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Hello, i need 3 images illustrated/created representing the following : 1. Stickers, Labels 2. Canvases 3. Vinyl Stickers They are for a website selling custom products and these images will be representing the category the client will be clicking on . Some examples have been uploaded of the style i am looking for . The examples are from a sticker/label website i would like a combination of a f...
I need a graphic that is modeled after the LadyBoss attachments (sorry I couldn't get it all in one screenshot). It needs to be modified as follows: (1) Use my red color for the background #c1282d (2) I think "THINGS THAT COST YOU MORE THAN YOUR" will need to be on one line to make room below it for "COURAGEOUS CAUSE CHAMPION MEMBERSHIP". (3) Substitute: 17 dollars ins...
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See attached example to base this on. 1. Replace "XYZ Company, Inc." with Data Alliance Inc. 2. Replace the date with February 18, 2004 3. Replace "Oregon" with Arizona
need someone help me with a project from udacity react native course. there is a great amount of completed project examples to get idea from so hopefully will not take much time to work on. you may get idea from the following links but take care of copyright check. [conectează-te pentru a consulta linkul URL] [conectează-te pentru a consulta linkul URL]
Hi, trying to do multi threading using PHP and cant find a way sharing or accessing object methods within a child process. Have a look a the example file. were i'm trying to run get_data function in multiple threads, however the object is not accessible in child process, there must be a simple way to do that.
We are a marketing agency that works with firms in U.S & Canada. Who are we looking for - Email & Sales Copywriter who can blend humor with business emails and sales copy. Having an understanding of digital marketing concepts is a must. Bonus points if you can address customer pain points using funny words. The email should have a conversation and persuasive tone (direct & concise...
I would like 4 houses similar to these but different made up. They need to be 20x20 pixels in size and have animated lights on them, and also be different than the examples. Thanks
...Linux server with shell and web login complete with the appropriate Domains, Agents, Entities, Intents, responding and branching as specified in the example script. The assigned work is to take a MS Word human phone call script example and turn it into a functional Rasa chatbot demo that will work from the command line (no web site integration required)
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Ich habe laufende Arbeiten im Zusammenhang mit unserem letzten Projekt 'Create multiple Images from a Glass, Leftside, RIghtside, same size like example.'
I need a presentation video, animated. Similar to the attached one. I don`t have script, script will be needed to be created. The sample video is [conectează-te pentru a consulta linkul URL] It needs animation, length average of 1 minute to 1:30 minutes, spanish voice, music with free distribution, subtitled.
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Please design a picture similar to one of the 3 shown. Please do not copy past the existing design. It should be similar, but not the same :) After the contest, we will choose someone to work with us on a new t-shirt collection with many different animals and styles. Every single design will be payed 5-10$
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Need to create simple function to return array as described in WSDL file. For example: class ServiceHandler{ public function getListUpdatedDocuments($startingDate){ ...your code... return $object; } } WSDL file is attached.
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...Connection Example for Mac OS X (x64) Must be written in C++ Must target Mac OS X only (no need to target any other OS) Must be an Xcode project (build must be triggered by Xcode) Should use PeerConnectionInterface and MediaStreamInterface Can use default audio source (no need for audio device selection) Can be a basic command line application (no UI required)
Need a working Docker Example that will have a Jenkins Instance available Currently have a server that Docker will run on and the example will run there. (centos linux instance preferred and size of your choice) We can work on Google hangouts and I can share my desktop. Want to learn how to do this as well as get this done? Is $10 ok? (If
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Looking for a simple C# application. Log into [conectează-te pentru a consulta linkul URL], using their API. Validate using the API_ID and secret that I will provide. Display a tree view of all albums in the account. Able to right click on the main node of the tree, which should be 'Homepage' and create a new album. Able to right click on either new album or existing album and upl...
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build an example in Visual Basic .Net to access google spreadsheets. We need to export and import data to an from google [conectează-te pentru a consulta linkul URL] data is in an Excel sheet and that is the way it will be presented.
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However, that organization fell on hard times, and its collection was in danger, as the Associated Press reported:
…many of the prize pieces spent recent years locked in a huge safe in a back room at the historical association's 1925 building in New Rochelle as members tried to protect them from deteriorating conditions, said Gary Berton, a former president.It took a legal decision to clear the material to go to Iona, which was building a modern library to house such documents and other artifacts.
"I was horrified," said Brad Mulkern, now the president and executive director of the association, recalling his first visit to the building. "The roof had holes in it, it was leaking through the ceiling. ... I just couldn't believe stuff that was so priceless was so exposed. I mean, this is Thomas Paine, the man who called for revolution!"
The association's board sold some valuable pieces to raise money for repairs, which brought complaints and an investigation by the state attorney general's office. Eventually, the collection was sent to the New-York Historical Society in Manhattan.
The library's Thomas Paine National Historical Association collection now includes "over 300 items created in the 18th and 19th centuries comprised of monographs, pamphlets, booklets, periodicals, tokens, letters, and ephemera, as well as the only surviving personal effects of Paine." In other words, his eyeglasses, his death mask, and locks of his hair. The library has also hosted a series of exhibitions of this work since 2011.
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'This is the third recall of the season for Mancari, who leads Portland in scoring with 68 points (26+42) in 69 games. Mancari has two points (1+1) in four total games with the Sabres this season. Mancari, 24, was selected by Buffalo in the seventh round (207th overall) of the 2004 Entry Draft.'
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The seniors hadn't been playing like seniors, and Kansas was suffering for it.
Elijah Johnson kept turning the ball over on offense, Kevin Young missed a couple easy shots around the rim, and Travis Releford was mired in foul trouble.
Little surprise that Temple had the sixth-ranked Jayhawks on the ropes.
But when the final minutes starting ticking way, Kansas' savvy group of veterans finally kicked it into gear. Johnson scored on consecutive drives to the basket, Young made six straight foul shots and Releford sealed the deal with a shot-clock-beating 3-pointer from the wing.
After a tense Sunday afternoon, Kansas could finally celebrate a 69-62 victory.
"We didn't do what we were supposed to do early. That came back on the seniors, I want to say," said Johnson, who had five turnovers but also nine assists. "I thought we could have gotten our team riled up. ... It wasn't the way it was supposed to be done."
It was good enough.
Jeff Withey had perhaps the most impactful game of the Jayhawks' four senior starters. He only scored eight points on 3-of-10 shooting, but he also had 11 boards and nine blocks.
Young finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Releford had 14 points on 5-for-5 shooting, none of his baskets bigger than that 3 from the wing with 34.9 seconds left.
With the shot clock winding down, Releford's pull-up jumper with a hand in his face gave Kansas a 65-58 lead, essentially wrapping up the victory.
"Altogether we couldn't do too much until the last few minutes of the game," Withey said. "Crunch time, we played like we were supposed to."
Ben McLemore added 13 points for the Jayhawks (12-1), who enter Big 12 play having won 30 consecutive games at Allen Fieldhouse and 63 in a row at home against non-conference opponents.
Khalif Wyatt had 26 points for the Owls (10-3), who nearly had their second win over a top-10 team this season. Wyatt scored 33 in an upset of then-No. 3 Syracuse on Dec. 22.
"They made some runs, we made some runs," he said. "It came down to the last three, four minutes and we made a couple bad decisions, a couple bad shots."
Anthony Lee and Will Cummings scored 11 apiece for Temple, which seemed to have the recipe for winning in the Phog down pat. The Owls only committed four turnovers — though the third one late in the game proved critical — and prevented the high-flying Jayhawks from getting in transition.
After trailing the entire first half, Temple managed to build a 54-50 lead with just under 7 minutes to go. But the Jayhawks finally got going on offense, and then held on down the stretch to start 12-1 for the third time in the last four seasons.
"I thought it would be a game like this," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "I was hoping we'd play better, but I thought it would be a game we'd have to play the entire 40 minutes to win."
Kansas raced out to a 22-10 lead by the midway point of the first half, clamping down with its intense man-to-man defense and throwing in some token press.
Temple coach Fran Dunphy eventually got a veteran group that starts three seniors to settle down, and the result was an 8-1 spurt that got the Owls right back in the game.
Wyatt led the charge by banking in a 3-pointer, and a basket by Lee — who had eight points and five boards by halftime — forced Self to call a timeout.
Self was only starting to simmer, though. He really boiled over a few minutes later, when Johnson committed his third turnover of the half. The coach slapped his hand against the video marquee at the scorer's table so hard that it knocked out a bank of lights.
Kansas scored the first five points of the second half to push its lead to 38-27, but then Temple scored on its next nine possessions. Along the way, Wyatt outscored the Jayhawks 11-2 by himself, and his free throws with 14:13 left gave the Owls their first lead at 44-43.
"He's a really good player," Dunphy said. "He has no fear."
Releford, the Jayhawks' top defender, picked up his fourth foul during the Owls' run and spent much of the second half on the bench. That allowed Temple's talented backcourt to keep answering every time that Kansas tried to make a charge.
Releford eventually checked back into the game, and the Jayhawks picked it up on defense.
After pulling ahead 54-50, the Owls failed to score on five of their next six possessions, and Johnson's two drives to the basket tied the game. Moments later, McLemore stepped in front of a pass from Cummings and went the other way for a dunk and a 58-57 Kansas lead.
Young added four consecutive free throws, and then Releford hit his big 3-pointer from the wing, allowing Self and another capacity crowd to finally start relaxing.
"We played at a fairly high level the last month. I kind of felt we were due a game like this," Self said. "To win a game against an NCAA tournament team where you had to make plays down the stretch, I think it was good for all of us."


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We've had our fair share of gripes and complaints about AT&T here at TiPb but we don't give them enough credit for trusting Apple and letting them go wild with the iPhone. Sure, they may be out to squeeze every dollar from their customers, but few carriers would even imagine giving Apple the freedom to create the. best. gadget. ever.
Plus, AT&T is well aware of the attention and added dollars they get by having an exclusivity agreement for the iPhone, so it comes to no surprise to us that one of those old, reputable, print companies is reporting that AT&T has added another year of exclusivity (until 2010 now). If AT&T were to lose the iPhone now, it'd be a complete disaster since the iPhone is starting to entrench itself in the market.
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Delgado posted good numbers in 2008 and was hitting well before he was injured last year. He's an injury risk, but if the Mets believe they can be competitive it's worth a shot to sign him to an incentive-laden deal. But, are they competitive?
If they like what they see, they could wrap things up quickly. Still, I believe their attention is better spent on pitching. There are too many questions in the rotation that can't be willed away. They could score a pile of runs this year, but give up mountain, also.
Delgado is a better fit in the AL as a DH, or with a team that is a contender. I just don't believe the Mets are a good fit. If healthy, Delgado will add some offense, but not enough to put them over the top.
I'm content with the Mets moving on and seeing what Daniel Murphy can do.


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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Labor needs to ''get real'' about party reforms but senior party figures are divided over the future of factions.
In a lengthy interview with Fairfax Radio in Brisbane on Wednesday, Mr Rudd backed his colleague John Faulkner's criticism of the party and call to urgently return integrity and accountability to politics.
Yesterday, Senator Faulkner chided Labor for being reluctant to implement national measures concerning corruption and accountability.
He also decried the the party's factional system, calling for an end to factions being able to ''bind'' MPs in caucus votes or ballots.
Today in the first of what is slated to be a monthly interview spot with 4BC in Brisbane, Mr Rudd said Senator Faulkner was a ''good man''.
''He doesn't speak often but when he does, he thunders forth like Isaiah or Jeremiah, probably more like Jeremiah on this occasion.''
Mr Rudd said that Senator Faulkner's speech at a Melbourne University conference was ''right'' and called for a change in the way the Labor Party was governed.
''There's something sick which needs to be healed,'' he said.
The Member for Griffith said that power had to be returned to individual branch members and taken away from ''effectively unelected factional faceless men''.
The so-called ''faceless men'' were widely seen as instrumental in the Labor leadership change from Mr Rudd to Prime Minister Julia Gillard in June 2010.
''It's that closed culture of the faceless factional men which make a whole series of things possible,'' Mr Rudd said, noting their role in preselections, appointing people to state and national bodies within the party as well as internal dispute resolution.
''I think it's time for deep and fundamental reform.''
But Workplace Minister Bill Shorten (who has been described as a faceless man) said today that while Senator Faulkner had made some "strong points" about the need to be transparent, it would be hard to get rid of the factions.
"I don't know how you do that, pass a law and say no one can belong to any particular sub group in the Labor Party," he told ABC Radio. "The Labor Party is a passionate organisation and it will always organise around ideas, you know, the extent of government intervention in the economy for instance."
Mr Shorten said Labor needed to be aware of the presidentialism of Australian politics: "We need to compete on ideas, not just personalities."
Mr Rudd was also critical of Labor's response to an internal party report co-authored by Senator Faulkner, Bob Carr and former Victorian premier Steve Bracks after the 2010 election.
Mr Rudd took issue with the party for watering down the reforms at its national conference at the end of 2011 and then for delaying the implementation, with a committee meeting only once this year to consider it.
''That's not good enough,'' Mr Rudd said. ''As a party of reform, as a party on the progressive side of politics, we have to get real.''
Senator Faulkner's speech has also earned the backing of other Labor figures.
Labor Left faction leader Doug Cameron said Ms Gillard should convene a meeting with state Labor leaders, union bosses and parliamentarians to look at "how can we democratise the party and how can we make membership of the party more relevant."
"That can be done through focusing on the structures and role of party and ensuring that the rank and file have a strong voice in the party," Senator Cameron told ABC radio on Wednesday.
Finance Minister Penny Wong, NSW Party Secretary Sam Dastyari and Chief Government Whip Joel Fitzgibbon have also supported the call for reforms.
Treasurer Wayne Swan told reporters in Canberra that party reform - including making it more representative of the community - was an important topic of debate.
He would not speak specifically about the question of binding votes.
With AAP
Judith Ireland is a political reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House


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I've a little more time now and I wanted to say that you bring up an important point here, Howard. There is a huge difference, though it is often forgotten. When I listen to music I rarely hear the words, more just the syllables and though it does drive people nuts who pay attention to the lyrics, I can't help it and in the end, I don't have the problem some have with vocals in a language I don't understand.
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National Archives Launches 1940 Census April 2 Online at 1940census.archives.gov
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WHAT: Washington DC...Special ceremonial launch of the 1940 census. The National Archives' largest single release of digitized records will be online at www.1940census.archives.gov. For the genealogical community, the 1940 census is the most eagerly-anticipated records release in the past decade. Following remarks, the Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero will launch the first search.
Beginning April 2, 2012, users will be able to search,m browse, and download the 1940 census schedules, free of charge, through the new 1940 census website: 1940census.archives.gov. National Archives partnered with Archives.com to build and host the site. The launch event will be webcast live online starting at 8L39 A.M.. Please visit 1940census.archives.gov, closer to April 2 for the link.
WHEN: Monday, April 2, 2012, 8:30 A.M.
WHERE: William G. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Washington, DC
Enter through Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue and 7th Streets, NW


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This blog discusses current weather, weather prediction, climate issues, and other topics
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Cold Wave
Over the weekend and Monday I was busy giving public talks...but I am back again. Nice to meet several of you.
Many have complained about the cold temps...and in general we have seen substantially below normal temps during the past two weeks in western Washington. Above you see the temps for Seattle, Yakima, and Spokane...with the normal highs and lows shown. Except for one day, the Seattle max temps have all been below normal--most well below normal. Eastern Washington was cold early in the period, but the last few days have been near normal. On the 12th Spokane's temp fell to near zero, and Yakima had several days in the teens. It does look that a moderating period is ahead though.
On the road, several people asked me about the interpretation of the weather radar images...so let me try that a bit (see image). What is shown is reflectivity...a measure of how much the target (precipitation) scatters the radar signal (which is in the microwave part of the spectrum). Grey is drizzle (5-10), reds are light rain (15-25), green is moderate rain (30-35), and above that is either absolutely pouring...or wet hail. The concentric range circles are 100 and 200 km from the radar. If you look at the upper left corner you see some additional information. This radar picture is for an elevation angle of .5 degrees, which means the radar is canted slightly up from the horizontal. Thus, the beam is sweeping out a conical surface as it rotates...or in other words...the beam gets higher and higher the farther out it gets from the radar. How how? The second row of numbers tell you. The radar is at 196 meters, and the beam gets to 1068 and 1941 meters by the first and second range circles. That beam is way overhead by the time it gets to the south Sound for example. So shallow drizzle can be missed for such locations.
Now why don't we see the mountains on the radar? Special software remembers where the mountains out and removes that part. In the right corner you see max=44 ..that means the maximum reflectivity anywhere in the domain was 44.
Rain shows up better than snow on weather radar. And big raindrops show up better than small ones. Anyway, enough radar 101.
On Thursday night at 10 PM KIRO TV is repeating their hour-long special on the Dec 3-4, 2007 windstorm/rainstorm, if you are interested.
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- 32.5 East said...
A piece on NPR yesterday on the earmark funds for the radar quoted you as saying:
"The Pacific Northwest has the stormiest coastline of the continental U.S."
I was wondering what that is based on and does it refer to frequency of storms. If the latter how is "storm" defined.
- March 18, 2009 at 8:08 AM
- mainstreeter said...
The Seattle P-I has archived some great photos from years past on their website,
Here is a photo of a funnel cloud near Seward Park
- March 18, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
32.5 east,
This is based on the work of one of my student's who looked at the temporal variance of sea level pressure....cliff mass
- March 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- 32.5 East said...
Thanks for the clarification of the "stormiest coastline" statement. Can you provide a citation for that? And does the qualifier of "continental U.S." imply that there is a stormier coastline in Hawaii?
- March 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
32.5 east...not hawaii...but I bet Alaska coastal zone would be way stormier!...cm
- March 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- 32.5 East said...
Then I think you mean the "contiguous" United States (rather than "continental") if you are excluding Alaska.
- March 18, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
yep...contiguous is better. You seem mighty interested in this issue. Whats up? ..cm
- March 18, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Kevin said...
A ways back, you noted our relatively dry Jan/Feb against averages with a graph...can we see that graph again, updated with the recent precip? I'd like to know how close we are to catching up with normal precip after falling way behind.
- March 18, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Kevin said...
A ways back, you noted our relatively dry Jan/Feb against averages with a graph...can we see that graph again, updated with the recent precip? I'd like to know how close we are to catching up with normal precip after falling way behind.
- March 18, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- mainstreeter said...
That graph from last month is
- March 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- 32.5 East said...
I knew that the part about our coastline being the stormiest in the continental U.S. was wrong as soon as I heard it and made a bet with someone that NPR was wrong on that. I just wanted confirmation.
But it did start me thinking about how one would define "stormiest". It would seem that one could use storm intensity, frequency or duration or a combination of the three. But as someone interested in coastal weather I would like to know the citation for the paper that analyzes the lower 48 coastlines.
- March 18, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- CC said...
I again have some questions about the UW probabilistic forecast. It consistently way under predicts precip. For example, for the four days starting on friday (13th) night to tuesday night the expected precip was .41" and the 90% confidence upper limit was 3.55". We actually received 4.79" (we are in Chelan Co, just east of Stevens Pass). During the last stormy period in early March it similarly way under predicted precip. If precip were a normal distribution (I realize it's not) we are talking several standard deviations off here. That is, of course highly improbable.
I'll admit NWAC also underpredicted precip over these 4 days, but they were at least in the ballpark (3"). Is the model not geared for mountain forecasts?
BTW, what are time periods for "day" and "night" in the model?
- March 18, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
32.5...yes, contiguous is a better term. The information is not published...so calculated by a student for me. ...cm
- March 19, 2009 at 3:26 AM
- Kevin said...
Cliff or Mainstreeter...that's the one, but do we have an updated version that includes the last 6-7 weeks?
- March 19, 2009 at 10:47 AM


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Minneapolis, MN – Hisashi Iwakuma threw 7 2/3 shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners blanked the Minnesota Twins, 3-0, in the opener of a three-game series at Target Field.
Iwakuma (6-1) scattered seven hits and two walks while fanning five in his outing. He lowered his earned run average to 2.13, second-lowest in the American League. Tom Wilhelmsen was perfect in the ninth to notch his 12th save.
Kendrys Morales had a two-run home run and Jesus Sucre had an RBI for the Mariners, who have won four of their last six games.
Minnesota starter Mike Pelfrey (3-6) lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing all three runs on six hits and four walks.
"With our night offensively, I'd say their guy was pretty good," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "Pelfrey matched (Iwakuma) for a long time."
Neither team was able to garner much offense, as both teams combined to record just six hits until the sixth inning.
Kyle Seager hit a leadoff single, setting up Morales' two-run shot. Raul Ibanez singled and Nick Franklin drew a walk two batters later. Anthony Swarzak came in to replace Pelfrey, but he gave up an RBI single to Sucre.
After 98 pitches, Iwakuma was taken out and Charlie Furbush got the final out of the eighth before being replaced by Wilhelmsen.
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Seattle has seven shutouts this season ...Minnesota has been shut out four times ... Pedro Florimon went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double ... Morales has three home runs and 14 RBI over his last 11 games ... Right-handed hitters are 1-for-37 against Wilhelmsen this season.


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Go enjoy the Beaufort Water Festival
Hearts ... to the organizers and volunteers who are busy hosting thousands of visitors to the 2012 Beaufort Water Festival for the next week. The 10-day event started Friday and runs through next weekend.
There is plenty to see and do. And all of it has the gorgeous backdrop of the water.
Hence why the event is called the water festival.
If you need an idea of what all there is to do, go online to blufftontoday.com and check out the special section for the water festival.
There is entertainment, events and plenty for people of all ages.
Take advantage of one of the largest events in your own backyard.
Penn State fiasco continues
Darts ... to the powers that be in Happy Valley who obviously put college football and the price of a prestigious football program above the welfare and sanity of young men.
In yet another telling report, it is clear that high-ranking university officials, Joe Paterno and others knew exactly what was going on with Jerry Sandusky and the young men in the locker room.
It's a shame that Paterno is not around to pay the consequences for his actions or in this case his inactions.
Paterno may have been a highly-regarded coach and mentor. But he sure did not do the right thing when it came to reporting the incident and doing something about it.
Covering up what happened just adds yet another layer of disgrace on top of an already pitiful situation.
Less than 50 days until college football
Hearts ... to the fact that in less than two months we'll be ready for some football.
College football kicks off sooner than you think and regardless of who you root for, college football is fun.
We know the Bluffton Bobcats and high school kicks off even sooner, but we're in the mood for some college football today.
South Carolina is looking pretty good and of course you always have to watch out for Clemson.
Some local Blufftonians will be watching those darn Auburn Tigers since Mayor Lisa Sulka's son Michael is there and intrepid photographer Scott Schroeder will be keeping tabs on him for Bluffton Today and for the mayor.
It would be pretty neat to see a local player make it big at an SEC team.
Let the countdown until kickoff begin.
Programs in jeopardy thanks to Haley
Darts ... to all the posturing and political moves under way in Columbia.
You need a scorecard to keep up with what the Gov. Nikki Haley vetoes mean to local programs.
Between cuts to arts, environment and education, the first-term governor ran the gamut with her message to the lawmakers.
In Beaufort, proposed cuts to education funding would mean the local school board would have to go back to the drawing board and consider an increase in taxes to meet its budget. In essence, the local board would go back on its word to lower the tax increase.
We know that this is how things usually play out in Columbia and since it's an election year it just makes it even more political. We just had hoped that for once elected officials would put their money where their mouths are and support precious local programs.
Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton hosts Friday Fun Nights
Hearts ... to the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton for starting what is called Nothing But Fun Fridays for teenagers at the club from 7 p.m. until midnight.
Staff is there to accommodate the group and each Friday night has a theme. Mexican Feast night is July 20. Entertainment will be by The Fly Boys
The teenagers must bring report cards, school ID or another form of ID that shows they are a Bluffton resident in order to attend. Admission is $3.
This Friday night events run through Aug. 10.
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Prior to stardate 5718, the Federation took advantage of the inhospitable environment for the establishment of an asylum for the criminally insane – the Elba II asylum, The asylum was administered by a governor. In 2269, the governor was Doctor Donald Cory.
In that year, the Federation starship USS Enterprise delivered a revolutionary new medicine to this asylum. The hope with this medicine was that it would permanently eliminate mental illness. A patient at this asylum, Captain Garth of Izar, a former Starfleet Fleet Captain, was treated with this medicine. (TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy")
In 2328, this planet was home to the Elba II Orbital Transit Station. (TNG-R: "Inheritance")
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The trading community is relentless in its pursuit to find out how and why the market turns. Bull and bear markets surge relentlessly along their path until one day they reverse course and set sail in an entirely new direction, never looking back. Markets march to their own drummer with a language all their own.
Certainly, fundamental valuations play their part in determining where we might be in the cycle. A price/earnings ratio can tell us whether the market, or particular stock, is cheap or expensive at a specific point in time, but it has zero capability of telling us when the turn will come.
To solve this riddle, many turn to technical analysis. Technical analysis is the study of price patterns and the visual representation of emotion in the market. Examples of key technical tools are moving averages, trendlines and Andrew's pitchfork. While these are important indicators, markets can and will overshoot their technical target, and the study of patterns can give us only a rough idea of when and where a market might turn.
So if fundamental and traditional technical analysis can't nail the turn consistently, what can?
One class of analysis methods that works over time involves the studies of W.D. Gann. These techniques have proven instrumental in pinpointing and explaining market tops and bottoms. While it's not always clear why a time and price symmetry identified a market turn, such symmetries do indeed exist. Gann, a well-known analyst from the first half of the 20th century, considered the squaring of price and time his most important discovery. He called it range and time squared.
In short, when the duration of a move squares with the extent of a move, price trends tend to change. On that high level, it's simple. However, the proper application can be tricky. In "W.D. Gann's master forecasting methods," (February 2011) we examined several aspects of Gann analysis. Here, we'll delve deeper into time and price studies.


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Two films dealing with war and politics in the tinderbox of the Middle East are coming to Newport-Mesa for one-night special screenings.
The city of Costa Mesa on Friday night will host a screening of "Patrol Base Jaker" at the Triangle Square Cinemas. The documentary, directed by David Scantling, follows the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines — otherwise known as the "1/5" — during a 2009-10 deployment to Afghanistan.
The group is the city's adopted military unit.
And on Wednesday night, the Chabad Jewish Center of Newport Beach will screen "Killing Kasztner," a historical documentary directed by Gaylen Ross.
Her film tells the story of a Hungarian Jew, Rezsö Kasztner, who became a controversial figure in Israeli politics in the 1950s, because of his World War II role in striking a deal with Adolf Eichmann and the Nazi high command in occupied Budapest to spare 1,684 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.
After their films' respective screenings, the two filmmakers will appear separately for live discussions with local audiences.
Proceeds from the screening of "Patrol Base Jaker" will go to the 1/5 Support Group and Socks for Heroes, a program to send fresh pairs of socks to Marines.
Proceeds from Wednesday's screening at the Chabad Jewish Center will go to its Friendship Circle program, which reaches out to children and families with special needs in Orange County, said Rabbi Reuven Mintz, the center's director.
Both of the events are open to the public.
'Patrol Base Jaker'
Scantling is a relative newcomer to documentary filmmaking, but he largely self-financed the film and shot a lot of its in-field footage in Afghanistan on his own.
The 45-year-old married father of six previously worked for IBM and Hewlett-Packard, and now heads his own business, Scantling Technology Ventures LLC, based in Akron, Ohio. His only other film credit was as a co-executive producer with actor Gary Sinise on "Brothers at War."
That documentary about the war in Iraq, by Jake Rademacher, won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2008 G.I. Film Festival. Sinise is one of the founders of the festival, a nonprofit organization devoted to telling the wartime and peacetime stories of servicemen and women on film.
Scantling produced and directed "Patrol Base Jaker," which he plans to release in January or February, and shot a lot of the in-country footage on his own. His film about the 1/5's deployment to Afghanistan's Helmand Province won the award in the same category at the 2011 G.I. Film Festival.
In an interview, he said he had no formal training in the craft but taught himself the basic skills during the weeks leading up to his departure for Afghanistan in Fall 2009.
"My biggest learning curve was learning how you tell stories through a documentary," he said.
Scantling said that his prior experience of working in Iraq in the mid-2000s as a civilian employed by the Pentagon partly motivated him to make his own film about the war in Afghanistan.
The American media's reporting on the situation in Iraq had been "so far off from what I was seeing and experiencing" there, Scantling said.
After returning from a trip to Iraq, Scantling met Rademacher, a fellow Notre Dame graduate, at an alumni reunion. On that occasion Rademacher was showing his film to other Fighting Irish graduates but was struggling to finance it.
That's where Scantling and Sinise came in, backing him with money for the film. The subsequent success of Rademacher's documentary reinforced Scantling's motivation to do his own film.
He spent more than $6,000 of his own money to purchase three cameras for his trip, including a Sony Handycam with infrared night-vision capability and a Canon DSLR camera, which could be purchased at the neighborhood Best Buy.
Scantling spent one month in Helmand's Nawa District with 1,300 Marines — most of whom were with the 1/5. Before his arrival, Nawa had been a hotbed of Taliban activity. Attacks on coalition forces had died down by the time he got there, but the area was still dangerous enough, he said.
Scantling has dedicated his film to four Marines who were killed in combat there, including Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan of San Clemente, who is to posthumously receive the Navy Cross — the Navy and Marine Corps' highest honor for valor in combat.
Hogan's parents are to join Scantling and Col. Robert Castellvi, chief of staff for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, at Friday's screening in Costa Mesa.
"The film does an outstanding job of depicting the courage and sacrifices of the Marines of 1/5 and their professionalism and total commitment to the mission, to each other, and to the Afghan people," Castellvi said in an email from Camp Pendleton. "The filmmaker went to great lengths to let the actions and words of the Marines and their Afghan partners tell the story."
'Killing Kasztner'
By contrast, Gaylen Ross, 61, is a veteran documentary filmmaker. The former actress, who lives in New York, has made documentaries about that city's diamond dealers, about Nazi gold kept in Swiss banks, and about Russian mail-order brides.
When she was filming her first film about the Holocaust, "Blood Money: Switzerland's Nazi Gold," Ross said she met a woman who told her that she had been a passenger on "the Kasztner train."
Ross didn't know what the woman was talking about, but the remark piqued her curiosity about Kasztner. She likened him to a Jewish version of Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, the German and Swedish businessmen who had separately helped rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
"Jews rescuing Jews is now a part of the conversation," Ross said in a phone interview.
In 1944, when Germany invaded Hungary, Kasztner negotiated directly with Eichmann to secure freedom and safe passage to a neutral country for 1,684 Hungarian Jews.
They were transported by train from Budapest to a safe haven in Switzerland, but their train was detained for several months at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.
Eichmann was the senior SS officer who oversaw logistics for the mass deportation of Jews to concentration and extermination camps throughout Nazi-occupied Europe as part of Hitler's genocidal "Final Solution" campaign.
Israel executed Eichmann in May 1962, two years after Israeli agents captured him in Argentina, where he had been hiding out since the war's end. They took him to Israel, where the authorities put him on trial in 1961 for crimes against humanity, war crimes and other charges.
Right-wing Israeli circles suspected Kasztner, a post-war émigré to Israel, of having been a Nazi collaborator who betrayed his people rather than being a wartime savior. After the Israeli government filed a libel suit on Kasztner's behalf, an Israeli extremist, Ze'ev Eckstein, shot him dead in 1957.
Ross' film documents a face-to-face encounter that Kasztner's daughter has more than 50 years later with her father's killer.
Arthur Stern, now 86 and living in Beverly Hills, was one of the 1,684 on the train.
He said he plans to join Ross in CdM at Wednesday night's screening of her film that garnered showings at Toronto International Film Festival, among other festivals.
While some in Israel have branded Kasztner as a traitor who sold out to the Nazis in other ways, Stern "without question" credits him for having rescued him along with his parents and brother from extermination through the Final Solution.
"He was an extremely dedicated Zionist leader and he did what he could," Stern said. "Of course, there was a lot of dissatisfaction because he couldn't save everybody. He was able to do what he was able to do."
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If You Go
What: "Patrol Base Jaker"
Where: Triangle Square Cinemas, 1870 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa
When: 7 p.m. Friday
For ticket information: Go to http://www.danapoint5thmarines.com
What: "Killing Kasztner"
Where: Chabad Jewish Center of Newport Beach, 2865 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
For ticket information: Go to http://www.jewishnewport.com


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Firebirds Wood Fired Grill - Leesburg
We had a server that was in training .... he was really good and performed great service
I was referred by a friend to Firebirds for a nice Anniversary dinner. I had high hopes for our outing, but after our appetizer never showed up , along with the
dried out salmon. The ice tea was served in a hot glass with very little ice, so it was served to me warm! Our experience was nothing like it had been described and we hope that others will have a better dinning experience from our review.
One of the best cheddar/barbecue sauce burgers I have eaten along with delicious French fries. Wonderful dinner for sure.
My wife and I visits Firebird at least once a month. They have the best Prime Rib in our area in Northern Virginia and is equal to the best we have in all of America. Our entire experiences here have alway been warm and highly professional. We especially recommend going there on a Monday night when their excellent wines are half price
Great service, we took our two young kids. They were very accommodating, the kids meals are a fantastic deal. All our food was good.
I haven't been there in a few years and I'll never go back. It was loud, the floors were very dirty, my drinking glass was dirty, the service was slow and the food was mediocre at best! When we complained about the level of service the waiter gave us a plate of cheesecake to make up for it but I saw him wink at another server before he came over with it so we were scared to eat it! Never again!
We went there on a Sunday evening. Our server, John, was right there taking great care of us. I ordered a well done burger and when it came out it was medium well. When he came back to our table and I showed him he took it back to the kitchen right away and within a minute it was back well done. Probably microwaved but I was glad I didn't have to wait ten minutes for a new one when everyone was eating. We all enjoyed our dinners!
Excellent evening and location for our Friday night family dinner. Food and service were excellent. Thank you
FB is a great local place to dine. We have been FB regulars since it opened. Lunches and dinners are great-good menu, lots of choices, good service, and a fun place. Recommend you setup a reservation.
The food was just okay. Looks to be a nice place. Won't be going back anytime soon.
Our party of four all ordered steaks. Only one of these was cooked as ordered (well done)! Two of the four had to be sent back. One was ordered medium rare and was over cooked. The other was ordered medium well and was undercooked. When they were returned to the table the steaks were still not as ordered, but we chose not to send them back again. (We were credited for one of the steaks by management with their apologies.) Despite these issues, our server was friendly, courteous and attentive throughout our visit. On a better note, our salads and sides were delicious. We would order them again.
Over all everything was amazing and our server was very attentive
Service was great food was wonderful and the atmosphere was very nice! We return soon for sure!
1st time guest, great place. Food and service were both outstanding, ambience was comfortable but classy. The whole package was really well done. Will be back, probably a regular.
Ambience was good and the food was delicious. Service was also amazing.
We went for valentine's Day, Our waiter was great, and the service was prompt. Unfortunately my boyfriend became quite sick after eating the smokehouse burger, so I don't think we'll be going back anytime soon.
We had a lovely Valentine's dinner here. Our server was friendly and knowledgeable. The wood fired steaks were delicious and the tater tots were just what I needed.
Valentines dinner with the family. Very good food and service!
The service was very good and the food was excellent. There are alot of choices on the menu and they do a specialty menus for each month so it would be interesting to go back to try other things. My girlfriend and I both got something off the February specialty menu.
Woody and tasty
Food and service were well above average. Steaks and burgers were prepared to our specifications and portions were right on spot. The only recommendation I have would be for more local craft brew beers on the menu. The selection, at present, was very limited and a more varied selection would be very beneficial to the many beer drinkers in the area.
The Ribeye melted in your mouth
Firebirds never disappoints. The steak was great, as was the service. We always enjoy a nice evening at Firebirds.
A good neighborhood standby with a solid menu, reliably good service and nice atmosphere.
Food was very good and service super. Totally enjoyable experience
Nice neighborhood restaurant. Good food, cheerful service. A little louder than I expected, but a pretty place and would absolutely go again!
The General Manager was GREAT! Came to our table to check on us. He heard it was our daughters birthday and gave her a free desert. He was very nice. He went way over and beyond to make us feel welcome. Our server was amazing as well. The staff signed a birthday card and gave it to our daughter. I love this place!
Food was delicious and server was nice. Will be back.
Great food, great service. We will be back asthus restaurant just became our favorite. The noise levels were low and we could hear one another talk. Great birthday celebration!
The food here is outstanding. My friends prime rib and my filet were both cooked to perfection. Kudos to the chef! Service was phenomenal too! As an added bonus, Chef John stopped by our table to check on us and say hello. Very nice touch!
Food took a long time to come out and when it did, it was wrong.
Great girl's night out dinner location! Staff was awesome and very accommodating as we were the absolute last patrons to leave. Our drinks were great and priced right. The food came hot and presented well. Definitely going back.
Customer service is great and very friendly. The portions are very small and our table of 5 which all ordered the salmon came out burnt. Not just a little burnt but black burnt. I will only go back for Happy Hour for cocktails and appetizers.
Fabulous meal! We started with the lobster dip appetizer that was ooey-gooey hot and delicious!
Black diamond martini —-cold and flavorful. I had ribs that were cooked perfectly and fell off the bone.
My hubby had prime rib and it was melt in your mouth good.
My son had pineapple chicken as he cleaned his full plate enjoying the flavors. Service was on point, food was great and all was enjoyed. That's why Firebird's is a regular stop for us!
I have been going to Firebirds for years. We like the ambiance and the location. The food is always good and the staff is friendly.
Great experience. Excellent food. Pleasant atmosphere and attentive service.
My Birthday Dinner was excellent!
Our server was very attentive and patient, making what turned into very good suggestions!
I had the Pepper Encrusted Sirloin (rare).
All the dishes excellent by my guests!
We had a very enjoyable dinner and I would definitely recommend to my friends and return!
Everything was amazing except for our waitress! She was very rude when asking for separate checks, ignored our table, no refills on water for a long time and no bread to start with like the other tables. Everyone else seemed to be friendly except for her. Our experience would have been much better if it wasn't for that!
Went for New Year's Eve dinner as a last minute option. Cannot complain that they were able to take a table of 7. Service was a little slow, but I suspect it was due to NYE and several tables had bigger parties. I ate the NY Strip w/ Peppercorn (seasonal). Pretty good overall. It's not Morton's or Flemming's, but it's a good place and food.


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Bulldog wrote:However, well-established locals will do it fairly frequently when they don't recognize the inbound rider or don't think they have to skill to shred the wave.
Don't get me wrong, I don't ride waves so I'm usually having fun with my TT downwind of the rotation at waddell. BUT SERIOUSLY? A local has the right to cut somebody off because he doesn't recognize him/her or because HE THINKS YOU DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS?!
If anything, I feel like a local should be the friendly persone at the beach, helping you out with the way of the land if it's your first time at the spot.
Local usually means you're there quite frequently (either way because you live right next to the spot OR because your work schedule permits it OR both the above) therefor you catch way more waves at the spot than people who can only ride once a week or less. Why (instead of cutting people off because you think you own the beach and the break) wouldn't you let people and especially non-locals have fun at your spot? Think about it, they work all week so they can finally (weather permitting) have fun for a couple hours on the weekend when the "locals" get to ride it everyday.
Anyway, I haven't ran into this kind of persone yet, but if one day i get cut off on the water AND the guy has the nerves to come and see me later on the beach to tell me he's a local and therefor no rights of way applies to him and he can do whatever he wants and I should just stay clear of his line, then I might lose my temper.


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One of "Glee" star Mark Salling's former lovers is suing the actor for allegedly making her have sex with him without a condom.
Roxanne Gorzela claims she consented to have sex with Salling in March, 2011, but insisted that he use protection. He allegedly refused.
In her lawsuit, obtained by TMZ.com, Gorzela's attorney Philip J. Layfield claims the star proceeded to "insert his penis into (her) vagina without a condom."
Weeks later she confronted Salling at his home, where she allegedly found him in bed with another woman.
Explaining her health concerns, Gorzela claims she asked the actor for proof he hadn't given her a sexually transmitted disease. He allegedly responded by pushing her to the ground.
Gorzela immediately filed a police report.
She is asking for unspecified damages.
The actor's publicist, however, denies the claims. She says in a statement to TMZ, "There is no truth to this. It's the textbook case of a disgruntled girl looking to cash in on a TV star's success. We turn the rest over to Mark's attorneys and have no further comment."


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Hi, Kristy back again from HandmadeRetro. I don't have many Christmas decorations up in my house usually. Both of our families live interstate (thankfully in the same one) and we are most often away for the Christmas season so it seems a little silly to decorate an empty house. But when I made this cushion last year and it got such a great response I decided to make a quilt sized version for a little Christmas cheer. I modified the construction a little from the cushion to eliminate some of the unnecessary seams but it is still based on a Kaleidoscope block with careful fabric placement. I used a layer cake but it would also be great from scraps of different Christmas lines, as the cushion was.
Note: My templates are provided in the Printer Friendly Version below. They are sized for A4 paper but will print on US Letter paper if you select "no scaling."
Perle cotton
Kaleido ruler or other 45 degree ruler
From the printable version print the templates (your will need to join Template C) and trace onto template plastic with a ruler (to help keep your lines straight) and a sharp pencil.
Cut out using scissors (or and old rotary cutter) along the lines.
To make maximum use of a 10" square cut a strip 6.5" wide along one side. From this strip you can cut 2 large triangles by top and tailing Template A (or your 45 degree ruler)
Top and tailing the second template as shown you can cut 2-3 small triangles. The shorter edges will be the bias ones so handle carefully.
A reconstructed layer cake square will look like this with the scraps.
Cut 2 x 12.5" strips and crosscut into 8 template C – rotating but not flipping for each subsequent shape.
|A tip: when cutting using template plastic place this on the fabric as a guide, line up a ruler at the edge and then use this to cut along with your rotary cutter – it will save your fingers and stop you from shaving off little bits of the template.
The centre panel of the quilt is make from 25 blocks in a 5×5 layout as shown above. The mostly solid blocks (in the corner, middle of the sides, the centre block and the centre of the wreaths) are the 12.5″ squares you cut with the corner triangles added. The Template A triangles are the larger coloured triangles (and the white ones where the wreaths join and around the edge) and Template C makes the second half a block on the outer edges. Clear as mud?
Sewing the Wreath Centres
I worked a colour/wreath at a time because it helped me lay out the prints in the pleasing mix.
Lay your A triangles out on a table/floor/design wall with the larger base to the middle of the 'circle' – you will have 3 on each 'side'. Add the white triangle to one side of the set of three. Found it helpful to also lay out the Template C half so I placed the Background A triangle on the correct side.
Sew these sets together in two pairs, press seams to one side, and then to a set of four with the background triangle on one edge.
Tip: When sewing – start from the wider base, it will help you fabric not to get chewed up by the feed dogs at the start of the seam.
Tip:If you always put the wide triangle base to your left when pressing the seams after the first pair are sewn they will nest nicely when you sew them together.
Now you will have four halves. The ones destined for the outside of the quilt will match with the template C piece like this. To finish the pieced half on all the four sections sew on a corner triangle in the positions as pictured. You will have 'ears' on the B triangles so to position correctly find the centres by folding and finger pressing and then matching the marks. Sew, press seams to outer triangle.
Sew the background halves to two of the pieced halves. The other two will be joined to a pieced half of a different colour later.
To finish the ring we need to add the coloured triangles to the 12.5″ squares – the centre of the wreath will need one at each corner, and four more will need 1 in one corner (2 of these will later get a second colour on a second corner and one will have 4 corners coloured with the colour of the four rings. Confused? The diagram at the beginning of this section should help)
To trim the corners to assist placement of the coloured triangle lay one of the triangles in the corner to be trimmed, matching the point and edges. Mark the background square at the base of the triangle (this will be the seam line so use something erasable).
Place the 1/2″ mark of your ruler on the line you just drew and cut, trimming off the corner.
You'll end up with this.
Finger press to find the centres of side of each piece again and sew the corners on.
You've now got all the blocks/units needed for one ring. Repeat the steps with the other colours – joining the pieced halves of two colours where they meet.
Piece the Centre Section
Lay out all the blocks, using the diagram at the top of this post to assist, and sew together in rows, then sew the blocks together. I press my seams to the side and nest them together when sewing the rows.
Adding the borders
You will have four borders longer than the side seam of the quilt. To measure the size needed to trim them to fold the quilt though the centre and measure. Repeat on the other axis. It should be the same, and about 60.5″ if your seams were accurate. Trim all four of the side measurements to the length of your measurements.
Tip: Measuring in this way helps to minimise the calculation of any stretched out sides and prevents a wavy border when sewn on.
Sew two long strips to opposite side of the centre panel. Press seams towards the border.
Tip: I find pinning at this stage very helpful. find the centre of the border and the centre panel by folding and finger pressing. Match these marks and pin. Pin at either and and then in at least 3 additional places in each half. This should help stop unwanted stretching as you sew.
Before sewing on the two additional borders you'll need to construct four 9.5″ cornerstone blocks to add to each end of the remaining two borders to bring them up the the size of the centre panel plus the two borders. I made wonky 9 patch stars in keeping with the Christmas theme. There are a heap of tutorials for this block around so I won't include another other than to say that each unit should be cut at 3.5″. You could use any block you like or a print. I got all the fabric I needed from the scraps of the squares and a few unused ones.
Once you have made them sew the blocks onto each end of the two remaining strips and press seams towards the border strip.
Nest seams at the border, pin at the centre and each end and sew. Press seam towards the border.
You have a Christmas quilt top!
Tip: If you have joins or designs you want to match up the floorboards joints or tile grout lines can be helpful here!
I free motion quilted a 4 point star in each of the large background squares (alternating the orientation inside and outside the wreaths.
In the border I hand quilted inside the white stars and outside the coloured stars and free motion quilted around the print on the long borders.
A 78″ x 78″ full sized quilt!
Kristy Ward


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Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but between the end of the school year, Christmas and birthdays, I have been busy, busy, busy!
Here are some more cake photos::
These are actually from about July, forgot I had made them! They were for a school dance with an underwater theme. I got the idea from the Wilton site.
An Ipod Cake for a friend:
Sorry for the graininess and general bad quality of this next photo, but I had to take it on my phone and it was getting dark, plus I was holding back around 15 kids who were trying to get past me to dig in!!
This one is a Chiffon Cheesecake I made for my bff Ange's birthday earlier this month. It is wrapped in dark chocolate with the horses stencilled on in white chocolate, then topped with whipped cream and loads of fresh berries. It was YUM!!!
This next one was for a really good friend's daughter who will be off to Kindy next year with Miss M. She wanted a cat cake.
And finally, this cake was for a gymnast. The inside was a checkerboard design, but I'll have to post pics later as they are on a friend's camera. The spots on the cake are rain drops:
And last but not least, a yule log made for my neighbour. It was plain genoise cake, filled with chocolate buttercream and covered with a dark chocolate and jaffa (choc-orange) ganache.


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Very fruity with a slight smokey flavor. Great with grilled pork.
More posts
- Trying this out with grilled fajitas. 5/5/13
- Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Vintners Curvee xxxiv....red zin, super sweet at first taste but smooths out
- Deep Aroma and taste
- Susan's favorite
- Blackberry cobbler w/ subtle sweet lush tannins & notes of cinnamon and all spice. Lacking complexity, easy drinking. 85


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AfriGeneas Genealogy and History Forum Archive
Re: Wingo 1900 look-up request.
In Response To: Re: Wingo 1900 look-up request. ()
1900 Massac County, Jackson Precinct, ED 52, page 76, sheet 8B
WINGO, James, B, March 1877, 23, married 3 yrs., TN, TN, TN, Tie Carrier
The Heritage Quest Index has James listed born Illinois, but image is TN, parents born TN. Tie Carrier? Maybe Railroad Ties?
Hope this helps!
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Quick tip for everyone that cant be bothered to menu dive and sample into the unit.
step 1
make sure you have the ib-104 expansion card
Quite rare to come by but worth the price in admission for instant mojo.
step 2
use your soundcard to either send a stereo signal out via spdif/optical/aes
(you can use spdif to aes providing the cable run is short)
step 3
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New York City–What does it say about the prospects for improving public education when Washington officials and local school heads are operating with very different assumptions about what schools need? Or when the assessments of teachers and superintendents on how many kids are passing through the system without learning the basics are diametrically opposed?
New surveys from Public Agenda show major disconnects between the priorities of national policy-makers versus those of local school leaders on issues like teacher quality, standards and the need to ramp up science and math coursework. In "Reality Check 2006: Issue No. 4: The Insiders" (the fourth report issued this year in the Reality Check 2006 series), Public Agenda found that even when they see the same problems, the two groups seem to strive for different solutions.
Yes It Is, No It's Not
While 60% of principals say they are "very satisfied" with the teachers in their school and most superintendents (56%) believe the quality of new teachers is improving, federal officials enforcing No Child Left Behind said in Summer 2006 that not a single state in the nation has yet met its benchmarks for insuring more qualified teachers. And while just more than half of the nation's superintendents consider local schools to be "excellent" and relatively few (23%) say low standards are a serious problem where they work, the DOE says only 10 states have testing systems that meet its standards.
Ironically, healthy majorities of superintendents (64%) and principals (67%) say one of the best ways to help them be better school leaders would be to reduce red tape and bureaucracy associated with school mandates like No Child Left Behind.
School leaders' upbeat views of the schools also significantly differ from those of another key constituency: teachers in classrooms. School superintendents are substantially less likely than teachers to believe that too many students pass through the system without learning. While the majority of teachers (62%) say this is a serious problem in local schools, just 27% of superintendents think so. In another question in the survey, less than half of superintendents (46%) consider it essential to involve teachers more directly in setting school policy, although principals (65%) were more inclined to do so.
Is Math & Science a Problem? Would Merit Pay or Alternative Certification Help?
Despite a vigorous campaign by business leaders calling for more math and science education, the President's American Competitiveness Initiative, continuing disappointing scores for American students on international math tests and a much discussed shortage of qualified math and science teachers, 66 percent of principals and 59 percent of superintendents say math and science education is not a serious problem or not a problem at all in their district. About one-third of principals and 40% of superintendents say it is a "somewhat" or "very" serious problem in their district.
And while many reformers have called for new mechanisms for improving teacher quality such as merit pay and alternative certification, only small percentages of principals and superintendents voice much interest in these ideas. To them, improving professional development opportunities and eliminating teacher tenure are much higher priorities. Only 4% of superintendents say relying more heavily on alternative certification programs would be a "very effective" means of improving teacher quality and only 20% say tying teacher rewards and sanctions to their students' performance would do the trick. Many more say eliminating teacher tenure (43%) and increasing professional development opportunities (57%) would be "very effective."
"With such vastly different sets of perceptions, you really have to wonder whether these people are working at cross purposes" Jean Johnson, Executive Director of Public Agenda's Education Insights division and an author of the report said. "Federal officials see widespread problems; local school officials say the situation is pretty good. Business leaders say reforming math and science education is urgent; local school officials put it fairly far down the list. It's probably natural for principals and superintendents to be upbeat about their institutions and employees, but still, I think the positive, almost buoyant outlook captured here may come as a surprise to a lot of school reformers and critics."
Changing Self-Perceptions
The survey does suggest that local schools leaders are taking on new challenges. At one time, school administrators mainly managed the budget, insured that schools obeyed state and federal education regulations, worked to keep the local school board happy and, of course, were expected to be the loudest cheerleaders at school sporting events. Now, they are expected to be academic leaders and change agents who should be held accountable for increasing student learning overall and especially for improving academic achievement among minority and at-risk students. Reality Check shows school leaders embracing their more academic role.
The vast majority say the most essential aspects of their jobs are: ensuring that teachers use effective teaching methods (92% of principals; 87% of superintendents); recruiting the best teachers to their schools (91% of principals; 90% of superintendents); offering sound professional development (89% of principals; 91% of superintendents); and knowing how to use student data to improve teaching (84% of principals; 90% of superintendents).
Principals and Superintendents are not simply accepting the status quo, and have a change agenda of their own. School leaders place getting more funding for schools at the very top of their list. They also have their sights set on other targets like making it easier to remove problem teachers even if they have tenure and reducing federal bureaucracy and red tape.
Much Less Enthusiasm for Teachers in Poor, Minority Districts
There are significant differences in the judgments of school leaders in poor, minority districts versus those in affluent white areas. While more than 6 in 10 superintendents in affluent districts are "very satisfied" with their teachers, just 31% of superintendents in poorer districts say this. Still, even school leaders in poor, minority districts say that schools today are better than when they went to school.
About "Reality Check 2006"
"Reality Check 2006" is a set of public opinion tracking surveys on important issues in public education. From 1998 through 2002, Public Agenda conducted an annual survey of parents, teachers, students, employers and college professors covering standards, testing and accountability. In 2005 and 2006, Public Agenda revised and updated these surveys to cover a broader range of issues, including high school reform, school leadership, teacher preparation and quality, school funding and other issues. The tracking survey will be repeated periodically as a service of Public Agenda's Education Insights initiative.
Funding for this edition of "Reality Check" was provided by the The Wallace Foundation. The GE Foundation and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation provide additional support for the Reality Check series.
The findings in "Reality Check 2006: The Insiders" are based on telephone interviews with a national random sample of 254 school district superintendents and 252 school principals, 721 public school teachers and 1,379 parents of children now in public school. Interviews with principals, superintendents and teachers were conducted between November 19, 2005 – March 7, 2006 and interviews with parents were conducted between October 30 – December 18, 2005. The margin of error for principals and superintendents is plus or minus 6 percentage points; the margin of error for the sample of teachers is plus or minus 4 percentage points; and the margin of error for the sample of parents is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. It is higher when comparing percentages across subgroups. The survey was preceded by two focus groups each with parents and teachers. Selected survey results can be found at publicagenda.org.
Public Agenda is a nonprofit organization dedicated to nonpartisan public policy research. Founded in 1975 by former U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Daniel Yankelovich, the social scientist and author, Public Agenda is well respected for its influential public opinion polls and balanced citizen education materials. Its mission is to inform leaders about the public's views and to educate citizens about government policy.
Visit Public Agenda Online–www.publicagenda.org. Public Agenda Online has been named one of Time Magazine Online's 50 Coolest Websites. It is a Library Journal Best Reference Source and is a USAToday, MSNBC and About.com recommended site. Public Agenda Online is the go-to source for unbiased facts, figures and analysis on issues ranging from education to terrorism to abortion to illegal drugs.


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The optimizer uses a cost-based approach for all SQL statements in the session regardless of the presence of statistics and optimizes with a goal of best throughput (minimum resource use to complete the entire statement).
The optimizer uses a cost-based approach, regardless of the presence of statistics, and optimizes with a goal of best response time to return the first n number of rows; n can equal 1, 10, 100, or 1000.
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Zoe Saldana – Crush of the Day
Zoe Saldana is what happens when glamor has a torrid affair with talent. The New Jersey native is perhaps best known for her role as Britney Spears' friend in the film Crossroads Star Trek's Lt. Uhura, but her breakout role was the sexy (even to non-Furries) blue cat-lady Neytiri in Avatar.
You may have also seen her in every movie released in the last three years. If there was a character who would happily beat you up without breaking a nail, that was Saldana, including, yes, Hannibal from The A-Team, except not really.
She's got a smile that could melt concrete and a figure that would make the devil quit his wicked ways. Her bathtub is on the National Register of Historic Places. She's never been sick in her life, because germs would rather die than disrespect her body like that. When reporters ask her what ethnicity she considers herself, she has too much grace to admit she fell from Heaven. And oh, she's the face of Calvin Klein's Envy lingerie.
This month she blasts into theaters with 'Colombiana,' which has us excited because producer and writer Luc Besson does three things well, but only two of them should ever be filmed: tough-as-iron ladies and unstoppable assassins, both of which zero in on Ms. Saldana's talents. It also has the only decent tag line we've seen on a movie poster this year. Go see it, or she'll kick your ass.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 2, 2008) - ETSU soccer had a very successful and historic weekend, as a new men's soccer varsity program took the field, both the men and women opened the new multi-million dollar Summers-Taylor Stadium, and the women's team opened their season 2-0 for the first time in five years.
ETSU brought in men's coach Scott Calabrese in 2007 to take the helm of the men's program, beginning with the club team in 2007, and continuing with scholarship play in 2008. Calabrese has brought in a young group loaded with talent in his first recruiting class, which includes a couple holdovers from the club team. Under Calabrese, the Bucs opened the inaugural season at home in the newly completed $2.4 million Summers-Taylor Stadium, falling 3-1 to Appalachian State but doing so in front of a sellout crowd of 1,311. The team made history again later in the weekend, going on the road to defeat established Southern Conference opponent Wofford, 2-0, and pick up the team's first ever win.
Meanwhile, the women's soccer team won its opener on the road against UNC Asheville, and then came home to Summers-Taylor to defeat Morehead State 2-1 in overtime in front of a crowd of 518 two days after the men had opened the stadium. Again, it marks the first time ETSU's women have been 2-0 since the 2003 season.
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Do you boulder or rock climb? Have you been watching films, salivating through those epic shots of Yosemite? It may be officially spring, but there's still plenty of snow on the ground. Alli Rainey, a SCARPA climber and coach, gave us five tips on how to stay motivated throughout the cold months.
It has been bitterly cold here for several weeks and my partner is currently unable to train with me. Since I don't do winter sports, this could appear to be the perfect setup for a seriously bleak winter spent getting out of shape for climbing. After all, it can be a major challenge to stay inspired when perfect climbing conditions seem far in the future. However, I've learned a few key ways that help me keep motivation high.