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Special equipment: Cheesecloth, kitchen twine
Make a bouquet garni by placing the 3 sprigs thyme, parsley, garlic cloves, and peppercorns in cheesecloth and tying with kitchen twine. Add wine, water, and bouquet garni to a large saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add the clams, cover with a lid, and cook until clams open. Strain the clams into a bowl, reserving both the juice and clams.
Return the pan to the heat, add olive oil, and heat over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook until crispy. Add onion and cook for 1 minute. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add celery and carrot and cook until tender. Sprinkle flour into pan, stir to make a roux, and cook until flour is incorporated; do not let roux brown. Add more oil if mixture seems dry.
Add 1 more fresh thyme sprig, and return the strained clam cooking liquid to the pan and bring to a simmer for 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Add potato, milk, lemon juice, and cayenne and simmer until potato is tender. Meanwhile, remove clams from their shells and roughly chop clams. When potato is tender, add clams back into the pan, add cream, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir to combine, and as soon as clams are heated through, remove from the heat.
Ladle soup into serving bowls. Garnish each with croutons and a sprig of fresh thyme. Serve immediately.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Place bread cubes in a large bowl. Drizzle with garlic and chili oil and sprinkle with parsley. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and toss well. Pour onto a sheet pan in 1 even layer and bake until crispy and golden brown, about 10 minutes. Serve on top of chowder.
In a small saucepan, combine the garlic cloves and olive oil and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat and simmer until the garlic begins to turn brown, 10 to 15 minutes. (Do not let the garlic get too brown or the oil will have a bitter taste.)
Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. Add the red pepper flakes and infuse for at least 2 hours to allow the flavors to blend. Refrigerate in a covered container for up to 2 weeks.
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Mari Berkomunitas Di Faceblog Forum - community- Indonesian blogger social networking - Mari Berkomunitas Di Faceblog
Maybe some friend will ask what it Faceblog? Faceblog is a social networking service that is intended specifically for the Indonesia-based microblogging bloggers like twitter or facebook and tumble as we have known before. In Faceblog bloggers interact with each other freely by using the concept of message / short posts of 350 characters that can be attached with pictures, links, videos, files, etc..
Faceblog is an online community based microblogging services like twitter and yahoo koprol as we know, but certainly Faceblog has unique characteristics compared to both. Faceblog specifically intended for bloggers Indonesia as a place to congregate, communicate, and interact with each other. But do not rule out the possibility that, Faceblog was open to the public.
Faceblog was founded in late 2010 the past by someone who is often greeted by name and happy Elfaz Kang. In the presence of Faceblog expected to help the bloggers in particular and generally to perform virtual community social network in cyberspace is secure, fast, and easy.
Faceblog name really was impressed mimic the Facebook social networking service. There are some friends who disagree and feel less comfortable with the term, but we remain optimistic and confident that the naming is not meaningful in the context of plagiarism or other damage to brand the service, yet in terms of service and the targets were different, the Facebook social networking are common while Faceblog special nature of social blogging for bloggers Indonesia. We look forward, hopefully naming gives blessing and not cause problems of course.
To temporarily use the domain mari berkomunitas di faceblog Indonesia that is personal that is. Web.id, expected future we can patent the domain that will be used by Faceblog. In the future we plan to use the initials of commercial domains such as. Com and. Co.id, but until now his name is still used by others.
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Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (NYSE:DEA) is based in Washington, D.C., and focuses primarily on the acquisition, development and management of Class A commercial properties that are leased to the U.S. Government. Easterly's experienced management team brings specialized insight into the strategy and needs of mission-critical U.S. Government agencies for properties leased through the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). For further information on the company and its properties, please visit www.easterlyreit.com.


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text: MONTERREY, MEXICO — An opposition party has discovered what it says are millions of false registrations for Sunday's elections. The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) blames computer errors and promises the ''ghost voters'' will be removed from the rolls. Bernardo Batiz, general secretary of the National Action Party (PAN): ''We're not satisfied.'' PAN filed suit against the National Election Registry in Chihuahua state and plans more legal action throughout Mexico. Batiz charged the padded rolls were a PRI attempt to steal the election. Governors of seven states, members of the national Congress and some state and municipal officers are to be selected Sunday.


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(Video) How To Get Buddy-Buddy With Stress
Strategies for health, happiness and personal success.
Stress usually brings up rather negative feelings in people. It's the thing that makes your heart pound, your breath quicken and your hands sweaty. But while stress has been made into a health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if that's what you believe. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges everyone to see stress as positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
"I no longer want to get rid of your stress. I want to make you better at stress."
Self Development
It's My Job And I'll Cry If I Want To: The Case For Showing Emotions In The Workplace
Allowing workers to show their true selves has its benefits.
In a society that values strength, independence and self-reliance above all else, why express yourself? Why go out on a limb to reveal anything other than the highlight reel you post on social media in any situation, let alone in the setting where it could cost you the most: At work?
As it turns out, it could pay off in a big way.
Corporate robots are a dying breed
In today's professional landscape, people want to bring their whole selves to work, even if doing so would break from the norms of "professionalism." Millennials want work-life integration, not just work-life balance, meaning they're not going to leave their emotions at home and send a cold, feeling-less, in-control-at-all-times automaton to the office in their place.
The insane precedent we've set for employees to remove so much of themselves from their professional lives is not only unhealthy for individuals; it's also costing their employers in huge ways, even cutting enormous chunks out of corporate bottom lines.
By creating a workplace that does not allow people to share who they are, employers are essentially ensuring widespread workforce disengagement and high turnover.
I have a (somewhat) radial recommendation to overcome this massive issue: Cry at work.
Related: How to Harness Your Emotions
So, you want my employees to be crying – in the office?
Yes and no. In a perfect world, your employees would be perfectly balanced in their workloads and satisfied in their roles. They would never feel overwhelmed or dejected, and the need for showing negative emotions in the office wouldn't exist.
We all know that's not the world we live in. With the insanely fast pace of business these days, it's likely that your team is going to feel frustration, anger, sadness and a whole host of other unpleasant emotions in the office.
I firmly believe that allowing, and even encouraging them to process these feelings outwardly is essential to having a successful business.
Here's a personal example so you can see that it's not as scary as it seems
One experience during last year's holiday "break" led me to the brink of exhaustion. My team and I thought most people would be offline, but instead, our clients were in need of assistance, and I ended up picking up a heavy load because we hadn't planned accordingly. I was working until the late hours every night during a week I had planned to spend with my family, and I was frustrated. This was directly impacting my health, and I was putting my professional success in front of my own personal and physical health.
After the holiday, during our weekly check-in, I expressed this frustration with the entire team. I cried during this call, explaining that I had felt really alone and like I could not really depend on anyone. I empathized that I knew everyone worked so unbelievably hard and that we all needed this break, but ultimately we hadn't set ourselves up for success. We had to work harder and smarter so that we could truly take a well-deserved break and be present with our loved ones and ourselves.
The team responded immediately, and not only understood my perspective, but jumped into shape to do the work. In the end, we were able to satisfy our clients' needs and set aside a time of rest for all of us, including myself.
Sometimes tears are the most productive solution, because they show your humanity and rally your colleagues to support you.
Related: 10 Ways Smart People Stay Calm
OK, I get the picture; now what do I do?
There are so many strategies you can try to create an expressive, engaged workplace in which everyone can show how they really feel, but the ones I recommend starting with are:
1. Encourage expression
Create an environment where people can openly share their emotions, whether that's an all-team happy hour when a new client is won, or encouraging employees to vent their frustration on a tough day. Sometimes, this even means encouraging crying in the office.
A 2001 study by Vanessa Urch Druskat and Steve B Wolff found that teams who score high on tests for emotional intelligence (or emotional quotient, EQ) perform markedly better than those who score poorly. "Our research shows that, just like individuals, the most effective teams are emotionally intelligent ones."
And they aren't the only ones preaching the EQ gospel. Their findings have been replicated by hundreds of workplace and emotional researchers and published in dozens of peer-reviewed journals.
One of the most effective strategies that my company, CatalystCreativ, has used to help businesses create a more empathetic and expressive culture is teaching ways to foster traditionally "feminine" traits above more "masculine" ones. By valuing and expressing traits such as receptivity, surrender, vulnerability and tenderness, employees of all genders show higher rates of engagement and job satisfaction, and companies themselves perform better.
Think your male managers won't go for it? That would objectively be a bad choice. A 2011 study conducted at Stanford examined feminine and masculine traits in male and female employees, and compared these traits to their rates of promotion compared to their peers. The results were surprising: "Feminine" men got two times the promotions of their traditionally masculine peers.
Those workers able to blend feminine and masculine traits in the workplace tend to excel beyond their peers, and companies that encourage this expression among all employees will reap the financial rewards.
2. Reduce stress
Although all workplaces today are somewhat stress-inducing, those that discourage emotional expression are particularly problematic.
By not crying and sharing emotions, employees are bottling in stress. I could site literally thousands of sources explaining that stress is horrible for health, and everyone is now aware of its awful effects, which extend to harming work productivity.
Professor Roger Baker, a clinical psychologist and professor at Bournemouth University in the U.K., claims that "crying is the transformation of distress into something tangible, and that the process itself helps to reduce the feeling of trauma." And he's not the only one who feels this way.
William Frey, a biochemist at St Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, found that tears contain the stress hormones prolactin and adrenocorticotropic hormone, meaning that crying literally flushes stress-causing chemicals out of the body.
If you're still unconvinced about allowing, and even encouraging, your employees to cry in the workplace, consider this: Stress costs U.S. companies $300 billion per year, due to health care and missed work days alone. And while eliminating all stress is impossible, allowing employees to process and express it is the only way to reduce its negative effects on your business.
So, if you're reading this as an employee, go big. I encourage you to show up to work as your whole self every day. If you're an organisational leader, I hope you recognise the absolute necessity of creating a more open workplace for your employees. One in which they can celebrate, laugh, talk about their real selves and yes, even cry.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
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The 5 Gut-Check Questions Confronting Entrepreneurs Every Day
The day you forget why you began is the day you're done.
Entrepreneurs make an astounding number of decisions daily. They are faced with choosing which opportunities to move on and must solve problems big and small.
By setting up a framework of questions to ask yourself daily, you'll give yourself some markers to help guide you through these difficult situations. Knowing where you stand on these questions will empower you to make good choices that ultimately lead you to your desired outcome. It will give you a deeper understanding of your motivations and your feelings about your business, and can help you clarify future plans.
Here are five powerful questions all entrepreneurs should ask themselves daily to ensure they are consistently moving toward their goals and making the best decisions for themselves and their business. Ask yourself these questions with an honest and open mind, and see where they take you.
1. Why are you doing this?
What makes this one little question so powerful is that it forces you to examine your desires and impulses, and helps you chart how those motivations change over time. It forces you to look at things from a different perspective. Asking yourself this question every day reaffirms your ambitions and the mindset behind why you are doing what you're doing. If you don't know why, you're in trouble!
Related: Entrepreneurship Is All About Overcoming Obstacles
Asking this question opens the door to a plethora of other questions that will give you food for thought. What is the reason for launching your business? Why are you passionate about doing this? Are you the right person to run this business? These answers may change over time. At first it may seem difficult to truly nail down the "why" behind your motivations. Maybe there are competing interests that are driving you. But when you really think about it and drill down into this question, there's probably a simple answer. Just be sure you're being truthful with yourself.
Why you do something also gives rise to the question: what do you hope to achieve? You need to know what your end game looks like, and what success means to you. Is it about attaining a certain level of wealth? Is it about being the top in your market? Is it about earning respect? Are you looking to rule the world (or at least a niche market), or are you simply hoping to earn a living doing something you love?
Start your day by asking yourself this question and see where your answer takes you. By spending a few minutes pondering this, you'll gain clarity that will help you steer your career in the direction you want it to go.
2. What is your company's purpose?
See if you can answer this question in a single sentence. A good place to start is with your mission statement: what are the formal aims, goals and values of your company or organisation? This should be clear and concise – it should get to the heart of what your business is about.
Your company's purpose is the foundation that all else is built on. It should have enough flexibility to grow and allow for change, but be specific enough to be meaningful and relevant. Ultimately, this question should help you understand what the heck you're really doing here.
This question should be at the forefront of your mind when making important decisions. Ask yourself whether this new venture or idea would reinforce or logically contribute to your company's overall purpose. Are you staying true to your calling?
That's not to say that your purpose can't change over time. However, if it does, the change should be purposeful and executed with care. Thinking about this will help you identify your long-term business goals and may lead to bigger questions, such as: What do you want your company to mean to your customers, what is your company's place in world and what is its ideal market?
3. Where is your business at right now?
The goal with this question is to take both an analytical and emotional assessment of your business. This is a chance for you to take a hard look at where your company sits. Is it on the right track? What seems amiss? What is going right and how can that be reproduced throughout your business?
It's also important to acknowledge your emotions and to be mindful of how you are feeling about your business. What is your gut instinct saying? Are you feeling anxious or excited about the business? Whether you are having negative emotions or positive ones, it's important to recognise what you're feeling and why you're feeling that way.
This will give you a chance to better understand your mental state and how that may be influencing your decision making. It's also about understanding what kind of vibe you are putting out. Are you feeling clear-minded and balanced? Or are you feeling off-kilter and out of sorts?
Being in tune with your emotions and having a clear view of what's going on with your business will ensure you're on an even keel. It will help you avoid overreacting or under-reacting to situations.
Related: Attention Black Entrepreneurs: Start-Up Funding From Government Grants & Funds
4. What lessons are you learning?
Every entrepreneur faces an uphill battle to achieve success. Every day you should be learning and growing, and the best way to do this is through a great deal of reflection on the lessons that present themselves each day.
Ask yourself whether you're learning from your mistakes. Failure is a part of every entrepreneur's journey. The question is, will your mistakes allow you to learn and grow? If not, you're liable to fall into the same pitfalls and missteps. Conversely, are you learning when to jump at an opportunity and when to let it go? This is the ultimate lesson every entrepreneur is trying to learn, and it's never an easy one.
The next time you're weighing whether or not to take a risk, try asking yourself: "When I'm 80, will I feel sorry if I hadn't gone for it?" Jeff Bezos does this as a way to crystallise whether he will regret not taking action on something. In the big picture, it's often what we fail to do that we see as our biggest mistakes in life.
5. What's next?
If you ask yourself one question every day, this should be it. As an entrepreneur, you always need to be anticipating what's next. You need to anticipate what's coming down the road and formulate a plan to take it on. This is the question that forces you to look up from that pile of work on your desk and think about the big picture and next steps for your business.
What strategies will you need as you keep pushing your business into the future? What trends or shifting interests are coming up that may affect your business? How will new technology impact the way you manage the company?
Disruption will happen in every market because change is inevitable. Businesses that survive see that wave coming and start making adjustments early on. So, in a way, change is predictable because it will always come. Innovation and ingenuity will always be the key to success – and those who seize opportunity will ride the crest of the next wave.
So when you ask yourself "What's next?" make sure you have your blinders off and are looking at things with a curious and open mind. Make sure you're staying open to new ideas and embracing creative solutions. Keeping looking for the "wow" factor.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
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The MR2 is one of the discontinued brands of sports cars that we are continuing to support online for replacement engines and other parts in the U.S.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 28, 2014
A new source of sports car vehicle engines are now available for sale online for import brands. The Got Engines company is now promoting its entire inventory of foreign engines and has created new price points for this year. The Toyota MR2 used engines that are in stock are now for sale at the lowest prices at http://www.gotengines.com/blog/toyota-engines/toyota-mr2-engine.
This price structure applies to every engine brand for the MR2 in stock. These include the standard 1.5 and 2.4 as well as the 1.8 turbo editions. This new level for Toyota engine pricing is in response to recent cash discounts applied to acquisitions of engines from different suppliers in North America.
"The MR2 is one of the discontinued brands of sports cars that we are continuing to support online for replacement engines and other parts in the U.S.," said one GotEngines.com company source.
The lowest pricing now promoted for this year is one of the new announcements for the foreign engines inventory in stock at the Got Engines company. The change to providing extended warranty policies for every shipment has increased the total coverage period to up to three years in length.
"The MR2 and other foreign motors that we're distributing this year are covered for most of the parts to provide an additional level of security once motors are installed," said the source.
The Got Engines company has adjusted the entire inventory marketed to the public on the company homepage to ensure research is conducted accurately. All prices that are attached to discounted motors are displayed while accessing the warehouse locator system installed for easy use this year.
Direct information for warranty policies, shipping details and actual sticker prices for foreign and American branded engines is now supplied using the automated warehouse locator tool.
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The GotEngines.com company is one of the leading sources that supply previously owned engines for discounted prices on the Internet. The company acquisitions team helps to locate affordable engines that feature low mileage for resale to the public. The GotEngines.com company website includes thousands of pages that any parts buyer can depend on to locate quality information about company inventory. The toll-free service line established last year for customer support remains in usage each day supply instant price quotations for company engines in stock.


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West Virginia tops No. 6 Army
Zublasing swept individual competitions for Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia rifle team opened its 2011-12 home season at the WVU Rifle Range today with a 4693-4637 victory against No. 6 Army.
The Mountaineers' (3-0, 2-0 GARC) winning score was 11 shots short of the school record, 4704, last achieved at the 2011 Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships in February.
WVU earned its second GARC victory of the season in dominating fashion, trumping the Black Knights in air rifle, 2364-2326, and smallbore, 2329-2311.
Six Mountaineers counted toward the team's scores: seniors Michael Kulbacki (air) and Justin Pentz (air and smallbore), junior Petra Zublasing (air and smallbore) and freshmen Taylor Ciotola (air and smallbore), Meelis Kiisk (smallbore) and Thomas Kyanko (air and smallbore).
"Today's scores show the team's potential for the season," says coach Jon Hammond. "Everyone shot really well, and more importantly, I think everyone shot to his and her capabilities. We still left some shots out there that we know we can get back. I'm excited to see where today's performance will take us this year."
Zublasing swept the individual competitions in record-setting fashion, shooting a collegiate-record 600 (100-100-100-100-100-100) air rifle and a 586 (196 prone, 197 standing, 193 kneeling) smallbore for a combined total of 1186.
It is believed that Zublasing is the first female collegiate shooter to earn the 600 air rifle score. Additionally, though females only shoot 40 shots in air rifle internationally, her score today is comparable to a world record.
"Petra's air rifle score was the obvious highlight of the day," Hammond says. "She started her relay well, but once she hit 500, she struggled with the last 10 shots. I know she fought for those last five 10s, but she was determined to get that 600 score. The fight and determination she showed today really fits her personality."
The Mountaineers took the top three individual overall finishes, with Kyanko scoring 1169 for second place and Pentz finishing third with a score of 1168.
Kelly Buck paced the Black Knights and finished fourth overall with a combined score of 1165.
Pentz and Army's Richard Calvin finished behind Zublasing in air rifle with matching 590 scores. Kulbacki shot 588 and placed fourth, while Kyanko finished in fifth place with a score of 586. Additionally, junior Chance Cover shot a personal-best 581 and placed eighth overall.
Four Mountaineers shot collegiate personal-best scores in smallbore today. Kyanko finished second with a 583, while Kiisk shot 581 and tied Buck for third place. Ciotola tied Army's Joseph Todaro for fifth place with score of 579, while Cover shot 569.
Today's win gives the Mountaineers a 32-10 series advantage.


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Bingo is at a bar called Alibi over a restaurant called Azul and when we arrive, there's about 30 people ready to play. We get two cards each and we're off! It's not like normal Bingo - not that I go out to play it ever, the only other time I did was when I was staying with a cousin in England who's a Bingo nut - this Bingo you have to match it in a pattern. It takes me a few minutes to get the hang of it.
The guy calling the numbers is the owner of the place and every half hour or so he offers a smoking special on either drinks or appys. One dollar shots... twenty five cent quesidilla slices... that sort of thing. So we add those to the drinks we already have and it all adds up to a very fun evening. I win a pair of thick black gloves lined with fleece, men's, so give them to Bob and he loves them.
There's a lot of good looking men playing bingo but, unfortunately, they're all gay. It's something I will discover about this town. Lot's of handsome men... all gay.
It's Tuesday morning and I head over to Ron's at about 10 to see what the boys are up to. Ron and Nelson are going to the gym so I decide to explore the downtown street and we will meet up later for lunch and after, head up the mountain on the tram. Ron gave me a bit of a tour through town yesterday so I know where I want to start out... a charming little corner called 'Coffees' where there is, funnily enough, a coffee shop and then a group of shops with a courtyard in the back that Ron says is quite lovely.
I go into a store first called Just Fabulous and spend some time browsing the cards and the great books they have on Palm Springs and the ones on old Hollywood movie stars like Grace Kelley and Frank Sinatra. There's also a lot of risque books and cards, fridge magnets, etc. that I guess appeal to the gay crowd. There's also a super annoying sales woman who won't leave me alone and every book I pick up elicits a commentary from her on how great it is and how I need to buy it. I end up leaving a lot sooner than I would have liked to because she is so annoying. I buy a small book for my friend who just had a birthday - 'Things to Do Now You're 60' - she will love it. I also get a couple of thank you cards for when I leave.
I saunter on through to the back of the place and, sure enough, it's lovely. There's a small grassy area with chairs and tables scattered about for people to sit and enjoy each others company while sipping on beverages, and at the back there's an adobe wall with a couple of beautiful doors behind a wrought iron gate, with a small fountain to one side and lush plants everywhere. I snap a few photos and then continue on down South Palm Canyon Drive to more shops.
I stroll into one that sells moccasin shoes just to see how much they are. I used to wear nothing but moccasins or a certain type of leather sandal popular in the seventies in the summer as a teen, and I still recall how comfy the moc's were. As I am browsing, a very interesting looking old man comes in the store and has a chat with the owner. We both exit the store at the same time and I comment to him on how windy it has suddenly gotten and that I heard on the TV this morning that it's supposed to get up to sixty-five miles an hour. We end up walking to a bit of a sheltered spot and then chatting for the next fifteen minutes. He tells me his name is Ernie Montes (he gives me a business card before we part and it says Ernest Y. Montes) and that everyone in Palm Springs knows him. He has lived here all of his adult life and is a building contractor who did mostly painting. He has painted the homes of all the big stars that ever lived here and has a lot of stories. He also fought in the war with General Patton until he was wounded on D Day. He suggests that he buys me a coffee and that we continue to chat out of the wind. I readily agree and we go sit inside a little coffee shop just down the block. I am sitting here listening to the stories he tells and wondering if they are all true or what. He tells me that he lives now in a home that was owned by Frank Sinatra ('Ron would love to hear this', I think), that he's been married to the same woman for sixty-six years, and that the nicest person he ever worked for was a movie star who worked in the silent films with Valentino called Alistaria Ingalls (when I look her up later, I can't find any such person). We spend about another hour together and I am so happy I met this guy. It's moments like this that no money can buy.... meeting interesting people and listening to their stories. Before we part ways, he wants to trade a bracelet he's wearing for anything I might have. I scramble through my purse but there's nothing there to trade; I gave it a cleaning out before I left for the trip. So I pull two thin silver colored bangles off of my wrist and he is happy. He feels it leaves each of us with a bit of the spirit of the other. Once outside the coffee shop, he is reluctant to leave and keeps coming back for another hug. Finally, he goes one way and I go the other to continue exploring the town.
When I meet up with Ron, it's been decided that it is too windy to go up the tram today so we pile into his car (over my protests that I will get a parking ticket and Ron's assurances that I won't) and head out of town to Palm Desert. There's some shops there and Ron needs to buy a Kitchen Aid mixer for Eric's mom. And he wants to take us to lunch at Tommy Bahamas. On the way he pulls down his visor and a red envelope falls out. "Well, what have we here?" he says and then reads my name on it and hands it to me. I open it and it's a Christmas card with a woman turning the lights on at the Christmas tree and the caption reads "This tree isn't the only thing getting lit tonight." Inside is a wad of US cash and a note saying 'NOT A WORD! - Love Daddy-O'. I look over at Ron in shock and he won't let me say anything, so I just say 'Thank you... thank you so much.' and it seems so inadequate. Now I won't have to worry about paying for my meals or buying a few Christmas gifts and a thank you gift for Bob and Ada. It is amazing what having money will do for ones stress level.
When we get to the restaurant, we take a seat at the bar and I excuse myself to go to the ladies room. When I come back there's a cocktail waiting for me called 'frostbite' and it's delicious. When I open the menu, the meals are all named for Caribbean Islands and there's one called Tortola Tortilla Soup, and one called Saba Steak Salad. SIGH... takes me back. Nelson and I decide to split the San Juan Coconut Shrimp appetizer and then I order a chicken dish (can't recall the name). The coconut shrimp are more like prawns and are delicious.
After lunch we head to the kitchen shop for the mixer and then over to Brooks Brothers where Ron buys a pair of pink pants with little blue flamingos embroidered all over them. At first look, I thought they were pajamas. He buys a matching pair of socks, blue with pink flamingos, and passes on the matching tie. Then we head over to Crate and Barrel where, while Ron goes off to find Nelson, I buy him a Christmas present - a martini shaker that has a clear plastic body with sparkles in between two layers, kind of like a snow globe. When you shake the martini, the sparkles float all around the thing.
It's dark when we head back into town and when we pull up to my car, there's a parking ticket under the wiper. I am dismayed and as I climb out of Ron's car I hear Ron say "Give it to me. Nelson, go get it and give it to me." He does.
I wanted to shake up my life and go sailing (or learn on the job, so-to-speak) so headed to Florida to crew on a catamaran. This is about how it went or, rather, didn't - and my life since. Hopefully it will lead to a catamaran on the clear aqua blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, watching the sunset, a coconut rum and coke in hand. You must START AT THE BEGINNING of the blog, April 2009, to get the whole story...
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A downtown Sheboygan employment agency has reopened after being displaced for several months following a fire.
QPS Employment Group closed its office at 933 N. Eighth St. after a fire broke out inside a neighboring building on Sept. 27, causing extensive smoke damage to the QPS office.
A week later, the agency and its eight employees moved to a temporary office a few blocks away.
QPS returned to its original location on Jan. 13, and a grand reopening is now slated for Thursday, Feb. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"It's just good to be back in the old location," said Mark Milan, QPS marketing director. "The temporary location was fine, but we did lose a lot of our normal walk-in traffic because it was more difficult to find us."
A neighboring retail shop, JSM Bead Coop, was also displaced by the fire and has yet to reopen. The store has since announced on social media that it's moving to a new location at 1511 S. 12th St. and hopes to begin business there in spring. The owner couldn't be reached for comment.
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With less than 24 hours to go in its self-imposed HTC ThunderBolt and Droid Incredible 2 Ice Cream Sandwich deadlines, HTC is offering up zero answers for ThunderBolt and Droid Incredible 2 owners inquiring about the updates and their timing.
Yesterday, we saw HTC dodging questions about the HTC ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich update and today, a day that sits even closer to the deadline, the company is doing more of the same.
On its Facebook page, HTC is doing very little to assure owners that the Droid Incredible 2 ICS update and the HTC ThunderBolt ICS update won't miss their deadlines, something that we theorized could happen yesterday.
Read: 4 Reasons Why the HTC ThunderBolt ICS Update Could Be Late.
Instead, HTC says that it again does not have any news to share with owners of these two devices. It's also saying that it's still actively working with Verizon on Ice Cream Sandwich updates.
Because there are no other Verizon HTC phones listed on the ICS upgrade page, we assume this means that HTC is still working with Verizon on the Droid Incredible 2 and HTC ThunderBolt updates. Unfortunately, HTC offered no elaboration and It's unclear as to what that means for owners.
Thus far, there are no signs that the updates are going to roll out today. We have not heard about any owners receiving the updates and we haven't seen Verizon post any changelogs on its website for either the ThunderBolt's update or the Droid Incredible 2's.
Read: HTC Dodges ThunderBolt Ice Cream Sandwich Update Questions.
It's certainly possible that Verizon and HTC will work some magic and roll out both updates today but at this point, owners shouldn't be holding their breath.
Both updates were originally promised by the end of August but now that we're on the last day of the roll out window without any sign of the updates, it's looking like September could be the roll out month.
At the very least, we hope that HTC issues a statement (or an apology) giving owners some concrete specifics as to when they can expect both updates.


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Contact: Rick DelaHaya, Centenary News Services, 318.869.5073 or Diane Dufilho at 318.869.5169.
Rare Andy Warhol Photography Collection Displayed at Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College Beginning Nov. 2
SHREVEPORT, La.—Photographic images taken by the legendary Pop artist and American icon Andy Warhol will be on display at the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College from Nov. 2, through the end of January, 2009.
The photographs were donated to the Meadows Museum as part of the Warhol Photographic Legacy Project designed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Warhol Foundation. The Meadows Museum of Art was among more than 180 colleges and universities across the United States chosen to participate in the Warhol Photographic Legacy Project.
A pioneer of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, Warhol turned from advertising and journalism to photographic imagery as the starting-point for his celebrated silkscreen works. An obsessive photographer, it is estimated that Andy Warhol made between 60,000 and 100,000 snapshots during his lifetime. The artist's photographs captured the faces of the rich and famous, the glittering New York disco scene, and glimpses of his world travels. The camera was his constant companion, serving as a combination sketchbook and diary.
According to Timothy Hunt, the exclusive agent for prints and photography at the Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Warhol himself referred specifically to his Polaroid camera as his "pencil and paper" producing the "sketches" from which images for the finished paintings and silkscreen prints were chosen. The Meadows Museum's exhibition will allow visitors to examine examples of Warhol's Polaroid portraits that provide an intimate glimpse into how the artist worked. The Polaroids also provide and interesting and unusual look at the intimate relationship between photographer and his many willing subjects.
"Warhol defined Pop Art and this collection of Warhol works is truly one of the cornerstones of the modern art collection housed in the permanent collection of the Meadows Museum of Art," said Diane Dufilho, Director of Meadows Museum. "We are proud to have been selected as one of the Warhol Photographic Legacy Project recipients, and will both display the photographs and use them as teaching tools."
A number of public programs have been designed in tandem with (extra)Ordinary: The Photographs of Andy Warhol. Included are a gallery talk on Warhol's photographs by Dr. Lisa Nicoletti, Chair of the Art Department of Centenary College, and lectures by contemporary photographers J. Shimon and J. Lindemann, Assistant Professors of Art at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., whose photographic exhibition at Centenary College's Turner Art Center coincides with the presentation of Warhol's works at the Meadows. Shimon and Lindemann's talk entitled Unmasked & Anonymous kicks off the opening of both photographic exhibitions on Sunday, November 2, at 2 p.m. in the Meadows Museum galleries.
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For more information about the exhibit, contact Diane Dufilho at 318.869.5169.
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Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and is regularly rated as one of the top colleges in the South. In 2008 Centenary College celebrates 100 years in Shreveport and Bossier City.


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1. Although not pertinent to our conclusion regarding referendum requirements, we note that, in this instance, the proposed sale is to a county water and sewer authority. The enabling act for this public authority contemplates the acquisition, by the authority, of county property that continues to be of use to the public, and conveyance to the authority of that property on negotiated basis rather than at public sale (see Public Authorities Law, §1199-eeee[2]; see also 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-57, p 128). It would appear that the enabling act, as a later specific or special statute, would supersede County Law, §215(3), to the extent inconsistent, with respect to the need to declare the real property no longer necessary for public use and to conduct a public sale (see McKinney's Statutes, §397). Since nothing in the enabling act addresses the vote required to approve a sale to the authority, the sale would still require the adoption of a resolution by a vote of two-thirds of the board of supervisors (County Law, §215[5]).


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No. 21 Illinois Ekes Out One-Point Upset Over No. 13 Wisconsin
Feb. 7, 2010
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"We wrestled hard, did some good things and made some adjustments from Friday night," Illinois coach Jim Heffernan said. "We needed bonus points at a few weights and it was important to get off to a good start, and we did both of those things."
Arlis really opened up against Jesse Hintz as the dual started at 157, with Arlis scoring an early takedown and adding two near-fall points before riding Hintz out for the first period. Arlis started down in the second and escaped quickly before getting two takedowns and allowing two escapes in the period to go up 9-2 after five minutes. Hintz started down in the third and Arlis went to work, turning him three times for six near-fall points before cutting Hintz loose. Arlis was able to finish the takedown with 15 seconds left and added the riding-time point for the 18-3 technical fall at 7:00 to put the Illini up 5-0.
Conrad Polz looked to fend off No. 1 Andrew Howe at 165 and did as much through two periods, with Howe taking a 7-2 lead into the third period. But Howe switched into quick takedown mode, scoring three takedowns and adding the riding-time point for a 14-6 major decision, cutting Illinois' lead to 5-4.
No. 14 Jordan Blanton gave up a quick takedown to Brendan Ard off a scramble, but he escaped and got a takedown with less than a minute left in the first period to take a 3-2 lead. Blanton started down in the second period and escaped before getting two takedowns in the period for an 8-3 lead. Ard started down in the third and Blanton rode him for 37 seconds before the Badger escaped, but Blanton took him down and rode him out for the 14-4 major decision, pushing the Illini lead to 9-4.
Second-ranked John Dergo faced No. 16 Travis Rutt at 184 and got a takedown with 24 seconds left in the first period and rode out Rutt for the 2-0 lead. Rutt started down in the second and escaped quickly, but Dergo rebounded with a takedown at the 1:15 mark. Rutt escaped 30 seconds later but Dergo notched a takedown with 28 seconds remaining in the period and rode him out to go up 6-2. Dergo started down in the third and escaped, and the two wrestled at neutral for the rest of the period before Dergo tacked on his riding-time point for the 8-2 win and a 12-4 team lead.
At 197, No. 14 Patrick Bond and No. 8 Trevor Brandvold battled through a scoreless first period before Brandvold started down in the second and escaped quickly. Bond started down in the third and escaped quickly to tie the score 1-1 but neither man was able to land a shot as the bout went to sudden-victory time. Nearly halfway through the extra period, Bond got in on a double-leg and looked to have control of both ankles as both wrestlers flew toward the edge of the mat, but they were ruled out of bounds and no takedown was awarded. They continued scoreless through the sudden-victory time and went to the tie-breaks where Brandvold started down first and got out in 10 seconds. Bond went down in the second tie-break period and Brandvold rode him out to win 2-1 and bring the Badgers within 12-7.
Eric Bugenhagen and Pat Walker also didn't score in the first period, then Bugenhagen started down in the second and escaped quickly. Walker started down in the third and escaped, but it took him 1:10 to do so, giving Bugenhagen the riding-time advantage. Walker couldn't put together any late offense and the Badger won by a 2-1 margin, cutting Illinois' lead to 12-10.
In one of the day's swing matches, John Deneen recorded a takedown with 59 seconds left in the first period against Drew Hammen at 125 and rode out Hammen. Hammen started down in the second and fended off Deneen's attempts to turn him, but the Illini junior was able to ride Hammen for the entire two minutes. The pair started neutral in the third and Hammen got a takedown to tie the score 2-2, but he gave up a point on an illegal hold with six seconds left in the bout, and Deneen tacked on his riding-time point for a 4-2 win, pushing the Illini ahead 15-10.
But No. 7 Tyler Graff controlled Daryl Thomas from the start at 133, recording five takedowns in the first period and adding two near-fall points near the end of the period for a 12-4 lead after three minutes. Graff started down in the second and escaped before adding three more takedowns and a three-point near-fall with 36 seconds left to finish the 22-6 technical fall in 4:27, tying the match 15-15.
With the Illini needing bonus points from him at 141, No. 14 Ryan Prater scored a takedown with 1:22 left in the first period against Cole Schmitt and rode him out but wasn't able to turn him. Schmitt started down in the second and Prater rode him hard, turning him three times for a seven-point period and a 9-0 lead. Prater chose top position in the third and added another three-point near-fall before Schmitt was able to escape, making the score 12-1. With Prater needing four points to get the technical fall, he got a takedown with 14 seconds left but wasn't able to turn Schmitt again, riding him out and adding the riding-time point for a 15-1 major decision and a 19-15 team lead.
In the day's final bout, No. 19 Eric Terrazas gave up an early takedown to No. 5 Kyle Ruschell and escaped 40 seconds later. Ruschell scored another takedown with 54 seconds left in the period but Terrazas escaped quickly and the Badger took a 4-2 lead after the first period. Ruschell started down in the second and got out quickly before extending his lead to 7-2 with another takedown. He rode out Terrazas to lock up the riding-time point after two periods. Terrazas started down in the third and escaped in 21 seconds to cut Ruschell's lead to 7-3. The Badger looked to have both legs on the edge of the mat but Terrazas spun out and shot in for a takedown of his own to get within 7-5, bringing the crowd to its feet. Ruschell escaped and fended off Terrazas' late offense before adding his riding-time point for the 9-5 win. But by losing only by decision, Terrazas sealed the team win by a 19-18 margin.
The Fighting Illini return to action on Friday, Feb. 12, when they host No. 3 Ohio State at 7 p.m. The Buckeyes are 16-1 and 5-0 in the Big Ten after dispatching Northwestern by a 37-6 score on Sunday.
#21 Illinois 19, #13 Wisconsin 18
157: Clint Arlis (ILL) tech. fall Jesse Hintz (WIS), 18-3 (7:00) (5-0)
165: #1 Andrew Howe (WIS) maj. dec Conrad Polz (ILL), 14-6 (5-4)
174: #14 Jordan Blanton (ILL) maj. dec. Brendan Ard (WIS), 14-4 (9-4)
184: #2 John Dergo (ILL) dec. #16 Travis Rutt (WIS), 8-2 (12-4)
197: #8 Trevor Brandvold (WIS) dec. #14 Patrick Bond (ILL), 2-1 TB1 (12-7)
HWT: Eric Bugenhagen (WIS) dec. Pat Walker (ILL), 2-1 (12-10)
125: John Deneen (ILL) dec. Drew Hammen (WIS), 4-2 (15-10)
133: #7 Tyler Graff (WIS) tech. fall Daryl Thomas (ILL), 22-6 (4:27) (15-15)
141: #14 Ryan Prater (ILL) maj. dec. Cole Schmitt (WIS) 15-1 (19-15)
149: #5 Kyle Ruschell (WIS) dec. #19 Eric Terrazas (ILL), 9-5 (19-18)
Courtesy of IllinoisCHAMPAIGN, Ill. - No. 21 Illinois and No. 13 Wisconsin split the 10 bouts, but the Fighting Illini scored one more bonus point to upset the Badgers by a 19-18 score in front of 518 fans at Huff Hall Sunday. The win continues Illinois' recent dominance of the Badgers, improving the Illini's record to 11-0-1 in their last 12 duals against Wisconsin. Clint Arlis started the day with a technical fall at 157 and No. 14 Ryan Prater thrilled the crowd with a 15-1 major decision to provide the deciding team points. Illinois improves to 8-6 overall, 3-3 in the Big Ten.


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The drought outlook for April 18 – July 31, 2013 is based primarily on short-, medium-, and long-range forecasts, initial conditions, and climatology. During the past two
months, major improvement occurred across Georgia and South Carolina where additional improvement is expected. Improvement is also forecast for the Florida peninsula. The
duration of the drought across south Florida is expected to be short-lived as the rainy season typically begins by the end of May. A repeat of last summer's
"flash drought" (both in spatial coverage and duration) across the Corn Belt is not expected at this time. However, rapidly developing flash droughts are notoriously
difficult to predict well in advance. Improvement is forecast across eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and northeast Texas, but prospects for drought improvement decrease
farther southwest across the southern High Plains and south Texas. Some improvement is expected across the intense drought areas of the northern/central Plains, while
improvement is more likely across the upper Mississippi Valley. Drought is forecast to persist for much of the West and expand across northern California and southern
Oregon. Some improvement is expected for the drought area across northern Alaska, while areas of persistence and development of drought are anticipated for the Hawaiian
Tools used in the U.S. Drought Outlook (USDO) included the CPC temperature and precipitation outlooks for May 2013 and May through July 2013,
various short- and medium-range forecasts and models such as the 5-day and experimental 7-day WPC precipitation
totals (released April 17), 6-10 day and 8-14 day forecasts (released April 17), the NAEFS precipitation outlooks, the soil
moisture tools based on the Constructed Analog on Soil (CAS) moisture, dynamical models (CFSv2, NMME, and IMME), the 384-hour total
precipitation forecasts from several runs of the GFS, the four-month Palmer drought termination and amelioration probabilities, climatology, and initial conditions.
Frequent rainfall during February and March resulted in major drought improvement across Georgia and South Carolina. The U.S. Drought Monitor released on April 9th
indicated that only 4 percent of Georgia was covered by drought. Nearly 90 percent of Georgia was depicted with drought at the beginning of 2013. Levels on Lake
Lanier have recovered to bank full. Drought improvement is likely to continue across Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina with additional rainfall during the
next two weeks.
Forecast confidence for Georgia and the Carolinas is high.
Improvement is forecast for the Florida peninsula where near- to above-median rainfall amounts are expected over the next two weeks. The CPC monthly outlook for May
favors Equal Chances (EC) of below, near, and above median precipitation across the Florida peninsula. As of April 16, the level of Lake Okeechobee is at 13.6 feet
which is slightly below average for the middle of April. With observed rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches over the past two weeks, the area of drought over south Florida
was removed. In addition, with the traditional onset of Florida's rainy season only 5-6 weeks away, it is highly unlikely for drought to develop in such a short
period of time.
Forecast confidence for Florida is moderate.
During the past two weeks, most of Texas received light rain (a half-inch or less), with the exception of parts of northern, far eastern, and south-central Texas,
where anywhere from 1-3 inches of precipitation fell. The WPC precipitation forecast for the ensuing 7-day period calls for little if any rainfall across West Texas,
light rain (0.5-inch or less) over southern Texas, and moderate precipitation (0.5-1.5 inches) for the northeast quarter of the state. Heavy precipitation
(3-5 inches) is anticipated over eastern portions of both Kansas and Oklahoma, which will continue to ameliorate drought conditions over these areas. The MJJ 2013
seasonal outlook depicts slightly enhanced odds of below median precipitation across the southern High Plains, and EC elsewhere.
Forecast confidence for the southern half of the Plains is moderate.
The seasonal drought outlook for the northern Plains shows a broad, west-to-east gradient of Persistence, Some Improvement, and expected Improvement. Defining where
the boundaries lie between these categories is based on a compromise between various competing factors. In the northern High Plains, drought Persistence appears to be
the best bet. Although portions of southeastern Montana have received beneficial precipitation over the past week, local gauges indicate that much of the area is
still running well behind for this Water Year to Date (WYTD, starting from October 1 of last year), and this is in addition to the deficit which mounted during the
previous Water Year. The MJJ precipitation outlook shows elevated odds for below median precipitation in this region, and EC for the remainder of the northern Great
Plains. A competing factor for both this area and adjacent portions of the northern Plains is the climatological observation that MJJ is typically a wet time of the
year for this area, when a bit more than half of their annual precipitation typically falls. The area of Some Improvement appears to be best suited for far eastern
Montana, the western Dakotas and western Nebraska, while the region of Improvement has been expanded westward to include the eastern Dakotas and eastern Nebraska. The
deepest snow is currently over North Dakota and the eastern half of South Dakota. Several days ago, a blizzard brought 17.3 inches of snow to Bismarck, which broke
multiple snowfall records, including most snowfall for any calendar day of the year (previous record of 15.5 inches was set on March 3, 1966), and the record April
snowfall of 21.5 inches (previous record was 18.7 inches set in April 1984).
Forecast confidence for the northern half of the Plains is low.
According to the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center on April 17, snow-water equivalent values range from 2 to 6 inches across the upper
Mississippi Valley. Frozen soil has posed a significant problem for portions of this region, for it does not allow melting snow to percolate into the dry sub-soils.
Two uncertainties at this time include how effectively the soil can be recharged (with minimal loss from snow-melt runoff), and also the competing factors of
unseasonably cold weather with increasing solar angle as the spring season progresses. MJJ is a relatively wet time of year for the upper Mississippi Valley. The
6-10/8-14 Day outlooks from April 17 favor above median precipitation in this region. Due to these factors, improvement is expected across the upper Mississippi
Valley. The seasonal outlook for May-July calls for EC in this region. Consideration of these various factors leads to a tilt in the odds towards Improvement.
Forecast confidence for the upper Mississippi Valley is moderate.
Persistence is expected for western Colorado, most of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona due to below average snow-water equivalent values (generally at or
below 75 percent of normal) and below average stream flows forecast for spring and summer. Enhanced odds for below median precipitation and above normal
temperatures during MJJ also favor persistence. During the past few days, between 10 and 20 inches of snow have fallen across the Colorado Front Range and
adjacent foothills area between Denver and Cheyenne. This precipitation along with more anticipated in the short-term, as well as the lack of a dry signal
during MJJ lead to a forecast of some improvement across eastern Colorado and parts of northeast New Mexico.
Forecast confidence for Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona is moderate to high.
Similar to the interior Southwest, snow-water equivalent values are also below average across California and southern Oregon. Following a wet start to the
winter, unseasonably dry conditions affected these areas during the past three months. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor on April 16, abnormal dryness (DO)
covers northern California and parts of southern/eastern Oregon, and moderate drought (D1) conditions prevail across southeastern Oregon. Persistence and development
are favored for this region. Precipitation typically decreases rapidly later in the spring with little to no prospects for improvement after April.
Forecast confidence for California and southern Oregon is high.
Snow-water equivalent values are running close to average across the northern Rockies. Precipitation forecasts at most time scales favor Persistence of drought for
the northern Rockies and portions of the adjacent High Plains. However, forecast confidence is low, since about 50-55 percent of the annual precipitation for most of
Montana and Wyoming typically falls during May-July.
Forecast confidence for the northern Rockies is low.
Mountain snow-pack ranged from 55-90 percent of normal on April 17, 2013 across the drought area in north-central Alaska, which is comparable to that over the past
few weeks. Some improvement is forecast for this region.
Forecast confidence in Alaska is moderate.
Moderate to extreme drought covers western (leeward) sections of the individual Hawaiian Islands from Molokai southeastward through the Big Island. Persistence is
forecast for these leeward areas since odds for improvement decrease significantly during May and June. The windward slopes of these Islands have seen a substantial
reduction in trade wind shower activity, supporting the introduction of drought Development. Both Oahu and Kauai are doing well, having received some rainfall from
passing fronts, but these systems dissipate before reaching the eastern half of the Island Chain.
Forecast confidence in Hawaii is moderate.


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Medical Marketing & Media (MM&M) has hired Anthony Vecchione as features editor. Vecchione brings a wealth of experience to MM&M, having most recently been senior editor at The Pink Sheet, where he reported on regulatory, legislative and business news affecting the US pharmaceutical industry. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at Drug Topics magazine where, as managing editor-projects, he oversaw the editorial direction of special editions and supplements, including Women's Health, Diabetes and Medical Technology. Vecchione is charged with planning and executing MM&M's features and special supplements, and will add firepower to the news desk.
GSW Worldwide, an inVentiv Health company, has announced five new appointments to its Columbus, Ohio, and Newtown, PA, offices. At the Columbus location, Kevin Emigh has been appointed digital engineer, Tyler Ransburgh, digital strategist, and Joshua Studebaker, digital designer. At the Newtown office, Mike Bosniak has been named senior copywriter and Dan D'Alesio has been named associate creative director.


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What Are Your All-Time Favorite xoVain Articles?
It's gonna get sappy up in here.
There are countless sites out there, this one included, that offer up a good amount of content featuring beauty picks from celebrities and editors alike: where they buy their products, what makes their skin glow, what kind of shampoo they use, their favorite fragrances.
And while all of this information is really helpful -- enlightening even -- there's something organic about the beauty namedrops that happen in music, specifically rap.
In the case of the songs below, product placements range from subtle and unexpected to downright slanderous. But they're all seemingly authentic, and that's what's refreshing.
Read on to find out what scents Kanye West can't stand and the drugstore shampoo that makes Schoolboy Q's "knees weak."
Drake featuring T.I. and Swizz beats - Fancy:
"Say go Cinderella, go Cinderella,
Orgasm blush, lipstick and concealer"
Bath & Body Works Body Spray in Cucumber Melon
Kanye West featuring Kerri Hilson, Pusha T and Cyhi The Prince - Take One For the Team:
"What's the cause of the poor smell?
She said "I just cleaned up baby I can't tell" why every ghetto b-tch gotta smell like Love Spell or that Goddamn Cucumber Bath & Body Works,
I can still smell the sweat the shit hardly works,
What about Cool Water that shit probably worse"
"M.A.C, L'Oreal, yep, cause I'm worth it,
Love the way I puts it on so perfect,
Wipe the corners of my mouth so I work it,
When I walk down the hallway, they can't say nothin'"
Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition
Schoolboy Q featuring Dom Kennedy and Curren$y- Grooveline Pt. 1:
"Fresh out the shower, let me smell your hair,
Garnier Fructis got my knees weak, let's cuddle in these sheets,
Let me hold you for a moment, it feels right, don't it?"
Wale featuring Miguel - Lotus Flower Bomb:
"Flowerbomb, let me guess your favorite fragrance,
And you got that bomb, huh, I'm tryna detonate you"
Cover Girl Lip Perfection Lipstick
Ghostface Killah - Beauty Jackson:
"CoverGirl lipstick, plump color fingertips,
Revlon face blush, oh-five-six shit,
The ashes was hangin off her stog' so she flicked it"
There are obviously a million more beauty product namedrops in songs that I overlooked. Can you think of any? Not just in rap. I listen for them compulsively now -- it's torture!
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All the Motivation You Need to Hit the Gym
1. No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.
2. What seems so hard now will one day be your warm up.
3. Summer bodies are made in the winter.
4. Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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5. When you feel like giving up, remember how many people you have to prove wrong.
6. Fitness isn't about being better than anyone else, it's about being better than you used to be
7. It's better to be covered in sweat at the gym, than covered in clothes at the beach.
8. Do today what others won't, so you can do tomorrow what others can't.
9. You are going to want to give up. Don't.
10. A year from now, you will be glad you started today
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2014-15 Interim Budget: Prasar Bharati gets enhanced grants-in-aid
NEW DELHI: The grants-in-aid for Prasar Bharati has been raised marginally to Rs 2,331.58 crore for 2014-15 from the revised estimates of Rs 2,089.56 crore in 2013-14. There is no separate investment by the government in the pubcaster for the second year in a row.
In the interim budget (vote-on-account) for 2014-15 presented in Parliament in view of general elections later this year, the government has made a provision of Rs 200 crore from Internal and Extra-budgetary resources for Prasar Bharati and the total plan outlay for broadcasting of Rs 641.58 crore.
The explanatory memorandum says the grants-in-aid are for meeting the salary and salary-related expenditure of Prasar Bharati. Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com this had been done to meet the extra expenditure on salaries which has fallen on the shoulders of the Government since all Prasar Bharati employees who were in employment as on 5 October 2007 have been given deemed deputation status.
The allocation under ?Secretariat - Social services? covering centenary of cinema celebrations and digitisation of cable television among other things has gone up to Rs 129.55 crore from revised estimates of Rs 79.72 crore in the current year. Other subjects under this head include the National Film Heritage Mission, anti-piracy measures, promotion of Indian cinema overseas, production of films and documentaries, and setting up a centre of excellence for animation, gaming and visual effects. The explanatory note says Secretariat - Social services also covers expenses on development of community radio, and development support to the north-east as well as Jammu and Kashmir and ?other identified areas?.
The total budget of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been raised to Rs 3,216 crore for 2014-15 from the revised budget of Rs 2,855.03 crore (against the initial allocation of Rs 3035.65 crore) for the year 2013-14.
The allocation under the Film Sector has, unlike last year, been increased to Rs 135.81 crore for 2014-15. The budget for the film sector for 2013-14 was Rs 117.17 crore while the revised estimates had put this figure at Rs 116.42 crore. There is an additional outlay of Rs 7.18 crore towards certification of cinematographic films.
For the fifth year in a row, the government has not announced any investment in the National Film Development Corporation.
The allocation for Press Information Services which includes grants to the Press Council of India has been marginally increased to Rs 65.44 crore from last year?s revised estimates of Rs 57.56 crore to meet the expenses for the Press Information Bureau, the Press Council of India, and to the Press Trust of India for running the non-aligned countries news pool.
The allocation to the Electronic Media Monitoring Centre has been increased to Rs 13.75 crore for 2014-15 from the revised estimates of Rs 7.17 crore in 2013-14. The EMMC was set up for monitoring television and radio channels for violation of programme and advertising codes.
The allocation for advertising and visual publicity has been lowered to Rs 227.37 crore against the revised estimates of Rs 241.6 crore and budget allocation of Rs 239.06 crore for 2013-14, covering expenditure incurred by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity for publicity campaigns through advertising and other printed materials, as well as through radio, television, exhibitions and other outdoor campaigns.
Interestingly after several years, the allocation for research and training in mass communication has been doubled to Rs 33.54 crore as against the revised estimates of 15.91 crore and the budgetary allocation of Rs 17.85 crore for 2013-14. This covers the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and the Research and Reference Division of the I and B Ministry which collects and collates basic information on subjects of media interest for providing assistance to the Ministry and to its media units, Indian missions overseas, and newspapers and news agencies.
There is a major increase in the lump sum provision for projects/schemes for development of North-eastern areas including Sikkim to Rs 90.5 crore for 2014-15. The budgetary allocation had been the same in the 2013-14 but had come down in the revised estimates to Rs 74 crore.


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Cincinnati Public Schools and Mercy Health have teamed up to provide school-based health clinics at three area elementary schools with an effort to improve health care in the community.
The clinics are staffed with a school health assistant and nurse practitioner.
Nurse Practitioner Laura Huss works at Mt. Washington School and says she can provide a wide range of health services, diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses like ear and respiratory infections.
Huss can do a lot of things the school nurses can't, such as write prescriptions and perform annual physical exams.
"The idea is to bring health care to the school for the convenience for the families. It's often times very difficult to take off of work and to get an appointment for your child to see the doctor in a timely manner," Huss told FOX19.
Ten-year-old Jerome Collins says seeing the doctor is not his favorite thing.
"I just don't like doctor's offices because I get shots and that hurts and it hurts," said Collins. However, he found that his visit to the school heath clinic was painless.
"It really ain't that scary, you should just go. Try it and you'll see that doctor's offices ain't scary," he told FOX19.
Laura Huss says it's a service which also helps reduce absenteeism.
These school-based health clinics are open about three days a week and they even treat faculty. They're partially funded through non-profit foundations.
In addition to Mount Washington School, the health clinics are also offered at Silverton Paideia Academy and Pleasant Hill Academy.
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Wisdom from Gaetano Vivo
I would speak about what I have learned from the angels of transparency who have inspired me throughout my life.
Look inside yourself and heal your inner child.
This is the part of you that you have hidden for such a long time, that you have abandoned and rejected.
Doing this for myself, I felt like a new world was coming to life – like I was reborn. It felt like my skin was being regenerated somehow and that all my old issues were being healed and addressed.
When we heal our inner child then we can think of moving forward and healing other people or showing them how to do so for themselves. It is very important that we all do this at this particular time on the Earth when there are a lot of people who fear for the future, who have lost their jobs and are in need of a big shift, a big change and a greater transformation that can only come from within first of all.
Cut the cords that bind you to people with whom you have interacted and who have left imprints in your aura that don't need to be there anymore….Continue reading at InspireMeToday.com.
Gaetano is a celebrated author, speaker and Reiki Master practicing in the UK, the US and Italy.
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A picture and details of what is believed to be one of the phones due for announcement by Samsung later today have leaked online.
US tech site The Verge reports that its sources as saying that a 4.8-inch Windows Phone 8 smartphone, called the Samsung ATIV S, will be unveiled during the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin, Germany, this evening.
The sources " familiar with the company's plans" claim that it will sport a HD Super AMOLED display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera on the rear and 1.9-megapixel camera on the front.
It's unknown at present what ATIV stands for (if anything), but it's believed that this will be the first in a similarly named range of handsets.
Samsung is also expected to launch the follow-up to the Galaxy Note, which many believe to be called (unsurprisingly) the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.


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PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) seeks 10 individuals to sit on the new Health Advocacy and Equity Commission. The Commission will advise Director of Health Michael Fine, MD and other state departments on issues of racial, ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic health disparities.
"It is essential that diverse voices are heard in the development of health policy," said Director Fine. "This Commission will play a key role in developing and facilitating a comprehensive health equity plan that addresses the social determinants of public health."
Social determinants of health encompass a wide range of factors impacting the health of individuals, families and communities. The Health Advocacy and Equity Commission will propose recommendations to address these factors, recommend a plan of action, and perform a bi-annual evaluation of the state's efforts to reduce health disparities by addressing the social determinants of health.
Commissioners will serve a three-year term.
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Little Italy, San Diego, California
Brand + Print
About the Project
The Busalacchi family has been known for its authentic Sicilian restaurants in San Diego for over 20 years. Family owned and operated, PJ Busalacchi reached out to me when they decided to do a complete remodel and rebrand of one of their restaurants, Po Pazzo. The new concept, Barbusa (which will open in Spring of 2016), is described by the owners as a modern Sicilian culinary venture with fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
The challenge of this project has been to design branding for a restaurant that is still under construction. I overcame that challenge by getting as much information as possible from the Busalacchis about their vision for the restaurant's physical space and cuisine prior to starting the logo design process.
Barbusa opened in June, 2016 at 1917 India Street in the Little Italy neighborhood of San Diego, CA.
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Notices tagged with corbyn
"Oh, Jeremy #Corbyn!" https://www.patreon.com/posts/can-you-hear-11695628about 11 months ago from web at 33°51'40"S 151°11'53"E
"Labour manifesto pledges to restore Tom Baker as Doctor Who" http://microblog.ourcoffs.org.au/url/73637 #DrWho #Corbynabout a year ago from web at 30°21'49"S 153°5'41"E
Another fair-weather convert: Tom Watson criticises Tory campaign, after two years of undermining #Corbyn, http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/politics/general-election-2017-rupert-murdoch-2017-tom-watson-jeremy-corbyn-a7780481.html
Polly F***ing Blairite Toynbee starts backpeddling. This time tomorrow, she'll have been backing #Corbyn from day one. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/09/theresa-may-elections-fail
Certain: May is planning her retirement. Best result: Labour/SNP coalition, Blairites fatally wounded. Worst result: #Corbyn narrowly loses, no coalition, keeps leadership, Blairites fatally wounded. An improvement either way. #UKabout a year ago from web in context
Wish I'd had some money to put on #Corbyn a week or two ago.
Apparently it was Harold Wilson who devalued the billion from a million million to a thousand million. That's just the sort of socialist profligacy we'll see if #Corbyn gains power over our exponents, mark my words! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillionWednesday, 11-Jan-17 17:27:45 AEDT from web
"Labour leader Jeremy #Corbyn has spent the morning weighing up the possibility of staying in bed and ringing in sick instead of heading to parliament and suffering another day of attacks from ministers on both sides of the political fence." http://ur1.ca/q046hSaturday, 05-Nov-16 19:54:38 AEDT from web
Sublimely delightful: "Jeremy #Corbyn's bold admission that he likes to photograph drain covers […] has put drains and the people who love them in the spotlight." http://ur1.ca/push2Friday, 07-Oct-16 19:33:19 AEDT from web
Sixty one point eight percent! #CorbynSunday, 25-Sep-16 15:00:25 AEST from web
At the #Corbyn rally in Sheffield. Quite a lot of people. Barkers pool is full.Saturday, 20-Aug-16 03:30:34 AEST from ostatus in context
"The idea is that #Corbyn is unelectable, and it's just one of life's sad ironies that none of the people who believe this will be able to beat him in an election." #q Frankie Boyle http://ur1.ca/pfpgv
#Blairite arsehole of the week, Tom Watson, warns that a leadership election could "cause untold damage to the party", defined as "re-elect #Corbyn". http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/01/tom-watson-calls-on-labour-mps-to-prevent-leadership-contest
Hilary Benn is a fucking disgrace. How many charismatic populist dynamos do the Red Tories have hidden away? At last count, none. It's #Corbyn or BoJo the clown, and it's clear the Blairites prefer the latter.
"The media, as you've probably noticed, have been slightly critical." #q Jeremy #Corbyn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJRlCATAliQFriday, 29-Apr-16 22:15:26 AEST from web
According to the #Guardian, #Corbyn and McDonnell lack the "earnest gravitas" of Gordon Brown. Don't know what that's supposed to mean, but I do think "Earnest Gravitas: un parfum Brown pour les hommes" is a classy branding opportunity worth pursuing. http://ur1.ca/ot9nqTuesday, 12-Apr-16 20:06:01 AEST from web
As far as I'm concerned the next #UK election is over. Jeremy #Corbyn can put a finger to pursed lips and raise an eyebrow like no other human being alive. http://ur1.ca/oss6h
#Corbyn rams through his radical left-wing agenda. Ooh! Suits you, sir! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-is-planning-a-shadow-cabinet-reshuffle-in-the-new-year-to-purge-his-opponents-a6785301.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EVFdPjFR5s #FastShowTuesday, 16-Feb-16 22:11:44 AEDT from web
Shocked to hear Jeremy #Corbyn owns a cat but hasn't named it, on the grounds that #cats respond more to tone of voice than names. This is all very well, but there comes a time—typically after abandoning shaving—when a fellow decides he needs multiple cats. Then where will he be?Friday, 29-Jan-16 00:32:59 AEDT from web
"If I could [vote in the leadership election] I'd vote for Jeremy #Corbyn if only out of hope, the hope that the better part of salvation lies not in electoral calculation but in people's aspirations." #q Alan Bennett http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n01/alan-bennett/what-i-did-in-2015Sunday, 03-Jan-16 22:13:33 AEDT from web