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Pennello has always been an odd duck in my stable of alts. My second oldest toon, she has never really advanced very far, mainly serving as a bank alt until I'd idly quest with her for a few more levels. I found playing a warlock to be annoyingly dull compared to a mage, but I couldn't bear to delete the poor girl, not after she'd been with me for so long. A couple of recent developments made me pick her up again and push her into Outland. The first was a spec change from the slow ramp-up style of Affliction to the pyromaniacal fun of Destruction. The other?
I desperately wanted Pennello to be able to use the Twilight Trappings set. Originally used to complete quests related to Ahn'Qiraj in Silithus pre-Cata (when I had picked up the set on my main), I sent them over to Pennello to store in her bank until she hit the required level 60 to use them. For me, it's a perfect lowbie 'lock set: sinister yet understated, with a touch of elegance in the detail on the robe. The items had armor and a set bonus, so I didn't even think about whether they'd be usable for transmog.
One day I was browsing WoW Roleplay Gear for inspiration, and I came across their Transmogrification Blacklist. My heart sank; the Twilight Trappings set cannot be used for transmog. There are conflicting reports as to why: it's either the lack of stats, or the fact that the pieces do not bind on equip. Regardless of the reason, I was a little crushed but decided to persevere by creating a set as close to the real thing as I could get.
This was more difficult than I expected. The robe and shoulders are as far as I can tell unique models; the hood — though a commonly used model — is a unique color. I had recently purchased Pagan Wraps off of the AH with the intention of flipping them, but when I saw how similar the robe was to the Twilight Cultist Robe I kept them as my starting point. With a good base to build on, I knew I needed to accomplish three things with my look: I needed to find items to help add purple details back into the brown robe; I wanted a hood with the same depth of color as the Twilight Cultist Cowl; and the shoulders needed to be as eye-catching as the Twilight Cultist Mantle is.
The Twilight Cultist Copy Set
Requires level 53
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- Head: Felcloth Hood
- Shoulder: Tattered Dreadmist Mantle
- Chest: Pagan Wraps
- Back: Denmother's Cloak
- Gloves: Runecloth Gloves (though I plan on switching over to Resplendent Gauntlets as soon as I can get my hands on the damned things…)
- Waist: Deathmage Sash
- Feet: Oilfoot Slippers
- Staff: Darkmoon Magestaff
- Shirt: Golden Filigreed Shirt
I feel like I successfully achieved all my goals with this set. The Tattered Dreadmist Mantle is the most dynamic set of purple shoulders I could find, and given its heritage is definitely appropriate for a warlock. The belt and shirt give the robe some much-needed purple accents. The cloak is a wonderful addition to the set, as are the slippers and gloves (both as-pictured and the eventual replacements).
I had a hard time finding a hood I liked. All of the other purple hoods in the same model are rather washed-out compared to the Twilight Cultist one. I almost went with the Shadoweave Mask, but the pattern is not currently available in the game and I have yet to find anyone who learned it before the Shattering. Plus, it's not a hood. I like the color saturation of the Felcloth Hood, but I'm not completely sold on it yet. I'll live with it for a while and see how I feel.
There's already one change I plan on making. When I was pulling Wowhead links for this post, I stumbled across the Thistlefur Robe. The darker brown is much closer in color to the source material than the Pagan Wraps, so I'm adding it to my shopping list. Hopefully I'll have more luck finding it than I've been having with the Resplendent Gauntlets…


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Chris and Martie's first Christmas together is at risk of becoming a major disappointment, but a little deception and creative thinking go a long way toward making it the first of many great Christmases to come.
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I was recently diagnosed with a very mild case Crohn's (doc is 98% sure based on colonoscopy). He then proceeded to prescribed 12 400mg Asacol tablets per day. Based on what I have read this seems a little overkill, especially since they cost so much. The drug info sheet from P&G says 6 pills per day divided into 3 doses. And I read else where that this is the prescribed dosing for about 6 weeks until the patient is in remission. Once in remission, the dosing can be lowered. Can anyone support my doc's decision in dosing me so high or should I get a second opinion? Thanks!
Not sure if my doctor is out of his mind?
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im on the same type of drug and from what I have learned is that it is important to have high doses when you have a flare up and then continue with it for quite a while after, but of course ask your doctor or another. I tried going off mine a few times a bit early and paid the price. Had a bad flare up a few months ago and its only just settled down. Also get onto some zinc tablets, and garlic these heal the intestine walls. Hope your feeling better. :)
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Bleh! If I see ONE MORE picture of Michael Phelps gettin' up on some chick he doesn't know and love in Las Vegas, I'm going to seriously wretch. (And it takes a LOT for me to puke these days.) Honestly. He wins 8 Olympic Gold medals, makes the United States and his mother proud and WHAT has he been up to since he set FOOT back on U.S. soil? It appears all he does is drink, gamble and fornicate. (I think it's happening all at one time, frankly.)
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WWE Cancels Talking Smack
Renee Young's show will now only air after PPVs.
Renee Young's show will now only air after PPVs.
Talking Smack has been cut from WWE's Tuesday night line-up, the company has confirmed.
The show, hosted by Renee Young since its inception last year, will now only be aired after SmackDown pay-per-views.
In a statement, WWE said the decision had been reached "based on a variety of factors, including viewership and subscriber research".
However, many fans have been disappointed to learn that the show has been axed, pointing to the function it served in developing characters and storylines.
In particular, the appearances of Daniel Bryan and The Miz - who regularly exchanged verbal barbs on Talking Smack last year, prompting rumours of a return to the ring for the Smackdown GM - were heavily praised.
Asked why the decision was made on Twitter, the Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer said simply: "Not enough people watched it."
Meanwhile, Miz Tweeted that he was disappointed to see the show go, writing: "I enjoyed the freedom this show gave to WWE talent to showcase what they could do. Renee Young brought the best out of all."
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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that's phony, fraudulent or bogus.
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Colin. For jumping head first into waters uncharted at work. He's moved projects and is really getting emmersed into some new things, like a specific animation style he hasn't done before.
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My Eye brows are looking good. They've grown in all the way, and the new shape Ana-Maria has given me suits my face and features much better.
6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.
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My daughter came home with a sheet about the third grade musical "The Old Gingerbread House". She is in the chorus as a forest animal. Parents were asked to provide costumes for their child. Some ideas/choices were: birds, squirrels, bears, deer, skunks, rabbits, raccoons, mice, turtles, fox or bugs. The teacher suggested to start out with sweats and build a costume from there. Brown sweats and antlers could be a deer. I suggested the deer or rabbit because I know we own both antlers and rabbit ears. My daughter decided that she wanted to be a turtle. I told her that was fine, but that I was not buying her a shell. She had to use her turtle backpack from last year, her Raphael shell from last Halloween or her Donatello shell from this year's Halloween costume. Thanks to Walmart and her backpack from last year, this is what we came up with.
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I've been nominated for the Liebster Award, thanks to Mani from A New Life in India! I'm so excited to have been nominated and to get to pay back the blog love.
The Liebster Award is an award your fellow bloggers nominate you for. You can be nominated for two reasons: you are a new-er blogger with inspiring content and you have less than / around 200 followers. The point is to draw attention and exposure to new and exciting blogs.
To accept the award, you:
- thank your nominator
- list 11 facts about yourself
- answer the questions posed by the person who nominated you
- nominate 3-5 blogs by linking to their pages, notifying them, and creating questions of my own for them to answer
- post the award
I do first want to thank Mani. Her blog is fantastic, and everyone should start by checking it out. She's recently moved to India with her spouse, and I'm continually humbled in my own expat experience by how well she deals with the more extreme culture shock of an US to India move.
And now, on to random stuff about me!
11 Random Facts About Myself:
- I read novels for teens even though I'm almost into my 3rd decade. But I'm not ashamed! Go pick up a Young Adult novel and see if you're not hooked immediately.
- I'm a librarian. I just got my MS in Library Science last year, and even though I'm not currently working in the field I refuse to give up my title!
- I have one tattoo in the middle of my back. It's of the zia sun symbol, which in addition to personal meanings also has some really cool symbolic meanings.
- I worry sometimes about the cultural appropriation aspects of my tattoo.
- I've always wanted thick curly hair because mine is as fine and as straight as possible. But I've never talked myself into getting a perm.
- I don't really like shoes the way most women do, but I loooove purses and have a hard time restraining myself from buying new ones all the time. (In fact, I just bought a new one that should arrive this week!) I think it has something to do with organizing my stuff inside of the new purse.
- This is my first real blog. I had a Tumblr before, but it was really just reblogs of stuff that I wanted to remember/come back to.
- This is my first time living as an expat. Previously, I've only been in a foreign country for 2 weeks at a time, and I've only been to 4 foreign countries: Canada, Mexico, Italy, and France.
- I have one younger brother who is about to get married and one brother and sister in law who are about to have a baby (any day now). Sometimes I wish the timing of our expat adventure had been a little better/earlier.
- I once went off caffeine for 2 years. Actually, it was right before moving to Denmark. I am now thoroughly re-addicted to coffee. (How can you live in Europe and not be?)
- I still can't believe sometimes that we're living in Europe and that we're going to be here for the next 3 years! While we've got the every day part down, I'm not sure if the full implications of the move have really sunk in yet.
Questions I Must Answer:
- Name three of your favorite movies.
The 5th Element. Beauty and the Beast. Easy A.
The first two are favorites from my childhood, and they always make appearances when I'm sick. The last I just totally love. Emma Stone is awesome.
If you haven't seen The 5th Element yet, oh my god you need to. It's brilliant in so many ways. It's a typical Bruce-Willis-as-a-down-and-out-ex-cop movie thrown together with some awesome science fiction, and the funniest, most ridiculous Chris Tucker character I have ever seen. And it has Gary Oldman playing one of the bad guys, and you know he's awesome. Plus, it features this song, which is one of the best songs ever.
2. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
This is a tough question because this whole experience may change my answer a bit. It's so easy to say "I would live in Rome!" or somewhere else equally romantic and exotic before you know what exactly is involved in an international move. I also don't know how living in Europe will change my perception of the US. Reverse culture shock is apparently a very serious, and often overlooked, phenomenon.
But right now I would say that I would probably want to live in a Europe-like city in the US: San Francisco, Portland, Boston, etc. I love certain aspects of life in Aarhus that you can't get in much of the US, like being able to live for 3 years without owning a car, being able to bike to work without getting run over, the big city with a small town feel. But I do miss the ease of hearing my own language around me.
But ask me again in 3 years, and that answer might change.
As for the place that part of me has always wanted to live: New Mexico. My family spent many of our vacations in New Mexico when I was younger, and it still holds a special place in my heart. Those giant blue skies, those high plateaus of golden grasses, those red mountains. (This is also the personal reason for the zia tattoo. The zia is the symbol of the New Mexican flag. My parents also both have a zia tattoo of their own while my brother has one of kokpelli.)
3. Describe the last meal you would like to have before you die.
Ah, this is also hard! I have many favorite foods, but none that are absolutes. For some reason, I loooove baked potatos, so that would have to be on the list. The best things ever are sopapillas, little fried dough pillows that you cover in honey. (These also come from New Mexico.) I would also have to include strawberry shortcake with the shortcake made from biscuit-like dough. Oh! And pumpkin pie. Mmmm. Can I have a last meal of all desserts?
4. What is the most courageous thing you have ever done in your life?
Hmm. Well you could say moving to Denmark without ever having been here before! Day to day life in a new country takes a lot of courage.
But you could also say doing the Dragon's Wing at the 6 Flags amusement park in St. Louis. A couple friends and I decided that this would be a good thing to do on a school trip to 6 Flags in 8th grade. I don't think I would ever do it now.
5. What was the last book you read and what did you think of it?
The last book I read – just finished it yesterday – was Dragonsinger, the second book in the Harper Hall trilogy (which is in turn part of the Pern series) by Anne McCaffrey. See, I wasn't lying when I told you I liked to read fantasy and Young Adult! I love a good coming-of-age, finding-your-true-place story, and this book did that perfectly.
I am a huge Goodreads fan, so if you want to follow my book reviews and what I'm reading, come find me on Goodreads.
6. Do you believe in any of the following: God, reincarnation, soulmates, or ghosts?
Hmm, I'm not sure. My family isn't very religious, so I stopped going to church when I was about 8 or so. But I suppose I believe that there is something "up there." I have the same general feeling about everything in that question, I guess. It would be nice if they existed. I don't think that they don't exist. But I don't have any first hand experience with any of them.
Apart from soulmates. Brian and I met in 7th grade and just couldn't seem to move on from each other. It's been 11 years (just the other day), and I couldn't imagine myself without him.
Now, enough about me. Let's move on to…
My Nominations:
- Josh's Journey: an American expat living in Germany with his German wife.
- Second to the Right: a family of 4 getting ready to move to Italy.
- Heather + Thomas: Heather and Thomas got married and moved to Denmark. This is their story.
- An American Hermit Crab in Denmark: Some adventures in language, food, knitting, and keeping busy. Plus, she just had a baby!
- Living the American Dream in Europe: Expat life in Germany with some general cogitations on being an expat that I found very helpful.
Question to My Nominees:
- What do you like to read and what is your favorite book?
- What is your favorite item of clothing / accessory / outfit (pick whatever is most appropriate)?
- What is the best lesson you have learned from being an expat / preparing to be an expat?
- What do you know now that you wish you had known when you first moved overseas / started your expat journey?
- What is your favorite experience / memory?
- Do you have any pet peeves?
If you would like to just accept the award without participating, that is totally an option! This is just a fun way to raise awareness of other bloggers.


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Down to the Last Ingredient: Graduation
This is my last night as an undergrad. How about that? I'm actually graduating.
It's a funny feeling. Knowing my way of life is about to end and make a quick and rough transition. Although I probably won't notice the difference until I'm not returning to the Academy this upcoming September. Fingers crossed I'll have a job by then.
So what did I do to celebrate my last night bound to the Academy by the name of undergraduate? I whipped up my own version of a creamy taco dip, cracked open a Woodchuck hard cider, plugged in my headphones, and caught up on my New Girl episodes. How hilarious is that show? And can I just say Zooey Deschenal is seriously who I would be if I was only a button cuter much like she is? She's famous for being dorky, funny, and sexy without trying.
Those are my main goals in life. To be seen as sexy while embracing my uttermost dork. I am graduating. They say the world if my oyster. We shall find out.
When I was a sophomore, I came into possession of a cookbook titled "College Kids Can Cook." My frist year in the dorms did not give my a real chance to try my hand at being a whiz in the kitchen. We didn't have stoves to cook on. It was either go to the Dining Center or learn to be crafty with your microwaves (and not always with Kraft Mac N' Cheese either.) So when I moved into an on-campus apartment, you can believe in my excitement about finally having a stove in the kitchen. A real live stove! Suddenly I was cooking hamburgers, steaks, potatoes, real stew for once. Nothing out of a box, and only sometimes from a can.
Plus, when you have a choice to cook something in the oven or the microwave, it always tastes crisper and just plain better when you cook it in the oven.
So I made a promise to myself. I would cook absolutely every recipe in this cookbook. I didn't care if it was something I already knew how to make or if it contained something I thought was really disgusting. I was going to cook whatever it was according to the recipe, and try it at least once. If I liked it, obviously I would make it again. If I hated it, I would either try to fix it with my own additions and remedies, or I'd simply let someone else eat it.
It's happened a few times. Good thing my Dad isn't too picky and eats just about anything.
What does this little tale have to do with anything? I have one recipe left to go, and its spiced coffee. Guess what I'm doing when I get up in the morning? I'm going to whip me up a cup of spiced coffee and (hopefully) enjoy the last recipe to be made out of my book. It's a nice little bookend to my academic years, don't you think?
"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook."
Favorite words of mine from the famed food fanatic, Julia Child. I'm sure she would appreciate my cooking endeavor over the past 4 years. I sure didn't know what to expect. Some of them were harder than others, and some I really had to add a lot of my own touches in order for it to taste great according to my taste buds.
Guess I'm just picky. I do like to eat. It's amazing I keep this slim figure like i do.I enjoy food way too much.
Especially a good juicy steak.
As you can imagine, I've had many inspirational moments this week. You know,with everything drawing to a close and such for me. At least, in this chapter in my life. Some changes have already started to happen, a few in progress, and a few others I can only keep my fingers crossed for and hope the Force has a special eye on me when it comes to those areas of my life.
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It's a long list, to be sure, but I've had a lot of Fabulous Inspiration this week. To those of you graduating from your own Academies, congratulations and best of luck to you. As for me? I'm continuing to take it one day at a time, and finally devoting my time to projects I want to take on and traveling to places I've always wanted to see.
Right now? The Jedi are needed more than ever.
I need to grab some shut-eye. I have a stage to cross tomorrow. It's the biggest stage cross I'll make in my lifetime. At least until I'm at the Oscars 🙂


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Day two and we have gotten much closer to our whale sightings. We were lucky to have the local Nantucket Whaling Museum specially open for us, giving us a detailed tour of their exhibits. It was very interesting to learn about how and why the whales were hunted. However, what was especially surprising was the sheer size of the whales. There was even a skeleton of a 21-year-old sperm whale!
Following up on all the information we learned we got a walking tour of the special places around downtown Nantucket. This included the Quaker meeting house, and one of the older houses on the island owned by a famous whaling captain.
The sunshine today made this the perfect day for walking around town, and you can't beat the view of the houses and crystal clear water. To finish the day we head out to a local restaurant with its own movie theater. At this very theater we watched the interesting Hail Caesar! The best part was arguably the whale spotting in it (or Channing Tatum tap dancing)!
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The Tuning Slide: 2.30
|Weekly Reflections on Life and Music
We don't move smoothly from one level of ability to next. Reading about quantum physics I realized that most of what happens in the world is not on a continuum. It may look like it, but it isn't. That's because we can't see the little things happening, down on the quantum level. The electrons, for example, move one energy level orbit to another in jumps. Discrete jumps. In-between they are nowhere. It is referred to as "discontinuous." In other words, a "leap" from one place to the next. Or maybe in a whole cloud of possibilities of all the things that could happen which in physics is known as a sum over paths.
I realized that this also explains some of what I have often noticed in my practicing and improvement as a musician. In summer band I used to notice somewhere around week 4 of rehearsals that my improvement slowed down and even regressed. This would happen just before I made a significant jump in my playing and skill. The first time it happened I almost quit the community band thinking that I was getting too old for that. (I was all of 38, and this was 30 years ago). Then, in a couple of weeks, in time for the second half of the summer band season, things would improve. When it happened again the next year, I figured it must be normal.
Recently I noticed, for example, that my upper register had begun to fall into place in ways I have never, repeat NEVER played before. I know I am approaching another jump in my skill. The next day I wasn't playing up there. Then I was. Or in my second set of practicing on a given day I was not able to do it as I had the day before. There is a discontinuity happening.
I am in that never-never land between skill levels. I'm not where I was, but I am not quite where I am going. I am in the cloud of possibilities. On any given day I might be approaching that new level and on the next, well, I'm barely where I was. When that happens, I get excited- it means things are changing. Here's what is happening as a way of illustrating:
It wasn't that long ago, within the past year, that the "F" or "G" at the top of the staff was my comfortable limit. Yes, I could sort of hit the "A" and "B", sometimes okay, usually not as well. Basically my skill level was the "F" or "G". Early this year I noticed I had become more comfortable all the way to "C" on the ledger line above the staff. Still not perfect, but changing. "A" was now the top.
Then three weeks ago, for the first time ever, I purposely went all the way to "E" above the staff. I could do it without too much problem. Sometimes. "C" now felt comfortable. It was at that point that I noticed the seeming regression in skill. For a few days I was barely getting to the "C" again. I got excited. The leap is beginning. In my old way of thinking I would have believed that I had reached the end of my skill. I even remember saying to one of the other big band and trumpet students (Jeff!) that I will never be getting up to the "E" let alone any higher. I don't believe that anymore. I heard the "E" come out of my horn and I know it will happen again.
Which brings me back to the listening part of music- having a "great ear." That doesn't just mean hearing when a note is right or wrong. It also means hearing the note before you play it. I used to take a quick break going up the scale as I went from "G" to "A". I had to set myself to play it. I couldn't naturally hear it. In one book I saw online the general feeling of why many trumpet players can't play in the high register is that they aren't able to hear the notes up there. Once we can, we move toward playing it. Then, one day, the leap is made.
I do notice that the "leap" is not as fast as it used to be. I don't think it's because of anything I'm doing differently. I believe it has to do with the act that I am up in the upper range of the instrument. Some will argue, quite persuasively that the range of the trumpet does go that high, but the fewer number of harmonics makes it a little more sensitive to smaller changes than lower on the instrument. As we move higher in the range, and build our own skills, embouchure, and endurance, the "center" of the trumpet scale moves upward to "C" or "E" on the staff instead of the second line "G". When you go to higher levels or greater extremes in any activity the progress doesn't change as quickly. But it still happens.
As we come to the end of this second year of the Tuning Slide, I am aware of many of those leaps in my own playing. I am doing things I never thought possible- and know I am working toward more of them. These past two years have been a remarkable time for me as a person and as a musician. I have consistently called this blog reflections on music and life. They go together. When my life is in better balance and focus, so is my music. As my music focuses more, so does my life. What I learn in one, applies to the other. If there is one sentence that summarizes this second year it is:
How you do anything is how you do everything.Keep at it. It's worth it.
«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»Between now and the end of June here on the blog I am going to focus specifically on jazz here on the blog. I will be writing a few new posts as well as re-posting my series on jazz from last year. This will give me time to edit and format the two years of the Tuning Slide into a new book. I hope to make it available to the students at Shall Lake Trumpet Workshop in August, as well as on Amazon. I will also be attending the Eau Claire Jazz Fest (to see and hear Doc!) and the adult Big Band Workshop at Shell Lake. As always I will be taking notes, looking for the many more ways that music and life enrich each other.
Any ideas? Let me know. Looking forward to more over the next year.


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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PETITIONERv.ANJO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT. ANJO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, A CORPORATION, PETITIONER V. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RESPONDENT
Appeals from the Order of the Board of Claims in the case of Anjo Construction Company, Incorporated v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, No. 574, dated March 1, 1983.
George D. Wenick, Assistant Counsel, with him, Robert H. Raymond, Jr., Assistant Chief Counsel, Spencer A. Manthorpe, Chief Counsel, and Jay C. Waldman, General Counsel, for petitioner/respondent, Department of Transportation.
Robert N. Peirce, for respondent/petitioner, Anjo Construction Company, Inc.
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Author: Rogers
[ 87 Pa. Commw. Page 311]
Each Anjo Construction Company, Incorporated (Anjo) and the Commonwealth Department of Transportation (DOT) has appealed from an order of the Board of Claims directing DOT to pay Anjo the sum of $25,537.00, plus interest, for material used by Anjo in making repairs to a state-owned road.
The Board of Claims made the following findings of fact which economically state the case:
(3) On the basis of a bid it submitted, Anjo and PennDOT entered into a written contract dated April 13, 1977 for slabjacking and concrete patching to repair L.R. 1016-72-641-1023 . . . in Allegheny and Beaver Counties.
[ 87 Pa. Commw. Page 312]
(4) Slabjacking is a procedure for raising slabs of pavement which have settled by drilling holes in them and injecting the holes with a mixture of cement concrete, sand and expansive admixture.
(5) The contract, which by its terms incorporated Form 408 specifications (1976) and Form 409 (1973), has three items in its schedule of prices which relate to the slabjacking portion of the repair project:
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Item Number Quantity Item Price Amount
681-002 581 Holes drilled $30.00 $17,430.00
681-0025 581 Bags Cement $30.00 $17,430.00
681-0050 195 Ounces Expansive $10.00 $1,950.00
(6) Under the terms of the contract, PennDOT agreed to pay the unit prices for each and every item set forth in the contract as compensation for the furnishing of all materials, work and labor required to complete the whole of the work to be done under the agreement.
(7) The contract contained an estimate for the quantity of admixture based on the mistaken assumption that one ounce [of admixture] would be sufficient for every three bags of cement concrete.
(8) Under the specifications, the final mix design setting for the proportion of admixture to cement concrete in the injected material was not determined until after the contract was awarded.
(9) Pursuant to § 681.3 of Form 408, Anjo submitted for approval, a slabjacking mix design.
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(10) On June 20, 1977, a report of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory relating to the concrete mix design which set forth the required amount of admixture for the slabjacking operation calling for interplast (4%) 3.8 pounds or 60.8 ounces per bag of grout was delivered to [PennDOT] and approved by the Assistant Construction Engineer, Materials Engineer and District Engineer of PennDOT.
(11) The design was prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 681.3 of the 1976 Form 408 Specifications calling for 60.8 ounces of expansive admixture per bag of cement.
(12) Subsequently, Anjo began the slabjacking portion of the work and had drilled 18 holes, placed 42 bags of cement and furnished 2,553.6 ounces of admixture as of June 24, 1977.
(14) As a consequence of the mix design tested by the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory and approved in the presence of PennDOT representatives, 35,324.8 ounces of expansive admixture were necessary for completion of the work pursuant to the contract.
(15) On June 24, 1977 PennDOT, believing that the unit price of $10.00 per ounce of expansive admixture was too high and having unsuccessfully negotiated with Anjo to reduce the unit price, ordered Anjo to cease ...
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The sounds on the morning of Aug. 19, 1991, were the same as every other morning: The clanking of the empty bottles from the supermarket below my apartment, the voices of people standing in line to turn in the bottles for cash, the barking dogs, the traffic on Pleshcheeva Street. I had nowhere to rush: I'd just quit my translator's job at a stifling Soviet establishment, and I was looking forward to working somewhere more progressive, maybe in one of the Western companies that were opening offices in Moscow. But I wasn't in too much of a hurry: I was in my 20s, and I wanted to enjoy what was left of summer.
My mom was in the kitchen, humming, making tea. I turned on the TV, but instead of the usual chipper commentator on the morning news, there was an episode from Swan Lake. I switched channels: Swan Lake. I switched again: Swan Lake. This was not a good sign. "Mom!" I called. "What the heck is going on?" Now there was a still shot of birches, set to solemn music. It smacked of the old times. After six years of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost, we'd gotten used to something like free media. We already had outspoken, controversial programs: America had 60 Minutes; we had 600 Seconds. The country was on its way to hard-earned democracy, and change was felt everywhere: in culture, in politics, in the very air we breathed. Books and films that had been banned for decades were coming out. Boris Yeltsin had just been elected president of the Russian Republic in an unprecedented democratic election.
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So, the worst had happened: the return to communism. "Back to siski masiski," Mom sighed. That was a joke back when Leonid Brezhnev, who ruled forever, was slurring his words. He loved to say sistematicheski (systematically), but what came out was: siski masiski (boobies-moobies). Or, here is a better one: Sosiski sranye (crappy hotdogs) instead of sotsialisticheskie strany (socialist countries).
Mom and I were curious what our newspaper was saying, but the paper didn't come that day. It was apparently too radical and had been banned. We went out into the city. There were tanks in the streets, rolling into the heart of Moscow. Some folks shook their fists at the tanks; some tried to run across the street in front of them. At Pushkin Square, we hurried past a meeting of the fascist group Pamyat. We tried not to look at the swastikas. The fascists seemed agitated.
Mom saw a line coming out of a store called Crystal and Glass, so she took her place in the queue. (When Muscovites see a line, they are powerless not to stand in it.) The people were agitated. "Do they want to overthrow Gorbachev?" "Do you know what the line is for?" "They're afraid that there might be an inspection, so they put the good stuff on sale." Luckily, the line moved pretty fast, and soon my mom saw what was for sale: delightful sets of glass dessert plates. She bought four sets: for herself, for her sister, for her friend and another just in case.
I took the metro toward my friend Morozov's house. An old man in crumpled clothes, slightly swaying, kept saying: "The civil war is coming. Just wait and see, it's coming. There will be blood." At one station, a fistfight broke out.
At Morozov's house, there was a miniature war going on between him and his father, an old communist named Nikolai. "Maybe now there'll be order!" said Nikolai. "It's high time Gorbachev is stopped from letting the great Union fall apart." We argued with him till our throats hurt. The old man looked smug and hopeful; we felt like we had woken into a nightmare.
Morozov's friend Igor came in, kicked off his shoes and said, loudly and cheerfully, "Those commies, they just can't let go, can they?" Nikolai, the commie, poked his silver head into the hallway: "Hello," he half-coughed, and disappeared, shutting the door behind him.
We waited for the evening news and the first press conference given by the Emergency Committee. They appeared on the screen, five of them. They were holding Gorbachev under arrest in Crimea. Yanaev spoke on behalf of the others, inviting us to return to the days of Brezhnev. His voice rang with authority. Nikolai was thrilled. "Everything they say makes perfect sense," he said, looking at us, hoping to see some flicker of agreement. There was none. Could it really have all been in vain? All those years of glasnost—of hope and expectation? Just then the camera focused on Yanaev's hands. They were shaking uncontrollably. Morozov's mom, Nina, a country woman with a mind of her own, laughed: "Look! The hands are trembling on the chicken thief!" We saw it, too. And we laughed. Suddenly everything seemed absurd and circus-like. They could issue any declaration they want, but that camera showing Yanaev's shaking hands was clearly held by someone who was rebelling against it all.
A young journalist stood up to ask a question: "Could you please say if you understand that last night you carried out a coup d'etat?" She looked straight into Yanaev's eyes. She was defiant and fearless. The TV journalists were having their own coup against the coup. In those fateful days, people were glued to their screens, watching democracy's defenders build barricades and Yeltsin speak from atop a tank that had taken the democrats' side. His towering figure and booming voice inspired hope. We saw kids climbing the tanks, the soldiers smiling and accepting food from old ladies. We mourned the three young men killed by forces loyal to the Emergency Committee. We saw flowers tucked into guns.
The coup lasted three days. Moscow had rallied behind Yeltsin. On Aug. 21, the members of the Emergency Committee were arrested. Gorbachev returned from the Crimea. One world had ended, and another beckoned with endless hope and mystery.


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I've journalled over many years of my life.
I was a prolific writer between my teens and early twenties. Then life took over and I stopped.
I riled myself up to start again at key milestones like my birthday and the new year, that is, once every 6 months, before my new-found enthusiasm would peter out again.
Then a life-changing experience 5 years ago put me back on track and this time, my commitment stuck. Maybe the impending prospect of turning 40 was further incentive to make sure I spent time reflecting on my life and making sure I didn't just let it fly by unappreciated, unexamined, and unrecorded. Where do I want to be and who do I want to be 10 years from now?
As I start this writing journey, how might this blog might help with this ongoing process of creating my future?


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Vodafone India is all prepared to bring its innovative keyboard in India. We are talking about the Vodafone Webbox, which the mobile operator announced in South Africa back in February this year. The Webbox is Vodafone's solution to bring affordable internet access to emerging markets, and hence it is making it way to India.
While it may looks like a standard QWERTY keyboard, this is actually an Android 2.1 based device with some hardware inside it and a antenna which supports EDGE and 2.5G networks. The device connects to your TV wih a standard RCA cable and brings an unique UI which allows users to browse the internet with no extra set-up.
To get started, users simply need to insert their Vodafone SIM card into the keyboard, and internet is up and running on the TV in no time.
It allows you to use Opera Mini to browse the internet and it also supports other applications like Calculator, Calendar, Photo Album, Music Player, FM Radio, Stopwatch and Text Editior. The device also enables users to send text messages and read their email.
It is expected to be priced between Rs 5,500 and Rs 6,000 and it is currently under testing in the Kerala circle. It will roll out publicly in coming days and will come with 120 GB of free data for the first 180 days.
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(Nashua, N.H.) The Rivier University Softball team found the win column once again as they split a non-conference double-header with visiting Gordon College this evening at Raider Diamond. The Raiders improve to 3-5 overall on the season while Gordon slides to 3-10-1 following the conclusion of the games.
Game One: Rivier University 4, Gordon College 2 (Final)
Junior Shaylyn Freitas (Pelham, N.H.) smacked a go-ahead double in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Raiders went on to win their third in a row, 4-2 over Gordon College.
Freitas' double allowed sophomore speedster Tori Dugan (Norwalk, Conn.) to scamper home with what turned to be the game winning run. Rivier added an insurance run in the sixth on a pinch hit suicide squeeze for the 4-2 final.
Senior Taylor Miller (Haverhill, Mass.) went the distance as she earned her first win of the season with seven innings of work. The veteran right-hander allowed just two runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out six.
Freitas finished the opening game going a perfect 2-for-2 with freshman Mikayla Ramsdell (Salem, N.H.) adding a RBI on her 1-for-2 evening.
The Fighting Scots saw Emily Kline pitch the complete game as she allowed four runs (two earned) over six innings on six hits and sending eight Raiders down by way of the K. Kline also added a 2-for-3 showing at the plate while Sarah Ryder collected two RBI going 1-for-2.
Game Two: Gordon College 8, Rivier University 0 (Final/5 innings)
The short lived Raider winning streak, three games, came to an abrupt end as the Gordon College offense woke up in the night cap. The Fighting Scots hammered two Home Runs as they ended the night early with an 8-0, five inning final.
Kline continued to remain red hot at the plate as she finished 2-for-3 with 4 RBI including a three-run homer in the third. Carleigh Petersen added a solo shot in the fifth to seal the game in Gordon's favor. Rose Shannon recorded a solid nightcap with a 2-for-3 effort at the dish.
Abigail Knowlton silenced the Rivier bats as she went five innings allowing just two hits.
Seniors Sam Verney (Goffstown, N.H.) and Lia Bobek (Hollis, N.H.) were the only two Raiders to record hits. Senior Jessica Shanahan (Merrimack, N.H.) suffered the loss in the circle with two innings of work allowing five runs – one earned.
Rivier will open up Great Northeast Athletic Conference play when they return to the diamond on Saturday afternoon. The Raiders will make the visit to Northfield, Vermont for a double-header with Norwich University. Gordon, meanwhile, will return to Commonwealth Coast Conference action with a road trip to Western New England on Friday afternoon.


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McGregor's sparring partner gives him NO chance against Mayweather
By Chris Williams: Chris van Heerden, a former sparring partner for UFC champion Conor McGregor, gives the 28-year-old fighter ZERO chance of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their fight at 154 pounds on August 26. Van Heerden last sparred with McGregor a year ago, and he say he landing at will with his shots on the Irish fighter during the sparring session.
There's video of the sparring partner on Youtube, and it looked like Van Heerden was just toying with McGregor, because it was too easy for him. McGregor looked like he was going all out trying to land knockout punches, while Van Heerden easily avoiding his shots and peppering him with shots. The skill level between the two fighters was extensive. Van Heerden looked leagues better.
"People telling me Mayweather will have his hands full trying to land on McGregor -STOP IT! I respect McGregor BUT I ain't Floyd and I landed," said Van Heerden on his social media site.
There's a chance that McGregor has improved since his last sparring session with Van Heerden from a year ago. But even if McGregor has improved dramatically, he's going to be in over his head against Mayweather.
McGregor won't be able to elude Mayweather's punches if he decides to move around the ring like some boxing and MMA fans are expecting him to. Mayweather has fast feet, and all he needs to do is jab for him to land. At the same time, it's not easy to hit Mayweather because of his quick reflexes. Mayweather is very good at moving his head back just enough to avoid incoming shots. McGregor's would do well to try and throw to the body, because Mayweather can be hit to the body a lot easier than to the head. Mayweather will counter McGregor if he tries to land his body shots. We could see McGregor land fewer and fewer shots as the fight goes on due to him having to pay each time he connects with a shot.
"It's crazy. I real all these posts where people say Mayweather's gonna have his hands full landing on Conor, because of Conor's skill and footwork and movement," said Van Heerden to TMZ.com. "I'm no Mayweather and out of camp, out of shape, I landed on Conor McGregor at will. It's crazy to think people can actually compare a fighter that's 0-0 in a boxing ring compared to a legend that's 49-0 and has beaten the best in the world,"said Van Heerden in discussing the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight.
Van Heerden doesn't give McGregor much of a chance of knocking out Mayweather with one of his big power shots, as he notes that Mayweather has been hit hard before during his career, and he's always been able to take the shots and recover from them. McGregor hits hard, but he likely doesn't have the kind of power that Mayweather has seen in his fights against Saul Canelo Alvarez, Miguel Cotto and Marcos Maidana. Those were all huge punchers, and Mayweather won with ease against them. He took their big punches from time to time, and was able to use his boxing skills to beat them all by decisions.
"No, he's been hit by guys that can punch, and he didn't go down," said Van heerden about Mayweather. "He knows how to recover."
If McGregor does beat Mayweather, it would send shockwaves through the boxing and MMA world, as he's a huge underdog. It would help Mayweather's bottom line if he were to lose to McGregor, because it would give him a second shot at another monstrous payday. If you look at it that way, it's not a bad thing for Mayweather to lose to McGregor. That's not to say that Mayweather would ever intentionally lose to McGregor. But if Mayweather were to lose, he would make more money, because it would give him the excuse to fight McGregor in a rematch. A second fight between the two under those conditions would be tremendous. I think it would be even bigger than the first fight.
If Mayweather wins the August 26 fight, then there's no point in his facing McGregor again. Mayweather would have done what everyone expected him to do in beating the UFC star. Mayweather could then go back into retirement and enjoy the fortune that he's amassed during his long boxing career.
McGregor has the power to beat Mayweather, but it's going to require a perfect storm for McGregor to win this fight. Mayweather will have to have to have gotten old since his last fight in 2015, and McGregor will need to land the perfect shot for him to get the knockout. There's no chance that McGregor will beat Mayweather by a 12 round decision, because he doesn't have the boxing skills to do that. It's got to be by a knockout.
The people that are giving McGregor a chance in the fight are his fans, and the MMA fans that aren't familiar with Mayweather. You have to understand that for many of the MMA fans, this will be the first time they've ever seen Mayweather fight. Those MMA fans are accustomed to seeing McGregor totally dominate his opposition in the UFC during his career. McGregor has looked so good during his fights that it's impossible to picture him losing to anybody short of him getting trapped in a submission hold and tapping out. With the fight being under boxing rules, a lot of MMA fans figure that McGregor can't lose, because he's so good at the standup fighting.
The pay-per-view price for the Mayweather-McGregor fight still hasn't been officially announced. However, it's expected to be $100 per household. That's the same price that boxing fans were asked to pay for Mayweather's fight against Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. The fight brought in 4.6 million PPV buys. It's believed that the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight could eclipse that number of buys.
Putting the fight at $100 for PPV could be a deal breaker for a lot of boxing fans, as the Mayweather-McGregor fight isn't seen as being a competitive enough match-up for many fans to want to pay $100 per household. The casual fans will need to be the driving force to produce the huge pay-per-view numbers that Mayweather wants. The casual fans likely won't be aware that the Mayweather-McGregor fight is a mismatch, so they'll buy the fight in big numbers and make it a success without the hardcore fans' help.
This will be a boxing event, not an MMA fight. Showtime's broadcast team for the event will be as follows: Brian Custer, Mauro Ranallo, Al Bernstein and Paul Maglignaggi. Additionally, Jim Gray will do the interviewing. The unofficial scoring for Showtime will be done by Steve Farhood. It's a good team of broadcasters for the event. Mayweather Promotions is the main promoter for the card.
Mayweather and McGregor will be fighting on August 26 on Showtime pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's unclear whether the date will stay the same or not. It depends on Golden Boy Promotions, as they have a fight scheduled for September 16 between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. If they move off that date, then we'll likely see Mayweather-McGregor slide into that spot, which is on a Mexican holiday.
"These guys are going to fight at 154 pounds. They're going to wear 10-ounce gloves. It'll be in a ring. It's gonna be a 12-round fight. Both fighters will be tested by USADA for anti-doping," said UFC president Dana White to Yahoo Sports News.
It's great that the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight was able to be put together, as just last month there were a lot of naysayers who didn't believe this fight would ever get put together due to the many obstacles that blocked the making of the match-up. Mayweather-McGregor could wind up as the 'Fight of the Century' with the PPV numbers eclipsing the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao PP numbers from 2015.
"This is all anybody wants to talk about anywhere I go," said White. "If the fight goes well, everybody involved is gonna make some money."
When Mayweather fought Manny Pacquiao in 2015, the fight was able to make a ton of money due to the combination of high ticket and pay-per-view prices, and low cost undercard. The money for the fight was only going to the main event. They didn't throw a lot of money at the undercard to make it a thrilling one, as the felt that the boxing public would pay to see the fight card due to the main event between Mayweather and Pacquiao without the need of a quality undercard. It would have been better for the promoters to load up the undercard with quality fighters from their promotions, but that would have meant that they would have had to share money. It didn't seem like they were interested in doing that.
Mayweather is going to get a lot of loot for the McGregor fight. The early estimates for Mayweather's take home pay is $100 million. Mayweather made $250 million against Pacquiao. We could see Mayweather make similar money against McGregor depending on his purse split and the amount of PPV buys the fight takes in.


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U.S. Announces Plan To Shore Up Fannie, Freddie
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced a sweeping financial package Sunday designed to shore up the country's ailing mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The measures would allow the government to lend money to the two companies — and to buy their stock, if necessary.
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From NPR News, it's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Andrea Seabrook. This could be another bruising week for the nation's financial markets. The biggest bruisers, or maybe the bruised, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two companies' share prices took a dive last week because of worries about their financial condition, and there's nothing to suggest the turbulence is over.
NPR's Jim Zarroli joins me now. Jim, last week was a nightmare for these companies and the people who own their stock, so what's going to happen tomorrow?
JIM ZARROLI: Well, very basically, you know, this week I think one of two things is going to happen. On the one hand, we could see the government regulators begin to get control of the situation, meaning they'll be able to assure or reassure the markets that these companies have enough capital to keep doing business, and this is a matter of psychology as much as anything else.
You probably remember that in March, Bear Stearns collapsed. The Federal Reserve was able to come in and offer loans to other investment banks, and that had the purpose of reassuring the markets that we weren't in a financial meltdown.
The problem is that the Bush administration and the Fed have tried to reassure everybody that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are doing okay. It hasn't succeeded so far. If these efforts don't work, the Fed and the administration are going to have to try more-drastic measures, perhaps some kind of bailout.
SEABROOK: So is there a point when we'll know things have settled down?
ZARROLI: We probably won't know for a while, but there will be an early sign tomorrow. Freddie Mac is supposed to sell $3 billion in securities. Now, these companies do this all the time. They sell securities, so they raise money, they use the money to buy mortgages from banks, which is their job. They're supposed to buy mortgages so the banks feel like it's safer to lend.
The fact is that timing is everything. So people are going to look at tomorrow's sale as kind of a barometer of how secure the companies are. If the sale goes well and enough investors are willing to buy these securities, it sends a message that these institutions can regain their footing. Things won't be so bad.
If the sale is disappointing, it's going to have the opposite effect, maybe send the share price down. That would really be devastating because as I said, these companies, these companies are really at the heart of the mortgage industry, especially right now, when we have a lot of mortgage lenders scared to lend.
SEABROOK: What do you mean by if the sale doesn't go well?
ZARROLI: Well, if they don't sell as much as they're hoping. This is a scenario that the Washington Post wrote about today. It said that the Treasury Department and the Fed were basically on the phone all week looking at what they could do to prop up these companies if the auction doesn't go well.
One thing they can do is rush in and buy securities themselves. The Fed can also decide that it's going to open its discount lending window to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In other words, it would make money available to them to reassure people that they have enough capital to do business.
The problem is that nothing has really stopped this kind of gradual unfolding of the financial crisis we're in. We seem to take one step forward and two steps back. So the question really is, again, whether the government can try to turn things around.
SEABROOK: And I read that Fannie and Freddie own 40 percent of the mortgages on the market between them.
ZARROLI: What's often said is that they guarantee or own outright half of the mortgages that are issued in this country. So it's just a tremendous force in the mortgage industry.
SEABROOK: Big, big deal. NPR's Jim Zarroli. Thanks very much, Jim.
ZARROLI: You're welcome.
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Whoa nelly! This past week was a whirlwind....I feel like I'm in a time warp. Seriously.
So, after the Kentucky Derby, I had a very fun lunch date on Tuesday of last week. It was with a guy I had met over two years ago through a dinner dating service. He looked me up after all that time and asked me to go out with him. We went to S&D Oyster Company in Uptown, and it was delicious....totally heavy for lunch, but I suppose it's better to eat more at lunch vs. at dinner. Anyhow, I digress.....but dining, drinking and dating can be stressful. I want to maintain the weight I've worked hard to achieve. And, eating out is challenging for the diet. But, the scale tells me I'm doing fine, and the pants I've purchased lately tell me I'm in good shape, based on the size.
Later that afternoon (after lunch), I had a coffee date. Mind you, I also taught 4 private students that day - piano and singing. The coffee date was fun - at the Pearl Cup. I felt like I was cheating on Urban Dog Coffee, but my date suggested Pearl Cup, so I went with it. This was a cool date because I met him on the plane, returning from the Kentucky Derby. He and I met because we missed our connection (weather delays coming from Louisville caused us to miss our connecting flight in Chicago by 5 minutes)!! He and I sat and waited for the later flight at Wolfgang Puck Cafe, and we were joined by his dad, who also had a connecting flight. His dad was a total sweetheart - bought me pizza and wine (which made the delay fun vs. annoying). And I got a glimpse into the guy's relationship with his father, and we found out that we travel well together.... :) It was ironic that we lived in Dallas but met on the way home from Louisville. Our coffee date was good....we're having lunch tomorrow, and I have a surprise in store for him if everything comes together as it should.
Tuesday night last week, I had a meeting for Love Cures All (the bachelor/bachelorette auction, occurring this Wednesday at Lemon Bar). I met the other bachys, and it was fun!! Afterwards, I had dinner with a date - he cooked for me, and it was really sweet. We watched American Idol together, as well as a horrible Val Kilmer movie on DVD. But, it was nice relaxing with a fun companion. All in all, last Tuesday was a marathon day, with teaching and three dates!!
Wednesday last week, I registered at Williams-Sonoma. It was an out-of-body experience. The ladies at the store (whom I met at the Unveiled bridal event) encouraged me to register, saying that most women register on their own at first anyhow....and the guys like to add things like knives and BBQ tools. HA! I didn't pick out too much, but I picked out some staple items. It got me dreaming about a home with a husband, cooking together, dining together, shopping together, adding some kids to the picture....my head was spinning. And I kept picturing one guy in particular....it's too early in the dating picture to tell, but it was interesting that his head kept popping into mine.
Wednesday night was Cinco de Mayo at House of Blues and Havana Social Club with a double date. I was setup with a music producer (hottie) - 28 years old. He was a great date! We had pre-drinks at Victory Tavern and Havana before heading to HOB for Gipsy Kings. My date and I got along well. The foursome was fun. Double dates can be very cool. My date and I played Words With Friends later in the night (so dorky), and he kicked my butt. Currently, I am beating him, and the loser of this game will buy lunch for the winner - that's our bet.
Thursday, I had a meeting with Casey (Atlas Video Productions) and Dora (Style Advisor/Producer), and we came up killer ideas for new Project Husband videos. Dora also found me two amazing skirts at Buffalo Exchange for $7 each! They were free for me since I traded in some clothes.
Friday night, I wore one of the new skirts (short and lacy and very Sex in the City). And, I took a date with me to my girlfriend's birthday party. She is my maid-of-honor! We've only known each other for about 3 years, but she is an awesome friend, she's a planner, her job gives her some flexibility to plan, and she's local in Dallas. I feel it's practical to choose a maid-of-honor who lives in town. It's a tough job to do remotely. So, for her birthday, we had dinner at Palomino followed by drinks and music at Poor David's Pub and Lee Harvey's. My date was awesome - everyone loved him. He brought an extend-a-fork, which was a hit for reaching calamari at the other end of the table. It also helped me get some awesome penne pasta bites. Another bridesmaid, Joanie, attended the celebration, as well. She approved of my date wholeheartedly, and Monica (maid-of-honor) approved, as well....big points for my date!!!
Saturday, I was set up with a patent attorney who is also a budding fashion designer. He's a total hottie - 30 years old....we had dinner at The Fish in West Village. It was an early night for me with church and Chick Singer Night the next day. But, I felt he and I had a lot in common - corporate background with creative goals. We'll see.....!! He said he'd come to the bachelorette auction this Wednesday at Lemon Bar to get my bids up :)
Yesterday, I began the day with church in Frisco. It was Mother's Day, of course. So I shared a new song with the congregation - my song, One Little Star, which I wrote for my mom. My church is the best, because it is small and mighty, the people care, and I get paid to sing uplifting music!
After church, I flew back downtown, ate lunch, showered and got ready for Chick Singer Night at House of Blues. My awesome Style Advisor, Dora Chu, found me an incredible dress to wear - from a shop called Cabana on Lovers. I arrived at HOB for rehearsals in my Juicy sweat outfit (feeling so comfy) and later changed into the navy sequin dress with hot pink accents. The dress was a hit - because guys and girls alike commented! I even received a text today from a cute boy that I looked gorgeous and he loved the dress....
Tonight, I have been set up with a Management Analyst - by my friends at No Excuses (which is a dating service) - we shall see how it goes!!!!
Monday, May 10, 2010
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Although studies have shown that females are just as competent as their male counterparts in math and science, they represent only a small fraction of the U.S. science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce. This hour, we'll look at the STEM gender gap with Midday on Science contributor John Monahan; University of Maryland Baltimore County psychology professor Nicole Else-Quest; Suzanne Jenniches, former vice president and general manager of government systems at Northrop Grumman Corp.; and Sridevi Sarma, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at The Johns Hopkins University.
Midday with Dan Rodricks: The Stem Gender Gap
Do you think there is a significant gender gap in science and technology? What can be done about it?


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There's quite a buzz about Sons Between Guns, and when we say buzz, we don't necessarily just mean the seething synthesiser patterns that weave their way through their debut release the Red 1 EP.
In November alone the lo-fi electronic duo have had AirPlay on the BBC 6 music's prestigious Lauren Laverne show, and the EP in question was to be found on the front page of ITunes' new music listings.
This attention is well deserved as Red 1 has a profoundly well polished and mature tone, striking us as a more electrolysis driven Sigor Ros, but accompanied by intricate lyrics that contain a divine sadness- that we can actually decipher.
Sons Between Guns, named after the idiom of illegitimate children conceived In-between the cannons of seafaring galleons, is the meeting of Paul Trivett (an experienced Drum and Bass producer) and Thomas Whitelaw, (a previous theatrical vocalist). This cross-genre basis struck us as curious at first, but having heard the result of this melting pot of styles they have made it work, and work beautifully. Tom's wistful vocal tone and use of harmony glides across the dark yet cleanly executed beats from Paul.
The EP combines a lot of rough and smooth, slick drums and sawing synths, as the quintessentially contemporary lyrics lift the listener out of the darkness, offering solace by asking "how do you mind being afraid with me?" Sons Between Guns have created a superior and totally professional sound already, and are establishing themselves as two individuals that can deliver tracks of a standard we rarely hear from bands who have been making music for many years. Not bad taking into account they have only been together for two! Red 1 deserves all the praise it has received so far- its just left us looking forward to hearing what Red 2 may have to offer.


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1. Squash and stretch.
2. Hold keys.
3. Anticipation.
4. Clear staging of action and narrative.
5. Realistic weight.
6. Smooth, natural motion arcs.
Be sure to check out Steve Hammond's Ball Story (above). It's a nice example of all of these things in action using the very same ball rig. Before you start animating, you must do a storyboard breakdown of the animation which includes all of the key poses and rough timings.Here are the demo videos demonstrating storyboarding, holds, and animating a simple jump with the ball rig.
If you want to get nuts with Lt. Dan. Here he is.


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Rapper and producer, Andre Young better known as Dr Dre, Ice Cube and several producers of hit movie "Straight Outta Compton" have been sued by former N.W.A. manager, Jerry Heller over his portrayal in the music biopic.
Heller's lawyer Richard Shapiro said his client's portrayal as a 'sleazy thief 'in the biopic was unacceptable, dishonest and inaccurate, as he spent six decades in the music business and he still gets up every day and goes to work.
The lawsuit claims defamation, trade libel, false light, breach of oral contract and intentional interference with a prospective economic advantage and is seeking more than $100 million dollars at trial.
The lawsuit also names NBC Universal, Eazy-E's estate and Comptown Records among the list of defendants.