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For the "first time in more than 130 years" there are more young adults" choosing to live with their parents among people "18 to 34" years old (Domanski). Although I've been out of school for over ten-years now, I do think there are excellent reasons some Millenials are remaining at home. It isn't just to mooch off their parents or cases such as in the movie Failure to Launch. For me personally, it's been bad health.
When I finished university, moving out right away wasn't an option at 22. Earning $34, 000 dollars a year as a receptionist wasn't going to pay for rent and food, despite my BA in English. Moreover, I noticed a common trend, especially among young women, who chose to stay home and develop their careers before moving to their own place.
Many friends, and acquittances tried to earn enough money to live on their own first. They stayed home to pay off debts, earn a down payment for a house or condo, or waited until they eventually found the person they wanted to marry an or move in with.
This is what I want to focus on, in this post, those Millenials who have lived with their parents through University (or moved back in) to establish themselves in life and their careers. Sadly, it takes time and money for most of us to create the house or home of our dreams so beware your dream kitchen or living area will probably take a while to create.
8 Things You Should Know or Own After Establishing Your Career Before Moving Out
A Decent Sized Bed and Bedding such as Sets of Sheets, a Duvet, and a Duvet Cover
Hopefully by the time you're in your mid-twenties the twin-bed has been upgraded for a Queen-sized or King- sized bed, whatever fits in your bedroom. But it's often better to buy this ahead of time as it's a major expense you don't have to worry about later on.
As well, having a couple sets of nice cotton sheets for your bed is a wise purchase. Ensure you've bought a couple of regular cotton sheets that match your duvet cover or are neutral colored; as well as, a couple of sets of flannel sheets made of cotton for places with a cold climate. Although cotton costs more than microfibre, it's much better for your skin as cotton breathes and will not cause you to break out or sweat to death in warm or cold temperatures. Check out these Solid Flannel Sheet Sets preshrunk, made from cotton, and on sale now at Simons.com. Also, take a peek at their Cotton 600 Thread Count Sheets in White or Gray which is an awesome start for sheet set colors as they go with pretty much any duvet set for spring, summer, and early fall.
Moreover, a decent duvet (whether it be goose down feathers, microgel, or polyester filled) is a must. Although goose down feathers will keep you warmer, many people can be too allergic to the feathers. In this case, a well-made duvet filled with polyester or microgel is the way to go. Also, if you're a person who becomes too hot when they sleep having a non-feather filled duvet is cooler.
Furthermore, you can find a mixture of goose down and microgel duvets which I find work well, despite having allergies to goose down. As well, purchasing a nice duvet set, something casual and elegant, a more 'adult set,' is recommended for your new bedroom. Then, you can blend sheets, decorative pillows (etc.) all into this theme or your chosen color scheme.
2. Crystal Wine Glasses, Your Own Wine and Liquor, and an Elegant Bar Cart.
If you're like me, you enjoy the large wine glasses that are much bigger than the wine glasses of our parent's generation. I found some excellent ones on sale one Christmas from Hudson's Bay in Canada, that were 40 percent off and a great-make of crystal wine glasses. They're both sturdy and elegant and can be found here RIEDEL Vinum Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot Wine Glasses (Crystal) – Set of 8. You can also purchase a set of 4 Red Wine Glasses and 4 White Glasses here RIEDEL Vinum Red and White Wine Glasses (Crystal) – Set of 8.
Moreover, large wine glasses will do for any kind of wine white or red until you have the cash to buy smaller glasses for white wine or champagne. Having these around at home is wonderful for friends who come over when Mom and Dad are away and also for yourself on Friday nights. They're one less thing you have to buy when moving out because they aren't the cheapest thing to buy either.
Moreover, if you're like me, your wine and liquor stash at home was in your bedroom so if you know you're moving out that year, collecting a few kinds of wines and liquors is a great thing to have for both you and the guests you will have at your new place. Also right before you move out, if you can find yourself an inexpensive but elegant bar cart, or piece of furniture that can be turned into a bar cart, this is an excellent purchase.
3. Bathroom Items – A Couple Full Sets of Soft Towels Good For Yourself and Male or Female Company along with Basic Hygiene Items for Guests
Hopefully, if you've made some money from working a couple of years, you've had enough of it to invest in a couple full sets of towels thinking of your color scheme. For instance, my duvet has colors of blue (as do my sheets) so I have purchased a couple sets of towels (4 of everything) for myself and in the future, for guests. You don't have to use them all at once but if you see the right towels in your decor colors, at a good price, they're wonderful to pick up and stash away until you're moving out.
If you know you'll be leaving home soon, having other basics such as a matching shower curtain (if needed), a tooth brush holder, foaming hand soap, and spare hygienic items for guests such as body wash, toothpaste, mouth wash, shampoo, conditioner, disposable razors, and deodorant, are great items to have. They do not need to be the most expensive brand but nice smelling drugstore brands. Extra face clothes are also items that are always needed!
Furthermore, ensure you have the cleaning products you like using, if you're moving out soon. Choose ones that are environmentally friendly and won't cause you to be choked-up by noxious chemicals. CLR Kitchen and Bath is a good bet for the main product to use in the Kitchen and Bathroom areas. It works for dusting too.
4. Dishes for Your Kitchen & Basic Kitchen Supplies
Some KitchenSupplies you can buy as you go along, each month, adding to your kitchen stash. One of the best things to have first is a set of dishes. They can be new, old, or inexpensive but having dishes and having enough of them so that when family and friends come over you have a full set of dishes ( 8 to 10 places settings) is important.
Additionally, if you're getting married you might wait and ask for these on your Guest Registry; however, if you're single and making enough money you might want to choose more affordable dishes for now. For instance, you can look at these place settings made of bone China called Wedgewood Butterfly Bloom 5-Piece Place Setting found at BedBathandBeyond.ca, better for wedding presents and special occasion dishes.
But for a much smaller price point you can look at Walmart.com and buy 8 to 10 of these Red Vanilla Freshness 4 Piece Place Setting, Service for 1, that won't be so costly to replace if a child drops a few pieces. They can be mixed and matched and are made of porcelain.
If you have your grandma's or mom's old dishes you might consider matching these with more modern dishes. For instance, my Baba gave me her old dishes that have bright pink flowers on them and gold around the edges. Finding white dishes with a gold trim to match with these dishes might help them seem less gaudy when an entire table is set.
Also, consider going somewhere that sells quality but not too expensive glasses that will last. You can go to IKEA but every time a glass slips or falls, it will shatter. Better to buy more durable glasses to start out with and not have to buy more later. As well, I find myself, often larger glasses or better than smaller ones as they encourage you to drink more water and are better for larger portions or alcoholic drinks.
Also, although my Baba's set includes these, serving dishes are important to have. They can be plain white and inexpensive and are significant along with cutlery (enough for company 8 to 10 people and doesn't have to be pricey). Moreover, knives, mixing bowls, whisks, serving spoons, tea towels, oven mitts, spatulas, a kettle, a microwave, and other common kitchen items you'll use often need to eventually be purchased.
They could include a Tassimo coffee maker, toaster oven, hand blender, mix master, and other items. You'll probably need to buy basic items first, and add more expensive appliances to your kitchen as you live in your new home.
5. Painting Your New Place
Whether you've bought a new condo or home or are living in an apartment you plan to remain in a while, painting your new home can really make it feel like home. There is nothing more calming and homelike than having your rooms painted on your own, with friend's and family's help, or professionals, to make your place feel as if it's yours.
If you have an apartment you'll need to talk to the manager first before painting so they can approve the colors. Lighter colors that are more neutral in this situation are better choices as they're easier for you or your apartment manager to paint over (if needed) when you move. Paint before you move everything in. Check out the article 10 Paint Colors That Will Never, Ever, Ever Go Out of Style on the House Beautiful Website.
Moreover, if you own your condo or home, paint your home whatever color you choose, but remember that once you paint the walls, it's harder to paint them a second time when you have to move out all the furniture again or cover it up so it doesn't get paint on it. Consider a color scheme that you will not become bored with. Feature walls (painting one wall a vibrant color or say covering it in a nice wall paper) is a good idea as you only have to change one wall later and not the entire room or space.
As well, many people become sick of walls that are too bright quickly, especially in colors such as red or bright green. Keeping your paint color neutral or light, allows you to play with your home decor in other ways — with interesting artwork, dark or colored furniture, and decor items that are more unique and bright. Remember to buy good paint. Some of the best I've used is the Behr Paint from Home Depot that comes with a built in primer. Benjamin Moore is also a wonderful brand but more expensive.
Ensure you buy enough paint to give the walls two coats if needed, or to go over spots that get scraped off later accidentally. Also ensure if you paint different rooms diverse colors, the colors flow into each other and do not create choppiness in your home. Warmer colors will also make a room bigger while cooler colors tend to make rooms smaller. Also painting the ceiling a dark color is not recommended as it causes the ceiling to 'come down' and make a room significantly smaller.
6. Displaying Art Work and Photographs
Additionally, for those of you who read my last interior design piece HERE, you'll know I'm a big fan of purchasing art you like that is also more unique. I enjoy buying prints off Etsy.com because far fewer people will have these prints and because you're supporting local and home businesses. Here's an example of OldStyleDesign's Alice and Wonderland Themed Prints and Frames.
As well, LauraRowStudio's Hollywood Icon Prints are made from paintings of actresses such as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. Additionall, events such as Art Walks, craft shows, MakeIt.ca " The Hand Made Revolution," and other craft and design shows are fantastic for finding authentic art.
Moreover, if you're a decent artist yourself it's also more inexpensive to buy canvases, brushes, and nice paint to paint more impressionistic or modern pieces of artwork such as flowers, shapes, or picture's you've seen but can easily mimic in your own artistic style. Also on Etsy.com I found some paintings of wonderful abstract art by MichelleDinelleArt on canvas. Below is an example of one of her works in a purple color scheme.
As well, consider that when buying prints and works from local artists, you do not have to spend a great deal of money having them framed. Often, you can find beautiful frames yourself at the various home decor and craft stores to create a photo wall with various kinds of frames. In Canada, you can look at HomeSense in store or Winners in store to find various frames along with your local craft store. Another wonderful place to check out would be Ikea.com as they carry many kinds of frames instore and online.
Also, you want to think about what family pictures you want to show off and how you would like to frame those photos.
Since we are such a technologically based society and we're always taking photos on our iPhones of our latest get-togethers, you can keep in mind an awesome concept for a picture frame below. It's an intuitive frame I enjoy myself!
The first thing I loved about this frame was that it downloads your favorite and 'best' photos from your iPhone and Ipad. The pictures in your frame alter as you take new photos everyday. Moreover, what I adore about this frame is its unique technology that 'curates' your photos, meaning that none of your flawed or embarrassing photos will appear on the frame's screen in your new home.
In addition, I adore the frames sleek elegant design found in three colors including Ivory with a Rosegold trim, Charcoal with a Black trim, and Crystal Blue with a Silver trim. The first color combination is my favorite! As well, the frame uses 'smart technology' so that along with photos from your Iphone, the best pictures taken by your friends and family, on their Apple devices, will appear on the screen of your frame. The current frame I have is about 10 inches high and almost 12 inches wide, but I'm hoping bigger frames become available.
Moreover this exquisite and modern frame, from Auraframes, is designed to be a classic piece of home decor to exhibit the wonderful times you've had with friends and family, as well as, the special moments that have, recently, occurred in your life. More information about the tech aspects of the frame are available on the products site. You can also watch the video about Auraframes and/or purchase a frame right here.
7. Changing Lighting and Hardware
Some of the most worthwhile changes you can make to modernize your condo or new home are to change your lighting and hardware before or while you're moving in. You can change lights in the bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom; as well as, faucets in the bathroom and kitchen.
In the bathroom, you might want fantastic lighting over your mirror from these Bistro Triple Sconces with 5 available finishes. A Flushmount light on the ceiling might also be a good idea such as this Caden Flushmount in 4 diverse finishes. Sink Faucets such as these Lugarno 8″ Widespread Faucets in four finishes may be your thing. Or Lugarno 8″ Widespread Goose Neck Faucets may be more your cup of tea in diverse finishes as well.
In addition, for your shower or shower and tub, you might consider a Spray Jet Shower Head if you like how the pressure feels on your back and shoulders, this one has 4 finishes. While others might prefer this 8-inch Rain Shower Head which comes in two diverse finishes. Also, you might like a Wall-Mount Hand-Held Shower head such as this Vintage Wall-Mount HandHeld Shower Head available in a few finishes. And finally, if you have a shower and tub combination this Asbury Balanced Pressure Tub & Shower & Valve Trim and Set with Bath Spout may be more to your taste.
In your bedroom, you might consider a more opulent kind of light such as this simple but elegant Simone Chandelier or the more decorative Paige Crystal Chandelier. For the dining or the kitchen, a modern put fabulous looking Chandelier to consider would be the Bellevue Pendant or the Explosion Chandelier. In addition for kitchen faucets, you can look at the Deck Mount Kitchen Faucet in four finishes or something more interesting such as the Moen Edison Mediterranean Kitchen Faucet in two available finishes.
7. Repurposing Old Furniture and Buying New Hooks and Handles
Another great thing to do when first moving out is to find old furniture relatives don't want and repurpose it. Paint it and replace it with new handles that give the piece a whole new look. Changing hardware on old furniture passed onto you or that you've found, is a wonderful way to reuse it and change its design along with new handles on drawers and closet hooks throughout your new place. You can also find interesting hooks along with new handles for the kitchen and bathroom as well.
Painting with good wall paint works on furniture but you might want to consider the finish of the paint, whether you want the paint finish to be shinier or more eggshell and easier to clean. You can rub away some of the paint after it dries to give your repurposed or refinished furniture more of an antique and worn look. Remember to stay within your chosen color scheme and use colors of paint that are neutral or match this scheme when reprinting wood furniture. Also, sand your furniture down before painting it so the paint sticks.
Additionally, you can use these beautiful delicate feminine handles for repurposed or refinished furniture called Entomology Knobs here with different knobs for different finishes of gold, silver, and bronze. Also, these Galaxy Knobs are more angular and geometric but still interesting and not so girly. Moreover, these Gardening Indoors Knobs are great to add color to a more neutral furniture piece.
For interesting and beautiful hooks you might consider these Pronoun Hooks or you might consider simpler hooks in either silver, bronze, or gold in these Harvey Hooks or consider this Fretwork Hookrack as a sturdier piece near the door, in your bedroom to hang clothes, or in the bathroom to hang towels. These Glass Etoile Hooks are both pretty but sturdy as well.
There is also a plethora of handles available for making armoires, dressers, kitchen, and bathroom cabinets more interesting such as the Hammered Serina Handles in gold, silver, or bronze. As well, the Tangier Ceramic Handles in blush or turquoise are superb. Also lovely clear handles with silver called Glass Bubble Handles are pretty but less girly handles to choose. Especially, at Anthropologie.com there is such a variety of these hardware items to pick from in all kinds of fabulous designs and metal finishes.
8. Ensure Your Furniture Fits Into Your New Space: Measure 3 Times to Make Sure it Fits
When you move into your new place, you should make sure that any furniture that's been passed down, found at garage sales, flea markets, or other places will fit in the rooms you want to put the furniture in. If you think it's going to be too big, better to wait and not purchase the piece than to refinish or repurpose it and not be able to get it through the door or into a room.
Measure where you want certain pieces of furniture to go 3 times to get the correct measurements, jot the measurements on your phone and carry a tape measure with you, wherever you go, to ensure you don't purchase the largest furniture in the store when your condo is a mere 800 square feet.
As well, when you measure for curtains measure 3 times as well to make sure you have them sewn the right length and width or to ensure you buy the right length of curtains and panels and only buy decorative items you love 100 percent and pieces that represent you, just as much as your artwork or photography does. A wonderful place to purchase fabric for curtains and have them made is Chintz.com. You can choose from an array of fabrics that suit your decor colors.
Throws, candles, cushions for couches and bedrooms, pillow cases for cushions (and the insides), can all easily be found online and in stores, or on places such as Etsy.com.
If you plan to replace these items often don't throw away your money on items that have little meaning to you or that you don't like but buy because they are cheap. Wait to buy items that you love unless they're inexpensive festive items such as for Christmas.
Also, remember you're the one dusting your entire place now so don't clutter it with too many knick-knacks, you'll end up hating yourself later.
Remember to check out some of my past interior design posts under the category of the same name. Thanks for reading!
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Thomas Bjorn was not quite the last man into the 140th Open Championship. Ricky Barnes made it in on Thursday afternoon, while Bjorn had all of two days to prepare after finding out on Monday evening that Vijay Singh had been forced to withdraw.
Bjorn was the sixth alternate but it was only at the weekend when it became a possibility that he might tee up at this week at Royal St. George's. It was here on the Kent coast that the Dane came ever so close to winning the Open eight years ago. It was his late collapse that meant Ben Curtis claimed the Claret Jug. Why would Bjorn want to come back?
"A couple of people have asked me that question, would you not just want to go home?" Bjorn said. "This is the Open Championship, where else would you want to be?"
Not only was Bjorn playing in the Open, he was leading it after a morning 5-under 65. There were seven birdies and one of them was surely more special than the rest. It came at the 16th hole, the place where his hopes buried in the sand in 2003.
Bjorn had led by three on the 15th tee. He bogeyed there and then hit into a bunker on the par-3 16th. It is not usually good when features on a course get named after you. The bunker on the right of the green is now associated with the Dane after he took three swipes to get on to the green. Or rather, get on the green and stay on it. His first two attempts almost crested the brow of the slope only to roll back into the trap.
He took a double-bogey five, dropped another shot at the next and lost by one.
In the first round of the 2011 Open, Bjorn hit a 9-iron to eight feet and holed the putt for a birdie-2. What would he have given for a birdie eight years ago?
"That hole owes nobody anything, and no hole in golf does, and no golf course does," Bjorn said.
Bjorn was between clubs as the wind gusted and he chose to hit a hard 9-iron rather than an 8. One bunker was removed from around the 16th green, the one back right - not Bjorn's bunker, but seven still remain, including four to be carried to reach the green.
"It started to climb a little bit on the wind and I thought I was in trouble. It was going to struggle to carry the bunkers but it just did and rolled down nicely," he said.
Bjorn smiled when he saw that. "We all know with links golf a bounce here or there and then it goes either wrong or right. Today it went my way."
It was his third birdie in a row, and his fourth in five holes. He dropped a shot at the last after finding Duncan's Hollow on the last, the dip to the left of the green from which George Duncan took a bogey in 1922 to lose by one to Walter Hagen. It happens to the best, though Duncan had the consolation of already being an Open champion from 1920 at neighboring Deal.
"I've worked very hard in my career to get myself in with a chance of winning a major and that was my biggest chance," Bjorn said. "I got close in the U.S. PGA in 2005 at Baltusrol but I always promised myself to keep going and keep going. I played my best golf today but most of the time I don't and there are always issues over a golf career. But I always look ahead. I'm 40 years old and there might be a little bit more in me."
Bjorn won in Qatar at the start of the year but missed two months of the season during which time his father Ole passed away. Asked about his dad after the round, Bjorn's eyes clouded with tears.
"He would have been very proud of what I did today," he said, struggling with his emotions. "That's all I can really say."
Later he added: "I played pretty well after the win but obviously all the things with my dad, eight weeks totally away from golf, kind of halted everything. It's been a start-all-over again process. It's taken longer than I wanted it to but that's part of it.
"I certainly realized this year there's more important things to life than golf."

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Your choices of where to deliver your baby include a hospital, a
birthing center, or your home. The location you choose may affect, or be
affected by, your choice of doctor or midwife or health insurance plan.
Most medical doctors (MDs) deliver only at hospitals. Some hospitals
also allow registered nurses with advanced training (certified nurse-midwives)
to deliver there under a doctor's supervision. Many hospitals offer special
birthing rooms that are comfortable and homey, with large beds, wooden
furniture such as rocking chairs, and pictures on the walls.
Hospital policies vary with respect to who can be present during the
birth besides the partner or labor coach. But most hospitals allow the
woman to have visitors during her labor. The hospital may reduce the number of
visitors at the delivery to avoid overcrowding and risk of infection.
You can request a tour of the hospitals near you to see what options
they offer. The advantage of a hospital birth is the availability of
experienced staff and equipment if problems or complications develop. Also, a
hospital offers a wide range of options for pain relief.
Birthing centers are usually staffed by certified nurse-midwives who
have the option of calling in a doctor or sending you or your baby to a nearby
hospital if problems or complications develop. Birthing centers are less formal
and less institutional than hospitals. You may be allowed to have several
people, including other children and family members, present at the
Birthing centers are not recommended if you have a
high-risk pregnancy. Emergency medical equipment and
options for pain relief are limited. Delivering in a birthing center is usually
less expensive than delivering in a hospital, although it may not be covered by
certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) will deliver in a home
setting, as will
certified professional midwives (CPMs) and
lay midwives.
The major disadvantage of a home birth is the risk of an emergency
situation, which will require that you or your baby be taken in an ambulance to
a hospital. The time it takes to get you or the baby to hospital care may be
The advantage of a home birth is that you may feel more comfortable
staying in familiar surroundings during labor and delivery. And you can have
whomever you want in the room with you.
A home birth is the least expensive option, although it may not be
covered by insurance. A home birth is not recommended if
you have a high-risk pregnancy.
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Yes, you can make your own sambussak! This recipe includes step by step instructions for making your very own sambussak dough. Once you use this dough, you will never want to use the store bought dough again. You have the option of filling it with meat or cheese. The cheese sambussak iis a great option for Chanukah. You can find the semolina in a middle eastern grocery. Sambussak freeze beautiful.
50 sambussak
- For the dough
1 cup fine semolina
2 cup flour
1 cup butter/margarine (for meat (2 sticks)
¼ cup water
- Cheese Filling
3 cup cheese (Approx.)
1 egg
- Meat Filling
1 small chopped onion
1 lb chopped meat
In the bowl of an electric mixer with the dough attatchment, mix together flour, semolina and butter/margarine. Alternatively you can mix it by hand.
Add water slowly. Mix for a few more minutes. A dough will begin to form.
Continue mixing until a smooth dough forms.
**Test the dough by patting down a small piece of dough and folding it in half, if no cracks form in the dough, the dough is ready
To make cheese filling: Mix the egg and cheese together.
To make the meat filling: Saute onion in a non stick frying pan. Add meat, breaking it up with a fork. Cook until done.
Allow meat to cool and blot excess fat with a paper towel.
To prepare the sambussak: Roll dough into 1 in. balls, press in sesame seeds.
Flaten dough with a tortilla presser or with the bottom of a glass.
Fill dough with desired filling. Fold in half and pinch closed.
To decorate the sambusak: Starting at one edge of the sambussak, pull and fold a small pieces of dough until the sambussak has a nice ridge around it.
Bake at 350 for 15-25 minutes.


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Bead Store Basics: Seed Beads
Before 1939 Europe was home to a thriving bead industry, particularly in what is now Czechoslovakia. Italy and France were also renowned for their glass beads, and later their steel cut beads. Unfortunately during World War II most of the factories were destroyed, and along came the Cold War. Finally, after the end of the Cold War in 1991, thousands of old seed beads were found. Today the best quality seed beads come out of Japan and the Czech Republic, and a few vintage looking styles from France as well. China and Taiwan produce seed beads, but they are not as high quality as those from Japan or Europe.
Just like world class chefs guard their signature recipes, bead manufacturers guard their color formulas as well. Each company wants to have a particular color that everyone wants, that's how you sell beads. On a historical note, there is no true black glass bead. The recipe for black glass appropriate for beading was lost during World War II and no one has been able to recreate it. Any so-called 'black glass' bead looks purple when held up to a light. Although, there certainly are authentic antique black glass beads floating around that appear to have survived history.
Bead size can seem quite confusing if one is not familiar with the three units of measurement. Some manufacturers measure beads in aughts, which refers to the number of beads able to fit into a standard unit. Others use millimeters and still other bead manufacturers use a beads per inch measurement. The most common size of seed bead is 11/0 or eleven-aught. In millimeters that is 1.8, and 20 beads per inch. In bulk form, seed beads are sold either by 'hanks' or by grams. A hank is a bundle or 12 strands of 20 inches of strung beads. Japanese beads in particular are sold in grams.
Seed beads are very often used for bead weaving, either on or off a loom. The process works the same way as regular weaving, only with beads incorporated into the weft threads. Although beadweaving on a loom was quite popular at the beginning of the 20th century, it tapered off after World War II. Now off-loom beadweaving has become the most widespread method, with bead shops offering classes in techniques from beginner to advanced.
There are several stitches commonly used to create various textures and patterns. The peyote stitch is one of the most ancient, and is sometimes called the gourd stitch. Peyote stitch is achieved by using uniform shaped and sized beads threaded together side by side in either odd or even numbered rows. Each bead is held together by the thread and surrounding beads. Another common beadweaving stitch is the brick stitch. It can also be known as the Cheyenne or Comanche stitch, as it was perfected by Native Americans. It can look a lot like the peyote stitch, but done properly the brick stitch looks as if the beads are stacked like bricks.
The nice thing about beading is the versatility. Beaders can express their own personal style through color, pattern, size of bead and even the size of the piece. The available materials for beads have grown so much since the 1930's. Now Swarovski crystal beads are available, as well as cubic zirconia, gold filled beads, Murano glass, gemstones, jade, various metals and so on. Creative beaders can make simple little pieces or fantastic three dimensional sculptures. It is all in the imagination! If you are a beginner, start with a newbie beading class and a kit. The classes are usually fairly inexpensive, and sometime the kit is included. As you learn new patterns and methods, your confidence will increase. Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries and weddings will become exciting events as you watch your loved ones marvel at their handmade beaded gift from you!


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I had to reboot my machine and when I did so, none of my windows had frames; no maximize, no minimize, to system menu, to title, no re-size. I tried logging-out and in, and rebooting but it's persistence. Anyone have any idea why and what I can do?
PS: I'm writing this from a Ubuntu/GNOME session but I want XFCE back. Please help.
xfwm4 is not restored by the session manager. You can either start xfwm4 with Alt+f2 or clear the session cache (rm -r ~/.cache/sessions).
Can you tell us the cause of this condition (so that we can avoid it in the future)?
Can you tell us the cause of this condition (so that we can avoid it in the future)?
have solved the problem by rm .cache/sessions.
and the cause... i have tried to do a hibnatation, and it failed, on my last shutdown.
I had this trouble for 2 days, I eventually found a easy solution, with compiz fusion icon, I changed the windows manager, and put it back and it make it come back
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Lady Gaga Goes '80s in New York City [PHOTOS]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Lady Gaga stepped out onto the streets of New York City today in an outfit that screamed the '80s from head to toe.
After sharing with fans on Instagram a photo of her new blown out, dark curly hair with the caption, "I am my new hair," she stepped out dressed in an oversized sequined top with a panther image on it. Her face was shaded white with thick, dark eyebrows and bright red lipstick. Gaga also sported black fishnets and boots to complete the look.
We can't say for sure what inspired Gaga for the look, but the big hair and white makeup reminds us a little bit of Richard O'Brien in the 1975 cult classic, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' The fishnets and sequined shirt, however, does remind us of the '80s hair metal days.
Nevertheless, it isn't Gaga if it isn't shocking!
Lady Gaga steps out with her new hair and '80s-inspired outfit.
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Submitted by Don Dodd - An Examiner Editorial
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To that august list of Butch initiatives, it appears we need to add the title of scrap dealer. Well, not exactly a dealer because any sentient business person would not give away items of value without receiving something in return. In this case, however, The Examiner has learned many truckloads of desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets, audio-visual rolling carts, gym lockers and other items have been removed from several BISD campuses over the past month only to turn up at local scrap yards. The value of these items has been estimated at tens of thousands of dollars, but the money these dealers paid didn't end up in the BISD treasury.
That is bad news for the actual owners of that purloined property – the taxpayers of Beaumont whose hard-earned money purchased the stuff in the first place. According to a local antiques dealer, many of the items being removed have significant value, including wooden desks worth several hundred dollars apiece or more.
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It is understandable why they might be a little camera shy – this wholesale giveaway of public property is clearly illegal, according to the Texas Education Agency. The agency said BISD had violated the law by not following the proper procedures for disposing of the items from its campuses.
Once they realized these events had attracted attention, BISD officials sent their in-house police department to shut down this free-for-all — after truckloads had already been sold off by private citizens tipped off by district officials that there was money to be made. Subsequent investigation should identify the miscreants involved, but don't hold your breath.
Those familiar with BISD know what comes next. Thomas will put on another well-worn hat to become the Great Explainer and insist it was all legal or maybe an administrative error and everything is fine – and anybody who says different has racial motives.
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IEEE Standards Association and W3C "Open Future Series" Champions More Collaborative, Interconnected Future During SXSW 2013
Global technology and open web standards development leaders unite to explore current and long-term implications of technologies like Augmented Reality, social robotics, and self-hacking
PISCATAWAY, N.J.--IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity today announced details of its presence at this year's South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Interactive Festival, March 8-17 in Austin, Texas. IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), in conjunction with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is presenting the "Open Future Series", featuring World Wide Web inventor and W3C Director, Tim Berners-Lee. The series includes an array of conference sessions led by world-renowned speakers, and a public Meetup open to all SXSW badge holders. The IEEE-SA W3C Open Future Series highlights key technology advancements, evolving open web and open standards challenges, and technology's impact on both individuals and the world at large.
"With the rapid pace of technology innovation, what once was labeled disruptive is now not only commonplace but expected. We've reached an inflection point where fully realizing the benefits these technologies bring requires uncommon vision and enlightened stewardship on a global scale," said Karen Bartleson, president, IEEE-SA. "At SXSW, IEEE-SA and W3C are bringing together some of the world's foremost technologists and thinkers to explore the implications of today's world-changing technologies, and the vital role they will play in tomorrow's more open, interconnected future."
The IEEE-SA and W3C Open Future Series opens the door to provocative dialog on emerging and evolving technologies with the potential to affect fundamental change. Solo, duo, and panel sessions will delve into technology advancements like the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, Augmented Reality (AR), social robotics, mobile development, and self-hacking. It will also address critical issues impacting OpenStand principles and Open Web Platform, such as policy and governmental regulation, copyright and infringement, disruptive technologies, and more. Detailed descriptions and event information for the following IEEE-SA and W3C SXSW events can be found at http://ieeesa.org/sxsw:
*Open Web Platform: Hopes & Fears - 9 March, 11:00am CST, Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center. Led by Tim Berners-Lee of W3C, this presentation offers an exploration of the future of the open web.
*Digital Telepathy: When Every Thing Connects - 9 March, 12:30pm CST, Lonestar Room, Omni Downtown. This panel probes the impact of the Internet of Things and unprecedented technology sharing between devices on users' daily lives. Panelists are IEEE-SA Standards Board member Oleg Logvinov, STMicroelectronics; IEEE-SA Standards Board member and Vice Chair, IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group , Wael William Diab, Broadcom; Joe Weinman, Telx; and IEEE-SA President, Karen Bartleson, Synopsys.
*IEEE and W3C Open Future Meetup - 9 March, 3:30pm CST, Driskill Ballroom, Driskill Hotel. This meetup offers attendees opportunities to meet IEEE-SA and W3C Open Future Series speakers, as well as special guest, Tim Berners-Lee, and to hear more about OpenStand, Web Platform Docs, and open development from IEEE, W3C, and OpenStand experts. This event is open to all SXSW badge holders.
*Copyright & Disruptive Technologies - 10 March, 3:30pm CST, Room 12AB, Austin Convention Center. This panel addresses copyright issues in the wake of SOPA/PIPA, including civil liberties, free speech, and privacy. Panelists include Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West LLP; Margot Kaminski, Yale Law School; and Wendy Seltzer, policy counsel, W3C. This panel will be reprised during SXSW Music on 14 March, 3:30pm, Room 11AB, Austin Convention Center as "The Artists' Copyright Conundrum" and features additional speakers Kristelia Garcia, George Washington University Law School; and Karen Thorland, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
*Charismatic Machines and Robot Comedy - 10 March, 5pm CST, SXSW Next Stage, Event Hall 3/4, Austin Convention Center. IEEE member, electrical engineer, and roboticist Heather Knight and comic robotic sidekick, Data, explain how psychology, expressive emotion, behavior system design and art influence the positive evolution of charismatic technology.
*Hack You: The Human Body is the Next Interface - 11 March, 5:00pm CST, Creekside Room, Sheraton Austin. This presentation looks at innovative breakthroughs in "bodytech", its potential to transform the human body and psyche, communications, and society as a whole. Speakers are Andy Goodman and Ji-Hye Park of service design consultancy, Fjord.
*Omnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality - 12 March, 3:30pm CST, Town Lake Ballroom, Radisson Town Lake. This panel explores the advancements moving Augmented Reality (AR) beyond the virtual and into everyday life, illustrating how the "virtual overlay" tangibly enhances understanding, and revolutionizes training, simulation, design, architecture, medicine, manufacturing, and more. Panelists are IEEE members Christine Perey, Perey Research & Consulting and Blair MacIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jay Iorio, technology strategist, IEEE-SA; and BC "Heavy" Biermann, The Heavy Projects.
"IEEE serves as a catalyst for the technology-driven change that continues to leave its indelible mark on both individuals and society as a whole. Our career-expanding networking and development opportunities provide technology innovators with a unique platform for creating and advancing the technologies of tomorrow," said Karen McCabe, senior director, strategy, marketing, and product development, IEEE-SA. "SXSW is the ideal backdrop for showcasing the unparalleled value and incredible work being done by organizations like IEEE and W3C."
OpenStand is a framework for establishing a global network of organizations, companies, and institutions dedicated to advancing efficient, effective open standardization processes, environment, and knowledge community. As founding members, IEEE and W3C have and continue to support OpenStand efforts and activities.
For more information about IEEE-SA SXSW sessions and events, please visit http://ieeesa.org/sxsw. To learn more about IEEE-SA, visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ieeesa, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ieeesa, connect with us on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1791118, or on the Standards Insight Blog at http://www.standardsinsight.com.
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The creation of a flexible, efficient, digitized, dependable and resilient power grid may well be the best route to increasing energy efficiency & security, as well as boosting the potential of renewable & distributed power sources. However, there is still much confusion about the nature of the Smart Grid: What is it? What work needs to be accomplished in order to make it a reality? How will it benefit the drive to diversify energy resources?
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Bikini-clad women in Panama City Beach on Tuesday will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Record's listing for the world's largest bikini parade.
The mile-long event, which starts at 11:30 a.m. local time, will kick off at Harpoon Harry's, the News Herald reported.
"We are excited," said Jack Bishop, owner of the beachfront bar. "We are looking for a great turnout."
Guinness officials will hit the beach to count the number of locals and spring break students in the two-piece train. They will announce the results shortly after the parade ends.
The current record holder is Surfers Paradise beach of Gold Coast, Australia, where 357 women marched last year. Australian officials said they will parade again if Panama City Beach breaks the record.
"Our Australian counterparts say they intend to mount another challenge if the record is broken," Dan Rowe, executive director of the Bay County Tourist Development Council, told the Panama City Beach paper.
The city may also face competition from bikini-wearers in Tampa and the South Beach area of Miami.
Parade organizers are donating $1,000 to Beach Care Services, which provides short-term emergency assistance to people in need who live on Panama City Beach.


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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Random Japanese wrongness
13 comments:
- jjbrock said...
UBM I wonder were they got that idea from?
- July 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- ItAintEazy said...
But still, call all you want 24 hours a day for only $20 a month? Can't really beat that.
- July 20, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- the Internet nigger said...
God is good, the sky is blue, and blacks are the most beautiful people in the world.
love the blog, undercoverblackman, lets trade linx, im tryin 2 get my blog on your level, shoot me an e-mail
- July 20, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Was that a whitey monkey shedding a tear at the end?? LOL
That shit is horrible though, even if it is calling blacks AND whites monkeys.
- July 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM
- Kellybelle said...
Wow. The only thing more offensive would have been to have him fist-bumping with a gibbon in a wig. SMH
- July 20, 2008 at 9:46 PM
- Dana said...
Not that it necessarily excuses the tone-deaf nature of the ad or anything; but E-mobile has had that monkey as a mascot for a while now. There's also a Soap Opera in Japan called CHANGE about a neophyte politician that suddenly becomes Prime Minister.
It's quite possible that this has absolutely nothing to do with the US elections. I really don't know.
- July 21, 2008 at 4:39 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Thanks, Dana. The fact that the monkey is an established mascot does change the context.
But you should've clicked the link in my post. According to the news report:
"The company that aired the ad, eMobile Ltd., said it had no idea of any racial undertones and insisted the ad was an acknowledgement of Obama's popularity."
- July 21, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- Dana said...
^Whoops, you're right; should have done my homework.
An interesting addendum is that although they've cut the television spot the same ad is still being circulated in print.
- July 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM
- thepopview said...
Not only are we seeing a lot of racism this election cycle, it's Old School, out-of-date, totally retarded, Do-People-Even-Say-That-Any-more? racism. Black people as monkeys or apes? Isn't that past its prime?
For example, the Obama as Curious George T-shirt. The Obama sock monkey. What year is it again?
- July 22, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com said...
Hey there UBM!
This does not surprise me one bit...
{shaking my head)
- July 22, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Haha, whoops!
- July 24, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Not so bad coming from a nation of inbreds...pretty clever.
- August 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Mickey said...
Now that was fucked up.
- January 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM


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NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Jeremy Lin, who ignited a nationwide craze with his recent play for the New York Knicks, has been added to the NBA's Rising Stars game, the league said Friday.
The game will be part of NBA All-Star Weekend in Orlando, Fla.
Lin has become a star over the past two weeks, helping the Knicks to seven consecutive wins. He was inserted into the starting lineup and is now the team's third-leading scorer at 12.7 points per game. He's also averaging a team-best 5.1 assists a game.
The Rising Stars game will feature NBA rookies and second-year players on teams chosen by coaches Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley.
O'Neal's team includes: Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers; Lin; Minnesota's Ricky Rubio; Detroit's Greg Monroe; Phoenix's Markieff Morris; Charlotte's Kemba Walker; New York's Landry Fields; Miami's Norris Cole; Detroit's Brandon Knight; and Cleveland's Tristan Thompson.
Barkley's team is made up of: Cleveland's Kyrie Irving; Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins; Indiana's Paul George; Minnesota's Derrick Williams; New Jersey's MarShon Brooks; Washington's John Wall; Utah's Gordon Hayward; San Antonio teammates Tiago Splitter and Kawhi Leonard; and Philadelphia's Evan Turner.
The Rising Stars game is Feb. 24 and the All-Star Game is Feb. 25. All NBA All-Star Weekend festivities take place in Orlando.


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BOSTON (AP) -- A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight, where more than 650,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated region lost power, roads were impassable and New Englanders awoke Saturday to more than 2 feet of snow. More than 38 inches of snow fell in Milford in central Connecticut, and an 82-mph wind gust was recorded in nearby Westport. Areas of southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire notched at least 2 feet -- with more falling. Airlines scratched more than 5,300 flights through Saturday, and the three major airports serving New York City as well as Boston's Logan Airport closed. Flooding was also a concern along the coast. The possibility led to the evacuation of two neighborhoods in Quincy, Mass., south of Boston, and of 20 to 30 people in oceanfront homes in Salisbury in northeastern Massachusetts, authorities in those towns said. But it did not appear to create major problems in New York and New Jersey, states hit hardest during last October's Superstorm Sandy. Snow piled up so high in some places Saturday that people couldn't open their doors to get outside. Streets were mostly deserted throughout New England save for plow crews and a few hardy souls walking dogs or venturing out to take pictures. In Boston's Financial District, the only sound was an army of snowblowers clearing sidewalks. Streets in many places were inaccessible. Even the U.S. Postal Service closed post offices and suspended mail delivery Saturday in New England. Some of the worst of the storm appeared to hit Connecticut, where all roads were ordered closed Saturday. The snow made travel nearly impossible even for emergency responders who found themselves stuck on highways all night. 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One customer, Jack Donaher, general manager of a nearby farm and garden store, was buying coffee and pastries and headed back to keep clearing out the store lot for possible reopening Sunday. The weather and statewide driving ban had limited his workforce. "One showed up," he said. "There was supposed to be four." The wind-whipped snowstorm mercifully arrived at the start of a weekend, which meant fewer cars on the road and extra time for sanitation crews to clear the mess before commuters in the New York-to-Boston region of roughly 25 million people have to go back to work. But halfway through what had been a mild winter across the Northeast, it also could mean a weekend cooped up indoors. Road conditions were awful in New Hampshire, said Jim Pierce, who works for the state transportation department and plows driveways in Concord and surrounding towns as a side business. He started plowing about 6:30 a.m. "It takes quite a bit to push this back," he said. "It's fluffy, but there's a lot of it." About 650,000 customers in the Northeast lost power during the height of the snowstorm, most of them in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Mass., lost electricity and shut down Friday night during the storm. Authorities say there's no threat to public safety. At least six deaths were blamed on the storm, including three in Canada. In southern Ontario, an 80-year-old woman collapsed while shoveling her driveway and two men were killed in car crashes. One pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Friday night in Prospect, Conn., and a 23-year-old New York man plowing his driveway with a farm tractor went off the edge of the road and was killed, police in those states said. Rhode Island's governor ordered residents to stay off the roads. Typically busy streets in Providence were empty Saturday as the wind blew snow into drifts that buried cars and parking lots. No injuries or significant accidents were reported on state highways, authorities said, though many cars will have to be dug out of snow drifts. Several state police cars were also stuck in deep snow in Maine, where stranded drivers were warned to expect long waits for tow trucks or other assistance. Early snowfall was blamed for a 19-car pileup Friday in Cumberland, Maine, that caused minor injuries. In New York, hundreds of cars got stuck on the Long Island Expressway on Friday, and dozens remained disabled early Saturday as police worked to free them. A little more than 11 inches fell in New York City, but the city was "in great shape" Saturday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, and he said streets would be cleared by the end of the day. Still, native New Yorker Efrain Burgos took no chances. "I took the subway for the first time in 10 years," he said. 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The questions Energy Minister Phil Heatley should have been asked on The Nation; and why former Minister David Parker, bless him, still doesn't get it
Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatley 'met the press' on The Nation on Saturday, the day after former Energy Minister and opposition spokesperson David Parker had offered some comments in the New Zealand Herald.
I want to respond briefly to Mr Heatley's comments, and explore Labour's, because Heatley, confronted by three senior journalists (each of whom I normally admire) didn't get anything like the fisking he deserved; and Parker and his colleague David Cunliffe need to talk.
Introducing Mr Heatley, host Rachel Smalley referred to a comment she'd heard from economist Cameron Bagry, who was in his turn quoting from a World Bank report.
That report, said Smalley, had ranked New Zealand eighth highest in the world per capita in terms of resources.
This is what Bagry had said:
New Zealand needed to recognise what it has that is world class which include its water resources, potential minerals, tourism and global reputation, he said in an address at the Irrigation NZ Conference in Timaru. ... The World Bank had ranked New Zealand eighth in the world on a capita basis for a country's natural endowment or resource base.
New Zealand ranked highly because of its renewable resources – land and water resources and with world resources shrinking it was where New Zealand needed to be.
As Bagry's actual quote makes clear, in the context of a discussion on mining and minerals - extractive, non-renewable, and specifically, oil and coal - Smalley had taken the statistic out of context.
Although she tried to qualify it, it was next to useless at best and at worst, downright misleading.
I blogged on this in 2009, when Gerry Brownlee, too, had been waving World Bank reports about, in our national parks.
According to those reports, what makes us rich is our other natural capital, of which the minerals are only one small part: 3 percent of the wealth that saw us (in the report I was referring to in 2009) ranked second in the world only to Saudi Arabia.
(Which raises the other interesting question: does the World Bank calculate that our natural wealth has dropped from second to eighth in that time, just as in the Yale Environment Performance Index, between 2006 and 2012 New Zealand has plummeted from first to 14th?)
If Taranaki, suggested Heatley, can manage its economy so quietly, so successfully, all these decades, without one type of industry (mining) jeopardising the others (tourism, agriculture), why can't the other 17 prospective basins around New Zealand do the same?
He lulled us with the image of oil tankers slipping in and out of Marsden refinery "while the people of Whangarei are asleep".
Off Taranaki, the rigs are operating at around 125m deep. Raukumara Basin, off the East Cape, boasts the magnificent depth of 3100m; the others around New Zealand are, on average, the same depth or deeper than the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico (1500m or more), compounded by the fact that we live at the bottom of the world, many months away from relief.
Heatley reassured us that a capping device could be obtained from Australia in a matter of days.
Nobody asked him about the logistics of relocating relief rigs, and drilling to kill the well, an issue which is disputed, but which Greenpeace has done work on.
The first thing, Heatley said, is that this won't go wrong. We rely on big oil companies to do their job and get it right; we expect that. But of course if accidents do happen, we need to be prepared.
The fact is, the threat if it all goes right is no less large.
If it all goes right - if the oil is found, comes out of the ground, and is burnt - we would be headed for a planet "straight out of science fiction".
That quote belongs to Bill McKibben, who writes this month in Rolling Stone about "Global Warming's Terrifying New Math", and "three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe," including how we have five times as much oil and coal and gas on the books as climate scientists think is safe to burn.
The fossil fuel industry, he writes "holds the power to change the physics and chemistry of our planet, and [abetted by governments] they're planning to use it".
Which brings me to, David Parker, former Energy Minister, who shared his party's views on mining and minerals with the New Zealand Herald:
Labour's finance spokesman, David Parker, says his party's policies on oil, gas and mineral extraction are close to those of the Government. "I don't think we are much different from National," Parker said.
By contrast, Parker's colleague David Cunliffe delivered an amazing speech on June 23 called "The dolphin and the dole queue," which stands among the best on resource scarcity and a brighter future that I've heard.
Cunliffe talked about creating economic value with less carbon, and said: "we can't mine and drill our way through a climate-disrupted, resource-depleted future".
Mr Parker's candour about the past economic similarity of Labour and National was nice.
But his trouble is that - even if Labour sets its level of ambition at the lowest and most self-interested - if he wants to be the government, Labour's position on mining is going to have to be more nuanced, if it wants the coalition partner that it needs in the Greens. Otherwise, he won't be there at all.
Much of the current government's strategy is fossil fuel-based. If Labour is, at the present time, indeed "not that much different from National", then that policy is going to have to change.
The issue is no longer: are you for mining or are you against it?
It's not any longer possible to debate mining vs "environmentalists", as The Nation attempted to do on Saturday - and the oil, gas and mineral industries would prefer - without asking first: so what are you mining for? And secondly: is it a net benefit, or an insurmountable environmental cost?
Let's have that debate in the context of real environmental truths, and the problems the world, not just New Zealand, needs to solve - given what we know in the 21st century, not the 19th.
As Cunliffe quite beautifully phrased it, this is politics in a climate of change.
Declaration: Claire Browning is a Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate.


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It turns out the Batman in question is a man by the name of Lenny B Robinson. Robinson, a wealthy philanthropist, spends his days visiting sick children in hospitals in and around the Baltimore area. Driving around in his $225,000 Lamborghini, and $5,000 neoprene and leather Batsuit — which he had custom made from a professional costume maker – Lenny signs autographs, dishes out Batman toys, and above all, gives suffering children a superhero-sized helping of joy and happiness.
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LEXINGTON, Va. - Defiance College picked up an early season tournament championship with an 83-79 victory over Ferrum College Saturday afternoon to win the Washington and Lee Season Tip-Off Tournament.
Ryan Hicks and Bernard Edwards combined for 53 points to lead the Yellow Jackets (2-0) to the programs first early season tournament championship since the Yellow Jackets won the John Dawson Tip-Off Tournament in 2009. The Yellow Jackets went on to win the HCAC Tournament and earn an NCAA tournament bid in that season.
"We typically do a tournament at the beginning of the year to test our team and see where we are at," said head coach Kyle Brumett. "We tried to talk to the guys about getting into the position of winning one and we had the opportunity today and the team rose to the challenge."
Hicks and Edwards were both named to the W&L Tip-Off Tournament team and Hicks was named the Tournament MVP after their performances over the weekend.
"Hicks and Edwards played very well this weekend and especially tonight," said Brumett. "At times we needed to lean on them and they were able to play well. It was a good team effort all around. We had some great plays at times from everyone on the floor that helped out at key times in the game."
Unlike the night before, the Yellow Jackets were in a much tighter game against the Panthers (1-1) in the championship game. Defiance's largest lead of the game was 12 points midway through the second half, but the teams were separated by five points or less for a majority of the contest.
"This early in the season you are not a finished product and you are going to have some things to work on. They were really hard to match up for us today and we played well and were able to find a way to win."
The Yellow Jackets rode 16 first half points by Hicks and 16-for-35 shooting from the field to take a 38-34 lead into the halftime break. Both teams were 3-of-8 from behind the three-point line, but Ferrum had nine free throws to Defiance's three in the first 20 minutes.
Both offenses continued to roll in the second half, scoring 45 points a piece. Edwards led the way for DC in the second half with 18 points while Hicks added 11 more. Edwards finished with 26 points and had three rebounds. The junior also was 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. Hicks finished with 27 points and a team high in nine rebounds and four assists as well.
Ferrum shot 62 percent from the field in the second half to stick with Defiance, but the Yellow Jackets held off Ferrum with14 free throws after going 74 percent from the line. The Panthers struggled at the line in the second half, barely shooting 50 percent with just seven points.
With 55 seconds remaining in the contest, Ferrum tied the game at 77. Hicks followed with a jumper and Edwards made two free throws following a Mason Roth steal. Roth had seven points in the game to go along with three steals and four rebounds.
After a Panthers basket, Travis Schomaeker made a critical free throw moments later to extend the lead back to three. Schomaeker finished with 14 points and two assists in 37 minutes of action.
The Yellow Jackets fouled Ferrum after Schomaeker's basket to send the Panthers to the line for two while needing three points. After an intentional miss on the second shot, Kent Tietje grabbed the rebound to seal the victory for Defiance. Tietje had three boards and three points in the game, playing 22 minutes off the bench.
DC dominated in the paint Saturday. The Yellow Jackets had 40 points to Ferrum's 26 and Defiance out-rebounded the Panthers 36-25.
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BCS standings: Florida State rises to No. 2, for now
Florida State reclaimed the No. 2 spot in the BCS standings Sunday, jumping over Oregon on the strength of Saturday's 41-14 victory over Miami.
But that's about where the good news ends for the Seminoles.
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With no more opportunities to face ranked teams until perhaps the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, it's now Oregon's turn to make up ground in the strength-of-schedule department with an extremely important game on Thursday at Stanford. A win against the Cardinal, ranked No. 5 in the BCS and No. 6 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll, would sufficiently boost Oregon's computer numbers to likely reclaim the No. 2 position opposite No. 1 Alabama in the BCS championship game on Jan. 6 in Pasadena, Calif.
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On the plus side for Florida State, victories against No. 7 Clemson and No. 11 Miami within the last month have helped them steadily close the gap with Oregon in the human polls. Though the Seminoles are ranked No. 1 in six of the seven computer rankings used by the BCS, they're third in both the coaches and Harris polls, which make up two-thirds of the final formula.
In Sunday's coaches poll, however, Florida State picked up three first-place votes and was just 39 points behind Oregon, down from 64 last week. The narrowing of that gap indicates voters are going to have a tough time separating the Ducks and Seminoles, assuming they keep winning, as the season winds to a close.
Florida State's problem is it has no more big games left in which to make an impression. The Seminoles close with Wake Forest, Syracuse, Idaho and struggling Florida while Oregon still has Stanford, Utah, Arizona and Oregon State before the Pac 12 championship game.
Meanwhile, Ohio State remains No. 4 in the BCS standings while 7-0 Baylor fell from fifth to sixth during its bye week. The Bears face their first significant test Thursday against Oklahoma, ranked 10th in the BCS.
Also of note: The Southeastern Conference landed six of the top 15 and Fresno State (8-0, No. 16 BCS) would automatically qualify for a BCS bowl if the season ended today by virtue of ranking in the top 16 and ahead of a champion in an automatic qualifying conference. Central Florida, the projected champion of the American Athletic Conference, which has an automatic bid, came in at No. 21.
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