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April 8, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am$6
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Join Ram Island Farm Property Managers John Greene and Todd Robbins on this Cape Elizabeth Land Trust-sponsored event. Participants will enjoy a rich lesson in winter tree identification & learn how to improve New England cottontail habitat during the program. This unique opportunity to visit one of Cape Elizabeth's most beautiful pieces of property, while learning about nature in Maine is not to be missed! Meet at Sprague Hall and be prepared to walk rain or shine. Participants are encouraged to register early, as spots are limited to 12 people. Participants who register at least 48 hours in advance of the program will receive notification of changes or cancellation. Register through Community Services, Program #: 74-140.
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Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama
Geographic coordinates: 4 00 N, 72 00 W
Map references: South America, Central America and the Caribbean
Areacomparative: slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Land boundaries:
Coastline: 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km)
Maritime claims:
Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
Terrain: flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains
Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds
Land use:
Irrigated land: 5,300 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts
Environmentcurrent issues: deforestation; soil damage from overuse of pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions
Environmentinternational agreements:
Geographynote: only South American country with coastlines on both North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
Population: 38,580,949 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.89% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 24.93 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 5.69 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 25.44 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.9 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Ethnic groups: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
Languages: Spanish
Country name:
Data code: CO
Government type: republic; executive branch dominates government structure
National capital: Bogota
Administrative divisions: 32 departments (departamentos, singulardepartamento) and 1 capital district* (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Distrito Capital de Santa Fe de Bogota*, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada
Independence: 20 July 1810 (from Spain)
National holiday: Independence Day, 20 July (1810)
Constitution: 5 July 1991
Legal system: based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted in 1992-93; judicial review of executive and legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
Legislative branch: bicameral Congress or Congreso consists of the Senate or Senado (102
seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the
House of Representatives or Camara de Representantes (161 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justical), highest court of criminal law, judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms; Council of State, highest court of administrative law, judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms; Constitutional Court, guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution, rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties
Political parties and leaders: Liberal Party or PL [Emilio LEBOLO Castellanos]; Conservative Party or PC [Hugo ESCOBAR Sierra]; New Democratic Force or NDF [Andres PASTRANA Arango]; Democratic Alliance M-19 or AD/M-19 is a coalition of small leftist parties and dissident liberals and conservatives; Patriotic Union (UP) is a legal political party formed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Colombian Communist Party (PCC)
Political pressure groups and leaders: two largest insurgent groups active in ColombiaRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC; and National Liberation Army or ELN
International organization participation: AG, CCC, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G- 3, G-11, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, MINUGUA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in the US:
Diplomatic representation from the US:
Flag description: three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red; similar to the flag of Ecuador, which is longer and bears the Ecuadorian coat of arms superimposed in the center
Economyoverview: Columbia is recovering from a short recession that began in late 1996 - resulting from tight monetary policy to drive down inflation, declining business confidence related to President SAMPER's political difficulties, and a slowdown in exports stemming from an appreciation of the peso and a recession in neighboring Venezuela. Although 1997's 3.1% GDP growth rate represented an improvement over 1996, it ranked among the lowest in Latin America and was substantially lower than the average annual growth rate exceeding 4% that Colombia posted for several decades prior to SAMPER's election. Colombia's next president will inherit a variety of economic problems. Most notably, the unemployment rate is at its highest level this decade, risks for the export sector and foreign investors are rising as a result of increasing guerrilla violence and a volatile exchange rate, and the fiscal deficit has more than tripled since 1994.
GDP: purchasing power parity$231.1 billion (1997 est.)
GDPreal growth rate: 3.1% (1997 est.)
GDPper capita: purchasing power parity$6,200 (1997 est.)
GDPcomposition by sector:
Inflation rateconsumer price index: 17.7% (1997 est.)
Labor force:
Unemployment rate: 12.2% (1997 est.)
Industries: textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Industrial production growth rate: -1.2% (1996)
Electricitycapacity: 10.781 million kW (1995)
Electricityproduction: 47 billion kWh (1995)
Electricityconsumption per capita: 1,307 kWh (1995)
Agricultureproducts: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp farming
Debtexternal: $17.1 billion (1997 est.)
Economic aid:
Currency: 1 Colombian peso (Col$) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: Colombian pesos (Col$) per US$11345.0 (February 1998), 1,140.96 (1997), 1,036.69 (1996), 912.83 (1995), 844.84 (1994), 863.06 (1993)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Telephones: 1.89 million (1986 est.)
Telephone system: modern system in many respects
Radio broadcast stations: AM 413 (licensed), FM 217 (licensed), shortwave 28
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 33
Televisions: 5.5 million (1993 est.)
Waterways: 14,300 km, navigable by river boats
Pipelines: crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km; natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km
Ports and harbors: Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo
Merchant marine:
Airports: 1,136 (1997 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
Airportswith unpaved runways:
Military branches: Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana), National Police (Policia Nacional)
Military manpowermilitary age: 18 years of age
Military manpoweravailability:
Military manpowerfit for military service:
Military manpowerreaching military age annually:
Military expendituresdollar figure: $2 billion (1995)
Military expenditurespercent of GDP: 2.8% (1995)
Disputesinternational: maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela; territorial disputes with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of coca, opium poppies, and cannabis; cultivation of coca in 199779,500 hectares, an 18% increase over 1996; potential production of cocaine in 1997125 metric tons, a 14% increase over 1996; cultivation of opium in 19976,600 hectares, a 5% increase over 1996; potential production of opium in 199766 metric tons, a 5% increase over 1996; the world's largest processor of coca derivatives into cocaine; supplier of cocaine to the US and other international drug markets; active aerial eradication program seeks to virtually eliminate coca and opium crops

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Rescuing AIG "was something the government should never have had to do," Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said in a Sept. 10 statement "We had no better option at the time to protect the American economy."
Before today, the U.S. had sold $44 billion of AIG shares in five offerings, and the insurer bought back $13 billion in the sales. AIG will not buy shares in the latest offering, said Jim Ankner, a spokesman for the company. The New York Fed in August finished selling securities that it acquired in AIG's rescue.
U.S. officials should thank AIG for returning to profitability and paying back the government, Benmosche said, according to New York Magazine.
"We have done all the right things," Benmosche said, according to an article published in October. "Somebody should say, 'By golly, those AIG people made a promise and they are living up to a promise!' We're left with a major part of the economy in America; they're going to make a profit on top of everything else they've got."
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The ramblings of a middle aged man (who can no longer call himself a boy really). My views on life, love and some of my writing (which is all under copyright, would be thieves!). The world needs to know my views, obviously.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Ramblings: Dating Part 3:- Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Warning: This story contains scenes of a sexual nature
In 1999, I split up with my partner of 12 years and was suddenly free to enter the world of flirtation and have some fun. Sadly, I met a very bizarre Greek bloke who for purposes of anonymity I shall call Stavros.
Stavros was an academic. He was 4 years older than me, shorter than me and stockier than me. He was very hairy with a classic Mediterranean look. He had a very sexy accent, olive skin and eyes so dark blue they were almost black. He had thick black hair and long dark eyelashes and was decidedly lush. He always looked like he needed a shave and had that bluish tinge to his chin and cheeks. I met him in a nightclub and he was a master at seduction. We ended up passionately kissing and copping a feel of each other on the edge of the dance floor. We exchanged email addresses (I was very late getting a mobile phone, I resisted for a long time) and he messaged me the next day.
He took me for dinner and was the epitome of gentlemanly charm. He opened doors for me and pulled out chairs, insisted on paying the bill. I loved the way he undressed me with his demonic eyes. He was interesting too. He'd written three academic tomes and worked as a college lecturer and academic. Pretty soon I was pressed up against the wall in the hall of his house being kissed. Crikey. It was a definite tonic after a long and unhealthy relationship which had died on its feet many years before.
We met regularly and I was mightily impressed. He was passionate to a degree which I'd never experienced before. He'd open the door to the house and usher me through, lobbing any shopping he was carrying down the hall, as he couldn't wait to kiss me. We'd often be picking up bruised tomatoes a few hours later when we emerged from his bedroom looking rumpled. His house was amazing. He had rich parents who'd bought him a three storey Victorian cottage and his furniture and belongings were the right side of quirky and stylish.
He loved English culture and dressed like an English country gentleman. He had a fine collection of clothes which he bought in Bond Street. He loved Pimm's cup, picnics and the Royal Family.
Within a week or two he was full on and I was enjoying the experience. He bought me a ticket to go to Paris with him in the Autumn and had told me he loved me (well, he shouted "Chrees, I love you!" at the point of orgasm if that counts). He cooked the most amazing meals too and we talked a lot. Oddly, he did make me nervous. There seemed to be something dark about him which I couldn't quite pin point but was trying hard to ignore.
After about a month the oddness started. He had a lodger, a young Cypriot lesbian, who he seemed to despise. If ever she walked through to the kitchen when we were there he would glare at her and look away, not speaking. I asked him why.
"I am punishing her for being an irritant." I thought this was a bit harsh and felt sorry for her. Luckily she wasn't there much as one of Stavros's favourite things was to whack his knob out when I wasn't expecting it and say "Go on. Give him a leetle kiss. You know you want to." Not exactly romantic, but fun nonetheless.
The next oddity was when he asked me to have unprotected sex with him. I naturally said no. He was outraged. "You think I have a disease? You think I'm a whore?" He was easily placated but persisted in asking me this every time we slept together. He was always greeted with the same polite refusal.
We'd been seeing each other about a month when I visited him one afternoon. He'd invited me over but when I arrived he said he had to do some academic work. I was cool with that. He had a comfortable settee and I had a novel in my bag, as ever. Four hours later he emerged from his office and the malicious glint in his eye suggested this had been deliberate. I was being punished just like the Cypriot girl. For what, I wasn't sure.
Then came the lies. He used to take calls from his mother in Greece some evenings and would always come back chuckling.
"I like to make up stories to amuse her. I always tell her a long story as a tease. Today I had bought a Jaguar and robbed a bank. She plays along." Harmless enough, I thought, a bit childish but harmless. Pretty soon he started to execute his teases on me.
The first one was harmless enough. He pretended he'd baked me a chocolate cake. He knew I don't eat chocolate as it gives me migraines but he maintained the pretence to watch me squirm. I was apologetic and explained I couldn't eat it and he maintained a charade of being offended and disappointed that his efforts were in vain. In reality he knew about me not eating chocolate and had baked me a lemon cake. I laughed politely.
The jokes slowly got worse and more outlandish and his sadistic nature became evident. Fast forward another week. We were about to go to sleep at night and he leant across and whispered to me.
"I have a surprise for you. I have left the front door unlocked and three of my friends are coming to rape you while you sleep."
I thought fast and decided two could play that game.
"Stavros, that isn't funny at all. I was raped as teenager by three men. I can't believe you could be so callous to joke about that. I'm really traumatised."
None of this was true. I enjoyed watching him squirm and apologise for his "joke" and the next day had a serious talk with him about his unfunny joke. He promised to behave.
It didn't work. A week later he told me he was a paedophile and had been banished from Greece for shagging a 12 year old goat herd. I could tell by the evil glint in his eye that this was another stupid wind up.
"I'm cool with that. As long as you used protection, I'm sure it was all fine."
"Well, I didn't use protection and I do have AIDS."
"Are you on medication?" I asked.
He told me he was so I challenged him to name them or to show me the packets. He obviously couldn't. It was another pointless and offensive wind up.
Needless to say, I got my coat and bag and left. As I left he told me he thought I was stupid and vacuous and that my lack of class meant we would never have made a couple. He also told me that he actually had a boyfriend anyway, who was living in America. This turned out to be true! Naturally, I told him, eloquently and calmly what I thought of him and retired home to have a consoling vodka or two, lick my wounds and reflect on what I now saw as a lucky escape. I must admit that I wasn't on his level when debating politics and he had asked me the night before what I thought about Cheri Blair and her meddling in politics. I'd answered that she had a gammy mouth, which I suppose wasn't too politically astute.
I saw him again one night 17 years later. He was almost totally bald and had gained a huge amount of weight. I bumped into him in a nightclub. He'd moved away and was still with his long term American boyfriend. They were up from Southern England visiting the area together. I couldn't resist a little light revenge. I chatted and flirted with him and his partner and implied I wanted sex. I suggested they go back to their hotel room and give me a number to call them on and I'd join them for a threesome a little later as I needed to just say goodbye to a few friends in the upstairs bar. His boyfriend was licking his lips and Stavros looked mightily pleased. They scuttled off like eager schoolboys, concealing their arousal, to shower and wait for me in the hotel room. I told them I'd be there in half an hour and would text when I was on my way. Needless to say I binned the phone number. Childish, I know but it made me feel a tiny bit better to think of them sitting in their bath robes waiting for me.
2 comments:
- purpletrumpet said...
You know, I have been out with some twats in my time and swallowed their bullshit and put up with it for far too long! Well done for getting out so soon!
- 15 July 2011 at 02:02
- Chris said...
Cheers. It was an unusal move for me to turn down a bloke. I think the fact that I'd just escaped from 12 years of hell with a middle aged alcoholic control freak inspired me to leg it.
- 15 July 2011 at 19:19
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- Developer : Andy Buck
- Release Date : Autumn 2017 (hopefully)
- Website : www.MoonstoneEquation.com
- Steam Store Page : Moonstone Equation on Greenlight
- Platforms : PC
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Scientists love a good mystery
An inscription in an unknown language discovered buried in a remote hilltop, carved into blocks of moon rock.
For nearly a decade this mystery has attracted some of the worlds most radical scientific minds.
The media called it "The Moonstone Equation". A name that only served to elevate it's status.
When Alice saw the advert for a research post at the remote facility she couldn't resist.
An inquisitive young scientist with a love of puzzles, she now calls this hilltop her home.
It's time to meet the other radical thinkers.
A puzzle platform adventure about curiosity and science
Help Alice uncover the secrets of The Moonstone Equation as she starts her new life as a researcher at the remote hilltop science facility.
Hand-crafted modern pixel-art
The game is created using bespoke tools running within a custom engine designed to present a crisp high definition pixel-art world using modern rendering technology.
Puzzles, lot of them
You'll find lots of things to solve. some more obvious than others. Each created using nearly 20 years of game and puzzle making experience
Persistent living world
The Moonstone Equation is a puzzle solving adventure within a world that changes and responds to when (and how often) you choose to play. If it's night where you are, then it's night at the facility. This responsiveness also extends to the colourful characters that populate the game world. Don't worry you don't have to get up at midnight just to solve bits of it, but you might discover something interesting if you do.
The moonstone equation started out as a simple spare-time programming project sometime in the last decade (around 2009). I'd written a shiny new engine so I thought making a platform game might be fun and as a creator and collector of puzzle it was only natural to include some of those too. Reasonably quickly I had a fun little character running, jump and exploring then pushing blocks around and solving puzzles. Ignoring my professional experience I thought to myself "great, I have most of the game here, I just need a few more levels"
Obviously my estimates about the remaining work were a little inaccurate. When you spend less than a day a week developing a game it suddenly takes a very long time create anything more than the simplest thing. But instead of letting this put me off my idea I just stuck at it and over the years made steady progress until finally arriving at this point; ready to release a game I've single-handedly created.
A lot's changed in the years between those original concepts and the final game. So many other things needed creating; from NPC narrative and logic to musical composition and real-time light propagation. I even made wrote a separate article to serve as a warning to anyone else thinking of following my development method. Since 2009 I've also changed job twice, got married, become a father, moved house and professionally helped create and release five other games. Anyway, I think you get the idea; It took lots of time. I'm proud of what I've created but it was so much effort I don't think it can ever happen again.


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Told "No, no, this won't work. You can't get in like this" women in flat shoes were sent scurrying for the heels. And it wasn't just your average Joe who was turned away for code violations - the director of the new Amy Winehouse documentary had to flex some muscle for his wife to be allowed in due to her flats, and art dealer Larry Gagosian had to call on buddy Harvey Weinstein to attend the film Gagosian after being turned away for wearing "stylish" sneakers.
Even worse, an amputee was rebuffed at Gus Van Sant's Sea of Trees screening (the amputee was later allowed in, but she advised many of her colleagues in flat shoes were not).
While I love a good heel and can understand that a festival such as Cannes has standards that should be met, I am a little stunned that stylish sneakers and gorgeous flats don't make the grade. To be honest though (and with the exception of those who really can't wear heels due to a medical condition), wouldn't you want to wear high heels when you're on a red carpet with cameras flashing? They make your legs longer (for a mini-skirt), your silhouette more fabulous (for everything, but especially a long gown) and generally speaking everything more put together. But that's just me - a high heel lover from way back.
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As I explore high-end beauty products, I always find myself being drawn to eyeshadow palettes every time I visit Sephora. I've previously purchased the Urban Decay Naked Palette, Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette and many others. I'm to the point now where my palette drawer is becoming overwhelming and I'm finding it hard to choose products I want to use in my everyday makeup looks. However, that didn't stop me from purchasing the Tartelette Amazonian Clay Matte Eyeshadow Palette last month. One of the biggest things I felt that I lacked in my makeup collection was matte eyeshadows as well as Tarte Cosmetics products.. I was very excited to purchase the Tartelette Palette with some money I gathered from my Birthday back in January.
One of the prettiest parts of this palette is the beautiful exterior packaging that the product comes cased in. The front of the package is a beautiful purple ombre design and the back is a classic gold. The case is metal and is extremely sturdy and would be perfect for traveling or carrying around with you for touch-ups. Speaking of touch-ups, this palette also comes with a beautiful full-size mirror that in my opinion, is one of the best quality mirrors I've ever had come in a product before. And of course, we all want to know about the eyeshadows inside of the palette. Each shadow is 0.053 OZ in size, which in comparison a MAC eyeshadow is only 0.04 OZ in size. Each shadow within the Tartelette Palette comes clearly labeled underneath with the shade name for you to refer to.
As for the overall quality of the shadows, the first thing I noticed was how pigmented, smooth and soft the shadows were both when swatched and when applied to the eyes. The pigmentation of these shadows is by far some of the best I have ever seen from an eyeshadow palette before. Compared to brands like Too Faced, Urban Decay and Stila I feel like these shadows just have something that those brands lack. Along with the beautiful pigmented on these shadows is how well they perform on the eyes. Each shadow blends beautifully on the lids and creates an effortless and easy look for any beginner or advanced beauty enthusiasts to play around with.
However, I do have to say that I find when applied to the lids that many of the shadows look similar in color. For example, Free Spirit, Caregiver and Super Mom look like the exact same shade when applied as a browbone highlight. Another example is Bombshell (deep plum) and Fashionista (black). I feel like both of these darker shadows appear very similar on the lids when applied with certain colors. In saying this, I don't believe this palette to be used 100% by itself. I think the idea behind this palette was to use it with other shadows in your collection in various finishes. When I'm wanting to do an easy and simple look I've been reaching for this palette and pairing these matte shadows with the beautiful L'OReal Infallible Eyeshadows that don't get as much love in my collection as they should.
Overall I'm very thankful that I had the ability to purchase the Tartelette Palette and I'm impressed with the quality of the shadows. Since I've only played around with this palette for a couple of weeks, I'm excited to continue to use this palette and use other products alongside of this to see what type of looks I can create. Since I lacked matte shadows in my collection, I thought this would be a great asset to my collection and I certainly wasn't wrong. I would highly suggest this palette to anyone looking to expand their matte eyeshadow collection and to have some really great base shadow colors to use when creating looks. I also think because of the variety of tones within this palette (4 warm toned shades, 4 cool toned shades and 4 rosy toned shades) that this palette would also suit a lot of different skin tones and could be used to create a large variety of looks.
After trying this product from Tarte Cosmetics, I'm curious to pursue some more of the products within the brand to see if their quality is in line with this palette. I've had the pleasure of trying a few deluxe-size samples from Tarte in their Black Friday 2015 including one of their blushes. I loved those products and I still enjoy using the blush to this day. Now that I've tried a full-size product I'm very excited to continue my journey into the Tarte brand. I think that if this product is an indication of how Tarte Cosmetics quality is that I will enjoy many of the other products in the brand's range.
Have you tried the Tartelette Matte Eyeshadow Palette?
If so, what are your thoughts on it? If not, why haven't you splurged yet?
What products from Tarte Cosmetics do you recommend?
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Centrally located in Yangon, Clover Hotel is minutes from Kandawgyi Nature Park and Kandawgyi Lake. This hotel is within close proximity of Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda and Shwedagon Pagoda.
Make yourself at home in one of the 48 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and a television in the lobby. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily.
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I always used to pride myself on the fact that I was a dreamer, living with expectations of things that could happen. I guess you could say I was actually an optimist at one time. But the life of this dreamer has led to nothing but heartbreak. No, I'm not talking about the romance kind of heartbreak. Heartbreak when you realize that your dreams have just put your expectations of life way too high. Heartbreak that you realize that you're not the person who can conquer the world, or the city or hell, even some days your own home. Heartbreak when you realize that plans are made to be broken, expecting leads to disappointment, and dreams are just something to keep your mind entertained when you're not busy with something else. Heartbreak when you realize that the adult version of you is nothing like the person you know you should be, but you don't know how you got there or what to do to change. Heartbreak when the fun, creative, smiling woman that you once were is now hidden away in some shell that functions through your everyday life. Heartbreak is knowing that you have to pretend your happiness so the significant people in your life will stay, when all you want to do is just "be".
I keep being told "don't give up", "just hang on", etc., etc. When are people going to realize I am exhausted, and the fingernails I've been hanging on by are ready to break. I've had one dream come true in the last 7.5 years. If the fact that dream wasn't my youngest son, I'd be highly disappointed. Yet, my boys are my reasons. They are the reasons I endure this heartbreak, disappointment, anger, and loneliness. They are the reasons I try somehow to make things better everyday for them. They are the reasons I hide my tears in the streams of the shower, in the pockets of my pillows, and in the words I never speak.


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Title: Pan
Year: 2015
Released: 2015-10-09
Genre: Action & Adventure
Runtime: minutes
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Critics Count: 385
Views: 964
Movie Casts: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried
Studio: Warner Bros.
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A Place to Dwell
"Somewhere our Lord is doing something lovingly to you, even when what you experience is only hurt. Is He carving out a cave to dwell in? If so, the cutting away of rocks might hurt very much and you might not be aware of the space He is creating for Himself."
— Henri Nouwen
"Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary."
— St. Bonaventure
"Essentially a soldier, the Christian is always on the lookout. He has sharper ears and hears an undertone that others miss; his eyes see things in a particularly candid light, and he senses something to which others are insensible, the streaming of a vital current through all things. He is never submerged in life, but keeps his head and shoulders clear of it and his eyes free to look upward. Consequently he has a deeper sense of responsibility than others. When this awareness and watchfulness disappear, Christian life loses its edge; it becomes dull and ponderous."
— Fr. Romano Guardini


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Adelaide Fringe. Matt Byrne Media. Maxim's Wine Bar. 5 Mar 2017
Byrne packs 'em like sardines into Maxim's on the Parade, but the audience doesn't seem to mind! The cosy upstairs venue at Norwood fits about 100, though I'm told it has had up to 130 with standing room only. Such is the draw of Byrne's home grown shows. Every year now for 20 earthy rotations of the sun he has created a bawdy spoof on a topical theme; this time around it is channel 7's My Kitchen Rules.
Confession: I've been an MKR tragic for 8 seasons, but the format is really wearing thin, and Byrne has identified most of the reasons why in his hilarious two (+) hour show.
The time absolutely flies by, and by the end of the performance one is doubled over with aching ribs from all of the laughing.
The jokes flow thick and fast. There are puns-a-plenty and even more innuendo; but it is the performers' characterisations that steal the show, and they all have more than one standout in their repertoire.
The cast of four – Matt Byrne, Niki Martin, Marc Clement, and Stefanie Rossi – play at least 15 characters including the celebrity chefs and the contestants within the show.
Byrne plays the Gordon Ramsay rip-off, Gordon Ramraid, and almost manages the same level of vocal intensity as the all-swearing, all-shouting celebrity chef. As the ever camp Scotsman, Colin, he finds his pace and slides effortlessly into the role, highland dancing and all. Niki Martin gives us Nigella's Awesome with sultry style. No melon is left un-creamed in her raunchy rendition, and yet Martin's Yiayia Moussaka is her standout character and an absolute crowd pleaser.
Marc Clement spectacularly shifts from one character the next and gives each 150%. His Jamie Bolivar lisps and lilts over dialogue with uncanny accuracy. As Byrne's Scottish partner, Justin, Clement ramps up the camp, and his Master Moussaka is scarily accurate. Stefanie Rossi makes the fab four complete, with a lesser known celebrity chef in Rachel Rayban but still makes her larger than life. Rossi shines as the hippy niece Moonbeam alongside Byrne as Daddy Moontides, and really breaks new ground with her Asian inspired cooking demonstration as celebrity chef, Pooh (with an 'h').
The small stage doesn't hamper the big numbers and choreography and audience participation is full tilt, with an Adriano Zumbo inspired Zorba the Greek dance breaking out. Plenty of other characters make an appearance, including Clement's python that just can't resist a good pheasant plucking.
Ultimately the winning team is decided by audience acclimation, and just like in real life it is the personalities that win the day – not the cooking.
With another two weeks of shows remaining there are plenty of opportunities to get a solid dose of potty humour and laugh until you snort inappropriately, so be sure to make the trek up the Parade and don't miss this, the 20th year of spoof for MBM.
Paul Rodda
When: 5 to 19 Mar
Where: Maxim's Wine Bar, Norwood
Bookings: adelaidefringe.com.au


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TROY >> Mayor Lou Rosamilia has vetoed the lone cut the City Council made to his amended 2016 city budget proposal.
Rosamilia overturned the council's decision to eliminate the parks and recreation director position from the budget and also vetoed legislation setting the amount of money the city will collect through property taxes to fund the spending plan.
The council voted 5-4 at a special meeting Nov. 30 to eliminate the position, arguing the duties could be rolled into those of the director of a new general services department that will be established next year as one of several changes to the city charter approved by voters in November. The new department will consolidate the city's public works, code enforcement and parks and recreation operations.
Rosamilia said last week he was concerned the new department head would not be able to singlehandedly take on all the duties of the recreation director, which he said includes supervising a staff of 14 full-time and nearly 100 part-time employees. But he also said Wednesday he was concerned with the timing of the job cut, since the charter change does not take effect until July.
"That individual is not starting January 1 [the beginning of the city's fiscal year], and a lot of the programs need to be set up before [July]," Rosamilia said. "In order to have all that in place, you need somebody in that job."
Without someone to directly oversee the city's golf course, swimming pools and tennis courts, as well as other facilities and programs, Rosamilia fears city residents — especially youth — would be deprived of what he considered important opportunities.
To restore the estimated $71,379 cost of the position to the budget, the mayor also vetoed the tax levy set by the council the night after it approved the budget. If the tax levy is not adjusted to include the additional spending, which Rosamilia said would cost the owner of a home with an assessed value of $150,000 only about $6 in property tax, the city would have to find offsetting revenue to cover it.
"The benefit of having that individual is greater than the cost," he said.
The council needs six votes to override either of the mayor's vetoes.
Mark Robarge can be reached at 290-8362.


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For the past several months I've been cramming conversational Spanish. Thanks to Ms. Pimsleur and her podcasts, my lessons take place in the car every day. I now know how to ask where to buy a gift for my children (if I had any) and how to order hot coffee in a restaurant!
The reason for the cramming is that in a few weeks I'll be headed to El Salvador with a delegation from the MetroDC synod. Connections
This trip will make several important connections I think. First of all, it will be a connection with our sister synod. As a result of civil war through the 1980's and then natural disasters including Hurricane Mitch in the 1990's, an already poor country was left even further impoverished. The sister churches I will visit help minister to the homeless, to the poor, and to children.
The trip is also important because it makes a connection with the neighborhood around Good Shepherd. The Salvadorans who live and work in our area send money back to family and friends. In some cases, 90% of what they earn is given away – their generosity is astounding!
Even closer to home is the connection with our custodian, Hector Hernandez and his family. Hector has lived in the United States for 27 years, but both he and his wife Anna are from San Miguel, El Salvador. Hector and Anna are even more excited than I am (if that is possible!), for me to see their homeland.
Finally, there is a connection to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the United States as thousands of unaccompanied children have arrived at our borders from Central America. These children bear horrific stories of gang life and other struggles in their journey to the United States.
Beyond compassion, I don't know how the United States ought to respond to the current crisis. I don't know how to end gang warfare or stop corrupt politicians or prevent natural disasters. Building relationships with people to learn more about the issues can be a start in working toward solutions, however.
So I continue to cram so I can learn as much Spanish as possible before I go. I doubt I'll be wanting to order hot coffee in August!


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Autumn is Here!
Finally! I see an end to summer heat. It's about 59 degrees here in Raleigh this morning, the sun is peaking throught the clouds, and the birds are chirping right outside my window. I love Autumn. The season brings with it many changes – changes in temperature, the colors of the leaves, a switch from baseball to football for my viewing pleasure (GO PATS!). Speaking of football, let me tell you what I did last night.
As most of you know, I work for a local TV station. Well, our station launched a new hyper-local family of websites called MyNC this year. We figured what better way to promote the new site to the community while encouraging them to add their own stories, pictures, and video to their respective local sites by attending a high shool football game. That's what I did last night. I attended the West Johnston HS vs. Garner HS game at WJHS. I took a bit of video myself while I was there but my primary focus was to hand out "share" cards, tell people about the site, throw some t-shirts out to the crowd, all that jazz. I picked this particular game because the WJHS Band is heading to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year and this was their debut for the hometown crowd. They did such a fabulous job! And the WJHS Wildcats defeated the Garner Trojans to remain undefeated too!!
While it was fun, it also wiped me out! Note to self for next week – don't work a full day prior to walking around outside for hours on end. By the time I got home, I was literally exhausted. My back hurt, my feet hurt, I was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open long enough to watch the one-hour show I had DVR'd that afternoon. I hit the hay by 10pm and didn't get up until 10am. How 'bout that?!
But, I have to admit because I like football…and high school football…this assigment was probably one of the most fun ones I have had yet. I have to do it again next Friday, one night in October, and one night in November. It's worth it, though, since local sports usually brings a community together so I know I'm hitting quite a few people all in one spot!
So, back to Fall…I think I'll go and enjoy a cup of Hazlenut coffee on the deck in my bathrobe. Sounds devine right about now.
Lisa 🙂


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Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers: 6 Things We LearnedJuly 15, 2012
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers: 6 Things We Learned
It was a wild night of goalscoring in the Rose City. Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy won a 5-3 shootout over Gavin Wilkinson's Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Ore.
With the victory, the Galaxy improve to 8-10-2 (26 points) and remain fifth in the MLS Western Conference. As for the Timbers, they drop to 5-9-4 and are dead last in the West.
Braces from the top guns on both teams dominated this match: David Beckham and Robbie Keane for Los Angeles, and Kris Boyd for Portland.
Here are six things we learned from Saturday's high-scoring tilt.
1. A New Manager at Portland
This past Monday, John Spencer was sacked as manager of the Portland Timbers. Owner Merritt Paulson appointed general manager Gavin Wilkinson as the interim manager of the team.
Wilkinson has no intention of being the manager on a full-time basis, meaning that the search for a new manager is underway.
2. Kris Boyd with a Brace to Lead the Timbers
The bright spot for the Timbers in this defeat has been the play of forward Kris Boyd.
Three minutes into the contest, Boyd was able to miss his marker and slide one past Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Saunders. Boyd was also responsible for the last goal of the game, which came off a free kick.
However, the damage had already been done because the Galaxy had two players who also recorded braces, as we shall see.
3. David Beckham with a Brace
After being snubbed out of Team Great Britain, Galaxy midfielder David Beckham put on a sensational game.
Nineteen minutes in, a volley from 35 yards out hit the left-side netting. Then, in the 24th minute, Beckham showed that he can still deliver on set pieces, sending a bending shot inside the bottom-left corner.
Becks had to be subbed out in the 82nd minute as a precaution due to a knock but was fine otherwise. Aside from the early sub, this was his best game of the season in an L.A. Galaxy uniform.
4. Robbie Keane with a Brace
Another of Los Angeles' designated players, Robbie Keane, continued his hot streak on Saturday against Portland with a brace of his own.
In the 28th minute, a pass in transition from Landon Donovan found Keane, who beat goalkeeper Troy Perkins on a one-on-one to make it 4-1.
In the 64th minute, David Beckham and Sean Franklin teamed up to give Keane his brace. He slotted one inside the box, finding the far post.
It was Keane's brace that proved to be all the difference in what has been a barnburner at Jeld-Wen.
5. Business as Usual for Landon Donovan
All three of L.A.'s designated players imposed their will on Portland: David Beckham, Robbie Keane and the captain, Landon Donovan.
Kosuke Kimura conceded a penalty in the 27th minute. Donovan was able to covert straight down the middle to make it 3-1.
Donovan's penalty was part of a stretch of four goals in 10 minutes for Los Angeles.
6. Timbers Dominate the Stats, but Not the Scoreline
The Portland Timbers were dominant in possession (61 percent), passing accuracy (83 percent to 76 percent), open-play crosses (18 to 10) and corners (eight to four).
However, clutch defense late from L.A. combined with the Galaxy's goalscoring storm in the first half proved to be Portland's undoing.


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Hopefully this article finds you well into your cooling off period after watching the single most brutal ending to a Re:ZERO episode yet (and without a single death). Popular reactions to Subaru's nearly complete self-destruction have ranged from annoyance to disgust to homicidal rage.
Just die, Subaru
Rest assured, your anger is justified. Subaru made not just one, but three back-to-back cataclysmic errors to satisfy his own pride, single-handedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and forcibly dragging the story toward what seems like the darkest possible timeline. Everything has been absolutely ruined forever. All of this may be true, but if we can separate ourselves from our own emotional investment in the story–speaking from personal experience here–and let go of our own hurt, we can not only begin our journey of personal healing, but perhaps appreciate what a wonderful disaster this turned out to be.
No! Just stay with me a bit longer
The tremendous physical and emotional beating Subaru took is a great thing, not only because he absolutely earned it, but because it represents some equally tremendous character development. We are shown some real cracks in Subaru's veneer of heroic altruism and the toll that returning by death is beginning to take upon him. First we must accept that there is really no excuse for what Subaru did. We're all there already? Good. But let's ask ourselves really why did he do all that? The short answer is pride and frustration.
Maybe some repressed resentment
Julius attacked Subaru in a way that no character has before, by doubting his bravery. If there has been one thing that Subaru has shown true a true sense of ego over, beyond his usual boisterous attitude, it's his single-minded pursuit of Emilia against all odds. His pride is certainly justified, as he has literally endured death several times just to bring himself to where he is today. Unfortunately, the tragedy of Subaru is that one will ever know of even a fraction of his deeds. To this point, Subaru has admirably taken it in all in stride as a private burden, but he couldn't handle being called out, especially by potential competition for Emilia. Coupled with the essential invincibility afforded by being able to return by death, Subaru was overconfident and ended the day with a dented skull.
Remember when we all hoped he could make it through an episode without suffering?
As the situation deteriorates and Subaru can feel Emilia attempting to sideline him, he grows desperate and, in that desperation, we begin to see the burden of returning by death. The difference in perspective between Subaru's reality and those around him is a two-way street. While others are confused by Subaru's behaviors without the benefit of his prior knowledge, Subaru is having trouble reconciling his experiences with others and their actions, which are motivated by only a small fraction of those events. Emilia's inability to understand why Subaru took Julius's insults so personally and confusion about why Subaru is even so devoted to her in the first place, cause Subaru to feel betrayed despite himself and makes his fateful outburst.
The foundation of any healthy relationship
It bears repeating that this scenario is unquestionably brought about by Subaru's personal failings, but in examining the ongoing stressors that contribute toward this outcome, we can appreciate the amount of care that has been taken in examining each character's different perspectives. Additionally, this complete meltdown actually makes Subaru a better character. The greatest injustice that could have been done to him is make him nothing more than a relentlessly compassionate and optimistic caricature. Having actual flaws makes him a real person and enhances the series by raising the stakes and making adversity more meaningful to overcome.
Let's switch gears
Even more important than our revelations regarding Subaru is the implications of the episode's climax on Re:ZERO's other lead. Perhaps the greatest take-away from all this events is evidence that Tappei Nagatsuki truly respects Emilia as a character and not a narrative device. In addition to displaying tremendous care in appreciating Emilia's perceptions of Subaru, the story turned a corner when Emilia made a definitive decision which was against the interests of Re:ZERO's protagonist.
Subaru is more of an objectivist
First, let's appreciate why Emilia made her decision. Although we as the audience have seen every sacrifice, small and large, Subaru has made for Emilia, she is aware of only a few. Subaru, and therefore the audience, have known Emilia roughly four times longer than she has known him. We covered how that rift has affected him, but imagine how truly bizarre his actions seem from her perspective. Through the multiple lives Subaru has met Emilia, the one he actually managed to survive was probably the most schizophrenic of them all.
This is the timeline he survived
The canon timeline as of this moment had Emilia first meet Subaru along with the thief who stole her insignia just as both were about to begin fighting Elsa. Subaru immediately began fanatically defending Emilia, claiming that he was only there to return her insignia to her, and displaying personal knowledge of her by setting up an ambush for Puck. Had Emilia later recounted this to Ram and Rem, then it's easy to see why they were suspicious enough to kill him when he acted like he was trying to escape. Still, Subaru is a pretty nice guy and jumped in front of a really sharp knife several times to save her, only asking for her name in return, so that spoke to his sincerity. Also, Puck said he could sense Subaru didn't mean her harm.
Puck said a lot of things
Upon awakening at Roswaal's mansion, Subaru asked to become a servant and proceeded to work to the point of an emotional breakdown. This was so plain to see that Emilia had to literally force him to stop so that he wouldn't hurt himself or collapse from exhaustion. All the while Subaru remained evasive about his behavior which, in a show of immense understanding and affection, she let slide by saying he didn't have to explain. He snuck off not once, but twice into the forest with Rem to fight Mabeasts and generally displayed fanatical devotion and suicidal behavior. With only her personal intuition and Puck having sensed no ill intent to go on, it was only a matter of time before doubts began to outweigh deeds. Subaru's reckless behavior and crazed outburst were simply a catalyst for reservations that had been gathering since they first met.
It's his own fault for not taking her seriously
It's hard to argue with Emilia's explanation for her decision. Based on her own experiences, Subaru's interest with her was unhealthy and his actions endangered both himself and her interest in the throne. She repeatedly asked him to simple explain himself so she could understand some of his more bizarre decisions, but he remained evasive. Despite her personal feelings for him and sense of indebtedness to him, Emilia is able to recognize the best thing she can do for both of them is leave. It was compassionate but impersonal and something you would expect from a true ruler.
Positively regal
Like getting your wisdom teeth pulled, some short term discomfort does this story a lot of good in the long term. Subaru displayed a seriously tragic flaw which make him immensely more interesting as a character and has placed him in a deeper hole than nearly constant mortal danger has been able to manage. Emilia was revealed to be a character with real agency and the ability to break away from Subaru to follow her own story.
A look that could destroy storylines
We are also introduced to a fascinating dynamic for a story of this sort in which our hero's own passion for the object of his love becomes the very thing that drives her away from him. The rug has been pulled out from under the classic tale of a prince saving a princess and now we are left with only doubts and an entire constellation of possibilities where the story could take us. Until now, Emilia has been Subaru's lighthouse in unfamiliar waters. He is now back where he began.
Lost and alone
Or… maybe Subaru will just fix it all by returning from death, at which point…
Peter Fobian is an Associate Features Editor for Crunchyroll, author of Monthly Mangaka Spotlight, and streams on Crunchyroll's official Twitch channel. You can follow him on Twitter at @PeterFobian.


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Elena is a hardworking woman from Zaporozhye, Ukraine. She owns a clothing store, and purchased spring clothing (dresses) for women in her city to purchase. Elena used a previous loan to expand the seasonal assortment of her store as well.
She is a dignified person who is able to convey her own optimism to other people even in the most difficult situations. In her spare time, Elena likes swimming and teaching others to swim. In January 2012, Elon Microfinance Initiative assisted Elena with a loan of $25.


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It's Challenge time again everyone!!! Thanks to everyone who decided to challenge themselves in January...it was so much fun! Here's the challenge for February...Distressing Basic Grey Marjolaine papers and playing with alcohol inks. Learn and experiment with embossed and inked timfoil (pun intended:) ) Create your own glossy background for your butterfly and don't forget your wipes...your fingers are going to be inky after this one!
Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $22
Supplies Needed:
- Walnut Stain, Faded Jean, Shabby Shutters Distress Inks (if you have them)
- Distress Edging tool
- Blending tool, clean foams and felt squares for alcohol ink application
- Alcohol inks in Stream and Lettuce (if you have them)
- three photos in black&white, sepia or with appropriate colours for the layout
- adhesive, glue dots and pop dots
- glossy accents (if you have it)


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Thursday, June 21, 2012
I studied Sartre (for a while) but really only understood him for 30 minutes one March afternoon in late 1988 after I'd spent the day in the library poring over Being and Nothingness and every study guide I could find for it. It was a sublime 30 minutes though. Everything, the grain of the wood on the desk, the weave on the seat cushion, the tightness of the laces cinching my shoes, were more present to me than ever before. Pretty much the only time that philosophy broke through from the realm of the mind to reality, for me. However, thanks to this, I think I actually understand him all over again. Superbe.
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Thank you, SCOTUS. This Obamacare ruling fires up the troops as America's eyes are opened! Thank God.
This proves to be such an unsettling time in America as we undergo the fundamental transformation that Barack Obama promised he would do to us if elected. Obamacare was dealt in deception and confusion by flooding the public with an overwhelming amount of conflicting "rationale" via thousands of pages of unread legislative detail, which is the radical left's M.O. Obama promised the American people this wasn't a tax and that he'd never raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000. We now see that this is the largest tax increase in history. It will slam every business owner and every one of the 50% of Americans who currently pay their taxes. The other 50% are being deceived if they think they're going to get a free ride – because Medicaid is broke. Recipients of Obama's "free health care" will have fewer choices and less accessibility. Trust me – this much more expensive health care WILL be rationed; to claim otherwise defies all economic and common sense.
We will not retreat on this. A newly elected legislative branch is key to defending our Republic and fundamentally restoring all that is good in America.
SCOTUS now rules this is a tax? Well, Congress has the ability to create taxes – and also has the ability to rescind them. Upon their return from the July recess, Congress should act immediately to repeal this terrible new tax on the American people, and indeed they must repeal all of Obamacare. This is the most brazen and sweeping new tax and government overreach imposed on us. We the People did not ask for this tax, we do not want this tax, and we can't afford this tax. This is not an answer to America's health care challenges.
It's time, again, for patriotic Americans to rise up to protest this obvious infringement on our economic and personal freedom. November is just around the corner. Today, the Supreme Court issued their ruling on Obamacare. In November, We the People will issue ours.
– Sarah Palin
See the original on Facebook.
Here are her tweets:
Obama lied to the American people. Again. He said it wasn't a tax. Obama lies; freedom dies.
Thank you, SCOTUS. This Obamacare ruling fires up the troops as America's eyes are opened! Thank God. This… http://fb.me/1qM8dwfRe
And she will be on Greta Van Susteren's "On the Record" tonight.
Thank you, Governor Palin, for fighting this from the beginning.
The fight continues …
Her Facebook note is now crossposted on Breitbart's Big Government. So even more than her 3.4 million Facebook followers will see it.
crossposted to Palin4America


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Pull all of the paper out of the paper tray if you are seeing paper feed issues with your Epson printer. Replace the paper, but do not fill the tray more than halfway. If the tray is too full, the printer can grab more than one sheet at a time and cause paper jams.
Move the paper guides on the side of the paper tray so that they fit snugly against the stack of paper. The paper guides should not be too loose or too tight -- if they do not fit properly, paper jams can result.
Remove and reseat the printer cable on both ends if you get no response when you send a print job. If that does not work, remove the printer cable from the printer and the computer. Shut down the computer, power off the printer and disconnect the printer power cord. Replace the printer power cord, power on the Epson printer and wait for the ready light to come on. Power on the computer and reconnect the printer to the computer.


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Overnight the clocks went forward as British Summer Time begins and Eric felt rough so it was down on the train to Newport to see the doctor on Monday morning. Ben and I went with him and Ben slept under the seat and the journey was uneventful. We'd arranged to stay with daughter Clare, who has a spare bedroom but popped in to visit daughter Lisa and grandaughter Gwen before we went to Clare's house. It was a slow climb up the hill where Clare lives but we got there.
Monday morning Eric went to the doctor's by taxi while Ben and I walked along the Crumlin Arm of the Mon and Brec Canal and along a few roads to walk through Tredegar Park to my dad's house taking nearly two hours.......so Ben had a very good walk! Eric met me there and dad had a surprise as he hadn't expected to see us yet. I cut my dad's hair and later we went back to Clare's house by bus.
On Tuesday we decided to catch the train back to the boat although Eric was still feeling rough after a good night's sleep. The doctor had diagnosed a chest infection and a large dose of antibiotics. We just wanted to get home again, so I took Ben out for a walk before we went to catch the train. Everything was fine, Ben was asleep under the seat, and Eric said he felt sick and went off to the toilet. He was a long time and I was thinking I'd better go and check on him, and he appeared looking rather grey and having a cold sweat as he'd fainted in the toilet. He was cold but complaining of being too hot and very grey, but as he had no pain and didn't have blue tinged lips I knew it wasn't angina.
Anyway to cut a long story short we ended up off the train at Shrewsbury and they called a paramedic who then called an ambulance and we were taken (dog and all) to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where they did various tests. He had very low blood pressure and was dehydrated and an X ray showed the extent of the chest infection. Ben spent the afternoon tied up outside the hospital with a bowl of water, where the reception staff kept an eye on him for me and he got lots of fuss and attention from anyone who passed by.
As they were keeping him in to do more blood tests, give him antibiotics intravenously and get his BP up with re hydration, I made a move to continue my journey back to Llangollen with Ben the dog. Ben was excellent enduring two taxi rides and the train back to Ruabon. We got back to the boat at half past seven and we'd left Newport at eleven in the morning........what a day!
He rang late last night to say he'll let me know what's going on this morning. Hopefully I can go and get him this afternoon while Ben has a quiet afternoon on the boat. But we'll have to wait and see.
Eric is coming back home (to the boat) this afternoon and the hospital were providing transport to Llangollen but changed their mind at 2pm! He has pneumonia according to one doctor, but the other used the term chest infection- so needs warmth, more antibiotics, rest and TLC!


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You're in California? I'm not sure about the laws in California, but fumigators are required to completely air out the structure before turning it back to you. The fumigant, Vikane, kills EVERYTHING. Any living thing, plant or animal. And termites, of course. It must penetrate everything to be effective, so that means it must be present for an appropriate period of time. Fumigators have a formula, based on the size of your house, its contents and the building materials, so that it actually does the job it's intended to do. As you have seen, the structure is tarped completely to contain the gas for a definite time period that will make the treatment effective.
The tarps are designed to contain the gas to the structure and properly installed, are not a danger to the other surrounding structures. They have instruments that tell them when it is all safely gone, so that you can re-enter with no further worries.
For this reason, once the gas dissipates, the effectiveness is gone. Technically, at that point, termites can re-enter the structure, so that fumigation treatments can only kill what's there, there is absolutely no residual, nothing is supposed to be left. So once the company declares it is safe for you to go back, there is no reason for you to worry about what is left.
However, for all absolute details, you should question the exterminator about EXACT details, they will have the specifications of how much was used and how long you should stay out. They are used to these questions, so I would urge you to call them and ask them any detailed questions about your treatment.
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I'm not sure if you've been on a train in Japan, but they are universally covered in advertising. A lot of the trains even have TV screens playing silent ads in the background as well (one thing that you'll notice about the trains here as well is that people usually travel in silence…).
When you're pressed up against half a dozen people, having the adverts are a nice distraction. You can glance around and avoid having to have any awkward eye contact with someone who's jamming their umbrella into your guts.
The upshot of this is that you can find out about a lot of things that are going on around the city just by riding the train. As most companies here have cross-holdings in other companies (for example, the TV Station TBS also has a subsidiary that builds residential housing, and all of the major banks hold large stakes in all of the other banks), there is a lot of cross-promotion. So a certain train line might also own a theme park slightly out of town, or have shares in an aquarium… you get the picture.
In any case, I saw an ad for Toshimaen, an amusement park just outside of "Tokyo" (as in, still a part of Tokyo but away from the main CBD) recently. They were promoting their Winter Festival, where they have a lot of illumination going on and they have a special type of ticket that lets you in from the afternoon to closing, which was extended slightly to allow people to enjoy the illumination.
Now, if you've tried to go to an attraction in Tokyo on the weekend (or even just going shopping) you'll know that it is always a mad house. People are so used to waiting in line now that it's almost at the level of a national past-time.
So if you head to somewhere like Shinagawa's Aqua Park aquarium you know that you're in for some crowds. On a normal day you will have people sitting in seats at the Dolphin show arena for about an hour just to make sure that they will see the show. It's the same in Ueno Park, where there are a dozen museums, art galleries and a zoo. Just getting a coffee will easily take you half an hour (if you're lucky).
But tonight at Toshimaen, there were practically no crowds. Sure, it's still Tokyo, so you're never alone (something that I will discuss in a later post) but there's not a huge line for any of the rides. Of course, this was for the evening session so I'm guessing that the daytime is busier, but it's nothing compare to the lines and crowds at Tokyo Disneyland.
This got me thinking. Tokyo probably has a lot more of these "undiscovered" places, where you can still have a good time and enjoy the city without the masses of crowds. I'm going to try and find more of them and bring them to you.
I know that Toshimaen probably isn't the most fun amusement park in the world, but there are a couple of roller coasters a lot of kids rides as well. Now that I have young kids who can enjoy a carousel, it is really fun to go to more "simple" amusement park instead of looking for the latest thrill rides…
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Our advice? Take time to make memories with friends and family. This trip we took in August will always have special importance for our family and our friends.
And even caught Allison swinging from a rope into the water! I was so proud of her for taking a risk for fun. :)
We thank God for the chance to have taken this vacation with friends. What an important time together!


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The U.S. government's targeting of Venezuela's vice president is just the latest episode in ongoing attempts to subvert Venezuela
n democracy.Vice President Tareck El Aissami of Venezuela in Caracas this month.
Based on allegations of drug trafficking, the U.S. government has added Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami to its list of "sanctioned" Venezuelan officials. Unsurprisingly, Westerns journalists uncritically spread the allegations. Borrowing from Einstein, a definition of corporate journalism could be "the practice of uncritically citing the same dishonest sources over and over again no matter how catastrophic the result."
The targeting of El Aissami is part of the Unites States' "regime change" policy toward Venezuela that goes back nearly two decades. It began shortly after the late President Hugo Chavez was first elected in 1998. As always, the international media's collaboration with U.S. government objectives is crucial.
In March of 2015, the Obama administration declared Venezuela to be an "extraordinary threat to the national security of the United States." The U.S. media was truly impressive in the way it maintained a serious tone when reporting that utter lunacy: "a formality required by law in order to carry out sanctions" the New York Times soberly assured its readers. Reflecting and reinforcing U.S. policy, hysterical opponents of Hugo Chavez (and Venezuela's current president Nicolas Maduro) have long made the international media like the New York Times their stomping ground.
Moises Naim, in an op-ed the New York Times ran in March of 2003, said that the Venezuelan government under Chavez was "a threat not just to its neighbors but to the United States and even Europe." Naim was a member of the government that perpetrated the infamous Caracazo massacre in 1989, a decade before Chavez first took office. Recently, the western media has falsely depicted Naim as a victim of censorship because broadcasters in Venezuela (where according to an opposition-aligned pollster Chavez remains very popular) passed on a TV series Naim wrote about the life of Chavez. The series has been getting poor ratings in Colombia despite being "heavily promoted" there, according to the Miami Herald.
Since 1998, in all national level elections, 41-63 percent of the Venezuelan public has voted Chavista. The low point was the December 2015 elections when 41 percent voted for the government in the legislative elections. Nothing like 40 percent, or even 4 percent, of the international media's coverage, has ever come from a Chavista perspective. The "left leaning" Guardian in the U.K., which is about as liberal as a major western outlet can get, was about 85 percent hostile toward Chavismo from 2006-2012. Venezuelans like Naim may fail at TV drama, but they've been wildly successful at propaganda outside Venezuela where their perspective has always dominated.
This Reuters article is far from being the worst example of how the media has responded to the sanctioning of El Aissami. Venezuelan officials are quoted by Reuters denying the allegations. Over the years, journalists have actually told me that this is how they provide "balance" in their articles: by including quotes from a government that has been relentlessly lied about and demonized in the western media. Hugo Chavez, who decisively won clean elections with very high turnout against opponents with ample media support in Venezuela, was dismissed by Bernie Sanders as a "dead communist dictator." That tells you how well most western media consumers are equipped to evaluate statements by the Venezuelan government.
Reuters bolstered the Trump administration's allegations against El Aissami by quoting David Smilde – a U.S. academic hostile the Venezuelan government. Smilde said the U.S. blacklisting would be "a gift" to Nicolas Maduro's government and added that "to be clear, El Aissami and others should be held responsible for their actions. However, it should be understood this process has pernicious unintended consequences. I think we are effectively witnessing the creation of a rogue state."
Smilde's concern that U.S. belligerence might actually help Maduro is a U.S. establishment-friendly critique – the typical "independent" view that supports the basic stance of U.S. elites: El Aissami is guilty and must be "held accountable" by the world's most dangerous rogue state. Of course, Smilde didn't mean the Unites States when he fretted about a "rogue state" being created. U.S. aggression has killed about two million Iraqis since 1990. U.S. officials lied about the existence of Iraqi WMD while Saddam Hussein, a monstrous dictator, was telling the truth. Obama, in true rogue state fashion, ensured that Bush-era torturers went unprosecuted while also appointing himself a global executioner through his drone assassination program. In the past half century, hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have lost their lives thanks to the Unites States' savage opposition to progressive reform in the region. In Syria, the Obama administration sided withal-Qaida to pursue its geopolitical objectives. A track record of horrific brutality and deceit never undermines the credibility of U.S. officials in the eyes of corporate journalists and the academics they typically turn to for analysis. By contrast, anyone like El Aissami who is denounced by the Imperial Rogue State will struggle to ever clear his name. The facts are irrelevant. Chavez was a "dictator" declared the Imperial Rogue State. The corporate media repeated (or otherwise strongly insinuated) it endlessly. Case closed.
The U.S. Office of the Inspector General conceded that the Bush administration provided "training, institution building and other support" to groups involved in a military coup that briefly ousted Chavez in April of 2002. An outlet that lacks to courage to state that fact directly could find many independent journalists with years of experience in Venezuela to explain: Rachel Boothroyd-Rodas, Tamara Pearson, Ryan Mallette-Outtrim to name only a few. In fact, Mallette-Outtrim just wrote adevastating response to an Islamophobic article a Washington-based outlet, The Hill, published about El Aissami. But even when corporate journalists know independent journalists, and maybe even respect them, there is always an excuse to turn to someone like Smilde.
It is fascinating to watch the media attempt to shield itself, and U.S. officialdom generally, from the harsh re-evaluation that Trump's presidency should provoke.Adam Johnson wrote brilliantly about one technique deployed by the U.S. media to avoid looking in the mirror and to avoid acknowledging the ample common ideological ground between Trump and the more conventional members of U.S. political class. The idea that Imperial Rogue State must be not only believed but obeyed runs deep in the international media – even with an "Insane Clown President" in the White House.
Venezuela's Maduro Vows "Legal and Diplomatic" Response to US Sanctions
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday that his government will take legal and diplomatic actions in response to US sanctions
against the nation's vice-president over drug trafficking allegations.
"Venezuela will use all legal, diplomatic and political mechanisms to dismantle this infamy," the head of state declared.
On Monday, the US Treasury Department froze all of El Aissami's alleged assets in the United States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. El Aissami is the highest-ranking official of any country to be sanctioned in this manner.
However, the US government has yet to produce concrete evidence proving El Aissami's ties to drug trafficking. The Venezuelan vice-president has long been accused by US politicians and international media pundits of having links to drug cartels and Islamic militant groups.
On Tuesday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez met with the US chargé d'affaires in Venezuela, Lee McClenny, to whom she delivered an offiical letter of protest addressed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.
According to ministry's official twitter account, Rodríguez also demanded that the US diplomatic officer respect Vice-President El Aissami, citing Vienna Convention provisions.
The Bolivarian government has considered the sanctions as part of a sustained campaign to destabilize the country and discredit Venezuelan authorities.
Venezuelan Ombudsman Tarek William Saab echoed this sentiment referring to the sanctions against El Aissami as "a new heigtening escalation against civilian and military authorities who have not knelt before foreign [US] military force, which has occupied territories and massively violated human rights throughout the world while the hands of its authorities are drenched with blood."
The National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) also issued a statement in solidarity with El Aissami expressing their "unconditional support."
"The National Bolivarian Armed Forces expresses the most categorical rejection in light of the latest act of US intervention…formulating accusations absolutely lacking in foundation and legality," read the statement signed by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López.
The FANB emphasized that these sanctions "have a Machiavellian purpose of undermining the image of our national executive power, and therefore, the institutionality, governance and stability of our country."
The statement calls out the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), saying it "is systematically and criminally used to target progressive states and governments based on sinister interests. In this case, as in many others, they make use of false positives, vilification, intrigue and disinformation. "
For its part, Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly pledged to launch an inquiry into the vice-president's conduct, indicating that it would solicit official information regarding the case from Washington. The body likewise announced that it would request the Public Prosecutor's office to open an official investigation.
The latest US sanctions follow on the heels of the outgoing Obama administration's renewal last month of an executive order branding Venezuela an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US national security.
In recent weeks, the US Congress has been urging the new Trump administration to take a more aggressive stance towards Caracas.
Last week, 34 US legislators issued a statement advocating for harsher sanctions against Venezuela. The bipartisan letter was co-written by Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) and Senator Menendez (D-New Jersey) known for their hardline opposition to leftist and progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
NAM Rejects US Sanctions against Venezuelan Vice President
The Movement of Non Aligned Countries (NAM) has rejected Thursday the U.S. Treasury Department's sanction against Venezuela's Vice President Tareck El Aissami, for alleged links to international drug trafficking.
In a statement, the NAM's Coordination Bureau rejects the inclusion of El Aissami in the list of people related to drug trafficking, which it considers a new coercive and unilateral measure by the United States Government against the South American nation.
It has also voiced its support for the Government and people of Venezuela and urges the US administration to repeal the measure as it violates the international law, the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the rules governing peaceful relations among States.
Last February 13, the Office of Foreign Assets Control called El Aissami a drug trafficker, without showing any evidence against the Venezuelan politician.
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We're getting excited. Are you?
Kate & ReBike are also having a bike sale! Make sure to stop out and say hi!!!
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
New Swapping Requirement
Hi friends,
There's a new addition to the Local Yokel Craft Fair and Swap. To ensure that everyone gets to participate in the swapping element of the event, we are requiring all vendors to submit two (2) handmade items, worth about $10 each, in order to participate in the event.
What are we doing with all these donated items? One of the items goes to another vendor. That means you automatically get a handcrafted item from another vendor just for showing up and donating one of your own. The second item goes to the organizers of the event. Many people work hard to make this event happen (Kate donates the space, Jackie designs the posters, etc.) and we want to be able to compensate them somehow.
We've never charged a booth fee for the event (and don't want to) so we thought this was a fun and fair option.
Looking forward to swapping with you!
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I'm officially a Wordle addict.
I've been working on a short story called The Tiffin Box (adult literary fiction) for months and months. It's been in hibernation and I brought it out tonight to read it over again.
Then I decided to Wordle it. And I love the result, so I had to share.
(Click on the picture if you'd like to see a bigger version.)
Any comments? I know the last time I Wordled a lot of people said they wanted to try it. Did you? How'd you like it?
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
One More Wordle
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Yes, I did, and it's too much fun. Actually, I've considered the possibility that Wordle is just some big scam to get a bunch of unpublished writers to feed their hard-written words into a ginormous database, but I...still...can't...stop... :)ReplyDelete
Wow, I didn't think of that. Maybe that could be the premise of your next novel ... a big conspiracy theory.ReplyDelete
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2/06 – A Disaster waiting to Happen
Global warming is an ever-present disaster and we are the not only the cause but we are also the salvation. However one must be willing to taqke the steps and precaution if we are to protect the Earth or before you know your fart could spell our doom.
What is Global Warming?
Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises). It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth's atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This hurts many people, animals, and plants. Many cannot take the change, so they die.
What is the Greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is a process by which radiative energy leaving a planetary surface is absorbed by some atmospheric gases, called greenhouse gases. They transfer this energy to other components of the atmosphere, and it is re-radiated in all directions, including back down towards the surface. This transfers energy to the surface and lower atmosphere, so the temperature there is higher than it would be if direct heating by solar radiation were the only warming mechanism.
In order, Earth's most abundant greenhouse gases are:
- water vapor
- carbon dioxide
- atmosheric methane
- nitrous oxide
- ozone
- chlorofluorocarbons
Causes of global warming:-
- Agriculture is a huge source of methane and nitrous oxide, and responsible for 15% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
- One quarter of all man-made CO2 emissions is transportation related.
- 750 million cars worldwide emit a total of approx. 2.25 billions tons of CO2 each year.
- Industrial production is responsible for more than half of all C)2 emissions.
- Largest quantities of CO2 emitted by energy producers and energy-intensive industries.
- A quarter of CO2 emissions worldwide result from deforestation.
- Net forest loss since 2000: 7.3 mill. hectares per year.
- Since the early 1960s mountain glaciers around the world have experienced an estimated net loss of over 4,ooo cubic kilometers of water; this loss was more than twice as fast during the 1990s as in the previous decades.
- Projection: 4*C rise in average global temperatures would cause nearly all of the world's glaciers to melt, resulting in rising sea levels.
- Globally, the annual number of strong storms doubled from around 8(early 1970s) to 18(2000-2004).
- Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the 6th largest hurricane on record, and caused over 60 billion US dollars in damage.
- The magnitude of damages caused by the 27 tropical storms in the Atlantic during 2005 were the highest yet recorded.
- 2 bill. people in 110 countries are affected and threatened by accelerating desertification.
- The UN projects that 30% of the world's fertile land surface will turn to desert in the future.
- Exemple: Niger, 250,000 hectares an area about the size of Luxemburg, becomes desert each year.
Solutions :-
- Organic farming
- New filtration technology
- Improvement measures: afforestation, reforestation, avoided deforestation
- Reducing carbon footprint (energy savers)
- Carpool, use of public transporation
- Reducing our red meat consuption
- Walking, running and cycling to destinations
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You get a 3-for-1 special today! Here's the first. Enjoy.
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I've been wanting to do a countdown featuring songs about songs (you know, songs about music, dancing, and/or a certain genre). I have my 10 songs, but even as I posted Number 10, I wasn't sure about the order. So, this one will form as I go. I normally have my list ready to go before I start. MY TOP 10 is a music video countdown, but with some songs (maybe two in particular) occuring before the MTV era, I will have to improvise and pull something from Dailymotion or YouTube. Here goes.
3. Jennifer Lopez "Play"
This is the jam that you want to "play" over and over. And what person who loves to dance (like me!) cannot relate to the line about making your request to the DJ over and over before s/he finally decides to play it? That's the line I like to talk along to at the top of my lungs. This is the highlight of the J.Lo album. It does have other delights, but this is definitely a standout. "Play" becomes that song that "Play" is about.


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My name is Cindy and I have been babysitting since age 12 which was a major influence on my decision to attend college and receive my Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. I have experience with children of all ages with the majority of my babysitting experience being with children ages 2 through 10. I have worked for the past four summers as the Assistant Director for a Teen Travel camp, so I am confident in my abilities to care for pre-teens, as well as teenagers. I have reliable transportation and I am willing to transport children to and from their scheduled activities. I have been an athlete my entire life and enjoy all sports and many outdoor activities. I also collect postcards and love to read. My interests are very flexible and varied which allows me to relate to many children in different ways.
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Most up-and-coming metal bands use the word 'intense' to describe their sound and live show. But after listening to the debut album from Autumn Black, 'Beneath the Shadows,' these folks are truly, no B.S., 100% i-n-t-e-n-s-e.
One of the first-ever releases for the newly launched Tyburn label, 'Beneath the Shadows' is sure to appeal to both metalheads and hardcore thrashers, as the group likes to describe their sound as 'east coast metal + west coast hardcore = Autumn Black.'
Formed in 2004 and hailing from Los Angeles, California, Autumn Black is comprised of members Andrew Vargas (vocals), Ruben Platt (guitars, vocals), Jonathan Koch (guitars), Albert Platt (bass, backing vocals), and Christopher Daigle (drums).
"What separates us from a lot of bands is we attract a diverse crowd of hardcore and metal fans," explains Platt. "This is a unique approach which is rather awesome cause everybody is there to hear what they want."
The group has been touring steadily in support of 'Beneath the Shadows' since its September 2006 release – with the intensity and emotion of such album standouts as "Ashes," "Breathe for Me," and the title track only proving more brutal in a live setting.
"Fans that like our sound usually say the same thing," adds Daigle, "Which is you guys are different and kick ass!"
The group continues to pile up the road miles and make believers/new fans at every gig, which leads to Vargas enthusing, "If you haven't heard of us or even seen us live all I have to say is watch out!"
Confirmed Autumn Black live dates (with Psyopus):
06/17/07 Roseville, MI Myspace Internet Cafe16190 13 Mile Road Roseville, MI
06/18/07 Ft Wayne, IN Sunset Hall 6809 S. Hanna St Ft Wayne, IN 46816
06/20/07 Rapid City, SD Trea Bingo Hall1981 Centre Street, Rapid City, SD 57703
06/22/07 Portland, OR C Mt Tabor Legacy4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland OR 97202 06/23/07 The Gadfly 117 Elm St La Grande, OR 97850
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Autumn Black offer intense metal
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- May 15, 2007 at 2:08:00 PM PDT
- Mickie said...
Thank you Tyburn Records for the flyer with even more dates to catch this hot band!
Keep on rockin! ~Mickie
- May 15, 2007 at 2:30:00 PM PDT
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Letters From Cairo (Arab American Writing)By: Pauline Kaldas (author)Hardback
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DescriptionWhen her husband is offered a six-month Fulbright grant to teach American literature at Cairo University, Pauline Kaldas embarks on a new journey - and an opportunity to return home. A native of Egypt, she immigrated with her parents to the United States when she was eight years old. Returning now with her own children Kaldas writes from her perspective as an Arab American, straddling two homelands and two identities. Through a colorful collection of letters, journal entries, essays, and even local recipes, she provides a richly detailed portrait of life in Cairo, recording daily revelations - and eventually reconciling past and present. ""Looking at it, I feel that I exist firmly balanced."" With keen observation and deeply personal reflections, the author presents a thoughtful meditation on the meaning of place, family, and origin. Kaldas offers insight into the complexities of Egyptian culture, alternately taking on roles of linguist and political interpreter, and covering everything from class issues and political activism to education and the impact of Western culture. But it is her moving, often entertaining letters and her children's emails and poems that will charm readers and resonate with devotees of travel essays and multicultural literature. This book captures the images, character, and passion of an extraordinary country. Marked by spare, graceful prose, drawing on observations and friendships past and present, Kaldas offers a unique lens into Middle Eastern societies, one that the reader will not soon forget.
About AuthorPauline Kaldas is assistant professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University. She is the author of Egyptian Compass and co-editor of Dinarzad's Children.
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