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Father Teaches Daughter A Lesson After Disrespectful Facebook Post [VIDEO] [LANGUAGE]
Kids this video should serve as a lesson to you and your habit of posting something on Facebook and thinking your parents will never see it. Here is a video of a father as he teaches his teen a lesson in tough love after her lengthy critique of her parents on Facebook. SERIOUSLY KIDS WISE UP parents ALWAYS will find out!

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Watch out for the Feisty Fiat 500 X 2016!
Trying new things is always good and we agree. Same old look, same old engines, same old experience – ah, how long can it all hold attention and interest! Which is why there is a constant need for innovation, in thought and deed. To serve something that's off-beat and well, if not off beat then at least in a different league! That is exactly why we welcome the news of Fiat 500 X 2016. Finally, the company's older offering the classic 500L hatchback is going to get dropped. Since it didn't catch anyone's fancy, especially in the US, it is a wise decision to revamp the look and launch something that might strike the chord with people!
In the motor world, we are sure you would know, there is always some clue or the other about what companies are up to. It doesn't matter how hush-hush they keep their plans and strategies, somehow the word escapes and tickles the world! Well, we can say that same has happened with the upcoming Fiat 500 X 2016. We have heard from many sources that it is going to be styled in an SUV fashion! This one didn't come as a surprise, at all! After all, crossovers are the flavor of the season and every prominent company has attempted to do it, with some creation or the other. So, makes sense if Fiat is doing it too!
There are more and more stories that are coming our way from the Fiat world. And we are carefully listening and producing them here to answer your daily dose of motor news! Those who follow motor trends will definitely be able to tell hearsays from facts and decide what is worthy of being believed. So, leading on, chances are that the new Fiat 500 X 2016 is going to be cast against Jeep Renegade. So, it is only too understandable that this one is going to be powered with four gasoline engines. However, for the European continent, there is a chance that the variant will come in three diesel engines. Whether the upcoming Fiat 500 X 2016 will be able to take people's breath away is a question that will be answered by time. However, all we can say is that there definitely seems something massive and heavy-duty in store for us.
We want to thank Fiat for such consideration and creation but wait, there is more!
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Santa Barbara isn't really that big of a town. The entire metropolitan area probably has around 200,000 people. So this Museum comes as a bit of a surprise. The size of the museum, the complexity of the collections and the beauty of the grounds all seem like the museum belongs somewhere much larger.
Exhibits feature mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, plant life and geology of the Pacific Coast and Channel Islands. Exhibits also include dioramas of prehistoric Native American life. There are many special activities held at the Museum so be sure to check their website often for upcoming event.
Particulars: Open daily 10am-5pm; Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (3:00 p.m.), Christmas Day, New Years Day.
Admission: $10 adults; $7 teens/seniors; $6 children. Museum members and children under 2 are free. Free admission on the third Sunday of the month, except in June, July and August. For information on public star parties and planetarium shows call 805-682-4711 ext. 405. For current events and programs call 805-682-4711
Directions: From the 101, take "Mission" exit. Drive to the end of "Mission" and turn left. Then turn right onto "Mission Canyon Road." Go past the Old Mission and then follow the brown signs to the Museum.


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|2012-09-17, 04:19
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Not sure how this one is panning out today *looks at tracker* some of those bumps make it still too close to call for my comfort! Flame haze looks 'ok' but only provisionally. Rika is rallying however she has quite the way to make up. So for the other, it is too much of a Gordian knot for me to make head or tail of.
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I can't believe a Saki pro is beating Ayumi and Rika. Also that spike with Sena feels oddly suspicious (though I hope it isn't). Shana isn't exactly having the time of her life either with Izumi creeping up.
Yup, we finally have an interesting Saimoe day here.
|2012-09-17, 09:09
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Join Date: Sep 2010
1st 293 Shana @ Shakugan No Shana
2nd 252 Izumi Akazawa @ Another
3rd 95 Mizuki Himeji @ Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu
1st 237 Rika Furude @ When They Cry
2nd 235 Uta Mihirogi @ Saki
3rd 156 Ayumi Takahara @ The World God Only Knows
1st 273 Sena Kashiwazaki @ Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai
2nd 237 Miu Amaha @ Mashiroiro Symphony ~The Colour Of Lovers~
3rd 139 Himawari Furutani @ Yuru Yuri
Close call for Rika
|2012-09-17, 09:55
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 国立音ノ木坂学院
Finish 1st round with a 1-2, which means I'm back to my standard 66.67% (64-32).
Nipah won a close one. She won't be much of a challenge to Mio if she has this much trouble against a 3rd tier Saki girl...
And Shana survived...just to face Kuroyukihime
|2012-09-17, 10:04
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Shameimaru's lap
No need for stats. My Guesses: Saki & Iori.
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|2012-09-17, 16:57
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Picks: 2-1 (54-42)
Predictions: 2-1 (71-25)
T_T Miu... (#2)
Haven't done as well this year. Last year I was 74-22 at this point.
Picks: Ilya, Iori
Predictions: Saki, Iori
Nako may have a chance at upsetting Saki, who didn't look all that solid against Mahomaho. However, Nako wasn't really challenged in R1 either, so maybe her total is inflated. Iorin vs Shinobu is a bit harder to call, but with Nisemonogatari not doing so well, I'm siding with Iorin. Well, I would've went with Iorin either way ^^;;
|2012-09-17, 18:28
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She had a bit more trouble from Izumi than I expected but Shana comes through to advance to Round 2. I'm not sure if Shana can make it out of the Block but she'll surely try. Maybe in every other world it was a loss but at least in this fragment a miraculous 2 vote win brings Rika and the Higurashi series one more victory. It's probably the last one for real this time but it's eally nice to see Rika get it. Sena goes out and does what she has to do to advance. She's also going to try and win this block.
|2012-09-18, 00:06
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Here's some of the statistics for round 2 contestants:
Round 2 by series prevalence
1st 15 Saki
2nd 8 The Idolmaster
3rd 4 K-On!
3rd 4 Working!
5th 3 Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai
5th 3 Fate/Stay Night
5th 3 Ghostory
5th 3 Strike Witches
Round 2 by voice actor prevalence
1st 9 Rie Kugimiya
2nd 3 Kana Hanazawa
2nd 3 Youko Hikasa
2nd 3 Kaori Ishihara
2nd 3 Kanae Itou
2nd 3 Hisako Kanemoto
2nd 3 Nao Touyama
Saki is very dominating this year. There were 43 Saki characters on the 1st round now it's down to 15, which is still many. Idolmaster characters are also doing well which there were 14 in the 1st round and now there are still 8 left. Since the 2nd round contestants has 1/3 chance of winning, I estimate about 5 Saki characters and 3 Idolmaster characters would advance to the 3rd round.
Rie Kugimiya's characters are also dominating this year. Out of the 12 characters in the 1st round, 9 of them made it to the 2nd round. I also thought more Kana Hanazawa characters would make to the 2nd round.
Since the 2nd round contestants has 1/3 chance of winning, probably about 5 Saki, 3 Idolmaster and 3 Rie Kugimiya characters would advance to the 3rd round. It will be amazing if there will be more for any of these.
It looks the ones that have best chance of moving to the 3rd round would be Saki and Idolmaster characters voiced by Rie Kugimiya. That would be Iori (Idolmaster) and Yuuki (Saki).
|2012-09-18, 09:16
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Join Date: Jul 2008
While Maho may have scared Saki a bit last round, I don't think Nako is as strong as Maho. Even if Saki isn't as strong as before she should still win. Idolm@ster characters have looked pretty good while Nisemonogatari characters have not. Before Round 1, I thought Shinobu was a bit stronger than Iori but I doubt this is true. Iori should win this one.
Miyanaga Saki
Oshino Shinobu
Miyanaga Saki
Minase Iori
|2012-09-18, 17:05
|Link #1098
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
Finished round one aaaaat...
Picks (45-43-8), Predictions (69-27)
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I loved reading "A Day with Wilbur Robinson" to my girls, and they loved the wacky pictures and the story ...
And somehow the movie they made of it ignored the fabulous art work, dumped the story line, changed the characters around and became, well, something else entirely.
This is not on.
Mind you, having said that, I much preferred Shrek the movie to Shrek the book. But that's just me.
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Thanks Jolisa, this is a wonderful story with obvious modern day application. I love reading to my youngest, 3, who I suspect will soon "read" a couple of books herself given how frequently she hears them. One of my favourites at the moment is this book, Pssst; though it's not got the utopian theme of Andrew Henry, there's a great ending which, judging by my daughter's reaction, kids totally get.
I didn't know I'd read this book until you started describing the plot and it all came flooding back. Lovely. But, action-packed climax? Ick.
When I was a kid, we used to play in the abandoned quarry across the road from my mum's house. We had a regular wee village of huts and bivvies down there. Then the council put up a proper confidence course, which is always kept locked, and a skate-board half-pipe that nobody uses.
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Made my Twinklies glow brighter and also made my knickers get all bunched-up with those snoopy, ungrateful elders--the people that politicians love and I have a hell of a time living around...
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As of last report, the kids are fighting back, in a gentle, insistent way, but the city won't budge and the neighbours are putting up surveillance cameras. Oh, the irony! There's nothing to see but kids having fun! On a piece of land that has been used for games, on and off, since the Second World War veterans returned to town.
This reminded me of danah boyd's stuff about online social networking spaces, and how they emerge because people keep shutting down kids' real-world public spaces. The friggin' surveillance cameras kinda nailed that.
I recently watched 'Bridge To Terabithia' with my 8 year old daughter, not knowing anything about the story.
When the <spoiler alert> film shifted 3/4 of the way through from an entertaining fable about the power of childhood imagination to something infinitely more sobering and adult, we were both absolutely blindsided (and having recently lost someone very close, quite devastated).
This led to a parent/child conversation about love and loss and friendship - I don't know if Mia will remember the discussion, but I sure will.
Mia and I then resolved to read the book, knowing that it was regarded as a classic. Although we probably did things the wrong way around (film then book) I am inordinately pleased to report that the film really does do the book justice and capture the same themes and messages, and pack the same emotional wallop.
When I was a kid, we used to play in the abandoned quarry across the road from my mum's house. We had a regular wee village of huts and bivvies down there.
I've always been quite grateful for growing up in: (a) an expanding suburb with access to vacant sections and building sites (also very handy for skate ramp materials later on), and (b) a house up against the bush line in Greymouth for three years -- no one could mess with you once you hit the bush.
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I also grew up on the edges of suburbia, a quirk of Auckland that still had market gardens, mangrove swamps and orchards to play in. Places to ride bikes, make huts, run around, and investigate in. So very often the best activity is organic, and self sustaining.
If we want to look at grinches closer to home, the police association is among other things (and there are a few that are equally disagreeable), recommending we institute ASBOs on young people. Annette King is approving of the idea. The trend towards vilification of the youth continues in many quarters.
I grew up in a small town, and my brother and I had free rein of the town rubbish dump! Andrew Henry would have loved it.
My brothers and I spent hours and hours and hours building trolleys out of old bits of wood and the wheels from the collapsed pram, with a bit of looped rope to steer the front wheels. We would push each other around on them, and then when we got braver, career off down the drive.
We got hurt. But no one broke any bones. It was fun.
Thanks for the tips re Wilbur Robinson (no relation to Heath?) and Psst and Bridge to Terabithia. I'll check them out, although I might save the latter for a couple of years. Very sensitive plant, is Busylad, guaranteed to cry at minute 75 ("dark night of the soul/all is lost!") of even the most benign movie. I'm slowly indoctrinating him into the art of literary criticism so he can at least have a bracing intellectual frame for the stories that upset him so.
Yes to the trolleys out of scrap wood and pram wheels! You can buy kits these days, but it's not quite the same, is it? And yes to the empty sections and the edge of suburbia and abandoned quarries! Construction sites were always incredibly attractive, too. Nothing like clambering through the wooden skeleton of a house in progress. Yeah, it's dangerous, but that's what tetanus shots are for.
I think fear of litigation is a huge part of what's going on in Greenwich. Note the aside in the NY Times article about the sledding doctor who sued the city over a broken ankle -- what a dick! When Busylad careered off the local sledding slope face first into a thorn bush last winter, we didn't sue the city, we just slathered him with Savlon. For a day or two he looked like he'd gone five rounds with a rabid panther, but he healed up without a trace of a scar, and with a new and healthy respect for thorn bushes.
It's amazingly catching, though, this lawsuit-shyness. Last night we noticed a well-dressed young lady cutting through our back yard. It would be nice if she introduced herself, but more worrying was the thought that she might injure herself while vaulting the spiked wrought iron fence, in which case we might be liable... not a happy thought. And we can't get a trampoline, because it would send our homeowners' insurance through the roof...
Oh, and Carol, lucky you, having the run of the dump. Have you read Wallace Stegner's gorgeous short piece about the town dump of his childhood? There's a downloadable transcription here, although I can't guarantee its accuracy; you can also find it in various anthologies, including Stegner's own Wolf Willow.
Here's how it begins:
The town dump of Whitemud, Saskatchewan, could only have been a few years old when I knew it, for the village was born in 1913 and I left there in 1919. But I remember the dump better than I remember most things in that town, better than I remember most of the people. I spent more time with it, for one thing; it has more poetry and excitement in it than people did...
He catalogues the glorious mess of objects in the dump and their personal connections to the people of the town, including himself; also the bounty he discovered there and the mischief he and his friends got up to with their finds, even though they were forbidden "on pain of cholera or worse" from going there. "The dump was our poetry and our history. We took it home with us by the wagonload, bringing back into town the things the town had used and thrown away." I wish I could quote the whole thing, it's so beautiful and funny and melancholy, and the descriptions of the various objects are sublime.
Anyway, here's how it ends:
Occasionally something we really valued with a passion was snatched from us in horror and returned at once. That happened to the mounted head of a white mountain goat, somebody's trophy from old times and the far Rocky Mountains, that I brought home one day in transports of delight. My mother took one look and discovered that his beard was full of moths.
I remember that goat; I regret him yet. Poetry is seldom useful, but always memorable. I think I learned more from the town dump than I learned from school: more about people, more about how life is lived, not elsewhere but here, not in other times but now. If I were a sociologist anxious to study in detail the life of any community, I would go very early to its refuse piles. For a community may be as well judged by what it throws away—what it has to throw away and what it chooses to—as by any other evidence. For whole civilizations we have sometimes no more of the poetry and little more of the history than this.
Bob Harvey has some great stories of growing up in Point Chevalier in the post-war years, and the adventures that were available in the town dump. The father of one of his mates worked for whatever government department was responsible for dumping old military surplus gear, so they'd get a heads-up in advance of any particularly exciting dump.
One of the most memorable was a truck-load of old bayonets. The following day half the boys at school turned up armed to the teeth and looking forward to an Erroll Flynn- inspired sword fight at lunch-time..... something which the teachers and parents were considerably less thrilled about....
I'm in two minds about the Greenwich thing.
Kids playing wiffleball on public land? Seems entirely reasonable and wholesome.
Kids putting up fences and "pouring concrete" on said land? Can't say I'm in favour.
Note the aside in the NY Times article about the sledding doctor who sued the city over a broken ankle -- what a dick! When Busylad careered off the local sledding slope face first into a thorn bush last winter, we didn't sue the city, we just slathered him with Savlon.
I broke my collarbone sledding a few years ago. Several of the forms emanating from my insurance company afterward included questions about whether anyone was "to blame", which I can only presume were there in case they wanted to do a bit of suing.
the sledding doctor who sued the city over a broken ankle -- what a dick! When Busylad careered off the local sledding slope face first into a thorn bush last winter, we didn't sue the city, we just slathered him with Savlon.
The thing is, in the crazy US environment, your insurance company will make you sue. Eg, my sister's mother in law slipped on a spill in the supermarket in California. Her insurance company insisted she sue the supermarket to recover, otherwise they would not cover her.
Since a hospital visit and followup treatment would run into the thousands of dollars in the US if you paid your self, I'm sure Dr So and So claimed on his insurance, and I'll bet that they told him to sue
The Bridge to Terabithia was the first film to make me cry since, ooh, Call of the Wild (in human years, about 30!) Like you say, Richard, I was totally blindsided by the twist. It is such a wonderful film, done a great disservice by its marketing as a Weta special effects film, when the special effects are so subtly done and in keeping with the mood. Weta should be very proud.
I've just started my boys on Roald Dahl, mostly cos when you've read Flat Stanley a hundred times, you start cheering for the Sneak Thieves.
Jolisa, I loved Wallace Stegner's ode to the dump - glorious! Thank you!
This essay would have pride of place in an anthology of dump literature. We 've also recently enjoyed Stig of the Dump, by Clive King; and I think Margaret Mahy may have set a story or two at the dump.
In between day-dreams of the adventures we had in the massive field over the creek (before they built that concrete block of flats), I'm trying to figure out how to get your blog noticed by the folks making Andrew Henry's Meadow: The Movie.
I'm thinking a quick once-over from the script editing genius of Dr Gracewood might get them out of 'Development Hell' pdq!
I'm thinking a quick once-over from the script editing genius of Dr Gracewood might get them out of 'Development Hell' pdq!
Script Doctor Gracewood ...
I like it!
Note the aside in the NY Times article about the sledding doctor who sued the city over a broken ankle -- what a dick!
You really wish a judge/jury would just say "You broke your leg during an accident, doing something in which accidents sometimes happen. You'll get medical costs, and that's it. Stop being an arsehole and trying to set yourself up for life because you had an accident."
For those who think that doctor was being an asshat, check out OverLawyered for some examples of true legal insanity. A couple of events from our shores are in there, but it's heavily dominated by the US - and, amusingly enough, West Island. Seems that our 'roo-loving cousins like the 'merkin legal system, as well as 'merkin "diplomacy".
Anyone who dares suggest that we should do away with ACC should be pointed to OL forthwith. That kind of nonsense is a direct consequence of allowing, nay encouraging, people to sue in the event that they're injured. Take away the no-fault provisions, and watch the lawyers go mad. It's bad enough with the forecast privatisation of the workers' account if National win the coming election (it wasn't pretty last time they tried it, either), but a wholesale shift to "personal responsibility" *cough* encourages people to take as little responsibility for their actions as they can possibly sell to a jury.
Thanks for the heads up. I had to use Amazon as I couldn't find a local distributor (for the same price). When I called the local bookshop they looked it up, umm'ed and aahhh'ed and then said "Have you tried Amazon?" !!!!
I did try to do the right thing.
My own busy fella sounds very similar to yours. By crikey he'd love that local museum holiday program. At the moment we are totally in thrall to Scrapheap Challenge. We have a PVR/hard drive set-top box thingo and the A(Oz)BC is showing old and new Scrapheap Challenge 6 days a week. We have a backlog of 20 or so shows to watch. WOO HOO!
Looking forward to a rerun of Golf Ball Gatling Gun, but the Hovercraft Episode takes the cake for no-way-did-they-make-a-hovercraft-out-of-scrap mind blowingness.
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Marija Niksich (also known as Maria E. Dosen-Niksich) was last seen by her family at 6 a.m. Nov. 8 at their home in the 24000 block of Walden Lane in Crete. She was found was found today in Sauk Village and is expected to be reunited with her family this evening, Sheriff's police said in a release tonight.
The release announcing she was missing said that Niksich has been known to walk from her home to businesses on Sauk Trail and Torrence Avenue in Sauk Village, about 3.5 miles north of her home; she has neither credit cards nor enough cash to sustain herself on her own.
The woman, who is described as suffering from dementia and organic delusional syndrome, is white, stands 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds and has hazel eyes and gray hair. She was wearing a hot pink windbreaker, a knit hat, blue jeans and gray and pink sneakers.
An initial search for the woman involving a helicopter, bloodhounds and a fire department dive team did not find her, the original said. A subsequent conversation with a priest at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 2864 E. 96thStreet in Chicago, where Niksich has some ties, turned up reports that she had been seen between 10 and 11 a.m. Nov. 15 at a Walgreens and a McDonald's in the area of 92nd Street and Commercial Avenue in Chicago.
According to the original release, the woman had earlier said she wanted to spend time with some fellow Croatians in the area of 96thand Commercial in Chicago in Chicago's South Deering neighborhood. That's about 20 miles north of the woman's home.
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Harris Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Carefx Corp., a provider of interoperability workflow solutions based on its Fusionfx platform.
Harris will pay $155 million for the health care company based in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The acquisition will expand Harris' capabilities in government health care, provide an entry into the commercial health care market, and strengthen its overall position as a leading provider of interoperability solutions, according to a Harris announcement released today.
Founded in 2002, Carefx has nearly 250 employees worldwide. Its health care provider customers include the Boston Medical Center, Emory University Hospital, Northwestern Medical Hospital, the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange, Johns Hopkins Health System and Cambridge University Hospitals.
The platform is an interoperable, intuitive solution suite that aggregates patient information across existing systems and delivers it in a single, clear, clinically relevant view to physicians at the point of care.
The solution enables physicians to offer a more consistent, higher-quality experience for patients, reducing clinical errors and increasing individual productivity, Harris said.
The Fusionfx platform is used in more than 800 hospitals, health care systems, and health information exchanges across North America, Europe and Asia. The deal was agreed to at the recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Harris Corp., of Melbourne, Fla., ranks No. 13 on Washington Technology's 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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There is no shortage of things to do in Chicago with kids! The question is, what do you feel like doing today? With a great selection of amusement parks, attractions, museums, and zoos, our list covers just a few of Chicago kid's activities - and be sure to check out the best hotels in Chicago for kids too, so you'll be well rested for more adventures every day!
- Chicago LEGOLAND is located in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, and is 30,000-square feet of pure fun. Aimed at children ages 2 - 12, there are a number of rides, hands-on LEGO activities, and life-size LEGO sculptures that will keep kids entertained for hours.
- Navy Pier is filled with plenty of kid-friendly attractions such as the Children's Museum, a Ferris Wheel, miniature golf course, and an impressive IMAX theater.
- Chicago Boat Tours are fun for adults, but kids love them too! Check out adventure cruises with Seadog, or Pirate adventures with Tall Ship Windy!
- For great deals on the top family attractions in Chicago, check out the Chicago Family FunPass and the Chicago Children's Pass. These greats deals can save you up to 28%!
Kid-Friendly Restaurants
When the little ones get hungry, try one of these family-friendly restaurants in Chicago:
- Rainforest Cafe has several locations around Chicago, and is the perfect place to take kids in Chicago. This kid-friendly Chicago restaurant's tropical decor is eye catching, and the menu features a great selection of kid favorites. Mac n' cheese, pizza, and hot dogs are menu staples, while the Wild Bunch Kids Zone is a great place for kids to work off some of their energy.
- Medieval Times offers both dinner and a show! Located in the suburb of Schaumburg, the family-friendly Chicago attraction provides kids with a dinner fit for a king, and an evening filled with brave knights jousting on horseback to win the hand of the fair maiden. It's a great kid-friendly Chicago restaurant that is sure to be a hit with children of all ages.
- American Girl Place Cafe allows dolls and their mommy's to enjoy sweet treats and strawberry lemonade together. Located in Water Tower Place, the cafe is open for a satisfying breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Chicago. spoiling your American Girl doll.
Check out our Chicago restaurants page for more kid-friendly Chicago restaurants!
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Spend time with your family in Chicago without breaking the bank! Chicago family savings allow you and your little ones to have lots of fun for less money.
- Chicago Family Fun Pass: If you're already planning on visiting the major Chicago attractions, you might as well get a pass hat offers you and your family savings on admission! The Chicago Family Fun Pass gives you 30% savings! If you need extra time to pick which attractions you want to visit, you can use the Chicago Family Fun Pass within the next 30 days after you first use it. Your little ones will have a blast learning about animals at the Shedd Aquarium!
- Chicago Children's Pass: On top of saving you money, the Chicago Children's Pass lets you skip the line! How cool is that? Your little ones might be so excited to check out these fun attractions that being able to skip the line and get them there that much quicker will make you the most awesome parent around. Kids can play, create and discover at the Chicago Children's Museum.
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There are also plenty of educational Chicago attractions as well when traveling in Chicago with kids. Kids can use their active minds as they play and learn at the same time. The Kohl Children's Museum and the Field Museum both strive not only to educate, but to make learning fun!
And if you're looking for a place to relax and catch your breath, some of the best restaurants in Chicago for kids include the Rainforest Cafe and the American Girl Place Cafe.
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A prequel to the original Drakengard, Drakengard 3 transports players to a medieval world where six sisters wield special magical abilities as the "Intoners. "These sisters have brought peace to the earth with their power to manipulate magic through song. Harmony is disrupted, however, when the eldest sister, Zero, attempts to murder her younger sisters with the help of her dragon companion, Mikhail. As the story progresses, players find themselves in a battle to unravel the mystery of Zero and learn her true intentions. The world is ruled by Intoners, sisters whose songs unleash vast powers. One day, the eldest sister Zero appears with her dragon Mikhail in tow, in order to kill her 5 sisters. Why did Zero appear before her sisters? Why does she travel with a dragonkin? What exactly is an Intoner? Darkness is upon the horizon.


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Joy Rector 8/10/2012 4:27:12 AMlove this shot #1479675
Carol Quina 8/22/2012 8:37:41 AMSo cute! #10285542
Bob Cournoyer 9/24/2012 9:27:10 AMCongrats on your finalist...we'll see this one again... :-) #10335630
Nikki McDonald 9/24/2012 12:13:13 PMWTG, Cyndie - I'm with Bob on this one. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round. #10336348
JO ANN CLEVELAND 9/24/2012 1:33:10 PMIt gets my vote for Gold! lol
Congrats, this is just sooo cute Cynthia!
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Mitch Spence 9/24/2012 1:44:53 PMSuch a delightful image, Cyndie. Congratulations. #10336980
Errick L. Cameron 9/24/2012 2:42:37 PMLoved it from the start! Congratulations! #10337321
Errick L. Cameron 9/24/2012 2:45:39 PMWhat's really amazing is.... How do you have such a clean laundry room? Of coarse, we have two teenagers using ours. #10337343
Nancy Marie Ricketts 9/24/2012 2:53:33 PMI'm so glad for your finalist on this image, Cynthia! What a great shot this was-wonderfully humorous-well-deserved finalist!! #10337403
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Index of Typical Cell Culture Contaminants
Trouble-shooting Guide: If you have a contamination problem, select what you believe to be the organism from the short descriptions below and click on the image to go to a more detailed page.
Bacterial contamination is usually manifest by a sudden change in pH, cloudiness in the medium, sometimes with a slight whiteish film on the cell surface of plates, dishes, or on the bottom of bottles of medium that typically dissipates when the vessel is moved. Under low power (100x) spaces between cells will appear granular or you may see very small black dots. In some cases under higher magnification (400x) cocci or "rods" may be distinguished and there may be motibility of the bacteria. Bacteria can usually be distinguished from media components such as serum protein by the regular particulate morphology of the organism versus an irregular shape in the case of serum protein cryoprecipitates.
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Fungi (molds) show up as thin filamentous mycelia and sometimes as denser clumps of spores. Fungi are usually very slow growing but in advanced stages of contamination often overtake a culture as a fuzzy growth (either whiteish or black) that can be seen without a microscope.
Mycoplasmas cannot be detected by the naked eye or even by typical light microscopy. Therefore, mycoplasma contamination must be detected by alternative testing methods. The image provided here is of a mycoplasma "colony" after being propagated on special agar. The colony has a typical "fried egg" appearance.
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I wrote a Photoshop action that produces these mirror spheres below out from
an equirectangular panorama. As you can see are three sizes available.
Small covers 5% ,Big 8% and XXL 12% of panorama height (equirectangular projection)
Below you can see the region that will be covered with the mirrorball.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has delivered 22,000 bass to a Bloomington lake that is being replenished after it was drained in 2012 for dam repairs.
DNR fisheries biologist David Kittaka tells The Herald-Times the bass delivered to the city-owned Griffy Lake last week is the first of several shipments due this spring from state fish hatcheries. Other fish that will be part of the restocking are about 82,000 bluegill, 27,000 redear and 22,000 crappie.
The lake on Bloomington's north side was drained to make repairs to the dam and dredge silt from the lake bed. The work cost $1.4 million and was financed by a state grant.
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Many accredited colleges and universities offer graduate certificate in business administration campus-based programs for the recent or returning graduate, the international student or the mid career professional. Business school certificate programs may appeal to executives and non-business students alike. Whether you are looking for a post-bachelor's or post-master's business certificate program, there are a variety of options depending on your goals and ambitions.
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Graduate certificate in business administration campus programs may provide instruction in management theory, accounting, marketing and financial analysis. Studying in a social learning environment might also increase your opportunity to develop communication and strategic team-building skills through interaction and participation. For some students this may make the essential course components of a Master of Business Administration degree program accessible.
Graduate Certificate in Business Administration campus programs may be available as business preparation, Pre-MBA and Executive Business Administration programs for experienced professionals. Some programs are specifically designed for working professional with undergraduate degrees in fields other than business, while others may be suitable for graduates with Bachelor's in Business Administration seeking a platform for continued education.
Since the course content is structured differently depending on whether you are coming from a field other than business or you are interested in advanced credentials and recognition, requisite education for graduate certificate business administration may vary. While post-baccalaureate certificates are geared for students with a Bachelor's degree, in some instances students may need to have completed specific undergraduate coursework (accounting, statistics, economics).
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Earning a graduate certificate in business administration may take less time than earning a degree although program duration is a variable. Some business administration graduate certificates take one year, others 16 or 18 months, others 3 years. This fact is partly based on the business school, and partly on you – how many courses you enroll in and complete per session, and whether you attend on a part-time or full-time basis.
A graduate Certificate in Business Administration campus program might appeal to you for any number of reasons. Perhaps you live near a university and feel ready for a new challenge, or just have your eye on a potential career advancement. Here are five reasons you might consider a business certificate:
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Students enrolled in a graduate certificate in business administration campus program may be able to tailor a program to suit their personal career goals or ambitions. Other programs may have a more 'set' curriculum that students follow to learn a specific skill-set. Certainly, this is a good reason to request information from prospective business schools.
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The variety of business school certificate programs means that each may have unique features that include their faculty and location. Here are a few reasons you may want to search for a traditional program instead of taking business administration course online:
If this has you keen on initiating a search, GradSchools.com makes it easy for you to find business colleges with graduate business certificate programs. Search by location – use the city, state or country tabs to determine where our sponsored programs are offered.
Search for accredited business schools whose programs meet educational standards. Institution-accreditation is awarded by a regional agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) to a business college or university. Program accreditation is awarded to business certificate programs whose faculty and curriculum meets quality standards. You might look for accreditation by:
If you are hoping to develop more confidence and credibility with new credentials in management and related business fields, one way to go about it is with a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration Campus Based program. Ground yourself in fundamental theories and principles of accounting, finance, marketing, economics, statistics, human resources functions, and decision-making. Take your education to a new level while you expand your networks and meet new people. Browse our sponsored program listings, using the on-page 'request info' setting to reach out to your choice universities.
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Now I'm going to switch over sources in looking more deeply at the Astral Plane, moving from the Company of Light as found in the First Contact database (9) to the dwellers in the Astral and Mental Planes as found in the New Maps of Heaven database. (10)
We've heard Archangel Michael call the Fourth Dimension or Astral Plane the "emotional" plane. It is also known as "the plane of desire," as Theosophist Annie Besant notes:
"Kâmaloka, the place of desire, is the name given [by Theosophists] to the conditions of intermediate life on the astral plane." (11) (12)
Here Judge David P. Hatch describes the Astral Plane as a "play world."
"I once heard a man refer to this world as the play world, "for," said he, "we are all children here, and we create the environment that we desire." As a child at play can turn a chair into a tower or a prancing steed, so we in this world can make real for the moment whatever we imagine." (13)
Judge Hatch illustrates this by describing his encounter with a new arrival who found him in a Roman toga.
She glanced at my classical garment, and I could feel her thinking that there was something incongruous between it and my assertion that I had been here only a few months.
"Perhaps you are an actor," she said.
"We are all actors here," I replied.
This seemed to puzzle her more than ever, and she said that she did not understand. Poor lady! I felt sorry for her, and I tried my best to explain to her the conditions under which we live.
"You must know in the first place," I said, "that this is the land of realised ideals. Now a man who has always desired to be a king can play the part up here if he wishes to, and no one will laugh at him; for each spirit has some favourite dream which he acts out to his own satisfaction.
"We have, madam," I continued, "reacquired the tolerance and the courtesy of children who never ridicule one another's play."
"Is heaven merely a play-room?" she asked, in a shocked tone.
"Not at all," I answered; "but you are not in heaven." (14)
To translate this cryptic passage, Hatch was acting out his desire to experience life as a Roman on the plane of desire (the Astral Plane) and the lady asked if heaven was merely for play. But "heaven" is the term reserved not for the Astral Plane but for the Mental Plane, which is a stage above "the plane of desires" or Kamaloka.
One of the purposes of the Astral Plane is to release our desires, as T.E. Lawrence's guide, "Mitchell," informed the repressed Lawrence:
"Unless you can release some of the forbidden desires the amount of stored and dangerous emotion will constantly overset your equilibrium and keep you in a state of turmoil." (15)
This release was required before Lawrence could progress to the mental plane.
Professor William James explains how desire carries people back and forth on the Astral Plane:
"A vivid desire of the most momentary nature seemingly transported me from one place to another, with no transition or preparation – exhilarating and unsettling. Countering all of this, however, was the most delightful sense of safety so that, after the first orientations, there is no fear at all; and everywhere, being seems to be couched in perfect safety." (16)
Here "Imperator"(the prophet Malachi) explains how desire moves us about the Astral Plane. It is this succumbing to desire that must be mastered before we go on.
"Will-power suffices for our movements. We are attracted by sympathy, repelled by antipathy, drawn by desire on our part, or on that of those who wish for our presence." (17)
Here is an unnamed Chinese philosopher stating the same thing:
"If we wish to go to any place, it is only a question of desire and will power, and we are almost immediately at the place we had in mind." (18)
Frederic Myers tried to explain the illusory nature of the Astral Plane. He called it a dream land, a land built on memories of Earth life. There is, he said, an "existence within an image or reflection of the earth known to some as "Summer-land"; I prefer to call it 'Illusion-land.'" (19)
When people enter the Astral Plane, he said:
"They enter into a dream that, in its main particulars, resembles the earth. But now this dream is memory and, for a time, they live within it. All those activities that made up their previous life are re-enacted, that is, if such is their will. They can, at any time, if they choose, escape from the coil of earth memories, from what I might term the 'swaddling clothes' of the life after death. For all these souls are as babies, unaware of the real world of which they are inhabitants, no more cognisant than are infants of the vast whirl of life about them, of its astonishing intellectual activities, of its achievements. …
"He lives for a while in this beatific, infantile state. But, like the baby, he inhabits only a dream, and has no knowledge and hardly any perception of the greater life in which he is now planted. Of course the hour comes when his spiritual perceptions awaken, when he seeks to escape from the memory-dream, when, in short, he realizes his own increased intellectual powers, and, above all, his capacity for living on a finer plane of being. Then he passes from the State of Illusion and enters upon an existence which few communicating intelligences have ever attempted to describe to man.
"However, to those of us who have journeyed beyond the memory-world this alleged region or heaven of the departed is false because it is unreal, a reflection of a reflection, a tenuous dream that fades before spiritual knowledge. When the crossing of death is achieved many are happy in that state of grace; but theirs is the vegetative happiness, the unintelligent content of an infant who knows little or nothing of the world in which he or she lives." (20)
Most other people would say that we live on the Astral Plane in an astral body. But for some reason Myers calls it an "etheric body," even though the term is usually reserved for the body used in the Etheric Plane or Borderlands:
"In Illusion-land you wear an etheric body. It is of a finer or more tenuous matter than the physical form." (21)
Myers describes how people create on the plane of desire and illusion.
"In Illusion-land you do not consciously create your surroundings through an act of thought. Your emotional desires, your deeper mind manufacture these without your being actually aware of the process. For still you are the individualized soul caught within the limitations of your earthly self and caught also within the fine etheric body which now is yours. …
"Picture it for a moment: you live in surroundings that resemble those you knew on earth. You are, it is true, freed from money worries, freed from the need to earn your daily bread. Your etheric body is nourished by light which is not the light of the sun. It is possessed also of energy and life. It does not suffer pain, nor is it subjected to struggle of any kind." (22)
He offers a word-picture of the life of desire:
"Nearly every soul lives for a time in the state of illusion. The large majority of human beings when they die are dominated by the conception that substance is reality, that their particular experience of substance is the only reality. They are not prepared for an immediate and complete change of outlook. They passionately yearn for familiar though idealized surroundings. Their will to live is merely to live, therefore, in the past. So they enter that dream I call Illusion-land.
"For instance, Tom Jones, who represents the unthinking man in the street, will desire a glorified brick villa in a glorified Brighton. So he finds himself the proud possessor of that twentieth-century atrocity. He naturally gravitates towards his acquaintances, all those who were of a like mind. On earth he longed for a superior brand of cigar. He can have the experience ad nauseam of smoking this brand. He wanted to play golf, so he plays golf. But he is merely dreaming all the time or, rather, living within the fantasy created by his strongest desires on earth." (23)
But eventually we tire of the plane of desire, Myers says.
"It is indeed as if you lived in a pond, and soon you weary of the limitations of that calm unruffled sheet of water. You yearn for struggle, effort, ecstasy; you long for wide horizons. The call of the road has come to you again. In short, you are anxious to make further progress either up or down." (24)
That further progress is into the Fifth Dimension or Mental Plane, which, it turns out, is the first plane on which dualistic experiencing is left behind and unitive consciousness arises.
So to summarize: The Fourth Dimension or Astral Plane is largely viewed as going together with the Third Dimension or Physical Plane in this cycle of our infinite growth. When we ascend, we progress past both these planes are which are dualistic worlds and into the first unitive world of the Fifth Dimension or Mental Plane. We leave the world of polarity and duality behind and enter a world of oneness. Our release from duality therefore must of necessity be a release from the Fourth as well as the Third Dimension if we are truly to be inheritors of unitiveness or oneness.
(9) New Maps of Heaven: http://www.angelfire.com/space2/light11/nmh/nmh-index1.html
(10) First Contact: http://www.angelfire.com/space2/light11/fc/fc-index1.html
(11) Annie Besant, The Ancient Wisdom. An Outline of Theosophical Teachings. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972; c1897, 64n.
(12) I realize that the Theosophists used "Kamaloka" for both the Etheric Plane or Borderlands and the Astral Plane. I am reserving the term for the Astral Plane.
(13) Judge David Patterson Hatch ("X"), Letters from a Living Dead Man. Elsa Barker, med. New York: Mitchell Kennerly, 1914. Ebook downloaded from http://www.earthlypursuits.com/LtrLDMan/LtrLDMan.htm , 28 August 2008, Letter XXVIII.
(14) Judge Hatch, LLDM, Letter XXXVII.
(15) T.E. Lawrence through Jane Sherwood, medium, Post-Mortem Journal. Communications from T.E. Lawrence. London: Spearman, 1964 37.
(16) William James through Jane Roberts, medium, The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher: The World View of William James. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978, 160.
(17) Spirit leader Imperator in Stainton Moses, More Spirit Teachings. Spirit Writings. Electronically published by Meilach.com. http://www.meilach.com/spiritual/books/morest/mst02.htm, n.p.
(18) Unnamed Chinese philosopher in Fred Rafferty, ed., Charlotte E. Dresser, medium, Life Here and Hereafter. Author's edition. Downloaded from http://www.harvestfields.ca/ebook/02/001/00.htm, 2 Feb. 2008, 270-1.
(19) Frederic W.H. Myers through Geraldine Cummins, medium. The Road to Immortality. Being a description of the after-life purporting to be communicated by the late F. W. H. Myers [Frederic William Henry Myers, 1843-1901]. Located at http://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual/cummins/cummins1.html, n.p.
(20) Loc. cit.
(21) Loc. cit.
(22) Loc. cit.
(23) Loc. cit.
(24) Loc. cit.


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The Mean Girls star had been ordered to appear at a hearing in Los Angeles as part of her ongoing legal spat with snapper Grigor Balyan, who claims he ended up in hospital after he was hit by Lohan's car outside a nightclub in 2010.
But according to TMZ.com, Lohan missed the meeting, despite her attorney Julia Azrael's reported attempts to get in touch with her client about the important date.
The website reports that Balyan's lawyers are now set to file papers demanding a judge force Lohan to show up for the next day in court.
Azrael spoke out in February (13) to criticize Lohan for allegedly failing to keep in contact and sort out a date for the deposition.
The 26 year old has just a few weeks to get her personal matters in order before she has to enrol in a rehabilitation facility by 2 May (13) for a court-ordered 90-day treatment stint.
Lohan was handed that punishment for lying to police over a car crash in California last year (12).


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Carol attends the Salvation Army's annual Thanksgiving Day feast in Shawnee every year and feels she's being welcomed to a family dinner.
Carol attends the Salvation Army's annual Thanksgiving Day feast in Shawnee every year and feels she's being welcomed to a family dinner.
"I just ate a big plate full and pie…if you leave here hungry, it's your own fault," Carol said as she finished up Thursday. "I've been coming here for years."
On top of the festive meal, Carol received a new coat and said being at the Salvation Army is like being part of a family.
With a strong spirit of volunteerism and all those partaking in a feast giving thanks, the Salvation Army annual Thanksgiving dinner provided food and fellowship for hundreds Thursday.
More than 100 volunteers were on hand as 53 turkeys were carved into about 224 pounds that filled hundreds of plates. That turkey, along with spoonfuls of dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce and all the fixings greeted guests who might not have otherwise enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
In addition to meals served at the downtown Shawnee site, more than 450 meals were delivered into the community.
Of those, about 14 meals were taken to Carter Hall Juvenile Detention Center, while 400 dinners went to the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center to provide the prisoners a glimpse of home on the holiday. Several meals were delivered to police officers who were on duty Thursday, while others were delivered to residents in Shawnee.
Clifford Lehmann, a Salvation Army volunteer, spends every Thanksgiving helping out with the dinner.
While he's been on many mission trips over the years, Thanksgiving in Shawnee is special.
"This is my mission in Shawnee," Lehmann said, looking out at the many partaking in the traditional Thanksgiving feast. "I love to see all of this."
Lehmann said with plenty of volunteers and a well-organized event, this year's meal went well.
"It's the best meal in town," he said.
Longtime friends, LeZoe and Lula, were among those enjoying the food and fellowship.
"We've done this for seal years," LeZoe said, adding it was a "wonderful meal."
Lula said she's thankful for her friends and her church while LeZoe is thankful for "salvation in Jesus Christ," she said.
Volunteer Debbie Blue, who was serving up many of the fixings, said she was enjoying being able to give back to her community.
Ariel Wagoner, 14, also volunteered and was serving food.
"I like to come out and help," she said.
Stephanie Jarvis, who has volunteered the past eight years, works to give back to the Salvation Army after being helped herself many years ago.
She spent the morning helping prepare the potatoes, corn and other fixings, then cleaning up and doing dishes.
"I want to give back to the community — and help people that helped us," she said.
For Diane Collins, a social worker with the Salvation Army, Thursday was her holiday to take the day off, but she chose to be at the Salvation Army.
"I've been here 15 years — this is my family,' she said.
Salvation Army Lt. Philip Canning thanked the community for making the day happen. Without countless volunteers, donations for the meal and items of clothing, the day wouldn't have been possible, he said.
"We just thank the community for making today happen and making a Happy Thanksgiving for many in Shawnee," he said.


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Police say the driver of a Nissan lost control on the inner loop near Capitol Heights on Sunday night and the car bounced off a guard rail and was hit by a tractor trailer.
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Vodafone has owned a 45% stake in Verizon Wireless all this time, and Verizon has long been contemplating buying it. Though Vodafone owns that stake, it isn't a majority stake so Verizon still has control over itself. However, that's just not good enough.
Finally, after much discussion, the boards of the two companies unanimously voted on the sale of Vodafone's stake to Verizon Wireless for a massive $130 billion. Verizon will be the sole owner of itself, which will be great for management. However, it is unknown how this will affect customers, if at all. Will the buyout cause a price hike, or will it simply be a background deal that will never show any obvious effects? We hope it's the latter.


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Around the late 1400s, Giuliano ruled Florence with his brother, Lorenzo the Magnificent, and while Lorenzo was busy running the city, Giuliano joined and won sports competitions to win Simonetta's affections. At one joust, his banner bore a painting of Simonetta's face, created by Botticelli for the occasion, with the words "The Unparalleled One" printed underneath.
Simonetta was married to Marco Vespucci and could not openly return Giuliano's declarations of love. While many historically refer to Simonetta as Giuliano's mistress, it was never confirmed if they did indeed have a more intimate relationship. However, Giuliano's open adorations and demonstrations of love for Simonetta has had many romantics wishing for a happily ever after.
Simonetta was actually introduced to Botticelli by her husband, who had brought her to Florence after their wedding. She modeled not only for Botticelli's paintings - she also appears in his Primavera - but for other well-known painters as well. Soon, her likeness was featured all over Florence and every man in the city was in love with her, gaining the nickname "La bella Simonetta."
It is also said that Botticelli himself was in love with la bella Simonetta, but it was a love that he kept to himself. Instead, he celebrated that love by painting her. And painting her, and painting her. Aside from many portraits he made of her, and the two famous paintings which hang in the Uffizi Gallery, many of the women in Botticelli's paintings resemble Simonetta. He continued to paint her even after she died, perhaps even more so.
The Birth of Venus is one of Botticelli's few pagan paintings that was not destroyed by the Catholic Church. There is another legend that Lorenzo de Medici protected this painting from the wrath of the Church; some attribute this to Botticelli being a favored painter, while some like to imagine that Lorenzo's inspiration was his brother's great love affair.
The Birth of Venus is found in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and is a sight that you must definitely see when you visit this romantic city, for this painting not only stands for the brilliance of Botticelli as an artist or the glory of Florence in the time of the Medicis, but also for the love of many great men for one astonishingly beautiful woman, a legend that can only be true in the city of Florence.


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>Gears and Wears>Light AND Cushioned
Looking for a shoe with both features. The ones I'm considering are the Saucony Mirage 3 and Nike Lunar Glide 4. For the Nikes I had to go up half a size. The Mirage 2, I had to do same. Not sure if the Mirage 3 is any roomier than the 2. Looks like it's more cushioned, according to runningwarehouse.com
My left foot takes the beating pretty badly, so need extra protection without a lot of weight.
Any thoughts on these or others? I like a wide toe box.
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I look for the same thing, and I love the Mirage. I'd definitely recommend it. I also liked the Nike Flyknit Lunar 1+, but the toe box was a little too snug for me (even going up a half size...but I have issues with the ball of foot joint so they may work for you). The Flyknits were exceptionally light and comfortable. If not for the toe box, I'd give them an A+.
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Thanks, guys.
MJ5, Mirage 3?
Thanks, guys.
MJ5, Mirage 3?
Yes, that's what I'm running in right now. I had skipped the Mirage 2, but I also liked the original Mirage. I do like the 3 better. I feel like the upper is more breathable.
brooks pureflow has a bit of extra width in the forefoot as well as cushion. its basically a neutral shoe but has just a little more support in the arch so a neutral runner or light pronator could use them. I almost bought a pair but decided on the pure cadence which is the stability shoe of the pure project line because I also use the Adreneline gts (several generations). tried the connect but too narrow & I'm more used to having the extra stability. may switch to the pureflow when my cadence wears out. only use cadence for races (under HM distance), speedwork, or shorter runs.
Yes the Brooks Pureflow is definitely worth checking out. At the moment, I'm alternating between a pair of these and a pair of Kinvaras. Although they are similar shoes, both 4mm drop and leaning in the minimalist direction, the Pureflows are a bit more cushioned and I like them for longer runs. No issues at all with the toebox. The Kinvaras are probably a tad lighter, but the weight difference is not noticeable to me while running.
I'm 15 miles into my new Brooks PureFlow 2s. So far so good, a good replacement for my Asics Speedstars, which are stiffer than the PureFlows. Uglier though.
I also love the Mirage. They're not super cushioned, but enough for me. I love how light they are. My other shoes seem very brick-like now.
Saucony Virrata? I haven't worn them but I am probably going to give them a try to replace my Mirage 2 and/or Kinvara 2's which are both getting pretty long in the tooth. Word is they pack a ton of forefoot cushioning (which is where I need it) into s really light and neutral package. Size up a half size from the Mirage.
Runners run.
I love the Virrata. Wore them for a recent marathon. Also switched from a pair of Kinvara 2's with over 950 miles on them. The Virrata's are light and cushioned, in my opinion. They are a 0 mm heel drop versus the Kinvara 2's 4 mm, but I don't think I can feel the difference. They feel just as cushiony to me as the Kinvara's, if not more so. (I got the Virrata's at the time because someone posted that the Kinvara 3's suck.)
Thank you very much, everyone.
I am going to check out the Mirage 3, Virrata and the Purflow. The Nike Flyknits seem to be a little outside what I'd like to spend, but will look around.
The Nike Flyknits seem to be a little outside what I'd like to spend, but will look around.
I really like my Flyknits, more now than when I initially got them. They are reasonably cushioned and light. What is clear is that they aren't as durable as Lunar Glides. So, at the price they can't really be justified as regular trainers.
and Hokas.
I have a pair of Pearl Izumi N1s that I think fit what you are looking for. I have run a marathon in them and they felt great.
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Huntley Illinois
Huntley is a rapidly growing village in McHenry and Kane counties. In 2000, the village's population was a mere 5,730. It substantially grew to 22,923 in 2008. As of the 2012 census, the population was 24,291. The village has 14.10 square miles, 14.07 square miles of it is land. Huntley is best known for its Prime Outlets Mall and the largest retirement community in the Midwest, Sun City. The old part of Huntley is known for its public square; including a gazebo, a full brick-paved street (Woodstock St.) and a 50s-style diner, The Huntley Dairy Mart. Huntley's slogan is: "The friendly village with country charm". And it definitely holds up to that.
Huntley students mainly attend the schools in District 158. The elementary schools are: Leggee, May Chesak (kindergarten-2nd grade), Hannah Martin (3rd-5th grade), Marion Conley, and Mackeben. The middle schools are Henry Marlowe and Bernice Heinemann. Huntley High School is the primary high school for students. McHenry County College is the main community college for students in District 158.
Huntley Park District has a few community activities and parks. Deicke Park is the village's largest park. It has many ballfields, picnic shelters, a large slide, a playground, and basketball and tennis courts. Deicke Park has added a Community Rec Center, Betsey Washington Park, and Stingray Bay Aquatic Park. The Community Rec Center contains a large gym, fitness center, mess hall, classrooms for workshops, and the Cosman Cultural Arts Center is an auditorium/theatre is attached to the rec center. Betsey Washington Park is an extension of the park area and it remains for historical and recreational use. Stingray Bay Aquatic Park includes a pool with a zero-depth entrance and water features and slides. There's also a snack bar, a patio, and locker rooms. Pinecrest Golf Course and Jim Dhamer Square are also included in the park district. Whisper Creek Golf Course is a semi-private golf course located within Sun City for its members to enjoy. They also offer Prairie Lodge which has 2 pools, a large lobby and gathering area, exercise equipment, the Drendell Ballroom, workshop and programming rooms, outdoor fountains, beautiful landscape, and an on-site restaurant. There are also public areas, marshes, ponds, and open grassy area available to residents of Huntley within subdivisions.
The village of Huntley has a few festivals and traditions its residents are able to enjoy. Huntley High Fine Arts Festival showcases art made by students in Huntley High School. Fall Fest is a festival hosted by volunteers in the area. Pancake Breakfast is available to anyone and is hosted by the local Boy Scouts. Rummage Sales are held all the time in downtown churches. The Memorial Day Parade and the Huntley Town Picnic are also available.
Huntley is home to a few industries. Some are: Weber Grill Factory, Dean Foods dairy processing & distribution center, Freund International Trucking Center, Allied Asphalt Paving Co., and Union Special.
Huntley started off as a very small town and it continues to grow. Its country charm is attracting those who wish to live in a quieter village. If that's what you're looking for, Huntley is the place for you!