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Curator of Education Accompanies Travelers Glens Falls, NY - The Hyde Collection's Volunteer Travel Committee invites its members and the public to travel with Hyde Curator of Education June Leary for a day trip on Thursday, July 18 to New York's mid-Hudson River Valley. Beginning with a visit to Storm King Art Center, enjoy one of the world's leading sculpture parks with more than 100 sculptures by some of the most acclaimed artists of our time. Founded in 1960, every work has been sited with consideration of both its immediate surroundings and distant views. There will be a docent tour followed by a boxed lunch in the Pavilion. Montgomery Place was built in 1804 by the widow of Richard Montgomery, the first general officer killed in the Revolutionary War. Undergoing reconstruction by Alexander Jackson Davis later in the century, this now Classical Revival mansion's open porch on the north side is considered the first outdoor room in America. The grounds comprise 434 acres of trails, gardens and an arboretum. Our visit includes a 45-minute house tour and free time to explore. Please note: This trip involves an intensive amount of walking outdoors and will take place rain or shine, except for extreme or dangerous weather conditions. Travelers are advised to be appropriately prepared (footwear, rain gear, sun protection, bug spray, as needed). Depart I-87: Exit 19 at 7:30 am, Exit 15 at 8 am, Exit 8 at 8:30 am; return I-87: Approximately 5 pm, 5:30 pm, 6 pm, respectively. Cost per person: Hyde members $107; all others $132. Includes group transportation, admissions, tours, boxed lunch, and driver's gratuity. Reservations open to non-members beginning June 6, 2013. All reservations must be received by July 3, 2013. For detailed information and to register for our upcoming trips, please visit http://www.hydecollection.org/ or call Dede Potter, membership manager, 518-792-1761, ext. 313. The Hyde is dedicated to expanding appreciation of the fine arts through travel programs that explore a diversity of cultural institutions and experiences. On Thursday, September 12, The Hyde visits Simon Pearce and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, Quechee and Woodstock, Vermont. Photo: Image of Montgomery Place courtesy of Historic Hudson Valley. The Hyde Collection is a historic house and art museum complex with a distinguished collection consisting of works by American and European artists such as Botticelli, Rubens, Rembrandt, Picasso, Homer and Eakins, as well as important decorative arts and antique furnishings. The Museum provides changing exhibitions in two gallery spaces, lectures, concerts, family activities and school programming. For information visit www.hydecollection.org or call 518-792-1761. Contact: Alice Grether Director of Marketing, Communication & Visitor Services The Hyde Collection 161 Warren Street Glens Falls NY 12801 www.hydecollection.org p 518 792 1761 ext 328 f 518 792 9197
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Genevieve Hak Jan. 29, 1933-May 5, 2012 Genevieve Hak born Genevieve Marcella Cannizzo on January 29th 1933 in Chicago died peacefully on May 5th 2012 after a short illness. She is survived by her loving husband Myron Hak, her Children Maria Hak and Cynthia Mase and Cynthia's family, husband John Mase and her grandchildren JJ and Anthony.
Genevieve graduated from Steinmetz High School in Chicago and worked for AT&T and attended Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois before moving to California. Genevieve spent many happy days as a crossing guard for the children in various Burbank schools and as a successful realtor in Burbank where she and Myron lived for over 50 years. Genevieve was also an accomplished artist whose paintings pop up for sale to this day. Genevieve and Myron had a summer home in Oregon's Willamette Valley which she cherished and where she focused on her garden which became an incredibly beautiful showpiece.
In October, Genevieve and Myron were to celebrate the 55th anniversary of a joy-filled and loving marriage. Her great sense of humor and kindness were cherished by all who knew her. Visitation will take place on May 21st from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Mission Hills Catholic Mortuary. Funeral services will be held on May 22nd at 10:30 AM at St. Francis Xavier church in Burbank followed by internment at Mission Hills Catholic Cemetery.

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It's always great to carve the time to meet up with industry colleagues and enjoy a night of education and fun! ISES New England did a great job at their May meeting choosing the Music City Queen docked behind the Boston Harbor Hotel as the floating venue for an evening with America's Sassiest Lifestyle Guru, Steve Kemble. Steve's infectious laugh, hilarious comments and candid stories entertained and educated us all on how to create a brand that allows us to showcase our best qualities and connect with the RIGHT clients.
Here are a few takeaways from Steve's chat:
- Figure out who your ideal client is and focus on them – find out how you can over deliver and make them want to come back for more!
- Create a brand and a tag line that works for you.
- Use a focus group to test your brand building.
- Choose your company name and brand wisely and walk the walk – live it in how you dress, what you drive and how you face off to the world.
- Consider tying your brand to YOU – and connect on a personal and real level with your clients so they get to know you.
- Overhaul your website and launch it only when it's finalized.
- Get savvy with Social Media – create a blog and post regularly (I listened Steve!), tweet and post on FaceBook and Instagram.
- Market yourself in various forms – newsletters, articles, television or radio.
- Consider hiring a publicist – they can help you to juggle all the channels and coach you on taking the right steps to skyrocket your brand.
- Don't overlook your professional image – from a handshake to thank you notes – make an impression that is lasting and positive and showcases your talents and style the way you want it to!
UD Kitchen hosted delicious Thai-Asian bites, and Gordon's Fine Wine's and Liquor's provided refreshments. Thank you also to Shutterbooth New England for the fun photo booth!
A big shout out to my friend and colleague Karen Salhaney and the recent Event Management graduates who joined her. It was great to meet them all and host a mini-book signing of my Event Planning and Wedding books! It's inspiring to see their passion for the industry and the steps they are taking to prepare themselves for successful careers as event professionals! Congratulations to all!


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Hello everyone, well I have finally got around to making something and for once it is something for me!!! I have been meaning to make a book mark for ages and I have finally got around to doing so. I'm entering it into this weeks Simon Says Challenge where the theme is anything but a card, Stamp Something which has a theme of summer vacation and Secret Crafter Challenge 45 where the theme is fancy corners.
For my bookmark I have used the very cute Tilda with Ice Cream and it is available to buy from Magnolia. I have coloured her with distress inks and added some stickles to the top of her lolly! The papers are from K & Co and the ribbon and jewel from my stash. I kept wanting to add extra embellies, but then realized they would get crushed in a book so I kept it simple...and flat!!!
How it fits the challenges.... its a bookmark so it obvious for Simon Says, the summer vacation theme of Stamp Something is covered by the stamp, summery colours and also I love to read in my free time and finally for the fancy corners theme of Secret Crafter.... well I have rounded off my corners, but I realize that this could be pushing it so I understand if it doesn't count!!!
Finally, a close up..... looks a bit of an odd angle......sorry! lol!!!
Card/Paper: White and pink card, K & Co Sparkly Sweet
Stamps: Magnolia - Lazy Summer Days Collection
Colouring: Distress inks - tattered rose, worn lipstick, vintage photo, spiced marmalade, faded jeans, weathered wood, black soot broken china. Inkssentials pen for highlights
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewel, stickles
Tools: Corner rounder punch, water brush
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The denial was in Pruitt's official 2017 financial disclosure, which the government requires senior government officials to file to report gifts and sources of income. The EPA released the report Wednesday.
Pruitt's disclosure is notable for what it doesn't list, making no specific mention of any of a range of perks and favors that EPA documents and agency staffers described Pruitt receiving while serving as the regulation-cutting chief of the Trump administration's environmental agency.
Those perks allegedly included a $50 a night deal with a lobbyist's family on a Washington condo and using EPA staffers to find an apartment and affordable used mattress for Pruitt, and Rose Bowl tickets he received at face value.
Other alleged gifts detailed during Pruitt's tenure included at least one-short term gig that The Washington Post said Pruitt helped land for his wife, Marlyn, for an event where the EPA chief was a featured guest.
Pruitt addressed the allegations against him in office only broadly in his 13-page report.
"To the extent that I am aware of specific allegations, I dispute the facts asserted and, accordingly, am not aware of reportable gifts," Pruitt said.
He continued in the carefully phrased language he used in congressional hearings on the ethics allegations against him. "In the event that there are any future findings to the contrary, I will address the issue at that time and amend this report as directed and/or as necessary," he wrote in the report.
Virginia Canter, chief ethics officer for the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington nonprofit, said there were "significant omissions" in Pruitt's filing.
Unless it turns out that Pruitt has made reimbursement for any gifts, his financial disclosure "goes to show me that basically Pruitt is taking a hard line and hasn't really been enlightened as a result of his service in Washington," Canter said.
While in office, Pruitt repeatedly denied any responsibility for any wrongdoing, shifting any blame to staffers for his lavish, taxpayer-funded spending on premium-class travel, around-the-clock security and other benefits.
President Donald Trump announced Pruitt's resignation in a tweet on July 5 amid near-daily headlines about new allegations and federal investigations involving the then-EPA chief.
Pruitt's said in his report that his wife's business made between $15,000 and $50,000 in 2017. He did not list her clients, but he wrote that none of Marlyn Pruitt's work was for organizations or people he would have regulated as EPA head.
Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general, also reported between $150,000 and $300,000 in debts in 2017 to two Oklahoma law firms.
Cleta Mitchell, a Washington lawyer and friend of Pruitt who at times has acted as a spokeswoman regarding Pruitt's troubles, did not immediately return an email seeking comment Wednesday.
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@LivingDadly Same. This will always be the best Harley.
Does anyone else find it as funny as I do that Microsoft just can't seem to escape the specter of Windows XP?
Originally Windows XP was just to disappear, but then consumers demanded it go back in to factory built computers again. They conceded and said XP still would end sales in January 2008.
Well, now they've had to back off of that, and it is now going to be June 2008 before XP goes the way of the Dodo bird.
This really should come as a surprise to anyone because, let's be honest, Vista is a disaster of an OS. Five years of development, and it is still a bloated piece of crap. I only know one person who speaks positively of Vista, and considering he and I agree on next to nothing, I'm not shocked. However my other friends who have dealt with it are all telling me to stay the hell away from it.
Microsoft blew it, as seems to be their standard operating procedure, but instead of admitting they released a stinker of an OS out in the wild, they cling to it being wonderful. Tell me this, does anyone remember when XP came out, did people cling to Windows 98 in droves? No. They didn't. I don't think I've ever seen people cling so desperately to a LAST GENERATION product!
Don't get me wrong, I don't think XP is the be all, end all of OSes, but at least it's somewhat more likable than Vista.


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Dear All,
There was a situation that we have generated 80K text files on multiple Ubuntu servers in which by mistake a wrong url has been printed in one of line in the file and to regenerate those 80K files suppose to take more than 4 hours per server .
As those files were generated on Ubuntu servers given a thought to try for using sed command .
by default '/' is option is used in sed command but in our case the replace string was containing '/' as it is a url so i was getting error
sed: -e expression #1, char xx:
so used below solution and command got successfully executed in 3 mins each server 🙂
sed -i 's,abcd.com,xyz.com/lmn,g' *.txt
-i for replace in place and last parameter is input file name
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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was in Albany today, where he spoke to the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence as part of the group's "Legislative Awareness Day."
His message was simple: beating your wife is "the same crime as jumping the subway turnstile."
No, the district attorney did not commit political suicide by comparing the seriousness of jumping a subway turnstile to beating your wife — his point is that, under the current law, the penalties for each crime are similar, which is something he wants changed.
"We must remedy the flaws in existing state law that allow a misdemeanor repeat domestic abuser to be treated the same way on his first offense as he is on his hundredth," Vance said during his speech. "And it's the same crime as jumping the subway turnstile. That is not justice for victims."
(NOTE: we did not attend the speech, but Vance's office provided us with a written copy).
says the solution to the problem is a legislative one — he proposes
that a class E felony be created for repeat domestic violence offenders.
A proposal similar to the one Vance laid out today passed in the Assembly last year, but didn't make it through the Senate.
plan would make it so any repeat offender who commits two or more
qualifying crimes within a five year period would get hit with a felony,
rather than a misdemeanor.
From Vance's speech:
felony charge for repeat offenders will do several things to break the
cycle of abuse. First, it sends a message to abusers and victims that
the criminal justice system does not tolerate recurring acts of domestic
violence. Second, families would be better protected from continued
violence, because felony orders of protection last almost twice as long
as those available in misdemeanor case. Under this felony charge,
perpetrators of domestic violence would at a minimum be eligible for
probation supervision for five years. In more serious cases, judges
would have the discretion to sentence repeat abusers to time in state
prison. Finally, when incarceration is necessary and appropriate, these
felony offenders would have much better access to re-entry and
rehabilitative programs. Judges would also have the discretion to
require offenders to participate in proven treatment programs.
tells the tragic tales of two women — a 19-year-old and a 25-year-old
— each of whom were murdered by their significant other. In each case,
there was a history of domestic violence — the DA says his plan would
help prevent cases like those from happening in the future.
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Student Complaints and Grievance Policies and Procedures
New York City College of Technology strives to provide relevant degree programs with a rewarding educational experience. As a City Tech student, you may file a grievance about any area of the College. Below you will find information about the grievance procedures that may be most helpful to you.
There are several grievance procedures at the College. This page will assist you in identifying which process best fits your concerns.
Emergencies, Suspicious Activity, or Reporting a Crime
Please contact Public Safety at X5550 or 718-260-5550 or call 9-1-1 directly. For NON-emergency incidents or to report suspicious activity or a crime please contact Public Safety or visit them in Namm 109.
Academic Grade Appeal
If you would like to file a grade appeal, please follow the instructions listed in the college catalog and for more information please review the college catalog.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
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Non-Academic Complaints/Grievances About Enrollment and Student Affairs Offices (Registrar, Counseling, Financial Aid, etc.)
If you would like to file a complaint about an office in Student Affairs and Enrollment, please review the Grievance Procedures and the Student Affairs Grievance Form. Complete the form in the link and drop it off at N325 or N300.
Non-Academic Complaints About Faculty Conduct
Refers to incidents of unprofessional behavior and other complaints that are not of an academic grade concern. If you would like to address concerns about a faculty member's actions in a classroom setting, please review the Student Complaint Procedure. Once you have reviewed the policy, you may decide to send a written explanation of your complaint to the department chairperson, or you may forward your complaint to the Dean's Office if the concern addresses the chairperson directly.
Harassment or Discrimination Complaints
Refer to Notice of Non-Discrimination
Title IX Complaints
Refer to Notice of Non-Discrimination and the Policy on Sexual Misconduct
If your grievance or complaint does not fall into one of the aforementioned categories, please refer to the following offices for further guidance.
For concerns of an academic nature, please contact:
The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Namm Hall 320 (N-320)
For concerns of a non-academic nature, please contact:
The Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs
Namm Hall 300 and Namm Hall 325 (N-300 and N-325)
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Well, it's there now. I woke up this morning from a very vivid dream about Ramiel and that's my sign that it's time. Anyone who knows me would tell you that I'm more logic than anything else, but in my writing, I wait for the sign. It could be called the Muse, I guess. I call it that sometimes, but unlike other authors, it isn't a he or she. It's just a feeling that I should be writing.
If you've read the first two books, you know that the tone of each book is a reflection of the Son showcased. Vasilije's is pure pleasure, whereas Saint's is pleasure colored by a brooding about the past. The tone of Blood Spirit is all Terek--seductive, thoughtful, mystical. Although I say the books take a long time to write because I hand write everything, the real reason they take a while is that the tone has to be consistent with the hero. That means I have to be very careful, especially with the words I choose and the way I structure the dialogue. Each Son is different, so each book sounds completely different. To move from the tone I used with Terek to the tone I have to use with Ramiel is a 180 degree change.
But it's time, so writing will begin in earnest.
I'm off to get the day moving. It's a bit overcast here, so it seems to be a perfect day to write. Hope you have a great one too!


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These chouquettes are so easy to make, out of ingredients you are very likely to already have in stock! Milk, butter, flour and eggs. They are such sweet devils, so delicious, so alluring, so easy to pop into your mouth, and before you even realize it, you're already eating the 8th piece!
(servings: 25 bite-sized puffs)
- 85ml of water,
- 85ml of milk,
- 50g of butter,
- 85g of plain flour,
- 2 eggs,
- 1/2 teaspoon of caster sugar,
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt, icing sugar for dusting,
- a handful of chocolate chips/ grated Gruyere (optional)
2. In a saucepan, heat the water, milk and butter over medium heat. Turn off the heat when the butter has melted.


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Watch how to make this recipe.
Place a 12-inch nonstick skillet on the stove top on medium heat. Melt the butter with sugar and stir until it starts to caramelize, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In the same skillet, layer the apples in a circular pattern making sure they are tightly placed and cover the whole surface of the pan. Add another layer of apples and cover them with puff pastry dough folding the dough inside the edges of the pan.
Put the tatin pie in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
Remove the tatin pie from the oven and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes before flipping the pie.
For Sponge Toffee: Combine the sugar, syrup, and vanilla in a medium-size saucepan. Stir over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. Continue to cook to 300 degrees F, on a candy thermometer or hard crack stage, about 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat, using a wooden spoon, stir in the baking soda quickly. It will become frothy. Pour into an 8 by 8-inch/20 by 20-cm pan, lined with parchment paper and buttered.
Let cool for about 30 minutes and break into pieces.
Chocolate Dipped Sponge Toffee: Dip the sponge toffee in chocolate for a homemade crunchy treat.
Sponge Toffee Ice Cream: Mix sponge toffee pieces into prepared ice cream.
Tatin dish can be substituted for a skillet. Golden delicious apples can be substituted by Granny smith or Cortland apples or any other apple that holds when cooked. You can use a candy thermometer or a simple trick: take a spoon and drop a tiny drizzle of the mixture into a bowl of water. If it crystallizes, you've reached the hard crack stage.


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had occasion to pop in here. standard bar fare, pool tables, games, nice porch to sit on.
we ordered the entire appetizer menu, 12-15 plates of fried food. kettle chips were the best. potato skins not so bad. gizzards too salty. onion rings interesting batter but burned. wings and tenders were about like anywhere. nachos burned. understand they have good burgers but didn't try.
it was an appetizer orgy. a dozen appetizers and several rounds of drinks for four people, a hundred bucks.


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While discussing the thesis one should keep in mind that it was not common to check dissertations [for plagiarism] with technical tools in 2006 and it is still not common today. In addition, the technical tools available in 2006 were barely able to detect plagiarism. Plagiarism software [sic] as well as other methods were not as highly developed as they are today. Even Google did not have the finely tuned searching methods as they do today. In particular, software that works with legal texts are still being developed. In the interests of all participants there will surely be technical examinations done on dissertations as well before [they are read by the examiners] (The entire text can be found at the FAZ site in German)After a good laugh I recovered enough to look up my first paper on plagiarism detection that was published in a real journal: "Kein Kavaliersdelikt: Wie man Plagiate entdeckt und was dagegen getan werden muß." Forschung & Lehre, 6/2003, S. 307-308. (Not a trivial offense - how to discover plagiarism and what to do about it). This magazine is the monthly publication of the association of university professors, Hochschulverband, and is widely read in German universites. And this was published way before zu Guttenberg handed in.
Google worked fine in 2003 for discovering plagiarism. Why, I even found plagiarism before the Internet was born! You notice the different styles while reading it.
This puts a rather bad light on the situation in Bayreuth. Did they really not know that the other universities were using Internet and software? Sure, the software doesn't pick up much. But let's assume they took a good sample, let's say 10 pages. With the current tally being 75% of all pages are plagiarized, that would mean that 7 of these 10 pages would contain plagiarism. Now, the software is only partially useful and only finds about 60-70 % of the plagiarism. So let's assume that out of 10 pages tested, 3 came up plagiarized - and plagiarized big time. Shouldn't that ring a bell and have a more intense investigation get started?
The comments on the newspaper web pages are caustic at best. This did a great disservice to science at large, demonstrating that this corner of the scientific world has remained blissfully unaware of what is going on around them.
I used a metaphor in a letter this morning: the entire Guttenberg affair has lifted the corner of the rug under which German academics have been sweeping their academic misconduct for ages. It is time to pull the rug out from under them, smack it clean and hose it down.


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IF the rain continues to hold off "Up North" and IF the Wyalusing State Park Staff can get out onto the water trail for sign repair and removal of downed trees and IF the canoes/kayaks can be cleaned up in time, there is a possibility that the canoes/kayaks will be available for rental at the Friends of Wyalusing State Park Concession Stand. (Click on image to increase size.)
Park visitors can use personal watercraft at any time.
The concession stand has four(4) single person kayaks and 18 canoes available for rental. Visitors wishing to rent canoes/kayaks must stop at the concession stand located at the top of Wisconsin Ridge Campground to complete a rental agreement and receive equipment. Included with each canoe rental are Personal Flotation Devices for each occupant and two canoe paddles and a map.
Visitors drive to the boat landing. All of the gear must be returned to the concession stand in good, preferably dry, condition.
It is recommended that no more than three adults occupy a canoe, one adult each on seats in the front and back, and one adult seated on the bottom of the canoe. If children accompany the adults, it is recommended that the canoe contain no more than two adults and two children. The children will sit on the floor of the canoe. Personal flotation devices must be worn at all times by everyone in the canoe/kayak.
All rented watercraft must stay on the marked canoe trail. It will be easier for park staff to begin a search if a problem arises.
Additional information can be found at wyalusingfriends.org, click on Trail Info.
Call the visitor office for additional information: 608-996-2261


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This was one of the hardest rounds for me too choose just one favourite. But I had to find just one, but there are so many for me to choose. There is Robert E Lee, Napoleon, Rommel, to name just a few from history without going into books, T.V. and films, some I had to dismiss straight away or I would have been defending my choice for ever and I do not have time for that. Obviously I thought it wise not to enter another SPIDER as the last one of those caused utter chaos!!
So I sought the aid of my wife in helping me narrow it down, which became as much use to me as climbing a ladder with broken rungs. The shortlist of candidates had not shrunk at all. Then a spark lit the imagination and one of my all time pass a few hours films is Gladiator, I know not exactly why but I do find it entertaining and it certainly has a moral value in its story line that is often inspiring "Strength and Honour".
"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."


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Welcome to the Ambassadors Program!Join us and become a part of Lake City and Columbia County Ambassadors
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Alaska's 2008 exports at $3.6 billion
March 26, 2009
"Alaskans benefit from export activity. Given what is happening in economies around the world, it's clear that Alaska's economy remains strong and our resources are still highly valued," said Governor Palin.
The governor noted Alaska's international activity also includes more than just export of natural resources. International interest in Alaska creates jobs across the state. In addition to traditional export of goods and services, there are Alaskans working in the visitor industry, at the state's international ports and airports, and in education and language programs.
The $3.6 billion in Alaska exports represents an 11 percent decline from the previous year. World commodity prices and demand are beyond any state's control. The decrease in the value of the Alaska's 2008 exports comes as prices for key resources fluctuated worldwide.
The value of Alaska's gold exports rose on smaller export volume, to $143 million. Zinc prices, which have driven the value of Alaska's total exports to the highest levels ever in the past two years, declined during 2008. The total value of zinc, lead and copper ore exports was $691 million.
Japan remains Alaska's top export market at $1.1 billion, followed by China at $733 million, Canada at $370 million, Korea at $366 million, Germany at $208 million, and Switzerland at $148 million.
In 2008, the value of Alaska's annual seafood exports was $1.8 billion, the fourth-highest year ever and a 9.1 percent decrease from the previous year. Alaska exported $553 million to Japan, the state's largest seafood export market, $404 million to China, $226 million to Korea, $168 million to Germany, and $449 million to other markets around the world.
"Wild Alaskan seafood is the cleanest, healthiest, tastiest protein on earth, and more people are discovering it everyday. We're fortunate to have the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute pushing hard for our wonderful seafood in key international markets," said Governor Palin. "We want to increase the value of our state's sustainable fisheries in every way possible."
In 1999, Alaska seafood exports to Europe accounted for less than 5 percent of the total seafood exports. In 2008, European markets continued their upward trend in importance to the Alaska seafood industry and accounted for 24.7 percent of the value of Alaska's seafood exports.
The state's 2008 energy exports of $501 million included $322 million of Liquefied Natural Gas to Japan. The export of LNG to Japan has occurred on a regular basis since 1969. In 2008, the operators of the LNG plant on the Kenai Peninsula received a two-year extension of the federal export license through 2011.
Refined petroleum product exports from Alaska in 2008 totaled $156 million to China, Canada, and Japan. The value of the state's coal exports grew in 2008 to $23 million of sales to Pacific Rim countries.
The rising price of gold brought the value of Alaska's 2008 export of gold to $143 million from $131 million in 2007. Switzerland is the major market for Alaska's gold exports.
High world-market prices increased the value of Alaska's zinc and lead ore exports in 2006 and 2007, more than tripling the value of those exports in less than three years. The 2008 drop in zinc prices has resulted in mineral exports valued at $691 million compared to $1.3 billion in 2007 on slightly smaller volume. Red Dog Mine, in northwest Alaska, is the world's largest zinc mine. Canada was Alaska's largest ore market in 2008 followed by Japan, China, Korea, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Spain, and Mexico.
The value of Alaska's 2008 export of forest products was $83 million, down 3.23 percent, primarily to Japan, Korea and China.
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Autumn Leaves
Elrond smiled indulgently as he watched the father and son stroll through the small beech copse that was the closest bit of woodland to his halls.
"Look at me, Ada!" and with that, the little golden-haired sprite dived into a bank of crisp autumn leaves whose hues ranged from a deep russet to a pale yellow almost the same hue as the locks of the Elfling who now frolicked amongst them.
Thranduil laughed merrily as his son leapt to his feet, squealing with laughter, leaves sticking out of his tangled hair. Then, as a gust of wind blew more leaves down from the beeches around them, Legolas darted around, shining eyes turned skyward, as he attempted to catch one.
"Remember, if you catch one, you can make a wish!" Thranduil called out to his son. Then he took a moment for himself, to take in the beauty of the copse and murmur a soft blessing to the trees who had so eagerly welcomed the woodland king and his heir.
"I must thank you again, Elrond, for permitting me to bring my son to the council," the king said eventually, tearing his eyes away from the trees. "The shadow is spreading so fast in my realm that I dare not let him play amongst the trees as often as I would like. It is doing him a world of good to play here in safety, where one need not fear the sudden advent of spiders, or worse. I-"
But just then, they were interrupted by the clear ringing of a bell, summoning them to the council. Elrond felt a sudden upsurge of pity in his heart as he saw Thranduil sigh, then square his shoulders before calling to Legolas that it was time to return to the house.
"Oh, but Ada, can't we stay here a while longer?" pleaded Legolas, running up to his father. "The trees are so happy to see us, and look! I made a wish!" He held out a grubby hand that Elrond could see was clutching a single golden leaf. "I wished that we could stay here all day. Can we?"
At that, Elrond felt a deep sorrow well up inside him at the thought that this charming little sprite was being denied the same carefree childhood that his own children had taken for granted. Looking down at the Elfling once more, and observing the tears that welled up in those eyes that had been alight with joy only moments before, he felt a determination that today at least, Legolas should have his day romping amidst the autumn leaves. He clutched Thranduil's arm to forestall the negative he was about to deliver.
"Wait here," he murmured. "Let me see what can be done."
If Elrond's advisors thought it strange that they should cart all their documents and maps out to the small, leaf-strewn clearing in the beech copse and hold their meeting there that day, none said so. If their lord demanded that they meet in this breezy, inconvenient location rather than the comfortable council chamber, then clearly it was a matter of importance and they would do all in their power to accommodate his wishes. They even accepted and wore the wreaths of autumn leaves and berries that the grubby, tangle-haired son of Thranduil handed them. That they did so with grave courtesy and without batting an eyelid demonstrated just how well the Lord of Imladris had trained them in their task.
As for Elrond, if at any time during the day he questioned why he should be holding a council meeting in such an odd location, or why he was wearing a prickly wreath that persistently slipped down over his left eye, no matter how many times he tried to correct it, well all he had to do was look at Legolas to remind himself of the reason. The little Elfling simply glowed with happiness as he romped under the trees, picking up handfuls of leaves and throwing them in the air, or just sat, snuggled in the roots of an ancient beech, singing softly to his beloved trees.
Whatever else Elrond achieved that day, he thought, he had already achieved the most important thing: Legolas would have his perfect day amongst the autumn leaves.
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50/50 is in theaters today, and just in time is this exclusive roundtable with Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Will Reiser, and Anna Kendrick. This video chat features the cast having a candid chat about making the film. Additionally, there's a new restricted clip "Evidence".
Inspired by a true story, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis in this new comedy directed by Jonathan Levine from a script by Will Reiser. 50/50 is the story of a guy's transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health – drawing its emotional core from Will Reiser's own experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.
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I'm first up this challenge! Gee, I must be keen :) Thanks for another great challenge - two in a row for me this year.
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Advanced Nurse Practitioner Job, Bicester
- Recruiter
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- Location
- Bicester, Oxfordshire
- Salary
- £42000 - £48000 per annum
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- 12 Mar 2018
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The opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with a passion for delivering exceptional patient care to join a well-established, forward thinking training practice. The practice sits in a rural area with an experienced team of GPs. The Partners are very supportive and you will be encouraged to pursue any specialist interests and fully supported through any additional training. Staff retention is fantastic due to the excellent working conditions, supportive working environment and patient focussed approach.
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- Full-time - 37 Hours a week
- Forward thinking training practice
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- Practice uses Emis Web
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- NHS Pension
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- Desire to be part of a dedicated team
- Patient focused ANP committed to providing the highest level of care
- Registered Nurse with the NMC, possess the right to work in the UK.
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With work picking up, vacation ahead (yay!) and a long list of quilts to make, I've had to think of ways to make my sewing time count a bit more.
One of my friends at the office is having her second boy, and I wanted to make her a quilt using backyard baby fabric and flying geese. I liked the idea so much, I decided to make twice as many geese and make two complimentary quilts at the same time. I will be sharing a tutorial (hopefully soon) on my method, but for now, here are some in process shots.
Day Formation…
Night Formation…
I'm really glad I got a head start on this — her baby made a very early appearance this weekend! Day Formation is all done and ready to gift early next week, while the Night Formation top is done and waiting for the right baby boy.
We also have friends getting married this weekend, and I just had to make something for them. It's been a bit hectic, but I got this Irish Chain top together using delicious Flea Market Fancy.
I cut enough strips to make this top, plus a smaller baby quilt, but that will have to wait until after my vacation!
2011 WIPs:
Hexagon Quilt Robot Kaleidoscope Quilt Lorax Quilt 3×6 Bee Top (top done) Christmas Patchwork
- HMQG Row Robin (rows finished)
- Hello Betty Star Quilt (working on the blocks)
Rawhide String Quilt Grinch Pillow Cover HMQG Habitat Challenge
- Embroider Bee Quilt (blocks done)
- Neptune Hexagon Project (an ongoing project)
2012 WIPs
Rawhide Swoon Quilt Quilts for Kids A Walk in the Woods Baby Quilt 1001 Peeps Quilt
- Spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt
- Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilt basted)
A Walk in the Woods Whirligig Quilt
- Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
A Walk in the Woods Zig Zag Quilt Jelly Roll Race Quilt Neutral Farfalle Quilt Happy Campers Irish Chain Quilt Coral and Aqua Baby Quilt
- Neptune Drunkard's Path Quilt (blocks cut)
A Walk in the Woods Mega Swoon Backyard Baby Day Formation Quilt
- Backyard Baby Night Formation Quilt (top done!)
- Flea Market Fancy Irish Chain (quilting!)
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Still To Do
- Sock Monkey 9-Patch
- Quilt for P&S
- Quilt for L&M
- Quilt for R
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Gordon Reid Wins Wimbledon's First Ever Wheelchair Singles Final
Great Britain's Gordon Reid won his second Wimbledon title in as many days by adding the men's wheelchair singles to the doubles title he won alongside Alfie Hewett on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Scot beat Sweden's Paralympic champion Stefan Olsson 6-1 6-4 on a packed-out court 17.
Reid, who was runner-up in the French Open, adds Wimbledon to the Australian Open title he won in January.
"It's incredible," said Reid. "I'll never forget this moment."
Wheelchair tennis has been played at Wimbledon since 2001 but this year is the first time men's and women's singles have featured.
"To have the opportunity to play singles here is something I've dreamed of for a long time," added Reid.
"And to come here and win it in front of all the people I love: my friends, my family, my coaches, with so much support. It's great."
'Breaking down barriers'
Reid, who was ranked third in the world at the beginning of the week, hopes his continued success will inspire the next generation of wheelchair tennis players.
"I said at the start of the week I wanted to achieve two things," he told BBC Sport. "First if there were any kids with disabilities for this to inspire them to take up the sport.
"And second was to continue to break down the barriers when it comes to disability sport, to showcase the talent in the sport. The coverage and interest we've had this week, it's been a big milestone and hopefully we can build on that."


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DrD needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 50 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
I need a logo that will work in printed media kit, website banner, and stationery. It needs to have "brand" characteristics. It needs to convey the concept of quantum leaps in personal growth.
A logo/brand image that conveys forward or upward movement - a feeling of freedom and encouragement that even the most difficult problems can be resolved in less time than people imagine.
Need a color image and a black & white image of the same logo.
I would like this logo to be a person. You can see my website for ideas:
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Feel free to put this logo in a 800 pixel wide website banner if you like. Colors are purple and green like in this website:
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All library locations will be closed on Monday February, 18, and all locations except Eastmont, Brookfield, and the Main Library will be closed on Tuesday, February 19, for President's Day.
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Stay informed by signing up for OPL's e-mail newsletter. Be the first to know about library news and events. It's easy and you can unsubscribe anytime.
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The Friends of the Oakland Public Library is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to support the Oakland Public Library. The Friends of the Oakland Public Library (FOPL) has over 800 members and operates The Bookmark Bookstore in Old Oakland. FOPL makes annual grants for programs and projects for the entire Oakland Public Library system. Visit the FOPL website or send an email to email@example.com to learn more.
Many branches have a Branch friends group. Ask at your branch.
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William Wesley Peters made the design of Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall that was opened in 1970. The opening of the theater was marked by the production of Fiddler on the Roof. The colors of the hall were suggested by Olgivanna Lloyd Wright whos the widow of Frank Lloyd Wright. The design of the theater is an inspiration from two seashells from the Sea of Japan. Different cultural organizations of Sarasota are based in the hall including Sarasota Concert Association, Florida West Coast Symphony and many others.
Since it was opened, the hall has hosted a variety of events that include modern and classical dance, jazz and pop music, comedies and Broadway shows, world-class symphonies and a lot more. In 2000, the hall witnessed refurbishments including the addition of 25,000 more square feet. And the expansion has provided a great area for events. The renovations included more restrooms, new lighting and sound systems, new stagehouse and more.
The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall tops the list of performing arts halls with less than 2,000 seats in a list made by Venue magazine. It hall has always hosted events of big names including John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Queen Latifah, John Lithgow, Glen Campbell, Natalie Cole, and the list goes long. And because of these great shows that are hosted in the hall, it is seen among the most enviable venues in United States.


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Daisy Doodles - Anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it girly
My Craft Spot - Add flowers
QKR Stampede - Anything goes
Stampavie and More - Lots of layers
Milk coffee Challenge - Cute
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Gorgeous card Sharon, so lovely !
Hugs Astrid
awww sharon this is gorgeous! you did a FANTASTIC job colouring her up and thank you for your kind words - i am so glad you liked the tutorials!! ^_^ those flowers are gorgeous too... love the design! :D
Oh gorgeous, sweet card.
Gorgeous card Sharon. Just right for a teenager. Lovely fresh colours and great colouring of little Wryn. Alyce's videos and colouring are amazing aren't they. While I'm off this week I'm going to watch the ones I haven't seen yet.
Keep us posted about Abbie - she's gorgeous.
Hugs, Janine xx
This is so beautiful Sharon. I love the sweet image, your colouring is wonderful and the papers and layout are gorgeous.
Hugs Sue
Beautiful card, Sharon. I love your colours and your colouring is fabulous!
Cute card Sharon!!
Just love your choice of colors!
Hugs Sophie
Hi Sharon, gorgeus card, the image is so cute and I love your colour combo:)
Hugs Charlotte
Gorgeous card Sharon,well done on the colouring which is fabulous, hugs, Karenxx
So beautiful Sharon.
Sue x
Gorgeous card Sharon. The image is adorable and I love the colours and all the pretty embelles.
Lorraine x
Gorgeous card Sharon - love this sweet Wryn image and your colouring is fabulous.
Have a wonderful evening.
Debs xx
Hi, I have not been into your blogg before, I just followed your link in your comment on my blog...so much beautiful things, and so gorgeous colourin :)
Sharon, I think you did a fabulous job of coloring! Alyce is someone to aspire to, though, isn't she? Love your pretty design, colors, papers, & flowers, too! :^)
Hugs, Penny
Sharon, this is so GORGEOUS! Love how you've coloured this little cutie, you did a FAB job!!!
Big Hugs,
Great colouring Sharon. Fabulous card design. Sooooo pretty. Hugs Nina
Precious,lovely card Sharon
Love the way you have placed the sentiments.
Playing catch up at the moment then dissapearing again for a couple of weeks,
Good news, we have £10.000 banked for little Stacey.
Chris xxx
Sharon this is lovely your colouring its brilliant will checkout the tutorial i could do with a little help.love this image not used her for a while might go find her.have a great day.xx
Hi Chris.
I have just made a donation. I hope you are able to reach your target very soon. Such a brave girl.
Hugs Sharon. x
A fabulous card Sharon, such gorgeous colours and papers, your little Wryn is delightful and beautifully coloured.................gorgeous details!!!
Heather xx
Gorgeous card Sharon...great colouring of that lovely stamp...love the fishtail die!
xxx Margreet
Your card is gorgeous and the image is so cute! Love your colouring and the colour combo.
Hugs, Pillan
Oh this is gorgeous hun! Love the sweet image, the colours are so pretty and a great layout too :)
OMGosh this is so super cute and your card design and coloring are fabulous!
Okay I gotta say the little birds on the chandeleir thingy is so cool, I totally zoned out on it for a few minutes, very therapeutic, lol.
Hi Sharon, what a beautiful card this is! I am loving the 'on the edge' look! Judy x
Beautiful card! You did a fabulous job of coloring this sweet image!
Thanks so much for joining us in the challenge at My Craft Spot!
Sherrie K
Hi Sharon, you have made a really gorgeous card- love the colors and that image is to adorable. Great design and fab details.
Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this week at QKR Stampede.
Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!
QKR Stampede Design Team Member
Great coloring and lovely design on your card Sharon :-)
Thanx for sharing at Stampavie and More :-)
Hugs from Karin
A very pretty card love the design and such a cutie. Thank you for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy this time and good luck
What a precious card - and just perfect for a sweet 16! The image is darling and you've coloured her so wonderfully!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot!
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ery nice thanks for joining us at stampavie and more
This is a complete joy Sharon! Love the layout, colours and image. It's just perfect. You are absolutely right about Alyce - she's just fab! You've done a great job (as always) with the colouring! Big hugs to you and your gorgeous new baby!! Jayne xx
Adorable card! Thanks for playing with Milk Coffee Stamps Challenge.
This card is beautiful. I think the colouring is top notch and love the colours you used.
This is really lovely Sharon. Great colouring and love your choice of colours. Thank you for your kind words on my Blog today. Judy x


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In his first article of a series to introduce this concept of "Contract-First Approach", he introduce this by way of drawing parallelism with COM programming. "Contract-First approach" in that technology is by way of authoring the COM IDL. Contrasting this is an approach promoted by Visual Basic and he called this "Code-first approach" by encouraging developers to author classes which are then translated into COM type library.
He went on to cite the following disadvantages of code-first vs contract-first:
The code-first approach made it much easier for developers using Visual Basic to build COM applications, but it came with its own set of problems.In contrast, for the contract-first approach, he cited that
Although it increased productivity, this code-first approach complicated versioning.
The other problem with the Visual Basic code-first approach was that it hurt interoperability in mixed-language environments.
...they were more aware of the issues given their focus on the contract. An important aspect to designing a shared contract is considering the needs of all possible implementation environments before writing code.He concluded his introduction with the following warning that everyone serious about developing SO should heed:
Many developers didn't realize that they too could enjoy the benefits of contract-first development by authoring the IDL first, compiling the IDL into a type library, and then referencing the type library to bring the interface definition into the project.
Now, not all organizations using COM were concerned with mixed-language support or long-term versioning and were more interested in improving short-term development productivity. Such organizations were perfectly content, and even successful, taking the Visual Basic code-first route despite some of the issues I've outlined. Ironically, the new world of SO is heading down the same path, dealing with a very similar set of issues.I was drummed in, in my early days of COM programming, that the proper way to develop COM (and to the same extend CORBA) was to author IDL first and I've never forget this valuable advice. Unfortunately, I have lost the reference to this article.
In dealing with Web Service,
most of today's Web services frameworks make it possible to design services using either code-first or contract-first techniques; however, most Web service development frameworks push developers towards the former. Frameworks that provide a code-first approach provide a translation layer to map between the native programming language and XSD and WSDL.While code-first ASMX programming technique improves productivity and reduce the learning curve, his warning should be heeded:
Experience has shown that services implemented using code-first techniques, like the default ASMX model, are less likely to interoperate cleanly in mixed-language environments. However, the difference with SO is that mixed environments are much more common—practically the norm—making interoperability a much greater design concern. The problem is compounded by the fact there are more programming languages and type systems involved in this new world than before in the component days. Now it's even more important to consider all possible implementation environments during the contract design stage.This is how to do the contract-first approach:
Code-first can also complicate versioning because the developer isn't in direct control of the contract, but must rely on the translation layer throughout development. However, unlike Visual Basic 6.0, ASMX doesn't provide any fancy compatibility modes to help the developer know when making changes to the ASMX class may break contract compatibility with existing clients, which makes the situation even worse.
To use a contract-first approach, you start by authoring the XSD definitions to model the messages used by the service. Next you author the WSDL to define the service operations, specifying which XSD messages are sent and received. There are a variety of applications you can use to author these documents, including Notepad. These first few steps are the hardest for most developers because they aren't familiar with XSD and WSDL and because there isn't a great deal of tool support.So how do you choose when to use code-first or contract-first approach? Here are his guidelines:
The answer is any time there is a strong emphasis on the messages exchanged or you need to ensure conformance to an existing message format..... Contract-first is, without question, the most natural approach in a message-oriented world, such as that of BizTalk.In his second article of this series, he describes the techniques and toolsets to support this contract-first approach.
Contract-first is also especially important when you require conformance to a particular contract from third parties, or when you're collaborating with other groups to define a shared contract throughout an organization. Using contract-first here allows you to solidify the contract up front while numerous parties implement the contract in parallel. All of these situations are common in industry today.
So when you own the contract, it is common sense to strive to make the contract as easy as possible for your consumers to use, which also begs for a contract-first model.
The biggest obstacle to contract-first design today is the lack of tool support, which hurts productivity. When productivity is the overriding concern, code-first can be an acceptable approach, especially when you're not particularly concerned with mixed-environment interoperability.
There are not too many tools that are integrated with VS2005 to produce the WSDL, which in his mind is the toughest of the steps - the first, constructing the XSD Schema representing the XML message can be accomplished with the XSD designer in Visual Studio.
The one that he find extremely useful and competent is by thinktecture and is called Web Service Contract First. It is a free tool for VS2003 and VS2005.
These two articles are a must read materials for anyone serious about developing SO or Web Services applications.


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to obtain licence to grant it ; therefore, a trace having been made between the king and the earls, so that they became unanimous, when the time of consultation had passed, as the aforesaid earls did not present themselves before the king, he, seeing that his friends in the parts beyond the sea, who were awaiting his arrival, were threatened with no slight danger, in consequence of his delay, on the vigil of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, having prepared five hundred ships, with their proper complement of people, namely, nearly one thousand eight hundred knights, and a countless host of infantry, he set sail with a fair wind
O'er the dark waters of the deep blue sea.
On which day, the aforesaid earls and barons, coming to the exchequer of the lord the king at Westminster, forbade the barons of the exchequer to cause the viscounts to levy the eighth penny from the people of England, saying, that it had not proceeded from his conscience, and that without their consent no tax could be rightfully imposed or exacted. Therefore the earls and barons aforesaid, confederating together, and the majority of the people inclining to them, great alarm fell upon the inhabitants of the country ; and as the danger was imminent, Edward, the king's son, acting as his father's lieutenant during his absence, in compliance with the wishes and advice of the primates and nobles of England, renewed in London the charter about the liberties of the kingdom, and the rights of the forest, and also granted some alleviations of the yoke which his father had imposed, adopting the advice of his elders ; and his father confirmed what he had done at Ghent, on the ninth of November.
At this time, the Scots were ravaging the borders of the kingdom of England, and burning the greater part of Northumberland, under the command of William Wallace, knight. The ninth penny was granted to the earls by the laity, and the tenth penny by the clergy, for the purpose of checking the obstinacy of the Scots above mentioned.
But the king, after he had crossed the sea, landed at Helvoetsluys, and proceeded onwards to Bruges, a famous city ; and passing the night there, having been forewarned of the treachery of the. French, he on the morrow cautiously quitted the said city, and privily entered Ghent. And in the mean time the Welch who accompanied the king of England, having


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Virgin Australia has joined forces with super sexy fashion model Elle Macpherson, lovingly known as the "Body."
Together they have launched Virgin Australia's stylish new crew uniform this morning in Sydney. Attended by some 60 Virgin Australia staff, Elle was walking the walk while showcasing the latest addition to Australia's sexiest airline.
A Fitting Joint Venture
As usual Sir Richard Branson's team has left no corners unturned with the design of the uniforms; designed by no other than well-known Australian designer Jill Grbac, the new uniform marks the beginning of an exciting 2011 for Virgin - with many changes planned to keep the brand fresh and liked by the millions of its customers.
Virgin Australia Group Executive of Corporate Communications, Danielle Keighery said: "Virgin Australia was ready to redefine the way style can be used in a travel environment. The company is dedicated to enhance customer service and they will showcase their dedication with an exciting range of new products and services.
She said: "Our new uniforms represent the start of an exciting new future for Virgin Australia as we begin to reposition the airline in Australia over the next two years. At Virgin Australia we know that our staff are our greatest asset. Today, our pilots and crew graced the catwalk with Elle Macpherson and they looked absolutely stunning."
"They will continue to be the face of our airline that so many Australians love and now they have a stylish uniform that befits the excellent service they provide."
Jill Grbac, famously known for winning Project Runway was delighted to design the new Virgin Australia uniform. She said: "I took inspiration from the glamour of flying in the 1960s and gave it a contemporary edge to fit Virgin Australia's new brand positioning. I worked closely with Virgin Australia to create the ultimate design that would not only look sophisticated and have that wow factor, but be comfortable and of superior quality. To have my designs seen by millions of people every year is such an amazing opportunity and it all came to life today."
No doubt, this venture is a dream come true for the up-and-coming Australian designer, putting her in the spotlight of international media. Westfield Sydney hosted the new launch this morning.


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This is truly an astonishing year. No only have we been unable to decide on who should run our country, but on Saturday, we weren't even able to decide who the best team in our premiere sporting code was. Absolutely astonishing.
So OK, this post isn't really about volleyball, but it is too much of an interesting phenomenon to ignore. To me, it's more about the peculiarity of how sports, politics and business intersect.
Hung parliaments aren't all that bad. The downside is no one can get anything done. But on the upside, no one can get anything done!
Similarly Saturday's draw (which will now need to be replayed) had winners and losers:
The winners:
- The Bookies
- The MCC
- The AFL
- Clubs (who get to sell more ticket)
- Channel 7
The losers:
- The spectators at last week's game
- Anyone who placed a bet on either team to win
- The Commonwealth Games
- The SANFL Grand Final
- The NRL Grand Final
- Anyone who was looking forward to Channel 7's originally scheduled broadcast of Lesley Nielsen's spy spoof, Spy Hard next Saturday afternoon (on second thoughts, maybe i need to rephrase this and put it in the "winners" column)
there are probably more winners and losers then i've named. Of course they can't let everyone who paid squillions of dollars to go see the game last week see it for free this week. You just can't "wear" the cost of hosting an event for 100,000+ people without anyone paying for it (it's also a valid argument that you cannot charge people hundreds or thousands of dollars for a ticket to what is promised to be a "special" event that will be cheapened by a non-result and a subsequent replay).
As someone in a "minority sport", I can feel for the other sporting codes who rely on the fact that football should have been over last week. Having State Schools Cup Volleyball in August last year meant that we could only enter 2 teams from Willunga, and one of them had to forfeit a game because of netball commitments.
Likewise, the NRL would have been hoping that it's own big event wasn't "double-booked". The SANFL and NRL grand finals are on the day after, but they would still have assumed that an AFL-free week would give them more publicity. They just aren't enjoying the Australian public's undivided attention this week like they would usually do. It's a rule in filmmaking that it's generally a bad idea to open a film around election times: 1) everybody has to go vote; 2) you can't get any publicity; 3) all the advertising media has already been bough and whatever's left is expensive. we can assume similar inconveniences are being experienced in the sporting world this week.
Like the prisoner's dilemma, the best result for multiple sports is achieved when there is some level of collusion.
For the Commonwealth Games, it truly has become a case of "bad publicity is better than no publicity". Pity, because they could really do with ANY publicity right now that isn't to do with security issues and the quality of the infrastructure. But that probably won't happen with 2 grand finals on this week.
On one hand, the Commonwealth Games is a really hard sell. It's the poorer cousin to the Olympics and it has no memorable moments that are part of the national psyche. watch the ads – when athletes and commentators talk about what is good about the commonwealth games, it's incredibly vague. there's no iconic vision that is distinct from something that happened at the olympics. it's just generic victories. On the other hand, it can be quite an easy sell to what the Australian public wants to see – Australian athletes pummeling other (minnow) countries in sports that most Australians are familiar with. After all, isn't it better to be the best at a sport that nobody plays, than be pretty good at a sport that everybody plays?


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At 8 o'clock on a beautiful Summer morning, I'm walking to the train station in my quiet neighborhood of big trees and elegant houses. Suddenly, an ear-splitting screech pierces the peaceful setting.
My shoulders and neck tense, and I speed up to pass the source of the noise. It's the neighbors' lawn service powering up its artillery of lawn mowers, weed whackers, hedge trimmers, and leaf blowers, preparing to overtake any stray blades of grass that may have encroached on the sidewalk or any tiny, cowering patches of clover that have dared to sprout in the corners of the yard.
This isn't the only town I've lived in where affluent, highly educated professors, lawyers, and other professionals who bicycle to work, drive Priuses and buy organic food nevertheless subject themselves, their neighbors, and the environment to this weekly offensive aimed at taming nature.
"Affluent" is, I believe, a key term here. At some point in the past 10 or 15 years, suburban denizens who could afford it chose to outsource their lawn care, and new standards for "the perfect lawn" were set.
This raised the pressure for the poor schlub trying to fit a quick mow into his or her Sunday afternoon. And if a bush isn't trimmed in a perfectly straight line or a dandelion or two is allowed to appear, well, that can only lead to a slippery slope of tall weeds, falling property values, and children whose admission to Harvard could be in question. A perfect lawn, however, means all is right in the world.
I am mystified by this pursuit of plantly perfection, even at a cost to health and the environment. Friends to whom I have mentioned my puzzlement have hypothesized that, when it comes to lawn care, even people who consider themselves environmentally progressive "just have a blind spot."
There is an unquestionable psychological significance attached to the state of one's lawn. As Michael Pollan put it in his 1990 essay, "Why Mow? The Case Against Lawns," an "unmistakable odor of virtue" hovers over a scrupulously maintained lawn.
Still, the lawn-care blind spot has continued even with increased interest in all things green. Studies have linked garden pesticides to maladies ranging from cancer to asthma, and lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment emit damaging toxins. In one year, a single traditional gas-powered lawn mower can produce as much air pollution as 43 new cars each driven 12,000 miles.
The high decibel level of leaf blowers has actually been shown to cause elevated blood pressure – not that we needed studies to tell us this, as anyone who has walked by one in use knows that it is akin to standing in the front row at a Mötley Crüe concert.
Yet the message hasn't gotten through. Herbicides are clear-colored, not purple – so homeowners don't see them washing into the streets and sewers (possibly on their way to contaminate the drinking water) and tracked inside on their shoes and on their kids' toys. And there is no trendy "Whole Lawns" equivalent to Whole Foods. While lawn-care companies are increasingly offering organic options, they have not yet caught on with a large proportion of consumers.
It's not that I want to put the lawn-care services out of business. But let's ask them to rake the leaves rather than blast them with a gas-guzzling gale force wind. Ask them to use herbicides only in spots or – I know this sounds like a technique that harks back to the prehistoric era – pull them by hand. We could even just let them be – they're unlikely to overrun the town and take over City Hall.
Some experts suggest planting low-maintenance native grasses and plants, or wildflowers, or even letting a meadow evolve – though one risks violating the antiweed laws that remain on the books of many towns.
It's probably only a matter of time before people who buy organic because they don't want pesticides in their food realize they don't want them on their lawns either. Those trying to reduce their carbon footprint may start to question the emissions of lawn-care equipment.
So I hope we can soon declare a détente with our yards. I want to walk down the street admiring the less-than-perfect lawns, knowing that, even if all may not be completely right in the world, at least we – and the dandelions – are living in harmony.
• Susan B. Kaplan is a lawyer and a freelance writer.


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Business leaders everywhere know that success isn't possible without changing the day-to-day behaviour of people throughout the company. But changing behaviour is hard. (Even when new habits can mean the difference between life and death e.g. adopting healthier day-to-day habits after having undergone coronary bypass surgery, nine out of 10 patients do not manage to follow though.)
However, behavioural change – and business success – has a much likelier chance of occurring if we heed new evidence about change. Breakthroughs in cognitive science about how our brains function contain pointers worth taking serious note of. Continue reading
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Philosophical experimental metal
Tratto da "Taccuino – Un diario spirituale"
There was a casual movement, without any direction.
But there was, though. It began nowhere and went on into vast, unfathomable emptiness where the essence of everything is. In this emptiness there is an expanding,
exploding movement whose very
explosion is creation and destruction.
Time as measure, and time as thought and feeling had stopped, but there was nothing static.
On the contrary there was an extraordinary intensity and sensitivity, a nucleus, a fire that was burning, without heat and colour. The "what is" is ever new; it has never been and it will never be. The release of this energy is only possible when every form of search ceases.
Now, here.


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An Encounter with Guillermo Del Toro
Photos by G.
A tale of 2 G's! I love director Guillermo Del Toro. His movies such as "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy" are so great! He was in New York at a pre-screening of the latest film he produced – "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." Being totally honest, I didn't care much for the film. It will make you jump out of your seat a few times, and it is certainly well produced. The creatures in the film also are very cool looking, but the story is very predictable and isn't very strong to begin with, according2g. What matters most to me; however is that when I spoke with Guillermo Del Toro, he was very nice! Thanks Guillermo! After the film was over, the stars of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," Katie Holmes and Bailee Madison took a few questions from the audience. Guillermo is hilarious! He likes to use the F word a lot and as you've gathered from this site, we are big fans of the usage of that word. And when children are around – BONUS! Why sugar coat life?! Good times!