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Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office submitted the confidential report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday afternoon, promptly followed by a letter from Barr addressed to House and Senate judiciary leaders, telling them he remains committed "to as much transparency as possible."
Details: Barr said he could complete the review and advise Congressional leadership accordingly as early as this weekend. He shared his intention to confer with Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and Mueller to determine what of the information can legally be released to Congress and made public.


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Below, select the surface type that you are looking for further information on how best to prepare and paint:
Exterior Walls
Covering typical exterior wall surfaces including cement rendering and concrete brickwork
Interior Walls and Ceilings
Covers interior walls and ceilings and includes materials such as plaster, cement, concrete brickwork, wood chip and lining papers and similar materials
Metal Surfaces
While the preparation and priming of metals varies widely, there are some aspects that that have general application, all of which is covered in detail here.
Building Boards
This describes the preparation and priming of the different types of boards and sheets in general use.
PVC plastic Surfaces
Here we look at the treatment and painting of PVC plastics found in general use.
Wood Surfaces
Covers the preparation and priming of wood surfaces generally, followed by specific treatments depending on surface type and state.

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- Extensive experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Quality Assurance and Testing.
- Experience in understanding of complex systems and processes.
- Good experience in covering the complete Software Development Life Cycle by analyzing, integrating, and testing various business applications in 2-Tier and 3-Tier Architecture.
- Extensive experience in SDLC/ RUP/ AGILE Methodologies, preparing Test Plans, writing Test Cases, and executing them; performed Defect Reporting and Tracking throughout the entire defect life cycle.
- Experience in Manual and Automated testing using Mercury Interactive tools like WinRunner, QTP, Load Runner and Rational Tools like Rational TeamTest.
- Skilled in bug reporting and tracking using Test Director, Quality Center, Rational Clear Quest.
- Expertise in creating and maintaining the Requirement Traceability Matrix(RTM).
- Experience in Backend Testing on distributed databases using SQL queries directly as well as access tools like TOAD, SQL Developer.
- Knowledge of testing the applications developed with the latest technologies and protocols – Java, web services, client-server, MQ Series messaging.
- Extensive experience in testing applications deployed in Unix.
- Involved in GUI, Regression, Data Driven, Performance Testing and Security Testing.
- Strong analytical skills coupled with good communication and interpersonal skills.
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Technologies:�Applets, EJB, Beans, Servlets, JDBC
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) subjects included Operating Systems, Database Technologies, Software Engineering, and Object Oriented Technology.
Confidential, Herndon, VA�
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Project: Servicer/Investor Reporting�
- Developed test scenarios and test procedures based on the test requirements.
- Created and executed test scenarios and prepared manual test cases using Quality Center. Generated test results and artifacts from Quality Center Test Lab.
- Identified the test requirements based on application business requirements available in DOORS.
- Written SQL queries using Oracle database and executed by using TOAD and compared the output.
- Prepared the testdata for the loans that includes all scenarios.
- Used Rational Clear Quest for defect tracking and maintained the history of bugs.
- Documented errors and implemented their resolutions.
Environment: Oracle 10g, Unix, TOAD, HP Quality Center 9.2,MS Access, ClearQuest DOORS 8.3
Confidential, Mc Lean, VA�
Test Execution Analyst
Project: FAS 140
- Analyzed Creating Test Plan with the help of Team Lead and Manager.
- Creating Test Data Management Plan with the Team Lead
- Creating TRR document with Team Lead
- Creating Test Scenarios for PC-Debt & Loan work Stream
- Creating Test Cases for all PC-Loan related scenarios
- Executed SQL scripts for data validation to check the data integrity, error handling, data redundancy, and data consistency for all PC-Loan systems to test ETL process
- Executing Test Cases in Quality Center for PC-Loan Work stream
- Reporting execution status to Team Lead for Daily status meeting
- Validating the Recon reports for all the systems
- Validating Sub Ledger Journal entries from Phoenix Reference Data Service (PRDS) and Single Family Transaction Accounting (SFTA) to PeopleSoft General Ledger (PSGL)
- Validating Pricing Request population from Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) to Loan Valuation System (eLViS), eLViS to Universal Pricing Source (UPS), UPS to Black Rock System (BRS)
- Validating Retained Portfolio population from Asset Trading and Liability Administration System (ATLAS) to Portfolio Sub ledger (PSL)
Environment: Oracle 10g, DB2 8, Unix, SQL Developer 126.96.36.199, HP Quality Center 9.2,MS Access Embarcado Rapid SQL 7.5, DOORS 8.3,
Confidential, Tampa, FL�
Senior QA Analyst
- Developed Test Planning, Test Case development and test script execution for Unit, Integration and System Testing.
- Participated in developing high-level System Test Scenarios and Full Cycle Test Scenarios.
- Created Test scripts , Logged defects ,Test Execution and Documented the Reports using Mercury Quality Center.
- Performed Backend Testing using TOAD (SQL Queries).
- Performed GUI, Web applications, Functional, UAT testing.
- Performed interactive walkthroughs of test scripts with developers, business users and Business Analysts
- Tested the ETL Process (Data Extraction, Data Loading and Transformations).
- Generated Scheduler reports in hourly manner and validated the reports.
- Worked with SQL extensively to test database integrity.
- Used SQL to validate backend database changes, deletes and update.
- Participated in defect reviews, various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues
Environment: JAVA, J2EE, Java Script, Mercury Quality Center 9.2, QTP 9.0, JBOSS, TOAD, Oracle9i, Windows, UNIX
Confidential, Reston, VA�
Project: Restatement
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Managed, prepared and assisted in the completion of internal auditing review processes, artifacts and documentation to meet compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other information security standards.
- Support the Integration and Production Execution of different work streams. Responsible for job initiation, monitoring of the flow across systems and overall end-to-end control of the Restatement process for Mortgage, Securities and Loans.
- Worked on client tools such as EBiz, ROC Issue Logs, Rbk Tracker to provide status reports and timelines to Business teams.
- Creation of Remedy/ PCM, ClearQuest tickets for Execution, Errors, Backup, Bindview and Tripwire.
- Co-ordinate with DBAs and Backup Support teams to execute the special requests by workstreams.
- Involved in production support and interaction with different workstreams like WLCBS, SF GAGO, RFDW, Securities, MBS, Tax reports, Corporate Tax Accounting, PDR, LIST/LIP Impairments, Debts & Derivatives, SDM, FAS91, FAS115, FAS140, FIN46, etc ., to resolve any issues arising during the runbook execution.
- Gather technical requirements/ artifacts from different workstreams for runbook preparation for production and migration in compliance with SOX control.
- Responsible for monitoring and correcting data integrity issues between different workstreams and production departments.
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- Involved in writing & developing Test Plans, Test Cases from Use Cases.
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- Optimized QTP scripts for Regression testing of the application with various data sources and data types.
- Mapped the custom objects to the standard objects where necessary, and inserted GUI, Bitmap and Text checkpoints where needed, to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in the earlier version using Quick Test Pro (QTP).
- Parameterized the fixed values in checkpoint statements, created data tables for the parameters and wrote functions for the parameters to read new data from the table upon each iteration – Performed Data Driven testing.
- Created shared object repository for all the tests in the project
- Created and executed test scripts using Descriptive Programming.
- Maintained detailed test logs and report test results in Mercury Test Director.
- Worked closely with business experts and developers in order to perform my duties.
Environment: Test Director 7.2/7.6, Quick Test Pro , VB Script, MS-Office, IE 6.0, Windows 2000/NT, HTML, XML, Java, J2EE, EJB, JSP, SQL, Web Logic7.x, and Oracle 9i.
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- Reviewed the Business Requirements document with the business and development team to understand the architecture and functionality of the application.
- Reviewed the Test Plan and developed test cases and test scripts. Test cases were planned using both positive and negative testing methodologies.
- Used Test Director as the test management tool to log in the test case for manual testing and the automation test suite.
- Created test data (XML files) as per business requirement.
- Involved in developing, maintaining, running regression scripts using QTP.
- Extensively used expert view of QTP and created all automation scripts using VB script.
- Involved in UAT of the project as well. Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues.
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- Developed Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
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- Responsible for back-end testing/database testing, which was done using SQL queries.
- Generated data driven scripts for multi user access for product information module, using the data pool.
- Used Test Director as the test management tool for managing test coverage and defect logging.
- Performed Verification and Validation tests for the final build before the UAT.
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- Created Custom Triggers, Stored Procedures, Packages and SQL Scripts.
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"I love Janie's classes because she brings so many years of experience, expertise, and wisdom to her students. Janie exudes a passion for yoga and a sincere interest in the well-being and growth of her students. I also love the clarity of her teaching, both in the conscious sequencing of poses and in her articulation of instruction. For challenging poses, Janie provides incremental instructions and poses to help build both understanding and confidence. I feel like I learn, grow, and reconnect to my practice in her classes."
— Chandra Cerrito, Yoga Student, Napa, CA
"I take Janie's class because her knowledge about the human body and Anusara yoga has helped align my body and improve my posture. I always have a wonderful experience in her class and leave feeling my mind, body and spirit are all aligned.
Janie's attention to each student's needs is wonderful. As the owner of a studio, it is very important that our students are guided through their practice safely, which is evident in her teachings."
— Deborah DiPierro, Co-founder/Owner of Island Spirit Yoga, Maui, HI


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Is Africa The Next European Union?
The 10 Largest Economies In 2030
Total Wealth Of African Cities (2017)
Chinese Cities Compared With Countries
My Electrician Drives A Porsche?
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Chinese Investment In Africa
As Xinhuanet reports, China and Thailand agreed to speed up cooperation on a joint railway project, in an effort to ensure an early start within the year.
During Li's Thai visit last December, he signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to jointly develop a medium-speed railway connecting northeast Thailand's Nong Khai province, the capital of Bangkok and eastern Rayong province. The railway will also be a section of the planned railway running through southern China, Laos and Thailand.
"The railway will promote the two countries' economic development and facilitate trade cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between China, Thailand and the Indo-China Peninsula," Li noted.
He also voiced support for China's Belt and Road initiative and agreed to promote bilateral cooperation within the framework in the spirit of open and transparent.
According to Wang, the two countries also agreed to start a Lantsang-Mekong cooperation mechanism aimed to help countries along the river realize common development through complementary cooperation.
Pramudwinai said Thailand was willing to strengthen cooperation on water resources, drought control and disaster relief under the framework of the Lantsang-Mekong cooperation mechanism.
They also discussed relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Release date: December 2019
Author: Connilyn Cossette
Plot summary: Tikva has been suffering from blood loss for years and no physician has provided relief or a cure. Tikva's encounter with The Healer will change her life forever. This novel is a fictional depiction of the woman with the issue of blood in the Gospels. More info to come.


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Blog about fun facts (facts of the day, every day), travel, life in Spartanburg South Carolina, video game reviews, movie reviews, TV shows reviews, anime, politics (I'm a Democrat), atheism and agnostic thought, and much more.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Fact of the Day: Moon Galaxy
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It fascinates me that we can photograph these things. Then to see the great beauty - the colors displayed is awesome. We are so tiny!ReplyDelete
European Space association have just done what others have a mobile on the comet, wow, love that.ReplyDelete
Very fascinating!ReplyDelete
Always so much out there to be discoveredReplyDelete
And what orbits the many satellite galaxies? And what orbits that? And that? And that? lolReplyDelete
Awesome fact, so intriguing.ReplyDelete
hope they don't get headaches from all the spinningReplyDelete
Gosh that is so mind boggling!ReplyDelete
When I think about the universe, it's hard to really get a grasp at just how enormous it really is.ReplyDelete
It is all so hard to wrap your mind around..I love anything about the universe, thoReplyDelete
It's a great big universe out there! I don't think we will ever really grasp its full magnitude.ReplyDelete


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One of the first questions we're asked when we propose a used or refurbished C-arm to a customer is, "What year was it made?" This is a logical question to ask; a question one asks almost any time they buy something used. In the case of used C-arms, there are several reasons this information seems important, but simply knowing the date of manufacture (DOM) of a system can be deceiving.
The following are a few better ways to find out what you really want to know about used and refurbished C-arms.


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East and West
Chairman's Blog
East and West
December 18, 2018
On the West Coast, 8 members of the California Legislature have introduced a law that would ban books, services, or speech that might help anyone who expresses a desire to change their same-sex desires or address their gender confusion. It's an absolute attack on freedom of speech.
On the East Coast, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took a huge swing at the right of individuals to own private property.
I want you to think about these politicians because they're just the tip of the iceberg. The bigger problem is that they were elected by people who thought they were worth voting for. I don't know about you, but quite frankly to me that means we may be doomed.
Now, I am sure that these politicians (and there are many more who feel the way they do) didn't campaign on these positions. And even if they had, the left wing media would have covered for them and kept it quiet because these are exactly the kinds of "rulers" most of the media is happy to help elect.
It's odd, given the fact that if the media gets their way, they'll have helped elect politicians who want the government to tell them what to publish and what not to publish. If that happens, one wonders how long it will take the fake news outlets to yell CENSORSHIP and cry for the days when they could say what they want about anyone they chose. Be careful what you wish for!
Of course, ultimately it's disturbing there is any politician in America who wants the government to control what we say. Don't be fooled. It's not about gay rights. It's about the fact that these communists think the government has any business telling us what we can say. If they had their way, I could be executed for writing this blog. Ultimately, these people can justify the use of government force to silence all conservatives, all Libertarians, and ANYONE else who disagrees with their positions on any subject.
Can you say Adolf Hitler?
And then there is the clown in NYC who very publicly told an interviewer with the New York Post that government should dictate who lives where, should decide what they pay for housing, and should in fact own all the housing in the city (maybe the commercial real estate as well.)
The Mayor of New York, a full blown socialist, doesn't think you have a right to that big beautiful condo on Park Avenue (especially if you didn't contribute to his campaign,) and that the government should control the proper mix of residents as he decides what's "proper." Conceivably, that means he will determine the right ratio of poor to rich, old to young, black to hispanic, etc…He suggests it should be government's job to distribute residents among the various communities of New York City. One shudders for those who didn't contribute to his last campaign, they're likely to end up in some very seedy part of town.
We've seen this kind of total control over citizens' lives many times before — Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia; and Jong-Un's North Korea. And the list goes on. But the California and New York politicians — and all those in our country who agree with them — represent a kind of evil we have NOT seen before in the United States.
If you're not part of their inner circle of "protected" elites, then God help you. They want to own your life, your family, and your future — which is anything but rosy.
About the only thing Obama ever said that I absolutely agree with is this: "'ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES'.
I agree because it's so true.
John Philip Sousa IV is an entrepreneur, political activist, author and accomplished business person. John has worked in the financial services industry for over 40 years, built a highly successful marketing company, ran for congress at age 24, and in 2016 created and led the successful movement to draft Dr Ben Carson into his candidacy for President of the United States. John is author of John Philip Sousa, A Patriot's Life in Words and Pictures and Ben Carson, RX for America.


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Diwali, the name by itself means " the festival of lights" and what better way to celebrate than to use diyas as a part of the celebration. Apart from the symbolizing the end of darkness and welcoming prosperity, Diyas make a fantastic style statement and also bring a lot of positive vibe to the house.
By illuminating your home at every corner with diyas, you welcome much joy and radiance into your home. Here are some creative ideas on how to intricate diyas as a part of your home décor.
The floating diya
Diyas when let to float exhibit an elegant wave motion which is a sight for eyes. Adorn the float with flowers for that extra appeal.
Diyas on Rangoli
Adorning diyas around or in the centre of the rangoli is a sure shot way to highlight your work of art.
Diyas on stairs
A pathway towards your home lit by the beautiful diyas on both the sides would increase the elegance and bring much more warmth.
Diyas on dining room
Speaking of warmth, having diyas on dining room not only keeps a warm mood on the room but also brings joy over the dining table.
Outdoor Diyas
Light up your garden or your outdoors with diyas and see the magic . The visual would be astounding. Make sure that the diyas are at a safe distance and properly covered to prevent fire.


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Top Ten Authors
My Favorite Authors
and specific favorite books of theirs, in no particular order
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Roverandom
Dorothy Sayers - The Nine Tailors, Busman's Honeymoon
G.K. Chesterton - The Ballad of the White Horse, comic essays, anything really!
C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, Perelandra
Bram Stoker - Dracula
Rosemary Sutcliff - Eagle of the Ninth, The Shield Ring
Howard Pyle - The Adventures of Robin Hood
P.G. Wodehouse - can't pick a favorite!
Baroness Orczy - the Scarlet Pimpernel series
Dean Koontz - From the Corner of His Eye, Watchers, Odd Thomas series


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Perfect for everyday wear, these pretty knickers offer full coverage with a high-cut leg that sits just below the waist. Offered in a selection of 5 autumnal shades and patterns, they're made from a breathable cotton-Lycra blend for ultimate comfort, and are finished with a stretch lace trim.
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Visit Beijing and Sydney for Christmas and New Year's 2017 and enjoy the wonders of these amazing countries with their incredible cultures!
You will leave Bucharest for Beijing on Christmas' Eve 2016 to visit and enjoy China's Capital for 3 days then depart the lovely East Asia for the wallabies – Sydney, the amazing city of the Southern Hemisphere where you will have time to visit all of West Australia as you will be staying for 2 weeks and then come back home to Bucharest!
The offer includes all flights, airport and security charges, in-flight catering (hot meals, snacks and light beverages) as well as great accommodation and breakfast during your stay in Beijing and Sydney and all for an amazingly small price of 1650 Eur/Pers.
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Eliminate single use plastic items
This petition had 4,095 supporters
Most of the plastic we use, we use just once and throw away.
Think of how many plastic fast food cups, lids, containers, and straws are thrown away every day.
It takes hundreds of years for plastic to degrade. Virtually every piece of plastic that was ever made still exists in some shape or form (with the exception of the small amount that has been incinerated). The energy and economic cost of recycling it is immense and less than 10% is recovered, with most of it going into landfill, some being made into durable goods and much of the rest ending up in our waterways and oceans. It is now believed that there are trillions of pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass, tons float on the surface, while billions of plastic microfibers litter the deep sea. It is responsible for killing large amounts of marine life and subsequently entered into our food chain. Plastic chemicals can be absorbed by the body and are harmful to humans. Plastic pollution affects all life and ecosystems on our planet and we need to eliminate as much of it as possible and as soon as possible.
There are many companies that are producing plant based plastic straws, cups and containers that are made from 100% renewable resources and are biodegradable. With this petition and all who sign it, I am asking for all fast food restaurant chains to quit using single plastic items and use more responsible products for the benefit of everyone and everything on this planet.
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Rock comes home upset and barges into his sisters room. Someone at work made fun of him at work for being stupid. He just doesnt feel like he belongs. She has to tell him something, something that he might not like to here. He is not her real brother, he is adopted. He doesnt quite understand, hes a little slow, remember? He was found in a basket at church, left by his mother who never wanted him.
Rock is upset, hugging his adopted sister, trying to remain positive as she hums Amazing Grace. She is so sweet to him, and he still wants her to be his sister. There is one thing she did for him a long time ago that made him really happy. Perhaps she could do it again? She will always see him as special, and he should enjoy life and no longer be sad. He throws off his shorts and lays down on the bed. His sister grabs his cock and begins sucking him, getting him nice and hard. She shoves it down her throat, almost gagging on its length. She strips naked and climbs on top of him, shoving his cock deep into her tight, wet hole. She rides him hard, her pussy clamped onto his shaft, just begging him to cum inside her. He fucks her hard until he cums, proving to himself that he is a man now, with a special purpose!
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Be the first to know about all things foodie, fun & fabulous on High Street.
Cast Salon views each appointment as an opportunity to create an experience that is unique and leaves clients with a stronger and more confident approach to their lives. Drawing inspiration from the modern, urban artistry of the SoHo district of Manhattan, Cast Salon aims to replicate the fancy, trendy, cool and chilled vibe of the area. After becoming enamored with the SoHo district, Cast Salon's owner fell in love with the idea of having a modern experience nestled against the backdrop of the beautiful cast iron architecture that saved the SoHo area from demolition in the 1960s. With that image in mind, Cast Salon was created!
Aetheria Medical Suites is a natural, contemporary medical facility focusing on regenerative and restorative treatments for all age groups.
Aetheria Medical Suites takes a modern approach to health care by looking at the body on all levels; physically, mentally and biochemically. By integrating treatments such as Pilates rehab; yoga rehab; physical therapy; medical massage; biochemical analysis; and cutting edge, non-invasive treatments for pain and well-being, Aetheria Medical Suites is able to create lasting improvements to quality of life.
High Street is welcoming a new facility with 24/7 access, 365 days a year to over 3,000 locations worldwide. We have private showers, brand new equipment as well as a friendly and resourceful staff! Anytime Fitness offers $0 enrollment, month to month options, plus one complimentary personal training session and two complimentary group training sessions (valued at $90).
Whether you are visiting Arizona for the first time or are a returning traveler, Arizona Vacation Rentals offers the finest professionally managed vacation homes in Arizona. Arizona Vacation Rentals has a wide selection of fully furnished vacation rental homes, villas, condos and townhomes which are equipped with kitchens, spacious bedrooms with baths, vaulted ceilings and a variety of amenities including private pools, pool tables, BBQ's, big screen televisions and more. Even better, our properties are usually located near the most popular Arizona tourist attractions; top area golf courses; superb shopping and dining.
Barbershop Jack is a full service, upscale, barbershop for the modern man and his family, catering to the client looking for top quality cuts, straight razor shaves, cutting edge products and shoe shines. Stop in and you will be transported to a whole new era, with 1950's chairs, marble counter tops and dark wood stations. You will discover an "old fashioned barbershop experience" taken to a whole new level of sophistication. Barbershop Jack offers top of the line services, products, and complimentary refreshments for clients of all ages.
Enjoy a full range of spa treatments including facials, massage, waxing and body treatments in a modern girly spa for the everyday gal. Fuchsia Spa offers a comfortable, non-intimidating atmosphere where you'll feel sassy, confident, pampered and welcomed. Hosting bridal shower, girls' getaway, birthday party or work retreat? Let the friendly staff at Fuchsia help you with your party planning. We will help you create a custom spa experience as memorable as the occasion you're celebrating.
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M3V Nail Bar is a sleek and stylishly designed nail spa that offers a unique, unconventional version of classic nail services with distinctive, relaxing experiences served in a laid back and hip environment. This modern nail bar offers quality services at a great price, with the beverage bar included within the price keeping the experience hassle free. Whether it is the amazing white tea and fig scent, high quality hot coffee, refreshing morning mimosas, uniformed employees with name badges welcoming our guests at the door or relaxing on the couch while e-reading a book; all of this makes our guests smile and look forward to the next appointment.
For more than a decade, the Mathnasium Method has transformed the way kids understand and appreciate math. Visit Mathnasium on High Street to enrich your child's math education today.
It is the mission of Murphy Orthodontics to provide our all of our patients in the greater Phoenix, Arizona and Scottsdale, Arizona areas with the highest quality of child and adult orthodontic treatment in a warm, caring and efficient environment.
The concept of Primp and Blow "A Blow Dry Bar" is to make women feel beautiful and provide affordable luxury, without compromising on quality or service. They provide a comfortable environment in a boutique style setting, and offer primping services such as blow outs, makeup and little luxuries. Whatever you need to make you feel beautiful, The experienced stylists at Primp and Blow "A Blow Dry Bar" are here at your beck and call.
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Concept Photography
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Monochromatic Fields of Color
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I have used play dough a lot with my children. When we were traveling, while I needed them to be occupied during a meeting, and at home, any time I really needed a good distraction. The beautiful thing about the play dough is that the children like the fact that they can get their fingers into it and make things like animals, flowers, houses, etc. I remember once, we were planning to go on a three-day bus journey. I made two to three lots of play dough and carried them with me. Of course I had other toys too. With play dough, they can be occupied for a very long time.
Many mothers know that when we make chapatti how the children like to have some dough and play with it. Following is two recipes of how to make play dough. You might think that it is a waste to use all the salt, flour, corn flour this way. But I just want to point out, how many times do we buy toys, but they never play with them after the first day? The money that was spent gets wasted. If you go to buy play dough from the store it will cost around Rs 100/- and it will dry out in a few days. Also, if you compare with the way the play dough keeps them occupied and happy, the little salt and flour getting wasted is not a big thing and it is worth it.
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Mix the salt and flour then add the water little at a time so that you will not end up with a sticky dough. When you have a consistency which is easy to mould, you are done. I am sure you will know how to do this, because of all the times you have made chapatti dough. Use immediately or put it in a plastic bag tying it up well, then store in an airtight jar.
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Jewish LGBT organisations come together for Pride 2014
Celebrating 25 years since the first openly lesbian or gay Rabbis were ordained in the UK, a special Pride Shabbat programme – comprising Kiddush, a Friday night service, and Chavurah/Shabbat community party – will take place at West London Synagogue in Central London on Friday 27 June 2014 from 7pm.
The key collaborating organisations include Beit Klal Yisrael (BKY), the Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group (JGLG) and West London Synagogue (WLS).
The 'Kiddush with fizz', and participatory Pride Shabbat service, will be led by LBGT Rabbis including WLS Rabbi David Mitchell, Rabbi Ariel Friedlander, Rabbi Anna Gerrard, Rabbi Indigo Jonah Raphael, Rabbi Mark Solomon, and many more, including leading light of the Jewish LGBT community, broadcaster and author, Rabbi Lionel Blue.
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Keynote addresses will be given by Rabbis Sheila Shulman (founding Rabbi of BKY) and Elizabeth Tikvah-Sarah (Rabbi, Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue) recalling 25 years since they were ordained.
The service will also feature more than 50 voices of the London Gay Men's Chorus (LGMC), making a return appearance at WLS following last December's hugely successful World Aids Day concert when almost 100 voices filled the WLS Sanctuary, and the LGMC Ensemble's appearance at last summer's Pride Chavurah at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood.
As well as taking part in the service, the LGMC will also perform a selection of topical numbers at the Chavurah that follows, alongside critically acclaimed lesbian comedian, Rosie Wilby. There will be a bring-and-share buffet with bar and those attending are asked to provide vegetarian dishes and wine.
A special Pride exhibition by Rainbow Jews, an oral history and archive project exploring the intersection of Jewish and LGBT identities, will be open to view throughout.
Commenting on the event, Rabbi David Mitchell says:
"It is largely through the passion, determination and industry of pioneers like my teachers Rabbis Sheila Shulman and Elizabeth Tikvah-Sarah, that we have such a vibrant LGBT community and are now able to officiate at same sex marriages in our progressive synagogues."
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Place, memory, and emotion are closely intertwined in the paintings of Charles Burchfield (1893–1967), at a exhibition currently on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Thoroughly grounded in the landscapes and neighborhoods of Western New York, Burchfield meticulously observed and freely interpreted places that others might overlook—sites not conventionally scenic or remarkable—transforming them into highly charged works of art. Reflecting a personal sensibility that evolved over six decades, Burchfield's oeuvre constitutes an important chapter in the history of American art, fully equal to those articulated by Albert Pinkham Ryder, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Joan Mitchell, Fairfield Porter, and others who forged a contemplative visual language from the places they inhabited and recollected.
(left) Charles Burchfield (1893–1967),Yellow Afterglow, July 31, 1916, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 20" x 14", Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, Gift of Tony Sisti, 1979. Fine Arts Magazine. Whitney Museum of American Art.
Having lived and painted in Burchfield's locale for more than 20 years, I was particularly pleased this winter to visit a fascinating new exhibition, Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield. Curated by the artist Robert Gober (b. 1954) for UCLA's Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, where it premiered in October, this groundbreaking show is now at the Burchfield Penney Art Center (BPAC) on the campus of Buffalo State College, and will next visit New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art.
As the first major exhibition of Burchfield's work since 1995, Heat Waves is notable for the fresh perspective offered by Gober, who is widely known for provocative, exquisitely crafted sculptures that evoke the complicated mysteries of domestic life. Ann Philbin, who directs the Hammer Museum, invited Gober to organize the show after she discovered a Burchfield drawing in the artist's home. Setting aside his own work for a full year, Gober seized this opportunity to investigate a master he had long admired, and traveled to Buffalo to delve into the Burchfield archives at BPAC. The handsome exhibition catalogue has been enhanced by several authors, including BPAC curator Nancy Weekly and Cynthia Burlingham, respectively director of the Grunwald Center and the Hammer's deputy director of collections, who contributed important insights on the artist's life and use of watercolor.
Encompassing paintings, drawings, journals, wallpaper designs, doodles, and ephemera, Heat Waves reanimates Burchfield's work and reframes our image of him as a family man painting in his backyard studio in Gardenville, New York, insulated by brushes and sketchbooks. Instead it reveals the complex world of an artist who had a profound appreciation for literature and classical music, and who lamented the problems of success in the art world even as he benefitted from its privileges.
Burchfield's Backyard
Charles Ephraim Burchfield was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, a small town on Lake Erie's southeastern shore that was shaped by the burgeoning coal, steel and railroad industries. Burchfield's father died when he was four, prompting his mother to return with her six children to Salem, Ohio, where her family provided support. Young Charles found consolation in the sequences of nature that played out in the surrounding woodlands and byways. There he collected moths and botanical specimens, and made drawings of anemones and wrens in the grape arbor. From adolescence right into his early seventies, Burchfield kept journals that provide a counterpoint to his paintings; they reveal the rich interior life of an artist who struggled with financial uncertainties, notated bird songs, and kept meteorological notes on a calendar, because, as he wrote later, it was "important as you look back over a month what kind of weather you had."
In 1916, upon graduation from what is now the Cleveland Institute of Art, Burchfield won a scholarship to the National Academy of Design in New York, but he quit after his first day of life class there. (He'd had enough of art school and never warmed to the figure.) A fortuitous encounter with Mary Mowbray-Clarke, co-owner of the Sunwise Turn Bookshop, led to Burchfield's first significant patronage, followed by connections with galleries such as Montross, where he showed for several years before moving to the Frank Rehn Gallery. Returning to his beloved Salem late in 1916, Burchfield took an accounting job and embarked upon what he later called his "Golden Year," during which he produced more than 200 paintings and cultivated many of the themes that came to fruition subsequently.
In 1921, Burchfield moved to Buffalo to design wallpaper for M.H. Birge & Sons. He had married Bertha Kenreich, with whom he went on to have five children. Bertha was an ideal artist's partner, unflinchingly supporting his decision in 1929 to leave Birge in order to paint full-time, and becoming a devoted archivist of his reviews. Their marriage provided a foundation of joy and security, enabling Burchfield to weather the storms of self-criticism and illness, and to continue taking artistic risks right into old age. Over the next three decades, he achieved professional success through sales, exhibitions, and awards, always painting what was close at hand: the railyards, ravines, and vernacular architecture of Western New York.
Burchfield dismissed critics' characterization of him as a Regionalist, however. Although he drew inspiration from his environs, he worked deliberately to express the deeper, universal forces suggested by place. Indeed, few of Burchfield's titles refer to specific locations. Historian Kenneth Ames writes that "Place, in any petty political sense of the term, is not what Burchfield was about. It was more important for him to live in a comfortable and manageable world… Western New York gave him… easy access to Buffalo… and to the open countryside. And it gave him his own backyard."
Neighboring Backyards
As a painter who spent my early years in Ashtabula and later lived 15 miles from Burchfield's studio, my thinking has long been informed by his art. In 1985, for example, I helped reframe several Burchfield drawings that were being prepared for auction from Buffalo's Sisti Gallery. (Tony Sisti often exhibited works by Burchfield and made a significant bequest of them to the BPAC.) Some of the drawings I handled contained notes the artist had made to himself. These were executed rapidly, as if Burchfield couldn't wait to get things down because there was so much more to see, and to be remembered back in the studio. Burchfield's lyrical, note-to-self drawings were never an end in themselves, but rather a means of preserving his visual memories. Looking at them day after day, I came to understand how a drawing might remain a flexible scaffold upon which a painting could be developed, rather than becoming overly polished or virtuosic.
In addition, the poetry in Burchfield's evocative titles formed a parallel in my mind with those of the Armenian-American painter Arshile Gorky (c. 1902-1948), who also relished music, and drew upon childhood memories of gardens. Titles such as The Sphinx and the Milky Way, Cornfield of Health, One Year the Milkweed, Song of the Telegraph, and Yellow Afterglow reveal a shared appreciation for language and metaphor that is often embedded within a painter's experience.
Painted in Salem the year Burchfield graduated from art school, Yellow Afterglow [1] deftly captures the transitional moments after a summer rainstorm. From his backyard, looking past the tobacco-colored house toward East Fourth street, Burchfield paints a sulfur-yellow sky enclosed by dusky green and black masses of foliage. Menacing silhouettes of telephone poles and trees seem to hiss with electrical energy. The graphic play of light and dark in this composition reflects the artist's awareness of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints and Chinese landscape paintings, both of which he had seen in Cleveland. Using opaque watercolor (gouache), Burchfield expertly controlled his degrees of transparency, simultaneously suggesting the permanent and ephemeral aspects of weather and light. Not surprisingly, watercolor would always remain his preferred medium.
My own paintings are derived from observations of weather and water as carriers of the transformative power of nature. The fluctuating tides and textures of Lake Erie, the massive ore boats that move toward and from its horizon, and its daily variations of color constitute my earliest memories. Now, whether I am working along the Hudson River, in the Pacific Northwest, Virginia, or Maine, I think about how water influences and mirrors its surroundings.
For example, I recently painted Infant Stream/Wappinger Creek and Turning Course in response to a tributary of the Hudson that traverses 36 miles of woods and marshland. With these works, I strove to translate the spatial, ecological, and geological qualities of my chosen sites into a visual equivalent of the watershed landscape that goes beyond the place itself. In this respect, Burchfield's interpretations of the contained spaces of thickets and streams—and also his ambition for an artwork to transcend the specificity of its source—still resonate powerfully for me.
A Vision More Timely than Ever
Although Burchfield suffered periods of illness and self-doubt during his last two decades, the paintings of this period are imbued with a cosmological majesty and a visionary sense of awe. Consciously revisiting the work of his formative years—which he believed to be more improvisatory and less encumbered by realism—he created larger works that were literally reconstructed from earlier paintings. For example, The Four Seasons (1949–60) is composed of several sheets of paper added to an earlier, central sketch. This exuberant picture conflates the seasons in a single, symphonic image, framing space through a telescoping stand of animated trees and invented flowers. Trees in the distance form a Gothic portal—essentially Burchfield's private cathedral of nature. Cadmium red and yellow brushstrokes surround the trees and radiate from the sun, producing an otherworldly glow that might be read as life-giving warmth or destructive fire.
Many paintings from this late period express a dual vision of redemption and apocalypse, a reminder that life and death are often in close proximity, and never further than one's own backyard. In our own era, which seemingly suggests that enlightenment is to be attained only by journeying great distances, now is an ideal moment to re-consider Burchfield's remarkable—albeit more intimate—vision and achievement.
by Rebecca Allan
Rebecca Allan is a New York-based painter whose work examines the landscape and aspects of music. She is also the head of education at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Material Culture. A solo exhibition of her recent work will be held in September 2010 at Gallery 2/20 in New York.
You can see more of her work at www.rebeccaallan.com
Editor's Note: Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City www.whitney.org , now, through October 10, 2010
This article first appeared in the April 2010 issue of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and is presented here with their permission. Visit their site at www.fineartconnoisseur.com
Endnote: 1. Yellow Afterglow does not appear in the show, Heat Waves in a Swamp.


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The meeting of the Board of Directors was held at 845 Third Avenue, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10022 on 16 December 2004 at 6:00 PM. Marco Scoffier, President of the Board of Directors, called the meeting to order.
The following were present:
Marco Scoffier
Selso DaSilva
Stephen Lynch
Joe Maffia
Kevin Mark
Dave Williams
being a quorum of the Directors of the Corporation.
The Secretary presented the minutes of the previous Board meeting. The minutes were read, and on a motion duly made, seconded and carried the Directors approved the minutes.
The Secretary then presented a draft of the IRS form 1023 application. In combination with the final budget the application will be complete, and the Secretary asked all the Directors to review the document.
The Secretary reported that changing the organization's New York State Registered Agent will require amending the Articles of Incorporation. He presented the Certificate of Change and requested a vote. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was
RESOLVED that the revised and amended Articles of Incorporation be officially adopted, and the Certificate of Change submitted to the New York Department of State.
Stephen Lynch presented a draft of the New York State Servicemark application. Upon review it was considered that more descriptive language may be required for the organization's emblem. Although patent law favors the most general of descriptions, trademarks and service marks may require more precision. The group agreed to provide more detail, including a standardized description of the primary color used in the insignia.
The Treasurer presented the final revision of the organizational budget. He explained his recent adjustments and assumptions, and upon motion duly made, seconded, and carried it was
RESOLVED that the 2004–2007 Operating Budget be officially adopted.
The Treasurer explained the need to prepare correspondence for all donations in excess of fifty dollars, and made arrangements to collect contributions from the Directors to cover the costs of the organization's initial filing fees.
The Director of the Programs Committee described the current state of the educational workshops, and addressed their perceived deficits. Any resource the organization can provide to increase participation in the development process will be a positive enhancement. Marco Scoffier recommended working with standard text and revision control, and Kevin Mark suggested a content management system. Marco Scoffier moved that Kevin Mark be granted administrative access to the organization's computer resources to install such a system, and upon motion duly made, seconded and carried it was
RESOLVED that Kevin Mark be granted authority to install and configure a system of online collaboration for the development of course documentation using the organization's computer systems.
The Programs Director proposed that new workshops be planned as soon as possible to fulfill the organization's objective of offering four courses in the coming calendar year. The timing of the Grand Street Settlement's workshop leads comfortably into the possibility of hosting a new session at Asian Americans for Equality's Norfolk Street Center. The Programs Director and Selso DaSilva agreed to contact their Technology Center Director to make arrangements for another workshop. Dave Williams asked about collecting additional equipment for this workshop.
Selso DaSilva and Kevin Mark offered suggestions for potential locations to present educational programs, but both agreed further research is required. Joe Maffia suggested the Beacon School in Manhattan as an opportunity to offer a workshop in cooperation with the city's Department of Education.
Dave Williams once again broached the subject of increased membership, and asked about the possibility of holding an event to acquaint interested parties with the organization. Selso DaSilva suggested that Trevor Ford, a businessman and radio talk-show host, would make an excellent candidate for the Board. The Board agreed that if Mr. Ford has an interest in Free Software as a vehicle for community service it would be advantageous to consider him for membership.
Selso DaSilva said that he would like to arrange for a meeting with the Director of the city Police Athletic League regarding the possibility of hosting CFSG workshops. Joe Maffia asked about potential contributors and donors to the organization. Dave Williams suggested that we research the possibility of presenting information at upcoming regional conferences.
There being no further business before the meeting, the President moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded, carried, and the meeting was adjourned.


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Anaphora is a rhetorical device used to emphasize a phrase while adding rhythm to a passage. This technique consists of repeating a specific word or phrase at the beginning of a line or passage. The repetition of a word can intensify the overall meaning of the piece. Writers and public speakers use anaphora as a form of persuasion, as a method to emphasize a specific idea, or as an artistic element.
Anaphora is not only used as a rhetorical device but can also be used grammatically. In this case, anaphora is used to refer back to another word or phrase and is called an anaphor.
There are many anaphora examples found in literature, and particularly in poetry, where the anaphora drives the pace of the poem. (In the following the anaphora is in italics):
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd,
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd,
And strength by limping sway disabled
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
And folly - doctor-like - controlling skill,
And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,
And captive good attending captain ill
- "Sonnet No. 66," William Shakespeare
I remember a piece of old wood with termites running around all over it the termite men found under our front porch.
I remember when one year in Tulsa by some freak of nature we were invaded by millions of grasshoppers for about three or four days.
I remember, downtown, whole sidewalk areas of solid grasshoppers.
I remember a shoe store with a big brown x-ray machine that showed up the bones in your feet bright green.
- "I Remember," Joe Brainard
From the memories of the bird that chanted to me,
From your memories sad brother, from the fitful risings and fallings I heard,
From under that yellow half-moon late-risen and swollen as if with tears,
From those beginning notes of yearning and love there in the mist,
From the thousand responses of my heart never to cease,
From the myriad thence-arous'd words,
From the word stronger and more delicious than any,
From such as now they start the scene revisiting,
- "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," Walt Whitman
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz,
who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,
who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war,
who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull.
- "Howl," Allen Ginsberg
A woman drew her long black hair out tight- "The Waste Land," T. S. Eliot
And fiddled whisper music on those strings
And bats with baby faces in the violet light
Whistled, and beat their wings
And crawled head downward down a blackened wall
And upside down in air were towers
Tolling reminiscent bells, that kept the hours
And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
- The Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place.
- The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
Many politicians and public speakers use anaphora in their speeches to make the pertinent points stand out for the audience. In this case, anaphora is used to reinforce specific ideas and make them clear and memorable to those listening.
Winston Churchill was famed for his public speaking and made good use of many rhetorical devices including anaphora. Consider this speech to the House of Commons in June 1940:
"We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills."
Another great example of anaphora in a speech is Martin Luther King Jr's address at the March on Washington in 1963:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state, sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today."
Abraham Lincoln was also an excellent public speaker. In his Second Inaugural Address to the nation he used this example of anaphora:
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right…"
In grammar, anaphora is the use of a pronoun or similar word to refer back to an earlier word or phrase. The anaphoric term for this is an anaphor. Using an anaphor avoids repetition in conversation or text. For example: "Anthony plays football. He likes sports." The word "he" is an anaphor referring back to Anthony. Anthony is the antecedent in the sentence.
The following are some examples where one word refers to another:
The anaphora examples in this article show you how cleverly simple language can be used. Anaphora can be an important part of language both in speech and in writing. This rhetorical device adds emphasis to ideas and can generate emotion as well as inspire the reader. Anaphora also adds rhythm to a line or passage making the piece more enjoyable to read. (Remember that it can also be a grammatical term.)
However, anaphora can be overused, where the repetition ends up being boring rather than inspiring. Be aware of the number of times that a phrase or word is used and how your writing flows, so you get the most out of using anaphora.
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The Long Break
Once again I totally forgot to write anything on this blog. Nothing unheard of though.
I had a longer break in writing for various reasons.
Reason number one might have been pure laziness, but I also got a new laptop and I didn't want to spend too much time installing apps and configuring my development environemtn. Only the ones that I couldn't live without. This blog requires quite a few moving bits and wasn't on the top of the priority list.
I abandoned my trusted old MacBook Pro because it started having weird crash issues and the battery was bulging. I did spill water on it 6 months earlier and I think it might have caused some internal damage. Now I have a MacBook Air which is not very powerful, but it's lightweight and beautiful. Good enough for me, I'd say. I don't really need a powerful computer at home!
Another reason was that I moved houses. I actually moved together with my girlfriend, which wasn't really something I was expecting to happen if you had asked me one year ago. Well, here we are now!


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A red card to Hanco Germishuys just two minutes into the second took what was a close match between the U.S. and Samoa into a 48-26 blowout in favor of Samoa. It definitely was an dream start to the Americas Pacific Challenge for the Selects despite some positive play, especially in the first half. The team will now have to rebound before they play Uruguay on Wednesday.
It actually wasn't a bad start to the match for the Selects. They had the most of the territory and repeatedly threatened to score. Only they didn't. Just like other U.S. teams the Selects failed to finish numerous chances, including a very makable penalty attempt from Ben Cima, leaving the score at 0-0.
Despite the good start from the Selects Samoa were able to play simple and it eventually paid dividends. They repeatedly tried to go and pick with their forwards looking for a gap. It didn't work for the first part of the match leading to just a penalty. However, just two minutes after Aukuso Fruean kicked the penalty Samoa were finally able to find a gap in the defense to race in for the try from La'aloi Leilua to lead 10-0.
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The Selects did have more chances but as you would expect for a team that hasn't been together long the handling and communication wasn't there leading to numerous knock-ons. Repeatedly given chances Samoa scored a second try to boost their advantage to 17-0.
Still, credit to the Selects for fighting back and ending the half well. With only a couple of minutes left in the half they were able to put Samoa under pressure earning several turnovers. It has to be said that in the first half outside of the two tries the U.S. defense was good overall. That defense directly led to the forwards being able to go to work and Peter Malcolm scoring the first Selects try of the match. Not long after the U.S. once again used their defense to create offense as they got a turnover and found Tim Maupin who slipped through under the posts. At the half it was 17-14 and anyone's game.
Unfortunately any momentum the Selects had to start the second half was quickly erased. After the kick Germishuys spilled the ball and the Samoan prop was there to take advantage and score a try just 45 seconds in. It got even worse just a minute later. The U.S. had a good attacking opportunity in good field position but the ref blew his whistle to stop play. After discussing with his assistant he showed a red card to Germishuys for punching a Samoan player in the face. Even if it wasn't the world's hardest punch it was still a boneheaded play by Germishuys. Despite all of the physical tools and rugby skills he has he still has moments of madness that doom his side and this red card was no different.
After the red card it was game over. The score was only 24-14 but in the space of the next ten minutes Samoa would score three times to ballon their advantage to 41-14. They would later add another try to push it to 48-14.
Down by such a big score the Selects coaching staff were looking for the team to rebound. After all, this is a development tournament and being able to not put your head down is a good sign of fundamental players. Substitutes in particular seemed to have an impact for the Selects as they soon began to show signs of life despite being down a man.
First was was a series of good passes from players like Bryce Campbell and Zach Pangelinan that found Mitch Wilson out on the wing for the score. Not long later Campbell himself crashed over to make it more respectable at 48-26.
The attacks kept coming. Maupin had another run and the backs began to find space. Substitutes like Holden Yungert and others helped push the team over. Players like Brendan Daly found new energy. It led to more chances but in the end they weren't able to put another try on the board.
There will be plenty of lessons to learn from this match. Number one is that if you give a good team like Samoa an inch they will make you pay. Second is that one dump mental mistake can cost your team big time, as Germishuys learned. The third lesson is that the Selects can do a lot of things well when they back themselves and get out and run. At this point every player on the team has played rugby for a long time, ever since they were a youth. They have the instincts and they just need to trust them. They'll get a chance to do jut that next Wednesday against Uruguay.


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