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Summer is coming to an end and students are heading back to school. Despite the improvements in the quality of school meals in recent years, some families prefer to pack their own lunches. Unfortunately, many packed lunches don't match up to the nutrition standards of school lunches. Many common packed lunches provide too much sodium, fat, and sugar and lack enough fruits, vegetables, whole grains or dairy. To help your kids eat smart, here is a list of ideas for tasty, easy, low-cost, and healthy packed lunch ideas. Continue reading
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Personalized Wraps Using Your Better Pantry
In today's busy world, it can be hard to make quick, low-cost meals. When you use foods you already have in your pantry that save time and money. Wraps are a great meal to eat at home or on the go. Mix and match your ingredients and follow these steps to create tasty, budget-friendly meals for you and your family!
Pick your wrap. You can choose from flour, corn, or wheat tortillas or other options like pita or a large leaf of lettuce. Whole wheat grain is a better choice than white wraps and are high in fiber.
Pick a protein. Lean proteins such as chicken, turkey, and fish are a great way to get the protein you need to power through your day. Other lean protein options include tofu, beans, pork, and beef. When choosing protein options choose those with less salt.
Add cheese. Cheese has calcium that keeps bones and teeth strong. It can be shredded or sliced. Cheese adds flavor to your wrap. Whether it is cheddar, swiss, or any cheese you like, you can choose reduced-fat options to keep the wrap lower in saturated fat while having great taste!
Add the veggies. Vegetables come in all flavors and colors. Choosing a variety of colorful veggies can help you make a tasty wrap that is packed with vitamins and minerals. Peppers give your wrap extra kick and spice. While veggies such as carrots, spinach, or cucumbers give it a crunch without adding too much extra flavor. Adding tomatoes or other juicy veggies give each bite extra moisture. Add flavors and colors to your wrap to pack it with taste and nutrients.
Add the sauce. Whether it's your favorite salad dressing, condiment, or anything in between, adding a sauce gives your wrap flavor and helps hold it all together. Some common sauces you may have in your pantry are low-fat ranch dressing, hot sauce, Sriracha sauce, or vinaigrettes.


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HTC 10 with Ultra Pixel camera to make its way to India soon
Taiwanese handset-maker HTC has said that it is planning to launch its latest premium smartphone in the country soontech Updated: Apr 16, 2016 09:46 IST
Taiwanese handset-maker HTC has said that it is planning to launch its latest premium smartphone in the country soon.
"We are pleased to announce that global flagship HTC 10 is coming soon to India. Stay tuned for the announcement and the availability date," Faisal Siddiqui, president HTC South Asia, said.
Announced Tuesday, the HTC 10 phone is expected to be available in late April. The company didn't immediately announce pricing.
The 5.2 inch HTC 10 has Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with computing speed of up to 2.2 Ghz. It has 32GB internal memory and supports external storage of up to 2 terabyte or about 2,000GB. Other notable features in the HTC 10 include a powerful battery — promised at two days — and the ability to customize the home screen so that app icons don't all have to stay in a grid. There will be stickers of different sizes to move around and create a personalised design.
HTC is also giving a slight boost to the selfie camera — to 5 megapixels, matching the Apple and Samsung phones. It also joins its rivals in letting the screen serve as a front-facing flash.
The camera unit tries to strikes balance — larger individual pixels, but not as large as before. The rear camera is now 12 megapixels, the same as the latest iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones.
"What we tried to do ... is to get the best of both worlds," said Nigel Newby-House, HTC's associate vice president for product planning in North America. In last year's HTC One M9 phone, "the imaging performance was not up to the kind of spec of what we really like to see in a flagship."
HTC's flagship phones have drawn good reviews in the past, but it's had trouble translating those into sales. The company doesn't currently rank as one of the top five phone manufacturers worldwide, according to the market-research firm Gartner. In recent months, HTC has branched out to fitness and virtual-reality devices. But it isn't giving up on phones.
It has very little UI enhancements and sticks mostly to a stock Android look. This should make it easier for HTC to upgrade the 10 from its present version of Marshmallow 6.0 to Android N much more quickly. For audiophiles, the phone can now handle higher-quality sound files, and the two external speakers have been tweaked so that one focuses on high end notes, while the other emphasises bass.
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MegaPongo™ is a smartly designed, durable, all-in-one toss game with everything you need to play pong, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME.
- 2 Pong, Washers, and Cornhole Game Units with Backboards, Ball Collection, Toss Pieces
- 40 target cups
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- 12 standard ping pong balls
- 2 ball bags
- 4 built-in cup holders
- Sturdy metal legs
- Game Boards for Washers and Cornhole
- 8 Washers (2 colors)
- 8 Toss Bags (2 colors)
- PLUS 2 WindBall 6-packs
Play at the beach, the tailgate, the backyard, living room, anywhere!
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Listen V FM online live radio
V FM is a commercial Sinhala entertainment, music and information radio station targeted to an informed audience in Sri Lanka & Worldwide. Radio V-FM started transmitting on 1 November 2010. Dumee International is the owning company of V FM, set up recently, revolutionized the Media Industry by setting up Sri Lanka's famous Radio Channel. The head office and the main operations situated in Gangodawila, Nugegoda Sri Lanka. VFM currently hold broadcasting studio, production studio and a dubbing studio along with the Master control room the transmission faculties with all equipments. The station has five main departments namely Marketing, News, Programming, Engineering and Production. VFM transmits in 3 frequency levels. It covers Western province by FM 107.6, Southern province & North Central Province by FM 104, Uva Province & Eastern Province by FM 100.4 Fully tapping all the segments of commercially viable areas.


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NexGen College Small Group
August 26, 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 7:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until February 21, 2018
God is raising a generation of college students that can and will make a huge impact on the world for Christ. With this in mind, we seek to equip those students by presenting biblical and culturally relevant studies that will help the next generation move from past high school years to a God-focused, mature adulthood. Whether you're new to the area or looking to get plugged in, we'd love to connect with you!
NexGen is for 17-24 year old young adults, whether attending college or not, who want to seek out fun, friendship, and God.
Join us for worship with the student ministries at 7 pm, and then break of for a young adult relevant study.


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 11734
KPPP can't start if user is not root
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:55 EDT
I'm using Red Hat Linux 6.2 and KDE. I installed KPPP and it's running
without problems when I'm logged in as root. However, when I log under any
other username and run KPPP, I get prompt to enter root password. Whatever
I do, enter this password or not, nothing happens: I can't get Connect
dialog, and I'm not getting any error message.
Why it's happening? What I have to do to enable ppp access to ordinary
users and to avoid root password entering at the beginning?
May 30, 2000
I managed to invoke kppp by changing /etc/security/console.apps/kppp text file.
I changed this line:
to true and after that non-root users was able to get input for root password.
To get rid of input dialog you should try
rm /usr/bin/kppp
chmod u+s /usr/sbin/kppp
ln -s /usr/sbin/kppp usr/bin/kppp
Reassigning to kdenetwork component.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich, January 07, 2008 – Fabri-Kal, a leading provider of disposable foodservice packaging, has announced the availability of its re-designed line of Nexclear® contact-clear polypropylene plastic drink cups. One lid now fits the five most commonly used sizes of drink cups, which include 9, 12, 16, 20 and 24 ounce capacity, eliminating foodservice operators' need for multiple lids. Fabri-Kal is the first North American manufacturer to offer this unique cup and lid system for plastic drink cups.
Nexclear cups are recyclable where facilities exist, shatter-resistant and feature large embossed numbers on their base for easy operator and customer product identification. Lightweight Nexclear cups provide an economical alternative to traditional clear cups while providing hot application use.
The lids that fit Nexclear cups are made from clear APET plastic, the same recyclable material used in water and soda bottles. Flat, straw-slotted and dome style lids are available for multiple merchandising options. Each lid snaps securely onto the cup's smooth rolled rim to provide a safe and comfortable drinking experience.
Nexclear cups are custom printable in up to five colors and feature a large, uninterrupted labeling space for branding opportunities. The cups are also embossed with capacity marks for practical fill identification. The complete Nexclear line includes 7 and 10 ounce cups that fit a second common lid.
Fabri-Kal is a leading provider of plastic foodservice and custom thermoformed packaging solutions. As one of the largest thermoformers in North America, Fabri-Kal's customer base includes thousands of foodservice operators and dozens of consumer product manufacturers. Headquartered in Kalamazoo, Mich and in continuous operation since 1950, Fabri-Kal employs over 800 people in five manufacturing, printing and warehousing facilities throughout the United States. More information about Fabri-Kal may be found at the company's website, www.f-k.com.


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Just another (new) coffee shop around Muara Karang! Yeah, it's Ottoman's Coffee Brewers, located inline with Coffee Kulture. And find their simply signage (like the picture above) and I trust, you can find easily a typical coffee shop with black window frame appears in front of the shop.
Yeah, it looks like a typical coffee shop : clean, minimalist, dominant with white color and some IKEA stuffs there. Anyway, this place is quiet homey and they're so friendly when serving us. And if I'm not mistaken, they use Brooklyn's Farm Milk, so the taste is +1! :)
Uwooo! I think this is one of favorite spot to take a picture! You can find it at the entrance, so grab your coffee and take a picture here!
|Cold Brew & Cappuccino
Cold Brew (IDR 40.000) & Cappuccino (IDR 38.000), just a perfect companion in the weekend. So, we ordered this as our favorite. Hmm, their latte art is good enough!
|Banana Bread
Banana Bread (IDR 25.000), just a typical banana bread and served with caramel sauce. But their sauce is too salty, so I can't enjoy it nicely.
Overall, they served a good coffee and also with a good place and minimalist-clean ambiance (yeah, I think you know what I meant, hehe). Okay, I'll be back here again!
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|[jira] Commented: (HADOOP-6884) Add LOG.isDebugEnabled() guard for each LOG.debug("...")
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6884?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12899461#action_12899461 ] Luke Lu commented on HADOOP-6884: --------------------------------- Did some digging on the aspectj wrapping approach. Looks like it's a no go performance wise, as it cannot solve the arguments building cost issue without fixing aspectj itself, as someone else tried to do exactly the same thing here: http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/aspectj-users/msg09294.html Looks the most reasonable current course of action is just committing the patch as it looks correct, low risk and significantly lower gc stress (especially in namenode code, according to Suresh in offline discussions.) We should file a separate jira to explore the switching to slf4j api (still using log4j as backend) approach. One open issue even with slf4j API is that it doesn't solve the autoboxing cost issue for primitive types, which we use a lot the logs: http://qos.ch/pipermail/slf4j-dev/2005-August/000241.html (old but still reflecting the current API design.) > Add LOG.isDebugEnabled() guard for each LOG.debug("...") > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6884 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6884 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 0.22.0 > Reporter: Erik Steffl > Assignee: Erik Steffl > Fix For: 0.22.0 > > Attachments: HADOOP-6884-0.22-1.patch, HADOOP-6884-0.22.patch > > > Each LOG.debug("...") should be executed only if LOG.isDebugEnabled() is true, in some cases it's expensive to construct the string that is being printed to log. It's much easier to always use LOG.isDebugEnabled() because it's easier to check (rather than in each case reason whether it's necessary or not). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Cass Regional employees recognized by The Research Foundation
The Research Foundation recently awarded two Cass Regional Medical Center employees for their dedication to health care. Tricia Leiker is the 2017 recipient of the Hal M. Quinn Excellence in Nursing Award, and Barbie Touchstone is the 2017 recipient of the Kathy DeGrande Award for Excellence.
Leiker began her career in health care as a certified nurse's assistant and received her licensed practical nurse degree in 2013. After graduating, she began working in long-term care while working going to school to receive a registered nursing (RN) degree. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN) at the University of Missouri-Kanas City. Leiker was nominated for the Hal M. Quinn Excellence in Nursing Award for her commitment to excellence in patient care and passion for improving processes and resources at Cass Regional Medical Center.
Touchstone is an LPN who has practiced for nearly six years. She is currently attending school to receive her RN degree. Touchstone was nominated for the Kathy DeGrande Award for Excellence because of her advocacy for patients, sense of humor and the close relationships she creates with her coworkers.
The Hal M. Quinn Excellence in Nursing Award was created in honor of former board member and chairman of The Research Foundation, Hal Quinn. Quinn passed away May 2013. The award provides $1,500 for continuing education to a nurse that excels in patient care.
The Kathy DeGrande Award for Excellence was created to honor Kathy DeGrande, former vice president and chief financial officer at Research Medical Center and Research Belton Hospital, now Belton Regional Medical Center. DeGrande passed away March 2000. The award provides $1,000 for continuing education to a full-time or part-time health care professional that is committed to excellence, abides interest in the welfare of their co-workers, has a zest for life and a sense of humor.
Both awards are given annually to area health care professionals who work at hospitals in the region.
The Research Foundation supports professional development in health care through continuing education opportunities as well as several other programs. Visit theresearchfoundationkc.org to learn more.


text: Sorry if this has been answered already (I coudn't find an answer using search)--has boot2 for Bootmii been disabled with 4.2? I updated from a 4.1 softmod to 4.2 today. Installed 4.2 through Nintendo's updater (a guide I read on here said it was okay to do this), and everything about the mod went alright except I'm not greeted with the bootmii menu now when I start my Wii. I'd really like it there for brick protection.


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The various ethnic groups of the Mediterranean are tied together by more than the present political conflicts and economic inequalities in the region would suggest. Since the dawn of recorded history, the Mediterranean coastlines have been interconnected by a web of trade routes extending from the Arab-Islamic cultural sphere and Byzantine-influenced Eastern Europe all the way to the Western European port metropolises. Continuous exchange gave rise to and nurtured a unique cultural space shared by the entire Mediterranean world. "The Gods", as David Abulafia (The Great Sea) pointed out, "were riding along on every trade ship".
"The White Sea" (Arabic translation of "Mediterranean Sea") brings that historical cultural exchange back into view through public debate . Historians, philosophers and writers of different generations and backgrounds join in dialogue and discuss which aspects of their shared cosmopolitan heritage are unifying and which are divisive. It is a process of formulating new narratives for the region, narratives that can help defeat nationalist and/or fundamentalist discourses.
The series of events kicked off in Berlin and Trieste in 2012. Annual installments have taken place around the Mediterranean ever since.
Berlin, February 2018
On 13 February 2018, historians Leyla Dakhli and David Abulafia, political scientist Claus Leggewie as well as writer Rainer Merkel met at the Literary Colloquium Berlin to discuss historical and current transformations in the Mediterranean world. The participants addressed topics such as the history of cosmopolitan port cities, national isolation, armed conflicts, climate change and mass tourism. They also exchanged their positions on how to re-think Europe from the South (to the center). The discussion was moderated by cultural scientist and literary scholar Markus Messling from the Marc Bloch center.
Marseille, May 2017
The novel Transit, written by Anna Seghers, is an impressive account of the life of refugees in Marseille/France after the German invasion. Today, the Mediterranean area is again a place of displacement and despair, but it is also a place of hope, for a journey into a better life. Within the newly established literary festival Oh les beaux jours !, authors from diverse countries came together in Marseille, they all witness with their works or via their own biographies how rich the experience of migration can be, and not only for Europe.
Berlin, Februar 2017
Berlin is often referred to as the westernmost capital of Eastern Europe, Marseille as Maghreb's northernmost metropolis. What is the bridging function of these cities which are often described as centers of parallel societies and the underground, between East and West, or Southern Europe and North Africa? French and East European writers dedicated to these and other questions during the event Marseille – Berlin: Gateways to another World [Tore zu anderen Welten].
Berlin, February 2016
At the Odyssee to Europe event, six authors spoke from their own personal point of view about the dramatic mass exodus to and through Europe. Conversation revolved around the flight from Syria via what is known as the "Balkan Route" and the construction of new border fences within Europe.
Thessaloniki, June 2015
The Thessaloniki – Reinventing Diversity event brought together authors and artists from Greece and neighboring countries to talk about how Thessaloniki could draw on its multicultural heritage to shape a vision for the future, and how the city could cooperate with other urban centers in the region to meet the great challenges of the 21st century. They then envisioned the kind of role today's immigrants might play in that.
Berlin, November 2014
Authors exiled in Europe or dealing with Syria in their novels discussed their experiences at the Syria in Exile event in Berlin. They told stories of escape, migration, homesickness and an active, yet barely noticed art scene within Syria and beyond. That art scene is not only trying to find and test out new spaces of freedom, but also waging peaceful protest outside the theaters of war.
Alexandria, April 2014
The Identities in Motion event explored the multiple cultural identities that have evolved around the Mediterranean Sea and continue to influence the mutual perceptions of Arabs and Europeans to this day.
Tirana, October 2013
Eight authors of different generations from Albania, Egypt, Germany and Switzerland gathered at the Memorial Space Europe event to speak about the unifying and divisive aspects of their shared Mediterranean heritage. The authors sought to pinpoint what kind of collective memory exists in the Mediterranean world, and how that collective memory has been shaped by both a long history of shared cultural traditions and a present rife with contrasts.
Berlin, May 2013
The Mediterranean Sea as Eternal Fantasy featured discussion and readings by authors from Germany, Italy, Croatia and Albania on the continued role the heritage of ancient Mediterranean cultures plays in the present.
Trieste, November 2012
Between Mediterranean and Central Europe: The Two Souls of Mediterranean Literature focused on the importance of the sea in Italian, Croatian and Slovenian literature. Throughout the event, discussions lingered on the aspects of Mediterranean heritage that tie the different cultures together.
Berlin, July 2012
The kick-off event on 7 July 2012 at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (Literary Colloquium Berlin) addressed The Shared Ancient Heritage of Mediterranean Cultures. Six renowned authors from the Mediterranean and Germany gathered to reflect on that theme together. What unifying or dividing role does that cultural heritage play in the Mediterranean today? What great myths and stories continue to influence those cultures into the present?
On 13 February 2018, historians Leyla Dakhli and David Abulafia, political scientist Claus Leggewie as well as writer Rainer Merkel met at the Literary Colloquium Berlin, the discussion was moderated by cultural scientist and literary scholar Markus Messling from the Marc Bloch center.
The White Sea at the literature festival Oh les beaux jours !, Marseille, May 2017
The White Sea at the literature festival Oh les beaux jours !, here with Maïssa bey and Camille de Toledo, among others, Marseille, May 2017
The White Sea at the literature festival Oh les beaux jours !, with Christina Weiss, Melinda Nadj Abonji, Robert Menasse, Khaled al Khamissi and Stanislaw Strasburger, Marseille, May 2017
The White Sea at the literature festival Oh les beaux jours !, with Pinar Selek and Omar Youssef Souleimane, Marseille, May 2017
Discussion "Berlin - Marseille. Tore zu anderen Welten", Literarisches Colloqium Berlin 2017.
Photo: Philippe Pujol, Thierry Fabre, Christian Garcin and Leyla Dakhli (moderation)
Discussion "Berlin - Marseille. Tore zu anderen Welten", Literarisches Colloqium Berlin 2017.
Photo: Jaroslav Rudiš
Discussion "Berlin - Marseille. Tore zu anderen Welten", Literarisches Colloqium Berlin 2017.
Photo: Katerina Poladjan, Jaroslav Rudiš, Stanisław Strasburger and Jörg Magenau (moderation)
Upper left: Zsófia Bán, Ingo Schulze, Amanda Michalopoulou. Below: Vladimir Arsenijević, Assaf Alassaf, Aleš Šteger, Rasha Abbas
Discussion "Syria in Exile", Literarisches Colloqium Berlin, 2014.
From left to right: Talal Derki, Leila Chammaa (Translator), Rasha Abbas, Mathias Énard, Larissa Bender (Moderation), Rosa Yassin Hassan, Amer Matar, Nihad Siris
Ivana Sajko discussing at the conference "Identies in Motion" at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, 2014.
The engaged aufdience at the conference "Identies in Motion" in Alexandria, 2014.
The "White Sea" (Arabic name of the Mediterranean Sea) at the coast of Alexandria, Egypt.
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Conference "Memorial Space Europe", Tirana, 2013.
Panel discussion with Parid Teferici and Ilma Rakusa.
Kick-off event "The Shared Ancient Heritage of Mediterranean Cultures" at Literarisches Colloqium Berlin, 2012. With Joachim Sartorius (below) and others.
Foto of the exhibition "Seachange", which was on show in the context of the White Sea at Literarisches Colloqium Berlin in 2012.
Several photographers documented the life of young Europeans as result after the big financial-market crisis.


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Just like in your business, the holiday season (a.k.a. busy season) comes with challenges and excitement. And like you, we do our very best to meet those challenges. We say this often, but it's true: Your success is ours.
To all those who have helped make this season — our 27th in business — rewarding, worthwhile and fun: Thank you from bottom of our hearts. It's because of customers like you that we love what we do.
Let us first say that it's no coincidence we're making this announcement on Thanksgiving week. Our customers mean the world to our small business, and we're forever looking for ways to make life easier for them.
Since launching LifeLong Gifts (back then, LifeLong Cutlery) in 2014, we have received such an outpouring of support from the real estate community. It's been extremely humbling to see how our lineup of high-quality, personalized gifts has impacted your business relationships.
So this is our gift to you, our way of saying thank you.
Here's what you'll notice when you visit the completely redesigned LifeLong Gifts home:
Why are we doing this?
To put it simply, we love you and care about your time with us. This transition is part of the bigger picture of Magnets USA and our dedication to provide every customer with a positive experience. As we embark on our 28th year in business, it is our goal to continue to improve, grow and stay relevant.
We hope you'll tag along for the journey...
Before we know it, a new year will be in full swing — which means now is the time to get creative about your 2018 lead and referral generation.
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Everything was ready to go — our bags were packed, the product samples looked good, and our marketing literature was hot off the press.
But we never made it to Mega Camp, Keller Williams Realty's annual conference in Austin, Texas — and one of our biggest trade shows of the year.
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Keller Williams transformed Mega Camp into Mega Relief, a week-long event to help those impacted by Harvey's devastating wrath.
We were able to send four amazing team members down to Texas to participate.
One of those people was Daniel Turner, who works on our dedicated KW sales team:
"This was quite a shocking experience for me," Daniel says. "When we first arrived on buses to the more heavily flooded areas, my first thought was, 'This looks like a war zone.' All along the streets were massive piles of ruined belongings from the houses."
Until this experience, Daniel says he never realized how much was truly lost in a flood.
"If you weren't lucky enough to have an upstairs, the majority of the items in the houses were totally destroyed. The homeowners we met seemed to have lost all hope."
Daniel and the rest of the crew spent the week tearing out drywall, ripping up carpet and removing damaged materials from homes in Katy and Houston.
"It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, knowing that we were able to help save the structures of the houses that we worked on," Daniel says. "We felt immense gratitude from the victims, and we could tell that we brought a few rays of sunshine to their days after so many weeks of uncertainty and devastation."
Another rewarding aspect was working alongside so many Keller Williams agents. Had things been different, we would have met them across a perfectly arranged table in the marketplace section of the conference. Instead, we helped each other haul, lift and offer hope.
"There was an incredible amount of camaraderie felt between us and the thousands of Keller Williams agents," Daniel says. "We all worked together extremely well, especially considering most of us had never helped in a situation like this before.
"I was so amazed to see that many people step up and help with relief efforts. To see people fly in to Texas from all around the country gave me so much hope and made me incredibly proud to live in this country."
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- Doug B., Magnets USA customer since 1996
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"These calendars really work! I recently received an email from a young man requesting my assistance in finding his first home. When I asked if someone had referred him to me, his reply was, 'I know who you are, because your picture and calendar have been on my mom and dad's fridge since I was a little kid!' This same scenario has repeated itself over the past few years. After sending out calendars for over 20 years to my sphere of influence, they have been my best spent dollars in advertising and keeping in touch."
- Pam S., Magnets USA customer since 1997
"A man who lives in my neighborhood called inquiring about a house that had just come on the market. It was not my listing, but I was aware of it as I had showed it to another party a few days earlier. I picked up my neighbor to look at the house, and his adult son was with him. When we returned to their home to drop them off, I handed the son one of your magnetic calendars. He took it out of the envelope and thanked me, then his Dad laughed and said 'Jim, that's how I got your number and called you! Your calendars have been on my refrigerator for years, I use them often, so when I wanted information on this house, I called you.' This resulted in a cash sale in the $600,000s."
- Jim L., Magnets USA customer since 2009
Your friend who likes the easy button
"Our real estate company has been ordering magnetic holiday calendars from Magnets USA for over 21 years. Each year the process gets easier because our representative is so helpful and completely knows her products and her clients' needs. If I have a question or a late order, our representative just handles it."
- Karen D., Magnets USA customer since 1996
"I send or hand out 400 pieces every year, and get calls and sales from my calendar mailings. I use them to keep in touch with clients and friends, but mostly I farm certain neighborhoods. I have received many calls from these calendars and have people come up and talk to me because they want to thank me for the calendar and the recipes. What an easy and efficient marketing tool!"
- Fred L., Magnets USA customer since 2010
Just like the sport itself, distributing football schedules requires strategy, face-to-face contact and a little legwork.
So to help you get the most out of your marketing, we've come up with a list of creative ways to get your shiny new schedules in all the right hands.
1. One of the best ways to distribute schedules is at high school football games. Here, you'll have endless opportunity to meet parents and other potential clients. Plus, when your schedule features local teams, you're offering them a product of true interest.
2. Leave a stack at sports bars, takeout restaurants and popular post-game hangouts. You'll catch fans when they have football on the brain! Most local business owners are more than happy to display schedules by their cash register or on the bar.
3. Post a photo to your Facebook page. Post a photo of your schedules to your social media accounts, and ask followers to contact you if they'd like one. If your post isn't reaching that many people, boost it to those who live in your area and are interested in the teams featured on the schedule.
4. Give some to your friends and family. They're your biggest supporters, so don't be shy about asking for help. Mom, Dad, Uncle Bob and your little brother can distribute your schedules while they're out and about.
5. Let us mail them for you. No time to distribute schedules yourself? We completely understand. From stuffing and sealing to addressing and shipping your envelopes, we'll mail your schedules to your list. And if you don't have a large mailing list or just want some fresh contacts, we can help with that, too.
Does the thought of organizing an open house overwhelm you? After all, you need it to be highly effective.
It must generate leads, gain insightful feedback, increase neighborhood awareness and (ultimately) sell the home.
If you're unsure where to begin, here's the easy button: the Open House Mastery Kit. Exclusive to Magnets USA, this complete open house system welcomes guests into the home, garners feedback from them and helps you follow up with prospective clients and buyers.
Agent-tested and approved, this all-in-one kit offers all the tools you need for a successful open house, including carefully worded surveys, signage to place around the home and follow-up thank-you cards.
To learn more about the Open House Mastery Kit and to watch a video, visit our website.
5 expert tips on hosting a successful open house
Infinity Stainless Steel Soap is a kitchen must-have that removes foul cooking odors — like fish, garlic and onion — from your hands. Both sides can be engraved for a gift that really stands out.
While Stainless Steel Soap makes a great referral or employee appreciation gift, the gifting possibilities don't stop there.
Here are some of our favorite ideas:
As pop-by gifts
We love this idea from one of our very first Stainless Steel Soap customers: Package each soap with a favorite recipe and a small bag of onions. This idea is especially meaningful and fun around the holidays.
As stocking stuffers
This Christmas, give the cooks in your family a gift they'll use all year. Engrave each soap with a sweet holiday message, the year or your family name.
As teacher appreciation gifts
Score top marks with your child's teachers by giving them a unique thank-you gift. Earn extra credit by engraving each soap with the school year and a message like "Thanks for making a difference."
As wedding or bridal shower gifts
Help the happy couple start their new chapter with a unique and lasting gift. Pair their soap — engraved with their new last name and wedding date — with a recipe book or a set of cutlery from our LifeLong Gifts shop.
Have another idea? Let us know, and we might feature it!
Offering a positive client experience is so important that we thought we'd share this post again! How are you doing so far this year? Are your clients getting the attention they deserve?
They might not say it, but your clients want to feel like they're the only ones you're working with. By making sure they have an unmatched client experience, you're setting yourself up for more referrals and radiant reviews. It's a total win-win.
Here are some easy ways (that go a long way) to show you care about your clients:
Before they're your client
While they're your client
After they're your client
When it comes to growing your business, lead generation is king. It's so vital, in fact, that successful real estate agents dedicate a portion of each day to developing new leads.
One way we help agents capture great leads is through our targeted mailing list service. With this lead-generation service, you can feel good knowing your marketing pieces are going to people who fit demographics you define. Qualifiers like zip code, radius and location type (residential addresses, apartments or businesses) all work to fill your list with credible, promising prospects.
This service is our solution to anyone wanting to quickly and effectively grow their mailing list. It's ideal for new agents, or those wishing to reach a new audience.
Currently, we offer a 500-name list for just $49. If you were to land even one of those names as a client, wouldn't it be worth the small investment?
Once you have your list (turnaround time is typically one business day), you can start marketing right away. This time of year, we recommend promoting yourself with magnetic football schedules, which boast a six-month marketing life and designs that make you feel like you're right there in the stadium.
Most important, though, football schedules work.
"My partner and I having been using the college football schedules featuring the schools in our region with the most interest," says John O., an agent in Holland, Ohio. "Last year we tracked six sales directly from this promotion. We've achieved sales and referrals every year we distribute them."
February 2017


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July 1, 2017
Some 400 people packed a special city council meeting here on June 20 to demand that the city end its "shameful collaboration" with federal police and spy agencies. But the council, while widely hailed as "progressive," ignored the near-unanimous popular opinion and voted to renew three controversial police programs: participation in a Regional Intelligence Fusion Center, participation in the Urban Areas Security Initiative and acquisition of a bulletproof armored personnel carrier.
January 19, 2017
We call upon ALL people to sign and ACT on the Call from RefuseFascism.org which appeared in the Jan. 4 edition of the New York Times and the following week in the Washington Post. Today the Fascist pig Trump, his pick for attorney general Jeff Sessions and the rest of those who make up the Trump-Pence regime – this whole legion of doom is shouting: "Law and Order!" as they threaten to force people to respect the police – respect their whole way of governing and ruling … or else.


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Two horses escaped unharmed from a fire that burned down a barn this morning in an unincorporated area of Will County near Frankfort.
The fire was reported about 10:30 a.m. on Scott Youdris' property in the 9000 block of West Dralle Road.
Youdris' mother, Betsy Youdris, lives two homes down from her son and said her grandson alerted her of the fire once it broke out. She said the moment the horses "smelled something" unusual, they ran over to her pasture.
Betsy Youdris said the horses -- one of which belongs to her and her husband and the other belongs to Scott -- knew to run over to her property since they've been on it before.


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What's in Bloom this Week
Entry Walk:
Begonia boliviensis 'Santa Cruz Sunset'
Osteospermum – African Daisies
Cestrum 'Orange Peel'
Asclepias curassavica – Tropical Milkweed (shown above)
Great Lawn:
Echinacea – Coneflower
Coreopsis – Tickseed
Anigozanthos – Kangaroo Paw
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses:
Anemonopsis macrophylla
Leucanthemum – Shasta Daisies
Gentiana 'True Blue'
Monarda – Bee Balm
Lillium 'Golden Stargazer', 'Stargazer' and 'Silk Road'
Rose and Perennial Garden:
Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' – Sunflower
Angelica gigas
Echinacea 'Balsomed' – Coneflower
Echinacea 'Magnus' – Coneflower
Astillbe chinensis var taquetii 'Superba'
Cleaver Event Lawn:
Spigelia marilandica
Geranium 'Sue Craig'
Geranium 'Rozanne'
Inula magnifica 'Gold in Spring'
Hydrangea paniculata 'Kyushu'
Kitchen Garden:
Potato and Lettuce flowering, several cultivars
Calendula – Pot Marigold, several cultivars
Amaranthus several cultivars
Helianthus – Sunflowers, several cultivars
Ipomoea purpurea – Morning Glory; several cultivars
Emilia sonchifolia var. javanica – 'Irish Poet' Tasssel Flower
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black Knight'
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children's Garden:
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Gentian 'True Blue'
Echinacea 'Pink Double Delight' Cone-fections Coneflower
Leucanthemum – Shasta Daisy
Hibiscus – Blue Chiffon Rose-of-Sharon
Ligularia Japonica – Japanese Ligularia
Allium – Ornamental Onion
Lonicera sempervirens – Trumpet Honeysuckle
Tunica saxifraga – Tunic Flower
Liatris 'Prairie Blazing Star' – Gayfeather
Giles Rhododendron Garden:
Hosta 'Whirlwind' plantain lily
Lobelia cardensis 'cardinal flower'
Hydrangea arborescens 'A. G. Annabelle'
Astilbe chinensis 'Veronica Klose'
Geranium 'Gerwat' Rozanne Cranesbill
Bosarge Family Education Center:
Aconitum uncinatum
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'
FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA: AN EXHIBIT OF NATIVE NEW ENGLAND PLANT PORTRAITS by NESBA
We are very fortunate to have the New England Society of Botanical Artists (NESBA) "From the Mountains to the Sea" exhibit open here this week at its 6th and final venue, the Bosarge Family Education Center at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay ME. Everyone is invited to the reception Saturday August 9, 5-7 pm. There will be a live botanical artist demonstration by NESBA and Maine artist Kate MacGillivary at 2 p.m. The exhibit will be on view from August 1 through September 30.
NESBA works to promote public appreciation of the art and science of botanical art and illustration in New England. The Society educates individuals and organizations about botanical art and illustration through exhibits, lectures, workshops, and outreach programs.
Through its art, NESBA emphasizes New England plant diversity and its preservation, provides a community for artists and illustrators engaged in this challenging discipline, designs forums for meetings and discussions, as well as for camaraderie among other botanical artists, illustrators, scientists and historians.
Images courtesy: NESBA, New England Society of Botanical Artists
Top image: Asclepius syriaca, Milkweed, Susan Pettee, Massachusetts
View From the Mountains to the Sea NESBA catalog (PDF)
For more information about the art and artists, click here
Unique Plants for Maine Gardens: Agave and Dinosaur Food
Greetings fellow plant enthusiasts, my name is Kristin Neill. For those of you that don't remember me, I am originally from Greensboro, North Carolina. I'm a student at North Carolina State University studying Horticultural Science and Plant Biology. This is my second summer interning at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. I'm excited to have the chance to return to Maine and continue working and learning every day at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
One of my favorite parts about working for the Gardens has to be planting. We are constantly changing designs and adding and moving plants within the individual gardens and it's phenomenal to get to participate in these changes. We were very busy in June completing some of our biggest projects, including a new design in the Great Lawn bed and many annual plants. We have some very beautiful displays this year, including some very exceptional plants.
So let me tell you about some of my favorite unique plants this summer. I've had the opportunity to do many of the annual plantings in the front entrance walk, the Great Lawn, and the Children's Garden. One of the more interesting plants in the garden, that is definitely not native to Maine, is the Agave. Agave was interesting to handle in its entirety. Sharp needle-like ends at the tips of each leaf make handling this gorgeous plant deadly, and make planting even harder. Agave is known as the "century plant", meaning that it takes a long time for it to flower, then after flowering the plant will die. Up here in Maine, though, this plant will not make it through the winter and will never get the chance to flower. Although it was a challenge to handle and plant, I enjoy having this plant in the gardens as well as seeing guest reactions to it. It has been used in a distinctive design on the front entrance walk. Where else will you see Agave growing in Maine?
Now think back to the times of dinosaurs; imagine the massive looming creatures and the massive plants growing that had to sustain such creatures. One of our newest additions to the Rhododendron Garden is a plant reminiscent of such plants. Called Gunnera manicata, this giant-leaved perennial definitely resembles "dinosaur food", which also happens to be one of its common names. Gunnera manicata is one of the largest herbaceous perennials on earth. The huge, toothed, palmately-lobed, and prominently-veined leaves on Gunnera can get as big as 6 to 8 feet across. This unique plant is also commonly called "giant rhubarb" because of its similarities to rhubarb, although botanically, it is not related.
So come visit this summer and check out these unusual plants along with many more unique ones here at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens!
-Kristin Neill
Bridge Summer Intern 2014, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Horticultural Science and Plant Biology Major, North Carolina State University
First Impressions of a Horticulture Summer Intern
As a new horticultural summer intern at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) and having never been in the state of Maine before I was unsure what to expect when I first arrived at the Gardens. Of course I had seen pictures of various places within the garden and have been amazed by them, but none of these photos could compare to actual beauty of CMBG. My first day of work I found myself in complete awe of this spectacular place, even the parking lot that I found myself lost in was amazing. The colors of the flowers are so vibrant and the smells intoxicating. The small details of each individual flower of the blooming plants make Coastal Maine so magical. My first week of work was definitely filled with work to be done from removing tulip bulbs to mulching in the rain. I woke up sore but so excited to head back to work in the wonderland that is CMBG. Even today I find myself walking around in a fantasy trying to absorb everything that CMBG has to offer. The flowers are in a constant rotation of blooming times. The first week I arrived the Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud) was flowering and now Delphinium elatum is in full bloom and roses are filling the air with their invigorating fragrance. Everything changes here, but my amazement of this place remains the same. I am just about half way through my summer internship at CMBG and I can't imagine leaving this remarkable place. When I head back to the University of Delaware this fall to complete my senior year I'm not sure I will be able to find the same tranquility that I have discovered here in Maine. Not only is the environment of CMBG a great place to work, but also the other horticulturalists are so knowledgeable and fun to work with. I have definitely learned a lot about horticulture thus far and I look forward to what else CMBG has to offer as I finish up my last month and a half in this utopia that is Maine.
– Meghan Sobbott
Walbridge-Bacon Summer Intern 2014, CMBG
University of Delaware 2015
BS Agriculture and Natural Resources
BS Plant Science
Environmental Soil Science Minor
2014 Summer Interns, field trip
Last week the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens summer interns went on a day trip to Bar Harbor with Rodney Eason, Director of Horticulture. First stop they went to Lunaform to see how their enormous concrete vases and pieces are made. Then they traveled the Rockefeller Estate on Mt. Desert Island and toured the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden and several other gardens as well. It was wonderful experience for our interns!
Our summer interns are involved with and contributors to many different areas of the Gardens each summer, including admissions, education, gift shop, horticulture, marketing and membership. From left to right: Emma – Mount Holyoke College '14, Christabel – Emerson College '15, Kristin – North Carolina State University '16, Fei – Bates College '14, Meghan – University of Delaware '15, Lauren – University of Michigan '15, Caitlin – Rochester Institute of Technology '15, Mary – Bates College '16.
What's in Bloom this Week
Main Entrance:
Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' standards
Lavendula 'Phenomenal'
Begonia boliviensis 'Santa Cruz Sunset'
Bibby & Harold Alfond Children's Garden:
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Variegatum'
Petrorhagia saxifraga
Ligularia japonica
Syringa 'Penda' – Bloomerang lilac
Cuphea micropetala (KOO-fee-ah my-kro-PET-ah-lah) – Candy Corn plant (shown above)
Rose & Perennial Garden:
Ipomea 'Firecracker'
Hyssop 'Black Adder'
Echinacea sp. – Coneflowers
Knipfophia 'Lola'
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Lerner Garden and Great Lawn:
Hemerocallis – Daylilies
Lillium 'Golden Stargazer' and 'Silk Road'
Platycodon – Balloon Flower
Helenium – Sneeze Weed
Echinaceas – Coneflowers
Melanthium – Bunch Flower
Phlox 'Danielle' – Garden Phlox
Haney Hillside:
Ceanothus americanus – New Jersey tea
Dicentra – Bleeding Heart
Cleaver Event Lawn:
Allium millennium
Phlox paniculata 'David'
Phlox paniculata 'Danielle'
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
Phytolacca americana 'Silberstein' – Pokeweed
Giles Rhododendron Garden:
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'
Geranium 'Gerwat' – Rozanne cranesbill
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Hennie Graafland'
Rhododendron 'Hachmann's Charmant'
Come see the Codfather
We're delighted to welcome back Maine Artist Steve Lindsay to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens with his spectacular bronze sculpture, The "Codfather". The sculpture is a generous gift to the Gardens from Tish and Seabury Stoneburner, which was originally installed here in 2006 as part of a June LaCombe sculpture exhibit. The "Codfather" is now permanently installed on our Shoreland Trail for everyone to enjoy for many years to come. Interesting fact: at six feet long, the "Codfather" is a life-size bronze replica of a world record 211-pound Atlantic cod caught off the coast of New England in 1895. Original fabrication and bronze casting images may be viewed on the artist's website: www.stevelindsay.net. Come see the Codfather!
Pollinators , a June LaCombe SCULPTURE Exhibit at the gardens
Make sure you look for some or all of June LaCombe's 2014 exhibit, "Pollinators", when you visit Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this summer in Boothbay, including Polynation by George Sherwood (image courtesy of June LaCombe). June brings together some of the finest artists and artwork in New England each year; her outdoor installations demonstrate how sculpture can animate the land and celebrate place. June has helped clients for 25 years to build their art collections as she oversees the selection, delivery, placement and installation of sculpture.
Come see the full "Pollinators" exhibit here in person until September 30th or view it on her website: June LaCombe SCULPTURE.
June LaCombe is currently featured in a great article, "The Art of Nature" in the August issue of Down East magazine. Download Down East article (PDF)
A Wild, Woolly (Polyphemus) Visitor
Is it a bird? Plane? Nope, it's a Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)! 11 year-old Youth Education Steward and young naturalist Graham could not wait to share this beautiful moth that he found at his home, so he brought it in. He took it to our Resource Room in the Visitor's Center where he identified the fuzzy, nocturnal pollinator using a field guide. He learned that what was once a Giant Silkworm had become a big, handsome moth. One that's in the same family as the lovely, elusive Luna Moth. What's cool about the Polyphemus? It has strikingly colorful wing patterns and multiple transparent eyespots. Thank you for sharing it with us, Graham!
What's in Bloom this Week
Entry Walk:
Lavendula 'Phenomenal' – Lavender
Cestrum 'Orange Peel'
Begonia 'Whopper Red Bronze Leaf'
Coleus 'Wasabi'
Lerner Garden of the Five Senses:
Actaea racemosa – Black Snakeroot
Hemerocallis – Daylilies
Echinacea – all of them!
Monarda – Bee Balm
Great Lawn:
Echinacea – Purple Coneflower
Salvia confertiflora
Filipendula – Queen of the Prairie
Anigozanthos – Kangaroo Paw
Rose and Perennial Garden:
Clematis 'Hagley Hybrid'
Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchaud'
Rosa 'Prairie Joy'
Ligularia 'Bottle Rocket'
Lavendula angustifolia 'Hidcote' – Lavender
Kitchen Garden:
Digitalis ferruginea – Foxglove
Echinacea 'Milkshake' Sweet – Coneflower
Hydrangea 'Annabelle'
Helianthus 'Earthwalker' 'Velvet Queen' 'Crimson Queen' 'Primrose Giant' bold impressive – Sunflowers
Papaver somniferum – Bread Seed Poppy
Thymus citriodorus – Lemon Thyme
Calendula cultivars – Marigold
Bibby and Harold Alfond Children's Garden:
The Daisies are incredible!
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'
Lonicera sp. – Honeysuckle
Echinacea cultivars – Coneflower
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
Asclepias sp. – Milkweed
Cleaver Event Lawn:
Stachys 'Helen von Stein'
Coreopsis 'Red Satin'
Echinacea 'Passion Flute' – Coneflower
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' – Milkweed
Bosarge Family Education Center:
Hypericum 'Blue Velvet' – Kalm's St. Johnswort
Cotinus obovatus – American smoke tree
Gillenia stipulata – American Ipecac
Asclepias incarnata – Milkweed
Shown above: Echinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel'


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A Sept. 21 article incorrectly said that when Coach Joe Gibbs retired from the Washington Redskins in 1992, his winning percentage of .683 was bested by only two other National Football League coaches, Vince Lombardi and John Madden. Former Redskins coach George Allen had a winning percentage of .689. (Published 9/27/2005)
About the time Joe Gibbs brought his knees to his chest while jumping for joy Monday night, his wife wept in the owner's box at Texas Stadium.
Pat Gibbs couldn't help it. She had watched her 64-year-old husband being doused with ice water, seen him grinning, yelping, leaping into his players' arms, freeing himself from the stoicism that has embodied his Hall of Fame career.
Normally, even after such a dramatic game, the Washington Redskins coach would speak in that high-pitched, slow-drip drawl of his, concealing his deepest thoughts with even-keeled words and restrained body language.
But then, Gibbs had never been an icon on the ropes the way he was with four minutes left against the Dallas Cowboys on national television Monday night. The Redskins were trailing 13-0. The entire, unproductive game against the franchise's rival had become a referendum on Gibbs's comeback from retirement in January 2004, right down to his controversial decision to start aging quarterback Mark Brunell.
Yet in one of those Disney-culled scripts, Brunell hit wide receiver Santana Moss on two long passes for touchdowns within 71 seconds of each other, two strikes of lightning that stunned the Cowboys and altered the perception of Gibbs and his team -- at least for the time being.
"I've never seen him so excited since we won the Super Bowl," said Mark Rypien, the starting quarterback on Gibbs's 1992 team that won the National Football League championship, one of three Gibbs led the Redskins to during his first tenure with the franchise. "It was unbelievably animated for him. I've seen him win Daytona 500s. I've seen him win car races and games and I've hardly ever seen him exude that type of joy."
Rypien added, "With everything swirling around him, all the criticism after he made the quarterback change, all the losses last season, it was like, 'Hey, guys, take that!' He'll never say it. But in that joyous celebration, there was also a deep breath, where he had to be thinking, 'Oh, God, if this didn't happen the way it did, would I be in the doghouse even more?' "
Gibbs was still bubbling yesterday afternoon at the Redskins' practice facility in Ashburn. "As far as competitive athletic wins and having great thrills, this ranks right there with them for me," he said. "I think it was so much emotion and everything wrapped into it. Where the team was, and all the things that have taken place, for it to be Monday night and the Dallas Cowboys and all the things that happened to us last year. . . . We were just thrilled with it."
Gibbs retired in 1992 after a majestic 12-year run in Washington. He had won 124 games and lost just 60 in the regular season, compiling a .683 winning percentage trumped only by two of the game's luminaries, Vince Lombardi (.740) and John Madden (.731). He won 16 of 21 postseason games, including three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks. His achievements earned him a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Gibbs started a successful NASCAR business and seemed content away from the game until Redskins owner Daniel Snyder lured him out of retirement with a five-year contract worth $25 million and charged him with making the team a winner again.
Within a year, Gibbs's sentimental journey home had become the road best not taken. Gibbs's wife warned him upon his comeback, "You're going to ruin your good name." Pat Gibbs appeared prescient after Washington finished 6-10 in 2004 and some were questioning whether the game had left her husband behind.
"After the first year, we're halfway there," Gibbs recently quipped about his wife's fears.
The Redskins opened this season with a lackluster 9-7 victory over the Chicago Bears in which Gibbs's offense sputtered, much as it did a year ago. He benched 26-year-old starting quarterback Patrick Ramsey -- whom Gibbs had pledged the starting job last December -- in favor of Brunell, 35, who played abysmally in nine starts last year.
Fans skewered Gibbs on WTEM's sports talk shows in the days leading up to the Dallas game.
"Knowing Joe, I think it eats at him," said Doug Williams, who was the Redskins quarterback in the 1988 Super Bowl. "It does bother him. He's a good guy. He likes to be liked."
And then came Monday night. In one of the more theatrical endings in team history, the two touchdowns thrown by Brunell to Moss -- for 39 yards and 70 yards -- ended a nine-year Washington losing streak to Dallas at Texas Stadium. It was the first time in 26 games Washington had won while trailing in the fourth quarter.
"I was happy for Joe," Dan Reeves, Gibbs's longtime friend, said by telephone from Atlanta yesterday. "That was an unbelievable win. I've never seen him like that before, hugging everybody like that. He wanted that one.
"Yeah, football has changed a great deal since he last coached," Reeves continued. "But football coaches who were successful are still going to be successful. You watch. Joe Gibbs will bring back real excitement."
It seemed to matter little to Gibbs Monday night whether the win would someday be viewed as a belated beginning to the Redskins' revival or merely the best memory from his return to coaching.
"It kind of takes your breath away," Gibbs told reporters after the game, his burgundy shirt still soaked from the celebratory ice-water bath given to him by running backs Clinton Portis and Rock Cartwright. "One of the great moments for me in sports, that was it. I'll appreciate it forever."
Staff writer Jason La Canfora contributed to this report.


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I have changed the code as follows in the two definitions in _tree.h to get the examples to compile. const_iterator _C_make_iter (const _C_link_t __node) const { return const_iterator (*this, _C_tree_citer (__node)); } to const_iterator _C_make_iter (_C_link_t __node) const { return const_iterator (*this, _C_tree_citer (__node)); } Removed the const from the parameter type. It is weird that the compiler complained about the code because I have the test program below and it works fine as expected. #include <iostream> class Hello { public: int num(int a) { return 1; }; int num(const int a) const { return 3; } }; int main(int argc, char** argv) { Hello a; const Hello b = a; int k=3; std::cout << a.num(k) << std::endl; std::cout << b.num(k) << std::endl; } macms01$ ./testit 1 3 Martin Sebor <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: Dipak Bapatla wrote: > CC: Sun C++ 5.8 Patch 121017-01 2005/12/11 So it looks like we have the vanilla 5.8 and you are have a patched version of the same. I don't think I can get this version installed here anytime soon to reduce the error to a small enough test case to put together and test a workaround for you but I can suggest one. Rename the const overload of _C_make_iter to _C_make_const_iter (or something similarly unique), and replace all calls to it (i.e., all calls from other __rw_tree const member functions) with those to the renamed function. Martin > > Martin Sebor wrote: Dipak Bapatla wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>The same error shows up with around three or four examples. > > > The error is obviously bogus. It says there is an ambiguity between > > __rb_tree::_C_make_iter (__rw_rb_tree_node*) > > and > > __rb_tree::_C_make_iter (const __rw_rb_tree_node*) const > > There is no ambiguity between the two and I'm not seeing any errors > in my build. What exactly is the CC version you are using? Mine is > > $ CC -V > CC: Sun C++ 5.8 2005/10/13 > > Martin > > >
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Walking on Tam Kung Road in To Kwa Wan, you will see Har Kee Noodle Shop. There are different types of shrimp roe noodles put in separate boxes and a big sign which says, "Har Kee Noodle Shop: Fifty years business." If you look carefully, you can see there is a noodle making workshop behind the shop. This kind of "front shop and workshop behind" production model is very rare in Hong Kong now. The shop was purchased by Mr Chan's father in the 1970s and has been running ever since, currently kept up by Mr. Chan himself. He said that he insisted on using the traditional way to make noodles as he wants to preserve the traditional shrimp roe noodles' taste.
經過土爪灣譚公道,你會見到有一間蝦記麵廠,內裡擺滿了各種蝦子麵,更一塊大招牌寫著「蝦記麵廠: 五十年老字號」。仔細一看,更可以見到鋪面後面便是蝦記自己的製麵工場,這種前鋪後廠的生產方式在香港已是買少見少。原來店舖在70年代曾轉手,由現時48歲的陳老闆的父親接手,便一直經營到現在,堅持以傳統手藝做麵,為的是保留傳統蝦子麵的味道。
In the 1950s or 1960s, Mr Chan's father was already in the noodle making business. At that time, he made different noodles like He Fan and Lai Fan. It was in the 1970s that the family took over Har Kee Noodle Shop and started to make shrimp roe noodles. Mr. Chan mentioned that he did not start by working in this shop, he'd had different jobs in the past. It was not until his brother told him to help the family's business that he really started getting familiar with shrimp roe noodles. In the past, he told me, the area around To Kwa Wan and Kowloon City were full of shops producing and selling different noodles.
Asking what knowledge is required in this business, Mr. Chan pointed out that "What matters is how much time you spend practicing making noodles. Like Kung Fu, you need to keep practicing. You become more familiar and skilled if you practice everyday. Then you can make the noodles in whatever shape you want: circular, elliptical and rectangular. It depends how much time you spend on it."
家族做麵 做麵功夫工多藝熟
Not long after taking over the shop, his family wanted to close the shop as there was no profit. Among 12 brothers and sisters, only Mr. Chan wanted to give it a try. When asked about the reason he said, "There is no reason to give up if you can really produce some good things". Since then, he bravely keeps running the business by himself with another noodle making chef. Although he says that he does not particularly love making shrimp roe noodle, he started to be more interested in it when knowing more about the work and wanted to make every noodle as good as possible. He wants to keep this tradition. When people appreciate Har Kee's noodles, it really gives him the motivation to continue the business. "I would not be able to make it so far without this motivation."
When cup noodles were released in the market, many companies made lots of advertisements and made people forget the Chinese traditional noodles. However, Mr. Chan points out that the price of a shrimp roe noodle and cup noodle is pretty much the same. "At that time, the most expensive one was around $4 HKD. One shrimp roe noodle is equal to a bowl of noodle. The quantity is very similar to that of a cup noodle. But if we put so much effort and time in making one shrimp roe noodle, I think it is worth more than a cup noodle."
自己獨力頂上蝦記 生意受挑戰
"Actually I will not change my methods. It is a rare opportunity that we accidentally preserved old things like shrimp roe noodles. Once you develop your business, the production mode will come to rely more on machines and become factory-like. Since we could not develop our business in the past, we were able to keep this traditional and classic taste. Now, we intend to preserve this traditional way of making noodles." Mr. Chan insists on not developing his business into a noodle factory. He further mentioned that the younger generation has started to "return to the simple and authentic" and has become weary of factory produced, chemically processed food. "They know this is the good stuff."
Asking what he wants to say to Hong Kong people, he laments that the unique "taste" of Hong Kong is disappearing. He hopes that Hong Kong people can treasure and preserve the old things and don't just favour the new and forget the old. "In the Hong Kong context, sometimes when I look at the photos and clips of 1960 and 70s' Hong Kong, I love the "taste" of it. This "taste" is disappearing and I hope Hong Kong people can keep the old stuff that they are able to keep."
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"Lares Trek Machu picchu – Sacred Valley 4D/3N"
Daily Departure:
Lares trek machu picchu start with a gread hike from lares to Huacahuasi – Tambohuylla, Icsaycocha, Patacancha, Huilloc, Pumamarca, Ollantaytambo, Aguas Calientes town and final day includeds a full day tour at Machu picchu archaeological site.
This is for you: we have a great 4 days program option ending at Machu picchu, having on the last day a full day time between 7 a.m till 2 pm completely enjoy the gread inka city Machu picchu.
Lares trek in this area takes you in to the remote and rarely visited. Lares valley with the spectacular backdrop of the urubamba mountains. the Urubamba range is to east of the sacred valley of the incas. is stretchs for 30 km, and has several capped peaks.
Lares trek Machu Picchu – Lares Valley Private Service 4 days.
Departures are available throughout the year. however due to weather conditions the recommended period for this trek is between March-December.
We can offer a us$ 15 discount to students with a valid international student identy card isic and children under the age 12 years old.
Group size:
- Please note that this is aprivate group trek deposit of us$ 80% obviously ,we do not add other people to your trek, unfortunately it is not possible to join another group.
- To suit group requirements March – December minimun 02 passenegers at the time of departure (actually we are ok if you are 02 people) we can leave any day which is fine for your plans.
Payment details:
We will require a nom refundable trek deposit of us$ 80 % per person ,the other 20% payable within 03 days in the hotel where you will stay, or in our officeconfirming your trek booking. on line western union money transfer and mail order sistem these are our fasted and most secure form of payments in Peru. Firther details of how to send the deposit are included with our trek booking confirmation email the remaining.
Balance is to be paid in our office et least two days prior to your trek departure. Date payment can be made in cash us$, local currency s/ (peruavian money).
- In both options 1, 2, private service and shared service.
- Pick up from your hotel in the morning.
- Transportation by bus to the start of the trail (Lares).
- English speaking Professional Guide.
- Igloo tens -2 person in each 4 person capacity tent with plenty of space for your backpacks.
- Foam mattress.
- Hot water every morning and evening for washing purposes (while hiking).
- Accommodations: two nights canping one night nice hotel.
- Cook and cooking equipament
Meals (3b,3l,3d) food includes pancakes, omeletts, soups, fresh fruit avocado, pasta, chicken, fish, meat, riceall rich in carbohydrates and suit – table for trekking, hot drinks including coca, muña, leaf tea which is exellent for altitude.
- We supply boilet water to fill in your water bottle all the time if requested. with enough time ahead (while hiking).
- Horses days 1-2 (for equipament and personal items). Including horse man.
- Dining tent with camp tables and chairs, kitchen tent.
- Accomodation for our crew.
- First aid kit including emergency oxigen bottle
- Bus for Machupicchu round trip, Aguas Calientes town – Machupicchu – Machupicchu– Aguas Calientes town.
- Machu picchu entrance tickets.
- Train ticket (Expedition or Vistadome service from Aguas Calientes to Cusco or Ollantaytambo.
- Transfer from the train station to your hotel.
What is not included?
- Break fast on the first morning.
- Meal in restaurant at Aguas Calientes on day 4 of the program.
- Entrance to the thermal springs at aguas calientes $ 4 or s/ 10.
- Sleeping bags (four season) can be hired in our office for us$ 12 for three day trek.
- Tips for the guide, cook and porters.
- Personal equipament.
- Back pack.
What you need to bring / carry
- Back pack.
- Sleeping bag 4 season suitable for temperatures down to – 5c (can be hired from aour office for us$ 12 for three day trek)
- Sleeping mattress (we will provide you with this).
- Rain jacket or poncho (plastic ponchos can be purchased in Cusco for a few dollars.
- Strong confortable footwear.
- One complete change of clothing (you can afford to carry money changes of clothing if you hire a personal porters see option below.
- Sweater and jacket (something warm).
- Torch / flashlight and batteries.
- Hat or cap to protec you from the sun
- Sun block (sun protection cream).
- Insect repellent.
- Toiletries towel and toilet paper.
- Selection of small snacks (clif bar for sutained energy) chocolate, dried fruit, biscuits some other energy bars etc.
- Swimsuit (if you plan on visiting the hot springs at Aguas Calientes town or lares.
- Optional walking poles / sticks (rubber covers necessary).
- You also need to bring your original pasport on the trail.
- Personal horse for riding while on the trek with and extra cost of us$ 70 you can have a personal horse to ride any time you may need.
- Single room at Aguas Calientes town (evening on day three) the accommodation at Aguas Calientes on the 3th night is based on dauble or triple occupancy (dwb-twb) ifa client would like to have a single room. Need to add us$80 to the base price of the tour you must decide if you want to have a single room in advance and let us know when making your trek reservation since we need to purchase the hotel booking in advance as well. You cannot decide it at later date or once you arrive in Cusco.
- An extra night in Aguas Calientes can easily be arraged for you if required, hotels cost and cost asociated with retiming to Machu picchu The fallowing day are additional to trek cost. It is best to make your hotel reservation directly.
- Vegetarian meals. We can provide vegetarian meals or carter for especial diet with no extra cost. Just let us know at least 2 days prior to trek departure.
- Sleeping bag hire. If you haven't got a sleeping bag or you don't want the hassle of bringing one all the to Peru with you then we have sleeping bags in our office for rent. Price is us$ 12 dollars.
Reservation details:
All trek reservation must be made at least 4 days in advance (however 25-30 days in advance is recommended specially during the months of june, july, and august.
Other information:
- Luggage storage: when you go on the trek it is best to leave any luggage that are not going to need behind in cusco or sacred valley. Nearly all the hotels in cusco and the sacred valley of the incas provide a secure luggage deposit. Put any valuables in their safe too.
- Time of arrival in cusco:
Unless you plan to stay an extra night at aguas calientes you will return to your hotel in cusco for aproximately 9 pm on the 4th day of the trek.
For a detailed deescription of our 4 day trekking itinerary see below.
Trekking itinerary
Day One:
Cusco or Urubamba –Calca Lares village (3100m.a.s.l) hot springs. We will leave from Cusco or the sacred valley of the incas by early morning an then we will travel by bus or mini van to Calca. There we will go up to Lares Valley. Once we get town you will have the chance to enjoy the great hot springs and have a good break time near the hot springs.
Lunch and dinner is there our campsite is near the Lares hot springs
Day Two:
From lares to Huacahuasi – Icsaycocha lake (4000m.a.s.l) early wake up breakfast and start the hike, this second day is goin to be largest day (6-7 hours hike aprox). With of course a midday lunch break. From lares to Huacahuasi is 2-3 hours hike aprox. We will stop at Huacahuasi village to visit school, there is nice chance to meet the locals people campesinos or farmers and share some time together getting weaving exhibitions and lesson about its anciend techniques. This is a beautiful day with stuning views and great land scapes and then experience to visit along the path several andean villages and have a chat with the local people and we have chance to see the llamas and alpaca farms, then after lunch we will go to Icsaycocha lake up is another 3hours hike aprox for our campsite is there near the lake.
Day Three:
From icsaycocha lake – Patacancha – Huilloc – Pumamarca – Ollantaytambo. (4000m.a.s.l) and then Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes town by train (2040m.a.s.l) after a delicious breakfast we will start our easy hike down hill for about 5h :30 min aprox hiking to Patacancha another nice village, people life still in simple houses and people are very nice and then we will go to Huilloc another nice village, and then Ollantaytambo two hours tour at Ollantaytambo and then train station to get Aguas Calientes town. (1h.40 min travel aprox) over night in a hotel at Aguas Calientes.
Day Four: Machu Picchu
Machu picchu(2040m.a.s.l) Cusco (3360m.a.s.l) early wake up by 05:30am breakfast and after to leafe our luggage at the hotel we will take the early tourist bus up to Machu picchu of course with a guide english speaking usually we use to get Machupicchu by 6:50 am so from this time we will be able to visit Machu picchu.
A guide tour of about 4 hours and then you will be happy time to explore by yourself the whole site for about 3 hours and there is time as well to climb Inca bridge,or Sun Gatetrail (optional).
Then we suggest that after visiting Machupicchu that you take the bus down to aguas calientes one our before our train depart buses depart every 15 minuts. Check with the guide for actual times lunch can be taken at Aguas Calientes town before to take the tourist train back to Cusco. Optional stay 01 extra night in Aguas Calientes. Cost of hotel.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
He was born on May 7, 1968 in Baku.
In 1988 he graduated from the Azerbaijan State University.
art school. A.Azimzadeh according to the specialty preacher
drawing and plotting.
In 1994 he graduated from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Art, specializing in the book schedule.
The first caricature was published in 1985 in the newspaper "Bilik" ("Knowledge").
Since 1986 he has been published in the national newspapers:
"Communist", "Youth of Azerbaijan", "Vyshka", "Baku", "
"Literature and Culture", "Soviet Village", "Azerbaijan" and
satirical magazine "Kirpi" ("Hedgehog").
Participant in numerous international and national competitions
cartoons, a prize-winner of about 30 caricature competitions.
At international competitions caricatures of the work were awarded
gold, bronze medals, special prizes and diplomas.
He has conducted solo exhibitions in Azerbaijan (Baku, 2008), in Iran
(the town of Ardebil, 2009), in Turkey (Ascishahr town, 2009).
In 2008, the album-catalog "Bayram Hajizadeh" was released from the series
"Followers of Azim Azimzadeh".
Organizer of the annual international cartoon competition "Molla"
Nasreddin – Azerbaijan ".
Organizer of 10 republican exhibitions of cartoons.
The head of projects and events held on the occasion of anniversaries, the 100th anniversary of the satirical magazine "Molla Nasreddin", the 125th anniversary
the national artist of Azerbaijan Azim Azimzade, the 140th anniversary
creator and editor of the satirical magazine "Molla Nasreddin"
Jalil Mammadguluzade, etc.
He was a member and chairman of the jury at international competitions held in China, Israel, Iran, Syria, Azerbaijan.
Since 2005 – publisher and editor of the satirical magazine "Biz və"
karikaturta »(We and the cartoon).
Since 2006 – the author and editor of the site "www.azercartoon.com".
The author of 6 monographs on the cartoon: "Azerbaijan cartoonists" (2005), "100-year history of caricature" (2006),
"The Azerbaijani cartoon yesterday and today" (2007),
"Modern Azerbaijan caricature" (2007),
"Development of the Azerbaijan caricature" (2008), "World caricature" (2009).
Author of about 50 scientific and journalistic articles.
In 2008 he defended his Ph.D. thesis on "Development
The Azerbaijan caricature ".
Since 2000 – member of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan.
In 2005 he was awarded the prize of the Union of Journalists "Zardabi", for fruitful work.
Laureate of the media-award "Vatan" (Motherland).
Since 2005 – member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan.
Since 2006, he is the chairman of the cartoonists association and a member of the board of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan.
Since 2008 – member of the club "Сartunion".
Since 2006 – member of the Federation of the Cartoonists Association (FECO) and the president of the FECO group of Azerbaijan.
In 2006 he was elected chairman of the Union of Cartoonists of Azerbaijan.
In 2007 he was awarded the title of "Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
Since 2008, the teacher of the subject "Development of a caricature."
Associate Professor of the Department of Art Studies of the Arts Department of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Art.
Since 2009 the director of the "Azerbaijan Caricature Center".
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