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Mark Mazzola grew up in the greater Boston area. He earned his B.S. degree in forestry in 1982 and M.S. degree in forest pathology in 1985 from the University of Vermont and his Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from Washington State University in 1990. He conducted work as a post-doctoral research associate at Kansas State University from 1990 to 1993 and at the USDA-ARS Root Disease & Biological Control Research Unit from 1993 to 1995. He was appointed as an adjunct faculty in the Washington State University Department of Plant Pathology in 1996 and in the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences in 2007 and has served as adjunct professor in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University and as extraordinary professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Mazzola has established himself as a distinguished scientist of both national and international renown in the field of plant pathology. He has made noteworthy contributions to the field through his efforts to develop environmentally sustainable practices for the control of diseases incited by soilborne plant pathogens and parasites. While Mazzola has worked within the context of applied plant pathology and extending solutions to the community of agricultural producers, the broader vision encompassed by his studies have addressed both functional mechanisms involved in disease control and the effect of plant genotype on the efficacy of such practices.
Mazzola's research program has focused on the function of microbial ecology in both the cause and control of soilborne diseases in tree fruit production systems. He is a world authority on tree fruit replant diseases and the development of nonfumigant, ecologically sustainable measures for their control. He is recognized for his contributions in resolving the etiology of apple replant disease and for pioneering multiple means for control of this disease that reduce dependence on soil fumigants. He used a simple, but elegant, approach to definitively establish that soilborne microorganisms are the dominant incitants of disease and to identify the responsible pathogen complex. These studies demonstrated that elements comprising the causal pathogen complex are consistent among divergent orchard sites, arguing against the assumption that the cause of replant disease varies even among orchards within close proximity. Mazzola garnered convincing evidence refuting reports that the disease was restricted to old orchard sites, demonstrating that a microbial community capable of inciting replant disease could develop within 3 years of orchard establishment and could be a significant impediment to productive nursery operations. The same approach has been adopted by various investigators to examine the etiology of replant disease in other hosts and regions of the world. These studies provided the long-elusive knowledge required to formulate and assess specific nonfumigant measures for control of replant disease in apple.
Mazzola is recognized for originating novel studies on the development of biologically based disease-control methods and for elucidating the underlying mechanism(s) responsible for disease suppression. His work on active manipulation of microbial communities through crop cultivation for soilborne disease suppression and the plant-genotype dependent nature in elicitation of this response was the basis for receiving the APS Lee M. Hutchins Award.
Mazzola completed definitive studies that challenged the broadly held presumption of a primary or exclusive role for glucosinolate hydrolysis products in pathogen and weed suppression attained in response to soil incorporation of Brassicaceae plant residues, commonly referred to as "biofumigation". His studies demonstrated the necessity of an active soil microbial community to attain control of specific pests in response to Brassicaceae seed meal amendments and that the operative microbial entity and the functional mechanism(s) conferring suppression differed in a pest- and time-dependent manner. These findings have stimulated the study of non-glucosinolate-derived mechanisms of pest suppression by other scientific groups worldwide. Mazzola developed Brassicaceae seed meal formulations that demonstrate the ability to control the apple replant disease causal pathogen complex and improve tree growth and yield in a manner equivalent or superior to that attained in response to fumigation. He also demonstrated in large-scale commercial trials that, unlike preplant soil fumigation, the seed meal formulations stimulated the development of a microbial community that suppresses reinfestation of orchard soil by root pathogens, including Pythium spp. and Pratylenchus penetrans. The tree fruit industry, including organic apple growers, recognizes and has benefited from the advances Mazzola has made in solving the chronic apple replant disease problem.
Mazzola and associates conducted studies that documented, for the first time, existence of a sensing-signaling mechanism in bacteria–protozoa interactions that result in activation of an antipredator response in prey populations. It was found that cyclic lipopeptide (CLP) production by certain Pseudomonas fluorescens strains enhanced their survival in soil and the rhizosphere when challenged with the bacterivorous protozoan Naegleria americana. These studies demonstrated that altered bacterial gene regulation, including the up-regulation of CLP biosynthesis genes, did not require intimate contact with the amoeba predator.
During his career, Mazzola's research achievements have been documented in 71 authored or coauthored peer-reviewed research articles and 12 book chapters, including three contributions to the Annual Review of Phytopathology. Because of his excellent research productivity and service to growers, Mazzola has received a USDA-ARS award annually since 1996 for outstanding or superior performance. Mazzola is most proud of his role in mentoring graduate students in multiple disciplines and institutions, including Washington State University, University of Idaho, Oregon State University, Sonoma State University, and Stellenbosch University. He has directed seven students to M.S. or Ph.D. degrees, served on the committees of 17 other graduate students, directed six post-doctoral scientists, and served as external examiner for Ph.D. students in Australia, Pakistan, and South Africa.
Mazzola has been active in service to professional societies. In addition to APS, he is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the International Society for Microbial Ecology, and the Soil Ecology Society. He served on the APS Soil Microbiology and Root Disease Committee (1995–1998; chair, 1997). Mazzola served as an associate editor (1997–1999) and a senior editor (2000) for Phytopathology and on the Editorial Board of the journal Biological Control (2005–2010).
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Harold Meadows (Harold Lloyd) is an apprentice to his uncle, who is the town tailor in Little Bend, California. Poor Harold has made it his life's mission to study that most elusive of all species, women. His problem, however, is that he develops a debilitating stutter if forced to interact with them. He must content himself with observing from afar, and assembles his notes into a guide for the modern man called The Secret of Making Love. Armed with the completed manuscript, Harold makes his way by train to the big city in order to sell his work to a publisher. While on the train, however, Harold meets the adorable Mary Buckingham (Jobyna Ralston). Harold saves Mary's pet dog from being seized by the train conductor, and the two are obviously smitten.
When Harold finally arrives at the publisher, his manuscript falls into the hands of the office personnel, who find the whole idea of the guide to be uproarious fun. The publisher doesn't see the market potential in the book, and sends Harold away with his hopes shattered. It is only after Harold's departure that the publisher realizes the comic possibility of such a title, and sends him a check for $3,000 in advance royalties. Meanwhile, Harold and Mary are in the haze of infatuation, and bump into each other once again. Even though they are clearly smitten with one another, Harold is convinced that he is a nobody, undeserving of Mary's love. He pretends to lose interest in her, and Mary returns home, defeated, and agrees to marry the slimy Ronald De Vore (Carlton Griffith). Unbeknownst to Mary, Ronald already has a wife that he keeps hidden away in Little Bend.
Harold knows the woman who is Ronald's wife, and the two of them happen to see a newspaper notice announcing Mary's imminent marriage. Horrified, Harold leaps into action and begins a lengthy chase scene when he frantically uses any means necessary (at one point comandeering an electric streetcar) to make his way to the Buckingham estate before it's too late. The wedding and the chase are shown one step at a time, each inching closer to the finale. Harold leaps into the ceremony just before the priest is about to announce Mary and Ronald man and wife, and spirits Mary away in true "cave man" style. Of course, all ends well for Harold and Mary.
Girl Shy is another delightful romp in the cannon of Lloyd films, and is his second pairing with Ralston. Ralston came in as Lloyd's choice to replace Mildred Davis as his recurring leading lady. Their palpable chemistry produces a wonderful emotional depth that only adds to Girl Shy's appeal. After some brief internet browsing, it does not seem that much is known about Ralston's life. She was born in South Pittburg, Tennessee in 1899 to stage struck parents who encouraged her to find a life on the stage. After a brief stint on Broadway, comedian Max Linder convinced her to head West to Hollywood and carve out a career for herself in the burgeoning film industry. By 1923, she achieved enough notice to be named one of that year's selection of WAMPAS Baby Stars, an honor that Clara Bow would also go on to win in 1924. With the WAMPAS award under her belt, she starred with Lloyd in Why Worry? that same year, which would be the first of their six feature-length pairings.
Privately, Ralston was married two times — the first to a childhood sweetheart, and the second to fellow actor Richard Arlen. Ralston met Arlen on the set of Wings (1927), the classic WWI aviation spectacle co-starring Arlen, Clara Bow and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. In Wings, Ralston plays Sylvia Lewis, the girl that both Arlen and Rogers pine for while ignoring Bow as the "girl next door." Ralston and Arlen had only one child together, future actor Richard Arlen, Jr. Ralston ended her film career by 1930 after making only two talkies because she had a noticeable lisp. She and Arlen finally divorced in 1945, and for the next 22 years she suffered from chronic rheumatism and (later) a series of strokes. She died at the Motion Picture Country Home in 1967 at the age of 67.


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CalHR Director Richard Gillihan
Richard Gillihan is the Director of the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). He was appointed to the post by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in October 2014. CalHR was created on July 1, 2012 by Governor Brown's Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 2011. The plan consolidated the State of California's Department of Personnel Administration with certain programs of the State Personnel Board. CalHR is responsible for all issues related to labor relations and collective bargaining; employee salaries and benefits; job classifications, civil rights, training, exams, recruitment and retention.
Prior to his appointment, Gillihan served as acting director since February 2014. Gillihan held several positions at the California Department of Finance since 2002, including program budget manager, assistant program budget manager, chief of information technology operations and consulting and assistant chief and data processing manager at the Office of Technology Review, Oversight and Security.
Gillihan also served in several positions at the California Department of the Youth Authority from 1994 to 2002, including data processing manager in the Information Technology Office, associate programmer analyst at the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility, programmer II at the Preston Youth Correctional Facility and programmer I in the Training Services Division. Gillihan was an independent information technology consultant from 1991 to 1994.


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October 2008 - I officially left the company
January 2009 to April 2009 - they asked me a favor to return to the company just for a while since they are short in manpower. I accepted the offer since I am still waiting for the school year to open on June 2009
around 2011 - I created the facebook group page
July 2013 - my first job since I resigned with that company stated above
*The facebook group page had already been taken down/deleted since 2011
This is the story behind the facebook page:
I made a facebook page that has title "CompanyName days". My only purpose in creating that page is to have a group page that my ex-co workers can post when they want to have and organize reunion or hang outs. That is also why I have added the word "DAYS" after the company. It's all about reminiscing those days that we've together with that company. What bond us. And also I've uploaded pictures of us during our days with that company, those outings together with our boss and his family and some group pictures with my ex-co workers inside the office. Since that group page is dedicated to be the medium to connect with each others, as the admin/moderator of that page (maybe it's also my fault in a way) that I didn't control some of the comments/post of some ex-co workers that one had comment in one of the picture like this 'Saan yan? akala ko nag service ka lang nyan noon. gumala ka pala. buti hindi ka pinagalitan ni kalbo. hahaha' then some more comments like 'oo nga, naglalakwatsa ka lang pala. huli ka. may ebidesya. hahaha'. and they're conversing in a 'joke' way.
Ex-Employer issue about facebook page:
So when I called him to request for a COE, and answered him honestly about his question that I am the creator of the facebook page. He get mad and said that he can press charges for me, for copyright and infringement something like that. Because he said I didn't ask for permission to post those pictures (even though it's been 2years since I left the company that I've made that page) and that I stole it. And he sought that I stole those photos, and it's a company property. And I don't have the right to post those pictures because he and his family are on those pictures and maybe for defamation (because they refer to him as kalbo, and I think nothing more). But he can also give me a Certificate of Employment when I give him a apology letter. Stating that I am the person behind that group page and I am apologizing for what I have done. He said maybe then he can give me the COE.
My vocal apology:
So when I talked to him through phone call, I've apologized for what I've done, for making that page, for naming that page after he's company but with "Days" after it. for posting those pictures of us together with him and his family in an outings and events. for tolerating some comments that may appear offensive to him. And I also apologize in behalf of those people who commented.
My Question:
My 1st question is, should I give him what he want? Should I give him an apology letter stating that I am the person behind that group page and I am apologizing for what I have done. BECAUSE I AM AFRAID HE MIGHT USE IT AGAINST ME.
My 2nd question is, he already threatened me to press charges. Can he really do that? since today we have the CYBERCRIME LAW? Does the Cybercrime law extent to this case which occur before there is a cybercrime law?
My 3rd question is, he said that he had a print screen copy of the facebook group page comments/pictures/and the page itself. and he threatens to use is against me. but the page had been already been taken down/deleted since he requested it from the facebook report to take it down. since 2011. can he really use it against me?
My 4th question is, am I really wrong? I've posted a picture of us together with our boss and his family without him knowing it? and using his company name as title to our group page (not really title since I've added 'Days' after the CompanyName)
My last question is: What are my rights in requesting a COE? does this matter really affects may chances of getting a COE? What if he really does give me a COE, then i submit it to my current employer, then my current employer will call may ex-employer for a routine validation or check and what if he then undermine me and will say bad things and exaggerated things about me.
Hoping for you advice soon, so I can decide what do to since I really need to submit my remaining requirement.
Thank you very much for your time.


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Technical Difficulties - Oscars
For some reason I don't understand, I am suddenly having trouble getting the pictures from my camera to my computer. I have been taking pictures and when I have time to sit down and figure out what's going with my software. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow. I have the pictures... promise!
Also, the Oscars are tonight. Not that things really matter, but they're interesting. I entered my office Oscar pool and really could use that money. Fingers crossed, guys.


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May 22, 2014
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STOCKTON, Calif. - Junior Colin Welmon tossed his third straight complete game, including his fourth in his last five outings, on Thursday night at the 2014 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship, guiding LMU (31-22) to a 5-1 victory over Gonzaga (25-28) at Banner Island Ballpark. Welmon allowed just six hits and one unearned run while striking out four en route to improving to 10-2 with the win. Welmon, who threw 123 pitches on Thursday night, has now allowed just one unearned run over his last 18 frames.
LMU will advance into the winner's bracket on Friday, playing as the visiting team against #1 seed Pepperdine at 3:30 pm. Action tomorrow, which will be aired live on TheW.tv, begins with an elimination game between Santa Clara and Gonzaga at Noon. The winner of the Santa Clara-Gonzaga game will then play the loser of the LMU-Pepperdine matchup Friday night at 7:30. The winner of that game will advance to the Championship game on Saturday at 7 pm, which will be broadcast on ESPNU.
After a pair of scoreless innings, Gonzaga got on the board first with an unearned run in the third. Nicholas Minteer got the inning going with a single before moving to second on a sacrifice bunt. Welmon got a ground ball on the ensuing play, but the throw from Ted Boeke at third sailed wide of the bag at first and allowed runners to move to second and third. Caleb Wood took advantage of the opportunity, punching a run-scoring ground ball to shortstop to break the stalemate.
The second time around the order proved fruitful for the Lions as David Fletcher reached with a one-out single before coming around to score the tying run on an RBI-double down the right field line off the bat of Tanner Donnels. After a pop out for the second out, junior Jimmy Jack came up with a clutch two-strike two-out RBI-single into left centerfield to hand LMU the lead at 2-1.
Jack, a native of Granite Bay, Calif., finished the game 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and three RBI.
The Lions extended the lead to 5-1 after six by way of three runs on three hits, including a two-RBI double from Jack. A one-out walk to Donnels got the inning moving before Cole Trezek placed a perfect drag bunt down the third base line to push runners to first and second. Jack wasted no time delivering the blow, grounding a ball just inside the bag at first base to send the runners around the bags and in to score. Senior Kevin Garcia capped the scoring run two plays later, shooting a single back up the middle and into centerfield to drive in Jack from second base and make it a four-run game.
Welmon worked around a few small jams on Thursday night, stranding eight Bulldog runners, including three in scoring position. Brandon Bailey was also impressive for Gonzaga in the loss, registering his fourth complete game of the year and tossing eight innings and allowing the five runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out eight. The decision dropped the freshman right-hander to 6-7 on the year.
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Sally's Hollywood Birthday Party!
On Saturday I arrived to the Oviatt Penthouse in Los Angeles where the beautiful birthday girl Sally was finishing up the final touches to her Old Hollywood theme soiree! The penthouse was gorgeously decorated in the classic 1920's era. With everyone all dolled up they were sure to have a great night!
The beautiful birthday girl Sally!
And her awesome family!
As her guests arrived they were served fancy champagne!
The desert table was filled with yummy sweets & cool classic candies like pop rocks & sugar babies!
Sally's son was overseas & wasn't able to make it to the party so they surprised her with a video phone call! Such a sweet moment!
Her husband made a nice speech & dedicated "Lady in Red" to his beautiful wife!
These are the moments that I live for!
Birthday gifts! Can you say Bling! Bling!!!!
We were serenaded by Rudy G y los Hi-Tones! They were hitting us with the classics all night long! Soooo AWESOME!!!
It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing!
LA's City Lights!
Thank you Sally for allowing me to be a part of this special night! Special thanks to Diane Carter for being my second shooter!
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The two parties to this deal have much in common. Both are in different stages of grappling with debt that had pinned them down in the recession and left them unable to pursue growth strategies. Now, both companies appear to be on their way to escaping debt's hold and are attempting to build strong and deep positions in narrow markets.
Penton emerged earlier this year from a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization that cut $270 million from its debt. "Ever since we came out of our restructuring, our focus has been on being much more aggressive," Penton CEO Sharon Rowlands said. "Our board gave us a mandate. They said they want growth."
Penton is pursuing growth organically through investment in its marketing services offerings and digital properties. Rowlands said the company increased its digital revenue by about 20% this year.
Additionally, Penton hopes to make further acquisitions in digital, events and data. "We are certainly very active (in looking at deals)," Rowlands said.
The acquisition of NRN bolsters Penton's position in the restaurant and foodservice market, especially with Reed Business Information's closure earlier this year of Restaurants & Institutions, which had been NRN's chief competitor.
As part of the deal, NRN Publisher Randall Friedman will join Penton and become the market leader of the company's restaurant group, which will also include Restaurant Hospitality and Food Management. "Being part of a larger company with the internal resources to handle our growth is critical to our future," Friedman said in a statement.
Penton wrestled with its debt problems via Chapter 11 and restructuring the amount it owes. Lebhar-Friedman did not pursue this course of action, because in its case "the value of the assets far exceeded the debt," according to an industry observer who asked not to be identified. Although the recession and decline in print ad pages had hurt Lebhar-Friedman's bottom line and placed it in violation of loan covenants, the properties it owned still had value.
To pay off the debt that Lebhar-Friedman had taken on in 2005 for its $40 million acquisition of Dowden Health Media, the company was pressured by its banker, GE Capital, to sell off properties. Lebhar-Friedman made a few deals to cut into the debt—including the sale of Dowden Professional Properties to Quadrant HealthCom last year—but it wasn't enough.
In the end, Lebhar-Friedman President Roger Friedman was forced to sell NRN, a property he had created in 1967 and which had become the clear leader in the foodservice sector. "It's a tragedy," said a former employee who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"It's like 'Sophie's Choice,'" said an industry observer. "They had to give up NRN to get GE to go away."
With the anticipated sale of the remainder of Dowden Health Media, a deal that is expected to close as early as today, Lebhar-Friedman is now free of the shackles that its debt had placed on its ability to invest in its businesses, industry observers say.
Lebhar-Friedman still owns Chain Store Age and Drug Store News. And the company plans to focus on growing the business around them.
In a memo to Lebhar-Friedman employees last week, Friedman wrote, "Your company is positioning itself to be a financially sound and strong company with the resources available to grow our remaining products in the markets they serve. This is particularly true in the digital areas."
"I assume selling Nation's Restaurant News is going to help pay off most, if not all, of the debt to GE Capital, while it will enable him to move forward and grow his company," said Mike Parker, managing director at AdMedia Partners.


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At 13:52 on November 12 our Little Guy made his debut into the world. He weighed 8lb 14oz (4030g) and was 20.5inches (52cm) long. He has a small amount of dark brown hair, although a lot of that has fallen out or rubbed off in the 2 months he's been with us. It was a routine scheduled cesarean birth, as the girls were both cesarean. No problems or complications. We spent 4 days in the hospital before we went home.
He looked a lot like Big Ive at birth. It was almost like time travel. As he grows and gets more fat on him he looks less and less like her clone. He really likes the baby swing (something Big Ive hated). And he has just started smiling. Those full-face and body smiles that exude from every fiber of his being. Another thing he does that Big Ive also did was really enjoy the changing table. We have the same red changing pad we used with Big Ive. It was like a secret happy maker for her and seems to be very similar for him.
The girls are completely in love with him. Big Ive has certainly taken to the big sister role. She asks to hold him all the time. I bet she'd pick him up and walk around with him if left alone with him. Little E likes him, but isn't as interested in holding him. It is just the age difference. She is not quite old enough to care about doing things like that — which is perfectly fine with me. She does like to come up and talk to him and try to get him to play with toys once in a while. And she is very concerned when he is fussy or crying.
LOML is pretty smitten with him, too. When he holds Little Guy it makes the baby look so small again.
Bow-ties are his signature wardrobe right now.
Little Guy is the perfect addition to our family. I really like his sweet and calm personality. He's pretty carefree right now. I wonder what he will be like as he grows older.


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SOMERS — Joseph "Big Joe" Harvey is so devoted to cooking his favorite food that his car's license plate reads "CHILI." Harvey started making his version of the spicy concoction for friends at parties on Super Bowl Sundays as a hobby, but then something came over him.
"The bug hit me," said the self-employed construction engineer, who lives on Cape Cod.
The bug brought Harvey to Somers for the seventh annual Great Connecticut Chili Festival, which attracted an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 people Sunday to taste piping-hot chili and raise money for cancer research. About 70 entries, with names ranging from Chernobyl Chili to Mad Mike's Killer Chili, competed for the Connecticut state championship.


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It's gonna get sappy up in here.
I was in Paris in early October to shop, cover Paris Fashion Week, and attend Le Bal -- a fancy-schmancy black-tie soiree hosted by MAC Cosmetics to fete Carine Roitfeld and their newly released cosmetic collaboration.
Le Bal's dress code was super strict -- Black Tie, Smoky Eye. Further instruction revealed that guests were permitted to wear all black, all white, or mixture of both, so obviously I chose the latter and turned up at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in what can best be described as a little bit of my downtown style mishmashed with a little bit of their uptown glamour. When I stepped into the ballroom (my Cinderella moment was everything), I was wearing a black silk floor-length peplum ballgown skirt over a clingy white cotton t-shirt, along with a few Paris-perfect accoutrement.
Also, the aforementioned and expected smoky eyes, as well as several star stencils that Roitfeld designed. (Gala recently bought a set; I wore a shitload of them to the party.)
As you can see pictured above -- the men in attendance took the dress code quite seriously as well. I spied several straight guys wearing makeup. And a lot of it. See those smoky eyes? See those star stencils? See that highlighter? Le sigh!
Am I the only one perplexed by this? (#SorryNotSorry Adam Lambert, Russell Brand, Zac Efron, Pete Wentz, Criss Angel, et al.) Personally, I think manscaping has gotten a bit out of hand. It's one thing to revel in the moment and cheekily follow instructions on a party invitation or get all gussied up and dust a little powder on your T-zone if you're performing -- it's entirely another to ask your wife to paint your nails black for you every week. (Yep, you read that right.)
I mean, I'm A-OK with men wearing ponytails and boy buns, but I draw the line at spending more time in the loo primping than I do. (Not possible, by the way.) I could possibly never see myself with a man who asks to share my eyeliner.
What about you? Tell me -- am I archaic in wanting to reserve makeup for women and gay men?
P.S. --Back to Carine Roitfeld. I also hung out at her apartment, immediately after which I damn near died. Best. Night. Ever!
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The US-Norwegian company Kolos has big plans for the tiny town of Ballangen, Norway, located near the Arctic Circle. There, on these icy grounds, they're planning to build the world's biggest data center. Once completed, this mammoth structure would require 1,000 megawatts of power to run with facilities spanning 600,000 square meters. Yet this immense project won't reach its final stages for another 10 years at least! In the meantime, we'll tell you what the future holds for Kolos's gigantic data center. Read More


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Donald Richard Crouse, of Walterville, passed away on Dec. 22, 2017, after a battle with cancer. He handled it in typical Don-style, strong to the end. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Don is survived by his wife, Darlene Crouse of Walterville; his children, Shawn Crouse of Brookings, Gina Scott of Keizer, Teresa Bosch of Creswell, Laurie Flood of Round Mountain, California, and Jeffery Fox of Springfield; his eleven grandchildren Devin, Teya, Dustin, Samantha, Coleman, Sawyer, Jarid, Jessee, Jatelyn, Ryan and Reanna; and his sisters Lorna Wilkes of Fallon, Nevada, Linda Cupps of Sherwood and Fern Dugas of Mesa.
He is preceded in death by his parents Albert and Jennie Crouse of Brookings.
Donald was born on Feb. 4, 1952, in Sandpoint, Idaho to Albert Crouse. It was there that he grew up surrounded by a family who never let life's curveballs stand in their way. Albert and Jennie gave their children the freedom to explore and enjoy life in the country.
Donnie and his sisters enjoyed camping with their parents, participating in rodeos and family trips to places like Glacier Park and Yellowstone. As a result of spending his childhood outdoors, Don knew from an early age that he would have a career that would revolve around trucks and long hauls. No classroom or office could contain him.
Don "Mudbird" Crouse started his 45-year trucking career at the age of 18, hauling hay in the Tri-cities area of Washington. It was there that he started a family with Judy Crouse and became a father to two beautiful girls who stole his heart. They took their family to Hermiston where they welcomed their son.
Soon after, they picked up stakes and settled in Brookings for the next 22 years of his life. He enjoyed working for Gene Woods, Keith Smith, the city of Brookings and South Coast Lumber Company. He drove log trucks, chip trucks, lumber trucks and even worked as a mechanic when the logging industry slowed down.
It was in Brookings that he made lifelong friendships that made his storytelling come to life. His children often got to hear the tales of Bushy, Heavy Duty and Peanut Butter. His children have fond memories of hunting, fishing and camping with their dad. He was a teacher like no other. He became a grandfather at the age of 36, so the legacy lives on.
In 1997, Don moved to Walterville where he started the next chapter of his life. He met his wife Darlene there and they made a life together for the next 20 years. It was there that he also gained two more children, five more grandchildren and a multitude of friends to tell his colorful stories to, and gained some new tales to add to his collection. There he drove a truck for True Value until he retired in 2015. Don and Darlene started their retirement together enjoying what they loved most, the outdoors.
They became campground hosts at Blue River Reservoir, this summer being Don's last.
When you ask people to describe the man Don was, you will get a variety of opinions. Those who knew him best will tell you he had a rough exterior and bravado but his heart was pure. He would do anything for anybody, even willing to give the shirt off his back. He was a self-appointed protector and guardian to those he loved. If you needed work done on your rig or you had an ache in your back, he was your go-to man.
Don, Donnie, Dad, Grandpa, Pappy, Mudbird … you are loved, and we miss you.
A celebration of life will be scheduled for family and close friends. Condolences can be sent to 17183 Parkview Drive, Brookings, OR 97415.
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Travel awards may be made to assist students traveling to national or regional professional meetings in order to present the results of collaborative research and creative activity. These awards will not exceed $700 and are intended to encourage students to submit the results of their research for dissemination at professional meetings. As a condition of the travel grant, students are expected to present their results at the annual UW-Eau Claire Student Research Day, or the UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, if they have not presented these findings at one of these venues previously.
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Swap Out a Sweet Potato Casserole & Drop In Candies Sweet Potatoes: Sweet potatoes are a great food – rich in beta carotene which in turn makes them rich in vitamin A. We take this holiday staple dish and cut out nearly 300 calories a serving while leaving in the flavor and health benefits
Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows
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Swap Out Traditional Stuffing & Drop In Stuffing with Sage and Chives: Our spin on this popular dish cuts out nearly half the calories of the traditional version. We use whole wheat bread in our version, which is a much healthier choice since it has more fiber in it, which helps to create a feeling of fullness, in turn satisfying you more than regular white bread
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Swap Out Traditional Pumpkin Pie & Drop In Pumpkin Pie with Graham Cracker Crust: Our take on this Thanksgiving classic features a light graham cracker crust. The filling's custardy and rich, with just a hint of spice. And pumpkin is so good for you. Just like sweet potatoes, it's filled with beta carotene and vitamin A. It's also another great source of fiber, which we all need more of in our diets.
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Weight Watchers recently launched ActiveLink, a fitness & activity monitor that translates activity to PointsPlus values and assess levels then it challenges you to do more. Staying active around the holidays can help you enjoy food-laden parties and keeps the balance between calories in and calories out
The monitor links to a personal web page where Weight Watchers members can track their activity, see how it measures up to their goals, and even get tips on staying motivated. What's really exciting is that ActiveLink is the only fitness & activity monitor that translates activity directly into to PointsPlus values. So, it helps members better understand how activity impacts their health and overall results.
Remember that Thanksgiving is only one day out of the year, and really just one meal. Focus on the things to be thankful for, not just the food on our plate.


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- CNS Requirements: To practice as a CNS you must earn a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree and be eligible to practice as a registered nurse. Then, you must complete a Master of Science in nursing, with an emphasis in clinical practice, and become certified at the state or national level. CNSs typically get some years of experience as an RN between achieving their bachelor's and master's degrees.
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The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe: women!
That's like a screen door on a battleship.
If the photographer in the photo actually took a picture like that, I'd like to see that picture.
'All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.' 'I'm big, it's the *pictures* that got small.' - Norma Desmond from 'Sunset Boulevard'
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A little Outdoor fun! Jay let his new buddy Mike shoot some photos of me. Mike works at Ritz camera and Jay met him while in his store recently picking up some things he needed. When Mike learned what Jay usually shoots (porn), Mike was well... a bit intrigued to say the least. LOL! Jay invited him out for a photo shoot, and poor Mike had a stiff cock the whole time as you might imagine! He took some really good shots of me out in the back yard however. Well, now that you got a taste of me, stop on by today and talk to me live during my special cam shows!!!!
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MSU-Billings coach Stone resigns
Stone was in the midst of his fourth season with the Yellowjackets
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Montana State University Billings Director of Athletics, Dr. Gary Gray, announced Tuesday that Anthony Stone, head softball coach, has submitted his resignation of the position effective immediately.
"I'm resigning today based on the direction the program is heading at this point in the season," said Stone. "I take full responsibility for the poor start, especially when the expectations were so high for a positive beginning. However, I feel very badly that things are not going in the right direction and firmly believe that a change in the head coach is necessary. I would like to thank Montana State University Billings, in particular Dr. Gary Gray, for all of the things they have done for me and made the last four years unforgettable. I will miss all of the good people for which I am grateful to have had the pleasure of countless positive experiences with."
Stone was in the midst of his fourth season with the Yellowjackets, posting a 6-11 record overall this season with a 4-8 start in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Stone departs MSUB with a record of 95-78 overall (.549); for his career, he is 137-114 in his six seasons as a head coach (.546).
"We will miss Coach Stone and wish him all the best in the future," said Gray. "He's been a great asset to the development of our softball program."
Under Stone's watch, MSUB players have enjoyed numerous individual awards. There have been two NCAA All-West Region award winners, back-to-back GNAC Freshman of the Year recipients (2008 & 2009), one GNAC Newcomer of the Year award winner, 14 All-GNAC Academic winners and 18 All-GNAC honorees.
Stone also guided the Yellowjackets to a school record 39 games in 2009, winning the GNAC title and advancing the team to the NCAA West Regional, earning him GNAC Coach of the Year honors.
Current MSUB assistant coaches Lisa Allen and Rebekah Tsatsa will guide the Yellowjackets for the remainder of the season. Allen has been named interim head coach, while Tsatsa will remain an assistant. A national search will begin at the conclusion of the season for Stone's replacement.
"I am confident in Coach Allen and Coach Tsatsa's abilities to lead the team going forward throughout the rest of this season," Gray concluded. "We look forward to assisting them in any way we can as a department."


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I shoot a regular client - a specialty bottle shop, where a lot of the product is literally the bottle in the image on the website is the bottle you buy, then that image comes off the site, Recently the owner came to me two bottles I struggled with.
The video explains it a lot better, but my question is: can both of these be shot 100% in camera with minimal post?
I'm not paid for hours and hours of photoshopping...
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A Professional Car Washer Reviews Hollywood's Sexiest Car-Wash Scenes
From 'Bad Teacher' to 'Cool Hand Luke,' are they even getting those things clean?
Of all the mundane chores Hollywood has attempted to make sexy, none has so firmly established itself in the pantheon of cinematic clichés quite like the sexy car wash. Bad Teacher, the raunchy
sequel to Waiting for Superman comedy that comes out on Friday, brings back the old trope with Cameron Diaz playing the part of female sponge. The scene, in which Diaz essentially gives the car a lap dance, got us wondering: Is she even getting that thing clean? So we called up Debra Gorgos, editor of Professional Carwashing & Detailing Magazine, to get her expert opinion on Hollywood's scrubbing skills: In movies, washing cars is about boobs and butts, not hoods and trunks.


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In recasting the national health care law as a tax, Republican Mitt Romney risks straying from what had been his main focus: the limp economy under President Barack Obama.
"Handling the economy" has been one subject on which the former businessman and Massachusetts governor has held a clear advantage in polls over President Barack Obama.
But that edge may be eroding under the Obama campaign's withering attacks on Romney's activities at private-equity firm Bain Capital, including ads casting him as an "outsourcing pioneer."
Plagued by dismal national economic statistics, the president embarked Thursday on a bus tour of battleground states Ohio and Pennsylvania, a Rust Belt trip with built-in economic overtones.
"My experience has been in saving the American auto industry," he said in Maumee, Ohio, outside Toledo, calling attention to Romney's opposition to Obama's auto-industry bailout.
Romney remained at his lakeside New Hampshire vacation home, a day after saying that he now views the Obama health mandate as a tax — a break with his past views but aligning himself with conservative GOP leaders.
"The majority of the (Supreme) Court said it's a tax, and, therefore, it's a tax," he told CBS News, referring to last week's 5-4 decision upholding the law.
But his comments — and similar ones later at a Fourth of July parade —further blurred the distinction between the health insurance program he instituted in Massachusetts and the national one he opposes.
Also, polls show worries over jobs trouble voters right now more than health care issues.
And while the health care law clearly is unpopular, so is sticking with the status quo.
Both candidates will be closely watching June unemployment figures due out Friday after three months of declines in payroll growth. Obama may talk about the report at a speech in Pittsburgh.
Follow Tom Raum on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tomraum. For more AP political coverage, look for the 2012 Presidential Race in AP Mobile's Big Stories section. Also follow https://twitter.com/APCampaign and AP journalists covering the campaign: https://twitter.com/AP/ap-campaign-2012


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Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent.
Sleigh Bells are having the best week ever. The Brooklyn noise-hop duo were the toast of CMJ, despite (or maybe because of?) doing their thing guerilla style: playing at four in the afternoon at Santos or one the morning in Bushwick; doing five-song sets; and having no official CMJ-festival-endorsed showcase to speak of. If you're keeping score: Pitchfork sang their praises, Stereogum too, My Old Kentucky Blog and Brooklyn Vegan and Fluxblog and Pop Tarts Suck Toasted and a bazillion other blogs with even sillier names chimed in simultaneously. And the hivemind may have been right this time, as Sleigh Bells are a kind of irresistible smash-up of peaked-out distorto-beats, whiny Big Black chug, ecstatic shouts, and the occasional Funkadelic sample. Too hyperkinetic to be chillwave allies, too grating to be Fader flavors of the month, Sleigh Bells walk their own squonky, skuzzy, rapgazer line. Their best track to date, "A/B Machines" is a simple mantra ("Got my A machines on the table, got my B machines in the drawer"). Frontwoman Alexis Kraus coos with both chilliness and dance-friendly joy, splitting the difference between Santigold and Karen O; guitarist Derek Miller wails and whines like he's trying to make funk with an electric drill.
What is "A/B Machines" about?
Derek Miller, guitars: It's a secret. Alexis would have my head if I told you.
Alexis Krauss, vocals: Yes, his head on a platter. A silver one. Nice and shiny.
Well, what are A and B machines?
Both: People!
Tell me what the first taste of "blog fame" is like. Is it weird?
Miller: It's everything I ever hoped it would be. My wildest dreams have come true. Actually it feels a lot like waiting tables, which is just fine really.
Krauss: It's nothing like waiting tables.
Miller: My mom started Googling us and listens to us on YouTube. The YouTube rips actually sound better than the 320 versions.
What are your favorite rhythms of 2009?
Miller: I like the drip drip drip of beer in a glass. It's house-y. Or anything below 60 BPM.
What's your favorite place to eat in Brooklyn?
Miller: Van Leeuwen ice cream truck or Tommy's Tavern for drinks.
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Sleigh Bells play the Studio at Webster Hall on November 14 with Kap Bambino.
Are you an emerging local band who has an upcoming 7″, MP3, or album? Are you not totally fucking terrible like 90% of the bands in this city? Then please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Links and YSIs only. No attachments please!
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Photographed by Rockie Nolan.
We hear it everywhere: at the gym, on our morning commute, even over dinner at fancy restaurants. New Yorkers are constantly griping about how expensive it is to live here. At this point, we basically use it as a conversation starter. We don't mean to whine: City life is pretty sweet. But, it could be a lot sweeter if acquiring housing didn't cost you an arm and a leg. And, a new report highlights just how detrimental the increasing rent prices are to our everyday lives.
If a recent survey by Talking Transitions is any indication, this is a sentiment echoed by many people living in the Big Apple. Following the 2013 mayoral election, nearly 53,000 New Yorkers were polled on the streets for their opinions on the city. The number one concern on everyone's minds? New Yorkers in every neighborhood and age group say that housing in the city is unaffordable. A staggering 68% of survey takers think the situation is only getting worse. Plus, more than 50% of respondents in all boroughs said their ability to find a good job in NYC is diminishing.
To be sure, this is fairly disappointing news. But, before you cry into a pillow, there's a small silver lining: 42% of New Yorkers think that transportation is improving. So, props to you, MTA! (Talking Transition)


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Through the leadership of companies like Progress Energy, the state of Florida continues to lead the Southeast - and the nation - in the promotion of clean, alternative energy for the production of electricity.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 21, 2007
Biomass Gas & Electric Company LLC (BG&E), an Atlanta-based renewable energy company, announces plans to build a power plant in north or Central Florida that will use waste wood products - such as yard trimmings, tree bark and wood knots from paper mills - to create electricity. The environmentally friendly plant will generate about 75 megawatts, or enough electricity to power 46,000 homes. By the use of advanced gasification technology the plant will convert the woody biomass to electric power in an oxygen free environment.
BG&E has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for Progress Energy to buy the output of the plant. This is the second plant BG&E will build to provide power to Progress Energy out of a total of four power plants BG&E will build in the next four years. The two plants are the same size. The first plant for Progress Energy will be the largest waste wood-fueled power generating plant in the U.S. using advanced gasification.
BG&E's advanced technology uses a two-step process. First, the woody biomass is superheated in an oxygen-free environment to produce a synthetic gas. The gas, produced by breaking down the wood through superheating instead of burning, powers a turbine to generate electricity.
Heat from that process is captured in a second system, which uses the steam to run a generator and produce additional power. This highly efficient and extremely low-emission process, called combined cycle, offers a significant power production alternative that is both cost-competitive and environmentally friendly.
"We are very pleased to expand our relationship with Progress Energy Florida, providing clean and sustainable energy resources to assist with the state's future power needs," said Glenn Farris, president and CEO of Biomass Gas & Electric. "Through the leadership of companies like Progress Energy, the state of Florida continues to lead the Southeast - and the nation - in the promotion of clean, alternative energy for the production of electricity."
"Clean, renewable energy sources, such as this one, play a vital role in our balanced approach to managing Florida's growing energy needs," said Jeff Lyash, president and CEO of Progress Energy Florida. "This partnership continues our long history of supporting innovative technologies and promoting cost-effective, cleaner energy sources."
The contract will be filed for consideration with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). The company seeks PSC approval of the contract and certification of the proposed plant as a qualifying facility under Florida laws and regulations that encourage renewable energy.
"Hats off to both Progress Energy Florida and BG&E for investing in clean energy solutions that will further diversify Florida's fuel mix and improve upon Florida's economic well-being," said Jeremy Susac, director of the Florida Energy Office in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
BG&E is a 6-year-old Atlanta based company managed by some of the most experienced personnel in the country in biomass energy production. BG&E is recognized as a national leader in biomass power production.
For more information about BG&E, see http://www.biggreenenergy.com
For more information about Progress see http://www.progress-energy.com
For further information or to schedule an interview with Glenn Farris, BG&E CEO, contact Harry Nolan at (404) 202-5109.


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The topic was cracking Hollywood code at the LeanLA panel discussion in Santa Monica for an audience of 250 "hackers, technologists, founders, developers and marketers in the LA area," said meetup organizer Patrick Vlaskovits (@pv), author of The Entrepreneur Guide to Customer Development and The Lean Entrepreneur.
It was interesting for me coming from the other side of the discussion to hear the tech sector's adventures in Hollywood -- their needs, frustrations and successes, very much mirroring the plight of filmmakers in their need for financing, celebrity participation and to create the next big franchise.
"Please tweet the shit out of this," said Vlaskovits before introducing the all-male panel, visually re-enforcing the need for more female leadership in the tech sector. The speakers included: Brian Norgard, co-founder of Chill ; Eric Galen, founder of Music180.com; Matt Kozlov of Moonshark; Matt Mazzeo, Executive in Business Development at CAA; Matt Sandler, CEO and co-founder of Chromatik; Rob Bonstein, General Manager of The Creed Company; and Abe Burns, Digital Operations for Guy Oseary.
The question that drove the majority of the panel conversation is how to get a celebrity engaged in a startup, both as an endorsement or in the content and which ones are "the next Ashton Kutcher." Burns noted that celebrity isn't always required: "If you have a good product it's going to be used."
"But in an era when social gaming is a $6 billion dollar industry, celebrities are starting to take notice," said Kozlov. "Social games are now like movie franchises. Look at Angry Birds."
The panel agreed that the recent "Kill Hollywood" sentiment coming out of Silicon Valley is naive at best, noting that platforms will always require good storytellers and the capacity to license exclusive content.
The major frustrations included the glacial pace of Hollywood development as compared the lightening speed of the tech sector, the major complaint being that by the time a Hollywood entity takes a meeting, or even action, the technology has moved on. The other the perception was that the tech sector was a meritocracy, where the best ideas win. Many in the room had hit the wall that many of us in the industry take as a given, that "no" isn't always motivated and often times the best idea takes a backseat to, well, who knows.
"Ultimately, the future of Hollywood is certainly technology driven, Vlaskovits noted. "I think we are in the beginnings of a global entrepreneurship renaissance, it gladdens me that LeanLA can be tiny part of that."


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Adopting a baby is one of the most exciting and most overwhelming of life experiences (short of surviving fertility treatments, that is!) At Abrazo, we know that. We also know that for couples who have endured documented infertility and grieved those losses, pursuing adoption means graduating from "needing to have a biological child" to "wanting to be a parent" and we congratulate you, if you've already gained that perspective. That's the first step towards adopting successfully.
At Abrazo, we've helped over a thousand families adopt successfully, most within 6-12 months (or less.) Abrazo works with couples who are over the age of 25, have been legally-married for more than a year, cannot conceive by any known means, are financially-sound and emotionally-stable, and who are willing to commit to fully-open adoptions, for their child's best interests.
Abrazo believes in full-disclosure open adoptions, in which the parents exchange identifying information and stay in touch over the child's lifetime, because we believe this is best for children, promoting healthy adoption adjustment and identity formation. Granted, not every prospective adopter likes this idea, nor our stringent standards and high expectations for the clients that we serve, but Abrazo's commitment to the best interests of the children we place requires no less of us. (You'll thank us, someday.)
Many prospective adoptive parents approach the process with fear or apprehension, mistaking "open adoption" for "co-parenting." Relax! The expectant parents who come to Abrazo to make adoption plans are looking for real parents for the children they're placing– not babysitters. (Contrary to the worst of made-for-TV movies, they wouldn't dream of showing up for dinner without an invitation!) Most of Abrazo's placing parents are between the ages of 20 and 40; 25% are first time parents, 25% are married couples, and over 50% are already parenting other children. Most aren't placing because they can't parent, but because they want so much more for their child/ren than their circumstances permit.
But that doesn't mean, of course, that they don't love their little ones, nor that they want to ever forget about the child/ren they placed. Parents who place through Abrazo choose the families that they do because they trust those families to raise the child to understand the decision they made, to love and respect them for making it, and to maintain continued contact over the years, just as any caring relatives would do for each other. (Because sharing a child does "relate you" for life, in a sense.)
Parents who place a child for adoption in Texas cannot legally surrender a child until at least 2 days (48 hr minimum) after birth, and Texas relinquishments provide for no revocation period, provided there is no fraud or coercion or negligence involved. At Abrazo, though, we always tell clients that what's important isn't that the placing parents can't change their minds, but that they are so certain of their choice/s that they wouldn't change their minds, even if they could.
Abrazo's adoptive parents are extraordinary and faithful people, who recognize that the agency takes a proactive casework approach, "beginning with the end in mind" as author Stephen Covey would describe it. Families who adopt through Abrazo have a designated staff member (our Family Services Coordinator) who checks in with them on a regular basis, offering counsel and support and direction. (All families who adopt through Abrazo also have a homestudy worker whom they hire, to provide information and advice throughout the process.) They also find a remarkable support system in Abrazo's Elites, who mentor upon request, and within the general Forum population as well, where alumni stay involved to "pay it forward" and help others who are where they once were.
Abrazo offers three placement programs: the Milagros (full-service) program for applicants with documented infertility who need the agency to locate a match for them, the Designated (identified) program for applicants with or without infertility who have located a match via their own means, and the Promesa (special needs) program, for those with or without infertility who are seeking to adopt a child over the age of five, and/or a sibling group of more than three, and/or a child with medically-diagnosed noncorrectible disabilities known to the agency at time of placement. Still trying to discern whether or not Abrazo fits your needs? Try this: Is Abrazo Right For Me?.
Upon completing the inquiry and receiving the application, applicants to the Milagros program sign up to attend one of Abrazo's renowned . Confirmation is granted on the basis of agency placement resource needs, no sooner than one month in advance, and all attendees must stay at the host hotel. (Since Abrazo only accepts as many families as we anticipate being able to place with in a year's time, orientation assignments are made in accordance with the kinds of children being placed and the kinds of families that are most needed.) Within ten (10) days of completing the orientation weekend/receiving an acceptance letter from the agency, approved families who wish to become full-fledged clients of Abrazo remit the required contracts and funds (see Fee Information), then begin preparation of their profile and homestudy, and from there, it's just a matter of time before they match and place.
Families who take placement of children for whom Abrazo is managing conservator effectively "foster" for a period of 6-18 months, reporting monthly to Abrazo, completing five quarterly post-placement supervisory visits in the first six months with their homestudy worker (quarterly thereafter) and continuing direct contact with the birthparent/s of Abrazo's child/ren until the placement is approved for finalization, which occurs in Bexar County, Texas.
Abrazo's three-step admissions process (consisting of Inquiry, Application, and Orientation) begins here, with the preapplication document we call the "inquiry form."
To get started, download, complete and return the Adoptive Parents' Inquiry Form (for new clients, only.)* If you're interested in joining the Abrazo family and bringing a new son or daughter home through open adoption, please complete the Inquiry form and mail it to our offices with a photo and a check or money order for processing (or click to pay fee online, below.) Upon approval, we'll forward the more lengthy application package (and upon acceptance of that completed submission, you'll be ready to join us for the final step, attendance at one of our nationally-renowned Parents of Tomorrow orientation weekends). Welcome! We appreciate your interest in Abrazo, and we look forward to getting to know you better.
* Please note: You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader (or another PDF viewer) to view and print this form. This software is available free from Adobe. The Acrobat reader is often installed automatically with most operating systems, so it is likely that you may already have it.
TO RECEIVE THE ADOPTING PARENT INQUIRY FORM VIA U.S. MAIL, please send your request to Abrazo with a self-addressed return envelope with two first-class stamps on it.
Skip the Inquiry process, because you're family with us already! Download and return the Abrazo Application Form, and we'll schedule you for Orientation, ASAP!


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To upgrade a Windows 3.x machine, think carefully. Check Chapter 3 for hardware requirements for Windows 2000 Professional. Assuming the machine can cut the mustard, you can do the following:
Upgrade to Windows 95 or 98.
Try to get everything working correctly before moving ahead, but if you can't get a piece of hardware to work, don't fret. The upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional might solve the problem.
After you have successfully upgraded to 9x, do the upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional.
Use the system troubleshooters in Windows 2000 Professional to solve driver and hardware problems if devices are not working properly after the installation.


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Hello, i wanted just show you the work I do with my stand (with BLOOD).
Since 3 years ago, i hosted a fps called "megaman", a fangame....but since 2015, i wanted show some others fps with 2 laptops/keyboard/mouse/other stuff more ^^
I hosted BLOOD for the first time in the Toulouse Game Show, a big videogame festival in France, i was a bit scared because BLOOD users map for bloodbath are bit dark or "not so beautiful" than the big solo maps...but people liked it a lot, i used some solo maps (like e1m1, e1m8 ect...) , with a good config, the dosbox version can run pretty well (and no crash):
Here is the link if you want check it ^^ https://youtu.be/JomW0IiumGE
Funny fact, sometimes, people think those kind of game are multiplayer only....i could host COOP but it could be hard to manage it (since im alone to manage 6 laptops with all the stuff').
I search for a pack or a good list of map for some bloodbath, with 3 players max.... need some "small" maps because we can't add bots...I did a list with the meltdown pack (duke online thing).
BLOOD Bloodbath LAN in some videogames Festival
Want to spill some blood? Let others know and coordinate here.
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91-Year-Old Yogi Bernice Bates: I Have No Health Problems Thanks to Yoga
December 23, 2011 — 16:10 PM
We first heard about 91-year-old yogi, Bernice Bates a few weeks ago and now she's featured in this awesome one-minute video. Bernice credits yoga for her health and says, "I have no problems. I go once a year for exams—for my eyes and for my body, that's all."
Bates is a "self-taught" yogi who first learned yoga from watching a TV show, and then by reading books! Now she teaches classes to senior citizens in Florida. Namaste to that!
We love all these 90-something yogis!
What do you think?


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Allegation that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's Jama'at has no proof of the signs of Allah's help
Obviously, the inheritors of the Mirza Ghulam's wealth and fortune have good reasons to hide such evidence from the unsuspecting public! However, in addition to covering up and distorting these and other truths, these missionaries falsely claim to be representing "true Islam" and, for evidence, can only present their TV shows and the fact that they spend millions on the construction of majestic buildings!
In truth, nearly anyone with needed financial means can host TV programs and construct grandiose places of worship: the Temples of Baha'is and Mormons are indeed worthy of a visit. Obviously, outward grandeur of buildings, exaggerated claims of worldly accomplishments, and the propaganda displayed under the scrutiny of the media cannot be used to dismiss what Mirza Ghulam and the founders of his movement have falsely attributed to Islam.
No doubt, claims of worldly accomplishments cannot be accepted as the signs of the truthfulness of any movement and we are well justified in insisting that, instead of such trivial talk, actual evidence should be presented so that all interested individuals may make an informed decision.
We ask Allah(SWT) to touch the heart of sincere seekers of the truth and guide them to the perfect Islam of our Last Prophet, Muhammad may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
If Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad may peace be upon him is a false Prophet then he and his community should not be getting any help from Allah, instead the opposite should be happening and Allah should be helping towards our decline. In fact this is one of the criterias to know a true Prophet from Allah according to His Holy Books, that a true Prophet should be getting the help of Allah and be victorious. If he is really from God, then he should have the support of Allah behind him. The Holy Qur'an is very clear, it states "Allah has decreed, 'Most surely I will prevail, I and my Messengers'" (Holy Qur'an 58:22). Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad may peace be upon him was a champion of Islam, respected by all, feared by his opponents in debates. But once he made the claim to be a Prophet, then suddenly, all the Muslims turned against him and persecution started. The same thing happened to the Holy Prophet may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, Jesus may peace be upon him etc. But despite only having a few followers and even to this day there are only around 5 million followers in Pakistan, yet still after over 100 years of persecution, they have failed to prevent his message from spreading.
One of the prophecies that Hazrat Ahmad may peace be upon him received was " I will cause thy message to reach the corners of the world" (Tadhkirah: English translation, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 1976, p 184), and Ahmadiyyat is now spread to nearly every country of the world. Every time the Muslims destroy one of our Mosques, we build 100 more. Despite their efforts to suppress our message, through our TV station MTA International (Sky Channel 787), it is being broadcast throughout the world every minute of the day. So the Muslims should think about this?
When the Tsunami happened in Indonesia etc., it was a very good opportunity for Allah to punish us, if we were wrong. Yet not one Ahmadi died! The Indonesian Government actually removed some Ahmadis from one village and that same village was completely wiped out when the Tsunami hit. When the earthquake happened in Pakistan, that also effected India, these being countries where there are the most of our followers, yet not one Ahmadi died! Even in the time of the Promised Messiah may peace be upon him a plague hit India and he made the bold statement that all his true and sincere followers will survive and everyone living in Qadian will survive. There was no cure for the plague in those days, but not one Ahmadi died from it. One person caught it and the Promised Messiah prayed for him and he survived!
So the Muslim world should think about this, why doesn't Allah destroy us? It is easy for Allah to do that. When they made the law in Pakistan that we were non-Muslims, the 4th Khalifa was told by his advisers to leave the country as the law was devised to arrest him. He left and went to Karachi to get the plane for England and despite clear instructions being given that do not allow the Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Movement to leave, and on his passport it stated 'Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Movement', by mistake the order gave the name of the 3rd Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad and not the 4th Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, so they allowed him to leave (I don't know what happened to that person once the President Zia ul Haq found out about his mistake). So why didn't Allah prevent him from leaving, instead it seems that he had the help of Allah. So we believe that we have the full support of Allah and that is manifested over and over again. It is okay trying to mock us for being so successful, but one should instead be questioning why this movement is so successful, why does it seem that Allah is helping us to be successful?


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Low hazard for health. Derived from the Blue Gum tree, biodegradable and suitable for greywater and septic tanks.
The Tasmanian Blue Gum, Southern Blue Gum or Blue Gum, (Eucalyptus globulus) is an evergreen tree, one of the most widely cultivated trees native to Australia, typically growing 30 - 55m high.
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