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Commissioner of Education David C. Hespe today presented a vision for early childhood education to the State Board of Education that emphasizes excellence and will ensure children in Abbott districts are ready to learn the state's new and more challenging core curriculum by the time they enter kindergarten.
At the same time, Hespe named Margretta Reid Fairweather as the department's new Assistant Commissioner of Early Childhood Education. The State Board approved the selection of Ms. Fairweather, who has led the New York State Department of Education's child, family and community services team since 1992.
Ms. Fairweather, as a policy team leader, had responsibility for the implementation of New York State's universal pre-kindergarten program, which is offered by school districts and early childhood providers.
"We are only weeks away from launching a program that will prepare children in disadvantaged communities to compete on an equal playing field with those from wealthier districts," Hespe said. "The scale of this program, and our commitment to its success, is without equal. Not only will we be breaking new ground, we will be laying the foundation for a program that will have positive long-term benefits for our children and our state."
This fall, pursuant to the state Supreme Court's mandate in its 1998 Abbot v. Burke ruling, half-day pre-school programs will be available for all 3- and 4-year-olds. Once implementation issues are resolved, full-day programs will be instituted to complement the all-day kindergarten programs that will be provided in all 30 Abbott districts. Implementation issues include the shortage of teachers trained in early childhood education and the number of additional pupils seeking to be enrolled in pre-school programs.
"Quality is the cornerstone of our efforts, but they are also anchored in reality," Hespe noted. "Providing high quality early childhood education is one of the highest priorities of the Whitman administration. The Governor has pledged that every Abbott district child will have access to a full-day preschool program in the next three-to-five years. We have also promised to certify teachers in early childhood programs and to set statewide standards for early childhood education.
"Practical limitations make it impossible to accomplish everything we want immediately. The reality is these improvements must be phased in, but they will be phased in as quickly as they can be without sacrificing quality."
By using existing community-based providers, New Jersey's pre-school program can begin to produce beneficial results for children in the Abbott districts this September. Hespe said the decision recognizes the commitment and value of the staff already providing services to the community and the crucial role of these providers in the community.
To help ensure the facilities are adequate, a $12 million 'Bright Beginnings' grant program has been created within the Department of Human Services to fund major building and renovation projects at existing child care centers. The Department of Education will also use the five-year facilities plans filed by the districts to assess future school-based needs.
"Like most good public policy, the goal of using community-based providers comes at a price," Hespe said. "Implementation issues are complicated by both the sheer number of providers and the complexity of molding two very different systems together the public school system with the child care community. But partnerships between the public and private sector can increase quality and efficiency in many areas. Given the short time frame we have for implementation, a flawless transition is not possible. However, I am optimistic we are on the right track."
The commissioner said rapid intervention teams have been formed on a regional basis to assist Abbott districts in implementing their early childhood education programs. The teams have received special training and are familiar with the districts' early childhood plans as well as their contingency plans. They will be ready to assist districts now through October. Each regional team consists of a county superintendent of schools, a county school business administrator, an external consultant and representatives of the Department of Education, a Program Improvement Regional Center and the Department of Human Services.
Hespe said his decision to create a new Division of Early Childhood Education headed by an assistant commissioner demonstrates his commitment to seeing this program succeed.
In her previous post, Ms. Fairweather developed policy and provided program support and coordination of statewide activities for fostering early childhood education and school-community partnerships.
"I am delighted that Margretta Fairweather has decided to join us as our new assistant commissioner of early childhood education," said Hespe. "We have created this new division to highlight the importance we place on early childhood education for our youngest citizens.
"Research has shown that a high quality early childhood program provides an important foundation for all children as they enter kindergarten. I strongly believe that Margretta Reid Fairweather is the right person to lead us forward in the implementation of this program, which has placed New Jersey among the national leaders in early childhood education."
Ms. Fairweather graduated from the City College of New York in 1970 with a BA in sociology. She received her Masters Degree in Urban and Environmental Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973 and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the College of Education at the University of Hartford in 1974.
She has worked at the New York State Department of Education as the Director of Student Development and Family Support Services and Administrative Coordinator in the Office for Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. She also served as the Chief of the Bureau of Comprehensive School Improvement Planning in New York City.
"I am looking forward to leading the development of New Jersey's early childhood education program," said Ms. Fairweather. "I would like to thank Commissioner Hespe for the confidence he has shown in me. My only goal in this position is ensuring a high quality early childhood education program in the state of New Jersey."
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Savory Stuffed French Toast
A real treat, this savory French toast is full of mushrooms, peppers and cheese. Cooked until golden brown, it looks lovely an the plate.
8 (1-in. thick) slices brioche or challah bread
Butter, for frying
2 oz. shiitake mushrooms, sliced
1 large red bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips
8 oz. fontina cheese, sliced
4 eggs
1⁄2 cup milk
Salt and pepper, to taste
- Cut a slit on the side of each bread slice to make a large pocket.
- Melt 1 tbsp. butter in skillet. Add shiitakes and red pepper; sauté 5 min.
- Stuff each bread slice with a cheese slice and some shiitakes and pepper strips. In a bowl, beat eggs with milk and salt and pepper to taste. Dip stuffed bread slices in egg mixture, coating both sides.
- Melt another 1 tbsp. butter on preheated griddle or in large skillet. Place stuffed bread slices on hot cooking surface and cook until golden brown on both sides and cheese is melted. Serve hot.

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Panagia Ierosolymitissa
Panagia Ierosolymitissa (Gr. Most Holy Lady of Jerusalem). This is a very popular icon of the Theotokos because it is Gethsemane's Panagia - overlooking the empty tomb of the Most Holy Theotokos, blessing the numerous pilgrims to the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Today's small underground tomb is situated at Gethsemane, next to the Mount of Olives where the Saviour often prayed with His disciples. It was there that the Apostles gathered and buried the most-pure body of the Mother of God. Her icon remains there as an endless spring of blessings for all the Christians, celebrated (or venerated) by the name 'Panagia Ierosolimitissa'.
History of Icon
According to Holy Tradition this miraculous icon was painted through the revelation of the Holy Theotokos to a nun named Tatiana, according to sources in Gethsemane, perhaps around 1870. The story narrated is as follows:-
- In 1870, there lived a monastic iconographer called Tatiana. One night, a lady appeared to her in a vision saying, "Sister Tatiana, I have come so that you can paint me.". Tatiana replied, "Let it be Blessed Sister however I am an iconographer and not a painter.". The lady replied, "... well then, you should paint me using your iconographic style."
- Sister Tatiana was furious with the boldness of this ladies response and said, "I do not have any plank of wood to use". The lady then gave her the plank of wood the sister would need and told her to "paint".
- In obedience to her guest, the sister started her iconography. Sister Tatiana glanced at her guest, and she noticed the guests appearance transfigure in front of her. The lady's mantle started to turn into gold and her face was glowing intensely. This change in the appearance of the lady, worried Tatiana but the lady spoke to her, saying: "O Blessed Tatiana, you are the only person, after the Apostles and the Evangelist Luke, to have this opportunity to write an icon of me again.". Sister Tatiana then realised that she was in the presence of Our Holy Mother the Theotokos. In shock she awoke from her vision.
- She immediately went and informed her Mother Superior of the vision in detail. The Abbess did not believe in the story but told her to go to sleep and the following day she could paint an icon of the Panagia with her blessing.
- Tatianna returned to her cell and before entering she noticed a bright light shining through the door. She hastened to the Abbess, once again, to bring her to her cell to witness this light and understand that she was not lying about the visions. Together they returned to Tatianna's cell. Inside, they could smell a beautiful and heavenly fragrance and the light was so bright that only then did they realise that the aroma and the light were coming from the icon of the Ierosolymitisa.
- This mysterious appearance of the icon had the sisters in shock but Our Holy Mother the Theotokos once more appeared to the Sister and said, "Take me from here down to my home in Gethsemane." - which is exactly what they both did.
The icon is exactly where the Panagia wanted it to be at her holy tomb in Gethsemane and is not only most beautiful but very miraculous.
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Now is the Time to Strengthen, Not Weaken, Investor Protection
Contact: Cam Savage
Now is the Time to Strengthen, Not Weaken, Investor Protection
Throughout the last decade, more and more Hoosiers chose to invest money in the stock market and other ventures. What is troubling is that as the number of people investing in the market has increased, so too has the number of incidents of fraud and investor abuse on Wall Street. As Indiana's chief securities regulator, I do not understand how anyone could even consider disarming the local cops on the securities beat. Now is the time to strengthen, not weaken investor protection. Yet that is exactly what some in Congress have proposed.
The House Financial Services Committee is expected, early next month, to consider legislation ("The Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act," H.R. 2179), that will make it significantly more difficult for state securities regulators to do our jobs – a job often described as the local cop on the beat and the market's early warning system for fraud and abuse.
At the outset, I want to make it clear that I have joined my fellow state securities regulators in strong support of seven of the eight provisions of H.R. 2179. This is important legislation with many powerful resources to help the SEC. To make sure this legislation remains a "fraud deterrence" act, Congress must remove one provision, Section 8(b), or what the Consumer Federation of America rightly called a "poison pill" in this otherwise pro-investor bill.
As amended, Section 8(b) of H.R. 2179 would restrict state securities regulators from taking the day-to-day actions that protect our investors. This provision would limit our ability to impose requirements that go beyond federal requirements as part of enforcement, licensing, or other regulatory proceedings.
The states spoke up early and brought enforcement actions regarding problems with micro-cap fraud, online trading, day trading and research analysts. After our initial enforcement actions, we joined with the SEC, the NASD/Nasdaq and the NYSE to contribute to rules overseen by the SEC for the national market place. We are committed to solving problems we find in our jurisdictions and leaving the rulemaking to the SEC.
States currently have full authority to fashion remedies for a variety of problems. For example, we can require firms to conduct special supervision, re-educate brokers, monitor trading, make special disclosures to investors, conduct special audits or reviews and produce reports to state regulators to demonstrate compliance. All of these measures could be prohibited by this amendment.
Securities regulation at the state level is an indispensable tool in fighting investor fraud and abuse. It bears repeating: the states investigate and bring enforcement actions; they do not engage in rulemaking for the national markets. That is rightly the purview of the SEC and selfregulatory organizations.
Our unique complementary system of state, industry and federal securities regulation ensures fair markets for all investors. Undermining this successful system by handcuffing state securities regulators is a giant leap backward.State securities regulators have a long record of success in protecting investors at the local level largely by doing what this provision would prevent. I urge Congress to remove Section 8(b) from this otherwise much needed investor protection legislation.


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(CBS/AP) Insane Clown Posse, a rap-metal duo, have filed a lawsuit in Michigan seeking documents that would explain why the FBI considers its fans a gang.
The federal lawsuit says the FBI failed to timely respond to a 2011 request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Insane Clown Posse fans are known as Juggalos. Last year, the FBI included Juggalos in its national report on gangs.
The report doesn't mention a direct connection to Insane Clown Posse, but says many Juggalos have "gang-like behavior" and commit crimes and violence. The report includes a picture of a Juggalo wearing face paint and aiming a gun.
The group says its fans are a "family," not a gang.
Detroit FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet declined comment Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Flint.


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Senior Ben Cochran would have punted some balls during Wednesday's practice, but the drill was for the punt block unit, and Cochran was needed to rush the punter.
Good thing for Cochran there's no third unit. If there was, he would probably be on that, too.
Cochran is the jack of all trades for Air Force. Coach Troy Calhoun said if the punting race was close at the end of camp, Cochran might be his punter this season, never mind that Cochran's listed position is safety. Or that Cochran hasn't punted since high school.
Cochran is used to filling in wherever needed. He started his career as a quarterback and moved to safety as a junior, but when Falcons quarterbacks were hit with injuries, he was the one who filled in. Against BYU, he played his first significant snaps at quarterback since two seasons before, when he was on the junior varsity, and he led Air Force to three scores.
"He's never waffled about anything," secondary coach Charlton Warren said. "If you went to him and said 'I need you to be a fullback tomorrow,' he'd say 'All right coach, anything I can do to help the team.'"
Cochran is a backup at both safety positions and the fifth member of the Falcons' nickel defense when it uses a third safety. He could be the primary holder for field goals, he's a candidate at punter, he's a member of other special teams units, and if called upon as an emergency quarterback, he said he would be ready for that, as well.
"I feel like I could go out tomorrow at quarterback and execute, just because I've done it so long," Cochran said.
Cochran moves around because he wants to play. Versatility gets noticed by coaches, and his attitude about assuming any role is an endearing trait to the staff.
"I just want to get on the field anywhere I can and compete," Cochran said.
Asking Cochran to punt might be a bit of a stretch, but Cochran said he could do it. Whether Calhoun would follow through on that or is just trying to keep the heat on the team's full-time punters will be seen. Cochran said punting would just take a little bit of extra practice time.
"You can make it work," Cochran said.
Cochran is able to function at many positions because of his intelligence, part of which can be credited to his background at quarterback.
Warren said not everyone can handle so many assignments. But Cochran said playing multiple spots helps his overall understanding of the game.
Perhaps Cochran's unselfishness has kept him from becoming a full-time starter at one position. But Cochran has no issue with that, and his versatility means he will be a "significant contributor," in the words of Calhoun.
"We've at times pulled him in different spots that were best for the team, even though it might not have given him the best chance to play," Calhoun said. "I want to try to do everything I can to give him the best chance to play."


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If you thought Apple's tock was rich at its current lofty levels above $600, just wait until you get a load of it at $1,100.
So thinks one analyst, who despite the company's surprising earnings miss on Thursday is maintaining a $1,111 price target on its stock — putting the tech giant's market capitalization above a whopping $1 trillion.
Apple's disappointing third-quarter performance was a rare misstep for a company that normally can do no wrong in the eyes of Wall Street investors. Still, Brian White, analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, believes Apple's fundamentals justify his aggressive price target.


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SYDNEY - The chief of Australia's Melbourne Renegades team will fly to the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka next week in a bid to sign estranged England batsman Kevin Pietersen for the domestic Big Bash series, reports said on Thursday.
Renegades boss Stuart Coventry said he hoped to arrange a meeting with Pietersen, who is working as a television commentator at the World Twenty20. "I'd like to (meet Pietersen) but I think I would want to get an indication first about his availability before talking further," Coventry told The Sydney Morning Herald.
"We have three places left on our list and one of them is for an international. If we can grab someone who stands up at the World Twenty20 that is our first priority, but now that Kevin Pietersen is back in the mix, there's no doubt we and the Sydney Sixers have been having some dialogue with his management. If he is available we'd love to grab him but there's a lot of curve balls in play at the moment, about his availability, whether he wants to come to Australia, whether he wants to come to Melbourne or Sydney."
Pietersen has been in exile since sending text messages to South Africa players that contained derogatory references to then England captain Andrew Strauss during the recent Test series. With reports circulating that Pietersen had also fallen out with several of his team-mates as a result of his behaviour, the South Africa-born star was axed for the final Test.
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Nutraceutical-Enhanced Alcoholic Beverages Gaining Popularity
The idea of better-for-you booze might seem like an oxymoron, but brewers and distillers are toasting the emerging market for nutraceutical-enhanced alcoholic beverages.
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You could say the idea of healthy booze began with the so-called "French Paradox." When researchers found the French, who drink wine and enjoy rich cheeses and butter, had lower rates of cardiovascular disease rates than Americans, some reasoned that it must be something in the wine. It turns out they were correct, at least in part.
Today, a slew of compounds in wine are known to help protect against heart disease and cancer. Quercitin, ellagic acid, resveratrol and other polyphenolic compounds are examples of such ingredients. Ethanol itself is also known, in moderation, to help prevent heart disease. In fact, new research suggests a number of other heath benefits springing from both polyphenols and ethanol, including cold and flu prevention and the bactericidal action against the Streptococcus mutans bug, which is implicated as the cause of cavities.
While there are no intrinsic health components in a malt beverage, a splash of pomegranate can turn a wine cooler into a nutraceutical.
However, not everyone drinks alcohol, and even those who do might not necessarily desire to consume enough to derive sufficient physical benefit. Still, there's no denying the value of such beneficial compounds.
Over the past several years, this has translated into a growth market for companies extracting the valuable wine phytochemicals and providing them to a rapidly growing healthy food, beverage and supplement industry. Companies such as San Joaquin Valley Concentrates (www.activin.com), Fresno, Calif.; Polyphenolics Inc. (www.polypheolics.com), Madera, Calif.; and Metagenics Inc. (www.metagenics.com), San Clemente, Calif. now form a part of this multimillion-dollar business.
Infusing nutraceutical compounds or botanical extracts into alcohol makes sense. Even up until the beginning of past century, pharmacists often made medicines in the same manner. Pharmaceutical labs today often use ethanol in similar, albeit more complicated, lab-controlled processes.
Last year, p.i.n.k. Spirits Co. (www.pinkspirits.com), New York, rolled out its line of infused spirits. The company's six products in the line include vodka, tequila, rum, sake, white whiskey and gin, all laced with guarana and caffeine. Guarana, a berry grown in the northern regions of Brazil and Venezuela, contains a caffeine-like compound called guaranine. However, its effects are said to be more "even," without caffeine's jittery side effects.
As the "first company in the world to create ultra-premium alcohol that does not make the consumer tired," the p.i.n.k. line was created "to enable consumers to enjoy their favorite cocktails while experiencing the benefits of caffeine and guarana," according to David Mandell, president and CEO.
The p.i.n.k. line was created to enable consumers to enjoy their favorite cocktails while experiencing the benefits of caffeine and guarana.
The challenge, however, is that guarana is dark colored and has a tart, almost bitter flavor. "It took nearly two years to create a formula that would not compromise the integrity of our vodka," explains Mandell. "Working with Clarendon Flavor Engineering (www.clarendonflavors.com), Louisville, Ky., the p.i.n.k. Spirits Co. developed a unique process to extract the all-natural functional components of the guarana berry, while removing its native dark color and tart flavor." The result is a flavorless blend of caffeine and guarana, which the company infuses into an ultra-premium Dutch vodka base following distillation.
The new San Francisco-based distillery Lotus Vodka (www.lotusvodka.com) launched its core brand vodka enhanced with B vitamins — allegedly in such concentration that two drinks provides all your daily B needs. "Allegedly" because legally the company cannot make any such vitamin or health claims about its product. Lotus recently followed with its Blue Lotus brand vodka containing caffeine, taurine and guarana.
Green Drinks
The organic side of the health equation has made big leaps. Although organic wines have been around for years, only lately have makers of vodka, gin, whiskey and rum caught on to the marketing — and possibly health-related — positives of going organic.
It's "London Dry" and a product of England, but Maison Jomere/Organic Spirit's gin wears the USDA organic seal. Sometimes "better-for-you" is about what's been left out as opposed to what's been infused in.
Maison Jomere Ltd./Organic Spirits Co. (www.maisonjomere.com), Plaistow, N.H., pioneered the production of organic whiskey from its 350-year-old distillery. Research is suggesting there could be some important health benefits to people who drink single malt whiskies. Single malts contain the phytochemical ellagic acid, studied as a powerful anti-cancer antioxidant. In fact, whiskeys have more ellagic acid than red wine.
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Luiz Suarez has ended speculation regarding his future by signing a new long-term contract with Liverpool.
Striker Suarez had been linked with a move to Juventus, with the Italian giants reportedly planning a double swoop on the Barclays Premier League by also poaching Arsenal's Robin van Persie.
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Sunday, November 05, 2017
Dundurn National Historic Site
610 York Blvd
Hamilton, ON L8R
Gain insight into the lives of soldiers who protected the freedom of all Canadians in commemoration of our Nation's 150th Anniversary.
The effects of the First World War were so far-reaching they impacted the lives of every Hamiltonian. Follow the course of Hamilton's involvement from the initial 'call to arms' to the post-war period through treasures from the collections of The Hamilton Military Museum including letters, photos and personal items owned by Hamiltonians, and experience the war Through Their Eyes.
Cost: Family: $11.50, Adults: $4, Seniors: $3.50, Youth: $3.50, Children: $3, Infants: Free
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The screen shots that I saw look intriguing, although I admit that I don't yet have an exact sense of what it will be like to "be there". What I do know is that travel budgets are likely to range from tight to non-existent for everyone, but the need for knowledge and personal technical contacts is greater than ever.
Here's the agenda:
8:00 AM ET Show floor opens
11:00 Understanding the Foundations of The Information Agenda
12:00 Noon Chat with the experts
1:30 PM Integrated Data Management Revolution with Merv Adrian of Forrester Research
2:30 PM Chat with the experts
6:00 PM Show floor closes
If you haven't seen much on the Information Agenda, it's worth a look. It's all about trusted information and getting the right information out of the silos and working for the business. Over my years in the Information Management area of IBM, I've seen this message evolve and it continues to make more sense to me - how about you? The way I see it, if you're responsible for one silo of information, making that available for the business to benefit from should be one of your main objectives, well, that along with ensuring the security and reliability of that information.
Here's what the Expo Solution Pedestals will have:
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Along with the fact that there's no travel cost, the virtual conference is free to attend! Interested? Register now!. And let me know how you liked it, did it work? It's easy to say that this can't fully replace a real in-person conference experience (after all there's no beer), but I like the idea of supplementing the real ones with other ways to stay connected and informed. This should be a step up from a webinar, as there seem to be many opportunities to interact real-time.
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Congress may add flexibility to sequester cuts
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers may use a must-pass funding bill as a vehicle to inject more flexibility into the way across-the-board spending cuts are implemented since the reductions kicked in last Friday.
If successful, the effort will have a two-fold effect of eliminating the threat of a shutdown when the funding for the government runs out March 27 and giving some federal agencies and programs more breathing room to deal with the $85 billion in cuts, known as the sequester, through the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30.
"There seems to be no interest on either side in having a kind of confrontational government shutdown scenario," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Tuesday. McConnell said there are ongoing, "very constructive conversations" with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as well as Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and Appropriations ranking member Richard Shelby, R-Ala., to reach a deal.
The GOP-controlled House has rallied around a plan to use the massive $1.043 trillion spending bill to fund the government for the rest of the year to attach two individual spending bills to give more flexibility to the Pentagon to implement the cuts. Half of the $85 billion sequester comes out of defense spending. The House will vote Wednesday on its bill, which is likely to pass.
The Democratic-controlled Senate is debating whether to include two additional spending bills, for a total of four individual spending bills, that include funding for the Homeland Security Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other agencies. The rest of the spending bills would be implemented under current law.
This strategy would provide more flexibility to those agencies covered by the separate bills to shift funding to higher priority projects, while staying under the same budget caps. Under the sequester, all government programs are cut at the same level.
Reid said the Senate will vote the week after next on its spending package. "I'm cautiously optimistic that we reach a solution before we leave here, before the Easter recess," Reid said.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Obama does not have a position on the spending bill but indicated the president would probably sign it if it can pass a divided Congress. "We believe that a CR (continuing resolution) should be practical, it should be non-political and it should be consistent with levels of the (budget agreement)."
The strategy recognizes that the unpopular spending cuts are here to stay, despite protestations from the White House and Congress about their effects and efforts to find a more targeted route to deficit reduction.
The cuts took effect Friday because the president and a divided Congress have repeatedly failed to find a long-term accord to reduce the deficit. The partisan divide is largely focused on using new revenue to help pay down the deficit, which Democrats support. Republicans are opposed to any new taxes after the $620 billion raised from wealthy Americans in the January deal to avert the "fiscal cliff."
The White House has reached out to Senate Republicans whom the president says he can work with to find an alternative to the sequester. Carney referred to this group as the "caucus of common sense" at Tuesday's media briefing and includes senators such as Bob Corker from Tennessee and Tom Coburn from Oklahoma.
"Frankly, I wish he'd done more of that over the years," McConnell said about the president's outreach to members of his rank-and-file. "We've all had very limited interaction with the president. And he certainly doesn't have to go through me to call on my members. And I'm sure he will, and I encourage him to do so."


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9 Cars that Dominate both Street and Track
Almost as soon as cars were invented, people were racing them -- the same way they raced horses, and the same way they raced on foot. The Encyclopedia Britannica states that the first organized motor race in the United States was on Thanksgiving Day, 1895, running from Chicago to Evanston, IL, and back. Not only are motorsports a whole lot of fun, they also improve automotive technology and drum up sales. Here are some cars that owe at least part of their fine reputations to the laudable human trait of wanting to do better than the next guy.
In the rest of the world, where racing cars turn right as well as left, there's an exciting series called touring cars. The German touring car has been going since 1984. We have many excellent Teutonic sports sedans to thank for it -- but none more so than the BMW M3. Over the years, reviewers from various publications have declared the M3 as the best car in the world for its ability to carry people, things and speed all at the same time. They might be right. Even though BMW now separates coupe and sedan with an M3 or M4 designation, we think the M4 should be on this list too. But it's the spirit of the M3 that's really living in both cars.
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Anyone brave enough to surf the cable sports channels and click onto Le Mans coverage will see a lovely piece of Americana blasting through the northern French countryside. The Corvette has been a regular fixture for more than 50 years in the world's most famous 24-hour race. All that expertise learned from so much track time seems to have paid off, because the current 'Vette is a superb driving machine.
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2014 Chevrolet SS
There was a time in NASCAR when the cars that raced were a lot like the cars you could buy. We think there's a lot of wisdom in that. What performance car shopper wouldn't want to own a car that regularly wins races? German Touring Car series aside, Chevy seems to be bringing a bit of authenticity back to American motorsports. That's where the Chevy SS comes in -- it's a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive, 415 horsepower, V8 Chevrolet that you can go buy at your local Chevy dealer. Try asking for that setup at your local Ford or Toyota dealership. They'd likely steer you toward a full-size SUV or pickup. The SS takes just 4.7 seconds to sprint from 0-60 thanks to a 6.2 liter V8 and a 6-speed automatic transmission. Brembo 4-piston brakes clamping 14-inch rotors bring it all to a stop.
2014 Ford Fiesta ST
Ford has been a dominant force in World Rally Championship racing for quite some time. However, successes in places like Australia, Sweden and Mexico don't always get noticed by American car shoppers. We're not saying the Ford Fiesta ST is the same car as the Fiesta RS WRC, but the ST is blast to drive. It's a tried and true formula -- a big engine in a little car. For about $25,000, you get a car that has stiffer suspension, better brakes and more power than the standard Ford Fiesta. Fiesta owners can also get exclusive driving instruction at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, as part of the Fiesta Octane Academy.
2014 Jeep Wrangler
Not all racing is about going fast. Sometimes, it involves precision, axle articulation, wheel travel, grip, traction and low-end thrust. That's what's necessary when you're negotiating rocks in an off-road machine. There's no better example than the Wrangler. With its roots in the old Willys Jeep, the Wrangler excels in situations that would actually wreck other cars. A substantial slice of motoring society is dedicated to this vehicle and its off-roading talents. When you buy a Wrangler, you can become part of a community. There will be bandanas.
2015 Kia Optima
Kia's roots as a budget brand now seem like ancient history. It takes cash and confidence in huge amounts to go racing, something Kia appears to have all sewn up. The current Optima midsize sedan is competing in the Pirelli World Challenge, a series that allows various degrees of modification on still-recognizable production cars. Its first win was at Long Beach, California, in April of 2014, where it fended off rivals from Aston Martin, Audi and Porsche. That's impressive, considering much of the race-prepped Optima is exactly the same as the Kia Optima you can buy at your local automall.
2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata
The common misconception and cliche about MX-5 drivers is that they're more able to apply shampoo and conditioner than opposite lock. But go to any grassroots, weekend racing event sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), and versions of this plucky little 2-seater will be out there in droves. That's because it's a benign-handling rear-drive car that's comparatively cheap to buy. There's a whole section of the aftermarket dedicated to making the MX-5 faster and more agile.
2014 Nissan 370Z
Most drivers try not to move their cars sideways. But in the sport of drifting, sideways is the only way to go. Big, tire-smoking powerslides from one end of the course to the other -- it's a fabulous spectacle. Formula Drift is an import from Japan, and perhaps unsurprisingly, many of the participating cars are also Japanese imports. The current 2014 Formula Drift leader is American Chris Forsberg, driving a Nissan 370Z. It's perfect for drifting, because it has a front-engine/rear-drive layout resulting in a fine balance of weight between the front and back. A carbon fiber drive shaft transmits engine power to the rear wheels, meaning it gets lighter weight and quicker responses than it would with a regular metal shaft.
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2015 Subaru WRX STI
The whole WRX STI mythology sprang up because of rallying. It's possibly the most exciting form of motorsport and certainly one in which the best drivers have absurdly high levels of car control as they tackle icy surfaces an inch away from a cliff drop or hurtle past trees at 3-figure speeds on loose gravel. It's just not that popular in the United States, although Ken Block and Travis Pastrana have done a lot to bring the discipline to a wider audience. This turbocharged, all-wheel-drive compact car has the potential to win world championships, just as earlier versions have ably demonstrated. They really are race cars for the road. This model year is based on an all-new platform, another step in the evolution.


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There aren't many better places to welcome the Spring season, especially over the Easter Weekend, than in the Okanagan Valley. And when you're in the Okanagan Valley, there aren't many places better to stay and visit than the lake side city of Kelowna. With wine tours, golf courses, and yes, even beaches calling your name, how can one possibly resist the temptation to travel to Kelowna.
One of the richest wine regions in Canada, and also the World, the Okanagan Valley provides the wine enthusiast with a plethora of opportunities to take in a wine tour while visiting. Whether you are looking to take a self-guided tour or book with a wine touring company, vineyards are spread throughout the valley offering visitors tastings and information sessions that will make them want to come back every year.
For those looking to get out and experience some of the top rated golf courses that Kelowna has to offer, you will not be left without a course to play. With over 18 courses to choose from, and terrains ranging from rolling hills, orchards, vineyards, lakes and desserts, the Kelowna golf scene is the envy of golfers across North America. And with many great deals out there to be had, playing a few rounds at championship courses during your stay has never been more reasonable!
So instead of sitting there scratching your head wondering where you should spend a long weekend in Spring this year, go and find yourself a Kelowna bed & breakfast and wash away your winter blues with wine, golf, and everything else the Okanagan Valley has to offer.
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There is a closed multiplayer only beta currently going on for the game Command & Conquer 4:Tiberian Twilight and I've managed to take a quick look at it and try how the game performs with 3D Vision in stereo 3D mode. The new C&C 4 RTS game is expected to be released on March 16th and certainly has a lot of detail to show to the player in stereoscopic 3D mode, but the problem is that the game is far from handling nice and there are some issues. No 3D Vision profile is yet available and you need to tweak the convergence yourself to get acceptable results as the 2D HUD is actually rendered in 3D and by default is not at screen depth, but the health bars and unit info is in plain 2D and appears at screen depth. Other than that the crosshair is 2D which can create problems especially for an RTS games, there are some issues with the shadows and a few with lights – for example with the glow of green tiberium crystals. On the other hand you can achieve pretty nice pop-out effect with the right convergence, so after the beta if the final game can be optimized or patched to work properly in S3D mode it will be great, otherwise it will remain a non S3D recommended title.
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My column for tomorrow's paper is available to you today for the discounted price of, well, free. It is after all, the Internet. It is, after all, my column so you get what you pay for.
But I digress.
The column talks about trading down, specifically the Dolphins trading down. It gives you the teams most likely to enter into a trade scenario with Miami Thursday night. So check it out.
Why did I write about this?
Because I know for a fact teams selecting later in this draft are calling other teams in the 10-12 slots to weigh the possibility of exchanging places and picks and perhaps even players.
The Dolphins are in the market for talent, whichever way it comes, as long as it is younger talent.


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Restaurant's Co-Owner Subjected Employee to Sexual Comments and Touching, Then Punished and Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged
LEXINGTON, N.C. - A Lexington, N.C., restaurant has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide substantial additional relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC alleged that one of the restaurant's co-owners, who was also her supervisor, subjected Laura Jones (now Laura Thompson), a waitress, to a sexually hostile work environment from around June until October 2010. The suit charged that the harassment included, among other things, comments about Thompson's appearance; rubbing up against her while she was at work; telling her to get rid of her boyfriend if she wanted to advance at work; and grabbing her. Thompson complained about the harassment to the head waitress and other owners of the restaurant.
According to the EEOC, the company reduced Thompson's hours after she began reporting the harassment. In late October 2010, the sexual advances and comments toward Thompson had ceased, but by the end of December 2010, Thompson was working the fewest hours among other servers at the restaurant. The suit also alleged that on Feb. 14, 2011, Thompson complained about the reduction of her hours for the final time, and the company fired her in retaliation for her complaints.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace and retaliation for complaining about discrimination. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Silver Diner, Inc.; Civil Action No. 1:12-CV-01002) after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement through its conciliation process.
In addition to providing monetary relief to Thompson and agreeing to provide references to her potential employers, the company entered into a five-year consent decree requiring Silver Diner to conduct annual training which covers sexual harassment and retaliation for all its employees, supervisors and managers. The company will also adopt a new anti-harassment policy and will make it available to all of its employees. Finally, Silver Diner will report all sexual harassment and retaliation complaints to the EEOC throughout the decree's term.
"Sexual harassment by a company's owner is especially harmful," said Lynette Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "The EEOC's filing this case is a reminder that employers have an obligation under federal law to ensure a work environment free from harassment, to promptly investigate complaints and to take appropriate corrective measures to stop sexual harassment, regardless of who the harasser is."
Tina Burnside, supervisory trial attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District, added, "The EEOC is pleased that the consent decree includes injunctive measures designed to ensure that this kind of harassment does not happen in the future."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Santos are looking to replace Ganso with fellow Brazil international Kaka, according to coach Muricy Ramalho.
Kaka is thought to be surplus to requirements at the Bernabeu, and Jose Mourinho has hinted he's willing to let the Brazilian leave Madrid in search of first-team football.
The former-Ballon d'Or winner emerged as a Tottenham and Manchester United transfer target during the summer, but the window closed without any movement.
And Santos have now taken pole position in the race for Kaka. The sale of Ganso to rivals Sao Paulo has opened up a place in the Santos team, and ESPN reports Kaka is the prime target.
"Who would have thought that Sao Paulo could pay that kind of money for Ganso? Anything is possible," said Ramalho.
"Kaka is an option, and so are Diego and Robinho," continued the Santos coach.
Diego and Robinho are both former-Santos players and have been repeatedly linked with a return to their old club. Kaka was rumoured with a second spell at AC Milan, but after that failed to materialise, his wife revealed the Brazilian star would only consider a move back to his native country.
The three targets are huge names not just in Brazil, but Europe as well, and were, at one stage, among the biggest names in world football.
30-year-old Kaka is one of the world's most expensive players - his move from Milan to Madrid cost the La Liga club £56m - and the Brazilian won the 2007 Ballon d'Or, and a Champions League the same year.
Robinho was once the British record transfer holder, having moved from Real Madrid to Manchester City for £32.5m on deadline day.
And Diego, who played alongside Robinho at Santos, was talked about as a future world-class player in the early-to-mid 2000s. His career stalled somewhat after leaving Santos - spells at Porto, Werder Bremen, Juventus and Wolfsburg were all mildly successful - but he hasn't enjoyed the same high profile as the other two.
Still, Diego has won 33 international caps. All three at the same club would be a huge coup for Santos, especially as they have managed to hold onto key asset Neymar.


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APEVIA X-Master AL/500 Review
At one time everyone had to have the biggest and fastest computers that could be built, but as time goes on more and more users are wanting smaller, quieter and more power efficient computers. With more home users wanting convenience and us techy guys wanting to expand our system count, many builders are putting together HTPC computers. What is an HTPC, you ask? HTPC stand for Home Theater Personal Computer, which is a computer that is hooked up to a multi-media system and a TV. HTPC computers use the same components in a regular desktop computer but in smaller cases to fit in with multi-media systems and blend in.
HTPC cases have been around for a while now but they have are becoming more popular since components being released are using lower power and generating less heat than before. HTPC cases come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Today we are going to take a look at one HTPC case from Apevia, the X-Master AL/500, which can be used as a small desktop case, media server case, or an HTPC case.
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The case arrived in the actual box it is sold in, which is very sturdy packaging. The front and back of the packaging have different pictures of the case in the standing and horizontal positions that the X-Master can operate in, along with the roles that it can be used in, such as a media server, HTPC, and more. On the sides are the different color options that are available for the case and the specs of the Apevia X-Master. Note that the specs side shows that a 500w power supply is included.
Once the packaging was opened, I was able to slide out the inside onto the table. The case came surrounded in a plastic bag covering to keep dust and scratches from damaging the case. It was also sandwiched in between two foam layers that kept it from sliding and being damaged from the package being dropped in transit. Apevia also includes the accessories needed to get you system up and running with ease. Included with the X-Master is the power cable, a POST speaker, mounting screws, drive rails for the 5.25" drives, rubber case feet, and the manual.
Now that it is out of the box, let's get a better look at the case itself.


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Pharrell happy to be back on top
Pharrell Williams happily clawed back his singles chart throne back from party pair Pitbull and Kesha - after just one week in their shade.
The 40-year-old was knocked off the top by the Miami rapper's track Timber last week, but made it back to the top with Happy for a second non-consecutive week.
Pharrell hit the big time in 2013 after he was involved in two of the biggest-selling singles of the year - Get Lucky by French electro duo Daft Punk and Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke and TI - before ending at the top with his new solo track.
Meanwhile, Swedish DJ Avicii spent another week at number three with Hey Brother, his sixth top 10 hit, while Jason Derulo hung on to number four with Trumpets.
Rapper Fuse ODG scaled nine places to number five with Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad) scoring his highest UK chart position to date, after debut single Antenna peaked at number seven last year.
In the albums chart, Ellie Goulding fended off stiff competition from Beyonce to retain her crown.
Ellie's second album Halcyon finally reached the summit last week after 65 weeks in the top 75, but came under threat this week from Queen Bey's self-titled full-length effort.
The 27-year-old singer from Lyonshall in Herefordshire boosted her reputation for beating back American superstars after already keeping Lady Gaga off number one in the singles list with her hugely popular track Burn.
Beyonce's sales saw Gary Barlow slip one place to number three with fourth studio album Since I Saw You Last.
Completing the top five were John Newman's Tribute, which climbed one place to number four, while Bastille's Bad Blood also advanced one spot, rising to number five.


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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Faces Supreme Court Deadline on Immigration Law
The clock is ticking on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
The Republican faces a Wednesday deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept her appeal of a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement law.
Brewer lost her first attempt to throw out a district court's decision that blocks, among other portions of the law, a provision requiring police, while enforcing other laws, to question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally, when a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected her motion in April.
Brewer vowed three months ago to take her argument before the nation's highest court, which has discretion on whether to hear her case.
The 9th Circuit said the federal government is likely to be able to prove the law is unconstitutional and likely to succeed in its argument that Congress has given the federal government sole authority to enforce immigration laws.
Brewer's lawyers have argued that the federal government hasn't effectively enforced immigration law and that the state's intent in passing its own regulations was to assist federal authorities, as Congress has encouraged.
They also have argued the district court judge erred by accepting speculation by the federal government that the law might burden legal immigrants and by concluding the federal government would likely prevail.
The federal government, which sued Arizona in a bid to invalidate the law, has argued the law intrudes on its exclusive authority to regulate immigration, disrupts relations between the U.S. and Mexico, hinders cooperation between state and federal officials and burdens legal immigrants.
Less than a day before the law was to take effect in July 2010, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked key provisions from going into effect, including also a requirement that immigrants get and carry registration papers.
But Bolton allowed other parts, such as a ban on obstructing traffic while seeking or offering day-labor services on streets.
The law was passed in April 2010 amid years of complaints that the federal government hasn't done enough to assist Arizona, the nation's busiest illegal entry point, with border security. The legislation inspired protests, led to lawsuits seeking to overturn the law and a debate about whether the law would lead to racial profiling.
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Etsy Finds: Tillandsia Art
Last week we wrote about some DIY ideas for decorating with tillandsias, or air plants. But if you're not in a crafty mood, why not mine the Etsy talent pool and go for a tillandsia terrarium or sculpture? Check out these handmade options we dug up...
• 1 A teeny tiny creamer, standing only 1.75" high, with a peach-colored air plant, from PigeonToeCeramics, for $10.
• 2 Hand That Feeds, a three-dimensional art box from growsgreen, $125.
• 3 Tillandsia terrarium in a recycled milk bottle, $25 from GreenUnderGlass.
• 4 Simple sand-filled hanging tillandsia terrarium from Stilllily for $25.
• 5 A grapewood sculpture adorned with moss and topped with an elegant tillandsia, $125 from Stilllily.
• 6 Air plant mounted in sculptural driftwood, $30 from KnottyNatureArt.
• 7 And another from KnottyNatureArt, this one going for $40.
• 8 A center-cut fox shell with tillandsias woven through, $15 from ArtsyPhotos.
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Saw this on Hanglos. In honor of Benjamin Franklin....or how to Electrocute A Kite
I didFabsPH wrote:guess you got my e mail
I'm sure this Lare is a nice dude; but shit like this only tells me someone needs to slap some sense into him. Can anyone in Borcay do that for me?The amount of dumb going on in this video is off the charts.
TOO MUCH WIND - Probably not.
TOO CLOSE TO THE BEACH - Probably, yes.
WITH POWER LINES - Definitely too close.
AND A BEGINNER - Why are you at this beach? WHO'S IDEA WAS THIS!?!?! Oh.
HOW TO ELECTROCUTE A KITE - More like: HOW TO FRY A FINN
The best part: No personal responsibility or appreciation of the gravity of the situation. The video could have been useful as an example of what can happen when we make poor decisions, "Hey guys, I almost killed myself by making some bad choices. Here's what I did wrong, and here's what happened. Think about these things when you go out."
Instead we get: "There was too much wind! The beach was too close! Who put those power lines there?! Kite go zap! Hahahaha! Benjamin Franklin!"
This is a sport which demands discipline and personal responsibility in order to have dangerous fun in a safe way. This video demonstrates none of that. There's only one worthwhile take-away: Don't be this guy--especially not with the glasses.
Exactly.FabsPH wrote:posting this should prevent people doing stupid shit. Posting does not get us banned. People doing stupid shit will. Videos like this shows people what could go wrong. This way they think (maybe) before going out at a dangerous place. Maybe they look around and check for danger (after watching a clip like this) before they decide to kite there.
Tow up videos sometimes glorify the danger, a kite in powerlines, not very glorifying, and not something "kids" look up to. Unless they are a bit like a Dodo...
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Cold War Fallout Shelters: Propaganda by Architecture
Americans invested millions of dollars in nuclear fallout shelters during the Cold War's coldest decades; some 200,000 were built by 1965, according to a fascinating new book by architecture and design writer Susan Roy. To quell the fears of its citizens and to "normalize" a nuclear attack, the government encouraged Americans to build such bunkers.
Some were elaborate. Some downright hilarious, according to Roy's book, Bomboozled: How the U.S. Government Misled Itself and Its People into Believing They Could Survive a Nuclear Attack. Even interior designers and architects jumped on the hysteria bandwagon, drafting surreal and sometimes downright hilarious blueprints for stylish and "livable" underground bunkers. Roy's book is full of illustrations of imagined "shelter life", which depict families living out subterranean Leave it to Beaver fantasies.
Roy says that the fallout shelter of the 1950s and 60s was "propaganda by architecture created in a surprising variety of forms and materials. There were cubes, domes, lozenges, cylinders, and pods. They were made of steel, poured concrete, concrete block, wood, and fiberglass." Bathrooms, lighting, and fresh air are conveniently absent from the designs, of course, because, well...there weren't any underground! No need to get bogged down in depressing details!
At the urging of the Feds, members of the American Institute of Decorators drafted fantastical colored renderings of underground spaces that look less like bunkers and more like luxurious pied a terres. In one Los Angeles decorator's "Fun Room," a mural of a leafy town square is painted along a wall. Chicago designer Marc T. Nielsen imagined a "Family Room of Tomorrow" with modular furniture, maps of Earth on the walls and a shuffleboard court built into the linoleum floor. In 1955, well-known designer Paul Laszlo installed a shelter for rental car magnate John D. Hertz in L.A.
Texas builder Jay Swayze, however, takes the cake for the most unbelievable bunker design. He built an underground "home in a bottle" (albeit a concrete bottle) for a wealthy client in Las Vegas, complete with putting green, swimming pool, upholstered rooms, sunken bathtubs and top-of-the-line kitchen and formal dining room.
In researching the book, Roy says she was "surprised that people believed the government when it told them that they could survive a nuclear attack by building a family fallout shelter. If the U.S. were attacked, they would simply move into their fully equipped shelter for two weeks, wait for the radioactive fallout to subside, and then emerge and resume normal life."
Roy is also the founding managing editor of Allure and has held senior editorial positions at This Old House and Good Housekeeping. For more information, see Maximum Tech, Greenwich Time and The Atlantic.
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2. Texas builder Jay Swayze built this "home in a bottle" for Girard Henderson, a wealthy client, complete with putting green, swimming pool, and faux sky. From Bamboozled via Greenwich Time.
3. Girard Henderson's underground kitchen. From Bamboozled via Greenwich Time.
4. New York City designer Tom Lee's sketch for a "Utility Sewing Room" with black-and-white-striped banquettes that could double as beds. From Bamboozled via Greenwich Time.
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I love Easter and everything about it. I love that the stores are filled with stuffed bunnies, ceramic bunnies and paper bunnies - some with long droopy ears, some with perked ears and some white and some every color of the rainbow. I would decorate my whole house in bunny rabbits - but I think Steve might object.
l love the kaleidoscope of spring colors that begin to appear around Easter. Plastic eggs, candy wrappers and that aggravating basket grass proudly display the purples, pinks, yellows and blues of the season. Easter allows us to enter our closets and pack away the drab oranges and brown of winter to make room for our flowing pink dresses and bright soft yellow blouses. Though the rules have changed, I still have problems with the white shoes before Memorial Day. I know the etiquette queens have pronounced it proper for Southern women to pull out the white shoes at Easter, but I usually just stick with light cream until May. Some training dies hard!
I love coloring Easter eggs, the way the color seeps into the shells and the way the young ones beam with pride over the masterful creations. I love the way the barely hidden eggs provide little pops of color in bushes and trees awaiting their discovery. I love the squeals and laughter that permeate the air as little feet scurry across the way in deep hunt for the prize egg.
I love the foods of Easter - baked ham, rack of lamb and the egg salad made out of the boiled, hunted, found and peeled dyed eggs. Sometimes, if you get lucky, some of the dye on the shell will transfer to the egg and you get colorful egg salad. I can pass on the mint jelly with the lamb, but I still make a place for it on the table just because I love its color.
I love Easter Sunday church services. The long aisle lined with white, dreamy Easter lilies. I like to get into the pew a little earlier so I can see the parade of little girls in their new Easter dresses and bows in their hair and the little boys tugging at a bow tie that they surely could have done without. I love the way the walls vibrate as the choir ends the service with Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus.
But my true love of Easter is for my risen savior - who, because he loved me, suffered death on the cruel cross so I could spend eternity in glory with him. My mornings begin with a few minutes with him all through the year, but on Easter Sunday, just when the sun begins to shine light on the dark night and I reflect on what he did for us, my time with him is a little sweeter and my heart overflows with humble adoration. The grave is empty - and this sinful soul is redeemed! HALLELUJAH!
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Cook too much ham? I always do. Here's a recipe for it and the colored eggs.
8 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and diced
½ cup chopped ham
½ cup Dukes mayonnaise
¼ cup chopped green onions
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon chopped fresh dill (or ¼ teaspoon dried dill)
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Boris Valabik, we never knew ye.
The 25-year-old defenseman the Bruins acquired as a throw-in in the Rich Peverley deal with Atlanta has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins as an unrestricted free agent.
Valabik was scheduled to become a restricted free agent before the Bruins opted to not tender him a qualifying offer. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Valabik's new deal is a one-year, two-way contract.
After he was acquired from the Thrashers in the deal that sent Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart to Atlanta, Valabik skated in just 10 games for the Bruins' Providence (AHL) farm club. He recorded two assists and a minus-1 rating before a leg injury ended his season.


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AP PHOTOS: Indigenous fashion show in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — In dazzling embroidered shawls, wide skirts and black bowler hats, Aymara models strutted their stuff on the catwalk in Bolivia's capital in a fashion show designed to promote Andean style and beauty.
The indigenous women wore the classic, multilayered Andean skirt, called the pollera, traditional gold and silver jewelry, and delicate, brightly embroidered blouses. Friday night's fashion show in La Paz also revived the corset and the traditional petticoat of indigenous Andean women, who are commonly called cholitas in Bolivian slang.
"Our modeling isn't what is common; our culture is different and respecting it, we want to show that the cholita can by sexy, beautiful and elegant," said designer Rosario Aguilar of Promociones Rosario, which organized the fashion show with 25 Aymara models.
The event, called the Chola Pacena Our Tradition in the 21st Century Fashion Show, is part of an effort to start an Andean modeling school.
"The models that we are showing now are lighter, less thick and let the woman in a pollera be ready for daily tasks," Aguilar said.
La Paz has declared the Cholita Pacena to be part of its cultural patrimony.


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Commissioned Green Aes Sedai Shawl
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This is the second Aes Sedai shawl I've made, and I'm also very happy with it. The only drawbacks with this piece was the limited range of 30cm fringe I could find, and so we ended up going with black fringe – in spite of Wheel of Time lore about such things – because the only green available looked very cheap and nasty beside the olive greens used. Same white stretch luxe satin reinforced with light interfacing used on the flame, with black gimp-braid surrounding.
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hi. i have used a dell computer for some years, (with a telephone modem) and thought i could surf the web well and do "things" with my computer (roxio dvd movies, making songs, etc.) i bought the olpc, i can play the little child games, but i can't do anything else: i can't BEGIN to connect to the internet, even when i think i have a "mesh" connection (even the pre-loaded applications for newssites etc all say cannot load page), and i can't understand the "upgrade" instructions, no matter how far back i try to dig (even finding "what version do I have" and typing in the basic commands into terminal
i'm not dumn, but i can't find REAL REAL BEGINNER help at all: is this all typically considered to be only for "Linux users", whatever that entails? not to generalize, but are we windows home users considered as a different (read uninitiated) class of consumer who is not expected to "program" and enter special commands? (or is it just me?)
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One of the advantages of EIGRP Feasible Successor is that it speeds up the EIGRP. In fact, if there is a Feasible Successor in the EIGRP network, such network converges faster than OSPF or IS-IS.
But what is EIGRP Feasible Successor and how can we find EIGRP Feasible Successor?
Or, if there is EIGRP Feasible Successor, how does EIGRP converges faster than OSPF or ISIS?
In this post, I will explain the answers to the above questions.
EIGRP Feasible Successor is a backup node that can satisfy the EIGRP feasibility condition.
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Barbie was made out to be some sort of vixen on those carrying cases, huh? View full size.
We broke out the slides when my father was near death this past Winter. By the time of his funeral I had pared it down to a select hundred or so and entertained Mom, my siblings, and our kids a couple of times. Not that Dad missed out. He got one last show when I visited earlier in 2007 and brought them down from the upstairs closet along with the old Graflex Constellation projector. The smell of a warm projector! I love that smell.
Having kids of our own allows us to recognize the sweet and delicate and vulnerable embrace my brother's godfather is relishing in this shot and it ties us to the past more strongly than we could have expected when as kids we were squirming in front of the screen waiting for the next slide and hoping yourself was in the shot.
Dad used his trusty Kodak Retina in the smooth brown leather case. My older sisters always complained that he shot on slide film instead of prints that they could more readily enjoy or share with friends. Dad preferred the clarity of Kodachrome and I didn't know that about him until after I cultivated my own preference for quality, which in my time means preferring film to digital.
Christmas 1964 in Rochester, Indiana. Kodachrome slide. View full size. [It's Christmas in June (for me, especially) with an exceptional selection of member-submitted color slides. There are even more here. Thanks, Santa! - Dave]
January 1969 in Rochester, Indiana. If you can figure out what movie or TV show that is, I'll give you a cookie. I'm stumped. From a Kodachrome slide. View full size.
Early 1960s in Crown Point, Indiana. View full size.
My dad around 1948, Valparaiso, Indiana. View full size.
Santa Cruz, California Beach Boardwalk September 1953. Here I am at the entrance to the Fun House, alas now long gone. We might have gone down there for my 7th birthday; the prints from this negative (2-1/4 square Kodacolor) were made the following month. Wish I still had a shirt like that. View full size.
The Holiday Shop record and camera store in the Roeland Park Shopping Center in Roeland Park, Kansas. We saw the music section last week. View full size.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd May 2011 22:13 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Yes, it's still being updated.
OS/2 eComStation 2.1 has been released by Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV. The market for eComStation may not be particularly huge, but it still has its niches here and there. Since there might be folks here that aren't in the know: eComStation is the commercial continuation of IBM's OS/2, developed to support modern hardware.
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RE[5]: Four Day Old News
by Neolander on Tue 24th May 2011 16:35 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Four Day Old News"
Most people catch up on IT related news in the morning. And every morning, it's basically the same story "Nothing new to see at OSNews".
This is ridiculous. If you only read news in the morning, you read news from the last night. If you read news both at night and in the morning, then you want fresh news at not one but several times of the day.
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A Dying Art
Berkley, Jul 2001, 21.95, 272 pp. ISBN: 0425179516 No one could ever have as lousy a day as art teacher Maggie Keane is having unless they just dropped dead or were run over by a semi. She burned her toast twice, tripped over a lamp stubbing her toe and breaking half the nail, and her toilet is backed up nothing seems to be wrong with the indoor pipes. The capable plumber checks the septic tank only to find someone having a worse day than M...
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Berkley, July 2002, 22.95, 320 pp. ISBN 0425184935 After years of study and working hard, Sculptor Maggie Kean is finally having a showing at the prestigious opening The Outlook. Her significant other, homicide detective Sam Villari is accompanying her, much to her chagrin because she doesn't want to feel too much for him or any man, but the police officer is nothing if persistent. The gallery's manager wants Maggie to mingle but instead she esca...


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