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For reliable accommodations at easy-on-your-wallet prices, check out international favorite Holiday Inn. With more than 70 locations spread throughout London, you can find one near your major points of interest. Prices start as low as $130 depending on the season and location. For an inexpensive hotel with a British flair, check out Premier Inn, offering rooms starting at around $100 a night.
London, like most capital cities, is packed with some of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Most of these properties are out of reach for a thrifty tourist, but last-minute London visitors can sometimes snag amazing discounts, finding rooms for around $200 that normally would go for $500 to $600 a night. Try the trendy and posh Apex London Wall Hotel, centrally located Grange St. Paul's, or Club Quarters at Gracechurch.
With more than 100 neighborhood options and price listings that start as low as $35 a night, Airbnb provides every traveler the opportunity to make London feel like their new home city. With tons of personality, Airbnbs in the city include choices like a refinished pub, a repurposed clock tower, and even a converted church.
If boutique is more your style, stay at Hotel Xenia, located near many of the city's most famous museums. Settle in on Oxford Street at the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, perfect for the shoppers in your party. For something a little more upscale, check out The Montague on the Gardens near King's College, where each of the 100 guest rooms is individually decorated, or consider the Grand at Trafalgar Square, featuring handy iPod docking stations in each room.
Looking for a trendy hostel? Try St. Christopher's Inn Camden for a place near the neighborhood where the hip, artistic types in London hang out. For a unique hostel setting, check out the Safestay Hostel at Elephant & Castle, where an 18th century Georgian building on the outside gives way to a trendy, modern, and budget-friendly interior. Look for one of the Youth Hostels Association's (YHA) sites, rated best in class for their location and hotel-type amenities.
While London is served by two major airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, chances are good that you'll land at Heathrow if you're arriving from the U.S. Heathrow hotels are numerous, and you can find rooms to match any budget.
For rock-bottom prices, visit London during January and February, when budget hotel chains slash rates to fill rooms. For an economical visit with more agreeable weather, try visiting from mid-September to November or in March or April. These "shoulder" months offer opportunities for affordable luxury, as many hotels lower prices, hoping to lure visitors to brave the iffy outside elements and make London their destination.
Don't expect any lodging bargains in December, however. Christmastime in London is a peak travel time, and prices go through the roof. If business takes you to the city in December, you'll likely find the best deals at airport hotels rather than at properties downtown.
The Bloomsbury and Holborn neighborhoods are ideal for exploring on foot and are home to London's Museum Mile, situated between Somerset House on the Strand up to Kingsway on Euston Road. It's a stone's throw from hedonistic SoHo, a must-see adventure on your London trip. Consider booking the Radisson Blu Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel for its ideal location, or for something a little more intimate, reserve one of the 25 units at Grange Blooms Townhouse.
London's East End is another area ripe for exploration and easy on the budget. The East End is famous for Dickens and notorious for Jack the Ripper — and home to some of the most cutting-edge galleries in the world. Find unique, reasonably priced rooms in the East End at hotels like the trendy Whitechapel London, a hotel born from a converted textile factory.
The South Bank is an up-and-coming haven for tourists and home to the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the massive London Eye Ferris wheel. Splurge on a ride on the city's iconic landmark for an unforgettable view. You'll find cheap hotels in London at South Bank properties such as the Novotel London City South, less than a quarter mile from the Globe, or the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, a short walk from the Ferris wheel and Big Ben.
There are lots of options for getting into central London from the airport area. The most convenient option, of course, is a taxi, but prices are outrageous. The National Express bus service is a popular option; the bus takes about an hour from Heathrow to Victoria and costs five pounds (about $7.50 USD). The cheapest, fastest option is to take the underground railway known as the Tube. Trains are located at all the terminals and run about every five minutes from the wee hours of the morning until just before midnight. The train takes about 45 minutes to get to central London and costs a little less than the bus trip. If you do land at Gatwick, you'll have the same transportation options into the city.
While London is truly a pedestrian city and best explored on foot, you'll still want access to public transportation. For a little less than a dollar, you can download the London Tube app with maps and schedules. Locals rave about the Tube Deluxe app, which has live status updates and an integrated journey planner. Pick up a reloadable Oyster fare card and ride the Tube for lower fares than with paper tickets.
If convenience is your biggest concern and money is your smallest worry, hail one of the iconic black cabs of London. While their rates will set you back, the cabs are practically at every street corner waiting to take you to your next location. Prepare to tip the driver by rounding up to the nearest pound and watch for extra fees for certain destinations such as the airport. Not all cabs take credit cards, so ask before sealing the deal.
One-way roads, grinding rush-hour traffic, and uncontrolled chaos are three good reasons for staying off the road in London — not to mention the plethora of bicycle couriers who weave through traffic and appear out of nowhere. If you do decide to try your luck driving in London, your valid U.S. driver's license works, as long as you are 23 or older. Gas prices are shown by the liter, not the gallon, so plan accordingly. The city also charges a daily congestion surcharge of about eight pounds (about $12 USD) if you drive in central London during the week between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. A sophisticated camera system records license plate information and sends it to a government database. Cars that haven't paid their congestion charge by midnight get penalized a whopping 120 pounds. That's about $185 USD.
Pay extra attention to parking. It's best to park only at a meter, a pay-and-display lot, or a public garage. Other street parking will lead to costly tickets and most likely towing fees. Keep in mind that most hotels in London do not have parking facilities.
The British Museum is an architectural gem chock-full of the world's finest antiquities — and it's also free to the public. The massive Victoria and Albert Museum is also free; it houses collections of all genres of art as well as jewelry, furniture, and textiles. The labyrinth of color-coded galleries of the London's National Gallery in Trafalgar Square contain priceless treasures, including Botticelli's Mars and Venus. If you have any interest in art history, plan to spend at least half a day at this free museum. If modern art is more your thing, don't miss the Tate Britain and the Tate Modern.
If you're in London for some spectator sports such as Wimbledon or an Arsenal or Chelsea game, book a cheap room in the city near a Tube station. Your Oyster card will get you right to the lawn at Wimbledon or to Emirates Stadium for your soccer match. Stumps and wickets, anyone? While in London, find out what in the world the Brits are talking about while taking in a fascinating game of cricket. It's played with a bat and ball on a field, but baseball it's not. Visit Lord's Cricket Ground to see the action.
No trip to London should go by without a palace or two, so be sure to tour Buckingham Palace and the gardens at Kensington Palace and Hyde Park. Pay tribute to Diana at her memorial fountain. Soak up the scents at the Queen Mary's Rose Garden in Regent Park. Bask in the shadow of Buckingham Palace in lovely Saint James Park. Don't forget to visit the Tower of London and sneak a peek at the crown jewels inside. History buffs might want to spend time exploring Kings Cross and Trafalgar Square. Wander through Westminster Abbey, the coronation site of 40 monarchs.
If history's not your thing, check out the lively culture in Soho and Covent Garden, where some of the hottest nightclubs and live music venues in the city are. There are also lots of mom-and-pop value restaurants for an authentic London snack. Look for rooms at the boutique Covent Garden Hotel or the YHA London St. Paul's.
No trip to London is complete without a visit to shopping monolith Harrods. It's a majestic experience even if you don't buy a thing. Don't forget to stop by one of the most exciting London landmarks —Piccadilly Circus — with its dazzling illuminated billboard signs, statue of Eros, and bustling underground station.
Once the touring has commenced, the website Visit London.com can be your ultimate resource. As the city's official travel guide, it provides essential tourist information. The website also has its own app, the London Official Guide, making the information portable.
The Addison Lee app, similar to Uber, lets you book and prepay a private-hire minicab right from your phone at lower rates that London's black taxis. Of course, if you prefer the ubiquitous black taxis, the GetTaxi app will hook you up with one.
Want to see the nearest Banksy masterpiece? There's an app for that, too: the Street Art London app. If shopping is on your itinerary, the Regent Street app has deals, special events, and other promotions at major retailers in the area. It's a must-have for shopaholics with limited time.
Keep in mind that air conditioning is far from the norm in lots of London attractions and even London hotels, so be prepared to sweat if you travel during the dog days of August. Traveling on the Tube can be unbearable in the heat, so plan accordingly when packing.
You'll do a lot of walking in London, especially if you save money by booking cheap London hotels away from the central area. To understand the city's unique address system, it's helpful to know what the abbreviated postal code means. The first letter or letters designates location (N is north, NW is northwest, etc.), and the number indicates its distance from central London. The smaller the number, the closer to the city center an address is. It's a convenient way to gauge your distance from your destination.
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Air war: Speed limit really is enforced by planes
With spring in full bloom, a Charlottesvillian's thoughts often turn to day-tripping by car. If you've ever considered those "Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft" signs to be one of the heartiest haha's on America's highways, you may be surprised to learn that Virginia State Police really do enforce the speed limit from thousands of feet in the air. Anyway, aerial enforcement (as it's known in the police game) is very real. Virginia has been monitoring motorists from the air since July of 2000.
Here's how it works. Two officers in a Cessna 182 (Virginia does not use helicopters for speed limit enforcement) will fly back and forth over a pre-determined section of highway that has been painted with start and finish lines half-a-mile apart.
There are 101 such "fixed course sites" laid out on all the state's major highways, including our own beloved I-64. When a suspected speeder enters the course, the officers in the sky boot up their VASCAR system (Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder) to determine the speed of the vehicle.
Lieutenant Nick Saunders is a 16-year veteran with the Virginia State Police Aviation Unit.
"VASCAR's not much more than a glorified stopwatch," says Saunders, "but it's fairer to motorists than radar. Radar records your speed instantaneously and doesn't take into account the fact that you could be decelerating. But VASCAR takes the average speed over a certain distance."
When a vehicle is caught speeding, the officer in the plane radios to another unit on the ground which actually makes the stop.
While there may be more to it than just the ominous signage, don't go thinking you're about to get nabbed by a cop in a Cessna. The odds are against that ever happening.
Aside from the fact that you never go more than five miles over the speed limit anyway (wink, wink), aerial enforcement is incredibly pricey. The State Police reckons the cost at keeping a fixed-wing aircraft on patrol to be about $70 an hour for fuel and maintenance. If you figure that most aerial enforcement patrols last about four hours, the state has already spent hundreds of extra dollars before collecting even a dime in fines.
Not only is it expensive, but Virginia does not have a fleet of Cessnas at its disposal. The Aviation Unit has only one plane available at each of its four stations in Manassas, Abingdon, Lynchburg, and Richmond.
"It's more expensive, of course," Saunders says, "and it's more labor intensive. But it's just one tool among many that's available to us."
Saunders admits that the real punch comes from the highway signs. "Hopefully the signs will act as a deterrence. If a motorist happens to read the sign, glance up and see an aircraft in the vicinity, even if it's not ours, it tends to cause closer attention to their driving. That's a good thing. There are a lot of ways to get the public's attention. Sometimes a gentle reminder is just as effective," he says.
It should be noted that several studies– including a 1984 NTSB report to Congress– have shown that aggressively enforcing speed limits does not appreciably reduce highway speeding or accidents. The real reason for nabbing drivers who break the speed limit (besides pumping dollars into law enforcement, which can be a real motive for some departments) is to create a police presence on the road.
Fact is, just seeing an officer at the side of the highway with lights flashing does more to encourage safe driving than any number of speeding tickets. Perhaps an inexpensive mannequin in a squad car perched at the side of the road though derided by many in law enforcement may actually do more good than the Eye in the Sky.Read more on: speeding


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A month after acknowledging he made "mistakes," Ryan Braun admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs during his NL MVP season of 2011.
The suspended Milwaukee slugger said in a statement released Thursday by the Brewers that he took a cream and a lozenge containing banned substances while rehabilitating an injury.
"It was a huge mistake for which I am deeply ashamed and I compounded the situation by not admitting my mistakes immediately," Braun said.
Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone in October 2011, but his 50-game suspension was overturned when an arbitrator ruled that the urine sample was mishandled.
Braun apologized to the collector of the urine sample, his teammates and Commissioner Bud Selig.
"I have no one to blame but myself. I know that over the last year and a half I made some serious mistakes, both in the information I failed to share during my arbitration hearing and the comments I made to the press afterwards," Braun said. "I have disappointed the people closest to me — the ones who fought for me because they truly believed me all along. I kept the truth from everyone. For a long time, I was in denial and convinced myself that I had not done anything wrong."
Last month he accepted a 65-game suspension resulting from Major League Baseball's investigation of the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic.
Braun's Letter to Fans:
Letter to the fans of the Milwaukee Brewers:
I have always been very grateful for the privilege of playing baseball in the great city of Milwaukee. I am so sorry for letting you down by being in denial for so long and not telling the whole truth about what happened. I am ashamed and extremely embarrassed by the decisions I made. There are no excuses for what I did and I take full responsibility for my actions. I apologize to all Brewers fans for disappointing you.
I came forward because I knew it was time for me to tell the truth and accept my punishment. I understand I have abused your trust and that of our great owner Mark Attanasio and the entire Brewers organization. Admitting my mistakes and asking for your forgiveness are the first steps in what I know will be a lengthy process to prove myself to you again.
It is an honor to represent the people of Wisconsin by wearing a Brewers uniform. I want all of you to know how much I have appreciated the support I've received from so many of you throughout my years with the organization. I will continue to work on improving myself and making amends for what I have done. I am deeply sorry for my actions and I apologize to everyone I have let down. I am committed to doing everything I can to earn back your trust and support.
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Bridget Jones has nothing on a stressed-out mum when it comes to lusting after a mini-break – it's just that we don't necessarily want the man along with us ...
As I type this, I'm sitting alone at a hotel desk in my luxe room for one.
I'm not related to the Packers, and lack even a tiny percentage of their income. Regardless, ever since my youngest turned three, I take 24 hours off the clock, every six months, and check in to totally check out.
For me, the cost is worthy and we budget for it. I lose less work time to stress-related illness because I take this time to totally unwind. My kids like me better – I come home relaxed, happy and ready to build more Lego (though I'll never be relaxed enough to stand on the stuff without screaming). My husband appreciates the return to normalcy – he didn't actually pledge to love, honour and cherish a fisherman's wife, but there she is, up screeching and nit picking from the early hours as I approach the six month marker.
The only potential downside for the rest of the family is that I stop the intensity of my house cleaning efforts (I identified years ago that I start to clean like a … well, crazy woman … when I'm close to the edge).
It doesn't have to be expensive - the time out to think only of yourself is key. Think about the last time you ate when and what you wanted, exercised when you felt like it (or if you felt like it), and read a book ... without thinking about something to do with one of your family members that may or may not need doing? I know, it's probably been quite some time.
Mums are great at the juggling act but sometimes you have to drop those balls, even just for an hour
When you're physically away from your home, it's much like the effect camping had on emerging technology before wifi seemed to hit even remote bushlands. You can't do anything about it, so you stop trying. You can't get the dinner prepped, you can't see the sock dropped on the floor or the washing pile teeter, so you switch off to it.
You may have experienced this phenomenon on relaxing family holidays – stopped thinking about work or keeping your house clean. Now imagine that philosophy applied to that constant ticking in your brain about what your kids' next need or want may be.
I know, and you are welcome.
There's one irony best stated up front: you will actually miss your family like crazy. At first, you may even feel at a loose end, and like it may have been a bad investment. This is normal. Ride it out and go and do something you wouldn't dare do with kids in tow. Drink by the pool? Casual browse in a store filled with expensive glass objects within a child's reach? These things helped me ride out my early wistful thoughts, and now I sit here, typing by choice, and with my shoulders finally removed from their spot up around my ears. My breathing has physically slowed. Even the boffins have to agree this is good for mental and physical wellbeing.
This time around I had enough in the kitty for a luxe hotel stay – club facilities, gym, room service and all. I won't lie; it is fabulous. But I've hit the six month mark on occasion with a less substantial budget, and have found stayz.com.au can often provide something special for a lot less. Last minute hotel deals can also be a great idea.
For those that need a little extra convincing (or something to copy and paste for their significant others), I asked a psychologist for a more esteemed rationale. Dr Carla Moore, director and psychologist at Here and Now Health, says this:
"Mums are great at the juggling act; business, work, house, kids, managing relationships - they are juggling all of the time. Sometimes you have to drop those balls, even just for an hour, a day, a weekend, because by not choosing to put them down, you can get yourself to the state that life will force you to."
Example? Have you ever had that accident or illness caused by rushing around when you've had too much on? Find yourself lying on the couch, having your hubby or family members doing the school run, and realising life can indeed do without you for a day?
Dr Moore says being over-stressed and constant captain of the ship can lead to marriage breakdown, poor health, or losing your job.
"The smaller signs that you need a break might be headaches, having a constant short fuse with the kids or your partner, or feeling run down all the time. Before you hit panic mode, hear this: taking a time-out allows you to recharge, step back, assess what we actually need to be focussing on and what can be dropped, and just breathe."
Do you take a regular mummy break? Have your say in the comments below.


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NEW YORK -- The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.
The Super may have been a nail biter, but the ads were a snooze.
Actor Clint Eastwood waxed about Detroit and Chrysler. An M&M stripped "naked" at a party. And stars from the 90s were everywhere, as were dogs and babies, of course.
Companies paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot for the right to duke it out Sunday in front of the expected 111 million-plus fans. But there were fewer surprises.
That's mostly because nearly half of the 70 Super Bowl advertisers put their spots out in the days ahead of the game. And then the ones that waited until game day for the "big reveal" didn't take many risks. Most settled on the cliche themes: babies, celebrities, sex and humor.
"Advertisers this year are playing it very safe," said Tim Calkins, a professor of marketing at Northwestern University. "They're running spots that are clearly designed to appeal to a broad audience and not to offend."
Alabama-company ads:
* Big Communications creates Schaeffer Eye Center spot.
* Alabama workers featured in Hyundai ad.
Here's a look at the game's ads, play by play:
Advertisers showed a little skin in this year's Super Bowl.
An ad for domain name-hosting site GoDaddy shows racecar driver Danica Patrick and fitness expert Jillian Michaels body painting a nude woman. An ad for clothing retailer H&M features soccer star David Beckham in black-and-white in his new line of undies. And online florist Teleflora and automaker Kia both use Victoria Secret's model Adriana Lima.
But perhaps the most blatant example was Toyota's spot for its "reinvented" Camry. The ad features a "reinvented" couch made up of women wearing bikinis.
"It also comes in male," a voiceover in the ad says while showing a couch of shirtless men.
Who doesn't love cute animals and babies? Advertisers were banking there are none among us.
That's why Doritos used both. One Doritos spot shows a man being bribed by a dog with Doritos to keep the animal's dirty secret about a cat's disappearance. In another spot, a grandmother uses a slingshot to hoist a baby up to grab a bag of Doritos that belongs to a boy in a tree that was taunting the baby with the chips.
Those two ads were crowd favorites, said Peter Dabol, who analyzes advertising effectiveness at research firm Ace Metrix. The firm polled 500 viewers about the ads to find their favorites.
"It's a typical Super Bowl, funny carries the day," he said. "Advertisers are driving for attention and likeability."
Likewise, Skechers shoe company introduced its new running sneaker with an ad showing a French bulldog winning a greyhound race by wearing the shoes. Volkswagen ad portrays a dog that loses weight to be able to chase a Beetle.
And in software company 2nd Story Software's ad took was toilet boil humor, literally. The ad to promote its free TaxAct software shows a boy who looks everywhere to find a respectable place to relief himself. He ends up going in a pool.
The tagline: "Totally free. Feels good."
Celebrities always draw attention. And advertisers took a gamble that using celebs alone would be enough to grab attention.
Chrysler, one of nine automakers advertising during the game, aired a Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood. The aging actor talks about the rebirth of Chrysler and Detroit. The two-minute "Imported from Detroit" ad, one of the few spots that weren't released before the game, follows the company's ad last year that starred rapper Eminem.
"How do we come from behind, how do we come together and how do we win?" he asks. "Detroit is showing us it can be done. What's true about them is true about all of us."
Real-estate company Century 21's ad shows that a real estate agent is able to outdo speed skater Apolo Ohno on the ice, business mogul Donald Trump in business and former football player Deion Sanders at an open house.
In an ad for Pepsi, "The X Factor" winner Melanie Amaro belts out "Respect" for King Elton John. "Pepsi for all," she says. At the end of the ad, John finds himself in the dungeon with rapper and reality TV star Flavor Flav.
Some advertisers attempted to tug at viewers' heart strings by stirring up old and fond memories.
Honda's ad for its compact sports-utility vehicle CR-V shows actor Matthew Broderick living a grown-up version of his 1986 hit movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The ad includes two dozen references to "Ferris Bueller's Day off.
Likewise, an Acura NSX ad features 1990s comedic titan Jerry Seinfeld battling with late-night talk show host Jay Leno over the sportscar. The ad includes Seinfeld references like a cameo by the "Soup Nazi" character.
And during Downy's pre-game ad, the company remades one of the most classic commercials of all time, Coke's 1980 spot "Mean Joe Greene." In the original, a little boy gives a gruff football player Joe Greene a Coke as he comes off the field. The Downy remake stars Green and actress Amy Sedaris in the little boy role giving Green a can of Downy fabric softener.
This report was written by Mae Anderson, Associated Press business writer.


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Shriving scarlet sinners: A call for cardinals' confession and repentance
They are finally going to lock up a couple cardinals! All of them, actually. It's a conclave on Tuesday.
Why, what were you thinking?
It's appropriate they will all be together in Lent; in the early years of the church, Lent was the time to create new Christians by baptism, and also to figure out how to restore sinners to the fold.
There were only three grave sins — apostasy, adultery or murder. How could anyone be returned to communion after such horrific acts? Apostasy, or renunciation of the faith was especially disruptive. It usually meant someone turned traitor, ratted out other Christians — resulting in arrests, torture and death. Who could forgive such a sin? How could the breached community be restored and the sinner be welcomed back?
The early Jesus movement hit on a unique solution. Only living martyrs could absolve and reconcile the apostate. Yes, there were living martyrs around — believers who had been arrested, tried, tortured and released. They had shed their blood and achieved literally iconic status. The sinner had to repent, show genuine sorrow, appeal humbly for forgiveness, sit by the sanctuary threshold in sackcloth and ashes for Lent. If a living martyr, male or female, found the penitent genuine, they could render reconciliation, the community accept the judgment and the sinner back into communion.
I see parallels to the sex-abuse crisis, which unfortunately will be locked into the Sistine Chapel, too. I'm not sure priests going to priests for forgiveness of child abuse, or bishops asking cardinals for three "Hail Mary's" and three "Our Father's" for covering it up is sufficient. But I do want genuine trust to be restored between priests, bishops and the people.


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Forty Under 40
Charles V. Aquino, 34
Director, Western Reserve Partners LLC
It was a college research project that revealed to Charles Aquino that this is the work he wanted to do.
Given the task of researching three fields within his major, he chose investment banking.
He found it was a good choice.
"The more book research I did, the more people I talked to who practiced in the space, I just became fascinated by it," Mr. Aquino said.
At 34, Mr. Aquino is one of three directors with Cleveland investment banking firm Western Reserve Partners LLC, for which he's worked since its inception in July 2004. He helps clients navigate what is likely one of the most stressful moments of their lives: a merger or sale of their business.
"You get a real sense of accomplishment in having a direct involvement in shaping the outcome," he said. "You're not just rubber-stamping a transaction. You're usually guiding your client through what, in many cases, becomes a life-changing event for them."
No two deals are alike, Mr. Aquino said, and no process is over until it's over. Any one detail can sidetrack — or kill — a transaction, he noted.
"That's stressful," he said. "This is a career that can really take its toll on you. It involves considerable hours. There's a steep learning curve."
Mr. Aquino's work isn't only with Western Reserve Partners. He is nearing the end of his two-year term as board president for the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center in Bay Village.
Catherine Timko, executive director of the center, has worked in nonprofits for two decades and with leaders of varying ages.
"With Chuck, you'd think he'd been doing this for 20 years," Ms. Timko said. "The kind of leadership he's shown, and the insight and the decisions he's made on behalf of the center, and the guidance he's given myself and the board is really remarkable given his age and level of experience working with nonprofits."
Mr. Aquino regards balancing his career and nonprofit work with his family life to be his greatest accomplishment. He lives in Fairview Park with his wife, Krysten, their 5-year-old son and 3-year-old identical twin girls.
He graduated valedictorian from Trinity High School in Garfield Heights in 1995 and also graduated first from the Boler School of Business at John Carroll University in 1999. Of his academic success, he said, "I don't like mediocrity. I don't settle for it. I don't strive for it."


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The next few weeks will be quite busy for me. I'll be at Google I/O the last week of May in San Francisco to give a talk on Android entitled Turbo-charge your UI. If you want to learn cool techniques on how to improve the performance of your Android applications, that's where you want to be! There will be other very interesting Android talks so if you are an Android developer or wish to become one, I can only encourage you to attend. To make things even better, the registration is actually pretty cheap.
The week following Google I/O, I will be at CommunityOne West, still in San Francisco, to talk about Android again. Actually, this will be (almost) the same talk as Google I/O. CommunityOne is always fun and it's free.
Finally, I will be at JavaOne to deliver a session (twice) about animations with my good friend Chet Haase. This talk will be language-agnostic, but there will be demos, and the techniques we'll discuss apply to Swing/Java 2D, Flex, Android, Java FX and any other UI toolkit. I don't think we're gonna give away Flex books this year but you'll be able to laugh at Chet. I mean, laugh at his jokes.


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West Lafayette, Indiana, is conveniently located near the interstate that connects Indianapolis and Chicago. We're about one hour north of Indianapolis and two hours south of Chicago. Commercial travel to West Lafayette is easily accessible and lodging on and around campus is plentiful. The resources below will help you plan your trip.
Commercial Travel Services
Air Travel - The nearest commercial airports are Indianapolis International (65 miles) and Chicago O'Hare (140 miles) and Chicago Midway (130 miles). The Purdue Airport accommodates privately owned planes.
Shuttle Services from Airports - Shuttle service is provided to and from Indianapolis by Lafayette Limo and Star of America. Shuttle service to and from O'Hare is provided by Express Air Coach or by Reindeer Shuttle.
Other Commercial Travel - Amtrak and Greyhound also serve the area, stopping at a station in Lafayette. From there, visitors can ride Greater Lafayette's CityBus system to Purdue (about 1.5 miles).
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Muslim women wear chaddars
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especially when our grandma
was around.
When we went back to Pakistan
when I was nine
it was even more extreme
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You are taught that
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"In the first year I was there
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as you get older
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until you're my age
when you totally hide yourself.
After a while you start to begin
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You know,
it's kind of in there,
without anybody ever telling you so."
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It's still going to take a while.
I feel more comfortable
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since I would not have
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I have not worn the chadder
for a long time,
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Shanaz's aunt brought her this chaddar
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ROME (Reuters) - When Silvio Berlusconi set out to end Italy's government last month, he didn't consult the national secretary of his People of Freedom Party. Nor was the party's secretary Angelino Alfano asked whether he wanted to resign as deputy prime minister of the coalition government; he was told to.
This government "is up to no good. It only wants to raise taxes," a Berlusconi aide told Alfano by phone on the Saturday afternoon of September 28, according to a person close to the deputy premier. The aide said Alfano and the four other ministers of Berlusconi's People of Freedom Party (PDL) had to step down immediately.
Alfano, who declined to comment for this article, did resign, jolting financial markets and reviving memories of the moment in 2011 when Italy almost succumbed to the euro zone debt crisis. But the phone call also triggered a mutiny among Berlusconi's most senior lieutenants that thwarted his attempt to topple the government.
Coupled with a likely ouster from parliament after a criminal conviction, the rebellion has left the 77-year-old Berlusconi facing the most serious challenge to his authority in 20 years and is pushing Italy's most dominant post-war leader into the sunset of his career, friends and colleagues say.
"Berlusconi thought his people would stand up for him. But they didn't," Umberto Bossi, leader of the separatist Northern League party said in an interview. Bossi said it's too early to write Berlusconi off. But he added that his longtime friend and former political ally is "not what he was before."
The revolt - the details of which Reuters has pieced together after interviews with two dozen politicians and aides who were directly involved - is now giving rise to what many say is a long overdue power struggle for the future of Italy's conservative forces. For Alfano - a 42 year-old Sicilian lawyer who was long been Berlusconi's anointed successor, but who few considered strong enough to lead the party - the coup is a chance to set his own stamp on a new conservative political group.
Whether Alfano will succeed is by no means certain. He has neither Berlusconi's millions nor his proven electoral appeal, shown most recently in February's elections, when the media mogul converted what looked at one point like a likely wipeout into a share of government.
Yet Berlusconi himself is worried about his future, people close to him say. For his tax fraud conviction, he faces a year of house arrest or community service and once out of parliament, he loses legal immunity and could be arrested at any time. Berlusconi declined to comment for this article.
For the first time in many years, the PDL also faces a potentially formidable opponent - Matteo Renzi, the 38-year-old mayor of Florence who is bidding to head Italy's center-left Democratic Party and whose popular appeal and communication skills rival Berlusconi's.
During a recent lunch of mushroom crepes and Baba dessert with PDL politicians, Berlusconi recounted a warning he had received from Russian President Vladimir Putin, a longtime friend of the former Italian premier. "You will end up like Tymoschenko," Putin said, according to a person present, referring to jailed Ukrainian opposition figure Yulia Tymoshenko.
Since Berlusconi created his Forza Italia party, as it was originally named, in 1994, the movement has never developed a strong alternative leadership to challenge its founder.
Earlier this year, Berlusconi's sway with Italy's conservative electorate was reasserted when the PDL gained far more votes than expected in the February elections. It was a strong enough showing to force Italy's centre-left Democratic Party, the winners, to have to share power with the PDL in the awkward coalition government led by Prime Minister Enrico Letta.
The makeup of the alliance - formed last April - sowed the seeds of the crisis that rocked Italy last month. By the summer, Berlusconi fretted that his conservative party might face a backlash for being part of a government that needed to keep Italy's finances in check, in part by raising taxes. Party hawks had been urging him to pull the plug and go to elections.
Then, in August, the tax fraud conviction left Berlusconi vulnerable to being ousted from parliament.
After the ruling, the PDL stood united behind Berlusconi in public. But in private, the conviction created a rift within the party. Loyalists who felt their future political careers depended on Berlusconi circled more tightly around their former premier, joining the hawks who were agitating to fell the coalition government, insiders say.
Those who felt they had a political future in a conservative party even without Berlusconi took a more sanguine attitude and became so-called doves, more reluctant to criticize the coalition government, the insiders add.
Berlusconi himself became increasingly impervious to warnings that Italy could not afford a government collapse with its economy in deep recession and financial markets on alert for any sign of weakness, people close to him say.
On the Saturday afternoon of September 28, Berlusconi told several aides that he wanted to end the government because he was angry about a planned increase in Italy's sales tax. But according to several people close to both Alfano and Berlusconi, the underlying reason was the tax fraud conviction.
Alfano shared Berlusconi's belief that leftist opponents were exploiting the tax conviction to end Berlusconi's political future once and for all, according to these people. But Alfano didn't feel this was enough reason to bring down the government. Opinion polls were showing little appetite for an election. When Alfano received the call from Niccolo Ghedini, Berlusconi's longtime lawyer who is also a PDL senator, telling him to resign, Alfano felt his mentor was hanging him out to dry.
"Before then, Alfano always felt that he was Berlusconi's successor. But this time, he felt his position was in danger. It was a question of his own survival," said a person close to Alfano.
Alfano quickly arranged a meeting at his house with other PDL ministers. They decided to comply with Berlusconi's order to resign, as a show of loyalty to the party founder, according to people with knowledge of the meeting. But they also planned to let the public know that they were not happy about it.
The ministers' resignation meant the government no longer had the support of one of its two key parties and hence was essentially dead. Letta, who had just returned from a trip to New York, would have to call a confidence vote in parliament to ascertain whether there was any chance his government could proceed.
But by Sunday and Monday, it was clear the PDL was on thin ice too. Alfano himself issued a statement saying he was "diversamente Berlusconiano," or "a different kind of Berlusconian" - a way of distancing him from party hawks like Ghedini.
By late Monday, some 20 senators had rallied around Alfano and decided they were going to defect and vote in favor of the Letta government during the confidence vote, according to people involved in the discussions. That would be enough to tip the balance in the upper house, where the decisive showdown would take place.
For two days Berlusconi wavered, torn between the defectors and hardliners, according to people close to the premier. On Wednesday morning, just as he entered parliament, the former premier realized he could not stop Letta from winning the vote. His goal became to try to hold the party together, they added.
As the debate wound up, Berlusconi stood up in the Senate and announced that "not without some internal strife", he would support the government. Amid a mix of applause and jeers, Berlusconi sat down and put his face in his hands.
"It was an absolute shock. We were told 5 minutes before," that Berlusconi had decided to support Letta, said an aide to one of the most senior PDL figures.
Today, the party hierarchy is doing its best to suppress any signs of division. The PDL's parliamentary whip sent out a letter to all lawmakers this week with clear instructions: "There are different visions for the future but there is one certainty for everyone - the charismatic leadership of Silvio Berlusconi, whose order to remain united should be followed without ifs and buts."
Many in the PDL believe Berlusconi and Alfano will try to patch things up in order to keep the party together. Yet others within the party are agitating for a change in leadership. Former Regional Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto and the mayor of Verona Flavio Tosi have both indicated they are ready to challenge Alfano to take over the centre right. Marina Berlusconi, the former prime minister's 47-year old daughter is also a possible successor if she decides to enter politics, people close to the former premier say.
Fresh from the coup, Alfano now has the best chance to win over a party long used to its domineering leader, friends and colleagues say. But it won't be without further internal struggles, insiders say.
"If things head towards replacing Berlusconi with Alfano," said one ministerial aide involved in the discussions within the PDL, "it will be a revolution."
Reporting by Paolo Biondi, Giselda Vagnoni and James Mackenzie. Editing By Alessandra Galloni and Janet McBride


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Hey guys! I'm working on a sim build and I need Gorean animals. Like, as many as I can possibly get that actually look good.
I found this and I'm using it for a very general reference (because I'm -super- lazy): http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/bakah/animalsplants.html
I haven't looked all these bad boys up, but do you guys know any actual good mesh animal builders? And if so, can you slap down some links for me for some of these? And what an earth-ish equivalent would me?
armored gatch -
found in the inland rain forests of Schendi, it is a type of marsupial mammal
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
(Armadillo maybe?)
forest sleen -
double fanged, six legged mammal, twenty feet in length, weighing about 1100 pounds
the hunting sleen is a hunter of men. It is 20 feet in length and weighs eleven hundred pounds. This domesticated forest sleen is double-fanged and six-footed. It's tail tends to switch back and forth, getting rigid, as it hunts, it's ears flatten against it's head just prior to it's final 'charge' attack on it's prey.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13
(I'd LOVE a good link for an awesome mesh sleen)
frevet -
small, quick, insectivorous mammal: often kept in homes for insect control
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 276
herlit -
large raptorhaving a wingspan of 6-8 feet; is carnivorous, and has yellow feathers tipped with black; also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes', from its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it; inhabits the Barrens.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 143.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of gor, page 315
high tharlarion
(Dinosaur Raptor thing?)
kailiauk, Barrens -
gigantic dangerous beasts standing twenty to twenty five hands at the shoulder and weigh as much as two tons; ruminant; tawny with red and brown markings onhaunches; they migrate across the Barrens in massive herds,hunted by the Red Savages and those who trade in their hides; have a trident horn.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 40 and 95
(Elk? Moose?)
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giant, carnivorous pterodactyl
(Does anyone remember this? What book it's in?)
zeder -
small, sleen like carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi especially along the Ua River; grows to c. 2' and weights eight to ten pounds; is diurnal; can swim very well; builds a stick and mud nest in the branches of a tree where it spends the night


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Thursday, April 23, 2009
A Yummy Find!
69 comments:
Hi Kim --
I could certainly use this cookbook! I am sick and tired of cooking the same old thing. Your dish looks absolutely yummy!
- April 22, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- ramewelamb said...
Would love to have a "new" cookbook. Enjoy cooking new dishes for the family when they come home to the ranch in Petaluma. -e
- April 23, 2009 at 1:51 AM
What a find! Would love to add it to my kitchen!!
- April 23, 2009 at 4:12 AM
- Marj said...
I would love to get a tried and proven cook book. Your pork dish looks great.....Marj
- April 23, 2009 at 4:41 AM
I would love to have a new cookbook. I get so tired of fixing the same old things.
Linda Z
- April 23, 2009 at 4:51 AM
- Cindy said...
That pork dish looks so yummy. I need to start making some new dishes besides that same boring things I make every day. I would love to win a new cookbook.
- April 23, 2009 at 4:56 AM
- Nancy said...
Oh, Kim, please enter me in your drawing! I'm so tired of the same old same old, and any cookbook connected with quilting just HAS to be wonderful!
- April 23, 2009 at 5:01 AM
- Bonnie said...
ME, me! Waving from the east coast. New cookbook would be fun to have. Thanks. Bonnie
- April 23, 2009 at 5:03 AM
I have read a couple of her books, and I really enjoyed them. This sounds very good and I always like to try fast and easy dishes. Thank You, Ratnay1
- April 23, 2009 at 5:16 AM
- Norma said...
Love to cook, love to read anything about quilts so I qualify. Thank you for sharing your find with us, the pork dish looks wonderful.
- April 23, 2009 at 5:20 AM
- PunkiePie said...
I haven't read her books (in the conventional way) but I've listened to a few on audio CDs. I could use a hard copy and the cookbook sounds fun!
- April 23, 2009 at 5:21 AM
When my best friend, from seventh grade, and I get together we try different recipes and rate them. I love cookbooks. I would love to win this one, so the next time my friend comes to Sacramento or I go to Napa I would be able to try the recipes. Please enter me.
- April 23, 2009 at 5:33 AM
Your pork dish looks yummy. Would love to win the book and try this one at home. Please enter me in the drawing.
- April 23, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
Oo la la....good food and quilting...life doesn't get any better than that! You sure know how to check out all the nooks and crannies, don't you Kim?
- April 23, 2009 at 5:47 AM
- Amy said...
I just finished Jennifer's "Circle of Quilters" where new cook Anna was introduced! I'd love to read more about her and try her recipes!
- April 23, 2009 at 5:51 AM
I would dearly love to win the book. Its not for me but my girlfriend who is a huge fan of the Elm Creek series and she doesn't have this book (did a little detective work today). If I win it for her she can have me over for dinner. He he he
- April 23, 2009 at 5:57 AM
- MJinMichigan said...
I would LOVE to win her book so I can try the recipes. That pork dish looks yummy and I haven't read that book yet.
- April 23, 2009 at 6:07 AM
- marjay said...
Here I am sitting in France just craving some American type dishes...so yes, would love, love, love to win this book. Will keep my fingers crossed.
Thanks for the giveaway!
- April 23, 2009 at 6:22 AM
- Anita said...
The picture of the pork dish on your blog does look really yummy. The book sounds really nice and chocked full of good recipes. thanks!
- April 23, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- Carol said...
always looking for something different to cook. and what would be better than a cookbook with quilting stories thrown in??
- April 23, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Oh, Kim I would love to read this book! Love your blog and check it out every morning with my coffee. thanks for all the great ideas and quilts.
- April 23, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Mary said...
A new cookbook! That would be great. Thanks for thinking about us and giving us an opportunity to share the recipes.
- April 23, 2009 at 7:05 AM
Pick Me! I would love a new cook book. Always looking for a new one to try . Also would like to say I really enjoy reading your blog. Wish I had some of your energy.
- April 23, 2009 at 7:07 AM
- DAWN said...
Yes, I would love to have that cookbook! Thanks!
- April 23, 2009 at 7:15 AM
I love the Elm Creek Quilters series. I have yet to read this one, so to win it would be wonderful ++! That dish looks so very delicious! ~Jan
- April 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- Orcsmom said...
Hey Kim,
Please put me in for the cooking. It would go great with my 150+ collection!
- April 23, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- Lady of the Cloth said...
I have only rad one of her books and when I get to the bottom of the books I have here at home I need to check this one out, I'm like some of the other people who have commented in that I get in a rut with my cooking. It seems like I cook the same things day in and day out.
- April 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Crazy for Primitive Quilts and Gardens said...
Would love to win! Thanks for having the drawing :o)
- April 23, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- mariel said...
I would love to win the cookbook! I have read all her books but this one. Please pick me, please, please. I love your blog and read it daily.
- April 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM
- Della said...
Throw my name in there please. I love this series.
- April 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Please add my name in the drawing. I'm always amazed at the generousity of you talented bloggers!
- April 23, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Sherri said...
It's always fun to get a new cookbook! And I love the series...have all read but the two most recent books! How thoughtful of you to pick up that book knowing someone would love it!
- April 23, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Terry said...
I love her books! And I'd love to win this one! Thanks so much! :0)
- April 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Dawn said...
I have read a few of her books and love them! Yes, I would love a chance win a copy of this one. I am looking for new recipes!!
- April 23, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Candace said...
Kim - you're so sweet to always be on the lookout for us! Thanks for entering me!
- April 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Marsha said...
I would love to win this cookbook. You have the same blog background I am using right now.
- April 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- sewprimitive karen said...
Don't have that cookbook. If it has recipes that are like what you cooked there that looks so delicious, I'd like to win please!
- April 23, 2009 at 12:09 PM
I LOVE the Elm Creek Quilters series of books! Wow, that looks so yummy. Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks for the chance.
- April 23, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Joyce said...
Please add me to your drawing. I have read all the Elm Creek books, but dont remember this one. How did I miss it? Thanks, Kim
- April 23, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Mmmmmmmmmmm quilting and cooking what more could a girl want! Please include me in the draw. Thanks
- April 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM
- scottylover said...
I love her books and would love to have a copy! I shop thrift stores mostly for my books and never find any of hers. You have some awesome stores there from what I can tell!
- April 23, 2009 at 4:56 PM
I would like to win this book. You can't have too many cookbooks and the food you show us always looks so good.
- April 23, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- secondofwett said...
I just went to the library today looking for more Elm Creek books.....alas the only one they had I have already read. I would really treasure this book if you picked me,...please.... :0)
- April 23, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- Cathy M said...
Double the fun. Not only do I love cookbooks but I absolutely love all the Jennifer Chiavirini books. Nothing could be better than a story about quilters. I only wish I had an old manor house to create my own retreat.
- April 23, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Count me in! Anything food or quilting!
- April 23, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- Allison said...
I would love a chance to win the book.
- April 23, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Pick me! Pick me! I love food! (Obviously, or I wouldn't be so fat!)
Thanks, Chris in Sac
- April 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM
- Melody said...
How fun. I would love to have some new recipies.
- April 23, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I luv all of those things--and I would luv to have some new recipes that we would all enjoy! Great combination--story, recipes and quilting! Count me in!
- April 23, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- annmarie said...
That picture of the pork recipe makes me want to win the cookbook. I'm always looking for new recipes & to be quilted related would be divine!
- April 23, 2009 at 9:17 PM
- Sheri said...
I love the series but don't have the cookbook. Count me in!
- April 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- dianne said...
you DO find lots of good stuff at the thrift store! i've read the first 6 books in the Elm Creek series - they came as samplers, three books published in one volume (times two) ... i love a good read.
- April 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
- Lisa said...
I would LOVE the cookbook ... your pork dish looks so YUMMY!
- April 23, 2009 at 10:34 PM
You just never know what you will find at the thrift store. I had to get the book out from the library, where it also needed to be returned!
I'll hope to be picked!
Just wanted to comment on the Back home quilt. I am making mine on my own...no class. I have stopped where I am because I havent made some decisions. I am changing it too. I have all the stuff and am finding it a bit busy for my taste. I am thinking that it mightnot be as big as it was meant to be, but if you have taught me anything, it really is okay to make changes and make a quilt really yours.
- April 23, 2009 at 11:25 PM
- Gran said...
Hi there - checked out the ellery fabric line and it is very nice. I love your block. Please enter me in your drawing - I would love to win the cookbook. Thanks for the opportunity. I picked up your Cheery Delight and hope to work on it next week.
- April 24, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- ratherbquilting said...
Oooh, pick me! Are there vegetarian dishes, too? No matter, DH is a carnivore, so the book will be well-used...
- April 24, 2009 at 3:26 AM
- Mam said...
Just what I need, another cookbook! What the hey, enter my name please. Love your blog.
- April 24, 2009 at 4:12 AM
I would love to have a copy of this cook book. I'm so tired of the same old cooking all the time. I'm ready for something new. I love seeing what you are up to and enjoy the reads. Happy Quilting Marylin Tucker
- April 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Teresa said...
Geez..I wish our thrift store had nice finds like you come across. They are mostly just clothes and old shoes. I would love to win this book!!! Please count me in.
- April 24, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Greenmare said...
wow I checked in just in time didn't I? I love the Elm Creek Books, and I love cooking! which is about all I can do right now with only one arm. yes, whining again.......... so PICK ME!!!
- April 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM
- Taryn said...
I'm not familiar with the books, but I can say that I love to read and I love to cook. I'm always on the lookout for new recipes to try so this would be great! Thanks for offering it up.
- April 24, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- ~Jess said...
Love to read, love to cook, love to quilt, would love to be entered...
- April 24, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- mary said...
Hi Kim
My husband would sure like that meal, so even if i dont win is there anyway i can get the recipe
- April 24, 2009 at 11:30 PM
- requilt said...
I would like to win this prize. I am reading my first Jennifer Chiaverini book from the library and I am so enjoying it.
Rita E in AZ
requilt (at) yahoo (dot) com
- April 25, 2009 at 3:47 AM
Love those books and do not have that one. I enjoy your blog also.
- April 25, 2009 at 5:41 AM
- ytsmom said...
Kim, I would love that book. I love the series and love to cook. Thanks for having this giveaway!
- April 25, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Beth said...
Hi Kim! I'm always looking for good recipes and what better way to find them than during a quilty book :) Please pick me!!!
- April 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Oh, I'm the one who asked you to send me that recipe for the pork! I've also made it several times and we love it! It is about as close to going back to Germany as I'll ever get! I'd love a copy of this book!!
- April 25, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- BJ said...
Oh, I would love this book! Hope I'm not too late....it's only 5:45 where you are!
- April 25, 2009 at 5:44 PM


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Senior Enlisted Advisor Tells Graduates What's Expected of Them
By Jim Garamone
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NEWPORT, R.I., April 7, 2006 - The senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke about servicemembers' expectations of their senior enlisted leaders and the need for jointness during graduation at the Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy here yesterday.
Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey spoke at the graduation of 63 Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard members of Class 123. "With all the technology we have in this world ... the most important thing - the core value of our services - is the young men and women we have the honor to lead," Gainey said during his remarks.
The sergeant major serves as the eyes and ears of Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Peter Pace throughout the world. As the first person to hold the position, Gainey is the voice of the servicemember back to Pace.
Gainey spoke about the privilege senior enlisted leaders have to work with today's young servicemembers. "We must realize here tonight just how lucky we are to be a part of their team," he said. "They are not our team, we are on their team."
The sergeant major said today's servicemembers have hopes, dreams, desires and commitment. "They have the sense of loyalty and honor. And they have a sense of integrity and honor (that is) beyond reproach," he said. "And they have something that is supremely important to us: devotion to duty."
Senior enlisted personnel owe these young servicemembers leadership, of course, but also something more, Gainey said.
He said today's servicemembers want to shoulder responsibility. "Load them up (with it)," he said. "Pack their sea bag full of it. We've got to be willing to give them responsibilities."
But it is not enough to give responsibility if there isn't the concomitant authority to be responsible. He said too often people give responsibility for a unit, a program or a piece of equipment and then not give the authority to use their judgment.
"If I give you responsibility for something and then say don't do anything about it unless I give you permission, I ain't given you nothing," he said. "I might as well do it myself."
Gainey told the senior enlisted leaders that they have to be willing as leaders to take chances on their people, "to take gambles and give servicemembers the authority."
He told the class that their people want to be held accountable for their actions, "both good and bad." He said the military is often very good about holding people accountable for the mistakes they made, "but we're not good about giving them credit when they deserve it. That's accountability too."
He wants the leaders to assist their people. He told them they "are at the top of the mountain right now." When they get back to their duty stations, he wants them to "throw down the rope of knowledge" to young NCOs still climbing up. "Like I tell my folks, 'Here's the rope, but if you think this gray-haired, 50-year-old is going to pull you up the mountain, you are absolutely wrong,'" he said.
"What I'm going to do is coach them, teach them, mentor them and train them to get to the top of the hill."
He said that as the young noncommissioned and petty officers climb the mountain, they will stumble. "Everybody in this room has stumbled," he reminded the students. And when the NCOs do stumble, "you are going to take that rope of knowledge and pull on it and bring them back on their feet. And they will continue to climb up the hill."
He tasked the senior enlisted leaders to train their servicemembers every day, like there is no tomorrow. "It's better to watch them sweat in training - and complain sweating - than it is to watch them bleed in battle," he said.
And he asked the leaders to allow their people to be educated - to go to service schools. Leaders have to give young servicemembers the time it takes to go to school.
Gainey said there is nothing that irritates him more than hearing a young enlisted troop being held back from education. "We have got to invest in our young servicemembers now, or we will lose them later," he said.
The sergeant major flatly stated that "joint is here to stay." He said none of the services can do it alone, and the synergies the armed services provide make an unbeatable force.
"I saw it during my 13 months in Iraq," he said. "I saw everybody come together and just kick butt."
He said joint service is like oil and vinegar. Separate, they are both pretty good, he said. But mixed together, they are even better. "No service fights alone, so no service should educate or train alone," he said.
The Senior Enlisted Academy is a six-week course to prepare senior enlisted leaders to better fulfill their leadership and management responsibilities. Airmen, soldiers, Marines and Coast Guardsmen attend the course alongside their Navy cohorts.
The academy began conducting classes here in 1981. The first class consisted of 16 students. Roughly 8,000 students have graduated from the course since. The academy itself will grow in the coming months and years, said Academy Director Command Master Chief Petty Officer Steven Juskiewicz.
Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, USA [http://www.jcs.mil/bios/bio_gainey.html]
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This fantastic keyboard mod is by my friend and fellow ITP classmate Robbie Tilton, who created it in a class called Design for Digital Fabrication. He calls it the Natural Keyboard:
I chose to create a computer keyboard made of wood and moss. I was passionate about creating this because I feel the aesthetic of modern technological objects are cold and lifeless. Surrounded with tech gadgets made of glass, metals, and plastics – I believe that as a society – we are constantly removing ourselves from nature and have drawn ourselves into a motif of objects that are visually very clean, but also visually bland and tactilely inept. What if our technology lived and breathed? If it required us to water it at night in order to allow it to bloom? If it were both visually and tactilely stimulating would user interactions change and would their relationship toward the object change?
Be sure to check out all the photos and build details of the Natural Keyboard at his site.


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Pepper Spray Cop Lt. John Pike Gets Inserted Into Famous Works of Art [IMAGES]
Lt. John Pike, the UC Davis campus cop who pepper sprayed peaceful student protesters last week, now has his very own internet meme. Normally, Photoshop-assisted trends like this are fairly tongue-in-cheek (see "Disaster Girl.") But this meme, which shows Pike pepper spraying characters in famous works of art, finds a creative spin on his deplorable actions. Check out several examples below.
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"Snakes on a Planet?" asks the Mars Curiosity Rover to herself. "No, but this sinuous rock formation I spotted on Mars looks like one." WHATEVER, Mars Curiosity Rover! I've had enough of your lies!
NASA calls this sinuous rock feature the Snake River, which I like, even while it's not a snake nor a river. It's actually a "a thin curving line of darker rock cutting through flatter rocks and jutting above sand".
The science team "plans to get a closer look at it before proceeding to other nearby rocks". According to Curiosity's scientist John Grotzinger:
It's one piece of the puzzle. It has a cross-cutting relationship to the surrounding rock and appears to have formed after the deposition of the layer that it transects.
I like when John gets all geologically kinky.
The panorama was taken using Curiosity's Navigation Camera during the 133rd Martian day of the her mission. [NASA]


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Well, it's that time of year to set my genealogy goals for 2013. I did not really set any major goals last December. Instead, I started setting monthly goals for about the first three months of 2012 and I posted about my accomplishments each month. I think I may re-instate monthly goals for 2013. However, I think I will also set some high-level goals in this post.
The first big goal that i would like to accomplish would be to blog more. I did so well on my blog in the beginning of 2009 when I first started. I was posting at least twice a week. Now I barely post once a month. I just haven't been making it a priority. I would like to at least post Surname Saturday, Census Sunday, Wordless Wednesday, and Treasure Chest Thursday posts each week. Well, that seems like a lot for someone who has only been posting once a month. Maybe I will just try to accomplish Census Sunday and Wordless Wednesday for the first couple of months, with my overall goal to be posting all four series each week by next December. I also need to pick back up on my Arthur Chamberlin series of posts and my Pemberton Obituary Project posts that I started several moons ago. I think I need to set up a concrete plan in writing with the posts I am going to do each week. Maybe that will keep me on track.
The second big goal that I would like to accomplish would be to finish my RootsMagic database maintenance. I have been working on it since at least fall 2009. I believe that I am at least 75% of the way through. I have been cleaning up source citations and adding a few new source citations as I go along to keep it interesting. Database maintenance can get tedious. The new city directories database that Ancestry.com posted several months ago has given me lots of info about many of my distant aunts, uncles, and cousins. I've also been adding citations from the 1940 census and Find A Grave as I do my cleanup. In addition to source citations, I've also been cleaning up some of the events in my database. The source citations and events kind of got gargled when I transferred from Legacy to RootsMagic. Plus, I have a lot of events/facts that are only supported by online family histories with no sources cited. I've been trying to remove those facts/events and add them to the research notes for the person with a note about the online family history.
Once I finish the goal of cleaning up the database, I would like to run some reports to see where my source is an index entry rather than the actual record. I have a lot of sources for deaths in Michigan as the index at Ancestry.com. It's time to start ordering the actual record to verify if I have the correct person.
Finally, I would like to start researching my Mertena ancestors. These are the ancestors of my paternal grandmother on her father's side. I believe with all the new online databases and access to microfilm from the FHL, I can make some more breakthroughs with this line. I need to document the breakthroughs I have already made the past few months. I would like to try out the new Evidentia software to help me with this.
So, those are my goals, folks! Let's see how I do....
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Goals for 2013
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I am an Aunt Again!
Dominic Alexander DeLuca
Born November 8, 2012
Dominic with his big sister, Violet
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I live in New York. I've been a permanent resident for more than four years now, and I've been visiting the city semi-regularly since age two.
I know my way around.
But like most New Yorkers, I don't have public transit schedules memorized. If I'm going somewhere I've never been before (it's a big city!) I like to look up the closest subway station or bus stop on my phone. So that's what I did yesterday when I had a meeting in SoHo. However, since the new Apple Maps doesn't have built-in public transit directions, I had to use one of Apple's suggested third-party apps to find my way. In this case I used one called Embark.
It turns out, Embark told me to get off a stop earlier than I should've, and I had to walk about 10 minutes to get to my meeting. Luckily, I left my office early enough to still make it on time.
I hinted at the experience yesterday in a quick post about what Steve Wozniak thinks of Apple Maps. (He doesn't think it's as bad as some people are making it out to be.) And then commenters and tweeters and emailers attacked me, saying I'm a fool for being a New Yorker and still needing to look up transit directions. Here's one of my favorite comments. I cleaned it up the best I could for spelling, punctuation, and grammar:
I'm sorry, how long have you lived in New York City that you need a phone to give you directions for the subway? You're just talking drama subway maps have not disappeared. Relevancy is important in journalism.
Incredible. It seems like Apple fans' argument for their favorite company releasing a product that's inferior to the one before it is, "Well, you should know better!"
But I don't know better! And I can tell you anecdotally that a lot of my friends who have lived in New York for longer than I have still rely on their phone's mapping app to get around. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who are way smarter than me who can memorize addresses, train schedules, time tables, whatever. I can't. I suspect most other people can't either. That's why Apple Maps still feels inferior to me.
Are Apple Maps all bad? Nope!
I love the Yelp integration. I love the new design. I love the 3D maps (even though I don't see a practical use for them yet). I love how much smoother the app is before. I love a lot of it.
What I don't love is how Apple stripped away the one thing I use Maps for the most: Public transit.