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Uneven but engaging comedy stars Eddie Murphy as a selfish motormouth who's forced by a bit of magic to shut up and rethink his life
"A THOUSAND WORDS," Rated PG-13 — Eddie Murphy's role in "A Thousand Words" challenges him in new ways as an actor, and he comes through. The film is OK for most teens, though parents of middle-schoolers might object to its midrange sexual slang and other crude language. Often glib and superficial in that Hollywood made-by-committee style, the film does touch compellingly on a major issue — how today's fast-moving world can make people lose touch with their inner lives. Murphy plays Jack McCall, a slick literary agent. He's married (to Kerry Washington) and has a young son, but he's too self-absorbed and manically motormouthed to notice that his wife, his son and his mother (Ruby Dee) in her retirement home crave his attention. A popular guru, Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis), whose book Jack wants to sell, sees right through him. A tree from Dr. Sinja's garden pops up in Jack's yard in a flash of magic realism. Every time Jack utters a word, the tree loses a leaf. Dr. Sinja warns Jack that when the tree's last 1,000 leaves are gone, Jack will die. While the guru is away in search of an answer, Jack must communicate without speaking, to preserve his life. This is when Murphy gets to use his comic genius, and when his character gets in touch with his spiritual side.THE BOTTOM LINE: Murphy's character uses a lot of middle-range sexual slang and other crude language. His wife wears sexy lingerie and tries to seduce him in a hotel, where he's caught in the hallway in his undies. His assistant (Clark Duke) talks nongraphically about his own kinky sexual longings and videos he and a co-worker made.
A stuffy Scot and an emotional Englishwoman bond while trying improbably to bring salmon fishing to the Middle East in this odd, enjoyable rom-com
"SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN," Rated PG-13, Limited Release — The charm of the cast and the whimsy of the story make "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" an enjoyable, if increasingly improbable, little movie (based on the novel by Paul Torday) that high-schoolers 15 and older might find refreshingly different. Ewan McGregor plays the shy, repressed Dr. Alfred Jones, a fisheries expert. Harriet (Emily Blunt) works for a wealthy, spiritually inclined Yemeni sheik (Amr Waked), who owns estates in Scotland and loves salmon fishing. The sheik wants to bring that sport to Yemen. Dr. Jones thinks the idea is ludicrous, but he's drawn in by Harriet and then ordered to get involved by the British prime minister's hilariously cynical press secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas), who wants a good story from the Middle East. The undertaking is huge and the sheik's own countrymen try to sabotage it. Dr. Jones and Harriet eventually form a bond that challenges his failing marriage and her own new boyfriend.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The film features one comical, semi-explicit sexual situation and a couple other steamy but nonexplicit encounters. The prospect of divorce is a subtheme, as is a report of Harriet's military boyfriend going missing in action. The few brief violent situations are not bloody. The script includes rare profanity and some characters drink.
A riotous update of the late 1980s TV series about cops going undercover among teens in search of criminals
"21 JUMP STREET," Rated R — Teens 17 and older may not know the 1987-91 TV series "21 Jump Street," which sent Johnny Depp on the road to stardom. (He has a cameo late in this film.) However, they'll probably be carried along by the go-for-broke high-energy of this irreverent and consistently hilarious update. The film is too foully profane for under-17s, though some will likely try to see it. The clumsy, nerdy, book-smart Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and the handsome, brainless, athletic Jenko (Channing Tatum) were opposites in high school. A few years later at the police academy they become pals and partners, making up for each other's weaknesses, they hope. After they bumble their first attempt at an arrest and endanger the public, they're reassigned to 21 Jump Street, a special unit run out of an inner-city church by a profane captain (Ice Cube) who thinks they're idiots. He sends them undercover into a high school to find the source of a new drug that's endangering teens. Schmidt and Jenko get caught up in the school's social whirl, but this time Schmidt's the cool guy and Jenko's the loser. They do everything wrong, yet succeed.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The dialogue is unceasingly, heavily profane and the sexual slang and innuendo are highly explicit. The movie has at least one sexual situation — a high-school-age threesome with nudity, though nonexplicit. The use of the misogynist word rhyming with "witch" is nearly constant. Scenes of gun violence, car chases and explosions do not result in graphic injuries. There is toilet humor.
Two estranged brothers and their lonely mom share a life epiphany in this surprisingly effective serio-comedy
"JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME," R, Limited Release — College kids 17 and older will likely take to this low-tech, off-center tale of two adult brothers and their mom, all living unhappily in Baton Rouge and looking for their lives to turn around. Jeff (Jason Segel) lives in his mother Sharon's (Susan Sarandon) basement. He's unemployed, smokes pot and ponders the deeper meanings of the 2002 movie "Signs" (PG-13). When he gets a wrong-number call meant for someone named "Kevin," Jeff starts following everyone he encounters with that name. It gets him mugged in a bad neighborhood. His brother Pat (Ed Helms) is married to Linda (Judy Greer) but the couple doesn't communicate any more. Pat's purchase of a sports car they can't afford leads him to near disaster. Sharon has a desk job and suddenly starts to receive instant messages from a "secret admirer" in the office. These seemingly disparate situations cleverly bring the three family members closer than they've been in a while and cause their lives to change for the better.
THE BOTTOM LINE: In addition to Jeff's marijuana use, the movie shows characters drinking. The dialogue is quite profane, with multiple uses of the F-word.


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Grants were awarded on a competitive basis to scholars whose research proposals demonstrated a compelling need to consult CUL holdings for their work. Participating libraries and special collections include: the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, and the Area Studies Collections.
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Paola Canova, University of Arizona
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Ann Fleming, University of Pennsylvania
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Nicholas Genau, University of Virginia
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Martha Scotford, North Carolina State University
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Yoko Ogawa's fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, A Public Space and Zoetrope. Since 1988 she has published more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction, and she has won Japan's most prestigious literary awards. A translation of her novel Kamoku na shigai, midara na tomurai (Revenge) has been shortlisted for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.


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PIERRE - Sometime in the next week or so, Gov. Mike Rounds will make a decision that could reverberate across the nation, work its way through the federal court system and eventually land at the doorstep of the highest court in the land.Rounds is considering whether to sign a measure approved last week by the South Dakota Legislature that would ban almost all abortions in the state and set up a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that became the legal foundation for abortion in the nation.The governor consistently says he opposes abortion, yet he vetoed similar legislation two years ago because of concerns about the wording.He says he is inclined to sign this version, despite misgivings about its lack of exceptions for rape and incest and its frontal assault on Roe v. Wade.It's a decision that will echo at many levels, from legal to financial to political.If Rounds signs the bill, it probably will be held up in court for years and cost the state millions of dollars to defend. If he doesn't, he runs the risk of alienating a big part of his political base as he prepares to run for re-election in November. Political scientists also say Rounds' decision could follow him if he ever decides to seek federal office.Rounds has refused repeated interview requests - verbal and written - from the Argus Leader. When he has spoken to other media, he hasn't said how difficult this decision is for him personally. But the fact he hasn't yet taken a position and is avoiding tough questions might be seen as a sign that he realizes the gravity of it."This goes with part of the job," he said at a recent press conference in Pierre. "While there are other parts of the job that I truly take more relish in, in terms of economic development and working on new education opportunities and so forth, this is part of the job."This is part of the challenge. It is a difficult part, and I understand that it's a very emotionally charged part of the job."
Donald Dahlin, a University of South Dakota professor and administrator, said he thinks Rounds will sign the bill. Bob Burns, a South Dakota State University political science professor, said he thinks the governor is considering a veto.They agree that he's strong enough politically that either action wouldn't be likely to hurt a re-election bid this year."From strictly the politics of it, he's in a pretty good position," Dahlin said. "I'm guessing he's going to sign it, but even under the other circumstance (a veto), it's hard for me to see that he could lose the nomination in a primary."Burns agrees that there's probably no short-term downside to signing the bill."But should he decide, for example, to run for the U.S. Senate in two years, he'd have to deal with a pretty radical position on abortion - that is, no exceptions - versus (incumbent) Democrat Sen.) Tim Johnson's fairly moderate position," Burns said.Dahlin said the sponsors have tried to answer the governor's objections from two years ago."Given his personal opposition to abortion, much less the politics of it, I would just be very surprised if he doesn't sign it, and then the lawsuits commence," Dahlin said. "If he signs it, then he sort of solidifies his base, and the pro-choice folks, well, they're probably not going to vote for him, anyway. Politically, he's in a pretty safe position, at least in the short run."Burns said he thinks Rounds is troubled by the proposed frontal attack on Roe. The governor has said several times that incremental steps to restrict abortion are a better approach."For a couple of reasons, he might consider a veto," Burns said. "It doesn't fit what he considers to be the best political strategy, and it doesn't fit what appears to be the opinion of a majority of the state."Burns said polling shows a majority of South Dakotans, while not in favor of abortion on demand, would allow the procedure in some circumstances, especially if restricted only to cases of rape or incest or to protect the health of a pregnant woman.Rep. Roger Hunt, R-Brandon, prime sponsor of the bill, argued that any exceptions weaken the position that life begins at conception and that all life deserves equal protection."The Legislature is more pro-life than the general population," Burns said.
While several states have similar bills in the works, South Dakota's early, short session has put the state in the national spotlight as first to have a ban reach a governor's desk. That has drawn attention from national and foreign news organizations and from national interest groups on both sides of the abortion debate."This has been a stunner," said Marjorie Signer, communications director for Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. "This has just absolutely taken everyone in the country by storm."Everybody is watching and waiting for what your governor will do."The head of Priests for Life also said the country is watching South Dakota."South Dakota is positioned at this point in time as a living symbol of what's happening gradually across the country," said the Rev. Frank Pavone.The state's attempt to ban almost all abortions, he said, "is an expression of the kind of right that has to be restored not only to the unborn but also to state governments across our land."The bill would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion in all cases except to save the life of a pregnant woman. It does not include criminal penalties for women seeking or having abortions.The sponsors' stated goal is to pass a law that forces the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the foundation arguments made in the Roe v. Wade case. With two new judges - Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito - on the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-abortion forces argue their side is gaining strength on the issue.But it's a stretch to expect South Dakota's bill to force a Roe reversal, according to Michael Myers, a USD law professor."I think most legal scholars believe the South Dakota statute has a very remote chance of being upheld - a snowball entering a warm location in its chance of survival," Myers said.In recent years, Myers' law-school courses have included a focus on Roe. He said he often asks on quizzes where in that 1973 decision the high court determined when life begins."The more perceptive students answer that the court didn't make that determination," Myers said.That absence of a definitive answer to life's beginning gives sponsors hope they'll be heard at the highest bench in the country.
Hunt's bill relies on a state task force's conclusion that scientific advances since Roe v. Wade show that life begins at conception.The findings of the task force, criticized as pre-determined by some, are described in the bill as being based on scientific advances since the 1973 decision.That's a potential argument, if the court would even agree to hear the case, Myers said. Having several bills in several different states and federal court circuits could increase the chances that the Supreme Court would agree to step in and settle things again."My feeling is, if they get different rulings from different circuits, even though Roe is established law, established law can become unestablished when circumstances change and there's a good rationale for it," he said.Getting a hearing and a favorable ruling are two different things, though. Even with two new justices, many people who watch the Roe issue closely think the court would uphold the basic 1973 decision 5-4.Rounds has said that possibility is cause for concern, since some people "believe every time they lose in court it sends a message to young voters and others that abortion is OK."The Rev. Pavone said he understands those concerns, since there's always an uncertainty in a court challenge."But when will the right timing come? That's something nobody knows for sure," he said. "Ultimately, it is a question of the sovereign state of South Dakota doing what it's people feel is best."Rounds also has suggested that the frontal attack could be important to unity among anti-abortion forces."Many people will not believe this will not work unless it is tried," he said. "For those individuals to continue to work in unison with those of us who believe the most successful approach will be chipping away at the decisions, they would at least be given the opportunity to be proven wrong."


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1896 S Roberts
1899 W Burnside
1902 A G Greenhill
1905 H F Baker
1908 J W Glaisher
1911 H Lamb
1914 J Larmor
1917 W H Young
1920 E W Hobson
1923 P A MacMahon
1926 A E H Love
1929 G H Hardy
1932 B A W Russell
1935 E T Whittaker
1938 J E Littlewood
1941 L J Mordell
1944 S Chapman
1950 A S Besicovitch
1953 E C Titchmarsh
1956 G I Taylor
1959 W V D Hodge
1962 M H A Newman
1965 P Hall
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1971 K Mahler
1974 G Higman
1977 C A Rogers
1980 M F Atiyah
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1986 J W S Cassels
1989 D G Kendall
1992 A Fröhlich
1995 W K Hayman
1998 R A Rankin
2001 J A Green
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As you might imagine, I get a lot of e-mails. Tens of e-mails. Maybe even dozens. It's very flattering, really: people from all over the country, all over the world, take time out of their busy schedules to write me long, thoughtfully-worded notes about how much of an asshole I am.
No, that's not what really happens. Sure, I get the occasional nasty letter. But usually, I get very nice e-mails from very nice readers who say very nice things about my writing. This makes me extremely happy, and I typically beam with pride, and excitement, and glee, and then I save the e-mail in a special folder where I will completely forget to reply to it. This, I have discovered, is the easiest way to really piss off some of my biggest fans.
But I also get a good chunk of e-mails devoted to an entirely different topic: employment. Not employment as a writer, of course. Nobody wants to do that. I'm talking about employment at my former company, Porsche Cars North America, who once hired me under the same philosophy that created the 924: They can't all be great!
Now, before I go any further, I should say that I always do my best to help these people. After all, it was once my dream to work at Porsche, and I certainly wouldn't want to deprive anyone else of the same experiences I've had, except maybe the part about hitting that tree with a 911. So I always pass along resumes. And I sometimes even e-mail former co-workers, who typically reply with nice, cheerful notes about how legal counsel forbids them to interact with me. It's important to keep up relationships, you know.
But when people ask about employment at Porsche, or any automaker, I always want to tell them the same thing: you don't want to work for a car company. You want to work at the dealer.
To help explain why, it's important to say a few words about my time at Porsche. When I tell someone that I once worked there, you can just see their eyes light up with excitement. It's as if I've announced that I am, in fact, the man at Chipotle in charge of giving away a lifetime supply of free burritos, and you've just won it, and also would you like this million dollars I just found on the street?
I get the feeling this reaction mainly comes because people think my job consisted of showing up for work and spending the day driving Caymans around a racetrack. And then, at the end of the day, I'd call up the Germans and say: "Sorry boys! She's not done yet!" Then I'd walk out to the garage where I left my Panamera Turbo company car, except I couldn't find it, so I'd just take a 911 GT2 instead.
But that wasn't what I did. And as far as I could tell, it wasn't what any of my co-workers did, either. Instead, we primarily sat in a large, nondescript office building, on a large, nondescript floor, in large, nondescript cubicles, arguing with each other about politics. Stop me if this sounds like your office.
The reason it sounds a lot like your office is because it is a lot like your office. Except occasionally there would be fights about whether it's acceptable to leave your spoiler up all the time.
So working for the manufacturer isn't that exciting. But why is the dealer such a good place to be?
First off, it's important to mention that I'm talking about working for a good dealer. I am not talking about some sleazy, low-brow operation,where the motto is something like: "If another dealer beats our deal, we'll beat his wife!" I mean a dealer with good ownership, good sales practices, and a good, exciting, enjoyable brand. These are the places you want to work. And here's why.
For starters, they have free donuts. And sometimes cookies. At Porsche, we never had any donuts. Or cookies. The best you could hope for was cake when it was someone's birthday. What would happen is we would all gather around the cake, excitedly thinking of frosting, and sugar, and free food, and then we would wait for someone else to cut it up and hand out slices, at which point we would briefly sing happy birthday and then immediately return to our desks, where we would a) eat, and b) argue about politics.
Another huge advantage dealers have over the manufacturer is that jobs are easier to come by. I know this because I applied to work for every single automaker in the entire world, even small-time, barely-existent mom-and-pop operations like Mosler, and Rossion, and Noble, and Mitsubishi. No one was hiring. The exception to this was Chrysler. When you applied to work at Chrysler, you got the feeling they would take anyone, including college dropouts, high school dropouts, well-trained mice, etc. Interestingly, that's also a list of the people they'll finance.
There are other huge benefits to working at a dealer. For instance: you get to spend time around the cars. This was not the case at the manufacturer. Oh, sure, we knew there were cars. But we didn't see any of them. Sometimes we would go on the configurator, and dream about which one we'd own if we were filthy rich. But we knew that wasn't going to happen, given that we worked for a car company, so instead we ate away our sorrows with birthday cake.
Now, I don't mean to make dealership work seem especially glamorous, because it isn't. Pay can be spotty. Hours can be long. You have to hang those triangular, multi-colored flags everywhere. And sometimes, especially on the last day of the month, you find yourself saying things like: "You look like a nice couple, so here's what I'm going to do."
Maybe the worst part is the massive social stigma about working for a car dealership. Tell anyone you work for a car dealer, and they'll give you this look, as if to say: What? There weren't any opportunities in a better career? Like dealing drugs? This happens with everyone. You could be talking to an unemployed artist whose primary medium is his own saliva, and once you tell him you work for a car dealer, even he will sneer as though you might as well be pond scum.
But personally, I would take dealership work over manufacturer work all day long. You get to experience the cars. You get to interact with people, actual customers, folks who are just as excited as you about their new vehicle. And as I sit here, alone, writing this column, that sounds pretty good right about now. That, and free donuts. I'd even settle for some birthday cake.
@DougDeMuro is the author of Plays With Cars. He operates PlaysWithCars.com. He owned an E63 AMG wagon and once tried to evade police at the Tail of the Dragon using a pontoon boat. (It didn't work.) He worked as a manager for Porsche Cars North America before quitting to become a writer, largely because it meant he no longer had to wear pants. Also, he wrote this entire bio himself in the third person.


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Pagan Paths
Hellenismos, otherwise known as Greek Reconstructionist Paganism, is the traditional, polytheistic religion of ancient Greece, reconstructed in and adapted to the modern world. It's a vibrant religion which can draw on a surprising amount of ancient sources. Baring the Aegis blogger Elani Temperance blogs about her experiences within this Tradition.
On the washing of feet
Today we will look into the little talked about practice of the washing of feet within the context of xenia. It's something I have been curious about ever since I first read the Odysseia. I had completely forgotten I wanted to post about it, however, until I discovered a post by Robert of Doing Magick, who wrote about his recent experience with the practice--though for different reasons.
When I first read the Odysseia, I was struck by a two of the later passages, where Odysseus is home, but in disguise, waiting to take his revenge on the suiters of his wife Penelope. During these passages, Penelope offers xenia to Odysseus, disguised as beggar.
A little later on, Odysseus has refused the washing of his feet by anyone but Eurykleia, his nursemaid whom is still alive, and living at the house. Penelope agrees to have the old woman wash Odysseus' feet, which she does while she laments the fate of Odysseus:
Acient evidence suggests there were three major contexts in which foot-washing was important: body hygiene, xenia, and religion. The first is easy to grasp: the ancient Hellenes rarely wore shoes. They tended to travel barefoot, or with light, open sandals. Boots were only for the rich. As roads were unpaved, and often dusty in the dry and hot climate, a traveler's feet tended to get dusty and dirty. Upon arrival at their destination, it was customary--and part of xenia--to offer the traveler a chance to wash their feet. Those with female serfs could offer the service of one of them to have their guest wash the guest's feet for them. In cases where no serfs were precent, in case of very special guests--especially those above the host in standing--or between great friends, the host could offer to wash the feet of his guest for them.
At home, washing the feet of elderly family members was considered a form of respect. Aristophanes, in The Wasps (Sphēkes/Σφῆκες ), mentions the pride and joy felt by a rich man when his daughter washes and anoints his feet upon his return from a day of hard work:
Women rarely traveled--if at all--so as far as I can tell, no record of the washing of feet of women, or between women, has survived. I also suspect that this has to do with modesty: in an age where women often went around baring one or two breasts, the ankles and feet were almost always covered up. To bare one's feet--to a man--might have been a sign of seduction. In the rare event of a woman traveling, she would travel with her husband, father, brothers, and/or female serfs. Once arriving at her destination, she would undoubtedly have been allowed and encouraged to wash up and change her clothing. If she had serfs, she would be assisted by them. Else, serfs of the hosting household might have lend a hand, or even the wife of the host. I do wonder if they would ever was the feet of one another.
It seems it was also considered unclean and disrespectful to the Theoi to enter a temple with unwashed feet. Some temples, therefor, offered special basins which a traveler could make use of. It's difficult to find proper information about this, however, because the washing of feet in a religious context is now considered a near-solely Abrahamic thing, and bible quotes are far easier to find than ancient Hellenic texts on the subject. I'm still picking apart Christian and Jewish writings for clues about the Hellenic practice.
I am not sure why this subject interests me so. There is something so very intimate and humbling in the practice; it speaks to me in a way that goes beyond the intellectual. I imagine that having your feet washed upon arrival would make you feel both welcome and respected--as that was what it was, a sign of respect. I would also imagine it would be wonderful to bestow a honor like this to a valued guest. If shared between host and guest--or simply very good friends, or even lovers--it would strengthen the bond between them, and be a wonderful way to practice strong xenia. I think it's a beautiful practice, although not very applicable in modern Hellenismos. Agreements could be made about this, though, like the giving of gifts--another vital part of xenia.
I would love to implement a practice like this some day, or experiment with it. I will return to this topic some day, as I can not wrap my mind around the how and why right now. So this is mostly a post to see if any of you have an opinion on--or experience with--this practice. If so, I would love to hear it. Perhaps then, I will be able to put into words why this idea is nestled in my head as it is.
Sunday, 07 April 2013
Thanks for bringing us the results of your research. These kind of posts inform us about the context of the society in which the Theoi were originally honored.· Elani Temperance likes this comment.
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My buddy, Carla Hegeman Crim (aka The Scientific Seamstress), has just published her new book, SEWN HATS! It's an awesome book which contains 35 different hat sewing patterns by 29 different sewing superstars.
For some reason, Carla asked me to contribute my Downtown Hat pattern…go figure. It might have been, because Carla and I became fast friends as we are both pattern snobs. She understands there is more to drawing a sewing pattern than cutesy designs. It's about MATH and SCIENCE. You can have an adorable design, but if you don't use the skills you learned in school, it doesn't work. Pattern pieces won't fit together properly.
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Then you have the issue of grading (increasing/decreasing size). You just can't enlarge a pattern to make the next size. This is especially true in children's sizes. And Carla has gotten it all right. There's a reason they call her, "The Scientific Seamstress."
No patterns are included in the book. Nope. Instead you download them from the internet as many times and as often as you want!!! How cool is that?! I wish all book publishers did this.
My Downtown Hat can be found on page 129. Although it was originally created for boys, there's no reason you can't make it for girls. There are so many ways you can embellish the Downtown Hat. What about some leather trim with grommets?
Or perhaps some vintage velvet ribbon and an embroidered flower or a silk spider web rose? (My tutorial is also included in the book.)
Or even some sequin trim.
You could simply add a sparkling rhinestone brooch or pin if you're lazy. The possibilities are endless!
Get your book on Amazon. Better yet, I'm giving away a copy of the book, so just post a comment here!
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9/6 – French General
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9/12 – The Domestic Diva's Disasters
9/13 – Green Bee Patterns
9/14 – Goosie Girl Boutique
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9/19 – One Girl Circus
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A contemptible spectacle - a Scottish Labour MP, Jim Sheridan, attempting to enlist his Tory BetterTogether boss Cameron into persuading Scottish business bosses to intimidate their workers - for that's what it would be, given power relationship - into voting against the independence of their country.
Between them, in just over a minute, Sheridan and Cameron manage to cram in just about every BT canard and false assertion - about business investment, about alleged Scottish Government bullying, about borders, etc.
I am appalled that many Scots cannot see the democratic threat in employers, holding the careers and livelihood of vulnerable employees in challenging economic times in their hands, trying to influence their democratic vote in a vital, historic constitutional referendum by making negative assertions about the impact on the employers business.
And this at the urging of a failing Prime Minister fighting for his political life, enmeshed in scandal (Coulson) and allegations of incompetence of Europe and management of his shaky Coalition.
Gemma Doyle: "What joy do you have in moving the nuclear deterrent 100 miles or so south? I mean - I really fail to grasp that argument ..."
We know you fail to grasp it, Gemma, or you wouldn't have asked such an inane question. That's why Labour is a busted flush.
But let me help you ...
Labour has been either unwilling or incapable of doing a damn thing about either UK nuclear disarmament or world multi-lateral disarmament.
Scottish Labour is even more powerless.
The Labour Party is committed to WMDs and a number of its most senior figures have had glittering careers and amassed considerable wealth by their association with UK defence posts, the MOD, the armaments trade and NATO.
No one in an independent Scotland's politics is going to get rich that way - if they even thought of it, the electorate would show them the door.
An independent Scotland will do what it can, which is to insist on the removal of these obscenities from Scotland, from proximity to our largest population centre, making us a prime target and a prime disaster zone in a major accident.It is then for rUK to make its own political decisions, but we believe that the Scottish unilateral action may result in rUK being forced to abandon its WMDs, and the possibility that Scotland's action may act as a catalyst for world disarmament.
Meanwhile, a major scandal seems likely to engulf Westminster, with allegations of a paedophile ring in the heart of Government in the 1980, a cover-up, a dossier mysteriously lost, and the possibility of a police investigation and enquiry.
The minister at the centre of this at the time, Leon Brittan, has changed his story about what he knew, and what he did about allegations submitted to him


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Well, the show is almost upon us…many people have already arrived in Anaheim and the rest of us are frantically preparing. Here's a last-minute look at what I predict are some trends we'll be seeing when the doors open on Sunday:
1. It's all about die cutting.
Die cutting, both manual and electronic will be a hot topic at this year's show. On the manual side, new exhibitor Dies Direct is a die maker (and involved peripherally in the Spellbinders suit versus Quickutz). New exhibitor Scrapping Cottage is also an independent die maker. Sizzix is introducing hotly-anticipated dies by designer Tim Holtz. Several other companies are coming out with embossing folders that there is much buzz about.
The electronic die side is the really hot category, though. Silhouette America, formerly a division of Quickutz, is another new exhibitor. They are there to display their electronic die cutter. Craftwell – yet another new exhibitor – will also be there to display an electronic die cutter. Sizzix isn't a new exhibitor but they have a new machine coming called the eClips. Cricut also has been teasing a major announcement, and Making Memories has new products coming for its Slice line.
2. We're going green.
Several companies were promoting their green certifications or initiatives at CHA-Summer and that will definitely continue at CHA-Winter 2010. Everything from eco-friendly production to eco-friendly booths like the one boasted by Sandylion at CHA-Summer 2009 will be more visible. In fact, one of the new exhibitors, Eco Green Crafts, boasts that it is devoted to supplies made from "non-toxic, recycled, and environmentally-friendly materials."
3. We're going patriotic.
A few companies were promoting products at the last show as being "Made in the USA." Even more companies were selling U.S.-made products but not promoting their origin heavily. As the economy has sunk further and further, Americans have become more concerned about the purchasing of foreign products. "Buy local" is becoming a serious movement. Expect to see more companies who make their products domestically using that fact in their marketing.
4. It's all about stamping.
Stamping is hot, hot, hot! We saw the start of this in Orlando, with stamp manufacturers doing big business, scrapbook manufacturers releasing extensive collections of stamps as part of their collections, and booths like Paper Trey Ink and Split Coast Stampers attracting huge crowds at the Supershow. At least a half-dozen new exhibitors in Anaheim are stamp companies, and many traditional scrapbooking companies will be emphasizing their stamp offerings.
5. Paper is reborn as digital.
In the past several weeks, two major manufacturers have announced initiatives to sell their older paper catalog designs in digital format: BasicGrey and Die Cuts With A View. Over a dozen other companies are involved in ScrapHD, an effort under construction to sell their designs in a digital format.


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I am a wealth-obsessed, style-focused, minimalist.
I got out of $60,000 of debt in 18 months with The Budgeting Tool which I now sell online and donate its net proceeds to charity, along with The Investing Tool.
I've also authored two books: Start a Blog Like a Boss - Making $1000 USD a month & Invest your Money Like a Boss - In 4 Hours a Year.
I earn like a princess when I work but am trying hard to live like a duchess instead by not spending all of it.
The rest of the time I relax and enjoy the time off by traveling, although traveling has been on hold lately with the arrival of Little Bun, my rambunctious, ever-hungry little boy.


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New 2019 Lexus UX 250h Base near Scottsdale, AZ
Installed Options
- $38,649
Vehicle Details
|250h Base
|Stock #
|Exterior Color
|Silver Lining Metallic
|Interior Color
|Black Nuluxe® WIth Black WashI Dash
|Gas Mileage
|City:41 Hwy:38
Additional Vehicle Information
- Features
- Specs
- Warranty
- Safety
- Comfort
- Technology
- Mechanical
- Exterior
- Interior
|Pedestrian safety sound generation
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Autonomous braking
|Pre-collision warning system
|audible warning, visual warning
|Lane keeping assist
|Traffic sign recognition
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Energy absorbing steering column
|Impact sensor
|battery disconnect, door unlock, fuel cut-off, alert system
|Safety brake pedal system
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Camera system
|Lane deviation sensors
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|front, rear
|Knee airbags
|dual front
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Power door locks
|anti-lockout, auto-locking
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer, alarm with remote
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Side mirrors
|integrated turn signals, heated
|Side mirror adjustments
|power, manual folding
Comfort Features
|Dash trim
|Center console trim
|Floor mat material
|Shift knob trim
|Steering wheel trim
|Interior accents
|rear folding, rear center with cupholders
|Floor mats
|rear, front
|Floor material
|Door trim
Convenience Features
|front, rear
|Steering wheel
|tilt and telescopic
|Cruise control
|Power outlet(s)
|12V cargo area, 12V front
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|front, rear
|Multi-function remote
|illuminated entry, panic alarm, proximity entry system
|Cargo area light
|Power steering
|Retained accessory power
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Footwell lights
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, multi-function, voice control
|Rearview mirror
|manual day/night
|Cargo cover
|Push-button start
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Assist handle
|rear, front
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage
|front seatback, grocery bag holder, cargo tie-down anchors and hooks, door pockets, accessory hook
|Touch-sensitive controls
Air Conditioning
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Humidity/dewpoint sensors
|Air filtration
Audio System
|voice operated, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Internet radio app
|Pandora, iHeartRadio, Slacker, Spotify
|Antenna type
|diversity, mast
|In-Dash CD
|single disc, MP3 Playback
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Satellite radio
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Smart device app function
|vehicle location, maintenance status, lock operation
|Navigation app
|Scout GPS Link
|Driver assistance app
|roadside assistance
|Wireless data link
|hands free
|Real time traffic
In Car Entertainment
|Connected in-car apps
|Yelp, weather, sports, stocks, Amazon Alexa
|Enform, Apple CarPlay ready
|Infotainment screen size
|7 in.
|Instrument cluster screen size
|7 in.
|Trip computer
|Driver information system
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Warnings and reminders
|lamp failure, low fuel, engine oil, coolant, maintenance due, tire fill alert
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Trip odometer
|Drive mode selector
|Axle ratio
|4WD type
|on demand
|Auto start/stop
|Electric Motor HP
|Electric Motor Torque
|Electric motor battery type
|nickel-metal hydride
|Battery saver
|Electric Motor Power Output (Kilowatts)
|Rear brake type
|Rear brake diameter
|Front brake diameter
|Emergency braking preparation
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Regenerative braking system
|Braking assist
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Electronic parking brake
|auto off
|Cornering brake control
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front struts
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front stabilizer bar
|Rear stabilizer bar
|Front spring type
|Front suspension type
|lower control arms
|Rear shock type
|Front shock type
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Starter type
|Daytime running lights
|auto high beam dimmer, LED, wiper activated, auto delay off, auto on/off
|Exterior entry lights
|puddle lamps
|Roof rails color
|Roof rails
Tires and Rims
|Tire type
|all season
|painted alloy
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Wheel spokes
|Run flat tires
|Rear wiper
|intermittent, reverse gear sensitive, with washer
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|variable intermittent
|Power windows
|safety reverse
|Liftgate window
|Rear door type
Exterior Features
|Front bumper color
|Mirror color
|Door handle color
|Rear spoiler
|Rear spoiler color
|Exhaust tip color
|Rear bumper color
|Fender lip moldings
|Grille color
|Window trim
|Rocker panel color
|Driver seat power adjustments
|height, 10, lumbar, reclining
|Passenger seat power adjustments
|height, 8, reclining
|Rear headrests
|3, adjustable
|Rear seat folding
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Front seat type
|Rear seat type
|60-40 split bench
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|Seatbelt force limiters
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
|Turns lock-to-lock
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|37.3 in
|Head Room (rear)
|36.3 in
|Hip Room (front)
|53.8 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|52.3 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|55.1 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|52.9 in
|Leg Room (front)
|42.1 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|33.1 in
|Seating Rows
Measurements of Size & Shape
|177 in
|72.4 in
|Width (without mirrors)
|72.4 in
|60.6 in
|103.9 in
|Track Width (front)
|61 in
|Track Width (rear)
|61 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4650 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
|4001-5000 lbs
|Curb Weight
|3605 lbs
Truck Specifications
|Max Payload
|890 lbs
Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|17.1 cu ft
|Interior Volume
|107.5 cu ft
|Passenger Volume
|90.4 cu ft
Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
|0.33 Cd
|Turning Circle
|34.2 ft
|Acceleration (0-60MPH)
|8.6 seconds
Fuel Tanks
|Fuel Capacity
|10.6 Gallons
Wheels and Tires
|Front Tire Type
|Front Wheel Diameter
|18.0 x 7.0 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|18.0 x 7.0 in
Crash-Test Ratings
2019 Lexus UX 250h 5 HB AWD
|Front Crash Overall
|Front Crash Driver
|Front Crash Passenger
|Side Crash Overall
|Side Barrier Overall
|Side Barrier Driver
|Side Barrier Passenger
|Side Pole Driver
|Side Combined Front
|Side Combined Rear
Green Score
EPA Green Score
( California LEV-III ULEV50
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 50
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
Available Incentives
$500 - Loyalty Cash Calculate *On Approved Credit
Offer available through participating Lexus dealers on a new 2019 UX 250h AWD. For an owner or lessee, or a member of an owner or lessee's household, where a Lexus vehicle is currently registered (proof of ownership/registration is required). Limit one incentive per eligible VIN. Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., will pay $500 towards the lease of a new 2019 UX 250h AWD through a participating Lexus Dealer. May not be combined with Lexus Cash. No trade-in required. Offers are non-transferable. Not redeemable for cash. See your local participating Lexus dealer for program limits, qualifications and terms. Valid only in the continental U.S. and Alaska. Must take delivery from available dealer stock by 01/02/2020.
* While we check with car manufacturers and other sources to confirm the accuracy and completeness of the data contained in this chart, we make no guarantees or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the data in this report. Although we make every attempt to keep this chart up to date, all incentive information is subject to change without notice.
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" Gary and I have purchased a number of Lexus vehicles from Tom K. He has always given us his full attention, takes his time making sure we know all aspects of the vehicle and never pressures us into making a decision. Bell Lexus of Scottsdale is lucky to have a conscientious person like Tom K representing Lexus. We have no reservation recommending Tom to anyone. Gary and Brenda Stoefen "
" Kevin was a great salesman. If you need a new Lexus. Go to Kevin "
" Kevin Wilson was wonderful helping us. I had called ahead, and he was quite prepared with what we needed. "
" Working with Richard Von Braun was a pleasure. His demeanor was very approachable and his knowledge beyond reliable. He helped me to make the right decision for choosing the perfect vehicle and guided me through the entire process. As a single gal it can be intimidating to negotiate a sale and Richard mad it seamless.I have and will continue to recommend Richard and Bell Lexus! "
" Had a fabulous experience buying my car from a gentle, capable salesperson - Claire Padgett. She guided me through the whole process in a very efficient manner, helping me to procure a good deal. The entire staff from service to financial treated me with respect and offered true customer service. "
" Just helped my good wife select her new RX350. Whew, she must have thought she was trying on shoes the way she put Mike through his paces of fetching model upon model so that she didn't have to wade through a labyrinth of models. That was good but my point is he did it so willingly. He is plainly a nice man who takes his time. After my wife made her selection including a test drive Mike has a quiet and comfortable desk space where we finalized the paperwork and horse trading. We were delighted with the final price when Mike got up from his desk, excused himself for a few minutes then returned with the news he had just saved us another thousand dollars by working his magic on his sales manager. Altogether our most pleasant auto purchase ever. It's two months now and our new RX continues to please. Thank you Mike and thank you Bell LEXUS you've taken auto sales to a new and higher level. "
" Joe in parts was very helpful, gave me additional information about my ISF and everything I needed to know. Very polite and everything was an easy process. "
" Jim was kind and helpful to deal with. There was no pressure, just useful information. Thank You Jim "
" Jim was very patient and professional throughout the whole experience as well as helpful answering all questions and doing research "
" We are long-time customers and we ABSOLUTELY LOVE this dealership, especially the Service Department! In fact, we won't buy another brand because we wouldn't be able to visit the Service Department. We have worked with Debi Hogue for years, and we adore her. Debi is up-front and honest with us, prepares us for our next maintenance service, and makes us feel like VIP's each time we visit. Though Debi isn't in Sales, she sold us our last Lexus from Bell Lexus because of her dedication to us and her honesty in all of our maintenance appointments. It's so wonderful to work with people who care about their customers, and their company. If you are looking for maintenance on your Lexus, ask for Debi! You will not regret it. "
" Nick got me the exact car I was looking for with no hassles or problems. Great guy and easy to talk to and listens to the customer. Would not hesitate recommending him to any of my friends. "
" I am always pleased to bring my car into Bell Lexis Scottsdale. Customer service is always outstanding! My service guy is Mel who is amazing. Today I am being serviced by Gary Womner, he is just as amazing very detailed and explains everything very well. I will bring my car her as lon as I am here in Arizona. Top notch dealership! "
" I went in for front strut rod replacements, 4 wheel alignment and engine insulator replacement. My car was repaired within 5 hours, and the quote was less than the independent shop I visited previously. I appreciate Dieter's willingness to have his mechanics work on my older, high mileage vehicle! Superb work and great customer service. "
" I am convinced that Lexus truly is the best there is in customer service when it comes to service post auto purchase. No matter what Lexus I go to, what state I am in, it is always top notch. I am sorry to say that I will probably be leaving the Lexus family soon as they can't seem to compete in the fully Electric Vehicle market in the States yet. Until then, my loyalties reside with Bell Lexus and my amazing service manager, Mike Fisher. I have texted Mike with emergencies and he has responded with no issues, never makes you feel like you don't know what you don't know, and is always helpful, courteous, friendly, knowledgable and 100% professional. Disclosure is prompt, price discussion and options are always clear and there are no games, never. I am so grateful customer service like this still exists in a world where we struggle to find honorable activity. Thank you Bell Lexus for leading and maintaining the professionalism and integrity welcomed by your customers. "
" Duarte is amazing and a big reason for purchasing from this dealer. He is knowledgeable, funny, honest and more than willing to go above and beyond. Also, he is not pushy and for the most part just let us look around with no pressure. Overall a great experience and it was actually fun buying a vehicle here (never thought I would say that). Every time I think about purchasing a vehicle I love the research but dread the dealer experience. Not so here. This was the best dealer interaction I have had and I've dealt with Volvo, Ford, VW, GMC, Chevy, Mercedes, Nissan, Jeep and a few others. "
" The service and staff are wonderful & through When it comes to servicing my Lexus Always a pleasure Shannon ! Thank you "
" Personalized service with a smile from Mike Fisher, and hospitality from Tammy and staff. It feels like my home away from home. I feel so safe in my 2015 Lexus RX 315, and even safer knowing the Bell Lexus experts are looking after me. "
" After a bit of back and forth (5 Visits) to this location Sales Associate Nick helped me come to an agreement with upper management and close a deal on the purchase of my new car. Unknown to them I myself have previous experience in the Car Sales industry as well as having an extensive list of mentors from Sales and Finance reps all of the way up to General Managers and Owners who all contributed in some way to help make an informed decision. Honestly I could have gone with any of my contacts to purchase my car but I would have had to go out of my way and travel out of state. Simply I chose Bell Lexus because they treated me with respect and decency. Although they did try to up sell me on multiple occasions we were able to get past it. If you are looking a for a new Lexus I recommend you visit this location. I would have given a 5 star review but to be completely honest generally if I'm not able to close a deal within the 1st or 2nd visit I just walk away. As mentioned before the high caliber of customer Service Nick and the rest of the team at Bell Lexus delivered had a large influence on my decision to make my purchase. "
" Claire Padget, the Sales Consultant at Bell Lexus was the best car salesperson we ever worked with! She helped us evaluate all of the options in the various models so we could be sure we were getting exactly what we needed and wanted, she exhibited NO pressure for us to make a purchase and when we did go through the purchase process, she actually helped us get to the best (lowest) price possible. She also was very open to us leaving the showroom and going across the street to compare the Lexus SUV to a Porsche SUV, which we did and quickly came back to Lexus! I can't think of anything I would want from a sales person! Thank you Lexus and thank you Claire! "
" The only dealer to go to in Scottsdale, their attention to detail is wonderful and the staff are always a pleasure to deal with. "
" We have been coming here for oil changes on our current Lexus, we stopped in for another and decided to take a look at the new NX 300 models. Our salesperson Cameron was awesome, no pushy sales, very informative and a great attitude. Negotiation was quick and to our liking, overall everything form sales, to finance, to delivery was top notch. Thank you to the Team at Bell Lexus, you're a big part why we chose to stay in the Lexus family!! "
" Wonderful car-buying experience. No pressure sales tactics. See Gary for your car buying needs. "
" This dealership is pristine. The cafe area was relaxing and quiet and had amazing food options. I was helped immediately and told to wait briefly. I felt taken care as soon as I pulled into the service center. Nick Amar helped me and was very nice and listened to my concerns. He fixed my mirror very quickly and it was free of charge. I will go back whenever I need help again and I will recommend this dealership to others! Wow! "
" It's going to be difficult to find a better Lexus dealer in the United States This dealership has exceptional service friendly people in a great environment "
" I bought my "first" Lexus and Jim Harrison was very helpful to us when we purchased my new car. "
" Gary Williams is a great guy and an honest salesperson. "
" I had an excellent experience with Richard Reckley. He helped me find the perfect car and made buying my Lexus easy. I would definitely recommend him and Lexus North Scottsdale. "
" Kevin Wilson made my experience at Bell Lexus in N. Scottsdale stress free. It had been 17 years since I purchased my last vehicle and Kevin made it seamless. He was so accommodating, staying late, making sure I got everything I needed and helping me with my trade-in. Any friends and family I have that need a car will get one of Kevin's business cards. Thanks Kevin! "
" We just bought a 2019 NX300 from Amy Dudley she is the best. Amy did not put any pressure on us like some sales people do. Amy made us feel right at home in fact all the people there did. This is our second Lexus and we have been very pleased with Lexus. After we purchased the car the next day Amy delivered it to our house in Prescott Valley which is a two hour trip from Bell Lexus. That is the kind of dealership and people that work for Bell Lexus. So if you are thinking about getting a new car go see Amy you will not be disappointed. Eric and Donna Thompson "
" Nick Winkey and the staff at Bell Lexus took their time to make my experience easy and thorough. I was in and out of there in no time with a perfect car at the perfect price. Nick listened to my needs and made sure that all was met. He made buying a car painless and fun. "
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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's lacrosse junior midfielder Kristen Bilney (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) and sophomore midfielder Alyssa Semones (Westminster, Md./Westminster/Penn State) each scored five goals and combined for 12 points, as the Retrievers defeated Binghamton, 17-9, in America East action on Wednesday afternoon at the UMBC Stadium.
Semones five goals were a career-high and came on five shot attempts. The junior added three draw controls, while sophomore attacker Abby Wilson (Bel Air, Md./Fallston) also added six points on two goals and four assists.
The Retrievers (8-3, 2-0 AEC) remain undefeated in 10 meetings all-time against the Bearcats and pick up a victory for the fifth time in the last six games, Binghamton (2-7, 1-1 AEC) falls for the second time in three tries.
Bilney opened up the Retrievers' highest scoring half of the season, with a goal 50 seconds into the contest as the junior got a step around her defender and drilled home an uncontested shot.
Attacker Kris Coppolino (Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs) initiated UMBC's next two scores, as the freshman was able to hit Wilson in stride for the score into the top left corner of the net and found Semones the same way nearly three minutes later to put the Retrievers out in front, 3-0.
Binghamton scored four-straight, starting with a pair of goals coming within 47 seconds of each other from sophomore attack Alex Fisher and freshman midfielder Allie Rodgers. Senior attacker Kimberly McGeever, who assisted the Bearcats first goal from behind the net, was able to beat UMBC starting goalie Kendall Mason (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) low to tie the contest at three with 18:18 left in the first half.
BU took its only lead of the contest at the 16:29 mark. Semones nearly knocked the ball free from Binghamton's senior midfielder Katherine Hunsberger, but Hunsberger gathered herself and surged forward, taking the shot within the crowd in front of Mason, to put the Bearcats on top, 4-3.
The Retrievers would respond by scoring nine of the next 10 goals over the final 14:32 of the period to finish out the half with a 12-5 lead. Wilson sparked UMBC's run, firing a shot that BU netminder Erin McNulty was unable to handle, as the freshman bobbled the ball back into the net after trying to make the initial save. Wilson dished off to Semones, who placed a shot just inside the far post for a score 1:06 later. Semones followed less than a minute later with her third goal of the contest, this one coming on a free position shot.
Binghamton was able to get one back as its goal leader Hunsberger put home her 19th score of the year to bring the Bearcats within one, 6-5 with 11:21 to go in the period, but the Retrievers broke open the game by closing the half with the next six goals. Hunsberger finished the contest with four goals and a game-high seven draw controls.
After a Bilney goal 45 seconds into the second half, Binghamton netted three-straight, including two scores from senior midfielder Kristen Stone, cutting the BU deficit to 13-8, but the Retrievers shut the door on the Bearcats comeback with four-consecutive goals, starting with a free position score from junior Shannon Harkey (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley/Florida) with 16:00 left in the contest.
Sophomore attacker Jordan Lyons (Peterborough, Ontario/St. Peter's Secondary) chipped in two goals and a team-best four draw controls in the victory, while senior defender Jamie Fahey (Baldwin, Md./Loch Raven) finished with three caused turnovers, three ground balls and three draw controls.
The Retrievers continue America East action at home on Saturday, April 6, as part of a UMBC lacrosse doubleheader. The black and gold men's team opens the afternoon against Vermont at 1 p.m., followed by women's lacrosse taking on No. 12/11 Stony Brook at 5 p.m. at the UMBC Stadium.


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Box Score — Official Recap — Fornabaio
Highlights: Cizikas (1 BST – 2 CT), Nelson (4 BST – 2 CT), Micheal Haley vs. Blair Riley
Greedy NHL owners and players be damned, there is hockey in North America. And we're gonna watch it and write about it.
The Sound Tigers skated to a 6-4 victory in their season opener tonight in Hartford against the Baby Rangers/CT Whale. It was at times a dominating performance and, later in the night, it got frustrating. The latter you might expect from a young team and one composed of NHLers, aspiring NHLers, and a couple of career AHLers, none of whom have played together a whole lot.
Things started off with some tough luck for the Sound Tigers. They dominated the second half of the first period with the vast majority of the play in the offensive zone. The first half of the period was blacked out for me, as the video stream had some issues -- but the Sound Tigers were down 2-0 after the period despite the solid play. The first tally was early in the period on a Whale powerplay and the second was a penalty shot goal from the Whale's Kyle Jean.
It was a horrendous call to award the penalty shot there, as Jean was hooked from behind on a breakaway by Matt Donovan. Jean got off a very clean shot and the play was allowed to continue for a few moments before anything was called. Donovan clearly hooked, but it was of the two-minute variety and not a full-on redo of the breakaway Jean already had an excellent attempt at converting.
If the first period was frustrating, the second was anything but. Bridgeport cashed in big time with five goals in the frame. Casey Cizikas redirected a Travis Hamonic shot from the point to gets things started, and the flood gates really opened from there.
One of the highlights of the night was Kirill Kabanov's slick feed to Nino Niederreiter on a 2-on-1. Kabanov made a quick deke and held the puck long enough so that Niederreiter had a mostly empty net to dunk the punk into. Kabanov certainly has quick feet and quick hands, and showed it on that play.
The rest of the period was a barrage of goals. Casey Cizikas rifled home a shot from the point, Brock Nelson found a wide rebound for his first pro goal, and John Persson closed out the period to make it 5-2.
After a sixth goal from DeFazio a minute into the third, things got a bit unraveled for the Sound Tigers. The team took two penalties in the first three minutes of the period and then second led directly to a power play goal for the Whale from Mike Vernace. Assistant captain Travis Hamonic (and really he's the captain even if not explicitly labeled as such, isn't he?) took a two and ten for unsportsmanlike conduct, talking back to the referee after Vernace's goal. Of course there's no telling what was said and it could have been a poor call by the ref, but it's not a good situation for Hamonic to get the team into.
The Whale would score on the ensuing power play to make it 6-4, but wouldn't get any closer. Calvin de Haan -- he sure can skate well in open ice -- took a delay of game with about two minutes to go, putting the puck over the glass, but the score would still hold.
The big stat lines of the night were Niederrieter with a three point night (1G, 2A), Hamonic with three assists and Cizikas with two goals. Kevin Poulin made 27 saves.
Other thoughts:
...David Ullstrom tried at least two Kyle Okposo toe drags that I saw. Much quicker, but not very effective... Former Isle and current Whale Micheal Haley had a solid fight with Blair Riley. The bout was pretty even but Haley landed more punches. The refs intervened before anyone made a takedown...
STREAMIN'It was an interesting game to watch via the online feed provided by the AHL. The league makes all of its games available online and this weekend the first two Sound Tiger games were free; meant to get all of us hockey addicts a fix and, well, it might just work.
It's an interesting watch. The stream is the feed straight from the arena's jumbotron, overlayed with the radio feed of either team (and that works quite well, as the radio is just ahead of the action, so you hear "De Haan shoots," as soon as he does so). So you get it all during stoppages -- the kiss cam, the nightly dance contest, and random commercial interjections to remind you that it isn't just a powerplay, it's a SuperCuts power play. But the best part? No commercials or TV timeouts. Just straight hockey. And the kiss cam. Sure beats a thousand scrap metal and gold buying commericals.
NEXT UPThe Sound Tigers are headed home for a 7pm game tomorrow against Providence... I can't say that I'll have a detailed recap of every game but the way things are right now, I'm going to try to as often as possible.


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On Friday, Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron released a new online ad in his closely watched congressional campaign against Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. Mr. Barron's commercial features the candidate standing in the park talking up his achievements in the City Council and his plans for Washington as a soundtrack of drumming and chanting plays in the background.
"I'm Charles Barron and I'm running for Congress. Im excited," Mr. Barrons says in the ad. "Unbossed, unbought Charles Barron for Congress."
In the ad Mr. Barron claims to be the number one Council member responsible for getting affordable housing and various other projects in his district.
"I'm the number one Council member building affordable housing. Number one at renovating parks. Number one at bringing in two new $80 million schools," Mr. Barron says.
He continues by explaining what he'd work for if elected to the House of Representatives.
"Now, I want to go to Washington DC and fight for social security, medicare, medicaid and a national work program to put us back to work," he says.
Mr. Barron is a former Black Panther with a record of making controversial statements against the Israeli government and in support of African dictators, among other things. His history has led to national interest in the race with Jewish leaders, high powered donors, MoveOn.org and other members of the Democratic establishment throwing their support behind Mr. Jeffries. Despite the muscle lining up behind Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Barron has a loyal base of support in his Council district and it is expected to be a close race.
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I truly believe the Rotorua area is one of NZ's best kept landscape photography secrets. It wasn't until I spent a weekend here over Queens Birthday weekend that I began to appreciate just how many fantastic spots there are in this region of NZ.
If walking amongst a giant redwood forest with sunlight filtering through the trees is your thing, Rotorua has it. If standing on a jetty watching the sun rise over a multitude of lakes is your thing, Rotorua is the spot. And if you're searching out dark skies for astrophotography you certainly will be impressed. And that's before you even take a walk through any of the thermal areas which are mind-blowing in their boiling madness.
I feel so lucky to have Rotorua only an hour's drive away – it's made this whole region so accessible to me that I will even drive over especially for a particular photo shoot. That it's possible to wake up in my own bed and still get to Lake Tarawera for sunrise is a life goal that I've made a reality!
The same can be said of the Tauranga and Mount Maunganui area, where the Mount (or Mauao as it's known) offers an awesome vantage point for sunrise shots if you can be bothered to huff and puff your way up there before it gets light. There's also everal stunning waterfalls on the backroads of the region to explore if you've had your fill of the beautiful expanse of beach that stretches for miles along the coastline.
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As near as I can tell, my writing habit began more than a hundred years
ago on a cattle ranch in northern Mexico. That was when my grandmother,
at seven years of age, wrote three words in a little notebook her
mother, Cristina Terrazas, had given her: hoy murio mama. No capital H,
no accent marks, no other details–little Julia Terrazas simply wanted
to record that her mother had just died.
Many years later, Julia
gave her own daughter, my mother Emma, a notebook in which to jot down
everyday happenings, thoughts, prayers and poems. Eventually, when I
was nine, my mother also presented me with a notebook. I was confined
to a hospital bed after having my tonsils out, was restless, and my
mother wanted to keep me out of mischief. "Here," she said, "write what
you see, write some stories." I did as she told me, and that's how
three generations of Terrazas women passed onto me the itch to write.
still write in notebooks-my latest one is a lined, pocket-size
Moleskine–when I have time and mental space. But like most everyone
these days, I've succumbed to the lures of the digital, electronic
world. However, I've discovered the ease of e-mail comes with a catch.
I can reply, copy, forward, print or save, but ultimately I might as
well delete everything because it's all virtual, not tangible the way
notebooks, diaries and journals are, especially old ones written by
people no longer with us. Such written relics are filled with intimate
thoughts, quirky handwriting, odd spelling, smudges, crossed-out words,
even doodles and sketches. My mother and grandmother may have died
decades ago, but when I hold their creations in my hands and read page
after page, I see the world as they did–I touch their lives.
years ago, while trying to unravel some disturbing family mysteries, I
regularly touched the past in this way. For me, the personal,
confessional writing of my relatives had more than sentimental value.
The hundreds of entries allowed me to pinpoint dates, names and events,
led me to other sources, documents, letters, often to people I could
interview. Eventually, my hunt for the truth evolved into a book, a
memoir, about my family. Yet the project would never have started if I
hadn't wandered into the tool shed behind my grandmother's house in Los
Angeles the day we buried her.
into her eighties when she died, Mama Julia–as we called her–liked to
watch Mexican lucha libre on television. Every week the sequined capes,
scary masks and flying leaps off the ropes captivate her for a few
hours. The frail old lady I saw whenever I visited her place had always
been a quaint, slightly raunchy figure who just happened to like short,
tubby men in tights. She'd call me Manos de bragueta, not because I
fidgeted with my fly but because in her mind men's hands were vile and
had no place in her kitchen. "Fuera, manos de bragueta," she would
mutter. "Fuchi, fuchi,"–as if to say, "Yuck! Outta here, boy."
after her funeral, everyone gathered at her one-bedroom house in a
central Los Angeles neighborhood, officially named Elysian Valley but
on the street called Frog Town because it runs alongside the L.A.
River. We all poked around and took keepsakes of her presence. From the
kitchen I came away with the comal–the griddle on which she had made
me hundreds of flour tortillas over the years. Then in her bedroom I
claimed a photo album no one seemed to want. Finally, I stepped outside
and went around back to the tool shed. Inside, behind a rake, hoe and
shovel, she had stored a small cardboard box on a shelf. I brought the
box out into daylight, opened it and fished out a stack of her
notebooks and some index cards covered with her invented prayers and
poems. I glanced at a few pages but only remember that the rhymed
verses in Spanish spoke about things like love and faith. For a long
time after that I kept all her writing stored away and unread.
my mother died I did the same thing–after the funeral I came away with
a bundle of her notebooks and diaries that I found in a bedroom drawer.
Yet rather than store them away, eventually I began to read them to
look for answers to the lingering questions about the odd circumstances
surrounding her death. She died at home at the age of 48 from
drug-related heart problems. Months later my father, a secretive,
enigmatic U.S. army officer, disappeared from me and my two brothers,
never to return.
read and re-read everything–notebooks, diaries, journals, letters,
postcards, store receipts with scribbled notes on the back. For the
most part they gave me the answers to my questions. But the truth
wasn't always in facts. Often it was in the touch of words. As a
writer, in trying to create whole lives, of real people who lived and
had minds and dreams and desires of their own, I was blessed by having
all this in their own words. When Julia Terrazas writes that her mother
died, or when Emma Arias writes on July 19, 1952 that she longs for her
husband–who was then a prisoner of war in North Korea–I know I'm
touching the truth.
[Ron Arias is a staff correspondent for People magazine and the author of "Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit"]
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It's happened. Time after time, I've been setting out plates of beets when we throw burgers on the grill at our country place.
Not locally grown, organic beets carefully and gently roasted in the oven with garlic, and sea salt, and expensive Spanish olive oil. Nope. Just sliced beets from a can. The kind Australians use on their burgers. That's right, order a burger in Australia and someone will throw a slice of canned beet on it and expect you to eat it.
I was a non-believer that first time. I stared at the plate. I stared at the burger. I wasn't sure about this thing pinking up my hamburger bun. But after a run-of-the-mill, but also kinda-awesome burger at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, I was converted. A burger at a mediocre cafeteria changed me forever. I haven't looked back. Now, I have a pantry stacked with small cans of sliced beets and I never grill a burger for myself or David without piling a few beets, onions, tomatoes, greens and ketchup on top.
Lucy, like pretty much all Americans, was also a non-believer. Who wants a vegetable on their burger? A vegetable when it isn't actually necessary to eat a vegetable with your burger? Why chance it? Why not just ignore the plate of beets into oblivion? Why chance having your pee turn pink?
All good questions.
It took me years. Just putting beets out there on the table, pushing the plate a little closer to her, getting her interested, seducing her with my stories of pink pee. Once, I even told her they were sweet, like candy, on your burger. I'm pretty sure she thought I was drunk.
But this Spring it happened. When she was ready - Lucy does everything on her own time, in her own way. She grabbed a slice of beet and shoved it between her burger and bun.
Then she smushed it all together to make a "squeeze burger", which is just a burger compressed to it's maximum in the hands of a kinder-gardener. She's famous for it in the school cafeteria. It's a culinary marvel.
And she loved it. Just as I did. Just as David has his whole life. The three of us eat our burgers with beets now. (Edie is still a hold out, as expected) But what Lucy always asks, as she's eating her burger, all pink-stained and smushed down into its most compact form, is whether the act of eating it makes her an "Australian girl".
And we think it does.
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Fatal Bangor stabbing in December ruled self-defense, no charges will be filed
BANGOR, Maine (AP) � A fatal stabbing in Bangor last month has been ruled a case of self-defense, and prosecutors have decided not to press charges.
Police say 34-year-old Jeffrey Leblanc was stabbed once in the abdomen at a city home in the early morning hours of Dec. 29. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.
Police say Leblanc was a guest in the home and assaulted a resident, causing facial injuries. The resident tried to fend off Leblanc, who continued assaulting the person. Finally, the resident stabbed Leblanc.
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Designing Geneticists: Study Design Issues in Population-Based- Genetics and Genomics Research
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October 23-27, 2007
Moderator: Emily L. Harris
National Human Genome Research Institute
Bethesda, Md.
Study design is a critical aspect of any research project. The study's purpose drives study design, influenced by practical issues. Genetic/genomic research increasingly uses population-based designs, such as case-control, genome-wide association studies, to study genetic susceptibility to common conditions and genetic influences on quantitative traits. Epidemiologic studies of such conditions now commonly include DNA collection and genetic information as part of the analyses. To effectively design and interpret such studies, knowledge of basic study design is critical as is an understanding of complications that genetic data introduce into such studies.
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Flo Rida Brings 'Wild Ones' Hits to 'TODAY' Show Stage
A patriotic, blinged-out Flo Rida took the stage this morning as part of the 'TODAY' show's summer concert series to promote his new album 'Wild Ones' and its first three singles.
The rapper showed up in style, belatedly celebrating the Fourth of July with an American flag tank top and a camo vest and shorts, in addition to some notable bling. His microphone stand sported an outline of the state of Florida and the word "Flo" spelled out in diamonds, while the mic itself had "Rida" on a gold wing.
The hip-hop star opened with 'Good Feeling,' the massive dance hit from 2011 featuring an Etta James sample. Later came the single 'Whistle' and the title track 'Wild Ones,' which he performed with one of his backup singers filling in for featured artist Sia. His shirt came off during 'I Cry,' a motivational song about perseverance.
"I'm a big fan of everyone on the album from Lil Wayne to Sia, the late, great Miss Etta James," Flo Rida explained in an interview about his 'Wild Ones' release. When it comes to future collaborations, he said, "I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them. I went on tour with Beyonce before. I wouldn't mind doing something with her."
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The new Baker Hughes buildings in Fort Nelson built byu Lexon Projects.
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