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Months after the NDP was catapulted into official Opposition status after sweeping a record 103 seats in the May federal election, the man who led the Orange Crush suddenly lost his battle with cancer. Jack Layton's unexpected death plunged the party into a leadership race nobody wanted.
But with the party's first realistic crack at governance just three-and-a-half years away, eight people remain committed to leading the party at this critical time. One candidate, Robert Chisholm, has since backed down. Thomas Mulcair was the sixth candidate to declare. Here's what he had to say in an interview with Postmedia News.
New Democrats will elect their new leader on March 24, 2012 in Toronto.
OTTAWA — As excited as Paul Dewar was at being in Morocco to help monitor the country's parliamentary elections in September 2007, it was only after leaving the capital, Rabat, and getting into the countryside that he says he got a real feel for the North African nation.
Moving through various towns and villages, Dewar saw the challenges and the tribulations faced by average Moroccans on a daily basis.
He says he remembers that experience now, four years later, explaining that it is only by connecting with everyday citizens that a government can understand the people's needs and concerns. That is what he says he wants to do as leader of the NDP and, eventually, as prime minister.
"I have that burning in my belly," he recently told Postmedia News. "To connect with Canadians and bring Canadians together and say 'We can work on these very substantive problems together; we can achieve amazing things.'"
Dewar is well known for his interest in international issues after having served as the NDP foreign affairs critic for four years.
He said he worries about what he contends is the damage being done to Canada's reputation by the Conservative government. But he said what is of equal concern is what is happening to federal politics in Canada, starting with the fact voter turnout is at an all-time low.
"I'm fascinated by that," he said. "Why don't they vote? They're not stupid people."
The former teacher believes Canadians look at government as a nuisance rather than a positive force in their lives. The Conservative government's negative attack ads and wedge politics have exacerbated the problem, he said.
Dewar's vision is to have the NDP become the change he said many Canadians hunger for.
"The way I see it is bringing people in to participate, not just to support," Dewar said. "And the difference for me is when people are actually involved, they become part of the expression of the party."
This will involve opening the NDP up to ensure it is addressing the concerns of the population, particularly those 40 per cent of Canadian who didn't vote in the last election.
Some have said the NDP could lose its identify or values if it follows such a path. Dewar doesn't see it that way.
"If we can stay in that frame of being connected with people in their everyday lives and putting forward ideas that are substantive and matter," he said, "it will come. It will come to us."
While he was first elected to the House of Commons in 2006, succeeding former party leader Ed Broadbent in ensuring Ottawa-Centre remained an NDP stronghold, Dewar's involvement in the party dates back to his childhood, thanks to his parents, particularly his mother, Marion.
Dewar said it was his mother's ability to excel at community politics while keeping a broader focus on the world, as evidenced by the numerous international peace initiatives she spearheaded and participated in as Ottawa mayor and NDP national party president.
To that end, his list of priorities, should he be selected NDP leader and prime minister, are a mix of home-and-abroad issues, including dealing with the conditions on First Nation reserves within 10 years, using Canada's natural resource wealth better, and having Canada re-embrace a compassionate foreign policy based on co-operation and dialogue, he said.
"I want to see Canada leading in diplomacy, investing in diplomacy and investing in international development," Dewar said. "This notion you can just have a strong military and that's your foreign policy, Canadians don't believe that and that's not what the world needs right now."
Dewar said he has plans to address the economy, such as attaching job-creation strings to corporate tax cuts and spearheading a national home-care strategy.
But he also wants to challenge the view that Canadians don't choose a party because of its positions on foreign affairs, saying that may be one way to get more people to the ballot box — and casting their vote for the NDP.
If he has one weakness, Dewar admits it is his French skills. The next leader will need to be able to communicate with the Quebecers who voted overwhelmingly for the party.
But Dewar said language can be learned, and more important is the ability to reach out to Quebecers and understand their needs and concerns, the same as with Canadians across the entire country.
Having had family in the Quebec, he said he understands the culture, and he cites a natural symmetry between it and the NDP.
"So embrace that and don't get into playing the kind of regional dynamic," he said. "And that's important for Quebec and that's important for the country."
• Calling Card: Paul Dewar, the World View candidate
• Age: 48
• MP for Ottawa-Centre, former teacher and union leader
• Born and living in Ottawa, Ont.
• Married to Julia Sneyd; has two sons Nathaniel, 16, and Jordan, 13.
• His mother Marion Dewar served as NDP national party president in the 1980s and he succeeded former NDP leader Ed Broadbent as Ottawa-Centre MP in 2006. He served as the party's foreign affairs from 2007 until announcing his leadership bid in October.
• For more info on the Dewar campaign: www.pauldewar.ca

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House members have told their leaders not to settle on a patchwork school finance plan – even it forces Texas legislators into a special session.
Lawmakers must agree on a school finance deal by 5 pm today (more or less) to avoid a special session. An agreement later today would allow members to discuss and vote on such a deal on Sunday. The session ends on Monday.
"This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. This is an issue that will affect us all in this House," Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, told leaders negotiating the school finance issue.
"We're getting to a position where we are trying to patchwork something," Keffer said. "We don't want to do something just to go home. We want to make sure that it's done right."
Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, is one of the House leaders negotiating with the Senate.
"I want to go home Monday just like you. But, if we can't, we can't" Geren said.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst fears that "we'd all get hammered" if lawmakers fail to solve the school finance issue.
The two sides are trying to figure out a fair way to cut $4 billion from public education.
"With all due respect, school finance is very complicated, and it takes time to fully work through (a deal)," Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, said. "Many of us represent school districts with competing interests."
Turner noted that he represents Houston, Klein, Spring and Aldine school districts.
"Their interests are not always the same," Turner said.
Lawmakers need more information as the negotiations continue, Turner said.
They don't want to be "handed something" at the last minute, Turner emphasized, and asked to vote for complicated legislation affecting 1,040 school districts.
Basically, the House wants a two-year deal that cuts school funding across the board by about 6 percent.
The Senate is insistent that lawmakers address the controversial "target revenue" system that has created huge disparities in school district funding. The Senate plan would over five years and phase out "target revenue" by Sept. 1, 2017.
Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, pretty much summed up the House attitude: "This House is not prepared to buy a five-year obligation with only three days left.
House Public Education Chairman Rob Eissler, D-The Woodlands, agreed: "We have and will be telling them that. That's a good point."
Geren, who chairs the House Administration Committee, also told his colleagues that he put enough money in their budgets to pay for a special session this summer.
My colleague, Peggy Fikac, reports that Senate Finance Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, noted a provision in the budget says if there's not a change in funding for public schools, money won't be allocated for the Foundation School Program.
Ogden said it's possible to pass the rest of the budget and then concentrate on school finance.
"It's possible, and I think maybe that's a good thing. If we can't get to agreement, it allows us to focus on it and it shouldn't take an inordinate amount of time," Ogden said.
Ogden has suggested before that lawmakers could agree on the rest of the budget and then have a special session on school finance, but Gov. Rick Perry said in a May 17 press release that "I will not sign a partial state budget or allow it to become law."


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Trinity University found the future of education -- hiding in its own neighborhood.
Insights on being the first in the family to graduate from college.
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Looking forward after Katrina and the BP spill.
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Politicians can't help it when they lie.
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Comedian Omid Djalili on being funny about faith.
The ArchAndroid, by Janelle Monáe, Atlantic Records.
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A school claims video games help students learn to "manage complexity." But will they understand culture?
I live in Los Angeles and work among progressively minded folks (Jesus-following and not). During and since the Proposition 8 vote, I have found a great deal of secular commentary on gay marriage.
September 2010: 'Come, Rejoice With Me'; October 2010: The Nature of Faith
It is sad to me that Jim Wallis' editorial on the Arizona immigration law ("Is Christian Ministry Illegal in Arizona?" July 2010) said nothing about reconciliation.
In her generally fine article, Lisa Sowle Cahill states, "euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is not an acceptable answer to the stress of human death."
No, nothing, she says, that is not God's, and we approach a crow ripping the entrails of a truck-crushed fox, and the crow flees
I very much appreciated "The Art of Dying" by Lisa Sowle Cahill (June 2010).
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As London's emissions regulations become ever more stringent, many of the 20,000 old Hackney carriages on the streets of Britain's capital are soon to turn their light off for the last time.
But what will replace them? Well, 18 months ago, Nissan revealed its potential replacement for our lovable, chuntering black cabs. The NV200 London Taxi was pitched as a cleaner, greener, more spacious and less vomit-specked taxi that retained the traditional black cab's ability to turn on a sixpence.
But there was a problem. Against to the postcard-worthy black cab, the NV200 didn't look like an icon in the making. In fact, it looked like a delivery van. Which it was: the "London" NV200 was the same van-based MPV soon to be seen cabbing around the streets of New York, Barcelona and Tokyo in the near future. Only with a black paintjob.
Strung by criticism its 2012 black cab didn't look British, Nissan returned to its London design studio in Paddington, cracked out its "Best of British" mood board and had another shot.
What you see above is the result. Stay calm and do your very best to carry on.
The London NV200 isn't exactly a complete rework of the 2012 effort, but it gets a new face, bumpers and an LED top light to "better reflect the iconic nature of the traditional black cab." It's fair to say Nissan's attempt to graft the trad Hackney carriage face onto its van was something of a botched operation. It's... not quite right, is it? Like one of those pastiche Chinese knock-offs that we've come to love to hate. Or a Mitsuoka.
Nissan's MkII London cab is more than a facelift, though. Instead of the 1.5-litre, 50mpg-plus diesel originally mooted, it's now packed a 1.6-litre petrol capable of 38mpg. Like it or not, it'll hit London the end of this year, likely followed by an all-electric version.
Rumours the Nissan black cab won't travel south of the river after midnight because "it'll get its stupid pastiche face smashed by some angry geezers on the Old Kent Road" could not be confirmed.
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MORE THAN 275 athletes entered Sunday's Vermont Sun Triathlon held in Salisbury and Leicester. The winners were both Vermonters: Tim Donahue of Jamaica and Donna Smyers of Adamant.Independent photo/Trent Campbell
SERVERS RUN INTO spilling trouble at the start of the waiters' race during French Heritage Day in Vergennes on Saturday afternoon. Waiters and waitresses run in a one-kilometer race through the Little City and must cross the finish line with most of the water still in their bottles.
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July 19, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MONTPELIER — Vermont House and Senate leaders this week vowed to hit the ground running in January with a new energy bill that could be even more comprehensive than the one vetoed by Gov. James Douglas.
The Vermont House on July 11 narrowly sustained Douglas's veto of H.520, an energy bill that would have, among other things:
• Expanded the state's electric efficiency utility (Efficiency Vermont) to an "all fuels" utility. Efficiency Vermont is currently limited to helping Vermonters improve their homes and businesses in ways to save on electricity, not on fossil fuels.
H.520 called for the Efficiency Vermont's expanded services to be paid through a four-year tax on Vermont Yankee that would've raised roughly $25 million. Douglas was among those who did not support the Vermont Yankee tax, figuring that it would simply be passed on to consumers.
• Encouraged development of more renewable energy projects on Vermont farms.
July 19, 2007
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRISTOL — For most Bristol property owners, tax bills that will be mailed next month will contain a pleasant surprise: tax rates will go down by more than 4 percent for homeowners, and up by less than 2 percent for non-residential properties.
An average homeowner who didn't make any big changes to his or her property in the past year can expect to see a smaller tax bill, town clerk Theresa Kirby said.
The good news on tax rates was possible partly because Bristol's grand list has increased, Kirby said. The municipal grand list has increased by 2.1 percent since last year, from $2,620,374 to $2,675,407, because of new construction or the change in use of properties. The police district grand list increased by 1.52 percent, from $1,075,362.
The biggest reason for the drop, though, was a drop in the state education tax rate for homesteads. The education tax rate for homesteads dropped by 7.19 percent and, for non-residential properties, increased by only 1.19 percent.
July 19, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — In a near silent gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Rebecca Purdum took a step closer to see the intricate overlay of colors in paintings she completed recently. She knows a painting is good, she said, when it surprises her, when she no longer thinks of herself as the one who created it.
The three abstract oil paintings, which went up late last month, hang one to a wall — two horizontal diptychs each stretching more than 10 feet across and one massive vertical piece — filling the space between with a kind of visual noise. All three are made up of what the artist calls "non-colors," layers of blues, grays and browns, which come together to create something akin to water.
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New Mexico Tech congratulates the group of seven New Mexico Tech students who competed in the 64th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, held on December 6, 2003. The New Mexico Tech team ranked 99th out of 479 institutions that participated in the competition. Individually, NMT student Alex Rand was in the top 200 out of over 3600 contestants, and NMT student Samuel Collopy ranked in the top 500.
The seven students are: Alex Rand, Carsten Steinebach, Jeremiah Gage, Jarrod Lombardo, Samuel Collopy, Justin Dressel, and David Creswick. Their faculty advisor is Ivan Avramidi.
The Putnam competition is an annual contest for undergraduate students in the United States and Canada.


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Campo's career, Test replacements and gaps between England caps
John Griffiths
October 12, 2009
Australia's David Campese acknowledges the crowd following his final international appearance © Getty Images
David Campese Rafael Carballo Mike Gibson Dickie Jeeps Barry John Cliff Morgan Johnny Williams Kevin Yates
Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have!
So, if there's something you've always wanted to know about the game we love but didn't know who to ask, or you think you can stump our expert - then get involved by sending us a question.
In this edition, John answers your queries on Wallabies legend David Campese, Test replacements, Heineken Cup winners and gaps between England caps.
Q. The great David Campese played 101 tests for Australia and scored a record 64 tries. Do you know how many appearances he made for Australia (tour matches etc) and how many tries he scored overall? Ian McGowan, Australia
A. David Campese made his senior debut in the green and gold of Australia as a wing in their 26-10 tour victory against Manawatu at the Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North on July 31, 1982, scoring a try and kicking two conversions and a penalty goal. His last appearance in the Australian XV was in a 39-12 win against the Barbarians at Twickenham on December 7, 1996, when he again scored a try.
All told he made 153 appearances for Australia in Test and representative games scoring 95 tries.
Q. Do you know where Rafael Carballo is playing now? He is a Pumas winger who scored a fantastic try in November 2008 against Italy in Turin. He was playing for Castres last season. He left the French club, but I cannot locate where he is now. Do you know anything? Paul, Brazil
A. Rafael Carballo has returned home to Argentina where he is recovering from injury. It is expected that when he resumes playing it will be with the Alumni Club in Buenos Aires.
Q. When did the law change in order to allow the entry of replacements and substitutions? Didier Lapastoure, France
A. The International Board ruled at their March 1968 meeting that replacements for injured players would henceforth be permitted in official International matches. The Lions in South Africa that summer were the first to make use of the new ruling when Mike Gibson replaced Barry John during the 1st Test, at Pretoria, on June 8, 1968.
Teams named four players to sit on the bench and could use a maximum of two, provided the injury (or injuries) had been certified by a doctor. Barry John fractured his collar-bone and much dismay was expressed on that occasion over the time taken - 15 minutes - to get John's injury certified and Gibson's entry to the Test confirmed.
The following year the bench was enlarged to five and then six, but still only two replacements could be made. Temporary (blood-bin) replacements were permitted in 1993 and the number of replacements that could be used was increased to four.
Finally, in the autumn of 1996 tactical substitutions were permitted. Five of the six on the bench could be used as tactical substitutions, leaving one to be used (if necessary) as a replacement (for injury). From 1998, when the bench was enlarged to seven, all could be used as tactical substitutions.
It is interesting to note, however, that Australia and New Zealand, who did not become affiliated Unions of the International Board until 1949, occasionally made use of an informal agreement to use replacements for injured players in their Tests between 1907 and 1947.
Q How often have the Heineken European Champions been defeated in their opening match in defence of their title? Anon
A. Leinster's 12-9 defeat by London Irish in the opening fixture of the 2009-10 Heineken Cup on Friday was the fourth time that the previous season's champions had been defeated in the first match in defence of their title.
Ulster (1999), Northampton (2000) and Toulouse (2003) were the other winners who failed in their opening matches, though unlike Leinster they each had to begin their defences with away fixtures.
The full list of winners, with the result of their opening defence of the title is as follows:
Q. Did Cliff Morgan play for the Lions against East Africa in 1955 in Nairobi? Chris, Wales
A. Cliff Morgan did play in the unofficial tour match against East Africa in Nairobi on 28th September, 1955, which the Lions won by 39-12. He scored one of their eleven tries, the late Arthur Smith got five of them and the others were touched down by Cecil Pedlow (two), Pat Quinn, Ernie Michie and Gareth Griffiths. Pedlow converted three.
The Lions side lined up as follows: D G S Baker; A R Smith, J P Quinn, G M Griffiths, A C Pedlow; C I Morgan, T Lloyd; C C Meredith, B V Meredith, T Elliot, R H Thompson (captain), E J S Michie, R C C Thomas, R H Williams and D S Wilson .
The East African side was drawn from the 70,000 Europeans resident in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. Their best-known player was P J F Wheeler, the former Rugby School Cambridge Blue who captained the Light Blues in the 1953 Varsity Match.
Q. What is the longest gap between successive caps by an England Test player? Anon
A. Kevin Yates is the current holder of this unusual record, setting the mark in the game's professional era.
As a young Bath prop he won two caps on the England tour of Argentina in 1997. He was recalled as a Saracens player nearly ten years later for the tour to South Africa, appearing in both Tests. The gap between his appearance in Buenos Aires (Second Test, June 7, 1997) and in Bloemfontein (First Test, May 26, 2007) was nine years, 353 days.
Johnny Williams, the former Old Millhillians, Sale and Harlequins scrum-half who passed away at the age of 77 earlier this month, had the unusual distinction of clocking up nearly nine years between successive Five Nations appearances for England during the amateur era.
He won eight caps for England (all in Five Nations Championship matches) between 1954 and 1956, and was one of the three scrum-halves chosen for the 1955 Lions tour to South Africa. During the tour, however, he was pipped to the Lions Test place by a then uncapped Dickie Jeeps who went on to dominate the scrum-half position in the England side until 1962. Williams was suddenly recalled in January 1965 to face Wales in awful conditions at Cardiff, but England were beaten 14-3 and he never again played for his country. The gap between his last two England caps was eight years, 277 days.
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Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert's 'We Were Us' Has Been Years in the Making
Even though Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert's 'We Were Us' debuted on the Aussie singer's recent album 'Fuse,' it actually has been years in the making.
Urban tells ABC News Radio that the seed for duet was planted in 2005 when the talented Lambert opened for him on tour. "We used to do a song every night during my set," he says. "I always loved singing with her, and I thought our voices went really well together."
Their voices went so well together that the planted seed or inkling of an idea sprouted into a full-blown necessity. It became clear to Urban that they needed to do a duet, but it needed to fit their voices perfectly -- any old duet would just not do. He never gave up on looking for a song that would fit the bill, and when he heard 'We Were Us,' he knew it was the one.
"I just called her up and sent her the song, and she loved it. Her and Blake [Shelton] actually came to the studio and hung out for a few hours… We sang it together and it was done," the crooner recalls.
Although Urban may not have anticipated the duet taking almost 10 years to find, it was definitely worth the wait. The two superstars delivered their riveting song at the 2013 CMA Awards, and everything from their onstage chemistry to the emotive lyrics came together for a memorable pairing.
Hopefully this will be the first of many collaboration between Lambert and Urban, as the sassy songstress joked backstage at the CMA Awards that he owes her a guest appearance on her next CD, since 'We Were Us' appears on 'Fuse.' We, and probably every other country fan, think that's a brilliant idea.


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The HotelA popular local Indian restaurant, Gandhi stands alone in its attention to the delights of the senses. The rich aromas swirl through a space lavishly assembled and painstakingly perfected from the riches of the mother country.
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We're told the retired NFL superstar sustained injuries in the wreck -- cops are on scene. TMZ obtained these photos of Seau's Cadillac Escalade which landed at the bottom of a cliff several feet from the beach.
Seau has been transported to a local hospital. The accident happened just south of Oceanside, CA ... where the former San Diego Charger had just been released from jail hours earlier.
As TMZ first reported, Junior Seau was arrested early this morning for domestic violence.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Cullen Irons' career-high 32 kills wasn't enough to bring No. 12 UCSB a victory as it fell to No. 4 USC in five sets at Robertson Gymnasium Wednesday. The scores went 26-30, 33-31, 26-30, 30-23, and 15-8 as the Gauchos dropped their fifth five-set match of the season.
Santa Barbara fell to 8-15 overall and 4-14 in the MPSF while the Trojans, who entered the match having already clinched a spot in the MPSF Tournament, improved to 16-6 overall and 12-5 in conference. Southern Cal swept the season series as it took a 3-1 win in Los Angeles in late February.
Irons, who started on the outside, raked in the 32 kills and finished with 35 points, another career-high for the sophomore. His kill total matched Jeff Menzel for the most by any Gaucho this season. Irons also added eight digs and six blocks and hit .333 with 12 errors in a tiring 60 swings.
Scott Slaughter followed Irons with 13 kills, hitting .400 for the night, while Jake Rosener had 12 kills and a career-high 13 digs. Vince DeVany and Andy McGuire each had match-highs with 64 assists and 17 digs, respectively. Sam Moisenco tied his career-high of eight blocks as UCSB out-blocked USC 13.0 to 11.5.
The Trojans had four players with double-digit kill totals including Troy Murphy (19), Tony Ciarelli (18), Austin Zahn (12), and Tri Bourne (11). Setter Riley McKibbin finished with 62 assists. Bourne and Luke Morris chipped in 10 digs apiece, a career-high for Bourne.
The Trojans out-hit the Gauchos .280 to .231 for the night, but committed 21 errors from the service line.
UCSB is at home this Saturday, Apr. 4 (7 p.m.), to face second-ranked Pepperdine. This is a Santa Barbara News-Press Kids to College match and all youth eighth grade and under will be admitted free.
Tickets are available online through Ticket Return, by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (805) 893-UCSB, or by visiting the ticket office inside the Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) building on campus.
In their last meeting on Feb. 18, the Waves swept the Gauchos in Malibu.
With the arrival of Mark Massari as Athletics Director in October, UCSB Athletics launched the Gauchos Give community outreach initiative for all 450 athletes and 20 sports. Gaucho athletes give back to their community through free clinics, helping families during the holidays, providing financial and emotional support during tragedies, and touching the lives of youth groups.
**UCSB - a nationally recognized university in both academic and athletic excellence - is located on the central coast of California in a picturesque campus and community setting on the Pacific Ocean. Each year over 450 NCAA Division I Gaucho student-athletes compete for national championships, succeed in the classroom, and give back to the community.**
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No matter how bad life gets for actress Christina Applegate, she's convinced she'll never have a worse year than 2008.
The "Anchorman" star was diagnosed with breast cancer and lost her ex-boyfriend to a drug overdose within months of each other – and she still can't believe her bad luck.
She tells More magazine, "Both of my cats died right after I found out I had cancer. The cats and the boyfriend died, all within three months. I laugh but … oh my God!"
Applegate broke up with aspiring photographer Lee Grivas shortly after learning she was battling cancer because she decided she couldn't look after a drug addict and herself.
She has since become a mom to a baby girl named Sadie and is engaged to wed the tot's father, musician Martyn LeNoble.


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Choose David Verril Over Charlie Cameron if You Can
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David Verrill comes across as fair, earnest and thoughtful. It was obvious from the insightful questions he asked in due diligence - in writing, which we appreciated because it gave us the opportunity to provide equally thoughtful answers - that he had read our materials. He then responded with equally thoughtful follow-up questions, and followed-up again a number of weeks later so that he could get an update on our progress. All in all, a very professional approach.
We had a very different experience with Charlie Cameron, who made disrespectful comments in a public setting based on an elevator pitch, which we felt was reckless given his position. More detail for entrepreneurs posted privately.PRIVATE: Members Only (1188 Characters)
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Dave is a great guy. Even when we ran into problems, he was supportive and helpful.
The diligence process was smooth, and there was good rapport between us and their team. Charlie C was also really good to work with, and I'd go back to them again.
Good Process So Far
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Posted by First Timer on 2008-05-19
These guys seem to keep a pretty low profile: not soliciting plans online, etc. They reached out to us after a local event.
They have a standard form to fill out once they tap you -- not too much of an obstacle, and sensible format.
In the end, we went through a longish diligence phase and then they passed based on misgivings rather than the diligence.


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Roasted Red Pepper & Red Lentil Soup
I know: tis the season for pumpkin soup, but, with cooking (as with most things), I go with my inspiration. This is one of the best soups I've ever made. I have to tell you, I thought about throwing in some pumpkin. I'm so glad I didn't.
This soup came out exactly the way I wanted it and will be a treasured recipe for me. It's really easy to make, vegan, lowfat, and full of protein. As you can see from the photo, my version is thick, like a dal (I loved it this way!). Use more liquid for a lighter version.
I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did!
Roasted Red Pepper & Red Lentil Soup:
1 -1/2 TBS peanut oil
1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
1 russet potato, peeled and finely diced
1 tsp of ground cumin
generous pinch of cumin seeds
1/2 tsp of ground coriander
generous pinch (or two) of salt
1 cup vegetable broth
3 cups of water
3/4 cup red lentils, rinsed
7.5 oz jar roasted red peppers
salt to taste
cilantro garnish
Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed sauce pan over medium-low heat. Cook the onion for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently (avoid browning) . Add the potato, cover, and cook for 4 minutes (stirring to avoid sticking). Add the cumin, cumin seeds, coriander and salt and mix well. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add the vegetable broth, water, red lentils and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and add the roasted red peppers. Cook for 10-15 minutes, until lentils loose their shape.
Remove the soup from the heat and puree using an immersion blender.
Return to the heat and add salt to your taste.
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Bleeding gums of a person are indicators of health risks, more particularly heart diseases, the person concerned may be exposed to, said a study published in the recent issue of dental health magazine.
Gum infections were cited to also enhance susceptibility of the sufferers to diabetes and even obstetric complications among would-be mothers.
The situation was attributed to the fact that bacteria from ones mouth can travel to bloodstream, setting off an inflammatory reaction elsewhere in the body.
Left untreated, gum disease can increase risk for a host of diseases linked to inflammation, said the researchers mentioning that certain diseases and medications may also cause mouth problems.
As for linkage between mouth bacteria and the heart, the researchers said people with gum disease are more likely to suffer from heart disease than those with healthy, pink gums.
Theoretically oral bacteria travel into the bloodstream where it may attach to fatty plaques in the arteries, causing inflammation and setting the stage for a heart attack.
As for co-relation between gum disease and diabetes, they opined that diabetes can reduce the bodys resistance to infection. It is not only that elevated blood sugars increase the risk of developing gum disease but gum disease can also make it harder to keep blood sugar levels in check. The people in general have therefore been strongly recommended to protect their gums by keeping blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible through brushing their teeth after each meal and floss daily.
Expecting mothers with gum disease were identified to be at risk of having baby born too early and too small. Underlying inflammation or infections may be to blame. Pregnancy and its related hormonal changes also appear to worsen gum disease, said the researchers.
They also identified dry mouth and tongue among the major contributory factors toward tooth decay. This was because the bodys immune system mistakenly attacks tear ducts and saliva glands, leading to chronically dry eyes and dry mouth (called xerostomia). Saliva helps protect teeth and gums from bacteria that cause cavities and gingivitis. So a perpetually dry mouth is more susceptible to tooth decay and gum disease.
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Just started playing Gorkamorka. No idea how I missed out on this game all these years...anyway, got a couple stoopid questions. Can Grots that are in a normal Orc Mob drive vehicles and be gunners on vehicles? We can't find anywhwere where it says they can't...although they can't even see over the dang steering wheel...lol. Thanks for replies in advance.
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Grots Question
Started by Recon022 , Feb 21 2012 11:11 AM
Posted 21 February 2012 - 11:11 AM
Posted 21 February 2012 - 11:50 AM
It's a very valid point. I know they cannot challenge for leadership of an Ork mob but nowhere does it say anything about driving or acting as gunners. I think this may need to be FAQ'd. Opinions, folks?
Posted 21 February 2012 - 12:08 PM
For now we have house ruled that they can't be drivers or gunners, I guess more for the fact that you have to have a Slaver to even use Grots, so it just made sense to us that any Orc would probably be VERY pissed off if a Grot was chosen to be a Driver or Gunner...
Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:08 PM
I tend to use Ork yoofs as drivers and square it with the fluff by the idea that it frees up the rest of the mob to get into the real fightin'! I probably wouldn't allow them to be drivers but I find the concept of them as gunners acceptable.
Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:15 PM
i think they should be able to do either, they make good starting gunners until there hit
Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:19 PM
So it sounds like there's really no rule against it then, and that was our main question. We weren't sure if we were just missing something. Guess it's really just up to the players, that's cool...
Posted 21 February 2012 - 02:59 PM
If we reach a consensus then I can add it to the FAQ. It's a work in progress and not really ready for release yet, we're all kinda busy over at tUGS.
Posted 21 February 2012 - 03:50 PM
Not entirely sure what that concensus is, but I don't think there should be any restriction. It ultimately depends on what the individual wants to do. I don't see it being a great idea anyway, as the second the Driver ends up in a scrap he'll be out of the driving seat faster than a Goff in a perfume shop. As one of the resident Rebel Grot players, Grots can do both for Rebels, I don't see why it should be different for Ork mobs either. Grots are capable of doing things without the runtherd constantly lookin' at them, in all Ork fluff other than Gorkamorka, it seems. Ultimately, if you don't think it makes sense, don't make your Grots drivers. There's only one devious tactic associated with it that I've seen, where some players start the campaign with Gretchin gunners or drivers, and wait for experience and skills to determine a better candidate, knowing the Grot will be easier to turf out of the position during barfights. Any restriction ultimately reduces the potential for mob character, and aside of the slight gamemanship I mentioned above, I'd argue a restriction on any other basis seems pretty massively against the spirit of the game to me.
Posted 16 March 2012 - 06:39 PM
I can't really see any self respecting Nob allowing the plum position of driver/gunner on the mob's vehicle to go to a lowly grot: Unless he wants to be the laughing-stock of Mektown. It Certainly doesnt say you can't but I have a feeling it is an oversight. I think a mob would mutany if a grot was to take up position behind the mob's big flashy gun....or at least I would if I wuz one a' da boyz!
Posted 17 March 2012 - 03:11 PM
It is prestigious position to drive a buggy/trukk. You can go fast, drive over people, and get all jealous looks from every yoof. It takes proppa ork to drive stuff, not some weedy grot. Only expection that I can see is that the grot helps mobs spanner to move the vehicle. It is a great question that can the grot even reach the pedals?
There is never enough dakka.
Posted 18 March 2012 - 01:44 AM
It is a great question that can the grot even reach the pedals?
You seen Temple of Doom?
Posted 18 March 2012 - 03:46 AM
I have, but I can't remember anything. It was years ago when I watched it. Enlighten me.
There is never enough dakka.
Posted 18 March 2012 - 04:07 AM
I have, but I can't remember anything. It was years ago when I watched it. Enlighten me.
Short-round (the little chinese kid who was also in the goonies) drives the getaway car at the beginning of the movie. He wears wooden clogs under his trainers (not unlike those odd Ninja platform shoes) so that he can reach the peddles.
Grots are pretty resourceful, so they'd find a way. Lots of modelling potential there, really.
Ultimately, I reiterate my earlier point that if one doesn't think it makes sense for Grots to man those positions, don't put them in those positions. Enforcing restrictions based on fluff especially given the (not entirely unwarranted) tendency for many Ork fans to vastly underestimate the place of Gretchin in Ork fluff by quite massive amounts, is in my view a recipe for disaster. Let people sort out their own fluff. The less restrictions in place in GoMo, the better, really.
But anyway, in most cases it doesn't make sense. But anything can happen in SGs. That's what makes them so great.


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I've finally compiled the list of bookstores I'm hoping to drop in on the Rusty Nail 500 tour. There are actually over 700 stores listed, because I'm an optimist. :)
For information, visit www.JAKonrath.com and click on the banner.
The tour begins June 29, at Thrillerfest in Phoenix. I'll return from Arizona on July 3, and hit the road July 4th, to return sometime in September.
Here's a rough schedule:
July 5 -- Indianapolis, Indiana
July 6 -- Cincinnati, Ohio
July 7-8 -- Charleston, West Virginia
July 9-10 -- Atlanta, Georgia
July 11 -- Nashville, Tennessee
July 12 -- Peoria, Illinois
July 13-14 -- Madison, Wisconsin
July 15 -- Fort Wayne, Indiana & Toledo, Ohio
July 16 -- Cleveland, Ohio
July 17 -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 18-19 -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 20-24 -- New York, New York
July 25-26 -- Connecticut & Rhode ISland
July 27-28 -- Boston, Massachusetts
July 29 -- Albany, New York
July 30-31 -- New Jersey
August 1 -- Delaware, Washington DC
August 2 -- Maryland
August 3 -- Richmond, Virginia
August 4 -- Raleigh, North Carolina
August 5 -- Columbia, South Carolina
August 6 -- Savannah, Georgia
August 7-- Jacksonville, Florida
August 8 -- Daytona Beach, Florida
August 9 -- Orlando, Florida
August 10 -- Tampa Florida
August 11-12 -- Miami, Florida
August 13-14 -- San Diego, California
August 15 -- San Bernadino, California
August 16-17 -- Los Angeles, California.
August 18-19 -- San Francisco, California
August 20 -- Sacremento, California
August 21 - 31 -- Chicago, Illinois & suburbs.
Sept 1 -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
You can download my full itinerary HERE.
If you are a writer, a fan, or just a helpful person who lives in or near one of the above locations, and want to buy a weary traveler a burger, or a beer, or let him spend the night in your spare bedroom or on your sofa, email me.
In return you'll get free books and characters named after you in my upcoming novels. You'll also get great conversation, something to talk about for years to come, and my eternal thanks.
Beginning tomorrow, I will have daily updates about the tour on this blog, to let people know where I've been, where I'm heading, and how everything is going.
Please help spread the word throughout the blogosphere and the Internet! I hope to see many of you on the road!
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Note: This report documents our sustainability performance through 6/30/14. An updated report will be published within the next year.
Our online sustainability report is divided into seven major areas — sourcing, products, packaging, customers, operations, employees and community. Within each of these areas , you will find our key environmental and social objectives, what we are working on, our goals and our results. We invite you to share your thoughts with us as you read about our sustainability efforts. At the bottom of every section there's an email link you can use to send us your questions, opinions and ideas.
We report in accordance with our fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. For ease of reading, we refer to the year according to the end of the fiscal year — for example, the fiscal year ending 6/30/14 is referred to as 2014.
Frontier Co-op has been committed to doing business in an environmentally and socially responsible way since our founding in 1976, and as a growing co-op with more than 30,000 member/owners, we have a greater ability to impact the world around us each year. Our mission — "Nourish people and planet. Always be fair" — reflects our commitment to sustainability and helping communities where we do business, both at home and abroad.
In 2005, we began publicly sharing a detailed look at our sustainability efforts in an annual Sustainability Report. In 2010, we made the report more easily accessible by putting it on our website.
The Sustainability Report comprehensively describes our efforts to do business sustainably with regard to: 1) our employees' health and well being; 2) direct, non-exploitive sourcing relationships that improve the communities in which we do business; 3) other environmental and ethical aspects of sourcing, such as organics and fair trade; 4) product integrity and quality; 5) use of energy and other resources; 6) waste reduction; 7) packaging; and 8) communication with our customers, employees, growers and business associates.
The report publicly displays our setbacks as well as our accomplishments — we measure ourselves against goals of how we want things to be, and sometimes we come up short. But we feel our successes outweigh our shortcomings and that this report shows our co-op's sustainability efforts are making a difference. In any event, we will continue to be fully transparent about both our sustainability achievements and disappointments.Please email me any comments or suggestions you have after looking over the report. Your feedback can help make Frontier an even more sustainable, responsible company.
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Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution. ECON 102 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy (3)(GS)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. Economics is the study of how people satisfy their wants in the face of limited resources. One way to think about economics is that it is a consistent set of methods and tools that is valuable in analyzing certain types of problems related to decision--making, resource allocation, and the production and distribution of goods and services. There are two main branches of economics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is concerned with economy--wide factors such as inflation, unemployment, and overall economic growth. Microeconomics deals with the behavior of individual households and firms and how government influences that behavior; it is the subject of this course.More specifically, ECON 102 is an introduction to microeconomic analysis and policy. The principal objective of the course is to enable students to analyze major microeconomic issues clearly and critically. Students will be introduced to the methods and tools of economic analysis, and these analytical tools will be applied to questions of current policy interest. Learning these methods and tools and applying them to interesting policy questions and issues is sometimes called "thinking like an economist." An important goal of this course is to take each student as far down the road of "thinking like an economist" as possible.A variety of mechanisms are used to assess student performance. These evaluation methods typically include exams, quizzes, homework assignments, and group projects.ECON 102 is an introductory course in economics and as such, serves as a prerequisite for several microeconomics--oriented 300--level courses. It is also a required course for all majors and minors in economics, and meets requirements for a General Education (GS) or Bachelor of Arts social science course.
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American businesses say they can't find enough programmers to fill their software development positions. Yet coders say they live in constant fear of their jobs being shipped overseas to outsourcing contractors. Can both be right?
There's no denying that software development is still a very lucrative profession. But rote coding and code maintenance are increasingly considered low-value functions -- and ones that are easily outsourced. Developers who want to maintain an advantage in today's job market need to specialize.
[ Neil McAllister explains how to solve America's programmer shortage and reveals the ugly truth behind programmer hiring quizzes. | Speaking of quizzes, see if you can pass InfoWorld's programming IQ test, round 1, and programming IQ test, round 2. | Get software development news and insights from InfoWorld's Developer World newsletter. ]
Fortunately, IT moves so quickly that there is never a shortage of unique niches for shrewd engineers to occupy. Here are just five examples of specialized skill areas that are sure to experience rapid growth in the coming years.
1. Cross-platform mobile developer
Customers choose smartphones for many reasons. Mobile network coverage varies throughout the country. Smartphones differ in features and capabilities, and not every carrier offers every model. Budget is a factor, too.
The smartphone model a customer buys usually determines which smartphone OS that customer uses. The upshot is that although leaders are emerging, the smartphone OS market is considerably more fragmented than the PC market and will probably remain so for years to come.
Smartphones all work more or less alike. The trick is knowing how to access the APIs that enable their various features, regardless of platform. That isn't easy when each platform makes you write apps in a different specialized programming language using a different set of tools. Even HTML-based apps need considerable UI tweaks before they feel like native ones.
I've said before that mobile tool vendors should do more to help facilitate cross-platform app development. Until that happens, developers who invest the time to become versed in two or more mobile ecosystems will find themselves in high demand.
2. Mainframe/cloud integration specialist
Cloud computing platforms are all the rage for Web applications. They're catching on in small business and enterprise IT departments, too. But for other market segments -- including big retailers, finance, banking, insurance, and telecom, among others -- the mainframe is still king.
In some ways, multitenant cloud computing platforms are a lot like the timeshared mainframe environments of yesteryear. In other ways, they're very different. For example, cloud applications scale horizontally; mainframe applications ... well, they scale.
This isn't to say the kind of organizations that still use mainframes aren't interested in cloud computing. They are. But expecting them to migrate their mission-critical transaction-processing applications off their mainframes is unrealistic.
That presents a significant opportunity for developers who can bridge the two worlds. Traditional mainframe developers are becoming a rare breed. Developers who speak both Java and Cobol, or who know their way around mainframe databases and cloud storage systems alike, are virtually unheard of -- but companies will be looking for them. Fill that niche, and you can write your own ticket.3. Cloud migration engineer
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Social media users may apply for credentials to meet scientists and learn how they study the Earth using specialized science instruments on a unique fleet of aircraft.
Three major Earth science missions that will be airborne studying air pollution and climate change next month will be featured.
-- NASA's high-altitude unmanned Global Hawk aircraft will fly six miles above the surface to a region of the atmosphere that controls the entry of pollutants and other gases into the stratosphere. NASA's Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX) will look at how these gases influence Earth's climate, ozone layer and energy budget. Principal investigator Eric Jensen, deputy principal investigator Leonard Pfister and project manager Dave Jordan, all three from NASA�s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will be available to answer questions.
-- Two NASA planes will fly over the San Joaquin Valley to measure air pollution this winter. They are part of a five-year NASA science campaign called DISCOVER-AQ, which is working to improve the ability of satellites to observe air quality in the lowest part of the atmosphere. The goal is to better monitor pollution from satellites, so scientists can make better air quality forecasts and more accurately determine the source of pollution.
-- NASA's high-altitude ER-2 will fly three state-of-the-art instruments to develop new orbiting sensors to better measure aerosol and cloud physical properties around the world. These new instruments, part of the Polar Definition Experiment, show great promise for advancing aerosol measurements from space. Tiny aerosol particles can be found over oceans, deserts, mountains and forests. Despite their small size, aerosols have major impacts on our climate and our health.
Social media users selected to attend the event will be given the same access as news media. Individuals who actively collect, report, analyze and disseminate news on social networking platforms are encouraged to apply for credentials. Selection is not random. Those chosen must demonstrate through the registration process they meet specific engagement criteria. All social media accreditation applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis. A maximum of 50 participants will be chosen from online registrations.
NASA social media accreditation opens at noon EST (9 a.m. PST), Wednesday, Dec. 5. Foreign national and U.S. social media users must apply for credentials by 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST), Monday, Dec.10.
For more information about NASA social media accreditation requirements and to register for the event, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/social
For more information about NASA's Airborne Science Program, visit: http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/
For more information about NASA's Earth Science Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/earth
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Jenny is funny. She told me she freaked out when they found out they were having a girl. "I'm so not a girly girl!" she said, as she started pulling out all of these cute pink dresses with ruffled bloomers. But doesn't little A rock the outfits so well? I mean, come on. How could resist? What a lucky little gal to have such cool, laid-back parents. Check out the awesome painting below. One of my favorites from my friend (and her bro-in-law) Will. Thanks for trusting me and letting me let loose in your house, guys. And for the Indian food. YUM!


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In what might come as a surprise to anyone who watched Shonn Greene play for the Jets, the Titans think he has enough ability to warrant taking touches away from Chris Johnson.
And in the process, Titans coach Mike Munchak compared him to the franchise's previous best back.
"I know as a [former] line coach myself that we haven't had a guy like that in a while," Munchak told FOX Sports.com's Alex Marvez, on SiriusXM NFL Radio. "He reminds me of the Eddie George days — a guy that can fall forward, a guy that's physical, a guy that can understand his role.
"We're not going to have him as a short-yardage back, a goal-line back and four-minute back and that's all he does. We feel he can play all three downs. He may get a series where he gets going and we're taking over the line of scrimmage and you want that runner in there and we leave him in there."
Signing him to a three-year, $10 million contract was the first indication they were serious about adding him. But after Greene posted a pedestrian 3.9 yards per carry last year for the Jets, it seemed like another one of Bud Adams' overpriced impulse buys.
Johnson might never duplicate his 2,006-yard 2009 season, but he has an explosive element Greene hasn't shown. But the Titans seem serious about taking some of the burden off quarterback Jake Locker, and a beefed-up running game would do just that.


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Championed and organized first by The Boba Bounty, the Boba Fett Fan Club supports the campaign to include Boba Fett as a continuing character in the upcoming television project, "Star Wars Rebels." Fans of the bounty hunter wish to see loose ends from "The Clone Wars" tied up and his story fleshed out further on screen.
So far, Boba Fett is not in the show, but we track all of the rumors and confirmations regarding whether or not Boba Fett will appear soon.
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Boba Fett's role in "The Clone Wars" introduced the bounty hunter to a new generation of Star Wars fans. However, it left viewers with a number of loose ends.
We know a Boba Fett story arc was planned for season six, but those stories could easily be adapted to the time period "Star Wars Rebels" takes place in.
- How did Boba Fett acquire his armor?
- How was the "Slave I" reclaimed from Hondo Ohnaka?
- What spurred Boba Fett to begin working alone? Last we saw, he was part of a team.
There's also lots to be explored pre-Episode IV.
- How did Boba Fett knock Cad Bane off as No. 1 bounty hunter in the galaxy?
- What events lead to the relationship between Boba Fett and Darth Vader?
- Planet Mandalore has fallen and just around the time Boba Fett seems to want to learn about his father's culture.
Finally - as the Empire faces threat of the Rebellion - this creates plenty of opportunities for bounty hunters to become utilized more.
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I've just gotten back to the U.S. from Costa Rica and let's face it, I'm tired, still hot from the sun, and only interested in comfortable outfits at the moment. The perfect solution to my laziness is a pair of boyfriend jeans. For those of you who aren't familiar, boyfriend jeans are designed for women, but are looser and appear almost as a unisex pair of jeans; they're a kind of modified menswear. The style has been steady since 2010, and I've been a fan ever since then, too. The boyfriend trend is all about wearing pants that look a size too big for the wearer. It is recommended to only go up one size -- you don't want to look as if you're not put together! The boyfriend jean is a staple for every girl's closet, and there are many different ways to wear a pair.
I have three favorite ways to wear boyfriend jeans. First, I adore when they're worn with heels. With cropped bottoms and a simple heel, the look makes your legs appear longer and leaner, and who doesn't love wearing a pair of heels? This takes away from the masculine look and brings it right back to 100 percent feminine. Next, pair your boys with a blazer. Why? Well if you're wearing a simple tee, which I love with these jeans, a blazer is just the right piece to add.
When you're wearing boyfriend jeans, it's best to remember not to go too big, just a size bigger so they're loose but they still fit you. Add accessories and don't doll yourself up too much -- that's not the boyfriend look. Wear the pants one of the ways I mentioned, and bam, you'll be the chicest girl on the block. Remember, loose jeans aren't just for boys. Let's give 'em a run for their money.
A pair of jeans is the best kind of boyfriend.
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Ageless Pharrell swears he's not a vampire
Perhaps it's his joyful nature that's keeping him young
Breeanna Hare | 2/19/2014, 3:02 p.m.
CNN Forget about Pharrell Williams' hat. We're more interested in his skincare routine.
Somehow, the 40-year-old musical everyman has been in the business for roughly 20 years without appearing to have aged a single day.
As anyone with a job in the entertainment industry can tell you, that's not easy. Even the typical Hollywood attempts to appear younger end up going the opposite way.
But "Skateboard P" noticeably doesn't have such problems. The producer and performer's visage looks so youthful, some have even started to question whether there's a supernatural power involved.
The speculation has become so prominent that the Grammy winner recently decided to put the gossip to rest.
"No I am not (a vampire)," Pharrell told Time Out London this week. "I'm willing to go on record as saying that I don't drink people's blood."
Then, Pharrell graciously shared his personal fountain of youth to the masses: "How do I stay so young-looking for a 40-year-old?" I wash my face."
It's possible that answer won't satisfy conspiracy theorists, so we're going to toss out one of our own:
Maybe being "Happy" just goes a really long way.
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Fifth-grader Carter Monk and third-grader Noah Konczal organized a 5K road race to raise money to repair the well at the Negat Kokeb preschool, in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Konczal got the idea after his teacher at Monkton Central School, Stacey Carter, went to Ethiopia last February with a group of Addison County teachers as part of an exchange program.
BRANDON — The entity responsible for the best drinking water in Vermont will ask voters to approve a $2.5 million bond in March to pay for system-wide improvements. Brandon residents who tap into the water system would be responsible for paying back $1.7 million of the bond.
This week's writer is Bristol resident David Brynn, the Executive Director of Vermont Family Forests who for this piece described himself as "Commoner, Little Otter Creek Catchment, NW Addison County, Vermont, USA."
BRANDON — The efforts of Brandon Fire District No. 1 have once again been recognized in creating the best drinking water in the state.
The district has received a 2014 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in the municipal category for its Comprehensive Groundwater Source Protection Plan and for being the first municipality in the state to receive Class II reclassification of its drinking water sources.
Brandon Water Supervisor Ray Counter said he is pleased with the recognition.
VERGENNES — At their April 10 meeting, Vergennes aldermen told homeowners affected by water problems in the Crosby Farms and Booska Court areas that the city had hired Middlebury's Otter Creek Engineering to evaluate what needed to be done to cure drainage woes in the subdivision.
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BRISTOL — Last week many Bristol residents found themselves without water, and the town reservoir went just about dry.
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No longer 'Interim,' Chris Gaddis becomes Chief of Police for Normandy Park
On Saturday, Sept. 1, a note on the Normandy Park Police Chief's Facebook Page stated that Interim Police Chief Chris Gaddis will be officially taking over as the Chief of Police:
As of today I have officially taken over as the Chief of Police for the City of Normandy Park. I would like to thank the City Manager and the City Council for this appointment. I must also thank my officers and civilian staff for the support they have shown during this process. Most of all I need to thank my family who have stood by my side and have understood the trying times Normandy Park is going through. Without strong support from family, friends and community this would be an impossible undertaking.
I look forward to a long career with Normandy Park and together we can continue to have one of the safest cities and the best police department.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Time for a Change
Other changes I've made include the blog. You may have noticed that I changed the buttons over the weekend. I'm also compiling all the tutorials I've created on one page. That's still a work in progress.
That's all. I just felt like sharing today.
Here's a picture of the new hair cut since everyone has been asking about it. Sorry the picture is so bad but it was the best I could do in a hurry. I'm still looking for a picture of me with long hair. So far every picture I've come across, I'm sporting a ponytail. Which honestly is part of the reason why I cut my hair.
39 comments:
- Jnette said...
Your hair is beautiful. Locks of Love is great thing to do with it too!!
My youngest daughter thought your hair was a bug, LOL.
- February 3, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- Yarni Gras! said...
I think the donation is a wonderful thing. My SIL does it too...and one of my son's teachers did it. I hope you like your new hair 'style!'
- February 3, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Do we get a before and after
photo of the difference?
I have been thinking of doing
the samething for the longest
time...my hair is to my knees.
It is a big desion.
Thanks for sharing.
- February 3, 2009 at 5:41 PM
- kawaii crafter said...
Jnette - LOL, that would be one scary bug
Yarni Gras - Yes, I like my new hairstyle very much! Although, I might change my mind tomorrow when I have to style it on my own.
Rane - I knew someone was going to ask this (before & after pic). I tried taking a picture of myself but they all came out terrible. If I have a decent picture taken, I'll post here.
- February 3, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Renna said...
I can hardly wait to see a picture of you with your new 'do'! That's fantastic that you were able to donate your hair to Locks of Love. I have a good friend who did that a couple of years ago.
- February 3, 2009 at 6:44 PM
- Stephanie said...
That's nice you are giving your hair to Locks of Love. Do we get to see the new haircut?
- February 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- M.Kate said...
Wow..that's a lot of hair cut, but congrats for doing it, am sure your new look will be amazing..and that charity part is so kind of you :D
- February 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Paty said...
big chance! I hope you like your new look!
- February 3, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- LJ said...
That is awesome! I have been donating for the last 10 years. I have given over 5 feet of hair!
Have fun with your new hairstyle!
And thank you for giving to such a great cause!
- February 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- c.Rachel said...
Exciting change and for a great cause too.
Do you get surprised by your own new short hair reflection?
- February 3, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- sewfunky said...
wow! I'd love to see what you looked like before and now... :)
- February 3, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- ik3 said...
What I want to know, is what does your hair look like now?
- February 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM
- Fra said...
change change change!!!
- February 4, 2009 at 12:26 AM
- Izaberu said...
Can't wait to see the new look!
- February 4, 2009 at 2:07 AM
- Drea said...
Wow! Allan and I were just talking about that yesterday. I even had him measure how much hair I can give without my hair being too short. I'm going to give 12" and my hair will still hit mid back.
I love hair cuts. They make you feel a lot lighter.
- February 4, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Locks of Love - what a beautiful thing to do!
- February 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM
- Dana said...
i've been considering cutting my hair as well. usually i just go for it and it's no big thing, but this time around i'm having a harder time deciding.
new cut looks great!
- February 4, 2009 at 9:45 AM
I think that it looks great!
And just think how nice it
will be this summer! Your
neck can breath!!!!
Thank you for sharing, and dont
be so hard on yourself! Your photo
is good. We are our own worst
- February 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- alittlebitofscrap said...
Your haircut looks great and really compliments you :)
- February 4, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Ayie said...
You still look pretty with that short hair! I love you locks though.
- February 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Veronica said...
You look so cute! And what a great cause
- February 4, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- mushroommeadows said...
Wow...you look beautiful!!! I love the haircut. :)
- February 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- amy turn sharp of doobleh-vay said...
hello gorgeous!!! Well- donating and gettin g to look so hot rocks! I love it!
- February 5, 2009 at 5:13 AM
- Amber M. said...
Your cut is gorgeous!!
- February 5, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- sassypriscilla said...
Adorable hair cut. It is great to donate hair - I did it once and felt really good about it.
- February 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Purl Crossly said...
Your hair looks good in a bob.Your an inspiration for those of us who haven't yet grown or cut our hair for cancer.
- February 5, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- pixabella said...
What a great idea donating your hair instead of it ending up in the bin. Have fun with the new hair style:)
- February 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- Dragon's Dolphin said...
I'm so glad that you were able to meet the qualifications for Locks of Love. That is so cool! My daughter met most all the qualifications—except her hair had been color treated (dyed). Locks of Love doesn't accept it then. After we threw the hair away we found out that Pantene (at least I think it was Pantene) does accept it and makes wigs for children from it—accepting shorter lengths as well. ~Shelly~
- February 5, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Paty said...
love the new hair cut!!!
- February 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Kristin said...
Sassy and cute, plus for a good cause, congratulations!
- February 5, 2009 at 9:26 PM
- piko0099 said...
loving your new hair style!! I wish I had the courage to snip mines!! You go girl
- February 6, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- lovely little deer said...
LOVE the new hair, so stylish!
- February 7, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- Lisa said...
So CUTE! I admire your bravery for doing this...my hair is quite long and I've never cut it above my shoulders!
- February 8, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- wayfarer said...
looks great and it's a great cause. I did it a year ago and it made me feel so good.
- February 10, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Yarni Gras! said...
oh! love the hair cut short....very cute on you :-)
- February 11, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- lenny said...
i recently snipped my hair as well.
wasn't long enough for a donation, but i do feel entirely different!
i forgot how much courage it takes to hack it all off!
- February 12, 2009 at 6:25 PM
- Poppy and Mei said...
I LOVE IT! XXxx
- February 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- swann said...
the short 'do looks soooo good on you! i want to cut my hair too, i'm tired of picking up long strands scattered on the floor. ^-^
- February 13, 2009 at 7:07 AM
- Alexis said...
I love your new haircut!
- February 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM
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- depending on the model as complete rack or adaptor for the original rack as standard
- unless otherwise indicated, always compatible with Hepco & Becker side carriers or saddlebag holders - can be mounted independently of one another
- cross-plate with integrated plastic cover for covering the anchor points
- all-around attachment points for the luggage straps
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- the bracket can be used to firmly attach all Hepco & Becker topcases without universal adaptor plate (except for the standard aluminium topcase) – meaning no extra cost for additional adaptors
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Perennial, often matted, dioecious; staminate plants generally present
Leaves alternate, entire, generally ± tomentose
Inflorescence: heads discoid or disciform, 1 or in cyme-like clusters; phyllaries many in several series, papery or membranous (staminate wider, more conspicuous); receptacle naked
Staminate flowers 25 mm; corollas white, yellow, or red; pappus bristle tips generally enlarged
Pistillate flowers 210 mm; corollas barely lobed, white, yellow or red
Fruit 0.53.5 mm, ± elliptic; pappus bristles many, soft, weakly barbed
Species in genus: ± 40 species: Am, n Eurasia
Etymology: (Latin: antenna)
Reference: [Bayer 1990 Can J Bot 68:13891397 and Madroño 37:171183]
Many races reproduce by asexual seeds, their populations entirely pistillate plants.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stems many, 512 cm, densely tufted, woody at base; stolons 0
Leaves dense, 512 mm, spoon-shaped, evergreen, 1-veined, green above, tomentose below; tips notched
Inflorescence: head 1; involucres 59 mm (staminate) or 1015 mm (pistillate), woolly and finely glandular at base; phyllaries wide, blunt or acute, greenish yellow below, upper part white
Staminate flowers: corollas 45 mm
Pistillate flowers: corollas 58 mm
Fruit 12 mm, papillate; pappus 79 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=28
Ecology: UNCOMMON. Dry, open coniferous woods, serpentine barrens
Elevation: 5001600 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, High North Coast Ranges
Distribution outside California: Oregon
Horticultural information: DRN, IRR, SUN: 1, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17; DFCLT.