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Many of you have probable already heard about the new comic shop, Anyone Comics, opening in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, created by a former manager at Midtown Comics, Dimitrios Fragiskatos, and planning to feature artists working in-store. But even if you have, gear up since the shop will be opening March 1st, and there will be an opening day party. They say: "Guest artists are on deck. Pets welcome. Plus a huge 25% off your first order if you can prove you signed up for the email list. Come get involved". Find their Facebook page right here.
But there's also been another development in Brooklyn which should be of interest to comics folks. When it was announced that the great indie bookstore BookCourt was closing, there was both celebration that the owners had run a successful shop for many years and were now retiring, but also a sense of loss, since the shop had been a warm and welcoming host to many literary events and comics events. It was a place where different arts co-mingled and often created an excellent dialogue between different mediums.
A new independent bookstore will, however, be opening on Smith Street. Books are Magic will be opening this Spring, according to the blog of Emma Straub, author and former employee of BookCourt. Straub explains that she was "heartbroken" when she learned that BookCourt was closing.
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In addition to being my former employer, and the site of all five of my book launch parties, BookCourt is a part of our daily family life. Our children know its every corner as well as we do. We've fallen in love countless times within its walls…with the right book for the right moment, over and over and over again. A neighborhood without an independent bookstore is a body without a heart. And so we're building a new heart.
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Baumgardner said the decision to lease land in Cowdrey was not one based on his future prospects as a state congressman, but one solely based on agriculture.
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Baumgardner, who has a son in Grand County schools, will continue to lease the Hot Sulphur ranch. The family will share time between the two homes, he said.
Baumgardner said he is "absolutely" seeking a third term in office next year.
Grand County was taken out of House District 57 in the decennial redistricting process, joining instead new House District 26 with Summit and Eagle counties.
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Although Baumgardner was pleased with the final decision to keep Grand County on the West Slope, a testament to the "hard work" of the people of Grand County, he said he would have liked to see Grand County remain in District 57.
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Lecturer: Mrs. M. Mcpherson EdwardsDate of submission: April 8, 2011 Group Members:Asanya Lloyd
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Case Analysis – M&S
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2. What lessons did you learn from Stuart Rose about the role of leader in this situation? The lessons that I learned from Stuart Rose about the role of a leader in this situation are as follows: * When turning around ailing firms, all personal issues and personal feelings as a leader, has to be set aside. Certain emotions cannot be displayed and certain...
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Eric Gill was born in Brighton in 1882 where his father was Assistant Minister at the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, a non-conformist sect. The family, with 11 children, moved to Chichester when his father began to study for the Anglican ministry and Gill enrolled at the local art school. He was articled to the architect W.H.Caroe in London, was taught calligraphy at evening class by Edward Johnston and also learnt masonry skills.
He started executing lettering for Caroe's buildings and when a commission allowed him to leave, did so, taking up lettering full-time. He moved to a workshop in Hammersmith in 1905 where Hilary Pepler and Johnston were neighbours and he came into contact with the Arts and Crafts movement. He moved to Ditchling, East Sussex in 1907 with his family and set up a workshop with apprentice Joseph Cribb. In 1910 Gill began to carve figures in stone and in 1912 was included in Roger Fry's second Post-Impressionist Exhibition in London.
Gill moved away from Ditchling village to Hopkins Crank farmhouse in Ditchling Common in 1913 . Later that year he and his wife converted to Roman Catholicism.
Gill's major commission; a set of Stations of the Cross for Westminster Cathedral, was started in 1914 and judged of such importance that he was exempted from War Service until their completion in 1918 . The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic was formed in 1920 by Gill, Hilary Pepler and Desmond Chute after they, and Gill's wife, were received as novices of the Third Order of St Dominic, so becoming lay members of the Order of Preachers. Gill moved to the remote hamlet of Capel y fin in 1924 where he worked for four years, then in 1929 moved to a large house Pigotts, near High Wycombe which became his home until his death in 1940 . During his life he was known as a typographer, book designer and illustrator, social campaigner and writer, as well as sculptor.
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Yesterday was so tiring and fun at the same time, I don't know where to start.
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After the food was over, most of the guests were too tired to go back to Olivia's because it was almost midnight. Another girl was sleeping there, and I tagged along as well for about an hour. All we did was move our full bellies to the couch and flip channels. We went from watching Jessie J and B.O.B perform Price Tag on SNL to catching some parts of Pineapple Express. It was the perfect night. I got home and slept for at least eight an a half hours, now I'm starting to feel better.
I wore the H&M sandals I've been coveting for weeks prior to yesterday, black flared jeans from Simons (skinny ones weren't right this time around) and a frilly white lace top (for which I got some odd looks from my older relatives).
School isn't quite over yet, although there is a mere eight days left of classes. Just in case you've been wondering, I'll let you know what's coming up, as soon as I have more time.
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Pro sports teams in Fresno have come and gone. Here's why soccer has staying power
Remember the Fresno Sun-Nets? How about the Fresno Falcons, Fresno Flames, Fresno Frenzy or Central Valley Coyotes?
Betcha at least one of those names rings a bell. The annals of Fresno are filled with failed professional sports franchises. Those are but a sampling of the casualties.
I'm dredging them up now because on Saturday night Fresno's newest pro sports team — Fresno FC — kicks off its inaugural season at Chukchansi Park.
Unlike the previous ones, most of which quickly went defunct, Fresno FC has staying power. I expect the Foxes (as they are nicknamed) to be part of the fabric of this community for a good long while.
Here's why:
Rapid growth of soccer
Unlike team tennis (Sun-Nets), hockey (Falcons), 6-foot-4 and under basketball (Flames) and arena football (Frenzy and Coyotes), soccer is a rapidly growing sport with thriving pro leagues.
When Major League Soccer debuted in 1996, there were 10 teams. Eight years later, there were still 10. But since 2004 the size of the league has more than doubled to 23 teams with plans to expand to 28.
Just last week, Atlanta United drew 70,425 fans for a match against LA Galaxy — a new MLS record.
The league Fresno FC is joining, United Soccer League, might be one level below MLS on the soccer ladder but it has grown at a similar rate. Since debuting with 15 teams in 2011, USL has more than doubled. There will be 33 teams this season with six more in the planning.
Growth is but one indicator. In 2012, new USL clubs paid a $250,000 expansion fee. Five years later, the owners of Fresno FC had to plunk down $5 million. That should tell you something about the health of, and demand for, pro soccer in the U.S.
It's truly Fresno's team
Never heard of Juan Pablo Caffa, Pedro Ribeiro or Jemal Johnson?
Don't worry. There's time. Fresno FC will play a 34-game regular-season schedule stretching from mid-March through mid-October. That's seven months — two months longer than the Fresno Grizzlies, which play 142. That gives the Foxes plenty of time to integrate themselves.
Many will make their offseason homes here, too. Which means you'll see them at supermarkets, coffee shops and events.
"Our players will be part of this community," Frank Yallop, general manager, said.
Also unlike the Grizzlies, the players signed to the Fresno FC roster aren't property of a major-league affiliate. The Foxes carry their own payroll and unless MLS-affiliate Vancouver Whitecaps wants to scratch Yallop a six-figure check, their best players won't be called up midseason.
So it'll be a stable roster. Meaning fans can form attachments to players without the threat they won't be here next week.
Invested owners & experienced GM
By writing that $5 million check, primary investor and president Ray Beshoff showed how much he believes pro soccer will thrive in Fresno. The co-owner of Mercedes-Benz of Fresno, plus other dealerships, is far from tapped out. In fact, Beshoff has indicated a willingness to invest his own money to help build a soccer-specific stadium.
To run Fresno FC, Beshoff hired Yallop as general manager. Yallop's MLS coaching resume includes 130 victories and two MLS titles as coach. He may be new to the front office, but the credibility he brings to a start-up franchise is immeasurable.
Built-in support
Fresno may be a new market for pro soccer, but it's long been a soccer town.
The evidence is plentiful. When Mexican pro teams from Liga MX hold exhibition matches at The Chuk, they routinely draw crowds well into five figures. The amateur-level Fresno Fuego (now Fresno FC U23s) averaged between 3,000 to 4,000. Going back three decades, Fresno State (when it had men's soccer) drew big numbers for its nationally ranked squads coached by Jose Elgorriaga.
I also should mention Fire Squad Fresno, the loud, rowdy, smoke-bomb releasing supporters club that meets before and after games at Tioga Sequoia Brewing Co. As of last summer, membership had swelled to 550.
Savvy marketing & branding
In 2018, sports teams can no longer rely on traditional media to tell their stories. They must perform that task themselves. They have to form and nurture those connections.
Fresno FC has understood this from the very start. Social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook all cater to different audiences and age groups, and the Foxes are active on every one. They even created a hashtag #SomosZorros — Spanish for "we are foxes" — to capitalize on the Spanish word for foxes.
They also have a partnership (and their own lager) with Tioga Sequoia. In a short time, they've done a great job branding themselves as Fresno's team. Has it worked? The 1,086 fans who turned out last month just to see what the uniforms looked like is one indication. Saturday night will be another.
If you go
First match for Fresno's new professional soccer club
Fresno FC vs. Las Vegas Lights
Saturday: 7 p.m. at Chukchansi Park
Tickets: Range from $17.50 to $92.50. Order at fresnofc.com or call (559) 320-2525.
Parking: $10 at city-operated facilities. Be aware that Tulare, Kern and Mono streets are closed at the railroad tracks due to high-speed rail construction. From Highway 99 use Fresno Street of Ventura Street exits.


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a pair of elongated panels, one of said panels having a raised platform defining a compass base-holding cavity therein with said azimuth ring projecting upwardly from said base through an opening in said panel, said ring being fully exposed for manual rotation externally of said panel; and
printed information viewable through said package providing information regarding the use of said compass by a customary accessing said azimuth ring.
examples of use of said compass to demonstrate the features of said compass.
printed information viewable by a customer for providing information regarding the use of the navigational compass.
an example of the use of the compass to demonstrate the features of the compass by the customer manipulating the rotatable azimuth ring through said opening in accordance with said example.
This invention relates to packaging; and more particularly relates to novel and improved packaging for displaying products with movable components.
Transparent packaging, such as blister packages and clam packages, are commonly used for displaying consumer products. Blister packs include a transparent portion mounted on a cardboard display card. Clam packaging includes at least two transparent sections pivotable to fold over a product. These types of packaging have the benefit of displaying products in a secure package along with product information, instructions, loose components and the like.
However, one drawback to these types of packaging is the inability of customers to actually try the product prior to purchase without first unpacking the product. In many instances, the package is destroyed once the product is removed. Thus, the customer is often forced to buy the product without the benefit of trying it out first.
This is particularly a problem when the product includes movable components. A customer may be able to visually inspect the product through the transparent packaging but will be unable to actually handle the product in order to fully examine the product.
Occasionally a display product is provided without packaging so that a customer can handle it. However, these display models take up valuable shelf space. Also, the directions for their use may not be readily available at the display location. Security is also an issue as well. Many products are stored behind a display case and require a clerk to be available to monitor their usage. This increases the cost of the merchandise as well as discouraging point of sale purchases.
One attempt to solve this problem is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,279,417, issued to Seaton. This disclosure includes a blister pack having a cut-out to allow a hand tool to manipulate the product. This patent does not disclose the use of detailed instructions to a customer on how to try out the features of the product, or the details of how a product such as navigational compasses or binoculars might be packaged in such a way as to allow the products to be carefully examined prior to purchase, particularly for products needing instructions without the assistance of a sales clerk.
It is therefore desirable to provide packaging that will allow a customer to freely interact with a packaged product, to be instructed on the use of the product, and to allow a customer to freely try the features of the product in light of these instructions, all without the intervention of a sales clerk.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide for novel and improved packaging for products that have movable components. It is particularly an object of the present invention to provide unique packaging that will allow a customer to interact with a product in accordance with directions and examples provided on a display card packaged along with the product.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel and improved packaging for a navigational compass that will not only instruct a customer on the features of the compass but will also provide detailed step by step examples for the use of the compass and to provide accessibility through the packaging for the customer to manipulate the compass in accordance with the examples.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel and improved packaging for binoculars that will allow a customer to view through the binoculars with no or minimal obstruction and to also allow the customer to manipulate the binoculars to focus the binoculars. It is also an object of the present invention to provide packaging that will describe not only the features of the binoculars but will also provide detailed instructions and examples for the customer to interact with the binoculars while the binoculars are still packaged.
It is another object of the present invention to provide novel and improved packaging for other products having movable components. The present invention provides packaging that will allow customers to try these products prior to purchase without damage to the packaging for these products.
In accordance with the present invention, packaging for various products is provided using, for example, clam packaging or blister packs. The packaging includes at least one opening to allow a customer to access and manipulate a movable component on the packaged product. Instructions on the features of the product as well as examples on the use of the product are shown on a display card packaged with the product.
In one embodiment, the rotatable barrel of a navigational compass extends through an opening on the packaging. A detailed example for finding a specific direction is provided on a display card packaged with the compass to allow a customer to try the compass in accordance with the example prior to purchase.
In another embodiment, a package for binoculars is designed to allow a customer to place the packaged binoculars to their face and view objects through the binoculars without disturbing the packaging. Openings are provided for a customer to access the focus knobs and/or the diopter to allow the binoculars to be easily focused. Examples of use and of the binocular's features can be inserted in the packaging so the binoculars can be easily demonstrated by the customer prior to purchase.
The above and other objects of the present invention will become more readily appreciated and understood from a consideration of the following detailed description of preferred and modified forms of the present invention when taken together with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrating a packaged navigational compass;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the open packaging of the invention of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view of another preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrating a package for binoculars; and
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the invention of FIG. 3 illustrating the packaged binoculars.
Referring in more detail to the drawings, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is described In this particular preferred embodiment, a product, such as navigational compass "C", is illustrated contained in a "clam" type package 10. The clam type package 10 includes elongated panel 20 formed of a transparent material, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), that is semi-rigid; that is, the material is stiff with some flexibility. It is to be clearly understood that this preferred embodiment is provided for descriptive purposes only and is not meant to unduly limit the scope of the inventive concept. Other materials, including opaque or semi-transparent plastics, cardboard, metallic, etc. can be used as well as other types, shapes and sizes of package containers.
Panel 20 includes "crimped" portion 22 near its midsection. Crimped portion 22 forms a "living hinge" between two sections 24, 26 on panel 20. Sections 24, 26 are thus able to fold over on one another. Section 26, in this embodiment, includes raised inner platform 30. Two indentations 32,34 are formed on the outer end of section 24.
Section 24 includes center recess 40 having similar dimensions as platform 30 for receiving platform 30 in engagement therewith. Two raised members 42, 44 are formed near the upper end of section 26. As sections 24, 26 are folded over onto one another about hinge 22, platform 30 is engaged or inserted into recess 40. Raised members 42, 44 are engaged or inserted in snug-fitting relation to the indentations 32, 34 to securely fasten the two sections together. The interference between members 42, 44 and indentations 32,34 create a secure package. Aperture 46 at the top of panel 20 is provided for engaging a hangar rod on a merchandise display.
Rectangular cavity 50 is formed in the front face of center recess 40 and raised slightly above the recess for providing a container for the product being packaged. In the preferred embodiment presently being described, the product is compass "C" having substantially rectangular base 110 and circular body 120. Circular body 120 includes rotatable azimuth ring 122 with liquid filled drum 124 and needle 126. The appropriate indicia are marked on compass C. Cavity 50 thus conforms to the shape of compass 100. In this preferred embodiment, cavity 50 includes opening 52 in the center of the front face of cavity 50.
The product also includes display card 200. Display card 200 has dimensions substantially equal to the dimensions of raised platform 30 and indentation 40. Display card 200 may include product and marketing information relevant to the product, in this instance, compass C. In the preferred embodiment, display card 200 includes printed information pertaining to the use of the product. For instance, in the present application, display card may have information detailing an example of the use of compass. One such example is the step by step details describing how a user might select a direction, rotate azimuth ring 122 of compass C to align the indices relating to the desired direction and then move compass until needle 126 is aligned with these indices. This information could be printed on the front of display card 200 or on the back.
In use, as shown in FIG. 1, compass C is inserted in cavity 50 so that azimuth ring 122 extends through opening 52 of cavity 50 and base 110 is secure within cavity 50. Display card 200 is inserted over the bottom of compass C and into indentation 40 of section 26. Section 24 and section 26 are then folded together so that platform 30 engages against display card 200. Members 24,26 are then engaged in indentations 34, 36 to secure sections 24, 26 together to form package 10 with compass C and display card 200 within. Azimuth ring 122 of compass C extends through opening 52 of cavity 50 of the package so that the customer can easily rotate the azimuth ring.
In use, package 10 can be displayed on most merchandise shelves and point of sale displays. No clerk or assistance is required for a customer to inform themself about the product. A customer can pick the package off the shelf and manipulate the compass intuitively or in accordance with the directions and examples on the display card. The customer can easily rotate the azimuth ring 122 on compass C without opening the package itself. This allows the customer to try the product according to the instructions on the display card so as to fully understand the product before purchasing.
It is to be expressly understood that this exemplary embodiment is provided for descriptive purposes only. Other variations and embodiments are considered to be within the scope of the inventive concept. For instance, a "blister pack" could be utilized or other types of packaging.
The modified form of the invention as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 is intended to package binoculars. A "clam" package is used to provide a transparent display package along with security for the product. A similar problem with the binoculars exists as it did with the compass described above. In order for a customer to try the binoculars prior to purchase, a display model, usually along with a clerk, is typically necessary. The present invention solves this problem by providing packaging that will allow a customer to easily try the features of the binocular without the need of a sales clerk's assistance.
Package 300, shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, is formed of panel 310 of a transparent semi-rigid material, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or other suitable materials. Panel 310 is formed of a one-piece blank. First panel section 320 includes tab 322 having three spaced indentations 324, 326, 328. Notches 330, 332 are formed between these indentations. Raised portion 334 includes curved radius portions 336, 338, as clearly shown in FIG. 4. Opening 340 is cut-out or die-cut in the center of the front face of the raised portion 334, as will be discussed in greater detail below. Openings 342, 344, 346, 348 are formed in opposing sides of raised portion 334 with center sides 350, 352 extending between the respective pairs of openings. Projections 356, 358 are formed in the bottom of each of center sides 350, 352.
Second panel section 360 extends from first panel section 320 and is of substantially rectangular shape. Two spaced indentations 362, 364 are formed in the upper area of panel section 360. Triangularly-shaped indentation 366 is formed in reinforced area 368 of panel 360. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, indentation 366 includes an aperture extending there through.
Third panel section 370 includes panel portion 372 of similar size and shape as second panel section 360. Living hinge 374 connects second panel section 360 and third panel section 370. Triangularly-shaped projection 376 is formed in reinforced area 378 of third panel section 370 for snug-fitting inserting into complementary triangularly shaped indentation 366 of panel 360. An aperture may be formed in projection 376. Two spaced projections 378, 380 are formed in the lower end of panel portion 372 for engagement in spaced indentations 362, 364 of panel section 360.
Cavity 390 is formed in the middle portion of third panel section 370. Cavity 390 is recessed inward from the sides of panel 370 to form support ledges 392, 394 on each side of cavity 390. Concave ledges 396, 398 are formed spaced from one another on support ledge 392. The radius of concave ledges 396, 398 is selected to support the ocular lens of the binocular to be packaged. Mid-portion 400 of support ledge 392 between concave ledges 396, 398 is radiused inward toward cavity 390 to form a "nose" recess 404. Indentation 402 is formed on the upper surface of support ledge 392 between concave ledges 396, 398 for mating engagement with projection 356 of first panel section 320.
Concave ledges 410, 412 are formed spaced from one another in support ledge 394. The radius of concave ledges 410, 412 is selected to conform to the object lenses of the binocular to be packaged. Indentation 414 is formed on the upper surface of mid-portion of support ledge 394 between concave ledges 410, 412 for mating engagement with projection 358 of first panel section 320.
Lower panel portion 420 of third panel section 370 is substantially flat, and rectangularly-shaped and extends downward from cavity 390. Three upwardly-extending projections 422, 424, 426 are spaced from one another and sized for mating engagement with indentations 324, 326, 328 of first panel section 320. Two spaced indentations 428,430 are formed in lower panel portion 420 between projections 422, 424, 426.
Bottom panel section 440 extends from lower panel portion 420 with living hinge 432 extending between them. Two tabs 442, 444 extend outwardly from bottom panel 440 and spaced from one another. Projections 446, 448 extend upwardly from each of tabs 442, 444 respectively.
In use, package 300 is used to package binoculars, as shown in FIG. 4. Binoculars "B" are placed in cavity 390 so that the ocular lens are supported in concave ledges 396, 398 and the object lens are supported in concave ledges 410, 412. Product information and display cards may be placed in cavity 390 beneath the binoculars prior to the binoculars being placed in cavity 390. First panel section 320 and second panel section 360 are pivoted about living hinge 374 so that projections 378, 380 of third panel section 370 snugly engage indentations 362, 364, respectively. Triangularly-shaped projection 376 also engages in triangularly-shaped indentation 366 of second panel section 360. Projections 356, 358 on first panel section 320 are inserted in complementary indentations 402,414 of third panel section 370. Openings 342, 344 of panel section 320 fit over the ocular lens of binocular B while openings 346, 348 of panel section 320 fit over the object lens of binocular B. Projections 422, 424, 426 of panel section 420 engage in indentations 324, 326, 328 of first panel section 320. The engagement of all of the projections into the respective mating indentations serves to securely lock the first panel section 320 and second panel section 360 over the binocular and third panel section 370. Bottom panel section 440 folds over the top of first panel section 320 which is engaged on third panel section 370. Projections 446, 448 of bottom panel 440 engages in indentations 428, 430 to lock bottom panel 440 onto third panel section 370 to provide additional security.
Apertures through the triangularly shaped projection and indentation allow the package to be displayed on a hangar rod. Display cards may be inserted in the package 300 to provide additional information, particularly instructions on the use of the binoculars and to instruct a customer on the features of the binocular. Panel portions 360, 440 and cavity 390 provide space for such information.
A customer may pick up the packaged binoculars 300 up and place the package so that the customer's nose is inserted into nose recess 404 of the package. Openings 342, 344 allow the customer to look through the binocular. Openings 346, 348 give a clear view through the binocular without obstruction. Opening 340 allows a customer to actually adjust the focus of the binocular by rotating the focus knob of the binoculars without unpacking the package. A customer may also be able to rotate the diopter adjustment on the appropriate object lens to finely adjust the focus on the binoculars.
These features of the packaging of the present invention enable a customer to try and be comfortable with a product prior to purchase. The products can be displayed on merchandise shelves without a display model or without the need for a clerk's assistance. The products are still securely packaged and the products can be tried without destroying the packaging.
It is therefore to be understood that while preferred and modified forms of invention are herein set forth and disclosed that the above and other modifications and changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.


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Boys & Girls Club fundraiser at Erna's
More than 25 exclusive luxury getaways will be on the auction block Aug. 6 at a special dinner at Erna's Elderberry House to benefit the Boys & Girl's Club of Oakhurst.
Hosted by Craig Mungary, owner of Fresno's River Park Travel, the "Getaway Party" starts at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m., with the live auction to follow.
Mungary explained that the Getaway Party is a fun and exciting way to raise much needed revenue for the Oakhurst club, while offering the opportunity for attendees to win their next dream vacation.
"We are combining the very best of three worlds ... the commitment of Mountain Area donors to support the Boys & Girls Club of Oakhurst, their desire for luxury, and a very special dining experience," Mungary said.
More than 25 exclusive getaways will be auctioned off including:
* Egerton House - London - with VIP Victorian and Albert Museum tours.
* The Cove Atlantis - Paradise Island Bahamas - includes dolphin adventure.
* Royal Hawaiian - Honolulu - includes $100 resort credit.
* Terranea Resort - Rancho Palos Verdes - ocean view villa.
* Sea Dream Yacht Club - top rated 'boutique ships' - Caribbean sailing adventure.
* Ritz Carlton San Francisco - with dinner for two at Parallel 37.
* Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa - with VIP Benziger family winery tour.
* Carmel Valley Ranch - includes round of golf.
Representatives of some of these luxurious hotels and resorts will make presentations during the event.
Elderberry House Chef De Cuisine Jonathon Perkins and staff will be preparing the dinner for the evening consisting of heirloom tomato soup, roasted Berkshire pork tenderloin with thyme pesto, served with sweet corn cistard, smoked potato croquettes, chanterelle mushrooms, and tangy onions. Dessert will be strawberries, coconut dacquoise and sorbet, slow roasted pineapple with vanilla.
Cost of the dinner is $250 per couple.
RSVP: Bgcgetawayparty.org, or River Park Travel, (559) 431-7440.
Details: www.bgcgetawayparty.org.
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by Bob Duchesne
Don't be too surprised if a birder wanders through the neighborhood this month. The annual Christmas Bird Count will put hundreds of Mainers out on the street over the last few weeks of the year, as it has for the past 118 years.
Binocular-toting bird buffs will fan out along assigned routes to count every bird they can find. Other folks will just tally birds at their feeders. Counts take place within circles, each with a diameter of 15 miles. The results are compiled and sent to National Audubon. It's an imprecise methodology. Doubtless, many birds are missed and some are double-counted. But the volume of data is so large that minor mistakes are imperceptible. The results are good enough that scientists can track what's happening on the landscape, especially since this count has been going on for so long.
The Christmas Bird Count started long ago as an alternative to the Christmas "side hunt." The side hunt was a holiday tradition during the latter half of the 19th century. On Christmas Day, hunters would choose up sides, go into the woods, and indiscriminately shoot everything they could find. At dusk, the piles of slaughtered critters were weighed. Whoever had the bigger pile of dead animals won. Admittedly, this was a little hard on the wildlife.
By the dawn of the 20th Century, American citizens were beginning to wake up to the consequences of such wasteful behavior. What had seemed like a limitless supply of wildlife was now clearly limited. A conservation ethic began to rise throughout the country, slowly at first, beginning in the late 1800s. Yellowstone was the first national park to be established, but it was another 18 years before Sequoia National Park would become the second. The pace picked up when Teddy Roosevelt became president; he went on to protect 230 million acres of public land. Some of the most fundamental conservation laws and international treaties went into effect during the same period.
Today, more than 60,000 people participate in the Christmas Bird Count nationwide. But it all started in 1900 when 27 enthusiasts inventoried the birds in their neighborhoods – the idea of Frank M. Chapman, America's leading ornithologist in his day. While Roger Tory Peterson is famous for making bird guides popular, it was Chapman who wrote the first one, some 40 years before Peterson. As an alternative to the "side hunt," Chapman suggested that birds could just as easily be counted alive as dead.
While the founding principle of the Christmas Bird Count was to promote new ways to enjoy wildlife without gunfire, it quickly turned into one of the earliest and biggest citizen science initiatives in history. A winter count meant the birds were stationary. Migration was over. Birds that winter in the tropics were gone. Many of the remaining North American species joined big, easily countable flocks in winter.
For instance, rusty blackbirds breed in cold northern forests. On their summer breeding grounds in the Maine forest, they'd be impossible to survey. In winter, they often join large flocks of other blackbirds, feasting on grasses and leftover grains across southern agricultural areas. It was the Christmas Bird Count that tipped off biologists that this species was disappearing rapidly. Between 1966 and 2014, nearly 90% of rusty blackbirds vanished.
Over the last 118 years, we've watched the rise and fall of evening grosbeaks. We've noted the range expansion of northern cardinals. Cardinals weren't nesters in New England until the early 1950s. Nowadays, their territory extends into Canada.
Sportsmen have benefited from the Christmas Bird Count. The American black duck – a popular game bird – was found to be declining nearly as fast as rusty blackbirds, with an 84% decline over the same period. In this case, it appears conservation measures were established in time to save the bird. More recent counts indicate the population has almost stabilized.
Where once overhunting might have challenged bird populations, today's chief culprit is more likely to be global warming. All those birders tracking the black-capped chickadee through your neighborhood are giving us a window into the future. Some forecasts contend that the Maine state bird will disappear from southern Maine within a generation.
The Maine forest is a complicated place. Because birds are mobile and easily detectable, they often provide the first clues to changes that should concern us. And there is no science easier and more enjoyable to conduct than the Christmas Bird Count – now in its 119th year.
To find out more about participating in the bird count, which will take place between December14 and January 5, click here.


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Resource and Support Services
Boo's Boutique
This specialty shop helps patients during their cancer journey by offering breast forms, bra fittings, clothing, skincare products and more. There are also services providing wigs, head coverings, scarves and other accessories available to our patients. Go to FoxChase.org/wigs for more information.
Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9:30am–4pm 1st floor of Young Pavilion
Our all-faith chapel is open to patients, caregivers and visitors. It is located on the 3rd floor behind the operator's desk.
Hours: Open every day, 8am–8pm
Language Services
Fox Chase offers language services to patients who want to receive their healthcare information in a language other than English. These services are offered at no cost and include:
- Clinicians and staff who speak many languages and are credentialed to talk with patients
- Face-to-face professional medical interpreters, including American Sign Language interpreters
- Video remote interpreters, especially for American Sign Language
- Special telephones (up to 239 languages) to connect you with a professional medical interpreter. These telephone units can be found throughout Fox Chase, including at our satellite offices.
- If you would like to receive your healthcare information in a language other than English, please tell our registration staff and remind your care team.
Outpatient Pharamacy
The Fox Chase Cancer Center Pharmacy serves Fox Chase clinic patients and inpatients and carries a range of medication for their care, including oral specialty chemotherapy drugs often not readily available in local retail pharmacies. Oncology-trained pharmacists offer prescription medication counseling in a patient- friendly environment. We participate with most major insurers covering Pharmacy Benefits and Medicare Part D benefits. Contact your insurance company to determine your specific coverage. Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm 1st floor of Young Pavilion
Pastoral Care
The main goal of Pastoral Care Services is to offer a compassionate presence, provide spiritual and emotional support, and encourage hope. Oncology chaplains are available to visit patients in the hospital on a regular basis and upon request.
Pet Visitation Program
To give comfort, volunteers with pets visit patients throughout Fox Chase. Inpatients may ask for a pet visit through their nurse or by calling the volunteer department. Pet visits must be approved by a nurse and your roommate.
This form of energy healing relies on a gentle touch and simple transfer of energy to promote healing of the mind, body and spirit. Reiki is free for caregivers and patients. If you would like a reiki session, please call us with the date and time desired. Your request will be sent to the reiki practitioners. All efforts will be made to fill your request.
Resource and Education Center (REC)
215-214-1618 | FoxChase.org/rec | firstname.lastname@example.com
The Philip E. and Naomi P. Lippincott Resource and Education Center (REC) is a patient and family learning center. We offer accurate information you can trust to all Fox Chase patients and their families, people at high-risk, staff and the public. Our staff is here to help you learn more about cancer risk, prevention, screening and treatment, including clinical trials. If you need support services, we can also refer you to other Fox Chase departments and programs or to local and national organizations. Resources include:
• Health educators onsite to help you
• Visitor computers with internet access and reviewed websites
• iPads, brochures, books, fact sheets and newsletters on health and cancer-related topics
• Charging stations for your phones and tablets
• Community resources
• Information about other Fox Chase programs, such as the Patient-to-Patient Network and MyFoxChase portal
We offer two convenient locations within the hospital:
• Young Pavilion hallway near the East Garage entrance
• Women's Cancer Center lobby (This location offers printed materials only.)
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8am–4pm
Social Work Services
Services are free and confidential. For more information and/or assistance: 215-728-2668
Oncology social workers are available to help Fox Chase patients and their families. Social workers hold a master of social work (MSW) degree, which required them to complete two years of a graduate program in social work after completing their college studies. They are trained in how to help people deal with the many life changes that can result from having a chronic disease, like cancer. Our social work services team can help with:
• Worry and distress in response to your diagnosis and treatment
• Difficulty talking together as a family regarding your cancer diagnosis
• Counseling for you, your family and/or caregivers
• Talking to children about a parent's cancer
• Effects of cancer on work, school and finances
• Managing the physical and emotional side effects of treatment
• Dealing with advanced cancer, facing uncertainty and survivorship issues
• Worsening prognosis and end-of-life discussions • Communicating with doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers
• Advance medical directives, such as a living will and durable power of attorney for health care
• Counseling regarding the discharge planning process
• Navigating the healthcare system
• Figuring out if a support group would be helpful for you or your family
• Accessing community resources
• Discussing transportation options to and from the hospital for treatment


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Filed under: BRILLIANT, Chilled, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, beat, beats, brilliance, Brilliant, hip hop instrumentals, instrumental, instrumental hip hop, Jazz, jazzy, sample based, Trip-Hop
Jazzy beatstrumentals as their best. Yogi's Afterglow earns the BRILLIANT category. Check out the full yogi release, listen, and it can't be heard here.
Filed under: BRILLIANT, Hip-Hop, Premiere | Tags: brilliance, Brilliant, Electronic, Grime, Hip Hop, Premiere
It's with great pleasure that we premiere The Booth.
ABLE8 is a busy man, as Kassie found out when she sat down with him for our Lunch With ______ series. For this release he has teamed up with familiar collaborators MC Points (see: I'm Mad) and Benny Diction (see: Life Moves) to spawn a bass-fulled hip-hop jam. I choose the use of the word 'spawn' quite purposefully- there's a real slick grimey feel present in The Booth's production that hits just right with Points and Benny D's respective flows. Don't sleep on this. Give it a peep.
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Jazz, Upbeat, video, Vocals | Tags: Brilliant, Electronica, melbourne australia, music, Pop, Trip-Hop, Video, vocals, youtube
Our friends ALTA seem to blow minds with every release.
Filed under: Ambient, Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Electronica, Mellow | Tags: ambient, beats, Brilliant, Chilled, fuck the radio, melbourne australia, music, Psychedelic, Trip-Hop, vocals
Fuck the Radio Collective homeboy Leaks went quiet for a bit while travelling.
Good to have him back. This track gets my BRILLIANCE tag.
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Psychadelic | Tags: beat, beats, brilliance, Brilliant, Chilled, Electronic, Electronica, music
Fuck the Radio Collective's Sub Dapper has an EP on the way. About a week ago he dropped this to tide us over while we wait.
Girls soothes on the surface, but intrigues with intricate glitching and constant progressive evolution. Not one part of this track is boring. It gets my BRILLIANT tag (the first track of the year to do so!)
For more brilliance, check out last year's tape.
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT | Tags: album, beat, beats, Brilliant, Dance, Electronic, Funky, future beat, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, melbourne australia, Mixtape, music, Upbeat
Our friends at Condensed Milk have released an instant-classic. This is a must-have compilation of amazing future soul and beat-music.
CDMK's Dusty Milk Crate compilations have being important chapters in the book of the contemporary underground beat scene around the world since the first volume's debut last year. This volume boasts an impressive line-up of producers from all-around the world including (to name only a very few) Vanilla, Roughsoul, Oisima, Flash Forest, Silent Jay, M-Phazes, Amin PaYnE and many, many more.
Go ahead to grab it. By the way, it's totally free.
Filed under: BRILLIANT, MIXTAPE | Tags: Brilliant, fuck the radio, happy new year, Mixtape, music, news
Happy New Year once again!
2012 was a big year for Fuck the Radio and I feel a big year for music in general.
I know 2013 will be even bigger and I'm already so eager to get started that I'm going to keep this short. Last year on New Years I released a mixtape featuring every song I had tagged brilliant thus far. Here's Volume 2, a little late (still recovering from my New Years festivities) with all of my favourite tracks which appeared on the blog in 2012.
Chrome Sparks – Still Sleeping ft. Steffaloo
You can find the 2012 catalogue of mediafire uploaded tracks here (keep in mind some of them I provided bandcamp and soundcloud downloads in place of mediafire): http://www.mediafire.com/?alsy8lxn5m9eh


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Real Wedding – Traditional Balinese Wedding Ceremony
Jasmine & Chris ♥ Bali, Indonesia
Photographer: Windee Winata – PhotoFactory Bali
There's so much to love about this intimate elopement; not only did it take place in a luxury boutique hotel in blissful Bali with a traditional Balinese wedding ceremony overlooking the beach but Jasmine the bride wowed her hubby-to-be in a stunning, strapless Monique Lhuillier gown – serious dress envy!
Jasmine says:
"We are natives of the San Francisco Bay Area in California and originally envisioned having a big traditional wedding in Santa Barbara, California at the end of the summer. With all the stresses of wedding planning, and the various expenses adding up, we decided to be selfish on our special day, and make the celebration truly about the two of us. Upon giving it much thought, we decided to move our wedding up six months, and get married in March 2013, rather than September 2013. As you may know, it's quite cold and rainy in San Francisco during that time of year."
"We decided to elope to somewhere exotic with warm weather on the beach. Somehow, we settled on an elopement to Bali, and so we began researching different parts of Bali in search of the perfect location. It came down to Hotel Tugu in Canggu on the west side of Bali. The wedding event coordinator, Era, made it so easy for us to set up the wedding we had envisioned."
"It was important for us to have an experience that was indicative of the location and culture of the place where we were getting married. We selected a traditional Balinese ceremony, rather than a Western style one, which served to help immerse us in the culture of this place that we had decided to start our life together as husband and wife."
"When the big day came we planned for an aisle of local tropical flower pedals, hand made archways of palm fronds, Frangipani bridal bouquet and boutonniere, and a traditional Balinese altar complete with an authentic Balinese priest."
"I decided to wear the Monique Lhuillier designed wedding dress that I had planned to wear for the Santa Barbara wedding. Chris wore a custom tailored suit from Indochino. We decided to do this to keep some of our Western roots in this otherwise Balinese ceremony."
"We had planned the ceremony to be fairly early in the morning in hopes that the temperature would be a bit lower than mid-day, but this did not keep the weather from rising into the high 80s (Fahrenheit) and being very humid."
"The actual ceremony was quite a little adventure with all of the various customary rituals that we went through to symbolize unity, team work, prosperity, the blessing of our hearts with holy water, the sharing of food to symbolize continuous care between one another, playing catch with a small ball fashioned of palm leaves to symbolize the playful back and forth of a healthy relationship, and the interaction with a duck and chicken to bring prosperity. Along the way there were many laughs to be had as we fumbled though the rituals that had not been previously rehearsed as we had landed in Bali only the night before."
"The members of the Hotel Tugu staff who were also a part of our ceremony, acting as assistants and translators to the Balinese Priest, were very warm and understanding of our mishaps as we joyfully performed the various tasks necessary to complete the ceremony."
"We had prearranged the middle of our day to be spent with a local wedding photographer named Windee Winata who we had gotten to know a bit over extensive correspondence via Skype and email. Windee, with a pleasant assistant photographer, took us around the island to various locations to sightsee and take photographs. Since we had eloped and did not have guests to tend to, we had preplanned to treat this portion of the day like a wedding engagement photo session. We took photos at various locations around the island without great concern for a tight time schedule of any kind. Windee was wonderful and did a great job of making us feel comfortable."
"We finished our long, fun filled, but tiring photo session and toured of parts of the island at Tanah Lot where the tide was in and the sun was setting behind it, giving the impression that the temple was floating out on the water. It was quite a magical place."
"We then returned to Hotel Tugu for a romantic 5 course dinner on the beach. This was part of the package that we had arranged along with our ceremony with the hotel. Dinner was by candlelight, moonlight and the warm glow of the red lanterns that had been hung in the adjacent tree especially for us. As dinner came to a close we were exhausted after a long day but pleased that we had made the right choice for what we wanted to get out of our special day."
What were your highlights and favourite memories from the day?
- "The humorous moments during the ceremony that resulted from a language barrier between us and the Balinese Priest. These moments each resulted in laughter for all those involved and ended up adding a memorable intangible element that helped ease any anxiety that we may have had beforehand."
Do you have any advice for couples who are looking to get married in Bali?
- "This approach may not be for everyone but it was a good route to relieve a lot of the stresses that come with coordinating a large, expensive, traditional wedding."
Would you do anything differently?
- "We have no regrets. Fighting to have control over every little detail to make everything 'perfect' only leads to disappointment. In allowing things to flow we also allowed ourselves to be flexible about our definition of what 'perfect' was to us. Life often unfolds in little unexpected ways and in our case these turned out to be the most memorable moments of our wedding day."
Do you have any wedding budget tips?
- "Elope!"
Venue and suppliers:
Photographer – Windee Winata – PhotoFactory Bali // Venue, florist, event decor, musicians, caterer – Hotel Tugu, Bali // Bride's dress – Monique Lhuillier // Bride's shoes – Michael Kors // Groom's suit – Indochino


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I sometimes get caught . . .
between listening to young adult children deal with life and assisting parents with health issues.
It was a long week. My colleague came down with pnuemonia so I ended up with extra work in addition to officiating at a church member's funeral. Mom was in the midst of making 1,000 from-scratch apple pies for a church fundraiser so I spent a day with dad at his clinic appointment. My one adult child obtained a much needed second job and my other child was dealing with some disappointments.
Today, I went out with friends for lunch. The lawn needs mowing. The kitchen still needs wallpaper adhesive scrubbed off. And a bed frame (it was free) still lies in the middle of my living room floor because it's not gonna work. None of that will be dealt with today even though it is my day off. Instead, the sun is shining, a breeze is blowing, and it's autumn. After I finish writing this post, I shall head out for a walk. Perhaps down by the river, to listen to the water lap the shore, to hear the breeze ruffle the drying coin leaves of the cottonwood trees, and to soak up some of the luminescence of that fall sun light.
What do you do to take care of yourself when life throws baseballs at you?


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April 23, 2016 with Jason Fullilove
Our first Supper Club of the 2016 Summer Season was a huge hit. Jason Fullilove is the real deal and showed it with his menu of Avocado Toast, Roast Garden Peas, Duck Cassoulet and Chocolate Grenache Tart. We even surprised our Eat+Drinkers with a little pizza from our brand new pizza oven!
We are lucky to have a great set of sponsors for this summer's seat of dinners including Manhattan Margarita, Amanda McAulay Woodworks, Black Ring Coffee and Cocktail & Sons. Check them out all over Southern California!


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- 4 steaks (New York Strip) with bone and fat removed
- 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp butter, unsalted
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 4 tbsp Cherchies® Champagne Mustard
- 1 1/2 cups cream
Sprinkle both sides of each steak with pepper. Melt the butter in a heavy skillet that will hold all the steaks in a single layer. Sauté the steaks for 4 minutes on each side over medium heat. Remove the steaks to a heat-proof serving platter and keep them warm in a 180 degree oven.
Add the red wine to the pan in which the steaks were sautéed. Turn to high heat. Add the Cherchies® Champagne Mustard and blend it into the sauce for about 1 minute. Add cream. Reduce heat and simmer 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Sauce should be thick enough to coat the back of the spoon.)
Remove the steaks from the oven. Pour the sauce over the steaks and serve.
Serves 4


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Let me know if you would like the link to download the pattern for the mug cozies!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Let me know if you would like the link to download the pattern for the mug cozies!
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lovely! i am going to find the time to make some of these - please post the link?ReplyDelete
Those are so cool! I wonder if mom would like to do that? you are so talented, I wish I had a little of that in me!ReplyDelete
I found the link at your ravelry site. I am excited because I was thinking about asking you about it the last time I seen them in a picture.ReplyDelete
see Khris, even these pics you just put on here, like the header pic, and the flowers with the coffee, would be GREAT on the walls of my house! ha aha haReplyDelete
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I've never seen this before - but it's BRILLIANT! Brilliant!!! I loev the idea, I love the colors, oh my heart...I hardly know what to do with myself I love it so much!!! Def get me that link if it's not too much trouble - or I guess I can just find it at Ravelry...THANKS!!!ReplyDelete


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Europe's highest court ruled on Tuesday that Germany and France should not have been allowed to flout the fiscal rules that underpin the shared euro currency, even as a growing number of Europeans are questioning whether those rules make much sense.
The Court of Justice in Luxembourg said the finance ministers of the EU's member nations erred in November when they voted to give Germany and France more time to reduce their budget deficits, which were larger than the rules allowed.
The ministers acted after the European Commission, the union's executive body, had recommended tougher treatment of the two countries, including the possibility of fines.
Though the decision was a victory for Brussels in its perennial power struggle with Europe's national capitals, it does little to resolve the larger question of how to enforce fiscal discipline among the 12 countries that now use the euro.
Few experts say they expect the French or German governments to face sanctions any time soon.
Indeed, French and Germans officials praised the court's judgment on Tuesday, noting that it had found fault with the way the ministers had handled the matter rather than the substance of the outcome.
With France and Germany in clear violation of the fiscal rules, and four others -- Italy, Greece, Portugal and the Netherlands -- in danger of joining them, the agreement underpinning the euro, known as the Stability and Growth Pact, has long since lost its teeth.
"It's clear that this is a political process," said Joerg Kraemer, the chief strategist at Invesco, an asset management firm in Frankfurt. "People in the market know that the stability pact is, de facto, dead."
A debate over how to reform the rules is gathering steam in Europe, with some critics calling for much of the pact to be discarded, while others say it should be kept but applied more selectively.
The European Central Bank said in a statement that there was no need for any changes in the pact.
In the end, officials and outside experts predicted, the European Commission will probably retain the rules but water them down significantly, responding to critics who say they impose overly strict limits on national budgets that fail to allow for the ups and downs of the economic cycle. That prospect would cheer officials in France and Germany, who claimed last year they could not embark on stringent cost-cutting at a time when their econo-mies were limping out of recession.
France flatly refused the commission's demand that it bring its deficit below 3 percent of its GDP, the ceiling stipulated in the Maastricht Treaty that created the monetary union. Germany, though less defiant, also failed to bring its deficit into compliance.
German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said the ruling by the court was "very wise."
"Finance ministers are, and remain, the masters of the excessive deficit procedure," he told the Deutsche Press Agency.
Eichel's French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, praised the court's insistence on proper procedure in Brussels. The decision "reminds us that common European discipline must be scrupulously respected by everyone," Sarkozy said, adding that he could be counted on to rein in spending in an effort to reduce his country's deficit.
Even at the commission, which brought the lawsuit against the finance ministers in January, the talk on Tuesday was of finding common ground. The incoming president, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, the prime minister of Portugal, said he hoped to "make the pact more credible without rewriting it."


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'You can't make a proper judgement until after ten games', so says…everyone.
But if you are a Norwich supporter, the said barometer makes difficult reading.
Nine points, two wins, five defeats, 21 goals conceded and all played out against a backdrop devoid of 'big-name' opponents (sorry Liverpool) to date.
And if things were not bleak enough, the Canaries head to the Etihad Stadium at the weekend off the back of three consecutive defeats.
If there is one place you don't want to be heading on the back of a grim run, it is there – where Manchester City season ticket holders have been treated to 18 goals in the month of October… so far.
The smart money is on it turning ugly.
Yet we are not alone in feeling the heat prior to heading north-west.
Champions League opposition aside, all-comers at the Etihad have, this season, been brushed off with the ease of an Arsene Wenger excuse and, in addition to it being a tricky task on the grass, it is also a battle of the mind.
Some are defeated before a ball has even been kicked.
And for good measure we have previous, with 7-0 and 5-1 defeats only being punctuated with an unlikely 3-2 win on the final day of 2012/13 when the light blues were donning beachwear and shades.
Whether a spirited midweek Capital One Cup performance at Everton – a much-changed City XI eventually lost 4-3 on penalties – will be sufficient to re-instil some belief into jaded Canary minds is, for now, a moot point but it did offer one or two reminders to boss Alex Neil that he does have options at his disposal.
Not those on the scale of Manuel Pellegrini, mind – but options none the less.
For one, Declan Rudd is now emerging as a credible alternative to John Ruddy in City's goal. Where once Ruddy's position appeared impregnable, now Rudd is snapping at his heels.
He has served his time in the shadows, done the loan-spell thing successfully and is now of a level where the wavering form of Ruddy sees the pair only the width of a Rizla paper apart.
Yet the big man's done nothing wrong. No howlers. No bloopers.
But, at the same time, he's yet to pull off a game-changer; a save he's not expected to make which changes, in an instant, the complexion of a game.
It's a big call for Neil – and to throw Rudd into the fray at the Etihad smacks of gladiators and Colosseums – but if it does not happen at the weekend, his impressive demeanour and presence at Goodison Park was sufficient to suggest a Premier League opportunity could be imminent.
Another who played his way into contention on Merseyside, and who will not be intimidated by the surroundings, is Youssouf Mulumbu.
Norwich's summer signing from West Bromwich Albion has yet to start in the league due to an injury picked up in pre-season but is now champing at the bit for a game.
And the Canaries need him.
Neil has, to date, proved a master of footballing psychology. Saturday's his biggest test yet.
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The vast majority of people come into this world with genes that should enable them to live a happy and healthy life. The diseases that are today's scourges-diabetes,heart disease, and cancer-short circuit a happy and healthy life. These diseases, however, are not the result of a single gene, but of complex interactions among multiple genes and environmental factors. When it comes to genetic control, Its the environment.(Lipton,B.H.(2005)."The Biology of Belief,Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles.)
One of the easiest environmental factors you can control is what you decide to put into your body. Inflammation is the root of most diseases-heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc.
Try to eliminate or reduce as many inflammatory foods as possible.Start with unhealthy fats.
Omega-6 fats are inflammatory because they are metabolized into hormone-like compounds that promote inflammation.these include:
Corn, safflower, sunflower, peanut and soybean oils.
Trans fats found in processed or fast foods and fried foods should be eliminated.
Refined carbohydrates are inflammatory.Refined flour,sugar and foods high on the glycemic index increase inflammatory conditions.These foods elevate insulin and glucose levels which increase levels of pro-inflammatory messengers.
Food allergies or sensitivities can play a role in inflammation.The most common sensitivities are to wheat gluten,dairy,and eggs.If you have inflammatory conditions or autoimmune problems(rhuematoid arthritis,Lupus,psoriasis etc.)-it is a good idea to have your blood tested for sensitivities.We work with ALCAT labs at this office and get excellent results when people follow their prescribed menus.For more information-go to www.alcat.com.
A good rule of thumb to remember:
"If you cant pick it or shoot it, don't eat it"
That leaves all fruits and vegetables,nuts and seeds and high quality animal protein.Try to buy organic whenever possible to decrease the amount of pesticide and drug toxins ingested from processed, non organic foods.
Try to shop just the perimeter in grocery stores.The isles contain all processed, inflammatory foods.


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Los Angeles County D.A. Jackie Lacey Accepts More Than $10,000 Worth of Gifts, State Records Show
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey has accepted more than $10,000 worth of gifts over the last four years from criminal defense attorneys, police unions, business owners, prosecutors in her office and others who could have an interest in influencing her decisions as one of the most powerful law enforcement officials in the county, according to state records.
The gifts include necklaces and a pearl box, sporting event tickets, bottles of wine, clothing and a glass rose dipped in 24-carat gold, the records show.
A Los Angeles Times review of state disclosure records found that Lacey's gift taking exceeded the amount disclosed over the same time period by the district attorneys of other large California jurisdictions, including Orange County, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino. San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascón disclosed more than $18,000 worth of gifts, but about $17,000 was for travel payments from mostly nonprofit organizations for speaking and panel events.
The state's political ethics law allows public officials to accept gifts totaling $460 from any single source in a calendar year, but requires officials to disclose the gifts on public forms known as statements of economic interest. In Lacey's case, the forms reveal dozens of gifts over the last three years.
Click here to read the full story on LATimes.com.