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Obama's elegant inauguration spins to a starry end
USA TODAY's Cindy Clark takes us through a tour of the 2013 Inaugural Ball. USA TODAY, Kaveh Rezaei
President Obama and first lady Michelle wrapped up their inauguration with a night of merrymaking.
An elegant second Obama inauguration, packed with high-fashion, high-energy and high-profile stars, twirled to an end Monday as President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama — she in another stunning gown — danced the night away at the inaugural balls.
And it's a gown by Jason Wu, the same designer who crafted her 2009 white inaugural gown. The White House said this one is custom-made, ruby red, sleeveless, backless, cinched at the waist, chiffon and velvet, flowing pleats falling to the floor, with a handmade diamond-embellished ring by jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald. She is wearing shoes by Jimmy Choo. And her hair was down in her new style with the bangs everyone has been talking about.
The initial reaction on Twitter was positive, and congratulations poured in for Wu. But there was surprise, too, especially from Wu. "#Inshock!!!" he tweeted.
"I can't believe it. It's crazy," he told the Associated Press from his Manhattan studio as he was trying to share the news with his parents in Taiwan. "To have done it once was already the experience of my life. To have a second time is tremendous."
"I was gobsmacked" given Mrs. Obama's tendency to spread her fashion benedictions around, said fashion columnist Robin Givhan on CNN. "In some ways it was a bit of a safer choice. There's so much pressure on an inaugural gown to be an extraordinarily symbolic dress that she felt safe going back to someone who had done right by her."
As singer Jennifer Hudson crooned Al Green's Let's Stay Together, the president and Mrs. Obama began to dance, first with each other and then with other military guests at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball.
Earlier, one of the first performers at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball for members of the military was Brad Paisley, in his customary cowboy hat and rocking the rafters.
At one point, he joked, "Our democracy is the envy of the world and tonight we celebrate by getting drunk in a convention center." After he finished his set, he told the audience, "This was an honor! Stay safe out there!"
Then Alicia Keys, in a clingy tomato-colored dress, sang an adaption of her top-selling This Girl's On Fire as "Obama's On Fire."
Fun. later took the stage, but the joint really began hopping when Stevie Wonder swung into They Can Feel It All Over as his backup horn section blared. Even on the TV screen you could see the scores of smartphone cameras held up from the crowd. Later, Marc Anthony sang a love song in Spanish.
The White House pool at the ball reported that most men in the room were wearing dress uniforms and most women were in gowns. But there are plenty of women in their uniforms, wearing knee-length skirts or pants.
The room is lit in purple with orange spotlights roaming around, the pool reported.The backdrop of the stage is mostly blue, with a big presidential seal at center and white curtains on either side.
People from across the United States came to Washington to attend inaugural events, including the balls that wrapped up the day. People attending expressed excitement about seeing the President and First Lady, as well as many of the performers. (Jan AP
The president, who says he likes his wife's new hair style, introduced by recounting what he jokingly said at the congressional lunch earlier in the day. "Some may dispute the quality of the president but no one disputes the quality of the first lady," he said.
The Obamas did not dance the whole night; it had been a long day. Besides, it's always too crowded to dance much at presidential inaugural balls. The larger ball was packed to the gills, with little room to move around, let alone dance. At the larger ball, some 35,000 guests were expected to fill the Washington Convention Center to watch the presidential couple's pas de deux.
Also watching the couple this weekend: a passel of performers and stars, such as Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Usher and John Legend. Also, Black Violin, Far East Movement, fun., members of the Glee cast, and Soundgarden were keeping the party-goers entertained on multiple stages at the convention center.
Alicia Keys changed the lyrics of a song to 'Obama's on fire,' just one of the highlights of Monday night's inaugural balls. Other star performers included Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder and John Legend. (Jan. 22) AP
Beyoncé, who sang At Last for the couple's first dance at the 2009 inaugural balls, this time lip-synched a passionate national anthem to conclude the ceremonies on the Mall. Clad in a black Pucci dress, her highlighted hair loose on her shoulders, glittering emerald earrings in her ears, her pre-recorded track came very close to matching the late Whitney Houston's thrilling 1991 Super Bowl rendition of the notoriously difficult-to-sing song, which also was pre-recorded.
"Wow," exclaimed master-of-ceremonies, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., when Beyoncé was done. Fans-in-chief FLOTUS and the president kissed and hugged her.
Meanwhile, at the Creative Coalition Ball, liberal Hollywood's fundraising gala and celebration of the Obama re-election, a contingent of boldfaced names made their way down the red carpet into a downtown Washington arts center, to be entertained by headliner The Goo Goo Dolls.
And yes, even Academy Award winners get awestruck by the atmosphere and the rituals of America's democracy. "My favorite (moment) was to be standing outside with all my fellow Americans. It was a very moving speech. I didn't know I would be moved and in fact I was," said Oscar winner Melissa Leo, clad in Ralph Lauren.
Evan Handler, Charlotte's better half on Sex and the City, praised Obama's oratorical skills. "It's great. It was a good speech today," he said, adding that he's been a longtime member of the Creative Coalition. "I was last with them at the Republican National Convention so this is a very different atmosphere."
The inaugural weekend started Saturday for the Obamas and reached a crescendo Monday morning when the family, including daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, stepped out of the White House and headed to a nearby church for an Inauguration Day service.
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That's when the waiting cameras got the first photos of Inauguration Day fashion. Mrs. Obama was clad in a coat-dress ensemble of navy blue, based on the style of a men's silk tie, by Thom Browne, a high-end designer of mostly men's wear who now will be better known throughout the land, even by mall shoppers more familiar with her J.Crew belt, gloves and shoes.
The Obama girls popped in wool coats and dresses in purple, violet and plum, by J.Crew and Kate Spade.
On the National Mall, a festive, flag-waving crowd estimated at more than a half-million greeted the Obamas with thunderous cheers, from the moment they stepped out on the Capitol's west side, to his reciting the oath of office, to the conclusion of his second inaugural address.
For Mrs. Obama and her daughters, the raves online and on Twitter for their outfits were just as thunderous.
The fashion story of the inauguration was very much in keeping with Mrs. Obama's style strategy over the past four years: Mix multiple brands with high-end and affordable. Aim her spotlight at emerging designers. Buy American.
It's been so successful a strategy that the nation's billion-dollar fashion industry now regards her with something approaching adoration.
Besides Browne and J.Crew, Mrs. Obama also graced Reed Krakoff with her favor during the inaugural weekend: She wore a royal blue bolero-style cardigan by the Coach creative director-turned-fashion-designer two days in a row. On Sunday, for the official, legal swearing-in ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House, she wore the cardigan over a Krakoff blue dress. And she wore knee-high Krakoff boots with high heels on Monday while marching in the inaugural parade.
Michael Kors also got the Mrs. O nod, supplying a sparkly beaded black sleeveless cocktail dress she wore Sunday night at a reception for campaign supporters. And for the Kids' Inaugural Concert she hosted with Jill Biden on Saturday night for military kids, she donned a white peplum blouse by British design house Alexander McQueen, cinched with a Anthropologie belt.
The piece de resistance traditionally is the inaugural gown; that and the Inauguration Day ensemble will go to the National Archives after the inauguration, the White House said.
Contributing: Cindy Clark, Arienne Thompson


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SHOW DESCRIPTION: Pepito Manaloto, Ang Tunay na Kuwento is different from the previous season. It is a stand-alone show that follows the ordinary life of an ordinary person who was blessed with extraordinary luck.
The Manalotos' rags-to-riches experience earned them a TV show, but because they thought it didn't reveal the true story, they had the TV network responsible scrap it. Instead, they came up with the idea to show exactly what goes on in the Manaloto household by having a camera crew film their lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The merry mix of characters of Pepito and his wife Elsa, their children Chito and Clarissa, their house help Patrick, Maria, Robert, Baby and their neighbors Tommy, plus the mother-daughter tandem of Deedee and Mimi, will bring more color to the life story of Pepito Manaloto.
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CakeSpy Note: This is a guest post from Nicola Cappin of Sunningdale Cakes.
The Americans have their cupcakes, the French their macarons, but the British are just plain bonkers for Battenberg.
Batten-what?! You ask? Battenberg is a tea time treat that like many other British cakes has risen in popularity in recent months.
In the past couple of years the country has gone positively baking mad, thanks in part to a reality tv show called The Great British Bake Off, in which some of the country's top amateur bakers battle it off baking traditional English goods such as the pink and yellow chequered cake called Battenberg.
The whole concept of anything British has become much more popular over here in the UK in the last two years. Unlike the Americans and French, our national pride has never been particularly strong. But throw in a Royal Wedding, the Queen's Golden Jubilee and a rather spectacular summer of Olympics and Paralympics and we are suddenly all very proud to be British again!
Ask any Briton over the age of about 70 what tea time is, and they will probably tell you its when they sit down at 4pm to a cup of tea (emphasis on the cup, not a mug) and a slice of cake and a biscuit.
The original custom is generally believed to be credited to Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford in the early 19th century, who needed something to stave off the afternoon hunger pangs between lunch and supper.
Queen Victoria favoured a slice of sponge with her afternoon cup of tea. And so, the Victoria Sponge was name. It's still one of the most popular baked goods here and its a relatively simple two layer sponge, sandwiched with lashings of whipped double cream and raspberry jam and topped with a dusting of icing sugar
If you want to try your hand at it - check out this BBC Good Food recipe.
But, Battenberg is one of my favourites to go with my afternoon cup of tea. The rectangular cake is made up of strips of almond sponge - some tinted with pink food colouring in a chequered pattern, sandwiched together with apricot jam and wrapped in marzipan. Here's an interesting history of it.
Now, don't get me wrong, we love our cupcakes to here also! The American-style Hummingbird Bakery has sent most of us positively crazy about these little sponge cakes with the beautiful enticing store and their cookbooks.
Here at Sunningdale Cakes, the business I set up, we are constantly in demand for cupcakes. So this week I though I would look outside the box (excuse the pun) and create a Battenberg cupcake.
Happy Baking!
Nicola Cappin is the owner of Sunningdale Cakes, based in Hertfordshire in the UK.
Sunningdale Cakes Battenberg Cupcakes
Note: This is not formatted as an American-style recipe; if you need conversions, this site is handy.
Makes 8 cupcakes
- 175g butter
- 175g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 140g self raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- Pink food colouring
- 70g butter
- 350g icing sugar
- A couple of tablespoons of milk
- ½ tsp of almond extract or more to taste
- Preheat the over to 170 degrees C.
- Beat together butter, sugar and eggs until mixture appears light and creamy.
- Mix in flour, ground almonds and baking powder and the vanilla.
- Split the cake mixture between two bowls. In one bowl add a drop of pink food colouring and mix in. In the other bowl, add the almond extract.
- Place the pink cake mix in a food piping bag and put to the side. Put the almondy cake mix in a separate food piping bag.
- Line a cupcake tray with cupcake cases and pipe a stripe of cream cake mix on one side of the cupcake case and a stripe of pink cake mix on the other side.
- Then repeat your piping - alternating. So that you pipe pink on top of the cream, and the other way round.
- Bake in the over for 22 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- While the cupcakes cool, prepare the frosting by beating the butter, then adding the icing sugar, almond extract and milk, until you get the right consistency.
- Pipe or spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes and decorate with marzipan if desired.


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Anderson accepts it has been two steps forward and three back for too much of his Manchester United career.
The midfielder made only his 12th start of the season in United's 2-1 FA Cup triumph over Reading at Old Trafford on Monday night.
This time it has been niggling injuries that have caused his frustrations, not the big ones that have blighted Anderson's six seasons at the club.
With the potential for a starting slot against Real Madrid up for grabs in a fortnight unless Phil Jones recovers from the ankle injury that forced him off, Anderson can now only hope to stay fit.
"When I take two steps forward I seem to take three back," he said.
"It is sad but I have to do my job. I need to play games and not to have any injuries."
For virtually three seasons now it has been claimed United are short of midfield firepower.
Anderson has all the attributes to do the job required, but has never stayed fit long enough to do himself justice at the level Sir Alex Ferguson requires.
"I have had some problems. But when I don't have these problems I know my quality," he said. "I know I can play."
The former Porto man was at his bustling best against Reading, helping drive United towards a victory that keeps their treble quest on track in addition to booking a sixth round meeting with either Chelsea or Middlesbrough.
And it was an even more peripheral member of the Reds squad who was the catalyst.
Nani arrived at virtually the same time as Anderson, and spent two years operating in the vast shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo before starting to flourish once his fellow countryman had left for Real Madrid.
This season though, the winger's chances have been strictly limited.
Amid much-publicised contract wrangling, the pending arrival of Wilfried Zaha from Crystal Palace and interest from Zenit St Petersburg, it has been widely assumed Nani's time at Old Trafford was drawing to a close.
However, it was his contribution that tipped the balance in his side's favour against a plucky Reading outfit, scoring the first and setting up a second for Javier Hernandez to confirm that last eight berth.
"Everyone knows Nani's quality," said Anderson.
"He is one of the good players in a squad full of them.
"The boss can change it all the time. That is the way it should be at Manchester United."
The setback came from Jones' injury.
Although Ferguson has already ruled the England international out of Saturday's trip to QPR, unless it proved serious enough to give the former Blackburn man no chance of being involved, Ferguson could well choose to offer vague assessments of Jones' likely recovery time, leaving Jose Mourinho guessing about his availability for Champions League duty on March 5.
If Jones does not make it, Ferguson would be left with a significant gap in his planning given there are no obvious alternatives in midfield who offer such a heavy defensive emphasis and United's form this season suggests they will require reinforcements in that area.
Anderson can only hope to keep himself in Ferguson's plans, although he accepts it is not easy when he misses so many games.
"It is difficult," he said.
"Some players haven't played for two or three weeks and it is hard.
"But this is Manchester United. All the players want to play, me and others."
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Kai Graeler and Simona Bostan founded Simka Consulting in 2011. Having a combined experience of over 25 years in the iGaming industry gave us a solid footing in the business to begin with. Today, Simka Consulting has grown and is now associated with some of the biggest iGaming brands, helping them recruit and manage affiliates as well as the overall affiliate program.
Simka Consulting is precisely devised to help and develop the iGaming sector. We offer an insight and in-depth analysis to iGaming clients with regards to present and potential challenges they face or are like to encounter. With solid experience in affiliate marketing and management, Simka Consulting has built a widespread network in the iGaming sectors over the years.
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In 2005 he moved to a new venture and joined the newly formed Team of BetUnited, a Company that had the goal to target the German speaking online market with a full portfolio of Betting, Poker, Casino and Games of Skill.
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In 2011 he founded Simka Consulting to combine his knowledge in the operational part of the IGaming Business with the Marketing expertise of Simona.
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Simona comes from a financial background, with a BA in Banking and Finance. Her first encounter with the Igaming World was as a Customer Care Agent with Unibet in 2007.
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With her move to B3W in 2010 she used her accumulated knowledge and designed a custom made Affiliate System for B3W.
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Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist for the Doors, passed away this morning in Germany, according to a statement from his publicist. The cause was bile duct cancer.
As a member of the legendary rock band that formed in 1965 in Los Angeles and effectively ended with the death of frontman Jim Morrison in 1971 (though the group continued to perform and release music in other iterations for many years), Manzarek became an enduring symbol of the era — he was portrayed by Kyle McLachlan in the 1991 Oliver Stone biopic The Doors, and wrote a best-selling memoir about his experiences, Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, in 1998.
The Doors sold more than 100 million albums worldwide on the strength of hits like "Hello, I Love You," "Riders on the Storm," "Light My Fire," and "Break On Through to the Other Side."
Manzarek is survived by his wife Dorothy, son Pablo, and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Manzarek's name to www.standup2cancer.org.
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|Student type
|Fees to pay
|UK students
|EU students
Ashlawn Teaching School
Physics (326W)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- The University of Warwick
- Financial support
- Scholarship, bursary or student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) allows you to teach in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's also recognised internationally.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 9 October 2018
- Date course starts
- August 2019
- Website
- http://www.ashlawn.org.uk/
- Vacancies
- No
About the course
Please see the Warwick University website for course information.
Interview process
Interviews will be conducted at Ashlawn School, Rugby.
How school placements work
You will have two contrasting school placements.
Fees are based on 2018/19 rates and are possibly subject to change for 2019/20.
Financial support
You could be eligible for either:
- a scholarship of £28,000
- a bursary of £26,000
To qualify for a scholarship you'll need a degree of 2:1 or above in Physics or a related subject. For a bursary you'll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.
You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don't need to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you'll be paid.
Financial support if you're from outside the UK.
Financial support from the training provider
Bursaries and Scholarships will become available in Oct 2018
You should be a graduate, with a degree from a UK Higher Education Institution or equivalent qualification. This should be a 2:2 or above (In exceptional circumstances we may consider below a 2:2). It is beneficial to have a degree in the subject that you wish to teach, or at least a strong A level.
You must also possess a standard equivalent to a grade C in the GCSE examinations in English Language and Mathematics.
Personal qualities
We require:
*A desire to teach and work with young people
*Interest in and commitment to education and children
*A flexible approach to learning and teaching
*Good oral and written communication
*A readiness to listen and share
About the training provider
Ashlawn Teaching School (Innovation Learning and Leadership Alliance) is a partnership of schools in Rugby, Warwickshire, and Leicestershire. Together we seek to provide teacher training opportunities based in local schools with a common core of development opportunities focussed on the wider educational community. We create personalised training programmes with a breadth of experience and outstanding support to develop balanced well-rounded teaching professionals. At the heart of our alliance is the desire to provide learning communities where students can experience outstanding learning.
Our School Direct Alliance is led by Ashlawn School, an outstanding bilateral secondary academy, which has an outstanding record of training teachers with experienced mentors across a wide range of secondary subjects.
About the accredited body
Ofsted has rated Warwick Uni an "Outstanding" provider of teacher training. They have been training teachers for over 50 years and part of the Russell Group, whose members represent outstanding teaching and learning experience.
Upon completing this course you gain 90 credits at master's level for our MA in Professional Education. This allows you to fast-track to stage two of a master's degree, quickly progressing your professional development.
Training with disabilities and other needs
Ashlawn Teaching School team tailor our training process to the specific needs of each trainee and we work closely with our partner schools and universities to ensure this critical training year runs as smoothly as possible for each trainee's individual needs.
Contact details
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- Telephone
- 01788 573425
- Website
- http://www.ashlawn.org.uk/
- Address
Ashlawn Road
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Excelon Performance & Quality – eXcelon products incorporate the latest technologies and deliver the highest sonic performance. From advanced audio tuning capabilities, crossover and equalizer systems, high voltage preouts and two-year warranty, eXcelon represents the very best product available.
Garmin GPS Navigation System – DNX models offer the world's leading GPS navigation system by Garmin. With preloaded NAVTEQ® map data of the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, choose from different intuitive map view options including split-screen AV control.
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A number of Pandora functions can be controlled from a Pandora-enabled Kenwood receiver when an iPhone is connected through USB or via Bluetooth A2DP for compatible Android and BlackBerry device which support Serial Port Profile (SPP). Functions include Thumbs up & down, Bookmark Artist, Bookmark Song, A to Z search and Alphabetical channel search. Pandora allows users to maximize the internet radio experience in your car by customizing all of your favourite artists for a rich musical experience.
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Twin iPod Control – A second USB port allows the unique ability to control an iPhone/iPod on its main USB input for audio/video playback and a 2nd iPod device for audio only playback.
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Variable Color Illumination – This allows the user to match the Kenwood unit's illumination with the vehicle dashboard lights. Users can color-coordinate the background colors to their preferences and change key illuminations from the wide pallet of available colors to match any dashboard lighting conditions.
Rear View Camera Input – Eliminate blind spots and improve safety when reversing your vehicle by adding an optional Kenwood CMOS reverse camera. Once the camera is installed, as soon as you put the vehicle into reverse, the rear view image will appear automatically on the DNX/DDX monitor.
Triple 5.0V Pre-outs with Crossover System – Get the most out of your external power amplifiers by delivering a low impedance 5.0V high voltage audio signal to maximize sonic performance. Using the built-in crossover system, you can also easily filter out unwanted frequencies to your speakers and subwoofers to tune your system to its maximum potential.
Car Portal for iDatalink – A real solution for Ford SYNC owners.In a collaborative effort with ADS (Automotive Data Solutions), a Ford SYNC customer can now keep the existing SYNC features like iPod control, Bluetooth, Satellite radio and 911 assist, and seamlessly interface them with Kenwood's advanced user interface and Garmin navigation system found on a range of Kenwood DNX receivers to communicate and display the on-board SYNC features of the car. The optional iDatalink interface/wiring harness will give owners of compatible Ford/Lincoln vehicles the best navigation option on the market by adding an affordable Kenwood DNX model as an alternative to expensive factory navigation solutions.
Steering Wheel Remote Input – Many factory systems offer control of the factory-fit audio system from buttons on your steering wheel. Unfortunately, this functionality is sacrificed when installing an aftermarket audio system.
Install a commercially available steering-wheel interface and maintain control of functions such as volume up/down and track up/track down. This increases the convenience of using your system and increases driver safety to another level.
Firmware Updates – The operating system is updateable via free downloadable software from Kenwood's support sites. Firmware downloads assist in maintaining system performance when using external devices and emerging technologies.


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"George Washington" was there, decked out in revolutionary garb and waving a stylized liberty tree flag with the motto "Appeal to Heaven."
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota and Rep. Steve King (R) of Iowa, both "tea party" favorites from Congress, were there, revving up the crowd with fiery speeches.
Victoria Jackson, former cast member of "Saturday Night Live," played the ukulele and sang, "There's a communist living in the White House." (Watch it here.)
As some Americans scrambled to finish their IRS forms by the midnight tax day deadline, conservative tea party activists streamed into Washington – and to rallies around the country – to protest Obama administration policies, rising government spending, and what they see as threats to fundamental freedoms. In the nation's capital, the main show will be Thursday night, when protesters gather at the Washington Monument for a long-planned Tax Day protest.
But earlier in the day, several thousand people gathered on Freedom Plaza along Pennsylvania Avenue, positioned part-way between the White House and the Capitol, for a celebration of free speech and protest. The mood was almost joyful on this sunny, summery day, as participants debated and discussed the issues of the day with each other, the media, and left-wing counter-demonstrators.
A sampling of the signs
Homemade signs proclaimed a variety of goals and sentiments: "Try Eric Holder for Treason," said one, referring to the US attorney general.
"Reelected? You must be smoking Reid," said another, referring to the Democratic Senate leader, who faces a tough reelection battle.
One sign advertised www.GOOOH.com, pronounced "Go," for Get Out of Our House. "It is time to clean out Congress!" it announced.
"Stop the spending" signs were common. So were the mass-produced yellow "Don't Tread on Me Flags" with the coiled snake, a symbol of American independence.
John Wagner, an environmental engineer from suburban Detroit, came out with his wife to "send a message to Congress," he said. He's also here for the "group encouragement" with other tea partyers and to encourage like-minded people to run for Congress.
Mr. Wagner is unwilling to use the correct name for his member of Congress – Rep. John Dingell (D), the longest-serving member, at 27 terms – and blasts him for, in his view, voting against the wishes of his constituents on health-care reform.
"Members of the House do not have the right, under the Constitution, to vote on their own views or on their party's views," he says. "That's tyranny. That's what our ancestors fled."
Wagner doesn't know who he will support in November. "Maybe I'll vote for the Republican, depending on who it is, or the Libertarian or someone else," he says. "But I do know I'll go door to door in my district against [Mr. Dingell]."
Mainstream misgivings
Dan Egtvedt, a pharmaceutical rep from northern Virginia wearing a "Take Back America 2010" T-shirt, says he was at the tea party protests on Capitol Hill last month on the eve of health-care reform's passage, and is clearly still irked by the bad press the opponents of reform got. "The claims against the tea party are false," he says. "There was no spitting or racism."
Others at Thursday's rally were leery of the media, too.
"During the last administration," said Tom Miller, a retired steel worker from New Philadelphia, Ohio, "six people from Code Pink would show up at something, and they'd be all over CNN and MSNBC. I was here for the 9/12 protest last September, and the only one who covered it was Fox."
Mr. Miller and his wife, Debbie, juggled multiple signs. One said: "Representative Zach Space – You're Fired." Another said: "One rotten Kenyan Spoiled the Whole Bunch of Democrats."
Miller denied that he's a "birther," a subset of conservatives who believe President Obama was actually born in Kenya and is not the legitimate president. But, he added, "I would like to see his birth certificate."


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This breathtaking panorama combines the two hemispheres of the Milky Way galaxy into one. On top, we can see the northern stars from the Canary Islands, while on bottom we can see the southern sky from Chile's Atacama desert.
A NASA astronomer explains further:
The photographers' choice of locations offered locally dark skies enjoyed by La Palma's Roque de los Muchachos Observatory and Paranal Observatory in Chile. But it also allowed the directions to the Milky Way's north and south galactic poles to be placed near the local zenith. That constrained the faint, diffuse glow of the plane of the Milky Way to the mountainous horizons. As a result, an even fainter S-shaped band of light, sunlight scattered by dust along the solar system's ecliptic plane, can be completely traced through both northern and southern hemisphere night skies.
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As much as I love making salsa with ripe red heirloom tomatoes, I have to confess that the flavors of freshly harvested tomatillos combined with the right ingredients makes Salsa Verde my very favorite above all else. Salsa Verde simply means green salsa in Spanish.
I've made this salsa using green tomatoes and it is good, but it just isn't the same as when made with tomatillos. When you live as close to the Mexican border as we do here in SE Texas and because of the Mexican population, you find yourself having sampled many dishes prepared traditionally by the Mexican people. Even at that us Texans seem to find the need to twist a recipe just a tad to change it ever so gently in order to turn down the heat. This is where the term Tex-Mex comes from.
Tex-Mex holds true even in the Mexican restaurants throughout our state.We have thousands of them and their culinary expertise knows how to cater to the cravings of Texans. I've always found it strange that in most of the restaurants that they actually serve very little of anything containing hot jalapenos. If you were to ever sit and eat with a native Mexican you find out quickly that they are all about those peppers! Whole peppers and on the side and every way possible to include them with their meal to be exact.
So, needless to say, this is exactly what I've done when making this Salsa. I guess most Texans like their food a little spicy, but we love ours hot. But of course not so hot that you wouldn't enjoy it! This is where you will find that I do not remove the seeds from my jalapenos or any other pepper at that when I can. The seeds bring in the heat, so if you can not take it by all means remove them.


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Galveston Island is one of the top locations for birding in the nation with approximately 200 species of birds. Thousands of birds fly north across the Gulf from Central and South America each spring.
From April 12-15, 2012, Galveston will hold over one hundred field trips, photography workshops, and evening social events. Many renowned photographers and bird experts will be attending and sharing their expertise. For details and to sign up for events go to www.galvestonfeatherfest.com.


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The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration Commemorative Partner Program
News Release
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No. 02-12
November 08, 2012
Walmart Joins The United States of America Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration
The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration is pleased to announce that Walmart will
help a grateful nation to thank and honor America's Vietnam veterans and their families as part of
the Vietnam War 50th anniversary.
Walmart is among the initial organizations to join a growing and wide ranging list of Commemorative
Partners supporting the efforts of Congressionally chartered United States of America Vietnam War
Commemoration. In doing so, Walmart stores across the nation will have an important role as a
grateful nation thanks millions of Vietnam veterans and their loved ones for their service, valor
and sacrifice.
This Veterans Day weekend and during the 13-year duration of the commemoration, Walmart will
recognize thousands of their own associates and customers who have sacrificed for America either as
military service members or as a family member whose loved one served during the Vietnam War era or
in other warzones. As a Commemorative Partner, Walmart will help the commemoration effort by
holding events in hometowns across America to honor our Vietnam veterans where they live,
remembering the sacrifices of our heroes, especially those made by America's Gold Star Families,
whose loved ones were killed during the war or were missing in action and remain unaccounted for.
Vietnam veteran and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mick Kicklighter, director of the Vietnam
War Commemoration, said, "We welcome Walmart as a Commemorative Partner. Their support will help us
reach out across America to thank our Vietnam veterans, their families, and all who have served in
the defense of freedom."
"Walmart values and respects the honorable service of all our veterans and their families, and we
have a longstanding commitment to helping our veterans reintegrate into their communities when they
return home in order to have a better life," said Gary Profit, senior director of military programs
Walmart. "Walmart is honored to play a leading role as a Commemorative Partner during the 50th
anniversary of the Vietnam War. Over the next several years, Walmart and our associates will help
the communities we serve and a grateful nation thank and honor our heroes."
communities we serve and a grateful nation thank and honor our heroes."
Nov.10, 2012, more than 3,600 Walmart stores from coast to coast will hold ceremonies honoring
their associates who served during the Vietnam War and in other wars along with their family
members. Local veterans groups and other organizations will also be invited to attend and show
their support for our Vietnam War veterans and the many other generations of warriors who have
defended freedom and liberty around the world.
In addition, this December Walmart will honor America's fallen heroes as a supporter of the Wreaths
Across America program. To honor the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, this year the United
States of America Vietnam War Commemoration and other veterans organizations will join them in
laying remembrance wreaths on thousands of gravesites at hundreds of military cemeteries across the
nation from Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. to the National Memorial Cemetery of
the Pacific in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
For Information on the Vietnam War Commemoration and events in your area visit:
For information on Wreaths Across America visit: http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/
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Silvio Berlusconi (Italian pronunciation: ( listen); born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, the current Prime Minister of Italy, as well as an entrepreneur. He is also known under the nickname Il Cavaliere (literally, The Knight), due to the knighthood Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977.
He is the longest-serving post war Prime Minister of Italy, and third longest-serving since the creation of Italy, after Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Giolitti. He held this position on three separate occasions: from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2006 and currently since 2008. Technically, Berlusconi has been sworn in four times because after a cabinet reshuffle, as happened with Berlusconi in 2005, the new ministry is sworn in and subjected to a vote of confidence. He is the leader of the People of Freedom political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 2009. As of November 2009, he is the longest-serving current leader of a G8 country. As of 2011, Forbes magazine has ranked him as the 118th richest man in the world with a net worth of US$7.8 billion.


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The US is about to end this fiscal year with a $407 billion budget deficit that is more than double what it was in 2007 – and the red ink is projected to flow on.
Even before the full cost of the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is calculated, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the nation will add more than $2.3 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years.
This updated CBO report, released Tuesday, is the latest sign that the next president will face tough fiscal choices early on in a new administration. But it's already prompted even tougher rhetoric in Congress – and on the campaign trail – over who is to blame for all the red ink.
"This Democratic Congress really does deserve the name "Do Debt, Do Deficit, and Do Nothing," said Sen. Judd Gregg (R) of New Hampshire, the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee in a briefing after the release of the CBO update.
With the new fiscal year set to begin on Oct. 1, Congress has yet to pass a single appropriations bill, he said. "So essentially the business of operating the government from day-to-day has been abdicated by the Democratic leadership," he added.
Sen. Kent Conrad (D) of North Dakota, who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, shot back: "[Republicans] are the architects of the economic fiasco that has brought us to where we are at this moment," he said.
"Under their watch and under their control, we have a housing crisis, an energy crisis, a health care crisis, and a fiscal crisis," Mr. Conrad said. "This is a combination of mismanagement that will take years to undo."
What's driving deficits is "an unusual amount of turbulence" in the US economy this year, including depressed housing markets, fragile financial markets, and soaring prices for energy and food, along with the cost of war, according to the CBO. But the biggest long-term threat is rising health care costs and the retirement of the "baby boom" generation.
"As we have said over and over in the past, the nation is on an unsustainable long-term fiscal course driven primarily by rising health care costs," said CBO director Peter Orszag at a briefing on Tuesday. "And that does need to be addressed before a crisis hits,"
One of the first decisions a new president will have to make is whether or not to extend President Bush's tax cuts, now set to expire in 2010.
CBO projections are based on the assumption that all expiring tax provisions will be allowed to expire and that Congress will not again pass legislation to curb the impact of the Alternative Minimum Tax on millions of middle-class families.
If these tax cuts are not allowed to expire – the CBO's "Alternative Budget Scenario" – the deficits get worse.
Both major party presidential contenders, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, have proposed tax plans that cut taxes significantly over the next 10 years.
The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimates that the Obama plan would cut taxes by $2.9 trillion over 2009-2018; the McCain plan would reduce taxes by nearly $4.2 trillion.
Although Washington's capacity to ignore fiscal warnings is well established, budget analysts say that the news is now sufficiently alarming, especially the fallout from the housing crisis, that it could set off a national wake-up call.
"You'll hear a lot of excuses, such as: 'It's a slow economy, so there's nothing we can do about it.' It's convenient for politicians to find reasons why they can't possibly do anything, particularly in a campaign season," says Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a public interest group that calls for fiscal responsibility.
But the fiscal fallout of the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could grab public attention – and force politicians to take note.
"It has the potential to wake people up, because it could get bad," says Mr. Bixby. "That gets the public sufficiently aware of the government's precarious financial situation that people will force the government to do something."
Politicians and the public often ignore expected drains on the budget that just get worse. But a jolt to the system, such as the savings and loan crisis in the late 1980s, can change things politically.
"It linked the budget deficit with their daily lives, and that's the sort of thing that can get politicians to pay more attention," says Bixby.
CBO director Orszag says it's not possible to estimate how much the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac takeover will add to government deficits. The key question will be how Congress and the White House Office of Management and Budget measure the companies' assets and liabilities when releasing its budget early next year.
"Politically, it may make a difference that in the first year the [new] president is in office we're going to have a deficit that is somewhere over $500 billion," says Jim Horney, director of federal fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.


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It's a sunny Sunday morning at Arc de Triomf, the arch-shaped monument situated on a long rectangular plaza normally dominated by break dancers, street performers and young people on rollerblades, skateboards and bikes—but not today.
Today the plaza is packed with what look to be at least two thousand Catalan grandmothers, seated at long tables stretching as far as the eye can see. On a stage underneath the arch, a quartet plays traditional music while costumed dancers perform a folk dance involving a pair of gegants, enormous papiermaché puppets that are a staple at cultural events in Catalunya. The women sit in chatty clusters of five or six, their hands busily working a complex of threads and pins stuck into cylinder-shaped pillows.
"It's an international meeting of lace-makers," explains Teresa Sabater as she works on the lace for a bridal handkerchief. Hundreds of tiny pins hold the pattern in place on her pillow, organizing an intricate web of individual crisscrossed threads. Dozens of small wooden spools dangle from the threads, looking a bit like the barbs that hang from a bull's collar during a bullfight, albeit not so gruesome.
As traditions go, lacemaking may not be as old as bullfighting, but it is surely more important to Catalunya, which outlawed the corrida in 2011. Catalan lacemaking dates back to the 1600s, and the tradition remains strong in the villages of the Maresme region of the Costa Brava, where smaller gatherings of lace-makers are held nearly every weekend when the weather is good.
Throughout Spain, lace—whether made by hand or machine—has long been a part of important family functions, from the decorative lace that dresses up the table for special occasions to the delicate mantillas worn by women during Holy Week, inspiring masterpieces by Picasso, Goya and Velasquez. Two hundred years ago, daughters learned the basics of the craft at their mothers' feet; by their wedding day, young women were expected to equip their new homes with a trousseau full of lace-trimmed linens, stitched by the bride's own hand.
"We like to come here to see new things so we can learn to do them at home," says Ms. Sabater, who lives in the village of Teià, about a half-hour's drive from Barcelona. "If you see someone doing a stitch you don't know, you say, 'Can you show me how it's done?' and she teaches you."
Organized by the Catalonian Lace Association, the 26th annual meeting attracted 2,200 lace aficionados on May 26, according to association president Maria-Jesus Gonzalez, as well as a handful of glad-handing politicians. Vendors set up tents around the perimeter where the women browse new patterns and buy bobbins and thread in an array of rainbow colors.
"Catalunya was a very important center for the lace industry in the 19th century," Gonzalez says. Until mechanization all but killed off artisanal lacemaking, some 30,000 women were engaged in the craft. "In the 1960s there was a revival, and then people did it not for commercial purposes but only as a hobby."
Like many of the women here today, Sabater came late to the game, at the age of 46, part of a recent wave of renewed interest in this astonishingly timeintensive art. Working about three and a half hours a day, she's on track to finish this 10" x 20" handkerchief in about two months. Her three granddaughters have started to learn, but it hasn't quite stuck.
"Youth is not for these things," Sabater says, cocking her chin at the sea of gray and white heads surrounding her. "Just look around."
Helena Fornier is an exception. At 12 years old, she's already been making lace for four years.
"My grandmother always did it, and since I was little I liked it," she says as she works on a delicate flower design. "It relaxes me."
Helena's grandmother, Maria-Rosa, picked up her bobbins again about 12 years ago.
"When I was little it was taught in school, but not anymore," she says. "It is a very important Catalan tradition for many years, because it comes from the Costa Brava. In Galicia they also make lace, because it is near the sea. Women were at home alone waiting for their fishermen husbands to return, so this is what they did."
Some speculate that lace-making around the Mediterranean may have evolved from the construction of fishermen's nets, but that's not necessarily true, says Neus Ribas, whose lace museum in Arenys de Mar gets between six and ten thousand visitors annually. "What is certain is that lace was usually made in towns with access to the sea and traded through commercial ports. That's why the two industries are closely linked."
In the western state of Galicia, lacemaking is still big business, and not just for hobbyists, says Ribas, who attributes this to Galicia's stronger tradition of setting the table with elegant linens, as well as a simpler (and hence, more affordable) technique
"The problem is that this work is not valued," she says. "At the prices you have to charge, very few people consider it affordable." (100-120€ for a 10-inch square handkerchief)
Since the 19th century, the tables have turned in the lace world, and now it's the men who are stuck waiting around for their women. I spot 72-year-old Damia Palau sitting on the sidelines among the other husbands.
"We go almost every Sunday to lace meetings in other villages," says the retired professor from the village of Sanaüja. "In my day, the girls when they went to school, they would spend the morning working on math and science, but in the afternoon they would sew. It's not like that anymore, now the girls study as well."
Palau doesn't necessarily lament the changing times. "Better that you don't learn to sew," he advises, waving a slender finger. "But keep one thing in mind: If you don't sew, someone else will have to do it for you."


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Tuesday, 6 October 2009
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6 comments:
- Mary said...
is the magazine 'maison' which will feature Rolf Alme's home in Provence a Norwegian magazine or is it French?
i'd very much like to see the feature.
- October 07, 2009
- Anonymous said...
It is Norwegian-and it probably wontt be published untill spring..
If you get in touch with the magazine, they might send you a copy when the time comes..
The editor's email adress : email@example.com
- October 07, 2009
- Åpent hus said...
lekkert. du er flink. liker veldig godt bloggen din! Ha en strålende dag!
- October 15, 2009
- interiores3de said...
Hello Elisabeth.
Interiores3de My page is dedicated to the world of decoration, especially the color of the walls, I discovered your website and would love to use your photos to comment on my website that is in Spain. I hope your approval, thank you very much.
atte: gloria calero
- July 28, 2010
- inspection gloves said...
It is very beautiful arrangement of each and every stuffs. I like all wallpapers. It is totally unique, as well as simple but stylish borders.
- July 22, 2011
- Wall Coverings said...
This blog posts are very informative. I have a similar blog myself. I'll add more examples as they come in, which I'm sure they will help full for your blog.
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Nineteen families in Honduras recently installed new latrines with the help of the CFCA Healthy Communities Fund.
In the small community of Cipresal, Honduras, sanitation was becoming a big problem. Without proper facilities, waste would contaminate the water source and cause disease and illness.
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In an effort to bring emergency relief to ranchers affected by Winter Storm Atlas, AgChat Foundation is uniting several groups and organizations. With a goal of raising $500,000, the 501(c)3 organization is able to gather donations and provide 100% of the contributions to rancher led organizations in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, including the Rancher Relief Fund established by Black Hills Community Foundation. Funds will be equally distributed between the states.
AgChat Foundation has received the support of many agricultural organizations and agribusinesses such as American Farm Bureau Federation and Tyson Foods. Additionally, the foundation is working with rancher run organizations in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming.
While preliminary accounts are still limited, some officials believe that upwards of 60,000 head of cattle and sheep were affected in the storm. "Ranching families across the prairie are experiencing the trauma and loss like never before. The loss of livestock is shocking to the core. Our hearts are raw," stated South Dakota rancher Jodene Shaw. She continues on her blog, "you don't just simply go "buy new cows" and start over. The foundation is removed. The legacy. The years. The work. The love. The faith." She also points to the economical impact on families but strongly voices concern over the toll on ranchers' emotional investments. Near the end of the post, Shaw reflects, "yesterday, as I saw live cattle, I wanted to wrap my arms around their neck and kiss their faces." Search and rescue efforts have been widely inhibited due to the snow depths so full-scale ramifications of the storm may not be seen for some time.
The unified campaign has been established at the AgChat Foundation's giving site.
As a 501(c)3 organization, all donations to the Rancher Relief Fund are completely tax deductible. Additional organizations and brands are encouraged to partner in these efforts. Inquiries about partnering or giving can be directed to Executive Director, Emily Zweber at (651) 341-0430.


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Kendyl Kirkwood serves during the championship game on Saturday.
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Kendyl Kirkwood keeps a ball in play at the Denver Coliseum on Friday.
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Jenna Lengfelder jumps to keep a ball in play during Fleming's pool play matchup with Geno-Hugo/Karval.
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Jenna Lengfelder goes back to serve during the championship game on Saturday at the Denver Coliseum.
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Hannah Blom receives a serve in the Fleming Wildcats pool-play win on Friday.
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Hannah Blom focuses on her serve attempt during pool play at the Denver Coliseum.
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The Fleming have a moment after scoring a point on Saturday in Denver.
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The Fleming Wildcats come off the court after a set win in the 1A state tournament at the Denver Coliseum.
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The Fleming Wildcats celebrate after a kill.
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The Fleming Wildcats pump themselves up in Denver on Friday.
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Kendyl Kirkwood looks to set up Brooke Sigmon on Friday during pool play.
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Bailey Chintala rises up to tap the ball over the net on Saturday in Denver.
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Bailey Chintala receives a serve while Jenna Lengfelder looks on.
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Bailey Chintala rises up for a kill in the 1A state volleyball tournament.
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Bailey Chintala goes up for a serve in a Fleming win at the 1A state tournament.
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Alli Keisel leaves her feet to send a ball back over the net.
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Alli Keisel attempts a serve in the Wildcats state tournament win over Springfield.
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Alli Keisel get low to keep a ball from hitting the floor at the 1A state tournament on Saturday.
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Alli Keisel sends a ball past the Springfield blockers for a score.
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Coach Doug Kamery huddles with the team during a timeout.
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(from right) Brooke Sigmon, Kendyl Kirkwood, and Alli Keisel react after Fleming scores a point.
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Fleming Wildcats huddle in the championship game.
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Dr. Tabor's Diet
Reasons Why People Do High Fiber Diet
Since fiber can provide other health benefits, such as lowering the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
Selecting tasty foods that can meet the fiber is not difficult.
as well as figuring out variety. food that is a source of fiber
Fibers are usually classified into two categories, among others:
1. The fiber does not dissolve in water
This type of fiber is to support the movement of food through the
digestive system and increases stool bulk, so it can be helpful
Whole-wheat flour, nuts, and many vegetables are good sources of this fiber type.
2. The fibers are soluble in water
This type of fiber can form a gel-like material.
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and glucose levels. Soluble fiber found in oats,
peas, beans, apples, citrus fruits, and carrots.
How a healthy diet: it has many benefits as quoted
from Mayo Clinic, among others:
1. Normalize bowel movements
2. Help maintain intestinal health
3. Lowering blood cholesterol levels
4. Helps control blood sugar levels
5. Helps in weight loss
Food choices that are good sources of fiber include:
1. Grains and grain
2. Fruits
3. Vegetable
4. Beans, peas, and other legumes
Fiber needs in one can be divided by age and gender, among others:
1. Men with age less than 50 years old need less fiber intake 38 grams.
2. Men over age 50 years need less fiber intake is 30 grams.
3. Women aged less than 50 years old need less fiber intake is 25 grams.
4. Women over age 50 years need less fiber intake is 21 grams.


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Nancy Scandone, 77, of Navarre, Fla., died April 29, 2013, in Pensacola, Fla. She was born in Marion, Kan., Oct. 19, 1935, to O.J. and Faye Allen.
Nancy attended elementary school in Marion and graduated from Marion High School.
In 1955, she married Frank Scandone. The couple lived in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., where they raised their four children.
She was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Fred Allen.
Survivors include her husband, Frank; three daughters, Patti Brewer of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Joani Chase of Tallahassee, Fla., and Paula Scandone of New York, N.Y.; one son, Michal Scandone of Tallahassee. Fla.; five grandchildren and one great-grandson.
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State Reps. Ken Summers and Jim Kerr, both Republicans, retained their seats in the state House in the Nov. 4 election.
Summers was challenged by Lakewood Democrat Camille Ryckman, a former teacher and a current stay-at-home mom who is active in the local PTA. Kerr faced a challenge from a familiar foe, Littleton Democrat Tom Dittemore, who has run against him twice.
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Canada almost beat Pakistan at one stage.
Actually thought this one was a pretty good advertisment for the minnows. There are a number of players that made a name for themselves this tournament (Baidwan, Balaji Rao, Kevin O'brien, William Porterfield, George Dockrell, Pieter Seelaar, RTD to name a few). If anything, this world cup has shown that the gap between the minnows and the top of the pile has narrowed considerably. Granted there were still disappointments and the top 8 did scrape through but I have no problem with a group stage involving several minnows. What I dont want to see is a month long group stage that is absolutely meaningless, which is kind of what happened this time. Basically these teams played for a month only to tell us what we already knew, that the top 8 teams in world cricket are South Africa, Australia, England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.
Tendulkar = the most overated player EVER!!
Beckham = the most overated footballer EVER!!
Vassell = the biggest disgrace since rikki clarke!!
On topic, is this the best world cup in a long time? Yes, best since 1999, but that has almost entirely to do with how even the top 8 are and England being quite generous and nothing to do with the format or the quality of play.
I think its been a top WC.
I like the format to , the only thing i would change is having 2 matches played per day every day throughout the group stages.
Group B has been quite good, but apart from NZ vs Pakistan there really wasn't any good games in group A.
Minnows have been great. Overall the whole tournament has been swell for mine, plenty of memorable events, unexpected results and tense matches, despite the occasional thrashing. Yes, that's more to do with the teams than the organisation of the WC itself, but who cares? This'll only happen once every four years, enjoy it while it lasts.
citoyens, vouliez-vous une révolution sans révolution?
I am enjoying it, but it will be sad not to see an Aus vs SA game at some stage.
It's been the most exciting tournament since 99 for me. It's probably succeeded in spite of its format rather than because of it though. 6 group games each feels like maybe a couple too many but the ICC's hands were rather forced after the 2007 tournament.
I'm not putting on a tinfoil hat and hiding under my table with the other conspiracy theorists, but it's an undeniable fact that India and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan being eliminated before the Super 8 stage cost millions in advertising revenue. The ICC rather cooked the books to avoid this eventuality this time around and England, advancing despite two losses to minnows, have been the unwitting beneficiaries.
Anyway, don't mean to carp, has been thoroughly enjoyable so far and hopefully the KO stages will continue in this vein.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"Rory Burns wafted and whooshed, hit a few, edged a few more and batted at times with all the graceful serenity of a man trying to force his way head-first through a privet hedge." - Barney Ronay on the Surrey opener's maiden test ton
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
This is the first WC I have watched properly and with keen interest. Been awesome, loved all the minnow games including thrashing, got to see all the quality players in their sides. It's good to know that with effort, we might have a new "Bangladesh" in Ireland. On the other hand Kenya and Zimbabwe have really deproved over the years, not the players faults maybe but I think it's time to move on from them and focus on Netherlands and Ireland.
Love the fact that theres a game to watch everyday, and doing work is made so much less exhausting, albeit distracting, when you can follow a game at the same time. This tournament comes every four years, If we can spend a 20 days on a freaking 7 match ODI bilateral series, a month and a half ain't so bad.
From now on, it's just three wins to a World Cup, so pumped I can hardly wait. Can't pick a clear favourite, SA and India lost/tied against England who lost to two minnows. SL and Aus lost to Pakistan, who lost to New Zealand, who lost to the former two. WI have been impressive but lack batting depth. Got to thank England for all the nail biters too
Can't wait, this is going to be so ****ing awesome.
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Is Minnie Cooperstown Bound?
For all of us who grew up watching him play, there was no doubt in our minds that Minnie Minoso was of Hall of Fame caliber.
Today, it was announced that Minnie is one of 10 prominent baseball figures from the Golden Era (1947-72) who have been placed on the ballot for Hall of Fame consideration. The others are players Ken Boyer, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Allie Reynolds, Ron Santo, Luis Tiant and executives Charlie Finley and Buzzie Bavasi. The results will be revealed at the Baseball Winter Meetings on December 5.
The White Sox have put together a wonderful website making Minnie's case in words, photos and video. Go to whitesox.com/minnie. You'll really enjoy it–and for those of you who saw Minnie play, it'll bring back some great memories.
Here is my favorite description of Minnie, which is on the site. It was written by authors Brendan C. Boyd and Fred Harris. It's really all you need to know about Minoso:
"Minnie Minoso played the game the way it's supposed to be played. He did not have the power of a (Mickey) Mantle or the overall talent of a (Willie) Mays, but he sprayed hits to all fields, never swung at a bad pitch, crowded the plate, bunted, stole bases, broke up double plays, made diving catches, and always, but always, hit the cut-off man. He loved to play baseball, was in every minute of every game he ever played and never let up, no matter how one-sided the score. He was what baseball is all about…"


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Jenny Utz '82
An exceptional three-sport athlete, Jenny played basketball, field hockey and lacrosse for all four years while also excelling in the classroom. She graduated with the school record for scoring in field hockey, led two state championship basketball teams and was selected to the South Select All-Star Team in lacrosse.
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President's Budget Lays Out Responsible, Job-Creating Agenda for GSA
Feb 14, 2011, 06:19 ET
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today President Barack Obama announced a proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 that will help our country win the future by out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building our global competitors while taking important steps to put our fiscal house in order. The new budget provides a path for the General Services Administration to invest in areas that create jobs while making responsible cuts in areas we can't afford right now. As American families tighten their belts during difficult economic times, so must the federal government.
"The President's proposal shows a commitment to the future of this country with a mix of investments in key areas that will ensure we're competitive in the global economy and responsible spending cuts that put us on a path to live within our means," said GSA Administrator Martha N. Johnson. "GSA will support the President's vision by helping the entire federal government cut costs while we work to build the industries that will create jobs through our innovative sustainable building and responsible purchasing."
GSA will work with the President to reach his goal of getting rid of the roughly 14,000 office buildings, lots, and government-owned properties we no longer need in order to save taxpayer money. In addition, GSA fully supports the President's efforts to expedite the process of disposing of underused federal properties and developing opportunities to co-locate more field offices.
GSA is uniquely positioned to help the entire government cut costs and get the best value for the taxpayer dollar through skilled negotiations and streamlined acquisitions with its Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative. With FSSI we work closely with our partner agencies to analyze their purchases and find ways for them to save money. By leveraging GSA's access to better prices and better value for the goods and services that the government needs to buy we are making better use of taxpayer dollars.
Steve Kempf, Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, said, "GSA will boost our collaboration with agencies throughout the federal government to help them save money and get the best value on their purchases – from technology and office supplies to fuel-efficient vehicles and travel services."
While we cut spending in areas we can't afford right now, we must also invest in areas we can't afford to neglect. GSA will increase funding for renovations at our land ports of entry to make trade with our neighbors easier and more profitable for American companies. These projects will also help Customs and Border Patrol better protect our borders from illegal immigration and drug smuggling, while also increasing trade and opening markets to American made products.
"Many of the land ports of entry are in need of repair and modernization; these necessary enhancements will reduce the backlog in trade across our borders that is hurting American companies," said Bob Peck, Commissioner of Public Buildings. "By investing in these border crossings we will give American businesses the opportunities they need to grow for the long term while we are creating jobs in the construction and clean energy industries while."
As GSA moves forward responsibly, we are investing in what helps us grow and cutting what doesn't, the agency will need to trim programs that, absent the fiscal situation, we would not cut.
Johnson said, "The President's plan puts GSA on a path to invest in key parts of the American economy while we learn to live within our means so we can win our future."
As the federal government's workplace solutions provider, the U.S. General Services Administration works to foster an effective, sustainable and transparent government for the American people. GSA's expertise in government workplace solutions include:
- Effective management of government assets including more than 9,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 215,000 vehicles in the federal fleet, and preservation of historic federal properties;
- Leveraging the government's buying power through responsible acquisition of products and services making up approximately 14 percent of the government's total procurement dollars;
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