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Why You're Rejecting Blog Comments (And How To Change It)
A blog can be a really lonely place. You're putting your thoughts and opinions in writing for the Internet to read and when no one talks back it feels like you never really said it out loud in the first place. It can be pretty heavy on the self-esteem of a new or low-traffic blogger.
There's no feature that calls out a deserted site more than the comments section. For some, "be the first to comment" and "0 comments" seem to be the most frequently found terms in search. But what you might not realize is that you're the one rejecting the comments from happening. You're keeping people from taking part in any real conversation, which is what a blog is meant to start.
The last couple weeks I've been working with my New Year New Blog Bootcampers and the ones with existing sites and traffic all seem to have the same issue. Low, dead-end engagement.
But they're sharing content consistently. They're promoting to a social media community that's 3-4 figures large in social media. So why is there no conversation happening?
Let me ask you if you have a similar situation on your site? Do you have any blog comments? Have you ever received one? And what did you do with it? Did you leave it to rot? Did you dismiss it as the first of many that never came? What you do with the comments you get is extremely important to the health of the engagement that moves forward for your community.
When someone leaves a comment on your content, at the very least you should be responding to them in a reply comment.
For one thing, they want to know you've heard them. So why wouldn't you let them know? If they took the time to write a response to your thoughts, why would you not continue the conversation on the wavelength that is their thought process on the subject? I'm giving the commenter the benefit of the doubt that they left more than a "This is great. Thanks for what you do here." But even those guys should get a little 'like' or smiley face as long as they aren't spammers.
A second and possibly even more important reason to reply is for the future visitors. If they see you leaving a reader stranded with their own ideas in the deserted island that is your comments section, why would they join in?
This may sound like a no-brainer and I even think my bootcampers are kicking themselves because they really meant to reply but just hadn't had the time or maybe didn't get the alert email from their blog. But you just can't let that happen. You can't just start a blog because all the gurus told you to. You had to do it because you care about what others think of your industry as well — especially those who you expect to pay you at some point.
Sidenote: Oh and if you're worried about negative commenting (which BTW isn't happening because you're not inviting it per this blog post and would be considered a victory the first time!) I wrote about that here.
I don't have thousands of blog comments, but it doesn't matter. Each and every thought someone decides to leave me is a stepping stone for my community to grow and I'm going to be verbally thankful each and every time until it's virtually impossible… and then I'll hire a professional commenter. Seriously.
Here are some more ideas you can use to increase the comments on your blog. Because if that's what you're waiting for, then you need to start acting and stop expecting:
- Use a more interactive commenting platform instead of the default that comes with your blog. I like Livefyre. It makes it a lot easier to 'like' comments, see who is listening quietly, and share comments to social networks which ultimately promote the blog.
- When you're done thanking the commenter in a reply, paste the blog link in a tweet or Facebook status and give them credit for their thoughts and ask what others think of it. This is great for getting other points of view together for a really interesting conversation.
- Comment on other blogs. When you are intelligently sharing your ideas with other communities, there's a great chance that other engagers will take notice and click your link. If they want to engage that blog and then like what you do, you can be sure they will be joining the conversation with you shortly.
What are your thoughts on the comments section? Share them… in the comments section! I promise to reply.

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Other times it may come down to 'the ones that shunned me' vs 'those that accepted me'. Occasionally, the decision is a difficult one, especially if they have friends from both sides. Depending on the cause of the mix, the character may be actively trying to become one side or the other, using the local Phlebotinum.Related to HunterOfHisOwnKind, for most hybrid characters. See also HalfBreedDiscrimination. Depending on the situation, a MonstersAnonymous group may help reconcile or control the warring natures.----!!Examples:[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Anime & Manga]]* Manga/{{Inuyasha}} is a half-demon, who demons tease and humans fear. He originally plans to use the Shikon Jewel to become a full-fledged demon, but never quite gets around to it.* In ''Anime/AstroBoy'', there was a cyborg (half human, half robot) that was detested by both the robots and the humans, back when they weren't on so good terms. 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Hybrid Vigor gave Esmer extraordinary access to Earthpower. And the conflict between his ''haruchai'' and ''merwife'' natures make him batshit insane and potentially as harmful as any of Lord Foul's minions.* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', [[ActionGirl Tahiri]] has this problem after a failed attempt to turn her into a half-Jedi half-Yuuzhan Vong SuperSoldier leaves her with two distinct personalities who are on opposite sides of the war. She finally resolves the issue near the end of the series, integrating both personalities to form, in effect, a completely new one with the strongest traits of both.* ''Literature/TheFionavarTapestry'': Darien. Between that coming from his mother's, and that of his father's.* In Rob Thurman's ''Literature/CalLeandros'' series, Cal is half-human, half Auphe (really really really evil fairy). What are the most despised races in the world? Take a guess. [[/folder]][[folder:Live-Action TV]]* The villainous Scorpius in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' is half-Sebacean, half-Scarran, and most of villainous actions are due to his seeking to aid the Sebaceans against the Scarrans by getting whatever technology he can.** This conflict is reflected more literally in his biology: Sebaceans have an extreme intolerance for heat, while Scarrans produce heat in huge amounts - thus, maintaining equilibrium is something that has always preoccupied Scorpius.** A large part of his hatred of the Scarrans is due to having been created as a prototype for a hybrid slave-race. By raping his mother. And keeping her alive for the ''years''-long pregnancy as she begged to be killed.* Michael of ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. It doesn't work out very well for him.* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': B'Elanna Torres struggles with the impulsive, combative instincts that come with her Klingon half.[[/folder]][[folder:Video Games]]* Toward the beginning of ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}} 2: Solar Boy Django'', you get turned into a vampire. Although Django is eventually purified, he is stuck as half-vampire, half solar child. He continues his fight against undeads and immortals.* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', there's at least one half-Draenei, half Orc NPC. He's a questgiver for both factions.** There's also Garona, a half-orc, half-draenei. She was mind-controlled to serve evil, but eventually got over it and helps out both factions now. Her in game model is pure orc, but her official artwork elegantly combines both features of each of the races more attractive females. She was a genetic creation, so it's plausible that she was made to be pretty.* Seymour in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''. Half-human, half-Guado prince that was supposed to unite the two races, but winds up being ostracized by both because of his mixed race.* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'' had this as a driving plot - a pair of twins, Half Human Hybrids, had been divided at birth. One had grown up amongst the humans, and was fortunate enough to not have any visible signs of his demonic side (At least at first...), while the other one grew up amongst the Deimos, and was visibly half-human, causing him to be ridiculed as a 'Wannabe Deimos'. However, they both eventually rose to lead their respective factions in a war against their other side...* One of the possible party members in ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords'' was [[{{MeaningFulName}} Cyrus Darkhunter]], half-elf, half-human and not really welcomed by either race.[[/folder]][[folder:Web Comics]]* Glon, from ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'', is half-human, half-orc. He seems to be accepted by the monsters of Black Mountain, but that might be more out of respect and/or fear of his mother , orc matriarch Maula Bloodhand.** It's established that all orc-human hybrids in this universe suffer this to some extant. They have a tendency to slip into a berserker rage if they lose control of their tempers (its all part of the Orc-God's plan to breed a super-warrior to conquer the world in his name).[[/folder]]----


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Today I want to talk to you guys about being "Grateful but not content". I've been spending a lot of time working on my gratitude. If you follow me on instagram you'll know that I recently completed my 100happydays challenge which was basically a challenge in Gratitude and I've been reading a lot about the importance of Gratitude. I recently read "What I know for Sure" by Oprah and she spoke a bit about being grateful but not content with her life when she was younger and it was this that helped to drive her to get further ahead but her gratitude helped her to not stress and remain happy on her journey. I'm definitely in this place in life right now, where I'm very happy with my life and my experiences but I'm in no way content with my life and I'm constantly looking for more. My self love journey has helped me to finally be okay during this time in my life whereas in my past I didn't feel grateful, instead I was stressed and worried because I wanted more and I lost sight of being grateful. Gratitude has definitely helped me to understand the journey and all of the little messages and lessons along the way to growing, check out my video below on why I'm grateful but not content.


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The Jews in the city of Jerusalem today stopped work for two hours and marched in a procession to the tomb of the Prophet Zacharich, on the Mount of Olives, to offer prayers for the Jewish victims of Nazi cruelties. The demonstration was intended as an appeal from the Holy City to the people of the world to intervene to stop the Nazi massacres of Jews in Europe.
A message cabled by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee in Russia was received here today expressing the hope that "Palestine Jewry will have a full share in the forthcoming victory." The message was addressed to the Palestine Victory League.


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Core A: Administrative Core
Principal Investigator/Core Leader: David Eidelberg, MD
Center Administrator: Christine Edwards, MA
The Administrative Core oversees the daily operations of the Udall Center at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (FIMR) in scientific and financial management, procurement, property and personnel management, website management, and the coordination of meetings of the Executive Committee and External Advisory Panel.
In addition, Administrative Core personnel assist other specialized cores with data management and sharing, outreach activities, and training and education activities. Administrative personnel participate in the Annual Udall Center Directors meeting.
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Core B: Clinical Research Core
Core Leader: Andrew Feigin, MD
Research Coordinators: Toni Fitzpatrick, MA, and Loreta Quartarolo, BS
The primary objective of the Clinical Research Core (CRC) is to provide comprehensive programs for recruitment, community outreach and education, core clinical assessments, and genotyping and biological sample storage for all projects of the Udall Center.
The CRC coordinates between projects and cores to ensure that all subjects participating in the projects of the Udall Center at FIMR complete a minimal multidisciplinary dataset, including the following: clinical ratings (off-state UPDRS, a standardized neuropsychological testing battery) (see Cognitive and Behavioral Core); off-state FDG PET; off-state, routine anatomical MRI; DNA banking; and brain donation and banking (when applicable). Data collected through the CRC are shared with other Udall centers and Parkinson's disease (PD) investigators at other institutions through the PD-DOC registry (see Statistics and Data Management Core).
Core C: Cognitive and Behavioral Core
Core Leaders: Paul Mattis, PhD, and Mark Gluck, PhD
The Cognitive and Behavioral Core (CBC), based jointly at the Center for Neurosciences at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Center for Neuroscience at Rutgers University-Newark, provides neuropsychological and psychometric assessments for all Udall Center projects.
In addition, the core provides complementary support in the following two synergistic domains: (1) the design, analysis, and development of novel cognitive neuropsychological tasks for assessing the functionality of the fronto-striatal brain circuits during the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) and during its treatment (Projects 1-3); and (2) the development of neurocomputational and mathematical models of the fronto-striatal circuits that patients use in feedback-driven reinforcement learning and in neuro-economic decision making. These models inform the development of new behavioral tasks, and they provide behavioral measures that inform the analysis of the brain-imaging data taken while patients are performing these tasks (Project 2).
The interdisciplinary integration of these cognitive and behavioral neuroscience methods with brain imaging and clinical assessments and treatment is part of what makes the Udall Center at The Feinstein Institute uniquely capable of furthering our understanding of the neural systems mediating higher cognitive functioning in PD patients and in healthy control subjects.
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Core Leaders: Vijay Dhawan, PhD, Yilong Ma, PhD, and An Vo, PhD
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In Project 3, Subjects are scanned with [18-F]-FDG. In addition, subjects enrolled in the REM behavior disorder study also undergo FPCIT PET imaging.
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Core Leaders: Martin Lesser, PhD, and Chris Tang, PhD
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The Statistics and Data Management Core provides support for statistical analysis and data management for the three Udall projects. The biostatistics component of this core serves two purposes. First, it supports the three projects by providing statistical advice on design and then by performing statistical analyses. Second, the core explores new methods of statistical classification for application to Project 3 for discriminating among three groups of patients with parkinsonism.
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Core Leader: David Eidelberg, MD
The Research Training and Education Core provides the resources and personnel to train students, residents, and junior faculty in the conduct of interdisciplinary Parkinson's disease research. This core works within an already expanding framework for training and education at the North Shore-LIJ Health System. Clinical education is carried out through neurology training programs at the affiliate hospitals; research training is done largely through The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.
Trainees are exposed to all aspects of Parkinson's disease translational research through direct, hands-on participation in the Udall research projects and cores, as well as through robust, established programs comprising coursework, lectures, seminars, and one-on-one mentorship. Trainees receive instruction in data acquisition, management and sharing, biostatistics and bioinformatics, the responsible/ethical conduct of research, grant writing, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease, policies regarding the use of human and animal subjects, responsible authorship, and addressing the particular challenges of translational and clinical patient-oriented research.
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The problem with most wine racks is that they take on a distinctive existence separate from the bottles they hold, but the Woo Wine Rack by Sandra Laskowska reminds the collector that it's all about the delicious alcoholic beverage.
Simple wooden and Plexiglas pieces shaped like figure 8s accommodate two bottles each, but a collection of them can build up a pyramid or honeycomb structure of carafes. Hooping bottles into intricate arrangements with the Woo Wine Rack pieces can create a number of unique shapes that let the vino stand for itself.
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The biggest complaint I hear from individual clients and the couples I coach goes something like this:
Our relationship hurts too much. My partner keeps trying to hurt my feelings, criticize me, or tell me how I am not doing or being enough. Then I do things to hurt him (or her) back. I feel bad about being hurt and hurting! We spend too much time fighting or avoiding fighting by walking on eggshells, and not enough time enjoying each other. I want this to stop!
Here's what I tell every one of my clients, whether we are talking about their partners, spouses, the people they date, their kids, their bosses, their co-workers, their family members or their friends:
You are not being hurt by the person you are interacting with. You are causing that hurt to yourself through your interpretation of his or her actions! What's worse, you don't know this is happening. You are stuck in a vicious cycle.
Take a look at the infographic of the vicious cycle, which I will explain below, to help you understand what I mean:
What happens in the vicious cycle that causes so much hurt in all relationships:
- Your partner, boss, child, friend, neighbor, etc., says or does something.
- You observe the behavior or hear the words.
- You interpret the meaning of the words or behavior. Danger Zone!!! This is where it all goes wrong!
- You have feelings and thoughts about your interpretation! You are no longer interacting with your partner, but with your interpretation of him or her!
- As a result of your interpretation, you say or do something towards your partner. This is usually shocking, hurtful or confusing to him or her, because it is not the response that he or she was expecting, based on what he or she did or said.
- Your partner interprets your words or behavior. Danger Zone!!! This is where it all goes wrong again!
- Your partner has feelings and thoughts about his or her interpretation of your words or actions! He or she is no longer interacting with you, but with his or her interpretation of you!
- Based on the above, your partner says or does something, and around and around you go!
Can you see the point where pain is created for each of you in this vicious cycle? It's in the interpretation stage!
When others, especially those close to us, say or do things, we are certain that we know their intentions. However, we are almost always wrong! We are convinced that we are excellent mind readers, when in fact we are not.
What most people don't realize is that the closer you are to someone, or the more emotionally invested you are in a situation's outcome, the less accurately you interpret what is going on with him or her!
By embracing this one truth, not only can you stop creating pain in your closest relationships, but you can get along better with everyone you interact with.
Take a look at the infographic of the cycle of understanding, which will tell you specifically how to stop pain and conflict in your close relationships. Look for an explanation below.
What to do to stop pain and conflict by practicing the cycle of understanding in your closest relationships (and in any situation where you deeply care about the outcome):
- Your partner, boss, child, friend, neighbor, etc., says or does something.
- You observe the behavior or hear the words.
- Assume you have no idea why your partner is doing or saying that. Question your certainty about his or her intentions or motivation.
- ~ Ask him or her the meaning of the words or actions.
~ Ask him or her why the words or actions were spoken or taken.
~ Ask him or her what the feelings are behind the words and actions.
~ Ask him or her what he or she was hoping your reaction would be.
- Listen. Work to understand.
- Discuss what needs to be done, changed, adjusted, so that you can both be comfortable, happy, safe, etc.
In this alternative way of interacting, can you see how your partner's outside input happens only once? The rest of the process is a cycle of understanding and seeking a resolution to this input.
Not only will this process avoid hurt in the relationship, but it will bring you closer together. How? The core of intimacy, the thing most sought after in close relationships, is understanding one another.
The less you react to each other and the more you work to understand each other, the closer you will be.
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A Tibetan Buddhist nun has died after setting herself on fire in south-west China, state media say.
BBC News, November 3, 2011
Qiu Xiang, 35, doused herself in fuel and set herself alight at a road crossing in Sichuan province, said the Chinese news agency, Xinhua.
She is believed to be the eleventh ethnic Tibetan this year to commit suicide in this way reportedly in protest against Chinese rule.
Chinese security forces have been accused of oppressing ethnic Tibetans.
Xinhua says the woman was from Dawu county in the Ganzi area of Sichuan.
The agency said it was unclear why she had set herself on fire, but that the local government had launched an investigation.
However, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) says it has information that the self-immolation was a protest against the Chinese authorities.
"We heard that she called for religious freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet," ICT spokeswoman Kate Saunders told AFP news agency.
Ms Saunders said Tibetans in Ganzi prefecture were "strong in their religious beliefs" and the area had "been very restive for some time".
Qiu Xiang is the second Tibetan nun to set herself on fire since the start of the year.
Most of the self-immolations have been by monks in the Aba prefecture around the Kirti monastery, which has become a focal point of ethnic Tibetan anger in Sichuan province.
Three monks there were jailed by the authorities in August for their alleged involvement in the first self-immolation in March.
The monks have been protesting about the erosion of Tibetan culture and their treatment by the Chinese authorities.
They are also angry at Beijing's refusal to engage with the Dalai Lama, who is Tibet's exiled spiritual leader.
The Chinese authorities say the Dalai Lama is a dangerous Tibetan separatist.
They have accused him of encouraging the self-immolations in Sichuan.
Tibet's government-in-exile in India has strongly denied this, accusing China of pushing Tibetans towards desperation.
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A Dhamma Talk on Vipassana and mindfulness meditation by Vipassana Gossalaya Jotannano Hong Keo, Vipassana Buddhist Master during a 10-Day Meditation & Vipassana Retreats at the Buddhist Meditation Center, Wat Kiryvongsa Bopharam on the 11th Waxing Moon – 7th Waning Moon of Jeṭṭha B.E.2560 equivalent to June 15 – 26, A.D.2016 in Leverett, Massachusetts, U.S.A. in 2016.
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Vipassana chanting by Meditation Master Ketodhammo Som Bunthoeun. Footages from 2016 Vipassana classes at the Buddhist Meditation Center – Wat Kiryvongsa Bopharam in Leverett, Massachusetts, USA.
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Came home and it was 94 degrees inside. AC unit not blowing any cold air. Called Hays Cooling & Heating of problem regarding the unit they installed 3.5 years ago. I think the Tech was here in 30 minutes. Mike has it up running within 15 minutes. Condenser was bad, parts were under warranty, labor expired after two years, cost me $90 for service/labor. Trip charge Waived due to me belonging to their Maintenance Program. Thanks Mike and Hays Cooling & Heating for getting us up and running within an hour of my call.
I now know why Hays has such great reviews! Frank came out today and he was awesome and the best part was he honest and the integrity spoke for itself. I had called for the system tune up and inspection. Frank made suggestions as to little things I could do that would make a big difference and I appreciate that. He mentioned that they have a yearly service plan and what it included which I will be doing. I will be recommending Hays to all my friends and family.
Before we signed the contract Bill came out and got one of our 16 year old units back up and running to hold us over till we were ready to purchase and the company did that for free just on our word that we were purchasing two new Trane units. Customer service and integrity are more than lip service to this company it is what they live by. Awesome job by the entire team!!!!
We had our heater unit go out on us late in the afternoon. I looked on the web and found Hay's cooling and heating and it was the best decision ever, they had a tech out to my house in a little over an hour. The tech was very helpful and explaining exactly what was going with my heating and what were the options. Repairs took about 40 minutes tops to complete and we were back to a comfortable house. Super happy that I called them. I 100% recommend them for their service.
BEST experience ever!!! Our daughter has been diagnosed as asthmatic and has been suffering from horrible allergies this last year, being hospitalized twice. Hays recommended having 2 air scrubbers installed due to dust, pollen and our cat (3 of the things out of so many that we have now found out she is most allergic to) and it has made such a HUGE difference! The air quality is SO much better in our home and it smells SO CLEAN!! Thanks Hays!!!
Since the install was completed, I received a few initial follow-up calls from Hays to make sure everything was working fine, and I was happy. The sales person came a week later to take heating/cooling measurements, to make sure the system was calibrated properly (!). Better yet, since it's been about a year since the install, the girls in the office actually call me to set up my scheduled service appointments.
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NCAD - North American Conservation Areas DatabaseEntry ID: Canada_ERIN_NCAD
Abstract: NCAD represents conservation areas in North America (Canada, USA and
Mexico) represented as point locations. The database contains
attributes such as designation, IUCN categories, management authority,
year of establishment, hectares size, North American Ecological Region
Level 1, North American Ecological Region Level 2 and other items.
When using NCAD, there are some important considerations to ... note. For
example, there are considerations pertaining to the accuracy,
completeness and intent of the NCAD data. Please refer to the summary
report that accompanies the database.
It is available as an ArcInfo export format file (.e00) as well as a
MS Access file (.mdb).- To report on the status of conservation areas
in North America. - To assist jurisdictions and organizations in the
development of conservation areas strategies. - To provide
governments, non-governmental organizations and industries with
conservation areas indicators. - To assist agencies and groups in
advancing strategies devoted to biodiversity and conservation planning
and natural area protection.
The main sources of these databases are:
(`1) United States Managed Areas Database: McGhie, Gavin R. (1996)
'Creation of a Comprehensive Managed Areas Spatial Database for the
Conterminous United States'. Summary Project Technical Report
NASA-NAGW-1743. Remote Sensing Research Unit, University of
California, Santa Barbara.
(2) Mexican Protected Areas Database: Ordonez, Maria de Jesus and
Flores, Oscar (1995) 'Areas Naturales Protegidas'. Serie de Cuadernos
de Conservacion No. 4. Pronatura. Mexico, D.F.
(3) Canadian Conservation Areas Database (CCAD): Canadian Council on
Ecological Areas (1999) 'Canadian Conservation Areas Database'. Ottawa
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Dataset Originator/Creator: ERIN Consulting Ltd.
Dataset Title: NCAD - North American Conservation Areas Database
Dataset Release Date: 20000331
Dataset Release Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dataset Publisher: ERIN Consulting Ltd.Online Resource: http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/download/Tabular/NCAD/
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The calf standing with the help of mom, Tessa less than an hour after its birth Friday morning.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
CINCINNATI (AP) - A contest to name a new baby giraffe at the Cincinnati Zoo is down to three finalists.
Zoo officials say they got more than 5,000 submissions to name the female calf born Oct. 12.
Giraffe-keepers narrowed the submissions down to their three favorites: Mara, which means "spotted," Lulu, which means "precious," and Rosie, after the Cincinnati Reds.
Voting is only open Thursday with the winning name to be announced Friday.
The public got to see the baby for the first time on Monday after she was born to 6-year-old Tessa.
The baby is the second giraffe born at the zoo in more than 25 years. The first, Zuri, was euthanized last year when it was 3 months old after suffering a debilitating leg injury.
To vote visit the zoo's Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo.


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The Old Order Hath Changed.
Wow! How the old order hath changed, for with the first nippy air heralding the coming of winter, I realize again that people "don't get ready for winter" anymore.
Not too many years ago (Come on, now, who's counting?) but this area was very rural, and, "Hello, are you ready for winter?" was the common greeting. And, as a kid at home, it seems that one of Mom and Dad's first considerations of late summer was "to get in the coal". How else did one cook and keep warm?
At one time we had a coal shed and it was piled clear to the rafters when "the coal came". Later on, with house reconstructions, Pop had it slid into the basement coal room, but either way, with the first blast of winter, everyone wanted to have stored all the coal they'd need for the long months ahead.
Mom always bought flour for the year, too. I still don't see the wisdom of this, but the big 50 lb. sacks of flour would arrive (of course everyone baked their own bread) and my parents would carefully store the flour in the cool attic on a special framework Dad had made for them. Maybe flour and coal were cheaper in the summer. I don't know and who is there now left to tell us??? I can only give hints.
Putting up fruit kept our mother in a turmoil of work for at least six weeks in the late summer and early fall and it was this child's delight to step to the basement and see the long shelves filled with the glorious colors of the fruit, pickles, sauces and tomatoes she 'bottled'. To me it meant good eating in the months to come and I was always glad when it snowed, for until then, Mom wouldn't let us start using that good stuff. It was food for winter, not summer or fall.
Pop built outside Root Cellars, too, and they were common to this area then. Long trenches were dug, lined deeply with fresh clean straw and then vegetables, winter pears and apples were stored. More straw covered the raw food and a deep layer of soil went over the top. "Chimneys' were built to ventilate the warm, buried food.
The idea was to keep everything cool enough to stay crisp but warm enough not to freeze and the idea was great. The trouble was, however, that in the dead of winter, getting through a foot of snow, to that frozen over-lay of soil, then through the stiff, frozen straw and finally to the goal of it all, the vegetables snugly buried safely underneath.
It was a good trick also, to go for carrots, delve down through the three layers of snow, soil and straw, into the depths for where you were positive the carrots were, and instead find you had 'hit' parsnips, apples or cabbage. Somehow nothing looked the same once snow arrived and the markers put up so carefully in the fall had a different look in the middle of January.
Besides that, it was always so darn cold that no one (well, it was always Dad's job) wanted to take time to really survey the place. Just dig, grab, cover again in the right order and then get back into the warm house. And, something no one spoke of, but by the time winter was over, everything 'down there' tasted and smelled like the protective straw. Oh well.
Just the same, to the child that I was, listening to the adults talk, I felt winter was a terrible threat that was held in abeyance only by Dad and Mom's preparation of getting "ready for winter".
Mom, with her chests full of clean quilts and blankets, basement shelves filled with fruit, and for heaven's sake, I almost forgot, our winter long-arm and long-legged underwear, dresses, jackets, coats, hats, pajamas, and mittens (not gloves), boots and whatever else cold weather demanded.
That phrase, 'Getting ready for winter', was a safety buffer to me and I felt nothing could harm me when I'd hear Dad say, "Yes, we're ready," in reply to some neighbor's query. Upon hearing those three simple words, some spot within me relaxed for with them I knew all was right and safe with my world.
When you've been raised that way, that question was hard to put aside, for without all that work, preparation and storing away, who and what was to protect one from that Demon called Winter??
And, today, I watch two of my neighbors (their tie to past is their own business, not mine) but it's satisfying and gives me a good feeling to know that there are those who, in their own way, still follow the customs I once knew so well.
And by the way, "Are you ready for Winter"? Or do you even give it a thought? Much less a 'second thought'.


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Florida State's Jameis Winston excels in two sports (PHOTO: Mark Almond/AP)
Jameis Winston is a redshirt freshman at Florida State. It gets complicated from there.
Is he the future of FSU football? Maybe, depending on who's talking. Is he a future baseball star? Some have made the suggestion. The confusion stems from days like Saturday, when Winston pulled double duty on the gridiron (in the morning) and the baseball diamond (in the evening) over a 12-hour span.
It wasn't your typical Saturday – for folks like you and I, obviously. It's par for the course for Winston, a former five-star quarterback prospect who went in the 15th round of the 2012 MLB draft; he slid out of the first few rounds only because teams knew he was choosing FSU over a professional contract.
TEAM JACK: 7-year-old cancer patient score 69-yard TD for Nebraska
Morning: Winston continued to make a push to become the Seminoles' new starting quarterback during a team scrimmage. During FSU's previous scrimmage, on Apr. 3, Winston completed 11-of-18 attempts for 239 yards and a touchdown.
Evening: Winston entered in the sixth inning of FSU's 6-0 loss to rival Miami (Fla.) and retired all nine batters he faced, striking out one and throwing only 34 pitches.
"Winston also drew 'oohs' and 'ahhs' from some in the crowd when the scoreboard at Mark Light Stadium showed his velocity to be 97 (miles per hour) at one point," Ira Schoffel of the Tallahassee Democrat wrote. (Schoffel added that some pro scouts had Winston more in the 93-94 range, though that remains very impressive.)
"It was a long day but I didn't feel any wear and tear on my body at all," Winston told Schoffel. Oh, to be 19 or 20 (and to have Winston's athletic ability).


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I'll be in touch with you later Zait. Quite a few busy days for me now, should be better as of thursday.
TeamLiquid Replaypack of the Week. Recommended download for all Zerg players - Snute showing how it's done.
Is it just me, or is it now impossible to play custom matches on Starcraft 2 anymore? The recent changes to Battlenet seem to force you to use their online-only features, which won't let you alter any of the options (not even difficulty or opponant race, let alone map).
WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? I just want to go on, relearn all the units, hotkeys, build timings, etc. But NO! I'm not allowed to all of a sudden?
The fact it even has the balls to tease me with a host button that it greys out pisses me off. Like its telling me its possible, but I'm not allowed to - and no reasons are given. Seriously, I have to use RANDOM matchmaking to play a quick practice match? REALLY?
...sigh. Why am I being treated like an idiot? They didn't force this shit on you previous to this expansion.
Edit: Also, SC2 is now devouring my system memory like no tomorrow. Wings of Liberty didn't do this, since they optimised it quite well. But now, judder judder judder even on low graphical settings. Jee, great, paying for worse performance sure is fun.
On a serious note I can help you with the ingame user panel if you want Durandro. About your technical problems... I would MAYBE be able to solve them given some time, but it's not something I can be too bothered with atm sorry Check with google, friends of yours and their tech forums. If you put a bit of effort into it I'm sure you'll solve it easily.
is there any site that tracks ur hidden mmr? i got to 4v4 plat today went on a 8 game win streak, sadly lost two after but i felt like i was close to diamond
i live by one motto! "lolwut?"
Anyone watching GSL good games so far, and Skytoss!!!
Ah yeah I saw the Creator vs Crazy game 2 before I had to run to the uni...
Haha, made me smile. So much zerg blood all over the floor. Skytoss very strong.
The team ranking system is special
In WOL I was not a good player. Bronze first time I played, quit, come back as bronze, ranked up to top silver and was playing high golds and low plats constantly. Quit again. This was all in 1v1. Come back for HOTs and I'm Gold as expected with the shift of leagues, and if I have a go at it I'd probably get highish up in my gold league.
However, in WoL despite being mid bronze I was put in plat 2v2 and by some miracle made it to the top 25. Now I'm only in gold for 2v2 now but my 3v3 (I somehow won all 5 placements) has put me in Diamond. I never thought I'd even see the diamond logo pop up on my screen. Pretty funny really, made me smile a bit.
I'm really not a good player now either but I know build orders and my tech switches are good and some of my reads are decent, however I still have no idea what the fuck a "timing attack" is or a timing push or a timing build, those 3 seem to be used interchangeably... Yet the game thinks my 3v3 is diamond. Now I know everyone doing 3v3 is doing it for lols the same as me, especially random groups rather than a pre determined one, but the game categorising me with that... yeah... funny
Blizzard made a ha ha!
^ u know... i just got my 4v4 diamond after years of trying ive even won all 5 placements before lol, ive hardly ever watched pro matches or read up on strats so i guess thats a factor, learning from playing is fun, on to my attempts at master
i live by one motto! "lolwut?"
I get so pissed off at 2v2 I can't even imagine 3v3 or 4v4. Just cheese every single game. Even if I cheese they have something worse like double 2gate2rax proxy.
~Former Priest/Guild Wars 2 Moderator~
Now TESTING: ArcheAge (Alpha)
Now PLAYING: MonoRed Burn (MtG Standard)
Twitter: @KelestiMMO come say hi!
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I wish I could +1 on this forum
The 2v2 I've done isn't too bad It's such a change from 1v1 which I got used to though because in that it's all about fast expanding and macro but I did that once I joined 2's and got absolutely stomped. Then changed to a 4 gate (no proxy gates) and used a forward pylon, transitioned into Robo. Seems the initial rush is the way to win and you can't macro til after that.
3's and 4's is the same, it's all about that initial push and learning when to stop that if it doesn't work. The major downside to 4's rather than 3's is those maps where you have 4 fortresses and the other one might be ready to push, you're ready to push but the ally in your base has walled off completely and won't lower supply depots and doesn't speak english.... wasted about 20seconds yesterday before I got bored and proceeded to kill half his wall myself rather than the 1 building I needed to get by.
Whether a 4 gate is a cheese or not I can't quite decide because it's so common in PvP, against other races I'd see it as a cheese but.... hmm, outside of that I've not seen a single cheese in my team games Apart from a cannon rush that was terrible. I see more cheese in 1v1.
The higher the number of people get, the less it's about macro and the more about rushes - or that's my observations.
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Study of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Middle School Coordinator Initiative
Amendment 0003 was issued on August 25, 1999. The purpose of the Amendment is to replace a paragraph under Clause B.2 and to extend the proposal due date to 2PM, September 9, 1999. Amendment 0003(1K) is hereby made available for downloading. No other changes have been made to the solicitation.
Amendment 0002 was issued on August 23, 1999. The purpose of the Amendment was to respond to questions from potential offerors. The proposal due date has been extended to September 7, 1999. Amendment 0002(29K) is hereby made available for downloading.
Amendment 0001 was issued on August 9, 1999. It made one change to the solicitation. The Amendment provided the address where proposals should be sent, as shown below:
On Standard Form 33, Block 8, insert the following address:
U.S. Dept. of Education, CPO/SSG
GSA Bldg., (ROB-3), Rm. 3616
Seventh and D Streets, SW
Washington, DC 20202-4443
DUE DATE:September 3, 1999, 2 P.M. E.S.T.
REVISED DUE DATE:September 9, 1999, 2 P.M. E.S.T.
POC:Alice Mihill, Contract Specialist at (202) 708-8373
The U.S. Department of Education has a requirement to develop an evaluation design for a study of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) Middle School Coordinators Initiative and, at the option of the government, to implement that design. One purpose of the study is to investigate the extent to which providing federal resources to support full-time school drug and violence prevention coordinators makes a positive difference in SDFSCA programming, and to help determine whether ED should recommend that all districts employ full-time coordinators. A secondary purpose is, therefore, to provide detailed information about the implementation process in grantee districts to serve as a model for other districts.
Requests for copies of the RFP may be made by telephone, mail, telegram, Internet, or in person. All requests shall reference the RFP number (ED-99-R-0035) and title. Telephone requests may be placed by calling 202-708-6498. Mail or telegram requests shall be sent to the following address, U.S. Department of Education/CPO, ATTN: Yolanda Abney, Room 3616, 7th & D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4443. Internet requests may be sent to email@example.com. Copies of the RFP may be picked up in person on the issuing date at the above address, Room 3616. Issue date is July 30, 1999 and closing date is 2:00PM EST September 9, 1999. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. The dates listed herein are subject to change.
NOTE: Attachment C, Grant Announcement for the Middle School Drug Prevention and School Safety Program Coordinators, and Attachment E, Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan, are not available in electronic format. They are available from the Contract Specialist listed above.
SOLIC-35.ZIP (215K) - Files needed to prepare a proposal, zipped for easy downloading, including the RFP in PDF format, which retains exact formatting as the hardcopy RFP, and the Statement of Work in MS Word format. All the documents contained in this file are in either MS Word or PDF format. Zip utility software is required to extract the 4 files from this zip file before viewing in word processor or other applications. The Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free, is required to view and print PDF files. See Amendment 0003 above for changes to Clause B.2(e)(1) of the RFP.PDF file.
SOW35.HTM (32K) - Statement of Work (SOW) in HTML format for easy viewing on-line. This SOW was converted from the original word processing format to allow it to be viewed easily online. Some codes and formatting may have been changed in the conversion. Use the MS Word version in the zip file for preparing comments or proposals.
RFP35.TXT (225K) - Request for Proposal in ASCII format for quick viewing on-line. Use the PDF version in the zip file to prepare comments or proposals. Updated August 25, 1999, through Amendment 0003.
Contact Gary Weaver at (202) 401-0083 for downloading problems only.


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You may have heard the phrase, Keep it Simple Stupid (K.I.S.S.). It is a strategy for making things as simple as possible in all types of environments and settings.
It is especially effective in the home party business. I don't like to call you, myself or anyone for that matter so , for me that means "Keep It Simple Silly"!
Learning powerful party plan presentation techniques will allow consultants to KISS and enjoy the party more!
By keeping things simple, you prevent guests from experiencing temporary attention deficit disorder. Attention deficit disorder is definitely not good for sales. However, there is a companion strategy that may also be effective in maintaining audience attention. This strategy is called Keep it Stimulating Silly (K.I.S.S.).
Keep it stimulating silly works in every type of setting where there is a speaker and an audience. No one wants to listen to a public speaker who is boring, dull, monotone and repetitive. The best speakers can engage the audience with witty lines, humor, insight and important information. Keeping guests tuned in to your party demonstrations and presentations is one of the most crucial elements for hosting successful and profitable parties. If the guests are not paying attention, they certainly will not be opening their checkbooks and taking out their credit cards to buy.
Home Party Plan Presentation = KISS
How do you Keep it Stimulating Silly? There are a few important keys to keeping a presentation stimulating and interesting.
- Plan ahead. It is not necessary to write down every word you are going to say. However, it is vital that you have a simple outline of your presentation and that you spend some time practicing and perfecting it.
- Create short descriptions and presentations for each product in your product line. Even if you think the product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, a long-winded description is not needed. Keeping your descriptions and presentations brief and concise moves the party along and keeps the guests engaged.
- All the games you use at parties should be engaging and easy to understand. Having complicated instructions is a sure way to lose your audience and evoke feelings of boredom and restlessness. Games should provoke laughter and ensure that all members of the audience are involved and having fun.
- Limit the number of products in each demonstration: Even if you have an extensive product line, there is no need to present all of the items. Keeping each demonstration short and limiting the number of products presented will prevent rampant boredom in your audience.
Home Party Plan Show Training
Learning powerful party plan presentation techniques will allow you to KISS and enjoy the party more!
Most new party plan consultants put a good bit of time into studying their home party products but forget to study presentation techniques for there home show. They often do not get involved in any actual presentation training.


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Website Advertising Houston
Website Advertising Houston – When it comes to business, website advertising in Houston is an essential part of being successful. Think about it, if no one knows who you are, what you do, where to find you or how to contact you then how will your business ever take off?
Website advertising in Houston is not one of those things that can be brushed off. Without effective advertising your business runs the risk of failure. The question is do you understand what website advertising in Houston entails? For many people they feel that putting up a website is all that has to be done. While having a website is a great thing there is so much more that has to be done.
Website advertising in Houston contains:
- Targeted Traffic – Targeted traffic is website traffic that is specific to you. That means that it is targeted to your specific business niche, products and services. Why would an engineering company want a person looking for hair products to come to their website? Traffic like that is not going to do your business any good. Someone looking for hair care products is not going to care what an engineering company is offering. So targeted traffic would get your potential clients to your website. These clients are looking for your business niche and everything you have to offer.
- Social Media – Website advertising in Houston is about more than placing an ad somewhere. Today's use of technology re


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What is a computer? Several years back, most of us were asking this question frequently, more so in the third world countries where technology took time to be embraced. However, you can now follow this link and learn more about computers at the comfort of your home. With a click of a button, it's easy to go online and get any information concerning computers in a remarkably short time. With modern technological advancement, most of us are subjected to a number of inevitable benefits as the computers are evolving to more efficient machines. Click here to see the trend in the computer world, its history and expected future.
Without any hesitation, visit this website and get the basics of computers that every computer illiterate person ought to know before proceeding to the next level. Below are some of the key computer basics for you.
Learn about transistors
Follow this link and learn more about millions of transistors found in a computer. They are usually used to create computer/machine language while using the logic gates hence turning on and off the power circuits.
Also known as the CPU, the processor acts as the brain of a computer. Click here and learn more on how the CPU receives and handles all instructions from the user.
Mother board
Without a mother board, a computer cannot function. It is the largest circuit that normally connects and holds everything together. Visit this website and see how the mother board facilitates the communication between the memory and the processor.
This is a memory chip that only contains read only data hence the name read only memory (ROM). To understand how the read only memory operates, do not hesitate to go online at your own convenience. You can as well visit this website to learn about the newly developed programmable read only memory, but can easily be reprogrammed if need be with a firmware update.
Be informed, act smart and visit this website often to learn more about computers


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Being American, I've been making pancakes in the American style since I was allowed near a stove, but using English flour and baking powder to make them here in the UK has always been a slight disappointment. Here's a very good version that makes enough for 3 people, or two fairly hungry people. About 12 pancakes.
- 140g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 150ml milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp melted butter or vegetable oil
Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar in a large bowl. Mix the milk, egg and melted butter or oil in a seperate bowl.
Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients and beat until you have a smoothish batter.
Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter or oil. Pour in a ladle full of batter. When the top of the pancake begins to bubble, flip it over and cook until both sides are golden brown.


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Diamonds International, Saint Lucia gave new meaning to their theme "Brightening Saint Lucia One Diamond at a Time," when the company celebrated the shining accomplishments of nine staff members last week.
On Thursday, May 16 Diamonds International presented certificates to nine of its employees graduating from the DI University as certified coloured stone graders and pearl specialists. A small ceremony was held at their Pointe Seraphine store to mark the occasion.
General Manager of Diamonds International, Hugh Jones spoke to graduates about his pride of seeing the fulfillment of the university's vision.
"It is important for me to tell you how very proud I am to be here today for the graduation of the first class of our coloured stone specialists of the Diamonds International University," Hugh Jones started off by saying. "I want to recognize everybody, not just for the effort you put out, but for the sacrifice so many of you have been making in order for this to happen."
Jones went on to thank the instructors, graduates and office attendants who he said gave up their free time and family time to persevere.
"From my heart, I want you to know how much I appreciate you making this a success," Jones expressed.
According to the general manager, when DI University started in August it was little more than a vision.
"After all, starting the university was pretty new territory for me," he said. "But the enthusiasm and commitment shown by all those involved encouraged me to take the vision and move it forward. You guys have made DI University a reality and have propelled the company in a new direction."
The general manager informed staff that the success of the university had resulted in one island requesting it be exported there in the fall with two more to come on stream soon.
Diamonds International Saint Lucia now has forty-two certified diamondtologists according to Hugh Jones, "and now we have nine certified coloured stone graders and pearl specialists. This is a huge accomplishment and one we should all be proud of. You guys have emerged victorious, my congratulations and thanks."
The nine graduates who were presented with their certificates Thursday are Michele Anne Ghirawoo, Agatha Elisa, Neelkanth Mahtani, Ryan Scott, Chelsey Rambally, Sherman Elibox, Junia St. Jules, Desidra Lionel and Simone Williams.


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The markets of Mexico provide for a veritable photographic wonderland, provided you are ballsy enough to break out your camera, blatantly take a photo of something, and run away without buying anything– all under the EXTREMELY watchful eye of the vendor of the object in question. Normally I am a bit shy when it comes to taking touristy photos in the not-so-touristy markets, but the other weekend, the spirit moved me to take not only a photo but a whole VIDEO!! (a crappy, bad-resolution video, but a video nonetheless)
One of the most beautiful sights at the markets is the amazing, vibrantly-colored fruits and vegetables. I can identify only about half by name, but I love to peruse and silently hypothesize about their flavors and uses. The berries here are particulalry amazing– gorgeous, plump strawberries, blackberries, you name it, they've got it. (that said, I haven't seen any snozzberries yet)
Anyway, we were wandering through the alleged "foodie market", Mercado San Juan, with our **!!!first visitor from the States!!!** (my lovely former college roommate, Jen). While she stopped to negotiate a deal on some powdered mole with one vendor, I stared longingly at the piles of pretty berries behind us. As my gaze continued down the various cartons of colorful fruit, you can imagine my surprise when I saw movement.
Yes, a special carton (appreciatively set aside from the fruit) held a thin layer of maguey worms (or gusanos del maguey), a popular edible caterpillar here in Mexico. These little guys infest both Agave tequilana plants & maguey plants, and are considered a delicacy here. Apparently they are also über-nutritive: a mere 3.5 oz packs over 650 calories (just what I need in my carb-laden diet down here).
I resisted the temptation to buy a bagful to bring home for a fry-up (didn't want to risk hearing dozens of tiny voices screaming out in pain), but I did manage to grab a quick, grainy video showing your potential next meal in action. As they say in Mexico, buen provecho (enjoy your meal).


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The Ascension vs. Buddy Murphy & Elias Samson
Connor beats down Buddy for about two minutes, then Viktor comes in and they hit the hi-low Fall of Man finisher for the easy win. Total squash. "This is Awesome" chants from the crowd, who is apparently ridiculously easy to please.
Winner: The Ascension
-They get on the mic after the match and say they've beaten everyone in the NXT Universe, and want some real competition. El Local and Calisto come out and issue a challenge. Calisto gets the crowd to chant "Lucha" and
KILLAM: They keep putting these guys over as the longest reigning champions in NXT history, which is hilarious. While true, they've had virtually zero competition and the titles haven't even existed all that long. The only guy pointing that out is William Regal – god bless that man – and it's getting a bit silly. I'm not sure Ricardo is "real competition", but Kalisto is new and fresh, so this is the best thing we've had out of the tag division all year long.
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Buying a TV is a well thought of planned decision. The number one point that one keeps in mind is the picture quality as well as the display type. Buyers are faced with four options to choose from, the first being the slowly vanishing Plasma TVs, the two popular LED and LCD TVs or the future of display – OLED TVs.
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This afternoon in a shopping centre, I watched as a little girl's purple helium balloon broke free from her hand and quickly rose to the ceiling. It's a high ceiling - perhaps 5 metres – and although the balloon did have quite a long ribbon attached to it, it was still well out of reach. The girl walked on, holding her mother's hand, and for a moment I thought that would be the end of it, but then she stopped, pulled on her mother and with her free hand pointed to the liberated latex orb. Then the tears began. I saw her mother bend down and begin the painful discussion about how there was nothing they could do and they were in a hurry, perhaps that she would buy her another balloon later, but this was to no avail and the distress continued to mount.
Somehow my eyes and mind had observed more about the scene than I might otherwise have thought. I approached the mother and explained that if she had a moment, I thought we could rescue the balloon. I don't think I really waited for an answer, but with a little bit of Batman, a dash of MacGyvor and probably a certain amount of stranger danger, I walked into the nearby hairdresser. I asked the slightly disconcerted teenager on duty if I could borrow their stick – the one with the hook on the end that they use to pull the roller door down in the morning, the one clearly visible propped against the wall. Again I assume to she agreed, although I have no specific memory of her acquiescence. I grabbed the stick, walked out of the salon, positioned myself beneath the balloon, hooked the ribbon and calmly pulled the balloon back to safety.
"Oh my god, thank you so much", said the mother. "Aren't we lucky there are such nice people in the world, what do you say?" she asked her daughter.
With red, bewildered eyes, the little girl stared at me and barely audibly replied, "Thank you".
So shines a good deed in a shopping mall. It was probably also the perfect opportunity to mention that the earth is running rather low on helium and that such balloons are perhaps not the best use the noble gas, but in the warmth of the moment that didn't occur to me and I think I'm glad.


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A swap involving Philippe Senderos moving in the opposite direction was being teed up by the two clubs.
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The Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils records document the activities of the Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils (later the Federation of Community Coordinating Councils of Los Angeles County) and Coordinating Councils, Inc., an organization directed by members of the Board of the LA County organization. The records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports, 1930-1952, created by all three organizations, and as such give a detailed view of the activities of these related organizations.
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Wireless phones to help charities
The National HopeLine program is collecting used wireless phones that will be distributed to Safe Homes, Cumbee Center and the Salvation Army for emergency use.
Donations will be accepted through March at any Georgia Bank & Trust location, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, Solvay Advanced Polymers, all Cellular One stores and the WJBF News Channel 6 studios.
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Welcome to North Korea gives an inside look to this mysterious country, where natives give blind allegiance to their rulers and are not allowed to interact with tourists unless they are tour guides. The documentary airs at 7:30 on Cinemax.
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The PSP Firmware 2.0 Upgrade for the North American market will be available during the week of August 15th, instead of on August 12, as previously reported.
Designed to compliment the comprehensive entertainment experience of games, movies, music, photos and wireless connectivity provided by the revolutionary portable device, the firmware 2.0 upgrade will allow users to take advantage of the units built-in Wi-Fi capability and wirelessly search the Internet from Internet Access Points or hot spots. The firmware 2.0 upgrade will be available for download directly to a PSP using a Wi-Fi connection or downloaded to a PC from http://us.playstation.com/psp and transferred to a PSP through a USB cable.
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August 16, 2004, (unprocessed) 2 items, 0.004 cubic feet; Reproduction (2004) of a copy of a portrait of Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) the noted Elizabethan mathematician, astronomer, navigator, and explorer, by an anonymous artist and reference reproduction of portrait. Donor: Ms. Harvey Wooten
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All student organization activities are guided by the policies and procedures delineated in the student organization handbook, published by the Office of Student Development. These policies grow out of the Marquette University Mission Statement and Ethos Statement. Marquette encourages the formation of ethical and informed leaders and the development of women and men dedicated to the service of others. Achieving these goals is dependent upon creating a campus environment in which people feel safe, sustained, engaged, challenged and appreciated.
Formation of an Officially Recognized
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Student organizations can be formed and recognized when the Office of Student Development determines that the group's purposes are in accordance with the stated purposes and policies of the university. A group of students wishing to form an organization must go to the Office of Student Development in AMU, Room 121 to:
For organizations that have graduate students as regular members and/or officers, these procedures are the same, with the exception that approval of Marquette University Student Government is not required. The formation, recognition and supervision of student organizations affiliated with the Law School or Dental School are conducted by student services staff within those schools and not through the procedures outlined above.
Additional considerations regarding the formation of a recognized student organization include:
Only officially recognized and currently registered student organizations are authorized to use university facilities or services or permitted to identify themselves directly or indirectly with the university's name or credit. Note that this regulation is not intended as a restriction upon the right of students to organize, but it is necessary in order to protect the proprietary name, credit and facilities of the university.
In some instances, the Office of Student Development may deem it necessary to review an organization's recognized status, operations and procedures. Under such conditions, Student Development reserves the right to remove an organization's recognized status with the university.
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As indicated in the university mission statement, Marquette is committed to the unfettered pursuit of truth under the mutually illuminating power of human intelligence and Christian faith. In this context, the university encourages its student organizations to contribute to the role of the university as a forum for intellectual discussion, debate, investigation and/or artistic expression.
Student organization requests for the distribution of literature, the sponsorship of visiting speakers and public performers, and the screening of films will be considered in light of the educational purposes and the Catholic identity of Marquette University. Specific attention, therefore, will be paid to the context and purpose of the proposed material.
The university has final discretion in decisions regarding the distribution of literature, the sponsorship of visiting speakers and public performances, and the screening of films. In keeping with the intellectual imperative of the university and the instructive value of dialogue, educational or artistic merit and a balanced perspective will be the normative bases for decisions. The use of the university as a forum, however, in no way implies university approval or endorsement of the views expressed by material distributed, by a speaker, in a public performance or in a film. In those cases where a program, film or printed material is considered to be opposed to the mission of the university, there may be a requirement for the presentation of multiple points of view.
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The university provides for the distribution of literature by student organizations. The following guidelines apply:
After authorization, one copy of the material(s) will be retained for the file in the Office of Student Development. Once material is approved for distribution, a stamp of approval must be placed on all materials for distribution.
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Visiting speakers, films, video, concerts, comedians and other publicized events must be registered and approved by the Office of Student Development in the AMU, Room 121, by filling out an event registration form at least two weeks before the date requested for the event. When hosting a speaker on campus, student organizations must provide a biography/resume of the performer and a written description of the content/purpose of the performance. All films require a catalog summary that includes the company name through which the film is being obtained. Federal copyright laws restrict the use of videocassettes/ DVDs to private showings and prohibit their public performance without prior written consent of the holder of copyright.
Event registration forms are available in the Office of Student Development, AMU, Room 121; the Center for Leadership, Service and Involvement., AMU, Room 137; and the AMU Event Management Office, AMU, Room 245.
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Tomato Bisque
is the perfect soup for the second coarse to my Candlelight Valentine's Day Dinner for Two Series. The next two weeks I will be sharing five coarses of a delicious Candle Light Valentine's Day Dinner for two. This Tomato Bisque is so creamy and full of flavor and very easy to make.
My first coarse is a Halibut Cocktail, if you missed it you can see it here.
- 3 large tomatoes
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- ¾ cup chopped onion
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 Tbs. basil
- ⅛ tsp. thyme
- ⅛ tsp. oregano
- salt and pepper
- 2 Tbs. tomato paste
- 1 pint heavy cream
- ¼ cup white wine
- Saute garlic and onion in a couple tablespoons of oil, add celery, salt and pepper. Add wine to deglaze pan. Cut tomatoes in half and then quarter them and add them to pan. Add the spices and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring often. Add heavy cream and cook for another 10 minutes. Place in blend and carefully puree, be very careful with hot content in a blender. Then replace back to pan and cook another 10 minutes.
It seriously took 30 minutes to make from scratch. I put some sour cream in a squeeze bottle to make the heart. Next coarse in my Valentine Dinner is a delicious salad.
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Review: MRRRP's 'Into the Woods' is a fairy tale gem
Published 4:15 pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Perhaps the first concern for MRRRP Productions' of "Into the Woods" is its space. For such a grand musical, staging it in the Genesis Center's sanctuary space could be problematic. Instead, it only worked in the show's favor.
Benefiting the Genesis Center, MRRRP's third show directed by Carl Beery Moore worked as a musical delight. Moore crafted the show to use the entire space of the sanctuary, including the aisles and high spaces. Without usual stage restrictions, this opened up the story to a larger scale.
The musical brings together fairy tale characters into one story as they begin their story with wishes but then experience what happens when those wishes come true. From Little Red Riding Hood (Vicky Gonzales) to Rapunzel (Kristen Loyd) and practically every fictional character in between, "Into the Woods" is a mythical mash-up tied together by Sondheim's songs and James Lapine's narrative.
And the cast pulls it off.
As the The Baker and The Baker's Wife, the chemistry between Danny Anderson and Emily Bourland was delightful and easy. They worked well off each other and even separated, each actor subtly engendered the idea of the other. Anderson's sad eyes were a gift to his lamenting character and Bourland was luminous. Her presence was dynamic with a range of emotions from concerned wife to comedic chaser to inadvertent seductress.
Kayla Rigney's performance as Cinderella was a subtle piece of mastery. As the character grows from peasant to royalty and back again, Rigney's handling of those transitions was smart and gave her character far more depth buoyed along by her able singing voice.
The surprises of this show were Matthew Nicholson and Drew Henry as Rapunzel's and Cinderella's princes and the Three Little Pigs' and Little Red's wolves, respectively. They elevated their characters to unforgettable stage moments with flawless comedic timing counterbalanced by heroic tenor in "Agony."
Although the depiction of Milky White was clever, the cow emanated way too little personality as Jena Tumlin chose to underplay the animal. Her hands almost felt as if in a self-imposed handcuff as she kept them clasped in front of her but missing out on some prime comedic moments. She later plays The Harp with an fabulously ostentatious costume.
Brian Gravelle is never lacking in vocal talent, but I was concerned by his character choices for Jack (as in the beanstalk). Jack is a tender character but got lost in Gravelle's grimace and buffoonish speaking voice. Jack's soul, revealed mostly in "Giants in the Sky" and "No One Is Alone," is almost lost, but Gravelle's voice is epic and when he opted to sing it straightforward, it's wondrous.
Abby Anderson gave The Witch a balanced amount of menace and humanity and Gonzales's natural perkiness is ideal for the spunky Little Red Riding Hood. LuAnn Lane aptly conducted the small orchestra, but they would often drown out dialogue and songs. Sound issues continued with Jane Moore's Giant crackling through the loudspeaker and Danny Anderson's muffled mic in the second half.
The show ran three hours and in a church pew — that can be long — but with Moore's direction and the cast giving their heart to the production (not to mention benefiting the Genesis Center), the time is worthwhile.
"Into the Woods" at Genesis Center, 2800 W. Louisiana Ave. Through Saturday. 8 p.m. $20. Mrrrp.org.


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1. There is no Chik Fil A near my home. The nearest one was 67 miles away in Erie, PA. Luckily, today was a perfect day for a beach trip, and the beaches of Lake Erie are lovely. Find a spot where you can't see the opposite shore, and there you are, enjoying an ocean horizon, with much warmer water, little or no smell of decaying seaweed, and a shallow sandy shelf with gentle waves.There's no safer seaside for families . So we threw a pile of towels and a blanket in the trunk and were off…
2. …to 7160 Peach St., Erie, to preface our beach trip with a stand for religious freedom and traditional marriage. Not by marching, fasting, or praying, but –au contraire–by stuffing ourselves with fast food. Waffle Fries! Peach milk shakes! Fried chicken breast on a bun! Let me tell ya', this is way easier than persecution, prison, or even the March for Life. I expect to be involved in lots of direct action in the coming year. God grant that lots of it takes this particular form.
3. The most frequent comments made/heard: a. "Oh, I"m Sorry! Ecxuse me! b. Oh no–that's okay, you couldn't help it!",always accompanied by smiles, as we sardine-packed customers kept involutarily bumping into one another.
4. Next most frequent comments made/heard: :a."Isn't this wonderful?"b. "Do you suppose it's like this at other Chik Fil A's? c. "Yes, I've seen photos on Facebook–its like this everywhere."
5. Manager told my husband that even though they brought in every single employee that could possibly make it, they didn't expect one half of the extra business that came in today: "Usually no one comes here for breakfast. Today we used up all our breakfast supplies by 10 and had to start servng lunch food.
6. This is my favorite picture of the day, not from Erie,, but courtesy of North Carolina Faith and Freedom Coalition:
7.Now, my proposal:
Let's have another event along the same lines as Chick Fil A Day: fun, full of charity and good humor, and people cheerfully willing to inconvenience themselves in order to make a statement on a particular day. When? November 6th. Where? Polling places across the USA.