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LOUDON, N.H. — Kevin Harvick was stuck in a rut after so many empty seasons chasing a championship with Richard Childress Racing.
LOUDON, N.H. — Kevin Harvick was stuck in a rut after so many empty seasons chasing a championship with Richard Childress Racing.
"When you show up to the same desk for 12 or 13 years, you're like, 'Man, I need a new desk,"' Harvick said.
More like a new team.
So Harvick will swap the car, get a new work address, even change his number.
Just toss him a cooler — he's keeping the beer.
"Happy" Harvick will take his Budweiser sponsorship with him when he makes his long-awaited move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014. Harvick will have Budweiser on the No. 4 Chevrolet as the primary sponsor for 20 races in 2014.
"It was just me needing to rejuvenate myself," Harvick said Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Harvick's move had been brewing since he made the decision last year to bolt the RCR team that hired him in 1999. He's made the most of his lame duck season, with two wins and eight straight top-10s in the No. 29 to park him in fourth place in the points standings.
For many reasons, including a close friendship with Tony Stewart, Harvick is set to move on.
So is Ryan Newman.
Harvick's arrival means one driver in the SHR stable had to go. Newman's time is up after this season. Stewart, Harvick and Danica Patrick will drive the SHR entries next season.
"We're not ready to expand to a fourth team," Stewart said. "That's what's made this a bittersweet day. I'm bringing in another one of my friends to the organization, also knowing that I'm losing a friend at the end of the year. ... This was a business decision."
Newman has won three Cup races in five seasons with SHR after leaving Penske Racing following the 2008 season. Stewart told Newman in a 20-minute conversation Wednesday night that he was out.
"I do not know what my future holds. I have no idea," Newman said. "That's something that weighs on my shoulders. I have a little homework to do. I can't say I'm happy with how everything unfolded."
Newman, 16th in the points race, could fill the empty seat at RCR. Kurt Busch, who drives for Furniture Row Racing, is a potential candidate along with Childress' grandson, Austin Dillon. Childress has Paul Menard and Jeff Burton under contract. He could just replace Harvick or add a fourth car.
Busch, whose team has a technical alliance with RCR, simply said he has "irons in the fire" for next season.
Childress is openly grooming his organization for his grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillon, who are currently competing in NASCAR's lower national levels.
Harvick and Patrick are attractive to SHR because they bring the guaranteed sponsorship dollars needed to fund rides in the Cup series. Budweiser also will sponsor Harvick at the Budweiser Duel during Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. Budweiser will serve as a major associate sponsor for the remaining races on the Sprint Cup Series schedule. Harvick did not know if sponsors Jimmy John's and Rheem would join him at SHR.
Harvick has represented Budweiser since 2011. Bud has been a staple in the Cup Series dating back to its sponsorship of Terry Labonte's No. 44 Chevrolet at Stratograph Racing in 1983. Budweiser has celebrated a championship and nearly 60 wins in NASCAR's elite division with the likes of Darrell Waltrip, Geoff Bodine, Bill Elliott, Kenny Schrader, Ricky Craven, Wally Dallenbach, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne and Harvick.
"We didn't want to go through our fourth driver in seven, eight years and build up new equity with a new driver," Blaise D'Sylva, vice president of media, sports and entertainment marketing, Anheuser-Busch, said. "Kevin's done a great job during that space."
D'Sylva said Childress put some "very attractive" offers on the table to remain with RCR. But, after surveying NASCAR fans and Budweiser drinkers, the company found there was as a strong, successful connection between the driver and the brand. So they'll stick with him.
"He been a winner and he has shown an amazing level of commitment to the brand," D'Sylva said by phone.
Harvick has 21 Cup wins, 96 top-fives and 198 top-10 finishes in his career. He's been with RCR in the Cup series since he replaced Dale Earnhardt after his fatal crash in the 2001 Daytona 500. He's made the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship the last three seasons.
But the inconsistency and inability to win a Cup title with RCR had been frustrating for Harvick, and led to a revolving door of crew chiefs on the No. 29 the last several years. As Harvick went winless through the first 34 points races last year, it made sense to look around even though his contract ran through 2013.
"It was just something that we knew we wanted to do and we left it up to our people to try to make it all work," Harvick said.


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Fox News personalities aggressively promote Bachmann's protest against health care reform bill
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In recent days, following its pattern of advocacy, Fox News and its personalities' have repeatedly promoted Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) November 5 anti-health care reform protest, to be held on Capitol Hill and in the halls of Congress. Fox News has previously promoted numerous other rallies such as the April 15 tea party protests, health care town hall protests, and the 9-12 march on Washington.
Bachmann called for "House Call" protest to advocate for defeat of health care reform bill
From Bachmann's November 2 press release calling "on the American People to Bring the Town Hall to Washington":
"This bill is a trillion-dollar, budget-busting, government takeover of our health care system. It will put bureaucrats between people and their health care. It will lead to rationed care, hurting the most vulnerable amongst us first. It will break the bank, leaving our children to pay the bill with diminished freedoms and dwindling prosperity.
"The American people need to stand up again and make sure that Congress hears them this time. Speaker Pelosi is putting her bill on fast track to a vote - and it remains to be seen if the House will even get a chance to vote on the commonsense Republican alternatives. The people need to make a House Call on Washington this week and tell their Representatives to vote no to a government take-over of one-fifth of our economy. This is gangster government at its worst.
"I urge all Americans to come to Washington this Thursday. Come and meet up with your Representative and tell them that you want to control your health care."
Fox News and its personalities repeatedly promoted Bachmann's anti-health care reform protest
Fox News' Napolitano: Bachmann "wants your help in the fight." Guest hosting for Glenn Beck on November 4, Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano stated that Bachmann is "fighting Democrats on the constitutionality of a national takeover of health care, and she wants your help in the fight." Napolitano hosted Bachmann to promote the protest and said, "Tell us what's going on outside the Capitol building tomorrow to try and bring some sense to these big government types that want to regulate health care from Washington, DC." During the show Napolitano also asserted that a friend in the intelligence community "told me watch out for Mrs. Pelosi making the security requirements almost impossible to get to this rally. You guys have to watch out for that."
Bachman: "[W]e began this on Sean Hannity's show." Also during the November 4 Glenn Beck broadcast, Bachman further detailed her motivations to organize the protest, saying, "what we've done, and we began this on Sean Hannity's show, is just to - the only thing I know to do at this point to kill this bill is to ask and plead for real freedom-loving Americans to come to the steps of the US Capitol tomorrow."
Hannity was "told the crowd is going to be massive ... my only wish is I wish I could be there." Hannity stated on the November 4 edition of his Fox News program, "Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann announced on this program last Friday that at noon tomorrow - by the way anybody that wants to go, you can go to the nation's capitol - they're gonna have a press conference, and then, I hear there are gonna be a lot of people--thousands of people. Our cameras are gonna be there. We'll have full coverage on the program tomorrow night. But they're gonna walk into the Capitol, and they're gonna confront Congressmen and Senators." In response to a caller planning to attend Bachmann's protest, Hannity also stated on the November 4 edition of his radio show, "I can tell you, I am told the crowd is going to be massive, and my only wish is I wish I could be there. But I tell you what I decided to do, I'm sending one of my reporters down there to cover the entire thing, and we're gonna air it tomorrow night on Hannity."
Fox News contributor Gingrich pushes protest on twitter. On November 3 Newt Gingrich posted on his twitter feed, "Help stop the gov't take-over of health care. Join the Rally Thursday against Obama/PelosiCare." Gingrich also posted a "Reminder" about the protest on November 4.
Fox & Friends hosted Bachmann, promoted protest details. During the November 3 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson hosted Bachmann to talk about the protest, gave details of the protest to viewers, and urged viewers to access the program's website for more information on the protest. Carlson stated, "They can go to FoxandFriends.com; we'll link it to your website."
Hannity: "I hope a lot of people can make it out." During the November 3 edition of his radio show, Hannity hosted Mark Levin to promote the protest, at which Levin is scheduled to speak. Hannity stated, "This is a last minute thing, and I know it's difficult for people to go to these things, especially at the time. It's noon on Thursday at the Capitol." He later added, "I hope a lot of people can make it out there, Mark."
Fox Nation promoted Bachmann protest. On its front page, accessed on November 3, Fox Nation promoted the protest, writing: "Bachmann Urges Confronting Lawmakers on Capitol Hill." Fox Nation included links of Bachmann promoting the protest on Fox News host Glenn Beck's radio program, and video of Bachmann on Fox & Friends. On November 5, Fox Nation featured the headline, "Will You Join Bachmann's 'House Call' Party?"
Beck: "We'll get the word out ... and we'll continue to have you make the pitch for people going to Washington, DC, noon this Thursday." On the November 2 edition of Glenn Beck's radio show, Bachmann stated, "I really believe, Glenn, if we can get good normal patriot, freedom loving Americans to D.C., converge at noon on Thursday on the capitol steps, and what we need to do is literally go into these members of Congress' offices, look in the whites of their eyes and tell them don't take away my healthcare, don't take away my freedom. Because once government gets this power, Glenn, they can use healthcare as cradle to grave, they can use that as a pretext for controlling every other aspect of our life." Beck stated at the end of the interview, "Michele, God bless you. We'll get the word out and let's have you on a little bit later on this week and we'll continue to have you make the pitch for people going to Washington, D.C., noon this Thursday, and look them in the whites of their eyes." Bachmann again promoted the protest on the November 4 edition of Beck's radio program.
Hannity: "Maybe I'll have to show up and observe ... democracy in action." Bachmann said during the October 30 edition of Hannity that the protest is "Thursday at noon," adding, "You can go to MicheleBachmann.com for more information and we can walk together through Cannon, Longworth, Rayburn, walk through the capital, sit in the gallery." Hannity replied: "Maybe I'll have to show up and observe this so our cameras can see democracy in action."
Fox News has repeatedly engaged in conservative advocacy by promoting protests
Fox News promoted April 15 tea parties. In the lead-up to the April 15 tea parties, which the channel repeatedly described as "FNC Tax Day Tea Parties," Fox News frequently aired segments publicizing and encouraging viewers to get involved with the protests. A Media Matters for America study found that from April 6 to 13, Fox News featured at least 20 segments on the "tea party" protests. A subsequent Media Matters study found that from April 6 to 15, Fox News aired at least 107 commercial promotions for its coverage of the April 15 tea parties.
Fox News promoted health care disruptions. Fox News promoted disruptions of Democratic town hall events by protesters opposed to health care reform -- protests that are touted by Republican leaders and supported by conservative groups. Following the August 2 disruption of a town hall event hosted by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Fox News personalities repeatedly lauded such protesters and urged viewers to take similar action.
Fox News promoted 9-12 protests. In the lead-up to the 9-12 protest, Beck's website worked with others organizing the September 12 "March on Washington," and he repeatedly encouraged viewers to attend the protest. Fox News also heavily promoted the Tea Party Express tour -- the final stop of which was the 9-12 protest -- on Fox News, Fox Business, the Fox Nation, and FoxNews.com.
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New Delhi: Bollywood continues to inspire fashion among youngsters, and if you're one among those who fancies Kareena Kapoor's outfits from Heroine, here's your chance to grab them online.
Apparel brand Jealous 21 joined hands with the Madhur Bhandarkar-film for creating its clothes range, inspired by Kareena's glamourous look. Now, online portal www.fashionara.com is opening up pre-orders for it.
In tune with the actress' get up, there are chic party dresses in colours ranging from white, yellow, black and blue, which are up for grabs.
"Movies allot a fair share of the market budget to online media. In addition, the web is relied upon heavily for word-of-mouth publicity and sales of movies and music. It is thus only natural that movie merchandising moves online," Arun Sirdeshmukh, CEO and co-founder, Fashionara, said in a statement.
"Particularly for categories like fashion, online retailers offer the quickest and most efficient route to getting merchandise to market," he added.
The collection will delight young shoppers, who love to mimic Bollywood.
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The recently founded Radical Comics has quickly become known for their mythological updated stories with beautifully painted artwork. Among one of their flagship books was Caliber: First Canon Of Justice, an adaptation of Arthurian myth and legend set in the Wild West. The five issue mini-series is now available as a hardcover collected volume graphic novel from Radical Comics.
In Caliber, vicious Cossacks are causing an uprising between the local Indian tribes and civilians so they can seize control. A half-Native American/Frenchman by the name of Jean Michel or "Whitefeather" (this story's Merlin) foresees the carnage, and sees that a man must wield the weapon Excaliber to bring peace, justice, and law to the land. This version of Excaliber though is no sword, but rather a gun that needs no bullets, but blasts with the power in the hands of a true soldier of justice. The young Arthur's father is a leader in the army, but a Cossack conspiracy leads to the death of Arthur's father, and Whitefeather goes into reclusivity until Excaliber's true owner emerges.
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In a time when comic book prices are high, you may feel the need to cut down on your weekly comic book spending; but that doesn't mean you have to cut down on your weekly comic book reading. There are comic book artists who have their work available online for your visual enjoyment.
The Shiga Books website refers to artist Jason Shiga who won the 2004 Eisner award for "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition". The site not only highlights Shiga's work, but also links the reader up with some of Jason's favorite web comics.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When it comes to social change, Kate Ortbal doesn't mind getting her hands dirty, whether that's in the dry clay of a rural village in Honduras or in the depths of computer databases at a nonprofit in Washington, D.C.
The Schreyer Honors College senior has brought that same dig-in-and-get-it-done approach to her academic pursuits. Ortbal chose not to study in an established program in just one of Penn State's academic colleges but instead brought together areas in two colleges -- Engineering and Agricultural Sciences -- to focus on social entrepreneurship.
"Being in Schreyer has played a big role in this," she said. "Because I'm in the SHC, people who have helped me along the way have had faith in my dedication and commitment to what I'm trying to do."
Ortbal got the idea after attending a conference at Yale about social entrepreneurship, a concept that most often takes the form of for-profit groups pushing for social improvements.
"The main goal of social entrepreneurship is to create social value, but there's also an emphasis on profitability and scalability," she said. "I loved this model and couldn't find a major at Penn State that focused on it, so I knew that if I wanted to be able to do exactly what I wanted, I would have to make my own curriculum."
Many of her classes initially fell within the Community, Environment, and Development (CED) major in the College of Agricultural Sciences, where she learned about international development, then she transitioned into the College of Engineering where she became involved in the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) certificate program. She has also taken classes within the business, economics and geography departments toward earning a Bachelor of Philosophy degree this spring.
"It's really incredible to have completely designed my own education," Ortbal said. "I knew what I wanted to learn, but this gave me a opportunity to meet the people who could make that happen."
However, it wasn't until she went to a rural community in Honduras over spring break of her sophomore year that she knew what she wanted her focus to be.
"I went to Honduras as a student interested in business, management or marketing," Ortbal said. "I came back interested in pushing social missions, and in that way, it really did change the path of what I was doing in school."
The trip to Honduras was her first to a developing country, and her goal was to work on building water systems in a community. Together with her Global Water Brigades team, she worked directly with local community members to figure out what kinds of water systems would work best for them.
"For Honduras, we figured out that it's often an issue of water quality and access, not availability," Ortbal said. "It's mountainous and there are many fresh water sources, but water flows freely and isn't piped into villages in an organized way, and by the time it gets to the village, it's not clean."
Knowing the situation in the community, the team identified water sources, dug trenches and laid pipes that would take water into the community. Then, they installed taps in the community that would allow citizens to access the water.
In the process, Ortbal learned a lot about how to identify a community's needs and use her own resources to help others.
"I realized how privileged I really am, personally and academically, being able to go to a place like Penn State," she said. "I started thinking about how I could leverage some of that privilege in order to create social value and contribute to improve the lives of other people."
Last year, Ortbal was the president of Penn State's Global Water Brigades chapter. Over the 2012 winter break, she organized a trip to Africa and took 20 students from State College to Ghana, where the group installed rainwater collectors.
In contrast to her trip to Honduras, in which she was only doing manual labor, the trip to Ghana required Ortbal to take on a lot of organizational responsibilities, too.
"I truly believe that businesses don't just have to be confined to creating economic value, but that they can create social value, too. The most important thing to me is to be in a position where I can help do that."
-- Schreyer Scholar Kate Ortbal
Ortbal had to coordinate the relationships between and among Global Brigades, Global Water Brigades, Penn State, the university's travel department, student health services and the U.S. Embassy. She also had to make sure everyone got their visas, didn't get sick, and actually made it onto the plane both to Africa and back to State College.
"The mission was great, and being on the ground was great, but the managerial thing was its own challenge," she said. "Everything seems easy until it's your job, whether your job is to be a student participating in this kind of experience or if your job is to be an organizer coordinating an event of this scale.
"It was a great experience to be able to see it from both sides."
Last summer, Ortbal got a taste of the same kind of organizational challenges, but this time it was in a professional setting.
She interned at Ashoka Innovators for the Public, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., whose website provides a platform for entrepreneurs to share information about their products.
"Think of it like Facebook for social startups," she said.
In her role, Ortbal worked on the product team to figure out the best way to display startups' information on Ashoka's website to encourage people-to-people connections.
"It was an incredible internship, and I couldn't have done it without Schreyer," Ortbal said. "It was their grant that allowed me to take the internship in the first place."
For her honors thesis, Ortbal focused on the importance of effective products and business processes, looking specifically at why social ventures in developing countries fail and how that could be changed. Her goal is to come up with an empathy-based tool that helps new social entrepreneurs identify their stakeholders, determine their venture's touch-points, and create innovative market-penetration strategies.
"The tool will function like a customer journey map -- it looks at a stakeholder's experience not just in the process of purchasing a product, but before they get it and after, essentially to see how they interact with it and what value it offers them," Ortbal said. "The goal is to be able to map how people interact with a product and figure out how to make it work best for them."
After graduating, Ortbal will be working with the HESE program to expand its existing affordable greenhouse venture to Sierra Leone. She will be relocating to Makeni, Sierra Leone, for 13 months starting in June and will be working with HESE's partner, World Hope International, to get the greenhouse venture up and running.
"I truly believe that businesses don't just have to be confined to creating economic value, but that they can create social value, too," she said. "The most important thing to me is to be in a position where I can help do that."
Long term, Ortbal has a clear idea of what her dream job would look like: running her own innovation consultancy that would help NGOs or companies implement efficient and effective social solutions.
"I get really excited when I think about the moment when 'more' -- more sales, more production or more profit -- can be replaced with 'better' -- better products, better lives or better livelihoods," she said. "I'm really just trying to get people behind that."


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When Shadow Moon is released from prison a few days early, following the death of his wife, he meets the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday and is conscripted into his employ as bodyguard.
As Mr. Wednesday begins recruitment for the coming battle, Shadow Moon travels with him to Chicago, and agrees to a very high stakes game of checkers with the old Slavic god, Czernobog.
Shadow questions the terms of his employment when Mr. Wednesday informs him of his plan to rob a bank (because, naturally, every army needs a source of funding).
Alternating between the past and the present, Laura's life and death are explored—how she met Shadow, how she died, and how exactly she came to be sitting on the edge of his motel room bed.
Trying to work things out with his dead and unfaithful wife, Shadow's emotional reunion is interrupted when he and Mr. Wednesday are kidnapped by the New Gods.
On the run after the New Gods' show of force, Shadow and Mr. Wednesday seek safe haven with one of Mr. Wednesday's oldest friends, Vulcan, God of the Fire and the Forge.
Her brief reunion with Shadow over far too quickly, Laura turns to an unlikely travel companion to find her way back to life, and back to Shadow. Mad Sweeney's long, winding, and often tragic past is explored.
On the eve of war, Mr. Wednesday must recruit one more Old God: Ostara, né Easter, Goddess of the Dawn But winning her over will require making a good impression, and that is where Mr. Nancy comes in.
When Shadow Moon is released from prison, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday and a storm begins to brew. Left adrift by the recent death of his wife, Shadow is hired as Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard. He finds himself in a hidden world where magic is real, where the Old Gods fear irrelevance and the growing power of the New Gods, and where Mr. Wednesday is building an army to reclaim his lost glory.


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Sunday, July 10, 2011
where we're at
Doesn't feel like that to me.
Initially there was a lot of bed-time. In fact, on the advice of a multiply-surgeried friend, I spent the first couple of weeks post-surgery, in my jim-jams.
and subsequent to that, there's been a buttload - and that's a metric butt-load, not an imperial one I'll have you know - of time spent on the couch: reading, knitting and catching up on some tellie.
I'm convinced that the real problem is that certain things are hard wired in when you're a mum ... I'll just bend down and pick that up, wipe that bench, empty that washing machine, dishwasher, feed those animals ...
okay okay ... yes Nadie is correct. I'm no good at taking it easy.
Still doesn't feel like that to me. The couch is beginning to develop a definite Susan-shaped divot at my preferred spot. The garden is sadly in need of a weed [ and yes, I DID pull out a few handsfull until the achey bits told me that wasn't a brilliant idea ] and we will not even discuss the amount of winter-born detritus that needs raking, piling and burning. THAT I am resolutely ignoring ... for now.
and no spinning either :(
However, I did manage to get myself off the couch, albeit under the careful supervision of She Who Must Be Obeyed,otherwise known as my lovely DD.
With SWMBO riding shotgun "just in case" I made my first tentative forays into town, to drop off Dave, and when nothing too dreadful ensued, there were a couple of [ careful ] expeditions further afield
... over the North Harcourt Road to Emu Creek for some baby goat snuzzles
[ pausing ever so briefly to admire the two lots of newly finished headgear, I would suggest that you ignore the hunched over Catsmum and focus instead on Bear 'kissing' the little Boer kid. A cynic might point out that he was probably after the milk remnants on it's cute wee face ]
and a few days - and a few ibuprofen - later into Bendigo for the ritual raiding of the Magic Back Room at the Woollen Mill, ahead of the arrival next week of the locusts ... ahem ... the lovely ladies and gentlemen who will be decending on Spendigo for the Wool & Sheep Show.
Ten minutes at the Mill segued into some baby snuggles of a very different kind, when Nadie and I finally got to meet the newest arrival at Mayhem, Chaos & Anarchy
seen here modelling one of his Catsmum natal offerings - it's a lousy pic of the hat but you've got to admit that it's a cute one of Master BJ
I was going to show you all the latest knitting but I doubt that I can top such baby cuteness so I will leave you here
8 comments:
- Lynne said...
Ooo! Will SWMBO allow you to go to Spendigo next weekend?
Cute photos of goats, Bear and Master BJ.
- 11:51 am
- catsmum said...
At the moment, Lynne, I'm aiming for the Ravelry dinner on Friday night [having never been in a position to go to any Rav events in the past ] and - assuming I'm not prone on the couch as a result - SWMBO is coming with me to The Show on Saturday. We may not be there for very long, but we will do our best :)
- 12:12 pm
- gayle said...
Apparently 'lazy' is like any other skill - one must diligently practice in order to get good at it...
Love the photos!
- 12:02 am
- Joansie said...
Love this post. I hope you are 100% better soon. It's hard to take it "easy when one is so busy and goal oriented.
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- Maria said...
Thanks for your lovely comments. I do prefer berets now, but they should not have too much slouch, and I seem to keep making those ones. Off to check out yours and read more of your blog.
Lucky you to live so close to Bendi
- 9:28 am
- Maria said...
I don't like Noro Silk Garden, I found it course and rough. It is also an uneven spin and that is not something I like. Never go there again, back to Bendi yarns
- 9:33 am
- Alwen said...
I think I would find it very hard to do nothing, so I sympathize! This being lazy stuff is not for sissies.
- 11:40 am
- lynnie003 said...
I know what you mean about taking it easy, I have just had both my knees replaced and spent 3 weeks in hospital. I came home on Thursday and am going around the twist already, I can see so many things that need doing but just don't have the energy unfortunately
but I am sure I will get around to all that needs to be done in due time, so in the mean time like yourself it is time on the couch with knitting and a few good books
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While yesterday's extravagant, travel-themed Louis Vuitton show may have been geared toward international jet setters and their hefty wallets, it also surfaced some useful packing tips that could come in handy, no matter your destination or mode of transportation.
Twitter was, well, atwitter yesterday morning with cheery, "All aboard" and "First class!" status updates as the fashion crowd took in Louis Vuitton's spectacle of a Fall 2012 show. Against backdrop built to resemble a Paris train station, a two-car Vuitton train pulled out into the center of the runway, blowing off steam all along the way. One by one, the models got up from their first class seats, descended the train steps and made their way down the runway. The rich, jewel-tone multi ayers, swirly printed suits, embellished separates and double breasted coats with gem-encrusted buttons glittered, while inspiration for a putting together a stylish and efficient travel wardrobe shone through. Here, a few handy packing ideas:
1. Don't worry about over-packing.
Continuing with the train 'n' travel motif, all of the Vuitton models were trailed by a porter carrying two to three bags each. (The show had a '30s vibe, so Marc was probably not taking into all of the excess baggage charges the airlines now rack up.)
This is an image to keep in mind the next time you're frantically shoving things in your suitcase (whether they are covered with the LV logo or not) and debating what to bring. Just think: Marc Jacobs himself gave me permission to pack a few extra pairs of shoes, at* least.*
2. Pack a pair of skinny pants.
You can always wear them under your skirts or dresses--like almost all of the models did--if it gets too cold at night.
3. Remember your cardigan.
Planes, trains and automobile rides with controlling besties in the driver's seat can get cold!
4. Skip the jewelry and try a sparkly top instead.
Bracelets and necklaces can be heavy to cart around--plus, they're fragile too. If you're going out for a nice dinner, an embellished top--like this vest emblazoned with reflective appliques--can dress up your look just as easily.
5. Bring a red dress.
You'll look dramatic and glamorous in photos, even if you're having burgers and fries from the drive-thru with your sister. Seriously!
6. Never, ever leave home without your sunglasses. Or, it seems, your hat.
Even if you're just going to your grandmother's house for the weekend, chances are you'll find a need for them at some point. Meanwhile, every look sent down today's Louis Vuitton runway featured a big, floppy topper (not unlike those Marc Jacobs' pimp hats!) which means we'll start seeing a lot of fancy headwear out, no matter the time, place or weather.
Pretty transporting--badum-bum--stuff, right? To see the entire Louis Vuitton Fall 2012 collection, skip on over to style.com, but then come back and weigh in on the show. Which look do you love? Which one would you like to see up-close?


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Zooey Deschanel's Personal and Public Decor
No doubt that Zooey Deschanel was chosen for the Cotton commercial as much for her personal style as for her voice. As we saw with her music room/studio featured in Domino this past February, Deschanel loves to dress up her spaces in the same way she dresses up herself. Here, we isolated a few inspiring moments from her personal space (studio), a film ((500) Days of Summer), and of course the Cotton commercial (the fabric of her life)...
• Images 1-3 from the film (500) Days of Summer
• Images 4-6 from Zooey's music studio feature in Domino
• Images 7-10 from the Cotton commercial
(What we love: the airy living room's curtains, couch, and piano; the shot of Zooey shopping at a flea market; the enviably organized walk-in closet, the light blue chair and French doors that lead to said closet.)


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While Microsoft has made it's flagship Windows RT tablet – Surface – available in seven countries, India has been left out from the list. Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India gave no definite answers on the availability when I put the question to him at the launch event of Windows 8. While the strategic decision to keep Surface off India might please the OEMs in India, it certainly is irking the Windows 8 fans and early technology adopters in the country.
Unless you have an uncle or a good friend travelling from the US who can carry a Surface for you, here are all the ways to buy a Surface RT online in India. While all the three options promise a similar delivery time-frame (around two weeks), there is no option yet to buy either the Type Cover or other Surface accessories.
eBay India
The premier shopping portal for anything that's not available on the retail shelves, eBay of course was the first to have Surface listings. The price starts at INR 38,490 for the base 32GB model without a cover. The popular seller also lists Surface with Touch Cover in different colors. Amongst the three options, eBay is the only one that provides EMI facility for certain credit cards.
Tradus.com, another one of India's growing online malls, also lists Surface at a similar price of INR 38,840 (Link). There is no listing for the product with keyboard cover though.
ShopYourWorld, an online store that offers Indian consumers the ability to shop from a wide range of products from the US and the UK, also lists the base 32GB model for INR 36,783 (Link). Again, like Tradus, there is no option to buy the tablet with the keyboard cover.


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If you forgot that Timur Bekmambetov was behind the lens on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, these clips will remind you. Each little moment is stuffed with slow motion action, screaming, and glorious colors. It's like a campier Wanted. New drinking game idea for this film: Every time someone does something in slow motion, drink! When the character is also slow motion yelling, take a shot! Result? Instant drunk vampire face.
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LURGAN firefighter Debbie McNeill is gearing up for next year's World Police and Fire Games.
Debbie was the first fire officer to register for the showpiece games which take place in Northern Ireland from August 1 to 10 2013.
The Lurgan woman will be taking part in the Ultimate Firefighter event.
Competitors from all over the globe have been registering online for next year's World Police and Fire Games after online registration opened at the beginning of November. The opening of registration has been keenly anticipated with an estimated 10,000 athletes from 70 countries expected to enter the games.
The online registration system at www.2013wpfg.com enables individuals to register as an athlete, select the sports he/she wishes to participate in and pay related fees. It also allows the purchase of passes for friends and family. Athlete registration and friends and family passes entitle the holder to use of public transport, entry to the opening and closing ceremonies and access to the Athletes' Village.
While the majority of the sports are being hosted in the Greater Belfast area there are also a number of events taking place across Northern Ireland from North Antrim, to Tyrone to South Down. This geographical spread will allow visitors to experience the very best of Northern Ireland and NITB has been working in partnership with 2013 WPFG to promote the local tourism.


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Few people realize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—the lending police deployed in response to the economic crisis—wrote "chief information security officer" into its org chart straightaway upon launch in 2011. The startup agency's CISO, Zachary Brown, left the Internal Revenue Service to accept the job partly for the chance to build a security program on a fresh canvas, all in the cloud.
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NIC Philosophy Club
"No price is too high for the privilege of owning yourself."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
Good job NIC Philosophy Students!
Read about our four students who delivered papers at the Pacific University's Student Phil. Conf. last April.
Mission Statement
We desire to promote philosophical thought at NIC by giving students opportunities to reform and express their own ideas and opinions on personally and socially relevant topics.
Upcoming Club Events
For the 2015 Fall Semester, the club will meet every Wednesday at noon. (Cougar Bay Rm in SUB lower level)
If you're interested in joining, just show up to one of our meetings. (If you do come to a meeting, don't forget to give us your email address so we can put you on our email list.)
Fall Semester Dates in HistoryAug. 19: Pascal deceased 1662
Aug. 25: Nietzsche deceased 1900; Hume deceased 1776
Aug. 27: Hegel born 1770
Aug. 28: Augustine deceased 430
Aug. 29: Locke born 1632
Sept. 21: Schopenhauer deceased 1860
Oct. 15: Nietzsche born 1844
Oct. 28: Locke born 1704
Nov. 7: Camus born 1913
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- Adjusts energy reduction goals and performance requirements for federal buildings and for many new commercial and consumer products.
- Provides funding for energy efficiency programs for public buildings and low-income communities.
- Reauthorizes the Renewable Energy Production program to include incentives for renewable resource production.
- Includes a renewable fuels requirement to add five billion gallons per year of ethanol and other renewable resources to the nation's gasoline.
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- Allows for the construction of a natural gas pipeline from the Alaskan North Slope to the lower 48 States.
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- Sets guidelines to improve the operation and reliability of electric transmission networks.
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All Guns N' Roses Original Members to Attend Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony
Of all of this year's inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, the highest drama factor circles around, who else, Guns N' Roses! While the big question of "will they or won't they" reunite to perform at the event remains, we now have confirmation that all five original members of the fractured group will be in attendance.
In an interview with Billboard, Guns N' Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed says, "I know that all the original band is going to be there, I don't know exactly what's going to go down." adding, "It's one of those things I'm sure will all come together and be really cool. I'm just going to go in with a good attitude and a clear head and a grateful heart."
Reed, the longest running member of the band aside from inimitable frontman W. Axl Rose, went on to say "Honestly, we haven't spoken about it, I don't know when or why or how to bring it up. It's not an every day sort of thing. So we haven't really talked about it, but I'm sure we'll have to at some point."
Original drummer Steven Adler told Rolling Stone late last year "I don't foresee it. You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just REALLY hold a crazy grudge." Slash has also been aloof in committing to attend, angrily denying a previous report from December that he had RSVP'd for the ceremony.
The Los Angeles-bred rock legends are being inducted in their first year of eligibility. On the topic of their entrance into those hallowed halls, Reed called it "pretty cool, especially when you think about all the people who are already in and helped make rock 'n' roll what it is. It's a real who's who of great musicians." He went on to salute the band's diehard fans as well saying "It's really cool for them more than anyone else. To me, that's the most important thing."
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text: The option to do everything or nothing at all best sums up the range of activity options at Travellers Beach Hotel and Club. On-Charge water sports such as Hobie-cats, jet-skiing, speed-boating, snorkeling and kayaking make for wholesome fun that the entire family can enjoy. Tennis and cycling are also available. For the adventurous, a host of tours and exciting trips, including visits to the Marine Park and historic sites and a stop at the many of the island's markets. And fishing excursions can be arranged through the front desk throughout your stay..


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I've been in the retirement plan industry since 1981, more than 30 years! I started my career with one of the industry's leading providers and record keepers for corporate defined benefit "pension" plans, like your grandfather had when he retired from working for the railroad for 50 years.
In the early 80s, as we watched companies by the dozens start freezing and terminating these "pension" plans, it became clear to most of us that the newly minted "401(k) plans" were going to become the sole vehicle that the industry would count on to provide retirement security for millions of Americans.
401(k) plans have since become the single largest financial asset most average working class Americans will ever have, and, they're the most mismanaged. Although there have been dozens of mistakes, here are the most critical mistakes we've all made and what can be done to reinvent these savings vehicles, to create a new generation of Americans who can be properly prepared for their long awaited retirement years.
Less than 42% of Working Americans have ever attempted to estimate how much money they will need to last during the 20-30 years they may live after they turn 65 and stop working full time (commonly referred to as "retirement")
Every American who has access to a 401(k) plan, IRA program, etc. should use any tool available to estimate how much money will be needed (including medical care costs & expenses), and put a strategy in place to save more if they're drastically underprepared now (hint: there is general agreement that the percent of American workers who are underprepared is somewhere near 95%, depending on what your definition of "prepared" is). See: MarketWatch's new Retirement Planner
Solution: Don't waste another weekend without taking the time to calculate what you will need in terms of retirement income during the 20-30 years you will likely live in retirement and compare that estimate with what assets/retirement income you will likely have in retirement and make any necessary lifestyle changes immediately!
We Americans are great spenders and terrible savers.
You can tell what great spenders we are by paying attention to how many people are lined up for days on end outside the local Apple store to get the latest version of the iPhone or iPad. Americans are more interested in watching "Dancing with the Stars" or what Kim Kardashian is wearing at some Hollywood dance club than they are in spending 10 minutes reviewing what their retirement years will look like. My industry experience tells me that most Americans have virtually given up worrying about what their retirement futures hold for them, the problem of being poorly prepared for retirement is just too grim.
Solution: Become very, very good at living "beneath " your means. Suzy Orman and Dave Ramsey's main messages in recent years have shifted from living "within your means" to living "beneath your means."
There is a huge difference between the two. Figure out immediately how to solve this dilemma for your own family! If you are financial challenged and can't buy Suzy Orman or Dave Ramsey books, go to the library (at no cost) and study their websites and other financial/home finance blogs for hundreds of great, life changing financial ideas, including "eating beans and rice" until you pay off your high interest credit card balances and become debt free and becoming able to save properly for retirement.
Most of us should be deferring/saving between 10% and 15% of earnings to be able to retire and live on 75%-80% of the income we were earning when we turned 65.
Exceptions to this statement include situations where your parents/grandparents or rich uncle passed away and left you millions of dollars (good for you!). However, most American's don't inherit anything and save just a fraction of the amount necessary to afford themselves sufficient income in retirement to live comfortably. This is especially true when considering the tens of thousands of dollars that medical insurance and out of pocket costs add to this equation (Putnam Investments leads the industry in the research they've done in this area). Putnam Investments estimates these costs in retirement years to be in excess of $150,000.
Learn everything you can about diversifying your investments and seeking low cost investments!
Most investment and insurance companies, financial blogs and websites have tons of great free information about how to create diversified investment portfolios and how to find and utilize low cost investments. Chasing past investment performance, having only a few stocks, or leaving your assets in a money-market account are just a few of the hair brained mistakes most people make when they simply don't know what to do with their money.
Solution: I'm a big fan of you learning everything you can about saving and investing, you then don't have to pay a broker 1% commission off the top to get his/her "assistance." You are also less likely to be sold products or services that may not be in your financial best interest if you did the homework yourself! Have you ever noticed how many celebrities or millionaire professional athletes end up declaring bankruptcy?
We need to realize that our Government cannot solve this crisis of retirement readiness.
With increased stress being placed every year on the Social Security system, we will likely see some sort of change for future retirees, that's just a reality. Senator Tom Harkin recently proposed a plan to change how Americans save for retirement. The fact is, 401(k) plans work just fine if they are managed properly and Americans participate sufficiently.
Solution: If you're a participant in a 401(k) plan, make sure you're saving enough to be 100% prepared, in other words, to be "retirement ready." Encourage your employer to add low cost investment options to the program. If you have an "adviser" now, make sure he/she is available to you and your co-workers to provide advice, guidance and retirement income projections. If they're not accessible, encourage your boss to replace them with someone who is available to everyone, regardless their status in the company or level of pay! Most fees and commissions come out of your account, remember, advisers should be working for you!
I encourage everyone I speak with to become the champion of their own "retirement readiness." Don't wait another month! You cannot rely on government for a confident retirement and you must learn how to make saving for retirement the most important aspect of your financial life.
The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. To determine which investment(s) may be appropriate for you, consult your financial adviser prior to investing.
Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Independent Financial Partners, a registered investment adviser and separate entity from LPL Financial.


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