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Harry Potter Book 7: My Forecast, NO SPOILERS
THIS POST CONTAINS NO SPOILERS only speculation and guesses!
Now that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been leaked online, I decided I'd put my forecast for the book out there before I hear details through an accidental glimpse at a web site or the slip of the tongue of some overzealous fan.
First let me say that I've read a lot of speculation about the Harry Potter Books and some theories I really like and some are really silly (Snape is Nagini). The theories that I like have really influenced my thoughts about Deathly Hallows and my forecasts for the book are pulled largely from other sites that have presented strong evidence pointing toward likely story elements. I will link to those pages that strongly influenced my thoughts.
I am a subscriber to the theory that books 1 and 2 are parallel books to 5 and 6, and that 3 will be a parallel to book 7, with book 4 being the fulcrum on which the series swings. The basic idea is that plot elements are repeated between the parallel books. The Red Hen lays out that theory along with examples here.
With that in mind, I think there are some Prisoner of Azkaban elements we can expect to see in Deathly Hallows:
Stan Shunpike will be released from Azkaban due to Harry's actions (Maybe Scrimgeour, facilitates this as an act of good faith toward Harry and his cause) and I think we'll take another ride on the Knight Bus.
Harry will face a dementor's kiss once again. Possibly to remove Voldemort's soul fragment from his scar.
Harry will leave the Dursley's after his birthday (possibly on the Knight Bus) after his final confrontation with Petunia and Vernon, and spend some time at the Leaky Cauldron.
We will see at least one more boggart.
Harry might use the Shrieking Shack as his base of operations in Hogsmeade. If not we will pay at least one visit to the shack.
Trelawney will make one more true prophecy.
Werewolves will be important, and Bill Weasley may have to deal with becoming one. (Another possible use of the Shrieking Shack?)
Buckbeak will have an important part to play at some point.
Time will be an issue, but a time-turner will not necessarily be involved.
Check out the Red Hen page for more speculation on Azkaban parallels.
Based on another pattern that Rowling has incorporated into the novels is the notion of introducing a magical concept and it becomes paramount two books later.
In book one we meet our first Animagus, and Azkaban was ALL about Animagi and the possibilities inherent. Book 2 showed us how a Pensieve worked via the Diary, then we see the Pensieve proper in Book 4 and Book 6 was full of Pensieve usage. This also makes me wonder if we didn't see a Horcrux in Book 4, but nobody has realized it, or theorized about what is is(that I know of). I personally don't have any ideas on this other than the relevant pattern. Book 3 showed us our first prophecy and Book 5's plot pretty much hinged on the quest to retrieve Harry's Prophecy.
Book 5 introduced us to Tonks the Metamorphmagus. This concept has yet to be fully explored and I think metamorphmagi will play a part similar to the animagi in Azkaban. Someone we know is either not what they appear and never has been, or someone we know is really someone else, hiding in plain sight (Regulus Black?)
Other Things I think we can expect to see:
Hogwarts will be open, but possibly with a limited student body, or maybe only part of the year. Harry will spend significant time at the school.
Luna Lovegood will be vindicated with one of her crazy Quibbler stories. Perhaps we'll confirmation of the existence of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack, possibly something else.
Harry gets a new Patronus, possibly a phoenix, possibly something unique to Harry as he becomes his own man.
Snape is revealed to have been working his own game, playing both sides against the middle(ala Machiavelli's Prince), but will still redeem himself in the end. The theory presented on the Hogwarts Professor page is almost too overwhelming to ignore. That site thinks the evidence points to Snape being all evil, but I think redemption is still possible and highly likely.
The final battle/confrontation will involve an underground cave, tunnel, chamber, maze or tomb as it has in every single book.
Deathly Hallows will have a body count. Among the dead will be the following in categories of Certain, Likely, and Possible.
Hagrid - All of Harry's father figures pay with their lives, Sirius, Dumbledore and finally Hagrid.
Wormtail/Peter Pettigrew - He'll pay his life debt, but will not survive.
Snape - Even if he's good, he is in such a precarious position that survival is unlikely.
Bellatrix Lestrange - Neville gets to avenge his parents.
Voldemort - He dies, he has to die to complete the story.
Draco - In a position similar to Snape, but with better chance of survival, as he hasn't actually killed anyone, but that could do him in on the Voldemort side of things.
Remus Lupin - I just don't get the feeling that any of the Marauders walk away from this story. He may get killed by his fellow werewolves.
Numerous Death Eaters and Order of the Phoenix - Some of the named members of these groups will buy the farm adding gravity to the war. MacNair, Crabbe, Goyle, Shacklebot, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, etc.
Hermione Granger - She's on the borderline between possible and likely. She's made a few powerful enemies (Umbridge and Skeeter) and offended two categories of magical creature (Centaurs, House Elves). She's often broken rules where it suits her and has yet to pay a price for any of it. If she doesn't get killed she will get a comeuppance from some or all of these offences.
Ron Weasley - possible only because of the symbolic sacrifice in the wizard's chess game in Sorcerer's Stone. I think if Hemione dies, so does Ron. If she lives, he lives.
Another Weasley - A Weasley has been in mortal danger in every single book. They may not dodge the bullet a seventh time. On the other hand they represent the 'good' purebloods. Every pureblood family that holds the Malfoy/Black pureblood supremacy view has been essentially decimated in the books, so the Weasley's with their more progressive views might well be spared.
Neville Longbottom - He will do battle with Bellatrix and may not survive, and I believe he will be present at the final battle putting him in jeopardy. He is also a pureblood of the progressive bent and may be spared. These progressive types might be spared because they will have to rebuild the Wizarding World after Voldemort's defeat.
A Hogwarts Professor (Other than Hagrid) - I think McGonangall, Flitwick or Slughorn could be killed. Again to establish the gravity of the war.
Harry will definitely survive.
That's about all I have to say on this, and we'll have all the answers we want on Saturday.


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Bedlam premieres at David Lam Oct. 25
"It's pre-medication asylum care," explains Currie. "There's a real din, the institution is loud and crowded and it's controlled environmentally; it's not controlled by medication the way it is now."
Bedlam combines never-before-seen archival film and photography with present-day super 8 footage of Essondale.
"We were able to incorporate archival film from the Riverview Hospital Historical Society from as early as the 1930s," Currie says. "It's a unique academic contribution to documenting the topic."
Bedlam premieres October 25, 5:30pm in the Lecture Theatre (A1470) at David Lam Campus.
Currie and lisa g will be in attendance, along with Kathleen (Kay) Clayton Grootendorst and Anna Tremere, Founder of the Riverview Hospital Historical Society.
Bedlam is part 2 of the Riverview Hospital Story Project. See part 1, Asylum, at http://citizenshift.org/asylum.
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09 May 8 People Who Failed then Succeeded
Here is a list of famous businessman who struggled at the beginning but never gave up and pushed on to build the empires until they succeeded. Just shows you that motivation to do something gets you far.
1. Henry Ford
While Ford is today known for his innovative assembly line and American-made cars, he wasn't an instant success. In fact, his early businesses failed and left him broke five times before he founded the successful Ford Motor Company.
2. R. H. Macy
Most people are familiar with this large department store chain, but Macy didn't always have it easy. Macy started seven failed business before finally hitting big with his store in New York City.
3. F. W. Woolworth
Some may not know this name today, but Woolworth was once one of the biggest names in department stores in the U.S. Before starting his own business, young Woolworth worked at a dry goods store and was not allowed to wait on customers because his boss said he lacked the sense needed to do so.
4. Soichiro Honda
The billion-dollar business that is Honda began with a series of failures and fortunate turns of luck. Honda was turned down by Toyota Motor Corporation for a job after interviewing for a job as an engineer, leaving him jobless for quite some time. He started making scooters of his own at home, and spurred on by his neighbors, finally started his own business.
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You may not have heard of Morita but you've undoubtedly heard of his company, Sony. Sony's first product was a rice cooker that unfortunately didn't cook rice so much as burn it, selling less than 100 units. This first setback didn't stop Morita and his partners as they pushed forward to create a multi-billion dollar company.
6. Bill Gates
Gates didn't seem like a shoe-in for success after dropping out of Harvard and starting a failed first business with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen called Traf-O-Data. While this early idea didn't work, Gates' later work did, creating the global empire that is Microsoft.
7. Harland David Sanders
Perhaps better known as Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, Sanders had a hard time selling his chicken at first. In fact, his famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
8. Walt Disney
Today Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world, but Walt Disney himself had a bit of a rough start. He was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked.


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Man beats traffic rush-hour traffic by riding ostrich in bizarre video
But soon after it was viewed by thousands of users, an organisation came up with a statement that the video was totally fake.
The Bank of Astana claimed it was behind the hoax dash cam-style footage on Friday, after the video spread like wildfire across the web.
"What possessed us when creating this idea? The thought that many of us live bored and pragmatic lives," the bank posted on Facebook.
"Team Bank of Astana believes that we need to stop just daydreaming ― and we must act to embody our wildest dreams, here and now," it added.
Millions of people have watched the realistic-looking clip of the besuited man appearing to ride the gigantic bird past cars.
Cameramen filmed the man riding the ostrich in a yard, above, before editing that footage into the realistic street scene, below.


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Some pictures for your viewing pleasure
River had a play date this weekend, but I totally forgot to bring along my camera. Too bad, because Jake — a 15- or 16-week-old Daschund — is totally adorable, and they had a great time together. Then Mr. River settled in his crate and chewed a chewie while I got a facial. What a lovely afternoon!
In lieu of pictures of puppies playing, here are a few of my own brood I shot in the last couple of days. I really love this first one.
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Who's training who? (or "How I taught my dogs to give them a cookie for eating breakfast")
Long ago, we used to let the dogs out into the front yard — the area between the dog fence and the road — for a good airing after meals. At the time, the area was *mostly* dog fenced, but there was an area, if the dogs ran to the northeast side and allll the way down the length of the dog fence, where they could get into the horse pastures.
With Pax or Rain, this was never a problem. Great recalls. Heck, I can call Pax off a deer. (Or at least I could in the past. Been a long time since I tested that.) Aslan was another story. There was a certain imaginary line on the way to the horse pasture. If I called him before he got to that line, he would come back. If not, he was gone. And gone meant gone. Over half our property is populated with thick woods and swamp (and various wild animals), and once there, he had no desire to come back to the boring people and the irritating fence.
So every day (weather permitting, which means it wasn't every day, but this is my story and every day sounds better) we would let the dogs out to have a good run. The area in the front of the house is big, and since the horses occupied it occasionally, it always had lots of fun things to smell and entertain them. They would play for five minutes, and then I'd call them in with the never-fail recall word: "Cookies!" The dogs would RUN back to the house, and we'd have a ritual handing out of their favorite cookies as a reward for the lovely recall.
This was a great ritual until Aslan ran away once too often. (It was probably the time he ended up in the middle of the swamp at laste dusk, and Jay not only had to crawl through a dark swamp to find him, but then we had to lift the muddy smelly [giant] dog over the fence to get him home.) I declared that he would never, ever have free run of the front area again.
And he didn't.
But somehow the cookie tradition didn't change. The dogs would eat their meals, go out to pee, and then come back and demand cookies. And I… gave them to them. Eventually, smart dog that they are, they skipped the whole go out for a pee part, and simply demanded their cookies at the end of their meal.
And that's how my dogs trained them to give them cookies for eating breakfast.
Things are better with River. Starting Wednesday night, things got really, really hard. He wanted nothing to do with that new crate, so sleep-time became protest time. I'm working a lot of hours, and I just can't handle significant lack of sleep. On top of the sleep issues, the housetraining took about a dozen steps back. It seemed no matter how hard I tried to watch him, how many gates I set up to keep him contained, he was peeing and pooping everywhere but outside. That last straw was the lake he peed in my bed at 2:30 Saturday morning. I broke down. I'd had it.
Jay is the best husband in the world. He had a doctor appointment on Saturday morning, but when he got back, he took over puppy duty. Really took over. He watched River with 100% focus. He made sure River went potty outside every time and was rewarded mightily for it. I went back to bed and slept, Pax curled up beside me. (Pflouff takes care of River, and Pax takes care of me.) In the afternoon, after my nap, he and I took turns with the puppy. I have a big project due Monday morning, and without complaining, Jay took more than his share of puppy time so I could work. When he wasn't watching the puppy, he was running errands — like driving to town to bring back Mexican food for me.
He's the best. Really. (Did I mention that he's doing all this while SICK?)
By the end of yesterday, I was feeling a lot better. I had slept. I had accomplished a fair amount on my project. River had had no potty accidents in the house. We had even done a few (very successful) training sessions. But I dreaded nighttime. I knew we would be back to screaming in the crate and no sleep.
But it was perfect. It was like the prior three nights had never happened. He barely whined, even when brought in after peeing in the middle of the night. He slept in the crate until 6:30, then came up on the bed and let the family doze (more or less, as much as possible with a shark in the bed) until 7:30. And the morning has been easy since.
Do I think our problems are past? No. Tomorrow Jay will be back at work, and I expect the backslide in housetraining will begin anew. But maybe he'll surprise me. All I can do is take it a day at a time. Puppyhood *does* pass, and soon I'll wonder where my baby went.
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Day 4
Today was Pax's turn at the vet. We got a "senior" package for him this year that included x-rays and a teeth cleaning. Since I'm home on vacation, I figured this was a good time to get that done.
His teeth and x-rays were terrific, but they found a couple of weird things. First, he had infections in both ears. Now, before you think I'm a horrible pet parent, he showed ZERO sign. No scratching, head shaking, sensitivity — not even a weird smell in his ears (and yes, I do check). Not only were his ears infected, but they were impacted with hair! Icky. They did a deep cleaning and said he never showed any signs (head shaking, sensitivty, etc.) even after that!
Second, when they went in to clean his teeth, they found two long gouges in his tongue — also impacted with hair. How gross is that? The vet said that he probably cut his tongue on a bone or a sharp chewy, and then got hair stuck in it when licking himself. He grooms himself a lot, so I can totally see that. Still… oogie.
He's home now, and sleeping. He hasn't eaten yet or showed interest in anything except sleeping. Poor guy.
River had a hard day too. He fell on his head — twice! Let's not go into these bad parenting moments. Sigh. (He's fine.)
His day wasn't a total loss though. With Pax at the vet, River finally got some quality time with Pflouff. They're not playing, exactly, but there's definite positive interaction. Lots of it, actually. Wish I had pictures, but I drained the camera battery last night.
The only problem is that Pflouff plays really rough, so I kept having to shut her down (by cautioning "gentle"). Her play style is very physical — lots of body slams, jumping and punching with the feet. She jumped at River twice and scared him. He's just not up for that kind of play yet. She outweighs him… just a little bit. 😉
What did we train today? Mmmm… mostly I did sessions with the target from the Manners Minder. I LOVE that target. Being able to send him out to a target will be critical in teaching him handling for blinds in field work, so I wanted to get a jump on it. I also did a few reps of sit in heel position, some informal puppy recalls, and a few puppy retrieves with stuffed toys.
Housebreaking is going fabulously. Really, really well. (I have to get my brags now, because next week when I have to go back to work, all this early work will go to hell in a handbasket.) We have a VERY high success rate outside. Whenever I see him get distracted and start sniffing, I scoop him up and carry him outside. The only mistakes have come when I'm distracted — hence the reason things will go badly beginning next week! A couple of times he has even gone to the door to let me know he's thinking about going outside. Good boy!
To be clear, though, at this point, he is NOT housebroken, and the success is due much more to my vigilence than his bladder control. He is learning to hold it, but that's a relatively new conscious capability for him, and it will be a while before he gets it all figured out. In the meantime, it will be up to me to ensure he experiences success outside, not inside.
Sorry I don't have any pictures today. Hopefully I can get a picture of the dogs together tomorrow. I'd like to get some video too. Wonder if my camera is charged up…?
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Toys, Toys, TOYS!
My dogs have a lot of toys, most of which are shredded, de-stuffed, de-squeaked versions of their former selves. Dead stuffies. Old bones. Frayed tug ropes. All of it filthy from being buried, dug up, and buried again.
Since the new baby is coming, I decided to do something radical and replace all their old toys. Jay and I went on an enthusuastic (and expensive) shopping spree at PetSmart and bought way too many cool things. The dogs watched with wide eyes as I stood at the kitchen table and removed allll the associated tags and packaging.
Next came the painful part. I took a giant, contractor-size garbage bag to the dog room and went through their toy box. The wide eyes grew very worried! Undamaged toys were tossed back in the toy box. Everything else went in the trash. (I could barely lift the bag when I was done!)
Then, finally, the fun part. I loaded myself up with all the new toys, brought them downstairs, and dropped them in a pile in the middle of the dog room. Dog heaven! Pax and Pflouff didn't know what to do with themselves. This one! No — I meant this one! Oh, oh, this one too! Pax is especially attracted to a cow that moos when he bites it. (He was less impressed by the frog's ribbits.)
I'm not going to leave all those toys available all the time. A few puppy-sized toys will be set aside for special play with River. I'll leave a few of the favorite types in the dog room, and then the rest are going in a drawer. Each morning, I'll let each dog choose one toy to have for the day. I've done this in the past, and it has worked beautifully. It's amazing how carefully they choose, and how valuable a trip to the toy-drawer becomes.
Here are a few pictures from this morning's joy. No good pics of Pflouff, I'm afraid. Just as well — she desperately needs grooming.
My first Great Pyr was Satch, and he was an amazing dog. What I didn't know was that he was anything but a typical Pyr. So I was woefully unprepared for Aslan. He was different, and he was difficult. But I loved him. God, I loved him.
Aslan was dog aggressive, and he was a severe resource guarder. Fighting is hard-wired in his breed, but in-pack fighting like that likely is not normal behavior. Normal or not, it was part of him, and when you put those tendencies in a guardian breed, it's a dangerous combination. I knew it, but I thought if we could just keep him from practicing the behaviors and manage the heck out of his triggers, we'd be okay.
And mostly we were. As he aged, he gained more self-control. You could see him struggle to control himself, see him calm himself, see him choose to leave rather than escalate. We were so proud, and we reinforced the hell out of those behaviors. But still, management can never be perfect. There were incidents. We'd gotten to the point where the incidents were about a year apart, but they were escalating. The last time he'd fought with Pax, they both ended up in emergency care. The last time I pushed him over something he was guarding, he lunged at me and went up my body to force me away.
99.9% of the time, he was fantastic. But that other tiny percentage, he was dangerous. I knew it. But I loved him.
Friday afternoon, management failed. It was my fault. I broke my own protocol, and I fed them in close, uncontrolled quarters. Aslan felt crowded, and he jumped Pax.
I was home alone.
Neither wore a collar.
All I could do was scream while they tried to kill each other.
It finally occurred to me to open the door into Jay's office, hoping that Pax would try to escape, and I could separate them. Ironically, it was Aslan who ultimately tried to flee. (Twice he has taken on Ghandi, and yes, twice Ghandi kicked his ass.) As soon as I had the gate closed, I knew. I knew I couldn't do this anymore. His chances had run out.
Pax will be all right. He's beaten up. He has a bunch of punctures, and he's all gimped up. He's terribly sore — has to be helped up and down from the bed, and he can barely get down the stairs. But he's alive.
Aslan isn't. I hate playing God. I hated taking a healthy animal into the vet and holding him while they pumped blue juice into his veins. Some friends have said that he got more chances with me than he would have with someone else, and that's probably true. And they've said that he probably wasn't very happy in his own skull, feeling like he always had to guard and control. I don't know about that; he was a hard dog to read, but he didn't seem unhappy.
I know that I hate myself because I'm as relieved as I am sad. I know that I miss him. I hope Aslan can forgive me for what I did, though I can't forgive myself. I hope he'll be waiting at the Bridge for me, but somehow I doubt it.
I love you, Azzie. I'll always love you. And I'm very, very sorry.
Aslan, 9/30/2004 – 12/11/2009


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Veterans who had a VA loan before may still have "remaining entitlement" to use for another VA loan. The current amount of entitlement available to each eligible veteran is $36,000. This was much lower in years past and has been increased over time by changes in the law. For example, a veteran who obtained a $25,000 loan in 1974 would have used $12,500 guaranty entitlement, the maximum then available. Even if that loan is not paid off, the veteran could use the $23,500 difference between the $12,500 entitlement originally used and the current maximum of $36,000 to buy another home with VA financing. An additional $14,750, up to a maximum entitlement of $50,750 is available for loans above $144,000 to purchase or construct a home.
Most mortgage companies require that a combination of the guaranty entitlement and any cash down payment must equal at least 25 percent of the reasonable value or sales price of the property, whichever is less. Thus, in the example, the veteran's $23,500 remaining entitlement would probably meet a mortgage company's minimum guaranty requirement for a no down payment loan to buy a property valued at and selling for $94,000. The veteran could also combine a down payment with the remaining entitlement for a larger loan amount.
Veterans can have previously used entitlement "restored" to purchase another home with a VA loan if: The property purchased with the prior VA loan has been sold and the loan paid in full, or a qualified veteran transferee (buyer) agrees to assume the VA loan and substitute his or her entitlement for the same amount of entitlement originally used by the veteran seller.
Remaining entitlement and restoration of entitlement can be requested through the nearest VA office by completing VA Form 26-1880. The entitlement may also be restored one time only if the veteran has repaid the prior VA loan in full but has not disposed of the property purchased with the prior VA loan.
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Dealers are also upbeat about continued sales growth. Dino Velazquez, who owns four dealerships in Dothan, Alabama, including a brand new Volkswagen dealership, told local business reporter Carly Omenhiser that last year was his best year ever for sales.
"The market went to nothing in '09 during the bankruptcies of the automobile companies and the pent up demand has been tremendous," Velazquez said. "People are having to buy because they've been putting it off longer than they normally would, so that's why the pent up demand has made such a big difference in our production last year, and the year before."
Velazquez said that demand is going to continue for the next several years as people get caught up before the market levels off.
Sujit CanagaRetna, with the Atlanta office of the Council of State Governments and a leading expert on the South's auto industry, told The Tennessean in a 2014 interview that "this region has become a real magnet, not only for new plants, but also for expansions," he said. "BMW in South Carolina is another great example. They've been there 20 years and have gone through five or six expansions, with the latest in March for $1 billion.
Meanwhile, car companies are enjoying the uptick in sales and boasting record numbers of sales.
Jeep reported its best year in history for 2014, selling more than one million vehicles.
"The (Chrysler) Jeep Wrangler, for instance, is about 43 percent better than last year. It's up the highest of any vehicle in the market," Velazquez said. "But the Jeep brand, itself, is up dramatically."
With crude oil prices going down, it's also helping alleviate hesitations to purchase larger-sized SUVs and trucks.
The top three selling vehicles were the Ford F-Series, Chevrolet Silverado and the Dodge Ram.
According to Forbes.com, light truck sales were up 9.6 percent through November 2014 and large sport utilities were up 12 percent through November 2014.
However, sedans continue to be a majority among the top 10 best-selling cars. The Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla were all on the list. The Ford Fusion replaced the Ford Escape on the list, reducing the list's number of SUVs. In 2013, the list included the Honda CR-V and the Ford Escape.
Velazquez and his wife Ann said they are excited about the opening of their new dealership and hope to add to the increase of sales with Volkswagens.
Velazquez said they have been trying to bring a Volkswagen dealership to Dothan for more than 20 years, and they've finally been able to open the doors of their new location on Ross Clark Circle.
The dealership had a soft opening on Jan. 2 and intends to have a grand opening celebration on March 10.
The couple also owns Dothan Kia just down the road from the Volkswagen location, Dothan Chrysler on the north side of the circle and Enterprise Chevrolet.


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If you're like me, you've never met a color that you didn't like. One of my past bosses once said it had to be because of my years as a parochial-school student. She was positive that my being forced to conform in grays and navy blues gave me a "super partiality" to anything that was bright, colorful, overly patterned, and brilliantly luminescent. I know that many people see Rainbow Brite as an annoying cartoon character; I see her as my potential avatar! She's a kindred spirit of mine in very many ways.
So, I am particularly happy that 2016 is kicking off with such a degree of bold, splashy color choices in the plush world. As I was sauntering around Toy Fair — no, I wasn't mounted on a horse named Starlite, like Miss Brite would be — I noticed that there was a riot of vivid color everywhere. It made my heart smile and my eyes go wide with wonder. A bright beacon of color was certainly emanating from North American Bear. One of their most eagerly anticipated lines this season is the partnership they've forged with juvenile-clothing and kid-friendly home décor designer Amy Coe. North American Bear and Coe have joined forces to brighten up nurseries and collectors' personalities everywhere. Many of the bears that she is standing behind, like the dazzling Gigi (above), are awash with colors that can't be found in nature. The Coe colors are vibrant and absolutely perfect for bear fanciers of all ages. Gigi comes with a message: "You are my favorite." I think a lot of tween and teen bear fanciers will be feeling the exact same way about her.
Another very bold and boisterous bear from Amy Coe is the jersey Coco bear. Proclaiming that it's been created for the "Coolest kid ever," this bear has a very boho chic look to it. I think it will definitely be popular with moms and children. Its shabby chic vibe makes it both a great asset for room decorating, as well as a cuddle buddy for kids who still settle down for afternoon naps. Coco is truly one cool dude! (Or is it a dudette?)
Also complementing the Amy Coe bears is a lineup of snuggly, soft dogs based on the children's book sensation Todd Parr. These pooches are absolutely adorable. Mirroring Parr's illustrations, these canine companions will definitely cross over the line from kiddie favorites to grown-up collectibles. I've always been a cat fancier, but even I found myself drawn to these pups.
The Fiesta booth at Toy Fair was definitely one of the most flamboyant locales. No one could walk by without having to do a rubbernecking, double-checking abrupt stop. The Tutu Sweet gang is an assortment of all types of critters clad in ballet costumes (obviously). They really are too-too cute for words. Besides looking very pretty and charming, the Tutu Sweet offerings have a very soft and pliable feel to them. Again, these are ideal for both young kids who want to physically hug their plush pals and for the grown-up aficionado as well.
Okay, I know for sure I'm not in this TV program's demographic. In fact, I'd never even heard of this property until I arrived at Toy Fair. Apparently, "Shimmer & Shine" is a Nickelodeon TV show about two little girls who just happen to be genies-in-training. They have a close relationship but are occasionally rivals, too, since they are twin sisters. They get into all kinds of scrapes and have calamitous adventures that they often have to work hard to resolve. The lessons that they learn are that no mistake is permanent; there is no reason to ever give up; perseverance and ingenuity will always help you out of a fix! That's a great message to impart, and Wicked Cool Toys (WCT) and Mattel both have versions of the characters on hand.
At WCT, the Bengal cub, Nahal, which is Shine's pet tiger, was especially adorable. Its anime-style eyes were huge and very cute. The detailing on its fur was quite well done, too.
Finally, breaking away from the pink-and-purple brigade, I got a kick out of GUND's very popular Pusheen the cat franchise. I always like seeing the innovations they dream up. For this season, Pusheen has been given a colorful face-lift and a body re-imagining. I was very impressed by the normally beige cat's transformation into a mint green fantasy creation.
Nebulous enough so it can appeal to both dinosaur AND dragon collectors (count me as the latter), the colorful, rotund cat is extremely sweet and so soft to the touch. This is a delightful way to imagine a plush pal — its "skin" tone is reminiscent of a big scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream. All I can say is "Yum, double yum!"


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The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions (with a New Preface)
Goetting, Ann, Journal of Comparative Family Studies
ALLEN, Paula Gunn, THE SACRED HOOP: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions (with a new preface). Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1992, 311 pp., $14.00 softcover.
The Sacred Hoop is a collection of essays, first published in 1986, that eloquently debunks Eurocentric interpretations of traditional tribal lifestyles. ProfessorAllen, an American Indian of Languna Pueblo and Sioux heritage, tells of woman-centered American tribal societies characterized by matrilocality, matrifocality, matrilinearity, maternal control of household goods and resources and female deities the magnitude of the Christian God. These gynocratic social systems flourished before the European conquest and persist in reduced magnitude into the present. Traditional tribal lifestyles are more often gynocratic than not, and they are never patriarchal. Gynocracy does not imply domination of men by women; rather it represents a social order marked by equality, peace, cooperation, health, general prosperity, and harmonious balance among all of the earth's natural elements. Allen's work challenges the notion of the "universal" devaluation of women by identifying these woman-centered cultures and then going on to attribute significant components of modern American social life to their influence.
Allen's message to modern feminists is compelling: the feminist theories that are embraced today are derived, through various channels, from American Indian political thought and action (p. 220). Early tribal life is the primary inspiration for the feminisms that we teach our students and the models of human organization that we uphold as ideal. This book urges us to recognize the contribution of American Indian tradition to modern feminism and also to include "tribal-feminism" in our repertoire of mainstream feminism. …


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Welcome to the Purp Alert. A monthly edit of fascinating finds I discover on the internet. I'll be highlighting anything from emerging artists, entrepreneurial advice, to things that make me laugh. If it inspired me, or helped me get through the month, you'll see it here. Let's get started!
Kim Michi
I've been itching for a new tattoo lately and I'm really taken by Korean artist, Kim Michi style. Something about the combination of clean line art and pop culture references draws me in. You can check out more of her work on her Instagram.
My Diet is Going to Shit
The only thing harder than eating healthy is pretending to eat healthy. Here's a snapshot of my January food diary. #NEWYEARNEWME
Klaus Is Koming
I've been following Klaus on Instagram for awhile now and I cant get enough of her work. She combines the challenges censorship and her fascination for vintage pornography to create the most interesting color coated collage work in the game. And she just had a show in London, I wish I had the chance to experience. You can check out her work here!
Don't worry be happy bih!
I don't think I could've started the year off with any better advice than this. See the video here since I can't embed for some reason.
I've been grooving to Abra non stop for the last couple of weeks. I'm absolutely in love with her lyrics, production, and her overall style. You can tell she's remaining true to herself and doesn't try to put on a huge show like a lot other R&B/Pop artists that are out right now. Check out one of my favorite tracks from her album "Roses" above.
Neon Cowboys
I had quite the obsession with cowboy hats and western wear in general last summer, and now it continues with Neon Cowboys. Neon Cowboys ias a lifestyle brand that specializes in Neon cowboy hats that glow in the dark! The hat includes 3 different light settings: solid, blinking and flashing. You can check out all the different colors they carry here.


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Traffic - Google Analytics
Online marketing without analyzing the results is like selling a product you made without taking a look on it first. No matter the results of the promotion process, "the product" must be analyzed.
Modern traffic monitoring applications offer complex statistics, they do not limit to the number of visitors and the source of the visit, among which can be mentioned: the time spent on your website, the number of pages viewed, the last page each visitor viewed before leaving your site, etc.
All this information can give a very clear view of how your website is perceived by visitors. The pages that drive many of the visitors away from your site can be improved or completely deleted, also the pages that have a small visiting time can be improved or relocated in the structure of your site (the link), you can find the traffic sources that have a small productivity and alternatively you could decide not to use these anymore.
InnoMarketing recommends the use of Google Analytics.
Possibly the best web based service that offers traffic monitoring, Google Analytics is offered freely. The fact that it is free should not put in doubt it's quality as is the tendency in regard to free services because many major corporations offer some free services to increase the brands value and for publicity reasons (another example is the free Yahoo! Mail).
Apart from the first page, where you find general data about the number of visitors, the number of visited pages, the number of pages viewed on each visit, you can find complex reports about keywords that lead to your pages, the efficiency of the AdWords campaign (if you opted for such a campaign), the pages most visited, etc. For all data that you find here you can make "Cross Segment" analyzation, that is to isolate reports on specific segments: traffic source, key words, visitor, country, city, new visitors and many more.
To be able to evaluate the success of SEO implementation in a website it is not enough to limit to evaluating the number of new visitors.
The traffic quality and visitor interest as well as the source of the visit are very important, and these should be "Cross Segment" analized by key words.
In Google Analytics this can be easily generated, and saved in a nice appearance for later use. Thus with a minimum setup you can have at your disposal the reports of the efficiency of your SEO campaign which will help you make a better evaluation of efficiency, of the strong and week spots.
Because the data is recorded and stored by Google, the client is assured of the fairness of the statistics.
Also compared to other solutions like www.trafic.ro you can enjoy the confidentiality of the reports. In the case of the latter mentioned you are exposing to competition who, able to view reports about your website's activity, can improve their own online promotion efforts based on your experience.
Google Analytics is the only service of this sort, that integrates the data of AdWords campaigns. Google Analytics is the world wide leading service on this segment, of integrating and processing data from AdWords campaigns, leaving behind far more sophisticated software. This and the fact that it's free make Google Analytics the most appropriate instrument to satisfy the need for monitoring and reporting website performances for more than 90% of online business.
Under the conditions imposed by the current economic climate, leaving you in the situations of making choices as soon as possible, Google Analytics is the instrument that allows you to analyse in real time the impact of you actions online.
The statistic reports give you the possibility to identify the strong and week spots of your campaigns, so that your future efforts should focus on improvement and reduction of the minuses, continuously adding value to your website. Google Analytics is the best tool to use for a strategic and risk free approach to online activity.


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I really can't say it any better than this right now. I seldom agree with Newt Gingrich. He's a sloppy academic, a disgusting, reprehensible human being, and it's stunning that he is not incarcerated. But he's right on the money today.
September 2008
Buy MY Shitpile, HenryCategories: Politics, notfunny
OpenSolaris is GoodCategories: Technology
My "desktop" machine has been a problem of late. I do most of my home computing on a Mac laptop and like it a great deal. My desktop machine is a tougher call, though. I like the Mac OS well enough to use it there, too, but Apple doesn't sell the desktop I want. They offer either the all-in-one iMac, the underpowered mini, or the insane Mac Pro workstation. I want a machine in between the iMac and the Pro. Its purpose is to run server applications that I want to use on my LAN (along with serving as a development sandbox for my own stuff) and to be a virtual machine host so that I have a beefy and convenient place to try out new software that I don't trust yet.
Counter Culture Espresso ToscanoCategories: coffee
This is available locally from Murky Coffee. Besides being relatively easy to work with, it's what they use in house. This gives me a decent way to benchmark my equipment and technique against the best I can find around here. The batch I got was roasted 9/2. The first shot of the morning was one for the sink, but the second was really, really sweet.
What's a little mystifying to me is that I liked my shot slightly better than the same shot at Murky yesterday. I have no explanation for this. It's the same coffee. Their machine is much better. Their grinder is better. Anyone in that shop has much more trained, more consistent technique than I do. But somehow this morning's shot was more to my taste than yesterday's. Go figure. (To be clear, just in case this turns up in search results or something… theirs was excellent. Mine today just suited my palate a bit better and I'm not sure why.)
Rappahannock Monsooned MalabarCategories: coffee
I really, really wanted to like this one. I picked it up at Rappahannock coffee on Columbia Pike. They roast in house, and it was very fresh. It was also way over-roasted for my taste. Near the end of the bag, I learned that dialing down the temperature on the machine might help salvage it, but I didn't have enough left at that point to really experiment. I did not manage to get anything that didn't taste burnt. Furthermore, it was so oily that it was hard to work with in the grinder.
I will probably go back to Rappahannock, but not on the strength of this batch. It would be very nice to find a good locally roasted espresso blend.


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Lincoln's Carmen Monteiro has longed to open a restaurant since she was growing up on Brava, one of the "10 rocks" that make up the island nation of Cape Verde.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — When Carmen Monteiro opened Ten Rocks Tapas Bar and Restaurant last month in Pawtucket, it was a celebration, not just of food but also of reaching a goal.
"This has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl growing up on an island," she said.
That island was Brava, the smallest of the "10 rocks," or volcanic islands, that make up the nation of Cape Verde. The one-time Portuguese colony is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa.
That is where Carmen was born and raised until she came to the United States in 1981 when she was 15. Now, as vice president of sourcing and manufacturing for Adelington Design Group, a division of Kate Spade & Company, she travels for her job. As she goes around the world, she has observed trends and built her restaurant on one: tapas, or small plates.
"I felt tapas was becoming very popular," she said.
She believes that people care about what they eat and the portions they consume. So the smaller portions of tapas appeal to diners across the globe.
That said, the tapas portions at Ten Rocks are not single serving. They are very much meant to be shared. Think three sliders on a plate. Carmen sees sharing tapas plates as a conversation starter, as people eat the same dishes and then dish about flavors and their likes and preferences.
Carmen, who lives in Lincoln, also wanted to bring her beloved Cape Verdean cuisine to Pawtucket, not just for the community here but also for others looking for an ethnic dining experience.
The cocktails have a definite Cape Verdean flair, with infusions of guava, mango and passion fruit. Carmen also is onto the concept of freshly squeezed juices that is so much a part of the cocktail culture today.
The food is also a very personal homage to the women who cooked for her and taught her to cook, her mother and grandmother.
Growing up, her grandmother Carolina made her yucca fries. So you'll see Ma Culum Mandioca on the Ten Rocks menu, sliced yucca wedges delicately fried and served with a chimichurra sauce on the side.
Maria Helena Batatas Bravas are named after Carmen's mother. Seasoned potatoes and chorizo are sautéed with olive oil, garlic and shallots and then topped with a fried egg and Creole sauce.
The menu, by chef Elia Lima, includes charcuterie, a cheese and meat board that will make the fussy eater comfortable, as will rosemary chicken breast served over a bed of quinoa. Polvo Ten Rocks, or grilled octopus with a balsamic glaze on top of fried plaintains, is for the more adventurous diner.
Many will be happy to see bacalhau, cod cakes, and even the official Rhode Island appetizer of calamari, though here it's served over fresh papaya and pineapple. Fried goat cheese is a delicious concept, as is Camarao Trapiche, baby shrimp sautéed and served with a coconut curry sauce infused with Cape Verde rum and served over plaintains. Chorizo a la Finca is chorizo in red wine sauce served in a traditional pot.
Lima, too, is from Cape Verde, but previously ran her own restaurant in Puerto Rico, making her an expert at infusing dishes with a taste of island cuisine.
Desserts include a cheesecake made with roasted cornmeal, a mango mousse cake or a platter of tropical desserts to share. But the signature one comes in martini glass. It's sweet papaya sprinkled with cinnamon and garnished with white cheese.
Though there has been one restaurant or another on the site since 1929, the last one was in great disrepair. Before-and-after photos reveal Ten Rocks as a great addition to a neighborhood that is in transition, but has Hope Artiste Village, home to many local businesses and a wildly successful Wintertime Farmers' Market, as an anchor.
A new gym is set to open next door to Ten Rocks. An outdoor patio was just opened last week.
Live music, including sets played by Carmen's husband, Carlos "Kalu" Monteiro, a famous Cape Verdean drummer, are part of the tapas bar's mix.
Kalu is also credited with working with Carmen's business partner, Joseph Darosa, to build out the restaurant themselves.
"They made it all happen with their own hands," Carmen said. Not paying for labor, but only materials, and not going deeply into debt to create the space gives her a good start, she added.
Also key to the restaurant are the twentysomething members of her family, son Adilson Vieira, daughter Jocelyn Vieira and nephew Victor Lopes. Carmen said all three helped translate her vision to reality, from the look to the sounds of the restaurant. All work at the restaurant as well, but as a second job. No one is quitting their day job, she said.
"It's hard work, but you do it with a lot of love," she said.
Carmen's dream includes focusing on marketing for the first three years of Ten Rocks. Within five years she hopes the business will be on a solid track, and then her plan knows no bounds.
"I hope to take this," she said spanning the room with her hands, "and bring Cape Verdean taste around the world."
"I hope I have showed my kids that you can do anything if you put your mind to it," she said.
Ten Rocks, 1091 Main St., Pawtucket, (401) 728-0800. They open every day but Monday, serving dinner. They open late afternoon on weekdays and 2 p.m. on Saturday but are expected to serve lunch before the end of May. Check their Facebook page for updates.
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New Feature – Restrict Access to Custom Form Data
LeadMaster has rolled out another new feature – custom form security. This is similar in concept to the last blog post about search filter access. By using the custom form security feature you can have multiple forms with different types of data and limit which users can see which forms.
Here are some examples:
1) You are a sales manager who sells products both direct and through channel partners. Some products are direct only and some products are direct and channel. You can provide your sales reps and partner reps access to the same account but only the account manager will be able to see the custom form that contains the information about the direct only products.
2) You are an HR manager and each department uses a different form – sales, marketing, R&D etc. By using this security feature the sales people can't see the R&D form and the R&D people can't see the marketing form.
3) You are in the business of selling data and you collect various information about businesses e.g. computers, telephone, copiers, etc. You can sell the copier data to the copier company and they won't be able to see the computer or telephone data.
4) You have a veterinary practice with several doctors. Each doctor only sees one type of patient e.g. dogs, cats, etc. You can have all the patient info on a custom form and the dog doctors can't see the cat doctor's patients and vice versa.
To access this feature go to Administration / Custom Forms, click 'Edit' for the custom form you wish to modify. The dialog box above will show you your options 1) Make the form available to everyone 2) Remove access for everyone 3) Provide access to selected users.
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Within their Doomed Death Metal forsaking off sorrow, inner struggles to loss of almost everything kinds of themed; these Vina Del Mar (Chile) band of five-piece metal-heads consisting of Miguel Canessa (drums), Cristian Ibanez (vocals), Matias Aguirre (keyboards), Marcos Contreras (guitars) and Franco Ciaffaroni (bass) given their head-banging sessions of slow-heavier stomps thumping to planet earth tempos for We All Be Given as entitled to their first full length album. The purist of the purest of the chaotic visions over those six tracks available as being written down by the band – Mourners Lament; showing different things from the journey of the grim-reaper and death to the darkness land onto the tower of power that contains of all creatures fears the most-like the modern horror of babel kind.
Listen the head-bang slower tempo via Omnipresence, Suffocating Hopes or Slumbers and asking yourself that the impurity cannot hold the wheel of fortunes or life because of our strong will ?
Think again imbeciles, think again …
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The goal of spinal fusion is to stop the motion caused by segmental instability and prevent back pain.
Placing a bone graft between two or more vertebrae causes the vertebrae to grow together, or fuse. If your back or neck pain is caused by segmental instability, a spinal fusion may also be recommended even if you do not have radiculopathy.
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