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MAC Cosmetics Iridescent Powder (Loose) - Silver Dusk
108 reviews
78% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.8
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 3.8
Price: $$$
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on 11/22/2018 5:41:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I tested this at a local mac store and wasn't very impressed. Though it's interesting to have a silvery cool toned highlighter (which seens somewhat rare to find), I thought this was way too glittery, too sheer, and not really on my taste, but it's counterpart, golden bronze, on the other hand, it's not that sparkly, great color payoff and has a beautiful sheen to it, so I purchased that one. But I really wished they made silver dusk the way they made golden bronze: less sparkly, more color payoff. If you like very sparkly and sheer highlighters you'll probably love this one. I think this is a good highlighter if you're young and going to a rave or a club, or if you're a performer and need to stand out on stage or camera. I gave 5 lipsticks on the price, because this will last forever, you get plenty of powder for the price, it's fair enough for me.
on 5/6/2014 10:49:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
OMG!!! Okay so...If you are not looking for lots of shimmer, this NOT going to be your go-to. HOWEVER, I love using this as a super shimmery highlighter. I have tried many, and this one is by far my fave. I just peel back a little of the protective covering that covers the dots where the powder comes out...That helps me not get a HEAPING amount of it at one time when I tip it over before using.
For daytime, I use this product dry with my brush. For a dramatic highlighter, I wet my brush with my spray bottle before I apply. It works wonders!!! I dust it on the tippy tops of my cheeks and go over the top of my eyes for a shimmery effect when I am in the mood for one! Would definitely re-buy, but would suggest trying it out at the MAC counter before purchasing...!!!
on 2/5/2014 5:24:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have tried several powder, cream, and liquid highlighters. This was one of the first highlighters I ever tried, and I didn't have it very long. It's a pale pink beige powder with big chunks of silver shimmer. I like shimmery highlighters, but this was overkill, and it wasn't very flattering. It accentuated my pores, and left me looking "greasy". I applied a tiny bit with a fan brush to the apples of the cheeks, and I found it all over my face, neck, and chest instead. It's in a standard loose powder container, so it can get pretty messy trying to put it on. I returned it. I think they just discontinued them, and now I know why.
on 3/10/2013 10:00:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I said "yes" to repurchasing this powder but "not sure" is probably more correct. I haven't actually bought this yet - I got a generous sample of this from the nice women at my local MAC counter. I've been trying it out for a few days and while it has an almost fairy-tale magic about it, I think it's a bit too glittery for me except in very small doses. Today, I applied this onto my cheekbones with a large eye shadow brush (so I could control where it went). It was daytime and the sunlight from my bathroom window really showed up the silver glitter. I think it's probably not the best idea to wear this in the daytime (unless you are a skater in the Ice Capades or something like that!). But for a romantic candle-lit dinner, I think this would be really pretty and I also like it in small doses on my cupid's bow and inner corners of my eyes. Once I finish my sample, chances are pretty good that I'll buy the full size of this to use for special occasions (and give the lion's share of it to my much younger daughter!)
on 2/27/2013 3:21:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Grey
Overall, I feel like this is a pretty good product. I've used it as a highlighter on my cheekbones, cupid's bow and above my brows. It's very pretty and VERY glittery. You only need the most minimal amount to get a good sheen. Upon first application I applied way too much and I looked like a disco ball. The little bit that gets on the lid from storing is more than enough to highlight an entire face. The only reason I don't give this a 5 is because it doesn't stay exactly where placed. I'm going to try and use it over UD's eyeshadow primer to see if it makes a difference. It also has some obvious pieces of glitter in it that I'm not too keen on. The container is quite large for the amount of product you get, so I know for sure this thing is going to last for years to come. At $25, it had better! lol
EDIT: I tried to use this as a highlighter again, and could not achieve the look I wanted. It looked gorgeous on the eyes over every eye shadow I tried (Electric Eel, Sumptuous Olive, Woodwinked) but it was a bit much for a day look, and with a baby, my nights are usually spent in doors with my baby, my husband, and reruns of Jersey Shore. Thus, I returned this. I wouldn't repurchase.
on 12/31/2012 2:03:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Green
LOVE THIS. It's really my mom's, but I use it. She has had it for years and it's still not even close to being finished, because all you really need is a little swipe. I just use the fall out in the cap and it's more than enough. I like to use this on my brow bones as a highlight, but it's so versatile it can be used anywhere you want a touch of shimmer. You can even sprinkle some in your hair! This is great stuff. And though MAC is a pricey brand, because of how long this lasts, it really is worth the money.
on 7/18/2012 2:48:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Super-fine, dewy-soft dust with lots of silver flecks, that goes on predominantly white/pearl despite the faint pink hue in the jar; better for women with lighter skins as it can look ashy on tan to darker skins.
I find this also works better an an all-over dusting powder (face, decollette, legs, arms, even hair!) due to the liberal amounts of silver pixie glitter. For face highlighting, do note this will migrate everywhere instead of staying just where you put it.
This is designed to give you some serious sparkle all over, and not so good for spotlighting areas of your face or creating a dewy, natural sheen, compared to many other products.
Pros: Silky-smooth, and great value for money if you use it all over your face and body because you get a huge jar.
Cons:Without a base to stick to, this functions like a faintly-tinted version of MAC Prep + Prime powder (translucent, easily sheers out to nothing) with silver sparkles thrown in.
on 5/21/2012 11:15:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Best lumanizing powder ever! I love it. Lots of tiny glitter great for highlighting. Product doesn't stay in container though.
on 4/22/2012 6:07:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this years ago when I was going through my "natural skin" phase, meaning, I stopped using blush and bronzer. I never threw it away, because I was sure that I could use it again one day. Now, about ten years (no joke) later, I use it for a few things. I use it as a highlighter for my eyes, and upper cheek bones, I use it under my brow bone, and I use it to make my lower lip look bigger. When I put my lip liner on, I then put my lipstick on, and I dab a tiny bit of this on the center of my lower lip. I then apply lip gloss around the dab, and blend. This makes my lips look bigger and shiner. It also helps my lipstick not fade for the entire day. I wear a nude shade, but I use lip liner, lipstick and lip gloss in order to make it last. The light powder is a great trick.
The trick I use to get the perfect amount is I flip the container upside down, then flip it right side up, and just a tiny bit of powder will be on the top; that is what I use. If I need more, I do it again. This has been working for me for over 10 years.
This powder will last FOREVER if you need it to; mine is so old that my container is twice as big as the current ones. It seriously has about 3/4 of a cup of powder left; it will probably last for the rest of my life. I have the MAC Golden powder too, and I use that as a bronzer under my cheek bones and around my face. Great Product :)
on 4/5/2012 8:53:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
WHOA, glitter ball alert! It is VERY glittery. Colour is like its description silver dusk with just the tinsient hint of pink. I do like this product but in very small doses and in particular places...Definately not an all over face powder. It is a very obvious highlighter.
The only place I use this as a highlighter is on my inner eye corners. I also use this as an eyeshadow as it catches the light so beautifully on an evening out. Another way to use this is to mix a little in your body moisturiser to get a shimmer lotion. Price is not that bad for the amount of product you get (About $52 nzd). I have had mine for 2 years and still have heaps left! However, packaging is horrid. Too many holes so it releases way too much product, definately not handbag proof!
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Best Buy Co. Inc.'s online sales in the United States increased 10.5% year over year during the consumer electronics retailer's second quarter, reaching $477 million. In an earnings call today, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly emphasized developing the online sales channel as the retailer's top priority for its "Renew Blue" turnaround program, which Best Buy introduced earlier this year.
Joly said that during Best Buy's fiscal second quarter, which ended Aug. 3, the retailer replaced its 10-year-old site search tool, improved product recommendations for online consumers who have not yet put products in their shopping carts, made it easier to buy Geek Squad tech support services online and improved the tablet shopping experience. It also added location-specific product offers and started an initiative to encourage consumers to write product reviews. Joly said he expects the number of customer reviews on BestBuy.com to quadruple by the end of the year, though he gave no figures.
In the coming months the retailer plans to further improve site navigation and the online merchandising for in-store clearance and open-box inventory, which is typically returned or display merchandise. During the second quarter, Best Buy began testing a program that allows 50 of its stores to act as fulfillment centers for online orders; Best Buy operates more than 1,500 stores in the United States. Joly says he expects the ship-from-store test in 200 stores in time for the holiday season.
Best Buy also intends to move BestBuy.com to a new e-commerce platform by next spring. The retailer did not say what e-commerce platform it will move to, but its current e-commerce platform provider is Oracle Corp., according to the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide. Best Buy is No. 10 in the 2013 Top 500 Guide.
Joly is bullish on the potential of improving online conversion rates and overall margins by such enhancements as making sure consumers have a better picture of inventory no matter from what devices they are shopping, and better predicting consumer demand. For the three months ended Aug. 3, Best Buy reports:
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text: 03/19/2013 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : New circumstances give rise to conflicts as Karen (Katharine McPhee), Tom (Christian Borle), Julia (Debra Messing) and Derek (Jack Davenport) adjust to their new surroundings. Tensions at "Liaisons" are also coming to a boil, ensuring that the show will find its place in Broadway history. Meanwhile, Eileen (Anjelica Huston) may have found the key to saving "Bombshell" with the help of her daughter, Katie (guest star Grace Gummer). Megan Hilty, Jeremy Jordan and Andy Mientus also star. Sean Hayes, Jesse L. Martin, Daniel Sunjata and Grace Gummer guest star.


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Keeping Family Close For Little Ones
Our older son grew up with grandparents, aunts, and uncles all within an hour of our home. He was truly raised by a village of people! However, before the birth of our second son, we moved four hours away from our amazing family support system. We knew, though, how amazing those relationships with extended family were, so we came up with a way to help our younger son identify his kin as he grew older.
We took pictures of all of our relatives and printed them out on sheets of photo paper. Then, we mounted these pictures to magnetic sheets. Next, we cut out each individual person (I cut close to the outline of the person to make them "paper dollish") and cut out names for labels for each person as well. Our refrigerator and dish washer are decorated with smiling faces of family and close friends, and our sons both love to "play" with their family. When we talk to relatives on the phone, the boys can look at that person they are talking to and make a connection with them!


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Today I entered into the last year of my twenties and I'm a little crabby about it. My twenties were great - don't get me wrong. I feel satisfied in my celebration of youth. I played hard and well - and it's not like the fun is over. I just think it's time my spirit caught up with my body, which is apparently aging in dog years. I throw my neck out with a sneeze, I already have arthritis, 'comfortable' has become a prerequisite for shoes, and my hangovers like to hang on for days. Most of these I can actually blame on 25 years of soccer. However, rather than sulk, I have decided to embrace my pending thirties and all the exciting things it will offer - like one piece bathing suits and great bottles of wine. I can also throw a proper dinner party and my guests will show up sober enough to eat - a very exciting prospect indeed. I threw my first official dinner party in San Fran this Friday and I'm happy to say it was quite a successful night -despite lacking one chair, one plate and one bowl (because apparently I only buy things in fours). But hey, I'm only 29.
I recently attended a spectacular dinner party, thrown by a friends' Mother, who was an obvious veteran in the kitchen. I never truly appreciated how much planning and thought goes into a dinner party. All those years of my Mother whipping together seemingly effortless parties - table set, hair done, food edible. It wasn't until I threw my own that I realized what a true talent it is. Needless to say, the spread my friend's Mother presented us was impressive and has fast become one of my favorite discoveries in San Francisco: dungeness crab. Dinner was simple and splendid: a steaming pile of lightly seasoned dungeness crab, a tray of gigantic Californian artichokes, and a curry spiked aioli for your dunking pleasures. While quite the labor intensive meal, I have always enjoyed picking crabs. First introduced to the ritual by the Maryland blue crab, I became enamored not only with the succulent meat, but with the methodic cracking, snapping and rummaging involved. Plus the slow pace allows for greater overall beer consumption, which is an obvious plus. I found dungeness crab similar in taste and presentation to blue, just on steroids. Blue crabs are typically covered in Old Bay and dunked in vinegar, while a traditional preparation of Dungeness crab in San Francisco is lighter in seasoning and therefore dunked in something serious like spiked mayo (or it's more delicately named cousin, aioli). Blue, dungeness, snow, or stone - all I ask is that you save me a seat.
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- 1 cup mayo (if you'd like to make your own mayo its easy.)
- 2t. curry powder
- 1T. Worchestshire sauce
- 1T. Lemon juice
- 1 cup mayo
- 1 garlic clove
- 1T. fresh squeezed Meyer lemon juice
- 1/2t. Dijion mustard
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Myriad Genetics Inc. shares jumped more than 11% in Tuesday's regular session on word its genetic testing method proved effective in detecting recurring prostate cancer.
Myriad /quotes/zigman/58124/delayed /quotes/nls/mygn MYGN said its Prolaris test accurately predicted which men would see a cancer recurrence following radical prostate surgery. Shares of Myriad hit a 52-week high. They closed up $3.59 to $35.03, a gain of 11.4%.
The test was evaluated in more than 5,000 patients across 11 clinical studies. The company said Prolaris proved more effective in predicting the likelihood that cancer would return than even a Gleason Score or PSA test.
In a press release, study investigator Dr. Jay T. Bishoff, M.D., director of the Intermountain Urological Institute, said: "This study represents a great advance in the treatment of prostate cancer. The results from three different institutions show that Prolaris can better define patient prognosis and improve care."
Bishoff went on to say: "Having a test that identifies which patients are likely to fail surgery is a big clinical advantage for physicians. Patients with a low score may be candidates for active surveillance, while patients with a high score indicative of aggressive cancer, may benefit from more intensive medical treatments."
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|Accession #
|Utricularia intermedia Hayne
|Common name
|flatleaf bladderwort
|Karri Ann Smith s.n.
|Coll. Date
|11 June 2012
|United StatesUtah Utah County
|Utah Lake, historic east shoreline restored peat wetland, N. of Boat Harbor Drive and W. of Lakeshore Drive; Elev.: 4910 ft. (1497 m.)
|Habitat Notes
|associated with enhanced rare "Raised Peat Bog Springs" supporting Spiranthes diluvialis, associated plant species: Lemna minor, Scirpus americanus, Scirpus acutus, Typha latifolia, and Eleocharis palustris.
|Not recorded
|Not calculated
|Specimen Notes
|wetland restored by Karri A. Smith in 2007; plants flowering along restored, flat shoreline in ponded water 2-6 inches in depth, vegetative plants without flowers with air filled bladders and bladder "traps" floating immediately under dense cover of Lemna minor in water depths <2.0 ft; associated aquatic macroinvertebrates: Lymnaeidae, Stagnicola, Fossaria "marsh snail" 7mm; Planorbidae, Gyraulus circumstatus or Parva "GYRO" 3mm; primitive freshwater Coelenterata hydra <0.5mm.
Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):
Utricularia intermedia Hayne
Common Name(s): flatleaf bladderwort, flat-leaf bladderwort, mountain bladderwort.
Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=34454, click for more information and references)
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Species: Utricularia intermedia
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LSC-Montgomery Human Services Department
What is Human Services?
The human services program at Lone Star College -Montgomery provides the skills and competencies required for a variety of positions in the helping professions field. Human service professionals work with those experiencing a wide range of issues, struggles or problems, including those with developmental disabilities, individuals with psychological or emotional problems or limitations, clients with substance abuse problems, people with work- or educational-related issues, or those needing assistance with basic life need issues such as housing, food, and clothing. Human service professionals work with children, groups, families, and the elderly.
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What Careers Can Human Service Students Pursue?
Students with a degree in human services often work in any number of capacities and jobs, including case workers or case managers, counselors, advocates, and prevention and education specialists. Many graduates work one-on-one with clients in direct care positions, while others work behind the scenes or in administrative or management positions. Human service professionals work in government- or statefunded agencies, local nonprofit agencies, in residential treatment facilities and hospitals, and in private offices or agencies.
Substance Abuse Training
The human services program at LSC-Montgomery offers a special degree track for students interested in working in the field of substance abuse counseling. Students who obtain the Basic Chemical Dependency
Certificate complete the required coursework and supervised field practicum needed to apply with the state of Texas to become a licensed chemical dependency counselor intern. This state level designation allows graduates to work in entry level positions in the substance abuse counseling field. The human services program also offers an associate's degree in human services with a special concentration in substance abuse counseling, a degree that enables graduates to become fully licensed as chemical dependency counselors.
Human Services Training
In addition to the two degrees specific to substance abuse counseling, the human services program also offers an entry level human services certificate, as well as an associate's degree with a general human services concentration. Both of these degrees are designed for students who desire a general education in human services.
What Does It Take to Work in Human Services?
Human service professionals are motivated by helping others find solutions to their struggles or problems. Effective professionals are patient, have empathy and compassion for others, and enjoy giving of themselves and working with others. Human service professionals also should be able to manage their time well and have effective communication skills. Because of the nature of the work in this field, professionals should be
mature, stable and dependable.
Can I Transfer a Human Services Degree to a Four-Year College?
Yes. The human services program at LSC- Montgomery has established several partnerships with local four year colleges and universities, who accept either of the human service associate's degrees upon transfer. See program staff for more information.
How is the Job Market?
Due to the growing number of problems experienced in our world today, the job market remains strong for human service professionals. This is especially true for human service students who pursue education beyond the Associate's degree level. Salaries for entry-level positions in the field can range from $21,000 to $28,000, with professionals earning beyond this level with added education and licensure.
How Can I Get Started?
Take advantage of LSC-Montgomery's continuous registration and enroll today!Admission is available for those who meet any one of the following criteria:
- Graduated from an accredited high school
- Transferred from another college or institution
- Successfully completed the GED (General Education Development)
- Received individual approval from the Division of Behavioral Science, English, Language, and Speech at 936.273.7374
- Completed an assessment placement test
Is Financial Aid Available?
To explore financial aid options, visit the financial aid link at www.LoneStar.edu/financial-aid or call: 936.273.7227.
Faculty & Staff
|Brandy Harvey
|Glen Killian
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|Steve Lewis


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Andrea Camilleri
The Smell of the Night
Andrea Camilleri
The Smell of the Night
Release Date: 11/1/2005
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The number of Inspector Montalbano fans will continue to grow with this ingenious new novel featuring the earthy and urbane Sicilian detective. Half the retirees in Vigáta have invested their savings with a financial wizard who has disappeared, along with their money. As Montalbano investigates this labyrinthine financial scam, he finds himself at a serious disadvantage: a hostile superior has shut him out of the case, he's on the outs with his lover Livia, and his cherished Sicily is turning so ruthless and vulgar that Montalbano wonders if any part of it is worth saving. Drenched with atmosphere, crackling with wit, The Smell of the Night is Camilleri at his most addictive.


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Organizations:Regional theater based in Los Angeles
IYC Interests:Increase the public appreciation and understanding of chemistry
Encourage interest of young people in chemistry
Generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry
Celebrate the role of women in chemistry
Web Site:http://geffenplayhouse.com/more_info.php?show_id=140&hide_calendar=1
Coinciding with the International Year of Chemistry and the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize in chemistry, the Geffen Playhouse is producing the world premiere of RADIANCE: THE PASSION OF MARIE CURIE. Written by acclaimed actor, writer and science enthusiast Alan Alda, RADIANCE delves into the life and romance of one of the most brilliant female scientists in history. Famous for her groundbreaking research in radioactivity, Curie was the only person ever to win two Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences, but not without a struggle. For all the answers that come to her in the lab, Curie's life is peppered with questions of how to realize the passion she has for both knowledge and love. Celebrated but then rejected by the popular press as both a woman and scientist, Curie is left to define her place in society – and history – on her own terms.
As a hub of the Los Angeles theater scene since 1995, the Geffen Playhouse is know for its mix of classics and contemporary plays, provocative new works and musicals. This year, RADIANCE: THE PASSION OF MARIE CURIE is not only an ideal fit for the season but also a remarkably timely piece for the science community. The theater is excited for this opportunity to join forces with the chemistry community to present this show. It will run from November 1 through December 11, 2011.
In addition to RADIANCE, the Geffen Playhouse is bringing the story of Marie Curie to its younger audiences with BRILLIANCE!, a family-friendly spin-off of the premiere play. Performed by the Geffen Playhouse Story Pirates, BRILLIANCE! will inspire audience of all ages to laugh and cheer their way through a fast-paced and interactive exploration of Madame Curie's radioactive discoveries. This companion piece will run on selected Saturdays at 11 a.m. from November 12 to December 10 in conjunction with its parent show.
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From The Files Of December 28, 1989 '89 A 27-year-old Needmore man was killed in a two-vehicle accident December 21, on an exit ramp of Interstate 81 near Hagerstown.
Police said Thomas Lee Moore was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the accident on the exit ramp of I-81 near Hagerstown.
Fulton Chamber of Commerce officers Clyde Bookheimer and Dan Waltz presented a check for $3,810 to Fulton County Medical Center board President Phil Prager. The amount represents funds raised by the chamber at their annual auction held in conjunction with that organization's Christmas party. The donation is to be used by the Medical Center for their Renovate A Room project and it is estimated that two rooms can be renovated with the donation.
McConnellsburg High School kicked off its 10th annual Yule King and Queen contest. The winning couple was Doug Kerlin and Laura Mason, who collected $1,470.45. This was also a new record for a couple.
Hazel Hiles of Berkeley Springs announces the engagement of her granddaughter, Heidi Hiles, to William Schoentube.
Tom and Louise Strait of Warfordsburg are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Wendy, to Todd Ritz, son of John and Hope Ritz of Warfordsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Crouse of McConnellsburg on December 15; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Ramsey of McConnellsburg on December 17; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harr of Warfordsburg on December 15; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schooley of Fort Littleton on December 18; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Swope of McConnellsburg on December 18.
Deaths: John Seville, Orbisonia; Thomas Moore, Needmore; Emma Henry, Washington; Hulda Price, Fannettsburg; John Crider, Chambersburg; Willard Hann, Needmore; Paul Gordon, McConnellsburg; Pauline Rinard, Hancock; Lester Hershey, Mc- Connellsburg.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 27, 1979 '79 A Rockhill Furnace man, Robert Lee Varner, 45, was instantly killed last Friday afternoon in a one-car crash on Cowans Gap
Road, three miles south of Burnt Cabins. Varner's death, the seventh traffic fatality in Fulton County this year, was due to a fractured neck and crushed chest
Fulton County will be losing an energy resource with the coming new year. The resource is energy technician John Kiefer, who has spent the last year working with local citizens to help Fulton County become independent of the sometimes capricious and ever-more expensive suppliers of fuel.
Paul Lininger, long time "News" employee, who has twice been operated on for a broken hip suffered several months ago, again underwent surgery at the Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, on Saturday. He had been taking therapy at the Mechanicsburg Rehabilitation Center when the last two operations became necessary.
Deaths: David W. French, Harrisonville, eight-monthold son of Michael and Cathy French; Hughy J. Trail, Warfordsburg; Clarence Sowers, Needmore; Boyd W. Wigfield, Everett; Gladys Fetters, Cumberland, Md.
Specials at the IGA: Banquet chicken, $1.89, 2 lbs.; Esskay franks, $1.29; Scot towels, 59 cents big roll.
Marvin Mellott and Kenneth C. Deshong have been unsuccessful bear hunters for the past 27 years but on Monday proudly came home from yet another shot at bear hunting with their quarry. Both men got the 175- pound bruin in their sights on Monday morning while hunting in Centre County and owned him with a shot each. It took over four hours to get their weighty trophy out of the woods, eventually having to tie it to a pole and carry it uphill for four hours in the bitter cold weather. Other countians lucky enough to get their bear on the one-day season on Monday included Lee Musselman, McConnellsburg, and Mark Covalt, Needmore.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Straley of St. Thomas on December 14; son to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Fix of Mercersburg on December 16; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton W. Mc- Carty of Hancock on December 16; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Bair of Willow Hill on December 17; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Souders of Hustontown on December 18.
Marriage licenses: Andrew Karl Horton, Mc- Connellsburg, and Michele Ann Kendall, McConnellsburg; Terry Mellott, Three Springs, and Diane Johnston, Waterfall; John William Henry Mumma, Fort Littleton, and Mary Ellen Menson, Hustontown.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of January 8, 1970 '70 Pictured in this issue is Robert S. House, Hustontown funeral director, with members of the Hustontown Volunteer Fire Co.
beside the ambulance which he recently donated to the company for emergency use. The generous donation will make it possible for the company to provide ambulance service for Dublin, Taylor, Wells and parts of Licking Creek Township.
Esta Gray, recorder of births and deaths for Fulton County, recorded 99 deaths and 238 births for the county during 1969.
Attorney Albert Foster suffered "grievous bodily harm" on New Year's Day in a sledding mishap on his farm in Todd Township. Skidding across the snow on his face didn't improve his looks a bit – and he's been taking a lot of kidding over the incident.
Regulars at Mclaughlin's Drug Store and friends of the owner, Helen McLaughlin, are expressing their sympathy at the double loss of her husband and her father in the space of a few weeks.
Recent engagements: Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Plessinger of Needmore wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nancy Jean, to Andrew N. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Smith of Warfordsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Strait of Harrisonville announce the engagement of their daughter, Carol Sue, to Melvin E. Everetts Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Everetts Sr. of McConnellsburg. Mrs. Dorothy Mumma of Fort Littleton announces the engagement of her daughter, Donna Lee, to Marvin Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Keller of Landisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lester of Mc- Connellsburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Theresa Jane, to James Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller of Everett.
Deaths: Hubert Lane, Three Springs; Mabel Nesbit, McConnellsburg; W.C. Berkstresser, McConnellsburg; Clarence Lamberson, Three Springs; Harry Ott, Mc- Connellsburg; Evelyn McDermott, Baltimore; Bruce Garland, Knobsville.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Wills of Hancock on December 27; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Cline of Shippensburg on December 28; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schooley of Greencastle on December 29.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of January 14, 1960 '60 Congressman Richard M. Simpson, 59, died on Thursday, January 7, at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center and was buried in the
Riverview Cemetery at Huntingdon. He had represented the 8th District since 1937 and for two years prior to his election to Congress had served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Vice President Richard M. Nixon attended funeral services held on Friday in Washington, D.C. On Monday, a group of prominent congressmen, senators and other public officials were given a police escort from McConnellsburg to Shade Gap en route to Huntingdon to attend the funeral of Congressman Simpson.
Marl H. Garlock Jr., McConnellsburg, enlisted in the U.S. Navy last week and was sent to the Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif., to begin basic training.
New borough council members Parker Crouse, William Shaffer, Lester Carmack and E.W. Pyles were sworn in by Burgess Max Stenger at a meeting on January 5. Other council members are Harry Grissinger, Charles Waters and Kenneth Reeder. E.W. Pyles was elected president.
The McConnellsburg Post Office handled a record 76,386 pieces of outgoing mail during the Christmas season. No figures are kept on incoming mail.
The Fulton Chamber of Commerce's accomplishments for the past year included providing more public parking and the numbering of houses in the borough, a prerequisite to obtaining door-to-door mail delivery.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commissioner reports that the accident rate on the super highway in 1959 was the lowest in its 20-year history, with 90.8 accidents for every 100 million miles of travel. There were 78 persons killed on the 470-mile toll highway compared to 80 in 1958.
A balance of $917,094 left in the 1957 appropriation for state-aided hospitals was divided between 137 hospitals in Pennsylvania. The Fulton County Medical Center was allocated $1,854.
The Fulton County Chapter of the March of Dimes announces that the chapter funds are completely exhausted and that funds are needed for financial assistance for four cases of polio, which developed in late 1959, according to chapter Treasurer H. Lyle Duffey.
McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. responded to 73 fire alarms which caused $34,700 in damage during 1959. The firemen also organized searches three times for people reported lost in the woods, including the search last July for 3-year-old Danny Fischer of Crystal Spring.
William Glunt Oakman of Boston, Mass., was visiting relatives and friends here over the weekend. He has been serving with the U.S. Navy for the past 18 years and is looking forward to completing 20 years.
Mrs. C.M. Harness, 90, Bartow, Fla., died on Sunday. She was the paternal grandmother of George and Jerry Harness of McConnellsburg.
Local attorney Albert Foster returned to his home on Saturday after being a patient for the past month in Chambersburg Hospital.
Army Pfc. John K. Gordon, 23, of McConnellsburg, recently participated with the 50th Infantry in Operation Christmas Cheer in Wildfleckern, Germany.
The junior class of McConnellsburg High will hold a Hobo Dance on January 16. Ken Roberts of WCST, Berkeley Springs, will be the disc jockey.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Miller, Fort Littleton, on January 6; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Younker, Hancock, on January 7; a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Hoffman, Orbisonia, on January 8; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lynch, Big Cove Tannery, on January 10.
Gerald Dawson, Williamsburg, Pa., and Ella Mae Mill of Warfordsburg were married in Hagerstown on January 7.
Kenneth Strait and Lunda Williams of Needmore were married last Sunday. Duffey Mellott took pictures of the wedding.
Mrs. Lydia Shank of Amaranth has had a telephone installed in her home where she and her sister, Mrs. Mary Davis, live together.
A group of ladies of the Burnt Cabins Methodist Church have been meeting at the home of Mrs. Merrill Brown where they have been making a quilt for one of the beds in the parsonage.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrow Johnston announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Ann, to Raymond Kirk Cover of Big Cove Tannery.
Deaths: Searl F. Grove, Juniata; Thomas C. Jenkins, McConnellsburg; Rev. John A. Herritt, Catawissa; Mrs. Elizabeth Trout Mayes, McConnellsburg; Enos M. Cook, Williamsburg.
Bids will be received until February 6 for the sale of the North United Presbyterian Church building and lot and the South United Presbyterian Church building and lot, both located in McConnellsburg.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of January 12, 1950 '50 Orben L. Hebner of Buck Valley began his duties as Fulton's newest associate judge by presiding at court on Monday with Judge
W.C. Sheely and S.L. Simpson, Fulton's other associate judge. The retiring associate judge was Paul S. Shimer of McConnellsburg.
The shareholders of The Fulton County National Bank voted on Tuesday to increase the bank's capital stock from $50,000 to $100,000, thus doubling the strength of this old banking institution, which was founded in 1887.
Births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Mellott of Needmore on January 3; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Noble Peck of McConnellsburg on January 9; a son to Rev. and Mrs. G. Loren Jones of McConnellsburg on January 10.
Dr. and Mrs. J.J. Palmer of Needmore will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on January 15.
Ten Fulton Countians are now members of the Quarter Century Highway Club of District 0, having worked for the Department of Highways for 25 years. They are D.C. Ensley, John Naugle, John Pittman, Earl Maden, Robert Dickson, John Black, J. Beaver Fraker, Clifford Helman, Russell Horton, Walter Shaw and Ross Smith.
Harold Walker, 33, of McConnellsburg, is a patient in the Chambersburg Hospital with a possible fractured skull and other injuries he received when he lost control of his Mercury station wagon early Monday morning and hit a pole.
Deaths: Harry O. Wible of Huntingdon; Mrs. Mary Johnston Kendall of Mercersburg; Mrs. Norman L. Mc- Clain of Huntingdon; Herman Eugene Swope; Thelma Anna Swope.
70 Years Ago
From The Files of January 11, 1940 '40 Deaths: Mrs.Lydia Hess Bernhard of Dott; Mrs. Martha Jane Higgins of Broad Top City; James Herbert Christian Sr. of Detroit,
Mich.; Henry W. Cooper of Mc- Connellsburg; Mrs. Amanda Palmer Spangler of Everett; Frank Skiles of near Harrisonville; Mrs. Florence Robinson Sappington of Brownsville, Texas.
Appearing in court last week, Leonard S. Dress pleaded guilty to a charge of shooting a human in mistake for game. He was sentenced to pay $750 for the use of Silas Mellott's family, serve two years in the county jail, pay the costs and not do any hunting or trapping for a period of 10 years.
Harry M. Elvey was re-elected president of the borough council at its reorganization meeting in the firehall on January 8. At the same meeting, the four newlyelected members: P.B. Foreman, C.M. Bender, Roy Gordon and Harry L. Ott were sworn into office.
Captured in a barn 12 miles southwest of Mc- Connellsburg last Thursday night, less than 24 hours after the death of Pvt. Frederick J. Sutton of the State Motor Police, a 55-year-old Fulton County livestock dealer is being held in the county jail awaiting prosecution on a charge of murder. Frank R. Kirchner, Fulton County fish warden, and Pvt. G.R. Waganseller of the Gettysburg Motor Police made the capture at the Chester Mellott farm three miles north of Needmore. Spotted in a corner of the Mellott barn, the fugitive obeyed a command to come out with his hands up. In his right hand, he held the same pistol with which he allegedly had fired through his overcoat pocket on Wednesday night when Sutton was felled with a bullet wound in his abdomen.
At the stockholders' meeting of The First National Bank on Tuesday of this week. H.B. Mellott was elected as a new member of the board of directors. Others on the board are P. Sipes, Merrill W. Nace, D.E. Little, Geo. S. Grissinger, A.Q. Grissinger, Harry M. Johnston, D.W. Gress and Lewis Harris.
On the same day the shareholders of The Fulton County National Bank re-elected these directors: C.R. Spangler, Walter R. Sloan, John W. Kelso, Robert G. Alexander, A. U. Nace, D.A. Washabaugh and George B. Mellott.
Three local youths have been charged with the new larceny of junk from the Highway Department quarry, south of town, and selling it to a junk dealer in Hancock. The three were arraigned before a local justice, two being committed to jail and one being released on bond.
On Monday, six Fulton County boys were enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps and were assigned to the camp at Cowans Gap. They were Wilmer James Schooley, Charles Earl Schetrompf, Carl Andrew McLucas, Herbert Clyde Hann, George Junior Glunt and Fred William Gallaher.
G.C. Fields of town received a badly bruised hip in a fall on the ice last Thursday.
Michael Bard and Elizabeth Mellott were married on December 24.
Wells Elliott Angle and Lois M. Barnett were wed on January 6.
Hayes Richards of Cito received several broken ribs in a bad fall a few days ago.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of January 9, 1930 '30 The borough council reorganized on Monday evening by
electing the following officers: Lloyd Mellott, president; Wilson L. Nace, treasurer and Charles A. Lynch, secretary. New members of the council are H.U. Nace, Harry Hamil and Lewis Lynn.
Death: Ira W. Wilson of Tell Township, Huntingdon County.
Grant Wink of Hustontown, for many years a successful teacher, suffered a paralytic stroke last week.
Death: Mrs. Pauline Umbrell of Fannettsburg.
More weddings: Harry Broughton and Winifred Grace Macleod on December 4; Robert L. Harper and Dorothy Hubern on December 28; David Clem Chesnut and Vera Deshong on December 31.
The R&G Motor Co. of Mc- Connellsburg, in a full page advertisement, announces "the greatest Chevrolet in all history" for 1930. The ad says that 1,300,000 Chevrolets were sold in 1929 – and the 1930 models are even better. The price of the new cars ranges from $495 for the roadster to $675 for the sedan.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has placed all of Fulton County under a "modified quarantine for the control of bovine tuberculosis." After January 31, it will be unlawful for any person, firm, etc., to bring any cattle into this area. There are a number of other stipulations but nothing is said about taking cattle out of the county.


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Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
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Sharon HorganSarah Darcy
Lamorne MorrisKevin Sterling
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Asia Pacific Family Summit: Stimulating Entrepreneurship In Family Firmsby GDN Shared Post November 30, 2009
The Babson College STEP Project For Family Enterprising (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) held its second Asia Pacific Family Summit at the Korean Federation of Banks in Seoul, Korea.
Participants at the November event included academics representing leading universities and families from throughout Asia Pacific. The driving themes of the events were "An entrepreneurial approach to succession" for the open morning session and "The role of effective governance in stimulating entrepreneurship" during the closed session afternoon roundtables. The conference was sponsored by Korean Association of Small Business Studies.
The Babson Global STEP Project is an applied research initiative that explores the entrepreneurial process within business families and generates solutions that have immediate application for family leaders. More information can be found at www.STEPProject.com.
Each year families who participate in the STEP Project are invited to join with academics for a STEP Summit. The Summit is a distinctive part of the STEP Project's applied research design, allowing the families to receive immediate value from the findings and the academics to better understand the needs of the families.
Asia Pacific STEP Project Partner Universities include:
* Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
* Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China
* Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
* Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
* Kyungpook, National University, Korea
* Seoul National University of Technology, Korea
* Waseda University, Japan
* Bond University, Australia
* Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
* UNIRAZAK, Malaysia
* Bangkok University, Thailand
The STEP Project initiator, the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, is the hub for entrepreneurial activity at Babson. It is the Center's mission to lead the global advancement of entrepreneurship education and practice through the development of teaching, research, and outreach initiatives that inspire entrepreneurial thinking and cultivate entrepreneurial leadership in all organizations and society. Visit http://www3.babson.edu/eship/ For more information, contact email@example.com.
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.


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Gibson Falters, Streaking Rays Top Twins 4-1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chris Archer pitched six strong innings, while Matt Joyce and Kelly Johnson drove in two runs apiece to help the surging Tampa Bay Rays extend their winning streak to a season-best six games with a 4-1 victory over the sputtering Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
Archer (3-3) limited the Twins to an unearned run and three hits to outpitch fellow rookie Kyle Gibson (1-2), who was done in by one bad inning in his third career start for Minnesota.
The Twins have lost nine of 10 games. The Rays matched their longest winning streak of the year and are 8-1 during a stretch of 14 consecutive games against the struggling Twins, Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros leading to the All-Star break.
Joyce drove in two runs with a two-out, bases-loaded single that snapped a scoreless tie in the fourth. Johnson followed with a two-run double to give Archer all the support he would need.
The Rays' starter yielded Joe Mauer's first-inning double and singles by Trevor Plouffe and Chris Parmelee in the second. He retired 10 in a row before the Twins scored their only run without getting a hit, thanks to Brian Dozier being hit by a pitch, Archer's two-base throwing error and Ryan Doumit's sacrifice fly.
Alex Torres, Jake McGee and Fernando Rodney each pitched a scoreless inning for the Rays, with Rodney getting the final three outs to finish a combined five-hitter and earn his 21st save.
The Twins had two hits after the second inning — singles by Mauer and Doumit leading off the ninth. Rodney struck out Justin Morneau, Plouffe and Oswaldo Arcia to end the game.
Gibson allowed four runs and four hits over six innings. He walked four and struck out three.
It was the second straight loss for Gibson, who beat Kansas City in his big league debut on June 29 before being roughed up five days later by the New York Yankees.
The 25-year-old right-hander limited the Rays to one baserunner through three innings, but ran into trouble after walking two batters to begin the fourth. James Loney drew a two-out walk to load the bases, and Joyce and Johnson followed with their big hits to dump the Twins into a 4-0 hole.
Meanwhile, Minnesota continued to struggle offensively.
After going 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position while losing Monday's series opener 7-4, the Twins failed to take advantage a couple of early opportunities against Archer. They were 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position in the first two innings, then didn't have another batter reached base until Dozier was hit by a pitch leading off the sixth.
Archer's errant pickoff throw — Tampa Bay's first error in 10 games — allowed Dozier to advance to third before Doumit delivered his sacrifice fly.
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Well, you don't need to because there are plenty of lodges, inns and B&Bs that cater to winter visitors.
As is the case in all leisure destinations, book as far ahead as you can for peak vacation and weekend dates.
Timberline Lodge is still the classic place to stay, with access directly to the downhill slopes. Manager of the lodge, RLK and Co., also runs the upscale Lodge at Government Camp, six miles down from the ski area in Government Camp. The lower floor of the lodge has a grocery store and is the place to purchase wine and spirits to take back to your abode.
The owner of Mt. Hood Skibowl has also been busy, partnering with other investors to build the Collins Lake Resort and the Grand Lodges at Mount Hood (make reservations through Collins Lake).
These are privately owned condominiums, but many owners choose to put them in a rental pool.
Government Camp also has a motel, the Best Western Mt. Hood Inn, plus many other rentals available around the town. Or go down the west side to Welches for the Resort at the Mountain and many smaller places, or look for a score of motels/inns/B&Bs on the Hood River side.
Mount Hood is, after all, Portland's closest ski vacation destination (in addition to performing the heavy lifting of being a day use snow play area).
Three of my favorites have been the Huckleberry Inn, good value right in the heart of Government Camp; the Copper Spur Mountain Resort, with cross-country trails on site and owned by Mt. Hood Meadows; and the cabin system in Trillium Basin, which is a great way to bring a group together for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Following are more details on those three:
Address: P.O. Box 249, Government Camp, OR 97028; 503-272-3325
Web site: www.huckleberry-inn.com
Size: 17 rooms, including 14-person bunk room
Facilities: Restaurant (open 24 hours, except Christmas); bus transit stop between central Oregon and Portland
Recreation: Walking distance to Nordic and downhill skiing; ski shop on-site
Access: 55 miles southeast of Portland via U.S. 26, in the center of Government Camp on the south side of Mount Hood
Rates: $85 (single room) to $180 (for the bunkroom)
Open: Daily
History: Opened in 1966 on private land in the center of Government Camp.
Address: 10755 Cooper Spur Road, Mount Hood, OR 97041; 541-352-6692
Web site: www.cooperspur.com
Size: Five cabins, three suites, six motel rooms, honeymoon cabin, four-bedroom house
Facilities: Fine dining restaurant, hot tubs
Recreation: Nordic ski and snowshoe trails at the resort; Cooper Spur ski area is 2½ miles away for downhill skiing and tubing; discounted lift tickets for Mt. Hood Meadows, owner of Cooper Spur Mountain Resort
Access: 23 miles south of Hood River, 2½ miles east of Oregon 35
Rates: $99 (lodge room) to $499 (a log home at Christmas)
Open: Seven days a week
History: The resort began as an 1894 homestead on private land; it was converted to a modern resort beginning in the 1970s. Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort bought the inn in 2001 and has remodeled guest rooms, improved the hot tub area and upgraded the Pioneer Dining Room and Expedition Lounge.
Address: (two different sets of cabins on the same trail system) Summit Meadows Cabins, P.O. Box 235, and Trillium Basin Cabins, P.O. Box 28; both Government Camp, OR 97028. Summit Meadows: 503-272-3494. Trillium Basin: 503-232-4099
Web sites: www.summitmeadow.com and www.trilliumlake.com
Size: Summit Meadows rents five cabins, ranging in size from 900 to 1,850 square feet. The larger "cabins" are more like vacation homes. Trillium Basin has one cabin currently available.
Facilities: Cabins have kitchens, electricity, water, bathrooms
Recreation: On the Trillium Basin groomed ski trail system
Access: 1½ miles by ski or snowshoe south of Government Camp
Rates: $180 to $295 per night at Summit Meadow, $225 per night at Trillium Basin
Open: Seven days a week
History: The first Summit Meadow cabin was built in the 1930s, others in the 1990s on private land. Trillium Basin's Barlow cabin dates to 1966; its Pioneer cabin was the first in the basin and dates to 1927.


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While I'm waiting for the coffee to hit my system, I figured I'd capture a few more thoughts from MMO space.
I didn't notice this on Adelwulf, but when I switched to my Night Elf Rogue, I discovered that the WoW graphics have indeed taken a bit of a hit. While she was in Dolanaar*, I kept thinking that I needed to get some eyedrops or something, because she --and much of the background-- seemed to be washed out.
Then I switched to Tomakan to go transfer some of my gold and got a big surprise when I saw the old Paladin in the Exodar. Most of the bright graphical details were washed out in a haze of white.
I can make out enough to play, but considering that I didn't change any of my graphics settings I wasn't expecting this. While I suppose I can tinker with increasing my graphics settings, if I do it too much I definitely won't be able to play the game due to the FPS hit. I'm kind of hoping that this is a mistake and will get corrected, but I don't hold out much hope in that regard.
While questing in Teldrassil and learning the ropes of being a Rogue (more on that later), I'd been killing whatever I came across. That is, until a killing blow laid my installation low.
I'd been getting concerned about the stability of my installation since the patch, especially when I opened up my bags and perusing the gear inside I could see my toon's animation visibly slow down to a crawl. I'd been disabling all the add-ons I have to see if that improved anything, but no dice. But still, I wasn't expecting the installation to crash during combat.
I'm pretty sure that in all the time I've played WoW, I've had the game crash maybe one other time, and that I wrote off to issues surrounding the 3.5 patches + hotfixes. However, given the graphics problems, the sound problem with the launch window, and some other issues, the pre-release Mists patch hasn't exactly given a boost to my confidence level. I'd actually feel better if Blizzard were bombarding my installation with a stream of hotfixes, but that hasn't been the case. Also, I really really don't want to have to reinstall the whole damn game, either, because that could take ages.
If this instability continues, I might end up playing other MMOs because they're not behaving badly.
I've discovered that the easiest way to confound a Rogue is to randomly switch direction.
You know you're getting annoyed when you're talking back to the screen, saying "Stay still so I can backstab you, dammit!"
Ah, the life of a Rogue.
I thought about entering a BG right as I dinged L11, but then I came to my senses. There'd be no way in hell that I'd be useful if I didn't have Sap, and I get that at L12.
The more I play a Rogue, the more respect I have for the physical skill of playing one. It requires more of a safecracker's touch to orient yourself prior to attacking, whereas the other classes I've played are more of the point-and-shoot/swing/blast variety. But I can see that the fewer CC required in a situation, the less of an advantage the Rogue has. Steamrolling through instances would put the Rogue at a disadvantage, for instance, because by its very nature a steamroll would eschew any CC or DoTs in favor of brute force. Sure, a Rogue could switch to Combat spec for those scenarios, but a Rogue's strengths are in poisons and CC.
Still, the skills that weaken a Rogue in PvE allow it to excel in PvP. And really, the Rogue is tailor made for BGs, so much so that I may end up revising my negative opinion of Warsong Gulch.
I've been working on some alts for TOR to see what the class quests are, and I've gotten four of them (Sith Warrior, Sith Inquisitor, Jedi Councillor, Jedi Knight) just to the point where they get their ship. Having gone through most of the Smuggler's campagin arc, I figured I knew how things worked. Perhaps it's the WoW-ness of MMOs, but I was thinking along the lines of: Starting Zone -> Coruscant -> Taris -> Nar Shadda -> etc.
But imagine my surprise when I got the Jedi Knight to his ship, used the holocommunicator, and I was to head to... Ord Mandell.
Wait, what? The Smuggler/Trooper starting zone? Where did this come from?
I had to remind myself that I wasn't playing WoW, and that each class quest goes differently.
Oh, and the Sith starship? That looks awesome. The Jedi ship, much less so. I still think that some Corellians took the Jedi Order for a ride when they sold them that starship design. It takes some balls to be a starship salesman to the Jedi, but like car salesmen everywhere, they somehow managed to get the best end of the deal.
I still like the interior layout of the Smuggler's Freighter the best, however.
*Yes, a female NE Rogue. I don't want to fall into the segregated trap of having my casters be female while the melee bunch be male, and I still prefer the female NE to the male by a long shot. I'm sorry, but green hair and beard doesn't do it for me.
**From Wowcrendor's Youtube video, Class Stereotypes.
EtA: 'for', 'from'. They both start with 'F', right? Just like another 'F' word....


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As of mid 2014, iBeacon seems to be a quite interesting new application of the Bluetooth technology and is widely discussed, but I have personally not seen any implementations in real life yet.
While visiting the local IKEA on a Saturday (big mistake!), I had a neat app idea for iBeacons. So, here it is, a free, multi-million-dollar app business idea. You are welcome 😉


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Token2Shell/WP has been updated to take full advantage of Windows Phone 8. The SSH client enables owners to connect securely to compatible devices and servers, using a number of protocols while making use of supported features. As well as being updated for the new version of Windows Phone, the app is also currently available at a discounted price to celebrate the holiday season.
We've previously looked at SSH apps when Windows Phone was updated with the release of Mango. Microsoft is continuing to develop the platform and open up new opportunities for developers to offer new functionality to consumers. It's a win win for end-users, particularly for those who require more specialist focused solutions on the Store.
A handful of highlighted features of Token2Shell/WP:
- Supports SSH2 and TELNET protocols.
- Supports XTerm/ANSI/VT100/VT102/VT52 terminal emulations.
- Includes Address Book for managing servers and setting up Auto Login.
- Includes Login Agent for SSH sessions; when it's enabled you don't need to enter your password repeatedly to log into the same server. Login Agent caches login credentials and discards them when Token2Shell/WP is closed or tombstoned (but they are retained while fast-app-switching).
- Supports barcode scanning using phone's built-in camera.
- Supports RSA/DSA public key user authentication and Agent Forwarding for SSH connections.
- Includes a translucent virtual keyboard for entering special keys such as ESC, TAB, arrow keys and function keys.
The Windows Phone app is normally listed for $9.99, but is available for $2.99 until January 15th. If you require an SSH solution for Windows Phone, Token2Shell/WP is worth checking out especially since a trial is readily available. More functionality for SSH interaction is present, which is documented on the app's website (www.choung.net) and is well worth the read should one be interested in advanced commands and management.
You can download Token2Shell/WP from the Windows Phone Store for $2.99 until January 15th and is only available for Windows Phone 8.


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**For 1 year olds only**
See Fun with Music for older children
Children love music. It can comfort, entertain and divert. Musical activities make communication fun and can assist in your child's early language development. Children gain confidence through knowing rhymes and being able to join in.
Each Music for Toddlers session will give parents lots of fun & practical ideas to try at home. Sessions will focus on rhythm, cooperation, listening & social skills, expressing ideas through movement & actions. Children & Parents/Carers will learn in a safe & relaxed environment!
**Parents/Carers will need to stay and join in the fun!**


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A potential stall in home price gains and a large drop in the number of distressed properties have some big investors pulling out of the single-family rental market.
They are getting out at the same time that billions of investor dollars continue to pour in.
"I think the investor market is largely past us," Doug Lebda, chief executive of Lending Tree told CNBC. "People were buying investment properties three, four, five years ago. What I hear is that's slowing now."
Recent reports that Oaktree Capital Group is selling about 500 of its homes added fuel to other reports that Och-Ziff Capital management is selling its homes as well. Both declined to comment on the reports. Carrington Mortgage Services stopped buying distressed homes late last year, claiming the market was "a bit too frothy."
(Read more: Investors cooling on 'REO-to-rent')


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Take full control of your display by running all operational commands as well as your video signal through just one single HDMI cable. This unique feature makes it so much easier and more convenient to ensure the smooth running and maintenance of your display. Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) commands make finding out vital information about your display absolute childsplay.
Simple management of your display is available thanks to the introduction of a LAN (RJ45) port. You can configure each display or find out the status of each device quickly and conveniently via an RJ45 connection.
Enjoy crystal clear images with the high-bandwidth graphics support of the Display Port. As well as transmitting full high-definition video the Display Port will also transmit audio, thus eliminating the need for extra cables.
This display has a resolution that is referred to as Full HD. The state-of-the-art LCD screen technology has the full high-definition widescreen resolution of 1080 progressive lines, each with 1920 pixels. This allows the best possible picture quality for HD input signals with up to 1080 lines. It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures with optimum brightness and superb colors. This vibrant and sharp image will provide you with an enhanced viewing experience.
A slim bezel design adds a stylish look to a public display to nicely blend in just about any environment. Furthermore this design makes the display ideal for tiled matrix video walls.
Professional PC's are part of most public signage installations. Quite often they increase the overall depth to the display and cause a lot of cable clutter. So we have designed this display with Smart insert in the back cover which is ideal for the integration of a professional small form factor PC. On top of that, the cable management system offers a great solution to keep your cables neat and professional looking.
Connect multiple displays to create a video wall of up to 150 displays via a VGA daisy chain thus enhancing your visual experience. With no additional hardware required, they are as simple to installl as they are captivating to your audience.
The internal zoom function enables easy implementation of a video wall matrix, without the need for expensive external equipment. Capable of many different configurations, creating a stunning video wall has become simplicity itself.


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It was a day of mixed fortunes for luxury retailers on Thursday, with different brands taking very different turns. One analyst said the moves typified of the growing divergence in the sector.
France's Hermes - maker of the iconic Kelly and Birkin leather handbags - posted a solid set of numbers Thursday morning whilst hiking its divided. Its 2013 earnings release reported an operating income which had climbed 8.9 percent from the year before. It also saw resilience in Asian sales, highlighting a 16 percent rise in sales in the region (excluding Japan).
This comes as many high-end retailers have been burnt in China, with new rules cracking down on corruption and the receiving of gifts within the public sector. Hermes also announced that it was continuing to expand its distribution network with the launch of two new branches in Ningbo, China, and Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Japan.
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'Genius feature creates on-the-go playlists around a single song.'
'VoiceOver navigation.'
'maximum volume level'
'The controls on the device are fairly simple: a circular set of buttons allows you to move forward and backward between tracks (right and left), and increase and decrease the volume (top and bottom).'
'FM radio reception isn't great and connection of the Clip with Rhapsody was problematic.'
'The highest volume was more than we could stand.'
'Impressive sound quality'
'Like most budget MP3 players, sound quality from the included earphones is nothing to write home about, but at the very least, generous foam padding and light weight makes them comfortable to wear for long periods. '
'bright screen'
'The EQ is responsive, but it cuts frequencies instead of boosting them.'
'battery life isn't great, features are few, and the design is a bit boring..'
'mediocre earbuds'
'The new Shuffle's audio quality was good.'
'So-so sound'
'somewhat unique interface'
'Released in Europe during April of 2009, the Philips GoGear Ariaz MP3 player features a 2" display, an FM tuner, a built-in mic for voice recording, and a unique interface composed of various touchscreen buttons & a large vertical rocker key for quickly scanning lists. '
'bad navigation'
'The slim and stylish Mach Speed TRIO-V418 4GB MP3 Player is perfect for any occasion.'
'MicroSD card Slot accepts microSD memory cards and gives you additional storage capacity other than the 4GB space.'
'Doesn't play video files that it is supposed to support.'
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How should NASA's World Wind handle the introduction of a shapefile layer? Well, I can think of two reasonable ways to do this.
- somewhere there exists a .zip file containing the three component files of the shapefile. A third party has written an XML which describes how they want that shapefile drawn (e.g. with and without labels). Their XML file specifies the URL of the shapefile.
- somebody wants to publish a shapefile directly usable by WW. They
create the .zip with the three shapefile files, and add to it the .xml
needed by WW.
I can think of only one benefit to #2: you don't have to deal with telling your webserver that a .xml file is an XML file rather than some kind of mutant HTML. A big advantage of #1 is that anybody can describe anybody else's file for use in WW, *and* they don't have to host that shapefile.
We could support both formats, of course. If you tell WW to use a shapefile, WW could look at the filetype / extension. If it's XML, then the XML specifies the shapefile with a URL. If it's .zip, then the .zip contains the XML file.
Now, the second question is how to handle versions. Is there any reason to keep permanently a shapefile given that WW doesn't permanently keep any imagery data? Basically, WW is an online data viewer and only caches imagery data. Why should it save a shapefile? Thus, whenever you turn on a shapefile, WW should re-fetch the shapefile (checking the HEAD just as a web browser does). If somebody *really* wants to display local data, they can specify file:// as the URL.


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Battlefield 4: Dragon's Teeth Expansion Details Revealed
DICE has revealed some new details for the Dragon's Teeth downloadable content expansion coming to Battlefield 4's online multiplayer.
The official Battlefield Facebook page has just released a new photo depicting a naval assault on an Asian-themed building floating on water. The caption of the screenshot claims players will have the option to charge the restaurant via boats and jet skis or by draining the lake entirely, which would ground the restaurant and allow you to rush it with vehicles. This offers a big environmental change that we haven't seen before in Battlefield 4 and will likely cause tons of chaos throughout the map.
The Dragon's Teeth expansion will be adding four Asian cities to use in its competitive multiplayer. The four maps are Sunken Dragon (pictured above), Pearl Market, Propaganda and Lumphini Garden. Also being added to Dragon's Teeth are five new weapons, the unmanned R.A.W.R. assault vehicle, the Ballistic Shield and the Chain Link game mode.
Dragon's Teeth will be coming out sometime this summer, with two weeks of early access to the expansion given to those with a Battlefield 4 Premium account.


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Update on Fiscal Cliff: What's at Stake for Real Estate
Congress today (Dec. 31) continues to wrestle with what to do about the fiscal cliff, the hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and federal spending cuts that take effect at the end of the year unless lawmakers act to avert it.
If Congress does act before midnight tonight, there are a number of things they can do. They could pass a short-term patch to get us into 2013 without major disruption to tax rates and spending programs, or they could take some large-scale action to avert the cliff and make big budgetary changes at the same time. If they don't act by midnight tonight, and the country goes over the fiscal cliff, they could still take action early in 2013 to address tax issues and spending cuts, restoring some provisions retroactively. There are many scenarios and, as of this writing, it's impossible to know exactly how things will play out.
Negotiations were conducted over the weekend and were expected to proceed all day today. NAR will provide an update to its members once negotiations are ended.
With this very fluid situation as a backdrop, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun and NAR Director of Tax Policy Linda Goold sat down last week, on Friday, Dec. 28, for a short discussion on what real estate interests are at stake in this debate. Among other things, if no action is taken, tax rates could rise across the board to their 2003 level, before they were lowered by the Bush-era tax cuts. That means, among other things, the top tax rate could revert to 39.6 percent, from 35 percent today. Tax rates for lower income tax brackets would also rise.
The capital gains tax rate could rise as well. It's currently at 15 percent, and it could possibly return to 20 percent. Should that happen, most home sellers should nevertheless remain protected from a tax increase upon sale of their home because the $250,000-$500,000 caital gaims tax exclusion remains in place, so only sellers whose gain is more than the exclusion amount would face the higher tax rate.
The alternative minimum tax (AMT) could change and become applicable to far more tax filers than is the case today. Goold says more than 30 million households could find themselves facing an AMT hit, up from about 4 million households today.
And mortgage cancellation relief, which helps underwater sellers who've had some mortgage debt forgiven by their lender, could lose that relief—at least temporarily— because it's set to expire at the end of the year.
These are just some of the real estate impacts. In the 6-minute video above, Goold and Yun talk in more detail about what to look for should Congress end the year without taking action to avert the cliff.
To respond to NAR's Call for Action that Congress should do no harm to real estate by considering changes to the mortgage interest deduction, either as part of the fiscal cliff discussion or as part of broader tax reform in 2013, go to www.REALTORActionCenter.com.


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Pridiom PWS181HX Inverter Series 18,000 BTU Single Zone Inverter Heat Pump Split Indoor Unit
- 18,000 BTUs
- For use with POS181HX
- Wall mounted air conditioner unit
- Reviews
- Description
- Specifications
- Benefits
Pridiom PWS181HX Inverter Series 18,000 BTU Single Zone Inverter Heat Pump Split Indoor Unit
Lower your energy bills and raise your comfort level by having a Pridiom PWS181HX Inverter Series 18,000 BTU Single Zone Inverter Heat Pump Split Indoor Unit installed in your home. When combined with the POS181HX Outdoor Condensing Unit, this split unit offers air conditioning, heating, and dehumidification all in one package, allowing it to create a comfortable atmosphere in your home no matter the season. With convenient features such as an auto-restart and a "Follow Me" remote control, there's no better way to control your indoor climate.
If you've ever experienced the disappoint of walking into your home expecting a pleasant and cool atmosphere only to find that a short power outage erased all your programming, then you know how important an auto-restart feature is. This feature will get your unit back up and running with its programmed settings intact as soon as power is restored, preventing long term interruption of your indoor climate.
18,000 BTUs
Pridiom offers a wide variety of split air conditioners with different power outputs. This model is rated at 18,000 BTUs, giving it a great balance of energy usage and power. If it doesn't quite suit your needs, make sure to check out the rest of the lineup.
Energy efficient ductless operation
One less obvious but still very important point of a ductless system is the energy savings. While conventional ducted air conditioning systems will waste a great deal of energy as a result of the air passing through the ducting, this split air conditioner avoids that problem completely, providing more energy efficient operation.
- For use with POS181HX Outdoor Condensing Unit
- 3 fan speeds
- Sleep mode
- Mesh filter
- Auto-swing louver
De-humidification function
As if cooling, heating, and filtering functions weren't already impressive enough, you'll also have a de-humidifying feature to help remove excess humidity from the air at a rate of 3.8 pints per hour. Anyone who has lived in humid climates knows how vital this can be to your indoor comfort! This fantastic unit will have you relaxed and happy in any weather.
"Follow Me" remote control
You don't have to sacrifice your convenience thanks to the included remote control. Control this air conditioner from anywhere with the simple press of a button. It allows you to put this air conditioner exactly where it's needed without having to worry about it becoming difficult to control. The "Follow Me" functionality adjusts the temperature based on the location of the remote rather than the unit itself.
Automatic mode switching
With many climate control systems it's necessary to use separate setpoints for both the heating and air conditioning. These units have an automatic mode switch which allow you to utilize just one setpoint temperature, with the unit automatically changing between heating or air conditioning modes to maintain the setpoint.
- Model: PWS181HX
- Product Type: 18,000 BTU Single Zone Inverter Heat Pump Split In
- Product Dimensions: L: 9.40" x W: 39.30" x H: 12.70"
- Product Weight: 29.00 lbs.
- Application: Indoor climate control
- Type: Split Air Conditioner
- Heater: Yes
- Voltage: 208/230 volts
- Air Flow: 677 CFM
- Heating Capacity: 18000 BTUs
- Cooling Capacity: 18000 BTUs
- Certifications: AHRI , ETL
- Dehumidifying Capacity: 3.8 pints
- Heat Pump: Yes
- Number of Fan Speeds: 3
- Programmable Timer: No
- Refrigerant Type:
- Filters: Mesh
- Air Conditioner Type: Cool/Heat
- Number of Indoor Units: 1
- Number of Outdoor Units: 1
- Number of Zones: 1
- Automatic Restart: Yes
- Includes Remote Control: Yes
- Automatic mode cycles between heating and cooling as necessary
- Auto-restart feature protects programming during power outages
- Comprehensive climate control power
- Convenient remote control operation
- Highly energy efficient
- Improves air quality


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The Founder of USGenWeb
Jeff Donald Murphy, of Redmond, Oregon, was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, son of Powell Davis Murphy and Marjorie (Morrison) Murphy.
Jeff was the founder of the KYGenWeb, the USGenWeb, USBiographies, and co-founder of KYBiographies.
About The USGenWeb Project
In the spring of 1996, a group of genealogists with mutual interests in Kentucky genealogy organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties within the State of Kentucky where collected databases could be stored. Furthermore, the databases would be indexed and cross-referenced, so that even if an individual was found in more than one county, he or she could be located in the central index. This idea spread quickly to other states and, by the end of the summer of 1996, the USGenWeb Project was born. This project is an outgrowth of that original project. Today, The USGenWeb Project is a loosely organized group of volunteers that work to create a center for genealogical research for every county within the United States. Visit The USGenWeb Project.
About the California GenWeb Project
In June 1996, as the Kentucky Project was coming to together, project organizers decided to create a page for each state, establishing the USGenWeb Project. Project organizers located volunteers that were willing to coordinate the collection of county pages for every state. The first California USGenWeb Project page was loaded onto the Internet on 16 Jul 1996. If you would like to sponsor a California county, or volunteer in any way to help with the CAGenWeb Project, contact Elizabeth Bullard, the California State Coordinator, by clicking on the Contact tab at the top of this page.


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Niagara Falls resident Rose Ann Hirsch will speak at the Tuesday, Sept. 24, membership dinner meeting of the Niagara Frontier Chapter of New York State Women. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at Pane's Restaurant, 984 Payne Ave., North Tonawanda. Dinner is $19.
One does not have to be a member to attend. Gentlemen are invited to all meetings, as well.
For information on membership or to make reservations for the meeting, contact Phyllis Phillips at 716-692-4290.
Hirsch was born and raised in Western New York. She was a frequent visitor to Crystal Beach Park until it closed in 1989. She also visited many other amusement parks that operated throughout the region. She has been a member of two roller coaster clubs and has ridden more than 200 coasters throughout North America. She also spent many years volunteering at the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum.
Hirsch has been writing since her youth and graduated with an Associates degree in creative writing from the Children's Institute of Literature in Connecticut. She has since authored numerous articles and three books on amusement parks, including her latest book, "Western New York Amusement Parks," which includes a chapter on Crystal Beach. She also writes for many Internet websites in both the fiction and non-fiction genres. She is employed as a charter bus coordinator at Bedore Tours in the Town of Wheatfield.


text: Nothing unexpected or unwelcome on the seventh LP from this Vancouver Celt-punk crew, who've been the Dropkick Murphys of NOFX singer Fat Mike's record label, Fat Wreck, since 2005. Personally I'll take these drunken, corned-beef-stuffed idiots any day over the Dropkicks, which I know is pure sacrilege here in Sox country, but let's be real, you honestly aren't sick of "Shipping up to Boston" yet? Really honestly? But forget that anyway — when he's in non-Black Flag mode, Paul McKenzie's voice is soulful, thick and overstuffed, sort of like Frank Black, enhancing the real reverence he seems to have for forgotten old Scottish folk songs, which make up exactly half of the contents here, rendered either as jangle-band rawk or outright balladry. The other half, since you'd never have guessed on your own, comprises low-slung dingbat speed-punk made more important-sounding with the help of Gord Taylor's bagpipes (which get a really nice solo spot on closeout tune "Francis Fraser"). B —Eric W. Saeger


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HotPic – Francesca Frigo
Hold on to your hats, because Francesca Frigo, our HotPic, is liable to make steam shoot out of your ears.
Francesca is better known as Playboy's Miss August 2013 and is a model extraordinaire. The 27-year-old beauty hails from Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela and rocks a pretty bodacious body, boasting measurements of 34D-24-34. If you ever have a dry mouth and need to salivate, just look at any of her pictures.
Come check her out on Instagram, Twitter and her own personal, NSFW website.


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Orange Coast College sophomore Chris Carlson tops a list of five players named to the All-State team as State Player of the Year as voted upon by the state's baseball coaches.
Carlson, the Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, hit .421 with seven home runs, 43 runs batted in, 37 runs and 11 stolen bases to help the Pirates (36-7-1) win their first outright Orange Empire crown since 1987 and reach the four-team state championship tournament.
In addition to being named the state's top player, Carlson won the Big Stick award presented to the state's top hitter. He is bound for New Mexico State University.
Sophomore pitcher Keegan Yuhl, freshman pitcher Brandon Brennan, sophomore outfielder Bijan Rademacher and freshman outfielder Boog Powell were also first-team all-state performers for the Pirates.
Sophomore shortstop Joel Licon was named second-team all-state.
Yuhl, the OEC Pitcher of the Year who has also committed to New Mexico State, was 11-2 with two saves and a 2.08 earned-run average. He struck out 76 in 95 innings.
Brennan, who began his career at the University of Oregon and has committed to the University of Houston, was 11-1 with a 1.25 ERA. He struck out 72 in 1081/3 innings and allowed two earned runs in three postseason starts, spanning 26 innings.
Rademacher, a Cal State Fullerton bounce-back, hit .349 with seven homers, 49 RBIs, 31 runs and nine steals. He also became the Pirates' closer late in the season, recording four saves and allowing just one earned run in eight innings, while striking out 10. Rademacher has committed to Oral Roberts University.
Powell, who hit leadoff all season, led the team with 76 hits and finished with a .398 average. He scored 49 runs, drove in 25 and stole eight bases, while adding exceptional defense in center field.
Licon, who began his collegiate career at Loyola Marymount and has committed to Liberty University, hit .310 with four home runs, 31 RBIs, 37 runs and 61 hits for Coach John Altobelli.
Carlson is the third OCC player in four years to be named the state's top player. Brett Wallach earned the honor in 2009 and Matt Moynihan was recognized in 2011.
Andrew Morales, who went 12-1 for Rio Hondo, was the State Pitcher of the Year.
Mario Porto of Moorpark was named Coach of the Year.
— From staff reports
OCC pair win state
Orange Coast College sophomores Barron Maizland and Meghan Foley won individual titles at the California Community College Athletic Assn. state championships, completed Saturday at Cerritos College.
Maizland won the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9 minutes, 18.95 seconds, nearly four seconds ahead of the runner-up.
The week before, Maizland set a school record by winning the Southern California Regional Meet in 9:16.71.
Foley won the women's 1,500 in 4:37.08, more than two seconds better than the runner-up. Foley was also eighth in the 800 in 2:18.0
In the men's decathlon, Andrew Cruikshank, OCC's Male Athlete of the Year, used victories in the discus (141 feet, 5 inches) and shot put (43-31/4) to place third with 6,671 points.
OCC sophomore Analicia Silva was second in the 10,000 in 38:24.6.
Other top OCC finishers included: sophomore Patrick Douglas (fifth in the men's 1,500 in 3:52.73 and eighth in the 5,000 in 14:59.81); Zach Ellis (fifth in the men's steeplechase in 9:38.85), Grace Adams-Handy (sixth in the women's steeplechase in 11:30.27); Jace Hinesly (eighth in the men's steeplechase in 9:48.28); Austin Little (eighth in the men's 10,000 in 32:14.89); and Hugo Gutierrez (11th in the men's 1,500 in 4:00.01).
The OCC men's team was ninth.
— From staff reports


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NARS has released their new holiday collection and I am already smitten. It features a gorgeous new eyeshadow duo, two new cream eyeshadows, two new lipglosses, two new matte lip pencils, a new lipstick and a new blush highlighting powder.
I'm very excited about the new eyeshadow, Belly Dance. This new duo features a metalic green and a deep plum, imagine a smokey eye with that shade… oooh. I have already starting thinking of everything I can try with this. Something to remember though, even though these shades come in a duo, it does not mean that they should go to together. Although, some duos certainly do work well together… I personally use Stage Beauty and Star Sailor together all the time.
Their new cream eyeshadows also look very interesting. There's Lili Marlene in grey and Nomad in dark green with shimmer. These cream eyeshadows make a great base for your eye makeup and can intensify the color you're working with. Ignore my obsession with smokey eyes lately, but I think Nomad would be a great base for a green-toned smokey eye.
The other new product is their Highlighting Blush Powder in Albatross. I'm a sucker for highlighting products so I am imagining that this one will be amazing. I could be wrong but I believe this is the first of it's type that NARS is releasing (besides the usual blushes and bronzers) so I'm sure there's some anticipation behind it. I'm sure it will probably fly off the shelves.
Oh the lips… look at those gorgeous glosses, lip pencils and lipstick. As Beauty Addict recently experienced during Fashion Week, the lip is back and these brand new shades let you have some fun.
This time around, the new glosses are Moon Fleet, a beautiful shimmering gold tone and Rose Birman, a sheer cranberry tone. They would be beautiful on top of the new Bettina and Walkyrie Velvet Matte Lip Pencils. Bettina is a natural beige but looks a bit like a mix of orange and brown. Then Walkyrie is a coral red, a little bit on the darker side though. Of course, there's also a new sheer lipstick in Hindu, a beautiful red based shade with a bit of shimmer.
All of this is available online now at NARS Cosmetics or coming soon to a department store or Sephora near you.


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|Sheriff's Writ from Bristol County,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1792. 2006.243.1
The case, which dated back to 1784, was to be settled with damages for 40 shillings. The writ directed the Bristol County Sheriff or his deputies to ensure that the defendant arrive safely to face charges.
This is a small but significant part of the Museum's collection of 18th century artifacts that document the role of law enforcement in the young Republic.


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Moderator: Rev. Dr. Barbara Simpson Bereavement Program Community Outreach Coordinator at Caring Hospice Services
Two meetings monthly, 2nd Sunday and 4th Wednesday
Gather in a relaxed and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea and eat delicious cake. The objective is to increase awareness of death and help people make the most of their (finite) lives. Topics include heath care proxy, ethical wills, and green burial.


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In a comment to a Marginal Revolution posting, Mike Huben says that the "destruction of jobs by minimum wages" (his scare quotes, not mine) is essentially unmeasurable. He adds "I'm leery of believing either of those conservative excuses. I'm much more likely to believe that the rich want to get good servants cheap."
I hope nobody thinks I'm taking advantage of Mike by asserting that he thinks minimum wage laws create no unemployment simply because said unemployment is essentially unmeasurable. And yet, the noise caused by a tree falling in a forest is essentially unmeasurable. Does that mean that trees never fall, or that, when falling, they make no noise? Far from it. We can see that trees have fallen and since we hear a great noise when one does fall, we must assume that trees that fall when we're not watching also make noise.
Thus, we have to assume that minimum wage laws cause unemployment even though the unemployment we observe in a society cannot be tracked back to the existance or passage of a minimum wage law. Or, at least, if we are to be honest people we must make this assumption.


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So.........I'm back, who knows for how long, but I have been keeping up with you all out there, enjoying catching up and absorbing all those fantastic images. Losing bloglines has meant that I've lost track of some of my fave blogs, but I cannot get to grips with the new one so I'm relying on my sidebar.
How was 2010 for everyone? Here in the VH household things have been a-changing in quite a major way. Not only did I hit the big 40 last July but finally, after 15 years of blissful (ha!) happiness Ian and I finally took the plunge and got married! It was the most fantastic day, a very short civil ceremony at the pump rooms complete with music from The Waterboys and then 90 people squeezed into our diddy back garden for afternoon tea. Food was supplied by all our fabulous neighbours and friends, as were the flowers and cakes. It really was a special day which brought home once again how fortunate we are to live here.
The icing on the cake came courtesy of Emma and her fantastic photographs. Having followed her blog and loved her photos we asked if she'd take pictures of the day for us and she did us proud. They were exactly what we'd envisaged and she captured the spirit of the day perfectly, what a clever lady!
..............finally, a chance to use all those vintage teacups I've collected over the years
.................this photo sums up the atmosphere of the day perfectly, we laughed from beginning to end
............how she managed this one I'll never know. This is how I look in my imagination, not in real life!
It's the time of year when the garden starts to come to life and I've been experimenting with picnik's effects and loving the polaroid effect.
Which brings me to the latest addition to the family, a very naughty, hyperactive but extremely cute new member of the clan. Doesn't listen to anything I say, has a habit of chasing joggers round the park and steals shoes, newspapers and any food within reach.............what have we done??
...............asbo dog aka Peggy, how could you resist?


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Symptoms depend on the type of Usher syndrome. There are several types and many sub-types of the syndrome. Symptoms of the syndrome may include:
The problems with eyesight are caused by an eye disorder called retinitis pigmentosa. This disorder includes a group of eye diseases that leads to gradual loss of eyesight.
All newborn babies are screened for hearing problems. If a hearing problem is found in the newborn, the baby will have follow-up testing. Your child's healthcare provider will test hearing, eyesight, and balance to diagnose Usher syndrome. The tests include:
One a child is diagnosed, he or she may have genetic testing to find out the type of Usher syndrome.
Treatment will depend on your child's symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.
Usher syndrome has no cure. Spotting it early is very important so that support and education can begin as soon as possible. Treatment may include:
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your child's healthcare provider:


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A Research Organization
Self-reliance is not just a lifestyle choice for the offspring of aging flower children, anarchists or 'new age' wing-nuts. A self-reliance renaissance has begun to creep into, and in some sectors sweep through, mainstream thinking too. Huge segments of conventional society, as well as those on 'the fringe', have been touched in some way by the crumbling of 'rock solid' institutions that can't be relied upon anymore.
These changes include: rules that can't be counted on; the downsizing of 100 year old companies; the speed of technological change; information that becomes suddenly 'wrong' by discoveries of more efficient methods; economic 'cycles' that can no longer be accurately predicted . . . and hundreds of other light-speed changes have forced even mainstream to reconsider their dependence on 'them' being reliably 'there' to 'take care of things'. The world is in flux - a fact we can't afford to deny any longer. A return to self-reliance is a sound, necessary lifestyle choice - no matter what your philosophical sensibilities.
Your Future Depends On You!
Self-reliance is about taking personal responsibility for your own well-being. It's about having the courage to recognize that our civilization is due for a cleansing, and about preparing to help with the building of a better, more effective model for conscious living. It's about learning to see, think, plan, independence, liberty and eventually true proactive interdependence.
In the process of researching, gathering, organizing and experiencing the challenges associated with becoming independent, you'll grow so much that you'll hardly recognize yourself.
The First Step Is the Hardest
Sometimes, maybe most of the time, you'll feel like you've taken on a part-time job in the beginning stages of preparing for self-sufficiency. But, the feelings of overwhelm, impatience and weariness will relax once you can look back at your progress. Take it step by step, don't try everything at once but keep trying new things. Gradually, the initial feelings of distress get replaced by confidence, strength and self-reliance. Though that's not the greatest benefit of the process.
After a while, becoming self-sufficient changes the way you think. Even mundane choices are based on whatever will retain your independence the most. Self-reliant thinking changes you into a better version of yourself.
Is It Really Worth It?
The principles of self-reliance are worth the labor to assimilate into a regular model for living because it's the right thing. The strongest civilizations are made of strong individuals. But you will only find that out by working through the process.