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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Flashback to the 80's
This one takes me back to the Disco. When I went to middle school (we called it junior high), there was a "Kid's Only" Disco, and it was the place to be. My friends and I would practice our little dance routines each week, lol. Anyone remember the contests where a person strolled the floor and if you got tapped you were out? Man, those were fun! :)
Then there was the skating rink. If you were an 80's child, chances are high you hit the skating rink, and this song always, always had a run. When it came on, everyone rushed to the floor (this and 'Another One Bites the Dust).
El de Barge was on the scene and we'd sing this at the top of our lungs thinking we were sooooooo sexy before we even knew what sexy was, LOL! Glad no one ever got videos of that mess. I think it was hairbrushes that we used for our 'microphones.'
I always had my radio on when I fell asleep (remember all stereo systems were so big they looked like furniture?!) and my mom changed the station to country one time to be funny (she's a card like that), and I woke up to this song. I remember being groggy, not wanting to get up at all, and processing the lyrics while they played. It made me laugh, and I became an instant George Strait fan. He's still my favorite country singer today.
And then there was Grease. I wasn't allowed to see Saturday Night Fever (and years later when I did see it, I knew I hadn't missed anything ;) ), but I was allowed to see Grease. Instantly I was in love (with the show and John Travolta, lol). I still sing this song today in random outbursts, and every one of my kids does too, which makes me laugh.
A couple of years ago, the local state theater in a town close by was showing a Grease Sing-a-Long. I asked the kids if they wanted to go. The two youngest were all-in (they just like to go places, lol) and my daughter ended up singing all of the songs. My second-oldest, however, was 17 at the time, and just said, 'Sure,' on a whim (he was humoring his mama, he's sweet like that).
We got to the theater, and he (the 17-yr. old who is not a Grease fan) was sitting on the outside aisle. The place got so crowded that people started lining the walls standing up (there's an upstairs balcony full of seats, not sure why they didn't go up there...) and singing/dancing to the tunes. My son was mortified, and it was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He spent a lot of time texting while we were there (probably telling his friends he was in misery). Bwuahahahahaha
How about you, any songs that just take you right back to being a kid?
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Ah the 80's. Good times. Songs that take me back to being a kid are usually Madonna, MC Hammer, and the like lol.ReplyDeleteReplies
Can't Touch This, lol. I loved that song.Delete
They sure don't make songs like they used to!! That is so funny that your son was so mortified.... poor baby!! I remember taking my Daughter and my Hubs 2 kids to a 50s band. They hated it. LOL.... they laughed at us doing some of the old dances.ReplyDeleteReplies
My first concert was w/my grandma to The Glenn Miller Band Orchestra (of course he'd passed but it was the original band). She loved it so much it was contagious, and I still love it today because of her (despite the chortling/guffaws of my family). :)
OH! MY! Have you any idea what you just did to me? LOL! That was a trip down memory lane, for sure! WOW! I remember and loved every single song you posted (well, except for the country song!). The skating, the hair, the clothes...! Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
And I just saw your funny 'Winter in Michigan' video:
and the slide show of Greece on your sidebar(awesome!).
Best ERA EVER!! I'm still stuck in the 80's!!! lol oh well! and I'm sooo happy to see know I'm not the only one who loved the good old times...it's funny because something like music can really bring people together no matter where they are or how they were brought up. I grew up in a the tropical country of Panama, where we speak spanish and dance to salsa beats, but I think the MTV generation was speaking to me so loudly back then that it left a permanent good impression on me, lol..and here I am still loving it! Thank You for this post! Have a Great Weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
It was a common factor that drew people together (and still does). I'm not sure my kids'll be able to say that...at least not about music. They literally have thousands upon thousands of songs available at the touch of a button today, so I don't think it's as special. They'll probably be our age saying, "Remember Mario? That was the bomb!" lolol
Hey! Thanks for stopping in at the Little Shack and following along! I've signed on to follow you as well! On the topic of 'oldies but goodies' (gosh! I that makes me feel ancient!) we bought ourselves a satelite radio this past fall and it has the most awesome stations! Hits of the 60's, 70's, 80's 90's!!! So many songs I used to listen to and enjoy. It's amazing I can still remember most of the words! Take care!ReplyDeleteReplies
I remember most of the words too, and you're right that is amazing. :)
Love Shack!! I heard it the other day and it was so much fun!ReplyDeleteReplies
My youngest has that on his little kid's MP3 player. It was his dad's fave! :)
yes the 8o's were great times, but so was the 6o's LOL! i am that old.i miss those good old daysReplyDeleteReplies
TONS of good music from that era...Build me up Buttercup, Groovy Kind of Love, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Chapel of Love... I could go on. :) Wasn't Bobby Vinton a 60's singer too? My mom and gram loved him. I remember Blue Velvet...I loved that song.
oh... I used to love the skating rink!!!!!ReplyDelete
black velvet was one that would have everyone rushing to the rink!!!!
for me. my childhood was New Kids On The Block! :)
and yes, I would have had a blast at the Grease sing along... LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie ;)Replies
Grease transcends generations (although it skipped my son's generation, haha). Maybe it's a girl thing? :)
Black Velvet! I loved that song too, totally forgot about that one!
Hey Girl, thanks for stopping by and this Post would be great for Monday's Music Moves Me. Why don't you link this Post with us. Screw the theme these are great :) So you stayed in the same cabins at Cedar Point? Those dam flying bugs were everywhere. We even got pics & movies of the swarm we saw. It was really weird. Practically covered this huge tree! They were in the cabin, but only on the ceiling resting I think. hahaha Love all these old tunes & yes I remember the stroll game. I use to go roller skating every Sunday at Fleetwood Roller Rink & during the intermissions we'd take our skates off and danced. Wow what memories!ReplyDeleteReplies
Cedar Point is one of my all-time favorite places to go, and no matter where we've lived (FL or MI) we have gone every single summer. We used to stay with my gram and grandpa, but they're both passed now, so we stay in a hotel. We've only stayed in the cabins once, but it was fun. We picked a rainy weekend to stay that year (boo) so it was nice to be so close to everything (so we could go back when the sun came out). No bugs, thank goodness. :)
I remember all of those! And skating rinks. I actually cracked my wrist at a skating rink. The 80s were so much fun! I loved being a child of the 80s!! Thanks for the memories and for stopping by. :) Hope you have a good weekend and stay warm. My hubby took the kids sledding. Not sure if they'll come back happy or cranky b/c of the cold! And too funny about your son and the Grease performance BTW! LOLReplyDeleteReplies
You've got free time? Complete, 100% free time? That's awesome. :) Even if they come back cranky they'll probably want to tell you sledding stories, which'll happy them up. :)
Well, not so much the songs as the moive Grease. I will never forget going to a sleepover with a bunch of girls from school and we watched Grease together. We were all pretty innocent so hearing all the swears and the ref. to sex was so thrilling to us! lol THAT was fun! I used to like DeBarge - "All this Love" (I think that was title...) One thing I don't miss about the 80ies is the hairstyles. I had the biggest hair and looked absolutely rediculous!!ReplyDelete
How about you? Did you like your hair in 80ies? :)Replies
All that AquaNet! I loved it in the 80's, I wouldn't today. Can you even imagine running a curling iron through your hair w/that hairspray thing going on? And I know I did... Can you even imagine using AquaNet? hahahahah
this post really took me back to 80's when I was just born :) I am sure I would love them too if I was of age at the time you are describing. My husband loves lots of 80's songs and he frequently find himself at a loss when he tries to talk to me about the singers from this era :( May be I should bookmark your post and surprise him with my knowledge one of these days.Just a thought! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
My husband is 6 years younger than me, and he likes the era just before mine that I was too young 'to get.' I can't even think of an example... it's funny because I like music from my grandparents' era, my mom's, and my own (and some of my kids' too), but his is the one I skipped.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Skating rinks were the bomb!! The 80s were my favorite time! The music, clothes, side pony tails, the cartoons...everything about it I just loved! Husband and I still prefer to listen to 80s radio stations on long road trips.ReplyDeleteReplies
Side pony's, lol, I had one of that I rocked w/my legwarmers. Good gravy! Leg warmers. I forgot those too, but everyone (including me) sure liked to wear them.Delete
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I loved the 80s and still love disco. Still the best dance music. We are kindred spirits!ReplyDeleteReplies
So many one hit wonders, it's amazing they all caught on, isn't it?? I get on an 80's roll here sometimes and the kids just quietly go into a room where they can't hear it, hahahaDelete
What a great post Rosey!!!ReplyDelete
I'm a child of the 70's so mine are Grease too - but also all those kitchy songs like
Me and You and a dog named Boo
It never Rains in California
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody
to name a few - and I constantly break out into songs from my era - which constantly ages me lol
AND I was a real Disco mama in the 80's lol - I love to love ( but my baby just wants to dance - he needs to dance - he's got to dance ) LOL
I know those songs, and have 3/4 of them on my iPod. I hear you singing all of the time over at your blog. :)Delete
American growing up life is sure different from an island girl's :)ReplyDelete
But I think we heard the same music some of the times :)
All I remember (one song stuck in my head right now) is Under the boardwalk! haha.
But yes I loved listening to oldies as a kid.
I think I still need to watch Grease :)
Love your memories.
You probably should ask your son how he felt that time :)Replies
I like that song. :)Delete
Did you have live music on the streets growing up? That's my mental depiction of growing up an island girl, and I would love that too!
What fun memories! I was more a child of the '60's and '70's but one '80's song I particularly remember (and that drove my daughter batty) was Don't Worry, Be Happy. Hehe, it would mortify her when her friends were around and I'd start singing it.ReplyDeleteReplies
My mom used to sing that one all of the time too. We had family over around the holidays and that was one of the trivia cards pulled in a game we were playing. I was the only one who got it right...I could not believe no one remembered that song, it was EVERYWHERE during its time. It was fun too. :)Delete
LOVE the 80's!! I wish I had been a teenager during them.ReplyDeleteReplies
If you had been Jen, you would have wrinkles popping up about now. Be oh so careful what you ask for... :) not that I have any starting to show (*cough* around my eyes *cough*).Delete
Great !Would you like to follow each other?ReplyDelete
Gotcha back, thanks for visiting.Delete
haha I enjoy Grease, not sure I'd want to be in theater like that watching the show though, would be horrifying but funny. I enjoy most music from the 80's and 70's better than that of today most any day.ReplyDeleteReplies
See it must be a gender thing (not wanting to see Grease like that)! :)Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2013 at 8:07 PM
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Stacey Q- Two of Hearts. Somewhere out there is a VHS tape with me singing this to myself.
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You should totally transfer it to DVD before the tape gets old. I bet it's priceless! :)Delete
Rosey, I was blessed with a mixed culture of music and my mother was very young and brought along her 45s from her teens (she was still a teen), father liked country, and I liked the Beatles, Elvis, the Monkees and countless others. Mom had Brenda Lee, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Patti Page...I love the collection you offer here.ReplyDeleteReplies
Totally relating, my family loved all kinds of music. I still like some of just about every type of music that's out there. :)Delete
I am still a little kid in 80s but I love Grease and New Kids on The Block (they are on the late 80s right??) many of light jazz tune from the 70s and 80s I cherish now because I just found them when I am older. But things that I remember from the 80s are thick high hair, curly, green and blue eyeshadow, shoulder pad and break dance :DReplyDeleteReplies
That eyeshadow! I thought it would never come back in style, but I see blues creeping up again (in the media).Delete
A lot of the fashion of the 80's is making a comeback (leggings and flowered pants come to mind). It makes me laugh. :)
When I was in grade school we used to roller skate to Madonna. I didn't know what a virgin meant. LOL Cindi Lauper, Prince and Michael Jackson were a hits to! The song "Gloria" was another roller skating song. We liked that one because one of my friend's mom's name was, Gloria.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's funny to hear the lyrics today and realize we had NO clue as to what some of them meant. I've had that happen too. :)Delete
I love 80's music. I think I listen to I love rock n roll at least twice a week. It's on my ipod, and I always have to listen to music when I'm cleaning.ReplyDelete
Man, some of those videos were CHEESY! lolReplies
Oh my gosh, I didn't see a ton of them, but when I see them now I think the exact same thing. That "I Love R&R" one was cheesy! LOLOL You are spot-on w/your call there. :)Delete
So funny! Music definitely takes me back. Sometimes I can hear a song and remember a very specific memory of what I was doing when I heard it. Like I remember the first time I heard The Cardigans song ("love me love me, say that you love me") while I was on the bus waiting to head home in 7th grade. Wow, haven't thought about that one in a while haha!ReplyDeleteReplies
Ohhh, I like that song. I haven't heard that one in awhile either! I had kids who were pretty old then...you're a lot younger than me. ;)Delete
I just heard that Joan Jett song on the radio the other day. I cranked it up and started singing along - my boys thought I was NUTS!ReplyDeleteReplies
My youngest rolls his eyes. My second oldest gives me the deadpan look. And my third oldest politely keeps quiet. :)Delete
Ahhh love the 80's! Great blog... following you! Would love it if you followed back :) Keep in touch! xoxoReplyDelete
I'm following back, thanks for the visit.Delete
Thanks for taking me down memory lane! The 80's were fabulous times. GREAT blog post!ReplyDeleteReplies
It seems so long ago now, doesn't it?? But you're right they were fun. Thanks for visiting.Delete
Hi. I really love your blog. Maybe wanna follow each other?? Let me know :) XOXOReplyDelete
You nailed it on all of these. I started laughing at Another one bites the dust as a skating rink song. Oh I could name a million. Flashdance, She's a Maniac, YMCA and another one on that album that I can't think of. John Travolta was SO gorgeous wasn't he? Now if there was a sing-a-long for Debarge, I will nail and kill it at the same time.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yep...those all played at my skating rink too. And John Travolta was gorgeous...he was in that TV show too (Kotter) when he had all that pretty hair.Delete
Macho man was the song I couldn't think of. Yes Welcome back Kotter. He was Vinnie Barbarino!Delete
Macho Man...ha, that one was reaching, I haven't heard that for so looooong. My mom had that album, prolly still does, hahaDelete
Ooohhh, great songs! I was obsessed with Grease as a teen and my mom took me to a local production for my birthday one year. I loved it!ReplyDelete
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Woot, another Grease fan in the house. ;)Delete
Look at you bringing sexy back!! LOLReplyDelete
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I know, it's hilarious, and when I think of one, ten more instantly come to mind. I've been in an 80's frame of mind all day. :)Delete
Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I remember kids thinking they were cool by walking around saying, "Disco sucks." I loved disco too.ReplyDelete
I remember the Disco downfall days too. I am grateful that the polyester suits the men wore back then never came back into style. ;)Delete
Oh my goodness! You hit all the biggies, I think. What a trip down memory lane. Kudos to you for getting all of your kids to accompany you to that singalong. I don't think I could talk even one of mine into going with me. Sounds like a blast!ReplyDeleteReplies
They know where their bread is buttered. hahahahaha Thanks for stopping by. :)Delete
I loved Greece, every girl here wanted to be the next Olivia Newton John , I also loved Bros and new kids on the block but my all time favourite was Madoona singing like a virgin while not know what it meant, awkward moment o think about :)ReplyDeleteReplies
We wanted to be ONJ too, and when her 'Physical' album came out, we still did. :)Delete


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Feeling Better?
For the third straight game, the Phillies looked more like the team that dominated for most of the season. Prior to that, they looked pretty meek in losing eight straight.
Roy-O was outstanding again in his final tune-up for the NLDS and the offense did everything—base hits, stolen bases, home runs on Tuesday night. Antonio, who had struggled big time, had an impressive inning. All the anxiety has now been calmed.
They head into game #162 on Wednesday night. A win sets a club record for a season and pushes Charlie ahead of Gene Mauch for most wins by a Phillies manager.
Steve, an avid follower, posted a couple of questions yesterday. Concerning the NHL Winter Classic and season ticket holders getting ticket opportunities, I'll find out and get an answer.
Other question: should the Phillies set a record for wins, thus giving St. Louis an opportunity for the wildcard and then playing the Phillies? Or, forget the record so we don't play St. Louis?
Well, I like the record. If I had a choice in the NLDS, I would prefer not playing the Brewers. As Charlie has said, championship teams beat anybody.
Going Where?
Frank Coppenbarger handles Phillies travel accommodations along with managing the clubhouse and equipment staff. With the Phillies having the home field advantage throughout October, it simplifies his job somewhat. He knows the Phillies are home Saturday and Sunday. He has a Delta charter aircraft standing by for possible departure on Sunday night or Monday morning. He has hotel accommodations in Milwaukee, Phoenix and St. Louis.
For the NLCS, add Atlanta to the mix. For the World Series, MLB reserves rooms for the visiting team in numerous cities.
With Tuesday's loss, the Braves have to show up Wednesday with their bags packed for three scenarios: getting eliminated and unpacking again; going to St. Louis for a one-game playoff, the result of which could be coming back home or going someplace for the start of the NLDS on Saturday. In a nutshell: no trip, a one-day trip or a four-day trip.
Final Day
ESPN will be televising any game that has postseason meaning on Wednesday, the final regular season day.
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"Antonio, who had struggled big time…" But the 3 TV booth stooges kept saying he was only struggling 'a little bit.' Someone's lying. But then they say Howard's only in a little funk. Zero homers is over 28 at bats. They must be afraid, or paid not to, step on the prima donna's shoes…his feet are a 'little' sore you know.
With a few days off before the playoffs….any new words on th kids in the FIL in Florida? Any noted player happenings? Thanks
Ryan Howard hit so much better when he was using a "closed stance" rather than his open one this series. Back in June or July it was noticable that he could see pitches better and reach the ones that he looks so bad missing. It's not too late to make the change. Someone just has to tell the big guy to visualize ir.


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NEW YORK – The New York Rangers had just suffered a difficult loss to the Kings in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final, but coach Alain Vigneault didn't use the long plane ride home from Los Angeles to drill his players on how to get back into the series.
Vigneault wanted the Rangers to rest and re-energize, and after a tiring start to the series the Kings had the same idea.
"You should've seen the plane ride over here," Kings winger Justin Williams said. "It was all lights out and guys were sleeping."
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Kings coach Darryl Sutter voiced some concern about fatigue earlier in the series, but the true test is how these teams will react moving forward after two overtime games and then cross-country flights Sunday. Neither team practised on the day before Game 3 because rest is now at a premium.
"I think the longer series go, the longer the playoffs go, (it's about) courage, determination, extra effort," Sutter said.
"You're never going to feel fresh. You're never going to feel as good as you did in November. That's the way it works. That's for sure. They're people."
Williams doesn't consider fatigue a problem. For now.
"We'll be fine," he said. "It's the Cup finals, there's no excuse for not being ready or not being prepared or being tired. You can get yourself ready."
That's easier said than done after it took until midway through the second overtime before Dustin Brown finished off Game 2 to give Los Angeles a two games to none lead in the series.
Despite Williams scoring 4:36 into overtime in Game 1, there's a build-up of extra hockey going on for the Kings. That was their third overtime game in a row.
"It's pretty tough," Kings winger Marian Gaborik said. "To play this many periods the last three games, it's a lot of hockey. But everyone will find the energy."
The Rangers had a handful of days off after beating the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference final, but that doesn't mean players could immediately re-adjust to the time change by the time they took the ice at Madison Square Garden on Monday morning.
Trying to explain the mood around the team, forward Brian Boyle noted that it's still early in the morning. But he wasn't worried about being tired.
"You just try and get your rest and plenty of fluids," Boyle said. "It's the same for probably everybody. It's an even playing field. So you just do your best."
Even though it is an even playing field, it takes some work.
"I think on the days off is where you take care of a lot of the physical fatigue, get as much liquids into you as possible and take a step back and relax a little bit," Kings forward Dwight King said Sunday at the team hotel. "As far as prepping for games, everybody has been in this situation long enough to know what they need to do to bring what they need to bring in order for our team to be successful."
Defenceman Drew Doughty, who played a game-high 41:41 on Saturday night, has his own strategy.
"I'm the best couch-sitter in the world, so I make sure to do a lot of that," he said.
That's one way to physically re-charge. But 14 players in this series also participated in the Olympics, so the grind is no joke.
"I think it's my longest season ever," said Kings defenceman Slava Voynov, who played for Russia in Sochi. "But I feel like last season, a couple of years ago, same thing, it's not big deal for me. Just try to play games."
And there have been a lot of games. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist has played 91, counting the Olympics. He thinks the bigger concern is the mental aspect of playing so many games, including the overtimes.
"Physically we can all do it," Lundqvist said. "It's about how you recharge mentally. You have to make sure you're in the right place. No letdowns here."
NOTES: Injured Rangers backup goaltender Cam Talbot did not skate Monday morning, and David LeNeveu is expected to continue serving in that role. Vigneault did not provide an update on Talbot's status. … Injured Kings defenceman Robyn Regehr, who hasn't played since May 3, continues to skate but his status is uncertain. Sutter said the team will continue to see what happens as warm-ups and games go on.
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The low-drama Cancun climate talks are over, and negotiators are justifiably pleased. The agreement reached here is modest but important. It builds on the political compromise embodied in the unreasonably maligned Copenhagen Accord in two important ways. Substantively, it begins to flesh out many of the accord's details. Politically, it takes what was a toxic agreement and obtains much more solid buy-in from the most important parties.
The agreement moves forward in a fairly balanced way on each pillar of the Copenhagen accord. It brings the emissions pledges made by all countries into the formal UN process, while maintaining the same legal form for all countries, including both the United States and China. It establishes many of the parameters of a new Green Climate Fund, including many sought by U.S. negotiators, including strong governance and a central role for the World Bank; at the same time, it avoids requiring new financial pledges from the United States, something that will eventually be necessary, but is near-impossible right now.
The agreement cements some basic features of a scheme known as "international consultation and analysis" for ensuring transparency in developing-country emissions cutting efforts, while creating a technical group that will flesh out details, making it much more difficult for China to back out. This was rightly a priority for U.S. negotiators. The parameters of the process are certainly not ideal, but given how reticent China was to accept anything substantive in this area, they constitute real and valuable progress. The agreement also makes some advances in several important areas that were not core to Copenhagen, including deforestation and technology, which is to be applauded.
As important to the outcome as this substance is the process through which it was reached. By all accounts, the Mexican diplomatic team displayed great skill, giving all parties a voice while taking the reality of international power politics seriously. As a result, they eliminated silly procedural excuses for rejecting an agreed outcome, and in doing so appear to have established a much firmer foundation that the Copenhagen accord ever came close to enjoying.
None of this, of course, is world changing. The Cancun agreement, like the Copenhagen accord, is a relatively weak one, not because negotiators lack skill but because the structure of the climate problem conspires against big bang solutions. The Cancun agreement should be applauded not because it solves everything, but because it chooses not to: it focuses on those areas where the UN process has the most potential to be useful, and avoids others where the UN process is a dead end. The outcome does not change the fact that most of the important work of cutting emissions will be driven outside the UN process.
That said, there is one big hole in the Cancun agreement that many observers, in their excitement, appear to have quickly forgotten: its treatment of the Kyoto Protocol. Many developing countries had insisted that rich countries adopt a new set of emissions targets under the Protocol, but Japan, Russia, Canada, and Australia were adamantly opposed. The Cancun result punts the dispute to next year's talks. But that solution will not be available again: the current Kyoto commitments expire at the end of 2012, making the next UN conference the last practical opportunity to seal a new set of Kyoto pledges. Realistically, though, such commitments are highly unlikely. The big challenge for next year's talks will be to protect Cancun's progress and momentum from the inevitable acrimony over Kyoto.
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Sharp has announced that the 70-inch LC-70UD1 television, the first Ultra HD screen to receive THX certification, is now available in stores for $7,499, with a street price of $5,999.
The TV features a 4H/UHD resolution of 3,840x2,160 pixels and the company's proprietary Revelation upscaler to upscale existing sources to the resolution of the panel.
The LC-70UD1 is the first to receive THX 4K classification, which Sharp said involved over 400 tests, and it means the TV includes two precalibrated THX Movie modes.
The UD1 is edge-lit but lacks local dimming and unlike the previous flagship -- the Sharp Elite Pro -- it lacks four-color Quattron capability, being RGB LCD-only.
The Sharp has a relatively thin metal bezel and a bottom grille featuring a six-speaker, 35W sound system with dual subwoofers.
Onboard are four HDMI inputs -- which the company says can accept a native 4K signal, despite the lack of devices capable of sending them yet. The TV is only HDMI 1.4, which means the display is restricted to 4K at 24p, but the company said it is investigating whether the existing chipset can be software-upgraded or whether it will need a new board to comply with HDMI 2.0. Sharp says that either way it will keep its registered customers informed -- so send in your warranty cards! In addition to the HDMI ports the LC-70UD1 includes an SD card reader and two USB ports.
Interestingly, the LC-70UD1 comes with active 3D glasses instead of passive, but Sharp says the TV should support 4K 3D content.
Sharp also includes its SmartCentral smart-TV suite powered by a dual-core processor and features apps such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Pandora, and Skype. The TV also includes an onboard browser with Flash support and a picture-by-picture mode for watching TV shows at the same time.
The LC-70UD1 is also the first 70-inch UHD TV and is comparable to the Sony 65-inch XBR-65X900A at $6,999.99.
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Pigjes Pigs Piggadise Part Poo ... erm ... Two!
Actually I think it's rather brilliant to have houses with no floor. Many of my pig cozies/houses have lasted for years now but the bottoms get very gross. I end up having to soak them alot.[/i]
hmmm thats true right enough. My houses dont have bases iether so we must be singing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to cleaning :)
Ii'm so glad your girls like their new car.
ooo a new car for them to play in. Bet they love that :)
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Love the video! And how considerate of your piggies to not poop during filming!
I love seeing your videos, pigjes! Your girls are so lucky.


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Now that she's graduated from "High School," it's time for Vanessa Hudgens to start paying "Rent."
The tween star has landed the role of Mimi in the upcoming three-night only Hollywood Bowl run of "Rent" in Los Angeles, according to several online reports, including The Los Angeles Times and BroadwayWorld.com.
Although no other castings have been announced for the shows, which will run August 6 – 8, Neil Patrick Harris was previously announced as the show's director.
NPH starred in the 1997 LA run and national tour of the play as Mark.
"She came in for a work session, and I must say, Vanessa really impressed," Neil said, according to BroadwayWorld.com. "She looks amazing, has great vocal chops, and seems really committed to honoring the somewhat iconic role of Mimi. I look forward to audiences seeing a dark, edgy, and very different side of Vanessa Hudgens this August."
Mimi – the HIV-positive exotic dancer and drug addict who inspires the raucous "La Vie Boheme" and solos in the racy "Out Tonight" – has been played by numerous actresses over the years, including Daphne Rubin-Vega (who originated the role), Rosario Dawson (who played her in the 2005 film), and even Spice Girl Mel B.
Hudgens, who starred as Gabriella Montez in Disney's "High School Musical" franchise, will also be seen in the upcoming films "Sucker Punch" and "Beastly," the latter of which also co-stars NPH.
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Blogs and Blogging... Some Interesting News... And What I Think About It
I read an article about blogging a few weeks now, and I'm going to write about it so I can remove it from my bookmarks : "Cutting Through the Blog Fog" by Dave Beal from the March 5, 2006, St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press.
Beal cites a interesting taxonomy of blog types that has been developed by Nora Paul of the University of Minnesota.
• Personal diarists: They share their thoughts, profound to mundane, with the world.
• Family networkers: This is a way to keep far-flung family members up to date on what's happening with the clan.
• Early responders: Eyewitnesses to news as it happens...
• Hunter-gatherers: They delve deeply into the nooks and crannies...
• Agenda blogs: These bloggers have a strong point of view and they editorialize on the news through their agenda-laden lens...
• PR/corporate communications blogs: Companies are adding them to their marketing toolkits to spread the word about their good or services.
• Newsroom blogs: a format for news columns that uses informal language, typically to provide brief insights and quick updates.
Quoted from "Cutting Through the Blog Fog"
Over the three months that I've been writing "Prairie Bluestem," my idea of its function has changed somewhat. I originally thought the blog would be a place where family and friends could keep in touch and have fun. A few family members and friends do read here regularly, but they don't say much. Many of my most faithful readers are other bloggers. Most of the traffic that passes through here is other bloggers or people who follow a link to this site from a search engine.
Two other functions of the blog have become apparent to me as I write here. First, I see the blog as a place to write down some personal and family stories that I want to record and keep for my children. Secondly, I realize that the blog is an unofficial ambassador for my adopted home of Hopkinsville and Christian County, Kentucky.
I think my blog has elements of the first three blog-types listed by Beal: Personal diarist, Family networker, and Early Responder. (I do report news, even though the news may be merely that I sighted a big flock of wild turkeys.)
Thanks for stopping by. Thanks for reading.


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What is cicatricial pemphigoid?
Cicatricial pemphigoid is an autoimmune disease that is characterised by blistering lesions on mucous membranes. It is also called
benign mucous membrane pemphigoid or
oral pemphigoid. Areas commonly involved are the oral mucosa (lining of the mouth) and conjunctiva (mucous membrane that coats the inner surface of the eyelids and the outer surface of the eye). Other areas that may be affected include the nostrils, oesophagus, trachea and genitals. Sometimes the skin may also be involved where blistering lesions can be found on the face, neck and scalp.
Brunsting Perry cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare variant in which localised crops of recurrent blisters arise within urticarial plaques, usually on the head and neck. The blisters may burst resulting in blood-crusted plaques and scars.
Who gets cicatricial pemphigoid?
Cicatricial pemphigoid is predominantly a disease of the elderly with a peak incidence at around 70 years. However, childhood cases have been reported. It appears to be twice as common in women than men.
What are the signs and symptoms of cicatricial pemphigoid?
What causes cicatricial pemphigoid?
Cicatricial pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease, which basically means that an individual's immune systems starts reacting against his or her own tissue. In this particular instance autoantibodies react with proteins found in mucous membranes and skin tissue resulting in blistering lesions. The binding site appears to be within the anchoring filaments that help the epidermis (outside layer of skin) stick to the dermis (inner layer of skin).
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The Daily Beast's Eli Lake continues his effort to provide clarity on the events of 9/11/12:
Unraveling Ansar al-Sharia, however, is one of the harder jobs today for U.S. intelligence analysts. The group itself has offered conflicting messages about its role in the Benghazi assault. On Sept. 12, a spokesman for the group said members of the organization participated in the attack, but also said it wasn't sanctioned by the group's leadership. In an interview from Sept. 18 with the BBC, Mohammad Ali al-Zahawi, the leader of Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi, said his group was not involved in the attack. Then in mid-October, Ahmed Abu Khattala, a leader of an Islamist brigade affiliated at times with Ansar al-Sharia, said he was at the scene of the attack, though he denied participating in it.


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Niese to continue recovery with Minor League outing
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Jon Niese will continue his road to recovery on Thursday morning with two innings in a Minor League game at the Mets' Spring Training complex. It will be his first game action since an MRI last week revealed no structural damage in his sore left shoulder.
David Wright, who has yet to appear in a Grapefruit League game out of a desire to preserve his overall health, will be among those batting against Niese. Wright does not know when he will make his official spring debut, but that could come as soon as this weekend.
"I feel like I'm ready," Wright said. "It's ultimately their call."
Also set to appear in the Minor League game are Bartolo Colon, who has yet to appear in a Spring Training contest, and rehabbing closer Bobby Parnell. The Mets are scheduled to play in an additional "B" game against the Astros at Kissimmee, Fla., as well as their regularly scheduled Grapefruit League game. With 64 players still in camp, the idea behind the pseudo-tripleheader is to provide as many innings for the bloated pitching staff as possible.


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Pizza puff pinwheels
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal171
- fat11g
- saturates5g
- carbs12g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein6g
- salt0.74g
- 375g pack ready rolled puff pastry, thawed if frozen
- 6 tbsp ready made pasta sauce (not too chunky)
Pasta is the Italian name for Italy's version of a basic foodstuff which is made in many…
- 100g wafer thin ham
- 100g mature cheddar, grated
Once cheddar was 'Cheddar', a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…
- 1 egg, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 1 tsp dried oregano or mixed herbs
Closely related to marjoram, of which it is the wild equivalent, oregano has a coarser, more…
Preheat oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Unroll the pastry onto a lightly floured surface and roll it out to 40 x 32cm. Spread a layer of pasta sauce over it, leaving a 1cm border around the edges. Arrange the ham evenly on top, then scatter the grated cheese over.
Starting at one of the short ends, roll the pastry up as tightly as possible. Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes or so.
Take a very sharp knife and cut the roll into 12 equal slices, laying them flat on 2 non-stick baking trays as you go. Brush each pinwheel lightly with beaten egg and sprinkle over the herbs. Bake for 12-15 minutes until puffed and golden. Leave to stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.


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Authors: Kimberley Gill and Mareka Carter, Creatives, BBH London
Do we really, really, want those Louboutin shoes? Can't we live without that hand printed wallpaper? Maybe we can all take a little step back from what we think we want or need, and consider the realities of other peoples lives. Pinterest struck us as being the perfect place to highlight the contrast between its regular users' lives and those who have far less, giving us a bit of a reality check.
Our charity partner AMREF's focus this year is maternal health – in particular young girls in rural Tanzania who are becoming mothers as young as 11 years old, due to traditions and lack of sexual health education. So Pinterest is our chosen platform to give a young mother a voice to express herself and the realities of her life.
Our search for a girl who would become AMREF's voice for the project started back in April. The AMREF team over in Tanzania put forward Sihiba Yusufu, a girl who had become pregnant at the age of 11. Now 13, Sihiba is trying to bring up her baby and look after herself. She feels strongly about what happened to her and doesn't want it to happen to any more young girls.
What seems like a really simple and quick project has actually been a little while in the making, for the important reason that we wanted this project to be as genuine as possible. The Pinterest account has to be from Sihiba herself, and not by AMREF on her behalf. There have been many challenges along the way – the iPhone got stuck in customs, helping Sihiba learn to use Pinterest, working out the logistics of keeping the phone charged in rural Tanzania. And of course making Sihiba's safety a priority – so she has the support of an AMREF peer educator during the project.
Sihiba's Pinterest profile can be found here: Please follow her and her boards, comment on and share her images and her film, to stand up for African mothers and help create social value from pinning. Let's use social media to show what people need, rather than what they desire.
You can also donate to support AMREF's important work here.
Children with Children is a @BBHBarn project by Mareka Carter, Kimberley Gill, Michael Nagy & James Briggs, with thanks of course to Pinterest.


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Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse: quite an item this season (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
This is embarrassing.
Not for Ricky and Danica. Not yet at least.
But for the poke-and-prodders who are embarrassing themselves, again.
Not even sure if this story even needs to be written... except to show the generally dismal state of journalism in the NASCAR media corps at the moment, that the hottest story so far during Daytona 500 SpeedWeeks is the romance between Ford driver Ricky Stenhouse and Chevy driver Danica Patrick.
Yes, this is the big story at Daytona International Speedway.
Not sure what that says about these journalists or this sport right now. Surely there is more important stuff to consider.
If you, like many, are long since tired of yet another Danica Patrick story, turn the page right here.
More so than Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s two concussions last season and NASCAR's latest actions.
More so than Brad Keselowski, the sport's new champion, and now Ford's newest driver. Keselowski himself was almost forced to add his two cents, in humor, to the 'Stanica' story even to get noticed.
More so than stories like Aric Almirola in Richard Petty's famous 43....or Matt Kenseth now in Toyotas after 14 years with Ford...or Denny Hamlin...or Kyle Busch...or Tony Stewart...or Carl Edwards.
Well, at least until Saturday night's Unlimited/Shootout sprint.
Ricky Stenhouse has a lot to deal with this season, his first full time season on the Sprint Cup tour. Will romance sidetrack him? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
The short story: Patrick just divorced her husband of seven years and she is now dating Stenhouse. The two are Sprint Cup rookies, after two years or so on the Nationwide tour, where Stenhouse just won the championship for Jack Roush, and where Patrick has been, uh, less than impressive.
The NASCAR media, such as it is these days, peppered the two, in separate interview sessions with questions about their romance, in a bizarre, painful, shameless display.
Patrick, to her credit, took it all in stride, even style. Maybe she's simply bemused by the inanity.
Maybe, ever the sharp marketer, she is simply mulling over all the potential marketing synergies here....
One legitimate question, perhaps, is the Ford-Chevy angle.
Stenhouse has much more to lose in this deal than Patrick.
Ford's Stenhouse, just 25 but clearly a good, aggressive driver, is now filling Kenseth's shoes in the Roush-Ford camp; Kenseth, the 2003 tour champion and a frequent title contender, has had the most impressive car and team at Daytona and Talladega the past two years. Stenhouse obviously has a lot to handle this season out on the track, and distractions are not needed.
Chevy's Patrick, who turns 31 next month, on the other hand has yet to show much talent as a stock car driver, and she is not really expected to add much to the NASCAR-Chevrolet operation except marketing appeal and yes sex appeal. Distractions like this might even enhance her PR rep...while real Chevy heavyweights like Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and others carry the real fight to Ford and Toyota.
If Patrick and this romance can take the Stenhouse team out of the picture, then it's a net plus for Chevy, a net loss for Ford.
And don't think drivers and team won't work every angle they can in this sport to gain an advantage.
Wonder what ol' Buck Baker, early 1957 here, with one of those Black Widow Chevrolets, would think about this sport today? (Photo: Chevrolet)
Patrick's general reaction: "I'm not going to go into details about my private life all the time. I understand there's a curiosity for it.
"To be honest, it's my life. I have always done everything to my comfort-zone level. Once it starts to go beyond that, I just stop.
"Whether it's a photo shoot, talking about my life... these are things where I draw the line by instinct.
"I don't think there's anything too serious talked about today. But I'm sure there will come a day where you ask a question that I don't want to answer, and I'll tell you I'm not going to answer it.
"But I'm just relaxed, I feel happy, I'm just enjoying my life. And it makes me smile to talk about him."
Rivals in the NASCAR garage were not a bit surprised when Patrick and Stenhouse made their relationship public. Joey Logano said 'Ray Charles could have seen it.'
Patrick seems to be having fun with all this; Stenhouse, maybe not so much.
Did Patrick sense what her rival drivers were seeing?
"We've been friends for a long time," Patrick says of Stenhouse. "I've always gotten along with him. I guess that is what they observed. They saw something we didn't know about....
"I haven't been asked that many questions about it. Poor Ricky has been asked a lot of questions. But I haven't gotten too many. But I'm happy to answer them. I'm happy to talk about it. It's fine with me."
Hmmmm, how is Stenhouse dealing with this, does Patrick sense?
"Seems like he's doing pretty well," Patrick says. "A little while back he was talking about not wanting (the publicity). Doesn't like people looking at him, staring at him.
"I'm like 'You better get used to that, because there's going to be a lot of people looking at you.'
"He said 'No, they're not; they're going to be looking at you.'
"I said 'They're going to be looking at you as well.'"
Can Chevrolet's Go-Daddy girl find happiness with Ford's new up-and-comer Ricky Stenhouse? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
It gets worse. The press pounded for more details: When, what, where...
"The friendship is the 'bud,'" she says. "Beyond that, I think it was just talking a little bit more often, and then deciding to spend time together... and that goes on from there."
First date? (We're not making this up.)
"I don't know if you could really say," she replied. "I've spent so much time with him...
"Whether I have dinner with him or do appearances or things like that, so I think it's pretty tough to put a 'first date' on anything."
No anniversary? (Who are these reporters?)
"There was one point that I asked him to ask me out on a date...because it's just like you go do something," she said. "'Are you going to ask me on a date?'
"When was that? It wasn't that long ago. I can't remember what the date was."
Oh, and anything special for Valentine's Day?
"Luckily my bags came in," she replied. "My flight was very delayed out of Chicago, so I caught another flight. My Valentine's Day present is in that bag. In fact, there's like a whole bag dedicated to Valentine's Day.
"So what are we doing? I'm going to bet I'm cooking, because I cook and he does not cook."
Ricky Stenhouse, making the big step up from Nationwide to Cup....may want to ask Joey Logano about some things (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
This being stock car racing, rivals aren't going to ignore this situation. Jimmie Johnson, for example, said it's going to be 'fun' to follow this romance when the two get out on the track. When Patrick gets upset on the track, he notes, she's not afraid to show it. Stenhouse, on the other hand, is more studious about things...but he drives sideways loose.
Soooo, if Stenhouse happens to get loose and into Patrick's car....
"He better have a really good 'I'm sorry,'" Patrick says with a laugh.
Danica Patrick knows what it's like to be in the eye of the media hurricane. Ricky Stenhouse is about to learn.... (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Stenhouse doesn't really seem all that comfortable with this situation.
It's going to be tough enough trying to fill the spot Kenseth left.
To be fair, Stenhouse isn't stepping into the same team that Kenseth raced for; Roush has moved many of those guys over to Carl Edwards' team.
Still, Stenhouse is carrying a lot more freight this season, with his move up to Cup.
No, he insists, life hasn't really changed since this thing became so public.
"Not many people notice me out there," Stenhouse says. "It has been fine.
"I have been spending most of my time in the shop. I don't go out a ton.
"Everything has been good. Everything is great."
Uh, we'll revisit things in a few weeks. Stenhouse, remember, only has five Cup starts under his belt...and the world of Cup racing is a heckava lot tougher than Nationwide.
So, a Valentine's Day gift? "I got her some fancy playing cards. She likes to play cards a lot. I have to get better. I bought some cards so I could practice."
First date? "We never really had like a first date. She kind of told me to ask her out, so I asked her out, and we went to dinner. I should probably remember where we went but I can't."
How is this going to play out out on the track?
"For everybody to assume it is going to make me race any different is wrong," Stenhouse says.
"I am respectful to everyone on the track.
"I don't feel if somebody crashes her I am going to go crash them because of it.
"I can't get caught up in any of that.
"You are probably going to give her a break, but it is nothing other than a teammate."
Danica Patrick, though she hasn't done much out on the track, has been heavily promoted and marketed by NASCAR, and she's taken it all very well. So how will rookie Ricky Stenhouse fare in this hot glare of the limelight? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Then there is the whole journalistic issue here. "People question whether you all should report on it or not," Stenhouse says rhetorically. "Obviously it is a big story.
"I know it is a big story and people have been waiting to ask about it.
"It isn't my most important story. I am here to race.
"But it is something you are going to have to deal with and just move on.
"Once the season gets going, we can talk about how great the racing is...and hopefully it can take a back seat."
Stenhouse says Patrick has been helping him with the nuances of playing in such a public eye. "We have talked about it... she has experienced a lot of it," Stenhouse says.
And Stenhouse is now suddenly in the hot spotlight too.
"You all don't get to me, and it doesn't bother me what you say," Stenhouse insists of the media here. "I don't read articles, so it doesn't really bother me."
The distractions?
"I have learned in my career that anytime you are happy off the track it tends to show up on the track," he says. "That is one good thing that we have going. We are both happy, we are focused on racing and having fun.
"I have never had someone I can talk racing with. And I wasn't 100 percent sure how I would like that. But I have enjoyed it.
"I think we can learn a lot from each other and be successful."
A year ago, good times flying under the radar (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Again thanks for calling it for what it is. No one except dreamers expect dan to challenge anyone for a win or even run top 15 except daytona or talladega where anything can happen when half the field gets taken out..
The only good thing that could happen to ricky about this situation is to totally ignore her at the track and any questions about it and race or she'll make him a circus act like her and that will kill Rickys career.
She needs to just keep pimping for go daddy and rake in the money before people finally realize she's not that talented.1 win in 15 yrs isn't a stellar career but she has milked it for everything its worth.
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Under second-year Head Coach Bum Phillips, the perennially-losing New Orleans Saints were showing signs of improvement. They started off the 1982 NFL season at 1-1 before the whole league went on hiatus for eight weeks due to a players' strike. Upon returning, the Saints defeated the Chiefs and headed to
San Francisco
for a matchup with the 49ers on November 28.
36-year-old QB Ken Stabler (pictured at right) had been picked up just before the season began after having been unceremoniously released by the Oilers. Taking the spot of injured QB Dave Wilson, "The Snake" had beaten out 11th-year veteran QB Archie Manning for the starting job. RB George Rogers was also a key player in the conservative offense that Phillips preferred to utilize. The defense had promising young talent, most notably DE Bruce Clark and LB Rickey Jackson.
The 49ers, under Head Coach Bill Walsh, were coming off a championship season in 1981 but had lost their first two pre-strike games in '82 and, having also won their first post-strike contest, were at 1-2 as they hosted the Saints. While QB Joe Montana, who had emerged as a star in the title year, was still playing at a high level, the running game was insufficient and injuries on defense were a problem.
There were 51,611 fans at
Park on a rainy day in San Francisco. Things
didn't start out in promising fashion for the visitors. On their initial
possession, a Stabler pass was deflected and intercepted by LB Willie Harper.
While the 49ers weren't able to capitalize on the turnover, they advanced to
the New Orleans
34 and Jim Miller's punt pinned the Saints down at their own one yard line.
However, Ken Stabler completed all five of his passes as the Saints drove 99 yards in the rain for the early lead. "The Snake" started with a 16-yard pass to TE Hoby Brenner from the one yard line, included another pass to Brenner for 25 yards, and finished off the series with a 10-yard scoring throw to FB Wayne Wilson.
In the third quarter,
Orleans had first possession and methodically went 54
yards in 11 plays ending with Fritsch kicking a 27-yard field goal. Shortly
thereafter, Jackson made another big play on
defense as he intercepted a Montana pass and
returned it 32 yards to the San
Francisco six to set up a second scoring run by George
Rogers, this time of just a yard. The extra point was good and the Saints held
a seemingly-comfortable 23-6 lead.
New Orleans defense stymied
the 49ers until late in the fourth quarter and San
Francisco also fumbled the ball away twice, once at the New Orleans 24. But with
just over five minutes remaining to play, Montana and the 49ers caught fire. They
drove 79 yards in nine plays that featured pass completions of 24 and 12 yards
to WR Dwight Clark and 14 yards to WR Freddie Solomon. Following Montana's completion to FB Earl Cooper for 13 yards to
the New Orleans 17 in a second-and-15 situation,
HB Jeff Moore ran for five yards and a first down and Montana
fired a 12-yard touchdown pass to Moore.
After a short series and punt by the Saints, the Niners got the ball back at their 41. A
Montana pass to
Solomon, who lateraled to Moore, got the ball to
the New Orleans
29. It took a total of six plays to get into the end zone with Montana hitting TE Russ
Francis from 17 yards out. But the score came with just five seconds remaining
and San Francisco's
slim comeback hopes ended on the ensuing onside kick that WR Jeff Groth
recovered for the Saints. New Orleans
came away with a 23-20 win.
The 49ers gained more yards (376 to 324) and had more first downs (21 to 17) than the Saints, but also turned the ball over three times while
New Orleans
did so just once. San Francisco's
problems running the ball were also a hindrance, with 55 yards on 16 carries.
Ken Stabler completed 11 of 20 passes for 154 yards with a touchdown and an interception. George Rogers (pictured below) rushed for 97 yards and a TD on 17 carries, the biggest chunk of the 170 yards on the ground for
New Orleans. Wayne Wilson, who ran for 25
yards in 8 attempts, had 53 receiving yards on his three catches to lead the
club, and scored a touchdown. Hoby Brenner also had three receptions, for 49
For the Niners, Joe Montana was successful on 27 of 42 throws for 334 yards and two scores while tossing one interception. Dwight Clark pulled in 6 passes for 90 yards and Earl Cooper also had 6 catches for 68 yards to go along with his 15 yards on five runs. Likewise Jeff Moore, the team's leading rusher with 23 yards on 8 attempts, gained more yards through the air as he caught four passes for 65 yards and a TD.
"That was one of the finest football games I've seen in the last few years," said Bum Phillips. "The 49ers didn't give up, showed why they are champs."
"A lot of people had written me off, but I don't ever remember leaving," said Ken Stabler.
It was the
point of the abbreviated season for the Saints, who at
3-1 were off to the best start in franchise history and thinking playoffs. They
lost their next four games and ended up with a 4-5 record, placing ninth and
just out of the running for a postseason slot in the revised post-strike
structure (no divisions with the top eight teams in each conference qualifying
for spots in the playoff tournament. The Detroit Lions, also 4-5, came in
eighth due to a better conference record than New Orleans). San Francisco had an even more disappointing
year in going 3-6 to finish eleventh in the NFC.
Ken Stabler didn't have a big statistical season but helped the Saints with his leadership and savvy. He completed 61.9 percent of his passes for 1343 yards with six touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Injuries wore him down, as was also the case with George Rogers, who was nagged by a hamstring injury but rushed for 535 yards in six games and earned a second straight trip to the Pro Bowl.


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Corelle dishes; many towels/washcloths; books; luggage; rugs;
sewing items/fabric/patterns; radios; phones; cameras; new
ceiling light; new ceiling fans; Tupperware & freezer boxes;
picnic basket; thermoses; barometers; dishes/glassware;
utensils; BBQ set; floor fan; Compac disc/radio; new child's
plastic tea set; tablecloths; salt & pepper shakers; food
processors; Oster blender; Oster Kitchen Center w/attach;
canisters; toaster; office supplies; toys/games/puzzles; large
birdcage w/stand; RCA stereo component w/speakers; holders for
TOOLS & OUTDOOR ITEMS: Foley
automatic saw filer shop, model 387; 2 shop vacs; elec. weed
eaters; 7'& 4' step ladders; 22' wooden ext. ladder; wheel
barrow; yard cart; metal patio set; hand tools; fans; tool
caddy; wooden shop cabinet; fishing poles; tackle
boxes/supplies; lawn chairs; flower pots; shelving.
(Judy) Thompson Estate,
Lincoln, IL.
Viewing Friday, February 7th
from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
NOTE: This
is not a complete listing.
Terms: Cash on the day
of the sale or check with a valid picture ID. Not responsible
for accidents or for items after they are sold. Announcements
on the day of the sale take precedence over printed material.
White Auction Service
Auctioneers: Col. Dan White & Gary Morris
Il. License Numbers: 440000381 & 441000185
501 S. Kickapoo St., Lincoln, IL
Phone: 217-732-4718 or Cell: 217-737-8984
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Marvel Closing Out Farm
Equipment Auction
Tuesday February 18, 2014
577 West Road, Kenney, IL
Larry Marvel have decided to retire and discontinue
their farming operation with his brother Charles. The below
listing will be sold at public Auction on the Marvel Farm
located 3 miles west of Kenney, IL.
Travel West of Kenney IL approximately 3 miles on State Rt 54 to
Pleasant Valley Road; Turn north cross the tracks and travel 2
miles, at the intersection of West road go west 1 mile, 2nd
place on the right; follow the signs.
Case/IH 2366 Combine, S#JJC0257506, 1814/1220 hours,
30.5-32: fronts, 14.9-24 rear tires, AFS Harvesting yield
monitor system, rock trap, field tracker, specialty rotor, C/IH
1063 corn head, 6-30", S#$JJC0243196; C/IH 1020 grain platform,
25', S# JJC0316065; Unverferth 25 head cart;
TRACTORS: Case
IH Magnum MX215 new in fall of 08, S#ZARZ06986, 780 hrs,
480/80R46 Goodyear Radials, 16.9-30 fronts, 4 outlets, 18 spd.
Powershift, 10 front wts., no rear wts., (2013 Service Clinic at
Stollers-Minonk);Deutz Allis 9150 2 wheel drive tractor,
(purchased new) S#9150T2088, 3256 hrs, 18.4-38" tires w/Unverferth
snap on duals; 1972 Allis 185, Diesel, S#1853242, 4300 hrs.,
18.4-28 tires, 6 front, 2pr. rear wts;
JD 7200, 12-30" Conservation Planter (flexes between rows
6-7), unit mount coulters, HD JD springs, insecticide, 1.6 bu
boxes, 250 monitor, precision units; Tye 15' No-Till Drill,
S#5-728 8.2 Model 114-4360, markers, grass seed, chain link
harrow, 7625 acres, selling with Tye dual row coulter cart;
WAGONS: Brent
544 gravity flow wagon, brakes, tarp, 445/65 R22.5 tires; Demco
550 gravity flow wagon, brakes, no tarp 445/65 R22.5 tires; (2)
DMI Model 400 gravity flow wagons, 12.5L15" tires; (2) 200 bu
gravity flow wagons;
MOWERS: Rhino
15' batwing, 1000, rpm chain shields, 6 puncture proof tires;
JD 709 3 point shredder;
TILLAGE: Case
IH 496 Disc, 24'7", 7 ½" spacing, 3 bar tine harrow, new front
blades less than 200 acres; Case 5-18" plow; Allis 1300, 24'
field cultivator;
New Holland 850 round baler, little use on new chain; Kewanee
8' 3 point blade; 150' of 10" plastic tile, 20' sections; 500
gallon skid tank, diesel; 3 point bale fork & spear;
FOLLOWING: Stover 2 hp gas engine S#KA154202;
Delaval 1 ½ hp Type D engine S# 542454; John Deere #90 Skid
Loader, 46" bucket; 1975 IH 1800 tandem grain truck, Kann
aluminum bed w/cargo doors, tarp, gas, 5/2 trans, 222,000 mi.;
30' JD 400 Rotary hoe, rigid, endwise; Dunham Leer 24' Super
Gator; Donahue round pipe 30' planter trailer; M & W 1465
Earthmaster, 5 shanks on 30", 2 more on pallet; DMI Prep-i-cator
II, 14 knife, DJ controller; Woods 84 3 point shredder, 540;
Kelley 3 pt. backhoe, 540 pump, 18" bucket;
Come early to get registered because there are just a few
racks of tools and farm collectibles.
Larry & Charles Marvel, Owners
(217) 671-4766 Larry Cell (217) 412-7053 Charles
Maske Auction Service
119 S. Lafayette St, Mt. Pulaski,
(217) 519-3959
TERMS: Cash or good negotiable check payable
on the day of the Auction. Registration video taped and a valid
photo ID is required to obtain a buyers number. Buyers must
show provided number for each and every purchase. Announcements
sale day take precedence over printed material. Not responsible
for accidents or property after sold. All purchased items must
be removed form the sale site within 2 weeks from the date of
the auction.
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Not many people can say they've had multiple hearts in their lifetime, but one grateful Emory Transplant Center patient can and is now working to make it possible for others to say the same.
On Sunday, July 17, over 400 guests attended the first annual "Angels of Life" Hair and Fashion Show held by Three-13 Salon, Spa and Boutique of Marietta. The event raised over $31,000 for the Georgia Transplant Foundation and was planned by Lester Crowell, Emory patient and managing partner of Three-13 Salon, to help fellow transplant patients and to commemorate the salon's 37th anniversary.
According to Crowell, Three-13 Salon has a strong history of philanthropic work, from donating to Ronald McDonald House to volunteering their time for the Cobb County School Systems. But after undergoing his second heart transplant, the business's managing partner decided he ought to focus on something very close to home: transplant patients.
"It was fantastic for our first event," Crowell said. "I think we raised a lot of awareness about transplants and organ donations."
The event took place at the Cobb Energy Centre and consisted of a silent auction followed by a hair and fashion theatrical show featuring products sold by Three-13 Salon. Several transplant patients shared their testimony of how their lives were changed through organ donors. Both Dr. Andrew Smith, MD, Clinical Chief of Cardiology for Emory University Hospital, and Dr. David Vega, MD, director of Emory's Heart Transplant Program, spoke on stage in support of Crowell, their patient, and his cause.
For Crowell, his own journey towards a heart transplant began when he was 13. What started as recurring chest pains grew into an illness called Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis (IHSS) with serious consequences. He began seeing doctors at Emory University Hospital when he was 19 and was told he had a runaway heart.
"My heart would speed up for no reason. It was a congenital defect," Crowell said. Several family members have struggled with the disease, but not all have opted for heart transplants.
"I thought it was sort of a good thing I didn't have to dress up for PE anymore," Crowell said. "I didn't have to run the laps…that's all I thought about." But his condition continued to worsen.
"If I didn't eat anything, I wouldn't have chest pains. I got very used to not eating all day long until the end of the day," he explained. Doctors told him he had cardiomyopathy when he was in his 30's. At age 40, he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.
"By the time I was 43, I couldn't talk and breathe at the same time. That's when I got my first transplant," Crowell said.
Nine years later, his transplanted heart developed chronic rejection, a common occurrence in transplanted organs. After waiting almost a year for another heart, Crowell underwent a second transplant on December 4, 2010. This time around, he was more prepared.
"I knew what to expect, so it sort of seemed easier," Crowell said. Since receiving his third heart, life has continued as usual. "I'm not in fear of having a heart attack every day," he said. "I'm living a normal life."
The two-time transplant patient said he was fortunate to have insurance to help pay for his transplants and treatment, but he knows that this is not the case for everyone. Through Three-13's annual "Angels of Life" Hair & Fashion Show, Crowell hopes to continue gathering donations for the Georgia Transplant Foundation so the charity can continue to help others obtain a second or, like Crowell's case, a third chance at life.
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NBA 2K12 PS3 (Pre-owned) Description
With over 5 million copies sold worldwide and over 20 Sports Game of the Year awards, last year NBA 2K11 allowed you to Become the greatest with Michael Jordan & the Jordan Challenge mode. This year the NBA 2K franchise is back and bigger than ever, providing fans with the opportunity they've always dreamed of – to finally end the debate as to who are the best teams and players of all time with the all-new NBA's Greatest mode. Featuring 15 legendary players such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Dr J, NBA's Greatest lets you relive some of the NBA's most celebrated careers and rivalries, painstakingly recreated in historical detail. Along with innovative gameplay features such as Total Shot Stick Control and a NEW Post Game System, NBA 2K12 puts fans centre court of an unprecedented basketball experience.
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Over the years in the party rental and event rental business, I've picked up on a few things. One of which is the difference between a bride who hires a wedding planner and one who doesn't. The difference is huge. I've had the pleasure of working with some of the most wonderful brides, grooms, and families having their weddings here in the fabulous Florida Keys. It is inevitable that plans go awry without a professional wedding planner. In meetings with clients I find myself going on and on about the merits of hiring a planner and then come to my senses and realize that I should probably get back to talking with them about their equipment rental needs.
I decided one way to get the point across, without letting my sales pitch for hiring a planner take over the meeting, is to include a "top 10 list" of reasons to hire a planner here on my website. Please know that this list is put together from years of experience in the event equipment rental business.


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Sean Kingston Video Blog #8: Living The Life! (Chillin In His Pool With Sean's Sister & His Cousin) [Road 2 Kingston's 2nd Album]
Sean Kingston Blog #8. Living The Life. The Road to Sean Kingston's 2nd Album!
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There will be an exhibit called Hommage à Lac-Mégantic from March 30th to May 25th, 2014 at the Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre, 9 Speid Street, Sherbrooke.
"Following the tragic events in the town of Lac-Mégantic last summer, the Uplands exhibition committee has decided to honour Mégantic artists by mounting an exhibit which will bring together eleven artists of this region.
The public is cordially invited to come and meet the participants at a vernissage to take place Sunday, March 30, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m..
In addition, two "slam" poets, Marie-Pier Landry and Kyra Shaughnessy, will be present at the vernissage to share their poems inspired by the disaster.
Throughout the course of the exhibit, there will be an opportunity to make donations, which will be given to a cultural organization of the Lac-Mégantic region, selected by the participating artists".
Remember, the Hommage à Lac-Mégantic exhibit will continue until May 25, 2014.
The website of the Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre is http://uplands.ca


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Cody Sharrett: They call it the "silly season" for a reason. The Internet has been buzzing with rumors surrounding the Crew lately. Let's start with the rumors swirling around Milovan Mirosevic's alleged desire to stay in Chile. As the Crew gets ready to head to Florida for preseason training, do you have an update on the situation?
Mark McCullers: We've talked with Milo. Obviously, we heard the rumors coming out. Initially, we talked to him and it didn't seem to be the case. He was prepared to come [back to Columbus]. But as it turns out, he really wants to stay in Chile with his family being the primary factor for personal reasons, personal choices. Our players are people, and in extreme situations like this, we do our best to accommodate them.
CS: Milo had high expectations coming to the Crew as a playmaker. Early on, he was slow to truly adapt to MLS and the Crew in that role. He played more of a two-way role once Federico Higuaín joined the fold. Do you feel like the technical staff can acquire a player to replace Mirosevic in that central midfield role ahead of the 2013 season?
MM: First of all, and I think Milo will be the first to echo this, he did not have the season that we expected or that he expected. Our scouting report had him with a tendency to drop [deep into the midfield]. We also had a lot of interchange at the central midfield position. He really wasn't an all-in-all attacking midfielder. As you said, Higuaín is kind of a forward that roams and fills those spaces. Milo was a high-profile international acquisition and we think that we're going to bring in another high-profile international player that will really help our team, as we'll have financial resources at our disposal following Milo's departure.
CS: There were a few trade rumors surrounding Dilly Duka going around at the SuperDraft in Indianapolis. Duka is a quality player at 23-years-old, and could be attractive to other teams around the League. How active is the Crew in fielding offers from other teams for Duka?
MM: We're pretty active. In fact, we're in some trade discussions to the point where we don't really want Dilly to train. We don't want him to risk injury, because the talks are ongoing. I feel like we have a deal that is imminent here to trade Dilly in the very near future. Sometimes players don't fit in with the club culture. I think from Dilly's perspective, he wasn't comfortable here. Sometimes, it's hard to get in a groove or hard to fit in when you're on and off the field like he's been.
CS: Aaron Horton recently posted a picture from Bosnia. What is his status with the Crew?
MM: Aaron had an opportunity to go train and we thought it would be a good experience for him. He could potentially stay and play on a free loan in Bosnia. We thought it would be a great experience for him. It's a chance for him to get some minutes in a different environment and improve his game. We agreed to allow him to go do that. We're going to watch his progress closely and we think it will be a good experience for him.
CS: You mentioned the club culture earlier. The team has retained its core of Jairo Arrieta, Federico Higuaín, Andy Gruenebaum, Eddie Gaven, Chad Marshall, Josh Williams and Danny O'Rourke. How do those guys set an example of the club culture the Crew portrays?
MM: That's something that gets passed down from guys like Chad Marshall and Eddie Gaven and Danny O'Rourke in leadership roles. They pass on things they learned from guys like Frankie Hejduk, Duncan Oughton, Gino Padula and [Guillermo Barros] Schelotto, those sort of guys. It's really about who you are as a team and who you want to be. It's part of the overall culture of the club both on and off the field. We're America's Hardest Working Team. We want guys who will come with their lunch bucket every single day to training and who are going to give it everything they've got. We're in it to win a championship. Those guys are about instilling that sort of pride into the new guys. It's an important role for them and they take it very seriously.
CS: One of the guys that helped the Black & Gold win a championship in 2008 is Robbie Rogers. Rogers and Leeds United have agreed to part ways. Should he return to MLS, the Crew holds the right to sign him. What does Rogers' potential return to MLS mean for the club?
MM: We look at it as an asset for us. Honestly, I don't see Robbie joining our roster. I'll never say never, because that could be a potential situation. We would be interested in and have had some discussions about trading the rights to Robbie. It's something we would consider.
CS: There have been many roster moves this offseason after not making the playoffs for the first time since 2008. How do these moves get the Crew back to the top of the East in 2013?
MM: We've got to improve our defense. I think it's extremely straightforward. When I say that, I don't mean necessarily just our backline. Our defensive position in central midfield, all of it contributed to some soft goals in my opinion and some untimely goals. It just wasn't good enough. I don't think it was good enough from the beginning of the season. I think that Andy Gruenebaum helped our defensive statistics substantially in the early part of the year. I'm going to be honest, I was not happy with our defensive effort and we're not going to sit back and maintain the status quo. We have special players on the offensive side of the ball now, and I did not want to stand pat and hope we were better with the personnel we had in place last year. I felt like we were aggressive in addressing some situations that we felt were unlikely to improve and I think that's going to make us a better team, a better defensive team and put us in position to win a championship.
CS: With the season opener six weeks away, what moves do you foresee happening between now and then to fill out the roster?
MM: There is going to be at least one international signing, I think there is going to be a trade and I think there are going to be players in camp who are fighting hard to make our roster. Really, it's a little bit later than we probably would have hoped, but it's exactly where we want to be in terms of our personnel falling into place. We still have work to do. Things happen in the international market. We've got to deal with that and understand it. We've got to have backup plans, but I think we're going to have a substantial piece of the puzzle here in the next week and a couple more thereafter.
CS: Are there any other words you would like to relay to Crew fans ahead of the 2013 season?
MM: I'm excited about this season. I'm excited about the personnel we have. I've heard from numerous sources that Chad Marshall and Danny O'Rourke in particular have been working extremely hard this offseason. I think they feel like they have something to prove. Danny's got a new contract. From what I'm hearing about the work ethic of our players in the offseason, I'm excited about the season. We have the chance to be a very special team.


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The Dutch web retailer bol.com has revealed Sony's next Reader – the PRS-T1. Although Sony still trails Amazon by a large margin, it has been doing reasonably well in the eBook reader market. At the very least, Sony has managed to offer stiff competition to Barnes and Noble, which has managed to innovate its way into the segment with the Android powered Nook readers.
The T1, which was spotted last month in an FCC application, will have an E-Ink screen just like its predecessors. E-Ink screens mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper, and are easier on the eyes as well as the battery. According to the specifications revealed by Bol.com, T1 will have a 6 inch dual-touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and support for pinch-to-zoom gesture for adjusting font size. A stylus shouldn't be necessary; however, Sony has opted to include one nonetheless. The 2GB internal memory should be sufficient to store more than a thousand books. However, if you find yourself needing more memory you can add additional storage through microSD cards. Wi-Fi support along with Google Search and Wikipedia have also been added to the T1. Another interesting enhancement spotted by Mike Cane is that the T1 will display the cover of the book you are currently reading in standby mode.
All in all, the T1 is a nice update to the current generation Sony Readers. With T1, Sony will have another well rounded reader in the market. However, it will definitely not set the e-reader segment on fire. While T1 seems good enough to maintain status quo, it doesn't do anything that can help Sony in establishing its superiority over the Kindle or the Nook.


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I have a DockPanel with two items in it, one docked to the left, and one docked to the right. By default, when the DockPanel is resized, the item on the right resizes to fill the space, whereas the left item stays the same. How do I get it so that the left item resizes and the right item stays the same.
<Button Name="button1" >ButtonA</Button>
<Button Name="button2" DockPanel.Dock="Right">ButtonB</Button>
I want button1 to resize when the DockPanel resizes instead of button2.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the reason I'm using a DockPanel in the first place (as opposed to a Grid or some other panel) is that I want the ability to set the visibility of button2 to "collapsed" and then have button1 fill to take up the whole area. In my actual implementation, what I'm actually trying to do is have a panel that takes up the whole window. When a button is clicked (a "more options" type of thing), a second panel appears, and the two panels share the area in the window. I'd be open to any method of getting this done; I just thought a DockPanel made the most sense.


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Krum, TX Real Estate
Population: 2,000 The city of Krum is located 4 miles Northwest of Denton. It first appeared on the map of Denton County in 1886, when the Santa Fe and the Gulf Colorado Railroad created the town site. Many of the original buildings in Krum remain in use, the bank and the hardware store are in their original locations. Whether you are thinking of relocating or just planning a visit, Krum has a lot to offer. View Properties in this Community > Ebby Halliday Offices Serving this Community: Denton > Flower Mound > Other Ebby Offices > Education Krum Independent School District This area is minutes from Denton which is home to two major universities: The University of North Texas Texas Woman's University Cooke County Community College is a two-year community college located in Lewisville. Shopping We feel you will be able to find everything you need in Krum, but in case you don't, major...
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1. We have the ability to drop rows from the top and the bottom of arrays as well as columns from either end.
2. We have the ability to de-delect rows and columns from anywhere.
I would like a language supported feature that allows me to drop the diagonal elements from an array EITHER the top left to bottom right diagonal OR the top right to bottom left diagonal.


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- Industries
- Chemicals
- Construction & Infrastructure
- Electronics
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- Leisure & Hospitality
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- Steel & Metal
- Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
- Power & Energy
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Ensuring meat quality is a multi-step and complex process, starting with animal welfare and culminating with appetising, wholesome, tasty products safe for the consumer's dinner table.
Across this entire value chain, we can help you maintain the proper temperature, improve processing conditions, scale production capacity, increase product yield, and ultimately increase food shelf life naturally. We can also guide you in complying with all relevant national and international health and safety standards.
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You can skip this introduction if you already understand the problem and are trying to solve the same issue. Just start at Describing the Solution.
Ok, so recently I was given a large archive of files. These were old automated backups that I had nothing to do with in the past. They were stored in individual directories. The directories each had a name that indicated the date the backup was run. Inside the directories were one or more files that indicated a time that the backup was started. It looked a bit like this:
The above is much smaller than the actual directory but it gives you an idea. There was a single top folder called "archive" that contained all the subdirectories (or folders.) Each subdirectory had a date as the name in Year-Month-Day (yyyy-MM-dd) format separated by hyphens. Under each directory was one or more files. The files had names that indicated when their particular backup started in Hour-Minute-Second (HH-mm-ss) format separated by hyphens.
Now I had to run a batch application on every .bkp file to create a summary of each change for audit purposes. This application could take an entire directory of .bkp files and generate the needed report. It had one shortcoming though, it could take a single directory as its input and would look for every .bkp file but it was not recursive. Meaning it would not check subdirectories. That means I could manually point it to each "date" directory such as "02-03-2010" but not to the top level "archive" directory. As there were over 500 "date" directories I really didn't want to have to do that manually.
Describing the Solution
What I needed was a way to move every .bkp file stored under a date directory up one level so the files were under the top level "archive" directory. Then I could just point the batch application to the "archive" directory and it would run though every file.
However, in moving the files that only had the time as their name such as "11-00-00" out of its sub directory I would lose what date it was created on. I'd rather not lose that information.
Even worse you can see several .bkp files have the same name so they could not all be moved into the top level directory without name conflicts.
What I needed was to prepend the subdirectory name such as "02-03-2010" to the .bkp filename so the filename was actually "02-03-2010_11-00-00.bkp" (in this case I used an underscore "_" character as a separator between the folder and the file name.) Then I could move the file up to the top level directory and not worry about name conflicts or files being overwritten.
Searching the Web for a Solution
Since I'm on a Mac this seemed like a perfect job for AppleScript. As a good engineer never reinvents the wheel I figured I'm not the first person to run into this problem so I could probably find a solution out there and just reuse it.
I found this first: Flatten folder structure via AppleScript | Macworld
This script basically worked but it didn't solve the problem of duplicate named files being moved into the same directory. I needed something a bit more advanced.
I also found this: Mac OS X Hints
But that didn't seem to work and still didn't address the naming issues.
Unfortunately I didn't find any workable solutions.
Creating Our Own Solution
Ok, so here's the solution. Looking at some of the code for the two links I listed above I wrote the following script.
-- Select the folder in the front most window that you want to flatten before running
-- this script deletes the folders it flattens so it can destroy data!
(* Behavior…
Select Folder_Top in the front most Finder window, then run script…
-Folder_Top (type: folder)
--A (type: folder)
---1 (type: file)
---2 (type: file)
--B (type: folder)
---1 (type: file)
---2 (type: file)
-Folder_Top (type: folder)
--A_1 (type: file)
--A_2 (type: file)
--B_1 (type: file)
--B_2 (type: file)
tell application "Finder"
set this_folder to (selection as alias)
set this_folder_list to every folder of this_folder
repeat with i in this_folder_list
set this_file_list to every file of i
repeat with x in this_file_list
set theFile to (name of x)
set theFolderName to name of container of x
set name of x to theFolderName & "_" & theFile -- change "_" to whatever seperater string you want.
end repeat
set this_file_list_with_new_name to every file of i
move this_file_list_with_new_name to this_folder
-- delete i (* uncomment this line to delete the subdirectories when done*)
end repeat
end tell
You should be able to copy and past this into the AppleScript Editor. Then go into the Finder and select your top level folder. Go back to the Script Editor and click Run. If you trust the script uncomment the delete line and it will remove the empty subdirectories when it is done moving the files. Good luck!
I've received a couple of emails that this can be useful in preparing to batch process videos with Handbrake if you don't want to use the Handbrake CLI (Command Line Interface.) I added a mention here so if anyone searches specifically on Handbrake folders in Mac OS X they will find this entry.
I was not able to figure out how to do this using the more simple Automator in Mac OS X. I realize you can use Automator to call an AppleScript but that defeats the point here. If anyone can implement this logic using Automator I'd love to hear from you.


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This research focuses on developing new therapeutic approaches to managing neurological disorders through brain stimulation. The researchers develop computational models of brain anatomy reconstructed from subject MRI/CT, electric fields generated in brain tissue using finite element models, and neurons with membrane dynamics governed by sets of differential equations. The group uses both imaging visualization and supercomputing resources to simulate neuronal activity during stimulation.


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Batajan takes a line up the second Sella tower and offers fascinating and varied VI and VII grade climbing with an airy crux which leads through the great roofs on the 4th and 5th pitches.
Reach Passo Sella from either Val Gardena or Val di Fassa.
From Passo Sella take the path that leads beneath the north faces of the Torri del Sella. Leave this and follow the obvious track up towards the gully that separates the II and III tower. The route starts at the lowest point of the II Sella Tower.
Start by following a series of cracks and slabs up compact rock to reach the obvious roofs which can be seen right from the outset and which are overcome with some aery and athletic climbing. After the roofs a traverse leads right to another crack system which leads up the West Face.
47 in-situ pegs and numerous threads. Take a set of camming devices.


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Fashion Queen
Minimal Faces Collection: "Fashion Queen" Print.
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