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Valentine's DayThat morning, when Ziggy Stardust saw the shimmering quilt being unpacked in the common room, all bets appeared to be off.
"This will look wonderful on my bed!" he cooed as he fingered the silver lame lace that edged the night-black satin quilt spangled with sequin stars, button moons, and velvet planets.
David heaved that particularly deep sigh that only Ziggy's antics brought out. "This isn't for you, Ziggy. The Astronettes may have sent it, but you're not the only one here with your eye on the stars."
"Well, whose is it then?" he asked with a pout.
"You'll see if you help us get it upstairs it's rather heavy."
Jealous but as ever unable to resist his curiosity, Ziggy helped David, Major Tom, and Pierrot carry it up to a particular bedroom...
"It's quite an accurate star chart," Major Tom whispered as they each took a corner of the quilt and slowly eased it onto the bed, not wanting to wake its weary occupant. "How long do you think it took the
The Obstacle CourseThe second big challenge of the competition was the obstacle course! Here's a recap of the action
The wall of stardom was an imposing first obstacle. Even without his magic, Jareth scaled it nimbly and took an early lead followed closely by Monte, who apparently is used to being on the run, and Glass Spider, who certainly takes after his namesake! As for the others, Newton and Pierrot's light, slender bodies gave them an advantage in this challenge, while Sir Roland Moorecock and Vendice Partners proved a little well, to be sensitive as possible, slower with regards to their physiques and came in last.
The moss garden leg literally kept the competitors on their toes. The Thin White Duke's anxiousness served him well, as he did not step on any of the mines. Lodger was nervy too, but though he did trigger a few mines he was not fazed by the explosions. As for Ziggy Stardust, who already had problems scali
Cooking with the DukeOne could almost see stink lines emanate from the Thin White Duke's creasing brow. He had so generously offered to make dinner for the other personae, had slaved all afternoon in the kitchen, and now here the personae sat, barely nibbling at the main course.
His eyes flashed when they caught sight of Major Celliers chewing on the petals of a rose he had plucked from the centerpiece. "Found something more palatable than my stuffed red peppers, Major?"
"Oh, I wouldn't say more palatable," Celliers replied with his own eyes twinkling and his lips half-smiling. "But you've offered us no traditional scoop of sherbet between courses, and I have to cleanse my palate somehow."
"He has a point," said fellow military man Lieutenant Paul Von Przygodsky. "There is a certain sameness to your cooking. I mean, a salad of red peppers drizzled with red pepper vinaigrette followed by roasted red pepper soup followed by stuffed red peppers, with cand
Jareth Gets MotivatedIn the dining room, Jareth was smiling and humming to himself as he slathered peach preserves on his toast.
Halloween Jack managed to catch his glance (with both eyes, having dressed in one of his American-style suits today rather than what the other personae called "that pirate getup") and asked, "So what has His Majesty in such a cheerful mood this morning?"
Jareth was startled by the question and could feel his cheeks burn to see Halloween Jack languidly leaning back in his chair, sipping his milk and expecting an answer. But there was no reason to keep things a secret, so
"If you must know, I seem to have found a means of winning my Sarah's heart at last."
"Which is?" Halloween Jack smirked.
"I will be working with an advisor to develop a strategy for my next encounter with her, let's say. All these years I lamented her turning down my offer of all her dreams come true. Well, my advisor has shown me the light, and I finally und
Meet the CompetitorsIt's a beautiful azure day on Knossos Island as our two teams arrive from New York City by yacht. From our candid interviews as they disembarked, it's clear all the contestants know what they think of each other and what they want.
First up, let's get to know the cool blue members of the Astronettes!
Major Tom
"I'm always up for exploring, as you know, so Pierrot and I are looking forward to the next few weeks. I can only hope the judges don't think my protein pills are an unfair advantage, or something "
Ziggy Stardust
"You know, I'm the one who came up with the name Astronettes for our team! Dave wanted to call it something bland like the Heathens or the Heroes, but I convinced the others to go with something more glamorous. Of course, I'm a born leader and if I can make it to the top of the pops I can certainly make it to the top here! I only wish that Scary Monster wasn't on our team! I don't trust him one bit
A Shocking TwistThe two teams were gathered at the tribal circle to await the results of the scavenger hunt. Ziggy looked quite smug as his fellow Astronettes laid out their finds on their stone "altar", and Sir Roland Moorecock (who, like Ziggy, had appointed himself a team leader) was gritting his teeth to see how much more was there compared to the finds of the Diamond Dogs.
The producers arrived as the sundial "struck" noon but there were two more people with them, concealed in capes and cowls.
One perky producer answered the resultant murmurs with, "Before we resolve this scavenger hunt challenge, we thought we'd surprise you. Each team will be getting a ninth member today!"
"Hopefully," Sir Roland said, "the Diamond Dogs will get someone competent for a change "
"New Astronette, reveal yourself!" the producer cried, and off came his cowl. For a moment the Astronettes thought Sers must have an evil twin, but then they recognized John Blaylock's cool, d
The Team Diamond Dogs CabinSir Roland Moorecock heaved a sigh at the sight of the cabin's weary wooden interior. "I'll bet those aren't even 500-count Egyptian cotton sheets," he said. "You'd think we were in a third-world country!"
"You're sheltered," Lodger said as he turned back the sheets on his bed. "You should have seen some of the youth hostels I knew in Berlin!"
"I don't care, this place is filthy!" Sir Roland said with a sneer, preparing to stomp on a stray spider crossing his path.
Only Glass Spider's swift hands rescued the helpless arachnid. He carried it over to the corner of the cabin closest to the bed he had picked out. "There you go, small one. You'll be safer there..."
Jareth, meanwhile, had used his magic to turn his rusty-springed mattress into a huge puff of feather-filled, silk-topped comfort. As he curled up under newly-satin sheets, Sir Roland stalked over to his side.
"Oh, His Majesty makes sure HE'S
Letter from the Third LoverSomewhere, a letter falls from a jacket pocket and drifts to the floor of a tiny café that is fraying at its edges.
The letter belongs to a regular here, but it served its purpose already and will not be missed. He was not in a hurry when he left but he did mention offhandedly to the familiar, patient waiter that he had an appointment to keep with a woman. The waiter vaguely recognized her name; perhaps the regular brought her here once or twice.
He is usually alone. He rarely talks to anyone beyond formalities, but he is always polite.
This regular, known only as "Mr. Newton", is the fabled talk of the café. They wonder who he is and what he does. They all agree that he is too elegant for this place. One old-timer vaguely remembers a photograph of him in the paper once, maybe his name, a bit of a scandal but his memory must be faulty, because that was years ago and this regular i
Bowies on the MoveThe race to the cabins is on! Let's see how the Diamond Dogs are doing in the woods
"Dory! Adler! This is no stroll through the park!"
"We're tryin' to keep up, Sir Roland, but the Duke here is comin' down with the tremors. I think the jungle heat is gettin' to him "
"Jungle heat, my foot! I suppose he could keep up if he had his, what do they call it -- Peruvian marching powder? Well, it's time he manned up. You and Dory don't need to help him walk. If he's ambushed by those jungle ninjas it's one less worry for the rest of us!"
"Watch out Sir Roland! Quicksand ahead!"
"Don't try to change the subject, Dory -"
"If anyone knows from quicksand it's me! Don't put your foot out - "
"Well, don't just stand there you ninnies, get me out of here! Throw me a vine, Spider!"
"Hmmm you're didn't say the magic word I think you can fend for yourse
Cable ConnectionThe walls vibrated heavily with techno beats, and the floor glimmered in crisscrossed patterns of purple, green, and red. Many people were moving their bodies in weird funky ways, trying to match their movements with that of the song.
But these were no ordinary people. They were androids, robots, metal-men, whatever you like to call it... Man's last great creation (gift) to the world before being wiped off the planet for good.
The robots had no idea why they were built, what their sole purpose was in life, so they educated themselves with old human films. They watch films that showed human cops, weddings, children, actors, musicians, etc.
So motivated by the films the robots attempted to pursue the "original" roles once held by mankind, and soon there were robot weddings and robot cops.
And robot segregation...
It wasn't necessary, no not at all, and it wasn't influenced by films... Well, maybe just a little... However, rules were posted to keep the two types of robots away from each o
A Bedroom Farce"Well, I've had it!" Ziggy groused as he tossed away another lipstick that had been worn down to a sticky nub. "It's Scary Monster who's doing this, I just know it!"
"What makes you say that?" asked Sers, who had come into his room to borrow some hairspray.
"No one else here uses as much makeup as I do," Ziggy explained, "and I keep this room locked when I'm away. It would have to be someone with unnatural powers and a love of powders who'd manage to pinch my supplies!"
"Powers? Now, now, Ziggy, there's nothing that proves Scary Monster is an actual monster much less someone who can slip in and out of a room without being noticed. You're probably just so busy you're losing track of your supplies."
"I know I'm right! You can never trust a clown " They were still arguing as they left, Ziggy locking the door behind him.
From beneath Ziggy's bed, there could be heard the crinkling of delicate fabrics. Scary Monster care
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"Watch the new Lady Gaga "Alejandro" video for yourself and then tell us what you think? A little heavy on the Madonna references, no?We love Lady Gaga. We love Madonna. Put them in a video blender. Press shake, and you've got Gaga's new Alejandro video!"Published on June 08, 2010
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Katy Perry Smurfette Blue Hair Wig Is California Gurls Cool on the Red Carpet and we found the matching baby wig
"Mom Alert: Get the sandbox set ready to play a very chic Smurfette dress-up.The blue hair is really not out of the blue for Katy Perry, she also sports blue hair on the cover of "California Gurls," that features Snoop Dogg, and she tells the Los Angeles Times, it's "probably because I'm going to be a Smurfette one day." That would be for the 3D "The Smurfs Movie," that is scheduled to be released at the end of the year."Published on June 07, 2010
Lady Gaga Telephone Video featuring Beyonce is a homage to prison chick flicks
Lady Gaga Telephone Video featuring Beyonce is a homage to prison chick flicksPublished on March 12, 2010
The iconic New Wave wardrobe of Aimee Mann is a vintage fashion score
80′s New Wave cool is decidedly timeless in its avante-garde fashion way. I'll try not to count how many times that I got dressed to go out to a club with MTV playing in the background.original But I will tell you that one of my favorite 80′s groups was 'Til Tuesday.What I really loved was how real and downtown the the lead singer Aimee Mann looked in in the videos in comparison to some other pop stars at the time who looked like they were styled and ready to go to spring break in Daytona. As a just-hatched stylist and seasoned downtown club goer during the New Wave era, I was always amazed at how what we wore, what we saw never really translated to video, short of Madonna.But Aimee Mann got it.She had the look and the beat. Aimee had that Japanese cool, the counter-culture edge that redefined what chic was all about by way of designers like Yohji Yamamoto, Comme Des Garcons, Jean Paul Gaultier, Katherine Hamnett, and the like that made Charivari the boutique that it was.Published on March 09, 2010
Jennifer Lopez – Fresh Out The Oven – Leopard Vixen
"Jennifer Lopez sexes up in Fresh Out The Oven video with plenty of leopard. Lopez wears some major Louboutin leopard booties in her new "Fresh Out the Oven" video but you can rock out on your own with some other versions of leopard booties, shooties, and stilettos.The thing that catches her eye is the video must-have of a bodysuit. Beyonce put the bodysuit back on the map and then in the past few weeks there are Britney Spears, Shakira, and now Jennifer Lopez all shaking their booties los san culootes as they say."Published on November 26, 2009
Lady Gaga flaunts the best lace lingerie
"Lady Gaga in sexy black lace lingerie in the "Bad Romance" video is something to add to your underwear wardrobe."Published on November 11, 2009
Lady Gaga's new video is out and she burns it up
Lady's Gaga's new video is out- Bad RomancePublished on November 10, 2009
Jane Birkin, bags a new album
Most fresh-faced fashionistas associate the British-born French singer and actress Jane Birkin solely as the muse for the iconic Hermes Birkin bag.And, perhaps, as the mother of modern muse and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, from her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, or her other daughter actress, model, and designer of her eponymous Lee Cooper denim collection, Lou Doillon, from her relationship with Jacques Doillon. That's a whole lot of French chic pop culture namedropping, which is what makes Birkin's new autobiogrphical album, Enfants d'Hiver a Francophile must-have.Published on January 12, 2009
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Feeling old, tired, and bored? Go see Madonna for a pick-me-up!
Boost Me Up, Mama Madonna!Sometimes my inbox is full of mail from women thinking they are too old or afraid to make a change in their wardobe or personal style in fear of not dressing age-appropriate. Some of these poor courage-deprived chickadees are even in their thirties!!!Well, before you sit home and feel sorry for yourself any longer, or just want to have fun, I urge you to go out and see Madonna, now roaming the world on her Sticky & Sweet tour.Published on October 08, 2008
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Jason Young
Acclaimed Author, Culturetopia- The Ultimate High Performance Workplace; Renowned Leadership and Customer Service Expert; Former Southwest Airlines Corporate Training Leader
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Author, speaker and consultant Jason Young has been called a "rare breed" when it comes to developing leaders, teams and customer service initiatives. As a former senior-level manager at Southwest Airlines, Jason learned the value of a successful workplace culture. During his 10-years with the airline consistently rated No. 1 in customer service and employee satisfaction, he was a key driver in creating and developing the company's innovative training programs for its successful leadership and customer service culture that have become renowned in the business world today.
Capturing the innovative strategies and tactics he created at Southwest Airlines, Jason offers insights and practical information that can be implemented immediately. His keynote presentations and training programs are in demand for audiences of all types – from senior level executives to front line employees. Jason's messages reach to the core of every audience member with his unique style and engaging presentation skills. Participants are treated to a compelling experience that will change the way they view themselves, their customers and the company for which they work.
- Culturetopia - The Ultimate High Performance Workplace
- The Art of Customer Retention -- Developing a Brand That Can Be Trusted
- The Southwest Effect -- Successful Practices of a Market Leader
- Lead Smart -- High Performance Leadership
- Smart Teams -- Creating Teams that Succeed Together
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Building Top Performing Teams and Innovative Cultures
Driven by the need to extend his unique insight in leadership development to others outside Southwest, Jason Young left the airline to launch his own consulting practice focusing on corporate training and as a development services provider specializing in leadership, customer service and team building. Today, as president of LeadSmart, Inc., Jason shares his vision in developing successful corporate cultures and workplace environments with forward-thinking companies including Starbucks, Coca Cola, Radio Shack and Tyson Foods, to name just a few. He has even captured his philosophy of creating high performance cultures in his recent book Culturetopia - the ultimate high performance workplace.
Illuminating, Inspiring and Engaging
Jason's keynote presentations are designed to reinforce the concepts and skills geared to increase learning and assist in the transition from the meeting room to the workplace. The result is an inspirational encounter that resonates long after his presentation is over.
Culturetopia - The Ultimate High Performance Workplace
Based on his experience as an insider at famed Southwest Airlines and consultant to dozens of other Fortune 500 companies, Jason Young offers a dramatically different approach to creating and sustaining a high performance workplace. His solution for companies is to create an organizational culture where employees can do their best work and one that will produce the desired performance outcomes in productivity, profitability, employee retention and customer satisfaction. The key is intentionally identifying and developing the essential factors that impact performance for any organization: leadership principles, management practices, team alignment and employee behavior. These are the elements that truly define organizational culture and that have the greatest impact on results.
The Art of Customer Retention -- Developing a Brand That Can Be Trusted
As the competition continues to heat up for goods and services, organizations today struggle with levels of customer service that will create satisfied and loyal customers. During this powerful presentation by Jason Young, you'll find out what outrageous customer service can really do for your bottom line. Discover the meaning behind "customer-defined" service and how that may very well separate you from your competitors. Learn to make the most of those moments of truth that face your organization to leave a legacy of service. Identify the sources of service breakdowns and what it really takes to make a clear path to recovery. You'll discover that your commitment to service excellence can help your organization make a name for itself and leave its mark. You'll never view the value of a customer the same!
The Southwest Effect -- Successful Practices of a Market Leader
Southwest Airlines has given the business world a textbook example that providing fabulous customer service and maintaining high employee morale in a low-cost environment is possible – and indeed profitable in Corporate America today. But what's the real story? As a key developer of Southwest Airlines' legendary positively outrageous customer service and leadership training programs, Jason Young knows that great culture does not "just happen." A customer service initiative can be created and nurtured to flourish into a customer service culture. Beyond the headlines and the hype, Jason shares the real inside story behind the success of the company consistently rated No. 1 in customer service and employee satisfaction. Best of all, you'll learn how you can take these proven organizational principles to your team or company. You won't want to miss this inside edition from the man who knows it best.
Lead Smart -- High Performance Leadership
Jason Young teaches that leaders develop, motivate and empower people to achieve extraordinary results while providing vision and guidance throughout the entire process. Truly smart leaders know that is more than a mere statement of fact, but rather a personal and professional challenge to be met everyday. Faced with two choices – lead smart or die – they'll know what to do to achieve your organization's success. They will find out the new definition of becoming a person of influence and how that applies to everyone in your organization. Your leaders will hear how organizing talent to build effective teams creates an incredible workplace culture and how applying successful coaching skills will help your teams excel. They'll learn how to handle change – for better or worse – and how effective disagreement management can enhance team productivity.
Smart Teams -- Creating Teams that Succeed Together
Team work. Team building. Team player. Successful organizations know that business is not really a game to be won or lost. But to achieve success, everyone must use many of the same principles found on our playing fields today. In this presentation, Jason Young goes beyond the buzzwords to expose the keys that help people work together as a team to achieve real success. By developing goals, your team will create shared initiatives out of trust and mutual respect for one another. That active collaboration will lead to employee empowerment and organization momentum. You'll discover how your All Stars can raise the bar within your organization without alienating your other players while creating an environment that rewards risk taking. From base hits to home runs, everyone plays their part to attain victory.


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Downsizing in retirement may not save money
Conventional wisdom is that moving into a smaller home will cost less. But that's not always the case. It pays to crunch the numbers before you make any decisions.
The conventional wisdom says you can save money by downsizing to a smaller home in retirement.
That may not be true, Anne Tergesen writes in The Wall Street Journal. Sometimes downsizing may end up costing more.
"Don't make any broad assumptions that downsizing is going to save your retirement," Jeff Bogue, a certified financial planner in Wells, Maine, told The WSJ. "It may help your finances, but I've seen plenty of people who find that it doesn't pan out as they had thought."
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One of the most painful aspects of the real estate bust, for those near retirement, was that a major asset they had hoped to sell – their home – lost considerable value, more than 50% in some of the hardest-hit cities. That means the downsizing calculation may not be nearly as profitable as they had thought.
Most retirees who downsize stay in the same general area. That means that many of their daily expenses stay the same. A retirement community that provides maintenance and recreation facilities may even end up costing more.
One piece of retirement advice has been that to truly downsize you should move to a part of the country where it's cheaper to live – but making a mistake can be costly.
Joanne Abrahamian moved from New Jersey to Kanab, Utah, in 2008, then decided that the town was too remote and she missed the seasons. But the home that she bought for $295,000 is now worth only $195,000, The WSJ reported.
You may also find that a smaller home doesn't suit your lifestyle as well as you thought it would. My aunt, who sold her three-bedroom family home and moved into an apartment after her children left home and her husband died, found that her place wasn't large enough for the entertaining she had more time for in retirement. She ended up buying another three-bedroom home, behind her son's home, at age 70 and is still there at 86.
A smaller home may also not be practical if your adult children need to move back in or if you need room for visiting children and grandchildren who come from afar and stay overnight.
If you do plan to downsize, do the math and make sure it's really going to cost less – or that it's going to give you the lifestyle you want at a cost you can still afford. Consider the cost of moving. Don't buy in a new city until you have rented there for at least a year. Visiting on vacation doesn't count.
Downsizing in retirement does still deliver a financial boost to some. WSJ reader Shirley Summers wrote:
Oh, please, I could barely get through the article. My husband and I sold our 3,000-square-foot home two years ago by finding someone who could take over the mortgage. We had enjoyed living there, had made lots of improvements but it was too big, too much of a burden for just the two of us to take care of after the children left home. We bought a 1,200-square-foot fixer-upper, totally gutted it and changed the floor plan to include only (horrors) ONE bedroom and ONE bathroom. The kids know where the hotels are in town. Every time I find something of theirs I take it to them. "Here this is yours. Take care of it. :) "I don't regret it one bit. We have more time, and more money to do other things. We also have lots less to clean, no grass (our other house had an acre and a half of lawn to cut and water) and much cheaper utilities.
I'm 62 y/o and will NEVER be able to replace the 'hobby stuff' like antique ray-guns, 4 channel stereo / receivers, microphones, speakers, tools, compressors, generators, etc.)
I had never been burgled before and NOW we have the property completely fenced, double rows of barb wire, razor wire and alarms in the triple wide mobile home and the steel building.
I'm 62 y/o and will NEVER be able to replace the 'hobby stuff' like antique ray-guns, 4 channel stereo / receivers, microphones, speakers, tools, compressors, generators, etc.)
I had never been burgled before and NOW we have the property completely fenced, double rows of barb wire, razor wire and alarms in the triple wide mobile home and the steel building.
We went from a 2800 sq ft home , which was taking most of our monthy income to pay for the utilities to a one huge room , Big enough to section off as 3 rooms , LR, BR,Kitchen , with all utilities for only $ 400 a month after all other Bills now we have around $1500 a month left over with our incomes, so with only 2 people downsizing it does help, a person would be surprised at what they can do without .
Downsize as fast as you can, the hollywood elite have been doing it for years now!
Downsize now and be tmad hatter Obama taxs that are coming on any and all forms of profit making, Obama has to keep the undr funed social prgrams going and hes doing it by attacking al of us that work,save and plan ahead!
Listening to the money experts will leave you worse off than the 2008 market fall out.


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The cricketer is going through a rough phase, both on and off the field. Can his 'brand career' withstand the setback?
An interview with the chairman of Bisleri International about his latest product, a non-caffeinated energy drink.
In its first-ever TV campaign, lingerie e-tailer Zivame plays the 'variety' card and features women from all walks of life buying lingerie with a simple click.
Rohitash Srivastava joins the company as director - marketing & brand strategy while Abhishake Das comes in as director - creative.
Based in Delhi, Mohanty will work closely with chief creative officer Bobby Pawar.
How can brands gain from advergaming?
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So a friend of mine pitched down the sound of a baby crying and
Paul Ryan dreaming of power
It's my birthday today, and this is one of my favorite Yevtushenko poems, so here you go:
"Birthday" - Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Mother, let me congratulate you on
the birthday of your son.
You worry so much about him. Here he lies,
he earns little, his marriage was unwise,
he's long, he's getting thin, he hasn't shaved.
Oh, what a miserable loving gaze!
I should congratulate you if I may
mother on your worry's birthday.
It was from you he inherited
devotion without pity to this age
and arrogant and awkward in his faith
from you he took his faith, the Revolution.
You didn't make him prosperous or famous,
and fearlessness is his only talent.
Open up his windows,
let in the twittering in the leafy branches,
kiss his eyes open.
Give him his notebook and his ink bottle,
give him a drink of milk and watch him go.
so… it's been a while since i've updated here, and i'll fill in relevant details soon. but this last weekend was lively enough to break me out of my rut of apathy toward tumblr and the like.
part 1:
on friday night i performed in a collaborative piece with the amazing poet (and amazing friend) jason conger. both the style of writing/delivery and the sound manipulation are something of an homage to john giorno (it's called "poem in the john giorno manner," in an homage to ted berrigan). the whole premise was sort of a list poem about ways in which we're afraid to die. at least that's where it started a few weeks ago. in any case, we got a positive reaction and i hope it's the first step in a rekindled habit of collaboration with jason.
and, being part of the greenwood poetry pub crawl, i got to see a whole crew of solid, compelling poets perform. but that wasn't all for the weekend…
today was really beautiful, but something sad happened on the way home this afternoon. stopped at a light and i see a kitten huddling underneath a truck a few cars ahead. i'm thinking, "be safe, kitty!" as soon as the cars begin to move, the kitten darts out and into my lane. i wonder if it made it across, but when the car ahead of me moves i see that the kitten's laying in the road, twitching. it's clearly been injured badly, but it's still moving. i turn on my emergency lights and run out of the car, scoop up the kitten and take off. she's very dirty, covered in burrs, and clearly has had a rough life. i google for emergency vets, but there aren't any nearby and traffic is thick and slow moving. we're not back in the car more than a few minutes before she stops gasping and writhing, and just lays there. when we get home, i wrap her up in some fabric and start digging in the back yard. the ground's dry and rocky and i'm dripping with sweat when i finish. i take a few minutes and say a few words to myself and go inside. as soon as i picked her up i had wondered what could even be done to help, but i hope she was comforted a little bit in the last few minutes and knew something else was caring about her. now she's resting under the tree out back. i had to give blackie an extra big hug tonight.


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3700 Kingwood Drive has a Walk Score of 22 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
This location is in the Kingwood Area neighborhood in Houston. The closest park is River Grove Park.
Nearby schools include Kingwood High School, Kingwood High School and C Results Fitness , aerobics, zumba, dance.
The closest grocery store is H-E-B.
Nearby coffee shops include Cafe Du Bois, Starbucks and La Madeleine. Nearby restaurants include Chachi's Mexican Restaurant, Fuddruckers and Texas Sushi Hana.
3700 Kingwood Drive is near Halliburton Headquarters, University of Houston - Downtown and Enterprise Products Partners Headquarters.
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Date Reviewed: November 12, 2004
Strengths: Brilliant frame - geometry and material.
Good components.
Weaknesses: Stock seatpost, American Classic, is crap. It comes loose and there's no way of sorting it other than chucking it and buying a decent one.
Lack of rear dropouts for disc brake. though I think they've added them to the 2005 model(?)
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The standard components are very good and Kona seems to know the right stuff to use (eg Avid brake system not Shimano)
People complain about the paint chipping but I reckon that happens on any bike (unless the bike is brushed titanium and so doesn't have any paint, but of course we explosif owners do not recognise the existence of Ti frames). Do of course have to keep an eye on it cos of the dreaded rust
I'm that taken with mine and that sad that I've even given it a name.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $1600.00
Purchased At: Paul's Cycles, UK
Similar Products Used: Many aluminium framed bikes and older Scott Steel frame bikes
Bike Setup: Standard except for Syncros Ti seatpost, avid ss 7 v-brakes, XTR hubs/Mavix 517 rims I built on the cheap, Schwalbe fast fred tyres. Raceface riser bars cut 2" shorter. Soon to get 2 x 20 Watts of homemade blinding bright bike lights.
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2003
Strengths: Lightness, maneuverability, great climber, top-notch components,color.
Weaknesses: Haven't found any yet, well........maybe change out the seat to conform to a woman's anatomy.
Bottom Line:
A little high priced if you buy it new (1400.00) but I got it used, paid 950.00 and traded in the Trek.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $950.00
Purchased At: Bought used
Similar Products Used: Trek 4900 WSD
Bike Setup: Stock
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2003
Strengths: One of the smoothest rides on this beauty. You can push it to the extreme and the bike seems to perform even better. Super light, maneuverable and the color is perfect.
Weaknesses: Nothing stock only the junk pedals I added on after purchasing.....other than that can't think of any.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $1000.00
Purchased At: Full Cycle
Similar Products Used: 99' Trek 7000
Bike Setup: Stock with Marzocchi ERX Bombers
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2002
Strengths: Ride quality, weld/build quality. Amazing ride. It feels like it is on rails. Doesn not jump around, does not need a lot of input. Just focus where you are going, point the bike, and let it go -- All without sacrificing quickness. The frame soaks up bumps. STEEL IS REAL. Fairly light. I love it.
Weaknesses: No disk tabs.
Bottom Line:
All in all, a great frame at a great price.
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Similar Products Used: Trek 7000
Bike Setup: Crossmax UST, Chris King, SID SL, Titec X-Wing, WTB Rocket saddle, XT Crankset, XT shifters, Cane Creek levers, Easton EA70, Shimano 959's
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2002
Strengths: Light, fast, nible, geometry, handling, fun and great in the technical stuff.Steel rules! :-)
Value for money.Price is pretty competitive even i Europe
Weaknesses: Seatpost! Saddle went lose on a long trip after that it unscrew itself all the time!
And it got bent to, it's on my dealer for reclamation, got a temporary replacment. Maybee should have had barends from factory ?
Bottom Line:
I love the steel frame and the geometry & color.
This bike rocks!
With a pair of crossmax wheels this will be an even lighter killer! :-)
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: Cykelspecialisten
Similar Products Used: GT Karokoram -99
Bike Setup: Stock with BBB trailmonkey barends. I'm going to buy a pair off crossmax wheels for races and special events, when they are on sale!
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2002
Strengths: sweet color, light as all, awesome comps. great geometry with the sloping top tube. the frame is the beauty of this bike. great response to the trail. steel really absorbs the hits and then returns the energy to the trail and not your butt. XT and XTR drivetrain really is smooth shifting, avid sd5 brakes are unbelievable, definately comparable to any mech disc brakes.
Weaknesses: paint and decals scratch very easily. tioga factory 1.9's are definately not up to mud. handle bars are to short for my liking. this is a personal preference though. i like to ride with a wide grip as well as have bar ends
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $1299.00
Purchased At: bicycle bob's
Similar Products Used: khs comp montana, 24spd xt lx drivetrain, rigid fork
Bike Setup: stock
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2002
Strengths: Frame, component value, lightweight steel hardtail
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $800.00
Purchased At: All Weather Sports
Similar Products Used: Bridgestone MB-2, Kona Cinder Cone
Bike Setup: Stock in summer with Rigid Project 2 fork and Snow Cat wheels in winter
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2002
Strengths: Very light for a 19' frame, good looking and it´s a Kona
Weaknesses: That paint really does flake off easily.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Local Store
Similar Products Used: First I used a Manitou frame (alu7005), excellent for cross-country but this frame broke after 2 years of hard use. After that I changed my idea of aluminum bikes and changed to chromoly bike frames.
Bike Setup: Frame Explosif 97, gears cranks shimano xt, sintesi Dh bars, white industries hubs, mavic sup rims, rock shocks Quadra 21r (very old but very robust),spd shimano 535
Date Reviewed: March 6, 2002
Strengths: Super frame and parts. Price. Even at 1400 this bike rocks!
Weaknesses: Wheels could be better.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $1000.00
Purchased At: ebay(new)
Similar Products Used: Jamis Dakota xc {Not even close to the kona. Spend the extra 100 and get a real bike) IBIS Mojo, Bontrager RaceLight, Schwinn Homegrown, DeKerf
Bike Setup: Stock. I may change the wheels when the stock ones die on me.
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Why do I need to apply to play at the festival? Why don't you invite performers instead?
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BCMFest restricts itself to performers of Celtic music who reside or are active in the Boston Celtic music community. We are not currently booking acts from other geographic areas or musical styles for this festival. If your music fits in with our festival's mission, then click here for information about how to apply.
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Strategic Use of Recycled Content Standards under International Duopoly
AbstractWe examine the strategic use of recycled content standards (RCSs) under international duopoly. RCSs require firms supplying the domestic market to use a certain proportion of recycled materials as inputs. We demonstrate that, when there is no trade in recycled materials, two identical countries both set strategically stricter or more lax RCSs. However, when there is trade in recycled materials, it may be the case that one country sets a stricter RCS while the other sets a more lax RCS. When a world supply constraint on recycled materials is not binding, the main source of the asymmetric distortion in RCSs is a demand effect for recycled materials.
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Related researchKeywords: recycling; recycled content standard; international trade; strategic trade policy;
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- Higashida, Keisaku & Jinji, Naoto, 2006. "Strategic use of recycled content standards under international duopoly," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 242-257, March.
- F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
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It was a week and half before my due date and my first day of maternity leave. We had just gone to bed after talking to everyone in the family. "Yes, I'm still pregnant," and "Yes, I'm feeling OK," were the type of assurances that dominated our conversations.
I woke up at midnight feeling uncomfortable –nothing unusual in that!– so I went to the living room and laid on the couch. Half an hour later I woke my husband. I thought my water might have broken and I was feeling really uncomfortable; we decided to call the hospital.
Since this was my first baby and I couldn't time my contractions (I was just in constant pain!), they thought I was a long way from having my baby. They told me to take a shower. I followed their advice and called back at 1:00 a.m. I told the nurse I really thought I needed to come in. They said that the person I'd spoken with earlier was delivering a baby and would call me back later. I called again half an hour later, repeating that I really thought I needed to come in. They said to go ahead, since it was a slow night they would check me and send me home if I wasn't ready. My husband asked if we should call anyone, but I didn't want to just in case I was in false labor.
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Practicing mental prayer
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What can I do to make my life of prayer stronger?
"Christian Prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or the rosary. This form of prayerful reflection is of great value, but Christian prayer should go further: to the knowledge of the love of the Lord Jesus, to union with him." (CCC#2708) If consistent daily meditative prayer disposes us to intimate union with Christ in the gift of contemplation, then we should practice meditative prayer daily. "Christians owe it to themselves to develop the desire to meditate regularly…" (CCC#2707)
How does a Christian practice meditation?
Some spiritual masters have suggested that we should prepare in advance prior to practicing meditative prayer. Some have suggested that we should try to rid ourselves of distractions through such practices as fasting, mortification, sinning less, and entering into periods of silence throughout the day.
It is also suggested that we should prepare by choosing the method of meditation and or subject matter (a mystery of God) ahead of time. "There are as many and varied methods of meditation as there are spiritual masters." (CCC#2707) We might choose to pray the liturgy of the hours, rosary, chaplet of mercy, or lectio divina (praying with the Scripture). These prayers have both vocal and meditative qualities. We might choose for the subject matter "the Sacred Scriptures, particularly the Gospels, holy icons, liturgical texts of the day or season, writings of the spiritual fathers, [or] works of spirituality." (CCC#2705)
In Introduction to the Devout Life, a great spiritual master, St. Francis de Sales describes a simple method of meditation using the components: consideration, affection, and resolution. Each component exercises a different faculty of the soul: consideration the intellect, affection the emotions, and resolution the will.
After the preparation and planning of the mediation, some of the spiritual masters have suggested beginning meditative prayer by acknowledging God's presence and offering an opening vocal prayer.
If we choose to use St. Francis de Sales method of meditation to ponder a particular mystery of God, then we would meditate using the following steps: consideration, affection, and resolution.
In the first step, consideration, we would consider the mystery and ponder it, using our imagination. We might ask who is in the mystery, what does it look like, smell like, and feel like? We would ask questions about the mystery and gain greater insights.
In the second step, affection, we would ask how the mystery applies our life, do we have any desires or regrets, and do we have any petitions?
In the last step, resolution, we would make a resolution to change our life according to what we have considered and applied to our life. Our resolutions should resolve to avoid sin and practice the virtues. Our resolution should be precise, practical, and proximate. It should give Glory to God. It is important to safeguard our resolutions by having a written account and or a verbal account with a spiritual director.
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America was attacked by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001. That was nearly 13 years ago! As a result we created the Department of Homeland Security. The goal was obvious, homeland security, right? Yet here we are nearly 13 years later with at least 11 million unidentified immigrants! Why, because too many Congressmen are unwilling to confront the issue! "It's too controversial! It's too emotional!"
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Cooling efficiency will drop fast when corrosion blocks a radiator's tubes.
With aerodynamic styling and hotter-running engines, radiators have to work even harder.
The radiator in today's truck needs to throw off more heat while occupying less space, resulting in designs that cram more cooling surface into a smaller space and have thinner metal sections. Since these thin sections can be vulnerable to corrosion on both sides, maintenance is more important than ever.
We visited Mike and Daughter Radiator Aid in Lancaster, Pa., to get the low down on just what destroys radiators, what keeps them together and what you should keep in mind when needing a repair. Mike Mascuch started the business in 1960 and eventually sold it to his daughter Shawn Marie Sholly, who is president. Her husband Tom Sholly is vice president.
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How radiators work
Radiator is a misnomer – the unit radiates very little heat. The unit's purpose is to provide a very large surface to heat the outside air, an ideal means of getting rid of the heat in the coolant.
The radiator has top and bottom header tanks that collect and guide the coolant to and from the engine. The tanks are connected by dozens of very thin metal tubes that are flat on the sides to maximize the number of tubes and amount of surface that can be fitted into a small space. The use of these thin, narrow coolant passages ensures the liquid will flow through the tubes rapidly, rather than becoming stagnant. This increases the unit's ability to get rid of heat, but makes radiators subject to internal clogging if you don't keep your coolant in top condition.
Once the thermostat opens, the coolant passes down through the tubes, dropping its temperature 20 degrees or more even on the hottest days – if the radiator is clean both inside and out.
The tubes are linked with hundreds of closely spaced flat metal fins. The fins don't contain any liquid, but because metal carries heat very effectively and no part of any fin is more than a half-inch from a tube, they get almost as hot as they would be if they were filled with coolant. The result is a lot of hot square footage. A radiator with just 200 fins 20 inches long and 5 inches wide would have 250 square feet of surface to heat air, and that doesn't even count the coolant tubes themselves.
The rub is that those closely spaced fins catch dirt. They are only .003 inch thick these days, Mascuch says. That's so thin that fatigue combined with high-speed wind can actually bend them.
So, Masuch told us, it's really important to keep the radiator clean, both inside and out. Outside cleaning must remove not only road salt, which will corrode the radiator, but non-corrosive dirt that would reduce cooling efficiency. Dirt not only blocks the flow of heat from metal to air, but reduces the amount of air passing through. Air is the only place the heat has to go.
Cooling problems always snowball and attack the radiator. Anything that interferes with the radiator's ability to get rid of heat increases the operating temperature and pressure in the system. The higher temperature and pressure then accelerate corrosion and physical stress, which work together to create radiator leaks.
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