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This article was originally published June 30, 2012, in the Calgary Herald.
An Edmonton-based company that builds homes in Calgary has been honoured for its efforts in sustainable construction in Alberta.
Landmark Group of Builders was one of 13 recipients at the 21st annual Emerald Awards conferred by the Alberta Emerald Foundation.
The awards recognize environmental initiatives undertaken each year by youth, educators, corporations, individuals, not-for-profit associations, community groups and governments.
"It was inspiring to say the least - it was an honour to receive the award," says Bijan Mannani, chief operating officer of Landmark.
It was one of two award recipients in the large business category - and the only builder to receive an award this year.
The Landmark panelized construction system is trans-forming the homebuilding process in Alberta, says the Emerald Foundation in its decision.
The system makes "home-building more efficient and effective while leaving a vastly greener ecological footprint.
Panelization of floors, walls and roofs, and the construction of key components like stairs and fireplaces, eliminate weeks of time from the building cycle," says the foundation in its wrap-up on this year's winners.
This new system reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 6.21 tonnes per home and produces 58 per cent less waste of wood.
"The paneliza-tion system has many advantages over stick-frame building," says Mannani.
Along with its construction system, Landmark provides home buyers with ways to improve the ecological footprint of their home by including green building technologies, alternative energy installations such as solar, wind or geothermal, as well as water conservation products and other sustainable technologies.
Landmark is a residential construction company that builds in Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer.
In the past 30 years, it has built more than 8,300 homes.
More than 1,100 homes have been registered with Built-Green Canada, making the company the largest volume builder with homes certified as energy efficient and environmentally responsible.


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This blog documents my MBA student life at Ryerson University, Canada (2010-2012). It was an attempt to demystify the MBA experience, help understand MBA topics & encourage MBA wannabes. I have a Pre-MBA blog about B-School application process (and a few other blogs) as well. I used to blog actively in the past and interact with readers regularly, but life got very busy after my MBA. Good luck. Take care. Cheers! Gerry.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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SJ: Thank you so much! That's great to hear.
Now on to the questions!
SG: Can you describe Dead on the Delta in a Tweet for us?
SJ: A borderline alcoholic who's immune to killer fairy venom helps solve a murder while discovering a secret paranormal world.
SG: Where did the idea for DotD come from?
SJ: My father was writing a murder mystery titled "Dead on the Delta" when he passed away. I was 19 at the time, but loved writing and was so proud of my dad for starting his first novel at 60+. So I decided I'd finish the story for him. Turns out I couldn't finish that story--our voices were too different to mesh--but his title helped spawn the brainstorming session that resulted in my "Dead on the Delta's" killer mutant fairies.
SG: Where do you usually write? In an office or just wherever you can?
SJ: Recently, I have been writing in an office! My husband renovated a portion of our basement for me. It's amazing what he did with that dark, musty hole. It's not decorated yet, but I still love writing down here. It feels like I have an actual "workplace" for the first time in my life. (Previously I was a kitchen table or coffee shop writer.)
SG: What was your favorite toy from when you were a kid?
SJ: My bike. I was ready for wheels--any type of wheels--as soon as I could get them. I rode my bike as far as my parents would let me and started running errands for my dad in his car when I was thirteen. It was Arkansas, my dad grew up driving tractors and he saw no reason why I should wait for a license to run to the store for him. Loved that man. He and I had mischief in common.
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Amazing Wedding Cakes – 2016
Amazing wedding cakes should the ones that must exist in the wedding day. The fact shows that people are competing to have the best wedding cake since cake-cutting ceremony has become a tradition in the wedding. The question is what kind of cake which can be the great wedding cake?
Amazing wedding cakes are the cakes commonly made with high creativity. This cake is designed differently from the others; the ornaments, decorations and its design is very unique. The style can be the combination of classic and modern decoration. The price is also relatively expensive because it uses the special ornaments.
Amazing wedding cakes are not only offer the delicious flavor, but also the eccentric and classy appearance. One example is the square wedding cake that decorated with hundreds of Victorian rose's sugar and gold on every border. It is a stunning cake for those who love art and beauty.
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Ideal for compact electronics with high-drain, this button cell CR2032 3V Lithium Battery from Ansmann is a great match for watches, calculators, car keys, cameras, and more. It has a capacity of 240mAh and a shelf life of about 10 years when stored properly.
- Coin Type Lithium Manganese Dioxide Battery of 3 Volt
- Ideal for electronic devices.
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Watches server a lot more functions than merely keeping time. Modern watches have come to perform a whole lot of functions other than just keep time. They are also programmed to tell the day and date of the year. A lot of them have alarm systems incorporated in them that alerts you at a specific time of the day every day. Some are even designed with a stopwatch.
Broadly, there are two categories of watches, quartz and mechanical watches. While quartz watches work on a battery fitted into the watch system, mechanical watches work on the principle of winding a spring that operates the functionality of the watch. Mechanical watches are manually operated at times, or they may be automatically operated at others. Mechanical watches don't need a battery to run.
While quartz watches are quite accurate when it comes to telling the time, mechanical watches can never be said to be as accurate. Moreover, quartz watches cost much less as compared to the mechanical counterparts. But the inconvenience of having to change the battery once in a while in case of quartz watches is a demerit. This also requires frequent expenditure of money.
Mechanical watches are a bit heavier than their digital counterparts.
The most obvious difference between a mechanical and a quartz watch is obvious when one sees the second hand moving. While a quartz watch has a second-by-second approach to movement, a mechanical watch moves in a sweeping movement over the face of the clock.
While there is a level of craftsmanship considered while making a mechanical clock, this is not to be found in a quartz watch. It derives its power from a battery and requires very less maintenance. They have very few movable parts and so cost a lot less than quartz watches.


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It's never too soon – or too late – to start thinking about and planning for your retirement. Social Security, 401k Plans, Annuities, Estate Planning… learn about these and other retirement resources that may help you enjoy your later years. Retirement planning is critical if you want to enjoy the second half of your life.
Creating a reliable, guaranteed stream of income is an important step toward securing an enjoyable retirement, but just as important is protecting it. Your retirement strategy should identify and manage your income throughout your retirement.


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By Jessica Kate Stuart-Clark
The Art of Unobjectivity, a blog which provides a platform for honesty, realism and a safe spaceutterly biased, definitively politically incorrect and truly, royally unobjective posts. This blog provides an arena whereby, both the team and our followers can express their opinions without hesitation, censorship and sanctions – freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom from the confines of a subjective ideal, could a journalist truly ask for more?
Our intention is most certainly evident, we intend to promote the art of unobjectivity, defining our concept through the subject matter which we explore and express. Through defining what is considered unobjective and honestly rather subjective or biased we can begin to truly grapple with the idea of objectivity. We are young adults, opinionated, independent and painfully ready to embrace our future with the eagerness of children. We shall employ our blog, our platform, as a means to express ideas, confront conflict and enter into the magical discourse that makes our world so truly exciting.
Today, as student journalists we are thrown head first into a dichotomy of reality and idealism. We are told to express our creativity, research our interests, become absorbed and fulfil our journalistic potential whilst creating snappy headlines and working on far too many articles at once. Instead we find ourselves wrapped, trapped amidst politics. The politics of being subjective, unbiased, politically correct. Everyone has at least once experienced the euphemistic nature of political correctness: someone labelled "lighter in complexion" rather than "white", Zuma's corruption charges dropped labelled "unfortunate" rather than, frankly; "effing ridiculous". It is time to claim our opinions, to be a little biased and a little subjective. It is time that we begin to say what we mean. Of course this does not mean that sensitivity, tact, empathy and sympathy must become null and void, but rather employed as a tool when forming an opinion rather than a restriction. The delicious ambiguity and incomprehensible world is exciting, ever-changing and an opinion or standpoint is merely the beginning of a fascinating, consuming discussion.
As a student journalist, I intend to embrace the ambiguities, the dichotomies, the glorious discourse and if you will – the good, the bad and the ugly. I will write from my point of view, first person and utterly subjective. Journalism is a fancy word for writing and with the increase of citizen journalism it is more than appropriate that we rebel against the restrictions of convention, and Write. Express. Enjoy. I will stick to the facts and the fantasy, confide and withhold, create perfection and mistakes, embrace the contradictions of human nature and reflect that within my decisively indecisive, articulately incoherent writing.


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Sleep. We all need it, but most of us don't get enough of it, and that can have serious repercussions for our mental well-being. This month, let's give ourselves a better shot at feeling good by taking part in Take This's September Habitica Challenge.
This month's challenge is I Am The Night. It offers tasks that could help you reorganize your sleep hygiene to better effect — which might be particularly handy right now. With vacations winding down and school starting up, a lot of us are facing a shift in schedules, and sleep may get shuffled down the priority list. The challenge reminds us that we can't just go without.
Good sleep is essential for good physical and mental health. Too many of us go late into the night gaming and doing other hobbies, neglecting our need for quality sleep.
To participate, sign up for the challenge to add its to-dos and dailies to your list. If you complete the tasks, you'll get a piece of the mighty Take This armor set for your Habitica avatar at the end of the month, and you'll also have a chance to win gems, Habitica's premium currency. There are already almost 4000 players participating, and we hope they're all getting great nights' sleep.
Last month's challenge asked participants to turn their positive and negative emotions into characters. Check out a couple of the amazing creations that stemmed from the challenge:
One of the hardest emotions to achieve in a culture of "more." For the @habitica and @TakeThisOrg challenge! pic.twitter.com/MPh2L4IH5j
— Sarina Peterson (@SarinaSunbeam) August 16, 2016
The Second part of the @TakeThisOrg challenge on @habitica , is to create a Hero. It has to represent a strength: pic.twitter.com/YIOxb52F93
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The anxiety monster appears! I'm stocking up on arrows to take that first class a-hole down! @habitica @TakeThisOrg pic.twitter.com/87VVMjTRX3
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The original rock musical, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, debuted in 1967 and is very much a product of its time, particularly the bohemian, hippie, Free Love and anti-Vietnam-War movements, but at the same time has found new relevance in subsequent revivals, including the Tony Award-winning 2009 Broadway revival starring Gavin Creel and Will Swenson who both earned Tony nominations for their roles. It was also very experimental for its time, involving nudity, audience participation and with some actors planted amongst the audience, not to mention scandalous for reasons which will be covered in the plot synopsis. The libretto (lyrics and dialogue) were written by its co-stars, James Rado and Gerome Ragni, and the music by Galt MacDermot.
Hair was also made into a Rock Opera Concert Album and various hit singles including "Aquarius" and "The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)", and interestingly, was made into an often forgotten (but still unique) film, by Milo Forman, starring John Savage. Both feature most of the original cast and variations on the original songs.
The musical centers around Claude (Rado), the leader of a "tribe" of New York hippies, and his two friends Berger (Ragni) and Sheila. After various songs extolling the various practices and issues afoot (Colored Spade for racism, Hashish for drug use, Sodomy for alternative sexuality, Ain't Got No for the tribe's semi-deliberate poverty), making it clear that this is a Divided States of America due to the differing values between generations. This is underlined when the play does a Smash Cut to the entire tribe having an orgy (yes, onstage) and the maid walks in. Claude is promptly berated by six cast members representing his parents, each one with a different costume and concern (we said it was experimental), and is told that he should join the army. He leaves, and (after another couple of songs) returns to admit that he passed his draft physical and may be forced to go fight in The Vietnam War.
A man in drag comes in. He leaves again after singing a very high song about peacocks and flashing the audience, and the tribe calls him Margaret Mead. (This was a Shout-Out at the time, though it looks like a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment today.) The tribe is then invited to a "Be-In", where the male members of the tribe burn their draft cards... All except Claude, who gets some quality angst out of whether he ought to or not. At this point, the tribe (or at least those actors in it who have chosen to do so) emerge naked on stage (we said it was scandalous), inviting the remaining cast members, and audience, to partake in "beads, flowers, freedom, happiness." Then a cop comes in and arrests everyone in the theatre on charges of obscenity. The tribe flees and the act ends.
When the play resumes, there's a short skit where tribe members act out what Claude's draft interview must've been like. Berger then gives Claude a hallucinogen, and most of the act is dedicated to depicting, on-stage and with frightening accuracy, Claude's resulting Mushroom Samba (we said it was experimental), which involves: a roll call of important historical figures; an Abraham Lincoln played by a black woman ("Shit, I ain't dyin for no white man!"); a slapstick comedy sequence in which some Buddhists get killed by some Catholic nuns, who get killed by some astronauts (with Frickin' Laser Beams), who get killed by some Chinese, who get killed by some Native Americans, who get killed by some Green Berets, who all kill each other, and then everyone gets up and plays like children until it gets violent and they all kill each other again. About this time Claude decides reality would be better and snaps out of it, having decided that he wants to be "a spirit invisible." That is what he becomes: the tribe holds an anti-war protest, but can't see Claude because he has succumbed to the draft. He is shielded from the audience's eyes while the closing number goes on, eventually revealed to be lying dead on the ground, at which point he is covered with a black cloth. The cast reprises the final number and invites the audience to come up on stage and dance with them.
The film version ends on a particularly Dark Reprise with a shocking ending, while the play ends on The Un-Twist. Various productions use various songs and elements, and being done by hippies, the production was continually tweaked and improved upon.
Audiences and critics loved the show, partially because it averted or subverted many of the era's most dominant tropes (and, for that matter, many of theatre's most dominant tropes; among other things, the set was minimal and there were no curtains whatsoever). It did what it wanted to, and it worked. Plus, for all the shock and outrage it inspired — hey, there's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity. It was not only the first Rock Musical, directly preceding shows like RENT and Spring Awakening, it was the first Concept Musical too (in which the central theme of the show is more important than the show's narrative), which culminated in A Chorus Line in '75. Good Morning, Starshine and Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In got some respectable airplay as singles. Most importantly, it helped revive the flagging theatre scene and completely rewrote the common perspective of what you could get away with onstage.
The original musical Hair and stage adaptations provide examples of the following tropes:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Jeanie to Claude, in the stage version.
- Alternate Continuity: Every version that's ever been performed uses a different version of the plot, alternate lines, and alternate song list, which is why fans of the movie are not too irritated by deviations from the original play.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Jeanie loves Claude, but Claude loves Sheila, but Sheila loves Berger, but Berger loves everyone and doesn't seem to understand Sheila's affection. Also, Woof may or may not be in love with Berger.
- Ambiguously Gay: Woof has a slight crush on Mick Jagger, and Jeanie says that he is "hung up" on Berger.
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: ...maybe.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Sodomy...fellatio...cunnilingus...pederasty....
- Cool Old Lady: Margaret Mead.
- Country Matters: "I believe that now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of my cunt ... ry, 'tis of thee..."
- Cultural Translation: Hair Tokyo 1969, written and translated by Katsumi Kahashi of The Tigers which almost completely rewrites the song lyrics/plots to suit Japanese attitudes, reflecting the Youth Movement at the time.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Claude to Sheila, Jeanie to Claude.
- Drugs Are Bad: Defiantly averted. But not meth, which is "a bad scene."
- Even the Guys Want Him: Mick Jagger, canonically.
- Fake Brit: Claude In-Universe; he is actually from Flushing, Queens.
- Hope Spot: The Tribe plans to help Claude flee to Canada to escape the draft, but he goes to the induction center before they can.
- "I Am" Song: Manchester, England for Claude; Donna for Berger; Hair for the musical; the musical itself for hippies everywhere.
- "I Want" Song: Where Do I Go, Easy To Be Hard, and probably others (keep in mind that there's like 35 songs in the musical, many of which are only a couple minutes long).
- Insane Troll Logic:Claude: If I am unseen, I can perform miracles.
- List Song:
- Sodomy / Hashish — a list of unmentionable acts and drugs, respectively.
- Colored Spade — "Iiiiii'm aaaaaa..." list of pernicious African-American stereotypes.
- Ain't Got No — the song is an insanely fast recitation of things the hippies don't need or can't afford.
- I Got Life — a recitation of body parts (sung on top of a table in the film)
- Love Dodecahedron: All over the place.Jeanie: This is the way it is. Sheila's hung up on Berger. I'm hung up on Claude. Claude is hung up on a cross over Sheila and Berger. And Berger's hung up everywhere. As a prospective mother, I would just like to say that there is something highly unusual going on here. And furthermore, Woof is hung up on Berger.
- Messianic Archetype: Claude (Berger in the film, role-reversed with Claude as The Hero Ingenue)
- Mushroom Samba: most of Act 2.
- New-Age Retro Hippie: Unbuilt Trope.
- No Fourth Wall: When it played in 2005 in Toronto, the cast members spent the half-hour before the show in the audience, acting high and asking audience members questions. The show itself made tons of references to the audience, making it a very entertaining experience.
- Notable Original Music: And how.
- Sex Is Good: a scandalous attitude to have, all agree.
- The '60s: One of the quintessential works of the period.
- Teeny Weenie: Berger teases Claude about this. Depending on the production, the audience may have seen for themselves whether it's true or not.
- Too Much Information: Being in the audience when a friend is in the nude scene.
- The Vietnam War: It doesn't deal with the war directly, but it underlines much of the action of the play.
- Where Da White Women At?: Gender-reversed with "Black Boys/White Boys". White women sing the praises of black men, followed by black women singing the praises of white men.
The Milo Forman film (1979) provides examples of the following tropes:
- Adaptation Distillation: Forman introduced a cohesive plot into a mostly lyrical free-form musical while preserving the content and meaning (for the most part) of the songs in a very anti-hippie era.
- Age Lift: Berger is in high school in the stage version, while the film version gives his age as 22.
- Ambiguously Gay: The film version of Berger shows little to no interest in any women (though his family thinks he's gotten one pregnant), but is deeply interested in everything Claude does.
- Anything That Moves: Woof.
- Artistic License Military: Berger may have been able to fill in for Claude for a single anonymous roll call (he's shown giving a knowing wink to another soldier who stares at him in surprise when he answers for Claude), but as soon as the orders came through for them to ship out to Vietnam, the cat would have been out of the bag no matter what. None of Claude's gear would have fit him, none of Claude's squadmates would have kept silent because there's no way in the world they're going to deploy to combat with some asshole they've never seen before who clearly doesn't know what the fuck he's doing, Claude's squad leader, platoon sergeant, and platoon commander would have all done individual inspections of each soldier prior to boarding the plane, and Claude's squad leader would have been the first one to say "who the fuck are you?" to Berger. Long before the plane took off, Berger would have been arrested for trespassing and Claude would be classified as a deserter with every cop in the area on the lookout for him. Moviegoers with military experience were rolling their eyes big time during this scene.
- Chewing the Scenery: The tribe members, during their songs.
- Dark Reprise: Manchester England (The Flesh Failures) And how.
- A Day in the Limelight: Each member of the tribe gets to sing a song that tells us a little about their outlook on life.
- Death by Adaptation: "BERGER!!!"
- Downer Ending: The famous shot of Berger walking into the bowels of the plane after inadvertently taking Claude's place.
- El Cid Ploy: The ending.
- Friend to All Living Things: The tribe in Central Park gets the park policemen's horses dancing during Age of Aquarius.
- The Ingenue: Claude. In the film, he's fresh off the bus from Oklahoma, on his way to be drafted, and the Tribe is in charge of swaying his innocent young mind after being wowed by his display of spontaneous horsemanship in Central Park.
- Lyrical Dissonance: Walking in Space combines acid trip lyrical imagery with depressing scenes of military training (including a gas-attack simulation) and a sad-looking Vietnamese girl singing the lyrics. (Although a singer in her own right, Linda Surh was overdubbed by the angelic-voiced Betty Buckley.)
- Magical Negro: Averted. While Hud is still treated as a good person, he's shown to have been an absolute jerk with how he left his ex-girlfriend. He gets better.
- Mushroom Samba: Electric Blues; Hashish; Walking in Space (see above.)
- New-Age Retro Hippie: Trope Codifier.
- No Name Given: Hud's ex-girlfriend.
- Oh, Crap!: Berger gets one in the barracks after he's taken Claudes' place and it's announced the unit is shipping out for Vietnam immediately. Claude gets an epic one when he gets back to the barracks and sees that its' empty, and he knows there can only be one reason why.
- Prim and Proper Bun: Appropriately enough, the Prison Psychiatrist who interrogates Woof on why he wears his hair long (and whether that makes him gay) in the title song sequence. Her hair is in a tight bun.
- Race Fetish: The song called "Black Boys/White Boys", where two groups of people — one white, one black — sing about how black boys and white boys (respectively) turn them on. The male white officers agreeing with the white women that the black boys are delicious like chocolate, and the black officers agreeing with the black women about how kissable the white men are. By making the fetishism a mutual affair, the song makes clear that it's not about racism or sexism. Also, the focus on shallow beauty/sexiness is done in such a way that it sends an anti-racist message: The difference between races is a shallow difference, merely a matter of how you look. The work is from the same time as the Civil Rights Movement. The black guy Hud is a fully accepted member of the otherwise white hippie gang, and the song can be said to say "not only are people of other races not evil, you may even consider having sex with them!". While Captain Obvious these days, it was a radical message back when it was made.
- Soundtrack Dissonance: "The Flesh Failures" is given a different meaning by the film's shocking Twist Ending, which is different from the original play. May actually produce tears, which is quite different from the feeling most people get watching the play.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Claude.
- Spontaneous Choreography: By Twyla Tharp, who also appears as a Priestess in Electric Blues.
- Straight Man: Claude (film only) is a square about to leave for Vietnam, who Berger takes under his wing.
- Twist Ending/Cruel Twist Ending: Berger leads the tribe to Nevada, sneaks into the army training camp and impersonates Claude to give him a chance to see Sheila one last time... on the day Claude's battalion ships for Vietnam.
- The Vietnam War: From Bad to Worse.
- Where Da White Women At?: Same as the play, plus a not-too-subtle Ho Yay; with Army recruit examiners singing the same song, intercut with the women's performance.


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Police in a New Jersey town are asking the person who was expecting 50 pounds of marijuana in the mail to come claim the package.
The pot was delivered to a home in Hazlet and the homeowner called police because it was addressed to someone who did not live at the residence.
Police said they were trying to figure out how to find the intended recipient when they opened the packages and discovered the marijuana in sealed bags.
Police said the person is more than welcome to come to police headquarters to claim them.
In the meantime, officers are trying to find the shipper and intended recipient.


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- Bill Cunningham, Bill Cunningham's New York
[image from my summer 2010 visit to the Montreal Museum of Fine Art's Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibit]
I've been spending a lot of time avoiding my work and hiding from the winds of Scandinavia by watching documentaries on Netflix (I know how nerdy this sounds). one of my favorite programs was Bill Cunningham's New York, a fascinating look at the octogenarian who is still zipping around NYC on his bike, a flash of blue in his trademark smock.
Bill has spent the majority of the last 50 years covering New York style and society for the New York Times, and this movie is an intimate portrayal of one of the nicest and most humble photographers to exist. he doesn't go out into the streets to photograph the glamazons with the same designer bags and shoes over and over. he's looking for people with their own personal flare, whether that is a 6th grade girl in her school uniform or an elderly woman wearing a particularly flashy poncho on a rainy day.
I'd recommend this movie if you are at all interested in fashion, personal style, NYC, photography, and the story of one American's life spent living in a tiny apartment in Carnegie Hall, surrounded by decades worth of priceless negatives.


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I recently got my brows done by celebrity brow master himself, Ramy Gafni. His star studded roster includes names likes of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Ray Romano, Faith Hill and Barbra Walters (to name a few), so I was pretty ecstatic to be sitting in his chair.
My brows are such a light shade of blond, that an unruly appearance isn't usually the problem. I explained that my forever issue is getting them to stand out and properly frame my face. Ramy got right to work with a set a tweezers and his brow brush.
I'm not great with tweezer pain, and braced myself... but believe it or not, his method was very gentle and completely painless. I mentioned that I typically opt for the threading and Ramy had a few wise words for me; "dread the thread!" he laughed, along with "wax is for cars!". Though tweezing might take a bit longer, he explained how it allows for better precision and can create a more customized shape.
After about 20 or so minutes, he had skillfully taken my blah brows to runway status. I absolutely loved the shape and immediately saw a beautiful arch (which I love). But he didn't stop there. Ramy topped the look off with the best matched brow coloring I've ever received. I talked about the ailments of being a red head with light brows and failing miserably when attempting to find the right color to fill them with. But this was perfection, and the best part was I could easily recreate it on my own. We all know what it's like to leave the salon looking glamorous only to never again be able to redo the magic at home.
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I walked out looking and feeling as though I had a brand new look, and to see the transformation was pretty amazing. Ramy is incredibly knowledgeable and his artistry can't be matched. He puts you at ease and is as down to earth as they come. Make sure to check out his line of cosmetics RAMY beauty therapy for every brow necessity you could ever need and more. Whether you're looking to makeover your drab brows, or enhance what you have, I'd strongly suggest booking an appointment!
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Here it is another New Year's Eve. No idea how time has this funny little trick it plays where the older we get, the faster time goes.
This year has been typical in that it's had its share of ups and downs for us, and everyone we know. On a personal level, both of us happy vegans have had our limits tested, and reached new heights on education and skills, both through traditional schooling as well as through the amazing people we have met in 2012. On a business level, we have been tested beyond anything we could have expected. We hoped to have a big announcement in 2012, more than hoped.... expected and planned. It was not to be. We have had myriad additional obstacles thrown at us from any level you can imagine, much of it regulatory. Now, we aren't really ones who are completely against some regulations, there's reasons for laws and rules. What we DO have a problem with is ignorance and incompetence. We have encountered a lot of that this year with people who simply are incompetent with their jobs... people who are entrusted to some pretty important oversight of some pretty important things. So, this has left us having to undo some wrongs, and then re-do what had to be undone. Frustrating beyond words.
Regardless of general nincompoopage, we expect that 2013 is going to be absolutely marvelous and huge for Deer Run. We have passed a crossroads, and nothing will stop us now. You WILL be reading about our changes here in the coming year, they are fabulous.
I don't get too stuck in the "if only" or the "I wish" game too often. Doing so leads to regret, and that is non-productive. If I want something, I work hard to get it, same with the other happy vegan. The great Gandhi is attributed as saying "be the change you wish to see in the world." That is a very important sentence to me. Every day, for me it means when I see the suffering, filth, torment and violence in the world that animals endure, I am the one to work for change. It is me, and no one else.
Whether someone want to admit it or not, the food choices that so many people make, that so many people feel entitled to, are causing havoc. Our forests are ailing, our waters are ailing, our health is ailing, and our emotional health is ailing. I wasn't born being vegan, it has been a conscious choice. A choice I made not to ignore, not to deny, not to look away from that which is exceptionally difficult to learn. Choices that I have previously made have caused immense suffering to others. I had a complete disconnect between my choices, and animal suffering. Once I began to see, and understand, how could I continue to act the way I did... it would be my sanctioning torture, violence and suffering. No reasonable person can choose that in good conscience, in my opinion.
My wish for 2013 is for enlightenment in myself, and others. This includes the courage it takes to really learn the truth about the animals for food industry, and make appropriate and sustainable changes. Enlightenment to me also means compassion, unity and empathy.
I strive for many things on a daily basis, but more than anything I strive to make the world kinder... to show compassion towards the suffering. Animals suffer because of our choices; this is a fact. We must all work together to stop the madness in this world. It is not acceptable to live with violence towards animals, people or planet.
We take great pride in what Deer Run is about, and what we as people stand for. Our wish for the New Year is that you will no longer turn away, instead you will become part of the solution.
Happy New Year 2013. Go Veg.


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Avery Catherine Mattingly will celebrate her 4th birthday on April 1, 2014. She is the daughter of Lauren Brady and Jason Mattingly of Loretto.
Her grandparents are Debbie and Keith Edelen, Connie and Archie Mattingly of Loretto, and Joey Brady of St. Joe.
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Monday, April 14: Beef steak patty, boiled potatoes, mixed green salad, ambrosia, brown gravy, whole wheat roll.
Tuesday, April 15; Turkey w/gravy, mashed potatoes, buttered broccoli, Angel food cake w/strawberry topping, dry roasted peanuts, whole wheat bread.
Wednesday, April 16: Beef chili w/beans, carrot/raisin salad, half peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat bread, orange.
Thursday, April 17: Baked pork ham, baked sweet potatoes, green beans, pineapple slices, whole wheat roll.
Friday, April 18: Closed for Good Friday.
Monday, April 7: Herb baked chicken, potatoes w/carrots, peas, butterscotch pudding, cornbread.
Tuesday, April 8: Baked pork chop, buttered corn, green beans, mandarin oranges, whole wheat roll.
Wednesday, April 9: Brown bag.
Thursday, April 10: Chicken and dumplings, roasted sweet potatoes, buttered spinach, baked apples, whole wheat bread.
Friday, April 11: Homemade potato soup, half peanut butter and jelly sandwich, pickled beets, orange slices, whole wheat bread.
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I don't know what I thought family recipes were, but I've always assumed I didn't have any. My mother's mother was not known for her cooking. "She didn't know how to boil water when she got married," says my mom.
My father's mother was a cook, but her recipes haven't traveled easily through the generations. Her three sons, while enjoying the food, didn't learn how to make it. Later, when my grandmother died, my father brought home her recipes. But he discovered that they often listed only ingredients – no quantities, no directions. Now and then, he plays with them; he re-creates her suet pudding and molasses cookies each Christmas. But these aren't flavors from my childhood.
My mother used to tell me that her biggest worry about marriage was seeing all the dinners she would have to make stretching out into the future. She succeeded in putting homemade meals on the table each evening, ranging from Shake 'n Bake chicken to Crock-Pot explorations. My favorite meal was spaghetti and meat sauce that got its flavor from a packet – hardly the beginning of a family recipe tradition.
These days, my husband and I enjoy trying recipes from our growing collection of cookbooks and magazines that feature articles on "the best way to roast chicken" and "quick homemade beef soup." We've also branched into Thai and Peruvian food, a far cry from our Anglo-Saxon heritage. My 16-year-old daughter has picked up a baking habit as well. She searches for new chocolate confections on the Internet.
None of these are the kind of recipes passed down through generations. I've always imagined that a family recipe would have some ancestor's name attached – like Aunt Ruth's Famous Fudge or Grandma Sue's Corn Bread.
Then, one day as I pulled out the recipe for Lemon Loaf, our standby dessert, it hit me. I've had a family recipe tucked inside our card file for years.
It's not a fancy dessert – a moist lemon cake baked in a loaf pan, iced with sugar and lemon juice that pools in the pan's corners to form a sweet-sour crust. My mother started making it when I was a teenager. She often serves it as a finish to extended-family get-togethers, and she and I both make it for birthdays. I have a snapshot of my daughter as a toddler, blowing out three candles on a lemon loaf in my parents' dining room.
It's an easy, quick dessert that I've made many times, following the directions my mother wrote on an index card in her neat printing. The card is no longer a clean white; it's spotted here and there. The blue lines that guided her handwriting have faded.
No one is sure where the recipe came from. When I asked, my mother looked at my father and they pondered together – the newspaper, a magazine? "I can picture it being cut out from something," my mother said.
Can it be a family recipe if it came from outside the family? I guess all have to come from somewhere. My mother-in-law freely confesses that the recipe for her famous rum cake – the one she distributes each Christmas – came out of a magazine decades ago.
Over the years, we've made this humble cake our own. We seldom bother to sift the flour, and we sometimes raise the oven temperature to hurry the baking. My children compete for the sugary end pieces, and we like to make extra icing, to be sure there's plenty of lemony crust to go around. Now, my daughter has added this cake to her dessert repertoire. Last week, she made it for my mother's birthday. If that doesn't make it a family recipe, I don't know what does.
Moist Lemon Loaf
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1-1/2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup milk
Grated rind of one lemon
Juice of one lemon
1/2 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Cream together the sugar and butter or margarine. Add the eggs and blend well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir into egg mixture alternately with milk. Stir in grated lemon rind. Beat well. Pour into greased loaf pan (8-by-4-by-2-1/2 inches or 9-by-5-by-2-3/4-inches).
Bake 45 minutes, or until a tester inserted near center comes out clean.
Mix together juice of lemon and 1/2 cup sugar. Pour over loaf while it is still hot. Cool in pan.


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I have been going nuts over these tasty little bites for awhile now. I LOVE mint in almost any form and I love cookies, so this is the best of both worlds. This cookie recipe is also a little different than your standard because I tend to like a cakier cookie, one that has body and is moist. Not a huge fan of the flat______________cookie, boring!! {keep in mind this is totally just my opinion nothing to be added to the rules of cookie book!}
Mint Black & White Cookies
3 cups of AP {all purpose} flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1tsp. salt
1 cup {2 sticks} butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. mint extract
2 large eggs
1/3 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
In a bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Mix with a wire whisk and set aside. Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar in an electric mixer. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream and extract, mix well. Gradually add the dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips. Spoon a rounded table spoon onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes. Yields approximately 4 dozen cookies.
If you love chocolate and you love mint, you have to try these puppies out. Let me know what you think!!


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It was a short workweek after the previous Labor Day weekend but it seemed to take a long time to get to Friday. When it arrived, we were ready to begin our Saturday with saling. We had four potential sales on our list and a couple of them looked really good but the one that looked best was on Sunday. That would have to wait. First, there was Saturday and with lots of hope, off we went!
Our first sale was about 45 minutes from home and was run by one of our favorite tag sales companies. Despite their sign, this was the only day of their sale and we got their not long after the doors opened. The description of the sale read "hoarder alert", "old stuff" and "lots of ephemora". We were hopeful!
Our first stop was the basement and this is where the description "hoarder" came in. There were tables full of stuff and most of it was old. This floor would take some time!
Yup. This room would take a lot of time and concentration which explains why Monica didn't even know that Rob was taking a break from searching to take a picture.
Aside from the areas that required a great deal of searching, there were other things to look at like this great, old cabinet for the sink and the very unique set of lights on the right. We spent at least an hour down here and it was definitely worth our time!
The upper two floors did not have as much too search but we did still find a few more things to take home. This really cool, old Nutone intercom/radio was in great shape and the radio worked! It did not, however, come home with us.
This mug may be the scariest thing we ever saw! It also did not come home with us but some vintage greeting cards, a few Thanksgiving things, some vintage Christmas things, some unused vintage scrapbooks and several other things did. It was a good start!
Sale #2 was run by another tag sale company that we like and who, frequently, has good sales. This one was listed as an "overloaded house" and listed "vintage Christmas" amongst the items there. That sounded pretty good to us!
The kitchen cabinets were in need of repair and some new paint but they were great!
Look at the cool old stove and the chrome tiles behind it!
This was a fairly quick stop as there were not all that many rooms and the search through each one was quick. We did leave with several vintage Christmas things and this became another worthwhile stop.
Sale #3 was closer to home and the only reason we didn't choose it as our first stop is that its start time was much later than the first two sales. It was a sale run by the family of the deceased and it was described as "two floors of unique items". Although there was nothing we were specifically targeting in the pictures of the sale, we could see that it was a house was old items. It was worth a look.
We decided to search the basement first and there it was...a mounted pencil sharpener! That is usually a good sign!
The basement was great! Look at the floor! Look at the knotty pine walls. How could we not find something here?
Sale #3 was closer to home and the only reason we didn't choose it as our first stop is that its start time was much later than the first two sales. It was a sale run by the family of the deceased and it was described as "two floors of unique items". Although there was nothing we were specifically targeting in the pictures of the sale, we could see that it was a house was old items. It was worth a look.
We decided to search the basement first and there it was...a mounted pencil sharpener! That is usually a good sign!
The basement was great! Look at the floor! Look at the knotty pine walls. How could we not find something here?
This old sound system was built into the wall and it looked mighty cool!
The upstairs had several rooms to search and we actually spent a good amount of time in this house, too. When we left, it was with some vintage greeting cards, some vintage Christmas things and a few other holiday items.
Before going to the last sale on our list, Monica wanted to stop at an open house that was just two blocks away from our house. We like walking through these old houses just to see the inside, always hoping to see an old basement bar or an old pink bathroom or maybe both!
The bathroom was, unfortunately, "updated" but there was a great basement with a bar and an old floor and knotty pine walls! There is more to this story than the basement. As it turns out, upon entering the house, we introduced ourselves to the realtor and then Rob saw something out of the corner of his eye. There, on the mantle, was an old ceramic spaghetti trim Santa bank, clearly made in Japan. Rob took a walk over to it and remarked how cool it was. The realtor said that it must have been left behind a couple of weeks ago when the owner had a garage sale and mentioned that she thought they were having a second one on Sunday. Rob said that we would try to be there. He also mentioned that there was a price tag on the bottom and it read "$3". The realtor said we could have it for $2 and it was ours. That's not where the story ends though. When we went to the basement, Rob found a small, old blow mold Santa and brought it upstairs with him. Just moments later, it was ours for $1.
As we were walking to the car, Monica shook her head and said Rob was the only person who could walk into an open house and have the real estate agent sell him the owner's stuff. Rob simply said, "It's a gift". Those two Santas, pictured above, came home with us!
We skipped the last sale since it was getting late and the last sale was now at the tail end of its second day and didn't look all that great anyway. We would go home and rest and get ready for Sunday's sale which is one we were excited about all week.
We got up extra early on Sunday, showered and left in plenty of time to make the one hour trip to Sunday's sale and to arrive an hour before its start. Monica was excited that no one was there and we would be first on line! Rob knew better and within seconds of leaving the car, a guy brought us our numbers. We were #16 and #17 on line. We had plenty of time to go get some breakfast and return before the doors would open. We hoped to be in the first group to get inside.
This was what the front of the house looked like when we returned with customers #1 through #14 ready to get inside before we would. The sale would be worth it. It was run by one of our favorite tag sale companies and the pictures in the ad showed lots of old stuff including lots of vintage Christmas things! We hoped that no one ahead of us would be interested in the same things. When the doors opened, we were in the first group and our hostess told us exactly where the vintage Christmas stuff could be found. We were the first to it and filled up some bags very quickly!
We found an old mounted pencil sharpener in the basement but we already knew we were in the right place!
The basement had an old bar but any vintage barware that was there (and we are sure there was based on the description in the ad), it was already grabbed by the other salers roaming around the house. This sale was everything we hoped for and we found all of the Christmas stuff that was in the pictures. We also brought home lots of vintage Thanksgiving things, other vintage holiday things, some records and more.
Everywhere we went this weekend, vintage Christmas things awaited us but we found lots of other things, too! Aside for the two things we managed to buy at the open house, here are the other things we brought home this weekend:
Some records
Some cookbooks
Vintage postcards, mainly from Niagara Falls
An old laundry service tag, an old roadmap, an old Howe Caverns pamphlet, a book of matches from the old Astro Motel, a 1959 "You'll Die Laughing" card, a 1960 Fleer football card and old old envelope from Storytown in Lake George
An old book cover from Bond Bread (we got three of these)
A vintage paper placemat (we got three of these)
Some vintage unused scrap books. We also got an unopened package of extra pages for them!
Vintage anniversary cards
Vintage birthday cards
Vintage Valentine's Day cards
A vintage Valentine's Day card for baby's first Valentine's Day
Vintage baby cards
More vintage baby cards
More vintage baby cards
Vintage Christmas cards
An old plastic football player, a dream pet donkey(or burro) and a ceramic burro with cart planter. The burros will be used as decorations for our annual Cinco de Mayo parties. Both are marked Japan
An old Easter decoration, a knee bugger Easter Bunny, a ceramic Valentine;s decoration and a ceramic St. Patrick's Day mug. Everything except the first bunny is marked Japan.
Halloween items: a honeycomb pumpkin, a vintage Halloween card, an old metal jack o'lantern and an old plastic scarecrow
Thanksgiving items: a ceramic turkey tureen, a ceramic turkey sugar bowl, a pair of ceramic turkey candle holders and four Gurley candles. All of the ceramic items are marked Japan
Thanksgiving salt and pepper shakers. All are marked Japan
A pair of very tall gangly Santa marked Japan. We grabbed them in such a hurry that we didn't see that the one on the left was missing a leg. We will have to create one for him!
A vintage Christmas potholder, a hanging Santa head (marked Japan), some old Christmas cake toppers and an old Christmas stocking
Christmas records, some old plastic snowmen and Santas, a old Santa super soaker and some old bottlebrush Christmas trees
A creepy Santa (marked Hong Kong), three ceramic Christmas bells (marked Japan) and a set of ceramic "Tumbling Santas" in their original box (marked Japan)
A creepy Santa (marked Hong Kong), three ceramic Christmas bells (marked Japan) and a set of ceramic "Tumbling Santas" in their original box (marked Japan)
A Christmas book from 1951, some ceramic Santas (including another spaghetti trim bank that is almost identical to the old we got an the open house), an old plastic Santa and a Christmas pixie. Everything except the book and the plastic Santa is marked Japan
Lots of ceramic Christmas things including a Holt Howard bell, candle huggers and napkin rings. Everything is marked Japan
More Christmas things: reindeer, pixies and a plastic Santa in the back row. A ceramic Santa, a Christmas angel bell, a Mrs. Claus salt shaker (missing her mate) and a ceramic Santa in a chimney. Everything except the reindeer and the plastic Santa are marked Japan.
It was a great weekend of saling where Christmas was found everywhere! The saling was great but, as always, the time spent together was even better!


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In September, Ubisoft executives breathed a sigh of relief as Vivendi didn't launch a hostile bid to control the French video game company's board. But Vivendi has since increased its stake in the publisher of hits like Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy games from 23 percent to more than 24 percent.
That small change in Vivendi's percentage ownership of publicly traded Ubisoft's stock is ominous because it took place after the annual meeting on September 29. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has vowed to fight the Vivendi attempt at control because he doesn't think it's good for Ubisoft's creative freedom, its capability to produce high-quality games, and the well-being of the publisher's 10,000 employees.
While Ubisoft is publicly traded, the company has been run by the founding Guillemot family for decades. Under French law, Vivendi has to make a bid to buy the entire company if it accumulates more than 30 percent of the stock. A year ago, Vivendi held just 10 percent of the company. Now Vivendi holds 21.3 percent of the voting rights.
In the September meeting, Vivendi did not offer its own slate of directors, as feared. Ubisoft successfully added two independent directors to the board and re-elected Yves and Gerard Guillemot. At that time, Yves Guillemot said, "We won't relax until they sell their shares. The creeping control strategy implemented by Vivendi is dangerous. We think that there's a great risk of shareholders losing value."
Vivendi successfully took over Gameloft, a mobile game company that was also partly owned by the Guillemot brothers. During this fight, it is interesting that no obvious white knight has emerged to help the management team.
Meanwhile, Ubisoft has some important games coming up. Watch Dogs 2 launches on November 15, while the original snow sports game Steep debuts on December 2.


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All vendors took great care in bustling about and setting up their tables with information brochures, free samples and new products. As soon as the doors opened, the room was filled with excited chatter and conversation as brides learned about all of the things that could make their special day a memorable one.
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U.S. military makes it tougher to expel gays, lesbians
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense on Thursday announced stricter guidelines for discharging gay and lesbian service members under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, raising the standards for charging that someone is gay and allowing only generals to approve discharges.
It's the biggest change to the policy since Congress passed it and President Bill Clinton signed it into law in 1993.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced the changes at a briefing Thursday morning.
Someone who charges that a serviceman or woman is gay now must testify under oath. Previously, anyone could make such charges, even against a superior officer. Now, only an officer can launch an investigation, lead one and dismiss a service member.
While the Pentagon's old guidelines defined homosexual conduct as demonstrating "a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts," the new guidelines define it as marriage, attempted marriage or "engaging in, attempting to engage in or soliciting another to engage in a homosexual act or acts," or a statement by a service member that he or she is gay.
Military officers still aren't supposed to ask service members about their sexual orientation or seek to learn it, and service members are to keep it to themselves.
The changes are expected to protect as many as one in five of the servicemen and servicewomen who are kicked out now because of their sexual orientation. The remaining 80 percent come forward and say that they're gay, according to Pentagon statistics.
The changes go into effect immediately and apply to all open cases, but the department wouldn't say how many cases are open.
Since "don't ask, don't tell" went into effect, roughly 13,000 servicemen and women have left the military because of the rule, reaching a peak of 1,273 in 2001. Last year, 428 service members were expelled under the law.
"I believe these changes represent an important improvement in the way the current law is put into practice — above all, by providing a greater measure of common sense and common decency to a process for handling what are difficult and complex issues for all involved," Gates said.
Gates, however, stressed that he doesn't support repealing the law until the Pentagon finishes a review of how to implement the change, which is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 1.
The announcement signaled a change in tenor from the secretary. Last month, he suggested to Congress that "don't ask, don't tell" was being reviewed at the request of President Barack Obama, who addressed it in his State of the Union address in January, not because Gates was pushing to change his department's policy.
"We have received our orders from the commander in chief, and we are moving out accordingly," Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee last month. He also hinted, however, that the Pentagon would make changes ahead of the review, saying the department thought it had a "degree of latitude."
At the same hearing, Mullen said that he thought the law should change, calling it the "right thing to do."
Gates said Thursday that the department was making the changes now because of "lessons learned over the past 17 years."
Only Congress can repeal the law. The revisions announced Thursday were the Pentagon's effort to change the administrative guidelines for the law, a stopgap measure while a reluctant Congress debates whether to repeal it.
Gates to begin dismantling ban on gays in military
Mullen finds little resistance among soldiers to gay troops
Top military officer: Ending ban on gays 'right thing to do'
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by Paul on Dec.21, 2008, under Maintenance Management
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My first article has been published on bluepencil the Asset Capability Management blog about "realising the potential of your people, plant and processes". This article is about having a model to understand your KPI's.
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When somebody gets tow to pits, CC sometimes announce him as new race leader.
From sim/track perspective he is indeed the car most in front at that moment, which is probably cause of this message. Maybe CC needs to check also info, if the car is in pits and in case yes, not announcing him as a new race leader.
Btw. might be also nice feature to announce who enters pit (either towed or the regular way). In case of regular pit stop, optionally also time spent in pit stop might be announced.


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Ampthill Town ended their away programme with a 1-1 draw at London Tigers on Saturday but will look back on the trip as two points dropped after they had little luck in front of goal.
Town went ahead in the first half, before they squandered the chance to double their lead from the penalty spot.
Ampthill were also denied by the woodwork with time running out, but Stupple's men finished the game with 10 men for the second consecutive Saturday after a late dismissal.
Following a midweek home defeat at the hands of Holmer Green, Town needed a positive result from their trip to Middlesex and they began brightly on a difficult pitch.
They got the reward for their dominance when Charlie Cullen unleashed a superb 20-yard shot from the right which beat the home keeper.
Ampthill had a chance to double their lead before half -time when they were awarded a penalty, only for Danny Butler's shot to by saved by the keeper on his left.
The second half saw little rhythm, although Town were pushed back further as the Tigers found more impetus.
With 10 minutes to go, a flurry of home free-kicks kept Town busy and eventually Firdus Qail levelled from close range.
There was still time for Danny Butler to lose his marker, but he saw his shot cannon off the post.
In the dying minutes Ben Butler was dismissed for a bad challenge so again the brothers were in the forefront of the action.
The two teams drew 1-1 at Ampthill in September but a repeat prescription does little for Town's ailing season.
They host Colney Heath at home on Saturday and will need a positive result . Saturday's point put them level with Holmer Green, but Green have three home games to end their season.


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Gluten Free Purchasing and Tax Relief
We all know that most of the gluten-free items cost more than regular items. Sometimes a few dollars more than regular things. Look at a Betty Crocker cake mix. Sometimes you can get them on sale for $0.99 vs $3.50 or more for the gluten free variety. While we all definitely would pay any price for our children, it would be nice to save some money somewhere.
Awhile back we found out that you actually can deduct the difference in prices from your taxes. You can also deduct the extra mileage to the specialty stores and the postage when buying specialized products. Of course you need a diagnosis from a doctor, so those fad dieters need not apply, but if you are here, you probably have at least one diagnosed child. What else do you need to know?
About.com (http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/theglutenfreediet/a/ExpensiveFood_2.htm) put out a good article in 2009 with some good tips. Definitely check it out, with things like:
- Every receipt must be saved, along with receipts for gluten-containing foods to prove the difference in price.
- Only food used by a celiac patient would be deductible
You can also check out this article (http://celiacdisease.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=celiacdisease&cdn=health&tm=112&f=10&su=p284.12.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.celiac.com/articles/279/1/Tax-Deduction-for-Gluten-Free-Foods-as-a-Medical-Expense-for-Diagnosed-Celiacs-Only/Page1.html). While a little dated, it does suggest some IRS rulings for us in the USA, and some additional tips. With anything in dealing with Celiac, do not ever take these tips here for gospel. Check with your tax preparer or CPA. While it will involve a lot of work, the benefit, especially if you have multiple children, will help you! Every cent counts these days!
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I'm fairly certain cherries don't qualify as a protein, but when it's cherry time one cannot be bound to a commitment, dietwise, at least not a commitment which involves no fruit. Can one? I'm only asking for, um, a friend of mine. Yeah, that's it. My friend wants to know.
Down 12.5 pounds. I keep expecting to wake up and have gained it all back. Of course it's been so hot (106 here yesterday and 104 the day before; this is unheard of in our area) and I've been working so much (read: not able to find time to eat in between phone calls) that I'd probably have lost a little even if I hadn't declared war on refined flour and sugar. Right?
And because I just don't have faith in this diet despite its apparent short-term success over the last couple of weeks, it's sort of hard to be proud of myself. I'm not eating any brown rice, which was my main staple for decades. How can I be so carb-intolerant when all the complex carbs I was eating (and to be truthful, to which I plan to return) were so healthy? Why-oh-why.
Tonight I'm having a cold pesto zucchini salad. Yum-yum. Oh, and some cherries.


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Wonderful Wedding Weekend Through Dog's Eyes
For their wedding Michael and Kate Pearsons wanted to capture the celebrations in a different way. The couple recruited their six-year-old black lab Odin to record the ceremony and the festivities over the weekend by wearing a GoPro. The sweet dog is seen walking around and playing with guests and even captures the moment Michael and Kate walk down the aisle as husband and wife.


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The Boylston Street Apple Store in Boston will be playing host to an event this weekend, which will see Christy Turlington-Burns, ultramarathoner Scott Jurek, and founder of dooce.com Heather Armstrong talk about their training experiences for the Boston Marathon. Apple's Jay Blahnik will also be present, talking about how each experienced training with the Apple Watch.
There have been a number of reports about bad Bluetooth call quality for some iPhone SE users, prompting Apple to investigate the issue internally. The issue manifests in distorted or broken audio when calls are taken on Bluetooth devices that work fine on other iPhones, as reported by AppleInsider.
As part of Apple extending the upgrade cycle for the Apple Watch, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the company's Apple Watch successor will come out later this year, focusing on internal upgrades rather than external changes. Kuo also notes Apple Watch shipments will fall 25% year-on-year, dropping to the 7.5 million units mark versus the 10.6 million Apple Watch units shipped in 2015.
Uncertainty looms for the venerable Mac spec bump, as Intel announced last month that it would be moving away from their Tick-Tock upgrade cycle in favour of a three-year process-architecture-optimisation one. While it means some machines will not see CPU upgrades for lengthy periods of time, it opens up the field for improvements in other areas.
An article from the Wall Street Journal reports Apple is selling less iPhones through its own Retail and Online channels, with consumers choosing to buy iPhones direct from carriers instead. It's not all bad news for Apple though — people are still buying iPhones, after all — but it means that Apple doesn't get to provide the experience of purchasing a device from the Apple Store, and make marginally more money doing so.
Chinese server vendor Inspur has joined Apple's server supply chain, as Apple moves to bring more of its data-centre operations in-house instead of working with third parties.
An Apple R&D facility in Japan has been delayed, now with a new opening date of March 2017 according to a board posted outside the construction of the facility.
The Apple Pencil means handwriting recognition is now within the realms of possibility, and Macworld writes that handwriting-to-text across the board in iOS would be nothing short of amazing on the platform, at least on iPads where the Apple Pencil is supported.
The Loop Magazine app is dead, which goes to highlight the kind of App Store economy we're dealing with. Despite being one of the best publishing and reading experiences, it wasn't enough.
Speaking of which, even games aren't immune to the cutthroat App Store economy. Paid mobile games can be a viable but risky niche, Touch Arcade says, so often it makes sense to make a free-to-play game which carries its own risks, sure, but also has a payoff orders of magnitude greater than a premium title.


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NOTE: Well, it had to happen. Someone in Hollywood had to make a bad remake of a bad movie based on a book with bad theology. I will admit, I have not seen the movie, and to be honest with you that is OK, because this article is not about the movie, and not so much about the theology, it is more about some of those who are addicted to both.
When I first decided to follow the teachings of Jesus, I learned about this thing many called "The Second Coming" (SC) and it was not long before I became completely confused. With terms like Eschatology, Tribulation, End-Times, and Second Coming, all seeming to be saying the same thing, and yet, at the same time, something very different, confused me. Besides, the math used hurt my head. I can remember people in the church arguing whether the SC would be pre-tribulation, a-tribulation, or post-tribulation; or if it would be pre-millennial, a-millennial, post-millennial. It was at that moment in time I realized that eschatology would be my theological down fall. Why? Because thinking in terms of Preterism, Historicism, Futurism, or Idealism is enough to lead a sane person to a padded room wrapped tightly in a long-sleeved canvas jacket with buckles.
I remember when I started out in ministry being asked by a church looking for a pastor my stance on the SC, and to be honest with you I froze like a deer in the headlights. My only response was, "I'm not sure, I am still trying to work out the first coming. Besides, I take Jesus at his word when he says no one will know." That was not the answer they were hoping for. One of the members of the search team looked at me and said, "You need to have a right view of the Second Coming, because it will tell you how you need to live your life." I left the meeting defeated, and very confused. However, I started to think, and that is always dangerous, about what the man said to me. After some thinking, I realized that we should not base the way we live on the SC, we should base our faith journey on the teachings of Jesus from his first coming. I mean, how we live our lives should be based on what Jesus said, not what we think he might say at some distant time. I came to realize that for many churches the SC is rather problematic.
Here is where I see the problem: When we live for a SC, we miss so many things in the present. Those voices shouting the end of the world seem to be loud and, well, annoying. Many of us can remember the issues surrounding Harold Camping; people gave millions of dollars to Camping who predicted the end of the world twice (May 21, 2011, and "revised" on May 22 to be October 21st) and both times were wrong (which seems silly to say). We hear people like Jack Van Impe (and his lovely wife Rexella) who peddle end time theology on late night TV to anyone willing to pony up some hard earned cash to buy his books, CDs and tapes (which always leads me to ask: If the end is near, why sell the books? I mean, do you need the money for some future use?). Still others, like Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite, believe so strongly in their predictions that they made sure their followers met a bitter end. While others, like William Miller (Adventists) and Herbert Armstrong (The Worldwide Church of God, who was a four time heavy hitter at the endgame: 1936, 1943, 1972 and 1975) founded entire denominations centering on the end of the world. I kind of wished Armstrong was right, because it would have eliminated my High School years.
I believe that those issues lead those who spew "The End is Near" theology to see the world in very different ways than most people. Here are two that pop into my mind.
Way One: Glee
There seems to be a pathological destructive mindset to some who speak about "the end times." They speak of evil [i.e. wars, terrorists, mass killings] and natural disasters [i.e. floods, earthquakes, fires] with an almost twisted sense of joy and excitement – some are downright gleefully. The problem is found in the reality that they see those as "good thing," they are not very interested in stopping them – in fact, they encourage them; I even know some who pray for them to happen. For those who proclaim an End Time Theology see those horrid events into something they look forward too because they will usher in the age of a New World. In the past I have heard preachers and theologians speak with an almost joyful tone in their voice when they share about how the end is so close because so many people are dying. To be honest with you, that scares me. You see, if we can see evil as something good we have missed the point of Jesus and the first coming and replaced it with a twisted view of his SC. These are the people who say things like; "Why worry about the poor, wars, violence (or anything for that matter) because Jesus is coming back soon and everything will be made right for those who will be saved."
It is sad, because they actually believe holding back any involvement in current events will bring about the second coming. This kind of thinking replaces violence with peace, law with grace, judgment with forgiveness, and sees a world falling apart and no desire to be part of a solution. Which lead is to the second point.
Way Two: Escapism
While escapism is related to feeling gleeful about world events, there is enough difference for me to share it as a second way people react. Those who speak in terms of not worrying about the condition of the world speak in terms of "escaping the disasters" that they see coming because they hold the magic golden ticket. The problem is, when we hold to an escapist view, we ignore the problems facing our world. We ignore the violence, the environment, the hunger, the poverty and more because we believe that upon Jesus return all will be made better; they have become so future minded, they have become so presently useless.
Their idea is that they will be "lifted out" of all the pain those "left behind" will suffer, so why should they care. The problem with this way of thinking is that the idea of "escape from" seems to fly in the face of the redemptive narrative within the collective narrative. They speak in terms of "escape from" while Jesus speaks in terms of "redemption of." The idea of escaping the end of the world does not seem to fit the narrative of the redemptive cross. If we look closely, we can find some who believe that it does not matter how wrongly others are treated (slavery, sex trade, low wages, horrid working conditions, thriving poverty) because in the end, Jesus will return and all will be made right. This removes our responsibility to speak against injustice today, and seek a better life for all.
As we think about the SC in relationship to the world we live in we need to ask ourselves some very important questions: Is a strong belief in the Second Coming bad for the Creation? Does the Second Coming negate our responsibility to be actively involved in feeding the hungry? Does the Second Coming remove our call to live in peace, and speak in terms of peace?


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As if Caulfield's moralizing weren't enough, we are treated to yet another pan of the film by Michael Wilmington, who takes particular pleasure in giving away most of the film's major plot twists while making irrational criticisms of the film makers' approach ("Thumbs Down," Feb. 23).
Referring to the film's most memorable set-piece, Wilmington chastises the film makers for not "focusing on her (the victim's) suffering." Does Wilmington really want more close-ups of the victim writhing in agony? Would that really make the film less exploitative?
A far less stylish and plausible film like the Dutch thriller "The Lift" received a rave in Calendar's pages, despite its explicit scene of a man being decapitated by an elevator door. Perhaps if Tri-Star had dubbed their film in French and released it as "Le Hitcher," your writers might have been kinder.
Tri-Star advertises their film with an ominous silhouette of the hitcher on a desolate stretch of highway. Your editors touted your article with a cover blurb promising slit throats, a French-fried finger and a woman ripped in two.
Which do you think is more exPloitative?
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Dear Friends,
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It's a step towards something very exciting; a coalition of non-violent direct action groups from across the spectrum of environmental, economic and social justice campaigns. Occupy has been involved in its planning, alongside members of UKUncut, Disabled People Against the Cuts, Fuel Poverty Action, Pensioners Action Groups, Climate Camp, Frack Off and Black Activists Against The Cuts.
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The camp will be organised into four villages; these will be mini-communities where you can pitch your tents, eat, and socialise. Villages will hold daily morning meetings where important information will be shared and any necessary decisions taken. All camp meetings will run through an open, inclusive, and participatory process known as consensus decision making; this seeks to ensure all voices are heard and everyone is happy with meeting outcomes.
Things to bring: tent, sleeping bag, warm clothes, toothbrush/paste, loo roll, sunblock, waterproofs, a torch, and a desire to change the world.
Things not to bring: food (no need), dogs (except from support dogs which are more than welcome), knives (unwise), and belief that nothing can change.
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One of the most exciting things about Reclaim the Power is the diverse range of groups and individuals we know to be coming. This provides a fantastic opportunity for the sharing of experience to enable us to join to dots between social, environmental, and economic injustice. Workshops will cover a full range of interrelated subjects: Extreme Energy, The Cuts, Privilege, and Just Transition are just a small sample from our programme.
In addition to issue-based workshops, there will also be a range of practical workshops. These will include consensus decision making, digital campaigning, media messaging, building a protest camp, and direct action.
Of course, it's not all super serious; the evenings (except the night before the action) will see broad range of music, comedy, and opportunities to let your hair down and dance!
Mass action
Sunday 18th August will see the Camp prepare for mass action on the Monday; a full range of legal and practical support will be on hand to help people make decisions, find buddies, and train for whichever role they decide to take.
There will be a part to play for everyone, whether you wish to take direct action or take on one of many supporting responsibilities.
For more details and to get in touch with the main RTP organisation:
Do help us spread this invitation widely both nationally and internationally.
We hope you will join us!


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Enough about hair. Someone yesterday mentioned something I might blog about. I responded that my life and blog basically revolve around food. And it's true. So in keeping with my main focus in life, here is another super easy couple of recipes that works perfectly together or alone, but especially for a weeknight. It isn't always buttercream frosting and layer cakes around here, y'all. I get home on week nights around 6:00 pm, and recipes like this keep my husband fed and myself sane. I especially love cooking everything in the oven all at once. It gives me 30 to 40 minutes of free time (also known as happy hour).
On the menu (as you may have guessed from the title…) is poppyseed chicken and roasted broccoli. Poppyseed chicken is a staple in my family, and you can make it a ton of different ways. My aunt boils and chops up her own chicken. My mom uses canned and all low fat ingredients. I came up with something somewhere in the middle to suit Wheat's tastes. Feel free to adapt this recipe to your family's tastes.
– 4 large cans of chicken, low sodium
– 1 large (family size) can cream of chicken soup
– 8 ounces light sour cream
– 2 sleeves reduced fat Ritz crackers
– 1 stick butter (or margarine)
– 2 tablespoons poppyseeds (I was out of poppyseeds, so I just used some Jane's Crazy Salt. It is better with Poppyseeds, but I did not mind the addition of the Crazy Salt!)
Layer the chicken on the bottom of a casserole dish. Mix sour cream and cream of chicken soup, then spread over chicken. Crush the Ritz crackers in a ziploc bag, add poppyseeds (or whatever seasonings you would like) and pour the melted stick of butter into the bag. Mix it up well, and spread over the casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Roasted Broccoli
Toss broccoli florets with a bit of olive oil, garlic powder, and Jane's Crazy Salt (or whatever seasoning salt you'd like). Roast in 350 degree oven under the casserole for 40 to 45 minutes. The crispy parts don't mean it's burned. The crispy parts are the best! Wheat declared that he might have liked broccoli as a child if it had been roasted. It's that good!
Excuse the terrible night time/point and shoot pictures. I'm saving my pennies as we speak for a better camera! Just trust me that this is a delicious combination and couldn't be any easier or more adaptable to your own tastes. Enjoy!


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