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Seniors Dancer / Competitor
A Senior Amateur Dancer partners with another Senior Amateur Dancer. A Senior Amateur dancer is defined as:
Anyone who is not compensated for teaching, performing or taxi-dancing
Anyone who is registered with the USNATA (United States National Argentine Tango Association) as an Amateur
Note: The age of the couple is determined by the age of the younger competitor in the couple.
Competitors select following LEVELS and DANCES. Only allowed steps are defined in the official USNATA Bronze, Silver or Gold Syllabus, except for those noted as "Open".
Note: The age of the couple is determined by the age of the younger competitor in the couple.
SINGLE DANCES (T or V or Mil)
Bronze | Silver | Gold
Different age divisions available
In Senior competitions, Single Dance heats are run as separate entries in each of the three separate dances -- tango, milongas, vals - in both Tango De Pista and Tango Free Style categories. Each heat or entry is also separated and categorized according to proficiency levels -- Bronze, Silver and Gold -- and by age divisions. Bronze, Silver and Gold levels are designated in accordance with the USNATA syllabus. Age divisions are detailed above.
Senior competitors must participate in at least one round of Single Dance heats, in order to participate in any championship or scholarship events.
Please note - it is at the discretion of competition organizers to include Single Dance heats in each dance and category as practical given the specific event's entries.
An elegant close embrace tango using round techniques in flow. This form allows moving from one side of the chest to the other, a small variation of space between the couple for efficiency, various musical interpretations and longer sequences while always following the line of dance.
Note: Any couple winning the Rising Star Competition at one event, cannot dance in the Rising Star Competition at that event again. If either partner of a couple has won a U.S. Championship, the couple is no longer eligible for Rising Star Status in that Division or Style. Any foreign couple who has won of their own country's national championship is ineligible to dance in Rising Star events in the U.S.
An elegant close embrace tango using round techniques in flow. This form allows moving from one side of the chest to the other, a small variation of space between the couple for efficiency, various musical interpretations and longer sequences while always following the line of dance.
SUMMIT GRANDE (T/V/Mil)
Blending three dances in one event or "tanda", and at one level, dancers have the chance to enjoy and express themselves in tango's three distinctive forms, showing diversity and musical timing!
An upcoming style that increasingly showcases a woman's skills, this new category welcomes a woman leading a woman in the style of Salon Tango. In this genre, ladies have a chance to show their leading or following skills together, keeping the same rules and regulations as the traditional Salon Tango.
Recalling the roots of tango, this new category welcomes a man leading another man, also in the style of Salon Tango. Holding those same rules and regulations, two men may showcase the history of Tango, in its original form, with their leading, following and navigation skills. Please note that it is not necessary for either partner to wear heels, as the judges will be looking at the dance in its historical context when the art was danced by two men.
STAGE TANGO (Escenario)
(T or V or Mil)
Tango Stage offers couples and competitors the opportunity to challenge themselves both physically and artistically. Express yourself to the music (either traditional or non-traditional) of your choice.
A traditional form of tango where the bodies are fully connected at the chest, using smaller moves (typically rhythmic but not exclusively so) and occasionally embodying a leaning form. Dancers seek the traditional, deeper embrace that is held throughout the dance in its turns and sequences. In this style, variations of the molinete are used to accommodate dancing in a small space.
A form encompassing the style of salon tango but allowing for the larger and expressive movements such as barridas, colgadas, volcadas, high boleos, wraps, releases and ganchos now displayed in exhibitions. Combinations of close and open embrace are used to allow more freedom of movement, and an actual release of an embrace is acceptable. Lifts, slides, kicks and open breaks are allowed. For a complete list of rules, please see our Rules & Regulations page. This is comparable to the theatre arts, cabaret or exhibition category in dancesport championships.
MILONGA (Mil/Mil/Mil)
The milonga, Tango's rhythmic parent, influenced by single, double, traispe (triple) and up rhythms, is featured as its very own category. Soulfully dance three milongas in the line of dance while connected to your partner. Traditional milonga "steps" may be incorporated (see syllabus), but the composition of your dance is all your own.
With its own timing and style, danced in 3/4 time, vals is making its solid return. The art of the vals, danced on accenting the 1-3, 3-1 or 1-2-3 in circular motion, is beautiful and refined. Competing in this category will showcase your smooth and flowing sequences, allowing the incorporation of traditional vals elements, vals cruzada and more.
Single Dances are run in each of the three dances -- Tango, Milonga, Vals - in both Tango De Pista and Tango Free Style categories. Each entry is separated by the levels and corresponding sub-levels -- Bronze, Silver and Gold -- and by age categories. Bronze, Silver and Gold levels are designated in accordance with the USNATA syllabus. Age divisions are detailed above. The competitors receive a placement for each Single dance. Championships are danced in Tandas. Depending on the number of couples, the Championships will be split into Qualifying, Quarter, Semifinal and Final. In Championships, competitors compete for titles.
Depending on the competitive event you can receive a title. USNATA organizes the United States National Argentine Tango Championship awarding the United States National Senior Champion and with the Argentine Tango World Federation (ATWF) is the co-organizer of the Annual World Argentine Tango Championship awarding the title of the World Argentine Tango Senior Champion.
Competitors of any nationality may enter USNATA sanctioned competitions. U.S. residents must provide a legal and valid form of photo identification (e.g., state issued identification card or driver's license, passport, resident alien card). Foreign participants (including holders of employment authorization cards or student visas) must provide a legal and valid form of documentation (passports, employment authorization card, student visas, etc.).
All participants must provide accreditation information at the time of registration on the appropriate forms. Photocopies of official documents must be received within 14 days of the registration date via mail, email, express mail or in person. The same official documents, including photo identification, must be presented when picking up registration materials at the competition. Competitors who do not present these documents will not be allowed to enter the competition. Exceptions will be evaluated in special circumstances such as force majeure. One member of the couple may present documents for both partners. Third party accreditations are not permitted.
Group Entries – The person in charge of managing/training the group (teacher/choreographer) is responsible for providing accreditation documentation for each group member when picking up registration materials.
Competitors must review and adhere to each category's Evaluation Criteria during the competition.
0. Competitors must conduct themselves in a respectful and sportsmanlike manner toward judges, monitors, fellow competitors, spectators, and any personnel at USNATA sanctioned events. Any conduct to the contrary, written or verbal, may incur legal consequences. USNATA reserves the right to rescind awarded titles and prizes, and future attendance at USNATA sanctioned events from the offending parties.
1. Spectators are welcome to watch all competition rounds.
2. By entering the competition, competitors agree to participate in events and ceremonies organized by the USNATA (press conferences, interviews for radio stations and television channels, demos, etc.) as requested by the USNATA.
3. With the exception of the Junior Exhibition category, competitors must be at least 18 years old by the first date of the competition. Juniors must be under the age of 18 by the first date of the competition.
4. USNATA may choose to or is currently engaged in the business of creating media, which includes but is not limited to engaging in the following activities for personal and commercial gain: filming, film/video editing, and film/video production; photography, photo editing, and total production; digital photography, digital photo editing, and digital photo production; documentary production and editing; sound recordings; sound manipulation and music productions; television production; and web design and production. By registering for the competition, competitors give consent to the ATWC to capture images and video/sound recordings for use in media, without implicit or explicit compensation.
5. By registering for any USNATA sanctioned competition and participating, each competitor acknowledges having read and accepted these General Rules.
In each Single Dance separately the Competitive Tango couples compete against each other according to their age category and level (Bronze, Silver, Gold). Each couple is judged according to their performance in each dance separately and receives a ribbon if placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.
In preliminary rounds leading up to a final round of an event/heat, the judges are asked to "recall" a certain number of dancers to the next round. Judges select to recall couples they think are the best and the couples with the most marks moves into the next round.
Once six or seven couples reach the final, USNATA sanctioned dance competitions use the skating system method to determine the results. This means that the judges rank every couple in every dance from 1st through 6th or 7th. The couple with the most 1st place marks is the overall winner. The couple with the next highest number of 1st or 2nd place marks will place second, and so on. Tiebreaker rules determine which couple finishes higher in the event of a tie. These rules can be very complex, and an official known as a Scrutineer has the painstaking task of taking all the judges' marks and tabulating the results for callbacks and making the necessary calculations to determine the placements, applying the tiebreaker rules in close cases.


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The SRF of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) announces its 2018 Dissertation Research Program and calls for grant proposals associated with doctoral students' dissertations in strategic management. Proposals should describe original research in strategic management that is required for the award of a research doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent). Dissertation Research Program funds are intended to supplement other financial resources available to students and to support elements of their research that enhance the quality, expand the scope, augment the research design, or in some other way enrich their dissertation projects.
Please send any questions you might have on the Dissertation Research Program to the SMS Executive Office at firstname.lastname@example.com
Target applicant: Full-time student studying strategic management in a research doctoral program at an accredited institution. Ideal applicants are at the dissertation stage with 2-3 years remaining at the time of application.
Funding and Key Terms: Up to 15 grants of up to US$10,000 each, to support dissertation research expenses such as data collection (no institutional overhead, no researcher stipends) that will be incurred during the grant period or until degree completion (whichever comes first) and are required for award of the doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent).
The SRF recognizes that program structures vary, but suggests that applicants will have completed at least half of their home institution's program requirements including preliminary or qualifying requirements such as coursework, comprehensive examinations/research proposal defense as applicable at the time of application. Ideal applicants will be sufficiently advanced in their doctoral programs to have well-defined dissertation plans and early enough in the execution of their dissertation work to benefit from the support of dissertation expenses and the SRF Dissertation Scholars Workshop that will be held during the first year of the grant period. Previous recipients of the SRF Dissertation Research Program funds are not eligible to apply for additional funds.
The SRF names up to fifteen SRF Dissertation Scholars and provides financial support up to US$10,000 to each SRF Dissertation Scholar per year. The grants are intended to support future dissertation research activities that will be incurred during the grant period or until degree completion, whichever occurs first. The financial support is provided to cover direct research and data collection expenses (e.g., purchase of data or subscriptions to databases, surveys and respondent incentives, interviews of research subjects and related travel), and travel expenses for the 2019 and 2020 SMS Annual Conferences for participation in SRF Scholar activities (travel expenses are allowed in instances where degree completion occurs before the 2020 Conference). Ineligible expenses include but are not limited to: compensation for the Scholar's time, purchases of software or equipment, copyediting and other expenses associated with the dissertation document, university overhead, tuition, and other personal expenses, and expenses for conference travel other than the 2019 and 2020 SMS Annual Conferences.
SRF grant funds are available only for expenses as approved at the time of the proposal's funding. While the SRF recognizes that doctoral students and their dissertation advisors/committees may determine that it is appropriate to change the execution of research during a dissertation, reviewers' recommendations and SRF decisions are based on research design elements stated in the proposals. Similarly, grant funds are available only for approved expenses that remain part of doctoral students' dissertation work; SRF dissertation grant funds are not available for post-dissertation research agendas. Determination of eligible and ineligible expenses rests with the SRF. While receiving funding, the Scholar cannot be employed full-time until the end of the grant period or degree completion, whichever occurs first (students whose program requires Ph.D. students to be full-time employees of the University should contact the SMS office using the email listed at the end of the call).
When a proposal is accepted for funding, the SRF will prepare a written agreement that details the responsibilities of both the Scholar and the SRF. For most expenses, funds are disbursed on a reimbursement basis. In some cases, an expense may be paid directly by the SMS Executive Office.
Dissertation Scholars are expected to provide the following deliverables: periodic update reports, an executive summary of the research findings, a copy of the dissertation, and documentation of the expenses incurred. All Scholars are expected to participate in the SRF Dissertation Scholars Workshop at the 2018 SMS Annual Conference and the SRF Scholars Session at the 2019 SMS Annual Conference. Scholars participating in these activities will receive Annual Conference registration fee waivers and may be reimbursed for up to USD 2,000 (total) for travel to the 2018 and 2019 SMS Annual Conferences if that travel is included in their grant proposal budgets.
Proposals are submitted through the SRF website at srf.strategicmanagement.net, where additional information about the submission process is available. All proposal materials must be in English. A complete proposal consists of the following with items a) through d) provided in a single PDF document:
a) A cover page listing the following:
b) A summary (500 words) of the proposed research project
c) A research proposal of up to ten (10) pages, single-spaced, with the following structure:
d) Applicant's CV
e) A recommendation letter from the applicant's dissertation advisor in support of the proposal. This letter should be emailed by the dissertation advisor to email@example.com. It should include a statement of the applicant's stage of completion in the dissertation work and doctoral program, verification that the research components for which funding is sought have yet to be undertaken and are anticipated to be part of the applicant's dissertation for the degree, and a description of the difference the award would make to the quality or nature of the dissertation.
The SRF online submission system will open in August 2018. The submission deadline is October 1, 2018. The announcement of SRF Dissertation Scholars will be made by the end of 2018. Submissions will be reviewed using the following criteria:

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|An asset, not a monkey for your back.
We brolly-paraded for two reasons. Firstly out of a moral conviction best captured by Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off: 'If this lot were seals or whales you'd be up in arms but they're not are they? They're just ordinary, honest human beings and not one of them with an ounce of bloody hope left.'
Secondly, we suspected it might rain. It did.
I recently met a nice lady at the park who reminded me of Britain's historical commitment to sanctuary. We small-talked about children, crap weather and other bog standard things. Then she quietly told me that she was born in Prague and came to Britain at the age of seven via the Kindertransport rescue mission. This humanitarian movement saved thousands of continental Jewish children by resettling them in Britain just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
|Bridge over troubled water.
No matter how much I read about such things, to actually meet someone who was part of it was a very moving experience. She wishes, she said, that she could have seen her parents through adult eyes.
The man who kicked off our umbrella march along the Thames captured the mood perfectly when he said: 'We are proud to be British. We are proud to protect refugees. We are proud to be refugees.'
I was reminded of the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Gogol Bordello: 'Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants.'
|One nation, united under a rain-cloud.
Right now you can find posters up in the underground that helpfully point out that many British cultural staples - fish and chips, M&S, the Mini, the Milibands (delete as appropriate depending on your political and lifestyle leanings) - come from immigrant stock.
A very useful reminder to counter the constant printed downpour of negativity on the subject of immigration.
|The kingdom belongs to such as these.
Show your support even if you're little - like my pair of short migrants, who slept through the event in spite of a very boisterous drum core. And be welcoming even if your fellow humans are a little different from you.
Consider it theoretical karma in case you ever have to rely on the kindness of strangers.
We are all foreigners, somewhere.
*You can find great photo coverage of the event here.
**Actually, what on earth is bunting?


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Millennials, as you may have heard, are changing the way we work. Having grown up during an era in which overwork was glamourised – where 80-hour working weeks merited a pat on the back instead of a concerned intervention, and where productivity was measured on the clock as opposed to by impact – a backlash was somewhat inevitable. Sure enough, … Read More
National Workplace Wellbeing Day
Next month – April 13th – is National Workplace Wellbeing Day. It is the day where employers across the country are being called on to stop for a minute to consider their staff's mental and physical wellbeing. Unfortunately, we live in a time when burnout and workplace stress are all too common. We live in a very fast and closely … Read More
How to be happier in the workplace
You may love your job, think your colleagues are ace and your boss is the best. Even with all of these things, your job can have its own set of challenges for your mental wellbeing. We spend a lot of time at work, in many case, more than we do in our own homes and see our colleagues more than … Read More
Wellbeing in the workplace
The workplace can be a minefield of factors that may have a negative impact on your mental wellbeing. Stress, anxiety, insomnia. These are only some of the issues that can emerge from feeling overwhelmed in your job, whether it is a demanding boss, an unrealistic workload, feeling bullied or a dispute with a colleague. Mental wellbeing can hugely impact employees … Read More
Mental wellbeing at work
As we promote physical health and wellness for Workplace Wellbeing Day 2016, we need to also remember how important positive mental wellbeing is to our happiness at work Launching Workplace Wellbeing Day 2016 today, Minister for Health Leo Varadkar, emphasised the importance of wellbeing in the workplace for productivity: "A healthy workplace is a happier and more productive workplace… We … Read More


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It's Monday! ….. wait, is the ! too much? Well, I'm excited because I've got the perfect no fuss, ready in 30 minute meal "DECONSTRUCTED CABBAGE ROLLS" AAAAAND you'll have plenty for lunch the next day!! So this recipe makes it a !!! type of day …. Right? 😊👍
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- ½ - 1 head cabbage, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5-oz) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce (I use home made tomato sauce, you can use a low sodium, no sugar added brand)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- In a large pan, brown ground beef. Add onion and continue cooking until translucent. Drain extra fat in the pan. Return ground beef to the pan, add garlic and continue cooking for 1 minute.
- Add olive oil, cabbage, tomatoes, tomato sauce, salt and pepper to the meat mixture and stir to combine.
- Cover and simmer about 20 - 30 minutes until the cabbage is soft.
- Serve and enjoy!


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Jersey Style Awards: Who, What and Wear!/
If you weren't lucky enough to make it to this year's Jersey Style Awards, worry not! I've rounded up all the glitz, glamour, drama and style for you from Jersey's most exclusive lifestyle event. Crammed with well-known celebrity names, the annual event is fast becoming the most anticipated party of our summer calendar as Islanders flock to find out just who from Jersey has award-winning style!
The creation of Dr Tess Hartmann CBE, the Awards reflect Jersey's unique culture and personality to some of the most powerful people in retail. Tess's pop/reality-tv star daughter Talia Storm was of course in attendance, hanging off the arm of rumoured boyfriend and Cheryl's ex Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini. The 19 year-old looked youthful in a full floral printed dress, whilst elder sister Tessie stunned in a long tulle layered dress.
Proving that sequins were truly the theme of the night, Pam Hogg made a dramatic entrance flagged by models Alice Dellal and Tuuli Shipster who wore her metallic designs. The trio high-kicked and posed up a storm for photographers, showing Islanders that they were the life and soul of any party.
After a champagne reception on the terrace as we watched the stars arrive, we were ushered in to enjoy a three course meal and to find out the results of the much anticipated Awards. The applause and joy on the winners faces proved just how prestigious these Awards have become for the Island, being the result of a public vote along with a final decision by a panel of industry judges.
Gemma Collins added her usual TOWIE drama to the evening, complaining of having to take selfies with fans as the night worn on and requesting security to shield her from the public. Much more of a delight was emerging designer Richard Quinn, who has dressed Amal Clooney for the Met Gala and had the Queen in attendance at his London Fashion Week show. Polite, humble and still relatively fresh to the harsh and unforgiving world of fashion, Richard teared up when accepting his award, so honoured to have been recognised. He was accompanied to the Awards by close friend and colleague Freya Richmond who wowed in one of his original polka dot designs.
Surprise guest Alesha Dixon proved that true style doesn't fade with age as the 39 year-old dazzled in a body con dress. She encouraged male members of the audience to join her on stage to dance as she sung a series of her hits for the crowd.
The purpose of the evening was ultimately to showcase the best of Jersey to these high profile guests and luxury brands. CEO of Prada for Northern Europe, Stefano Sutter, accepted International Brand of the Year on behalf of Prada, but don't except to see the label donning our high-street any time soon. He told me as beautiful as Jersey is, there simply wasn't the footfall to suit the design house's needs from a retail destination.
Perhaps the highlight of the evening for me was neither the dresses nor the celebrities, but getting to sit next to the Daily Mail's showbiz gossip journalist Joanne Bell, who feed me details on the latest break-ups, affairs and whose secretly gay! Joanne led me from celebrity to celebrity as she attempted to dig for dirt with a viciousness that would leave anyone slightly uncomfortable but in awe. Printing these details would surely lead to legal action, so you'll have to catch me in person if you want to know the evening's true scoop!


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My Story
photo credit: Diane Ahern
My path is full of twists, turns, twirls and unexpected joy!
I've always been a dreamer. Running through my parent's forest, building forts, playing imaginary games. I love people, but also love time to myself, time to think, ponder, give way to my imagination, let my thoughts dip, and dive and swirl and soar. Always on the tip of my mind is WHY? and WHY NOT?
In my BK years (that's Before Kids in case you were wondering), science had me in it's grips. I was in the forefront of technology immersed in developing new materials for space applications - running experiments, writing articles, giving seminars, even writing a US Patent. It's all about paying attention to details and yes, of course - asking Why? and Why Not?
And then I met my prince and had kids. Luckily good financial planning (my hubby's doing not mine) meant I was able to stay home with them... but of course I never stopped dreaming - the tickle of creating art always bubbling up and swirling in my head. About this time a lovely, creative neighbor took me by the hand and led me into a bead store. I was smitten with the color! And so launched a decade of teaching, traveling, writing - my artistic voice pushing further and further into abstract design, freeform style with just a touch of structure (the engineer in me!).
In time my restive creativity started bubbling up again and I realized that it's more than beads, more than about a single creative medium. It's about pushing boundaries, exploring new ideas and of course always, always asking why and why not?
I believe that we don't have to be just one thing in life, that our lives and passions and careers evolve, change, grow – all we have to do is answer the call, follow new paths and work hard.
My journey has taken me into photography, garden design, painting, fiber art, floral design, color consultation, writing, teaching... and I'm just getting started!
One thing I've learned in this crazy, wonderful, crooked, joyful journey is that there are no limits, that creativity is as infinite as space exploration. That possibilities are open to those that leap into the unknown and ask why not? It doesn't matter that we start with our feet on the ground, it's where we go, what we dream of that matters. I've finally erased 'I can't' from my vocabulary and look forward to seeing what lies ahead, what glorious, colorful paths there are to follow!
I hope you walk, skip and dance with me along the colorful path ahead!


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Channelview tops Baytown Sterling to earn playoff berth
Channelview leaves no doubt, earns postseason berth
Making the playoffs this year is sweet vindication for senior running back De'Montre Tuggle.
"Everybody doubted us," Tuggle said. "Picked us to finish last, second to last."
Did that have something to do with the graduation of Jalen Hurts, who is now the freshman starting quarterback for top-ranked Alabama?
"It had a lot to do with it," Tuggle said.
Channelview needed Hurts to make the playoffs for the first time in 22 years in 2015. But the Falcons didn't need him to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time.
A 41-15 victory over Baytown Sterling on Friday night at Maddry Stadium made it a reality. The Falcons grabbed the final playoff spot out of District 21-6A, setting up a bi-district date against La Porte in the Class 6A Division II Region III bracket.
Tuggle's 32 carries for 163 yards and two touchdowns had a lot to do with the outcome. Channelview's star on the other side was senior defensive back Tuciano Pope, who made two interceptions. He also had a 13-yard touchdown catch.
There were a dozen turnovers combined by the two teams - eight lost fumbles and four interceptions. There were 14 fumbles in all.
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Channelview (5-5, 4-3 in 21-6A play) used a big swing in the second quarter to win. The Falcons scored 34 unanswered points for a 41-8 lead by the fourth quarter.
Baytown Sterling's lone lead was off senior quarterback Quan Ardoin's 15-yard run and Houdini act of a two-point conversion run for an 8-7 advantage. But it didn't deter Channelview.
About a minute later, Falcons quarterback Gerald Gardner hit receiver Laveal Gibson for a 72-yard score. Then, Tuggle scored on a 3-yard run to give the Falcons a 20-8 lead with the missed extra point.
Baytown Sterling fumbled the ball away, which led to Tuggle's 5-yard touchdown run and a 27-8 halftime lead.
Gardner had another big throw in him to open the third quarter, finding Devin Jennings for a 48-yard score and a 34-8 lead. Gardner was 5-for-11 for 158 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.
The turnovers are hard to ignore for both teams, but the ball bounced Channelview's way. Baytown Sterling lost six fumbles and had 11 total. It's a bittersweet ending to a productive season for the Rangers (6-4, 3-4) that started with turmoil.
Former head coach Pete Gareri resigned last offseason after being the subject of a complaint from the booster club regarding fund-raising money.
In comes Brett Sawyer from the Hutto defensive coordinator post, and he nearly had the Rangers into the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and just the second time since 1985. They did enjoy their first winning season since 2008.
"It's the kids," Sawyer said. "These kids want to be successful. They want to win.
"They don't want to be known as past Sterling Rangers."
One way or another, everyone has heard of Channelview this football season. Hurts has been on a lot of TV screens as Alabama's starting quarterback, bringing some shine to his high school.
"My son's in Baton Rouge right now," said father and Channelview coach Averion Hurts. "He's happy because he's pulling for these kids because he played with a lot of them. He always understood it was never about him. That's just how people made it.
"This is a team that earned it themselves. Nobody can attach it to anybody else. Every team is different, and these young men worked their tails off and deserved it."


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Scroll down to learn what it took to keep a dance – and a legacy – alive.
"The beauty and tender and amazing thing about dance is that it gets passed from one body and one soul to another." - Stephen Petronio
If the Dancer Dances invites viewers into the intimate world of the dance studio. Stephen Petronio, one of today's leading dance-makers, is determined to help his dancers breathe new life into RainForest (1968), an iconic work by the legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham. With help from three members of the former Cunningham company, the film tracks Petronio's dancers as they strive to re-stage this great work, revealing what it takes to keep a dance – and a legacy – alive. Timed to coincide with Cunningham's centennial, If the Dancer Dances is the first documentary on the subject of Cunningham's work since his passing in 2009.
A film by
Lise Friedman & Maia Wechsler
Written and produced by Lise Friedman & Maia Wechsler
Directed by Maia Wechsler
Edited by Mary Manhardt
Lise Friedman was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1977 to 1984. She was editor of the award-winning quarterly Dance Ink and is the author of several books, including two Children's Book of the Month Club Selections. She is coauthor of Letters to Juliet, which inspired the idea behind the eponymous film.
Maia Wechsler is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films have been broadcast and seen around the world. Prior to working in film, Maia was a journalist in France and the U.S. She devoted her early life to dance and is today a certified yoga instructor, recently teaching women at Rikers Island.
Mary Manhardt is an Emmy-award winning documentary film editor. Among her credits: The Farm; The Execution of Wanda Jean; girlhood; Farmingville; Street Fight; Monica & David; Wham! Bam! Islam!; A Son's Sacrifice; Bronx Princess; Camp Victory, Afghanistan; American Promise; Medora;The Babushkas of Chernobyl; Tig; and five episodes of Making a Murderer, the multiple Emmy-award-winning Netflix series.
RainForest Credits
RainForest (as performed by the Stephen Petronio Company, 2015-2017)
Choreography: Merce Cunningham
Music: David Tudor, Rainforest
Decor: Andy Warhol
Costume Design: after the original design by Jasper Johns
Lighting Design: Aaron Copp
RainForest is used courtesy of the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Stephen Petronio Company,
Artistic Director, Stephen Petronio
Special Thanks
National Endowment for the Arts
American Express Foundation
Low Road Foundation
Andy Warhol Foundation
David Tudor Project
Our Founding Funders
… and our many generous supporters!


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Dreaming of casting off the lines and cruising full time? Do you have a million questions like…
"How much does it cost to cruise full time?", or
"How much money do I need to cruise full-time?", or
"How should I invest my savings to go cruising?", or
"How do I get healthcare when I am cruising?", or
"How do I find a Financial Advisor who understands cruising and sailors?"
Then you have come to the right place! You can at least check the last one off your list.
Sailing is my passion and I once dreamed of doing the same. I even got so far as to sell my home in Wisconsin and move my family to South Florida before deciding to put the dream on hold. During the time it took to sell our house, it became apparent that the rest of my family didn't share the dream to the same extent I did. So to appease the rest of the family, the dream would have to wait.
How much does it cost to cruise? Depends upon you lifestyle. Here are some resources you can use to help answer this question…
Cruiser's Forum – The link will take you to one discussion on the costs of living aboard. There are many, many threads on this subject on Cruiser's Forum
Sail Loot Podcast – You'll be lost here for months. Seriously. Info on costs as well as side gigs to make money while cruising.
Vloggers – MJ Sailing – Their website has not been updated in a long time, but they have cruising cost data from their first cruise.
Vloggers – Abandon Comfort – These guys are minimalists. They've got some costs sprinkled through their videos.
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"There was once a very delicate and graceful little maiden. She was scarcely half as long as a thumb, and she was called Thumbelina. " —-Hans Christian Anderson
She was born of a flower. and called roses her home. With the first ray of sunlight peeping through layers of colors, an enchanting microcosm comes to life.
Leonardo Da Vinci
He advised young artists:
"It should not be hard for you to look at stains on walls, or the ashes of a fire, or the clouds, or mud, and if you consider them well you will find marvelous new ideas, because the mind is stimulated to new inventions by obscure things." ---Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Cindy is a Visual Artist who firmly believes in that photography is as expressive as Vermeer's or Monet's, as fictitious as Tolkien's or Carroll's; not merely records of the visible world.
With keen observation and transcendental imagination, Cindy has always been captivated with the fantasia hidden amidst her surroundings.
Her lens catches the ever-changing grandeur of sunlight dancing among roses. By unintentionally projecting feelings, attitude and experiences, Cindy materializes things that can only be seen in her mind.
The mysterious images do not represent the physical universe, but convey suggestions and invite viewers' perception to explore the otherworldly narratives.


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Rooted Conference 2017
"The Gospel means finding rest, and never ever having to prove yourself, because Jesus proved Himself on the cross."
"If you lose faith in yourself, you will begin to see His faith in you."
"Hope is borrowing the joy of tomorrow for today."
Those are just a few tiny morsels of Truth that we were washed with last weekend at the Rooted Youth Ministry Conference in Dallas.
We have attended the Rooted Conference for several years. Our main goal is to network with church and youth leaders who might want to come partner with us in Memphis. But we are always so encouraged and challenged by the gospel as well. This year was no different.
The theme of this year's conference was Gospel of Hope. So many pastors, youth leaders, and workshop leaders talked about how ultimate hope is found only in the gospel - that Jesus Christ lived a perfect life and died on our behalf. That kind of hope never fades. And that is the kind of hope all people need - from a teenager in a youth group to the youth leader alike.
We were also so encouraged by all the fellowship we shared with those working in student ministry from all over the world. Their work is some of the hardest and least appreciated work in the Church. But it is because of their work that so many students and families find and follow Jesus. We are thankful for student ministry leaders!
So - if you are in youth ministry:
1. You should seriously consider attending the Rooted Conference in Nashville, TN in 2018!
2. Know that we appreciate all the hard work you do!!!
Praise God for the Gospel of Hope...


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The recent launch of the Surface Pro 3 displays an engineering feat from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)to the entire Windows community. Eyeing the essence of quality from corner-to-corner, the Surface Pro 3 easily distinguishes itself from the competition, unlike other OEMs who ostensibly use Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) products as a foundation of their own. The new tablet is highly functional and fulfills the needs of many, but despite its efforts it still doesn't suit all. Some people still desire a laptop experience but when it comes to Windows laptops, OEMs just don't cut it. However, if Microsoft extended the qualities of the Surface Pro 3 into the form of a clamshell, it could be enough to close the enormous quality gap between Windows OEMs and Apple.
Apple's PC market share is on the rise
According to Apple's last earnings conference call, the Mac has shown global market share growth for 31 out of the last 32 quarters. That's eight years of growth and it doesn't look like its stopping anytime soon. The Mac, which has a historical reputation for poor value and high prices, now offers unmatched value across the chain even down to the Mac Pro desktop. Prices have dropped significantly over the last year as the MacBook Air, which made its first appearance with an $1800 price tag, now costs half as much. At $900, there's no Windows equal.
In addition to being easier to own, owning a Mac is even better with an improved ecosystem. Thanks to the upcoming OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 updates, owning an iPhone in addition to a Mac will be better than ever. During the last earnings conference call, Apple said that for the last six months, half of newly registered iPhones and two-thirds of newly registered iPads came from first-time users. With Yosemite offering features like the ability to send and receive calls and text messages from your computer, the Mac is an increasingly attractive computer for all of those new customers. Despite some stubbornness, even I recently made the switch to buy my first MacBook.
OEMs are building worse copies
Apple is like a chef that takes the best ingredients in the world and fixes up an amazing dish while its competitors look at the finished product and then figure out how to replicate it. Dell, HP, Samsung, and other OEMs spend so much time copying Apple that they never come up with anything better. OEMs shouldn't copy something with the hope of making it better, because the best they can possible do is make something just as good.
Indeed the affordability of Windows PCs can't be denied. However, any PC that enters the price territory of Apple's MacBook, which now starts at $900, is entirely outmatched. When people buy products from other OEMs, in most cases it seems like they're losing out on a little something. Customers aren't getting what they deserve. To observe a very small detail, take a glance at the two images below. They're both external battery indicators on the MacBook Pro and Dell's XPS 13 but there's a clear difference in effort. With Apple, its customers are getting perfection while Windows PCs suffer from shortcuts like this that are spread throughout the entire device.
An extension of the Surface Pro 3
A quick look at the Surface Pro 3 shows that it is a work of highly functional art. From corner-to-corner it features premium materials and virtually no shortcuts, similar to an Apple product. Also, Microsoft didn't skimp out on the details as evident in its focus on the minuscule features like the magnetic hinge on the keyboard that improves typing ergonomics in the lap.
While this is an incredible product, it isn't enough for people who want a clamshell laptop experience. There are just some situations that can't be solved with a kickstand and flimsy keyboard. For example, despite being a compact tablet, if you have the keyboard and kickstand out, the device as a whole takes up more surface area on a table than even a large laptop.
However, the dimensions of the Surface Pro 3 are wildly impressive. Despite using similar internals, it's thinner than the MacBook Air even with the keyboard cover. If Microsoft extended this into a laptop form, the software maker could come up with a high-quality device that would easily be superior to the laptops provided by OEMs on the market.
Foolish Thoughts
While Microsoft would severely upset its OEMs, it would lift the bar on a new standard like a reference design. A venture into the Microsoft store is a saddening display of lazy, ugly, cheap, and inferior laptops. The PC laptops on the market right now just don't cut it and unfortunately, the Surface Pro 3 doesn't fill everybody's shoes despite its efforts. In the end, the Surface Pro 3 is an incredible representation of what Microsoft is capable of, and I believe it could vastly benefit from extending these qualities into the form of a clamshell.


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Are you qualified to claim?
The laws that deal with the making of a Will Dispute Claim are complex and you should contact Johansson Solicitors to see if you qualify.
Only certain categories of people may qualify
In England and Wales, various categories determine whether you qualify to make a claim. In order to make a claim, you need to have a relationship with the deceased, such as by being:
- Their wife or husband
- A person who was living with them as a defacto spouse.
- Their same-sex partner.
- Their (divorced) former wife or husband, or a former defacto spouse who has not remarried.
- Their child.
- A child who was treated as a child of the deceased in relation to a marriage of the deceased.
- A person who was partly or wholly maintained by the deceased immediately before the deceased's death.
- A person who has acted as a carer.
Please treat this list as a guide, as it can be a complex issue as to whether you qualify to apply:
- Do not assume that you are qualified to make a claim until you ask Johansson Solicitors.
- Similarly, Do not assume that you are not qualified to make a claim until you ask Johansson Solicitors. It sometimes turns out that people are qualified, even though they do not appear to be on the above list.
Time limits
Remember, if you do not commence your claim within 6 months of the date of the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration, you may lose your rights entirely.
If you are late, and have a good reason, Johansson Solicitors may be able to get permission for you to file a late claim. So ask us about your options, but do not delay.
Ask us: without obligation
Call us to confirm how the laws apply to your own particular circumstances:
- Do you fit within an applicable category?
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- Are you able to make your claim within the time limit?
Call us and we will be pleased to give you our Initial Review by phone. You will be under no obligation, and if you do not proceed with your Will Dispute, our Initial Review will be free. Call us now.
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Fresh off a career night Wednesday, the Toronto Raptors have called up former Oregon Ducks forward Chris Boucher from the G League.
Boucher, who signed a two-way contract with the Raptors following training camp, set a Raptors 905 franchise record and broke his own mark with a career-high 47 points on 16 of 28 from the floor (4 of 11 from three, 11 of 14 from the line). He also added nine blocks and eight rebounds Wednesday night.
The 25-year-old native of Castries in Saint Lucia, Canada is averaging 29.0 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks in 14 games for the Raptors 905 this season.
Boucher will join the Raptors (23-7) in Portland for their game against the Trail Blazers (15-13) after the team announced Thursday that center Jonas Valanciunas will miss about a month after undergoing surgery on his dislocated left thumb suffered in Wednesday's double-digit win over the Golden State Warriors.
Boucher has appeared in three games already for the Raptors in very limited action. He totaled 13 points and added seven rebounds and three blocks earlier this season.
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Christmas Minis will be held at Kerry Kimmel Photography on November 4, 2017. For the low price of $125, you will receive 15 gorgeous, edited, ready to print images with copyright release. Bring all your children for that one price, or bring the whole family!
Sessions will be held outside if weather permits. If weather is bad, they will be held in studio on a new Christmas background from "Baby Dreams Backdrops".
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Android Archive (AAR) plug-insA set of code created outside of Unity that creates functionality in Unity. There are two kinds of plug-ins you can use in Unity: Managed plug-ins (managed .NET assemblies created with tools like Visual Studio) and Native plug-ins (platform-specific native code libraries). More info
See in Glossary are bundles that include compiled Java and native (C/C++) code, resources, and an Android Manifest. The .aar file itself is a zip archive which contains all of the Assets. For more details, see Android Developer documentation on creating an Android Library.
To add an AAR plug-in to your project, copy the .aar file into any of your project folders, then select it in Unity to open the Import Settings in the InspectorA Unity window that displays information about the currently selected GameObject, Asset or Project Settings, alowing you to inspect and edit the values. More info
See in Glossary window. Tick the Android checkbox to mark this .aar file as compatible with Unity:
AAR is the recommended plug-in format for Unity Android applications.
Android Library projects are similar to AAR plug-ins: they contain native and Java code, resources, and an Android Manifest. However, an Android Library is not a single archive file, but a directory with a special structure which contains all of the Assets. For more details, see Android Developer documentation on creating an Android Library.
Import pre-compiled Android library projects into the Assets/Plugins/Android folder. Pre-compiled means that all .java files must have been compiled into .jar files and placed in either the bin/ or the libs/ folder of the Android Studio project before being imported into Unity. From these folders, AndroidManifest.xml gets automatically merged with the main manifest file when the project is built.
Unity treats any subfolder of Assets/Plugins/Android as a potential Android Library, and disables Asset importing from within these subfolders. The subfolder is recognized as an Android Library if it contains the AndroidManifest.xml file, and the project.properties file contains the string
See Android Developer documentation on the Library module for more details.
If you need to add Assets to your Unity application that should be copied unchanged into the output package, import them into the Assets/Plugins/Android/assets directory. They appear in the assets/ directory of your APKThe Android Package format output by Unity. An APK is automatically deployed to your device when you select File > Build & Run. More info
See in Glossary, and are accessed by using the getAssets() Android API from your Java code.
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Gator bait
No clue where this pic is from but it's kind of funny.
Kind of reminds me of deer hunters waiting along trails for deer.Not afraid of 'gators but I think I'd wait until a lull in traffic let me walk down the middle of the road. Not sure I'd want to be that egret.


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Helping YOU be your BEST Coach
Helping YOU be your BEST Coach
Casey Lee is a northern-Vermont based Strength and Conditioning Coach. He currently works as the Program Director and Head Coach for The Parisi Speed School located in Williston Vermont. Over the last 8+ years with Parisi, Casey has had the opportunity to assess, program and coach for a variety of athletes ranging from youth, collegiate, professional, and Olympic.
Graduating from SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, NY) with an honors degree in Business Administration in 2011, Casey handles all business operations for his facility as well as staff development for his staff of 4.
On an educational level, Casey held a second position with the Parisi corporate offices as one of six training educators from 2014-2017. During this time he would travel to various locations through out the country, conduct best practice studies, develop and implement sports performance protocols, and teach the Parisi Performance curriculum.
To help others better their physical, mental, and professional well being through fitness and positive interaction.
CoachCaseyLee.com has been created to help expand my mission and create a larger platform to communicate and share relevant content.
Honesty- Defined as "Free of deceit and untruthfulness", honesty is the foundation of my communication with those around me, including the readers of this website.
Understanding- Defined as "being sympathetically aware of other people's feelings". I feel this is an often overlooked aspect in high levels of communication. Approaching my reader interaction with understanding is crucial as it relates to my personal mission statement.
Love- Defined as "an intense feeling of deep affection". I believe that love is a key emotion that helps us find a better appreciation of gratitude, self appreciation, and thus, a better state of well being.


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xConnect Remote Management Platform allows you to audit, manage, and maintain all aspects of a security installation.
xConnect Remote Management Platform is the latest enhancement to the already impressive Seneca Physical Security line of products. xConnect allows you to audit, manage, and maintain all aspects of a security installation. From camera function to storage integrity, xConnect 2018 puts you in control of your entire environment from a single, intuitive dashboard.
xConnect monitors your security environment with advanced intelligence, and empowers you to manage and maintain each and every function of your installation from a single web-based user interface. While its functionality may be expected to center around the performance monitoring of network video recorders, the application also provides command and control functionality on the device level.
This platform is designed with managed service providers in mind to enable intuitive, but powerful, enterprise level management of one or many security networks through a single pane of glass. Reduce the amount of service calls and truck rolls by getting in front of issues before your end-user realizes that something has happened.
Temperatures, fan speeds, power supplies
RAID controllers, physical, logical and virtual storage
System utilizations
Application monitoring
Network bandwidth analysis
VMS Log Analysis
Clientless remote desktop
Secure tunneling to private networks
Access to Out of Band Management (iLO, iDRAC, ASMB [Seneca])
Remote command and execution
Designed for Service Providers managing multiple end-users
Automatic Remote Command Execution
Mobile Push Notification
3rd Party API Posting
Email notifications
Product Sheets
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xConnect has built in situation management functions which can be programmed to perform actions as soon as an event is detected. While the error alert is pushed to your email, 3rd party application or mobile device, xConnect 2018 can perform alert-workflow tasks in the background.
If an individual disk behind a RAID array is indicating a predictive failure, you can be notified to prepare replacement prior to a catastrophic failure
Aside from system performance monitoring, the above examples are real-world scenarios that would otherwise require a support call. Resolving glitches autonomously significantly reduces down time, as well as support calls. Increased uptime and immediate resolution response ensure confidence in mission critical environments while simultaneously reducing the TCO (total cost of ownership) for any given installation.
The xConnect Agent is included and pre-installed on all Network Video Recorders produced by Seneca. This agent is responsible for collecting real-time system information including a simple web interface for viewing current system health. The agent also has the ability to configure event thresholds and set an e-mail configuration for receiving alerts.
Additionally, this agent can be toggled between Standalone mode and Cloud-Enabled mode. When set to Cloud-Enabled mode, the agent serves as a secure medium between the agent's background engine and the secure gateway appliance. The agent is designed to allow simple enablement between these two modes.


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Our November 2013 recital was a hit with both BAMA parents and students! We enjoyed having over 45 students perform at this years fall recital. Students studying voice, violin, guitar and piano performed as did some of our BAMA faculty – Danilo Bonina [1] (Violin), Yoon Lee [2] (Piano) and Cynthia Ramos [3] (Voice). We look forward to hosting our spring recitals in early June and seeing even more talented students perform. Last year over 250 students performed for their friends and family and we hope to see that number grow!
BAMA would like to extend a special thank you to The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood for hosting us and Steven Denny and Yoon Lee for bring such dependable accompanists. If you're interested in viewing a clip from our fall recital, please check out our Youtube channel for Chris Gagliardi's vocal rendition of 'Contigo en la Distancia.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvrJTHIFrQ [4]


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I've written before about how as a parent, anxiety spoiling the good things for my daughter, makes my heart break. This is therefore a topic that means a lot to me.
Anxiety can be such a hard thing for children on the Spectrum to overcome and therefore as parents we need the biggest toolkit of strategies possible to help us to help them.
This post aims to provide you with that toolkit, and whilst not all strategies will work for all young people I hope that the pick and mix approach will give you the best chance of finding the right ones for your family.
So What Can You Do To Help?
Use Pictures
Take photographs of your child doing things that they enjoy and are successful at. Either display them or put them in a book, so that if they get anxious before attempting them again they have a visual reminder Of how much they enjoy them.
Record Happiness
Start a 'Happy Book'. Encourage your child to write in it (or dictate to you if writing is something they find difficult) after they have done something they find difficult. Make sure you also write messages of pride in the book, to remind them that you know how hard these things can be.
Make The Most Of Familiarity
Try to arrange for someone familiar to meet you either at home so your child has someone to travel with, or outside the door of the venue they are going to to ease the transition between home and the activity.
Write A List
Encourage them to try to write down the things that make them feel anxious about going and look at the list together to see which of these can be changed to make them less worrying.
Stay Calm
Keep calm (easier said than done I know) and avoid giving ultimatums like, if you don't go today that means you won't be able to go next week. The added pressure is likely to cause more anxiety and therefore make them less able to attend.
Use A Code Word
If you are going to the event/ activity with them, give them a code word or signal that they can use to get out if they decide things are too much. Once they are there, they will probably decide not to use it, but knowing they can may give them the security to do something they may otherwise struggle with.
Think About Proximity
If you aren't staying at the activity, knowing that you will remain in close proximity can also be helpful. Whether that's lurking outside the door or sitting in your car in the car park, knowing they can get to you if they need to can really help to reduce the anxiety levels of some children.
Set Limits
Agree on a time limit, whether that is five minutes, half an hour or an hour. After that time return to give your child the opportunity to leave if they want to. Often once they have started the activity young people will choose to stay, but knowing you will think they have been successful even if they have only stayed five minutes can make a huge difference to their mindset.
Think About The Day As A Whole
Arrange non-anxiety causing activities for both before and after. Young people with autism often talk about only being able to expend so much energy and activity on social activities in a given time. Really thinking about how you sandwich the activity could make a big difference to their ability to cope with it.
What Next?
If you do want to learn more you might find our autism section a useful place to start. It's full of different strategies to try out.
Why not join our private Facebook Group, which brings parents and teachers of children on the spectrum together to discuss strategies to help at home and at school.
Or if you're looking for more personal support, why not check out our Consultancy Services.
If you join our tribe at the bottom of the post, you'll receive a weekly email containing autism strategies and resources straight to your inbox.
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Are you looking for a fun floral quilt pattern that comes together in no time? Look no further than this quilt pattern by Fons & Porter team member Debra Finan. The quick, strip-set construction makes this lovely quilt come together in virtually no time. Fabrics shown here are from the Poppy Mae collection by Robin Pickens for Moda Fabrics. You can fussy-cut the print, if you like, to show it off in its "frames." Or, if you're so inclined, you can select some of your favorite floral prints from your stash to create a more unique look.
About This Quilt
Finished Blocks: 12 (10″) blocks
Rating: Intermediate
Designed by: Debra Finan
Recommended Tools: Fons & Porter Rotary Cutter, Olfa 12″ Spinning Cutting Mat, and Fons & Porter Basic Cutting Ruler
A field of poppies is the focus of this quick project. If you've decided to use another type of fabrics, this quilting video will still show you how to easily create the "framed" quilt blocks that make the Pretty Poppy quilt pop. A quilt that can easily be created in a weekend. For more free Quilting Quickly quilting video tutorials, visit QNNtv.com!


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The common Auckland house value has soared above $1 million for the first time, with two suburbs seeing a hundred per cent-plus valuation rises. The median household earnings was projected to be about $forty six,170 in 2005, but has really declined from inflation adjusted values in 2000 to $43,609. Values slipped 4.1 per cent in Fort St. John in the northeast, where natural fuel drilling has diminished, while coal-dependent Sparwood in the southeast saw a 9.8-per-cent decline during the newest assessment year. The consequence was a rise in the actual housing demand and values for folks trying to get in before the credit expired.
The drop outcomes from county tax assessors statewide decreasing the values of residential, business and industrial properties within the aftermath of the housing melt down and the deepest recession this nation seen since World War II. Best of all, you don't have to enter any private data or provide your e mail deal with to get a free estimate of your house's worth. Crowd members argued check scores, which actual property websites equivalent to Zillow use to rank schools, are dropping sale values.
You can even discover that our calculators behave like financial applications and recalculate mechanically all values with each change instead of having to click on on some further button or going to a brand new result web page, this is intentional and helps understand the effect of 1 change with the general result in a more dynamic and instantaneous manner.
Elk Grove Township District fifty nine Superintendent Art Fessler talks to residents who claim low take a look at scores are hurting dwelling values in Arlington Heights. Below is a map offered by the realtors' group that reveals dwelling value declines the group predicts, by congressional district, throughout the United States. Colliers International research director Alan McMahon mentioned rateable values can't easily be converted into money anyway. BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander said owners will steer clear of spending on the back of rising property values. Once you attain the website, you can enter your handle and learn how much your own home is likely to be value.
For most California residents, news from the county tax assessors that statewide property values fell by 2.4{0bf740df539cce9b2fddfe847d069e770305f4029691b63ea20a1cf6ce3318a7} in the newest fiscal year…the first such drop since California started retaining information seventy six years in the past…cannot be seen as positive news. In the Victoria suburb of Oak Bay, assessed values climbed 29.1 per cent on common for every type of housing.


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Two men agreed to trade pants — then one pulled a knife, Colorado police say
A man who traded his pants with Jarred Womack was stabbed in the back after the pants-exchange went wrong, according to a news release from the Boulder Police Department.
Police believe that Womack, 37, agreed to swap pants with the victim, but didn't like the pants he got in the trade, the release states. That's when the other man was stabbed, just before 10 a.m. Tuesday in Boulder Creek.
Womack then went to an Eddie Bauer clothing store and tried to steal a pair of pants, police wrote in the release.
The victim was taken to a local hospital with "life-threatening injuries," according to the release.
Womack was booked into the Boulder County Jail on suspicion of first-degree assault, robbery and theft valued between $50 and $299, according to the jail listing report.


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Wednesday, 21 February 2007
The Mother Country
It's not actually my mother country but there were moments where I wished it was. It was certainly a lovely change from the scorching Melbourne summer. Nothing could drive one further from the desire for roast lunches with all the trimmings. Sadly it was hard to come by the traditional English meals I had envisioned. You were more likely to stumble across a burrito or Thai salad than a steamed pudding. I did manage to track down Cumberland sausages and mash and a beef pie with suet pastry but it involved considerable effort.
I was most pleased to discover the warmth of English hospitality. One of the loveliest meals was shared at the home of a wonderful couple who got no more than 5 hours notice I would need a bed for the night. I observed Nigel was open on the kitchen counter which is always a good sign. The meal certainly didn't disappoint. The juiciest roast chicken accompanied by roast potatoes so crisp they could only have been done in goose fat. We nibbled on chocolates and coffee into the morning.
While the meat is undoubtedly better at home I am so very jealous of the abundance of European produce and wines. The Harrods food court alone had seven varieties of proscuitto! I felt less guilty about my purchase when a fellow buyer spent 50£ on foie gras which he preceded to eat for his lunch. I did develop a rather bad habit of buying chocolate truffles and cheap bottle of French wine on a daily basis. Given the exchange rate my wallet is certainly happy to be home!
1 comment:
- Little Foodie said...
I love this post! Perhaps because I'm English but just nice to know you enjoyed some good old British Hospitality.
- 27 April 2007 at 6:41 am
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Posted: July 8, 2015
The Center for Private Forests at Penn State was created in 2011 to ensure a continued focus on education, research, and outreach to private woodland owners around the state, region, and beyond well into the future. At the core of its mission is the effort to use applied research to better understand woodland owners motivations, activities, needs, and to help move them in the direction of better forest stewardship through the creation of materials, tools, resources, educational opportunities, and by engaging the natural resources professional community.
One example of this effort is a recently convened working group on Forest Legacy Planning under the aegis of the Center. The Center has explicitly decreed that legacy planning will be a focus of future research, education, and outreach (the time when woodland changes hands represents one of the most common activity periods for harvesting or other management strategies that can make or break the future of the forest). The Forest Legacy Working Group is a committee of forest landowners who have come together to help benchmark existing resources for legacy planning, to understand the needs and wants of the woodland owner population in the area of legacy planning, and to advise the Center in the creation of tools and resources to better assist woodland owners in taking action to create their woods legacy.
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19-12-2008: Plantation stocks stage mini-rally
The Edge Daily (KUALA LUMPUR): After a lapse of several months, plantation stocks were back among the top gainers on Bursa Malaysia yesterday.
The plantation index rose 209.17 points to close at 4,172.64 despite the overall bearish outlook for crude palm oil (CPO).
IOI Corp Bhd, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd and United Plantations Bhd were among the top 10 gainers yesterday, rising 32 sen, 35 sen and 30 sen to RM3.62, RM9 and RM10.40, respectively. Sime Darby Bhd, the world's largest listed plantation company, was among the most active stocks, adding 15 sen to RM5.65.
Sime Darby president and group chief executive Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid attributed the rise in stock prices to the anticipated decline in production and stock levels.
"It is all about stock levels and the demand for the festive season. This is the time production level is anticipated to come down," he said yesterday.
CPO stock levels for November increased to 2.27 million tonnes from 2.1 million tonnes in October. But going forward, stock levels are expected to fall.
The head of a local research house said that the strong performance of plantation counters could be due to year-end window-dressing.
"The performance of these stocks came as quite a surprise. I wouldn't jump on the bandwagon; their comeback wasn't a result of any major shift in fundamentals," he said.
A report by Reuters said the firmer prices for plantation stocks were due to expectations a weaker US dollar would boost sales of CPO and bolster earnings.
Meanwhile, CPO for March 2009 delivery fell RM35 to RM1,545 a tonne on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives, as oil prices fell to 4½-year lows yesterday. The decline in oil prices came despite the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries announcing it would make its largest-ever production cut, by 2.2 million barrels a day, next month.
Light, sweet crude oil for January delivery slipped to a low of US$39.19 (RM137.16) a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday, the lowest since July 2004. As at 5.30pm, it had settled at US$40.50 per barrel.
RHB Research said crude oil prices were expected to remain a volatile trigger for CPO prices, with demand uncertainties persisting into next year.
"We maintain our CPO price assumptions of RM2,800 per tonne for CY2008, RM1,600 for CY2009 and RM1,500 for CY2010. Post-2009 and into 2010, we expect CPO prices to remain weak due to the more fundamental reason of a rise in CPO supply coming from Indonesia, when plantation land starts coming into maturity once more," it said.
Other analysts also remained largely neutral on plantation stocks, mainly due to high CPO inventories and the continued downtrend in crude oil prices.
OSK Research, in a note, said although production was 0.5% higher year-on-year to 1.66 million tonnes in November, the decline in net exports due to record palm oil imports caused inventory to hit its new record high.
"We are maintaining our neutral call on the sector given that palm oil prices are likely to remain sideways until inventory levels start getting pared down, at which point we think palm oil prices will be ready for a new upcycle. Until we get there, our preference is for companies with strong downstream operations as their earnings are more defensive in a weak CPO price environment," the research house said.
It cited IOI Corp and Kulim (M) Bhd as two of the strongest downstream players, recommending a trading buy on both stocks.
A palm oil trader opined that a year-end rally in CPO was unlikely given the slowdown in the global economy.
"With prices at the RM1,500 level, palm plantation players are still making money. But for prices to pick up and rally by year-end is unlikely," he said.
He said that a recovery in CPO prices to the RM2,000 level was possible in the first half of 2009.
"There are a few elements which determine the movement of CPO prices. Palm oil's discount to soyabean oil has narrowed, so there would be some impact. What could also affect CPO prices is the demand-supply factor, but that has not been drastically affected so far," the trader said.
He also said there would be no immediate impact from the move by six plantation companies to reduce the use of fertilisers.
"The impact from the firms' decision to cut down or stop using fertilisers to control production would only be seen six months later," he said.
From the demand perspective, palm oil remained attractive and exports had gone up.
According to independent cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services, palm oil products for the period Dec 1 to 10 surged 93% to 619,180 tonnes from 320,081 tonnes shipped between Nov 1 and 10.
Exports to the Indian subcontinent jumped to 139,611 tonnes from 40,450 tonnes while exports to China climbed to 155,820 tonnes from 91,179 tonnes.
Another cargo surveyor, Societe Generale de Surveillance, estimated a 94% jump in the country's CPO exports in the first 10 days of December compared with the same period in November. About 611, 225 tonnes of Malaysian bulk palm oil shipments were tracked during the period.


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Actor Alan Tudyk is no stranger to comic book conventions, having made his name on series like "Firefly" and "Dollhouse" and lending his voice to "Young Justice," "Superman: War" and many more. But where things get interesting is when art imitates life -- with hilarious results as it does in his webseries "Con Man."
The series stars Tudyk as Wray Nerely, the former star of "Spectrum," a sci-fi show cancelled far too soon that garnered a cult following after it left the air. It also stars Nathan Fillion as Jack Moore, Nerely's now way more famous former co-star and best friend. The action follows Wray as he hits the convention circuit and deals with how close he came to making it and the ups and downs that come with regret.
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Now, the cancelled show-within-a-show at the heart of "Con Man" is getting closer to reality, taking the form of a brand new "Spectrum" comic debuting on Free Comic Day 2016. Tudyk and "Con Man" Executive Producer P.J. Haarsma are writing the four-issue series from Automatic Publishing with art by Sarah Stone.
Tudyk and Haarsma visited the CBR Speakeasy in North Hollywood to speak with Jonah Weiland about art imitating life and leading to new art, whether a comic book extension of "Con Man" was always in the cards and more. Tudyk also discusses his next big role, starring in this year's hotly anticipated "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
In the first part of their conversation with CBR TV, Alan Tudyk and P.J. Haarsma chat about their webseries "Con Man" and its new comic book spinoff, "Spectrum." The creative team discussed how they hadn't planned to follow through with the comic until they received overwhelming support from fans in crowdfunding, addressed the fast-paced grind of working in the comics industry, and much more.
On whether making comics was always the plan:
P.J. Haarsma: It was always the plan.
Alan Tudyk: It was always the plan. We had a bunch of ideas like this and in the beginning we said, why don't we just focus on "Con Man," because that's how people are going to be introduced to the world. "Spectrum" is the show within the show "Con Man." That was the idea, that it was a science fiction show that was cancelled to soon. Nathan Fillion's character and my character were in the show; Nathan's character's gone on to great success and I'm now going to conventions.
So we had talked about "Spectrum" as a comic book, graphic novel, a game, and we said, let's just do "Con Man". But when the crowdfunding kept going and fans kept supporting the project we had the opportunity to fund it all, and we've been doing it simultaneously.
Haarsma: It's a lot of work.
Tudyk: It is.
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On how long the "Spectrum" comic is planned to run:
Haarsma: I never knew how much work went into a comic book. I never how fast they put this together. That cycle that they crank is insane. So we've got four planned -- the fourth ends where the book starts -- and then we might swing back around and pick up the comic books again after that. There's a whole arc where it goes... but right now just the four.
Tudyk: That's the great thing about comic books, you can detour into stories. There's so many different ways to tell the story, and there are so many different mediums to do that, and we're doing a lot right now, so four comic books seems like a great number.
Haarsma: Yes, I agree.
Tudyk: Because the comic and the video, which is going t be coming out at Comic-Con in San Diego, and that's...
Haarsma: That's insane.
Tudyk: That's big!
Haarsma: It's gonna be so good.
Tudyk: It's so much fun, it's called "Con Man" the game.
In part two, "Con Man" star Alan Tudyk draws comparisons between the convention experiences of his character, Wray, and himself -- commenting on some fans who don't understand the concept of boundaries. Then, the conversation shifts to how Tudyk and "Con Man" Executive Producer P.J. Haarsma managed to get the series done while Tudyk was off filming "Star Wars: Rogue One." The "Firefly" actor describes his excitement -- and exhaustion -- working on the "Rogue One" set.
On the intense grind of conventions, and how Tudyk's character, Wray, illustrates that exhaustion:
Tudyk: Oh yes, well Wray does not appreciate the world that he's in. He does not appreciate the fandom. He's been doing it a little too long without supplemental acting work, which I've had the benefit of doing. So, cons have not become much of a depressing occurrence, they've been great. Especially, as we were doing "Con Man," and the fans were so amazing as far as giving us money to make my dream come true.
I wasn't able to go to a lot [of conventions] because I'm in "Rogue One" -- I took six months out of my year to do "Star Wars" -- whatever, "Star Wars." [Laughter] But this year I'm going to be going to a lot.
Haarsma: There's going to be our first "Con Man" booth at the San Jose [convention].
RELATED: Nathan Fillion is Smashed on Sake in New 'Con Man' Trailer
On what it means to star in "Rogue One" as a professional and a fan of Star Wars:
Tudyk: It's amazing. Going to work -- even though it's difficult, you always hear that, film acting, there are moments where's it's very cold and you have to where something that isn't necessarily warm, and 12 hours days or more. But when you're doing "Star Wars" you're looking around at all the magic that's around you. And it sparks the kid in you, it immediately goes away. Or at least within an hour or two. At least around lunch it'll go away. [Laughter]
Haarsma: A testament to Alan though was he left. We finished shooting; we did San Diego Comic-Con, then, 'Okay, let's edit this.' He left, and started working on "Star Wars" 12 hours a day, come off set, look at the dailies, make his notes, send them back. We'd cut while he was sleeping. Wake up, go do "Star Wars..."
[to Tudyk] Wow buddy, I don't know how you did that. How you didn't burn out, I don't know. You did an amazing job.
Tudyk: Yeah, it was an exciting time.


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"They're coming home."
With those words from Ryan Harris, Australia's cricketers on Tuesday night began celebrating as more than four years of subjugation at the hands of England came to a crushing and jubilant end.
That no one really expected the Australians to win the Ashes this summer – let alone be 3-0 ahead after three matches – made it all the more sweet. As did the fact that for all but one of the team – captain Michael Clarke – the 150-run win in Perth was their first taste of a series triumph over the old enemy.
Little wonder that emotions were spilling over in the moments after victory was secured and in the WACA Ground dressing room where Nathan Lyon led them through the team song Under the Southern Cross I Stand.
"It was very emotional for a lot of players," coach Darren Lehmann said. "Obviously it's been a tough time over the last few series against England. To see a few tears on the players' faces is great. That shows the emotion of winning an important series. They should enjoy that."
Australia put aside arguably its worst year in Test cricket in a quarter of a century to destroy England with an uncompromising cocktail of aggressive cricket. It batted and fielded far better than its opponent and shook Alastair Cook and his men up with brutal fast bowling. There were a few nerves on Tuesday thanks to a brave maiden century from England second-gamer Ben Stokes but when Lyon stepped up to claim his crucial wicket after lunch the tension was released, replaced by the freedom of the impending triumph.
When the ninth wicket fell, courtesy of a brilliant catch by veteran Chris Rogers, Clarke and his teammates began to wind up the WACA crowd, gesturing with their arms for spectators to raise the proverbial roof. The 7201 present answered the call and went berserk when Mitchell Johnson fittingly applied the finishing touches, having James Anderson caught close to the bat by George Bailey.
Talk will immediately turn to the next obvious objective – to repeat the 5-0 rout of 2006-07 – but Clarke said Australia would soak up the success of the past month before looking ahead to Melbourne, Sydney and a possible whitewash.
"I'm not looking at it tonight, I can't guarantee you that," said Clarke, who led Australia to glory in his 100th Test. "I'm going to enjoy 3-0 for as long as I can tonight. I think it's really important that we celebrate tonight and enjoy this feeling. All the boys in the change room – they deserve this feeling and we'll make sure it lasts a long time tonight."
Clarke indicated, however, that the foot would not be coming off the pedal in the Boxing Day Test.
"I can guarantee you there won't be any complacency," he said. "We will turn up in Melbourne 100 per cent ready to go and doing everything we've done to win the first three matches."
Clarke's stated goal has been to return Australia to the top of the Test rankings. It will rise above England to third if it wins the series 4-0 or 5-0 but he says there is still work to be done.
"We've allowed it to slide over a period of time and fortunately we've turned it around and I think we're heading back in the right direction," he said. "To be the No. 1 team in the world you've got to be consistent home and away. In Test cricket at the moment a lot of the top teams are performing at home and not having as much success as they would like away from home. That's probably the big goal for us."
Australia named the same 12-man squad for the Boxing Day Test, with fast bowlers Doug Bollinger and Nathan Coulter-Nile to remain as back-up options.
Australia will be awarded the crystal Ashes trophy after the fifth Test at the SCG.
Chris Barrett is Sports Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.