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Peasant Gal Cross Stitch & Embroidery Set: {Vintage}
Here is the latest free vintage pattern series from my personal collection, the Peasant Girl Dish Towel set. I believe this set is from the 1930s or 1940s. There's a different design for each day of the week, each featuring a cheerful Peasant girl performing a task. Here are the details with the individual patterns available to download below…
This contains motifs to be worked in the simplest of embroidery stitches to be used on kitchen towels or other kitchen linens. Linen toweling is the best material to use for towels. Linen, muslin, gingham or any similar material would do for other articles.
Material Requirements: Towel: 1 yard 18 inch material; Six strand cotton in each color to be used.
Placing Motifs: Towel: Center one motif on one end about 1 1/2 inches above hem of towel.
Embroidery: Follow the color suggestions and work crosses, cross stitch; broken lines, running stitch; continuous lines, outline stitch; single lines, single stitch; eyes and other dots, satin stitch.
Color Suggestions: If embroidering in one color, work in black or a dark color. If embroidering in a variety of colors do the dresses in bright red, blue, yellow, green and purple; teapot, tray and cup and saucer, tan, an earthenware, or a bright color; mop, grey; mop handle, rolling pin and bowl, tan; bucket, grey, brown or a bright color; bench, brown; basket, tan or straw color; mouths, red; hair, brown or yellow; lettering, one of the colors used in dress or black. Finish motifs in black.
Directions: Click on image to access larger pattern (jpg file format), right click and then save to your desktop. Each of the files have already been flipped so you can trace directly on top of them when transferring to fabric, you'll find tips for transferring patterns here.


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"All students can learn through engagement with school libraries. School libraries play a transformative role in the lives of students - not only by helping them develop intellectually, as measured by standardized test scores - but by encouraging students' intellectual, social and cultural development."
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The Library Media program supports and promotes the instructional goals of the West Hartford Public Schools by meeting the information needs of students and staff. To address these needs, the library media program provides instruction, services, and resources to prepare students for the demands of an information-rich society. Three essential components comprise the framework for effective library media programs: learning and teaching, information access and delivery, and program administration. Conard High School's library media program creates a foundation for lifelong learning by providing:
Instruction and learning experiences which encourage students and staff to become discriminating users of information through instruction
A range of curriculum-based resources in a variety of formats: books, magazines, DVDs, audiobooks, eBooks, and subscription databases
Leadership and assistance to staff in integrating information technology with classroom curriculum
Books that support the curriculum in a variety of reading levels
Magazines and books that appeal to student interest
Information technology which enhances communication, presentation and research skills
Guidelines for responsible use of information technology
Facilities which include areas for reading, viewing, listening, research and instruction
An information center which provides opportunities for students to collaborate and make connections across the curriculum
Rules & Policies
Library passes are required for admittance to the library for all periods, including lunch periods, except for students on SRP. Library passes are obtained from subject teachers. Study hall teachers do not issue library passes. However, study hall teachers must co-sign passes written by subject teachers. Students leave their passes on the desk upon entering the library and sign in. After entering, students with passes remain in the library for the entire period.
Students who cut or who are asked to leave the library may be denied library privileges during the school day.
Borrowing, Loans, & Fines
Books and most other materials may be borrowed for three weeks and may be renewed after that time if no one is waiting for them. Audiovisual equipment may be borrowed by students only with a written permission slip from the teacher. Student ID cards may be requested but not retained for circulation of other materials.
Students take responsibility for materials and equipment used in the facility and those checked out. Overdue fines are $.05 per school day for circulating materials.

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- Florence Traditional Series Accessory kit includes the mailbox, pedestal, ball finial cap, and traditional pedestal parts. The Traditional Series is an elegant and attractive way to dress up your CBU mailbox.
- Florence Decorative accessories are powder coated to match mailboxes. Easy, snap on installation makes it effortless to enhance your outdoor CBU installation.
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Confession time: I'm closer to 30 than I am to 20 (like, a lot closer), but I wear miniskirts, leather pants, and every of-the-moment trend you can think of as if I were still a college student. And it seems I'm not the only one.
A new survey from British department store Debenhams reveals that a whopping 89% of women "desire to dress younger than their years," and that 55% consider 70 the ideal age to finally start dressing the part of someone born in their birth year. According to CNBC, "Most women felt that their thirties and forties were torn between dressing frumpier when adjusting to demands of babies and small children and a growing concern with looking younger. Over 50% said they started to dress younger in their thirties and 90% admitted they had started to dress younger by their mid-forties." A spokesperson for the store says, "You only have to look at celebrity examples like Elle Macpherson and Sophia Loren to see that women are looking younger than ever. So it's no surprise that our customers are also dressing for how they feel, rather than what it says on their drivers license - and we want to encourage them."
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Perhaps the most revealing part of the survey was that only 12% of men, by comparison, had ever considered dressing to look younger.
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AIDS 2012 Reflections: I Am Empowered. I Am Driven. I Am Fierce.
August 9, 2012
It is Thursday July 26th, 2012. I am traveling back home to Peoria, Illinois after over a week in Washington, D.C., for the 2012 International AIDS Conference. I am sad to say that I did not even come CLOSE to doing, seeing, or learning all that I wanted to learn at AIDS 2012. That being said, I am full. Full of love for my fellow warriors, full of energy to battle my local community that continues to ignore the national movement and recognition that including those living with HIV strengthens their programs and gives them insight they would not otherwise have. And I am full of new information with which to drive points home when I am having conversations about HIV/AIDS. I am more armed with facts about the role of violence and trauma and the ways they intersect with HIV, I know more about the role and importance of drug users and sex workers in the conversation, and I know a lot more about condoms (doing a little inside cheer on that one!)!
I am full of hope after the "We Can End AIDS" mobilization march on Washington, that shut down the streets of Washington, and brought several thousand of us to the steps of the White House! There were people fighting for a Robin Hood Tax, people against criminalization, women pushing for an end to the War on Women, and the list goes on. All of the voices raised for ending the HIV epidemic are needed. They are essential in curbing the HIV epidemic.
Let's think about that ... we have the science and knowledge to end HIV (a cure notwithstanding) ... lets assume we get all that we strive to do accomplished, but completely leave sex workers and or drug users out of the prevention dialogue. Where are we? In exactly the same place we were before. That is true of every person that has a voice in this fight.
I want to challenge you to think about something else. I work at the intersection of violence and HIV for women. One study I learned about revealed that 59% of women who had been raped in the study cohort experienced rape previously in her life. What does this tell me? We cannot solve one problem without addressing the underlying issues that brought that problem on. We cannot solve the HIV epidemic unless people are suitably housed. We have to end the war on drugs so that we can suitably and empathetically address drug addiction, or the fact that trans women engage in survival sex work due to discrimination and lack of employment opportunities in the workforce. And none of this will work if we do not address hunger, which can push women to make difficult and dangerous decisions in order to feed her children or pay her rent.
As I said, I am full. I am empowered. I am driven, and I am fierce. I also have NO intention of taking this journey alone. I stepped out of the closet, knowing full well that thousands of us will not or cannot.
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I have a massive soft spot for MAQUillage base products and lip products – always such good quality. My latest purchase was the – eek. With the current exchange rate I paid almost £29 for this – not cheap at all.
Nevertheless here it is on the model:
Gorgeous visual, I love the beady thing on her head…
Here is the foundation stick. Another thing I like about MAQUillage is that its provides for slightly darker skin like mine – the OC30 is a great match for my NC35-40 skintone (a lot of Asian brands are just too pale).
The stick comes in basic packaging:
The stick comes in a silver stick – pretty standard packaging and a bit annoying as it gets greasy finger marks on it!
The last stick foundation I bought was Shu Uemura's Nobara Foundation Stick.Its nice, creamy and lovely.
As is this foundation. It needs no warm up time at all, it just eases into the skin right away, creating – if you want, quite an even toned complexion.
It wouldn't have a problem offering a medium to high cover I think.
As mentioned earlier, MAQUillage do go that little bit darker than other brands. Having said that – whilst the depth of the colour is there I feel like there is a tiny bit of 'ashy' tone in the foundation.
So when its first applied it looks a bit odd – almost 'dead' on the face. Once this is blended and left to warm on the skin, we are ok.
But at first – just a warning – its quite an odd shade to apply to the face.
Before and afters – my skin has been plotting its revenge against my lack of sleep, so do excuse it.
I would say that this needs setting with some powder. Its essentially a cream foundation and it doesn't set to a powder finish, so it needs some help to stay in place.
Its expensive, the colour is a little worrying at first but its also quick and easy to use – and much creamier than other foundation sticks I have tried. Would I recommend it?
Yes if you want UV protection in your base and if you prefer, for whatever reason, foundation in a stick form. It will offer a good amount of coverage that you can layer.


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MADRID (MarketWatch) -- The euro surpassed $1.29 EURUSD, -0.0533% on Friday after the German Ifo index of business sentiment beat expectations with a rise to 101.4 in November, according to media reports. Economists had been expecting the index to drop to around 99.5, as the German economy has suffered from a downbeat outlook for the global economy and euro-zone problems. That was reportedly the first rise in the business climate index in eight months. Economists at Ifo reportedly said the German economy is holding up despite the crisis in the euro zone. The euro was trading just above $1.287 ahead of the release. It last traded around $1.2897. Meanwhile, data from France showed business sentiment rebounded in November, but remained near its lowest level in three years.
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A group of Mantecans is trying to raise $3,000 or more to help build a new house for Santa. The current hut — expertly constructed when it was donated for the cause about 50 years ago — now suffers from dry rot, mold, numerous cracks, sagging, missing shingles and a roof that's beginning to separate.
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Senate panel boosts spending on IRS, Pell Grants
WASHINGTON – A Senate panel divided along party lines Thursday to approve legislation funding President Barack Obama's health care and financial services overhaul laws and boosting spending on the IRS and Pell Grants for low-income college students.
The twin Appropriations Committee votes, 16-14, came on two spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, but there's virtually no chance the measures — or any of the 12 annual agency spending bills — become law by then. They now go to the full Senate for consideration.
Republicans uniformly opposed the measures, chiefly over money for health care and new Wall Street rules.
A $159 billion measure funding education and health programs would boost the maximum Pell Grant by $85 to $5,635. It also contains modest increases for health research and schools for the disadvantaged. Cuts proposed by Obama to energy subsidies for the poor were reversed, as was the administration's attempt to force big cuts to community services grants to local groups that serve the poor.
The Democratic-controlled panel awarded the IRS with a $702 million, 6 percent increase aimed at restoring cuts forced upon the agency over two budget cycles enacted since Republicans took over the House. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission would get a full 50 percent budget increase to cover its much-expanded portfolio of responsibilities since the financial services overhaul was passed two years ago. Likewise, the Securities and Exchange Commission would get a 19 percent increase.
The committee's debate was unusually partisan and spanned almost five hours as Republicans tried and failed to roll back portions of the health law and pro-union steps taken by the National Labor Relations Board. Business groups won over enough Democrats to delay controversial pro-labor rules for seasonal immigrant workers, however.
The Senate has yet to debate any of the 2013 bills setting agency day-to-day operating budgets and the two measures approved by the panel Thursday are unlikely to head to the floor for debate; instead, they're likely to be bundled into a catchall omnibus measure approved after the election — or wholly rewritten in the event Mitt Romney ousts Obama.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, complained that one of the bills contained language to block the Postal Service from dropping Saturday delivery and would prevent the agency from closing 11 mail sorting facilities. Two of the facilities are located in the home state of No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois, who is also the author of the bill at issue.
The six-day-per-week delivery language has long been part of the Postal Service section of the spending bill for three decades, but the Senate earlier this year passed a Postal Service overhaul bill that is less restrictive and opens the door to dropping Saturday delivery. The legislation also attempts to block the Postal Service from closing rural post offices, but the language is nonbinding.


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When it comes to collecting Harry Potter books, the crème de la crème are the exceptionally rare UK hardcover first edition first printings of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - the 1997 debut book by the then-unknown author, JK Rowling, which had a print run of just 500.
The high-end rare book market is primarily focused on these very hard-to-find books. Of those 500 copies, 300 were distributed to libraries and few of those are considered collectible which has helped increase prices for the remaining 200.
Prices on AbeBooks for first editions range from $40,000 to $55,000 – depending on condition.
The book was published in America as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone after the US publishers strangely decided that a book with 'philosopher' in the title would not sell.
The majority of the Philosopher's first edition first printings are now in the hands of collectors. The rare book business first took notice of Rowling in 1999 when quick-witted speculators began buying up first editions of the Philosopher's Stone in the hope they would increase in value. The phenomenon took off and so did the prices as collectors, many of them first-time collectors, began picking up the books.
It is possible that the demand for the original Philosopher's Stone could continue for decades to come. Many buyers of JRR Tolkien's first editions are people who read his books as a child and became collectors much later in life when they had the financial resources.
Perhaps the most memorable story regarding the first editions of the Philosopher's Stone comes from a journalist in the UK. Nigel Reynolds is the arts correspondent on the Daily Telegraph and he was persuaded to meet JK Rowling as she attempted to publicize her unknown book.
They met, had coffee, chatted and JK handed over one of the first editions. Nigel said his farewell and headed back to the office where he skimmed through the book and tossed it into the garbage bin – easily the most costly mistake of his career.
In case you have a copy of the Philosopher's Stone in the attic, the main characteristics of a 1997 first edition first issue are a print line that reads 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and the crediting of "Joanne Rowling," not JK on the title page.
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This series of drawings by longstanding Resurgence artist Truda Lane evokes the magic of natural landscapes and of our inner worlds.
In her simple but highly tensile compositions there is an economy of wash and hints of colour that seem to spring naturally from the drawing itself. The subjects are simple, graphic, often severe, and intensely poetic. One can sense Truda's fascination and conversancy with an inner world and its store of traditional reference and meaning. There are stories abroad; magic; spellbound moments frozen from folk tale, with all their ambivalence of light and dark.
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The Author
Truda Lane studied at the Slade School of Art and has continued to draw throughout her life whilst bringing up four children. She has been a regular illustrator for Resurgence magazine for many years, and her work has been exhibited many times. She lives in north Devon with her husband and several cats. This is her first book.
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Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a motor-vehicle accident Friday, April 1, 2011 in the median between lanes of Interstate 25 at Highway 402.
Octavio Noda peruses a map of Colorado while he and his wife, Yolanda, talk about the educational compact disk they recently released on the counties of Colorado. The Nodas travelled to all 64 counties multiple times to gather historical facts and information. Octavio would also take photographs of important sites in the area.
A copy of Octavio Nado's educational CD-ROM on the counties of Colorado sits atop newspaper clippings that were the inspiration for the project to document all 64 Colorado counties.
Teen volunteers and United Way employees work together folding lunch bags Thursday at Meals on Wheels during the ABS-Loveland Youth Responding to Poverty project. From left to right are Ethan Andersen, 16, Anne Gerhard, Eric DeLuca, Meals on Wheels administrative assistant Peggy Kempe, Andrea Bloomquist, Mercedes Slack, 18, and Amber Cuzick.
Loveland High School freshman Skylar Bryant, front, and Thompson Valley freshman Greg Padilla wash out foam coolers Thursday at Meals on Wheels while volunteering for the ASB-Loveland Youth Responding to Poverty program.
Youth volunteers share a laugh Thursday afternoon while folding lunch bags at Meals on Wheels in downtown Loveland as part of the ASB-Loveland Youth Responding to Poverty project. From left to right are Ileigh Padilla, 12, Jamie Suess, Cosette Klingler, 14, and Camille Klingler, 12.
Eight-year-old Colby Bilson, right, assists International Hearing Dog field representative Bob Cooley as he and his hearing dog, Cami, perform a demonstration Thursday evening at Faith Evangelical Church, 2707 N. Wilson Ave., during a joint meeting of the Loveland Sundown Lions Club and Berthoud Lions Club. Cooley said that the hearing dogs are trained to alert their deaf owners to sounds like doorbells, phones or smoke alarms as well as other sounds. He said the dogs also provide companionship and security.


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Charleston Shopping
One-of-a-kind boutiques, where the hottest trends in fashion hang on the racks, make up an important part of the contemporary Charleston shopping experience. Long-established, Christian Michi anchors the corner of Market and King across from the former Saks Fifth Avenue; its window displays are like artworks, and its innovative and European designs are treasured by well-heeled, sophisticated clients.
Forever 21 has replaced Saks, which is indicative of Charleston's demographics. More mature shoppers are pleased to find such high-end shops that sell either their own designer fashions or carry names that are found in Paris, New York, and South Beach, like Kate Spade in the Shops at Charleston Place.
High-end shoe stores make up a category that tends to draw repeat visitors. The number and quality of shoe stores on King Street is surprising for the city's size. Family-owned shops like Berlin's are city institutions. Newer shops like Sugar Snap Peas cater to the growing family demographic.
The Upper King District has furniture shops interspersed between the clothing boutiques and restaurants. These locally owned shops give the personal service that has always been a hallmark of existing King Street merchants in this area. The revival of this neighborhood has sparked a new wave of home-fashion stores; long-term antiques hunters, accustomed to buying on Lower King, have been lured uptown as well. Haute Design is one of the most tasteful of these shops, offering a wide selection of antiques, particularly lighting, imported from France and Italy. Charleston has more than 25 fine-art galleries, making it one of the top art towns in America. Local Lowcountry art, which includes both traditional landscapes of the region as well as more contemporary takes, is among the most prevalent styles here. Such innovative artists as Betty Smith and Fred Jamar, a Belgian known for his whimsical cityscapes, can give you a piece of Charleston to keep close until your next visit. Collectors will find high-end nationally and internationally renowned work in such exquisite galleries as Ann Long Fine Art and the more contemporary Martin Gallery.
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What do you think of when you think of Chicago?
I walk everywhere in Chicago — I'll walk for hours in one direction or another. One of the things I love about the city is that if you walk in the city, you never know what you'll find upon turning a corner. I've suddenly seen acrobats. I've found one orange shoe. I've come across festivals for dogs (yes!), as well as hundreds of street festivals. It's not strictly urban either – I've seen all sorts of birdlife here, including a nesting of black-crowned night herons within city limits. Chicago is full of surprises. … Then there's Lake Michigan. What a gorgeous lake! You never know what color the water will be from one day to the next. Some days the water is so blue you'd swear you're in the Caribbean, and the next day, it'll turn steely and it'll remind you of the ocean in some northern place like say, Scotland. Lovely!
What's the worst question you've ever been asked in an interview?
I'm twisting your question around a bit, but what feels like the worst question is the one I can't answer. A kid once asked me, "Who is your favorite skateboarder?" He asked this so solemnly that I knew my credibility was at stake. Truth? I didn't even know there were famous skateboarders, let alone the name of one. I blinked, stammered, and then the teacher told the kid to ask about "her book." He shrugged. He didn't have a question about that – he just wanted to know if I was cool. I wasn't.
What's your guilty pleasure reading?
I'm a big fan of mysteries. This goes back a-ways too: When I was old enough for a library card, the first thing I did was sneak into the adult section for Agatha Christie mysteries. I wasn't even tall enough to see over the library checkout desk. I remember lifting the book up over my head and sliding it onto the desk along with my library card. The librarian would lean over to look down at me (this is really how I remember it) and say, "Does your mother know you're checking this out?" "Yes," I'd say, which may have been one of my first lies.
What's your favorite font to write in?
Hands down – Palatino. Can I rant a little? Why does everyone love Times New Roman? I mean, it's caveman-ish to the elegance of Palatino – or Garamond…
Do you listen to music while you write? What music?
Yes! But I only listen to music in the early drafting stages. Later on, I need to be able to hear the rhythm of the language, and music throws me off.
What music?
Wordless. Then, the choice depends on the story I'm writing, because the feel of the music will communicate itself into the draft. The Punch Brothers, and music by Ennio Morricone were very important for my most recent book, ONE CAME HOME. It's a western set in southwestern Wisconsin.
How do you celebrate after you've finished a book?
I go out for a hand-packed burger, home-cut fries, and a glass of red wine. Yes!
What's your favorite first line of a book? Last line?
I love Norman Maclean's first line from A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing."
What book do you read over and over again?
About the only thing I re-read is the Bible. Otherwise, I'm a story addict in a way that can't be entirely healthy. (Thanks for bringing this up.) I totally want to be a re-reader. I even have book lists going in my head! But I don't re-read. Instead, I'm always on the search for the next hit of story – some new story, something I've never read before. When I find an author that does this for me, I end up reading all of their books. The last author that did that for me was Tim O'Brien. I believe I've only got JULY JULY to go.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The Tennessee Tech softball team dropped a pair of non-conference games at Mississippi State on Saturday by scores of 6-2 and 5-1. However, the Golden Eagles came one step closer to the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference tournament with some help from other teams around the league.
Tech took an early lead in the first game as Melody Christian was hit by a pitch and came around to score on an RBI single by Brittney Spalding.
The Bulldogs loaded the bases in the second on a single and a pair of walks. A bases-clearing triple by Jessica Offutt and a Tech error allowed the Bulldogs to take a 5-1 lead.
After two more walks and a stolen base to open the fifth, MSU tacked on an insurance run on an infield groundout.
The Golden Eagles picked up a spark in the top of the sixth as senior Whitney Cummings hit her third home run of the month to cut the lead back to four. Tech managed hits in all but one inning, totaling eight hits in the game.
Holly Thomas suffered the loss, allowing five earned runs and six walks in five innings of work. She held the Bulldogs to just three hits and struck out a pair.
Misty Flesher won the contest, giving up seven hits and one run while fanning three.
Tech looked to take a first-inning lead again in game two as Kayla Floyd and Cummings each drew walks. Both were stranded however, opening the door for Mississippi State.
Freshman pitcher Taylor Ketchum got two quick outs on the Bulldogs, before walking and hitting a batter. A double followed by a single allowed three runners to cross the plate before she could get out of the inning.
After opening the second with a walk, Ketchum was lifted for junior Claudia Harke. Harke then gave up a single to her first batter faced, allowing another run to score.
Floyd led off the third with a single to center and, after stealing second, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Christian. After Cummings drew her second-straight walk, senior Brooke Basten hit an RBI infield single to score Floyd, pulling Tech within two.
The Bulldogs would go on to tack on an unearned run in the sixth after a Tech error.
Ketchum was tagged for the loss, giving up four earned runs on just two hits and three walks. Harke pitched five innings, striking out four without allowing an earned run.
Lindsey Dunlap earned the win, letting the Golden Eagles score just one run while she struck out eight in five innings of work.
Cummings drew three walks, all in game two, and hit a home run on the day. Christian went 4-for7 including a 3-for-3 outing in game one, and scored a run.
The Golden Eagles take the week off for finals, but return to action next weekend at Morehead State in a series to determine seeding in the OVC Tournament. With Southeast Missouri losing to Murray State Saturday, Tech needs to win just one game at Morehead State to clinch a bid to the tournament.


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Country Stars Mourn the Death of Cancer-Stricken Teen Lane Goodwin
Country music stars and fans are mourning the death of 13-year-old Lane Goodwin, whose battle with cancer gained national attention when a Facebook campaign to show support for him went viral.
Artists like Jake Owen, Chris Young, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Josh Turner, Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert and many others posted photos of themselves giving the thumbs-up sign in support of Goodwin, who was first diagnosed with Stage IV Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma in 2010. The very rare and aggressive form of cancer affects only one in a million children. Goodwin underwent 41 weeks of chemotherapy after the initial diagnosis, but his disease returned in July of 2011, and again in May of 2012. He passed away Wednesday evening (Oct. 17, 2012) at his home in Beech Grove, Ky.
"At 7:53 pm our sweet Lane gained his Angel wings," his family posted to the Prayers for Lane Goodwin Facebook page. "Our hearts are broken but God has performed a World Wide Miracle through Lane over the past few weeks. Please continue to pray for our family especially Lane's little brother Landen."
Country's Rodney Atkins reacted to the sad news on Twitter, posting, "Please keep
@TeamLaneGoodwin's family in your thoughts & prayers in this time of loss. Lane touched many in his short life." David Nail also mourned the boy's loss, posting simply, "RIP Lane Goodwin."
The Courier-Journal reports that funeral arrangements are pending. Goodwin's family issued the following statement today:
We would like to thank the community for the incredible display of human kindness over the past two and a half years. Our sweet Lane had a beautiful smile. He was full of energy and loved sharks, fishing, soccer, adventure and his brother, Landen. Lane had an incredible Christian faith, and we are able to find peace in the extraordinary life he lived in his short few years. We have been amazed and touched by the worldwide thumbs up movement in honor of Lane. Lane believed that the awareness this movement brought for childhood cancers would lead to a cure. Lane's legacy will live on as we move forward with the commitment we made to him to find a cure.


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Back on Jan. 18 here on MarketWatch, in the face of tremendous negativity over the euro zone and bearish sentiment, I argued that European financials would be the "Mother of All Buying Opportunities."
At the time, it seemed like an absurd idea. How could European markets perform well given its sovereign debt crisis? How could the equity values of European financial institutions do anything but decline? The media was fixated on a 2008 repeat, scaring the public with pundits calling for the end of the world.
'For us to make this comeback, we have to be more aggressive, show more aggressive play. They just seemed a little bit tight this morning. Tomorrow they need to come out firing hard early.'
None of that happened. The contrarian trade for 2012 was the bet on reflation. Paranoia over Lehman 2.0, which many were so convinced of, resulted in predictable actions by SuperBen and the League of Extraordinary Bankers. The European Central Bank took out its scissors to cut off the tail risk of an economic collapse, and the Federal Reserve continued its policy of escalating commitment. And all the while, it was intermarket analysis that revealed true market behavior, as price warned the nouveau bulls of the mini-corrections of April-May and late-September/mid-November. Price also warned the bears that the enviornment favored market melt-ups afterwards.
As I noted on CNBC, one of the most underreported stories since the Summer Surprise call of an end to the end of the world trade is that Europe is indeed having its 2009 moment. Take a look below at the price ratio of the iShares MSCI Europe Financial Sector ETF EUFN, -0.10% relative to the S&P 500 SPY, -0.06% As a reminder, a rising price ratio means the numerator/EUFN is outperforming (up more/down less) the denominator/SPY. Click here for a larger chart.
Notice the immense outperformance of European financial stocks since the late July low as Draghi suited up to do whatever it would take to save the euro. Since then, the sector on average is up north of 40%. The surge has caused the most hated sector in the world to outperform the U.S. stock market for 2012. Money very aggressively began betting that the world would keep spinning. Tactically rotating around stocks and bonds based on intermarket trend analysis and playing European financials within risk-on environments would have been hugely profitable.
But what happens now? I suspect financials broadly will continue to outperform, but more so in the U.S. and in emerging markets. Regardless, we must consider the implications of such strength in European financials. Strength in financial institutions means money is betting that a recovery in the economies of Europe is coming in 2013. Increased lending and yield curve steepening at the end of the day means that the market is betting on a better environment for Europe, which in turn likely means a better environment for the entire globe. While the great re-allocation out of bonds and into stocks did not happen in 2012, we may yet be on the verge of it entering 2013.
Our ATAC models used for managing our mutual fund and separate accounts remain in equities and continue to suggest that the move higher and melt-up in stocks is not over yet. The fiscal cliff countdown to new all time highs is ticking with every day that goes by, and continued leadership in financials both abroad and domestically XLF, +0.18% is increasing the speed of time.
This writing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation regarding any securities transaction, or as an offer to provide advisory or other services by Pension Partners, LLC in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The information contained in this writing should not be construed as financial or investment advice on any subject matter. Pension Partners, LLC expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken based on any or all of the information on this writing.


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December 3, 2011
Product Review: Sophie's Kitchen Seafood
Seafood is probably one of the hardest vegan things to emulate AND make taste good. You can find a lot of faux fish products at your local Asian markets, but (speaking from experience) they're often unpalatable and always have a strange not-quite-right smell. Enter Sophie's Kitchen...
Available at most Whole Foods or natural grocery stores, Sophie's Kitchen offers almost every seafood substitute under the sun...er, sea. They're great for eating on their own (with your favorite dipping sauce), or for using to veganize recipes.
The main ingredient in most of the products is elephant yam root (aka konjac), which has a texture similar to gelatin or those oh-so-popular tofu shiritaki noodles. Other ingredients include potato starch, agave nectar, and seaweed. I know you're thinking horrible things at this point, but trust me...the stuff is GOOD.
Vegan Breaded Fish Fillets, approx $4-5
These cute little patties have a slightly sweet, fishy flavor, and there's plenty of well seasoned, crispy breading surrounding them. The texture isn't exactly fishy; it's more like faux chicken. A little stringy, dense, and mushy (they're made with TVP), not flaky and light like I'd expect. Still, they're delicious. I think they're best served in place of fish for a sandwich, and they're great with a little Vegenaise-based tartar sauce. In fact, the tartar sauce definitely ups the seafood flavor.
Vegan Calamari, approx $4-5
So, I've never actually had real calamari, as the idea of eating something like that always grossed me out. But whatever these things are? Superb! The actual "calamari" is white, chewy, and a bit tough, but the REAL flavor is in the breading. Peppery, perfectly coated, and crispy, it's what makes this little guys so addictive. I'm not sure if it's the breading or the calamari, but something in this definitely has a seafoody taste. And they're so simple! Just lay them on a baking sheet and bake for about 20-30 minutes (or until your level of crispiness is achieved). Serve them up with your favorite seafood dipping sauce; cocktail sauce (pictured) is a favorite of mine.
Vegan Shrimp, approx $4-5
You definitely won't be fooling anyone into thinking these are real shrimp, but with the right sauce or condiment, they work wonders. I consider these to be in the realm of tofu: pretty much flavorless, until they're coated or doused in a super flavorful sauce. But perhaps the strangest thing about these shrimp is the texture: rubbery, chewy, and jiggly (yes, they jiggle). It's a strange thing to get used to, but once you do, the sky for veganizing recipes is the limit.
Featured recipes:
Szechwan Shrimp
Indian Spiced Shrimp
Breaded Vegan Shrimp, approx $4-5
Last but not least, my absolute favorite of the bunch. The strange jiggly shrimp texture is completely masked by the delicious, crispy, perfectly seasoned breading. These things are addictive, the perfect party finger food. They are simply divine dipped in cocktail sauce, but I bet a nice spicy citrus sauce would do equally well. If you're not careful, you can easily eat an entire box of these. These little babies have become a permanent part of my frozen foods rotation.
It's nice to know that great-tasting, healthy vegan seafood alternatives are widely available, and at decent prices too (compared to the real stuff!). Word on the street is Sophie's Kitchen is even coming out with crab cakes and breaded scallops! I can't wait to update this post with those treats!
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Wow!! I really hope they'll expand and start selling their products in Sweden! :DReplyDelete
thanks for sharing this...I will definitely check this product out...what's the sodium level like?ReplyDelete
Pretty low! Only about 6-10% of the RDV. Check out the website for nutrition info for each product.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/23/11, 1:45 PM
I tried the Vegan breaded shrimp last week, and really liked them. The texture is really close to seafood with that awkward "soft/ crunchy" shrimp texture. It definitely didn't taste "fishy," but it was pretty fantastic.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/19/12, 7:36 AM
Ive seen these at a market before but was a little iffy on trying them. Iam going to give them a try soon.ReplyDelete
@Shoshana Good to know that it has a very low sodium content. I am planning to set up a party for my vegan friends and I will take these into my list. Thanks!ReplyDelete
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Tried the vegan prawns last night. We both thought they were terrible, and even our vegan poodle - who loves vegetables in all forms - wouldn't eat them. He actually carried them around like a chew toy for awhile, and then left them! They were flavorless, and had a very weird, rubbery texture. I put them in a very flavorful, coconut milk curry with lots of onions, peppers and spices, but it didn't help at all.ReplyDelete
Earth Balance, garlic powder, & black lava salt work wonders on the unbraded vegan shrimp ...microwaved!ReplyDelete
delicious & taste/texture like the real deal!
- Anonymous7/17/12, 6:50 PM
I'm not vegan...yet...but I tried the crab cakes and they are sooooo delicious!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/13/12, 2:00 PM
I am new to the Vegetarian, Vegan market. I still crave certain meat products and seafood along with hot dogs are one of them. The Breaded Shrimp is absolutely WONDERFUL..tastes just like shrimp. I use it with cocktail and tartar sauce on the side..I use it as a sweet and sour stirfry. Whatever you use breaded shrimp for, this is the ticket. would love to try the scallops and fish too.ReplyDelete
Now if I can taste something similar to a hot dog, I will be fine. cheers!
I made Jambalaya using the shrimp and it is just awesome. Look out Louisiana, vegan chefs are coming to get ya! Next on the list, a cruelty-free crawfish boil :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/13/13, 6:32 PM
i saw them at earthfare in boone, nc. will try them next time i goReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/28/14, 4:11 PM
I tasted the unbreaded shrimp just as Hawaii Carol said it tasted and felt like you were eating rubber bands. However, as a person who has not gone vegan all the way the crab cakes are the best!!! I tried the fish sticks they were okay so I have to try the breaded shrimp cause it seams by the comments they taste betterReplyDelete


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By Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung, Published: June 29
Reporting for the Washington Post National.
U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says
A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday.
The strike last week against senior members of al-Shabab comes amid growing concern within the U.S. government that some leaders of the Islamist group are collaborating more closely with al-Qaeda to strike targets beyond Somalia, the military official said.
The airstrike makes Somalia at least the sixth country where the United States is using drone aircraft to conduct lethal attacks, joining Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen. And it comes as the CIA is expected to begin flying armed drones over Yemen in its hunt for al-Qaeda operatives.
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Jeremy and Dawn DeRoo were having brunch at Bazil restaurant in Rochester, New York, when they say their kids were served mimosas. They said when they got home the kids slept all day and seemed to have hangovers on Monday.
The DeRoos say their 7-year-old daughter said the orange juice tasted funny, but her mother tried it and thought it might just be a different brand, so she told her she could drink it.
When the DeRoos heard people at another table complain that the juice tasted like mimosas, they realized there was alcohol in their kids' drinks.
The server apologized and gave the children milk, but the family left the restaurant upset because they said managers never came to their table to apologize for the mistake.
The DeRoos tried calling police but said they were told that mistakes happen, but Jeremy DeRoo was furious. "That's not good enough for parents having kids, drunk and sleeping all day," he told WHAM-TV. "It's not fair. These little kids shouldn't have any alcohol period."
Bazil's owner, Danny Daniele, said he was there that day but wasn't told what happened. He said it was the restaurant's first Sunday brunch, and there could have been a mix-up with the juice containers, which he says have since been relabeled.
Daniele said that when he learned of the incident, he apologized to the DeRoos, and sent them an email offering to refund the cost of their meal. The DeRoos said they don't plan to sue.


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New York-based artist Samantha Keely Smith paints abstract landscapes that resemble the swirling, unknown depths of the ocean. Although Smith's work appear to depict real sceneries, she is inspired by inner worlds- precisely, by the energies and colors that mirror the flux of emotions.
"My images are not at all real places or even inspired by real places. They are emotional and psychological places. Internal landscapes, if you will. The tidal pull and power of the ocean makes sense to me in terms of expressing these things, and I think that is why some of the work has a feel of water about it. My work speaks of things that are timeless, and I think that for most of us the ocean represents something timeless."
Working with oil paint, enamel, shellac, and large scaled canvases, the artist creates grand works of art that feature multiple translucent layers of color, soft but large and imposing brushstrokes, and sweeping gestures that evoke crashing waves, surging tides, and stormy floods. ( via My Modern Met)


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My family has always had a lot of trouble keeping track of our stockings. We would always have about a billion different red and white stockings floating around our Christmas stuff. We would take glitter and glue and write our names in cursive on the stockings, but without fail by the following year some of the glitter would come off. By that point a stocking would be missing and we'd have to buy a new stocking for someone. The dog would get an old stocking with somebody's glitter remnants. Every few years we would end up buying and redoing all new stockings because we couldn't stand the slight variations in red coloring, size, or texture.
The stocking fiasco still continues yearly at my family's house, but I can't stand that sort of uncertainty. I mean, the suspense over whether or not your stocking is MIA is almost too much to handle. Plus, there was a fair amount of stocking hijacking going on. It is amazing how a little squinting and creative peeling of glitter glue can make the name Natasha look like Brittney and vice versa.
Last year I seized the opportunity to rid myself of the stocking conundrum by buying beautifully embroidered stockings from Pottery Barn. Yes, I spent a little more initially, but the happiness that the matching orderly stockings brings me is priceless. Maybe I'm bland and boring for not making my own or making sure everybody has something different, but I'm alright with boring. Boring is aesthetically pleasing.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Advent Calendar: Stockings
Posted by Ben and Natasha at 8:49 PM
Labels: Christmas Stockings, OCD, Pottery Barn
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Natasha, you crack me up! I do have to say that your description is pretty accurate. But, you and Ben have beautiful stockings and one day, your grandchildren will say, "look at these cool old stockings our grandparents used". In all seriousness, this will be another nice tradition for your own family.ReplyDelete
When we do the glitter thing (for when we visit family for Christmas) we're lucky if the glitter glue lasts 2 weeks; And it seems to get everywhere! I guess that's the bonus :-)ReplyDelete
Theresa (tangled trees)
Yep, glitter glue everywhere is pretty accurate for our family too. I seem unable to escape the stocking fiasco without glitter in my hair. Do we ever really get rid of glitter anyway?ReplyDelete
Thanks for reading, Theresa!
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Muddleftpd - Flexible, secure FTP Daemon - News
posted by ganneff, Mon 03 Nov 2003 03:46:22 PM UTC - 0 replies
Well, bugfix one is available.
The authmodules are fixed, now they compile on every architecture, not only on 32-bit ones.
posted by ganneff, Sun 02 Nov 2003 08:15:00 PM UTC - 0 replies
Now there is release 1.3.13 out. Fixes some bugs with PowerPC (and maybe other architectures). Added the authentication modules, you can now select them with --with-authMODULE. Some other things fixed/changed. Get it and have fun. :)
posted by rugger, Thu 21 Nov 2002 09:45:47 AM UTC - 0 replies
Muddleftpd now has a channel (called funnily enough, #muddleftpd) on the irc server irc.openprojects.org. Come visit to get help with configuring / troubleshooting your muddleftpd server.
posted by ganneff, Sat 19 Oct 2002 11:49:00 AM UTC - 0 replies
Added a new member, caomhin (Kevin Golding). He will do the work on the website.
posted by rugger, Thu 17 Oct 2002 08:27:30 AM UTC - 0 replies
Muddleftpd now uses autoconf 2.54
In addition, I have also removed all autoconf generated files from CVS. So if you intend to work on or use muddleftpd from CVS then you will need to install autoconf 2.54 on you system and run the following commands after you pull or update the tree:
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posted by ganneff, Wed 16 Oct 2002 08:39:01 AM UTC - 2 replies
New stable release, 22.214.171.124 is out to fix the logging bug.
posted by rugger, Wed 16 Oct 2002 03:06:06 AM UTC - 1 reply
The patch to fix the security bug in logging was broken. People using the CVS version, or the patch, should update to the latest CVS version. (or simply replace logger.c with the CVS version)
posted by ganneff, Tue 15 Oct 2002 11:27:36 PM UTC - 0 replies
Yes, freshmeat.net entry for muddleftpd is created and located here:
posted by ganneff, Tue 15 Oct 2002 10:43:45 AM UTC - 0 replies
Today Beau joined the savannah project for Muddleftpd.
He is the original author of this soft, so he is project admin. :)
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1. summon - verb
· call in an official matter, such as to attend court
2. summon - verb
· ask to come; "summon a lawyer"
3. summon - verb
· cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively; "clicking on the icon calls up the program"; "the author's description of the banquet called up delicious aromas"; "running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood"
Synonym(s): call_up
4. summon - verb
· gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
Synonym(s): muster, rally, come_up, muster_up
Hypernym(s): gather, garner, collect, pull_together
5. summon - verb
· make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"
Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise, marshal
Hypernym(s): gather, garner, collect, pull_together
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On a misty day in August 1974, 1,350 feet above the Manhattan streets, French wire-walker Philippe Petit spent 45 minutes gliding back and forth between the south and the north towers of the World Trade Center, eight crossings in all. " Man on Wire" captures the renegade artistry and poetic audacity of Petit's performance. The film itself is perfectly poised between artistry and audacity. It's beautiful.
For the record: Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump," "Beowulf") is developing a feature film based on Petit's life and high crimes. Good luck to all concerned, but I can't see how a fictionalized treatment could exceed the achievement of director James Marsh's documentary, which unfolds like a dream—everyone interviewed for the film, most of all Petit, speaks constantly of the dreamlike nature of the enterprise and of Petit's quixotic ambitions—wrapped up in a heist film.
Before 1974 Petit managed several impressive wire-walking feats, including a 1971 stroll on a high-wire strung between the towers of Notre Dame in Paris. Sitting in the dentist's office one day, Petit was leafing through a newspaper and then he saw it: a drawing of the World Trade Center towers, not yet built. As his lover and eventual co-conspirator Annie Allix says on camera, Petit eventually found he "could no longer carry on living without having at least tried to conquer those towers."
How did he do it? For one thing, he was miraculously lucky. He and his key cohorts found ways to make several exploratory forays to the top of the towers. They disguised themselves as French journalists, snapping pictures here and there on the sly, the better to rig their equipment properly under the cloak of night. Director Marsh, whose previous works include the artful if facile docu-fantasia " Wisconsin Death Trip," plays up the espionage and heist-thriller aspects of Petit's unlikely gang, which included French citizens, a few Americans and an Australian. "Man on Wire" makes sure each piece of the plan clicks into place, without getting wonky about it. We get to know Petit and comrades well, through a wealth of home movies depicting their training exercises back in France. The stark black-and-white re-enactments set in and around the towers transcend the usual fakery. Marsh's filmmaking instincts are unerring.
At the expense of several close friendships, Petit became a superstar very quickly, during and after those 45 minutes. (He also had sex with a groupie hours after the high-wire act—which, honestly, you have to admire: It's the only thing that could've added to the experience.) The stars of the film, inevitably, are the towers themselves. Never beloved, the World Trade Center buildings were somehow humanized by Petit's insane act of homage, which, from the historical perspective, acts as a bookend to the vicious act of terrorism targeting them 27 years later. When "Man on Wire" first shows us still photographs of Petit atop one of the towers, on an exploratory visit, the perspective is shocking. It too seems to be a dream, because of what happened Sept. 11, 2001, a day never mentioned in this movie. The film is scored to the tense, propulsive music of Michael Nyman, best known for Peter Greenaway's films and for "The Piano." The "Man on Wire" score also deploys Erik Satie and Edvard Grieg, to glorious effect. Thanks to "My Dinner with Andre" and now this sublime documentary, Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1" captures a certain, ineffable strain of New York melancholy better than any other music could.
MPAA rating: PG-13 (forsome sexuality and nudity, and drug references) Running time: 1:34 Opening: Aug. 8 at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema and Renaissance Place in Highland Park. Featuring: Philippe Petit, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis, Jean-Francois Heckel, Barry Greenhouse Directed by: James Marsh; photographed by Igor Martinovic; edited by Jinx Godfrey; music by Michael Nyman and others; based on the book "To Reach the Clouds" by Philippe Petit; produced by Simon Chinn. A Magnolia Pictures release.


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Publication Details
Title:Geologic map of the Chandalar Quadrangle, Alaska
Authors:Brosge, W.P., and Reiser, H.N.
Publication Date:1962
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
Comments:This publication was reclassified with a new publication number in 1975; see below for the updated classification number.
Ordering Info:This publication is out of print. Reproductions may be available. USGS Publications Warehouse
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Birds twitter and sunshine twinkles through groves of bamboo and banyan trees adorned with cascades of orchids. With every step, my Vibram boot soles crush hibiscus blossoms littering a pathway, while butterflies flutter around a group of elderly folks welcoming the morning with the gracious silent semaphore of tai chi.
At a clearing where remnants of a World War ll gun emplacement rust, half-swallowed in greenery, an opening in the jungle reveals a panoramic view, and I find myself peering down on the rooftops of hundreds of skyscrapers. I am almost level with the penthouse of the 118-story International Commerce Centre, at 1,588 feet,Hong Kong'stallest building.
Here's something I never thought I'd find myself doing: kicking off my stilettos, hopping into hiking boots and spending a week hitting the trails of one of Asia's busiest hubs. Although hiking Hong Kong may sound like an oxymoron, this city of 7 million is not just a forest of skyscrapers. More than 70% of the former British colony's 426 square miles is rural, sparsely populated countryside with rolling hills, hefty peaks, 264 Outlying Islands and pristine coastline fringed with serious beaches.
Starting amid the commercial chaos of downtown, I catch the tram up Victoria Peak, the green summit of mountainous Hong Kong Island. Passing a garish shopping mall, I quickly find the network of lanes that encircle the summit, shady colonial paths called Lugard and Old Peak roads. They are the nearest forest walks to city hotels, but it's surprisingly easy to find pockets of serenity all over Hong Kong.
Locals are enthusiastic about heading outdoors as a break from crowded urban life, but few visitors are aware of the hundreds of miles of easy to challenging trails that can lead you to hillside monasteries and through idyllic fishing villages or to serious vertical trekking and wilderness camping.
My jaunt around Victoria Peak is part of the 30-mile Hong Kong Trail. If I were so inclined, I could hike down the back of the peak, then amble up and down hills through five parks to reach the coast, but that's considerably more adventure than I had in mind.
Later in the week, however, I take a shortcut to the Hong Kong Trail's most scenic sector, the Dragon's Back, one of the region's most spectacular hikes. I catch the No. 9 bus from downtown and tell the driver to let me off at the trailhead. (In Hong Kong, even the most remote treks are accessible by ferries, buses, trams and the octopus arms of the MTR subway.)
Dragon's Back is appropriately named because the three-mile route follows a high, narrow ridge with views on both sides of seaside villages such as the very British expat outpost of Stanley and the surfers' paradise of Big Wave Bay, as well as the zigzag coastline jutting into the South China Sea. The trailhead is well marked and the hilly, winding path easy to follow through low forest.
When I arrive in the fishing village of Shek O, I pick from a row of seaside restaurants and tuck into a spicy, authentic Thai seafood lunch at the family-run Happy Garden. I stroll the almost-deserted beach, then nap in the sun on the white sand.
Another day, I catch the modern MTR urban rail line to hilly, green Lantau Island, home to Hong Kong's international airport. There is a rigorous trail up to a mountaintop monastery, but I choose instead to let the new cable car whisk me the five miles to the summit.
Once there, I elbow my way through a hive of gaudy commerce toward the base of a 75-foot-tall bronze Buddha. It's tranquil within the traditional, ornate Po Lin Monastery and its dining hall, where incense wafts through the open doors as I dig into a delicious communal veggie feast (tofu and seitan standing in for chicken and pork). Then I walk off those calories on the three- to four-hour trek downhill on a scenic, though steep, route that takes me to the ferry to central Hong Kong. Keener hikers can also hook into part of the 45-mile-long Lantau Island Trail at the summit to visit Tai O(a 10-mile hike), a traditional fishing village built on stilts.
Catching a ferry is a relaxing and charming way to reach a hiking trailhead. A 30-minute chug across the South China Sea brings me to the Lamma Island fishing village of Sok Kwu Wan, a single waterfront street lined with open-air seafood eateries. I follow the route along the local beach to the "Kamikaze Grottos," a drippy series of eerie tunnels supposedly excavated by the Japanese army hiding on the island during WWII.
Zigzagging up and down, I climb hills and pass pagodas, then descend toward beaches on the 4-mile route to seaside Yung She Wan, an artsy town of narrow alleys lined with offbeat clothing and jewelry boutiques that, along with European-style cafés, make Lamma another favorite getaway of expats.
A friend's tip led me to the Lamcombe Seafood Restaurant — one of many lining the waterfront — and I wasn't disappointed: squid with chile and spicy salt and a plate of steamed fish with ginger and spring onions made this one of the best meals of my Hong Kong stay.
Throughout my week in the city, I often mention that I have a weekend date to hike a section of the legendary MacLehose Trail. I soon realize that there is an avid culture of urban über-hikers in Hong Kong. I am surprised when chic and proper male and female executives excitedly ramble on about having "done the entire MacLehose" — all 60 miles of it — in less than 48 hours. What? They speak of donning headlamps and clambering on hands and knees up the steep stretches, eating on the run. They would tell stories and jokes to keep one another awake through the two days and two nights of the annual November Oxfam Trailwalker, one of Hong Kong's biggest sporting events and a major fundraiser in support of the charity's poverty and emergency relief projects in Africa and Asia.
The MacLehose is the Special Administrative Region's longest trail, and it crosses the New Territories, the northern section of Hong Kong that adjoins the Chinese mainland. It's made up of 10 sections, and it's wild as it traverses some of Hong Kong's highest peaks. On the way, you encounter remote temples, eroded sea caves, jungles screaming with macaque monkeys and remnants of a WWll trench called the Gin Drinker's Line.
Every year for the Great Outdoors Hong Kong hiking festival, more than 3,000 locals sign up to volunteer on free guided weekend outings on several popular trails. It's a great way to get to know the terrain and outdoorsy Hong Kong-ites at the same time.
I am bunched in with the C group, which is to follow a pack of neon-orange T-shirt-clad guides, including a tiny teen with a too-big fluorescent ball cap that proclaims, "Finger Lickin' Good!" Her name is Jasmine. The section scheduled for that day is No. 4, eight miles long and by far the most challenging. When I see it is rated "extremely difficult," I scoff. How hard can it be? This is Hong Kong, after all.
The trail is well marked throughout and begins as a leisurely climb, then suddenly changes its mind. I'm surprised by the serious Sino-Stairmaster etched into the hillside, and when I finally reach the horizontal ridge and pause to catch my breath, I see that Jasmine isn't even breathing hard. She giggles because she can't remember how many times she's done this section. I am humbled.
After six hours, I am not only limping but also reeling with culture shock as our group walks out of the woods and into a futuristic subway station. Zipping back to central Hong Kong, I stagger into the first Chinese foot massage clinic I come across and doze off as my aching feet are kneaded.


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C ONTINENTAL Airlines boasts about its on-time record.
On time, hell – they got me to Detroit early. On Christmas day, yet.
Only problem is, my luggage didn't get there at all – nor did the bags of nine other passengers on Continental Airlines Flight 30 from Newark.
An astounding display of incompetence, considering there were only 20 people on the plane.
"Let me guess, Newark?" said the "delayed" baggage agent as 10 of us stood bagless and furious in line to stake our lost claims. The Garden State goof-ups have apparently cut themselves quite a reputation at Continental.
"Don't worry," said our agent dryly. "They obviously forgot to load an entire wagon."
"Forgot" didn't cut it with me – my suitcase contained highly sensitive court papers. It also didn't sit well with the older gent who needed the medication packed in his bag. Or the young woman suddenly without the bridesmaid's dress for her best friend's Christmas-night wedding. Or the grandmother with a suitcase full of carefully chosen presents for her three grandkids.
Comforted by promises that our luggage would be in on the next flight at noon, we filed out of the airport, still relatively full of holiday good will – even toward the baggage agent.
Stupid us.
Nine hours later, I was still without suitcase. I got on the horn to Continental – and stayed there for eight hours and 45 minutes, all told.
While my far-flung family caught up, ate, drank and made merry, I conversed with six different "service" representatives and heard at least 19 rounds of "Frosty the Snowman" while on hold.
I eventually found out the Newark nincompoops had mistaken Detroit's city code, "DTW," for Dallas' code, "DFW." My bag was in Texas.
"It happens a lot," said Michelle, the only rep who seemed to have any idea what was going on. "Be glad you didn't go to San Jose. Their bags are always going to Costa Rica. It's so bad, we have a plane there just to fly the luggage back."
A Denver-based supervisor, Mrs. Marquhart, promised my bag would be in by 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Saturday, 3 p.m. Still no sign of the bag.
"Why would you put important papers in your suitcase?" asked Louise, an impatient operator in Houston.
Because of the airlines' stringent crackdown on carry-ons, which allowed me only the diaper bag and baby I also happened to be carrying.
No beefs with that policy, which makes for a more comfortable flight. But then, the more bags checked, the more bags lost.
Tired of mucking around with minions, I decided to try my luck with Continental CEO Gordon Bethune.
"I'm calling from the New York Post, and it is imperative I get in touch with Mr. Bethune. Or at the very least, your public-relations person."
Impossible, I was told. The offices are closed. I can get Donald Trump on the phone in a tick, but Bethune – protected by an intricate maze of 800 numbers and endless recordings – is apparently harder to pin down than Saddam Hussein.
"What if I told you we were working on a story that Mr. Bethune had been threatened physically, and needed to talk to him urgently?"
"That's a highly unlikely story," said Eleanor, crackerjack agent No. 4.
Really? Give me one more verse of "Frosty the Snowman," Eleanor, and let's see what happens.
Frustration mounted with each call. I became convinced that Bethune's troops had undergone mass lobotomies to remove the part of the brain that generates independent thoughts. It was "the computer shows this," "the computer shows that." Nobody took charge, made that extra phone call or scribbled outside the lines.
I felt penalized for even daring to track down my personal belongings.
And I wasn't even offered the courtesy of a first-class upgrade on my next flight, free frequent-flier miles or a discount ticket.
I was offered a $25 clothing allowance that wouldn't even buy a sweater at the Gap – had it been open on Christmas day.
All I got was: "I'm sorry," time after time.
If I had a dime for every wooden apology, I could have flown to Dallas and retrieved my bags myself. And still had change left over to check out Costa Rica.
Mr. Bethune no doubt spent his holiday holed up in his Houston manse, oblivious that, thanks to him and his band of bumblers, a man's medicine, a woman's dress and a lot of kids' presents spent two days in some unclaimed baggage room.
My bag finally turned up in Detroit at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, more than 40 hours after I did.
In what I can only assume was somebody's attempt at humor, it bore a red tag marked "RUSH."


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New Middle Eastern eatery: Shaloha
Above: Shaloha's housemade pita bread
The dishes at Shaloha accommodate the pita bread, not the other way around. Owner Sage Sisko moved to Hawaii five years ago from Israel and when he first tasted the water here, it reminded him of water in Israel 20 or 30 years ago. He also observed that the weather doesn't change dramatically in Hawaii (excepting the past month or so). These two factors he says are "the ground base for making really, really good pita bread." He decided he was going to introduce pita bread to Hawaii.
And so, as soon as you walk into this tiny eatery in a Waialae Ave. strip mall, you're given a sample of the fresh pita. They are thick and fluffy with a bit of chew, completely unlike the cardboard dry rounds that sometimes pass as pita. Two pieces come with each plate, which is too much, but you'll gratefully hoard any leftovers.
Above left: fried pita; above right: shakshuka plate with falafel and tabbouleh
The less health-inclined will order the pita deep-fried—thick, crunchy wedges dusted with zaatar, a blend of dried herbs and sesame seeds, looking like a Middle Eastern version of furikake.
Some of the dishes that accompany the pita bread: schnitzel (though it originated in Austria, it's practically a national food in Israel), shakshuka (eggs poached in a tomato stew) and falafel. Shawarma at Shaloha is spit-roasted chicken and/or turkey stuffed into the pita bread. My husband, with an obsession for all varieties of fried chicken, won't stop talking about the schnitzel. He's still mad that he had to share it. Shaloha's falafel are also terrific—crunchy on the outside, moist and herby on the inside. Shaloha's second strength, after the pita bread, appears to be fried food. Other non-fried dishes are less stellar—the eggs in the shakshuka are overcooked (I like the egg yolks in my shakshuka to be runny) and the shawarma lacks seasoning and is overwhelmed by tahini so strong it's almost like peanut butter.
But given that the pita is the true star, and boy, does it deliver, I'll come back for it and all its accompaniments.
Sandwiches $5.50 to $8.85, plates (with two sides) $8.50 to $11.75
Shaloha, 3133 Waialae Ave., 744-4222, shalohapita.com


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Modern wallpaper is bursting with non-traditional subjects from bold geometry to gradient effects to customizable drawing surfaces.
Elegant shimmer, hologram foil, mixed with colour, bold prints, copper details — I love the rise of metallic wallpaper patterns and finishes.
One of very favourite uses of wallpaper is small but mighty applications. From one feature wall to a nook or cranny that is now memorable, it is a brilliant way to bring pattern to a space.
Until recently, wallpaper was refereed to as a thing of a past. Yep, we had all supposedly moved on and become strictly focused on pure painted walls. Like most things in design (especially those with historical roots), wallpaper has modernized and evolved in a new direction. Bold patterns and unique treatments have replaced the wallpaper of yesteryear. In my latest post for Rena Tom, I talk about the various elements of this wallpaper revival including the general pattern direction, popular new finishes, interior use, wallpaper as a styling tool, art possibilities and even exterior products that are emerging. From home to retail, this new direction of wallpaper is worthy of exploration. Who doesn't love a pop of pattern? Read my full post here.
(modern pattern photographs via: black. white. yellow., apartment therapy, hygge and west, design is mine, designers guild, studio ditte, desire to inspire and house to home; metallic wallpaper photographs moffat, jill malek, apartment therapy, afflante, hygge and west and michele varian; small application photographs via see that there, homedit, edison avenue, poppytalk, more delisious, houzz, mor til mernee and lorenzo castillo)


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