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Motorola has announced that two of its new 4G Android smartphones — the RAZR HD and the RAZR M — will exclusively be sold in Australia through Telstra.
Officially unveiled at a launch event in New York overnight, both the Motorola RAZR HD and the Motorola RAZR M will work on Telstra's 1800MHz 4G LTE network and will be released Down Under before the end of the year. Motorola has not announced specific local availability, but both phones are expected to be released sometime between October and December.
The Motorola RAZR HD and the RAZR M have similar internal specifications, but slightly differ in design and screen size. The RAZR HD has a large 4.7in screen with a 720p HD resolution of 1280x720, while the smaller RAZR M has a 4.3in screen. Motorola says it pushed the screen as close as possible to the edge of the phones in order to maximise the screen without compromising on physical size.
Motorola describes the larger RAZR HD as "the world's most compact 4.7in smartphone," measuring just 8.4mm thin. Both the RAZR HD and the smaller RAZR M feature a gorilla glass screen, a Kevlar fibre backing and a splash-guard coating that makes the phones "water-repellent". In addition to the outside of the handsets, Motorola has also coated the internal components with the splash-guard material.
The Motorola RAZR HD and the RAZR M are both powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, have 1GB of RAM, feature a microSD card slot for memory expansion and have an 8-megapixel rear camera. Both models will initially ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software, but Motorola says an update to the latest 4.1 Jelly Bean version will arrive before the end of the year.
The new Motorola 4G smartphones come a little over a week after Telstra announced the expansion of its 4G mobile network coverage, promising to cover 66 per cent of the Australian population by mid-2013.
Current Telstra 4G smartphones sold in Australia include the HTC One XL, the HTC Velocity 4G, the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G and the HTC Titan 4G, while the telco confirmed earlier this week that the Samsung Galaxy S III 4G would be released in October.
Telstra has set up a page on its Web site for users wishing to register their interest for the Motorola RAZR HD and RAZR M smartphones. Pricing has yet to be announced.
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The moon was high in the sky, shining like a florescent light. It was my only friend in this prison, and i couldn't sleep. I was in the middle of a sentence as i was talking with the moon when i heard something from down stairs. I caught da breath, finally excitement. I swung my legs across the side of the bad and ever so slowly got up. The letto creaked, I swore silently, and listened. Nothing stirred. I tiptoed passed Amanda's bed. She was fast asleep, a bit too asleep if te ask me. She might have been dead. I knew not to try her though. Last time I did so I was very unpleasantly surprised....
Elena opened her eyes and gasped for air. She sat up and pulled the threads on her body. She climbed out of letto and opened the door.
She covered her ears when she heard dozens of shoes stepping on the floor, people talking as if they were screaming through a megaphone.
"Shut up!" she screamed and a few staff members turned around.
"Are te alright, miss?" a nurse asked. Elena shook her head confused. She leaned against the room. Everything was a blur. "I'll get a doctor" the nurse and she looked around to find one.
Damon looked around in the building, when he saw a silhouette. He rushed towards it and grabbed Veronica da her throat and lifted her from the ground. He threw her inside the fourth room where the fuoco had started and locked the door. He heard her scream, but ignored it.
Damon turned around and Elena ran towards him. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
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Bonnie grabbed her head and fell on her knees. She'd been struck with a sudden brain attack and she imagined this was what Damon had felt when she attacked him.
"Bonnie!" Matt exclaimed. He wanted to help her stand, but she raised her hand at him. She then stood herself.
"Damon tried to talk to me" she started. "Veronica has Elena. She and Jeremy are in the same place. There's fire"
"This is ridiculous" Matt muttered. "Can te do something about it?"
"I'm going to try" Bonnie replied determined.
Veronica ordered them to stop in front of a stake. In the center there was a big pole where they were being tied onto.
"Where's Elena?" Damon begged to know.
"She's with her brother" Veronica replied.
"Don't hurt her. She's sick" Damon appealed.
"She's just a girl. It's not her fault she's the doppelganger. She wouldn't hurt a fly. She'd sacrifice herself for her loved ones anytime" Stefan tried to reason with Veronica.
"Shut up, both of you. She's responsible for Tyler's transition to a hybrid. It's a good thing he...
A couple of hours later Veronica unchained Damon. "Don't even think about running" she detto threatening. She opened the door and three of her minions appeared. They cuffed Damon's hands and feet and when Damon looked up he saw Stefan, Katherine and Caroline were all chained onto each other. Veronica's minions dragged Damon inoltrare, avanti and chained him onto the rest.
"Now, walk" Veronica ordered. They wouldn't sposta and thus Veronica nodded at one of her minions. He fired a bullet and Katherine screamed.
The door opened and Derek appeared. He gasped at the blood and the insides lying on the floor.
"What happened?" he asked difficult.
"Exactly what happens when te double attraversare, croce me" Veronica shrugged. She walked past him to Jeremy's cell. "Where's Damon Salvatore?"
"They brought him to a private room, like te asked" Derek answered agitated. "Veronica, te need to call this off. What you're doing is wrong"
Veronica turned to him. "You'd be very wise to shut up now" she said. She walked through a door at the end of the room, entering...
Veronica parked her car in front of her Supernatural prison. She stepped out and walked to the back of her car.
Two of her minions, guarding the entrance, came towards her to give her a hand. Veronica unlocked the tronco and the two men grabbed Jeremy's arm.
"Lock him up" she ordered furious. They both held him tightly, though he was in no condition to fight them. "Is Rachel inside?"
One of them confirmed that and she headed to the entrance. Rachel was pacing through the room where Caroline, Stefan and Katherine were captivated.
Elijah walked through the woods. After some bickering with Rebekah they had agreed it would be safest if one of them, Rebekah, would stay behind and man the headquarters, while the other, Elijah, would go back to Esther's grave.
He removed the stone and climbed downstairs. Two coffins were still closed. Elijah walked to the coffin that stood on the left side of his. He opened it and revealed the body of his oldest brother Finn.
Elijah slowly removed the dagger. While Finn slowly regained his life force, Elijah walked to the only closed coffin left. He opened it and gazed at the...
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SANTA ANA, Calif. — Attorneys painted dramatically different pictures Tuesday of a homeless man who died after a violent struggle with California police officers, with one side calling him a victim of police brutality and the other telling jurors he was an angry felon with a history of unprovoked outbursts that left him on the street.
Jurors were set to return Wednesday for a second day of closing arguments in the case against two former Fullerton police officers who are charged in the July 2011 death of 37-year-old Kelly Thomas, who died after a routine patrol call escalated into a confrontation that was caught on surveillance video.
Former Officer Manuel Ramos, 39, has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter. Former Cpl. Jay Cicinelli has pleaded not guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of excessive use of force.
A third officer will be tried separately; three others were not charged.
The case marks the first time in the history of conservative Orange County that a police officer has been charged with murder for actions taken while on duty. It is so high-profile that four-term District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is trying the case himself.
The 33-minute surveillance video that captured the struggle is at the heart of the monthlong trial. The video shows officers — at first two, and then six — kneeing, pummeling and repeatedly stunning Thomas with an electric gun as he cries out for his father nearly 30 times, apologizes and begs for air.
Thomas never regained consciousness and died five days later, on July 10, 2011, after doctors removed his life support.
His death led to the recall of three Fullerton City Council members and the departure of the police chief. Dozens of people have attended the trial each day wearing yellow ribbons and buttons bearing Thomas' image. Thomas' father has said his son had schizophrenia.
Rackauckas repeatedly replayed clips from the black-and-white surveillance video Tuesday, saying it provided clear-cut evidence that the two officers were responsible for the death of Thomas.
Friends and family members of Thomas sobbed as the video played on a large screen. One woman dashed out of the courtroom, her hand over her mouth.
"As you watch, you realize that what you're watching and hearing is a person dying at the hands of the police," Rackauckas said. "You're watching a homicide."
Ramos' defense attorney, John Barnett, countered in his closing argument that Thomas was a violent, unpredictable man who was to blame for his treatment by the officers because he didn't follow a lawful order despite repeated instructions and was combative.
"This case is not about a homeless, helpless, harmless mentally ill guy," he told jurors. "What these officers were dealing with on July 5 was a dangerous guy, a very dangerous guy."
Barnett reminded the jury that Thomas' mother had taken out a restraining order against him after he choked her during a fight. He also attacked his grandfather with a fireplace poker in 1995 — an attack that left Thomas a convicted felon. Both were called as hostile witnesses by the defense.
"This case isn't about a bully cop who was just trying to beat down a homeless guy," Barnett said. "It's about a police officer who, for 10 years, protected his community and did everything he could do to keep his community safe, including the homeless people."
The confrontation began with a routine call about a disheveled man jiggling the door handles of cars in a transit center parking lot.
The video begins shortly after Ramos pulls up, and he can be heard trying to get Thomas to give his name and sit on the curb with his hands on his knees while another officer searches his backpack. Thomas was shirtless and had a huge, bushy beard and baggy pants.
When Thomas didn't comply, Ramos put on a pair of Latex gloves, made two fists and told Thomas, "Now you see my fists? They're getting ready to (expletive) you up."
Thomas stood up and started to run but was overtaken by the officers, who called for backup as the struggle with Thomas grew.
Cicinelli, who arrived shortly after the incident began, struck Thomas eight times in the face and head with a stun gun and stunned him repeatedly, according to prosecutors. The blows left Thomas with a broken nose, shattered bones under his left eye and in his sinuses and hemorrhaging in his eye, Rackauckas said.
"Look at this picture. Does anybody have any question that this caused serious damage to Kelly Thomas' face? There can't be any question," he told jurors, showing a photo of blood-covered stun gun and then an image of Thomas' bloodied face. "There's blood all over it."
Cicinelli's attorney was to deliver his closing argument Wednesday.
Ramos had seven previous encounters with Thomas, who had also been written up for trespassing, urinating in a fountain, punching someone in the face, throwing large rocks and threatening the owner of a fruit stand with a metal pipe.
Rackauckas told jurors that Ramos was fed up with dealing with Thomas and lost his temper. He signaled his intent to harm Thomas when he put on the gloves and made fists without saying he was going to arrest Thomas — a critical turning point in the encounter.
"Can you imagine that? Can you imagine having a police officer saying something like that when you're sitting there?" he asked the jury, adding that Thomas reacted in self-defense. "What does that mean? That means, 'I'm going to beat you up severely. There's going to be injuries here.'"
Barnett, Ramos' attorney, said that his client was making a legal, conditional threat to get compliance after Thomas got agitated and didn't follow orders.
"You can see where he's pointing and his hands aren't there," he said. "He's got to submit, and he didn't."
Blood tests also showed no alcohol or drugs in Thomas' system on the day of the struggle.


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When "Inside the Actors Studio" quietly made its debut in 1994, Bravo was a decade-plus-old, little-watched cable network that aired highbrow art films, opera and ballet.
Nineteen years, 300 guests and 15 Emmy nominations later, the show, one of Bravo's first original series, remains the lone holdout in a lineup populated by Real Housewives, an earnest oasis on a top-10 cable network where guilty pleasures pay the bills.
The long-running series celebrates its 250th episode Wednesday with a two-hour special featuring new interviews with Dave Chappelle, Katie Couric and Jennifer Lopez. The survival of "Inside the Actors Studio" is remarkable by any measure, but all the more so given Bravo's transformation over the last two decades.
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"It is a vestige of the original roots of Bravo, but I still think it's absolutely appropriate for the network," said Bravo President Frances Berwick. "It's about peeking behind the curtain getting into the creative process, just as we do on 'Top Chef' or 'The Rachel Zoe Project.'"
Host and creator James Lipton, for one, never expected to reach this milestone.
"If you had put a gun to my head, I wouldn't have predicted this," he said recently via telephone from the Hamptons.
He attributes the show's longevity to its unique focus on craft rather than gossip or the usual canned chatter of celebrity-driven talk shows. Each episode is a condensed version of a four- or five-hour master class in acting for graduate students at the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City.
"The relationship between the guest and the audience is totally different from any other show that I know of. Our guests come here because I've asked them to come and teach," said Lipton, 86. "I ask questions that will elicit answers that will be of use and interest to our students, and it turns out they're of use and interest to Bravo's 94 million subscribers."
About those questions: In a rarity for television talk shows, Lipton does not conduct pre-interviews. The result, he said, is that "the guest and I are out here on a high wire for four hours."
"Not once in nearly 19 years has anyone ever said don't ask this question — not one single time," Lipton added.
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This lack of a safety net, not to mention Lipton's talent for conjuring tearful and unexpected confessions from his guests (e.g. the late Jack Lemmon's declaration that he was an alcoholic), has made the show even more enticing to actors looking to be taken seriously.
This focus on "the craft" has turned "Inside the Actors Studio" into a magnet for the type of A-list talent — Angelina Jolie, George Clooney — who would never deign to visit the channel's "Watch What Happens Live."
A famously meticulous researcher, Lipton spends weeks wading through a "mountain of material" on his subjects, looking for pivotal moments in their life and work. He frequently dazzles guests with inquiries about obscure biographical details — what he calls the "Oh My God" questions.
When all is said and done, Lipton heads into a typical episode with a stack of 300 blue index cards, organized roughly in chronological order.
"What I'm asking for is an un-self-conscious self-portrait. I hand you the palette and the brushes, and I hold up the canvas and I'll just ask questions," he said.
Lipton scored his dream guest in 2011, when Bradley Cooper became the first graduate of the Actors Studio Drama School to appear as a guest on "Inside the Actors Studio." (In various clips floating around the Internet, fans can see Cooper, in all his late '90s glory, asking Robert De Niro and Sean Penn detailed questions about their acting technique.)
"When he walked onto stage, we both burst into tears," Lipton said. "It was fulfilling in a way that no other show could ever be."
Cooper may be the school's most famous graduate to date, but the erudite Lipton has also become a celebrity in his own right, appearing as a prison warden in "Arrested Development" (yes, he's in the new season) and inspiring a beloved impression by Will Ferrell on "Saturday Night Live."
For Lipton, "Inside the Actors Studio" is but the latest accomplishment on an eclectic résumé. The son of Lawrence Lipton, author of the Beat Generation novel "The Holy Barbarians," Lipton was, by his own account, able to read by the age of 1-and-a-half.
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The book, Lipton is proud to note, has never gone out of print. Oh yeah, he's also a trained pilot, an accomplished equestrian and once worked as a Parisian pimp.
It was his idea to align the Actors Studio, the birthplace of Method acting, with the New School to create a formal, degree-granting M.F.A. program (it later moved to Pace University), and to turn master classes with studio actors into a television series.
Though it has never been a ratings hit on the order of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," Lipton's program helped establish Bravo's reputation within the production community, paving the way for subsequent, brand-defining series like "The Awful Truth" with Michael Moore and "Project Runway."
It also made Bravo a destination for the same kind of affluent, culturally savvy viewers who tune in regularly to the network's highly addictive reality fare.
Lipton confesses he doesn't keep up with the latest housewives happenings.
"I work 12 hours a day, 7 days week," he said. "That doesn't leave a lot of time for television."
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A prognosis is the doctor's best estimate of how cancer will affect a person and how it will respond to treatment. A prognostic factor is an aspect of the cancer or a characteristic of the person that the doctor will consider when making a prognosis. A predictive factor influences how a cancer will respond to a certain treatment. Prognostic and predictive factors are often discussed together and they both play a part in deciding on a treatment plan and a prognosis.
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LOWELL -- Former UMass Lowell pitcher Jack Leathersich pitched in his first Major League spring training game on Sunday, tossing a scoreless ninth for the New York Mets in a 9-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
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President Bush's much-anticipated meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao appears to have done little to address the $202 billion U.S. trade deficit with China or other sources of economic tensions between the two superpowers.
Administration officials attempted to put a positive spin on the 90-minute, April 20 meeting, which followed a White House arrival ceremony marked by several incidents that might have been funny if the stakes of the Chinese president's first official visit to Washington hadn't been so high.
Manufacturing executives had been hopeful that President Bush, suffering from low approval ratings, would use the talks to wring some concessions from Hu and help himself regain a degree of the popularity he enjoyed in his first term. But the administration came away with little to show for its efforts.
"The president failed to make any significant progress in his talks with Hu," said Kevin L. Kearns, president of the U.S. Business and Industry Council, which represents 1,500 small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies. "It was more of the same do-nothing-to-upset-the-Chinese approach."
"We were really hoping that significant progress would be made so that both governments would begin to work together to address this very large trade imbalance," said Frank Vargo, international vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Shortly before the trip, the Chinese government announced that its economy grew by 10.2 percent in the first three months of this year, which was faster than the 9.9 percent growth it registered in 2005. Chinese officials said the amazing rate of expansion (U.S. GDP typically grows 3 percent to 4 percent annually) was unintentional. "We do not want, nor are we pursuing over-rapid economic growth," he told reporters before leaving Beijing for his trip to the United States.
The surge in the Chinese economy, which could translate to more exports of textiles and apparel and other manufactured goods, is expected to lead to another increase in its trade surplus with the United States, which reached $202 billion last year.
U.S. manufacturing groups say much of the trade imbalance is due to China's continued refusal to allow more than a token devaluation of its currency, the yuan. Some economists claim China's pegging of the yuan to the dollar makes Chinese exports 40 percent cheaper than products in the United States. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has threatened to introduce legislation that would impose sanctions on China until it devalues the yuan, but had agreed to delay it until after Hu's visit to the United States. President Bush said Hu realizes the trade deficit is a major concern for his administration and other Americans.
"He recognizes that a trade deficit with the United States, as substantial as it is, is unsustainable," the president said during a joint photo opportunity with Hu in the Oval Office.
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Bush had to begin the meeting with an apology after a Falun Gong supporter who was granted a press pass heckled Hu during the arrival ceremony. Chinese officials reportedly had warned the U.S. Protocol Office to be careful whom it admitted to the event. (The Falun Gong supporter, Wang Wenyi, crashed another media event in Malta five years ago and got into an argument with former president Jiang Zemen.)
A White House emcee also announced the Chinese national anthem as that of the Republic of China, the official name of Taiwan, the island that the People's Republic of China claims as its own.
But Kearn said those missteps were nothing compared to the administration's failure to seize the meeting as an opportunity to extract more from the Chinese than "deceptive Chinese promises and more tinkering around the edges.
"Our $200-plus billion trade deficit with China is rather blunt proof that Beijing's predatory economic practices are hollowing out America's domestic industries. President Bush should have told President Hu that unless China cleans up its trade policy act by a specific date, it will start losing access to the U.S. market."
Kearns said the president's own advisors have acknowledged the need to change America's losing game on China trade. Earlier this year, former U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman said U.S.-China trade relations need to enter "a new phase of greater accountability and enforcement."
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Reports from the U.S. Trade Representative's office also acknowledge that – contrary to the administration's promises – China's entry into the World Trade Organization has not brought its protectionism under control.
In a 2005 report, USTR said WTO membership has not significantly reduced China's theft of intellectual property. Its latest annual report on foreign trade barriers also notes that China has increasingly resorted to industrial policies that limit market access for foreign goods but support increased exports.
The American Manufacturers Trade Action Coalition says the trade deficit and the Chinese policies responsible for it cost the U.S. economy more than 275,000 jobs in 2005.
"Manipulated currency, non-performing loans made by Chinese state-run banks, intellectual property theft, and other state-sponsored subsidies are the driving forces behind the job-destroying U.S. trade deficit with China," said Auggie Tantillo, AMTAC's executive director.
"The only way for the United States to dig itself out of this hole is to use access to the U.S. market as leverage to get China to play by the rules," said Tantillo. "If China does not want to do that, they should not expect to receive the same level of access to the U.S. market that they have now.
"You cannot have a market where domestic U.S. companies must abide by free-market rules while Chinese companies are free to cheat with impunity. Such an arrangement is unsustainable because it gives Chinese exporters an enormous competitive advantage and it undermines both the rule of law and the confidence of U.S. manufacturers in the U.S. government."
Largest creditor
Conventional wisdom says U.S. officials must exercise restraint in criticizing China because of the latter's position as the U.S. government's largest creditor. Latest estimates say Chinese banks now hold more than $300 billion in U.S. securities purchased with the dollars flowing in in exchange for U.S. exports to the United States. Kearns says fears of Chinese retaliation against potential American trade remedies are overblown. "China cannot afford to suddenly dump its sizable holdings of U.S. Treasury bills. These purchases have helped sustain the U.S. market in which China desperately needs to sell," he notes.
"If China stops subsidizing American consumption, their home unemployment crisis will worsen. That would threaten the regime's hold on power."
The U.S. economy is indeed vulnerable to a pullback of foreign capital overall, Kearns noted. This vulnerability results mainly from America's huge and rapidly growing global trade and current account deficits. These twin deficits are bound to undermine the nation's creditworthiness.
"The longer China's protectionism is allowed to continue, the less incentive China will have to correct the serious distortions of its own banking system and broader economy," said Kearns. "At the same time, ballooning American deficits and net debts could trigger a dollar crisis and a global economic crack-up. This is why President Bush missed a major missed opportunity today to direct Beijing toward a more sustainable economic path that can solidify the entire global economy's currently shaky foundations."


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Sunday, April 23, 2006
Weird Dreams
Most recently I've had dreams about childbirth. Two of them. Both times I'm having the baby somewhere weird... like in a mall or in a restaurant. Each time it seemed rather "easy" strangely enough. Now I'm a great chicken. I'm awaiting to hear if our hospital is going to have epidurals prior to my giving birth.
Now, we have a very small hospital where we live. If there is any chance there will be any problems with the baby, then we'll go to the big city for birth. (or problems with me for that matter).
My dream last night was weird. I had a friend who had just gotten pregnant, and was showing me her pee stick. This was such a neat pee stick though... it gave you hcg numbers and also told you if you had a bladder infection (and some other things too). I had to take one to see what mine showed, and my hcg was quite high, and had no infection
Weird stuff!
Next visit is Wednesday. I'll be 17w1d then. YIKES.
5 comments:
- Beagle said...
That sounds like a Star Trek pee stick!
- Mon Apr 24, 05:35:00 PM
- soralis said...
17weeks + that is GREAT! I had lots of weird dreams during my PG too, and a few nasty ones after but they did eventually go away! :)
Take care and wishing you a wonderful rest of your PG
- Mon Apr 24, 08:27:00 PM
- Kellieandkids said...
Congratualations on 17 weeks! YAY!
I thought I might just add, and of course you are free to do whatever you want, but you might just want to do some research on epi's I had one with my last child and never will again...the reason? An epi can lower your blood pressure...because of this they pump you full of TONS of fluids...this in turn causes mommy to bloat like you would not believe after baby is born and because of this? My baby never latched and I ended up pumping breast milk for him for 10 1/2 months. Now, if you don't plan on breastfeeding, you might not care, but if you do...you might want to consider that. There are other issues with epi's too, but that is my main one.
- Thu Apr 27, 08:49:00 AM
- UtRus said...
hi kellie
my first visit to you :) i hope you're feeling good and congrats on 17 weeks. you are an inspiration. hugs
- Thu Apr 27, 05:26:00 PM
- One Mother's Journey said...
Wow - 17 weeks! That's awesome Kellie! I'm so glad your doing good.
I had some pretty bizarre dreams when I pregnant also - I do remember they seemed more vivid and real. Strange what happens to your body.
God - how cool would that be if HPTs could really give you your hcg level!
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The Civil War experience has been preserved over the past 150 years through a variety of media: books, newspaper accounts, films, drawings, paintings, diaries, artifacts and ... quilts.
The quilting form will be discussed and displayed Sunday at the Captain Avery Museum in Shady Side, as Mavis Slawson, a textile historian and docent at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, in Frederick, gives a presentation Sept. 8 on "Civil War Soldiers and Their Quilts."
Slawson said she hoped to convey that quilts provided more than just physical comfort to soldiers in the Civil War — they were also a source of emotional and spiritual solace for men who were a long way from home and in harm's way.
"Many of these quilts had special meaning to the soldiers in the field or in the hospitals," said Slawson, a Columbia resident who is not only well-versed in the history of Civil War quilts but is an accomplished quilter herself.
"It was important for them to have something personal like this from their wives or mothers or children," she said.
"The quilts brought back memories and gave the men the will to stick it out, and to either win a battle or, if they were sick or injured, to get better."
The quilts held such inspirational power that soldiers in hospitals would often hang them up as wall art, she said.
"Some of the quilts had puns on them, or riddles or jokes," Slawson said. "Some had biblical verses, and sometimes they had songs, like the 'Star-Spangled Banner.' "
Jeff Holland, executive director of the Captain Avery Museum, said the Civil War quilt presentation fits in nicely with his museum's mission, which is to preserve the heritage and history of the Shady Side community and those who have lived and worked there over the years, on both the land and the water.
The museum's holdings include an extensive collection of oral histories.
"Some the stories told in those histories are about social justice," Holland said. "For instance, many of the watermen who lived and worked here on the Shady Side peninsula were African-American. In what was otherwise a totally segregated society, they were working side by side with white watermen, more or less in equality.
"We actually have a quilt from the family of one of these African-American watermen," he said.
Holland said Slawson's presentation is also a good fit because of the widespread popularity of quilting. "Quilters are very talented people, very devoted people and they are all over the place," he said. "Several members of our board are active quilters."
Slawson has studied both the history and the historic techniques of quilt-making at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, Va. "That's where I became a convert," she said with a laugh.
When she speaks at the Captain Avery Museum, she will bring along several of the Civil War-era replica quilts she has made over the years.
"I'll be bringing [a replica of a] U.S. Sanitary Commission quilt that I made that a soldier might have used on his cot, or on his bed if he was recovering in a general hospital," Slawson said. "I'll also have another quilt I made that's a replica of a style that originated in New England, especially in Maine and Massachusetts, called the potholder quilt."
Slawson said during the Civil War, different regions of the Union — including Baltimore and various New England states — developed their own styles and techniques of quilting. While some were made by family members, usually a mother, daughter or sister who had a loved one away at war, others were a community effort.
"Often, one quilter would make one or two blocks and sign them, then others would do the same, and they would sew them all together," Slawson said. "Sometimes if a soldier was in the hospital, family members might come down and visit him in Washington or Baltimore or Pittsburgh and bring him a quilt.
"Baltimore was also very special insofar as it was known for its album quilts, which were very, very expensive," she added. "They have beautiful handwork and they were made with the best fabrics from England and France. They are just gorgeous, and it took quite a bit of time to make them.
"Most of all, the Civil War quilts contained messages of comfort and love and support for the troops," she said. "The soldiers brought many of them home with them after the war, and they have been handed down from generation to generation, which is very important."
Mavis Slawson will give her presentation, "Civil War Soldiers and their Quilts" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Captain Avery Museum, 1418 E West Shady Side Road, Shady Side. Information: 410-867-4486 or captainaverymuseum.org. Admission to the talk is free, though a $10 donation per person is requested.


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Obama Stakes His Re-Election on Bain Attacks
"So to repeat, this is not a distraction. This is what this campaign is going to be about."
-- President Obama at a press conference in Chicago when asked about the misgivings of his fellow Democrats over attack ads his campaign is running against Republican Mitt Romney's work as the CEO of private equity firm Bain Capital.
President Obama mounted a vigorous defense of his campaign's spring offensive against Republican Mitt Romney's record as the CEO of Bain Capital, a Boston-based firm that specializes in trying to turn around failing companies.
Obama argued at a press conference in Chicago that his escalating attacks on Romney, whom the campaign has dubbed a "vampire" for making profits as workers were being laid off, are not petty politics but part of a larger debate about economic fairness.
That's no doubt true. The relevant question is whether that can work.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus quipped over the weekend in Michigan that Obama was running a "Seinfeld campaign," saying, "It's the campaign about nothing." But in Chicago, Obama again laid out what his re-election bid is all about: tearing down the wealthy and powerful individuals whom the president says take advantage of the little people.
It's very much a return to the pre-Clinton era of the Democratic Party and its New Deal roots. It is certainly no change for Obama.
Recall that in the heaviest fighting of the 2008 Democratic primaries, Obama launched very similar attacks against Hillary Clinton over her family's wealth and how she and her husband amassed it. Obama's campaign and a sympathetic press corps hounded the Clintons for more disclosures and suggestions that the post-presidency fortune made by Bill Clinton was ill-gotten.
The argument then, as it is now against Romney, was that the Clintons had gamed the system to profit at the expense of others. And since Obama was running a campaign centered on a repudiation of Clintonian centrism for the party, it was a perfect fit. As Hillary Clinton clawed her way back into contention, Obama escalated the attacks on her wealth and in doing so reminded Democrats of their previous misgivings about Bubba, whom the party's base always found a little too cozy with rich dudes.
She wanted subsidies for private health insurance, he wanted government insurance. She wanted free trade, he wanted trade restrictions. She was friendly with management, he was all for labor.
Obama carried the message into the general election less effectively. The swipes on McCain's wealth and privilege played poorly as did the overall argument about the need to "spread the wealth around."
But then, the luckiest moment in the political life of a very lucky politician turned it all around. The Panic of 2008 struck and unleashed a frenzy of anti-Wall Street fury as middle-class voters saw their 401(k)s immolated because of absurd speculation abetted by politicians in Washington, D.C.
The panic made Obama's argument for him and, along with McCain's botched response, delivered the election to the unlikeliest victor in the modern political era. So, Obama can hardly be blamed for sticking with the same argument that has propelled him to such success.
Obama clearly expected all along that he would be facing Romney in this fight. Though Democrats expected the Republican process to be longer and bitterer, the expectation was always that Romney would emerge.
When Obama launched his fall offensive starting with a speech to autoworkers in Detroit, he laid out his case against rich dudes like Romney. Obama called for more government protections and higher taxes in a series of campaign speeches, culminating in a pilgrimage to Osawatomie, Kan., site of Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 "new nationalism" speech that launched the former Republican's Progressive Party candidacy.
Rather than tacking to the center, as many expected, Obama moved left and started preparing for an intense struggle defined by class conflict and the abiding belief that dominated in the pre-Clinton Democratic Party that great wealth is usually the result of great exploitation.
But even before Obama started his re-election campaign in earnest, his administration almost always adhered to his central belief in the need to bring the wealthy down a few pegs. There is almost no problem that the president has not sought to address with a proposal to increase taxes on top earners.
Obama moderated some of his policies, at first out of deep concerns among his economic advisers that the pursuit of a "leveling" could send the economy back into freefall and later because of growing resistance inside the Senate Democratic Caucus.
But now, with the economy bad but not spiraling and freed from the constraints of actually having to pass legislation, Obama has returned to his original argument and promises a second term in which he picks up Roosevelt's progressive cause.
This, like almost everything Team Obama does, is massively complicated. Campaigns are usually about simple ideas expressed forcefully. Obama seems more to be running a kind of Gingrichian educational program on American economic history.
But then there are the attack ads, just like the ones the pro-Gingrich political action committee launched against Romney.
And like they did for Gingrich, those attack ads slice through the professorial word clouds and reveal the central argument of Obama's campaign. To make a good ad, you can't just put up plumes of words and historical arguments, you have to evoke feelings. Calling somebody a vampire or a vulture is not about gradient income disparity, it's about tapping into anger at the rich.
Obama might have preferred to wait to reduce the central argument of his campaign into a 2-minute attack on Romney's capitalistic tendencies. But Romney entered the general election in much better condition than expected and Obama felt obliged to start his bombardment early and, more dangerously, maintain it.
Today's Washington Post/ABC News poll tells the tale: 21 percent of voters find Romney's career as a turnaround artist attractive, 21 percent found it a turnoff and 56 percent said it wasn't a major factor. If Obama wants to win, he's got drive that 56 percent way, way down.
But here's the problem: Romney and Bain were widely seen as very good at what they did, not plunderers but responsible corporate citizens. The harder Obama leans on prosecuting private equity, the more Democrats will feel obliged to talk about the necessity of such firms.
Without the Panic of 2008 to boost his argument, Obama may find himself looking too liberal for the liking of moderate suburbanites. In trying to make the election a referendum on Romney's business practices, Obama may turn the race into one about his own economic views.
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"Here they are plucking sound bites out of that interview to manipulate them in a cynical manner, to use them for their own purposes ... I'm very upset that I'm being used by the GOP this way."
-- Mayor Cory Booker on Newark, N.J. in an interview with Rachel Maddow of MSNBC about his comments Sunday that he found President Obama's attack ads against Mitt Romney's career "nauseating."
"In this particular instance, he was just wrong."
-- David Axelrod, senior political adviser to President Obama, in an interview with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC about Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism of the Obama campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's career.
"I've always thought in this state, close elections, presidential elections, it means you probably have to win with at least 53 percent of the vote to account for fraud. One or two points, potentially."
-- Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., in an interview with Stephen F. Hayes of the Weekly Standard.
"What the federal government did that got our Irish up is define parameters as to how to administer and the motives that should direct our ministry. That is the character, the tone of these straightjacket conditions."
-- Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, in an interview with FOX News about the lawsuits filed by his archdiocese and 42 other Catholic institutions, including the Archdiocese of Washington and the University of Notre Dame, against the Obama administration over a rule requiring Catholic groups to provide insurance policies that cover contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilizations.
"$20 million"
-- The value of a new government contract for public relations firm Porter Novelli to extol President Obama's 2010 health law.
Chris Stirewalt is digital politics editor for Fox News, and his POWER PLAY column appears Monday-Friday on FoxNews.com.


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Pingyao Ancient City is located in the northern Shanxi Province, is a city with 2,700 years of history and cultural city, and the second group of countries with historical and cultural city of Sichuan Langzhong, Lijiang, Yunnan, Anhui Shexian known as the "four best preserved ancient city", is currently the only declared world cultural heritage city in the whole success of the ancient town.
Shanxi located at Mt. Taihang west, east of Yellow River. Name of the Shanxi, because of occupies Mt. Taihang west to acquire fame. Was called since old times ?Biaolishanhe?. Spring and Autumn Period time, most districts for Jin all, therefore abbreviation ?Jin?; The Warring States initial period, Han, Zhao, Wei three divide the Jin, because and calls ?the Three-Jin?. The entire province total area 156,000 square kilometers, the total population nearly 34,000,000 people, presently govern Taiyuan, Datong, Shuozhou, Yangquan, Changzhi, Xinzhou, Luliang, Jinzhong, Linfen, Yuncheng, Jincheng and so on 11 locally administered levels, altogether 85 counties, 11 county-level cities, 23 municipal districts. Provincial capital Taiyuan, provincial government in the Taiyuan Municipal government east street. Rich tourism resources in Shanxi Province, historical monuments, scenic spots more. There are more famous Yungang Grottoes, Mount Temple group Jinci, Yingxian Wooden Tower, Yongle Palace,Xuankong Temple , Hukou Waterfall, Temple state solution, such as Hongtong large tree.


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On stage at the Billabong XXL awards with two Playboy Playmates at his side, 75 yr old Greg Noll pulled down his pants.
While Noll was presenting Garret McNamera with a $50,000 check for Biggest Wave of the Year, everyone enjoyed "Da Bull" retell his own quest for the world's biggest waves in his signature black and white boardshort. He then alluded to the fact that his original short style was being copied by surf companies and poser brands. But, patenting black and white stripes would be harder than laying claim to boardshorts themselves, so he did what any pissed-off surfer would, and mooned the crowd with his signature stripes across his bare ass.
It was not what many expected from a nice looking old man, but Noll is a real bad-ass and has a core perspective about wannabe fads in the surf industry. Here's what he said about the trendy surf guitar genre of the 60s "Crap, all of it. That's what real surfers thought. Dick Dale was okay, but the rest was garbage. We hated all that stuff; all the surf music and the Beach Blanket Bingo movies. It (The Beach Boys) just sounded kind of pussy to us."(Warshaw, 2006)
Playboy's Miss June 2012 Amelia Talon, and Miss April 2011 Jaclyn Swedberg weren't the ones taking their clothes off this time, so they cheered him on along with the rest of the industry in attendance.
Who Stole Surfing?
Noll mentioning rip-off surf companies comes just weeks after Hollister Co. became the world's largest (so-called) surf company, posting 2 billion dollars in annual revenues. This upset many in the surf industry who are dedicated to maintaining an ocean-first mentality, and an overall sense of respect to the heritage of people like Greg Noll.
Hollister aka "Mall-ister" mass produces kitschy knock-offs of our coastal classics, and waters down our sacred surf culture. Making shirts that say "Hollister Surf Team" is blatant rip-off of smaller surf companies who actually invest in their fellow rippers who keep the dream alive.
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Warsaw, M. (1996). Photo/Stoner: The Rise, Fall, and Mysterious Disappearance of Surfing's Greatest Photographer (pp. 46). San Fransisco, CA: Chronicle Books.


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There are foods that we should eat more of and foods that we should eat less of. Fruits and vegetables are foods that everyone should eat more of! All forms of fruits and vegetables, frozen, canned, dried, and 100% juice, are good for you. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with essential vitamins, minerals and fiber that many people do not get enough of in their diet. To obtain a detailed list of the foods that are right for you, contact the American Dietetic Association for a Registered Dietitian in your area at www.eatright.org.


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2012 Chevy Sonic Super Bowl Ad: OK Go + fun. Featured
Warning, what you are about to see are 100% real stunts, so don't attempt to try them at home! Chevy just released their 2012 Super Bowl commercial for their Sonic vehicle, and like any fun and overpriced big football game ad, this one features big wins like the band OK Go and music from fun.!
To the tune of fun.'s 'We are Young,' which has skyrocketed in popularity in recent months (it was even featured on 'Glee!'), "stunt drivers" take the wheel of the Chevy Sonic and burn rubber in some crazy obstacle courses, like sending cars zooming off ramps and into the air … When they aren't being pushed from airplanes with skydivers. Really.
At one point in the ad, the Sonic is used as a tool to make music, as it zooms past a collection of windchimes and pianos. The multi-colored passengers inside — the members of those treadmill runnin' goofballs OK Go — spin the car in circles in a field, which makes the whole event just a little more exciting. The fact that 'We are Young' is playing? Just a mega bonus. That's our jam.
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Adi Ben-Israel and Uzi Blumer14 Jun 10 17:41Hizbullah claims that that the natural gas fields recently discovered in the Mediterranean, belong to Lebanon and warned Israel against extracting gas from them. Iranian English language paper "Tehran Times" quotes Hezbollah's executive council chief Hashem Safieddine as saying that it would not allow Israel to loot Lebanese gas resources.
Earlier this week, Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri told "AFP", "Israel is racing to make the case a fait accompli and was quick to present itself as an oil emirate, ignoring the fact that, according to the maps, the deposit extends into Lebanese waters. Lebanon must take immediate action to defend its financial, political, economic and sovereign rights."Click here to read the full article on Globes


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After graduation I joined the Peace Corps where I found myself teaching English in Uzbekistan for three years. I met my wife there, we returned state-side and started a family. We have two wonderful and energetic boys, Kamran and Alan. I quickly realized that knowing foreign languages only was not quite enough to get a job that supported a family in the US. So, I went to school, and got my Masters in IT. I currently work at the Census Bureau as a computer programmer.


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Topics ranged from transportation issues students face in the 22nd District to finding the best option for funding the education system.
Costa Constantinides kicked off the forum, which was hosted by Zone 126, by stating his displeasure with alternatives to classrooms.
"I think the biggest challenge in Astoria is providing our student with the optimal opportunity and environment to learn," said Constantinides. "Queens has become the king of trailers. Kids should be learning inside of classrooms."
One of his leading opponents, who brought a large number of supporters with him, Gus Prentzas said schools shouldn't wait on money from the city.
"We need to be able to team up with local businesses and bring in some more funding," said Prentzas.
His goal would be to set up an "adopt a school" program, where private businesses would be able to sponsor a school, giving it resources such as free wi-fi.
One issue that was not supported by any candidate was standardized testing. Green Party candidate Lynn Serpe said she would work toward a well-rounded education system.
"The focus on high-stakes testing leads to stressed-out kids," she said.
Her goal is to focus on creating smaller class sizes and using community organizations to create programs for students.
Prentzas criticized the current administration for allowing Chancellor Dennis Walcott to hold his position without a background in education.
"Once I'm elected, I'm going to make sure that the next chancellor to come in will be a true educator," said Prentzas.


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Despite Eric Holder's announcement that mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent, minor drug offenders will no longer be imposed, recent revelations of intelligence laundering between the DEA and the NSA and Holder's track record on the Fair Sentencing Act are reasons to retain a healthy degree of skepticism.
If the recreational use of drugs alters the chemical trails of our perception, it seems ironic that a new front in the ongoing "War on Drugs" begins with intelligence laundering.
One week after Reuters revealed that local law enforcement agencies are actively altering the trail of evidence in drug-related criminal investigations of Americans to hide the fact that their ultimate source of information is the National Security Agency (NSA), Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that nonviolent drug offenders would no longer be charged with offenses that impose harsh mandatory sentences.
Documents have revealed that a shadowy arm of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) known as the Special Operations Division (SOD), which comprises two dozen partner agencies including the NSA, CIA, FBI, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Homeland Security, trains federal agents to fabricate "parallel constructions," or to re-create the investigative trail to cover up the true source of the information gathered against a defendant in cases involving drug crimes.
In cases where this technique has been used, a defendant is deprived of the right to challenge the government's case by examining the evidence being used against them, a violation of the constitutional right to due process and a fair trial under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments.
"It's ironic that … Holder gave a big speech about a push to be more lenient on low-level drug offenders and drug crimes and not trigger those very harsh mandatory minimums and yet at the same time we've got a situation where this very large surveillance program, which is ostensibly about capturing terrorism suspects and protecting national security, that that information is actually being funneled in some ways to going to fight this continued 'War on Drugs,' which is, to be clear, pretty overkill," said Hanni Fakhoury, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "It kind of fits part and parcel with the broader 'War on Drugs' that the whole war to begin with was overbroad, and now here's an overbroad surveillance-collection program being used to funnel information for fighting an overbroad war."
The new Justice Department policy is part of a larger prison reform legislative package Holder announced Monday in San Francisco. Holder is seeking to save the most severe penalties for higher-level drug trafficking organizations and is working with U.S. attorneys across the nation to develop guidelines for filing federal charges against offenders.
But what does this recent announcement really mean coming on the heels of major revelations about the pipeline between the "War on Terror" and the "War on Drugs"? Bruce A. Dixon, managing editor of the Black Agenda Report, traces Holder's record on mandatory minimums to the Fair Sentencing Act, signed into law by President Obama in August of 2010. The law reduced disparity between the amounts of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence from a 100-to-1 weight ratio to an 18-to-1 weight ratio. The law also eliminated the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine.
The previous disparity between crack and powder cocaine has been seen widely as an institutional form of racism because crack cocaine is more widely used and distributed in impoverished communities of color. Dixon called the law a disappointment and said it didn't go far enough in reducing the weight ratio needed to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence.
But most importantly, according to Dixon, since the law's passage, the Obama administration and Eric Holder have been in court arguing not only against retroactivity for prisoners sentenced before the law's passage but against the deductions in penalties applying to anyone, even those sentenced after the bill's passage, essentially retaining the status quo of mass incarceration for people of color.
"There's a big, big gap between what Mr. Holder says and what this president says and what they actually do. His words are positive and hopeful, but we have a track record now of saying one thing and doing another," Dixon said. "This is climate in which the authorities have to try to appear to backtrack a little from some of their own positions."
The Obama administration also has been scaling back on the larger NSA process in the aftermath of the national security leaks made by former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden. On Friday Obama announced he would pursue reforms that would open the legal proceedings on government surveillance programs, including adding civil libertarian voices to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's secret proceedings and reigning in a controversial provision of the Patriot Act that the government has used as legal justification for dragnet surveillance programs.
But despite the administration's backpedaling on dragnet surveillance programs and harsh mandatory minimum sentences in the aftermath of this latest DEA cover-up, Dixon says it's not enough. He wants to see a bigger social movement take up the issue of the surveillance-to-prison pipeline.
"A lot of the so-called anti-war folks, the so-called left and black leadership has simply laid down. They've made their first priority not protecting their worthwhile constituencies but protecting this president and protecting the operatives of this administration and their own careers," he said.


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Tom Robbins, in full Thomas Eugene Robbins, (born July 22, 1932, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, U.S.), American novelist noted for his eccentric characters, playful optimism, and self-conscious wordplay.
Robbins was educated at Washington and Lee University, Richmond Professional Institute, and the University of Washington. He served in the U.S. Air Force, hitchhiked across the United States, and worked as a journalist and art critic. His first two novels became popular only when they were released in paperback editions. Another Roadside Attraction (1971), anchored by extensive research into early Christianity, is about a native of rural Washington who steals the mummy of Jesus Christ. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976; filmed 1994) is the story of a female hitchhiker with enormous thumbs who visits a woman's spa in South Dakota. Robbins's later novels include Still Life with Woodpecker (1980); Jitterbug Perfume (1984), which centres on a medieval king who lives for 1,000 years before becoming a janitor in Albert Einstein's laboratory; Skinny Legs and All (1990), a fantastical novel that follows five inanimate objects on a journey to Jerusalem while exploring the Arab-Israeli conflict and religious fundamentalism, among other political themes; Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994); Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000), the story of a hedonistic CIA operative who is cursed by a Peruvian shaman to forever keep his feet off the ground lest he die; and Villa Incognito (2003). Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005) is a collection of assorted writings that include essays, travelogues, and poems.


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Cuban cooking is among the most interesting cuisines. Cuban food is light on vegetables and fruits. Meat is seen as an essential part of any meal. There are several types of Cuban restaurants that offers the meal that you surely are dying to savor. Below are the list of Cuban Resto in Los Angeles, California that might catch your attention.
Porto's Bakery Burbank
Mambo's Cafe
El Floridita Restaurant
El Rincon Criollo
Mercede's Grille
El Criollo
Baracoa Cuban Cafe
El Colmao
La Bamba Restaurant
El Rincon Cubano
Ay Papa Que Rico
Las Villas Restaurant
Havana Mania
El Criollo Cuban Bar & Grill
Cafe Cuba & Cakes
La Cubana Restaurant
Las Palmas Spanish & Cuban Restaurant -- Grand Re-Opening
Xiomara on Melrose
La Caridad Restaurant
Habana Vieja Cuban Cuisine And Cafe
Cha Cha Cha
El Cochinito Restaurant
Coppelia Bakery
Lili's Express Cuban Food
Brothers Grill
Versailles Restaurant
Porto's Bakery & Cafe
Habana Cafe
Gigi Bakery & Cafe
Cafe Habana Malibu
La Descarga
Havana Sandwich Company
LAX Diner
Cha Cha Chicken
El Paladar Cubano
Porto's Bakery Downey
Hidden Havana Cuban Cafe
Florida Restaurant
Moros Cuban Restaurant
Tropicana Bakery & Cuban Cafe
Havana Club Restaurant & Bar
Ceremony Bar
The Palms Restaurant
Cook's Tortas
Bamboo Restaurant
Rumba Cafe & Restaurant
Merengue Bakery and Cafe
Food Festival
Conga Room
Lala's Argentine Grill
Tierra Mia Coffee
La Serenata de Garibaldi
Café Brasil
Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine
La Cienega Grill Cafe
Villa Sombrero Restaurant
Corazon y Miel
Tacos Villa Corona
For more Cuban Restaurants in Los Angeles, click here: http://us.wowcity.com/losangeles/?what=Cuban+restaurants
Cuban food may not be as well known as cuisine in Jamaica or some other nearby islands, but an exploration of traditional Cuban cuisine is still an essential part of any vacation to Cuba.


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The degree of roughness of the stencil surface is measured as an Rz value. Basically, the lower the Rz value, the smoother the surface and, therefore, the better the seal that occurs between the substrate and stencil during printing. By adjusting the coating technique, users of direct emulsions can fine-tune the Rz value of their stencils for any particular substrate. Such adjustments are necessary to achieve accurate and consistent prints on all materials.
The key to proper gasketing between stencil and substrate is for the emulsion to provide a shoulder that maintains space between the substrate and the mesh in open areas of the stencil. Because ink cannot travel through mesh threads, having some emulsion thickness over (on top of) the mesh plane helps to define the edges of the image (Figure 1). (Figure Reference: EOM levels of 10-20% are generally recommended for screen printing (no more than 10% for process-color printing, particularly with UV inks. The extra emulsion thickness provides a shoulder at the mesh openings that keeps the mesh and substrate from making contact, which allows ink to transfer from the entire open area, leading to good image definition and dot shape and size.) Without this emulsion over mesh (EOM), the risk of sawtoothing and dot loss increases, and fine detail printing becomes virtually impossible.
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text: Strawberry mice. Grape caterpillar. Snake pizza. Octopus dip.Sound appetizing? It did to the kids who took part in a series of "Cookin' with the Kiddos" classes offered by the Culinary Corner at the UND Wellness Center. The idea is to blend playing with food and learning about good nutrition. And it's right in line with new research from the University of Alberta that reveals the best way to get kids to eat healthier is to give them an apron and involve them in meal preparation. Researchers Paul Veugelers and Yen Li Chu, who surveyed fifth-graders throughout Alberta, discovered that kids who help prepare meals at home are more likely to make healthy food choices. Generally, the children who were surveyed preferred fruits to vegetables, but kids who helped with cooking showed a greater preference for both. Vegetable preference was also 10 percent higher among children who helped cook. The research data also show that kids who did meal prep and cooking were more confident about the importance of making healthier food choices. Veugelers said getting kids to eat healthier food promotes bone and muscle development, learning and self esteem. "Good food is important for us," he said. "It keeps weight gain away -- and more important than that, it keeps chronic disease away. "The overarching objective of our work is to lower the burden of chronic disease in our society. A healthy diet is right at the top." Cookin' with the Kiddos "Little ones love to feel grown up and helping in the kitchen definitely does the trick," said Lexie Foster, temporary supervisor of the Culinary Corner, in an email. She launched "Cookin' with the Kiddos" in April as an opportunity for families to enjoy time together while kids create snacks that are nutritious and fun to make. Teaching cooking and baking skills is part of each session. They tried their hands at making fruit smoothies, apple and peanut butter granola, sandwich sushi, apple eggrolls, faces on kiwi slices, and ice cream in a bag. In a recent session, a bright green pepper morphed into an octopus when the bottom was lopped off and sliced into "tentacles" that were placed around the base. Black olive slices became the "eyes." "The kids do it all themselves, and parents help," said Foster, one of four instructors who's led the class which drew students ages 3 to 12. "We teach them where food comes from and why it's important that they make healthy food choices," she said. "There's nutrition in each recipe." "The kids come to have fun and play with food," Foster said. "It's a fun class, and one of the best classes we offer." Tanya and John Butler of Grand Forks have attended every session with their son, Bode, 5. The biggest benefit is that "it gets kids thinking about healthier foods," Tanya said. "It exposes (Bode) to a variety (of foods) that maybe we wouldn't have at home." The infusion of fun and some critter-assembly are key ingredients in making the lessons palatable to kids. "If you just put bread, meat and cheese in front of them, it's not that appealing," John said. "But if you make something out of it, (the food) becomes more appealing." From Bode's perspective, the best part is "eating the food," he said. Sampling Kevin Buettner of Grand Forks and daughter Kamryn, 5, were "looking for an opportunity to do something different," he said. "We like to cook together and make things that are healthy for us." Since coming to the class, he's noticed changes in his daughter's willingness to taste unfamiliar foods such as green pepper. "We've never tried that before," he said. "She would never try that at home." Children may be more inclined to accept foods offered by someone other than the parent, he said. "I think kids will put on a different face when they're out in public." Cookin' with the Kiddos "is a very unique thing in Grand Forks," Buettner said. "Doing things with your kids promotes doing things as a family. We'll definitely come back again." Jody and Steven Ralph of Grand Forks brought sons Owen, 2, and Liam, 5, to the class recently -- "so, hopefully, one day they'll cook for us," she said. Her parents encouraged her and her siblings to begin cooking early. "There's something to be said for starting it young." Liam really likes the step-by-step, the process, of cooking, she said. "He's very methodical." She appreciates the opportunity for her sons to try different foods. "They may not like everything all the time, but at least they try them." Picky eater The chance to try different foods is what prompted Jenny LeTexier of East Grand Forks to bring son Gabe, 4, to the class. "He's a very picky eater," she said. "I'm trying to expose him to different foods." When the kids made "turkey heads," using cream cheese, mint leaves, peas, black olives and peppers, "he actually ate the peppers," she said, "and things I could never get him to eat at home." Gabe "wiped the bowl clean" when he made a granola mix with apple and peanut butter for the first time, she said. "He's more willing to try things now, so it's exciting. He loves to help me with cooking at home. Fun is key The element of fun is "so important" to capturing kids' attention and teaching about healthy eating, said Jason McCoy, class instructor. "If it's not fun, they'll lose interest." The UND student who's majoring in community nutrition and exercise science said, "It's been an amazingly rewarding experience. It's so fun to see their eyes light up when they try something new. "It reminds parents that kids can be involved in making meals at home too." The investment parents make in helping kids learn to cook will pay off in time. "I see so many kids get to college and end up eating out all the time, because they have no idea how to make things," he said. "One of my classmates had never cooked a day in her life. Her mom never cooked, because she worked, and the family just frozen this or that, or ate out." He's intent on spreading knowledge and skills of cooking because "anything you make is going to be better than McDonald's," he said. Call Knudson at (701) 780-1107; (800) 477-6572, ext. 1107; or send e-mail to email@example.com. (c)2012 the Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.) Visit the Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.) at www.grandforksherald.com


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Gerry de la Ree was a science fiction and fantasy fanzine publisher.
Gerry de la Ree began publishing fanzines in Westwood, New Jersey, U.S.A. in the 1930s. One of his earliest zines was Sun Spots. 28 issues of this publication appeared, starting in 1939, and running until Spring 1946. It was followed by The Scientifiction Scout in 1942 and Space Flight...When? in 1946. In 1948 he published Loki with co-editor Genevieve K. Stephens. Two issues appeared, one in Spring 1948 and the next in Summer 1948.
In the 1970s Gerry de la Ree ran a small run independent press publishing books by Lovecraft, Poe and art books. He published several books featuring art work by artists who contributed to fanzines and prozines. One of the first was the book devoted to the art of Hannes Bok. In 1973 he published Grotesques and Fantastiques by Clark Ashton Smith, and in 1974 he released "Klarkash-ton and Monstro Ligriv", with previously unpublished poems and art by Clark Ashton Smith and Virgil Finlay, including correspondence between the two artists. In 1977 he released Edd Cartier: The Known and the Unknown. He also released books with the art of Stephen Fabian, Virgil Finlay, and other fantasy sf artists.
Gerry de la Ree was also an art collector who specialized in SF and fantasy work, particularly the cover art from pulp magazines of the 1930s till the 1980s.


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Tim Shaw necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 609 diseños de 104 diseñadores freelance.
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I was a corporate banker for 10 years working working for 2 of the largest international banks in the industry. Over the 10 years, working with large Corporations (e.g. Delta, Burger King, Tupperware, Ryder, Del Monte, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Publix..etc) and Middle Market firms, I developed relationships with Senior Management throughout the Southeastern United States. JTJ International ("JTJ") works with Central and South American Companies exploring the possibility of introducing its product to the U.S. market, specifically in the Southeast. I leverage my relationships with the Corporations I have been working with over the past 10 years to introduce firms from Central/South America and discuss the products and services provided by these firms. Throughout this process I will work with my customer in strategy relative to Marketing, Warehouse Space and Location, Freight and Logistics, Legal, Pricing, Human Resources..etc. The members of JTJ hope to connect entrepreneurs across borders to develop beneficial relationships, while serving the communities best interest.
I am working with Middle Market Firms in Central and South America, as defined as $40 million and Revenue to $250 million in Revenue. I work with Companies interested in selling its product in the U.S. market. specifically in the Southeast. I will work with the Company to get all the appropriate documentation, pricing of the product, competitive analysis, warehouse space, freight, marketing, sales, HR, IT..etc to effectively enter the U.S. market. In some cases I will only introduce the product to a distributor/wholesaler and not be engaged to do all the other services. It is a consultative role with sale and market development responsibilities. The people that will be receiving my business cards, stationary and marketing materials will be Latin American Company's. Typically second third generation affluent family business owners. They are working 24/7 365 and the U.S. market is seen as an opportunity to take their Company to another level. My job is to help them do that.
I envision a design that is diverse (no flags) be wary of dominate colors, meaning, don't just use green white and red because that would be more geared toward Mexico. Please no red white and blue. I am looking for a professional look with a little modern flare. I would like to see some with JTJ International used in the design. Some with JTJ International not so prominent with a logo. Please do not use connecting the americas in the design. Sorry Ladies/Gentlemen I am not very good at describing a design
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