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With their bright red cables and metal earpieces, when you open the PowerJax headphones there's really no doubt that these are made by Atomic Floyd. Of course, you might not have heard of the company, but take it from us, the style very much belongs to them.
What makes these different from the rest of the range is mainly that these are its most affordable earphones. And, Atomic Floyd says, just because they're a bit cheaper doesn't mean we've put any less love in to them. We're paraphrasing there; we're pretty sure they didn't mention love at all in their promotional material.
But can these £99 headphones compete with Dr Dre and FannyWang? Well, Atomic Floyd is certainly a daft enough name...
The red cable is striking, but it's also made of a material that resists tangling. We know, it sounds absurd, but actually, they do stay reasonably free of knots, and that's a good thing. Dump them in a pocket and they should come out in a decent state, and while there will be some tangling, it will be quite easy to get them ready-to-listen again quite quickly.
The earpieces themselves are made from metal. This is incredibly cool, and also makes for a decent weight. They feel good in your ear and while heavier than many headphones, they won't fall out - at least, they didn't for us.
One thing to note is that although the metal construction is a good thing for longevity and build-quality, it will very possibly end up with your scratching your phone if you leave it in the same pocket as these headphones. It's a really minor point - but it does bear thinking about.
As is often standard these days, you get a microphone, volume controls and a multi-function button. The volume control will only - it seems - work on iOS devices. However, both the microphone and the multifunction button work with other devices. We were able, for example, to skip tracks on our Galaxy Note II with it. And the microphone allowed us to make Skype calls with no problem.
Although these features might work, there's no promise they do, because they're targeted at Apple devices. You might get lucky, but don't bet the farm on it.
Included in the pack are three different sizes of rubber tips. It's worth spending some time testing these to find the best pair for your ears. Shoddy-fitting tips mean you'll get less bass and more noise will get in. It's amazing actually how much it will improve the sound quality if you select a pair that fits your ears well.
The first thing we want to say about the PowerJax is that they have a very specific sound profile. They are exceptionally bright in the mid and high-range sounds, although with a decent recording that should all stay pretty much in-check and give you a nice overall sound.
However, nip on to Spotify, listen to an MP3 or internet radio station, and you'll start to notice those high-end sounds are a little bit too heavy-handed. It's probably easy to say, "Well, use high-quality sound then" and that would help. But it's not the complete solution, and who can avoid low-quality audio anyway, and more to the point, why should we when other firms get it right?
READ: Phonak Audeo PFE 232 earphones review
Music is one thing, but we actually loved the PowerJax a lot more for TV and movie watching. Here, it feels like the pushy mid and high-ranges help the dialogue, while the very powerful low-end make explosions, and the other deep rumbles you get in movie soundtracks sound brilliant. Perhaps if you're not a music lover these could carve a niche in your soul.
We did notice that the PowerJax are also incredibly loud. Something that might sound a bit daft, but compared to our reference headphones, on the same material, on the same device, with the same volume level, these are louder. That's not a massive surprise, because all speakers and headphones respond differently - based on their Ohm rating - but we found it handy, considering our normal daily headphones are often far too quiet, despite dire warnings from the phone about damaging our hearing.
An additional benefit, is that the PowerJax form a nice seal in your ear. This means that they're able to block out external sounds, which increases both the quality and clarity of your music. It also means you don't need to have the volume so loud.
There's some good stuff here, and there's some not good stuff. First of all though, these headphones are by far the clearest example to us of something that you really need to audition yourself.
Audio-quality from the PowerJax is great. That's to say, they are clear as a whistle and given the right input, sound terrific. The big problem is that they are far too bright in the mid and high-frequencies for our liking.
And here, again, we reach the caveat. We didn't like the sound profile of these headphones. You, on the other hand, may adore them. We had to EQ the living mercy out of our music to get it to how we wanted, but once we did, we respected and enjoyed using the PowerJax.
For £100, these earphones punch above their weight. The problem is, they seem to be very extreme. They will push a lot of bass, mid and treble to your ears but they don't work, in terms of that perfect balance unless you adjust the sound output. That makes them incredibly hard to score, and also requires that with our score you understand that they won't appeal to everyone.


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Children form intense and profound attachments to toys, and because dolls have a human face, they're often the most beloved toys of all. From baby dolls to Barbie dolls, children use their dolls and action figures to role-play both realistic and fantasy scenarios, exercise their creativity, practice their social skills, and explore their place in the world. That's a lot of responsibility for one little toy! read more
Our doll selection is loaded with cuddles, snuggles, frills, and ruffles. We've got realistic, pretty-in-pink baby dolls from the beloved French manufacturer Corolle, and funky and flirty Groovy Girls from Manhattan Toy. Dress-up dolls help kids learn independent skills, and doll accessories round out the play experience. And every beautiful dolly deserves a beautiful stroller – would would your dolly like to ride in an umbrella stroller just like Mom's, or a doll pram fit for royalty?
Playsets broaden the fantasy scenario outward, whether they're populated with realistic human action figures, animals, or dinosaurs. Schleich of Germany makes some of the coolest figures, with extraordinary details and craftsmanship. And you can't talk about playsets without mentioning Playmobil, whose sets range from single figures to massive immersive play scenarios.
Finally, for retro charm and sheer cuteness, nothing beats the Calico Critters collection from International Playthings. These darling, fuzzy families come with a huge variety of realistic accessories, and we adore their beautifully detailed dollhouses, cars, and clothes.
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Why is Stephane Yelle still out there?
It's about 118 degrees here in the Dater household and, ironically, the hot water heater is out. $500 (plus labor) to get a new one tomorrow, and the guy doing the job gave us the always agreeable hour of 7 a.m. to start. So I'm in a great mood here to begin a blog.
Which leads me to…why is Stephane Yelle without a contract right now, Francois Giguere????
Are you really going to subject your fans to another year of Tyler Arnason as your third-line center? Really? I mean, seriously, do you like seeing the other team's third line scoring on yours all the time?
Listen, Arnason is a decent guy, and he's done some good things for this team. But they've only happened in one place: Edmonton.
The guy has had better scoring numbers in E-Town than Gretz and Mess combined, but there's 28 other teams he has to play against, Francois. And when he's not scoring, which is often, he's not making anybody forget about Frank Selke. Maybe that's harsh. He was only a minus-1, after all. But come on, anybody want to fill me in on any big shutdown moments of his defensively the last couple years? I'm listening.
Stephane Yelle, who remains unsigned and is out there wanting to be signed by somebody, is a guy who might not score many goals either. But he's not going to get scored on much, and he's a great penalty killer.
In case Giguere needs any reminding, here it is: the Avalanche's penalty killing was AWFUL last year.
Maybe I'm being too sentimental here. Maybe Yeller doesn't have much left in the tank. Maybe the league's 30 GMs know something I don't. He is 34 now, and had only three goals in 74 games – a career low.
But Yelle's teams have a funny way of always being winners, and nobody disputes his PK credentials. The fact is, the Avs have been distinctly unimpressive of addressing this woeful area so far this offseason. They seem hellbent on adding every Hanson Brother-type player they can find, but not interested in finding a guy who can, you know, win a faceoff or get the puck and clear it when one of the Hansons are in the box. And the Avs, with their off-season signings so far, figure to be in the box plenty this coming year.
I talked to some Flames watchers, and they think Yelle can still play. He was one of the better Flames in the playoffs, they said, and a reliable player still in his own end.
If the Avs go another year with Arnason miscast as a third-line center, they'll have another year of being in the lower rung of key areas, such as faceoffs and PK. And if you don't think those areas are important, talk to Ken Holland over in Detroit. He might disagree.
But what do you say, folks? Should Yeller get another chance here, or am I overly heated and overly sentimental right now?
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Letter, C [Charles Robinson] to My dear S [Sara Robinson]
Author: Robinson, Charles
Date: January 11, 1861
From Lawrence, K.T., Robinson wrote his wife Sara, who was still in the East, concerning Jim Lane's efforts to destroy Robinson's influence. The governor was not too worried, however, and wrote that he could "by paying a little attention to the matter make him smell worse than ever. He and his friends are already beginning to falter in their course for fear that I will turn the tables on them which I can do with ease.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Collection, # 488, Box 1, Folder 10
Item Number: 101193 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896; Indian Affairs, Commissioner of; Kansas Legislature; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Lincoln administration; Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891; Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911; Stanton, Frederick Perry, 1814-1894; United States. Commissioner of Indian Affairs; United States. Senate; Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
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I know, I know! Molten Chocolate Cake, or Lava Cake, as it is sometimes called, is so YESTERDAY. I am almost perturbed today when I see one on a dessert menu.
I mean, really, can't the pastry chef think of SOMETHING ELSE? Haven't we moved beyond warm, fragrant, oozing, fudgy chocolate soufflé cakes and their requisite ice cream accompaniments?
At the esteemed Paley's Place Bistro & Bar in Portland, Oregon, Chef Vitaly Paley told me that he does not dare remove his famous Warm Chocolate Soufflé Cake with Toasted Hazelnuts & Honey-Vanilla Ice Cream from the menu. There would be an uproar.
At the Heathman Restaurant & Bar, after several years at least, they still serve Chocolate Gourmandise, which is a flourless, molten, Guittard chocolate cake, accompanied by, that's right, vanilla ice cream. I expect that it remains on the menu for the same reason that Chef Paley cited. Diners demand it.
There was a time in the recent past when nearly every trendy restaurant in Portland had a molten chocolate cake on the menu. In true Portlandia style (obsessive, compulsive, weird), I sampled most of them.
At Clarklewis, I devoured Flourless Milk Chocolate Cake with Cinnamon Ice Cream and Chestnut Honey.
At Clyde Common, I dove into Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake with Sherry Raisin Ice cream, Cocoa Fudge Sauce & Hazelnuts.
At Jo Bar, it was Wood Oven Baked Molten Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce and Crème Anglaise.
At Oba!, Cinnamon-Chocolate Volcano Cake with Caramel Crème Fraîche Ice Cream.
At Paragon, Flourless Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Bean Anglaise, Blackberry Coulis, Whipped Cream, and Fresh Blackberries.
At Tabla, Chocolate Truffle Cake with White Chocolate Crème Anglais.
At Toro Bravo, simply Molten Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream.
At Urban Farmer, Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla-Champagne Sorbet & Blood Orange.
At Giorgio's, Warm Soft Chocolate Cake with Homemade Caramel Ice Cream.
At Fenouil (now sadly gone), Chocolate Soufflé Cake with Mint Ice Cream & Peppermint Cacao Lollipop.
At Sel Gris (also sadly gone), Chocolate Overdose: Fallen Chocolate Soufflé, Chocolate Rum Mousse, Chocolate Glaze & Cocoa Nibs
Come to think of it, I have every right to be a little perturbed by Molten Chocolate Cake. If it's on the menu, I am simply unable to order any other dessert.
But you don't have to hit the best restaurants in town to enjoy this wonderful cake. It's super easy to make. When I originally developed this recipe, it came as a wonderful surprise to learn that the batter would hold in the frig for days. I baked two tiny cakes each evening until the batter was gone. How fantastic to have a hot, oozing chocolate dessert with virtually no effort. What a boon for a dinner party!
Warm-Spiced Molten Chocolate Cake
This is quite possibly the best molten chocolate cake in the world, or at least in Portland. The evocative spicing takes it over the top. You must of course use the best quality bar chocolate you can get, as the success of this simple desert depends on it.
To bake these cakes, you will need six, ½-cup capacity custard cups or similar-sized baking dishes. If you plan to unmold the cakes, they look best on the plate if they are slightly pyramidal in shape (wider at the base) when turned out.
I have purposely limited the size of these cakes. You want guests clamoring for more, not struggling to eat the last, incredibly rich, bite.
½ cup unsalted butter
6 ounces premium quality, bittersweet chocolate (70%-75% cacao solids), chopped
3 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1½ cups powdered sugar, in a sifter
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
½ cup all-purpose flour, in a sifter
Accompaniments, optional (and highly recommended)
powdered sugar, in a sifter
heavy cream, plain or softly whipped
premium quality ice cream
- In a saucepan over very low heat, melt the butter and then stir in the chocolate until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla.
- Sift the powdered sugar over the top of the egg mixture, a bit at a time, whisking to incorporate each addition.
- Add the melted chocolate mixture and whisk to combine.
- Stir in the coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and white pepper.
- Sift the flour over the top a bit at a time, whisking to incorporate each addition. If you add the flour in a heap, without sifting it in slowly, you may get a few lumps.
- Put the batter into a plastic container with a tight lid and refrigerate until ready to bake. This keeps for days this way, and you can bake off one individual serving at a time if you wish.
- When you are ready to bake, butter individual custard cups heavily, pour the batter into the dishes, and arrange on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake at 425° for 13-15 minutes if the batter is room temperature and a couple minutes longer if it is cold. Less baking time will yield a liquid center, while just a minute or two longer will yield more of the cake texture around the sides and a fudgy interior. Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
- To serve, set custard cups on dessert plates, or unmold cakes on dessert plates by putting the plate on top of the custard cup, and then inverting the dessert plate and custard cup together in one quick flipping motion. Lift the cup off the cake. Sift powdered sugar over each cake before serving.
- If desired, accompany with a generous quantity of plain or softly whipped cream, or ice cream.
Makes six, ½-cup capacity cakes.
More LunaCafe Chocolate Cakes & Tea Loaves
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Cabernet Butter Cake
- Chocolate Almond Pound Cake
- Heavenly Chocolate Beet Tea Loaf
- Chocolate Ginger Chipotle Stout Cake
- The Wonderful World of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- All Chocolate!
- Portland Chocolate
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"If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." (John 15:19). As many of us know, actor Kirk Cameron has transformed himself from the one time 80's teen-beat idol, to one of today's most out-spoken evangelical leaders. Just months after coming off the heels of a firestorm of sorts in which Cameron made comments about homosexuality being "Destructive" during an interview on Piers Morgan Tonight; it seems Cameron is now being brought under fire once again.
Recently, NOM (The National Organization for Marriage) named Kirk Cameron as "one of America's most important champions of marriage." To accompany this honor, NOM released a video on their website in which Cameron is shown speaking during an interview about the importance of preserving traditional marriage in the United States. Already, this interview has seemed to re-spark the debate against GLAAD and Cameron from months past; even finding media sources and bloggers alike to return to their keyboards in an attempt to revisit the Piers Morgan interview.
Ever since I read the controversy surrounding the Piers Morgan/Kirk Cameron interview, one statement that was made has always left me scratching my head. In their response to Cameron's interview, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) attacked Cameron saying, "Cameron is out of step with a growing majority of Americans, particularly people of faith who believe that their gay and lesbian brothers and sisters should be loved and accepted based on their character and not condemned because of their sexual orientation." As I read this, I was left asking myself one question. To say people of faith believe in the gay agenda makes me wonder what Bible are they reading? We who call ourselves "Believers" accept the Bible as the Infallible Word of God, "Thy word is truth" (John 17:17). Therefore, if a person claims to be a Christian, they must accept God's Word as truth. While times may change and people become desensitized to social issues, the Bible is clear; "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).
As Christians, sin is to be hated; there is no excuse for looking the other way or taking it lightly. There are many sinful acts that occur in all of us. And people who try and place homosexuality as a sin higher than any other are just out right wrong. Nowhere in the Bible does it describe homosexuality as a "greater" sin than any other. All sin whether it is theft, murder, dishonesty, or adultery; it's still offensive to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the Kingdom of God. Therefore, we are called to love all sinners by being faithful in witnessing to them of the forgiveness that is available through Jesus Christ.
If we call ourselves followers of Christ, then we know that the truest act of love is treating someone with respect and kindness even though he/she knows you do not approve of their lifestyle or their choices. Looking the other way is not loving in the eyes of God. We are not called to allow a person to remain stuck in sin. Therefore, "We will speak the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15). While people may stand upon their soapbox claiming Kirk or any other follower of Christ is judging or intolerable to the homosexual lifestyle, understand, it is not hateful to speak out against sin. In fact, the exact opposites are true. We as Christians are called at all times to love the person sinning. But as for the sinful acts, we must refuse to condone, ignore, or excuse them. Kirk Cameron's remarks are not only biblically accurate, but in my opinion, refreshing in a day and age where Lukewarm Christianity is becoming socially tolerant.
Building HIS Kingdom One Soul at a Time…
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Water Gardens & Features Q & A
Q: Foam seems to buildup on my water's surface. What is causing this and can I get rid of it? – Tom of Ohio
A: Have you ever walked out towards your water garden and noticed a bunch of foam around where your waterfall comes into the pond? Sometimes this foam can get a little out of control and began to become unsightly.
Foam is the result of an excessive accumulation of organic waste in your pond caused by over population of fish, overfeeding, poor filtration, runoff and various other water quality issues. This foam will mostly occur in agitated water such as around your waterfall. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to reduce this foam buildup. Some are quick fixes and others are more long-term solutions.
Quick Fix Solutions:
- Use Shakedown Anti-Foamer – This anti-foamer works quickly to eliminate any foam building. Simply pour it in around foamy areas for immedate, but temporary control.
- Surface Skimmer – If you have the pleasure of having a skimmer built into your water garden, usually the foam will be pulled right into it.
- Partial Water Change – Replacing 10-25% of the water every few days until the problem is resolved is one way to dilute the excess organics to help reduce foam.
Long-Term Solutions:
- Limit the amount of contributing organics by reducing fish feeding and making sure you don't overload your water garden with fish.
- Make sure your filtration is adequate for your sized water garden as well as your fish load.
- Attack and reduce organic build-up an excess waste by using beneficial natural bacterias such as the DefensePAC®.
Hopefully the above suggestions will help you if you are struggling with foam problem.
POND TALK: Do you have a foam problem in your water garden? What did you do to reduce the problem?
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American artist Phillip K. Smith III found inspiration from the most basic of places in his recent project, Lucid Stead. Taking a small cabin which had been slowly eroded by the harsh environments of the Joshua Tree Desert for seventy years, Smith III modified the existing structure, adding mirrors between aged wood slats and changing LED panels to the door and window frames. By day, the desert scenery is reflected upon the modified mirrored slats, while the piece illuminates the desert landscape by night. The artist explains Lucid Stead, "This project is about tapping into the desert, into the pace of change, and is about responding to the quiet of the place. And ultimately, in that quite, the project begins to unfold."
While the piece has a decidedly aesthetic-first quality, Smith explains that there are four ideas at play in Lucid Stead – "Light and Shadow" (the interaction with the sun, and changes in the reflections of its light), "Reflected Light" (within the mirrors, using the desert as a medium placed on the shack), "Projected Light" (the LED lights within the shack, pure color illuminating the cracks and openings of the structure), and "Change" (the shifting colors of the lights, which change so slowly as to be almost unnoticed). Smith III continues, "The project really is about slowing down…stopping and being quite so you can truly see and listen." (via from89 and designboom, additional images via Kevin Smith, archinect)


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You know how it is. You're driving along in your car, minding your own business, listening to the radio or sexting someone or whatever and BAM! All of a sudden, you find yourself in some old Ben Hur movie. We've all been there, am I right?
The only way you're going to come out of this okay is if you have a 1996 Pontiac Sunfire GT. As this now-16-year-old ad says, it's the ideal car to escape from such scrapes thanks to what is described as a "quick handling sport suspension" and a twin cam engine boasting 150 horsepower. That's like 146 more horses than those other gladiators have.
This explains why most mid-90s Sunfires you see on the road today look like they've had the crap just utterly kicked out of them. They've all survived gladiator races in the distant past. You try getting that kind of damage fixed under warranty!


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The new "Mickey and the Magical Map" at Disneyland offers a solid if predictable storytelling foundation for an energetic musical stage show that's expected to run for years at the Anaheim theme park.
Photos: "Mickey and the Magic Map" show at Disneyland
The new show casts the mischievous Mickey Mouse, in his classic role of sorcerer's apprentice from "Fantasia," in a 22-minute musical featuring songs from half a dozen Disney animated films.
During the premiere of the new show I saw Thursday evening, about two dozen dancers and singers performed with a backing soundtrack in a production approaching Broadway quality in the refurbished Fantasyland Theatre.
A onetime home to productions starring Snow White, Pocahontas and even Dick Tracy, the theater had been used in recent years as the meet-and-greet location for the Disney princesses, leaving the stage and the 1,800 seats essentially unused.
I came mostly to see how Disney blended technological advances like an enormous LED screen backdrop and a "talking" King Louis character with live actors and traditional theatrical props and sets.
The "Magical Map" in the title of the show was accomplished with six interconnected LED screens divided vertically into thirds by a pair of largely invisible catwalk stages for the performers.
At first I found the 240-square-foot virtual map to be distractingly jarring with its mix of hand-drawn cartography, computer-rendered characters and even the occasional live-action Mickey all projected on the giant LED screen. Overwhelmed by the constantly in motion digital backdrop, I was unable to distinguish the performers in the steampunk-inspired costumes from the painterly map with everything onstage drawing from the same earthtone palette.
Midway through the show, our host and star Mickey disappeared from the stage and became a digital character on the screen -- causing me to lose touch with our main character and feel like I was watching a movie rather than a live performance. It wasn't until near the finale, when the digital Mickey transformed before our eyes back into a costumed character (with the help of a trap door), that I was able to strike a balance visually between the live and prerecorded performances.
Similar camouflaged LCD screens were used to great effect on the Disney Dream cruise ship in the form of virtual portholes, enchanted artwork and digital dance floors. Unfortunately, the magical map in the Disneyland show left me wondering "Why are they doing this?" rather than "How are they doing this?"
Disney has been using the articulated "talking" characters in smaller shows throughout its parks -- most recently in "Minnie's Fly Girls" and "Disney Dance Crew."
For me, the "talking" King Louie from the "Jungle Book" was the highlight of the show, dancing wildly with his fleet feet and lively long arms. His platypus-like mouth moved in sync with the lyrics to "I Wanna Be Like You" while his blinking eyes enlivened his face.
Another highlight was the princess medley that seamlessly blended together songs by Pocahontas and Mulan -- two characters rarely seen in the park -- with a third tune by Rapunzel.
One of my favorite moments was when a beautifully rendered 18-foot-tall riverboat delivered Tiana onstage between a split in the giant LED screen for "Dig a Little Deeper."
Conversely, I found the "Under the Sea" number by Sebastian the crab from "The Little Mermaid" to be the least successful number of the show. I couldn't get over the fact that the puppeteer singing the lead vocal had his hands shoved deep inside the backside of the crab's shell. He looked way too much like an obstetrician delivering a newborn crustacean -- a visual I couldn't get out of my head.
The jukebox musical featuring a cavalcade of Disney stars has become common practice over the last few years for Disneyland parades, nighttime spectacles and stage shows. And while I prefer the single-story productions once featured at the Fantasyland Theatre, I understand the practical expediency of the multi-character revues. It just makes more sense in terms of flexibility, shelf life and interchangeability. But it doesn't mean I can't long for another staged production of "Aladdin" or "Beauty and the Beast." It never hurts to ask.
For now though, "Mickey and the Magical Map" will serve as a sturdy workhorse for Disneyland -- and probably will for years to come. You can expect new numbers to get swapped in whenever the latest Disney animated feature hits the theaters and maybe even a holiday version of the show here or there.
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Paramount puts down HD DVD dump rumour
Not following Warner
Hollywood-based Paramount Studios has denied claims that it will be dropping the HD DVD format and returning to Blu-ray Disc.
In an email sent to Bloomberg, Paramount spokeswoman Brenda Ciccone said: "Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format."
The comment was a direct result of speculation that the studio would use a clause allegedly written into its contract with the HD DVD camp that allows it to switch to Blu-ray if Warner Home Video dropped its support of Toshiba's standard. WHV last week did just that.
Meanwhile, another, slightly lesser-known studio has also switched to Blu-ray. Porn label Digital Playground is to adopt Blu-ray exclusively despite initially choosing HD DVD.
It has announced that it will be launching eight titles on the format next month to complement its big-budget HD porn fest Pirates based (very loosely we suspect) on Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean.
We suspect an announcement on this will be officially made at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, which opens tomorrow at the same venue in Las Vegas that CES is being held. We at Register Hardware are ever vigilant and shall be attending purely in the selfless quest for technology news.
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Mrs. Myelin: "This is Sarah Myelin! My MS made my left arm go numb yesterday! I need to see Dr. Grumpy, and get an MRI done, today!"
Mary: "Well, it's Friday afternoon, and we don't have anything till next week, let me... Wait, you sent us a letter last month saying you were transferring care to Dr. Oligodendro down at Humungous Neurology, Inc."
Mrs. Myelin: "Yes, he's my neurologist now. I saw him yesterday for this."
Mary: "Okay, so why are you calling us?"
Mrs. Myelin: "Because Dr. Oligodendro's staff couldn't get an MRI scheduled on me until tomorrow, and I want it today!"
Mary: "But if he's your neurologist now, you'll have to work with his office, not ours, for this."
Mrs. Myelin: "Look! I'm willing to go to ANY doctor who can get me an MRI today! If you can get me in today, and get an MRI today, then I'll come back to you!"
Mary: "Ma'am, this isn't a contest."
Mrs. Myelin: "Nobody cares about patients anymore. I'll just go to ER and get them to do it."


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Now that Barbie is working about 16 jobs at once (everything from princess to zoo doctor!), her life has gotten a little out of control. As a modern woman, it's hard for her to keep things neat and tidy on the home front—and who can blame her? That Malibu Dreamhouse is not gonna clean itself. As a result, it looks like Barbie has developed a little bit of a hoarding problem—at least if you believe artist Carrie M. Becker's vision of how Barbie is living at the moment.
Becker took these amusing photos as part of a recent art project, which she calles "Barbie Trashes Her Dreamhouse." She meticulously assembled and photographed 1/6 scale miniatures that represent "a more 'current' view of Barbie's lifestyle." There's everything from an overcrowded dining room to a teen's bedroom (Skipper, clean your room!) to this lovely laundry room overflowing with junk.
Some of them look so realistic that it's hard to tell they're miniatures—you might even mistake them for pictures of your own home if you, ahem, maybe haven't cleaned your desk off in a while... You can see the full set of Becker's amazing photos here.
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Number of Reviews: 43,
Reviewer: Don W.
Thu Jul 02, 2017: I was very pleased with my purchase.
Reviewer: Kirk N.
Tue Nov 11, 2016: Attractive and decent price.
Reviewer: Susan B.
Tue Oct 21, 2016: Attractive and easy to read
Reviewer: Brad
Fri Oct 10, 2016: Class looks, matched well with the chain I had, very pleased.
Reviewer: Tracy H.
Sun Mar 09, 2016: I am very pleased with my purchase. The item is engraved correctly and it arrived in a timely manner.I also appreciated the communication I received on where my product was in the process.
Reviewer: Ray G.
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Reviewer: Anne H.
Sat May 25, 2015: Good quality and weight, larger than expected. If you're purchasing-pay attention to dimensions.
Fri Apr 12, 2015:
Reviewer: Shaaron D.
Thu Sep 20, 2012: The chain is too short and therefore I cannot put it around my neck.
Reviewer: Fred W.
Tue Sep 11, 2012: Look nice except that the stainless steel extra one was not diamond engraved and I am concerned that the printing will wear off.
Reviewer: Dale H.
Mon Sep 10, 2012: Looks very nice; gold and silver mixed...believe it is called Odyssey Model, or something like that.
Reviewer: Donald W.
Mon Aug 13, 2012: I was very impressed - met all my expectations
Reviewer: Donald H.
Tue Jun 05, 2012: Very good quality; appears durable
Reviewer: Margaret A.
Mon May 14, 2012: I am impressed with how much information you could get on such a small heart. I am a little afraid to wear it outside because I don't want to tarnish the metal.
Reviewer: Tim R.
Tue Feb 28, 2012: Very good product for the money. Only one problem the outside edges were very rough and had to smooth them out. The ID necklace should have had that way.
Reviewer: Frank S.
Fri Feb 24, 2012: very attractive though the clasp is very very difficult to open.
Reviewer: David L.
Tue Feb 07, 2012: This is not the first purchase I've made with American Medical ID, and I'm sure it won't be the last. I have been extremely pleased with all of my ID's, both in the quality of the pieces, and with how well the engraving stands out. Thanks for giving me the peace of mind that my conditions will be known should the need arise.
Reviewer: Gary G.
Wed Jan 04, 2012: I am quite happy with the necklace. I am however equally disappointed that I couldn't get a larger discount on it. This is due to the fact that it is actually the second necklace that I have bought (the necklace/chain broke where I was not aware of it and it was lost) from you and the chain was even replaced on the first one after it broke.
Reviewer: Karen A.
Tue Nov 29, 2011: I thought the engraving would be deeper cut. It would be much easier to read if it was deeper. I know what it should say and I still have difficulty reading it.
Reviewer: Linda H.
Tue Nov 08, 2011: chain is lighter weigth than expected
Reviewer: Oscar D.
Mon Oct 17, 2011: The medical tag was OK but the necklace was so thin I couldn't close the hasp. I had to use an existing necklace to use the Medical Tag.
Reviewer: Curt H.
Thu Sep 29, 2011: Excellent
Reviewer: Ronald M.
Fri Aug 12, 2011: Very good and very pleased. Wish I could have just ordered the ID and not the chain.
Reviewer: Jerome G.
Sun Aug 07, 2011: I have been a diabetic for 20 years and have resisted purchasing an emergency alert bracelet until know, I didn't want one that looked so ugly and unsightly that it stuck out all the time but could be found if I went hypoglycemic. This was the perfect fit between the two, the price was right and it was shipped in no time
Reviewer: Daniel C.
Tue Aug 02, 2011: The pendent is nice, the right size and the chain appears strong enough so I don't have to worry about breaking it but the chain is slightly tarnished.
Reviewer: Les H.
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Reviewer: Elaine G.
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Reviewer: Stephen F.
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Fri Jan 14, 2011: I think it is very nice in appearance and information.
Reviewer: Jerry E.
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Sun Sep 05, 2010: the id necklace did not look like the typical med. id. i bought it for my mother and she is wearing it all the time.
Reviewer: Norma P.
Tue Jul 20, 2010: It is pretty enough to wear as a necklace, but is light and easy to keep hidden if the occasion suggests. Just what I needed.
Reviewer: Nan S.
Tue Jul 13, 2010: We purchased a premier 10K necklace and also a 10K, I believe charm necklace because smaller. We are very pleased with our purchases. We did not take advantage of registration because we are already in your system from past purchases that wore out and needed to be replaced.
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Wed May 12, 2010: The necklace was nice but the chain was not heavy as indicated when ordering. THe chain has already started kinking and I am afriad it will break soon.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Kid's Craft: Sea Shell Mobiles
After all of that shell collecting at the beach last week,
we had to come home and make some crafts with our new treasures.
Such a lovely way to remember our beach trip and so much nicer than store-bought knick-knacks.
We sorted our shells and drift wood on some newsprint
then got to work making some mobiles with some of our rainbow yarn.
We hung one up in the backyard, under the trees in the corner the girls call
"Nature School" (it's their secret club)
This one is hanging in "E"s room, over her desk.
Such beautiful colors....
It makes the sweetest twinkling sound in the breeze from "E"s ceiling fan...
As I was tucking her in (and singing our nightly lullaby)
at bedtime tonight, it sounded like the gentle tinkle of fairy songs or mermaids.
Fondly, pink and green mama, MaryLea
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is used to answering questions from reporters.
On Thursday, Pitino will face questions unlike anything he's answered at a press conference.
Pitino will retake the stand in the trial of woman accused of demanding millions from him to stay quiet about a sexual liaison between them at an Italian restaurant in Louisville in 2003. When he does, Karen Cunagin Sypher's attorney will fire questions in an attempt to shake his denials of rape and accusations of extortion.
Sypher is charged with extortion, asking for cash, cars and a house to stay quiet about the sexual liaison. She has pleaded not guilty, claiming Pitino sexually assaulted her. Police and prosecutors have said her assault claim lacked merit.
Pitino testified for about four hours Wednesday, telling jurors that Sypher initiated the sex by whispering to him and unzipping his pants when he got up to leave an empty Italian restaurant.
The Louisville coach's testimony marked the first time he's talked publicly in detail about his July 2003 encounter Sypher, the meeting that led to her trial this week on extortion charges. Pitino's portrayal of Sypher as the aggressor came after several witnesses said she was flirty and persistent when she approached Pitino at the restaurant.
Pitino obliged her request to say happy birthday to her son on her cell phone. When she returned later, Pitino said, he bought her a drink. They lingered to talk after the restaurant had closed and the owner had gone home.
As he got up from the table, the married father of five said Sypher whispered something.
"Some unfortunate things happened," Pitino said in the courtroom packed with spectators from basketball-mad Kentucky. "She opened up my pants."
"Did you have sex that night?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa Ford asked.
"Yes, very briefly," Pitino answered. The two have said they had sex at the table.
Sypher, 50, was sitting a few feet away but appeared unfazed by Pitino's testimony, sometimes watching him, sometimes passing notes to her attorney, James Earhart.
Sypher is charged with extortion, asking for cash, cars and a house to stay quiet about the sexual liaison. She has pleaded not guilty, claiming Pitino sexually assaulted her. Police and prosecutors have said her assault claim lacked merit.
Pitino entered the courtroom briskly, wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and red tie. He stumbled a bit while taking the witness stand and gave short answers.
He will return to the witness stand Thursday to face questioning from the defense.
Pitino said after he and Sypher left the restaurant together, she asked for basketball tickets. Pitino agreed and made the arrangements.
A few weeks later, Sypher, then known as Karen Wise, called and said she was pregnant.
"I didn't believe at the time it was my child," Pitino said. "She said she didn't know what she was going to do."
Sypher said she had no health insurance, Pitino said, so he offered $3,000. He thought the money was for counseling and medical needs but Sypher later said she had an abortion, Pitino said.
Less than a year later, Pitino's assistant, Tim Sypher, married Karen Wise. Witnesses said the two appeared at Louisville functions with Pitino.
The threats to reveal the sexual fling came nearly six years later, Pitino said.
On Feb. 26, 2009, he listened to a cell phone message of a man's voice describing details of the encounter at the restaurant and calling it a violent assault, Pitino told the jury.
"He mentioned the word rape. I got very sick to my stomach," Pitino said. He said he felt threatened and frightened.
Jurors earlier heard testimony from Lester Goetzinger of Louisville, who acknowledged making the calls in exchange for sexual favors from Sypher.
Pitino also testified he received a handwritten note from Sypher in March 2009 that asked for cars, housing and money. The note was hand delivered to Pitino by her then-husband Tim Sypher, who was the team's equipment manager at the time.
Jurors also heard an hour-long recording Sypher secretly made of a meeting with Pitino. Pitino is heard repeatedly asking Sypher who made the calls and how someone would have known all the details of their 2003 encounter.
Sypher never accuses Pitino of rape. She complains that her husband does little to make her life better.
Pitino received a third threatening call two days later telling him that the sexual relationship would be made public unless he did "the right thing."
Pitino said in March 2009, he received a letter from attorney Dana Kolter of Louisville, who was representing Sypher. In the letter, which jurors saw Wednesday, Kolter accused Pitino of rape and forcing Sypher to have an abortion and demanded a monetary settlement to prevent a lawsuit from being filed.
"I knew at this point that anything was going to be said," Pitino said.
Kolter, who is expected to testify later in the trial, sought $10 million, but Pitino said, reduced that amount to $5 million during a meeting with an attorney for the coach. The $5 million figure matches the amount raised by the Daniel Pitino Foundation, a charitable foundation run by Pitino and named for a son who died in 1987 at 6-months old.
"They wanted an equal amount because she lost a child," Pitino said.
Pitino contacted the FBI a short time later, then released a public statement saying someone tried to extort money from him.
In July, Sypher filed a police report accusing Pitino of rape, an allegation police and prosecutors said lacked merit. On the witness stand, Pitino denied raping Sypher.
"I could never rape a woman or be physically harmful to any woman at any time," Pitino said.
Pitino said the entire episode took a toll on him as the Cardinals were making a run for the Big East conference championship, which they won along with the conference tournament championship.
"I was not sleeping. I was physically and mentally worn out," Pitino said.
Pitino has coached at Louisville since 2001, after leaving the NBA's Boston Celtics where Tim Sypher served as his special assistant. Tim Sypher continued to work for Pitino as Louisville's men's basketball equipment manager and has recently been named director of the Yum Center, the building that houses offices and training facilities for Louisville's men's basketball team.
Karen and Tim Sypher, who have a 5-year-old daughter, are in the midst of a divorce.


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Veterinarian Reviewed on June 14, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Salicin is a compound responsible for the synthesis of acetyl salicylic acid. This glycoside has a carbohydrate molecule and a non-sugar component as well. Salicin is isolated from plants and is considered to have a very high therapeutic and medicinal value. Salicylic acid which is derived from the bark of the white willow tree is the most widely used source of Salicin.
History and Origin
Salicin is used similarly to salicylic acid; it is effective as a tonic for overall physical health and virility. The British Pahrmacopoeia has determined Salicin's safety dosage up to 20 grains. The use of Salicin and salicylic acid in the cosmetic industry and skin care has brought this glycoside into new heights and has made it a household name in skin care treatment and preparations.
Ancient Uses
The white willow tree has been used in ancient times as an herbal remedy for body aches, pains and many types of inflammation. The bark and the leaves of this tree are the most commonly used part for teas, poultices and for medicinal preparations.
Modern Uses
Salicin and salicylic acid have been widely used for their analgesic properties in the treatment of pain, fever and inflammation. It is also useful in the treatment of discomforts brought about by symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis such as joint pain, redness and swelling. Salicin is also used as a health tonic and for the treatment of common gastric disorders like stomach upset, pain, gas formation and bloating.
Many studies have linked the use of Salicin and salicylic acid for their antimicrobial properties. This is the reason why many skin cleansing and skin treatment preparations are salicylic acid based. The market for salicylic acid based skin preparations has grown especially during the later part of this last century.
In the treatment of acne and acne scar formation, Salicin and salicylic acid helps in sloughing off dead skin cells more easily in order to expose a healthy new layer of sskin.
The use of Salicin for the cure of the common cold and influenza is widely accepted since it does not have dangerous side effects with regular use as opposed to Aspirin.
Salicin is usually taken in dried form (1-3 grams) and as an herbal tea preparation from the dried bark of the white willow tree. It is also available in extract form.
Side Effects
There have been no noted side effects in the use of Salicin orally but it is contraindicated in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. It is important to stay within therapeutic dose of Salicin when using it to control fever and pain especially in very young children. If you want to use Salicin for its therapeutic benefits, first consult with your doctor regarding the appropriate dose and adverse effects with your current medications.
Using Salicin and salicylic acid as a skin treatment poses minimal side effects like increased incidence of acne and pimples, redness and minimal swelling on the treated site. This is however just a usual effect of salicylic acid since it stimulates the production of skin cells and the excretion of dirt and oil on the skin. Salicin has no reported lethal dose values.
Our Expert
Paulina Nelega, RH, has been in private practice as a Clinical Herbalist for over 15 years. She has developed and taught courses in herbal medicine, and her articles on health have appeared in numerous publications. She is very passionate about the healing power of nature. Ask Dr. Jan


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About Ranch Entertainment
Premier reggae fusion label, Ranch Entertainment, Inc., launched worldwide in early 2011, further expanding this hot, new musical genre. With headquarters in both New York City and Jamaica, Ranch Entertainment is the brainchild of reggae artist Orville "Shaggy" Burrell. For Jamaican-born Burrell, a Grammy-winning Diamond-selling artist, the new label is an opportunity to use his extensive knowledge of the industry to catapult Jamaican artists into the musical mainstream.
Sharing a common vision of expanding reggae fusion and furthering global appreciation of the genre, Burrell and his team formed Ranch Entertainment after departing Big Yard Music Group. The label's name derives from 'The Ranch,' Burrell's long-time recording studio in New York City, where all of his international blockbuster and Billboard chart-topping hits were conceived and created.
As the music industry continues to pose hurdles and challenges to the success of rising stars, the mission of Ranch Entertainment is to develop and facilitate innovative approaches for up and coming artists to excel in the current market. Ranch Entertainment also partners with established artists by providing them with access to opportunities outside their usual channels.
In addition to Shaggy, Ranch Entertainment's world-renowned artist roster includes Rayvon and Red Fox. With fusion as their formula, they routinely collaborate with a variety of artists including Tarrus Riley, J Boog, Gyptian, Alaine, Laza Morgan and Assassin. Their impressive international collaborators include Ne-Yo, Eve, Kat DeLuna, Joe and Mario Wynans, to name a few.
Ranch Ent. is also home to famed producers such as megahit-maker Shaun "Sting International" Pizzonia, who was responsible for Shaggy's hugely successful "Angel," "It Wasn't Me" and "Boombastic," and also Andre "GC" Fennell. Their internationally-known affiliate producers includes Anthony "CD" Kelly, Teflon The Producer formerly of Ruff Ryders, Jerry Wonder, Christopher Birch, Stephen "Di Genius" McGregor, and Costi Ioniţă of Romania.
A full-service production house with award-winning, state-of-the-art facilities, Ranch Ent. has gifted and critically-acclaimed songwriters, composers, producers and engineers available to realize artists' musical dreams. Artists receive professional treatment from the staff throughout the creative process, providing a smooth transition from concept to creation.
Current projects for the pioneering label include a collaboration album between Shaggy with Sly & Robbie, a Jamaica 50th Independence commemorative single, the official 2012 Jamaica Olympics Team song, the popular Kingston13 Riddim—in addition to various riddim albums and singles—and Shaggy's Grammy-nominated Summer In Kingston album. Look for the German edition to be released in spring 2012, featuring Eve on the new single, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."
Combining an unlimited talent pool from Jamaica and beyond with an award-winning, experienced in-house team, Ranch Entertainment is fulfilling its mission of expanding the horizons of Reggae. For more information, visit ranchent.com, and follow the mission at facebook.com/ranchent and twitter.com/ranchent.


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Business center hosts open house in Dillon
The Northwest Small Business Development Center opened its regional headquarters at the corner of Fielder Avenue and Main Street in Dillon last month. It is hosting an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.
The center, a nonprofit that receives funding from both the state and Colorado Mountain College, offers one-on-one consulting for local entrepreneurs.
Though the center also has offices in Glenwood Springs, Craig, Leadville, Steamboat Springs, Edwards and Breck, where clients receive their consultation is flexible and could include anything from their place of business to a coffee shop.
From a landscape company wanting to diversify its offerings to a designer of handmade leather goods looking to open an online store, the nonprofit group offers assistance to a diverse group of businesses.
In addition to individual consulting, the center is hoping to beef up its training program, which would involve public classes. Recently, the Summit Association of Realtors signed on as sponsor to offer its membership business courses specific to real estate in the High County.
For more information, or to set up a consultation, call (970) 468-5989 or visit http://www.coloradosbdc.org.
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Journey of the Universe
Journey of the Universe Previous Broadcasts
KQED Plus: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 -- 10:00 PM
Author and evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme shares his infectious curiosity about life's biggest questions and our role as humans in this awe-inspiring universe. Written by Swimme and historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker, and directed by Patsy Northcutt and David Kennard, this documentary weaves a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, biology, ecology, and biodiversity with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe. Using his skills as a masterful storyteller, Swimme connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos to the invisible frontiers of the human genome, as well as to our current impact on Earth's evolutionary dynamics.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
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This chapter describes the various components that you must configure in order to use an EIS direct mapping.
This chapter includes the following section:
For information on how to configure TopLink mappings options common to two or more mapping types, see Chapter 121, "Configuring a Mapping".
For information on how to create TopLink mappings, see Chapter 120, "Creating a Mapping".
Table 79-1 lists the configurable options for an EIS direct mapping.
Table 79-1 lists the configurable options for an EIS direct mapping.
Table 79-1 Configurable Options for EIS Direct Mapping
|Option to Configure
|Oracle JDeveloper
|TopLink Workbench
XPath (see Section 121.4, "Configuring XPath")
Use of a single node (see Section 121.19, "Configuring the Use of a Single Node")
Simple type translator (see Section 121.12, "Configuring a Simple Type Translator")
Method or direct field access at the mapping level (see Section 121.6, "Configuring Method or Direct Field Accessing at the Mapping Level")
Default null value at the mapping level (see Section 121.5, "Configuring a Default Null Value at the Mapping Level")
Read-only mappings (see Section 121.2, "Configuring Read-Only Mappings")
Mapping comments (see Section 121.8, "Configuring Mapping Comments")
Serialized object converter (see Section 121.9, "Configuring a Serialized Object Converter")
Type conversion converter (see Section 121.10, "Configuring a Type Conversion Converter")
Object type converter (see Section 121.11, "Configuring an Object Type Converter")
JAXB typesafe enumerated converter (see Section 121.13, "Configuring a JAXB Typesafe Enumeration Converter")
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In a poll asking NFL players to name their most overrated colleague, Tim Tebow won in a landslide.
Tebow, the Jets' backup quarterback, was named the most overrated player by 34 percent of the players in a survey conducted by Sports Illustrated.
So who's the second most overrated player in the NFL? That would be the guy Tebow sits with in the quarterback meeting room every day: Mark Sanchez, who came in second and got 8 percent of the vote.
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo also got 8 percent of the vote, followed by Eagles quarterback Michael Vick at 4 percent and Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis at 3 percent.
Surprisingly, both of last season's Super Bowl quarterbacks, New England's Tom Brady and the Giants' Eli Manning, got votes for "most overrated" as well, with Brady garnering 2 percent and Manning 1 percent.
Sports Illustrated asked the same question in a survey of players last year, and Tebow, who was then with the Broncos, also came in first. But last year he only had 22 percent of the vote. So Tebow's fellow players think he's only getting more overrated with time.


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An activity created in the spirit of our fabulous duo, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, it can be used as an ice breaker or an example of effective collaboration to introduce the practice of Enable Others to Act.
Any size group
Time Required
10-15 minutes (including debrief)
Materials Needed/Setup
Worksheet for each participant (have them work as pairs or table teams)
Answer sheet for the facilitator
- Distribute one copy to each participant, instructing the group to keep it turned face down until you give them the signal to begin.
- Explain that their task, as a pair or table team, is to identify the dynamic duo based on deciphering the clue. If there are no questions from the group, instruct them to begin.
- At the conclusion of 10 minutes, quickly go through the questions, allowing the group to supply the answers.
Facilitator Tips
Debrief questions:
- How did you do?
- What were the benefits of working with someone else?
- How can you develop cooperative relationships with the people with whom you work?
- How can you better listen to diverse points of view?
Key Points:
As leaders, we don't have all the answers which is why it's so important to focus on fostering collaboration, and utilizing different points of view and strengths to maximize the effectiveness and productivity of our teams.
As the complexity of challenges and projects increase, it becomes more important to build trust and facilitate relationships within our teams and with other parts of the organization.
Clues can be modified to be more relevant to a specific group; the examples provided here are multi-generational and multi-cultural. You also can modify how the group begins this exercise, e.g., have everyone start out working as individuals for 5 minutes before allowing them to work with someone else or the rest of their table to illustrate the benefit of collaboration more clearly.
Mary Cooper is a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge®, based in Orlando, Florida. A former consultant with the Disney Institute and a retired instructor of the Dale Carnegie Course, Mary's vision is to make a positive difference by helping leaders leave a personal and organizational legacy. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Typically, walking the floor at CHA means cherry-picking lines that are winners, finding them scattered around the floor, one here, another there. But every so often at CHA a company knocks it out of the park, introducing a whole show release of lines that are must-haves and sure to be winners with consumers. Lily Bee Design has managed that rare feat at CHA Summer 2011 with their Memorandum, Harvest Market, Jingle, and Head Over Heels lines.
Memorandum (pictured above) is the first one to grab your attention. Each of the line's 6 double-sided patterned papers have a reverse side that is an office-style print of some sort: graph, notebook, etc. These designs are quickly becoming staples in the industry, and paired with the trend-forward designs on the front of the line, which include damask, newsprint, and lovely geometrics in a trendy pale blue and red and yellow dominated theme, these papers make a statement.
Harvest Market (pictured above), the combined Halloween/Fall/Thanksgiving line, is a versatile collection that is only themed in the embellishments, making the papers useful for a wide variety of projects – and markets. I'm looking forward to using the 6×6 paper pad of the collection to create masculine card designs with the geometric patterns in fall colors.
Lily Bee's holiday line is Jingle (pictured above). This year they went with a traditional red and green color scheme for their holiday line, with touches of light blue like we've been seeing in many holiday lines at CHA Summer 2011. The small geometric patterns vary between formal and whimsical, and their scale will make them perfect for holiday card making using the 6×6 paper pad.
The final line, Head Over Heels, won't be shipping until October 17th but CHA attendees are already clamoring for it. This love/valentine themed line features bright pinks and turquoises and black and white, along with trendy design elements like sheet music, damask and doilies. This line is going to find its way into a multitude of valentine's day cards and mini-albums, as well as wedding and engagement scrapbooking.
The small scale of the designs in these lines' patterns is perfect for the color blocked style that so many people are using patterned paper in lately. They can be cut up and the pattern still stays identifiable. Sized down to the 6×6 paper pads, they scale beautifully for use on small projects like cards, tags, and mini-albums.
All of the lines, of course, have accompanying embellishments and Lily Bee keeps it simple…and very usable and affordable. Their cardstock stickers, ABC stickers, and Index Journaling Cards all retail for $5 or less. The eight different alphabets, including some that are even patterned designs, on each sheet make the ABC stickers an especially amazing deal for a retail of $5/sheet. The cardstock sticker sheets combine several hot trends right now, containing banner stickers and sentiments for cardmaking. And all four collections are available as 6×6 paper pads that retail for $5.99. (Anyone who heard Paperclipping Roundtable #73 already knows how awesome I think Lily Bee's 6×6 paper pads are!)
Releases like this one set the bar of excellence really high for everyone else. Like a perfect game in baseball, this occasional occurrence shows what is possible when talent, hard work, and inspiration intersect, and gives everyone else something to aspire to and a reason to push their game to the next level.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Georgia College softball team (12-4) won a pair of games in the Mid-South Classic Tournament against Brevard College (7-6) and Carson-Newman College (13-3) Friday at Tiger River Field to up their winning streak to five games. The Bobcats first beat Brevard College 10-2 and then beat Carson-Newman 6-4.
In the first game the Bobcats broke open a one-run game in the fourth inning by scoring eight to build a 10-1 lead heading into the fifth. Brevard could only get one run in the bottom of the fifth which allowed the eight-run rule to end the game after five. A power outage interrupted the game for nearly an hour.
Georgia College got out of the gate fast with a big first inning highlighted by freshman Faith Flanders' (Dublin, Ga.) two-run home run. Flanders would also go the distance on the mound improving to 5-1 for the season.
Senior Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.), sophomore Abi LeRoy (Dublin, Ga.) and freshman Carly Lewis (Seymour, Tenn.) led the way with a pair of hits each, while LeRoy, Flanders, and senior Whitney Horton (Acworth, Ga.) each added two RBI.
In the second game, the Bobcats headed into the final inning tied at four. Horton's double to leftfield scored LeRoy for the winning run and a sophomore Taylor Campbell's (Warner Robins, Ga.) single scored Flanders to provide the winning two-run margin against the Eagles. Carson-Newman has only dropped three games this season and two of those to the Bobcats.
LeRoy led the team with three hits, while Flanders and Horton each added a pair. Campbell's home run in the second gave the Bobcats a 3-0 lead, but Carson-Newman would get their first score in the bottom of that same inning and get three more in the sixth to tie the contest at 4 apiece.
Sophomore Marisa Boyette (Marietta, Ga.) and Lewis would split the pitching, with the former getting the win and the latter being credited with a save.
Georgia College has a pair of games Saturday in Spartanburg starting at 10 a.m. against Lincoln Memorial University and concluding with a 4 p.m. start against Lenoir-Rhyne University
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Social Networking Spyware in Washington Post
Today's Washingon Post has an A1 story about Facebook Application privacy:
Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular social networking site with silly games and quirky trivia quizzes may be unknowingly giving a host of strangers an intimate peek at their lives.
Those mini-programs, called widgets or applications, allow users to personalize their pages and connect with friends and acquaintances. But they could pose privacy risks. Some security researchers warn that developers of the software have assembled too much information — home town, schools attended, employment history — and can use the data in ways that could harm or annoy use.
I've previously blogged on the privacy issues of Facebook Apps such as the civil liberties problems when law enforcement agencies create Facebook apps.
It's good to see this issue gaining mainstream attention, because it means that people will start thinking differently about threats to privacy online. EPIC recently testified at a hearing on spyware. The testimony included social networking applications as a possible vector for spyware.
People at the hearing talked about the need to have any legislation in this area not be technology dependent. The bill being discussed, S. 1625, included some language that was focused on PCs, but ignored other threats. The bill had sections making unlawful certain behavior. It used language like "caus[ing] the installation on [a] computer of software that" did several prohibited things, like improperly collect information or display too many popups. But that language is focused on the idea that people keep their data on their computer. With social networking, people are keeping their data online, with social networking services. This data should also be protected from new types of spyware, and we should think of improper data collection from social network services in the same way we think about improper data collection from our home computers.


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HONOLULU -- A Coast Guardsman has reappeared after vanishing and being declared a missing person more than three months ago, Honolulu police and the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Petty Officer First Class Russell Matthews returned home Sunday night, police said. Police say he was incoherent and taken to a hospital for observation.
Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Gene Maestas said the service doesn't know where Matthews, a Hawaii-based rescue swimmer, has been and what he's been doing since his wife reported him missing on Oct. 9.
Coast Guard investigators dispatched to see him confirmed his identity after he called his command from Castle Medical Center in the Honolulu suburb of Kailua, Maestas said. He's now being evaluated at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu.
Coast Guard investigators looking into his disappearance won't question him until he's released by doctors, Maestas said. But the service will probe the incident.
"We'll try to find out why he disappeared and all the details surrounding his case," he said.
Police found the 36-year-old guardsman's car abandoned at Kaena Point, a remote area of Oahu, when Matthews was reported missing in October.
Crews from the Coast Guard, Navy, state, county lifeguards and Honolulu fire and police departments together searched more than 10,000 nautical square miles - on land and at sea - for Matthews. The search was called off on Dec. 13.
Honolulu Police Sgt. Kim Buffett of Crimestoppers said Matthews isn't giving the police a statement because he's in the hospital. Detectives have no reason to pursue the case as it's not against the law to be missing, she said.
The police case is closed now that Matthews has been found, she said.
It's unusual for a Guardsman to go missing for months and then reappear, Maestas said.
"This is not the norm for the Coast Guard. In my 28 year career in the Coast Guard, I have never come across a case like this," he said.
Matthews, an aviation survival technician, has been in the Coast Guard for 15 years. He's been assigned to Hawaii since 2007.


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What is diamond painting?
Diamond painting is a decorative painting which is created by colorful diamonds. It is a kind of interesting DIY products. People use round diamond of beautiful colors as element to create. The finished product is charming and amazing . The diamond painting is the perfect choice for modern family,especially for your children.
What is the function of this product?
1. This product is a kind of children DIY intellectual stickers .
2. It will enhance children's practice ability.3. Cultivate children's sense of color .
4. Focus children's attention.
5. Enhance parent-child relationship.
We have kinds of options .
Any comments and requirements are welcome !
|Main Material
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|Water soluble glue, environmental
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Yiwu Yuanting E-Commerce Co.,Ltd is located in Yiwu City Zhejiang Province. Half an hour hi-speed train road from Hangzhou City. This company has its own factory and independent import and export rights. It has been major in making diamond painting for 9 years, All products from the company have been certified by SGS. The quality is in line with the import and export standard. The company has its own brands,and also accepts OEM.
Welcome to visit our factory .
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4. All the parts should be checked carefully before paking , thus, we can make sure that the broken or deficient parts will not be fixed in our products.
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But the exact delivery time might be different for different orders or at different time.Once we confirmed all details of your order, we'll put all sources into producing.
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We would do service for you after the working time.
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I should have learned by now that when your children just beg you to go to bed at 7:30, you should *not* jump up and down and throw a party. You should clear out the washing machine and line the beds with plastic and make them sleep in ponytails, because when they go to bed that early, they are all going to wake up somewhere around midnight covered in vomit. Silly mama- you knew better! Still- you took your book to bed and reveled in the fact that you read a whole 8 pages of a novel before your eyes were so heavy you had to go to sleep (at 8:45)! When the whole time you should have been getting the house ready to be infested with germs. Maybe you should have put away the mountain of laundry on top of the washing machine so that when the puking parade began you actually could get to the washing machine! Or made sure that the matress covers were on the kid's beds so that you weren't scrubbing mattresses with soap in the middle of the night. Ahhhh, stupid hindsight!
And in other news, the honeymoon is over for Mister Miles. I have read lots of books and articles about this and tried to prepare for it, and here it is. Now that I think he realizes he's here to stay, he's really getting down to the real work of adjusting to our house and our lives. Which right now includes hours and hours of crying every day. And regression in the sleeping department. And in the eating department. Now that he's realized that food is in constant supply here, he's figured out he can get picky and throw food and scream when he doesn't get what he wants. All totally normal for that post honeymoon phase of coming home. He is still super friendly and becoming more and more loving every day and he does great during outings. It is when we are at home that the struggle is at it's peak. He mostly needs to be held, a lot. And reassured a lot. I can't walk out of the house to get the mail or let the dog out without the child having a near panic attack. It scares him to see me walk out the door. In many ways, I think this is great progress. It means that he has learned that I am the one who takes care of him and he is scared to lose me. Great attachment! But still wearing on the mama who needs to carry him around and stay within his line of vision all day long. I knew this would happen, and I am so happy that it is working out this way, but I didn't factor in that in so many ways, I would feel like a prisoner. And in a lot of ways, it hurts my heart for my son. I know that he is acting this way because he has experienced so much loss already in his life. Though he is just a little guy and we adopted him young enough that he most likely won't have any memories of the orphanage, I can tell that the feeling of loss still surrounds him. I know that those feelings of fear are very real to him. There are other things too. The moment I put him in the crib, he throws up and is overwhelmed with panic. I can tell that there must have been some sort of trauma there. So we just don't put him in the crib. I think it is too soon after coming home for him, to force him to tough it out. Just seems a little cruel at this point when I can so obviously tell that there is trauma there. I know that he is not just manipulating me- I've had a child who manipulated her way through sleep issues and this is not the same ball of wax. So Miles is still sleeping in the middle of the living room floor. He won't sleep on the floor in any of the other rooms. I am guessing that it is because we spend most of our waking hours in the living room and that is where he feels most secure. However, this makes it nearly impossible for him to get a nap because there are 4 other crazy people who live here and sleeping out in the open is just not practical. And then there is still the issue of the parasites invading his little belly. We just can not get rid of these things! Everytime I think it's cleared up, the next day we have a whole new infestation. Poor little guy- I know it is painful for him.
I'm not trying to complain. Miles overall is doing amazing! Truly- he is blossoming and opening up more and more everyday. Just trying to keep it honest and paint an accurate picture of it all because I know that there are a lot of people reading out there who are contemplating adoption. I think that so many times the books say that if you adopt children before they turn age 2, then you are footloose and fancy free and at the core of it, that is just plain false. Adopting children when they are younger, in general, I think may ease the transition, but truth be told- we have no idea what our children have experienced before coming home and that all factors in.
So- enough with the doom and gloom... A few days ago we went hiking at Papaw Johnny's house. That is my kids absolute favorite place to be in the whole world. They could walk around in the woods forever. Miles is no different- he loved wandering around in the woods, too. It was so awesome to get out and get some fresh air and exercise! I love those little, adventurous kids (even when they are barfing and crying!)
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Details of Royal Ballet promotions, leavers and joiners for next season have been announced.
The 2012/13 season will see promotions to First Soloist for Alexander Campbell and Ryoichi Hirano; to Soloist for Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Claire Calvert, James Hay, Dawid Trzensimiech and Valentino Zucchetti; and to First Artist for Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Fumi Kaneko and Yasmine Naghdi.
Tamara Rojo will leave the company to take up the Directorship of English National Ballet. First Soloist José Martin and Artists Celisa Diuana and Aaron Smyth also depart as well as Ballet Mistress Ursula Hageli and Physiotherapist Daryl Martin. The company said goodbye to Principals Sergei Polunin and David Makhateli as well as First Artist Francesca Filpi during the course of the season.
Dancers joining the Company for the 2012/13 Season include Tierney Heap, Mayara Magri and Donald Thom from The Royal Ballet School as well as Nicol Edmonds from the Finnish National Ballet. All join as Artists.
We filmed an interview with Claire Calvert who gave us her reaction to the news of her promotion, as well as telling us about her career highlights to date and what she's looking forward to in the future:


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This blogpost is written in the context of using DocPad with No Skeleton and the ECO (Embedded CoffeeScript Templates) templating engine.
Whilst contributing to the Adobe open source project Topcoat.io I had the chance to get up close and personal with DocPad.
DocPad is a next generation web architecture; allowing for
- Content management via the file system
- Rendering via plugins, and
- Static site generation for deployment anywhere.
It's built with Node.js and Express.js, making it naturally fast and easily extendable.
During my time using DocPad I had some issues which I was able to easily overcome so I thought I would document these here so that other in the same position can hopefully find my blog and save themselves some time by trying out these possible workarounds and get to know and use DocPad as it truely is a great toolkit for any web developer looking to get their hands dirty with static site generation.


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This issue is a variant of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #167 [Direct]. There exist further variants.
This was to be the first issue of the DD/Punisher drug story that was nixed in its original form by the Comics Code Authority (and ultimately appeared in a revamped form in #183). The original cover as well as one of the offending scenes is presented in The Comics Journal Library: Frank Miller from Fantagraphics Books.
Marvel Comics Index #9B lists Jean Simek as letterer and Bob McLeod as computer letterer. Cover is signed to the left of the UPC box.
No credits listed. "Daredevil featurette not connected with Mauler story, added as a filler when Marvel increased the page count of original material in all its comics. Credits, particularly letterer, may differ from those listed in main story." from Marvel Comics Index #9B. Letterer is definitely not Joe Rosen.
Letters from Brian Nelson (Rockville, MD), Jim Fort (Akron, OH), and Will Jungkuntz (New York, NY).
At bottom of letters page. List of Marvel comics and magazines on sale that month. One-line blurbs for each issue.


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Yahoo! Opens Search and Supports Developers
Marshall over at Read Write Web has a great review up posted covering the exciting news that Yahoo! has opened up our search index and engine. I'll point you to his coverage, and pull out my favorite gems.
First, here's what happened tonight:
Yahoo! is taking a bold step tonight: opening up its index and search engine to any outside developers who want to incorporate Yahoo! Search's content and functionality into search engines on their own sites. The company that sees just over 20% of the searches performed each day believes that the new program, called BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service), could create a cadre of small search engines that in aggregate will outstrip their own market share and leave Google with less than 50% of the search market.
Might this impact things? He thinks so:
In both cases, Yahoo! BOSS is intended to level the playing field and blow the Big 3 wide open. We agree that it's very exciting to imagine thousands of new Yahoo! powered niche search engines proliferating. Could Yahoo! plus the respective strengths and communities of all these new players challenge Google? We think they could.
And that part that was music to my ears (emphasis mine):
It is clear, though, that BOSS falls well within the companies overall technical strategy of openness. When it comes to web standards, openness and support for the ecosystem of innovation – there may be no other major vendor online that is as strong as Yahoo! is today. These are times of openness, where some believe that no single vendor's technology and genius alone can match the creativity of an empowered open market of developers. Yahoo! is positioning itself as leaders of this movement.
Marshall, thanks for the great writeup. Yahoo!, thanks for making me proud.


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Bergamo Danza Associazione di Promozione Sociale
Diffondere la bellezza della Cultura contemporanea in tutte le sue sfaccettature è la nostra missione in quanto Associazione di Promozione Sociale no profit: condividere ciò che le diverse forme dArte del nostro tempo realizzano attraverso il loro processo creativo, confrontarsi su quello che lespressione artistica è stata ed ha seminato nel corso dei secoli, mostrare le tradizioni del passato, presentare le novità del presente, far vivere occasioni nelle quali le emozioni saranno al centro della scena.
Berlin Biennale
Since its inception in 1998, the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art has become one of the most important events of contemporary art worldwide. The Berlin Biennale explores artistic developments and visions from within the art scene of one of the most unusual cultural capitals in Europe where it also presents them. The Berlin Biennale has become a magnet for art lovers from all over the world and is continually praised by an enthusiastic audience as an experimental context-specific exhibition.
Berlinische Galerie
The Berlinische Galerie is one of the newest museums in the German capital and collects art from Berlin dating from 1870 to the present day with both a local and international focus. Founded in 1975, the State Museum reopened in its own building close to the Jewish Museum in 2004, moving into a spacious industrial hall that has been rebuilt to provide 4,600 square metres of exhibition space. Fine art painting, graphics, sculpture, multimedia photography, architecture and artists archives provide a rich source, whose interdisciplinary relationships create exciting dialogues. Its outstanding collections include Dada Berlin, the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) and the Eastern European avant-garde. The art of the divided and reunified city of Berlin provides another focus.
Bernie Grant Arts Centre
a genuine centre of excellence that enables opportunities for the education and development of local people in a supportive environment
Berwick Visual Arts
Berwick Visual Arts is committed to developing a welcoming and engaging environment of exceptional, ambitious visual art to inspire, challenge and encourage learning and enjoyment for those who work, visit and live in Berwick-upon-Tweed and the communities it serves.