text:
Print this page
Artbeads Ratings and Reviews
See All Reviews
Shop Now At Artbeads
Choose a Category
Shop Alphabet Beads
Shop Artbeads.com Store
Shop Bags & Boxes
Shop Bali Beads
Shop Base Metal Components
Shop Beading Books
Shop Bracelets & Neckwear
Shop Charms
Shop Clearance Items
Shop Copper Clasps
Shop Copper Components
Shop Copper Pendants
Shop Crafts & Accessories
Shop Cubic Zirconia Beads
Shop Earrings
Shop Freshwater Pearls
Shop Gemstone Beads
Shop Gift Certificates/Cards
Shop Glass Beads
Shop Gold Beads
Shop Gold Components
Shop Hill Tribe Silver Beads
Shop Horn Beads
Shop Jewelry Kits
Shop Limited Edition
Shop Limited Edition Gemstones
Shop Limited Edition Glass Beads
Shop Natural Beads
Shop Natural Components
Shop Pendants
Shop Pewter Beads
Shop Pewter Components
Shop Porcelain Beads
Shop Resin Beads
Shop Seed Beads
Shop Shell Beads
Shop Shell Pendants
Shop Silk Beads
Shop Silver Components
Shop Sterling Silver Beads
Shop Stringing Materials
Shop Swarovski Components
Shop Swarovski Crystal Beads
Shop Swarovski Pendants
Shop Swarovski Rhinestones
Shop Tools & Supplies
Shop Vintage Beads
Shop Watch Faces
Shop Weekly Specials
Shop Wire & Chain
Shop Wood Beads
Shop Wooden Components
Reviews Home
(Unknown) Reviews
Product Reviews
Unicorne Beads Green and Blue Dichroic Boro Glass Dolphin Bead (2pc Pack)
Make a splash with this green and blue dichroic boro glass dolphin bead from Unicorne Beads! The simple dolphin shape is displayed in a dark forest green tone and colored inside with sparkling light blue dichroic elements to make your jewelry glisten. Each would make a wonderful focal piece in any necklace or bracelet idea with a nautical feel. Try using two for a great set of earrings, too! These pendants are handmade using a
process, making each one special and finely detailed. The top-drilled stringing hole is placed right where the dolphin's blowhole would be, adding to the creative effect. Because each is made by hand, there may be slight variances in appearance from one bead to the next. Sold in sets of two.
Customer Reviews for
Unicorne Beads Green and Blue Dichroic Boro Glass Dolphin Bead (2pc Pack)
This product has not yet been reviewed.
Click here
to continue to the product details page.


text:
Enjoy this article? You may also be interested in these related items from our partners
Journey to Star Wars: The
Force Awakens - Lost Stars Book
Disney Peter Pan
Lost Boys Club T-Shirt
Disney Peter Pan Lost Boys
Mineral Wash Girls T-Shirt
Enjoy this article? You may also be interested in these related items from our partners
Journey to Star Wars: The
Force Awakens - Lost Stars Book
Disney Peter Pan
Lost Boys Club T-Shirt
Disney Peter Pan Lost Boys
Mineral Wash Girls T-Shirt
Disney Television Animation has begun production on "Jake and the Never Land Pirates," an interactive 2-D and CG animated series for preschoolers and parents featuring the music and fun-filled adventures of classic characters Captain Hook and Smee, plus a new crew of kid pirates led by the enthusiastic and courageous Jake. The series, which will premiere on Playhouse Disney-branded blocks and channels around the world, is designed to emphasize teamwork. The announcement was made today by Nancy Kanter, senior vice president, Playhouse Disney Worldwide.
A new segment of Disney Channel's "Express Yourself" short form series, one coinciding with kids, families and educators' discussions surrounding the Haiti earthquake, will premiere TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 on Disney Channel and Disney XD channels around the world, on Disney.com (including Disney Channel.com and DisneyXD.com) and on You Tube.
The 60-second interstitial, featuring the message, "Join the world as we shine a light on Haiti," has themes of connection, empowerment, compassion, outreach and being a part of a global community. It features popular Disney Channel stars Selena Gomez ("Wizards of Waverly Place"), Emily Osment, Jason Earles (both of "Hannah Montana"), Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song and Doc Shaw (all of "The Suite Life on Deck") encouraging kids to explore and communicate their feelings and to get inspired to make a difference.
In a special Monday night event, the new cast of "Dancing with the Stars" will be announced by "Dancing with the Stars" host Tom Bergeron in interstitials airing throughout the highly anticipated dramatic two-hour finale of the popular romance reality series, "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love," on MONDAY, MARCH 1 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
Immediately following each cast member's unveiling during primetime, ABC.com will post the updated list online.
Robert Pattinson, undeniably one of today's most recognizable, popular and most sought-after stars, takes his first "bite" out of ABC's Emmy(r) award-winning talk show, "The View, live, TUESDAY, MARCH 2 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET) on the ABC Television Network, in his first-ever appearance on the show. Pattinson will appear along with Emilie De Raven, his co-star in the upcoming film "Remember Me."
Set for release in March 2010, "Remember Me" stars Pattinson as unruly New York college student Tyler who is dealing with a personal tragedy and falls in love with Ally (Emilie De Raven).
Pages of banter and speculation have arisen from the photo of the model of the new Fantasyland Fantasy Forest expansion at the Magic Kingdom ever since we first brought it to you (incidentally, you can see a close-up of the model's Sleeping Beauty cottage in the spring 2010 issue of D23 magazine). Much of which has to do with the plans for Pixie Hollow, for which the model shows an attraction similar to a new one coming to Disney's California Adventure, but some say said plans have since been scrapped in favor of a 'next generation,' interactive meet & greet with the Disney fairies.
ESPN today launches two new web-based players on ESPNRadio.com with the completely revamped super stream player with launch partner Yahoo!, introducing the new Instant Replay feature and the launch of Super Week webcam just in time for the days leading up to Super Bowl XLIV between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts.
The new Instant Replay feature will give sports fans control over their digital audio experience, literally. Using exclusive technology, listeners will now have the ability to pause and rewind live streaming programming for up to 30 minutes on all accessible ESPN stations within the newly enhanced super stream player. Other highlights of the player include:
Now available for pre-order is this beautiful limited edition deluxe Princess Tiana doll and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack exclusively available from the Disney Store. With its intricate details, this beautifully designed doll magically captures the Bayou wedding scene from Disney's The Princess and the Frog. The delicately bejeweled floor length veil is capped by her sparkling tiara. The elegance of her rich green, multi-layered dress is highlighted by cascading leaves encrusted with faceted rhinestones, crinkled organza and iridescent satin. Painterly detailed evening gloves, glittery dewdrop earrings and necklace as well as leaf-inspired shoes complete her ensemble. To add a touch of fun, our Princess Tiana doll comes with her "ready for the kiss" Prince Naveen as a frog!
Barely a week after the Disney-Marvel acquisition was made final, we announced that it appeared the first public Disney-Marvel action might have been to release the Iron Man animated series on DVD, something that previously had only been done in some parts of Europe.
Today we have confirmation via Amazon.com that the entire series will be released on a 3-disc set on May 4 and is now available for pre-order.
Lee, president, ABC Family, yesterday announced the pick-up of "Melissa & Joey." The series has been given a 10-episode order and is scheduled to premiere in 2010.
"We love Melissa and Joey," said Lee. "Melissa has a long history on the network, and she and Joey recently starred in the network's original movie, 'My Fake Fiancé," which broke records for the network last year. They have fantastic chemistry and are just so relatable to our viewers. We knew we wanted to get them together again, and developed this comedy specifically with them in mind."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Lights Up Outdoor Lighting
The Outdoor Collection by Lights Up Lighting allows for ample light in an outdoor space. Built for outdoor weather conditions, these components add convenience to life. From lamps designed for outdoor usage to stakes for keeping your lamps in place, all you'll have to do is relax. With this modern collection, even turning on the lamp remotely is now possible. All Lights Up Lighting fixtures ship for free!
There are no products matching the selection.


text:
There are several related questions here, the latter being especially interesting. We know the classical Eisenstein series.
- What are the Eisenstein series on a group G and why they are interesting?
- What's the geometric analogue of Eisenstein series? I think I saw the definition, but what's its importance?


text:
The 6 Most Creative Abuses of Loopholes
#3. Junk Mail Checks Turn Out To Be Cashable
Like everybody else who was alive in the 90s, Patrick Combs, a career consultant, was constantly being bombarded by junk mail letters advertising relatively innocent scams (at least compared to today's excessively familiar penis-enlarging-haiku-spammers).
A long way from "RE: ur d1ck will explode _____R_O_L_E_X_".
The massive junk mail industry created a sort of arms race; recipients got used to just dumping the mail in the trash, so these shady companies would try more and more extreme gimmicks to get your attention. You'd get ads that looked like bills, ads that looked like late payment notices and ads that looked like checks.
And, of course, Czech ads.
For instance, one of those letters was a "work-from-home" gimmick that came with a fake check for $95,000 made out in the recipient's name. Combs, maybe just wanting to see what would happen, deposited that bastard into his account. The next day he found he had the $95,000 in his account. He giggled and figured that the bank would take it back. They didn't. A few weeks passed. The money was still there.
Combs started reading up on checking laws and discovered that, due to a technicality, the fake junk mail check actually counted as a legitimate financial instrument. They had been so dedicated to making the check look real that they didn't realize that simply writing "non negotiable" in tiny print in the corner was not enough to render it null and void. The check was valid, Combs simply been the first guy silly enough to deposit one. And his bank had been stupid enough to cash it.
So, he withdrew the money from his account. No longer a bunch of extra zeroes on a computer screen and now actual money, the bank realized that, holy shit, they had just honored a huge check from a fly-by-night scam operation that didn't actually have the kind of cash to back it up.
Unfortunately for them, by the time the bank realized what had happened, their window for getting the money back had already passed. So, naturally they tried to persuade Combs to hand over what was now legally his by bullying him, saying he was guilty of fraud and that they were going to send the cops after him. But no crime had been committed. Combs went to the media, his story appearing in the Wall Street Journal and from there, everywhere. He was on Good Morning America and just about every other news show on TV. He did speaking engagements and he even made a DVD of his story the he sells at his site.
He also works as a motivational speaker.
Eventually his conscience got the better of him and Combs returned the money, after getting the bank to write a letter admitting they had acted like dicks. After months of insisting that "non-negotiable" on a check indeed rendered it invalid, Combs amused himself by paying them back the money with a check with the same "non-negotiable" written in the corner. The bank took it with no problem.
#2. Australian Farmer Named Royalty by Accident
In the late 1960s, Leonard Casley grew way too much wheat, which could only ever be a serious problem if you live in Australia. You see, Australia had wheat quotas at the time and Hutt River (the province where Casley and other families grew) had inadvertently surpassed it, meaning they weren't allowed to sell any of it. When they petitioned for the quota to be raised, the governor responded by saying, "No," and filing a law to take their land away. THAT'S how serious Australians are about wheat.
Wheat and dingoes are two things they never take lightly.
In a desperate attempt to delay the legal process, the five families of Hutt River seceded from Australia under the Treason Act of 1495. This would have been as pointless as that time you were five and told your mom you were leaving home... if the government hadn't accidentally referred to Casley as "Administrator of Hutt River Province" in official correspondence, which actually gave him legal recognition as a ruler under Australian law. Yes, in Australia, calling someone something magically turns them into that.
His full legal name is now "Hugh J. Wolverine."
Taking full of advantage of the mistake, Casley declared himself His Majesty Prince Leonard I of Hutt, meaning it was now treason, under Australian law, to charge him with any crime or interfere with how he ran his new country.
Prince Leonard can make it so all dudes have to wear necklaces, if he wants to.
Could Australia have stopped him? Sure. But by the time they got around to it, the statute of limitations had run out. So as of 1972, The Principality of Hutt River had officially seceded from Australia and stopped paying income taxes.
As of the modern day, Hutt River is still separate, while Australia treats it as a private business that doesn't pay them taxes and just tries, really hard, to pretend it's not there.
In all fairness, it's a pretty small chunk.
#1. Redefining Auto Racing Through Cheating
While racecar mechanic Smokey Yunick never technically broke the rules in NASCAR back in the 1960s, he perfected the art of plunging headlong into every single loophole in the regulations. In NASCAR slang this is still known as "Yuniking the rules"; for the rest of the world it's just "being awesome at cheating."
The whole point of NASCAR racing is that every car is the same; race officials carefully inspect the cars to make sure this is the case. It's supposed to be all about the drivers and the strategy--primarily based on fuel consumption, and figuring out how to go as long as possible between time-consuming pit stops. Once, when inspectors had removed Smokey's gas tank to make sure it was regulation size, he climbed in the supposedly gasless car, started it, and drove off.
He wasn't using black magic; it turned out he had replaced the fuel line with a coiled tube that could hold five gallons of extra gas. Yeah, they'd forgotten to make a rule about that. Then when inspectors would drain the fuel to just see if he was hiding any, it'd come out just right--that's because Smokey had put a basketball inside the tank and inflated it before inspection. After inspection, he'd let the air out of the ball and now he had an extra cubic foot or so of fuel tank to work with.
This is actually his combination race-car/BBQ.
That was just the beginning. He figured out how to improve the aerodynamics of the car while creating the optical illusion that nothing had been changed. He invented so much stuff to try to sneak in an extra edge here and there that you probably have some of it in your car now. He was awarded a dozen or so patents for his innovations in steering systems, spark plugs, cooling and probably some kind of hidden rocket booster. He's now in the Motorsports Hall of Fame.
They even drew this badass picture of him.
Now, we're not saying that cheaters win. We're just saying... well actually we are saying that. You just have to be really good at it.
For more "cheats," check out The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever. Or learn about some perceived assholes that weren't all that bad, in 6 Historical Villains Who Were Actually OK Guys.
And stop by Linkstorm to see how you can cheat your way to having more friends on Facebook.
Cracked.com is looking for a lead PHP engineer to join our team of award-winning badasses. For more info, go here!
And don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get sexy, sexy jokes sent straight to your news feed.
Do you have an idea in mind that would make a great article? Then sign up for our writers workshop! Know way too much about a random topic? Create a topic page and you could be on the front page of Cracked.com tomorrow!


text:
Hybrid View
19 Apr 2011 9:30 PM #1
Is it possible to implement "TableDataModel" instead Store for use in grid?
Grid can now display only the data from the store. It would be good to show the data from the abstract interface "TableDataModel", like this:
Ext.define("TableDataModel", countRecords: function(){}, getFieldValue: function(numRec, fieldName){}, ... );
Similar Threads
How to implement "Do not leave the form under editing"By cblin in forum Ext 3.x: Help & DiscussionReplies: 4Last Post: 4 Oct 2010, 6:41 AM
[CLOSED][3.0] SetValue shows "valueField" instead of "displayField". mode "local".By galdaka in forum Ext 3.x: BugsReplies: 3Last Post: 28 Oct 2009, 6:38 AM
Error: "Ext.grid.dummyData is undefined" Trying to implement Grid ExampleBy Qwerty123 in forum Ext 2.x: Help & DiscussionReplies: 2Last Post: 27 May 2009, 1:08 PM
Can i implement "copy and paste" function in grid panel of EXT-GWT?By luckyxx in forum Ext GWT: Help & Discussion (1.x)Replies: 1Last Post: 24 Feb 2009, 11:35 PM


text:
ArtWalk highlights this week
Published: Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 4:19 p.m.
The third Thursday of the month signals the return of ArtWalk, a self-guided tour of Spartanburg's art community. Many of the city's art museums and galleries are open late from 5-9 p.m. so that patrons can see what's new. Receptions and wine-and-cheese-type refreshments are common.
At Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg Art Museum will feature the COLORS exhibit, which is the work of children who have been in this outreach program during the past 20 years. Visit Hub-Bub Showroom starting at 7 for a historical exhibit celebrating the bicycle.
The West Main area boasts the West Main Artists Co-Op, which will be open from 6-9 p.m., and the Carolina Gallery, which will be open from 6:30-9 p.m. Finally, on East Main, from 6-9 p.m. participants can view new works at Wet Paint Syndrome and Gallery East, which will provide food and wine as well to accompany Danny Ramey's landscape and nature photography.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


text:
A gift to recognize a special occasion or significant accomplishment does not have to be large in physical size to have a tremendously positive impact and lasting meaning. This could not be truer than with our shining star key holder. It delivers an outstanding presentation that cannot be measured by its 3" x 2" size alone.
Personalize this attractive and trendy piece to allow it to have an even more treasured value with our free laser engraving services. It is the perfect size for including a name, initials or logo to create an everlasting memory of your generosity and thoughtfulness.
Average Ratings:
Comments: Very nice and very good quality. Quick shipping. Will definitely purchase from here again.
"Just what I wanted"
Joel Soukkala
Comments: This key chain was the absolute perfect gift, the quality was great and it was completed and shipped out very fast. I look forward to purchasing more of the same in the future.
"you are a shining star!"
Phillis Molock
Comments: We have a new employee who is just marvelous. What better way to say "I appreciate all you do" than this star key chain with her name on it! I'm giving it to her for Christmas and know she's going to love it. I do!
"Great Grad Gift!"
Debra Brand
Comments: This is precious and much classier than it's price suggests. Was purchased as a coaches gift for his senior players. All were thrilled and will have a lasting memory of their season!
Comments: Material is of high quality.
>> Read all product reviews [7] |
Write your own review


text:
This thread is to provide any troubleshooting options and/or fixes available to you. We will work with you to see that any problem you have can be fixed. Please be aware that not all problems are fixable from our end, that doesn't mean you have to be afraid of posting them. We will try our best!
Anyone is welcome to provide assistance to those who need it. The more intelligent people, the better. If you need immediate assistance, feel free to PM me. I may help you or direct you to someone else.
Main assistant: ASCubed
-He's a very intelligent person, he knows exactly what he's talking about. He's a great troubleshooter and will work with you until your problem is fixed. Feel free to send him a PM and he'll help you right away.
Volunteers that are here to help Coders with fixing, building bases, and testing.
Please only volunteer if you have prior experience with Cheat Engine/coding/programming, because Des will NOT teach you, as that would lead to another person hacking and causing more problems
- ASCubed
- mrg1234
- clueless58
- Others that are remaining nameless
Volunteers to help make this process faster!
When will you get to me? I've been waiting for a week!
Yes, we have a life also……Plus You are not the only one. Patients is key!
Hurry up! This is taking too long
Nothing to say. Look at the top
I've posted before, why does no-one help me!?
Some issues are harder to solve than others, if your issue is missed, just PM Des_troyy and you'll get a quick response.
Why should we trust you?!
Des_troyy and his friends were the group of people who helped/fixed one of the biggest bugs in the game and also got Kixeye's attention to update the game. That is reason enough to trust them.
If you have any personal questions, feel free to PM Des_troyy.
-Most issues might have a solution to them already, so please read a little bit before posting your issue.
Thanks :)


text:
April 29, 2013
New York University neuroscientist Elizabeth Phelps will deliver "Emotion and Memory," on Fri., May 10, 4-5:30 p.m. at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (CGSB) Auditorium (12 Waverly Place, between Greene and Mercer Streets).
The lecture is part of NYU's "Science on the Square," a series of lectures focusing on scientific topics of interest to the general public and sponsored by NYU's Dean for Science.
Phelps' research centers on memories, especially those for highly emotional events, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks. These recollections are often characterized as subjectively vivid and detailed. But research has shown that vivid memories are not as accurate as they may seem. Phelps' talk will examine how memories for emotional events differ from memories for ordinary events and how understanding the neurobiology might help explain this dissociation between the confidence we have in emotional memories and accuracy. She is a professor in NYU's Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 212.998.3800. Reporters interested in attending must RSVP to James Devitt, NYU's Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or email@example.com. Subways: N/R [8th Street], 6 [Astor Place].
This Press Release is in the following Topics:
Research, Arts and Science, Around the Square, Faculty
Type: Press Release
Press Contact: James Devitt | (212) 998-6808


text:
Heartlands Local History Society
Meetings are now held at
Nechells Green Community Centre
Melvina Road
You'll find this on the the other side of the Nechells Parkway opposite Bloomsbury Library.
Tel: 0121 333 4173 (Centre)
Tel: 07949 017 776 (Contact for the Society)
on the fourth Wednesday of the month 10.30am for an 11am start until about 1pm.
Talks by invited speakers and outings to places of interest. If you are interested in local history and enjoy pleasant company, do come along and join us. A warm welcome is extended to new members.
There is also a Coffee Morning on Mondays (not Bank Holidays) between 10 - 1pm.
E-mail is email@example.com
Bus Services -
14, 54, 55, 90, and 94 Buses stop close to the Community Centre.
Rail Services -
Duddeston/Nechells Railway Station is a few minutes walk away.
Web sites for Birmingham's Heritage
Bloomsbury Library
Local History Groups


text:
Costume Express Blog
Dressing your imagination!RSS 2.0
November 28th, 2012
Ideas for Dress Up Time!!
Every child loves to play dress up, whether they are pretending to be a princess, or transforming themselves into an astronaut, children love letting their imagination run wild and getting into character to play dress up. The first step in establishing any sort of dress up collection is ultimately collecting the clothes. Hand me downs work great as they are …
Tags: accessories for costumes, costume accessories, costume chest, costume wardrobe, dress up, dress up chest, dress up wardrobe, dress-up costumes, Halloween costumes
Posted in Halloween Costumes | Comments Off


text:
Hidden Reimann billionaire found in NH as Coty has IPO
A fifth billionaire has been unmasked in the German family behind perfume maker Coty Inc. (COTY), which debuted on the New York Stock Exchange today. Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli, 56, sold her stake in Joh. A. Benckiser, the Reimann family's closely held investment company, in 2003 for almost $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the terms of the deal who asked not to be identified because the transaction was private. Reimann-Ciardelli is a U.S. citizen and resides in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Post a comment
You must sign in before you can post comments. If you are experiencing issues with your account please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
My mom told me to use speed control, which would allow the car to remain at constant speed. I told her that its impossible for a car to maintain constant speed, as slight changes in friction on the road cause differences in the acceleration of the car, and hence the velocity.
But that got me thinking: Even the differences in acceleration caused by differences in the friction due to the road need not be constant. Thus, the car's acceleration is also always changing, implying that it has non-zero "jerk," defined as the change in acceleration over time.
Is this reasoning correct? If so, is there anything keeping the "jerk" constant? How about snap, crackle, and pop (the 4th, 5th and 6th time derivatives of position)? Does it even have to stop there?


text:
June 17, 2012
Exciting news – I was just published on lifescript.com last Friday! They wanted to do a little compilation of some of my blog posts for their site. Cool, eh? Here's the link:
"My RA: A Year with Rheumatoid Arthritis"
I was a bit worried that I come across as sounding too whiny and negative, but I was assured that that wasn't the case. Okay, I hope so! It's always hard to look back at things you've previously written and not cringe somewhat, right? But anyway, I'm very happy and honored that Lifescript wanted to publish my posts. It's a great health site – check it out if you haven't already!
I know I'm overdue for an update post, especially when so much has been going on lately (I've been losing-my-mind-busy). If I can gather up the energy I'll do one tonight!
Hope you're all doing well out there…
5 Responses to "Lifescript!"
June 25, 2012 at 12:29 am
July 12, 2012 at 6:16 am
This is amazing! Well done! Your contributions have been very helpful to us all. I hope you can take the much longed for break very soon!
June 20, 2013 at 8:58 pm
Hey there! This is my first comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and
tell you I really enjoy reading your articles. Can you recommend any other
blogs/websites/forums that deal with the same topics? Appreciate it!


text:
Why is credit not given to the first one who posted a deal that later became featured?
3 Answers answer
First, what is "Featured"? Do you mean that it becomes a Top deal?
Second, are you referring to the slight possibility that two people post the same deal but nobody votes for the first one and the subsequent post from someone else is the one that becomes a top deal?
So, if you notice that someone else posted the same deal as yours, you have the duty to report it as a duplicate by using the tattle feature. Then, if someone else's post made it to the top and yours did not, there is probably a good reason. Did you leave a good enough description? Did you include the price in the deal?
1) Sorry meant to say a SPONSORED deal.
2) I did actually get several votes for the deal in question and no one else until tonight posted the same deal.
3)The deal was well described and price was included. I did submit a tattle on the deal.
I am guessing maybe the user who got credit despite the deal having been reported a couple days earlier, might be the one paying for it so he/she gets credit even if late to the game.
@miniskunk: A Sponsored deal is completely different than the rest. Those are from companies that pay woot to put their product in those spots. It's a paid advertising spot.
The sponsored deals last one day and then they are removed from the deals home page.


text:
Finals Factors: Jalen Rose's ballot
Originally Published: June 5, 2008ESPN.com
We asked 10 of our experts to rate the most important factors leading into the NBA Finals.
Each expert had 100 points to apportion among five key factors. The rules stated no factor could be worth more than 50 points or less than 10 points. Each expert named a wild-card factor as well.
Click through the pages to see how the voting went.
Finals Factors: No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | Others | Wild cards | Results
Read full story
You must be signed in to post a comment
You are fully responsible for the content you post. Content that includes profanity, personal attacks or antisocial behavior (such as "spamming" or "trolling"), or other inappropriate content or material will be removed. We reserve the right to block any user who violates our terms of use, including removing all content posted by that user.
And then there were two -- the Lakers and Celtics. Who will win the NBA Finals? Let the games begin.
Finals schedule | Playoff bracket | Playoff home
Daily Dime• Celtics win 17th championship title
• Did C's lose Regret Game?
• A little help from Kobe's friends
• Time for L.A. to go small
• The Finals Can't Shake Donaghy Mess
• Unlikely Game 4 comeback gives C's 3-1 lead
• Rondo's ankle could change L.A.'s game plan
• Kobe leads Lakers to Game 3 win
• Lakers need to attack the paint
• Lakers learn Powe's name in Game 2
• Time for Gasol to step up
• Lakers need better defense in Game 2
• Pierce sparks Celtics in Game 1 victory
• Expert predictions, clutch stats
• Pierce loves playing Lakers
• Celtics to meet L.A. in the Finals
Lakers vs. Celtics• Stein: Q&A after six-game "sweep"
• MacMullan: Pierce's long road to greatness
• Hollinger: From camp to champs
• Stein: Boston's big three shine
• Adande: Questions loom over Lakers' future
• Hollinger: Celtics commit to defense
• Scouts Inc.: Game 6 breakdown
• Hollinger: Farmer steps up in Game 5
• Sheridan: Late-game letdown for Celtics
• Stein: Lakers ready to make history?
• Adande: Greatness eluding Phil and Kobe
• MacMullan: Doc adheres to dad's lessons
• Jackson: Time for L.A.'s concession speech?
• Stein: Game 4 not Kobe's finest hour
• Adande: KG dominates Gasol again
• Hollinger: Rivers makes all the right moves
• Hill: Kobe's Laker legacy on the line
• Hollinger: Vujacic lends helping hand in Game 3
• Jackson: Jump shot Jesus has returned
• Stein: Lakers need to earn sympathy
• Adande: Lakers feel foul over whistle disparity
• Jackson: Leading role suits Pierce
• Adande: Kobe turns away from the pass late
• Stein: Pierce's knee key to rest of series
• Finals factor 1: Kobe Bryant
• Finals factor 2: Celtics Defense
• Finals factor 3: Paul Pierce
• Finals factor 4: Home-court advantage
• Finals factor 5: Battle of the benches
• Hollinger: Lakers offense vs. Celtics defense
• Broussard: Turning back the clock
• Adande: How did Kobe get here?
• Scouts Inc. breakdown: Lakers vs. Celtics
• Coaching comparison: Red vs. Phil
• Smith: Kobe's moving forward
• Scoop: Fiendin' for a ring
• Top 10 moments of Lakers-Celtics rivalry
• ESPN Classic schedule: Relive the rivalry
TrueHoop• TrueHoop: Finals reflections
• TrueHoop: Doc Rivers' redemption
• TrueHoop: Lakers got Rondo'd
• Tough night for Allen
• Game 5 live blogging
• Laker nation vs. NBA refs
• Pierce and the evaporating knee story
• Game 2 live blogging
• Coaxing Kobe Bryant into hero mode
• Game 1 live blogging
• Today's game isn't so different
Simmons• Notes from the C's winning night
• Boston's X factors
• Game 4 running diary
• Time for NBA Finals answers
• The C's and city both look good
• The Truth comes out in Game 1
• NBA Finals forecast
• Chat: NBA Finals preview
• Simmons: You want a piece of Kobe, Boston?
ESPN The Magazine• Sporting Equivalency: NBA Finals meets hip hop
• Broussard: Reporting from the NBA Finals
Fantasy• Join the fun of NBA Finals: Playcaller
Audio• Dish: NBA Finals recap
• Wyc Grossbeck on C's championship
• Ray Allen on how the Celtics evolved
• Bob Ryan compares '86 C's to current one
• Jon Barry credits Tom Thibodeau's team defense
• Game 4 reactions
• Rajon Rondo on Pierce, Game 2 plans
• Bill Walton on Celtics-Lakers history
• Dr. J on Finals, '80s hoops


text:
Sounds like a plan, it'd be nice to see you succeed with an all-Italian squad given Serie A's preference for foreigners.
Sounds like a plan, it'd be nice to see you succeed with an all-Italian squad given Serie A's preference for foreigners.
Santarcangelo Calcio, January 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 4 AC Cesena (Serie A TIM)
I've never been so humilated in all my career. We conceded all four from the same player from 20+ yards, as he was nigh-on unplayable all game.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Cíttí de Palermo (Serie A TIM)
BOOM! Sergio Corallo's grrrrreat finish meant we wiped away some of the bad taste from the previous matchup.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 2 AS Roma (Serie A TIM)
Roma took the lead on 48 minutes and the game looked to be heading for a routine defeat when Carlo Alberto Vinci lifted a shot into the net on 83 mins. However, Roma again took the lead on 87 mins as they lashed home from the edge of the box. The drama wasn't stopped there either, as Carlo Alberto Vinci bundled home the equaliser on 93 mins to give us the point.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 S.S Lazio (Serie A TIM)
Paolo Sarzi struck a close-range effort after Del Nevo's dinked cross into the box on 77 minutes.
No signings came in, but I managed to get £5.25m as a co-ownership from Palermo for ST Dani Rodrigues; £575k as a co-ownership for Janusz Grunt from Parma and, because of the new policy, I sold off MC Filipe to FC Zurich for £2.5m.
Last edited by Deisler26; 23-03-2012 at 19:16.
Good recovery after Cesena.
Santarcangelo Calcio, February 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 FC Internazionale (Serie A TIM)
A dull game in which we lost our only playmaker left for 4 months. Damn. Time to give the yoof a chance.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 AC Milan (Serie A TIM)
Not at the races. All the agents of my players hate me and demand stupid contracts daily, I just lost Sergio Corallo to injury and we can't score for toffee.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Empoli FC (Serie A TIM)
Cristian Conversano headed home early on to open the scoring. Then on 93 mins, Ferruccio Sassaroli bundled home the equaliser to give us the point.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Juve Stabia (Serie A TIM)
We're firing blanks. None of my strikers are coming up with the goods.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 3 Napoli (Serie A TIM)
Federico Macheda got our only goal in a run-of-the-mill defeat.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Udinese (Serie A TIM)
Only 1 goal from my strikers this month is NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
In fairness, it's much tougher without your playmaker.
You've got some horrible luck with your intakes, but it wouldn't be a Catenaccio thread if you weren't drowning in defenders
Definitely awaiting that quality to come through.
Santarcangelo Calcio, March 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 AC Sampdoria (Serie A TIM)
We lost to an own-goal. It was that kind of game.
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 1 Brescia Calcio (Serie A TIM)
Sergio Corallo put us in the lead on his return from injury and, by the time Cristiano Conversano headed home, we were cruising. Finally, Francesco Cortini sealed the deal.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Atalanta (Serie A TIM)
Cristian Conversano headed home early on to open the scoring, but we left open a player late on in the first half to only take a point.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Nocerina (Serie A TIM)
Federico Sassaroli hit a brace to see off Serie A TIM's bottom side.
finally an update. Been waiting for this. Looks like you got back with pretty good results.
Santarcangelo Calcio, April 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 ChievoVerona (Serie A TIM)
*rolls eyes*
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Juventus (Serie A TIM)
A famous win! Andrea Giovanni Maino put us in the lead with a shot bundled home from close range and, late on, Francesco Valentini headed home to seal the deal and give us three points.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 AC Parma (Serie A TIM)
Carlo Alberto Vinci lashed home from two feet away to give me a birthday win, despite being in a suspiciously offside position.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Cagliari (Serie A TIM)
Beaten from 30 yards in a dull game, however, we had a 90% home-grown lineup with only Paolo Sarzi a non-academy player.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Fiorentina (Serie A TIM)
Sergio Corallo streaked through to finish strongly to put us in the lead. Then Francesco Cortini hit a bobbling, miscued shot which trickled home to give us the win.
Bit of a mixed bag for results, how many matches left in the season?
Santarcangelo Calcio, May 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 AC Cesena (Serie A TIM)
Sergio Corallo slotted home under the keeper late on to keep up our hopes of qualifying for Europe.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 1 Palermo (Serie A TIM)
The death knell for our Europe hopes. This, combined with Parma's win, saw them go 4 points clear with only a game left.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 3 AS Roma (Serie A TIM)
Team was already on their holidays in this big defeat.
Well, we finished 7th in Serie A TIM, which is a record high for the club. Next year will see a LOT of player sales as I try to run with just our academy grads, whenever they left.
Fantastic season, good luck reassembling the squad from your academy boys!
Could be painful in the short term.
7th place is excellent! Shame you missed out on Europe. How far off the top six were you in the end?
Great season .
After 13 years....
Didnt take long then .
Still amazed by this tread. Good to see you still going strong, man!
Finally some of my players will get the international acclaim they deserve!
Congrats on getting the national gig.
Excellent news! All-Santarcangelo catenaccio-congaline to the World Cup
Excellent finish in Serie A and good luck with the Italy job.
Global domination awaits
Santarcangelo Calcio, August 2026 Review
We had our pitch re-laid and work started on our new youth facilities in the off-season. Our brief was to avoid relegation again with a £275k wage budget and a £23m transfer budget. After a decent finish to last year, we need to kick on and finish well again. Stage One of the youth rebuild started too.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 Juve Stabia (Serie A TIM)
A tight game and our first as a youth academy club. We started the game with 11 academy players and we had a tight first half, but goals from Francesco Cortini and Sergio Corallo, playing with a lot of confidence after scoring a goal for Italy on his debut, settled the issue and gave us a great start.
My first match in charge of Italy was against Ukraine in a friendly. Nunzio Novelli, Francesco Valentini, Andrea Giovanni Maino, Sergio Corallo, Amedeo Del Nevo and Luca Buldrini all made their international debuts (biased? Me?) in a 1-0 win, with Sergio Corallo netting a debut goal.
First out of the door was DC Cristiano Conversano. Gutted to lose him, but he was brought into the club and that's not the way we're going anymore. So he was shipped off to U.D Logrones for £2m. DM/MC Cristian Pinton was sold to S.C Braga for £1.5m. Despite him being an academy graduate, his agent hated me and wanted a rise for him from £2,300 p/m to £26,000 p/m. AS IF!. I then sold the French Eminem, ST Slim Saidi for £2.4m + 50% to FC Lorient and then main striker Paolo Sarzi for £2.5m + 50% to Vitesse Arnhem, a victim of being brought into the club.
Next lot out were DM Brent Guitierrez to £1.1m + 50% to FC 1.Kaiserslautern, DRLC Andrea Raia was again a victim of being brought in and shipped off to SC Braga for £1.1m + 50% and finally French AMC Johan Dumont was sold to Stade Malherbe de Caen for £1m.
Great work getting the Italy job and you seem to have had a busy summer.
Santarcangelo Calcio, September 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 S.S.C Napoli (Serie A TIM)
Goals from Francesco Cortini and Sergio Corallo meant that we had a perfect start to the season and beat a perennial title contender.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Brescia (Serie A TIM)
Terrible play. Not a spark of life in anyone.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 0 Juventus (Serie A TIM)
A good battling draw, however, I'm worried about the lack of goals.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 1 Catania (Serie A TIM)
A great come-from-behind win, with goals from Francesco Cortini and a first-ever senior goal for William De Luca bagged us the points.
Santarcangelo Calcio 3 - 0 Cesena (Serie A TIM)
That man, Francesco Cortini, popped up again with a goal to round off a very convincing win, aided by a first ever senior goal, and his first in over 18 hours of play, for Loris Dossena and a 30 yard wonder strike from Amadeo Del Nevo.
Going very strongly.
Very strong indeed.
Thanks for the continued support, guys! Yeah it was a good start!
Santarcangelo Calcio, October 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 S.S Lazio (Serie A TIM)
I gave promising youth player Antonello Torricelli his first senior start and he repaid me with two debut goals to see off Lazio.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 2 FC Internazionale (Serie A TIM)
It wasn't as close as the score suggested. Antonello Torricelli scored our consolation in the 89th minute.
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 A.C Parma (Serie A TIM)
Francesco Valentini headed home from a corner to give us the lead and then, the man on a hot streak, Antonello Torricelli, netted late on to seal the three points.
Santarcangelo Calcio 4 - 2 ChievoVerona (Serie A TIM)
That man, Antonello Torricelli, was instrumental. He scored the first, then as Doria dropped the ball at the feet of a Chievo player and the defence melted away, he stood up and scored twice more for his hat-trick and to put us 3-2 up. Finally, Fillippo Cancelli headed home his first ever senior goal to settle it 4-2.
Last edited by Deisler26; 04-05-2012 at 13:50.
Looks like the summer clear-out hasn't been as catastrophic as expected. Hopefully your good form continues and your strikers stay injury free.
3 wins is very good from those games.
We've just finished our final youth upgrade. We now have State-Of-The-Art youth facilities. Hopefully, this will mean we get a bumper crop in March.
Just a quick question diesler. When you go a goal down do you abandon the catenaccio tactics or do you just tweak it a little?
Some nice wins there Deisler .
Oh my. AS Monaco are in the French National division...
If that job comes up....
That is second tier isnt it?
Santarcangelo Calcio, November 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 2 - 0 AS Livorno Calcio(Serie A TIM)
Antonello Torricelli came up big again, adding a deft finish to Amedeo Del Nevo's distance strike.
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 0 Atalanta (Serie A TIM)
Antonello Torricelli. Say no more.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Citta di Palermo (Serie A TIM)
We crashed and crashed hard without 5 first-team regulars.
Last edited by Deisler26; 04-05-2012 at 14:11.
That embarrassing that you dont even want to post how many Palermo scored?
Santarcangelo Calcio, December 2026 Review
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 Udinese Calcio(Serie A TIM)
Santarcangelo Calcio 1 - 1 Fiorentina (Serie A TIM)
Antonello Torricelli. He fired us into the lead only for us to concede a stupid goal just after.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 2 AS Roma (Serie A TIM)
Just leave it, yeah.
Santarcangelo Calcio 0 - 3 AC Milan (Serie A TIM)
Just utterly terrible. Wake me when it's 2027.
Mirco Doria just took second place in the 2026 Serie A Goalkeeper Of The Year.
Oh my god... *quivers*
Two poor sods were sacked twice!
Now this is the most seriously I've taken a job offer. I don't think I can take Santarcangelo any further and the idea of rebuilding a fallen giant is really too good to pass up....I think...
I would take it. A brilliant place to stamp your authority on the football world and get them playing European football again.
Bit of a nice challenge in the state they're in.
You've done really well with Santarcangelo,the Monaco offer is one I couldn't turn down as restoring them would be a brilliant challenge.
I did it. I actually did it. I said I'd like to wait until the end of the season, then went on a self-imposed holiday until the end of the season, where the following was waiting for me.
Really happy that my last season with the club was the best we'd ever had in terms of league placing.
This shows how far myself and the club have come in this time. Really proud.
So you should be.
Unbelievable progress made.
Great work with Santarcangelo and now a very interesting looking challenge with Monaco. KUTGW
Great stuff to see how far you've taken Santarcangelo. Sad to see you leave them now. That must have been a hard decision!
So you're going to Monaco now? Looking forward to this next chapter!
Good decision on moving on. You've done amazing things with Santarcangelo. The time to move is right.
Looking forward to seeing how you do with Monaco I like them as a feeder team when I am a bigger club, because of how good they were such a short time ago. Will be good to see if you can take them to the top of France.


text:
We drove just a few miles south, near Half Moon Bay and found this amazing beach, with pic-nic tables. The perfect setting for outdoor cooking.
While we finish the video editing, enjoy a few pics:
|Our beautiful set - just a few minutes South of Half Moon Bay, CA
|Summer salad!


text:
- Possible Schedules (PDF)
- Program Brochure (PDF)
- Can brain cells regenerate following injury and disease?
- What is the neurobiological basis of mental illness, addictive behavior and Alzheimer's disease?
- What are the factors that guide the development of neuronal circuitry?
- How do nerve cells and neuronal circuits carry out computations?
- What is the neurobiological basis of memory and reasoning?
- How does the brain parse complex visual and auditory arrays into meaningful objects?
- What are the influences of stress on the nervous system?
- What is the future of "neurobionic" prostheses in hearing, vision, and artificial limbs?
Involvement in the Interdisciplinary Minor in Neuroscience allows you to pursue answers these and other questions while at Loyola University Chicago.
The Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor provides students course work, laboratory training and experience at the Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, a state-of-the-art facility at the Lake Shore Campus. In addition, research experience can be obtained in faculty laboratories in Coffey Hall. The Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor ensures that Loyola undergraduates benefit from the expertise of faculty members at the the Lake Shore Campus and at the Neuroscience Institute at the Loyola University Medical Center. Students who pursue this minor have the opportunity to participate in one of the most challenging and exciting areas of modern science--the molecular, cellular, and behavioral study of the nervous system. If you are looking for a challenge and you want to participate in the Neuroscience Minor, you can obtain additional information by contacting:
Dr. Raymond Dye
Director, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor
Loyola University Chicago
Phone: 773.508.3018
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Parenting Ups & Downs
By Rebecca Teti
Monday: Parenting
(Join each day's Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Changing Roles)
Terrible toddlers? Trying teens? Something in between? This weekly forum is the spot to share your questions and struggles about all things related to parenthood.
Please join us!
For us the challenge is the adult child who has had to move back home because of financial/job. We certainly try to give him space, yet there are times I would like to "choke" him. Part of the challenge is the fact he is in so much pain from a back injury. Other than being understanding, giving him his space, any other suggestions or ideas.
Is homeschooling a better option for big families, just in terms of logistics? We have eight, and are increasingly having so much difficulty keeling up with the often conflicting demands that schools place on families. It just seems like the whole world is geared exclusively to the smaller family, and both my husband and I feel like we're constantly having to jump through hoops for the schools, and can't even have any kind of decent home life anymore. Does anyone have any insight into whether homeschooling is a generally more efficient model for large families? Thanks so much!
Robin, just out of curiosity, what kind of trouble are you having (general or specific)? I only have three kids right now, the two oldest are in a small Catholic school about 15 minutes away. I have often thought that if we had a large family, homeschooling would be logistically easier! I can't imagine getting eight kids up and out the door (unless you have busing) and then the papers that come home for eight kids right about the time you need to make dinner. On the other hand, homeschooling eight kids can't be easy, either, and I think it takes a certain personality to deal with all of it (I don't think I could handle home schooling myself, though I am sure there are lots of home schooling moms who thought that before they jumped in). I guess my question is, are these real demands the school is placing on you, or "perceived" demands? Are you having trouble keeping up with homework, or is it things that might be negotiable with the school, like only selling 4 sets of raffle tickets instead of eight? Are there ways you can just say no more often --- not making cookies for six class Christmas parties, not letting each child volunteer for choir or writing club or volleyball? I think you need to start there first. Figure out what the actual problems are, and then decide if home schooling would solve some of those problems.
PP, I'll pray for you and for your son's healing. Not stopping you from discussing that here, but you might want to raise the question again in the weekend forum, dedicated specifically to questions about relations with adult children. It might get more attention there. Good luck!
D Andrea, thanks for your reply. At this point we are down to real requirements of the school. The extra stuff we've learned to drop long ago. Here's an example. Right now we have two little kids whose homework includes reading a story to a parent each night. Then two bigger kids and two teenagers who each need help with homework several nights a week. I actually enjoy helping kids with homework if it's real learning of real subject matter, but there is a ton of busy work assigned to each kid that really shouldn't require my time, imo, or even be done at all quite frankly. Like with my two little ones. I honestly don't have time to sit and listen to two kids in a row read me a story (and some of these are long!)when both of them are reading just fine. What is the point of that? My husband has actually gotten so mad about it that he has flat out forbid me to do it on some nights because we are struggling to help another kid (or two) actually learn geometry or prepare a debate case.But the little guys need my signature saying they read to me for a grade. There are so many other things like this. The idea seems to be that we need to be "involved" in each kids education, but much of the time that is just totally unnecessary, and I want to just say, "that's what I'm paying you for!" I can't help but feel that this is an extremely inefficient system, with a lot of redundancy and one-size-fits-all mentality that large families just literally can't accommodate sometimes. Other things like the constant need to meet with other kids for group projects, or the endless buliding of mobiles and models and making of posters....all this takes a ton of time, money, running around, and parental involvement, which I cannot do if I also need to get ten people fed and clothed in a reasonably decent environment each day. This school year, so many kids have had to be excused from chores so often, we have pretty much dispensed with the notion entirely...not good in a large family, lol. And I also think there is a mentality beginning to take hold with the older kids that their schoolwork and activities are more important than anyone else's needs, and it's each man for himself. This is just since they've been in public high school, where there is zero slack cut for large families' limitations. I am not saying hands-on projects or listening to your child read is valueless. It's just that it's all very labor intensive, and if you extend that effect out in a large group something's got to give. In our house, this causes constant turmoil. And I honestly thinkthink that most times, at least for my kids, learning the periodic table by simply reading about it and memorizing it is actually more effective than spending a week making posters and powerpoints complete with cute little cartoon characters and a funny storyline. Especially when the baby vomited on the laptop, so that's out of commission.... I just think large families need major flexibility to meet their iwn needs, and roll with all the daily punches. I can't do that when I'm not in charge, and I'm just getting do-this, do-that orders nonstop from the outside. Do I sound aggravated? :) Did I just answer my own question? Am I the only one with these problems? Oh, and what about behavior problems that crop up, and just talking to your kids? That is getting shoved to the side too often. And when it isn't, then someone doesn't have clean clothes the next morning!!!!!!!
While I don't have any school age children yet, I agree with you. I'm not sure when parents started having to do homework for kids. My parents never ever helped with homework. Other than some long term projects, book reports, etc, we never had homework until sixth grade.
Robin, I completely understand. Like I said, my two oldest are in school, and we have, between the two of them, 25 minutes of reading to listen to every night and they are both excellent readers for their age. I can't imagine trying to sandwich group projects and trig homework in there, too! If you are thinking about homeschooling, what about starting with the youngest few, or the ones still in grade school (if you think it would be too big of a change for you to deal with ALL the school work, or a change the older ones might be resistant to)?
Robin, I have 7 kids (much younger then yours by the sound of it--mine are between 4mo and 8 years old) but I don't think I could do it if they were all in school. Homeschooling is time intensive but I don't do busy work and once a kid is doing well on a subject I don't have to use every workbook page or project known to man . . . I just move on. Conversely one of mine takes more time and I will add extra pages/days to the subject if she needs more practice. The beauty of it too is that your big kids can take turns helping little ones too giving you more time with the one who may need it at that moment (and amazingly reviewing subjects for the olders that they may have forgotten). Anyway it may be an option even if you only do the kids not in HS to start off with . . . I think starting everyone at once would cause system breakdown at my house if I was in your shoes! LOL
Andrea, thank goodness someone understands! We are thinking of doing what you suggest - just taking out two of the middle kids (the ones probably least well-adapted to school next semester to see if this is a viable option. I think you are right that we might not want to bring to much shock to the system all at once, and our two high schoolers would definitely not be amenable at all to homeschooling at this point in their lives. Too bad, because a few years back they were very interested in it. :( I have thought about this for a long time, and have been so on the edge of pulling certain ones out of school, but have held back out of fear that it's just us - we aren't doing it right and that there must be all this secret knowledge out there of how to copecope better. But the thing is, we only know one other big family irl, and they do have the same complaints, but they do not see homeschooling as realistic for them.I just wonder all the time if there are others out there who have the same issues, and how they manage. Has anyone gone to homeschooling for these reasons, and how did that turn out? Or are we just uniquely incompetent, and someone else out there knows howhow to make this work? You can see I'm a whizz at smartphone typing... ;)
Lisa, I didn't see your reply while I was fighting with my phone, lol.... Anyway, thanks for your support and insight. What you describe is kind of what I have envisioned - teaching each kid according to their own needs and abilities. It's such a tough decision because we have been a part of this parochial school for so long. I went there myself as a kid, and we've known these families for a long time. It's a very tiny, rural school, so it's very close-knit. I love the teachers, and it's generally a wonderful place. But I feel like it's just too much struggle to do it anymore, and everything is just flying apart at home. Maybe taking it slowly, one year at a time is the best thing for now. Still open to any and all advice!:)
Robin, we started homeschooling a couple of years ago, for reasons very different from yours. And homeschooling was not something I had ever envisioned for my family. But I have to say, a very positive side effect has been much less stress and better quality family time. Our school work and chores are usually done by early afternoon (and yes, the kids have more time to do chores) so getting dinner ready is no longer stressful, with me being pulled in so many directions to sign this, help with that, listen to this, etc. And after dinner, we can spend our evening however we wish--no homework, chores are done, bedtime can be more relaxed (without the worry about getting up & ready in time for school). Overall, our family (we have five kids) is much more relaxed. I would not have dreamed that homeschooling could be less stressful on a family, but it is for us.
Robin, You are not alone. I only have 4 kids, in my district (we have no Catholic school option where we live) that means 4 different schools. The "projects" for the older ones are ridiculous in my opinion, and I don't see how they are really teaching much. There is so much work on the computer, and so much work that requires my participation/intervention, etc. My kids are all really good students, and my inclination would be to let them do their homework by themselves, but often that is just not a possibility. Just last week, my 7th grader was supposed to observe the moon at different times during the day. One of the times was b/w 10:30 and 11pm. Sorry, bedtime is 9 around here (for mom's sanity). I am well known in the school for my notes telling teachers why we haven't done this or that assignment because it interfered with our family plans. I think as parents, we have to hold the line. They have our kids for a really long time during the day, they may not have them in the evenings too in my opinion. Teachers have never penalized my kids for me telling them that a particular assignment was not completed because of family time. I am sure they don't like it, but they deal with it. On the other hand, if my temperment was different, I could see the value of homeschooling to eliminate the tug of war between you and the teachers for your kids' time.
@ Robin, I haven't read all the replies, but have you talked to the school about the requirement to have your little ones read a story to you every night? I had a friend who had triplets and she would tell the teacher that she would not participate in any reading log, signature or whatever. It didn't affect their grades and the kids are now juniors in high school and doing fine. Sometimes you just have to wink and nod and pretend to go along, other times you can flat out refuse. I refuse to help with my children's homework unless they are on their deathbed. I'm kidding here, but I don't care what kind of grade they get as long as it doesn't involve me doing their work.
Robin, I totally agree that the schools send home so much unnecessary work, even with the young kids. Families don't seem to have any sacred time on weeknights because of it. And some families thrive on that routine. Running from sun up to sun down and then taking a break on the weekends - sometimes. I was raised that way, but I won't do it to my kids. I homeschool and life is much calmer and simpler. It is a lot of work, and I often wish I did send my kids to school just so I could get a few hours to clean the house or spend some playtime with my two tiny kids. But having all my kids at home learning with each other and often enjoying it is better than having the freetime. I want to offer a word of caution or warning. IMHO when you have some being homeschooled and other children in school life is much crazier and more difficult than if you choose to do one type of school for everyone. Last year I sent my kindergartener to public school while homeschooling his older brother. I thought it would give me a break. But what happened was I spent all day helping the oldest. Then just as I was needing a break my other son would come home and I'd spend all afternoon and evening helping him. All the while keeping house and caring for the youngest two. I was burning the candle at both ends. At least with homeschooling all of the kids mom can say, "It's 3o'clock, schools over, I'm done. Everyone go play."
Robin, I don't have anything to add that hasn't already been said. I have 5 children and even when only 2 were in school I couldn't keep up with the endless paperwork, reading logs, PTA events, etc. Toss in 2 children with IEPs and it was MUCH easier to homeschool all of them, even my daughter with high functioning autism, than to send them to school. One thought though if you do decide to keep them in school is to have the little ones read to an older sibling or even a stuffed animal. The truth is it really doesn't matter WHO they read to they will still get the benefit of reading out loud. In my county they use assistance dogs for early or reluctant readers to read out loud to.


text:
Delinquent water customers discussed by city council
June 26, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — Mayor and Acting City Manager Domenick Mucci announced a three-pronged plan Tuesday night to collect delinquent water accounts and to stop future delinquent accounts....
Again, the section 8 is causing a problem, in the delinquent water area this time. Get rid of these housing complexes and the section 8 voucher and the crime rate will drop dramatically. The drug dealing will drop dramatically. The complexes are comprised mostly of single mothers who allow the drug dealers to stay with them and then they hop from place to place to conduct their business. All of those places have an xbox and big flat screen televisions but they won't pay their water bill, how nice.
0 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Showing 1 of 1 comments
Post a Comment
You must first login before you can comment.


text:
Research and Evaluation | Noteworthy Practices | Additional Links
Many adults with low levels of literacy skills have difficulty reading and understanding directions for taking medications, do not know how to complete medical consent forms, or cannot effectively deal with a variety of other health-related issues. Adult educators can partner with public health and healthcare professionals to ensure that health information and services can be understood and be used by all.
- The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy reports the results based on assessment tasks designed specifically to measure the health literacy of adults living in the United States. Relationships between health literacy and background variables (such as educational attainment, age, race/ethnicity, where adults get information about health issues, and health insurance coverage) also were examined and reported.
- Healthy People 2020 is an initiative sponsored by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The initiative provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. In its Healthy People 2010 report, HHS included improved consumer health literacy as Objective 11-2 and identified health literacy as an important component of health communication.
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Literacy develops and disseminates a wealth of scientifically-based accessible resources including print materials and Podcasts that adult educators can use to plan and implement health literacy curricula and lessons.
- The Health Literacy discussion list of the National Institute for Literacy's LINCS (Literacy Information and Communications System) is one of many online discussion groups. Archives for Health Literacy can be accessed without joining the discussion group. There is a registration form that must be submitted, however, in order to participate in the discussion group.
- Ask Me 3 is sponsored by the Partnership for Clear Health Communication at the National Patient Safety Foundation. The goal is to encourage patients to ask their doctors three simple questions. It includes materials that introduce questions, as well as information for health providers on health literacy.
- The September 2008 special issue[PDF, 3.54MB] of Focus on Basics, published by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) focuses specifically on health literacy. *
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's publication, The Quick Guide to Health Literacy, is for those working in healthcare and public health fields. It's divided into three sections: a series of fact sheets on health literacy, practical strategies for improving health literacy, and a list of resources , including Web sites, research studies, and additional publications on health literacy. *
- Prescription for Confusion: Health Literacy & Drug Warning Labels[MSPowerPoint, 5MB] is a PowerPoint presentation, sponsored by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA). It describes why patients, especially those with low levels of literacy, find prescription labels difficult to understand. One segment of the presentation describes the difficulties in reading labels because the industry has not standardized them. *
- The American Association for Retired People (AARP) has compiled lists of helpful suggestions that adults of all ages can use with their caregivers: a Personal Medication List, At the Doctor's Office, At the Pharmacy, and At Home.
Last Modified: 09/17/2009


text:
Swartzmiller disappointed with EPA meeting locations
November 3, 2013
CHESTER — If the Environmental Protection Agency really wants to hear people's opinions about coal emissions, it should come to a coal state, Del. Randy Swartzmiller, D-Hancock, said Friday....
What did you expect? Obama's new Democratic regime was put in place to change the face of America. Get used to it.....it's the 'CHANGE' most all Democrats voted for. Soon, you won't even be allowed to burn wood in your fireplace without paying some sort of tax. How about the new health care laws? If you voted for Obama, then you got what you voted for. So, stop the whining and start practicing you goose step marching!
Jules Verne
0 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Delegate Swartzmiller - You have to be kidding!! You supported this administration! This is your Party! You brought this all on WV directly! You are directly responsible along with other politicians who supported this president and his administration. Come on folks - get rid of this guy. He brings damage to the region and then you re-elect him again and again for more abuse????
0 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Showing 2 of 2 comments
Post a Comment
You must first login before you can comment.


text:
A five-week Patient Volunteer Training will be offered in Pratt on Tuesdays, beginning June 18 from 6-9 p.m. If you are interested in taking this training and becoming a South Wind Hospice volunteer please contact Gail Zook at 620 672-7553 to preregister. This training is free of charge.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
X Order with Free Shipping
Free Shipping on Orders of $50+
Upgrade to 3-5 Days Shipping with Rush Processing. Ask your sales rep for more information.
Not all products eligible for free shipping – certain exclusions apply
X 10% Off Installation Services*
*On All Parts When You Buy Online and Pick Up In Store
Installation coupon will be emailed after order has been confirmed.
X Promo Card Details
If a vehicle is grayed out, no parts are available in this category. Wrong vehicle? See the full list
If a vehicle is grayed out, no parts are available in this category.
Year, make, model lookup will refine product results.
Home » Jeep Winches & Jeep Winch Accessories » Jeep 12,000+ lbs. Electric Winches » Manufacturer:Mile Marker x » Gear Ratio:295.75:1 x
Selecting year, make, model will provide more refined product results for all vehicles on other pages.
Your Selections
Heavy-duty winches are designed for extreme performance in the most demanding of circumstances. They have huge pulling power, which makes them ideal for regular use with larger rigs.
See full cost for this item when checking out online.
In Stock: Online
The Perfect Gift.
Any amount.
Any occasion.
Buy Now
Free Full-Color 4WD Catalogs.Get Yours Today
Connect and share with your friends.Like Our Page
Sign up now.
Privacy Policy
Your web browser settings are blocking cookies.
"Cookies" are small files that are placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit various websites.
4WD.com uses cookies to provide services to you, and to help ensure the security of your account.
Your web browser must accept cookies in order to access all of the features that 4WD.com has to offer.
Here's how you can get your web browser to accept cookies:


text:
It seems that the latest models of compact digital cameras come with many features which used to be only in camcorders: image stabilization, low-light shooting mode and of course high-definition to name a few. This article shows some candidates which IMO give pretty good competition to modern camcorders. I already have a decent SLR camera for taking still pictures, and now i am interested in buying a camera for shooting home videos. I thought of buying a digital camera instead of a camcorders - but only if I will not be missing out anything that only camcorders have to offer.
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
migrated from photo.stackexchange.com Dec 20 '11 at 18:27
This question came from our site for professional, enthusiast and amateur photographers.
The video capabilities of even the best digital cameras are but a small fraction of these of video cameras. The gap is smaller now but only marginally so.
Where digital cameras compare very well is in terms of image quality, particularly when it comes to low light shooting. For almost everything else, video cameras trump digital cameras.
Camcorders have sophisticated and detailed control over audio recording. They can set levels and recording angle which almost no digital camera can do. You can plug an external audio source on some still cameras but that is about it.
The optical zoom of camcorders is specially designed for video. It moves silently and smoothly to give a natural look. Camcorder lenses are built with a continuous variable apertures so that the brightness of images can vary smoothly rather than in steps (only a handfull of SLD lenses can do that). The focus system works equally smoothly and quietly while most digital cameras record AF noise in the audio track.
Camcorders have tons of features which are meaningful to video. Fading, transitions and even video effects are the norm. They can also record for much longer both continuously and in sequence than still cameras. You can get up to a 128GB SDXC card for a still camera but it is costly while a camcorder can easily have a 200GB HDD built in.
From the point of view of image quality, I think the choice is clear. Camcorders shoot good video and crappy stills, digital still cameras shoot good video and good stills.
Some digital still cameras shoot even better video than camcorders. I have a $800 Canon Vixia camcorder that shoots 1080p at 24fps with 24Mbps bitrate. The little SX230 HS referenced in your article also shoots 1080p at 24fps but at 36Mbps, and all for about $200, a quarter of the price!
Problems I see with using digital still cameras for shooting video:


text:
What are the Important fields in HTTP header from security perspective? I tried to google it but unable to find. Can anybody provide me a link to read about it? Thanks in advance.
When it comes to security, the safest response is to consider everything while placing priority on the things which attackers are known to exploit.
The headers which your server returns on a request are important to attackers (particularly fields which expose the software/version information about your webserver or otherwise allow the attacker to profile the server). (... and +1 for John Conde's mod_header directives on this point - definitely doesn't hurt to tell client browsers to enforce CSRF/XSS policies)
The headers which your webserver and application accept with a request (i.e. anything that your webserver or application has to parse) are important to you because (a) your webserver will probably make an effort to parse all of them - which may provide the attacker a means for executing a buffer overflow or slowloris attack - and (b) your application needs to sanitize and/or validate (as in the case of a cookie which may have been modified) anything used as an input.
Here's some I use:
Useful inks:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/the_x-frame-options_response_header https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/CSP/Specification http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web%20Search/thread?tid=187e02e745a50a77&hl=en
You also want to make sure important cookie headers are sent with the
There are ways to force this externally using ModSecurity, apparently, and of course you can (and should) set it from within application code that sets cookies.


text:
I am looking for information about the number of Jordan forms that can be obtained from a given Jordan form of a small perturbation.
For example, if a Jordan form consists of a single cell 2x2 $$J=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_0 &1\\\ 0&\lambda_0\end{pmatrix},$$ by small perturbation $\begin{pmatrix} 0&0\\\ 0&\varepsilon\end{pmatrix}$, we can only get the matrix $$\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_0 &0\\\ 0&\lambda_1\end{pmatrix}$$ i.e. only two variants are possible.
If the Jordan form consists of a single cell 3x3, there may be such cases: $$J=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_0 &1&0\\\ 0&\lambda_0&1\\\ 0&0&\lambda_0\end{pmatrix},$$ $$J+ \begin{pmatrix} 0 &0&0\\\ 0&0&0\\\ 0&0&\varepsilon\end{pmatrix}\sim\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_0 &1&0\\\ 0&\lambda_0&0\\\ 0&0&\lambda_1\end{pmatrix},$$ $$J+ \begin{pmatrix} 0 &0&0\\\ 0&\varepsilon_1&0\\\ 0&0&\varepsilon_2\end{pmatrix}\sim\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_0 &0&0\\\ 0&\lambda_1&0\\\ 0&0&\lambda_2\end{pmatrix}.$$
i.e. only three variants are possible.
I think I proved that if the Jordan form consists of a single cell mxm, then the number of variants equal to $p(m)$ (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_%28number_theory%29).
It seems to me that these results have been obtained by someone, but I can not find them.
25.11 We are working over $\mathbb{C}$.
When we have a Jordan form $$J=\begin{pmatrix}\lambda_0&0\\\0&\lambda_0\end{pmatrix}\ \ \ \mbox{denote by}\ \ \ 1(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_0),$$ we may obtained $$2(\lambda_0) \ \mbox{ or} \ \ 1(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1).$$ There are three variants.
If we have a Jordan form $2(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_0)$ we may obtained $$3(\lambda_0), 2(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1), 1(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_1),$$ $$1(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_2).$$ There are five variants.
If we have a Jordan form $3(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_0)$ we may obtained
$$4(\lambda_0), \ \ 3(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1), \ \ 2(\lambda_0)+2(\lambda_1),$$ $$2(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_1), \ \ 2(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_2),$$ $$1(\lambda_0)+2(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_1)=2(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_0),$$ $$1(\lambda_0)+1(\lambda_1)+1(\lambda_2)+1(\lambda_3).$$ There are eight variants. And so on.


text:
Espresso Machines
Shop the Best Espresso Machines
Are you in the market for cafe quality espresso shots at the push of a button? We have many superautomatic espresso machines for a quick morning latte fix. Or maybe you enjoy the ritual of espresso and are in pursuit of the perfect shot. If that's the case, we have one of the largest selections of semi-automatic espresso machines around.
Read detailed espresso machine product descriptions and user reviews, watch YouTube videos with Gail and Kat and learn about the care and maintenance of your home espresso machine.
Learn More about Espresso Machines
Saeco Aroma Espresso MachineThe Saeco Aroma is a compact and durable espresso machine that makes brewing your favorite espresso, cappuccino or latte beverage a snap. With the Aroma Espresso Machine, you have the option to use already ground espresso or E.S.E compatible pods using the included special adapter. The Aroma's pressurized portafilter makes it one of the best performing home espresso machines we have tested. Place this cool and compact espresso maker just about anywhere in your kitchen or coffee space. Learn More
Regular Price: $349.95
Out of stock
DeLonghi EC702 Pump Espresso MachineBuilt to last in a sturdy stainless steel case, the DeLonghi EC702 Pump Espresso Machine stands out from the rest with its structure and functionality. The pod-friendly EC702 allows you to easily pull espresso shots with no muss and no fuss. Create your favorite latte and cappuccino drinks with the cappuccino system frother. Learn More$199.95
Ascaso Dream Up V2.0 Espresso MachineThe Ascaso Dream Up V2.0 features a three-way solenoid, adjustable pressure valve and includes an aluminum tamper. Ascaso kept the same stylish retro look that the original Dream espresso machine has long been known for and made it available in a wide array of rainbow colors. The Ascaso Dream Up is a versatile and easy-to-use espresso machine. Learn More
Regular Price: $829.00
Saeco Poemia Espresso MachineFor those of you who want to be your own home barista but feel like you don't have the experience, the Saeco Poemia is your new best friend. A great learning machine, it is easy to use and forgiving of many rookie mistakes. With a pressurized portafilter, there is no need to perfectly tamp your espresso in order to pull a great shot. The panarello wand on makes milk frothing a breeze! You'll be making lattes for your friends in no time! The design is similar to higher end Saeco machines, stylish and affordable. Learn More
Regular Price: $179.00


text:
"After nine months of Sunday sales, collections from the state's alcoholic beverage tax are running nearly $2.2 million above last year's level, an increase of less than 5 percent, according to figures provided by the state Office of Policy and Management. ... (P)rojections last year by the governor's office that had state revenues increasing between $6.4 million and $11.2 million related to Sunday sales appear to have been very optimistic."
— The Day of New London article, "While grocers thrive, package stores wither under new Sunday sales law," Feb. 24
Read more of this story and more!
7-Day Subscribers have FREE access to everything on rep-am.com and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE to register and activate your access,.
Not a subscriber?
You can purchase a single-day subscription for only $0.75 to read this and access all of our content and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE purchase a single day subscription.
Become an electronic subscriber to the Republican-American for only $8 a month. CLICK HERE.
Follow Us
Post a reader commentWe encourage your feedback and dialog.
Please be civil and respectful.
If you're witty, to the point and quotable, your reader comments may also be included on the Around the Towns page of The Sunday Republican.
Readers must be registered and logged in to post comments on the site. Registration is free. Click Here to register.
A Subscription is not required to post comments only a Registration.
Log In
|Register / Forgotten Password?


text:
By Gianmarco Segato, Adult Programs Manager
For Episode 29, the "Oldies but Goodies" edition, we welcome back Opera Canada editor, Wayne Gooding; opera journalist Paula Citron; and, opera blogger John Gilks. Gianmarco Segato, the COC's Adult Programs Manager is your host. This week we're hot on the trail of the latest developments to several ongoing opera stories:
Posted by Kiersten Hay / in The Big COC Podcast / comments (1) / permalink
by Jenna Douglas
For over 30 years, students from all across Ontario have been inspired and delighted by the magic of live opera performance. The operas developed for the Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour are adapted or created specifically for young audiences, and the artists perform in full costume with sets, props and piano accompaniment. The operas are performed in English and an informal question-and-answer period with the cast immediately follows each performance.
We asked pianist Jenna Douglas (also the mind behind Schmopera, the opera blog) to share a day in the life on the road with the Ensemble Studio School Tour, as they perform The Bremen Town Musicians. Read on for her account of an average day on tour, and check out the bottom of post for a video interview with the cast!
Our other touring family opera, The Scorpions' Sting: An Egyptian Myth, will be presented at the Royal Ontario Museum on November 29th at 11am, free with museum admission! Find out more about the event here.
View The Bremen Town Musicians: Performance Locations in a full screen map
We meet at the tour van outside the COC, exchanging sleepy greetings and tips of coffee cups. We pile in the van. Someone asks for some of the Halloween candy in the big bag that Mike (our stage manager) keeps for emergencies. Someone asks for hand sanitizer. A few people Google the address of the school we're going to, and muse on the pros and cons of various routes.
Arrival at the school. A representative from the tour van jumps out to greet the school's office staff, and to find the easiest path for lugging our equipment to the gymnasium. On good days, we're greeted by a group of lovely students willing to help with the lugging. We begin an assembly line.
10:00 a.m.
Time for show #1. The gymnasium is now filled with anywhere from 60 to 300 students, from kindergartners to sixth graders. A teacher quiets the crowd, either with a raise of an arm, a counting system, or some mini game of clapping call-and-answer. The kids hear a quick preamble about what opera is, what show we're performing for them, and that the aisles must stay clear for the performers. This causes some stirring amongst the crowd. I get a nod from Mike, who is backstage and ready to start.
Mike, Gordon (who plays the Robber and Other Villains) and Andrew (who plays the Rooster) are backstage, prepared to flex their puppetry skills with the entrance of the mice. Without fail, the children go absolutely, positively crazy for those mice.
The entrance of the Robber. Gordon opens his bag of stolen money and pours gold coins joyfully over his head. The coins scatter on the floor in the vicinity, and the front row of children lurch forward to snag themselves a fake gold piece.
The show has just finished, and we spend a few minutes taking questions from the audience. Plenty of inquiry about the origins of the costumes and sets, and several kids want to know how long the cast has been working as opera singers. Some infrequent concern about the health of my fingers, and the odd philosophical question: "Why did the robber steal?"
Lunch decisions have been made. We notice that there have been a lot of ribs happening at school tour meals. No one is concerned. We marvel at Iain's (who plays the Donkey) grand lunches and bother Mike for details about the afternoon's school.
We're fed and caffeinated, and we arrive at the second school of the day. We battle a maze of hallways and unexpected staircases as we haul our beloved set through a brand new school. Several children stop us along the way to ask us who we are and what we're doing here. We tell them about the opera, and they seem unsatisfied.
Our second set-up is always fastest. The cast's dressing rooms are actually gym equipment rooms, filled with childhood treasures like hula hoops, jump ropes, scooters, and tricycles. We all act like children for approximately 15 minutes.
2:55 p.m.
We narrowly escape Toronto-area rush hour and arrive back at the COC. Representatives get out of the van to help Mike maneuver into a parking spot. We mention that scene in Austin Powers when Mike Myers has to do a 20-point turn in a narrow alley. We confirm the call time for tomorrow morning, cheerily wave goodbye, and remind everyone that the price of being late is a big box of Timbits for the van (we're not kidding).
To learn more about the Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour, visit coc.ca/SchoolTour
Follow the School Tour teams on Twitter with #BremenCOC and #ScorpionsCOC
Posted by Jenna Douglas / in Ensemble Studio / comments (0) / permalink
On November 25, 2014, seven finalists will take to the mainstage of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts for the Ensemble Studio Competition, the feature event of Centre Stage gala. The event will be hosted by world-renowned Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, and the singers will be accompanied by the internationally acclaimed COC Orchestra conducted by COC Music Director Johannes Debus. To watch the competition and see Canada's rising opera stars, visit our Centre Stage website and buy your tickets today! Over the next two weeks, follow along on Parlando as we introduce you to each of our finalists.
Charles Sy, Tenor
Born in Toronto, but was raised on the lake shore in Mississauga, Charles Sy discovered opera later in life. He didn't come from a musical family but, being somewhat shy, was able to express himself freely through performance. "One of my proudest moments was when I was given the big solo in 'O little town of Bethlehem' in the annual Christmas pageant", he says.
From there, Charles became involved with musical theatre. "I loved the deep emotional commitment one had to make with a work while developing a character," he says. "I became obsessed with being on the stage and felt most at home while I was performing."
Charles soon learned that his voice suited opera and he began studying opera at the University of Toronto. "My world changed when I entered the world of operatic singing," he says. "It had everything I loved about developing a new character on stage in musical theatre, but came at it from such a real, raw and visceral angle. There was something extremely powerful about seeing a single person tell a story over an entire orchestra, with their musical nuances and without a microphone. I was fascinated by this Olympic form of singing and knew then and there that is this was what I wanted to do with my life."
His UofT Opera credits include Mr. Owen in Postcard from Morocco, Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore, Mayor Upfold in Albert Herring, Alamão in Pedro Malazarte, and covering the title role in Rob Ford: The Opera. Additional credits include Remendado in Carmen (Opera by Request); Lechmere in Owen Wingrave (Banff Centre); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Opera NUOVA); Paolo in The Wings of a Dove (The COSI Connection); and Basilio and Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro (Toronto Summer Opera Workshop). In 2015, he will sing the role of Adolfo in La Rondine with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. One day, he dreams of singing Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, a role he feels has always eluded him.
He recently had a bit of experience performing at the Four Seasons Centre, when he performed with UofT Opera in the COC's Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre this October.
Here he is, fourth from left, taking on the arduous role of the Forest of Arden.
And in the slightly more romantic role of Romeo in "Ô nuit divine" from Gounot's Roméo et Juliette.
If Charles wasn't an opera singer, his childhood dream was to become a doctor. Inspired by his mother's health struggles, he set out to become a cardiologist. "When it came down to which major I would focus on in university, I had two very deep passions to decide between," he admits. "At the end of the day, I decided that if I went on to study music, science could still be a part of my life as an interest and hobby." Charles' fascination with science merged well with his passion for opera when he had the opportunity to write a paper about the physics of opera singing. "My T.A. was pretty impressed."
Along with opera and science, Charles is a "rather enthusiastic beginner knitter." He taught himself to knit by watching Youtube videos. "The very first thing I ever made was an eight-foot-long scarf with a combination of garter stitching and cable knitting, which I gave as a present to my roommate."
So if any of Charles' fellow competitors needs to keep their vocal cords warm, they know who to ask for help!
The Ensemble Studio Competition is Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Tickets to the Ensemble Studio Competition and Centre Stage cocktail celebration are $100. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit COCCentrestage.ca. You can buy tickets here,
call COC Ticket Services at 416-363-8231 or go to the Four Seasons
Centre for the Performing Arts Box Office (145 Queen St. W.). You can also chat about the event with us on Twitter using #COCCentrestage.
Photo credits (second and third from top): Artists of UofT Opera, photo: Yasmine Budirahaju
Posted by Kristin McKinnon / in Centre Stage / comments (0) / permalink
Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001


text:
The Mercer County Golden Eagles will travel to Kewanee Saturday afternoon to play a rematch of their final regular season game against the Annawan-Wethersfield Titans.
The Golden Eagles (8-1) come into the playoffs ranked fifth while Annawan-Wethersfield (8-1) is ranked fourth. The Golden Eagles, Titans and Stark County Rebels all shared a piece of the LTC Crown this year.
The game will start at 1 p.m.
The winner will face either top seeded Rockridge (9-0) or Illinois West in the second round. Rockridge will host Illini West Friday night at 7 p.m.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
News and Events Archives
Monday, October 16, 2006
[Columbia, Mo.]-Columbia College will launch its online Master of Business Administration in January 2007, making it the first online graduate degree offered by the college. More than 125,000 students are earning MBAs online from institutions nationwide.
"Working adults appreciate the convenience and flexibility of online education," said Dr. Gerald Brouder, president of Columbia College. "Our Online Campus is well respected and successful. With the online MBA, the college will build on its long tradition of excellence by offering students another venue to earn an advanced degree."
Columbia College launched the Online Campus in 2000 with 10 classes and 180 students. Today, the Online Campus offers more than 400 classes and 16 degrees with more than 12,000 students taking at least one online course each year.
As with all online and on-campus degree programs at Columbia College, the online MBA is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. In addition, few accredited online MBA programs in the country, much less private institutions, can match Columbia College's tuition at $290 per credit hour.
Eight-week online MBA classes are offered in January, March, June, August and October. Currently, the MBA also is offered on campus at six Columbia College campuses, including the home campus in Columbia. Students living near those campuses may take MBA classes online or in seat or both.
"Students in the online MBA program at Columbia College can complete the degree at their own pace," said Dr. Gary Massey, associate dean of Adult Higher Education and director of the Online Campus. "They aren't locked into attending classes with one student group or cohort. This gives them the flexibility to attend all five sessions per year or just one."
While students can earn an online MBA in 15 months, most people average about two years to complete the degree. Students can transfer in nine of the 36 credit hours needed to graduate, making it possible for them to earn an MBA in less than one year.
To be considered for admission to the online MBA program at Columbia College, students must have completed an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution with at least a 3.0 undergraduate cumulative GPA and have two to three years of substantive work experience.
Columbia College serves nearly 25,000 students each year at its Day Campus, 32 Nationwide Campuses, Online Campus and Graduate Studies Program.
The college was founded in 1851 as Christian Female College and was renamed Columbia College in 1970 when it became coeducational.
For more information about the online MBA program at Columbia College, visit www.ccis.edu/onlineMBA or call (800) 231-2391, ext. 7246.


text:
I have a problem with making map editor in XNA. I'm making a 2D tile based map editor.
The problem is, I need every tile I put in map editor to be X: 0, or X: 32, or X:64 and so on, not 1.10, 2.99, 5.62, etc. You see, it has to be exactly i*32 tiles, where i is whatever number, not decimal. Thank you if you help.


text:
I'm trying to install a large application (EA games' Scrabble free), but I have insufficient space on my phone, so I can't complete the installation. I have plenty of space on my SD card though, but I don't see any option to install the app directly there without passing through the phone. What can I do about this?
You are out of luck sorry!
The only way to do so, is to install to internal space on Phone, then:
You will have to free up space temporarily in order to do this.
There is no such option that applies for all apps.You still have to go through your internal memory.
As far as I know rooted phones also don't offer this functionality.
But some apps will allow you to do that on newer phones. App developers can say in their app that it is best (preferred) to save the app on an SD card. But in the case they say that, it's in the hands of the phone if it listens to it or not. So even though some apps will allow you to install it straight on your SD, some phones will still install it on your internal memory.
Though the last part is not an answer to your question, I thought it may be interesting to know
protected by Community♦ Dec 23 '13 at 2:58
Thank you for your interest in this question.
Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).
Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead?


text:
In Illustrator CS5, you can easily draw or render artwork in perspective using a feature set that works on established laws of perspective drawing.
Perspective grid allows you to approximately represent a scene on a flat surface, as it is naturally perceived (by the human eye). For example, a road or a pair of railway tracks, which seem to meet or vanish in the line of vision.
The following features in Illustrator facilitate drawing in perspective: