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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.—The Bucks County Historical Society in picturesque Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is the destination for a members' and guests' day trip sponsored by the New York State Historical Association (NYSHA) on Sunday, May 4, 2007.
Members and guests will experience the legacy of Henry C. Mercer, noted tile-maker, archaeologist, artist, writer, and leader in the turn-of-the-century American Arts and Crafts movement, with a visit to National Historic Landmarks, the Mercer and Fonthill Museums and Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Trip goers will enjoy exploring Mercer's castle-like home, Fonthill, a concrete building with 44 rooms representing many of the personal interests of Mercer including thousands of European and American prints, and decorative ceramic tiles from around the world; The Moravian Pottery, where handmade tiles are still produced in a manner similar to that developed by the pottery's founder; and the Mercer Museum, a six-story structure brimming with Mercer's vast collection of early American everyday objects. Visitors will find more than 60 Early American crafts and trades represented, including a wealth of woodworking, metalworking, agricultural, textile, and dairy tools. An audio guide, changing exhibits, hands-on activities and museum shop enhance your visit.
The motorcoach will depart from The Farmers' Museum parking lot, located on 5775 State Route 80, Lake Road, Cooperstown at 6:30 am and return at approximately 10:00 pm. The motorcoach will also be picking up and dropping off at the Oneonta Bus Lines Terminal. The cost is $75 NYSHA members/$85 non-members. Reservations are required by April 21; payment is due at the time of registration. There will be no refunds given after April 21. Seating is limited; please call Carla Eckler, Manager of Membership, at (607) 547-1425 to reserve your space.
About the New York State Historical Association
The New York State Historical Association is committed to engaging and connecting a broad public audience to New York State's unique cultural heritage through exhibitions, extensive library collections, statewide educational programs, and publications that provoke, delight, and inspire. Founded in 1899, NYSHA is a private, non-profit, membership-based, educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving, collecting, and interpreting art and historical artifacts significant to New York State's rich history and American culture. The Association's remarkable collections, showcased in the Fenimore Art Museum, comprise some of the best examples of American landscape, history, and genre paintings including seminal works by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, William Sidney Mount and Benjamin West; the renowned Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, a masterpiece collection of more than 800 art objects, representing a broad scope of North American cultures; and one of the nation's most comprehensive and significant folk art collections. NYSHA's Research Library holdings include over 90,000 volumes on American, New York State, and local history. For more information on the Association, the Fenimore Art Museum, the Research Library, or Membership, please call (607) 547-1400 or visit www.nysha.org. The Association's mailing address is P.O. Box 800, 5798 State Hwy. 80, Lake Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326
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WEST MAUI - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has funds available to West Side farmers and ranchers to install conservation practices through the West Maui Coral Reef Initiative.
The first application period is closing Oct. 19, so interested parties are encouraged to call the NRCS Kahului Field Office right away for more information. A second sign-up period will close Dec. 21, 2012.
The West Maui Coral Reef Initiative is one of 15 NRCS Landscape Conservation Initiatives addressing resource concerns on a regional basis.
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Fire damage is visible in this state file photo of the upper West Maui Watershed.
In a typical example, an NRCS conservation specialist will meet at a landowner's site to discuss production goals and identify conservation practices that can address site-specific resource concerns. Applicants that meet certain eligibility requirements may receive funding assistance to install the practices.
This partnership between farmers and NRCS improves water quality and coral reef health by increasing stewardship practices that reduce and prevent sediment and nutrient runoff.
The initiative area covers the West Maui, Lahaina, Kahakuloa, Waihee, Wailuku, Waikapu and Maalaea districts.
Agricultural producers interested in learning more about the West Maui Coral Reef Initiative should contact the NRCS office at 77 Hookele St., Suite 202, at 871-5500.
Visit www.pia.nrcs.usda.gov for more information on NRCS programs and services.

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If you were gambling on the pick for the December AFC special teams player of the month when the month began, there's not much chance you bet on the eventual winner.
When December started, Josh Brown was on the veteran kicker tryout circuit, popping up in any town where a kicker was injured or missing too many kicks to be reliable. By the time it ended, Brown had made the field goal that clinched a playoff berth for the Bengals and made 11-of-12 field goals overall. That was good enough to make him the special teams player of the month for the second time in his career.
Brown, who signed with the team on December 6th to replace the injured Mike Nugent, hit a 43-yard field goal with four seconds to play in Week 16 to give the Bengals a 13-10 win and their first consecutive playoff appearances since the days when Cris Collinsworth caught footballs instead of telling you who caught footballs. It was the eighth time Brown hit a game-winning kick in the final minute of regulation or overtime in his career.
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About 320 Anne Arundel County residents were scheduled to complete jury questionnaires Friday in preparation for the upcoming criminal trial of County Executive John R. Leopold.
Leopold, in the midst of his second term, is fighting charges that he used his taxpayer-funded police security detail to arrange sexual liaisons and to defeat political opponents. His trial on four counts of misconduct in office and fraudulent misappropriation is scheduled to begin in mid-January.
Advance questionnaires for potential jurors are typically used in high-profile, death penalty or complicated cases in which a large number of people will be called for jury duty. They help the judge and both sides narrow the jury pool so they can select 12 jurors and several alternates. In addition to the people completing the questionnaires Friday, a few more are expected to come in Monday.


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The Senate recently approved a $13.5 billion transportation bond bill to fund several major transportation initiatives, including highway improvements, expanded rail service and local infrastructure projects. The Senate and House will resolve any differences between their respective versions of the bill before voting on the final legislation.
The Senate bill includes:
• $1.9 billion: Projects on federal highway system.
• $2.2 billion: More than 200 infrastructure projects outside the federal highway system.
• $2.3 billion: New South Coast Rail commuter line, connecting Boston with Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton.
• $1.3 billion: MBTA Green Line extension improvements.
• $2.5 billion: MBTA upgrades.
• $325 million: Boston South Station improvements.
• $175 million: Springfield-to-Worcester, Boston-to-Cape Cod and Pittsfield-to-New York rail projects.
• $63 million: Registry of Motor Vehicles modernization.
Taunton project in the bill:
"$750,000 shall be expended for the reconstruction of sidewalks on High Street to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the city of Taunton," according to the transportation bond bill.
The $750,000 earmark was inserted into the House's version of the transportation bond bill by state Rep. Patricia A. Haddad, before it was unanimously approved by the House in January.
The Taunton funding component would create handicapped-accessible curb ramps at crosswalks, improvements to existing sidewalks and the installation of new sidewalks where needed. Haddad, D-Somerset, whose district also includes parts of Taunton, said that bond bills usually have a life span of five years.
"There's still a lot of work to be done," she said after the House voted.
Haddad said she and state Rep. Shaunna O'Connell, R-Taunton, worked together, contacting Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. to determine how the local transportation-related funding should be spent.
"You always ask, 'What is it you need?'" Haddad said.
The sidewalks on High Street — which extends three long, residential blocks from Ingell to Cohannet streets — is a mishmash of dirt, grass and deteriorating walkways.
"It's great news," Hoye said.
Even after the work is complete, many city sidewalks are in dire need of repair.
Taunton resident Nancy Gero has been using a wheelchair to get around for more than 20 years. Just outside her Hodges Street home, she finds constant obstacles on the decrepit sidewalks in her neighborhood. Her wheelchair has been snagged on railroad tracks, where the disintegrating sidewalks and steel rails create impregnable obstacles.
Taunton lawyer Joseph deMello, who in 2011 filed a lawsuit against the city on behalf of Gero, welcomed the news that some sidewalk repair money was expected to come from the pending transportation bond bill.
"It's beneficial to everyone in the city," he said.
Gero is suing the city, asking them to fix their sidewalks, so all residents can travel unfettered.
Thanks to this state funding, a few city blocks may soon reopen for Gero.
"It will have a significant impact. All the business community has told us over the years that transportation infrastructure is hugely important for economic development. They have to be able to move goods and people efficiently … I travel 71 miles each way to the State House, and I experience an awful lot of gridlock and people using cars, perhaps due to lack of a commuter rail option." — State Sen. Stephen Brewer, D-Barre, chairman of Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Gerry Tuoti is the Regional Newsbank Editor for GateHouse Media New England.
Taunton Daily Gazette staff contributed to this report.


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TELLURIDE, Colo. — Many sequences in Steve McQueen's new movie, "12 Years a Slave" — the true story of a free black man kidnapped in 1841 and sold to Southern plantation owners — were emotionally exhausting to film. But the British director didn't fully appreciate how wrenching the shoot was for his actors until he was in the editing room, scrutinizing the footage of a rape scene.
Michael Fassbender, playing a particularly despicable slave owner named Edwin Epps, was violating his most prized cotton-picking possession, Patsey, played by newcomer Lupita Nyong'o. McQueen's camera was pressed close to Fassbender's face as the actor whipsawed between tenderness and violence, alternately cooing to and choking his victim.
At the end of the sequence, McQueen saw in the editing room, Fassbender crumpled. The actor, McQueen realized, had momentarily passed out.
"That's how focused he was in that scene, in that situation," McQueen said at the Telluride Film Festival, where the movie had its world premiere last week. "There was nothing left."
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Opening in limited release Oct. 18 after playing at this weekend's Toronto International Film Festival, "12 Years a Slave" is as difficult to watch as it is lovely to behold. Starring London-born Chiwetel Ejiofor as the former freeman Solomon Northup, the movie received several standing ovations at Telluride and looks like a strong Oscar contender, as long as audiences can see its beauty amid the brutality.
"It is about beauty — those plantations are beautiful," said McQueen, whose first two features, "Hunger" and "Shame," were stark, haunting looks at difficult, dark subjects. "And the juxtaposition of what happens there."
Ejiofor's gripping performance is rooted in the reality of Northup's nightmarish tale, originally told in his 1853 memoir.
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Born in Minerva, N.Y., he was an educated musician and married father of two young children when he met a pair of promoters who said they intended to advance his violin playing in Washington, D.C. Instead, he was drugged, and when he awoke, held prisoner. Soon, he was shipped by boat to New Orleans, given a new name — Platt — sold for $1,000 and enslaved by a series of owners, culminating with Epps.
All that separated Solomon from freedom was pen and paper: If he were able to write and send a letter to the North, his hopeful thinking went, his family would quickly send for him, and he would be released. But even obtaining those instruments, as the opening minutes of the film make clear, was nearly impossible.
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"12 Years a Slave" arrives as a new wave of filmmakers and authors is wrestling with and reexamining that painful chapter in U.S. history. Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" cast Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz last year as a freed slave and a bounty hunter exacting vengeance throughout the South. And last month, James McBride published "The Good Lord Bird," an acclaimed novel about the abolitionist John Brown.
Though "12 Years a Slave" may seem like a quintessentially American story, McQueen and Ejiofor say the international pedigree of the cast and production (Fassbender is Irish-born, and Nyong'o was born in Mexico and raised in Kenya) is unremarkable. John Ridley, an African American screenwriter, adapted Northup's book, and Brad Pitt's production company was instrumental in bringing the project to life.
"It's international, really, as was slavery," said Ejiofor, whose parents are Nigerian. "We're artists — our nationalities don't matter," added McQueen, who is of Grenadian descent.
Pitt's production company, Plan B, became eager to work with McQueen after the 2008 release of "Hunger," a grim account of the 1980s hunger strike by IRA prisoner Bobby Sands (played by Fassbender). "We banged on his door, and we banged on his door again," Pitt said.
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Pitt and his partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner asked the filmmaker, then not even 40, what he wanted to do next. McQueen was about to make his sexual addiction drama "Shame," also starring Fassbender, but was eager to follow that with a film about slavery.
"He said, 'Why have there been 57 movies about the Holocaust, but there's hardly been a movie about this?'" Pitt recalled. Gardner replied to McQueen: "We don't know. But why don't we try?"
McQueen was interested in following a character's journey from freedom into slavery rather than telling a more conventional liberation tale. "The notion of someone who had his freedom taken away was always more compelling to him," Gardner said.
The source of such a tale proved elusive, though, until McQueen became acquainted with Solomon Northup's memoir, which was published just months after abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Though hardly as influential as the bestselling "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the memoir helped shape the anti-slavery debate. However, it went out of print for decades and was little-known until an academic from Louisiana, Sue Eakin, brought attention to it in the 1960s.
"It was very difficult to get the book," McQueen said. "But as soon as I put it in my hands, I couldn't put it down. It's a firsthand account, just like 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' but 100 years earlier. I said, 'This is the movie I want to make.'"
The appeal of the 229-page book, which is now widely available and taught in some Southern high schools, was obvious.
Though told dispassionately, the memoir overflows with vivid incidents — families ripped apart at auctions, attempted escapes, beatings, hangings and whippings. Repeatedly, Solomon must hide his intelligence from his masters, lest it be used against him. And yet his intellect compels him to strike back at one overseer (played in the film by Paul Dano), as his well-founded sense of righteousness is not initially tempered by the reality of his predicament.
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In adapting Northup's book, Ridley ("Red Tails," "Three Kings") and McQueen invented hardly anything, compressing some early scenes and then selecting from a litany of horrors the most powerful material. The film gives Patsey a more prominent role and makes her flogging the centerpiece of the film's conclusion.
And yet, as the autobiography's title makes clear, Solomon's captivity eventually comes to an end — thanks to an itinerant Canadian carpenter named Bass (played by Pitt) who considers slavery "all wrong, all wrong" and is willing to take a great risk on Solomon's behalf so that justice might be done.
"We think it's something we've dealt with and debated — we fought a war over it," Pitt said. "But it's not until reading Solomon's story that you really understand what it is to take someone's freedom and tear apart a family. It illustrates man's inhumanity to man, but it also reminds us of our responsibility to each other."
True intensity
When McQueen first asked Ejiofor to play the lead role, the veteran of "Children of Men" and "Dirty Pretty Things" demurred. After reading the screenplay, the actor felt he needed some time to consider what he would be undertaking.
"It was too soon," Ejiofor, 36, said. "I needed to take a moment to think of what it would involve. In order to play that part, I knew where I would have to get to — to do Solomon justice — where you could feel, even for a moment, the total absence of humanity, of that pain and sorrow and sadness."
Some 24 hours later, he told the director he would be his Solomon.
Having worked with McQueen before, Fassbender was prepared to take Epps into some dark and disturbing places, and the actor searched for tiny tethers of empathy to keep the sadistic character from disappearing into complete evil.
In short, Fassbender plays Epps as someone overwhelmed by his circumstances, an unjust man who also sees his situation as unfair.
"I tried not to make him too evil — I tried to find a human being there," Fassbender said. "It's very clear that he is falling in love with Patsey. He loves her spirit, he loves her physically — he just finds her very impressive. And he's envious of Solomon. There's something unnerving about him. There's something out of the ordinary, but he can't put his thumb on it."
Filming on the $22-million production took place in Louisiana last summer, and the first day brought oppressive humidity and temperatures that reached 108 degrees.
"We were out there in the field, picking cotton — it was out of this world," Ejiofor said of the heat. "You get a very visceral realization of what people were going through. We were lucky in a way that that was our first day, because it put us in the right mind-set."
That mind-set was an extraordinary combination of splendor and sorrow.
McQueen and cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, who shot "Hunger" and "Shame," framed their actors in the Southern locations as if they were formally composing portraits. "It may not be pretty," said Ejiofor, "but it is beautiful."
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Nevertheless, McQueen didn't intend to make "12 Years a Slave" easy viewing. So that the audience can't avert its eyes or take a breath, he shot an extended whipping scene in a single take of more than four minutes, adding through visual effects grisly mists of flesh coming off the victim's back.
And in editing the film, McQueen recast the film's opening act, so that Solomon begins the film in hopeless captivity, rather than as an untroubled freeman. "You need to throw the audience into the deep end," the director said.
Given the subject matter, McQueen and the film's producers tried to create a set that was both reverent and relaxed. "I think the camaraderie is key — we had lots of fun together — because of what we had the next day in shooting," McQueen said.
Even though they were telling a tale based on actual events, the cast and crew were at times caught off guard by reminders of what had unfolded on the very land on which they were filming.
In the shadows of one tree used for a "12 Years a Slave" lynching scene, the filmmakers found the graves of real runaways who had been hanged at that very spot more than a century before.
"To be sure," said McQueen, "we were dancing with ghosts."


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Regular readers of this blog or members of AAW who know me through the forums know what a sucker I am for stories of persistence and determination. I don't have a tatoo, but if I did, it would probably read "Routine will set you free." I really do believe that the only way to make lasting changes in your life – in your diet, in your workouts, in your work – is to make them a habit, rather than a conscious choice. Conscious choice opens the door for choosing not to do something we know we should, and it's inherent in our brains to resist change.
Jim Collins is a best-selling business book author and a recent nominee for entrepreneur of the decade. His most recent book is called " Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All". The title is pretty intriguing given the global unrest we're all witnessing, no matter where in the world we live.
There are lots of pundits who believe that none of the old rules apply any more, and that the ground is shifting under us too quickly for us to stay the old course.
Collins and his co-author Morten T. Hansen examined 7 companies over a period of 30 years, to see if that theory holds true.
It doesn't.
In their investigations, companies that stayed the course of persistent work, and didn't work in fits and starts, achieved long-lasting solid results – results so impressive that in each of the cases they highlight, the companies performed 10 times better than their industry average over the course of 30 years.
The excerpt from the book is long, and you may not be interested in the entire post, but take a minute out of your day to read two parts: The 20-Mile March and Are you an Amundsen or a Scott? The examples will light a fire under you to plan your work and work your plan.
If you're having trouble setting a habit, there is a free email service available called Habit Forge (http://www.habitforge.com). Simply sign up for a free account and tell it what time you'd like a reminder, and what you'd like a reminder about. You can choose whether to get the 'accountability' reminder, where you need to select 'yes' or 'no' indicating whether or not you did the new habit, or you can just get an email reminder to twig your memory.
Habits take 21 days to make, but as the 20-Mile March shows, setting the right habits can create life-changing results. Make a habit today that will help you get to where you want to be with your writing and your affiliate marketing business.


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I'm closing my blog. I have tried to keep it as a journal of the lives of my girls, but I have found myself not posting because I feel like I have to hold back too much, both with the good and the bad, on a public blog. Some things they deserve to have kept private, yet they are things I want to record for them. Other things, mostly the good things, will make me come across as a bragging jerk if included.
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Money is the first word that springs to our mind to anything that contains the term "financial".
However when it comes to financial freedom, our "long answer" is actually time freedom and of course money is a great enabler to facilitate this.
God is fair in the sense that no matter where you are born, all of us have 24 hours a day. And needless to say, our time on this planet is finite – a.k.a it will end at some point in time for all of us.
Most of us do not think about death (unless we come really close to it, maybe through aging or some of us who have had a close shave with a near-fatal accident). My point here is, how many of us really live our lives the way we really want it to be?
Financial freedom means much more than having an abundance of money. It is the freedom for someone to be who he/she truly is and do he/she truly wants in life. You should think of financial freedom as what defines you. It's what you want from life and it doesn't necessary have to revolve around dollars and cents. Luxury house, sports car, expensive watch, private jet, may not be appreciated by someone who fancies simple beaching living with his/her loved ones. Now you may come to realization that, financial freedom means different things to different individuals.
Sadly, the truth is, many of us, have lost the sight of this, by putting others first and playing several roles, for instance, parents, spouses, children, employees, friends, and etc.
If financial freedom is truly what you desire to achieve, you got to transform and let go of whatever has held you back. It is a spiritual and emotional journey. You will evolve into someone who is more powerful, cheerful, and successful. Well, this is the whole essence of achieving financial freedom.
You only live once. Spend more time with your loved ones instead of worrying about money all the time. Bring your partner to a picnic. Travel with your parents. Go watch your son's first soccer match. Life can't get better than that.
Money (alone) Does Not Make You Rich.
Those of you who think having money on hand means having financial freedom. Think it again! Old Grandet by Honore De Balzac, he once was the richest and most prestigious businessman in French town of Saumur. Despite an enormously wealthy man , but he still lives in a dark , dilapidated old house. In the eyes of the old Grandet, money above all else. In 1827, he passed away leaving the legacy of 18 million francs.
Nobody wants to follow Old Grandet's path. As a matter of fact, you should make use of the money to generate more of it. Sounds difficult? Well, good news is, it's not as difficult as designing a rocket.
Make no mistake, unless you are a hermit living on a secular island totally off the grid, money plays a central role in our lives.
In order to achieve real freedom (where you can pursue anything that your heart truly desires), one must first achieve financial freedom.
That is the sad reality facing all of us (unless you are an hermit but you definitely isn't one because you are reading this on the internet).
It is worth noting that financial freedom (or financial independence means different things to different people).
Some people define it has having a large number savings where they can live off it for the rest of their lives
Some people are contended with having a fix monthly income (passive) for the rest of their lives
There really isn't a correct answer because it depends on what you want.
All of us are at different stages of planning for our financial freedom (for e.g. your retirement planning) and I would like to bring to your attention of what forex trading can do for your financial health. At RussoWoods, we genuinely believe and have already achieved success in generating passive income in forex trading.
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Sure, anything that involves money will make people sit up and exercise caution. This is human nature and right now, we are not asking you to invest in us by putting money in us, nothing of this kind.
We would like you to really open your mind and ask yourself the following questions:
- Do you have a comprehensive plan for your retirement?
- Are you enjoying what you are doing right now?
- Are you truly living your life?
- Do you have any plans to increase your income now?
- Do you have any plans to increase your income in the near future?
- Have you taken concrete steps to execute your plans?
Are you ready, in fact to take actions by first opening your mind and learning what needs to be learnt?
If you are doing the same old things over and over again all these while expecting different results, Albert Einstein said this is INSANITY!
Now, let's break things down into small digestible parts for you. I have read from various self help book before:
- In order to change your destiny, you must first change your habits
- In order to change your habits, you must first change your actions
- In order to change your actions, you must first change your mindset
- In order to change your mindset, you must first open your mind!
Opening one's mind sounds easy enough but it really sounds easier said than done. Firstly you must accept the fact that if you want different results, you must do things differently. This is sanity!
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Quadex Media needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
We are a Real Estate company that is very passionate on demonstrating to the world that South Beach is the place to live. It's more than just a tourist attraction, it's a melting pot of all kinds of people from all over the world, delicious foods, places to relax and unwind and a place for entertainment. We want to introduce the South Beach Lifestyle and enhance the lives of those who already live here.
We are targeting tourists that are young in spirit. They are enthusiasts of the South Beach Lifestyle.
I have already created a logo that worked just fine 4 years ago. It had a Web 2.0 feel with the colors that overlay over the heart.
We're looking for this same concept with the heart however we want it to have some sort of South Beach representation on it. For example, A silhouette of the buildings on Ocean Drive, or Palm Trees, etc.
For more ideas of South Beach signature places and things please do a google image search for South Beach, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, etc.
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It's been an interesting couple of years. Growing up in a missionary family, going to church as well as attending christian school have been, for lack of a better word, interesting if troubling. So it is nice to meet other people of a like minded state. You sort of become alienated when everyone you know and associate with are christians.
So I'm rather excited to meet atheists as you can imagine. So hey, I'm Ashik.
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Hi Ashik,
I, like you am a recent member of this group I hope that it is a good one with some good discussions. Because most of these things are not that great but heres hoping.
Maybe chat to you sometime
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I suppose we could invite a few trolls, to liven things up. :-)
Great idea ! I have done some trolling on Xian sites. It's FUN ! Also, have had vast experience in writing letters to the editor of various papers. Responding to letters by clergy & sheep from many different flocks is a blast. I've made many friends through this - & a few enemies. More atheists need to speak out & refute the nonsense of Xianity.
Welcome Ashik, come on in the water is fine.
Hello Ashik I totally agree I have many friends who believe totally different then I.......................after all variety is the spice of life.............welcome
Welcome Ashik! On the one hand the internet is great when it opens new doors like this and we revel in the newly found outlet for our thoughts. But on the other hand I sometimes wonder if putting/getting our needs met here somehow diminishes our real world by taking us away from the very people who could most benefit from our insight. Then I get over it and check my email...
Yes well, you can try and help, but most people will cling to their religion like a man in a storm, because they don't want to be mortal.
I too grew up with a religeous family Christian school for 12 Years! Welcome welcome.....
Hi Ashik,
I also grew up in a Christian home. Like you said it was both interesting and troubling. I am so glad that others are finding that there is more to life than being caged by what any religious group spouts.
Welcome. :)
It certainly is troubling, I've seen how they virtually brainwash adolescents who eventually refuse to even debate with me because they don't want to change religious outlook. Thank... well I don't know who to invoke... Odin was cool. Thank Odin for books.


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We're still sailing high from our celebration earlier this year. The completion of our fourth Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program product is another major milestone for our little team. Since 2004 we've been working with indigenous communities on similar projects. But this milestone is like no other.
Every project we take on is unique, of course. But our work with the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana to develop Rosetta Stone software in their language has been out of this world. For one thing, the language itself has been dormant for almost 70 years, with no surviving native speakers. Linguist Morris Swadesh recorded the last two native Chitimacha speakers in the 1930s. The tribe's cultural division retrieved those wax cylinder recordings along with volumes of field notes and began the long and arduous process of bringing their language back into usage among their members.
Needless to say, there were lots of challenges. Like faded and cryptic handwriting. Scratchy recordings. Missing pieces to the puzzles of grammar and phonology. And no words for computer (qucpamamix), newspaper (nikimti naakxt), TV (qamwejigi) or bathroom (hana ni yupuyna). There were tough choices to be made and decisions that cannot be reversed. But at every step of the process, Kim Walden and team members Rachel Vilcan and Sam Boutte from the Chitimacha Cultural Department rose to the challenge, and the product of their dedication will be treasured by many future generations of Chitimacha.
Without a doubt, it's been the dedication of the Chitimacha themselves that not only motivated us to take on the project, but inspired and challenged us to persevere in our day-to-day work with them. It is a determination born of a painful history, to be sure, but one that has shaped them into the vital and enterprising community that they are today.
Now to the work of putting the Chitimacha Rosetta Stone software into use in Chitimacha schools and homes, on and off reservation. Will the Chitimacha kids be motivated to learn? Will older tribal members take to this new form of technology? Through a continuing partnership with the tribe, the Endangered Language Program staff hopes to ensure that the Chitimacha Rosetta Stone software increases language fluency and contributes to the restoration of Chitimacha as a spoken language.
We're a growing team, with lots of ideas . . . and a big dream that our work with the Chitimacha tribe, and others like them, will do just a little bit to change the world through language learning.


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by Angelo M. D'Argenio
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is not a normal, run of the mill Metal Gear Game. Instead of stealth and espionage, the game is all about being surrounded by cyborg ninjas. Instead of stabbing your enemies in the back, you slice them into tiny pieces and rip out their spines. Instead of taking out people with well-timed headshots, you blow them up with rocket launchers and then intercept them in mid-air with a blade that is as long as your body. Honestly, I don't know why I expected anything different from the creators of Bayonetta, and I honestly wouldn't have it any other way.
Raiden has gotten a couple upgrades since we last saw him. First of all, he is incredibly fast. Simply moving around takes place at lightning speeds, far faster than Solid Snake ever moved. Raiden can even expend some of his power (a limited resource) to ninja-run, making him even faster and harder to detect. This allows him to run away from enemies easily if they are starting to overwhelm him—except that rarely happens.
That's because Raiden is more powerful now than ever, far more powerful than even the biggest mob of enemies. His two basic attacks are the quick slash and the wide slash. Quick slashes are quicker, (duh) but they tend to only focus on one enemy at a time. Wide slashes are slower and more powerful, and they hit a much wider arc around you. Combining these two attacks together will create ludicrous combos that will break through your enemies' defenses in no time.
Once you pound on your enemies enough, you can go into "blade mode," which slows down time around Raiden. In this mode, you are given a targeting reticule which shows exactly what portion of your enemy's body you are aiming at. You then use the right thumbstick to angle your slashes precisely and chop off enemy limbs, heads, and other nasty parts. This allows you to attack certain enemy weak points for incredible damage, even killing some of them in one shot. Lesser enemies are easily sliced into little tiny pieces with one precision strike. In fact, if you are precise enough, you can actually cut an enemy's spine out of him, allowing Raiden to rip it out and regain his energy. However, a sloppy slice will sever the spine, which prevents you from collecting this bonus. Of course, you can always just chop an enemy into tiny bits before they hit the ground, which ups your combo count, which in turn ups the resources you gain from the enemy's death. Enemies slice open in hilarious gushes of what would be blood if it weren't bright and glowing. It's like an amazing fight scene from a hardcore samurai anime, complete with dismemberment every three seconds.
Much of the game's combat is about how to get enemies into this vulnerable state that allows you to slice them apart. If an enemy is blocking horizontally, you can always choose to slice him apart vertically. If an enemy has a gigantic shield, you can blow it away with a firearm before running him through. Beating up enemies in the right ways will allow you to launch them in the air, then do a follow-up finisher which automatically puts you into blade mode, allowing you to slice them to bits. Not only that, but sneaking up on enemies allows you to stealth kill them in one shot without even initiating battle.
In fact, you can go entirely unnoticed if you really want to, and I suppose playing this way is quite a bit like other Metal Gear games. If you alert the enemy to your presence he will call reinforcements, which will cause you to have to slice more enemies down, and although Raiden is a true god of the sword, he can be mowed down if you choose to be too reckless too often.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance doesn't honestly feel like a Metal Gear game. It feels like a high speed anime-style action game, and I'm OK with that. It moved fast, gave me just the right amount of challenge, and constantly fed my adrenaline by giving Raiden opportunities to cut the heads off of giant bipedal walkers. It's like Ninja Gaiden, if Ninja Gaiden took place in a futuristic war-torn world dreamed up by Hideo Kojima. In fact, that's the only thing I didn't get much information about: the story. The Konami rep at the booth said that they were keeping story details mostly under-wraps. They also cut the demo short, simply because so many people wanted to play. This is the same demo that you will see if you pick up the Zone of the Enders HD collection, however, so we will all have a chance to get our hands on it soon.
Angelo M. D'Argenio
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The Truth About Credit Card Debt
Myth: Aren't there positive uses of a credit card? Like rebates and airline miles?
Truth: Responsible use of a credit card does not exist. Credit card debt is a major problem in America.
There is NO positive side to credit card use. You will spend more if you use credit cards. Even by paying the bills on time, you are not beating the system! But most families don't pay on time. The average family today carries $8,000 in credit card debt according to the American Bankers' Association.
Now let's talk about the rebates. If you were using a credit card at 5%, you would have had to have spent $80,000 to get $4,000 rebates on new cars that lost $6,000 of value when you drove them off the lot. That is not a good deal!
Cash vs. Credit Cards
When you pay cash, you can "feel" the money leaving you. This is not true with credit cards. Flipping a credit card up on a counter registers nothing emotionally. If you use credit cards instead of cash you will spend 12-18% more. This is money you could have saved.
If you "have to" use plastic, I suggest a debit card. I use them for travel and the occasional convenience of ordering something over the Internet or phone. Other than that, I use cash.
Personal finance is 80% behavior. You need to cut out habits that make you spend more. You do not build wealth with credit cards. Use common sense. When you play with a multi-billion dollar industry and you think you're going to win at their game, you are naive. You cannot beat the credit card companies.
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Running a professional football team and a corporate office may have more similarities than one would expect.
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The NFL is already prepping for the 2013 season in the same way that executives gear up for the new fiscal year. Teams have hired many new head coaches and their credentials suggest they're a talented bunch. But with the exception of Andy Reid who's moving from the Philadelphia Eagles to the head coaching spot at the Kansas City Chiefs, all new coach recruits are either new to the NFL or in a first-time head coaching spot.
In fact, the Harbaugh brothers, Jim and John, whose San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are battling it out on Sunday, are both previous first-time head coaches.
In this hyper-competitive sports business, the stakes for head coaches are high—and much like business where experts say CEO tenure has shrunk from eight or nine years down to under five, these new coaches have a contracted timeframe to prove their worth.
Whether you're talking football or business, good or great leadership is one in the same, says Bob Damon, president of recruitment firm Korn/Ferry North America.
So what's the difference between a good leader and a great one? The great leader has willing followers, Damon says. Great leaders get to the heart, soul and minds of their organizations instilling values that will develop and are all about team.
"In business and in sports, learning agility, a leader's ability to apply his or her professional and personal life experiences in a new and different environment [creates a great leader]," Damon says.
But he warns a great leader can't thrive in all environments; there has to be a cultural fit as well.
This gets at how leaders do what they do, and whether their vision and methods align with the existing culture of an organization. Damon says the fit and a set of mutually shared expectations prevent crash and burn if the new leader has to tweak an organization to make changes.
No one person can or should be expected to serve as the savior to an underperforming organization or team, says Dr. R.J. Heckman, president and CEO of PDI Ninth House. Boards and shareholders, or owners, players and fans alike sometimes wear blinders that prevent them from more broadly seeing what's needed to drive a high performance organization.
A culture of success relies on a well-rounded composite team profile—not one or two critical leaders on a coaching or executive team, says Heckman. A strong offense leads to putting points on the board or revenue into an office, but equally important is the defense. And don't forget the special teams that can breathe new life into a team or corporation.
A leader who runs a successful organization is liked by shareholders just as a successful coach enjoys the admiration of players and fans. Nonetheless, sometimes even these successful leaders fail to see the holistic picture.
A CEO, for example, might rely on cost cutting to bring in earnings. PDI would assess that company and most likely recommend the executive team to seek out a member to drive revenue and growth, says Heckman. "You can't cost cut your way into strong earnings; you need someone to play offense."
Levers of growth require more risk tolerance and the increased development of growth-related systems and processes that can only be accomplished by rounding out the executive team, says Heckman. PDI's solution: develop a talent grid that stack-ranks the top 25 executives that have demonstrated strength in operational excellence to welcome innovation and initiate growth.
Sports and business history is peppered with these kinds of examples: IBM divesting itself of its computer business or Steve Jobs increasing Apple's focus on music and phones.
And on Sunday when the San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick takes the field, his success or failure will be a result of Harbaugh's mid-season decision to permanently trade out his injured first-string quarterback Alex Smith for the second-year Kaepernick. Kaepernick displays a dual-skilled athleticism as a quarterback who can not only rifle but also run the ball.
It's anybody's bet what will happen this Sunday or this season. But one thing is certain: it takes a village to run both a football team and the C-suite. Still another point on which experts agree: Leadership is not for the faint of heart.
How to Become an Effective Leader
Trust requires three factors, says Damon:
- Project eternal optimism – The world is not rigged for you to succeed but to fail. Still, great leaders are not wild-eyed but always upbeat and positive
- Act respectfully – Treat people the way you want to be treated; it sounds simple, but it's surprising how many leaders forget this
- Lead by example – Don't talk one way and act differently
Set Expectations: Tell your team what you expect from them but also what they should expect from you, including the way you react to situations. The 49ers' Harbaugh may have a reputation for being strident, but his players understand this is his way of developing a winning team.
Success Comes in Many Forms: There's no one formula, no right or wrong, just fit, says Damon, and establishing mutual expectations with your colleagues.
Don't be Scared to Fail: It's one of the best and most potent lessons, says Heckman. The agility to pivot out of failure is the differentiator that prevents you from making the same mistake twice.
Make a Game Plan: Define it, commit to it and evaluate it honestly to determine the individual and team strengths that will move you forward and the gaps that will hold you back. Then, when all is said and done, never waiver on your plan.


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Local church makes headlines
Calling Christians a bunch of jerks is sure to turn a few heads, even more so when the one doing the name-calling is a group of Christians themselves. When Pastor Chris Beard and the congregation of Beaumont's Christ Covenant Church on Major Drive decided to erect a billboard labeling Christians as a bunch of jerks, they expected to get feedback. They didn't expect, however, to be answering calls from national news organizations as to what prompted the ad campaign.
"We actually blew up a lot bigger than we ever expected," Beard told The Examiner. "We talked with (CNN's) Headline News today (Oct. 15). We wanted to reach out to the community and send the message that as a church we messed up - and it looks like we've got people's attention. Really, we want a chance to say that all the things people say about Christians can be true, and we want to change that."
According to Beard, the "Jerks" billboard is based series called "What a Bunch of Jerks: Teachings of Jesus too often ignored by the church," which started Sunday, Oct. 10, and run through the end of the month.
"We talk about hypocrisy, holding grudges, judging," Beard said, adding that anyone can go online and view or hear the series. "We've got audio already, and we should have it on the Web by this weekend. We normally have a two-week lag, but this time we feel we ned to hurry." Past sermons in the series can be viewed at christcovenanet.info.
"We are just a group of imperfect people who want to reflect Jesus and be the hands and feet of Jesus in our community," Beard concluded. "Jesus affected each and every one of us and we want to give that back just as he instructed us to do."
Christ Covenant's billboard story has also been featured in the Houston Chronicle and MyFox Washington DC.


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Getting You Through Tuesday — Boxer & Kitten Meet [VIDEO]
We all love a cute video. Sometimes, watching videos of puppies and kittens are what get some people through the blah work days. Since today is especially bland for East Texas, because of this grey weather, here is a video that will help brighten it up.
It has been a joke for centuries, that dogs and cats do not get along. Well, this pair prove that that may not be the complete truth. In fact, you could call this love at first sight.


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6 Ways to Decorate Your Bathroom Like a Designer
Your master bathroom should be a cozy retreat where you can get comfortable and relax, and you want each guest bathroom in your home to feel stylish and inviting. From shower curtains to soap dispensers, the trick is to create an atmosphere that is private yet welcoming, all while reflecting your personal taste. This is why interior designers carefully select bathroom decorations and furnishings to perfectly capture that perfect look. Keep reading for inspiration to decorate your bathrooms like a professional designer would.


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No change at the top. New names Carrier, Fasching, and Deslauriers get their initial slotting (NOTE: new additions will always be ranked conservatively). Girgensons is set to graduate at the end of the season, while 23/24-year old players like Ruhwedel, Hackett, Schaller, Crawford, Knapp, and Szydlowski will also fall off at the close of the season. For now, they stay.
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14) BAILEY, Justin (RW)
15) FASCHING, Hudson (RW)
16) DESLAURIERS, Nicolas (LW)
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"The King's Speech" was crowned best film at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Nominated for 12 Oscars -- the most of any film -- it won four statuettes, including for Colin Firth for lead actor, Tom Hooper for director, and David Seidler for original screenplay.
"I have a feeling my career just peaked," Firth deadpanned as he accepted the honor. It capped off a phenomenal year for Firth, who won practically every award out there for playing George VI's attempts to overcome his stuttering before he assumes the throne of England.
Meanwhile, Natalie Portman danced away with Oscar for playing a prima ballerina spinning into madness in...


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This guide has been updated since its original publication to reflect hardware and software updates. Multiple members of the Digital Trends staff contributed to this guide.
Like many people living in the digital age, my digital media was scattered among various drives, computers, and discs. I wanted seamless central control over all of it, so I decided to use my Sony PlayStation 3 as a media hub, with my 40-inch Samsung HDTV as a monitor. Now I can view or listen to all my photos, videos, and music via my TV screen, no matter where they are. Here's a guide to building a digital media command center in your living room.
LEVEL 1: Connect to your home network
In the PS3's main menu, navigate to Settings – Network Settings – Internet Connection, press X on your SixAxis controller and make sure it's toggled to Enabled. Then go to Internet Connection Settings (also under Network Settings), and select your network name (SSID). Enter the network password if you have one.
If you have the original WiFi-less PS3 20GB, you can still connect it to your network by plugging the console into your router or extender (like an Apple Airport Express) via Ethernet cable.
Bonus Points: A Logitech diNovo mini Bluetooth keyboard comes in very handy for entering network passwords and any other text. There's a complete guide to pairing and using it with a PS3 here.The pairing process is very similar to setting up a Bluetooth headset on a cell phone. You can check out our full Logitech diNovo mini review.
Extra Life: If your network consists exclusively of 802.11n-compatible hardware, bypass the PS3's slower (802.11b/g) wireless connection by plugging it directly into your router or an extender (we used an Airport Express) via Ethernet cable. Adjust your router's wireless settings to operate in 802.11n mode only. And if all your hardware supports it, switch to the 5GHz frequency band for a 60-100 percent speed bump and less interference. This can be a lifesaver when you're copying lots of files to your PS3 over a network.
LEVEL 2: Connect to your computers
Go into the PS3's Settings menu and navigate to Network Settings – Media Server Connection, and select Enabled. This allows the PS3 to detect networked computers running Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) server software.
WINDOWS 7/Vista: Windows users have a number of useful options when it comes to serving media files from their PCs. The latest version of Windows Media Player is generally the easiest option because it comes preinstalled with Windows, but a number of third-party applications also exist that offer better file compatibility and more advanced features. Plex and PS3 Media Server are two extremely popular packages that transcode file formats the PS3 doesn't natively support. For instance, the PlayStation 3 doesn't natively support playback of lossless FLAC files, but Plex will transcode them into other compatible formats on the fly.
For this particular tutorial, we used Plex. If you have media on either a Mac or a Windows computer (or both), we recommend Plex for its cross-platform compatibility, its clean and easily navigable interface and all the advanced connectivity features you can get. Oh, and did we mention it's free?
First, you'll need to download Plex. You can do that here for OSX and here for Windows. The important one is the Plex Media Server. The Plex Media Center is optional, but if you're in the market for a new media center, it's definitely worth a look.
After you've downloaded the Plex Media Server, click through all the necessary setup windows to install it. Following installation you'll need to add media to your library. This process differs a bit for Windows and Mac.
MAC: After you've successfully installed the Plex Media Server, an icon in the shape of a black chevron should appear in your menu bar. Click on it to access a drop down menu and then choose Plex Media Manager.
A window will appear. At the bottom left you should see + and – buttons. Click on the plus button to add media. From here, you'll need to tell Plex where your media is located. You can either drag folders into the list or click the + button to browse your folders in Finder. Find the right folders for your media and click Open to add them to Plex.
WINDOWS: After a successful install, a Plex icon will appear in your taskbar in the lower left. Select it and then click Plex Media Manager in the popup menu.
This will open up a new window in your default browser. From this point onward it's simple. Just click on the sections for which you'd like to add media (movies, music, tv shows, etc.) and a drop-down window will appear. Click the Add button to add media. Another window will appear and you'll be prompted to select the path to the folder where your media is. This can be done manually or by browsing your files.
Achievement: Use Plex's list of metadata agents to find album art for your music, and posters pics for your movies. The added aesthetic makes everything look even more gorgeous.
LEVEL 3: Connect to extra storage
This part is simple — just plug in your thumb drive or USB hard drive to any of the PS3's USB ports. My 300GB Maxtor USB hard drive showed up as "USB Disk (One Touch II)" in the PS3's video, photo, and music menus. When navigating a USB drive's folders, use the PS3 menu corresponding to the type of media you're looking for on the drive, or the files won't show up.
External drives must be formatted with the FAT32 file system for the PS3 to read files on it. Formatting a drive erases all the data on it, so if your PS3 won't read your drive, make sure to back up all data before you format.
Memory cards (Memory Stick, SD and its variants, or CompactFlash) go in the labeled slots under the door on the PS3's front, and they don't require specific formatting. '
Secret weapon: If you have a network-attached storage device (like an Apple Time Capsule with a 500GB hard drive in it), you can access it by mounting the drive on a networked computer. Then select your media server in the main PS3 window, and navigate to Folders – Volumes, and select the networked drive you want. Note that this doesn't work with Windows Media Player's UPnP server, but it works fine with Plex.
LEVEL 4: Start watching and listening
Access your content by navigating to Photo, Video, or Music on the PS3's home screen, and scroll until you see your computer or external drive. If you don't see your computer's media server listed, try selecting "Search for Media Servers" from any of the multimedia menus.
PS3 Codec Support
Video: MPG, MP4, AVI, DivX (except v3.11), AVCHD, WMV
Audio: WAV, MP3, AAC, ATRAC, WMA
Photo: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG
Not supported: Protected content, lossless audio formats (Apple Lossless, FLAC, etc.), RAW image files, or VOB movie files.
Next page: How to copy frequently used files to your PS3 and other tips.


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Words: Mike Rav
The first snow of the season is always an exciting one. In this case, it was somewhat bitter sweet. Yes, there was snow. But with that snow came huge devastation to vast parts of the East Coast from Hurricane Sandy. Our trip to West Virginia was a reality check on so many levels. It was an experience that we will never forget.
Tracking the weather for a few days it was certain that there would be snow in West Virginia. We didn't necessarily know how much there would be and if it would even stick around, but we knew that there would be snow. After a few calls back and fourth during the day of the storm as it hit New England, a decision was made that Skylar Brent, Dylan Dragotta, Eugene Stancato, Harry Hagan and myself would send it down to West Virginia that night. Upon that decision, none of us knew what we were about to go through.
The first part of the trip consisted of getting to friend and photographer Greg Furey's house in New Jersey. Luckily, Furey's house wasn't directly hit by the storm, but there was huge power outages surrounding him. Right when we got to his house he started showing us photos of the infamous Jersey Shore. This is when we realized that hurricane Sandy was no joke. The photos showed complete and utter destruction.
In the morning, we started our drive towards the snow. The further south we trekked, the worse conditions got. Telephone poles and power lines were down left and right. This is when things started to get interesting. Before we knew it, we started seeing snow, which was incredible. At one point we had to get out of the car and walk around and take everything in. Our original destination was to go to Elkins, West Virginia just because this is where the highest snowfall recordings were and it seemed like a decent place to find things to snowboard on. As we continued towards Elkins we passed through a town that hadn't had power in two days, and right after, found out that the fastest road to Elkins was closed. We had to take an alternate route, which would end up being one of the sketchiest drives that any of us had ever encountered. What made this trip scary was the fact we were traveling to a town in which we knew didn't even have power yet. It was looking like we were most likely going to have to sleep in cars for the night. But that wasn't the case. After driving for nearly 16 hours we finally reached Beckley, West Virginia where we got a hotel room and rested up for the next day.
After finding a few spots we settled on a kink rail to begin the day. Unfortunately we got kicked out before anything could happen. After that, we went to a zone right in the center of the city that was very promising. It was a spot where everyone was able to find something different and unique. Unfortunately the police came and were not pleased with what we were doing. After the classic " why can't you guys just go to the skatepark, and check out this hill for sledding," we left in hopes to find another spot. Unfortunately, the rest of the trip was pretty slow. Even though we weren't necessarily filming A grade shots, we stayed busy and were able to film a few cool things. Seeing as it was our first trip of the year in West Virginia, we knew that if we even came home with one shot it would be a success. After snowboarding, driving around, going to Hooters and losing our minds we decided to go home.
However, we weren't giving up just yet. On the way into West Virginia right when we first saw snow, we noticed a cow, sitting on top of a cattle building with natural speed. Seeing as we just hit snow we decided to drop a pin and potentially return. On the way out we were determined to hit "the cow." After getting onto the roof and setting up for an hour or so, it was ready. Luckily Eugene had a construction vest with him, so it just looked like I was shoveling snow off the roof as cops and many other drove by looking up at us. Eventually we were good to go, Skylar, Harry and Furey got into place and I started hitting the cow. After landing the drop a few times a car pulled in and obviously gave us a hard time. At the end of the conversation he said we were extremely lucky because there was "30-40 holes in that roof that are only covered by plastic, and it would be extremely easy to fall in." Luckily we got what we needed and got on the road back home.
To end the trip off, we stopped at Geno's Steaks, a staple in Philadelphia that serves one hell of cheesesteak. All in all, it was a great trip that none of us will ever forget. Our hearts go out to all of those affected by Hurricane Sandy and we wish everyone a speedy recovery.
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How To Make a Big Fashion Purchase You Won't Regret
Bankrolling your first big fashion purchase is at once exhilarating and daunting. Hence, we've devised an easy-to-follow guide to make it more of the former and less of the latter. Play by these rules and you'll feel all the more confident that your new Chanel bag/Cartier bracelet/Isabel Marant dress is a sound investment.
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Even if you don't opt to pay in Benjamins, make sure you have enough money in the bank to cover the item, so you don't go into credit card debt. Is this obvious? Sure. But it's also easy to forget when drooling over a truly memorable purchase.
Just because you know you were born to wear those Tom Ford leather trousers doesn't mean your bank account agrees. Be realistic. Does this item fit into your budget? Herewith, a cheatsheet.
If you couldn't give a hoot about whether the item is brand new or not, it's worth checking the regular haunts (eBay, local designer consignment boutiques, online resale shops) to see if you can find a gently used version. By doing a modicum of research, you can save anywhere from 15 to 40 percent off the original price tag, which is never a bad thing.
As much as we're fans of e-commerce, we understand that it's hard commit to an expensive item sight unseen. Make a trip to a brick-and-mortar store to try the piece on and see how it fits before you ultimately pull the trigger—on or offline.
Trust us on this, there is nothing worse than spending the equivalent of a weekend in Vegas on a pair of shoes only to have them go completely out of style the next season. Heed the advice of Amber Valletta (something of an icon, herself): "The more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends."
Here's a dirty little secret of the fashion industry: just because something has a fancy label, doesn't necessarily mean it's well made. The onus is on you to make sure the tailoring is done right, the fabric is luxe, and the leather is buttery soft.
You're suffering from a broken heart and need to console yourself with a brand-new bag. Or you got a promotion and are ready to celebrate with the first sparkly thing that catches your eye at Barneys. These are not the scenarios that best lend themselves to splurchasing. As with any big investment, you need to be levelheaded when you ultimately hand over your Amex, so try and keep the emotions on the backburner.
Sure, that tangerine ostrich feather jacket is totally quiche. But what can you actually wear it with? Prior to buying the item you have your eye on, we suggest going through your closet and making a list of all the pieces it would look good with. If your final tally is under 10, you may want to rethink your decision.
Is there a time of year the piece goes on sale? What do online reviews say about it? Are the people who own it generally happy with it? By asking yourself a few key questions before buying and educating yourself about said item, you're sure to make a smarter purchase and minimize any potential buyer's remorse.
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If, worst-case scenario, you need to resell it, how much of your investment will you be able to recoup? Again, we suggest nosing around eBay, your local designer consignment shops, and online resale shops to see the prices on similar items.
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Last week, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone, held a week-long workshop, the West Africa Anti-Corruption Workshop, in Freetown to increase the capacity of law enforcement officials in West Africa to investigate and prosecute allegations of public corruption and pursue asset recovery cases.
The global fight against corruption is a central priority for the United States as corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, security, and development, impeding economic growth, trade and investment; perpetuating poverty; and compromising markets and supply chains. Moreover, high-level corruption, corruption within the justice and security sectors, and a lack of accountability erode citizens' trust in their government and contribute to a culture of impunity that enables transnational criminal organizations to thrive. Corruption in West Africa has made it an attractive place for criminal organizations to operate and their illicit activities are a threat to regional stability and U.S. national security interests.
The West Africa Anti-Corruption Workshop brought together forty law enforcement officials from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Togo -- all Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which requires countries to implement a broad range of anti-corruption measures -- in the largest workshop hosted by the U.S. Government in Freetown since the end of Sierra Leone's civil war. Experts from the U.S. Government, the Government of Sierra Leone, the Government of Brazil, and INTERPOL gave presentations on a variety of topics including: investigating corruption and conducting financial investigations; prosecuting corruption and bribery; utilizing international tools and networks; making mutual legal assistance requests; and recovering the proceeds of corruption. Participants shared their respective countries' laws and procedures, best practices, and ongoing challenges in tackling corruption, and also engaged with one another to work through real case studies. As an organizer, I was especially heartened to see participants working on case studies past the end of day and asking to delay lunch in order to continue discussing material with the presenters. It was also encouraging to see participants exhorting one another across country lines to strengthen certain laws and capacities.
The United States is committed to building upon the foundation established by the UNCAC by providing technical assistance to equip law enforcement officials with the knowledge and skills to investigate and prosecute public corruption. Fighting corruption is also an important element of the National Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime; the U.S.-EU Trans-Atlantic Symposium framework; and the West Africa Cooperative Security Initiative (WACSI), a five-year, comprehensive effort to increase security by combating transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in West Africa.
Since the workshop, the Government of Sierra Leone has requested assistance from the United States in investigating a case involving senior officials who may have solicited bribes in exchange for permission to conduct illegal logging operations. We look forward to seeing progress in this case, as well as in the ACC's other cases, and also hope the relationships built over the past week will facilitate both formal and informal international cooperation.


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Hey, how did this happen? When did this juggernaut start rolling?
Let me tell you and strike a cautionary note for any other Wannabe self-publisher who is following this.
See, it's like this. You know I wrote this book right? And the book became two books and the two books, which were actually written and under process of rewriting, revising, editing became conceptually a series of five books. If you have been following this blog you know all about that, ho hum.
Well I thought I had it all under control. I had a plan.
1. Get trained, do some creative writing courses. OK, that's in process and I'm learning. Diploma due, fingers crossed, in the summer.
2. Edit the books --- In process. Give that a tick.
3. Buy ISBN's and nominate a provisional publishing date for July 2011 for the first one. This will be, The Axe, the Shield and the Triton (subject to quality checks by me and perhaps a partial airing on suitable websites, sample chapters on my own). --- ISBN's are purchased and allocated to the 'Triton', publishing date nominated --- Give that a tick.
4. Part of 3., of course, involved setting up the publishing house. Done. The books will be published by, Wyrd Sisters Publishing. Give that a tick. Wyrd Sisters has its own Websites at wyrdsisterspublishing.com and wyrdsisterspublishing.co.uk..
5. The next steps, or so I thought, were:
a. Get the web site up and running. Give that a tick
b. Maybe publish a chapter or two and invite comment.
c. Then, when totally ready, publish through Lightning Source.
Now that all seems perfectly rational to me, deliberate, unhurried, a plan proceeding step by careful step. When I bought the ISBN's I gave my publication date as July 2011. I didn't expect anything to happen before that date.
So imagine my surprise when, in the course of building the Wyrd Sisters Publishing web site on RapidWeaver, I paid the site a visit, just to check out the URL and found myself re-directed to Amazon. Imagine my even greater surprise to find that advance sales of The Axe the Shield and the Triton have already started. Aaargh!! That – puts – me – under – pressure!!
(Heh tutors! I know I'm not supposed to use exclamation marks but give me a break!)
So be warned all you fellow wannabe's out there. This writing and publishing thing can run away with you. You can find yourself on a dump truck plummeting downhill fast.
Who did this you might ask? Well obviously I did, through ignorance of the system being a total Newbie to all this. I guess when I bought my ISBN's from Nielsen they set the normal process in operation and part of this is notifying Amazon. Wonderful when you think about it. Also, I did have a reminder from the British Library that by law they are entitled to a copy on publication. I knew about that, no pressure there. But Amazon? With a price already set? Aaargh! Not a girl in the house washed and the street full of sailors!! And if you don't understand that and the panic it implies, God Bless You.
Take even greater care out there, alligators are snapping at my ankles, how about yours?
Oh, by the way. This is the last post on this blog. You can now find book specific information and, soon, some sample chapters on my web site:
If this link doesn't work then just cut and paste to Google. That'll get you there.
If this link doesn't work then just cut and paste to Google. That'll get you there.


text: Rihanna, from the beautiful island nation of Barbados, took control of the American music industry with her debut album entitled "Music of the Sun." Her singles, beginning with "Pon de Replay," dominated the Billboards. And eventually, she received a Grammy Award.Her sultry voice mesmerized music lovers. And her enchanting face, framed by beautiful Rihanna short hairstyles, charmed photographers and won over celebrity critics.as Rihanna born with naturally beautiful hair that complements her perfect face? She was certainly born with a beautiful voice and good genes, but the gorgeous Rihanna short hairstyles are not genetically-designed.With Rihanna short hairstyles, the only role that genetics played is in determining the shape of her face. The shape of the face is the first and foremost aspect that will decide whether a certain hairstyle is jaw-dropping amazing, just acceptable, or hideously atrocious. And Rihanna is no exception.


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I almost forgot about this!
So People, Lets vote!
I almost forgot about this!
So People, Lets vote!
Alrighty then!
Ok, PEOPLE VOTE!
I am not telling how many votes, but it is Pitifull!
Everyone must be out enjoying their new presents
Every day I try to follow Gods will. Every day, I struggle immensely with my human nature.
Ok, the votes have been Tallied and the winner is:
Congrats Lakeside!!! Good way to start the new year!
Thanks Everybody!!!! Again!!!!!! Seem's Dave and I keep passing this back and forth.
It is appreciated....
I do think that Dan and Ron need to make an executive decision and add theirself to this.....
After all, It is up to them....They both have done more work than any and need to be recognized.....JMO
Happy New Year!!! Jimmy/LS
Thanks lakeside! Although it would be cool, Dan and I are out because we can see the vote results. So to remain neutral we cannot be candidates.
Thank you for the Kudos! My reward is watching members enjoy the site and the site to become more active from mods to members.
Happy New Year!
Nice Jimmy!
Congrats LS.
Give it back next month.
Every day I try to follow Gods will. Every day, I struggle immensely with my human nature.
Well deserved
Why meet we on the bridge of Time
To exchange one greeting
And then to part?
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With about 50 days remaining in the countdown to the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, the long roster of possible contenders for America's greatest race is, despite some defections, as interesting as any year in memory.
While we're always on the lookout for new contenders and rising stars, the horses that were stars of last year's 2-year-old crop have remained at the top of the crop on the unfolding road to Churchill Downs.
And all of those horses were major players in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs, a race that is not always indicative of success six months later under the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs.
If the Derby were run today, once-beaten Union Rags would likely be the betting favorite.
He opened the year with an easy victory at 1 1/16 miles in the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park that suggested the Derby's mile and a quarter might well be within his grasp.
His next run and finale Derby prep for trainer Michael Matz, who saddled Barbaro for his unforgettable victory in the 2006 "Run for the Roses,†is expected to be the Florida Derby at Gulfstream on March 31.
The lone defeat on Union Rags' impressive career was dealt by Hansen, who earned the title of 2-year-old champion with that victory in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs.
He was beaten by the talented, but now injured, Algorithms in his season debut in the Holy Bull, but bounced back with an emphatic win in Aqueduct's Gotham.
Hansen's admirers quickly forgave the colt for his earlier misstep and his impressive Gotham win put him back at the top of roster of Derby 138's major contenders.
Last weekend it was the turn of Creative Cause, who had finished a close third behind Hansen and Union Rags when that duo was separated by a head in the Breeders' Cup.
Creative Cause had finished an even third in his season debut in the seven-furlong San Vicente, but returned to form in style last Saturday with a strong victory in the 1 1/16-mile San Felipe at Santa Anita.
The son of Giant's Causeway clearly needed that first race as he unleashed a powerful move on the far turn and, despite a somewhat erratic run through the stretch, leveled off in the final yards to put away the lightly-raced Bodemeister.
As strong as the 2-year-old season for Creative Cause was, the victory by trainer Mike Harrington's gray son of Giant's Causeway clearly placed him in the upper echelon of Derby 138 contenders.
He's a major player for Harrington, who is hoping to participate in his first Kentucky Derby. Both Creative Cause and Bodemeister (pronounced BO-dee-my-ster and named after Baffert's son, Bode) should improve off their efforts and will likely meet again in the Santa Anita Derby.
A day after the run by Creative Cause, the fourth-place finisher in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile turned in a solid performance in his first race of the year. The Dale Romans-trained Dullahan, fourth to Hansen on Breeders' Cup Day, ran a good second to Howe Great in Gulfstream Park's Palm Beach Stakes on the grass.
The half-brother to Mine That Bird, the longshot winner of the 2009 Derby, should, ran very well in his first race back and could make his final Derby prep in Keeneland's Toyota Blue Grass.
It's very interesting and, given the historical record, a little surprising that the form of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile has held up so well.
Remember that only Street Sense, winner of the 2007 Derby, has won both races since the inaugural Breeders' Cup in 1984.
But rarer than the Breeders' Cup Juvenile-Derby sweep is a victory by a filly in America's greatest race.
Only three – Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning Colors (1988) – have beaten the boys in 137 years, but at least two fillies are shaping up as possible challengers for the best boys of their 3-year-old crop.
One is Anita Cauley's On Fire Baby, winner over fillies in the Pocahontas and Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs and a dazzling winner last weekend in the Honeybee at Oaklawn Park.
Trained by Churchill Downs veteran and Shively native Gary "Red Dog†Hartlage, On Fire Baby was nominated to the Triple Crown was well as the Kentucky Oaks and Hartlage is considering a run against males in the Arkansas Derby in her next outing.
Another to watch for both the Oaks and the Derby is Peachtree Stable's Princess Arabella, an unbeaten daughter of Any Given Saturday trained by Baffert.
Like On Fire Baby, she was nominated to both the Derby and Oaks and reports from the West say she's an impressive physical specimen.
Princess Arabella is expected to make her stakes debut on March 25 in the Sunland Park Oaks.
While the top male stars of 2011 have started this year in good form with apparent room for improvement, it's possible that these fillies could emerge as stars of the crop.
With recent female Horse of the Year honorees Rachel Alexandra (2009), Zenyatta (2010) and Havre de Grace (2011) continuing to emphasize an era of female power in American racing, this could be the year for another filly to wear the roses on May 5 at Churchill Downs.