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What does keep going mean?
Definitions for keep going
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word keep going.
Princeton's WordNet
run on, keep going(verb)
continue uninterrupted
"The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."
tide over, bridge over, keep going(verb)
suffice for a period between two points
"This money will keep us going for another year"
patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going(verb)
be a regular customer or client of
"We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
keep going(Verb)
to continue functioning
keep going(Verb)
to continue
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of keep going in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of keep going in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
I just don't sleep, I just keep going.
When you're going through hell, keep going.
Keep going – a miracle is around the corner.
It can be hard, but you just have to keep going.
I mean, (my character) certainly can't keep going.
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3 tips on how to draw easy cars
Have you ever wanted to draw cars?
Probably, most of us dream of being able to draw a car and then take it for a spin. Nevertheless, car designers and skilled people can do it since they have put in the time and practice. Drawing cars requires deep inspiration, a large investment of time and quite a bit of patience. It's a complicated process. Today, thanks to the different social networks, all kinds of people love to share their own car drawings. Adults and even kids are able to draw cars once they learn and practice.
We shouldn't forget about beginners or kids, because drawing cars can be a huge motivation, and can wake up their artistic talents. heck, they could even become a designer for automotive companies or work on video games.
Apart from learning for the sake of some later employment opportunity, drawing cars is also just plain fun. With these 3 easy tips, you can start drawing cars even if you haven't done it before. Maybe one day, you'll be a respected car designer. If not, it's still a great idea to spend some time learning. Here are three tips to draw easy cars.
1- Drawing cars for beginners and kids:
– Grab a pencil and a sheet of clean paper
Once you have chosen your pencil (pick the one that's most comfortable but also won't break easily like a mechanical pen) and get ready to concentrate. Draw a rectangle without a ruler. Use thin lines.
– To draw the cabin, use a curved line. Then, use circles and put it in the lower part of the rectangle to draw the wheels. Then start to draw wheels step by step.
– Then, draw the shapes of the trunk and back bumper. Keep in mind that it's better if you draw them at the left side of the rectangle. Once that's finished, start to draw the shape and the hood of the front bumper.
– You can start to draw the windows and the windshield. Draw carefully the windows in the back and ones in the side doors.
– Once it is finished, draw the wheel arches, headlight and the part of the grille.
– Draw carefully the different lines of your car: The sidelines and the lines of the door.
– Start to draw circles inside the wheels and the lines inside the circles.
– Start to draw the rims and spokes. Once that's finished, erase any unnecessary outlines.
– Your last step is to draw the seats, the steering wheel, and the mirror.
– Now, you can color it and admire your work of art.
2- Drawing a classic or vintage car
Drawing cars can require more practice time, especially if you are a beginner. It also depends on the car's model but the basic idea is still the same. For example, if you want to draw a vintage car or a classic car, it is necessary that you start your work with the car's body. Here are a few steps that you have to follow if you wish to draw a classic car.
Unlike the first method, this second seems a bit complicated but in fact, it is simple and fun. The first step is to draw a mailbox shape for the front part of the car. It's better if you don't use circles. Once that's finished, start to draw a box for the passenger cabin of the car. For the headlights, draw two different circles. Then, draw a triangle on the back side. Add arcs that are linked with the line between the fenders.
After that's finished, draw three ovals for the wheels of the car. For the windows, draw rectangles as well as the plate of the car. Take note of how the picture is incomplete at the moment. Draw in the outlines in order to complete the car's body. You can add the incomplete details now including front grills, trim and lights.
To finish your work, erase the unnecessary outlines. Now, you can color your car and admire your cool drawing. Drawing a vintage or classic car that looks accurate is a pretty cool feeling since these car models seem a bit complicated and sophisticated.
3- Drawing an easy car for kids
It's a bit difficult, especially for kids to draw a nice car. The reason is simple, kids can't master the basics yet since they are still developing hand-eye coordination. For them, drawing a shape like a rectangle could be complicated, as well as drawing perfect circles.
Well, it depends on the kids ages. very young children are unable to draw moderately easy shapes whereas the older kids will have started developing the motor skills to draw them. This third tip will help kids and even adults to draw the easiest car drawings in the world. Certainly, most of us will be able to draw a car while reading this article.
– Start to draw two circles. Use circles in order to make your drawings even and balanced looking. Pretty much, it all comes down to these circles. The distance between these two circles should be five or more centimeters as they will be the car's wheels.
– Once that's finished, we're going to draw the car's body now. Draw a rectangle without using a ruler. After drawing it, start to draw the bumpers.
– As this is going to be a very simple car, start to draw the cabin. It's best if you use trapezoid shape. Once finished, use vertical simple lines as the car's windows. If you want to have a four door car, use two lines. However, use only one line if the car is going to be a two door car.
– The front and the rear lights will be your next step. The rear is like a very small rectangle. Then, put some lines to draw the rims. They should be placed in the door handle and in the middle of the wheels.
– Your last task is to erase unnecessary outlines and color your car. You can color it whatever you like!
Final Words
Drawing a car is not as difficult a task as you might have thought. All of us should know the basic steps on drawing cars. Nevertheless, always keep in mind that the most essential thing about drawing a car is frequent practice. If you practice more, you'll be getting used to drawing cars and you'll have more inspiration. Though it can take a long time to become a professional car designer, the most important part is the practice.
With that said, you may also want to give this great course called "How To Draw Cars Fast and Easy" a shot if you want to learn how to draw cars faster. It very informative and really has helped a lot in learning how to draw cars easily.

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Always makes me wonder what else is out there waiting to be stumbled upon.
Very nice, thanks for posting.
"I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction
Wow ! Very nice ! Some very talented craftsmen involved !!!
My head spins when I try to guess the hrs and $'s involved !
Reality is something you rise above. Build yourself a life -- and live with it.
I wouldn't sweat it ... so an idiot thinks you're a dick ... not the end of the world.
Always live life as though you have something to learn and you will
There is just something special about a mohogany boat. What a great project. Hope I get to build one some day.
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Sugar pines need assistance to thrive in Sierra Nevada
By Maria Mircheva
As you may know, sugar pines and other white pines are plagued by a nonnative invasive pathogen. White pine blister rust kills about 90 percent of sugar pines it infects. Scientists and restoration managers have agreed that the only effective restoration strategy is to identify seed trees resistant to the rust and plant their progeny.
That is exactly what the Sugar Pine Foundation does and you can help too. Last fall, a volunteer described planting sugar pines as "creating life in our neck of the woods".
For all of you that have been inspired by the recent release of Dr. Seuss "The Lorax," this will be the perfect opportunity to turn that inspiration into action and do you part in bringing back the Sugar Pines. The Sugar Pine Foundation has 4,000 young sugar pines to plant in Tahoe this spring.
On the South Shore, there will be two community plantings. The first one is April 28 at Bijou Community Park. There will be a morning group starting at 11:30 and an afternoon group about 2. The second planting is May 5 at 10am in Glenbrook.
May 5 is also Climate Impact Day, so the planting will be a part of Connect the Dots campaign. You can also buy a sugar pine to plant in your yard at one of the SPF events or on our website.
There will be another planting May 12 from 10am-1pm at Waddle Ranch in Truckee. Meet at the Truckee Airport parking lot. Bring a 4WD vehicle or ride in the airport van to the planting site.
The SPF's spring planting blitz begins in late April goes into mid-May. During this time of the year, the soil is naturally moistened from snowmelt and conditions are ideal for giving young seedlings a good start. However, this year our snowpack is below average, which means it will be harder for the seedlings to survive.
If you can't make it to a planting, maybe you can volunteer as a caregiver to one of the restoration sites and bring the trees some much needed water in the dry summer months.
The goal of the SPF is to help save Tahoe's glorious sugar pines by planting blister rust-resistant seedlings throughout the Tahoe area.
We like to involve local students and community members in our restoration work and teach them about forest health. We aim to inspire them to become forest stewards.
This spring, 20 Lake Tahoe Community College and 50 Sierra Nevada College students will be planting with the Sugar Pine Foundation as well.
Since 2008, the foundation has planted more than 700 acres with more than 42,000 sugar pines and other native trees to maintain Tahoe's legacy of beautiful, healthy forests. We need your help to reach our goal of planting 50,000 sugar pines in five years!
For more information, call me at (650) 814.9565 or email [email protected]
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What does garlicky mean?
Definitions for garlicky
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word garlicky.
Princeton's WordNet
relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic
"garlicky sauce"
Tasting or smelling of garlic
Webster Dictionary
like or containing garlic
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of garlicky in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of garlicky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
Gil Yeong-hwa of Kyochon Chicken:
The effect of the drama wasn't as big in the U.S. as it was in China, but sales have been rising continuously, and Korean-style fried chicken is becoming more popular in the U.S. Kyochon's garlicky, soy sauce chicken, which is different from the fried chicken they might have at KFC, for example, is getting an especially good response abroad.
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Kmart and Sears have a product page for the PS3 Slim – ZOMG!
Oh boy, kiddies. The PS3 Slim rumor just got a whole lot more credible. Kmart and Sears both have a product page live for the PS3 Slim. The Sears page even states the following PS3, SLIM High-Definition Blu-ray player for the best movie experience. Free PLAYSTATION Network membership. 120GB HDD for downloading games, music, videos, and photos. Includes DUAL SHOCK 3 controller. HDMI output… Read More
Attention Kmart Shoppers: Your Social Elements Are On Aisle 3
When it comes to the web, one name that doesn't exactly jump out at you is Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC). Certainly, you might think that during a economic downtime, the parent company of Sears and Kmart has more pressing things to worry about than social networking. But it is thinking about them. And tomorrow, it's launching a couple sites to prove it. MySears and MyKmart… Read More
Kmart Black Friday ad round-up
Wow, Kmart will be open from 7AM to 9PM on Thanksgiving Day, which should leave just enough time for employees to make the traditional super late-night Thanksgiving dinner with their families. The store's ads are spread out across four circulars, so here are some of the better deals from each: Read More
Kmart ad gives Xbox 360 price cut rumor some legs
If last week's RadioShack ad wasn't convincing enough then maybe this purported Kmart ad will make a believer out of you. Another price cut is imminent, folks, and it couldn't come at a better time. It's almost gift giving time! via Joystiq Read More


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Trapp Family Lodge features 96 well-appointed guest rooms in our Austrian-style main lodge, with amenities like duvet comforters and free Wi-Fi to make your group's stay more comfortable. In addition to the main lodge, we offer luxury mountaintop villas with two or three bedrooms that feature modern kitchens, spacious living and dining areas, and stone fireplaces. Your group can also enjoy staying in our Guest Houses, which have two bedrooms, two full baths, a fully equipped kitchen, living room with sleeper sofa, and Wi-Fi access.
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- Three restaurants serving locally sourced ingredients
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The Impact of Physics on the Italian Economy
Report by the Italian Physical Society
La Società Italiana di Fisica annuncia oggi la pubblicazione di un importante studio su "L'impatto della fisica nell'economia italiana" ("The impact of physics on the Italian economy"). Si tratta di uno studio senza precedenti nel nostro Paese, che rivela per la prima volta in maniera quantitativa quanto sia fondamentale il contributo all'economia italiana di tutti i settori aziendali, industriali e commerciali "basati sulla fisica", specie in termini di produttività.
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Rilanciare la ricerca in Italia, avviare Grandi Progetti Nazionali di innovazione, creare nuova occupazione, favorire la crescita dell'autonomia dei nostri ricercatori e il trasferimento non solo di tecnologie e brevetti, ma anche di competenze, all'interno di una cornice Paese.
Tre sono gli assi prioritari sui quali il Programma si muove: a) lo sviluppo e l'attrazione di capitale umano altamente qualificato, da inserire nel tessuto produttivo del Paese; b) l'identificazione di un numero limitato di importanti progetti tematici (con il corredo delle rispettive infrastrutture) a forte impatto sul benessere dei cittadini; c) la promozione, anche attraverso il trasferimento di conoscenza e competenze, della capacità d'innovare e di competere da parte del sistema delle imprese, in particolare delle piccole e piccolissime.
CNR/EC/Ritmare FP: Call for 9 fellowships in marine and maritime sciences
A new international Call for awarding 9 fellowships in the field of Marine and Maritime Sciences is being launched. The initiative is coordinated by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and financed by the European Commission together with the Italian flagship Project "Ritmare".
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ALIAS Summer School on "The Complexity of Ageing Society: Research and Technological Challenges
International Summer School on
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Lake School of Advanced Studies, Villa del Grumello, Como (Italy)
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Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
Ludovico Ciferri (International University of Japan – Niigata, Japan)
The ageing of the population is one of the main challenges for the future twenty or thirty years for the industrialized and developing countries. In this complex framework, technologies and related scientific knowledge already have and will have a growing meaningful role in the identification of problems and opportunities for the development of future scenarios in an Ageing Society.
Intergenerational issues and common living spaces (houses, cities and the related infrastructural interfaces) reveal new meanings in interactions due to the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), and offer the opportunity to develop a multidisciplinary approach to the challenge of the Ageing Society.
The Summer School is promoted by the PhD School of Computer Science of the University of Milano-Bicocca and by Higher Educational Project "ALIAS – Alta Formazione e Internazionalizzazione nell'Ageing Society)". The aim of the School is to gather Ph.D. and Master students as well as Post‐Doctoral researchers (from Italian and foreign Universities and Research Centres) for a residential intensive one-week program allowing to acquire knowledge and methods to face problems and exploit opportunities related to the demographics affecting our society and the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in shaping our technological and social future.
In the wide range of problems and scientific/technological opportunities coming from different disciplines, the School will focus on two main topics:
- the design of technologies for the aging society that has to take the elderly people as the focus of attention to define methods of investigation, requirements, functionalities and deployment of technologies that have to be put to work with different purposes and in various contexts such as the home, the healthcare, the socialization, the digital divide (the IN-context, in the school organisation)
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In order to address in a multidisciplinary way the needs and the opportunities related to the IN and OUT contexts, a series of lectures on demographics, economics, epidemiology, psychological issues and social science studies will be offered to the participants to complement their understanding of the process of ageing population.
Stefania Bandini (University of Milano-Bicocca - Italy)
Florian Coulmas (German Institute of Japanese Studies - Tokyo, Japan)
Ryuta Kawashima (Tohoku University - Sendai, Japan)
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The latest attempt to get millennials to sign up for Obamacare is a March Madness-type bracket game which went live the day after Selection Sunday, when the full field of teams in the NCAA college basketball championship tournament was set.
The game is introduced by Connecticut Woman's Basketball coach, Geno Auriemma and North Carolina's Men's Coach Roy Williams. Players get to pick the paired winners of the "16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered" bracket.
The bracket will be updated all week to reflect the results of an online survey and is timed to coincide with the release of President Barack Obama's selections for his own NCAA tournament bracket on Wednesday. Last year the president's bracket release got 280,000 views.
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This is how the White House explains the program:
Building on our efforts to reach young consumers where they are during the final weeks of open enrollment, next week the Obama administration, well-known athletes, coaches, and other influencers are launching a push around March Madness to encourage tournament fans young and old to sign up for insurance by March 31. This effort will feature PSAs from athletes and coaches, new digital engagement tools and social media blitzes, and targeted interviews on sports radio, including Spanish Language sports radio, throughout the week. Officials from the White House and across the Administration, including many who are former basketball players, will participate in various ways, including White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, White House Senior Advisor Phil Schiliro, and Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan.
For example, on Monday morning, the White house will release a "16 Sweetest Reasons to Get Covered" bracket listing the top reasons to get health insurance. To introduce the bracket, the White House will release a new online video featuring two of the most recognized coaches in college basketball, talking about the importance of getting health insurance and making sure consumers know about the upcoming March 31st deadline.


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Martin being Martin Amis, the quote being from his writer pal Ian McEwan, refering to Mart's growing reputation as a racist and/or Islamophobe, because of remarks like these:
"What can we do to raise the price of them doing this? There's a definite urge – don't you have it? – to say, 'The Muslim community will have to suffer until it gets its house in order.' What sort of suffering? Not letting them travel. Deportation – further down the road. Curtailing of freedoms. Strip-searching people who look like they're from the Middle East or from Pakistan… Discriminatory stuff, until it hurts the whole community and they start getting tough with their children. They hate us for letting our children have sex and take drugs – well, they've got to stop their children killing people. It's a huge dereliction on their part. I suppose they justify it on the grounds that they have suffered from state terrorism in the past, but I don't think that's wholly irrational. It's their own past they're pissed off about; their great decline. It's also masculinity, isn't it?"
McEwan, who is slightly but not much less nuts than Amis on this subject seems to blame the Guardian for publishing articles like the age of horrorism rather than Amis for opening his gob in the first place, which seems a bit unfair. The man himself meanwhile has hit back at his critics with a spectacularly incoherent piece in, you guessed it, the despised Guardian itself:
I want to talk about the discourse, and about the kind of public conversation we should be hoping to have. But before I do that, I will pay my Islamic readers – and I know I have a few – the elementary courtesy of saying that I DO NOT "ADVOCATE" ANY DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS. AND I NEVER HAVE. And no one with the slightest respect for truth can claim otherwise.
Has he read his earlier remarks quoted above, or does he think that if he denies them hard enough they will go away? Because, you know, that blaming of an entire population for the acts of a few seems awfully close to racism to me, especially considering the context. Ever since the September 11 attacks Amis has left no opportunity unused to discuss his disgust at the ideology behind it and over time he has done so in increasingly general terms, culminating in that awful "Age of horrorism" article which came very close indeed in blaming all of Islam for the misdeeds of September 11.
So is Amis a racist? Not in the sense that he'll be sticking burning crescents on the council estates of Birmingham perhaps, but at the very least he's an arrogant, self-absorbed ignorant blowhard who mistakes his regurgitation of whichever book he last read for insight. Very telling indeed in this context is the second paragraph of his "I'm no racist, honest" piece, which begins with "When I was five or six years old, my father took me to meet a black man." That's the level of self-absorption we're dealing with here.


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The last time we got a sneak peek at Jurassic World, the results were disappointingly dino-free. Come on, Universal! We want raptors and 'Rexes, not Bryce Dallas Howard looking like she just stepped out of a super-chillaxed reboot of Defending Your Life!
Thankfully, The A.V. Club has scored some new pictures from the film, which comes out next June, and stars Howard, Chris Pratt, and Judy Greer. And while these latest shots don't give us a glimpse of the film's prehistoric beasts, at least we get a few shots of people reacting to...something: We see Pratt on his motorcycle, doing his best Eastwood Squint™, and also get a new shot of Howard — who, judging by all the pictures so far, plays a new creature called the Sombersaurus. There's also a picture of two young kids in the jungle, looking appropriately awestruck. Perhaps they just caught a glimpse of a Raptor. Or maybe they just watched Carnosaur for the first time. Either way, they look sufficiently weirded out.
Even with these new shots, you'll have to dig a bit deeper on the web to get any more info on the movie, which is being helmed by Safety Not Guaranteed director Colin Trevorrow, and is shrouded in secrecy. All we know so far is that it's set more than two decades after 1993's Jurassic Park, and that the action takes place at a dino-might amusement park where scientists have cooked up a new mutant creature. Oh, and there's a chance that nautically themed party hats might be involved.


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From early on, union head Clark destined to lead
Ex-big leaguer seized baseball opportunity after injury ended basketball career
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Reality set in for Tony Clark in the summer of 1992.
Clark's college basketball career in limbo because of a back injury his freshman year at Arizona, he had returned to baseball after that injury forced him to miss the 1991 season. And on an off-day, Larry Parrish, his manager at short-season Class A Niagara Falls, took Clark to Cooperstown to tour the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
"You have the ability that you could be in here someday," Parrish is reported to have told Clark.
The praise was nice, but what hit home was an exhibit on the Negro Leagues.
"It changed my perspective and gave me a clear idea of what I had to do," Clark said. "You hear stories, but it was there that I started to realize what Jackie Robinson and the other men had done so unselfishly. It was when I realized my responsibility was not only as a player but as someone who could build off the opportunities others created for my generation to help generations that follow me."
A longtime player rep during his big league career, which ended with his July 2009 release by Arizona, Clark went to work for the Major League Baseball Players Association. After the death of MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner last November, Clark was a unanimous choice to assume the role of executive director, the first former player to hold that position.
Clark never backed down from a challenge. He was active in student government in high school and junior high school, although when he got to college, "I didn't have a lot of time. I was a full-time student, played basketball and in the summer played baseball."
Back in Clark's high school days, his long-term expectation was basketball, and few people questioned his focus.
"I was a 6-foot-7 guard," said Clark, who broke Bill Walton's San Diego-area high school single-season scoring record.
Clark's career plans, however, changed drastically after a scrimmage in the first week of practice his freshman year at the University of Arizona. Clark went up for a rebound, his foot landing on a teammate as he came down, causing Clark to make a sudden twist and suffer a back injury. He tried to play through the injury that year, but the pain never disappeared.
Clark had to sit out the baseball season in 1991, and he transferred after his freshman year to San Diego State, where Jim Brandenburg was his basketball coach.
"I had recruited him out of high school, too," said Brandenburg, who coached Montana and Wyoming before San Diego State. "He was a heck of a baseball player, a power-hitting switch-hitter, but he was even better in basketball.
"He could go six, eight inches above the top of the rectangle [top of the backboard]. He was so athletic, so smooth he could play any of the positions on the court, and could have done it in the NBA if he had been healthy."
The back, however, never allowed Clark to reach his potential in basketball. It also impacted his baseball career, but he still spent all or part of 15 seasons in the big leagues. Clark was an American League All-Star in 2001 and played in the postseason with the Yankees in '04 and D-backs in '07. He finished his career with a .262 average, 251 home runs and 824 RBIs.
"No regrets," Clark said. "I enjoyed my career."
Clark was called up by Detroit in 1995. He had been with Triple-A Toledo in 1994 when the players went out on strike, resulting in cancellation of the World Series and a delay to the start of the 1995 season.
That was the last work stoppage in baseball.
When the current agreement expires after the 2016 season, baseball will have enjoyed 21 years without a work stoppage, the longest current stretch of any team sport.
Clark knows that will be his first major challenge. Weiner had been the prime negotiator for the players during the peaceful term, and there is a universal feeling that Weiner and MLB chief operating officer and head negotiator Rob Manfred developed a good working relationship.
"I was at the table as an active player and in each bargaining session since I retired, so Rob and I have a relationship," said Clark, who became a player rep his second year in the big leagues. "Any time there is respect between the opposing sides, it works in everyone's best interest. You go into every negotiation looking for an agreement, but you also know who you represent and you have to make sure you have their best interest at stake."
It's about leadership, a quality that Clark has long possessed. He remained a leader on the court and on the field.
"When he was a kid, he had that aura," Brandenburg said. "He was very intelligent and very personable. The other kids would always look to him to see how he reacted."
They weren't disappointed.
Clark was all about taking care of business.
And he still is.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Today, the site we used to create these t-shirts and merchandise - Zazzle.com - had a funny blog post about Bacon Salt. In it, the author discusses the eventual worldwide takeover of bacon-flavored seasoning because of Bacon Salt.
Incidentally, all of our proceeds from the sale of any Bacon Salt merchandise will go to Mercy Corps, one of our favorite charitable organizations that is focused on alleviating poverty and suffering worldwide. What's great about Mercy Corps is that you can donate to specific causes vs. donating your money into the ether. In other words, you can give to the people who need it most while showing people how much you love bacon - what could be better than that?


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Becoming Love – Dan Mohler
When God said let us make man in our own image, He was not talking about physical structure thus two legs and arms but rather His nature, who He is (God is Love). Your created value is love not lust. We are not to pray for love because love is your recreated value. It is who you are in Christ. There is no selfishness in love and no love in selfishness. Normally God shines when we go through a lot of situations.
Dan Mohler gives a classical explanation of who you are which is love not trying to love. God's love is in you. Have this consciousness and learn to grow in it. God bless you.
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With three months of the MBA completed and the first set of exams finished I thought now would be a good time to reflect on my experience so far. The MBA experience so far has been a complete mishmash of emotions ranging from anxiety and despair to euphoria. My expectation before I started was that I would be challenged and pushed to breaking point in all areas of my life. I was effectively putting my life on hold and saying goodbye to my family for one year. With three young children, all under the age of eight minimising the disruption and impact on them was the number one priority for me. In order to study I would be travelling four hours a day to and from Crieff and working part time with my current employers while studying full-time.
My biggest anxiety other than time management going into the course was the travelling. I didn't need to worry about the commute, I have handled it relatively well and benefited from well-placed assignment weeks and study weeks. The biggest challenge for me has been the group work, it is the source of the most frustration but also the biggest learning and satisfaction. There is no way to plan or prepare for the learning experience provided by the group work. Being thrown together with a different group each class with a whole mix of backgrounds, cultures, languages, personalities and experience is demanding in all aspects. After the initial awkward introductions, due to the time demands it soon becomes clear the people who you will naturally gel with and work well with and those who you might not work as well with or may in some cases just plain dislike.
The part that I was not expecting is how important it is to try your best to work with and gel with those who you don't naturally warm to. There is no time to get embroiled in petty differences and only hampers your ability to produce your best work if these differences dominate. There is no way to ignore or pretend these differences don't exist and it is important to be authentic but the biggest learning experience for me has been to learn to value others opinions when you don't agree with them. In some situations, there doesn't have to be a wrong answer it is just a case of making the best choice. I am generally a person who receives validation and satisfaction from being right and having to suppress this urge to look at all perspectives and angles of a situation and minimise my own personal bias in my judgements has been a real challenge yet also very rewarding. When working as a group has been a challenge and there has been difference of opinion the sense of achievement and satisfaction when you persevere and create something of value is not something I was expecting or prepared for. I was not anticipating just how much the MBA has broadened my perspective, helped me realise the depth of my bias and weaknesses and on a more positive note helped to appreciate my strengths and building my confidence.
At times, it has felt like the longest three months of my life as assignments, exams and other pressures all mount up and you are not quite sure how you will find the time to complete everything required. Now as I look back I can't quite believe that the three months have passed as it only seemed like yesterday we were all meeting each other for the first time trying to suss each other out. The MBA has exceeded expectations on many levels, there have been some highs and some real lows but overriding emotion is contentment and happiness. I'm not sure whether that happiness comes from the learning or the sense of achievement as you receive better than anticipated assignment results. The one thing I am sure of is I am looking forward to a well-earned break and time with my family and then embarking on the next stage of the course. Any doubts or fears about embarking on an MBA have long disappeared I feel like I have learned so much about myself, been pushed out of my comfort zone, made some good friends and am a better person for the experience. Bring on 2017!


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In particular I have asked the Board to review the NSC staff's proper role in operational activities, especially extremely sensitive diplomatic, military, and intelligence missions. Specifically, they should look at the manner in which foreign and national security policies I established have been implemented by the NSC staff. In conducting their review, the Board will have full and complete access to the NSC staff and its resources as well as the cooperation of the other Departments and Agencies in the executive branch.
I hope the Board will conduct its review in a prompt and thorough manner. Upon its completion, I intend to share its findings with Congress and the American people.


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By New York Times best-selling author Bob Mayer, writing as Robert Doherty (author of the best-selling Area 51 series)
What if the Shadow that destroyed Atlantis 10,000 years ago, comes back to threaten our present world? A war beyond time. An enemy beyond space. A thriller beyond your wildest dreams.... Three areas on the Earth's surface defy explanation: the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil's Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia. Inside these realms, planes have disappeared, ships have vanished, and, in Cambodia, an entire civilization has been lost, leaving behind Angkor Wat.
In 1628 BC, a volcano erupts, one that would become legend as the eruption that destroyed Minoan Civilization. But a small group of priestesses stand fast against the dark Shadow that precipitated the destruction.
In AD 79, the oracle of Delphi must join forces with the most fearsome gladiator from the arena of Pompeii to fight the Shadow that destroys Vesuvius. And the XV Legion is sent on a quest that causes it to disappear from the Roman Empire and into the fog of history.
In 1937, Amelia Earhart is on the most dangerous leg of her 'round-the-world flight, near the Devil's Sea. A dark Shadow rises in front of her and swallows her and her plane, never to be seen again. Until the present, when Eric Dane leads his team against the Shadow threatening our present world and unites with her.
In 1986, the Shadow appears inside of Chernobyl, sucking power from the reactors and causing disaster. And in the present, a Ring of Fire around the planet ignites, threatening the entire world.
Former Green Beret Eric Dane and the mysterious Sin Fen, a woman with powers he can't quite understand, must track the mystical crystal skulls that have baffled scientists, to use them as a weapon against the Shadow, and unite with the gladiator and oracle to make a last stand for mankind.
If you enjoyed Lost, you'll love this book and be amazed at the similarities in concept (although this book was published before Lost).
©2012 Bob Mayer (P)2012 Bob Mayer
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"Narration from Grandma's Basement."
The story was a good continuation.
EVERYTHING. It was like someone decided not to edit out the mistakes and left them in and Gollery would go back a few words and try again. He also reads in a horrible monotone that affects the characters and the flow of the story.
Except for the narrator, I thought that this was a very interesting story. The whole thing was very poorly affect by the bad narration. I has to put it at X1.5 speed to get through it; it makes it much more doable.
"I didn't think the narration could get worse"
I honestly didn't think the narration could get worse after Hayes, I was wrong. Gollery is simply terrible. He's obviously isn't reading ahead prior to the recording. This is evident by constant attempts to retry sentences. His staccato pronunciation of words is irritating beyond belief. It's actually making me want to fast forward at times.
Again, this is merely detracting from a BRILLIANT work by Mayer. It is a testament to his gripping writing that I am pushing through this narration to learn more of the fight against the Shadow.
I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to Jeffrey Kafer in the final three in the series. Such a great narrator.
"What happened from one book to the next?"
nobody really
nothing by this reader or writer
every place over a thousand years in the past past the first 3 flashbacks
Did anyone listen to this book before it was put up for sale? The reader repeats himself every five minutes or so when he makes mistakes. Did anyone proof listen? just aweful
"Very Bad Narrator."
The Story is great, but this Narrator is so bad !!! He makes mistakes and then stops and re-says the line again. His intonation sounds like he is monotone and he is a machine reading the book.
I wish they would find someone who is good to read this story.
Like the story but the narration is so bad I want my money back.
"Great story terrible performance"
I have enjoyed the series but Matin Gollery is the worst narrator I have listened to from any book on Audible.com
J. C. Hayes
Yes read it again with a different narrator
"Good book but..........Narrator is dreadfull"
No my time was not well spent; while I enjoy the series the narrator is the worst that I have ever heard
Anyone but him would be an improvement.
I'm not sure why anyone would allow this amateur production to be sold! I really enjoy this series but am disappointed by the narrator. It would be different if this were a free book by an amateur but to actually sell this as professional production is insulting to the consumer. I will be requesting my money back on this book as I will have to purchase this book and find the time to read it because I keep zoning out because of the narrator
"Overalla reasonable story. Audio Editing sucked!"
The story is pretty good. Though I think that things are changing how they work from book 1 until now. But still not too bad.
The one complaint I will make is that the audio editing was done fairly poorly. There are several times where the reader goes back and re-read words or phrases in, what seems to be, an attempt to improve the reading. But then the editor did not remove the first reading. So you hear the same things twice several times throughout the book. This needs to be resolved.
"OK story, AWEFUL performance"
Martin Gollery should NEVER narrate, ever. How the heck did the robot voice from the answering machines from the '90 get the longest book in the series?
I like the story line, I really do. I don't like Mayer's tendency to explain away God and religion. I would say this is the most frustrating thing about all his stories. That being said, it is otherwise a good story. So, yes.
All of it. He is a terrible narrator, the worst I have ever heard.
"Where do you find these people?!"
Very choppy. Intensity was misapplied at times. Characters were indistinct. Also, technology now allows for editing a recording - why did no one do this? Pronunciation should be researched as well.
Yes - consider a career as a narrator for Audible!
My previous experiences with Audible have been excellent. This series has, so far, been very disappointing.
"What happened??"
The narrator of the first 2 books was hit or miss, but this person was just horrible - very mono-tone.
There are also errors in the speaking where the narrator corrects himself. Why would these not be edited out?
Same as in book 2, there are so many specifics already introduced in the first two books I found myself fast forwarding to get to something new.
Narrated by someone that could very their voice and less repeats in details already mentioned in the first two books.
Disappointment in the Series
Just that I hope the next book is not put together this poorly.
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Miss America, royal weddings, red carpets, Madonna – they all have their tiara moments. But my personal favorite happened on Friday Night Lights, the TV series about high school football in small-town Texas.
In a second-season episode, quarterback Matt Saracen accepts a postal delivery at the poverty-level tract house he shares with his grandmother, who's suffering from dementia. He pulls a glittering crown from the box, looking panic-stricken. They're barely scraping by on the money Matt makes flipping burgers.
"Is that my tiara?" Grandma calls out. She shuffles into the room in her robe and slippers, gasping with delight: "Look how pretty!"
Matt's friend Landry grins at his friend and agrees. "That'll be beautiful for whenever you just zip over to the–"
"Twenty-four hundred dollars!" Matt exclaims, pulling out the receipt. "No, no, we've gotta send it back!"
Grandma pops the tiara on her head with a beatific smile and shuffles back to the TV. "Boys," she says, "you can't put a price tag on happiness."
A few cases in point:
This tiara boasts a 101.27ct diamond, the largest colorless diamond to appear at auction in 18 years. It sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2008 for $6.2 million.
Created in 1850, this antique foliate-wreath tiara of sapphires, old-cut and rose-cut diamonds mounted in silver and gold, sold for $100,144 last year at Christie's London.
Salma Hayek wore this tiara designed by Cynthia Bachto to a 1998 White House dinner hosted by the Clintons, and it ended up in The Nature of Diamonds exhibit. Can you imagine Hillary herself wearing this at a state dinner, sitting at the head of the table in her crown? Everyone would have had to avoid looking at her to keep from giggling.


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London, UK (PRWEB) March 31, 2014
Owing to their outstanding eco friendly properties, biopolymers have found wide acceptance in a slew of industries. Packaging, followed by bottles, is the main application of biopolymers; it is anticipated to be worth around USD 1.723 billion by 2018. On the basis of types, bio-PE is the largest biopolymer; it is primarily utilised in packaging and automotive applications. PHA represents the fastest growing biopolymer type, poised to increase at a CAGR of 27.7% during 2014-2018. Global biopolymers consumption is forecast to be estimated at over 1.446 million tonnes by end-2018. Biodegradability is the key factor that is expected to drive the global biopolymer market in the years to arrive. The potential expansion of biopolymers packaging market is also set to assist in boosting the demand for biopolymers.
North America, led by the US, is the leading market for biopolymers, accounting for over one-third of the total biopolymer demand worldwide. Packaging, fibers, bottling, and automotive application segments are driving the demand for bio-PE, bio-PET, and PLA, which is in turn spurring the consumption of biopolymers in the region. Other drivers include growing concerns over the public's health and safety, and a high level of penetration of the material in packaging and automotive industries in the region. The APAC market for biopolymers has huge potential too, due to a strong and expanding industrial and production base. In Europe, due to emerging technological advancements and innovations, the growth in biopolymers demand will likely further escalate at a fast rate.
New research report "Biopolymers/Bioplastics Market by Type (Bio PET, Bio PE, PLA, PHA, Bio PBS, Starch Blends, and Regenerated Cellulose), by Application (Packaging, Bottles, Fibers, Agriculture, Automotive, and Others) & by Geography – Trends & Forecasts to 2018" drawn up by MarketsandMarkets (M&M) is now available at MarketPublishers.com
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Title: Biopolymers/Bioplastics Market by Type (Bio PET, Bio PE, PLA, PHA, Bio PBS, Starch Blends, and Regenerated Cellulose), by Application (Packaging, Bottles, Fibers, Agriculture, Automotive, and Others) & by Geography – Trends & Forecasts to 2018
Published: March, 2014
Pages: 182
Price: US$ 4,650.00
The report provides a deep analysis of the world biopolymers marketplace, segmenting it by type, application and geography; analysing and forecasting the global consumption (value and volume) of biopolymers. The study offers eagle-sighted insights into the market dynamics, reviews the most burning industry issues and winning imperatives, covers Porter's five forces analysis, provides value chain and market share analyses, discusses major relevant regulations. The competitive environment review alongside top 10 company profiles is included; and the future outlook for the market to 2018 is provided in the research report.
Report Scope:
- In-depth study of the global market for biopolymers.
- Value chain analysis.
- Overview of the market growth hindrances and drivers, and key opportunities.
- Insight into the pressing industry issues and winning imperatives.
- Regulatory landscape review.
- Porter's five forces analysis.
- Detailed analysis of biopolymer types by market share.
- Comprehensive evaluation of the competitive landscape.
- Profiles of the top 10 companies (financial performance, products and services, key strategies, and recent developments).
- Exclusive forecasts of the market as a whole and its submarkets up to 2018.
More new studies by the publisher can be found at M&M page.


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Senate Majority Coalition Unveils New Effort to Reduce Regulations That Hurt Job Creation
Senate Republican Conference Leader Dean Skelos and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein today announced that the Senate Majority Coalition will begin an unprecedented initiative to identify and eliminate thousands of costly and unnecessary government regulations that strangle business and job growth and drive up municipal and school property taxes.
"The state's byzantine rule-making process can tie up businesses in expensive red tape that discourages job creation almost as much as high taxes," Senator Skelos said. "The impact on local property taxes is just as bad. The Senate Majority Coalition wants to get rid of needless rules, make the regulatory process more accountable, and lessen the burden on taxpayers."
"Over the past three years, state agencies have proposed almost 800 new rules and regulations, with nearly 95 percent of them ultimately becoming law," Senator Klein said. "On average, small businesses in New York get buried under more than a hundred new rules and regulations each year. If we really want to make New York more business friendly, that needs to change."
In addition to high taxes, the burden of regulations and red tape hurts New York's business climate. This Senate Majority Coalition regulatory reform initiative will make New York more economically competitive and help businesses create new jobs by eliminating needless and costly regulations that limit economic growth. Fourteen bills will be acted on next week, including legislation that would:
> Establish a task force to conduct a complete review of the State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA) and regulatory review process;
> Eliminate 1,000 burdensome regulations on businesses;
> Give the Senate's Administrative Regulations and Review Commission more oversight authority in the rulemaking process to ensure state agencies do not overstep their authority in implementing rules and regulations;
> Stop unfunded state mandates on local governments and school districts; and
> Require state agencies to provide more information on the costs and benefits of new rules.
In addition to the reform legislation, the Senate Majority Coalition, led by Senators Patrick Gallivan (R-C-I, Elma), David Valesky (D-Oneida), David Carlucci (D, Rockland/Westchester), and Kathleen Marchione (R-C, Halfmoon), will conduct industry-specific public hearings across the state to listen to businesses and local officials to learn which rules, regulations and mandates are the most useless, most costly, and should be eliminated.
Senator Valesky, Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business, said: "Part of our commitment to creating a more business friendly environment includes easing or eliminating the complicated, unnecessary regulations and mandates that are strangling businesses. This package is a good first step, and I'm looking forward to listening to businesses in the coming months in the hope of developing a long-term solution."
Senator Gallivan, Deputy Republican Conference Leader for Economic Development, said: "It's no secret that the biggest challenge facing New York's families and businesses is the State's still recovering economy, particularly upstate. This is the result of a myriad of problems, first among them being the state's suffocating regulatory environment. Regulations in New York are tantamount to death by a thousand cuts for small businesses and large employers alike. I am proud to join with my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to eliminate needless red tape and foster an economic environment where existing business can grow and new ones want to locate."
Senator Carlucci said: "These bipartisan, pro-growth initiatives offer regulatory relief that taxpayers and business owners have been craving for years. For too long, state agencies have been given a blank check to implement unnecessary rules on the backs of our local governments and businesses, driving up overhead costs and saddling taxpayers with increasingly high bills. Enough is enough. I stand ready to work together with my Senate colleagues to pass immediate mandate relief that will protect taxpayers, create jobs, and reduce burdensome mandates."
Senator Marchione, Co-Chair of the Administrative Regulations Review Commission (ARRC), said: "New York is tangled up in approximately 12 miles of state rules, regulations and red tape – almost enough to stretch from Albany to Halfmoon – that stifles innovation, hurts our economic competitiveness, and sends a message that the Empire State isn't open for business. There is no arguing the fact that our state is over-regulated, urgently needs regulatory reform and far greater oversight of unaccountable State Agencies that produce hundreds of new rules and regulations annually. I am proud to be part of this unprecedented effort to rein in State Agency rule-making, get bad regulations off the books, and start cutting bureaucratic red tape that's strangling our private sector job creators, local governments and taxpayers."
The following bills are among those that have been introduced and will be acted on by the Senate next week:
(S5519, Senator Joseph Griffo R-C-I, Rome) Establishes an 11-member joint task force to perform a review and make recommendations relating to the necessity for each rule, regulation and public authority.
(S5161, Senator Marchione) Gives the Administrative Regulations Review Commission (ARRC) more oversight authority in the rulemaking process and would give ARRC the authority to bring suit against an agency for a regulation that is in violation of state law.
(S1294, Senator Griffo) Prohibits state mandates on local governments and school districts unless they are fully funded by the state.
(S5166, Senator Marchione) Directs the Governor to repeal at least 1,000 regulations that are burdensome on economic development and business. This measure was included in the Senate Republican's "Blueprint for Jobs" economic development plan earlier this year.
(S3462, Senator James Seward, R-C-I, Oneonta) Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to invalidate regulations that are not consistent with legislative intent or which are likely to have a substantial unanticipated fiscal impact on the state or local governments.
(S5657, Sponsored by Senators Gallivan, Marchione and Carlucci) Creates a 19-member joint task force to undertake a thorough review of the 142-page, State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA) and regulatory review process now that the Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform has been disbanded for over two years. This law, which sets out the process used by state agencies to establish rules and regulations, was enacted in 1975 and since then there has been no comprehensive review of the law.
(S1564, Senator Kenneth LaValle, R-C-I, Port Jefferson) Requires the Regents to include certain information with respect to increased costs when altering or amending rules or regulations.
(S4302A, Senator Patty Ritchie, R-C, Heuvelton) Streamlines the license application and renewal process for supermarket chains and other food chain stores.
(S5536, Senator George Maziarz, R-C, Newfane) Provides new incentives to facilitate the extension of existing natural gas lines to under-served businesses and consumers to spur economic development and job creation.
(S5553, Senator David Valesky, D, Oneida) Require state agencies to provide expanded information on the costs and benefits associated with an agency proposal.
(S1784, Senator Carlucci) Amends SAPA to authorize a group of businesses that are regulated by a state agency or a representative of such businesses to petition a state agency for alternate methods of implementing a regulatory mandate that restricts the conducting or management of a business.
(S3246, Senator Carlucci) Facilitates electronic submission of documents by allowing state agencies to substitute affirmations for sworn oaths in permit applications.
(S3245, Senator Carlucci) Eliminates the requirement to provide free hard copies of the State Register to entities that opt to receive a free online version instead.
(S2160, Senator Valesky) Requires state agencies to actively solicit comments from those who may be adversely affected by a rule proposed by SAPA and seek opinions on the administrative and/or financial burdens it may place on a regulated entity.


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After adopting procedural resolutions the House adopted House Concurrent Resolution 3, which extends a formal invitation to the Governor to deliver the State of the State address tonight at 7 P.M.
The House also passed House Concurrent Resolution 3, making February 13, 2013 Nurses Unity Day.
The following committee will meet today:
Joint Finance-2 P.M.-460M
The following committee will meet tomorrow:
House Finance-9 A.M.-460M
Government Organization-9 A.M.-215E
The House is in recess and will reconvene at 6:50 P.M. this evening.
The body then adopted Senate Resolution 6, which created a Select Committee on Children in Poverty, and Senate Resolution 7, which designated February 13 as West Virginia Nurses Unity Day. The Senate was informed that the House adopted House Concurrent Resolution 3 , which extends a formal invitation to the Governor to deliver the State of the State Address tonight at 7 P.M.
The following committees will meet today:
Government Organization-2 P.M.-208W
Economic Development-1 P.M.-451M
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Finance Committee-9:30 A.M.-451M
Transportation and Infrastructure-1 P.M.-House Chamber
The Senate is in recess until 6:45 P.M.
The House Minority held a press conference today detailing their plan for the upcoming Regular Session starting Wednesday. House Minority Leader Tim Armstead (R-Kanawha) highlighted the caucus's initiative for the upcoming session, including education reform and creating jobs. "Too many of our fellow West Virginians are looking for work. Other are trying to work two low-paying jobs to make ends meet and feed their families."
Education reform was the second main point highlighted during the conference. Armstead stressed that, although on the brink of education reform, we need to keep the focus on the students.
"We must remove the red tape and top-heavy bureaucracy that dictates every move from Charleston and allow our principals to administer their schools, our teachers to teach and our students to learn," Armstead said.
Armstead also announced the leadership appointments for the House Republican office. Daryl Cowles (R-Morgan) was announced as the House Minority Whip while Patrick Lane (R-Kanawha) was appointed as the caucus chair.
Other appointments included Carol Miller (R-Cabell) as the new member advisor, Eric Nelson (R-Kanawha) as the Republican Conference Director of Fiscal Policy, John O'Neal IV (R-Raleigh) as the Republican Conference Director of Policy Initiatives, and John Ellem (R-Wood) as the caucus ethics advisor


text: A well-composed yet ultimately unexciting account of the War of 1812 battle by the author of the National Book Award—winning three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson. After providing the briefest of backgrounds to cover the origins of the War of 1812 and the initial events of the conflict, Remini (professor emeritus, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago) quickly jumps in to tell the tale of the battle that turned the tide of the war and served as one of the most important military victories in the history of the early American republic—the battle that pitted a motley American force of militiamen, pirates, and woodsmen from Kentucky against the British veterans of Waterloo in the bayous outside of New Orleans. Though his descriptions of the battle are rich with detail, there's little here to bring the events into a human scope. Remini writes classic history in the "great men, great events" style, but this effort is missing flavor; it's altogether devoid of the social particulars that are some of the most compelling aspects of well-rounded histories. Despite Remini's desire, as discussed in the preface, to go beyond the limitations of biography and recount one momentous event, there's scant evidence that this account is much more than a chapter in the life of Jackson. Remini emphasizes the significance of the participation of the pirate Jean Lafitte in the American defense of the city; however, he then offers only a fleeting glimpse of this. More glaring is his lack of attention to the slaves who fought on both sides of the battle and to the stories of the backwoodsmen whose military prowess is acclaimed, yet of whom we know nothing. A stirring narrative of a battle, but not much more. (History Book Club selection)


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Spring 2015
Hello Sports Fans!
That's right. After being in the doldrums (think 2014 Red Sox) the Merlin Wildlife Tours website has awakened and is raring to go…and I hope you are too!
Please browse through the (still being renovated) site for the latest in where to go and what to see. May our paths cross soon!.
Pine Grosbeaks
Pine Grosbeaks nest to the north of New Hampshire and only visit us during the winter. But they do not show up every winter. This winter is a great season for them and they are being seen frequently in crab apple trees in towns and cities. Here is a photo of one near the Concord, NH Post Office.
Louisiana tour 2012
Mar 27
Spring 2015
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2015/03/spring-2015/
Jan 14
Pine Grosbeaks
Pine Grosbeaks nest to the north of New Hampshire and only visit us during the winter. But they do not show up every winter. This winter is a great season for them and they are being seen frequently in crab apple trees in towns and cities. Here is a photo of one near the Concord, NH Post Office.
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2013/01/pine-grosbeaks/
Jan 06
Louisiana tour 2012
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2013/01/louisiana-tour-2012/
May 26
King Eider Highlights Star Island Trip
This stunning drake King Eider, first spotted a week ago and re-found on our trip by Chris Borg, was the highlight of a recent day trip to Star Island at the Isles of Shoals. The spring migration is slowing down yet we had a wonderfully pleasant day on the island with a great group of people and a modest number of late migrating birds. Many thanks to Phil Brown who organized this trip and allowed some Merlin Wildlife Tours participants to join his Harris Center group. Phil and I will be co-leading a trip in September to another idyllic island, Monhegan, off the coast of Maine. Check out the tour schedule for more details.
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2012/05/king-eider-highlights-star-island-trip/
Mar 11
Tuesday Program- Lake Umbagog in the wilds of northern NH
This is part of the Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series and for more details and directions go to: http://www.forestsociety.org/thingstodo/#CBELS
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2012/03/tuesday-program-lake-umbagog-in-the-wilds-of-northern-nh/
Feb 27
Highlights of Belize Tour February 2012
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS AS LISTED BY THE GROUP: the entire La Milpa experience especially the wonderful rain forest setting, the wildlife, the facilities, and the people; the marvelous night excursions from the boat trip to the animals to the night sky; the Mayan ruins including the difference between the excavated and unexcavated sites; "my room with a view" with deer and Ocellated Turkeys right outside the window; the almost simultaneous sightings of the perched King Vulture and Ornate Hawk-Eagle; the truly amazing story, highways, and enormous colonies of the industrious Leaf Cutter ants; and coming full circle- the friendly and dedicated people of the Programme for Belize. What a country!
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2012/02/highlights-of-belize-tour-february-2012/
Feb 02
Every night a Red Fox walks down my driveway while making his rounds. And it is always in the same direction. How do I know? Because he leaves his tracks in the snow and frequently leaves an actual calling card (droppings). Fox tracks are distinctive and when the animal is moving slowly but steadily they leave a straight line of dainty tracks, similar to house cat tracks but noticeably larger. On occasion they will diverge briefly from the straight and narrow to check out a squirrel or rabbit track, which of course is the reason for the foxes wanderings. But mostly when passing through my yard the animal just keeps on going. Some day when I have time I will follow those intriguing tracks and see where the critter comes from and where it ends up. And then I might understand why my canine visitor is so consistent.
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2012/02/red-foxes-are-creatures-of-habit/
Dec 27
In far northeastern NH lies the richest wildlife area in the Granite State- Lake Umbagog. Over 100 years ago William Brewster gave it this almost poetic description "…like many a precious stone, has beauty and charm due to the effectiveness of its perfect setting amid the majestic mountains and virgin forests that surround it closely on every hand."
While there is little old growth forest remaining at Umbagog it is still one of the wildest and most wildlife-rich areas in northern New England. A boat trip down the meandering and picturesque Magalloway River leads you into the fabulous marshes where Bald Eagles and Ospreys nest. The stillness of the quiet is frequently broken by the eerie wailing of Common Loons. Moose can appear anywhere and the marshes are full of secretive critters that emit strange and haunting sounds.
At certain seasons the wetlands are dotted with colorful orchids and native Rhododendrons and, naturally, the blazing fall foliage along the undeveloped shoreline and nearby hills is truly spectacular.
After decades of traveling beyond New Hampshire Lake Umbagog remains my favorite place to drink the crisp northern air, eavesdrop on the calls of wild creatures, and witness the setting of the sun and the rising of the moon over a pristine northern lake.
Bob Quinn – Award Winning Naturalist
Permanent link to this article: http://merlinwildlifetours.com/2011/12/hello-world/


text: Arguably the two most powerful men in the rap game today, Kanye West and Jay-Z have teamed up for a fall tour and forthcoming album to be released next Tuesday on iTunes under the new moniker Watch The Throne. As of right now, the fall tour dates are being re-tooled to help work in some new bookings. The tour already had a gap in it between the Houston (10/26) and Atlanta (10/29) shows, leaving room for a possible Friday night Voodoo spot. Right now, nothing is confirmed, so we'll have to wait for this afternoon's announcement to see if this MAJOR show will materialize. Regardless of your thoughts on this collaboration, this will be one of the bigger festival sets of the year (if not the biggest) if it in fact happens.


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Stylist Simone Harouche:
For tonight's show… We had a lot of looks to do with performances and
the chair look. The whole glam team really wanted to shine for Xtina
Tonight for Christina's coach's performance, she wore a custom bodysuit
with an isabel marant studded metal skirt. We wanted to have a glam rock
look that was sexy and fun, which was perfect for Def Leopard's "Pour
some sugar on me"
For Christina's chair look, I made a custom baby blue beaded party dress.
We wanted one of the final chair looks to be a beautiful color and have a
super cute and flirty shape.
Lastly, for Christina's duet with Jacquie, she wore another custom made
red gown that I made for christina. We thought red would be really
powerful and strong- which was perfect for the message of "We Remain"…
Hope you loved tonight's looks as much as we do!
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Makeup Artist Scott Barnes:
Tonight's get the look! Welcome to the last moments of this season on the
Voice! Tonight we decided to call this look 'Princess Cindy', as we dug
back down into Christina's Disney roots, I wanted to create our very own
Cinderella. Even with Adam at 2 contestants and Christina at one, we knew
we had a woman who could come through even with the odds against her so
the look had to match! I started out with Dior airflash to give her that
smooth even porcelain look, then I added body bling all over her body to
give her that natural glow. As for eyes, I used my own new products!
Partyproof mascara, paired with neutral eyeshadow tones to set the stage.
Blush came from my new Chic pallet and the eyelashes, of course,from
Flutter lashes! How awesome they have been for this entire season. I
finished off with a nude lip to crown the princess look down!
Don't forget to follow me on twitter and Instagram for more hints and tips
at @scottbarnes68 and tune in tomorrow night for the finale!
Scott Barnes
Hair Stylist David Babaii:
Last night I wanted to give Xtina this sexy Boho beachy waves. It was such
a great night as she had 3 different outfit looks and this look went well
will all 3.
I start with drying her hair with a round brush adding a bend on the ends
then sprayed some of my BOHO beach spray all over her hair. Using a 1in
curling iron I took small sections and reaped the hair around leaving the
ends out.
I did this all over. When done I used my hands to open the curls. Leaving
it lose and sexy. I ended with Xtina's favorite hair spray my FINISHED
hair spray, it has a great smell and holds without making ur hair
stiff. She looked killer and it lasted all night.
Follow David on twitter @davidbabaiihair and Instagram @Davidbabaii


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The past week in Vancouver saw both California and Naramata winemakers on a brief stop to present and promote their latest stars. It's tough to make your way around a jam-packed hotel ballroom and get to know all that's there, alas, I managed to narrow in on a few wines definitely worth mentioning. Tough days, indeed, tasting all these wines…
First up, the 30th Annual Canadian Tour of the California Wine Fair, put on by the California Wines in Canada association. This is a great event to hit each time it swings through town, usually each spring and again in the fall. You get to taste some stunning wines, a lot of which are not yet available in BC and some of which are on the very pricey side, so it's great to be able to indulge while meeting some of the wines' masterful makers.
The best tactic in my opinion at such an event is to have a tactic. There is no hope you can taste everything. I am heading down to the Russian River area in northern Sonoma County in May so I tried to zone in on a few wineries I could follow up with a visit.
If I listed and described all the wines I tasted or the winemakers or agents I met and enjoyed some time with, we'd be here all day, plus there is no way any one person can retain a wine overload list in a blog post, so here's just one from Cali to put to memory:
Alexander Valley Vineyards:
Before getting to the wines, lovely people. Just lovely. I had a great time tasting and learning about some of the wines and the winemaking with John Wetzel, one of the family partners of the Wetzel Family Estate. What a difference it makes when you can taste the wines with one of the key players of the business. I'm very much looking forward to making a visit to their tasting room down south, which is nicely situated in the heart of the their winery, and getting into those infamous caves!
Known For: Sin Zinfandel. Check out their clever marketing on the "Wicked Weekend: 3-Pack of Zins" – Temptation, Sin and Redemption: crowd-pleasing zins.
Must Try: Gewurz! This is a grape not typically grown in this region but these guys have a beautiful crisp and spicy Gewurztraminer, sourcing the grapes from the Mendocino's Potter Valley. The fruit is there, the spice, florals and minerality – a well balanced wine. They nailed it.
Vancouver was the first stop on this month-long tour as it makes its way across the country, ending in St. John's and Halifax in mid May. Check out the full schedule and details on the calwine site.
And onto BC and the Naramata Bench…
Being from Vancouver, I am more and more familiar with the wines (and the faces!) of the infamous Naramata Bench in the Okanagan Valley, BC's interior wine region. There have been some awesome wines that have come out of this region: Tantalus Riesling being one of my top favourites; Poplar Grove's Pinot Gris is a big crowd-pleaser as well. It was doable to try everything in the room, but I have a small list of favourites that I'd recommend you get your hands on.
Winner of the Day: Van Westen Vineyards 2008 Viognier
Pretty stunning. This wine has the fruit right there to match the acidity and the viscosity is what you would expect from a viognier. There were only 120 cases produced, so good luck finding it, but keep an eye on this producer for this varietal. They knock it out of the park.
And better yet, I heard you can sit around their kitchen table and taste it with them when you pay them a visit – now that is personal treatment!
Also Enjoyed:
Township 7 Rosé – one of the few who succeeded in producing a typical southern French style rosé. You could polish this one off in one sitting quite easily on a hot summer day.
Therapy Vineyards 2009 Freudian Sip Proprietary blend ($19) – again, suited for patio time. The same could be said for their 2008 Pink Freud ($20). Chill these two crisp wines, sit back and soak in the sun!
I guess those last few picks means it's that time of year again… next post: rosé all the way!


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Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmef! What better way to follow a post on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure than with a 12 Days post on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
I love it when shows use music in just the right way. It's not about telling the audience how to feel about a certain scene so much as amplifying the emotions that should already be present. For instance, I'm not a particularly big fan of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, but even a hater like me has to admit that the way the ending bleeds into the conclusions of each episode fits that show perfectly. There's a certain melancholy tone that strikes a great chord (lol); again, I did not enjoy like half of SEED, and yet I could legitimately appreciate the way that series uses its ending theme. It works to excellent effect.
What does that have to do with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure? All of you who watch the series already know, so I'm not sure why I am keeping up this silly pretense. When "Roundabout" was announced as JoJo's ED, people got excited — it's a good song, and it fits in perfectly with the menagerie of classic rock references in the manga and anime. But did any of us expect that David Production would use the song to such great effect in the anime itself? Episode 2 has the first and longest use of "Roundabout" to punctuate the action: The whole intro plays as Dio barely escapes his vampiric experiment and is afterward confronted by JoJo.
Those first few notes of "Roundabout" paired with the above image is perfect. This show already feels larger than life, and this small part of episode 2 feels like what would happen if Sergio Leone directed a movie about vampires in the Old West. The rising sun casting the light of death, the stark shadow stretching out in the shape of a stake, and Dio alone and shaken up, barely comprehending what he's just witnessed . . . it's just perfect, so fucking perfect, and as much as I enjoyed what I saw beforehand, this is the moment I was 100 percent sold on JoJo.


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Did Deepika, Arjun shy away from charging a higher amount for 'Finding Fanny'?
Sources say that Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor have not demanded their market price for starring in 'Finding Fanny'
Sources say that Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor have not demanded their market price for starring in Finding Fanny. "The film has been shot in Goa on a relatively low budget. Both actors believe in the project and hence, they didn't revise their rates despite their recent successful films," says a source.
Also read: 'Finding Fanny' was shot in 36 days
Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor
Also read: 'Finding Fanny': The case of the missing chicken
Like Delhi Belly, Finding Fanny too will be released in two languages. While the film was originally made in English, it turns out that a Hindi version will also be released. The star cast has started dubbing for it, save for Deepika Padukone, who has flown to France to shoot for Imtiaz Ali's film, Tamasha.
Also read: Sneak peek of 'Finding Fanny'
It is also being said that coming up with a Hindi version was a last minute plan. But Finding Fanny's producer, Dinesh Vijan, says that this isn't the case.


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Last Wednesday evening, Twitter founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey hosted a panel discussion focusing on the experience of being a small business in Oakland. The panel featured downtown business owners Angela Tsay of Oaklandish, Ari Serrano-Embree of Oakland Surf Club, Kate Ellen Murphy of Crown Nine, and Cortt Dunlap of Awaken Cafe.
To begin the evening, Dorsey–who once lived in Oakland– described a "raw and excited" energy about the town, and the current trend in which people are increasingly drawn to quality, crafted products and services rather than large national chains. He then posed questions to the panel relating to the Oakland business owners' personal stories and support networks.
The panel agreed that this is an exciting time to be in Oakland, but disagreed around the role of the city government. Dunlap of Awaken Café had fairly positive things to say. As the landlord of their space, the city government has been very supportive of the business and invested in the "downtown renaissance" by filling storefronts, he said.
However, Tsay of Oaklandish, located just across the street from Awaken, explained her company's more complicated history with the city. She said in the early days of the Oaklandish art project, the city actually came and forcefully shut down their gallery space. She said she still sees serious land use issues and a lack of clear leadership in city hall that is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Alternatively, Murphy, whose business Crown 9 is in a small alleyway in Old Oakland, did deal directly with the city. As a member of the Popuphood's pilot project in the neighborhood, organizers Alfonso Dominguez and Sarah Filley negotiated a deal with the city to substantially lower her rent costs and allow her to get off the ground with very little upfront investment.
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