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Git Plugin for Trac
This is yet another plugin for Trac 0.10/0.11 which enables GIT to be used instead of Subversion for the trac:VersioningSystemBackend
- Browsing source code in a Git repository via the TracBrowser
- Viewing the change history of a file or directory using TracRevisionLog
- Performing diffs between any two files or two directories
- Displaying submitted changes in the TracTimeline (0.11)
- (Optionally) caching TracChangeset information in Trac's database (0.11)
- Caching Git commit relation graph in memory (0.11)
- Using the TracSearch page to search change descriptions (0.11)
- Annotation support, also known as "blame" operation (0.11)
- Interpretation of 40-character wide hex-strings as sha1 commit checksums
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Example Sites
Bugs/Feature Requests
As this is for now just a proof of concept implementation, it has quite some deficiencies, some of which exist as tickets already:
No results
...and other potential issues/todos which aren't ticket-tracked yet:
does not highlight sha1sums automatically
- issues with filenames containing newlines (seems to be a Trac bug)
- ...
Existing bugs and feature requests for GitPlugin are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:gitplugin here].
You can check out GitPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
(An experimental branch of this plugin with a hacky caching feature and some bug fixes is available from here.)
Simply point your Trac instance to a local git repository:
[trac] repository_dir = /var/git/Test.git repository_type = git ## the following is only for the 0.11 branch [git] ## let Trac cache meta-data via CachedRepository wrapper cached_repository = true ## disable automatic garbage collection for in-memory commit-tree cache persistent_cache = true
/!\ NOTE: the
Test.git above needs to be the
.git repository directory (i.e. the one containing the file
HEAD and
config), not the working tree directory that holds the
.git/ folder.
If installed globally, don't forget to enable the plugin:
[components] gitplugin.* = enabled
Recent Changes
Author: Herbert Valerio Riedel
Contributors: Hans Petter Jansson
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trac-post-receive-hook.py (7.2 KB) - added by 9 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets
trac-post-receive-hook.2.py (7.3 KB) - added by 9 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets
trac-post-receive-hook.3.py (7.5 KB) - added by 9 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets - now auto-creating git_seen table
trac-post-receive-hook-0.12-only-master.py (895 bytes) - added by 8 years ago.
Old example from main site
trac-post-receive-hook-0.12-new-commits-from-all-branches.py (2.2 KB) - added by 7 years ago.
Add commits from all branches, but only those that are new to the repository. Properly handles many branches in one push. Added version number.
trac-post-receive-hook-0.12-new-commits-from-all-branches-with-logfile.py (2.5 KB) - added by 7 years ago.
Correction of the previous version, and add log file to detect errors.
trac-post-receive-hook.4.py (7.5 KB) - added by 6 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets - updated to trac 1.0; fixed syntax; removed unused imports
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Event: Grand finale of Bharat N Dorris Hair & Make-up Fashion Week 2010 at St. Andrews College, Bandra, Mumbai.
Guest List: Yuvika Chaudhry, Shweta Salve, Reshmi Ghosh, Narmmadaa Ahuja, Aashish Chaudhary, Aftab Shivdasani, Negar Khan, Sudeepa Singh, Mishti Mukherjee, Archana Kochhar, Anu Ranjan, Rahul Roy
Venue: St. Andrews College, Bandra, Mumbai.
Date: 13-Apr-2010
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...

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Over the past few years Kyle Leon has specialized in helping tens of thousands of men and women customize their nutrition to experience rapid results in lean muscle growth and fat loss quickly, safely and naturally.
Kyle's main focus has been helping others customize their nutrition for many overlooked but important variables such as age, weight, height, metabolism and body type.
Along with being a nutrition specialist, personal trainer and fitness model, Kyle is an international best selling fitness author and creator of The Muscle Maximizer and Customized Fat Loss nutrition systems.


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All parents know that kids ask a lot of questions as they wonder about the world. Curiosityville, a new learning website for kids ages 3 to 8, hopes to tap into that natural curiosity to help kids learn.
The subscription-based website invites kids to explore the city of Curiosityville by playing with its charming residents made up of animated animals. They include Artist Pablo the frog, Teacher Ruby the cat, Mayor Joe the monkey and Scientist Rosie the mouse. Additional residents, including Policeman Jack the dog, are set to be released shortly. By playing games and doing activities with these characters, kids can explore 10 core learning areas.
The learning areas cover traditional skills, such as science, math, social studies and language arts; but they also teach skills, such as creative expression, executive function, technology, social and emotional development, physical and healthy development and ones dubbed as "21st Century Skills," which include creative thinking, analyzing data, reasoning and working collaboratively.
When your child selects a character, he or she arrives at that character's home or workplace. Since Rosie is a scientist, kids play within her lab. Objects that lead to games will sparkle, so kids know where to click in the room. If they click on the sparkling microscope, that starts a game about identifying magnified objects that appear on slides. Kids will investigate pond water, dust, blood, insects and pollen.
With Mayor Joe, kids join him in his home to explore his hobbies. He likes music, exercise, playing games and making things. The latter interest turns into a fun slider puzzle where kids rearrange panels to create a picture. For music, kids are provided with a simple sound board where they can experiment with creating their own music. They can add in sounds from cows, pigs and even a police siren.
Curiosityville is reasonably priced at $7.95/month; and it offers a free trial for a month. A membership allows families to log in up to four different children.
This virtual world is well worth exploring because it is filled with refreshingly different learning games. Based on early learning and brain science research, the games don't talk down to kids and take care to present real world experiences. For example, Scientist Rosie has real life scientists come to visit her classroom via short videos. Also, when playing a game about emotions, kids will sort facial masks that are based on real world tribal masks.
Another great feature is that the site personalizes the learning based on your child's age. If your child is 3 or 4, she will start with level 1 of a game. Kids ages 5 or 6 enter at level 2, and those 7 or 8 at level 3. The learning engine working in the background takes into account your child's accuracy and the amount of time required to answer a question in order to adjust the content. While helpful, the automatic adjustment doesn't always work quite right when kids are struggling.
When kids play in this virtual world they earn both points toward badges and apples. Collecting apples leads to a unique activity about donating them to charitable causes. Curiosityville is currently partnering with Ultimate Block Party, DonorsChoice and the Association of Children's Museums. When kids donate their apples to one of these three organizations, Curiosityville makes an actual monetary donations to the organization of the child's choice.
Parents will appreciate the robust feedback features built into this learning site. They can get information about what activities their children did, the amount of time played and the core skills practiced. The information can be obtained on the site or via an email sent to the parent. In addition, Curiosityville makes recommendations for both offline and online activities to further your child's learning.
As good as Curiosityville is — and it is quite good — it could improve a few of its features. It is missing audio for some of its activities, and thus non-readers are at a disadvantage. Without audio within some of its activities or for directions, the site periodically misses learning opportunities. For example, in the activity about finding objects under the microscope, kids can't click on an item to discover what it is. Founder Susan Magsamen says that adding more audio "is a top priority" and that it is coming soon. Another feature that could use some tweaking is navigation. For the youngest children using this service, parents might want to be around to help when they first start. I would also like introductory sequences to be interruptible after hearing them the first time.
As with all online learning environments, this exciting virtual world is a work in progress. New characters and more learning activities are being added on a regular basis. But as it stands now, it's a great learning destination for kids ages 3 to 8, particularly with its free first month offer.
Jinny Gudmundsen is the author of the new book: "iPad Apps for Kids, part of the For Dummies" series. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Website taps into kids' curiosity
All parents know that kids ask a lot of questions as they wonder about the world. Curiosityville, a new learning website for kids ages 3 to 8, hopes to tap into that natural curiosity to help kids learn.


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Snow brought much needed moisture throughout the State at the end of February. All 53 stations received trace amounts of moisture, with Johnson reporting 0.19 inch for the lowest and Lawrence reporting 2.69 inches for the highest.
Temperatures varied widely during the month with a low of -4 degrees at Alton to a high of 73 in Ashland. There were 11.6 days suitable for field work, compared to 14 days a year ago.
Topsoil moisture supplies as of February 24 were rated 27 percent very short, 34 percent short, 36 percent adequate, and 3 percent surplus; a slight improvement from the beginning of the month.
While improving somewhat, the Northwest District is still the driest district with 78 percent reported being short to very short for topsoil moisture, compared to 97 percent a month ago.


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Safe Halloween.
Those are welcome words to all parents, and they hold true as we look back on the event-filled Monday night in Hood River County.
Community groups help make it happen. Heights and Downtown business associations, community groups, local churches, and Providence Health System, are just a few of the groups that work every year to create a wide variety of choices for kids and families for celebrating Halloween.
Kudos also to Paul Henke and his crew of scaremeisters at the annual MDA haunted house, who transformed a soon-to-be demolished home and former business into a popular attraction for a good cause.
With all the community trick-or-treats, haunted houses and gentler community events such as carnivals, there was so much to chose from it was like, well, like being a kid in a candy store.
Halloween comes with nefarious underpinnings rooted not only in the superstitions of traditional ghosts and witches but in urban legends of poisoned candy and apples laced with needles. Few such incidents have ever been documented, but modern worries including "stranger danger" and nighttime motor traffic have fueled an enduring and understandable public nervousness over Halloween.
Perhaps what has gradually saved Halloween is its commercialization: the modern marketers' transformation of Halloween into an adult celebration, from "sexy pirate" costumes to yard décor akin to Yule displays, has reconnected many adults to the Halloween joys of the past. With Dad dressing up like Dumbledore, it's a lot safer for little Harry Potters to revel in the pleasant and vicarious autumnal chills with less worry about real-life Voldemorts.
But at its base, Halloween remains chiefly child's play and the community deserves credit for creating such a plethora of fun, safe events.
The schools must be included in this. Some adapt to Halloween costume wearing, as seen Friday in Cascade Locks. Others use Halloween as a way to tap into students' creativity regarding literature, giving students the opportunity to select a favorite character and create a costume and parade it, as Westside Elementary does each year.
At Cascade Locks, teachers forged an interesting blend of the two approaches. The kids wore costumes, and a carnival on Friday afternoon featured games of skill, with books for prizes, organized by the PTO. It came on the last day of the school's Book Week, and tied in well, even featuring scary stories done in readers' theater by sixth graders, to the great entertainment of the primary kids.
In the Cascade Locks carnival, anyone wanting to try the softball toss had to tell teacher Laurie Wheeler a story. It needed be simple, just two or three lines; students either looked at a photo or a special book with text prompts and stood and delivered pieces of their own imagination before tossing a ball.
That kind of teachable moment is far sweeter than any bite of Halloween candy.
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Originally posted by Danny Fisher
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"The Lady" shines her light in DC… Photo by the author.
I still can't quite believe what happened last week: I was in our nation's capital with Amnesty International, my palJoshua Eaton, and others for a very special event with none other than Daw Aung San Suu Kyi herself!
As a practitioner who has long been an admirer of "the Lady," as well as a scholar with an abiding research interest in her, I can't even begin to tell you how thrilled I was to see her in person — and from the press box with Joshua no less!
On that note, I hope you will head on over toBuddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online, where my report on the event has just been posted (along with full video of the town hall).
I've blogged a lot about "Daw Suu," as a search of her name at this website will reveal. Most recently before this report, though, I reviewed Luc Besson's recent biopic The Lady for Shambhala Sun Space. (The film comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray in the U.S. this coming Tuesday, October 2nd, by the way.)


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MIDDLE SMITHFIELD: Lisa Phillips was appointed Sewer Department Coordinator, replacing Maria Oliveras, who retired.
MIDDLE SMITHFIELD: Lisa Phillips was appointed Sewer Department Coordinator, replacing Maria Oliveras, who retired.
Karen Conway was appointed to the Parks and Recreation Board and Frank Primrose was reappointed with his term expiring on the Zoning Hearing Board.
Bob Pohlman was appointed chairman of the Vacancy Board.
Some residents questioned the supervisors' reappointment of Wayne Rohner as zoning board officer in light of past problems, but Atkinson said he was judged on more favorable recent performance. She said all township employees get six-month reviews.
Eight resolutions were adopted, most noteworthy that committee members must attend 75 percent of meetings and a resolution changing the tax collector's compensation for municipal, county and library taxes from a percentage of the millage rate to $3 per tax return.
It will save the township $60,000, Dwyer said. School taxes will be filed separately.
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP: Brian Barrett was re-elected as board of supervisors chairman and Steve Carey was reelected vice chairman. Jackie Ocker remains secretary/treasurer as does Edward MacCormack as roadmaster and Ronold J. Karasek as solicitor.
Robert Meyer was appointed to the zoning board for a term through 2017 and Dennis Mooney was appointed alternate through 2014. Reappointments include Lucas Fuller (through 2013), Jeff Serowick (through 2014), John Schoonover (through 2015) and Jason Statari (through 2016).
With three vacancies left unfilled in the township's planning commission, the supervisors are moving to lower the membership from nine to seven.
"That's enough for a cross-section with seven," Barrett said. Ann Ligi remains as chairwoman, a term expiring in 2016.
Also reappointed was Bill Mosteller, whose term ends June 30; David Strunk, whose term expires next June 30; Martha Carbone, whose term ends in 2015 and Doug Schyrver and Jeff Sturm, who will serve until June 30 of 2016.
LEHMAN TOWNSHIP: Most positions had reappointments, including John Sivick as chairman and Dick Vollmer as vice chairman of the Board of Supervisors and Rob Rohner as township secretary/treasurer.
Sivick was reappointed roadmaster and Paul Menditto as assistant roadmaster and Robert Bernathy remains as township solicitor.
Joe Peritore was newly appointed as a zoning board member, replacing John DeNooyer, who resigned in the fall for health reasons, and Herb Bensley was reappointed. Arthur Garris was appointed to Peritore's prior post as zoning hearing board alternate. Garris also was appointed to the vacancy board.
Monroe County Taxing Committee was named tax collector. Although Lehman is in Pike County, its taxes go to the East Stroudsburg Area School District.


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A breathtaking Houston affair, a drop-dead gorgeous BHLDN gown and a whole host of beautiful blooms from Floral Events (here's looking at you, sweet, sweet bouquet)... is your heart pounding yet? If not, then one look at the stunning images captured by Stefano Choi Photography and you won't be able to escape it. Because this is the kind of wedding that makes you sit back (in complete and total awe, mind you) and spend hours soaking it all in. It's just that good. Oh, and the 100-year-old Crystal Ballroom? Awesome. Click here for so much more and stay tuned for a beautiful film from Sculpting With Time Productions below.
From Stefano Choi Photography... A classic elegant wedding and the bride DIY'ed the invitations, programs, guest seats all based off of a travel theme because they love to travel. She also wore a beautiful dress, veil and shoes by BHLDN. She chose the Holy Rosary Catholic Church and the Crystal Ballroom for the ceremony because they are both nearing their 100 year anniversaries and she thought it would be a great fit for her theme. The old school charm in these locations were a perfect fit for this. the images were captured on digital, 35mm & Medium Format film.
Photography: Stefano Choi Photography / Floral Design: Floral Events / Ceremony Venue: Church Holy Rosary / Reception Venue: The Crystal Ballroom at the Rice Lofts / Cinematography: Sculpting With Time Productions / Music: "Remember When" by Us & Our Daughters via The Music Bed / Cake: Who Made The Cake! / Wedding Dress, Veil & Shoes: BHLDN / Reception Band: Doppelgänger / Cocktail Hour Musicians: Houston String Quartet / Ceremony Musicians: Chamber Music Unlimited / Late Night Snack: Tacos-A-Go-Go / Hair & Makeup: Your Beautiful Face / Linen & Tableware Rental: Party Cloths / Printer: Workhorse Printmakers / Wedding Invitations & Programs: DIY by The Bride


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So my parents have finally retired to Florida like every other New Yorker. I helped them move down this past week. This move also included the vast majority of my Lego collection from the attic of our now old house in NY to their new house in Florida (my Lego stuff will stay at their place for the immediate future). I knew from the beginning that moving my collection would result in their derstruction.
To minimize loss, I put them in big Rubbermaid bins to prevent pieces from falling out. I filled up 6 large bins and a couple of large boxes for set boxes and assorted crap. I got my first inspection of the damage yesterday. First thing I saw was the King Leo's castle reduced to its baseplate. The Witches' Tower....same fate. Dungeon MAster's Fortress, Monarchs castle, and the rest of the dozen or so castles....resuced to rubble. Quite disturbing. I guess I have alot of work ahead of me.
Just wanted to know if anyone else had similar experiences moving their collection? Good...bad? At least my collection is near me now.


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Gigabyte GTX 560 OC Review
NVIDIA is back at the naming scheme game again with the new GTX 560. This card is at the very center of the new NVIDIA generation for performance. Also to note, the Ti moniker added onto the prior GTX 560 makes a big difference now. It is unclear yet if NVIDIA will do the same for the GTX 550 Ti although there is the possibility. For the sake of suppressing some confusion, the GTX 560 is superior in CUDA core count and thus performance over the GTX 550 Ti. The design is very similar to the GF 104 based GTX 460 so it should be quite interesting to see how they compare against each other as the GTX 560 is based on GF 114 silicon. NVIDIA has stated that this card is not the replacement for the GTX 460. The designs are very similar with the GTX 560 being clocked faster on both core and memory. NVIDIA is marketing this card as the perfect upgrade for users with older graphics cards. According to a Steam survey most gamers are still using older 9800 GTs.
The GTX 560 under review today (product launch) is from Gigabyte. This GTX 560 is factory overclocked 20 MHz on the core equating to 830 MHz while the memory is stock at 4008 MHz on a 256-bit memory bus just like on the GTX 560 Ti. The heat sink cooling this new card is called the WindForce 2x Anti-turbulence cooling solution. This design has two 100mm fans and four 6mm heat pipes. The fans are inclined slightly to help push air out toward the exhaust grill and out of the case. Recycling exhaust air is a common problem with impeller based fan designs similar to this. Each 100mm fan can push up to 30.5 CFM of air while still operating quietly with PWM fan control technology. Gigabyte has chosen to not solder the heat pipes, claiming that solder actually hurts thermal conduction compared to just clamping the fins to the heat pipes. Air is a worse thermal conductor than metal and in general, cheaper heat sinks aren't soldered (to save on money). The possibility exists that the disabled CUDA cores could be re-enabled. This would depend on whether or not they were physically disabled or if the BIOS was used to disable them. If it were possible to unlock the core, then the card would become a GTX 560 Ti!
Closer Look:
The front of the box has a robotic eyeball looking outwardly. Everything is bluish or golden in color generally with some small exceptions. The top has two stickers for NVIDIA, one saying that this is an authorized board partner and the other saying the card is 3D Vision ready. The Gigabyte logo found on all sides of the box is reflective and changes color depending on the angle of light coming in. The lower portion has three stickers showcasing features of the card. The first feature is a 3-year warranty extending from Canada to the USA, and Latin America. Gigabyte's Ultra Durable technology is extended to this video card. This includes a thicker copper PCB of 2oz, Japanese solid capacitors, ferrite core chokes, and MOSFETs. The chokes should not buzz like the cheap ones do and efficiency is increased across the board (no pun intended) with all of these components. Life span is also increased by using these higher-end components. The card is cooled by a system dubbed WindForce 2x anti-turbulence cooling. This system uses two low-RPM (<2000) 100mm fans at a very slight angle to help guide air out of the exhaust grill. Four heat pipes directly touching the GPU IHS carry heat from the core to the fins. Air still escapes and re-circulates around the case but at least the flow is directed outward more than on most heat sink assemblies. The back of the box goes into further detail on the WindForce, showing that the goal was quiet operation with great cooling. The Ultra Durable VGA components are explained in much greater detail as well. The components claim an increase of 10-30% overclocking capability and 10-30% lower Power Switching loss. GPU temperatures are also supposed to be 5-10% lower. The main features are repeated at the bottom in nine languages.
The top flap of the box is similar to the front and back, with the same details being recycled. The look is nice and clean while describing the card adequately from every side. The other flap has some barcodes on it along with the same stuff from the first flap. Both sides are again similar except with one showing some features in grey boxes. The box looks good overall, the back had some minor grammar issues but overall, showed quality.
Opening it up we find a nice glossy smooth cardboard box. Opening it up shows the driver CD tucked inside the manual at the top. Underneath this is foam protecting the card. To the right is a space holding the hardware accessories: two double-Molex to 6-pin PCIe connectors; one Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter; and one DVI to D-Sub VGA adapter. As always, the card is protected by an anti static bag! Inside the bag, the card is also protected by caps on the outputs and SLI connection. The PCI Express slot and power connections are left unguarded.
Time to get a look at the card itself!


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Ten years after John Connor helped save mankind from annihilation, the inevitable has occurred: The mechanized Tech-Com forces have risen, and war between man and machine has begun. Based on the third Terminator movie, but following a separate storyline, Rise of the Machine is a first-person shooter with hand-to-hand combat and vehicle-based elements. The game features over six minutes of original film footage not included in the T3 theatrical release, voices and likenesses of the entire cast, and the ability to play as a Tech-Com Terminator and a CRS Fighter, placing players in both good and evil roles from the film's storyline and beyond.
Senate passes a bill requiring retailers to notify parents of the video games ratings systems. Read More »
As the technology, presentation and popularity of games grow, they have evolved to support film more completely and naturally than ever. Unusual, though, is the game designer that escapes the time pressures and confines of the franchise title. Star Wars titles regularly underwhelm the film series' unflappable fans, and Enter The Matrix was an exercise in hype vs. results. Even though these films offer elements that should be perfect for gamers and developers alike, the games themselves rarely hit the mark. Read More »
Arnold is back. And no, I'm not talking about his gubernatorial bid in California. The Austrian oak is powering his way back to the console market in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Unlike the latest Terminator movie, this upcoming game will outdo its predecessor (the thoroughly mediocre Terminator: Dawn of Fate). Mixing a variety of gameplay styles, movie footage, and original CGI, this game should deliver the coolness of the Terminator mythos as well as its incredible action. Read More »
Also known as: T3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 11, 2003
Publisher: Atari
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Release Date: January 22, 2004
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Random House; 336 pages; $25).
We tend to take too many things and people for granted in our lives. Please do not think I am preaching; I, too, am guilty. Often, our iPhones, iPads, kindles, and other such devices preoccupy our daily routines. The ping of an incoming message lures us to our screens like nothing else matters; our response to such stimuli is almost Pavlovian. We tend to tune out anything else that is going on around us. We forget those most important to us, and for that we are remiss.
We are not promised tomorrow. In these uncertain times of war and terrorism, we sometimes forget that each day is a miracle. Just take the events on July 20, 2012, when James Holmes killed twelve people and injured more than fifty others during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. During this brutal and senseless tragedy, people aided the wounded and pulled them to safety, even when their own lives were in danger. People banded together. In the days since the killings, we have heard many stories of bravery and hope despite the ugliness of the act. Funny how it seems we only become one in the face of a tragedy.
I ask you: If we are not safe in a movie theatre, where are we safe? The bleak answer I came up with was nowhere. It was a profound and scary realization.
However, during the shootings, I was lucky enough to be in the midst of reading a novel that managed to restore my faith in man. Although The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce is fiction, it can teach us a lot about life. Harold's inspirational journey changes his life and those closest to him. Harold is no superhero; rather, he is an ordinary man who does an extraordinary thing. We can all learn a lot from him.
Harold Fry is 65 and retired six months ago. He spends most of his time sitting in his chair. Estranged from his son, Harold has spent a lifetime not questioning and instead being meek and mild. In other words, Harold is the proper Englishman; he does not believe in rocking the boat. He and his wife, Maureen, sleep in separate rooms. Over the years their relationship has deteriorated. For years, "they had been in a place where language had no significance. She only had to look at him and she was wrenched to the past. Small words were exchanged and they were safe. They hovered over the surface of what could never be said, because that was unfathomable and would never be bridged."
Then, Harold receives a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old co-worker from twenty years ago. "It's—cancer," Harold tells Maureen. "Queenie," he explains, "is writing to say goodbye."
The news overcomes him. Harold writes her a note, but it just seems so darn inadequate. After a life of inaction, Harold is desperate to do something. What begins as a quick jaunt to mail Queenie's letter spirals into an unlikely journey of 87 days and 627 miles from Harold's home in Kingsbridge to Queenie's hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Harold's mindset is simple, really. He believes that as long as he keeps walking, Queenie "must live." Harold calls the hospice and begs one of the nuns to give Queenie a message: "Tell her Harold Fry is on his way. All she has to do is wait. Because I am going to save her, you see. I will keep walking and she must keep living."
You may laugh at Harold at first. I know I did. He sets off with just the clothes on his back and he even wears a tie. No fancy walking shoes for Harold. He just wears his trusted old yacht shoes. He has no water bottles or Powerade, no nutrition bars, and no cell phone. He does not even have that much money! I did not expect Harold to get very far, honestly, with no supplies and little money. I kept waiting for someone to murder him actually.
But, over time, I came to believe in Harold, too. His journey is difficult, though, as all quests must be. Maureen fails to understand why exactly Harold is undertaking this pilgrimage. She thinks her husband had an affair with Queenie.
Joyce throws many obstacles in Harold's path. Sometimes it seems as if he will never complete his expedition. His body fails him; his spirit plummets. Harold endures awful English weather and snickers from those who see an old man walking on the side of the road.
When he tells the people he meets along the way his story, many help him on his quest. Some provide plasters and tape for his feet; some give him food. Others give him a bed to sleep on. A few just listen. Many encourage him to keep going. Harold tells them about Queenie, and they, in turn, tell Harold their own stories—uplifting anecdotes of sick loved ones or even accounts of their own struggles in life. Harold internalizes their chronicles; they actually become a part of him. Funnily enough, Harold, in a nod to Forrest Gump and Jesus, attracts disciples. His groupies only end up distracting Harold, though, from his goal. But only temporarily.
The roadblocks Harold must navigate his way through mirror the obstacles we all must overcome in life. Like Harold, we must persevere, even when our goals seem impossible. Harold tells us, "I admit it is an awfully long way to Berwick. I admit I am wearing the wrong clothes. And I also admit I have not the training, or the physique, for my walk." Harold never gives up, though: "Even when a big part of me is saying I should give up, I can't. Even when I don't want to keep going, I still do it." He may falter, he may fall down, but he gets back up again.
Harold keeps his eye on the prize: getting to Queenie. For Harold, his journey is transformative. Harold is "beginning again." He learns "it was the smallness of people that filled him with wonder and tenderness." The world, he realizes, is "made up of people putting one foot in front of the other." One of the most profound of Harold's revelations is this: "everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this was the dilemma of being human." The Harold at the end of this story is not the same Harold we met in the beginning.
Joyce produces a life-affirming story. The novel is a tribute to her dad, who died of cancer. This book has Joyce's "heart in it," and it shows.
In these uncertain times, we're lucky to have Harold, an "Everyman" archetype, whose improbable journey fills us with hope and renews our faith in the human spirit. Harold and those he meets show there is still goodness in people, even when it seems the world is crazy. Harold goes on a 21st century pilgrimage and he takes us with him. You will root for this unlikely hero, and you will take a part of him with you. I guarantee it.


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Arizona Pizzeria "Reserves Right To Refuse Service To" Anti-Gay State Legislators
If Arizona state legislators find themselves wanting Chicago-style pizza in Tucson, they might be out of luck. In response to the state house's passage of a bill allowing refusal of service to gays, Rocco's Little Chicago Pizzeria has instituted a new policy of its own.
"We reserve the right to refuse service to Arizona legislators," the new sign posted at Rocco's warns. The caption for the image, which has already received nearly 5,000 shares and more than 10k likes, reads, "Funny how just being decent is starting to seem radical these days."
In addition to the above image posted on the restaurant's Facebook page, Rocco's owners posted this message to their Feed: "As a longtime employer and feeder of the gay community, Rocco's reserves the right to eject any State Senators we see fit to kick out. That is all."
Who wants to go to Rocco's for lunch?
What the business/professional community needs to do is to develop some kind of standard sign that says, "We don't discriminate against anyone" or "We're proud to serve everybody," or something of the sort. Display those prominently. Put decals on your doors. Attach them to your outdoor signs. That way, people who oppose this nonsense (and I suspect there are a lot of them) will know where to get their pizza or their oil changed or buy their groceries or get their medical care. The legislature has just dealt a blow to business owners and professionals all over the state. I don't know if you have a state sales tax, but if you do, they've also just dealt a blow to the state coffers. Discrimination is not only immoral, it's bad for business.
I've gotten together with a number of other private practice physicians and all called her office, telling them that we'll now be asking about patients' beliefs about the bill, and will be sending them elsewhere if they agree with it. Her office rep was SHOCKED, and I got to smile a little.
JayBird Your governor IS in favor of this. Don't forget she has been for a lot of legislation that has been controversial and "in the face" of the fed government. This is what happens when you mix religion with politics.This Bill is a 2 edged sword. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. The rest of the states with the same type of bill are in for a big surprise as well.


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The U.S. economy to 2022: settling into a new normal
No one could have predicted the length of time that the economy has required to recover. A variety of economic headwinds have battered the recovery, causing output growth to be somewhat slower than was expected in prior projections. Over the coming decade, growth is expected to be gradual but persistent, bringing the unemployment rate down and returning the macroeconomy to a more stable position.
Given the depth of the "Great Recession" and the economic troubles that the financial crisis has caused, few people were under the illusion that recovery would be immediate. However, many may not have anticipated the protracted time it has taken for the economy to strengthen. Since the end of the recession, the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) has grown at a rate of only 2.1 percent annually.1 A variety of economic headwinds have battered the recovery, keeping the growth of jobs and output slow. Tight credit conditions and high-risk aversion have prevented consumers and businesses alike from acting definitively. Interim solutions for the federal budget and the debt ceiling added further uncertainty to the economic climate, and substantial budget cuts acted as a drag on growth.2 Only recently have rebounds in home prices and construction, factors in prior recoveries, been evident. The Federal Reserve System continues to pursue bond-buying programs and is holding interest rates at the lower bound in response to low inflation rates and high unemployment. Based on historical standards, the current economy seems much less robust than would be expected 4 years after the official end of a recession.3
Moving forward, there are reasons to believe that growth will continue to be slower than was originally hoped. Annual U.S. GDP growth exceeding 3.0 percent, as experienced in the mid- to late 1990s and mid-2000s, is not expected to be attainable over the coming decade. The length and nature of the recession have left lasting scars on the economy.4 With the persistent high levels of long-term unemployment, a concern exists that individuals' skills will deteriorate or the individuals will become permanently discouraged from job seeking. High unemployment likely inhibited the usual churn that helps create better matches between worker skills and employer needs, hurting economic efficiency. Furthermore, restrained investment during the recession could be hindering growth prospects. A reluctance to grow capital stocks, implement new technologies, or fund new enterprises during the downturn can prevent businesses from reaping productivity gains in the subsequent years. Combined, these impacts may have lowered the growth rate of potential GDP. Following a downturn, a period of above-average growth is often expected to ensue, as output returns to its potential level. Instead of a few booming periods followed by average sustainable growth, growth is more reasonably expected to remain continually below prerecession rates.
Looking forward to 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, the Bureau) expects slower GDP growth to become the "new normal." In addition to the recession's impact on potential growth, the economy faces a number of hurdles. As the nation's demographic shift continues, with the baby-boom generation moving into retirement, the labor force participation rate will continue to decline, moderating growth. The need to keep the debt-to-GDP ratio under control will weigh heavily on fiscal decisions. Continued reductions to federal spending will slow growth5 and cap discretionary spending on projects that could create jobs or research and spawn technological progress. Housing remains one bright spot in the projections: even at slow rates, population growth implies a need to create homes for additional people, spurring activity in the construction sector.
1 Historical data come from the National Income and Product Accounts as of June 26, 2013, and are published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Data are available online at http://www.bea.gov/. Because the projections data are finalized well before publication, revised historical data, including changes made during the 2013 NIPA (National Income and Product Accounts) Comprehensive Revision, were not incorporated prior to publication. Unless noted, levels cited are measured in chain-weighted 2005 dollars. For a discussion of the uses and limitations of chain-type indexes, see J. Steven Landefeld and Robert P. Parker, "BEA's chain indexes, time series, and measures of long-term economic growth," Survey of Current Business, May 1997, http://www.bea.gov/scb/account_articles/national/0597od/maintext.htm.
2 See Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu, "Uncertainty and the slow labor market recovery," Economic Letter, no. 2013-21 (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, July 22, 2013), http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2013/july/us-labor-market-uncertainty-slow-recovery/.
3 The National Bureau of Economic Research is responsible for determining the official start and end dates of recessions in the United States. The most recent recession began in December 2007 and lasted through June 2009.
4 See speech by Ben S. Bernanke, "The economic recovery and economic policy," given at the New York Economic Club, November 20, 2012.
5 See Brian Lucking and Daniel Wilson, "U.S. fiscal policy: Headwind or tailwind?" Economic Letter, no. 2012-20 (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, July 2, 2012), http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2012/july/us-fiscal-policy/.


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I received my e-mail today from SS that Anakin will arrive at their warehouse in the next 15-20 days for processing. Can't wait!
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Diners and waitresses beam upon recognizing the familiar face of the woman eating a short stack of blueberry pancakes and sipping peppermint tea at an off-the-highway eatery in New Haven.
"What play are you in?" asks the gentleman as he catches the eye of the woman being interviewed.
"I'm directing August Wilson's 'Fences' at Long Wharf Theatre," says Phylicia Rashad, known widely as the mother Clair Huxtable in the hit TV series "The Cosby Show", which ran from 1984 to 1992.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Serena Williams, who won seven titles in 13 tournaments in 2012, has been voted WTA Player of the Year.
Williams was especially sharp in the second half of the year going 31-1 and winning at Wimbledon, Stanford, Calif., the Olympics, the U.S. Open and the WTA Championships. She lost three sets at Wimbledon but only one -- in the U.S. Open finals to world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka -- the rest of the year.
She opened the year winning 10 of her first 12 matches and then took 17-of-18 -- losing in the first round at the French Open -- before the stunning second-half run.
"I've always said if I'm playing well and doing everything right, it's really difficult to beat me," Williams said at the WTA Championships. "I still believe that, which is great that I can still kind of play that way.
"I feel like there are always ways for me to improve, but I think it's a true statement, without trying to sound really full of myself or anything."
It is the fourth time Williams has been voted Player of the Year. She also won in 2002, 2008 and 2009. Only Steffi Graf (eight) and Martina Navratilova (seven) have won the honor more times.
The WTA Player of the Year Award is determined by a vote of international tennis media members.
The WTA Doubles Team of the Year Award was won by Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. Errani also was voted the tour's Most Improved Player. Briton Laura Robson was named Newcomer of the Year.


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A musical journey to Paris
Join Eddie Bronson (accordion, saxophone, clarinet, vocal composer-songwriter) as he transports you to Paris. Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as "one of the most arresting sounds in Australian music", multi-instrumentalist Bronson has been an integral part of the folk and jazz music scene for the past four decades. Having toured extensively and worked with some of the world's best improvising musicians, Eddie brings his gypsy folk sound to the Gallery celebrating Eugene Atget: Old Paris.
Part of Art & About opening night 2012
Friday 21 September 2012, 5pm–8.30pm
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I will be fairly disappointed if he's one of the first acts on the main stage
I'ma ball at the mall shuttin' down the sea wall
It would be awesome if he had the P.O.S. slot from 2010. He was the first act of any Coachella for me, in a shaded tent. It was really special.
Hey OP, way to pick my 3 favorite Kendrick Lamar songs. YOU MOTHERFUCKER.
Cannot wait for this set. One of my favorite hip hop albums of the year.
Hopefully he's one of the first acts in a tent. I think it would be such an awesome way to kick off the fest.
kendrick the truth!
anybody hear his new track, Cartoon & Cereal?
pretty sweet, hope he plays it.
pretty much what i'll look like at this set
Can't wait for this set! Section.80 is definitely my favorite hip hop album from 2011. HiiiPOWER!!
Bonnaroo - 07, 10
Coachella - 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1
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Outside Lands - 08, 10, 15
Rock The Bells - 11
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I'ma ball at the mall shuttin' down the sea wall
Originally Posted by bobert
With a little help from LSD and Tool, I found God at Coachella.......
left his set at the Fader Fort. Section.80 is one of my favorite albums in a long time, but even that stage seemed too big for him.
11/21 - Pearl Jam - Viejas Arena
I'm going crazy when he drops this song!
I could most def see a Schoolboy Q guest spot this weekend. Either with A$AP or Kendrick; he's collabed with both
I really hope Schoolboy shows up. He should have his own set...
For sure one of my favorite lineup discoveries. So fresh and original.
Nardwuar returned from SXSW and just started posting some of his freshly edited interviews including Lamar. You may remember Nardwuar's interview with Odd Futre last year and all his other rapper interviews.
At 7:20 or so it includes a "hip hop sightseeing tour" flyer which I found a stack of 20 of them at an LA hostel and gave them to him when I returned up to Vancouver. It's as ridiculous as it sounds.
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Nardwuar annoys me but he did his homework, Great interview.
and lol at the hip hop sightseeing tour, I can't imagine anyone paying money to do so. I live 5 minutes away from the Watts towers and I've never seen that flyer/people sightseeing around here lol.
On another note, I think this confirms no Schoolboy Q with Kendrick at Coachella
Well at least not Weekend 2
"This guy Kendrick Lamar is really incredible. Can't wait to have him at Soundset this year. I'm not the first or last to say this, but he's the brightest light in his generation of artists. If you haven't heard his free project Section 80, I'd highly suggest it. The story about him seeing Pac and Dre as a kid is the shit."
Brother Ali yesterday on facebook
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With a little help from LSD and Tool, I found God at Coachella.......
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With so much data, why is work getting harder?
As I'm sure you recall we've been conducting a survey called: "Leading in an age of unbounded data." Last week we shared some of the initial results with nGenera Insight members. We've already seen some fascinating results as we heard from close to 80 enterprise class organizations, most of them global. Respondents tended to be at the Director-Executive level, across all functions.
Over 90% of respondents consider data as a strategic asset and in the last 12 months, close to 60% have seen an increase in the number of data sources that they use to make decisions. I had assumed that more data meant that they were able to apply all this new information to do their jobs more effectively. I was wrong. Only 33% reported that they had the right amount of data to do their jobs! How come? Isn't all of this data supposed to be helpful? Where is the disconnect?


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Get out the video cameras to monitor evil again. Another family experiences supernatural terror in this installment of the cost-effective franchise, which moves forward in time from the initial tale but still retains familiar elements for those familiar with the preceding films.
Original co-star Katie Featherston appears again as a linking factor between the stories, and Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ("Catfish") return from the series' third film as directors. *** (R and unrated versions: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)
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Friday, October 28, 2005
Pickoff Moves, Bedtime Edition
Roster Moves
- The Reds declined mutual options with Rich Aurilia and former Angel Ramon Ortiz. Ortiz's option was worth $4.55 million.
- The Giants re-signed Jeff Fassero, for $750,000 and one year. Fassero will be 44 in January.
- The Cubs declined a mutual option on Jeromy Burnitz. They also picked up the option on Todd Walker.
Phillies To Move Fences At Citizens Bank ParkOne of the most homer-happy parks in the majors, Citizens Bank Park, will have the fences extended in the offseason, at least, in left field.
Kevin Towers To Stay In San DiegoNot much of a surprise -- for now -- but GM Kevin Towers will stay put, despite his discussions with Arizona about their previously vacant position.
OT: George "Sulu" Takei: "I'm Gay"Rest of World: No, really?
if hensen and jackson had reliable sources, it truly is a tragedy. if depodesta is fired, i have no faith in the mccourts as owners anymore.
Thanks for the note, Mat. I didn't see it last night and I barely have time to get into the shower and up to Lancaster for a wedding, but I did manage to get something off because of your note.
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At least Santa, you can take it or leave it, no one was killed or maimed in the name of "Santa". The tradition of observing a secular Christmas is that it brings family together, have fun, and makes kids happy, unlike the other.
When my sister was in Antartica in 2000 she brought my children then still very young a letter from Santa with a stamp on it. So Santa must be real LOL
Actually, I find it much easier to believe in Santa than in God. Top ten reasons:
1) I know Santa looks like Charles Durning, but I have no clue what God looks like.
2) I know where Santa lives, but where the Hell is Heaven?
3) It's easier to imagine Santa circumnavigating the earth in a reindeer-powered sleigh in a single night than it is to believe God can create the world in 6 days, or that He can hear and pass judgment on millions upon millions of prayers every day.
4) Santa will not bring me gifts if I'm naughty instead of nice; God will send me to Hell.
5) I've seen Santa in movies and on TV, but never God (except for the History Channel).
6) Santa leaves me presents under the tree every Xmas. God has never left me anything.
7) A lawyer proved God is real in "Miracle on 34th Street," but no lawyer has successfully made the same case in court for God's existence.
8) Every year, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the "Lifetime" and "Hallmark" Channels present an avalanche of TV movies about Santa, his wife, or his son coming down from the North Pole. But God has yet to make an appearance in any Larry Levinson movie.
9) Santa doesn't hurt people; God leads crusades, inquisitions, ethnic cleansing, slaughters of innocent men, women, and children, etc.
10) I can conceive of Santa Claus taking a leak, but God? Come on!


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb Lady Bison soccer team will hit the road this weekend for the end of what will end up being a four-game road trip. For this weekend's matches, the Lady Bisons will be in Starkville, Miss., at the Mississippi State Bulldog Classic. Friday, Lipscomb will face Southern Miss in a 4 p.m. match, and will face off against host Mississippi State Sunday at 2 p.m.
Lipscomb enters the weekend with a 1-3-1 mark. The Lady Bison fell to a tough Chattanooga squad, 2-0, last Friday for their second loss in a row. Sunday's match at Jackson State was washed out due to the effects of Tropical Storm Lee.
Lipscomb will need to get the offense back on track this weekend after failing to score in their past two games. Senior Meghan McGuire, the Lady Bison's leading scorer, hasn't scored since Aug. 26 against Nicholls State.
Junior keeper Erin Zerio has made 20 saves and owns a 1.15 goals against average heading into the weekend; the Novi, Mich., native has established herself as one of the better netminders in the Atlantic Sun.
This weekend marks the first time Lipscomb will face Southern Miss or Mississippi State. While the Golden Eagles so far have no common opponents with the Lady Bison, Mississippi State fell to Arkansas State, 3-1, on Aug. 21. Lipscomb drew with the Red Wolves, 1-1, to open the season on Aug. 19.
The Golden Eagles have gotten off to a 2-2-1 start with wins coming against Jacksonville State and Southeast Louisiana. The offense, led by junior Jordan Wagner's four goals, has found its footing in the preceding three games, netting seven goals.
Mississippi State enters the weekend at 1-3-0, with a 1-0 victory over Jackson State halting a three-match losing streak to the likes of Arkansas State, UC Riverside and UC Irvine to begin 2011. The Bulldogs have mustered a mere two goals on the season, and just one in their previous three contests.
Lipscomb will finally return home to take on Austin Peay Thursday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m., and will travel to Cookeville for a match with another Ohio Valley Conference foe (Tennessee Tech), Sep. 18 at 3 p.m.
Check back on Lipscombsports.com for more information on the Lady Bison soccer team, and be sure to follow us on Twitter (@Lipscombwsoccer) and like us on Facebook (Lipscomb Women's Soccer).
- Heading in to the season's fourth week, Mercer remains the only undefeated squad in the Atlantic Sun at 4-0-0. Hot on the Bears heels are Florida Gulf Coast (4-1-0) and ETSU (3-2-0).
- McGuire is tied for seventh in the conference with two goals, and is tied with a host of conference players for second with one game-winning goal.
- Zerio is sixth in the conference in goals against average (1.15 GAA), saves (20) and saves per game (4.0).


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Note From Designer: I wanted to make collared kaftans since quite some time. In this one I have tried that along with flowy sleeves which gave surprisingly oriental vibe. So here it is, the "Oriental Delight" I used Vibrant Foliage fabric in Lilac to go with the flowy feel of the kaftan.
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I had a wonderful long weekend. It marked the first time since November I've truly had a free weekend to cook and bake in a relaxed manner, in addition to a couple of swell meals out of the house. There was no special occasion, I wasn't prepping for a dinner party or the week ahead, I was simply in my kitchen. No rush required.
Here's the weekend, foodwise, including the casual, pasta from Isa's latest PPK test kitchen, a return to Bay Leaf, cookies, and the first BOH dinner.
If all I eat are quinoa and black bean bowls covered with queso for the next week, it's fine by me.
The following pasta meal is a dish from Isa's latest book in progress, with the working title, "Isa Does It". I skipped the toasted walnuts (dang you, potential allergy woes) and topped it with roasted sunflower seeds. I've been hooked lately.
Olive Angel Hair with Seared Brussel Sprouts
Chocolate Chip Cookies from Vegan with a Vengeance
From lunch at Bay Leaf. I hadn't been in quite some time, and my girlfriend had never. Their hot and sour soup and Sizzling Tofu is my go-to meal when I'm sick.
Sometimes it's nice to dine somewhere where the dishes stay the same, time after time. It's even nicer to say that place is a vegetarian restaurant (somewhat) down the street.
Most of the time, I crave variety in my dishes, and I choose to dine out because I desire the experience of new dishes, different cuisines, creative dining, interesting textures – everything I don't, and probably can't – try in my own little kitchen.
Dry Rosé, Winter's Hill, Portobello's kitchen
Over the weekend, I was invited to attend the first BOH dinner at Portobello Vegan Trattoria, which never stopped impressing, course by course. It started with a miniature potato pancake smaller than my thumb, moved onto a kimchi and kumquat (among other things) adorned green onion pancake, on-wards to beet and pinenut-filled ravioli with blood orange sauce and moscatel syrup (and more), two more stunning courses (both on the plate and in my mouth), and this rarely ever happens with me, but my favorite of them all, if you forced me to pick, was the finale: a miniature slice of sweet potato bourbon pie, topped with housemade coconut ice cream and caramel sauce. Yeah. The full menu is on the facebook.
Of course, I was already a big fan of Portland's vegan Italian spot and moan about gnocchi pretty much whenever it's mentioned, but this experience was damn avant-garde. Bear with my phone photos, and head over to their facebook page for a full album of much higher quality.
Up ahead, a thankfully short week ahead capped off with a visit from my sister from NYC, bagels in tow.


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The South-Western Board of Education is expected to vote on a number of new and revised policies at its Jan. 28 meeting.
The South-Western Board of Education is expected to vote on a number of new and revised policies at its Jan. 28 meeting.
The board held first readings of the policies at its Jan. 14 meeting. The new policies include adopting the new "Third-Grade Reading Guarantee" the state is requiring districts to implement for the 2013-14 school year.
The guarantee states that starting with next year's third-grade class, schools cannot promote to fourth grade students who score below a certain level on the state reading achievement test. The threshold score is just below the actual passing score on the test.
The policy states that students will be evaluated as being either "on track" or "not on track" after they take a diagnostic assessment by Sept. 30 of each school year.
"Not on track" means the student is not reading at the expected level for third grade.
Parents of "not on track" students will receive notice of the evaluation and an explanation of the services being provided to the student and proposed supplemental instruction services. Parents also will be told that unless their child attains an appropriate level of reading competency by the end of third grade, they will not be promoted to fourth grade.
The district will immediately begin reading intervention for students not on track, develop a reading improvement and monitoring plan within 60 days of the reading deficiency being identified, and provide each student with teachers who have either passed a reading instruction test or have a reading endorsement on their teaching license.
Students can still be promoted if they are learning English, receiving special education services or have passed a state-approved alternative reading test. They also can be promoted if they previously have shown deficiencies in reading, been held back and received additional help.
Other policies the board is expected to adopt on Jan. 28 include a new provision providing whistleblowers protection from discipline, retaliation or reprisal.
The board will also be voting on revising employment policies to remove the requirement that any applicant under final consideration for a position in the district must complete a form demonstrating they have not provided material assistance to a terrorist organization.


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WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The departing chief of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service says he takes the blame for planting a question about the targeting of conservative political groups.
In testimony Tuesday before the Senate Finance Committee, Steven Miller, who resigned last week as acting director of the IRS in the wake of the scandal, said he takes responsibility for planting a question May 10 at an American Bar Association meeting that prompted senior tax official Lois Lerner to make a so-called "spontaneous" apology for targeting certain groups seeking tax exempt status.
Miller said IRS officials knew an audit by the treasury inspector general was about to be released and wanted to "get out an apology."
"Well, I will take responsibility for that," he said. "Obviously, the entire thing was an incredibly bad idea."
White House press secretary Jay Carney said senior White House staff were made aware in April of the findings of the inspector general's report on the IRS targeting and had discussed how and when the information should be revealed. Carney, however, said the decision by the IRS to plant the question came from outside the White House, The Hill reported Tuesday.
Carney said Mark Childress, the White House deputy chief of staff, had spoken with Lerner, the IRS division head for tax-exempt groups, about the possibility that either Lerner would reveal the misconduct in a speech or that Miller could receive questions about the investigation in congressional testimony.
Carney said Tuesday he was confident that nobody in the White House was aware of the investigation before April 16.
Miller, in his testimony Tuesday, denied the agency's targeting of conservative groups was political. He offered an apology but described the targeting as "foolish mistakes" rather than partisanship.
"I do not believe that partisanship motivated the people who engaged in the practices described in the treasury inspector general's report. I've reviewed the report and I believe its conclusions are consistent with that," he said. "I think what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection. The listing described in the report, while intolerable, was a mistake and not an act of partisanship."
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George testified Tuesday the IRS used "inappropriate criteria" to target organizations based on their names and policy positions from 2010 to June 2011.
"We found that the first time executives from Washington, D.C., became aware of the use of these criteria was June 2011 with some executives not becoming aware of the criteria until April or May 2012," George said.
It was May 2012 before the criteria were finally changed to be consistent with laws and regulations, he said.
Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, a Bush appointee who led the agency from March 2008 to November 2012, was asked Tuesday why he failed to disclose his knowledge of the improper screening last year when he was first made aware in the spring of 2012 of a list that designated certain groups for extra scrutiny.
While he was aware the term "tea party" was a criterion, he said he didn't know what other words were on the list. He denied misleading Congress last year when he repeatedly said that there was no such targeting.
U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, took Shulman to task for failing to disclose what he knew to Congress last year.
"You should have corrected the record and you should have done it long before today," Hatch said.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said the IRS has "lost the public's trust."
"The American people have every right to be outraged," Baucus said. "Targeting groups based on their political views is not only inappropriate, it is intolerable. We need to understand how and why this targeting occurred. We need to know who was involved and who was responsible. We need to install new safeguards to ensure this targeting never happens again."
The Senate panel has demanded the IRS provide documents about possible White House involvement in or knowledge of the targeting.
The panel has sent a letter demanding the IRS provide "documents relating to communications between any and all IRS employees and any and all White House employees, including, but not limited to, the president, regarding the targeting."
The document also demanded the identity "by name, grade and position title" of "every IRS supervisor, IRS manager or other IRS employee who became aware that any individual in the White House or Treasury Department became aware of any improper targeting."
The lawmakers gave the IRS until May 31 to answer all 41 questions.
Shulman and George are to appear Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, headed by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
The Wednesday witness list also includes Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal S. Wolin and Lerner.
This would be Lerner's first congressional testimony since she unexpectedly made the IRS targeting scenario public.


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Beyonce Pepsi Ad: Singer Embraces 'Past' Sasha Fierce (VIDEO)
Beyonce debuted her new Pepsi commercial Thursday as part of a co-branding deal estimated to be worth $50 million.
The Grammy award-winning singer had fans in a frenzy Wednesday when she released a 6-second teaser video advising viewers to tune in for an announcement early Thursday. At 9 a.m. ET, Beyonce debuted a 60-second ad which marks the singer's fifth TV ad for Pepsi since 2002.
The ad begins with the pop star practicing risqué dance moves before quenching her thirst with none other than a cold can of Pepsi.
Beyonce then appears to be bewildered when she sees mirror images of her alter ego Sasha Fierce from past music videos including her hits "Bootylicious," "Crazy In Love," "Single Ladies;" "Love On Top;" "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Boy."
The singer eventually embraces the images and even dances to an upbeat track along with her reflections in the mirror.
"Embrace your past, but live for now," she says in closing.
In December it was revealed that Beyonce, 31, signed a lucrative new deal with Coca-Cola's rival as part of an effort to collaborate and evolve both brands. The ad concept is not surprising, considering the singer recently revealed that she will no longer use Sasha Fierce in her work.
"Sasha Fierce is done. I killed her," Beyonce told Allure magazine.
The married mother of one previously adopted the alter ego in a bid to gain confidence during performances. Sasha Fierce previously helped Beyonce comfortably transition from shy to sexy before putting on high energy performances, but she insists that she no longer needs an alter ego.
"I don't need Sasha Fierce anymore, because I've grown and now I'm able to merge the two," she explained.
The multifaceted and lucrative Pepsi deal allows Beyonce to promote her own personal projects, which include an upcoming album due for release in 2013.
At the same time, she will promote the Pepsi brand through scheduled appearances like her widely applauded Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show, which Pepsi sponsored. Beyonce will also appear on limited edition Pepsi cans.
"Consumers are seeking a much greater authenticity in marketing from the brands they love," said Brad Jakeman, president of PepsiCo's global beverage group.
"It's caused a shift in the way we think about deals with artists, from a transactional deal to a mutually beneficial collaboration," he added.
To watch Beyonce's latest Pepsi commercial, click below (WARNING: Adult content).


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Yes it's happening again this year, though the route may change.
I'm planning to leave Perth early October for my annual trip to Kalbarri and return. I might vary the route this year and take the quieter coastal highway instead of the Brand Highway.
It's a fully loaded tour, mostly stealth camping. If anyone is interested in coming along for the ride, you are most welcome in either direction.
I'll be hauling the BOB trailer, complete with stove and all of the other goodies. It's a no rush tour. I get there, when I arrive
I believe that we may be met on the road and have some company in the vicinity of Kalbarri by another cycle tourist, with a possible side trip to the scenic coastal town of Port Gregory.
I'm also hoping to push north to Galena Bridge for a day ride, maybe further north if possible and time permits.
If anyone is interested in coming along for the tour, PM me. The route and travel times are pretty flexible.
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I'm driving up to Kalbarri on the 6th October (with wife and kids (and parents in tow!))so I'll look out for you on the road (although I'll probably miss you if you're avoiding the Brand Highway).
How long does the trip take? (I know you're not in a rush but what do you anticipate timewise?)
How long does the trip take? (I know you're not in a rush but what do you anticipate timewise?)
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gdl_gdl wrote:How long does the trip take? (I know you're not in a rush but what do you anticipate timewise?)
My record is 5 days riding (4 overnights) but that was on a heavily loaded MTB pulling the BOB trailer, pushing some bad head winds.
This time I'm on the road tourer, and traveling a lot lighter. If I can get the right winds, I may cut it down to 4 days or less.
Around the 6th October I should be on the Brand highway somewhere, or the lower road to Kalbarri. The trailer is fitted with 2 rear yellow flags, so I'm not hard to miss.
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Kalgrm wrote:Is it paved all the way or are there dirt stretches?
It's paved all of the way, except for the odd road works stretches.
Kalgrm wrote:Edit: and how far are you planning to ride each day? Hours and kms ....
It varies each day, but I plan to average somewhere from 80 - 120 kms a day. I always know that day 2 is not a good one for me on any tour, so I push it out on the first day, lose a bit on the second, then average out over the rest of the days.
Riding time per days varies, but I like to do at least 6 - 7 hours.
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Postby heavymetal » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:21 pm
Kalgrm wrote:Is it paved all the way or are there dirt stretches?
I found a short cut today from my place (Wanneroo area) to Muchea. It's meant to be a road, but it's limestone with sand, mud and rocks. It's only 20 kms though
However I might not use this short cut on the way out, but look for the paved shortcut further north from here.
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Our mission is to promote and encourage active participation in the preservation of Tennessee's rich historic, cultural, architectural and archeological heritage through restoration, education, advocacy and statewide cooperation.
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The Narrows Center for the Arts is exhibiting the artwork of New Bedford sculptor John Magnan through March 30. The public is invited with free admission to the opening reception for "Strangers in Class: Gazing Across the Economic Divide" from 2 to 4 p.m. today.
The Narrows Center for the Arts is exhibiting the artwork of New Bedford sculptor John Magnan through March 30. The public is invited with free admission to the opening reception for "Strangers in Class: Gazing Across the Economic Divide" from 2 to 4 p.m. today.
Magnan's wood sculptures — including a life-size car tire carved in walnut and ash, exquisitely-carved life-size manhole covers and a six-foot plutocrat chess piece surrounded by its many pawns — are not only visually stunning but carry a message. The pieces are visual explorations into "how people in different economic classes perceive each other," Magnan said in a press release. "Do we even acknowledge class differences in our country today? Is it possible for people holding very different portions of our wealth to recognize each other? This exhibit is an exploration of how we view each other across the economic divide."
Magnan's sculpture "Invisible in Waiting" includes 1,024 recycled water bottles filled with different colors of sawdust and covers more than 32 feet of wall space.
"Seventy percent of those living below the poverty line have jobs. Working around us every day, they bus tables, clean buildings, stock shelves and work the registers in stores across the country. Always there, and often invisible, they are the working poor, trying to make a living on low, part time wages, without benefits," Magnan said.
A lifelong woodworker, Magnan, of New Bedford, began his artistic career in 1995 and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from UMass Dartmouth in 1999. "I've presented solo exhibits in 20 galleries, museums and alternative spaces across the country, and the gallery at Narrows Center for the Arts is the best of them all. Its angular layout, nooks and crannies raised the quality of my show by stimulating me to present the work in creative and unexpected ways," he said.
"We're ecstatic to have such gorgeous pieces by such a talented artist on display here in our Narrows Gallery. It's especially meaningful to host a local artist from New Bedford — Fall River's sister city in many ways," said Patrick Norton, executive director of the Narrows Center.
The Narrows is located at 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment. Admission is free during regular gallery hours. Concertgoers are welcome to view the artwork on performance night.
For more information, visit www.narrowscenter.org or call (508) 324-1926.


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Petroleum activity is currently Norway's largest industry, and further development in the Arctic is expected to bring new potential for local value creation and development. Sea ice presents a novel challenge to planning, development, and production in the area. License blocks nominated for the 23rd licence round lie in seasonally ice-covered areas.
The petroleum industry on the Norwegian continental shelf aims to be a world leader in ensuring environmental soundness, calling for the interaction of oil with sea ice, its fate, transport, and detection to be understood.
"Microscale interaction of oil with sea ice for detection and environmental risk management in sustainable operations" (MOSIDEO) is a research project aiming at understanding the fundamental science of oil behaviour in the sea ice pore space through experiments, observation, and modelling.
Pore-scale understanding of the fate of oil in sea ice is limited due to
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MOSIDEO will develop methodology and equipment that overcomes these challenges. Intercomparisons with different tools will show potential and limits of alternative methods of pore scale investigations, and interpretation of radar signals in the context of oil distribution will be investigated.
MOSIDEO will perform coordinated experiments and modelling at the both pore scale and effective medium scale to find formulations best suited to predict oil entrapment, migration and release in and from sea ice.
Results will improve oil fate and dispersion models in sea ice-covered waters, and advance radar remote sensing techniques for oil detection in sea ice, supporting the decision process of stakeholders in risk assessment and spill response..
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The primary objective of the research project "Microscale interaction of oil with sea ice for detection and environmental risk management in sustainable operations" (MOSIDEO) is to advance our knowledge of the interactions between oil and sea ice pore structure and develop parametrised description of oil behaviour and its influence on radar signals.
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Contests and giveaways are a great way to attract new customers and advertise your business. Before you start spreading the word about your prizes, there are a few regulations you need to be aware of.
What information do you need to provide?
The Promotional Contest Provision of the Competition Act requires you to disclose information about the prizes and chance of winning to contest participants. This includes:
- Number and value of prizes
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- Chances of winning
- Series of prizes over specific timeframes
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- Any skill-testing questions
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You need to display this information clearly, for example on the outside of the product packaging or via an obvious in-store display.
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The Criminal Code does not allow contests that involve an element of chance unless an element of skill is included. A simple skill-testing question is often used to meet that requirement, but you can use other methods too.
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If you host a promotional contest for your business that breaks the rules outlined in the Competition Act and the Criminal Code, the penalties include publishing corrective notices, paying fines, and jail terms of up to 2 years. If you are unsure whether your contest meets the rules, you can discuss it with your lawyer or contact the Competition Bureau for a written opinion.
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Check out our section on Marketing, advertising and sales regulations to find out about other rules that you need to know.
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