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A Priority Agenda for Energy-Related Indoor Environmental Quality Research
Given the many interactions between building energy performance and IEQ, these two issues must be addressed and researched in a coordinated manner. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the linkage of IEQ and energy use in the late 1970s and has since supported a modest size but important program of energy-related IEQ research. With the growing evidence that large health and productivity gains could be attained from practical improvements in IEQ, a group of state energy organizations represented by the Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTTI) has recently expressed their support for an expanded and coordinated program of energy-related IEQ research.
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Former Springfield restaurant owner Mike Murphy won the endorsement of the Sangamon County Republican Party Monday night to replace retiring state Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez.
Murphy, 63, is the former owner of Charlie Parker's Diner in Springfield.
Murphy beat out six other candidates to win the nod for the 99th House District seat from the party's precinct committeemen Monday.
Seven candidates presented credentials to the party's executive committee Monday before the meeting of all precinct committeemen. Party chair Rosemarie Long said the field was whittled to two before Murphy got the endorsement. Mike Coffey Jr. was the other finalist, she said.
"I think they liked (Murphy's) business background," Long said. "He also had farming in the family, and I think his passion to devote his full time to the office, I think that swayed people."
Murphy grew up in Divernon and spent four years in the Army, including some non-combat duty in South Korea. He served six years on the old Divernon school board and four years on the Divernon village board. He lives in Springfield and is chairman of the Sangamon County Citizens Efficiency Commission.
He owned Charlie Parker's with his wife, Cindy, who has taught school for more than 30 years. He sold the business in March and now does restaurant consulting.
Murphy said he is "very excited, very humbled and can't wait to start working on (the campaign) tomorrow morning." He said his focus has been on securing the party endorsement and has not spoken with Gov. Bruce Rauner about his candidacy.
Murphy, who said he is a fiscal conservative, did not say how he would have voted on the spending and tax increases approved by the General Assembly in July. He said, however, he's worried the deal may lack safeguards to ensure the money is spent for its intended purpose.
"I just don't know that the language in there is strong enough to ensure that the money is going to what it needs to," he said.
As a pro-life Republican, Murphy also said he doesn't "understand the governor signing," House Bill 40, the controversial abortion rights legislation.
"I was a little surprised," Murphy said of Rauner's action last week. "Obviously, I haven't talked to anybody on his staff to figure out why he thought that was necessary to do."
Murphy said the party's executive committee took a number of votes before the final selection was made.
Other candidates who presented credentials to the Sangamon County Republican executive committee Monday included former Springfield Ald. Frank Edwards; Coffey, who helps run the family restaurants, Saputo's and Papa Frank's; former Lincoln Land Community College Board member Kent Gray; former gubernatorial aide James Kaitschuk; lawyer Dave Kelm of Chatham; and Chatham school board member William Brewer.
Steven Westerfield also has said he will run for the seat but did not seek the party's endorsement.
Marc Bell of Chatham, a retired Illinois State Police master sergeant, is running as a Democrat.
Voters will select their parties' nominees in the March 20 primary election. The general election to select the winner of the seat is Nov. 6, 2018.
The 99th House District is entirely within Sangamon County. It includes the southwest portion of Springfield, Chatham, areas south to the county line, including Auburn and Divernon, and extends west to include New Berlin and Pleasant Plains.
Jimenez, of Leland Grove, announced her decision in August not to run for re-election in 2018. She became one of 29 legislators who have resigned this year, decided to run for another office or opted to retire from the legislature.
Jimenez was one of a handful of House Republicans who voted for the spending and revenue plan that ended the state's two-year budget impasse. She said she felt it was the right vote for her district, whose economy is heavily reliant on state government.
She said the vote didn't play a "significant" role in her decision not to run again. At the same time, she said she expected an opponent would surface if she decided to run.
Jimenez said the tone of politics has changed for the worse and become more hostile. She recounted how people yelled unkind comments at her and her family as they walked in the Illinois State Fair parade in August.
The Sangamon County Republican organization also has endorsed former assistant state's attorney Steve McClure to challenge incumbent Sen. Sam McCann of Plainview in the 50th Illinois Senate District primary. It has also endorsed Springfield Ward 2 Ald. Herman Senor to run against Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, for the 96th District House seat.
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Hamilton may tell the story of the election of 1800, but the election of 2016 may be making its way to Broadway soon, too.
During the Tony Awards on Sunday night, host James Corden introduced a hilarious bit previewing two new ("new") Broadway musicals centering on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. First, Book of Mormon star (and former Hamilton King George) Andrew Rannells took the stage as Donald Trump, previewing his new musical Book of Moron.
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Series: The Lunar Chronicles #4.5
Published by Feiwel & Friends on February 2nd 2016
Pages: 400
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The enchantment continues....
The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies?
With nine stories—five of which have never before been published—and an exclusive never-before-seen excerpt from Marissa Meyer's upcoming novel, Heartless, about the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Stars Above is essential for fans of the bestselling and beloved Lunar Chronicles.
--The Little Android: A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid," set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles.Glitches: In this prequel to Cinder, we see the results of the plague play out, and the emotional toll it takes on Cinder. Something that may, or may not, be a glitch….The Queen's Army: In this prequel to Scarlet, we're introduced to the army Queen Levana is building, and one soldier in particular who will do anything to keep from becoming the monster they want him to be.Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky: Thirteen-year-old Carswell Thorne has big plans involving a Rampion spaceship and a no-return trip out of Los Angeles.The Keeper: A prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, showing a young Scarlet and how Princess Selene came into the care of Michelle Benoit.After Sunshine Passes By: In this prequel to Cress, we see how a nine-year-old Cress ended up alone on a satellite, spying on Earth for Luna.The Princess and the Guard: In this prequel to Winter, we see a game called The PrincessThe Mechanic: In this prequel to Cinder, we see Kai and Cinder's first meeting from Kai's perspective.Something Old, Something New: In this epilogue to Winter, friends gather for the wedding of the century...
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When we all thought the end was over, Meyer decided to give us just a bit more. I loved how we got to know the characters a little more.
The Keeper:
I loved getting to know Michelle Benoit. Michelle Benoit is a character that I really wanted to get to know more and I got my wish. I was thankful Meyer gave me the chance. "The Keeper" spans across seven years. Benoit is given Cinder to protect, but then Scarlet comes to live with her. Scarlet being in the house makes things a lot more complicated. I really liked learning more about Scarlet too.
I got to learn about Cinder as a young cyborg. It is a scary world starting over and Cinder is also trying to figure out her cyborg parts.
The Queen's Army:
This was intense. So many things happen to Wolf. Everything he went through made me want to give him a hug. The Queen's Army is so intense and there is so much fighting.
Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky:
This story is about a young Thorne in high school. It felt like this story really sets up Thorne for the future. In a way it explains everything about him.
After Sunshine Passes by:
Nine year old Cress is so cute. I wanted to hug her and give her comfort. I think Cress's point of view is really important. I really liked getting to know little Cress.
The Princess and the Guard:
Winter and Jacin grew up together and this story shows a little bit of that history. I really got to know WInte rin this story. meyer shared how Winter got her scars and why Winter doesn't use her gift. I also got to see how protective Jacin is.
The Little Android:
I loved how Meyer created a little mermaid story that had all new characters. It was a surprise to see that Cinder was intertwined in this story also.
The Mechanic:
I really loved getting to see Kai's point of view of his and Cinder's first meeting. This was so cute. I love how they both stumble over meeting the other.
Something Old, Something New:
How Perfect! I love love love. I've been investing in these characters for so long and this is the perfect ending for them. It is hard to see these amazing characters go but they got a great story.


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I need some outside advice!! Everyone tells me that my dress does not show too much cleavage, but I think they are just being nice! What do you think? Also, how did you deal with dress buying remorse? Thanks!!
I need some outside advice!! Everyone tells me that my dress does not show too much cleavage, but I think they are just being nice! What do you think? Also, how did you deal with dress buying remorse? Thanks!!
kovacs: I'm not a conservative person so I think you look hot in it! Some people may have an opinion, but I say when you got it, flaunt it! Your dress looks beautiful and I wouldn't change it:)
I don't think it's too much cleavage… I think you have a bit of double boob going on though! (sorry! no offence!) you know, where your top looks slightly too small for you. are you wearing a bra in that photo? can you change bras/no bras? otherwise can it be let out slightly?
just my two cents, but the cleavage is hawt 🙂
kovacs: please don't take this the wrong way, because it really is meant as a compliment as I have no boobies, but with those ladies you could probably get cleavage in a tshirt. So your question is moot. And FYI you look pretty fab, so stop stressing.
nessdawwg: Yeah, unfortunately it's very easy to have double boob! I was wearing a strapless bra. I'm hoping when I get one that actually fits my chest it won't push them up so much. I've got enough double chin going on, I don't need any more fat up there 😉
It looks great! I wish I had boobs to worry about!
kovacs: are your grandmas coming to the wedding? If so, ask them. Oh ask the grandpas too, make sure they don't get a heart attack.
But in all honesty, you need to alter your dress so those puppies can breath girl!
Barely_Blush: I asked my Grandma while she was there in person and she replied with, "I don't have any boobs, so I don't care!" Lol
This picture was taken when I chose the dress, it's not near my size. I really hope when mine comes in it will fit my chest better. It will still be as low cut, just not as tight.
I feel like its a bit much in the cleavage dept, but that's JMHO.
My dress regret was bad enough that I got a new dress. I wanted a simple a-line and the dress I purchased was a bad fitting trumpet gown. I couldn't move on with the rest of my planning because something just didn't feel right and I kept looking at dresses. When I bought my new dress I had that bridal moment and since then all the little details that frustrated me – because I couldn't make decisions – are just falling right into place now. 🙂
msfreemis: I feel the exact same way! I feel like everything at my wedding will be amazing and then my dress will stick out like a sore thumb! I keep trying to alter the rest of my wedding to make my dress fit the theme, but it's not working lol. I've been thinking about trying on different dresses, even though I have almost completely paid for this one.
The problem isn't too much cleavage, it's that the dress isn't fitting properly. Have you already done alterations? they can fix the top so the girls aren't falling out the top and sides. I had the seamstress make a bra into the top so I didn't need to wear one but was still secure and there was seperation. I'm a triple D
kovacs: I was also goin to say that it looks like the dress is too small on top. The rest fits fine, but that's why it appears there is too much clevage.
Luckily I was able to exchange my dress and apply the value to a new dress. I have seriously changed my Bridesmaid or Best Man dresses and colors about 5 times. My family has lost patience with me. But I think it all fits now and I KNOW it's going to look fabulous!
kovacs: Love your dress! Beautiful! I don't think it's too much cleavage, but if you are worried, could you put a bit of lace across the bust? But personally, I wouldn't worry
Love it, rock that cleavage!
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The mythology of the Aztec progress, which commanded focal Mexico in the 1400s and mid 1500s, depicted a universe of magnificence and fear. Universes were made and obliterated in the myths, and mind blowing divine beings warred among themselves. Regular things—hues, numbers, bearings, days of the timetable—tackled exceptional importance in light of the fact that each was connected with a god. Aztec religious life extended from keeping little earthenware statues of the divine beings in homes to going to expound open functions including human penance.
Origins and Influences
The Aztecs relocated to focal Mexico from the north in the 1200s. As indicated by their legends, they originated from an area called Aztlan, the wellspring of their name. The Aztecs were not a solitary individuals but rather a few gatherings, including the Colhua-Mexica, the Mexica, and the Tenocha. In the mid 1300s, these gatherings framed a union and together established a city-state called Tenochtitlán on the site where Mexico City stands today. The general population of Tenochtitlán rose to control and vanquished a huge domain amid the 1400s.
The Aztecs were newcomers in a district since quite a while ago possessed by before human advancements, for example, those of the Olmecs and the Toltecs, who had built up a pantheon of divine beings and a group of myths and legends. The Aztecs assimilated gods, stories, and convictions from these prior people groups and from the Maya of southern Mexico. Accordingly, Aztec mythology contained religious and legendary conventions that numerous gatherings in Mexico and Central America shared. Then again, under the Aztecs certain parts of the religion, quite human penance, went to the bleeding edge.
Real Themes and Deities
In the Aztec perspective of the universe, human life was little and inconsequential. A singular's destiny was formed by powers past his or her control. The divine beings made individuals to work and battle for them. They didn't offer supports or allow direct security, in spite of the fact that inability to serve the divine beings appropriately could prompt fate and obliteration.
Primary Themes. The thought that individuals were hirelings of the divine beings was a subject that went through Aztec mythology. People had the obligation of keeping the divine beings sustained—something else, calamity could strike whenever. The divine beings' nourishment was a valuable substance found in human blood. The need to fulfill the divine beings, particularly the sun god, offered ascent to a related subject: human penance.
The Fiery Birth of the Sun
As per Aztec myth, toward the start of this world, murkiness secured the earth. The divine beings accumulated at a holy place and made a flame. Nanahuatzin, one of the divine beings, jumped into the flame and turned out as the sun. Then again, before he could start to travel through the sky, alternate divine beings needed to give the sun their blood. This was one of a few myths relating how the divine beings relinquished themselves to set the world in movement. Through phlebotomy and human penance individuals imitated the penances made by the divine beings—and kept the sun alive by nourishing it with blood.
Clerics directed functions at the sanctuaries, regularly with group in participation. With melody and move, veiled entertainers carried on myths, and the ministers offered penances. To plan for the services, the clerics performed a custom called phlebotomy, which included pulling pointed strings over their tongues or other body parts to draw blood. Phlebotomy was like a Mayan service known as the Vision Quest. People groups before the Aztecs had honed human penance, yet the Aztecs made it the centerpiece of their ceremonies. Spanish pilgrims reported seeing functions in which many individuals met their passings on conciliatory sacred places. The requirement for detainees to give up was one purpose behind the Aztecs' drive to vanquish different Indians, in spite of the fact that it was surely not by any means the only reason.
Penance was connected to another topic, that of death and resurrection. The Aztecs trusted that the world had passed on and been renewed a few times and that the divine beings additionally kicked the bucket and were reawakened. Here and there the divine beings even yielded themselves for the world's benefit. In spite of the fact that demise posed a potential threat in Aztec mythology, it was constantly adjusted by richness and the festival of life and development.
Another critical thought in Aztec mythology was that a foreordained destiny formed human lives. The Aztec ball game, about which antiquarians know little, may have been identified with this topic. Aztec sanctuaries, similar to those of different people groups all through Mexico and Central America, had walled courts where groups of players hit an elastic ball with their hips, elbows, and knees, attempting to drive it through a stone ring. A few students of history trust that the diversion spoke to the human battle to control predetermination. It was a religious custom, not just a game, and players may have been yielded after the amusement.
The topic of destiny was likewise reflected in the Aztecs' utilization of the logbook. Both the Aztecs and the Maya created extensive frameworks of recording dates with two logbooks: a 365-day sun based timetable, taking into account the sun's position, and a 260-day custom schedule utilized for divination. Every day of the custom date-book was affected by a remarkable blend of divine beings and goddesses. Divination included deciphering the positive or negative implications of these impacts, which decided a singular's destiny. Ministers additionally utilized the custom timetable to pick the most good days for such exercises as raising structures, planting harvests, and taking up arms.
The 365-day and 260-day cycles coincided, similar to a littler wheel inside of a bigger one, to make a 52-year cycle called the Calendar Round. Toward the end of a Calendar Round, the Aztecs put out every one of their flames. To start another Calendar Round, ministers administered a service in which new flames were lit from flares blazing in a conciliatory casualty's mid-section.
A third key subject of Aztec myth was that of duality, a harmony between two equivalent and restricting powers. A significant number of the Aztec divine beings and goddesses were dualistic, which implied that they had two sides or parts. Divinities regularly worked in sets or contrary energies. What's more, the same god could show up under different names or characters, maybe on the grounds that the Aztecs had mixed components of their myths from an assortment of sources.
Real Myths
Numerous Aztec myths tell all or a story's piece of the five suns. The Aztecs trusted that four suns, or universes, had existed before theirs. For every situation, cataclysmic occasions had pulverized everything, and the world had arrive at an end.
Tezcatlipoca made the first sun, known as Nahui-Ocelotl, or Four-Jaguar. It arrived at an end when Quetzalcoatl struck down Tezcatlipoca, who turned into a panther and wrecked every one of the general population. Quetzalcoatl was the second's leader sun, Nahui-Ehécatl, or Four-Wind. Nonetheless, Tezcatlipoca diverted Quetzalcoatl from his throne, and together the fallen god and the sun were taken away by a tropical storm of wind. Individuals transformed into monkeys and fled into the backwoods.
The third sun, Nahuiquiahuitl or Four-Rain, had a place with the downpour god Tlaloc. Quetzalcoatl annihilated it with flame that tumbled from the sky. The water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue administered the fourth sun, called Nahui-Atl or Four-Water. A 52-year surge obliterated that sun, and the general population transformed into fish.
The Ancients' Loss
Numerous stories recounted the Ancients' Loss, the mythic occasion in which the first individuals vanished from the earth. One adaptation says that Tezcatlipoca stole the sun, however Quetzalcoatl pursued him and thumped him withdraw to earth with a stick. Tezcatlipoca then changed into a puma and ate up the general population who lived in that world. The Aztecs consolidated variants of this story to clarify the vanishing of individuals toward the end of each of the four universes that had existed before theirs. Carvings on a stone logbook found in 1790 tell how pumas, wind, fire, and surge thus annihilated the Ancients.
The Aztecs lived in the realm of Nahui-Ollin (Four-Movement), the fifth sun. They trusted that the earth was a level circle separated into north, east, south, and west quarters, each connected with a shading, extraordinary divine beings, and certain days. At the middle was Huehueteotl, divine force of flame. Over the earth were 13 sky; underneath it were 9 underworlds, where the dead abided, making 9 a to a great degree unfortunate number. A myth about Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl tells how the world was quartered. They made the earth by grabbing a lady from the sky and maneuvering her into the state of a cross. Her body turned into the earth, which, incensed by their unpleasant treatment, ate up the dead.
Quetzalcoatl, known as the Feathered Serpent, was one of the significant divine forces of Aztec mythology. This cut serpent's head shows up on the Temple of Quetzalcoatl in Teotihuacán, Mexico.
Another myth recounts Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl cooperating to raise the sky. After the surge that finished the fourth sun, the sky given way onto the earth. The two divine beings got to be trees, and as they developed, they pushed the sky up. Leaving the trees supporting the sky, one at every end of the earth, they climbed onto the sky and met in the Milky Way.
Quetzalcoatl offered life to the general population of the fifth sun by social affair the bones of the main man and lady who had survived the long surge and sprinkling them with his own blood. The divine beings made the world with blood and obliged the penance of human blood to keep it in place. One day, be that as it may, the fifth sun would meet its end in an all-pulverizing quake.
The Aztec Legacy
The Spanish devastated the greatest number of Aztec archives and pictures as they could, trusting the Aztec religion to be agnostic as well as mischievous. In the meantime, on the other hand, a lot of what we think around Tenochtitlán and Aztec traditions originates from records of Spanish authors who saw the most recent days of the Aztec domain.
The legacy of Aztec mythology stays solid inside Mexico. Aztec pictures and subjects have affected expressions of the human experience and open life. In the late 1800s, Mexico had won autonomy from Spain yet had not settled its own national character. Metro and social pioneers of the new nation started framing a dream of their past that was connected with the glad and intense Aztec human progress. Images from Aztec carvings, for example, pictures of the god Quetzalcoatl, started to show up on wall paintings and postage stamps. Mexico's escutcheon highlighted a bird grasping a snake in its mouth, the mythic seal of the establishing of the Aztec capital.
Amid the 1920s, Mexico's training clergyman welcomed craftsmen to paint wall paintings on open structures. The three premier craftsmen in this gathering were Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. In spite of the fact that their works bargain for the most part with the Mexican Revolution and the hard existence of Indians and laborers, the craftsmen drew upon Aztec mythology for images and pictures to join Mexico's available with its old past. Rivera, for instance, once consolidated the world's pictures goddess Coatlicue and a bit of manufacturing plant apparatus. Aztec mythology has turned out to be a piece of Mexico's national character.


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Date of Award
Summer 8-6-2013
Degree Type
Degree Name
Degree Program
Film, Theatre & Communication Arts - Creative Writing concentration
Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
Major Professor
Leake, Joanna
Second Advisor
Barton, Rick
Third Advisor
Walsh, M.O.
This thesis is a collection of fictional short stories about loss and the left behind, seeking to confront grief in terms of hope, humor, and getting the oar back in the water to row on.
The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this dissertation or thesis in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis or dissertation.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Cotter, Cara E., "Ghosts That We Knew" (2013). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1689.


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Hairstyles for long hair
With them, you can do anything because hairstyles for long hair is easy to style great. Braids, pin up, bind together, bring the curling iron or flat iron in the form of straight or stepped cut, with bangs, wear open color with highlights the possibilities for long hair are endless. Fantastically long hair like that of Gisele Bundchen or Jessica Alba see also naturally worn beautifully made. But even here there are some tricks to look even Pretty with those open hair.


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Packing for a getaway to Mexico with Chris and a few of our good friends!
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children through the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, & handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan
"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it, it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it."
A few of my favorite quotes in honor of Memorial Day weekend. May we never forget those who sacrificed their lives fighting for our freedom!
The Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale is in full swing, until June 4th, and here are a few of my favorites from the sale - you can save up to 40%!
An old church pew serving as dining room seating
I mentioned in yesterday's post that we normally head to the lake with Chris's family for Memorial Day weekend, but this year is a little different - we are headed to Mexico! Our good friends, Ashley and John, invited us to vacation with them at Ashley's family beach house they have in Cabo. We couldn't be more excited to not only visit Cabo and soak in the sun, but also to spend time with some friends that we don't see often enough since living in two different states.
We don't leave until Sunday morning, but I had to pack early because we are spending the first part of the weekend in my hometown to celebrate my grandfather turning 80! I am typing this from the house I grew up in, while sipping coffee with my mom. Being home always feels good, but being here to celebrate my grandfather, the backbone of our family, makes it even more special!
Being with family, starting the week with good friends in Cabo, and celebrating Memorial Day has me feeling especially grateful going into the weekend. What are your plans? I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!


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I found this on the internet, and had to tweak it a bit. After having gone to the trouble of tracking down Tahini, and making the sauce, I tried it with some Garlic and lemon Hummus and found it was just as nice, and a damn sight easier as I can get the hummus ready made. Still. It was fun. and very nice…
Roast Cauliflower
1 cauliflower, in florets
2 tsp or so olive oil
a few grinds of rock salt
a sprinkle of smoked paprika
Toss cauliflower with the olive oil and season with salt and paprika.
Spread on baking paper
Bake 20 minutes at 190 degrees until cauliflower is soft but still al dente and starting to brown.
1/2 of a 125g pot of tahini
garlic – finely minced
olive oil
2 tblsp lemon juice
2 tblsp water
salt and pepper to taste
Sauté garlic lightly in olive oil until soft. Add to tahini, water and lemon juice. Whisk until creamy. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Served here with chilli and lime marinated roast chicken.
Footnote: Be sure to remove any snakes that are hiding in the cauliflower!


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We've learned that the DOC has reset Brandon Rhode execution date for Monday, September 37 at 7pm. The DOC's press release is below. Please continue to take action and forward this far and wide!
Georgia Department of Corrections
Director of Public Affairs
Contact: Office of Public Affairs (404) 656-9772
For Immediate Release
Brandon Rhode to be executed Monday, September 27, 2010
Atlanta – The Supreme Court of Georgia granted a stay of execution for inmate Brandon Rhode until Monday, September 27, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Jones County Superior Court ordered the Department to carry out the execution on a date between September 21 and September 28, 2010. Commissioner Brian Owens has set the date for September 27, 2010 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7:00 p.m.
Rhode was sentenced to death in 2000 for a triple murder. If executed, he will be the 25th inmate put to death by lethal injection in Georgia.
Media interested in a picture of Rhode and a listing of his crimes may go to the Department of Corrections website (www.dcor.state.ga.us).
The Department of Corrections is the fifth largest prison system in the United States and is responsible for supervising nearly 60,000 state prisoners and over 150,000 probationers. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with approximately 13,000 employees.


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The New Cold War
In a fashion showdown, who wins — Rus Clothing or Moods of Norway?
Moods of Norway h/t goes to Nick Gillespie
Bringing Home the Freshest Kill
In a fashion showdown, who wins — Rus Clothing or Moods of Norway?
Moods of Norway h/t goes to Nick Gillespie
This Lady of GaGa! The feelings inside me are incredulous. Her stairs don't have attainability to the attic. Cannot reach the garret.
But what's next for the small bird of cuckoo? Not a bird of prey — this leader in the outre fashion method. ("Exaggerated Fashion.")
She flanks the Fuck-Me Pumps (Salmon Color) if she expects to be taken seriously as tussock fashion. A shield of fish.
Still, GaGa culture seeps from every hole. To inspect a GaGa photograph is to inspect some handsome veal. Its substance is innovative. Not unlike my intestines after hearing the song of GaGa. (Ha ha — just having some exact fun with you.)
Seriously, what to consist of? Leggings to papaya inside a frothy ball? And foaming? WTF?
Now we know.
Advance the alienation of real-life ghost product (suit divers). GaGa…check. Further estrangement producing a frogman suit — made from prize-winning flues of wattle. Now we have translucent GaGa. To advance the alienation of real-life products — her diaphanous costume.
It's not meat curtains for me — you dwell on my threshold, GaGa. Rikoshetiruet out of the box.
GaGa, no less starlet than tender yeast-eaglet.
Very great.
The American Dream, revised, is simple: sell out.
Startup businesses lust for acquisition. Researchers and inventors hope some giant will license their patents. Indie film directors dream of shlocky four-picture deals based on video games. Popular musicians count up street cred to trade in for TV ads. The idea of rising to the top and building something huge feels obsolete to many people. Forget being Carnegie and Vanderbilt, Buffett or Bono, Oprah or Tiger. Instead, let's sell the company to Microsoft, the invention to Lockheed, the barre chords and hairstyle to Saatchi. The new dominant male strategy is to find the alpha dog and grovel, profitably.
This raises a question. If we're not going to be superstars and tycoons, why are we working so hard in the first place? Selling out should be easier. The entitled American middle-class kid does not work hard, but the money must flow. When you need to sell out and there's nothing to sell, what do you do? Work is for chumps and art is hard.
In coastal Orange County, where I live, the problem is acute. There's an oversupply of young men with great ambitions and little energy. If you're not an athletic star or a hot DJ or loaded with cash from Dad's mortgage business, what the hell are you going to do to be #1?
The answer for a lot of these guys is bizarre: start your own clothing line.
This would have been unthinkable 20 years ago. Fashion design was for homosexuals and women, full stop. But something odd happened in those years. Surfers and skaters were the first to trade cred for activewear. It made sense for the board shorts and t-shirts to get a personal brand, and the MTV era had just arrived. Stars like future murderer Gator and Tony Hawk did very well, and others noticed. Skate and surf manufacturers all rolled out their clothing and accessories lines. Everyone else followed. If you had a bit of cool to trade, you could sell hats and shirts and all the other junk, and give away your stickers so your customers were ads for an ad.
This phenomenon percolated down through sports to music, dragging along DJs and performers, until just about everyone who could be described as "cool" was associated with a clothing line.
But as noted above, not everyone had cool to trade.
It turns out that's not a problem. If you're a partying dude with a wide social circle of other dudes who fistbump you and vomit at the same bars, you're already gold. Run off a few thousand stickers and give away a hundred t-shirts, toss hats at friends, slap the stickers on fast food drive throughs and junction boxes, and keep dumping money into it. If you're constantly annoying and willing to spend a lot of money on it, there's a good chance you'll succeed. The blackletter type and swirly designs of companies like Affliction are everywhere. I personally know three engaging sociopaths who created their own lines of clothing and did well. If there are enough stickers and flyers and drunk friendly dudes wearing your stuff, you can become a minor mogul of Men's Casual.
The sell-out dream is now perfect. It's no longer necessary to build any credibility in order to trash it for money. You can get the same effect by throwing your own money into stickers and shirts and promoting them constantly, which is the kind of behavior the typical O.C. bro dude already finds natural. If you don't have money yourself, another cheerful drunk does. And the weirdest part of the whole cycle is this: they sometimes do sell out to a big company and do very well. For every 100 red-faced stickered idiots there's one Paul Frank.
I'm not attached to traditional ideals of masculinity. That whole business is too stupid for anything but humorous use. But there is something jarring about the wealthy and privileged young men in my town and their Jagermeister-fuelled pursuit of fame and fortune in Men's Ready-to-Wear. But you have to admit: a straight trade of party popularity for business success is a better deal than years of actual effort. All the enterprising bro dude needs is money and a screenprint design, and the rest is done by competent graphics specialists and unfortunate Mexican laborers.
The progression is from those who do, to those who sell to those who do, to those who make t-shirts to sell to each other in hopes that those who sell to those who do will buy these and sell them to those who do, who will sell them to Wal-Mart.
The whole thing smells of empires in decline. Which, I think, will be the name of my new clothing line.


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MADISON — Philip Janssen got a pleasant surprise when he visited West Cemetery Wednesday. The name of Erwin Bauer, an old family friend, had been etched on the Bauer headstone.
The name had been missing from the stone during the two years since Bauer's death. The last of his family to die, Bauer left no heirs to look after those final arrangements.


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CURAS offers seven different types of summer awards for full-time undergraduate students who will be returning the following fall for continued full-time study. Each of these scholarships is highly competitive, and students must find a full-time Creighton faculty member to sponsor their research or scholarly project. In addition, scholarship recipients present their research in an on-campus forum during the 2017-2018 academic year. Many others present their work at regional or national conferences.
Students and faculty mentors receive a stipend for their work and supplies, and faculty mentors receive an honorarium.
Julia Barash, "Teamwork in Virtual Reality"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua Fairchild
Taylor Bickel, "'Coming Out': Security and Relative Importance of Familial Support in the US and Japan"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Brown
Ann Braverman, "Drug-resistance in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anna Selmecki
Claire Embree, "Identification of a new binding site on PCNA?"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lynne Dieckman
Betty Gillespie, "Mapping the Ancient World: Digital Mapping of the Malloura Sanctuary, Cyprus"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Walcek Averett
Luke Hallman, "Overcoming tetracycline resistance in E. coli by using MCM-41" Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Miller
Ashlee Kolbe and Emily McKenna, "Always the Bridesmaid: An exploration of the roles, expectations, and tensions of the bridesmaid role in U.S. weddings"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheri Shuler
Michael Mimlitz, "Cell Microcirculation and Migration in Microgravity and Hypergravity Environments"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Ekpenyong
Son Nguyen, "Detection of the order-disorder transition via birefringence during solvent vapor annealing of poly(styrene)- block-poly(lactide) thin films"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Baruth
Timothy Rapp, "Use of Post-Conviction Polygraphs in Sex-Offender Treatment" Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Huss
Mary Elizabeth Yeh, "The Effects of Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Executive Functioning and Language Processing in Young Adults"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maya Khanna
Wilson Blomberg, "Identification of carotenoid pigments in Gemmata obscuriglobus"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Josef Franke
Maxwell Hoeffel, "A Novel Method for Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Nebraska Waterways"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Charles Brockhouse
Sam Koshy, "Determining the role of a 4-cysteine zinc finger domain in the regulatory function of DksA in Borrelia burgdorferi"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Travis Bourret
Chris Meehan, "Characterizing biodiversity in an ecologically unique landscape in the Nebraska Sandhills"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Ann Vinton
Shilpa Nair, "Identifying the Mechanism for Isochromosome Formation in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anna Selmecki
Julie Nguyen, "Identification of the Benzylated Histidine Isomer in the Potent CGRP Antagonist"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. D.D. Smith
Sam Ruiz, "Development of Upgrades for High-Voltage Controls at the STAR Experiment" Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janet Seger
Ryan Sabotin, "Vitellogenin Expression in Honey Bees: How Honey Bee Viral Infections Influence Bee Physiology and Behavior"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carol Fassbinder-Orth
Kurt Shaffer, "Using single molecule studies to investigate protein-protein interactions in DNA replication-coupled nucleosome assembly"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lynne Dieckman
Srishti Singal, "Formulation of Indole-2-Carboxamides with Improved Physiochemical Properties"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey North
John Sunderland, "Optimization of ex situ Sulfidation of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Thin Films for Use as Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Baruth
Hannah Swift, "Polymerization kinetics of self-curing dental materials in the presence of microencapsulated remineralizing agents"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Gross
Spencer Thompson, "Structural Analysis of OAZ1 RNA in Crassostrea gigas" Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julie Soukup
Anh Vo, "Fractional calculus to model cell viscoelasticity"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Ekpenyong
Megan Gillespie, "Effectiveness of Microencapsulated Antimicrobial Agents Against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Gross
A.J. Olnes, "Stargazers"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John O?Keefe
Isabella Tambone, "Use of the Polygraph in Sex Offender Treatment"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Huss
Linden Loutzenhiser, "The Nature of Crossover Offenders in a Residential Treatment Program"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Huss
Sophia Snider, "Families 'for and with' Homelessness"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua Prenosil
Nathan Chaplin, "The Interconnected Roles of Journalism and Concentration Camps in the Spanish-American War"
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Colin Reedy, 'Syntheses, Structures and Periodic Trends of Lanthanide Periodates and Iodates"
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Alexander Shackman
Assistant Professor
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, a member of the executive board for the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Program, a core faculty member of the Maryland Neuroimaging Center, and the Director of the Affective and Translational Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Maryland. My research program is supported by awards from UMD, NIMH (R01-MH107444), and NIDA (R21-DA040717) and has appeared in PNAS, Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, J Neuroscience, Psychological Bulletin, and Psychological Science. I am Co-Editor of The Nature of Emotion (Oxford University Press, forthcoming); serve as an Associate or Consulting Editor several journals (Emotion; Cognition & Emotion; Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience; and co-edited several special issues focused on the neurobiology of emotion and emotion-cognition interactions. My program of research highlights the importance of circuits centered on the extended amygdala and mid-cingulate cortex (MCC) for trait-like individual differences in dispositional negativity, one of the most prominent risk factors for the development of anxiety disorders, depression, and co-morbid substance abuse. This is particularly important because these disorders are highly prevalent, frequently debilitating, and often treatment-resistant. From a translational perspective, my work has identified novel intermediate phenotypes and sets the stage for accelerating the development of more effective, personalized, and neurobiologically-grounded prevention and treatment strategies. From a basic psychological science perspective, my work begins to address fundamental questions about the origins of childhood temperament and adult personality—questions that cannot readily be addressed using traditional behavioral or psychometric data.
Dr. Shackman is accepting graduate student applications (Fall 2018). Although you are welcome to apply via the Clinical area group in the Department of Psychology or the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) training program, we strongly prefer NACS applications.
- PhD Biological Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008)
- Clinical
- Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS)
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Greg Flynn is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group and Flynn Properties. With almost 900 Applebee's, Taco Bell and Panera restaurants doing $1.9 billion in sales and directly employing 40,000 people in 30 states, Flynn Restaurant Group is the largest franchise operator in the US. Flynn Properties invests in commercial properties on the West Coast and has owned and managed more than 3 million square feet since its founding in 1994; it also owns, in partnership, the luxury resorts Esperanza, located in Los Cabos, Mexico, the Carneros Resort and Solage, both located in the Napa Valley, and the Hotel Madeline in Telluride.
In 2017, Greg was honored as one of the Bay Area's Most Admired CEO's by the San Francisco Business Times and was named Applebee's Franchisee of the Year and Operator of the Year by Applebee's Services Inc. In 2016, he was named Restaurant Leader of the Year by Restaurant Business Magazine and Operator of the Year by Nation's Restaurant News. In 2015, he was named Dealmaker of the Year by the Franchise Times and, in 2009, was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Greg has an AB Magna Cum Laude from Brown University, an MA from Yale University, and an MBA from the Stanford GSB. He serves on the board of the Exploratorium, the Brown University President's Leadership Council, and the Applebee's Franchise Business Council. He also serves on the Strategic Advisory Group of Goldman Sachs' West Street Capital Partners VII and the Executive Advisory Board of Cove Hill Partners, L.P. He is a past chairman of the Golden Gate Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.
Lorin M. Cortina serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Flynn Restaurant Group, LP. Lorin oversees finance, capital markets activities, corporate development, acquisitions, accounting and real estate development. He is also a member of the FRG Board of Directors. Prior to joining FRG, Lorin was a VP, Investments for Starwood Financial, Inc. and VP, Acquisitions and AVP, Capital Markets at TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. Lorin also worked as a consultant with PWC and Deloitte & Touche. Lorin has held senior management positions involved in corporate finance, capital markets and M&A activities, and has raised over $2 billion in debt and equity and over $1 billion in investment and M&A transactions.
Lorin received a B.A. in Business/Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Brad serves as Chief Operating Officer for Flynn Restaurant Group and has worked with Greg Flynn for seventeen years and with AAG since its founding in 1998. As COO of FRG, he is responsible for operations of all Applebee's, Taco Bell, and Panera units. Direct reports include all Vice Presidents of Operations, Training and Human Resources. Prior to joining Apple American, Brad served as VP, U.S. Operations, for Vancouver-based Spectra Group of Restaurants and VP, Operations, for Keg Restaurants.
Brad serves on the Applebee's Operations Council. He holds a B.S.B.A. in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Denver and an M.B.A. from the University of Washington.
As Chief Improvement Officer, Ron Bellamy works to drive increment value in the business and oversees operational improvement across Flynn's more than 850 restaurants. He also leads the organizations' support center based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Prior to joining Flynn, Ron worked for Teachers' Private Capital where he helped establish Teachers' approach to value creation planning and portfolio management. He also spent more than a decade in management consulting most recently as a partner with Oliver Wyman.
Ron graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a BA in Applied Mathematics and Ancient Literature from the University of Michigan.
Dan serves as Senior Vice President of Operations for Apple American overseeing more than 480 Applebees in 26 states. In this role he also directly manages the Market Presidents and Directors of Operations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota, New England, and Georgia. Dan joined Apple American Group in 1998 as Director of Operations for the Washington Market as part of the company's initial acquisition of Applebees restaurants. In the 10 years previous to his tenure with Apple American, Dan worked his way from Applebee's General Manager in Minnesota to Washington Director of Operations.
In 2010 Dan was named Applebee's Operator of the Year and has served on the Applebee's Operations Council and Beverage Counsel. Dan holds a degree in Business Management from the Minnesota School of Business.
Sarat serves as Senior Vice President of Operations for Bell American and oversees the operations of 270+ restaurants across 8 states. Sarat began his career with the Pillsbury Company in Marketing and later joined PepsiCo/YUM! Brands as a Manager of New Concepts charged with growing the restaurant portfolio via non-traditional channels. As National License Manager, Sarat led a team that grew the Taco Bell Express concept from a base of 100 locations to over 2,000 locations within a 5 year span. After a 10 year career with PepsiCo/YUM! that encompassed leadership roles in both Development and Operations, Sarat moved to the franchise side of the business when he joined Southern Bells in 2003 leading the Operations team that managed the portfolio of 76 Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut Express locations in IN, IL, and KY. He joined Flynn Restaurant Group when FRG acquired Southern Bells, and has overseen the expansion of Bell American from 76 units in 2013 to over 270 today.
Sarat received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is married with two children.
Monty serves as Senior Vice President of Operations for Pan American. He started his restaurant career at the age of 16 as a dishwasher at Ponderosa Steak House and at 21 moved on to manage several different fine dining concepts. In 1990 he joined the first Applebee's in Indiana, was promoted to Area Director in 1994, and then Director of Operations in 2000. In 2001, when Apple American Group was formed, he was promoted to Market President. During his leadership in Indiana he developed the Market from 1 to 32 units. Monty left the Indy Market in 2010 to run the Applebee's Market in NorCal. In 2015, he was promoted to Sr. VP of Operations for Panera Bread now operating ~100 bakery café's in Washington, Northern California, Pennsylvania & West Virginia.


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May 2015 The Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations imposes tougher criteria for those breeding and rearing dogs and puppies (applicable to those who keep three or more breeding bitches). Measures include a minimum staff ratio of 1.20 and a requirement to adopt socialisation plans for puppies. The Welsh Local Government Association will play a crucial role in the enforcement of these new Regulations.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
EU Law to Register all Dog Breeders and Sellers
May 2015 All dog breeders and sellers will need to be registered from 2020 under a new European Union Animal Health Law. The proposal was put forward by the Eurogroup for Animals to tackle the welfare issues of back street breeding and has been acccepted by the European Union.


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Litchfield Park overviewLitchfield Park is a relaxing place known for its spas. Sports fans can enjoy golfing while here. Litchfield Park might not have well-known attractions within the city, but you won't need to venture far to find top places to visit like University of Phoenix Stadium and Gila River Arena. Popular sights in the surrounding area include Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion.
Where to stay in Litchfield ParkWhether traveling on business or vacation, Litchfield Park can comfortably accommodate all visitors. There are 13 hotels in Litchfield Park and you can shop as many as 721 deals for rooms on Hotels.com, some with discounts of up to 55%. We have room prices starting at 33 USD per night and below are the number of hotels by star rating in Litchfield Park as well as in the surrounding area:
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How to get to Litchfield ParkFly into Phoenix, AZ (PHX-Sky Harbor Intl.), 21.6 mi (34.7 km) from central Litchfield Park.
What to see around Litchfield ParkFun activities are on hand such as golf, sporting events, and pampering at the spa, along with attractions such as:
- • Falcon Golf Course
- • Wigwam Golf Resort
- • Palm Valley Golf Club
- • Camelback Ranch
- • Villa de Paz Golf Course
- • Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium
- • AZ Challenger Space Center
- • Glendale Aquatic Center
- • Castle N' Coasters
- • Buckeye Aquatics Center
- • University of Phoenix Stadium (6.2 mi/10 km from the city center)
- • Gila River Arena (6.4 mi/10.3 km from the city center)
- • Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion (8.6 mi/13.8 km from the city center)


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Email is quickly becoming an archaic form of communicationbetween two or more parties. There are actually many people nowadays who do not use it for anything besides business-related communication. Text is easily replaced instant messaging applications online, and an email account is simply used nowadays sort of an identification marker, much like would it phone book used to be like for directory purposes. Interesting Leah not there is one company that is still in bracing the idea to email, although in an updated in word transform. Talk Fusion is a corporation that creates what they call video email messaging services. How it works is quite interesting, and fairly Advanced for what it is. The main concept video email is to provide options to communicate through video chat but in an email like interface. Not only can you send a normal business-related email to your CEO or Kali, you could also video call them within the exact same window. This may be very beneficial depending on how you attempt to use it, for business-related meetings or in case you just need to say something really quick in what a face-to-face call to make things more formal.
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With a packed house of over 260 guests, the Big Fat Quiz of Myisrael raised an incredible £30,000 last night for small charities in Israel which are transforming the lives of people in desperate need.
With comedian Mark Maier at the mic, there were groans, tears and a number of fallouts as each team battled for quiz glory. With rounds ranging from The Best and Worst of 2016 to How Jewish are You, there was something for everyone. And with a £50 charitable fine for cheating, iPhones were refreshingly absent from sight. Huge congrats to Myisrael supporter Alexis Osen and her team who were crowned quiz champions.
Myisrael Founder and Executive Director, Danni Franks, reminded guests how the money raised on the night would make a meaningful difference to people in Israel, and she shared her experience of a recent visit to INTRA, a therapeutic riding school for children with emotional and physical difficulties.
She told the crowd "I recently had the privilege of meeting Tomer, a 10-year-old boy who had devastatingly been removed from his family having been found covered in cigarette burns. He now lives in a children's home and the highlight of his week is going to INTRA, one of Myisrael's adopted charities. He rides a horse called Koko, mucks out his stables and grooms him. Koko is pretty much his best friend and when he gets on his horse, he feels like a king, he feels like he can do anything. He has learnt to care for another living being and it has been amazing for his development, helping him to build his first loving secure relationship. He told me it makes him feel like a whole person."
"This is why we do what we do. Myisrael is connecting amazing people in the UK with amazing people in Israel, and we are changing lives every day because of it."
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SUNDAY MORNING LIVE: Is It Really Possible That Kristen Wiig's 'SNL' Return Was a Letdown?
Welcome to Edition No. 20 of Sunday Morning Live, Popculturology's look at the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. All of your questions about the Kristen Wiig-hosted episode will be answered after the jump.
How'd Kristen Wiig do?
Um, guys, this is going to be awkward to say, and I know it's going to hurt some feelings, but here goes: Kristen Wiig's return to SNL was pretty mediocre. Look, I was as excited as you were at the idea of Wiig coming back to host the show. For years, she was centerpiece of SNL. Sketches were built around her. She was the go-to female talent. She got a lavish farewell when she left at the end of last season. All logic said that Wiig would be a great host.
The problem with Wiig, though — and this was a problem while she was on the show too — is that a lot of her sketches are more fun for the SNL cast to perform than they are for audiences to watch. The Californians? Wiig, Bill Hader and Fred Armisen do everything they can to crack each other up, but at home, this sketch is the same thing every single time. Garth and Kat? Wiig and Armisen obviously adore this sketch, but it stopped being funny after the first go-round. Luckily SNL used Gilly as a throwaway joke during the monologue or else we would have had to been subjected to that again. While Wiig was on SNL, the show stopped trying to find new characters for her, instead choosing to grind her established characters into the ground. Except for The Two A-Holes. It's a shame SNL stopped doing that sketch.
For her monologue, Wiig took us on a tour of the SNL studios (something that Jimmy Fallon did when he hosted), with the joke being that Wiig no longer remembered where anything was or anyone's names. Speaking of Fallon, when he Fallon hosted SNL last season, we saw what it looked like when one of the show's legends returned. Fallon proved that he was the new godfather of SNL (after Lorne Michaels, that is) as he managed to get a ton of former castmembers to come back for cameos. Wiig was only able to draw an extremely pregnant Maya Rudolph back for her episode. (Because Wiig's monologue song was a parody of I'm So Excited, NBC doesn't have the rights to put it online.)
What were the best sketches of the night?
To prove my point about Wiig's popular sketches being more fun for the cast than the audience, the best sketches of the night weren't sketches that Wiig had done before, they were sketches that were introduced for this episode. Unfortunately, SNL slotted these sketches at the end of the episode.
Prior to this, I can't remember a good physical humor sketch from this season of SNL. I thought we would get one when Melissa McCarthy hosted, but that episode kind of disappointed too. Watching Wiig, Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon try to deal with the blood spewing from Jason Sudeikis' back was the highlight of this episode. Kudos to whoever created that fake back.
This sketch just oozed awkwardness. The concept of Wiig and Cecily Strong playing adult women on a date with sixth graders played by Tim Robinson and Bobby Moynihan had so much potential. I only wish SNL could figure out how to stick the landings with these sketches. All too often this season, we've watched as sketches with promise fizzle out at the end.
If Seth Meyers winds up leaving SNL to host Late Night, Moynihan is going to be one of the names tossed around as the next Weekend Update host (possibly with Strong). He would be great at it, but if Moynihan became the Update host, the show would lose a ton of great characters. No more second-hand news, no more Guy Fieri, no more Drunk Uncle.
So what classic Kristen Wiig sketches returned for this episode?
Everyone loves Target Lady, right? Why did SNL air it so late into the episode then? Wiig's enthusiasm for the character was on display when she hopped over the checkout counter and yelled, "Take your cash drawer, and get the eff out of here." I was shocked to hear that Keenan Thompson's Target Lady character had switched his allegiance to Kohl's. What happened to shopping at Wal-Marts?
I've talked to people from California, and they have no idea where the concept for The Californians came from. It's basically just an excuse for the cast to use the weirdest accents possible, pronouncing words in ways that crack everyone up. Half of what Armisen said wasn't even real words.
Was it just me or was it odd to have The Lawrence Welk Show in the middle of an episode of SNL? I can't remember a time when this sketch aired as anything other than the cold open. It actually slowed the episode down in the middle. The visual of Wiig's high forehead and tiny hands is still funny, but after Jon Hamm's cameo in the last edition of The Lawrence Welk Show, going back to Sudeikis was deflating.
Garth and Kat is the prime example of Wiig sketches that are more inside jokes than anything else. Wiig and Armisen have great chemistry, and they clearly love performing as Garth and Kat, but it was a buzzkill when Meyers introduced them. We couldn't have gotten Judy Grimes instead? Just kidding. No wait, I'm just kidding about just kidding.
How about Pseudo Digital Shorts or commercials?
The reference may be a few years old, but I enjoyed Aw, Nuts! Mom's a Ghost, the Disney Channel series about two kids and their mom who was drowned and turned into a Korean water ghost. Strong and Moynihan were again paired up for this sketch, making me think SNL could be further test running the duo as future Weekend Update hosts.
Mom's say silly things and can be inappropriate at times. Symbol crash.
Anything else? Did any sketches really not work?
For the second week in a row, SNL couldn't figure out how to touch on the political news of the week. Like last week when the show just lumped everything together in a Fox and Friends sketch, SNL used a Benghazi hearings sketch to check off the hearings, Darrell Issa, Jodi Arias and Ariel Castro. Also, not sure if was supposed to be part of the joke, but everyone but Issa's name tags were wrong.
One, is Strong reusing her Swarovski Crystals/former pornstar wig for this sketch? And two, why you gotta pick on Craig T. Nelson, SNL?
What's next?
SNL is back on May 18 with Ben Affleck hosting and Kanye West as the musical guest.
Previous editions of Sunday Morning Live
May 5, 2013: Zach Galifianakis
April 14, 2013: Vince Vaughn
April 7, 2013: Melissa McCarthy
March 10, 2013: Justin Timberlake
March 3, 2013: Kevin Hart
Feb. 17, 2013: Christoph Waltz
Feb. 10, 2013: Justin Bieber
Jan. 27, 2013: Adam Levine
Jan. 20, 2013: Jennifer Lawrence
Dec. 16, 2012: Martin Short
Dec. 9, 2012: Jamie Foxx
Nov. 18, 2012: Jeremy Renner
Nov. 11, 2012: Anne Hathaway
Nov. 4, 2012: Louis CK
Oct. 21, 2012: Bruno Mars
Oct. 14, 2012: Christina Applegate
Oct. 7, 2012: Daniel Craig
Sept. 23, 2012: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Sept. 16, 2012: Seth MacFarlane
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2 Hurt In Stuart Car Crash
2 Hurt In Stuart Car Crash
STUART, Fla. —
Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning.
According to Martin County Fire Rescue spokesman Doug Killane, at about 6:45 a.m. a vehicle left the roadway, crashed through a fence and hit a tree.
One person was flown to Lawnwood Trauma Center. A second person was taken by ambulance to Martin Memorial South Hospital.
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Geeky girls are joining forces at Girl Geek dinners across the country. The international movement, which started in London, came to New Zealand's shores last year. The local chapter is led by Amanda Jackson, a senior developer and consultant at Fronde — and a passionate gamer.
The group has held five events in Auckland and two in Wellington so far, and now "geeky" women in Tauranga, Christchurch and Dunedin are also asking for local Girl Geek dinners, says Jackson.
The evenings are about learning as well as being social events, says Jackson. So far, the group has had presentations and discussions on architecture, Silverlight and agile programming, to name just a few. But there is also a fun element too — such as challenging each table to build a bridge out of newspaper and masking tape, she says.
A lot of the women that come to the events are the only woman in their office, and it can be a nice break to meet a group of other female ICT professionals — "sometimes just to get a female perspective on things."
Men are welcome to the events, but have to be taken as a date.
Jackson clocks up around five hours a night playing games, and she admits to sometimes "losing a whole weekend" to gaming. At the moment, one of her favourite games is browser-based Travian, which has hundreds of thousands of active players around the world.
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Jackson also plays the bass guitar and drums, and sings, and is going on a tour with her band in the UK next month. She is also a volunteer ambulance officer.
Brenda Wallace, one of the organisers of the Wellington Girl Geek dinners, says the events are not competing with industry group Women in Technology. Wallace has met with WIT general manager Cheryl Horo, and they agreed there was room for both organisations.


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Prelude to an Afternoon in Prague
My journey to becoming a musician has taken me to unexpected, unforgettable places. Being a performing artist is a huge commitment that comes with rewarding experiences, but especially while traveling to auditions or performances, I've ended up warming up or practicing in less-than-ideal places. I've found myself playing everywhere from Carnegie Hall to an amusement park in Copenhagen to an airport bathroom in Detroit. One of the most memorable places music has taken me is this gorgeous hall in Prague:
This past summer, I found myself onstage alone, savoring a few moments in which I had Smetana Hall to myself before the audience started filing in. The first piece of the program was Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The flute solo that opens the piece is one of the most well-known orchestral flute solos, notorious for its exposed nature. It requires an incredible amount of control, musicality, and stability.
This was my last concert with the orchestra I was performing in, and I would be playing the first notes that the audience would hear that evening. Conflicted by a mixture of nervousness, excitement, nostalgia, and wonder, I snuck onstage to "test out" the acoustics of the hall. I could barely concentrate, though; Smetana Hall is adorned with sculptures, paintings, and beautiful intricacies that set it apart from other concert halls. It was somewhere I had dreamed of visiting, and it was surreal to think that in a few minutes I actually would be performing onstage.
I can't even remember how the Debussy went, now that I think about it. Just being in that hall, sitting on the stage where some of the world's greatest music had been performed, was so humbling and inspiring in itself. Sharing the stage with some of my closest friends and hearing the music that we all created together was nothing short of magical.


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Sky News is planning to recruit 'several hundred'citizen journalists to provide coverage of the next general election.
The rolling news channel hopes to expand its citizen journalism output with the help of City University.
The university is looking for one postgraduate student to fill a role working closely with Sky on the project.
The appointed candidate would select, mentor and monitor the citizen journalists as they write and record content for a dedicated website.
'Sky want to experiment with the format,'explains Neil Thurman, senior lecturer in electronic publishing in the City University journalism department.
'We've done a lot of research in user-generated content. They wanted to get input from the academic side, so we suggested they fund the PhD studentship.
'It will be a series of blogs. Rather than having Sky News journalists blogging [about the election], they'll aim to recruit a number of citizens who will blog as well."
The ideal candidate will have a good knowledge of British politics, and an interest in the academic study of the project.
Thurman continued: 'It is likely to be a recent graduate with a journalism or journalism-related degree. From our point of view, we want them to use the experience they have with Sky as the basis for some interesting research work on how mainstream news organisations interact with citizen journalism."
Last month, rival broadcaster ITV launched their own dedicated citizen journalism website. ITV Uploaded invites viewers to send in content to be used in addition news reports on the day's top stories.


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