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Sports Shorts: Nov. 4
JHS volleyball plays Midgets
The Blue Jay volleyball team (33-4) will play Dickinson (10-27) in the quarterfinals of the West Region tournament Thursday at Mandan High School.
The Midgets defeated Williston 3-0 during regional tournament play-in action Thursday. Jamestown defeated Dickinson by the score of 3-1 at home on Oct. 27.
West Region Volleyball Tournament
Nov. 9 quarterfinals
No. 1 Jamestown (33-4) vs. No. 8 Dickinson (10-27), 1 p.m.
No. 4 Mandan (22-15) vs. No. 5 Bismarck (22-15), 3 p.m.
No. 2 Century (30-8) vs. No. 7 St. Mary's (19-20), 5 p.m.
No. 3 Legacy (26-11) vs. No. 6 Minot (19-18), 7 p.m.
JHS basketball meetings Monday
There will be player/parent meetings for Jamestown High School boys and girls basketball Monday in the JHS commons area.
The boys meetings is at 6 p.m. with the girls meeting to follow at 7 p.m.


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Although the Ruby community has embraced TDD like no other community ever has, we have always looked at mock objects with disdain, and perhaps even a little hatred. I've heard conference speakers call them "Wastes of time", "Scams", and even "Testing Heresies". Why would anyone have ever developed these pieces of junk?
In reality though many in the agile community have embraced mock objects within their testing cycles because they have found using these fake objects improves the design of their systems. But why not Rubyists? Most Rubyists don't get mock objects because they don't understand their history or their creators intent. They try to fit them into their current workflow without understanding them, and find them unhelpful and stupid. After all, almost all of the good literature on the subject is written in Java, and we know how frustrating it is to read Java when your used to Ruby.
As such, this talk will attempt to demonstrate in Ruby the usefulness of mock objects, and how to use them to improve the design of your system.
Specifically the following will be covered:
United States United States, New Orleans
29th September to 1st October 2011

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Hearing Tomorrow in Ft. Worth on LGBT Inclusive City Policies to Spark "Christian" Protests
Tuesday evening in Fort Worth, Texas may prove to be a night of fireworks for gay rights in the state. Recent events in Texas have brought the need for gay rights legislation on a local, state and national level to the forefront.
In the last year, events in San Antonio, Dallas, El Paso, and Fort Worth have each reminded the GLBT community of the pain and suffering that goes along with being gay in the twenty-first century. Whether it show itself as harassment for affection toward someone of the same gender, or physical attacks because you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, gay people find that life is not easy in a conservative state.
On November 10, 2009, the Diversity Task Force will present its findings and recommendations following the June 29, 2009 Rainbow Lounge Raid. These recommendations include adding gender identity to the city's non-discrimination policy and requiring city vendors to alter their non-discrimination policies accordingly. It has also been recommended that gender-reassignment surgery be covered by the city's insurance policies for its workers.
The city will undergo an educational process that will include all city employees, with a special emphasis for police and fire department staff and outreach to the community about city laws concerning non-discrimination. There will also be concerted efforts to seek out more GLBT employees and to promote Fort Worth as a GLBT travel destination by advertising and working with the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce.
The challenge has arisen because the conservative Christian community has, as usual, voiced radical opposition to these moves. In one instance, this past Sunday, November 8, 2009, the LGBT group, Queer LiberAction, was scheduled to host a "Milk Box" in Fort Worth. Organizers and volunteers were run off by a Christian group that formed and took over the corner. One report says that the gay group left in fear of violence. Video from the event shows how an otherwise peaceful gathering of our community results in intolerance from oppressive Christians:
GLBT rights activists and extremist Christian groups will come head to head on Tuesday evening at the Fort Worth City Council meeting. Fairness Fort Worth is planning to meet at the now infamous Rainbow Lounge and lead a car parade from the site raided just months ago by Ft. Worth Police and TABC agents to the council meeting. Queer Liberaction will be set up outside of City Hall at about the same hour and begin a protest. Both groups plan to enter City Hall and show the presence of the gay community in numbers as well as voice.
The oppressive Christians are gearing up for the meeting as well and plan to overwhelm the room in order to fight against any equal legal protections for GLBT people. This is nothing new for the Ft. Worth GLBT community. At a recent Kiss-In at the Stock Yards, a local entertainment venue, these oppressors launched a counter protest to the queer community in the name of their God.
What happens at Tuesday evening's meeting will speak loudly for the future of gay rights in the city of Fort Worth, but more importantly for gay rights in Texas and across the nation. Recent defeats like those in Maine, help us to understand the constant vigil that we must keep to not only increase these legal protections, but also to keep the few we have.
Marlin: You may remember Marlin from an earlier episode of Closet Talk. Since then, he's been keeping us up to date on the happenings in Ft. Worth after the fateful raid of the Rainbow Lounge. Marlin is a former pulpit minister turned activist.
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DescriptionPinball Illusions is the successor to the Pinball Fantasies, using an upgraded game engine. The tables are Babewatch, Law & Justice, Extreme Sports and (on PC CD versions) The Vikings. These contain ramps, bonus areas and combo sequences to set up. All the artwork were produced in true 256 colors from the ground up for AGA Amigas and the PC, rather than originating in 32 colors on older Amigas.
New to this version is multiball: Pinball Illusions supports up to six balls simultaneously, in which case it switches to high resolution mode. CD versions use CD audio for music.
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|A good pinball game that could've been great if it wasn't so buggy.
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|Coming Soon Magazine
|Sep 27, 1995
|92 out of 100
|PC Gamer
|Jan, 1996
|87 out of 100
|PC Joker
|Sep, 1995
|86 out of 100
|PC Games (Germany)
|Sep, 1995
|86 out of 100
|The DOS Spirit
|Feb 28, 2009
|5 out of 6
|Power Play
|Oct, 1995
|75 out of 100
|PC Player (Germany)
|Oct, 1995
|71 out of 100
|High Score
|Dec, 1995
|3 out of 5
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SuccessorAlthough Digital Illusions never programmed on the Amiga again, 21st Century released Pinball Mania as a supposed continuation of the series. It was bundled with the Amiga when Escom relaunched it.
TablesDigital Illusions used the same 4 tables of this game in the PlayStation / Sega Saturn release True Pinball. The difference? On the PlayStation & Saturn the tables were modeled in 3D.
Version differencesThe PC CD-ROM version has one more table that was not found in the original Amiga version: The Vikings. This table was removed from the Amiga version at the last minute, as they felt it wasn't of a high enough quality to merit the game needing an extra disk. As both Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies had four tables, as did most other pinball games of the day, this wasn't a popular decision.
- Amiga Joker
- Issue 02/1996 – #3 Best Simulation in 1995 (Readers' Vote)
IJan (1999) added Pinball Illusions (DOS) on Dec 15, 1999
Andreas Axelsson, Gabriel Bergquist, Daniel Forsgren, Johan Lundmark, Henrik Nordstrom, Stein NorheimConversion / Porting:
Lisa Bernhagen, Digital IllusionsPlaytesting:
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Chem geek; white deposits on gray plaster?
Stains on the pool surfaces, pool equipment
or on the swimmers, or off-color swimming pool
water. Discolored but clear pool water.
or on the swimmers, or off-color swimming pool
water. Discolored but clear pool water.
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Chem geek; white deposits on gray plaster?
I am a plasterer in PA. I have a gray plastered pool; white cement, white marble, black Davis hydro-tint. The pool was plastered last July and according to the service guy he waited 28 days to add the salt and all chemical parameters have been kept within acceptable levels since. Besides normal marbling, starting in the fall, areas of the plaster started to develop very white marks mostly in the spa and some on the pool floor but the customer didn't call anybody at that time. The pool was closed for the winter and just re-opened. The rest of the pool still looks great. Transition areas around the tile are the worst, especially around the 4 main drains in the spa. I met the builder there and we drained the spa so that I could acid wash and sand the spa step. It took away most of the marks but the plaster still doesn't look like it did when first done. I saw this last year on another pool we did, this one gray with 3M Colorquartz, also a salt pool with a hard hit spa and pool floor. The builder thinks the plasterers may have used too much calcium in the mix. So, I asked him, "why is it only in the spa and pool floor?" He suggested that the higher temp in the spa has drawn out the calcium and has brought it to the surface. If that is the case I would assume that after acid washing and sanding the plaster would still be white underneath, not the original gray. The marks are smooth but can be removed with a razor blade (I have a small amount in a baggie and it looks like calcium scale). After removing the marks with a blade there is a slight recess in the plaster. I can also see lines made by a pool brush through some of the white but it is definitely not brushable now. Also, the metal ring around the light in the spa has gone from stainless to a dark bronzy color. He said his guys accidentally spilled acid on before we plastered but the discoloring is very consistent and I am wondering if the same thing that is causing the plaster to change is also affecting the ring. I will gladly drain, acid wash, and sand the whole spa but would like to know if you have any ideas as to what may be causing this discoloration/deposit. The builder is contacting the service guy to get his records. Thanks.
Chem geek; white deposits on gray plaster?
it's the salt causing this problem, suggest after fixing plaster to run the pool without salt in pool & just normal chlorine etc. for 90 days or the same amount of time it took to see it start to happen in the pool.
Heck add waranty to cell when doing it so their happy.
it's not going to happen have seen issue before
Heck add waranty to cell when doing it so their happy.
it's not going to happen have seen issue before
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Chem geek; white deposits on gray plaster?
I don't have knowledge in this area so can't help you. It is true that calcium scale is more likely to form at higher temperatures.
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In order to raise interest and sales for the print publication, the Público Newspaper Angry Outdoors marketing ploy used the chaotic fowls from the Angry Birds app to wreck buildings in Lisbon.
The company was low on funds and had no budget for advertising except for what may be used to promote itself in its own paper. Since there are many structures in Lisbon that are broken down or dilapidated, Público thought it would be comically creative if it were to place images of the Angry Birds taking down the structures. These photos were made into stickers and handed out in a booklet to people on the streets. Not only did it display a quirky side to the newspaper, but it also expanded the clientele and readership audience by catering to a younger crowd.
The company said that the Público Newspaper Angry Outdoors marketing campaign contains the same "destroy-it-all" attitude that the bashing fowls possess.
Bedroom Bird Game Graphics
Addictive Avian App Infographics
Avian Super Bowl Ads
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The Publico Newspaper Angry Outdoors Ad Uses Angry Birds
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No sooner do I get my blog written on the subject of film in Andalusia and Seville than Javier Martín-Domínguez quits as artistic director of The Seville European Film Festival! Martin Dominguez, who was the correspondent in New York and Tokyo for Spanish pubcaster RTVE and later served as its secretary general, used his contacts and persuasiveness to bring many industry figures to Seville. "I'm not interested in directing a low-profile, limited event," he said after the Seville Town Hall slashed SEFF's budget from €1.7 million ($2.2 million) in 2010 to $1.4 million last year. Further 30% plus cuts are anticipated for 2012. All the regional governments may follow suit and cut their budgets, with the exception of the Sebastian Festival which increased its budget by $500,000 to $9.2 million in 2011, hiking sponsorship deals while institutional support held. See Variety for full article.
One reason I like the international film business is that when one country or region goes down (economically), another goes up. Europe on the skids? Look to Asia or to Latin America. So it is with countries: One region bad, look to another region. For now, the Basque region rules! How unexpected, but then again, the San Sebastian Film Festival has always been the largest, most international and prestigious, and Seville was just getting started. Now that the Eurozone is facing its financial crunch, this is not surprising news. I hope to see Javier soon working more wonders. As he makes his plans, I am going to move to another region of Spain, to Catalonia. It too had (has) its own language and Agustí Villaronga's Black Bread (Pa' Negre) the Spanish submission for Best Foreign Language Oscar is in Catalan. The stars, a young man named Francesc Colomer and a young woman named Marina Comas were found in Catalonia, and Freancisc actually coached the cast to speak with a Catalonian accent.
More on this film, and again how secrets can destroy along with the moral devastation of civilian populations in times of war will be covered in another blog as I have finally just seen the Pa' Negre here at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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Prep Learning Games
by mark on May.04, 2011, under Educational
Having a son in prep this year has led me to research learning tools and games. He is already quite confident with using a web browser and bookmarks for finding his favorite online games and playing them unsupervised. Once on a site like cartoon network, he can find new games quite easily.
If you allow unsupervised access, remember to jail/restrict their account so they cant install or do anything accidentally to the computer.
Here is a collection.
I may also write some if I cant find any more suitable ones.
The key motivator using experience with my son is something exciting and/or funny when you get it right. It also needs to be verbal/spoken as they cont read yet.
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The Exhibit Hall at the 2010 Sheridan County Fair opened officially at 10:00 am Thursday.
Montana health officials say contaminated well water from a resort near Yellowstone National Park has sickened 80 people.
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services says at least 70 more cases are probably linked to the water from Campfire Lodge Resort located outside West Yellowstone, Mont., near Hebgen Lake.
A former Casper-based Wyoming National Guard
recruiter has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a teenage girl.
At a court hearing Friday, 39-year-old Martin Craig Frank
admitted possessing pornographic videos and photographs of the
teen. A second count of sexual exploitation was dropped.
WYOMING AMERICAN LEGION STATE BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers baseball season ended Friday at the state tournament with a loss to Powell they finished the tournament in 5th place.
After losing in the opening round against Laramie the Troops beat Rock Springs Thursday and were eliminated by Powell Friday morning. They end the season with 30 victories.
Cheyenne Post 6 made it a clean sweep winning four straight games and winning the Wyoming state championship in nine of the last ten years. Cheyenne beat Gillette in a great game Friday night 4-3 in the winner's bracket semi final.
Whoever came up with the saying "ignorance is bliss" was certainly not talking about yard plants. Joan Mcvoy, Poison Information Specialist for the Wyoming Poison Center says this time of the year, they tend to get a lot of calls from people getting sick from their yard plants.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Rapid bus system's $31 million Rapid Operations Center has been awarded a LEED Gold certification, its governing body announced Tuesday.
The rating for the vast facility at 333 Wealthy St. SW, which opened in early 2012 after years of construction, is the second-highest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
It also is the second LEED rating for a Rapid building. Rapid Central Station on Grandville Avenue was given a "LEED Certified" rating in 2006, the first LEED rating for a public transit building in the country.
The operations center serves as The Rapid's bus garage and maintenance facility, and includes a dispatch center, employee training space and other features.
The Interurban Transit Partnership said features that helped boost the center to a Gold rating were:
• A bus wash water reclamation system that saves 9 million gallons of water annually
• A 40,000-square-foot "green" roof
• Increased natural light and natural ventilation
• Radiant floor heating in the bus garage
• High speed garage doors
The operations center opened in January 2012, with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joining in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
A formal announcement and presentation on the LEED certification is slated for the ITP's Board of Directors meeting, which begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The designation adds to a growing list of LEED-certified buildings in Grand Rapids.
In 2012 alone, Brewery Vivant, Kendall College and a building that houses Catalyst Partners and M Retail Solutions were added to the list.
When the rating for Catalyst Partners and M Retail Solutions was announced in October, Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell boasted about the city's LEED ratings.
"Grand Rapids was known to have the highest number of LEED-certified projects per capita and now we have the honor of having the project with the highest number of LEED points in the world, within our city limits," Heartwell said in an October release.


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The Planet Earth we all inhabit is imperiled by the environmental stresses of human activities. Most people are familiar with news about climate change linked to global warming and shrinking forests, as well as such abnormal phenomena as catastrophic floods, poor harvests, and frequent forest fires in different parts of the world. The deteriorating global environment has put many living species at risk of extinction, and it is said that as many as 40,000 species disappear each year. Yet some people do not think that the loss of living species will have a profound impact on human activities. This view is mistaken, we believe. Potable water, food, clothing, medicine, and many other daily necessities are made of natural materials. The earth's natural environment has evolved over a long period of time into a complex food web of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Human beings are dependent on the ecological blessings of nature.
The Ricoh Group seeks to contain the environmental impact of human society within the earth's self-recovery capabilities. At present, however, human environmental impact far exceeds the self-recovery capabilities of the global environment, making it essential to reduce environmental impact in every conceivable way as soon as possible. Accordingly, our production division pursues energy and resource conservation through recycling, and our non-production division also implements highly effective measures to reduce environmental impact in such areas as air conditioning, lighting, and waste disposal. Our pressing goal is to help build a sustainable society through such efforts to lessen environmental impact. The Ricoh Group also believes that limiting environmental impact within the earth's self-recovery capabilities requires not only proactive intervention but also impact reduction by improving the earth's self-recovery capabilities. In other words, it is necessary to change this "seesaw Ebalance by lightening impact and leveraging capacity.
Maintaining the environmental impact within the range of the earth's self-recovery capabilities
Biodiversity conservation activities are vital to the recovery and improvement of the earth's self-recovery capabilities. The Ricoh Group places a priority on the particularly rich biodiversity of the forest ecosystems of our planet, promoting Forest Conservation Projects in different parts of the world since fiscal 1999. Unlike simple afforestation, these projects aim to build a sustainable forest management framework, working from a long-term perspective based on conserving of the habitats of indigenous species and the lives of local residents. In addition, the Ricoh Group promotes employees Evolunteer work in seeking to improve the earth's self-recovery capabilities.
At the start of the Philippines project, which came to a successful close in 2009, a destructive cycle of logging native forests was dramatically decreasing the number of forests. This in turn led to the loss of habitats for many wild indigenous species and, worse still, to the impoverishment of local residents, who then had to continue illegal logging to earn their living. Accordingly, NGOs and local government initiated activities aiming to help the forests recover and enhance the economic independence of local residents. In 2000, the Ricoh Group determined to endorse these activities and initiated support for the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park in northern Luzon. By 2009, a total of 63,185 trees had been planted to conserve water resources and produce fruit, making it possible to harvest mango, avocado, and cacao crops while conserving forest growth. Additionally, the Ricoh Group took proactive action, including holding seminars with cooperation from the local government to provide technical support for local residents, enabling them to maintain their own agriculture. The 10-year project successfully attained its goal, with administrative control assumed by residents.
In addition, the Ricoh Group will perform activities to reduce the negative impact of business operations on biodiversity in line with its "Biodiversity Policy."
Biodiversity conservation activities by the Ricoh Group consist of four initiatives: "Forest Ecosystem Conservation Projects," "Environmental and Social Contribution Activities by Group Organizations, E"Employee Volunteer Activities," and "Network Expansion Activities." The Group conducts these activities in cooperation with local communities around the world.
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Huntington Beach based No Sleep Records has welcomed Canadian singer-songwriter, Single Mothers' vocalist and part-time gold prospector Drew Thomson to the label's growing family. The punk troubadour will release his new self-titled EP on June 24th.
Fans can pre-order the vinyl release from No Sleep and stream a song, "Saturday Night/Sunday Morning," right here.
""Saturday Night/Sunday Morning" is the first song I got to take a bit of time recording and have friends play on, opposed to just walking into a studio with an acoustic, throwing down one or two takes and calling it after 15 minutes," Thomson explains. "It was recorded and produced by Joby J Ford and I'm really happy with how it turned out."
Between quitting and then re-joining his revered punk band Single Mothers – Drew Thomson moved to a small town called Swastika in Northern Ontario to be a Gold Prospector. Without a band, and with many long days and nights camping alone, there was plenty of time to sit around – strum a guitar and write songs.
In 2013 he released a small batch of acoustic songs called Honesty is a Confidence Problem via Jeremy Bolm's label Secret Voice and began playing solo shows. Thomson ended up leaving gold prospecting to re-join his band Single Mothers, but a lot of those nights stayed with him, strumming a guitar – writing songs. These are some of those songs.
"This EP is my second of what I hope will be many over the next few years, moving in one direction or another – and I couldn't be happier working with the labels I've been lucky enough to release with so far," Thomson adds. "This new step with No Sleep is really exciting, and I'll have my first LP out with them later this year."
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Let's talk about sleep. I mean who doesn't love it?
These are my secrets to resting soundly:
1. Use a fluffy pillow - I used to hate big fluffy pillows. I wanted it small and flat, weird I know. But once I switched to the fluffy kind, I sleep so much better! I have to admit it took me a few nights to get used to it, but give it a chance.
2. Lavender - Bath & Body works has an aromatherapy spray that is lavender and it smells so so good. You just spray your pillow and sheets with it, let it dry and hop into bed. This scent helps you to relax and get a deeper sleep.
3. Keep it cool - Crack a window in the summer and turn down the heat in the winter at night time. The cooler temperatures allow your mind to go to a deeper sleep. I actually sleep in shorts in the winter time too! And I cover my vent half way. I seriously like it that cold at night!
4. Turn off all electronics at least 30 minutes before falling asleep.
TV is a stimulant which keeps your mind busy and makes it harder to wind down.
5. Read - At least for me reading makes me sleepy. It is the only chance I get to read.
6. If you are religious, then you can do your "PJ's".
When I was in Young Women's we were taught to do our "PJS" after putting on our pj's.
This stands for:
P= Pray
J= Journal
S= Study scriptures
I made you a cute handout to remember to do your "PJS"! Hang it on a wall by your bed.
Perfect as a Young Women's PJS printable.
(Journaling will help you get all your thoughts out on paper so they are not weighing down your mind and you can go back to it in the morning if needed)
7. Keep paper by your bed - Any thoughts that come to your mind that keep you thinking at night WRITE THEM DOWN! This will clear your mind and help you focus on sleep instead of whatever is keeping you awake. Paper & a pen are your best friend for an empty peaceful mind.
8. Meditate and Yoga - I sometimes will roll out my yoga mat at night and do a few poses to help me wind down from the day.
9. Listen to peaceful music - My favorite song to listen to is one called "sleep" by Mindy Gledhill. It is on the TREK cd (a nashville tribute to the pioneers).
(I can't find it on youtube or I would of posted the link.)
My other favorites is anything by Norah Jones, I love listening to her at night time.
Music can help you to feel peaceful and relaxed! :)
10. Create a pattern - Go to bed at the same time every night and wake up every morning at the same time. Routines help your body know what is coming and puts your mind at ease.


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Welcome to the Crossville Horseshoe Club Website.
The next Tournament to be held in Crossville will be the Great Pumpkin Open on 10/20/2018.
Pls notify JoAnn Stanford At Home(931-243-2648) or Cell (931-267-7716) by Noon on 10/19/2018 to pre-enter tournament.
Note: 1. Tournament time will be 10:30AM CDT. Check in before 10AM CDT.
2. Please park in the Main Parking Lot. Please contact JoAnn Stanford (931-243-2648) if arrangements need to be made for transportation to the Horseshoe Pavilion from the Parking Lot.
3. No Alcohol Beverages are allowed in the Park and no Tobacco Products are allowed within the Horseshoe Court areas.
The Crossville Horseshoe Club currently has 30 Courts at their disposal within the city limits. 24 Courts are located at Centennial Park and 12 of those are under roof in the Bob Hassan Horseshoe Pavilion. There is an additional 6 courts located at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds.
We currently have 2 leagues in operation at the Bob Hassan Pavilion:
1. Tuesday League is scheduled at 5PM and is unsanctioned. Everyone is welcome to participate.
2. Thurday League is at noon every week of the year and is Sanctioned by the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. To participate an annual NHPA Sanction fee of $33($25NHPA & $8TNHPA) For Adults and $10 for Cadets and Juniors will be required. This fee also allows pitchers to participate in any sanctioned Open Horseshoe Tournament in the United States and Canada.
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Waterproof ORTLIEB bags are developed and manufactured exclusively at the company's production facility in Heilsbronn, Germany. This arrangement allows us to effectively maintain and continuously improve our high standards of quality so as to secure our capacity to make long-lasting products. The fact that our service unit has received products that were in need of repair – for the first time – after 20 years of use is a source of pride for us. Our aim is to effectively conserve resources while at the same time ensuring your long-term satisfaction with ORTLIEB products. This comes with a watertight promise: we offer a 5-year guarantee on all of our materials and workmanship, and we guarantee that replacement parts will remain available for all of our products for a period of at least 10 years after any given article has been phased out.
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Essie Winter 2012 collection: Brooch the Subject and Size Matters swatches and review
What they say:
The winter 2012 collection consists of six luminous shades that evoke the beguiling beauty of the world of gems, which are sure to cause a sensation."
Brooch the Subject is a creamy beige creme. Very work appropriate and a little ummmm boring for me actually. This would be a great base for some black lacy nail art though! 2 coats is pictured.
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Size Matters is a stunning racy darkened red creme. I love these types of reds! My camera didn't want to capture the colour properly so I've had to tweak the photo slightly. A great go to glossy red polish. 2 coats if pictured but it's super opaque so if you're careful you can get away with 1 coat.
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Overall: I found the formula of these two shades thinner than the usual Essie formula which made it a bit trickier for me to apply. I had to redo my swatch for Brooch the Subject as I flooded my cuticles and had to be super careful 2nd time around. However, they were perfectly opaque in 2 coats each and dried quickly to the Essie high gloss finish that I love. Every time I swatch Essie shades you can see my big head reflected HAHA! The brush was great to use as well.
The shades in the collection are a good mix of colours but not necessarily ones you'd expect from a Winter collection. I would have loved to see more vampy colours but Brooch the Subject and Size Matters are fantastic staples in any polish collection! You can never go wrong with a vampy red or nude ;)
Details: The Essie Winter 2012 collection is available now from Myer and selected salons nationally for $18.95 per full size polish and $25.00 for a mini polish 4 pack.
The products featured in this post were provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
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Size matters seems a lovely winter red colour, but I am not a fan of beige so I don't really like the other one.ReplyDeleteReplies
Beige shades are definitely not for everyone don't worry. It took me a long time to warm up to wearing beige!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2012 at 11:12 PM
i really like the creamy red. The nude on the other hand I'm not feeling.ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree - Brooch the Subject isn't the most groundbreaking shade unfortunately especially for a winter collection.Delete
I don't like Essie's formula. I tried different finishes but none of them are good.ReplyDeleteReplies
That's disappointing to hear Katherine. I know a lot of the older Essie polishes have tricky formulas and also Essie has a lot of lighter shades which are so much harder to apply. I find their forumla has come a LONG way since I 1st became obsessed with polish.Delete
beautiful colours.! xReplyDelete
I like Brooch The Subject, such a pretty colourReplyDeleteReplies
Glad you like Brooch the Subject Sadaf =) I prefer Size Matters myself!Delete
i love the size matters, pretty red color :DReplyDeleteReplies
It's a great red!Delete
MMM LOVING THE SIZE MATTERS!!ReplyDelete
Size Matters is so beautiful, I think both are really wearable and perfect for me!ReplyDeleteReplies
Both shades would look fabulous on you Emma! I can see you rocking both =DDelete
I love the nude one!ReplyDelete
Lovely colours but not very unique (even for essie). The red looks great against your skintone though Chelle.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah these definitely aren't earth shattering shades I'm afraid. Especially for a winter collection when there are so many vampy and dark shades one could do!Delete
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Before was known as the number defined as the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter. However, in 1706 self taught mathematics teach William Jones labeled the constant in his book "Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos" (a new introduction to mathematics). Perhaps he named it this because was Greek for p which would be first letter of the word periphery.
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Julie, a 20 year old full time college student, married Bert, a 24 year old medical clerk. On the day she signed their marriage license, her credit report score began to worsen.
Julie knew Bert had been previously married, and though that marriage had lasted only two years, it was long enough to spread a bad credit virus onto her and Bert's joint credit report score.
Bert's ex-spouse, Camille, already had delinquent credit before she married Bert. And, she had continued being delinquent during her marriage to Bert and after the divorce. Unbeknownst to Bert, Camille's bad credit had passed onto him when he married her, and then passed on to his new bride, Julie.
Why? Because when couples marry, assets; as well as debts, become joint. Unfortunately, divorce does not nullify financial obligations, even if a judge specifies in a divorce decree which spouse is responsible for re-paying which bills.
But this is just the beginning of Julie and Bert's bad credit horror.
Julie had racked-up several thousand dollars in student loans. After she married Bert, she dropped out of college and that action initiated the loan repayment period. Like Bert, she also has a full time job, but it's hard to pay the debt because of other bills.
In the divorce decree with Camille, Bert retained possession of the car which still had loan payments due. Camille received all the furniture in the divorce settlement. Bert and his new bride, Julie, had to purchase new furnishings for their apartment. Additionally, they had spent a lot of money on their wedding and honeymoon. Together they had a lot of debts to repay, and some bills were being paid late. Their credit score continued to dive.
They got an idea. They would balance transfer Julie's credit card and Bert's credit card to a new credit card that offered 0 interest balance transfers for the first six months. Unfortunately, since their credit score was bad due to excessive debt-to-income ratio and late payments, they were rejected by the card issuer.
Bert refinanced his car to lower the monthly payment. Since his credit was bad, he had to extend the term (repayment duration) of the loan an additional two years and at a higher interest rate than the original loan, but he was able to get $1,000 in equity. He and Julie used the $1,000 to catch up on their bill payments.
Six months later, now that they had caught up on their payments which also lowered their overall debt-to-income, they reapplied for the 0 intro balance transfer credit card and were accepted. They transferred their credit cards to the 0 intro card.
Three months later, they received a letter from the new card issuer that stated their 0 interest period had been terminated. Why? Because Julie and Bert had mailed an auto loan payment a few days late. The late payment was reported by the auto lender to a credit reporting agency which lowered their credit score. The new card issuer's terms required Bert and Julie to maintain (or improve) their credit score by making all payments (not just payments on the card) on time. In addition to terminating the 0 interest period, the issuer also increased their APR rate.
Other than ordering credit reports before marriage, what could Bert and Julie have done differently to avoid the bad credit virus?
Before divorcing Camille, Bert should have made sure all debts assigned to her would be repaid, and repaid on time. Obviously, the only sure way to have done this would have been for Bert to make the payments himself. He could have refinanced his auto after divorcing Camille, used the equity to payoff her debts, and then have her repay him. He should have also ensured that all joint accounts with Camille had been closed to prevent additional charges.
Julie should have continued her full time student status; not only to improve her career opportunities, but also to delay the student loan repayment requirement.
And there are obvious things Bert and Julie could have done, such as buying used furniture whenever they had available cash instead of charging purchases for new furniture on their credit cards. Additionally, they could have spent less on their wedding and honeymoon.
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WORCESTER — The man who handed the weapon to the killer of a 20-year-old in front of City Hall in 2011 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and firearms violations.
Patrick Pierre, 24, entered a plea of guilty in Worcester Superior Court today as part of an agreement with the Worcester District Attorney's office. Prosecutors say Mr. Pierre was the man who handed the gun to Nathaniel Robinson during an inter-gang altercation in front of Worcester City Hall on Dec. 6, 2011. Mr. Robinson aimed the gun at the opposing group and fired, striking and killing 20-year-old Javier Santiago. Mr. Robinson pleaded guilty in September of last year and is serving 10 to 11 years for the shooting.
As Mr. Pierre entered the courtroom today he flashed a smile while family members of Mr. Santiago teared up.
As part of the plea agreement, Mr. Pierre will serve 9 to 10 years for his role in the killing and 3 to 4 years concurrently for two firearms violations.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph A. Quinlan said that despite a thorough investigation by Worcester Police, "the lack of cooperation of countless participants who clearly knew who the shooters were" stymied the case.
Court records show the shooting was the culmination of a inter-gang conflict that began about 30 minutes beforehand. Javon Rodriguez and another teen got off a school bus in front of City Hall and agreed to fight in an alley off Franklin Street, Mr. Quinlan said. Several others, including Mr. Santiago and one of his friends, followed the pair into the alley to watch. When Mr. Rodriguez pulled a knife, the other man backed off, the assistant district attorney said.
Later the groups reconverged on City Hall Plaza. It was at this time that Mr. Robinson and Mr. Pierre showed up and joined the Kilby gang members, the prosecutor said.
Within minutes of their arrival, Mr. Pierre handed Mr. Robinson a handgun wrapped in a sock and Mr. Robinson fired the fatal round, Mr. Quinlan said. He was in full cardiac arrest when he was taken to St. Vincent Hospital nearby, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, according to Mr. Quinlan. The assistant district attorney said an autopsy revealed that Mr. Santiago died from a single gunshot wound and that the bullet entered his arm and penetrated his chest, causing fatal injuries to his lungs and aorta.


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Tom Daley and Matthew Mitcham compete in the Men's 10m Platform Diving Preliminary on Day 14 of the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Aquatics Centre on Friday (August 10) in London, England.
The 18-year-old British diver and the 24-year-old Aussie favorite both made it through to the semi-finals, as well as American diver David Boudia.
Matthew, one of the few openly gay Olympians, came in ninth and easily made it through to the next round. He won the gold medal in this event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Tom finished in fifteenth place while David narrowly made the cutoff, finishing in eighteenth and gaining the final spot in the semi-finals. Check back to find out who makes it to the finals!
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I am trying to install tAzure custom components which I downloaded it from https://exchange.talend.com/ in Talend 6.2 enterprise edition on my machine. Configurtion -
OS - Windows 7.0 SP 1, 64 bit
I created a dedicate folder for it and unzip it there. Under Windows -> Preference -> Components -> <added user component path>
PFA component folder structure.
I checked in the pallete and it is not present there.
I already follow the same article and did some troubleshooting but with no success. For few components, *_end.javajet is missing.
If this is the issue, how can I fix this? If this is not, Can you please check what's the exact issue?
Do we have stable tAzure components?
You have executed the right steps for the import. There may be a small mistake somewhere.
By the way, Talend 6.3 already support connectivity to Azure Blob Storage. And with the next version (6.4), we will extend to Azure Data Lake Store.
Can you clarify which Azure storage service you are targeting and for what ?
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I am using Talend 6.2.1 version. I am trying to create spark job, for this I configured spark and at the time to access files from Azure I need either tHDFS or tAzureBlobConnector. When I tried to configure tHDFS, talend suggest whatever configuration I did is for Azure Blob storage.
Do I need to configure tHDFS or tAzureBlobConnector while accessing file using tfileInputDelimited.
Please check my second post in this thread and check file structure. I think, that structure miss *end.javajet file.


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Spare some change for an old vet?
Mimicking the British Special Air Service (S.A.S.) in 1979, the US decided
to form their own elite special forces unit, dubbed Delta Force. Made up of
an amalgam of various other military squads (Army Rangers, 82nd Airborne and
Green Berets), this new unit was to serve as an overseas Commando and Counter-Terrorist
team specializing in hostage rescue in the nation's most sensitive military
If this doesn't sound like the making of a big, nerdy, military video game,
I don't know what does.
Delta Force: Land Warrior is the third installment of
Delta Force madness from Novalogic, the people that brought us the space
flight game, Tachyon. As a typical first-person Shooter,
Land Warrior will send players off on 30 missions to eliminate dozens
of enemy soldiers. Unfortunately, this new DF cuisine turns out a flavor
that is bland and ubiquitous to a fault. I guess someone forgot to throw in
the spice.
The DF games have always had somewhat of a cult following. Although
they are really fun (mostly in the multiplayer games), the DF series
has never commanded the kind of acclaim or attention that other military based
titles like Rainbow Six have seen.
This has been due to the limited degree of technology used in the DF
games. The word, young readers, is "voxels."
So what, pray tell, are voxels? Voxels are pixels that appear 3D in a three-dimensional
space. This is what allows the DF games to have an open-ended playing
field. In any area in any DF game, virtual soldiers can travel forever
in any direction. While this is an impressive feather in the Delta Force
hat, the hat is old and outdated, as are the graphics in DF: Land Warrior.
In Land Warrior, Novalogic decided to change things up a bit. The voxel
backgrounds and vegetation make a return, but a new 3D engine is thrown into
the mix. This engine is a hybrid of polygons and the long-range vista voxels.
The result is a much-improved visual experience.
The cost is hefty loading times. The loading time in the previous DF
games was negligible, but now on my 700MHz, GeForce 2 equipped Imhotep gaming
rig, the loading drags on much longer than it should for a PC game on a decent
Like all the previous versions of DF, Land Warrior features both
single-player missions and campaigns as well as a burly multiplayer mode. The
missions are very typical for military games of this style. Whether they are
alone or in a small unit, Delta Force operatives will find themselves
rescuing hostages, seeking, destroying, and extracting classified documents
and performing the occasional Solid Snake-style black-op. Just grab a few weapons
from the long, geeky list of military firepower (the G11 is particularly cool)
and "prepare for insertion."
Even though they sound exciting, I found these missions to be mildly entertaining
at best, due largely to the AI. The artificial intelligence is something other
than intelligent. Enemies will try to shoot you through solid metal walls. The
game does allow various gun types to penetrate wood and other soft materials,
but in programming this, it seems now the opponents try to shoot through all
objects. Whoops!
There is a toggle to raise the enemy AI, but it doesn't help much. Turn the
AI up and now some of the villains won't make this same inane attempt.
Whatever happened to flanking and attacking from all sides? Often, it's just
my lone character out there mowing down dozens of stupid enemy soldiers that
don't seek cover and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a Range Rover,
much less hit a moving target with a wee little bullet.
world is somewhat persistent. Enemy armories can be looted for a quick weapon
change and the birds that fly around overhead can be targeted and executed.
This adds greatly to the realism.
But what detracts from such are the empty, unfurnished indoor environments.
In any given room you may find a crate, a desk, maybe a bunk-bed and one lone
soldier fully armed laying on the ground poised for battle.
The fast, fun multiplayer is what has kept the DF series alive. By logging
into Novalogic, up to 50 soldiers can participate in Cooperative, Deathmatch,
Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, King of the Hill, and Attack & Defend games
as well as a few others.
So far, the maps that are offered tend to be too large for the relatively small
number of players. In Delta Force 2, 50 players was more than enough,
but now these maps are just too spacious. You'll find yourself travelling for
what appears to be miles without spotting a single soldier to shoot. This is
lame, but there is a notice from Novaworld (Novalogic's game server) stating
that full Novaworld service for DF: Land Warrior will be up at a later
date. Hopefully this means new, more confined maps.
At any rate, DF military savants may find this version too tempting
to pass up. The true-to-life weaponry and all the esoteric military jargon could
pull in many wannabe soldiers. But frankly, Novalogic's familiar temptress in
a new dress isn't as eye-catching as some of the more sophisticated and popular
companions available to gamers today (ie: Rainbow Six, Counter Strike
or the upcoming Team Fortress 2). The hardcore FPS players who value
depth and pretty graphics won't want to drop their anchors and become Land


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GREAT FALLS, Mont. – A program changing recruit has signed with the University of Providence women's soccer program and she is only 11-years-old. Through a non-profit call Team IMPACT, the Lady Argos have officially made Keira Richards, a local soccer player with cystic fibrosis, an official member of the team with a full press conference and signed letter of intent.
"It's one of the biggest signings in our program's history," Head Coach Brian Clarke said. "Hopefully we can help the quality of her life by her joining our program, but in turn, I also feel like she's going to have a huge impact on our program. What she brings with her energy, and also with all the things she has to deal with each day, really brings some perspective for our college athletes."
Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit that connects children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses with the support system of a college sports team. Through the Team IMPACT, CF Project sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, children who have CF, like Keira are drafted onto local college athletic teams and become an official member of the team to support the child's physical, social and emotional needs. By being a part of the University of Providence Women's Soccer program, Keira will attend Argos practices, games, team dinners, events, and more.
While the signing just happened, the process had already begun months ago when Keira became part of the Lady Argo bench for the team's last few home games.
"I had a soccer practice after they told me and I was like 'I get to sit on the bench with the Argo team!' and everybody was like 'Wait, why?' and I was like, 'I don't know. They just asked me.' I was pretty excited" Keira said. "It was too bad that it was a little later in the season because they didn't have that many games in Great Falls, but luckily there are more seasons."
Her presence on the bench was no mere token, as she was one of the most vocal team members on the sideline and became a voice the team responded to. Her impact was part of the team's winning record at home which played a crucial role in UP making the Cascade Collegiate Conference playoffs.
"She is vibrant. Her first time on the bench I thought 'who keeps yelling?' and then realized 'oh yea, its Keira'. The girls fed off of it," Clarke said. "When she wasn't there the team kept asking 'where's Keira? Where's that energy?' and you could definitely tell a difference. They connected with her right away."
With TV cameras, a whole soccer team, and other members of the university and Great Falls community surrounding her in the McLaughlin Center gym, Keira said her signing day was exciting but also nerve-wracking. She didn't show it though, handling a situation that makes most adults nervous with the poise, enthusiasm, and joy that has already endeared her to the team.
"It was exciting because that finally means that I'm part of the team," Keira said of signing her letter of intent. "This team is amazing. They all are just so wonderful. It's just so fun just going out to the bench with them, and sitting with them, and have a conversation with them, and cheering for the team."
The connection between the Richards family and UP soccer goes even further back than this past fall. UP's leading scorer, sophomore forward Eme McLaughlin, is friends with the family and has known Keira since she was born. When McLaughlin saw Keira's mom, Rebecca Richards, at a local fair, Richards brought up the program to McLaughlin and said that Keira is signed up with Team IMPACT but had yet to be placed with a team.
"I told Coach Brian that we need to do this. That I had known Keira since she was a baby, that she's an awesome kid, and that we definitely need to take advantage of this opportunity. So he did and he got things done," McLaughlin said. "She's tougher than I am and tougher than most people I know. The things she has to go through day in and day out, and dealing with things that I can't even imagine – she's an amazing little girl."
Keira is one of 30,000 cystic fibrosis patients in the United States and was diagnosed with the progressive genetic disease soon after she was born. Despite the daily regiments that living with the disease requires, including over an hour of respiratory therapy a day to help her breath and over 40 pills a day to help her digestive system, Rebecca Richards said she and her husband Dave want Keira to live as normal a life as possible. That includes signing her up for sports and dance and other activities. Soccer is the one that stuck.
"To be a part of the Argo soccer team is going to be pretty huge, I think, for her," Rebecca Richards said. "What Eme has done and what Brian and the team have done is just amazing. It's kind of hard to put it into words. It's been pretty great."
The signing ended with Keira serving her new role as the program's motivator, leading the team in their traditional team huddle chant: "One, two, three, ARGOS!"
11-Year-Old CF Patient Keira Richards Signs with Lady Argo Soccer
A program changing recruit has signed with the University of Providence women's soccer program and she is only 11-years-old.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – A program changing recruit has signed with the University of Providence women's soccer program and she is only 11-years-old. Through a non-profit call Team IMPACT, the Lady Argos have officially made Keira Richards, a local soccer player with cystic fibrosis, an official member of the team with a full press conference and signed letter of intent.
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Southern California lifeguard Rick Carlson (Sam Elliott) has a real passion for his work, but, when he attends a high school reunion, he begins to feel that his peers have accomplished more than he has. He begins a romance with his former sweetheart, Cathy (Anne Archer), who is now a single mother with a young son. As their relationship progresses, Rick becomes even more confused about his life choices, and he starts to wonder if he should leave the beach behind and become a white-collar man.
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My first BCR column is now available: Web 2.0's Place in the Enterprise. The article covers enterprise views, adoption trends, and concerns around Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 applications.
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Great article, Irwin!
You've outlined a lot of the complexities surrounding the application of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise. I have a couple of other angles for you to think about.
First, I've been classifying Web 2.0 services by their affinity to Personality Types based on Learning Styles. Think of it as the Web 2.0 takes a Myers Briggs test:
Next, there is an interesting set of characteristics your internal information needs to take on if you want your internal Web 2.0 (Intranet) to have all the power of the World Wide Web 2.0:
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Music, food, fun and sun were among the things offered yesterday at South Bethlehem's Merchant Fair.
John Saraceno, an owner of Saraceno and Sayre Design Co. and a fair organizer, said the purpose of the fair was to "show off" the South Side to both visitors and residents. He said about 50 area businesses helped to organize it on E. 3rd and E 4th streets from Brodhead to Webster Street.


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It's been almost two months since the flood took its toll on Brisbane's riverside residential and business precinct. The volunteers and the television coverage have moved on as we continue with the repairs and renovations. It needn't be a daunting or expensive task, but it is always best to plan ahead.
Here are a few tips for stretching the budget further without burning a hole in your pocket.
Instead of buying new furniture, a good coat of paint or stain-varnish can be a great solution to old or damaged furniture. For items a bit more scuffed or dented you could go for the antique look. Sand the wood back, then rub shoe polish over a few times and finish with furniture wax.
Cushions are also a great way to resurrect many furniture items. If you have a knack for sewing, why not attempt custom made covers, mismatched patters and colours are the latest rage. Just think how impressed your friends or staff will be when they discover the 'new furniture' is actually the 'old furniture'… post facelift!
Repainting the office interior? Consider incorporating your company colours within the colour scheme. You can pick up various size blank canvases on the cheap these days. Get staff involved in creating their own artworks using corporate colours or the company logo. Plants are also a cheap and effective way of filling empty spaces.
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Summer is here and its bounties of fruits and vegetables are all around. There's no better time to shop the produce aisles, farmers markets and roadside stands than during the peak of summer. While you are filling up on produce for your kitchen, remember that they can also be used as natural and effective beauty products.
If you find yourself with an abundance of fresh produce, here are our three favorite ways to add fruits and veggies to our beauty routine:
Avocado Hair Mask – We know that avocados are filled with healthy fats that can help your skin look its best, but these little green gems can also help smooth and shine your dry, summer-damaged hair.
To create a DIY hair mask, smash the insides of two avocados with two teaspoons of olive oil and mix well. To use, wash hair and towel dry. Then apply the mixture to clean, wet hair and cover with shower cap. Let it soak into your strands for up to 30 minutes. Rinse well and style as normal.
Lemon Skin Aid – When life hands you lemons, make lemonade and use the leftovers as a natural skin brightener and exfoliator! For those with rough, darkly pigmented elbows, lemons provide an all natural brightening and de-flaking treatment.
To give new life to rough, dull elbows, take a fresh lemon and cut it in half. Place both halves on a table, sit down and stick your elbows into the lemons. Relax for 5 to 10 minutes. Then rinse the area well and follow up with rich body lotion like our KP Duty moisturizing therapy. The lemon will naturally exfoliate and brighten the problematic skin. Repeat every few days as needed.
Cucumber Spa Treatment – No matter the treatment you are receiving at a spa – there is one constant: refreshing cucumber slices placed over the eyes. Cucumbers are a natural anti-inflammatory and combined with their coolness, can help soothe puffy eyes. Additionally, their high water content helps moisturize the eye area.
To soothe your tired, puffy eyes, take a chilled, pesticide-free cucumber and wash well. Slice off two, half inch slices and find a comfortable spot to lie down. Close your eyes and place the cucumbers over your eyes for about 10 to 15 minutes. After your relaxing moment, rinse the eye area with cool water and apply a soothing eye cream. We recommend Wrinkle Revenge rescue & protect eye balm to tighten skin and reduce dark circles and puffiness.
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This is a temporary role working with the Buckingshire Police for initially 3 months but could be extended . Working hours Mon - Fri, 37 hours per week, 08am til 4pm.
The overall purpose of the role is to evaluate the information recorded on police systems and provide confidential written reports to Social Services.
Main responsibilities to include:
In order to assist with the decision making process for protection of children and young persons, undertake full secondary investigation, interrogate all relevant databases, and paper files as appropriate.
Under the guidance of the Referral & Safeguarding Sergeant produce reports for each case where an Initial Conference or a Review Meeting is called
Following a Case Conference determine outcomes to ensure:
Appropriate updates are made to relevant force systems including Control rooms; CEDAR etc
Maintain and update the databases on cases involving children and adults.
Ensure addresses are 'flagged' on the command and control system with details of children and families subject to a Child Protection Plan.
Maintain spreadsheet record of all Child protection conferences for audit and performance measurement purposes and supply copy to Referral & Safeguarding Sergeant.
To receive minutes from case conferences and file / record them appropriately and upload them to Livelink.
Maintain filing system (Livelink) & undertake routine administrative duties such as filing, photocopying etc
Skills and experience required:
Excellent report writing skills
Able to prioritise, organise own workload and work on own initiative
Possess the confidence to evaluate sensitive and confidential information and make decisions in a high pressure environment where accuracy and thoroughness is vital.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to forge positive relationships at all levels both in and outside the organisation
Proven ability to undertake research and analyse information
Proven ability to operate in a secure, confidential environment and to recognise sensitive information and deal appropriately
Previous recent experience in the field of Child Protection /PVP issues. Clear grasp of Child Protection processes and experience of inter-agency and partnership work and networking


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Fourth-grader Jay Park does not like the way the floor trembles when somebody walks down the aisle of his portable classroom at Verde Elementary School.
``It bounces up and down every time somebody walks by,`` he said.
His teacher Cheryl Sansone is bothered by the echo that resounds through the room when she is giving her lessons.
``The acoustics are terrible,`` she said.
``You have to go to another building to go to the bathroom,`` complained 9- year-old Chad Sclove, another student at the school west of Boca Raton.
Portable classrooms are a part of almost every school campus in Palm Beach County, where despite a classroom building boom, new students are enrolling faster than new schools are being built.
New schools are crowded past capacity from the moment they open their doors, a condition that school officials predict will persist for years to come.
Portables give breathing room to students in crowded schools. They help keep class sizes to acceptable levels, even when schools are over capacity.
School officials are looking for a new type of portables, which they hope will be better and cheaper than the ones they are using now.
It costs just as much to build and install a portable classroom as it does to build a permanent one, said Ken Schrimsher, associate superintendent of schools.


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Mikael 'Mike' Olsson is a web entrepreneur, author and student of life. He enjoys teaching, traveling, writing books and creating sites that summarize various fields of interest. His books and sites are focused on teaching their subjects in the most efficient way possible, by explaining only what is relevant and practical without any unnecessary repetition or theory. He is the creator of Siforia and author of the Handbook of book series.
About the Company
Siforia is a one man project aimed at contributing a massive amount of value through a collection of themed e-learning library sites and books. These works contain summaries of various fields that Mike is interested in. They are created so as to include everything that is both important and relevant to the fields. Mike's goal with the project is to reach financial independence – to build a passive income that is higher than his daily expenses.
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The Web Entrepreneur's Journal – WebEnterpriser.com – is the work blog for the Siforia Project. The purpose of this blog is to outline the steps and strategies employed by Mike as a web entrepreneur to reach his goal of financial independence.


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Attributes to be Evaluated
During 2010, ADEA surveyed program directors in all advanced dental education disciplines to ascertain the most important qualities they seek in successful applicants and their reliance on certain applicant characteristics when evaluating candidates for admission at each of three stages of assessment: initial review, interview invitation, and final selection.
Advanced Education in General Dentistry/General Practice Residency
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Pediatric Dentistry
ADEA PASS applicants may want to consider these qualities when deciding whom to ask for a Professional Evaluation, and evaluators may find this information useful when composing their evaluations.
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Date Night with Teddy
I had a friend once who had what I considered the luxury of taking each of his kids out for a "Date Night" every week. I thought it was a great idea at the time but really didn't have any cool options for things to do since my kids were so young. Well, now that they're potty trained, it's a lot easier. This blog about a night out with Teddy (now 11) is from a couple years ago but just never got posted. It was less of a date night and more of a kid's night for him since he got to hang with kids his own age, but for a homeschooled kid, that's quite a night out.
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Teddy has been dying to climb the rock wall since we joined the YMCA last week but it is only open from 4-8pm. The same goes for the big kids' club where they can play pool & Wii games with other kids from ages 7-12.
Our solution, Teddy's Night Out.
I took Teddy out to the Y last night where he climbed 3 areas (of 4) on the rock wall and then spent two hours hanging out in the big kids' club. He played some pool and a little Wii and had a great night while I worked at a table in the lobby.


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Seven-year-old Indian girl Kura Nitya cries 'tears' of stone
Physicians in India have been left shocked after discovering seven-year-old Kura Nitya cries stones from her eyes.
According to a local newspaper, Kura has been excreting stones from her right eye for the last two weeks but doctors are not sure what is causing the phenomenon.On average the young girl weeps between 12 to 25 stones a day. Nitya says she doesn't feel any pain but her right eye swells before the stones drop out.Her grandfather Gopal Reddy says he first noticed the strange happenings in October. 'Initially, we thought it was some divine power and prayed to God for this phenomenon to stop,' he told the Star online.The girl's parents have seen several different specialists but none have had an answer.Ophthalmologist Dr Kalyan Chakaravarthy said Nitya was healthy and he could find no reason as to why she was weeping stones.The stones have been kept for medical tests.


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Pecan, (Carya illinoinensis, or illinoensis), nut and tree of the walnut family (Juglandaceae), native to temperate North America. The tree occasionally reaches a height of about 50 m (160 feet) and a trunk diameter of 2 m. It has a deeply furrowed bark and compound leaves with 9–17 finely toothed leaflets, arranged in feather fashion. The male flowers form hanging catkins; the female flowers are arranged in tight clusters at the ends of the shoots. At maturity the fleshy hulls of the short-clustered fruits dry, split along suture lines, and separate into four approximately equal sections, thus gradually freeing the nuts. The nuts have brown, mottled shells, varying greatly in thickness; their size varies from 100 to 500 per kg (45 to 225 per pound), and their shape from long and cylindrical with pointed apex to short and roundish.
Rich and distinctive in flavour and texture, the pecan has one of the highest fat contents of any vegetable product and a caloric value close to that of butter. Its production is the basis of a considerable industry in the southeastern United States. The pecan may be eaten raw, sweetened or salted. It is widely used in pastries, such as coffee cakes, and often in conjunction with chocolate. In the southeastern United States the pecan pie, consisting of pecans baked in a clear custard, and the pecan praline candy are traditional sweets.
Native pecan trees occur in the United States (near the Rio Grande in Texas, and in Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, and occasionally Alabama). Limited cultivation of grafted varieties had begun in Louisiana by 1847; some important varieties were introduced before 1890. Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi are today the most important producers of grafted pecan nuts. The pecan has been introduced into many countries; it is cultivated to a limited extent in Australia and South Africa.


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Renewable Fuel Standard delay 'a mixed blessing,' Bustos says
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U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Illinois, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement Nov. 21 on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that they will delay issuing a new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule in 2014:
"Today's announcement from the EPA that they will delay issuing a new Renewable Fuel Standard rule this year is a mixed blessing. While those who support their families through our region's biofuels industry deserve certainty, it is my hope that this delay will allow the EPA to change course from their devastating initial proposal. The proposed rule not only has the potential to hurt Illinois farmers, rural communities and our state's economy, but needlessly boost gas prices and increase our dependence on foreign oil. I will continue to fight for the health of our region's economy and our nation's energy security by standing with both Democrats and Republicans in support of biofuels in the coming weeks and months."
Bustos has been a strong supporter of Illinois biofuels, toured ethanol facilities in the region and recognizes the important role the industry plays in rural economies. In January, Bustos led a bipartisan group of 30 members of Congress in sending a letter to the EPA expressing concern with the proposed RFS Rule and met with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to personally share her concerns and the concerns of her constituents. Bustos also met with senior officials at the White House to discuss the importance of the RFS in April and protested the EPA proposal on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) President Richard Guebert Jr. issued the following statement on the EPA's delay in finalizing the 2014 volumes for the RFS program:
"If nothing else, EPA's decision to further delay its release of the 2014 RFS volumes reflects the strong opposition of Illinois Farm Bureau members critical of a flawed proposal that would have reduced the amount of renewable fuels blended in the nation's motor fuel supply for the first time since the RFS was enacted.
"While this is not the outcome we wanted, IFB acknowledges that the administration took our members' concerns into account and recognized the need to go back to the drawing board," Guebert added. "In the coming year, IFB will continue to advocate for a strong RFS that increases volumes, advances the industry and takes into account the incredible economic, energy security and environmental benefits that biofuels provide.
"IFB appreciates the efforts this year of several members of our congressional delegation — strong biofuels supporters — who circulated and signed letters, initiated meetings, and raised objections to the EPA's misguided rule," Guebert said.
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Why One Should Never Stare
She didn't know his name, but he had the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen in her life. They were a dark blue hue tinged in a darker green. They were lovely.
Almost as lovely as the word lovely.
However he wouldn't talk to her, he would just stare at her whenever they were near each other.
It was most disconcerting.
Especially because she didn't like being stared at, even if the person had the most beautiful eyes she'd ever seen.
She attempted to speak to him once, to ask why he stared at her and she wasn't very surprised when he didn't say anything.
He merely smiled secretively and brushed past her.
She wasn't surprised, but she didn't like it either.
She knew he wasn't mute, she'd heard his voice before, slightly scratchy and deep, a nice voice.
So why didn't he speak to her? It made her self-conscious when people stared at her, and then on top of that wouldn't speak to her?
It was irritating, and she didn't take irritation well.
So one morning, while she was eating breakfast at a diner and he was outside, staring at her, she stared back.
It was a staring competition to end all staring competitions.
Of course, since he was very skilled in the art of staring, she lost.
But the staring competition wasn't the only thing she lost.
Placing down her knife, she stood up and calmly walked outside.
She asked him, again, why he didn't talk to her, and when he didn't reply, she stabbed him with her fork.
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Honestly. I think I (subconsciously) want to fail my exams, I have two days of study before my American Politics exam and instead of cramming I'm writing strange, strange pieces...
I took the preview of Rocked ch. 28 down, I felt it detracted from the overall impact of this piece. But if you want it, just ask. :D


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D.J. Banovitz' career has always concentrated on trial practice and he has litigated hundreds of cases. His passion and sole career focus has been to seek justice for people suffering from personal injuries as the result of someone else's negligence. The hallmark of the Law Office of D.J. Banovitz, is the total commitment to professionalism, quality, and personalized care of your injury case.
D.J. has dedicated his professional life to helping those most in need and is a proud and active member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. His experience includes volunteering for Colorado Rural Legal Services in Montrose, the Colorado Aids Project, consumer law, family law, criminal defense, and Alternative Defense Counsel for juveniles in Denver.
D.J. Banovitz was born in Chicago, Illinois. At age 7 on a family ski trip, he determined to make Colorado his home. After graduating from Colorado State University in 1990, he lived in the mountains for a year. Returning to Chicago for law school, he attended the John Marshall Law School, concentrated his studies on advanced trial advocacy and tort (injury) law, graduating in 1994.
J.D., John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
B.A., Political Science, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 1990
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Colorado, 1994
U.S. District Court of Colorado, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, 2004
U.S. District Court of North Carolina, 2003
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
Phi Gamma Delta