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This is a guest post by Samantha Sand. Samantha is a frequent commenter at Frugal Mama, and she publishes a great blog about using technology to save time and money called Let's Get Digital. She also runs her own business, Samantha Sand Solutions, where she helps small businesses get on the Web and grow their business online.
I'm happy to feature her idea — right before the craziness that is Black Friday — for a gift that is valuable yet barely costs anything.
I have thousands of digital photos on my computer. You probably do, too. Look, there's baby Brian on the beach for the first time…what a great shot! Remember that trip to Europe…? Sure I do, when I look at these dreamy photos from the Irish countryside. Some memories just bring a smile to my face every time. I'd love to enjoy them on my wall, but these days I'm into scale. As in BIG.
Scale is Expensive
There's no shortage of websites that will convert your cherished photos to canvas, at varying sizes. For a 20 x 30 inch poster size print from Canvas Pop, you'll pay anywhere from $129 to $204, depending on options like the thickness of the canvas. For just a basic rolled up print, with no frame, you'll pay $99. Then add tax and $14 shipping. (They'll throw in free shipping if you spend over $150, but note that the popular 20 x 30 poster on 1.5 inch canvas is priced at $149.) And that's just one print. Expensive!
Print Your Own Poster-Sized Photos
If you love scale as much as I do, you will love Block Posters. Visit this free site to upload your favorite photo. Block Posters takes just a few seconds to convert the image into a perfectly sliced-up PDF file, which you can download and print on your own home printer. You don't even have to sign up or create a password. So easy and free!
Getting the Poster on Your Wall
Once you've printed the pages, you'll need to cut off the white border around each image. Many printers don't print edge to edge, and Block Posters decided leaving in a white border was safest. You could use scissors, but I recommend using a paper trimmer. You'll get straighter cuts, and finish them faster.
Next, it's puzzle time. Assemble your poster by piecing it together and gluing it to your chosen surface. I bought poster frames at IKEA for $9.99 each, so I glued my photo to the cardboard backing that came with the frame. Glue both the entire surface and the back of each photo for extra hold.
I used "Easy Tack" from my local craft supply store. It really was repositionable — when I wasn't happy with the original placement, I could gently peel the photo paper off the cardboard and try again.
When you're done, trim off any excess paper, and frame! You will see some seams, but don't fret. On the wall they look great.
Smiles for Every Room
I had the most fun deciding where to place all my new posters. Now I smile every time I walk into the kids' playroom.
Other Options
The bright colors of these frames are great for a child's room, but if you don't live near an IKEA or you'd like something more subdued, mount the poster to a 20 x 30 inch foam board. $2.99 at the local Michael's.
Totaling It Up
After an initial investment of $7.99 for the spray adhesive, I only had to purchase my desired mounts (poster frames and foam boards). I already owned this Fiskars paper trimmer (available at Amazon for $8.95). As for the paper and ink, these costs are harder to estimate, but let's say 50 cents for each piece of high quality photo paper and 30 cents in ink. At eight pieces of paper per poster, that totals just $16.39 for each framed poster. Spend even less by using the foam board; total cost $9.39.
The Bottom Line
Rescue cherished family photos from your computer with an easy and fun print project from Block Posters. Compared to $143 for the least expensive, comparably sized canvas poster at Canvas Pop (other vendors priced similarly), this DIY alternative offers both big-time scale for your walls and big-time savings for your wallet. Now that's something to smile about!
Samantha Sand is a mother, writer, technology consultant and founder of Sand Solutions and Let's Get Digital. She loves finding ways to make digital life easier, and sharing her ideas with others.


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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Back, with Belly Pics
Vegas was awesome, and I can't wait to go back.* We briefly considered hiring a prostitute whose card advertised a $35 special, to come to our room and pack for us on the last night. Because hot damn if our feet weren't killing us! But the card was all the way across the room, and our feet hurt too bad to go get it to get the number.** Oh well.
So! Pregnant! Still! Unbelievable!
Here's me, in my bathing suit at our Vegas hotel room***, at 11 weeks:
Again, in the morning. To illustrate my point about the belly explosion that occurs once I eat, here are morning and night belly pics for 12 weeks:
Morning Shot. Clearly, a bump but not huge. The only offensive thing about this picture is the VISIBLE PANTY LINE...I am ashamed of myself. But my thongs are all too tight and I have no idea where to get industrial sized thongs to fit big pregnant asses. (I guess I should go back to Motherhood?)
Night Shot. Hot damn, girl! Is you havin twins? What are you, like 20 weeks?!
And more VPL. I am going to have to stop making fun of people with the VPL because I am one of them. Maybe I can start a new trend?
Hey everyone! It's sexy to be too fat for your thongs and be forced to switch to granny panties that you can see through your work pants! HOT and SEXY! And not at all disgusting and frumpy!
Anyway, I have a lot of other things to tell you about, but I'm done for tonight because I have a skull crushing migraine.
I've been tagged for, like, 5 different things in the past couple months, and haven't done any of them. So if you tagged me and I was a stuck up bitch about it, can you remind me? I'll do them, I swearz.
*We can never go back, because daycare is $700/month, because I'm not sure if you heard, but apparently babies are really fucking EXPENSIVE.
** I promise. We didn't call a hooker, and we wouldn't. I think you'd probably catch the clap just by breathing the same air. And also? Breasts make me really uncomfortable.
***The Paris, I loved it.
36 comments:
You are adorable, and P.S. I love your bathing suit!!! I can't wait to see you!! Gotta run, I believe Crystal may be joining Jay and I for a bit of a porch monkey night ;)
- August 14, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Shauna said...
you aren't big at all!
- August 14, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Clever Girl said...
I have that bathing suit! I've been lurking for a little while on your blog, so I thought I'd say hello. I am just now attempting to get pregnant with the help of modern medicine, so your blog is encouraging. And your belly is cute.
- August 14, 2008 at 8:27 PM
- Jen said...
I would like to vote that bellies are bigger at night because of gravity, not food. If I lay around all day, my stomach is much smaller. But being up and dealing with gravity seems to pull the stomach out. Plus, the two blog people I've seen pictures of who are on bedrest have much smaller stomachs than those that walk around all day. See, scientific proof for you. :)
You look great, by the way.
- August 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM
- Sarah said...
They HAVE to make bigger thongs. I mean big girls like to feel sexy too? You should have called one of the hookers and asked if THEY knew where to buy them? If anyone would know, I think it would be them.
- August 14, 2008 at 8:44 PM
- Emily said...
Welcome home! Great post! I LOL at having the hooker pack for you :)
You look cute as can be, girl!!
- August 14, 2008 at 8:59 PM
I love Vegas! Josh and I have a bunch of stripper cards from our honeymoon. There are even some in our wedding scrapbook...
- August 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- Lost in Space said...
Welcome back! I'm glad you enjoyed Paris. We stayed there once and thought it was great too.
Cute belly you have growing there. (:
- August 14, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- BrandiH2007 said...
Your baby bump is looking so cute! Morning and night.
Glad to hear you had fun on vacation. And I'm with you, I don't think I'd want a hooker touching my clothes. But Sarah had a point. They could probably tell you where to get bigger thongs.
- August 15, 2008 at 7:14 AM
- Jendeis said...
Bathing suit is very cute; the day outfit looks nice too. Don't think you are large enough, but Lane Bryant (Cacique) carries thongs and seamless granny panties that absolutely have no VPL.
- August 15, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- MamaSoon said...
cute suit and you are teeny tiny. :-) love the bump.
- August 15, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Aunt Becky said...
Mimi Maternity has maternity thongs.
And I, at a mere 15 weeks, look like I've been eating McDonald's for 15 or so weeks. Which isn't terribly inaccurate. Sadly.
You look sexy, dude.
- August 15, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- JenM said...
What a cute little bump! My best friend said end of the day was always bigger, and maternity shirts make you look way more pregnant.
No experience yet myself, of course.
- August 15, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- g said...
TAg your IT!
- August 15, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- KimboSue said...
The bump is so precious!Glad you didn't call a hooker. I was thinking the same thing - catching something just being in her/his presence. You never know, it could really be a MAN!
- August 15, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- alicia said...
welcome back! glad you had a great time, I am loving all your belly shots!
- August 15, 2008 at 3:18 PM
- battynurse said...
What a cute bump. I loved Vegas too but have never been back either. It's been like 6 years.
- August 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- Cairo Mama said...
You can get maternity thongs. They really are different than regular thongs in a bigger size. Last time, I just got a bigger size regular thong and it was too big in the back and not quite big enough around. Going for maternity thongs this time.
- August 15, 2008 at 7:24 PM
- Tricia said...
You are awesome. I have been jonesing for your posts. Maybe you could have hired a prostitute to write you posts!
That would have been amazing. By the way, your belly is cute as ever!
- August 15, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Jill said...
I think you look great and I love your swimsuit. :-)
Jen-I think you could make granny panties sexy. I did LMAO at your visible panty lines..
- August 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- Jill said...
I think you look great and I love your swimsuit. :-)
Jen-I think you could make granny panties sexy. I did LMAO at your visible panty lines..
- August 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM
You have the cutest bump ever! I can't believe you are almost in your 2nd tri!
- August 16, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- sarah said...
My cousin wore materinty thongs--either motherhood or nordstrom.
- August 16, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- Amy said...
You have such a cute little baby bump!!
My MIL gave me granny panty maternity panties, for Mother's Day. Ok, a little weird right?! Especially since my MIL and I get along so well (insert eye roll here).
Let me tell you.... most.comfortable.panties.EVER!
- August 17, 2008 at 7:32 AM
- Mel said...
You know... I was really beginning to feel like a freak with this weird protruding bump so early at just shy of 12 weeks (it really came out this week) but your post has just made me feel somewhat normal again.
- August 17, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- alison said...
psst... I nominated you for an award... stop by my blog to pick it up...
- August 17, 2008 at 9:34 PM
- Io said...
Please send me your bathing suit as you are pregnant and it will not fit any longer. Wait, that's gross. But I still like it. And I would never fit in it even not pregnant.
- August 17, 2008 at 9:36 PM
- seriously? said...
I don't think you look that big (maybe because I look about the same).
I finally went to that stinky store you have mentioned and got the bands. I actually feel human in my clothes. I also bought some regular shirts that should work for the next couple of months. Gotta love the empire waists and stuff.
- August 18, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- seriously? said...
I don't think you look that big (maybe because I look about the same).
I finally went to that stinky store you have mentioned and got the bands. I actually feel human in my clothes. I also bought some regular shirts that should work for the next couple of months. Gotta love the empire waists and stuff.
- August 18, 2008 at 7:59 AM
- courtney said...
Cute bathing suit!
When is your next ultra sound? You look great!
- August 18, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Once again, I can't tell you how much I appreciate having your blog to read...I'm one week behind you and going through the exact same thing. Was at a BBQ party the other nite and by the end, all these moms were ooh-ing and ahh-ing at my big belly. I totally looked 4 months pregnant. Then I woke up, and it disappeared. Thought maybe it was a dream! Very cool magic trick indeed. Glad I'm not the only one!
- August 19, 2008 at 5:37 PM
- Faith said...
You look beautiful. Glad you had a big trip to Vegas.
- August 19, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Sexy too!
- August 20, 2008 at 3:52 AM
- **mrsl** said...
HA! The best part is the nice little "Vanna Point" at the bump!
- August 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM
hanky panky thongs - even though they aren't maternity - are pretty damn great. I'm 36 weeks (and 20 lbs heavier) now and they still fit!
- August 21, 2008 at 5:32 PM
- Bec said...
Am totally loving the bump :D
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Washington at Work; Barney Frank's Public and Private Lives: Lonely Struggle for Coexistence
By MICHAEL ORESKES, Special to The New York Times
Published: September 15, 1989
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14— When he was first elected to the State Legislature from the Back Bay of Boston in 1973, Barney Frank's friends told him that if he was going to be a politician he would have to spruce up. His hair was a mess, his shoes were unpolished, and, to be blunt, he was fat.
Barney Frank, aggressive to the point of irritating, brilliant to the point of arrogant, responded in a classically Barney Frank manner. Instead of losing weight, cutting his hair or polishing his shoes, he produced a campaign poster. Above a huge picture of a bloated Barney, his black hair tousled (but his shoes at least unseen), was the headline ''Neatness isn't everything. Re-elect Barney.''
Today that poster has the most prominent spot on the wall in the Washington office of Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts.
Mr. Frank points up at the poster as he explains what was wrong with his life back then - how he tried to divide his public from his private life, how he could not handle the strain of this and, finally, how he made a personal blunder that threatens now to wreck a political career more successful than he ever imagined possible as a boy growing up in Bayonne, N.J.
Mr. Frank is a homosexual. In 1987, he became the first member of Congress to voluntarily acknowledge this, answering honestly a question that he had instructed a reporter to ask him. That moment, he said, was the end of a long struggle for him to stop ''conceding on the private side and having people judge me wholly on the public side.'' Looking Back Over a Lifetime
In a political time when things that were once nobody's business have now become everybody's business, the exploration of the Massachusetts Democrat's private life, now under way on the front pages of newspapers and in the House ethics committee because of his relationship with a male prostitute, is singular, forcing not just the public but Barney Frank himself to delve back over his life. ''I'd always been interested in public policy,'' he said in his office this week, ''I had not thought growing up that I was likely to be an elected official. I was Jewish and gay and I knew that.''
He pumped gas at his father's truck stop in Jersey City. He went to Harvard. He took every politics course there was. He tried to write a doctoral thesis, but did not have the patience. He went to work in Kevin White's victorious mayoral campaign and then went with him as executive assistant to Boston's City Hall. With the encouragement of friends, he won a seat in the Legislature.
Through these years, and on to Congress in 1980, Mr. Frank did not so much conceal his private life as abandon even trying to have one, he said. Mr. Frank, who is approaching 50, says he thinks younger gay men understand better how to make a life than he did. ''In my case it was compounded by the fact that I was overweight,'' he said. ''My sense of personal self-esteem was pretty low. My estimate of my social skills was pretty low.''
Publicly, success followed success. In 1979, the Rev. Robert F. Drinan was told by the Pope to leave Congress. Mr. Frank ran for the seat and won. ''I was enjoying my public life a lot,'' Mr. Frank recalls, but felt ''a sense of desperation at the state of my personal life. Facing a Long-Delayed Issue
So in 1983, after winning election to a second term in the House, he said, ''I began to think about how I would deal with the personal side and tried various combinations and permutations.'' But he had waited so long to seek a private life, that when he finally tried, he said, he did not really know how.
''It wasn't just being gay,'' he said. ''It was having this sense of being awkward, of being an outsider of being a minority in so many ways.''
So, he said, his efforts were tentative and, in one case, disastrous - his involvement with Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute who then conducted his business from Mr. Frank's Capitol Hill apartment. Many supporters of Mr. Frank are trying to understand why, as one of them put it, a man as smart as Barney is did something so dumb.
''It is generally not understood that gay people often have a prolonged social adolescence,'' said Mr. Frank's friend and supporter, Thomas Stoddard, executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the oldest national gay rights group in the country. ''They have to deal with questions of dating and sexual adolescence at a later stage. This was part of Barney discovering who he was. Most people understand when it happens to an 18-year-old heterosexual male. It's the same phenomenon.''
Barney Frank has outgrown the man of the campaign poster. As part of his effort to put his personal life together he has slimmed down, is neater. His suits are better. His hair, now graying, is somewhat neater, although his shoes could still use some polish. He lives in a stable relationship with another man. Haunting Experience
But the personal struggles of the old Barney Frank have come back to haunt him, particularly the day in 1985 when he answered an ad in a gay newspaper. At the other end of the telephone was one Stephen L. Gobie, young, strapping, smooth-talking. Mr. Frank, by his own account, paid him $80 for sex, and then befriended him, hoping he could turn Mr. Gobie away from drugs and prostitution. He wrote letters on behalf of Mr. Gobie to his probation officer. Mr. Gobie called Mr. Frank ''sweet and low''-sweet guy, low on cash.


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By Linwood Pendleton
Well it finally happened … marine ecosystem services have become trendy and that has some peoples' knickers in a twist.
- Cartoon by Mike Twohy, New Yorker Collection, The Cartoon Bank
Recent articles raise questions, and offer some answers, about the usefulness, and even the ethics, of ecosystem services (ES) thinking and valuation in marine management. Unmüßig finds grounds for fears that monetization will lead to commodification, diminish biodiversity, and ignore cultural and spiritual values. Kronenberg echoes those concerns using the little known field of economic ornithology. Jax and collaborators voice some of Unmüßig and Kronenberg's concerns from an ethics standpoint, but say they can be mitigated by making the ecosystem services concept more transparent.
Schröter et al. take a more positive view of valuation, pointing out that it provides additional arguments for decision making processes and does not replace ethical, ecological, or other nonmonetary arguments. It may steer people toward more sustainable management. It is the "vagueness" of the ecosystem services concept, say Schröter et al., that prevents societal actors from running with ES valuation.
Nonetheless, such valuation is becoming a greater part of marine and coastal management. As Dale Squires put it in a recent e-mail exchange "[ecosystem services valuation] might have a tangible but indirect contribution on a large scale by the slow accumulation of evidence that contributes to policy formation." I believe him. People are making decisions now as if ecosystems mattered to people, even if they don't know the first thing about valuation. Sitas et al. explore the ecosystem service science-practice gap, highlighting this with a South African case study. They find that while ecosystem services were not explicitly referred to in documents, processes or by the individuals consulted, the implementers were working within the realm of ecosystem services. Given the trend towards transdisciplinary networks, Sitas et al. identify considerable oppo
rtunities for "bridging the gap."
Boiling everything down to a number does not always make the policy better (or, for that matter, the discussion more scientific). The key is to be clearer about what we are talking about, to then be honest about our ability to quantify ecosystem services, particularly when not everything can be reduced to a single currency and when money is not what everyone cares about, and to acknowledge that not everything needs to be valued. As Unmüßig points out, when things are irreplaceable or damage to them is irreversible, valuation is not what's called for.
Understanding that valuation is not the "be all/end all" may be what leads Loomis and Paterson to remind us that economists don't own ecosystem services. So just how far are we are willing to go to try to quantify the contribution of ecosystem services to human well-being? Too many valuation studies have distilled intuitive and convincing ecosystem services into shaky, if not preposterous, monetized values.
In their companion paper, Loomis and Paterson come up with a framework for quantifying the expanded universe of things that matter in the ecosystem service approach. Using a hierarchical approach, they identify 42 different dimensions of ecosystem services. Concentrating large lists of measures into one or fewer numbers is the norm right now – think Ocean Health Index or some grand valuation of Global Ecosystem Services. I still don't know what these consolidated numbers mean.
Sometimes I wonder if we really want to know the true value of ecosystems? Are we willing to let other people decide how to manage ecosystem services once they know that value? Or do we always start with some hidden agenda that we call "conservation" or "management" and hope that an ecosystem service valuation will help our cause?
It's time to stop talking about marine ecosystem services as if they mean something specific. Ecosystem services thinking now covers a small universe of ideas, issues and dimensions that describe the uncountable ways that people depend on nature. You can't cover them all in an essay, a global valuation, a list of indicators, and certainly not in a conference session. So we've seen the forest, now it's time to start looking again at the trees. Let's narrow the conversation when we are talking about ecosystem services; let's quantify services that we can measure with relative confidence, and when we write, convene, and discuss ES, let's avoid expansive and sometimes incomprehensible catchall phrases.
Anne Kaup contributed to this column. For more information on these studies or MESP, contact firstname.lastname@example.com
|Costanza, R., R. de Groot, P. Sutton, S. van der Ploeg, S.J., Anderson, I. Kubiszewski, S. Farber, and R. Turner. 2014. Changes in the Global Value of Ecosystem Services, Global Environmental Change 26: 152-158.Jax, K., D.N. Barton, K.M.A. Chan, R. de Groot, U. Doyle, U. Eser, C. Görg, E. Gómez-Baggethun, Y. Griewald, W. Haber, R. Haines-Young, U. Heink, T. Jahn, H. Joosten, L. Kerschbaumer, H. Korn, G.W. Luck, B. Matzdorf, B. Muraca, C. Neßhöver, B. Norton, K. Ott, M. Potschin, F. Rauschmayer, C. von Haaren, and S. Wichmann. 2013. Ecosystem Services & Ethics, Ecological Economics 93: 260-268.Kronenburg, J. 2014. What Can the Current Debate on Ecosystem Services Learn from the Past? Lessons from Economic Ornithology, Geoforum 55:164-177.Loomis, D.K. and S.K. Paterson. 2014. Human Dimensions Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Services: A Hierarchical Perspective, Ecological Indicators 44: 63-68.Loomis, D.K. and S.K. Paterson. 2014.The Human Dimensions of Coastal Ecosystem Services: Managing Social Values, Ecological Indicators 44: 6-10.Schröter, M., E.H. van der Zanden, A.P.E. van Oudenhoven, R.P. Remme, H.M. Serna-Chavez, R.S. de Groot, and P. Opdam. 2014. Ecosystem Services as a Contested Concept: A Synthesis of Critique and Counter-Arguments, Conservation.Sitas, N., H. Prozesky, K. Esler, and B. Reyers. 2014. Exploring the Gap between Ecosystem Service Research and Management in Development Planning,Sustainability 6: 3802-3824.Unmüßig, B. 2014. Monetizing Nature: Taking Precaution on a Slippery Slope, Great Transition Initiative.


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If Anyone Thirsts…(John 7:37-38)
"On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." (NKJV)
Jesus was at the temple in Jerusalem during the feast of Tabernacles, and stood up to preach and declare the Word of God to the thousands gathered there to celebrate the feast. This was the final day of the eight day feast, when there was a big assembly of believers from all over the (then known) world. The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot is a joyous feast of thanksgiving to God for His provision and forgiveness. (Last week we spoke about the aspect of thankfulness in Sukkot). The requirements for Sukkot are given in Leviticus 23:34-36, about the eight days of offerings and celebration beginning and ending with a "holy convocation". The eighth and last day was the grand finale of the festival.
One of the Sukkot traditions involves the pouring out of life giving water. Here, the Priest would walk from the pool of Siloam to the altar at the Temple, carrying a pitcher of water, which he would pour upon the altar. This was an act of thanksgiving (in faith) for the winter rains to come, and another bountiful harvest in the spring. This tradition also represented to the Jewish people of Jesus' day that the Holy Spirit would be poured out when the Messiah came. It is while the Priest was pouring out the water on the altar that Jesus cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink." Jesus was revealing that He was the Messiah they had been waiting for!
People were tired of the burden of the law. They had lived with its increasingly onerous demands for thousands of years and were hungry for something different. There was a thirst for Truth and the reality of God and the people longed for a faith they could feel in their hearts and not calculate with their minds. They were tired of guilt and condemnation. It was time for a change but not everyone was willing to move towards satisfying this need. It required a change of thinking (faith), and that is sometimes too costly and painful!
Jesus is making the same offer to you and me today. He freely pours out the awesomeness of His Spirit on those who seek but who qualifies to receive?
1) Jesus said "If anyone thirsts". How thirsty are you for the living waters? How much are you longing for more of His presence? A thirsty person drinks very differently to someone who is not in great need. A person who has walked through a desert and is gasping for a drink is not likely to pick up a glass and sip delicately from it. He would be so happy to see water that he may splash it all over his face and head, and toss it into his open mouth, gulping down great mouthfuls of it, while it ran down the side of his face and on to his clothes. He may not even care about what he looks like as he assuages his extreme thirst and satisfies his deep need. He drinks like he can never get enough! If you are thirsty for the living waters, the crystal river which flows from the throne of God, you can receive as much as you desire. In Old Testament times, only chosen prophets and kings partook of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Today, because Jesus tore the veil and brought us into the Holy place, we can all receive, and Abba pours out His Holy Spirit on anyone, according to their thirst, hallelujah. I am thirstier than ever before, and I love to drink deep and long of the living waters.
2) Jesus said "Let him come to Me". Jesus is the baptizer, and the One who pours out His Spirit as much as we desire. In John 4:14, He said to the woman by the well: "Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." He also said (John 15) "Abide in Me and I will abide in you" and John 14:16: "I will pray the Father and He will give you another Helper that He may abide with you forever, the Spirit of truth." Jesus is calling us to come to Him when we are hungry and thirsty for more of the Spirit. While impartation by the laying on of hands is a wonderful reality of Kingdom life, many of us run to people for more of the anointing when Jesus says "come to Me " and "live in Me". He is our source! He said (Luke 11:9) "So I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened unto you" and verse 13: "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" He says to us today "If you are thirsty, come to Me". Wherever you are in your walk with God, take a decision today to get a little closer, to draw a little nearer, and to drink deeper from the River that flows from the Throne. Choose to come. Choose to drink. The choice is entirely yours!
3) Jesus said "He who believes". We receive when we step forward in faith. Everything in the Kingdom is accessed by faith, and just as we first received the Holy Spirit in faith, we experience more and yet more dimensions of His presence and power as we take steps in faith, knowing that God wants to release more of His Kingdom into us. If you are hungry and thirsty for the things of the Spirit, believe for more! We drink from an infinite source which never runs dry. There is an old chorus I used to sing which goes like this:
"There is a River that flows from deep within.
There is a fountain to cleanse the soul from sin.
Come to the River, there is a vast supply.
There is a River that never shall run dry."
4) Jesus spoke about "rivers of living waters". A river is a moving body of water which is fed from a larger source and flows out into an ocean or larger river. The Lord is calling us to be rivers today, and not stagnant pools of water. Jesus said in Matthew 10:8 "Freely you have received, freely give". Let the River flow into and through you. If you want more of the presence and power of God in your life, begin to freely give away what you already have. Minister His presence, His healing, His Words of life into someone who needs to receive, and you will find exceedingly abundantly more than you had asked or imagined flowing back into you. Then, you give away what you received, and receive some more, until you can barely contain the anointing of the Lord and it is always flowing like an electric river right through your life, as you go from strength to strength and glory to glory, hallelujah! "Come Holy Spirit, precious River of God. Fill our lives to overflowing. Emanate from our very beings. Be a River that we cannot contain and which bursts its banks each day to flood where we are!"
I feel that the blessed Holy Spirit wants to break many of His precious ones free of the burden of legalism and the spirit of condemnation which makes you feel like you can never do enough or be good enough for God. In the name of Jesus Christ, I break that lie of the enemy off your life, and speak His Holy and life giving Word over you, that you are fully loved, fully accepted and fully forgiven. You are also fully filled with His Holy Spirit. Lift up your cup to Jesus as you come to Him and drink, thanking Him in faith for filling your life to overflowing with the power of His presence. It is your portion and what He desires to give you. Be hungry and thirsty for more of His presence. It is all about His presence! May you experience a fresh revelation of the Holy Spirit, as the Messiah pours out fresh water upon your heart, and may His presence overshadow you and saturate you right where you are right now, in Jesus' name, Amen!
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Regional Reviews: Chicago
Chicago at Pheasant Run Theatre
Pheasant Run Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, is perhaps one of the only remaining dinner theatres in the Chicagoland area. The opportunity to see a Broadway show and dine in the same stage/restaurant environment seems to be a passing memory, but Pheasant Run, a resort and spa, has managed to survive as a dinner theatre, first hosting the typical summer stock type of production with a name star in the lead. Presently it is a home for downsized Broadway musicals where patrons can eat at their table and still enjoy a "name" show such as Cabaret or Evita (not my choice for a Sunday afternoon).
Current plans are to turn the dinner theatre environment into a more comfortable theatre-style seating facility. The current production of Chicago suggests the difficulties of producing a show under such circumstances.
Chicago, the spectacular hit, debuted on Broadway in 1975 with Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera with choreography by Bob Fosse. The current "concert version" of the show featuring just the players and the songs, without the settings and production elements, has been a universal hit and is still playing in New York and London. It is an unusual treat to have the original full-length musical Chicago produced at Pheasant Run since the original script contains many local references ("Boozing in Cicero"..." , one of the chorines mentions), as well as references to many Chicagoland landmarks. This Pheasant Run production strives for the glitz and glamor of the original Broadway production but falls short in its total efforts.
Director Jeff Jones has made a valiant effort to capture the cynicism and naughtiness suggested in the script, as well as the overall "showbiz spark" projected in the song and dances. Chicago tells the story of Roxie Hart, a 1920s chorus girl who murders her adulterous boyfriend and then manages to avoid prison with the help of her razzle-dazzle attorney, Billy Flynn. The story is a virtual pastiche of song and dance numbers that suggest a tale of "murder, greed, and corruption." In the end, Roxie and her prison friend Velma Kelly, another dangerous chorus girl, unite in an enthusiastic routine of dance extravaganza that ignites the audience into a well-deserved round of applause at the musical's conclusion.
Within the confines of the small theatre at Pheasant Run, this show sadly limps along during act one. The small cast tries to convey the spirit of the show but are hampered by unimaginative set pieces and clumsy orchestration. As we meet the cast of characters, there is a sameness in the youth of the cast and a dull repetition of the same people playing multiple roles. This is one of the drawbacks of dinner theatre; one never knows who will turn up next in a different role. A simple mustache or a change in costume will never disguise the fact that we have seen the same player before in another scene playing a different role.
Act two picks up the pace and rhythm needed for a show like this, and the leading players take charge. Carrie McNulty as Velma Kelly, the brazen prisoner who challenges Roxie for fame and fortune, is a standout. She is a Chita Rivera look-a-like, but within her own domain. Her legs are beautiful, her acting is strong enough for the character without overplaying, and her charisma charms the audience. "When Velma Takes the Stand" is an outstanding showpiece. You can tell that the rest of the cast take their cues from her presence.
As Roxie Hart, Carolyn Kent (who just stepped into the role one day before this performance I saw), starts off slowly without much vocal presence, but gradually grows into the role, and by the time the "We Both Reached for the Gun" number occurred, the audience has fallen in love with her.
A special mention must be made for Robbie Nothstine's portrayal of Amos Hart. Here is a thankless role that could be played for stereotyped laughs, but Mr. Nothstine's performance, especially during his solo number "Mister Cellophane," is both poignant and genuine. His diminutive movements, his facial expressions and the staging of the number are highlights of this show.
As for the 'Fosse magic,' the cast tries too hard in its movements and posturing to suggest Fosse's natural and spontaneous style. Choreographer Brenda Didier has given them the right direction, but their movements are too forced. Only McNulty takes the stage in a whirl and really looks like she is enjoying it. The "Razzle, Dazzle" number really does capture the essence of the musical. In this number, the costuming, lighting and the "Fosse touch" are really working.
Overall, the costuming is routine and lighting and sound hit and miss their targets. I still commend Pheasant Run for producing this show in its entirety. The cast is full of enthusiasm and energy, the audience seems to like this type of entertainment ... and the food ain't bad!
Chicago plays at the Pheasant Run Theatre through July 28th. Pheasant Run Resort and Spa is located at 4051 Main Street in historical St. Charles, Illinois 60174. For further information, contact 630-584-6342 or www.pheasantrun.com.
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A bipartisan group of House members plans to send a letter today to the chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee to urge them to support "pay parity" raises next year for civil service and military personnel.
President Bush has recommended a 3.1 percent raise for the military next year and a 2.3 percent raise for the civil service. Administration officials oppose pay parity raises, contending that Congress does not fully fund them in non-defense agencies. As a result, some agencies must divert money from programs and operations to meet their payroll obligations, the officials said.
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I've attached a Views CSV Export feed to a page view. The page view has Exposed Filters. I'd like the CSV to use those Exposed filters to filter to match the page view. I've added Arguements to match the Exposed filters, but hasn't worked.
Any ideas how I can get the CSV to use the Exposed Filters from the page it's attached to?
Comment #1ambientdrup CreditAttribution: ambientdrup commented
I also want to do this. Any suggestions on how to make this work?
Comment #2neclimdul CreditAttribution: neclimdul commented
You just have the same exposed filters on the attached views(ideal just put them all on the default view and don't override anything). Arguments are something different. The feed links will automatically get the same filters applied to its url as the filters your currently viewing.
Example of it in action: http://views.nerdpalace.net/export_example
Comment #3bkosborne CreditAttribution: bkosborne commented
Can you go into this further? I'd like to be able to apply more than one filter to the view. Ideally I would just have a block or page with all of the filters I can apply and hit "render" and it would download the view in a CSV.
Comment #4gregaltuna CreditAttribution: gregaltuna commented
Can anyone help me get this going? I want the buttons at the bottom right, as well, but don't know what I'm doing wrong. Can/would anyone give me a nutshell step-by-step to get the export function working? I've installed the bonus pack and bulk operations... anything else I'm missing? Bulk Exporter (under Site Building) wants me to create a module?? I'm just not there yet, so far as the programming side is concerned. ANY and all help would be amazing...
Comment #5bkosborne CreditAttribution: bkosborne commented
Here's what I did.... I have a view that displays a page display type and added filters to it. It shows up as a table style. Then I added another ATTACHMENT display type, made it a CSV style... went to settings for that style and filled in my options (like generate a file, etc), and for settings box, I set it to attach to the page display type & gave it a path. there you go.
Comment #6ionmedia CreditAttribution: ionmedia commented
|Views CSV Export
|» Views Export and exposed filters
|» 6.x-1.x-dev
hi, i have no xls style in ATTACHMENT display type, only in feed.
i changed title of this issue for better search
Comment #7neclimdul CreditAttribution: neclimdul commented
As is documented in the README.txt, they are feed types. When creating the feeds, you attach them to the page you want the icons to be displayed on just like any other feed.
Comment #9interestingaftermath CreditAttribution: interestingaftermath commented
Did you ever find an answer to this, rcharamella?
Comment #10rv0 CreditAttribution: rv0 commented
in my case it works if you make sure the exposed filters have exactly the same settings (in my view: the default settings for all pages)
Comment #11gmreed CreditAttribution: gmreed commented
I have two exposed filters (one is a node reference and one is a date range) and the csv export works to the extent that it will export the results generated by the default values I have chosen for the exposed filters. However, if I change the filter values after the view has loaded, the csv export does not reflect those changes and still exports the default results (thereby rendering the exposure of the filters pretty meaningless). Can anyone confirm whether the csv export should be able to respond to changes in the exposed filter values?
(And neither filter is an override (i.e. they are the same for defaults, page and feed), as discussed by rv0 in #10).
Comment #12feuillet CreditAttribution: feuillet commented
Same Issue here like gmreed #11
Would like to see only the results in the export/feed.
Comment #13khan2ims CreditAttribution: khan2ims commented
I was also have the same problem. The csv output file was not respecting the filters applied by exposed filter. After playing around, I changed one setting. Under "Data export settings", I set Batched export: No. And now the csv output file is rendering correct results!
Comment #14keyswebsites CreditAttribution: keyswebsites commented
Yes, export respects user set filters, but it's not obvious how to construct the url. Here's an example:
This is for D7 and Views 3
For me bulk export did not work until I set pager to display all & attached the export view to the main view on the view's export page settings .


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Origin: Sierra Madre Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley
Aging: 9 months in French oak, 21% new
Alcohol: 14.2%
Service Recommendations
Decanting: Not recommended
Temperature: 52º - 58º F
Food Pairing: Squash blossom risotto
The 2011 Falcone Family Vineyards Syrah is deep but translucent ruby in the glass and brims with aromas of dark plum, licorice, white pepper, dark chocolate and black cherry. It's loaded with flavor in the mouth, rich and full-bodied but framed by acidity and lightly chalky tannins. Flavors include licorice, briary blackberry, dark spice and garrigue. Alcohol is well-balanced and the finish lingering. Drink now through 2021. Highly Recommended
2011 Falcone Family Vineyards Syrah, Paso Robles
Rating: Highly Recommended
Drink: now through 2021
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Closure: Cork
Production: 356 cases
Retail Price: $30.00
Winemaker: John and Helen Falcone
Blend: 94% Syrah, 6% Petite Sirah
Origin: Syrah, Falcone Family Vineyard; Petite Sirah, Viña Robles - all Paso Robles
Aging: 14 months in French oak, 37% new
Alcohol: 14.5%
Service Recommendations
Decanting: Decant or let breathe in glass
Temperature: 58º - 64º F
Food Pairing: Braised short ribs
The 2010 Falcone Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mia's Vineyard, Paso Robles is deeply colored and teems with aromas of rich, ripe black currant, black spices, tobacco and dark chocolate. The palate is nearly full-bodied and opens with creaminess that gradually gives way to tannins of fine powder and chalk. Intense flavors of cherry, black currant, dark spice and oak marry with the tannins, making each sip succulent, mouth-coasting and long-lasting. Drink now through 2023. Highly Recommended
2010 Falcone Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mia's Vineyard, Paso Robles
Rating: Highly Recommended
Drink: now through 2021
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Closure: Cork
Production: 69 cases
Retail Price: $50.00
Winemaker: John and Helen Falcone
Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: A unique of Falcone Family Vineyard, Paso Robles
Aging: 30 months in French oak, 75% new
Alcohol: 14.2%
Service Recommendations
Decanting: Decant or let breathe in glass
Temperature: 58º - 64º F
Food Pairing: Baby back ribs with a savory dry rub
The Falcone Family Vineyards Annate IV is a multi-vintage, multi-variety blend. It includes Syrah from 2010 and 2011, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah from 2010, plus a bit of the Annate III which was itself a blend of vintages and varieties. It's dark ruby in the glass with black raspberry, red cherry liqueur and spicy dried tobacco on the nose. The palate is concentrated and filled with tangy, spicy red cherry and black berry fruit. It's very nearly full-bodied in the mouth and that creaminess coupled with plenty of fine, powdery and chalky tannins carry the flavors on and on. This is an engaging wine now but will be even better with a few years in the cellar. Drink 2017 through 2023. Highly Recommended+
Falcone Family Vineyards Annate IV, Paso Robles
Rating: Highly Recommended+
Drink: 2017 through 2023
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Closure: Cork
Production: 49 cases
Retail Price: $65.00
Winemaker: John and Helen Falcone
Blend: 49% 2010 Syrah, 37% 2010 Petite Sirah, 8% 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% 2011 Sirah and 1% Annate III
Origin: Syrah & Cabernet Sauvignon, Falcone Family Vineyard; Petite Sirah, Huer Huero (Viña Robles) - all Paso Robles
Aging: 22 months in French oak, 60% new
Alcohol: 14.6%
Service Recommendations
Decanting: Decant 30+ minutes
Temperature: 58º - 64º F
Food Pairing: Wood-fired filet mignon with forest mushrooms
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The review above reflects my personal experience with the product. It is not a paid ad, nor do I accept ads or compensation for reviews from wine producers. Reviews may cover products that I have purchased, received as samples, or tried under other circumstances I consider to be good tasting conditions. Receiving a product as a sample does not obligate me to review it positively (or at all) and I do not consider samples to be compensation or "free wine." I have purchased plenty of wine over the years and have more of that than I can drink. Samples are opened for review purposes, not added to my personal cellar or taken to restaurants.
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Pee Party Apr 1 - 15
We will be having a Pee Party for Apr 1 - 15! Please reply to this post with the date you plan on testing. If you want to just cheerlead, please do so!
Once you do test, please let us know the result! Its easiest if you quote your original reply, or tell me the date you signed up for testing, to make it easier to find you on the list. :)
Good luck ladies!
Apr 1 - louthamanboys, Mrs.Ross2005
Apr 2 - amilin82 (AF)
Apr 3 - abigailsmommy11 (af),
Apr 4 - Katelyn6422(AF) , MissJordy, Gladys_ortiz89 (bfn)
Apr 5 - marissabrookee, Tinyhourglass (BFP), Mrs_Chelsea_87 (AF), momaholly (BFN)
Apr 6 - babycarney08 (BFP), Mom2Coop, wantthatbaby46
Apr 7 - feliciaanne1129, IansMommy2012, cheetah90210 (BFP)
Apr 8 - 4weeman
Apr 9 - AustynsMommy4 (BFN)
Apr 10 - shadowsgrl09, courtAKAmommy (AF), Annalisesmom712, MommyLuvsAK
Apr 11 - lbrummett (AF), missxdana (AF), 2kmommy2006, JacksMommy30 (BFP)
Apr 12 - juniper1745, MrsB0311, Mamabird217 (AF), KiraMommy08 (AF)
Apr 13 - tiffluv81, MiasMommy6908
Apr 14 - over40bride (BFN), HerWife0421
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Cheerleaders - GwenMB, MamaToCarson, luchmommy, KarmelKat9, chrismommy94, MamaTwinkleA, Camsmommy12, MsWood729
BFPs! - TinyHourGlass, babycarney08, cheetah90210, JacksMommy30, nirvanadonna
April 15th and not one day before lol
I tested early got my BFP
AF is due on the 2nd so sign me up for the 3rd please! =]
Nevermind...Af came early =[
Quoting abigailsmommy11:
AF is due on the 2nd so sign me up for the 3rd please! =]


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Founded in 1848 by an act of the Massachusetts legislature and first opened in 1854, the Boston Public Library moved to its current building, on Copley Square, in 1895. Designed by Charles Follen McKim, of McKim, Mead, and White, the building (built 1887-1895) is modeled on the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo and is also influenced by Alberti's San Francesco at Rimini, with an inner courtyard, based on the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. McKim's Beaux Arts training led to the classicism of the Library building, influenced in particular by Henri Labrouste's Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève (built 1843-1850) in Paris. This style would greatly influence the design of American public buildings in the following decades. The Boston Public Library, both inside and out, combines architecture with famous sculpture and mural painting. The neighboring Harvard Medical School building of 1883 was demolished and replaced by Philip Johnson's New Brutalist-style Library Addition in 1966 to 1972.
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The 1972 addition has been beautifully reworked to be now very warm and inviting–a lesson in the possibilities awaiting other scorned architectural works from the 1960s like Boston City Hall.


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The Buddhist Precepts are a cornerstone of the Teaching of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, and an integral part of our practice. We aspire to perfect our understanding and expression of the Precepts for the benefit of ourselves and others, and we endeavor to maintain Preceptual and ethical conduct within our temples and meditation groups. We undertake this aspiration, not as perfected beings, but as fallible people practicing side by side with others. When doing so, we try to have the same sympathetic tolerance for the humanity of others that we hope is extended towards ourselves. Within this framework we hope will grow mutual respect, and the appreciation of the fact that the potential for Buddhahood exists within everyone.
The primary purpose for which one practices meditation is to effect change and transformation within oneself. Success requires a considerable amount of focus on one's own thinking and actions, and a willingness to not be quick in finding fault with others. However, this should not translate into the abandonment of personal responsibility or becoming blind to unethical behavior.
Even among those with goodwill and common goals there can arise misunderstanding, conflict, and the causing of harm. We are not immune from falling short in these areas, and we continue to evolve proportionate means by which grievances can be received and resolved. In all cases the wish is to seek the resolution of any problem that has arisen, and to do so in a way that will help all involved, and maintain as much as possible the ethical integrity as well as the harmony of the Sangha.
The rules of the Order describe the means by which someone can raise a formal complaint in the case of possible serious ethical misconduct. They also include the procedures for having such a complaint looked into initially by a special commission, and for having it examined more formally if the commission recommends it, or if the initial findings are appealed. Most matters are resolved in less formal ways. More often than not, sincere practitioners sitting down with one another and having an honest discussion will go far in resolving an issue. Such discussions allow differing points of view to be heard and appreciated, and give opportunities for apologies to be offered and accepted. Sometimes having a neutral third party present can help
If, however, you have a concern, and such informal methods are unsuccessful, or not fitting the circumstances, please feel free to discuss it with the priest of your temple or any other OBC temple, or any senior priest or lay minister of the Order. Temple contact information can be found on this page on our website. If you feel the matter is of a more serious nature, or if your concern remains unresolved, you may contact anyone listed at the links below. They will receive your concern and convey it to those who have the responsibility of making sure it is heard and looked into. The Head of the Order may be contacted at any time about any matter with the information on this page.


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Definitions for oppugnəˈpyun
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question, oppugn, call into question(verb)
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
"We must question your judgment in this matter"
To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
o-pūn′, v.t. to fight against, esp. by argument: to oppose: to resist.—n. Oppugn′er. [Fr.,—L. oppugnāre, to fight against—ob, against, pugna, a fight.]
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text: > Read here about Lasse Kliemann's sepbuild package: > > http://plastictree.net/software/sepbuild/index.html The site has know an abstract: "sepbuild is a package for separating builds. A separating build is a build of a (possibly large) number of packages in such a way that there is a minimum influence among the packages. This reduces the impact a trojaned or malicious package might have on other packages. This reduction can be considerably large. Currently, the sepbuild package provides as its main feature the command sepbuild-pkgsrc for separating builds with NetBSD's package collection. Feedback is welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com." Greetings, Mark


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Bellaire's Alix the Houston-area girls basketball player of the year
Updated 2:14 pm, Sunday, April 7, 2013
Girls Athlete of the Year: AJ Alix, Sr., Bellaire
Alix couldn't get the Cardinals to the state tournament, but it wasn't for a lack of doing everything she could. As a freshman, the TCU signee scored 40 points in the Class 5A Region III finals against Hightower. In her final game, Alix scored 41 in the region semifinals against Clear Springs. She picked up her third district MVP award this year while leading Bellaire to a 33-4 record and another district title.
Q: What do you remember about being a freshman on varsity?
A: I was nervous - very nervous. I was scared, and then they said, 'You're going to be starting,' and it was even worse. It was a lot of pressure as a point guard. I didn't think they were going to look to me for decisions, but I think I did pretty good. I could have done better.
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Q: What is it about being point guard that you like?
A: Being able to get my team involved. It starts with the point guard, but other than that, I really don't like pressure or anything.
Q: Would you rather be somewhere else?
A: Oh no. I mean, the only other position is shooting guard. I can't play anything else - I'm too little.
Q: Why TCU?
A: I can say they were the most loyal coaches that I've ever been around. I like being around them. I know most of the players.
It's a close school. It's a great school - I'm going for business - and it has everything I need.
Q: Have you thought about actually being a college basketball player?
A: Oh yeah, and hopefully I can make it far after college because I don't know how to do anything else but play basketball. Seriously.
Q: Was it always basketball?
A: I played every sport. It's really shocking to people when I tell them I played football when I was little. But I played volleyball, softball and anything you can name. My mom put me in it, but I just wanted to play basketball in high school, so I let everything go.
Q: So football in the neighborhood?
A: Oh no, I played in a league. It was OK, but I was really scared. Every time they said I had a game, I was nervous. I just thought, 'They're going to beat me up.'
Q: What is the strength of your game?
A: Getting my teammates involved. That's one thing I do before anything. I'm a pass-first point guard. If I can't get it to my teammates, I'm going to find a way for us to score.
Q: Which part needs the most work?
A: Defense - it's ridiculous. I know how to play (defense), but it's doing it every possession. And they'll tell me, 'Well, you're not going to be playing in college if you don't play defense.' So just all that good motivation.
AJ Alix
Sr., G, Bellaire
A TCU signee, Alix was named the District 20-5A co-MVP after leading Bellaire to the region semifinals, where she scored 41 points.
Jr., G, Clear Springs
The District 24-5A co-MVP led the Chargers in taking out the area's best and reaching the state tournament for the first time in school history.
Brianna Turner
Jr., G, Manvel
Considered one of the nation's top players, Turner was named the District 22-5A Defensive Player of the Year but shared MVP honors.
Sr., G, Seven Lakes
The Northwestern signee and District 19-5A MVP averaged 20.7 points as she set program records for most points in a season and career.
Sr., P, The Woodlands
A Texas signee, Lang was named District 14-5A's top defensive player after she averaged 16.1 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.3 blocks.
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text: The Our Lady Church of the Female Order of Notre Dame is located on the south of Szent István square. The Catholic church dedicated to Virgin Mary was built in 1727 in Baroque style. It was rebuild in romantic style between 1851 and 1854. The church later was connected to the old convent building built in neo-classic style between 1847 and 1851. The entrance is ornamental, complete with columns. The statues on the two sides of the tower depict apostles John and Saint John the Baptist. The frescos of the church were created by János Boros, while the painting of the main altar (The Assumption of Mary) was painted by the famous Viennese painter, Lipot Kupelweiser. The construction of the grammar school was completed in 1924 and it is connected now to the main building complex with a gateway.


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Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Assault in Drive-By Shooting Involving FBI Agent
|U.S. Attorney's Office September 29, 2009
CINCINNATI—Deante Martell, 23, of Cincinnati pleaded guilty in United States District Court here today to one count of assault on a federal officer and one count of discharging a firearm in connection with a federal crime. The charges stem from a March 25, 2009 shooting where assailants fired approximately 15 shots into the car of an FBI agent.
William E. Hunt, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Keith L. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge of the Cincinnati Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cincinnati Police Chief Thomas H. Streicher, Jr. announced the plea entered before Senior U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith.
Two others involved in the shooting have entered guilty pleas and are awaiting sentencing. Robert Coker, 25, of Cincinnati pleaded guilty on June 8, 2009 to assault and discharging a firearm. Kenny Davis, 43, of Cincinnati pleaded guilty on June 10, 2009 to one count of assault.
The assault charge carries a potential 20-year sentence followed by three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Discharging a firearm in commission of a crime is punishable by a mandatory minimum 10 years' imprisonment and up to life, consecutive to whatever he receives for the assault. Judge Beckwith will schedule a date for sentencing.
Cincinnati Police officers and FBI agents arrested Coker on Friday, March 27, and Davis on Monday March 30, 2009. Martell surrendered at a Cincinnati Police District 5 substation Tuesday night, March 31.
The shooting occurred on Pasadena Avenue in the North College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. The agent was injured by debris from the shooting.
Hunt commended the cooperative investigation by FBI agents and Cincinnati Police officers, along with Assistant U.S Attorneys Tim Oakley, Karl Kadon, and Tim Mangan, who are prosecuting the case.


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It was such a privilege to know Charlie Sharpe, as the founder and CEO of Ozark National Life, as the founder and spiritual driver behind Heartland (the community, the schools, the dairy/business, the church), as a speaker and teacher, as a man of deep faith, purpose and prayer. He had such a tremendous impact on my husband, I can't imagine our lives without the legacy of this dear man. "Well done good and faithful servant."
We will continue to pray for Laurie Emerson-Sharpe, and the other leaders of the businesses and ministries Charlie has left in strong, competent hands. His obituary gives you a glimpse of this whirlwind of a man who was successful in every area of life:
Charles N. Sharpe, 1927-2017
"With profound sadness, it is my unhappy undertaking to report the passing of our friend, founder and chief executive officer, Charles N. Sharpe, Jr.
Charles N. Sharpe, Jr., age 89, went home to be with the Lord on February 1, 2017 at 12:01 am. Mr. Sharpe died at his residence in Bethel, Missouri. Mr. Sharpe had suffered from declining health due to cardiac and renal issues.
Mr. Sharpe held many titles throughout his life including Pastor, President and Founder of Ozark National Life Insurance Company, Marine, salesman, farmer, mentor and friend. But the accolade he most desired to hear was heard early this morning from his Lord, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
Born June 17, 1927, Mr. Sharpe was the son of Charles Norval Sharpe, Sr. and Lois Atha Byers Sharpe, of Bethel, Missouri. As Pastor of Heartland Community Church and Founder of C.N.S. International Ministries, Pastor Sharpe is remembered by thousands of men, women and children for his passion to help them get free from life-controlling behaviors through the Gospel. Starting with his family's original 600-acre homestead near La Belle, Missouri, he expanded into an 18,000 acre farm spanning three northeast Missouri counties, largely to provide work for people in the recovery programs. Mr. Sharpe was Chancellor of Heartland Christian College.
These ministries were assisted in large part by Pastor Sharpe's business acumen and ownership of Ozark National Life Insurance Company. Ozark National Life was founded by Mr. Sharpe in 1964 and remained his pride and joy throughout his life, and many of his closest friendships and deepest loyalties were forged there.
Mr. Sharpe was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Wanda Fern Walker Sharpe, and his son, Charles Rodney Sharpe. He is survived by his wife, Laurie J. Emerson Sharpe, a tireless supporter of the work and vision of Ozark National Life Insurance Company, CNS International Ministries, and Heartland Community Church where she has served alongside her husband for 27 years. He is also survived by his daughters, Linda Patchin and her spouse Robert and Carol Boone and her spouse Willard, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
To borrow a passage from Scripture, these are the days of the years of Charles N. Sharpe, Jr. He breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people."


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SymphonX [symfonyx] (Martin Petro) is a producer who comes from the middle of Slovakia, exactly from Martin.
He actively started taking an interest in producing electronic music in 2008, but his contact with music/musical instruments came much earlier.
From an early age to the present, influenced by Slovak legends like Dežo Ursiny or Jaro Filip, he found the magic of quality alternative music by which he`s still affected now, even in the current electronic music, which in time attracted him with its efficiency.
This genre-unrestricted self-educator seeking alternative music projects, or alternative ways in production, employing external devices, feels distress at the idea of using only PC applications.
Refusing any kind of downloaded loops or sequences he carries on with recording his own guitars, mini-synths, sampling from vinyls and original recording of atmospheres from ordinary life, especially with classic piano themes leaving the way open to collaboration with singers, MCs, and other instrumentalists.
Influenced by today`s more and more popular style Drum and Bass in the electronic sphere, he tries to make a compromise and not to be a "producer to order".
From the early days of listening to Drum and Bass, he was primarily affected by Logistics with his flexibility in this genre, followed by the old classic Roni Size & Reprazent in wich he was fascinated with the experiments with double bass and a female MC.
On the other hand in time he`s attracted to even harder stuff like Current Value, which indicates his genre freedom, whether in Drum and Bass, or music in general.
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I'm using library files for the navigation on my site and the heirarchy of them is root relative. When I preview pages in my browser however I lose the "../" of those files and the pages don't work. I've been using the "Preview using temporary file setting" to preview but that doesnt really solve the problem.
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January 20, 2013
by Aman Mittal
a few words to empty my mind
It has been four days since the sun had seen my woe. Misery is a mistress, a sickly mistress, who has but a single thorn which is enough for a man to die who has been in love with her. But I thank thee angry god that I never had such an emotion in me. If its a emotion.
Love how it feels, I never felt. It is like an other world to me which is quite far from where I am now. People do fall in love and they speak of it as if it is eternal. They describe love as a godlike Romans rage which they desire intensely. 'Without love you're just a dull hero of a spoiled war.'
I envy them not. At least they're being practical about it. Some of them are. I feel I am just in despair, but I won't quit the stage.


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Oklahoma Sooners '47 Brand Women's Scrum V-Neck T-Shirt - Crimson
Celebrate your Oklahoma Sooners fandom in this Scrum V-neck T-shirt from '47 Brand! Every Oklahoma Sooners fan loves a basic T-shirt, because it feels good and looks good no matter where, when or how you choose to wear it! This sweet and simple, form-fitting cotton shirt features a classic V-neck and distressed, retro Oklahoma Sooners graphics for a cool and casual look that will never go out of style! Shop for your favorite NCAA gear at Fanatics.com
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Oklahoma Sooners Womens Galaxy II Slim Fit T-Shirt - Crimson
Your love for the Sooners is out of this world! Let your fanaticism take you to the stars and beyond with this Galaxy tee! It boasts distress printed team-colored graphics on the front, back and sleeves to show off your Oklahoma spirit! Everyone will...
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Oklahoma Sooners Original Retro Brand Women's Mock Twist V-Neck T-Shirt - Crimson
Anyone who knows you well knows that you're a huge Oklahoma Sooners fan. Make sure everyone else knows your team passion by wearing with this comfortable Mock Twist T-shirt from Original Retro Brand. It features a stunning Oklahoma Sooners design on the...
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Oklahoma Sooners '47 Brand Women's Home Run V-Neck Long Sleeve T-Shirt - Crimson
Celebrate your Oklahoma Sooners fandom while hitting your style out of the park with this Home Run long sleeve T-shirt from '47 Brand! This cute top features distressed print Oklahoma Sooners graphics on the front, stripes on the sleeves, and a V-neck...
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|I was going through the top 20 football teams with the largest fan
base and came across a good article which you can read here at
The Bleachers Report. It shows the top 20 teams that have the best
fan base for football in the country for last season. Of course I am from Syracuse
and I can't see why we didn't make it. OK, that's football and I am sure
when it comes to college basketball The Syracuse Orange have to have one
of the largest fan bases around.
Teams with the largest Football fan base in the country according to Bleachers Report!
Herre is a pretty good map showing the
cutoff of where and
what college football teams fans cheer for across the
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