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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A Fan Girly Post: La Belle et La Bete starts shooting!!
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Its time for another one of my....
Today I just found out that the new French film production of Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et La Bete) has begun shooting. You can view the evidence here. This means that there is glorious magic happening, including Vincent Cassel getting all dolled up in some possibly epically awesome Beast make up. Shall he live up to my fangirl standards? I am not sure, so for the moment I will ponder till I judge.
Another fangirl thing to randomly discuss, I just found out that during my soon approaching Calfornia birthday trip, I will be going to one of my bucket list theaters: The El Capitan. And even cooler, I'll be seeing one of my favorite classic Disney flicks, Peter Pan. I can't wait, and even more so to see all my CA rufflebutts!
In addition to those CA plans, I also reserved the restaurants I will be eating at during my vacation at the Disneyland Resort. I don't wanna ruin the surprise of all of them just yet, but I can say for my birthday I chose to dine at Blue Bayou, the restaurant inside of Pirates of the Caribbean. Though I was told their food isn't the best, I seriously wanted to go somewhere special on my epic awesome birthday, and why not go for the place with the coolest atmosphere, period. Check out the video below for a review from one of my favorite Disney centric youtube channels, A Mouse and a Dream, about the place and their most famous dish!
I know these kind of posts are beyond random, but I thought that sometimes its good to just share the exciting things on my brain and possible topics of upcoming posts! Are you guys excited about anything new coming up in your schedule? Are you guys Disneyland/Disney World fans? Do you have a favorite food from there? Tell me the T!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
ILD 2012 at Lady Mendl's - How I Got Her Frilly Grove Back
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This past weekend was Winter ILD (International Lolita Day) 2012. This now being my 5th Winter ILD celebration, I wanted (along with my partner in crime, Crystal) to do a much more traditional tea party of ILD's past, at one of New York's finest establishments, Lady Mendl's. I remembered when I started out in Lolita and truly fell in love with the culture, the tea parties at Lady Mendl's really held a nostalgic place in my heart. So with lots of planning in advance and all the glamour we could muster, My fellow hostess and I went forth with our celebration in the grandest of ways!
The picture you see above was our own personal party space. I tried to get the best shot I could so I could properly capture the brilliance in decoration and atmosphere that Lady Mendl's provides. As much as I love other similar establishments in New York City, Lady Mendl's truly provides something much more old time feeling then any where else in the city. With the magical mixture of old decor, the sound of Johnny Mercer and Cab Calloway playing in the background, along with the yummy delicate smell of black teas, makes this almost like stepping into another time and place.
Me and Crystal arrived very early, and decided to snap some lovely outfit and room shots before the other guests arrived. I wore my Ala Carte JSK in White, H&M Pink Faux Fur collar, with off brand elements for the blouse and tights, plus my favorite new pair of boots from Forever 21. Also I was happily surprised with my new Purple Plum wig! I was supposed to get a different color, but they sent me this instead and actually I am truly in love with it, best accident ever!
When 4:30 rolled around, the festivities began! All of the guests arrived in fabulous winter style. Some in all out sweet, while others were in much more natural toned winter clothes, plus a few gothic pirate style ladies to add some spice! Everyone seriously was dressed to perfection, and added more to the dreamlike element of the party. Slowly every few minutes the servers came in with new delicious treats for us to munch on (Those cucumber sandwiches were perfection )
After drinking more then my fair share of Earl Grey (which was excellent, might I add!) All of us got ready for some fun with everyone's favorite way of getting presents, The White Elephant Gift Exchange. There were tons of adorable gifts this year! From jewelry to tea, comfy pillows and macaron shaped keychains, these gifts were seriously top notch! But what did I receive at the exchange this year? Nothing but the bestest present ever, I got my very own light saber! Even though it isn't frilliest of gifts, its something I have ALWAYS wanted, so thanks for making a dream come true, Koda! <3
Slowly, the night wrapped up and everyone began to set off to home. A small group of me and a few of my frillies decided to venture to a bit of partying to end the special girly holiday, by going to one of my favorite places in NYC, Aspen Social Club. I am highly convinced this place is secretly inspired by Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. There are antlers everywhere, including the logo! After a few yummy grown up drinks (a Shirley Temple for yours truly!) and some awesome Fondue, the ladies and I retired to our homes and beds for a good night and following day of recovering.
If you can't seem to realize from this post, Winter ILD this year was utter perfection. I was seriously impressed with how everything turned out, especially since it's my first time running a huge big event of this size and cost. Crystal, you are an amazing hostess, and to my guests, you were all amazing as well! Thank you for giving me the best gift a girl in frills could ask for: True and honest friendship. I really don't know what my life would be like without Lolita in it, and I thank you for continuing to make my life truly amazing and beautiful each and every day!
So what did you guys do this year for Winter ILD? I wanna hear and see pictures!
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Rolex Notes: Mystery Stop Costs Ganassi
Daytona Beach, Fla. – Chip Ganassi has won the Rolex 24 too many times to be happy about finishing second.
But for the second straight year, that's exactly where one of his two entries wound up, with the No. 01 BMW Riley Daytona Prototype finishing on the lead lap just 52.303 seconds behind the winning Porsche Riley, thanks to a mystery stop late in the race.
"It's a good start to the season," Ganassi said. "I guess we'll be second in the championship. It's disappointing, but we're certainly glad to be in it. It's a great race, grueling and a lot of work."
The second-place car was co-driven by three-time Daytona overall champion Scott Pruett, his regular Rolex Sports Car Series partner Memo Rojas, Max Papis and Justin Wilson.
They were in and out of the lead throughout the race and could easily have been celebrating a victory if not for Wilson, a newcomer to the team, driving the car to the garage with about 2 1/2 hours left after apparently hearing and feeling something strange as he came out of the chicane on the backstretch of the 3.56-mile circuit.
"It was very strange and very frustrating," said Wilson, an IndyCar regular who was in the lead before he drove to the garage on lap 624 of 755. "As I came out of the bus stop chicane I just felt what to me felt like a small explosion in the car. The car shook around. There was a bit of a rattle after that and I was wondering whether it was a wheel bearing or if I'd blown a front tire. I couldn't work it out.
"You've got about 5 seconds to decide, do I do another lap or do I go into the pits. If I do another lap and it is a blown tire, we'll probably lose the body work. They just said go straight to the garage. … It's just disappointing to just have to hand it over like that, but it's part of racing."
The 01 crew scrambled to the garage to see if the car could be fixed and found nothing wrong, quickly sending Wilson back on track. But the stop was the deciding moment of the race for the 01 and the 9, which both had virtually flawless runs.
Ganassi, whose team won three straight races here from 2006-2008, was asked if losing because of that stop was a bitter pill to swallow?
He refused to place the blame on Wilson.
"A bitter pill is the 02 car that's in the garage," Ganassi said, referring to the second team car, co-driven by IndyCar stars Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon and NASCAR stars Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray. That car went went out with a blown engine in the 13th hour while leading the race. "You win as a team and you don't win as a team. Whatever calls are made, those are the ones we live with and we take the good with the bad."
Pruett, who has five class victories to go with those three overall titles here, called it a tough 24 hours.
"We had just one little miscue," he said. "The (winning) 09 car they ran great, but you can't flower it up. I mean, it's like ARGGGHH. It's hearbreaking. It really is because we've been up on top of the podium, because that's the way that Ganassi rolls. If you're not up on top, it's just not where you want to be."
The third-place BMW Riley of IndyCar driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut, Lucas Luhr and Richard Westbrook finished four laps behind the leaders and had its own strange story.
"We had a problem with our seatbelt, with a piece of tape getting tangled up in it and costing us probably two laps," Hunter-Reay said. "It's amazing that something as simple as the belts can holdyou out of the race."
Westbrook said another, perhaps bigger, problem was a lack of straightaway speed.
"We maybe could have stayed on the lead lap without the seatbelt problem, but we probably didn't have enough overall speed to win."
Hunter-Reay agreed, saying, "I don't think we passed anybody on the straightaways all day."
BY THE NUMBERS: Here's a few final stats from the Rolex 24:
* The winning car covered 755 laps, or 2,687.80 miles. That's the second most laps/miles completed in the race.
* The victory margin of 52.303 seconds was the third closest in this race.
* Joao Barbosa of Portugal, who teamed with Terry Borcheller, Mike Rockenfeller and Ryan Dalziel for the win, led 129 laps, the most in the Daytona Prototype class. Teammate Rockenfeller, from Germany, was next with 113 laps led, with Scotsman Dalziel third with 73.
* The winners led the final 92 laps, including the final 59 by Barbosa.
* There was a total of 16 full-course caution flags for a 74 laps, but none in the last 163 laps.
* Thirteen different cars led the race and there were a record 53 lead changes, tying the 2009 race as the second most in race history.
CHAMP BELTED: The Chevrolet Riley co-driven by NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson, former CART champion Jimmy Vasser and road racing stars Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney was sidelined with just over two hours remaining in the Rolex 24 on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
"We lost a belt on the oil pump and, when that happens, it's only a matter of time until the engine is done," explained Kyle Brannan, team manager for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing.
That ended a very difficult week for Johnson and the No. 99 team. The problems began Thursday when Johnson crashed the car during practice and only intensified in the race as a series of mechanical problems kept slowing the car. Vasser was in the wheel and in 10th place when the engine quit for good.
Johnson's private jet was spotted flying out of the adjoining Daytona Beach International Airport just minutes after the car was declared out of the race.
OUT AND OVER: The race was over for Hurley Haywood's car, thanks to a blown engine, shortly after the five-time Rolex 24 winner ended his day with a strong stint in the Brumos Racing Porsche Riley.
The difference, though, is that the car will race again. Haywood will no longer race as a professional.
The 61-year-old racing icon says this was his last race as a pro driver, ending a sparkling career that also included three victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, four wins in the Sebring 12 Hours and an 18th-place finish in the 1980 Indianapolis 500.
"I'm still going to race vintage cars and be part of the management team (for Brumos). Everybody's going to still see me," Haywood said. "I'm not going away."
The finish of the emotional race was disappointing for the longtime sports car ace.
"It's not the way I wanted to end my career, but I can feel proud of the team," he said. "It was a great effort."
The No. 59 Porsche fell about 20 laps off the pace early with a broken axle and wound up finishing 19th when something in the engine broke with Raphael Matos at the wheel.
Most of the focus throughout the race was on Haywood, ending a professional career that began right here in Daytona in 1969.
"Most of the time, I wasn't thinking about it, but there was more emotion when I knew getting in (the car) this would be my final professional stint," Haywood said. "When I got into the pits, everybody was crying. It was more emotional for them, I guess."
But Haywood did have some real fun during that last professional stint, racing for several laps with NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson and turning his fastest lap of the race on his final trip around the 3.56-mile circuit.
"The guys are Brumos are NASCAR fans and they wanted me to see if I could stay with Jimmie out there," Haywood said. "I was able to get on his tail. It was a pleasure to race with him on my final lap."
STRANGE WEATHER: Throughout the 48 years that this race has been run, weather has often played a major part. But the weather may have changed more from start to finish this year than any other time.
The race began – for the first time – with rain falling and the yellow flag displayed for the first six laps. Because of the gray skies and no helping sunshine, the track stayed wet for a very long time, forcing a lot of one-lane racing. But at least the temperature was comfortable, hovering in the low 70s in the early going.
By the time the sun came up Sunday, the temperature had dropped into the high 40s and the 12 mph wind, with gusts up to 25, made it feel a lot colder.
"The conditions have been tough out there the whole race," said Ryan Dalziel, driving the No. 9 Porsche Riley that was leading late in the race. "But, at least it was more comfortable in the car with the cooler temperatures."
GAS STARVED: Former NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte was happy to get out of the TRG Porsche Sunday morning after running out of fuel on track and having to be pushed back to the pits.
"I've seen enough of the infield," Labonte said when asked if he wanted to get back in the car before the end of the race.
The Sprint Cup star explained that the reserve fuel button was somehow turned on when he left the pits.
"When I was out of fuel, I was out of fuel," Labonte said. "I don't know how the button got turned on. I'm not even sure where it is."
And he isn't the first Labonte to run out of gas in this race. Brother Terry, co-driving a GTO class Pontiac in 1984, ran out of fuel in the infield in the middle of the night.
Back then, the driver was responsible for retrieving the gas or fixing the car when it was out on the track. The eventual two-time Sprint Cup champion had to climb a fence and dash through the infield to get a can of gas. He even got chased by a dog on the way. But Terry managed to get the gas, get the car restarted and he and car owner Billy Hagan and Gene Felton wound up winning their class.
"Terry warned me about the infield," Bobby said.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. – In his first collegiate start, freshmen pitcher Mike Oczypok threw five no-hit innings and earned the win as the No. 22 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Alcorn State Braves, 7-3, on Wednesday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Alabama is now 22-13 overall, as the Tide eclipse their win total from the previous season. The Braves drop to 8-30 this season.
"For starters, I thought Mike Oczypok did a real nice job today," UA head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "He was outstanding for five innings. The bullpen came in and did a good job too. I thought we played pretty clean today. Offensively, we did what we needed to do to get the lead and then extend."
Mike Oczypok (2-0) got the win for his effort in his first career collegiate start, dealing five scoreless no-hit innings and surrendering only one walk with one punch out. In relief of Oczypok, freshman right-hander Keaton Haack added another two no-hit innings with two walks and a strikeout. Ryan Fuentes (0-2) was charged with the loss in his start for the Braves, after allowing a run on three hits and two walks in four innings.
Sophomore right fielder Ben Moore was 1-for-3 with a triple, a walk, a hit by pitch and had two runs batted in. Senior third baseman Kenny Roberts was 1-for-1 with a single, two walks, two times hit by pitch, a RBI and two runs scored. Freshman shortstop Mikey White was 2-for-3 with two singles to record his ninth multi-hit game of the year and stretch his reaching base streak to 13 games.
Although a pitchers' duel early, the Crimson Tide finally opened the scoring in the fourth inning. Roberts stroked a single to right center on the first pitch he saw and moved up to second when Moore was hit by a pitch. Although Brett Booth lined into a double play in the next at-bat, Kyle Overstreet drove a two-out single into right center to score Roberts for a 1-0 lead.
Alabama strung quality at-bats together in the fifth inning. Georgie Salem singled to left center and advanced to second after Roberts was hit by a pitch. Moore ripped his third triple of the year to deep left center to drive in both Salem and Roberts, giving the Tide a 3-0 advantage. Despite not allowing a hit in five innings, Oczypok's night ended after 68 pitches to make way for Haack.
After Haack tossed another hitless inning in the sixth, the floodgates opened for the Alabama offense. After Austen Smith drew a leadoff walk, Cameron Carlisle doubled to left center and Smith came all the way around for the Tide's fourth run of the game. Following a White groundout to advance Carlisle to third, Andrew Miller walked to set up runners on the corners. Salem pulled an RBI single to right to score Carlisle from third. Roberts and Booth were consecutively hit by pitches to load the bases and then force in a runner, pushing the lead to 6-0.
"We had the opportunity to get a few guys in the game there late," Gaspard said. "We had Chance Vincent get his first action behind the plate. It was a little rough but for a first time for a guy that wasn't a catcher it was good to see him back there. The main objective these past two days have been to win the game and try to get a little momentum going as we move into Oxford this weekend."
The Tide added on another run in the seventh frame to make the score 7-0. Chance Vincent singled through the left side to lead off the inning, and Daniel Cucjen and Riley Colburn loaded the bases on a walk and a hit by pitch, respectively. Roberts' second walk of the night forced in another run for Alabama to boost the lead to 7-0.
The Tide lost their combined no-hit bid in the eighth inning, as Mitch Greer allowed a solo home run to Alvin Jackson and a two-run homer to Angel Rosa, cutting the lead to 7-3. Jay Shaw came in to pitch the final inning perfectly, clinching the win for the Crimson Tide.
The No. 22 Alabama Crimson Tide travels to Oxford this weekend to take on the No. 18 Mississippi Rebels from Swayze Field at Oxford-University Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday, 4:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, and 1:30 p.m. CT on Sunday.
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An update...We've given up on Oregon.Trying for New Mexico instead. Heading back there in a few days hoping to buy a nice, undeveloped 30 acre lot south of Santa Fe.Onward...
Are these near Sante Fe or further north?
Do you have a link? I promise not to try to outbid you.
The January closing makes sense as there is likely to be a smaller capital gains rate for 2018 that 2017 and if there isn't it puts a long delay in having to pay the tax.The other two make no sense. If you give verbal assurance it is for you own personal use and you are not acting as an agent they likely have no recourse even if you do sell it to a third party. If it is a written assurance and you sell the property quickly they could very well file a suit should you change your mind and put the property on the market even though you would likely win in the end. They may be trying to prevent someone that they had a problem with, or simply don't like, from making an end run on the property. These kind of things are ridiculous but lots of strange stuff happens with people these days.
Have you ever talked to the seller personally, or are you letting the agent and lawyer act as 'go-betweens' for you?
Water lines, unless they are privately owned and even then it is rare, have to have a right of way or easement and the title policy should have shown this. Did you get a title policy?
...New Mexico hasn't got what I would call "normal" disclosure laws. The seller isn't required to tell us anything that isn't basically life threatening, they can answer our questions or try to explain why things are the way they are but they can also choose not to even respond. It's a different sorta place, our attorney warned us that it's still the Wild West in regards to land and water rights, that's why we hired him...
It used to be that way on permits where we live. Then some smart ass in the building department figured out they were missing a revenue source. Now you need a permit.
Quote from: JohnE on November 11, 2017, 01:29:34 PM...New Mexico hasn't got what I would call "normal" disclosure laws. The seller isn't required to tell us anything that isn't basically life threatening, they can answer our questions or try to explain why things are the way they are but they can also choose not to even respond. It's a different sorta place, our attorney warned us that it's still the Wild West in regards to land and water rights, that's why we hired him...It might sound a little crass, but we see this quite a bit out here in Montana when folks resettle from a relatively urban location, usually from out-of-state.A LOT of us moved from "citified" environs to places like Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, N. Mexico to get away from the dictates of society imposed by politicians and attorneys. So, yeah, there is a bit of culture shock when dealing with the way things get handled in rural areas.I don't believe the sellers are trying to "get away with something", I'm more ready to believe that these details are (and always have been) unimportant to them.When I moved to Montana, I came from a relatively urban area in a very strict State. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get into trouble with local laws and codes.I wanted to tear down and rebuild a decrepit old back porch. I inquired about a building permit. I went to Town Hall and inquired about permits. The reaction I got was a wide-eyed stare, followed by, "Permit? For what?" When I told them, the answer I got was that building permits were only required for new construction. What I found out later was that meant that if you wanted to replace your existing house with a new one, you built new walls all around your old ones, and then tore down the old ones. No permits required.We moved a mobile home onto the property. I asked about the "green belt" (the distance a structure must be from the property line). Again, I got "Huh?".After a few moments of mulling over my question, the official answer was, "As long as you can get your lawnmower between the house and the fence, I guess it's okay."Welcome to Life in the West.
They didn't tell you there was a well on the property? Where did they tell you your water came from? Property with an established well is a lot more valuable than without, considering the cost of drilling one.An acquaintance in Colorado pointed out two pieces of pasture land. He said one was worth $11K because it had no available water on it. The other he said was $45K because it had a creek running through it.The average depth of a well in my neighborhood is 350 feet. That don't come cheap. If the land you're bargaining for has a good well, it floors me that the sellers didn't make a point of that in their asking price.
If you intend to run an electric line to this property, you had better beware that it is VERY expensive! If you think a well is big-buck item, take a deep breath before adding electrical service!
Yeah, nothing about this property would surprise me at this point......it might even turn out to be a sacred Indian burial ground!
Quote from: wolfy on November 12, 2017, 09:11:26 AMYeah, nothing about this property would surprise me at this point......it might even turn out to be a sacred Indian burial ground! Well you're close...there's a cemetery on the adjacent lot.
This whole deal smells bad. Given what you have shared with us on this thread I would not buy this piece of property. The whole package on a piece of vacant ground should not have taken two hours to put together. Their realtor is quite remiss and so is yours and your attorney. The price of extending electrical will astound you if it is more than a few feet. In addition there are negotiation points on hooking on, additional users wanting to attach to the line, and whether it is overhead or underground. Be very careful.The cost of drilling, piping, and pressurizing a well can run from $10,000 to $50,000 (or more) depending on the depth and the geologic conditions encountered. There are also permits and applications that may prevent you from drilling at all. You need that resolved before you close on the ground. Water quality issues can result in a well being unfit for human use. You need a title insurance policy and it better include everything about that land that is of public record. Given the mystery water lines and missing shared well information this would kill the deal for me at this point.Your whole experience with this piece of ground is strange, to say the least. Weird seller, strange real estate people, no forceful input from your attorney. Just strange.
.... I'd sell the 20 acres right now for five thousand. But they are in an undeveloped area. Easy access, but just dry scrub land and no trees. 20 acres somewhere nice is going to run ten times as much.
This whole odyssey has been worse that watching an episodic canoe build. A veritable emotional blood bath....
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text: Piper Internships: Education, Engagement, ExperienceFor many Hamline students, summer vacation was more about vocation as they took on challenging and rewarding internships. One-hundred percent of undergraduate students participate in experiential learning as part of their Hamline education. Often this experience comes in the form of an internship.Internships offered students the ability to learn real aspects about jobs in their area of interest and enabled them to network with employers and others in the field. From charitable non-profits to Fortune 500s, Pipers made a difference and gained valuable experience at top organizations.A Piper at Piper JaffraySenior Megan Sandell, who will be graduating at the end of the fall semester, worked at Piper Jaffray as an equity sales and trading intern and will continue her internship through the semester. With its headquarters in Minneapolis, Piper Jaffray is a full-service investment bank and asset management firm. "Each day I walked in, I learned something new." Sandell said. "I loved coming in every day and knowing it is going to be different than yesterday. One of the biggest projects Sandell worked on was building "pitch books" which are used as a marketing tool to inform clients about specific investments. In creating the pitch books, along with her other tasks and projects, Sandell learned about equity trading, sales trading, business analysis, and making and giving presentations. Not only will this experience help her in her final semester at Hamline, but it was a valuable resume builder. Sandell's experience at Piper Jaffray has also taught her that it's a company she would love to work for after graduation.From Hamline to the FedAll-American gymnast Courtney Benson exchanged flips for the Fed. As a business analyst intern for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the finance and economics major worked on a variety of projects ranging from information security to technology development. She and a team of other interns also worked on a presentation outlining their suggested strategy for informing the public about the Federal Reserve of Minneapolis. Even with the experience of working on such a significant project, Benson says the most beneficial part of this internship was the opportunity to network. She scheduled over 15 informational interviews, one of which was with a senior vice president."I learned to love networking," Benson said. "I also learned the most important qualities of networking are genuine curiosity and a unique passion to learn."Through these informational interviews, Benson not only made a lot of meaningful and worthwhile connections, she learned that she is on the right educational and career path.Lauren Kavan, internship program director in the Career Development Center (CDC), says summers are a great time for students to participate in internships, but students can participate in up to three internships for credit which can be completed during any semester. "If students are thinking about doing an internship, I would encourage them to connect with me as soon as possible." Kavan said. I can help them understand their options and navigate the search and registration process, no matter what their interests or career goals." Hamline Career Link is just one of the resources available to Hamline students looking for internships. Career Development Center staff are also available to help students write resumes, cover letters, and CVs, and conduct practice interviews. Kavan and the CDC staff also utilize PiperConnect which can link students to Hamline alumni working in their field of interest. For more on the Career Development Center, visit their web page.


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WASHINGTON — Army Capt. Brian Dowling was leading his Special Forces team through a steep mountain pass in eastern Afghanistan when insurgents ambushed his patrol, leaving two of his soldiers pinned down with life-threatening wounds.
After a furious firefight, the two men were rescued, but that episode in 2006 would change Dowling's life.
Now employed by a small defense company, he is part of a crash effort by U.S. Special Operations Command to produce a radically new protective suit for elite soldiers to wear into battle — one with bionic limbs, head-to-toe armor, a built-in power supply and live data feeds projected on a see-through display inside the helmet.
They call it — what else? — the "Iron Man suit."
"We're taking the Iron Man concept and bringing it closer to reality," said Dowling, referring to the Marvel Comics character Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer who builds a rocket-powered exoskeleton, turning himself into a superhero.
The Special Operations Command began soliciting ideas for the suit this year from industry, academia and government labs, and has held two conferences where potential bidders, including Dowling's company, Revision Military, demonstrated their products. Military officials say they are trying to produce a working prototype within the next 12 months. But no contracts have been signed, and the Pentagon has not ventured to make a cost estimate.
The metal suit the Pentagon wants would be all but impervious to bullets and shrapnel, and be able to continuously download and display live video feeds from overhead drones. Relying on tiny motors, the exoskeleton would enable a soldier to run and jump without strain while carrying 100 or more pounds.
It would, at least in theory, be able to stanch minor wounds with inflatable tourniquets — in the unlikely event the armor is breached. It also would carry a built-in oxygen supply in case of poison gas, a cooling system to keep soldiers comfortable and sensors to transmit the wearer's vital signs back to headquarters.
"They want an Iron Man-like suit; they've been quite open about that," said Adarsh Ayyar, an engineer at BAE Systems, one of the defense contractors seeking to build a working exoskeleton prototype. "You won't get all of it. It's not going to fly. But I think it's doable."
Even the project's formal name is an homage to Iron Man. It's the "tactical assault light operator suit," or TALOS, the giant bronze warrior of Greek mythology who defended, not always successfully, the island of Crete from invaders.
Some experts question whether the project represents a misunderstanding of the lessons of the last dozen years of war, when U.S. soldiers, despite being equipped with technology and weaponry far beyond anything their enemies possessed, were dueled to a virtual draw in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"When the U.S. military entered the global war on terror, it was infatuated with technology and believed that it wins wars," said Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army colonel who now, as a Boston University professor, is critical of recent wars. "The experience in Iraq and Afghanistan ought to have destroyed any such expectation, but this [project] suggests it is still true."
Armored suits, of course, go back to ancient times. The updated model may sound outlandish, but with its super-sized budgets, the Pentagon has a history of developing cutting-edge technology — drones, stealth aircraft, precision-guided missiles and global positioning satellites, to name a few — that transformed the battlefield and the world.


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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I Have This Clock, See
Still, I've decided there's something I really like about this clock. I could explain it in some profound way, like that it's a reminder that my time is what I make it. Or that time stands still for no one.
I think it's something simpler.
The clock makes me think of my maternal grandpa. He was a man I hardly knew; an alcoholic with whom I shared no bond. My most prominent memory is of trying to sit on his knee and, because he was snockered, wobbling to the hard concrete floor of his garage.
But when I hear the ticking of my clock, a vision of his bedroom, blanketed in beige and warm with sunlight, comes to mind. And I hear his clock, there on the headboard. It's a clock just like mine.
And I feel an ever-so-slight connection. It's not overwhelming, it's not tangible. But it's there.
I think it's why I like my clock so much.
27 comments:
- Terri Tiffany said...
I think this post is one of your best! I love the descriptions and how you took me back. I have one of those clocks and I don't use it cause it ticks so loudly!
AND I like the header of your blog--did you change in recently and I didn't notice? Love it!
- January 21, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- WendyCinNYC said...
That was a nice image. Thanks.
- January 21, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Angie Ledbetter said...
Very nice. (GREAT stuff to craft a short story with, or to add into WIP.)
- January 21, 2009 at 8:17 AM
I really enjoyed this post Janna. I can hear the clock actually ticking here where I sit at my desk. We always had a clock like that in our home. I loved the sound it made. I completely understand why you feel a connection to this clock. Very well said.
- January 21, 2009 at 8:35 AM
- Melanie Hooyenga said...
You brought me back to my grandparents' house. They had a large grandfather clock tucked in a corner and I never thought about it until now, but that's definitely a sound from my childhood. My gramma still has it in her small apartment and it always reminds me of my grampa.
- January 21, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Melissa Amateis said...
What a good post, Janna, full of great imagery and emotion. I had to laugh, though, at the image of you falling off your Grandpa's knee because he was snockered! (Hope you didn't get hurt!)
- January 21, 2009 at 9:11 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Terri - Well, thank you very much!
Wendy - Er, your welcome? ;)
Angie - Huzzah!
Ang - Thanks so much. I really do think the sound is a special one.
Melanie - Awesome! How cool that mere words can do that?
Melissa - LOL! No worries. I don't think anything permanent happened... other than that I started to piece together in my mind what my grandpa's existence was like.
- January 21, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Jen said...
Wonderful post, Janna. Very well done!
- January 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM
It's funny what a sound or smell can do to trigger our memory.
Great Post!
- January 21, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Nice post. It is always nice to have those little connections with those who are now gone. Thanks for sharing.
- January 21, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- colbymarshall said...
visual image of Captain Hook smashing clock jumps into my head, lol.
- January 21, 2009 at 12:05 PM
- Janet said...
How very interesting. It's amazing how simple things can become laden with personal meaning.
- January 21, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Marsanne Petty said...
My husband had one of those wind up clocks when we got married. I hated it - the sound didn't bother me, but I would never remember to wind it up and I would end up being late to some meeting or class. Not good :) After a while, we let the wind up clock go and got a digital one....
- January 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Robin said...
Janna, I can't believe I'm visiting for the first time. That was so lovely. The imagery of your grandfather's room really made me feel like I was there.
My alarm clock next to my bed is pink, has a pig on it, and makes a loud and horrible oinking sound to wake me up. I hope my kids don't blog about it one day. Yeesh.
- January 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Jen - a'thank you, a'thank you!
FringeGirl - Indeed! :)
Turkey - How right you are.
Colby - ROFL!
Janet - I think it's pretty cool, too.
Marsanne - Thank you so much for visiting! I can appreciate your story. :) A clock like this would never work in my bedroom; I'd wind up late, too.
Hi, Robin! I think I've seen you around before, and I'm so glad you're here. Thanks for the great compliment! And come back soon. :)
- January 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Leon1234 said...
You have a great blog! Thank you for sharing. How are you doing, by the way?
- January 21, 2009 at 9:44 PM
- Leon1234 said...
Hey, how are you doing fellow writer?
- January 22, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Joshua said...
wind up clocks are the best! they let you think of a simplier time.
Great image btw.
- January 22, 2009 at 4:21 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Leon (x2) - Thank you. And, erm, I'm just fine.
Josh - Thanks!
- January 22, 2009 at 6:54 AM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Lovely post, Janna. It's amazing how little things like that can make such an impact on us.
- January 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
My Maw Maw had a ticking clock in the room where I stayed - I always think of her when I hear a clock ticking -which I do right now - there's a retro clock in this room, but battery operated - I love the old wind ups, but I can't sleep to them - the ticking distracts me too much.
We have some similar background thingees in our childhood-other than the clock.
- January 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Jewel Allen said...
How cool that this clock brings back such a tender memory. Beautiful post, Janna.
I am not good with wind-up clocks, however. They're like plants in my house. I forget about them and then they die :-)
- January 22, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- Jewel Allen said...
PS Well, tender memory tempered by the interesting reality :-).
- January 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Jessica - Thank you!
Kat - I'd love to hear about some of those other things! It's interesting how those smallest of things can shape who we are.
Jewel - Regarding your PS.: very well said. :) And oh! I'm THE worst with house plants. And the harder I try, the worse off they are.
- January 22, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Joshua said...
hahaha, yes, i loved it!
- January 23, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Janna, this is your voice. Janna's voice. It's lovely and it comes through so strong.
- January 23, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Josh - Well, thanks!
Kimmi - That's the best thing anyone could have said to me. Thank you so much!
- January 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM


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Di Matteo: Terry still our leader
Roberto Di Matteo insisted John Terry could still be held up as Chelsea's "leader" as the club's tarnished captain prepared to skipper the Blues in their Champions League clash against Shakhtar Donetsk
The match comes one game into his now-infamous four-match domestic suspension. Terry will captain the side after Chelsea controversially refused to strip him of the honour over the language he used towards Anton Ferdinand.
Di Matteo said: "He has realised that he used language that was inappropriate and he has apologised for that and has certainly learned from that issue. And with good performances and good behaviour in the future he should still be looked upon as the leader for our club."
The timing could hardly be more ironic, with the defender set to wear an armband bearing the slogan 'Unite Against Racism' as part of a Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) campaign scheduled for this week.
Terry has never faced a bigger test of character than following the aftermath of his Football Association guilty verdict.
However, Di Matteo said: "I've never been concerned about picking him.
"He's been able to focus on the games and that's what the players love to do, playing football and it's good for them that they can focus on that."
He added: "What is common for players is that, even if they have family problems or some kind of issues outside in their private life, they tend to be able to focus on the football because it kind of just helps them."
Shakhtar will provide Chelsea with a stern test having won their last 21 league matches and 15 of their 16 games this season, taking four points from their first two Champions League outings to lie joint top of Group E. With Juventus just two points behind, it is looking like a three-way battle to reach the knockout stage.
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Japan's Nikkei stock index was a notable standout, hitting a four-year high when it closed earlier as investors cheered the central bank's new policies.
In other regions, attention was focused on the U.S. data, which showed an increase of only 88,000 jobs in March, far below the expected rise of about 195,000. Although the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent, that was only because more people gave up looking for work.
Analysts said the figures showed the U.S. recovery, which had been advancing at a good pace in recent months, would be uneven. They suggested it would be only a temporary slowdown, however.
"We don't anticipate the slowdown becoming too severe, not when the housing recovery is firing on all cylinders, but it is a reminder that the US is still unable to sustain what used to be just average rates of growth," said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
Britain's FTSE 100 ended Friday 1.41 percent lower at to 6,254 while Germany's DAX dropped 2 percent to 7,658. France's CAC 40 index lost 1.7 percent to 3,663.
The jobs data sent Wall Street lower, with the Dow shedding 0.75 percent to 14,497 and the broader SP 500 down by 0.9 percent to 1,546.
Earlier, the attention in markets had been on Japan, where the Nikkei surged for a second straight day after the central bank's new governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, unveiled plans to pump huge amounts of money into the financial system to spur price rises, spending and borrowing in an economy that has stagnated for years.
The central bank said it wanted to double the money supply and achieve a 2 percent inflation target within about two years. Kuroda described the scale of monetary stimulus as "large beyond reason," but said the inflation target would remain out of reach if the central bank stuck to incremental steps.
"The size of monetary easing announced yesterday far exceeded expectations," said analysts at DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore in a commentary.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo closed 1.6 percent higher at 12,833.64, its highest finish since Sept. 1, 2008. Earlier in the day it surged more than 3 percent, breaking the 13,000 level.
Stock markets in Asia outside of Japan sagged, however.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled 2.7 percent to 21,726.90. Analysts said the fall reflected some nervousness about a recent outbreak of deadly bird flu in China. Six people have died and authorities have ordered the slaughter of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected. The news hurt tourism and travel-related shares. Hong Kong-listed Air China plunged 9.8 percent and China Southern Airlines sank 8.5 percent.
South Korea's Kospi dropped 1.6 percent to 1,927.23, dragged down by political jitters over the latest tensions with Pyongyang. Australia's SP/ASX 200 lost 0.5 percent to 4,891.40 as investors took profits after recent rallies
In Japan, the monetary easing measures pushed the yen sharply lower. On Friday, the dollar was up to 97.09 yen from 96.13 yen late Thursday.
Mark Williams, chief Asia economist at Capital Economics, said that the Bank of Japan's credibility rests on the success of the new direction the bank is taking.
"Markets are giving it the benefit of the doubt for now. But if the broad monetary aggregates and inflation don't show signs of a shift, the new-found trust in the capacities of the BoJ will rapidly fade," Williams said in a written commentary.
Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 67 cents to $92.59 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.19 on Thursday.
The euro rose against the dollar, to $1.3017 from $1.2939 late Thursday in New York.
AP Business Writer Pamela Sampson contributed from Bangkok
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The 2021 census should not be scrapped, as alternative methods for collecting information about the country's population would not provide a proper replacement, MPs have said.
The Government has indicated that the 2011 census could have been the last, ending the system of data collection carried out every 10 years since 1801 with only one interruption due to the Second World War in 1941.
The cross-party Public Administration Select Committee acknowledged that the census needed to change but "much more work needs to be done" before it can be retired.
If the 2021 census goes ahead in England and Wales, the majority of people will be required to fill out a form on the internet instead of the traditional paper survey, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.
In 2011, when the last census took place, 16% of respondents chose to respond online.
The MPs said: "The days of the traditional, paper-based census in Britain and elsewhere are numbered.
"The Government should make better use of its wealth of detailed administrative data which is currently unexploited and which could provide information to improve the nation's knowledge of its population.
"The National Statistician has recently recommended that there should be a traditional census in 2021, albeit conducted primarily online, but that there should be at the same time greater use of administrative data and surveys.
"Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude MP expressed strong doubts about keeping the traditional census, but the Government would be wrong to cancel the 2021 census.
"The alternative options for the collection of population statistics are not sufficiently advanced to provide a proper replacement."
The committee called for the ONS to do more to make the best use of the data which the Government already collects through bodies including the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department of Health.
But following the concerns raised about the care.data NHS records-sharing programme, the MPs said lessons needed to be learned about managing people's information.
"Public concerns about data sharing must be addressed and must not be a barrier to making the most of the information already collected and held by the Government," the report said.
Committee chairman Bernard Jenkin said: "The Government has previously indicated that the ten-yearly census should be axed, but we believe that it is too soon to decide whether or not to scrap the census.
"We think there should still be a census in 2021. The Government should make far greater use of the data it already holds in order to improve population estimates.
"We urge the Government to address public concerns about data sharing and to learn the lessons from the flawed rollout of the 'care.data' programme, so that the best use can be made of the information already collected and held by the Government. The Government's objective of 'better, quicker information, more frequently and cheaper' depends upon it."
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We recognise the value of the census but Francis Maude has long said that it is outdated in its current form and could be more effectively and more cheaply delivered.
"No decisions have been made yet however about its future but we agree with the committee's conclusion that the census needs to change. We will respond in due course to the Public Administration Select Committee's report."


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If you have a group lesson coming up or you are looking for a Halloween game, here is one I posted a few years ago. I'm reposting it today in case you have forgotten about it. A lot of teachers think this game is just for beginners because the game board has only easy note values. But there are 3 sets of cards for this game, and each set gets progressively more difficult. The third set has 16th notes beamed with 8th notes which is in the 4th level books of most modern method books.
Print out just the levels you want to use. The first page has directions to the game, so there is no need to print that page on card stock. This game looks really lovely printed on photo paper, which I buy at Dollar Tree. At 8 pages for $1.00, it is very reasonable and really makes the color pop out. I also laminate the game board. Be sure to print out more than one page of the rhythm cards if you use this with a group.
[Last year I made a companion to this game, but for notes instead of rhythm. Students enjoy it, too, and I also made keyboard cards for beginners to use with it. You can find the note game here.]
Directions to Bats and Cats Rhythm Game
- Print two game boards, one for the student and one for the teacher. If playing with a group, print one game board for each student.
- Print out the bat rhythm cards on cards stock and cut them into squares. If playing with a group, print more cards. Using your printer's settings, print the cards with the rhythms that are appropriate for your student and omit the rhythms the student has not learned.
- Divide the cards equally among the players or use a common stack for the cards, depending on how many cards you use.
- Players take turns drawing a card, counting the rhythm, and placing it over a corresponding rhythm on the game board. If a player draws a card with the corresponding rhythm already covered, place it in a discard pile to be shuffled and used again.
- The game is over when the first player covers all 9 squares.


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Not together, no. But can you imagine?
They were however both at the beach yesterday in Malibu. Spittle and his weird spittle mouth looking like he's posing for the paps and the Filthy Canadian Scab in white, as usual, with the man they're calling her latest – apparently they met at a deluxe trailer park – enjoying Memorial Day Monday.
Scabby is just coming off a trip to Vienna. Those Euros they go crazy for her fake tits. And Spittle, well Spittle just spent some time in India, very low key, said to be visiting his supposed girlfriend Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra. He also hung out with the Slumdog kids – photos here.
I met someone in Cannes who spent a few days with him there. All credit to Spittle, apparently he couldn't be sweeter, was very charitable, and abstained from alcohol always.
Spittle can next be seen in The Ugly Truth, opening July 24th, with the Crown Princess of AssTalk herself Katherine Heigl. The trailer is below. Did Kate Hudson pass on this one? Shocking.
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|Article Index
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Keeping the promise: a forward-looking review to promote an agreed action agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 (A/64/665)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/64/665
The Secretary-General's latest report on progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals has been released.
United Nations Conferences and Observances
(Reference Paper No. 49, February 2010):
English: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/Reference_Paper_No_49.doc.htm
French: http://www.un.org/News/fr-press/docs//2010/Reference_No_49.doc.htm
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Background Note: 31 January 2010
(DPI/1634/Rev.105, February 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
Archive of previous Background Notes: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/archive.htm
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
Archive de Notes d'informations: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/archive.htm
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions - Background Note: 31 January 2010
(DPI/2166/Rev.80, February 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/pdf/ppbmf.pdf
Beijing at 15: UNFPA Partners Charting the Way Forward (UNFPA)
The report analyses the contributions of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through its main partnerships, to achieving the commitments made at Beijing in 1995 and those made at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in the previous year. It highlights the shared agendas in the ICPD Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report has recommendations for development partners to accelerate progress towards meeting the goals of all these conferences, with a focus on gender mainstreaming in all programmes and policies.
Enhancing women's political participation: a policy note for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (UNDP - Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS)
The results of 6 national roundtable discussions organized in 2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine as well as a regional conference in Turkey in December 2008 are reflected in the policy note published by UNDP Office in Bratislava. The document acknowledges that the status of women in the region has improved substantially; however, there is no country in the ECIS region that "has achieved gender balance in high-level decision-making bodies." The policy note provides recommendations on how to increase women's political participation.
Virtual Knowledge Centre to end Violence against Women and Girls
English, French & Spanish: http://www.endvawnow.org/
This is a new platform launched by the United Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Bringing together existing and cumulative experience, know-how and resources from around the world, it aims to support practitioners in effective design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes.
Women's Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business
Launched by the United Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the UN Global Compact (UNGC) this document calls on the business community to implement recruitment and retention practices that advance women's empowerment and urges them to proactively appoint women at the managerial level.
A/HRC/13/20 - Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Raquel Rolnik
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/HRC/13/20
In the annual report, the Special Rapporteur discusses the impact of major international
sports events on the realization of the right to adequate housing, provides an overview of the practices and procedures of the International Olympic Committee and International Association of Football Federations, especially on their bidding and selection process for host cities and countries.
A/HRC/13/26 - Follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights: report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/HRC/13/26
This report is the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, on the activities undertaken in 2009 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to implement its mandate.
Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice (OHCHR)
Published jointly with OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe and UNESCO and designed for primary and secondary schools, teacher training institutions and other learning settings, the new tool, which collects 101 exemplary practices from Central Asia, Europe and North America, is a valuable resource for teachers and education policymakers. It provides resource materials relevant to key elements for successful human rights education, including 1) laws, guidelines and standards; 2) learning environment; 3) teaching and learning tools; 4) professional development for educators, and 5) evaluation.
How to Help: Guide to Humanitarian Giving for the Haiti Earthquake (OCHA)
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So, anyone notice who's on the cover of this month's Maxim magazine?! I'll give you a hint: she's widely regarded as our most favorite lady around JD here, and is our #2 forum "mascot" (for lack of a more appropriate term), second only to the Official JD Llama.MMMmmm... OK, I guess it's not nice to just tease you all with a boring link. Here, have a picture too!
I know I'm going to stop by Wal-Mart the Gas Station on the way home. I was actually thinking of subscribing as this one I usually pick up in the airport...it is a great magazineHumminaHappy Birthday Dale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bra would be nicer if it was green
Can't let this thread die to the depths of page 2 Posh Spice. The Spice Girls are a somewhat guilty pleasure of mine. Now ordinarily, their type of music is not my style, but some of their songs have the habit of getting stuck in your head.
Oh thanks Matt. I'm going to have that bloody tune singing in my head all day now.
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I'm publishing this via e-mail since I forgot my phone (which also
lets me access the 'net from work), so pardon any weirdness that
happens with this post. As you may recall, I'm trying to build up to
avoiding the bus all together except for inclement weather. I've only
had a few full round-trip bike commutes. One in January, One in
February and one yesterday. I didn't get one in March. I rode all
the way in again this morning. A moderate headwind (9-13MPH out of
the Northeast) really put the hurt on me. I'm weak, but trying.
Now, I've got 16 one-way bike-only trips under my belt on top of those
3 full round trips, and I'm (finally!) approaching 1,000 miles for the
year. It's not like I haven't been riding. I just haven't been
riding as much as I wish I were. I'm pretty sure I'll ride all the
way home this evening as well. That would make this my first 2
back-to-back bike-only commutes this year. It's too bad that weather
is looking crappy for the last part of this week. With fenders, I
don't mind wet roads too much, as long as it's not raining too hard at
the times I need to be on the road. Of course, I'm still fighting my
aversion to headwind. I'll get there someday. Hopefully that someday
is soon.
I've got pictures to upload, but those need to wait until tonight.
Also, I can't publish any comments until I get back home. Have a
happy Hump Day, folks!
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EPO - Popcorn (Trance cover of the 1970's song by Hot Butter)
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At this year's ICFF the New York-based contract furniture manufacturer Itoki Design, a subsidiary of Itoki Japan, launched its first collection designed by the US designer and Itoki Design's creative director Jeff Miller.
A good example of the comprehensible design of the collection is the BA table which is made of bent steel with powdercoat finish – the construction is totally transparent. BA saddles up next to either desk or sofa for placing accessories or working with a laptop.
My favourite piece, the RR chair combines a fully upholstered look with surprisingly lightweight construction. It consists of stacking steel frames in powdercoat colors compliment the fabric covers of unique self-cushioning material.
The DC is a simple sofa for lounge area or casual meeting delineated by a steel frame that cradles symmetrical cushions.


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When I started teaching elementary school (as a second career in 1995), I was very surprised to find all the new textbooks now referring to the centigrade scale as the Celsius scale. Of course they are the same thing, but I wondered why the textbooks were now using this term when I had never heard it growing up. Now, I know why.
The short answer is that people continue to call a thing by the same name they, themselves, learned while growing up. Most adults, and just about everyone in academia through the 1980s, grew up hearing "centigrade" and continued to use that term with their own students throughout high school and university.
The new name, "Celsius," disturbed me ever since I began hearing it in the mid-1990s; but now that I know there was an actual reason for the name change, it no longer bothers me. A unit of measurement, called a "grade," was actually in use. Therefore, in 1948, the Conference General de Pois et Measures (in France) decided to change the name of the scale to "Celsius."
A second reason for the change in name was that the Conference General de Pois et Measures decided that "All common temperature scales would have their units named after someone closely associated with them; namely, Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Rankine."
The change in elementary-school textbooks began to take place around 1968, and during the 1970s, as districts began to replace their former textbooks. In the meantime, parents, scientists, and college professors continued to use the name they had grown up with. Only students born in the 1970s and later would have grown up calling the scale "Celsius." (I continue to catch myself saying "centigrade" to my own students.)
In England, the BBC Weather did not begin using the term Celsius until 1985, and the word centigrade continues to to be commonly used in England, according to some sources.
The centigrade scale was known as such from 1743-1954. In 1948, the scale was renamed the Celsius scale, after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-1744) who developed a SIMILAR scale (but not actually the same scale). Interestingly, Celsius' original scale was the reverse of today's scale; "0" indicated the boiling point of water, while "100" indicated the freezing point of water.
The Swedish zoologist and botanist, Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), remembered for giving us the basis of taxonomy (classification of living things into genus and species), reversed Celsius' original scale so that "0" indicated the freezing point of water, while "100" indicated the boiling point. As the older generations retire and pass away, the new name change will become universal. It seems to take about three generations for a name change to really become universally accepted in society.
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Hi Roberto,
I went to Clayton Kershaw's BBQ fundraiser today and am attaching some pictures if you wanted to use them. It was for a good cause, to help build an orphanage in Zambia. Steve Garvey was the MC for the live auction and he did a great job telling jokes. They auctioned off a Matt Kemp bat, helmet and you can meet him in the dugout before a game. Since three people were bidding they awarded it to each of them. There was four tickets in Magic's suite at a Lakers game. I wanted to bid on four tickets to a Dodger game including dinner with Steve Garvey and his wife with a tour of the stadium but it went for almost $2,000 I think. There were a few players including Chad Billingsley.
Hope you are feeling better Roberto!


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|黒丸 Kuromaru
|Volume #16, Naruto Chapter #137
|Naruto Episode #79
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Kuromaru (黒丸, Kuromaru) is a ninken from Konohagakure's Inuzuka clan and Tsume Inuzuka's partner.
Kuromaru is an adult canine with a wolfish appearance. As his name suggests, he has black fur with a white underside. He is missing his left ear, and wears an eyepatch over his right eye. He appears to have grown much larger in Part II than when he was seen in his brief Part I appearance.
As an Inuzuka ninken, Kuromaru uses collaborative attacks alongside his partner Tsume. He is also well versed in the clan's techniques such as the Fang Passing Fang which he used with enough skill to cause extensive damage to the corpse of the first Animal Path during the invasion of Pain.
Out of all the Inuzuka ninken, Kuromaru is the only one that has displayed the ability to talk.[3][4]
Part I
Konoha Crush
Kuromaru and Tsume, along with Hana Inuzuka and the Three Haimaru Brothers, assisted in the village's defence during the Konoha Crush, fending off invading Otogakure and Sunagakure ninja.
Part II
Pain's Assault
During Pain's assault on Konoha, as Pain's Preta Path prepared to dispose of the previous Animal Path, Kuromaru and Tsume Inuzuka found him in one of the morgues. The duo drop a canned flash bomb and attacked it with their Fang Passing Fang technique. The Preta Path however used the corpse of the old Animal Path as a shield and avoided the attack clinging to the roof of the building. As Tsume states that their intel was right on the mark, as this one seemed to dislike physical combat, she and Kuromaru prepares to attack again. Kiba and Akamaru joined them in the battle, and Akamaru marks the Preta Path before escaping through a broken window but Tsume mounts Kuromaru and the two pursue him, but the Preta Path was summoned away before Pain destroyed the village. Kuromaru survived the attack unharmed, and he and his partner were later seen celebrating Naruto's victory over Pain.
- The "Kuro" in Kuromaru's name means the colour "black", and "maru" meaning "perfection" or "full circle" is a common suffix for Japanese male names.


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The Central Connecticut men's soccer team claimed the 2013 Northeast Conference Regular Season Title with a 1-0 shutout victory at home over Saint Francis University on Friday night. The win pushes the Blue Devils to 5-0 in NEC play, and the 15 points give the Blue Devils the regular season title for the second time in two seasons.
The shutout is the third straight in NEC action for the Blue Devils and the fourth overall in league play. Central has not allowed a goal against a league opponent in 317:04, datign back to a 4-3 overtime win at Sacred Heart on October 13.
The win gives Central an 8-7-1 overall record. They are 5-0 in the NEC. Saint Francis U is now 10-4-3 overall and 3-2-1 in league play.
The teams played a scoreless first half and the Blue Devils held a slight 6-5 advantage in shots. Junior goalkeeper Josef Abele made a pair of point blank saves to keep the Red Flash off the board.
Central had a pair of chances in the half but St. Francis U keeper Daniel Valcicak stopped the lone shot on goal by the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils scored the only goal of the game on a penalty kick from senior Manny Nobre with 34:31 to play in the second half. Sophomore Zack Zurita was taken down in the box and the Blue Devils were awarded the kick. Nobre beat Valcicak to the lower left corner for his second goal of the season.
Abele, who now has seven shutouts on the year, made four saves in goal in the win. Perhaps his biggest came with under a minute to play as a he stopped another point blank attempt by the Red Flash that would have tied the game.
The Blue Devils will complete their home regular season schedule on Sunday, hosting Robert Morris beginning at 3 p.m. on the CCSU Soccer Field. Prior to the game Central will honor its three seniors who will be playing their final regular season home game at CCSU.
Fans can watch the game live by logging onto www.NECFrontRow.com.


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emotional way. If you haven't seen any of these, please vote for the one you would most likely watch.
Which of these real life sport stories below is your favorite?
List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls024688536/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/iowmiJxbz8M/
(This is not a part of the intense movie scenes poll row)
My vote: Miracle (2004)
I was attending the University of Minnesota when Herb Brooks led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory. Herb Brooks was the coach of the University of Minnesota hockey team at the time.
Hockey is the favorite sport in Minnesota. Many young people play hockey year round. Herb Brooks was a Minnesota hero when the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team won the gold metal.
For your consideration:
Brian's Song (1971 TV Movie)
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
I'll consider your suggestions.
It's tough to choose but I will go with Rush follow by Cinderella Man.
The rivalry between Niki and James trespassing to the movie was simply exciting. The movie is just great.
Cinderella Man for me, shows the determination and and passion of a boxer who has managed to turn around his life but without never lose his humility. When I watch this movie always gives me chills, truly inspiring.
One question, The Warrior is based on a true life story?
The Trivia of 'Warrior' on IMDb says, it is ... slightly. ;) Quote from Trivia:
"Brendan Conlon may be loosely based on the life of real-life UFC fighter Rich "Ace" Franklin. Like the character, Franklin was also a high school teacher who took part in cage-fights to make extra money."
Sounds a little like a part of the story of 'Warrior'.
Hollywood did as they always do - they created a story around an astounding fact to make it more interesting. What do you think about? Is it too lose?
We had named the problem right in our discussion. So people from outside can decide themself to join the discussion and read the truth about Dan Devine.
The Blind Side
Moneyball (2011)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Released just 17 months after Lou Gehrig's death.
Lou Gehrig's famous retirement quote,
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
was originally spoken on Tuesday, July 4th, 1939.
And it was voted as the #38 movie quote by the American Film Institute
Gary Cooper ... Lou Gehrig
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Lou Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941)
was an American baseball first baseman
who played his entire professional career (17 seasons)
in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 until 1939
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
also known as motor neurone disease (MND),
or Lou Gehrig's disease,
is a specific disease which causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles
real life ? a visit by ghosts of the past ...
Field of Dreams (1989)
The Voice: If you build it, he will come.
An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices,
interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields;
he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come
Kevin Costner ... Ray Kinsella
Ray Liotta ... Shoeless Joe Jackson
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The 1919 Chicago White Sox season was their 19th season in the American League.
They won 88 games to advance to the World Series but lost to the Cincinnati Reds.
More significantly, some of the players were found to have taken money from gamblers
in return for throwing the series.
The "Black Sox Scandal" had permanent ramifications for baseball,
including the establishment of the office of Commissioner of Baseball
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Eight Men Out (1988)
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal
when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes
to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series
Charlie Sheen ... Oscar 'Hap' Felsch
D.B. Sweeney ... Joseph 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson
= = =
Not real ...
Major League (1989)
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians
puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team.
Charlie Sheen ... Ricky Vaughn
Tom Berenger ... Jake Taylor
That's not real life enough for me.
I want the sportsman to be real life, not the farmer.
But you had some pretty good suggestions I will put on the list.
Thank you, ACT_1
If there were other real-life based sport movies with high excitement,
I would like to add some more without baseball or football.
Give other sports a chance, too, please. :D
But anyway thank you. You all were good help.
I loved that film so much that I watched it 4 times In theaters and I enjoyed all of them so much.
I just saw "Rush" 1 time in cinema. Then there were many other movies I got to see with my guys. But I always had a craving feeling about that movie, just wanted to see it again. It has so many true and touchy 80's moments I remembered and thinked of that time when I was a kid and followed the news about it. The spirit of the 80's lays on that movie. The atmosphere, that I as a kid theretimes didn't felt exact so, but it was good transported. The Atmosphere in the 80's at Germany were nearly as plain as shown in the movie.
Later on Bluray I watched it exactly 1 time, because of other movies I was curious about. But in my deeper mind, I always want to see that movie again. It's great. I guess I know why you love this movie. For me, it feels authentic. I lived at this time while young, watching that from media. Now I seriously want to watch that again. :D
(This is not a part of the most intense movie scenes poll row)I don't think this line is necessary.
I was not sure, if all users will get it, that it's different from the named poll-row.
So ok, I will delete this line. Thank you for helping me to become more skillful. ;)
(I searched the trivia, but didn't find anything. On the main page on IMDb where the main genres are showed,There is no tag like 'Biography' or 'True story' or 'based on true events' or something like that in the genres of this movie.)
Well, there are different sources on that you can take the informations. I try to take the best ones and consider IMDb according to movie and tv business as a very serious source of information. If the information you seek isn't there, may be there are other serious sources. (Studios, Artists, etc.) When you know one, please give me some infos. I will consider then if I take it on the list. If I feel unsure, I won't.
Forget the movie Le Mans (1971) It is not based on a true story.
Go for this instead. Far more interesting as it is about his one trip to the race and actually racing on the course. This has more drama and interestingly enough has the same 6.8 rating! And it is a documentary. If you don't use it, watch it if you are a McQueen fan. Also see my Invictus suggestion below. Thanks Cheers
I did not see this movie. Could you please tell me about the most intense scene in this movie? Maybe you have a link to this scene or close to it?
I do not believe that Warrior (2011) meets the criteria for your poll. According to this news article:
'Banshee' Co-Creator Jonathan Tropper Inks With CAA
Warrior is a period crime drama inspired by the writings and work of martial arts icon Bruce Lee that is set during the brutal Tong Wars in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1800s.
I read this little qoute before I decided to put 'Warrior' to the list. It's in the trivia of 'Warrior' on IMDb:
"Brendan Conlon may be loosely based on the life of real-life UFC fighter Rich "Ace" Franklin. Like the character, Franklin was also a high school teacher who took part in cage-fights to make extra money."
First I thought that it might be a little far from criteria, but then I put it to the list because of givin' it a chance to stay on the list while being debateable. When you read the lines of the trivia, what do you think of it? Should it stay or should I still put it off? Please tell me, be free in your choice. If you say no, I'll put it off the list. :)
... ups, that's my 1000th post! :D Yay!
May I suggest just two edits? (They're in bold below. I took the question out of bold only to avoid confusion. I like the question being bolded and I do the same thing.)
Some sport movies have special moments that move many people in an emotional way. If you haven't seen any of these, please vote for the one you would most likely watch. Which of these real life sport stories below is your favorite?
I changed it. :D
Why not watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVMlHfloHA
Sports movies aren't my favourite,but I could go with Rush, fighter or the blind side. :D
The Most Exciting Real Life Sport Stories
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Finally this topic is firmly in the area of mainstream news — so let's all stop with the accusations of it being a conspiracy theory. Hopefully it's not too late to stop it. Global government is (and has been for a long time) incrementally on its way:
UK's Brown: Now is the time to build global society
LONDON (Reuters) – The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday.
In his annual speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Brown — who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial institutions — will say Britain, the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order.
"The alliance between Britain and the U.S. — and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. — can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order," an excerpt from the speech says…
"My message is that we must be: internationalist not protectionist; interventionist not neutral; progressive not reactive; and forward looking not frozen by events. We can seize the moment and in doing so build a truly global society."
Read the full story here.
See Also:
The Basic Agenda of the Global Elite
Glenn Beck "Endgame of the New World Order"
Filed under: National Sovereignty | Tagged: bailout, banks, currency, economy, foreign policy, global government, globalism, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, New World Order, politics |


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NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- A lawyer for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani appealed his client's conviction for two U.S. embassy bombings because he said he was denied a speedy trial.
Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee tried in a U.S. civilian court, was convicted by a federal jury in November 2010 on a single conspiracy count to destroy buildings and property in the 1998 bombings of the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He was acquitted on 284 other counts.
In January, Ghailani was sentenced to life in prison without chance for parole.
A total of 224 people, including a dozen Americans, died and thousands were hurt in the attacks.
Defense attorney Peter E. Quijano Wednesday said his client's conviction should be overturned because the man's two-year detention in a secret overseas jail run by the CIA denied him his right to a speedy trial, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
While being detained by the CIA, Ghailani was subjected to so-called enhanced interrogation techniques to gain information about terrorist plots, the Times said.
"We have never disputed the right of the executive or the government to question someone under those circumstances in the name of national security," Quijano said, but two years in CIA custody was excessive.
Prosecutor Michael Farbarz argued against the appeal Wednesday, saying interrogators obtained productive information from Ghailani while he was in custody.


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Feast of the Sto. Nino
Mk: 10:13-16
Today is the Feast of the Holy Infant Jesus popularly known in the Philippines as the Feast of Sto. Nino. As we celebrate this Feast we commemorate the mystery of the Incarnation when God humbled Himself, stripped Himself of divine glory and splendor, and became human being in all things except sin. Like any other human being he was conceived and born of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As a human child who was under the guidance, protection and care of Joseph and Mary he "grew in body, age, wisdom, grace and holiness before the eyes of God and man" (Lk 2:52).
As we celebrate the Feast of the Sto. Nino we are called and challenged:
- To be humble like a little child. As Jesus warns: "Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled and he who humbles himself shall be exalted" (Lk 14:11). "Verily I say unto you, except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 18:3). The greater you are, the more humble you should behave, then you will find favor with the Lord" (Sir 3:18). "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (James 4:6; Proverbs 3:34).
- To recognize, respect and protect the dignity and human rights inherent in every child, children and youth of today especially those who are threatened or victimized by hunger and malnutrition, sexual abuse, war, domestic violence, forced labor and various forms of manipulations and exploitations. Jesus, fearing that everybody will abuse them because "the basest men delight to trample upon the humble" (Mt 18:6), warns: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of God" (Mt 10:10-11). "Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name receives me, and whosoever receives me, receives not me, but him that sent me" (Mk 26-37; Mt 18:5).
- To progress in wisdom and to grow daily in our faith and works of love. Every disciple is called to moral and spiritual maturity and perfection. Every follower is called to the fullness of Christian life and perfection of charity. Like Jesus may we advance not only in body and age but most importantly, in wisdom, grace and holiness.
To make our celebration more meaningful and fruitful, let us strive to be humble; cleanse ourselves of pride, arrogance and vanity; welcome, love and serve Jesus in the least, last and lowest in our society; and, lastly, imitate the children in their nothingness, lowliness and dependence before God.
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Peter Egan guests as Blendover returns after a short break – and we come with big announcements! During the show, we return to Executive Order 12333 as a new NSA leaker points to it as a big problem, just as we had previously on Blendover. Later we look into the mysterious big cats lurking around places in the USA. We also look the latest Star Wars news, and then there's that Meat Baby thing.
Topics Discussed:
- Shout-Outs and Other Remarks
- Executive Order 12333
- Large Cats Spotted in USA
- Kill Devil Hill
- Chargeback Fraud
- Star Wars
- WTF: Meat Baby
- WTF: India's Toilet Race
BlendoveR is the "trendover" podcast, bringing you the news that the news isn't covering. Presented by Greg Davies, we focus on topics that are not trending across the web and in the mainstream media, and have a knack accurate predictions of coming events, trends, and media coverage.
Shout-Outs and Other Remarks
August 4, 1914: Germany Invades Belgium
August 5, 1914: First shots of WWI fired – in Australia???
Executive Order 12333
Executive Order 12333: Section 2.3
Latest Surveillance Whistleblower Unconcerned About Retaliation
New Surveillance Whistleblower: The NSA Violates the Constitution
NSA reformers dismayed after privacy board vindicates surveillance dragnet
State Department Section Chief Becomes NSA Whistleblower. 'Democracy Threatening'
Wikipedia: Executive Order 12333
Large Cats Spotted in USA
California community stumped by mystery animal caught on videotape
This was caught on a camera trap in Bush, Louisiana
Kill Devil Hill
Kill Devil Hill – Official Site
Chargeback Fraud
Star Wars
Could Zack Snyder Be Directing Star Wars IX?
Star Wars Episode VII: Mark Hamill on Fantastic New Cast and Harrison Ford's Injury
Star Wars Episode VIII director Rian Johnson on preparing for the sequel
Star Wars Rebels: Extended Trailer (Official)
What's Up With Zack Snyder And Star Wars?
WTF: Meat Baby
Confused looking old lady was stopped by police while carrying this meat baby…
WTF: India's Toilet Race
India's Toilet Race Failing as Villages Don't Use Them
Music Featured:
- "War Machine" by Kill Devil Hill – from the album Kill Devil Hill