not to have any kind of beliefs really. They are all limiting in some way. Why not start with a blank slate and just be open to all possibilities?
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Imagine that you could relive this life over and over again and remember it every time. Csn you honestly tell me that you eould never get bored? Or imagine dropping an object and picking it up to drop it again and so on for eternity. I don't think it's a matter of choice to not get bored. I think everyone has a threshold and everyone breaks.
Living forever would plague you to ask the same question an infinite number of times: What haven't I done yet?
And if you don't feel the need to ask such question and are quite happy with repetition, if you don't feel like you are wasting your time by not bothering to find novelty as you struggle to stretch your imagination beyond what you have already been exposed to, then I take my hat off to you...
You are thinking in terms of the limitations we deal with here and they definitely exist. Things in our life here are finite and still more than we can experience in our short lives. I'm sure I would get bored on this planet in a human life existence long before we even got close to eternity.


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Dialogue "Filmmaker Dawn Porter" Marcia Franklin interviews film producer Dawn Porter, whose documentary "Gideon's Army" follows several public defenders in the south as they struggle not only to help their clients, but also to stay afloat financially and emotionally. The two discuss why Porter wanted to make the film, and what she learned about the public defender system 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all Americans, regardless of their economic status, have a right to an attorney when accused of a crime.G
4:00 am
Sesame Street "Failure to Launch" Hubert the Human Cannonball comes to Sesame Street to be launched out of a cannon, across the yard, and into a bucket of blue gelatin. He starts to set up all his stuff in the arbor and takes out a ruler so he can make sure the bucket is exactly five feet from the cannon. Baby Bear helps him measure it, Elmo and Telly help him into the cannon, and?drum roll please?there's a poof and Hubert tumbles out. D
5:00 am
Martha Speaks "Td's Magic/Scaredy Cat" TD's Magic - TD has found the best birthday gift of all time for his cousin CD: He's going to put on a magic show at his party. He wants to really "wow" the crowd, so the bigger the trick, the better. But what happens when his magic gets out of control? Vocabulary: (E) feat, rational(ly), vanish, illusion, dubious (I) disappear, magic, appear, explanation, powers. D
5:30 am
Peg + Cat "The Circus Problem/The Buried Treasure Problem" The Circus Problem - The Circus. When Peg and Cat find themselves in the center ring, they climb, swing, swoop and juggle their way over amazing heights and lengths. Primary Content: Measuring height, measuring length; Secondary Content: Counting by twos. D
6:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel Gets A Cold/Mom Tiger Is Sick" Daniel Gets a Cold: It's Prince Wednesday's birthday party at school! Daniel really doesn't want to miss the party, but he is not feeling very well at all. He learns that when you're sick, rest is best. Mom Tiger is Sick: It's a busy day at Daniel's house and everyone is working on something. D
6:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "Must See TV" Sid decides to sit and watch television all weekend long. There's just one problem with his plan: sitting around and not moving would make his body feel terrible. At school Sid and his friends learn that exercising is a really fun way to stay healthy! And it makes your body feel great!. D
7:00 am
Sesame Street "Failure to Launch" Hubert the Human Cannonball comes to Sesame Street to be launched out of a cannon, across the yard, and into a bucket of blue gelatin. He starts to set up all his stuff in the arbor and takes out a ruler so he can make sure the bucket is exactly five feet from the cannon. Baby Bear helps him measure it, Elmo and Telly help him into the cannon, and?drum roll please?there's a poof and Hubert tumbles out. D
8:00 am
Curious George "Wind Symphony/George and Allie's Automated Car Wash" Wind Symphony - George is an expert at making noise, so Mr. Zoobel asks for his help in creating a one-of-a-kind rooftop Wind Symphony. George and Zoobel listen closely to the different sounds of everyday objects, whether it's banging pots, clinking silverware, or flapping laundry, and find the perfect instruments for a wind-powered orchestra. But as the crowd gathers below, the promised wind isn't arriving and George has to think of a way to save the day. D
8:30 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "I Love The Nightlife/Oh Give Me A Home!" I Love the Nightlife - Nick wants to stay awake all night. Good thing the Cat needs help finding his most favorite hat that he lost in the forest of Wagamaroo! The Cat takes Nick and Sally on a nocturnal adventure, along the way meeting a variety of animals who stay up all night! Oh Give Me a Home! - Nick has a super duper special shell and Sally wants one too! The Cat in the Hat takes them to a beachside adventure where they meet Tucker, a hermit crab who is also looking for a new shell because he's grown too big for his. An under the sea fashion show gives both Tucker and Sally super duper special shells!. D
9:00 am
Peg + Cat "The Mega Mall Problem/The Cleopatra Problem" The Mega Mall Problem - The Mega Mall. Peg and Cat search the enormous Mega Mall for the teens so they can all enter the Zebra Guy dance contest. Primary Content: Attributes of objects; Secondary Content: Maps. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "I'm A T. Rex!/Ned The Quadruped" I'm a T. rex! - Buddy travels to Rexville on the Dinosaur Train and meets Delores Tyrannosaurus and her daughter Annie. When he sees that he shares all the same features, Buddy learns that he is a Tyrannosaurus rex! Ned the Quadruped - Buddy and Tiny tour the Dinosaur Train and earn their Junior Conductor hats while their friend Ned, a four-legged, long-necked Brachiosaurus and regular Train rider, tags along. D
10:00 am
Peg + Cat "The Birthday Cake Problem/The Doohickey Problem" The Birthday Cake Problem - Peg's Pizza Place. Peg and Cat make a rockin' birthday cake for Jonah and his friends the Teens, but first they need to figure out how old he is going to be. Primary Content: The teen numbers. D
10:30 am
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Super Why! "Baby Dino's Big Discovery" ROAR! Pig invited his friends over to play dinosaurs, but Whyatt can't figure out which toy dinosaur he has. So he super readers soar into Baby Dino's Big Discovery where they lend a hand to a baby dinosaur searching for his mommy. They'll need to look closely to figure out what kind of dinosaur Baby Dino is. D
11:30 am
WordGirl "Day at the Museum/Best Fan Club Meeting Ever" DAY AT THE MUSEUM - Scoops takes Becky, Bob, and Violet to the museum to find inspiration for his news story for The Big City Times. When they hear a rumor about a haunted treasure, the team goes on a search - with The Butcher right behind! Can Scoops, Becky, Bob, and Violet find the treasure, evade The Butcher, and do it all in time for Scoops to keep his deadline? Vocabulary Words: Rumor, Deadline. BEST FAN CLUB MEETING EVER - TJ plans a meeting to divulge a secret about WordGirl to International WordGirl Fan Club members. D
12:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Xtreme Sports" Idahoans take to the outdoors in extreme ways, pushing their limits and seeking new experiences. They leap from bridges, bicycle unusually tough courses, climb rocks, kayak on snow and fly with the birds.G
12:30 pm
Chef's Life "Collard Green Queen" Vivian spends the morning with her neighbors, the Mills brothers, participating in their 100-year-old all-male family tradition of making collard kraut. Vivian visits Warren at Brother's farm to talk about the Eastern Carolina ingredient with a cult following, the cabbage collard. Vivian prepares for an event called Terra Vita, where she will serve three courses to 100 people and make collards the star they deserve to be. D
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Katie Brown Workshop "Gifts Galore" Katie shows why it is better (and more fun) to give than to receive with creative and easy ideas for designer breadsticks and irresistible pretzels, and projects like dressed-up store-bought gifts and a gift box topiary. D
1:30 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "A Bluebird's Paradise, Part 2" Jerry begins painting in the connecting limb with a #2 bristle brush making sure to achieve tapered limbs and to create soft edges. Trees are highlighted, the birdhouse is blocked in, along with the roof and supporting post. Blocking in the under painting with proper value is necessary to provide the color to allow the highlighted color to fully show the form of the trees, the bark of the tree limb and the rough texture of the birdhouse wood. D
2:00 pm
Essential Pepin "Souper Soups for Supper" Tomato Chowder With Mollet Eggs; Black Bean Soup With Bananas; Garlic Soup; Onion Soup Lyonnaise-Style; Consomme. D
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On Story "James Franco: A Look Inside 127 Hours" James Franco reveals his unique experience working on 127 HOURS, including his faith in director Danny Boyle's vision, and the collaborative approach from cast and crew to fulfill the tension needed to capture this true and tantalizing story. Followed by the allegorical short film, VOICE OVER, directed by Martin Rosete, about a few extreme situations that literally take your breath away. D
3:00 pm
Dialogue "Filmmaker Dawn Porter" Marcia Franklin interviews film producer Dawn Porter, whose documentary "Gideon's Army" follows several public defenders in the south as they struggle not only to help their clients, but also to stay afloat financially and emotionally. The two discuss why Porter wanted to make the film, and what she learned about the public defender system 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all Americans, regardless of their economic status, have a right to an attorney when accused of a crime.G
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Crafting at the Spotted Canary "Things That Hang in the Window" There is nothing like a warm summer day, when the windows are open and the sheers are gracefully moving with the wind. Windows are an interesting part of the home that are decorated with textiles, but can also be adorned with photos, crystals and banners. Learn how to think of this space as a decorative element of the home. D
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Trains Around North America Hosted by Grammy-winning musician and storyteller David Holt, this special traces America's railroad history, telling stories of the continent's historic and scenic tourist railroads as they define the spirit of North America. Stops include a railway museum in Minnesota, and the White Pass and Yukon Railroad of Skagway, Alaska. Robert C. Van Camp, who produces and films these railway-themed shows, will be live in the studio during program breaks.G
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Motown: Big Hits and More (My Music) TJ Lubinsky and the My Music team have spent the last year in the Motown vaults assembling a new CD set of original Motown classics from 1958 to 1968. This all new PBS exclusive collection features many first time extended stereo mixes of Motown's biggest hits, b-sides, album cuts and radio classics from The Temptations, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Miracles, Martha & The Vandellas and more. D
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Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe A rare and special performance by Rock Hall of Famer Leon Russell caps off this variety night in Nashville. Also bluegrass from IIIrd Tyme Out, Memphis folk pop from Star & Micey, earthy Americana from Nashville's Josh Farrow and blues from the Thorpe McKenzie Band. D
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DailyDirt: Ready For A Trip To Space Yet?
from the urls-we-dig-up deptThe opportunities to hitch a ride to space are growing by leaps and bounds now. Just a few years ago, you needed to be a multi-millionaire with the right stuff to buy your way on a rocketship to space. Now, you just need to be some kind of marketing phenomenon that can help with a marketing campaign (or have a few hundred thousand bucks to spare). Here are some examples of some ordinary folks who will be going up in space (suborbital) in the near future.
- In case you missed it, an Axe marketing campaign during the Super Bowl is looking for people willing to sign away their publicity rights for a chance to ride on a sub-orbital spaceplane. The marketing is aimed at men, but women can apply, too. Ultimately, who ever wins this competition will have to pass all of the physical training and tests before going. [url]
- Coco Brown, an American porn actress, is spending $100,000 to get on a SpaceXC commercial flight. She'll be the first porn star in space, if she completes the training, and expects to go up in 2014. [url]
- Ashton Kutcher has been promised the 500th seat on Virgin Galactic's spaceplane service. Virgin tickets usually cost about $200,000 -- so if you want to buy the 501st seat next to Ashton.... [url]
- Becoming a female taikonaut has two additional requirements that men don't have: being a wife and mother. Chinese astronauts have a pretty long list of disqualifiers, including: bad breath, cavities, a thick regional accent, scars, snoring, etc, etc. [url]
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Moments: Final Fantasy Tactics' Boss Battle Against Wiegraf
Getting decimated in a boss battle dozens of hours into a video game isn't very fun. That's exactly what happens in Final Fantasy Tactics when the player comes face to face with Wiegraf Folles.
Wiegraf becomes a revolutionary after he isn't paid for fighting in a war preceding the game. He then loses his sister after a foiled kidnap plot. There's more to the story – explaining Final Fantasy Tactics would take a novel's worth of text – but after these events Ramza, the game's main character, runs into Wiegraf who is now working for the evil Church of Glabados.
Ramza is responsible for some of Wiegraf's turmoil, so it isn't a friendly reunion, and things quickly turn violent. The initial stage of this two-part battle has Ramza fighting alone. This is especially agonizing because of the high-damage sword techniques Wiegraf employs.
Things get even worse when Wiegraf is brought down: a demon takes over. The antagonist cashes in on his pact with a Lucavi demon (a member of a group ultimately trying to resurrect their leader and bring ruin to the world), turning over his body to Velius, a monstrous being with four arms who is able to petrify players, and also summon a Cyclops for area damage.
Your team finally shows up to help, but to level the playing field, Velius summons three Archaeodaemons. They can summon a darker version of the Holy spell to inflict massive damage to far-off areas of the tiny map, making most of your party unsafe.
If you didn't plan ahead, your party is completely slaughtered. That's almost always a guarantee; you're not told to be ready for such a battle. This is easily the nadir of Ramza's – and your – adventure unless you're psychic. What's worse is the game offers the chance to save your progress directly before this battle because it happens during a chain of encounters. There's no going back to the world map if you screw up. If you can't beat him and don't have a second save file, you have to start all over.
Though that is the most terrible moment in the game, with it comes the ultimate high: figuring out how to win.
One way to take out Velius is by making Ramza a Monk (giving characters different jobs is the focal point of the gameplay), equipping him with knight armor for the defense and hit-point boosts, and then giving him Guts, the skill set Squires specialize in.
In the Squire's repertoire of abilities is Accumulate. Using it each round boosts Ramza's attack power slightly. Players need to use Accumulate excessively during the first half of the battle when Wiegraf is human, and heal when necessary with the Monk's Chakra ability.
After doing this long enough you can down Wiegraf in one punch; Velius proves to be just as weak to an overpowered punch.
As proved in the video below, more than one strategy exists to defeat Wiegraf. No matter how you prepare, the battle is infuriating, asinine, and also a true delight when won.
[Editor's note: names for characters and abilities were taken from the PSOne version of the game]


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video and audio footage: ANNIE OKAY
ANNIE OKAY is an original performance theater work inspired by the unintentional colonialist subtext in two of america's most beloved musicals, Annie Get Your Gun and The King and I. Acknowledging the beauty and craft in these works, ANNIE OKAY revisits the musical form to look at what our entertainments say to us about our struggle with race, identity, colonialist politics, and the American tryst with violence. Poetic, dense, funny, and complicated, ANNIE OKAY challenges and surprises audiences as they are led through the Hammer Museum's expansive lobby and marble terraces following a conceptual narrative performed by some of Los Angeles' most intriguing and talented performance artists and actors.
Written and directed by Asher Hartman and assisted by Haruko Tanaka, the short production features artists whose individual careers span performance, acting, composing and directing, including Dawn Kasper, Paul Outlaw, Jasmine Orpilla, Rochelle Fabb, Michael Morrissey and Franc Baliton, Eliezer Ortiz, and Patrick Kennelly, Claire Cronin, Seema Kapur, Simone Gad, Caroline Kim, Robert Jacka Kristina Faragher, Mirabelle Ang, Caroline Kim, Miggie Wong, and John Wu. Featuring a score by Devin McNulty and Max Markowitz, choreography by Prumsodun Ok and Carol McDowell, sculptural costumes by Curt LeMieux, photography by Marchionno & McCarty, costumes by Curt LeMiuex, makeup by Maritza Mazariego
The performance moves between abstract theater, comedy, and relational components that allow audiences to enter into dialogue drawn from the piece's mix of ragged humor, violence, and sexuality.


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The 1st Sitwell Scout Group has staged a thank you event for the children who attended the district promise renewal parade.
The Horsley Woodhouse-based Scout group had 36 youngsters, eight leaders and one young leader at the parade – that's 45 more than last year as the group had close due to lack of Leaders.
The group also took the Beaver and Cubs' section to Rollerworld in Derby. For some of the children it was there first time they had been roller skating, but by the end of the event they were able to skate around the large arena.
The Scout troop will be going to Drumhill campsite in Little Eaton to do either archery or rifle shooting.
The 1st Sitwell HQ is at Sitwell Meadows Recreation Ground and is open to children surrounding areas of Heanor, Shipley park, Marlpool, Smalley and, of course, Horsley woodhouse.
Section time are: Beaver Scouts (6-8years) Thursdays 6-7pm; Cubs (8-10 ½ years) Wednesdays 6:30-8pm and Scouts (10 ½-14 years) Monday – 7- 8:30pm. For more or become an adult leader or helper visit www.1stsitwellscoutgroup.co.uk.


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Mayor Don Wesely today said the downtown entertainment center project has not ended, despite the decision by the San Francisco development firm to end its involvement. Wesely said the national economic slowdown affected the plans of Farallon Development Services. The firm had planned to develop the block bounded by 11th, 12th, "O" and "P" streets into a retail and movie theater complex.
"We are looking at the options with local and other national developers who see the great opportunity here," said Mayor Wesely. "This is an opportunity for all those involved to re-group. A big advantage is that much of the groundwork has been done, including agreements, permits and cost analyses. We also continue to have a thriving downtown area."
According to the Downtown Lincoln Association (DLA), construction permits in the downtown area have totaled more than $35 million from April of 1999 to mid-February of this year.
"Those involved in downtown Lincoln continue to feel positive about the continued investment," said Charlie Meyer, DLA Chair. "We are pleased the Mayor is looking at alternatives for the entertainment center project, which would benefit downtown and the entire city."
The city does not own the block proposed for development, but has facilitated the private development discussions and plans to use tax increment financing for the project. Mayor Wesely said the city has also continued discussions with the local Douglas Theatre Company about its potential involvement in the project.
"Our new Comprehensive Plan reinforces the downtown theater policy," said Mayor Wesely. "Other cities our size have undertaken similar projects, and we feel an entertainment and retail center would be very successful in our downtown."
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Ted.harrar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 106 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Training Manager
This is not my first project on 99 Designs. I succesfuly awarded a prize for another logo I requested a few months ago for another project, "Monex".
In January 2011, we will launch our flagship product, Training Manager, an on-line training management system. Our product is designed to help schools manage the training they provide to corporations (IBM, Gov't, etc). We are a software company and our customers are training institutions (schools).
Our product is designed for the adult-education industry. Our average users are women aged 35-55. The vast majority of users are language teachers and employees of the federal government.
Users are generally conservative, but appreciate "clean-creativity". Think of your average University professor in an Arts program (History not Economics). Users for my system make between 50K and 80K per year. They have families. They are generally very educated (1 or more university diplomas). Their style is "business-casual".
I am looking for a logo to put on my company's website. The logo should be followed the letters TM (Trademark) in a smaller non-distinct font.
Colors should be appealing to women. Think lively colors like blue and green (think "Herbal Essences"). But remember that I am targetting adults, not teenie-boppers. The logo should convey high quality and stable technology.
The logo will come to represent my product which is a system which schools will use to manage the corporate training services they provide to departments of the federal government. For more information google "Training Management System" or "Learning Management System".
You are free to be creative. I want something clean given my generally conservative audience, but I also want something they're going to remember. Think of products marketed to women in their 40's for inspiration. Skin care, make-up, clothing,
I've uploaded a logo that was done for me a few months ago when my product was called "MySchool". It's not bad, but not great either. I am open to a fresh approach.
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furever_pit wrote:Yep. As someone who has recently started a training club and is hosting my first seminar this weekend, there is a lot of stuff that I didn't think about needing to be done until I had already jumped in. Doesn't mean it's not awesome, just that it is a lot of work. I have found that delegation to other club and organizational members is a must.
I will also say that one way to cut down on overhead costs is to use land that you (or a friend or someone interested in your endeavor) actually owns. This is the case with my club and we will be making more money from the seminars and events that we host because of that, it also allows me to pass on savings to those who are attending.
First I wish you best of luck in your endeavor. I hope this post has helped in some way. There are a few here with experience that have provided good input. It is alright to be new at something. Everything has a first time and sometimes you just have to jump in. For those who are negative to your cause use it as inspiration.
I hope your event went well unless you meant this coming weekend then I hope it goes well. Please feel free to provide input and suggestions to the post for others who may also be considering getting more active with their dogs and the community.
Your point on delegation is very well taken. Being new I think it is good if you can set this type of environment early in development. One of the things I have seen at shows is people who have a "lost" look in their eyes because they do not either know what is going on or are not participating often times because they do not understand the event(s). This is an opportunity to get them involved while at the same time encourage them to learn and help. The more people feel a "part" of a club/event the more apt they will be to participate in the future and for your efforts to grow.
Also you point on location is well noted. It is obvious that clubs can struggle with their finances and that this has led to diminished activities and participation. I think it is imperative that clubs look at ways they can generate revenue - not being afraid to think outside the box - and to take advantage of natural cost efficiencies that are available such as through using member owned land and taking advantage of volunteer help.
If you can provide at least one video of a Pit/Am Staff working or training to our site at http://www.AmericanSuperDog.com let us know and we will be happy to also place a free banner for you as a community resource. While the tv series will have a focus on the Pit Bull/Am Staff the resources we will be making available will not be limited to these breeds as they will be more all encompassing for pet owners to encourage them to also get out and get active.
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If seeking sponsorship is not a part of pre-production, then you are financing it personally or have investors, correct?
What is your experience in the field of TV producing? Do you know what is involved with actually producing, marketing and airing a television show? Can we see some of your work? If I remember correctly, your initial post claimed or inferred that you were looking for dogs for "America's Got Talent". What happened with that?
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The show for the most part will be financed through commercial sponsorship handled through the production company and network. We are not the production company. We are using a production company as this is the standard in the television industry and most accepted through tv networks.
I will not share my personal work as I will not risk my efforts being poisoned. I am not making an accusation of you but highlighting that it is obvious not everyone has good intentions.
In regards to my initial post you are 1/2 correct. The first objective is for the American Super Dog tv series we are working on. Thus far we have surpassed 10% of our goal for content review for the series. We are working with a representative from America's Got Talent as well for the recruitment of talented Pit Bulls/Am Staffs. The American Super Dog website is where she is reviewing submissions through as this is the most efficient means for her to review related material. Those who are interested to be included should upload talented videos of the Pit Bull/Am Staffs. Direct recruitment of individuals will be handled directly through their profile on the site by both us at American Super Dog and AGT.


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A blood bath of boarding could easily describe what went down this past week in Bend, Oregon. GWAR returned once again for their annual show of what you might call, heavy metal music tied together by a Broadway style horror play. If you have never been to a GWAR show you're entitled for a treat. All I can say is: dress head to-toe in white, get ready to be slammed up against some very sweaty strangers for quite sometime, and plan on being in the shower for at least an hour after the show-you will be covered in blood! If that didn't give you the right idea hopefully the photos can do justice.
Job For a Cowboy, and Red Chord opened the show for GWAR and for the second year People Creative premiered their latest movie Nice Try during intermission. GWAR fans might not be the most snowboarder-friendly crowd, but when free boards and swag are thrown into the crowd, who can really complain?
By the end of the movie host Danger Ehren from MTV's "Jackass" tried to calm down the boisterous crowd chanting "GWAR, GWAR, GWAR," until there was nothing left to do but bring on the show. In a matter of seconds a crowd so white it looked as if it could of been attending a wedding was covered in blood, guts, and what one might say glory. As any true GWAR fan would say at the end of the night, I indeed sacrificed my corpse to GWAR.
Big thanks go out to Markie Wirges from Catapult productions for putting the event on year after year. Danger Ehren for hosting, all the staff, and the crowd for doing what they do best.


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A two hour long interactive workshop on what's involved in volunteering on a non-profit's board of directors - the responsibilities, the legal aspects, the benefits, and how to find the right non-profit board to volunteer for.
Becoming a member of a non-profit organization's board can be a meaningful way to apply your experience in the non-profit sector at the governance level to help advance a non-profit's social impact. It can be an incredibly rewarding way for professionals to give back while learning new skills that can enhance their own careers.
Becoming A Board Member is a two-hour interactive workshop perfect for professionals who have an interest in volunteering at a leadership level and want to learn more about becoming a Board Director before they commit.
By the end of the session you'll know the answers to the following questions:
Past attendees described the workshop as:
"Very thorough coverage of the basics with unexpected and welcome details beyond what I had hoped for. Much more practical knowledge than I expected!"
"Great session! I will recommend this to friends."
"I found the workshop very engaging and well-organized. Valuable session."
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Volunteer Toronto's Office
344 Bloor Street West, Suite 404, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3A7
2 minute walk from Spadina station
If you can't make it to the workshop on this date, we hold Becoming a Board Member workshops on a regular basis so click here to see other upcoming dates.
2019-01-21From the Board of Directors: Announcing Paddy Bowen as Volunteer Toronto's Executive Director
2018-09-24Read Our Latest Annual Report: Being the Bridge
2019-02-196 Ways Volunteering Supports Job Search (Scarborough - February 19)
2019-02-21Volunteer Manager Workshop: Legislation and Policies for Volunteer Programs
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We saw that there were some questions today related to Flash Player 10.3 support for Mac OS X Lion (10.7) related to hardware video acceleration. To avoid any more confusion, we wanted to clarify:
The final release of Mac OS X Lion (10.7) provides the same support for Flash hardware video acceleration as Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6). The previous "Known Issue" described in a tech note suggesting that video hardware acceleration was disabled in Lion was incorrect and based on tests with a pre-release version of Mac OS X Lion that related to only one particular Mac GPU configuration. We continue to work closely with Apple to provide Flash Player users with a high quality experience on Mac computers.


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I ´m trying to get started with Deluge but i have no clue whats the exact difference between daemon, host, whats a listener and so on.
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Also the terminology is very generic to all computing but feel free to ask specific questions.
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed on June 4, 1919. Before that happened the women of Massachusetts signed petitions calling for the State Legislature to support it. The numbers were overwhelmingly in favor of equal voting rights. Massachusetts ratified the amendment on June 25, 1919. The active participation in the war effort from 1917 to 1918 helped to win support for the amendment which became part of the constitution on August 26, 1920.
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Next February will be my 10 year anniversary as a student of Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato and a member of the Kishaba Juku form of Shorin-Ryu. While I still have a very long way to go (an endless pursuit, actually), I feel comfortable with the Kishaba Juku forms of movement and have applied them, to the best of my ability, to all of the movements, techniques and kata of our system. It has become so second nature, that I can only remember my earlier form of movement like a distant dream.
I wanted to reflect on why I had a chance to transition from one form of Shorin-Ryu (which I had practiced for about 25 years or so) to another (which I have now practiced for almost 10 years). This is an important subject. In the last 10 years, I have seen many people visit our "style" but very few transition completely to it.
The first reason I had a chance, was because I really wanted it. I had come to a point where it was either "find it" or quit. When I met Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato, I realized that he was "it." I firmly decided to learn from him to the best of my ability, or to fail miserably trying. There was no holding on to what I had previously learned. There was no, "a little of this and a little of that." It was 100% or nothing.
The second reason I had a chance was that Shinzato Sensei is an extraordinary Sensei and technician. I would say "magician," but that is just what I thought at first. I would say, "Karate genius," but we reserve that for Nakamura Sensei. So I will just stay that Shinzato Sensei is amazingly skilled at body mechanics, makes it look very easy, and can explain it to anyone who is willing to spend the time and effort to learn and practice. He is also very forgiving of slow students, such as myself. He also entertains questions, which is a good thing in my case.
The third reason I had a chance was that I was the head of my own dojo and belonged to no organization. I had no one telling me not to learn what Shinzato Sensei was teaching me. My Sensei in Hawaii encouraged me to learn at every step of the way. This is very important. I think that many people have a hard time transitioning to Kishaba Juku either because their dojo or association prohibits it or discourages it. Another reason is because some people try to keep one foot on this bank of the river and the other foot on the other bank. I just jumped and took a leap of faith (and/or desperation). I jumped and no one blocked me from learning. My own students accepted it and became my guinea pigs so to speak. In fact, many of them could learn from me faster than I was learning from Shinzato Sensei. I had to hurry to move along!
Being isolated in Hawaii, there were no other Kishaba Juku dojo here. This was a good thing. I only had Shinzato Sensei as my example. I had not learned from Kishaba Sensei or Nakamura Sensei. I did not have their examples in my mind. I only had Shinzato Sensei. Trying to be like one of these Sensei is really hard. Trying to be like them all or a combination, would have been too much for me. In addition, I did not have anyone telling me, "No, Kishaba Sensei did it like this," or "Nakamura Sensei did it like that." I did not have to deal with the memory of these teachers, or anyone else's recollections of them, except for Shinzato Sensei.
Finally, Shinzato Sensei has been very helpful to me during my transition. He would entertain my questions, read my draft articles, offer his comments, and give his encouragement. More than anything else, he has offered his example. I am inspired, not just by the way that he moves, but by his approach and dedication to training. Karate is not just an intellectual pursuit to him (although it includes that) -- Karate is about training to him.
I joke with Shinzato Sensei that I am trying to catch up to him. This may sound like a rude thing to say. In a Japanese sense, it is. However, what I mean is that as he trains, I will also train. As he improves, I will try my best to improve. I am not just trying to be a duplicate of him -- I am trying to copy his approach and they way that he pursues Karate. If I do this, I know that I will not be exactly like him. That is not my intent. He is not like his teachers and they were not like theirs. But they all were very dedicated to and had an approach to training, learning, and teaching.
I am also aware of the fact that I am a long distance student. I cannot train with Shinzato Sensei very often. If I try to literally copy him, I will always be copying a version that will have changed. In his case, this is a real problem, since I think he changes his technique and mechanics not just from day to day, week to week, month to month, or year to year, but from morning to afternoon sometimes! If I try to move the way that I remember he did, I will always be out of date.
But if I move forward from where and when he taught me, then I have a chance. If I follow his plan for advancement, then I have a chance.
I have also commented to Shinzato Sensei that he is very extraordinary because what he teaches progresses on its own. If you practice what he teaches you and apply it to what you know, additional lessons present themselves, and you repeat the process. It is like planting a seed. A seed does not simply replicate another seed. From a little seed, a great tree can grow and eventually produce its own seeds.
My point is that if you copy Shinzato Sensei and later show him your one perfect copy of that technique, I think he would think, "Is that all?" But if you learned from him and that set you on a course that leads to your own advancement/progression/learning, then I think he would be quite happy.
The last reason I think that I had a chance to learn and transition to Kishaba Juku, is that I am a rather obsessive person. And once I put my mind on something, I rarely change it. Once I saw how Shinzato Sensei moved and they way be approached Karate training, and the strength of his character, and how much he enjoyed Karate and encouraged others, that was it. If anything, my admiration and pursuit of him has only increased over the years.
I joked with him, not long ago, that I felt that I was catching up to him, but when I looked he had run farther ahead.
So where am I now? Much better than before and with a long, long way to go. After all, I am chasing a moving target.
Charles C. Goodin
My Transition to Kishaba Juku
Next February will be my 10 year anniversary as a student of Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato and a member of the Kishaba Juku form of Shorin-Ryu. While I still have a very long way to go (an endless pursuit, actually), I feel comfortable with the Kishaba Juku forms of movement and have applied them, to the best of my ability, to all of the movements, techniques and kata of our system. It has become so second nature, that I can only remember my earlier form of movement like a distant dream.
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3 Ingredient Vegan Energy Balls ( No Bake Recipe)
The best DIY desserts are easy, quick, and of course, delicious. If you're low on energy, these 3 ingredient vegan energy balls are the perfect dorm-friendly, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free snack. The only danger with making these raw vegan energy balls is not eating the whole batch at once.
3 Ingredient Vegan Energy Balls
Preparation Time:- 2 Minutes
Cooking Time:- 0
Almonds Or any of your favorite nuts:- 1 Cup
Dates, pitted and chopped:- 1 cup
Raisins Or Cranberries:- 1 Cup
1) Pulse nuts until they are in rough pieces (don't let it go until powder or butter).Remove and set aside.
2) Place dates in food processor and blend until it forms a ball.
3) Repeat the process with raisins too. Now mix everything together and pulse until just barely combined.
(If too sticky, you can add more nuts or oats; if too dry, more dates)
Or Alternatively
Combine all ingredients in a food processor or high tech blender. Mix well until the mixture forms a giant, evenly mixed balls. You may have to stop mixing and scrape down the blender once or twice.
4) Form mixture into evenly sized balls.
Variation ideas:-
Add chocolate chips.
Add flakes of coconut, and/or chopped, dried fruit
Add spices, such as cinnamon
You can use wheat germs, crushed flaxseeds or oats too.
Allergic to nuts? Substitute sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds for the almonds. You can double or triple the recipe too.
If the balls are too soft right out of the processor, toss in the refrigerator until they firm up.
Dairy-Free: Use dairy-free chocolate chips
I hope you enjoy these Grain-Free, Low-Carb, Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free & Delicious Treats!
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5 comments:
- divya said...
This looks super delicious. . Absolutely yumm..
- March 26, 2014 at 8:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Woow, it's such a long time I didn't hear from you, I missed your presence here in my inbox and in my life.
Welcome back!
- March 26, 2014 at 1:05 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Healthy and definitely an energy booster this balls.
- March 27, 2014 at 11:59 AM
- Spicie Foodie said...
What a simple, yet delicious recipe! Thanks for sharing.
- April 2, 2014 at 7:39 PM
- Hari Chandana said...
very simple and healthy balls.. looks yummy!!
- April 4, 2014 at 4:29 AM
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The PTH test measures the level of parathyroid hormone in the blood.
PTH stands for parathyroid hormone. It is a protein hormone released by the parathyroid gland.
A laboratory test can be done to measure the amount of PTH in your blood.
Alternative Names
Parathormone; Parathormone (PTH) intact molecule
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see:
How to Prepare for the Test
Ask your health care provider if you should stop eating or drinking for some period of time before the test. Most often, you will not need to fast or stop drinking.
How the Test will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or slight bruising. This soon goes away.
Why the Test is Performed
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is released by the parathyroid glands. The four tiny parathyroid glands are located in the neck, near or attached to the back side of the thyroid gland. PTH controls calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D levels in the blood. It is important for regulating bone growth. Your health care provider may order this test if:
- You have a high calcium level or low phosphorus level in your blood.
- You have severe
osteoporosisthat cannot be explained or does not respond to treatment.
To help understand whether your parathyroid hormone level is normal, your doctor will measure your blood calcium at the same time.
Normal Results
Normal values are 10 to 55 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different specimens. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What Abnormal Results Mean
A higher-than-normal level may occur with:
- Disorders that increase phosphate or phosphorous levels in the blood, such as chronic kidney disease
- Failure of the body to respond to parathyroid hormone (pseudohypoparathyroidism)
- Lack of calcium, which may be due to not eating enough calcium, not absorbing calcium in the gut, or losing too much calcium in your urine
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding (uncommon)
- Swelling in the parathyroid glands, called primary
hyperparathyroidism Tumors in the parathyroid gland, called adenomas
- Vitamin D disorders, including not enough sunlight in older adults and problems absorbing, breaking down, and using vitamin D in the body
A lower-than-normal level may occur with:
- Accidental removal of parathyroid glands during neck surgery
- Autoimmune destruction of the parathyroid gland
- Cancers that start in another part of the body (such as the breast, lungs, or colon) and spread to the bone
Excess calcium over a long period of timeusually from excess calcium supplements or certain antacids, that contain calcium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) Hypoparathyroidism Low levels of magnesium in the blood
- Radiation to the parathyroid glands
- Excess Vitamin D intake
Other conditions for which the test may be ordered include:
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) I Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) II
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight, but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)


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My favorite part of the book was when the monkeys saw the little girl and they started to help her get tea leaves and fill up the basket. I think that the little girl reminded me of my sister because when my grandma was sick my sister was helping her a lot and mostly every day. I think that this book is special to me because it shows me how to care for other people. What I feel about this book is that it is a good book and a lot of people could read this book.
I do recommend this book because it was not hard for me at all. I recommend this book to 3rd, 4th, 5th, and all the other upper grades to read this book because it is a really good book for them but I don't think it's a good book for little kids to read because the words could be difficult for them.
I think that the part when the monkeys helped the little girl get the tea leaves and when the little girl goes to work for her mom are the parts that the readers would like and think it is interesting. I also like it when the mom and the little girl have a cup of tea at the end. I think that this is my most favorite book because it shows you how to care for other people accept for yourself.
I think that this is a really good book for everybody and little kids could listen to the book being read to them but I think they would still have trouble reading it by their self.


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Lipscomb was unable to contain the high-octane offense the Lady Govs of Austin Peay brought to Nashville falling to the visitors 5-0 Thursday evening.
With just one shot attempt in the first half in contrast to Austin Peay's thirteen, the Lady Bisons couldn't seem to find any rhythm on offensively. Lipscomb's offense consisted mostly of long run outs with the ball eventually finding its way into the clutches of the defense.
The Lady Govs wasted no time offensively, scoring just seven minutes into the game on a Tatiana Ariza free kick into the box. Jocelyn Murdoch redirected the shot past Lipscomb's Erin Zerio for the Lady Govs opening salvo.
At the 20 minute mark, a Corey Osborn corner kick found the foot of Emily Kink for the second and final goal Lipscomb would allow in the first half.
Lipscomb's lone first half attempt came from junior Martika Powe in the 34th minute, sailing high over the crossbar. Zerio, though under constant fire from the opponents, turned away five other shots in the first half. She would ultimately make seven saves before being lifted in the game's 73rd minute.
The Lady Bisons held Austin Peay for much of the second half until the game's 77th-minute mark when, Tatiana Ariza was able to fake the new keeper, freshman Allison Brown, after a long run and score into an empty net. It was the 11th goal of the season for the nation's leading goal scorer.
Just four minutes later the Lady Govs scored again on a cross into the box from Andy Quiceno to her sister, Joceline.
With just 36 seconds left in the game Bianca Melito took a misplayed ball by the keeper and scored into an open net, bringing the final score to 5-0.
In the second half, the Lady Bisons offensive struggles continued to plague them, only attempting three more shots, bringing the total to four, two of those by senior Kirsten Heikkinen. Heikkinen would put the Lady Bisons lone shot on goal in the match on net in the game's final minute.
The Lady Bisons will play their last non-conference game this Sunday at Tennessee Tech at 3 p.m. The Lady Bisons next home game is Friday, September 30th against ETSU.


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I have found the need to create a script to do the exact opposite of this (to go from Linux to Windows), so that I can basically convert all of my 5.x Madsonic playlists (which I run on Linux) to 6.x format (which I run on Windows).
The problem I am having is that when I run the "batch" file, I get a subscript error on line 8, character 1. I think the issue is with how the parameters are being passed to the actual script.
Here is the script that I'm using:
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'usage: cscript replace.vbs Filename "StringToFind" "stringToReplace"
Option Explicit
Dim fso,strFilename,strSearch,strReplace,objFile,oldContent,newContent
'Does file exist?
Set fso=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
if fso.FileExists(strFilename)=false then
cscript.echo "file not found!"
end if
'Read file
set objFile=fso.OpenTextFile(strFilename,1)
'Write file
set objFile=fso.OpenTextFile(strFilename,2)
objFile.Write newContent
This script works perfectly if I manually type the command in the format listed in the first line, however if I run this command from the batch file I created, I get the subscript error.
Here is the batch file I created (and keep in mind, this batch file works fine if I want to convert from windows format to linux format).
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@echo off
cd \allshared\Media\6xPlaylists
for %%A in ("*.m3u8") DO cscript //nologo //X fixlist.vbs "%%A" "
/media/Music" "\\server\share\Media\Music"
for %%A in ("*.m3u8") DO cscript //nologo //X fixlist.vbs "%%A" "/" "\"
Can anyone see what's wrong here?


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Trout Ninja necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 21 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Trout Ninja TV http://www.troutninjatv.com
I am the Trout Ninja. I'm crazy passionate about catching trout and I love sharing my trout catching secrets with the world.
I want to bottle that awesome indescribable feeling of catching your first fish (unless fish freak you out) and give the full bottles away to anyone.
Upbeat, fun, and almost insane. Like Indiana Jones meets Pirates of the Caribbean. Edgy yet Family friendly.
My videos are instructional and geared toward passionate trout fishers. Young or old. Parents wanting to teach kids to fish. Fishers wanting an edge over their fishing buddies.
I try to live a Christ centered life.
My desired audience is fishers passionate about catching trout, newcomers to fishing wanting proven instruction, parents wanting to teach their children how to catch fish, fishers wanting a competitive edge over their fishing buddies. Most viewers of my videos are males age 15 to 65. Bulk between 25 and 50.
Look at http://www.TroutNinjaTV.com to see header banner to see sample font style, preferred colors,etc
My videos are at website above and youtube TroutNinjaTV. For example, Here are my themes: "Trout Fishing Secrets...Trout Don't Want You to Know."
and "Fishing is Good. Catching is Better. The Journey is Best."
What I'd like to see.
Like a Ninja Jolly Roger with two trout instead of bones.
Image I can manipulate in keynote, gimp and adobe.
If you use any trout in your design, make sure it is a Rainbow trout. But not a trout with a rainbow because this site has nothing to do with "rainbow" causes!
Look at left hand side bar banner for Facebook (to get side bar size example)http://www.facebook.com/pages/HealthSource-Burleson/136445179746921?v=app_4949752878
If reels are in your design,use spinning reels.
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This is guaranteed.
Heres an update: I will upload several Ninja-like images so you can get an idea. If you create a Ninja face, you can see the photo is me with the 2 trout. I like the superhero-like ninja. The headpiece/mask should just be black AND Make the veil transparent enough so you can see the ninja (me) smiling. Also my eyes should show expression of smiling. The uploaded photos are not my property, only the photo of me with the trout.
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I'm going to take the long way around to laud Kindle and the other e-book platforms as a few of the purest advances born of the digital revolution. But first:
I want to know how it's possible for the normal homeowner, the one who takes on the clerical responsibilities, to wield his or her mental machete through the tangle of ever-changing insurance policies, mysteriously increasing Verizon bills, mind-numbing tax laws, junk mail disguised — "we're pleased to inform you" — as once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. And don't forget the camouflaged cons aimed at getting your Social Security or bankcard number.
We're talking a major bookkeeping challenge and one often complicated by the Internet. True, banking and some bill-paying is easier online, but getting online answers to tax or insurance questions is like trying to follow the "easy assembly" directions written by the manufacturer of a hanging-file stand who is both dyslexic and new to the English language.
I continue to believe that an informed human (and I hear there are a bunch of them looking for work) is better able to explain a complicated issue than an online tutorial written in Googlespeak. Don't get me wrong, Google is a deity as far as I'm concerned. It's his apostles who often muddy chapter and verse.
I'm not an Occupy Wall Street kind of guy, per se, but it's clear the executives of some of our largest corporations are able to walk away with more annual treasure than the combined lifetime earnings of a hundred or more middle-class folks by using some of the oldest tricks in the book.
It's either the old bait and switch — "you can get a new cellphone for free if you sign up for a new plan that will cost you tenfold the cost of the phone by the time the plan expires" — or (and this is far more cynical) they bury us in paper (or megabytes).
Make them march through mud. It's what the Russians did to Napoleon. Drown them in small print: interest-rate changes, plan limits, expirations, deadlines so complicated and time-consuming that they'll just give up and pay it.
We've played along, of course. Much of our "necessities" are more convenient than essential. We buy something to save time, or play with it (I'm thinking of the iPhone here), then spend the time we saved looking for ways to squander more of it until the bills come and we realize that all that time has, presto change-o, turned into money.
The point is, devices that allow us to tap into the Internet or cellular technology are either extremely helpful or are destructive Trojan horses.
It seems to me that Kindle and the other e-book platforms do what the Internet originally promised. I understand it when people say, "I prefer to hold an old-fashioned book." I do too, but it's not an either-or thing. For a curious reader, a traveling reader, a student, a researcher, having instantaneous access to original, unabridged material for a pittance is a world-changer.
And, for a writer, e-book publishing, which has in many ways bypassed the cumbersome traditional publishing system while often working in concert with it, is a godsend, I mean Googlesend.
Russell Drumm is a senior writer at The Star.


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