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ConversionAugust 04, 2003
Can I share something with you?
It's a bit of a dirty little secret.
So there's this guy, see, and he created this project. And lots of people liked the project, and he became known for the project. And all was well, except that he was living a lie.
See, his project involved this new-fangled technology that some people like and others don't and some people are afraid of and others aren't. But he wasn't even using this technology himself, except in the 'bad' way that he was trying to free everyone else from!
Okay, so there's only so far I can take the figurative speech. Mezzoblue is now CSS from the top down, with minimal, as - semantic - as - it - gets - while - still - looking - as - good - as - it - does markup. This has been on the backburner for a long time, and should explain the relatively infrequent posting of late.
What, you assumed it was all along? You're not alone, most did. But it wasn't. It was as old-school as they come. Have a look, if you don't believe me.
I've fixed some things, broken others, and generally this whole site is in a state of transition right now. You'll still find some pages on the old code base, but I'm getting around to it. While I can't exactly claim to be re-designing in public, I am on the hook for a few loose ends yet.
Some notes.
- Fahrner Image Replacement heavy, especially the top header.
- Low- to no- javascript. I've ditched everything but my hit counter and the cookie functions for Movable Type. This works for and against me, but it makes a nice difference.
- Your load time should be faster; I'll have to crunch numbers, but I believe I've dropped from a 100k+ home page to around 65k — 75k, after considering all the external files. Not quite half, but not too shabby.
- Image improvements here and there. You should be noticing this by now. I've solved some of the problems bugging me, and done some close work on the type and alignments.
- XHTML 1.0 Strict. Comments pages won't be expected to validate, but the rest of the site eventually should pass with flying colours.
- View my source. Go on. Live a little.
- Or view it unstyled.
IE6, Firebird, and Opera 7/Win give me thumbs up, but your mileage may vary. Any nit-picks (especially Mac browsers) should be accompanied by URLs to screenshots, please.
There. One more black spot coming off my record. I'm getting dangerous with this stuff.
Reader Comments
Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff. Congrats on the de-tablification.
I can't believe I just said "de-tablification". I need coffee.
"…he wasn't even using this technology himself, except in the 'bad' way that he was trying to free everyone else from!"
It's great to see the upgrade as you should always practice what you preach. If only everyone would follow suit and do professionally what they advocate to others. I won't mention any names…cough…zeldman…cough…
Why the unfounded attack against Zeldman, Gus? He does more in a single day than I do in a month to further web standards.
Maybe Gus is referring to some sites Zeldman made through his company that use basic tables for layout purposes.
"He does more in a single day than I do in a month to further web standards."
We all appreciate Zeldman's work at furthering web standards. All I am saying is that it would be nice if he actually practiced what he preaches. Here is a selection of some his recent work:
On his personal sites he'll use CSS extensively, but not with his clients. Tables are still his approach when it comes to real world situations I suppose.
If Bowman can build tableless sites for clients that look great, how come Zeldman can't/won't? I think he should be taken to task for the work he produces if he is to advocate standards. Practice what you preach: that's all I'm saying.
Zeldman never intended to free the world from table-based designs. If you would have taken the time to read his book you know why in some cases he opts for XHTML Transitional for structure along with basic tables for layout.
I think his recent work at http://www.i3forum.com is a good example of standards used in the "soft" way (it serves as a case study in the book). Personal sites are different from corporate sites. Where as a personal site might display cutting edge techniques a corporate one needs to serve a large and broad group of users.
Maybe Gus is referring to some sites Zeldman made through his company that use basic tables for layout purposes.I guess some clients you just can't argue with. "It must have tables, be lime-green, and have a swoosh!"
Again I think Gus Borden is wrong in comparing Douglas Bowman to Jeffrey Zeldman. Sure Douglas Bowman was responsible for redesigning the Wired.com website. Nothing but many kudos for the achievement. However, Wired.com is aimed at the internet business itself, odds are that their user base is more computer savvy than other large sites such as http://www.foxsearchlight.com.
Using standards is not black or white. There's always a trade-off. Again I suggest you take the time to read Jeffrey Zeldman's book: Designing with Web Standards. He shows you why table based designs are not dead per se. I think Jeffrey Zeldman is one of the last persons in the web development communuty whom you can accuse of not practicing what he preaches. Doing the latter is blunt and not founded.
"in some cases he opts for XHTML Transitional for structure along with basic tables for layout."
In some cases?? Every single one of the projects on display at Happycog use tables. Has he ever built a single site for a client that didn't use tables for layout?
"corporate one needs to serve a large and broad group of users."
If Bowman can do it for WIRED and Adaptive Path and a major site like ESPN can do it then I think zeldman could do it for at least a couple of his clients.
Excellent work. Just one thing: you do have label elements, but they don't do anything useful because none of your form fields have ids.
I always meant to look at your code to see how you got the copyright info down at the bottom. Now I find out that it was a lie.
Glad to see you make the switch.
Great work Dave!
Ok, enough with the attacks on Zeldman. I don't think attacking him for the table-based designs in those sites is really called for here.
Having worked with Jeffrey on ALA for about a year, I can say I know the guy pretty well; he doesn't do things by mistake.
If you are a professional web developer or web designer you should know that not everyone can use a CSS based layout for their public site. Sad but true… some sites are required to be visually sound in AOL and NN 3.0 …that doesn't mean a text only version, it means a table based layout because that's what works with those older browsers.
I am not saying the site noted CAN'T be turned into a CSS based design, they can, we all know they can… Zeldman knows they can… but the client can't afford to have their customers visiting the site and having it display something like what a Word DOC file must look like… text and sized fonts.
I think eventually people will upgrade, NN 3.x and older browsers will become a thing of the past and we'll have to deal with more complicated headaches like getting the DOM to work cross-browser.
Hey Dave, I know it's a long shot, but you could even get your comment pages to validate (for the most part) using Brad Chaote's Macros or Regex plugins. Basically, you could make all ampersands into the entity &:amp; and all the single quotes into whatever that entity is (I can't recall off hand).
That might take the majority of the W3C's validating woes from within your comments. Just a thought :)
Ah, Dave! I, too, am part of the people who preach web standards when my own personal website and portfolio is a MESS. Largely because they were made a while ago – one a an assignment where the teacher forced us to use Dreamweaver techniques, and the other is over a year old.
When I have the time, I will overhaul both into CSS and XHTML. Soon….
Meanwhile, table layouts aren't EVIL. Just as long as the person codes as semantically as possible and doesn't go overboard with the table, it shouldn't be a problem. Problem with people is that they are too extremist at times. Remember, tables are NOT evil. You may use them for tabular data.
"Comments pages won't be expected to validate"
You could do what Simon Willison does: reject comments that don't use valid XHTML and ask the user to correct it. As a web designer I love the idea…but as an average user I might find that to be a bit of a nightmare…oh never mind…
"If you are a professional web developer or web designer you should know that not everyone can use a CSS based layout for their public site."
Nick, surely http://www.digital-web.com/ which is geared towards web professionals and not grannies running Netscape 3 should not use tables for layout.
Great work, wish I had the time to do this on my sites as well…Some day I'll get around to it. Going to have to study how you used FIR and linked your masthead. Need to do that on one of my sites.
As far as the "attack" on Zeldman and the idea that there is no place for tables on the Web, that is kind of silly.
I've used tables, for various reasons, some beyond my control, on clients sites, my personal sites and my day job's sites and I'll continue to do so where it's practical. That's the key - practicality.
Tables are just the thing for certain problems out there and if they are done correctly and for the right reasons – there is nothing wrong with employing them.
Having said that, the more I work with CSS based layouts the easier they become and I'm finding more and more reasons, and more ways to eliminate tables.
I think it's worth pointing out that standards compliance and transitional, table-based layouts are not mutually exclusive. The extent to which you rely on CSS to drive your sites' presentation logic is not something dictated by the W3C. To say that Zeldman's not walking the standards walk because he's got a table or two shaping his layout is more than a bit inaccurate; run any of his pages through the CSS and HTML validators, and see how brilliantly they fare.
(Note to Self: breaking rule #1 by engaging the troll is a no-no. Make another note to Self about this for future reference).
As much as you are ranting about sites that are using table-based layouts while advocating css-based layouts, you'd think that the URL you were referencing as "your own" when posting your message would be a shining example of everything lovely, css-y, and table-less.
Alas, google.com is table-based.
"run any of his pages through the CSS and HTML validators, and see how brilliantly they fare."
Fox SearchLight
wow, you're right! Only 18 errors!
I know, I know, the client is probably responsible for any errors at this point, but I couldn't resist.
The point I wanted to make, however, is that the validator does not know all. Yes a table will validate because the validator has no idea whether a table is being used for presentation or not…just like in real life there is a "rule of law" and "spirit of the law". Using tables for presentational purposes may not be against the "rule of law" but they are definitely against the spirit in which the rule was written.
Wow, go make a pizza (vegetarian, from scratch) for your new bride and you sure miss out on a lot. Most of what I wanted to say to Gus has been well covered by everyone else.
Two more things for you to think about Gus: first - it took a lot of effort and shifting my schedule and neglecting aforementioned new bride to GET this site converted to CSS. People have lives. Converting something old to a modern layout isn't a priority. That's assuming personal sites; commercial sites require money. In today's climate, if you're getting real money to retro-fit older sites purely on an idealistic, utopian basis, I want to come work for you.
Zeldman's portfolio sites, and Digital Web now that you have turned your sights on it, are almost exclusively over a year old. Think back to this time last year. Wired News hadn't launched. ESPN was under MSN's code, so we can imagine how ugly it would have been. Things were really, really different. Now make the connection between this and the prior point — you're comparing early 2002 work (and older) to mid-2003 work.
I'm on the record for saying that table-based design is still a viable option. So is Zeldman, in DWWS, as Didier points out. We advocate what works, not idealistic purity.
Using tables for presentational purposes may not be against the "rule of law" but they are definitely against the spirit in which the rule was written.
But all you're doing is proving that you don't work on Real-World sites.
Bashing Zeldman because his portfolio isn't quite as pristine as Bowman's is sort of like bashing Barry Bonds because he doesn't have quite as many home runs as Babe Ruth or Willie Mays.
Is it sad to have been waiting for this day to come for some time? Beautiful work and you should be commended. This is Dave's site so praise Dave and email Zeldman if you gotta problem with him. Now only if you could get away from this cursed asp…
New photo? Looking bad-ass ;)
Hi Dave!
Congradulations on your transition over to a css-based layout. It looks good! I especially like the way you put a soft halo around the big blue content column.
Great work! ;-)
hehehe, congrats on turning everything over.
I have an old table in my kitchen that needs to repaired. I wonder whether I should try to fix it , replace it with a new table or perhaps ask Doug Bowman to come round and come up with an alternative solution to my sitting-down-and-eating dilemmas. I tried to get Jeffrey round for a quote but you know how these tradesmen are, never show up when they say they will. Ah shucks.
Seriously though, tables are not evil, and they have their place (not just kitchens). Gus should appreciate that the audience of those sights built by Jeffrey are very different from those built by Doug. How many casual surfers finding a cinema/movie site will immediately view source?
Suzanne - it can only be an acronym if the resulting combination of letters results in a new word. NATO is most definitely an acronym, as is RADAR. HTML is not, because you don't say "hetmal" or "hotmul" or anything of the sort, you say "aitch-tee-em-ell".
If you can pronounce it, chances are it's an acronym. If you pronounce each letter, chances are that it's not.
Some nitpicks… ;-)
Are you _really_ seperating content from presentation? I mean, you use classes and ids like "headerBlock", "rhs", "p000207" and "alsoLinks" that don't convey any contextual meaning. Of course, everyone uses class and id names like those;, and there are several other names that make sence in your source. But there are still problems: in a future design "footerBlock" might be in an absolutely positioned section near the top. Or it might be placed elsewhere with a different stylesheet in the future (XSLT, CSS-2010, etc…) and no longer be a footer.
Also, you don't have a lang attribute on the html tag. You may want to supplement the xml:lang attribute for compatibility with older browsers/bots (as suggested by the XHTML 1.0 spec).
I'm not normally such a pendant, but it's still not an abbreviation. It's an initialization, which is a specialized acronym.
"An INITIALIZATION is an abbreviation that is formed by
combining the initial letter of each word in a multiword term.
Initialisms are pronounced as separate letters."
There is no tag that I'm aware of (embarrassing if there were!) so does it matter what you call it in the code?
Good points Jimmy. Some of those are signs of MT's commenting limitations (combined with py programming limitations) while others are just brain-deadedness. I'll more than likely change them to more representative names.
And hey, cut me some slack - it's not like all of them are that way, considering I'm also using descriptive id's like alsoAvailable, siteInfo, and webDesign. 'Sides, I'm not claiming semantic purity, just closer-than-most.
I'll look into lang, thanks. But I'm more forward-thinking than backward- on this site right now, and if I move to XHTML 1.1 it will necessarily be a casualty.
Note: I also don't usually make daft typing errors. Pedant. See? Clearly I'm not one or I'd be able to spell it without proof-reading. ;)
Thanks Suzanne, that's the word I was trying to recall but couldn't. Since we're getting pedantic though… ;)
Your definition of an initialization states specifically that it IS an abbreviation. That it's a specialized abbreviation doesn't change that, and it's accurate (while more generalized) to use the <abbr> tag. It's, as Anne points out, semantically and grammatically flat-out wrong to use <acronym>.
I've been discussing this with an equally obsessed friend who pointed out that all acronyms and initializations are actually abbreviations.
A subset of abbreviations are acronyms and a subset of those are initializations. Whee!
I still don't see how it affects what tag you use for it – if we're all this confused about the matter (or at least I am), how is it semantically going to help someone to call it an abbreviation or an acronym?
The chain looks like this:
Abbreviation -> Initialization -> Acronym
Acronyms are the smallest group, but all Acronyms belong to Init and Abbr. Init's only belong to Acr if they're pronouncable and independent words, and Abbr's exist that aren't Init's OR Acr's.
The tags are somewhat arbitrary, it seems, now that I'm thinking about it in greater detail. Because Acronym is the smallest subset, I wonder why there's an <acronym> tag but no <init> tag or similar. Possibly because we've all heard of an acronym, but initializations are left to the pedantic realm of the grammatically elite? Pedantic, semantic. Six of one, half dozen….
I looks the same :), never knew you were using tables. But I'm now digging in your source. Two things. While you can't do it at Zen Garden (mentioned in a comment from an earlier post) you could send this page as xml, can't you? The other thing it that you should use the right type of abbreviation for things. It's the same problem you have at Zen Garden. HTML is NOT an acronym, but it is an abbreviation.
Hi Dave nice job! Congratulations
I know what it's like, too busy working on others sites to get my own done too..
One small issue that can be easily cured..
The centering/clipping issue with NN7 is here. Reduce the screen size to less that 840px to see the left side disappear .
(I'm still on small screen ;))
I posted about it on the last garden thread yesterday, but to re-iterate it
use of width: ###px and margin: 0 auto; on the container element
add min-width: ###px {same as container) to the body element
Looks great! Are you aware of Stuart Langridge's alternative to Fahrner Image Replacement? It achieves the same effect but without the additional span and in a way that doesn't break in screen readers that ignore display: none; text.
Heh, indeed! Interesting, I didn't see the other order, but it makes more sense that way. One of those learn something new every day things, I suppose!
(congrats on the new redesign, and thanks for tolerating my curiosity)
And are you aware of my own Alternative Image Replacement which is discussed at http://www.simplebits.com/200308#1059886874 ?
Well done Dave! Keep up the good work! I especially like the updated design for not having to scroll horizontally anymore (as I don't like to have my browser maximized at full screen width).
Congratulations on an amazingly done CSS conversion. Converting old layouts is tough! Technology influences design: things you've designed with tables are not necessarily the same kinds of things you might design in CSS; the transition from one to the other can be tricky and painful.
It takes a special person to fix an existing site under the hood. Especially when he's a busy working designer, let alone a newly and happily married one. As the creator of CSS Zen Garden, you've already done so much for the community that you could easily have rested on your laurels. Rock on.
Congratulations Dave, The site looks just grand.
Can't believe all the bitching about Zeldman, after all he has done for web standards.
That said, it would be kind of fun if a group of angry, pitch fork waving villagers with over-bites turned up every time a table was used for presentation purposes.
Hey Dave, what happened to the funky rounded background images for the comment numbers?
Anne — I'd like to explore serving XHTML 1.1 to browsers capable of rendering it, hence my question on the subject the other day. But that's an experimental project, and not something I aimed to do right off the bat. I've got a few things I'd like to keep working on, including replacing the FIR with one of the newer methods I've discovered recently.
re: HTML is not an acronym.
I'm aware, but the guy I look to to settle disputes in my head over semantic stuff like this (Mark Pilgrim) is serving up abbreviations as <acronym>. Currently IE (the only one I'm aware of, but others might too) only dishes up the tool-tip ALT text for <acronym>, and not <abbr>, rendering any extra work adding title text useless. Semantic purity is nice, but sometimes not quite practical.
Thanks to all for the congratulations! And please, nobody look at this in IE5/Mac. Ouch.
Congratulations on the switch to CSS layouts. It really loads faster and still maintains the look & feel.
All this attacks on Zeldman is just ridiculous. He really practices what he preaches. Look at zeldman.com and ala for proof. He does it for the sites he personally controls. He even authored a four part series outlining why he switched from a table layout to pure CSS for ala. His client sites are a different ballgame. Those pages have been designed for the maximum audience which means other than people who are active in the web dev community. Bowman's audience at wired is different and more tech inclined. The demographics are different and fox searchlight cannot afford for its site to break in older browsers. They want a consistent look across all platforms.
And Zeldman has never denounced table-less layouts. There is practically nothing wrong with tables for layout. There are still design schools outthere preaching its virtues. Although CSS based layouts is an 'ideal' for us to achieve, it is not a rule that has to be followed. First it was Arikawa's use of Times New Roman and now its Zeldman's use of tables. It is okay to break these so called "rules". And as long as people still use older browsers, CSS based layouts will remain an ideal, not the reality. I am sure Zeldman wishes he could do pure CSS layouts for his clients, but he is bound to their exdpectations and requirements. He is aware of the demography that the site is intended for. His hands are surely tied.
To end in a happy note, Dave, you are truly amazing!
This forum should be about what Dave Shea has achieved, but I can't let an inaccurate (although well-intended) statement go by if it might convince some designers reading this page that they shouldn't try to do CSS layouts for their paying customers. At Happy Cog we have indeed created CSS layouts for several of our clients, large and small, and will continue to do so wherever appropriate. Some of this work is not yet online - it's in production. Other stuff is online but we haven't linked to it for business reasons (for instance, we might not have the client's permission to discuss it). Now back to Dave.
Looks sweeter than ever! Don't feel guilty though, it proves that you recreate exactly the same look without tables.
very nice and very schwiiiiiing, dave :) tho it's been said alot already, i just wanted to congradulate ya on a very nice job… also, thx to Simon for that 'alternate' link he posted on using images in your without the inner tag…. damn, cant believe i never thought of that! D'oh!
i'm happy i dropped by and read this, even with the Big Z bashing by the troll… for one, cuz it's reassuring to hear it from both you [dave] and others say that TABLES are not evil… especially for those of us that admire you guys, but are unable to fulfill this 'standards, all css or nothing' dream that i've often seen and read about in the real world.
just my humble thoughts… great work! (looks threw source) *chuckle*
Congratulations Dave!
(Though the text in this text box is mighty small!)
Hey Dave!
i acctually noticed that you used tables a few days ago, when i was investigating how i was gonna build my own comments system. I thought "that can't go on like that forever" - i was right :D
Anyways, congrats on the change!
Oh yeah, the "remember me or forget me" option linebreaks kinda funny."
There are solutions for IE not showing the tooltip. http://www.sovavsiti.cz/css/abbr.html , I use it on my site and it works.
Adam - wasn't digging them anymore. The shape was all wrong. Not quite satisfied with the new ones, but I'm still working.
Very nice!
It looks better centred and I like the small changes too. Well done.
I'm sorry, why is HTML not an acronym?
Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) seems to be "a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term".
An abbreviation would be where you're using multiple letters from the same word, like mgmt for management, or, say, img for image.
In this case, inner capitilization works the same way a hyphenated word does, and HTML is an acronym, NOT an abbreviation. At worst, it's both (assuming hypertext is one word, not hyper-text), which is taken as an acronym, not an abbreviation.
So what's all this about it not being an acronym!?
Doesn't site identity get highest priority, and then content within comes afterward?
Well that's what most weblogs tend to do, but I think it's wrong. (I'm open to other's opinions about this.) If you think about web pages more as individual documents and less as subsections of a website, it makes more sense to make the article title an h1. It not only improves the semantic quality of the page, it also helps with search engine optimization. If nothing else, the W3C recommends it, so it can't be all that bad of an idea.
Dave, congratulations on the switch. It loaded faster than before, that is what I like most about it.
Fighting over tables for layout – TABLE-tennis – is a lot of fun to watch. :)
Nice work, Dave. If you're going to redesign your site, I suggest that you also change some of your semantics. For example, on a permalink page, why does "Mezzoblue" get a level one heading? Shouldn't the article title get a level one heading?
A lot of people are using structured markup, but many of those people are forgetting about the semantic part. Semantic markup doesn't get much respect because you can't tell the difference between a site that uses it and a site that doesn't. But that's what they used to say about CSS. ;)
Thanks Kris, Joshua. I'm not so sure that, semantically speaking, the article title would deserve an h1, Joshua. Consider that it's still a page on mezzoblue, the site. Doesn't site identity get highest priority, and then content within comes afterward?
I agree with Joshua on this. Think about it; people do not come from Google looking for "Mezzoblue", they came here because they were looking for Zen garden or CSS design.
That does not mean one should build structure to cater Google. it only means that what you think is most relevant to the document, should be treated with markup that expresses this relevance; I belief that logos or mastheads are already of importance because they are at the top of the document (visually and, often, structurally), but that they don't carry more relevance than the content that the site actually delivers.
A H1 could mean so much more to the content of a page than when it is used as a placeholder for something that appears on virtually every other page throughout the site. (read: the most important content of each page is the brand – bet it would work for Disney or Coca Cola, though)
CSS design; my fault for messing up the link.
Well, the error in that thinking is that a lot of people do get here from Google looking for 'mezzoblue' and I'd rather they didn't while looking for just 'zen garden' without the CSS, but I know what you're getting at. ;)
It's worth considering at any rate. It would completely turn my markup structure around, so I'd have to make sure my CSS was really tight. While in a perfect world the presentation would be absolutely 100% independent of the content, we all know that container divs are still pretty darn important for proper effect these days…
Thanks for the good discussion, guys.
I don't know what your hosting situation is like, but if it is possible, turn on gzip encoding. It makes a big difference in the speed of download. Your html file would go down from 65K to about 20K for this page. I've been very impressed with the results we've gotten when we turn on gzip.


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World and Asian Championships next on agenda for Iran
Tehran, Iran, August 8, 2003 – The Iran men's national volleyball team has begun training under coach Julio Velasco in preparation for September's final round of Asian qualification tournaments for the World Championship and the Asian Volleyball Championship.
According to the Iranian Volleyball Federation, Julio Velasco has recruited a total of 27 players who have been in training since July 29 at the Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran. Their intensive training regime includes morning and afternoon sessions for three successive days, followed by a rest day.
The Iranian national volleyball team is also scheduled to play warm-up matches against Egypt, Russia and Italy with coach Velasco still to name the players who will take part in these events.
The final round of Asian qualification tournaments for the World Championship will begin in September, with 16 teams fighting in four pools for the four tickets at stake.
On September 6, Australia will
host pool A matches among Kazakhstan, Thailand,
and Kuwait,
while host Iran will play against Pool B contenders, Pakistan, Indonesia,
and Bahrain for
three days starting September 11.
The 17th Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, which will be held from September 28 to October 6 in Dubai (UAE) will see the participation of 24 teams.

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Jyotsna Sreenivasan was born and raised in northeastern Ohio for the most part, although she also lived briefly in Toronto, Canada and Bangalore, India. Her parents are from India. She has an MA in English literature from the University of Michigan, and she have lived in Washington, DC and Moscow, Idaho. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio. Please visit her web sites: Gender Equality Bookstore; Second Generation Stories or follow her on Twitter: @jyotsna64.
Still living at home despite a good career and financial independence, beautiful and sophisticated Rasika has always been the dutiful daughter. With her twenty-sixth birthday fast approaching, she agrees to an arranged marriage, all while trying to hide from her family her occasional dalliances with other men.
Abhay is everything an Indian-American son shouldn't be. Having spent his postcollege years living in a commune, he now hops from one dead-end job to another, brooding over what he really wants to do with his life.
Old family friends, Rasika and Abhay seem to have nothing in common, yet when the two reconnect by chance, sparks immediately fly. Abhay loves Rasika, but he knows her family would never approve. Rasika reluctantly accepts she has feelings for Abhay, but can she turn her back on the family rules she has always tried so hard to live by? The search to find answers takes Abhay and Rasika out of their native Ohio to Oregon and India, where they find that what they have together might just be something worth fighting for.
"Jyotsna Sreenivasan's poignant debut novel And Laughter Fell from the Sky is a moving love story that is both traditional and modern, surprising and deeply comforting - it's not only about finding love, but a way to be true to ourselves."—Laura Dave, author of The First Husband
"And Laughter Fell from the Sky is a timely story about what matters most deeply: our quest for love and acceptance, and our fear that we will never find that person who might give us both. Jyotsna Sreenivasan's writing speaks straight to the heart."—Kim Barnes, author of In the Kingdom of Men
"Insightful, hopeful, and luminescent, Sreenivasan's novel will make you believe in the power of love to overcome all obstacles."—Anjali Banerjee, author of Haunting Jasmine and Imaginary Men
"Sreenivasan writes with a tender, seemingly semiautobiographical view of her subjects and clearly understands the familial and cultural pressures on second-generation Americans. . . . A witty, timely exploration of the varying definitions of success, belonging, cultural identity, and the human desire to connect."—Booklist
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) enjoyed a long and distinguished military career and attained the rank of five-star general before becoming the 34th president of the United States. One of the most serious problems Eisenhower faced during his eight years in office (1953-61) was the Cold War, a struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States. While the Soviet Union tried to spread communism throughout the world, the United States used its energies to help countries fight against it.
Under Soviet-style communism, the rights of the individual were always secondary to the intentions and needs of the state. Farms and factories were owned by the government. The government chose what was shown on television, printed in newspapers, or taught in schools. To speak out against the government was to risk going to prison. Soviet leaders argued that their dictatorship of the proletariat was the wave of the future. Once the whole world became communist, there would be no cause for war. But until that time they saw themselves in permanent conflict with the democracies of Europe and America. The United States, with its constitutional guarantees of individual rights, was widely recognized as the leader of the Western democracies, and was the natural and inevitable enemy of communism.
The Cold War began at the end of World War II when the Soviet Union attempted to create its own "sphere of influence" by refusing to remove its troops from eastern Europe. It was a war of mutual propaganda, espionage, and encroachment on neutral territory. Each side used spies to steal the other's military secrets. Covertly, both countries helped smaller nations in their fights for or against communism by supplying them with weapons and economic aid.
What made the Cold War so frightening was the very strong possibility that it could turn into a "hot" war--nuclear war--at any moment. By 1953 both the United States and Soviet Union had produced nuclear weapons. To allay both countries' fears, Eisenhower proposed in 1955 an Open Skies plan of mutual overflights. The plan was flatly denounced by Nikita Khrushchev, the new leader of the Soviet Union, who, in 1958, further heightened Cold War tensions by issuing the Berlin Ultimatum. He insisted that if the United States and its Western European allies would not recognize East Germany as a separate nation, he would deny them access to Berlin.
Eisenhower knew that diplomacy could ease the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although he intended to invite Khrushchev to visit the United States only after Khrushchev backed down on Berlin, the State Department made a mistake and issued the invitation too early. Eisenhower was furious, but Khrushchev was coming to the United States.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 10, No. 2 Fall 1983 DOCTORAL RESEARCH Maureen H. Berry, Editor UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS All of the studies reviewed in this edition have to do, in one way or another, with impact assessments: the majority of them involving accounting regulation. We commence with the broad regulation of accounting practices by the federal government through specific legislation. Chow's study of the impact of accounting regulation on investor wealth, although pointed towards the need for assessing the economic effects of accounting regulation, uses the 1933 and 1934 Securities Acts in testing his hypotheses. Johnson shifts the focus to management stewardship as he gathers data on specific accounting changes which firms introduced in response to the re-quirements of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. The Treasury Department also plays a significant role in shaping accounting practice. Professional accountants and tax authorities have been battling over code language and application interpreta-tions for decades, yet ambiguities and incongruencies persist. Lett provides strategic advice to both the Internal Revenue Service and taxpayers, based on his study of court decisions which distinguish tax-deductible business losses from nondeductible, unprofitable hobbies. Aharoni raises behavioral issues in his examination of the ways in which corporate taxation affects management's choices between accounting alternatives. Beirne is concerned about other aspects of corporate tax policy: notably its neutrality and provisions for equality of treatment. These policy attributes are questioned in his review of the taxation of the undistributed income of controlled foreign corporations. Turning to the profession's own internal regulatory activities, the remaining four dissertations ask basic questions about required practices and obtain mixed results. Haselkorn evaluates pension expense accounting, as required by Opinion No. 8 of the Account-ing Principles Board (APB) and concludes that it does not accom-plish the Board's stated objectives. Gean questions the APB's posi-tion on the interperiod allocation of depreciation timing differences,


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Joe Coleman scored 16 points, Rodney Williams added 14 and No. 21 Minnesota beat defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State 77-68 on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
TALLAHASSEE — After a week on the road, Minnesota coach Tubby Smith is happy to be finally headed home — especially with another win.
The 21st-ranked Gophers were playing their fourth game in six days, but showed no signs of being the least bit weary. They bolted to an early double-digit lead that they held for most of the game on the way to a 77-68 win over defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
"To come into Tallahassee here, on the road, against a very tough team, we knew we'd have to play well," Smith said. "I thought we showed that we had competed against some good competition. Tonight we took another step in the right direction."
Minnesota jumped to a 7-0 lead and built its biggest lead in the half at 35-20 on Austin Hollins' 3-pointer with 2:56 left in the half. Andre Hollins' 3 made it 30-19 with 6:22 remaining and the Gophers held a double-digit lead for most of the game.
"We were shooting the ball well in the first half ... and they were struggling," Smith said. "That was a big key. We made our shots early and they didn't."
Minnesota (7-1) led 38-25 at halftime and by as many as 21 points in the second half. The Gophers' lone loss was to No. 2 Duke in the Battle 4 Atlantis.
"Minnesota played with a lot more fire," Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. "They were a lot more aggressive. I thought that we would have been the team that would be extremely aggressive. We've been inconsistent with it."
Joe Coleman scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and Rodney Williams added 14 for Minnesota. A 6-foot-4 sophomore guard, Coleman made 8 of 13 field goals in the game and his 12 second-half points helped the Gophers build a 58-37 lead midway through the half.
"We were able to jump out and get a big lead on them so that obviously makes it a little bit easier," Williams said. "We knew they were going to fight back and they did but we were able to hold them off at the end. We're just happy to come back from this road trip 3-1."
Austin Hollins added 13 points and Andre Hollins had 12 for the Gophers, who never trailed. Elliott Eliason had 10 rebounds. Austin Hollins also kept Florida State's Michael Snaer in check.
"You've got to give Minnesota credit," Hamilton said. "They did the things they had to do to keep us at bay."
Reserve Terrance Shannon led Florida State (4-2) with 14 points and 11 rebounds while Snaer finished with 12 points on 3-of-9 shooting. Terry Whisnant and Okaro White both had 10 points for the Seminoles.
Minnesota shot 47.3 percent in the first half while Florida State finished with a chilly 37.9 percent.
Florida State, which won its first ACC title last season, has lost five straight games in the annual ACC-Big Ten challenge dating to a 75-61 victory over the Gophers in Smith's first season at Minnesota in 2007.


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Tough times, tough choices – tips to keep from surrendering your pets
It's been a long while since we've posted, but as many of you find, there's just not that much time to spare these days. Rescue always gets harder when the economy is this bad. There are fewer people adopting animals, fewer people donating money, fewer people with time to foster, and many, many more animals being surrendered. The animals we do take in, stay with us longer and cost more money.
It's unfortunate, but not surprising. With people struggling to make ends meet for themselves, they often find that they are faced with tough choices regarding their pets. People who have to work a second job find that they don't have extra time to spend caring for their pets. People without a job don't have money to put food on their own table, much less pay for pet food and vet bills. People are moving to smaller apartments, sometimes moving in with roomates, and their landlord either doesn't allow pets, or they just don't have room.
Unfortunately this also means that when an owner decides they have to rehome their pet, the prospects are not good.
Most people first try to find a new home through Craigslist or similar methods. From what we hear, this isn't working any more – there are SO many animals available that it's hard to find any takers, much less one you trust with a beloved pet. If your pet is older or has special needs, it's almost impossible to find someone willing to shoulder the burden when there's also so many babies available.
The next step is usually for the owner to contact a shelter. But most shelters are at or above capacity and are euthanizing at a higher than normal rate. The statistics are staggering: "Last year [2010], at least 305,222 dogs and cats were dropped off at North Carolina shelters, and 214,475 were euthanized. The cost of handling all those animals is nearly $30 million. The real numbers are likely higher, because only 73 of 100 counties had reported their 2010 data to state government as of February." (Source) Some shelters are outright refusing to accept animals, especially exotics like guinea pigs and rabbits, leaving owners seemingly without options.
So what can you do?
The first option is always to try to keep your pet. Fortunately, with a little ingenuity, it can be done! We've heard from scores of owners who have given up trying to rehome their pets and found many clever methods to keep them, and we wanted to share some of the ideas they've shared with us.
If space is an issue…
If you don't have room for a grand 3'x7′ C&C cage anymore, that's not necessarily a reason to give up your pets. Bigger is better, but if the choice is euthanasia, we'd rather see you keep your pets in a smaller space.
- For rabbits, use an expandable dog exercise pen as their cage. Fold it down to 2'x4′ or smaller when you're home and need the extra space, but unfold it to give them room to exercise when you're asleep or at work. Maybe you don't have a rabbit-proof room that they can run around in anymore? Consider using a hallway, bathroom, or kitchen. Even though these spaces maybe aren't as big as they were used to, as long as they can run back and forth a little, that may be enough for them. Again, just try to schedule their exercise for a time when you aren't using that space. Jessica writes, "we hardly have any space in this apartment, but my husband lets me use his home office for the buns to run around in on Sundays while he's watching sports. There's tons of cords everywhere, so we just put a big fence around the edges and they can run around in the middle. It's only once a week but they clearly benefit from it."
- Guinea pigs can also accommodate to flexible caging that expands when you've got room. Sally writes: "I moved in with two roommates and one is allergic so I had to keep my guinea pigs in my bedroom, but it's so tiny that I didn't have anywhere to put their cage. Then I realized their C&C cage fits under the bed! When I leave for work, I pull it out, flip up the grids, and put them in it. They have to go back in a petstore cage when I get home but they get 8 hours a day in their old piggy palace." Another owner wrote that she put her rat's cage in a walk-in closet – "I just have to make sure I leave the door open when I leave so they get some sunlight."
- If you can't sleep with pets in the bedroom, we've heard of plenty of other creative cage locations. One adopter built a shelf above her front-loading washer & dryer for the pig cage. Another realized that they rarely use their dining room table, so the pigs are now underneath – "we almost always eat in the kitchen, anyhow. For holidays we just move the cage for a day or two." One especially creative family assembled their kids' old bunk-bed in the TV room above the television, and put their pigs' C&C cage on the top bunk! "We have to use a stepstool to clean it, but it means they're out with family and get more attention, and we enjoy watching their antics even more than watching TV."
If time is an issue…
"I just don't have the time to give them the attention they need" is the most common reason we hear from people needing to surrender their pets. But really, as long as you have time to feed them, clean them, and give them once-a-week health checks, they'll still be healthy and happy without daily cuddle time.
- Most small animals are usually perfectly happy without human attention, as long as they have a same-species companion. It may seem counter-intuitive, but maybe adopting a friend for your single piggy or bunny will lessen the time you have to spend with them, rather than increase it. One adopter wrote "I had to take a job where I travel every week and although my husband was good at keeping him fed and cleaned, [my bunny] Snickers just wasn't getting any attention. Then I adopted Hershey to be his friend and I don't feel so bad now because they have each other."
- You can also save time by changing your petcare routine a little. Most people find that using cage blankets or fleece as bedding requires less cleaning time than using wood shavings. If you normally feed your pets in the morning when you're already rushed, try doing their big feeding at night instead. Using an extra big hay manger or two water bottles may give you the peace of mind to skip an extensive morning routine. Rather than making their salad every day, spend an hour on the weekend cutting up veggies, and package it in multiple single serving tupperwares so it's quicker to distribute during the busy work week!
If food bills are an issue…
Guinea pigs and rabbits mostly eat grass, so why does it seem like their food is so expensive?! Here's some tips to cut food costs:
- Buy hay in bulk. It doesn't go bad as long as you keep it dry so it doesn't mold, and keep it cool and out of sunlight so it doesn't go brown. A 50-lb box of hay costs $50, which is a dollar per pound. A 40-oz bag (2.5lbs) costs $8, which is over $3 per pound! 50 lbs should last two pigs or rabbits about 6 months so it's not a frequent expense – that makes it worth the hassle of a long drive or ordering online if you don't have a supplier near you who can get the big boxes.
- Start a hay co-op. Check with your local shelter or rescue – where do they get their hay, and can you buy some from them? Some rescues buy in bulk from local growers and are willing to resell at incredible discounts. You can also search for other owners in your area and go in together on bulk purchases from online retailers like Kleenmama's Hayloft. This can often give you huge savings on shipping charges!
- Find veggies at your local farmer's market or community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm. Veggies are much cheaper when they're locally grown, because there's no transport or distribution costs; your money goes right to the farmer. You might even be able to exchange litterbox compost for veggies! Search for local CSAs here.
- Check the grocery stores for discount veggies. Grocers have to sort their produce at least once a day to remove items which are going bad or are too bruised to sell. Stop in on your way home and ask the produce manager if you can have some of what they're throwing away! You may have to do a bit of sorting to find the peppers and romaine among the onions and cabbages, but it's definitely worth it. Bagged salad mix is an especially easy thing to find – has to be thrown away by the printed expiration date, but it's usually still perfectly fresh. Just don't feed the kinds that have iceberg lettuce in them.
- Reduce pellets. Because pellets are the most "processed" of pig and rabbit foods, it's the most expensive per unit. The more hay and veggies you feed, the less pellets you need. Reducing pellets can also reduce vet bills by reducing the incidence of bladder stones and tooth problems.
If vet bills are an issue…
Speaking of vet bills – the most expensive part of owning an animal, this is also the hardest cost to control, but these tips can get you started:
- Prevention is cheaper than treatment. It's always cheaper to provide preventative care than to provide emergency care, so don't let health fall by the wayside, even when times are toughest. Weigh your pets EVERY week to spot illness early. Feed a good diet to prevent the leading illnesses, which are obesity, tooth malocclusion, and bladder stones. If you think your pet is sick, get treatment immediately, rather than waiting to see if it will "just get better". It usually won't, and the treatment costs usually triple if you wait till the animal is visibly ill.
- Start an emergency fund. Put one, five, or ten dollars a week – whatever you can possibly spare – into an emergency vet fund. Giving up just one venti frappachino per week can give you a nest egg of over $250 in one year! If you're crafty, you might find a unique way to raise a little money – several of our friends have started selling craft items on Etsy to help build up a little extra cash for their pets' vet needs.
- Find a vet before you need one. If you aren't already on a first-name basis with your vet, you should be! Just talk to them. Find out which clinics extend credit or offer payment plans. Find out which emergency clinics see small exotics, and which ones are cheapest for the initial consult. Don't hesitate to look outside your immediate area – if an hour's drive to a distant vet saves you $200, that's more than worth the extra gas you spend!
- Check your local shelter for vetcare options. Some shelters and rescues offer free nail trim clinics, low-cost spay or neuter, and even free wellness checks. They sometimes don't advertise these services except for cats and dogs, so you may have to do some phone work to find which ones also provide services to pocket pets. Some even offer low-cost euthanasia and cremation services, in case your pet is very ill.
- Take advantage of your vet school. If you live near a vet school you're living on a gold mine. They frequently offer free or dramatically reduced care services if you'll let your pet be treated by a student doctor. You may not feel comfortable with this if your pet has a serious illness, but use this resource for preventative wellness visits, it's like getting a free checkup!
We hope this information is helpful to you, and we'd love to hear your other suggestions or stories of how you made these ideas work for you.


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Pawnee (pônē´), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). At one time the Pawnee lived in what is now Texas, but by 1541, when Coronado visited Quivira, they seem to have been settled in the valley of the Platte River in S Nebraska. By the early 18th cent. the Pawnee had divided into four groups: the Skidi (or Wolf), the Grand, the Republican, and the Tapage (or Noisy). They then numbered some 10,000. By the time French traders settled (c.1750) among them, the Pawnee had extended their territory to the Republican River in N Kansas and the Niobrara River in N Nebraska. In 1806, Spanish soldiers visited the Pawnee just before the arrival of the expedition of Zebulon M. Pike.
In material culture the Pawnee resembled other Native Americans of the Plains area but they had an elaborate set of myths and rituals. Their supreme god was Tirawa (the sun), who with Mother Earth conceived Morning Star. Morning Star was the rising and dying god of vegetation. The Pawnee periodically sacrificed a young woman to Morning Star. This custom, one of the few examples of human sacrifice N of Mexico, was, however, ended by the great Pawnee chief Pitalesharo (b. c.1797).
The Pawnee were hostile to the Sioux and the Cheyenne, although friendly toward the Oto. They were fierce fighters, but they never warred against the United States, even when treated unjustly by the government. In fact, the Pawnee provided scouts for the U.S. army in the Indian wars as well as protecting the Union Pacific RR from the depredations of other Native Americans. Pawnee population was reduced by wars with the Sioux and by the smallpox and cholera epidemics of the 1830s and 1840s. By a series of treaties begun early in the 19th cent. the Pawnee ceded all of their land in Nebraska and in 1876 moved to a reservation in Oklahoma, where they were granted the right to own their land individually. In 1990 there were over 3,300 Pawnee in the United States.
See R. Linton, The Sacrifice to the Morning Star by the Skidi Pawnee (1922); W. Wedel, An Introduction to Pawnee Archeology (1936); G. Weltfish, The Lost Universe (1965); G. E. Hyde, The Pawnee Indians (rev. ed. 1973).


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Group Training Gains Steam on Personal Training
This year's survey reveals that a variety of training formats and methodologies are being introduced to meet diverse client needs, says Kathie Davis, co-founder and executive director of the IDEA Health & Fitness Association, a membership organization of health, wellness and fitness professionals worldwide with more than 23,000 members in more than 80 countries.
"Group training sessions and functional resistance training are on the upswing as are fitness assessments and the continuing adoption of small, portable pieces of equipment," she says. "Personal trainers realize their clientele have a vast spectrum of requirements, and the survey results show trainers are doing all they can to meet these differing demands while inspiring their clients to make active, healthy lifestyle choices."
The average cost of a professional personal training session is $58. The survey's respondents report that 85 percent of their clients stay with the business for one year or longer. Trainers are adopting new techniques to retain clients.
Less than 50 percent of the respondents said that growth in personal training for youths is strong. However, 65 percent of the respondents offer classes for youths 18 years old or younger, and 36 percent provide personal training for youths in small groups.
During typical sessions, 54 percent of the time is spent on resistance training; 22 percent is spent on cardio respiratory exercise; and the rest of the time is split between flexibility and other training methods. Strength training (97 percent) and functional resistance training (96 percent) top the list as the most common resistance training methods trainers use. Body-weight-only training (76 percent) and plyometrics (67 percent) also were popular.
Among cardio respiratory training techniques, interval training (85 percent) is used slightly more than other methods, with circuit (79 percent), cardio respiratory endurance (79 percent) and cross-training (75 percent) following closely behind. Trainers also include specialized options such as balance training (96 percent) and speed, agility and quickness conditioning (69 percent).
Small, portable pieces of exercise equipment continue to be the most popularly used equipment in personal training sessions. Overall, survey respondents said they use a variety of equipment to meet clients' diverse needs.
Resistance tubing or bands (97 percent), stability balls (97 percent), barbells and dumbbells (95 percent) and medicine balls (91 percent) rank as the most frequently available equipment. Balance gear was cited by the highest percentage of personal trainers (73 percent) as most likely to grow.
Pulley equipment and treadmills are the only large pieces of exercise equipment to make the top 10 most frequently offered gear. Strength equipment, such as selectorized (pin-selected) and plate-loaded machines are being offered by 66 percent and 65 percent of the survey respondents, respectively.
The majority of the respondents also offer cardio equipment, including elliptical trainers (72 percent), recumbent cycles (66 percent) and upright cycles (62 percent).
This year's survey data was gathered from 926 IDEA personal trainer members who offer personal training in their clients' homes, their own homes as well as at multipurpose health clubs and personal training gyms. The focus within the private session time typically includes strength training, stretching, balance and functional resistance training. While the clientele of the personal trainers surveyed was quite diverse, the respondents served a predominantly female client base (72 percent) with the most common age ranges being 35-44 years (22 percent), 45-54 years (28 percent) and 55-64 years (22 percent).
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NFL Training camp season is always a time for irrational exuberance. Every team thinks it can win the Super Bowl, even though 31 of those teams will end being horribly wrong. And so, to preview the upcoming NFL season, which could be the most unpredictable ever, we now give you five reasons why your favorite team could win the Super Bowl. Today, it's the San Diego Chargers.
1. MARMALARD!!!!! If you watched the Chargers play the Seahawks last night, and you took everything that Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski said about Philip Rivers at face value, you'd probably be running to the MGM Grand as we speak to plunk down your mortgage on Marmalard taking San Diego to the Super Bowl. And while Gruden and Jaworski have a tendency to... I don't know... LIE and speak very loudly for no reason, it is true that in Rivers, the Chargers have a QB who CAN take them to a Super Bowl, in theory. Having a franchise QB means the hardest part of assembling your team is over and done with, and that's a nice feeling to have. So for now, let's ignore the fact that Rivers is a hothead and the fact that leprechauns will come shooting out of my backside before this team wins a Super Bowl under Norv Turner. They have the centerpiece, and many other teams do not. Yay!
2. Your best players play better when they aren't holding out. Well, loogie here! Seems Chargers GM AJ Smith finally decided that having players hold out for nearly the entirety of a regular season is kind of a bad thing. So the Chargers will finally have both WR Vincent Jackson and OL Marcus McNeill in the fold for the entirety of the preseason and the regular season. I'm sure Rivers was overjoyed to spend 3/4 of last year without them, so much so that he probably shortsheeted Smith's bed every Tuesday night.
3. TAKEO SPIKES GRRRRRR!!! I have no clue if 56-year veteran linebacker Takeo Spikes will actually help the Chargers defense, but come on, now. Who's gonna turn down a chance to have Takeo Spikes on their roster? It's the most football name of all football names. He may as well have been named Armsaw Bonegusher, his name is so perfectly fitted to his profession.
4. Mike Tolbert will run over your kids and not apologize for it. The Chargers still want Ryan Mathews to become an everydown back this season, but already there are signs it'll be Tolbert again doing most of the heavy lifting (he started over MAthews last night). Tolbert scored 10 TD's and averaged a solid 4.0 YPC on the ground last season, and with Jackson back, there ought to be even more room for the Chargers running game to do some damage. The Chargers may not be much on defense. Or on special teams. REALLY bad on special teams. But offensively? Yeah, they'll be real good.
5. Norv has snookered us all. Before you go thinking that poor Norv Turner can't win anything resembling a meaningful game, do take the time to remember that he took this team to an AFC title game. And if he can stumble his way into winning two playoff games in a row, what's to say he can't stumble into an even longer playoff run? It could happen, right? Couldn't it? Maybe Norv has us all tricked, and has waited until just now to unveil his secreted genius. What's that, you say? The Chiefs are better and the Chargers will still have to fend off the likes of Indy, New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and the Jets? And Norv still stinks? Yes, that's true. But let's ignore those details for now. For now, there's still hope. Until the inevitable happens.


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James Monroe Tuley was born on 2 February 1816 in Daviess County, Kentucky. His parents were John and Rachel Tuley. Rachel's maiden name may have been Stephens.
On 16 April 1834 James married Jane Pierce in Spencer County, Indiana.
James and Jane had at least 8 children. Some of the information here has not been fully verified and I don't have copies of many of the documents that confirm this information.
William R. Tuley was born about 1836 in Indiana. I believe he died at Anderson Prison in South Carolina in 1864.
Mary Ann Tuley was born in about 1837 in Indiana. She married John Wright about 1853 and had numerous children. I believe she died in 1903.
Francis M. Tuley was born about 1841 in Indiana. I do not have any information about him after 1860. Did he die during the war?
Paulina Jane Tuley (whose name was listed with many different spellings including Perlina) was born about 1842 in Indiana. I believe she married William Campbell about 1864 in Indiana. William probably died between 1905 and 1910. Paulina died in 1934 in Missouri.
Eliza L. Tuley was born about 1843 and married Elijah Teague. I wrote about Eliza before so she has her own blog posting.
John Tuley was born about 1846 in Indiana. He died sometime after 1860.
America Tuley was born about 1849 in Indiana. I believe here are THREE women with this name (two born about 1847-1849) and it's been difficult for me to sort out which America belongs with which family and to identify their spouses.
Nancy Tuley was born in March 1850 in Indiana. She married William Masterson in 1869 and I believe she and William only had daughters.
If you are interested in sharing information or if you know more information about these people, I would love to collaborate with you.


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If you take to the air as often as I do, it's really important to be prepared for the havoc that the in-flight environment can cause on your beauty routine. Between the hundreds of people you're sharing the dried-up recycled air with and the onboard liquid restriction, it can be a tricky time for any beauty regime. With the right preparation and products though, it is still possible to arrive at your destination looking well-rested and refreshed. I actually quite enjoy the whole beauty ritual of settling into my seat and winding down with a glass of wine and some lovely products. Here's some of my top picks.
It goes without saying, that aircraft cabins have an extremely dehydrating effect on the skin. So the first part of your in-flight beauty regime should be to remove anytoxins or make-up and allow your skin to breathe. Cleansing wipes are the most practical way to go.
Elemis Fresh Skin Make-up Away Cleansing Wipes will remove every last trace of make-up while nourishing the skin with elderflower extract and chamomile.
Ideal for more sensitive types are these organic wipes from Beauty Works West which are extremely refreshing and contain aloe vera and pomegranate to sooth and detoxify the skin.
Halo Eye Make-up Remover Pads are really hard-working when it comes to shifting the likes of black mascara or the usually immovable Mac liner. And at just £1.99 from Superdrug they're an in-flight beauty bargain too!
Comfort Zone's Everyday cleansing milk and hydrating softening toner are two of the products you'll find in the Globe Trotters Travel Kit. All can be used in board and come in a handy security-ready bag. The products are some of the best I've come across for a long time, all are really luxurious but gentle. I'm an absolute convert.
Kahina Toning Mist is really gentle and can be used to tone skin or be spritzed throughout the flight to keep your complexion soft and dewy. Moroccan desert rose and argan oil work to reduce irritation – and smell lovely too. It also comes in a flight-friendly 50ml.
Talking of which, a hydrating spray is a great way to combat the drying effects of the aircraft cabin. Paul Mitchell's multi-tasking Awapuhi Moisture Mist comes in a compact 100ml size and can be used to revive dry, tired skin as well as giving a boost to thirsty hair.
Keeping your skin moisturised is key if your hoping to disembarking with a glowing (as opposed to glowering) complexion. Drink lots and lots (and lots) of water and apply moisturiser regularly – more than you would normally on the ground.
Hydramemory Cream Gel 24h from Comfort Zone has the kind of deep lasting moisture that makes it perfect for in-flight. The cream plumps up skin and eliminates dry patches and can also be added as one of your Globe Trotter products.
The Cell Dynamic Travel Set from cult- beauty brand Nubo contains three ultra-luxurious formulas to boost the skin's moisture and radiance levels. There's no need to pack any other moisturisers for you trip as this travel-trio is so rich it will easily last for a fortnight.
Another luxury offering comes from celebrity-favourite, Rodin. Devotees include Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow and SJP. A divinely-scented blend of flowers and botanicals leave skin incredibly soft and supple. Slather it on as a moisturiser or use it on your hands, it can even be shared with your other half as a soothing aftershave.
A little bit of extra of attention will help you arrive at your destination bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Best to invest in a decent eye product to keep bags at bay, and a good lip balm to maintain a perfect pout.
Benefit's It's Potent Eye Cream helps reduce dark circles and brighten the eye area. It also contains apple extract to enhance hydration.
Angelica Eye Roller Gel from L'Occitane is wonderfully cooling and light. It couldn't be easier to apply and makes for the perfect pick-me-up at the end of a long flight.
Another lovely flier-friendly product from L'Occitane is the Organic Shea Butter Lip Balm. Packed with super-softening ingredients which means a little goes a long way.
If you really want to indulge then Nubo's Lip Perfection is the one for you. It is a super-luxurious cocktail of high-tech (yet chemical-free) cosmeceutical ingredients that not only nourishes and protects lips but also softens and plumps them. One for the wish list.
Prefer to have everything all organised for you? Then along with the Comfort Zone Globe Trotters set, you might also like…


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Saturday, February 13, 2010
This little lunch bento was for my two-year-old daughter. This was the first time she's been given a small fork pick in her bento and she was THRILLED. She couldn't stop giggling about it and wanted to keep it in her pocket after she was done eating. :) I'm definitely not going to give her picks for her school lunches - she's still too unpredictable and the choking hazard aspect is a scary one to me - but when we have lunch together, as we did today, it will be a fun thing for her.
The little burrito was made with some chicken I had leftover from making enchiladas the night before and leftover mexican rice. In the orange silicone cup are some not-ripe strawberries, some cubed cheese and animal cracker/cookies are in front.
Sorry for the weird picture. My camera was not focusing correctly. Hm. That's probably a bad sign....
6 comments:
- Susan B. said... [Reply to comment]
Thank you for the Spanish lesson. :) Sounds more exotic that way.
- February 13, 2010 at 11:47 PM
- MsCinderella said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Melissa -
I found your blog through our mutual friend Amy's FB post. Love your ideas and creativity. My almost 3YO son is stuck in the PBJ rut and I'm thinking that the bento lunches might be a great way to break out of it. I'm on my way to raid my tupperware cabinet now, but I was just wondering if you had a supply list on Amazon? Or should I continue clicking through your site, one item at a time?
- February 14, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
MsCinderella - hello! :) I haven't made a supply list on Amazon (yet! I'm working on it!) - but the two containers I would suggest getting are the Sassy Mealtime to-go set and the 4 sqaure Lock & Lock box, both should be found on the first page here. Those are my most frequently used boxes - they are a great size for a 3yo! They both come with inner containers of their own, but my 2nd "must-have" item would be silicone cups. They are really handy.
Thanks for your comment! Let me know if you have any other questions! :)
Susan B. - I even felt exotic typing it. ;-)
- February 14, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
I take that back - I just made an Amazon supply list in the right margin! :)
- February 14, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- The Planet Pink said... [Reply to comment]
I pink puffy heart you! Happy Valentine's Day!
- February 14, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Right back atcha, babe! xoxo :)
- February 14, 2010 at 8:20 PM


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AAA members Kenneth Broad and Ben Orlove participated in a showcase of NSF-funded Hazard Research on Capitol Hill last week in recognition of National Preparedness Month (September).
The showcase took place at the Hart Senate Office Building where members of Congress and their staffers could drop-in to learn about the important use of NSF funding.
Broad and Orlove are part of a dynamic research team that studies how natural hazard warnings can be improved. Joined by Robert Meyer, Shuyi Chen, Jay Baker and Katherine Thompson, this team seeks to understand how the public interprets and responds to information about natural hazards.
Our study integrated innovative social science research methods to identify patterns in behavioral strategies in the face of disaster forecasts, risk factors and means of improving communicating forecasts.
In order to best serve the people of the United States in the face of natural hazards, further research is needed to understand the influence of mass media, social interactions, and past experience with false alarms, on public response to forecasting.


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When Transitions® lenses are exposed to UV light, trillions of photochromic molecules in the lens begin to change structure. This reaction is what causes the lenses to darken.
Only Transitions® Signature™ lenses use exclusive Chromea7™ technology, a new formulation that allows the lenses to be more responsive than ever before.
This exclusive, patented formulation consists of unique dyes that are integrated into the surface of the lens. The dyes are made up of molecules that constantly and smoothly recalibrate as the light around you changes. They darken and lighten to just the right degree so the optimal amount of light reaches your eyes.
Chromea7™ technology was designed to be even more reactive to indirect light. Indirect light can come from many sources such as light bouncing off buildings, cars, or other surfaces or light filtering through trees or clouds. The lenses can sense this light, even when you're facing away from it, and adjust to the appropriate shade for your situation.
Temperature influences the molecules in photochromic lenses; they don't get as dark in hot climates as they would in colder weather because of how heat interacts with the molecules. The molecules in Chromea7 technology were structured to be more independent of temperature, which means they get darker in hotter climates.
In other photochromic lenses, wearers have noticed color variations as the lenses tint and react to different types of light. The dyes in Transitions® lenses and in Chromea7™ technology work together to provide an even color at all levels of tint, in both gray and brown options.
People wear their lenses all day, every day, in a variety of locations, temperatures and weather conditions. They experience sunny conditions, cloudy conditions and everything in between. Their position in relation to the sun also changes quite a bit. We took all of these factors into account when we tested Chromea7™ technology in over 200 real life conditions representing over 1,000 scenarios that wearers experience around the world.


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