text:
Attn Canada BirdersWe're looking for bird bloggers from across Canada to join this multi-author blog. If you would like to spread the word on birds in your area by doing one post with photos each month, please email birdcanada at gmail.com
Recent Posts
- Seven Steller's Jays and a Hungry Hawk
- First day of Autumn
- Birding the Alberta Grasslands – a photo essay
- Early Autumn on the Prairies
- What Hawk Is This? Or Is It a Hawk?
- September Birds on PEI
- A Visit from a Vulture
- First post from New Brunswick! Carolina Wren
- It's still summer, but…
- Happy Summer Holidays – extended!
Subscribe via RSS Feed
- Birding By Province or Area
- Birding Resources
- Birds of Canada
- Blog Contributors
- Respect For Nature
Bird Blogs Canada
- A Fresh Take On Birding
- Arctic Raptors
- Bird Watch Vancouver
- Birding and Digiscoping with Alvan
- Birding In British Columbia
- Birding in Sault Ste. Marie
- Birding Northern Saskatchewan
- Birds Calgary
- Birds of Nova Scotia
- British Columbia Bird Watching
- Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog
- Canadian Bird Photographer
- Canadian Wildlife Federation
- Cerulan Sky
- Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog
- Delta Waterfowl
- eBird Canada
- Feather Brained
- Frontenac Bird Studies
- Gabriola Bird Blog
- Island Nature BC
- Kootenay Nature Photos
- Long Point Waterfowl
- Nature Canada Blog
- Norfolk County Naturalist
- Ontario Birding and Herps
- Pacific Wild
- Prairie Birder
- QC Birding 2010
- Ragin' Cagin' Birding
- Robbie's Ramblings
- Saskatchewan Birds
- Still Life With Birder
- The Canadian Nature Photographer
- The Nomadic Naturalist
- The Pelee Chickadee
- The Spruce Blog
- Travels With Birds
- Vancouver Avian Research Centre
- Wanderin' Wheeta
- Wings Over The Rockies
Bird Conservation Canada
- Bird Studies Canada
- Build Your Own Nest Boxes
- Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC
- Canadian Boreal Initiative
- Canadian Important Bird Areas (IBA's)
- Dick Cannings: Birds and Books
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- Les oiseaux du Québec
- Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas
- Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas
- Migration Research Foundation
- Nature Conservancy Canada
- Operation Migration
- Peregrine Foundation
- Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre
- State of Canada's Birds
- Status of Birds In Canada
- The Big Wild
- Where Do You Want To Go Birding?
- Wild Research Nature Conservation
Category Archives: Birding Trips
My 2014 Baillie Birdathon
Cross-post from my blog Prairie Birder: Thursday, May 29th was my "green" Baillie Birdathon which was not only the wettest but also possibly my best Birdathon so far. I decided that I'd do a "green" birdathon because I wanted to focus more on the birds … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Canada, Bird Conservation Canada, Birding Trips, Canadian Birds, Citizen Science, Conservation, Corvids, Grasslands Birds, Hummingbirds, Migration, Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Waterfowl, Wood Warblers Tagged Baillie Birdathon, bird studies canada, Edmonton Nature Club, warblers, waterfowl 1 Comment
Tofield, Alberta, Snow Goose Chase 2014
One sign of Spring in the Edmonton, Alberta, area every year is the annual Snow Goose Chase, organized by the Edmonton Nature Club. This year, on the morning of April 26th, eight buses filled with inner-city and new immigrant families, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Bird Canada, Birding Trips, Canadian Birds, Canadian Mammals, Insects, Migration, Owls, Raptors, Waterfowl Tagged Beaverhill Bird Observatory, Edmonton Nature Club, Nature Alberta, snow goose chase, Tofield Snow Goose Chase, Young Naturalists Comments Off
An Owly day on the Prairies
Late last year I was contacted by some folks who would be visiting the Calgary area in early March in search, primarily, of Snowy Owls. As my third ever outing as a professional guide, I went all out on researching … Continue reading
Owl Extravaganza
This winter has been one of the most brutal winters southern Ontario has seen in years. And in spite of that, it's been my best birding winter by far. I've already managed to rack up five owl species, including the … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Canada, Birding Trips Tagged Eastern Screech Owl, Great Gray Owl, great horned owl, long-eared owl, snowy 2 Comments
Memories of Summer in Southern Alberta
Back in early August, I was invited by Gus Yaki to go on a little excursion around south-eastern Alberta. Our ultimate goal was to join a Nature Calgary trip to the area around Manyberries in search of Alberta's only lizard … Continue reading
Bird Banding in Ontario
Posted by Charlotte Wasylik, aka Prairie Birder, This August and September, for four weeks, I was an intern at the Long Point Bird Observatory (LPBO) in Ontario, on Lake Erie, to help with fall migration monitoring. The Long Point Bird Observatory … Continue reading
Pacific Pelagic Birding with Wild Research
Last Sunday, September 15, I took my first pelagic birding trip. The trip left port at Ucluelet, British Columbia, and is an annual trip organized as a fundraiser for Wild Research, based out of Vancouver. Traditionally, the trip heads out … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Canada, Birding Trips, Canadian Birds Tagged birding, British Columbia, pelagic, Ucluelet, wildresearch 5 Comments
Siren Sounds
It's inevitable. There comes a moment. A time of knowing. Spring yearnings that gave way to summer sensations now yield to autumn harvest and the Southern Siren sounds. It's time to go. This is not just true for the birds … Continue reading
Prairie Birding
While late July is typically known as a slower time for birding, the prairies always hold something of interest; whether it be southbound shorebirds heralding the end of summer or frantic parents raising young birds. Here are some of my … Continue reading
Posted in Birding Trips Tagged alberta birds, bird canada, birdwatching alberta, calgary alberta, prairie birding Comments Off
The Ultimate West Coast Pelagic Tour
If you're looking for the ultimate in pelagic birding tours in British Columbia, WildResearch's annual pelagic trip out to La Pérouse Bank has to be on your "to do" list. At the end of the day, this 7 hour off … Continue reading


text:
To read the first part of this blog, click here.
All Information Management articles are archived after 7 days. REGISTER NOW for unlimited access to all recently archived articles, as well as thousands of searchable stories. Registered Members also gain access to:
- Full access to information-management.com including all searchable archived content
- Exclusive E-Newsletters delivering the latest headlines to your inbox
- Access to White Papers, Web Seminars, and Blog Discussions
- Discounts to upcoming conferences & events
- Uninterrupted access to all sponsored content, and MORE!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
You pay paypal fee and shipping. Use paypal gift option, or add 3% to the price. pm me for shipping quote.
TA crank arms 170mm, french threaded, with atom french threaded pedals. crank dust caps are included. non drive side dust cap threads are a bit tight (there is a few chips), but NOT stripped and crank puller engages fine. pedals could benefit from repacking. $50+shipping
Weinmann(1) and Dia-compe(1) long reach (750) centerpull brake arms. perfect for 650b conversion. $10+shipping
Dia-compe 500 brakes for mixte frames. Recessed nuts. $10+shipping
Campy copy seat post binder bolts, serrated, chrome plated, and comes with brass washer. $40+shipping for 10


text:
Rick Carlisle
Mavs Beat Bucks 106-93 Without Nowitzki, Carlisle
Wright led the Mavericks with 19 points, Jose Calderon got the offense going early and finished with 18, and Dallas shrugged off the absence of Nowitzki and coach Rick Carlisle to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 106-93 Saturday night.
Mavs Coach Rick Carlisle With Ben & Skin
Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle calls in to the Ben and Skin show, and explains that the Mavs need to get healthy, and they also need more from their starting center.
Dirk Finds His Legs To Avoid Demoralizing Loss
Make no mistake. It would have been a demoralizing loss for the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center.
Late Offense Pushes Mavs Past Bobcats 89-82
It's a four-quarter game. Or at least that's what everybody preaches. But Tuesday at the AAC, one good quarter was enough to beat the Charlotte Bobcats.
Mavs PG Harris Practices, Targets December Return
Mavs point guard Devin Harris participated in a full practice on Monday and is targeting a mid-December return.
Marion Battles Groin Strain, Mavs May Need 'Food Chain'
There is good news for Shawn Marion, highlighted by the way he is performing as the Mavs' Swiss Army Knife, and of course also involving the work of his 8-4 team. But there is challenging news, too
Rick Carlisle Does His Best 'Popovich' Impersonation
Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle did his best 'Gregg Popovich' impression during Wednesday night's game against the Rockets.
Dirk Passes 'The Logo' As Mavs Top Wiz
Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points in a 105-95 win at the AAC to propel him over Lakers great Jerry West for 16th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
Westbrook, Durant Lead Thunder Past Mavs, 107-93
Kevin Durant had 23 points and 10 assists, and Russell Westbrook scored 22 points as Oklahoma City pulled away in the second half for a 107-93 victory over Dallas on Wednesday night.
Monta Leads Mavs To 'Ball-Buster' Opening Win
"This was a ball-buster game,' said coach Rick Carlisle, whose Mavs survived all the 'busting' with a 118-109 season-opening win over visiting Atlanta on Wednesday.
Energized Ellis Shines In Mavs Debut
In his debut with the Mavs, Ellis silenced the critics, pouring in a game-high 32 points on 11-of-17 shooting as Dallas topped the Hawks 118-102.
Revamped Mavs Roster Opens With Healthy Dirk
Nowitzki has two new guards in his starting lineup for the second straight year. Now the Mavericks have to see if Monta Ellis and Jose Calderon will be better than the pairing of Darren Collison and O.J. Mayo.


text:
Award-winning author Katherine Hall Page is one of the reigning queens of the traditional mystery. Now, in this fifteenth mystery in her much-beloved Faith Fairchild series, she takes us to the blustery slopes of a Vermont ski resort, where murder makes an unwelcome appearance at the Fairchild family reunion.
When caterer Faith Fairchild learns of her father-in-laws plan to celebrate his seventieth birthday by treating his children, their spouses, and his grandchildren to a weeklong stay at the Pine Slopes resort, her reaction is mixed. Yes, she likes to ski and yes, she loves the kin of her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, but both in smaller and shorter doses.
The Fairchilds have been coming to the ski area since Tom and his siblings were toddlers and are old friends of the owners, the Staffords. All starts well as the family settles into neighboring condos, until Faith discovers a body on one of the cross-country trails -- the apparent victim of a heart attack. Then Pine Slopes' star chef vanishes without a trace. One catastrophe follows another: a malicious prank at the sports center, a break-in at the Fairchild condo, and one of the chairlifts is sabotaged. Who is the mysterious woman living in the "gingerbread cottage" deep in the woods? And what are adolescents Ophelia Stafford and Faith's nephew Scott -- filled with angst and anger -- up to? Family secrets abound and family dynamics explode.
Then one morning skiers arrive and are horror-stricken to find the slopes covered with patches of red snow, the result of a body falling, or being pushed, into the water supply for the snow-making guns. Faith must get to the bottom of the crime spree if she wants to salvage the reunion, prevent the closing of Pine Slopes -- and save her own life.


text:
11 Ledgewood Rd has a Walk Score of 52 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
Nearby parks include Long Hill Park, Burrows Field and Washington Park.
Nearby schools include Stonington Institute School, Stedfast Christian Academy and Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School.
The closest grocery stores are New Asia Market Inc, Raj Cash & Carry and Groton Shoppers Mart Shopping Center.
Nearby coffee shops include Dunkin' Donuts, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks. Nearby restaurants include Chinese First Wok, Empire Wok Inc and Monterrey Pizzeria Restaurant Italian & Mexican Food.


text:
Loading ...
Professional photographer James Cucinotta snaps pictures with a photojournalistic style and creative techniques to transform life's ephemeral moments into enduring art. During a session, families of up to six, mothers-to-be, babies, and humans who have woken up as bugs relax under Cucinotta's friendly manner to expose long-dormant smiles in the natural light of the great outdoors or the indoor arena of a professional studio. Customers can follow up their session by fawning over images online and perfecting flaws, such as animal transmutations and phantom second heads, through the magic of Cucinotta Images' digital retouching. The favored photo will then materialize as a family of one 8"x10" and twin 5"x7" doppelganger prints.
HKP is a magazine-fashion style shooting studio that is avaliable to all of us, everyday very special people. All ages, walks of life, the beautiful, the brazen and the shy are treated to an awesome Hollywood Style Photo Shoot.
Creative Photography by Maya's staff of professional shutterbugs will happily accommodate families, children, families of children, pets, and triumphantly posed statues during the in-studio photo session. The fully equipped studio provides several backgrounds from which to choose. The classic white can be used for a quick passport photo before the entire fam poses for a heartwarming family scene around the Christmas tree in the Christmas Morning backdrop. Likewise, graduates, high-school seniors, newlyweds, and soonlyweds can beam sunnily before a Garden View, Perfect Sky, or slightly less popular Ragnarök backdrop. There are even huge plastic crayons and other foreground props for your giant pet scorpion to wave around as the cameras flash. After your session, you'll receive a DVD containing full-resolution versions of all photos and a photo-release form enabling you to print, publish, and share them.
Bright eyes and toothless smiles are regularly flashed at Little Nest Portraits, where the photographers specialize in children's portraiture. Owner Laura Novak and her quirky, talented staff love to fish for spontaneity and smiles during in-studio and outdoor photo shoots. Like backwards magicians, their trick is preparation: they chat with families beforehand to run down the session, pick up personality traits, and dish out tips such as what to wear. After frames are snapped, their home-design specialists can augment the prints with accessories such as hand-painted frames, canvas wraps, and gallery mounts.
Moments are captured in the comfortable studio, which creates a natural aesthetic with charming textures and a blend of modern furniture and antiques. Not content with merely decorating walls and mantels, the studio also strives to make its community more beautiful, giving back to a number of charities and working with school fundraiser programs.
A man lies tangled in a shower curtain, lifeless, with blood spattered everywhere; "kill your boyfriend" was the theme of this shoot, conducted by photographer Nikki Riley for one of her clients who'd recently parted ways with her latest beau. Nikki's willingness to transcend boundaries, paired with her creative flair, has sent her to New York City and Atlanta to shoot risqu? and editorial-style fashion spreads and helped her earn a nomination for PHL17's Philly's Hot List of Best Photographers 2011. Raised as a "John Lennon kid" by a photographer mother, her inherited desire to snap shots came to fruition soon after graduating college, when she traded her 9?5 desk job for a career in photography. Nikon D700 in tow, Nikki spends her days at the 1,700-square-foot studio she co-owns, The Hive 215, which features high ceilings, loft windows, vintage furnishings, and a beauty bar where specialists prep clients' hair and makeup.
Though Nikki's fashion and portrait shoots favor bold colors and clean, magazine-quality finishes, her intimate boudoir shoots explore both high and low angles and toy with exposure?in every sense of the word. Taken from the most flattering angles for each body type, shots of lingerie-clad legs and torsos sway from high-contrast black and white to elegantly washed-out color frames lit softly from behind like an angel auditioning for the cover of Maxim. Nikki caters these shoots to the desires and comfort level of each client, letting imaginations run wild with coy pinup poses or showcasing epidermises for keepsake shots of clients in any state of undress.
Armed with an army of innovative and certified shutterbugs, Olan Mills Portrait Studio provides families with high-quality portraits, continuing a mission that was established more than 75 years ago by founder Olan Mills Sr. Skilled in the art of capturing infants, children, families, and bunny-ears-giving ghost orbs on film, Olan Mills's experienced smile snappers will take a series of poses amid a variety of backgrounds and lighting options. The studio is equipped with a selection of props—including numbers for birthdays, toys, and boxes—and patrons may bring their own photo-enlivening items from home. The resulting photos find their way to prints in natural color, black and white, or sepia tones; they can also be immortalized in the studio's signature Old Masters style, a canvas brushed with highlights to recreate look of an oil painting. Like the gentlemanly mariners of ages past with their full schedule of sea-battles, the photographers welcome appointments, but do not require them.


text:
Nursing Leadership & Management Online for Leading and Managing in Nursing (Access Code), 5th Edition
Please note that due to a system merger our fulfillment system will be down beginning September 22nd with an anticipated date to begin shipping orders October 10th. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience by offering you a special 20% discount on select products. Please use Promotional Code 12760. Click here for promotion details.
In Stock
This innovative online course offers an engaging way to master the content found in Yoder-Wise's Leading and Managing in Nursing, 5th Edition. It consists of 26 interactive learning modules that feature a wealth of learning activities and exercises, case studies, audio and video clips, critical thinking questions, and much more! It's a great way to learn more about key concepts in leadership and management, including delegation, strategic planning, staffing and scheduling, conflict resolution, team building, and managing change.Table of Contents
New to This Edition
- Updated reading assignments correspond directly with the 5th Edition of the text.
- Additional materials support new chapters on Patient Safety and Workplace Violence, illustrating the nurse manager's role in ensuring patient safety (a competency within the QSEN curriculum) and worker safety (a topic of the recent Sentinel Alert from the Joint Commission).
Key Features
- Twenty-six consistently organized modules set the stage for interactive learning, each including reading assignments, module objectives, learning activities, and case studies.
- An introduction to each module provides a brief overview of the content covered in each module for quick reference.
- Reading assignments direct you to specific chapters to read from the text and provide specific questions to help you recognize the most important parts of each module.
- Module Objectives define the goal of each module to give you guidance on what you should learn in each module.
- Think About... links give you questions to consider for better understanding by encouraging you to consider your personal viewpoint and experience with the presented topics and issues.
- Apply It! case studies help you practice your critical thinking skills to decide the best course of action.
- Try It! interactive learning activities help you apply your knowledge in the context of real world practice.
- Explore It! web quests and links give additional resources including articles, discussion forums, and video and audio clips via the Internet, to expand learning outside of the program.
- Wrap Up! conclusion screens summarize the content in each module for a quick review after completion.
- Hyperlinked key terms show definitions in popup boxes with just a click of the mouse, without leaving the current page.
- Video clips demonstrate effective communication, managing conflict, and dealing with difficult people.
Author Information
By Patricia S. Yoder-Wise, RN, EdD, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
Customer Reviews
- Online Course
- 8 Pages
- Imprint: Mosby
- Copyright: 2011


text:
Ballet Company Continues Tradition With The Nutcracker [1]
Now in its 16th year, the Santa Clarita Ballet Company production of The Nutcracker has grown up with the city.
Over time, the ballet has evolved into a holiday mainstay in Santa Clarita like the tree lighting at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
Don't miss a thing. Get breaking news alerts delivered right to your inbox. [3]
In 2000, the growing production moved to the restored auditorium at Hart High School, but it didn't stop there.
From December 18-19, it will take place at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, where it's been the last five years.
The production's maturity has produced special byproduct: successful students from the SCBC are returning home to perform.
"The best thing about this year is all the returning students we have who have gone professional," said Cathy Suen, a spokeswoman for the SCBC.
Season Winquest, who entered the SCBC Academy when she was three years old and went on to perform in the Boston and Joffrey ballet companies, is The Nutcracker's prima ballerina, playing the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
There will be two shows on December 18 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and two shows on December 19 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Contact Santa Clarita Ballet for tickets at (661) 755-0366 or visit santaclaritaballet.net [4].


text:
A nice restaurant with friendly staff, you should definitely try the "potence". Beef is amazing after being flambé at your table in brandy and the juices all drip over your frites, yumm... Not cheap but well worth the experience.
Great food, lovely lady serving us, welcoming and interesting atmosphere and very special little place! A little bit too expensive for my liking, but not a crazy amount. Would recommend!
I'm here in Grenoble for a week, so last night I spent the evening going though what I would like to eat over the week.I made a list and started tonight with L'Ynsolence, I asked for the house speciality but was told it was really for two people, but she was happy to do it for one. Its basically a...
Whether you're in Grenoble for a quick trip or longer, I recommend a visit to l'Ynsolence, a wonderful and original restaurant just a brief walk from the train station. The décor is amusing, eclectic and cosy, the menu is inventive and food sourced locally from the Isère region. (The the 'Y' in the name refers to the location of Grenoble...
A friend told us about the place.
Waitress and Cook are really nice. The restaurant is well decorated. You can even seat un a bathtub!!!
The wine is good.
The experience of the "potence" was great. You can see the "fire show" before degusting the meat hammered in a kind of special designed metal mace with spikes hanged to a...
Great food (you should try their specials), english menu. Service a little bit slow, because there are too much people for just 1 waitress. Prices are ok, 25-40 euro per person for dinner.
Small restaurant, tasty food, good service. Interesting decoration.
Small cosy restaurant with good food and a good wine list. The menu list is rather short, but the food is of excellent quality and all ingredients come from the Isère area. A good address whenever you want to go out for dinner in Grenoble and you are a couple or a small group.
We enjoyed the food at L'Insolence but maybe our view of it was coloured by having eaten the night before at the excellent La Madelon, across the road. I would certainly give it another try if I was to be in Grenoble again
If you own or manage L'insolence, register now for free tools to enhance your listing, attract new reviews, and respond to reviewers.


text:
National Weather Service Forecast
Saturday, September 20
Today Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
Tonight Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of drizzle after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
Sunday Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Sunday Night Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s.
Monday Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Monday Night Partly cloudy in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.


text:
OmniMount Flat Panel Mount 13" to 42"
by OmniMount | Item #: 467912 |Model #: PKIT1 | (4) |
The OmniMount is the world's easiest, strongest, most discreet way to hang your flat panel TV.
The OmniMount is a revolutionary mounting system designed specifically for do-it-yourselfers wanting to hang a 13" to 42" or 80 lbs. flat panel TV with total ease and confidence.
Click Here For Installation Video
- Incredibly strong
- Easiest, strongest, most discreet way to hang your flat panel TV anywhere
- No studs needed
- Installs in just minutes with included drill bit, level and installation template
- Universal and VESA compliant
- Attach: Install panel spacers on the back of your flat panel TV
- Mount: Install wall brackets using the included template and level
- Fits most: 13" - 42" flat panel TVs
- Supports up to: 40 lbs (18.1 kg) in drywall and 80 lbs (36.3 kg) in a single stud or concrete
- Mounting profile: 1" (25mm)
- Universal and VESA compliant: 100x100 to 400x400
- Mounting: drywall, single stud or concrete
- Color: Black
Assembled Country
Component Country
Ask & Answer
Shipping Information
Warranty Information1 year
There is no additional information available for this item.


text:
Added Mar 13, 2013
by serenageo
London, United K...
I found this model on Leko website and decided to make one for my husband. I didn't figure out yet how to buy patterns from them, so I made my own.
sweatshirt fleece
Apr 9, 2013, 08.11 PMby Daniel Parker
LOVE! I need to make one for my boyfriend.
Mar 15, 2013, 09.12 AMby martinK
that's a 'cool' outfit!!! like it and great pattern
Mar 15, 2013, 05.42 AMby Csmall87
OMGOSH! This is amazing!!! I want one! :D
Mar 14, 2013, 05.01 AMby serenageo
Thank you! :)
Mar 13, 2013, 10.54 PMby Mary Athey
YOU did an amazing job on this,i love the colour side zip etc. good on you for drafting this, its fab x
Mar 13, 2013, 07.58 PMby asperge11
Super jacket! The color is so cool :)
Add to Favorites 17 people added it
Editors' Pick
Check out these festive sewing patterns just in time for Oktoberfest
Make the Traditional Dirndl pattern
Fashion & Trends
All the fall trouser sewing inspiration you need.
Pattern of the Week
This jacket is a mix of mod and military and will change the look of any outfit!
Editors' Pick
Go far afield in this collection of bib dresses, waistcoats, and wool jackets in textured fall fabri
Sewing & Techniques
Check out this jean alteration technique and find out how you can learn more!
You must allow our "request for permission" request to login to Burdastyle with Facebook.


text:
Experience Something Extraordinary
Thu, 03 Apr 2014 by Suzan
The County Executive's Budget for the Arts & Humanities Includes Critical Increases to Grants + More I am pleased to share with you this tremendous news! On March 17th, County Executive Isiah Leggett announced his recommendations for Montgomery County's FY 15 Operating Budget, which included a considerable increase in funding for [...] View PostTweets by @creativemoco
Learn about folk and
traditional artists at MontgomeryTraditions.Org!
|Non-Profit Energy Alliance.
|Join the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room Donor Circle!
Donations made to AHCMC are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Click here to or view our many programs in need of your donation.
Receive information and updates about AHCMC grants, programs, services and events! Click here to sign up
801 Ellsworth Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. All Rights Reserved.
Site developed by Wood Street, Inc.


text:
Low Level, "No No No". This morning Chris texted me an Omona headline: "China Reaches New Low With Hyuna Wannabe". Naturally, I had to investigate. The video is hard to watch if you're at all familiar with "Bubble Pop!", and the lame attempt at the onomatopoeia hook makes me wince. But the rest of the song hits a pleasure centre in my brain that has everything to do with growing up with a local scene where our favourite bands were people who shouted slogans over iPod beats. There's something punk about this song, even if it's just its shamelessness in ripping off a better-known, better-produced one. (The lyrics are apparently quite meaningful, and her brand name-dropping makes me want to believe she's making fun of the consumerist lifestyle - can someone confirm this?) The way the dubstep section gets reinterpreted at 2:33 is the definition of accidental brilliance.
5:00 pm • 10 May 2012 • 7 notes
#low level #not kpop #china #plagiarism


text:
Small Press Expo & Ignatz Awards
Come visit me at the Small Press Expo this weekend in Washington, D.C.! I'll have copies of The Magic Hedge ( which is Ignatz nominated!), my older books, and also a new little mini-comic I just printed, called 6 Days in a Month. I'm so excited to go to D.C. for the first time in years, and get to hang out at SPX for the first time ever!
11 Notes/ Hide
- bluebeadsandbones likes this
- marblemartin likes this
- neutralmilk likes this
- asperblog-askb4following likes this
- magicalbagofghosts likes this
- lancerefulgente reblogged this from spx
- lancerefulgente likes this
- spx reblogged this from marianrunk
- mdt likes this
- marianrunk posted this


text:
Patio FurnitureOn display February through September
- aluminum sling and cast aluminum
- wicker
- wood and faux wood
- wrought iron
- umbrellas and accessories
Seasonal has been serving New England for over 30 years. We sell the finest casual living products to turn your home into your own private resort. Come visit our 20,000 square foot showroom and see our selections in these categories:
Spas available in Foxboro only. Contact Us for more information.
Route 9 East
(508) 655-5111
Route 1 South
(508) 543-7112


text:
Crazy to me that slide 27 says in 2012 more people responded that they used MySpace more often than Tumblr…
Video posted at 11:56 with Comments (View)
The latest Mary Meeker deck is up…
The most interesting thing to me (on slide 26) is that in Q2 of next year, the total installed based of Tablets + SmartPhones will exceed that of PC's. Computers as we know them are donezo.
Video posted at 10:17 with Comments (View)
Bon Iver & Bushmills Whiskey project making a guitar out of Whiskey Barrels. Pretty cool video.
Video posted at 11:42 with Comments (View)
Good presentation on Netflix's API and how it's engineered.
Video posted at 11:00 with Comments (View)
Great Album!
(Source: Spotify)
Video posted at 16:25 with Comments (View)
Fascinating look at what the factory that made your iPad looks like.
Video posted at 10:15 with Comments (View)
» Spotify's Paying U.S. Users Have Grown by 42% Since August (But It's Still Losing Money)
Shows you how tough it is to make money in the streaming music business… need a lot of scale.
Mobile ad revenue is such a big part of Pandora's valuation (52% if you believe the Trefis.com model). I think without the launch of their Smartphone (particularly the iPhone) apps, they would be in much worse shape today.
Link posted at 20:21 with Comments (View)
Two Door Cinema Club on Kimmel last night. Solid.
Video posted at 13:37 with Comments (View)
Man I love me some Oatmeal
(via A visual comparison of hammer pants VS hipsters - The Oatmeal)
Photo posted at 10:44 with Comments (View)
» Xbox TV deals with HBO, Bravo and others expected as early as next week
This should be the start of some serious awesomeness.
Link posted at 10:26 with Comments (View)


text:
The participation of Nigerians in online dating has proven to be a worth example for other countries, especially to those in Africa. Nigerian singles have shown that they can have a healthy relationship and their mode of communication has been broadly shown in any of the Nigerian dating site. They have shown a lot of interest in this participation.
Anyone can get a companion through these sites since there are always many people who often join them. Any taste or preference of a person is often presented in these awesome sites starting from beautiful women, pretty girls, handsome men and energetic young men. You will be provided with a very large variety of companion from which you can make a choice.
Basically, Nigerian dating websites can be grouped into two. There are those that are free and which allow members to join and use their services without paying a cent: an example of such a site is Sexynaija.com. The second category is the paid websites. These normally charge their fees in different ways. There are those types of sites which will charge a standard fee at the time of registration and let members enjoy their services for free. However, some like Datingcycle.com do have different stages of memberships.
There is no need to fear posting your in profile your identification details, which should include your pictures. It is however important to remember that you are not on sale and this should be careful about the things you say or post on your profile. It all narrows down that you are only looking for a dating partner from Nigeria and nothing beyond that.
Time is always limited to many people: everybody is living in an industrious world. There is however no point of missing or being late for your work because you were held up in a dating process. Most people from these sites often provide their contacts hence they can be contacted at any time of the day or night.
If you are a Nigerian, or if you are intending to date a Nigerian, you do not have to be held back by a dating website from Nigeria. There are lots of other websites where you will meet people of Nigeria. For instance, the common social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter provide an opportunity for you to hook up with almost anybody. The people you may be looking to reconnect with can be your former classmates, colleagues or friends.
In the profile, you can decide to incorporate a little of humor and some co-curricular activities since this adds a little bit of humor and good attitude towards life. Do not focus much on telling people of who you are especially you bragging about your standards. Your existing style and personality may attract more people to your profile.
No man is an island irrespective of their gender or age; everyone is always willing to enjoy the comfort and security of a companion. The Nigerian dating site does not leave anyone whether married, divorced, widows, widowers, and the unmarried out. There is everything for everyone all you need to do is to give it a try today.
You can visit the website www.friendite.com for more helpful information about Get Hooked Up Today With A Nigerian Dating Site
Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.


text:
Summer CSAs: Sign Up Now!
Sara Kate's musings on her summer garden-to-be got us thinking about CSAs and farm shares. They fill up fast, and now is definitely the time to contact your favorite farm to reserve your spot for weekly produce! Will you be signing up?
posted originally from: TheKitchn
When we talked about our CSA experiences at the end of the season last fall, many of you weren't sure if you'd be signing up again. There was a lot of discouragement about wasted food and frustrations over how limited many of the boxes were.
But the CSA veterans among us were also encouraging. Stories from these folks made us think that maybe doing a yearly CSA just takes practice - the first year is tough, but then you start getting a feel for the ebb and flow of your particular farm and the growing seasons.
Are you doing a CSA again or thinking of doing one? If so, will you be sticking with the same farm or switching to a new one?
Related: How to Start a New CSA: Interview with Paula Lukats of Just Food
(Image: Flickr member santheo licensed under Creative Commons)
2 Comments
thanks for the reminder! I'm on it.
in a few months i'm moving to a new city, which has a number of csa programs and farmers' markets. i'm not sure if i should register for a subscription sight unseen, or get familiar with what's going on there through the farmers' markets for a year first. not to divert the topic, but if anyone has some advice it'd be much appreciated.


text:
Ernie Edwards Pig Hip resturant is now the Pig Hip Resturant Museum opening in 2003.
The old Gulf station and garage (white building) was owned by Ernie's brother Joe.
The resturant and museum burned on March 5th 2007 leaving only the front facade standing.
Another Route 66 tragedy.
All images are the copyright of J


text:
"The Long and Winding Road" Here's my nit to pick with McCartney: He notoriously hated Phil Spector's overblown production on this ballad, and the spare "Let It Be … Naked" version was released as a corrective, yet when he plays the song live, he has Wix synthesize the Spector orchestrations. At least there's no choir. --Mark Caro in Paul McCartney plays Beatles, Wings at Miller Park in Milwaukee - chicagotribune.com. Related articles What Paul McCartney Taught Me This Week About Writing Rumor: Nirvana reunion at McCartney … [Read more...]
[via: eventbrite.com] A relative of my wife's worked on this documentary, which proved both thoughtfully nostalgic and psychologically harrowing. File under: Murry Wilson Narcissistic Father Syndrome. Showtime: Family Band: The Cowsills Story. MORE FAMILY DIRT: Sly Stone's Financial Downfall Detailed in Court Ruling. TV Review: "Family Band: The Cowsills Story" … [Read more...]
Retronaut – Girls in the Window
Girls in the Window, by Ormond Gigli (Retronaut) Related articles Awesome Photos Of Buddy Holly And Waylon Jennings In A Photo Booth Retronaut for Prompts & Inspiration We Dare You to Not Laugh at These Vintage Visions of the Future Stunning Behind-the-Scenes Photos Show Iconic Movies in a New Light See Salvador Dali's Illustrations for the 1969 Edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland … [Read more...]
NICK LOWE COUNTRY: "All Men Are Liars," Ellis and Rose
Robert Ellis and Caitlin Rose, "All Men Are Liars," Lowe Country, No Depression Americana and Roots Music. … [Read more...]
Banksy Coke Bottle
Banksy – Letter on Advertising | Rap Genius Related articles A Solution to Intrusive Advertising The Coke Ad That Could Destroy All Other Products, Especially Coke 'Lost' Banksy mural may fetch £1 million at London auction Banksy's Re-use of the Accidental Napalm Image Banksy New Banksy on Park Row? … [Read more...]
By far the most influential musicology of my young adulthood, steering me towards specialization. via Open Culture: Leonard Bernstein's Norton Lectures (1973). See Elitism for Dummies (on Young People's Concerts, 2005) via NYRB: Why So Popular? by Tim Parks Touching yourself" was strictly forbidden in the Parks family. My father was an evangelical clergyman, my mother his zealous helper. The hand mustn't stray below the belt, because such pleasures were always accompanied by evil, lascivious thoughts. Yet as Dusty Springfield memorably … [Read more...]
Jeremy Denk wrote a piece in the current New Yorker about two of his piano teachers, one of whom we shared. A friend wrote to ask about my reaction, so I replied: "Joseph Schwartz was really quite a terrific teacher, and invested in the idea of teaching on an individual level. We were all friendly in his studio and played for one another informally all the time. He had no cult of personality, and although his musicianship had virility and danger, he was a quiet man who acted as though all the great ideas were there for the taking. He exerted … [Read more...]
via Parodiesandvariations … [Read more...]
Refused at first, then bought three months later. Interview with cartoonist Robert Leighton at Inkspill | Inkspill - New Yorker Cartoonists News. And this: Mick Jagger to MC Escher, Escher demurs. Related articles These hyper-realistic drawings mess with your mind Godel Escher Bach QR Code shadow cube "Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher" in The Bridge, available now Wood inlay MC Escher reptiles motion art (part 1/2) … [Read more...]
WE ARE BRADLEY MANNING: Hedges Knocks Press
...The cowardice of The New York Times, El Pais, Der Spiegel and Le Monde, all of which used masses of the material Manning passed on to WikiLeaks and then callously turned their backs on him, is one of journalism's greatest shames. These publications made little effort to cover Manning's pretrial hearings, a failure that shows how bankrupt and anemic the commercial press has become. Rescuing what honor of our trade remains has been left to a handful of independent, often marginalized reporters and a small number of other individuals and … [Read more...]
...The things in Anderson's films that recall Cornell's boxes—the strict, steady, foursquare construction of individual shots, by which the cinematic frame becomes a Cornellian gesture, a box drawn around the world of the film, as in Moonrise Kingdom's dressing room scene, with the little bird-girls framed by strips of lightbulbs; the teeming, gridded, curio cabinet sets at the heart of The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, and Fantastic Mr. Fox—are often cited as evidence of his work's "artificiality," at times with the implication, … [Read more...]
...Where are the writers of that stature today in the Tea Party South? I was made aware of the odd mix of gain and loss when I went back to Atlanta to see my beloved grandmother. She told me not to hold change between my lips while groping for a pocket to put it in—"That might have been in a nigger's mouth." Once, when she took me to Mass, she walked out of the church when a black priest came out to celebrate. I wondered why, since she would sit and eat with a black woman who helped her with housework. "It is the dignity—I would not let him … [Read more...]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "I don't want to talk about 1993. Want to talk about 1994." Kim Gordon Looks Back - NYTimes.com … [Read more...]
How has your life changed following the success of Downton? I've been to parliament in England. We went to the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Paul McCartney was off-key completely, but I'm a massive Beatles fan, so who cares? I was there. I've been to South America to promote this show. I've swam with Great White sharks. It's all because of this show and how people have bought into it. I just want to say thank you to everyone who watched and tuned in and loved my evil gayness. via Downton's Rob James-Collier Assures Vulture ... … [Read more...]
Released date: February 5 Related articles Multi-Grammy© Winning Americana Duo Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell and Richard Thompson Electric Trio at DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, March 30, 2013 First Listen: Richard Thompson, 'Electric' Richard Thompson 1.16.13 Though of the Day … [Read more...]


text:
Cosima/Delphine | Stars
This show is my new obsession, so are these two.
Julie/Victor - Les Revenants
Song: Hungry face - Mogwai
Watch in 480p! (I also put english subtitles and it took me forever)
Je voudrais ecrire cette description en français mais je ne suis pas capable! haha so, everyone needs to watch this tv show, it doesn't matter if you don't like french (how could you not). this video is about one of my favorite relationships in the show, and i know the video is kinda shitty, but i'm happy i've finally started to vid again. enjoy it!
I'm pretty disappointed about this, and about the quality. So please watch in 480p!
Anyway, the point of this video is that both Jessa and Marnie are pressed lemons and Jessa misunderstood Katherine's suggestion. #myheadcanon
Enjoy the vid!
I've got a mad little crush on you | Nayanna
This video is about my two favourite people from the glee cast and their awesome relationship. I don't have too much to say, just enjoy the video and tell me what do you think! :)
I dedicate this to Jay (accionayanna). And if it weren't for her, this video wouldn't be here. Thank you so much!
I also thank all the amazing tumblr people who unintentionally helped me a lot with the pics and the videos from tour. I can't remember all the blogs I took the pics from, so if you want to be credited just comment this video.
What happened to us? | Q&S
Santana and Quinn were dating and happly (and gayly) in love before Quinn cheated on Santana with Finn. Doesn't matter how sorry Quinn is, Santana can't get over it and can't forgive her for what she did. Brittany is there helping Santana in this harsh time and the two at one point start dating. Quinn has to deal with the pain of seeing them together in school everyday, but Santana is not as happy as she might seem: forgetting Quinn is harder than she thought it would have been
I can't believe this is happening | SL
I really want to write something good in this description, but I can't. Too many feelings.
I've just one thing to say: give all the awards to Naya Rivera.
"Epic character played by an epic person"
Animal | Glee
New video, new coloring. yey! I should apologize for all the B. and S. scenes I put in, but I couldn't help myself. I don't ship all the couples that are in this video and if you're asking why I put them in the answer is I don't know. Enjoy the video.
Preview| Animal - Glee
First of all: I don't know if I will ever finish this video, so I'm just gonna upload this preview here (Not on youtube, or I'll risk a new strike meh). I apologize for the Finchel scenes (
i don't ship them at all), but the lyrics was ok for them. Ok enough said enjoy the preview.
Btw I don't know what happened at the end LOL
'Everyone thinks she's a bad person, but she's not!'
A Santana and Brittana fan vid. Enjoy it! :)


text:
BRIAN in CA
Works great. Easy install. Motor has smooth power now. Better traction.Read All Reviews
Austin in UT
My dad just put one of these on his crf450r to try and help with the overheating problem and he loves it so far! Around our property and in the desert (casually riding) it runs a little bit cooler than before but we have a race in wendover coming up (way hot) and that will be the ultimate test. Hopefully I can get back on here and let you guys how it did. The flywheel also helps it run a lot smoother and not die as easyRead All Reviews
SANTANA in NV
use this for adding a flywheel weight. worked great.Read All Reviews


text:
A Madison County sex offender is back behind bars, facing more sex abuse charges.
In 1997, Christopher Dale Lanier was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. He was released from prison in 2001, but was arrested Wednesday on new charges.
Lanier, 35, was booked into the Madison County Metro Jail and charged with rape, sexual abuse, attempt to commit a crime, and probation violation.
The circumstances surrounding those charges have not yet been released.
Lanier's bond is currently set at $105,000.
Copyright 2013 WAFF. All rights reserved.
1414 North Memorial Parkway
Huntsville, AL 35801
WAFF Is a Proud Member
of the Raycom Family of Stations
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
|Mediocre - 2 reviews
Americas Best Value Inn Bishop is centrally located in Bishop, walking distance from Mountain Light Gallery and close to Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. This motel is within close proximity of Bishop City Park and Tri County Fairgrounds. Make yourself at home in one of the 25 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. 32-inch flat-scre...
Overall Rating - Mediocre - 2 reviews
Mediocre 3.6
The television was newer and had a nice picture.
The motel was in a residential/commercial area and not near any other business. The parking was tight at best and it was difficult to get in and out of the lot. It was relatively clean but many of the fixtures were old and didn't work. The third riser on the second floor stairs was higher than the others and my wife and I both tripped when bringing in our luggage. There were few outlets that were accessible because of heavy furniture so you couldn't plug anything in. All in all, I should have spent a little more and reserved a room in the Best Western or La Qinta down the street!
Poor 2.0
Everything disgusting extremely run down should be demolished
|Okay - 201 reviews
Overall Rating - Okay - 201 reviews
Okay 5.0
Friendly staff and location.
Air conditioner was very loud and took awhile to cool.
Excellent 10.0
the location is very convenient.
noit is very close McDonald.
|Excellent - 783 reviews
Conveniently located in the heart of downtown, the Creekside Inn is Bishop's premier hotel. Boasting a casually elegant atmosphere, you're likely to strike up a conversation with our friendly staff, or enjoy a warm, freshly baked cookie as you stroll by the front desk. Our richly furnished lobby, featuring a ranch-style fireplace, is an ideal place for relax...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 783 reviews
Okay 6.0
Had a nice creek.
Too expensive. I was given a room without a view when plenty were available.Overpriced.
|Good - 1 reviews
Searching for convenient motel rates in Bishop? Take a look at El Rancho Motel! This Bishop motel offers free Wi-Fi. Knowledgeable staff are available at the front desk 24 hours-a-day and can provide tour/ticket assistance. Other amenities include an area shuttle
Overall Rating - Good - 1 reviews
Good 8.0
Quiet, easy to walk to places in town
Parking. If you have a compact car it would be fine, however, a truck and it's good luck.
|Good - 298 reviews
Motel 6 Bishop is located off US 395/N Main St. Restaurants and shops are nearby. Sierra Mountain Center, California's premier mountaineering school and guide service is within 1 mile. Enjoy our smoke-free modern guest rooms and free Wi-Fi
Overall Rating - Good - 298 reviews
Poor 1.0
There was no shampoo & conditioner in the room, no ice available and they would not provide ice, had to have the maintainence man come to the room to make the TV operate.
Excellent 9.0
good location. staff was nice.
cats hanging out near pool area.this motel 6 is located on the north end of main st (hwy 395) in downtown bishop. rooms were pleasantly clean, was definitely surprised at how spacious they were. staff was nice, coffee is served in the lobby from 6am-10am daily. could have used a continental breakfast but the price was relatively cheap so i can't complain. definitely would stay here again.
|Good - 990 reviews
Conveniently located off Route 395 in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California, this Travelodge Bishop inn is near skiing and hiking at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, many national parks including Death Valley National Park, and many local restaurants including Whiskey Creek Restaurant. Refresh at this hotel with complimentary wireless Intern...
Overall Rating - Good - 990 reviews
Good 8.0
This room was the lowest priced of our 5 night trip and the most comfortable. Room was clean, quiet, well maintained and had a small refrigerator and microwave.
Good 8.0
Very nice motel. We go to Bishop to fish and this motel provides everything that we need. It was off the main drag and quiet. It was clean, beds were excellent. Had to look to find the little refrigerator and microwave as they are hidden in the furniture. Breakfast is what you normally get when you stay at small motels but it is very satisfactory. WE had no complaints for our stay there. I had stayed there previously with the same feelings about the place.
|Good - 859 reviews
The Mountain View Motel Bishop offers spacious and comfortable rooms with all modern conveniences, including individually controlled air conditioning and heat, a small refrigerator and Cable TV with remote control. You enjoy fresh-brewed morning coffee with free continental breakfast in our breakfast room where you will also find a microwave for your conveni...
Overall Rating - Good - 859 reviews
Poor 1.0
A star rating of 1 is too generous for the price. The breakfast area has more to be desired. I would not recommend to my friends.
Okay 5.0
Cheap room
Refrigerator and floor dirty with cheese. Ants and dead flies in the bathroom. Manager was swimming with guests not stating at the hotel. Didn't clean the room after i asked twice.
|Good - 1090 reviews
A stay at Vagabond Inn Bishop places you in the heart of Bishop, walking distance from Tri County Fairgrounds and Bishop City Park. This hotel is within close proximity of Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center and Mountain Light Gallery. Make yourself at home in one of the 80 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary...
Overall Rating - Good - 1090 reviews
|Good - 43 reviews
Choose this Bishop hotel and delight in being near fishing, Mule Days and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power while enjoying many amenities. Whether you're here on business or for pleasure, there's so much to do in this peaceful, charming community that's less than three hours away from Mammoth Lakes, Yosemite National Park, Death Valley and the soari...
Overall Rating - Good - 43 reviews
Excellent 9.0
So clean! Front desk people were friendly and informed of local events and weather.
Good 8.0
The room was very quiet, cool & comfortable.
Not Really. Staff got a bit confused, but it worked out.It was fine.
|Okay - 3 reviews
Welcome to Super 8 Bishop, CA. The AAA approved motel is easily accessible from Hwy 395 North and South. The Super 8 has an outdoor swimming pool, guest laundry and offers a SuperStart Breakfast every morning. All guestrooms have free wireless high speed internet access, in room coffee, hair dryer, alarm clock radios, refrigerator and remote control cable...
Overall Rating - Okay - 3 reviews
Mediocre 3.3
Everything else. Carpet torn and dirty, Only shampoo. Breakfast a farce. Stayed at one other Super 8. It was a little better, but still bad enough to that Super 8 off my list of do able motels.
Mediocre 4.0
Wifi was unreliable. Front desk staff was VERY unfriendly.
|Okay - 1 reviews
The La Quinta Inn Bishop - Mammoth Lakes is a 100% nonsmoking hotel nestled in the eastern High Sierra 30 minutes south of Mammoth Lakes Summer and Winter Resort, an area famous for abundant hiking, fishing, biking, skiing, and climbing opportunities. Area attractions like the Law Railroad Museum, Bishop Country Club Golf Course, Tri-County Fairgrounds...
Okay 5.6
Location. Right on 395
Room to small including the bathroom. Shower head discharged water in a stream. Could not adjust it to a spray. Ok for business but not for family travel with more than 2 people.
|Okay - 1 reviews
Welcome to the Days Inn Bishop. We are a 3 Diamond Triple A approved property. Our property offers many amenities such as Complimentary High Speed Internet Access, refrigerator & Microwaves, coffee makers, AM/FM Clock Radios, Premium cable 27" TV and hair dryers to help you feel at home and comfortable during your stay. We offer a complimentary daily USA tod...
|Okay - 1 reviews
The Econo Lodge hotel in Bishop, CA is conveniently located in downtown Bishop while still off of the main road. We are walking distance from almost everything a guest can enjoy in Bishop, including local shops, the city park, and a variety of restaurants and bakeries
Okay 5.0
Bishop is a good town to stay if touring Yosemete.
Hard to see from the main strip. Grilling area dirty.
|Good - 193 reviews
Bishop, California Hotel's Guests Enjoy Stunning Scenery Known as California's Hidden Treasure
Overall Rating - Good - 193 reviews
Good 8.0
Location is convienent, rooms are clean, staff is helpful & friendly, breakfast is filling & a nice variety.
NoThe daily cookies are a nice perk & they have an indoor pool.
Okay 6.0
It was nice to stay somewhere inbetween Reno and San Diego
Location of room and having to make multiple trips back and forth inbetween the car and the room was really inconveniantWay overpriced for room they were offering. Wouldn't stay there again for the price
|Good - 211 reviews
Hotel is surrounded by the High Sierra Mountains with a Swiss Village atmosphere. All rooms have coffee makers, refrigerators, microwaves, free high-speed Internet and free movies. Rooms are large, clean and comfortable. Skiing, snowmobiling, hunting, fishing, and hiking are nearby. Pet charge of 15.00/night per pet, limit 2 pets per room. It is our pleasure...
Overall Rating - Good - 211 reviews
Good 8.0
Large room that was quiet despite being right off Hwy 395. Several restaurants and such within walking distance.
Okay 5.0
Location was good
Smoking room was only one available. Lobby needs help


text:
How Did The NFL Get This So Wrong?
Polsinelli Podcasts - Can Your Employee Wear That to Work? EEOC Updated Guidelines
How to Avoid Corruption Risks in China
Polsinelli Podcasts - The Virtual World and Wage and Hour Issues
Dr. John A.C. Cartner Discusses the Implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention on its First Anniversary
How to Monitor, Audit and Improve Your Anti Corruption Compliance Program
Winston & Strawn's Kessler Sees Change and Opportunity in College Athletics
Anti-Corruption Due Diligence Practical Steps to Protect Your Company from Third Party Risks
How Ed O'Bannon Just Disrupted College Athletics
FCPA Compliance Programs A Review of Best Practices
Creating a Culture of Ethics and Compliance
Conducting Interviews in an Internal Investigation 2 13 14, 9 03 AM
Polsinelli Podcasts - How Employers Fared With the U.S. Supreme Court This Term
Building an Anti Corruption Compliance Program Practical Steps 2 18 14, 9 02 AM
Internal Investigations: Soup to Nuts (March 13, 2014)
Employment Law Issues for Health Care Employers
Polsinelli Podcasts – Are Your Employees Texting While Driving?
The Role of a Chief Compliance Officer: Navigating the Compliance Landscape (March 18, 2014)
Employee Benefits Issues in California Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Decisions
Designing Cost Effective Risk Assessment Programs May 21, 2014
On July 23, 2014, the Delaware Supreme Court in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Indiana Elec. Workers Pension Trust Fund IBEW held that plaintiff stockholders, who make a showing of good cause, can inspect documents concerning a...more
Corporate legal departments are facing budget reductions for 2009. At the same time, 71% of NLJ 250 firms are raising rates. What can corporate counsel do to meet their budgets?
This lively roundtable discussion between...more
Find a Labor & Employment Author »
Back to Top
Copyright ©


text:
|Join the Discussion
|Post a Comment
The Winter Farmers Market pops up for the last time on Saturday, April 13.
Customers will be able to purchase greens, spring vegetables, natural beef, lamb and eggs as well as baked goods, salsa and jam. Plants and seeds will be available for home gardeners and several area food trucks will be parked nearby for those who get hungry.
After the event, the Downtown Alliance will then get ready for the June 8 launch of the Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park.
When » Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where » Salt Lake Hardware Building, 155 N 400 West, Salt Lake City
Details » downtownslc.org
Copyright 2014 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Next, you'll be asked to connect with Twitter. Rest assured, we will never send a tweet from your account without your permission.
Warm weather in #Napa keeps the tourists coming in January
Hot weather brings on OZ #wine grape harvest
Groundwater Helps #Napa Vintners Weather Drought
Northeast Ohio #wineries to lose millions as subzero weather damages grape crop
Weather challenges Oregon #wine industry
Icy Weather Engulfs Western #Wine Regions
Provence #wine grap harvest begins after most vineyards escape weather damage
Opus One is not making Budweiser, weather is a factor in each vintage #wine
Warm weather puts Sonoma County vineyard on a fast track for harvest #wine
Wine, Weather, and Smoke Washington State fires
See what's Trending Now for @Teddydressage


text:
I'm pretty sure it is the LED as they are lit even on sleep modes to indicate that they are still powered. Do you have a way to operate Xbee with an Arduino which is at 5V? I'm thinking of using resistors to make a level converter, will it work?
I'll refer to the product manual on the pin hibernate. Thanks again. Let me know if you think the resistors or other methods will work. I hope to buy as little as possible and resistors are available to me quite readily. =)


text:
skip to main content
Join 3,572 readers in helping fund MetaFilter
Best Of
New User
Help me to observe myself asking this question
November 26, 2011
I want to learn about mindfulness, to be more mindful. Also known as witnessing or distancing. The ability to be both within and outside a given situation, not to be overwhelmed but to have a part of your mind observe yourself and others all the time. I think this is what very expensive education can teach you.
I was reading
these questions
to David Cameron, the UK Prime Minister, and it strike me that either he has a very good PR team behind him at all times, whispering into his ear, or he has the ability not to get tripped by a question but somehow remain aloof, even when the question is deeply personal. For instance, when asked about smoking cannabis at school his answer is 'this is a very good try'. This might be a silly example. but the point is the mindfulness required for this kind of answer. I read David Rock's "your brain at work" which is about this kind of thing and I read Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past" (this is perhaps the first time these two authors are mentioned in the same sentence, but the point is that mindfulness is a common concern for both). And somehow I don't feel I am getting any closer to acquiring this state of witnessing. I did try meditation in the past, but I am looking for something much more immediate. So what are the tools, the techniques, the devices one can employ right away to be more mindful?
posted by
(19 answers total)
66 users marked this as a favorite
Look also for self awareness. Awareness of one self and one's tendencies, habits and weaknesses (in acceptance of them) also allows one to distance oneself and observe from the 30,000 foot level (as some describe it), giving a perspective of the whole, rather than that of one of the players. An analogy that comes to mind is that of the director.
For myself, I found that this came with age and sheer experience of living, coupled with taking the time out to introspect and become aware of one's own frames of reference and lens through which I perceive the world. Writing also helped me a lot to gain clarity.
Once you begin deconstructing past events and analysing them, you are also gaining insights on the background, the layout and the motivations of the actor or the landscape of hte operating environment. Then, when you are in such a situation again (as in Cameron's case, I'm sure many of these questions have been expected and/or rehearsed) you have the 'experience', if not of the same situation, but the experience of the knowledge and analysis (which again, Cameron must have a team deconstructing all these events).
That makes me think that books on public performance and/or PR for political or other public figures may have such information.
posted by
on November 26, 2011
Playing Ball on Running Water
is intended therapeutically -- the basic concept, blending Zen Buddism with Freud, is that people with anxiety, depression, procrastination or other mild mental or social disorders are, essentially, disordered, so should work on that from the bottom up -- is all about mindfulness and may be what you're looking for. There are a number of books in the series;
Constructive Living
, which I haven't read, sounds like a more generalized approach.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
3 favorites
The Cameron example you give is not, really, an example of mindfulness but rather of a person who has many years of experience in thinking critically, being in the public eye, etc. He's merely providing his own gloss on the quality of the question, either as a way to pause before answering or to honestly express amusement, or both.
What gives me pause is your fundamental misunderstanding of mindfulness, namely that there are 'tools, techniques. . .devices' that can be 'employ[ed] right away'. And no, it is not something that is taught by 'very expensive education'.
Mindfulness does not come 'right away', because we are always battling ourselves and our tendencies to, for example, dwell on the past or anticipate the future, thus missing the present moment, being absent from where (and when) we are. Wanting mindfulness to start 'right away', actually, is a prime example of the kind of state of mind that is constantly getting in the way as one tries to be more present in the moment.
Unless you are prepared to strive and fail, again and again, at mindfulness, over time, I'm not sure you understand what you think you want.
The best book on mindfulness from a Buddhist perspective is
Mindfulness in Plain English
by Bhante Gunaratana.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
27 favorites
Have you ever considered taking up a martial art? I say this, because I always perceived a pretty blatant contradiction in those Buddhist monks who will cut the sleeve of their robe so as not to disturb a sleeping kitten despite the fact that it takes time out of their busy schedule of chopping wood, carrying water and beating on one another with staves. Then, one day, while doing my own martial thing I started having moments exactly like you describe - being both within and outside of my situation - intently thinking about what my opponent and I were doing, but not having the luxury to think in words.
I don't know that a martial art is necessary for this - I've since had the same experience doing other things which require mental immediacy like turning wood on a lathe and playing certain very mentally challenging but fast paced video games.
The problem difficulty with training yourself to adopt this frame of mind is that you must have the requisite skills to do without contemplation before you can do it. If an absolute beginner at wood turning, for example, is not going to have that sense of selfless timelessness - they're just going to pop their piece of wood out of the centers or tear a big chunk out of it or the like.
posted by
Kid Charlemagne
on November 26, 2011 [
1 favorite
The ability to be both within and outside a given situation, not to be overwhelmed but to have a part of your mind observe yourself and others all the time. I think this is what very expensive education can teach you.
A lot of that boils down to getting enough experience, whether that's in a business sense, a political sense or in practicing mindfulness.
Unless you are prepared to strive and fail, again and again ... over time.
I think that's the 'expensive education' you've got in mind, but the cost isn't necessarily a financial one, it's the time, persistence and resilience needed to get really good at what you do.
Live your life with focus, attention and self-awareness, be prepared to fail and always be prepared to reflect, and you'll start heading towards what you're trying to achieve.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
3 favorites
I read the Cameron interview and had the same reaction: God, he's good, fielding all these questions on totally different subjects! Then I thought about it, and realised that the interview told me absolutely nothing about Cameron that I didn't already know. He gives nothing away. More than that, there's something eerily impersonal about a lot of his answers, as if they're being uttered by a highly intelligent robot.
I think 'mindfulness', or 'distancing' or whatever you want to call it (in this case I'd call it quick-wittedness) can come at a cost, if it prevents you engaging deeply and thoughtfully with the subject under discussion. Cameron's bland detachment is not necessarily an advantage for a politician. I admire people who are prepared to do some of their thinking in public, but in Cameron's case I don't feel I have the slightest idea what's going on inside his head.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
1 favorite
Yeah, this is not mindfulness. You just learn how to handle an interview. I took a class or two on it once. It's really, really simple. I think it probably boils down to a couple of key tricks:
stay on target (message). If you have a position you want to push forward, make the answer about that instead of the question directly.
If someone disagrees with your position, the best possible way to handle that is suggest that they are misinformed and to present your position as being eminently reasonable.
If attacked or criticized, the best possible way to handle it is deflect it with humor.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
5 favorites
I sometimes like to view ourselves as consisting of a multitude of needs and interests. Maybe these maps to separate parts of the brain.
These needs wax and wane independently. When one of these multitudinous parallel drives gets strong enough it comes to the attention of our sequential conscious analytical mind. This is approximately our inner voice, the one that we tend to identify with. The part of ourselves that feels it's in the driver seat.
It's up to the sequential single track attention to add some similance of consistency to these warring drives. If only so that other people can trust us and we can collaborate. And so that we progress through life, instead of flitting around like a moth chasing highs.
It's almost as if that conscious sequential mind is two dimensional and dealing with the parallel multitudes is like 3+ dimensional phenomena manifestating themselves in this two dimensional world. We're trying to ride the alternating surfacing waves.
So how do we get continuity? How can we socialise with insouciance, go with the flow socially and still be clear headed and on time at work the next day?
Personally I feel that how much continuity we manifest differs between people and between ages. As a toddler it seems as if we can get distracted from sadness almost instantly; the sad emotion is gone and seems replaced by happiness. That discontinuity can be seen again when we're teenagers: wanting to be seen as cool by that person you have a crush on seems to supplant all other needs. And later on when the crush has waned we feel foolish about the lengths we went to to get noticed. That's my experience at least.
And then when we get older the roller coaster of emotions becomes easier to manage. People are no longer either our total deepest friends or our enemies. People are not totally strange or our deepest soul mates. Even when I hang out with friends somewhere I don't loose myself completely. And when I need to collaborate with annoying people at work that doesn't completely overtake me either.
So what can you do about this besides getting older and accepting your type of personality?
I think its helpful to use the tools of mindfulness in
remembering ourselves
That is: during a night of socialising and drinking I briefly remember my other drives, the other things I've got going on. Not on an intellectual level but as feelings of situations that I also want. F.i. That I want to visit my SO in the morning and be vivid, not have a hangover. Etc.
It's a skilled exercise in attention; briefly remembering our other drives and then focusing on the current one again. And then still be a little foolish in trying to get the attention of that other person. But balanced with a bit of realisation that next week we'll be crushing on somebody else.
posted by
joost de vries
on November 26, 2011
The ability to be both within and outside a given situation, not to be overwhelmed but to have a part of your mind observe yourself and others all the time. I think this is what very expensive education can teach you.
This is what lets shysters fleece rubes every day. It plays to the feeling that you are somehow "too uneducated" to understand the world around you, and if you will only send the shyster $100/1000/10000/first born child, all will be revealed. Don't send it.
I think that's the 'expensive education' you've got in mind, but the cost isn't necessarily a financial one, it's the time, persistence and resilience needed to get really good at what you do.
Amen. Nothing but time and practice.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
3 favorites
Mindfulness meditation has helped me a great deal to achieve this kind of detachment. There have been several cases when I found myself dropping into a mindset very similar to the meditative mindset in stressful situations, which seems to be the effect that you're looking for.
Once, when angry, I found myself saying to myself, "Wow, my heart is really hammering away. Interesting." And that split second of detachment and observation helped me to handle the situation better, because I was able to see that I was angry, and make a deliberate decision not to act in anger in front of a large group (i.e. say something stupid that made me look bad to the people I was arguing with and everyone else in the room), but to say that we were going to have to discuss the question at another time. Mindfulness helped me make the right decision.
Once I was on the cusp of an argument with my husband, and suddenly dropped into the observational mode, and realized, "Huh, look at that. I'm being defensive." And just like that, the defensiveness was gone and, instead of jibbering and attacking him in return and ruining both our days, I was able to say to my husband, "That thing you're criticizing me about? You're right. I want to work on that. Can you help me?" Argument averted, because of just that one eyeblink of mindfulness.
As far as I am aware, there aren't any shortcuts. To pick a very un-Buddhist example, if you want to be able to shoot a gun with accuracy in an emergency, the way to do that is to practice in a calm setting, doing it as perfectly as you can, again, and again, and again, until dropping into that perfect-firing mode becomes automatic and you can do it without conscious effort even under great stress. There isn't immediate any way to gain that ability. It takes a months or years of deliberate practice. If you want mindfulness to become an automatic response, you have to meditate daily for months and years—although IMHO the benefits of meditation begin to appear in small ways very soon after you begin your practice.
I second the recommendation for
Mindfulness in Plain English
, I'll add
Turning the Mind into an Ally
by Sakyong Mipham.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
7 favorites
If you want an immediate tool, look no further than your own breath/body
Breath Awareness Meditation - Eckhart Tolle Webcast
Eckhart Tolle - Reconnecting with the body
I also believe that life's vicissitudes does a wonderful job in helping us increase consciousness/mindfulness/awareness - also being in tune with nature, pleasure/pain. Things that hinder or get in the way of mindfulness would, imo, include "distractions" like: television, daydreaming/fantasizing, intoxication, hate/lust.
I was also going to point you to "Mindfulness in Plain English"
some other content:
Tolle's "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth"
An idea about "How To Be In The Present Moment"
Eckhart Tolle: Intense Presence, Presence with Thoughts and Emotions, Unconscious State
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
2 favorites
I read an interview with a very skilled politician! I'm sure the journalists were very frustrated by him – as they couldn't get him to argue. What I read is someone who is not reacting on a personal level – even to some very provocative questions. He may have a good P.R. firm or loads of confidence or multiple privileges or on medication or has a group of people around him (including family) that takes care of his day to day needs – any of this can reduce stress and anxiety.
I also think it's about emotional competence – how well you understand yourself (feelings/needs) and your experiences (values/beliefs) - that can determine how you respond/behave. You might find it through meditation, religion or through other personal explorations. Some people get it (or are given it) right away and others spend their lifetime looking for it.
We all have different levels of "normal functioning" – and it would be a very sad world if we all became automated, like this politician.
posted by
what's her name
on November 26, 2011 [
1 favorite
Seconding BrashTech's recommendation of mindfulness meditation. This greatly improved my ability to recognize my own emotional reactions as they happen, acknowledge them in a non-critical fashion and take the time to consider how I wanted to handle them in a productive fashion.
posted by
on November 26, 2011
Another way to become more "mindful" -- if that indeed is what you are seeking -- is to embark on learning something physical and hard. For me it was learning to row crew. I had never (except for childbirth!) been so intent on my own powers of focus. I have a friend who is learning to sculpt and he too feels such targeted focus, such laser-like attention to what he is doing, it's as "mindful" as he's ever experienced.
posted by
on November 26, 2011
David Cameron is not being mindful. He is a skilled politician raised in the British upper class with extensive skills in answering questions in ways that make him look good. These answers don't go all the way down -- this isn't who he is on the inside. This is how he has learned to present himself to others as part of his social position and his job as a politician.
Learning mindfulness, while worthwhile, has absolutely nothing to do with it.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
1 favorite
A good book to learn mindfulness techniques is
Full Catastrophe Living
posted by
on November 26, 2011
Mindfulness is an oddly physical thing.
I learned mindfulness by taking yoga classes. I wasn't even trying to learn it, because at the time I didn't realize that it was a thing I didn't have. I just wanted to be a little more flexible, and I thought it might help with some hip pain. Then, quite suddenly and automatically, this mindfulness thing was there -- the slightly goofy yoga teacher called it "witness consciousness." The mindfulness was an emergent characteristic of the process of doing yoga. I'm sure other physical activities, like mentioned above, could produce the same result. It's very much worth learning, however you do it. It's what gets me through the day.
posted by
on November 26, 2011
Mindfulness, I think, is something you practice rather than something you acquire. I agree with others that David Cameron doesn't seem what I recognise as mindful - I think he is shrewd and tutored. Part of mindfulness means that you become aware, and this allows you to be more empathic and compassionate.
I first came across mindfulness when I was coming out of a period of heavy depression through therapy and reading - not a manual, but just reading a variety of books that appealed to me in various stages (as you've mentioned) thoughtfully as I tried to emerge from my fog. I had been trying to practice meditation for a few years during a graduate degree - mindfulness actually helps me tremendously with thinking analytically and work in general, but at the time I thought it wasn't 'working' and I kept thinking 'why can't I do this more efficiently and quickly? Why can I not achieve?' I believed in some way it would give me some kind of heightened moral/social/mental power if I did manage to be mindful - which now looks pretty funny and a bit delusional. I then started doing yoga and I was always a swimmer and walking and running helped too. As Corvid says, it can just come unbeknownst to you through movement.
However, I think it is something like reminding yourself to be aware, listen, know your breathe, recognise, remember, etc. It is also about being aware of the ebb and flow of things, and being both within and apart from time and space, which is what helps me not overreact when I am angry or sad or afraid, but see it and respond to it. Part of it - for me - is about
to myself and not being distracted by who or what is going on outside. Sometimes when under pressure from work or life, remembering to practice wanes a little, but I've found I can always pick it up again, and being able to pick it up again makes me confident in how I approach things and feel the moment of happiness clearly when they come along.
posted by
on November 26, 2011 [
5 favorites
iamnotateenagegirl - this is spot on! thank you.
posted by
on November 27, 2011
« Older
Is it proper for someone to ma... | Easy, awesome pasta sauce reci...
Newer »
This thread is closed to new comments.
Related Questions
How do you keep your head when it starts to fly...
December 30, 2013
Seeking meditation apps and podcasts
November 25, 2013
Mindfulness without stasis.
June 21, 2013
Meditation resources?
April 30, 2012
Meditation sessions for me, for free!
March 7, 2012
New User
MeFi Wiki
Buy a Shirt
© 1999-2014
MetaFilter Network Inc.
All posts are © their original authors.
| ☃


text:
HERMITAGE, PA. - A new job opportunity is opening for residents, and a local grocery store is encouraging everyone to get involved.
Aldi is hosting a job fair on Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The fair is being held at all participating shops, including the East State Street location.
Aldi encourages job seekers to apply for manager-trainee and cashier positions.


text:
i really do :/
No, as a matter of fact, I am not okay and I haven't been for a really long time.
I'm sorry i make you worry about me.
I worry about myself sometimes too.
(Source: 5unshinedaisy)
The more I see that people are better off without me…I wonder why I am even still here.
(Source: emanciat-ed)


text:
Bridget Hanson, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Bridget Hanson is an research assistant professor at the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS). She joined CBHRS in August 2010 after receiving her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, with an emphasis in social psychology, from the University of North Dakota (UND). Her general research interests include health psychology as well as psychology and the law. Her dissertation explored the impact of similarity factors and outcome severity on perceptions of parents who left their child unattended in a vehicle, leading to implications for social justice and community wellness. Bridget also previously worked as a project coordinator for multiple health psychology projects, including a longitudinal study on healthy aging in older adults and projects related to college students' cancer perceptions. Additionally, she worked at UND's Center for Rural Health, where she was involved primarily with grant preparation and program evaluation.


text:
Raiders Silver and Black Blog
All about the Oakland Raiders
Monthly Archive for November, 2005
4-7 Raider Fans, Not as Bad as you Think…
After 11 games, yes, the Raiders are 4-7. But, are things as bad as the record indicates? No, they're not. However, this is a team with problems. The offensive guard position, including Brad Badger who gave up 4 sacks and earned 3 penalties, hurt the team last week against the Dolphins. Barry Sims also struggled […] [Read More]
Raiders claim Walls off waivers
The Oakland Raiders on Tuesday claimed cornerback Lenny Walls off waivers from the AFC West-rival Denver Broncos. Walls, 26, started the first three games of the season at cornerback before losing his job to rookie Darrent Williams, a second-round pick in the 2005 draft. Walls, a starter for the Broncos as the season started, was […] [Read More]
Another Road Game, Another Victory for the Raiders…
Photo by Bob Carr – RaiderFans.net Last Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins got off to a slow start for the Raider offense, as Kerry Collins threw an interception which was returned for a touchdown. That touchdown, however, would be the only one of the day for the Redskins. The Redskins are "one of the […] [Read More]
So You Think it's Walter Time in Oakland?
Andrew Walter – Photo by Bob Carr – RaiderFans.net The Oakland Raiders were defeated by the Denver Broncos on Sunday 31-17. After being down 20-0 at one point, the game had blow out written all over it. Throughout the game, the Raider faithful booed Kerry Collins at will as he was not able to lead […] [Read More]
What do the Tennessee Titans and the San Diego Chargers have in Common?
I arrived in Nashville on the Saturday morning before the Raiders at Titans game on Sunday. As I made my way through the airport, I couldn't help but notice all the Silver and Black that was around me. I couldn't help but wonder where all the Titan's fans were. As I left the airport and […] [Read More]


text:
Heartbreaking Hedgehog Story of the Day: Betty the bald hedgehog developed a mysterious skin condition that has caused her to lose her spines. Without her spines, six-week-old Betty is defenseless against predators and can't keep herself warm during the winter months.
Worst of all, her smooth body has made her too self-conscious to associate with other hedgehogs.
"She's healthy, but it's sad," Tonia Garner of the Foxy Lodge Wildlife Rescue is quoted as saying. "She lives alone in an enclosure indoors. We hope the spines will come back so she has a normal life."
(Source: thedailywhat, via canadiangoddess-deactivated2011)
What an excuse during meals!!! ^__^
(via shibby-man)
0 plays
Trip lang.
Strawberry-vanilla cupakes filled with white chocolate ganache // recipe at burnmenot
A newly named Potamotrygon tigrina—or tiger ray—swims in the Amazon River Basin.
Photograph courtesy Oliver Lucanus
An Amazon stingray known as the tiger ray has finally earned its scientific stripes: It's been officially recognized as a new species.
For more than a decade, aquarium traders in the upper Amazon River Basin of Peru have caught the freshwater fish, whose name—Potamotrygon tigrina—is inspired by its orange-black coloration and banded tail.
Up to 31 inches (80 centimeters) wide, the species is distinct from other stingrays based on, among other features, its conspicuous colors and its tail spines, which are lower and not as closely grouped as those of its relatives.
(See related pictures: "Odd Stingless Stingrays Discovered in Amazon.")
"It's one of the prettiest species," said Marcelo de Carvalho, a zoologist at the University of São Paulo in Brazil who led a new study on the tiger ray.
Tiger Ray's Patterns a Mystery
Why P. tigrina is so striking compared with the bland browns and tans of other stingrays is still a mystery, de Carvalho added.
For instance, the stripes could be warning coloration—although most Amazon freshwater stingrays have few predators, other than the occasional crocodile.
"It's kind of ungainly to fit into the mouth of another fish," he said.
Overall there's virtually nothing known about the tiger ray—in fact, aquarium traders who catch them in the wild or breed them in captivity probably know much more about their biology than most scientists, he added.
P. tigrina is one of the most popular types of pet rays in Asia, especially in Japan and China. (See a giant freshwater stingray caught in Asia.)
Giving the animal a formal species classification "is the first step in understanding how we can regulate this resource," de Carvalho said.


text:
Certified Election Results
A. Voter Eligibility.
• (Membership)
Government Ordinances 0306200801 and 0306200802 enact and enforce voting and nomination eligibility of all
enrolled members who descend from the historic Acjachemen Nation.
B. Nominations. A person may be nominated for only one position.
1. Nominations will be held only on October 20, 2012, at the regular General Council meeting.
2. Nominators and nominees must descend from the historic Acjachemen Nation.
3. The nominee must inform the Election Committee by October 20, 2012 that he/she accepts the nomination for a
specific office by :
(a) being present during the nominations and accepts verbally, (b) mailing a signed letter of
acceptance to the Election Committee, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, P.O. Box 416, San Juan Capistrano, CA
92693), postmarked no later than October 12, 2012 or (c) having a designated person present to the Election
Committee Chairman a sealed letter of acceptance date no later than October 20, 2012.
4. All Nominees must request a "Nominee Biographical Form" from the Election Committee Chairman.
5. Any member serving on the election committee after 5:00 P.M., August 20, 2012 will be deemed ineligible for
nominations for the 2013 election.
C. Absentee Ballots.
1. Requests for absentee ballots must be submitted to the: Election Committee, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians,
P.O.Box 416, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693. ( Request/return period: postmarked beginning on October 26,
2012 and closing on December 3, 2012).
2. Absentee ballots must be returned to the Election Committee, postmarked no later than December 14, 2012.
Address: Please use the address found on the "Absentee Ballot" and the return envelope.
3. Multiple requests for absentee ballots, proxies, powers of attorney, and requests by telephone will not be
accepted. Reminder: each absentee voter must request his/her own ballot.
D. Polling Place and Time.
1. Polling Place: Tribal Office, 31411 La Matanza St., Suite-A, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. See map on
mailing portion of the newsletter for visual location.
2. Time: The polling place will be opened from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., January 19, 2013. Normal tribal business
will be dispensed on election day.
3. Count and verification: ballots will be counted by the Election Committee. A non-tribal member will witness the
counting of the ballots.
4. The General Council will meet at the next scheduled meeting to inaugurate the new officers.
E. Verification.
1. Elections will be held from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., on January 19, 2013.
2. Each member of the Juaneño Band is responsible for taking appropriate action to verify certification for voting
eligibility. The window for voter verification is from August 18, 2012 to to September 29, 2012.
3. Are you eligible to vote? If there is doubt or you need help, call the Tribal Office immediately at (949) 488-
3484 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.


text:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
ParkerRelease Date: 2013-01-25
Add to Queue | Report This Post |


text:
Annapolis Sailboat Show 2012:
Annapolis, Maryland October 10 - 14, 2013
Annapolis Sailboat Show 2013 - ow in its 44th year, the United States Sailboat Show, October 10 - 14, 2013, attracts more than 50,000 boating enthusiasts from around the world to the
waterfront of historic Annapolis, Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay town is also
home of U.S. Naval Academy. Recognized worldwide as the premier sailing showcase, this is the place to buy, sell or dream.
Annapolis Sailboat Show 2013
Annapolis City Docks
United States
»All Ages Thursday, VIP Preview Day * Oct. 10 $35
Show Hours
Thursday, VIP Preview Day Oct. 10, 2013 10 am - 6:00 pm
|For more information, visit the official Annapolis Sailboat Show website at: http://www.usboat.com
Annapolis Sailboat Show Video


text:
(Source: youngbeautifulclassy)
Christopher Hart
Miami, Florida
Photographer: CreativeFamePhoto
BUSOLA, 20 years old..still trying to find myself in this big badass world. Dublin,Ireland.
My two handsome boys ❤ ❤ ❤ #Twins #boys #igbabies #Birthday #suits #babies 😍
Tamar Braxton
Amen to this!
Looooooool swear she got raped!! #AttackOfTheMakeUps
Loooooool lads!!! #Kirk #Benzino #LHHATL #LoveAndHipHopATL
Do you guys actually see this???!! Been stuck on this level 65 for more than 2 weeks!! This is the closest I have ever been to completing this level..at this stage I will pay someone to help me :( #CandyCrush #CandyCrushLevel65 #Frustration #Failure
This was a really good read ♥ #KirstyMoseley #AlwaysYou
Its soo pretty out here at Bray
Wanna wish my sister the biggest Happy Birthday! Love this midge almost as much as I love Ellen (lol). Cant believe your 20 already damn you still look about 12! Seems like just yday where you were saving my life when I got knocked down in firhouse when we were 8 lol. Thanks for being a great mate when I need ya to be one. Have a blessed day mami ♥
Blehh #ThursdayBlues