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By Maggie Roth
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(This story appeared in April 26 in the Boston Globe, Medford edition.)
"Johnny and I were talking about how crazy the Boston sports scene was at the time—the Sox and the Pats had recently won championships and the Celtics had just made key acquisitions," said Hanley, 25, who also works as an operations supervisor for a business processing company. "We then started talking about how New Englanders are different than the rest of the country and Johnny started talking about how the Boston accent is more than an accent; it's a lifestyle. The minute he said that phrase I knew we had something."
No R Lifestyle is a trademarked apparel company that has products boasting the Boston skyline and tagline "No R Lifestyle: Not just an accent." From short sleeve shirts to hooded sweatshirts and bumper stickers, the business offers a variety of goods that represent Boston and its notorious vernacular.
Co-founders Hanley, Cunningham and Taylor, who met playing baseball together when they were 14-years-old, bounced the idea of the No R Lifestyle brand off of one another for over a year before the company came to fruition. Finally in November of 2007, they decided to turn their brainchild into a reality and had a batch of gray t-shirts printed with the No R Lifestyle tag line.
"We wore our shirts around the gym and to restaurants and bars," Hanley said. "We got enough compliments and questions that we decided to make more, form a company and create a Web site. We sold our first shirt in January of 2009 and now we're closing in on number 1,000."
Cunningham, 25, who works for the Essex court system, said the overwhelming interest in the motto is what makes the company worthwhile.
"My favorite part is seeing people that we don't know actually wearing and buying our merchandise," he said. "I like to wear a No R shirt when I travel and people always ask about it. It's a cool feeling to know that something we created out of nowhere people like and are willing to buy."
The founders of No R Lifestyle said the number one challenge for the business has been getting the product into retail stores. The company does most of its sales at vendor booths and displays—having been most successful at the Topsfield fair last year, selling more than 300 shirts. No R Lifestyle apparel is currently sold online and in two Boston stores: University Station and J. Pace & Son sub shop.
"The biggest and most frustrating challenge is getting into stores," Cunningham said. "It seems that at every retail spot we contact they are not buying 'unproven' merchandise and in order to be proven you have to be in retail shops so it's sort of a double edged sword."
The ultimate goal for the three co-founders is to make No R Lifestyle so mainstream that the phrase "No R Lifestyle" becomes synonymous with Boston and the New England area.
"We want No R Lifestyle to symbolize the way people live in this area," said Cunningham. "The people here are hard working, blue collar people who take pride in calling Boston or New England home and our brand symbolizes that."


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|Governor John Owen Dominis (1832 - 1891)
I love how one new clue leads to another in genealogy! I found over 300 articles with the name DOMINIS on this website. Some were references to the photo-journalist John Dominis, who took many famous photos for LIFE magazine. Many were references to Mrs. Dominis AKA Queen Lili'uokalani, who was related to the family I was researching. Even so, I printed out many of these articles for future reference. Keep in mind that John Owen Dominis was born in Schenectady, and went to Hawaii and became the Queen's husband. His mother, Mary Lambert (Jones), was from Boston and sister to my 4x Great Grandmother.
I've seen many articles of contempt for the former Queen Lili'uokalani in the newspapers of time of her trial and forced abdication from the throne. Some were racist, some were condescending and misogynistic, and this one… well, you'll just have to read it for yourself! My notes are in brackets.
From the website http://www.fultonhistory.com/ newspaper database, the Chittenango, New York, Madison County Times, Volume XVIII, No. 30, page 3, Friday March 16, 1888.
The Syracuse Journal of recent date contained an article on the "Incidents in the early life of the Consort of Queen Liliuokalani" of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, daughter of the late King Kalakaua [she was his sister]. The consort or husband of Queen Liliuokalani referred to is Johnny Dominis. Johnny' wife is Queen, while Johnny is really King [he never held that title], and has been for fifteen years. Mrs. Dominis, mother of the Queen's husband Johnny, at one time lived in the old burned house at the foot of Brinckerhoff hill opposite the residence of W. E. Blair. Mrs. Dominis was an especial favorite of Rev. Dr. Andrew Yates, who at that time resided in the house now occupied by Walter H. Stewart, and he took an interest in the family and later gave Johnny and his two sisters a home with him when he moved from this place to Schenectady. Johnny was educated and when a man went to the Sandwich Islands with the above result."
Is this a snide remark about an inter-racial marriage? What is meant by the comment "above result"?
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When NBC announced that it would hire Chelsea Clinton as a new correspondent for their Rock Center show with Brian Williams, I was critical of the decision — mainly because the 32-year-old daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton had hardly been cooperative with news media, even when in the form of a 9-year-old girl looking for a quote. This was a vestige of the media blackout the younger Clinton enjoyed as a teenager in the White House, but those days were long past — although it seems as though some in the media have not forgotten it.
Clinton made her debut on Rock Center last night, and the Washington Post's Hank Steuver appears to channel a few years of frustration into a blistering critique of the cub reporter:
[W]hat was surprising to see on Monday night's show is how someone can be on TV in such a prominent way and, in her big moment, display so very little charisma — none at all. Either we're spoiled by TV's unlimited population of giant personalities or this woman is one of the most boring people of her era.
Ouch. But that's just the beginning, as Steuver blasts the media shield that has surrounded Clinton well past her majority:
As soon as NBC announced its opportunistic addition of Clinton as a very special correspondent to its news staff last month (using the broadest definition of "news" to include the sort of uplifting, socially concerned puff pieces Clinton will contribute), all sorts of longstanding bargains have been nullified. Clinton, who turns 32 in February, is officially past the "hands-off" restrictions firmly negotiated with the media when she was 12 and her father, the president, and her mother, the almighty, insisted that the press not write any stories about her.
That weird treatment extended well into her adulthood, creating a kind of Gen-Y Greta Garbo in plain sight, a mystery figure entirely undeserving of the intrigue and fascination accorded her. Having earned degrees from Stanford, Oxford and Columbia (and still working on her doctorate at New York University), Clinton is now ready to put all that schooling to one of the easiest tasks on the planet: feel-good journalism about folks just makin' their way.
All of these are good points, but it seems to show a little, er, prejudice in his ability to review Clinton's performance. So how was she? World's most boring human, a standard non-talent, a rookie with some rough skills, or a star in the making? Steuver's review actually prompted me to watch the segment, something I would have otherwise skipped … and probably should have:
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I don't think Chelsea Clinton is the world's most boring human, but it's hard to argue that she has any mad skilz for this kind of work, either. NBC did her no favors by giving her a 10-minute segment on an interesting human-interest story that could easily have been handled in a two- to three-minute hit with no couch follow-up. The couch segment with Williams drags on interminably with nothing of interest being said, and being said uninterestingly. However, the actual segment itself was handled competently if not terribly dynamically by Clinton, and it was an interesting story.
Steuver's right that a couple of years at a local station reporting on city-council meetings would give Clinton a chance to develop real skill and talent for this line of work, but he's also right that this effort isn't about turning Chelsea Clinton into the next Diane Sawyer, either:
Stories from the Chelsea beat, meanwhile, are all meant to do a few things, very quickly: Highlight some bright spot of good news in otherwise bleak circumstances; indicate how viewers might help out the situation, if so inclined; and (this is never once said, but almost always palpable in the empathetic eyes of the reporter) ennoble the reporter herself, and thereby ennoble the network.
The whole exercise appears to be intended to promote the next generation of Clintons for public work, and perhaps public office. So far, though, it's not working. Clinton may not be as bad as Steuver says, but she's not worth watching, either.


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Batman Live is a hard show to review. The show is two hours of action packed, stylized fun but offers little in terms of substance and may be a little overstuffed.
The story of Batman Live tracks the transformation of Dick Grayson into Batman's young ward, Robin, after the death of his parents at the hands of the Joker (rewritten from the character's usual origin story for the sake of a more self-contained plot). Also involved is a plot by the Joker to take over Arkham Asylum and release its inmates. However, this story never fully develops and seems to only exist to give the show's rather sizable cast of villains something to do (Grant Morrison's Batman: Arkham Asylum, this production is not).
That said, to emphasize the plot at all would be a disservice to the concept behind Batman Live. The show is entirely style over substance and takes a fair amount of suspension of disbelief to enjoy (Early on, Batman and Catwoman fight atop buildings which, if actually to scale, would be hundreds of yards apart, and the characters appear to have the ability to fly). Thankfully, the style is spot-on. While one-on-one combat sequences were occasionally a little stiff, the show shined in the choreography of larger groups, particularly when Batman takes on a number of the Joker's orange baton wielding henchmen.
The show uses a bat-shaped screen for its backdrops. At various times throughout the show, the show uses this screen as something of a motion-comic, a feat which never ceased to grab my attention. These breaks provided a welcome injection of energy to a show too often slowed down by unnecessary pomp and stilted dialog. When the wants to convey Bruce Wayne's inner turmoil and rage, it actually has the character explain to Dick Grayson that he is angry about his parents' murder.
While Batman Live's writing doesn't offer much to its colorful cast of characters, many of the show's performers make the most out of their limited opportunity. Of particular note is the wonderfully hamish and over-the-top take on the Riddler (I wasn't given a cast list). Harley Quinn is also a delight in her role as comic relief. Oddly enough, the limited material seems to apply to the show's titular character as well. Jack Walker never seems comfortable in his role as Batman or Bruce Wayne and is, unfortunately, given the bulk of the show's clunky dialog.
None of this is to say Batman Live is unenjoyable or even a particularly bad show. I mentioned the show is hard to review because it's not meant to be dissected in the same way Chris Nolan's films are because it simply can't hold up to the scrutiny. A good review should give readers the context they need to better appreciate the product, but there is not better appreciation in BatmanLive. There is no deeper level. It's a shallow production that offers much in the way of visual aesthetics but adds nothing to the character of Batman. Kids will love the action in Batman Live, and Batman fans might too, just so long as they don't expect too much out of it.
Parting shots:
- It really seemed like the plot just got in the way. In order to get Dick Grayson into Wayne Manor, Police Commissioner Gordon actually forces Bruce Wayne to take the orphan in against his will. I'm not sure what legal authority he has to do this but at least it got Batman and Robin together. (Mitch)
- Another to add to the list of visual delights: Seeing the Joker's blown up caricature on a hot air balloon. Between it and the inclusion of Harley Quinn, the show seems to draw a good amount of its Joker from the DC Animated Universe. (Mitch)
- At times, it's totally aware of its limitations and acts tongue-in-cheek about the concept. But this didn't seem to always be the case, as some scenes may have taken a little too seriously. This confused the issue when trying to decipher whether or not they actually thought the Joker's "magic tricks" would provide legitimate entertainment to the all ages audience. (Chris)
- The heavy-handed dialog really created an issue logically for characters trying to maintain a secret identity. "THIS IS FOR JOHN AND MARY GRAYSON. YOU KILLED THEM. THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF ME, ROBIN, A.K.A. DICK GRAYSON. BRUCE WAYNE IS BATMAN." Okay, I may have embellished a little. (Mitch)
- Despite all of the show's limitations, it was certainly better than Batman and Robin. Batman Live is, after all, meant to be a circus. (Chris)
Written by Mitch Skinner, Radio K volunteer, with assistance from Chris Dale.


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We just recently had a new logo designed for our consulting firm and now need to do a design for business cards and stationery.
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In the past we have used a vertical business card layout but am open to horizontal as well.
We work with companies in the entertainment, high tech, gaming and broadcast television sectors so most of our contacts are very hip, progressive, innovative and design savvy.
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Civil Liberties Advocates, Not 'Gun Advocates'
In this NPR story Nina Totenberg gives both sides their say. But twice she refers to the people advocating Second Amendment rights as "gun advocates" (and once as "gun rights advocates"). That's not the language NPR uses in other such cases. In 415 NPR stories on abortion, I found only one reference to "abortion advocates," in 2005. There are far more references, hundreds more, to "abortion rights," "reproductive rights," and "women's rights." And certainly abortion‐rights advocates would insist that they are not "abortion advocates," they are advocates for the right of women to choose whether or not to have an abortion. NPR grants them the respect of characterizing them the way they prefer.
Similarly, NPR has never used the phrase "pornography advocates," though it has run a number of stories on the First Amendment and how it applies to pornography. The lawyers who fight restrictions on pornography are First Amendment advocates, not pornography advocates.
And the lawyers who seek to guarantee our rights under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution should be called Second Amendment advocates, or advocates of the right to self‐defense, or civil liberties advocates. Or even "gun rights advocates," as they do advocate the right of individuals to choose whether or not to own a gun. But not "gun advocates."


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Summit County Police Blotter: High-speed chases, hit-and-runs & thieves
Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office. All individuals named are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Cops chase down stolen vehicle on I-70A BMW left to warm up at a motel in Silverthorne was stolen Jan. 15 and the thief led state authorities on a high-speed chase down Interstate 70 before he was caught. The owner of the car reported it stolen after he left it running and unlocked in the parking lot of his motel and returned to find it missing, according to a report from the Silverthorne Police Department. Not long after a Colorado State Patrol trooper spotted the vehicle on the highway in Dumont heading eastbound at 105 mph. The officer radioed another trooper on Floyd Hill and "the chase was on," the report stated. Then another car, reported stolen out of Texas, caught up with authorities and passed the patrol vehicles, trying to help the BMW get away. State authorities followed both vehicles until traffic began to back up on the highway as the chase approached Denver and it was determined it was too dangerous to continue pursuit. The driver of the BMW got away, but the second vehicle, the car thief's partner in crime, crashed in Denver. The woman driving reportedly ran into a nearby office building, pulled a fire alarm and tried to walk out with everyone else as they were evacuating the building. She was arrested, according to the Silverthorne Police report. Authorities found the BMW two weeks later in Waco, Texas. The driver confessed to the crime, the report states. Silverthorne PD: Driver, pedestrian unsure hit-&-run accident occurred Both the driver and the pedestrian involved in a hit-and-run accident in Silverthorne Jan. 17, were unsure a collision had happened. Officers contacted the victim, a man who appeared to have fallen down and had blood on his face, after the accident, according to a report from the Silverthorne Police Department. He told authorities he thought he might have been hit by a car, but he couldn't remember for sure, the report states. It was a license plate and blood found in the snow that confirmed the collision has occurred. When officers located the driver of the vehicle, she reportedly said her windows had been fogged up and she didn't realize she'd hit someone, according to the report. The pedestrian had to be transported to the hospital. The driver was ticketed, the report states.
Jacket stolenA $700 down jacket was reported stolen from a bar in Breckenridge Jan. 15. The owner reportedly told authorities he'd placed his coat on a coat rack in the middle of the bar, and had last seen it around 1 a.m. At closing time, it was gone and no one had turned it in., according to a report from the Breckenridge Police Department. Breckenridge PD: Thief stiffs shuttle driver A shuttle driver in Breckenridge reported $200 stolen Jan. 27 after someone apparently took all the money in his tip jar. The driver said he'd parked his shuttle and gone inside to wait for the passengers he was picking up. He left the doors of the shuttle standing open, according to a report from the Breckenridge Police Department. When he returned, the money was gone. He told authorities he didn't know who might have taken the money, the report stated.
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Oh dear, I seem to have missed almost a whole week of posting here. I'm not going to gnash my teeth and feel too guilty, though – it's been a horrendously busy week and I'm just pleased to have reached the end of it still standing.
The semester began and brought a larger than usual flood of last-minute e-mails, phone calls and door knocks from desperate students wanting into this, that or the other class (and not even just my classes, either), and on top of that, I picked up a cold that has not impacted on my work particularly but has left me feeling rather drained.
In somewhat lesser concerns, I was feeling a little sad that the tulip season seemed to be drawing to an end – I've managed to have fresh tulips in the flat constantly since the beginning of their availability in the shops in early spring and seem to have gone through the entire palette of colours. However, today there were gerberas, a type of flower whose shape seems to take us so much closer to summer. I now have a yellow bunch on the living room window sill (as pictured) and a vase of gorgeous burnt orange ones in my orange and green hideyhole-cum-work-area upstairs (I must take some pictures of those tomorrow when daylight is back).


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ST. JOHN, Channel Islands & LUXEMBOURG: O3b Networks and SES announced yesterday that Digicel has contracted capacity on SES' NSS-9 satellite and O3b's Medium Earth Orbit fleet to provide high quality internet bandwidth for their cellular network in Papua New Guinea.
Under the multi-year agreement, the fast growing mobile phone network provider will use the C-band capacity on the NSS-9 satellite at 183 degrees East and the O3bTrunk service to continue to deliver high-quality voice and high-speed mobile data services to its customers across Papua New Guinea.
"As a long-term partner of Digicel, we understand their business needs and are pleased to meet them again by collaborating with O3b Networks," said Ferdinand Kayser, chief commercial officer at SES. "The contract with Digicel is a fine example of how geostationary and Medium Earth Orbit satellites complement each other to offer a unique connectivity solution.
"The comprehensive coverage of the NSS-9 satellite, coupled with the high throughput and low latency offered by the O3b constellation, will enable Digicel to provide reliable and cost-efficient cellular network services to their customers in Papua New Guinea."
"The comprehensive coverage of the NSS-9 satellite, coupled with the high throughput and low latency offered by the O3b constellation, will enable Digicel to provide reliable and cost-efficient cellular network services to their customers in Papua New Guinea."
John Mangos, CEO of Digicel Papua New Guinea, commented on the agreement, "We at Digicel are continually looking to ensure the best possible customer experience by innovating and delivering the best technology to our customers across the Pacific region.
"We look forward to working with SES and O3b Networks to expand our network capacity to service our growing customer base in Papua New Guinea."
SES and O3b Networks will be at PTC 2013 from January 19 to 23.
SES' vice president of Asia-Pacific Glen Tindall will participate in a roundtable
"Broadcasters and the Carrier ID Initiative" on January 20 at 11am.
Steve Collar will speak at the Executive Insight Roundtable "Improving Efficiency and Expanding Horizons" on Monday January 21 at 11.45am.
####About O3b Networks Ltd.
O3b Networks Ltd. is a global satellite service provider building a next-generation satellite network for telecommunications operators, Internet service providers, enterprise and government customers in emerging markets. The O3b system will combine the global reach of satellite with the speed of a fiber‐optic network providing billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low‐cost, high‐speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity. O3b Networks' investors are SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen & Company, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sofina, Satya Capital and Luxempart. O3b Networks is headquartered in St. John, Jersey, Channel Islands.
About SES
SES is a world-leading satellite operator with a fleet of 52 geostationary satellites. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide.
SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. The culturally diverse regional teams of SES are located around the globe and work closely with customers to meet their specific satellite bandwidth and service requirements.
SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) holds participations in Ciel in Canada and QuetzSat in Mexico, as well as a strategic participation in satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks. Further information under: www.ses.com.


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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is now looking to sue the federal government over its policy of massive data collection on American citizens, including the logging of phone calls and Internet activities.
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"I'm going to be seeing if I can challenge this at the Supreme Court level. I'm going to be asking the Internet providers and all of the phone companies: Ask your customers to join me in a class-action lawsuit," Paul said on "Fox News Sunday."
"If we get 10 million Americans saying, 'We don't want our phone records looked at' then maybe someone will wake up and things will change in Washington."
Paul called the National Security Agency's monitoring of telephone call logs and the Internet an "extraordinary invasion of privacy," noting the agency is monitoring more than "a billion phone calls a day," an alarming number that is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
"I think the American people are with me and I think if you talk to young people who use computers on a daily basis, they are absolutely with me," Paul said, adding that the vast amount of information being collected is actually counterproductive in the war on terror.
"We are looking through so much data that I think it makes our fight against terrorism worse," Paul said.
Want to know how and why America has so rapidly come to resemble the totalitarian society described by novelist George Orwell in "1984," one characterized by universal surveillance? It's all exposed in a special issue of Whistleblower magazine – titled "ONE NATION UNDER SURVEILLANCE: Big Brother is watching in ways Orwell never dreamed."
Paul has been an outspoken critic of the NSA's massive surveillance program, which came under fire after the Guardian reported last week on the agency's collection of phone records from millions of Americans.
On Thursday, he slammed the NSA's activities as an "astounding assault on the Constitution" and accused President Obama's administration of having a worse "bent towards authoritarianism" than former President George W. Bush.
"The irony is that people voted for President Obama hoping for something different," Paul said in a statement. "That's why a lot of people I think are disappointed in the president. They're disappointed in him targeting reporters. There's just a lot to be disappointed about."
On Sunday, Paul raised concerns about the scope of the program, which he said goes far beyond a "modest invasion of privacy."
"I have no problem if you have probable cause," Paul said. "But we're talking about trolling through a billion phone records a day."


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Hundreds of Conservative party members gathered Friday for the final faceoff in the bitter contest for the Calgary Signal Hill nomination.
Tory MP Rob Anders and his sole opponent, former provincial finance minister Ron Liepert, took to the stage of a southwest Calgary auditorium to make their pitch to the party's rank and file at the members-only event.
Both candidates emerged from the forum confident in their performance to woo supporters ahead of the Saturday vote, which is widely expected to decide who will be the riding's next MP, given that the area has been a traditional Tory stronghold.
"A few of the myths he's been trying to spread around the community were put to rest tonight," Liepert told reporters, referring to Anders' depiction of him as a tax-and-spend liberal.
Anders, a career politician and a heavily experienced debater, said he believed he was able to illustrate a "clear contrast" between himself and Liepert, whom he described as a "Red Tory" who has enlisted supporters of other parties to tip the vote in his favour.
"I think people understand the nature of the difference here: somebody who gives straight answers, versus somebody who tries to skate; somebody who's proud of his record, versus somebody's who's trying to run from his record," Anders told reporters.
Brent Harland, who is not a Conservative member but sneaked into the debate, said both candidates largely kept their cool, and he got the sense that the incumbent knows he may be in trouble.
"There was only a couple moments where there was a little bit of emotion added to it, as it is a very emotional battle," Harland said. "For Rob Anders, this could be the end of his political career and he knows it, and you can see that he knows it."
Several members walking into the forum, which media were barred from attending, said they doubted anything they would hear from either candidate would swing their support away from Liepert, which they characterized as a vote against Anders.
"I'm increasingly disillusioned and disappointed with Rob Anders and his right-wing persona and politics, how he runs campaigns," said Marcus Rooke, a lifelong Tory.
Anders has indicated he knows he is in a dogfight, posting on his nomination website an endorsement from Prime Minister Stephen Harper who called the MP a "strong voice" in government and a "valued member of our team."
Influential cabinet minister Jason Kenney threw his support behind the incumbent Friday, saying Anders is a "consistent and principled supporter of our fight for lower taxes," among other priorities. The quote, posted on the MP's website, was confirmed by an official from Kenney's office.
Liepert snarled at the endorsement. "I think Jason Kenney should mind his own business and I think he should concentrate on running in his own riding and not sticking his nose in other people's nominations."
There are an estimated 3,200 Conservative members eligible to vote Saturday in Calgary Signal Hill, a new riding created under redistribution.
Lori Williams, a political scientist at Mount Royal University, said Anders has held onto his seat for so long in part because he is a strong campaigner with loyal supporters. He's often branded himself as the protector of traditional conservative values, portraying opponents as being "not conservative enough," she said.
But Williams said the redrawn riding boundary has carved out some of his traditional support base. This, combined with negative press over some questionable campaign tactics — and given the strength of his challenger — means Anders is in for "a real fight."
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Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 29 Some Characteristics of Producing and Marketing Cuban Sugar By J . L . BARNETT, of the New York Office A SUGAR estate in Cuba divides itself, in the main, into an agricultural and a manufacturing department. The fields are divided into plantations called colonias, and the land on which the mill, administration buildings, and employes' houses are situated is known as the batey. The agricultural department is busily engaged the whole year. During the dead season, from June to December, this department takes care of cultivating, cleaning and ditching old lands, and prepares virgin lands for planting by tumbling and burning timber, cleaning up and reburning fields, cutting and hauling seed cane, and planting seedings. In the grinding season, a very important function of this department, through the transportation section, is to keep the mill supplied with cane. The magnitude of this undertaking is appreciated when it is realized that a mill with a seasonal production of 325,000 bags of sugar grinds every working day approximately 120 cars of cane of 2,000 arrobas each, or 6,000,000 pounds. The yield of cane per caballeria (333 1/3 acres) planted on new lands ranges from 100,000 arrobas commencing with the second crop, to 30,000 at the eighth crop. In order to obtain fairly high yields, re-plantings are made at intervals of from seven to ten years. The sources of cane are from either the company's lands operated by it or rented to outsiders, or from lands owned by independent farmers. When a company's lands are rented, contracts are entered into with the farmers, or colonos, as they are known in Cuba, covering a period of years. The terms of these contracts differ somewhat according to location. Cane grown by a company on its own lands is known as administration cane. This cane is weighed on field scales, located at loading places on the railroad spurs that branch out into the plantations and connect with the batey lines, and again on the batey scales when the cars arrive at the mill. As far as the mill is concerned, no distinction is made between administration cane and that received from others, because the company's plantations are credited for the value of the cane at the same number of arrobas of sugar and the prevailing monthly average prices paid to colonos who own their lands. Because of the high average prices that prevailed for sugar during the grinding season of 1919-1920, a majority of the plantations producing administration cane showed large profits. As all of the cane is cut by hand and hauled by ox-carts, the disbursements made for cutting and hauling administration cane are charged to the plantations from which the cane is taken. Cane cutters are paid by weight. The hauling charge is also based on the weight of the cane and varies according to the distance to the railroad spur as well as whether the company's oxen and carts are used. Drivers employing their own live stock and carts are paid twice as much as those who use the company's equipment. The weights used in paying for cutting and hauling are those recorded by the field scales. For this reason it is essential that these scales be in agreement with those located on the batey. Each cutter has assigned to him a driver who hauls the cane to the field scales. In a number of sugar estates, the field weighers are provided with small liquidation books. These forms are printed in triplicate and the first and second copies are perforated. After the cane is weighed,
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Some characteristics of producing and marketing Cuban Sugar
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The eyes have it
What do your characters' eyes look like?
This is one reason I like speculative fiction. With any other genre, your characters' eyes will be the normal colors – blue, green, hazel, brown, grey, black. Maybe violet, if you're writing romance or women's fiction, and I've seen mismatched eyes once in a thriller. But with SF, the sky's the limit.
There needs to be some reason for a character's eyes being unusual, though, other than the coolness factor. For instance, Phedre in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Dart has a speck of red in one eye because that's a sign of her being chosen by a god – struck by Kushiel's dart. I have a character who's able to change her appearance and who alters her eyes to be permanently orange (the color of flames) after she's forced to watch her son's execution by fire.
Eye color can also be an indication of race, such as the blue-on-blue eyes of the Fremen. Just one caveat here, though – avoid giving an evil race red eyes. That's been done so many times already (drow, vampires, etc.) that I really want to see characters with red eyes who aren't automatically the villains. Red eyes can be pretty too – just make them look like star rubies.
I love the augmentations made to Molly in William Gibson's Neuromancer.
…she has in fact had her eye sockets sealed with vision-enhancing mirrored lenses that were surgically attached to her face.
A character in a fantasy could have something similar – perhaps through a symbiote attached to one eye or simply because their unique biology gives their eyes unusual abilities (e.g. seeing in the dark).
This is where you replace the eyes with something else entirely, which can be very disturbing. Or what about having no eyes at all?
If eyes are the windows to the soul, what do you make of creatures which have no eyes? Wayne Barlowe's Expedition is a detailed and illustrated description of a journey to another planet where none of the species evolved the ability to see. As a result, they appear – and are – incredibly alien.
A similar thing can be done with fantasy races. I have humanoid races whose eyes are replaced by glass, bubbling liquid mud or clusters of small tentacles, though unfortunately these races tend to be hostile. And I'd love to mention a person (or an animal) with a rose blossoming in each eye socket as well. That would be nicely creepy.
In Mark Smith's and Jamie Thomson's role-playing gamebook series The Way of the Tiger, the main character has a magical gem inserted into an empty eye socket. And while this isn't exactly a substitution, Elle Driver from Kill Bill just wouldn't the same without that eyepatch.
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- writtenwyrdd said...
The thing about eyes, though, is everyone switches up the eyes. I can understand why--eyes are the windows to the soul and all that. We tend to interpret subtext, emotion, personality via the eyes (or that's how we think of it). So the focus on the eyes (no pun intended) is really an easy trap for a writer to use.
I always want, first thing, to change the eyes. But I try and resist, try and change something else.
Imagine that your characters, who are generally human in seeming, have a perfectly normal face. How would the reaction when interacting with humans differ if, say, they have a worm-like tentacle instead of a thumb?
Or what if they had a skin texture that freaked people out? People often say snakes are slimy (which is false) but if a race had a slick, sticky surface, it would gross any number of people out.
Being overly hot or chilly to the touch is also disturbing to mankind, because like all these things, it's not 'normal.'
I just think that we limit our writerly options when we go for the eye change first. Eyes are, relatively speaking, a safe bet. And thus they can be overused.
- March 24, 2009 at 7:44 AM
"I have a character who's able to change her appearance and who alters her eyes to be permanently orange (the color of flames) after she's forced to watch her son's execution by fire."
That sounds interesting. Did she alter them on purpose somehow to honor her son, or was it caused by some extremely strong emotional reaction to his death?
- March 24, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Marian Perera said...
Hey Tasha,
The change itself was deliberate, but the reason why is a little from Column A and a little from Column B.
If she were asked why, she'd reply that it was to make sure everyone who looked at her remembered the way her son died. He was a magician, like her, and in their land that's punished by burning at the stake, which is a cruel method of execution.
But on a deeper level, it's her advertising that she's a magician too. You think murdering my son for who he was will stop me from using magic? Look at my eyes and you'll know the answer.
- March 24, 2009 at 8:34 AM
One of my character, a pyromancer, has amber colored eyes that shift from black all the way to entirely white depending on her mood (and the intensity of her attacks). Her hair can also shift color from red,to blond, and also white as well.
- March 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Madison said...
I have characters with lavender eyes in my humerous middle grace sci-fi Help! My Parents Are From Outer Space!
- March 24, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Kami said...
I'm just glad for any relief from the blond hair and blue eyes. I have to admit that purple eyes in fantasy female characters is one of my red flags for beginner writer in fantasy, though. This may be an irrational thing on my part.
- March 24, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Kami said...
Lavender is different from purple, though! Heh. Amethyst is the usual descriptor. I have nothing against purple eyes--I think they're kewl. They just seem to be really common in fantasies written by people just starting out.
- March 24, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Marian Perera said...
Eyes that are described as "lavender" always make me think of Drizzt Do'Urden from R. A. Salvatore's books, because his eyes were always "lavender" (signifying his goodness among the dark elves' evil).
I read a lot of those books, and I guess they've left an indelible (and lavender) stain on my memory. :)
- March 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Took the words out of my mouth Marian!
- March 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Marian Perera said...
Hey writtenwyrdd,
It's true that speculative fiction writers (and perhaps writers in general) rely a lot on eye changes. I think one reason is that it's generally easier to establish and describe eye changes to readers.
When I first started writing, I tried SF and came up with some alien race where the males lived as internal symbionts on the females. But it was very difficult to stress that to the readers, to remind them, every so often, that this apparently human-looking woman wasn't.
Whereas if she had had multiple eyes or compound eyes, her alien-ness would have been much more evident, because it would have been easier to toss off casual mentions of these. Of course, this is also a matter of the writer's skill as well as of the material - almost anything can be made intriguing and different. Eyes just happen to be easier, as you mentioned.
I like your examples too. I think they've inspired me to write another blog post on all the things that can be changed besides eyes.
- March 25, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- Marian Perera said...
Hey ralfast,
I did the eyes-change-color-with-emotions too, except it was a feature of an entire race. They tended to distrust people whose eyes stayed one color, since it was more difficult to discern such people's emotions.
Hair color change is a bit more difficult to pull off on a biological level, so I've never tried it. Didn't J. K. Rowling have a character who did that through magic, though?
- March 25, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Yes, that would be Nymphadora "Tonks". She could change her entire body, but mostly changed her hair color to fit her mood.
Amy, the character in my book, suffers from involuntary changes. They reflect her emotional state as much as the intensity of her powers. I wanted the eyes/hair to reflect the shifts in the color of fire which is the element she is linked too. She is an aspect of the triple goddess, the Daughter to be precise.
I went so far as to create a trilogy within a trilogy:
I decided that instead of fighting the stereotypes I would embrace the archetypes. I hope I can pull it off.
- March 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Your post reminded me of Octavio Paz's The Blue Bouquet. It's not fantasy, but deliciously creepy nonetheless...
- March 25, 2009 at 1:04 PM


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The Artist may have won Best Film and Best Director last night but The Help's victories in acting ensemble and lead and supporting actresses gave it a huge boost as we head toward Oscar nomination day on January 24.
The Help is exactly the kind of film the Academy would love to honour. Remember Crash? Crash was a gross simplification. I'd almost feel better about The Help if we could call it an oversimplification. But The Help is, in some ways, a lot more dangerous. As I've already noted, several times, I am not a fan of The Help - not the book and not the movie. And the actors have nothing to do with it. But the success of a film like The Help provides absolution that it's too easy, too weak. And it also gives Hollywood an excuse to say that it's doing enough to represent culture at every level which... please.
You know what's crazy to me too? People talk about The Help like it's a true story. Like it's so inspiring because it actually happened. That's the point. The Help never happened. The Help could never have happened. Pretending like it could have is what I mean about easy absolution, and for some it feels like it's a rewriting of what actually did happen, so as to ignore the real conversation about why it never happened. I'm not sure we need to be celebrating that.
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If history is written by the victors, then the history of pit bulls depends on which side of the breed you're on.
Does the dog have a history of combat? Yes.
Does it have a history of being a popular family dog? Also yes.
Can it be both types of animal at once? Apparently, yes and yes.
The answers are embedded in centuries of interaction with mankind.
According to the American Pit Bull Registry, the roots of today's breeds may go back to the ancient Romans. At the time of Minos in Crete, the sport of bull baiting was popular and dogs were used.The sport was developed as part of the worship honoring the warrior god Mithras.
As the Roman tribes moved around they took their wild, ferocious dogs with them, according to the Registry. By the 1700's there were two primary bull-fighting dogs that developed, both referred to as bulldogs.
People selectively bred different dogs to get the fighting attributes they wanted, sometimes mixing them with English dogs also used to bait bulls, the Registry says.
By the time of the early 1800's a dog emerged similar to the American Pit Bull of today.
In 1835 bull baiting was banned and some owners changed to a sport known as ratting, where a number of rats were placed in a pit with a dog for a specified time. According to the Registry, this is where the "Pit" in the Pit Bull American Terrier name came from.
It is believed that the practice of mixing bulldogs and terriers began in the town of Staffordshire, England and the outcome became known as the Staffordshire Bull and terrier, according to the source.
Due to the strength, agility and gameness of this newfound breed some people began to fight some of the dogs with each other.
As colonization of America and Canada began people brought their dogs. They became known as Pit Bull Terriers. The breed flourished in America, according to Bulldogbreeds.com. It was a popular, highly prized breed.
The story continues with this from Pit Bull Rescue Central, a source favored by pit bull supporters and animal welfare officials alike:
Since the very beginning in America, pit bulls have been used as farm dogs, family dogs, military mascots, and all-purpose companions. They were trusted to watch the children while the adults worked in the fields.
In England, the Staffie Bull became affectionately known as "The Nanny Dog" or "The Children's Nursemaid" because of their placid and nurturing demeanor toward children.
From their inception, these dogs were bred for general human companionship, and since the 1900s, they have been bred for confirmation showing as well.
As the years passed, pit bulls achieved a position of reverence among Americans, and they appeared in advertising campaigns such as Buster Brown and Pup Brand. A classic children's television show, The Little Rascals, featured Petey the Pit Bull. The pit bull is the only breed to have been on the cover of Life magazine three times.
Many highly respected historical figures have owned pit bulls: President Woodrow Wilson, President Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, and Thomas Edison, to name a few.
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The breed's image remained mostly positive until the late 1970s when some widely publicized attacks on children started to turn the public's perception, says Karen Delise, a veterinary technician who has studied fatal dog attacks for 15 years and is author of the book "The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths and Politics of Canine Aggression."
Delise blames the music industry – along with media and the Internet – for making the pit bull the devil dog dejour.
Today, many see the pit bull as either the center of a rural, white tradition of animal baiting or the the vicious dog snarling on the cover of rap CDs, or mauling other dogs for big-time purses as in the recent case involving NFL star Michael Vick.
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Despite its diminutive name, Les Alpilles, literally meaning the Little Alps is a rich and diverse area which makes it a popular tourist destination. During the summer, it may be one to avoid if traffic and crowds are not what you are after, but during the winter the area is calmer, and although some restaurants and shops are closed for the season, it is a small price to pay in order to enjoy the region in peace and calm. Wine writer and French resident Liz Gabay MW pays a visit and gives us this account.
Les Alpilles are a range of jagged limestone hills, rising to 387m, which run west to east for around 25km, and 10km north to south. On the eastern side, the Durance River separates the region from the hills of the Luberon before flowing westwards, north of Les Alpilles. Between the river and the hills, lies a large fertile region, criss-crossed with streams and irrigation canals and filled with orchards and market gardens. North-west of Les Alpilles, the Durance joins the Rhône which then flows past the western edge of the hills. To the south the hills slope down to the now-drained marshes of Les Baux and the Rhône delta. The vineyards are located on the foothills of Les Alpilles, scattered between olive groves, Mediterranean scrub and forest.
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The vineyards of Les Alpilles are to be found in a circle surrounding the hills, and due to the very varied terroir (in all senses of the word – soils, aspect and micro-climate) the wines, labelled as AOC Les Baux-de-Provence or IGP Les Alpilles, have the potential to develop strong regional character within the appellations – I say potential, because outside of a serious blind tasting of all the wines, the subtleties of each region combined with winemaking variations, make it difficult to always spot these variations.
The majority of the wines produced are red, made from varying percentages of Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and an assortment of Provencal grapes. Most reds have a pronounced rich, concentrated black fruit and berry character with firm tannins. Rosé wines are often full-bodied, slightly darker in colour than many of their Provencal counterparts and more Rhône-style, as well as better suited to accompany a meal. White wines only received the Les Baux appellation in 2012, and many vineyards still offer IGP Les Alpilles wines from a range of grape varieties. Those with a higher percentage of Roussane tend to be more Rhône-like, those with more Rolle and Ugni Blanc closer to Provencal whites. The Les Baux AOC is also the very first appellation in France to stipulate that all wines must be organic.
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Water sources play an important part in the local agriculture. Derivations of the Gallo-roman word for water 'eig' are found in the place names of Aix to the south-east, Eyguières, Eyragues and Eygalieres in the region of Les Baux, and Aigues-Mortes to the south-west. Fresh-water springs attracted the Celts, Ligurians, Greeks and Romans and the area is rich in archaeological remains. In the middle of Les Alpilles lies the archaeological site of Glanum, a Roman town including roads, houses, baths, temples and the foundations of a Fumarium or wine-smoking room. The site also boasts a small café where you can eat Roman style food. The wine estate Domaine Dalmeran lies on the original Roman via Domitia which linked Glanum to Beaucaire on its way to Spain; Roman wells and buildings can still be seen.
To the south of Glanum lies the hilltop village and castle of Les Baux ('baou' in the Provencal language means cliff), whose history is the stuff of legends: Fearsome rulers who made their enemies walk through the window to their death on the plains below, troubadours, strategic marriages to many of Europe's ruling houses, wealth, splendour and finally destruction. By the 18th century the castle and village were abandoned, but restoration began in the late-19th century, when artists and writers were attracted to the region by the climate, clear sunlight and the possibility to live cheaply. The first to come were Van Gogh (who painted the farm Mas de la Dame) and Daudet (who wrote 'Letters from my Windmill' in Fontvieille) in the 1880s; during the Second World War artistic refugees fled south from Paris and in the 1950s, René Dürrbach, painter, sculptor and friend to Picasso, moved to the region, buying Domaine de Trévallon in 1960.
Exploring the region
Visiting the vineyards is relatively easy, if you follow the road which encircles Les Alpilles. Starting in the north-west, between Orgon and Saint Rémy are Valdition, Romanin, Terres Blanches and Hauvette. West of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, facing the Rhône valley, you will find Dalmeran and Trévallon and to the south, Estoublon (with château, restaurant and shop), Mas Sainte Berthe, Mas de la Dame, Gourgonnier, and Lauzières. Many vineyards also make and sell their own olive oil, and it is also possible to visit olive oil producers. Moulin Castelas offers olive oil tastings with a range of oils from light fresh and fruity with hints of artichoke and pepper made from green olives, to dark rich and strongly flavoured oils made with black olives. The harvest is early November with the new oil ready for sale by December.
Saint Rémy-de-Provence is a great base from which to explore the region. A beautiful town in its own right, with abundant architectural evidence of its prosperous history, it is close enough to Avignon to be a commuter town, pretty enough to attract a large number of tourists and stylish enough to boast a number famous residents. The town is vibrant, if not cheap.
Wednesday mornings see a magnificent market, which spreads throughout the town turning it into a vibrant, throbbing shopping centre. Indulge in cakes from the exquisite patisserie Marshal Mitchell, savour the perfectly aged cheeses in a tasting with Monique Mayer (both on Place Joseph Hilaire), or treat yourself to the amazing array of chocolates, including one flavoured with black olives, from Joël Durand (Boulevard Victor Hugo). Restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets can be found in and around Saint Rémy from Michelin starred (Baumanière, Ma Maison…) to pizza places. Do look out for local specialities from the Camargue – wild rice and gamey beef in particular.
Contact details for all the wineries can be found on Les Baux' appellation website that is in French, and for more details along with some extra information on the surrounding region, take a look at the Wine Travel Guide to Aix-en-Provence and Les Baux.
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Hope athletic teams begin their respective seasons with specific goals the athletes and coaches aspire to attain. The ultimate goal is the opportunity to play in post-season NCAA championships. Athletes in four of Hope's eight fall sports teams had that opportunity.
Teams in men's soccer and volleyball gained automatic berths in the NCAA Division III tournaments as representatives of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Runners in women's and men's cross country ran with the nation's elite after qualifying at the Great Lakes Regional, which Hope hosted.
The regular-season race toward the Commissioner's Cup of the MIAA is once again a showdown between two rivals. The Cup's standings are determined by the best cumulative finishes in the league's 18 sports for men and women. Through the fall, Calvin has a four-point lead over defending champion Hope.
An amazing second-half run of seven consecutive victories pulled the Flying Dutchmen from the middle of the standings to the top as MIAA men's soccer co-champions with rival Calvin. Two of Hope's regular-season victories were over Calvin. The team's MIAA championship-clinching win was the 200th in league play under coach Steven Smith, who became just the third coach in the 40-year history of MIAA soccer to reach that milestone. The Flying Dutchmen, who finished with a 13-6-2 record, lost 1-0 to North Park, Ill., in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Junior goalkeeper Logan Neil of Holland, Mich., was voted the MIAA's most valuable player. He was joined on the All-MIAA first team by senior mid-fielder Shaun Groetsema of Augusta, Mich., and junior back David Whitaker of Vicksburg, Mich.
Logan Neil and his father, Hope's men's basketball coach Matt Neil '82, have the distinction of being the first father-son Hope athletes to receive All-MIAA MVP honors. Matt was selected the MIAA's most valuable basketball player his senior season.
The Flying Dutch finished seventh in the MIAA women's soccer standings and posted an overall 6-9-3 record. Senior Courtney Cook of Grand Rapids, Mich., was voted to the All-MIAA team for the third time in her career. A season highlight was marking the 100th victory over nine years under coach Leigh Sears.
Nationally ranked throughout the season, the Flying Dutch posted two victories over rival Calvin late in the season to gain a conference co-championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year. The Flying Dutch, who finished with a 27-4 record, advanced to the second round of the playoffs before bowing.
Senior Jacie Fiedler of Richmond, Ill., was named a second-team Division III All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Teammates Greer Bratschie, a sophomore setter from East Grand Rapids, Mich., and Cassidy Bulthuis, a senior outside hitter from Nunica, Mich., received honorable mention All-America recognition. Fiedler and Bratschie earlier were named to the All-MIAA first team.
Cross Country
For the first time in more than 20 years, Hope was host to nearly 500 runners for the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional. The home course was to the liking of Hope's athletes. The Flying Dutch qualified as a team for the national championships for the first time in 12 years, while the Flying Dutchmen advanced a runner to the finals for the third time in five years.
The Flying Dutch finished 19th in a field of 32 women's teams at the championship meet. Hope finishers among the 279 runners were junior Kelly Luftkin of Houghton, Mich, 69th; sophomore Taylor Mattarella of Traverse City, Mich., 80th; junior Karlyn Sikma of Grand Rapids, Mich., 100th; sophomore Sharon Hecker of Grandville, Mich., 103rd; freshman Camille Borst of Allendale, Mich., 110th; senior Emily Fischer of Naperville, Ill., 138th; and junior Kate Nelson of Williamston, Mich., 178th. Junior Nate Love of Midland, Mich. was 61st in the field of 279 runners in the men's championship. Fischer, Hecker, Mattarella, Love and Luftkin received All-MIAA first team honors.
Senior Chris Ansel of Zeeland, Mich., maintained a tradition of golf excellence at Hope by winning MIAA medalist honors. The Flying Dutchmen finished third in the team standings, while Ansel topped all players with a seasonal average of 72.5 strokes over eight tournaments. He was joined on the All-MIAA squad by junior teammate Nick Campbell of Saline, Mich., who was a first-team honoree for the second time. Ansel's medalist honors marked the 12th time in the last 13 years that a Hope golfer has led the MIAA field.
For the third consecutive year, the Flying Dutch finished third in the seasonal MIAA women's golf standings.
The Flying Dutchmen were .500 in conference games, but for the third consecutive year finished with a 3-7 overall record.
Four players received All-MIAA first-team honors for a second consecutive year: senior wide receiver Kyle Dietrich of Gobles, Mich.; junior offensive tackle Josh Droppers of Kalamazoo, Mich.; senior linebacker Zach Jones of Three Rivers, Mich.; and senior defensive back Kyle Warren of Grandville, Mich.
Dietrich, who set a Hope career record for pass reception yardage, and Jones, the MIAA's leading tackler as a junior and senior, were invited to play in post-season Division III all-star football games.


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LeTourneau University's new South Residence Hall has been recognized for excellence by a national jury of architects. The newest addition to LETU residence halls will be featured in the American School & University 2012 Architectural Portfolio honoring education design excellence.
The building will be featured in the November 2012 issue and also on the Web at www.SchoolDesigns.com.
"A vibrant residential learning environment is one of our priorities at LeTourneau University," said LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford. "This competition honors design excellence and effective learning environments and we are most pleased South Hall has been selected as an excellent example of both."
LETU board chair Nancy Mendez of Whittier, Calif., congratulated Lunsford for the university receiving this honor. "Congratulations to you and your staff on building a beautiful and functional student residence," Mendez said. "It is great for the university and a wonderful pat on the back as you break ground for the new student center."
South Hall was designed by Design Collaborative, a Fort Wayne, Ind., design and architectural firm that has also designed the university's new 60,000-square-foot Anna Lee and Sidney Allen Family Student Center, currently under construction in the middle of the university campus and is slated for completion in 2014.
Mendez also recognized the LeTourneau University Board of Trustees Facilities Committee for its work in the design and construction of South Hall. The committee is chaired by Arkansas architect Wayne Trull. Published by Penton Media, Inc., American School & University is the premier publication devoted to education facilities and business administration.
A jury of American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education members and education administrators evaluated submissions from architectural firms, schools and universities across the country. The jury considered the following specific criteria to make its selections: student-centric 21st-century schools, community use/partnerships, sustainability/energy efficiency, design that is reflective of culture and community, design that respects its environment, flexibility, maintenance and materials.
In addition, the jury considered that students want to learn where they live - that the design should consider new trends and users should enjoy the environment, incorporating informal spaces for learning, such as the outdoors. The jury also commented that the design process should be inclusive and explain how a facility has to change to those who may be resistant.
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Opportunity to Learn
Play is a natural activity for every young child. Play provides many opportunities for children to learn and grow - physically, mentally and socially. If play is the child's work then toys are the child's tools, and appropriate toys can help children do their work well.
Mouthing Could Potentially be Harmful
Young children explore objects in their environment by "mouthing" them. Children can choke to death on such items. These items include toys (such as balloons and small balls), and household food items (such as hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, coins, batteries, etc.). Although toys intended for older children should be free of small parts that could cause choking incident, toys intended for older children may find their way into hands of younger children. Reminder: Be sure to keep all small items out of the hands of children who mouth objects, especially children under the age of three. Remind three and four year old children to keep such items out of their mouths. Instruct older children to keep these items out of reach of younger children.
What Makes a Good Toy?
A parent or friend Choosing a toy for a child must consider several things. A good toy should be:
- safe for that child's age, well constructed, and durable;
- appealing and interesting to the child.
- suited to the child's physical capabilities; and
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Major areas of consideration for all toys are safety and durability. Toys should be constructed to withstand the uses and abuses of children in the age range for which the toy is appropriate.
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- 1 baked and cooled 9' deep dish pie crust
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 cup heavy cream, divided
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place the chopped chocolate, butter, and vanilla extract in a 2-quart mixing bowl; set aside. In a medium saucepan away from heat, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa and salt. Whisk in 1/4 cup of cold heavy cream until the mixture is smooth, with no lumps. Repeat with another 1/4 cup of the cream. Whisk in the egg yolks. Place the saucepan over medium heat, and gradually whisk in the remaining cream and milk. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly as the mixture thickens; boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the mixture over the reserved chocolate and butter. Whisk until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Place plastic wrap or buttered parchment paper on the surface to prevent a skin from forming, and chill thoroughly.
Place the heavy cream in a chilled mixing bowl. Whip until the whisk begins to leave tracks in the bowl. Add the sugar and vanilla and whip until the cream holds a medium peak.
Transfer the cooled filling to the cooled, baked pie crust. Level the top with the back of a spoon or an offset spatula. Spoon or pipe the whipped cream on top. Chill the pie until ready to serve.


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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Come Use My Can.
I couldn't part with it. I just couldn't.
The Daddy-o suggested trading it with a different door. "How about the bathroom?" He said.
Silly Daddy. A chalkboard, inside a bathroom?
Wait a second. . . this is pure genius. PURE GENIUS.
Note: trading a door by oneself, whilst trying to break a swearing habit is not recommended.
But do you see the beauty of this? I can now leave my family and guests secret messages, only to be seen, door closed, by the potty-sitter.
What am I suggesting? Read on.
If only I could really write this well.
The possibilities are endless.
25 comments:
- iammommahearmeroar said...
Oh my goodness Mandi. You are SO funny. I can't even pick my favorite.....I'm rolling on the ground here. You're great.
- February 20, 2011 at 3:14 PM
I'm sitting here reading all that you wrote and cracking up! My son keeps asking what's so funny. I especially love the one about little boys peeing haphazardly! I need this one for my boys bathroom! Thanks for sharing!
- February 20, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Anita @ GoingALittleCoastal said...
You are a genius! I love this idea. Smells travel is my favorite. My son had dry erase markers in his apartment bathroom where guests would leave him messages on the mirror.
- February 20, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- Unknown said...
Ha ha. Thanks for the laugh! The last one is my fave!
- February 20, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- Audra said...
Genius! Sheer Genius! I would imagine this may cause guest to dawdle a while longer in the potty just for the use of chalk board!
- February 20, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Tracy's Trinkets and Treasures said...
Maybe it's good I am not your neighbor and don't have to use the bathroom and see the thin walls message. I might just die. :) Fun idea.
- February 20, 2011 at 4:03 PM
- Teri said...
Thanks a lot, Mandi. Cliff just told me to "shut it over there" because I'm laughing louder than his hockey game. Way to get me in trouble. (Don't worry. I blamed you.)
- February 20, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Heidi said...
Oh man! Thanks great! I hope you'll leave a piece of chalk so they can write you back!
- February 20, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Unknown said...
Your right. A chalkboard in the bathroom is a great idea! Especially when you can come up with such side splitting comments!
- February 20, 2011 at 7:44 PM
- Daddy-O said...
- February 20, 2011 at 9:32 PM
- Kristina @ A Home Made by Kiki said...
Just came across your blog the other day because someone suggested you were hilarious...lol! Love the bathroom comments...makes me seriously consider a chalkboard in my bathroom! :)
- February 20, 2011 at 9:40 PM
- F e l i c i t y said...
Okay, that really is pure genius. That kind of thing would go well in my house. I can't believe how hysterically funny all of those ideas are! The little boys one...so true! We've got three little men in our house. Yeah....
I wish I could come visit you, just to see and use your bathroom door!
Love your blog, by the way - especially the header! * snort *
I'm featuring this post on my blog tomorrow - just a heads up. :D
Felicity, at {Simple Elegance}
- February 20, 2011 at 11:10 PM
- Char @ Crap I've Made said...
We used to have a sign in our bathroom that said "My aim is to keep this bathroom clean. Your aim will help."
- February 21, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- Sueann said...
Ha! Thanks for the laugh this morning! Great bathroom messages!!!! You could just leave chalk near the door and let people write messages to you!!! Just a thought
- February 21, 2011 at 3:42 AM
- Jessica at Me Sew Crazy said...
This CRACKED me up!!!! Thank you so much for the Monday morning laugh :)
- February 21, 2011 at 3:44 AM
- Brad Bacom said...
That is perfect. I enjoy reading your blog because I never know what I will find.
- February 21, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Emily said...
Those are so funny! I can imagine people going in there not knowing you put something on the door and they just start laughing! What a good idea.
- February 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Cathy M~(checkitoff) said...
this is super fun! are you going to turn over the chalk to the munchkins? we wanna know what they have to say!! {thanks for your sweet comment about my mom~she battled breast cancer last year while my dad battled prostrate cancer. the new cancer is non Hodgkins lymphoma and she will start chemo next week. prayers please?} hugs, Cathy
- February 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Unknown said...
That is soooo awesome!
You know what I secretly think? Why don't they just put chalkboard paint on the stalls in kid's restrooms at schools, then at least you could erase whatever they wrote at the end of the day, right???
- February 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Leslie@leserleeslovesandhobbies said...
LOL!!!! I love it. Now I'm off to the Home Depot for some chalkboard paint. Not really, but that would be awesome, hunh?
- February 21, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Dave'sWife@{thediaryofdaveswife} said...
HOLY MOLY! I Agree this is PURE GENIUS. Found you via A Girl and a Glue Gun, and I am HOOKED. ♥ DavesWife
- February 21, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- Unknown said...
OH. MY. I should just learn not to drink beverages while reading your posts. Laughing, followed by snorting, then spewing icewater on computer is not good for it.
- February 21, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Taylor Swim said...
Those are genius. I'd be in there scribbling all the time. I love it. There is nothing like a good laugh while you're on the throne.
- February 22, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Darling Lou Photography said...
i'm not sure if you've ever checked out this site http://www.i-do-it-yourself.com
but she has some amazing printables that are great for like printable fabric and such, fun ideas. anyway i love your blog, keep up the amazing work!
- February 24, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- Melissa Lester said...
Those are so funny! I got a kick out them and knew my boys (ages 9 and 11) would find them hysterical. Come to think of it, my husband would probably like these, too. They love the potty humor. Your boys must think you rock!
Congrats on your TCB feature! You do wonders with moulding.
- February 24, 2011 at 9:31 PM


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Hello Friends!
Happy New Year's to you and yours! I hope the holidays were filled with good times! Now that the holidays are over, I know a few brides that are panicking to get their wedding invitations done and in the mail. Since it is my turn for Impression Obsession DT Thursday, I thought I would share a little wedding invitation inspiration. Sorry about the bad photo, I am having technical difficulties but you get the idea.
Create a 6 1/2" x 5 " card base and edge the front side edge with one of the borders from the Border Duo 1 DIE SET DIE017-V.
Cut Floral Lace Heart DIE054-S with silver mirror paper pop up over a dotted embossed panel. Add a white Satin ribbon bow to the center of the Floral Lace Heart DIE054-S Edge the bottom edge of the embossed panel the same border from the Border Duo 1 DIE SET DIE017-V. Add a strip of white satin ribbon and a line of pearls to the embossed panel. Adhere to a silver mirror mat.
The tag is one of the tags from the Christmas Tags DIE223-Z with the words trimmed off the bottom. One of the sentiments from the Heart Beats CL562 set was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. Tie a little white satin ribbon on the tag with some silver metallic string and ribbon and add a pearl. Pop it up on the white panel. Easy Peasy!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!
Other Products Used~Sizzix Embossing Folder, Pop Dots, White Satin Ribbon, Silver Metallic String, Versamark, Siver Embossing Powder.


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For one- and two-family dwellings - consult the National Electric
Code - 2002 Edition Current N.C. Amendments.
What is the function of a smoke detector?
A smoke detector/alarm is a device used to measure amounts of smoke
and signa an audible sound announcing a potential hazardous condition.
When and where are smoke detectors required to be installed?
1. On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping area
in the vicinity of bedrooms.
2. In each room used for sleeping purposes.
3. In each story within a dwelling unit, including basements and
cellars but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics.
4. The units shall be interconnected such that the activation
of one alarm will activate all alarms.
5. When primary power is interrupted the smoke alarm shall receive
power from a battery.
6. The smoke alarm shall be supplied by a single branch circuit
serving one or more of the required lighting outlets and permanently
connected ahead of the switching devices.
Where can I find more information about the requirements of
smoke detectors?
Additional information can be found in the 2002 or current edition
of the National Electrical Code Section 210.71.
What does "in existing areas" mean?
Where construction does not result in the removal of wall or ceiling
finish (to expose the building structure). Otherwise a batter operated
device shall be allowed to meet these requirements. This exception
is to be applied only if the finish surface is not removed in the
area where smoke alarms are required. An alarm is not required to
be hardwired if wall or ceiling finishes are not removed. If the
work is requiring a smoke alarm to be installed, openings in the
wall or ceiling, the alarm must be hardwired and if not, the alarm
may be battery operated.
Is a permit required to install smoke alarms?
Electrically operated (hardwired) smoke alarms require a $25.00
permit. Battery operated smoke alarms do not require a permit and
the owner is responsible for maintaining compliance.
Additional Information
The smoke alarm must be approved and listed and shall be installed
in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
An Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter is:
A device intended to provide protection from the effects of arc
faults by recognizing characteristics unique to arcing and by functioning
to de-energize the circuit when an arc fault is detected.
All branch circuits that supply 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and
20- ampere outlets installed in dwelling unit bedrooms shall be
protected by an arc-fault circuit interrupter listed to provide
protection of the entire branch circuit.
Using microprocessor technology, the device senses fluctuations
in electrical waves that indicate arcing or sparking along the conductors.
The AFCI's will open a circuit inside walls that have been damaged
by nails, screws, staples, and many other ways. It may take a year
or even ten years before it becomes a fire. The new circuit breaker
(microchip) senses the slow build-up of heat from the damaged conductor
or loose connection and opens the circuit before it turns into a
damaging fire.
Does a lighting outlet installed in a closet that has entry
from a bedroom have to be protected?
Yes, see NEC 210.12b.
Must the smoke detector be AFCI protected?
Yes, NEC.
Are AFCI required in the following applications?
1. Room air conditioner plug connect Bedroom. Yes.
2. Burglar alarm system in basement plug connected. No, 210.8.a.5.
exc. #3.
3. All bedroom outlets. Yes.
4. Smoke detectors installed in bedroom. Yes.
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