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Class of 2009
E. Cornell Malone (President of the Class) - One of the early OG Optimist Club Presidents. His company (E. Cornell Malone Roofing Co.) at his own expense built the 4-Plex tower and the 4-Plex fields. Under his leadership, we broke off from Hattiesburg Dixie Youth and got started with Dizzy Dean. He probably invested close to $1,000,000 of his own money to ensure the future success of youth baseball in Oak Grove.
Randy and JoAnn Johnson - between them served seven years as president of the Oak Grove Optimist Club. Instrumental in bringing the Dizzy Dean World Series to Oak Grove twice with the grand Opening Ceremonies at Reed Green Coliseum on the USM campus. Had two sons play in the program. Their oldest coached. Were instrumental in getting the original softball fields built (where the 11-12 year old fields are now).
Elizabeth Murray - along with husband Jim were Buddy Ball directors for five years. Hard working and extremely organized, "Lizzy," always made sure the boys came first in any decision made. Continued to serve the park even after her only child, Steven, had long since left the park. Along with friend Susan Dodder, always helped with these opening ceremonies to ensure their success. Elizabeth died last October 2008 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Raymond "Red," McMahon - one of the very first men clearing stumps on what is now Field 1, the Babe Ruth field. Red had a vision that there would be several fields here so that kids ages 5 and up would have a place to play here in Oak Grove. A long time youth coach Red was one of the original "select" baseball coaches coaching the Hattiesburg Canes with Larry Knight. Red coached long after his children were gone. He made a special impression on one of them; his son Jamie. He is now the Head Baseball Coach at Pearl River College in Poplarville.
Tim Maples - long time coach and volunteer, Tim was always there to help a lending hand. Was instrumental in the development of the Buddy Ball fields and Buddy Ball program Tim also was one of the select baseball pioneers when his son Kirk played on the original Lynx team. His construction company also helped build the softball fields so that his daughter Mallory and her friends would have equal facilities. Those two children have graduated but his youngest son Hayes is here tonight. Tim died around Christmas 2008.
Class of 2010
Jeanette Weathers (President of the Class) - 13 year Board member, 4 years director of Buddy Ball program and director of several other age groups. Long time director of scorekeepers and she continues to be active at the park. Her son Martin, played at the park.
Cheryl Creel - long time treasurer of the Oak Grove Optimist Club served as team mother for all three of her children's baseball and softball teams. Helped organize two Dizzy Dean World Series that were played at the Optimist Park. Sons Cody and Ty and daughter Rivers all played at the park. Her husband Roy coached and was an Optimist Club Board member. Died October 2008.
Dewitt Carney - long time member of the OG Optimist Club who served as equipment manager for 6 years making sure all kids had helmets, bats, catching equipment, etc. Dispensed and collected the equipment and organized it in the attic of our 4-Plex tower. He also coached in the league.
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Fred Boudreaux - the first president of the Oak Grove Optimist Club. Under his direction the 4-Plex was built and the leagues in all age groups were formed in 1994. His courage led others to leave the established Hattiesburg program to develop Oak Grove's own baseball program. Along with Cornell Malone, who is also a member of the OGAA Hall of Fame, a true pioneer in Oak Grove youth baseball.
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December 14, 2001
Attorney General Baker Announces Nationwide Settlement with Drug Manufacturer over Illegal Medicaid Billing Practices
(Atlanta - 14 December 2001) Attorney General Thurbert Baker today announced that a nationwide settlement had been reached between the nation's Medicaid programs, the United States Department of Justice and TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. over illegal billing practices concerning TAP's drug Lupron. TAP Pharmaceutical has also entered a plea of guilty in federal court to one count of Conspiracy to Violate the Prescription Drug Marketing Act. The conduct that formed the basis of the criminal prosecution and settlement with Georgia's Medicaid Program concerned TAP conspiring with participating physicians to bill the Medicaid program for its cancer-treating drug Lupron substantially more money than authorized under state and federal law.
In announcing the settlement, Attorney General Baker stated that his office, "would continue to vigorously prosecute anyone, whether physician or manufacturer, who attempts to defraud our Medicaid program. This conduct, especially where it concerns a drug used in the treatment of cancer, is reprehensible, and we will continue to work to make certain that Georgia's citizens are not shaken down when they are billed for life-saving medication."
The nationwide settlement totaled $56.7 million dollars, and TAP Pharmaceuticals also agreed to enter into an agreement with the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to ensure truthful billing of Medicaid in the future. Georgia's share of the settlement is $1.3 million dollars, with slightly more than half of that amount going to reimburse the federal government for their share of funding for the state Medicaid program. Georgia's Medicaid program received a check for $519,515.31, which consisted of $229,304.94 for reimbursement, $282,386.97 for Medicaid penalties, and $7,823.40 in interest.
The state's case was handled by Senior Assistant Attorney General Charlie Richards, who serves as head of the State Health Care Fraud Control Unit.


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WTO Warns of Growing Threat of Protectionism
GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for trade growth in 2013 on Wednesday, saying it feared protectionism was on the increase.
It cut its forecast for global trade growth in 2013 to 3.3 percent from 4.5 percent and said trade grew only 2.0 percent in 2012. That was the smallest annual rise since records began in 1981 and the second weakest figure on record after 2009, when international trade shrank.
WTO Director General Pascal Lamy warned that 2013 could turn out even weaker than expected, especially because of risks from the euro crisis, and countries might try to restrict trade further in a desperate attempt to shore up domestic growth.
"The threat of protectionism may be greater now than at any time since the start of the crisis, since other policies to restore growth have been tried and found wanting," he said.
Lamy, who will step down at the end of August this year, called the 2012 growth rate "sobering."
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Despite the hope of quickening trade this year and a provisional forecast of 5.0 percent growth in 2014, the annual rises are expected to stay below the historical trend of long-term growth, which was 6.0 percent for the 20 years leading up to the financial crisis but now stands at 5.3 percent.
"Traditionally we've reckoned on a 2:1 ratio of trade growth to GDP [gross domestic product] growth. This year it was 1:1 and we would expect to see that relationship re-establish itself," said the WTO's chief economist Patrick Low.
The WTO forecasts are based on global GDP growth of 2.1 percent in 2013, a consensus estimate that the WTO said was unchanged from 2012.
"Risks to the forecast are firmly rooted on the downside and are mostly linked to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe," the WTO said in a statement.


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IOC Moves Ahead on Youth Olympic Games
Files from the International Olympic Committee
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved today the sports competitions programme for the first Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore in 2010, as well as the qualification system for each event.
Some 3,594 athletes will compete in Singapore in 26 sports comprising 201 events. The number of sports in the programme is identical to the London 2012 programme. Each event has its own age group (age as of December 31, 2010) competing, either 15-16 (27 events), 16-17 (111 events) or 17-18 (63 events).
The events differ significantly in order to match the age groups and interests of the young athletes. Basketball will for example be played according to the FIBA 33 formula, with teams of three playing against each other on one half-court. The most important particularity of the YOG is however the numerous mixed-gender or National Olympic Committees (NOCs) - team events in archery, athletics (medley relay), cycling (combined BMX-mountain bike-road event), equestrian, fencing, judo, modern pentathlon (relay), swimming (relay), table tennis, tennis and triathlon (relay).
The participation of all 205 NOCs is the key factor in ensuring the universality of the YOG. In each individual sport, a specific number of places for NOCs (referred to as "Universality Places") will be reserved to ensure that at least four athletes per NOC have the possibility to participate in the YOG.
The qualification system for each sport and discipline, which was prepared in close collaboration with each International Federation (IF), strives to guarantee participation of the best athletes in their age category and to respect the principle of universality by allowing NOCs to benefit from the "Universality Places".
For all disciplines, competitions such as Junior World Championships, Continental Championships or official junior ranking lists will allow athletes to attempt to qualify for the YOG.
The four team sport** tournaments (football, handball, hockey and volleyball) will consist of one national team per continent as well as a sixth team which will either represent the NOC of the host country or be proposed by the IFs for IOC approval. An NOC will be allowed to have no more than one boys' and one girls' team competing for all four team sports.
In addition, and irrespective of the number of athletes qualified, an NOC delegation may include no more than 70 athletes in individual sports.
Besides the sports competitions programme, the YOG will feature an extensive Cultural and Educational Programme (CEP), which aims to introduce, in a fun and festive spirit, the young athletes to Olympism and the Olympic values, and to raise awareness on important issues such as the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, the fight against doping and their role as sports ambassadors in their communities. As a result of close collaboration between the IOC and the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC), an innovative and attractive CEP has been developed, with SYOGOC looking to finalise it shortly and start implementation at the beginning of next year.
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Thursday Farm Photo: Happy Valentine's Day
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Thank you for the photo. I am always amazed by the sheer number of heart shaped rocks you find.ReplyDelete
Hope you and Hunky Farmguy have a great Valentines Day and the lambing continues with as few complications as possible.ReplyDelete
If it's love, there are moments of nothing but perfect...but I love what you shared. :)ReplyDelete
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Anytime I see a heart in nature, I think of your rocks! I hope your weekend is wonderful! -Marci @ Stone Cottage AdventuresReplyDelete
I always love seeing your heart rock collection! Hope you guys had a nice Valentine's Day! :)ReplyDelete
Those rocks are so special! What a great collection you have. Hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/18/2013 12:11 AM
Love your heart rocks and the photos of your garden - Hope the lambing goes well, it looks cold there in Missouri.ReplyDelete
Even these rocks feel the love this month.ReplyDelete
Just checking in to see how you are doing. Love the rocks.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/22/2013 7:31 PM
Thinking of you with your hunky farmguy, heart shaped rocks and probably enough snow that your road has you snowed in. How is lambing season doing.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/23/2013 7:09 PM
love the heart shaped rocks!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE your heart shaped rocks and I need to find me some!!!!ReplyDelete
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1537: Jurgen Wullenwever, Burgermeister of Lubeck
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On this date in 1537, Jürgen Wullenwever was decapitated and quartered at Wolfenbüttel.
Wullenwever (English Wikipedia entry | German) was a merchant from Hamburg who came to the fore of a popular Lutheran movement in the Hanseatic port of Lübeck that claimed the power of its old aristocratic council for the city's burghers.
In this capacity, Wullenwever maneuvered — vainly as it turned out — to arrest the century-long wane of the city's influence. Lubeck in its day had been "the Queen of the Hanseatic League". Come 16th century, it was struggling to maintain its trading preeminence against the inroads of Dutch merchants and the fragmentation of the once-mighty Hanse.
This project was doomed in its conception — there was nothing Lubeck could really have done to hold back the historical developments happening around it — and bungled in its execution. The merchant magnates of Wullenwever's democratic coalition grew suspicious of (too-)popular religiosity.
And Wullenwever's political high-wire act involved arrangements of convenience with the Anabaptist commune of Münster — spurring rumors of his own radical baptist conversion* — and fomenting Catholic peasant uprisings to meddle in the succession of the Danish-Swedish crown. Whatever else one could say of him, one can't fault him for a want of daring, a quality that stood him in good stead with romantic era writers.
But Wullenwever's allies lost their fights, and the political coalition that supported his municipal leadership soon broke up under the pressure of events.
The aristocratic party re-took power in 1535 and didn't immediately persecute Wullenwever. But the hostile Archbishop of Bremen eventually seized the man on his territory and turned him over to a Catholic Saxon duke for punishment.
* I'm certainly not a specialist, but I'm skeptical of the claim in some sources that Wullenwever was an Anabaptist Manchurian candidate type. Wullenwever confessed to a great Anabaptist scheme … but that was under torture of enemies determined to do him to death, and it was retracted before his execution. The claim implies that all of northern Germany might have gone over to a radically democratic Anabaptism had not the ancien regime overthrown the Burgermeister, and for that reason it's gained Wullenwever the surprising latter-day embrace of nationalists and revolutionaries.
On this day..
- 1947: Yoshio Tachibana, ravenous - 2020
- 2002: Robert Anthony Buell - 2019
- 1788: Levi and Abraham Doan, attainted Tories - 2018
- 1815: St. Peter the Aleut, the martyr of San Francisco - 2017
- 1986: Adolf Tolkachev, the Billion-Dollar Spy - 2016
- 1482: Richard Puller von Hohenburg and Anthony Mätzler - 2015
- 1651: Marubashi Chuya, Keian Uprising conspirator - 2014
- 1830: Stephen Simmons, the last executed by Michigan - 2012
- 1896: Four in New Mexico, in three different towns - 2011
- 1858: Qualchan - 2010
- 1749: Antonio Camardella - 2009
- 1652: Captain James Hind, royalist highwayman - 2008
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Syria attack renews chemical arms claim
UN Security Council holds emergency meeting
The images showed lifeless children — wrapped in simple white cloths, their pale faces unmarked by any wound — lined up shoulder to shoulder in a vivid demonstration of what activists say was an attack Wednesday by the Syrian regime that killed at least 130 people with toxic gas.
The Syrian government has adamantly denied using chemical weapons in an artillery barrage targeting suburbs east of Damascus, calling the allegations "absolutely baseless." The United States, Britain and France have demanded that a team of UN experts already in the country be granted immediate access to investigate the claims.
- Syria's civil war: key facts, important players
The UN Security Council held emergency consultations about the purported attack, and UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said the head of a UN team sent to Damascus to investigate earlier claims of chemical attacks was in talks with the Syrian government.
Videos and photographs showed row upon row of bodies wrapped in white shrouds lying on a tile floor, including more than a dozen children. There was little evidence of blood or conventional injuries and most appeared to have suffocated. Survivors of the purported attack, some twitching uncontrollably, lay on gurneys with oxygen masks covering their faces.
Activists and the opposition leadership gave widely varying death tolls, ranging from as low as 136 to as high as 1,300. But even the most conservative tally would make it the deadliest alleged chemical attack in Syria's civil war.
For months now, the rebels, along with the United States, Britain and France, have accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons in its campaign to try to snuff out the rebellion against President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011. The regime and its ally, Russia, have denied the allegations, pinning the blame on the rebels.
The murky nature of the purported attacks, and the difficulty of gaining access to the sites amid the carnage of Syria's war, has made it impossible to verify the claims. After months of negotiations, a UN team finally arrived in Damascus on Sunday to begin its investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. But the probe is limited to three sites and only seeks to determine whether chemical agents were used, not who unleashed them.
The timing of Wednesday's attack — four days after the UN team's arrival — raised questions about why the regime would use chemical agents now.
U.S. 'deeply concerned' by reports
The White House said the U.S. was "deeply concerned" by the reports, and spokesman Josh Earnest said the Obama administration had requested that the UN "urgently investigate this new allegation."
"If the Syrian government has nothing to hide and is truly committed to an impartial and credible investigation of chemical weapons use in Syria, it will facilitate the UN team's immediate and unfettered access to this site," Earnest said.
Canada concerned
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Canada is concerned by reports of a deadly poison gas attack.
"Such reports are extremely concerning, and we will continue to monitor the situation closely with our allies and to seek further information," he said.
"Such an attack is completely unacceptable, and we call on the Assad regime to co-operate with the UN officials investigating these disturbing reports."
Baird said Canada is supporting the UN team in Syria sent to investigate previous reports of the possible use of chemical weapons by providing funds to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Almost exactly one year ago, President Barack Obama called chemical weapons a "red line" for potential military action, and in June, the U.S. said it had conclusive evidence that Assad's regime had used chemical weapons against opposition forces.
But the possibility of intervention seemed ever smaller after Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a letter this week that the administration is opposed to even limited action because it believes rebels fighting the Assad government wouldn't support American interests.
Russia decried Wednesday's reports as "alarmist." Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich denounced an "aggressive information campaign" laying full blame on the Syrian government as a provocation aimed at undermining efforts to convene peace talks between the two sides.
Shelling in Damascus suburbs
The regime began shelling the capital's eastern suburbs of Zamalka, Arbeen and Ein Tarma around 3 a.m. as part of a fierce government offensive in the area, which has a strong rebel presence, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.
The heavy thud of artillery and rockets, as well as the grinding roar of fighter jets, could be heard by Damascus residents throughout the night and early Wednesday, and a pall of grey smoke hung over the towns.
Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman cited activists in the area who said "poisonous gas" was fired in rockets as well as from the air. He said that he had documented at least 136 deaths, but said it was not clear whether the victims died from shelling or toxic gas.
The Local Co-ordination Committees activist group said hundreds of people were killed or wounded. The Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed opposition group in exile, put the number at 1,300, basing its claim on accounts and photographs by activists on the ground.
George Sabra, a senior member of the Coalition, blamed the regime, as well as "the weakness of the UN and American hesitation" for the deaths. "The silence of our friends is killing us," he said, adding that Wednesday's attack effectively eliminated any chance for peace negotiations with the regime.
Syria is said to have one of the world's largest stockpiles of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin.
Jean Pascal Zanders, an independent researcher who specializes in chemical and biological weapons and disarmament, said that in videos of the aftermath of the attacks, the hue of the victims' faces appeared to show many suffered from asphyxiation.
However, he said, the symptoms they exhibited were not consistent with mustard gas or the nerve agents VX or sarin. Mustard gas would cause blistering of the skin and discoloration, while the nerve agents would produce severe convulsions in the victims and also affect the paramedics treating them — neither of which was evident from the videos or reports.
"I'm deliberately not using the term chemical weapons here," he said. "There's plenty of other nasty stuff that was used in the past as a chemical warfare agent, so many industrial toxicants could be used too."
A pharmacist in the town of Arbeen who identified himself as Abu Ahmad said he attended to dozens of wounded people in a field hospital after the shelling on Zamalka and Ein Tarma early Wednesday. He said many were moved to Arbeen.
The bodies of 63 of the dead had signs of a chemical weapons attack, he said, though he could not confirm this.
"Their mouths were foaming, their pupils were constricted, and those who were brought in while still alive could not draw their breaths and died subsequently," he told The Associated Press via Skype. "The skin around their eyes and noses was greyish."
Activists in nearby Zamalka told Abu Ahmed that an additional 200 people died in that town on Wednesday.
Syria denies using chemical agents
Syria's information minister, Omran al-Zoubi, denied government troops used chemical agents, calling the activists' claim a "disillusioned and fabricated one whose objective is to deviate and mislead" the UN mission.
The head of the UN team, which has a mandate to investigate previous claims of alleged chemical attacks, said he wants to look into the latest claims. Speaking to Swedish broadcaster SVT, Ake Sellstrom said the high numbers of dead and wounded being reported "sound suspicious."
"It looks like something we need to look into," Sellstrom, who is Swedish, was quoted as saying.
He said a formal request from a member state would have to go through UN channels and Syria would need to agree — and there is no guarantee that it would.
French President François Hollande said the latest allegations "require verification and confirmation," according to government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. Hollande said he would ask the UN to go to the site "to shed full light" on the allegations.
In addition to the U.S. and Britain, Germany, Turkey and the EU called for immediate UN access to the site of the alleged attack. The Syrian government did not immediately respond to the demands.
Mohammed Saeed, an activist in the area, told the AP via Skype that hundreds of dead and injured people were rushed to six makeshift hospitals in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
"This is a massacre by chemical weapons," he said. "The visit by the UN team is a joke. ... (Assad) is using the weapons and telling the world that he does not care."
Photos posted on Facebook by an activist group in Arbeen showed rows of Syrian children wrapped in white shrouds, and others with their chests bare. There appeared to be very little sign of blood or physical wounds on the bodies.
In an amateur video posted online, a young girl with curly brown hair wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt lay on the ground, her head lolling on the tile floor as doctors injected medicine into her arm. Next to her, paramedics attended to two young boys who appeared unconscious, their bodies limp.
The photos and videos distributed by activists to support their claims were consistent with AP reporting of shelling in the area, though it was not known whether the victims died from a poisonous gas attack.
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J.C. Penney's stock hit a 13-year low Wednesday as investors grow increasingly concerned about the future of the 112 year old iconic American retailer.
Shares plunged more than 15% at one point, briefly dipped below $10 a share -- a level they have not touched since November 2000 -- and finally settled just above $10.
Several analysts are predicting that J.C. Penney (JCP) did not have a good back to school shopping season, and that sales continued to plummet in late August and early September.
Related: J.C. Penney posts big loss but CEO upbeat
Investors had already been spooked by reports that J.C. Penney might be seeking to raise more cash through the sale of new stock or bonds.
In a conference call with analysts last month, J.C. Penney executives said they would not need to raise more cash anytime soon. They expected to have $1.5 billion in cash by year-end.
But JPMorgan analyst Carla Casella recently estimated that the retailer could run out of cash by the third quarter of 2014 if J.C. Penney's sales and profits failed to improve.
And Goldman Sachs analysts warned bond investors Wednesday to buy protection in case J.C. Penney defaults on its debt.
Noting that it is still premature to bet on bankruptcy for J.C. Penney, Goldman suggested that any investor who holds J.C. Penney credit should buy credit default swaps-- securities that would offer payments if the retailer couldn't pay its debts.
Related: Bill Ackman takes huge loss on J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney did not return requests for comment.
The company already pledged most of its real estate as collateral when it secured a $1.75 billion term loan in April.
But the Goldman Sachs analysts said there's more that J.C. Penney could sell if things get even more dire:
- 240 acres of vacant land around its Plano, Tex. headquarters valued at roughly $150 million
- 30 tire, battery, and automotive locations valued between $115 million and $135 million
- 8 partnerships in regional malls valued between $100 million and $150 million
The retailer's fall from grace during the past decade has been dramatic.
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman had been betting on a turnaround of J.C. Penney for the past several years. To make that happen, in 2011, he brought in Ron Johnson, the former retail chief of Apple (AAPL), as CEO.
But Johnson's promises to transform to remake J.C. Penney by eliminating discounts and bringing in new brands failed miserably. Johnson alienated the retailer's longtime customers. Sales plummeted. And the added expenses of remaking the stores led to steep losses.
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Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Breakfast Bake
Adapted from Katie at the Kitchen Door
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
2 apples, peeled, diced
1/4 cup raisins
2 eggs
2 cups vanilla soy milk
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup almonds, chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 7-by-11-inch baking dish (an 8-by-8 works too).
- In a small bowl, mix the uncooked quinoa with the spices. Pour into greased dish.
- Sprinkle the apple and raisins on top of the quinoa.
- In that same small bowl, beat the eggs. Whisk in the soy milk and maple syrup.
- Pour the egg-and-milk mixture over the top of the fruit and quinoa. Lightly stir to partially submerge the fruit. Sprinkle the chopped almonds on top.
- Bake for 1 hour or until the casserole is mostly set with only a small amount of liquid left.
- Allow to cool, and then cover and refrigerate. In the morning, cut a square, microwave it on a plate, and enjoy alone or with a few dollops of Greek yogurt.
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A mix of collected antiques in the entry immediately sets the rustic mood for a cabin-theme home. Here, an antler coatrack, an old trunk (for storing winter gear), a wood shelf on vintage brackets, and a small table made from tree pieces feel welcoming and preview the decorating style inside. Green pottery and a new rust-color sisal rug add shots of color.
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Fringed leather-covered sofa cushions are a natural fit on an Old Hickory sofa. But the throw pillow mix is what makes it truly comfortable and memorable. An assortment of pillows made from fringed suede, the reverse side of a faded beach towel, and an old blanket offer a surprising mixture of textures.
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The homeowners supplemented their inherited Old Hickory pieces with new reproductions and hand-made pieces (the dining table has a wood top on cedar fence-post legs). You can get the same look by mixing old and new furniture made from tree trunks and branches. Bent-willow pieces would also work. And any sturdy, simple, unadorned plank wood pieces (such as Mission style) are a natural fit for this rustic look.
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The homeowners' collection of majolica dishware adds green, gold and brown hues to the cabin. This set of majolica has motifs and colors pulled from leaves, fruits and vegetables. Small touches of Native American accents fit into the decor as well. A tribal runner on the sideboard blends nicely with the earthenware, while Native American pottery adorns other rooms.
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This china cabinet base gets rustic style from the addition of branches set in diamond and square patterns. In your home, think about adding twig handles to cabinet doors or using branches as drapery rods.
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the new starter avatars were announced a few days ago, I'd heard a few complaints about them, and finally someone asked me if I'd given them a try. Not seeing them available in my viewer, I went ahead and created an alt and started out with one, the male "angel."
In my up to date Firestorm viewer, which is designed to see Bento avatars and attachments for, the avatar looked pretty detailed, and the wings gently flapped. But there was one small flaw, at least in my opinion. The avatar was shown sword in hand. It would have probably be better for the sword to have been in a scabbard on his belt as presumably it would be mostly in social situations chatting with others, and a newcomer would take a while to learn how to remove it.
As many weapons in Second Life are designed to be sheathed or drawn with either a code word, or a gesture that can be made with the press of a button, perhaps something similar could be done in the case of the weapon and the horse. But how to make it simple for newcomers, and getting this information to them?
And of course if a newcomer in Bento avatar comes across people in older viewers, the features that were improved on new viewers are going to come out a mess. Since you don't know what viewers others have, when arriving at an event in a shinny new Bento avatar, you may need to ask everyone of they can see it okay.
After playing around for a while, I sent the alt to Curious to get the freebie furry Felis avatar there before calling it a night.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hurricane Sandy lashed precarious shantytowns, stranded travelers and downed power lines with heavy wind and rain Wednesday as it roared across Jamaica and then headed for an overnight landfall in eastern Cuba and go on to threaten the Bahamas and possibly Florida.
Chris Kimble, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said it is still to early to predict whether Sandy will move up the East Coast and hit Maine with the full force of a hurricane.
"The possibilities right now are pretty widespread," Kimble said. "The best we can predict is that it's going to be windy and rainy."
Several reports have Hurricane Sandy moving into New England's vicinity Monday or Tuesday, but different models have different predictions on which direction the storm will move.
Sandy's death toll is already at least two. An elderly man was killed in Jamaica when he was crushed by a boulder that rolled onto his clapboard house, police reported. Earlier Wednesday, a woman in Haiti was swept away by a rushing river she was trying to cross.
The storm hit Jamaica as a category 1 hurricane then strengthened as it spun over open sea toward Cuba. U.S. forecasters said it had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph) late Wednesday and might grow into a category 2 storm before going ashore. It was moving north at about 13 mph (20 kph) and hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 30 miles (45 kilometers) from the center.
In some southern towns on Jamaica, a few crocodiles were caught in rushing floodwaters that carried them out of their homes in mangrove thickets, showing up in districts where electricity was knocked out, local residents reported. One big croc took up temporary residence in a family's front yard in the city of Portmore.
The hurricane's eye crossed over Jamaica by Wednesday evening and emerged from its northern coast near the town of Port Antonio, meteorologists said, but rain and winds continued to pound the Caribbean island into the night.
It was the first direct hit by the eye of a hurricane on Jamaica since Hurricane Gilbert 24 years ago, and fearful authorities closed the island's international airports and police ordered 48-hour curfews in major towns to keep people off the streets and deter looting. Cruise ships changed their itineraries to avoid the storm, which made landfall five miles (8 kilometers) east of the capital, Kingston.
Flash floods and mudslides were a threat for this debt-shackled tropical island of roughly 2.7 million inhabitants, which has a crumbling infrastructure and a number of sprawling shantytowns built on steep embankments and along gullies that sluice runoff water to the sea.
In the hilly community of Kintyre, on the outskirts of Kingston, Sharon Gayle and a few of her neighbors expected to completely lose the town's bridge over the Hope River, which washed away a section of the span just three weeks ago during a heavy downpour. The shell of a concrete home that collapsed into the river and killed two people several years ago still lies toppled on the sandy banks.
"I'm really nervous. We're trying not to show it in front of the children though," the mother of three said, huddling under a sopping white towel as she stared at the rising river.
The 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was expected to pass over eastern Cuba early Thursday, missing the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, where pretrial hearings were being held for a suspect in the deadly 2000 attack on the destroyer USS Cole off Yemen.
Cuban authorities issued a hurricane warning for several provinces in the east, and the Bahamas posted a similar alert for its southeastern Ragged Islands and the central and northwestern Bahamas, where the storm was predicted to pass Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said tropical storm conditions were possible along the southeastern Florida coast, the Upper Keys and Florida Bay by Friday morning. A tropical storm watch was in effect for the area, the center said.
In southwestern Haiti, a woman died in the town of Camp Perrin after she was swept away by a river she was trying to cross, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, head of the country's civil protection office. There were reports of extensive damage to Port Salut on Haiti's far-southwestern coast after a river burst its banks. Mayor Larock Pierre Clervert said a hotel was destroyed by flood waters.
Across Jamaica, the poor in slums and moneyed residents in gated communities hunkered down at home as powerful winds shrieked around buildings and sent sheets of rain sideways. Many homes were lit by candlelight and lanterns since tens of thousands of power utility customers were without electricity.
Stranded business travelers and a smattering of locals rode out the Category 1 hurricane in hotels clustered along a strip in Kingston's financial district. Some read prayer books or novels, while others watched movies or communicated with loved ones on computers.
Cris Hopkinson, a Toronto woman who was on a business trip, said she hoped to catch a flight off the island Friday once the stormy weather cleared.
"For now, I'm just hoping that the glass in the windows doesn't shatter from the winds," Hopkinson said in the dining room of the Courtleigh Hotel.
About a mile away in the rough neighborhood of Grants Pen, where shops have been ransacked in the past during storms, a number of young men ignored the curfew, riding on bicycles or walking in small groups in the steady rain.
Cecile Graham, a mother of two teenagers, said she was worried about the possibility of burglaries or looting at the small markets and shops that line the main road.
"I hope that all the police are out and we won't have the looting that has taken place before," she said.
Police slowly drove through drenched communities in the coastal capital with their cruisers' lights flashing. A senior police superintendent was shot in troubled West Kingston, but the circumstances were murky.
The storm was predicted to drop as much as 12 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, especially over central and eastern parts of Jamaica, the country's meteorological service said. Some isolated spots could see as much as 20 inches (50 centimeters), according to U.S. forecasters. Sea water washed over the streets of southern coastal towns like Port Royal, a depressed fishing village at the tip of a spit of land near Kingston's airport.
Airports in Kingston and Montego Bay shut down for the day and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced that its Allure of the Seas megaship would not stop at Jamaica's northern Falmouth terminal on Wednesday, remaining at sea instead. Other cruise lines also rerouted ships from port calls to Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.
Far out in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Tony posed no threat to land. The storm had maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph (85 kph) and was moving east-northeast at 23 mph (37 kph). Its center was 935 miles (1,505 kilometers) west-southwest of the Azores.
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Description: Michaelle House is a residence that provides loving care for 10 men and women struggling from HIV/AIDS. The "House" began as one person's act of kindness for people who were sick, isolated and homeless. The residents simply ask for care, compassion and dignity. They love having interaction from the outside wold.
THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION HAS CHANGED AS OF JANUARY 2019! Please read the description in its entirety. Starting January 2019, there are new food regulations dictated by the California Health and Safety Code. This has changed the way food must be served. The entire meal preparation for this project must be made in a COMMERCIAL KITCHEN (i.e. Costco, Winco, Grocery Store Deli, Restaurants, etc.). We have some EASY suggestions for you.
- Project: We ask groups to bring and serve dinner for the residents. The house has a full kitchen with pots, pan, plates, serving utensils, etc. If your group would like to stay for dinner, visit, play games or watch a movie, the residents would love it!
- Time: Arrive by 5:00pm or earlier if needed and refer to the meal preparation guidelines below. Dinner is served at 5:30pm and groups finish by 7:30pm.
- The Meal: The meal needs to be purchased from a COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, which includes food prepared by Costco, Winco, any Grocery Store Deli and Restaurants. Food cannot be purchased frozen and cooked at home. Please check out our easy meal suggestions. You are welcome to choose any menu you wish.
- Casseroles and side dishes and other items may be reheated to food-safe temperature on site.
- Salad: Mixed greens, spinach or a salad mix purchased in a sealed bag/container and assembled on site is acceptable. Please bring a bottle of salad dressing and toppings if desired.
- Desserts: Should be commercially prepared.
- How Much Food is Needed? Please provide about 10 servings of a main dish, side dish and salad.
- Supplies Provided: Full kitchen, pots, pans, plates, silverware, etc.
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Cost: Cost of the meal you provide.
- Address and Directions: Once you register, the email confirmation will contain the home address for your project. The home is Located in Vista.
- Team Leader/Questions: Maysoon Chantrill, [email protected], (760) 529-3243
***Please Note***
If you are not in a group and would still like to provide a meal, we ask that you involve your family or a group of friends to do this together. However, if you have the finances and ability to cook a meal for 10 people, then we welcome individuals.
Additional Info
Availability: PROJECT FULL
Date/Time: 01/31/2019 - 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Michaelle House and Fraternity House
Will be provided after registration.


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Published on : Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Emirates, a global connector of people and places, operated a one-off A380 service last night to mark its 10-year anniversary and continued commitment to Austria.
This important milestone signals the first ever commercially scheduled A380 service to Vienna International Airport. Emirates has been flying to Austria since May 2004.
On the flight deck of last night's A380 flight to Vienna were Captain Ali Kashwani and Austrian born First Officer Markus Ausserhofer. Over 600 plane spotters and spectators gathered around the edges of the airport to witness the giant aircraft touch down in Vienna.
Speaking at an official reception held at Vienna International Airport, Thierry Aucoc,
Senior Vice President Commercial Operations for Europe and the Russian Federation said:
"Emirates has developed its operations over the last ten years to Austria. We've worked closely with trade and industry partners to gradually increase services based on tangible market demand. Emirates is proud to contribute to attracting trade and investment into Austria, and we will continue to support the country's multi-billion Euro tourism sector by promoting Austria as a destination and drawing in visitors from a host of points across the globe. Emirates is proud to serve other European capital cities like London, Paris, Rome and Amsterdam with our iconic A380 and we hope that one day we will be able to bring the flagship to Vienna."
Last year, the number of visitors from the UAE to Austria grew to over 70,000, an increase of over 14%. Tourism is the Austria's biggest foreign exchange earner and the fastest growing sector. Over 220,000 people in 40,000 tourist establishments generate 10% of Austria's economic output, according to the Austrian Tourism Board.
Norbert Kettner, Director of Vienna Tourism said: "For many years, Middle Eastern and Asian markets have been instrumental to Vienna's tourism growth. Between 2003 and 2013, overnight stays for Middle Eastern visitors grew at an exponential rate of almost 359%, increasing to 277,000 room nights. Emirates has been an important contributor to the tourism growth of Vienna. The upgrade of its frequencies within the last ten years from 4 to 13 flights per week is a direct reflection of this development, which is good news for Vienna."
Julian Jäger, COO of Vienna Airport said: "The visit of an Emirates A380 aircraft for a regularly scheduled flight is a highlight for Vienna Airport. We see this as recognition of good cooperation which has existed over the past ten years. We are very pleased and will continue to grow this partnership in the future."
Guests invited to a special reception at Vienna International Airport were given the chance to explore Emirates' flagship A380 aircraft – with its 427 seats in Economy Class, 76 lie-flat beds in Business Class and 14 First Class Private Suites, and unique Onboard Lounge and Shower Spas.
The Emirates A380 service replaced EK 125 and EK 8126 – which departed Dubai at 1715hrs and arrived in Vienna at 2110hrs. The return flight left Vienna at 0020hrs and arrived in Dubai at 0800hrs.
Emirates currently has 48 A380s in service and 92 on order, more than any other airline globally. Emirates has carried more than 25 million passengers on its double decker A380 since 2008.
Source:- Emirates
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The Real Toy
Special Containment Procedures
SCP-137 is to be kept in a locked room, with a hairbrush and posters depicting a country meadow to keep it placid and tractable. SCP-137 is to be fed three meals a day. Under no circumstances are any toys allowed to come within five hundred (500) meters of SCP-137.
SCP-137 is an entity with the ability to possess a toy, gaining the physical properties, size, and shape of whatever it represents; for example, a teddy bear will become an actual bear, and behave accordingly. SCP-137 cannot possess any miscellaneous object, only toys. The observed range of SCP-137's possessive effect is two hundred fifty (250) meters, but until further testing has been accomplished, SCP-137 is assumed to have a maximum range of five hundred (500) meters from its position.
SCP-137 was first brought to Foundation attention after a series of bizarre deaths and incidents involving children. The deaths were determined to be too random to be a serial killer, and Foundation agents were sent in to investigate. It was located after an interview with a young girl suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, after a naked man had appeared in her bedroom. It was encountered in the same neighborhood in the form of a gorilla. SCP-137 was then tracked and finally captured when it possessed a stuffed pony doll in █████, ████, and was chased into the nearby wilderness. SCP-137 was tranquilized, and extracted to Site-19 by helicopter.
Testing has shown that SCP-137 takes on the characteristics of the toy it possesses, but only as a child might perceive it. A toy soldier becomes a violent, well-armed man. A toy gun fires bullets. A toy lion attacks and kills humans. However, it lacks true intelligence. It shows no sign of long-term memory, nor any capacity for learning or abstract thinking (See Interview 137-1). For more information, please refer to Experiment Log 137.
It is currently inhabiting a princess doll, of the ████████ ██████ line.
Interview 137-1:
Interviewed: SCP-137
Interviewer: Dr. █████
Foreword: Interview took place to determine what SCP-137 is, and why and how it possesses toys.
<Begin Log>
Dr. █████: Good day.
SCP-137: Hello! I'm Princess Blossom. Are you my prince?
Dr. █████: No. Now, can you please tell me what you are?
SCP-137: I am a princess! I am the prettiest princess in the whole world!
Dr. █████: Where did you come from?
SCP-137: I live in a castle. Are you my prince?
*Further questioning yielded similar results.*
<End Log>


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The Secret Beyond Matter
Communication and Argument in the Qur'an
Communication in the Qur'an (10/11)
Allah Saves Believers from Unbelievers' Stratagems
Without exception, those who have reacted with hostility to the communication of religion have been unbelievers. They have always outnumbered the believers and incited other people against them. This is one of Allah's laws and, as the Qur'an tells us, Allah's laws cannot be altered. Thus, thinking on the Qur'anic verses, we can learn the stages of this ongoing struggle and how Allah ends it.
In earlier chapters, we saw the unbelievers' violent reactions against the believers who sought to communicate religion and learned that the basic reason for this was their close relationship with satan. We saw that ruling circles have made many threats, often consisting of intimidation and attempted murder, against believers. Now we will see how believers bring their attempts to communicate religion to an end.
When believers realize that the person or society they are calling to Islam will not become Muslim, they stop their efforts. In such a situation, the only thing that can be done is to end their relationship with that society. At that point, Allah, in His mercy, will separate the believers from the unbelievers and give the latter what they deserve: a great misery that will destroy them.
When Our messengers [the angels] came with the good news to Ibrahim, they said: "We are going to destroy the people of this city. Truly its inhabitants are wrongdoers." He (Ibrahim) said: "Lut is in it." They (the messengers) said: "We know very well who is in it. We are going to rescue him and his family–except for his wife. She will be one of those who stay behind." When Our messengers came to Lut, he was distressed on their account, feeling incapable of protecting them. They said: "Do not fear and do not grieve. We are going to rescue you and your family–except for your wife; she will be one of those who stay behind." (Surat al-'Ankabut: 31-33)
Then when Our command came, We rescued Salih and those who believed along with him by a mercy from Us from the disgrace of that day. Your Lord is the All-Strong, the Almighty. (Surah Hud: 66)
But they denied him (Nuh), so We rescued him and those with him in the Ark. And We drowned the people who denied Our Signs. They were a blind people. (Surat al-A'raf: 64)
After the rescue, all the tyrants were led to destruction:
Has the news of those who came before them not reached them, the people of Nuh, 'Ad, and Thamud; and the people of Ibrahim and the inhabitants of Madyan and the overturned cities? Their Messengers brought them the Clear Signs. Allah did not wrong them; rather, they wronged themselves. (Surat at-Tawba: 70)
These instances of destruction have come to light in modern archaeological investigations. In this way, information given in the Qur'an has been corroborated by external evidence. Thus, it is seen once again that the verses have a deterrent nature. Now we will see how unbelieving societies came to destruction.
The destroyed people of Lut
The people of Lut (as), who called him a liar, were the first people to practice homosexuality. Allah describes how He sent down a plague and put out their eyes, how a great blast seized their city, how He turned their cities upside down, and how stones of hard-baked clay rained down upon them.
The destruction of Pharaoh
The punishment inflicted on Pharaoh and his supporters is described in the following terms: they were pursued with a curse in this world and they will appear as hideous and spurned people on the Day of Resurrection. Allah describes how He has expelled them from springs and gardens, from treasures and a splendid situation. He goes on to say that their army was drowned and that years of drought and scarcity were sent so that Pharaoh and his people would come to their senses and listen. He describes how He sent them plagues of floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood as well as signs, but that they were arrogant and doers of evil.
He says that He utterly destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had made and the buildings they had constructed, and inflicted the harshest punishment upon them.
The torment of the people of Thamud
The punishment inflicted on the people of Thamud, who did not believe Prophet Salih (as), consisted of mass destruction: their wrecked, abandoned, and ruined dwellings were left standing as a deterrent to others, they spent the night on their knees because of the terrible noise, they were caught up in earthquakes, they resembled dry grass being scythed down, and they were struck by lightning as they looked on.
The flood that engulfed Nuh's (as) people
Nuh's (as) unbelieving people, who oppressed those with him, were drowned in a terrible flood. As Allah said previously, they were seized hold of inexorably by the "great blast" and turned into dirty scum.
The torment of the people of 'Ad
The terrible torments inflicted on the people of 'Ad ended in their total destruction and eradication.
An unbearable noise strikes the people of Madyan
The punishment inflicted on the people of Madyan, who were hostile toward Prophet Shu'ayb (as), caused them to be seized by a terrible noise. In addition, the oppressors spent the night on their knees in their own homes, as if they had never known any comfort. Pitiless tremors assailed them, and they were found flattened in their own homes.
All of these events happened to those unbelieving societies that rejected Allah and religion. Remains of several destroyed civilizations have been preserved until today to serve as warnings:
Whole societies have passed away before your time, so travel throughout the land and see the final fate of the unbelievers. (Surah Al 'Imran: 137)
Those who ignore religious morality or who are lax in this regard should be afraid of experiencing the same things that befell the people of 'Ad or Madyan.


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In various places on our website, we gather email addresses and other basic contact information for the purpose of allowing people to subscribe to 21 Acres publications or RSVP for events. We also gather contact information from individuals who choose to donate to us via our website in order to process their donations, acknowledge them in a timely manner, and keep donors informed about the impact of our work. Our website may set "cookies" for the purpose of collecting aggregate statistics about the total number of visitors to our website. We do not store any personally identifiable information in cookies. Some of our online publications use coded hyperlinks to identify and track personally identifiable information about individuals' interactions with our website.
How does 21 Acres use personally identifiable information?
21 Acres partners with third-party service providers to host our website and other online publications. Third-party service providers are not permitted to use or share any personally identifiable information that we provide to them. 21 Acres does not share any of the personally identifiable information we collect with other outside parties, unless we have received your specific permission to do so. 21 Acres uses personally identifiable records of people's interactions with our online publications as a means to better understand their interest in our work. At some point in time, this information may be used to personalize the publications and other information individuals receive from 21 Acres. Like most website operators, our web servers create log files. These track data on Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to enable us to administer the site, analyze trends, track user movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Server log files do not contain personally identifiable information.
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Parlor Bathroom
I can't seem to find the other photos of the original bathroom but lets just say it didn't get any better. This bathroom was off the rooms that became the kitchen. The original bathroom was pretty big so we took some of that space for the kitchen and made this room smaller.
A good deal of thought went into deciding if we should make this a half bathroom or leave it as a full. We didn't really NEED a full bath on the main floor. Ultimately, we decided that the claw foot tub could live in here and we could leave it as a full. I figure the tub can come in handy for future dog/children baths. And even if we rarely use it for whats its intended for, at least we saved the original tub and its pretty too look at. Time will tell if its a practical decision or not.
The layout of this bathroom is one of those things that I made a major boo-boo on. As you can see from the photo, the door swings open right into the tub. How did I miss that detail? Well, I did and it was too late to fix once I did. I suppose I could have the door switched to swing the other way at some point but I'll live with it for now.
Here are the specs in case you're interested:
-tiles are carrera marble - hex on the floor, subway on the wall
-paint is Benjamin Moores "gray owl" (which actually looks a tiny bit green)
-the toilet is a Kohler Memoir
-sink & faucet is Porcher
-mirror, lights & shelf from pottery barn
The walls look really bare in here so I definitely need something on the walls. For some reason, I think the marble tiles would look cool with some high contrast black and whites of the NYC subway or maybe grand central? But Im not sold on that idea either. Open to suggestions.
34 comments:
- Anonymous12:12 AM
absolutely stunning! Any way we could click on the photos to get more close-up details? Want to see it up close 'n' personal...ReplyDelete
It looks fabulous! I was thinking as I was reading and looking at the pics that some really stunning B&Ws of the city would be gorgeous in there and lo and behold...you were thinking the same thing. I love it. And, for what it's worth, I think you made the right decision on keeping the tub. If you do have kids - there will be plenty of times when you'll just want to dunk them in a tub (think spaghetti dinners) rather than hoist them through the house dragging whatever is all over them. Same thing for dogs. Great job!ReplyDelete
Looks perfect. And, the door thing. Nobody will notice that.ReplyDelete
I think it is devine! You are so gifted! When can you come do my house? Perhaps I need to send you a bribe? Super job!!ReplyDelete
anon - you can click on the collage and get to my flickr acct to see more.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much all. It definitely feels unfinished right now - sort of bland. But Ill get around to punching it up eventually. This is the bathroom guests will use so I want to make it looked pulled together.
- Anonymous3:07 PM
My bathroom door does swing into the tub as well - I'm pre-renovation, so I may end up fixing this one day (but my renovation is waiting until I am solvent again). However, there is a little doorstop on the back of the door - a small square of rubber padding - that is set at exactly the right height to soften the impact of the door on teh tub, and it looks great. You might want to consider doing something like that to protect your tub. Then I truly don't think anyone woudl give it a thought.ReplyDelete
Your house truly is gorgeous, and if you would like to consult (particularly on how you did this for less than a million!), I would pay you!
anon - Happy to help if you have any questions.ReplyDelete
Good idea about putting some sort of padding on the tub. What did you use?
that is the best before shot ever, although you did an amazing job transforming , there was no were to go but up , wouldn't you say , I hope no one had used that for some time.ReplyDelete
The new tub and its location will make great drink storage for parties.
I know its hard to believe that someone actually lived in the house while that bathroom looked that way. The whole house looked abandoned to me (or any normal person) but there was an old guy living right in the mess.ReplyDelete
I LOVE your house! It makes me want to buy another house and remodel again! I'm in a 1940's "starter" home in Seattle.ReplyDelete
I wanted carrera in our bathroom but since it is the tiny main bath and I have two little boys peeing all over the place (and didn't want stains), I opted for ceramic tile.
You did an awesome job!
Oh my gosh. It looks fantastic! You did an amazing job!ReplyDelete
I think that the bathroom door swinging in provides a bit of privacy which in my book is always a luxury.ReplyDelete
That is an amazing before and after, I can't believe somebody was living there before! That room is gorgeous now but I really want to see some color in there - some bright towels and rugs, and some flowers on that tiny shelf if they'll fit. However, I do agree that some big black and white photos would look great in there. Great job!ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone.ReplyDelete
I agree it needs some accessories but I don't want to add any bright colors. Thats just not my thing really. Particularily in a bathroom, I think a quiet color scheme is nice.
looks great - you need to post bigger pics though - if my reno looked like that i'd take out bulletin boards along the highway -ReplyDelete
great job!
Love the bathroom! My first thought for making it "punchier" is to use paint. Since the bathroom is a fairly small room, and since the tiles/fixtures are a nice simple white, you can get away with a pretty bold color. Myself, I'd do a watermelon pink, or aquamarine, or some other such color that wouldn't fly in a larger room. You can really have fun with the color in there.ReplyDelete
Thanks Belle for the comment. I really like the paint color in here, its soothing. (It may not read that well in the photo so I do see what you mean).ReplyDelete
My first thought was either little old person or abandoned. Poor little guy it just gets too hard for them to clean and they get afraid of falling. We would have to go clean my uncle's house from time to time to keep it looking decent.ReplyDelete
Then there was the excentric great uncle that kept every newspaper and Prince Albert can he ever bought. I don't even want to think about what his bathroom might have looked like!
As for the door...you don't access the tub nearly as much as the other side of the room. So, other than adding that rubber stopper to protect the finish on the tub, I would leave it alone. Unless there is a way to make a pocket door! LOL! That would get it COMPLETELY out of the way.
I'm filing away lots of great gray paint colors... this is an amazing renovation. And I can only imagine the effort! Thanks for judging CSI last week!ReplyDelete
Wow, amazing! I love the tiles you used. Especially the wall tile. The color is great. Very peaceful!ReplyDelete
I think you should win the CSI Project Challenge this week! Awesome job!ReplyDelete
~ The Speckled Dog
That has got to be one of the worst looking Before bathrooms! Love what the results were. Nice job!ReplyDelete
Fabulous job! This is gorgeous. We are in the middle of renovating a really ugly, all yellow bathroom (just finished demolition!) so this gives me hope. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!! :)ReplyDelete
that is NOT the same bathroom! it is gorgeous! and btw, about to become your newest follower! love your style!ReplyDelete
I can hardly believe this is the same room !! what an awesome transformationReplyDelete
love love love the new bathroom. Cannot believe the state it was in before! OMGoodnesss!!!!ReplyDelete
It' looks awesome! We are using the same tile but we are getting some yellow coming through from the thinset. How did you put this tile up so that it doesn't have the yellow come through?ReplyDelete
Could you tell me where you got the carrera tile from? For the floor and wall?ReplyDelete


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FDA approves Belinostat [Beleodaq] to treat rare, aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)
Last Updated on July 4, 2014 by Joseph Gut – thasso
July 03, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Beleodaq (belinostat) for the treatment of patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), a rare and fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The action was taken under the agency's accelerated approval program. Belinostat is a histone deacetylase inhibitor
PTCL comprises a diverse group of rare diseases in which lymph nodes become cancerous. In 2014, the National Cancer Institute estimates that 70,800 Americans will be diagnosed with NHL and 18,990 will die. PTCL represents about 10 to 15 percent of NHLs in North America.
Beleodaq works by stopping enzymes that contribute to T-cells, a type of immune cell, becoming cancerous. It is intended for patients whose disease returned after treatment (relapsed) or did not respond to previous treatment (refractory).
"This is the third drug that has been approved since 2009 for the treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma," said Richard Pazdur, M.D., director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Today's approval expands the number of treatment options available to patients with serious and life-threatening diseases."
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Folotyn (pralatrexate) in 2009 for use in patients with relapsed or refractory PTCL and Istodax (romidepsin) in 2011 for the treatment of PTCL in patients who received at least one prior therapy.
The safety and effectiveness of Beleodaq was evaluated in a clinical study involving 129 participants with relapsed or refractory PTCL. All participants were treated with Beleodaq until their disease progressed or side effects became unacceptable. Results showed 25.8 percent of participants had their cancer disappear (complete response) or shrink (partial response) after treatment.
The most common side effects seen in Beleodaq-treated participants were nausea, fatigue, fever (pyrexia), low red blood cells (anemia), and vomiting.
The FDA's accelerated approval program allows for approval of a drug based on surrogate or intermediate endpoints reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit for patients with serious conditions with unmet medical needs. Drugs receiving accelerated approval are subject to confirmatory trials verifying clinical benefit. Beleodaq also received orphan product designation by the FDA because it is intended to treat a rare disease or condition.
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