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Every rider must register in person at the times indicated on the event schedule … yep, even you!
Riders must present their current MTBA licence at Registration OR purchase an MTBA day licence for $25.
Then take a minute to read and understand the Race Waiver and sign your name to confirm that you have read the fine print and you're good to go! If you're under 18, you'll need a parent or guardian present to sign on your behalf.
Only registered riders may practice on the race course, at the time(s) specified on the event schedule.
Please mount your bike number plate on the handlebar, in front of any cables or hoses as securely as possible and ensuring that the plate is as visible as possible in order for timing crew and officials to sight it easily. Modification or trimming of the number plate is also not permitted.
Your timing transponder will be affixed to the back of your bike number plate. Ensure it is properly affixed to the number plate also ensure that you are using the number plate and transponder that was allocated to you. If you have a back-up bike and swap to it during the race then you will need to swap the number plate with transponder as well. Transponders must not be switched between competitors.
Safety is paramount - the bike you take on the race track must be a mountain bike or cyclocross bike, and in good condition. No electric bikes are allowed. All riders must wear an Australian Standards approved cycle helmet (or equivalent - see MTBA policy) whilst riding their bike at any time on the race course or around the Event Centre.
All riders must commence their lap carrying a minimum of one bidon of liquid/500ml (or hydration pack), tyre levers, pump, spare inner tube, multi-tool.
Riders may not wear headphones or other similar music/communication devices during practice and competition.
A vital part of the mountain biking ethos is self-sufficiency but riders may accept assistance from other riders on course with respect to mechanical repairs, food, or drink. Outside assistance from support crew, neutral support or on-site bike shop is allowed only within the Event Centre.
Riders must follow the marked course at all times; any shortcutting or modification of the course will result in a time penalty or disqualification. Citing a lack of course bunting is against the spirit of endurance racing and will not be an acceptable defense.
Riders are only eligible for a place in the category in which they start the race. In the event of an incorrect category listing, riders must report this to Timing no later than the halfway point (time) of the race.
All riders must cross the timing mat at the transition zone prior to starting their next lap or handing over to the next relay rider.
When handing over to your next relay rider, riders must 'tag' one another by touch. Any team found to be transitioning without tagging the rider will be given a time penalty – it won't kill you to touch your sweaty mate!
Riders wishing to pass should clearly and loudly communicate to the rider in front their wish to pass. The rider being in front should respond with 'Yes, on my left', 'Go, on my right' or similar and yield at the earliest safe opportunity. The rider being passed always has right of way and whether a passing situation is deemed to be safe or appropriate for them and their level of skill is up to the rider being passed and must be respected. Try being friendly, it usually results in the rider to be overtaken yielding sooner!
Riders must behave in sporting manner at all times. Anti-social behaviour is grounds for disqualification and/or humiliation at the presentation.
Riders walking their bikes must give way at all times to those riding.
Riders must stop to assist an injured rider and inform an event official or stay with the injured rider and send another rider to inform an event official of the incident at the earliest opportunity.
If a rider stops to assist an injured rider, they can receive a time adjustment. The rider must report the incident and the duration of the stop to a race official as soon as the affected lap is completed. Having another rider to corroborate the story would also be advantageous. A time adjustment is calculated as follows: the average of all your other laps will be calculated and you will be awarded that time in place of the lengthened lap where you stopped.
A mechanical or injury may mean that a rider can't complete a lap. If a rider wishes to abort that lap and send out another rider they may, and the lap will begin when the first rider started and finish when the replacement rider crosses the mat. The aborting rider's name, team name, and race number must be reported by a marshal to the Course Director. The Course Director will announce for a team rider to commence, but that rider must come and tell the Course Director their race number before beginning their lap. When the aborting rider returns to the Event Centre they MUST NOT cross the timing mat!
Anyone found leaving litter, inner tubes, or dropped bidons on the course will be disqualified. Riders who willingly pick up the above items not belonging to them may be eligible for a prize.
Riders or teams withdrawing early from the race must notify Timing as soon as possible.
At each round, an age-group category (i.e. Masters or Super Masters) will only be formed with a minimum number of three solo riders or teams. In the event of there not being enough riders or teams to form an age-group category, entries will be merged into suitable categories, for example Super Masters would then race with Masters. Juniors are, of course, an exception to this. However, the rider or team will still accrue series points in their originally nominated category.
In the 6hr Mixed Pairs category each individual rider's lap tally may only differ to the other rider by a maximum of 2 laps. Should this be not possible for your team on the day due to injury or another reason and you are not in contention for a podium, please explain the reason to the Event Director and the team may be allowed to have a result.
In all categories except 6hr Open Teams, all team members must complete a minimum of one lap in order for the team to have a result in its registered category. Should this not be possible on the day, please explain the reason to the Event Director and the team may be allowed to have a result.
Series points for both solo riders and teams will be calculated using results from all four rounds of the Series.
Teams must use the same team name at each round to qualify for Series points. Team names may be changed at Registration but not after the event has commenced. Substitutions within teams will be allowed as follows:
Protests must be made to the Event Director. These may be submitted up to 15 minutes after the final results being posted. The Event Director has the final decision on all protests so be nice!
All ages are calculated using the rider's age on 31 December 2016. Minimum ages and age ranges for categories is as follows:6hr Race LengthSolo: 16Pairs: 15Masters: 40Threes: 12Fours: 12-184hr Race LengthJunior: 15-18Open: 19
Teams must ensure that their junior team members race for no longer than the following maximum times, in accordance with MTBA's policy on junior participation:
Australian road rules apply at all times on forest or classified roads
Ignorance of these rules is not an acceptable defence
Final rule: Have fun – we absolutely insist you have fun!


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Who is Microblogging?
Microbloggers can be segmented into three categories:
Corporations use microblogging to connect with current and potential customers. Companies' microblogs include information on products and services. Additionally, brands utilize microblogging to promote news, as well as offer discounts and coupons.
Professionals: Individuals Microblogging for Professional Reasons
Another subset of the microblogging population is individuals who microblog for professional reasons. This group includes celebrities, independent consultants, bloggers, coaches and other individuals who utilize microblogging to promote professional services or enhance their personal brand. Professionals microblog to engage fans or potential clients and connect with colleagues. They frequently post links to their website or blog, not only to increase traffic but also improve their search engine ranking.
Casual Users: Individuals Microblogging for Personal Reasons
Individuals who microblog for personal reasons ("casual users") use microblogging tools to connect with friends and family, and post links to articles they find interesting. Often, casual users are passive users. They use microblogging sites to gain up-to-date information on the lives of friends and family, as well as brands and colleagues, as opposed to posting information.
The Newcomer: Google Buzz
Buzz is the newest entrant to the microblogging space. Launched by Google, Buzz connects to Google's email client, Gmail. Buzz has a number of strengths and unusual features that set it apart from other microblogging services. The integration with Gmail provided Buzz with an existing user base of millions of users who do not have to create a new username or password in order to participate. Also, users no longer have to leave their email inbox in order to share information with contacts. Buzz enables users to respond to others' microblogs with their commenting feature. Additionally, with Buzz, users can select their privacy preferences, something other services, such as Twitter, lack. Buzz has no character limits and also allows users to integrate photos and attachments in a streamlined and simple way.
According to Google executive Bradley Horowitz, "It's not just status-casting. It's not just checking in. It's really meaningful interactions around meaningful topics within Buzz and it's reaching the right audience and people are engaged. That kind of value proposition is I think unique to Buzz. I've heard that again and again. In the realm of positive feedback, I think that people are finding that the conversational mode of buzz is very, very powerful and the quality of audience is also great."
The Incumbent: Twitter
However, Twitter's simplicity, which has worked well in the past, may ultimately be its biggest weakness. The 140 character limit can be cumbersome. Although users can post pictures on Twitter, they need a third-party application, such as TwitPic, to do so. Also, users cannot see responses to conversations- they can only view one user's microblogs at one time.
Where Does Buzz Add Value?
Google Buzz's strengths, particularly when compared to Twitter, make Buzz an ideal product for professionals looking to microblog. On Buzz, professionals who want to enhance their personal brand can post links as well as photos and videos, enabling them to post more varied types of information than on Twitter. Additionally, professionals who want engage with their fans/audience can provide a more interactive experience on Buzz via the commenting feature, which not only allows professionals to interact with their audience but also enables fans to interact with one another. Also, presumably, since Buzz is a Google product, microblogging with Buzz could increase search engine rankings as well as, or even better than Twitter or other competitors. I personally would love to see a Buzz application for Blogger, and start following TV how-to personalities on Buzz. I could find a lot of added value in hearing Martha Stewart's audience suggesting recipes, not just Martha herself. And that is one area where Buzz has the potential to outshine Twitter and the others. Let's just hope that the class action lawsuits against Buzz stop coming.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
So it begins!!!!!
Welcome one and all to the first of many character design exercises. We are going to begin things off with the shape above. Your mission, should you chose to except it, is to create a character or two or three, etc. . . using the shape.
The only rule for this one is that the shape be a major part of the characters design. You can do human, animal or some made up creature.
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This is the last of 3 videos I shot while were at Camp Akita earlier this month. (I promise) I have to confess that I really didn't know how, or in what context I would use this until Sunday night. Even I sometimes think I'm beating a dead horse with my wheel spinning. (How 'bout that for two cliches in one sentence?)
Looking at my schedule for this week I discovered that I have no deadlines. As we've discussed previously, I need deadlines to get work done. But, I do still have that to-do list and I don't want to just waste a whole week, (plenty of stuff due next week). So - as the popular commercial slogan goes. It's time to just do it. I need to push myself. I need to be the turtle. This will work. Right?
Eh, if nothing else it is really pretty scenery.
If you can't see the video click here.
The truth is for the most part this has been working for me this week. Just have to keep it going. Keep on keeping on as they say...
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An Ebensburg man charged with three drug violations was among those sentenced in the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas.
Jason D. Raymond, 24, of Ebensburg was placed on three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 60 hours of community service for three counts of possessing a controlled substance. The charges stem from three incidents.
On Feb. 2, 2002, Somerset Borough police were dispatched to an apartment in the 200 Block of East Main Street for a reported drug overdose. They found Raymond and a woman inside the apartment unconscious, with various drug paraphernalia scattered about, according to a criminal complaint.
Police said Raymond had 12 packets of heroin.
Later that month, police said Raymond had 21 packets of heroin at a residence in the 700 Block of North Center Avenue, according to two more complaints.


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The Packers have signed Seneca Wallace just days after he was released by San Francisco, Green Bay's opening-game opponent.
Wallace is entering his 10th pro season, and replaces B.J. Coleman as the backup for Aaron Rodgers. Coleman was released Monday.
Wallace left the 49ers last week and San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh said the quarterback was "not going to continue to play football." Wallace apparently is not retiring and was with the Packers for Monday's practice.
Green Bay also signed to the practice squad guard Bryan Collins, wide receivers Charles Johnson and Myles White, cornerback James Nixon, tight end Jake Stoneburner, and quarterback Scott Tolzien.
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Every 3 minutes around the world there is a lightening strike. That makes 5 tonnes of He, and releases 2.5x1030W of power.
1 H2O+O2+TU->He2++O3+2+4e-+E1+X-ray E=2.4MW from a 50x1cm steam plasma at 4 atmospheres. We do the more dynamic H fission
2 H2O+TU->E2+L+Xray the plasma smashes the matter int oheat, light and X-rays. The 4th state of matter. Plasma: the 4th State of Matter
So a church gets a 50x1cm glass tube filled with steam – the more technical members of the congregation will have no trouble here.
We site the tune in a blast cylinder, we pump air through, using a 8K fan. Otherwise the tube and church will melt.
We feed thehot air air at 350oC into a thermoelectric mains generator – available over the internet.
Home-Thermoelectric-generator teg modules
Missing: 75 mains
Ask them for 75kW kit. So we get 72kW of carbon 0 power. We have a small over hear power line t othe local substation and sell the excess curent to the grid. At 3000UK poiunds per kW years.
We sell 20kW – a nice income of 6 million a year. And Churches can use that money, to change modern life – as Jesus would have wished.


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Topher and Tanker both did great with being left with a stranger and us leaving the room. Topher whined a little bit. It was not excessive and he would have still passed. Tanker, of course, could care less.
I think Tanker and Topher are favorites of the instructor. She likes to point out how good they are. They are in a class with a lot of big dogs, mostly German Shepherds, but also one (big) pit bull and a mix breed dog. Topher and Tanker feel like the little guys.


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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
City for Champions: Colorado Springs
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- Garrett Coon said...
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- Garrett Coon said...
Hey Dustin, interesting post, but I wonder if you could help me with something. It seems to me that the lesson of the broken window wasn't so much about money being moved to different ends, but rather that people tend to focus only on the results of the mandated end, the purchase of the window, rather than on the lost alternative ends, the purchase of a suit plus the continued ownership of the original window. In the case of the City for Champions proposal it would seem that the particular things proposed in the plan, the stadium, the museum, the visitor's center, etc., would each be examples of "windows" that the citizens of the Springs are being compelled to purchase whereas the things they would otherwise choose to do such as invest in their businesses or purchase products from one another, are in fact the unseen alternatives taken via taxation. Am I missing something in my analysis?
- DustinKosley said...
Hey Garrett, I guess what my intention was to show how blind citizens tend to be towards how money is spent in society. I can definitely agree to your point that they look at the end much more compared to what it takes to get to that point. It was hard getting the City of Champions focused on one exact point related to Hazlett I guess so i tried to be a bit broad when it came to his teachings in the book. Not being able to discuss this specific topic in class probably made it a bit more jumbled up for me than it should have been. haha I completely agree with your analysis. I just felt that, especially in this city, this was one of the major economic issues that came to mind.
- Larry Eubanks said...
"That money that is collected to create things like the City of Champions has greater impacts then they could ever imagine. The new jobs that would be created spur growth in the city."
Can you identify a "new" job? Hazlitt's lesson suggests we should expect there to be no "new" jobs. Remember Hazlitt explains that when government spends it also must tax. So to spend money on Champions, which will require some expense to hire labor, government has to take money (I would prefer we not say government "collects" money). The money taken would have been spent (if it had not been taken), and Hazlitt wants us to see what most people don't see. More tax revenue means hiring labor for Champions, BUT IT ALSO means hiring less labor elsewhere because people have less disposable income to spend. On net, it is jobs there or jobs here, and that means 0 net new jobs.
Local governments often pursue "economic development policies" by seeking "new jobs." It turns out there are very few actions local governments can take that will result in "new jobs" and in economic development. The kinds of actions that support local economic development tend to involve reducing taxes, since this makes doing business in the community less expensive relative to doing business in other communities.


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Heather Zoller-Gritz
Country Music Half Marathon
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Nashville, TN
Race Type:
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Age Group:
Female 35 - 39
Overall Place:
21638 / 22749
Age Group Place:
2058 / 2179
I met my sister in Nashville so the two of us could run our first half marathons. I've been fighting a nagging foot issue but put in the miles and after a good 10 miler last Sunday felt prepared for the race. After running consistently in 50 & 60 degree weather I wasn't prepared for it to be 80 by the time we started (in corral 27, almost an hour after the first runners started) to only get hotter and sunnier along the way. I felt good for the first five miles other than what seemed like constant uphills, not big hills just lots of them (very decieving elevation chart. Cytomax and water on the course and I took some at every stop. At the halfway point I was right where I expected to be, right about 1:30 (I was aiming for 3 hrs).Unfortunately things went downhill (not literally) from there. I started to feel sick to my stomach and felt increasingly dizzy so I sat down in the shade, ate my sport beans and waited for the bathroom. I felt considerably better after about 10 minutes of downtime. At the next water stop I took Cytomax, water and added some salt (literally, from 2 packets sitting on a table).


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Don't you love a delicious and healthy skillet meal? Easy clean-up is something I try to help everyone with as I share Paleo and Paleo-ish meals. Hey, we are all busy and the better we eat, the more we can accomplish.
Seranno peppers are filled with capsaicin and trigger a flood of endorphins which are natural pain-killers. They also are extremely high in vitamin C. Pick up a couple and try them out in this amazing skillet concoction.
I boiled 2 sweet potatoes in a pan in water until tender when stuck with a fork.
I diced 1 small white onion and 2 serrano peppers and cooked them until tender in a small skillet along with 1 TBSP coconut oil.
While that was cooking I opened a 1 lb package of uncured bacon. I cut it into one-inch pieces with my kitchen scissors and dropped them into a large skillet. I added 1 lb of sausage and cooked that all together until browned.
Now, all I had to do was put this skillet meal all together.
When the sweet potatoes were soft, I poured off the hot water and covered them with cold water so they would cool enough for me to peel and then cut into chunks.
I drained a little of the bacon/sausage grease out of the large skillet. I added the sweet potatoes and the pepper/onion mixture to the large skillet.
I added:
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Serene Branson is a CBS news reporter that apparently suffered a possible stroke on-air during Grammy reporting. During a live evening news report, Branson's possible stroke was observed by millions. Paramedics said Branson's vital signs were normal, and she insists that she's "feeling fine". The healthcare bills she would get if she didn't have a stroke would have caused a lot more than a payday loan would have covered.
Branson with a stroke?
CBS is where Branson works in Los Angeles and has received two Emmy awards. Several noticed that Branson started to slur her words and could not be understood. This was during the Grammy awards. Many were worried about the expression on Branson's face for 10 to 15 seconds. She couldn't seem to talk. This is one of the major warning signs of a stroke, and paramedics were called. The video was one Twitter users originally pointed and laughed at. Later, worry was expressed for Branson though.
Branson states she is 'feeling fine'
While reporting the Grammy awards, reports initially said Branson was put in the hospital for stroke. A statement was released by CBS 2 news though that said:
"Serene Branson was examined by paramedics on scene immediately after her broadcast. Her vital signs were normal. She was not hospitalized. As a precautionary measure, a colleague gave her a ride home, and she says that she is feeling fine this morning."
Reasons for slurred speech
The rumor of Serene Branson getting hospitalized because she possible had a stroke at the Grammys traveled fast. The slurred speech she displayed was what had caused this rumor to spread. A warning sign of a stroke is slurred speech. It's one of the most common indicators. Other things could be happening with slurred speech. It doesn't have to be a stroke. Distorted speech, or dysathria, could be caused by a brain injury, a tumor, a facial weakness, medications or even facial paralysis.
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To apply for an Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Global Development Studies, Political Science, or Politics,Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) major, you must make formal application. You'll need to be admitted to a major before taking most upper-division major courses. Admission is selective and based upon prior academic performance.
Applications for the Political Science major are accepted year-round. Applications for the other five SBGE majors are only accepted between December 20 and January 20 each year. All applications are available in Banner. "How to apply" instructions.
To meet the application requirements for admission to the Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and PPE majors, you must:
Spreadsheet competency requirement. Demonstration of spreadsheet competency is required of all students graduating with a major in Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics. Political Science majors must fulfill this requirement as as prerequisite to POL 4643. You must satisfy this by passing the MOS 77-420 (Excel 2013) or MOS 77-727 (Excel 2016) exam or BUS 1700 (where that exam is required). Please become familiar with the full spreadsheet competency requirement. Sample exams are available on our CATC page. This major requirement does not impact the admission to major process.
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A select group of highly qualified students are admitted directly to School of Business, Government, and Economics majors upon acceptance to Seattle Pacific University.
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Today we had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison. We were fortunate enough to get to be a part of Constitution Day. The weather was perfect, not overly crowded and those in attendance appeared to be having a wonderful time, and learning a lot!
Below are photos of the front and rear of the house, as well as Madison's Temple.
Olivia and Lindsey both love hands on activities, and really what kid doesn't? Once we entered the land of touch and feel the fun was kicked up a notch!
Working in the Archaeology Lab was a big thrill. Digging in dirt, finding real things and then getting to identify those items were a big hit!
The wooden toys were a big treat as well. Lindsey likes little items to play with, so she was in LOVE with this all wooden Noah's Ark! And of course, there were animals, so Olivia liked it too.
Olivia has a much shorter attention span, or maybe she's just more inquisitive? Either way, she enjoyed trying out lots of things. The older gentleman in the photo to the right was the maker of most of the toys and once Olivia realized he'd answer questions about things, she was set. He even taught her how to play Mancala.
Still playing with Noah's Ark…
This activity was neat. The young lady in the fru-fru hat showed Olivia how to use the contraption in her lap to reflect an image onto her drawing board for tracing.
Yeeeep….gotta love Noah's Ark.Playing the dulcimer was fun! The young lady in the green was an exceptionally talented musician!
How many kids do you know who can say they've been photographed with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
Shortly after this photo, there was a lovely presentation by the drum and fife corps. "Thomas Jefferson" and "James Madison" then held a brief meeting with us, talking about the importance of the Constitution. After their scripted speeches were over, they answered questions and I'll tell you what, those guys are incredibly quick thinking, witty and overflowing with history facts and information!
Signing the "Constitution".
We spent about 6 hours on this trip, and still didn't get to see it all. It's a definite must do field trip! To finish up, I'll throw in a few photos of the gardens and scenery for you to enjoy.


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As a fan of adult coloring, I've been searching for more fun novelty books to color, so when I began thinking of what I wanted for Christmas, I scoured the online stores for a new coloring book. This one caught my eye, since I am a lover of old films and pop art. My mother bought it as an early Christmas gift (since I am generally a hard-to-buy-for person), and I quickly started my own Querkle Icon portrait.
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Another thing that makes this coloring book unique is you only need 5 shades/colors to do an entire page in this book (there are twenty portraits in my Icons book). For those of you color lovers out there, that may seem restrictive, but you have a lot of fun finding the right shades. It took me a couple tries- I even made another color chart with darkest to lightest in each color group before choosing my colors.
Marilyn Monroe Portrait, prior to coloring:
I chose to start with Amy Winehouse for my first Querkle Icons portrait. Since I am a perfectionist, I chose to take the mystery away by looking at the index of portraits in the back of the book, though some portraits, despite their befuddling beginning patterns, I could tell who the portraits depicted. I chose my colors around Amy's penchant for wearing red and yellow. I began with the darkest shade (1) and went to the lightest (5). Here is some of that transformation:
-Choose your colors beforehand, even if you choose to not know which portrait you are coloring.
-I went from darkest to lightest, doing one section/color at a time- I highly recommend that approach. Otherwise you may get confused or even a bit overwhelmed.
-Like any puzzle, it's easier to start at the edges- trace the inner outline of the area you wish to color (like the 1 section, 2 section, etc.) and then fill it in. It gives you a barrier just in case you have a penchant to get outside the lines.
-Know your pencils/markers before you choose them. For example, my darkest shade I chose was a pain to work with- I'd rated the brand lowest in my Color Me Happy guide due to its belligerence. And yet, I still chose it to do the largest swathe of color in the portrait. I struggled with it needlessly, when I should've chosen another pencil from the start to work with.
Overall, I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys adult coloring with a healthy dose of pop culture portraits that remind one of Sixties style pop art. There is another Querkles book out there if you don't like portraits: Querkles Masterpieces, which I am coveting as I write this. I was impressed with the variety of people portrayed in this book- it is pretty diverse for even a regular book, though the cover/back and my initial portrait choice doesn't do credit to that. For a full list of people portrayed in this coloring book, highlight below (they are in no particular order, so the mystery/puzzle is preserved slightly):
Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, James Dean, Che Guevara, Jimi Hendrix, Groucho Marx, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Nelson Mandela, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frida Kahlo, Janis Joplin, Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Taylor
P.S. Although this seems like a sponsored post, I'm just completely obsessed over this book right now and had to share how much I adore it. If you wish to see the complete page of completed Querkles portraits as seen in the back of this coloring book, PM me on Twitter or email me.


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No, I am not asking you all to do me a favor.
I just wanted to show off the sample for the wedding favors I am making for my uncle's wedding.
I got a Halloween-themed version of this from the Stampin' Up demonstrator, Iris, at last Sunday's stamping.
I thought it would be a great party favor, so I offered to make them.
So simple, so easy, so chocolatey. Yes, those are full-size chocolate bars.
(The image is from PaperTreyInk)


text: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre meet at the Sorbonne University in 1929 where they both study philosophy: it's the birth of a fruitful and inspiring collaboration as well as a liberated relationship. The couple has a pact: no marriage, no children and multiple affairs although Jean-Paul Sartre once declared 'Sartre cannot conceive itself without Beauvoir, nor can Beauvoir without Sartre' - nothing must come in the way of their intellectual destiny. Simone de Beauvoir who truly desired to escape her family environment is enthralled by Jean-Paul Sartre's disrespectful domesticity standards. However to what extent was Simone de Beauvoir free? She who wrote Le Deuxième Sexe - a feminist manifest - undertakes the role of a tout who tests the submissive young women she then delivers to her partner and hides her own homosexuality. There's a kind of perversion in the way they both tell each other all about their sexual liaisons in front of a drink at the Café de Flore - yet the pact was respected for fifty years: their work is celebrated and their personal story concealed.


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Like my routine every day at 1500 every day: to mix up an iced black coffee to get me through the next 5 hours of my day.......I makes me a little "wired"
Or when I once leaned against an electric fence to pose for a picture once...not aware it was electric at the time! I felt very "wired"
Did our coffee bean grinder quit functioning??...........
Did a sudden monsoon hit, causing a loss in electricity?....
My blackberry quit working.
And amazingly, life still went on. I, however, waited in a pause of suspese when this occurred...........
I thought, "is this it? Is this the early apocolypse?!?!? IS THIS THE RAPTURE?! It's not even 2012 yet! I knew that fundamentalist nutcase was wrong!"
I immediately reached for my phone, to text my husband, my parents, my siblings to tell them my goodbyes.
But I couldn't! I couldn't text anyone!
What's wrong with this picture? Yes. I am extremely dependent on my phone. I don't know addresses. I completely depend on my phone for directions to get anywhere. I don't even look up directions prior to leaving the house anymore. I also don't call people. I text. Would I text my husband to tell him the world is ending? It's possible. ;)
(I'm only joking....before you start thinking I truly am the most insensitive, stone-woman alive)
But. yes. My phone quit working. I couldn't call my husband to tell him that I'd have to go purchase a new phone today. I was annoyed. He's also out of town for the week.
I went to the Verizon store to purchase a new device. They asked for my husbands social security number. I did not know it. They wouldn't let me do anything. They said "Well, that's our policy, ma'am"
I responded, "I have a social security #, and I'm on the account....."
"Sorry ma'ma. That's our policy"
What really annoyed me, is that the customer service rep finally suggested, "Can you call him and ask?"
Feeling irritated, I responded saying "Yes. Let me call him with my phone that doesn't work real quick...."
Needless to say....I used their phone. I got ahold of him. I got a new phone.
The world goes on! I got a Droid Incredible. And let me tell you...it is incredible! I love it! I hope everyone has a fabulous Labor Day Weekend! Celebrate well!! --While I am laboring away this weekend ;)


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Tue 8 May 2012 – 7.30pm
St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble
Language: In Russian
The St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble is bringing part of a rich Russian musical tradition to Pushkin House this May.
Their programme contrasts sublime, intensely spiritual Russian Orthodox church music with the zest for life and humour of Russian folk song.
The Ensemble contributes to a renewal of a tradition of Russian unaccompanied singing going back a thousand years, which with its distinctive melodic patterns holds a unique place in the musical culture of the world.
The singers are trained in the St Petersburg Conservatoire and their five voices fill any auditorium. On previous UK tours they have enchanted audiences with echoing harmonies that appealed to a range of ages and musical tastes. This year they are bringing their music to many places in the UK that have not experienced it before.
Tickets: £12, conc. £10
The best reviews, articles and news on Russian art, related exhibitions and interesting cultural events in the UK.
Monday, 30 April 2012
CONCERT: St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble
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text: Schmeichel completes Leicester City switch TSS June 27, 2011 Transfer News 37 Comments Kasper Schmeichel has agreed terms to join Sven Goren Eriksson's Leicester City on a three year deal. The Danish goalkeeper and son of legendary Manchester United stopper, Peter Schmeichel featured heavily in a Leeds United side last season whose defensive record was amongst the worst in the Championship. After joining the club on a free transfer at the start of the 2010-11 campaign and with only a year left on his contract, Leeds United will point to the reported £1m fee as good business. Despite an apparent reluctance to extend his current deal and the poor defensive record last season, many Leeds United fans will be frustrated at the sale. A lot of fans would argue his defensive record was more a reflection of a mismatched, constantly changing back-line rather than Kasper's own ability. However, there are also those that would question his ability to lead and organise the back-line and would point to poor communication skills as a particular weakness. Whilst Kasper can often be seen shouting at individuals when things go wrong, there seems to be little interaction beforehand. Overall, it's difficult to determine how good a deal this was for the club until his replacement is brought in. If Simon Grayson can deliver the more capable goalkeeper he's been suggesting at a lesser fee than that received from Leicester City then you'd have to bow to his better judgement. If however, Leeds United start the season without the quality replacement we've been promised Simon Grayson could be setting himself up for quite the backlash. Only time will tell… Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment. 37 Responses captaincrash June 27, 2011 When he signed last summer it was one of 'those' moments. It felt good, it felt we were on the way back. It was a happy day. I hope the to be announced 'senior' keeper lands the same way. Reply JayMac June 27, 2011 Totally agree. Maybe most of us however were caught up in a little nostalgia where we thought that Bates had a little ambition in those dusty veins of his. I doubt we'll get a signing this season that makes us go "Wow, Up to the prem with him then!"… Reply Tim June 27, 2011 I'd have brought in competition for Kasper. Good luck to the young fella, he'll probably thrive under Sven Reply Loved them diamond floodlights June 27, 2011 I don't remember the great arsenal back four needing mummy goalkeeper to hold there hands they sorted themselves out on the training ground and then on the pitch the buck stopped with them you could have had an average keeper with that lot Reply Colin June 27, 2011 This is bullshit. We were unlikely to be able to afford his wages at contract renewal, yet Sven signs him up on a 3 year contract just like that. Now rumours flying around that West Sam are going to get Gradel. The message is loud and clear – leeds don't do contract extentions. Leeds are a selling club. Kilkenny gone, johnson gone, naylor gone, higgs gone, lichaj gone, mccartney gone, watt gone, schmeichel gone. IN, Rachubka. We're going to have to go some to put a half decent 11 out on the pitch. Reply Gryff June 27, 2011 I'm a bit sad to see Schmeichel go too. But with his move, I reckon it speaks a volume that he went to Leicester. He wasn't offered anywhere else because no other club felt he was worth a £1million pound gamble. Is he worth more to us? I think so, but he wasn't worth it to those who are making do without him. So I wonder just how good his wages are. His agent wanted him in the Premiership but once Grayson said he was on his way out and (I would suppose) he only had Leicester to choose from, there was A) Stay at Leeds and have a blot on your career, or B) Go to Leicester for a year or two and hopefully get first team football. Because of that, I'd doubt Sven gave him massive wages, because he had him over a barrel? I could be wrong… Reply Colin June 27, 2011 gryff – i heard he was on £12,000 a week at Leeds. I doubt he'll have taken anything less. Ed Tierney June 27, 2011 Personally, as a professional goalkeeper myself, I would've thought Kasper was worth more than 1 million and if I was in the club's position I would have only considered a bid of at least 1.5 million. I'm disappointed that he's gone but it won't affect us as much as you think. Leeds are definitely not a selling club. I live down in Bournemouth and anybody there will tell you that you have no idea what a selling club is until you see them! We're still a club on the up, we should still believe in Grayson whilst things are still moving in the right direction, we should still keep the faith! Rachubka is also a good keeper but I believe that a club as big as us have the funds and the ambition to get someone even better and Rachubka can be our backup keeper. Remember if it wasn't for Ken Bates there would be no Leeds United so just because he's turned this club into a money making club and we can't blame him for that – he's just bringing in a bit of stability for the future. MOT Reply Loved them diamond floodlights June 27, 2011 Why don't you come you will get a game no probs ed as long as you settle for a megabus ride up and please provide a reciept if you want to claim it back off ken Reply Dje June 27, 2011 You forgot to add that all senior players get exclusive rates on their 'Away Day Tents'. Loved them diamond floodlights June 27, 2011 Only if they remain unsoiled mate Mark June 27, 2011 Ken Bates didnt save Leeds United, heard that bollox once too often now. Through a series of highly secretive financial transactions he bought the club for almost nothing, invested in good players to get us back to the premier league at the first time of asking (Healey, hulse, Blake etc). Blackwell cocked it up, bates gives the job to his illegitimate dwarf son, he makes an even bigger mess of it, leeds get relegated, bates puts club into administration to avoid liability for Leeds debts, buys the club back from the administrators with the threat from a mysterious creditor that they will only agree a deal to save Leeds with the previous owners (bates), bates gets the club back and lots of small businesses and the tax payer get shafted. I can think of a few descriptions for this shenanigans but "saving" Leeds isnt one of them. The reality is Grayson doesnt have another keeper lined up to replace Kasper, if he had a better keeper already lined up Leeds would have signed him before letting Kasper go. The reason we got Rubbisubka when we did is coincidence as far as selling Kasper is concerned. Higgs was out of contract so Leeds were always going to have to bring in another keeper, hopefully that will be rubbisubkas role. It worries me that Grayson is talking about two keepers competing for the number 1 jersey, that suggests the replacement for Kasper will be of a similar standard to rubbisubka. Whoever we sign they will certainly have to be free, anybody that thinks bates is investing the money for Kasper on a replacement is way off beam. Our next "new" keeper will either be a season loan or an ageing free transfer. What can possibly go wrong with that strategy. Leeds will put out the usual spin that money has been invested in strengthening the squad by investing in wages blah blah blah, better value than transfer fees blah blah blah, players want to come to Leeds blah blah blah. This is all bullshit. Leeds United are a well supported club with (what i am assuming are) strong commercial revenues. Unfortunately any money leeds do have is invested in a stadium that leeds "dont own" and not the playing squad. Leeds return to pre season training on Friday, but as usual our squad for the new season has no shape to it at all. How can Grayson possibly get a first 11 (and the full squad in general) set up and ready for the start of the new season in 6 weeks time when we dont have a defence worthy of the description (we need a left back, a right back, two centre backs and a keeper) and no central midfield players at all apart from Howson. This wish list assumes we dont sell any more of our players (gradel will definitely go, its only a matter of time). Yes i know we have lees, clayton and nunez back from loan, sorry ladies and gentlemen but they are absolutely not going to improve the team from last season (i have high hopes for Lees in defence however he cant sort out our problems at the back on his own) or come close to plugging the gaps that have existed in our squad for years.. If Leeds are to compete at the top end of the championship next season we will need a significant improvement in the players Grayson brings to the club compared to last season. The dozen or so 30 something rejects/loan rangers that he signed contributed almost nothing to our season. His best signing has been moved on after being told he wasnt good enough for Leeds, my god where does that leave the rest of the "reserves" he signed. Will Leeds compete for that quality of player over the next few weeks, its not looking likely is it. Will Grayson complain about lack of investment in the team when it doesnt happen, definitely not. I have no respect for him at all, he wont do anything to upset Ken even if its something that every Leeds supporter knows needs saying. If Simon Grayson gets Leeds United promoted next season I will pay for season tickets for every Leeds fan that posts on this site. The Funny and really really sad thing is I am not in the slightest bit nervous about having to cough up. Reply Dje June 27, 2011 Spot on. God, if only Aston Villa had gambled on Grayson and we had got a few million as compensation. Two birds, one stone. Irving08 June 28, 2011 No answer to that. Bates' priority appears to be to keep us ticking over as a team (for which modest role SG is a good managerial bet) without losing significant fan support (some loss can be compensated for by SKY) so he can concentrate on getting the 'estate' up to scratch (the East Stand project and sundry lesser projects), thus hoping to make the club an attractive investment for his successors. From a business perspective it makes some sense – better to put money into bricks and mortar than trust incompetent managers and greedy footaballers. In short, we pay for the fruits of his bitter experience and ours (post flotation)…There must be a better strategy, musn't there ? chareose June 27, 2011 I hate to say it but I doubt Grayson can sign decent players now even if Bates did finally support him financially……… prospective players will do their home work on Leeds United and all they will see is, depressed fans, a club with no ambition, a club that slags its own players off and creates a horrible atmosphere and a club that isnt prepared to pay competitive wages………. Reply Dje June 27, 2011 I'm sure with a decent defense in front of him at Leicester, with age on his side, and his dad's name, he'll be worth at least £2m as a transfer fee this time next year. If we had offered him a year's extension on his contract – even with a bit better money than he was on and cashed in on him next June for £2m that extra £1m than what we have just got for him from Leicester would have paid wages of £17,000 a week (ie. a £5,000 pay rise) and the £3,000 a week left over could have paid for Rachubka to put pressure on him as No.1 in the way that Higgs never did last year. Instead we now have a single keeper on our books who has lest Premiership experience than the one we have just sold and not played a game for well over a year. He is also coming up to being 31 and has no real transfer value for the future. I expect Grayson to suddenly start talking up about how good the lad Cairns is as a 'young keeper' and Rabuchka being given the keeper spot. Eddie Gray's article today summed it up, we really better pull our finger out and fast. It is going to be a whole lot harder in this division than last year and we are currently a lesser side than we were at the end of the season with three days to go before we start pre-season. If anyone wants a laugh. Just see our current squad list on the official webpage. Midfield is a particular joke. http://www.leedsunited.com/page/PlayerProfileIndex Reply Gryff June 27, 2011 You're overlooking that Kasper's agent said he would not sign any new contract whatsoever because he wanted to be in the Premiership as soon as possible. It isn't quite as easy as "oh go on, we'll give you a couple grand more." If the agents want to screw about they should know better than to do it with a couple as bloody minded as Bates & Grayson. Reply Dje June 28, 2011 I've absolute faith that we will never know who offered what, nothing or the moon. The whole bunch are a group of shysters. I'm not sure what it says about our ambitions if Schmeichal considers Leicester City are his best chance back to the Premiership. I think he'd have taken a years extension, as he'd have clocked that we are a selling club the second a player is within 12 months of the end of their contract. Believe me, with our current policy, the players and their agents are the only winners. The Reaper 08 June 28, 2011 Leicester City are now backed by a consortium hell bent on spednign there way out of this league. They have rightly been instaleld as favourites and continue to make some excellent signings. I think this mentality that him considering Leicester like it's such a shocking move stinks of outrageous arrogance. You need to keep up with the footballing times. Dje June 28, 2011 I wasn't slighting Leicester as an also ran for next season, as I would, say Doncaster, and increasingly us. I think it Schmeichel was plotting his career path with his agent down at the bookies then he'd have gone with West Ham as his 'best chance back to the Premiership' like everyone else, which leaves Leicester being arguably a 'better chance' back to the Premiership than us. If a club spending money comes with a guarantee of promotion then I wish Schmeichal all the best, and hope it serves him better than it did with, say, Cardiff and Middlesborough last season. And in which case he is definitely better to move on from Leeds. I just assumed that a player with a higher level of ambition would not settle for a three year deal on the same wages we were paying him at Leicester with no guarantee of Premiership football. Two years of it on c.£12-15,000 per week as a Premiership keeper will hardly pay his mortgage. Of course, if he had stayed with us and had a decent season I'm sure a Premiership club would have come sniffing and taken him on a free for considerably better money than he is on at Leicester. Maybe it'd even be, with time, Leicester? Although I'm sure he'd hope for a better club like Villa, Everton or Fulham [though maybe he has a deficiency in the outrageous arrogance gene pool, even if I've heard quite the contrary]. Gryff June 28, 2011 Kasper isn't good enough for West Ham, though. We made it as public as physically possible that Kasper is available and by the looks of it only Leicester put a bid in. That should tell you how other managers rate our superstar. Dje June 28, 2011 West Ham have Rob Green, that's why they don't need Schmeichal. I do still believe he has got something to prove scouts at this level. And a competent defense in front of him will give them something fairer to assess him by. I just don't recall hardly anyone saying that we needed to replace him with better at the end of the season. Talk was we need new central defenders and a left-back, can we hold on to our attacking players, and will our midfield re-sign or need to be replaced. Any mention of a goalkeeper being needed was because it was commonly understood that Higgs was leaving and that would leave us short. Suddenly everyone is suggesting that our keeper was shit all along and oddly that is why we let so many goals in. Firstly, for the first half of the season he made very few mistakes and his distribution was good, and only in the second half of the season did he make some blunders and his kicking become erratic. Fine, a more challenging manager might have brought in Higgs for a game or two – or good forbid we broke form, brought in a keeper on loan …. and actually USE him. Secondly, now he is apparently as quiet as a mouse and gives no confidence to the back defensive line. Well he was always a gobby shite and unless I'm mistaken invariably we had either O'Brien or Naylor at the back, and they are supposed to be the wise heads out there. Beyond them, at least in theory, is supposed to be some form of defensive cover from midfield. Only we didn't bother with this much, but hey-ho, as long as the keeper can shout at his defense then that'll do for cover. As I've said before, I'm not too fussed about whether or not we have Schmeichal on our books. £1m is one million, £15,000 per week is saved on the wage bill. But I am concerned that first of all you have to replace like for like or preferably better and that relies on competitive wages and if no freebie is available then a transfer fee. It also requires your management team being astute in the transfer market. I am concerned. Then secondly, creating a myth that one of the large reasons why we let in so many goals last season was the incompetent keeper is a disaster. It excuses a defense that we have not brought one additional improvement to (the lad Gimpel aside), and the lack of defensive cover from a midfield that we have not only not improved, but currently failed to provide! Martin Lazialle June 27, 2011 We dont have a real goalkeeper, Rachubka is (at best) a League One average GK… I hope we can sign some decent plyers, or just we are going to fight for avoid to fall again in League One… Reply James McG June 27, 2011 Supprised no one has said that quote about trusting Grayson yet. As it is still June (just about) I am trying not to panic just yet. I'm generally pessimistic about everything involving Leeds too which I'm also trying to stop doing, until a ball is kicked anyway. That being said I agree with all above comments, with every passing week our situation is getting worse. Over to you Larry…. Reply kev June 27, 2011 realy not that bothered that kaspers gone,think there's pressure now on Grayson to sign some quality players but we still have 5 of the best players in championship,Becchio,Gradel,Snodders,howson and McCormack,Nunez looked shithot the other day for hondouros,it's time grayson played him, have faith leeds fans Reply Will23 June 27, 2011 Selling a (decidedly) "dodgy" keeper for let's say £1m strikes me as an excellent piece of business. Whether we get a better keeper in is another decision to be judged later. For now, certainly I think we have got *lucky* in being able to get what we have from the not so great Svenski. Grayson's *also* not so great (okay, crap) in the transfer market – on average the facts are less than convincing – , I accept that, and Grayson's (lack of) judgement has *nothing* (zilch, nada) to do with the amount of cash at his disposal. Quite frankly, I would not trust Grayson with a penny. Reply bazza June 27, 2011 A keeper is only as good as the defence in front of him. So we are all doomed but don't worry lads we can all goto the Leeds united museum and remember the glory year. Anybody know off any rich oil tycoons?? Reply halifax white June 28, 2011 doomed doomed doomed!! might just put a tenner on us to go and crash and burn n back to the glory of lg 1!!! anyway halifax got promoted this season do i look at them and suggest to grayson and pappa past it smurf the formula (ie invest and buy players and not spend zillions on a worthless shopping mall/nightclub/bigger aisles in the east stand to reduce capicity and therefore reduce matchday income) but what do i know, only been supporting leeds for 40 yrs!!!!! Reply Mike June 28, 2011 Relegation wont be too bad for Bates, he can have much reduce wage bill and still one of the highest attendances in the entire Football league. The only thing that will make the pair sit up and take notice is a huge drop in matchday attendances, but that wont happen and he knows it. Reply Gryff June 28, 2011 Bates wants money out of the club and one of the massive cheques would be his if we were promoted. If we're in League One he won't get enough income to continue on his shopping-plaza spending binge. Reply Jacko June 28, 2011 Currently we have 2 excellent wide players in Snoddy and Max (wouldn't swap with any other team in the league). We have an excellent forward thinking centre mid in Howson (as an attacking centre mid I struggle to think of much better again in this league, especially with a good holding midfielder behind him). Upfront we have one of becchio (for what he does irreplaceable) with 2 excellent forward to play along side him in Mccormack and Somma. That only leaves one positon to fill in midfield. Nunez looks like he has the quality to come on or replace Howson, as and when req. We have Aidy and Sam on the bench who are capable of changing things. Admittedly we would need more than 1 centre mid for cover, but after that its all about defence and that replacement keeper we need. We don't need wholsale changes, we just need quality and steel in the areas that we were clearly lacking in last year. Reply Jacko June 28, 2011 That said, is Clayton good enough for cover for that holding midfield spot? From what I have seen maybe, he can certainly tackle and his passing range looks exellent. Reply Tyler 75 June 28, 2011 I've had enough of the of pessimism and despair – milk bottle half-full time: Nunez is better than Kilkenny Montgomery will be swapped with Paynter to replace Bradley with Clayton as back-up Lees & Paddy will be the starting centre-backs Ben Parker & Lloyd Sam are injury free Max & Snoddy will stay Larry plays McCormack alongside a fit Becchio A quality, experienced 'keeper is on the way. Lichaj comes back either as a transfer or a season-long loan Bates sells up before he's investigated by Parliament ! Reply Mike June 28, 2011 A positive slant is ok tyler but the facts remain the same, we may not yet have finished selling yet, all depends on offers, so far we only had one offer and svens hand was snatched off. Snods and gradel are by no means certain starters for us. Same goes maybe for others. Money rules with this management team. Reply steve underwood June 28, 2011 At last tyler someone with sense this squad is still a very good squad yes it needs some addittions but not whole sale ones,ok so leicester are buying this and that but they may or may not gel ie boro last season spent millions and nearly got relegated,the preasure on them and west birmingham will be high can they handle it who knows,but i do know we have75 percent of the squad inplace now if parker and kisnorbo can keep fit and lees is has good has wat people say then that will do for me with wat looks like monty is comming from sheff utd then add clyton nunez that for me looks stronger than last season,that just needs a keeper to get so let be posetive for once Reply number1inyorkshire June 28, 2011 just thought i had would say to all those talking about Kasper ambition ,and had he stayed with us and had a good season he might have got a prem league deal ,well i am out of breathe ,it wasn't his decision to leave it was made for him albeit in my opinion the right decision for lufc .i don't think he will be a world beater a top prem keeper ,in the mould of his dad ,or a Reina ,or seaman or any of those top keepers there are keepers younger than him better manu have just brought one in from Spain. Grayson doesn't rate him , and he would have walked for nowt in 12 months or half price at Christmas . the lack of spending at all parts of the pitch is worrying but it is early so i will save my disappointment til later Reply Matthew June 28, 2011 Though he was a good keeper, he made too many mistakes, you could say a good number of goals conceding last season were down to dodgy mistakes he made. Naming one example example as the final game of the season against QPR, bad goalkeeping let the goal in. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment


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The 2011/2012 NAM Ethnic Media Awards for Northern California & Central Valley
Awards Gala Ceremonies:
Thursday, July 19, 2012
KQED Studios
2601 Mariposa Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Below is a complete list of the winners for the 2011/2012 NAM Ethnic Media Awards for Northern California & Central Valley:
- Outstanding Hyperlocal Report/Feature:
- English-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Jaya Padmanabhan - India Currents
- Runner-Up - Leslie Layton - Chico Sol
- In-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Weijiang Huang - Sing Tao Daily
- No Runner-Up
- Outstanding Investigative/In-Depth Story:
- English-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Rebecca Plevin - Vida en el Valle
- Runner-Up - Rhony Laigo - Balita Media
- Honorable Mention - Maria Kari - ILLUME Media Inc.
- In-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Wei Wei Ren - Sing Tao Daily
- Runner-up - Erika Cebreros - El Mensajero
- Outstanding Commentary/Editorial Essay:
- English-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Emil Guillermo - AALDEF Blog
- Runner-Up - Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan - India Currents
- In-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Benjamin Pimentel - INQUIRER.net
- No Runner-Up
- Outstanding International Reporting:
- English-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Sunita Sohrabji - India West
- Runner-Up - Raywat Deonandan - India Currents
- In-Language Publications:
- First-Place Winner - Ricardo Ibarra - El Mensajero
- No Runner-Up
- Outstanding Arts, Culture, & Entertainment Story:
- First-Place Winner - Fanny Chiang - Sing Tao Daily
- Runner-Up - Ricardo Ibarra - El Mensajero
- Outstanding Sports Story:
- First-Place Winner - Juan Esparza Loera - Vida en el Valle
- Runner-Up - Shawn Liu - World Journal
- Outstanding Photojournalism:
- First-Place Winner - Manuel Ortiz - El Mensajero
- Runner-Up - Jose Luis Aguirre - El Mensajero
- Honorable Mention - Weijiang Huang - Sing Tao Daily
- Outstanding Youth Voice:
- First-Place Winner - Yee Leng Vang - The Know Youth Media
- Runner-Up - Kevin Shelton - The Know Youth Media
- Honorable Mention - Youth Radio - Sayre Quevedo & Derek Williams
- Outstanding Community Reporting - Radio:
- First-Place Winner - Jenee Darden - Mental Health & Wellness Radio
- Runner-Up - Shuka Kalantari - produced in line with a NAM fellowship - aired on KALW Public Radio
- Outstanding Community Reporting - Television:
- First-Place Winner - Jo Wan, KTSF 26
- Runner-Up - "Adobo Nation" production team - Pia Lopezbanos-Carrion; Jeremiah Ysip; Mitos Briones; and Mike Carrion - The Filipino Channel - for "Voices of the Filipino/Fil-Am Authors" feature
- Honorable Mention - Racquel Rendon-Walker - "Adobo Nation" - The Filipino Channel - for "Sustainable Farming" feature
- Outstanding Community Blogger:
- No First-Place Winner
- Runner-Up - Lorna Lardizabal Dietz - NaFFAAR8.com
- Honorable Mention - Ben Fong-Torres - AsianConnections.com
- CHAUNCEY BAILEY COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AWARD - Willie Ratcliff and the San Francisco Bayview
- DIVERSITY / INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS COVERAGE AWARD - Sponsored by PG&E - KTSF 26 & San Francisco Chronicle
- EMERGING MEDIA AWARD - Pov M. Xyooj, Hmong TV Network
- Cristina Azocar - Director, Center for Integration & Improvement of Journalism [CIIJ]; Asst. Prof. of Journalism, San Francisco State University
- Jim Bettinger - Director, John S. Knight Fellowships, Stanford University
- Louis Freedberg - Executive Director, EdSource
- Michael Isip - Vice-President, Television, KQED
- Raj Jayadev - Executive Director, Silicon Valley De-Bug
- Paul Kleyman - Director, Elders News Beat, New America Media
- George Koo - Member, Pacific Council for International Policy; Former Director, Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP
- Andrew Lam - Author; Editor/Vietnamese & Pan-Asian Media Monitor, New America Media
- Claudia Mendoza-Carruth - Board President, La Luz; multicultural communications professional
- Susan Mernit - Founder, Oakland Local
- Allen Meyer - Head of Creative Development, New America Media/Graphic Artist
- Thomas Peele - Digital Investigative Reporter, Bay Area News Group/The Chauncey Bailey Project
- Vivian Po - Dir., Education News Beat, Chinese Media Monitor, New America Media
- Raul Ramirez - Executive Director, News & Public Affairs, KQED Radio
- Susan Rasky - Sr. Lecturer, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- Martin Reynolds - Senior Editor - Community Engagement, Bay Area News Group
- Joseph Rodriguez - Documentary Photographer
- Richard Rodriguez- Award-winning Essayist/Commentator
- Peter Schurmann - Editor, NAM
- Charles Shepler - Manager, Programming - Comcast Hometown Network
- Elena Shore - Editor, NAM
- Michael Stoll - Executive Director, San Francisco Public Press
- Pueng Vongs - Online Editor/ Writer, Yahoo!
- Joan Walsh - Editor-at-Large, Salon.com; and Political Analyst, MSNBC
- Yumi Wilson - Acting Department Chair and Adviser, Journalism Department, San Francisco State University
- Bernice Yeung - Reporter, CA Watch & the Center for Investigative Reporting [CIR]
- Elena Shore, Editor
- Suzanne Manneh, National Media Coordinator; Governance Project Co-Manager
- Irma Hererra, Co-Director, Women Immigrants Project
- Liz Gonzalez, Marketing/Youth Communications
- Jessica Arevalo, Youth Policy Coordinator
- Rene Ciria-Cruz, Contributor/ Reporter, Governance Project
- Jacob Simas, Director, Youth Hubs; Editor
- Mai Der Vang, Director, The kNOw Youth Media
- Malcolm Marshall, Publisher, Richmond Pulse
- Paul Kleyman, Editor; Director, Elders News Beat
- Andrew Lam, Author; Editor; Vietnamese & Pan-Asian Media Monitor
- Kay Leventhal, Marketing Director
- Viji Sundaram, Editor
- Vivian Po, Dir., Education News Beat; Chinese Media Monitor
- Aruna Lee, Reporter; Korean Media Monitor
- Summer Chiang, Reporter; Chinese Media Monitor
- Min Lee, Videographer
- Josue Rojas, Multimedia Reporter
- Zaineb Mohammed, Reporter; Governance Project Co-Manager
Odette Keeley
NAM Awards Chair - California
Distinguished Judges Evaluate Over 100 Entries for NAM Ethnic Media Awards for NorCAL and Central Valley!
NAM is pleased to announce we received an impressive 112 award entries for our 2011/2012 Ethnic Media Awards for Northern California and the Central Valley Awards. The entries came from a wide array of ethnic and youth media outlets in the region, serving Latino, African-American, Middle Eastern, and Asian communities, including Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Hmong and South Asian groups.
We are honored to have a distinguished roster of close to 30 judges from a variety of media outlets and organizations who evaluated these outstanding entries, including our very own veteran NAM editors and ethnic media monitors. These judges are recognized experts and leaders in their respective fields.
Our esteemed judges will join us as we salute the outstanding journalism work of ethnic and youth media outlets in the region for the past year, during our much-awaited Awards Gala, co-hosted by KQED at their San Francisco studios on July 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm. We are also honored to have Bay Area journalism icon and the multi-awarded TV host of KQED's "This Week in Northern California," Belva Davis, as our Awards Gala emcee and honoree.
PG&E, the founding sponsor of the awards event, is underwriting an award to the news organization to be selected by judges for Outstanding Coverage of Interracial/Inter-ethnic Relations.
Look out for future announcements with more details on how to register to attend the gala.
NAM Awards Judges Roster:
NAM would also like to thank our NAM editors and staff who helped with the preliminary judging and translating of awards entries:
KQED (kqed.org) has served Northern California for more than 50 years and is affiliated with NPR and PBS. KQED owns and operates public television stations KQED 9 (San Francisco/Bay Area), KQED Plus (San Jose/Bay Area) and KQET 25 (Watsonville/Monterey); KQED Public Radio (88.5 FM San Francisco and 89.3 FM Sacramento); the interactive platforms kqed.org and KQEDnews.org; and KQED Education. KQED Public Television is the producer of local and national series such as QUEST; Check, Please! Bay Area; This Week in Northern California; Truly CA; and Essential Pépin. KQED's digital television stations include KQED 9, KQED Plus, KQED Life, KQED World, KQED Kids and KQED V-me, and are available 24/7 on Comcast. KQED Public Radio, home of Forum and The California Report, is one of the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service delivering more than eighteen local weekday newscasts and news features. KQED Interactive provides KQED's cross-platform news service, KQEDnews.org, as well as several popular local blogs, video and audio podcasts and a live radio stream at kqed.org. KQED Education brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and the general public through workshops, community screenings and multimedia resources.
Dear Colleagues,
New America Media and KQED invite you to join us to honor the outstanding journalism work of ethnic media journalists and news organizations for The 2011/2012 NAM Ethnic Media Awards for Northern California and the Central Valley Awards Gala on July 19, 2012. More details also embedded in our Save the Date card below.
It is a privilege for NAM to partner with our long-time collaborator, KQED, which will host our Awards Gala at their San Francisco studios with a reception starting at 5:30 pm and the awards ceremonies to be held from 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM.
We are honored to have Bay Area journalism icon Belva Davis as our Awards Gala emcee and honoree. She is the multi-awarded TV host of KQED's "This Week in Northern California," and NAM will take the opportunity during the programme to salute her groundbreaking achievements that have helped carve a path for journalists of color.


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We can not believe we are parents to a 2 month old! Time flies, and we are trying to soak up every wonderful second we have. Every day our love grows stronger and stronger for this beautiful boy.
Here are some stats:
-We are still breastfeeding, though we occasionally supplement a bottle of formula (maybe once or twice a week as needed). We both love this time together and it has gotten a lot easier for me, though it is still very time consuming. My goal is to at least make it until he is 4 months old. I estimate that he eats about 4oz per sitting.
-Baylor is so much more alert and active. He began to laugh out loud at 7 weeks old! So far I am the only one who can make him laugh and it melts my heart every time he does this. From what I have read, this is very advanced. He loves to coo and talk and will have a conversation with you. He smiles all the time and is overall a happy baby.
-Baylor sleeps about 8-9 hour stretches at night, which mommy and daddy love!! Even then, he usually eats and immediately goes back to sleep for another hour or two. He only takes a few short naps during the day which only last about 20-30 mins.
-Baylor wears size 3 month clothes now. I think he weighs 12lbs or more.
-He is wearing size 1 diapers
-Baylor went through a week or so of having baby acne but it has cleared up. We went to the doctor and she diagnosed him with baby excema which is very common. This has mostly cleared up also, for now. He has very sensitive skin! We have to wash everything in baby detergent.
-I have one more week of being at home and then I return to work. Matt is taking a week off work and will watch Baylor the first week I go back. He will then start going to Jefferson Christian Academy for day care. I am soooo sad to leave him, not because I am worried about whoever is watching him, but just the fact that I won't be able to spend my whole day with him. I really think it will be good for us though in the long run, but it will definitely be hard.
Overall I can't stress how much I LOVE this baby and have loved being his mommy. We are so so blessed.


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at least for me. in fact, if you're anything like me, it's even worse than that. i have an overactive forgetting gland,so give a me a month or two and i will likely completely forget the plot and the characters. it will almost be like i never read it. this is one of my least favorite features of myself, but i deal with it. usually.
but this book has been a little different. i mean, i just finished it, so it's a little hard to say, but i can already tell that the post-reading experience has been unusual. i can't stop thinking about it.
i'm talking about suzanne collins' work of young adult fiction called "the hunger games." yes, it's for young adults (what are trying to say, anyway?). yes, it could have used a better copy editor. yes, it read at times more like an action movie than a story with characters. but (and this is a huge but), the concept of the novel and the page-turning way in which it was told more than makes up for whatever weaknesses it may have. and it's that concept: a future world in which north america is now a country called pan em, broken into 13 (um, make that 12) districts that mostly work and live in poverty while the leaders sit in a city in the rocky mountains at a city called "the capital" in comfort, luxury, and abundance. collins tells a story about the hunger games, an annual event held by the capital in which each district is forced to send two "tributes" - a boy and a girl - to the capital for a free-for-all fight to the death that is televised and watched. it's sort of like big brother, mixed with survivor (on steroids) and the truman show. and the effects are, at least for me, sobering and staying.
i'm not going to go any further into the plot or the ending here. you can read it for yourself (in fact, i encourage you to). but i do want to say that since i have closed the cover and put it back on the nightstand, i haven't been able to shake it's images from my mind. as i'm flipping through the channels the other night, i come across a show on the food network pitting a group of 4 women against a group of 4 men in an eating contest, in which they had to be the first team to eat a huge piece of meat and several large side dishes. the women won. and everyone was entertained. oh, and elsewhere, people kept dying of starvation.
in a world where we continue to wrestle with the reality of the richer getting richer and the poorer getting poorer, not to mention the questions we're asking about the role of government and the issues of security vs. freedom, this book and the questions it allows the reader to ask about our current world and how different it is or isn't from pan em, should be required reading, i think.
ironically, next year hollywood will make a movie version of it, and the richest 2 or 3 percent of the world will slap down millions of dollars to eat a jumbo popcorn and drink a soda the size of a loaf of bread to be entertained by it. but i hope some will accept the challenge to think a little deeper about this story, and wrestle with the important questions that will help us avoid allowing this (or something like it) to become our story.


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So we're stuck with only the horizontal pictures. Boring. Limiting. Like only being allowed to work in only one medium.
If someone had told me when I started this journey that I had to choose only one medium -- foreverandever limited to just that one -- metal would've won. Just as if I had to choose only one music genre, to the exclusion of all others, it would be blues. Choices are a wonderful luxury, big menus that fold out into page after page are dizzying in their possibilities...but metal and blues are basic nutrients. I could manage; I wouldn't starve.
Back in July I visited the San Diego State University arts department, and after touring the ceramics department we walked over to the metal sculpture area where I met Christopher Lee, an SDSU alum working there on a monumental commission, and his assistant, ceramics grad student Wes French.
Chris is a prolific public artist. If you've been to San Diego, you've probably seen his work. He and other local artists volunteer at SDSU's foundry, creating opportunities for art students to work in metal, regardless of their discipline. A furniture major who wants to design bronze feet or knobs for a cabinet? A potter interested in casting a vessel in aluminum? This is an ideal place to try it.
It takes a group of students several weekends of work, culminating in the pour. There's more work after the pour, of course: clean up, chasing (removing excess metal), assembly, patination. But the pour is the big draw, the main entree, what we all want to see.
I've been interested in metal work since before learning to sculpt. My studio equipment includes several different welding setups and a small homemade forge, and I know at some point I'll add casting of some sort. And I spent a decade working as a professional art model (part of which overlapped my art studies), including modeling for monumental works. Lisa Reinertson, known for her massive figurative works in ceramic and bronze, is both a friend and a former client. I modeled for her monumental public bronze, Mother Earth, which stands in a wine country traffic roundabout just a few hundred feet off I-80, in Suisun Valley, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento:
I've seen and participated in a lot of public sculpture steps, from scale measurements to modeling to installation to maintenance. But I'd never actually seen a pour. Wes invited me to come watch. I watched the watchers, too. SDSU's Art Council and the new department director were there.
That's Chris Lee in leather, explaining things to viewers behind the safety tape. Then Mitch Younker, looking like the tin man, checks the temperature of the furnace. Even with the lid closed, protective clothing and a reeallly long probe, Mitch is getting baked here.
While bronze ingots are being added (down a chute) into the hole in the furnace lid, and the metal is getting up to pouring temperature (2100 degrees), they're setting up the molds for casting.
The furnace cover slides to one side and a winch lifts the crucible out. See that greenish pitchfork-looking thing on the ground between the furnace and the molds? They'll set the crucible into that.
They lower the crucible in place, attach the crane to the top, and raise the handles; this allows the crucible to tilt. It's not only hot work, it's back-breaking, with very controlled movements. I'm not sure how heavy that is, but it sure looks like a workout.
I actually saw two pours that day, so although I'm presenting the photos (only a few. only the horizontal ones. sheesh.) in an appropriate chronological order, they're a combination of both pours, with different folks having different turns at the various tasks.
Once the molds are filled, any remaining molten metal is poured into ingot molds, to be reused another time.
After it's cooled a bit, the works are lifted out and the waste molds removed. They're still really hot, untouchable even with gloves, but you can use tools at this point, to start chipping the mold away.
We got our first look at the cast works, but they really don't look correct until the excess metal has been cut off, and -- if it's a complex piece -- the separately molded parts then welded together.
I'll try to fix the photo issue and update this posting next weekend, so check back in awhile. Much better pictures await.....


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Heritage History provides an online-accessible, traditional, narrative history approach for the homeschool. The individual curriculum guides for each time period collection provides not only classic narrative readers, but also provides supplemental resources for families to enrich the use of its readers.Our family had the opportunity to test-drive Heritage History's Ancient Rome curriculum this spring with our 10th grader and 7th grader.
History of Ancient Rome covers the historical periods of Rome from its founding in 753 B. C. through the Byzantine Empire in 1453 A. D. My 10th grader has been reading Stories From Livy by Alfred J. Church, The Story of Carthage by Alfred J. Church, Roman Life in the Days of Cicero by Alfred J. Church and The Aeneid by Alfred J. Church. My 7th grader has been reading Stories From Ancient Rome by Alfred J. Church, Story of the Roman People by Eva March Tappan, Stories in Stone from the Roman Forum and The Aeneid by Alfred J. Church.
Both of my older children have been enjoying reading the books included within this collection. My children are discovering Roman history more fascinating than they realized. Although we have not used this resource extensively as yet, I do like the complementary resources included within this curriculum.
The Heritage Classical Curriculum User Guide offers a good explanation of this curriculum. Briefly, this curriculum is based on a narrative and Living Books approach. All reading selections presuppose at least a fourth grade reading (or listening) level, and cover fourth grade through high school levels.
One or two units per year seems to be a reasonable pace to progress through the material, though each family may choose its own pace. Families may even choose to combine the Heritage Classical Curriculum with another classical or Charlotte Mason based approach.
What is included within the Ancient Rome volume?
- 45 traditional historical readers (including historical fiction, biography and comprehensive history) for upper grammar through high school reading level
- study resources (such as maps, illustrations and timelines)
- printable Study Guide
- Curriculum Guide
- all on one CD, including PDF, EPUB and MOBI
Disclaimer: As a member of the Homeschool Crew, I received a complimentary copy of this CD for review purposes. Be sure to visit the Homeschool Crew blog to read additional reviews, especially of other History Collections.


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I saw the getting into coding horror post which points you to that blog. The latest post there is Fear of Writing which points you to some writing tips and hints for revising.
I knew I was being extra-Latinate with a title like "cogito ergo vagus" hehe. I think I'll keep teh t1t1e 4 n0w.


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I have previously written recruitment advice for candidates, in my new job – which is lovely and full of variety – I have been tasked with doing telephone interviews for contract SQL developers. This is fairly straightforward – I have their CVs which I review beforehand and I have a list of 15 technical questions which I use some of (but never all) during the course of the conversation.
Reviewing CVs is very interesting. I have my own views about how a CV should look. I prefer them to be very simple: laid out with no tables, no lines, no multi-column sections. I like only the use of bold for emphasis, no colour, and above all – not too much detail!
One CV I was reviewing recently was 12 pages long! I nearly choked. No one is ever going to read that much, it is simply boring. CVs also have limited utility – they are factual documents and give you an idea of what a candidate's skill and experience is, but very little more. Even some of the 'personal statement'-type sections can be a little sterile.
Obviously it's a subjective thing, but I really like CVs in which there is some kind of evidence of personality. I look for touches of humour, or something about a candidate's personal (non-work) interests that shows a bit of colour.
In terms of the telephone interviews themselves, I'm not a great fan of the phone at all in general, again, not being able to see a person's face and how they react to things, makes the process of limited utility. But you can get an idea of a person's communication skills, a bit of personality and use the technical questions as a filter.
It has certainly made me realise I'm selling myself far too cheaply!


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Work on $500 million worth of Deep Tunnel construction projects would grind to a halt if the General Assembly passes a property-tax limitation bill this spring, a Water Reclamation District official said Thursday.
Three tax-limitation bills are pending in the legislature, including one measure supported by Gov. Jim Edgar. All use similar mechanisms to limit property-tax increases to 5 percent a year.


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I saw a few Collector Crate posts in the blogosphere many months ago, and after watching a few unboxing videos of non-baseball subscription boxes with my girlfriend a few weeks ago, I thought I'd finally document the loot from a Bronze baseball Collector Crate. I also considered starting up the subscription again, but it turns out that they're no longer in operation. Their Facebook page hasn't been updated in months, and their website doesn't exist any longer. Given that my geekdom is not limited to baseball, I did end up ordering 3 months of the 1Up Box, and am thinking about making a debut on YouTube. Chris and Daniel both have card content on their YouTube channels, I wonder how their experience has been.
|2014 Collector Crate #BU-MT Mike Trout
In addition to packs, there were a few other baseball goodies, like a Yankees mini pennant that I gave to my dad, a little baseball Christmas ornament with a Santa hat on it, and a hard plastic mini baseball with the Angels logo that I think I sent to The Angels, In Order. They let you pick up to three teams for the non-pack goodies, and the "hits" matched that selection too.
|2002 Bowman Autographs #BA-GA Garrett Atkins (AU)
|2002 Bowman Heritage Relics #BH-TS Tim Salmon Uni C (MEM)
For me, the draw of these boxes were the unopened packs. and this one came with nine, including a few from products I'd barely seen before.
Pack 1: 1999 Bowman
|1999 Bowman #148 Russell Branyan
|1999 Bowman International #183 Calvin Pickering
Pack 2: 2010 Topps Update
|2010 Topps Update #US-178 Jim Edmonds
That looks like Chase Field to me, which would put this game on August 18th, 2010, the only game in which Edmonds scored in Arizona while playing for the Reds.
|2010 Topps Vintage Legends Collection #VLC-26 Johnny Mize
This was an interesting insert set, as they didn't just use 1992's design and leave it at that. They compare how his real-life stats from 1947 would have stacked up in 1992, and he would have been a Triple Crown contender, falling a bit short on batting average. Not surprising for a man with five consecutive World Series rings.
Pack 3: 2014 Topps Update
|2014 Topps Update Gold #US-146 Neftali Soto /2014
|2014 Topps Update Fond Farewells #FF-MR Mariano Rivera
Pack 4: 2012 Panini Prizm
|2012 Panini Prizm Prizms Green #195 Hector Santiago
Pack 5: 1994 Flair
|1994 Flair #373 Andres Galarraga
|1994 Flair #447 William Van Landingham
Pack 6: 2013 Gypsy Queen
|2013 Topps Gypsy Queen #29 Cole Hamels
Cole Hamels has looked impressive in the playoffs thus far, raining on the Blue Jays parade and giving the Rangers 2015's first opportunity to advance to the Championship Series, although Toronto lived to fight another day, thanks in part to Tulowitzki's three-run home run.
|2013 Topps Gypsy Queen Mini #344 Tim Hudson
Pack 7: 2008 Upper Deck X
|2008 Upper Deck X Die Cut #17 Carlos Zambrano
|2008 Upper Deck X Xponential #X-KG Ken Griffey Jr.
Pack 8: 2010 Upper Deck
|2010 Upper Deck #570 Washington Nationals BP
|2010 Upper Deck Supreme Green #S-90 Adrian Gonzalez
Pack 9: 1995 Select Certified
|1995 Select Certified Mirror Gold #115 Mark Grudzielanek
|1995 Select Certified #32 Eddie Murray 3000th Hit
Not a bad haul for $30, right? I'm always up for a surprise look at brands I've rarely seen before. It's unfortunate that Collector Crate folded, since I'd totally get another one of these.
The 1Up Box is unlikely to contain baseball cards. There might be Magic: The Gathering or Heroes of the Storm in there or something, but it's just not the same. Of course, the subscription box industry is hot right now, so maybe someone else will fill the vacuum. If they do, don't keep it a secret!