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This summer on the streets of Soho I noticed that last winter's big cowl trend wasn't going away, even in the hottest weather. Instead of the bulky knits of winter, these summer versions were sewn in lightweight silk, cotton, and linen fabrics and were worn like flowing necklaces over tank tops and sun dresses. I am someone who hates to be hot, so even though I admired these pretty summer scarves, I couldn't imagine putting something extra around my neck in the sticky heat. But since the weather has started to cool down, I've been yearning for an oversized sewn cowl of my own!
For a simple look with a natural beauty, I chose two of Purl Soho's most special fabrics, Sheer Linen and Duo Weave Linen from Globalweave. They both have a gorgeous drape and come in a lovely palette of soft colors, from lichen to ash to butter. To contrast with the subtle elegance of the linen, I added a sweet pom pom trim around the edges. The effect is somewhere between a beautiful scarf and a charming necklace!
Wear the Pom Pom Cowl loose and long or doubled up around your neck for warmth. It's the perfect thing to stash in your bag when you're not sure if you'll need another layer. I know it's going to be in my bag all season!
- 1/2-yard of Global Weave Linen, I used Duo Weave Linen in Brown and Sheer Linen in Ash Grey
- 4-yards of Medium Pom Pom Trim, I used Ivory and Lemon
- 100% cotton thread to match your linen
Linen like this can be very hard to cut on grain if you're just using scissors or a rotary cutter, so instead it's best to "pull a thread". Make a tiny snip about 1-inch from the raw esge in the selvage and pull one of the weft threads across the entire width of the fabric. (The weft threads run from selvage to selvage, the warp threads run along the length of the fabric.) If the thread breaks off before you get to the opposite selvage just pull one next to it.
Remove the pulled thread(s) and press your linen. You should be able to see a clear straight line made by the gap where the thread was. Cut carefully along this line.
Repeat this for the opposite raw edge of your linen.
You will have a roughly 16-inch wide by 58-inch long piece of linen at the end of this process.
Attaching the Pom Pom Trim
Press one of the raw edges in 3/4-inch twice towards the wrong side.
Lay the pom pom trim along the folded edge so that the pom poms just stick out beyond the edge.
Fold and pin the bottom of the doubled 3/4-inch fold in half upwards so that it covers the tape of the pom pom trim.
Using your machine's zipper foot edge stitch along the very outer edge of the folded linen, making sure not to sew into the pom poms.
This will encase the tape of the pom pom trim.
Next, still using your zipper foot, edge stitch the inner edge of the fold down.
Repeat this for the opposite raw side of the linen.
The side with the sewn down folds is the wrong side.
Sewing the Cowl Together
With right sides together pin the selvages of the linen together. Cut off the last 2 pom poms on each end.
Sew the selvages together with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
Press the seam open and flat.
Edge stitch the seam allowances down.
Turn the piece right sides out and the seam should look neat and flat like this.
Press the cowl and you're all done. It should be worn with the seam in the back.


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Traditional Greek food as cooked by Greek mothers!! Delicious and easy recipes!!
Well this recipy seems delicious ,but I do not know what is courgette.It is completely vageterain item or something else.In our country I have not seen such a thing.
I love to see great recipies on your site,but only thing which i do not like is that I am not able to get any of them so only I have to satisfy my taste buds with a glass of water or my some other favourite item.
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The courgette is also called zucchini or marrow. How this helps! I'm sure you have them in your country - they're very common.
Love pies, I seldom bake them as herds is difficult to get around here. Only try authentic ones in Italy restaurant, pricey but worth it!

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On the Road
A team winning its first 13 games at home will bring inevitable comparisons to its success on the road. And keeping the 13-0 start at Dodger Stadium in perspective is easy when considering the 1911 Detroit Tigers won their first 12 home games en route to a second-place finish in the American League, 13 ½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.
So what does a road record mean for a team hoping to make the playoffs? In the case of the Dodgers, Los Angeles has posted four consecutive losing records on the road, but two of those seasons resulted in trips to the playoffs.
Here are the Dodger road records during the past 10 seasons: 2008 (36-45), 2007 (39-42), 2006 (39-42), 2005 (31-50), 2004 (44-37), 2003 (39-42), 2002 (46-35), 2001 (42-39), 2000 (42-39), 1999 (40-41).
Now check out the regular-season road records for the past 10 World Series winning teams: 2008 Phillies (44-37), 2007 Red Sox (45-36), 2006 Cardinals (34-47), 2005 White Sox (52-29), 2004 Red Sox (43-38), 2003 Marlins (38-43), 2002 Angels (45-36), 2001 Diamondbacks (44-37), 2000 Yankees (43-38), 1999 Yankees (50-31).
– Mark Langill
Speaking of being on the road, "On the Road" author Jack Kerouac, a favorite of mine, apparently was a fantasy baseball player. Sort of. Check out this story in today's NY Times. Makes me even more proud of the Kerouac bobblehead that sits on my desk back at Dodger Stadium.
Here's tonight's lineup:
Pierre, LF
Furcal, SS
Hudson, 2B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Milton, P
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I am very pleased with this current road trip. We are doing a fine job of getting things done in order to win ball games. Keepm up the good work, Dodgers. Another victory today would be so sweet!!!!
So I'm second!!!
Hey Tru, long time no talk!!! Yeah, the team has performed well on this road trip. We win tonight, and we're assured of winning another series!!! That's what I look for; not necessarily winning every game; no one can do that. But if the Dodgers win the majority of their series throughout the season, no one's going to stop us!!!
I just hope and pray that Eric Milton is up to this and that the Eric Milton that we saw in ST stays away!!!
It woud be nice to score lots of runs so we don't have to worry so much about Milton.
Yes it is Tru! And this team is now starting to get into their collective hitting stride!
I don't know how Milton will do. Looking at what he has been through following his operation, you have to admire his persistence and certainly wish him well in the Dodger Blue. I'm not expecting a great deal, and he's probably worth giving a chance. If he's able to go at least five, preferably six innings, and not yield more than three runs, I'll consider it a good start in his circumstances. That would be a real plus for the team, since that's pretty much what we get from Stults and lucky to get from Kershaw. Hopefully he has decent control and can keep out of trouble in that respect.
I expect out team should be able to ring up another five runs or better. Have a great day, fellow ITD'ers!
Hey messagebear! Yeah, if Milton can get thru the 5th or 6th inning, that would be great.
Well, I've got stuff to do around the house. I'll catch up with y'all later…
Good Afternoon ITD readers and writers!!!!! I just wanted to stop in and say…………..
GO DODGER BLUE ~ WE LOVE YOU!!!!! You have already made us proud on this road trip. You have hung together as a team and are having a great road trip so far. Two more games, and you are headed home. Best of luck to Milton as he takes the mound today. We wish you the best, along with the rest of this beloved Dodger team.
Way to go Mets……you take care of the Giants! Just get it all out of your system before you come to the Ravine!!!!
lol did that really happen to Lackey? I woke up and they said after 2 pitches got tossed. Lackey was just activated from the DL and btw Go Mets.
Hi ITD guys & Girls
Joe Pierre here interrupting things from time to time (lol)
I'll be listening for about 55 minutes then I'm suppose to join MLB.TV at 7:05PM EDT.
Hope they keep up the good work.
Giants, I hear are losing to my home town Mets.
Well, game starts now, however KCAL is starting the game at 4pm. Darn tape delay!!!
HUDSON knocks in Pierre, who's really on go.
They ought to take that way inside ball four pitch to Loney and make him eat it!
Perumike: MLB.TV joins the game in progress.
perumike, what do you expect, for KCAL to cancel two episodes of Family Feud? Either KCAL messed up the scheduled start time, or they did this purposely, in which cased the Dodgers will give them hell…………..I would think. Guess we'll see at 4pm.
Damn Cody Ross!
I'm glad we don't have to "Listen" to the whole game.
Actually damn Milton for trying to paint the corners too much and walking the guy who scored. He seems to have decent enough stuff if he would just pitch to contact and keep the pitch count down. I'd like to see him be able to last six.
The man's on a mission, I tell you.
Should had ibb Ross.
Yeah kahli, that Family Feud is really vitally important!! LOL! 🙂
I think its time we drug tested Pierre. Shirley this can't be the same JP of the last two years.
And FURCAL sends him in.
Can't intentionally walk a .216 hitter this early in the game though shad.
Looks like they're starting from scratch on the game.
Yep but some managers would do it regardless but I know Torre don't want to raise Milton pitch count since this is his 1st start.
Wow Miller 0-2 record 4.2 innings 14 hits 13 runs 13 ER's 0 homeruns 7 bb's 3k's 25.07 ERA 4.50 WHIP .560 baa.
Enchanted ~ I'm listening to Rick and Charlie and they are totally in love with Shirley! You'd think he was playing every position!!!
KCAL should be horsewhipped. I can understand an event running long…but reruns of FAMILY FEUD????
Damn tape delay
I see JoJo's going to rest 3-4 starters again tomorrow. Why does he always do that to Kersh? Though to be honest, when Kuroda comes back and if The Toaster is pitching OK, I'd send Kersh back down to AAA.
Yeah, I just saw Pierre score! 1-0 Blue! Woo hoo!
Ok Krod time to shut down that pathetic Giants offense.
E, don't call him Shirley.
lol at Ethier sb gotten love tape delay.
The tape delay might have something to do with FOX's blackout policy of three hours. But unlike MLB.TV choosing to join in progress, KCAL decides to delay. Dumb.
Now they showing about the top 10 2006 draft.
Who's up for long relief today – Troncoso and Mota?
Lookout!!! The Toaster is sparkin' and heading for a meltdown.
lol probably Weaver
You'r right, Enchanted……….Milton is Toast!!!!!
LMAO!!!!! I say Mota just for you enchanted 🙂
gnats officially lost 🙂
Damn freaking 2 outs walks.
Why not try Shirley as a pitcher? After all Shirley is our MVP!!!!
I think you guys all better start warming up.
Good to be back on TV, but the Eric Milton on the radio was doing a lot better.
I think I've seen all of Milton that I care to. Let somebody else salvage what's not likely to be a promising extended career. That's too bad, because I agree with enchanted that Kershaw is probably the guy who could benefit from a year in AAA.
How 'bout a little show tune? Sound of Music – A Few of My Favorite Things.
Kids snotty noses and tickets when written,
Falling in nettles and getting snake bitten,
Having your fiancé give back your ring,
These are a few of my unfavorite things.
McDonald's hot coffee and lion cut poodles,
Weak hitting fielders with arms like wet noodles,
Clown for a manager, Gnat pulling strings,
These are a few of my unfavorite things.
D E A agents that find all your stashes,
Money put into a market that crashes,
A left quarter panel that's riddled with dings,
These are a few of my unfavorite things.
When the runs come,
When no pitch zings,
When he's not so rad,
I simply remember my unfavorite things,
Then Milton don't seem so bad.
Title: A Few of My Unfavorite Things
CD: Milton The Toaster
©NedCo Broken Records 2009
I'll buy a copy of that record, Enchanted!!!
Relax, eveyrbody the Mets beat the Giants and we can't lose any ground tonight.
Fabulous Song Enchanted!!!!!!!!
That's a lot better.
..a 1,2,3 inning ………….much better Eric!!!
…just foul Andre – sigh
Sigh after the numbers I put up against Miller vs LA I don't expected a 1 2 3 innings from him.
So we brought up Uncle Milty to go 4 innings. Why not keep Weaver in the rotation? He at least goes 5.
All this with 2 outs, what the F, why do we fall asleep when we have em almost gone
Is Miller ready to give it up?
I guess he was ready to give it up.
Any more four inning wonders where Milton came from – Estes next? At that rate I don't doubt that the BP will tire out, as Weaver probably already has at this point.
Work that walk Kemp.
I guess we can only hope that the rest of the West keeps on losing and we have like a 15 game lead in middle Sept when the rosters expand to 40, then we can rest our main bullpen guys before the playoffs and maybe even find a couple gems from who we bring up
Come on Paul another PH homeruns
Great going ODAWG after JP does his things.
Furcal really needs a rest and I still think he's hurt.
Russell was too anxious. Probably looking put us ahead on one swing.
It looked to me, like Martin, Loney & Kemp had only one thing on their mind.
Is Torre wearing a chest protector?
Once again Furcal need a rest can't make an error on a potential dp ball.
Not Belisario's fault.
Well make it or break it.
At least the giants already lost
Kershaw needs to bring it tommorrow, 4-2 on the road trip would be fine
Not Belisario's fault at all. For that matter he shouldn't have to be pitching two innings. I also know that we've got a great team record, and that this has already been a successful road trip. A good team can carry a slumping player and overcome daily let-downs by other players, but I'm really getting fed up with Furcal. When you consider that he's signed his second three year contract at premium prices for his field position, he has underperformed for us at a level unexcelled except for Schmidt. Consider his time on DL, his low performance the year that he played at much less than 100%, and his continued low performance this season. If it wasn't for the resurgence of Pierre, which may be short-lived in the long run, we would not be scoring many runs, because Furcal produces Zip at top of the order. I wish we had a three year contract for Hudson instead of Furcal. If he's still hurt, or still recovering, what the hell is he doing in there every day. He should be sat out for an entire series and then dropped down to the 8 or even 9 position in the order until he can show some progress. In the meantime Furcal SUCKS, and I'm not afraid to call it as I see it.
M/bear brings up an interesting point. A few think Furcal is still ailing, with a multi-year contract. Hudson, also coming off an injury has one year. I'm not faulting management, they do a good job. But Hudson is a great addition and seems like a good fit. If he is doing the same good job in the beginning of August, I'd be for extending him out a couple of years.
EXTEND the O-DOG!!!!! and get 'em tomorrow.
Good evening ITD'ers!
I hope all is well with everybody.
I agree with your post @ 6:34 Bear. He does seem to not be what we had hoped for.
I didn't see the game today but most of his errors or misplayed balls have been to his backhand side. I'm wondering if he still is having a hard time going that way because that is the play he hurt his back on. Maybe he's having a tough time mentally making that play.
Take care all…
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!!!
3-2 Road trip so far………………not bad………….not bad at all. Let's hope Kersh has his stuff tomorrow, and we can go from having a good road trip to a great road trip.
RESURGENT PIERRE CAN'T SAVE DODGERS IN LOSS—–Give me a break! I've tried to be kind and nice to Juan because he is playing better than his usual self. However, he is still Juan Pierre and as far as I know this is a team sport. You'd think he was our savior the way the Dodgers Home Page and Rick and Charlie have been singing his praises. Who's to say X Paul wouldn't have done the same thing for us? He may have hit a homerun instead of a single and given us even more runs to work with. And, everone on the team can steal a base. Even Andre did it and he's no speedster!
……but JP is the Man now :-{ ……….If I haven't thanked dodgereric for that symbol, I am now 🙂
JP has been superb…….Keep it up Juan…
All things good :))))
Anybody seen a lineup yet anywhere?
Any more than Martin and Furcal sitting this out?
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The new Bay Bridge is seeing a new kind of traffic jam: bikes, roller skates, strollers, dogs, scooters and a whole lot of gawkers.
Thousands have been flocking to the span's bicycle/pedestrian path, which has become one of the Bay Area's hottest attractions since it opened Sept. 3. Crowds are so thick that the two entrances are experiencing a sort of two-wheeled gridlock that almost requires its own FasTrak lanes.
"It's pretty great - it's gorgeous out there," said Joy Wu, a scientist from San Leandro who rode across the new path Sunday with her husband and daughter. "You can see the old bridge, the new bridge, the ocean, Treasure Island, the Oakland cranes. ... It was crowded, but everyone was very courteous."
The path can be reached from Shellmound Street in Emeryville, across from Ikea, or at Burma Road and Maritime Street near the former Oakland Army Base. Parking in Emeryville can be tight, but space in a dirt lot on Burma Road, plus nearby street parking, was plentiful Sunday.
A steady stream of pedestrians and bicyclists poured onto the path Sunday, embarking on the 8-mile round-trip jaunt with water bottles, sunscreen and cameras. Some came from the West Oakland BART Station, others via the Bay Trail or car.
Herb and Pam Hadley, retirees from Piedmont, came to take pictures to decorate an upcoming dance at Piedmont's Home Club, a social group.
"Every fall it's always the same theme - leaves turning color, Halloween, the usual. This year, we thought we'd do something different - the bridge. It's so beautiful," Pam Hadley said. "All it needs now is a Fenton's (ice cream) stand."
The path extends about 2 miles from the base of the bridge toward Yerba Buena Island. Caltrans plans to extend it to the island by 2016, when the old bridge is dismantled.
Beth Moseley of San Francisco, who works in biotech, said she was impressed the path got built at all.
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An epic crusade
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July 4, 2011
The Crusaders' Sonny Bill Williams thanks supporters at Newlands following his side's Super Rugby semi-final victory over The Stormers © Getty Images
When it's time for those end-of-season awards again, I hope the International Rugby Board (IRB) have a special one in mind for the Crusaders.
The purpose of this column was originally going to be to explore the phenomenon of local support for New Zealand teams in Cape Town. I will get to that a little later, but having dealt with and watched Todd Blackadder's Crusaders team in action again this past weekend, I can only wonder how it's possible to dislike them.
Here we have a team that has not once this season had the luxury of home advantage due to an earthquake, that through the (bad) luck of the draw in Super Rugby missed out on easy points against the Lions and Rebels, that have been without Dan Carter and Richie McCaw for large periods of the tournament, and yet are playing the Super Rugby final in Brisbane this week.
Should they prevail against the Reds - and I have a strong feeling they will - it will surely rank as one of the greatest achievements by a rugby team in the history of the game.
On Saturday night - in the wake of his side's emphatic 29-10 victory over the Stormers at Newlands - Blackadder spoke about the sad reality of the AMI Stadium in Christchurch being completely written off. Yes folks, that's Lancaster Park potentially gone. The irony of those words being spoken in a city where the majestic Cape Town Stadium is a 15-minute drive away from the grand old Newlands rugby ground could not escape me.
There are two great facilities in South Africa's Mother City - one the home of Western Province rugby and loved by traditionalists and the other a beautiful new facility offering all sorts of wonderful possibilities for the future. No such luxury for the Crusaders, who are just getting on with the job at hand while still unsure where they will play their games next year.
In the process they have once again demonstrated how powerful the human mind is. When discussing a team's chances, we often relate it to travel fatigue or home ground advantage. However, the Crusaders have made a mockery of such concepts and showed what can be done with the right attitude.
What I also appreciate about them is that they focus on what is within their control. When one talks to them about refereeing issues, they respond with a line that they will need to adapt to the referee. You just don't get a peep of a complaint out of them.
Even when the Stormers pulled off the rather unorthodox move of roping in Schalk Brits as loose forward cover last week, Blackadder's criticism was implied rather than blatant as he expressed the view that SANZAR would probably close the loophole of a team being able to bring in a marquee player at the business end of the competition.
On the rugby front there is very little not to like about the Crusaders. They have a fearsome scrum, a great fly-half in Dan Carter and an inside centre in Sonny Bill Williams whose off-loading skills may well redefine our concept of what constitutes a good No.12.
So why do some people in Cape Town support them? Well, for a variety of reasons and not mostly for the simplistic and untrue perception that black people in South Africa support the All Blacks because of politics.
In fact, one will find very few examples of ethnic black people in South Africa supporting overseas teams for political reasons. The vast majority of those who care about rugby are united behind South Africa and are also in favour of the retention of the Springbok emblem. There appears to be a small yet significant portion of so-called "coloured" folk that makes up a dedicated following for the New Zealand teams. The reasons for this vary - possibly from politics to the expansive and attractive brand of rugby play that the Kiwis play.
However, to say that Cape Town is "split" between support for the Stormers and visiting New Zealand teams is blatantly wrong.
There was some concern about incidents in the league meeting between the sides where Stormers players were jeered by local Crusaders supporters as they got off the team bus. However, the Western Province Rugby Union ran a great event at the weekend and the security measures were on a par with that of a Test match. This time supporters could not get that close and one never got the impression at the ground that the support for the Stormers was anything but overwhelming.
Exactly why it should be considered a problem that someone supports a visiting team - provided their behaviour does not detract from someone else's enjoyment of the event - is beyond me.
In terms of attendance figures at Newlands, the Stormers are the best supported side in the history of Super Rugby, so we're not exactly talking about a side struggling for support. Western Province, of course, is made up of numerous clubs from different communities - white, coloured, black, Christian, Muslim and so forth - so it's hardly a surprise that a diverse population should contain people with a different view of the world.
It's what makes South Africa, and in particular Cape Town, an interesting place. And, after this season, even rugby fans who don't like the Crusaders will certainly respect them.
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So we know Gort the big eye-blasty robot will look much like his 1950s version in the new Day The Earth Stood Still film, but how will he act? We have a few hints below. It's just one of the things that our spoiler-phobic culture demands that we hide from public view. We must also cover up our insane wealth of details about Battlestar Galactica - including one shocking revelation about a character who turns up in the last few episodes. We have a taboo against telling you who will show up on Doctor Who in 2009, as well as a great shame about telling you how Jason Statham throws down in Death Race. We must hide our Knight Rider and Sarah Connor Chronicles vids from public view. And we will throw a drape over new Heroes pics and Stargate spoilers. Break our spoiler-hating culture's taboos by clicking "More."
The Day The Earth Stood Still:
We will see mega-robot Gort early on in the new Earth Stood Still remake, says director Scott Derrickson. And this time around, Gort's role is "a bit more complicated" than just being "a universal cop" as he was in the original film. But "he's still the heavy." The new version of Gort still keeps the human form, because the relationship between Klaatu and Gort is important. [Sci Fi Wire]
Death Race:
Not only does Jason Statham have the brawl in the prison mess hall, which you're probably seen in the Death Race trailer, he also gets jumped by neo-Nazis in the prison auto shop. The n-Ns slam a pipe into his head and choke him with a chain. Props in the auto shop brawl include fire extinguishers and big pipe wrenches. (The article at the link also talks about filming the big car explosions, and how Statham visited Charles Manson's prison to prepare for the role.) [Robo Japan]
Battlestar Galactica:
Right after the BSG TV movie was confirmed, the Sci Fi Channel put out a brief plot description that makes it sound much more intriguing:
Starting before the events of the miniseries, our story focuses on familiar characters including Cylon Number One, known as Cavil (Stockwell), Resistance Leader Sam T. Anders (Trucco) and Chief Galen Tyrol (Douglas). In the beginning, the Cylons had a plan, but it didn't account for one thing: survivors. During the chaotic aftermath of the destruction, two powerful Cylon agents struggle with plots and priorities on the human ships that got away, and among the resistance fighters who were left behind.
So I guess when the opening credits were saying the Cylons "have a plan" every week, they meant to say the Cylons "had a plan." [Chicago Tribune]
File this under idle speculation, but fans are wondering if the prophecy about the "dying leader" who leads the way to Earth could refer to the Cylon race as a whole instead of to Laura Roslin? After all, the fleet found Earth right after the Cylons' resurrection hub blew up, which means the Cylons are all mortal now. [Battlestar_Blog]
Meanwhile, IMDB claims that Bill Adama's oldest son, the late Zak Adama, will appear in the final three episodes of BSG. Could he be the final Cylon? (That would be very soap operatic, since he was engaged to marry Starbuck, right?) It's entirely possible that IMDB is wrong, but it's also possible that Zak appears in flashbacks, since we already saw some photos of Laura Roslin on pre-attack Caprica that were almost certainly a flashback sequence. [IMDB via Fandom Heretic]
Rumor has it Tom Zarek dies at some point before the end of the season, although he "takes a lot of them with him." [Television Without Pity]
Doctor Who:
Sources who claim to be well informed over on the Doctor Who Forum say that Catherine Tate will be back in one of the four specials airing in 2009, and so will Bernard Cribbins, playing her grandfather Wilf. Plans for the specials, filming from January to April, are supposedly well advanced but no contracts are signed yet. Two other sources claim the 1996 TV movie Doctor, Paul McGann, will appear in one of the specials. Grain of salt, as always. [Doctor Who Forum]
Here's a new promo cast pic, plus a couple more stills from the first episode. (The Matt one looks familiar, but the Nathan/Peter one is definitely new.) [Canvas To The Imagination and Heroes Spoilers]
Sarah Connor Chronicles:
Following her traumatic car-bomb experience, Summer Glau's Terminator, Cameron, suffered a serious head injury and could have "permanent brain damage" if not treated soon. She's suffering from amnesia and delusions, and has a "hyperactive startle reflex." She's apparently living as a homeless person, in a community for the needy or with a group of runaways. That's what I gleaned from the fake "missing persons" poster that E! Online put up, anyway. [E! Online]
And hey, here's a boppy new trailer that showcases Cameron's dazed state. [Spoiler TV]
Knight Rider:
Admit it, you've been a bit worried that the new Knight Rider series will be kind of, well, dumb. Here's a new trailer to assuage your fears. "More muscle! Bigger missions!" Better now? It also shows a better view of the whole KITT Transformer process. [Spoiler TV again]
Stargate Atlantis:
Short blurbs on three new Stargate Atlantis episodes have cropped up. In episode 7, "Whispers," a team discovers one of Michael's secret labs while exploring an abandoned catacomb on an unexplored planet. In episode 8, "The Queen," Teyla goes undercover on a mission aboard a Wraith hive ship. And in episode 9, "Tracker," Ronon has to use his tracker skillz as a former runner to find Dr. Keller, who's been kidnapped. [SpoilerTV again]


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MONTREAL - Jack Layton's Quebec connection was undeniable, from his Hudson upbringing to his use of the common person's street French.
And politically, he will be remembered for having accomplished here what nobody in his shoes managed before.
Not only did he win a record number of Quebec seats in the last election — 59 out of 75 — but he did it almost single-handedly. Quebecers in droves voted for candidates they did not even know based on Layton's good name and smiling, trustworthy personality.
Quebecers decided they liked the man they tagged, in tavern talk, un bon Jack.
They appreciated him so much they trusted him with what many in Quebec consider a sacred duty for a politician, defending their interests in the far off federal capital.
That job used to belong to the Bloc Québécois, but this time the people decided to give the New Democratic Party a go and nearly wiped the Bloc off the map. It was the NDP's best performance here ever.
Perhaps that's why news of Layton's passing Monday at age 61 — even after his July 25 news conference where he looked so ill — came as a shock for the people and political class as well.
And if saddened Quebecers — from taxi drivers to the premier — were thinking of him, so, too, was Layton thinking of them.
In a remarkable farewell letter that he gave to his wife, Olivia Chow, over the weekend in the event of his death, he included a paragraph which starts with the line: "To my fellow Quebecers."
"On May 2, you made a historic decision," he wrote in the letter released by the New Democratic Party. "You decided that the way to replace Canada's Conservative federal government with something better was by working together in partnership with progressive-minded Canadians across the country.
"You made the right decision then; it is still the right decision today and it will be the right decision right through to the next election when we will succeed, together."
His poignant sign-off left Canadians and Quebecers united in tears.
"My friends, love is better then anger. Hope is better then fear. Optimism is better then despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
The tone of the note comes as no surprise to the people who knew Layton. In public and in private, friends recalled, Layton was the same guy: genuine.
Among Quebecers commenting on his passing was Premier Jean Charest who also knew his father, Robert Layton, when they were both ministers in Brian Mulroney's cabinet.
Charest, who called Layton after his July 25 announcement, said the family breathed politics and public service.
"The Jack Layton you saw in the election campaign, that you saw in the media — smiling, energetic — was the Jack Layton of every day," Charest said.
"He was a profoundly human person, he loved his wife, he adored his father and today I am sad at the thought that Canada has lost a man who had so much to offer for Quebecers and Canadians."
Gilles Duceppe, the Bloc Québécois leader who saw his political career wiped out by the NDP win, had kind words, too. He said he and Layton chatted informally at the parliamentary gym, often about their new grandchildren, Duceppe said.
Layton referred to time with his new granddaughter Beatrice as his "Bea-time."
"He was a man of great generosity," Duceppe said. "It's all well and good to be adversaries, but we are human beings above all."
Regular Quebecers have other memories, such as the image of Layton in the last election campaign sporting a NDP-doctored Canadiens shirt and hoisting a pint during the playoffs.
NDP friends recalled that Layton "in his heart" was a Habs fan but, well, he lived in Toronto. Politics is politics.
Then there was what was considered the campaign breakthrough moment — an appearance April 3 on the hugely popular Radio-Canada talk show, Tout le monde en parle.
That is the moment where Layton, sporting the cane he got after hip surgery, charmed host Guy A. Lepage and all of Quebec.
Layton told Quebecers that it was a "golden opportunity," to vote NDP and that his party wanted to "create winning conditions for Canada in Quebec."
Layton's appearance cemented the feeling for Quebecers that it would be 'okay' this time to vote for Layton — especially as a way to block the Conservatives — and word of mouth took over from there.
"It's always les bon jack (the good guys), who go first," Lepage commented Monday on his Twitter feed.
The appearance — plus an excellent performance in the leaders' debate — may have helped seal the deal, but the NDP argues it had been cultivating the seeds of its stunning May 2 election win long before that.
In May 2005, the party adopted the Sherbrooke declaration that says an NDP government respects Quebec's right to decide its future, draft its own referendum question, and a 50-per-cent plus one vote constitutes a majority to secede.
That policy became national NDP policy a year later.
On the other hand, the NDP also supports the Clarity Act that says Ottawa has a say in the referendum process.
Nevertheless, the party continued playing the nationalist card — especially after the arrival of Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair who in 2007 became the first NDP MP elected in Quebec in 17 years.
It was Mulcair who tabled a bill which, if passed, would amend the Canadian labour code so workers in federal institutions can work in French.
Often touted as Layton's successor, Mulcair — a close friend of Layton — was not talking to the media Monday.
But over and above the NDP's 'Quebec-friendly' policies, another dynamic — more significant — was in play, argues Université du Québec à Montréal political scientist André Lamoureux, author of a book on the NDP in Quebec.
At the NDP's Quebec campaign launch where Layton said it was important to vote NDP to block the Conservatives, Quebecers realized they could vote other than Bloc to stop the unpopular Stephen Harper.
"The NDP was able to galvanize that desire to beat the Conservatives even if people like me believed the Conservatives would win a majority," Lamoureux said in an interview.
"They galvanized Quebec's rancour against Conservative polices."
Layton's easygoing personality helped the cause, too, Lamoureux said.
"He won the hearts of Quebecers. He was a straight-shooter and they (Quebec and Layton) clicked.
"Had it not been Jack Layton, I am not sure the NDP would have got that result. I don't think so."
That probably explained why polls consistently show that Layton was the politician Quebecers most saw themselves sitting down and having a beer with.
Quebec came naturally to Layton. He was born in Montreal on July 18, 1950, growing up in Hudson. He attended Hudson High where he edited the yearbook and was student council president.
Politics ran in the family, which was Liberal. His great grandfather, Philip Layton, came to Canada from Britain. Blinded in his youth chopping wood, he founded the Montreal Association for the Blind in the 1890s.
His grandfather, Gilbert, was a minister in Maurice Duplessis's first Union Nationale government.
Jack Layton's father, Robert Layton, was an engineer who broke with the Liberals in 1982 to run for the Mulroney Conservatives.
Jack's left turn came during his undergraduate years at McGill where he studied under political philosopher Charles Taylor.
Layton quit the young Liberals and joined the NDP in 1970 when it was the only federal party to oppose the War Measures Act.
He moved to Toronto the next year for postgraduate studies at York University and started his political career.
But he kept up his Quebec connection and worked tirelessly to build support.
For the record, in his last speech on Quebec soil before dying, Layton had this to say: "People know we will treat Quebec with respect."
On Monday, Quebec commentators noted Layton's death was even more tragic after so much effort to build up the party here.
"Without him, the NDP would have never have made its historic breakthrough in Quebec," La Presse editorial writer André Pratte wrote on his blog.
"And now that it is time to harvest the fruits of his long years as a militant and in politics, Jack Layton is swept away by another wave. The black wave of cancer."


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Hello everyone and welcome to Lets Get Sketchy, a brand new sketch site! As scrappers we all LOVE sketches, it takes a lot of the pain out of scrapping! So I have decided to create a sketch site for that purpose and need your help.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Welcome & Design Team Call UPDATED
Hello everyone and welcome to Lets Get Sketchy, a brand new sketch site! As scrappers we all LOVE sketches, it takes a lot of the pain out of scrapping! So I have decided to create a sketch site for that purpose and need your help.
67 comments :
Love new challenge and sketch sites! I'm a follower and I'm looking forward to it.ReplyDelete
I've also shared your link to my website's announcement page - http://emily.kincke.com/contestsReplyDelete
Thanks Emily, looking forward to getting it up and running! thanks for sharing it on your blog!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2012 at 12:43 PM
very nice i am def followingReplyDelete
I'm a new follower now. =)ReplyDelete
Hi! I'm interested in becoming part of your sketch team or design team. This would be the 1st time I'd be part of a sketch challenge blog as designer or officially carry the title sketch design team.ReplyDelete
I would like to know the frequency of sketches your sketch designer needs to submit in a month. Is it once or twice a month, or once every quarter depending on the number of sketch designers you would have?
here's the link to a newly created sketch i created for another site I'm designing for: http://creobyladykatutz.blogspot.com/2012/02/3-month-old-lo-for-sketches4all.html
I work with rectangles, squares and circles primarily with my sketches as I don't use Adobe PSE.
Hoping to be able to create using the DT Call sketch too to try out for the design team also. =)
i love love sketches and can't wait til the first challenge goes live!ReplyDelete
Hi Kathleen, you would be provided a sketch twice a month to work from. The challenges will post the 1st and 15th of each month. As a DT member you would be required to have your layout due to me for upload by the 25th and 10th of the prior month. So for instance, if the challenge goes live March 1st, your layout would be due to me Feb 25th:-)ReplyDelete
WOW! This is looking great! I LOVE sketches! Will be working on my submission for DT! Thank you :-) xReplyDelete
I have blogged about this on my blogReplyDelete
and have become a follower and will be submitting for a position on the dsign team.
Yay! Love working from a sketch! Can't wait! I will follow also.ReplyDelete
Hello! Glad to share this blog but I am not a blgger so to speak but will share on other site when I can.Looking forward to seeing your sketches.Hope you get the design team up and working real soon.ReplyDelete
Hi! I'm a follower, and I can't wait for the first challenge.ReplyDelete
It has been a dream of mine to become a design team member and I love working with sketches. They help jump start the creativity when I'm stuck and get my creative "mojo" flowing! If accepted, this would be the first design team I would be a part of.
Please check out my entry at www.denayslittlecorner.blogspot.com
Thank you,
denayc at yahoo dot com
Hi! I am a follower and I would love to apply and be considered for the Design Team OR the Sketch Team.. which ever suits you best.I have posted my interpretation of the sketch with my layout on my blog.ReplyDelete
With this post I share they info to announce your DT call and the start of your new and exciting site which then posts to my facebook also. I will share this with the teams I am on now because they are surely some talented girls that would love the opportunity to apply here.
Hope this meets with your satisfaction.
My email: email@example.com
An opportunity to start with you on the ground floor of a new site is exciting and would be amazing. Thanks Bev Code
PS... on my blog under Labels... see the caption... BeeCeeCreativity Sketch.. 8 of them for your viewing.
Ooooooh, a new sketch site! How awesome! Love that sketch too......amazing!ReplyDelete
Helloooo! Great sketch - I have just posted my layout and promoted your site on my blog. Here is the link:ReplyDelete
Would LOVE to be on your DT team :-) x
I've been following your site for a little while now. I just finished the sketch for the design team call. YEAH! How exciting is this new site going to be?? I would love the opportunity to be part of this new up and coming sketch site! It's a great way to make new friends and have some fun! I would love to apply to be on the design team. I am a sketch lover to the max and love working with them. I hope you like what you see...I'm so excited!!!ReplyDelete
Here's my blog link http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.com/2012/02/true-love-stories-never-have-endings.html
My email is: firstname.lastname@example.com
Have a great day everyone...I'm off to tell everyone on facebook now to check you out!!
I've finished my LO entry for your DT Call. Yay!ReplyDelete
Here's my blogpost link: http://creobyladykatutz.blogspot.com/2012/02/banapple-pies-cheesecakes-lo-for-lets.html
My e-mail: email@example.com
A pleasant morning here in Manila & good luck to all of us trying out for the DT Call. =)
Also posted my LO entry with link to "Let's Get Sketchy DT Call post at my FB account. =)ReplyDelete
I think this will be my 3rd and last comment here. LOL :D
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Hi! I would love the opportunity to be on your team doing any position needed. I will work on the entry sketch tonight. My website is "Suzanne Roseberry: Art For The Heart." www.suzanneroseberryartfortheheart.comReplyDelete
Thank you!
Suzanne Roseberry :)
I´ve posted my LO in my blog today and I'm looking for a place in the design tema.ReplyDelete
I plan to get to the sketch later today or tomorrow after Michael leaves and hope to have it posted on Super Sunday. I have added links to my blog about the candy and the call here. http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-new-sketch-site.htmlReplyDelete
Hello, my name is Laurie LaRiviere and I would love the opportunity to design for this new blog, it's just adorable and the sketches are great! I did create a layout for the sketch provided, you can see it on my blog...ReplyDelete
I would like to apply for the position of creating layouts based on the sketches you provide. You can reach me at my email address...email@example.com. Thank you for the chance to apply for this team, looks like this is going to be a great sketch blog!
ps. posted the call on my fb, forgot to mention :)ReplyDelete
ladies please provide me with your email addresses, I can't notify you if I dont have it:-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2012 at 12:29 PM
I posted your call on my website, and on my Facebook page.ReplyDelete
My sketch is now on my website:
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, My name is Charlotte and I come from Denmark. I would like to apply for a spot on the Design Team. I love sketches - I always use sketches when I create layouts.ReplyDelete
You can find my layout here:
Hello! My name is Celina Matthews. Let me say that this looks like it's going to be a great site for some sketchy challenges and I would love to be considered for a design team position. Here is the link to my blog post: http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-get-sketchy.html and my email is firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks for the opportunity.ReplyDelete
Wow you ladies are submitting some AWESOME layouts, you are making this very hard for me! LOLReplyDelete
Hello, My name is Stacia and I would love to be considered for your design team. I have put your information on my blog along with my layout. I have also become a follower. I hope you will enjoy looking at all of my work on my blog and I thank you for considering me.ReplyDelete
My email address is email@example.com
I posted mine this morning!ReplyDelete
I am thrilled to apply for a design team position on your new site. My previous DT experience has been with Colorful Creations and Paper Thrills Challenge Blog. I participate in challenges on many sites and have an active Facebook page and blog called Precious Pages by Paula which I am hoping will grow into an active 'scrap-4-U' business. I enjoyed working with the sketch and making it mine by rotating it and doing some stenciling. You can see it here: http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/2012/02/gettin-sketchy-some-more.html Thank you for giving me this opportunity.ReplyDelete
I would love to apply for a position on the design team. There are some gorgeous layouts submitted above so it's obviously stiff competion but you never know if you don't try, right?!
I absolutely love sketches, they always get my creativity flowing. When I'm stuck in a rut with a bit of scrappers block they always pull me out. So, being a part of a sketch challenge site would be an awesome opportunity.
The link to my layout is below, and my email is email@example.com
Thanks for considering me!
Belinda x
Here is my submission for the design team! So exciting! My e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com and here is the blog post with my LO: http://allthingscrafty-erica.blogspot.com/2012/02/super-scrap-sunday.htmlReplyDelete
Keeping my fingers crossed! =)
Here is my submission. http://scrapinlizards.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-get-sketchy-dt-call.html. My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com Thanks for looking.ReplyDelete
Hello! Here's my submission for the design team. You can find my version of the sketch on my blog here: http://scrapcatslove.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-sketchy-site-and-dt-call.htmlReplyDelete
My email address is: martine(dot)7(at)hotmail(dot)com
I'm already a follower of your blog. Thanks so much for considering my application!
Wow! I'm loving the look of the site!! I've become a follower and I've posted my submission for both the DT and ST on my blogReplyDelete
And my email is email@example.com
my layout for dt call:ReplyDelete
and my mail
I'm a follower. My layout for the dt call is at: http://scrapbookingcreationsbyvicki.blogspot.com/2012/02/best-gift.htmlReplyDelete
vwilson577 at yahoo.com
I'd love to be a part of the Design Team!! This site looks amazing!! :) Here's my layout for the DT call. Thanks for the opportunity!!ReplyDelete
Oh, and my email address is firstname.lastname@example.com :) THANKS again!ReplyDelete
I would like to be considered for your design team. My entry can be found at http://paulacsworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/comrades.html and my email addy is email@example.com
Thank you very much for this opportunity!
Here is my entry for your DT call: http://spendlesscraftmore.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/lets-get-sketchy-dt-call.htmlReplyDelete
I am so excited about this opportunity!! I would like to apply for a spot on your design team.ReplyDelete
My submission can be found here:
My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi! What great sketches, so excited to find this site while surfing....ReplyDelete
I would love to be considered for the DT spots you have available. You can find my layout on my blog MY CREATIVE ENDEAVORS at http://createdbylisa.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-new-sketch-site.html
My email address is email@example.com
Thanks for sharing your talent through your sketches!
How exciting to find this new sketch blog! I would LOVE to be considered for one of your Design Team positions. You can find my layout on my blog CREATIVELY BLESSED at http://kerripowell.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-get-sketchy.html . My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you so much for the chance to apply for your team!
I just wanted to say...yay! I new sketch blog! I love 'em and am a new follower! :)ReplyDelete
I'm so excited about finding a new sketch blog! I would love to be considered for your new DT! I posted my submission on my blog here: http://mancusomadness.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-get-sketchy.html. Thank you so much for considering me and taking a look! My email address is email@example.com. Thanks again!ReplyDelete
hi! great sketch!! i love it and here is my layout for the dt call:ReplyDelete
my email address
good luck to all!!!!!
Thank you for a great sketch!ReplyDelete
Here is my entry for your DT call:
my email address
Thank you so much for the chance to apply for your team!
Hello! I would love to be considered for your DT, here is a link to my blog post that show my take on your sketchReplyDelete
I design for my lss, as well as create weekly sketches for them but I was thinking that it would be fun to be on the other side and use a sketch to begin my creative process. Thanks for your consideration!
Laura Whitaker
Hi! My name is Steffanie and I would love to be considered for your Design Team. I just stumbled upon your site this week---lucky me! I have been scrapping for over 12 years and really, truly enjoy it. I prefer to work with sketches on nearly every layout I create. I seem to need them as a jumping off point but can't draw them to save my life! My entry layout for your DT call is here:ReplyDelete
My email is: scrapbooks4ever(at)gmail(dot)com
I hope you will consider me for you new DT. Thanks for the opportunity!
This site looks amazing! I have posted a link to your announcement, have become a follower and would love to apply for the design team! Here is the link to my entry: http://hisglorygirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/promises.html.ReplyDelete
I wish you the best of luck with choosing your team and am excited to see the challenges you bring to us lucky scrappers!
What a fabulous opportunity. I LOVE sketches! I am a shabby chic scrapper who has been scrapping for 40 years. Yep ever since I was ten. (well actually, I guess that means over forty then. LOL) I love to scrapbook our life story, most recently the joys of grandchildren. I have not dabbled into digi scrapping yet because I love the 3d look that I get from paper and embellishments. I have more scrapbook supplies than you even want to know. I also don't design my own sketches but look to others with that talent to help me out. I appreciate this opportunity to share with you some of my recent creations. Check them out on my blog hereReplyDelete
They are scattered in between a few of our memorable activities.
You can reach me for further questions at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you for your consideration.
I'm a new follower to your blog and excited for the sketches that will be available in the future.ReplyDelete
I am intersted in applying to be a member of your new design team. I have posted on my Facebook wall and wrote about your DT call in my blog. I posted my layout based on the sketch provided as my entry. My blog is found at
http://creative-scraps-adventures.blogspot.com/ and my email address is email@example.com
Thank you for this amazing opportunity and I look forward to your sketching site.
Congrats on such a huge response to your DT call! Very exciting!ReplyDelete
I would love to apply to be a member of the Let's Get Sketchy Design Team. I'm a follower and have posted about your DT call on my blog.
My layout can be found here:
My email is email@example.com
Thanks for the opportunity!! (And good luck with the decision!! So many amazing entries!)
Thank you for a great sketch!ReplyDelete
Here is my entry for your DT call:
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I had a great time using your sketch!! I would love the chance to try out for the design team. I have only been papercrafting for a few years and I feel I have really progressed the past year or so.
Here is the link to my project, http://liliesandpaper.blogspot.com/2012/02/bump-in-night.html
Thank you for the chance, Colleen AKA Lilygirl
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Here is my blog where I have blogged about your site and my layout..www.scrapbookinginparadise.blogspot.com
I teach Scrapbooking and cardmaking 4 times a week and have been on a few DTs.
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Hello again! I have previously posted a comment to apply for your DT, and would still love to be a part of the team, but have also decided that I would like to apply for the sketch team as well. I create four sketches a month for my lss. You can see my most recent sketch posted here http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.com/2012/02/sketch-y-friday_10.html , on my blog. And if you poke around a bit you can see more of my designs.ReplyDelete
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Hello! Last minute entry!! My name is Patricia and I ran across this blog last night and thought I'd whip up a quick layout to apply for the design team part of your call. I've been scrapbooking for 12 years and enjoy using bright colors and patterned paper. Sketches are often a starting point for me so this call seems like a perfect fit! Here is my submission on my newly developed blog http://harmonyhealthandfaith.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
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Hi Brenshevia. Thanks for this blog... I love sketches and this is a great idea.ReplyDelete
Here my LO http://scrapperita.blogspot.com/2012/02/nuovo-sketch-challenge-blog-e-dt-call.html
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I would like to apply for the design team as I've always loved creating with sketches! For me, sketches are like the blueprint of a building and are especially useful when I'm feeling creatively challenged.
I'm from Singapore, a sunny little island just south of the equator and I first started scrapbooking (casually) in 2006, but only started doing it more seriously in 2011.
My take on the design team call sketch is on my blog at www.scrapsncards.blogspot.com. Hope you like it and thanks for the chance to apply for the team!
I've followed this blog through my other email address, firstname.lastname@example.com, which is where you can reach me as well!
I would like to be considered for the design team (not sketch one) and I have posted on my blog.
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BOSTON -- The number of companies rewarding members for working out has increased in the past few months as several companies, including Virgin Life Care and Fitnsurance, announced their reward plans. Now, ItsMyBod (IMB) is stepping into the limelight with its rewards program. The program will receive a helping hand from the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), which will promote the IMB Healthy Activity Rewards Program to IHRSA member clubs.
The IMB Healthy Activity Rewards Program provides members with reward points every time they register daily Healthy Activities into their accounts on www.ItsMyBod.com. They can redeem points for merchandise and services through local and national participating airlines, car rentals, health clubs, hotels, restaurants and retailers.
Points are not difficult to earn and entry-level award redemption such as a $25 gift card to Best Buy is 500 points. Members realizing less than the maximum daily point accrual can still receive rewards valued at considerably more than their cost of membership.
"We love Its My Bod's incentives for club members to participate," said Chuck Leve, IHRSA's director of business development, "and we also like the fact that we'll be able to offer this program to the first 100 IHRSA member clubs signing up as affiliates at no cost, and at a 25 percent discount from the regular affiliate fee for those that follow."
IHRSA is encouraging all of its member clubs to participate as affiliates and use the program as a sales and retention tool.
The program costs $5 per month for individuals and $8 per month for families (up to 9 members of the same household). The family membership enables K-12 students to participate by giving them their own personal accounts to accrue and redeem reward points. School children earn points with after-school sports activities such as baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, tennis, etc., while other family members earn their own points for their gym workouts and other healthy activities that are all redeemable for the same prizes.
Members also receive points for having a health club membership. Family memberships promote healthy competition among family members to achieve, improve and maintain their healthy activities and healthy lifestyles. Members register their healthy activities and calorie intake into their accounts and can accrue up 18 points per day based on the duration of their healthy activities and for calorie intake below 2,500 calories per day.


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A friend of mine has created a Twitter account on their phone but now can not remember any of the details they used. They remain logged in on their phone but I've had a look through the app but it doesn't seem to mention anything useful.
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Is the Stanley Cup getting staid in its old age?
After all, as a younger trophy, it rode a Harley, swam in pools, "slept" with untold numbers of NHL players, shared the runway with strippers and showered with Steve Yzerman. At various times, it has served as punch bowl, dog food dish and baptismal font.
Now its idea of fun is to visit a National Park, take in some sights, buy a few souvenirs.
Like thousands of other tourists, hockey's Holy Grail spent the holiday weekend at Yosemite. And why not, the falls are spectacular this year!
The video shows the Cup enjoying the view from Glacier Point. Yosemite was chosen because the owner of the NHL champion Boston Bruins, Jeremy Jacobs, also owns Delaware North, which runs the concessions company for the national park.
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On September 14, 2010, SCI welcomed supporters to a cruise around New York Harbor and into the Port on the Sandy Hook Pilots' Pilot No. 1, the New York. Guests enjoyed dinner, drinks and an up-close-and-personal look at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Photos by Jena Tumbleson.
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Do you remember the cookbook, Table Talk, that I blogged and blogged and blogged about last summer? I love that cookbook… it is still on the top of the list of favorite cookbooks I own. I love the Table Talk cookbook because it tells a great story, has beautiful photos and every single recipe I've tried has bee a hit. There hasn't been one dud yet.
Recently, the publisher of Table Talk contacted me about another cookbook they were releasing called Morning Glory Farm. I think Table Talk may now have some competition as one of my favorite cookbooks! See, I believe that so many people can make a cookbook, but it takes a special kind of author to be able to weave personal stories in with the recipes they share. Morning Glory Farm is more than a collection of recipes. It is a tale of a husband and wife who, 30+ years ago, started a small farm. Through their hard work, dedication, ups and downs in the farming industry, and help from friends and family, they grew their farm to be one of Martha's Vineyards finest…where people will stand in line on any given day for a fresh loaf of zucchini bread or just picked corn. Their farmstand is bustling with customers daily, hoping to snatch up fresh produce or fruit pies. Their farm has become so popular that keeping items stocked in their retail store is a everyday challenge.
The Morning Glory Farm cookbook shares 70 recipes that are favorites of the residents of Martha's Vineyard. The Morning Glory Farm cookbook is extra special because it separates each recipe out into the season that it would highlight the freshness of the produce available that season. For example, winter recipes include such gems as "Judy's Simple Chicken Pot Pie" or "Baked Stuffed Winter Squash" while the summer recipes include recipes like "Chesca's Roasted Corn Chowder" and "Fresh Green Bean Potato Salad".
I have a huge amount of recipes from this cookbook bookmarked to try. The lovely folks at Morning Glory Farm thought that you should get in on the fun as well. I have an extra cookbook to give away to one lucky Dine & Dish reader. To qualify, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. Make sure to include your email address in the form so that I know how to contact you. The random drawing will take place next Tuesday, so all entries need to be left by midnight CST on Monday, August 31st.
And, to tempt your tastebuds, I challenge you to try this Zucchini bread recipe and tell me if you have ever tasted better Zucchini bread. I am not sure what it is about it, but the light crust of this bread sets it apart from any other Zucchini bread I have tried!
Morning Glory Zucchini Bread (from the Morning Glory Farm cookbook)
2 to 2 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups sugar
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray two 9″ x 5″ bread pans with nonstick spray.
In a large mixing bowl, combine zucchini, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
Beat sugar into mix until it is thoroughly creamed.
Once liquids and sugar are well mixed, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Mix until batter is well blended and even in texture. The batter should be smooth, outside the zucchini shreds. If it's not, add a little juice from the zucchini.
Pour batter evenly into pans.
Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until bread is brown and springs back when gently pressed in the middle.
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"I have tried to capture feelings about Australia, but also about children and their eternal vulnerability in both the natural and social orders." —Polixeni Papapetrou
After traveling overseas in 2004, Polixeni Papapetrou returned home to Australia, yearning for her native landscape. A visit to the bush culminated in the Haunted Country series. Fueled by her own childhood experience of being lost in the woods near the Lake Eidon district on a summer school holiday, the artist researched accounts of lost children in Australia's rugged environs. As she states, "The figure of the bush-lost child is one of the most poignant themes in Australia's cultural remembering. My desire was to create photographs that embodied the harrowing psychological aspects of these stories. I wanted to draw the viewer into this emotional space, experience the undercurrent of the psychological drama unfolding, and make connections between past and present consciousness about land and country."
The landscape remains a constant in this series. The artist describes the land as "inspiring, ancient, uncontactable, not completely owned." Accordingly, the pictures comment upon the Aboriginal culture's loss of land at the hands of European occupation, and how the newly settled white people came to view the land as hostile, as well as their continual sense of rootlessness to the land today. Further, she uses the metaphor of the bush-lost child to reflect upon other ways that "children become lost to adults."
Staged in natural environments at sites in Victoria where children were lost, the works titled The Wimmera 1864 are based on the story of Jane Duff and her two brothers, Isaac and Frank, who were lost in the western district of Victoria in 1864. The children were lost for nine days until they were found by an Aboriginal tracker. It is this account that is the basis for this beautiful pigment-ink photograph, which was printed for the artist by the master printer Les Walkling in Australia.
Polixeni Papapetrou originally trained as a lawyer, graduating with a BA/LLB, University of Melbourne in 1984. In 1997, she graduated with a Master of Arts, (Media Arts), RMIT University and in 2007 with a PhD, Monash University, where she currently holds the position of Adjunct Research Fellow. She lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.


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Officials say cowhands rounded up more cattle from federally controlled range land where a southern Nevada rancher claims a longstanding right to graze his herd.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service said Tuesday that 234 cows have been corralled since Saturday from a 1,200-square-mile area closed to the public for the operation about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
The BLM says the cattle have trespassed for decades, and that Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy has racked up more than $1.1 million in unpaid grazing fees while losing federal court cases.
Bundy claims to own at least 500 of more than 900 animals that rangers say are treading on protected habitat of the endangered desert tortoise.
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A Tory councillor accused of calling a gay city council leader a "faggot" has apologised.
Jim Farquharson denied calling Liberal Democrat city leader John Stewart the offensive term and said he had been misheard.
However, he admitted calling Mr Stewart a "fat git" and a "fascist".
The pair had a private meeting yesterday and Mr Farquharson said he believed the matter was closed.
He told the Press and Journal: "What was alleged was not true, I did not describe him in any homophobic terms at all.
"We shook hands and as far as I understand the matter is now closed. I have learned my lesson from this incident."
But Mr Stewart said of the apology: "You could break my nose and apologise and I would still have a broken nose.
"Just because someone apologises for something does not make it acceptable behaviour."
The row started on Monday after Mr Farquharson claimed Mr Stewart was showing preference to a rival Tory faction in the council.
A council official claimed to have overheard Mr Farquharson using the word "faggot" but the councillor claimed he was actually saying "fat git".
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Amy Lloyd grew up playing flute and piano. She was a drum major in the high school band, but there wasn't much singing. Wait, she did a solo performance in church once when she was about 6. Her grandmother, the church pianist, asked her to sing something for a Christmas concert."It was 'All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth,' I think," said Lloyd, who lives in Cheltenham. Music was shelved further when Lloyd went on to study agricultural education at the University of Illinois where she met her husband, Matt, who majored in agricultural communication. After graduation, they landed in Maryland and both worked on Capitol Hill. Lloyd left her job to raise the couple's children, Charlotte, 7, and Emmett, 5.Music came back into her life much how it did when she was a child. She started singing in a praise choir in church and found herself enjoying it a lot. While she grew up listening to classic rock and some country music, Christian music started becoming her favorite genre, she said. "I really got into singing," Lloyd said. "It all hit me. 'Wait a minute, I'm a singer. This is what I'm supposed to do.'" During this time, she heard a sermon that asked "What is the one thing you do for God that you would be miserable if you are not doing it?"For me, that is singing," Lloyd said. With her kids in school full time, Lloyd decided she could do a few things for herself. She signed up for voice lessons with Antony Zwerdling at the College of Southern Maryland, who also teaches music history and music theory on the La Plata campus. "I wanted to be better, be better for God," said Lloyd of her decision to work on her voice. She also wanted to do something with her singing, maybe make a living from it and talked with Zwerdling about it. He sensed her frustration but knew it could be difficult for someone to make money singing. Zwerdling suggested she record a CD. It could serve as a resumé of sorts and show that Lloyd was serious about pursuing singing as more than a hobby. She liked the idea. It was a new one for her. "It's not like a lifelong dream of mine to make an album," said Lloyd, who was spending time doing custom sewing work, some consulting and working with a direct sales company."I was doing all these things good, but not doing one thing great. I was spinning my wheels." The album idea focused her. She already had a list of songs written down in a journal — thinking she one day might perform a concert at church. The album idea overtook her, Lloyd said. "[Zwerdling] suggested it, and I ran with it."At first Matt was hesitant. "This was uncharted territory for us," Lloyd said.But as Charlotte was Lloyd's biggest fan and Emmett along for the ride, everyone was soon on board. "They were really supportive," Lloyd said of her family. She financed the project by selling some furniture the family wasn't using anymore along with her kids' old strollers on Craigslist, and through Kickstarter, a fundraising platform, she raised money to pay for studio time at Nightsky Studios in Waldorf.Zwerdling came along to accompany her on acoustic guitar, background vocals and keyboard, recording for three-and-a-half days, eight hours a day during the summer when their schedules synced up."It was fun," Lloyd said. "If I could, I'd do it again tomorrow." She is the first of Zwerdling's students to record an album, and he was interested in learning more about the recording process.He wasn't very familiar with the folk Christian sound. "Not at all," Zwerdling said. "I'm classically trained, and I'm Jewish." Being in a professional studio was a new experience, too. "It was interesting to see the whole process unfold," he said. Lloyd recorded 11 songs, most are covers, but two — "Me For You" and "Here is Your God (No One Else)" — were original tunes by a minister, Michael Andrew Foster. The theme of the album — God's grace — started to come together. "I hope the music encourages people," Lloyd said. The album is available on iTunes and Amazon and songs from it can be heard on Internet radio at Jango, www.jango.com.Internet radio is where a lot of independent musicians get discovered, Lloyd said. In the meantime, Lloyd has started teaching piano and voice at Island Music Co. in La Plata.She also is learning to play guitar at Zwerdling's urging and is attempting to pen her own songs. "Antony really inspired me to do something really great," Lloyd said. "I hope in teaching I can be that to somebody." Lloyd, a native of Waggoner, Ill., a town that has a population of about 250 people, has been featured in the area's newspaper and hopes to get her songs played on Waggoner's radio station that broadcasts the farm report, high school sports and gospel music."People where I'm from don't think to do these things," said Lloyd, who has heard from people she knew in Illinois that they were surprised she put out an album. She said she will continue taking voice lessons. "It's a lifelong learning experience," Lloyd said. "There is always something to learn. With singing you never really arrive. You're always working and learning."If another album or songwriting is in her, she'll wait and see. "I'm waiting to see what God does with it," she said. "I think we all have more in us than we believe." firstname.lastname@example.com
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VANCOUVER - The bridge of an ill-fated British Columbia ferry may not have been staffed according to federal government regulations before the ship slammed into an island and sank, a B.C. Supreme Court jury heard Thursday.
A senior crew member on the Queen of the North testified that staff didn't have a clear interpretation of the regulations over how many people were required to man the bridge.
Under cross-examination, Richard St. Pierre was shown a BC Ferries document from two years prior to the crash that indicates three people were required to be on the ferry's bridge.
"It went back and forth a few times. I think at the time we were manning in accordance with regulations," St. Pierre said of his confidence the interpretation was correct even though the number didn't match the document. "It wasn't black and white."
Two people were tasked with manoeuvring the BC Ferry when the collision occurred just after midnight in March 2006.
The navigation officer on the bridge that night, Karl Lilgert, is accused of criminal negligence causing the deaths of two passengers on the ferry.
St. Pierre told the jury some officers were aware federal regulations stated three people should be involved under certain conditions, but said there were disagreements over those rules.
The court heard that a 2004 memo, written on BC Ferries letterhead, included a table citing the Canada Shipping Act.
It stated the minimal requirements during a navigational watch as being "an officer of the watch" and an "additional person," as well as "a second additional person" during certain conditions.
"Those conditions being restricted visibility, congested traffic density, hazardous navigational situations, the local prohibition of the use of auto pilot and at night," a Crown lawyer read to the witness.
St. Pierre said that nonetheless, he routinely staffed the bridge with only two people navigating and steering the ship at night, although he always had the discretion to direct a third person to join that job.
"You could, (but) you wouldn't get any work done," St. Pierre said, explaining the third person was better used elsewhere.
On the night of the sinking, Lilgert and quartermaster Karen Bricker, whose role it was to actually steer the ship, were on the bridge when it crashed.
The Crown is arguing Lilgert was responsible when the ferry failed to make a critical turn and slammed into Gil Island during its voyage from Prince Rupert, B.C. to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
Court heard that BC Ferries has clarified its rules in the years following the sinking. The policy now requires at least three people on the bridge: a senior officer, junior officer and quartermaster or lookout.
The defence is attempting to make a case that inadequate policies and poor equipment led to the fatal crash.
While 99 people survived, the bodies of Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette were never recovered.
Also on Thursday, court heard conflicting recollections of how many people were counted in the lifeboats and life rafts as the ferry sank.
Jason LaPorte was a deck hand on the Queen of the North who had been steering the ship as quartermaster just before Bricker took over.
He testified he tried writing numbers on his arm with a pen to try to keep track, but the number keep fluctuating between 101 and 99. He recalled the final head count settling at 99 people.
However, another crew member who testified at the end of the day recalled the group arriving at a final number of 101, following five or six attempts.
"It was futile to keep an accurate count of how many people got into each boat," said Derek Sweet, recalling the flotilla of rescue vessels bobbing in the midst of wind, rain and commotion.
Court has previously heard that it took more than six and a half hours after the crisis began for rescue officials to confirm two people were missing.
Shortly after the ship capsized, some boats carrying women, children and injured departed for the tiny nearby First Nations village of Hartley Bay. Most of the crew and other passengers were taken about the arriving Sir Wilfrid Laurier ship to recover.
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Retail Customer Service Associate Position Open!
If you have great people skills and enjoy working with the public, we
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The Job Window is seeking a full-time Customer Service & Sales Associate who is career minded and posses unmatched people skills. This is an entry level opening NOT in a call center environment. As a result of clients placing a high value on the more personalized approach and excellent customer service delivered by the customer service team, there is a new opening for the expansion of the retail campaign.
Servicing retail giants with a smile and a handshake is why the customer service division has enjoyed unprecedented growth this year. Campaigns are focused on developing and executing unique, and personable advertising strategies designed to generate new customers for clients.
The Goals Are Simple: Every consumer must benefit from the promotions, every client must benefit from the services provided and every representative must benefit from the training and team spirit of the company!
The Challenge: We are continuously expanding the client base as well as the number of territories covered on a National scale. The current client base is extremely diverse, and operating territories now stack up to 5 across the nation. These growing retail marketing campaigns are in need of customer service professionals that can work on site at the promotional events providing direct customer and client support through promotional techniques.
The Position: Customer Service & Sales Associates work in an environment that is centered on being a part of a team and being included in a family atmosphere. By bringing together diverse individuals who have an array of expertise, skills and potential, it helps senior management to create progressive promotional marketing solutions for clients. The Job Window is looking for key individuals to provide customer service and promotional knowledge to the existing and future client base.
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8526. Bonds qualify as trust fund investments. Any bonds issued under this chapter are legal investment for all trust funds; for the funds of insurance companies, commercial and savings banks, and trust companies; and for state school funds; and whenever any money or funds may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state, that money or those funds may be invested in the bonds issued under this chapter, and whenever bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or other districts within the state may, by any law now or hereafter enacted, be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, the bonds issued under this chapter may be so used. The provisions of this chapter are in addition to all other laws relating to legal investments and shall be controlling as the latest expression of the Legislature with respect thereto.
1Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 878 (AB 595), in effect January 1, 1998.