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I know I promised this give-a-way a long time ago and I should have gotten to it a lot sooner!! Peachtree Circle is a company that my mother and her friend started about a million years ago that specialized in Bridesmaid's and Groomsmen's gifts. Thank goodness she waited until AFTER I got married to pass the torch onto a new owner. Leah, at Peachtree Circle, has graciously offered one of my lucky readers this fantastic gift! One lucky reader will win a set of 6 Wedding Cake Charms. This is by far my favorite Bridesmaid Luncheon tradition! Wedding Cake Charms are a tradition dating back to Victorian England when a bride would hide small charms within the layers of her wedding cake. This tradition is back in full force today and I have participated in this tradition well over ten times! Today, charms are tied to a ribbon and they are iced into the cake at the Bridesmaids Luncheon. During dessert each Bridesmaid selects a ribbon and pulls their charm. Each charm is symbolic of something and nobody ever wants to get the Old Maid!! Here is a shot of my bridesmaids pulling their charms at my Bridesmaid Luncheon. I wish I had actually gotten up from the table and taken a picture of everyone!I had 8 bridesmaids and the charms that I choose to have iced into the cake were the following: (I THINK!)
Engagement Ring -- next to be engaged (duh!)
Ladybug -- Good luck will find you
Money Bag -- Good fortune is yours
Slot Machine -- Lucky in life (one of my faves!)
Baby Carriage -- Next new mother
High Heel -- best dressed
Old Maid -- this is self explanatory!
Frog Prince -- you will kiss a lot of toads before finding your Prince
It is just such a fun thing to do. Here are a few shots from my friend Erin's wedding last October and my friend Emory's wedding a few year back.There is a long list of charms to choose from and one lucky winner will get to pick their favorite 6! Whether you are getting married yourself, know someone getting married, or want to use these sterling charms for a bracelet, there is something for everyone! Here is how to enter:
1. Leave me a comment on this post for 1 entry
2. Become a follower (or let me know you already are a follower) for 1 entry
3. Post about this giveaway on your sidebar for 1 entry
4. Post about this giveaway in it's own post for 2 entries
5. E-mail me a picture of yourself or someone you know participating in this charm pulling tradition for me to post on my blog for 2 entries (email@example.com)
So, there are 7 ways that you can enter! I hope to see lots of other people's pictures!! I will draw a winner July 8th, one week from today! Head over to Peachtree Circle today to start picking out your favorite charms and don't forget to check out all the other great gifts as well!! Hope everyone has a great day!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
I know I promised this give-a-way a long time ago and I should have gotten to it a lot sooner!! Peachtree Circle is a company that my mother and her friend started about a million years ago that specialized in Bridesmaid's and Groomsmen's gifts. Thank goodness she waited until AFTER I got married to pass the torch onto a new owner. Leah, at Peachtree Circle, has graciously offered one of my lucky readers this fantastic gift! One lucky reader will win a set of 6 Wedding Cake Charms. This is by far my favorite Bridesmaid Luncheon tradition! Wedding Cake Charms are a tradition dating back to Victorian England when a bride would hide small charms within the layers of her wedding cake. This tradition is back in full force today and I have participated in this tradition well over ten times! Today, charms are tied to a ribbon and they are iced into the cake at the Bridesmaids Luncheon. During dessert each Bridesmaid selects a ribbon and pulls their charm. Each charm is symbolic of something and nobody ever wants to get the Old Maid!! Here is a shot of my bridesmaids pulling their charms at my Bridesmaid Luncheon. I wish I had actually gotten up from the table and taken a picture of everyone!I had 8 bridesmaids and the charms that I choose to have iced into the cake were the following: (I THINK!)
Posted by Gleatie at 10:34 AM 5 comments
Such a Dummy!
I might have just done the stupidest thing! Do you see this bottle of conditioner? It is like liquid gold. I LOVE it and it is really too bad that it is so expensive. Recently when Steph highlighted my hair she gave me about half a bottle of this conditioner. I was completely hooked and I already plan to buy more when I get to Atlanta. SO, after all our shower issues of the weekend and yesterday I went and did something really dumb this morning. I knew that my beloved conditioner was almost empty but I was praying to get one more use out of it. I took the top off the bottle to attempt to bang what I could out onto my palm and I promptly dropped the top I was holding. I could see the bottle top swiftly moving towards the drain but if I were to grab it, I would run the risk of watering down my last application of the best conditioner on earth. So I did the only thing that I could have done. I let that bottle cap go straight down the drain. I was PRETTY sure that I would be able to stick my fingers down the drain and grab it afterwards (YUCK) but unfortunately it appears that there is no drain guard here in the hotel. Within 3 minutes the shower was about to overflow AGAIN! DAMN!! After finally getting the clogged shower fixed yesterday I went and dropped a bottle cap down the drain. Nice. I had to SPEED shower and then I had to call maintenance again. I am pretty sure they wanted to kill me, even though the guy was really nice about it. We now have a functioning shower again, no thanks to me. I am going to have to be more careful. And get myself some more of that awesome conditioner!
This week it has finally gotten HOT in Wiesbaden. As in too hot to wear jeans. This development has left me at a severe disadvantage since we only have the clothes we came here with 3 months ago when it was freezing. I have about 3 outfits that are appropriate for the weather and I am getting sick of washing them! This also means that I will only have these same three outfits when I head home to Atlanta in 2 weeks. It is semi irritating because I am wanting to shop for WINTER clothes, not summer clothes when I come home! I will be SO happy to finally get all our stuff when we move into our new house. Which we should be hearing about soon. That is another thing that has been irritating me lately! I am ready to know already! Supposedly we should hear something today but I am not going to hold my breath!
Today has been pretty low key. Deaner picked me up for lunch because he had a meeting near by. I had him just drop me back off at the hotel afterwards because I had no need for the car. I have finished all the ironing and started packing stuff for our trip to Lake Como. Tonight is ELTON JOHN!! I am so excited!! We are meeting Steph and Jon at one of our favorite restaurants, Vapiano, before heading over to the Kurhaus. Here is where the concert will be taking place. They are building the stage right here on the front lawn!I'm trying not to be concerned about the multiple claps of thunder I just heard outside!
I'm off to keep packing! I think it would be a good idea for me to take my bag to the gym tomorrow and weigh it just to be safe. Hope y'all have a great day! PS--I'm posting a new Giveaway tomorrow so make sure to come back and view the details!!
Posted by Gleatie at 8:13 AM 4 comments
Monday, June 29, 2009
Manic Monday
Well, not really "manic", but that was the song that was on the radio this morning when the alarm went off for Deaner to go to work! Pretty appropriate I thought! So the rest of the weekend was pretty low key! I know I posted about our shower drama yesterday but that was about as dramatic as it got this past weekend! We had dinner with Steph and Jon on Friday evening at a cute little restaurant downtown. Afterwards we headed to an Irish Pub called Scrooges for a few beers. It is always fun getting together with S&J! Saturday late morning we headed to the nearby town of Biebrich for lunch. We were hoping to eat at our pseudo mexican restaurant so we were disappointed to find out it wasn't open for lunch on Saturdays. Only on Sundays. Does this make ANY sense at all? I didn't think so. We did find another pretty good Greek restaurant and enjoyed some Greek pizza. We stopped on the way home from lunch and rented some movies at the PX. When we got home Deaner decided that it was necessary to set up our new television just to make sure it worked. I guess this was a good idea since there is only a 30 day warranty and it would have been a real bummer if something had been wrong with it! Anyways, nothing was wrong and Deaner enjoyed getting to watch his movies on this big screen TV!! Saturday evening we ate at a restaurant down the street and got to eat Spargel Soup one more time! It was supposed to go out of season last weekend but lucky for us, this restaurant still had fresh Spargel! Saturday night we just hung out and watched several episodes of True Blood. I am currently reading these books and LOVE them so I just purchased the first season from itunes. We are already on the 7th show of 13!
Sunday was another lazy lazy day. My husband really stepped up to the plate and took me to see the new HANNAH MONTANA movie! I was sort of just kidding about wanting to see it but when we went to return the rented movies yesterday afternoon, he asked if I wanted to go since it was starting in 20 minutes on the base. Of course I jumped on it! I know he was embarrassed to go, especially when our friend's 12 year old daughter saw us and started calling out to Deaner! HA HA HA! He was a good sport though and even admitted to thinking that the movie "wasn't bad". I thought it was really cute! How quickly one lowers their standards when there is only ONE movie choice at a time!! :)
So that was our boring weekend in a nutshell. Maintenance came up to our room this morning and fixed the clogged drain. FINALLY. Deaner picked me up around 10 this morning and we went to the base to have a special power of attorney affidavit notarized for the closing on our condo on Thursday! I'm so relieved that this condo is going to sell and that we are going to be done with it. I am nauseated that we are going to have to write such a large check in order to get out of it but it is better than us owning it for the next 6 months! Real estate is stressful!!
Anyways, I am off to put our laundry into the dyer. Such is my life! I need to do some cleaning of our hotel room but it just gets messy again so fast! Hope everyone has a great day!
Posted by Gleatie at 6:58 AM 4 comments
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Short Week!!!
I never ever feel like I say this but it seems like this weekend lasted a really long time! We haven't even done anything huge but it has seemed to go by at a slower pace than most! We had a bit of a problem on Friday with our room and while I can SORT of laugh at it now, it really wasn't very funny then. Thursday evening when I was taking a shower I noticed that the shower wasn't draining properly. No big deal except that our shower is about 4 inches deep and the water was backing up FAST. I SPED through my shower and told Deaner about the issue. No big deal really we just decided I would call the front desk in the morning and let them know we needed some draino in our shower the next day. Easy right? Nothing is EVER easy around here! Maintenance came up Friday afternoon and after banging around in the bathroom for about 3 minutes the guy came out into the living room and said "No one told me that your shower head was broken too!" Well, that was news to me because I wasn't aware it was broken and I have now lived in this room for 3 months. Exit dude to get us a new shower head. Once the shower head was replaced dude comes back into the living room and says "Uhhh, we have a much bigger problem here. There is a leaking pipe under your shower and there is standing water under the shower. We are going to have to call a plumber and you can't use the shower until it is fixed". Huh.......ok. I told the guy to do what he had to do because I was leaving to pick up my husband at the office and head to the gym. Upon returning home I see the little blinking red light on the telephone indicating we have a message. The message goes a little something like this:
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Deaner, this is Heidi down here in reservations and I have just been informed that you have a sizable water leak in your bathroom. Please give me a call back as quickly as possible because you are going to need to change rooms immediately. It won't be a problem, as we have vacancies, but you will need to vacate your room immediately. Thanks"!!!!
Ummmmm.......listen hear, Heidi!! Are you out of your freaking mind? Do you have any idea how much CRAP we have in our hotel room? You might not think that this little move in inconvenient but I can promise you that I will not be hauling things such as this......or this..........down the hall to a new room!! Yes, that's right, that is a satellite dish and a 50 inch plasma television that my husband insisted we set up in our room "just to make sure it worked". This little move almost had me in meltdown mode.
Thankfully Deaner handled the situation as best as he could and we were allowed to stay in our room IF we went to another wing of the hotel to TAKE OUR SHOWERS! Arrgggg. Here is what we were told by the front desk on Friday evening:
"You are not allowed to shower in your own room due to a water leak. We have called the plumber and he might come tonight. Or, he might come tomorrow. He will probably not come on Sunday. So it might just be Monday before he comes".
Well, thank you American Arms hotel for being so precise! You really narrowed down that window in which we could expect the plumber! Anywhere from 0-72 hours this dude could show up! Not being left with much of a choice, I loaded up my handy dandy WINE TOTE that I won in a giveaway and marched around to the next wing of the building and showered. This is truly more inconvenient than it might sound. Not only did I forget to bring my conditioner, I also forgot my hair brush and was forced to walk back to our room looking like Medusa!
What a pain in the BUTT. I didn't think I would ever be so happy to hear someone knocking on our door at 9am on a Saturday morning to fix our leak! So, leak gets fixed!!! Wooooo-hoooo! I go to take a shower only to find out that the stupid people didn't fix the freaking CLOG! My whole purpose in calling the first time! I'm getting annoyed just typing it again. We couldn't bear the thought of dealing with maintenance again so for now we are taking VERY fast showers so the water doesn't overflow and I have to let the front desk know that we STILL have a problem tomorrow morning. God help me. And God help this house buying process to SPEED UP AND GET ME OUTTA HERE!
I'll post more about the weekend tomorrow but hopefully y'all will get a kick out of the shower issue. It is always something here! I'm so pumped for a short week!
Posted by Gleatie at 12:14 PM 4 comments
Friday, June 26, 2009
While it seems like the entire world is mourning the death of pop icon legend, Michael Jackson, I am forced to reminisce about what little I did know about the King of Pop. I remember that when I was 8 years old I spent months going to a jazz class that I hated but that the one thing I was looking forward to was the recital. Our recital routine was to Bad by Michael Jackson and our costumes (is that even what they are called for a "recital"?) for the recital were SWEET. Electric blue spandex and a sequined top that came dangerously close to showing our stomachs. I LOVED it. Unfortunately my lovely sister gave me the CHICKEN POX and I didn't get to dance in the recital! My oldest friend, MMM, had to shake her butt to Michael Jackson all by herself, and she has never let me forget it. :) Those were the days in which M.J. might have been considered normal. Then he turned into this.I know you aren't supposed to speak ill of the dead but I have thought this guy was CRAZY for a very long time now. When I think of Michael Jackson, I think of scandals like.Or how about this?Or his latest look.It is sad to me that such an icon could have gone down such a BIZARRE road. And what will happen to Prince Micheal I., Paris, and Prince Michael II. a.k.a. "Blanket"? Don't even get me started on that fruit cake Debbie Rowe! I understand the hype over his death because he WAS infact the King of Pop at one point in time, but I think that his whole life was a little sad and freaky. He was definitely Wacko Jacko. I am more than a little baffled by his life! I am just hoping the best for his children!
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Haunting Updated
The Haunting may or may not be over. If you missed my original post of the Haunting, you can read about it here. I swear this fan, while looking exactly like a fan, must secretly be a telephone. That's right, a telephone. It was this fan that led me to believe that I could hear the telephone in the hotel room next door ringing at all hours of the night. Deaner kept swearing that it was the fan but I thought that there was no way in hell that a fan could make a sound that is so exactly like a telephone ringing. Turns out I was wrong. Surprise! Anyways, it is starting to get really hot in Wiesbaden and our hotel does not have air conditioning! Typically this is okay because it is the end of June and the temperatures still tend to dip into the 40's at night. Not this week! With lows in the 60's at night Deaner and I have been forced to break out the haunted fan again. Last night Deaner had enough of the ringing and was determined to "fix" the problem. This is what he came up with! Now our haunted fan has "rabbit ears" and it is propped up on several books and magazines to achieve the perfect angle thus preventing the ringing. So far so good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Last night we went to Steph and Jon's house for the most delicious dinner we have eaten in a long time! We had bison spaghetti, french bread dipped in my famous hot olive oil, salad, and the world's greatest desserts! Steph made her 4 Layer Dessert which consists of pie crust, almond slivers, cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and cool whip. YUM! It was hands down my favorite dessert! Deaner and I don't typically eat dessert but it was a GREAT treat. Check out the recipe on her blog! She also made a dip for the fresh strawberries that she cut up and it was heavenly! It had cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and vanilla! I'm telling you, Deaner could have rolled me home last night! Not to mention the four bottles of wine we put away!
This afternoon Deaner and I have plans to go to the gym and get in a quick weight workout. The only problem? I can hardly walk. I feel like the insides of my thighs have been beaten with a baseball bat! I did a new weight machine at the gym on Tuesday and I clearly over did it. I knew something was wrong this morning when I went to roll over in bed and I couldn't move with out severe pain in my legs. So, I am dressed to go to the gym but since I am having a bit of an issue with mobility, I am not sure how this is going to work.
One week from today I will be heading to Milan! And in 5 days Steph, Jon, Deaner and I will be watching Sir Elton put on a show here in Wiesbaden! It is going to be a fun upcoming week! And in between then we get to have a weekend! Hope everyone has a great day!
Posted by Gleatie at 8:09 AM 3 comments
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Hump Day
Is anyone else really looking forward to the weekend? Deaner and I don't have any plans for the weekend and we are really looking forward to it! That's not to say that we won't end up going out or doing something fun but at least we will be in Wiesbaden for the first time in 3 weekends! I'm hoping to chill out and rest up because we leave for Lake Como on Thursday night! Don't be too jealous but our view might look something like the above picture! I am really excited. We fly to Milan after Deaner gets off work on Thursday and we come back home on Sunday afternoon. I have heard that the shopping in Bellagio is stunning and I plan on being ready for it!
What has everyone been up to lately? This week has been fairly uneventful. Today Steph and I took a much needed to trip to Ikea. I got most of the picture frames that I needed! I got one that holds 5 pictures which I put some wedding pictures in and even though this is not a good picture, it gives y'all an idea.I also got individual frames for the little black and white watercolors that I got in Rome!I am really happy with the way they turned out. Now I just need a home to be able to hang them!
The other big news of the day is that Deaner and I FINALLY decided on a TV. We were originally going to buy a 42 inch LCD TV but in the end we decided on a plasma. Supposedly they are a lot better now that they have the whole "burn in" issue resolved! When we went to buy the 42in yesterday we saw that the 50inch was actually only $200 more expensive! So we went with that one! I am so excited to get it to our new house. Unfortunately it is going to be living with us in the hotel until that time comes! Along with the satellite dish and all the other crap we have been accumulating here! Steph went with me to pick it up at the base and then very graciously helped me haul it into the hotel! What a life saver! There was no way in hell that we would have been able to get it back here without their SUV! Thanks Steph!
Now I am just sitting around waiting for Deaner to come home from work. We are having dinner tonight with Jon and Steph and I can't wait for a home cooked meal! It is always fun having dinner with them and getting to catch up. It has been too long!
Only 21 days until I get to go home!!!!! I am REALLY going to miss my husband while I am gone for a week without him. I think that it might be the longest time that I won't have seen him in the 3.5 years that we have been together. BUT, I'm ready for a dose of home and non-hotel living! We are half way through the week y'all! Have a good one!
Posted by Gleatie at 8:43 AM 5 comments
Monday, June 22, 2009
Trip To Nuremberg
After an excellent dinner on Friday night and a low key evening Deaner and I packed up and left Wiesbaden around 10:30 or so on Saturday morning and headed to Nuremberg. Nuremberg is about 2.5 hours from Wiesbaden and it was a straight shot the whole way. After arriving and checking into our hotel we all set out to walk around the Alt Stadt. The Old City in Nuremberg is completely surrounded by an old fortification and there are many pedestrian areas through out the area. We were all pretty hungry so we ate lunch first thing at an outdoor restaurant which was great. Deaner ate this (as usual) and said that it was delicious.Here are a few more pictures from lunch. Mia loved her pretzel! So did Deaner since they had a huge jar of mustard on the table to dip it in! You can sort of see the beautiful church in the background.>Nuremberg is full of beautiful churches. Here are a few shots of several of them that are located in the Old City. I'm sorry, I really don't know why this is hyperlinking to a picture but the picture is already posted so it isn't worth clicking on!There were also lots of really pretty fountains in the Old City. This particular fountain is ironically enough, called "Beautiful Fountain"! How original!Personally this was one of my favorites!I didn't realize what it was until I got up close! Hilarious!One more slightly bizarre fountain!Here are a few pictures just from walking around the city.After a long day of sight seeing we went to a biergarten for dinner. Mia loved the tziki sauce!I especially loved their really high tech outdoor sound system! HA HA HA!I can't imagine how long that speaker will stay up in that tree tied with a piece of string! It was a very enjoyable evening! The next morning we walked back into town.....in the rain with a broken umbrella! We had lunch and afterwards we went our separate ways. Julia, Daniel and Mia headed to Munich to continue their vacation and Deaner and I returned to Wiesbaden. We won't see the Elkington's until Daniel's birthday on July 6 when we meet them for dinner in Frankfurt! I am sort of sad with them gone for a few weeks but looking forward to them returning to Frankfurt! Plus, Deaner and I actually have a weekend to relax and not travel! I'm off to lunch after a morning of laundry! Happy Tuesday!
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Catch Up Monday
There are so many things that I have forgotten to share over the course of the past two weeks! I have just been so preoccupied with our visitors and traveling that things keep slipping my mind! SO, I made a list of all the things that I wanted to write about today and I will try not to leave anything out! First of all, this is a picture of me and my new wine vine! It is growing on the side of the house that we hope to purchase and the current owner has told me that it will be his gift to me. The grapes are even starting to grow and are about the size of little peas! I can't wait to taste them when they get a little bigger. Supposedly the vine is a Riesling and I am thinking that I have a seriously future in wine making. I bet that I will be able to make at least 2 bottles from my very own vine. If anyone would like a tour of my "vineyard", it is growing on the side of my soon to be home! HA HA HA! The owner of the house, Georg, even tagged the vine for me!On another note, I have been thinking a lot about the impending winter. I hear that it is pretty brutal in Germany during the winter so I figure that I needed a nice new pair of warm boots. Here is what I came up with!!Do ya love 'em or do ya hate 'em? Everyone has an opinion of UGG's! The more vocal opinions tend to be that they are UGLY but I know that there are some lovers out there too. I already have these slippersand I think they are to die for! I think it is high time I had a pair of UGG's that I can wear outside of the house (even though, truth be told, I wear the slippers with jeans quite often!). I ordered my new boots from eBay and think I got a really good price on them. Now I just have to get some new jeans to compliment them! For those readers who live in environments that are less than toasty, I'm looking for some good suggestions on winter clothes. I'm going home in July for my sister's wedding and it will be my last time to shop before Christmas. I know that it is going to get COLD here LONG before then and I want to be ready. What are some of my "must haves" that I need to put on the list?? All suggestions welcome!!
Since I am always looking for a bargain, Deaner and I walk thru the thrift store on the base about once a week or so. This past week I feel like we hit the jack pot! I have been wanting a bread maker lately really badly but haven't been able to bring myself to purchase one at full price. It seemed sort of silly to buy one when we are about to have a bakery attached to our house and if we bought 110 voltage, we wouldn't have been able to use it once we went home! Problem solved when I found one at the thrift shop for only $15!! It looks like it has never been used! Now I just have to figure out how to use it since all the buttons and directions are in German. :) I also found a brand new iron still in the box for only $5 and got a new hardback book for $2. Love it. Now I won't feel so bad if we only make bread a few times (like I hear is what normally happens!).
I also wanted to share with everyone my awesome new grocery/wine tote that I won in the More Wine Please giveaway! I KNOW I will be using this A LOT. To purchase one of your very own contact Moly at All In Stitches, LLC. These make awesome gifts!
This past weekend Deaner and I spent some time in Nuremberg, Germany with our friend's, Julia, Daniel and their daughter Mia. I am going to post pictures from that trip tomorrow but I wanted to show y'all the ornaments that I got this weekend. We had an ornament like these when I was a child and I always loved it. Nuremberg supposedly has an excellent Christmas market every year so there are several stores in the Old City that carry the ornaments year round. I picked up these two cuties!There is string attached to them and when you pull it they do jumping jacks. Love 'em and can't wait to be able to put them on a tree this year! Our tree last year was definitely lacking in ornaments but I think that this year will be better!
Anyways, I think that is about all I have to report! I will post pictures from our trip tomorrow! We are also about to buy a TV and I am pretty excited about that. However, I am not excited about having to move all this stuff out of hotel room when we actually get to move into our house! We are really accumulating a lot of crap here! Happy Monday to everyone! Hope everyone has a good first day of the week!
Posted by Gleatie at 3:18 PM 6 comments
Giveaway of ALL Giveaways!
Holy Crap. Y'all have got to check out this giveaway. Look at ALL THIS STUFF! Check out Fabtabulously Frugal's incredible giveaway! I don't even know how you can cram this many awesome things into one giveaway. It puts all of us to shame in give away land! Feel free NOT to enter it so I have a better chance at winning! But if you must enter, and you read about it on this site, please let Fabtabulously Frugal know that I sent you! I would greatly appreciate it! The giveaway includes all the following incredible things!
Decorative envelopes from etsy seller Adnagam
Frango Dark Chocolate Mints
Sunshine Yellow Hair Pins from etsy seller creamrose
Purple Rain Amethyst Earrings from etsy seller Sew*Cool Design
Paperchase 8 Folded Cards with Envelopes
Small change purse from etsy seller Made by Hank
Cucumber Melon Salty Soap Scrub from etsy seller Sissy Soap
Soap Nuts from Laundry Tree
Spring Flower Garden Cupcake Liners from etsy seller Layer Cake Shop
2 Vera Bradley cloth napkins
Musings Recycled Notebook in Blue from etsy seller subu
Fleur de Lis Necklace from etsy seller Bumble Beadz
Marc Jacobs key fob
Stationery and small letter-pressed notebook from etsy seller Sarah Drake
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex
Coriander Ivory Small Cosmetic Bag from etsy seller The Sweet Sugar Beet
Smashbox Lip Gloss
Reusable Sandwich & Snack Bags from etsy seller Green Street
Reversible Coffee Sleeve from etsy seller LilE
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
OPI Nail Polish
Stick With Me, Kid Shopping Tote from etsy seller Earth Cadets
As well as MANY MORE surprises!
Posted by Gleatie at 12:36 PM 1 comments
Happy Father's Day to All!!
Happy Father's Day to all the Father's out there in the world! Here is a picture of my dad and me at my wedding back in March. He normally BLINKS in every picture taken of him so this is a rare beauty! My dad is an excellent dancer while I on the other hand am noteably terrible. He gets mad at me all the time for trying to lead (a trait Deaner agrees with) but our dance at the wedding was fairly easy! Unfortunately I don't even remember what we danced to! Fatboy/Chubs, do you?
I was lucky enough to recently marry into one of the best family's I have ever known. I feel very fortunate to be apart of the Deaner clan and thus having Deaner's dad as my Father-In-Law. I'm sure that Deaner joins me in saying Happy Father's Day Dick!
My last Father's Day shout out goes to my grandfather Captain Jack! I keep hearing that he is going to come and visit us in Germany so I am getting ready to call him to the floor on his promise! I love you Captain! Who would know by the typical cutoffs that you clean up so nicely!!
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The Situation of Property Ownership
Posted by The Situationist Staff on September 7, 2010
Patricia Kanngiesser, Nathalia Gjersoe, and Bruce M. Hood recently published a fascinating paper, titled "The Effect of Creative Labor on Property-Ownership Transfer by Preschool Children and Adults," in the August 16, 2010 issue of Psychological Science. Here's the abstract.
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Recognizing property ownership is of critical importance in social interactions, but little is known about how and when this attribute emerges. We investigated whether preschool children and adults believe that ownership of one person's property is transferred to a second person following the second person's investment of creative labor in that property. In our study, an experimenter and a participant borrowed modeling-clay objects from each other to mold into new objects. Participants were more likely to transfer ownership to the second individual after he or she invested creative labor in the object than after any other manipulations (holding the object, making small changes to it). This effect was significantly stronger in preschool children than in adults. Duration of manipulation had no effect on property-ownership transfer. Changes in the object's identity acted only as a secondary cue for children. We conclude that ownership is transferred after an investment of creative labor and that determining property ownership may be an intuitive process that emerges in early childhood.
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You can learn m0re about the article here. And Wray Herbert has a nice summary of the study on his blog, We're Only Human. To review a sample of related Situationist posts, see "Clarence Darrow on the Situation of Crime and Criminals,"Intuitions of Punishment?," and "The Interior Situation of Infants." "
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Coffee semifreddo
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- kcal365
- fat28g
- saturates15g
- carbs24g
- sugars23g
- fibre0g
- protein5g
- salt0.16g
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 tbsp Tia Maria or brandy
- 4 large eggs, separated
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 300ml pot double cream
- 100g/4oz pack honeycomb Toblerone, finely chopped
- dark chocolate curls, to decorate
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Oil and line a 1-litre loaf tin with cling film. Put the coffee, Tia Maria or brandy, egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and stir to dissolve the coffee. Put the egg whites in a large bowl and pour the cream in another.
Beat the egg whites until stiff with an electric whisk, then quickly beat the egg yolk mixture until thick and leaving a trail. Now beat the cream until it holds its shape. If you beat everything in this order, you don't need to wash the whisks in between.
Fold the cream into the coffee mixture, then carefully fold in the whites. Fold through the Toblerone and tip into the loaf tin. Lightly cover the surface with cling film. When frozen, overwrap in foil and freeze. Will keep for up to 6 weeks. You can make the chocolate curls (see video link, above, for instructions) and keep them in a airtight container or freeze.
To serve, unwrap and turn onto a platter. Strip off the cling film and serve topped with the chocolate curls.
Recipe Tip
Orange semifreddoOmit the coffee and Tia Maria and replace with the zest ½ orange and an orange liqueur like Grand Marnier. Use dark chocolate instead of Toblerone.


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Construction of Swarm satellites to begin
Understanding more about the Earth's magnetic field has just come one step closer now that the preliminary design and definition phase of ESA's Swarm mission is complete. In accordance with this important milestone, the project celebrates moving off the 'drawing board' and prepares for the construction of the Swarm satellite constellation.
With launch anticipated in October 2010, the construction phase, known as Phase C/D, commences with the finalisation of the design concept and building of structural and functional models of the satellites, which all leads to the manufacture of the three Swarm satellites.
Yvon Menard, ESA's Swarm Project Manager, commented that, "It was a real pleasure to follow industry through the definition phase of the Swarm mission. Although there were difficult challenges to overcome with the design so that we achieve a level of performance never before attained by a magnetic mission, the results from industry have been outstanding and clearly pave the way for the construction of the three satellites and their instruments".
The prime contractor for the three Swarm satellites is EADS-Astrium GmbH. The electrical design procurement of instruments, integration and testing of the satellites will be carried out by EADS-Astrium GmbH in Friedrichshafen, Germany while work on the propulsion system and structure will be carried out mostly in Stevenage, UK by EADS-Astrium Ltd. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is supporting part of the development of the Electrical Field Instrument (EFI) and French Space Agency CNES is providing, in kind, the Absolute Scaler Magnetometer (ASM).
Albert Zaglauer Project Manager from EADS-Astrium GmbH said that," Designing, building and launching three satellites in one go is a challenge, which requires all parties involved to work as one team."
Swarm is made up of a constellation of three satellites; two of which will orbit the Earth side-by-side slightly below the injection orbit of 490 km, with the third satellite in another orbital plane at the higher altitude of 530 km. The three satellites are identical in size and shape, each measuring about 9.25 metres in length and all carry the same instrument package.
A deployable arm makes up more than half of the length of the satellite and about half way along carries one of the main instruments – the so-called Vector Field Magnetometer. The Star Trackers are also positioned nearby and are rigidly connected to the vector instrument through the optical bench. To ensure the accuracy of the measurements, an Absolute Scaler Magnetometer is housed at the very tip of the arm. Apart from the long arm, which is deployed once in orbit, the satellite has no other moving parts. The solar panels are rigidly fixed to the satellite body forming a 'roof'. An accelerometer and an electrical field instrument along with GPS antennae are housed in the main body of the satellite.
High-precision and high-resolution measurements of the strength, direction and variations of the Earth's magnetic field, complemented by precise navigation, accelerometer and electric field measurements, will provide valuable data, which is essential for modelling the geomagnetic field. The results will offer new insights into the Earth system by improving our understanding of the dynamics of the Earth's core, the composition of the mantle and structure of the crust. Swarm will also enable analysis of the Sun's influence on the Earth. In addition, it is envisaged that Swarm will have practical benefits including better forecasting of radiation hazards in space.
Roger Haagmans, ESA's Swarm Mission Scientist, explained that, "In parallel with this important industrial milestone, mission activities from a science perspective show an increasing potential for using the results from Swarm to 'look' inside the Earth and for analysing the interplay between solar wind and our close magnetic environment in the context of global change."


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In 1981, John Mellencamp (then known as John Cougar) could only boast of modest chart success, having scored top 40 hits with "I Need a Lover", "This Time", and "Ain't Even Done with the Night". However, 1982's American Fool thrust this Indiana heartland rocker into the limelight. The album hit #1 on the strength of the #2 single "Hurts So Good" and the chart-topping "Jack and Diane".
The latter was a "ballad of an American couple, taking them from courtship through rocky marriage." JA Mellencamp was inspired to write the nostalgic song after watching the 1961 movie Splendor in the Grass, starring Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. WK It was a tribute to the rural working class of his hometown of Seymour, Indiana. SF For the video, Mellencamp even used some of his own high school photos and home movies. SF Initially, the song was supposed to be about an interracial couple, but Mellencamp realized it might provoke backlash. WK
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Mellencamp told Classic Rock magazine that the song wouldn't exist if it weren't for musician Mick Ronson, who'd worked primarily as a guitarist with David Bowie and Ian Hunter. He helped on several cuts for the American Fool album. Mellencamp had discarded "Jack and Diane" until Ronson suggested the baby-rattle-style percussion and the "let it rock, let it roll" chorus. WK
- one of the top 1000 songs of all time, according to the DMDB
- one of the RIAA's top 365 songs of the 20th century
- VH1's top 100 songs of all time
- one of the top 100 songs of the 1980s
Resources and Related Links:
- John (Cougar) Mellencamp's DMDB Encyclopedia entry
- the DMDB page for "Jack and Diane"
- the DMDB page for American Fool
- JA David A. Jasen. (2002). A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999). Routledge: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Page 108.
- SF Songfacts.com
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Tim Tebow never had an unkind word to say about another person in his life. Then he moved to New Jersey.
After an improbable playoff run with the Denver Broncos, Tebow's back-up Brady Quinn had some unflattering words for the former Florida Gator.
In the February issue of GQ Magazine, Quinn spoke disparagingly about Tebow, claiming his sideline prayers were done for attention and calling into question Tebow's passing ability.
At the time, Tebow remained mum about Quinn's criticisms, but in a very uncharacteristic move, he recently struck back at Quinn, a former starting quarterback at Notre Dame.
"I had a teammate at Denver who played the same position as me and he went to the University of Notre Dame. He would brag about his university, how great it was. Most of us in the locker room were like, 'C'mon, we all had opportunities. We chose not to go there.' … But he talked so much about his university that it became easy. I'd say, 'Your whole team had one guy who ran under a 5.0 40 [yard dash]. Our kicker ran under 5.0.'"
So what changed?
Back when Quinn first spoke to GQ, Tebow was still in Denver and was presumably still the Broncos' starting quarterback. That didn't last long, as the Broncos signed Peyton Manning, who has more ability in his fused neck vertebrae than Quinn and Tebow have in their entire bodies combined.
Quinn was shipped off to Kansas City to back up injury-prone Chiefs starter Matt Cassel and, inexplicably, Tebow was picked up by the New York Jets, despite the team's recent re-signing of presumed starting quarterback Mark Sanchez.
He's been in New Jersey for a few months now and it's possible that the Garden State's in-your-face attitude might be having an affect on the normally pious Tebow.
What's next? Partying with The Situation? Getting into a fight on the Seaside Heights boardwalk? Spray tanning? Only time will tell.


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This week, we reviewed StarCraft 2, and it's an amazing game... with some problems. In fact, one of the other most popular stories of the week concerns how the content for the game is completely controlled by Blizzard, and we explain why that's a problem for those of us who grew up gaming on PCs.
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Norma,I was waiting to see how Trenton Bill would respond before commenting further. Based on what Trenton Bill said, I can see how a dough with a hydration of almost 67% (plus almost 1% oil) and about 0.77% IDY would ferment quite nicely over a roughly 3 hour period at room temperature and be amenable to forming into a skin with ease. The low salt level will also allow the dough to remain fairly soft and ferment faster. I suspect that using 1% salt might yield a finished crust that is on the bland side, especially since most people have become acclimated to high levels of salt in the food that they eat. The easiest and quickest and best way to prove out the dough formulation is to make a single dough ball and see what you get. Since you know the thickness factor, you might use that in the expanded dough calculating tool to make a large size pizza. A 12" skin will almost always be easier to work with than say, a 16" pizza or higher. Peter
I'd like to whip one of these up for tonight's pizza. Would you all like me to time it for Trenton Bill's 3 hr. window?Bob
Norma, what do you prefer to dust your peel with? I actually like wondra--there's something about it that allows the pizza to release nicely and it doesn't stick to the bottom like regular flour does. Sometimes I use a fine semolina if I'm out of the wondra. I used to use a bit of sea salt with the flour, but the OH is watching his sodium intake, so...
I just finished devouring most of the 12in. Trenton Bill's 3hr. dough. I was very pleasantly surprised with this pizza...thank you for posting about this Norma! Of course; it doesn't bowl you over with flavor, but it was not bad at all...the crust went really well with the cheese and tomatoes. Easily better than my local slice joint...this had a nice thin crisp crunch and tender chew that lasted; unlike the slice place's that loses it's snap and turns leather like within just maybe 10-15 min. out of the oven.I had no problems stretching this out flat and spread the sauce almost to the edge. I believe the dough final weight would need to be increased a little if one wants to stretch and have a larger more pronounced cornicione. Maybe not; I'm still learning the technique.It made a great easy peazzy pizza though and makes for a nice emergency dough in my opinion. Here's the pics....oh, baked straight on a 550 stone.
Bob,Thanks for posting about your pizza using Trenton Bill's 3 hr. dough. I am glad you liked the pizza. Do you think more salt should have been added to give more flavor to the crust? I like to hear the part about the thin crisp crunch and the tender chew that lasted. I am also glad you had no problems stretching the dough out flat. What kind of flour did you use? Your pizza looks very tasty to me and I like how your rim crust browned. I really don't think Trenton Bill and I are going for a pronounced rim, but you could up the TF if you want a more pronounced rim. Your mozzarella looks good too.Norma
Norma,To be honest; the salt is the one thing I changed from the formula Peter gave at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,25401.msg260164.html#msg260164.Instead of .29 t salt I used .50...half a teaspoon. I think it could probably still take a bit more if one wanted before becoming tough as this was a pretty tender dough.I used All Trumps flour. Yes, I went pretty heavy with the cheese. It was equal parts Trader Joe's whole milk, Stella LM/PS, and Stella smoked provo.Bob
Bob,Thanks for telling me you did use more salt in Trenton Bill's recipe Peter figured out. I find it interesting that you think that when using Trenton Bill's recipe with All Trumps that you got a pretty tender crust. I appreciate you also posted about the cheese blend you used. Did you use Trenton Bills mixing method, or one of your own?Norma
Diana,I never tried Wondra flour as a peel flour, but am glad you like it. I always use rice flour at market, unless a certain kind of pizza call for another flour. I really like rice flour as a release agent for a wooden peel. Sometimes at home I use regular flours, unless the formulation is a really high hydration dough.The Mellow Mushroom flour release agent is cornmeal as I posted at Reply 1251 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3940.msg169788.html#msg169788 and Peter also posted on that thread is you use the search feature on that thread. A few times I tried other flours. Sometimes at Steve's home for his WFO we just use regular flours as a release agent. Soon I will be trying the Dustinator like Papa John's uses that Peter posted about at Reply 493 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6758.msg260046.html#msg260046 You might want to look what Tom Lehmann recommends at Reply 17 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,23324.msg236800.html#msg236800 and from Tom's other posts on peel flour. If you search what other members use as peel flour you might see that different members have different preferences for what peel flours work for them. Norma
Norma,I forgot about Trenton Bill giving his mixing method. I mixed this the same way I always do my Chi-thin doughs...dump everything in a bowl, mix with a spoon, dump on counter and hand need. Although this dough was much more wet/sticky than Chi-thins and I don't have my technique down very good for wet doughs so this dough really only got mixed till it came together and just a couple 3 or 4 kneads on the counter. It was very cottage cheese like and this dough did not hardly rise at all after 4hrs. in a 100 degree oven.As you can see in the pics I got great bottom browning, even some slight char. By tender I am referring to the inside of the crust...outside had thin crispness....rim was still crisp even hours later.This was a good tasting pizza and I will soon be making again...would like to try it just a bit thicker.Bob
Norma, I use rice flour from time to time, and I prefer it to semolina or regular flour for dusting the peel. I also like rice flour for dusting bread. Have you ever made bread with some of the flour being rice flour? It has a very nice moist crumb. Here are some pics of some bread that I made using 25% rice flour and 75%Occident.
Thanks for the Wondra tip D...worked great. That stuff is kinda pricey so I was skeptical at first but the shaker can it comes in made it easy to just barely and evenly dust the peel with only a tiny bit of product. I think it works real good for pizza...could not sense any sort of residule on the pie what so ever. Great!Bob
Norma, if I had to give up bread and pizza...boy, I feel bad for your daughter! I found the rice flour breads to be quite wonderful, and
Norma, if I had to give up bread and pizza...boy, I feel bad for your daughter! I found the rice flour breads to be quite wonderful, and I'm thinking about making smallish baguettes with this same dough to make bahn mi--a Vietamese type "sub."Wondra works wonders! It was pure accident that I discovered that it worked so well. Dusting the peel is about the only thing I use it for. Gravy or a sauce once or twice a year, maybe, but I usually use a roux for thickening. Glad you had good results!


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Norway spruce is one of the most important species on the European Continent. More than 100 forms and varieties have been named. Although not native to the Western hemisphere, the species and a number of its varieties are commonly planted here, particularly in southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. Originally, a number of plants were established as ornamentals, with Christmas tree plantings being established more recently. It has escaped cultivation in several localities and is considered naturalized in some of these areas.
In Europe, Norway spruce grows from 130 to 215 feet in height, but in the United States is seldom more than 130 feet tall. Diameter may reach as much as two feet on older trees. It is readily identified by its dark green needles and drooping branchlets. Trees have dark green crown with a triangular shape. Leaves (needles) are 4-sided (rectangular in section), 1/2-1 inch long, and sharp or somewhat blunt at the tip. At the base of each needle is a twig-like projection (sterigmata) which remains after the needle is lost. Although sometimes confused with true firs (Abies), spruces in general have 1) rectangular rather than flat needles, and 2) cones which hang down rather than stand erect on the stem. Additionally, spruce cones fall from the tree after seeds are disseminated, whereas fir cones disintegrate.
Male and female flowers are found on the same tree and are produced in late spring. Norway Spruce produces cones 4-7 inches in length, with wedge-shaped scales. These cones are the largest of any spruce species. Cones mature in one year and ripen from September to November.
The species has a reddish bark, giving it the nickname of "red fir", which flakes off in scales as the tree matures.
The species is adapted to cool, temperate climates. Growth is best in full sunlight in deep, rich, moist soils. It is generally shallow-rooted and does not produce a taproot, thus is subject to being blown over by wind.
One of the most important pests is the eastern spruce gall aphid, which lays eggs at the base of partially developed leaves near the tips of the twigs. A large cone-like gall develops at this point, beyond which all growth ceases. The spruce budworm can also cause damage to buds and foliage, but less so than for white or red spruce.
For Christmas trees, overall color of Norway spruce is fair to excellent, but needle retention is considered poor unless the trees are cut fresh and kept properly watered. Growth during the first 10 years after field planting is relatively slow and 8 to 11 years are required to grow a 6-7 foot tree.
Norway spruce has a rather extensive range in Europe, growing from Scandinavia to the Balkans to the Alps. It is a cool climate species and is found at elevations of 3,300 feet to 7,500 feet.
Most propagation is by seed. Rooting is difficult and a challenge. For grafting, Norway spruce is a preferred understock for a number of spruce species. It has also been a model species for use in tissue culture, and procedures developed in Norway spruce are now being adapted to other tree species of interest.
The wood is strong for its weight, odorless, but slightly resinous and is of importance in the manufacture of pulp and paper. Resinous bark exudations furnish what is known as "Burgundy pitch" which is the basic material for a number of varnishes and medicinal materials. New leafy shoots can be used for brewing spruce beer, although Norway spruce is not as desirable as black or red spruce. The wood has also been used for violin sound boards, but is not the preferred choice.
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Tagetik Announces 'Collaborative Performance Management' at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2011
Tagetik and Microsoft's strategic alliance drives forward organisations' productivity and profitability, with new CPM
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Business Intelligence, today announced its vision for making Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Disclosure Management processes as collaborative as possible from the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2011.
The rise of collaboration in managing business performance has led to a concept which Tagetik and Microsoft call 'Collaborative Performance Management', and is a clear indication that the relationship between the two companies is growing quickly and successfully. The outcome of this joint commitment, 'Tagetik 3.0 Enabled by Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010' software solution, aims to deliver across the enterprise a unified Performance and Disclosure Management system, with specialised Business Intelligence, collaboration and communication tools. The solution ensures compliance with XBRL and also with iXBRL which will be mandatory from April in the UK. During the Gartner BI Summit, Tagetik will be presenting 'The importance of Collaboration in managing CPM and BI' – tomorrow February 1st at 9:15 am – to show the full potential of the brand-new application.
"We started in 2009 with the integration of the previous release 'Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007' but it was May 2010 when Tagetik's leading edge technology was able to maximize the power of Microsoft Corp.'s sophisticated Business Intelligence platform and provide companies with well-known application tools such as Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Office Professional 2010, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2," explains Marco Pierallini, EVP Chief Development Officer at Tagetik.
"Performance Management extended to collaborative decision-making is the new challenge for complex organisations willing to manage business performance more efficiently, facilitate teamwork across multiple systems or stakeholders, and improve the quality of operational and strategic decision-making," adds Manuel Vellutini, EVP Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "Microsoft and Tagetik have joined forces to fill this growing need to integrate collaborative technologies into Performance Management and Business Intelligence processes – which we call 'CPM (R)Evolution'. And, above all, support companies looking to implement corporate strategies more effectively while adding value to the way in which they manage and control all business areas".
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"We have long shared the vision to make BI and PM processes as collaborative as possible. We've now achieved this with a single 'collaborative performance management' platform to improve business communication and decision-making across the enterprise," concludes Pierluigi Pierallini, President and CEO at Tagetik.
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The Summit will provide Gartner's latest insight on how to make business intelligence (BI) in organisations meet the new needs of business after the recent economic shift. Business strategies, organisational structures and BI and performance management (PM) architectures are being 'reborn' to reflect changed priorities – helping organisations maximise the potential of these new opportunities by providing the insight that business leaders need. For further information on the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2011 taking place on January 31 and February 1 in London, please visit europe.gartner.com/bi. You can also follow the event on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc using #GartnerBI.
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A Wisconsin bar is now serving a Bloody Mary with all the usual garnishes: pickles, olives, celery...and an entire fried chicken on top.
Sobelman's Pub in Milwaukee just announced the birth of the "Chicken Fried Bloody Beast," a Bloody Mary that comes with pickles, olives, onions, mushrooms, asparagus, scallions, shrimp, lemon, Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, cheese, sausage and celery.
Also included are two "Baconadoes," described by the bar as skewers of bacon-wrapped jalapeno cheeseballs, and an entire fried chicken.
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Most likely the actuator. Check all connections and verify they are snug. If they are good, replace the actuator.Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2
Model number WTW5500xw0 I got one of these new VMWs giving me trouble. What it does is in a wash cycle it will run the sensing cycle for about 15 seconds then the lock light will start blinking and it stops. I put in into spin and drain and it will start spinning for about 15 seconds then the lock light will start to blink and it stops. It seemed logical to me that the lid lock was bad but after replacing it the problem still occurs.
The time to run diagnostics is longer than changing it. (actuator)


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CSN's Chuck Garfien interviewed Jerry Reinsdorf. Here's Reinsdorf's comment on Mark Buehrle's departure:
"Mark Buehrle was a pillar of this franchise. He was a cornerstone, he was here for a long time. He came out of nowhere. He was a 38th round draft choice. He did everything we ever asked for him. He caught all the first pitches, he threw a perfect game, a no-hitter. Anytime you needed him to go to a school or a hospital, or whatever, Mark Buehrle was always there. But the fact is at his age, it didn't make sense for us to do what the Marlins were prepared to do for him. So he went, certainly with my blessing. I spoke to him and said, 'You gotta take it. You gotta take this deal.' And Mark said, 'I'll be back in 4 years.'"
Buehrle will be back? Is this meant to soothe Sox fans angry over Buehrle's departure? Anyway, if the Sox won't be competing in the immediate future, Buehrle's talents would be wasted if he stayed here….
Other White Sox links:
- James previews the Sox infield. And the outfield.
- J.J. explains that 10 Spring Training games shouldn't be cause of concern.
- BTB's David Fung looks graphically at the Sox 'Window to Win.'
- THT's Chris Jaffe asks and answers 5 questions for the Sox.
- Ken Rosenthal's major league sources say the White Sox are not currently pursuing a left-handed reliever. It was rumored the Sox were interested in Mike Gonzales and Arthur Rhodes.
- Danny Knobler's major league source says Gavin Floyd was "nearly" trade to Baltimore this winter.


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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Annual Survey of Large Pension Funds
G20 leaders have identified the facilitation of long-term financing from institutional investors as a priority for helping to achieve targets for future growth and employment. A contribution from the the G20/OECD Task Force on Long-term Investment Financing by Institutional Investors, this annual survey is designed to illuminate the role that large institutional investors can play in providing a source of stable long-term capital.
In 2014, retirement systems in the OECD – comprised of pension funds and public pension reserve funds – held USD 30.2 trillion in assets, a number now well above pre-crisis levels. In that same year, the combined GDP of the OECD countries was USD 48.8 trillion. In 2001, OECD retirement system assets represented 51.8% of GDP; this number has since grown to 61.9% of GDP, highlighting the growing role of institutions as financial intermediaries. Put another way, the accumulation of savings in such financial channels has never been larger, which underscores the important role that institutions can play as sources of productive long-term capital.
The total amount of assets under management for the Large Pension Funds (LPFs) for which data was received or obtained was USD 3.7 trillion at the end of 2014. The assets put aside by the largest pension funds for which we received data increased by a robust 11.6% on average between 2013 and 2014 (through asset appreciation and/or fund flows). Trailing five-year real annualised returns were positive for all funds, where history was available.
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and Public Pension Reserve Funds (PPRFs) are becoming major players in international financial markets. Total amounts of PPRF assets were equivalent to USD 6.6 trillion by the end of 2014 for the countries in which data was received or obtained. PPRF assets increased 6.2% on average between 2013 and 2014 (due to asset appreciation and/or fund flows). The largest reserve is held by the United States Social Security Trust Fund at USD 2.8 trillion, followed by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund at USD 1.1 trillion. Canada, China, and Korea also accumulated large reserves. Of the countries surveyed, twelve had established their PPRFs since 2000. Large reserves are also accumulated in sovereign wealth funds that have a pension focus.
The survey provides a source of information for policy makers and institutional investors alike in order to help advance the policy agenda on long-term financing by institutions. Recent initiatives such as the Juncker Plan in Europe and the Build America Investment Initiative launched by the Obama Administration provide examples of government-led projects to mobilise private capital for long-term financing. In particular, the data on infrastructure investments can help provide context as such initiatives advance from the planning stages to eventual realisation. Download 2015-Large-Pension-Funds-Survey
The survey includes 75 retirement schemes, consisting of a mix of defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans (mainly public sector funds, but also corporate funds) that together total USD 3.9 trillion. Data for 50 schemes were provided by the large pension funds directly. Data for the other 25 came from publicly available sources. This information is presented in combination with the OECD Public Pension Reserve Funds survey. Altogether, data were compiled for 104 institutional investors from 35 countries around the world including some non-OECD countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and South Africa, accounting for over USD 10.4 trillion of assets under management.
The survey monitors and compares the investment behaviour, asset levels, and performances of the largest institutional investors in each region or country covered and analyses in greater depth the general trends observed at a national level. This survey is based on a qualitative and quantitative questionnaire sent directly to Large Pension Funds and Public Pension Reserve Funds. It is part of the OECD Project on Institutional Investors and Long-term Investment. The insights and detailed investment information collected complement the administrative data gathered through the Global Pension Statistics Project.


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Hi, I still sort of a beginner (self taught) and I want to jump into a project that is covers things I'm not used to.
What I really want to do is deal with logical equation like ~(a&b), but my problem works the same for parenthetical math equations, so we can work on that.
I want the user to enter an equation with form like: (3*(2 +4)) allowing spaces and (,),[,]. Pretty much any math expression that makes use of parenthesis. I also want to be able to make a char[] or string[] e.g.= {3,2,4}.
It would be bonus if I could have the program deal with the input in the same way as a IDE shows if there are errors as you type.
So I have figured that there are many ways to do it, but the methods I know should work are long, tedious, and inefficient program.
I don't know if I should just turn the scanner into a string. And then work from the string.
I think working straight from the scanner might be better because it has next() type of methods, but I don't how to use. And I don't understand the whitespace, or using pattern if it could help.
Working from string: I've figured out how to remove the ( ) and spaces using replace() and replaceAll().
Why does equation = equation.replace( "(", "" ); but not equation = equation.replaceAll( "(", "" );
One method I thought of to remove just the letters from the string and put into the array. I would have to create a if statement for every letter. Which i don't want to write 52 if statements. This all of what my problem is I have to deal with long for loops and tedious if statements. I want to learn easier ways.
I created a method to count left parenthesis and right parenthesis. If they are not equal it allows the equation not run and report error. The number from the parenthesis I think will help go through order of the operations. But, all the things I have talked about doesn't get close to actually apply the operations.
My plan is to have a static method for each operation.
for the math on e.g.
static int plus(int a, int b){
return a+b;
Since I want to make the methods binary. If I have (2+3+4) it will need to know it is the same as (2+(3+4)) and make plus(2,plus(3,4));
If anyone can give me any help. Explain somethings. More so show me some java methods I haven't found. It is greatly appreciated.
It was only yesterday I found string.toCharArray(); with saved a for loop.


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Contemporary Israeli Dance Week: Gala in New York
Quiet by Arkadi Zaides. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Heads up, New Yorkers! In June, a wave of contemporary dance from Israel is coming your way as part of the annual La MaMa Moves Festival. The city is already home to an astonishing number of Israeli-born choreographers, and La MaMa's celebration will include five of these New York-based artists and groups: Deganit Shemy, LeeSaar The Company, Netta Yerushalmy, YelleB Dance Ensemble, and Neta Pulvermacher. But the Contemporary Israeli Dance Week mini-festival is also scheduled to feature a stellar line-up straight from Israel. Yasmeen Godder, Arkadi Zaides, Idan Cohen, Maya Brinner, and the team of Tamar Borer and Tamara Erde will offer a glimpse of the latest in Israeli-made productions, and master classes will give New York dancers a taste of what's happening in local studios.
On Monday, January 31, a gala evening featuring Deganit Shemy, LeeSaar The Company, Netta Yerushalmy, and YelleB Dance Ensemble will be held at La MaMa E.T.C. (Experimental Club). The gala is a fundraiser for the Contemporary Israeli Dance Week, and more information about tickets can be found at the festival's website. For those of you who can't make it to the gala, here's a sneak peak at the festival with clips of works by Godder, Zaides, Cohen, Brinner,and Borer and Erde.
Video: Preview of Contemporary Israeli Dance Week
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bravo, very good athletes and powerful harmony of emotion, theatrics,and dance, thanks for sharing/


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Chocolate is at least 3000 years old, and we have the ancient Mayans to thank for it. By way of the conquistadors, that is.
There is tantalizing historical evidence showing that the Mayans were quite creative in their use of chocolate, and the flavor combinations they developed, but archeo-ethno-botany researcher Kirsten Tripplett (left) , says few details of their actual recipes have survived.
Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes was probably the first European to taste chocolate, and it was he who first exported some back to his homeland.
Dark or milk chocolate? Many people have a distinct personal preference, but Tripplett says it's clear which type is better for us.


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This Week at the Career Education Center, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 EditionDecember 1st, 2010, 4:51 pm
- Senior Celebration – Thursday, December 2 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM in the Career Education Center – Seniors, join us for an informal gathering to celebrate your last holiday season on the Hilltop! Enjoy seasonal snacks and a holiday movie (hint: "I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite."). Plus, Career Education Center staff will be on hand to answer your burning career questions. We hope to see you there!
- This one isn't at the Career Education Center, but its a great opportunity for those of you interested in entrepreneurship. Professor Will Finnerty and the McDonough School of Business Entrepreneurship Initiative present Entrepreneurship Speaker Series featuring Michael Saylor, co-founder and CEO of MicroStrategy. Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the McDonough School of Business, Hariri Building, Room 140. There is No RSVP required and all Georgetown students are welcome to attend.
- On-Campus Interviewing Workshop – Thursday, December 2 at 1:00 PM. This is the last on-campus interviewing workshop of the semester. The on-campus interviewing workshop is an orientation to the on-campus interviewing process. What is on-campus interviewing? Some employers interview Georgetown candidates for their jobs and internships here in the Career Education Center. When we refer to "on-campus interviewing" or "on-campus interviewing positions," we're referring to those jobs for which employers will interview here in our office. If you plan to apply for any of these on-campus interviewing positions, you must first attend the on-campus interviewing workshop. You only have to do this once during your time at Georgetown. You'll know whether a job is an on-campus interviewing position when you view the position description in Hoya Career Connection, our online jobs and internships database.
If you have any questions about any of these events, send them to us at email@example.com.


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About Helianthus annuus
The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is a globally important oil crop that has promise for climate change adaptation, maintaining stable yields across a wide variety of environmental conditions, including drought. The large genome (3.6 Gb) consists of long and highly similar repeats, making the assembly very challenging.
Taxonomy ID 4232
Data source International Consortium for Sunflower Genomics
Genome assembly: HanXRQr1.0
More information and statistics
Download DNA sequence (FASTA)
Gene annotation
What can I find? Protein-coding and non-coding genes, splice variants, cDNA and protein sequences, non-coding RNAs.
Download genes, cDNAs, ncRNA, proteins - FASTA - GFF3
Comparative genomics
What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.
More about comparative analyses
Phylogenetic overview of gene families
Download alignments (EMF)
|Helianthus annuus : Arabidopsis thaliana
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|Helianthus annuus : Oryza sativa Japonica Group
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|Helianthus annuus : Solanum lycopersicum
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|Helianthus annuus : Vitis vinifera
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This species currently has no variation database. However you can process your own variants using the Variant Effect Predictor:


text: Wrestling is one of the most popular sports watched and enjoyed in the United States. It is also popular in various other parts of the world including various European and Asian countries. The world of wrestling has seen a lot of outstanding and entertaining performers and the trend continuous in the present era as well. Here is the list of ...Read More »


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Local Dealership for Global Industrial Equipment Manufacturer Increase Sales Revenues by Nearly 30%
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A national dealership network for a global industrial equipment manufacturer recognised the need to build on the success of its already well-performing sales team. They sought to establish consistent processes and language across the business to enable more effective coaching and support from the sales leadership team.
Wilson Learning's Counsellor Salesperson (CSP) methodology was selected as the core solution implemented by the client. The programme was conducted over a period of 90 days, commencing with the use of a multi-rater customer feedback instrument, the Customer Relationship Inventory, after which all sales and sales management staff participated in a series of 3-day CSP workshops. Wilson Learning's Extended Learning System provided follow-up tips, tools, and reinforcement to programme participants, as well as sales manager coaching support. The programme culminated with an Impact Evaluation to gather information from participants on the effectiveness of the learning experience, use of CSP skills and techniques in their work, and the impact of the skill use on their sales results.
The national dealership network attributed an increase of 29.98% in sales revenues directly to the application of the Counsellor Salesperson skills. Sales managers reported significant improvements across all areas. The greatest positive change was the sales team's ability to reduce relationship tension with clients, while using questioning techniques to reach clear agreement on clients' challenges before making solution recommendations. The dealer network has seen a 72% increase in new business opportunities as a direct result of:
- Establishing greater levels of trust with clients
- Understanding and meeting customer needs
- Being better prepared to address client concerns and questions


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I am writing this blog post en route to New York City for SQL Saturday #235. This begins a fairly busy travel and speaking schedule for me this year. Having spent much of the summer at home with my family which was great, I now embark on some trips, primarily out east.
For starters, I am kicking off my busy end of summer, beginning of fall, in New York City. I am looking forward to being there for the second time. This should be a great event. As Regional Mentor for the NorthEast this trip allows me to be in that region for an event. I will be speaking on Building BI Solutions with Microsoft Excel.
Next, up is some quality time in Boston. I have a contract that will put me in downtown Boston for about 4 weeks. After that trip, I skip a week and then return to speak at CodeMastery which is a Magenic event in late September. If you are in the Boston area, I will be speaking on the difference between SQL Server Analysis Services Models – the Multidimensional and Tabular Model Smackdown. More details of this event will be coming soon, but pencil it in for Thursday 9/26.
While not traveling far, I am speaking at SQL Saturday #238 in Minneapolis right before PASS Summit in Charlotte. This is right in my backyard, so to speak, and I look forward to another great event in the Upper Midwest. I currently do not have the sessions that were picked, but look forward to seeing you there.
October will be spent at PASS Summit. While I was accepted to speak this year, I look forward to meeting a number of people at the Community Zone and the other events at the conference. I will follow that up by going to SQL Saturday # BI Edition in Charlotte. While I have not received word about speaking, I plan to attend the event in either case. Should be a nice way to wrap up my time there.
In November, I am headed to Atlanta for another CodeMastery event. This should be a nice time to visit there and spend some time with people there.
Upon returning from Atlanta, I am back in Minneapolis for a CodeMastery event there. Having had a major role in running this event over the past couple of years, I am truly looking forward to speaking there. Check out http://codemastery.com for details on all of the CodeMastery events as they are announced.
Finally, at least at this time, I will be presenting 5 times right before Thanksgiving. This will be my first time presenting at SQL Live and second time presenting at Modern Apps Live. Join us for this awesome 360 Live event in Orlando.
I look forward to meeting new people and visiting with old friends throughout all of these events and travels. If you see me there, say Hi and ask for one of my "famous" superhero cards! See you around.


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taped 2012-10-05 @ Arena Mexico
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Day: October 31, 2012
Reyes del Atlantida win trios titles back, Bufete del Amor keep theirs, CMLL minis cage match
CMLL (MON) 10/29 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Ares & Centauro de Fuego b Dinámikoo & Tigre Rojo Jr.
Rudos took 2/3, early falls went very quick.
2) Höruz b Cholo [lightning]
Cholo dominated the match, but Horuz pulled it out with an armbar.
3) Asturiano, Metálico, Molotov vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Espiritu Maligno
Tecnicos took 2/3. Molotov submitted Espiritu, Metalico pinned Disturbio.
4) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Mima Shimoda, Tiffany
Tecnicas took 1/3.
5) Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Tama Tonga b Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Hijo del Fantasma
Rudos took 2/3. Tonga beat Maya to win in his debut and the best match of the night Maya had to be strechered out. Delta tried to help with that, but Tonga attacked him too.
6) Atlantis, La Máscara, Mistico DQ Averno, Felino, Mephisto
Felino replaced Ephesto. Mascara pinned Averno in the first, then Mephisto pulled Mistico's mask in the second in a disappointing match. Mistico challenged Mephisto a singles match.
Was Ephesto hurt on Sunday and I've forgot about it?
CMLL (TUE) 10/30/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Metatrón b Exterminador
2) Pequeño Warrior b Shockercito and Aereo and Pequeño Halcón and Astral and Último Dragoncito and Fantasy and Demus 3:16 and Pierrothito and Mercurio and Pequeño Olímpico and Pequeño Violencia [Mini Reyes del Aire]
Pequeno Warrior won the match, which set up a cage match next week! Shockercito may have been hurt on a dive.
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada b Kráneo, Olímpico, Psicosis
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush b Averno, Mephisto, Tama Tonga [CMLL TRIOS]
Tama Tonga replaced Ephesto. Love Buffet came in as champs, and took falls 2/3 to keep the titles. Last week's match was Maximo vs Averno, and this week Maximo kissed and cradled Averno to keep the titles.
Results were from radio station Canal58, which appears to be doing live PBP of Tuesday and Sunday Guadalajara shows. Satanico joined the commentators a couple times.
CMLL (TUE) 10/30/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL Gaceta]
1) Akuma & Camorra DQ Freesbe & Oro Jr.
Camorra fouled Freesbe
2) Artillero, Hooligan, Súper Comando b Camaleón, Pegasso, Sensei
Camaleon replaced Angel Azteca Jr. Isis was with Hooligan. Rudos took 1/3. Sensei was strechered out with a knee injury and Pegasso was hurting (as usual.)
3) Fuego, Sagrado, Triton b Arkángel de la Muerte, Cancerbero, Raziel
Tecnicos won in straight falls when Arkangel and the Cancerberos turned on each other.
4) Rey Cometa b Sangre Azteca [lightning]
Cometa won with a 450 splash in 8:10.
5) Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero b Diamante Azul, Mistico, Stuka Jr.
Rudos took 2/3, Euforia & Niebla getting the pins while Mistico dove onto Mistico.
6) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Black Warrior, Mr. Águila, Volador Jr. [MEX TRIOS]
Volador, Mr. Aguila, and Black Warrior came in as champs. Delta & Maya took 1, Volador took the second with a backcracker on Atlantis, and Atlantis won the match with an Atlantida on Volador (again!) Reyes del Atlantida are champions as a team for a third time, Atlantis has won the titles three times.
Shocker & Brazo de Plata beat Terrible & Dragon Rojo in Arena Queretaro. In the undercard, Amapola (replacing Tiffany) was beat by local luchador Reyna Azteca in a tag match. The Quereatro wrestler challenged for a title match.
The semi-official Noti AAA Facebook site confirmed Decnnis was leaving AAA, then took down that post, put up another post saying all the rumored people leaving AAA (Tiger, Wagner) were not true. That's totally not confusing. In the comments of the last post, they say Wagner is joining going back to being an independent who works with AAA. (The difference there is if AAA controls his booking for non TV shows and what cut they need; someone the level of Wagner doesn't need AAA for that.) As for Extreme Tiger, he's scheduled to work tonight's Halloween show in Arena Lopez Mateos, which would be an easy time for him to confirm or deny rumors.
Arena Neza's Facebook writes Vampiro will miss this weekend's AAA Fusion taping. Vampiro's said the same, going on to say he's busy with another show and AAA never told him he was on this show. Same thing happened last time Vampiro missed a taping. Mesias will take his place, which greatly improves the match. AAA hasn't acknowledged the change yet.
Quien Pinta Por La Corona held a press conference in Guadalajara for the event there on 11/10 and 11/11. QPPLC also posted profiles of some of the finalists: Rey Maya (nephew of Canek!), Forajido (inspired by Cibernetico and Gronda), Full Back Jr. (snuck off to train with Canek), Demoledor (36 years old), and New Fire Jr.
Samuray del Sol was on Figure Four Daily yesterday (subscriber only) in a really good interview where he talked a lot about his career. His story about being in last year's QPPLC contest was my favorite part. Samuray never actually signed up for the contest himself, Crazy Boy just invited him to come to Veracruz, then signed Samuray up without him knowing to get Samuray in front of AAA people. Samuray was under the impression the talent contest – at least by the final – was set up for Daga to win, saying AAA officials wanted him specifically to work with Daga since he could do the style Daga likes to do and Daga would look like a star.
Rob has highlights of 04/13/12 CMLL and has updated his MOTYC list.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ's news update.
Lucha Libre in Japan
Fabi Apache, Sexi Star, Lolita and Jennifer Blake are headed to WAVE for their AAA Reina de Reinas on 11/27. The Japanese promotion had previously announced the show, this is the first time the Mexican promotion has acknowledged it. The article is mostly talking about Fabi Apache's training and previous time in Japan. WAVE also mentions Pimpinela and Fenix working on the show in a bonus match with CIMA, which hasn't yet been announced by AAA.
- AAA has the second part of their interview with Silver King & Chessman.
- Fenix & Dark Dragon say very generic things to hype up the AAA Fusion title tournament. I can count on TVC Deportes to give me tournament brackets, right?
- Brazo & Pimpinela beat Rico Rodriguez & Genocida in Monterrey.
CMLL (TUE) 11/06/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Sky Kid & Virgo vs Èvola & Thunder Boy
2) Esfinge & Gallo vs Bárbaro Cavernario & Espectrum
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Mistico vs Felino, Psicosis, Rey Escorpión
4) Shockercito vs Último Dragoncito, Pequeño Halcón, Aereo, Astral, Fantasy, Pierrothito, Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior, Pequeño Violencia [cage, hair, mask]
Cage match, just not at all the one I thought. Warrior winning the Reyes del Aire means he's a favorite to lose here.