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Can we just stop playing these Minnesota at Calgary games? Doesn't seem to be much of a point to them.
In the last 23 games against the Wild at the Saddledome, the Flames have won 21. Twenty-one. Two, one. That winning percentage is 91.3.
Not only is that ultra-dominant, it's not even close. In fact, the last time the Wild even gained a loser point from the Flames in Calgary was Feb. 28, 2007, literally two years ago. The Flames have been, in a word, unstoppable.
And last night was more of the same. After a nervy first period the Flames scored twice in 20 seconds to pretty much suck the life out of the Wild and seal up the result with just under than two-thirds of the game remaining.
That's always nice.
Meanwhile, Jarome Iginla inched a point closer to the Flames all-time lead and Miikka Kiprusoff continued his ridiculous streak in which he is now 7-0-2 and has allowed just 17 goals. The whole team is at the top of its game right now, and that is very, very bad news for the rest of the Western Conference.
The Good
- The aforementioned two goals to open the second period is exactly how you want to put a team away.
- The transition looked very good last night and led to Cammalleri's goal just 17 seconds into the second period. You couldn't have drawn that up better if you tried.
- Any time you almost double a team's shots on goal in the game, you were excellent in all three zones, limiting shots, transitioning well and getting a lot of rubber toward the opponent's net.
- Kiprusoff continues to be ridiculous, although he only faced 17 shots tonight. He has now earned at least a point for the Flames in the last nine games and has a .932 save percentage in this stretch. That's crazy.
- I think Dion Phaneuf has finally turned a corner. Another goal tonight makes two in as many games and three points in his last three. He has also been a plus-3 in those contests. Fine by me.
- Iginla now has 829 points in his career, two short of the Flames' all-time lead. How very lucky we are to have a player of his caliber around, even if he did take two weeks or so off a while back.
- Good job by Calgary to kill off that 5-on-3 Minnesota power play late in the first period. That was huge.
- Todd Bertuzzi Stupid Penalty Count: 0! That's three games in a row! Who would have imagined?
The Bad
- The first period, in which the Flames outshot Minnesota 6-5, was exactly how Minnesota wanted to start out the game. It was good, however, to see the Flames come out of the intermission with a huge two shifts to put the game away.
The Ugly
- Derek Boogaard's elbow on Brandon Prust late in the game was absolutely disgusting, premeditated, and intended to injure. He should be suspended for a good, long time. That was ridiculous, and as low-rent as you can get.


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- Kia and DC Comics team up for some special creations.
- Fighting hunger, one superhero car at a time.
- No upholstery worn on the outside.
The collection of Kia Superhero cars at the 2012 SEMA Show is timed perfectly for the Halloween season. It's that time when kids in Spider-Man and Iron Man costumes roam the neighborhood in search of candy. Kia is doing something similar for this year's Specialty Equipment Market Association event, except the intention is to feed starving children thousands of miles away.
A black and green 2013 Kia Soul is kitted out with a Green Lantern theme. Check out the lantern symbols in the wheels and fog lamps. Red paint and yellow graphics mark the Flash 2013 Forte Koup. A 2013 Rio hatchback gets the Aquaman treatment, with green paint and yellow fish-scale-like graphics on the outside, and scenes from Aquaman's comic book adventures depicted in the trunk. A silver exterior and red interior 2013 Forte 5-door pays homage to man-machine Cyborg. (This superhero was co-created by Marv Wolfman–you couldn't make it up, could you?)
These four heroic Kia models have been unveiled at the SEMA show, while another car, the Batman 2013 Optima, was recently introduced in Gotham–sorry, New York City. Together they form a tribute to the Justice League of America, which consists of characters from DC Comics. Instead of fighting crime, they're dedicated to fighting hunger in the Horn of Africa through the charity We Can Be Heroes.
Specially designed pieces of art will be auctioned off, along with We Can Be Heroes license plates and other items of merchandise. Proceeds go toward the charity and toward events such as SEMA to help raise awareness.
Kia is promising a total of eight superhero cars, so expect Superman and Wonder Woman models in the near future. (We hope the Wonder Woman one isn't invisible, like her airplane.) And rumors of a Transformers Optimus Prime model are currently unfounded.
What it means to you: It's good to be reminded of how poverty impacts other parts of the world, and Kia has reminded us in a fun way.


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Pigeon Forge, TN is the hap-hap-happiest place around when it comes to learning about the past, and I've got some news that'll make every history enthusiast within two hundred miles of the Smokies start wetting their pants with excitement.
First up, check out what's happening for the holidays over at a site this blog has featured before—the Titanic Museum Attraction: "Starting Saturday, November 13, it will snow – yes, REAL snow – at the Titanic every Friday and Saturday evening at 7:00pm through January 1, 2011. The snow is part of the museum's 'Christmas in a Winter Wonderland,' which is dedicated to honoring and celebrating the lives of the 2,208 passengers and crew of the Titanic."
And we're not talking cheap, second-rate snow here, either. This snow equipment cost $150,000. That's not even counting the "additional $100,000 [that] will be spent on Christmas trees, lights and decorations that will decorate the interior and exterior of the Titanic Museum Attraction."
This may be the best quarter million ever spent in the history of museum budgeting. I'll tell you what I'm doing for the holidays, ladies and gents. I'm driving to Pigeon Forge, where I can enjoy a frothing mug of egg nog while I watch artificially generated snow gently blanket a fake ship festooned with garlands and Christmas lights.
Perhaps I'll make a second trip on January 22, when they'll be hosting—I kid you not—the First Pigeon Forge Professional Ice Carving Competition. I can't think of a more appropriate way to commemorate the deaths of 1,517 people than by carting in a bunch of chainsaw-wielding artisans to fashion decorative shapes out of the very same substance that killed them. Can you?
You'll want to come back to Pigeon Forge in the spring so you can be first in line to buy tickets for the upcoming "Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud and Stunt Show." Now, maybe you're thinking that a dinner theater/stunt show isn't the best way to teach history. Well, think again. The visionaries behind this enterprise are making cultural edification a top priority:
The new production is scheduled to open in early Spring of next year, and will be loosely based on the true story of the famous Hatfield and McCoy feud. The audience will be divided into the Hatfield and McCoy families by special seating areas. The show will extend throughout the theater as the audience participates in the good natured rivalry. Dangerous and comical stunts will be performed throughout the show to add a special excitement. Singers, dancers, actors, musicians and specially trained stunt people will round out the cast. As with all Fee/Hedrick shows, this new show will have a family friendly atmosphere with a focus on fun.
"Our area is rich with Appalachian heritage," said theater co-owner David Fee. "Mountain clans were a way of life here, and this show will showcase all that's great about them!"
And just what is it that's so great about mountain clans? Well, being a native Appalachian myself, I can personally attest that "dangerous and comical stunts" are right at the top of the list. Indeed, when my family gets together for any special occasion, we make a special point to engage in as many dangerous and comical stunts as possible. Last Thanksgiving, for example, after we had all eaten our fill and hanged a member of the opposing clan with which we were feuding at the time, everyone adjourned to the backyard to watch as I climbed to the roof of my uncle's house and (wearing nothing but a pair of leopard-skin underpants and a gigantic foam Yosemite Sam hat) shoved a fistful of lit bottle rockets into each nostril, took a running start, and leaped off into a kiddie pool filled entirely with creamed corn.
But I digress. The news item continues:
The building, will undergo a multi-million dollar renovation and transform in appearance into two neighboring hillbilly style mountain homes complete with a decorative moonshine still and barnyard animal areas. The theater lobby will also feature the largest moonshine still in the world – soon to be verified by the Guinness Book of World Records. "The Moonshine Still will be an interactive learning center that highlights the history of the mountain people, but interjected with lots of humor", says Hedrick. "Our customers will have a better understanding of everyday life back in the hills, while making them laugh at the same time!"
It's no secret that negative Appalachian stereotypes and historical misperceptions are a ubiquitous problem, but the best way to inculcate an appreciation for the rich, subtle past of the mountain region is to have a feuding-themed theatrical production and then decorate the lobby with the biggest frocking moonshine still you can find.
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"Antiques Roadshow," the national PBS show that invites people to bring in their old items and find out how much they're worth, kicked off its first visit to West Virginia on a high note with the appraisal of an original Edward Beyer landscape painting of Charleston valued at $250,000.
Declared a "painting trifecta" by "Roadshow" appraiser Colleene Fesko, the painting of what was then Charleston, Virginia, was created in 1854 and predates the Civil War and West Virginia's statehood. Fesko said she was so amazed when she saw the piece, that she had to pull out her glasses to fully examine the detail of the panoramic painting.
The painting's owner, Helen, a West Virginia native, said her grandfather won the painting after he was part of a group that commissioned Beyer to produce it. (As a condition of covering Saturday's event at the Charleston Civic Center, "Antiques Roadshow" officials
insisted that items' owners not be identified by their last names.)
"A bunch of Charleston businessmen wanted it done and chipped in money," Helen said. Since her grandfather won the painting, it has been passed down in her family ever since.
She said she always knew the painting was valuable — it had been previously appraised at $125,000 — but she never imagined it could be so high.
Fesko said Beyer created 40 panoramic landscape paintings of Virginia towns in the mid-19th century. She said $250,000 is an appropriate value, considering the time it was produced, the limited number Beyer produced and its impeccable beauty.
Helen said she has tried to get the painting in front of "Roadshow" appraisers for years, but had always failed to get tickets until now.
Although it took years for the Beyer painting to finally receive the attention it deserves, Helen said she couldn't have picked a more perfect location to showcase it.
"This is where it should be. It was meant to be in Charleston. I've had it for a long time. It's just nice to show it and let other Charlestonians see it."
Helen said she would carefully return the painting to her home, but that, eventually, it deserves a more stately residence: "I think it should be in the Capitol or Governor's Mansion."
The painting was one of thousands of antiques hauled, carried or carted Saturday into the Charleston Civic Center for the opportunity to be appraised by one of approximately 70 appraisers on the show's set.
Thousands of people entered into a lottery in April to win tickets to attend the event, but only 3,000 pairs of tickets were distributed.
Hannah Auerbach, publicist for the show, said the staff anticipated 5,000 people to attend Saturday's all-day appraisal event. Since every ticket holder is allowed to bring in two items for appraisal, the show's appraisers could be appraising up to 10,000 items in one day.
The 12-time Emmy Award-nominated reality show is produced for PBS by WGBH in Boston. The show chose Charleston as its final destination in its eight-city summer tour to film its 19th season. This is the show's first visit to West Virginia, and from its time spent in the Mountain State, three hour-long episodes will be created and aired on PBS in 2015. The episodes' air dates have yet to be released.
Charleston's episodes will showcase a variety of appraised antiques, as well as site visits to historical locations across West Virginia. While in town for four days, the show's field crew visited the Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, the Huntington Museum of Art and the Rosanna A. Blake Library of Confederate History at Marshall University.
Halfway through Saturday's appraisal event, the show's executive director, Marsha Bemko said she was thrilled at the treasures people have already brought in and with the history they've been able to uncover while visiting those three locations.
She explained that the field pieces help to establish a sense of place for the episodes because it's hard to do so when filming indoors. The field pieces also highlight areas of West Virginia history in a way that might not be covered with the antiques that ticket holders choose to bring.
Bemko said, "I'm thrilled to be here . . . . It's a great state. I know we'll see great treasures. We're situated geographically in such a way that we will see, as we have, Confederate hand guns and we're going to see things from the Union."
Dan traveled from his home in Loudoun County, Virginia, to learn the value of a pistol that once belonged to his great-great-grandfather, who served in the Confederate army.
After consulting with appraiser Chris Mitchell, Dan learned that his Spiller & Burr pistol, which was produced in 1864, was in excellent conditioned and valued at $25,000.
"This is the first time I've ever had it appraised," Dan said. "I didn't realize it was in as good a shape as what he said."
Although thousands of antiques were taken to the appraisal event, the crews only have enough time to film the appraisal of about 90 items in one day, Auerbach said. She said the appraisers notify a producer when they find a valuable or unique item that would be worthy of filming. Throughout the day, appraisers have to make a "pitch" to feature the items and, if successful, the appraiser and the item's owner are then set up at a center appraisal table for filming.
To keep reactions authentic and real, appraisers must wait until camera crews are filming to reveal an item's history and value to its owner.
Carol, a resident of Hurricane, said she was shocked to learn about her item's origins. When she was living in Peru many years ago, she bought an old, skinny tool from a local person selling goods from door to door. For years, the piece just sat in a Peruvian pot in her home.
After appraiser John Buxton got hold of the item, he knew it deserved to be filmed.
He estimated that the tool was produced in Peru between 300 and 900 A.D. and said it would have been owned by an important leader.
"I think this is earlier than Inca," he said. "I think it could be the Moche civilization."
He valued the tool, in the shape of an awl, between $3,000 and $7,000.
Carol admitted that she just paid $10 for it. Holding the tool after Buxton's appraisal, she said, "I think I'll take better care of it now."
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Recipe: Swiss Chard Flan
Okay, tell me that when you read that recipe title, you didn't just do a double take. That's what I did. In fact, I may have gasped, "Flan? Isn't that a fantastic Mexican dessert? Why does it have the words Swiss Chard in front of it?"
Times like these, I wonder why I ever chose page 210. What had I gotten myself into?
I guess I had to make Swiss Chard Flan.
Luckily, this flan didn't come with a crème caramel topping or a puff pastry shell. In fact, it was a remarkably savory bit of tasty goodness.
The husband is not a fan of the runny egg--so much so that he orders poached eggs as well done as possible--so we had to make some modifications to this one. I decided not to make this really a flan; I made it a frittata instead. A little less wiggle and a whole lot more happiness from everyone involved. Besides, it just sounds a little more appetizing. Swiss Chard Frittata.
But before we begin cooking, let's begin with the swiss chard shopping. This recipe is one for those of you with a CSA or a local farmer's market. Currently greens are in season and will be for another couple of weeks: Swiss chard, kale, collard greens, mustard greens, you name it. We're always looking for new ways to cook them. A year ago the husband and I signed up for a CSA box (a little shout out to Full Belly Farm!). Every week, we were inundated with fantastic produce. But the sheer amount was a little overwhelming. Seriously. The greens. And the root vegetables. We had to stop the box (long, terribly uninteresting story), but luckily we live a block (down a really cute path) from our local Sunday farmer's market and a BART ride away from the Saturday San Francisco Ferry Building farmer's market. So this past Sunday the husband and I grabbed the umbrella and put on our hoodies to walk down to the local farmer's market. While rainy, the market was filled with color, including some of the first tulips of the season.
This recipe comes from a cookbook that encourages local, in-season cooking. The Ferry Building's farmer's market is pretty phenomenal. According to their website, around 15,000 people venture into the building and its surrounding plaza to select their local fruits, meats, and veggies every Saturday. Pop into Cowgirl Creamery, and it's a complete morning. The San Francisco farmer's market hasn't been around that long. In its current incarnation, it has been open only since 2003, but it feels as if it has been there forever. It does stem from an earlier form, opened in 1992, after the Embarcadero and the waterfront were revitalized after the Loma Prieta earthquake. Out of tragedy comes triumph. Or at least really good food.
The cookbook itself is organized by season, which is pretty handy, and has beautiful pictures. You can tuck it into your canvas bag and walk around any farmer's market's stalls, determining if you really need that parsnip. But my favorite feature about this cookbook is that it gives you a full rundown of how to store and prepare all of the fruits and veggies. We found this exceptionally handy when we got those huge amounts of radishes, rutabagas, radicchio and rhubarb from the CSA.
Okay, now back to the recipe:
This was surprisingly good. I added an egg to the original recipe and reduced some of the dairy products (they called for 1.5 cups!). Normally, when I make a frittata, I make it a little less fat, and I think you could make some modifications to what you'll find below (low fat milk would be where I would start). But most importantly, we have rediscovered that if you cover anything with eggs and cheese, you really cannot go wrong.
3-4 Servings
2 bunches swiss chard, stems removed and discarded, and leaves chopped
Extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
6 large eggs
1/4 cup half and half
1/4 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper
1 cup grated Gruyere cheese
1. Heat enough olive oil to coat the bottom of an oven-proof skillet (we used a wrought iron skillet, our go-to skillet for frittatas) Add the onion and garlic and coo, stirring occasionally, until tender and translucent, about three minutes. Add the Swiss chard leaves, cover and cook for about 7-10 minutes. If the mixture becomes too dry, add a few splashes of water.
2. While the chard cooks, crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk in the cream and half and half.
3. Preheat the broiler. When the chard is ready, remove from heat and season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread the chard mixture out evenly. Pour the egg mixture over the chard and season with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover. Cook until the mixture has just set, about ten minutes. As the mixture cooks, occasionally pull the edges away from the skillet to ensure even cooking.
4. Remove the flan from the heat and sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top. Cook the flan under the broiler to brown, watching the flan carefully so it does not burn.
5. Remove the flan from the broiler and loosen the edges with a knife or spatula. If the flan still seems too loose, return it to the broiler to another minute. Serve directly from the pan, cutting it into wedges, or slip it onto a serving plate and then cut into wedges. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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OPM issues broad agency guidance on recruiting candidates with emergency management, education and other service backgrounds.
The Office of Personnel Management will host a symposium in December to educate agency officials about national service programs, as part of the Obama administration's effort to recruit more candidates with backgrounds in areas like disaster relief and teaching to work for the federal government.
OPM issued guidance on Friday to comply with a July presidential memorandum that directs agencies to attract more hires with experience working in programs like AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and other national community service organizations. "As we face challenges ahead, the need to bring exceptional talent into public service has never been greater," OPM Director Katherine Archuleta said in her Nov. 15 memorandum. "They are a source of talent that can enhance an agency's workforce capacity to achieve its mission and should be included as part of your overall recruitment strategy."
The OPM memo provided broad recruiting recommendations to agencies, including:
- Work with nonprofit organizations to publicize federal job postings that align with national service experience.
- Develop a relationship with the Corporation for National Community Service – the federal agency tasked with expanding service and volunteerism throughout the country – and the Peace Corps "to better understand the value of national service experience to the federal workforce."
- Expand social media outreach to include national service stakeholders.
- Collaborate on recruiting with colleges, technical schools and professional associations to attract students and recent graduates to federal service.
Specifically, the government is looking for candidates with experience in six areas of national service, as outlined in the 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act: emergency and disaster services; economic opportunity; education; environmental stewardship; healthy futures; and veterans and military families.
Archuleta also encouraged agencies to use existing hiring authorities to appoint national service participants to federal jobs, including non-competitive eligibility for returning Peace Corps and Volunteers In Service To America participants.
Under Obama's directive, representatives from all Cabinet-level agencies, as well as various other federal entities, will coordinate with the Corporation for National and Community Service to identify ways to effectively organize volunteer opportunities across the federal government. The task force will develop public-private partnerships to expand national service.
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All children in state-funded schools in England would receive sex and relationships education from the age of seven under Liberal Democrat plans.
The "age-appropriate" classes would form part of a "curriculum for life", including education about managing money and citizenship lessons.
The plan would mean that personal, social and health education (PSHE) is compulsory in all state-funded schools including academies and free schools.
A report published by Ofsted last year found that sex and relationships education needed to be improved in more than a third of schools and called for secondary school pupils to learn more about issues such as pornography, relationships, sexuality and staying safe, rather than just the ''mechanics'' of reproduction.
Sex and relationships education is compulsory in local authority-run state secondary schools, but not in academies or free schools.
The Lib Dem policy would also extend compulsory sex education lessons to key stage 2 - covering children aged between seven and 11.
The proposals will form part of the Lib Dem manifesto at the next general election.
Schools Minister David Laws said: "It is vitally important that children learn all the life skills they need when they are at school, and Liberal Democrats believe that this should include learning financial literacy, citizenship and age-appropriate sex and relationship education.
"We have long made the case, both inside and outside Government, for updated sex and relationship education to be taught in all schools, including academies and free schools, but it is not something the Conservatives are open to.
"We believe that by educating children about sex and relationships in an appropriate way, we can help them to make informed choices in their personal lives.
"Currently academies and free schools have no requirement to teach sex and relationship education, depriving children of important life lessons. Liberal Democrats are committed to ensuring that children have access to age-appropriate sex and relationship education regardless of where they go to school.
"By learning how to manage money and be a good citizen, we will be equipping children with the skills necessary to deal with the many practical issues that they will face in adult life, such as balancing a budget or voting for the first time.
"Teaching these important life lessons will help to build the stronger economy and fairer society that Liberal Democrats want to see."
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has launched an Android application that lets you use your mobile device to create a home inventory to document your possessions for insurance purposes.
The free app let you easily photograph your stuff, add descriptions and serial numbers, and stores the information electronically for safekeeping. It organizes everything by room and categoy, and creates an e-mailable backup file.
There's also an improved iPhone version, which is also free.
The apps are available through iTunes and the Android Marketplace. Search "NAIC" or "Scr.APP.book" at either site to download them.
Don't have a smartphone or other mobile device? You can still be prepared. Here's a simple, printable home inventory checklist, also from the NAIC.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - Director Brian Perez and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Jazz Combo pitched in with other area musicians to record pieces for "a 'Bury Merry Christmas" benefiting a local charity.
The CD is available today at retailers in Salisbury for $10. It is the brain child of Chris Demone, an engineer with WBOC TV 16's Delmarva Life show.
Perez applauded the effort to "create a movement for the arts and to foster a strong musical community." He and the students in the Jazz Combo signed on without hesitation to "contribute our talents to support the community."
The CD benefits not only the community, but the young musicians involved as well.
"I was really excited to take a professional project like this and showcase the talents of the students," Perez said. "It lets them in on the real world experience of putting together a recording. There are a lot of ins and outs to the creative and recording process."
Along with the UMES Jazz Combo, local musicians Aaron Hardin, Josh Davis, Snow Angels, Alex & Shiloh, Valerie Lankford, MREs, Adam Stevenson, DJ Rusty Griswald, Ben Rayne, Stereocean, Wes Davis, Willow Brook, Test Kitchen, It's Not Rocket Science, Union Rd and Chris & Dani are featured on the album.
Proceeds benefit The Giving Tree Fund administered by Riverside Pharmacy. The fund helps offset the cost of prescription medications for those who need financial assistance, Perez said.
Pick up a copy in Salisbury at Riverside Pharmacy on Riverside Drive, DiCarlo Digital Copy Center on the Downtown Plaza, Rise Up Coffee on Riveside Drive, B&B Music on Mt. Herman Road, A Personal Look hair salon in Shopper's World on Tilghman Road or email Perez at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/burymerrychristmas.
Gail Stephens, assistant director, Office of Public Relations, 410-651-7580, email@example.com.


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Someone I know and who knows a lot about Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines told me that Napoléon Hogue is probably the first person who grew strawberries in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.
Napoléon Hogue
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is renowned for its strawberries.
Let's get back to this picture…
Napoléon is seen on this picture…
We did not know where the picture was taken. What we knew is that it was taken before 1919 because that is the year Napoléon died. When the person who told me about Napoléon's strawberries saw that picture on my French blog, he sent me this…
Jean-Marie Hogue
husband of Hermine Léveillé
deceased in Marlboro, October 8, 1920 at age 74
Napoléon and Jean-Marie were brothers. They also had sisters. One of them was Clémentine. This is Clémentine.
She was the wife of Wilfrid Bélisle. She died in 1915. I believe that this is Clémentine in the picture… visiting her brother Jean-Marie.
The same person who sent me the obituary said that Clémentine ought to be a very close relative to put her hands on two old men like that. Come back next time… for the reason behind this family picture.
P.-S. I wonder if they grow strawberries in Memphis, Tennessee.


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Sleeveless bridal satin dress,dress bridal quality and is made well and does not look like the cheap poly junk dresses that you see all over the market. Ours has a generous full skirt that is bridal weight satin- not cheap flimsy material like so many out there (an you cannot tell until you get it in your hands) Not all dresses are the same ladies- any site can take a good picture- but this dress is the high quality bridal satin. If you see the ones that look like ours and they say that they are poly silk or poly dupioni (that is imitation silk) or machine washable,stay away from this cheap imitation of our dress- our dress is bridal matte satin,same look and feel of a real wedding gown.the competitors dress is around the same price of our dress- however, it is flat and nubbie polyester that is an imitation silky type of fabric, that quite frankly- looks- and is cheap- however, no bridal button back like ours and not even close to the quality of ours- not even close. Our dress skirt has crinoline that can be scrunched and be puffed up to add fullness. Like all of our dresses that we offer, this dress is fully lined so there are no itchy scratchies on the legs. Dress has little side loops that keep the sash in place. You can use this for several weddings or events! Fully lined, full zipper back. A gorgeous look that can be reused again by simply slipping off the sash,truly one of the most versatile that we have and at a price that you will be thrilled with. Sash Pictured: Taffeta Sage
- You will want to measure your child (bare-skinned) with a smooth tape measure and make sure that the child is relaxed to ensure room for comfort. Get an actual measurement-do not place your finger or give an inch, you will want exactly what she is in inches. If you do not have a soft tape measure, then you can always take a piece of string or ribbon, and lay it down on the tape measure to get the number.
- Chest: Take the tape measure under her arms and go directly over the bust line.
- Waist: Go around them with the measuring tape right at the belly button. Some children have a slight pooch belly, so you will want to measure the widest point of where it sticks out.
- Length: Take the tape measure from the top of the child's shoulder to the floor. You will take the tape measure all the way down the front of her and see where it falls on the leg. For ballerina length, the dress should fall between mid-calf to ankle.
- Please keep in mind that most of our dresses should fall between mid-calf to ankle so looking at the length measurement is important. Some sizing charts are generic ones provided to us from the manufacturer so please look at where the dress falls on the model or mannequin and consider the length it would be on your child.
- If you have measured your child and still have questions regarding sizing we are more than happy to help you find the best size. Please submit an email to our Sizing Department and we will help suggest the size you need. Please note when submitting a sizing inquiry, the information needed is: age, chest, waist, top of shoulder to floor measurement and the wear date. Please note that the assistance you receive should be taken as a suggestion only as the child is not in front of us.
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Sunset on mackerel clouds,
over the local Gum trees.
View looking west over the Studio.
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with studio in foreground
|Studio with clouds showing colour
|Cloud Farm Studio
By raising the ISO settings in the camera,
I washed out the sky colour,
but shows detail of the building.
|Next morning, looking south-east from the house
along the Knights Hill escarpment
|a zoomed view of the same escarpment points
- the ridges leading off from Knights Hill.


text: Business Automation-Cheque Printing Software Marthak software solutions developed cheque printing software Rajkot. Cheque book printing software mange multiple bank cheque book and manage cheques and their different different formats. Cheque book software manage banks cheques also. Cheque printing software is very useful for finance sector company who have to write many no of cheuqes in a day so this process will take time and money. so for this reason marthak software solutions want to help you to grow your business by saving your time and money. Cheque printing software features given below Manage Multiple Companies Bank Details Account Transactions Payee Details Expenses Details Design Cheque Layouts for different Banks Create Cheque Books Print Cheques Reports (Bank wise, Date wise, Cheque book wise, Payee wise, Expenses wise etc.) Letters (Covering letters, Stop payment letter, Cheque book request letters) Contact us for more details and demo version : +91 99048 01682 Visit our website : 27/May/2017 marthaksoft Softwares , Business Automation , , , , , , , Read more » Business Automation-ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Software Rajkot Marthak Software Solutions providing the ERP solutions web and desktop based software application that is very useful to all the industries. ERP includes Accounting, Payroll, Sales, Purchase, Billing, product management and many other modules with is based on requirement of specific industries ERP is usually referred to as category of business-management software—typically a suite of integrated applications—that an organization can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from these many business activities. ERP provides an integrated and continuously updated view of core business processes using common databases maintained by a database management system. ERP systems track business resources—cash, raw materials, production capacity—and the status of business commitments: orders, purchase orders, and payroll. The applications that make up the system share data across various departments (manufacturing, purchasing, sales, accounting, etc.) that provide the data. ERP facilitates information flow between all business functions and manages connections to outside 11/Feb/2017 marthaksoft ERP , Business Automation , , , , , , , Read more » Business Automation-Billing Software With GST TAX Marthak Software Solutions developed GST Billing software with inventory management. our main objective to give robust system to client with GST Tax features in reasonable rate. Now a days GST Tax will be implementing in India. So for that client trouble to handle this GST Tax Calculation and GST Reports. GST TAX Introduction Understand the technical aspects from the standpoint of GST implementation and how ERPs will have to realign with Goods and Services Tax law . Here we tell you about the impact on ERP systems, technological readiness you must do for being GST compliant. Discover more. The present indirect tax regime is complex and entails multiple taxes and duties. Further, there is a significant cascading effect of taxes on account of various restrictions on cross utilization of credit of one tax against another. In addition to this, multiplicity of returns and compliances at State level, administrative costs, waybills requirement for inter-state movement of goods, add to the procedural compliances to be followed by the assesses. Introduction of a GST to replace the existing multiple tax structures of Centre and State taxes are not only desirable but imperative in the emerging economic environment. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a destination-based value added tax, levied at all points in the supply chain with credit allowed for tax paid on purchases used in making the supply. It would apply to both goods and services in a comprehensive manner with exemptions restricted to minimum. 09/Jun/2017 marthaksoft GST Software , Business Automation , , , , Read more »


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Local Iran Travel Agency organizing tailor-made tours to IranTailor-made journeys beside limited small group tours, designed to your interests, tastes and budget. Please find an itinerary closest to your needs, let us know your special interests and our experts would send you a tailor made tour with prices and details ASAP. Give it a try, we are really quick to answer :)
Budget Iran Tour in 12 Days
- Price Low Season: 1321 US$
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Tehran > Shiraz > Esfahan > Yazd > Kerman
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A good look at all the main historical cities plus Kerman. A budget friendly route with lots of attraction
Best of Iran Tour in 28 days
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Tehran > Hamedan > Kermanshah > Shushtar > Ahvaz > Shiraz > Sepidan > Kerman > Yazd > Nain > Isfahan > Abyaneh > Kashan
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Travel Iran off the beaten path. A great combination of history and culture with nature. Iran has lots of attractions to offer and in this expansive itinerary, you would experience a great selection of them.
Experience Iran's Traditional Life , Stay with locals
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Tehran > Shiraz > Sepidan >
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You can see locals picking fruits, milking sheeps, baking traditional bread or even better join them in their daily activities.
Must see Tour of Iran for 8 Days
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The must see route in Iran, we will visit most of the major historical sites. Best tour to get if this is your first time traveling to Iran
Cheap tour of Iran | Affordable Tours to Iran's UNESCO sites
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Tehran > Shiraz > Abarkooh > Yazd > Esfahan > Abyaneh > Kashan
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In this affordable tour enjoy rural life beside taking a journey through history of Iran that includes major UNESCO world heritage sites.
Iran in Depth Tour for 16 Days
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Tehran > Shiraz > Yazd > Isfahan > Abyaneh > Hamedan > Qazvin > Anzali > Sarein
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Going in depth in Iran, visiting all the main hot spots plus visits to hamedan , ali sadr cave, qazvin and finally the hot springs and the amazing nature of sarein
Caspian Sea Tour | North of Iran Nature Tour
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Tehran > Ramsar > Masooleh > Sarein > Ardabil
10 Days
Greeness at its best, take a tour of amazing nature in North of Iran. Visiting local villages and enjoying the traditional life from inside. Spending time with locals while enjoying the weather and scenery.
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Tehran > > Shiraz > > Isfahan
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A short trip through the three major touristic cities of Iran to catch a glimpse of the beauty of the country.
Iran New Year Tour
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Tehran > Ahvaz > Shiraz > Kerman > Yazd > Isfahan
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The Nourouz is a traditional festival of the Iranians, which celebrate the New Year of the Persian calendar. Symbol of rebirth and renewal. The Iranians take advantage of Norouz's holiday to visit their families, friends and relatives. Great festivals are organized on the occasion of Norouz.
They are often found around a table with Haft Sîn , 7 specific objects corresponding to the 7 creations and the 7 immortals. Gifts are also sometimes exchanged.
Complete tour of Iran in 36 Days | Touring all over Iran
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Tehran > Abyaneh > Isfahan > Yazd > Kerman > Shiraz > Kish > Yasuj > Ahvaz > Susa > Kermanshah > Hamedan > Zanjan > Tabriz > Orumiyeh > Sarien > Anzali > Masuleh > Qazvin
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A Complete through tour of Iran covering all the major cities and attractions to get a full understandings of all aspects of the country.
Iran Nomad Tour in Bavanat and Sepidan 14 Days
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Nomad stay in Bavanat and Speidan. Stay with locals, do what they do, eat what they eat, sleep where they sleep
Our Australian Friends enjoying food and culture | Iran Tour for Australians
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Tehran > Hamedan > Kermanshah > Esfehan > Shiraz > Bavanat > Yazd > Abyaneh > Kashan > Qom
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Join this group of Aussies for the second time touring Iran. Enjoy history and culture, living with locals and taste their food the way they do it. Partnered up with our lovely colleages at Gypsian Boutique Tours in Australia.
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Travel Like Other Americans in a memorable trip to Iran.
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I have a small method that removes all branches and leaves from a tree and then adds them all again (because one has changed). At the end it should expand the treePath to the leaf that changed, but it doesn't.
The addToTree method adds all the branches and leaves back, and works fine, after all the code has finished my tree is all there, laid out properly, but it's all collapsed.TreePath openNode = pathToLeaf().getParentPath(); DefaultTreeModel model = (DefaultTreeModel)myTree.getModel(); Object root = model.getRoot(); for (int i=0; i<model.getChildCount(root); i++) { MutableTreeNode child = (MutableTreeNode)model.getChild(root, i); model.removeNodeFromParent(child); } model.setRoot(null); model.setRoot(addToTree(null, new File(installedDir + "/projects"))); myTree.expandPath(openNode); System.out.println(myTree.isExpanded(openNode));
Even more interestingly, the program returns myTree.isExpanded as true, but it isn't???
Am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated,
P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I wasn't sure if I should post it here or in the Swing section


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This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.
Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota's invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.


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Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Massett [sic] Village Q. Ch. Is." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "Indian Totems Queen Charlotte's Island".


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Carol Bartz appeared on CNBC to talk Yahoo since today is the company's 15 year anniversary. In the course of the interview she heard the usual questions:
- Would she have sold to Microsoft for $36? Of course.
- Is the stock underpriced? Yes.
- Would she sell the company? She gives a flip answer saying, at the right price, sure. Then CNBC started hammering her asking what that price might be. She then backpedaled as far away from the question as possible.
- Why isn't Yahoo as huge as Google? Because they do search, Yahoo does something else.
- Why isn't it as hot at Facebook? She gets this one a lot, and her response was sort of funny: "Remind me what's their revenue." A cute answer for now, but Facebook looks like a rocket, ready to start generating serious revenue. This sort of snide comment will probably haunt her in two years.
Weirdly, she used the beginning of the interview to trash the government saying the it is holding back the consumer from having confidence in the economy. The government is sending out too much negative news, she says.
Maybe Carol thought she had to say this because she was on CNBC? They seem to like to trash the government. We're really not sure what she wants the government to do...or who/what she's talking about.
Get the latest Google stock price here.


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What do normal people do when they have 20 minutes of down time?
I don't know because I'm not normal.
Secret confession time:
I spend my time grabbing felt from my studio,
Cutting out three white blobs, three yellow circles,
and grabbing some "fluff" from my quilting stash.
I made three of these felt eggs for the girls to play with in their play kitchen.
They have plastic eggs that crack open
and I thought it would be more fun if they could have real eggs to stuff inside them.
So viola...here you are.
How cute would these be hidden in your kid's plastic easter eggs this year?
Hmm...I guess I should have saved them.
If you like this, you may like my DIY Felt Easter Egg Color Matching Game too.


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Independent travelling to remote areas involves securing the first necessity in life: Water. One can never count on the availability of an adequate water supply, either in quantity or in quality. Shortage of water, or poor water quality will limit your comfort and can even be life-threatening.
Sufficient energy is a prerequisite for clean hot and cold water. It's necessary to fill, filter, store, heat, pump and dump your water. Thanks to the solar charged large capacity lithium-ion batteries, every Bliss Mobil unit is fitted with more than enough power.
The Bliss Mobil 15 foot unit offers a smart water system with an abundance of clean drinking water and several unique features. An example of the well though-out water system is not only filtering the water when filling the tank but also when extracting water from the tank. When extracting water a combination of sediment, carbon and UV-filters make sure the water is clean and bacteria free.
Unique features include the optional compact and powerful water purifier and the possibility of collecting rainwater on the roof. These features offer travelers a virtual water capacity of thousands of liters of high quality potable water.
Plumbing infrastructure
The plumbing infrastructure is reliable and robust, functional in sub-zero temperatures, with back-up facilities and double functions for easy switchover in case of malfunction.Read more
Water tanks
The 15 foot unit comes with three tanks: a fresh water, grey water and a black water tank. All tanks are made of HDPE. The tank walls have a thickness of 10 mm and are welded at both sides.Read more
Hot water
Hot water is provided by a 16L electric boiler that matches high marine quality standards. It has a stainless steel inner tank, a robust polypropylene casing and an overpressure safety valve.Read more
Reliable filtration system
In order to ensure the quality of the water supply, several filtration systems are integrated into the plumbing system.Read more
Some parts of the water system, such as filters, need to be cleaned or replaced after a certain periode of use. Therefore these parts are placed on one location we call the 'Waterplate'.Read more
Black & grey water drains
Emptying the contents of the black water (110 L) and grey water (220 L) tanks, can be done easily and hygienically. Simply push a single button in the connection box or dump remotely via the domotics system using your tablet or smartphone, even while driving.Read more
Water consumption
In order to interpret the size of the tanks it is good to know some water consumption figures.Read more
Connection box
In the connection box all relevant switches and connections for filling/dumping and charging are located at one central location, which is ideal for your outside operations. You don't have to walk around and find the different inlets or outlets to do the different jobs.Read more


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coe press equipment corporation commenced business in michigan in 1976, manufacturing and selling air feeds and coil cradles. in 1980, the operation moved to a larger facility in sterling heights, michigan, and their product line expanded to include coil reels and power straighteners. their customer base has continued to grow as coe press equipment concentrated on being a service-first operation. in 1982, coe press equipment introduced their first servo feed. this technology launched them into their own line of servo feed controls and eventually set them on their current path of producing customized packages and complete automated feed lines.
through the 1980's coe press equipment set itself apart from its competitors by joint venturing projects with press automation companies such as gemco, data instruments, weldatron and others. although commonplace today, coe press equipment was the first servo feed manufacturer to develop a single point entry interface, which sets up feed line parameters directly through the press controls and allows operators access to the system through just one point of entry. coe press equipment has also been a pioneer in the design of servo feeds, as the first manufacturer to develop and market a servo feed driven by a non-stretch kevlar timing belt and low inertia aluminum anodized pulleys.
coe press equipment has continued its expansion into the 1990's with the design of bigger, more comprehensive coil processing lines. coe press equipment now designs and manufactures larger and wider pieces that it might not have undertaken in earlier days. with dedicated research and development along with the introduction of the servomaster series of roll feeds, the company is now moving toward the new century, maintaining its dominant leadership position and steady growth within the marketplace. coe press equipment supplies and services a wide variety of markets and industries, both domestic and abroad.
our current clients include tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers to the automakers, direct automotive accounts, appliance manufacturers, lighting manufactures, metal processing facilities, the housewares industries, and many others.
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This series has been based on my conviction that green products, pink ribbons, rubber bracelets, political t-shirts, and Oprah give-aways are NOT going to bring about social justice. The consumer activism mindset that has taken hold in US society will not end genocide, war, poverty, racism, or anything else. In fact "consumer activism" is largely an oxymoron. Although one can be a "conscientious consumer" (and take an activist stance via NOT shopping/promoting certain corporations (i.e. Wal-Mart)), I don't believe a socially just world cannot be bought – no matter how much is being spent.
Further, although many social justice organizations need money in order to do their work, donating money will not in and of itself bring about equity. Such donations are important no doubt, but what is just as necessary (if not more so) is using your voice, your brain, your pen, your keyboard, your body to PROTEST those things that are wrong in our world. (And NOT buying can certainly be a form of protest.) Besides, throwing money at a situation never works – it may make things look better on the surface, but dig a little deeper, and the problem will still be there.
In spite of this, justice through consumerism is being sold to the world citizenry at an alarming rate. Donate to this politician and your country will be saved. Buy this car and the environment will be healed. Purchase products with pink ribbons and breast cancer will disappear. Send money and the ravages wrought by Katrina will be fixed. Order a box of Thin Mints for a soldier and ameliorate the damages of militarization. These are the types of messages that we are inundated with. They vary in type and urgency, but all, at their core, have the same purpose: to make us, as humans, believe that through consumption we can make the world a better place.
This mass-delusion keeps the wheels of advanced corporate capitalism spinning us happily towards our doom as we go about lives driven largely by consumerist desires. Even more abhorrent though is the way the consumer mindset has infiltrated activist/social justice movements. I imagine many earlier visionaries are rolling in their graves. Emma Goldman certainly would take issue with consumerized voting movements such as Rock the Vote. Karl Marx would hardly endorse the push for re-usable bags over and above the push for worker's rights (after all, how many of those Whole Foods shoppers with their cloth bags are thinking about the exploitive labor that picked that organic produce?) Virginia Woolf would see right through pink-washing. And I doubt if Sojourner Truth would be quick to buy a rubber bracelet claiming "Ain't I a woman?"
Part of the reason that this consumerist mindset has taken such a strong hold is that consumerism has become the new one world religion, as discussed in parts 1 through 5 of this series. We are encouraged that with shopping comes salvation, that buying is the best form of worship. Yet, in spite of the ways consumerism has infiltrated every facet of life, including not only religion but also activism and protest, there are a number of indications that the world populace is beginning to question justice through buying. Sites like Enough.org are good signs "enoughism" is gaining appeal. Enoughism, a concept that Berkeley Professor Wendy Brown describes as "a threshold of wealth and consumption above which no one needs more…a threshold below which no one can thrive" seems to be the type of system that combines socialism with capitalism in a productive way – a system that would allow for capitalism with a social conscious and a collective world view (Brown quoted in Ms., Winter 2009, p.37). Perhaps one positive outcome of the global economic crisis will be more people saying "Enough!" to the corporatist greed that got us here. Perhaps it will lead people to break their ATM habits, to a switch from a consumerist mindset to an enoughism one.
Meanwhile, I believe that instead of heading to the ATM, literally or figuratively, we would do better to spend time, rather than money, doing the following:
- Reading/Writing
- Thinking
- Talking
- Listening
- Acting
To elaborate:
Reading/Writing: We would be better served by educating ourselves about the many problems in our world rather than running out to buy green/pink products. Reading about the complex history behind the problems that plague human society is vital. We cannot hope to change the world without doing our research first. Writing is the next part of this equation – whether it is writing a blog post, a letter to an editor, or a missive to Dear Aunt Hilda. The pen (or keyboard) is indeed mightier than the sword.
Thinking, an activity that is woefully under-rated, must occur both individually and collectively. We need to think about the changes that need to be made, examine what prevents these changes, and consider how we can make change a reality (rather than merely a rhetorical stance peppered in speeches). Buying is easier than thinking, hence many opt to purchase something in hopes this will bring about change (i.e. a politically hip t-shirt or a rubber bracelet) rather than THINKING about what really needs to occur for change to happen.
Talking, or raising awareness, is crucial. We cannot hope to change the world until the masses wake up from their slumbering sheep-state. However, as the conversation is currently controlled by the corporate owned BIASED media, most of the 'talking' that takes place on a societal level works to maintain and perpetuate things as they are. We must interrupt this conversation and CHANGE the subject(s)!
Listening to ALL kinds of 'others' regarding how to make the world a more socially just place is vital. Everyone deserves a place at the table, and the more diverse the voices the better. We must listen to others as their experiences will be different from ours – even if they share the same sex/gender/race/class/sexuality/belief etc. This is one of the reasons the big umbrella labels we use can be problematic – not all women are the same, not all queers are the same, not all trans people are the same. Each person, no matter how many 'social positionings' they share, will bring something new and different to the conversation. We must keep our ears open for to ALL types of voices coming from all types of places. We need to seek out others to listen to who have different "lenses" or experiences from our own.
Acting in ways both small and large to bring about the socially just world we envision is the essential culmination of these five steps. If we do the first four, and forget about the fifth, not much will be gained. We need to take action regarding all of the above, continually asking ourselves "What actions can I take to change things? What activism can I be a part of?" What we do NOT need to do is act in more ways that our bound up with consumerism!
(And, for a list of sites that encourage NOT buying, go here to find a number of great sources compiled by Dervish.)


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Nearly a week after "Scandal" First Lady Mellie Grant got sloshed and told off her philandering husband, fans still are buzzing about "Drunk Mellie."
Bellamy Young is happy to hear it, but she was initially terrified about delivering the moonshine-fueled monologue on the ABC hit.
"I worried so much about that scene," Young told me during a recent phone interview. "I got that speech and I got scared, 'cause acting drunk can go so wrong. But my Lord, the journey in that speech—the emotional topography—it just took work."
She immediately began working on the scene—"pestering" her acting coach as she put it—and rehearsing the words, the emotions and the physicality of being drunk.
"You just have to be responsible with the opportunity at hand, right?" she said. "You get handed that speech and you work your hardest to give it everything it deserves. And you hope that you can embody the story that it has embedded, 'cause the story was so complicated and so real for so many of us.
"It was just really exciting to do the work on the words and then to show up and stare at Tony and just hope that something poured out."
Something spectacular poured out. As you can see in the clip below, Young further proved she should be at the top of everyone's Emmy nominations list next year. In the three-minute scene in which Mellie is celebrating the survival of President Fitzgerald Grant's (Tony Goldwyn) love, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), she goes from giddy and giggly to cold and calculating, but still manages to reveals just a bit of Mellie's pain and pragmatism. It was heartbreaking and harrowing.
Things don't get much easier for Mellie in this week's episode, "Say Hello to My Little Friend," debuting at 9 p.m. CT Oct. 24 on ABC.
Lisa Kudrow begins her recurring role as Josephine Marcus, a Democratic Congresswoman who is critical of Fitz. In a teaser for the episode at the bottom of this story, Marcus suggests during a TV appearance that the sex scandal-plagued president "tame his cobra." Marcus also lock horns with Mellie.
"There will be a kerfuffle," Young teased. "Mellie will make a beautiful mess, as is her amazing talent to do. And it will be Lisa who will hold the power cards there."
Young couldn't give details about the mess Mellie gets into, but said it will be "personal and public and present." Maybe she'll unleash Drunk Mellie on Marcus.
"Lisa's great in this part," Young added.
Young and I talked more about the Drunk Mellie moments in "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington," Mellie's state of mind and where things are going to go in the "war" against Fitz.
You were incredible in the episode.
Oh my God, thank you so much.
Talk about pulling focus away from everyone else. I was like, "Kerry Washington, who's that?"
No. Hardly. She was amazing last night, too. That scene with her and Guillermo at the end, ... they ripped my heart out. And Cynthia Stevenson too, I sprouted tears. She broke me down. It was a good episode, right? When we got that script I was like, what!? And the episode did not disappoint. It was amazing.
You guys have three episodes worth of stuff in each episode.
I just came from a table read for 309, and literally I feel like I have lived another year of my life. That one episode—I don't even know how to tell you Curt—if I could tell you they would find me and shoot me. But no, I don't know how they do it. I genuinely don't know how they get so much stuff.
It's so hyperbolized in some degree because it's so adrenalized. But they also root it in some real relationships, real conflicts, real moral ambiguity and it really resonates. It's terrifying; it's amazing. I don't know how they do it. That is not a gift I have, the writing.
How does one play drunk?
One runs immediately to one's coach and says, "Help me not over act." Because pretending to die and pretending to be drunk are such traps as an actor. So for us it was really grounding it. We never see Mellie unguarded. You never see a vulnerable Mellie, you never see an open Mellie, you never see a softness, you never see Mellie's little underbelly.
I wanted to take off—at least I got one pearl earring off. I've got my necklace off. I wanted to armor, but for that to be the opening. And so we start from there with just a looseness in your body. Like feeling—that table just felt so good. You know how you drink a little bit and you just feel things differently and your speech is a little slower?
It was really getting the relaxation in my body, that and the moonshine in the glass. I mean obviously I'm method, Curt. I'm gonna be drinking. Just kidding.
You had a little hooch, huh?
[Laughs.] A little hooch. I don't play.
From your real North Carolina relatives.
Exactly. [Laughs.] My real Pappy.
So tell me about filming that scene.
My job is made so easy because I—as an actor your whole performance is just coming out of the other person, right? And I get to live in Tony Goldwyn's eyes. And he is allergic to lying and he's the most honest actor. So he keeps me so honest. And Jeff [Perry], the other, I mean Jeff is a national treasure. I mean Jeff created Steppenwolf [Theatre Company]. So the two guys, the two partners that I spend the most time with do a lot of my work for me 'cause I live in them.
I remember in that scene I wanted it to be like I couldn't quite see him, like that room might be swimming. So, you know how you really have to focus on someone when you're trying to pretend to not be drunk? So that scene, more than ever, I just lived in Tony's eyes and on that table. That was my whole world. His face and that table and then seeing that cross, seeing Olivia up on that cross. So it all just had like an underwater fluidity. It was happening sort of in slow motion and I was just really trying to keep with the visions as they were in front of me.
I kind of feel like Mellie still loves Fitz.
Oh yeah, devotedly. I think it is her greatest flaw how much she loves him. She loves him, but it's that love that's almost curled in on itself. Like one of Hugh Hefner's fingernails kind of thing, you know what I mean? It's like all twisty and it's got, at this point, as much hate and resentment as it does love and adoration. But it's all passion, it's complete passion.
But part of me thinks that was a turning point in her feelings toward him, like maybe she's finally said, "OK, I'm over it. I don't love him anymore."
Yeah, I mean your head can say that all day long, you know? And I think her head has said that frequently, but it's just at the end of the day you can't outthink your heart. And if you could Mellie would have been the first, I really think she would of. I mean she's a smart lady, so capable. But the heart wants what the heart wants and she still loves him.
Maybe Fitz has incredible pheromones. It is hard to say because apparently he inspires unwavering devotion in many women. But yeah, Mellie loves him and she hates how much she loves him.
And she hates to show him too, right?
And she hates to give him anything 'cause there's so much resentment there. I think there again that's something that is so relatable ... We're just meeting them in one point in their relationship. And you get in these points where you're really keeping score. And any amount of emotion or response or softness or kindness or thoughtfulness—anything—seems like a loss or a weakness. And definitely that's where they are right now. She's just so angry. But again, that anger comes back on herself 'cause she cannot stop herself from loving him.
Was there any one line in that speech that was your key to the whole thing?
Golly. There wasn't. I'm gonna tell you that table was my key. Really that table kept me so grounded, like with the different takes and whatever. I was happy not standing. I didn't want to stand and deliver a diatribe. It felt so nice to be in that chair and like have my shoes off and have my chest down on that table. It was just a very different physicality. And so I really tucked into that.
I'm trying to think. Let me think through, if I can even remember. 'Cause, you know, I had not seen it until last night. And to try to live tweet and watch the show full of people that you love with all your heart, is hard work, much less to watch yourself, which is hard work on any day. ...
The one that stands out looking back is, "I'm spectacular, but even I cannot compete with religious fervor." I mean she's not blaming herself or giving up on; she's not fooling herself into thinking she's not enough. She's just sadly faced with the truth that what they have is different than what Fitz and she have. It's more real, it's more true, it's more immortal, if you will.
Where does this leave her going forward? Because I feel like this was a big moment. Am I crazy?
Yeah, no, I feel like you do. It's sort of like when that big chunk, that big ice flow breaks off of the glacier ... I don't mind actually if we use the iceberg as a metaphor for Mellie; I feel like this might be the first crack, that horrible, echoing crack that sounds like a keen, like a whale when the glacier starts to melt, when the iceberg starts to melt. I definitely think you're right about that.
And we're always in a crucible. Like the White House is fancy prison, but now we're staring down the barrel of reelection. So more than ever she's trying to feel her way toward what compromises she can stomach, you know? OK, he doesn't love me but will he be my husband? OK, can I get partnership from him if I give up needing intimacy? Can I stomach this in real life? Can I stand beside him and campaign with him?
There's ever shifting ground of how much she can sacrifice herself, compromise herself. And I think every day she wakes up and thought she figured it out, and then that day she's sick to her stomach by the decision she made the day before.
She declares not necessarily her plan, but she fires a warning shot at him. Oliva is his Achilles' heel, Mellie says.
Exactly. And Mellie, bless her, when she barks she usually bites. She might bite and hit air 'cause she's not got the best aim, but she's not one to sound the alarm and not follow through.
I mean this in the most loving way because I do love her, but she's one tough bitch.
[Laughs.] She is. She's no joke. She is no joke. And the best part is she doesn't care what you think, you know what I'm saying? She's like yup, that's right.
The other thing that I noticed was that Fitz was totally transfixed by her last night while she was giving that speech.
He was, cute little Tony.
He was just totally into it to it seemed like.
Well, Drunk Mellie is fun Mellie. I'm sure he could see a little bit of what they used to have in that. Mellie used to be fun. Mellie's not always been this person. You'll see that in 307.
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With less than 48 hours until Iowans kick off the GOP caucuses, a crowd of California lawmakers have joined Steve Forbes, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and other supporters making a final push for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
California Assemblymembers Dan Logue, Shannon Grove, Brian Jones and Curt Hagman have all hit the ground in the Hawkeye State Iowa Monday, ready for duty.
Logue, in a phone interview, just told us that "Iowa is going to do well for Perry — and this is just the first step of many steps."
The Texas governor, he insists, is "the only candidate" who can compete with the current frontrunner (former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt) Romney financially, and who can go on to challenge him in key states like South Carolina.
And Perry backers like Logue are running hard against former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, now competing hard for the same social conservative vote as Perry.
Check out the latest blistering attack ad from pro-Perry forces:
Logue called Santorum "probably the best friend Mitt will ever have."
"When he leaves Iowa, he'll have no money" to go on to South Carolina, leaving the way open for Romney, Logue said. "So the biggest fear that Romney has is a comeback by Perry."
Said Logue: "The bottom line is this: we want the next president to do for America what Perry has done for Texas — to create the largest job increase in the last ten years…We don't want another four years of Obama..and Rick Perry is the anti-Obama candidate."
"He's down to earth. He is the grass roots candidate…He knows what it means to be an average hard working citizen," Logue said.
"Romney is the Wall Street candidate; Perry is the mainstream candidate."'
As he goes from churches to community centers in Perry, Dubuque and other locales, Logue said Californians will be asking Iowa voters: "Do we want a Rockefeller Republican, or a Reagan Republican?"


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The Primetime Emmy Awards has a case of the Mondays this year, but there is still plenty at stake.
Check out our Emmy predictions
Will Modern Family become just the second show to five-peat in a series race? Can True Detective take down Breaking Bad? Will Julia Louis-Dreyfus or Claire Danes win their third straight Emmy?
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After training as a classical violinist and getting a job at a major symphony orchestra, Todd Reynolds realized "I would only be happy working with people who were alive." So he left and was a founding member of Ethel (what he describes as "the improvising Kronos"), and he played with Bang on a Can All-Stars and Steve Reich, as well as doing solo work. An ongoing theme of PUSH–and Reynolds' life and work–is the blurring of lines between play and work. He says:
"I was quite a failure at playing when I was young. Turns out I just didn't have the right toys."
Indeed. He performed at PUSH with Luke DuBois, a video artist and musician, who "accompanied" Reynold's violin with a graphical computer visualization system that dynamically represented Reynold's playing as changing patterns projected on a screen. There's an "overuse of amplification" in contemporary classical music, DuBois says, so he created "visual strategies to embody and amplify" so that audiences could see the amplification but only hear a more pure sound. (DuBois also showed a few of his art pieces: Billboard, which compresses every #1 hit in the Billboard top 100, with one second representing the number of weeks the song stayed at the top; Academy, which compressed every Oscar winner into a 76-minute video; and Play, which shows every Playboy Playmate over 50 years in 50 seconds–"with their eyes centered"; he calls it "time-lapse pornography.")
DuBois' Play; image via MAKE blog
The performance was enveloping (heightened by my third-row seat): Reynolds improvised (I think) while DuBois' images spiraled and hovered on-screen. While the two artists have collaborated many times, DuBois says one characteristic of their work is that as a composer, DuBois has never considered writing music for Reynolds, and Reynolds has never scored one of DuBois film works. Both seem to believe they produce better art when they're not imposing their own ideas on the other.
DuBois' last words seemed to fit the theme of the conference, on both collaboration/connection and risk. He recalled a college professor who, remarking on how the comfortable and unchallenged never sparked revolutions, said, "History is made by the unprotected."


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Light gun shooter, Duck Hunt, is an iconic artifact from the NES era. It's referenced constantly in pop culture and has spawned several homebrew sequels. It's mentioned in the same breath as great NES franchises that live on to this day, like Mario, Megaman, Metroid and (to get away from the M's) Zelda.
The gameplay was simple, but the difficulty ramped up quickly. The maddening pace gave the game some major replay value, luring players back to try to get just a little further
In Duck Hunt you shoot at the titular Ducks (as well as some clay pigeons – should you be so inclined) with Nintendo's Zapper light gun peripheral.It's presented in a first person perspective, allowing you to aim and fire at the targets on the screen with a fair amount of accuracy. Each round consists of a total of ten targets to shoot. Depending on the game mode, one or two ducks will appear on the screen at any given time and the player has three shots before they fly away.
Duck Hunt had a standalone release as a launch title for the NES in 1985, but most folks played it as part of a combo cart.
The ubiquitous Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt combo cartridge was blown into by many an American kid, in effort to get at the goodies within. Included in probably the most popular NES bundle, the 2 game cart had a production run so big it fell somewhere between copies of Wayne's World on VHS and the Bible. A later version even threw in Powerpad title World Class Track Meet.
Super Mario Bros was a console mover, Duck Hunt was a bonus. That's not to say Duck Hunt was filler. Far from it, Duck Hunt showcased the NES Zapper peripheral and brought realistic gunplay to the living room. Duck Hunt was the first Light Gun game that most kids in the U.S. ever played.
While Super Mario Bros' greatness is unquestioned – it being the first chapter in one of the greatest game series of all time, and an incredibly deep game in its own right – Duck Hunt left its mark on a generation too. More of a scar, really.*
You see, for gamers of a certain age the phrase "Duck Hunt" can be as much a trigger as the wedge of orange plastic on the NES Zapper.You have a sweet looking bird dog as your companion in your hunting excursion, there to helpfully grab the ducks you hit. A sweet, jolly seeming fellow he is, someone who'd never turn on you…… or so you think.
The dog was the ultimate frenemy, quick to ridicule you when you have a bad round. Laughing RIGHT IN YOUR FACE.
Picture yourself 25 years ago sitting on an orange shag or pleather couch in front of a crackling tube TV. The 8 bit laughter washes over your tiny frame you and feel yourself well up with hot shame.
That dog. That *****ing DOG!
Seethe as he taunts you and chuckles at your ineffectual squeezing of the Zapper's trigger. Feel your blood boil when you realize that no matter how many shots you pump into him, the cur will not die!
The Duck Hunt dog introduced the children of a generation to the very notion of their own powerlessness. That dog was every bully, every boss, every traffic cop, drill sergeant or vice principal. You felt his cackle in your very soul.
Some set out to improve, to show that floppy eared bastard that they were good enough, that they didn't have to take his abuse. Like Rocky, they trained and trained until their thumbs were blistered and their butts were numb.
Others collapsed on the floor, NES Zapper pointed at their temple in utter resignation.
Duck Hunt and other early gun games like Hogan's Alley paved the way for later arcade greats like Area 51 and House of the Dead as well as the Playstation Move and Wii remote. We all owe Duck Hunt a debt of gratitude.
But the dog. We owe that dog something else entirely.
*Just to be clear, this is totally meant as a joke.
[Via: Wikipedia]


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Ammar Kalo-Stratum Folding Chair
At Design Interviews
Interview with Ammar Kalo : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Ammar Kalo : The main idea was to design a chair that consists of two interlocking parts. Its formal qualities express that moment of connection between the seat and the back. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Ammar Kalo : Seeking low-volume production after some tweaking and minor changes based on feedback from the current prototype. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Ammar Kalo : Designing this chair took about a month. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Ammar Kalo : I was interested in the practice of carving interlocking religious book stands from a single plank of wood. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Ammar Kalo : The design prototype was produced by myself, but it would be great if another company buys the production rights. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Ammar Kalo : It started as a project to learn how to operate a 5-axis industrial CNC milling machine. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Ammar Kalo : The works of Hector Guimard, Antoni Gaudi, and Daniel Widrig. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Ammar Kalo : Contemporary design enthusiasts. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Ammar Kalo : Stratum is the plural of the word Strata, a clearly defined layer, which refers to the striated section of laminated plywood. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Ammar Kalo : Lots of sketching, 3d printed scale models,McNeel Rhino, and T-Splines for Rhino .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Ammar Kalo : Technology played a very important role in this particular design. The chair was milled using a computer controlled milling machine and was also digitally modeled on 3d CAD software. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Ammar Kalo : Finding a delicate balance between the limits of the milling machine and design compromises. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Ammar Kalo : Its an exciting opportunity to share my work with a larger audience. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Ammar Kalo : I learned a lot about digital fabrication, working with plywood, and producing a finished product. .
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