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'Twilight' cast descends upon 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'by jmaloni
Tue, Nov 1st 2011 03:10 pm
Tune into "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Monday, Nov. 7, through Friday, Nov. 18, to catch interviews with "Twilight" stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli and Jackson Rathbone. In addition, Kimmel's two weeks will feature musical performances featured on the "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" soundtrack, including The Belle Brigade ("I Didn't Mean It") and Christina Perri ("A Thousand Years").
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" opens in theaters on Friday, Nov. 18.

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I finally updated all of the Upper Room's online sermons. And I've got a few of my own to post… Here they are collated by series. Here are my 3 sermons in Judges. Although I taught 8 times in Judges, I only actually had 3 "sermons". The others were different kinds of studies.
1 – Judges Part 7, "Deborah and Barak"
2 – Judges Part 13, "Samson: The Life Ruled by Sight"
3 – Judges Part 15, "Outro: Micah and the Levite"


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» VegWeb's Thanksgiving page!
It is so delicious. Filled with links for recipes, contests, and other deliciousness for Thanksgiving. You need to read it all. And then make me everything on it. And also, adopt me a turkey. Okay, I'm all out of requests. FOR NOW.
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Brides Love Kauai Weddings
And Kauai's romance industry loves the money wedding couples and their families spend on the Garden Island
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Photo Courtesy: Kilohana Photography
On an April afternoon, Pamela Wen stepped off a plane in Lihue, 5,020 miles away from and 40 degrees warmer than her New York home. After four days of final preparations – plus some beach play time - the first-grade teacher stood in a white-silk, organza wedding gown on a Poipu lawn, with ocean waves slapping the rocks a few feet away, a blazing sunset tinting the sky and tiki torches glowing in the dusk.
Chung Chiang and Pamela Wen, from New York, were married
"I do," she said, gazing into Chung Chiang's eyes.
Gelston Dwight snapped pictures, guests dabbed at happy tears and the Kauai economy racked up another $20,000. That was just spending by the happy couple – half for their wedding arranged by planner Iben Dwight, and the rest for a 10-day honeymoon. Another $40,000 to $50,000 more was pumped into the Island economy by the rest of their 22-member group.
A Hawaii wedding has been the dream of many ever since Elvis tied the knot on Kauai in the Coco Palms extravaganza that closed the 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii." Last year, 14,801 nonresident couples made their way to the Hawaiian Islands to promise undying love and ring up tourist dollars for the state's economy.
Around 14 percent of those couples – 2,219 – said their vows on Kauai, where the romance industry is growing again despite uncertain economic times and new regulations from the state Department of Land and Natural Resouces. The rules, started in 2008, require permits for beach weddings and forbid chairs at those sandy ceremonies. The rules created trepidation but, in the end, did not cripple the wedding industry.
Tourists spent $1.14 billion in 2010 on weddings
Honeymoons and weddings account for 10 percent
In fact, according to preliminary 2010 figures from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, tourist spending statewide on weddings and honeymoons amounted to $1.145 billion. That's 10 percent of the total $11.4 billion spent by tourists in Hawaii last year.
Wedding couples arrive from many Mainland states and countries, with Japanese couples traditionally being the biggest foreign market. However, HTA is seeing a shift as the number of wedding couples from Japan drop while the number from Korea surge. "Weddings are the No. 1 segment in the Korean market," says Daniel Nahoopii, HTA's director of tourism research, "and we're the No. 1 destination in popularity for romance in the Korean market."
Though a Kauai ceremony meant a 15-hour flight from New York for her and others in the wedding party, Pamela Wen was delighted with her choice. "Kauai was definitely key in making everything special," says the new Mrs. Wen Chiang.
"It was much cheaper than if we had held it in New York. … And we were able to keep it small and personal, so it was totally worth the cost. We were amazed that we actually got to eat the food and enjoy the guests and all while sitting under the stars. … The ocean, the rocks, the waves, the sunset, the palm trees, the flowers, the smell. … That image is captured in my mind."
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The "Romance Industry" is an economic bonanza for all of Hawaii, but is especially welcome on Kauai, where the unemployment rate is 2 percentage points higher than the state average.
"The way we position the island, one of our main focuses is the romance market," says Sue Kanoho, executive director of the Kauai Visitors Bureau. "For us as an island, it has always been a very important part of our tourism marketing plan and continues to have the potential for more opportunities. It's not only weddings and honeymoons, but vow renewals, proposals, anniversaries. So when you think about it, you have a multiple-year opportunity with somebody.
"I would say about 20 to 25 percent of arrivals come to the island for weddings."
Kauai wedding professionals offer a range of options for that market. They start with the affordable "wedding in a box," as some coordinators call it, from $100 to $495 for the bride, bridegroom, officiant and two lei, to extravaganzas that can cost up to $100,000 or more, and include arches, tents, tikis, flower pathways, limousines, entertainment, musicians and maybe even a fire dancer to polish off the evening. The most common, say planners, is something for 25 to 80 guests, costing around $30,000.
After years of declines, nonresident weddings rebounded in 2010 on all Islands.
"Think of the impact on the economy," says Fern Merle-Jones, who has been performing and coordinating weddings since 1988 – now about 250 a year – and sees vow renewals growing into another huge market. She and her husband, Michael, currently perform as many renewals as weddings – often complete with flowers, cake, photography, the works.
"Hundreds of people are now working in this industry and it has tremendous long-range impact," says Merle-Jones. "People come to get married, bring their families, eat at the restaurants, stay in the hotels, go out for activities, and then go back home and tell all their friends and show the video. I get so many people coming for weddings and vow renewals because a friend of a friend of a friend told them about us."
Kanoho believes it's important to gather data on all of the corollary markets surrounding weddings, something that hasn't yet been done. "We need to verify statistics beyond marriage licenses and that's where organizations like the Kauai Wedding Professionals Association can help solidify the importance of these markets."
The 12-year-old association exemplifies how fast the industry is growing. It launched with about 10 members in the late 1990s and now has more than 50. Along with establishing ethical standards and unity, it has legitimized the industry and given it recognition on and outside of Kauai.
"The fact that we have a professional organization has also helped solidify a code of ethics as far as sacred sites are concerned," says president Larry LaSota. "Before, people were stepping on heiau and performing ceremonies there, and we laid down in the bylaws eight or nine years ago about honoring the land and sacred sites, and not doing weddings on heiau."
Kauai wins over brides to be with its beauty, serenity and security. "You don't have to dress it up, because it's so beautiful here," says wedding coordinator Diana Gardner, who plans up to 100 weddings a year. "You don't have a blank canvas – you have the beauty of Kauai as your backdrop."
Clever marketing has also played a part. "The hotels have connected with the airlines and have made it easy for people to click one box and buy a package that's a super deal," says Dode Martin, co-owner of Martin Roberts Design, a business that stages several hundred event weddings every year. "That has really helped all of us. One of our hotel clients had predicted the recession (based on bookings) and within a month they had created these packages so that people (kept) traveling. I think that's what really increased the wedding traffic. It has made it more affordable."
That all-in-one package lured Melissa Wait to Kauai to marry, though neither she nor her fiancé had ever been to the Islands. "We found a hotel, car, airfare package that was like $4,000 for the week," says the Arizona audiologist, who left sticky hot weather in Phoenix at the end of March and arrived on cool Kauai with 19 family members for her April 3 wedding.
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Westminster, Md. – (November 27, 2012) — Pediatrician Cynthia Roldan, M.D., director of the pediatric hospitalist program, was recently featured on The Carroll Hospital Center Health Chat on WTTR radio. The show broadcasts every Tuesday morning at 8:40 a.m. and features experts at Carroll Hospital Center discussing various issues that matter to your health including sun safety, diabetes, joint pain and more.
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Thanks again to everyone who came out to the ATL/Kaplan Bar Prep trivia night in New York last week! A number of firms gathered teams of lawyers and summer associates and joined the ATL crew at Connolly's in Midtown to vie for firm bragging rights, Mini iPads, and our nearly inaugurated traveling trophy: the ATL Trivia Championship Belt.
And of course those who couldn't succeed at trivia still got free food and some booze, because a trivia night is never a total loss.
If you think the belt looks cool — because it is — convince your firm to join us next time when the winners are forced to defend their title. Stay tuned to ATL for details.
So who won the inaugural challenge?
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Sacramento Ballet's 'Gatsby' is great
"Who Cares?," George Balanchine's lively interpretation of George Gershwin's 1920s Broadway show tunes, is a perfect accompaniment to the Sacramento Ballet's world premiere of Ron Cunningham's "The Great Gatsby."
"Who Cares?" opens the program with some of Balanchine's classic moves – precision ensemble dancing, elegant extensions and intricate patterning. The ballet company's talented cast of dancers performs extremely well, bringing energy, humor and artistry to the choreography.
Standouts include Christopher Nachtrab's "Liza," Amanda Peet's "Fascinatin' Rhythm," Pett and Stefan Calka's intimate "The Man I Love," Alexandra Cunningham and Oliver-Paul Adams' elegant "Embraceable You" and Kaori Higashiyama and Rex Wheeler's "'S Wonderful."
Choreographer Cunningham, celebrating 25 years as Sacramento Ballet's co-artistic director (with wife Carinne Binda), set himself the daunting goal of making a brand new ballet based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic Jazz Age novel, "The Great Gatsby." To say that he succeeded is an understatement. He has created not just a gift to his company, but a gift to the entire dance world. An innovative combination of dance, acting, narration and live music (by Billy Novick and his Blue Syncopators) brings the novel to life. Novick compiled and arranged the songs and created period-perfect interludes as connecting tissue. The sassy Chicago blues singer E. Faye Baker sparks the stage with each appearance.
Blessed with a stable of dancers fully capable of executing his vision, Cunningham stages a daring drama that often is breath-taking to watch. Stefan Calka stars as the title character, Jay Gatsby, and Alexandra Cunningham dances the role of Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life, thoush she is married to the womanizing Tom Buchanan (Christopher Nachtrab in a knock-out characterization of a complex man, perhaps a creature of his licentious times).
Dance-maker Cunningham incorporates popular dances of the Roaring '20s, including the Lindy Hop and the Charleston, with classic and contemporary ballet moves to advance his story.
One stunning approach to turning novel to dance is to employ two performers for the role of Nick Carraway. Carraway was both narrator and participant in the plot of Fitzgerald's story. Oliver-Paul Adams admirably dances the plot-point Nick, while actor-singer Connor Mickeiwicz portrays narrator Nick. Their introduction, dressed identically and moving in tandem, establishes the conceit brilliantly.
In addition to characters Gatsby, Daisy, Tom and Nick, the featured cast includes the lovely Isha Lloyd as Jordan Baker, a female professional golfer and friend of the Buchanans; the dazzling Amanda Peet as Myrtle Wilson, mistress to Tom Buchanan and wife of George Wilson (danced by Michael Separovich), who seeks misdirected revenge late in the ballet.
"The Great Gatsby" is a triumph for Cunningham and the Sacramento Ballet. It continues at 7:30 p.m. today (Feb. 8) and Saturday (Feb. 9), and closing with a 2 p.m. matinee of Sunday (Feb. 10). Performances are at the Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. Tickets are $17-$70, available at the box office, by phone at (916) 808-5181, or on-line at www.sacballet.org.
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The motel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Warrnambool motel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Ibis Styles Warrnambool Central Court is a smoke-free property.
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free Wi-Fi
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- Free self parking
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Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 8 AM and 9 AM.
Central Steakhouse - This steakhouse serves breakfast and dinner.
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Breakfast fee: AUD 15 per person (approximately)
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Please note that reception is open 7 AM - 10 PM. Guests who plan to arrive after hours should call reception before 9 PM on the day of arrival to arrange for key collection.
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Technology: Vital For '09
Missouri cotton producers would really be hurting if it were not for improved technology. Boll weevil eradication has certainly affected our cotton production in Missouri with about a five dollar return for every dollar invested. The program has reduced insecticide costs and increased yield. The maintenance phase is even more economical.
I can remember what farming was like with only conventional cotton varieties. Now about 98 percent of the cotton varieties grown in Missouri contain herbicide-resistant traits, insecticidal traits for the heliothine complex or both. It won't be long before we have multiple herbicide-resistant stacked genes. However, the technology does have a dark side with marestail, Palmer amaranth and Johnsongrass having glyphosate resistance.
The technology has definitely improved with cotton seed treatments. Producers can now reduce spray applications due to the available control for many of our early season pests. Seed treatments have certainly had an impact on moderate levels
GPS has changed things on the cotton farm. Aerial applicators can do a better job of spraying. We have remote sensing and other tools available. Two years ago, I had a request from our Extension nematologist to take samples and, if possible, to get a GPS location. I told him that our Extension agronomists were using them. The new picker/module builder also eliminates the need for module builders, boll buggies and tractors.
There are many decisions for producers to make before planting in 2009. With cotton and input prices being so widely different, it will be hard for most producers to see a lot of profit in 2009. However, considerations such as rotations for other crops and impact on yield and value of those crops should be considered.
Cotton is an excellent rotation for peanuts and fits well in rotations with corn. Peanuts and soybeans do not make a good rotation, but cotton and corn fit well into a rotation with soybeans. It is best to have corn planted after soybeans in this rotation and then follow it with cotton.
Producers will have a major adjustment in varieties in Florida for 2010 and should start looking at the newer ones in 2009. About 95 percent of the cotton in Florida was one variety for several years, and it has been a high-yielding variety with wide adaptability. Things changed from the fall of 2007 to 2008, and they are changing again. So don't count cotton out but be prepared to grow a high-yielding crop as cheaply as possible.
Now that Christmas has come and gone, and hunting season is drawing to a close, the task of growing food and fiber will soon be at hand once again. Although we have just christened a new year, there are several very important decisions that need to be made relatively soon. The first of which is deciding what crop you'll grow in 2009. Some have already made this decision while others are waiting to see what the markets hold prior to deciding what to plant. It is universally accepted that cotton acres in Mississippi will decline for the third year in a row; however, to what magnitude they decline is yet to be determined.
Variety selection is another very important decision that needs to be carefully considered. Everyone knows that 2009 is the final season for varieties containing single gene insect protection. As a result, nearly 40 percent of the varieties planted in Mississippi in 2008 contained dual gene insect protection compared to only 14 percent in 2007. Many varieties containing this technology performed very well in yield trials in 2008 and deserve a look.
It is often said, for good reason, that variety selection is one of the most important decisions a cotton farmer will make for the entire growing season. The variety and associated traits in that variety set the stage for harvest at the time of planting. With that being said, the highest proportion of input costs associated with a production decision is usually invested on the day of planting. All other input decisions become supplemental after the variety is selected.
Just how much effect does a variety actually have on crop performance? One of the best sources of information for variety performance is the university official variety trials or OVTs. If one considers a "what if" scenario – that is, if a variety is planted that is not one of the top five highest yielding ones in the OVTs – what will be the likely outcome?
As one example, at one location in the Louisiana OVTs during 2008 the top five varieties averaged a yield of 1,254 pounds of lint per acre. The middle five varieties yielded 1,086 and the lowest five varieties yielded 924 pounds of lint per acre. The OVTs attempt to minimize, as much as practical, variation among varieties from outside stresses and allow the cotton varieties to perform at their highest genetic potential.
What will the Arkansas cotton acreage be in 2009? This is the most popular question by far as we move into a new year full of questions and uncertainty. Questions concerning production costs, carryover stocks and the price of cotton in 2009 have many producers throwing their hands in the air. The good news is that certain inputs, such as diesel fuel and fertilizer, seem to be decreasing; however, commodity prices are decreasing as well.
Assuming something will be planted in 2009, producers will have to make difficult decisions on several key issues. The first and foremost will be which crop to plant and how to determine a good crop mixture.
In the past, producers have stayed with cotton through the good and the bad because more often than not cotton has paid the bills. Variety selection in 2009 will be more important than years past. This will be the last season that BG/RR will be available on a wide scale, and producers will have to do their homework to determine which variety will yield best on their farm.
It will be more important to try new varieties this year on small acreage to prepare for a technology shift in 2010.
The weather has already been unseasonably cold here in west Tennessee. Statewide cotton yields for Tennessee in '08 were the second highest in history. The problem was that we only planted about half of our average acreage. Barring a tremendous turnaround in demand and higher prices, I don't foresee Tennessee producers planting many more acres in 2009.
When we have Extension meetings, I try to be optimistic about cotton and tell my producers that if they can be profitable with 65 to 69 cents per pound of lint return (loan +/- premiums and discounts, equities, counter cyclical payments and seed) then by all means plant cotton. If they cannot make a profit at those levels, they should consider growing another crop. These sound like harsh words coming from the one person at the university level who champions cotton production, but for cotton to come back in our area we need to have producers who are still in business.
Needless to say, cotton production is still interesting in the north Delta. Here's to a productive and profitable 2009.
It it is difficult to place a dollar value on new technology, but as we begin to use new production practices, some savings may become more evident. New technology may present advantages of cost savings, time savings and/or making a specific operation easier or more convenient. The economy of scale is important as operations increase in size, and investments have the potential to be spread over more acres, but at some point the time required for routine management decisions becomes a limiting factor.
Techniques, such as use of transgenic cotton varieties or utilization of precision farming techniques, can remove some of the pressure of having to make timely day-to-day decisions that must be made.
If transgenic properties of cotton varieties help us spend less time with worm or weed control, more time can be spent on other parts of the operation.
As Alabama's cotton crop began to be defoliated and picked, I started to have a feeling I had underestimated the yield potential of this year's crop. After two very poor cotton crops, however, I did not want to become overly optimistic. Well, most yields are in and according to the latest estimate Alabama may average well over 800 pounds of lint per acre in 2008.
These yields will be very close to a state record. The question is what caused these high yields and why did no one, including myself, see this coming? Alabama generally received more rainfall in 2008, but we were still well below average rainfall in most areas.
Even though most of the cotton in Alabama is grown without irrigation, I did note this year that most of the upper bolls seemed better developed than normal.
Some of the possible reasons we made high yields in 2008 include: 1) more rotations, reducing nematode problems, 2) fewer cotton acres but on better soils, 3) late rainfall from hurricanes in July and August, 4) better new cotton varieties or 5) lower night temperatures increased yields.
The truth is probably a combination of several of the above factors. But the one factor that remains true is to never underestimate the yield potential of cotton and its ability to recover. I had to learn this again for myself in 2008.
With the 2008 cotton season behind us, it is time to make decisions for the 2009 season. Many of these decisions can be made during the cold winter months. A representative pre-season soil sample from a management area can provide a basis for planning a 2009 nutrient management plan. A significant amount of work has been performed in Arizona to develop and validate soil fertility and testing guidelines for Arizona cotton.
This work has resulted in critical soil test levels for Arizona cotton. These critical values can be found at the Web site listed below.
Accurate soil test values can help to determine whether a particular nutrient will be needed in the form of supplemental fertilizer – thus helping to increase the efficiency with respect to fertilizer applications while supplying the crop with sufficient quantities of a particular nutrient for proper growth and development. Soil test levels above the critical value indicate a low probability of a positive crop response to fertilizer applications of that nutrient. For soils that test lower than the indicated critical level for that nutrient, research has indicated a high probability of a positive yield response to fertilization with that nutrient.
For more detailed information on this topic and others relating to cotton management practices in Arizona, interested parties can visit http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/cotton.html.
As we move into 2009, plenty of difficult decisions will have to be made. Cotton prices and input costs have a lot of producers concerned, and for good reason. The fall rains across the High Plains were substantial enough to result in good sub-soil moisture in many areas for the 2009 crop. Although fertilizer prices have moderated – as have most energy-intensive inputs for now – the need for a sound fertility management program exists.
We encourage producers to acquire good soil samples and submit those to a soil testing laboratory as soon as possible. In the High Plains, we still need to focus on the basic nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, zinc and sometimes potassium. Our soils are generally high enough in potassium to produce high- yielding crops.
We have a lot of sub-surface drip irrigated fields that are sandy, so be on point there. Generally speaking, we really need to focus our attention on nitrogen and phosphorus. Some fields that have had high phosphorus fertilizer, compost or manure applications over several years may not necessarily need a lot of that nutrient. Banding phosphorus helps considerably in our soils.
Nitrogen is important, and as I have noted in Extension meetings across the area, I think we need to take a hard look at residual nitrogen deeper in the soil profile. We are planning to provide good information during winter meetings for our producers to ponder. We need to fine-tune management as we have never done before, especially as it relates to fertilizer applications.
It's my gut feeling that cotton acres won't take a huge drop. Let's face it. We are set up to grow cotton with pickers, gins and the rest of the infrastructure. Despite droughts, tropical storms and early freezes, it looks like it might be a record yield in '08. Your crystal ball is as good as mine for predicting fertilizer prices. However, personally, I am optimistic that we have seen the last of the record-high fertilizer prices.
Variety selection will be crucial since this is the last year for our main variety that's been planted on 85 percent of our acreage. It's time to look ahead and learn as much as possible about what we'll plant in 2010. Only time will tell, but I think cotton will always have a home in Georgia.


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5 best tips to find thrift store deals
A thrift store shopper with 25 years of experience under his belt shares his top tips for finding the best deals.
This post comes from Kentin Waits at partner site Money Talks News.
In the hierarchy of frugal strategies, buying secondhand has always been one of my favorites. I love the idea of dodging depreciation on everything from furniture to sweaters and from dishes to tools.
As consumers face slowly escalating prices on a host of goods and recover from the economic upheaval of the past several years, buying used is going from extreme to mainstream.
So, since secondhand is enjoying a renaissance, I thought it only fitting to explore how to buy better and buy smarter inside that bastion of frugality, the humble thrift store. After 25 years of avid thrifting (with the bargains and bruises to prove it), here are my top five strategies to land even sweeter deals at any thrift shop:
1. Understand that each store is unique
If you're an experienced thrift shopper, you know that every secondhand store has its own distinct personality. Some stores just seem to get better furniture, others pull in a better selection of books, and still others just offer a wide range of the wild, old and eclectic. Respect and capitalize on the vibe of each store and use it to inform your shopping strategy.
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Understanding your local thrift market is key to scoring the best items first. What days of the week do folks typically have yard sales in your area? Look for an influx of unsold yard sale items to hit the shelves a day or two after those sales close. Also, pay special attention to larger stores' shipment and processing schedules. Learning what days and times your favorite thrift stores restock with fresh donations can keep you one step ahead of the competition.
3. Develop a primary and secondary shopping pattern
Let's face it: Popular secondhand stores can be a bit chaotic. From die-hard shoppers on a mission to merchandise in a constant state of disarray, thrift shopping is an experiment in proper caffeination levels and an exercise in endurance. To keep my head about me, I like to give each store a quick once-over the moment I arrive. This primary search is my chance to gauge the general quality of the merchandise and see if there are any obvious treasures just waiting to be plucked up.
Once the primary search is over, I can relax a little and go deeper into each section of the store that interests me. During this secondary search, I focus on individual items -- thumb through books, try on a coat or two, and compare prices. Here, the goal is get granular and efficiently sift through the junk to find the gems.
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Most people frown on thrift shopping for a very logical reason: It's nearly impossible to find what you need at a thrift store on demand. Unlike department stores, the inventory in secondhand stores is inconsistent, unpredictable and completely random. If your kid needs a white oxford shirt with a 15½-inch neck and 32-inch sleeves by tomorrow morning, you'd better beat a hasty path to Target and pay full price. But if you know a week or two in advance, it's entirely possible to find the perfect shirt for $3.
That's why successful thrifting requires planning ahead and predicting with some level of accuracy what you and your family will need next month, next school year, and next summer. Anticipating size changes, estimating when current clothes or other supplies will wear out, and planning for new activities all ensure that the bargains you score today will be put to good use tomorrow.
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Intoxicated by the heady mix of a finder's high and bargain prices, it's easy to gloss over an item's flaws. Don't let that happen. Most thrift stores don't allow returns or refunds, so unless you're a whiz with a sewing machine or a stain stick, pay attention to details like split seams, missing buttons, stuck zippers or discoloration on clothing. Likewise, understand your handyman limitations on furniture, appliances, bicycles and other items.
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Ultimately, the key to successful thrift shopping is understanding one simple truth: Secondhand stores are utterly unique environments. As much as some thrift chains might try to imitate department stores, the inventory, the selection, the pricing models and the rules are all completely different. When you tune in to those differences and learn to capitalize on them, the bargains nearly jump out at you.
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Todd Fiddler's hat trick and Mike Aviani's two goals led the Spokane Chiefs to a 5-2 win over the Portland Winterhawks Monday in Portland, OR. The win snapped Spokane's season high three game losing streak and was the Chiefs first win in 4 meetings with Portland this year.
Portland jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Ty Rattie goal just 3:12 into the first period. Fiddler pulled the Chiefs even with his 31st of the season from Mitch Holmberg and Dylan Walchuk midway through the first to make it a 1-1 game. Aviani would give the Chiefs a 2-1 lead with his 22nd goal of the year from Adam Helewka at 15:45. Fiddler would extend the lead to 3-1 with his 4th shorthanded goal of the season at 6:57 of the second period. Fiddler's 32nd of the year was assisted by Reid Gow. Portland pulled within 3-2 on a Preston Kopeck shorthanded tally late in the second.
The Chiefs would get Aviani's second goal of the night from Holmberg at 11:05 of the third to go up 4-2. Fiddler would cap the scoring with his second career hat trick from Blake Gal into a Portland empty net at 19:13 to wrap up the victory. Spokane outshot Portland 38-35 in the contest.


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Women's Golf Places Ninth At the Yale Intercollegiate
Cristina McQuiston placed 15th in the individual tournament.
Women's Golf Finished Second at the Dartmouth Invitational
Cristina McQuiston was second in the individual competition
Joo and McQuiston Named To the All-ACC Academic Women's Golf Team
Cristina McQuiston Finishes In 25th at the ACC Championships
Eagles finish last at the Championships.
McQuiston Leads Golf In 2nd Day at the ACC Championships
Competed in eight tournaments in 2013-14 ... placed tied for 39th at the ACC Tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina with a +21. Shot a low round of 76 on the second day ... Shot a low round of 74 and placed 51st at the Golfweek Challenge in Vail, CO in September, 2013 ... Was 14th at the Golfweek Challenge in Myrtle Beach, SC in September by shooting a first round low of 71 (+8) ... Tied for 30th at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate in Greenville, NC in October ... Was 12th with a low round of 72 (+6) as the Eagles placed 7th overall at the Hoosier Fall Invitational in October ... Tied for 30th at the Jim West Challenge in February in New Braunfels, TX (+22) ... Won the Kiawah Island Inercollegiate in March in Kiawah South Carolina +4 (72, 73, 75). The team placed 15th (+69) ... 26th at the Gold Rush by Farmers Tournament in Yorba Linda, Calif. in March.
Competed in 8 tournaments in the 2012-13 season...placed a season best 5th tied overall in the C&F Bank Intercollegiate posted a +7...posted a +7 in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate and the Peg Barnard Invitational...recorded a season low (72) in the first round of both the Peg Barnard Invitational...averaged a 76.85 over a span of 20 rounds...was named to All-ACC Women's Golf Academic Team.
Recorded three top-5 finishes including a 1st place finish in the 2012 Richmond Invitational ... followed up the next week with a 2nd place finish at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate and a season low round of 72 ... averaged a 76.10 score for the season.


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November 24, 2012
A Sad Week For The Who
The passing in one week of two great and long-time friends of The Who - Mike Shaw and Chris Stamp – is hard to bear.
May they rest in peace.
Tributes will follow…..
November 24, 2012
The passing in one week of two great and long-time friends of The Who - Mike Shaw and Chris Stamp – is hard to bear.
May they rest in peace.
Tributes will follow…..
Today I was thinking about Mike and wondered how he was doing. So long since I had seen him. I remember him from before the crash and days that I used to hitch out to Stoke Mandeville Hospital to see him. (money was short) only to be caught one afternoon by Roger who read us the riot act for doing such a risky thing.
Then he got a flat at Notting Hill and I lived close by so saw him a lot then. He was always such good company and he even let me paint a mural on the wall at his Notting Hill flat.
I will always remember him with love and am so sad to hear that he has passed on.
Before the crash you would see him at Who gigs hanging off bits of the stage, always running about and so agile.
After the crash he was still immersed in the music and still had that rather wicked sense of humour.
Real awful news you guys have had recently .we are all thinking of you at this sad time…Bless The Who.
Everyone talks about Brian Epstein, Col Tom, Don Arden etc but to me Chris and Kit were leaders in their field and its so sad to lose Chris. RIP
When i drove for moon in 1970 the first person i meet in the org was mike shaw the first time i went to the office (TRACK)he was a lovley person,and in the late 70s when i moved to cornwall, i found him living a mile from me ,we became great friends and went to see the boys play, and would recive VIP treatmeat thanks to mike,i will miss him dearly….
I am very saddened to learn of the passing of these gents this past week. My condolences to the band.


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Fire protection isn't something many of us think about when we look at how we are going to vote in the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors 5th District election. But if you live in the San Lorenzo Valley, you know how vitally important fire services are, and that is why I support former state Senator and Assemblyman Bruce McPherson in his bid for the 5th District seat.
As a firefighter for the Ben Lomond Fire District for 34 years, the past 17 as chief, career ending in 2004, I frequently saw Bruce McPherson at fire district and SLV fire chief's meetings, where he knowledgeably discussed how new bills would affect local fire districts such as ours. One bill in particular, Proposition 172, was a sales tax increase for support of local public safety. Bruce attended an SLV chief council meeting and advised us that, yes, the bill will support local public safety, but no funding to local fire districts. Bruce was right; Proposition 172 did not produce funding for fire districts. Bruce then worked toward fire districts receiving funding.
When the SLV fire protection districts needed to buy new fire engines, then-state Sen. McPherson wrote Senate Bill 2200 that created a state tax exemption to help districts like ours with such big purchases. SLV fire chiefs and fire district board members went to support Bruce in Sacramento as he fought to get his bill enacted. Three years of determined effort was not enough to get the majority votes needed from the state taxation board. Bruce's support never wavered.
Bruce's steadfast support for local fire protection districts impressed me when he was in Sacramento. His continued dedication to public safety issues now is why I believe he is the best candidate for the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors 5th District seat.
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How to make money in collectibles
To really cash in as a value investor you need to be contrarian, buying what others scorn. Good luck with that.
This guest post comes from Frank Curmudgeon at Bad Money Advice.
A search of Bad Money Advice shows that in what is fast approaching 300 posts I have never discussed collectibles. Although it is true that there is relatively little bad money advice out there on this topic, just about everybody who mentions it, even in passing, says it is a poor place to invest -- it is an area in which people often make money mistakes. So not writing at least one post on it is an oversight that needs correcting.
In particular, I want to talk about a scheme to make money that has, at the very least, occurred to all of us at one time or another. It is buying, or merely not disposing of, the near-valueless noncollectible in the hope that it will one day become a valuable collectible.
The reason this has occurred to us all at some point is that the collecting world is full of examples of easy-money-in-hindsight. Just spend time on eBay. A quick scan recently told me that the first issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine (Autumn 1992) goes for $250. It was $3.95 on the newsstand. That's an annualized gain of nearly 26% for 18 years. If only I'd thought to buy a thousand copies.
And then there are baseball cards. If you are about my age or older you remember that in the 1980s they became a hot collectible, with prices for older cards rising to the point that many of us began to feel quite foolish for having thrown out our precious collection in our teens.
Funny thing about baseball cards, though. Although not the craze they once were, old ones are still a serious collectible. But while a complete 1977 set (which, BTW I owned in 1977) will set you back $350, a complete 1987 set, printed about the time we all realized that baseball cards were a sound investment, is listed on eBay for $50 with the note "Make us an offer we just might take it!"
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Of course, the fact that pre-1980s cards are valuable and post-1980s cards are not has everything to do with the fact that before the 1980s nobody thought to save them, because they were assumed to be worthless. (The story of the baseball card craze is detailed in the new book "Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession." I haven't read it, but I did like the excerpt on Slate.)
There is a good lesson on investing here. To really cash in as a value investor you need to be contrarian, buying what others scorn. (And, it is worth adding, others need to eventually see things your way.) If everybody else thinks the thing you are buying is, or will someday be, valuable, then you are unlikely to make any money at all.
The value of a collectible, like everything else, is determined by supply and demand. The demand for collectibles, baseball cards, cigar magazines, fine wine, political memorabilia, and so on, waxes and wanes over the years. But what really drives prices, what makes one kind of item more expensive than another, is supply. And for the once commonplace objects that induce nostalgia in us old folks and have us slapping our foreheads when we wander eBay, what matters more than anything else is whether or not people were in the habit of saving the thing back when it was common.
By way of illustration, imagine you built a time machine that materialized a 1927 Packard in your driveway for only a minute or two, long enough for you to loot one part of it to sell on eBay. What would you take? Just about the last thing you would want would be the license plates. People save those. License plates from 1927 are on eBay for as little as a $1. In contrast, a single headlamp lens goes for $100. If you were really lucky the glove compartment might hold an owner's manual at $125 or better yet a sales brochure at $175.
You would have to be a total mutant to save a sales brochure in the hopes that it would be worth something 83 years later. Which is exactly my point.
The reason that the missed opportunity of buying a pre-collectible and getting rich years later is a mirage is that, unless you are truly eccentric, anything you thought to buy and save would likely be bought and saved by others. So it would not turn out to be worth much.
This is why no "limited edition" figurine, plate, or any other example of manufactured collectible will ever be valuable. It is not that the edition is not truly limited, it is that the people buying it are (mostly) going to carefully save the damn things. And this is why no statehood quarter will ever be worth much more than 25 cents.
At the risk of stating the mundanely obvious, collectibles are for entertainment purposes only. You are not a fool for having trashed those baseball cards when you lost interest in them. But buying some new ones today in the hopes of making a killing in 10 or 20 years? That would be foolish. (Then again, if everybody thinks it is foolish ....)
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Shikai Moisturizing Shower Gel Starfruit is not your actual shower gel. It was actually formulated to moisturize and soothe dry skin. The secret is a combination of organic collodal oatmeal blended with pure aloe vera gel. These natural ingredients bring relief to dry, itchy skin and leave rough, chapped areas smooth and soft. And the special blend of cleansers is mild enough for your whole family to use every day. Use this gel as a body wash, shaving gel, or even as a bubble bath.
What is Colloidal Oatmeal?Colloidal Oatmeal is simply oats which have been ground to a fine powder and then suspended in water. The powdered oats absorb water, turning it slightly milky and thick. When added to a bath, the hydrated granules help moisturize, soothe and relieve minor skin irritations.
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1955 Induction Ceremony
One of the larger classes of the time was inducted on July 25, 1955, as the Hall of Fame welcomed BBWAA inductees Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance and Veterans Committee picks Frank "Home Run" Baker and Ray Schalk. In the biggest induction ceremony since 1939, the crowd favorite was easily DiMaggio, according to the New York Times. Hall of Famers who returned for the ceremony were Ty Cobb, Bill Terry, Mel Ott, Frank Frisch and the 87-year-old Cy Young.
GABBY HARTNETT: In his 12th year on the ballot, Hartnett was named on 77.7 percent of ballots cast. He spent his first 19 seasons with the Chicago Cubs before playing his last season for the New York Giants. Hartnett was an outstanding player in the field and at the plate. Defensively he led the league in putouts four times and in assists and fielding percentage six times, and offensively he hit .297 for his career with 236 home runs. Hartnett earned N.L. MVP honors in 1935, when he hit .344 with 13 home runs and 91 RBI, and was the runner-up in 1937. As player/manager of the Cubs from 1938 to 1940, he guided the North Siders to the 1938 pennant.
TED LYONS: Named on 86.5 percent of ballots cast in his 10th year on the ballot, Lyons spent his entire 21-year career with the Chicago White Sox. He jumped straight from college to the major leagues and reached double figures in victories 17 times, leading the American League with 21 in 1925 and with 22 in 1927. In 1942, at the age of 41, Lyons started 20 games, completed them all and led the A.L. with a 2.10 ERA. He served in World War II and lost three years after he turned 41, but still returned to pitch one more season in 1946. Lyons retired with 260 wins, a 3.67 ERA and 356 complete games.
DAZZY VANCE: Vance was named on 81.7 percent of the ballots in his 16th year of eligibility. He didn't pitch a full season in the big leagues until he was 31 in 1922, but went on to play 14 seasons with the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. Vance pitched the bulk of his years in Brooklyn, where he won the 1924 National League MVP Award by going 28-6 with a 2.16 ERA and 262 on his way to winning the pitcher's Triple Crown. He led the league in punch-outs each season from 1922 to 1928, totaling 1,338 strikeouts in those seven seasons. Vance retired with 197 wins, a 3.24 ERA and 2,045 strikeouts.
FRANK BAKER: Selected by the Veterans Committee, "Home Run" Baker was the American League's all-time home run leader with 80 until the 1920 season. He played 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees, leading the league in long balls four consecutive seasons and driving in 100 or more runs three times. A lifetime .307 hitter, Baker batted .363 in six World Series. In his 13 seasons, he never played a position other than third base.
RAY SCHALK: A selection of the Veterans Committee, Schalk played 18 seasons in the major leagues for the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants. Enshrined primarily for his defense, Schalk was the first player to regularly catch 100 games and led the league in fielding percentage eight times and putouts nine times. He retired as the career leader in games caught (1,727) and putouts by a catcher (7,168). Schalk caught four no-hitters and his 30 stolen bases in 1916 were a record for a catcher until 1982. He retired with a .253 batting average and 176 stolen bases.


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On the list #1 - Visvim x Dover Street Market
Due to a series of soon to be released projects, my 'Xmas wishlist selection has suffered a slight delay. Nonetheless, it's better late than never, so throughout the week you can expect a steady flow of personal favourites…and what better way to start than leaving you flat broke right off the bat? The debut of Dover Street Market in New York sees a range of exclusive pieces from Visvim, including several boots, jackets, vests and shirts.
Ronnie Fieg x Timberland 6"40 Below Capsule Collection
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Wolverine "Made in Portugal" Collection
American bootmaker giant Wolverine crosses the pond for its first endeavor in European grounds. Produced in Portugal, the Bento boot presents a moccasin construction with nubuck and leather uppers, contrasting side panels in felt and a sturdy rubber outsole.
Ronnie Fieg x Sebago AW13
Introducing: Santalum
Not all things are created equal. Sometimes, the most pleasant surprises come from the least expected places…Case in point? Santalum.
Traditionally, quality footwear is associated with countries with strong roots and history in the industry such as Italy, UK, Portugal or Spain, but as experience has shown us more than once, there are other players to be reckoned with. This is just the case with Indonesian based footwear brand Santalum…While at first it might seem uncanny to think that Jakarta would become renowned for its shoemaking, the truth is Santalum is home to some of the most skilled craftsmen and artisans I've seen at work to this day (the video speaks for itself). Production is limited as each pair is entirely handmade, making them unique and embodying the brand's passion for a trademark vintage aesthetic reminiscent of the 50s and 60s.
Resorting only to premium hides and materials, as well as high-end manufacturing techniques such as hand-stitched Goodyear-Welt construction, quality is ever-present throughout their offerings. These tan rough-out oxford "boots" are the first addition to my never ending footwear collection and I must say I'm really impressed. I love the bulkier last and the brushed tan bull hide, not to mention the construction with hand-stitched goodyear-welted rubber soles and double row stitching. Other details include contrast dark brown leather laces, leather lining on toe and heel and vegetable tanned leather insoles.
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November 17, 2007
Tacoma, WA - Evergreen ended their second and final game of the UPS Tip-Off Classic with a very close, overtime loss to Linfield College in a non-conference game.
With 1:57 left in overtime, a Brihtani Lassiter field goal proved to be the difference for Linfield as the Wildcats escaped Memorial Fieldhouse with a 69-68 win over The Evergreen State College Geoducks.
With the loss, Evergreen continues to search for its first victory, dropping to 0-4 in the early season. Linfield moves to 2-0 on the season.
With Linfield ahead four-points heading into the locker room at the half, Evergreen would mount a comeback in the second half of play. Trailing 47-43 at the 10:48 mark, the Geoducks went on a 13-4 run and with the help of a three-pointer by Molly Clark, had a 56-51 advantage with 6 1/2 minutes to play. A jumper by Kate Stadeli (Jr., Silverton, Ore.) with 4:30 on the clock brought the Cats back, setting up a neck-and-neck battle the rest of the way.
Down 63-61 with 24 seconds left in regulation, Evergreens Joy White found Kristi Auckland for a jump-shot to tie the game at 63 and force overtime.
Lassiter got the Wildcats going in the extra period, converting two free-throw attempts just 13 seconds into overtime. The Geoducks tied the game twice more before taking a 68-67 lead on an Auckland free throw with 2:57 to go.
Exactly one minute later, Lassiter put in the final bucket of the game and Linfield held off Evergreen State the rest of the way.
Auckland, coming off the bench, hit 8 of 13 field goal attempts, scoring a game-high 20 points. The Geoducks had another three players in double figures. Jeanette Owens and Jennifer Solberg each tallied 14 points each while Rosalind Lee picked up 12 points on the night.
Lassiter finished with a team-high 17 points, while Stadeli chipped in with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Courtney McFadden ended the night with 10 points on 4 of 9 shooting.
Evergreen shot 47.1 percent, but only hit 2 of 13 attempts from behind the arc while Linfield shot 45.8 percent from the field.
Free-throw shooting proved to be a big factor for both teams at different points in the ballgame. The Wildcats were able to overcome a 1 for 6 shooting spell in overtime with their free-throw shooting down the stretch. Linfield converted all four attempts at the line during the extra session. Evergreen was able to stay in the game with an 18 for 22 output from the foul line.
Evergreen heads to Forest Grove, OR Tuesday for another non-conference game with Pacific University.