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Last night, Match.com's Stir events hosted its first ever women-only soiree for stylish single ladies at the Rebecca Taylor store in NYC, where women sipped, noshed, and learned all about the hottest new trends and accessories for perfect first date fashion. Style for Hire, a national network of personal stylists all handpicked by Stacy London of TLC's "What Not To Wear," provided stylists to help the ladies choose items that highlight their best features and make a lasting first impression.
So what are the secrets to women's perfect first date fashion? Style for Hire stylists Samantha Brown and Kim Naci put together a list of 12 styling tips for women when choosing a first date ensemble- see below for slideshow and full interview with the stylists!
-An interview with Samantha Brown and Kim Naci of Style for Hire-
1. What is the best type of romantic outfit to make a lasting first impression?
Samantha: The best outfit to wear on a first date is something that you're completely comfortable in. Show a little skin, but not too much! If you have a favorite color, or one that makes you feel particularly confident, this is the time to wear it.
Kim: A dress. Always a dress. Any season and any time, a dress is the fastest way to make yourself approachable. I don't care if it has bloodthirsty dragons splayed across the front (a conversation starter, at the very least) a dress is a tease and comes equipped with confidence.
2. What type of date is it "OK" to dress a little casual?
Samantha: You can dress casually for any date that takes place during the day, for a movie, or to an athletic game. If you're wearing jeans, make sure to pair them with fun or interesting accessories–its good to look like you still made some effort, even if you're just amping up denim and a casual top. Opt for ballet flats, boots or wedges–stay away from sneakers.
Kim: "A little casual" has many different interpretations. For some, it means downgrading from a heel to a flat. For others, it means (ack!) sweatpants. Men are not complicated. A big turn off is fussiness; too much make-up, hair that can't be touched or risk getting wet running from the cab to the restaurant. Both put a damper on how the guy imagines the evening will end! If you're watching a soccer game in the park or going to a beer garden, choose a flat, stylish boot and pair it with tights, a skirt and a soft sweater. Even if the date is a casual, it's still a DATE.
3. Where and how to find the perfect jeans to fit your body? Can you recommend any faves that are not "mom" jeans?
Samantha: The most flattering denim line that I've come across is AG Jeans. I always recommend bringing in multiple styles and sizes–not all jeans are created equal! It's important to ignore the sizing and purchase the pair with the best fit. Mid-rise, dark wash and boot cut are the most flattering.
Kim: Let me destroy the myth right here. There may not always be a perfect pant. Just like when choosing a mate, the pursuit of perfection is futile. You will have find things you love ("my tush looks amazing in these!") and things you could do without ("you know, they've made tremendous strides in tattoo removal treatments") in both circumstances. The magic lies in tailoring. If you find a jean that fits perfectly through the leg and thigh but too big at the waist, have your tailor take in the waistband. An easy adjustment. Too much flare at the cuff? Again, a quick trip to the tailor can tone them down.
4. What type of outfit/shirt is seen as too revealing?
Samantha: When dressing for a date, choose one area to show off instead of multiple areas. Stay away from short hemlines and low necklines at the same time. If you feel like you're self conscious or tugging at your top, its probably too low cut. You always want to leave something to the imagination.
Kim: No crop tops. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Unless it's 1984 and you're on stage signing about being "touched for the very first time", revealing your navel is a no-no.
5. Is a dress/skirt the best option to go with for the first date?
Samantha: If you're a woman who typically dresses in skirts/dresses, than yes, it's totally appropriate. A great pair of jeans with heels and a flirty blouse is also a great option. Wear something that shows your personality and that makes you feel confident.
Kim: In the wise words of Diane Von Furstenberg, "Feel like a woman. Wear a dress."
6. What type of outfit is best to wear when meeting the parents for the first time?
Samantha: What to wear for this important meeting has a lot to do with the location and context of the meeting. If its dinner, you can't go wrong with a nice sheath dress and accessories that show off your personality. If it's a more casual setting, trouser jeans and a nice blouse (nothing revealing!) paired with a cute shoe will do the trick.
Kim: Something that looks like you made an effort but did not try too hard. A sweater dress is a flat boot is the right amount of approachability. It says "I'm nurturing and a good listener" but not "I bake apple pies and will be a good surrogate mother to your son."
7. Are there any rules for wearing color and dating?
Samantha: When you first start dating, you want to show your "true colors" through your personality and not necessarily your wardrobe. Your clothing is a great tool to enhance and set the tone for the type of person you are, just make sure not to overshadow that by having your outfit make more of an impression than your conversation.
Kim: Try to keep brightness around your face. If you want to wear black, make sure the neckline doesn't come up to your face. Choose a fail-safe neckline, like a V-neck or jewel neck. Add a necklace with a little sparkle. This brings visual interest and youthfulness to your face. If you want to do a bold color, THIS is the season to do it! The jewel tomes are great and can be paired with so many other hues. A bright pink is universally flattering and brings out the natural hue of our cheeks. Like we just emerged from yoga class with Gwyneth and Julianne Moore.
8. What type of outfit can be transitioned from day to night for a date?
Samantha: A great pair of jeans with a silk blouse and a leather jacket can still look very daytime but when the jacket is removed in the evening it can transition easily. Same goes for a graphic t-shirt for day, layered with a well-cut blazer for drinks in the evening. A sparkly necklace or dangling earrings can also make an outfit more evening appropriate.
Kim: A wrap dress is the perfect choice in this circumstance. Switch out your bag for a sexy clutch. Smoke up your eyes or pout out your lips. Already in a fun shoe? Great! If not, throw on a bold color or a snakeskin and strut your way to Date night.
9. Heels or Flats – what is best for a first date?
Samantha: A heel always looks a bit more dressed-up than a pair of flats, not to mention what they do for your posture and leg length. Make sure you choose a pair you can walk and stand in!
Kim: Shoes you can walk in. Him carrying you over a puddle is an act of gallantry; carrying you 12 blocks is torture. Depending on the location of the date, choose a shoe you feel and look good wearing. Designers have begun to listen to women and the cute + comfy shoe has become a reality. Some of my most deceptively comfortable heels are Coclico, Alexander McQueen, Rag & Bone and Kate Spade.
10. How can you look casual but classy in the same look for a date?
Samantha: Mix color and pattern with texture for a well-rounded, thoughtful look. Choose a statement accessory, and stay away from anything oversized to avoid looking sloppy.
Kim: If you're going short on the bottom (micro mini with heels or boots) pair it with a simple top that's not too form-fitting, such as a slouchy cashmere sweater. Or if you choose to make cleavage the star of the show, pair it with a trouser or tuxedo pant. Don't overdo a bold lip by piling on necklaces / earrings. Let your lip color be your accessory.
11. Are there any rules for dressing according to your body type?
Samantha: Yes, like: You always want to feel at ease on a date, so avoid anything that doesn't fit perfectly.
Kim: Simple formulas apply. At Style For Hire, we have been trained in both the art and science of styling. Creating a silhouette that enhances and draws attention to our best features. Smaller on top? Bring on the one-shoulder blouses. Smaller on the bottom? Twirl around in a flirty full skirt!
12. What's your perfect first date outfit? Which celebrity character got it right based on a movie that you've seen?
Samantha: A perfect first date outfit is something that you put on and feel instantly beautiful and confident in. Choose a color palette that highlights your hair and eye color, keep the makeup soft and natural, and don't wear anything that could have a wardrobe malfunction.
Kim: For some inexplicable reason, the only thing I'm seeing in my brain is an outfit SJP wore in a movie I'm embarrassed to admit having seen (not even in a plane!) called "If Lucy Fell." She wore an A-line cap sleeved sweater dress in a winter blue shade. It was mohair, which is why I liked it so much. It was begging to be touched. The belt, I could have lived without. (Please…oh please don't look at the rating this film scored on RottenTomatoes.com). I'd like to redeem myself – mildy – with another SJP feature in which the entire film was based on dates. Narciso Rodriguez was the costume director for "Failure to Launch" and choose the perfect outfits as the relationship escalated. Starting with a blush-toned dress in the early stages. Gearing up to a casual but fitted shirt (inarguably perfected by James Pearse) during casual dates with friends and swooping in with a sexy cocktail dress at the height of romance.
To learn more about other Stir events in your area, sign on to Match.com today!
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How can Basic Algebra be introduced successful to year one students in secondary schools?
Can one start with
In general,3a+4a=7a?
Hey, Members, how did you learn Algebra? What worked best?
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
By going to my maths lessons.
Plus, I have a very useful ability to understand things quickly.
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I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
I started working with x and y directly and wasn't hard.
start with obvious things
I'm not a teacher, but if I were, I would shurelly avoid fruit-algebra in my classes.
I actually have a page "in production" that starts something like:
2 + ? = 6
What does the "?" equal?
Then I go on to say that it is better to put an "x" instead:
2 + x = 6
What does the "x" equal?
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
I was first taught the difference between variables and constants.
Thereafter, the lessons were on simple operations of addition, division, multpilication, subtraction, extracting roots, exponentiation etc.
The next step was solving linear equations in one variable, simultaneous equations of two, three variables. A little later I learnt solving quadratic equations and their properties. I forgot to mention, I was also taught plotting graphs and solving equations with graphs.
The Binomial theorem was the last I was taught, and Pascal's triangle too.
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Thanks for the clues.
this is my first time to use this forum, and i hope i will be ok for me
math is hard not because it requires lots of figuring but because we take it to be something hard!
When I first came across algebra, I tried to solve the equations with trial and error.
Later on, I drew a set of scales to visualise the fact that I needed to do the same to each side.
Then I did the same method, but without the drawing, just lots of lines of working.
And now I'm able to do all kinds of crazy algebra in my head.
Just take small steps at a time.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
Hi kafkan, and welcome to the forum.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Thanks for all the assistance you give students and teachers of Mathematics in this forum. We greatly appreciate that
A number of books say we can use the substitution y=(m+1/m) to solve quartic equations that are symmetric i.e equations of the form ax^4 +bx^3+cx^2+bx+a=0, but do not talk much on quartic equations that are not symmetrical and are not easily factorised. The question is, are there other general methods of solving non-factorisable polynomial equations of degree greater than 3?
Welcome to the forum.
There are Descartes' and Ferrari's solutions for the general quartic but they are both difficult. There are no algebraic solutions for the general quintic or higher.
Download "First Course in the the Theory of Equations." It is free!
Down the page are the links.
Starting at page 56 of that book you will find everything you need.
If you need help with the examples he provides just post here.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
I was taught adding variables in grade 4 and it seemed fairly easy. I was told that as long as the literal coefficients are the same, I can simply add and/or multiply the numerical coefficients depending on the operator.
Hi austin81;
You are welcome. You will find several methods in that book,
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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This could be just a coincidence, but could it also >> suggest >>> that the patch on October 20th introduced a new exploit, which the >> attacker >>> then used to get in on October 21st? >>> (Another possibility: I think that when yum installs updates, it >>> doesn't actually restart httpd. So maybe even after the patch was >>> installed, my old httpd instance kept running and was still vulnerable? >> As >>> for why it got hacked the very next day, maybe the attacker looked at the >>> newly released patch and reverse-engineered it to figure out where the >>> vulnerabilities were, that the patch fixed?) >>> >>> 2) Since the */var/log/httpd/* and /var/log/secure* logs only go back 4-5 >>> weeks by default, it looks like any log entries related to how the >> attacker >>> would have gotten in on or before October 21st, are gone. (The secure* >>> logs do show multiple successful logins as "root" within the last 4 >> weeks, >>> mostly from IP addresses in Asia, but that's to be expected once the >>> machine was compromised -- it doesn't help track down how they originally >>> got in.) Anywhere else that the logs would contain useful data? >> >> sshd with root login enabled with very bad password? >> >> > Forgot to mention: the root password was: 1WyJstJZnQ!j (I have since > changed it). > > (I have already practically worn out my keyboard explaining the math behind > why I think a 12-character alphanumeric password is secure enough :) ) > The Errata you posted does not explain (to me at least) how they would get in. They would still need to brut-force the password. So if it was not a password, they used something else. And that VBullliten exploit looks like they used it to attack other sites with old VBullitens, from your server. 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Its opening coincides with a yearlong initiative to remodel all San Antonio restaurant locations that is already underway.
At the new restaurant, guests will enjoy a noticeably cleaner design with splashes of bold color, decorative estrella lights, papel picado (iconic flags symbolizing a Mexican celebration) touches, and eye-catching photography to reflect the contemporary, authentic Mexican culture that inspires Taco Cabana's focus on delivering the flavors of Mexico made fresh by hand.
Being the first new San Antonio location to open in nearly four years, the new store will give Taco Cabana a presence in one of the fastest growing areas of the city and will serve as a bridge between its restaurant at De Zavala/I-10 and its West Bandera Road/1-10 location in Boerne.
The Ralph Fair Road location marks the chain's 42nd location in San Antonio.
"This is our hometown and we want to continue to grow with the city," says Todd Coerver, chief marketing officer at Taco Cabana. "Our roots began here and we'll continue to look at ways to reinvest in and reinforce our commitment to the community that has been so supportive of us over the years. This new restaurant is an example of the changes guests will see across San Antonio as we remodel and elevate our service offering."
Changes to Our Appearance and Service
Taco Cabana has announced plans to begin remodeling all of its San Antonio and Houston locations with completion slated for this time next year. In all remodeled restaurants, guests will still be treated to great tasting, high-quality, handmade food at an affordable price, but they will notice several significant cosmetic changes along with an elevated service offering.
Restaurant interiors are being updated with vivid colors, fresh new salsa bars, contemporary wood furniture, flat screen televisions and free Wi-Fi. The TC patio is also getting a makeover with new seating, updated patio covers and new sun screens featuring papel picado flags fashioned from laser-cut metal.
Beyond the restaurant presentation, Taco Cabana is also making significant changes to the guest experience by upgrading its service in the newly remodeled locations. The enhancements include:
The addition of table-service from a hostess who delivers orders rather than guests having to return to the counter to pick up their food.
Complimentary chips offered to each guest to enjoy with selections from the fresh salsa bar as they wait for their food.
"The changes we are making to our restaurants are designed to contemporize and enhance the guest experience while continuing to provide great handmade Mexican food at an affordable price," Coerver says. "Every strong heritage brand must be willing to periodically reinvigorate itself to continue to meet the evolving needs of today's consumer. With these efforts and the response we've been getting, we are certainly excited about the future at Taco Cabana."
Grand Opening Festivities
Fans from the area are invited to join Taco Cabana as they celebrate the grand opening on Thursday, May 24, from 4–7 p.m. The event will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways, video games for kids, and live music by Latin guitar player David Aman.
Attendees will be treated to samples of their favorite TC menu items and also be entered in to a drawing to win free TC for a year.
Executives from Taco Cabana will kick-off festivities at 4 p.m. with the ribbon cutting including. Present will be Tim Taft, chief executive officer and president of Fiesta Restaurant Group; Michael Biviano, Taco Cabana's chief operating officer; and Todd Coerver, chief marketing officer.
Dignitaries from the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, including Richard Perez, president and CEO, will also be in attendance.
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Thursday, February 7th, 2013
House Democrats announced today their legislative agenda to put Alabama "back on track" in 2013 by addressing critical needs in job security, education, Medicaid, and the Alabama Trust Fund.
Putting the Trust Fund and Medicaid Back on Track
House Democrats are proposing legislation that will increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products by $1. The increase is expected to generate $227 million annually in new revenue. The bill, if passed in a statewide referendum vote, will require all funds from the tax be allocated to the Alabama Trust Fund until the $437 million borrowed from the constitutional amendment passed last year is paid back in full with interest. The Trust Fund must be paid back within six years. After the Trust Fund has been paid back, all revenue generated from the tax would be appropriated to the General Fund Budget exclusively for Alabama's Medicaid Program.
Putting Job Creation Back on Track
Alabama's unemployment rate is still over 7 percent, with more than 152,000 Alabamians reporting they are out of work. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and are responsible for 84 percent of the jobs in Alabama.
House Democrats are proposing a job creation bill that supports small businesses by creating a tax credit that will be paid for by repealing a tax loophole that is currently only offered to multinational corporations.
Getting Education Back on Track
House Democrats are introducing a series of bills designed to address several needs in our public schools.
Pay Raise for Educators
House Democrats are sponsoring legislation that will provide a 10 percent cost-of-living pay increase for teachers and support personnel over the next three years. The bill would offer a 5 percent raise during the first year, followed by a 2.5 percent raise in the second and third years.
Democrats are also sponsoring legislation that will give a 10 percent pay increase to state employees and education and state retirees.
School Resource Officers
School safety must be a priority in 2013. The best way we can increase school safety is to put resource officer in each of Alabama's 1,475 public schools.
The Legislative Fiscal Office estimates that it would cost $50 million annually to hire, train, and equip a resource officer in each of Alabama's public schools. House Democrats are proposing legislation that will provide half of the funding for those costs to any public school that wants to hire a resource office. The expense, estimated to cost $25 million annually, would be paid for by a state lottery.
State Lottery
A state lottery can raise $250 million annually for our children's education. The lottery bill proposed by House Democrats will allocate the revenue generated from the lottery for three purposes:
· To increase the per diem given to teachers for classroom supplies from $300 to $1,000
· To provide the $25 million needed each year to fund the resource officer program
· To provide scholarships to A/B Honor Roll Students for tuition and fees at any Alabama university, college, or technical school.
PACT Program
Our state government made a commitment to the PACT participants that we would provide their children with an education. Today, Democrats are keeping that promise.
House Democrats are proposing legislation that would take 84 percent of the funds in the PACT program and distribute them to Alabama's colleges and universities based on the percentage of PACT students they admit on average. In exchange for this money for their endowments, the schools would be required to waive all tuition and fees for PACT students.
PACT participants will not notify the school that they are a PACT participant until after they have been accepted, and the schools cannot ask applicants if they are PACT participants. The schools also will be prohibited from dismissing or expelling PACT participants for any reason other than the standard reasons for dismissing or expelling a student.
The remaining 16 percent of funds left in the account would used to provide payments for students who go to private or out-of-state schools, for refunds to participants who request a refund, and to cover administrative costs.
Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes
House Democrats are sponsoring a series of bills that would raise a minimum of $58 million annually for Alabama's schools by closing certain corporate tax loopholes that allow multinational corporations like ExxonMobil to pay little or no state income taxes. It is unfair that small business owners in Alabama have to pay these taxes while their multinational competitors are allowed to avoid them. House Democrats will level the playing field and bring desperately needed revenue to the Education Trust Fund.


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Nestled beneath the shadow of the Iron Queen who lies in state on the summitt of Mount Knocknarea; Strandhill is an area of unrivaled natural beauty and widely undiscovered attractions. While predominantly known as a top surfing destinaton in Europe the area offers so much more. Surfing the Strandhill waves is now one of the top destinations for surfers worldwide as they try to negotiate one of the most magnificent breaking waves in the world ...there are four surf schools located in the village and all are more than willing to take you on the waves for groups of 2 - 32 and all equipment is supplied.
The regional airport for the north-west lies in Strandhill and located closeby is the stunning Strandhill Golf Course, one of the many courses designed by legendary golf course developer Eddie Hackett. Strandhill is located on the Strandhill peninsula and in an area which has developed significantly over the last decade and now Strandhill boasts many attractions for family, the adventure seeker or the romantic getaway.
Sligo is repudiated as being where the first settlers came to Ireland. The Carrowmore tombs, located only five minutes away by car have megalithic burial chambers that pre-date the pyramids an amazing past of 7,000 years and are among the oldest structures in the known world. The court cairn which is the grave of Queen Medb on Knocknarea overlooks the tombs of Carrowmore and is magnificently haunting when viewed on a crisp winters day and enchanting when experienced in the warm summer sun. The sight of watching the sun sink into Strandhill bay with Knocknarea as its backdrop conjures up the mythical beauty that WB Yeats often wrote about.
One of the main attractions in Strandhill village is the Voya Seaweed baths where it is possible to cleanse and relax the soul in the ocean water with a bath of natural seaweed or indulge in a full body massage, hot stone massage or perhaps a full body wrap to tintilise the senses which is part of the many features within this magnificent experience. Voya now export their natural produce world-wide and their relaxing SPA is accreditated across Ireland.
Strandhill offers many magnificent restaurants and dining options
including the 'Trá Bán', 'The Venue', 'The BellaVista' and Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant. The renowned Strand Bar and Tra Bán Restaurant boast a fine mix of Haute cuisine and traditional pub atmosphere. The BellaVista Bar Italian and Family Restaurant offer families the ideal and friendly location to relax casually with a fantastic wide ranging family friendly menu. The Venue Bar and Restaurant located adjacent to the Strandhill Lodge and Suites; overlooks Strandhill Bay and offers diners an excellent choice a la carte menu. Shells Cafe now renound in Sligo for their great comfort food is located on the seafront and Mama Johnstons Ice Cream parlour complete what is a fantastic array of options for the village.
For a drink and some live music after your meal you have a selection of fine bars including the The Venue, Brees, the Bellavista, The Dunes Tavern and of course the Strand Bar – and after your round of golf you also have a fabulous bar and restaurant in the newly re-furbished Strandhill Golf Club. The County Fleadh Cheoil traditional music festival takes place on the June Bank Holiday, which will bring the best musicians Sligo has to offer to Strandhill. Even on a regular weekend night it is possible to get live music in all of the bars in the village. From June to September there is live music 7 nights a week; with the famous Kathy Jordan from Dervish holding a Sunday night spot in the 'Strand Bar',
The last weekend in August is the Warriors Run festival, the largest triathlon event in Ireland which brings hundreds of visitors to the village in what has become one of the finest festivals of its kind in Ireland..with street partiesm live music and the best of craic.
For accommodation in Strandhill
– the luxury 4 star accommodation in the Strandhill Lodge and Suites, which is a new 4 Star guesthouse located on the top road in Strandhill Village, The Strandhill Lodge and Suites offers guests magnificent scenery, top class accommodation and a warm welcome to all guests. Although the premises has no bar or restaurant it has a charming breakfast room where guests can avail of a fresh and comprehensive continental breakfast.
This new accommodation in Strandhill which was voted Top 13th Place to stay in the world for 2012 by 'Tripadvisor' also boasts the accolade of being the top 3rd place in Ireland and is revered for being a luxurious and affordable place to stay. It is the number 1 place to stay in the province of Connacht and in County Sligo.
The Strandhill Lodge and Suites has a Mixture of superior 2 room suites, rooms with patio access and Balconies which all overlook Strandhill Golf Course, the Atlantic Ocean and Strandhill Village. On a summers evening you can sit from the comfort of your balcony and watch the sunset into the atllantic. A breathtaking sight. The rooms are furnished to the highest standard; and although classified as a four star guesthouse - this family run establishment adorns all the plushness and modern conveniences of a four-star hotel. With awards from the AA, Georgina Campbell and Failte Ireland - the Strandhill Lodge and Suites barely a year old has made an impression on this picturesque seaside village.
The 'Fommers Guide' recently voted Ireland the top destination for 2011 and it also mentioned that horse trekking in the North West was among the top attractions.
Within five mins of Strandhill it is possible to do a horse trek along the wonderful coastline of Co Sligo with the Markree Riding Stables. You can also fish, shoot, take a tour - do a spot of deep sea fishing, kayaking or a host of other vibrant activities.
For the Literary and folklore enthusiast the resting place of WB Yeats lies across the bay beneath Ben Bulben but it is Knocknarea with its mythology and easy accessible terrain which attracts cyclists and hillwalking enthusiasts. The picturesque countryside location is offers revellers a chance to walk the lands where much of WB Yeats' poetry was written and inspired. The legendary battlefield of Cú Cullan, Fionn MacCool and the Tale of the Táin bo Cualigne are all inter-woven into the fabric of this magnificent countryside. You can visit the lovers cave of Diarmuid and Grainne in their eternal quest to find peace.
This uniquely Irish location; surrounded by a thriving local population can offer the most relaxing break imaginable. Serenity and beauty are in abundance on this gem of the north-west; with adventure and exploring during the day, fine restaurants in the evening and a great pint with a song at night - sure where else would you be?


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The Central Connecticut volleyball team will open the 2013 season at the Colgate Invitational on Friday. The Blue Devils will play St. John's at 4 p.m. and then will play the host Colgate at 7 p.m. CCSU will conclude the tournament with a match against Binghamton on Saturday.
WATCH! Season Preview with Head Coach Linda Sagnelli
LIVE STATS! (St. John's & Colgate)
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The 2012 season was a successful campaign for the Blue Devils. An 18-13 overall record, a 10th consecutive NEC Tournament appearance and a semifinal victory over Robert Morris are some of the highlights from a year ago.
Linda Sagnelli enters her 14th season as head coach of the Blue Devils with a solid group of veteran players and five newcomers.
First Team All-NEC selection and NEC Rookie of the Year Makenna Lommori and senior Veronika Ban will lead the squad and have been named team captains. Juniors Rachel Dunlap and Second Team All-NEC selection Brittany Schumacher will also be expected to contribute heavily. As will seniors Kyla Bielert and Amalia Ashley and sophomores Heather Trueman and Ashley Lenington.
The Blue Devils will also feature five freshman in Cassidy Stankowski, Brooke Schwab, Nicole Dean, Rachel Fish and Katie Wirth.
CCSU will also play on the road in tournaments at Sacramento State and Dartmouth prior to opening the home slate with the CCSU Blue Devil Invitational on September 20-21.


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If, like many Americans, you have a stack of reading material in your bathroom, you might want to do some thinking about your diet.
Let me put it this way: If you have enough time in the john to read a magazine article, you probably don't eat enough fiber.
Not only does fiber confer health benefits of its own, such as blood sugar and blood cholesterol control, but it also has beneficial effects on other aspects of your diet.
Push the fiber content of your diet up and you usually push down less desirable dietary components, such as saturated fat, added sugars and other refined carbohydrates.
There's fiber in most foods of plant origin, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Some are particularly concentrated sources.
Beans such as pintos, garbanzos, black beans and navy beans, for example, contain a whopping 16 grams of dietary fiber per cup. That's half the amount of fiber most adults need in a day.
Bran cereals can contain close to the same amount of fiber per cup. Focus on boosting your intake of these ingredients in your meals, and your fiber intake will rise as well.
Ways to bulk up
Here are some of the ways I like to do it -- effortlessly and flavorfully, too:
Bean up. Not surprisingly, I add beans to a lot of my meals. Start with beans in your soup.
Go all the way and eat all-bean soups -- black bean and navy bean soups, for example. Add garbanzos to salads, and eat more hummus and beans with rice.
Eat baked beans on toast and over baked potatoes. Fix big batches of bean salad -- four bean and Southwestern black bean and corn are two of my favorites.
Spread the wheat bran around. Mix bran flake cereal and all-bran style breakfast cereals with other varieties. For example, mix bran cereals with other flake cereals, granola and Cheerios.
Use bran cereals to make bran muffins and cookies.
Double dose it. Double your portions of vegetables and salads with meals. Aim for eating at least two pieces of fresh fruit every day.
Pull those fiber foods to the center of the plate and push the portions up, up, up. At the same time, push to the edge foods with no fiber, including meats and dairy products.
Use them as minor ingredients in your meals, treating them like condiments rather than the main event.
Vary it with veggies. Stir spinach into lentil soup, and add steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots into cooked whole grain pasta.
Add roasted peppers and onions to grilled sandwiches.
While you're at it, drink plenty of fluids. (You'll get some naturally in all those fruits and veggies you're eating, too.)
Fiber up. Spend more time chewing and less time reading behind those closed doors.
Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a licensed, registered dietitian and clinical associate professor in the Departments of Health Policy and Management and Nutrition in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Send questions and comments to email@example.com.
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Litigation Release No. 19569 / February 17, 2006
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lambert Vander Tuig, The Carolina Development Company, Inc. and Jonathan Carman, Case No. SACV06-172 AHS (ANx) (USDC CDCa)
SEC Obtains Temporary Restraining Order and Asset Freeze Against The Carolina Development Company, Lambert Vander Tuig and Jonathan Carman
The Commission has obtained an order temporarily restraining Lambert Vander Tuig, The Carolina Development Company, Inc. (a/k/a The Carolina Company at Pinehurst)("Carolina Company") and Jonathan Carman ("Carman") from making unregistered fraudulent offers, sales and purchases of securities in connection with an offering of stock in Carolina Company. The Court also froze the assets of Vander Tuig, Carolina Company and Carman and appointed a receiver for Carolina Company and its affiliates. Finally, the Court ordered that discovery in the matter be accelerated and a prohibition from the destruction of documents by the Defendants.
The complaint alleges the defendants have obtained investments of at least $30 million from the fraudulent unregistered offering of Carolina Company stock. Defendants allegedly made false claims including: 1) defendants claim Carolina Company will soon be going public and that stock will likely trade at a price many times the offering price, while in reality, the Carolina Company has taken no substantial steps to register its stock; (2) defendants fail to disclose that the same stock being offered through the boiler room operation is available to purchase through the Pink Sheet quotation system at prices well below the offering price; (3) defendants represent that shares purchased will be immediately available for trading as soon as Carolina Company goes public, while such shares are actually restricted and cannot be sold for at least one year; (4) defendants represent Carolina Company owns or is developing a number of properties that it does not actually own; (5) defendants claim the number of outstanding shares is substantially less than the number actually outstanding; and (6) defendants fail to disclose that Vander Tuig was previously enjoined by in an action brought by the Commission in federal district court and was subsequently barred from association with any broker or dealer. Defendants made these representations through private placement memoranda, calls to prospective investors, on Carolina Company's website and through other sales materials.
It is alleged that through this conduct the defendants violated Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and 10b-5 thereunder. The complaint charges Vander Tuig and Carman with violating Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act and Vander Tuig with violating 15(b)(6)(B) of the Exchange Act.


text: Viola Isabel Miller Geiger passed peacefully into the Lord's arms on November 7, 2012 at the age of 94. She was born Dec. 17, 1917 in Northampton, PA to Roy and Edna Miller. After graduating from high school, she worked for a dentist and then held other retail bookkeeping positions until her marriage to Marvin R. Geiger on August 8, 1943. They lived several months in California before Marvin left for World War II military service, at which time Viola returned to Pennsylvania and began her lifelong role as a loving mother and faithful wife. Over the first decade of their marriage they welcomed four daughters into the family, and she is now survived by Gail Ochs, Barbara Rischitelli, Linda McDevitt and Janis Thomas, three sons-in-law, eleven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. After Marvin's retirement, they moved to Brooksville, FL where they continued their love of golfing until Marvin's death in 1998. Viola moved to Corona del Mar, CA for the last nine years of her life and enjoyed many family activities. She will be interred at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL with her husband.


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Those ants on a log aren't raisins; they're real ants. And they're much healthier than a bag of chips or candy. At the annual Great Insect Fair, hosted by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, one professor and several students in the Department of Nutritional Sciences cooked and served delicious insects and tried to make it clear why people all over the world are eating bugs.
"Insects are extremely abundant in many countries and are relied upon for food. People in Mexico eat almost eighty kinds of insects," said Dorothy Blair, assistant professor of nutritional sciences. "They're much more nutritious than the snack items that people eat."
The Insect Deli served a few items this year: chocolate-covered crickets, meal worms, and wax moth larvae. The insects they served are highly nutritious, said Blair, having high protein, low cholesterol, and also containing many valuable nutrients. But just to make the food a little more appealing, Blair and her students made a few dips for the insects and served them with tortillas or in wraps.
Blair has been organizing and working at the Insect Deli for over a decade. She first became involved in the project as a way to increase awareness of global nutrition. "I'm not telling people that they need to eat insects, only that it is a very real part of people's day-to-day life in many other countries."
Blair teaches a course on global nutrition, and students taking the class participate in service activities, such as volunteering at the Insect Fair. Alicia Kroat, a nutrition major and one of those students volunteering at the insect fair this year, said that the whole experience was very eye opening. "It was really unique to see how everyone reacted to the idea of eating bugs—not just children's reactions, but parents' reactions, too. The kids were eager to eat insects, but the parents tended to be squeamish, and some wouldn't let their children eat anything we had prepared. It made me realize how removed most of the American population is from the idea of eating insects in their diet."
Kroat and Meghan Schiffer, another nutrition major who volunteered at the Insect Deli, created a series of educational bulletin boards to teach people fun facts about nutrition and insects (for example, did you know that caterpillars have more muscles than humans?) and to raise awareness of other cultures' food habits.
"Our country has always been a huge melting pot of cultures. It would be good to continue to include other cultures with ours," said Kroat. After graduation, Kroat wants to work in a job that involves global food problems. "The rest of the world depends on insects, so I thought this would provide some good insight," she said.
Of the food served this year, Kroat said she enjoyed the chocolate-covered crickets the most, noting that it reminded her of eating a crunchy candy bar, like a Kit Kat. And she wasn't alone; many children return to the insect deli each year to snack on yummy chocolate-covered bugs. Those children, Blair hopes, will walk away with more than just a tasty, unusual snack in their stomachs; if they leave with a better understanding of how other cultures look at bugs, she'll know the deli was a success.


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Nøne Futbol Club is a duo of Paris based artists. They work in a wide variety of mediums and forms from video to installation. However, nearly all of their work seems to be tied together by a certain mischievous sense of humor. Though not always overtly political, the duo's art is definitely subversive. For example, consider Lift a Finger, the first piece pictured here. The maneki-neko, usually a statuette of a welcoming or beckoning cat suddenly becomes hostile with a simple change of hand gesture. The pharase "KEEP WARM BURNOUT THE RICH" is turned into a branding iron. The implement not only burns, but more importantly is a tool for displaying and designating ownership.
"Nøne Futbol Club is a duo that is capable of mobilizing as many accomplices as necessary to make their works and performances.
The playful component is inseparable from their creative process which tackles the world like a playground for the expression of an art whose nature has continually bordered on the cellophane of the white cube and the great palaces must take the risk of being a mass distribution product. The recursive principle in their work is reversal. It is not about diverting elements from pop culture(or popular culture, the term changing depending on whether this culture comes to us from one side or the other of the Atlantic Ocean) but of a reversal whose final address is always popular culture. A double inversion, whose process of revelation reflects back to us as in a mirror the possible destiny of an art world which has become less subtle than the current popular media cultures; whose practices of critical and jubilatory diversions are the foundation. Would the Nøne Futbol Club be applying to contemporary art what digital cultures have subjected Chuck Norris, the pope and Darth Vader to?"


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Country music star LeAnn Rimes and husband Eddie Cilbrian celebrated Rimes' hair stylist's birthday at Paris Club's upstairs lounge, Studio Paris, Sunday. Rimes could be seen dancing in front of the DJ booth after dinner.
David Arquette, Elijah Wood, Kellan Lutz, Lindsay Lohan, Cee Lo Green, Kid Cudi, Taylor Momsen and Samantha Ronson were spotted over the weekend at the Hard Rock Hotel, which hosted celebrity gifting suites. Arquette had dinner at Sunda Friday.
Pete Wentz's new band, Black Cards, performed at the bar he co-owns, Angels & Kings, in the Hard Rock Hotel Friday. The Roots drummer ?uestlove deejayed at Angels & Kings Saturday.
The guys from Muse had breakfast at Feast in the Gold Coast Saturday and partied at The Underground later that night.
OK Go's Tim Norwind and Damian Kulash deejayed at The Bedford Friday. Rocker Tommy Lee partied at Enclave Saturday.
Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Tim Meadows was spotted at Hub 51 and Castaways in North Avenue Beach Friday. Actress and "Dancing with the Stars" runner-up Chelsea Kane danced at Hub 51's lower-level club, Sub 51, Saturday before heading to Studio Paris.
Matt Pinfield, host of MTV2's "120 minutes," visited Grami in Streeterville Saturday and Sunday.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: May 24, 2012
District: 04
Contact: Bob Haus
Phone: (510) 286-5576
OAKLAND - The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
"The benefits these projects bring to California are a huge boon to the economy, and the investment in our transportation system will continue to serve motorists for generations to come," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Approximately $872 million of the funding was provided by Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. In total, more than $13 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been distributed statewide.
Some of the notable projects that received funding include:
- Santa Clara, Alameda, and Solano Counties – Three projects investing $35,648,000 to install Traffic Operations Systems and Ramp Metering Systems at various locations.
- Marin County - $29,664,000 to build a new interchange and frontage roads on U.S. Route 101 at the intersection of Redwood Landfill Road in Marin County.
- Sonoma County - $81,977,000 to build a new bridge on U.S. Route 101 over the Petaluma River, along with a new interchange, frontage roads, and ramp metering.
- Contra Costa and Alameda Counties – Two projects investing $39,887,000 that will install Adaptive Ramp Metering and Active Traffic Management systems along the I-80 corridor.
- Alameda County - $49,336,000 to build a new westbound HOV lane on Interstate 580 from Greenville Road to Isabel Avenue, and an additional $21,563,000 to construct auxiliary lanes from Isabel to North Livermore, and from North Livermore to First Street.
- Alameda County - $36,000,000 to construct an extension of the existing HOV lane on Interstate 880, from David Street to Hegenberger Road.
Yesterday's allocations include $766 million in federal funds that will be applied to various local transportation programs statewide. The remaining allocations came from assorted state and federal transportation accounts.
Please see the attached file for more information about all projects that received allocations today.
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"Wherever the Buddha's teachings have flourished,
either in cities or countrysides,
People would gain inconceivable benefits.
The land and people would be enveloped in peace,
The sun and moon will shine clear and bright.
Wind and rain would appear accordingly,
and there will be no disasters.
Nations would be prosperous
and there would be no use for soldiers or weapons.
People would abide by morality and accord with laws.
They would be courteous and humble,
and everyone would be content without injustices.
There would be no thefts or violence.
The strong would not dominate the weak
and everyone would get their fair share."
Dhamma Garden
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A 43-year-old woman collapsed and died during a netball match at a Sussex sports centre last night (Thursday).
Emergency services were called to Hampden Park Sports Centre in Brodrick Road in Eastbourne where the netball match was being played.
The woman is believed to have been a spectator watching her teenage daughter play.
Police, ambulance and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex air ambulance attended but were unable to save the woman.
Police say there were no suspicious circumstances. The coroner for East Sussex has been informed.
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As everyone and their auntie knows, today is St Paddy's day.
And as Patrick is Ireland's patron, it's a day as much about celebrating Ireland as commemmorating him.
Although many contend that his feast day of March 17 is because it is the anniversary of his death, many others propose it has more to do with the approaching equinox and Pagan celebrations which marked the arrival of spring.
Of course, it might well be both.
Saturday has become the day when I generally look at great surnames which have not yet seen much use as first names. I plan to take a detailed look at Irish surnames — and surnames from the other Celtic lands — after I've finished the English ones, but to mark the special occasion, I thought I'd take a look today at the very best and most wearable contemporary options that Ireland has to offer.
All are Anglicized forms of the original Irish Gaelic.
- Bardon — Ó Bardáin "son of the little bard." Also Barden and Bardane.
- Bradigan — Ó Bradagáin probably "descendant of the spirited one."
- Branigan — Ó Branagáin "descendant of Branagan" ("little raven").
- Branley — Ó Branghaile "descendant of Branghal" ("raven-valour"). Also Brannelly.
- Brannagh — Breathnach "a Breton."
- Brannan — Ó Branáin "descendant of Branan" ("little raven").
- Cafferty — Mac Eachmharcaigh "son of the steed-rider."
- Cassily — Ó Caisile, possibly "descendant of the one from Cashel" or a variant of Ó Caiside — the Irish Gaelic form of the well-known Cassidy.
- Connan — Mac Canann "son of the little wolf cub."
- Coveney — Mac Coibheanaigh "son of the trooper."
- Darragh — Mac Dubhdara "son of the black oak" (Darragh is a popular boy's name in the Republic of Ireland).
- Donnelly — Ó Donnghaile "descendant of Donnghal" ("brown-valour").
- Drennan — Ó Draighnáin "descendant of the blackthorn."
- Finnerty — Ó Fionnachta "descendant of Fionnachta" ("white-snow"). Also Finaghty.
- Flaherty — Ó Flaithbheartaigh "descendant of Flaithbheartaigh" ("bright ruler"). Also Flaverty.
- Foylan — Ó Faoileáin "descedant of Faoileán" ("little wolf").
- Gallinagh — Ó Gailínigh possibly "descendant of the flattering one." Also Gallina.
- Gilligan — Mac Giollagáin "son of the little lad/devotee."
- Guinevan — probably Mac Dhuinnebháin "son of Donnadubhán" ("little brown-black one").
- Hanley — Ó hÁinle "descendant of the dainty one."
- Hanlon — Ó hAnluáin "descendant of Anluan" (probably "great champion" — intensifying prefix an + luan "champion").
- Helehan — Ó hAiolleacháin " descendant of the little joyful one."
- Henelly — a variant of FENELLY.
- Hennessy
- Kendrigan — Ó Cinndeargáin probably "descendant of the little red-headed one."
- Kerrigan — Ó Ciaragáin "descendant of the little black one."
- Kinneally — Ó Cinnfhaolaidh " descendant of the wolf's-head" (i.e. "outlaw").
- Kitterick — Mac Shitric "son of Sitric" (Irish form of the Norse Sigtrygg "true victory").
- Larrissey — Ó Learghusa "descendant of Learghus" ("sea-vigour"). Also Laracy.
- Lafferty — Ó Laithbheartaigh. Essentially a variant of FLAHERTY.
- Lynagh — Laighneach "Leinsterman." Also Leynagh.
- Madigan — Ó Madagáin "descendant of the little hound."
- Marron — Ó Mearáin "descendant of the little lively/quick one."
- Mellerick — Ó Maoilgheiric, probably "descendant of a devotee of St Cyriac."
- Merrigan — Ó Muireagáin "descendant of Muireagan" (probably a diminutive of muir "sea").
- Milligan — Ó Maoilegáin, a variant of Ó Maolagáin "descendant of the little bald one/devotee."
- Morrissey — Ó Muirgheasa "descendant of Muirgheas" ("sea-action").
- Neligan — Ó Niallagain "descendant of Niallagán" (a derivative of the well-known Irish name Neil, essentially "little Neil").
- Neylan — Ó Niallain "descendant of Niallán" (also "little Neil"). Also Nealon and Neilon.
- Olice — perhaps eolgasasch "knowledgeable." Also Olis.
- Olisagh — a variant of OLICE.
- Rafferty
- Ronaghan — Ó Reannacháin "descendant of the litte sharp-pointed/starry one."
- Rogan — Ó Ruadhagáin "descendant of the little red one."
- Ruane — Ó Ruadháin "descendant of the little red one."
- Solan — Ó Sochlacháin "descendant of the little renowned one."
- Soran — Ó Soracháin "descendant of the little bright one." Also Sorahan.
- Tansey — Mac an Tanáiste "son of the heir presumptive."
- Thoran — Ó Toráin "descendant of the little lord."
- Timoney — Ó Tiománaidhe "descendant of the driver."
- Toran — variant of THORAN.
- Traynor — Mac Thréinfhir "son of the strong man." Also Treanor.
- Tynan — Ó Teimhneáin "descendant of the dark one."
- Varrelly — Mac an Bhearshúiligh "son of the sharp-eyed (man)."
- Veigh — Mac an Beatha "son of life." Also MacVey and MacEvoy.
Mine's a guinness ;).


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With a point guard corps that includes championship-tested veteran (and starter) Derek Fisher and his veteran backup, Steve Blake, the Lakers were looking to add a younger body in the backcourt that perhaps provides the best of both players' skills.
L.A. may have gotten exactly that by swinging a trade with Cleveland for point guard Ramon Sessions, reports Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com. Also moving to Los Angeles in the deal is athletic swingman Christian Eyenga, who has appeared in just six games for the Cavs this season and has mostly been in the NBA D-League. Here are the gritty details:
The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired point guard Ramon Sessions from the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of a multi-player deal that will bring the Cavs the Lakers' 2012 first-round pick, according to league sources.
The Cavs also will send young wing player Christian Eyenga to the Lakers and veteran forward Luke Walton will be going to the Cavs. The Lakers' will keep their draft pick this year if they miss the playoffs. As part of the deal, the Lakers also will have the right to swap first-round draft position in 2013 with the Miami Heat's first round pick, which the Cavs own.
Sessions is averaging 10.5 points and 5.2 assists for the Cavs this season and fills a need for the Lakers, who have been in the market for a true point guard. Sessions is earning $4.2 million this season and is scheduled to earn $4.5 million next season, which is his option.
Walton, who has battled injuries over the last several years, has one year and $6.1 million left on his contract — he's played in just nine games this year. Eyenga has played in just six games and has spent time in the D-League.
Sessions spent most of the season as the understudy to Rookie of the Year favorite Kyrie Irving, but has held down starting gigs in the past and has become a capable 3-point shooter this season, too.


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Extortion or an incentive plan? If a child asks for a reward for good grades is that extortion? If a parent pays a cash bonus for each "A" on a report card, does that bonus represent a bribe?
Those are a few of the questions that were debated among a few friends today when one parent shared the news that his award-winning 10-year-old son wanted a new cell phone as a reward for earning great grades and several top academic awards.
The father agreed to the cell phone request. But Anna, a mutual friend, was appalled by the cell phone-for-good-grades barter: "Kids are supposed to get good grades. They don't get paid for that," Anna said.
But in the work world, adults receive bonuses for meeting sales goals or for outstanding performances. Likewise, I know of a family that pays a cash bonus for great grades. It makes sense. Sort of. But I'm torn.
It's important for kids to make a link between hard work and financial rewards. In fact, I'll be discussing that topic on ABC News Now.com at 4 p.m. on June 4. I think children should receive bonuses for completing chores and small jobs around the home.
And I applaud a 10-year-old who is savvy enough to use an excellent report card as a negotiating tool. But I have mixed feelings about parents who give in to those demands. The scenario became even more complicated because the student asked his father to pick up the new cell phone immediately after work.
That demand was vetoed. The kid could wait until the weekend, the father said. As a friend, I nodded in agreement.
Sharon is the author of the Frugal Duchess: How to Live Well and Save Money and a contributing writer in Wise Bread's 10,0001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget.
From Sharon Harvey Rosenberg: A Return to Frugal Living
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Putting a Price Tag on Good Grades: Cell Phones and Cash Bonuses?
Posted by Frugal Duchess at 9:12 PM
Labels: children, financial education, parenting
2 comments:
- Sheila said...
We've always felt that going to school and doing well there was our daughter's "job". If she performs as expected or better than expected, we reward her with money. The amount is determined by the grades.
- Diamond said...
I would happily pay my child for good grades if that is what it takes for them to be motivated to succeed and try. But sometimes there is nothing you can do to motivate them and nothing you can take away when they don't receive the grades they should be.
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I first saw Lobster Dog on February 22nd, 2010. I know the date because I posted the picture to my Facebook wall (at the time, I was unaware of the Photoshop favorite here at Warming Glow as well as FilmDrunk and With Leather. I've now put Lobster Dog into so many images that she turns up in Google image searches for a lot of TV shows — I assume that's how the little guy ended up on the Huffington Post.
Except Lobster Dog — who's also known as Red Lobster thanks to the Dogfort meme that exploded last November — isn't a guy. She's a bitch named Kiki, as I learned from her owner David as we traded emails this week. (I haven't been that surprised and pleased at a gender reveal since the first time I learned that Samus Aran from Metroid was a woman.)
What follows is the interview I conducted with David, along with several photos of Kiki that are new to the Internet. Be warned: if you're just here for the TV news, you probably don't want to read 2000 words of guys talking about dogs.
Warming Glow: First order of business: tell me everything about Kiki. How old is she? What tricks does she know? What's her favorite treat?
David: You're going to have to shut me up, because I can go on about my dog all day. Her full name is Kiyohime Valentine. Kiyo and Kiki for short. Kiyohime comes from my favorite folklore, about a strong woman who shapeshifts into a dragon and melts this priest inside a bell to death. The surname Valentine also comes from my youth as a useless Japanophile, it's the last name of the character Faye from popular anime Cowboy Bebop, which happens to contain a corgi.
She's 3 years at the time of writing, 26 lbs. Her birthday is July 27th. She comes from both working and show class stock, so she has both 'brains' and the 'beauty' making her a fine specimen of the pembroke welsh breed. She was in a litter of 7, and one of her siblings is named is "Pepsi."
Like most Corgis, she's very intelligent. I took about a year off of work to train her, so she knows many commands and tricks. She's a great performer and model, though the now famous lobster dog set might have you thinking otherwise. She's very patient, and great around the camera.
Kiki is quite fond of the e-z cheese style peanut butter canisters, so sometimes I stuff tiny rawhides into a Kong toy, fill it with peanut butter, then freeze it. If I have to leave the house for a bit, these make for much longer entertainment than just ice cubes. She destroys most bones and pig ears, so for casual chewing I try to keep it to the stronger nylabones. I still have a toy that smells like her mom, which I bring out from time to time and she just goes nuts for it. I really need to upload some of the flashlight videos. She goes absolutely ballistic for flashlights.
Please do so. There's a ready-made forum for their display.
I used to have a youtube channel with videos of her, a few were popular. The channel was deleted a couple years ago when I put up clips from some corgi training dvds I had bought. Originally, my flickr account was just photos of her, at one point there were over 1,000, chronicling every event of her life – until my pro account expired.
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It does seem like there's now a built in audience for her. The embrace of the Reddit community with "dogfort" and subreddit "/corgi/" makes me think there's a venue for that. Also with the shirts that were sold to benefit corgiaid using her image. I don't know. I should do an AMA there and gauge interest.


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Day 31: Uzumaki (2000)
By Sam Reeve
I thought Uzumaki would be perfect for Halloween's Japanese Horror Month entry. It has a perfect blend of truly bizarre horror and comical carnivalesque visuals and sounds which, to me, are what make up Halloween.
Uzumaki (aka Spiral) is connected to other films from Japanese Horror Month in a couple different ways: One of the screen writers also worked on the screenplay for Tokyo Gore Police, and Uzumaki is based on a manga by the amazing Junji Ito, whose work also inspired Kakashi (and numerous other horror shows and films).
Here's the basic plot:
The story concerns the inhabitants of the small Japanese town of Kurôzu-cho that seems to be cursed by supernatural events surrounding spirals. Many people become obsessed or paranoid about spiral shapes, which starts resulting in several gruesome deaths. Eventually people start transforming into something other than human, such as snails and twisted forms.
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH IT: First, it's very bizarre, not your average horror in any sense. The visuals are great, sometimes genuinely creepy, other times pretty funny. Second, the story isn't bad. I have no idea what the manga is like, so I can't compare, but I liked what the film did. Uzumaki is definitely something I could see myself viewing a few more times.
Below you can find a low-qualitycopy of Uzumaki on Youtube, with English subtitles. If you can find this film elsewhere, I highly recommend it (I was too lazy).


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FM 101.9 and Foundation presents
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Dreamers, Mt. Joy
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North Korea's Point of View
By Lee Jay Walker – THE SEOUL TIMES
Tokyo Correspondent
The government of North Korea ordered a new nuclear test in the full knowledge that world leaders would rebuke the position taken by North Korea. However, for North Korea it is about protecting the nation state from hostile forces. It is also abundantly clear that the current leader of America, President Obama, is rather "new and inexperienced" when it comes to global issues and the leader of South Korea, President Lee Myung-Bak, is more hostile to North Korea. Therefore, the leaders of North Korea see a new opportunity to further their cause and to pave the way for the future leader of this nation.
This article today is not about vindicating North Korea's foreign policy or the government of North Korea. It is merely focused on the point of view of North Korea. After all, nearly all articles about this nation just lambast the current leader and offer no real solutions or theories. Instead it is just the same negative mantra.
Before we focus on the "democratic morals of the West" we need to focus on real issues. For example, both India and Pakistan have developed their respective nuclear stockpiles in recent times. Despite this, Pakistan is still deemed to be an ally of America and India is increasingly being seen to be a future power.
Also, what about Israel? For it is clear that Israel is a nuclear power and that in the past this nation developed a nuclear capability but this will not stop America from being pro-Israeli. Do not get me wrong, I am not arguing that America should be anti-Israel or anti-India, or whatever, but we need a more honest approach to North Korea.
Iran will also share a similar view to North Korea when it comes to the need to protect the nation state. After all, other nations like America, China, the Russian Federation, France, and the United Kingdom, all have nuclear weapons. Also, given America's recent history, for example Vietnam, bombing Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others, then clearly nations who view America with hostility are deeply alarmed.
After all, you have never had a war between two nuclear powers and clearly it would appear that obtaining nuclear weapons is in the interest of marginalized nations.
So when we turn to the nuclear reality, it is clear that the leaders of North Korea understand history. After all, you have never had a war between two nuclear powers. However, for nations who were seen to be weak, like Iraq, Vietnam, and Serbia (the former Yugoslavia), and a host of others, we saw the real notion of Western democracy.
Then if we focus on democratic values it all comes apart once more. For how can you lambast North Korea on the one hand but support nations like Saudi Arabia on the other hand? Yet for nations like America and the United Kingdom, and a host of others, this issue does not even enter the equation. Why?
Also, does North Korea have foreign troops based throughout any other nation? Of course not, yet in both Japan and South Korea, and a host of other nations, you have American armed forces. So when it comes to being an independent nation, it is apparent that North Korea is more independent with regards to national independence than either Japan or South Korea.
Turning back to democracy and lambasting North Korea on this issue, then how does this relate to America's foreign policy? After all, what happened to democracy when America dropped Agent Orange all over Vietnam? This was followed by America supporting right-wing governments in Central and Latin America.
Also, more recently, thousands of people in Yugoslavia were killed by "democratic bombs" and the majority of people killed were ordinary civilians, including small children and old people. The same applies to the huge loss of life in Iraq and the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. You may support America in all of these invasions or you may deem these conflicts to be in the interest of national security or whatever. Yet for nations like China, the Russian Federation, India, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and many others, they were all opposed to America's foreign policy.
Yet during the same timescale, did North Korea invade anyone? Apparently not! Despite this, the nation of North Korea is deemed to be a major threat to humanity and "beyond the pale." However, for North Korea it is America, and not North Korea, which is a global threat to peace. You may not agree with this, or I may not agree with this, it is not important, but if you look at history then which is more absurd?
Turning to history, we must remember that Korea was invaded by Japan and colonized in 1910. So how different are the leaders of both Korea's and which nation can claim to be independent or pro-Korea?
The first President of South Korea, President Syngman-Rhee, 1948-1960, was pro-America, despotic, and used pro-Japanese collaborators in order to control South Korea via "an iron fist." He and the American government abided by the same ex-leaders who had sided with Japan against their own people. Therefore, the new leaders of South Korea had helped the Japanese in their anti-Korean policies.
The next strong leader of South Korea to emerge, after the short leadership of Yun Bo-seon, was that of Park Chung-hee (President 1963-1979). Park had a Japanese name (Takaki Masao) and he clearly did well under the Japanese colonial system. For he went to the Japanese Manchurian military academy and Park once more adopted another Japanese name, this time he was called Okamoto Minoru. Park continued to prosper during the invasion of China by Japan.
After all, be became a lieutenant and fought for the Imperial Japanese Army, however, it is not fully known if led imperial troops against native Koreans. However, he was involved in the fighting in Manchuria and many Korean communists had supported China in its struggle against Japan.
However, Kim Il-sung, the first leader of North Korea, who was Prime Minister between 1948-1972 and President from 1972-1994, had fought against Japanese imperialism. Therefore, unlike South Korean leaders or high officials, Korean nationalism and independence had been kept alive by North Korean leaders.
Kim Il-sung, known as the "Great Leader," had risked everything in order for North Korea to become independent. Kim had been raised in a Protestant Christian family and his maternal grandfather had been a Christian pastor. Both his parents were active in the Christian church and both were anti-Japanese.
He joined various anti-Japanese guerrilla groups in northern China and this proved vital for two factors. Firstly, he clearly fought against the invaders of Korea and secondly, China would remain loyal to him during the Korean War. So clearly, it was Kim and not future leaders in South Korea, like Park Chung-hee, who had fought against Japanese imperialism with bravery.
If we look at regional politics, then is North Korea so unique? Yes, political systems are different and economic development stages are also hugely different. The same applies to political and economic freedom. However, is the political mindset so different in parts of Asia?
For example, the nations of China, Japan, Iran (1979 onwards), Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Vietnam, and others, have one common thread. This applies to the same political party dominating society and the central role of consensus ideology or thinking.
This does not mean that all societies are similar, of course they are not, but all the above nations have "a guiding political party" or "guiding ideology" which maintains order. Of course, we can argue that North Korea goes to the extreme, but you do have the same power-plays happening but under different systems in other parts of Asia.
Focusing on past history, then is North Korea a victim of many negative forces? This applies to "old" Korea being overwhelmingly feudal and based on agriculture prior to Japanese imperialism. After all, the nation was called the "Hermit Kingdom."
Korea, therefore, went from feudalism to Japanese imperialism and then the Korean peninsula became a victim of global power politics. Added to this, you had the height of the Cold War and an alien ideology, communism, adding to the equation.
On top of this, millions have died and been displaced since 1905 onwards and many massacres have happened, be they by outside forces, for example by America or Japan, or because of internal massacres.
After all, how can North Korea trust South Korea given the closeness of the leaders to either past imperial Japan or to modern day America, or to both outside nations? How can you forgive "your brother" when they colluded with outside nations?
Obviously, the South Korean point of view will be very different, but today is about trying to understand all the competing forces which have pulled both nations apart, despite sharing the same ethnic identity and to understand the current stalemate.
If we turn to current events, for example the Six-Party Talks, then it is clear that North Korea is linking military developments alongside obtaining "a genuine peace" whereby America no longer threatens the nation, and also to obtain economic aid in order to stabilize the economy. The six-party talks aim is to find a peaceful resolution to a very complex problem. For North Korea, they believe that they need a security guarantee because of a possible military attack by America or by combined American and South Korean armed forces.
Also, Japanese leaders have played the nationalist card in order to bash North Korea for a very long time. Yet look at the consequences, yes, they have merely forced North Korea into a corner and this is always dangerous. So today we have a more potent leadership in North Korea which is bent on protecting its independence.
The Japanese government used the nationalist card during the recent dispute over a missile test or satellite which was launched by North Korea on April 5. Other more moderate regional nations, notably the Russian Federation and China, stated that nations must remain calm otherwise the consequences may become dire. However, Japan continues to make "noisy statements" and clearly North Korea will see this to be nothing more than an historical hatred of Korea by nationalists in Japan who still pray to war criminals.
Therefore, irrespective if you "love" North Korea or "hate" the government of North Korea, it is essential to try and see the world "through their eyes." Also, if you consider everything, then North Korea may have some valid points when it comes to international relations and being independent.
This article is not meant to be an "apologist" article, on the contrary, it is merely meant to challenge the daily anti-North Korea mass media and to merely add a different dimension. People should remember that Koreans have suffered at the hands of others throughout the 20th century and sadly today both Korea's are divided because of this history. However, how can the Korean peninsula move on when one side is "ridiculed" or "despised?" Surely, a new approach is needed?