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Shanghai GRAND SLAM | 30 April - 5 May 2013
Ricardo/Alvaro lead two Brazilian teams into Shanghai Grand Slam semis
Shanghai, China, May 3, 2013 – Ricardo Alex Costa Santos and Alvaro Morais Filho of Brazil had a tough day on Friday as they worked really hard to claim three wins in one day to lead two Brazilian teams into the men's semifinals of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Shanghai Grand Slam.
The 38-year-old Ricardo and the 22-year-old Alvaro outlasted Chinese hopefuls Xu Linyin/Gaopeng and the newly-crowned Fuzhou Open champions Sean Rosenthal/Philip Dalhausser of the United States in two full set matches before ousting Poland's Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) to secure their second top four finish in as many events together.
"The Chinese team are very good and the second match was too tough for me," said Alvaro, who had settled for the fourth place with Ricardo in their first event together in the Fuzhou Open last week. "Thank god we played very well in the third match. If we have a tiebreaker, we can have big problem."
"Tomorrow will be another day and I have little time to rest. It was a tough day, but a good day for us," he added. "Ricardo played very well and we helped each other very much. It's our second tournament together and he is a teacher. "
The age difference of Ricardo and Alvaro is close to the age of Ricardo's son Pedro, who has been selected to the under-19 national team of Brazil, while Alvaro cherished the chance to play with Ricardo.
"I try to do my best and he is helping a lot, teaching me a lot, " Alvaro said. "I have learned a lot from him. He is an amazing guy, not only on the court, but also out of the court. He is a very good person. "
Beijing Olympic gold medallist Philip Dalhausser and his new partner Sean Rosenthal, the newly crowned Fuzhou Open champions, crashed out of the tournament after losing to Ricardo/Alvaro 2-1 (21-19, 19-21, 15-13) in the second round of the elimination phase.
"Ricardo and Alvaro played pretty well. We had a questionable call going against us in the third set and that made a big difference, but that's no excuse. They played great and we didn't play our best volleyball, " said Dalhausser. "This is only our second tournament of the year and there are so many good teams out there. It's just one bad match."
Despite the loss, Dalhausser is pretty confident in his combination with Rosenthal, putting his eyes on the World Championships set for Poland in July.
"(Our goal is) to win a couple of tournament, " he said. "No. 1 goal is to win the World Championships, we'll see. We set off in Fuzhou well and now had a little bit of setback, so we'll see how we come back in the next tournament. "
Winning a pair of elimination round matches on Friday, Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Pedro Solberg Salgado set up an all-Brazilian semifinal match against Ricardo/Alvaro.
The other two semifinal berths were taken by Poland's Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz and Americans Jacob Gibb/Casey Patterson while Italy's Nicolai Paolo/Daniele Lupo, the runners-up to Rosenthal/Dalhausser in the Fuzhou Open, were defeated by Poland's Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek in a second round elimination match.
Gibb was pleasant to secure a top four finish with his new partner. "That's huge for us, it's our second tournament together. We are a new team, it means a lot, we are really excited, " he said. "We still have a lot of work to do, we are really rough around the edges. We are getting better, that's what matters. "
The $220,000 Shanghai Grand Slam, the first of a FIVB-record 10 Grand Slam events on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar, will continue on Saturday with men's semifinals and finals as well as two rounds of women's elimination matches.
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Secrecy squabbles disrupt 9/11 hearing
Secrecy disputes disrupted a pretrial hearing on Thursday in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal for five prisoners charged with plotting the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Secrecy disputes disrupted a pretrial hearing on Thursday in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal for five prisoners charged with plotting the September 11 hijacked plane attacks in 2001.
Defense attorneys said the audio feed to the spectators' gallery had briefly been cut, as was the feed that provides Arabic-to-English translation to the defendants, who include the alleged mastermind of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The interruption came as one of the defense lawyers, U.S. Navy Commander Walter Ruiz, questioned a former commander of the Guantanamo detention operation about whether intelligence agencies or contractors were meddling with attorney-client mail that is supposed to be confidential.
Ruiz referred at one point to the CIA and at another to the USDI, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence - a senior U.S. Defense Department post.
Prosecutors objected to the questioning and Ruiz said the audio feed had been cut by an unseen hand outside the courtroom. Prosecutors said it had not been cut.
Ruiz asked if he should refer to the CIA as "the agency who shall remain nameless." After a side conversation that was inaudible to journalists watching on monitors in the press center, Ruiz said, "I will not be threatened by prosecution and I want that to be clear."
In accordance with the rules governing the tribunal, the judge called for a closed session to decide what could be discussed in open court. Spectators were ordered out and the defendants were removed, triggering a round of objections from their lawyers.
Secrecy disputes have regularly sidetracked the proceedings at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A previous hearing was disrupted when intelligence monitors listening from outside the courtroom cut the public audio feed, but the judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, ordered that kill switch disabled.
The United States has held foreign terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo facility, which has been criticized by rights groups and others.
Pohl still must decide whether the defendants can be present in the courtroom when classified information is discussed during pretrial hearings.
The lawyers have said that most of the classified information relates to the years the defendants spent in secret CIA prisons between their capture in 2002 and 2003 and their transfer to Guantanamo in 2006.
The agency has acknowledged that Mohammed was subjected to the mock-drowning technique known as waterboarding 183 times, and defense lawyers say all five defendants were interrogated using now-banned methods that constituted torture.
Once the trial starts, which will be in late 2014 at the earliest, the defendants will be allowed to hear everything heard by the jury of U.S. military officers who will decide whether they are guilty of crimes that could lead to the death penalty, including terrorism, hijacking and murdering 2,976 people.
Prosecutors argue that trial rules allow the defendants to be excluded from pretrial hearings to discuss legal arguments pertaining to classified information that could jeopardize national security if disclosed.
Defense lawyers argue that the rules allow them to stay in the courtroom unless they are disruptive, and that they should be allowed to hear all the pretrial arguments in a case that could end with their execution.
"Mr. Mohammed has a right to be present when we're talking about matters that deal with his torture," said Mohammed's lawyer, David Nevin.
Prosecutors acknowledged that the defendants had been exposed to classified intelligence sources and methods during their time in CIA custody. The judge said that if the defendants themselves were to testify about such matters, then "obviously they'll be present for that."
"If the information came from them in the first place then we can release it back to them," defense attorney James Connell clarified during Wednesday's session. He represents Mohammed's nephew, Ali Aziz Abdul Ali, who is accused of sending the September 11 hijackers $120,000 for expenses and flight training.
The defendants have sat quietly during this week's hearings, flipping through court documents and chatting with their lawyers without any of the outbursts that have marked earlier hearings.
All were dressed in white clothing, with turbans or keffiyehs. Mohammed wore a jungle-print camouflage jacket over his.

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This week my inbox has been blowing up with invitations and meeting requests for events scheduled around Mobile World Congress, but one major company has been notably quiet. Today Sascha Segan of PCMag confirmed that Samsung Mobile will not be hosting a press conference at Mobile World Congress.
We already knew that Samsung would not be showing off the Galaxy S III, but a company spokesperson still said they were looking forward to "introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012." I had speculated we might see a 2 GHz super tablet with 11.6 inch display, but that is seeming less likely now with no press event scheduled.
If the Galaxy S III is to be announced at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of this year, then the company could be holding their other big announcements for that same day. Last year at MWC 2011, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 10.1 at their Unpacked event.
This year's MWC show will definitely be noisy, so it will be hard to capture the attention of the media. We expect at least a half-dozen quad-core phones to be announced, along with a handful of tablets. Samsung is such a huge company that it almost makes sense they could start hosting their own annual event, similar to Google's IO, NVIDIA's GTC, or Qualcomm's Uplinq.
Hopefully Samsung will have a few surprises to unveil (like the Galaxy S II Plus), but don't expect any major announcements from them at Mobile World Congress.


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Campus Blog
The potter and the clay
March 5th, 2013 | Lane Simmons
I've taught photography at Evangel for seven years and have the privilege of hanging around with talented faculty and students every week. I am intrigued by the other art disciplines and have recently surrendered to my curiosity about ceramics.
Mitch Yung (ceramics 1-4 instructor) endeavors to teach me the ceramics-making process.
While discussing my first attempts at making simple cylinders, Mitch said to me, "Now you can see why the Bible makes so many references to the potter and clay" (Isaiah 64:8, Jeremiah 18:4, Romans 9:21).
I couldn't get away from the analogy and its relativity to life. To shape lifeless clay into a useful vessel, it is placed on a wheel and 'centered' — pressure is applied to the spinning clay by the potter's hand to force it into a unified mound which can be drawn up into the beginnings of a vessel. This centering is reminiscent of what happens to Christians as we develop relationship with God — we center all our thoughts, anxieties, hopes, dreams and day-to-day life activities on Him.
Next, the centered clay is pushed downward from the top to form the base and then it is simultaneously pushed outward and pulled upward by the potter's hands to form the vessel walls.
When we understand this redeemed life we've been granted from God, He can start to mold us into His plan. Sometimes we are pushed, pulled and pressed in seemingly diverse directions, but it is the Master's hands forming His perfect vessel for His perfect purpose.
Picking a college is one of those pressing times in life. It means picking a career, new friends, mentors and figuring out how to pay for it all.
Sometimes it also means being far from that which feels comfortable. I received both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Evangel and can remember the agonizing circumstances in both decisions. As an undergraduate, it meant traveling 700 miles from home to a campus full of strangers and ambiguity toward the major to pursue. As a graduate student, it meant long hours away from wife and kids and struggling to not fall behind at work.
All the uncomfortable pushing, pulling and stretching got me to the great place I'm at right now — but only after going through it all.
God knows what He wants for your life, and if you continue to center yourself on Him, He'll mold your future with the same hands that created the universe.
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The other night, driving home along the Bitteroot River, beneath a twilight sky, the moon rose. Not just any moon. A harvest moon. An unusually large, gleaming, golden-amber moon. It sat, momentarily, on the top of Mount Sentinel, so full it looked oblong, like an egg that might roll end over end down the sloping, grassy ridge. We passed a farm field, where the equally heavy, oblong orbs of pumpkins shouted their colors from beneath the shade of their dark green leaves.
Oh Autumn, I am seeing you with beginner's eyes... and smelling, and hearing, and touching, and tasting you. If seasons were courses, you'd be my favorite.
With a paring knife, make a small pocket in the top of each fig, so that it will hold the cheese when it melts, rather than oozing out. Stuff each pocket with a small wedge of goat brie.
Wrap each fig in a slice of bacon, trimming to cover the fig in a single layer, with just a bit of overlap. Use a toothpick (or 2) to seal the figs in their bacon jackets. Generously brush and drizzle each fig with a coating of the maple balsamic glaze.
Place in center of oven and bake 10 minutes, or until bacon is sufficiently crisped. Devour while warm.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to the Camp Blogaway prop swap and Greg @ Sippity Sup for the beautiful leaf-adorned plate. : ) Also, thanks to Scott, Tracy, and Jayden J. for supplying the Goat Brie-- a delicious stroke of luck!


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Gizmine: Out of the Ordinary Gadgets from Tokyo
- Location: online only
- Website: gizmine.com
Store History
- Founded: 2008
- Founded by: Doug Krone
- Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Online shop Gizmine describes itself as "the gadget and lifestyle design superstore" and although we think the word superstore is a little out of place since it's such a niche business, this is definitely a good resource for hard-to-find Japanese gadgets. The site has depth and breadth, and it's fun to jump around from retro camera-inspired iPhone cases to weird robotic toilet paper holders.
Their goal is to "bring you to the heart of Tokyo," and you get a sense of the crazy, cute, and random world that is Japanese gadget design just from clicking around the site. Founded by Doug Krone — who formerly worked with Japanese import store Dynamism — it's totally worth a look for anyone who loves tech culture and wants to see what's happening on the fringes.
Any first-hand reviews of Gizmine? Add them in the comments below!
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• Nearmore Hybrid Aroma Humidifier, $180
• Star Wars Light Saber Chopsticks, $23
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Martha VanderVorst, 87, of Gettysburg, South Dakota, passed away Monday, April 29, 2013, at Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell, South Dakota.
Funeral services were Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the United Methodist Church, Gettysburg, with Pastor Jeff Adel officiating. Burial followed in the Gettysburg Cemetery.
Martha E Siegle VanderVorst was born to Gottfried and Annetta Isaak Siegle on July 13, 1925, south of Pollock. She was educated in the Riverview School, Campbell County, South Dakota, and as a young girl was confirmed in the Pollock/Herreid Lutheran Church. She often spoke of her childhood growing up as the middle child with eleven loving brothers and sisters. She spoke of her early years working with her Dad and brother Adolph and riding the special family horse Beauty. During her life journey, she enjoyed time with each sibling during family reunions.
On April 25, 1949, she married Oliver H. VanderVorst in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and they began a lifetime of farming. While in Eagle Butte, their children Donna, Rhonda, and Wayne were born, raised, and educated. Martha was an active member of the United Church of Christ and a longtime member of the Green Grass Extension Club. She enjoyed working with children in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and serving as a 4-H Club and Cub Scout Leader. July 1968 she was featured as Farm Wife of the Week by the Aberdeen American News.
In 1972 the VanderVorsts purchased a home in Gettysburg and in 1974 began farming in Potter County. Following marriage, she would spend the next fifty-one years farming with Oliver and her family. She was an active member of the United Methodist Church in Gettysburg and cooked in the Gettysburg Memorial Hospital for ten years. She was an accomplished German cook, baker and gardener and it was a given she would share a plate at the table. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends in her German language. April 2000 she suffered a major stroke and on July 13 she moved to the Oahe Care Center where she resided until November 14, 2011, when she moved to Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell.
If Martha was to share today, her story to tell would be of the love she felt and the love she freely gave. Strong faith, a smile, honesty and sincerity would tell the story of accepting one day at a time.
Martha is survived by her children, Donna (Jerry) Wulf of Plankinton, South Dakota, Rhonda (Kelly) Dennis of Moorcroft, Wyoming, and Wayne (Cathy) VanderVorst of Gettysburg; special friend, Melissa (Leland) LeBeau and family of Eagle Butte; brother, Ray (Jean) Siegle of Aberdeen, South Dakota; sister, Freda Hager of Fargo, North Dakota; sisters-in-law, Marilyn Siegle of Citrus Heights, California, and Betty VanderVorst of Pollock; nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren including, Kimberly (Michael) Beens, Chaz, Shaynie and Lacey, Karla (Pat) Morgan, Anthony, Whitney, Mitch, Patrick, Cody (Kristy) Dennis, Kayla, Alicia, Lindsey, Colby, Wade Dennis, Bill VanderVorst, Tanner; Mindy (Cody) Stotz, Brylee, Kyle, Brandon, Morgan VanderVorst. She also cherished her many nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Oliver in April 2000; Karla's husband, A.W. "Bill" Baum III in 2005; brothers, William in infancy, Adolph and Robert; sisters and spouses, Edna (Art) Heckelsmiller, Esther (Henry) Giese, Helen (Art) Dienert, Ruth Siegle, Ernie (John) Braun, Lorraine Grote, Bessie (Jake) Fuhrer; and brothers-in-law, Mike Hager and Wilfred VanderVorst.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Martha's arrangements. www.familyfuneralhome.net
Martha VanderVorst
Martha VanderVorst, 87, of Gettysburg, South Dakota, passed away Monday, April 29, 2013, at Firesteel Healthcare Center in Mitchell, South Dakota.


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Warning: Active Hurricane Season Ahead
The 2013 hurricane season is shaping up to be "active" to "extremely active," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned Thursday. MarketWatch's Jim Jelter reports. (Photo: Getty Images)
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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"Old Glory" (1939) has always been unique in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography. A straightforward U.S. history piece featuring Porky as a youngster learning historic milestones from Uncle Sam himself. This gag-free cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and obvious it was intended to be a special entry. The commentary track with Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2 is a good starting point to learn some of the behind-the-scenes history of this short. Beck recalls reading a press clipping saying how they made many more prints of this short than the typical Schlesinger short (150 prints) and Sigall mentioned how the ink-and-paint department was told that this was going to be a special picture with many different colors being used (they also used all-new cels for this, instead of reusing washed-off cels from previous cartoons).
The picture was announced in April of 1939 (below is a quote from an article titled "Even Porky Pig Goes Patriotic in New Cartoon" from The Milwaukee Journal - Apr 5, 1939):
"Nearly all Schlesinger films are satirical, but "Old Glory" will be played as straight as is consistent with the whimsical notion of Porky sitting on Uncle Sam's knee and listening to stories about Paul Revere, the bill of rights and Yorktown."
While the above article says, "In fact just about the whole cavalcade of American history is being put into a seven minute color cartoon.", a brief blurb in the Theater Gossip section from the May 27, 1939 edition of The Evening Independent seems to suggest that "Old Glory" was going to run longer than that, stating it would be "in two reels and will be a history lesson for children of primary school age." The final cartoon was only one reel, but ran approx. 9 minutes.
However, the longest and most interesting article was a syndicated United Press piece which is excerpted below. Granted I have no idea how much of the following is true and how much is PR hype , but it sounds like Leon Schlesinger himself played the key role in spearheading this short, thinking up the idea for the short in March, 1939. The article claims "Old Glory" was finished in a mere 10 weeks (while the typical cartoon short of the day took 10 months to complete).
First Patriotic Cartoon In Hollywood's History Set for July 4 Release
200 Artists Work 10 Weeks at Full Blast Turning Out "Old Glory"
by Frederick C. Othman
United Press Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, June 16 --- Leon Schlesinger, the cartoon producer who couldn't draw a picture if his life depended on it, completed today Hollywood's first patriotic cartoon for July 4 release by the brothers Warner, flag-wavers extraordinary.
This is important news for a number of reasons:
1. Schlesinger set an all-time record for speed by producing and photographing 20,000 separate drawings in 10 weeks flat; the average cartoon of the same length takes 10 months to complete.
2. The picture marks an extraordinary turnabout of the old phrase, "From the sublime to the ridiculous." Schlesinger's cartoon went from Porky Pig to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
3. It was an excellent production and included more American history in one reel than ever has been packed together before.
Schlesinger said live actors would have taken a full-length feature picture to tell the same story.
The business of producting a cartoon in 10 weeks, with drawings in full color being made at the rate of 2,000 a week, turned the Schlesinger headquarters inside out. When he thought of the idea in bed one night in March, the boss told his scenarists to write a patriotic story and then he set all his 209 artists working on it. For a full 10 weeks they didn't do a lick of work a merrie melodie or a looney tune, the Schlesinger specialties which he turns out at the rate of 42 a year.
"And it costs me 25 percent more than any other cartoon," he said, "and I'm bound to lose money on it. Only return I'll get is the satisfaction of having made it."
The full story was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jun 17, 1939, but I also wanted to include one more quote from Leon from the end of that piece:
"I always figured that I was a business man and that art and business didn't mix. I never saw an artist who could handle his own bank account. And I never saw a business man who was any ready hand with a paint brush. So I merely hired the best artists and writers I could get and let them go to it. It seems to have worked out all right."


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The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is a six-banner traveling exhibition. At a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story. The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women's professional and creative opportunities.
Find out if "The Yellow Wall-Paper" will be near you.
For more information about booking this exhibition, please see
"The Yellow Wall-Paper" traveling exhibition webpage.


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Bense needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 273 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
Deftig & Feines - Casse-Croûte
We run two successful high class restaurants (Tarantella & Casse-Croûte) in Hamburg, Germany. Our brand "Deftig & Feines" is the catering & party service of both restaurants and we need one new logo for Deftig & Feines showing the background. To bring all the companies visually together we also need a new logo for "Casse-Croûte".
Logo A
Bistro-Restaurant (subtitle)
Logo B
Deftig & Feines
Die Service-Küche (subtitle)
(German for: Hearty & Fine; the service kitchen)
Please take a look at our websites http://www.cassecroute.de and http://www.tarantella.cc to see what our restaurants are.
Deftig & Feines: People who ask for high class catering from 2 to 2,000 people and like to join great food and service.
Casse-Croûte: People who ask for high class food and service in a familiar and warm place.
Winner will have designed two high resolution logos.
Logo A
The Casse-Croûte should have its own style and not be a variation of the Tarantella logo. Please take a look at the pictures on our website http://www.cassecroute.de to get a feeling. Please forget the portraits of the owners. The logo should look classy & stylish in a conservative way.
Logo B
The Deftig & Feines logo should show its background - in order that the customer who knows the brands Tarantella and/or Casse-Croûte notices where "Deftig & Feines" is from. That means please use elements of our logos of the restaurants. It should be a mixture between the existing Tarantella logo and the new Casse-Croûte and - of course - have its own identity in a smart way.
The Tarantella Logo can be fine tuned (facelift) but cannot be totally renewed. It's just too new for that!
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
But: Logos should look good in b/w as well as for printing & web.
We will require the original PSD/Illustrator/Indesign/whatever file. Winner should provide the name of all fonts used.
We will give feedback immediately.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Babies tune in to happy sounds
Sean Smith/NASA
Baby V sailed through her first Christmas with the heart of a little explorer. She travelled to frigid upstate New York where she mashed snow in her cold little hands, tasted her great grandma's twice baked potato and was licked clean by at least four dogs.
And she opened lots of presents. It's totally true what people say about little kids and gifts: The wrapping paper proved to be the biggest hit. But in the Christmas aftermath, one of Baby V's new toys really caught her attention. She cannot resist her singing, talking book.
The book has only three pages, but Baby V is smitten. Any time the book pipes up, which it seems to do randomly, she snaps to attention, staring at it, grabbing it and trying to figure it out.
With a cutesy high-pitched voice, the book tells Baby V to "Turn the pa-AYE-ge!" and "This is fun!" Sometimes, the book bursts into little songs, all the while maintaining the cheeriest, squeakiest, sugarplum-drenched tone, even when it's saying something kind of sad: "Three little kittens have lost their mittens and they began to cry!"
The book maker (uh, author?) clearly knows how to tap into infants' deep love for happy, squeaky noises, as does the creator of Elmo. Scientists are also noticing this trend, and are starting to figure out exactly why these sounds are so alluring to little ones.
Babies are attracted to "happy" noises, whether they're songs or words, scientists reported in June in Frontiers in Psychology. In preference tests, babies seemed more interested in happy-sounding "baby talk" than hummed songs. In the experiments, each sound, either a song or speech pattern, was linked to a computer monitor showing a carousel. When a baby looked at a particular monitor for a long time, researchers assumed the baby preferred that associated sound.
In another test, the babies didn't seem to care whether song lyrics were sung happily or spoken happily. The cheery delivery was all that seemed to matter. Young babies may not be able to distinguish between songs and speech, as long as the noises are happy, the authors write. In fact, to some adults, high-pitched, slow tempo baby talk might sound a lot like music.
These exaggerated features of happy baby talk are hallmarks of sound play. And that's something Baby V is doing a lot of these days. Her high-pitched squeals, loud and soft cries, sharp inhalations and bubble blowing are all vocal cord experiments, fun toys to play with while she figures out that those noises are attached to certain objects, ideas and emotions.
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You have a right to publish whatever you want in your paper, but the Jan. 14 letter "Abortion supporters lucky to be here" has drawn my anger.
You have a right to publish whatever you want in your paper, but the Jan. 14 letter "Abortion supporters lucky to be here" has drawn my anger.
Every anti-abortionist and Republican that I have met and talked to over the past few years has called President Barack Obama the N-word. Before he was elected, one of them even said to me, "Someone should shoot that ... ."
While I don't think abortion is a good idea, I am not a woman, and women must make this decision.
If God wants our souls here, he will put our souls here regardless of what we humans do; in other words, no one but God can end a soul, which God puts into each conception. You do not end a soul by abortion; God can put it right back into another fetus if he chooses.
I am not an Obama supporter, but I think the anti-abortionists spend too much time worrying about other people. They should make the United States better for our poor children. How many foster kids need help?
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This is a public thank you from TEAM Charter School to Tama Brisbane and her organization With Our Words and Hip Hop Congress for the three student assemblies titled "Hip Hop, You Don't Stop Reading!" presented this month for our students.
Students experienced music, dance, spoken word and rap - all focused on the importance and value of reading. The performances were lively, well organized, engaging and fun! The performers were talented, passionate and professional. Our students were inspired to try their own poetry and storytelling.
At the end of the assemblies, each of our students was given three books to add to their personal libraries. The children were engaged and excited, first by the performances and then by the prospect of bringing new books home to share with their families.
While many of us take for granted homes rich with books and print, this is not the norm for many of the students living in our community.
Kudos to Brisbane for her vision and actions around literacy and equity!
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Whenever anyone tries to tell me that people have "lost the spirit of the season," I only need to tell them about the holiday gift drive that my agency, Aspiranet, participates in each year with Starbucks in Stockton.
For four years, we've had the amazing good fortune to impact the lives of thousands of foster youth because of this special partnership that helps collect thousands of gifts at hundreds of Starbucks throughout California. This year, in partnership with nearly 300 Starbucks, we were able to collect and distribute 4,500 gifts for foster youth - a 30 percent increase from the previous year.
What inspires me most are the comments from participants in this gift drive, which reveals not only their kindness and generosity, but how much they are looking for ways to give back.
What also inspires me is the love and care for children I see demonstrated through this gift drive. I couldn't end this letter without emphasizing Aspiranet's most important work: finding loving and caring homes for children in need, particularly older youth and siblings. If you are reading this and are moved to learn more about foster care and adoption, please visit aspiranetheroes.org to learn more about our life-changing work.
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Yen hits 11-day high in Asian trading * Rouble tumbles over 1 percent * Market focus also on U.S.-China talks, U.S. jobs data * Euro hits 4 1/2-month low vs yen * Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh By Jemima KellyLONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - The safe-haven yen climbed against the dollar and euro on Friday and the rouble tumbled, after the United States launched cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria, raising tensions with Russia. In the biggest foreign policy decision of his presidency so far, Donald Trump ordered the move after a chemical weapons attack killed at least 70 people this week. It catapulted the United States into a confrontation with Russia, which has military advisers on the ground assisting the Syrian government[nL3N1HF2QX]. The rouble skidded around 1 percent
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Andretti Autosport continued its domination of practice sessions for the Indianapolis 500 on Tuesday, claiming four of the top six spots on the speed chart.
It was the third consecutive day an Andretti driver posted the fastest time.
James Hinchcliffe, driving teammate Marco Andretti's Royal Crown Cola car, took the day's top spot with a speed of 224.210 mph on a warm but windy day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti, who was the fastest a day earlier, finished third with a time of 223.570 in Hinchcliffe's GoDaddy.com car.
"Yeah, Marco's angry,'' Hinchcliffe joked. "Not only did I rock the big tow, which he's famous for, I did it in his car. So Marco is a little upset with me right now.
"Obviously, it's good to be up there, but those numbers don't mean a whole lot right now. It's about the work you're doing on the race car and making sure you're not gonna be good over one lap, but over 200 in a couple weeks.''
Panther Racing's J.R. Hildebrand posted the second-fastest time at 223.652, while three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves was fourth at 223.556.
Defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was the fifth-fastest at 223.332, and teammate E.J. Viso of Venezuela was sixth 223.138.
Tuesday's temperatures reached 86 degrees, by far the hottest it's been through the first four days of practice. It is expected to say warm the rest of the week, but rain is possible the next few days.
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We just took the GMC PU on a road trip through part of the Southwest. The coolest day we had was over 90 degrees. The Climate control in the cab was set at 75 degrees and kept us very comfortable for the entire trip. Much of the time was over 100 degrees. Phoenix was 113 degrees, you can have that larsb. I was pleased with the mileage on this trip. I drove the speed limit or 4 MPH over most of the time. The best tank was mostly between 65-75 MPH. Even out on Interstate 8 driving 75-80 MPH from Yuma to Phoenix we got 19.93 MPG. That was the hottest day of the trip. Best mileage was driving from Albuquerque to Durango up to Mesa Verde National Park and then over to Page, AZ.
Overall gas mileage in the GMC hybrid PU truck 19.56 MPG. High tank from Cortez Colorado to Page Arizona 21.79 MPG. Low mileage was while in Albuquerque 17.57 MPG, 161 miles city driving.
Conclusion: I do not think the hybrid system makes any difference in mileage on the highway. I think the 5.3L GM engine is the best compromise for a vehicle of this size. By surpassing the EPA rating (pre 2008) it proved to me, if you do not make fast starts and cruise at comfortable speed you can get the rated mileage. Also the CA designer gas is lousy for mileage. Shell outside CA yielding the best mileage. Looks like this tank of CA Shell will be the lowest mileage of the trip when I fill up next time. The computer says 18.3 MPG. It is usually .5 MPG lower than calculated. I expect the last leg to be about 18.8 MPG.0
bretd04gmc Posts: 1Has anyone had to replace a hybrid battery yet in the GM hybrid truck?
I have a 2004 GMC Sierra 4x4 Hybrid with 39,000 miles. The truck just died on me the other day. Went to start it one morning and it wouldn't turn over.
Towed it to a GMC dealer with a tech. qualified to work on it and they are saying one of the hybrid batteries is dead and the other two show a low charge. Current estimate is 3 to 5 days for a new battery to arrive.
Also, initially the dealership was saying that the battery is NOT covered under warranty. Everything I have says GM is covering ALL the hybrid components for 8yrs/100,000 miles - this includes the batteries.
The dealership says this sounds right to them and that they were just going off what the tech. had said in regards to the warranty.
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I only have 12k miles on my 2005 Sierra. It is 25 months old and no problems so far. I plan to buy the extended warranty if I keep it past 3 years.0
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My Sierra Hybrid was a nice enough truck. I sold it and would never consider another hybrid. They are TOO complex. Too much to go wrong. In fact most new cars suffer from too many gadgets that are going to cost you a ton of money when the warranty expires. I am going to buy older vehicles and just drive them. Keep the money in the bank. Let the masses make car payments the rest of their lives. Hybrids are the current leader in throw-away technology for cars.0
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The story of Elemental: War of Magic begins with an immersive single player campaign with you being the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic through mysterious shards of magic that are scattered across the world. These shards, a result of a tremendous cataclysm that occurred a century prior when powerful beings waged war across the world, are the source of much of the world's magic.
With the powers of old now gone, you now hold the key to the use of magic in your land. As ruler of your land and a channeler of magic, you must decide how much of your power to imbue into your heroes as you build new cities, explore dungeons, perfect spells of ever-increasing power and negotiate with friends and foes alike. Other channelers in the world, whether they be of the race of Men, The Fallen or the Beasts, are also able to access magic and may not share your vision of the world.
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This journal is going to talk about that last option. There are two types of champions in Fallen Enchantress, kingdom champions and empire champions. Players can only recruit champions from their allegiance, opposite allegiance champions can be attacked. So if you are playing as kingdom you can go out and hire kingdom champions, and kill the empire champions so your opponents don't get them.
Fallen Enchantress includes significant changes to the existing game as well as massive new content additions, including spells, magical equipment, quests, locations and creatures. Additionally, the company confirmed that the expansion pack will be free for all fans that purchased the original game.
In Fallen Enchantress players will be able to explore the world of Elemental and discover a wide range of unique locations, including dangerous wild lands that can't be settled until they are conquered. There are areas like the Bhinadmi Fissure, a massive chasm that spawns demons and earth elementals, until a player goes to the edge and challenges the elemental lord that dwells within.
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Te'o lowers his 40-yard dash time to 4.69 at Notre Dame pro day after disappointing combine
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Manti Te'o ran a little better on his home field than he did at the NFL combine, lowering his 40-yard dash time by more than a second during Notre Dame's pro day.
The Heisman Trophy runner-up posted a best time of 4.69 on Tuesday, bettering the disappointing mark of 4.82 he put up at the combine in Indianapolis last month.
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(Brisbane, Australia) Volunteer Ministers (VMs) from Australia and the United States are coming together in Brisbane to aid the victims of flooding in the north eastern part of the country.
In late December 2010 and early January 2011, three quarters of the state of Queensland was inundated by rainfall so heavy it occurs only once in every 100 years. The resultant floods have caused an estimated 1 billion Australian dollars in damage.
Not all areas of Queensland's capital, Brisbane, were affected by the flooding but in the low-lying areas the water reached to the rooftops of homes and cleanup is expected to take some time.
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Cambell Newman, said that the Brisbane Municipal Council, "…has been humbled by the response we have received from people wanting to help. My message to everyone however is this clean-up is a marathon, not a race."
The Volunteer Ministers who surveyed the flood's aftermath are prepared to help as long as necessary as they begin handling the piles of debris and water-soaked belongings that dot the landscape. In addition to conducting cleanup operations, the VMs are providing support in the form of food, drink and counselling to both victims and relief-effort volunteers.
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One of my favorite radio stations has a daily piece called "Stardate". It's an obvious NPR program that promotes the latest AMAZING nasa factoids for the unthinking masses who eat NPR like they eat burgers & fries. The ridiculous "facts" that are programmed into the NPR psyche are so speculative, but the listeners take it in and can spout off these "facts" now that they've been vetted by NPR, "Stardate", and whatever "approved source" the individual has biased to.
Which brings me to NPR and the neutering of a society. As a layman's analyst, I see patterns & trends. The "news stories" they portray are so full of agenda it's absurd the percentage of airplay they get compared to the average human profile (man is a man, woman is a woman, etc). It is all Muslim and sexual orientation based "news". Every day. The program is for educated white people to accept "this" <insert program/news item here> story as fact. As belief. The reason I bring up NPR is that my daily critique of what they deliver is that it is entirely fabricated in a recording studio and that the accents are poor fakes and the stories are purely made up.
The american programmed brain is ATTRACTED to the Australian & British accent and that is why NPR delivers "news" often in these accents. It's part of the hijack of ego and the human brain emotional wiring.
Anyhow, I wanted to open up the discussion and see if others have observed this. To me NPR is a complete fabrication. The "Stardate" pieces got so speculative and absurd in their "facts", and I'd already come to the conclusion that they use Brit & Mideast accents to make their stories more believable to American robots, that it needed to be exposed as a total psyop programming mechanism.


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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Our canine Rosenberg, Daisy, has been a little off the past few days. She hurt her front passenger-side paw during a long run on Sunday. There has been noticeable improvement but while she's healing, she's doing a lot of sleeping. She takes turns laying on all of the soft surfaces in the house and is giving the mailman a few days off from her intense bark/howl greetings. There are many peanut butter snacks involved.
"Mama? Daisy pooped."
"No, no. In the house. She pooped in the house."
"On the rug."
"Which one?"
"In the living room."
"I'll get some paper towels."
"Mama? I touched the poop with my hand."
"Because I wanted to see what it felt like."
"Fair enough. How did it feel?"
"All poop-y, I think."
"I guess that's a good sign."
"It's the first poop I ever, ever, ever, ever, touched."
"I wish I could say the same. I'm a seasoned veteran."
"It's the season of summer now."
"It is."
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- AnonymousJune 10, 2010 at 12:43 AM
I think Bob forgot the incident from last week, when he gave you his poop while you were on the phone.ReplyDelete
See? I remember!
Aw, poor Daisy. Hope she's feeling better soon. Not caring where she poops is not a great sign.ReplyDelete
This makes me stop and think about all the poop I've handled in my lifetime. The number is WAY too high.ReplyDelete
Hope Daisy perks up soon. She is completely adorable.
She felt better this morning- took a nice run with me and was in good spirits.ReplyDelete
Too funny! Poor Daisy!ReplyDelete
What is so endearing is he felt he had to confess it to you.ReplyDelete
Makes me misty eyed, how you're his go to confessional.
Ah, he adores you....
i wish i could say i just touch my first dog poop.ReplyDelete
sadly, it is not so.
You should have let him squish it between his little toes. That's the BEST.ReplyDelete
It really all comes back to the poop, doesn't it? Well, over here it does anyway.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Ahhh summer...'tis the season of poop, really...ReplyDelete
Hope she's on the mend soon.
I loved a comment of yours on Mz Maggie May's brilliant Flux Capacitor (re: underpants at the table). I am SO glad I found my way here. I shall be back.ReplyDelete
As Turk and J.D. say, "Everything Comes Down to Poo!" And may I add puke? Everything comes down to poo and puke.ReplyDelete
I think Bob is in denial.ReplyDelete
Everything comes down to poo. Is it rectal cancer or a touch of the flu?ReplyDelete
Sigh. Too much Scrubs.
Bob is lying.


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Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their plans to consolidate activity in Wi-Fi Alliance. The agreement builds on more than two years of collaboration between the organizations, in which WiGig Alliance developed the groundbreaking WiGig technology specifications including MAC-PHY and Protocol Adaptation Layers (PALs) and Wi-Fi Alliance initiated work to develop an interoperability certification for 60 GHz products.
WiGig technology has continued to gain significant momentum, and will soon bring users closer to a future of truly seamless wireless connectivity complementing the traditional Wi-Fi networking. WiGig offers short-range multi-gigabit connections for applications ranging from high-definition WiGig Display Extensions (WDE), to peripheral connectivity and I/O cable replacement such as WiGig Serial Extension (WSE), WiGig Bus Extension (WBE) and WiGig SDIO Extension (WDS). Early 60 GHz implementations based on the WiGig specifications are entering the market now and ABI Research forecasts that by 2016, annual shipments of devices with both Wi-Fi and WiGig technology will reach 1.8 billion.
"This is an exciting technology, and has been an important highlight of our certification roadmap for some time, so we are delighted to take this step," said Wi-Fi Alliance president and CEO Edgar Figueroa. "Combining the expertise of Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig Alliance will deliver a terrific user experience with 60 GHz solutions, and will help ensure that a full range of interoperable WiGig solutions reaches the market as quickly as possible."
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There are over 70 museums throughout Devon. This total is the highest number of museums in one county in the South West Region.
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Delhi played host to one of the best football club teams in the world, Bayern Munich, yesterday. It included the likes of Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben, Schweinsteiger, Boateng and Ribery among others, all of whom shone in the 2010 world cup football. The crowd also responded splendidly, and despite reports that VIPs grabbed most of the tickets available (isn't that a given in Delhi?), there were still 35-40 thousand fans in attendance, resulting in a goodly football atmosphere, but if only!
The nation's showpiece stadium, yes the same Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies as well as athletics events of the 2010 Commonwealth Games were held, was a mess, almost shambolic. This stadium, which used up Rs 1,000 crore of our tax money in renovation for the Commonwealth Games, looks good from far, but is actually far from good.
No doubt the pitch on which the game was played looked good. I am sure so did the VIP areas and also the area where the media was made to sit, but one needed to move around to know what the state of this white elephant is (and no, I am not calling it a white elephant because it is actually white in colour). To say that it was shocking would be an understatement. It was worse.
Eager spectators walked in expecting to find a good seat and enjoy the game. There must have been high expectation as this is what they could see from outside here.
But this excitement came crashing down as soon as they entered the arena. They were greeted with seats that appeared not to have been cleaned ever since the CWG got over. There was at least half an inch of dust on every seat, topped nicely with bird droppings.
In fact, everything around was caked with dust, loose and also settled.
The initial reaction of everyone, without fail was – Oh Shit! or something along those lines. Then began the search for something to clean it with. It was so dirty that none dared, at least initially, to use their hankies or dare sit on them with their sweaters and jackets on.
Some enterprising ones went out, brought some packets of chips and used the wrapper to scrape off the settled dust and blow it away, resulting in plumes of dust all around. I have never seen empty wafer packets being in such high demand ever. The toilets were another story — stinking and their floors overflowing with proof that people had indeed emptied their bladders there. The much-maligned municipal bodies do a better job of keeping public lavatories in far better shape.
And that is not where it ended. The giant scoreboard, around which a lot of interest is generally generated at any live event due to the information it conveys to the spectators was on the blink except the live pictures. The clock did not work and there was nothing to tell one who is playing, who scored the goal etc.
Although Bayern Munich consisted of several big names, it was not like watching them on TV. One needed to identify them through their jersey numbers or some information showing on the screens, but in the absence of any information, people were left to do guess work. How unfortunate, for there were genuine soccer superstars and many in the crowd could not figure out who was who. There were some announcements made too, but they were not connected to the stadium's public address system. All of it was concentrated on the VIP galleries through an on-ground sound system, akin to the ones used in small rock concerts.
Surprisingly though, I did not hear a murmur of complain from anyone about the facilities (am not talking about the seats here). People just went on with it as if they were used to it and didn't expect any better. What a pity! I was immediately reminded of Rahul Dravid at the Don Bradman lecture in Australia recently. He made a telling point about our cricket bosses not thinking about the spectators and their interest. He should have seen the state at this stadium yesterday. He would have been grateful the cricket bosses do at least as much.
The question that arises is that is there no accountability? If I remember right, each stadium has an administrator, a good number of staff and a fairly decent budget for its upkeep. Then why this state? What do these administrators do? What are their KRAs? Who can take them to task for this sheer negligence. Even if we don't talk of the dysfunctional facilities during the game, is there no attempt to keep things in order. It is mine and your tax money that has gone into it dammit! One sincerely hopes the sports minister, who does not shy from theatrics when it comes to the cricket board, looks at this and takes some action. Unless of course, he himself is responsible for the mess. Well, in that case, we know where the rot lies and at least at present, there is little anyone can do.


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Rondbleu is a proximity social network bringing people together around a location.
You publish messages by attaching them to a location.
You listen to messages by defining a circular area on the map. For a given circle, only the messages located inside the area will show up, so you know what's happening around you.


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- MFLS Forums
Forums : MFLS Central Forum Thread : The Masters
from Arrows SC
on Tue 5/19 9:57 ET
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The Masters Tournament began in 2009, and has become a long standing MFLS tradition. It is a late-season tournament that is open to teams by invitation only. The tournament will begin on MFLS week 14. To qualify a team must have finished the MFLS season in the top twenty-five at least once in its career. This year there are eight-one teams that qualify. That list is posted on the tournament web site:
The Masters, as the names suggest, takes on a golf format. A team�s MFLS points are ranked each week (each �hole�) highest to lowest. The top score is given a double- eagle (-2), the next best an eagle (-2) or birdie (-1), most will get a par (0), and the worst scores a bogey (-1) or double-bogey (-2) or even a triple-bogey (-3). At the half-way mark the bottom teams are cut and the rest play on. After eighteen holes the lowest score wins. For full rules consult the web site:
If you qualify and would like to participate in The Masters please post here or send an e-mail to email@example.com. If your team does not qualify, I am sorry, but you will not be eligible to participate. I will require a minimum of 25 teams to run the tournament.
Please note that the Masters eligible list is based on the manager's name. That name may be spelled differently throughout the years and as such it is prone to error, or a manager may have experienced a name change. If you feel you should be on the list please do not feel slighted and let me know.
I have noted the managers that I believe are participating in MFLS this year and those that I believe are not based on my name searches. Again, this is subject to the same error as I describe above. Please forgive any errors.
Last year�s tournament was the biggest blowout we�ve ever witnessed. FC Chunkers took the lead on the seventh hole and cruised all the way to a ten stroke victory. Chunkers is not participating in MFLS this season, leaving hope for the rest of us.
Here are the previous Masters Tournament winners:
2014: FC Chunkers (Division of Great Significance)
2013: Top Shelf (Brew City FA)
2012: Top Shelf (Brew City FA)
2011: I <3 MLS (Soccer By Ives)
2010: Dynamo Silver Spring (Brew City FA)
2009: Elastic Norsemen (RevMFLS)
I hope you will participate and have fun playing.
from FC Byrd Turgler
on Tue 5/19 10:28 ET
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Oh yeah, sign me up please. from Weirder Bremen
on Tue 5/19 10:56 ET
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Me too. from Dynamo Silver Spring
on Tue 5/19 11:36 ET
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Yes please. from Real New Britski
on Tue 5/19 11:37 ET
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Yes please from Avengers
on Tue 5/19 11:40 ET
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Sign me up! from Mohawks
on Tue 5/19 11:40 ET
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Count me in from The Laws of Lalas
on Tue 5/19 12:00 ET
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definitely in, thanks for running it! from El f�tbol es as�
on Tue 5/19 12:28 ET
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Love this game, in please... from Seattle SC
on Tue 5/19 13:43 ET
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In, thanks, always enjoy this competition from Arrows SC
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Thanks for the nice response. I'm hoping for a big field this year. from Shaolin Mystigods
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cannot wait! from Port City Navigators
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I'm in! from C�nicas AC
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Please, count me in, and thank you so much for organizing the
Masters yet another season.
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Thanks for putting this together and I'll proudly claim my spot.
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Fans are refused entry if they are in possession of prohibited items. Illegal items will be confiscated and turned over to the police. If a guest is found inside the stadium with prohibited items, the items will be confiscated and the fan may be ejected from the facility. All bags and persons are subject to search upon entry.
The following items are not permitted in TOYOTA PARK during Chicago Fire games:
- Aerosol Cans
- Balloons and Beach Balls
- Cameras with Lenses or Lens Attachments over 6"
- Cans, Bottles or Other Beverage Containers
- Chains, Studded Bracelets, etc.
- Coolers or Ice Chests
- Fireworks, Flares or Smoke Bombs
- Illegal Drugs
- Large Bags and Purses
- Laser Pens and Pointers
- Noisemaking Devices (i.e. whistles, air horns)
- Outside Food and Beverage
- Umbrellas
- Video or Recording Devices
- Weapons
- Any Other Item Deemed to be Inappropriate or Dangerous by TOYOTA PARK Management
TOYOTA PARK is committed to providing all guests with the ultimate fan experience. We ask all guests to adhere to the following code of conduct:
- Guests shall be respectful of all other guests, fans, participants, referees, entertainers, athletes, stadium staff and stadium property.
- Guests shall not interfere in other guests' enjoyment of the event.
- Guests who drink alcoholic beverages shall do so in a responsible manner.
- Guests shall smoke only in designated areas within TOYOTA PARK
- Guests shall refrain from using offensive language, making obscene gestures, throwing objects, using flares, fireworks, smoke bombs and other prohibited items.
- Guests shall never enter the field of play, the performance area or interfere with the event in any fashion.
- Guests shall comply with the direction and instructions of TOYOTA PARK staff.
Guests who fail to comply with the TOYOTA PARK Code of Conduct are subject to ejection from the Stadium. We thank you for your cooperation and we hope you enjoy your visit to Toyota Park!


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Deland FL Real Estate
DeLand, located in Volusia County, Florida, may be one of Florida's best kept secrets. Imagine a college campus classified as a
National Historic District. Add to that a downtown brimming with notable gift
shops and restaurants. Then place it between the shores of the St. Johns River
and the silvery surf of the Atlantic Ocean. Finally, picture all this only 25
minutes from Daytona Beach and about 40 minutes from Orlando.
DeLand delights visitors with all the possibilities
and hospitality a small Southern town can offer. Tree shaded streets adorned
with handsome homes cocoon the campus of Florida's oldest private college,
Stetson University. Stetson's presence enhances the community's rich cultural
offerings with theater, recitals, museums and a vibrant speakers program. Nearby
parks offer camping, picnicking, swimming, scuba diving and canoeing. Get a peek
at Manatees in Blue Springs, or boat over to Hontoon Island State Park to see a
cypress swamp on the St. Johns River.
Explore the early settler's history at DeLeon Springs
State Park, where you can griddle your own pancakes at The Old Spanish Sugar
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This comfortable, oak-shaded city with its enviable
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The Cultural Arts Center houses an art museum, a
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DeLand's revitalized downtown is listed as a National
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Rumor site DigiTimes reports that Apple has been in negotiation with Samsung about the amounts of flash memory the Korean market leader will be supplying to Apple from June to the end of the year. Apparently, Apple wants Samsung to supply 400 to 500 million 4 gigabit (512MB) NAND flash chips, which is 10 to 15 percent more than agreed upon earlier. Apple has also requested more flash from another Korean supplier, Hynix Semiconductor.
According to DigiTimes, Apple's orders are pushing the limits of its suppliers' manufacturing capability. Also, Samsung fears an over supply of flash if the iPod and iPhone, the traditional and announced Apple products that use flash memory, don't sell as well as expected.
However, if Apple is taking delivery of half a billion or more 4Gbit flash chips from its suppliers over the course of seven months, the Cupertino-based company is either intending to shatter all previous sales records, or it plans to put flash in other products. Assuming 4GB per product (4GB iPods are the most popular; some use more, some less, some are HDD-based), 250 petabytes of flash memory is enough for some 60 million iPods or iPhones. In the quarter that just ended, Apple sold 10 million iPods, and the one before that, around 20 million. The company intends to sell some 10 million iPhones either in 2008 or by the end of 2008.
DigiTimes has a spotty track record with regard to its reports coming true, but its recent claim that Apple would delay Leopard until October in order to work on Vista compatibility turned out at least half true only weeks later.


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This is a thread to show off your custom Falco. What keeps amusing me is that you Falco guys are crown princes of Aprilia customs...not even the Mille guys dare to go where you guys do. I have personally seen at least 10 Flacos with Mille swingarms on them and now there is talk of adding the RST arm to one...what inspires you to do this to your Falco? I love that you guys will try anything on the SL1000, it gives me hope and motivation to do something crazy to mine.
Anyway, this thread is a sticky. Put all your custom Falco pics here, whatever you have done to make your bike different, even if it is minor. This will be a good place for people seeking inspiration to look when they get a Falco or decide to go modding thier existing bike.
Please limit replies to posts, or make a new thread, this is a Gallery type thread where pics and mod lists are the content:
I have no piccies right now but do have these mods on my bike:
My bike is a 2003 SL1000 in black/silver
EVO LP bracket.
EVO race air kit
EVO low temp fan switch
Aprilia 65C Thermostat
Arrow Carbon slip-ons
Factory Pro 1413 eprom
De-restricted intake boot.
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No. 6 LSU (6-1, 3-1 SEC) at Mississippi (3-3, 1-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Line: LSU by 8.
Series record: LSU leads 58-39-4.
No. 6 LSU needs a win against Ole Miss to set up a potential fight for the top of the Western Division with Alabama on Nov. 9. The Tigers have won two straight and haven't allowed a touchdown in six quarters. The Rebels are trying to end a three-game losing streak. This is the third top-10 team Ole Miss has faced in four weeks.
LSU: QB Zach Mettenberger against Ole Miss' beat up defense. Mettenberger has been fantastic this season, throwing for 1,890 yards, 15 touchdowns and two interceptions. Now he'll try to pick apart the Rebels' defense, which is reeling because of several key injuries. Ole Miss gave up 41 points in a loss to Texas A&M last week.
LSU: RB Jeremy Hill. Much has been made about LSU's improved passing offense, but the Tigers can still run the football. Hill is second in the league with 119.2 yards rushing per game and has nine rushing touchdowns.
Ole Miss: WR Laquon Treadwell. The talented receiver has already set a school record for freshmen with 32 receptions this season. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder has great hands that allow him to catch contested passes in traffic.
LSU has won nine of the past 11 in the series, including the past three. ... LSU's Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry are the nation's top receiving tandem so far this season, combining for 83 receptions, 1,407 yards and 13 touchdowns. ... Mettenberger has a 16-4 record as the Tigers' starting quarterback. ... Ole Miss is in the middle of a six-game homestand at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, which is the longest in the program's 118-year history. ... The Rebels have played 12 true freshmen this season, which is tied for eighth most among Football Bowl Subdivision programs.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
LSU vs. Ole Miss preview
No. 6 LSU (6-1, 3-1 SEC) at Mississippi (3-3, 1-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)


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'Accros' is French slang for obsession/addiction.
Recently Pierre Herme announced of his newest macaron box designed by artist, Nicolas Vial.
Well aren't you the nicest girl ever, feeding the St Sulpice pigeons some Pierre Hermé Tarte Azur. I bet they could not believe their luck! Sounds like you are having a fabulous time... eating your way through France and England! Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDelete
Oh, my! What a wonderful trip. Chocolate, lemon, London, Paris. Sigh. (Note to self: start saving up for a trip to Europe!!)ReplyDelete
Devouring your posts of late, with the emphasis on all things Citron, has left me with the need for something tart on my tongue.
Maybe a Tastycake Lemon pie with my coffee tomorrow, at 7-Eleven...?
I wish I could just let the crusts go...I have a weakness for them, though. Yum, Carol! Glad you are having fun!ReplyDelete
What complex pastries Pierre Herme makes!
Something for the intellect as well as the tastebuds..
merci for the visual trip.
OMG Bill!
I used to stuff myself on Tasty-Cake lemon pies.
Remembrances of delightful things past...
These tarts looks amazing, Carol...Yummy...The chocolat citron...ulalala!! Kisses and hugs!ReplyDelete
Great to find another member of the club.....there are not many of us that leave the crust!! To me it's just extra calories for no reason. The filling- always lemon- is the best part. I'm looking forward to a Pierre Herme tasting of lemon sweat treats on my next visit to Paris.ReplyDelete
Oops! Should be lemon sweet treats!!ReplyDelete
Aha - progress that you ate some of the crust chez Hermé. I wonder if St Sulpice pigeons know that they are such posh Azur birds in town!ReplyDelete
My grandmother used to make extra pie crust whenever she was making pie.
Then she'd butter the extra crust, sprinkle it with cinnamon and sugar,
roll it into tiny little cinnamon rolls and bake it for me.
Thus began my crust addiction...
Hi. My name is Amy and I'm a crust addict.
Pastry, graham cracker,
cookie...I've used them all...
That sounds bette than anything you could get in Paris!!
those lucky pigeons! The cat on the packaging is wonderful.
I love this post and WOW the shop window display leaves me speechless, what an amazing presentation.
First, I'd like to thank you for your blog. I look forward to reading it and luxuriating in the photos and artwork.
Now, my question.
The first photo of the uneaten lemon tart....is that a lemon meringue top?
Also, in the center. Is that a sugar glass dome?
Although you commented that ultimately, it didn't have enough of a lemony flavor, it is my favorite "looking" tart and I use for my desktop image. I never get tired of looking at it.
Yup it is a lemon meringue
and the center is a dollop of lemon curd...making me salivate here...


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Just wanted to stop in and say hello! I'm new to Atheist Nexus and looking forward to getting to know people.
I was raised Southern Baptist and converted to Orthodox Christianity in 2007. Owning up to my atheism has been a long, torturous, emotional process since mid-2008 or so, and began with admitting to myself that I did not believe homosexuality was a sin. I originally disguised these first wrinkles in my faith as "struggles" - I couldn't say, "I disagree with the Bible," for many years. Instead I would say, "I struggle with this teaching," or something similar. When I finally said, "out loud" in my brain, "I disagree with the Bible's teaching that homosexuality is a sin," it was a sweet release from the shackles of faith I had worn so willingly, and the rest of my beliefs quickly followed suit.
I'm still not "out" with my family or anyone from my childhood church or the Orthodox church. I'm trying to find that courage and I think I get a bit closer every day.
Having been raised Southern Baptist I was taught to mistrust & discount science (and evolution above all), so I am positively a child when it comes to understanding most scientific concepts and principles. I'm actively looking to expand my knowledge in this area.
Like many here, I'm sure, I count several secular writers and scientists among my teachers, particularly Christopher Hitchens. I find his brand of tough love - the sweet, stinging Hitchslap - to be particularly effective in dispelling the religious notions still entrenched in my brain, things like "if there's no god, how can you determine morality?" and others. He's also a tremendously gifted writer and I find that I am more learned after every paragraph I work through in his books or essays.
I'm sure I've gone on long enough already, so there is my deconversion, in a nutshell. Looking forward to good discussions & resources to increase my knowledge about our world.
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Hi Anna,
You write a nice intro. Sounds like you will be a force for good in your community, quietly dropping truth bombs here and there. Funny that I am an ex catholic but don't even know what "orthodox christianity" means in this context. Is it evangelical? Lots of people seem to consider themselves "orthodox" in their own way.
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April 04, 2012
The View From Where I Sit | Staying in on a Saturday Night | Homemade Pizza for Two
This is a little peak into our house on a Saturday night when we decided to stay in. Mike and Emma played in the living room while I spent some time in the kitchen preparing a pizza and a salad for us to share.
While I was fixing dinner, I snapped a couple of secret photos during their storytime. The book is "Guess How Much I Love You" - so sweet. Keep reading...
The pizza was more rustic than fancy - modeled after a Mike's newest favorite "Pizza Napoli" from our local pizzeria, and the salad was copied from a favorite from back home - "The Nine Color Salad" from Spin Pizza.
Pepperoni & Crumbled Meatballs (My Homemade Meatballs Recipe)
My sister asked me, If you love the pizza from there and you can just call and order it, why try to make it yourself? True.
Fresh Mozzarella
But sometimes I just want to cook. I want to make something - especially on the weekends. After weeks of juggling Emma and trying to fix dinner at the same time, it is nice on Saturday night to spend some alone time in the kitchen while Mike is spending time with her.
Nine Color Salad
Boston Bibb Lettuce, Romaine, Radicchio, Radishes, Celery, Scallion, Pine Nuts, Feta Cheese &
Roasted Cherry Tomatoes. Here is the complete recipe for the Nine Color Salad.
Pizza's out of the oven... yes, that is crumbled bacon on Mike's half. The pepperoni and crumbled meatballs is plenty of meat for me.
I love dinners like this...
on my lap, on the sofa, on a Saturday night.
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She is adorable, and this sounds like the perfect Saturday night! Love your blog Jenny!!ReplyDelete
Looks delicious! I love to cook in too. I plan to make homemade pizza and a tossed salad one evening this week too. :) We're having company and with Easter dinner for almost 40 here at our house we are eating "easy" stuff the other days. ;) The photos of Emma are adorable too!! :)ReplyDelete
Hi Jenny! Emma is beautiful! I have made several of your recipes this week and they have all been big hits in our house-the crab cakes in particular!ReplyDelete
Love your beautiful blog!
Jenny, Emma is beautiful! I love staying in on Sat. night with my hubby and two boys, ages 11 & 14. When my two older children were babies we started reading that book! We would always end it with I love you to the moon and back, to the universe and back, to the galaxy and back, etc....what fun times...enjoy!ReplyDelete
can't wait to try these recipes
hi jenny! just catching up on your blog! i can relate to savoring time alone in the kitchen. it is such a treat when it happens. your pizza and salad look delish! i've just started making my own dough. i'm still searching for the perfect recipe. my first few tries were good, but trader joe's fresh dough is just as good. if i'm going to make it from scratch i expect it to be at least a bit better. do you have a pizza dough recipe you like? speaking of recipes... i made ina's new spicy turkey meatballs for dinner this week - oh my! i have my own go to recipe, an old "cooking light" one that was one of the very first things i learned to make in college. it is similar to your recipe and baked. but these ina ones were really special and different. i thought my boys would protest to the change but they were big fans too. i hope your sweet family has a very happy easter!ReplyDelete