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My future mother- in- law makes this amazing cabbage salad that everyone seems to devour the minute it lands on the table. Today I asked her for the recipe. You probably all know the mother- in- law rule; don't EVER give exact measurements. I tried to translate her handfuls and instructions into amounts.
I personally have a problem using Ramen noodle packages because the spice package contains M.S.G. I would make it using some interesting spices like Chinese 5 spice or some soy. If M.S.G doesn't bother you, then go for it. The amazing thing is how after a few hours the noodles get a texture that is close to the texture of the cabbage.
1 cabbage (She says a big bowl of cabbage)
1 pack of Ramen noodles (spice package optional)
4-5 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of sugar
4 tablespoons of sliced almonds
4 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds
1. Chop cabbage and place in bowl.
2. Crush Ramen noodles in a bag.
4. Mix noodles and cabbage together and add spice package(or spices).
3. Add wine vinegar, olive oil and sugar.
4. Mix all ingredients.
5. Let sit in fridge for at least 3 hours.
5. Mix in almonds and seeds before serving.


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Massive Support for Editor of Newspaper Closed Down by CCP
China Youth Daily 's Freezing Point weekly magazine was the first media to report the story of China's home owners whose homes were openly plundered from them by the Chinese communist regime. After learning of the recent shut down of Freezing Point , nearly 2,000 homeowners jointly supported Mr. Li Datong—chief editor of Freezing Point . They announced that they will stand resolutely on the side of Li Datong.
Houses for rent were actually family houses inherited from many generations. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forced individual homeowners to give up their ownership after it took power in China. The houses were then rented and operated by the government, calling it "carrying out socialist transformation". Some homeowners may get up to 40 percent of the total rent. According to Freezing Point , statistics show there are close to 200,000 of this type of housing just in Beijing.
From the socialist transformation to China's economic reform in the 80's, the CCP dismantled and moved many rental houses by force. Many people lost their home and had no place to stay. Many homeowners died with grievances unsatisfied, and many homeowners were afraid of the CCP's cruelty so they dared not ask for the return of their home and land. There were however, homeowners who protested hard at the Ministry of Construction, the Appeal Office, and other locations where the CCP officials gather. Some homeowners were frequently interrogated, detained and arrested by the CCP because of their continuous protests and appeals. Chinese media has kept these shameful episodes silent until December 17, 2003 when the weekly magazine Freezing Point first reported the rental owners' tragic experiences. At the same time Freezing Point also interviewed Mr. Gao Zhisheng, one of the nation's top ten lawyers.
Public Notice From the House Owners for Rent
We, home owners from each of these provinces and cities, support firmly Mr. Li Datong and stand resolutely on the side of Mr. Li Datong.
Zhejiang Province 497
Beijing City 496
Jiangsu Province 412
Shanxi Province 170
Gansu Province 109
Hubei Province 53
Fujian Province 38
Liaoning Province 52
Chongqing City 9
Tianjin City 2
Yunnan Province 7
Guangdong Province 1
Shaanxi Province 7
Shanghai City 22
Sichuan Province 35
Henan Province 4
Shandong Province 1
Hebei Province 1
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Despite the bluebird skies and sun shining all day, it was cold! I stayed warm until 3pm when the sun went down and the negative temps started to hit me.
The fun thing about halfpipe is you can just lap it all day, I didn't really wanna deal with crowds or riding alone for freeriding so I just rode halfpipe. I had good runs and I had bad runs.
I was surprised it wasn't busy at the park today, same people making laps through and some people filming/getting photos on the jump line. I've got an idea for a photo that I wanna take, just need the rider to get it done.
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Sorry to hear you didn't have any freshies. We had a nice dump while we were in Wolf Creek. I miss Steamboat's terrain park. Gonna try to hit it up on or around the 12th.
January 06, 2009
Hey Zaskoda,
Thanks, there were freshies to be found but I didn't want to go ride the trees alone on sunday so I hit up the pipe for the bluebird day. Awesome you got good snow in Wolf Creek, I wanna make that way sometime. Nice I'll be around in town, not sure if i'll make it on the hill or not but email me and we could try to meet up and ride!


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The partially clothed 33-year-old woman was found in a Soho House room after police received a 911 call from the hotel at 3:00 a.m.
Water was discovered leaking from a ceiling and hotel staff went to the floor above to investigate. They found the woman, dressed in a sweater and underwear, submerged in the tub.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said the victim was Sylvie Cachay, a former Victoria's Secret designer who lives in Lower Manhattan. She was a member of the SoHo House with full privileges (click to see photo).
Detectives initially believed she overdosed. There were no obvious signs of trauma to her body and prescription drug pill bottles were found in the room. There were still drugs in the bottles. Additionally, the room was not in disarray.
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-- Bruising around her neck, described as "redness around the collarbone." No conclusion can currently be drawn as to what caused the redness.
Since detectives cannot tell when the injuries occurred, they are waiting for the Medical Examiner's autopsy, which is underway and should be completed by the end of the day.
According to her website, Cachay left Victoria's Secret in January 2006 to launch her own line of bikinis. She grew up in both Virginia and Peru, and exposure to both cultures inspired her to design her collection of swimwear.
Cachay also worked for Tommy Hilfiger and interned for Marc Jacobs early in her career.
Authorities said she was staying inside a room apparently being paid for by 24-year-old Nicholas Brooks, the son of composer Joseph Brooks.
Nicholas Brooks checked in with her Wednesday. He was not in the room at the time the body was found. He was being interviewed by detectives at the 6th Precinct, although no charges were immediately expected.
His father composed the award-winning song, "You Light Up My Life." Brooks, 72, has been accused of raping 11 women he lured to his apartment with the promise of a starring role in a movie. He has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges and is free on bail. His next court date is Dec. 21.
He won the Oscar for Best Original Song for the 1977 ballad "You Light Up My Life." He also wrote and directed the movie "You Light Up My Life," about a comedian who has a one-night stand with a director.
The Soho House is located on Manhattan's West side in a neighborhood frequented by stars and the city's elite, near chic restaurants like Spice Market and Pastis. Its website says it has 24 rooms that offer guests "a unique combination of luxury and style." It says card-carrying members have to be verified at the front desk. The building has a screening room, library, heated rooftop pool and fine dining.
Sylvie's family and friends released a statement Thursday night saying: "Sylvie Cachay was one of those rare individuals who truly sparkled when she spoke. Her unparalleled style, creativity and talent as a designer made her the darling of the press when she launched her Syla swimwear collection and she never lost sight of her dream. But it was her magnetic energy, sincere kindness and emotional generosity with friends and family that she will be best remembered for. She never failed to tell you she loved you. And we love her. She was optimism and light personified and the world has lost a beautiful soul. She will be deeply and painfully missed, yet celebrated, honored and never forgotten."


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Insurance firm ordered to pay over Rs 4 lakh for car theft claim
A Mulund-based resident filed for insurance after his car was stolen but the company rejected his claim citing delay in filing the claim; he had notified them that a document was yet to be handed to him owing to which there was a delay
Oriental Insurance has been ordered to fork out over Rs 4 lakh to a Mulund-based man after it rejected his claim using trickery. After his car was stolen, he had filed an insurance claim but owing to a delay in procuring the car's registration certificate (RC) book, his claim was unfairly rejected.
On December 18, 2009 Chetan Kohli purchased an SUV for Rs 4,86,549. On January 8, 2010, his car was stolen and Kohli registered an FIR the next day with the Mulund police. Kohli then notified the insurance company via telephone that his car was stolen and they directed him to approach the office with all the car's documents.
It was then that Kohli told the company that he was yet to receive the car's RC book a document that is normally given some time after the car's purchase, which is when they suggested that he gather all his papers together and only then file his claim. Kohli finally gave his formal claim to the company after receiving the RC book on April 6. This apparently ran afoul of the contract, which stipulated that a claim for vehicle theft was not payable if it was not reported within 48 hours.
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Taking note of a Supreme Court decision that stated the 48-hour condition was "directory" and not "mandatory", the South Mumbai Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ultimately held the decision in Kohli's favour.
After all, the vehicle was stolen less than a month after being purchased. "Repudiation... is not justifiable... the opposite party cannot repudiate the genuine claim of the insured simply on the ground that there was no communication within the stipulated point of time," the court observed.
The court further observed that the company is to pay the entire amount of the vehicle with 9 per cent interest from 2010 onwards. The court, additionally, slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the company for causing mental agony and inconvenience by their unfair trade practices.


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Interview with Gavin Harrison
Its been a few years since I last had the chance to sit down and do an interview with Gavin. He has finally completed an album that has been a very long time in the making, which is something a little different. If you are already a Porcupine Tree fan you might already recognise most of the tunes, but they have been treated to some great, and different, arrangements by UK bass player Laurence Cottle, feature superb production and a 5.1 surround sound mix, all of which I was lucky enough to experience in Gavin's studio. Check it the album here http://www.kscopemusic.com/artists/gavinharrison/
We also got a chance to talk about the three-drummer King Crimson gig which is coming to the UK soon.
We havent spoken for a while so there's a few things we need to talk about; first up the new album, the big band album I guess we could call it. Its something youve been talking about for a while and I know Laurence Cottle has done some arrangements for you, what can we expect?
When people say big band it can conjure up all sorts of memories of music from a long time ago. I love big band music and I grew up with it, but I can see that for some audiences, big band is not something theyre particularly familiar with and if you say Hey Im doing a big band album that might worry some people.
The first song I did with Laurence was actually an arrangement I was meant to play with the Buddy Rich Big Band in 2009 in Las Vegas, a concert that didnt actually happen, as it got cancelled. The organisers asked me if, as well as playing a couple of Buddy Rich pieces, I could play one of the Porcupine Tree songs. So I chose the heaviest song that PT ever wrote called Futile and I really wanted to work with Laurence on an completely new arrangement of it.
It was never intended to be humorous. Its features a modern approach to brass arranging, much more like a film score in that it goes beyond the normal scope of instruments that you would have in a big band (typically four trombones, five saxes, four trumpets). So on this record weve also used tuba, euphonium, flutes, tenor horns, clarinets and tubax (which is a double bass sax). Theres orchestral percussion on there and I played a lot of parts on my marimba. There are no keyboards or guitar in there so all the chords are carried by the brass section, which is lovely!
Ive always enjoyed hearing thirteen brass players blast out a chord, its so much nicer than hearing the same chord played on a piano because each note has a life of its own. Anyone whos listened to big band or been lucky enough to play in a big band knows how exciting that sound is! Its a sound that I got as a young kid from my dad, going to see big bands play and sitting in the middle of the BBC big band with their drummer Paul Brodie. That really just knocked me out when I was eight years old, I fell in love with it.
How did you pick the songs to play?
Most of the songs started with me sitting at the drums, thinking How could I come up with a new approach? I need a good plan for this song.
Luckily youll never ever hear any of those recordings of me singing, but it was a way that I could present it to Laurence and get my basic ideas across to him. So it was really sketchy!
Did you approach how you play the drums differently this time?
I dont think so. Although people havent really heard me playing much jazz, its actually what I grew up listening to and playing.
I wondered if I should go for a classic jazz drums sound, do I need a big bass drum with two heads ringing, do I need a 12 tom and a 16 tom? Thats all great but its not my voice. I think I have, over the years, refined my sound and it comes from the way I hit them and tune them, with the heads, cymbals and sticks that I choose to go with them.
I felt that Id rather be myself than do a really half baked Buddy Rich impression. I just do it from my point of view, thats the way I hear it. It wasnt meant to be a tribute or a pastiche.
What I noticed wasnt so much about the sound but the melody you had coming off the toms, the comping sound. Did you purposefully go Right, this is how I recorded it with Porcupine Tree, now Ive got to approach it in a different format ?
Yes! There was no point trying to play it exactly how I did with Porcupine Tree, but instead of Steves voice well have a clarinet and instead of Richards keyboards well have a trombone. These really are not cover versions.
This had to be completely re-imagined and of course, working with one of the best arrangers I know, Laurence Cottle, I knew whatever I threw at him he would come up with something musically great.
There are also a few little drumming quotes. Theres one song that I start playing the floor tom in a Gene Krupa Sing Sing Sing kind of way, which is an obvious nod to him! He was really the first drummer to bring the drums to the front of the music, it was the beginning of the modern drum set and we owe a lot to Gene for that. Before that, drums were pretty much a dull thud in the background. Drums were not a featured instrument, they were not a lead instrument and from Gene Krupa grew the modern way of drumming and through Buddy Rich and all the jazz drummers, the funk drummers and the rock drummers it all came along in a beautiful historic path. Theres one moment where I play single stroke roll for four bars, like the Buddy Rich break in Love for Sale. I found a little moment in The Pills Im Taking that was just right for it. For those out there who know it, they might recognise it.
With accents?
Oh no, dead straight and it nearly killed me! Luckily for me I got to play Love for Sale with the Buddy Rich Orchestra in 2012 at the London Palladium.
I dont want to divert from the album too much but I think thats something a lot of younger drummers dont understand about Buddy; he had amazing chops and when you look at the equipment they had back then he really did have amazing chops, speed etc.
Oh yeah!
I know you recorded the drums in your studio and the band in Laurences studio explain how you recorded the band?
Well its a quite modern way of recording something like this. We recorded every single instrument, one at a time. Firstly Nigel Hitchcock, played all five saxes on each song. Then wed get a trombone player (usually Mark Nightingale) to track all the trombone parts and then a trumpet player to do the same and so on. That presents quite a difficulty in doing it one at a time, the players have to be extraordinarily good in their pitching and their timing, but you do get a nice timing feel when its the same person playing all five sax parts for instance. The difficulties are trying to avoid phasing. If theres a part where Nigel is playing say lead alto and hes playing the same note on the second alto part, those two notes together played by the same guy on the same instrument down the same mic; thats when you might hear phasing.
So whenever there was a unison note on the same instrument (like two tenors, or two altos etc.) we did it with a different microphone facing in a different direction in the room.
I didnt know if youd done it at Abbey Road or one of the big rooms.
Im glad you thought that. Id love to say I did but you can imagine the kind of budget you would need to go down to Abbey Road Studios with an eighteen piece big band. These arrangements are really hard and I think wed have struggled to get even one song down in a day!
That brings me onto my next question; a lot of guys are now looking to record albums or DVDs using for example Kick-Starter. How do you A/ make that album become profitable, if you do and B/ why?
Well, from my perspective its just something Ive always wanted to do, I paid for the whole album out of my savings and I dont expect Ill ever hit a profit. Even in this modern way of recording, it was still relatively expensive to me.
I could go on a world cruise, go swimming with dolphins and do some bungee jumping; but what I would rather do is spend it on an album like this, its the sort of bucket list thing to do. This is the sort of record that when Im 95 years old sitting in an old peoples home, Ill look back and think That was one of the best things I ever did.
Thats why I did it, there was something inside me that really wanted to do it and so Im happy to spend my money on it.
I didnt feel I wanted to do a Kick-Starter or Pledge crowd funding thing and with the complexity of this project; taking about six to nine months to get one song done, arranged to the way we liked it, getting the guys in one at a time and torturing them to get this stuff recorded to such a high standard. If I had done a crowd funding thing, I dont think people would be happy to fund it and then wait five years. Plus I wanted to do it at my own pace without any pressure!
Obviously Laurence is a busy musician and Ive been pretty busy too so it wasnt like we worked five years continuously, we probably worked about a month continuously on each tune, but those thirty days were dragged out over six to nine months.
The guys on this album make up the British big band scene.
Yes they do. So apart from the guys Ive already mentioned there was Adrian Hallowell, John Barclay, Tom Walsh, Ryan Quigley, Freddie Gravita, Pete Long, Ben Castle, Gareth Lockrane, Andy Findon. My old friend Dave Stewart played orchestral percussion, Laurence plays bass of course and I got Larry Williams to play flute solo on the first song. Larry was part of maybe the most famous modern brass section called Seawind Horns who played on Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Boz Scaggs albums (to name but a few) and so I was extremely pleased that he agreed to play on it. My dear friend Gary Sanctuary plays the only piano solo on the whole record.
Youve recorded the album in 5:1 Surround Sound, and chance being most people arent going to listen to it like that, but even in stereo youre going to hear its clean and clear!
Oh yeah, most modern records are made this way. All I can tell you is that everything youre hearing is real stuff, there is no midi going on, its all real players which is fantastic and is something that really stands out when you hear the quality of the players.
Lets talk Porcupine Tree, Im sure a lot of people are wondering when, if, how; what is the current situation?
After the last tour we said We need to take a big break because we toured a little too much on the last tour, we did about fourteen months and then the break just got bigger and bigger. We all got involved in different things, Steve wanted to do his solo project and I got in involved in King Crimson and various other projects, as have Richard and Colin and the time hasnt come round to the point where we think Lets do it now. All I can tell you is that we havent split up.
Lets talk about King Crimson...
Well be doing a UK tour which I believe King Crimson havent done in a very long time, decades in fact! Theyve played in London many times but they havent gone around to many of the other major cities so there is a fairly extensive tour of the UK and a couple of other gigs in mainland Europe, that being Paris and Utrecht. After that Im hoping there will be some more shows in other parts of the world.
How was it working with three drummers?
Its great! Its always nice to be faced with an interesting challenge; there is nothing worse than just doing the same thing over and over in whatever you do, even if you dont work in music. Its not stimulating to just keep doing the same stuff all the time and when people present you with challenges you can see opportunities with three drummers, thats quite a mind blowing prospect!
Again we needed to set policies and concept ideas, so I sat and talked to Pat (Mastelotto) and Bill (Rieflin) on the phone; Bill lives in Seattle and Pat in Austin Texas, so wed get on Skype with each other and say We dont want to all play the same thing do we?.
So how can we approach it? Well one way could be to think of the three drum sets as one big drum machine and one of us be the guy who writes the arrangement, like Ok, you play this on the hi hat, you play the toms and Ill play the snare drum, bass drum and ride cymbal, but were all going to play like jigsaw pieces, were not just all going to play on top of each other.
Another way is think more from a sonic point of view, sometimes we all play electronics. Sometimes we displace against each other, so one of us goes a 16th note early and another goes an 8th note late and one guy stays on the beat. Then we switch and we move it all around in all the different parameters we can think of! There are all kinds of tricks you can think of when you put your brain into creative mode. Its true of a lot of creative people, theyre very good at solving problems, whatever youre working on. If youre a good teacher you find solutions for certain pupils that only apply to that pupil. Sometimes you find good solutions for yourself!
Even though I had lessons as a kid, I think most of the learning was actually on my own. Its something that every student should experience, the absolute joy of discovering things that are new to you and have that feeling of Wow, Ive invented this, even if it turns out later that other people have done it before.
Thats brilliant, thats so much nicer than being shown something and youve just copied it. When you actually come up with something on your own you learn it in such a deep way, so its important to find creative solutions.
Did the creative solutions come in rehearsals at the beginning or did it grow as the tour went on?
It started off with the three drummers in my studio before we got together with the band and we had a few multi-tracks that we could play to.
We would play, record, listen and consider. Then one of us might say I tell you what, you play the bass drum, and Ill lay off the bass drum, Ill do the hi hat and snare drum and then we all play together on the toms - then wed rehearse that just see what worked.
Other times there were bits where one of us would actually pre-arrange what we were going to do, that would still evolve a little bit and other times we would just start to play and see what happened.
Is it hard working with three drummers?
Its hard to listen to two other drummers as youre playing. You have to be really aware of what theyre doing and not improvise too much on the parts because otherwise youre going to ruin the arrangement.
There are a lot of moments in a King Crimson show where you can improvise and there are moments where every player gets their chance to do that.
There are other things that arent written note for note but more in an ethereal way like This is the vibe were going to do in this eight bars; and Pats going to play metallic noises. But thats all hes got to know he doesnt need to remember the pattern or the sticking he just knows Oh Im doing metallic percussion in those eight bars and it will be different every night because its not written, then Bills going to play the toms in those bars and Ill do something else.
Some nice things can happen by accident, and its interesting to think beyond yourself as the only rhythm provider.
Whose idea was it to put three drummers together in the first place?
It came from Robert Fripp
And when you were approached to be a part of that team, how did they sell it to you?
Robert phoned me up and said Ive had a vision of three drummers! Theres been lots of bands that have had two drummers (including King Crimson) but there havent been many bands with three drummers have there?.
He said How would you arrange three drum parts? and I said Well I dont know, Id have to think about it. Then he said Ok great, weve got a year to tool up and get ready for touring. So we had a long time to consider.
I think you need vision, you need a big idea for anything because once you have a good big idea, the rest is just details. Theyre very important but if you start with the details, what you can easily end up with something thats unfocussed and a bit of a mess.
Im talking about an album or a band or a tour, if you dont have the big idea you might zoom out and think What are we trying to do here?. If you just stay zoomed in - you get lost in the details and you might find that they dont add up to very much.
Robert said: I can already see three drummers across the front of the stage and the other musicians on a riser behind them.
Had he already seen THE three drummers?
He knew the three he wanted to invite, Pat and Bill and myself. Pat and I were in the previous version of the band in 2008.
Of course, with three drummers across the front of the stage thats a very unusual situation and it changes the dynamic of the band because so many bands are focussed around a lead or front person. This changes the whole perspective, this makes it more like an orchestra. Jakko Jakszyk, the singer, also plays guitar but hes on the back riser, no ones got any spotlight on them, there is no production, just white light all night!
You really dont need anything else, you dont need the distractions. Its not that sort of band and its not that kind of music; its music to listen to and with this sort of orchestral approach it changes the dynamic of a normal rock and roll gig.
Your album comes out on the13th?
Yes, 13th April, Its called Cheating the Polygraph.
And the King Crimson dates will be out when they come out?
September, its already out on their website, DGMlive.com
So thats it for you then, got the year planned?
Thats enough isnt it!? I also want to have time to practise...
Interview by Mike Dolbear
Photos by Dave 'The Drummer' Hughes
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Decorative Landscaping sets up for the Annual Spring Home and Garden Expo.
Timelapse taken by James Vreeken, mastermindesigns for Decorative Landscaping
Time-Lapse Shot with a Canon 7D
- Shutter Speed .5″Aperture F8
- Period: 9 Hours / Day
- 1 photo / 21 seconds
Imported Photos into after effects in an image sequence. There were some really harsh movements that I could not seem to get rid of using the stabilize effect. I learned a lot from doing this time-lapse. Each day my camera took, on average, about 1600 photos. I wish that I would have been able to get better angles of the working, like more of an areal view would have been nice. I was thinking about getting a ladder and strapping the tripod like 20 feet up on one of the pillars but I didn't have enough time. This was a huge rush shoot. I barely had time to do anything. The Expo was really crowded and I didn't want to bother people. For the most part people were mindful of not running into my tripod and bumping my framing off, but there were a few times where it got totally thrown off. I also wish I would have been able to get a wider, higher quality lens. At Pictureline they had a 14mm Super wide angle L series lens for $30/day. I wanted to get that lens to shoot with but they closed to early and I wasn't able to go up.
I found that in order to make a good Timlapse you need to:
Have enough time set apart to complete the sequence
Have a lot of patience
Make sure your camera is set to FULL manual
Manual White-balance
Manual Focus
Manual Shutter Speed
Manual Aperture
Manual EVERYTHING!
Set your lens to not use the IS (image stabilization) because it uses battery power.
Make sure the camera is on a tripod and is completely stationary.
Make sure the lighting is consistent, unless you are going for certain look.
Have Enough Space on your card
Have Enough Battery life
Set your Intervalometer to the right settings for the amount of video you will need.
Something I found saved a lot of battery life was to set the camera on viewfinder mode and turn off the live view mode. Also set the photo preview seconds duration to "none" / "0".
I have also heard that if you unscrew your lens so that the camera does not try to adjust the aperture every time your camera takes a photo it will help with battery life and image quality as the camera will sometimes not open the aperture to the exact same sometimes.
I also heard, but have yet to try, that if you set the camera to be in live view mode but then plug in the RCA cable to the computer it will save wear and tear on your camera as the shutter is open and ready to take photos and only has to open once to take the photo. Usually in viewfinder mode I think it opens twice. This is something I worry about when shooting time-lapses as the shutter is opening and closing THOUSANDS of times for this project. The average lifespan of a camera's shutter mechanism is? anyone? I don't know but it can't be good to be opening and closing literally thousands of times in a row for hours and hours if not days straight right?
About Decorative Landscaping
Decorative Landscaping has been serving Utah for over 14 years as a full service landscaping company. They take pride in their work, and their reputation of exceeding our customers expectations. Decorative Landscaping has the right equipment, experience, and manpower to handle all of your landscaping needs.Fountain by Decorative Landscaping
Decorative Landscaping 's mission is to provide our customers with quality and service that exceeds their expectations.Rock Wall by Decorative Landscaping
From design to completed project, Decorative Landscaping has the right experience, equipment, and manpower to finish the job quickly, professionally, and with amazing results.Decorative Landscaping makes landscaping beautiful
Come see Decorative Landscaping 's facility in American Fork for their in-house nursery and select products from their rock and stone quarries. Decorative Landscaping has the style of product your project needs, at a value that cannot be beat.
- Our yard is the talk of the neighborhood!
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- I would recommend Decorative to anyone. We love our yard!
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- Quality service from start to finish. Everything turned out better than we imagined!
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- Finished the project ahead of schedule and under budget!
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- Decorative Landscaping gets it done! On time-on budget-exceeding expectations.
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Thursday – Sunday | March 10-13 2011 | South Town Expo Center | Salt Lake City Utah
Be Sure to visit the Decorative Landscaping booth at the expo this weekend!
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A gay New Jersey couple is bringing a gun-rights advocate group into their lawsuit against a political campaign that stole a copyrighted picture of the couple kissing and skewed it negatively against gay rights.
The couple, Brian Edwards and Thomas Privitere, were horrified when they found out that a photo of the two kissing in front of a New York City skyline had been altered negatively in an attack against two Colorado legislative candidates, Jean White and state House candidate Jeff Hare. The altered photo was sent out as mailers with the words ""State Senator Jean White's idea of 'family values?'" plastered across it.
"We are here today for all families," Edwards said. "Our family is a family, too. It may be different from yours but we should still be completely equal."
The couple filed suit against Public Advocate of the United States, the Virginia-based group responsible for the ad, and is now naming Dudley Brown and his gun ally Luke O'Dell as witnesses in the federal lawsuit, resulting in a subpoena of their two gun organizations, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and National Association for Gun Rights. The subpoena seeks a variety of documents from Brown and O'Dell and their organizations, but the gun advocates are fighting it, saying it is too invasive.
The subpoena is seeking contracts, letters, handwritten notes, expense reports, computer documents, telephone logs and more.
Brown responded to an e-mail from the Denver Post about being a potential witness by the Virginia firm.
"I can volunteer my help on lobbying campaigns for any organization I want, and on any issue I care about," he said.
He also said that his contribution to the mailers as a volunteer has nothing to do with his being executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners.
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Monday 8am: Bellingen waterways are easing.
1pm: And it's open again. Take care out there though – and keep an eye on the weather.
All clears issued for Bellinger River Tourist Park, Low lying areas of Urunga and East Bellingen. See https://t.co/BCnxAe6tsR. #NSWFloods— NSW SES (@NSWSES) March 19, 2017
Noon: And now the firies are doing their thing cleaning up after the deluge. It's dropping very, very quickly. Lavenders Bridge near fully exposed.
Noon: Council clearing the bridge now.
Sunday 9.45am: The river's dropped a fair bit as is evidenced by Lavenders Bridge
How it looks up and down the Mid North Coast
SUNDAY 8am: Road and Bridge closures in the Bellinger Valley.
- Bowraville Road closed south of Malibells Country Cottages. No vehicle access to Bowraville.
- Coramba Road – Wild Cattle Creek bridge closed due to flooding.
- Deer Vale Loop Road closed due to flooding.
- Tyringham Road – Little Murray Bridge is closed due to flooding
MONDAY 8am:
Up to 80 millimetres of rain was recorded during the past six hours to 4:30am Sunday over the Hastings River valley.
Moderate flooding occurred along the Hastings River at Kindee Bridge.
Minor flooding occurred along the Hastings River at Wauchope.
The Gloucester River at Gloucester is likely to reached the minor flood level (4.30m) Sunday. A livestock warning has been issued by the SES for low-lying areas.
The highest rainfall readings over the last 24 hours include:
- 423mm at Dorrigo (Old Coramba Road)
- 308mm at Bellingen (Crystal Creek)
- 213mm at Mooral Creek (the Den)
- 227mm at Yarras (Mount Seaview)
- 174mm at Woolgoolga
The Pacific Highway reopened to traffic in both directions between Ballina and Grafton after flooding.
The highway had been closed until the road was deemed safe for travel through New Italy.
Coast: Dangerous conditions are expected to continue with 4-5m swell predicted along the Mid North Coast.


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Have read up on solutions but I seem to have a different problem. My server is hosting 4 different domains and I think it might be screwing it all up:
WordPress Address (URL): http://thethinkswitch.com/joly
Site Address (URL): http://jordanoleary.com
When I preview them and they ARE drafts it simply puts up a page that says "Page Not Found." Otherwise it's, "You do not have permission to preview drafts."
I'm running the "Sliding Doors" theme. I tried clearing cache and cookies, restarted PC, and used a DIFFERENT theme than "Sliding Doors" and it worked. But when I have my sliding door theme on, and I flush everything, it doesn't work.


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It's Cheaper to Buy Empire State Building Shares Than to VisitBy
The Empire State Building has moved to Wall Street in a decidedly humdrum initial public offering, and now it's more far cheaper to own a tiny slice of the iconic skyscraper than it is to spend an hour on the 102nd-floor observation deck.
Shares of the Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), which owns the iconic tower and 20 other New York buildings, sold for $13 each in a stock offering that raised nearly $930 billion. The deal ends a long saga of litigation and a rash of offers to buy the building outright. But the real estate company and its bankers were hoping for more—up to $15 a share—according to their early filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, making the more modest price something of a disappointment.
Shares in the real estate investment trust climbed slightly to 13.36 by mid-morning Wednesday in initial trading. A trip to the top of the Empire State Building, meanwhile, will set you back $44. Here are additional ways to spend about $13 for an authentic piece of New York:
• Two bowls of clam chowder at the Grand Central Oyster Bar
• A car trip through the Holland Tunnel
• One-third of a pound of Gaspe Nova Smoked Salmon at Russ & Daughters
• Ninety minutes on Citi Bike, the city's new bike-share system
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Whimsy Stamps exclusive line of enamel dot embellishments. Each sheet contains 100 individual self adhesive dots. 5 different colors, 2 rows of each in 3 different dot sizes.Copyright Whimsy Stamps 2016
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|You Are an Emo Rocker!
Expressive and deep, lyrics are really your thing.
That doesn't mean you don't rock out...
You just rock out with meaning.
For you, rock is more about connecting than grandstanding.
What Kind fo Rocker Am I?
How Indie Are You?
|You Are 72% Indie
You're a very indie person, and admit it, you look down a little on people who strive to be normal.
You'll indulge in a little mainstream pop culture every now and then. But for you, anything not indie is a guilty pleasure!
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Twisted X style WDM0021 is part of their Driving Mocs collection. This particular style actually looks like a moccasin, in which this collection was inspired by. The Turquoise accents complement the dark brown leather and provide a unique look. These shoes are perfect for every day wear and can be paired with your favorite pair of Miss Me jeans or shorts. Your feet will remain comfortable, thanks to the removable SD cushion insole. So what are you waiting for? Add these beauties to your collection.
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The Pension Protection Act of 2006, passed by both houses o Congress and awaiting a presidential signature, would increase the amount of money hedge funds can accept from employee benefit or pension plans.
The bill does not increase the "25% test" provision, which requires hedge funds that get more than 25% of their allocation from benefit plan investors to become subject to the fiduciary responsibility requirements of Erisa (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), but it will exclude from that calculation non-Erisa plans, such as church plans, foreign plans and government employee plans. The current rule required those non-Erisa plans to be included in the benefit plan investor definition.
"Absolutely, we would welcome an expansion of the 25% limit," says Roger Fenningdorf, principal of Rocaton Investment Advisors, which has $240 billion in assets. Fenningdorf says Rocaton has allocated $14 billion throughout the last four years to various hedge fund strategies, some of which have bumped up against the 25% rule. "At times there have been constraints on Erisa capacity," says Fenningdorf. "A large majority of our customers are pension plans. Additional capacity would be beneficial."
Jack Gaine, president of the Managed Funds Association, could not say how much additional capacity would be created by the bill, but noted, "it could be significant."
Tannenbaum Herpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP stated in a letter to clients: "The Act would allow hedge funds to accept additional investment from Erisa plans, as well as governmental plans and non-U.S. retirement plans."
Mother Rock LP, the energy hedge fund run by former Nymex President J. Robert "Bo" Collins, sent a letter to investors in early August informing them the fund would be "winding down" following large losses incurred in July. The fund, which mainly traded natural gas volatility spreads, earned 20% in 2005. It was down approximately 23% through June, when continued "strange behavior" in the volatility and calendar spreads led to additional losses, according to a source close to the fund. The source said the decision to wind down will allow the fund to exit positions in a more orderly fashion.
Pusateri goes to Fall River
Frank Pusateri, a legend in the managed futures industry with extensive expertise in evaluating commodity trading advisors, has joined Fall River Capital LLC.


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Up To £30 Free Matched Bet
Tottenham Hotspur starlet Grant Ward is to complete a mortgage change to MLS outfit Chicago Hearth once he recovers full fitness.
A product of the White Hart Lane academy system, the 19-yr-previous midfielder has already spent time in America throughout pre-season training.
He caught the attention throughout that spell, netting twice, and the Hearth have moved rapidly to safe his companies long term.
No particulars regarding the size of the loan agreement have been released, however Ward will return to the USA after working his means again from an operation to repair a fractured metatarsal.
Fireplace head coach Frank Yallop stated in a press release: "Grant is a young, technically-gifted participant.
"I watched him play in England, and throughout our pre-season training camp Grant persistently proved that he has what it takes to do effectively in the MLS.
"We look forward to him becoming a member of our squad once he has recovered from his damage."
Fireplace technical director Brian Bliss added: "Grant's harm is an unlucky one however we absolutely expect him to bounce again.
"We saw the type of participant Grant is whereas he was with us during pre-season, and we're right here to support and do what we are able to to help him get back to full health so he can be a part of us later this season."


text: ICTI 2016 Sets the Stage for Smart Solutions September 23, 2016 Print Share The 2016 International Conference on Transportation Innovation took place on Sept. 15th and 16th at the University of Alberta. On Sept. 16th, a media event was held as part of the conference to celebrate the milestone of the ACTIVE-AURORA project. Read our wrap-up summary of the conference here. Photo (left to right): Dr. Tony Qiu, University of Alberta; Minister Brian Mason, Alberta Transportation; VP (Facilities and Operations) Andrew Sharman, University of Alberta; and Mayor Don Iveson, City of Edmonton attend the ACTIVE-AURORA milestone event. Photos: As part of the conference, attendees has the opportunity to ride on a Edmonton Transit smart bus equipped with connected vehicle technology. The photo on the left shows the team that carried out the demo, and the photo on the right shows one of the potential alert messages that would be communicated to the driver.


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- adj. Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
- n. A product of the biomedicine industry.
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- Pertaining to the biological and physiological aspects of medicine.
- Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
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- adj. relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine
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She has an M.S. in biomedical journalism from New York University and a B.S. in animal biology from the National University of Singapore.
B.A. Kwiatkowski, Ph.D. has been involved in biomedical research for over twenty years and published several peer reviewed scientific articles in top biomedical journals.
The move is being welcomed by those who hope that deciphering the genetic code will launch a new era in biomedical science.
Last month, the European Union banned the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research (except in certain cases of life-threatening diseases).
Marc Bekoff: The Federal Animal Welfare Act: Are Animals Really Better Off?
Are "thickets" a problem if rights are ignored, for example in biomedical research and software?
We may have lost our auto industry and our computer industry to Asia, but we must hold onto our pre-eminence in biomedical science.
In the last 30 years, we have become the world leader in biomedical development because of our world-class medical innovation.
The subsequent development of sulfa drugs was a milestone in biomedical sciences and a great deal of research followed as scientists throughout the world searched for more effective chemotherapies for bacterial infections.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms
These isotopes rapidly became important tools in biomedical research and in the treatment of cancer.
One example is corporate America's interest in Chinese biomedical research and development -- an area of investment that is rapidly becoming as hot as clean tech.


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How Will Our Choice of Future Homes Change Us?
Humans evolved to live on this planet — heck, we have been evolving along WITH this planet ever since our species showed up. (And, as some point out, we're changing our planet, and not always for the good.) Now we're looking out to other worlds, mostly just trying to find other "places" in the galaxy, and wondering if any of those places might have life. It's pretty clear that there's nothing quite like us in the solar system — although the jury's still out on whether or not places like Mars, or Titan, or Europa (for example) have (or had) some kinds of microbial life.
Searching out planets is a tall order. Finding one that has life is a taller one. And, finding one that could support our kind of life — well, that's probably an even taller one. We have to have certain needs met — water, a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, food (or places to make/grow/synthesize it) and a relative radiation-safe environment — in order to survive. If all those fall into place, then we can populate and grow.
I often wonder what future humans will be like. If our species becomes more space-faring than it is now — I think that we'll be divided into interesting groups. There will be the lunar inhabitants — adapting to and raising their children in the lunar gravity and environment. As many science fiction writers have pointed out in prosaic detail, the Lunarians will probably be unable to spend more than a small amount of time in Earth's gravity and atmosphere once they've adapted to the Moon. What will their politics be? Will they look down on Earthers as "dirt huggers"?
And, what about the future Martians? Separated from Earth by a multi-month journey, they will essentially be on their own to forge their own future and culture. The next generations of lunarians and Martians will not ever be able to set foot on their home world surfaces without massive life-support units. That's gotta change a person's psychology quite a bit!
Say that the future Martians manage to terraform Mars, and maybe turn it more Earthlike — I have to wonder: will they WANT to? It's a multi-multi-generational task — and the first generations of Martians could grow to love their planet just the way it is. Terraforming might come to be viewed as nasty as our current attempts to Veneriform Earth (via human-caused global warming).
Even farther out, humans might find ways to live and work on Ganymede or Europa. (Sure there are lots of obstacles and dangers, but if they can find a way, they will.) What kind of humans will those Ganymedeans and Europans become? Will Earthers recognize them after some generations of change?
And, what will be the social, cultural, and psychological evolutions that star-faring humans under go as they undertake multi-generational trips to other stars in search of new worlds far beyond the Sun's influence? Once they find those worlds, will the be "people of Earth" reaching out? Or, will their lives on the surfaces of those distant places, under the light of different suns be so totally different from ours that the place where they plant their feet, their food and their families define who and what they are? What they think, believe, and do? Is our sense of humanity tied to one place? Or many?


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Sal Mahbouba, Avaya Named to CSIA Board Sal Mahbouba, VP of Global Support Services, Avaya is named to the CSIA Board of Directors
DENVER – July 21, 2009 – CSIA, Colorado's Technology Association, today announced Sal Mahbouba, VP of Global Support Services at Avaya as a new member of their Board of Directors. CSIA's Board now has 30 members comprising Colorado technology leaders and key advisory experts.
"We are thrilled to name Sal to our Board," states Su Hawk, President, CSIA. "He complements executives from other key large technology companies, like Sun, IBM, IHS and Microsoft. The IT and technology industry are the engine for all other industries and is an ecosystem composed of everything from software entrepreneurs to executives at large tech companies. So, it's important to have large global companies like Avaya involved," she continued.
In 2008, CSIA's Board was expanded to further represent the software, hardware, and IT leadership in the state. In recent months, eight other members have been added including: Michael Locatis, CIO, State of Colorado; Damani Short, Immediate Past CIO, US Olympic Committee; Ned Minor, Principal, Minor & Brown; Carl Fitch, CEO, Statera; Dr. Ramat Shoureshi, Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Denver; Dayle Ash, General Business Executive, Colorado, IBM; Pete Dignan, President and Founder, ProtoTest; Michael White, Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Cody Daniels, Partner, KPMG.
"With a large presence here in Colorado, I feel it is important for Avaya to support the local technology community. I'm looking forward to serving on the Board," explained Sal Mahbouba. "Local talent, regulations and legislative issues are essential to support Avaya's presence in Colorado," Mahbouba expanded further.
Other Board members include: 2009 Board Chair, Kirby Slunaker, CEO, Palmaris | 2009 Chair Elect, Annette Quintana, CEO, Istonish | Immediate Past Chair, Bob Ogdon, CEO, Swiftpage | Craig Andrie, VP Professional Services, Analysts International | Betty Arkell, Partner, Holland & Hart | Barbara Bauer, President, GlobalSight Partners | Keith Berets, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish | Scott Burt, President, Integro | Vane Clayton, CEO, KPA | Steve Foster, President, Business Controls | Steve Franzen, Executive Director of Sales, TEKsystems | Adam Haynes, Partner, St. Charles Capital | Scott Johnson, Director Strategic Engagement Unified Communications Group, Microsoft | Darin Kreimeyer, Partner, Ernst & Young | John Leonard, Director, Fairfield and Woods | Jon Nordmark, Chairman of eBags, and Co-Founder of Wambo | John Oechsle, SVP and CIO, IHS | Nancy Phillips, Co-Founder and COO, ViaWest | Rip Ripley, President, Denver, GyroHSR | Kristin Russell, VP IT Operations, Sun Microsystems | Michael White, Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
About Sal:Sal Mahbouba is the VP of Global Support Services for Avaya, the market leader for IP telephony and telecommunication solutions. He develops the strategy for and directs the execution of all aspects of implementation, maintenance, remote and field support, and command center for Avaya direct and indirect channels.
Mahbouba has more than 25 years of management experience in the hardware and software industries. In addition to Avaya, he has held various Senior Leadership positions at Oracle (Business Planning & Strategy, Product Support Services, Software Support Engineering, and IT Development & Production Support), Fujitsu (R&D, Consulting, Training, and Center Operations), as well as other Fortune 500 companies (PBX management software, network management, and application development).
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I picked up an S-16-H over the weekend. The tractor is in very good shape with a newer 42" mower deck. The K341 runs great, deck is quiet, but the hydo/trans is bad. I knew this going in. I'm debating whether to tear into the hydro and fix it, drop one of my spare hydros in it, or part it out (for me).
What it does...
It goes forwards and backwards, full speed only (in reverse also!). It crawls to speed and then goes full speed, irregardless of lever position. Once at full speed in either direction it won't stop or return to neutral. I can move the control lever, and it will occasionally slow for a split second, then back to full speed in whatever direction you are going. You can shut it off and restart it, and it will be in neutral if the lever is put there from starting. Sometimes it will go from fwd to rev while moving fwd, with the lever still in the fwd position. That is really fun, going from full speed fwd, to full speed rev! I can move the fwd/rev lever back and forth while moving and nothing but split-second slowing happens.
So...has anyone had this happen to them or fixed a hydro with this issue? I've never torn into one of these and was wondering if it took a nice pile of money to rebuild one? I have a spare hydro for an easy fix, but I'm all for learning something new with a rebuild. I read the Sundstrand rebuild article on here and don't think I would have a problem doing it. I just don't want to spend a bunch of money on it when I have two spares sitting on the shelf.
Thoughts, suggestions??
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Mo Bhanot (JCHS Class of 2015) created a documentary on the 2014 JCHS Marching Knights, which you can watch here. Get a taste of it with the trailer:
Mo Bhanot (JCHS Class of 2015) created a documentary on the 2014 JCHS Marching Knights, which you can watch here. Get a taste of it with the trailer:
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John Champe Marching Nights hosting Briar Woods HS with Mercer Middle School
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2017 Marching Band Performance Schedule
Home Football Games (Friday Nights. Game starts at 7:00)
9/1 – Centerville HS
9/22 – Stone Bridge HS
10/6 – Potomac Falls HS (Homecoming)
10/13 – Briar Woods HS
10/27 – Tuscarora HS
Competitions (Saturdays - Schedules and performance times will be announced when available)
9/16/2017 US Bands @ Woodgrove, Purcellville, VA
9/30/2017 Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA - Clinic & Competition (2 performances)
10/21/2017 State Marching Assessment @ Rock Ridge HS, Ashburn, VA
10/28/2017 Marine Corps Invitational @ US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
11/4/2017 USBands Mid Atlantic Championships @ Univ of MD, College Park, MD (Prelim & Final)
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text: '''Basic Trope''': The enemy kills TheChosenOne's loved ones and destroys his or her hometown, to make it clear that YouCantFightFate.* '''Straight''': [[TheChosenOne Ruby's]] destiny pits her against [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Sangria]]. Ruby decides [[ScrewDestiny to head out of town to avoid said destiny]], but The Queen attacks Ruby's DoomedHometown. She then proceeds to brutally murder all of Ruby's friends and relatives.* '''Exaggerated''': The Queen attacks Ruby's DoomedHometown and captures every survivor except Ruby. Over the next several months, she has them [[TortureAlwaysWorks tortured]], both to gain any information on Ruby that she can and [[ForTheEvulz simply because she can]]. Eventually, they're slaughtered, butchered, and publicly displayed so that everyone can see their corpses -- especially Ruby, [[YankTheDogsChain who was getting closer to tracking down and rescuing them]].* '''Downplayed''':** When Queen Sangria's forces attack the town, Ruby's family and friends escape, but their old livelihood is ruined.** A few of Ruby's friends die in the attack, but her family survives. Also, the damage to the town is fairly minor and the survivors can go on with their lives.* '''Justified''':** Queen Sangria learned of the prophecy and was trying to take Ruby out before she could accomplish anything. She missed.** Queen Sangria is a {{Jerkass}} and wants Ruby to suffer as much as possible.* '''Inverted''':** The Queen ignores the ancient prophecy about this destiny, until Ruby infiltrates her castle and kills [[TheDragon her heir to the throne,]] [[MeaningfulName Draco.]]** Ruby JumpedAtTheCall, and the attack on her hometown is the point where she first realizes how serious things actually are.** Queen Sangria [[BackFromTheDead resurrects Ruby's parents from the dead]] and repairs the damages to her hometown, in order to convince her that she ''isn't'' TheChosenOne.* '''Subverted''':** Ruby, not wanting to fight the powerful enemy the old crazy guy claimed she would have to, moves herself and her entire family to another country where they live under assumed names. Queen Sangria finds herself unable to track them down.** It turns out it wasn't Queen Sangria who destroyed Ruby's hometown. The real villain, James, placed the blame on her.** [[WrongGenreSavvy Ruby thinks that this is going to happen, but Queen Sangria decides to directly attack her instead.]]* '''Double Subverted''':** Until Queen Sangria's army razes Ruby's new hometown, killing her family, for [[ButForMeItWasTuesday entirely unrelated reasons]].** [[BlatantLies This is a lie]]; Queen Sangria really is the main villain, and James is only a {{mook|s}}.** The queen's {{mooks}} accidentally destroy Ruby's hometown.* '''Parodied''': Ruby comes home to find the evil army tickling her family and toilet papering her home. She reacts as if the army has murdered them and destroyed their hometown.* '''Zig Zagged''': Ruby diverts the call to Jade, her best friend. While Jade is on a mission, her entire family is slaughtered by a third party not related to Queen Sangria or simply acting against her orders. Jade blames Ruby for the entire incident and decides to ally herself with Queen Sangria in revenge. Ruby must decide whether to bring her dear friend back to her side or DuelToTheDeath. * '''Averted''':** Nothing bad happens to Ruby's hometown because of her adventures.** There is no prophecy or chosen one.* '''Enforced''': "Ruby needs that really defining element of {{tragedy}} to [[RuleOfEmpathy make the audience care about her]]. Let's kill off her folks!" "As long as we're doing something like that, why not make it another sign that she's TheChosenOne? You know, for all the new fans."* '''Lampshaded''':** "Did destiny really have to kill my family to get me to go along? Why couldn't she just turn them into gerbils or something?"** "Now, I must warn all of you about the consequences of heroism. You can run from the CallToAdventure, but you can't hide forever. Boy or girl, the call will find you."* '''Invoked''': As part of her evil plan, Queen Sangria decides to bully Ruby before killing her.* '''Exploited''': Ruby [[TheWoobie scores pity with her tragic backstory]], and gains allies this way.* '''Defied''':** Queen Sangria fights Ruby directly, without hesitation.** The [[EnforcedColdWar rules of engagement]] between Ruby and Sangria prevent them from targeting each others' families unless they deliberately join the fight, so Ruby could ScrewDestiny if she wanted to.* '''Discussed''': "No, I won't try to fight Queen Sangria. If I were really TheChosenOne, [[GenreSavvy she would have ruined my life long ago]]."* '''Conversed''': "Why is Ruby just beginning to figure out that maybe, just maybe, she's TheChosenOne? It's been three seasons since Queen Sangria killed Ruby's parents and trashed her beautiful town."* '''Implied''': Some time after Ruby is stated to be TheChosenOne, her town is destroyed for no apparent reason.* '''Deconstructed''': [[EvilMentor Erik]] feels that the advantage of having Ruby on the side of LaResistance is more important than the inhabitants of her hometown, so he destroys the village and tells her that the Queen was responsible for it instead. When Ruby finds out later, she leaves the resistance effort.* '''Reconstructed''': ...But when the rest of LaResistance learn of Erik's treachery, they oust him from his position as leader of the force and replace him with Ruby, who has now become an incredibly skilled fighter in the time she's spent rebelling against the Queen's reign. With a renewed dedication to more heroic ideals, the resistance fighters earn the respect and trust of the oppressed citizens and finally are able to depose of the Queen for good.* '''Played For Laughs''': Ruby tells her future sidekick that she can't be the heroine because she has a life at home. Seconds later, a meteorite destroys her DoomedHometown, and she says, "Okay, I'm in."* '''Played For Drama''': Ruby's little sister Garnet was the only other survivor of the assault, but was left horribly traumatized by the experience. Ruby also gets blamed for the attack by other people, especially by Jade, who [[LesYay was in love with Ruby's older sister Sapphire]].----I guess TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive, because the BigBad just [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive destroyed the main page]].----


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It's hard to believe that the end of the month is already here and with it, we have another round of flickr Friends to reveal!
Each month, we provide a theme for you to use on your projects and then upload to our flickr pool. At the end of each month, we select a few of our favorites to post here on our blog and send them some BasjcGrey goodies as our way of saying thanks. The theme for this month was "snowflakes" and was inspired by our Nordic Holiday collection. You'll find snowflakes in many of the embellishments within this collection. And at this time of year, what better time to document the weather outside your window?
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In this layout, we love that the snowflakes were used more as an accent than as an integral part of the layout. What a great filmstrip of photos documenting an almost tree mishap!
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Life is too short not to wear nice shoes from time to time.
I don't wear heels every day though, just mid high (6-8cm) for work and they come off the minute I come home or at the weekends when i live in flats.
I find it more that my feet hurt in heels from the running rather than my running suffers because of the high heels. Or maybe I am just old and like comfort!
It depends on the height and width of the heel.
I wouldn't recommend anyone (runner or not) to teeter around on 6 inch stilettos but mid high is fine especially if the heel is quite chunky so your heel is properly supported - boot heels for example.
I have to say though, I'd like to hear a bloke's take on the wearing of high heels
Seriously these days.... the lassies can't even walk in some of the stupid shit they put on their feet - they have to hang on to one another to get to the toilets - and that's BEFORE they have a drink..
I suffer if I wear heels for more than an hour
I find flat shoes like ballet pumps uncomfortable. I prefer a wedge heel or something chucky like a boot heel.
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I wear heels from time to time, when going out. It doesn't seem to affect my running.
Mostly I wear shoes with a small heel - not totally flat. I find completely flat shoes uncomfortable.
They're the worst. When I got PF it was through wearing flat pumps.
My mum who's on the rather short side can't wear anything but heels now as it pulls on the back of her legs. She even looks for slippers with a slight heel.
That happened to my auntie, Cinders.
She wore 6 inch heels every day of her adult life and ended up with shortened tendons.
A blokes take ? Nothing nicer on a woman than stiletto heels !!
Thanks for your input 330
I wear trainers most of the time but if I'm going out out (like out out, out out out) then I always wear heels....usually 5/6 inch stilettos - I love them I haven't found any problems so far..
Flat shoes for day to day wear and high heels if going out, wearing high heels gives my calves a good workout
I think if you wear high heels a lot of the time then yes your achilles tendon does shorten and that's not good for your running. Especially when women have a shorter achilles than men anyway.
I only wear heels when I intend to catch a taxi to a bar stool
If I'm somewhere I have to walk, like work (even just round the office) flats flats flats.
The wounded gazelle look is never sexy.


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The state Department of Transportation will meet with a community task force Wednesday night to go over a plan to ease traffic in Laniakea on Oahu's North Shore.
The DOT's short-term solution is to block parking on the mauka side of Kamehameha Highway.
Laniakea has become a popular spot for visitors and locals to see green sea turtles.
The traffic and parking issue has become a problem.
The DOT believes putting barricades to limit parking across the beach will help ease the congestion.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Haleiwa Elementary School.
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After a two-car accident in the town of Kinderhook, police arrested both drivers on drunken driving charges.
The accident happened Sunday at the intersection of Kinderhook Avenue and Hawley Road.
Police arrested both Robert James, 43, of Valatie and Daniel Behunick, 65, of Kinderhook on charges of driving while intoxicated. James was also ticketed for failure to keep right. Both were released on tickets returnable to the Kinderhook Town Court.
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We at Blogtechnika, love to spread information on online education schemes because we believe that online education is future. In US, there are various universities offering online education courses. Apart from that there are various sites offering free video lectures online from World's top universities absolutely free. We also published cool infographic about surprising facts about online educations.
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Anyone aspiring on becoming a seafarer or mariner needs a Seaman's Identification Record Book or Seaman's Book to land that dream job of yours. So what are the basic steps for new applicants?
Before applying for your SIRB at the office of Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), make sure to possess all of these documents first.
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- Official Receipt of Basic Safety Training (BST) Course
After accomplishing the lists above bring it to the MARINA office, make sure to provide a photocopy of it and at the same time bring the original documents. MARINA is open from Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 6:00PM without noon break.
The standard processing time of SIRB for regular applications is 8 hours with a processing fee of PhP800.00. But for those who are in a hurry, you can avail their expedite applications for a fee of PhP1,500.00 and you can have your SIRB within 4 hours.
These are the basic steps for new applicants of SIRB. For other types of SIRB applications, you can check the full details here.


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The Mountain Hardwear Agama Backpack is serious about what it does. If you're actually going to the mountains, the Agama has features to keep your stuff secure and intact. The front mesh pocket, the daisy chain and padded pockets are perfect for your stash and axes. It's built with 840D high-tenacity nylon so you'll need to run it over with a car for several hours straight for it to fall apart. But until that fateful day comes, at least you'll be carrying around a backpack of superior comfort and construction.
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This article talks about a healthy eating guideline modeled by the known historical information of how Vikings ate in addition to modern knowledge about what comprises a healthy diet and how to design a sustainable eating pattern. The New Nordic Diet is the result of a 5-year research project from Denmark. It is considered to be environmentally friendly with all the foods originating in Denmark, one of the main countries where Vikings have resided back in the day.
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The Disciplinary Commission has closed the Curve at Inter, Roma and Lazio for discriminatory chants – locking them out during the Milan Derby.
The rules were adjusted midway through the season to allow the closure of only certain sections of the stadium rather than playing entire matches behind closed doors.
Today the Disciplinary Commission announced it would close the Curve – ends – at Inter, Roma and Lazio with fines worth €50,000 each. Lazio's ban is a suspended sentence.
It is particularly important for Inter, as this means the Curva Nord – where the hardline ultras sit and exhibit their spectacular choreography – will be empty for the Derby di Milano next Sunday.
Inter are penalised for 'discriminatory' anti-Neapolitan chants heard at the Stadio San Paolo during last week's 4-2 defeat.
As the Nerazzurri fans are repeat offenders, the Curva Nord will also be closed during the first home game of 2013 against Chievo.
There are also 14 players given a one-match ban for the next Serie A round. Among the most notable, Ricky Alvarez and Riccardo Montolivo will be suspended for the Derby di Milano.
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Tampa Bay: December 4, 2002
One homeless night
[Times photo: Chris Zuppa]
Right before an all-American holiday of abundance, kids step outside their comfort zone for a sleepover they won't soon forget.
South Pinellas County news
Scores of parents rejoice at wait list calls
Each call means students are moved off lists and offered spots in school magnet or fundamental programs.
Caution: Four road names may merged into one
Officials soon will vote on using "Bryan Dairy" to describe the new east-west corridor that now has several names.
Working: A Day on the Job in South Pinellas County: Valinda Coyle
Valinda Coyle, 48, licensed massage therapist
Business headlines: Train Station: platform for pottery sale
ST. PETERSBURG -- The 1926 Seaboard Coastline railway station on 22nd Street S formally marks the beginning of its new life as the St. Petersburg Clay Co. Saturday with a holiday pottery sale from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Santa Parade rolls out Saturday
An organizer thinks the downtown procession will be bigger than last year's.
Belleairs butt heads over beach entrances
Belleair Shore owns three gulf access points. Belleair Beach maintains them -- or did until a recent tiff.
Conflicts in office await new police chief
David Romine says the department's internal complaints are high, compared to other police departments.
Boat parades
-- Boca Ciega Yacht Club: 17th Annual Christmas Boat Parade -- Saturday. Begins at 6 p.m. at the Boca Ciega Yacht Club, 4600 Tifton St. S. The parade will arrive at Gulfport Municipal Marina at 6:30 p.m.; Broadwater subdivision at 7 p.m.; Maximo Marina at 7:30 p.m.; Gulfport Pier at 7:45 p.m.; Town Shores Condominiums at 8; Pasadena Yacht and Country Club at 8:30; and returns to the Boca Ceiga Yacht Club. Call 867-8397 or 570-9000 for information.
Pinellas man dies in late-night crash
GULFPORT -- A 37-year-old St. Petersburg man was killed Monday night after he lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole.
Homes, sweet homes, decked out for a cause
The convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah made for a relatively quiet weekend on the town, with families and friends celebrating together. The undaunted later headed out for retail therapy, and the rest of us yielded to other indulgences.
Success culminates in big pink operatic vision
Real estate speculator Thomas J. Rowe couldn't pass up untamed Pass-a-Grille land. The Don was his crown jewel.
Military news
Navy Airman Jesse E. Blankenship, son of Debbie A. Beck of Largo and John H. Blankenship of Edgewater, Md., recently departed for assignment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, permanently deployed in Yokosuka, Japan. Blankenship is a 1999 graduate of Largo High School and joined the Navy in October 2001.
Schooner to tie up at port today
ST. PETERSBURG -- The city's parade of sail continues.
Indian Rocks leaders must choose again
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH -- The City Commission that had so much difficulty selecting a new commissioner last week will have to do it again next week.
Lots of disruption before end of pipes
Construction begins on 62nd Avenue NE to repair the reclaimed water system. First Street N will also be affected.
Health center has new home
The St. Petersburg branch has moved from its 40-year spot and doubled in size.
Boca Ciega High honors six known in field of athletics
ST. PETERSBURG -- Champion international sailor Ed Baird and five others will be honored Friday at Boca Ciega High School's Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 7:30 p.m. in the gymnasium.
League attracting many competitors
USA League Tennis is in full swing with action this weekend in senior men's doubles, senior women's doubles and mixed doubles in adult and senior divisions.
Annual expo enjoys smooth sailing
Sail Expo St.Pete was a rousing success for exhibitors and the sport.
Substitute captures attention in match
Sometimes a stand-in steps up and seizes the day.
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One item that has changed since I'm now more active on this site is that for the longest time when I went camping I kept blinders on like I was a work horse. In other words, I went to the chosen campsite and there I stayed. I didn't get out and check out other campgrounds in the area. Now I'm beginning to do that more often. Remember now, this is free work...no one has offerred me a single red cent for any knowledge on a particular place. I'm doing my own research. The next time I go camping without a reservation is normal and what would happen if I came across a campground that was full, that night we'd sleep in a motel and return home the next day. No so any longer. Now I'm actively checking out other places within the vicinity of the cg I wanted to camp at. Thus Beaver Creek Camground was found.
Beaver Creek CG is located at the very south end of AZ Hwy 179. The road is about 19 miles total. It starts in Sedona and intersects with hwy 89a and goes south for about ten miles and then intersects with I-17. If one proceeds under the overpass that is I-17 and continue on for another 4 miles the first thing you'll notice that north of I-17 the two lane road is very smooth roadway. As soon as you go under the overpass the roadway narrows, pot holes are numerous and the road starts to turn to dust. Continue on the road and you'll cross three or four one lane small bridges. That's right, one lane bridges. At the end of the road on the left will be Beaver Creek Campground. Elevation is 3200'. Beautiful little Beaver Creek. The campground is not located in the book: The Best in Tent Camping Arizona. I haven't found any listing for it. I heard about it from a ranger in the area. It is very small, about 10 sites, both trailer and tents. Trailers are limited to 25'. Reservations are not accepted, so it's first come first served. The ranger told me he has never seen it full even on the busiest summer holiday. That is the key. There is nothing wrong with this place from what I could see. I didn't stop and talk to anyone because even the camp host was gone for the day. If I were being paid to find campgrounds I'd stay and talk to the host. The best way I know how to show you what it is like is thru the camera. Enjoy. The next time you go to Sedona to camp and can't find a campground, here is one not to far away and not too many people know about until now!
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If you spend any time at all on certain Vermont news websites, you've seen the latest offerings from our buddies at Vermonters First, the conservative, secretive Super PAC funded by the Howard Hughes of Vermont politics, Lenore "Cameras Will Steal My Soul" Broughton.
VF's first round of web ads was a graphical freakshow, with clashing colors, a myriad of type fonts, and, most famously, the illegal use of the State Seal.
Well, VF ordered up a new round of web ads from its out-of-state consultants. And while they aren't quite as awful as its first round, they're pretty damn obnoxious nonetheless. Of course, I suspect that that might be the point: if you subscribe to what might be called the Charmin theory of advertising, an obnoxious ad can do the job better than a well-designed, creative one, because the obnoxious one sticks in your head like a bad song*.
*Specifically, "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks.
So maybe they know what they're doing. I prefer to think that they're just clueless about quality ad design. But here's where you get the chance to decide for yourself.
For the sake of the kiddies, I'll present the images after the jump, so you have time to shield impressionable young eyes. I'll also offer some comments, and suggest some ideas for their next round.
Strikes a nice ominous tone, what with the fully-lit but very empty House chamber in a kind of fish-eye view. The black background is a nice trigger for a feeling of menace, and it also makes the message pop.
The blue shafts of light give it a creepy sci-fi invasion vibe, as if the Borg have occupied the Statehouse and begun turning lawmakers into cyborgs compelled to obey every command from Governor Shumlin. Or Keith Ellis, or someone.
Some of the fonts actually match, thank goodness. And the text expresses the core message while carrying just a touch of Rhymin' Simon whimsy.
A pretty good effort, all told.
Not at all true, of course, but that's beside the point. Vermonters First isn't interested in the truth, it's interested in fomenting fear.
This one's kind of meh. The message is simple, effective, and fundamentally misleading, just as intended. But the color scheme is all over the place, and doesn't compel attention.
The Benjamins in the background are dark and muddy; it's hard to tell what they are. The half-arrow phasing from yellow to orange, meaning what? A heightened terror alert?
The ream-sized fake health-care bill is a nice touch, echoing national Republicans' plaint that Obamacare is Too Big And Confusing. (As if any health care overhaul could be anything but big.)
But I must add a word about this use of Montpelier as a stand-in for all things evil and liberal. Bruce Lisman did this all the time in his Campaign for Vermont (Prosperity?) radio ads, because he wanted to appear bipartisan and so he avoided directly slamming the Democrats.
Why Vermonters First has picked up on it, I don't know. But as a resident of Montpelier, I object to the conservatives trying to turn my town into another San Francisco, Boston, or Chicago: the civic embodiment of corrupt, overarching liberal power.
Now, here's an effective little piece of propaganda. The ominous black background, the empty bed in a dark room, a single spotlight aimed at the head. Fairly screams YOU WILL DIE HERE.
Of course, single-payer health care will result in spooky darkened hospital rooms because light bulbs, like everything else, will be RATIONED. And the light will be cold and cruel because warm, soothing incandescent bulbs will be BANNED by the Democrats' Healthcare Greening Commissar, Bill McKibben.
GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED all in caps is a nice bit of theatrical text. But in this context, the ovoid "LEARN MORE" button looks like a pill that you're forcing us to take. Might want to rethink that one.
So, all in all, Vermonters First has pulled off a decent job of smearing Democrats and scarifying their policies.
I can do better.
You want to scare voters? I'll show you how to scare voters.
First ad, to replace the Borg-in-the-Statehouse number:
Simple. Direct. Memorable. Over the top. Perfect for last-minute fear mongering.
Second ad, replacing the muddled mess of a "tax increase" ad. See if this doesn't catch your attention better.
I mean, why stop with blatantly misleading the public? Just lay it out for the sheeple: Democrats are vampires!
Third ad, giving the health care pitch.
Yeah, that's the ticket! If you're gonna invoke the old "death panels" lie, don't settle for an empty bed with a single spotlight. You need shackles and blood!
Just like in Canada!
Now see, I whipped these up in a half hour with Google Image searches and a bit of photoshopping. Why spend tens of thousands of dollars on outside agencies when you can DIY it on the cheap and get a much more inflammatory message out there?
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Camping in style on a Lancashire working farm
by pavlovawoman
With ridiculously comfortable beds, a wood-burning stove and even a flushing loo, staying in a tent on Dolphinholme House Farm in Lancashire is camping, yes - but not as we know it...Read more
Sydney on a budget: sights and sites
by Conor Walsh
Camping on an island in Sydney Harbour isn't just a great way to save money - it also guarantees you a hell of a view. And it's not the only way to enjoy the city without breaking the bank...Read more
A scenic drive around the Isle of Mull
by Shirley S
Do you want to find the best sights and places to visit while travelling on the Isle of Mull's winding roads? Read my guide as I take a trip through mountainous terrain and past cascading waterfallsRead more