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Some devices can already share files by touching, but soon they'll also be able to share power.
Philadelphia's parks are getting the Google Street View treatment
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It will take two men six months to digitally document the largest urban park system in America.
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Two experienced American climbers are chronicling their ascent up the world's tallest mountain via the Snapchat app.
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Behold, an aerial ballet performed by LED-equipped flying robots.
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Well, not literally, but researchers are using a wind tunnel to get up close and personal to study the mechanics of bird flight.
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Developing these skills encourages their success in science and math.
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New keyboard app offers 28 coffee-inspired emojis that make words obsolete.
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Forge the catnip and tennis balls. Pets are into technology, too.
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Republicans captured control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and expanded their voice in the Senate, riding a powerful wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Barack Obama two years after his triumphal victory.
A Republican resurgence, propelled by deep economic worries and a forceful opposition to the Democratic agenda of health care and government spending, delivered commanding defeats to Democrats from the Northeast to the South and across the Midwest. The tide swept aside dozens of Democratic lawmakers regardless of their seniority or their voting records, upending the balance of power for the second half of Obama's term.
But Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, narrowly prevailed and his party hung onto control by winning hard-fought contests in California, Delaware, Connecticut and West Virginia. Republicans picked up at least six Democratic seats, including the one formerly held by Obama, and the party will welcome Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky to their ranks, two candidates who were initially shunned by the establishment but beloved by the Tea Party movement.
"The American people's voice was heard at the ballot box," said Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, who is positioned to become the next speaker of the House. "We have real work to do and this is not the time for celebration."
The president, who watched the election returns with a small set of advisers at the White House, called Boehner shortly after midnight to offer his congratulations and to talk about the way forward as Washington prepares for divided government. Republicans won at least 56 seats, not including Western states where ballots were still being counted, which surpassed the 52 seats the party won in the sweep of 1994.
The most expensive midterm election campaign in the nation's history, fueled by a raft of contributions from outside interest groups and millions of donations to candidates in both parties, played out across a wide battleground that stretched from Alaska to Maine. The Republican tide swept into statehouse races, too, with Democrats poised to lose the majority of governorships, particularly those in key presidential swing states, like Ohio, where Gov. Ted Strickland was defeated.
One after another, once unassailable Democrats like Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Reps. Chet Edwards of Texas, Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota and Rick Boucher of Virginia fell to little-known Republican challengers.
Yet Republicans did not achieve a perfect evening, losing several states they had once hoped to win, including the Senate races in Delaware and Connecticut, because candidates supported by the Tea Party movement knocked out establishment candidates to win their nominations. But they did score notable victories in some tight races, like Pat Toomey's Senate run in Pennsylvania.
Still, the outcome on Tuesday marked nothing short of a comeback for Republicans two years after suffering a crushing defeat in the White House and four years after Democrats swept control of the House and Senate. It places the party back in the driver's seat in terms of policy, posing new challenges to Obama as he faces a tough two years in his term, but also for Republicans — led by Boehner — as he suddenly finds himself in a position of responsibility, rather than simply the outsider.
In the House, Republicans found victories in most corners of the country, including five seats in Pennsylvania; five in Ohio; at least three in Florida, Illinois and Virginia; and two in Georgia. Democrats braced for the prospect of historic defeats, more than the 39 seats the Republicans needed to win control. Republicans reached their majority by taking seats east of the Mississippi even before late results flowed in from farther West.
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Grosse Pointe store apologizes to Detroit attorney after calling police, accusing her of shoplifting
GROSSE POINTE, Mich. (WXYZ) - It seems the head of the Civil Rights and Ethics Division for the City of Detroit may have been the victim of racial profiling in Grosse Pointe Sunday.
Portia Roberson, who has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and as an assistant Wayne County prosecutor, was stopped by police Sunday afternoon as she was exiting a fitting room in Talbots on Kercheval Avenue.
Roberson wrote about the incident on her Facebook page, indicating it left her "embarrassed" and "shaking."
Roberson was not available for comment Monday, but Grosse Pointe Park Police Chief David Hiller confirms that his officers, responding as part of a mutual aid agreement, were called to Talbots to investigate a potential shoplifter.
Roberson visited the store Sunday afternoon to return two items she purchased online, and reportedly told a salesperson that she had the items in her bag and was going to look around first.
In her Facebook poster Roberson wrote she tried on some pants and:
When I exit the fitting room, I'm confronted by two GP police officers who ask to search my bag and ask me if I have any merchandise in the bag. I tell them to go ahead and search and point out the items and the receipt. He (the officer) tells me it is clear that someone made a mistake and then takes my bag to the store manager to point out that everything that I have in my possession, I have purchased.
Roberson went on to say in the Facebook post, "The manager's explanation was that she had asked the police to do a walk around the store because it was so busy (four customers, including me) however I pointed out to her that after searching me, they left without searching anyone else."
Roberson told her friends online that what disturbed her so much about the situation is that if it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone who might not know how to handle the situation or report it to the store's corporate headquarters.
7 Action News contacted Talbots and a spokesperson released the following statement:
We take the claims made by Ms. Roberson very seriously and we are currently investigating all aspects of the incident. We acknowledge that the police should not have been called and acknowledge that Ms. Roberson's personal belongings should not have been searched. This action was contrary to Talbots policies and practices and was an isolated incident that does not reflect the Talbots culture. All customers are welcome in our stores. Our CEO has reached out directly to Ms. Roberson regarding the incident. As stated within the corporate responsibility section on our website-- Talbots is committed to operating under the highest ethical standards and we take pride in the way we conduct business.


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Mint Hill Police responded to China Express II (3607 Matthews-Mint Hill Road) on Tuesday in reference to an armed robbery. Employees at the restaurant stated that a black male, approximately 17-18 years of age, entered the store and produced a small black handgun. The black male then demanded the employee empty the cash register. The suspect left the restaurant and drove away in a black in color, two door Honda Civic. The suspect headed towards Charlotte on Idlewild Road. The suspect is described as being approximately 5'4" tall with a slim build. The suspect was dressed in all black, including a black hooded sweatshirt and a black bandana covering his face.
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Cabela's issued the following news release to announce its opening date of a Kalispell, Montana Outpost:
"Cabela's Incorporated, the World's Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, will officially open the doors to its Kalispell, Mont., Cabela's Outpost store at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. A ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Cabela's executives and special guests will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Opening day will begin a weekend-long celebration featuring outdoor celebrities, giveaways and more.
The 42,000-square-foot Kalispell location is Cabela's second in Montana, joining the Billings location opened in 2009. Additionally, the company recently announced plans to open a 42,000-square-foot Cabela's Outpost store in Missoula in 2014.
The Kalispell location, which will employ more than 75 full-time, part-time and season employees, is located near W Reserve Drive along U.S. Hwy 93 near Lowe's, Costco, The Home Depot, Best Buy and Target, among other businesses.
"Through our recent hiring process we have chosen outdoorsmen and women who are passionate about outdoor recreation and customer service," said Jessica Godderz, retail marketing manager for the new Kalispell store. "We look forward to the grand opening and being able to serve this unique community who make recreating in the outdoors one of their highest priorities."
Cabela's Outpost stores are designed for efficiency, flexibility and convenience, and are generally located in under-served markets of less than 250,000 people. Customers in Kalispell will be treated to the legendary shopping experience for which Cabela's is famous. The store will include a Core-Flex floor plan featuring seasonal product assortments, a rugged outdoor look and feel, wildlife displays and more.
Currently, Cabela's operates 47 stores across North America with plans to open an additional 17 over the next two years."


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This nationally significant site tells the story of the inhabitants of the first executive mansion: Presidents George Washington and John Adams and nine enslaved Africans held by President Washington. The nearly $12 million site focuses most clearly on the lives of the enslaved and the free black population to which they aspired. Creation of the President's House stirred deep emotions about the paradox of American slavery and fueled a community activism effort that shaped its design. A decade in planning and implementation, the resulting space gives voice to once-unheard individuals and is made even more powerful by its proximity to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, iconic symbols of freedom and democracy.
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Psychiatry and psychology are overlapping professions. Practitioners in both -- psychiatrists and psychologists -- are mental health professionals. Their area of expertise is the mind -- and the way it affects behavior and well-being. They often work together to prevent, diagnose, and treat mental illness. And both are committed to helping people stay mentally well.
But there are differences between psychiatry and psychology. And people sometimes find those differences confusing, especially when they are looking for help. To make matters even more confusing, psychiatrists and psychologists aren't the only mental health professionals you can choose from. There are mental health counselors, social workers, nurses and nurse practitioners, and others who deal with issues of mental health. And if you consider the multiple approaches to treatment, ranging from counseling to various forms of psychotherapy, the whole mental health system begins to look like a maze that's nearly impossible to navigate.
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Issues with mental health, especially if they're chronic, can be debilitating. Your body can respond physically to depression or anxiety much like it does to physical illness. And sometimes, mental problems can actually be caused by a physical condition. So the first person to see if you think you are having a mental problem is your primary care doctor.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms, how long you've been having them, and whether they're constant or come and go. Your doctor will check for physical problems that could be causing your symptoms and help you decide what type of mental health professional and what kind of therapy might be best for you.
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Your doctor might refer you to any of the following mental health professionals:
Psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor (M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating mental illness. A psychiatrist's training starts with four years of medical school and is followed by a one-year internship and at least three years of specialized training as a psychiatric resident. A psychiatrist is trained to differentiate mental health problems from other underlying medical conditions that could present with psychiatric symptoms. They also monitor the effects of mental illness on other physical conditions (such as problems with the heart or high blood pressure), and the effects of medicines on the body (such as weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, sleep, and kidney or liver functioning).


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AP reviews new smartphones: Mega and more
New phones are continually coming out. Which should you buy? Here's a summary of The Associated Press' recent phone reviews, including Samsung's Galaxy Mega phone, which recently made its debut in the U.S.
The Mega shouldn't even be called a phone, if it weren't for the fact that it makes phone calls. With a screen measuring 6.3 inches diagonally, the Mega is more like a small Android tablet computer. It shares the tablet's advantages in showing more detail in photos and video. Text is larger and easier to read, too. You can read small print on websites without zooming in, and you make fewer mistakes when trying to click on buttons and links. That doesn't make the Mega practical, though, for many people. It's huge and difficult to grip tightly. It could appeal to those who are willing to carry along a tablet computer but don't want to carry a second device - the phone. For everyone else, small is the way to go.
- Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer
The S4 is an excellent device from a hardware standpoint. Its 5-inch screen is larger than its predecessor, yet it's a tad lighter and smaller. The display is sharp, at 441 pixels per inch. Samsung packed the Android device with a slew of custom features, including new camera tools and the ability to perform tasks by waving a finger over a sensor. Many of the features, however, make the phone more complicated to use. In some cases, custom features work only some of the time. In other cases, you're confronted with too many ways to do similar things. The S4 might be for you if you don't mind spending time customizing it. Otherwise, you must bypass all the gimmicks to get to what otherwise is a good phone.
- Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer
The One is a phone that can match Apple's standards of feel and finish. Plastic and metal are joined together so well that you can't tell by feel where one ends and the other starts. The 4.7-inch screen is also quite a sight, its 468 pixels per inch among the best. Two front-facing speakers give you real stereo sound when turned sideways to watch a movie. HTC's camera has a lower resolution than most. Promises of better low-light shots from its larger sensors only partly delivered. Like other Android phone makers, HTC adds confusion by customizing the interface. There are four different "home" screens from which to launch apps, for instance. The One is worth checking out as an alternative to the Galaxy S4 from Samsung, which also adds complication with its custom features.
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This story originally appeared in the quarterly newsletter, Word Alive, from our partner Wycliffe Canada. It's great to see what God is doing through their ministry around the world!
Canadians have played a key role in funding the work of Bible translation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), through its Race to 2025 adventure fundraisers. Since September 2010, 27 teams of four, comprised primarily of college students from across Canada, have competed in four weekend events. The teams raised $118,000 to further language survey, Bible translation and Scripture use initiatives in DRC—including trauma healing workshops.
After reading the book, Healing the Wounds of Trauma, a pastor in northeastern Congo began teaching it to the members of his congregation. Last February, he attended a training workshop to help him share the materials more effectively in his home region. A portion of the money raised from Race to 2025: Congo will help fund trauma healing workshops in the area, as well as translation and printing of the book in several languages.
In addition to funds raised by participants in Race to 2025: Congo, generous corporate sponsorships provided bursaries for approved student interns. One runner, who has participated in two races, won a scholarship to attend Wycliffe Canada's training program at the Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) in Langley, British Columbia.
He plans to study at CanIL this summer, before leaving for DRC to research Bible translation needs there by doing language survey. Another racer from Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun, Sask., attended CanIL last summer and is currently in DRC doing language survey.
DRC is in one of three regions in the world with the highest Bible translation needs. About 120 of the country's 215 living languages still have no Scripture translations and many of those do not even have an alphabet or writing system.
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Freedom Hill Restaurant offers country-style hospitality on its stunning wine estate in the Franschhoek region.
With views of the Berg River Valley and Simonsberg Mountains, Freedom Hill has an exquisite back drop for a meal sitting any time of day. Enjoy afternoon tea on the terrace or sundowners in the late afternoon for a laid back time out. Not limited to lighter meal variations, the restaurant also has a well rounded and complete lunch and dinner menu with starters, mains and pudding.
The menu offers a selection of mouth watering canapés as finger food to compliment a social drinks meet (and eat) or as a nibble between meals. The a la carte menu is an explosion of flavours with starters such as Sardine and Mascarpone Cheese Quiche, or Quail Breast with Nougat Salad. The main courses cover a variety of meat dishes as well pasta. Dessert is a decadent affair with the likes of Vanilla and Amarula pan cotta with fresh strawberries or, a chocoholic's dream: Double Chocolate Mousse with Pistachio Nuts. Be sure to enquire about the daily specials.
Not only is Freedom Hill an eatery worth visiting, it is also a wedding and function venue. Personal wine tastings are available to guests.
This elegant, yet homely restaurant is situated on the beautiful Guardian Peak Wine Estate and offer a tranquil, relaxing atmosphere with one of arguably the most beautiful views on the wine route.
The service, food and, of course, the wine impresses time and time again and the menu leaves diners spoilt for choice. The breakfasts offered are especially mentionable and include classic favourites like Eggs Benedict with wilted spinach and Hollandaise sauce, as well as some decadent treats like the smoked Venison carpaccio.
For the ravenous with a long day of sightseeing ahead, there is the Kalahari Lion that comprises eggs, bacon, grilled tomato, springbok sausage, grilled steak, black mushrooms and homemade chutney and cheese - truly a mouthful.
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The breathtaking Banhoek Valley is a home to Zorgvleit Wine Estate. Located on the perimeter of Stellenbosch, this wine estate boasts The Herenhuis restaurant with a historic presence that dates back to 1692 and offers patrons gourmet renditions of traditional South African cuisine.
Much of the charm of the establishment is embedded in its history. The homestead of the farm that houses the restaurant has been meticulously restored with every effort to retain the original ceilings structures. This aspect paired with the paintings (specially commissioned to capture the beauty of the farm) creates a particular ambiance that has guests feel transported to a time gone by.
Chef Darius van Rensburg and owner Marietjie van der Merwe combined forces to forge a menu that is a fresh interpretation of the traditional. Popular dishes on the summer menu include the crayfish cocktail and the linguine with smoked mountain trout. The wine estate's deli also caters for traditional picnics to be taken under its oak trees, while Sundays afford family and friends braai (barbeque) picnic options.
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This stylish free standing wood stove from Thorma gives you quite a performance in spite of its rather compact size. Isberg offers 9 kW in nominal heat output while measuring under 99H x 63W x 47D cm. Enough to heat living quarters up to 200 m³. Since the wood stove is free standing and weighs just over 152 kg, it can be moved around the house, as long as you can hook its outlet, that is. Its wood burning efficiency is 81% while wood consumption is 3 kg per hour. You can get Thorma Isberg for approximately € 700.
The Trondheim is another free standing wood stove from Thorma with 9 kW nominal output. While just slightly taller than Isberg, it is much lighter, weighing only 120 kg. With 80% burning efficiency, this stove consumes 2.7 kg of wood per hour while heating up to 200 m³. It can also burn briquettes. Price for Trondheim free standing wood stove is around € 660. Thorma.
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Various Cheats and Hints for Ape EscapeHome / Playstation /
This page contains Ape Escape Hints for Playstation called "Various Cheats and Hints" and has been posted or updated on Aug 21, 2008 by AHMED1232005.
- Developer: Sce Japan Studio
- Publisher: Scea
- Genre: Action Platformer
- Release: May 31, 1999
- ESRB: Everyone
Various Cheats and Hints
99 explosive bullets
When you are in great walll level kill the flying enemies
when they hit the ground they have an explosive bullet for the sling shot,press start and choose quit,go again to that level and kill them again they will have again explosive bullets do it 46 times or more and you will have 99 or more explosive bullets.
Submitted by: ikke
Pause game play and press Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Triangle, Triangle, Circle, X, X, X, Square, Down, Up, Right, Left.
Submitted by: MadHaTTeR
Easy Capture:
Crawl up to the monkey that you want to catch, when in crawling posion swing your net at the monkey. The monkey won't notice you coming providing Easy Capture.
Submitted by: MadHaTTeR
Secret Tunnel:
In second level of thick Jungle find the stop sign and push it out of your way and there will be a Secret Tunnel
Submitted by: MadHaTTeR
99 Explosive Bullets:
During gameplay pause the game and press R2, Down, L2, Up, Right, Down, Right, Left
Submitted by: Brian Holt
Extra Lives:
When you are in City Park, you can rack up extra lives, if you keep going to the robot in the back and destroying him with the stun club, he will give you a free shirt every time you destroy him. So if you keep hitting "Exit", and then go back and destroy him, you can gain a lot of lives by collecting the coins, destroying the other little enemies and of course, destroying the robot in the back by the trees over and over, for a free shirt each time!! :)
Submitted by: Brian Holt
Easy Lives:
Instead of using your stun club to kill the big robot in the level city park, make the robot come and run to the little wall on the right side, and take out your RC car and the robot should be shooting a ball of electricity but if you stay on the right you won't get hit. send your RC car right in front of the robot but not too close and it should blow up hurt him and just keep sending your RC car until it dies then there will be a life there then exit the level and re-enter for another life.
Submitted by: Brian Holt
Rear-view Mirror:
During the Ski mini-game, press the L1 and R1 buttonsto get a rear-view mirror.
Catch Monkeys without the RC Car:
There is a simple way to catch monkeys without the use of the RC Car. This is a huge time saver as you don't have to wait unti the end of the game to get the RC Car. All you need is the Slingback Shooter and one flash bomb. Here's what you do. Switch to first person veiw with the slingback shooter and fire away at the money until it runs to one of those little cracks. Then switch to the flash bomb and nail him. Run over to him fast and equip your net. Grab him and poof that's it. That's all you have to do. It may take a bit of practice but when you learn it it really helps.
Save A Life:
When you fall off a cliff, press START and choose EXIT. Nhen you will go to the time station with the same amount of lives before you fell of the cliff.
Peak-Point Matrix:
To get to the secret board in Ape Escape, you must beat Specter at the Level Monkey Madness (the carnival), wait to the ending finishes (including the credits), and then when the game gives you the option, go back to the Time Station and save your game. Then, go to all the levels, and finish catching the Monkeys you missed. When you catch every Monkey, the Peak-Point Matrox will open up, where you will get to fight Specter for the last time, and finally catch him. Then, you'll see the true ending.
Hidden Mini-Game Boxers:
You can get extra boxers on the Specter Boxing minigame by defeating them on Championship mode, although you'll have to run through it multiple times to get ALL of them.
How to get Magic Punch:
You get the MAGIC PUNCH after you finish the level SPECTER LAND and go back into a level with monkeys you have not caught.
Beat Specter Easily:
In Specter's First stage in the level MONKEY MADNESS, Instead of using the Slingshot, Just ram the Machine using your Super Hoop.
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Giants/Patriots SB PICK
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posted at 2/3/2012 10:57 AM ESTpats win 17-14
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posted at 2/3/2012 11:00 AM ESTThis is awsome pictures. Is it Gronk and Andre?
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posted at 2/3/2012 11:25 AM ESTThe Pats play a more systemized style of football than the Giants. They have been more consistent than the Giants throughout the year. The Giants are lucky to be in the SB. It wasn't that long ago that their team was almost disqualified from playoff contention... Literally, just a pass completion and first down from elimination. For these reasons the Pats should be slightly favored. It is a toss up, as they say on any given Sunday... My heart and best wishes are with the Pats but I will not be surprised if they lose. The Giants seem to play better against the Patriots. A toast for victory come Sunday evening!
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posted at 2/3/2012 12:07 PM EST
Giants win 34-14
Patriots cupcake schedule, easy first round opponent and lucky AFCC win. Ravens really should have been there and this would have been a great matchup. This will be an embarrassment and hopefully end all discussions of the genius of the coach.
Giants went on the road and in bad weather beat #1 and #2. In the NFCC game they gutted out a win. The defense knows how to shut down the "great" Tom Brady and on offense will humiliate a putrid defense.
Seems the Pats players are just glad to be there.
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[QUOTE]The Pats play a more systemized style of football than the Giants. They have been more consistent than the Giants throughout the year. The Giants are lucky to be in the SB. "
The Giants have played great ball throughout the playoffs, they are not lucky to be there, they deserve to be there.
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posted at 2/3/2012 12:24 PM EST
I have no faith in Pats D to get a key stop....If Pats up by 10 pts or more entering 4th quarter they win....If game tied or gints within one score game is theirs.....PLEASE Pats be up by 17 pts going into 4th quarter.....
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posted at 2/3/2012 12:27 PM EST27-13; NE only allows one TD.
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posted at 2/3/2012 12:31 PM ESTTexas....Thanks for your work.
The Pats D plays better than they did in the last game against Giants with Chung and Spikes back. Ridley is a factor. The Pats 34 Giants 16
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posted at 2/3/2012 12:32 PM ESTrusty
i get the ny post - and they are
mostly unbearable - especially serby -
and they just love spygate-
and brought it up again to the Pats
which brings me to Amani
what a jerk
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posted at 2/3/2012 12:40 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Giants/Patriots SB PICK:In Response to Re: Giants/Patriots SB PICK :The Pats play a more systemized style of football than the Giants. They have been more consistent than the Giants throughout the year. The Giants are lucky to be in the SB. " REALLY - DIDN'T THE PATS GET IN BECAUSE OF A MISSED FIELD GOAL FROM 32 YARDS...... The Giants have played great ball throughout the playoffs, they are not lucky to be there, they deserve to be there.
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Firstly, a missed field goal reflects a deficiency in a team either nervousness or being blocked etc. And if the field goal had been made, that only ties the game & who knows the Pats don't win also in OT.
But, Giants are not lucky...give me a break. What skill was involved in SF when a fluke bounce nicks the receiver's knee by 1/2 inch resulting in a gift TD from the 20 yard line---only score by Giants in 2nd half before OT !!!
Re: Giants victory in SB a couple of years ago.... Protect the Quarterback, Protect the Quarterback etc. etc. Firstly there was blatant holding by the Giants but as so many games are decided by the whims of referees, we got screwed as they should have blown the whistle and stated "he was in the grasp". Regarding referees deciding a game, I am a 49er fan too having lived in SF for over 40 years but my roots are Maine so a Boston team fan first.
As opposed to Manning, a quarterback, not being called for being in the grasp in that SB, a running back still visibly upright(I was at the SF game and have seen many films) was called "forward progress stopped"---hogwash !!! Call me sour grapes but with the score tied with about 2 minutes to go this was an uncalled fumble by Giants' Ahmad Bradshaw as he was artfully stripped of the ball while still upright. The officials declined to review the play and refused to let coach Jim Harbaugh challenge the call because a forward progress judgment cannot be overturned by replay. SF would have had the ball on the NY 20 yard line and could have milked the clock to score a TD or kick a field goal and even if there was time left, NY would have used all its timeouts.
There were previous plays where two 49er defenders collided and prevented themselves from interceptions on 2 occasions. But if the fumble had been allowed, there would not have been the fluke nicking the knee of the receiver giving the ball to NY on the 20 yard line resulting in a TD and then there wouldn't have been the fumble on the kickoff in OT giving them a field goal from the 20 yard line. The Giants in the 2nd half kicked some 10 times and Manning was hit 21 times and sacked 6 times. Without the 2 fumbles, they did not score.
Tell me the Giants as in the David Tyree highlight with "in the grasp and holding" not called proves the Giants were lucky to beat the Pats in the SB and 49ers a week and a half ago.
If you didn't say to yourself after 49ers game "whew, we were lucky to win this one", then you are not a true football fan !!!
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posted at 2/3/2012 1:11 PM ESTStop it. First of all, please show me your stats on Sanchez. Second on all, did Sanchez ever have a year close to the year that Eli's had in 2011? Has Sanchez ever won a SB? Posted by TexasPat3What nonsense! It's the ability of a QB to produce in the clutch...that means in the 4th quarter, that separates the good ones from the great ones. Please post your stats that bears out that Rodgers, Brady and Brees are at the bottom of the league in comebacks.
In 2011, Brady has led three 4th quarter comebacks, Brees has led four, and Rodgers had only one. Eli Manning had 8.References:So...now your arguing that beating (15-1) Green Bay on the road in the play-offs is no great feat? Has Tom Brady played well in all 4 quarters this year? Go back and check the game stats. Brady usually gets off to slow starts.
I'm saying it's an impressive feat for the team, not Eli Manning. He had a decent game, but I have to consider the number and quality of QB's that posted similar stats on the Packers defense this year.So...Brady's win at home against the 8-8 Broncos was more impressive that Eli's win at Green Bay?
His performance againt the Broncos defense was certainly more impressive than Eli's against the Packers. It's a matchup issue: Brady vs. the Broncos defense, Eli Manning vs. the Packers defense. Not QB vs. team.The reason the Giants win over GB was impressive was because they managed to contain Aaron Rodgers and that explosive offense. I don't think anybody thought Eli wasn't going to put up quite a few points on the worst defense in the league.The Broncos played ball control against San Diego. Against the Steelers, they won on several big play, long pass plays. They faced Ben Roethlisburger playing despite a high ankle sprain, and without their top RB.
Well, if we're going to make excuses:
In Week 15, GB held KC to 19 points because the Chiefs were playing ball control to keep Rodgers off the field.In Week 16, GB held Chicago to 21 points because Da Bears were missing their starting QB and RB.In Week 17, when GB played a legitimate QB in Matthew Stafford and a good offense in Detroit, they gave up 41 points.Tom Brady threw two picks against the Ravens that could have been four...but for a penalty and a drop. I routinely get criticized on my report cards for not giving Tom Brady a pass on dropped interceptions.
A penalty is a completely valid reason for calling back an INT. The defender only got the ball because his teammate was holding or committing some penalty. And as I remember, both of Tom's would-be picks were penalty-related.First one called back because the defender tripped Edelman. On the second one, Brady knew the defense was offsides and took a free shot downfield. I'm not saying Brady had a great game against the Ravens, but Eli didn't exactly light up Candlestick Park with his performance against the Niners.Apples and oranges. Has Moore had the season, not stretch of games, that Eli has had? Has Moore ever played well in the play-offs? Has he won a SB? Has he set a record for most TD passes in the 4th quarter, and for fourth quarter comebacks?
Oh, so now we're taking into account PAST accomplishments. Well, in that case, has Eli (29 TD's, 16 INT's) had the same season Brady has had (39 Td's, 12 INT's)? Has Eli won 3 Super Bowl rings and 2 MVP's like Brady has? Has Eli set the single-season record for most TD passes in a regular season?As I stated previously, we'll have to agree to disagree on this. But, I do hope you're right about Brady showing the world who the better QB is this Sunday.Yeah, I guess we will have to. Look, it's nothing personal. I don't mind that you like Eli. I just think it's wrong to compare him side by side with one of the greatest QB's to ever play the game.For the record, I think Eli is a pretty good QB too, and maybe some day he'll become as good as his brother, who is rightfully in the same class as Brady. But he's not there yet.
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posted at 2/3/2012 1:33 PM EST
The difference in this game, the EDGE in this game will be BB and TFB.
You said it, Brady has been considered all week and Eli's equal, he will want to fix that. He remembers 2007 and he will want to fix that. He knows number 4 is a BIG deal and he will fix that!
BB knows that the edge has gone to Coughflin in the past wins. He can fix that with win number four, he will fix it!
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posted at 2/3/2012 1:40 PM EST
I agree with most of your post except 2 areas.
There isn't a stat in the world that will ever make Eli as good as Brady. They are on 2 different levels, and always will be.
Receiving......I give the edge to their WRs, but our TEs are better making this a wash.
Like any big game with evenly matched teams, this will be won in the trenches. We win that battle, and a 4th Lombardi is ours.
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posted at 2/3/2012 1:46 PM ESTFunny story, my dad got up at a business conference this week and indicated to the assembled crowd that the Patriots would win this game....when asked who he supported in the Super Bowl (non-business question LOL).


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GLENDALE, Ariz. – The police here arrested the mother of a missing 5-year-old girl on a child abuse charge on Monday and said they believed she might have played a role in the disappearance of the girl, Jhessye Shockley, who they said was presumed dead.
The mother, Jerice Hunter, was not charged with the girl's disappearance, which has attracted national attention, but the police in this Phoenix suburb said that information they uncovered in the last week led them to believe that the girl was probably no longer alive and that her mother was somehow involved. A search of a landfill in the area may take place soon, the police said.
"Yes, she's our No. 1 focus," Sgt. Brent Coombs, a spokesman for the Glendale Police Department, said of Ms. Hunter at a crowded news conference, adding that investigators believe she "played a key role" in Jhessye's disappearance.
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Tuesday Afternoon News, April 1
Fire Department Called To Fasteners For Heater On Fire
(Le Mars) -- Fire officials were called to Fastener located on north Business highway 75 this morning for what turned out to be a heater in the ceiling that had gotten too hot and started a small fire and melted the plastic ventilator. Employees of Fastener reported smelling smoke at about 9:00 a.m. When fire officials arrived on the scene, they immediately saw smoke coming from the ceiling of the entryway. Fire officials were able to quickly extinguish the fire before it had an opportunity to grow. Officials were on the scene for about half an hour.
Fire Chief Dave Schipper inspects the ceiling heating unit that caught fire at Fasteners.
Supervisors Approve $100,000 For L.O.S.T. Funding Projects
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved funding requests for 13 projects amounting to $100,000 as suggested by the Local Options Sales Tax advisory board. Mary Reynolds, chair of the advisory board informed the county supervisors there were a total of 21 funding requests presented amounting to more than $204,900. Those organizations to receive the Local Options Sales Tax funding include: Life Skills Training Center, Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce, Le Mars Public Library, Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department, Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, Remsen Heritage Museum, City of Merrill, Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Oyens Fire Department, Plymouth County Senior Helpmates, Plymouth County Historical Museum, City of Remsen, Remsen-Union and Remsen St. Mary's and a joint project involving the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee along with the Plymouth County Fair. Reynolds asked the supervisors to give consideration of continuing the appropriation of funding for community-based projects.
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City Council Discusses Public Works Building
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars City Council will meet today at noon (Tuesday) at the city hall council chambers. Action items included voting for the new proposed city public works building project, and the first reading of the code of ordinance changes. City administrator Scott Langel says the proposed new city works building will be located at 6th Avenue Southwest and 18th Street Southwest. Langel says the city council has been discussing the project for five years.
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Langel says the proposed public works building is a pre-engineered structure. He says the city is allowing the construction firms to bring what they know best to the city and propose the different concepts.
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The Convenience of Paying More
At first glance, the pamphlet tucked into hundreds of thousands of recent Minnegasco bills seems like an attractive, empowering option for consumers: The cover features an ominous photo of a snowplow and cars on a street during a storm. "Some things are hard to predict," the copy reads. "Your gas bill doesn't have to be." Inside the missive, Minnegasco assures that "The No Surprise Bill puts you in control."
The offer? "A guaranteed fixed monthly payment--NO mid-year adjustments or end-of-year balances to carry forward," explains a separate mailing to some Minnegasco customers. "Enrollment is limited and ends November 15, 2001. So sign up today."
In some respects, the timing of Minnegasco's offer--initially being tested as a pilot program, limited to the first 30,000 enrollees of the company's nearly 600,000 eligible customers--couldn't be better. Memories of the rolling blackouts that besieged California earlier this year have yet to fade, and the prices being offered under the plan are less than the average amount borne by consumers last year, when harsh weather and a relative scarcity of natural gas in the upper Midwest conspired to inflate heating bills. Coupled with the financial and psychological instability wreaked by the recent terrorist attacks, consumers are likely more amenable to paying a predetermined set price for natural gas over the next 12 months.
But the fine print within the company's solicitations reveals some less encouraging details about the plan. Specifically, it states that those who sign up for the No Surprise Bill will be assessed a six percent program fee and a carrying charge. And it asks consumers to "Please note that depending on weather and natural gas prices, you may pay more or less for the No Surprise Bill than you would have under traditional billing options."
On the surface, it would seem that Minnegasco and those who enroll in the No Surprise plan are each bearing some risk in exchange for price stability. If the weather is severe enough to require ample amounts of fuel and the market price of gas is high, the fixed monthly cost would turn out to be a bargain. Conversely, if temperatures are mild and gas is cheap, those enrolled in the No Surprise plan would be locked in at an artificially high rate.
"We're trying to provide another service for customers, something that will give them some consistency in their gas bills. This offer is meant for customers who value predictability," says Jerry Daugherty, director of regulatory services for Minnegasco, which is still the name of what's now a subsidiary of Reliant Energy. "They may do better or worse in terms of the price they pay, but that's not the purpose. The purpose is to provide stability. And from our perspective, we are a utility company owned by investors who like to see some stability in our cash flow. So it really is a win-win situation."
Unlike its No Surprise plan enrollees, however, Minnegasco has been able to significantly hedge its own risks in the process. Over the summer, the company secured contracts with two natural gas suppliers who will provide them with enough fuel to meet the energy needs of the No Surprise plan's 30,000 consumers at a fixed price. One of the two suppliers is a company owned by Reliant Energy.
Minnegasco then went to WeatherWise, a Pittsburgh company that has developed a sophisticated computer modeling system used to calibrate a fixed charge for individual energy demand. Taking into account Minnegasco's gas costs and distribution charges, the weather patterns in the company's billing area over the past 20 years, and the energy use patterns of each consumer during the previous year, WeatherWise came up with what the firm's marketing VP, Doug Laderer, refers to as "an appropriate guaranteed annual gas bill" for every potential No Surprise consumer. Nearly all of the six percent "program fee" assessed to No Surprise customers goes to pay WeatherWise for its work, with the remainder used to supplement Minnegasco's marketing of the plan.
Programs such as No Surprise are a growing trend within the utility business: Minnesota is the twelfth state where WeatherWise has helped establish fixed-rate billing since 1996. "Customer response has been great," Laderer claims. "Typically, we have more than 90 percent of the eligible customers re-enroll in
the programs."
But most of that feedback was engendered during the flush economic times of the past five years. Now that money is tighter, will consumers be as likely to gamble on market conditions--and pay six percent extra for the privilege--for the convenience of a predetermined price?
Certainly owners of apartment buildings and small businesses, whose lives are especially simplified by a stable cash flow, and who are able to pass on energy costs to their tenants and clientele, are likely to be loyal to the No Surprise concept. Many of these storefront proprietors and owners of small rental properties will be able to meet the program's eligibility requirement that customers use no more than 5,000 therms of gas per year.
Others may simply be unaware of how much extra they might be paying. In the October 16 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, for example, representatives from two of Wisconsin's largest utilities estimate a 30 to 35 percent drop in winter gas bills this season. Minnegasco's Daugherty estimates a more conservative, but still substantial, price decrease of 25 to 30 percent here in Minnesota. Normally, the state's Public Utilities Commission regulates energy prices on a monthly basis to ensure that consumers aren't paying significantly more than the market rate for fuel. But when a fixed-price plan has been agreed upon by the utility and the consumer, PUC financial analyst Jerry Dasinger says he is uncertain how that regulatory function will apply. Minnegasco, of course, would prefer No Surprises.
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Peter Malinoski does not make ordinary guitars. His choice of woods and construction techniques suggest he goes more than the extra mile beyond what brand names like Fender and Gibson produce. With over 25 years experience in the craft, this Maryland-based luthier can be trusted to go beyond the norm and his instruments show what can be achieved when art, skill and wood come together.
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Concerts in Wait Park Summer 2015
Sundays 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Canby, Oregon
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Rainy Day venue:
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July 26, 2015
Joe Marcinkiewicz/Jazz Journey
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August 9, 2015
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Food from local vendors is available at the performances.
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Bringing quality music to the Canby community!
Canby Music Boosters are a non-profit organization whose purpose is to support the Canby School District instrumental program. Focusing predominately on Canby High School's award winning Band, the organization is a volunteer group of parents and concerned adults who meet monthly to plan fundraisers, concerts, events, and much more. Our goal is to raise money to support the band program and provide funds for educational trips for students. In the last 5 years we have purchased over $20,000 worth of musical instruments to replace or augment the instruments at Canby High School. Recently we finished our biggest project yet: raising over $30,000 to purchase (for the first time in 40 years) marching uniforms for the Canby High School Cougar Marching Band!
We are always able to accept tax-deductible donations to the Canby High School Band and we welcome any community members who wish to volunteer!
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The Grand 1894 Opera House
Visitor Information2020 Postoffice Street
Galvston, Texas 77550
Phone: 800-821-1894
Website: http://www.thegrand.com
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm plus1 hour prior to performance times. Closed Sundays (Open 2 hours prior to performance times on Sundays with performances)
National Trust for Historic Preservation Member Discount: Free self-guided tour admission. 10% off merchandise in Gift Shop.
The Grand 1894 Opera House is a magnificently restored not-for-profit performing arts theatre showcasing live entertainment year round. The best artists of each generation have added to the legendary performances of the past, creating a vibrant center for artistic excellence. From Broadway musicals and popular stars of stage, screen and television, to country and classical music, opera, dance, drama and children's theatre, The Grand offers something for everyone. In recognition of its unique structure, history and continuing professional performances of excellence, The Grand was designated as the "Official Opera House of Texas". Also open daily for self-guided tours.


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You can never have too much golf anything. With two separate golf pro shops at Sea Trail Resort, you are sure to find great designer apparel and resort wear for both men and women.
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We are mixing prints this week I have never thought about prints and mixing prints more than I have in the past year or so thanks to Sew Weekly. Sew Weekly has really pulled me out of my proverbial black wearing box and got me thinking more about using colour and prints. I find it frustratingly challenging to make mixed prints work but at the same time really enjoy the process of coming up with a match. It's like playing an odd game of Snap. This week I wanted to show you my process of working with prints in a spazzafied way, in other words, how I got dressed for this post I wanted it to be visually pleasing— to my eye at least. My influence being my Pinterest mood board.
I started with the skirt, firstly placing hemming/bias tape around the waist line to stop it from fraying then proceeded to pleat the fabric in large chunks sewing it flat to hold it in place; this then wraps around me and fastens with a couple of buttons, kinda like a kilt. You can't see too well but behind the enormous pom poms my clever clever daughter made for me THANK YOU SWEETIE! I took the time to fray at least an inch of the fabric to add a bit of voila to the skirt. The hem has also been frayed. A line of stitching to stop it from unraveling? Check!. It looks Nordic. Check! The black and white top is a scarf with pom pom tassels on each edge, this was placed on the bias, one edge folded over—which makes the cowl neck, this was then sewn to a black piece of georgette folded in the same manner and joined at the shoulders with loops and buttons pulling it together. The sides are sewn up so there is no chance of any side boob action. A simple top I know, but what I like about this is how it makes your eye travel down forcing you to view the whole outfit; like an arrow directing traffic. I'm down with that! all the way to the shoes.
I really do! it's vastly becoming one of my favourite things to do. I know it's all trial and error at the moment so hopefully when I grow-up I would of mastered the technique but for now lets just enjoy what my eye has considered acceptable print matching you see, I was happy with the nordic inspired skirt and the bias placed geometric black and white top, admittedly a little too easy on the sewing front but who says it has to be anything more I mean look at what Anya did on Project Runway? A bunch of floaty squares with the same necklines if she chose different fabrics it would have never of worked, a great eye for prints methinks. Still, I have to say it was one of the worst seasons on Project Runway too date don't you think?
Anyway, my super crafty daughter and I went on our routine Saturday morning Op Shop jaunt and I stumbled across this ethnic looking throw for $5. F I V E D O L L A R S ? crazy business. I cut a slit down the middle to where the circle detail on the back begun—this makes the neckline, and just sat in front of the telly with my family watching Project Runway and a brilliant Bob Marley doco, fraying away all of the edges to my hearts content. We're all still leaving the house for work and school with bits of thread glued to us Whoops! and I have renewed my love and total respect for Bob Marley a total freedom fighter; Iron like a Lion in Zion. The neckline I frayed inward about 1 inch and the ends around 4 inches tying them off into bunches. I had the patience of a saint this night which doesn't happen too often I did find it to be very therapeutic though.
My headdress I made for this post and wear it around the house doing my sewing and housework in. I was wearing this whole outfit when there was a knock at the front door a man, trying to give his best speech on why we should swap electrical companies, I towered over him looking like a Nordic shaman haha he didn't know where to look the poor thing. It's possible he found my appearance intimidating. The look on his face was priceless.
I'm going with Siouxsie and The Banshees- Spellbound for this weeks title. Oh how I love Sioux Sioux she has been a constant source of inspiration throughout the years.
Next week we are sewing 1940′s, not really my thang but will try my best to 'Make It Work'.
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Hilarious! Can you get security cams for your front door so next time we can all enjoy the moment! Some wicked looking pom poms there. Any help from miss E???
I love this! You are so clever!!! And I would have paid good money to see the expression on the guy's face at the door!!! too funny. I love that you wear the headdress around the house. that is AWESOME!!!
OMG! I can just imagine the poor man's face! When real creativity shows it's beautiful face, one has to be prepared! ;-D
I love the skirt and you really rock that whole Nordic Shaman-look! (can't say that I've ever met one, but your version is a good bet, I think!)
Looking forward to seeing your take on the 1940′s. Can't really say that I'm into all that vintage-thingy, but I bet I'll love your interpretation.
Thanks for another great outfit post! As always a pleasure!
I just love you I can imagine you appearing at the door in all your glory because darling, you look magnificent! A true tribal goddess if ever I dreamed one. I love your print mixing, you are positively the queen of it, and this outfit is another success
The story that goes with this outfit is awesome , i would like to see his face too! haha
That sure this outfit is impressive this looks is just WOW, like saying "I AM MYSELF" very loud into anyone face.
At the first view of it i just had to look somewhere else because i know i would got angry and kinda hysteric "this is awesome, i can't believe it, GENIUS!!!" so i had to digest the first view before reading and staring at with admiration! hahaha
Well that really great, i mean not even the outfit but the way you allow yourself to be so creative, and the way it seems to match your personality, what you like, admire…
It may sound stupid but i don't think so much people allow themselves to sew clothes that really match their dreams. We all are fortunately or unfortunately tied by a sort of "what will the people say or how they will react if I'm wearing this or that".
But at last if you have ever wonder what people could think about this outfit, well i think is just pure magic!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it from the big pompoms to the bangles, everything is great!
Thank you so much, it blow in me a wind of freedom and wild creativity and affirmation.
That's soooo kind to share this master piece with us!
Love it! You totally own this look – it's awesome – Probably the only other person who could pull it off would be none other than Siouxsie Sioux herself. And love the man at the door story – hilarious!
I just discovered your blog and I really love your style!
Oh my, this is a great outfit! Where do you get all your wonderful fabric from? I'm forever looking for interesting prints but the fabric stores that I go to in Melbourne never seem to have much (especially nothing tribal), I think I must be going to the wrong ones.


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Today I took a closer look why my rear wheel always gets out of true so easy.
Very close inspection revealed that my Alesa rim actually had cracks on the sidewall. Dammit, now I need to find a new rim so I can at least ride the event next Saturday.
I can't just buy a new wheel since I have an old 105 shimano 7 speed cassette with a 7 speed index tube shifter. I don't think there are any hubs out there anymore which would fit that cassette.
If I had the dough right now I'd replace my old bike with a 2007 Trek Modane 5.2 SL which the stores offer now for $1999 in a blow out sale.


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HMT forecast made 1930Z Sun 30 Dec 07
Still looks like the new year will start with great IOP potential! Conditions remain on track for a major event (could well be the best of this La Nina year) coming up Th 3 thru Sun 6 Jan 08! Models continue to be consistent in calling for this event coming in 4 parts, the first one to affect mainly the Northwest and coast ranges of northern CA on W, and the remaining 3 to affect all of CA. Total pcpn amounts for the Th thru Sunday period are virtually guaranteed to exceed 5" melted at Blue Canyon in my opinion, and could well approach twice that. This is due to a combination of adequate moisture, good "balanced dynamics" (e.g., quasi-geostrophic forcing of upward motion) and very strong orographic forcing due to the overall strength of the onshore flow. There could well be periods of good warm advection, not only in the earlier stages of the Th 3 Jan event, but also in the 2 to follow. Consensus of ensembles is that there will be no American River Basin pcpn before sundown Wednesday 2 Jan; the first batch of heavier pcpn will occur mainly during the day Th (although could well commence before daybreak Th 3 Jan), followed closely by another on Friday, and then perhaps a slight break before the last batch late Saturday and ending daytime Sunday. As indicated yesterday, snow levels are likely to vary between 4,000 and 5,500ft, with Blue Canyon getting mostly snow Th 3 Jan and F 4 Jan, with snow levels coming down on Saturday to between 3,000 and 4,000ft, so Blue Canyon will get all snow in the last event.
Be advised that strong winds (combination strong synoptic pressure gradient and barrier jet) will also accompany this event, particularly Th and F 3 and 4 Jan, with gusts of up to 50kt possible KSCK and KSAC, so tippable equipment should be well secured.
Beware of dense fog potential for New Years Eve.
Beyond Sunday, the liklihood of further multi-inch (melted) events at Blue Canyon goes down substantially.
Ensembles begin to diverge markedly on Sunday, some (as the operational GFS initialized 12Z this morning) showing a trough digging into AZ and others keeping conditions more zonal. So, although the potential for events after Sunday 6 Jan isn't zero, it certainly reduces to be closer to climatology.
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For those of us who keep tabs on magazine redesigns, What's been Worth Watching the past few weeks is TV Guide itself.
The magazine unveiled a fresh redesign last week with a new palette of typefaces, including several from Font Bureau — Quiosco for text, Boomer Sans & Serif for a wide range of display.
[Update: The Boomer fonts have been released for Retail license as Salvo Sans & Salvo Serif]
The new design by Robert Newman, James Reyman, Kate Thompson and Katherine Dillon of DillonThompson features a brighter, bolder, cleaner look and a crisp implementation of the magazine's underlying 12-column grid structure.
Editorially, the new TV Guide also inaugurates a smart rethinking of its content organization — shuffling features, highlights, and schedules all together, arranged by color-coded days of the week — for a more user-friendly presentation.
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My Maven projects are multi-module and in general the version numbers are not synced. For instance, I can have a master POM versioned as 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT and a sub-module versioned 3.4.5-SNAPSHOT (the main reason for not keeping them synced is that often a module is moved from a project to another and it has to keep its version).
Now I want to put the main project version in a resource of the module containing the main (or the webapp, etc...), which of course is a sub-module. This means that I need to access the master pom version from a sub-module.
Also be aware that my projects have got 3 or 4 levels; thus the master pom is the grandfather of the submodule, not just the parent.
In spite of having some experience with Maven including advanced stuff, so far I've been unable to solve this problem.


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Umpqua Ultra-Light Foam Fly BoxView Larger Image
The Ompqua Ultra-Light Foam Fly Box keeps you from bogging yourself down with extra weight while you wade or float.
- Ultra-light foam material keeps things light and simple
- Magnetic closure makes it easy to open and close and maintains a secure hold
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Awesome box. I don't really get why you should spend a ton of $$ on a fly box. This has ridges on one side for all your small flies, and a flat section on the other for your bigger, fluffier flies. I am from Colorado, and I can fit almost everything I need in this one box. Oh, and the fact that this thing floats is really nice... especially when it is cold and your fingers are numb. (as far as waterproof boxes, i have always been told to stay away b/c then if moisture gets in your hooks can begin to rust)
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Olaf Diegel's 3D Printed Guitar (Detailed Images)
You might recognize this guitar… It's been featured by 3D Systems as their flagship electric guitar called Americana on Cubify. What you might not have already known is that the guitar was originally designed by Olaf Diegel who licensed the designs to 3D Systems to be printed on their SLA machines. Interestingly enough, Olaf had no intention of going mainstream with the instrument and only set out to create the guitar to see if he could. He are detailed pictures of his masterpiece:


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Stephan's Quintet
Posted 19 December 2011 - 05:38 PM
Anyone else see the same thing? I actually expected more.
Posted 19 December 2011 - 06:56 PM
I typically find 7331 first and then move over to the Stephan's Quintet area, which isn't far away.
Finding Stephan's Quintet in the orange zone with a 10 inch sounds like a tough assignment. Not to say it's impossible.
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Good luck and let us know what you find.
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 03:05 PM
It's a pretty dim galaxy group, somewhat difficult to see all five members, let alone a sixth nearby galaxy that's not apart of the group. I've never seen this sixth one. However, I have seen galaxies out to magnitudes of 14.0 clearly, such as the one next to NGC 6543. The faintest one to date was nothing more than a slight brightening in the field at magnitude 14.3, IC 1296, next to M57. All of this was indeed done with about the same telescope you used, the XT10i Intelliscope.
Clear skies,
Brandon Doyle
Posted 20 December 2011 - 03:32 PM
NGC-7331 is what you probably saw as it's mag. 9.4. The brightest galaxy next to it is NGC-7335 which is mag. 14.4 and I seriously doubt if you saw it with a 10" from an orange zone. It lies next to the middle of 7331 and just to the side of the core. Stephan's quintet is off to the side a good ways. In an 82 degree field eyepiece at 102X, it would be in the same field near the edge. The brightest galaxies in the group are NGC-7319 at mag. 13.1 and NGC-7320 at mag. 13.2. From your description, it's hard to tell what you were describing. In an orange zone with a 10", seeing anything even at mag. 13 or fainter is challenging unless the surface brightness is concentrated and those galaxies, though small, I don't think are all that concentrated. I'd try again and just center NGC-7331 and use it as a starting point and swing around it until you find a fuzzy blotch. That will be the quintet. However, from your location, I doubt if you'll see much if even that.
Good luck and let us know what you find.
I have seen Stephans one time with a 14in scope (a C14), it was from a state park in rural Nevada. The Las Vegas Astronomical Society used to do a yearly star party there. Some of the darkest skies I have seen... comparable to the Texas Star Party.
Posted 20 December 2011 - 06:43 PM
Here is a sketch with a 13" f/5.6 Newtonian at 220X. North is up, east to the left. This was under Arizona skies on a night I rated 7 out of 10 for seeing and 8 out of 10 for transparency.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 09:11 PM
Nice sketch. Mustve been stunning.
Posted 20 December 2011 - 11:21 PM
That was probably Cathedral Gorge. We still go there twice a year. A great site.
Posted 20 December 2011 - 11:23 PM
Nice drawing!
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That was probably Cathedral Gorge. We still go there twice a year. A great site.
Yep that is it, beautiful site. Very dark too, can be a bit cold though.
Posted 24 December 2011 - 04:14 PM
I've observed Stephan's Quintet from an Orange Zone, and it was just visible (recognizable as a tight grouping of galaxies) for a 20-incher. I haven't tried it with less aperture from that site, but I'm moving next month to slightly better skies (a whole mile away) and will give it a shot in a 16-incher (my largest scope currently).
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I need to hit it before 21:00, then it becomes awash in the sky glow from Timmins, and gets too low on the horizon. Soon it will be a goner for me.
I am thinking I need a very transparent night. I am trying with a 16 inch f4.5 Dob from just on the fringe of a yellow to green zone.
Posted 28 December 2011 - 05:30 PM
If it helps, when I first spotted it, it reminded me of a lumpy group of PN's, and once I knew where it was, I maxed out each scope on magnification to darken, all near 1mm E.P. Would make out 3-4 members but not the fully set from a "red" / "orange" LP zone.
Posted 28 December 2011 - 05:37 PM
I recently got back into the hobby myself after a long hiatus. Went to Cathedral Gorge with LVAS this past September, if I recall. Set up right next to Feidb. Yes, a great site. Can't wait to go there again. The next LVAS deep sky observations were in Death Valley at Furnace Creek. One of the members of the LVAS has a 24" Obsession. I happened to go take a peek while he was looking at Stephan's. It looked very close to the pictures in his atlas. Great view. Next opportunity I want to see what I can get out of my 10" dob, if anything.
Off topic , sorry , but is this Cathedral Gorge the spot in Zion National Park ?
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You should easily see the quintet using a 16" scope in your skies. I have seen it with my Meade 12" SCT from a yellow-green zone. It is a very small/compact group of galaxies given it is some 300 mly from earth. Good luck..
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