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Kohanga had its annual hangi out at Clandon House in Surrey on Sunday the 12th of June. Hinemihi was purchased by Lord Onslow (then Governor of NZ) and shipped back to England in 1892. You most likely have seen pictures of Hinemihi covered in ash from the Mount Tarawera eruption of 1886.
During World War One Clandon House was used as a respite home for wounded soldiers who just happened to come from New Zealand. On walking the grounds the kiwi soldiers found Hinemihi,much to their surprise, down on the lake where Lord Onslow had placed it. The soldiers got about repairing damage done by the water and moved it from the lake to its current position in the grounds.
Some time later, a workman was repairing Hinemihi. The only photo he had to go on was one where the Whare was covered in ash. He thought it was a thatched roof so he adorned Hinemihi with a thatched roof. However, when the workman had retired he was visiting NZ and, much to his horror, discovered that what he thought was a thatched roof was in fact volcanic ash! When he returned to England he went out to Clandon House and offered to remove the offending thatch roof and replace it with something more traditional at his own cost. By this time the owners of Clandon House had become used to the thatched roof on Hinemihi and politely refused his offer.
Getting Ready
So there we are at 5am digging a hole! Thankfully it will be worth the effort as the hole is for Kohanga's hangi at Clandon House out in Surrey.
Jason and Rau admiring their work!
John and Stan talking about the days speeches at the Powhiri.
The kids lending a hand at setting up the gazebos.
Tiana and Kaia's car waiting to be parked by Hinemihi.
Eimi and Tiana playing in the grounds.
Jason in the press tent!
The cake stall with the kids only too happy to help out :)


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Read on for a pound-for-pound look at the celebrities and sports names who made news this week.
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King Khan rocks KBC part III
KBC will have an entirely new, young generation clued into it, writes Kshama Rao. Pics: SRK takes overindia Updated: Jan 27, 2007 20:10 IST
Star India is very glad on Shah Rukh Khan's three day old Kaun Banega Crorepati. On the responses Shah Rukh Khan has received, he says, "Most of those who wrote to me said only good things. They liked my sense of humour. The kids want me to do the English rap of the song.They can't believe that I can say or sing it. I am still trying to impress them and I hope to in another 10 years."
Here is a cross section ofopinions on SRk's new guise.
Ajay Vidyasagar, executive vice-president, Star India
"The best part was that Shah Rukh Khan was himself. I have received an overwhelming positive response from the media and friends. We had gone all out to promote the show to make it perfect and Shah Rukh just added to it.
He has amazing energy and connected unbelievably with the contestants and audience. The entire mix of him in a song, then giving a massage to the contestants or jumping off the seat in his inimitable style touched people.
Shah Rukh has revealed on his blog that he was nervous. But he is hard working and committed to outdoing himself. The stakes were very high but after the initial response, we know that we are on to a good thing."
Ganesh Hegde on the rap song Concept:
It was mine, though the idea to do a music video was Shah Rukh's.
I decide what I want to dothe choreography the costumes, the look, , music, just about everything. The idea was to present Shah Rukh in a way that one have never seen before. I had done his Main Hoon Don number.
We shot over four days, 10 hours a day at Film City and Filmistan.
Costumes and look:
I put his clothes together, right from the SRK locket he wears, cargo pants, hats, doctor sleeve shirts, everything. He's looking fabulous in the KBC video, at least 10 years younger, very cool and funky It's a . new Shah Rukh Khan.
Bluffmaster rip-off:
No, the idea was to do a Hindi rap song with many often-asked questions.
Shekhar Suman
How do you choose between two legends? How do you choose between Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle? Or a Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. I am a huge fan of both Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.
On Monday night when I watched KBC, I didn't watch it for the format. In fact, I was sick of KBC2. I watched this one purely for SRK.
He's a TV boy, he understands the grammar and idiom of the medium. He has an insane sense of humour while Mr Bachchan is more of a traditonalist, somebody who would fall certainly in line and not deviate from it.
I loved Shah Rukh's irreverence, maybe because somewhere even I have hosted my shows like that. We should give credit to him just for walking the forbidden path. We should appreciate his courage to have tried to give his own spin that's been tried and tested.
Let's not forget Mr Bachchan had the first mover advantage, and that even he couldn't repeat the same magic the second time around.
Siddhartha Basu
The feedback has been extremely encouraging and to Shah Rukh as the host. According to the first reports, 60 per cent of the viewers have promised to continue watching the show after Monday's episode while the rest 40 per cent have said that they will watch the rest of the episodes in this week for sure.
If I may say so, the coming episodes are only getting better, Shah Rukh has got into the rhythm of it. In fact Thursday's episode is the best of the lot for this week.
Across the board, we have a favourable response of Shah Rukh as host. This is not to say that AB (Amitabh Bachchan) was not. Personally speaking, he was awesome and a fantastic host but with SRK, the show will be more youthful, polished, peppy, fun. It will have an entirely new, young generation clued into it. It's like the show has been rejuvenated.
We do plan to have celebrity specials. We may be shooting with celebrities for Valentine's Day, though we have yet to confirm who they will be.
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How in the world did you get this shot? Did you lie on the ground? Well who cares how you done it. It is a very nice picture.
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Stephen M Huddleston, Julie Calderwood, Mary E Hoehn; Comparing Morbidity Rates in Retinopathy of Prematurity Treated with Either Intravitreal Bevacizumab or Conventional Laser Therapy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):6357.
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Controversy still exists regarding the safety profile of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents versus traditional laser therapy in the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity. With this in mind, we designed a study to compare morbidity markers between these two treatment groups.
The last ten patients treated with laser therapy and the last ten patients treated with bevacizumab for retinopathy of prematurity at our institution were identified, and their charts were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were excluded if they had received both modalities of treatment. Our morbidity markers included: number of days that ventilator support was required following treatment, length of hospital stay following treatment, and mortality.
Our preliminary results indicate that length of hospital stay following therapy was longer in patients receiving laser treatment compared to those receiving intravitreal bevacizumab (80 days versus 61 days). Two patients in the laser group required prolonged ventilator support following treatment compared to no patients in the bevacizumab group. Mortality was found to be equal in both groups.
Use of intravitreal bevacizumab for vision threatening retinopathy of prematurity did not result in increased length of hospital stay nor prolonged ventilator support following treatment when compared to traditional laser therapy, and mortality was found to be equal between our two treatment groups.
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Good morning!
Emmy nominations come out today. According to USA Today here is what the main stories will be.
1. Will Empire get nominations?
2. Will Modern Family win a sixth Emmy for best comedy?
3. Will Jon Hamm win an Emmy after losing for years?
4. Will Julia Louis-Dreyfus win for VEEP again?
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In this piece, NGWU NWEZE writes on the governorship ambition of the prominent banker and businessman, Chief Willie Obiano, and what it portends for Anambra State.
As the political rain-clouds gather in Anambra State, ahead of the November governorship elections, the already heated race recently witnessed a rupture, with the grand entry of Chief WilliemObiano, the colourful banker and oil industry chieftain, whose emergence has totally altered the political equation in the state.
The reason is not fare fetched. ChiefObiano carries a spark that lights up any arena he enters like a burst of fireflies in a dark, moonless night. The Aguleri High Chief who is also famously known as Akpokuedike Aguleri comes almost fully made with a rare combination of solid intellect and a common touch that makes many leaders wince with envy. His sartorial style and regal elegance easily stand him out in any crowd. His infectious humour and kindred spirit strikes instant connectivity with anyone that comes his way regardless of age or class. Obiano is nuanced, passionate and full of zest. In a nutshell, the Aguleri high chief has managed to squeeze into one personality, as much complexity as simplicity.
True, no one is born a king; but Chief Obiano's leadership inclinations and abilities seem rather inherent. He radiates magnetic warmth that does not only draw people to him, but makes them willing to go the extra mile for him. It was perhaps this rare quality more than anything else that made his Aguleri people to bestow on him the title of Akpokuedike, which can be loosely translated as "the buzz of the warrior." Obiano has the natural proclivity of an astute administrator and a man with an infinite business savvy.
Until recently, Chief Obiano was the number two man at Fidelity Bank Plc, as the Executive Director in charge of Business Banking after a glittering banking career that saw him rise through the ranks. Before his retirement, he headed virtually every important segment of the bank including corporate banking, non-bank financial institutions, treasury, foreign operations, oil and gas financing, telecommunications, aviation and several other businesses where he showed tremendous leadership skills and a rare people's touch. Before he joined Fidelity Bank, Obiano had had an auspicious beginning at First Bank Nigeria and Texaco Nigeria Plc where he distinguished himself as the Chief Internal Auditor for years, driving change and initiating programmes that earned him the accolade of the top management of the global conglomerate.
At Fidelity, what mostly stood Chief Obiano out was his rare human touch; a deep connection with the people which resonated throughout the bank and a large reservoir of knowledge of the subtleties of banking and a keen sense of the present and how it connects to the future, which most bankers who have fallen by the way side never seemed to have. Obiano knew banking well enough to know that the banker's reputation is like a house of straws; one bad move and all the years of struggle would go up in a plume of smoke. But Obiano left Fidelity on a high. Not one shred of scandal trailed his years as a top-flight banker. He was well loved by the ordinary staff and respected by the management and the board. At the bank's annual dinners and social events, Akpokue Aguleri, as he was fondly called by friends and colleagues always stood out. Being a man of style, his remarkable haircut and aristocratic fashion taste always marked him out in the crowd. Smiling comes easy to Chief Obiano as does his hearty gentleman laughter that draws instant fellow feelings from the people around him.
AkpokudikeAguleri's entry into the muddy waters of Anambraguber race did not come to many people who know him as a surprise. Close friends and interested observers always knew that his extra-ordinary people skill and leadership acumen would find him out. A close friend once told this writer that ChiefObiano had confided in him that the only way he would contest a political office was if his people invited him to represent them. It is evident therefore, that Obiano's momentous entry into the race under the APGA platform was not spurred by any vaunting ambition, but one that is borne out of a desire to serve his people of Anambra North, who have never had a shot at the state house in Awka. Indeed there has been a legitimate clamour for fairness and equity in the political governance of Anambra State which has tended to preclude the people of Anambra North from the office of the number one citizen of the state since Anambra came into existence. This glaring injustice has grown in its lingering gravity in the acclaimed tradition of all injustices that do not lend themselves to peaceful burial. It is perhaps in realization of the grotesque obviousness of this imbalance in power that the ebullient governor Peter Obi of Anambra State is rumoured to have declared his intention to deploy his enormous goodwill with the people and ensure that a candidate from the neglected Anambra North succeeds him in office. That way, the genuine cries and supplications of the people would be pointedly assuaged.
Against this backdrop therefore, Willie Obiano's candidacy is a bold answer to the clamor among his people for their best and brightest sons and daughters to file out for the highest office in the state. But people who should know are fully aware that Obiano is not just in the race to multiply the options of the electorates. AkpokuedikeAguleri never goes into any venture without adequate risk assessment and strenuous preparation. Indeed Obiano is fully prepared for the battle. What most friends and associates always marvel at is his astonishing brilliance for someone with his exceptional social skills.
Obiano holds a Second Class Upper Division in Accounting from the University of Lagos and an MBA in Marketing from the same school. He is a class member of the Harvard Business School and Stanford University, both in the USA. He is also both Fellow and patron of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). In the course of his career, Obiano attended numerous courses including Credit and Trade Services at Citi Bank, New York, Treasury and Money Market at Northwest London, Emerging Markets at FIM Bank, Malta and Managing Integration Process at Houston Texas, USA in 2006.
Obiano is a bridge builder of sorts. His extensive contacts are almost infinite; spreading from an eclectic number of serving and retired top military brass, para-military and royal fathers to professionals like doctors, lawyers, fellow bankers and brilliant architects and engineers, among others. Obiano has immense goodwill among donor agencies and portfolio investors in the USA and Europe which he put to enormous use in the service of Fidelity Bank when the bank had successive public offers to rustle up fresh funds. It is believed that these same contacts will be useful when he assumes office as governor. Not surprising, Chief Obiano has been a recipient of many awards and honours in recognition of his eternal warmth, public spirit, candour and generous contributions to society. In May 2012, Obiano received the honour of the 1stUSAfrica's Distinguished Banker of the Year award in Houston, Texas, USA. In addition to being honoured by the people of Aguleri as the Akpokuedike of Aguleri Kingdom, Chief Obiano also holds the revered title of Otunba Atayase of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Ekiti State. This later recognition from Oba David Adegboyega Oyewunmi (Fasemi II) of Ilemeso-Ekiti underscores his bridge-building capacity and a natural inclination to bond with people from diverse cultures. It is partly for this reason and everything else that the Board of Governors and Trustees of Wisconsin International University, USA, also conferred on him the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership, honoriscausa, late last year. It was a richly deserved honour for someone who has made his mark as a thoroughbred professional and as a man of means.
AkpokueAguleri is also deeply connected with the clergy and the church. Obiano is a devout Catholic whose commitment to the church is deep. It is perhaps ironic that a man with his high social skills and a profound love for tradition is also deeply involved with the church. It is all part of the high art of personality code-mixing which Obiano has perfected in his simple but complex personality.
Obiano's involvement with the church began rather early. Following his early education in mission schools, Chief Obiano has never really strayed too far from the church. His keen interest in the church of Jesus Christ has led him into accepting different roles in the service of God including but not restricted to being the patron of Catholic Women Association, Missionary of St. Paul's Society, Catholic Women's Organisation, Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria and the Grand Pillar of St. Gerald Catholic Church, among others.


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Librarians in
New Mexico Hitch hik er
The Hitchhiker is available upon re quest on com put er
disc, cassette tape, in braille, or in large print. It may
also be seen on the State Library WEB site: http:
// www. stlib. state. nm. us.
The HITCH HIKER is published weekly by the New
Mexico State Library, a division of the Offi ce of Cul tur al
Affairs, 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
Send news items to Robert Upton, EDITOR. ☎ 505- 476-
May 22, 2006
The Tribal Libraries Institute this year will be a
three day event held June 7- 9, with its focus on cultural
preservation in tribal communities. Sponsored by the
Tribal Libraries Program at the New Mexico State Li-brary
and the Indigenous Nations Library Program at the
University of New Mexico, it will be held at the Santa
Fe Indian School in Santa Fe.
The focus on cultural preservation will serve
to facilitate collaboration to address tribal preservation
issues, visions, obstacles, and solutions to create a plan
for meeting the needs of the community and promoting
services. The Institute will promote a sharing environ-ment
and encourage networking among participants.
Sessions will explore the following:
Archives and Records Management
Museums and Repatriation
Language Preservation issues
Historic Preservation issues
And much, much more
In addition to the sessions, the State Library will
provide meals and lodging at the Santa Fe Indian School
campus for all attendees. The Institute will also include
" behind the scenes" tours by School of American Re-search,
State Archives and Records, and the Museum of
Indian Arts and Culture, a dinner reception with keynote
by Dave Warren ( Santa Clara Pueblo) at the Museum
of Indian Arts and Culture, and entertainment by story-teller,
Sunny Dooley ( Navajo).
The Institute is inviting tribal librarians, educa-tion
directors, archivists and records managers, mu-seum
staffers, and language and historic preservation-
ists, thereby extending the goals of the Institute to help
improve services within tribal communities in New
Mexico on their own terms.
For an application form, see http://
nm. webjunction. org/ do/ DisplayContent? id= 13117.
BIEN! The Border Health Information and Education
Network ( BIEN!) in southern New Mexico won the
2006 NCLIS Health Information Awards, announced by
its sponsor, the U. S. National Commission on Librar-ies
and Information Science. State Librarian Richard
Akeroyd and Dr. Holly Buchanan, the Director of the
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library
and Informatics Center, presented the award to BIEN!
leaders at a May 15 reception at New Mexico State
University's Zuhl Library.
Awards were given to health information pro-grams
in the fi fty states and the District of Columbia.
Selection criteria included how well the program
encouraged lifestyle improvement among the target
population, the program's adaptability, collaboration
with other community organizations, and how success-fully
the program was able to reach out to people with
low information literacy skills.
Now in its seventh year, BIEN! is a unique mul-titype
collaboration of public and academic libraries,
hospitals, clinics and other health organizations. The
number of partner institutions has grown from seven-teen
to twenty- eight. The BIEN! project was origi-nally
funded by a grant from the National Library of
Medicine ( NLM) to the New Mexico State University
Library. The project director was Sylvia Ortiz of the li-brary.
BIEN! is currently sustained by support from the
Border Epidemiology and Environmental Health Center
and the New Mexico Outreach Offi ce of the U. S.- Mex-ico
Border Health Commission under the leadership of
Dr. Hugo Vilchis. In addition to the NLM grant, BIEN!
has received funding from the Paso del Norte Founda-tion
and awards from the American Library Association
and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
BIEN!' s mission is to increase access to quality health
information in English and Spanish in the New Mexico-
Mexico Borderland for consumers and health care
Visit the BIEN! web page at http:// www. bien-health.
org. For more information, contact Norice Lee
of the NMSU Library at ( 505) 646- 5091 or e- mail
nlee@ lib. nmsu. edu.
SRP kickoff. The First Lady of New Mexico, Mrs.
Barbara Richardson, kicked off Lasting Impressions, the
2006 statewide Summer Reading Program on May 3 at
the Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos.
Over 40 second- graders from Aspen school were
in the audience to hear Mrs. Richardson read Can I have
a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please? by Lois Gram-bling.
Following the reading, the First Lady answered
questions on topics ranging from her pets ( two cats:
Jake and Squeaky), to her thoughts on possibly becom-ing
First Lady of the United States (" I'm really enjoying
being First Lady of New Mexico!")
Mrs. Richardson is a big supporter of literacy.
This was the fourth year in a row that she has appeared
at an event at a public library in New Mexico to draw
attention to the start of the statewide Summer Reading
Libri's next deadline is July 15. Libri Foundation
offers children's book grants for rural libraries. In an
effort to encourage community involvement and reward
local support of libraries, the Libri Foundation works
with the library's Friends of the Library or other lo-cal
organizations. The Friends, or other local sponsors,
can contribute from $ 50 to $ 350 which the Foundation
matches on a 2- to- 1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up
to $ 1,050 worth of new, quality, hardcover children's
books through the Foundation's Books For Children
Libraries are qualifi ed on an individual basis. In
general, county libraries should serve a population un-der
16,000 and town libraries should serve a population
under 10,000 ( usually under 5,000). Libraries should
be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and
an active children's department. ( Please note: " rural"
is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city
with a population over 40,000.)
Applications are accepted from independent
libraries as well as libraries which are part of a county,
regional, or cooperative library system. A library system
may also apply if all the libraries in the system meet
these requirements. Applications are accepted from
school libraries only if they also serve as the public
A branch library may apply if the community it
is in meets the defi nition of rural. If the branch library
receives funding from its parent institution, then the
parent institution's total operating budget – not just the
branch library's total operating budget – must meet the
budget restrictions. Please note: town libraries with to-tal
operating budgets over $ 150,000 and county libraries
with total operating budgets over $ 350,000 are rarely
given grants. The average total operating budget of a
Books For Children grant recipient is less than $ 40,000.
Visit the Libri Foundation web site at http://
www. librifoundation. org/ apps. html.
Delightful. The Southwest classic Delight Makers by
Adolph Bandelier has been added to Project Gutenberg
and is now available in two forms: as text only at
http:// www. gutenberg. org/ fi les/ 18310/ 18310- 8. txt or an
HTML edition with all the pictures carefully scanned
and descreened for highest quality at http:// www. guten-berg.
org/ fi les/ 18310/ 18310- h. zip. The disclaimer makes
the eBook available for the use of anyone anywhere at
no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You
may copy it, give it away or re- use it under the terms of
the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook
or online at http:// www. gutenberg. org.
State Librarian Richard Akeroyd has been ap-pointed
to a three- year term on the U. S. Government
Printing Offi ces' Depository Library Council. This
council advises the Public Printer of the United States
on matters of policy related to the on- going administra-tion
of the Federal Depository Library Program. The
State Library serves as a regional depository library for
New Mexico. His term begins at the Council's meeting
in October 2006.
He has also been invited to serve on a advisory
committee to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This committee will provide advice and direction to the
Foundation for strategy and policy development for its
U. S. Library Program. He will attend the fi rst meeting
of this committee in June 2006.
Anne Lefkofsky has been named to be the new
Director of the Library Development Services Bureau
at the New Mexico State Library. Anne is currently
Director for Collection Development at the Albuquer-que
Bernalillo County Library System where she has
worked since 1993, six years as Collection Develop-ment
Manager, two years as Serials/ AV Librarian, and
fi ve years as a reference librarian. She also worked for
the Fort Bend County Libraries of Richmond, Texas.
She received an undergraduate degree from the Univer-sity
of New Mexico before attending graduate school
at the University of Washington where she attained her
MLS. Anne has made signifi cant contributions to the
development of WebJunction New Mexico since the be-ginning
of that project, serving as a WJNM Tab Editor
since 2004. Among other professional organizations,
she is the current president of NMLA. Anne will begin
her new position on May 22.
The new State Law Librarian is Robert Mead.
He is an Albuquerque native, returning to New Mexico
from the Law Library of the University of Kansas. He
has his Doctor of Law ( JD) from the University of New
Mexico Law School and an MLS from Emporia State
University in Kansas. He has been the Head of Refer-ence
at Kansas University Law Library for six years
and a reference librarian at UNM Law Library for three
years. He has practiced law in disability law, and writ-ten
articles on disability law, elder law, and legal his-tory.
Youth services librarian. La Farge Library, a branch
of the Santa Fe Public Library, is seeking applicants
for Early Childhood Educator/ Librarian. The incum-bent
is expected to plan and implement four " Books
and Babies" programs at two library locations, provide
outreach education programs, and assist in select-ing
books for library parenting collection. Requires
a degree or certifi cate in early childhood/ elementary
education OR library science with family literacy ex-perience.
Five years experience as teacher or librarian
in desired fi eld is also required. Bilingual preferred.
Send résumé and references to: Youth Services Direc-tor,
La Farge Library, 1730 Llano St., Santa Fe, NM
87505. Closing date is June 1. For further information
contact Susan Cantor at ( 505) 466- 6551 or e- mail
susancantor@ earthlink. net.
Librarian. The University of New Mexico- Valencia
Campus is accepting applications for a Lecturer in
Librarianship, a full- time, non- tenure track, year- round
position. Anticipated starting date is August 1. This
position is organized under the general direction of the
Library Director, with the incumbent responsible for
overall coordination of activities related to library pub-lic
services, especially the library instruction program,
reference, all promotional efforts such as maintain-ing
the Library's web page, producing brochures and
handouts, and writing articles for the faculty newsletter,
circulation, serving as liaison to the teaching faculty,
participating in college and community service, and
professional development. Must have a Master's de-gree
from an American Library Association accredited
program with six months directly related experience in
library instruction / or reference services, and excellent
written communication skills. Desired qualifi cations
include more than one year directly- related experience;
college or high school teaching; experience in provid-
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Non- Profi t Org.
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ing instruction in an electronic classroom; web design and maintenance; legal reference experience; profi ciency in
PowerPoint, Word, and software like Publisher or Front Page; experience using Proquest and/ or EbscoHost elec-tronic
reference resources, Innovative Interfaces OPAC and circulation system, OCLC Interlibrary Loan system;
excellent oral communications skills; ability to foster a cooperative work environment; ability to interact cordially
and cooperatively with campus faculty, staff, students, administration, and community members. Base salary
range for this faculty position is $ 34,000 to $ 37,000, depending on experience. An excellent package of benefi ts is
provided. JOB REQ # 6011. To apply, submit curriculum vitae and copies of all transcripts; a signed cover letter
including the requisition number and three current letters of recommendation indicating librarianship and collegi-ality.
Applicant must be prepared to present offi cial transcripts and to conduct a brief library instruction demon-stration
at time of interview ( subject matter to be announced). Apply to UNM Valencia County Branch, Attention
Human Resources, 280 La Entrada, Los Lunas, New Mexico, 87031. For best consideration, all application ma-terials
must be received by 5 p. m. on July 1; however, the position will remain open until fi lled. Phone is ( 505)
925- 8531; e- mail semcdonald@ salud. unm. edu. UNM- VC is an Affi rmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer
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Someone in a top congressional position has finally said it, to wit, that passing laws is an empty undertaking because the president will not enforce them. House Speaker John Boehner made the remark in conjunction with his announcement that immigration reform will not likely receive attention this year. The primary element in reform accrues to sealing the borders and Obama has made it clear that this is not a priority for him, thus no enforcement, regardless of what Congress might do.
The president has made it clear publicly that he will do by executive order anything he desires, anyway, so laws mean little now in any area of government. He's already substantially changed Obamacare 25 times, so that the law as written carries only the weight he accords it, not that anyone seems to know precisely what the law is. Obama's made it clear that the law is whatever he says it is. Boehner was actually saying the president is dishonest and will not uphold the Constitution as required by that governing document of the president with regard to laws passed by the Congress. Perhaps his biggest wipe-out of Obamacare at this point was his announced refusal to enforce that part which required businesses to adhere to the law, beginning in January 2014. Presumably, adherence will occur in January 2015; however, the president has friends in business so he may never enforce the unpopular employer provision, which will incur tremendous rises in costs, private and public.
Obama has put himself in the position—emperor—that the founders made impossible (they thought) in instituting a nation of laws, with the chief executive, elected by the people, sworn to uphold them. The Constitution protects individuals and other entities from governmental interference in their rights. By its own admission, however, not to mention mountains of evidence affirming that admission, the Internal Revenue Service targeted specific groups for disallowing them any consideration, through various subterfuges, accruing to their tax-status during the three-year run-up to the 2012 elections.
An investigation of this was ordered, presumably by Attorney General Holder, and the House has been holding hearings on the matter since the investigation has not eventuated in evidence of the crimes to which the IRS has already admitted. Indeed, the investigation, officially led by a federal lawyer, Barbara Bosserman, who invested heavily ($6,750) in Obama's candidacy, has been closed without even an interview afforded the complainants involved. Their only recourse is to sue the IRS, a costly enterprise. In the meantime, they're still in limbo. Bosserman did not appear for questioning.
Actually, Bosserman, who did only as told, didn't close the investigation. The president closed the investigation. In a recent interview with Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, he stated unequivocally that no IRS-corruption had occurred, meaning that the investigation was over because he said it was over and that he knew the result. No crimes to which admission had already been made had actually occurred because he said they hadn't. This is what an emperor does. His constitutional violations are abundantly obvious and constitute impeachable offenses.
Impeachment is what Boehner should work toward. Bill Clinton was impeached by a republican House over a simple act of perjury, nothing like a refusal to enforce the laws or just change them willy-nilly. Obama made war on Libya in 2011 without even a nod to Congress, violating both the Constitution and the War Powers Act, an impeachable offense that has turned Libya into a hopeless, bloody nightmare culminating in the Benghazi Massacre (four dead Americans), about which he repeatedly lied through his teeth but not under oath.
Though not under oath, Obama repeatedly lied in the O'Reilly interview about the IRS, even though the appropriate top IRS bureaucrat took the Fifth and refused to admit the obvious. She knew from where her orders came—the top. She resigned rather than face the ultimate music, which meant truth and criminality. Obama threw her under the bus.
So, why bother with immigration reform, especially when the House, cowed by the "race question," is too weak to call up impeachment proceedings on more than just one illegal presidential action. Impeachment (the evidence absolutely undeniable) would be guaranteed (just a majority vote) but conviction would never happen in the Senate (two-thirds vote needed); however, the nation's interests would have been served and present and future officials put on notice.
And so it goes.
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FSOE 407: Future Sound of Egypt 407 – Aly & Fila
Turn up your speakers because it's finally time to let go of everything else and plug into Future Sound Of Egypt 407, or FSOE 407! Aly & Fila are giving you something to look forward to on Mondays, and they definitely did not disappoint us! As always, they delivered lots of amazing new music and remixes for us today. So if you are in the mood to get lost in the music, you are definitely in the right place!
On today's episode, Aly & Fila started off with 'Letting Go' by Andy Tau, which is the perfect track to get us going. It not only makes you want to dance, but also carries lots of feel good energy! We also get the pleasure of hearing London Grammar's 'Hey Now' in the Hassan Jewel Remix, which is phenomenal! The vocals really take you on a trip as you let your emotions run wild. Throughout this episode we hear new tracks from Allen & Envy, Sneijder, Matt Bukovski, and other extremely talented producers who know how to keep us engaged from our ears all the way to our core! I love the amazing vibes that you feel in this one!
With all the craziness that goes on in the world, it's very easy to just get stressed and forget about the good things in life, but this amazing music has the ability to put us in such a great mood and take our minds to a whole new level. The beauty of Future Sound Of Egypt is that within that one hour of euphoric music we are able to hear the music come in through our ears and feel it deep down to the core. So now turn down the stress, turn up the love, open up your hearts and let Aly & Fila make your day even better with FSOE 407!
Future Sound of Egypt 407: FSOE 407 Tracklist
- Andy Tau – Letting Go
- Russell G & Shadow of Two – Neon
- Menno de Jong & Kinetica – Aurealis [Wonder of the Week]
- London Grammar – Hey Now (Hassan Jewel Remix) [Future Sound]
- Matt Bukovski – Sinfonia
- Alternate High – Euphoric
- Scot Project & Mark Sherry – Acid Air Raid (Mark Sherry Acidburst Mix)
- Venom One Ft. Sarah Howells – Rush (Allen & Envy Remix)
- Paul Miller – Malwina
- Plutian – Baikal (Mike Sanders Remix)
- Sneijder & Karen Kelly – Be With You
- Mike Van Fabio – Expecting Miracles
- Hoyaa – Freedom


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I am all packed up and ready for my final day at work prior to the show. Lyd's guitar is set, as are the press kits and SIGMA ROX computers. The Amino Vital Endurance formula, the team kits...everything is ready to rock. Of course, Lyd hasn't started packing yet, but I'm sure she'll get that going about the time we should have been at the airport. Girls. This is always a very nervous and exciting time for me. The year(s) ahead always revolve around the pe-show preparation for the team, and I am not sure if everyone understands how important it is to come to Interbike with a plan of action. Having one's hand out all year for free stuff can get pretty damn annoying if you are the company providing it. Couple that with the fact that sports marketing is damn near impossible to quantify into actual retail sales (unless you are Jordan), and the battle is clearly set out in front of you.
The trick that too many of us forget is that we have the power to actually say "Thanks!" That can be done by being at trade shows to rep the product for the company that has been doling it out to you al year long. By actually showing up early, building their booths, staying ALL DAY, then tearing them down for them afterwards..it makes you more valuable to that company than a gold medal at your regional XC race. The face time is invaluable.
It certainly helps to call them or e-mail them when you DON'T need anything, just to say hi and talk to them as though they are your friends. They should be your friends, they took a chance on you because they feel you have some common ground from which to work together!
I love the fact that year after year, the same team members come to Interbike to represent. Most shop guys go and hang out. They ride stuff, they sleep in, get to bed late, and have a good time. That's awesome, but for many the show is filled with twenty hour days. Blackberry's blowing up, Teamsters fleecing your marketing budget by the golf-cart load, frequent trips to the airport to gather people who can't speak your language, hotels that botch your room reservations, shipping that goes awry or doesn't show up at all....you name it. The best laid plans run amok here in an instant as a vendor. Pull it off though, and you can come out Golden.
The show has always been pivotal for us as a team. We go and provide support for the sponsors, while others (like Kenda sponsored rider Timari Pruis) are FAMOUS in the industry for their offerings.
Timari bakes TRAYS of delicious and fudgey brownies for all of her benefactors, delivering them by hand with a hearty THANKS at each Interbike. They are lusted after, and often are enough in their own right to get her what she asking for. It's all in the details! Well, this year is going to be a banner show for us. I am more excited than a puppy with two peckers for next week. SO much going on!
We have been handed a sweet ODD booth by team bike sponsor and all around hard-working individual Joel Smith of Tomac Bikes. He has welcomed the booth to all of our team sponsors, who have GLADLY taken the opportunity to hang out and talk shop for two days in Boulder City. For us, it's a very rare opportunity to get all the sponsors in one place and talk. So much is already happening and the show hasn't even started yet. I just found out yesterday that we have already secured a new sponsor for 2010 that we desperately needed! Not a bad start. Lydia has busted her ass to get the Press Kit done, as well as new business cards and a new website laid out (she had so many shows booked for herself, we didn't get to transfer the new site over..sorry guys!). BY THE WAY..if any industry teams or companies need a website built, business cards designed, or advertising pages/Press Kits/web banner ads done..contact her via www.girlmuse.com..she can help! It takes a village, that's fo sure. From Roger and Jim keeping everyone on task, to the riders sticking to their training laid out by Coach Garreth, to the sponsors keeping their end of the deals we make..it's a "reach-around-rodeo" most people couldn't dream of. The funny thing is.. I LOVE IT!
Hard to explain how one would come to OWN a mountain bike team? Yeah, sure..but the reasons WHY are easy to explain. Great people, and exciting and evolving sport, constantly changing equipment and technology, beautiful venues to race all over the country..it's all sweet. Hell, as I speak Jeff Williams is just an hour north of me preparing for his noon start time at the 24 Hrs Of Mohican! I think he's just doing the 12, but that's still cool. Everyone else is getting ready for both Interbike AND the Kenda Kup Series Final at Bonelli park in San Dimas tomorrow. I'll be at work until late tonight..then off to Vegas.
The trip will be fun in many ways. It will be Lydia and I's five month anniversary next Friday! It will also be the "anniversary" of the first time we ever met! We met at Interbike in 2005 when the team was brand new. Jim Roff, Fuzzy, and vegas Bob were there with me to help out KENDA. Fun all around. This year, we will have Randy Rush, Roger, Vanessa, newbie Cheyne McKeever, The Benge Boys, Vegas Bob, and maybe even Ming Tai! Well..gotta get to work. I hope everyone has a great week, and if your at the show..stop by the TOMAC booth and have a beer with us. Don't forget that Lydia will be closing out the SIGMA beer party Thursday night around 4pm with that guitar of hers!


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That whooshing sound you heard coming out of the American College of Cardiology meeting was a potential $1 billion in sales vanishing from Johnson & Johnson
Don't feel too sorry for the duo, though. Xarelto should be a blockbuster, even with the new disappointing data.
In the study presented at ACC, Xarelto was being tested as a prevention for blood clots in patients hospitalized for acute medical illnesses such as cancer and pneumonia. The drug prevented clots better than sanofi-aventis'
Bleeding is often an issue for blood thinners like Xarelto. Merck
Treating those acutely ill patients could have added $1 billion or more to sales of Xarelto. That's disappointing for sure, but Xarelto still has the potential to be used in a heart-rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation. The Food and Drug Administration should sign off on using the drug in that indication later this year.
In that indication, Xarelto will have competition from Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa, which was recently approved, and potentially Pfizer
There's no need to be a bleeding heart for Johnson & Johnson and Bayer. They'll be fine without the acute-care indication.
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We are very pleased to announce that next month, we will be hosting a workshop on the
ggplot2 R package. Read on to find out more, and please note: limited places available!
If you've ever stuck to R base graphics because
ggplot2 seemed too complicated, this is your chance to get a free, practical introduction, on the 17th of May, 4-6pm, room 1.17, in Dugald Stewart Building.
This workshop will guide you through the process of creating
ggplot2 graphics with various geometries and layers, using fills, gradients and themes, as well as creating sub-graphics or facets.
For this workshop, you will need to follow the exercises and examples along with the speaker: Dr. Alastair Kerr. Therefore please bring a fully-charged laptop if you can, as you will get more out of the session if you do.
Workshop pre-requisites:
- Fully-charged laptop.
- A copy of the workshop material.
- Having R and the
ggplot2package installed, as well as the additional packages specified in the GitHub link above. But do not worry if some do not install properly, as these are not central to the session.
- If you have RStudio installed, following the session using the Rmd file from GitHub will be much easier.
You can sign up for a ticket on Eventbrite here, and here's a map for getting to the venue:
See you there!
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Hi altogether,
well, you already know the filtermatrix on cinemander.com called the 'filmbrowser', right!? It's the easiest way to find with few clicks what you are really interested in, but it only plays out it's full potential on big databases. Well I guess 'youtube' is quite a big database of videos on the web. But did you ever stumble upon a full movie by searching on youtube.com? And there are good and full-length movies out there. So lets go back to cinemanders 'flimbrowser':
I just added a youtube-channel. So now you can easily use the power of cinemander's searchengine to find and watch full-length movies and documentaries from youtube.
Just select 'youtube' in the 'channel'-column to see only movies linked from youtube.com or use any other parameter of the filtermatrix to find exactely what you'd like to see.
I'll put any movie i'll find to the matrix to give you more and more good stuff.
I hope you like it. If so, flattr cinemander to help us running the service. Let me know what you think!


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The Washington Post has again analyzed the oft-reported statistic that one in five women on college campuses are sexually assaulted. Such reports prompted the White House this year launch a task force on the issue, and President Obama used the one in five figure, which was also in the first sentence of the group's April report. The statistic is derived from a 2007 study conducted for the Justice Department's National Institute of Justice. Researchers led by Christopher Krebs of RTI International surveyed undergraduates at two large public universities, one in the Midwest and one in the South. A total of 5,446 undergraduate women took part in a random sample. The response rate was low.
The Post says "information that is localized to the seniors at two colleges has now been extrapolated by politicians to the universe of college experience." NIJ says that rapes and other forms of sexual assault are among the most underreported crimes, but that "researchers have been unable to determine the precise incidence of sexual assault on American campuses because the incidence found depends on how the questions are worded and the context of the survey." This month, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released a new study on the subject that suggested much lower levels of sexual assault than indicated in the 2007 study. The Post's fact checker analyzes "issues" with various surveys on the subject. "Given the uncertainty of the research–and various surveys and anecdotal accounts indicating there likely is a serious problem of sexual assault on campuses across the country," the Post awards this statistic a single "Pinocchio."


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August 27, 2015
I've driven past many times but have never quite attempted this creek. Though closer to the road looks uninviting for waterfalls, there is one after a 1Km hike up the creek. The only awkward news is the parking arrangement to access this waterfall. at the Thompson Creek Campground.
I wasn't able to seek out a proper parking spot for hikers, as it appears they only have camp sites in the campground. Seeing as there is no pull over or parking lot on the opposite side of the road from the campground I opted to pull into a camp site for a moment while I crossed the road to do my hike.
From the road into the campsite you will cross directly to the other side (keeping in mind this is highway speeds and no cross walk exists). After crossing the highway you will walk directly to the creek and follow the blazed trail north in towards the mountain.
Though this is a light and short hike I do have some mentions of caution. Firstly the trail is fraught with many fallen trees, numbering into the twenties that you need to hurdle or duck under. Secondly there is a patch of dead wood (caused by a long ago forest fire) that is ominous and still has potential of some widow makers in their mix.


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IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) admits last year's contest with Sergey Kovalev was very competitive, but feels there is absolutely no controversy with the final result.
Last November, Ward won a twelve round unanimous decision over Kovalev (30-1, 26 KOs) to capture the three light heavyweight titles at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
All three of the official judges had it scored the same, with Ward winning the contest by a single point, 114-113.
There was a rematch clause, with the second fight scheduled to take place on June 17th from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The final result generated instant debate, with many observers believing Kovalev had done enough to retain his unified crown.
Ward was knocked down in the second round, but the Olympic gold medalist says that particular round, and the knockdown, is exactly what woke him up in the contest - and he says the official scorecards prove his point.
"Past that, I think if you look at the scorecards it's pretty dominant after that," Ward said. "He won some rounds for sure. It's a 12-round fight, he's going to get his. But I think it was pretty consistent and pretty dominant. That doesn't mean that it's a given going into this fight. He's going to make adjustments and I assume he's going to be better and I definitely have to be better and will be better."
Ward appears to be focused on proving a point in the second fight, by not just picking up another win but securing that victory in impressive fashion. He wants to make a big statement in the rematch.
"It's going to be a lot more flair, it's going to be a lot more fun," Ward said. "I'm fixing to put on a show and it's as simple as that. I've gotten back to just enjoying what I do. Just having fun and doing what I want to do."


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Let's hope most of us are in better shape at 50 than NATO is.
Now let's see, if Kweisi does run, it won't be because he wants it but as a favor to us all, right?
The NRA doesn't kill. Guns do.
Correction. The Chesapeake Bay leads via canal to the Delaware. It does not go through to the Mississippi, Great Lakes, Hudson Bay or Pacific.


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A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a building 25.3 m high. The ball strikes the ground at a point 32.9 m from the base of the building.The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 . Find the time the ball is in motion. Answer in units of s
I'll give this one a shot........
The equation for vertical the vertical motion of the projectile is given by:
y = (1/2)(-9.8m/s2)*t^2 + v0t where y is the vertical displacement, t is the time and v0 is the initial vertical velocity (in this case = 0) If we consider the top of the building to be y = 0, then the vertical displacement = -25.3m
So we have
-25.3m = (-4.9m/s2)*t^2 divide both sides by (-4.9m/s2)
(-25.3m) / (-4.9m/s2) = t^2 take the positive root of both sides
t = about 2.27 sec
I think this is correct....could you check it Alan or Melody ??


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Inter Hannover has been conducting business in Australia since 2005. Our Australian Branch office in Sydney was opened in 2008 to allow us to further develop agency business opportunities in the Australian market, and we remain authorised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
The Australian Branch is capitalised in Australia in accordance with the Minimum Capital Requirements imposed by APRA. For more information about APRA, please follow the link below
The Australian Branch also enjoys Inter Hannover's security rating, being A+ ("Strong") S&P and A+ ("Superior") A.M. Best.
We are selectively seeking to develop Agency business in Australia given the continued importance Australia plays as a market for Inter Hannover and the Hannover Re Group.
Our approach is the same worldwide namely:
- Seek to support specialist Agencies that have a niche insurance offering, who value long-term partnerships, and who ideally have their own infrastructure to service their business needs
- Clearly define underwriting authority for each Agency to reduce unnecessary inefficiencies
- Willing to consider new ideas, lines of business, distribution channels and markets
- Endeavour not to directly compete with our Agencies in a specific class of business within the Australian market
- Provide secure and highly-rated insurance paper
Our Australian Branch (via our Australian Agency Manager) is the first point of call for all Australian business enquiries. We work closely with Inter Hannover UK and Hannover Re underwriters worldwide, who have vast expertise and experience in many classes of insurance business and assist the Australian Branch with development and support of business opportunities.
The Australian Branch currently underwrites through a number of Agencies various classes of business including but not limited to:
- Heavy commercial business
- Professional indemnity
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Classes-Ed. Bldg, 2nd Fl.
10:00 AM – Choir
10:30 AM – Holy Eucharist
5:00 PM – Care Circle
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Action Cmte.-Charney Rm.
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Ember Wednesday
12:10 PM – HE & Healing
Thursday, June 8
5:00 PM – Altar Guild
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Ember Friday
7:00 PM – AA -Conine Hall
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Noon – Ark Soup Kitchen
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- Last Church School Sunday Today is the last day of Church School for the year.
- Gifts Discovery Workshops to be held 6/4 through 6/25 from 9:15-10:15 AM: Please sign-up at the Mission Table at the rear of the Church and Chapel. Please sign up soon so we can provide adequate materials for all. Thanks.
- Trinity Feast! Sign up on the chart at the back of the church and help us celebrate our Feast Day Sunday, June 11 after the 10:30 service.
- Knitting for Seamen: Make someone's Christmas merrier when they are on the high seas and away from family at Christmas. The Diocesan Convention will again be colleting hats, vests, scarves and socks to send to the Christmas-at-Sea program of the Seamen's Church Institute. You can get the patterns at www.seamenschurch.org.
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- BAKERS NEEDED: Please sign up to supply baked or store bought goods for both the 8:00 and 10:30 coffee hours\in Conine Hall above the coffee pots.
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- Prayer Companions A member of the Spirituality Circle is available after each service to be prayerful companionship with anyone. Meet us at the front pew in front of the pulpit after the Saturday evening and both Sunday morning services.
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- PRAYER VIGIL FOR EASTON—The Interfaith Clergy of Easton and the Downtown Covenant Council of Churches will hold a prayer vigil for the City of Easton on Wednesday, June 7 from 7 to 7:45 p.m. at Riverside Park—off Larry Holmes Drive. We will pray for the welfare and unity our city, for an end to violence, for the safety of our young people and the for just and proper of our city's resources for all our citizens. Please come as we gather the faith community of our city churches, including suburban residents, in prayer for Easton.
- 1 DATE STILL OPEN FOR FLOWER SPRAY: Flower Sprays—June 11. Sprays are $40 and Lynn's will bill you directly.
o Please contribute to the purchase of food and supplies for the concession stand. The more we receive "up front" the great our fundraising impact will be!
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o Tea on the Lawn (10 am)
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o Sitgreaves Coffeehouse (7-9 pm)
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Please speak to Bruce & Donna Meneeley (610-253-9802) or Maryann Corona (610-285-2716) if you have any questions or can help in anyway!
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Old Charm Games Table
Product Description
- Games table with ornately carved pedestal leg
- Comprises of a chess board, backgammon board and card table
- Chess and backgammon boards made using maple, pomelle and oak marquetry
- Concealed drawer includes:
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Where I am now in life, I definitely did not see coming at all! I never once had a 'vision' of where I would end up in life. I still don't. I've always been the kind of person who just tends to let life happen and go with the flow.
It started as a 6 month adventure backpacking across South America. I remember telling my mom that I "am not, will not am not going to fall in love with an Ecuadorian" (I spent 3 months there total). Well. I didn't. Didn't fall in love with an Ecuadorian but fell in love with an American who I met in Ecuador! Funny how life has it's own plans for us.
I didn't even know where exactly in USA Montana was. I mean really, there are 50 states to keep track of. Turns out Montana is quite likely the most similar food, life, mannerisms, weather, etc to Canada, more or less of course.
Even when I came back home from SA, and Jed went back to his home, I still never thought that I would end up in a town of 400 people, thousands and thousands of cows, and a lifestyle that is just simple.
A town where a majority of the vehicles are feed trucks with shovels, buckets and who knows what else, rattling on the back. Where they drive slower than a turtle, just in no hurry to get anywhere. Where everyone knows everyone; If they don't know me or Jed, they know Bob (father in law). Where everyone says hi to each other at the store. Where you wave at every oncoming vehicle and know nearly every driver too. Where older gentleman take off their hat when they are introduced to a female. Where the Fedex man recognizes your vehicle in town so leaves your parcel in the car. Where there are more cows than people. A town where even if you don't know everyone, they all act like they still know you. This town has grown on me.
When we were back home in Canada in July, it was so good to be back home. The familiar places and running into familiar faces. But it was near the end of the trip that I realized that home is no longer that place up north. Home is down here in Montana where Jed and I have made it home. Yes, I will Always love being back home in BC, and consider it my 'home' but the best home is down here; where we've made home to be.
It is here that I've learned how much I seriously Love gardening and being outside. I have my garden. My chickens. Had some bum lambs. I have all these things which take me outside, away from my phone, computer, etc. Away from 'life' and back to the basics.
We are on the family ranch which means cows are a huge part of our life. During calving, life is just busy. All bundled up to feed, then check cows, then weigh and tag calves, inside for a bit, then back outside to check again. Routine much goes out the window. Nothing quite beats watching the relationship between a moments old calf and the new mom. I don't think I will ever tire of watching that.
Somehow, this has become my life. Our life. Our cozy little house inside the shop and the endless hills and cloudless skies outside. My 18 chickens which some have names, and some have very defined personalities. The one chicken who runs (ok, waddles) towards me every time she sees/hears me. The other chicken who has figured out that when I feed them corn, some always drops on the other side of the fence so she flies over to catch them.
My two little bum lambs I had which knew my voice out of all the voices, and knew my voice when they couldn't even find me. Those lambs who I bottle fed 5x a day at first, and once they learned to escape, those lambs had come through an opened door in the shop and pawed at our house door baaing for me.
It's here that I've learned I have this hippy side in me slowing inching its way out. The whole grow your own garden, raise your own eggs (not chicken; yet!) raise your own beef, make your own meals, cookies, bread, (ok, not very often!) yogurts, sauces, using essential oils instead of advil, drugs, etc,etc. There is something incredibly rewarding about using all home grown ingredients for a meal. Or using natural products that don't have any side effects, or chemical smells. It's just these little simple things that have totally grown on me.
Quite the 'deep', unlike me post here, BUT, for some reason I've been thinking lots about all this lately. Just how much I really do love this life that i'm living. I love how coming here has really shown me who I really am. A gardening, canning, weeding, food preservation, dog loving, chicken crazied, cooking, baking, essential oil freak!
Someone once mentioned the phrase "Bloom where you're planted" and this has Completely stuck with me. No matter where we end up, make it a home, and make the best out of it!


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If a trip abroad always sees you laid low with a stomach bug, your blood type could be to blame.
A study found those in blood group A were likely to be struck down sooner and more severely. Nearly half of Britons have type A or AB blood, raising the chance of 'travellers' diarrhoea'.
US researchers gave more than 100 volunteers water containing enterotoxigenic E. coli. Some 81 per cent of those with type A blood needed medical treatment for diarrhoea, compared with 56 per cent of others.
The study, in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, found E. coli releases a protein that latches on to intestinal cells of those with blood type A.
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Charlotte Craft Beer Week continues and two fantastic events on the docket for tonight in South End are at The Liberty and Common Market. Every year The Liberty hosts their "Lost Founder's" beer night. Co-owner of The Liberty, Matthew Pera, always seems to get his hands on rare beers from Founder's Brewing Company and this year is no different. The lineup includes 2010/11/12 of Breakfast Stout, KBS 2012, Imperial Stout 2012, Backwoods Bastard 2012, Frangelic Mountain, Boltcutter and the last known keg in the world of Curmudgeon's Better Half. (Several flights will be available). Event starts at 6 but based on my experience in the past, show up early so you can secure your spot.
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6pm Main Bar
Stout Flight: $12
Imperial Stout 2012 (10.5% ABV)
Breakfast Stout 2012 (8.3% ABV)
Breakfast Stout 2011 (8.3% ABV)
Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2012 (11.2% ABV)
Rarities & Backstage Flight: $12
Frangelic Mountain Imperial Brown 2012 (9%ABV)
Bolt Cutter Barleywine 2012 (15% ABV)
Backwoods Bastard Scotch Ale 2012 (10.2% ABV)
Curmudgeon's Better Half Old Ale 2012 (11.9% ABV, last barrel!)
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Curmudgeon's Better Half 2012
Breakfast Stout 2012
Imperial Stout 2012
Backwoods Bastard 2012
Common Market South End is hosting a Stout Out tonight, which also starts at 6pm. It's a Stout Tap Takeover and here is the lineup:
Foothills Sexual Chocolate
Heavy Seas Siren Noire
Dogfish Head Bitches Brew
Epic Big Bad Baptist
Great Lakes Black Out Stout
Triple C Ragin Cajun Extra Spicy Stout
Keep in mind that we have great Free Craft Beer Week Swag that you can only find at South End locations participating in the CCBW festivities. We have limited supplies of the tasting glasses, pint glass koozies and credit card shaped bottle openers. Make certain to ask at the location.


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Pete Townshend chose to use the honour of the BBC John Peel lecture this week to deliver a rant. Essentially without any central thesis, his speech went over the same well-trodden ground that old industry giants find themselves covering - piracy, publishing, copyright, etc etc etc. Definitely not very Manifesto.
Townshend falls into the trap of many of our industry elders who feel that change is happening, but cannot recognise what a new industry offers to artists. Rather than adding a positive vision with their experience of being a creator, they respond from a place of resistance. It stems from the fear of seeing the foundations of how their own careers were shaped being torn apart and rebuilt.
We have much to learn from the forefathers of pop. They developed a blueprint of a creative form that we love, and the new industry is still celebrating. Townshend is apologetic throughout the lecture of speaking about music as art. But this is the area where he should own the platform. I want to know his genius and learn from his ability as a creator, not hear him riff about the price of downloads.
I'm not dismissing the old guard as being irrelevant to building the new industry. There are many who are active in pushing change forward. Brian Eno spoke recently on Channel 4 news about his new project involving crowd sourced creativity. These types of visionaries add immensely to finding solutions. They are using their abilities as creatives to offer something new - not attach to the past and complain that things are different.
The very act of being an artist means you create change. I often think of music as a mathematical problem that I must resolve - like sonic sudoku. Perhaps pop music has made us too comfortable. Even though we now live in the most exciting and productive era for artists, we seem to not all be able to rise to the challenge. For artists like Pete Townshend, it's just too much to let go of the past and embrace what we now have.
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Two years ago Ben and Rachel were married. It was something God wanted to happen. In spite of all the opposition, they were made and continue to be strong in their marriage. Praise the Lord for this sweet, sweet couple. I love you guys more and more each day. I'm praying for you as you continue your path to being full-time missionaries.
This is the card I made for them.
Blessing of the Day: Tim's on vacation. Ben and Rachel celebrate two years of marriage.
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Love to play in my sewing room. Especially enjoy stitcheries, English paper piecing and applique...and sometimes the machine gets a run. But most of all I enjoy stitching and chatting over a cup of tea with the girls.
Saturday, 29 August 2015
Machine frenzy
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Jacko to restart career in Las Vegas
If Las Vegas dealmaker Jack Wishna is to be believed, Michael Jackson has planned to restart career in the Sin City.india Updated: Dec 26, 2006 15:02 IST
If Las Vegas dealmaker Jack Wishna is to be believed, former King of pop Michael Jackson has made up his mind to begin his career in the city again.
Talking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Wishna said that the Thriller star was leaving his self-imposed exile overseas to make a big comeback in the gambling mecca.
"We are working on several projects," the New York Daily News quoted him as telling the newspaper.
Jackson and his three children – nine-year old Prince Michael, eight-year old Paris, and four-year old Prince Michael II – arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday night from Ireland, where they have been living part-time in a castle.
Since his acquittal on child molestation charges in June 2005, Jackson has been sharing his time between Bahrain and Ireland.
His relocation back to the States is nothing less than a surprise for his fans, as just a day ago Jackson's father, Joe, had vowed that his son would never return to the country again.
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This is a page dedicated to special people we have run across in our travels.
Ira – An energetic young man with a heart of gold. March 24, 2018
"This is who we are. This is what we do." – Tom Gebhardt, Ghostheads.
The Louisiana Ghostbusters mandate is public service. This special case involving a little boy with a heart condition is an example of why we do what we do.
In 2011 when young Ira was facing his third heart operation, he was asked what his Make-A-Wish America choice would be. He wanted to meet Ghostbusters. There wasn't much going on with the franchise at the time and his family wasn't aware of any local franchises to call, so Ira had to go with his second choice to meet Buzz Lightyear.
Needless to say, Ira's mom found out about who we are and what we do, so we secretly prepared to have him meet up with us at one of our fan filming locations. Ira was told he was going to Toys R Us by his mom to obscure the real destination. As the ride progressed and the landscape became more rural, he kept asking his mom if she was sure there was a Toys R Us where he was going. Ira couldn't see over the seat in his mom's vehicle so it was a huge surprise when he got out and realized there was an ECTO and a whole bunch of suited up Louisiana Ghostbusters. Not only did Ira receive a whole storage container full of Ghostbuster memorabilia but he got to ride in the ECTO and play with the lights and siren. After that, he played a part in the film as a child of a home owner who just encountered a ghostly presence. Ira was presented with inducted as a honorary member of the Ghostbusters and also was given one of the highly sought after challenge coins.
Thanks to our members who donated so many toys and comics, the staff of Ghost Corps, artist Tim Lattie (Lattie Ink), Actress Robin Shelby, and Actor Ernie Hudson for their contributions to this endeavor.


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Aizawl FC's Amna keeps mind off war-torn home in Aleppo, Syria, through football
A midfielder, the 34-year-old Mahmoud al Amna is the backbone of Aizawl FC, which is on the cusp of creating history if it beats the more fancied Mohun Bagan in a crucial I-League match scheduled on Saturday.football Updated: Apr 22, 2017 10:27 IST
The battle of boots on the football field keeps Mahmoud al Amna's mind off his war-torn hometown Aleppo in Syria.
But off the field, his heart travels 5,500km from west of Mizoram, a state often called an "island of peace", to his war-torn home.
(Read | Aizawl FC's dream run fashioned by loss-making Mizoram Premier League)
A midfielder, the 34-year-old Amna is the backbone of Aizawl FC, which is on the cusp of creating history if it beats the more fancied Mohun Bagan in a crucial I-League match scheduled on Saturday.
The tranquility in Mizoram – vehicles do not honk in state capital Aizawl – inadvertently makes Amna drawn into a comparison.
"Things are so quiet here, and there's hardly anything to do outside when practice is over. And yes, the quietness does make me think of what war has done to my country," he told HT at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium at Mualpui on the outskirts of Aizawl.
Leaving home
Amna had left Syria six years ago when the war clouds were rumbling over the country's largest city Aleppo.
(Read | Aizawl FC's fairytale run in I-League, a golden chapter in Indian football)
The Syrian Civil War began with the confrontation in Aleppo between the Russia-backed government of President Bashar al-Assad and the country's opposition that had support form Islamic States and the Al-Nusra Front affiliated to Al-Qaeda.
Assad's forces regained control of Aleppo in December last year, but the war left the West Asian country devastated. Aleppo was the worst affected.
"I left Syria to play in the Iraq, Iran and Malaysian super leagues before moving to India two seasons ago to play for Mohammedan Sporting and now Aizawl FC. My wife, an Egyptian, is living in Egypt but my brothers, sisters, other members of my family have stayed back," Amna said.
Can get bad news anytime
"Anywhere in Syria is not safe, especially Aleppo. I can get bad news anytime, but I pray and hope everything works out fine and the conflict ends," he said.
The Syrian praised the local Mizo players of Aizawl FC. "They are good and have it in them to play on a bigger platform."
Meanwhile, Aizawl FC coach Khalid Jamil said his team's victory on Saturday against the formidable Mohun Bagan will be the "perfect birthday gift".
The players celebrated his birthday modestly after practice on Friday morning.
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