text:
International Catwalks Set the Stage for Spectacular Innovations
Autumn/Winter 2006-2007, the emergence of a new sense of shape and structure
in designer collections has made fur not only a key element this season, it
has provided a vital direction for the image of fur itself.
Rounded shapes,
A-line silhouettes, cropped jackets, and architectural looks are the
season's key signatures, and everywhere, designer fur has been masterfully cut or
combined with fabrics and leather, using detailing that emphasizes collars
and cuffs, sleeves and pockets, borders and edges.
Colour and
shape replace ornamentation and decoration as the focal points. A quiet
sensuality turns up in pared-down power-dressing, sometimes with metallic
touches for a bit more glamour. Black continues to best show the new
silhouettes, joined this season by winter white and grey, along with a
palette of dark colours.
One of the key looks for Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 is the voluminous
rounded silhouette, with elements that range from rounded shoulders, to
rounded sleeves that are puffed, gathered or belled, to bubble and tulip
Some of the best examples were at Chado Ralph Rucci, where the
designer fashioned chinchilla into a deep-green bubble jacket, complete with
rounded shoulders, or at Alberta Ferretti, whose collarless mink coat in
midnight blue featured dropped shoulders and gathered sleeves, and was tied
at the waist with a bow.
Designers have come up with new ways of working with fur, and the
result is a garment that is more casual and wearable. It's the 'New Fur
Coat', combining the best of fur with materials such as fabric or leather in
innovative ways. It's the way a modern woman will wear fur everyday, because
it is easily worked into her lifestyle.
Marc Jacobs
started the trend, with his single breasted grey wool coat, topped with dyed
silver fox crafted oversized rounded collar and full, belled sleeves.
Burberry Prorsum designer Christopher Bailey takes on the style using fox to
update Burberry's classic trench coat, now detailed with deep, fur banding
from waist to hem, deep fur cuffs and an oversized collar.
At Prada,
designer Miuccia Prada took a slim wrap coat in a grey animal-print and gave
it, shoulder-defining silver fox sleeves.
In Patrick Robinson's debut
collection for Paco Rabanne, one outstanding star was a slim navy leather
coat made luxuriously contemporary with brown fox sleeves.
Designers were creative and plentiful in their use of
designer fur touches at a
garment's many edges, borders, collars and cuffs to give it a new shape and
visual interest.
Jean Paul Gaultier mixed a brown shearling coat and gave it
a deep, border of vertically worked golden isle fox.
Cuffs were a focal
point for several designers' use of fur accent. Carolina Herrera used fox
cuffs and collar to accent her mauve silk faille wrap gown.
Bill Blass added
sable cuffs to a cognac embellished coat tied well above the waist.
trimming the border or the cuff with fur wasn't enough, designers used both,
such as Chado Ralph Rucci's pale yellow wool A-line coat with a rounded
hemline, accented with sable cuffs and borders.
Milan led the trend where new shorter lengths appeared at Miu Miu,
Prada, Balenciaga, and Gucci, and what better to join this new look than
mini fur coats. Costume National's ombred dyed grey fox fur coat had gathered
sleeves and a leather belt. Slinking down the catwalk at Gucci was a
sleeveless golden fox mini coat worn over a metallic mini dress with a sexy,
low-plunging cowl neckline.
Prada's hooded black anorak, trimmed in fur,
worked well over a sheer black mini dress.
Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 the global fashion community has turned out strong,
powerful fur looks that fit the lifestyle of modern women. These new shapes
and creative uses of designer fur have reached out to a new customer, one who has
never worn fur before.
Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 women's collections are inspired by diverse sources
From couture
shapes of an earlier era, to dark shadows of rich, illuminated colour and
the elegance of subtle glamour, fur has achieved a new power and authority
in fashion. Here are three key highlights of this powerful Autumn/Winter
season in women's furs.
group of designers have fashioned a season of pure, stripped-down style in
which shape and structure dominate. Alberta Ferretti used sleek structure
with an elegant line in a black wool cape and wide black fox collar.
karakul jacket at Marni showed shape in its cropped length and belled
sleeves. Rounded shoulders provided shape in an animal-print coat at Marc
Jacobs, made opulent with a fox border. Using shape to its fullest, J.
Mendel created a steel-grey karakul coat with structured shoulders and a
narrow waist, worn in contrast over a slightly flared skirt.
A shift toward romantic dressing was evident at shows in Paris,
Milan, London and New York. From romantic elegance to a darker, shadowy view
of fashion, designers often found their inspiration in things historical.
The Toscana maxi coat by John Galliano
at Christian Dior was embellished with a pilgrim belt buckle and fox trim.
Romanticism was paired with naturalism in Jean Paul Gaultier's fox cape.
Napoleonic style was the interpretation at Dolce & Gabbana, who took a
face-framing white mink scarf with mink tails and paired it with a cropped
jacket with oversized notch collar.
Roberto Cavalli's deep-garnet seamed and intricately worked coat was given a
romantic touch with rich fox cuffs.
Furs for Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 showed that glamour can take on a
powerful stance for modern women, in ways that go to extremes, such as the
use of metallic and coats that contrasted maxi against mini.
At Gucci
pinstripes in purple and white endowed a sheared mink maxi coat with luxe
power, while at Costume National a new mini coat mixed gold satin with mink
sleeves. At Prada, unusual fur placements gave coats the unexpected edge,
such as mink patched pockets and fox backing on a brown wool coat.
Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 directions in fur draw from diverse influences, but
whatever the style, fur is the defining element in fashion.
The season's
accessories play off the dual themes of shape and proportion.
In a season
when less means more, the newest accessories speak volumes, both in terms of
providing accents for the new spare silhouettes and in the way their own
shapes and proportions spotlight these trends. Fur accessories presented for
Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 uniformly follow this shift in shape, and finish the
look that designer architects have created in their fashions.
Given the Autumn/Winter season's penchant for all things round,
it's only natural that the accessories would follow suit. Most typical was
the fur helmet, in black fox fur at Givenchy. A suede peak was added to Nina
Ricci's helmet in brown muskrat.
J. Mendel opted for a black knitted karakul
skullcap. The helmet achieved a bucket shape, done in coyote at Hermes.
Accentuating a rounder proportion in handbags, Alexander McQueen turned
sheared grey fox fur into a hobo bag, perfect for the 'fashionista' who has
Designers went to the limits with fur accessories this season
making each accessory a statement in itself by playing up new proportions. A
good example is the oversized fur-cuffed cap at Louis Vuitton and perhaps
more directional, the larger-than-life white mink signature-print saddlebag.
Proportions that were intentionally exaggerated came into play with Zang
Toi's oversized fox stole, which mimicked the grand scale of the large,
re-proportioned tartan in his trouser suit. The newest play on proportions
involves long over short, most notably in Versace's pairing mink-trimmed
opera-length navy leather gloves with a sleeveless knit mini dress.
introduction of new accessories that play with shape and proportion turned
up the volume on fur and confirmed the bold new direction of shape in
fashion for Autumn/Winter 2006-2007.
Above images courtesy of IFTF.
(Page Date 26 July 2006)
To Top of Page
If you like this page then please share it with your friends
For more information on ladies and teens fashion trends go to:-
Archived Sections
Fashion-Era.com looks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era. Changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural and moral values. Homelife and politics also
contribute to lifestyle trends, which in turn influence the clothes we wear. These are the changes that make any era of society special in relation to the study of the costume of a period.
Fashion-Era.com can take no responsibility for any information on the site which may cause you error, loss or costs incurred from use of the information and links either directly or
indirectly. This site is owned, designed, written and developed by author: Pauline Thomas and Guy Thomas. This site is designed to be viewed in 1024 X 768 or higher.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fashion-era.com reserves the right to add or
delete information, graphics and links. Copyright © 2001-2014 on all content, text and images in Fashion-era.com. Images
and text in this website may not be used on other websites.
Before you write to me for costume/fashion help or information please, please consult the extensive sitemap which lists all our pages. If you still cannot find the answer after searching the site, then before you email me, please consider if you are prepared to make a donation to the website.
Donations Reader's donations help this site flourish, in particular donations encourage me to write more articles on fashion history as well as current trends. PayPal
allows anyone with a credit card to donate easily and securely. You may donate any sum you feel appropriate.


text:
C&L's Late Night Music Club With Earth, Wind And Fire
Thursday night dance party! Do you remember the 21st night of September? I hope so, seeing as it was just last night. If I was Dj'ing a party on a yacht, this would be the first song I would play.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Premium luggage maker and lifestyle brand Tumi Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TUMI) priced its IPO at $18/share, a buck above the projected range. The really good news for the company is that the price jumped to a high of $26.80 before pulling back a little to $25.70.
The company expects to raise about $264 million in net proceeds and plans to use the cash to buy back all its preferred shares and some of the common stock owned by European private equity firm Doughty Hanson & Co Managers Ltd.
Tumi's IPO is one of two hot offerings this morning. We covered the Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) IPO earlier today.


text:
It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
According to Eric Dondero, who was Mr. Paul's senior congressional aide from 1997 to 2003 and worked on some earlier Paul campaigns, the Texas congressman is not anti-Jewish or anti-gay — he just supports Israel's abolition and won't use a gay man's bathroom.
Mr. Dondero cited two other incidents that, while he insisted his former boss is not anti-gay, seemed to suggest otherwise. In one, he refused to shake the hand of an openly gay supporter at a barbecue, and the other incident involved using the home/office of San Francisco libertarian Jim Peron, who is openly gay, as a base for a 1988 Bay Area campaign swing.
"Ron pulled me aside the first time we went there, and specifically instructed me to find an excuse to excuse him to a local fast food restaurant so that he could use the bathroom. He told me very clearly, that although he liked Jim, he did not wish to use his bathroom facilities. I chided him a bit, but ... Ron looked at me directly, and with a very angry look in his eye, and shouted under his breath: 'Just do what I say NOW,'" Mr. Dondero wrote.
Former Ron Paul staffer says Paul afraid to use gay man's toilet, but not a homophobe
Originally posted by krossfyter
whats a gay mans bathroom look like?
Originally posted by boncho
Originally posted by krossfyter
whats a gay mans bathroom look like?
Soft, pink towels.
So soft.... So fluffy...
Originally posted by krossfyter
whats a gay mans bathroom look like?
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Nobody has a problem with the charge that he supports Isreal's abolition which if thought out could only come about through a forcible disarming through a war of annihilation?
Thought the good doctor was against war, policing the world, exerting influence in the region etc?
Originally posted by The Sword
reply to post by hapablab
My friend's bathroom is not pink and doesn't have a candelabra. It looks exactly like my own. He doesn't even have an abundance of grooming products.
Not everyone fits the stereotype.
Ex-Aide Says Ron Paul Is a 9/11 Truther & Isolationist Who Thinks U.S. Shouldn't Have Fought Hitler


text:
Click the image to get to the Educational Magazines. We've just separated out all of our Kids Discover magazines and added Zoobooks and Ranger Rick to our new department made especially for Educational Magazines. Each magazine shares the common trait as being timelessly educational. They make great foundations for unit studies, too. In most cases, [Read More…]
New Department! Educational Magazines
December 10, 2012 By


text:
Browser does not support script.
Skip to main content
This pilot project was set up after feedback from former Macmillan postholders, who told us they would like to use their skills and expertise to support professionals working in challenging environments. Macmillan professionals have also told us they would value the guidance, advice and support that an experienced mentor could offer them.
The scheme is open to Macmillan professionals who are starting a new role or going through times of transition in their working lives. They are put in contact with a member of the Macmillan Alumni. The pair make contact before the mentoring relationship formally begins, to ensure good 'chemistry' and for both to ask each other questions. The programme is flexible and meetings are negotiated between mentor and mentee.
Mac Voice spoke with the first two participants in the scheme. Jan Morrison is retired and was previously Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse at Kingston Hospital in Surrey. She has been a mentor for Jenny Watmore-Eve, who is the Macmillan Programme Manager for Cancer Patient Experience at Queens Hospital in Romford, but also works at King George Hospital in Goodmayes.
Before her Macmillan role, Jenny had worked for 15 years in palliative care in hospices. She told us that when she started work in the NHS, she felt quite isolated by the unfamiliar environment. Finding a mentor whohad experience of cancer care in a big hospital was 'just perfect'. As a mentor, Jan has been able to impart knowledge about how NHS systems work. She has also used her many years of management experience to support Jenny as a manager.
Jan: 'We agreed to meet face to face at first, so we could get to know each other. We met at Queens Hospital so I could get a sense of where Jenny works. You can do mentorship by phone but, based on that first conversation, we decided to continue meeting in person.'
Jenny: 'Jan spent time telling me about herself: her background, what she had done professionally and what she does now. I did the same and it just felt right. We felt like a good fit.'
Jan: 'We continued to meet every six weeks for one hour. We've had four sessions so far. It has sometimes been an issue finding a private space to talk, but we have now found a regular quiet place in an education area.'
Jenny: 'At the end of each session, we agree on my plan and goals for the next six weeks. I update Jan on important progress by email.
'It's really helpful to have somebody who is not your manager or connected to the organisation in which you work, who is able to listen and help you reflect on what you're learning or struggling with in a structured way. I feel like there is someone who understands my hopes and concerns. She knows what I need support with and also what motivates me. She is able to suggest ways that I might get around any challenges.'
Jan: 'We have two more sessions planned at the moment. We are already thinking about how we should close and how Jenny could get ongoing support.
'Mentoring has definitely helped me feel connected to Macmillan. When I retired, I felt that I didn't want to be too committed to anything. But becoming a mentor has meant I can do work at times that are convenient for me. It also means I can use my skills and experience to give back.
'I would encourage other former professionals to get involved. Mentoring is about sharing your knowledge and experience and doesn't require any formal training or previous experience. It makes you feel valued and it's very rewarding.'
Jenny: 'My manager and my team are very supportive of me having mentoring. I would definitely recommend it. It's invaluable.'
If you'd like to become a mentor or feel you would benefit from having one, contact the Alumni team for more information.
Spring 2016
Large-scale partnerships to improve cancer care and support
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Looking for article even further back? Use the article search above.
If you have any questions about Macmillan we would love to hear from you .
You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr or YouTube.
© Macmillan Cancer Support 2018
what are these?


text:
This page describes the current status of the release process.
Make sure code is up to date and everything is committed and pushed with git:
$ mvn clean $ git pull $ git status
Checklist for release preparation:
$ mvn clean install
Unzip and test manually (just to be on the safe side of the road):
cd pmd-dist/target; unzip pmd-bin-<version>.zip; cd pmd-bin-<version> ./bin/run.sh pmd -d ../../../pmd-java/src/main/java -language java -f xml -R rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml ./bin/run.sh pmd -d ../../../pmd-java/src/main/java -language java -f xml -R java-unusedcode ./bin/run.sh pmd -d ../../../pmd-java/src/main/java -language java -f html -R rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml cd ..; cd ../..
Check in all (version) changes to branch master:
$ git commit -a -m "Prepare pmd release <version>"
Let's have maven create a release branch for us (note - this is of course not needed if you are already on a release/maintenance branch). Maven will automatically increase the version in branch master.
$ mvn release:branch -DbranchName=pmd/<version>.x
In case you create a alpha/preview release and you want to stay with the current version in master, use these additional properties:
$ mvn -DupdateBranchVersions=true -DupdateWorkingCopyVersions=false ...
Note: The property pushChanges is set to false, so that we can manually push all changes done during the release at the end, when we are sure, that everything is fine.
Now checkout the created branch.
$ git checkout pmd/<version>.x
Now let maven create a release tag.
$ mvn release:clean $ mvn release:prepare
Note: For the tag/label name we currently use this naming pattern: pmd_releases/<major-version>.<minor-version>.<micro-version>
The next command will checkout PMD from the tag just created and will build and deploy it to sonatype OSS repositories:
$ mvn release:perform
If everything is fine, you can push your local changes.
$ git push origin master $ git push origin pmd/<version>.x $ git push origin tag pmd_releases/<version>
Note: If you see a bug and fix it, you can rollback the release (see the maven release plugin documentation):
$ mvn release:rollback
You probably need to delete the release tag manually using the following command (and then start again with release:clean release:prepare):
$ git tag -d pmd_releases/<version>
Finally, in order to publish the release to Maven central, you need to release PMD via Sonatype Nexus:
You can reuse the cleanly checked out local repository from maven-release-plugin.
$ cd target/checkout/ $ mvn site site:stage
Before you upload the zip files, unzip and test once (just to be on the safe side of the road):
$ cd pmd-dist/target; unzip pmd-bin-<version>.zip; cd pmd-bin-<version> $ ./bin/run.sh pmd -d ../../../pmd-java/src/main/java -language java -f xml -R rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml $ ./bin/run.sh pmd -d ../../../pmd-java/src/main/java -language java -f xml -R java-unusedcode $ ./bin/run.sh pmd -d ../../../pmd-java/src/main/java -language java -f html -R rulesets/java/unusedcode.xml $ cd ..; cd ../..
While the site will be deployed to github, it's still usefull, to have it downloadable at once:
$ cd target $ mv staging pmd-doc-<version> $ zip -r pmd-doc-<version>.zip pmd-doc-<version>/ $ cd ..
Add the site to the pmd.github.io repo:
$ rsync -avhP target/pmd-doc-<version>/ ../../../pmd.github.io/pmd-<version>/ $ (cd ../../../pmd.github.io; git add pmd-<version>; git commit -m "Added pmd-<version>")
Upload the zip-files to sourceforge's file section:
$ rsync -avhP pmd-dist/target/pmd-*-<version>.zip target/pmd-doc-<version>.zip email@example.com:/home/frs/project/pmd/pmd/<version>/ $ rsync -avhP src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md email@example.com:/home/frs/project/pmd/pmd/<version>/ReadMe.md
Verify the MD5 sums on Files and locally:
$ md5sum pmd-dist/target/pmd-*-<version>.zip target/pmd-doc-<version>.zip
Go to Files, to folder "pmd/<version>", and make the new binary pmd zip file the default download for all platforms.
In case of releasing from master:
$ git push origin master; git push origin tag pmd_releases/<version>
In case of releasing from a release branch:
$ git push origin pmd/<version>.x; git push origin tag pmd_releases/<version>
Go to https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases
Submit news to SF on the PMD Project News page. You can use the following template:
PMD <version> released * minor version with lots of bug fixes * Changelog: https://pmd.github.io/pmd-<version>/overview/changelog.html * Downloads: https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/tag/pmd_releases%2F<version> * Fixed Bugs: https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/milestone/PMD-<version>/ * Documentation: https://pmd.github.io/pmd-<version>/
Under https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/milestones close the milestone "PMD-<version>" and create a new milestone for the next version (PMD-<version+1>).
Update version/release info in src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md. Use the following template:
# Changelog ## ????? - ${DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} **New Supported Languages:** **Feature Request and Improvements:** **New/Modified/Deprecated Rules:** **Pull Requests:** **Bugfixes:** **API Changes:**
Update pmd-java8/pom.xml - the version is probably wrong. Set it to the parent's=next development version.
Commit and push
$ git commit -m "Prepare next development version" $ git push origin master


text:
Joined: 09 October 2004
Posts: 462
Kiya matlab kiya time bomb ka time change ho gaya?
Joined: 20 January 2005
Posts: 7052
Retro Podcast Team
Joined: 05 January 2005
Posts: 18842
When asked to comment on 20th Century Fox's argument that Zee had used 24's '24 hours - 24 episode format' for Time Bomb, Kaul said that was a very broad definition. "This way, none would be able to make shows," he argued. Time Bomb will be a fixed duration serial that will run for 25 weeks as a weekly one hour show (Monday 10 pm - 11 pm). The first episode is supposed to be a curtain raiser.
When asked to comment on 20th Century Fox's argument that Zee had used 24's '24 hours - 24 episode format' for Time Bomb, Kaul said that was a very broad definition. "This way, none would be able to make shows," he argued.
Time Bomb will be a fixed duration serial that will run for 25 weeks as a weekly one hour show (Monday 10 pm - 11 pm). The first episode is supposed to be a curtain raiser.
So what's the problem. Fox's show is of 24 episode show and this a 25 episode show. C'mon Mr Murdoch........ be a sport. Don't be a cry baby. So now Star, you also realise what will happen when Time Bomb comes. getting frightened??????? Good..........
Joined: 11 June 2005
Posts: 4981
OMG!!!!....wat'll happen now!!!!....natz plz. dont scare me lik this...wat if they dont air TB....OMG!........I dunno y but I feel lik blaming Ekta mayi 4 all this...I bet she went 2 tirupathi n prayed 2 balaji 2 make sure TB fails....guyz this is bad publicity.....ok fine Zee is allowed 2 air the first episode, but wat if they lose the case...then they wont be allowed 2 air the rest of the episodes at all....GOD Y CANT THINGS LIK THIS HAPPEN 2 STAR PLUS!....Millee 2 is a copy of a portugese show....infact the makers of millee have also copied the costumes frm the original portugese show....n in the millee titles there is no mention of it being an adaptation of tht show (lik they show in Jassi's titles)...y no law suit against Millee? (no offence I lik MIllee myself...Im just drawing a reference)
I think the makers of Time Bomb will just have 2 show in their titles tht this shw is an adaptation of 24...coz Ketan Mehta himself said tht it is adapted frm 24.
Joined: 20 September 2004
Posts: 12566
Joined: 20 September 2004
Posts: 12566
Joined: 11 June 2005
Posts: 4981
greatmaratha...dont scare me lik this please.......I think the only way Ketan Mehta will pull it off is by saying tht his show shows teh WTC being destroyed....n it speaks off OSama B LAden.....moreover 24 is a show where the President of USA is being protected by the cops.....in Time Bomb, Varun (rajeev) realises tht the plan 2 attack President of INdia is just a means of diverting the INdian intelligence force...the actual plan is 2 destroy the world's biggest capital cities.....but Im not sure....
Aarggghhhh...stupid Zee cuoldnt they just purchase the rights n prevent all this hassle!
Joined: 11 June 2005
Posts: 4981
the shw is just 2 days away n all this is happening...not fair......if u see tht way then all of Ekta mayee's soaps have ideas lifted straight frm Bold n Beautiful....n Kahiin to hoga is kinda adapted frm Pride n Prejudice esp. teh character of sujal...I've read the book n there is a striking resemblance between sujal n darcy ...I knw jane austen is dead n all but still guyz it just goes 2 shw tht the character is not originally hers.......
I think zee will just have 2 shw in their titles tht this shw is adapted frm 24.....hope tht would sort out the problems.....GOD y does this happen 2 us!..Im feeling soooooooooooooooooooo scared now!
This Independence Day ignite the Indian in you with these patriotic ...
The actress will be seen in a pivotal role in the upcoming season of a ...
Disclaimer: All Logos and Pictures of various Channels, Shows, Artistes, Media Houses, Companies, Brands etc. belong to their respective owners, and are used to merely visually identify the Channels, Shows, Companies, Brands, etc. to the viewer. Incase of any issue please contact the webmaster.
Popular Channels :
Quick Links :


text:
- Member for
- 9 years 32 weeks
Recent Comments
|5 years 2 weeks ago
|Grantland has a piece up on the game as well.
Can't say I agreed with Shane Ryan, but it was an interesting read none the less. I don't see two clear fouls on the last 2 blocks on Craft...whatever.
Sorry for jacking this post, I just don't have enough points to make a new thread.
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|Wow, RVP has a right foot
Wow, RVP has a right foot too?!
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|I mean, you can't blame the
I mean, you can't blame the guy for being disappointed with getting subbed out of a game in the 50th minute.
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|Interesting choice by city to start Balo
In my opinion, Tevez pairs better with Aguero. This definitely has the look of a snapped home win streak unless we something special in the second half.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|Too good
Just, great job. What a group!
|5 years 18 weeks ago
|I forgot how exciting
I forgot how exciting recruiting could be!
|5 years 23 weeks ago
|This is a no brainer
If you are looking to watch a game with the commentary then Scorekeepers on a Saturday night is clearly not for you. In fact, with those two goals in mind, just about any other bar in Ann Arbor would be a superior experience to Scorekeepers.
|5 years 37 weeks ago
|The Dirty Dancing
The Dirty Dancing soundtrack... Seriously... It's awesome... No, for real, It's awesome.
|5 years 37 weeks ago
|Yeah I have the Germans
Yeah I have the Germans taking the group and the tournament. Holland will also advance.
|5 years 48 weeks ago
|I will be drinking this come
I will be drinking this come rain or shine this afternoon!
|5 years 49 weeks ago
|Boom, voted. Let's do this!
Boom, voted. Let's do this!
|5 years 49 weeks ago
|5 years 49 weeks ago
|Dud. Considering they
Dud. Considering they censored the best, most emotional part of the song I would say that this video came up pretty short of awesome.
|5 years 50 weeks ago
|5 years 50 weeks ago
|Yeah I've got to say that I
Yeah I've got to say that I would rather play Minnesota. It's tough to beat a good team 3 times in the same season, plus I kind of like their streak of tourney misses. I guess it's all of the schadenfreude that the blog has exposed me to...
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|I'll be celebrating with some
I'll be celebrating with some Dark Horse Brewing Company, thanks you very much! I'll go with the double I.P.A.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|John Beilein for President!
John Beilein for President! What a great year! Basketball!
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Party Time!
Party Time!
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Jalen is the man! I found
Jalen is the man! I found the entire broadcast to be entertaining. It kind of reminded me of a few broadcasts that they used to do in the premier league. They would let a fan of each team call the game and hilarity always ensued. I don't think they ever did live broadcasts of this, but would replay it later on. I'm not sure what they called it but it was always great to see 2 fans just ragging on each other for 90 minutes.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Yeah I was asked by my
Yeah I was asked by my girlfriend if I could root for the buckeyes this morning... I answered yes and then immediately showered. I still feel dirty, but maybe a new banner will cleanse me.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Can't say I was expecting
Can't say I was expecting anything close to that result! Great win for JK!
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|And just think about what a
And just think about what a healthy Stuart Holden could add to our midfield!
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Listen, I know all about
Listen, I know all about Jozy's role. I think you missed my initial point, though. I was refering to a few chances that he missed on the counter attack to link up with Dempsey through quicker play. If you look at the move where he was easily pushed off of the ball, or even the play that he drew the fould that led to Dempsey's free kick, you could clearly see some frustration from Dempsey about Jozy's slow pace.
That was a lovely lay off by Jozy on Clint's goal, though!
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Completely agree on Bradley.
Completely agree on Bradley.
On an unrelated note, I hope Altidore picks up his speed of play on some of these counter attacks in the second half. I'm pretty sick of him holding the ball up and hoping to get fouled.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Well I'll take that half. I
Well I'll take that half. I think you would have to call that a pretty even first 45.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|Dempsey had some pepper on
Dempsey had some pepper on that one! That is going to be one of our better chances for the game.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|I'm actually kind of pleased
I'm actually kind of pleased with some of the possesion that we are finding. Also nice to see some of the room we are finding up the wings, but these shots need to start finding the target.
|5 years 51 weeks ago
|ugh, our backs look as shaky
ugh, our backs look as shaky as ever. It's going to take a big game from Howard today!


text:
This past week my high school held a professional development summit with two other neighboring high schools. It was a fun way to kick off the school year since teachers had the opportunity to learn from and present to other teachers throughout the day. My friends, Lindsay Grady and Amanda Canterbury and I ran a two part session about the importance of a reading community in the high school classroom.
Lindsay, Amanda, and I are voracious YA readers and love fostering a love of reading in our students. It was my principal who suggested that I put something together for the summit; it was just the nudge I needed to make an inkling of an idea blossom into something more. I had been thinking about creating a PD session that was interactive and revolved around reading, but I wasn't sure how or where to make that happen. Once my principal mentioned the summit, I knew I wanted Lindsay and Amanda working with me.
Since each session ran for 50 minutes, we decided to run it in two parts. The first part would be the why we do what we do and the second part would be the how we do what we do. We focused on read alouds, book talks, a book pass, independent reading projects, and sustained silent reading (SSR). During the first part we explained what each of these are and tips/tricks/books to use. When we moved into the second session the teachers experienced a read aloud, book talks and a book pass. It was relaxed and really fun. Lindsay read aloud the first twelve pages of Stolen by Lucy Christopher, which will definitely hook readers. Amanda book talked Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby and shared why it made her cry. I book talked All the Rage by Courtney Summers and read the first five pages when Romy provides readers with a powerful flashback. We also shared pictures of our classroom libraries, book displays, and different projects students have created in response to reading. The three of us also made sure to express the importance of CHOICE; our students wouldn't be nearly as excited about reading without choice.
As the three of us worked on creating this session, I couldn't help but think about how powerful it would be if the attending teachers could leave with books to add to their classrooms. I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and reach out to a few publishers for help. I've requested books from publishers, but I have never requested enough books to hand out to a large group before. I didn't know what to expect and I felt awkward sending the emails. My friends, YA publishers are awesome and generous. Thanks to their overwhelming kindness, the teachers who attended our session left with roughly 10 books each! At one point this summer, I think I had close to 400 books in my basement.
Grocery bags of books lined the front of the room where we presented. We waited until the end of the second session to surprise the teachers with the books and I really wish I would have taken a picture of their faces. They were SO EXCITED when we told them what was in the bags! A few were excited that the books Amanda and I book talked were included. For the rest of the day teachers approached us to thank us or to say that they were disappointed that they missed our session. It's priceless knowing that those books are going to reach students across three school districts. I've tweeted it a few times already, but I'm going to say it again: Thank you, HarperCollins, Little, Brown & Co, St. Martin's Griffin, and Candlewick Press!!!
I uploaded the presentation we created onto Slideshare and am including the link here if you'd like access to it. Lindsay, Amanda, and I included a link to Penny Kittle's Book Love Grant and to ALAN's website. We also have links to class library book recommendations, graphic novel recommendations (after it was requested by an attending teacher), and read aloud recommendations. If part of the presentation doesn't work or if images are missing, please let me know.


text:
With the re-release of the "Star Wars" trilogy, a story of the future marking an important point in the past returns to the present. The corporate interests orchestrating this resurrection are betting billions that all the folks who saw the movie as kids in 1977 will now take their kids to see it. If the bettors cash in, a blockbuster will be reborn as an even bigger blockbuster.
And what massively, unfathomably powerful force will be driving this billion-dollar vision? Simple. The same force that now drives so much of pop culture: nostalgia.
Just look at Madison Avenue filling commercials with artifacts of decades gone by or Hollywood producing a seemingly endless line of TV-themed revivals. In today's pop-culture marketplace, nostalgia is the hottest commodity going. The bull has apparently gored the bear, leaving nowhere for the market to go but up.
Not that "Star Wars" invented nostalgia. It was, after all, near the end of the 17th century when a Swiss scholar coined the word to approximate a German expression for intense homesickness. But from the film's first words, "Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away," George Lucas' future world was built on a longing for some faraway yesterday.
In the aftermath of "Star Wars"' phenomenal opening, much critical hay was made over the movie's classic clash between good and evil, and the country's post-Vietnam doldrums. "Star Wars"' first ring of nostalgia was easy to spot. For those who stood in the lines wrapping around theaters, the movie created a future that transported them back to the days of Westerns and World War II, to a time of heroes and villains, when lines were clear and choices simple.
"The urge for nostalgia, to reach back for the past, grows stronger the faster we rush into the future," says Thomas Doherty, an American studies professor at Brandeis University. "For people who saw it in the theater the first time around, it has become one of those `I was there' experiences. And coming in 1977, it was at a time when there wasn't much in the way of big, overwhelming experiences, like Woodstock or the moon landing."
So a space movie became one generation's moon landing, as we moved a little further along the virtual curve, from watching the out-of-focus real thing on television to watching a crystal-clear simulation on the big screen. But a different sort of nostalgia will pull the first generation of "Star Wars" viewers in the second time around. For those with children, the movie is a totem to be passed from one generation to the next. Once upon a time, elders told stories to children. Now they take them to a movie.
"That's one of the things that makes `Star Wars' extraordinary," says Brian Barry, associate psychology and sociology professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. "There are certain rites of passage, things that generations pass on to another. Music has always been good in that way, the song that Mom and Dad met and danced to, that sort of thing. And `Star Wars' has that kind of resonance, something remembered and shared."
In this way, a second ring of nostalgia will spin around "Star Wars" when it reopens, felt by all those reconnecting with their 20-years-ago youth. You know, back when lines were clear and choices simple.
But what nostalgia will be at work amid the second generation of viewers? What vague longing in today's youth is stirred by this 20-year-old future world?
"I think young people today are looking for authority and discipline, which they find in abundance in `Star Wars,"' says Doherty, author of "Teen-agers and Teen-Pics." "Back in the '50s and '60s, when kids were growing up in a strict environment with oppressive authority figures, the movies that appealed to them were about rebellion. But just the opposite is true today.
"All those scenes of instruction and training and disciplining that occur through the `Star Wars' movies - I think in today's setting of divorce and AIDS and poor job prospects for college graduates, all of that uncertainty that previous generations didn't have, those scenes have real power."
And so a third ring of nostalgia will be set spinning by a generation of young people who have grown up with the industry that nostalgia has become in the wake of "Star Wars." Now that every new youth-trend repackages or puts quotation marks around some piece of the past, nostalgia has been transformed into an endless variety of new merchandise, snapped up by the generation that feels it was born after everything, longing for a past it never had, homesick for a place it has never been.
Like all nostalgic visions, "Star Wars" recalled an idealized version of the past. That's a big part of nostalgia's power: You can leave out the parts you don't like, that complicate the utopia. Consider, for example, the '60s as they exist in the nostalgia of teens today, as opposed to the '60s as they existed in the reality of teens then - everything cool and deeply meaningful, nothing brutish or utterly pointless.
One of the things Lucas left out of his ideal 20 years ago may strike a present-day chord. Amid all the futuristic gadgetry and gee-whiz technology, there is no media. None. No 3-D television. No television of any kind. No interactive magazines. Not even any Internet. The only glimpse of media is a holographic board game, and it is redeemed by appearing to be very much like chess.
Perhaps today's audiences will be struck by the absence in a way that passed unnoticed by original audiences. After all, in today's media din, the silence will be deafening.
In this way, a fourth ring of nostalgia may be set spinning, as a longing is stirred for a new kind of old world - a world liberated from media.
© 2018. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text: In the Everett, Wash., Daily Herald newspaper late last week a story appeared about two roundabouts being constructed on a new bypass of the growing Granite Falls, Wash., community in the central part of the state, very near vast National Forest areas. According to the story's writer, Bill Sheets, truckers were instrumental in pointing out a fatal flaw for any bypass route, for certain -- "they were too narrow for some trucks" -- well after construction had already begun. At ...Read More


text:
.@POTUS @BarackObama I love you more than I have space on Twitter to describe. #ObamaFarewell
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 11, 2017
thedailysheeple.com / JANUARY 11, 2017
*See Hunger Games for more details.
"My fellow Americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you."~ Obama's farewell address
Well. It's really happening. Obama is leaving.
In just a little over a week, he and Michelle and Valerie and the gang will all be headed out of the White House. (Of course, they'll just be jaunting over to the rich neighborhood just a couple of miles away, but hey, at least they'll be out of the actual White House right?)


text:
Tough recycling targets in EC proposal on batteries
Tough new collection and recycling targets for batteries have been proposed in a draft Directive circulated by the European Commission. The draft also proposes phasing out most batteries containing cadmium by 2008. Meanwhile, the UK Government has accepted industry targets well below the EC proposals for recycling of nickel/cadmium batteries over the next four years.
Sorry you do not have access to this article. Please contact Customer Support at
or call 020 8267 8120


text:
Trashers bow to Wings
Published 1:00 am, Saturday, March 4, 2006
The Wings capitalized with a pair of first period power play goals from Bootland and Jason Deitch.
Danbury's David Hymovitz scored unassisted at 11:04 to cut the Wings lead to 2-1.
Bootland then scored his second of the night as he stole the puck away from Jayme Platt in the Trashers' zone to extend the Wings lead to 3-1 after the opening period.
Tim Turner scored his eighth of the season as he beat Platt at the 15:23 mark from Damian Surma.
Danbury's J.M. Daoust responded with his 22nd of the year at the 18:06 mark as the Wings led 4-2 after the second.
Bootland's third goal came at the 7:38 mark from Brad Church and Kory Karlander, just three seconds after a Ryan Barnes penalty expired.
Platt saved 23 of 28 shots in the loss for Danbury, who fell to 35-14-10 on the season.
Danbury returns to the ice on Saturday at 8pm against Quad City at The MARK of the Quad Cities. The Trashers return home on Friday March 10 against Elmira starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at DanburyTrashers.com or by calling 866-565-PUCK. For more information on the promotion, visit DanburyTrashers.com.


text:
Dioli's Italian Market
Italian Deli and Pastries, Cakes and Bakery
2898 Reynolda Road
Winston Salem, NC 27106
Open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 6:00pm
Open Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Open Sunday from 10:00am to 2:30pm
Dioli's Italian Market
Welcome to Diolis Italian Market! We carry a full line of Italian Salami's and prosciutto di Parama. We also have a full bakery full of Italian cookies, pastries, cheesecakes and a variety of whole cakes. We are famous for our specialty cakes and wedding cakes.
In addition to this we have different salads including basil parmesan chicken salad and fresh yellow fin tuna salad. Of course we have our famous meat and vegetable lasagna, all made on in house with our own sauce, house made pimento cheese, mozz and tomato salad, house made meatballs and fresh fruit everyday. Please come by see us soon. Just follow the following links to get to the page of your choice.


text:
It is the ultimate reward for the greatest sporting event on the planet. More than 10,000 athletes will spend nearly three weeks competing for the chance to receive at least one of 302 Olympic Gold Medals that will be presented during the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The event officially starts Friday but some competitions have already begun.
The "podium value" of the London gold medal is worth approximately $708, according to the World Gold Council, the market development organization of the gold industry. It is the highest value of any gold medal in the history of the modern games, primarily because of the record high prices for gold and silver.
Each gold medal is made up of 92.5 percent silver and 1.34 percent gold, with the remainder copper. The International Olympic Committee stipulates that each gold medal must have six grams of gold (as well as 92.5 percent silver).
The silver medal (which represents second place) is made up of 92.5 percent silver, with the remainder copper; and the bronze medal (for third place) is made up of 97 percent copper, 2.5 percent zinc and 0.5 percent tin.
If the London 2012 Games medals were made of solid gold, it would cost nearly $40 million to make, according to the WGC. This is why the last time pure gold medals were presented was in 1912.
The custom of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals began at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Mo. These metals represent the first three Ages of Man in Greek mythology: the Golden Age, when men lived among the gods, the Silver Age, where youth lasted a hundred years, and the Bronze Age, the era of heroes.
Each medal is 85 mm in diameter and between 8-10 mm thick. The gold and silver medals weigh 412 grams (0.9 pounds) and the bronze medal weighs 357 grams (0.78 pounds). They are the biggest and heaviest summer Olympic medals ever made.
Eight tons of precious ore for all the medals were supplied by mining giant Rio Tinto and was sourced at the Kennecott Utah Copper mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as from the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, according to the official London 2012 website and the WGC. For the small amount of non-precious elements used in the bronze medals, the zinc was sourced from a mine in Australia as well as from recycled stock, while the tin originates from a mine in Cornwall, England.
The metal was sent to Spain where it was turned into discs and then the medals were produced at the Royal Mint headquarters in Llantrisant, South Wales.
Each medal takes 10 hours to make, according to the WGC. A 35mm disc is placed in a furnace and heated to 750 degrees Celsius (1,382 degrees Fahrenheit) to soften the medal. The metal disc is then struck 15 times under 900 tons of pressure.
The medals were designed by British artist, David Watkins.


text:
With his unbeaten 115 on a treacherous batting wicket yesterday, Justin Langer broke Harbhajan Singh's spell and went some way towards breaking India's early spirit in the first Test while he was at it.
His 16th Test century, which brought him level with opening partner Matthew Hayden for Test tons, was all the more galling for an Indian team that chose to bowl in what Langer described as heavenly conditions for the subcontinental pace attack because, in truth, he should have been out for only eight.
Langer unleashed a full-blooded pull shot that was somehow held to the chest of the helmeted Akash Chopra at short leg, but in the meantime, and to the despair of the Indian fielders, umpire Steve Bucknor had called Ashish Nehra for a no-ball. But the replay footage suggested part of Nehra's boot had landed behind the crease and then slithered over it.
"It's a classic . . . Caught off a no-ball and I'm the luckiest bloke in the world. It's a very fine line, cricket, isn't it?" Langer said last night.
Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid had the good sense to point out that despite his team's misfortune yesterday, Langer had made a good deal of his own luck. "They made use of the breaks. Even though you get caught off a no-ball you still have to go on and make a hundred," Dravid said "I think he played really well."
Indeed, Langer, who had struggled in his previous two Tests, against Zimbabwe, rated the century as one of his most satisfying. "It was one of the best, if not the best, because I knew how hard I had to work. It was seaming around. I mean, their bowlers must have been so excited seeing that ball flying through the keeper," he said.
"It was scarier watching from the non-striker's end than the batting end. You're seeing them flying up over the little keeper's head. They must have thought it was heaven bowling on this wicket when they're used to those slow wickets in India."
But the green-topped Gabba wicket was a less heavenly place for Nehra, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar as time went on. Having toiled through the first 50 in 197 minutes and 108 balls, Langer hurried through the second. His second half-century consumed only 47 balls.
"I just think I started watching the ball a bit closer. Early it was really hard work. That's as hard as I've had to bat for a long time," he said. "When I think about sweeping, as I did early, I got into terrible position against (Harbhajan) and I could tell by his field that that's how he thinks he's going to get me out. He got me out a few times in India. When I actually just watch the ball and bat, that happens naturally."
Fittingly, Langer's hundred came up when he swept Harbhajan behind square leg for four, his 15th boundary.
The off spinner's wizardry produced 32 Australian wickets on the subcontinent in 2001, but yesterday in his first Test on Australian soil the gifted 23-year-old's 14 overs yielded 68 runs and no wickets. Ricky Ponting, five times Harbhajan's victim in the last series, effortlessly hit him for six over long-on, on his way to 54.
In the end, bad light stopped Langer last night, which was much more than could be said for any of India's bowlers.
|Print this article Email to a friend
|text | handheld (how to)
membership |
conditions |
Copyright © 2003. The Age Company Ltd
|advertise | contact us


text:
Main :: M5 / M9 / M13
Getting a Jamie Hince/The Kills sound on the Line 6 M13 ...?
by lowsea on 2011-09-23 20:06:27.2090
by lowsea on 2011-09-23 20:06:27.2090
Now, I'm obviously not looking to get this exact tone (I know the equipment he's using, his set up, etc, etc), but something in the ballpark of the sound in the video below ... Any starting points on the M13? I play a Fender Jaguar/Epiphone Valve Senior amp ...
The information above may not be current, and you should direct questions to the current forum or review the manual.


text:
One third of the money I recently spent for chess improvement was a purchase of Deep Shredder 9. Not only 10fold World Champion, but also capable of multi-thread analysis. This is really cool. I set it at 5 threads, and it is very instructive to watch it display the 5 best moves and how they change while thinking. One more point that makes me happy: its position evaluation is gambit-friendly.
After my coaching session with IM Frizz I reviewed some dozens of my old games with Deep Shredder. In order to find out what really happens in my games I feel the need of a sort of fault classification. The seven points I distilled from my coaching session proved not to be very useful. I need something more simple, more general. Now, this is my second attempt to make progress in faultology.
1. Tactics
Missing X-Rays (pins, skewers, discovers), Forks (K, Q, R, B, N, P), Tempo Moves (Zwischenzug) and Removal of the Guard.
2. Passivism, positional
Defense against non-existing threats, overprotection of pieces or squares, moving pieces to bad squares, blocking squares for own pieces, non opening position when better developed, playing for draw in a won position.
3. Activism, positional
Attack with non-sufficient forces, chasing opponent's pieces to better squares, going for fruitless tactics resulting in positional weakness, opening position when less developed, advancing pawn weakening important squares, playing for win in a drawn position.
I guess that this is the order of importance in my games.
Update: I did some preliminary stats and it shows that my guess is true. I lose 72% of my pawn units by tactics, 19% by passivism and 9% by activism. But positional errors are more frequent: every 8th vs. every 12th move.


text: We booked an all day package with a tour company that included the Polynesian Cultural Center. I am so glad we booked this package. Although the day before we traveled 12 hours from the east to Hawaii, the cultural center was so entertaining until we did not feel tired at all. ...and the show was beyond words for me. It... More


text:
Posts Tagged 'momentum'
MomentumWednesday, February 22nd, 2012
We all know the advice about writing every day, that consistency is the best way to keep the momentum going. Oliver Stone said it best when asked what it took to write a script. Answer: "Ass meets chair."
But what if you sit down one day and you just can't do it? You are mired in your middle or you can't get to the next plot point without sounding inauthentic. Or you simply don't have time. These are the situations when our momentum is in danger of breaking.
Here's a solution someone in my mom's creative writing group shared: If you can't/won't write, sit anyway. Sit and do nothing. Chances are the rest will do you good. It might relax the knot in your scene. Or it might get you antsy to start scribbling.
And if you don't have time? Take one minute. Everyone has one minute. Sit and do nothing. Nothing is space and creativity grows best where it has room. If someone asks what you are doing there looking idle, you can say, I'm working on my writing!
Calling a little corner of your day your writing time, whether you actually pick up a pen or not, means the structure is always in place for your writing to happen. Oliver Stone was right!
Posted in Creative Process, Nadine Donovan |


text:
One of my favorite traditions during the holidays is setting up our hot cocoa bar. I've kept this tradition going for several years and it's always a favorite, especially during parties.
When we have guests or during parties, I usually keep a kettle full of hot water and packets of powdered cocoa available. Well, this year our temperatures in Texas went from 70 degrees to 18 degrees in a day. We were hosting Tristyn's club volleyball team Christmas party, and I figured they would need LOTS of cocoa to keep them warm. I tested out a recipe for crockpot hot cocoa.
OH MY WORD!! It is the creamiest cocoa I've ever tasted……and it was super easy.
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 (14 oz) can of sweetened condensed milk
- 6 cups milk (I used whole)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
- Stir together all the ingredients in a crock pot.
- Cover and heat on low for 2 hours. You will want to stir (with a whisk) occasionally until the chips are melted.
- After the chips are melted and the cocoa is heated through, turn the crock pot to warm until you are ready to serve.
- Serve and top hot chocolate with your favorite toppings.
It is so much easier having a crockpot of hot chocolate available to serve a crowd instead of making individual servings. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this sooner. It's also a good idea to have hot teas available for those kids who don't do dairy (like my daughter…and me!)
Do you have a favorite tradition?


text:
The Parents' Association exists so that a committee of like minded parents can organise social events for the entire College Community to enjoy.
The Parents' Association welcomes all parents to attend meetings and social events organised for them. Parents are automatically members of the Parent Association when their child joins the school.
For your information, the current members of the PA committee are listed below. Do please drop one of the Committee an email if you would like to be more involved.
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com for any general enquiries.


text:
Sunday, November 11, 2012
power crazy...
7 comments:
- Miranda said...
Yes but if you have an inverter and no genni you have to put your meat in your neighbour's fridge coz inverters can't run fridges....
beatifully written as ever chicka
- November 11, 2012 at 8:59 AM
- Mud said...
Writing this in a dark house, due to the fact that the 'Vietnamese are moving the powerlines' meaning we have no power from 6am to 6pm for the next month. And only erratic electricity at other times - I FEEL YOUR PAIN!
Bought a genni for the office this morning, but on candles and headtorches at home. And why is it that the power ALWAYS goes out the moment I step into the shower and lather up? It is a conspiracy.
- November 13, 2012 at 2:33 AM
- Janelle said...
ah thanks moelie miranda...howz the power today hey? NOTHING. NADA. TWO HOURS PRECISELY. what an absolute bore...x love j
Mud! I tell ya, it sounds like tanzania. we've had no power all day..it came on around seven..and popped off again at nine..what IS the bloody point? and there are no "power lines" being moved any bloody where...so so tedious. lovely to hear from you though! x love j
- November 13, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- JoeinVegas said...
Bit if you had an inverter it might have blown like the Bakers.
- November 13, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- Reluctant Memsahib said...
the shitty business of powercuts and generator start ups in dead of night so eloquently, and amusingly, detailed. loved it. x
- November 13, 2012 at 11:48 PM
- Alex said...
brilliant as usual. particularly love the bit about your Dad...beautifully written.
and I don't miss things like scorpions coming out of walls and dropping from thatch. no sirreee...X
- November 15, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- Family Affairs said...
THANK GOD you can still get blog posts out to the rest of the world that are so gorgeously descriptive that we are there with you.....Lx
- November 26, 2012 at 2:21 PM


text:
Wenger Sets Cole Return Date
Ashley Cole has been out for 3 months after breaking his foot, but there is now light at the end of the tunnel
Cole suffered the injury playing against Birmingham in early October, and the Gunners have clearly missed the England left back.
Arsenal reserves face their Crytal Palace counterparts on 26th January, and Cole is expected to play to gain match fitness.
Wenger said 'Ashley will return to the full squad on the 16th and we hope that by February 1 he will be fully match-fit'
Register on this site via the drop down menu and leave feedback to this story below or click here to join in the debates on the forum.
Go on, get vitalled!


text:
As the Senate debate over the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill reaches full speed this week, leading Democrats have pronounced the border security amendment proposed by Republican Sen. John Cornyn a "non-starter." To break through what could become a deadlock, other GOP senators have been working on an alternative border security proposal to strengthen the bill in a way that could win support from both Republicans and Democrats. It's not at all clear that is even possible; the answer to that question could decide whether the Gang of Eight bill succeeds or fails.
The not-yet-released amendment is the work of Sens. John Hoeven of North Dakota and Bob Corker of Tennessee. It is similar to the Cornyn amendment in that it would require that enhanced border security measure be finished and in place before legalized immigrants in what is known as Registered Provisional Immigrant, or RPI status, are allowed to move on to permanent legal, or green card, status. But the amendment would differ from Cornyn by actually outlining, in significant detail, the program of new security measures that would have to be finished before immigrants could move forward.
"What we do is we put the border security plan right in the bill and say, this is the minimum of what you have to do," Hoeven told me Monday night. "You can't have people going to green card status until that is in place and you have a way to measure it."
"It's different [from Cornyn] in that we actually put the plan right in the legislation," Hoeven continued. "We're spelling out all the technologies — drones, Vader, sensors, towers, helicopters…It's sector-by-sector, the things that the Border Patrol wants."
The plan would require that the Department of Homeland Security reach a level of apprehending or turning back 90 percent of the people who try to cross the border illegally. "You have to have not only the plan in place but the metric has to be met, prior to going to green card status," said Hoeven. The requirement would not apply to so-called Dreamers and agricultural workers who are given a special status in the Gang of Eight bill. But for all the others among the estimated 11 million currently-illegal immigrants, the bill would specify that green card status is conditional on enhanced security measures actually being in place.
The question is whether Democrats would accept an actual condition which would have to be met before immigrants can move on to green card status and, later, to citizenship. "We'll see," said Hoeven. "It's under discussion."
So far, Democrats have opposed any triggers that would impose conditions before immigrants move toward a path to citizenship. Democrats pronounced those conditions a deal-killer with the Cornyn amendment, and it is difficult to see why they would be any more acceptable in the Hoeven-Corker amendment. It is possible that the new amendment's standard of measuring border security — 90 percent apprehension plus turnbacks — might be more acceptable to Democrats. But if Sen. Charles Schumer and his fellow Democrats felt that any feature of the amendment might in any way slow or impede the march to citizenship, it seems likely they would oppose the amendment.
If Democrats do in fact reject the amendment, then the key question will be how strongly Republicans will support it. Most Senate Republicans probably approve of the Cornyn amendment and will likely be fine with the Hoeven-Corker amendment, too. The issue is whether Republicans will vote against the Gang of Eight bill if it doesn't have something like those amendments. As Hoeven said, we'll see.


text:
Update! Purchase your tickets now for the NYE Ball 2014 and
get in one hour earlier at 9pm!
NYE Bash 2014
Stay Sexy in 2014; Ring In the New Year At Colette
Cocktail Attire Suggested
Midnight Balloon Drop
Doors open at 10pm
Door Fees:
Couples: $140
Single Gentlemen (Jacket Required): $180
Single Ladies: $20
Nightly membership is included in stated price.
Doors open at 10pm every Wed-Sat
11 members are attending this event.
Click DALLAS Swingers to find local swingers


text: When you stay at Hotel Diego de Almagro Providencia, you'll be 3.7 mi (6 km) from Palacio de la Moneda and 4 mi (6.4 km) from San Cristobal Hill. You can splash around at the outdoor pool, grab a bite to eat at the restaurant, or unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge. A fitness center and a sauna are other highlights, and all rooms offer flat-screen TVs and minibars.


text:
Today a judge began the first of three days of hearings that will ultimately determine how power companies comply with renewable energy benchmarks. Watchdog reporter Joe Dana was at today's hearing and has the latest on what it could mean to you! KPNX-TV, Phoenix
The projects are expected to expand renewable energy power generation in the Southwest.
The federal government has approved two large solar power plants and a geothermal project in Nevada and western Arizona that will provide enough electricity for almost 200,000 homes, according to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
Since 2009, the Interior Department has approved 25 utility-sized solar facilities, nine wind farms and 11 geothermal plants. Another 15 renewable-energy projects are under review.
STORY: Batteries could revolutionize green power
STORY: Renewable energy losing shine in Europe
"These projects are helping power our nation, strengthen our economy and diversify our energy portfolio," Jewell said Monday during a conference call.
• The Quartzsite Solar Energy Project, about 10 miles north of Quartzsite, Ariz., will occupy about 1,675 acres of federal land that the Bureau of Land Management administers.
The Quartzsite plant would be capable of generating 100 megawatts of electricity, enough electricity for about 25,000 homes while the plant is running. It would incorporate technology to store heat and generate electricity when clouds pass or after sunset.
• The Midland Solar Energy Project, a 350-megawatt photovoltic facility proposed by Boulder Solar Power, will be built on private lands about 7 miles southwest Boulder City, Nev., but its transmission lines will cross 76 acres of federal land.
It is expected to provide enough electricity for about 105,000 homes.
• The New York Canyon Geothermal Project will be built on more than 15,000 acres of BLM land about 25 miles east of Lovelock, Nev. The 70-megawatt project proposed by Terra-Gen Power will provide enough electricity for 60,000 homes.
President Barack Obama announced in August that the Arizona project was being put on a fast track for approval. SolarReserve LLC of Santa Monica, Calif., still is searching for a utility to buy the electricity from the Arizona project.
It is uncommon for a renewable-energy power plant to get built without such a deal in place, and the project will not break ground until SolarReserve strikes such a deal.
"We are marketing to utilities in California and Arizona," said Andrew Wang, SolarReserve's director of development.
SolarReserve's technology uses thousands of mirrors to focus sunlight to the top of a 640-foot tower, where the heat is captured. The heat is used to make steam, spin turbines and generate electricity. The plant would use a dry-cooling technology, using much less water than traditional "wet cooling" used by power plants.
SolarReserve is building another plant in Nevada, and it should be complete early next year, Wang said. The electricity will supply the utility that serves the Las Vegas area, NV Energy.
The company also expects to break ground next year on a plant in California that has a purchase agreement with a California utility, Wang said.
SolarReserve also hopes to build one of its towers near Gila Bend, Ariz., but without new transmission lines to California, the company likely would have to sell the power in Arizona, where utilities already have largely met their renewable-energy requirements.
Constructing the Quartzsite plant would create about 430 jobs; once it's built and is operational, the plant would employ about 50 people, according to the company.
The other plants will generate fewer construction and full-time jobs, according to the Interior Department. Midland will need 350 construction workers and have 10 full-time jobs when it's complete; New York Canyon will need 150 construction workers and have 16 full- and part-time jobs to operate the plant.
The BLM charges leases for solar facilities based on a formula that takes into account the acreage and power capacity.
"There is an incentive to keep the projects on the smallest footprint possible," said Neil Kornze, principal deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management. He said the rates were designed to capture the fair market value of the land.
Based on the acreage needed and size of the Quartzsite solar plant, it would pay about $894,000 a year in leases once the plant is operating, all of which goes to the federal Treasury, BLM spokesman Dennis Godfrey said.


text:
If anything, Lynx goalie Judd Lambert is worth the price of admission. And the early reports about Stallions quarterback Aaron Sparrow indicate Augusta's newest gunslinger may be just cause for dipping into the wallet a little deeper.
See, the challenge now is squarely on Augusta's sports fans' shoulders. The owners and teams have their part. We'll get to find out what kind of sports town our little Garden City is in the next couple of days.
I know, it's not fair for me to sit atop a perch and ask a community to invest its money, time and emotion to support sports teams. You owe a team nothing. You owe me nothing.
But if you enjoy sports, as I do, and you appreciate the effort of lots of local folks creating an entertainment option for you and your family, then you might want to meander downtown and revel in the boom time.
In this post-Masters malaise, this town brings you options: arena football, the new endeavor; minor league baseball, the old staple; playoff hockey, the current buzz.
The Augusta Stallions, 7 months old, bring the cacophony of indoor football to the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center tonight in a game against Jacksonville. The league is new, the team is new, the sport is almost new.
Heck, I couldn't tell you all the rules or exactly what a "jack" linebacker is or how that receiver who gets a head start in motion never seems to be offside.
But I do know that if a football flies into the crowd, you're not going to be asked to throw it back. And there's a good chance of some roller derby tackles, with guys crashing into walls and helmets flying into the front row. And there will be points, almost as many as an NBA game.
So for less than the price of a gas tank fill-up, you can make a definitive statement about owner Frank Lawrence, general manager Scott Skadan and coach Mike Neu, the three men most responsible for creating another avenue to strain your vocal cords.
Far be it from me to tell you where to spend your Friday night. I'm just saying that if the lines at Carrabba's are too long, then watch a little football first and eat later.
And it's about time the hockey fans crawled out of whatever closets they've been hiding in.
Games 3 and 4 against Florida on Sunday and Monday combined to draw fewer than 6,000 fans, including a meager 2,200-plus for the exciting 4-2 Game 4 win. Twenty-two hundred? Empty seats could be seen from Broad Street and beyond.
Sure, those who attended were throaty and devoted, several dressing up with pucks on heads. The core Lynx fans have remained through the team's Stynx days.
But what a statement it would be if the Lynx skated out to a standing ovation next week from a full house that rocked and socked and acknowledged how this team literally has risen from its November ashes.
The Lynx, left for dead by yours truly, certainly have done their part, clinching two playoff series wins away from home, first in New Orleans, second in Fort Myers, Fla.
All they've done is bounce the East Coast Hockey League's best team into premature summer golf. All Lambert hass done is evolve into the Great Wall of Augusta, turning away invaders with each butterfly split.
Then there's Louis Dumont and Stacey Rayan, two guys short enough to play in the Burger King playground, playing way above their heads.
And if you've never experienced playoff hockey in person, there's really nothing like it. You're guaranteed to start despising the Greenville Grrrowl if you show up at the civic center Thursday.
OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. You're smart enough to know what to do with your time.
Reach Rick Dorsey at (706) 823-3219.
© 2018. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text:
Windows CE is prepared to go down swinging this week when Microsoft Corporation releases its third (and some say final) major push to establish this tiny operating system as a viable alternative to the suddenly ubiquitous Palm OS. Windows CE (code-named "Pegasus") was launched with major fanfare at Fall Comdex 1996, but this Windows-like OS never really caught on with users. Despite a slew of product firsts (it was the first color handheld OS, for example), a very real technological advantage, and integration with Windows, the most popular desktop OS on the planet, Windows CE never really established itself as a true competitor to Palm. Sales of CE machines have tanked, and many hardware makers have dropped CE-based product lines in recent months. For fans of Windows CE, a new line of machines (now dubbed "PocketPCs") that will be unveiled this week is the final hope.
Microsoft has steadily improved Windows CE over the past few years, finally dropping the Windows-derived user interface for one that is more easily used with a stylus-pointing device. Windows CE 3.0 will include improved audio and video capabilities, eBook software featuring the company's ClearType technology, a new FileExplorer, and a Web browser that more closely emulates its desktop-based cousins. And because Microsoft now has an NT-based product for the embedded market, the company is focusing this latest revision of Windows CE on the consumer market, where Microsoft has seen far more success. Most Palm devices, of course, are sold as PC companions to office workers.
Early indications are that Microsoft has a winner on its hands: At a "Microsoft eXtreme" event last week, the company showed off the new OS publicly for the first time, and its powerful new features, which include a wireless Internet access option and MP3/WMA audio capabilities, were impressive. And analysts are bullish on Windows CE, quoting the oft-repeated maxim that Microsoft products are often most successful at their third iteration. But, a technical advantage may not be enough to fend off Palm, which dominates the handheld market. In this case, Microsoft finds itself on the opposite end of the market, a position it's unlikely to change regardless of the quality of its product. And I've heard that the CE team has been virtually abandoned within the company, because of fears that the dying product will forever taint employees' job histories. With a third and perhaps final push before it this week, a corporate brain drain is the last thing Windows CE needs.
Microsoft will officially unveil the new Windows CE and the PocketPC devices that will run the new OS this Wednesday in New York


text:
Rubbish at Sale Price by Nonsolum ()
Poser Humor posted on Jan 17, 2013
Report this image. Open Full Image
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Hi all my friends and visitors there,
Hope you're all right and that your week is finishing quietly.
For this post, I would have been able to choose the seasonal genre but the humor always seems more suited to certain "things"... ;-)
Well, to continue Santa's Story in another seasonal way, as he escaped from the FBI, he turned to see his friends, who are shady lascars, to have his Type35 repainted to make it less visible to the police. Not sure that the color chosen by his Bonnie is the most discreet, but well...he didn't want to lend her his bus (A cause of strike if you remember) !
In this season of sales (that I think it's still the same "season" as Holidays as "they" use to get back the money which you had in Christmas) he would have been to made it !
Cause one of his two Bonnies wanted to go to the "SALLE O' PRIX", a shop that sounds in french "Saloperie" and wich have many muck and robbish to sell for a cheap price, and where you can make real bargains too ! I mean for your dusbin and all recycling system employment behind.
Yes, I assure you, for little money you'll find some lead into paint, the perfume of asia in the scents of fuel oil of great cargo boat came from beyond the oceans and even some brilliant color in the carcinogenic dyes and else. And more than this, with few coins, you will invest in the obsolescence scheduled on the back of the underpaid employees from other emergent countries in the same time "yours" are dying.
What a world where to dress "One", we have to undress "Other"...
The things which owed, are over!
Really ?
No !
There is one thing that doesn't change : if you think that a guy is going to accompany you to go to the sales, to open you the door and to load all your packages in your car, then yes, you really believe in Santa Claus ! :-D
There are only two ways when a man use to do that : when the car is new or when the girl is new, too... LOL
I know and I already hear someone who is going to comment that Santa is accompanying his Bonnie, here. Never mind, Santa is worse than men : Santa is the anagram of Satan...I let you imagine...the following.
Hope you'll take this storyline to the funniest right degree. Santa isn't like this really : I know and I assure you he is a gentleman: he always brings the coffee to bed on Sundays to his wife, Santa Grandma: she doesn't have more than to grind it. ;-)
See you soon my friends. Thank you for all your comments, faves and rates. I'm a little bit late in comment on your works but I am going to catch up the delay.
Take care !
Image Comments (22)
Well, according to "Futurama", Satan Clause is VERY real!! LOL! Trust me, bro, chivallry isn't dead. There's just a lot of doosh-bags out there that don't follow it much anymore. I think your Santa needs to get himself home, though... those girls are becoming a bad influence!
Well then i must believe in Santa as I after 32 years of marriage still hold her hand/open doors/and go shopping(though "not" on black friday's...lol)..As Zander mentioned we are a dying breed in this society and so many today have lost their way and values don't mean squat.I've made sure my 3 sons have been enlightened through the years on the ole fashion ways and it's a pleasure when folks older than I say ...How nice of them to have had such manners in a world of what I like to call the "Me" generation that only care for themselves and what's in it for them and screw everyone else attitude. As for me ...I haven't forgotten where "I" came from and made damn sure my sons haven't forgotten either.....smiles As for your latest belly buster I have to say without a shadow of doubt that that is surely some fine azz window dressing and the dude behind the glass is a riot...I always take the time and look over art I consider to be well constructed and time well spent when created... Always wait with baited breath when seeing you've uploaded something new as I know it's going to be good and there's nothing wrong with starting ones day with a smile or giggles....
Ah ! tu vas me tuer ! Snif ! j'en pleure de rire...Sacré Père Noël ! Ah ! le mec dans la vitrine (combien pour ce mec dans la vitrine ? Ouah ! Ouah !). Il fallait bien un mot d'explication pour les non francophones...Et où as-tu trouvé tous ces sacs ? Ou bien c'est un seul dont tu en as refait "la vitrine" ! Même question pour les affiches...
LOL!!!... gee you cram a lot into your images!!.. interesting story.. more than a lot of truth in it... but chivalry is not dead in anyone born outside of the 'me' generation. Love the bugatti repaint.. wicked colour!.. and I am relieved to know that Santa hasn't really turned to the dark side!!
Elle a tout embarqué, même les fringues du mec! Avec elle, le slogan 'Tout doit disparaître' n'est pas une utopie. :D Je me demande si la voiture va être assez grosse pour mettre tous les sacs. L'ami Santa va peut-être être obligé de virer l'autre Bonnie. :p Et compte tenu de l'obsolescence programmée, je me demande combien de temps va durer la nouvelle peinture de la voiture. ;) She took everything, including the clothes of the guy! With her, the sentence 'All must disappear' is not an utopia. :D I'm wondering if the car is big enough to put all the bags. Maybe Santa will have to fire the other Bonnie. :p And considering the schedulded obsolescence, I'm wondering how long the painting of the car will last. ;)
Love the commentary as usual and the image is wonderful. I agree with Zander, chivallry is not dead, it is just hiding from all those women that think it a challenge to their indepenance and strength, you know the ones that burned their bras back in the 70's and then taught their daughters to hate being treated like an object... (Kidding of course) LOL Keep your stick on the ice and if they don't find you hansome, they best find you handy!


text:
What does adagio mean?
Definitions for adagioəˈdɑ dʒoʊ, -ʒiˌoʊ
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word adagio.
Princeton's WordNet
(music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
"they played the adagio too quickly"
a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
(of tempo) leisurely
"here you must play adagio"
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
A passage having this mark.
A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.
Played rather slowly.
Describing a passage having this mark.
Webster Dictionary
slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow
a piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn
Origin: [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.]
Adagio is a French progressive metal band formed in 2001 by guitarist Stephan Forté. Adagio's music is known by its technical precision and dark orchestration. Adagio keeps unqiue complex lead workings which are complimented with a powerful and driving rhythm section. Since their third studio album Dominate, Adagio has evolved their sound, but still adhering to their trademark elements of virtuosity and massive orchestral influences. However with Dominate, they implemented a heavier sound with traditional death grunts. Archangels in Black was the band's fourth album. The band has stated that the "compositions are the ultimate between melodic and extreme metal, and can be considered as a more brutal version of their second album Underworld. Adagio's fifth studio album is planned to be released in December 2013.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
a-dā′gī-o, adv. (mus.) slowly.—n. a slow movement: a piece in adagio time. [It. ad agio, at ease.]
Suggested Resources
Song lyrics by adagio -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by adagio on the Lyrics.com website.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adagio in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adagio in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
You've been listening to the adagio from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. I think Ludwig pretty much summed up death in this one. You know, he had lost just about all his hearing when he wrote it, and I've often wondered if that didn't help him tune into the final silence of the great beyond.
Images & Illustrations of adagio
Translations for adagio
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for adagio »
Find a translation for the adagio definition in other languages:
Select another language:
Discuss these adagio definitions with the community:
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"adagio." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2018. Web. 17 Feb. 2018. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/adagio>.


text:
Title: Positively In Love
Starring: Addison (aka Mia Manarote)
Studio: X-ART.COM
Categories: All Sex, Teen
Year: 2012
Time: 00:17:11
Watch as she and her naughty boyfriend put on a special show only for X-Art. Enjoy as he fills her mouth and tiny pussy with his huge cock (Wow, not quoting F. Scott today am I?). Sometimes it's fun to be a little hardcore.
Hardcore aside, they have been together for three years and are planning to get married and they love to be watched while having sex. So come on and let them have their fun. Watch, enjoy and comment to let them know if you like them.


text:
A Dream I had This Morning.
The Characters in the Dream:
Me - Stephen M. Bauer
Rod - a friend, colleague, and neighbor who died in the WTC on 9/11.
Pat - Rod's widow.
Pablo - a current friend and colleague, from Argentina. Two years ago the woman he loved, and her son and daughter from a prior marriage, who he also loved deeply, died from carbon monoxide asphyxiation from a faulty heater in their house. The impact on Pablo is as though, spiritually he is dead also.
The Dream:
We were all sitting in a living room. Pat and I sat in chairs across from each other. Rod's ghost-spirit and Pablo's ghost-spirit sat on a sofa to my right. [Even though Pablo is alive in real life, it was his ghost that was in the dream] I was saying something to Pat, and I made a reference to her husband, as if I had forgotten that Rod had been her husband and as if he wasn't sitting right there. I realized my mistake right away and saw that it caused Pat sadness and anguish. I apologized. She said it was O.K. A minute later, she excused herself to go out of the room.
With Pat was out of the room, I apologized to Rod for my mistake also. He was in his usual good mood and said that it doesn't matter. Pablo nodded in agreement. Rod, Pablo, and I continued talking about some banal topic. Then, I abruptly said to Rod, "I'm real sorry that you died on 9/11."
Rod grinned and said, "That's O.K. I probably deserved it."
Abruptly again, I said to Rod and Pablo: "The strangest thing about all this is that you guys aren't supposed to be here. You are both supposed to be dead." To emphasize my point, as I said this, I pressed each of my hands on their chests, simultaneously, and pressed real hard, saying, "See, you are really here."
How do you interpret this dream? The, "I probably deserved it," remark disturbs me. People aren't supposed to deserve what happened to them. It also bothers me that, in the dream, Pablo is dead.


text:
|Reviews for Gratitude in the Early Hours
| ukenceto chapter 1 . 10/31/2011
awww thet's awesome! ;3 :)) I want the one with the sleeping bag soon~! :D and better to be M rated :D
You're very good
| Nari Starfire chapter 1 . 5/8/2010
My friend just got me hooked on Veritas: The Quest and the first thing I did after watching all the episodes was go looking for Cal/Nikko slash, not expecting much (if any)...and I found this awesome oneshot! You are a very good writer and my new hero for having written a nice story of Cal and Nikko, though it made me wish for more! The kiss was perfectly done (hot!) and the boys' mannerisms were spot on! If I beg would you write more Cal/Nikko? In any case, you rock!


text:
Refined and chic, this outdoor wall light from the Ledgewood outdoor home lighting collection transforms your home exterior into something out of this world. Elegance meets utility as this stunning outdoor patio lighting creates a contemporary atmosphere and also saves energy. Or indicate to guests your exceptional taste in home decor by placing two of these outdoor light fixtures beside your front door, and create in them a sense of anticipation.
Finished with a deep bronze color and sporting minimal details, this outdoor lighting fixture harmonizes with your natural surroundings while retaining its futuristic uniqueness. The luminous glow from the opal-etched glass lamp radiates a gentle shine, creating a stimulating atmosphere for dinner party conversation. Transform your covered porch into a serene sanctum with our outdoor wall light from the Ledgewood outdoor lighting collection.
Product price is not filled in. This product cannot be purchased.


text: Hi I want to measure the SOD activity in five tobacco varieties. I followed up the instruction of Dhinsda et al., method based on the inhibition of nitrotetrazolium blue reduction by superoxide radicals (produced by light mediated generation from riboflavin and methionnine). In brief: I made the reaction mixture for any variety: From 0.5 gr FW of tobacco leaf I made 8 ml enzyme extract In the final step I have the control sample S0 (that does not contain enzyme extract) and five other samples S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, coming from five different tobacco varieties, that contain 40 nl enzyme extract. These samples were exposed to light for 10 minutes. The absorption of these samples was measured using as blank the respective samples so, s1...s5, held in the dark for 10 minutes also. The absorbencies were: S0= 0.300, S1=0.297, S2=0.225, S3=0.210, S4= 0.150 and S5=0.075 Now, how can I calculate the SOD activity? In same papers I found the expression "One unit of SOD is equivalent to 50% inhibition of reduction of nitrotetrazolium blue". But what does this mean in the action? and how can I calculate the SOD activity of S1 ... S5 samples? Thank you in advance Constantine Saitanis


text:
AGV Sport Element Vintage Jacket (Size XXL Only)
- Constructed from soft and supple top grain cowhide antique brown leather
- Permanent polyester mesh lining
- Major seams are multi-stitched for maximum safety
- Velcro adjustable waist gathering straps
- Zipper cuffs with Velcro closure offer adjustable fit and increased freedom of movement
- Two YKK air vent zippers on the arms and shoulders and two on the back
- CE approved protection on shoulders and elbows for maximum safety
- 6mm thick memory foam back protector
- Two exterior zipped hand-warmer pockets
- Two interior pockets
- Pre-curved arms for a perfect look, fit and for maximum riding comfort
- Ready for Forcefield Back Insert Size 001 (optional accessory)
Please Note: We cannot ship AGV Sports products to Canada, Italy or Russia (per manufacturer's restrictions).
Sizing Information
Hmmm… well, I just scoured AGV Sport's website and also the website of their distributor, Motonation and they really don't have an up-to-date size chart for this jacket. I guess you've come to the right place for some fit advice because we did a size check using our Fit Test mannequins Huey and Dewey and found them to fit very well. We put a Medium on Huey and an XL on Dewey. The jackets are sold in regular men's "alpha" sizes, and I came up with a brief chart to show you our estimates of max chest and belly sizes for each. The overall cut is trim and sport-like. If you are between sizes, or prefer a more relaxed fit, then I'd advise choosing larger.
|Max Chest
|Max Belly
The styling cues and color of this jacket lends itself to cruiser or retro style which typically is pretty relaxed, but this jacket fits more like a street sport jacket. Those who want a trim cut will love having a combination like this. I listed the belly sizes because this jacket has a taper much like a sport jacket and you will want to make sure the jacket you choose will work if you have a bit of a belly. We have some shots of the two jackets on our Fit Test mannequins and you can see how the jackets fit on them by taking the "View Larger Images" link above.
Our Two Cents
The Element Vintage jackets are really sharp. Be sure to view our studio pics of the actual jacket because the finish is better represented by our pics than the factory pictures IMHO. The leather has a distressed, semi-matte finish. It is soft to the touch, but sturdy feeling. It feels like it will do a great job for protection, but will break in easily and will probably become a favorite jacket to grab out of the closet. In my fit discussion above, I've cautioned that this jacket has a fit more like a sport-oriented jacket than a casual street jacket (which is typical for jackets with cruiser styling). For a motorcyclist looking for a style like this, I'd consider this jacket to be unique with regard to fit. This is a solid leather style, so it will be best suited for cooler to warm weather (but not very hot weather). The jacket has some zippered vents front and rear to move some air which will cover the warmer days. The jacket has the usual complement of armor for the elbows, shoulders and back. Overall, I really like the style, and I think if the color and such suits you, you will enjoy having a jacket that provides the safety and motorcycle-specific features not found on other more casual jackets. :: Paul, 05-07-12


text: El Principe puts you in a great location, within just a 10-minute walk of Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Pilar and Plaza del Pilar. You can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant or wind down at the end of the day with a drink from the bar/lounge. All rooms feature minibars and free WiFi.


text:
|Learning Gardens across New York
| "Learning gardens" are sprouting up all over New York City with the support of Mayor Bloomberg and an array of community and nonprofit groups, including TV host Rachael Ray's Yum-o! nutrition-boosting foundation. They're being built for youngsters at a growing number of schools, and off-school sites, to provide them with a two-fold lesson: how to grow healthy food and how to eat healthy food.
Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker noted that a statewide school-garden survey last year identified 377 schools that "have gardens in one way, shape or form," and 306 of those are in New York City.
Kids are involved in growing a variety of vegetables that are then used in food preparation in their cafeteria. In one of the new initiatives announced by the mayor, the "Garden to Cafe" program will expand to 25 or more schools in the new school year. Also, with support from Rachae Ray, the city will launch cooking and nutritional pilot programs this summer and fall at city Housing Authority developments, in partnership with the Sylvia Center, a children's nutrition advocacy group, and the Children's Aid Society.
In addition, mini-grants of $500 to $1,000 will be made available this fall for schools that need funds to start a garden. And a teen intern program is being launched to tend school gardens over the summer.
|"Green thumbs in school, TV's Rachael Ray joins mayor to push growing & eating healthy" by Frank Lombardi, Daily News (New York), May 17, 2010
|June 12


text:
Mandaric Key In Morrison Deal
Wednesday boss Alan Irvine has revelaed that Owls chairman Milan Mandaric played a crucial role in helping to bring defender Michael Morrison to Hillsborough.
Mandaric, of course, supplied the cash to splash on Morrison, who arrived at Wednesday from Championship side Leicester City for a fee believed to be £250,000.
But his help in completing the deal for the former Cambridge United man was more than just providing the money to snap him up.
Irvine told the Leicester Mercury: 'I think Milan managed to do a deal with Leicester that nobody else would be able to do.
'He has strong Leicester links and did the negotiations as far as the clubs were concerned and was very confident the deal would go through.'
The Owls boss will be hoping his new chairman can help even more as he looks to bolster his squad for a push for promotion from League One this season, with more signings expected this month.


text:
total posts: 3
Today these small, delicious LENTIL FRITTERS have their showing in a very elegant disguise: as fingerfood for all Ladies and Gentlemen of the christmas party.
What makes this LENTIL SOUP with VANILLA BEAN and PASTIS so sensational? – Pretty nearly everything!
Apple- and almond-pudding with Calvados, caramel sauce and rosmary brittle


text: In the last couple of weeks I have been using the LG Optimus G on the AT&T network. Most of you know I have a Windows Phone as my main device since all the Android devices won't give me a "Wow" factor anymore. Ok the Samsung Galaxy S III still has some wow to it. But the design, performance and added functionality in the LG Optimus G is making this a Flagship device for me on the Android platform. The technical specifications are on upper side compared to other android devices, but the user experience is what really sets this device apart from its competitors. I will explain a little Read more


text:
Bahrain: Ms. Alqurmozi was sentenced to one year imprisonment due to freedom of speech
Today ( 12 June 2011 ), National Safety court ( Military court) issued its ruling against Ms.Ayat Alqurmozi.
Ms. Alqurmozi was sentenced to one year imprisonment.
Charges: taking part in illegal protests and disrupting public security and Inciting publicly towards the hatred of the regime.
Ms.Ayat Alqurmozi – a 20 years old poet and student at the Faculty of Teachers, was arrested on Wednesday, March 30th 2011.
She was reading political poem- criticized government policy- in the Pearl Roundabout.
According to information obtained by the BYSHR, That there are allegations of ill-treatment in custody.
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses it is deep concern at the sentencing active woman due to freedom of speech . BYSHR calls for the Special Rapporteur of freedom of opinion and expression to take urgent actions.