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Comments On Feb 14, 2014:I think they are OK but not great. I bought 2 pairs, one for my son and one for me. We ride moto in cool and wet winters in the NW and need a glove that keeps our hands warm and dry. I generally buy Fox here on RM because they have good deals even though I think the quality of the Fox products are not superb. These gloves fit small to me. My son is 12 and has small hands and I bought him an adult small and they fit great for him. I wear adult large and my gloves are tight. Both cases, we generally do not have a problem but Fox gear always seems to run small. Second, we rode in 32 to 35 degree F weather and our hands were frozen. These gloves don't do a great job of keeping your hands warm in cold weather. When we rode in 40's and 50's, they work good. Third, for riding moto, these are thick and bulky. I can see using these for riding snowmobiles with hand warmers but dirt bikes, not so much. A bit let down for the $50 spent, I am not sure these were worth it. I have a pair of the Fox polar paws and they keep my hands almost or just as warm and are easier to grip the bars.
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Comments On Jan 01, 2014:I normally wear a medium or large in gloves. I could not even get my hand into an XL pair.
No comment on how good they are since I never got my hands into them.
Replaced these with another brand in a size L which fit perfectly.
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Comments On Nov 26, 2013:I wear these gloves when the temps are too cold or wet for my fox MX gloves... They have about 3000 miles on them and they are holding up well.... Below 40f degrees my hands get pretty cold. I wear the $1 knit gloves under them and all is well down to 30f... Water proof enough that I haven't gotten wet yet.
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Comments On Nov 19, 2013:The best gloves you will find for those cold riding or racing days.
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Comments On Jun 28, 2013:used these snomobiling and worked great
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Comments On Jun 17, 2013:These gloves are great for riding in temps between 35-50 deg. Anything lower, your hands will freeze. Anything higher, your hands will be soaked in sweat. They are made of great quality/durable material.
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Comments On Mar 08, 2013:I wore them all fall and winter. They are comfortable down to about 35 degrees outside, but that's good enough for me. They seem more thin than other winter riding gloves, yet insulate as good or better...with more mobility. I'd buy them again.
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Comments On Jan 03, 2013:I definatley recommend them. They are waterproof and keep your hands nice and warm!
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Comments On Sep 22, 2012:I purchased these gloves for a family member that lives and rides trails in the winter of the Pacific Northwest. I wore these for a cold ride, my hands were warm and dry. Most cold weather gloves are bulky, these are not. Feels like wearing a normal warm weather glove.
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Comments On May 07, 2012:I love them, they keep my hands warm And dry
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Take home the beauty and elegance of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art with Texas quarried candle holders. Used throughout the museum, shellstone (also known as fossiliferous limestone) was formed by the accumulation of organic remains deposited on the floor of an ancient sea that covered the state of Texas. Due to the nature of stone, colors and fossils may vary.
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It commited suicide.. I start the investigation. Killa you have the right to remain silent, use it. Don't give explanations or stories or try to excuse what you did.
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Object Name: corset & stays & stomacher
Place of Creation: Europe, United Kingdom
Date: 1620-1640
Accession Number: 2003.109/2
Location on Display: Gallery of Costume - 1F - The Needle's Excellency
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Red satin over linen twill, edged with pale blue silk ribbon.
Stays: shaped back section, sides continuing round to front with nineteen pairs of holes stitched in blue silk, extending to blunt-pointed waist, six tabs over hips and back, 2 plain satin gores between tabs at each hip; shoulder straps from back with hole at each end to tie to holed tabs at front; narrowly spaced stitching in blue silk, vertical down back, oblique at sides; straps and front laced with more modern lacing; seams at back covered and centre front panel outlined with metal thread braid; edges bound pale blue silk ribbon, some (probably contemporary) repairs in pale blue grosgrain ribbon.
Stomacher: curved top and blunt point, central bone and one bone each side, narrow vertical stitching in blue silk, braid down centre front, and across top.
Probably worn by Dame Elizabeth Filmer and they are inscribed in ink near the shoulder with an 'E'.
The Filmer collection comprises of a group of textiles and garments that once belonged to Sir Edward Filmer Knight and his wife, Dame Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Argall Esq.). They lived in East Sutton Park in Kent and were married for 44 years. During their married life they had 9 sons and 9 daughters, Edward dying on 2nd November 1629 and Elizabeth on 9th August 1638.
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Team Herzing Cares was part of this year's Relay for Life, held in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on July 26-27th. Collectively, the group raised over $2,000, with an impressive $825 raised by Associate Director of Admissions, Cori Gasman. Thank you to all who participated and donated to make this event so successful!
At Relay For Life events, communities across the globe come together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too much. The funds you raise truly make a difference in the fight against cancer – just ask one of the nearly 14 million cancer survivors who will celebrate another birthday this year!
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No Paychecks, Only Love – by Cathy Moryc Recine
Pot of Gold
1. the realization of all one's hopes and dreams; ultimate success, fulfillment, or happiness
2. a sudden, huge windfall; sudden wealth
So do you have your pot of gold? Think about it.
Where is the Love by Cathy Moryc-Recine
Maybe its cabin fever or just winter in general, but everyone seems especially cranky in this house.. Its not exactly like we've been cooped up in the house for the last 3 months. We are out and about every day to go to school and such but the days are shorter and colder. Maybe we are all just missing those lazy days of summer?


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MongoDB Utilities
After presenting a couple of nice GUI tools for MongoDB, it's time to look at a different set of utilities for MongoDB:
MongoDB Slow Queries Monitor
This is a ☞ plugin for Scout[1]:
Reports slow queries based on the threshold (100ms or greater) you specify. Provides details on queries that are slow.
MongoDB Metrics for Ganglia
In the same field, we have ☞ a simple Python script for submitting MongoDB metrics to Ganglia[2].
Right now it tracks the following:
- Operations per second
- Memory usage
- Btree statistics
- Master/Slave status
- Current connections
Meclipse: Eclipse + MongoDB
☞ Meclipse is an Eclipse[3] plugin for MongoDB administration:
What does Meclipse do? * It has a MongoDB View that contains a list of servers (connections). It is possible to add/remove connections. They are saved in a settings file. * It loads (as TreeView) the list of databases and collections. * It loads the data found in the collection. To do this, Meclipse opens a new Editor and shows the data loaded (This part needs a lot of work).
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This release fixes bugs since 6.2.2.
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columnname). Further,
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A non-terminated string in SQL threw a CLR exception rather than a syntax exception. (Bug #51788)
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Your child's safety at school was the center of discussion and debate at Alabama's state capitol Wednesday. Lawmakers, law enforcement and educators came together to discuss possible ways to stop a school shooting before it happens.
The summit comes in the wake of the Newtown, Ct. massacre that left 26 dead, including 20 children, at a local elementary school.
There was no discussion of any new specific gun restrictions in Alabama, like outlawing high capacity magazines or assault weapons, but topics discussed included everything from armed school employees to the roles of law enforcement and the state's new active shooter scenarios. The different groups met to voice all the different ideas on how best to keep Alabama schools safe.
Some speakers made it clear that focusing any policies on just weapons or security measures would be a short-sighted approach.
"I can tell you right now, a trained resource officer is a very good start, but unless you have a trained mental health professional that's in that school to help them out, you're wasting your money," said Jimmie Hart, President of the Alabama District Attorneys Association.
Presenters dedicated most of the hearing to the role of teachers and guns in public schools. Valley Elementary School teacher Marla Vaugh said issuing guns to trained staff members is not the answer.
"In my opinion, one of the best options is that each and every school have an armed, uniformed officer, or a plain clothed officer, moving through inside the campus before school, during school and after school," Vaugh suggested.
Vaugh's position was echoed by several law enforcement associations that say guns have no place in teachers' or even school administrators' hands.
"Police officers are empowered by the law and by the courts to take a person's life lawfully," said Grover Smith of the Alabama Sheriff's Association. "That's not something that needs to be handed to someone that's doing it on a part time basis."
One state lawmaker wants to arm at least some school personnel saying he would feel better about his granddaughter's school if there was someone with proper training to protect students in a situation like the one that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
"Probably you would need two people designated in some of these schools that could handle a weapon," said Rep. Kerry Rich (R-Albertville). "And I also think that you would have to set up proper procedures as to where you would store the guns and handle the guns. There's a way you could do this," he stated.
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said his administration is working to protect schools and public buildings. Bentley has tasked his Homeland Security Director, Spencer Collier, to lay out a strategic plan for preventing and responding to active shooter situations.
The governor's office says there is a vital role played by the public and encouraged anyone witnessing suspicious people or activities to contact the state's anonymous hotline. The number is 1-866-229-6220. An online form is also available here: http://fusion.alabama.gov/Report-Suspicious-Activity.aspx.
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Don't Find Out Your Unborn Baby's Gender!
Three reasons to keep your baby's gender a mystery:
1) For the spectacle of it all. It's fun! Never underestimate the element of surprise. Even the most jaded friends and family will be much more intrigued about your pregnancy. Everyone will have a wacky old wives' tale to tell you (i.e., how you're carrying, if you're "glowing" enough to be having a boy, what your Chinese birth chart says, etc.). Be enigmatic. Keep all parties guessing -- including yourself! Every single person in my husband's family insisted I was having a boy. When my little girl was born, I couldn't help but gloat just a little. It was like a game for all of us. There are too few surprises these days ... give yourself just this one. There is no other "wow" moment that compares to the "It's a ..." announcement in the delivery room. (If you're like me, it might be the only motivator that gets you through delivery with some sanity.) Also, it will be as fascinating to others as it is to you. People will be calling, e-mailing and traveling from miles away asking if it's a boy or a girl. It sounds cheesy, but it's true. Trust me.
2) For practical purposes. You will get gifts that you actually NEED. Think about it: Will you really use those fifteen hot-pink tutus or duplicate train sets that people carted to your baby shower because they all knew what you were having? The last thing I wanted to spend my hard-earned money on was a bunch of boring swaddling blankets, burp cloths, onesies and Diaper Genies. Let others spend their money on the useful stuff. Then, you can have fun getting those adorable tutus or snazzy train sets once the baby gets here. And if you plan on having more than one kid, those unisex items will come in handy years down the line. (Green looks great on most everyone.)
3) To keep your priorities in check. The silly things I thought about early in my pregnancy dissolved. Rather than focusing on pink princesses or blue cars and spending a ton of money to decorate a room I'd eventually have to change, I instead found myself thinking about important things, like how lucky and blessed we were to be having a baby. Why ruin the purity of pregnancy with commercialized crap? I'm usually not so Zen, but this I feel strongly about. Not knowing the sex will keep you grounded.
So, it's settled. Finding out the sex of your baby before it is born is ordinary. Surprising yourself and others is extraordinary. Whether you agree or disagree, I'll make my final point: I didn't find out, and I got what I wanted. The only way for me to deal with myself was to make the commitment to NOT FIND OUT. My friends thought I was nuts. Now I think it's one of the best choices a pregnant woman can make, regardless of whether she's hoping for a certain sex or not.
God gave us the brains to invent sonograms and decide for ourselves.
I liked knowing ahead of time. I think it's up to the parents.
I have 2 and I wish I could have waited for the surprize with the 2nd baby. I don't plan on having a third, but I know 100% I wouldn't want to know the sex. Wait for the surprize!
I'm all for anyone doing whatever they wish. We waited with both of ours and that's what was right for us. I loved the anticipation and finally finding out.
But I also know that when I'm chatting with a pregnant woman, *my* first question is, "do you know what you're having?"
It took my husband and I two years to get pregnant, I was expecting and hoping for a boy. Because we spent enough time in anticipation we decided to find out what we were having. Pro, it was a girl, total shock, this gave me the chance I needed to deal with and get over the disappointment of not having a boy. (boys tend to be more prominent in his family, and he's in the military, so having a mini him meant a lot to me.) In the end I was and still am so happy to have my little girl! Cons, we should have kept it from everyone, as, instead of getting a lot of what we needed, we got a lot of what people wanted to get us. I didnt plan on doing special colors for gender, and I hate pink! We kept it practical despite knowing what we were having, it is possible. Should we have another one though, itll be a surprise, if we can hold out. I say to each their own, everyone has their reasons and those reasons work best for them.
You need to accept that this is YOUR opinion. I'm glad the decision you made of waiting to find out worked so well for you. I'm sure it also worked well for many others. But others still are very happy with their decision to find out early. One size does not fit all.
I have four daughters and that includes a set of TWINS. I didn't find out on the last 3…yes, even the twins…and it was the MOST FUN on their 'birth'days to find out what they were! And it seemed to make it exciting for everyone else, too! We loved the calls and texts of "What did you have?"
And it was all my husband's idea. :)
Here is one of those times where your annoying advice is just going to make people not want to talk to you. If you enjoyed not finding out the sex of your baby that's great. However it is simply an opinion. Trying to back up your opinion with GOD just makes your argument invalid.
Ditto what KS said.
Do what you will but with me I wanted to be surprised- I knew all along that he was going to be a boy, just felt it. I figure there are very few surprises in life that is one of them. You have a 50/50% chance, I preferred to not know, plus man did that make people mad and shocked that I did so!
It's a surprise whenever you find out the sex of your baby. My surprise was no less special than yours because it came in the middle instead of at the end.
It's not necessarily true that you'll get more practical gifts if you don't know the sex. I know several women who wound up with dozens of yellow & green blankets and towels and no practical stuff at all when they did not find out the sex.
To say that people who find out the sex of their baby early don't have the right priorities is incredibly ignorant. I decorated my son's room in green and yellow because I knew we'd be having more children. I did the same with my registry. Wanting to know had nothing to do with being able to focus on blue things and boy toys and everything to do with wanting to know as much as I could about the child growing inside of me. Just because you know the sex of your child early does not mean you "ruin the purity of pregnancy with commercialized crap". That is incredibly insulting.
The whole "if God wanted us to know he'd give us a window" argument doesn't hold water. He DID give us a window. It's called an ultrasound. Saying we're not "meant" to know just because earlier generations didn't know is like saying we shouldn't use penecillan or x-rays or electricity because earlier generations didn't have those things so therefore we're not "meant" to have them.
I don't try to talk friends who want to wait to find out the sex of their child in to finding out early and I don't appreciate it when people try to talk me into waiting. It's a personal decision and neither is wrong.
we didn't find out on our first who is now 9 weeks and what an amazing surprise!! there's not much in life that genuinely can surprise us at this age - why not be excited for ONE more reason the day your baby is born?!
It's great that it worked out so well for you, but to claim that any family who disagrees doesn't know how to have a good time and is just plain wrong is downright obnoxious. I also am highly skeptical that people are more excited for you when they don't know the gender. Some of my friends and family opted to make it a surprise and I don't recall feeling anymore enthused about their babies.
I wanted to find out what I was having with my first baby but he had his legs crossed all during the ultrasound so we were surprised. I had been secretly hoping for a daughter and admit that I was a little disappointed when he was born. I hated myself for it but I couldn't help it and eventually it did pass. With our second I was even more hopeful because I knew it would be my last chance to have a daughter, but at least I found out ahead of time that we were having another boy. It made such a difference to be able to adjust my expectations beforehand and work up to being genuinely excited for our little boy to arrive. I can see where this might not be the best approach for everyone but for me it was definitely better to know.
"If God wanted us to know the sex of our babies before they are born, He would've made a window."
He did. It is called an ultrasound! I have 3 children and I am pregnant with my fourth. My husband and I found out the sex of all of my children at the 20 week ultrasound. I wouldn't have it any other way. It is still a surprise to us and everyone else. People will still be calling and emailing asking what we are having. We just found out a little early. Also, after our first child, it is fun and good for the child to get used to the idea of them having a brother or a sister. Everyone is different. People make their own decisions. Evening knowing the sex of my babies I was still focused on the blessing of having such a miracle and not the "commercialized crap." People can do both. To make such a general statement is judgemental and close minded.
I didn't find out for either of my kids. It is wonderful to here it's a girl/boy.It is also great to have to teel people We had a… rather then so and so was born..
My mother did fine not knowing why can't I. I will never forget my husband telling me what we had. The dr said tell mommy what she has and held up the baby. Wonderful feeling.. It was greta picking out 2 names and I was just gratful to be pregnant and for the baby to be healthy it didnt matter what I got.
I wanted to know who i was having, not to prepare or for colors or for anything. I just wanted my first born to be a girl. It was a girl. I think knowing the gender is up to the parents. One size does not fit all. I am now pregnant with my second. I thought of not checking, but I think i want to know. This time, we are keeping it to myself. I told my husband not to come for the doctors appointment. I am going to try to keep it from him too. I think I can. I know I can.
You're arrogant and annoying. Not playful. I hate it when people don't find out just to gain more attention from others (everyone more "interested" in your pregnancy?!). Oh barf.
It's an exciting moment when you find out, either way. However the birth is exciting whether you know the gender or not…
Oh Ms. Jill Simonian, I'm convinced I am not a fan of yours. Although I am 100% in agreeance with what you just wrote in this blog, I am completely perturbed with your hypocracy.
You just said "If God wanted us to know the sex of our babies before they are born, He would've made a window." Yes! I love that statement, however you're the same person that said the most idiotic things about breastfeeding. Why weren't you concerned about what God intended there?? Sorry to sound indignant, but it's obvious that your tone here is very arrogant and opinionated. But in your Formula Feeding blog, you bash breastfeeding moms for guilting you and basically being too opinionated. You also expressed your somewhat disgust with putting your child to your breast. You sound like an ignorant ditz. You can't have your cake and eat it too. It's ridiculous to use God's to justify your theory, then exclude God when it's not convenient to your beliefs.
Wonderful thoughts in your blog, moronic thoughts in your breastfeeding blog. Get it straight, girl!
I found out ahead of time, and I am glad. I'm not sure why, as an inexperienced first time mom, I doubted my ability to parent a boy well, but the thought did scare me at first, so I'm glad I had the chance to read about it and think about it, and by the time my son was born, I felt much more fully bonded with him that I think I would have if I had kept it a surprise. And, speaking of surprises, I can't really think of another day in my life that I'd be LESS likely to want a surprise. Everything went according to plan, and I'm very thankful for that. No surprises on that day was fine by me….and now my son surprises me every day!
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This is definitely one of those to each their own moments. I know you're being playful when you say "a people don't like to have a good time" if they find out the gender. They obviously had a good time if they're expecting…LoL!
But it is certainly different for everyone. If we're talking about the average pregnancy, then it would be interesting if they waited until birth to find out. But some people do need preparation for different reasons. This idea, a rather fun and interesting one, does not fit every one. It'd be silly to categorize someone as unfun if they don't believe the same. I found out with my first because I really wanted to know if I was having a girl. Recently, a cousin of mine said she was waiting until labor and it sparked an interest. It convinced me that it would be such a nice experience to find out when the baby is finally born. Just like they did in the old days. But that's only because I don't have a preference this time. That's just the way it is. People have different needs and preferences. It's not a fad…"hey let's all wait this time". It's a very personal experience for everyone.
But nice idea though. You wouldn't be the first to think of it and you won't be the last to try it. I also think that the "people being more intrigued by your pregnancy" is neither here nor there. I know when we're pregnant we want people to pay attention to us, but people don't care that much. It's a little self-centered ….just sayin'!


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Kelly Pickler has refused to confirm that she had breast implants after she appeared on American Idol, even though she obviously had bigger boobies.
BradPaisley became convinced that Pickler had a much larger bust than she did when they toured in 2008, and wanted the fans to decide for themselves the last night of her show.
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Hog Cliff NNR is a chalk downland area comprising three seperate sites centred on Hog Cliff Hill.
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Main habitats: Lowland grassland
Why visit: The reserve has downland slopes on a range of aspects with rich grassland communities typical of the chalk of west-central Dorset. Areas of scrub (principally on the upper slopes) and small areas of woodland add diversity to the site.
The reserve forms part of the wider Cerne and Sydling Downs Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and in particular is important for populations of the marsh fritillary butterfly, a scarce species throughout Europe.
Star species: The grassland supports a wide range of grasses, herbs and flowering plants such as sheep's fescue, horseshoe vetch, autumn gentian, clustered bellflower, rockrose, small scabious, devil's bit, chalk milkwort, and betony. Over 100 species of fungi have been recorded including eight species of waxcap.
Butterflies found on the reserve during the summer include the rare adonis blue and marsh fritillary as well as more common species such as the green hairstreak, common blue, gatekeeper, grizzled skipper and dingy skipper.
The small areas of ancient woodland are mostly oak and ash standards with a hazel and field maple understorey. Historically some of the woodland has been managed as coppice. There is a rich spring flora which includes uncommon plants such as herb paris and toothwort.
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The main objective of management is to maintain the grassland which has evolved over centuries of traditional grazing management. Cattle and sheep are grazed throughout the year to control vigorous grasses and keep the grassland sward open to benefit flowers and insects. In the winter some scrub is normally cut back to maintain the open grassland.
Please be aware that because the site is continually grazed with cattle and sheep you should keep all dogs under close control and on a lead if livestock are present.
The best time to visit is spring and early summer. Marsh fritillary butterflies may be seen on the wing between the end of May and beginning of July. The unmistakeable adonis blue has two broods and may be seen in May and June, or again later in August.
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The 50 contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water, and practically no eyeliner. What's a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program - or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan - or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up? Welcome to the heart of non-exfoliated darkness.
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"No one left unscathed"
Libba takes a shot at everyone in this book. You can't take it seriously even though there are some serious messages hidden in the humour. This is NOT an 11-13 year old (which is the category it's in). Save it for your older teens. Near the end Bray starts to lose focus and like Going Bovine, needed an editor to say "reel it in" but overall the book was a keeper.
"Not what you might expect"
I would recommend this book in a heartbeat. It's laugh-out-loud funny and manages to get important messages across about beauty ideals and gender without being preachy. Bray sends up the pageant world while treating the girls with tenderness and care. She manages to combine a plane full of beauty queens, a secret island hideaway for evil corporation agents, an Elvis-loving South American dictator and a boatload of pirates in a farce that is chock-full of wonderfully fleshed-out characters and tons of social commentary about the pitfalls of commercialism and capitalism.
I loved the backstories we got on all the girls - especially Mary Lou's suppression of her 'Wild Girl' side and the way she rediscovers it on the island. You might not expect swoon from a book that has a plane full of girls crash landing on an apparently deserted island, but there's swoon aplenty.
Libba Bray brings these characters to LIFE with her narration. I don't know how she kept all the accents straight - but these beauty queens are in a national competition, so they represent several different states across the U.S. Each character had a distinct voice and that really helped to bring their personalities to life.
There's also wonderful, very professional production of the little 'commercial' interludes - with perfect accompanying music and sound effects.
Seeing the girls come together and get past their differences in order to survive was very touching. Hearing them form unexpected bonds and get to know one another in a much more in-depth way than they would have if they had only competed against one another in a beauty pageant was great.
There's a bonus interview section with Libba Bray at the end of the book where she answers some questions and explains some of her influences. It's hilarious!
"This book is the worst book ever written"
It was stupid. The foot notes were annoying.
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Terribly written
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Tiara- super funny!!
All of the Characters voices! She did a Fantastic job!
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"Loved that the Author narrated the book!"
Hilarious, entertaining, great characters. I usually don't like when there are too many story lines, but I loved getting to know all the girls and their backgrounds. The author doing the narration was great and I thought really added to the book!
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The main problem I had with this book is the action/humor where not consistent. Half a dozen scenes could have been edited. With that said...this is the ONLY thing negative about this book. This book was LOADS OF FUN to read. Very funny. Drive-thru Plastic Surgery? Christian Pole-Dancing. Love it. Bray as a reader? BRILLIANT. One of the best performances I have listened to. Teens will eat this one up. Very new. Very fresh. I can't wait to see the movie.
"Sounds like it was written by a 13 year old."
The listening experience was fine, but the book was not well written.
Major disappointment.
I would not recommend this book to the last sole survivor of a plane crash on a deserted island. Even if it was the only book available.
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Has a good plot but no context...
the bells and notes... hated them
made it through chapter 3 and just stopped... it is way to childlish for me.
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"Satire with class"
Libba Bray deserves an award for giving each character a unique voice. Each state represented in this book is highlighted by taking for example slang used in Texas into the character Taylor from the lone star state. In addition the book is not a simple Youth book,it makes fun of beauty queens,IQ, and chick-lit. How this could or can be seen as a book for young teens is beyond me. It is satirical on every page laughing at the many teen obsessions it covers. The language is not P.G… I wish Libba wrote "Love unscripted" she would nail it. The genre is so her.
Yes, too sad she does not read the others herself.
When Petra shares her secret.
Yes, when the girls decided to back Petra.
This is a great listen for those days when beauty magazines fail, you need to relax etc
"Not for very young adults"
I would recommend the first six chapters of the book. They are laugh-out-loud funny and satirical. But after that the book bogs down with too many politically correct messages to convey, a silly story line, and the outrageous humor gets dimmed. The language and sexual suggestions make this a book for older teens, not younger teens The narration is outstanding and I looked forward to each time the characters of Taylor and Tiara spoke.
"Unexpectedly wonderful"
Hilarious (meaningful?) parody
Too hard to decide.
Huge enthusiasm and crazy enjoyment
A lot of moments when the girls come to recognise their own abilities. Also a lot of the stuff about Petra and Tiara.
It is completely ridiculous but I enjoyed it massively.
"Best book of the year, hands down!"
I am so glad I downloaded this book. It is, hands-down, the best book I have read/heard in ages! I found myself wishing it would never end.
It is truly hilarious while still delivering biting satire on our culture and the roles, expectations and double standards assigned to girls in particular.
The author reads the book herself and her delivery is an absolute treat, especially her delivery of the differing US accents.
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The Village Lower school has intimate classrooms where children receive individualized attention The school produces a child who is confident secure and motivated to learn what more can you ask for.
I have one daughter at The Village Lower School and one who has moved on to public school. When my oldest arrived at public school we were told by her teacher at our first conference that she was well ahead of where the other students were. I credit the Lower School for not only providing her with a great education, but fostering a very safe, friendly and personal environment. To say the gym is small is laughable because the way they utilize the space is great and the outside area is very large. Tuition is actually average and we feel it's a bargain for the confidence and joy its brought our family.
Overpriced for what you're getting. Grade sizes are very small especially past 1st grade. Gives kids limited opportunity to socialize with students in same age group. Not much depth in teaching staff. Only 4 teachers in the whole school. Gym is very small. It is actually in the garage of the building. Not what you would expect for the amount of tuition you're paying. For the amount of tuition, there are better schools.
My two daughters go to The Village Lower School and they adore the close nit family feel that it has captured and the teachers instill the best in the children. The Teachers are extremely dedicated to the children eacha nd every day. Ms. Diane is the Head of The Vilage Lower School and my husband and I could not be more impressed with her attention to detail. The afterschool program is wonderful for all children. We Love The Village Lower School and the staff that make this school the best private school in the state!
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Song Chaoming, for instance, is a researcher at Northeastern University in Boston. He is a physicist, but he moonlights as a social scientist. With that hat on he has devised an algorithm which can look at someone's mobile-phone records and predict with an average of 93% accuracy where that person is at any moment of any day. Given most people's regular habits (sleep, commute, work, commute, sleep), this might not seem too hard. What is impressive is that his accuracy was never lower than 80% for any of the 50,000 people he looked at.Full article at The Economist.


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(Yahoo Sports) – The bizarre story of Sarah Phillips, the ESPN freelancer and alleged Internet scam artist, continued on Wednesday, as more people came forward to say they were conned by the former columnist.
Phillips, who posted around 10 items per month for ESPN since she was hired in September, was terminated Tuesday after Deadspin identified her as the ringleader of a scheme that conned popular web producers out of rights to their content. The 22-year-old used her lofty status as an ESPN writer to convince youngsters with high follower counts on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook to join a non-existent sports comedy venture. In exchange for a stake in that site, the producers turned over their comedic Facebook pages and parody Twitter feeds to Phillips and others. She was looking for rubes and the Internet was full of them.
As Deadspin and other websites have detailed, Phillips used these new sites to promote her own work. The sockpuppetry helped raise her Twitter follower count to over 60,000.
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First Terraced Landscapes Conference - Honghe, China
The 'First World Conference on Terraced Landscapes' was held in Mengzi City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, P.R. China from 11-15 November 2010 (see earlier piece here). The meeting aimed to discuss the conservation of terraced landscapes worldwide, but with a particular focus on the Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces that lie within Honghe Prefecture. The Ramsar Convention was one of the collaborating institutions for the conference since it provided an opportunity to promote Resolution X.31 'Enhancing biodiversity in rice paddies as wetland systems', and to learn more about the issues facing rice terraces farming.
|View of the Hani Rice Terraces
The meeting brought together a wide range of participants, including local rice terrace farmers, government officials, academics, and representatives from international and local organizations, specializing in the conservation, history, culture and ecology of terraced landscapes.
|Head table at the conference
The conference began with a field visit to the Hani Rice Terraces which are shared by villagers from a number of minority groups, such as the Hani and Yi, who have farmed the terraces for at least 1,200 years. Over this time, the villagers had developed a holistic system of water and landscape management to ensure the regular supply and equitable sharing of the water for their terraces. The forests at the top of the Ailo Mountains, where the terraces are located, are protected so that the ground can better absorb the rainwater that falls. The water then flows down to the villages and then to the terraces via an intricate network of ditches which are managed by 'ditch keepers', elected members from the villagers who maintain and repair the ditches. Finally, the water reaches the Hong He (River) at the foot of the mountain where the villagers stay, evaporation brings the moisture back up to the mountain tops before falling as rain and the cycle starts once more.
These villagers, although from different minority groups, have a strong feeling of being 'brothers and sisters in the mountains', inter-marrying and borrowing farm animals (i.e. buffalos) from each other. They themselves say that the 'glue' for this strong bond is the water that flows through their villages and terraces.
|A group of villagers from the terraces
After the field visit, the meeting participants then returned to Mengzi City to discuss the issues facing the conservation of terraced landscapes worldwide, but focusing on the example from the Hani Rice Terraces.
|A villager preparing his presentation to the conference
It was recognised that many terraced agriculture landscapes worldwide have a long history and they share one common problem, that of the exodus of young people and men to nearby towns to find work with higher pay. In the case of the Hani Rice Terraces, the women who remain have to take on a greater responsibility for the management of the terraces. For terraces such as those in Ifugao (Philippines), the problem of a lack of labour had become so serious that some of the terraces are now becoming abandoned and are in danger of collapsing.
|A villager's interpretation of the terrace landscape
In order to make rice farming more economically attractive so that younger villagers would be willing to remain and work on the land, high-yielding rice species have been introduced by government and researchers. Although these have a higher production, they also require more chemical input than the rice varieties that were traditionally used. According to the villagers, introduction of the new rice varieties is causing the loss of the many traditional varieties that the villagers have grown for generations, and the new varieties are less preferred by them because of the lack of taste.
|Ladies from the terraces in traditional dress
Tourism has also been introduced into terraced landscapes as a way of bringing additional income for the villagers. However, these tours need to be sustainable managed in order to allow the visitors to have a genuine experience of the traditional farming culture and of the village way of life, and to provide the farmers with an equitable share of the benefits from tourism. After all, the villagers are the managers of the landscape that the tourists have come to see.
The conference ended with agreement to form an 'International Terraced Landscape Alliance' to work for the conservation of terraced landscape worldwide, with the secretariat being based at Honghe University. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Shi Junchao email@example.com who organised the conference.
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12 U.S. Code § 2202c - Review of restructuring denials
(a) Requirements for restructuring by System institutions
(1) Existing nonaccrual loans
Within 9 months after a qualified lender is certified under section 2278a–4 of this title, such lender shall review each loan that has not been previously restructured and that is in nonaccrual status on the date the lender is certified, and determine whether to restructure the loan.
(b) Special asset groups
(1) Establishment
Within 30 days after a qualified lender in a district is certified to issue preferred stock under section 2278b–7 of this title, the Farm Credit Bank board shall establish a special asset group that shall review each determination by the lender not to restructure a loan.
(c) National Special Asset Council
(1) Establishment
A National Special Asset Council shall be established by the Assistance Board to—
(A) monitor compliance with the restructuring requirements of this section by qualified lenders certified to issue preferred stock under section 2278b–7 of this title, and by special asset groups established under subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) Review of determination
The National Special Asset Council shall review a sufficient number of determinations made by each special asset group to foreclose on any loan to assure the Council that such group is complying with this section. With regard to each determination reviewed, the Council shall make an independent judgment on the merits of the decision to foreclose rather than restructure the loan.
(3) Noncompliance
If the National Special Asset Council determines that any special asset group is not in substantial compliance with this section, the Council shall notify the group of the determination, and may take such other action as the Council considers necessary to ensure that such group complies with this section.
(d) Report
With respect to determinations by a special asset group that a loan will not be restructured, the special asset group shall submit to the National Special Asset Council a report evaluating the loan and the basis for the determination that the loan should not be restructured.
(e) Restructuring factors
Source(Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.14C, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title I, § 102(a),Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1578; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title I, § 102(h),Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 990.)
1988—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 100–399substituted "Farm Credit Bank board" for "district board of such district".
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 ofPub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) ofPub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.
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These pieces also show more of the line drawing that has been creeping into my work (to the horror of those who can actually draw). I'm enjoying the process and intend to bring collage and drawing together even more seamlessly in future works.
The first of these was completed a few weeks after we lost our dear 4 legged friend Chip (see previous post but bring kleenex). Cameron Woo, the publisher of Bark Magazine, contacted me by way of Susan Scandrett to do apiece for a story about the foundations of the Humane Treatment For Animals Movement in the late 1800's. It turns-out that the movement initially was focused on livestock before expanding to include dogs and cats. The key element here was that the movement was founded on the notion of empathy, seeing through the eyes of the animals.
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THURSDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- A coalition of the
nation's largest food makers on Thursday unveiled a plan to set new
nutrition standards for foods that can be advertised to
The standards include reducing sugar, salt, calories and trans
fat and saturated fat.
But, they still fall short of recommendations proposed by the
Obama administration in April.
"We have established uniform criteria for participating companies' child-directed advertising," Elaine Kolish, vice president and director of the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, which includes such companies as ConAgra, General Mills and Kellogg, said during a Thursday morning press conference.
"These new criteria are challenging, but realistic, goals for further improving the products advertised to children," she said.
According to Kolish, about one-third of products currently
advertised to kids don't meet the new nutrition criteria. By Dec.
31, 2013, products must meet the new standards or they can't be
advertised to kids.
The standards affect foods in the following categories: dairy;
grains; fruits and vegetables; soups and meal sauces; seeds; nuts,
nut butters and spreads; meat, fish and poultry; mixed dishes; and
prepared main dishes and meals, such as macaroni and cheese. Each
category has its own criteria, Kolish said.
For example, juices can't have added sugars and no more than 160
calories per serving. For flavored milk, an 8-ounce serving will be
limited to 24 grams of sugar. Cereals with about 150 calories per
serving can have no more than 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 290
milligrams of salt and 10 grams of sugar.
Also, peanut butter can have no more than 220 calories per 2
tablespoons, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 240 milligrams of salt and
4 grams of sugar.
The criteria also call for specified amounts of fruits,
vegetables, low or non-fat dairy, whole grains and some products to
be supplemented with calcium and vitamin D, Kolish said.
Eric Decker, chairman of the Department of Food Science at the
University of Massachusetts, was asked by Kolish to review the new
standards. Speaking at the news conference, he said, "These
guidelines are a tremendous step forward, because they provide a
balance for the nutritional significance of the food and yet allow
inclusions of foods that are going to taste good and be
In April, the U.S. government issued guidelines it said it hopes
the food industry will adopt for lower amounts of sugar, salt and
fats in foods advertised to children. Those guidelines are lower
than the new industry guidelines.
Kolish said she hopes the government will modify its guidelines,
which she called unrealistic and unattainable.
"We share the same goals as these government agencies. We all want healthier kids," she said. "But we think the government's proposal is unworkable and unrealistic."
For instance, Kolish said, to reduce salt levels by more than
half "one would have to overcome vast technical issues, and then
you would have to have a product consumers would actually eat."
Obesity expert Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention
Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine, said "the
food industry is acknowledging that advertising foods of
questionable nutritional value to children in an age of epidemic
childhood obesity and diabetes is wrong. That is certainly a good
But, there's an inescapable conflict of interest when the
companies that profit from selling foods decide how to limit their
own marketing, Katz said. "No one with a modicum of real-world
common sense is surprised that the home-grown standards of food
companies are less restrictive than the government standards the
same companies rejected," he noted.
"The right approach, which the industry does not even seem to be considering, would be to link marketing to a reliable measure of overall nutritional quality, not just a select nutrient or two. One-nutrient-at-a-time guidance can be entirely misleading," Katz added.
An estimated one-third of U.S. children are now considered
overweight or obese. Kids who are too heavy run the risk of high
blood pressure and high cholesterol; type 2 diabetes; breathing
problems, such as sleep apnea, and asthma; joint problems; fatty
liver disease; and social and psychological problems, such as
discrimination and poor self-esteem, which can continue into
adulthood, according to the National Institutes of Health.
More information
To learn more about healthy eating for kids, visit the
Nemours Foundation.
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