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President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have just made their biggest mistake.
The American president received Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House last week. At a press conference, he clearly made the German chancellor uncomfortable when he publicly called for Germany to bring its military budget up to the full 2% of GNP agreed on by NATO. This would raise military spending from 37 billion euros a year to 60 billion. It would also restore German military might.
Across the ocean, Mrs. May is seeking closer military ties to Germany at the same time as pursuing Brexit. The idea is to keep Germany close. It would also contribute to restoring German military might.
British war time leader Sir Winston Churchill promised at the end of World War II that Germany would never rise again; 45 years later British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opposed German reunification following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Attitudes change. It's now over seventy years since the fall of the Third Reich. Today's leaders see Germany as a model democracy and think it will always be that way.
Mrs. May has other things on her mind right now. A terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday afternoon left 5 dead, including the terrorist and an unarmed policeman; also 29 hospitalised, seven of them critically. The terrorist was known to the police as a "radical Islamist." No surprise, there.
As the terrorist was "British born," the implication is that somehow it's Britain's fault and that more can be done (costing more, of course) to avoid such incidents in the future.
What will not be considered is this – Islam means "submit;" it's the exact opposite of "freedom" which is what Britain is all about. Muslim children raised in Britain will inevitably struggle with internal conflict, unable to reconcile the two opposing ideals.
A few weeks ago the BBC interviewed Somalis on the streets of Minneapolis, asking them how they felt about life in America and related issues. Clearly better off than they were in Somalia, nevertheless every single one of them said they would rather live in a Muslim country and that America would be a better country if it embraced sharia law!
I first heard the news of the terror attack when I was having lunch with a friend. A man sitting alone at the next table was checking his mail on his phone and suddenly exclaimed "there's been a terrorist attack in London." He had no idea I was from the UK. When I told him, his first question was "why don't they arm the police? How can a policeman defend himself when attacked like this?"
I explained that one third of all the police are now armed and you see a lot of them in London, protecting the main tourist sights. But Wednesday's murder shows that every policeman needs to be able to defend himself, even if it's only with a stun gun.
Mrs. May has also announced that she will invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Rome on March 29th. This will formally begin Britain's exit from the European Union. Failure to reach agreement on terms within a two-year period will automatically mean a "hard Brexit," with Britain simply leaving the EU and signing trade deals around the world with other countries. There would be no trade deal with the 27 remaining EU countries.
Such a failure would likely impact any military agreement between Germany and the UK. It would be hard for the two countries to maintain a good friendship when they cannot even reach an agreement on future trade.
The formal triggering of Article 50 will put a dampener on celebrations in Rome, for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. All 27 leaders of the EU will be there – Mrs. May will not be attending. Interestingly, all 27 leaders will also be meeting with the pope.
The Scottish leader, Nicola Sturgeon, continues to mimic a "Rottweiler." With her teeth firmly latched onto Mrs. May's pants, she will not let go of her demand for a second referendum on Scotland's independence. (If the vote goes against her, she will ask for a third and a fourth, until she gets what she wants!)
Scotland depends heavily on subsidies from England. Ms. Sturgeon should concentrate first on improving the nation's finances, showing that Scotland can go it alone. Then she could go back to the Scottish electorate and claim an independent Scotland would do better on its own.
But that's not what's happening. Rather, Scotland is hoping Germany will come to its rescue. Edinburgh has even opened a trade mission in Berlin (whisky for cars?).
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to make light of a serious situation. The United Kingdom is better with Scotland. It would be a real shame if England's northern neighbor pulled out after more than 300 years of unity within one nation.
It would also present a potentially serous security issue if Germany replaced England as Scotland's benefactor. Scotland's independence would be compromised — the Irish parliament already finds it cannot agree on a budget without Berlin's agreement.
There's a big battle going on in Mosul between ISIS and government forces. Optimism has been expressed on the imminent defeat of the terror organization.
Overlooked is the fact that Shia militias are operating in Iraq, without restraint. The government is majority Shia. Many Sunnis identify with ISIS. If the terrorists are defeated, another organization (perhaps worse than ISIS) will arise to protect the Sunnis from the Shia.
Western countries, led by the US, have been sucked into the ancient Sunni-Shia conflict in the Middle East. Whereas the West sees things ideologically, Middle Easterners see the situation from a sectarian viewpoint. To us, ISIS is bad because it's a violent terrorist organization; to Sunni Muslims living in a majority Shia country, ISIS is their protector. To the Sunnis, this is also America's fault – until the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the country was dominated by Sunnis. They lost out when America came in!
There's two lessons here for the West – 1) Get out of the Middle East and stay out! 2) Stop importing the region's sectarian conflicts through immigration policies that do not take into account national security.
In other words, let's get back to the pre-1914 Middle East, before the war that brought down the Ottoman Empire and led to the fragmentation we now see in the region. The war led to increased British dominance of the region, and now American domination. It's a mess. It's time to get out.
On another note – why is the US getting involved in Yemen, another territory witnessing increased fighting between Sunni and Shia? A US Navy Seal was killed there last month in a raid by American forces.
The Sunni-Shia conflict has gone on since the 7th century, almost seven times as long as the United States has existed as a nation. Do we really think that our involvement is going to end the conflict between the two major branches of Islam? Do we really think that moving Shia and Sunni from the Middle East to the US (and Europe) will suddenly make them love each other? After the London attack on Wednesday, one security expert interviewed mentioned that the UK knows of 850 British passport holders, fighting with ISIS in Iraq and Syria. If they are British raised, why are they still identifying with Sunni Islam and anxious to fight Shia Muslims? It's a question that needs to be addressed.
It's just been announced that the perpetrator of the London attack was Kent-born and raised Khalid Masood, aged 52. He was the son of immigrants and a convert to Islam.
It should also be noted that the perpetrator was unusually old for a terrorist.
If you can find it on pbs.org, this week's Frontline examined the rise of the Shia militias in Iraq and the (Shia) government's failure to address the problem.
"Among some contemporary Israelis the British Mandate has come to be viewed nostalgically. Although Palestine did not have the elephants, maharajahs and tigers of the Indian Raj, the same culture of Highland reels, polo and pink gins in the King David Hotel flourished. So did an incorruptible civil service, possibly a novelty in the region." ('Blood and Rage", by Michael Burleigh, 2009, page 89)
A few days ago a friend gave me a copy of the Seventh Day Adventist magazine, "Amazing Facts." The cover story was titled: "The Power of Forgiveness." Forgiveness is sadly lacking, even amongst Christians. Church organizations often find it hard to forgive, so how can they teach their members to forgive others?
Yet our eternal life depends on it.
When the Apostle Peter asked Jesus Christ how often should he forgive his brother, Peter suggested that seven times would be enough; the Messiah's response was "seventy times seven", meaning an unlimited number of times (Matthew 18:21-22).
Jesus expounded on one of the points in His model prayer, adding:
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)
If Christians always practiced forgiveness, we would no doubt have more Christians.
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Rome, Italy, Oct 22, 2012 / 01:17 pm MT ().- An American priest and scholar who was awarded the annual Ratzinger Prize for Theology by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 20 was both thrilled and surprised to receive the honor.
"It was a total surprise for me, but I'm really touched that they would think of me for this and that it would bear the name of our present Holy Father, whom I have always admired a lot," said Father Brian Daley, a Jesuit professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
The 72-year-old shared the honor with French Catholic lay philosopher, Remi Brague.
"Fr. Daley and Professor Brague are exemplary for the transmission of knowledge that unites science and wisdom, scientific rigor and passion for man, so that man might discover the true 'art of living,'" the Pope said at the Vatican ceremony.
Established in 2010 by the Joseph Ratzinger Vatican foundation, the award is described as an effort to "promote the publication, distribution, and study of the writings" of the former university professor, known today as Pope Benedict XVI.
In an interview with CNA after Saturday's event, Fr. Daley reflected that the winners of the prestigious award tend to be those "who do the kind of theology and philosophy that the Holy Father himself is interested in."
Pope Benedict, he noted, has "worked for so many years on the Church fathers and medieval theology – he has a wonderful book on Augustine, he has one on St. Bonaventure – and then also on the interface between faith and philosophy, faith and reason."
"I studied the early Church," he added, and co-recipient Remi Brague "works on the relationship of religion and faith within a democracy and modern culture, with both Islam and Christianity."
"So, I think these are both things that the person of the Holy Father is very interested in."
Fr. Daley, a scholar specializing in the early Church fathers, said these formative theologians and pastors should serve to inspire Christians of every age and advance the work of the New Evangelization, the topic being addressed at the bishops' synod currently underway in Rome and ending Oct. 28.
"I think there is that liberating effect" in reading about the early Church, he said.
"Many of the people we read, as Church fathers, are really good theologians – highly sophisticated people of many different skills and outlooks. They were not uniform. But they presented different approaches to making sense of the Christian faith in their own time."
Touching on the role theology plays in the modern world, Fr. Daley said "we're always thinking about how we can make sense, how we can give account for the faith that we share."
"Theology does that. What I do is one part of doing that. Seeing theology as something alive, that draws on its past but is constantly thinking about itself, enables us to continue that process with more freedom."?
The award ceremony was not the first time Fr. Daley has met the Pope – the two became acquainted when he was studying theology in Germany and met the future pontiff at a seminar in 1970.
"He spoke on the subject of Christology; who is Christ for us?" Fr. Daley recalled. "It was a little group, maybe 20 people in all. And we all had dinner together and Cardinal Ratzinger celebrated Mass for us every day."
"It was a very intimate gathering. I don't know if he remembers my presence there, but I definitely remember his. I never dreamed he'd be Pope."
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With major risks surrounding each bid, the three cities vying for the 2020 Olympics are making their final pitches in a tight race that could be decided by just a few votes.
Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo were each given 45-minute slots to make their final presentations Saturday morning ahead of the vote later in the day by the International Olympic Committee.
Istanbul, making its fifth overall bid, was up first. The Turkish delegation pressed its case to take the Olympics for the first time to a predominantly Muslim country, to a city linking the two continents of Europe and Asia.
With the civil war in neighboring Syria posing a major issue for the Istanbul bid, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said taking the games to Turkey "will send a very meaningful and strong message, not only to the world, but to our broader region."
"At this critical moment, we would like to send a strong message of peace to the whole world from Istanbul," Erdogan said.
After the formal presentation, IOC member Prince Albert of Monaco asked what hosting the games in Turkey would mean to the wider region.
"We believe that hosting the Olympics in Istanbul will give this signal, this spirit of friendship and sharing and peace," Erdogan said. " And our country is a place where there is a lot of unity and diversity and that is the idea that we can share on a broader scale with the Olympics Games being host in Turkey."
Istanbul's bid has also been hit hard by the anti-government protests in June and a slew of doping scandals among Turkish athletes.
Turkish IOC member Ugur Erdener promised that Turkey "will continue to enforce our zero-tolerance policy on doping." Sports Minister Suat Kilic said Turkey would use criminal laws to prosecute anyone involved in promoting the use of banned substances.
"We understand that there is no gain without pain," Erdener said in response to a question. " Now we have a very organized anti-doping organization."
Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan talked up Turkey's growing economy and insisted that Istanbul's high construction budget was "financially responsible" and the money already being invested.
Erdogan and Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe of Japan and Mariano Rajoy of Spain all flew to Buenos Aires straight from the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Picking the city with the least risks shapes up as the challenge for the IOC.
Tokyo has been seen as a slight favorite, but its status has been put into question by concerns over the leak of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant.
Madrid, once counted out because of Spain's financial troubles, has generated the most recent buzz and momentum and could be poised for an upset win.
Istanbul looks like the outsider.
London bookmakers have been taking a rush of bets on Madrid, whose odds have been slashed from 4-1 a week ago to 5-4. Tokyo remains the betting favorite, though its odds have shortened to 5-6. Istanbul is listed at 6-1.
IOC elections are extremely unpredictable as members vote by secret ballot and take different personal reasons into account. Some members are still undecided and will be waiting for the final presentations before making up their mind.
With two IOC members absent, 95 will be eligible to vote in the first round. With a majority required for victory, the process is likely to go two rounds. The city with the fewest votes is eliminated after the first round, setting up a final head-to-head ballot. Outgoing IOC President Jacques Rogge will open a sealed envelope to announce the winner.
All three are repeat bidders: Istanbul for a fifth time overall, Madrid for a third straight and Tokyo a second in a row.
Previous bid campaigns have been marked by overriding geographic or emotional factors. In 2009, the IOC awarded the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro because of the Brazilian city's push to take the games to South America for the first time.
There has been no feel-good theme this time as the campaign has been dominated by the negatives surrounding each bid: Syria, doping scandals and anti-government protests in Turkey; severe recession and 27 percent unemployment in Spain; and, most recently, the Fukushima leak in Japan.
Many members will also be voting with Rio in mind. The Brazilian city has been plagued by construction delays and other issues in its preparations for 2016, leaving members in search of a safe, reliable host for 2020.
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Tokyo has championed itself as the "safe pair of hands" but has been on the defensive this week because of Fukushima. Some IOC members are looking for Abe to deal with the issue directly in Saturday's presentation.
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Her bucket list included just one item.
Kay Kellogg didn't want to climb the Eiffel Tower. Or run a marathon. Or jump out of an airplane. She just wanted to have a nice conversation with her hero.
" Dwight Howard is just such a precious, wonderful kid," she says. "Whenever I watch him play, he just makes me feel good inside."
And for a woman who feels so bad inside most of the time, this is quite an accomplishment for Dwight.
You think leading the league in rebounding and blocked shots is difficult? Try leading the cancer ward in smiles elicited and hearts warmed.
Kay, 62, is sitting at her apartment Tuesday telling her story.
She's just finished yet another round of chemo. In her younger days, she was a ballet dancer, gracefully spinning and twirling as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Now, she slowly gets around with a walker.
She has Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma, an aggressive cancer that searches out and destroys the blood plasma in the bone marrow. Her disease is inoperable and incurable, but her demeanor is inspiriting and uplifting.
She lives on a fixed income, but two seasons ago she decided to treat herself to Magic season tickets in the upper level. Watching Dwight play is one of the joys of her life. She showed up at nearly every game that season wearing her blue No. 12 Dwight jersey.
"I was sitting way up in the cheap seats," she says, "but I felt like I was in heaven."
A few weeks ago, her daughter, Arian Clute, had an idea. She contacted the Magic and told them that her mother had but one wish before she died: She wanted to meet Dwight.
And, so, a few days ago, Dwight showed up at her door step. He was supposed to spend 30 minutes and ended up staying nearly two hours.
"He has become my 7- foot-tall bottle of medicine," Kay says
They laughed and talked and talked and laughed.
They talked about love and life — and death and divinity. She told him how she was in show business her whole life and loves basketball. He told her how he's been in basketball his whole life and loves show business.
They compared the sizes of their hands and then Dwight gently grabbed her bare foot from the end of a recliner like Prince Charming grabbing Cinderella's. He looked down and said sweetly, "How can this little foot hold up anyone?"
They busted out laughing.
And then he asked her why — why is he the only one on her bucket list?
She looked at him and said, "Because some people get a choir that sings them into heaven and some people get a chariot that rolls them into heaven. Not me. I want to be slam-dunked smack, dab into the middle of heaven by Dwight Howard."
They busted out laughing again.
By the time the visit was over, Dwight was affectionately calling her "Mama Kay" and she was lovingly calling him "My Dwight."
It was the strangest thing, according to those who were there. Dwight was supposed to inspire her, but she ended up inspiring him, too. Her bucket list turned into the most meaningful bucket he's ever recorded.
When she gingerly stood up to say goodbye, he bent way, way down, hugged her hard and told her something startling. He told this 4-foot-11 woman who is dying of cancer, "You are taller than me."
"That's the silliest thing I've ever heard," she said.
"No," Dwight insisted, "you are taller than me because your spirit lifts you up."
Kay Kellogg was once a dancer and singer who entertained people worldwide. She once danced at Radio City Music Hall and performed with Bing Crosby, who once sang "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas."
Kay got something better last week. She got a Dwight Christmas — four months early.
"I'm not afraid to die," she says. "I've had a great life with great friends, a great job and I raised two great daughters. And now that I've met my Dwight, what more is there?"
Well, there is one thing.
She smiles.
"I told Dwight to say a prayer so that I'm around long enough to see him play on opening night."
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If we build it, rain will come -- right?
In the midst of the drought, here in Arizona, the rah-rah development conferences go on, with smooth-talking hucksters claiming that we need to prepare for millions more people who will be moving here ("Dry new world," HCN, 5/13/13). I'm not sure what will start the inevitable exodus from the Phoenix metro, but the combination of 30 or more days over 115 degrees and the Central Arizona Project canal going dry won't help the real estate market very much.
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Nice work guys sounds awesome. I've been to Ashland the last 2 years and, while it's fun, it's an XC racer pedalfest. This sounds like a great time!
VP COMPONENTS: Dirt Club Enduro [June 23/24 2012] 2
The VP Components Dirt Club Enduro will be an awesome and exciting test of speed, skill and endurance for mountain bike enthusiasts of all levels. This two day event promises to be an exhilarating and rewarding adventure for all.
The VP Components Dirt Club Enduro format will be based loosely on WRC Auto Rally and European MTB Enduros. Our event will feature predominantly downhill timed special stages linked together by non-timed liaison stages. Each rider will complete the courses on the same bike without shuttles or lifts, riding along through check-points to the start of each timed special stage.
This is an event that is all about having fun and riding your bike fast. The top athlete in each category will be the fastest and most skillful bike handler for sure. There will be a mix of pure Downhill type tracks, Super D tracks, and XC descents. And because the riders will have to ride the liaison to the start of each timed stage, there will also be a strong fitness element to this race. There will be cash payout in the Open/Expert Men and Women categories and high value prizes at least 10 deep in every category.
The DIRT CLUB near Los Olivos, CA is a private location for mountain biking enthusiasts to enjoy their sport in a safe location completely removed from other trail users, this is a 100% conflict free riding area. With downhill trails, super d trails, a dual slalom course, a 12 mile cross country course, an ever expanding pump track, a new DJ line, and miles of dirt double track ranching roads, countless opportunities are provided for riders of all abilities to explore and have fun. This venue has hosted various MTB races the past 12 years, including the Santa Ynez Valley Classic leg of the US TRIPLE CROWN SERIES.
The Stages:
SESSION 1 features two laps of a 10 mile loop with 4 special stages per lap for a total of 20 miles and 8 timed special stages. The special stages will all be short in duration, ranging from high-speed less technical trails, to short downhill and super d tracks with berms, jumps, and drops. We expect this to be a 2-2.5 hour day.
SESSION 2 (Night racing) will require each competitor to have a light and will cover a 6 mile loop with 2 timed special stages. The special stages will be held on tight and fast descending cross-country single track that we expect to run around 3 minutes in duration each.
SESSION 3 will be the big day that likely decides the winners over a 10 mile course with two timed special stages. This will be essentially a two run Super D on the Dirt Club's new Super D Flow Trail. The Super D Flow Trail features two short climbs, berms, pump features, jumps, drops, and even a big sender for 15-20 minutes per run.
*All courses can be ridden by riders of all ability levels and there are slower beginner options for challenging features.
For additional information on the event, see the event website; vp-usa.com/enduro
The VP Components DIRT CLUB Enduro is supported by:
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Looks like an awesome event, same date as Ashland tho.


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U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Michael L. Floyd graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Floyd completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
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Do you have a lucky number? If you are a perfectly rational person, yet you continue to buck statistics and gravitate toward certain digits, you aren't alone.
"People have been doing this for centuries," said B. Sidney Smith, a mathematician and founder of the website PlatonicRealms.com. "Numbers underlying reality is an ancient tradition that pops up in all civilizations historically." He cited Pythagoras, the Greek philospher and mathematician whose theories are still used today.
"Once Western civilization became a faith-based society, numbers had this mystical tinge and it became a dangerous thing, like it was secret and naughty," he said. "My degree is in mathematical logic, so I'm a doctor of rationality. (Believing in lucky numbers) has nothing to do with mathematics, which is all logic and reasoning — but that doesn't make it any less beautiful or interesting."
Smith thinks it's simply another way to find meaning through life's many uncertainties.
We asked our readers if they believe in lucky numbers — here were some of their responses
"The number that follows me is 11," wrote Adam."During a critical juncture in my life I looked at a bank clock and it was 11:11 and 11 seconds. It was a moment of epiphany for me. Now I always look at the clock at 11:11, see 1111 on license plates, addresses, dates. … For me it represents change, growth, and a reminder of where I have come from."
Kim also feels 11 is her lucky number. "What could be better than two ones and better than a 10?" she wrote. "It was my jersey number for soccer too."
"I had a party on 11/11/11 and I took my college loan out on 8/8/88," wrote Heather. "My favorite number of all time is and will always be five! I will be on high alert this Friday for sure."
"The number 17 has followed me forever," wrote Andrew. "Back in 1987, I was 17 and everything in my life seemed to work out perfectly. Never had a year like that ever since."
"My lucky number is nine," wrote John. "Ever since I saw it on Randy Hundley's Cubs jersey in 1969. I'm always on the look out for it."
"Lucky number is seven for me," wrote Alison. "It's in my original home address and twice in our phone number. And it was my dad's lucky number. I have it on my license plate now."
"There is the Jewish tradition of offering gifts and donations in multiples of 18," wrote Jodi. "That number corresponds alphabetically with 'chai' in Hebrew, which means 'life.' "
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"Was born on the 13th and it's always been my favorite number," wrote Diane. "Tried to get married on the 13th but it was a Sunday. We always celebrate Friday the 13th. My husband surprised me with tickets to a show this Friday."
"I went into labor on a Friday the 13th," wrote Nora. "Myself and every maternity ward staffer made sure the baby came on the 14th."
Michelle wrote, "I don't necessarily have a lucky number, but have always had good things happen to me on Friday the 13th. Let's hope it continues."
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Although four different San Jose Earthquakes were credited with assists Wednesday night, the biggest one of all didn't show up in the boxscore.
With his team winless in six matches and trailing 1-0 at intermission to a Toronto FC club on an even longer victory drought, San Jose coach Frank Yallop lit into his team, calling them out for a first-half performance completely devoid of the urgency demanded by the situation.
"I meant business when I spoke at halftime," Yallop said. "It's my job to make sure they know how I feel. I just said to them, 'We cannot let games like this slip by, where we don't give everything we have.' It was, collectively, a meek performance [in the first half]. And I didn't accept that."
OPTA Chalkboard: Quakes come in waves vs. bunkering Reds
The motivational ploy worked exactly as designed. The Quakes came out flying for the second half, finding an equalizer through Adam Jahn after just three minutes and, in the 81st, a game-winner from star Chris Wondolowski to cap a 2-1 victory.
"It doesn't come often," Wondolowski said of Yallop's outburst, "but it comes when it's needed. And it was needed. It was just great to see it spill over out there on the field."
Said goalkeeper Jon Busch: "I think it woke us up, which is good. . . .It was very appropriate. We didn't have energy in the first half, and he got us going. Sometimes you need that kick in the behind."
Yallop had to draw his line in the sand, given the circumstances. With five of their next six matches on the road, if a triumph couldn't be found against a Toronto team that came in 1-4-4 and hadn't won since March 9, the Quakes were in danger of flirting with the club's franchise-record, 13-game winless streak from 2011.
"We knew we had to take care of business," Busch said. "For us, this was a must-win game. We've been close here the last couple of games, but we knew this was a game [where] we needed three points."
Even though the Quakes looked like they had taken a step or two back from the quality of their play in their last two matches – a pair of 2-2 ties against Chivas USA and Montreal – getting full marks in the standings helped to make up for those unrewarded performances.
"The way things went the last couple of weeks, this is a little bit of a relief, for us to get off the schneid, and get that win," Busch said. "Now, maybe we can use this to move forward."


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Times UK Paywall Confirms: Readers Hate Paying For Things
In your tricky Tuesday media column: UK newspaper readers are cheap (just like us), Hugh Hefner's perch atop Playboy is safe, insta-analysis of the fallout of Martin Dunn's departure from the NYDN, and staff moves at Forbes and the NYT.
- The Times UK put up an online paywall three weeks ago. In that time, according to the rival Guardian (and their figures include a healthy does of speculation), The Times' online readership has fallen by more than 80%. Which, in fact, is what everyone expected would happen. The real test will be whether it makes more money than paper could have earned through online advertising with a free site.
- To repeat, for clarity's sake: just because someone else bid more for Playboy than Hugh Hefner did doesn't mean he has to sell it to them. He runs the place!
- In the wake of Martin Dunn's abrupt departure as NYDN editor today, most of the gossip we're hearing out of the newsroom there concerns the future of Orla Healy, who runs the paper's features department, who Dunn brought on board in 2005. Healy is unpopular among her employees, and some say that her friendship with Dunn was her strongest asset. Several features staffers have left the paper in the last six months. Now, some are already speculating that Healy's position at the paper has been severely weakened by Dunn's departure. (Here's a brief Dunn interview with Keith Kelly as well).
- New York Times food writer Kim Severson is the paper's new Atlanta bureau chief.
- William Baldwin, a top editor at Forbes for more than a decade, is stepping down to become a writer. You don't see that too often! Which would lead us to believe that perhaps "stepping down" means "being demoted by Forbes' new overlord, Lewis D'Vorkin." But either way, writing is way more fun than editing.


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The Central Connecticut men's track and field team placed second at the University of New Hampshire Wildcat Invitational on Saturday. The meet served as a final tune up for the Blue Devils as they get ready for the 2014 NEC Championships hosted by Robert Morris University on May 3-4.
Junior Jamal Fruster also represented CCSU at the North Florida Invitational in Jacksonville, FL Saturday. He raced both the 200m and 400m dash events, finishing the 200m in a career-best time of 22.17 seconds. In the 400m, Fruster placed fourth of 20 sprinters with his time of 48.59.
The Blue Devils registered five silver-medal performances Saturday at New Hampshire and an additional 13 in the top-five en route to the overall silver.
In the field events, freshman Malik Gordon earned second place in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.85m. Classmate Garrett Shaw also collected a silver medal in the triple jump, leaping 12.95m. He was followed in the event by sophomore John Sudol (4th, 12.49m) and freshman Kwency Crittenden (5th, 11.89).
Junior Michael Ficorilli also displayed an impressive individual performance, registering career-best distances in both the shot put and hammer throw. He earned two top-five finishes, claiming fourth in the shot put (13.92m) and fifth in the hammer throw (46.30m).
In the sprint events, sophomore Kendall Walker finished fourth in the 100m dash (11.38) followed by freshman Elijah Amoah in ninth (11.70). Amoah finished seventh in the 200m (23.43) ahead of junior Jamie Tobias who placed 10th (23.57).
In the 400m, two Blue Devils posted career-best times. Freshman Zach Andrews crossed the finish line in 50.14 seconds, good for a bronze medal. He was followed by junior Chris Savvidou in fifth who clocked 50.68.
Two more Blue Devils tallied personal-best performances in the 800m run. Freshman Thomas Lupoli crossed fourth in 1:54.21, followed by sophomore Malcolm Connor (5th, 1:54.25).
In the hurdle events, junior Jordan Watkins placed third in the 110m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 15.34. He placed ninth in the 400m hurdles in a career-best time of 56.13 but was topped by classmate Ryan Budd who finished sixth in 55.55.
Central also performed well in the relays, finishing second and third overall. The 4x100m relay squad, comprised of freshman Jevon Elmore, Walker, Savvidou and Andrews, clocked a time of 43.77 for the silver. In the 4x400m relay, Connor, junior Joey Farrington, Lupoli and freshman Jamil Ferguson finished third in 3:26.09.
Maine came out on top on Saturday, registering 134.50 team points followed by the Blue Devils (100), UMass (98), Dartmouth (87) and Vermont (86).
CCSU will return to action this weekend, May 3-4, for the 2014 NEC Championships hosted by Robert Morris University.


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I guess gramps doesn't have any old throw-overs from the real deal to donate. :wink:
There's not much that's good left off the real one but I think I might be able to sneak some parts off of it when he's not looking :wink: :wink: :lol:deorman said:I guess gramps doesn't have any old throw-overs from the real deal to donate. :wink:
Yeah me too, I did some trading with a friend who wanted my stretched manta ray and he does paint and body work so we worked out a deal. well needless to say he still is working on it. Then thanksgiving weekend I managed to wreck a friends dirt bike and tore my acl and a meniscus in the right knee and need to have surgery on it at the end of the month so I havent been able to ride a bike. But the guy should have the bodywork done soon so I can put it back together. I'll keep posting more progress as I get it even though the build offs over.bikeriderx said:Hey Cody! What happened?? Everything OK? I missed seeing this finished!
bikeriderx said:Oh, man! That blows!! I'm glad you'll be ok...I hope you're back "on your feet" soon! Take care, and get all healed up! :mrgreen:
Thank you, as soon as the doc says I can ride a bicycle again I'm hopping on and cruisindeorman said:That bites. :roll: Get well soon. :wink:
Thank you, I'll do, that I've already got ideas running through my head for a Indian inspired bike that I found when I was looking for old motorcycle paint schemesRatfink1962 said:Cody,
Hey man get well soon, and good luck with the surgery.
Next time you need bodywork on a bike... :wink: :wink: nudge, nudge


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Kevin Baxter's all-time U.S. all-star team
Ten of the 23 players selected to the U.S. World Cup team play their club games in Major League Soccer, the league that stands as the legacy of the 1994 tournament, the only World Cup played in this country. So who are the most decorated MLS vets to also excel in the World Cup? Here's one potential all-star team:
Tony Meola (MetroStars, Kansas City Wizards, New York Red Bulls): The only keeper in MLS history to win a regular-season MVP award, Meola was named to three World Cup teams and recorded the first Cup victory by a U.S. goalie in 44 years when he beat Colombia in 1994. His 100 national team caps rank second all-time for a U.S. keeper and his 32 shutouts are third-best. Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012, Meola owns the sports apparel and equipment company GK1 Sports.
Alexi Lalas (New England Revolution, MetroStars, Wizards, Galaxy): Recognized as much for his beard, flowing red hair and trademark headband as he was for being a tenacious defender, Lalas played every minute for the U.S. team in the 1994 World Cup. And though he was an All-Star and won an MLS Cup with the Galaxy in 2002, Lalas' greatest contribution to the league may have been when, as president and general manager of the Galaxy, he signed David Beckham to the contract that made MLS a global brand. Lalas, elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006, is currently a soccer analyst for ESPN.
DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire): Although Beasley played the majority of his career in Europe and Mexico, he got his start with Chicago, making 98 MLS appearances from 2000-04. And if he plays in this summer's World Cup, he will have appeared in four World Cups — a record for an American player. Only four U.S. players have more international caps than Beasley.
Eddie Pope (D.C. United, MetroStars, Real Salt Lake): Pope, the second player chosen in the 1996 college draft, played his entire career in MLS, making four All-Star teams and being named defender of the year in his second season. He also appeared in three World Cups (1998, 2002, 2006), starting nine games. Currently director of player relations for the MLS players union, Pope was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011.
Pablo Mastroeni (Miami Fusion, Colorado Rapids, Galaxy): Only one outfield player in league history made more MLS starts than Mastroeni's 316 over 15 seasons, during which he won one league title. Mastroeni also started five games in two World Cups, in 2002 and 2006. He is currently in his first season as coach of the Rapids.
Michael Bradley (MetroStars, Toronto FC): Bradley began his career in New York and, after detours through four European leagues, returned to MLS this season with Toronto. He's also the heart and soul of the U.S. national team that will be heading to Brazil this month. He played every minute for the U.S. team in South Africa four years ago, scoring a goal and assisting on two others.
Frankie Hejduk (Tampa Bay Mutiny, Columbus Crew, Galaxy): Hejduk won three Supporters' Shields (awarded to the MLS team with the best regular-season record) and an MLS Cup with Colorado then one more of each with the Galaxy before retiring to a marketing job with the Crew. With the U.S. national team he made a combined seven World Cup appearances in 1998 and 2002.
Cobi Jones (Galaxy): The only Galaxy player to have his number (13) retired, Jones is also the club record-holder in appearances with 306 during 11 seasons in which he won two MLS Cups, two Supporters' Shields and led the team to five Western Conference championships. He also scored the first goal in franchise history. On the international level, no one has played more games for the U.S. than Jones' 164 and only Landon Donovan has played in more World Cup games than Jones' 11 from 1994-2002. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011 and currently is in his third season as an analyst on Galaxy TV broadcasts.
Tab Ramos (MetroStars): The first player to sign with MLS, Ramos made 121 appearances for the MetroStars and played nine games in three World Cups from 1990-98. Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005, Ramos is currently an assistant coach with the U.S. team.
Brian McBride (Crew, Fire): McBride played 220 MLS games around two stays in Europe and made another 95 appearances for the U.S. national team in 12 years, earning 10 caps in three World Cups (1998-2006). He had the only U.S. goal in the 1998 tournament and contributed a pair of key strikes in 2002, scoring what proved to be the decider in a 3-2 win over Portugal in group play and the only goal the U.S. would need to beat Mexico in the knockout round and reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 1930. Currently a TV analyst for Fox, McBride was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame this year.
Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes, Galaxy): Widely recognized as the best American player of all time, Donovan holds U.S. national team records for starts (141), goals (57), assists (57) and points (171) as well as World Cup marks for games (12) and goals (five). He's also the leading scorer in MLS history with 136 goals. We could go on, but you get the point. Seems good enough to make the 2014 World Cup team, doesn't it?
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New York - April 26, 2012
Every year the Secretary-General lists
those parties to conflict who recruit and
use, kill and maim or commit rape and other
forms of sexual violence against children in
conflict. The Annual Report of the
Secretary-General to the Security Council on
Children and Armed Conflict, issued today,
gives an overview of the situation of
children affected by conflict and action
taken for their protection over the
reporting period.
Press Release and Complete report
September, 2011
In situations of armed conflict, children
are increasingly brought before the justice
system, both on an international and
national level, either as victims and
witnesses or to stand trial as defendants.
This has exposed the grey areas in legal and
judicial systems where children's
participation in armed conflict has been
rarely anticipated.
This working paper of the office of the
UN Special Representative for Children and
Armed Conflict attempts to bring more
conceptual clarity to this issue. It
attempts to articulate how children who have
suffered grave violations during armed
conflict can access justice and how the
current system deals with child victims and
witnesses. It also explores the issues
surrounding responsibility of children who
may have committed international crimes
during conflict.
Complete report
Press release
Drought and conflict leave Mali's children hungry
Large numbers of Malians who live in the north have
fled the violence to lodge with relatives further south.
Some 174,000 Malians are displaced inside the country,
while nearly 269,000 Malians have fled to Algeria,
Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger.
Many Malian villages are struggling to cope with
health problems made worse by a chronic lack of rain and
spreading conflict, with a rising number of children
suffering from malnutrition, aid workers say.
IRIN News
South Sudan struggles to meet educational demands
Five decades of war and upheaval in South Sudan has
had an inevitable impact on education - almost
three-quarters of adults in the world's newest country
are unable to read or write.
A 2005 peace deal paved the way for South Sudan to
secede from the north in July 2011. The country has
since struggled to build an education system for its
young and to educate the millions of adults who missed
out on school during the war. IRIN
News analysed the situation.


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Two Peas in a Bucket has an event going on called Stamping A to Z right now, and I am one of the guests for today's post, G is for Glitz Design & Glossy Accents. Of course, I did a project using Glitz Design product for them. You could be one winner of some amazing Glitz Design product (and more!!) this week...just check out the 2Peas event blog that I linked above for details!!
Here is the card that I created for this event. I did create it for some other blog challenges too, and those will be linked at the bottom!
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Are you planning to do something? Not getting time. You have so many things to do. Then please take few minutes and read this. First thing is "There is never going to be perfect time to begin."
"If you wait today , you will wait forever."
What would have happened if Bill Gates ,Steve Jobs , Ted Turner waited for the perfect moment to get started. There are moments when no one is with you. But you must have faith in yourself. If you still have doubt do read about Walt Disney or I have posted summery here.
"He has no $ to start business.But he had a passion for films.So he started anyways.
He borrowed film equipment.And made a studio from his garage.
He poured his heart into his first films.But nobody wanted to watch them.
He ran out of money. He lost his apartment.He survived on a diet of cold beans.
But he never give up and got Success."
If you can dream it , you can do it. – Walt Disney
So Please do it now.


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Minding Their Business
Professors Venture into New Markets
By Genevieve Chan
Photographs by Chris Milliman
You've seen them around campus, in the Great Hall or in the laboratories in Cummings. You may have even sat in one of their classrooms and heard them lecture on the role of the engineer in today's world. But what sets the following individuals apart is that they are academics actively engaged in entrepreneurial ventures.
As professors they bring knowledge and resources to the companies they've started. As members of the new-venture community, they provide Thayer School students with insights into real-world applications of engineering, including the business challenges associated with new companies. Some professors call their entrepreneurial responsibilities "humbling." All share a collective belief: that in the process of bringing innovations to market, they have become better engineers.
Founder: Stuart Trembly, Chief Scientific Officer
Started: 2002
Product: System for reshaping the cornea of the eye through controlled, localized absorption of microwave energy. This is a safe, simple, low-cost, vision-correcting alternative to invasive laser surgery.
Staff: Two managers, one engineer
Intellectual property: Dartmouth holds the intellectual property; company operates under an exclusive usage license; one patent issued, one patent pending
Early funding: STTR and SBIR grants; seed money from venture capitalist firm Borealis Ventures; awarded first prize in Greener Ventures business plan competition
Expertise: Associate Professor Trembly was involved in a previous start-up. For business expertise he turns to Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network founder Gregg Fairbrothers '76, Borealis investor Phil Ferneau '84, Tu'96, and Thayer overseer Ralph Crump '66A.
Advice: "Trust your instincts when assessing people to work with in the business world."
Ice Engineering LLC
Founder: Victor Petrenko, President and Chief Scientist
Started: 2001
Products: A unique ice interface control technology modifies ice adhesion strength, prevents ice build-up, de-ices surfaces, and controls ice friction between any surface and ice or snow. Applications/products include bridge and power line de-icers, cross-country skis with electronically controlled traction, and a novel icemaker for refrigeration systems.
Website: www.iceengineering.com
Staff: Four management employees, five research assistants
Intellectual property: Dartmouth holds patents; Ice Engineering retains four exclusive field-of-use licenses
Early funding: Investments from previous patents, angels' investments, and early contract work
Expertise: Professor Petrenko co-wrote textbooks on ice physics and the physics of semiconductors. He holds 12 U.S. patents, 15 foreign patents, and has 20 more pending.
The upside: "After 22 years doing strictly basic science research, it's nice to do something that's really needed."
The downside: "As a founder, you take failures and setbacks personally. If you have five people on staff, you suffer five times as much."
Ve-Design Inc.
Founder: Robert Graves, Chief Technical Officer
Started: 1999
Product: Software that allows design engineers to evaluate and optimize millions of design, sourcing, and manufacturing system alternatives in a fraction of the time it takes with existing tools. The goal is to reduce the cost and time of bringing products to market.
Staff: Three expert engineers, one part-time engineer, CEO
Intellectual property: Patents held at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute; company operates under an exclusive license from RPI
Early funding: NSF grant, customer contracts, prize money for business plans
Expertise: The John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, Graves is co-director of Thayer School's M.E.M. program.
Advice: "Make sure your technology is right, your concept is fitting, and your value proposition is well stated."
Sound Innovations Inc.
Founders: Robert Collier, Laura Ray, and Christopher M. Pearson Tu'02
Started: 2004
Product: The next generation of aviation communications headsets. Using proprietary, patented digital signal processing methods for active noise reduction, the headsets cancel noise by producing diametrically opposed sounds. The headsets will enable communication while shielding users from ear-damaging noise levels.
Website: www.soundinnovations.com
Early funding: Product development contract with David Clark Company Inc.; U.S. Army and NSF research and development contracts
Staff: Tobin Deitrich Th'95, chief design engineer
Expertise: Adjunct Professor Collier specializes in acoustics, hearing protection, and environmental noise control. Associate Professor Ray researches control theory, dynamics, and computer-aided design and analysis. Deitrich is an electrical design and product development engineer.
Advice: Collier on knowing your market: "Work closely with your end-users, focus on human needs, and be guided by real-world applications."
Founders: Tillman Gerngross, Director and Chief Scientific Officer; Charles Hutchinson, Executive Chairman of the Board
Started: 2000
Product: Therapeutic glycoproteins produced through a patented scalable protein expression technology
Website: www.glycofi.com
Staff: 62 employees
Intellectual property: Glycofi is the leader in the development and production of Next Generation Biotherapeutics™, alone and in partnership with others.
Early funding: Seed money from Polaris Ventures and Angela Parvi; NIH grants
Expertise: Associate Professor Gerngross holds several patents on biodegradable polymers and glycosylation engineering. Dean Emeritus Hutchinson is the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, Emeritus.
Advice: Gerngross says, "It's very important to have patience in developing the technology. We spent a year of planning and designing without concrete data, but once we set things up the research went smoothly, and we were able to catch up on lost time and beat the competition."
Microwave Imaging System Technologies
Founders: Paul Meaney, President; and Keith Paulsen
Started: 1995
Product: Noninvasive imaging system for better breast cancer detection and improved exam comfort
Thayer colleagues: Tim Raynolds, research engineer; Peter Robbie, design consultant; Margaret Fanning, consultant
Patents: Two patents, two patents pending, and one new provisional patent
Early funding: SBIR grants from the National Cancer Institute
Expertise: Associate Professor Meaney worked in the microwave technology industry for seven years before getting a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Thayer School. Professor Paulsen earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Thayer School and researches various imaging techniques.
Advice: Meaney says, "Entrepreneurs must be willing to learn a lot of skills — such as dealing with regulatory bodies, accounting, and fundraising — outside the realm where they might be most comfortable."
Synergy Innovations Inc.
Founder: Robert C. Dean Jr., President
Started: 1996
Purpose: Creation of innovative ventures in nanotechnology, materials processing, thermal sciences, and energy sources
Latest venture: NanoComp Technologies, which produces long carbon nanotubes for structural composites and electro-energy products
Website: www.synnovations.com
Expertise: Known as the "Grandfather of Start-Ups in the Upper Valley," Dean has founded or co-founded eight high-tech companies: Creare, Hypertherm, Verax, Synosys (now part of Applied Biosystems), Spectra Energy (now part of FUJIFILM Dimatix), Synergy Research, Inc., Simbex, and Synergy Innovations, Inc.. These companies employ numerous Thayer School graduates. Dean is an adjunct professor.
Advice: "Almost all watershed inventions begin with an individual act."
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Mari Sheibley is the lead designer of foursquare and has created this awesome site comparing mobile UI patterns - for example showing how a feed page looks in different applications, etc.
I've found this site very useful and was wondering if you know of similar resources, either covering other patterns and platforms (web apps, desktop stuff, other mobile platforms).
(just to clarify - I don't know Mari and am not affiliated with her in any way)


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In which our heroine teeters on the brink of depravity
For a moment there, I was a villain. It was ever so brief, like a speck of ash that lodges in your eye and scrapes across your vision like an evil scheme of world domination before it is jettisoned out by tear duct and eyelash, only to flutter away harmlessly like yesterday's junk mail. Yes, it was exactly like that, only faster and not so overwritten.
Snarkinator was blocked by my company's firewall. Banned! Censored! Not safe for work!
Here's what I saw:
That's right, bitchez: Potentially Damaging Content. Omigodhowawesome. My site is salacious, it is taboo. My site has angered The Man. My site is risqué and outré and other words that sound exciting and French. My site… cannot be seen by my readers.
Gah. I have been smashed flat by the tides of history before I have even spread my wings. How do I fix this? How do I convince Websense that my blog is a national treasure, a cultural outpost of meaningful commentary on our social razor's edge?
Websense is responsible for that robotic face-slap of a warning above. The company's web-filtering software runs in the background of many corporate IT systems, preventing employees from reading neo-Nazi message boards and downloading amputee porn. It also occasionally blocks me from reading what I'm sure would be an informative and enlightening article on NPR.com.
Why? Because web-filtering software utilizes an ice-cold automated algorithm downloaded directly from the Borg collective. It does not see you or your funny CafePress mousepad. It does not see the hilarious picture of Mr. FooFooCat that you need to post on Facebook. It does not see the arty and slightly obscene music video that will buoy you through another workday. It does not see your secret pleasures, your cheap thrills, your need to creep slowly ever upward toward the light.
It sees only permissions violated, security compromised, malicious intent. It sees only that inappropriate photo from your trip to Cabo San Lucas and the resulting lawsuit that will cost your company its spot on the Hot Stocks to Watch list.
I turned to Google for help, or at least commiseration. The jumbled tides of misspelled queries and useless information washed over me until, finally, I floated onto the battered beachhead of a message board. And there it was, the clue I needed.
Bells rang. Angels sang. Sam Spade tipped his hat and walked off into the smoky, shadowed night.
For here I found an explanation: Apparently, the Potentially Damaging category is sometimes assigned to sites that are deemed to have "no useful content."
I had pushed the launch button too soon, you see. Fumbling through the back end of a free blogging service that is popular, user-friendly, and about as easy to comprehend as a NASA satellite tech manual, I had accidentally published my blog with nothing on it but the tag line: "Like a cosmic death ray. But with words."
And there it sat for upwards of 24 hours, luring web-filter bots like a skinnydipper in a shark movie. It was inevitable that the great roving eye of the Internet would find it, and mark it, and judge it. No useful content.
I was so screwed.
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Arkansas Owls Field Guide Art Print
Regular price $35.00
This watercolor painting features the owls of Arkansas as a field guide chart. It features the following owls:
- Barn
- Barred
- Eastern Screech
- Great Horned
- Long-eared
- Short-eared
This is a large signed print of the original piece, printed on 19" x 13" inch Professional Canon Luster paper.
It is packaged in an archival poly bag and ships in a tube.


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Real Name: Kim Dong Hyun (김동현, キム・ドンヒョン, 金東玄)
Nick Name : Flour, Boss (Daejang), Angry Bird, Dongsan
Position : Leader/Lead Vocalist
Birthday : Febuary 12th, 1989
Blood Type : A
Height/Weight : 178cm/60kg
Star Sign : Aquarius
Family : Parents and Younger Sister (Kim JiYeon)
Birth Place (Home): Seoul, Gangnam (Apgujeong)
Education Background: Apgujeong Middle School (Seoul, Gangnam), Chungdam High School (Seoul, Gangnam), Myeongji University Musical (Seoul, Seodaemun)
Specialties : Knows how to speak Japanese, piano, singing
Experience : Happy Sunday (해피 선데이)(2006-2010) and Kokkiri (코끼리)(2008)
Training period: around 6 years
Facts & Quotes
01. Donghyun and Minwoo are the most fluent in English among the members.
02. According to Hyunseong, anything Donghyun does, he does it with caution, so whatever he does, he does it well
03. Donghyun prefers Youngmin out of his other members because he follows him well
04. Donghyun likes to work out – usually with Hyunseong
05. Donghyun is into fashion
06. Donghyun and Minwoo like Korean cabbage
07. Donghyun said that his face looks funny when he sings
08. Donghyun usually go back to his own house instead of staying at their dorm
09. Donghyun used to share a room with Minwoo and Hyunseong in the dorm
10. DongHyun wants to be a perfect boyfriend. Sometimes nice and sometimes can be out of the odds too
11. Donghyun wants to open a concert for his girlfriend when he has a lot of profit
12. According to Donghyun, Boyfriend hope to become a popular group like Girls' Generation
13. Donghyun can play the piano
14. Back in the trainee days, Donghyun used to be the one who played the piano for the other trainees to practice their vocal
15. Donghyun said that he wanted to get in the car and just drive with no plans if he gets a day off
16. Donghyun has been training for over 5 years
17. Donghyun used to have bad dreams. But he overcome it with his mom
18. Donghyun likes Big Bang sunbaenim since he watched them on stage performance when he was in high school
19. Donghyun's dream used to be a Pianist
20. Donghyun's friends told him that it looks awkward for a guy to play the piano, then he changed his mind to be a singer
22. Donghyun spends his free time eating lots of food because the Maknaes-line is still growing up.
23. Donghyun admirers Jay Chou as a Chinese Artist right after he watched "Secret", Jay's film
24. Donghyun used to be in a group called "Syndrome" pre-debutly for fashion/photoshoot purposes.
25. Donghyun has been to Indonesia once when he was a child and he wishes to go there again
26. Donghyun sometimes refer to himself as the "Captain" because he is the leader of the group.
27. For Mnet M!PICK's mission, Donghyun played the piano and sang to "Love Like Oxygen" by SHINee – with Jeongmin and Hyunseong.
28. Before debuting, when he was still a senior in high school, he was on a show called "Conduct Zero"
29. Donghyun appeared in the show 'KBS "The Star Golden Bell"' once before debuting
30. "Fans are like our own girlfriends. There are times they prepare delicious food for us when we're on our way to a TV station. We are really thankful to them." – Donghyun
31. Donghyun was also one of the back-up dancer for K.Will before debuting along with members Youngmin, Kwangmin and Minwoo
32. Donghyun is currently a student at MyeongJi Universtiy in the Department of Musical
33. "When it (training) gets tough I would go hang out at my friend's house and talk with them and also to my parents." – Donghyun
34. According to Minwoo, Donghyun's role in the group is like a father, he makes people feel that they can depend on him.
35. Kwangmin chose Donghyun as the person with the most manly charm.
36. The role Donghyun would be interested to play in a movie is to challenge a character who is charming and manly, so even guys who watch him will feel that he's cool.
37. Donghyun picks himself to be the member with the most manly charm because he's the oldest – and said that the other members are still very young doesn't have a mature charm yet.
38. According to Donghyun himself, because of his personality is a bit stiff and cannot express himself well. So he said he'd prefer "a girl who is lively and cheerful" as a characteristic of his ideal girl.
39. Donghyun said that he would date a guy if he were to be a girl for a day.
40. "I like sports. If I have free time, I'll either go jogging or play football. It's a pity that I don't have the time to do so." -Donghyun (34 – 40, cr: boyfriend-champion)
41. "It was K.Will hyung who first taught me how to sing. He is like a teacher to me." – Donghyun
42. Donghyun picked Youngmin as a member he would date if he was a girl. [Allkpop Interview]
43. Donghyun said the most attractive part of his body would be his eyes because they are mismatched – one is bigger and the other is smaller – and with that he is able to express two images. [Allkpop Interview]
44. Donghyun joked that his aim in 2012 is to fix his hard working diligence because he said that being too hardworking is tiring and wants to learn how to be lazy from Youngmin. [Allkpop Interview]
45. Donghyun sleeps on the top bunk. [W Academy]
46. When asked to pick between Wonder Girls and Girls' Generation, Donghyun picked the Wonder Girls. [W Academy]
47. Once during a fan-signing, Donghyun doodled on a gift given to Jeongmin by a fan – an Eddy doll – and gave it heart-shaped eyes and a belly-button.
48. Donghyun has both of his ears pierced with one piercing each – first spotted around December 2012.
49. Donghyun and Hyunseong would usually be the ones waking up the members. [@star1 Magazine: facts 49 – 52]
50. When asked if Boyfriend has a specific favorite song from their JANUS Album, Donghyun, Hyunseong and Jeongmin stated they like their own solo
51. Donghyun claims to be the one in charge of being sexy in the group
52. Donghyun ideal girl is a bright and active girl. Someone who likes to talk in codes, a fun girl. Someone who prefer to wear comfortable jeans and a t-shirt that matches
53. Donghyun would like to buy his parents a house near their dorm in Sorae Village
54. Donghyun's ideal type is Park Bo-Young sunbaenim
55. If they get #1 on a music show, Donghyun said he'd, "On a rainy day I'll dance and run with a flower on my head. Wearing shorts and something sexy, revealing my collarbone (laughs)." {53-55 from DongA interview}
56. In Boyfriend, only Donghyun, Jeongmin, Youngmin and Minwoo have dating experiences in the past.
57. Donghyun's first love is described as, "He first fell for her in a food place he often visited with his high school friends, how he nervously asked her phone number and started frequently texting with her. They dated for a time, but she occasionally didn't show up for their dates and ignored him, which led to them eventually breaking up." {56-57 from Beatles Code 2 article trans by rieona.tumblr.com}


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Meet and Eat: Linnea Zielinski, Serious Eats Intern
Getting to know the folks behind the food and drinks you love.
Name: Linnea Zielinski
Location: Manhattan
Occupation: Grad Student, Food Writer Wannabe
Website/Twitter: @linneaviktoria
Guilty pleasures? Earl Grey ice cream from Van Leeuwen with fresh whipped cream, black sesame seed chocolate chip cookies, double espressos.
Describe your perfect meal. I have some favorite dishes, but my perfect meal is trying a new place with a lot of people so we can sample just about everything on the menu. Savoring two bites of an array of dishes beats even my guilty pleasure meals any day.
What food won't you eat? I'm half Swedish, but even I won't touch lutfisk.
Favorite food person? Marcus Samuelsson. I haven't gotten my hands on Yes, Chef yet, but I think he's extremely business savvy. I love that he fully embraces both Swedish and Ethiopian culture, puts care into embodying them in his food, and introduces them to his diners with confidence and pride.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? Growing up in a Swedish house, I was raised on gravlax, marzipan, triple cream brie, and fresh whipped cream. I never stood a chance. Every time our family made the trip from downstate Illinois to Chicago, we brought a cooler so we could stock up on Swedish pastries from Swedish Bakery in Andersonville.
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? Everyone I know has been reaping the benefits of my baking experiments for years. I'm pretty sure they're excited I've moved from the oven to the stove and love cooking for a crowd.
Favorite food sites or blogs? Besides Serious Eats: Joy the Baker, A Sweet Spoonful, Lottie + Doof, Food & Wine, Vegan Yum Yum, Gastronomica, Delish, and Food52.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? If I want good sushi I ask my friend, Paige, a food anthropologist. Otherwise it largely depends on what neighborhood I'm looking at going to or type of cuisine I'm craving—everyone has their specialized insider knowledge.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? Breakfast, hands down. I'm grumpy without it. If I'm not cooking it for myself, I can usually be found at OatMeals diving into their Balsamic, Fig, and Gorgonzola Cheese Oatmeal or something a little more luxurious from Jack's Wife Freda when I have the time.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? Even though my kitchen is nowhere near the size for it, I love cooking and do so as often as possible. I make a spicy shakshuka and love making extravagant breakfasts like Brie and Balsamic Sautéed Apple French Toast Sandwiches. Some days I only know one or two ingredients I want to use, so I just make the rest up as I go along.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Back for another term in 2012! {The Twinery}
I am thrilled to announce that I am coming back as a Second Term Designer for The Twinery!
I am rejoining The Twinery's DT Coordinator (Julie Ranae) and two Senior Designers (Angelica Suarez and Monika Wright) - in addition to all these NEW lovely ladies:
Teri Anderson
Dorangela Bobet
Helen Bird
Lauren Brewer
Natalie Clause
Amy Crockett
Carolyn King
Kathy Skou
Kellie Winnell
...but that's only half of it. Stay tuned to find out the rest of the 2012 Design Team - they will be revealed tomorrow!
22 comments:
- Monika Wright | I Love It All said...
So thrilled that we'll be working together again on The Twinery DT this year, I always adore seeing your inspiring projects! Congrats to you!
- January 12, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Kathy Skou said...
So Happy to be working with you!
- January 12, 2012 at 8:46 AM
- Me-Ma Kim said...
CONGRATULATIONS on another term as DT member at The Twinery!! I am now a follower of your blog. Have a GREAT Day,
Me-Ma Kim
kimnsammy at gmail dot com
- January 12, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- Angelica - Market Street Stamps said...
HOW awesome! Congrats Tifany! So glad to be back with you here!!! Looking forward to an amazing 2012!
- January 12, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Annette Allen said...
how fun...Congrats on another term..
- January 12, 2012 at 10:56 AM
- AJ said...
woo hoo! congrats to you!
- January 12, 2012 at 12:13 PM
- Stephanie said...
congrats Tifany :)
- January 12, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Carolyn King said...
Congrats to you...x 2! So excited to work with you on this team!
- January 12, 2012 at 1:46 PM
- Amy C said...
Congrats on another term!! I am so very excited to be joining you this year on The Twinery DT.....it is going to be so much fun!!
- January 12, 2012 at 1:48 PM
YAY!!! Thrilled to be working with you this year, Tifany!
- January 12, 2012 at 3:05 PM
congrats making the team once again! Cant wait to see al your fab creations :)
- January 12, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- Savannah O'Gwynn said...
SUPER excited for you, Tif:) THIS is wonderful news!!!! HOORAY!
- January 12, 2012 at 3:59 PM
- Melinda said...
congrats on another year with twinery!
- January 12, 2012 at 4:11 PM
- Julie Ranae said...
I am so glad that you will be joining us for a second term over at The Twinery! Your work is always inspiring and creative : )
- January 12, 2012 at 5:07 PM
- Leslie Kiley said...
So excited to hear your news! Congrats! Love looking at your designs!
- January 12, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Lauren Brewer said...
Congratulations! I am so excited to work with you this year! Your projects are all beautiful!
- January 12, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Congrats on a second term Tifany! How awesome for you! Love your projects and can't wait to see more. :)
- January 12, 2012 at 10:15 PM
- BethW said...
Congrats Tifany-I love all your work.So I'm super glad I'll get to see more.
- January 12, 2012 at 11:03 PM
- Jen Carter said...
Yea!! I'm so glad we both get to work with The Twinery another year!! I look forward to seeing what fun projects you come up with this year!!
- January 13, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Congratulations! I love your designs and look forward to seeing more this year!
- January 13, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Unknown said...
Yay! and Congrats on making it a second time around! Looking forwad to seeing all your designs this year with Twine!
- January 13, 2012 at 10:06 PM
- Marianne B in AZ said...
Congratulations, Tifany! i just saw the DT announcement on the Twinery's blog and I am so happy for you to make it for a second term! I prayed you would get to return, as i know it is something youu enjoy doing. It shows just just how talented you are, when you think of the number of applications they received!
Have a great 2012 term with the new members and other three returning members of the team.
- January 15, 2012 at 12:02 AM


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