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LEGO Fun and a Movie
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Date & Time:Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Date & Time:Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Kids aged 4 and older can drop in and unleash their inner builder as we play with LEGOs. Enjoy a family- friendly movie while you build. Bring your best friend or a family member to share the fun.

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The 5 Most Excessively Creepy Children's Educational Videos
If there's one thing that the whole world can agree on, it's that teaching children is the highest calling. But what's the best way to teach them? Through rote memorization? Through repeated quizzing? Through interactive puzzles and games? Or is it somehow simpler than that? Could it be as easy as, say, filming the most disturbing goddamn movies possible and showing them to the kids while simultaneously threatening to murder them and everybody they love if they ever step out of line again?
Well, according to these educational children's videos, that answer is a firm and resounding "Yes. Now shut up, Billy, or so help me God I will pull your tongue straight out of your head!"
#5. One Got Fat
What do you get when you throw a handful of serial killers into an empty room with nothing but a notepad, a bicycle and a pound and a half of mescaline? You get the script for One Got Fat, an educational film from the early '60s counterintuitively not about child obesity, but about bicycle safety.
The video introduces 10 adorable children who are planning an innocent bike ride to the park for a nice, pleasant picnic. Little do they know that death is waiting for them at every corner ...
And little do you know that that's a good thing, because they're actually all terrifying monkey monsters with black holes for eyes:
Wait, this isn't how children always look?
In downright biblical fashion, each of the monkey-children is stricken dead by fate (fate drives a garbage truck on the weekends to make ends meet).
Saturday night he hooks up with Destiny at the Lucky Pussycat Club.
So what were the children's sins, aside from being born monstrous abominations that should not live? Well, they're all guilty of such egregious crimes against God as forgetting to signal once, riding on the sidewalk and giving their friends a lift when they need it ...
Fedoras: Not. Even. Once.
As each of the Lil' Leatherfaces is whisked away by the cold hands of death, the unwaveringly jovial voice of the narrator makes sure that any children watching understand two things:
First: There are some basic rules of the road for cyclists that everybody should follow.
Second: You are naught but animals to adults, and they will not care if you die in terror and pain.
Like this guy, whom the narrator explicitly tells you is "a really nice boy," approximately two seconds before the movie flashes us his gruesome pre-death face and he gets mowed down by an automobile like an unlucky squirrel.
Show, not tell, Mr Narrator.
One by one, the monkey-kids are systematically destroyed for their mistakes until there is only a single survivor. This Bicycle Highlander's name is Orville, and it's revealed that not only is he the sole survivor of this harmless bike trip, but he's also the only human being. But instead of mourning his simian friends, he calmly sits down at the park all alone, to eat all of their lunches.
Understand the title now? No?
Here, we'll explain: The "one" refers to Orville, the winner of this interspecies death race, and he "got fat" by seizing the lunches of his fallen friends like trophies and callously devouring them. Or, to put it another way: "To the victor go the spoils."
See that? That's the thousand-yard stare of a boy who looked into the face of death and then ate its friggin' Lunchables.
#4. Apaches
Apaches is a surprisingly well-made children's educational video about farm safety. We say "surprisingly well-made," because Apaches actually bothers with real characters with personalities and names, instead of just casting "Generic Child 1" and "The Icy Claws of Death" and calling it a day, like most other British PSAs of the '70s. The film starts off with a roll call, relaying the biographies of all the characters to the viewers, except for the last two boys, Tom and Robert, whose entire back story is "Tom, Robert."
That's called foreshadowing, kids.
We're calling it right now: You're going to die in shit, Robert.
The makers of Apaches wanted to warn children of the dangers of farm life, and they did so in direct response to an unusual spike in farm-related child deaths back in 1976. The directors even claimed that the movie's death scenes were based on real fatal children's accidents ... which puts Apaches firmly out of the harmless PSA category and right into snuff film territory. Here, see what we mean:
That toy gun was only two days away from retirement.
That's death number one, and while it seems needlessly violent, it has a grim kind of logic. Little girl plays on a truck, little girls shouldn't play on trucks, ergo little girl gets brutally crushed to death by a truck. We're pretty sure that's the "circle of life" thing that Elton John guy keeps singing about.
But that's the last time Apaches follows any kind of reasonable path, because death number two is a peppy young boy drowning in a giant hole full of feces (what's the lesson there, "Watch out for the shit pit?").
Boom. Called it.
The third death is a spunky little girl who just up and drinks poison for fun (that is seriously her chief motivation). Now, it's one thing to sort of hint at the threat of injury lingering around everyday farm life, but this girl accidentally drank a tiny sip of a mystery liquid, and then we cut to 30 seconds of her horrifically screaming for help as she dies in the most intense pain imaginable, every second being relayed to the audience who, remember, are like 7 years old.
Here's another child, this one crushed to death by a falling gate, which we're not even sure he could have prevented. The gate was stacked there against the wall, presumably by adults who knew better, and it was even the other boy who knocked it over. We're not sure what the preventative message here is, aside from "Holy God, never step foot on an English farmstead."
Also, never become an English director, because it's either dead children or heroin overdoses.
Finally, we find out that even our lead character, the narrator, isn't immune to the Brits' strict death penalty imposed for all Chicanery-Related Offenses:
The tractor got a medal for "Chav Prevention."
He played on a tractor -- a tractor that the adults in the film specifically told him it was OK to play on -- and then he died screaming. There's your lesson, kids: The adults not only don't care if you die, they're actively trying to kill you. Which is especially disturbing when you remember what the makers of Apaches said up top: "based on actual children's deaths."
So apparently there was a period in 1976 where child murder via drunken negligence was just the en vogue thing to do in rural England.
"Remember Clive? He passed the salt like a motherfucker."
But wait, what happened to Tom? We all know Robert died how he lived -- in a giant pool of liquid crap -- but the movie seems to have plain forgotten about Tom. Jesus, if he escaped from this mess alive, we're going to make another official call: He's unbreakable.
Somebody call Sam Jackson and tell him to put his mentor-fro back on.
#3. Strong Kids Safe Kids
This 1984 child molestation prevention video starts out with a pretty strong premise: Get the Fonz to talk to kids about inappropriate boning. It seems like a match made in heaven. The Fonz is the absolute king of two things: being a 10-year-old's conception of a "cool guy," and boning things (inappropriately). But even with a solid setup like that, the movie almost immediately goes off the rails when the Fonz starts threatening to cripple children right in the intro:
"Sit there and enjoy, or I'm going to run over your knees with my bike." -- ACTUAL QUOTE.
That's going to be a recurring problem, going forward: Safe Kids has no idea what tone it should take. It's trying to tackle serious subject matter, but kids like silly things, right? So the needle swings wildly between "You're going to get raped" and "Let's sing fun songs!" Perhaps nothing is a better indicator of this issue than the host, a full-grown man who dresses in OshKosh B'Gosh and hangs around playgrounds singing songs about children's genitals while playing a ukulele.
And that is what we in the business call a "Get in the Van Face."
Somewhere around the time he sings "Vulva, is what girls have down below/Vulva, when she's naked it will show!" you have to wonder if you're even seeing the original film as it was shot, or if the guy who lives in your neighbor's basement recorded over portions of the tape.
Later, the movie has to broach the tricky subject of things adults might say to keep a child from telling on them. The best way to do this, of course, is to have a pair of puppets threaten to kill each other in increasingly violent ways with their silly little puppet voices.
"I can kill you, you know ..."
It's fine to want to tell children the blunt truth about some awful crap, Safe Kids, but you can't have it both ways: You don't hire a Nazi clown to teach your kids about the Holocaust, and you don't teach a kid about the dangers of child molestation by threatening to rape them with a crocodile puppet.


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Pressure on now in the World Cup.
Pressure on now in the World Cup.
Very good draw for the World Cup, can't wait to see how you get on there.
SRL88's Career - November/December 2017 - Blackpool FC
Well we have made a pretty good start under my management by picking up 17pts out of a possible 24pts since I took over. We have moved up the table nicely and find outselves 7pts off the Play-Off's. Its not going to be easy to reach them, but the way we are playing its more than possible. My first game in charge, away to Watford was a frustrating one. I felt confident that we could get all 3pts but an early sending off made things difficult. We were already 2-1 down before the sending off and as I was preparing for my half time team talk, the outspoken Christophe Jacques kicked out at a player and picked up a stupid red card. We managed to battle back and claim a 2-2 draw and could easily have won it late on with a flurry of decent chances. Our form picked up from there and despite a frustrating draw and defeat against Bournemouth and Wigan respectively we have done well with the pick of the bunch being a 6-0 home win over Middlesbrough.
There is work to do in January but its going to be tough. The squad is absolutely huge and they are all on pretty high wages. I have got an idea of who I want to go and most are already in the reserves ready to be offered out. When I took over, all them reserve players were in the first team.
If I can get rid of the players I dont want, we could have a problem signing people. At present, with my reputation still on the rise there arent a mass amount of players available to me and my scouting range isnt the best. We need a striker desperately. Dont take the two big results to seriously because since I have taken over we have had a total of 122 shots at goal. We really need someone who can put the ball in the back of the net on a regular occassion. I might try returning to Liverpool and bring Andy Lancaster in on loan, but we shall see.
Last edited by SRL88; 22-01-2012 at 15:44.
Solid group there in the World Cup. Like the others have said, 2nd place is achievable!
Good luck with Blackpool as well and your goal of getting them back to the Premier League.
A decent month. If your rep is still low it looks like a loan is really your best bet to bring in some quality.
That's a very decent start to your Blackpool career.
Is that the American Bradley Johnson? He scored some real screamers for me at Norwich.
Very open draw. Good seeing Canada making it on behalf of our Canadian contingent.
Hah grats on top 50
SRL88's Career - January 2018 - Blackpool FC
An absolutely excellent month for us with a 100% record and some fantastic performances along the way. We seem unstoppable at the minute with our brand of fast flowing football giving defences a real headache. We had a bit of a scare against Reading after conceding two second half goals to give us a nervy finish after we had been three goals up, but we clung on. We battered Sheffield United, limiting them to just four shots, all of which came in the last 10 minutes. Another brilliant performance against Coventry resulted in another flurry of goals and we capped it off with an amazing win over Scunthorpe. I really felt that they would be the team to beat us, especially with them back in the Championship after a season in the Premiership and they still have a lot of players from their promotion, but we swept them aside to leave January with a perfect record.
What an excellent win away to Premiership side Aston Villa and to be fair, we deserved it. I set us up with our usual tactics but I changed it so that we would hit them quickly on the counter and it worked a treat. They couldnt cope with our pace down the wings as well as Jacques pace upfront. Our prize for this marvelous win is a 4th Round tie at home to Everton.
Micah Richards - What a brilliant free transfer on our part. Experience, pace, power and will provide excellent competition for the right back spot.
Frank Nouble - Another free transfer who will add a different dimension to our attack. Started brilliantly in the league with 3 assists in two games.
Jason Ball - The youngster arrived in a £1.4m deal from Championship rivals Wigan, but he could prove to be a very good aquisition. Bad loads of potential and plenty of time to improve.
Fodeba Niambele - Arrives on loan from new Parent Club Arsenal, Will provide decent cover to the left hand side.
Really pleased we managed to get rid of so many. There were a lot of ageing and/or average players in the squad which could be looked at half the reason we were underachieving before my arrival. Its cleared a lot of wages (£40k roughly) and even though there are a few more I would liked to have sold, they can wait till the summer. Overall, good business in and out on our part.
Excellent month there, and what a signing you have in Micah Richards!
Great start to Blackpool life.
Brilliant start with Blackpool and not too far off a playoff place either.Also a nice draw for the World Cup,hope you can get New Zealand at least a point
World Cup group looks doable, and an excellent start in charge of Blackpool!
I have just made what is possibly the best signing I have made so far in my career............................
I think it deserves a giggity giggity .
Brilliant signing!
What a signing....looks like you found yourself a new number one
SRL88's Career - February 2018 - Blackpool FC
We made a stinking start to February with two dissappointing defeats following our FA Cup tie against Everton (see below). We went from looking invincable to vunerable in a matter of days. We started our league month against Bristol City who became the first side to actually boss us in a fixture. We took the lead but they swept us aside and hammered us 4-1. An away fixture to Barnsley followed and it looked like we carried our previous performance into the game as they breezed past us with a comfortable win. Going into the Ipswich game I knew we needed to win for the sake of our Play-Off hopes and I let the lads know about it. It was a cagey affair and we looked nervous, but we battled for the win and probably just say deserved our 2-1 win. Next up at Bloomfield Road we had my former side Darlington who we beat 1-0. We really should have hit more but Darlington stood firm. The month was rounded off perfectly with a game where we finally showed our January form again with a massive 4-0 win over Brighton....a game which saw Alphonse Areola make his Blackpool debut.
A really poor defeat when we could have made much more of it. We took the lead, much to my delight but Everton hit us back and went on to win in what looked to be a comfortable victory. The scoreline doesnt reflect the game though as we more than matched them and had more shots on target. They scored 4 goals from 5 shots on target as our goalkeeper had a nightmare. Something which would continue into the next two games (see above).
Last edited by SRL88; 23-01-2012 at 09:10.
Wow, great signings in Richards and Areola there! Surprised to see them both without a contract in January.
Nice signing SRL88. Pity about the results, but I am sure its just a bump that will pass.
Certainly is a great signing. Good luck in getting another promotion
Nice WC draw aswell.
The game seems to be very generous with free-agent keepers, my Dortmund first choice Benali is an even better example.
You are slowly getting there with Blackpool, a few more wins should see you ok in the play-offs
He best turn up on that money!
Just a quick annoucement regarding this thread.
Previously I mentioned that I run my Internet at home off a Dongle, which is a pain in the arse and because I cant really afford anything else having moved in with the Mrs. Per month, I get 5GB of Internet and I am currently down to my last GB which needs to last me for the next 14 days (Until 5th February) so I am letting you know that I will continue to update, but probably not as frequent as I have been doing so it will be more like one a night.
Any other stuff such as replying to your comments I will most likely do at work.
That's too much without racking up huge losses.
That's good, was losing 1M a month at West Brom with a similar bill, though again had plenty spare. Anything above 200kpw is asking for trouble before too long.
My god we're on £450K p/w at the minute
Class signing with Areola btw mate.
Just catching up... you're certainly the King of the Playoffs! What great results they were, both with New Zealand and Darlington.
Looks like you've still good chance of making the top six with Blackpool too
Wow, a national manager now! Your career is going from strength to strength mate, keep it up!
SRL88's Career - Friendly - New Zealand
I selected the squad for the first time based off who my Assistant Manager said was in form so there were a few newer faces in here than Im used to.
Probably our worst performance under my management to be honest. Saudi are the first nation in and around us that we have played and it was a pretty even game. They had the better chances and it showed in the fact that we only had 1 shot on target. We can still take heart in the fact that we're unbeaten under me and with up coming games against Honduras and Yeman, we could pick a couple more wins up before we kick off our World Cup campaign against Japan.
Not a great result but you didn't lose. If you can win both against Honduras and Yemen then it will be good for morale when the world cup comes around.
Decent result considering you brought in different players than usual, maybe you should stick with your usual team if this is what happens!
At least you now know the rest of your players are crap
SRL88's Career - March 2018 - Blackpool FC
A bit of an up and down month, well down then up, back down then up again!!! We started off poorly with a disappointing defeat away to Bolton. Alphonse Areola made a mistake that I can only describe as a Pepe Reina in the 2006 FA Cup Final against West Ham and that pretty much set the tone for us. Just like our previous defeat(s) under my regime, we picked ourselves back up with a battling 1-0 win to boost confidence once more. A very tough fixture away to Sheffield Wednesday followed and in what was a pretty end to end affair, Frank Nouble set up and then scored one to give us a massive three points.
A very convincing win over promotion rivals Swansea followed. We bossed Burnley in our next game but found ourselves 2-0 down at half time. I went ballistic with them and it seemed to work as we battled back to claim a 2-2 draw, much to my relief. The next draw which followed was nothing short of damn annoying. Watford has ONE shot at goal, just one and managed to get a 2-2 draw out of us. We gave them a helping hand by giving them a 1-0 lead by scoring an early own goal. We managed to fight back to take a 2-1 lead but instantly conceded and thats how it finished.
Our next game at home to high flying Huddersfield was vital. We needed confidence restoring after two poor draws, but also to keep ourselves up there with our promotion rivals. The result was huge for us. We were a goal down and at the interval and I warned the lads at half time and we came out a different side in the second half and took the game to them. I made subtitutions around 60 minutes and they worked straight away as Lee Melling got us level. We wont a penalty thanks to Frank Nouble's dinking run and it was tucked away by Melling who then went on to get his hat-trick 30 minutes after coming off the bench to leave us in an automatic promotion spot with just six games left but with any one of FIVE teams in with a shout of clinching the second automatic promotion spot.
Pretty impressive dude well done, what are your last 6 matches?
Things seem to be going well at Blackpool, you've taken them far since taking over. Although you are now in the box seat for automatic promotion, it will be hugely tight indeed!!
Wow...I guess this is the time for nail biting....1 point separating 2nd - 6th
Bristol City
Just so you can have a bit of fun comparing fixtures .
If you ask me, I would say Bristol City have the better run-in, but they have only picked up 1pt from their last 5 games.
I've not seen much tighter things that in my time.
You might be able to just squeeze into the glory spot if you are strong enough.
SRL88's Career - April 2018 - Blackpool FC
So we go into the final game of the season with every chance of squeezing into the gap to glory (my own innuendo there for you HotChocolate ). The game which could pretty much decide whether we go up or have the pain of the Play-Off's was the Bournemouth game. I made to many changes for the game when I really shouldnt have and it cost us. We conceded a 86th minute goal and that could be decisive. We should have beaten Norwich as well, but once again we didnt convert our chances.
The final day looks like this:
Blackpool -v- Wigan
Bolton -v- Scunthorpe
Bournemouth -v- Norwich
Im thinking of doing the final day a bit like how Sky Sports do it with as the goals come in, have an update of the league table. What do you guys think?
With the way the league table is, go for it!
That would be great, I got a feeling Bolton will win though I hope they don't. Good luck.
Is Millie Clode doing it?
Race for Promotion
Bournemouth 0 - 1 Norwich (Friessenbichler 5')
Norwich 84pts +19
Bolton 82pts +36
Blackpool 81pts +35
An early goal for Norwich from Austrian Friessenbichler has them sat in the promotion spot.
Bolton 0 - 1 Scunthorpe (Hutar OG 27')
Norwich 84pts +19
Blackpool 81pts +35
Bolton 81pts +35
A shock goal at The Reebok as Bolton fall behind to Scunthorpe.
Blackpool 0 - 1 Wigan (Al-Kamali 37')
Norwich 84pts +19
Bolton 81pts +35
Blackpool 80pts +34
Bloomfield Road is stunned as Wigan grab a goal on the break to dent Blackpool's promotion hopes.
Half Time
Bournemouth 1 (Cousins 51') - 1 Norwich
Norwich 82pts +18
Bolton 81pts +35
Blackpool 80pts +34
Bournemouth have levelled it early in the second half. The promotion race is back on.
Bournemouth 2 (McGoldrick 55') - 1 Norwich
Bolton 81pts +35
Norwich 81pts +17
Blackpool 80pts +34
Two quick goals from Bournemouth leaves Norwich with it all to do as each of the promotion contenders are behind.
Bournemouth 3 (Mensah 62') - 1 Norwich
Bolton 81pts +35
Norwich 81pts +16
Blackpool 80pts +34
Norwich's hopes of promotion look to be going up in flames.
Blackpool 1 (Vokes 64') - 1 Wigan
Blackpool 81pts +35
Bolton 81pts +35
Norwich 81pts +17
Sam Vokes levels it for Blackpool who now occupy the final promotion spot. Could this thing be any tighter?
Bolton 1 (Ngog 71') - 1 Scunthorpe
Bolton 82pts +36
Blackpool 81pts +35
Norwich 81pts +17
Its Bolton who now occupy look set for promotion thanks to David Ngog's equilizer.
Bournemouth 4 (Rios OG 80') - 1 Norwich
Bolton 82pts +36
Blackpool 81pts +35
Norwich 81pts +15
Thats it for Norwich who will definitely be in the Play-Off's.
Full Time
Blackpool 1-1 Wigan
Bolton 1-1 Scunthorpe
Bournemouth 4-1 Norwich
So its Bolton who are promoted on the final day of the season. We really should have beaten Wigan, and as with the games against Bouremouth and Norwich in April, we never took our chances. Sam Vokes had a glorious opportunity in the 92nd minute but couldnt hold his composure. Its the Play-Off's for one of my teams yet again. You would think I liked the things!!!
Bring on Swansea!!!
Last edited by SRL88; 24-01-2012 at 17:11.
Brilliant post SRL88
Shame about not making it though, good luck in the Playoffs.
Unlucky dude, I can see you doing well in the play-off's though.
Off topic but shame Georgie Thompson has gone to do that F1 channel now.
Unlucky on missing out automatic promotion, good luck in the play offs!
Playoffs are always a nailbiter - how is it going against Swansea?
Don't lose to Norwich if you play them!
Just announced my preliminary squad for the World Cup. I will hopefully have an update up for the Play-Off's and End of Season for Blackpool tonight.
I will then follow up with a friendly update for New Zealand and then a World Cup one either tomorrow or Thursday .
SRL88's Career - Blackpool FC
Championship Semi-Final
1st Leg
Thanks to our amazing performance since I took over in late November while we were sat 18th in the Championship, we find ourselves with the opportunity of reaching the promised land through the Play-Off's. In our way of reaching the Final were Swansea.
So we left ourselves with it all to do in the 2nd Leg. After we took an early lead at The Liberty the players decided to sit back and when I really should have changed tactics a little bit based on how we were playing, I never and that probably was one of the reasons why we never held on so the blame lays with me. The most annoying thing was probably the fact that Swansea resorted to kicking lumps out of our players.
An excellent effort from us to come from a goal down to reach the Play-Off Final. Im really pleased with the application of the players. They knew what was needed and we went for it. Lee Melling grabbed us an early goal to draw things level. Despite an open game, there were no other goals as we went to Extra Time. In the extra 30 minutes we began to take charge, and a 113th minute goal from vice captain Mxolisi Mbambo gave us the lead which we managed to hold on to and reach the Final. Our oppenents would be Norwich.
Championship Final
Brilliant, just a brilliant achievement. We went behind really early in the game but stuck to our tast. It never took us to long to level things up and from then on it was all Blackpool. We were helped out by them going down to 10 men but never managed to grab that vital goal despite our dominance and it went all the way to penalties. Luck was on our side as they missed two penalties, with the last penalty missed by them hitting the post and we celebrated our promotion to the Premiership.
Last edited by SRL88; 25-01-2012 at 00:38.
Greatness awaits you mate! Congrats on getting them into the Premiership!
SRL88's Career - Friendlies - New Zealand
So our last two friendlies before the 2018 World Cup. This is how we got on.
An even game which resulted in an 2-2 draw. Nice to see our best two strikers get on the scoresheet, but their goals could have been prevented. Looking on the bright side, we're still unbeaten since I took over.
A nice victory in our final warm-up game before the World Cup. Just what we needed going into the tournament and a nice result to. We dominated the entire match as expected, but now we head into the World Cup with confidence sky high.
Good job on promotion mate.


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I'd like to make the carrot juice mask!
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I love making my own masks because you know exactly what is going into it.
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lettuce in a bottle-who knew? haha! Will be making this tomorrow!!
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i cannot wait to try some of these! Now I will know exactly what I am putting on my face and body!! Thanks a bunch!!!
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Six young women will compete for the title during the pageant at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Clinton Middle School stage. The queen will represent Clinton for the remainder of the Fall Festival, appear in the parade on Sunday and perform during the variety show at 1 p.m. Saturday. The contestants are Lexi Oliver, Kathryn Crumb, Katelyn McDermott, Courtni Minghine, Juliana Lancaster and Tenerra Ayling.
Doris Kemner, Fall Festival co-chairperson, said a queen's pageant has been talked about for several years.
"There has been some interest in it, and we decided it would be a fun thing to do," she said.
The pageant will be co-hosted by Ashliegh Allen, the current Miss South Central Queen, and John Valenti.
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Box Score | Game Notes
CHICAGO, Ill. (October 12, 2013) – The San Antonio Rampage (1-2-0-0) fell to the Chicago Wolves (2-1-0-0), 3-1, tonight in the team's first road game of the season.
Jed Ortmeyer scored the lone goal for the Rampage, while Corey Locke, Ty Rattie, and Mark Mancari netted the goals for the Wolves in the team's Home Opener at Allstate Arena. Saturday's game was the second meeting between the two teams this year, with Chicago claiming victories in both contests.
The defeat marked the first time this season that the Rampage have been outshot, as the Wolves held a slight edge, 32-31. Chicago also became the first team to score while on the power play against the Rampage, going 1-for-6 with the man advantage.
Neither team was able to light the lamp in the first period, much to the credit of Rampage goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris and Wolves netminder Jake Allen. With six minutes to go in the third, Dmitrij Jaskin of the Wolves let one rip from the circles, but Grumet-Morris went sprawling in the crease to keep the game deadlocked at zero.
Chicago's best chance came just a minute after, when a Rampage turnover allowed Pat Cannone to get a shot through traffic. Grumet-Morris robbed the Chicago center with another solid save, and although the Wolves had four power-play chances in the opening frame, the Rampage netminder continued to stand tall through the remainder of the period.
The Wolves opened the second period with 1:42 remaining on a carryover penalty on the Rampage. Chicago quickly made good on the man advantage, as center Corey Locke scored his second of the season at 1:10 of the second period.
Locke's power-play goal was his second against the Rampage this season and his 12th tally against San Antonio in 16 career games against the Silver and Black.
Rampage defenseman Jonathan Racine had his first professional fight six minutes into the second period when he dropped the gloves with Chicago's Tyler Shattock. Racine spent four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and amassed 374 penalty minutes while playing for the Shawinigan Cataractes and the Moncton Wildcats.
Shortly after the tilt, Chicago extended their lead. Evan Oberg rifled a shot from the top of the left circle, and the puck found its way past Grumet-Morris on a Rattie tip in. The tally, putting the Wolves up 2-0, marked Rattie's first professional goal.
Not to be deterred, San Antonio answered 38 seconds later. Bobby Butler's initial shot was turned away by Allen, but Ortmeyer cashed in on the rebound, cutting the Wolves' lead in half. Drew Shore was also credited with an assist for the Rampage.
Though San Antonio had a late power-play opportunity, they were unable to cash in and left the ice at the second intermission trailing, 2-1.
Mancari added a goal to complement his assist on the score sheet at 1:22 of the third. Mancari sprang free on breakaway that widened the gap and put Chicago ahead by two once again.
Both teams had an opportunity to showcase their special teams late, but Mancari's tally proved to be too big a hole for the Rampage and the visitors fell, 3-1.
The Rampage went 0-for-4 on the power play, and 5-for-6 on the penalty kill. San Antonio is now 12-for-13 on the kill and 2-for-15 on the power play through three games.
Saturday's tilt was the 500th AHL game for defenseman Mike Mottau, and featured the Rampage debuts of Joey Crabb and Denny Urban, as well as the return of Shore, who started last season with the Rampage but was recalled to the Panthers midway through the season.
The Rampage will look to split the weekend series with the Wolves tomorrow (Sunday) at Allstate Arena. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m.
The Silver and Black return home to the AT&T Center on Friday, Oct. 18, for the first game in a home-and-home with their instate rivals, Texas Stars. The game will also mark the team's second-annual College Night and a KZEP / Bud Light Dollar Drink Night.
Individual and season tickets can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554, or online at sarampage.com.


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It seems that off-by-one errors are one of the most (if not the most) common programming errors (see What are common mistakes in coding?, and conventional wisdom).
What is the reason these are so common, is it something to do with how the human brain works?
What can we do to prevent falling prey to the off by one errors?


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The main goal of The Herbert H. Lehman Center for Student Leadership Development is to help students become more engaged in the process of leadership on campus. Our focus is to help students assess their leadership identity and core values to make informed decisions regarding their major and career choices. Over the course of the semester, students will be exposed to different leadership styles and models including the Social Change Model; The Relational Leadership Model; and The Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders.
Our programs and services include leadership certificate programs, conferences, weekend retreats, reflective dialogues, public speaking and speech writing workshops, faculty luncheons and visits to The White House and United Nations. The programs are all grounded in the core belief that leadership can be learned. Participants will be provided with opportunities to develop their personal philosophy of leadership that includes understanding of self, others and community, and acceptance of responsibilities inherent in community membership*.
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What really sold me, though, was Phyrra's review. She is as fair as I am, and despite how orange the Naked Skin Beauty Balm appears in swatches, it seemed truly wearable for her and I could see a marked improvement in her skin's appearance between her before and after pictures. So, of course, I ordered it from Sephora.com.
Here is the Naked Skin Beauty Balm in a blob on my hand:
You can see that it completely disappears into the skin - there is no orangey tint whatsoever. With that said, I also saw no difference in the skin on my hand from before I applied it to after. The slightly red, blotchy spots are still there, the skin's texture does not appear any smoother, etc. So next, I tried it on my face. Here it is dotted on completely unretouched, bare skin (I've only done my eye makeup and brows here):
And here is my own before/after comparison, with the "before" on the left and the "after" on the right. I still have no other makeup on my skin in the "after" picture - just brows, eyes, and the Naked Skin Beauty Balm. As you can see, it blends into my skin well and is clearly not too dark-looking. Click to view full size:
In the pictures, I do see about a 10% difference in the evenness and brightness of my skin. My slight redness, which this product is supposed to diminish, is still visible to me. However, in real life, I was unable to discern any visible difference in my skin at all after applying - it looked exactly the same to me, even inspecting my skin mere inches from the mirror. I tested this out worn alone and worn under foundation for several days each and found that it did not make my foundation apply any smoother (if anything, it was slightly more difficult to blend over the Naked Skin Beauty Balm), nor did it make it last any longer on my face. I also did not find that my skin got any more dry, oily, or hydrated while wearing it. The product's mint scent did make me concerned about possible skin irritation, but I experienced none of that either, nor any breakouts.
The Naked Skin Beauty Balm does have an SPF 20 rating from octinoxate and zinc oxide, but I don't know enough about sunscreen to know if it's in a stable base or not (whether it will be effective, or break down quickly on the skin). If anyone knows, I'd love to hear whether you think it is or not, and why.
Honestly, readers, this product just didn't wow me. It didn't seem to harm my skin in any way, but from what I can tell, it didn't benefit it either (my skin OR my makeup application/wear time). According to Urban Decay, I'll see improved skin after eight weeks of use, but I just can't bring myself to use a product for eight weeks when it's done absolutely nothing for me that I can tell after one. This doesn't affect my feelings about the product's performance, but it also irks me that Urban Decay jumped on the "BB cream" bandwagon and labeled this product a Beauty Balm when it is so far from what a true BB cream actually is like. In my opinion, the Naked Skin Beauty Balm is nothing more than a face primer with supposed skincare benefits!
So - if you really want to try this, I'm not going to say, "no, don't waste your money." Give it a try if you want, and maybe it'll impress you more than it did me. But I would advise that you buy it from somewhere you can easily return it, because I will be returning mine. I just can't live with keeping a product I spent $34 on that is utterly useless to me!


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Caring for LGBT Youth in Clinical Settings
Caring for LGBT Youth in Clinical Settings
Event Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) youth (12-24 years) must navigate the typical challenges of adolescence while also managing the social stigma associated with their emerging sexual and gender minority identities. As a result, many LGBT youth are at higher risk for certain behavioral and emotional issues, homelessness, as well as bullying and other forms of victimization. This webinar will:
- Discuss the unique health and developmental challenges of LGBT youth.
- Describe ways to address these issues in the clinical setting.
The featured speaker on this webinar, one in a series sponsored by the National LGBT Health Education Center, is Robert Garofalo MD, MPH, Director, Center for Gender, Sexuality, and HIV Prevention.


text: I have been getting requests to do more Neko Anime and Dawn asked me to do a Neko Fox Girl. I drew this traditionally first in ink then colored and edited it in Photoshop. Anime isn't my style, but I always wanted to take up the challenge to do these (something new to learn). Let me know how I did. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy "How to Draw a Neko Fox Girl."


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REMEMBER DON'T USE YOUR REWARDS TO PAY FOR THIS, unless you want your rewards credit to be reduced by the amount of reward you used to pay for the batteries
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Thank you woot person for the picture and for not deleting it :-)
Don't be worried about the link to the Black Friday Ad - that was when this deal started. It is continuing through Dec 1st.
If I wanted to go 'in store" I wouldn't be shopping "on line". :o
Is it too early? This looks confusing
In our store the deal goes all the way through until the 29th of December
It started on Black Friday, so you still have a month.
The amount you get back is what you pay in $$$ though.
So if they're $20, but you use a $5 off coupon when you buy them, you only get $15 back in rewards.
In years past, they've had different promotional periods, and you were allowed to purchase 2 sets each week. This does go through December 29th, but I don't know if it's just 2 sets the entire period, or if it resets each week. Just something to keep an eye on. Of course it just means that in January you have a boatload of rewards money to use (so I don't consider it free - more like half price for everything you buy now plus what you buy with the rewards in January)
This is great! I still have some AAs from last years promo.
You can buy two sets of batteries each sale week that it is offered. Wait for about 3-4 weeks for the processing then check your rewards balance and they will be there. Rewards can be spent in-store or online. The rewards will expire approximately 3-6 months after they have been issued.
I have to admit, I have never had any problems with Staples fulfilling their rebates/rewards.
Good deal,will pick some up next time I stop in.


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The autistic child (Aspergers Syndrome, age: 12) is constantly mobbed by other children, both in school and in the way to the home. It includes calling a names, mocking, showing faces, pushing, threating, taking off his things (such as a cap or gloves in winter), planting feet etc. It seems that the children have developed even a custom code of mobbing, with nuance behaviors, that are not considered as offensive by the others, such as using special faces or special words, so the poor boy is bullied even in front of adults (teachers). Bullying causes usually by him aggression outbursts, which include cursing and throwing things (he have thrown once chair out of window in school). The teachers are already prejudiced for him, considering him aggressive and harsh-languaged.
What measures can be taken in that case to learn this child to control the aggression? It is quite obvious, that the other kids are bullying him not for bullying sake, but because of his aggression outbursts, which are very funny for them.
However, such repetitive mobbing has made very deep behavioral changes, and the Aspergers makes things worse, because the answers from What is the best way to respond if my child is picked on by other children? are virtually useless in that case, for example building self-confidence relying on social background (friends) or trying to understand other people's motives.


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or Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall in N.Wales http://tinyurl.com/5ku63z
one of the most beautiful places I've had the pleasure of photographing
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An Economic Critique of Greenhouse Gas Legislation in the States
March 3, 2008
The First International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-1) took place in March 2008 in New York City. One hundred speakers and panelists came from 26 countries to prove that leading scientists and economists from around the world dispute the claim that global warming is a crisis. More than 500 people attended the conference, which generated global press attention.


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New York University's Environmental Studies Program will host "Carbon, Climate Change, and Natural Disaster: What Should We Learn from Sandy?" on Thursday, Nov. 29, 7-8:30 p.m. at NYU's School of Law, D'Agostino Hall, Faculty Club, 108 West 3rd Street (between MacDougal and Sullivan Streets).
Experts on topics ranging from the carbon cycle to environmental justice will give their perspectives on climate change, disasters, and Hurricane Sandy—and share their personal experiences.
Panelists include: Kizzy Charles-Guzman, an adjunct instructor in NYU's Environmental Studies Program and former policy advisor at the New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability; Dale Jamieson, director, NYU's Environmental Studies Program and professor of environmental studies and philosophy; Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and director of the Mannahatta Project; and Tyler Volk, science director, Environmental Studies Program and professor of environmental studies and biology at NYU. The session will be moderated by Chris Schlottmann, associate director, NYU's Environmental Studies Program.
The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at http://goo.gl/htf9w or by calling 212.992.7999. Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, M.
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AMEP Community
Welcome to the AutoCAD MEP (AMEP) Community!
It is my hope you are able to make this a community one of your first stops when looking for info on these products. Whether visiting the forums or relaxing in the Watering Hole or observing the gallery, there is plenty to do and contribute to.
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This may be a noob question but I've tried searching about this and haven't been able to put things into the context of what I've been studying.
(Dot means the usual derivative w.r.t. time)
If $c$ and $\bar{c}$ are independent anti-commuting variables, I want to confirm a few properties: first, will $\dot{c}$ and $\dot{\bar{c}}$ anti-commute with themselves ($\left\{\dot{c}, \dot{c}\right\}$ = $\left\{\dot{\bar{c}}, \dot{\bar{c}}\right\}$ = 0)?
Can we say that $c$ and $\dot{c}$ (or $\bar{c}$ and $\dot{\bar{c}}$) anti-commute?
And finally, can $\dot{c}$ and $\dot{\bar{c}}$ be considered as mutually anti-commuting variables? In fact, can they be considered anti-commuting variables by themselves?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Well at some point later in the text (which I'm referring to), the author "uses" $\left\{\dot{\bar{c}}, \dot{c}\right\} = 0$. So I tried to come up with an explanation (note that square brackets in the following do NOT represent commutators, but curly braces represent anti-commutators):
$\left\{\frac{d}{dt}(c + \bar{c}), \frac{d}{dt}(c + \bar{c})\right\} = 2[\frac{d}{dt}(c + \bar{c})][\frac{d}{dt}(c + \bar{c})]$
$= 2[\frac{dc}{dt}\frac{dc}{dt} + \left\{\frac{dc}{dt},\frac{d \bar{c}}{dt}\right\} + \frac{d \bar{c}}{dt}\frac{d \bar{c}}{dt}]$
$= \left\{\dot{c}, \dot{c}\right\} + 2\left\{\dot{c}, \dot{\bar{c}}\right\} + \left\{\dot{\bar{c}}, \dot{\bar{c}}\right\}.$
Now the result that I mentioned above (which was "used") makes sense to me only if the total derivatives anti-commute with themselves, BUT I'm not too sure about this.


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I�m visiting from Texas, and I read in your paper a while back that out-of-state plates aren�t ticketed but given a �Howdy Pardner� warning. Last week, I met a friend downtown at 5:30 p.m. and the meter had a sticker saying money needed to be deposited until 6 p.m. My change apparently didn�t cover the entire half hour. But I was aware the city gives breaks to tourists. However, when I returned to my car, I had a parking ticket stamped 5:44 p.m. Is your paper aware that the city is no longer not ticketing out-of-state plates? If the �Howdy Pardner� policy has changed, it would be helpful to visitors to know that fact. I called the police and was told that regardless of the state on your vehicle plates, you will be ticketed. � Barbara Downs of Savoy, Texas
On behalf of the greater Durango community, welcome to our little slice of paradise. We hope you enjoy your stay, immerse yourself in local color, sample fabulous cuisine and explore our rich cultural heritage.
Oh, and spend a lot of money.
And one of Durango�s many keen attractions at which you will drop some vacation cash is the Transit Center, where parking tickets are processed.
A friendly piece of local advice: pay that $9 citation pronto. After seven days, it will double, and after 30 days, you will have to fork over $36.
As you have surmised, when it comes to parking tickets, the city won�t cut anyone any slack. That includes locals as well as folks with Lone Star license plates.
But that�s how it should be.
�Howdy Pardner� warnings were extremely unpopular around these parts and were eliminated years ago.
City Manager Ron LeBlanc couldn�t recall when �Howdy Pardners� rode off into the sunset. Ron�s been at the helm since October 2007.
�I�m not sure if that happened before I came on board, but you can go ahead and blame me,� he said with a chuckle as he checked out the new �Durango Welcome Center.�
You see, we establish a modern, multi-media �Welcome Center� rather than slap cutesy �Howdy Pardners� on windshield.
The times, they are a-changing in this one-horse town.
Amber Blake, the city�s multi-modal administrator who also oversees parking, was equally perplexed about courtesy citations.
�We haven�t given out those warnings in a very long time,� she said. �It�s gotta be more than five years, probably more like seven.�
Anyway, locals detested �Howdy Pardners.�
Durangoans would get a ticket, but tourists would get a waiver � despite violating the same municipal ordinance.
As you said yourself, you thought you had some special parking privileges based on your home state.
This is geographical discrimination. Some would even call it tourist entitlement.
Either way, it�s not fair.
Consider families visiting from Denver. They�d get a ticket in Durango because of their Colorado plates � yet they are very much visitors.
And what about the scores of Fort Lewis College students? They have out-of-state plates but live here most of the year or even year-round if they had a summer job. Or trust fund.
Students quickly learned they could park anywhere anytime with impunity based on the license plates on the SUV their parents gave them for high school graduation.
�I don�t want to seem mean, but parking rules don�t change from place to place,� Blake said. �When you pull into a parking space in any town, you need to put in change in the meter during the hours that paid parking laws are in effect.�
�We don�t want to treat people differently based on their license plate,� Blake said. �We love everyone equally.�
It just so happens that Durango�s love notes come with an orange envelope.
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Morgan Sanson scored 14 points and Abby Hurlbert added 13 as host Thomaston downed Wamogo, 53-33, Saturday in BL action.
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O'Brien Tech 66, Windham Tech 57: Joe O'Toole scored 20 points in the consolation game of the Vinal Tech Tip-Off Classic, and earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
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I'm trying to play a wav sound that stored in byte array called bytes. I know that I should convert the byte array to wav file and save it in my local drive then called the saved file but I was not able to convert the byte array to wav file.
please help me to give sample code to convert byte arrary of wav sound to wav file.
here is my code:
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
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People line up to collect water at Yazarthingyan lake in Dala township, near Rangoon, Burma, since the inland lakes have all dried up in hot summer.
A nun prays as Pope Francis leads a canonization mass for candidates for sainthood Antonio Primaldo, Mother Laura Montoya and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Stars are seen in the sky with a destroyed building on a street littered with debris from one of the explosion sites in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria.
Taiwanese people pray together during the Taiwan National Buddha's Birthday celebration in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe drives a rice planting machine at a paddy field in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
An Indian Hindu devotee falls on burning coal while holding her daughter during a coal run at the Maa Maariamma Mela in Jalandhar. The mother and daughter were both injured.
Competitors in the World Table Tennis Championships train at the Bercy stadium, Paris.
Serena Williams of the U.S. is lifted up in the air by ball boys as she poses with the Ion Tiriac's trophy after winning the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain.
Dancers in body paint perform in a makeup show by Maltese makeup artist Justin Brincat during the Malta Fashion Awards 2013 at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Center in Ta' Qali, outside Valletta, Malta, May 11, 2013.
Bayern Munich's defender Jerome Boateng (R) pours beer on Bayern Munich's French midfielder Franck Ribery while celebrating their champion title, after winning 3:0 the German first division Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and FC Augsburg in Munich, southern Germany, May 11, 2013.


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Hello and welcome to Quiet News Day Episode 99 – one away from the century milestone.
This week your hosts Scott Douglas and Peter Laing delve in to a whole range of journalism, PR and social media topics. Kicking off the show is a discussion about the Daily Mail's mistake at the end of the Amanda Knox appeal. The pair also discuss the latest release from Apple and the new Kindle among other exciting topics.
As ever links to everything discussed in this week's podcast can be found in the show notes below.


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Council Business Plan and Budget 2012+
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Council Business Plan and Budget 2012+
A summary version of the Council Business Plan and Budget 2012+
Summary Business Plan and Budget 2012+
The Budget Book 2012/13 gives a service by service detailed budget to support each Cabinet Portfolio.
Budget Book 2012/13
Key facts about the 2012-13 budget
The Council Business Plan and Budget for 2012+ was agreed by full Council on 28 February 2012 following an extensive corporate consultation which ran from 12 October 2011 to 8 January 2012. This included consultations with the Birmingham People's Panel. The final report on this consultation together with the reports from the Birmingham People's Panel are attached below.
Final Report on BCC Corporate Budget 2012+ Consultation
Birmingham Budget Survey 2011 Merged Report
Opinion Research Services Qualitative Report
Birmingham Budget Survey 2011 - Quantitative Report
Easy Read Consultation Feedback Leaflet
The Council listened to the feedback from the public through the corporate consultation and attached is a summary of that feedback and the Council's response.
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Notes from the community forums, which were held as part of the consultation process, are available here.
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WACO (October 4, 2012)-You see glimpses on television all the time showcasing what it's like to be a big time actor. But have you ever wondered what it may be like to be a voice actor?
Central Texan Chris Griesemer has been doing it for years, but says it's a business where you hardly get any fame.
"Most people have heard me, but they have no idea who I am," Griesemer said.
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CAMERON (October 11, 2012)—A dozen cars and at least one city building were targets of vandals overnight in Cameron.
Cameron police Chief Randy Dixon said from late Wednesday night into the early morning hours Thursday, vandals broke out windows and windshields of vehicles parked in front of homes.
The rocks were taken from the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line, he said.
The vandals also broke out a large plate glass window at the city water office.
The vandals struck in several parts of town, Dixon said, including North Fannin Avenue, North Lamar Avenue, North Central Avenue, Wallace Street, North Houston Street, North Davis Street, and around the Ledbetter Park Area.
"So far a total of a dozen or more vehicles have been damaged with the windshields being knocked out," Dixon said in a news release Thursday.
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I like reading books a lot. Usually have only time for that at night, after work, but at that time my wife likes TV a lot and specially zapping; continuously jumping from one channel to another. I hate TV, but when she zaps, given the noise and so on and the sudden changes of volume, I can hardly focus on the book. Sometimes I use headphones with loud music, but can not focus so well on novels and so although technical books work sometimes for me. Obviously I would like that both of us stay together and she likes TV, so I wonder if you could give me any hint to be able to read books in this situation.
Maybe it's better to do your reading at another place, where you can do it fully comfortable and let your wife watch TV comfortably as well. When you are not doing something together and you don't pay attention to each other, you would only restrict (limit) each other.
Then you could be bad-tempered because of bad reading condition or your wife could be annoyed, since she could not do what she wants and she could not have her comfort.
Believe me, if you give yourself two hours for your hobby, and your wife will have time for her ones, it is no catastrophe, but on the contrary, then you will enjoy your time spent together better, you can then share your new feelings and experience and you will be much more happy, as if you spend two hours together, but everybody with doing something else and annoyed by conditions...
A teacher of a productivity workshop once taught me that listening to classical music with approximately 60 beats per minute will calm you down, improve your focus and make you more creative all at the same time. I've experimented with it myself at work (I am a programmer) and it certainly does help me focus. If you use headphones, you can also use it for your reading since the music will block out the noise from the tv.
Search for music with around 60 bpm (faster music will make you more active, slower music will make you fall asleep), preferably baroque music (if you like it). Also, make sure that it doesn't contain voices/singing because that will distract you.
You might want to read this blog for more info.
how about headphones with white noise? Bit of a google found http://cantonbecker.com/music/white-noise-sleep-sounds/mp3s.php, which appears to supply mp3s...
EDIT - I've also just wandered accross this: http://simplynoise.com/, which is entirely devoted to white noise...
Give your wife a set of good wireless headphones that will work with your TV so that you are not disturbed!!
Make her a deal where you throw away the TV but she gets something else in return.
Two more possibilities:
I find that breaking my reading down into small goals - say 5 pages at a time helps me focus on getting the reading done when there is noise all around me. Short goals like that allow me to accept that it's going to be almost impossible to focus for a long long time like I'd like to. After 5 pages (or however many) I take a little break - regroup - talk if need be and then get back to it. Hope that helps!
Earplugs will muffle a good portion of sound if it is around normal voice level. If you can wait and don't want to pay, you can get samples from hearos (takes a few weeks ) and/or purchase any brand if you think that they are helpful. They are all the same, but its helpful in muffling most voices


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