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In an apparent bid to send a strong message down the line against criminalisation of politics, newly-appointed Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday suspended Doon legislator Ram Kumar from the party for his alleged involvement in the murder of a girl.
"The Congress is committed to greater transparency and accountability in the governance, and also to our policy of zero tolerance towards corruption," Sukhu said. Sukhu made it clear that indiscipline of any sort would not be tolerated in the party.
"I will not hesitate to take harsh decisions in the interest of the party. The party is also serious about the rising crime against women. It will adopt zero tolerance towards crime against women in the state," he said.
"I immediately suspended Ram Kumar from the party. He has also been removed from the post of party's general secretary," he said. Later Ram Kumar's father, former Doon MLA Lajja Ram, also met Sukhu in his office.
Spelling out his priority, Sukhu said that youths and women would be given preference in the re-organisation of the party. "There is substantial number of youths in the state. They will be given preference in the party. Similarly, women will be accommodated in the party," he said, adding that "changes will be made in the organisation from the block level". "I will shortly tour the state to seek feedback of the party workers and then the party will organise a conclave of workers in the state," he said.
Hinting at the changes in organisation, he said, "Changes in the Pradesh Congress Committee will be as per the need at the right time. "Strengthening party at block level remains the foremost priority," he said.
In reply to a question, he said that the party had not yet received the report from the three-member committee constituted to examine the expulsions of the leaders. A few days after the polling, Virbhadra Singh, who was heading the party, expelled over 24 leaders for anti-party activities. "I have not yet received the report from the committee. The issue will be examined but I reiterate that indiscipline will not be tolerated," Sukhu said.
Asked about instilling transparency in the organisation and enforcing zero tolerance towards corruption, he said that a mechanism of declaration of assets by party office-bearers and ministers would be evolved after discussing it with chief minister Virbhadra Singh.
Sukhu, who was a legislator in the last assembly, had declared his assets and sources of income in the hope that all other MLAs in the party would do so.
He said winning the Mandi parliamentary seat was his foremost priority.


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Rewas (Rewas-Bodani or Revas) is one of 48 "minor" ports of Maharashtra located at Rewas Creek, near Karanja creek at mouth of the Patalganga River about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southward of Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Mumbai Port. It is controlled by the state government through an agency known as the "Maharashtra Maritime Board".
The town of Rewas was combined with the neighboring town of Bodani, and the subsequently formed city is called Rewas-Bodani.
Originally called Rewas bunder (bunder=port), there has been a small fishing port at Rewas since the times of the Maratha empire. A pier was subsequently built during the British Raj, between 1864 and 1869. This was often used by small passenger steamers running between Bombay and Dharamtar, which sailed via Rewas. [1]
New Rewas Aware port[edit]
A new port was proposed by at the mangrove forests near Rewas by a person called Vijay Paparao in 1996. The proposed port would be made by reclaiming land currently occupied by the Mothebal mangrove forest and Aware Mangrove forest belts. In 1997 the state government signed an MOU with Paparao's company Amma Lines for development of Rewas and Avare for a multi-cargo deep draft all-weather port. In 2002, the cabinet signed a concession agreement for 50 years with Amma Lines to develop this port on a Build, Operate, Own, Share and Transfer (BOOST) basis for handling container traffic. It formed an SPV known as Rewas Ports Ltd. for the purpose. With a starting investment of US$400 million and ultimate of about 1 billion US$1.3 Billion (Rs 6600 Crore), it is ultimately planned to have over 50 berths with a draft as deep as 13 to 18 metres (43 to 59 ft).
In 2006, Amma Lines sold a majority stake to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Group and Anand Jain's Jai Corp. The state government of Maharashtra also has a minor stake in the port. To start with, the port will have a 13-metre (43 ft) dredged draft, 10 berths with a total quay length of 3,500 metres (11,500 ft).
The project received Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India in May 2007 and also completed Financial Closure for the USD $1.3 billion project. The port is due to be commissioned in 2011 and due for completion in 2012 with a draft of 18 metres (59 ft). The cargo to be handled here will be containers, iron ore, coal and other solid and liquid bulk cargo. There is also a proposal to develop a large dry dock and shipyard and ship repair facility. It is in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India and is 11 nautical miles (20 km) from Mumbai.
Second site for the proposed new Mumbai Metropolitan region Airport[edit]
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had raised objections to the proposed location of the Navi Mumbai International airport near Kopra Panvel because the construction of the airport would involve reclamation of low-lying areas in an ecologically fragile zone as well as destruction of several hectares of mangroves. As a result of these developments other locations including Rewas were considered.
The proposed airport site centered around the region of Rewas and Mandwa near Alibaug was thought to be the most suitable barring excessive financial cost for building a bridge over Karanja Creek to connect the Uran–JNPT area to the proposed airport at Rewas Mandwa. Its distance of only 20 nautical miles (37 km) by sea made it a viable location. However, the site was rejected in 2010 after considering the high capital cost, destruction of scenic coastal environment, rehabilitation of 14 villages, strong local opposition and the presence of the Indian Navy base in the area.[2]
- ^ "Communications - Ports of Kolaba". The Kolaba District Gazetter. Government of Maharashtra. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Navi Mumbai best option for airport, river diversion not harmful: green report". Express India. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.


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"Head Groom" interview.. advice needed! I think I'm an obsessive planner-- I like to think things through to the last minute detail. Therefore, I am also an obsessive worrier-- I get so caught up in details I syche myself out!! Lol Point being, I have a job interview. It's pretty much a dream job, and I'm super duper excited. The job is a head groom at a professional eventing facility in VA. I'm in OK. I will move out there early June if all goes well. My "interview" is actually an extended stay (a week, actually) in mid March. I'm not sure what to expect on the trial, interview, whatever. I was thinking through what I'd pack (yes, I'm that pumped about going lol) and... What do I wear?! Lol typical girl question. But seriously. I was thinking just jeans/tshirt, but would a polo/breeches be better? I'm also packing nicer shirts/jeans/shorts just in case we go out to dinner or whatever. Also, I know its a long shot, but has anyone done a trial like this before? I kind of assume I'll just be "trained" and given a basic overview of what my duties would be, and maybe even work each day as if I'm already hired. I have no idea. Any tips to be the best groom they could imagine? I'm easy to work with and I'm pretty ambitious, upbeat, and hard working, but I'd love some tips to help stand out as well. |
384 Attachment(s) The week's trial, is you'll be on the job and they see if they want you or not? |
Yes, pretty much... Though I do get the sense its almost already a done deal... they just need to make sure I'm not a creep! :D Just kidding. It's not that I'm worried about not getting the job-- I'm confident that I'm qualified, I just feel the need to make a good impression and make sure they realize I'm qualified! Lol. And it's sort of a trial for them as well... If they're slave drivers that train their horses with a fishing pole and a carrot I'll probably not return! |
384 Attachment(s) I woud definitely pack your barn clothes, but upscale, nice ones, you got a week to make an impression so do it up right. Good luck! |
932 Attachment(s) As a "head" groom, would you be over-seeing other grooms/barn help? I would not wear jeans and a tee-shirt if it was me. For a head position, you want to look your best, and look like a horse-woman on top of that. I think maybe a nice pair of breeches, polished boots and a polo would be fitting. Jeans seem so...blah. I wouldn't go over-the-top with your hair, but I probably wouldn't do a simple pony-tail for the initial interview. Maybe a half up-do? Use some make-up, but don't go over-board. Light eye-shadow, maybe some light eyeliner and mascara. Foundation to hide any black eyes that you might have due to not being able to sleep from all of the excitement! :) Keep it simple, but professional. Less is more. ;) This is very cool. If they are waiting until March for you to come out for a week trail period, I'd say your chances are very good. Plus the fact that you are in OK and they are in VA, seems like they like you already. |
Despite the title Head Groomer, I suspect you will be doing a lot of shovelling, Clarify whether this title really means Chief Manure Shoveller. It usually does. |
Lol! Yeah, luckily this barn only has 10 stalls! "Head Groom" or even "Groom" is acutally misleading! Most groom jobs actually consist on little grooming! But I'm a fan of barn work, and if it allows me to rub elbows with some top trainers, it is well worth it ;) |
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By Jason Hall
Trustees of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary approved a budget for next year that will not raise tuition for students and will not call for any job eliminations on campus.
"As we worked on this budget our chief priorities were to keep costs down for our students and to retain all of our employees. I am pleased that, despite the economic climate we are faced with, we were able to meet those goals," said President Daniel Akin, in presenting the budget proposal to the board. "We remain committed to responsible spending and streamlined operations, both now and in the future."
The total fiscal 2010 budget approved by the trustees at their meeting April 20-21 was $20,237,568, a decrease of 5.2 percent from 2008-2009's $21,337,680. For the second straight year there were no salary increases included in the budget, but administrators said they will monitor economic conditions throughout the year and pledged to explore other avenues for increasing employee compensation. Last year, for example, Southeastern paid out year-end bonuses to all employees after the sale of some land.
Ryan Hutchinson, senior vice president of business administration, said that all departments were tasked with cutting their budgets by 10 percent. This way, cost-cutting was spread across the board. There was not any particular initiative or area that was targeted, Hutchinson said.
Board Chairman Ron Cherry thanked the administrative staff for their diligence in submitting a budget that was both fiscally sound and committed to keeping student costs low.
"Our students need all the help they can get right now," he said. "I am thankful for an institution that can continue being effective in its mission without raising tuition for its students."
The budget did include an increase in housing rates for next year, because of rising costs related to lease and debt payments.
Trustees also approved approve new minors for Southeastern's undergraduate program, the College at Southeastern. Previously, students in the Bachelor of Art in Christian Ministry program had to choose a double major, but they can now select from 12 different minors in addition to the seven majors. Additions include minors in Apologetics, Biblical Studies, English, History, Humanities, Missions, Music, Organizational Leadership, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Student Ministry, and Theology.
The addition of the minors will allow students more flexibility and elective hours in their degree programs, which in turn will allow them to focus of multiple areas of interest if they desire.
The change also means that The College at Southeastern can better serve the needs of transfer students, who will now have more flexibility in transferring in credits taken at other undergraduate institutions.
"We are building a Great Commission college, one that recognizes that we are to live in an intentionally Christian manner in all of life's various callings—not only in our families and churches, but also in the workplace and community," said Bruce R. Ashford said, dean of the college. "The gospel's relevance is not limited to the four walls of a church building, but extends to every intellectual and social endeavor of mankind, and it is for this reason that we educate our students not only in theology, but also in the arts, the sciences, and the public square."
In other trustee news:
The mission of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by equipping students to serve the church and fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Southeastern is an institution of higher learning and a Cooperate Program ministry of the Southern Baptist Convention.


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NewsAbortion, Politics - U.S.Wed Jan 23, 2013 - 6:17 pm EST
Judge bars pro-life protester, pastor from setting foot in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 23, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A judge has barred a pro-life protester from setting foot in Washington, D.C., after he vocally interrupted Barack Obama's second inauguration.
Rives Miller Grogan, 47, shouted pro-life slogans during the inaguration ceremonies as he dangled for five hours very high up in a tree, near the Capital Hill reflecting pool. Eyewitnesses say he only stopped during Beyonce's rendition of the national anthem.
The California-based activist and former pastor has been arrested numerous times over the last four years – including running onto the field at a Cincinnati Reds baseball game with a sign that says "Abortion is a sin."
On Thursday, a D.C. Superior Court judge said the former pastor, who is based in California, may only return to the nation's capital for his follow-up hearing on February 25. Otherwise, he must remain outside the city limits.
Grogan was far from the only protester at the inauguration.
Meanwhile, a number of Marxist-led radical groups, with ties to the Obama reelection campaign, received permission to hold more visible demonstrations during Monday's inauguration events. Three radical left-wing groups, including International ANSWER and Code Pink, received permission to protest the president's foreign policy. Both organizations, which were founded by Marxists, have close ties to the administration.
Others on Monday protested against redefining marriage – a theme of Obama's inaugural address, a presidential first.
Still others clamored for granting statehood to D.C., a move the president has long favored.
Of the various causes represented, only one demonstration turned violent. Some 60 bandana-clad rioters "affiliated with anarchist groups" smashed ATM machines, as well as a restaurant, according to D.C. Police officer Araz Alali.
Police say they lost track of the group as it fled the scene but would continue to look for them.
However, they brought Grogan down after a five-hour standoff in the tree. He was able to evade arrest so long because police barricades prevented them from getting close enough with a ladder to nab him.
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Grogan's mother, 69-year-old Peggy Grogan, remained proud of her son.
"God leads him to D.C. to what he needs to do," Peggy said.
"Washington is the place where people should be allowed to protest," she added. "God will judge all of this one day, not the courts."
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A number of early Ford Mustang owners on O'ahu, who were providing their cars for parades, got together socially in the mid-70's to start a Mustang car club. In 1979, the Aloha Mustang & Shelby Club of Hawaii was chartered. Since then, the club has been involved with numerous activities for its members and has supported a variety of charities.
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Note: This game is also titled .hack G.U. Vol. 3: Aruku Youna Hayasa De.
Doppleganger itemsTo obtain the strongest equipment in the game, you must have all Doppleganger items from .hack G.U. Vol. 1 and .hack G.U. Vol. 2 and defeat Doppleganger two times in .hack G.U. Vol. 3. After the second time you defeat him, he will drop the armor "Other Self" and the accessory "Shadow" which are level 150, but the best items in the game.
Forest Of PainSuccessfully complete the game and save when prompted. After the credits, you will have access to the Forest Of Pain.
EpilogueSuccessfully complete the Forest Of Pain by reaching floor 100 and defeating Cernunnos.
DG 0Defeat Doppleganger two times to unlock DG 0.
NatsumeKill all chaotic PKs, then look at the BBS. Natsume should appear in a battle zone in any area.
Other SelDefeat Doppleganger two times to unlock Other Sel.
ShadowDefeat Doppleganger two times to unlock Shadow.
TabbyReach Floor 50 of the Forest Of Pain.
Invincible ZelkovaObtain the armor customization item Indulgence, which takes damage and converts it to GP damage. Give it to Zelkova, and he will not take most damage because he has 99,999,99 GP.
Easy first place steam bike raceWhen playing the steam bike missions and you are about to tag a King Chim Chim, press Select, then press Circle. If done correctly, you will either get three King Chim Chim or finish the race which will give you an easy first place.
Defeating DopplegangerGo to an area with the second word "moonflower's" (no matter what, you will suprise attack him) and the third word "moonlight" (no matter what, he will show up). After you find Doppleganger, suprise attack him. Note: This will not hurt him, but will knock him off the wall and to the ground. When he gets up, cast Vak Don on him. Until you do this, he will not take damage. Have Curse and Sleep on your weapon's to keep him from regenerating health and sleep as well as holding him still. Also, have a party of maxed level Haseo, Kite (because he cannot be knocked down), and Balmung. Set them both to Rage or Free-Will.
Doppleganger ignores youGo to an area with the second word "moonflower's" and the third word "moonlight". When you find Doppleganger, he will look at you for a moment and then walk around in circles until you press X and surprise attack him. Note: If Doppleganger is close to monsters, run away and warp to a different area with the same second and third word. Otherwise, the monsters will find you and trigger a battle with the Doppleganger and the monsters.


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Oh no, you're not keeping it???? Madness x
It is very noble of you to give it away - it's beautiful.
It's perfect! I wouldn't be able to part with it!!
its brilliant, I'm sure who ever receives this will be over the moon!
Such a brilliant design
Eep, I love it too.
Oh it looks brilliant! I love that you left the little triangles out. Will make someone very happy!
it had better be for me or there'll be trouble!
I can't believe you are giving to someone wlse. It is so you. Such rainbow perfection!
oops I meant someone else.
So pretty - you did a fab job and I love your choice of backing :)
Just lovely...how sad to see it go!
Its beautiful!!!
Whoever is getting this is going to eeping love it too. It's really fabulous!!
I agree with all other commenters- it's fabulous and I don't know how you can give it away!!! Stunning!
How did you get my address? What? You're not sending it too me? You've upset me now ;o)
Absolutely gorgeous Kelly!
This is a fabulous finish!im quite sure your partner will love it
Ooh, this is really lovely! I don't think I could send it away.
It turned out wonderfully! The star/snowflake effect of the white is pretty.
I love that you went with the darker background and left the triangles out, it's awesome.
I love it!!! Amazing job
Just gorgeous!! The essex was the perfect contrast for all that bright goodness!
Love it! Perfect choices, I'm sure th recipient will love it too :)
gorgeous, they're a very lucky person :)
beautiful - I wondered if the inspiration was from there - on my 'to do' list too!
It's beautiful - well done you!! :-)
it's fab-u-lous. Great decision not to add the triangles - it looks much more modern. I bet the recipient pees their pants when they see it (in a good way!)
It is a stunning cushion, well done, and if the new owner doesn't like it, send it to me instead! ;o)
This is gorgeous Kelly. I don't know how you managed to part with it!
Oh wow this is awesome! I love that you went with the darker background and left out the triangles - it really shows off all of your hard work! Fanastic finish!
It is beautiful!
I love, love, love this so much on every level. The colours are amazing, and go so well with the linen. The contrasts just make it though. Perfect!
That is one super duper cushion. Well done, I love it. I covet it 😜
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Growing up, I really hated quilts. They smelled funny, were torn and reminded me of my Grandma's basement. None of which were helping me cultivate what I thought was (and now realize was the opposite of) the coolest high-school room ever. But now as my thirtieth birthday grows closer and closer,* I find myself going back to all the things I loathed (like Blue Willow) and wanting to fill my home with them.
The beautiful quilts above and below are vintage designs being sold at a great company called Montgomery Rag. Founded by Kellen Tucker, Montgomery Rag restores quilts and refinishes antiques with a very specific aesthetic. Kellen likes to focus on things that are "primitive, mid-century modern or industrial." Kellen recently decided to open up a shop in Athens, GA, (where all things cool seem to be based right now. Go, Georgia!) to sell her collections. I'm partial to the quilts and the patterned mirrors and boxes on the site, but you can check out (and shop) Kellen's beautiful curated collection right here. I love a shop that can appreciate the beauty of worn-in and "loved" objects. xo, grace
*Seriously? How did this birthday sneak up so fast? I was only 23 when I started this blog. I feel majorly old.
I used to complain all the time that my parents' house was full of crusty old things that belonged to dead people and furniture that you couldn't sit on. But they visited a few weeks ago to help us with a few projects around our house and to go antiquing. My dad said, "I never thought I'd see the day when you'd be working on an old house and buying antiques." Seriously, when did that happen?
And my mom has cabinets full of Blue Willow! It's always so homey and special when she pulls it all out for a family meal. Love it.
These are so pretty. I'm with you on the feeling old thing- I have a passion for tea towels and wooden spoons that my 15-year-old former self would've rather died than admit. I can't believe I just said that out loud- a passion for tea towels and wooden spoons?! Move over, old ladies!
I used to HATE quilts, too…and now I am an avid quilter. Go figure! Thanks for the info about Montgomery Rag – very pretty pics!
Something must be in the air. Growing up my mother's china was Royal Daulton and it came out for every holiday. When she passed away, it came down to me and now I have to say I love it. Funny how that happens.
And Athens, that town is so special and so very close to my heart. Went to college there and stayed for 3 years after I was finished. One of the best places that nurtures creative people.
P.S. Happy Birthday ;) -
Yesterday was my 28th birthday. I know exactly what you mean about it sneaking up. It's just a number though! It just means you are a year more fabulous.
Grace – I think you are going to love being in your thirties – I do! If my friends and I are a good test case one's 30's have less drama and more real happiness than one's 20's. You have so many options available to you due to your successes and self knowledge. And yes, admitting to a love of the old and dusty is one of the perks of growing up!
30?! You are a mere baby! My 30s were great, the one decade in life (so far) I'd go back and do again.
Love the quilts. I have two quilts in my attic, waiting to be finished. A grandmother's garden which my grandmother didn't quite finish, and a sunbonnet sue made by her grandmother which needs a good cleaning & some restoration. This post was a good reminder to get cracking!
Happy birthday, and enjoy a glorious decade.
I just have to mention that as a little kid I was OBSESSED with Blue Willow, and I have always loved old quilts! At around 12 I adopted a much-loved hand-me down quilt with a pattern similar to the second-to-last picture– its one of my favorite things! Basically I have eternally been (insert age)-going-on-elderly!
quilts… ahhh…. I love them. Never enough.
When I read your New Years intentions I was reminded of lists I made when I turned 30. Now it makes sense! I like to think about 20s vs 30s as the difference between dating and marriage. There are great things about both, but you are more committed, purposeful and working from a foundation now. Have a fabulous birthday! You make 30 look good.
Those quilts are beautiful! I too, feel differently about quilts than I did in high school;) Thankfully my husband's grandmother (from Georgia:) was a huge quilter so we have a bunch now. So nice to know there is a place that will restore them with love when need be!:)
I'm young and I love quilting. Maybe I'm ahead of the curve? Lol. That stuff is knock-out gorgeous.
growing up in the South i've had quilts my whole life & have one my great grandmother made 65 years ago. ALSO, hope this is ok, when i was staying in India 3 years ago, i met mr. swami & his wife who run a school called Purkal. part of the program is the women in the village make quilts to earn a living. i have one i love & have ordered them as gifts. costs are reasonable, go to a good (and legit) cause & come shipped in a crazy cool cotton bag with hindi writing & wax seals. you can order them here if interested. http://www.purkalstreeshakti.org/
i love a nice traditional quilt, but you should check out this guy's quilts:
these are great. adding them to my quilt inspiration folder to make one day.
I too felt the same way about quilts (and afghans for that matter) and love both now. As a teenager, I saw quilts/afghans as not being able to afford the newest fashion of the minute. Now I see quilts and afghans as a luxury – someone took the time to handcraft an item for mine or someone else's home. My grandmother, aunt, and mother all nod their heads knowingly. Thank goodness they refrain from "I told you so."
i feel the same way about things like this; I'm from Appalachia, and grew up surrounded by handmade crafts and items like quilts and TOTALLY took it for granted. If I could do one thing differently, it would be begging my great-grandmother to teach me to quilt before she died.
Hi! Love your page! I'm wanting to make the first quilt shown (Its the circle pattern) but I don't know the name of it. DO you know the name or where I can find the pattern. THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!
Love this post! I inherited a quilt my great-grandmother made and fell in love. I used it daily, though I probably shouldn't have. I finally learned to quilt and have fallen in love with that, too. It's sort of addictive!
I love all the comments about the Blue Willow. My sister and I split my "Bubba's" collection and they make any meal feel like a special occasion.
Re: Melissa Brooks' comment about the project in India – I live in Dehradun, the town where StreeShakti is based and I have two of their quilts. The project is wonderful and the quilts are incredibly beautiful. And Grace, it just keeps getting better. Nothing wrong with feeling old! Old is wonderful. Trust me.
You wrote, "I feel majorly old."
You lament at approching 30.
To which I write, "You're in the prime of your youth, I promise! So, enjoy every day!"
One day you'll awake and it'll be your 60th birthday, like I did this morning. Talk about feeling "majorly old!"
Love the quilts and your blog! -
wow to JO CHOPRA small world. i studied yoga in rajpur with swati & rajiv chanchani. i love it there.
yes, the quilts are really beautiful and very well made. quilts are timeless. whether they're from a village in India, or hand made by your great grandmother (like mine, Ora) – they'll always be a great piece to have in the home. AND they work with any style – from danish modern, to shabby chic. -
Great blog… Young lady


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AT&T has updated its U-verse service on smartphones in the US. Using the U-verse app — available on Android and iOS — people who've already signed up for AT&T's family or higher U-verse service will now be able to watch more than 100 live channels on their smaller screens.
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The Fond du Lac Public Library's popular Storytimes programs resume on January 13, with a few changes.
All Storytime programs are drop-ins (no registration required) full of age-appropriate fun stories, songs and activities. Programs change weekly. Adults are encouraged to stay with their children; all children 5 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
The Clean Waters Project and Lake Winnebago Quality Improvement Association will present Rules and Recommendations for Preventing Polluted Runoff at 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
The program is aimed at area farmers, shoreline owners and anyone living in the Lake Winnebago watershed. It will be an opportunity to learn about the current rules and upcoming regulatory changes governing runoff – what is and is not allowed.
In January, the Fond du Lac Public Library has three programs for teens in grades six through 12 and a new series of programs starting off for tweens ages 9 to 13.
The Stockbridge Mohicans, a long-suffering, proud and determined people, lost their land in Massachusetts in the 1780s. They eventually located in Shawano County in 1856, where they live today. Jeff Siemers, author of Proud and Determined: A History of the Stockbridge Mohicans, 1734-2014, will present a slide show at 6 p.m.
Think big. Very big. Marian University Associate Prof. Richard Whaley and geologist Herman Bender are returning to the Fond du Lac Public Library with a history class that takes a gigantic step back, "The Big History of the Upper Midwest and Wisconsin: From the Big Bang to Today."
Are you in need of a little Christmas inspiration or looking for a last minute Christmas gift for the reader on your list? I have been reading a few of the 2014 Christmas books over the past few weeks and want to share my favorites with you. There is a little bit of everything on the list, from mystery to romance, with both historical and contemporary settings.
Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist Jane Smiley's latest book, Some Luck, is the first in her "Last Hundred Years" trilogy which chronicles the hopes and sorrows of the Langdon family of rural Iowa from 1920 to the present. If you enjoy family sagas such as Ken Follett's "Century" trilogy, then you should read Some Luck. Each chapter of Some Luck covers a year from1920 to 1953 as Walter returns from WWI to the land that he just purchased and to start a family with his wife Rosanna.
It takes years and superhuman dedication for athletes to reach the National Football League. But once there, players cannot count on a long career. What happens when injuries, bad breaks or simple aging turn a laser-focused professional football player into a man without a team?
Fond du Lac's only used book store – The BookCellar in the lower level of the Fond du Lac Public Library, 32 Sheboygan St. – has two great sales in December:
The Fond du Lac Public Library BookCellar will hold its annual Mega-Zine Sale January 3, 5, 10 and 12. Bundles of magazines from 2012 will be sold for 25 cents each and will include such popular titles as Vanity Fair, Shape, Outdoor Life, Fortune, Poetry, NASCAR, Outside, Field & Stream, Car & Driver and Women's Health.


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In Egyptian mythology, Bast (also spelled Ubasti, Baset, and later Bastet) is an ancient solar and war goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. In the late dynasties, the priests of Amun began to call her Bastet, a repetitive and diminutive form after her role in the pantheon became diminished as Sekhmet, a similar lioness war deity, became more dominant in the unified culture of Lower and Upper Egypt. In the Middle Kingdom, the cat appeared as Bastet's sacred animal and after the New Kingdom she was depicted with a woman with a cat's head carrying a sacred rattle and a box or basket.
Bast or Bastet was the cat goddess and local deity of the town of Bubastis or Per-Bast in Egyptian, where her cult was centered. Bubastis was named after her. Originally she was viewed as the protector goddess of Lower Egypt, and consequently depicted as a fierce lioness. Indeed, her name means (female) devourer. As protector, she was seen as defender of the pharaoh, and consequently of the later chief male deity, Ra, who was a solar deity also, gaining her the titles Lady of Flame and Eye of Ra.
The goddess Bast was sometimes depicted holding a ceremonial sistrum in one hand and an aegis in the other – the aegis usually resembling a collar or gorget embellished with a lioness head.
Bast was a goddess of the sun throughout most of Ancient Egyptian history, but later when she was changed into a cat goddess rather than a lion, she was changed to a goddess of the moon by Greeks occupying Ancient Egypt toward the end of its civilization. In Greek mythology, Bast is also known as Aelurus.
History and Connection to Other HodsDue to the threat to the food supply that could be caused by simple vermin such as mice and rats, and their ability to fight and kill snakes, especially cobras, cats in Egypt were revered highly, sometimes being given golden jewellery to wear and were allowed to eat from the same plates as their owners. Consequently, later as the main cat (rather than lioness) deity, Bastet was strongly revered as the patron of cats, and thus it was in the temple at Per-Bast that cats were buried and mummified.
When the owner died they would put the owner next to the mummified cat. More than 300,000 mummified cats were discovered when Bast's temple at Per-Bast was excavated. Herodotus writes that when a cat in the family dies, Egyptians shaved their eyebrows and took the body to Bubastis to be embalmed.
As a cat or lioness war goddess, and protector of the lands, when, during the New Kingdom, the fierce lion god Maahes of Nubia became part of Egyptian mythology, she was identified, in the Lower Kingdom, as his mother. This paralleled the identification of the fierce lioness war goddess Sekhmet, as his mother in the Upper Kingdom.
As divine mother, and more especially as protector, for Lower Egypt, she became strongly associated with Wadjet, the patron goddess of Lower Egypt, eventually becoming Wadjet-Bast, paralleling the similar pair of patron (Nekhbet) and lioness protector (Sekhmet) for Upper Egypt. Bastet was the daughter of Amun Ra.
Later PerceptionLater scribes sometimes renamed her Bastet, a variation on Bast consisting of an additional feminine suffix to the one already present, thought to have been added to emphasize pronunciation; but perhaps it is a diminutive name applied as she receded in the ascendancy of Sekhmet in the Egyptian pantheon. Since Bastet literally meant, (female) of the ointment jar, Bast gradually became regarded as the goddess of perfumes, earning the title perfumed protector. In connection with this, when Anubis became the god of embalming, Bast, as goddess of ointment, came to be regarded as his wife. The association of Bastet as mother of Anubis, was broken years later when Anubis became Nephthys' son.
Egypt's loss in the wars between Upper and Lower Egypt led to a decrease in her ferocity. Thus, by the Middle Kingdom she came to be regarded as a domestic cat rather than a lioness. Occasionally, however, she was depicted holding a lioness mask, hinting at potential ferocity. Because domestic cats tend to be tender and protective of their offspring, Bast was also regarded as a good mother, and she was sometimes depicted with numerous kittens. Consequently, a woman who wanted children sometimes wore an amulet showing the goddess with kittens, the number of which indicated her own desired number of children.
Eventually, her position as patron and protector of Lower Egypt led to her being identified with the more substantial goddess Mut, whose cult had risen to power with that of Amun, and eventually being syncretized with her as Mut-Wadjet-Bast. Shortly after, Mut also absorbed the identities of the Sekhmet-Nekhbet pairing as well.
This merging of identities of similar goddesses has led to considerable confusion, leading to some attributing to Bastet the title Mistress of the Sistrum (more properly belonging to Hathor, who had become thought of as an aspect of the later emerging Isis, as had Mut), and the Greek idea of her as a lunar goddess (more properly an attribute of Mut) rather than the solar deity she was. Indeed, much of this confusion occurred with subsequent generations; the identities slowly merged among the Greeks during their occupation of Egypt, who sometimes named her Ailuros (Greek for cat), thinking of Bastet as a version of Artemis, their own moon goddess.Thus, to fit their own cosmology, to the Greeks Bastet is thought of as the sister of Horus, whom they identified as Apollo (Artemis' brother), and consequently, the daughter of the later emerging deities, Isis and Ra.
The worship of the Goddess Bast continues today through Khemetic reconstructionalist religions, there are several 'Bast Cults' some of which may be found online and as such, technically, predates most Religions. In current day it is very common for Bast to be seen as a fertility goddess or even a goddess of lesbianism, despite the fact that research on her actual functions within the Egyptian pantheon is so very easy.


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Herald reporter Michael Dickison grew up in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. He has returned to report on his tsunami-ravaged homeland.
A man points out his house - an undistinguished patch of rubble on a whole coastline of them.
"My family were home during the earthquake. I think they're still inside," he said.
In the face of nuclear disaster, the Japanese coast ravaged by a tsunami can almost become an afterthought, even with 190km of it and 20,000 people missing or dead.
Partly it's because the damage is out of sight, limited to a strip within 10km of the shore. From cities nearby, let alone from overseas, it's a distant reality.
Until you cross the threshold.
From clean, unbroken roads and buildings, you step into ruins.
At first I see broken timber, rags and small pieces of wreckage swept to the tsunami's furthest reach - up to 10km inland in the worst areas.
As I keep walking, there's mud everywhere, piled thick on driveways and filling warped houses. It looks like the sludge that broke out from under Christchurch, but it's dark brown and shovelled from the coast by a wave.
Then I reach an open space that looks like paddocks. Much of the area is underwater; all of it is motley brown.
But there are roofs on the ground.
These are whole neighbourhoods, flattened into random wreckage.
It's the difference between heaven and hell, remarks a taxi driver as we drive along Sendai's coast through scenes of utter destruction.
The central city has been spared only because it is about 10km inland. Sendai is about the size of Auckland. Luckily, it wasn't built on the waterfront.
The coastal zone has no inhabitants; they have all evacuated. Some return to salvage what they can.
A young man rips off the registration plate on his upturned motorbike. A couple brush mud off the things they find in their collapsed home.
More than in the city, every last person wears a hat and mask. Their grief can be seen in their eyes.
The wind is blustery off the ocean and the sky is grey.
A man stands by a pile of tiles and timbers. I ask if there's anything I can help with.
"Thank you - but it's time to give up. It's been too long," he said. His family is missing. He thanks me again and bows low.
The road ends at a beach that looks too calm to have caused such hurt.
I get a text message from my mother there. She says: work hard, take care and come home soon. I can't quite remember where she thinks I am.
It takes 45 minutes to walk back out. Hundreds of bodies have been pulled from the neighbourhood and 700 survivors are sheltered in an evacuation centre at a nearby school. They can't let me in, but they feed me and ask how I'm getting on.
The taxi driver who picks me up has lost his house in the tsunami.
There's no way he can think about the future yet. His wife and daughter are safe, but it took him four days to find out. He ate nuts and chips for five days before a customer gave him a bit of bread.
"It tasted so good," he said, stuttering.
With all that's happened, he says a third of his brain feels like it isn't working.
He misses a turn. I wonder if it's going to be a long ride but the rest of the way is smooth.
At Sendai's port 7km up the coast, cars have been swept on to their roofs, on to their noses, up trees and into the walls of warehouses, factories and houses. The lifeless shells are mangled and strewn everywhere.
The tsunami has blasted through every building along a 2km strip. I imagine Mt Maunganui. Every house on the peninsula would be flattened or barrelled by trees, cars and other buildings. There would be little left but debris.
There is little activity aside from a few stragglers riding through the ruins on their bicycles in disbelief.
A man has come to check on his car, which is standing on its front bumper. Through the broken front windshield he reaches in to salvage registration documents.
The taxi driver, as he drops me off as far into the wreckage as the road allows, says he almost became one of the thousands trapped and killed in their vehicles.
On the day of the earthquake, he was going to an event on the waterfront. He felt the earthquake in his car but, seeing no damage, kept going.
It was only when he arrived that he learned a tsunami was coming. He turned around and in a matter of minutes the entire area was destroyed.
"I probably would have been dead," he said. "We all have these 'what ifs'. It's unreal."
Electricity was restored at a relative's place only yesterday, more than a week after the earthquake, and his family now gets by on meagre meals of rice.
But the coast's destitution is a reminder of just how relative things are - and just how thin the dividing line can be.
A man sees me walking around the wreckage and asks if I need help getting anywhere. He is on his way to meet his friend trying to pick up the pieces of his business. His house, with his wife and small children inside, barely escaped the destruction. He apologises that he doesn't have a hot drink to offer me.
Nearby a gathering of people have found something. Some of them are on bicycles, others are in cars with work gloves on and children helping out.
Looters! Well, sort of.
A beer factory has been gutted and thousands of unopened cans of beer are littered through the debris. When clean-up crews pass through, they put the full cans out with the rubbish.
So we better not let them go to waste, a man says. He has filled up boxes on the front and back of his bicycle and is heading home beyond the divide.
For me, it's a two-hour walk back to the nearest bus stop, a walk made easier by a discovery in a vending machine: a hot drink of pancake in a can. I have mixed feelings.


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Almost exactly a year ago, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop shared the stage with Microsoft CEO Ballmer to talk up their mobile ambitions at a much-hyped partnership event in New York.
It was the perfect marriage of convenience.
Nokia, the once mighty leader of the phone market, desperately needed a hit to revive its flagging fortunes after Apple's iPhone lured away most of its high-end customer base. Elop, a former Microsoft executive hired in September 2010 to lead a turnaround at the ailing Finland-based phone maker, decided to hitch his fortunes to Microsoft's new Windows Phone mobile operating system. That move that came after ditching Nokia's homegrown Symbian OS, with Elop's rationale spelled out seven-months earlier in his now-famous "Burning Platform" memo to employees in which he called out how Nokia's dire prospects and the need to "build, catalyse or join an ecosystem" as quickly as possible.
For Microsoft, Nokia was a suitor — one of the few — willing to bet that Windows Phone OS could successfully compete against Apple's iPhone, iOS software and huge app ecosystem and Google's Android OS, which now powers millions of smartphones made by Samsung and others and has attracted the software developers needed to build mobile apps.
Elop said the partnership would make the mobile market more of a "three-horse race" and turn Windows Phone into a "challenger" to Apple and Google. Ballmer said the new ecosystem of devices and apps built around Windows phone "represents the single-largest opportunity for software developers today."
A year after Microsoft and Nokia made their boasts, Ballmer is on the way out, announcing last month he will step down as CEO within 12 months. And Nokia, after releasing a line up of well-reviewed Lumia smartphones powered by Windows Phone, announced this week that Microsoft will buy its mobile phone business for $5 billion and pay another $2.2 billion to license its patent portfolio. Elop has now jumped to the top of the list of potential candidates to take over from Ballmer and make good on Microsoft's recently announced strategy of turning the world's biggest software maker into a "devices and services company."
"It's as much about getting Elop back as it is getting into the handset business," said Jack Gold, an analyst with Jack Gold Associates. "Buying Nokia is the most logical way to get into the mobile device business quickly, since Nokia is wholly dependent on Windows Phone and Microsoft anyway…They already know each other extremely well."
The questions are, of course, whether deepening its commitment to Nokia will give Microsoft the horsepower it needs to take on Apple, Google, Samsung and other mobile device makers, and whether Elop, 49, is the right man for the job.
Gold is skeptical. He's not alone. Microsoft shares fell 4.6 percent, or $1.52, to $31.88 in regular Nasdaq trading today. That's a 8.3 percent drop from the closing price of $34.75 on Aug. 23, the day Ballmer announced his impending exit.
"At the end of the day, Microsoft has to compete on the attractiveness to the end user for its products, and just having a device producer on board doesn't get them there," Gold said. "Nor will having Nokia on board dramatically extend Microsoft's ecosystem in mobility, which is another problem for them to deal with."
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"The heat may be off for Nokia's shareholders, but for Microsoft's investors the fire is only just being stoked," said Tony Cripps, an analyst with research firm Ovum. "While Microsoft and Nokia have jointly been increasing the money flow through the Windows Phone marketing faucet of late, it will take mega bucks to take on Apple and Android-head-cheerleader Samsung for marketing volume and volume shipments. We need to see that kind of commitment coming before we can really count Microsoft in the same league as its two main competitors."
N. Venkat Venkatraman, who serves as chairman of the Information Systems department at Boston University's School of Management, said the transaction is "fraught with problems." Microsoft may have a hard time convincing third-party phone makers that it won't give preferential treatment to Nokia hardware. While Google has to deal with the same concerns since it owns handset maker Motorola, the Windows Phone market is so much smaller than the Android market, making the problem more acute, he says.
Windows Phone is a distant third in the market for smartphone operating systems, with a 3.3 percent market share in the second quarter, according to research firm Gartner. Android led the market with a 79 percent share. Apple's iOS had a 14.2 percent share.
Microsoft said it will fund the deal with some of the approximately $70 billion in overseas cash it held as of June 30, "implying the company saves about 35 percent by not having to repatriate the cash to the U.S. and pay taxes on it," said Barclays analyst Raimo Lenschow. Even so, investors may be "cautious" about the transaction.
"Management seems adamant that the deal will enable the company to bring more compelling smartphones to market by more tightly integrating the hardware and software," Lenschow said. "However, we are forced to be cautious on the potential success of this strategy for several reasons. First, Microsoft has yet to prove it can successfully bring to market a compelling device that can gain meaningful traction with consumers, with Surface being the most recent example of the risk of this strategy. Secondly, although Microsoft will acquire the Nokia's product engineering and design, Nokia has been bleeding market share in both the smartphone (~25% share in 2011 down to ~3.5% share today) and overall handset (~25% in 2011 down to 13-14% today) market in recent years. Thus there is considerable work to be done to turn the business around."


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CANDELARIA: (Singing) No. No. No...
That sultry groove is brought to us by our friends at Alt.Latino, Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd. We check in with them regularly to see what's happening in the world of Latin alternative music. And they join me in the studio.
Hey, guys.
FELIX CONTRERAS, BYLINE: Good morning.
JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE: Good morning.
MARTIN: This is the first time we've talked in 2013. I understand you are both swimming in all kinds of new releases, new music, right?
CONTRERAS: It's amazing. I mean, we're so excited. Every week, we're having to, like, put a limit to how much music we could put in there, because it's just a flood of stuff. It's a lot of fun right now.
MARTIN: A wealth of riches. OK, Felix, what are we listening to right now?
CONTRERAS: This is a song called "No. No. No," it's a cover of an old reggae hit by an artist by the name of Dawn Penn. This is a group called Candelaria, and they're sort of a roots, like electronica roots-Cumbia group. They're very independent. I found this song because they sent to me on email.
MARTIN: Really?
CONTRERAS: Yeah, through our Web site. And they said, Hey, check this out. And it's just an example for us about how there is so much great music at every level. Whether you have a record label, whether you're doing it on your own like this; whether you have a very true indie spirit like this band, there's so much great music I just fell in love with this track.
CANDELARIA: (Singing) And if I ask you, baby. You'll get on your knees and pray, boy...
MARTIN: You guys, be careful. All of a sudden, people are going to be emailing you. Your in-boxes are going to be full.
GARSD: But we really do have a symbiotic relationship with our listeners. I mean, they teach us as much as we explore with them.
MARTIN: Jasmine, I under next up, you brought a song from a band called Y La Bamba? The singer is originally from Mexico, right?
GARSD: Yes, Luz Elena Mendoza, she's originally from Mexico. And earlier, they had an album called "Court the Storm," which I played that CD so much it was full of scratches - I couldn't hear it any more. And now, they're coming up with an EP called "Oh February." She's always had a great voice but now it's legendary.
MARTIN: Let's take a listen.
Y LA BAMBA: (Singing) Say what you want to say. Say what you mean out loud. Hear, it is far, it is try, and as long as it - it is good. Oh February, let's take a walk. Let's take a walk...
MARTIN: That's lovely. Also love the percussion right there.
GARSD: It's wonderful.
CONTRERAS: They're a great, tight band. I saw them at South by Southwest last year and they played so much together. They're reading each others' mind. The rhythm arrangements - I'm a drummer so I'm always fascinated by what they do - the rhythm arrangements even live are pretty complex and a lot of fun.
BAMBA: (Singing) Ohhh...
MARTIN: OK, Jasmine, you brought another track. This time, a musician named Manu Chao? Am I saying it right?
GARSD: Yes, Manu Chao is an icon all across Latin America and Spain. And here, he's getting his classic song, "Welcome to Tijuana," is getting remixed by Dominican DJ Freaky Philip.
MARTIN: OK, let's take a listen to that.
MANU CHAO WITH DJ FREAKY PHILIP: (Singing in foreign language)
MARTIN: Sounds sufficiently freaky.
MARTIN: So for those out there who aren't familiar with Manu Chao, what's different about this? What's super surprising about this remix?
GARSD: Well, Manu Chao has a very rock, ska, Latin rock. He's really like one of the pioneers of Latin rock but this is so more much like a club - it's remixed in a style known as trap-music, which is Southern hip-hop. It incorporates elements of house and crunk and dubstep. So it's much more dance floor than Manu Chao's stuff usually is.
MARTIN: OK. And I understand, Felix, you're going to wrap us up. What do you have to finish us off today?
CONTRERAS: You know, Jasmine and I, we listen to a whole bunch of music. And, of course, we do Latin Alternative for the show. But we're always talking about the different types of Latin music that we hear. And I brought in - I'm a big fan of Latin jazz. And I brought in a new album from a musician named Pete Escovedo. And he's sort of like an icon...
MARTIN: Yeah.
CONTRERAS: ...of Latin jazz and Latin rock out in the '70s, out on the West Coast. He's got a new album out called "Live in Stern Grove." And I'm going to play a track called...
MARTIN: Stern Grove, I love Stern Grove.
CONTRERAS: Isn't it the best place?
MARTIN: It's the greatest place to see music, yeah.
CONTRERAS: In the Redwoods in the Bay Area in San Francisco.
MARTIN: Yeah, beautiful.
CONTRERAS: It's a very popular concert venue. And this is a song called "Solo Tu," which he recorded years ago with his daughter, Sheila Escovedo, and she's featured on this cut as well.
PETE AND SHEILA ESCOVEDO: (Playing)
GARSD: Sheila Escovedo, also known as Sheila E. from Prince.
CONTRERAS: Correct.
MARTIN: Nah-ah.
CONTRERAS: Yeah, that's his daughter.
GARSD: Yeah,
MARTIN: I didn't know that.
CONTRERAS: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
MARTIN: That is so cool.
GARSD: We've been trying to get her on as a guest DJ for a while.
CONTRERAS: We're getting close.
MARTIN: I had no idea.
CONTRERAS: Yeah, you know, she's been playing with her dad's band since she was about 15 years old. She's an amazing hand drummer - congas, timbales, drum set. She's an amazing musician and she started out playing with her dad's band, Azteca, back in the '70s. I saw her, god, it must have been '75 or so - out in Davis years ago with the band. And then she did a lot of studio work. She became well known on her own, just doing percussion drum set with jazz, jazz fusion. And then, later on, she became Sheila E., as she really hooked up with Prince and started playing music and just doing the whole funk thing.
MARTIN: Yeah.
CONTRERAS: And she still does this Sheila E. music. But also, does more of a contemporary jazz sound, as well. And then, still plays with her dad, who I have mad respect for.
MARTIN: Let's get both of them on.
CONTRERAS: Ah.
MARTIN: Can we bring both of them on?
GARSD: Oh, yeah. We've been trying.
CONTRERAS: Let's do it.
MARTIN: Sheila E., if you're out there, we want to talk to you - with your dad.
MARTIN: That was Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd from NPR's Alt.Latino. It's an online show about Latin alternative music. And you can hear more about the songs they played today and more at npr.org/altlatino.
Thanks so much for coming in, guys.
GARSD: Always a pleasure.
CONTRERAS: (Foreign language spoken), thank you.
ESCOVEDO: (Playing)
MARTIN: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The NWS forecast a high today of 90 degrees in Bonsall, Escondido and Poway, 95 in El Cajon, 98 in Ramona and 100 in Pine Valley.
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Comfortable both on and off the rock, comfortable is exactly what you'll be in the fleece-lined Pitaya Jacket from The North Face. With wind-blocking and moisture battling face fabric and an attached hood, you're ready to go toe-to-toe with the elements and look good doing so.
- Mountain Gear
CLOSEOUTS . For extra warmth in windy conditions, The North Face's Pitaya jacket features a microfleece lining that extends into the sleeves and attached hood. Available Colors: BLACK. Sizes: 2XL.
- Sierra Trading Post
Heading to the docks? This superior windbreaker features an attached, elasticized hood and cuffs for a secure fit during windy weather at sea or on land. New wind shell is designed with a cozy, comfortable, luxurious raschel fleece liner for a silky next-to-skin feel.
- The North Face
On Sale. Free Shipping. The North Face Men's Pitaya Jacket DECENT FEATURES of The North Face Men's Pitaya Jacket Standard fit Lined with TKA 100 fleece Attached, elastic-bound hood Two hand pockets Elastic-bound cuffs Hem cinch-cord Imported The SPECS Average Weight: 18.98 oz / 538 g Center Back: 28in. Fabric: Body: 40 g/m2 (1.2 oz/yd2) 100% nylon ripstop with DWR, Lining: TKA 100 fleece This product can only be shipped within the United States. Please don't hate us.
- Moosejaw
When the spring showers spoil your day of climbing, put on The North Face Pitaya Jacket and drag your wet gear back to the car. It's a hazard of the trade, but with the Pitaya's fleece and DWR finish, you can at least stay warm as the rain blows in a new batch of cold air. This jacket also doesn't look too hardcore, so you can still go into the pub and get a hold of a woman who you'd like to belay.
- Backcountry.com
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The North Face Men's Pitaya Jacket
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The Men's Pitaya Jacket has been discontinued.
previously retailed for:$53.95 - $129.00
The North Face Men's Pitaya Jacket is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen January 15, 2013 at Mountain Gear.
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