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May 25, 2019 @ 10:00 pm$15 – $20
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"Davy Knowles has immersed himself in the styles of many great players, emerging with his own brand, and playing with a smile on his face. " – Bernie Marsden
"Knowles plays the blues with the sincerity of someone twice his age" – Daniel Eriksson – Gibson Top 10 Modern Blues Guitarists
The journey began for Davy Knowles growing up in the Isle of Man, learning to play guitar from listening to the likes of Gallagher, Clapton, Knopfler, Green and Mayall in his father's record collection, and honing his skills playing the local music circuit. Knowles's professional career started with a bang – arriving in America age 19 with his band Back Door Slam, an acclaimed debut album, and rave reviews at SXSW 2007. ("I heard the spirit of Jimi Hendrix "– Patrick MacDonald, Seattle Times). From that dynamic introduction, Knowles proceeded to make a significant impact across US media – from memorable TV performances on Jimmy Kimmel and Good Morning America, to a three year run at radio with the singles 'Come Home' from the debut album Roll Away and 'Tear Down the Walls' and 'Coming Up For Air' from the Peter Frampton produced sophomore album – both albums Top 3 Billboard Blues Chart. "Davy already has a recognizable style. He's definitely the gunslinger guitarist of the 21st century,'' – Peter Frampton
A relentless 4 year tour regime followed for Knowles in support of his albums, taking in legendary festivals Lollapalooza, Memphis In May, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits and headlining shows at The Troubadour, Red Rocks, World Cafe and The Iridium. He also toured with Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, The Who, Warren Haynes, George Thorogood, Peter Frampton, Joe Bonamassa, Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rhythm Devils, and the Satriani/Hagar inspired supergroup Chickenfoot. "It's an incredible, inspiring education to play with musicians and artists of that caliber" – DK.
Other highlights from this period include playing live to Astronauts on the ISS from mission control in Houston – one of only a handful of artists to be invited to do so – three tours of the UK and Europe and numerous international festivals including Jakarta, Tokyo, and Perth, Australia.
In 2011 Knowles's song Reach Higher was the official anthem for the Youth Commonwealth Games, and in 2012 his 'birthday' tribute to Woody Guthrie – a stunning electric version of Pastures of Plenty – was released in aid of "WhyHunger?"
In 2014 as Ambassador for the Isle of Man's "Year of Culture" he played the International Celtic Festival in Lorient, France, and that same year began filming the documentary Island Bound – tracking the migration of Celtic and European folk music with the early settlers to the British Colonies. With input from a host oflocal Manx and international artists, including Richard Thompson and Martin Simpson, Davy demonstrates how this music was preserved and passed down through generations, evolving into Bluegrass, Folk, Country and Americana – and ultimately influencing the blues and rock music of today.
From the very start Knowles earned the respect of fans, media and musicians alike, including some of his own musical heroes such as the aforementioned Peter Frampton, Joe Satrianni, and Warren Haynes. British Blues Legend, Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake, Moody Marsden Band) is another fan – "Davy Knowles continues to amaze me – he's still so young and yet he plays, writes and sings with such maturity. He's immersed himself in the styles of many great players and has emerged with his own brand, playing with a smile on his face. He's a rare bird, one I will continue to watch and study".
Throughout this musical journey, Knowles has kept 'the blues' close to his heart; "I love the guitar as an instrument, it's so versatile and endlessly challenging, but whilst I will try play any style to meet that challenge, blues is the music I first fell in love with, and I have always connected deeply with it. I enjoy playing the historian, and am fascinated by all facets of the genre, from the earliest field recordings, to the more recent guitar gods that electrified and supercharged this music. It's from all along this timeline that I like to draw influence from."


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Economic & Strategy Viewpoint
October 2015
Global: Recession fears haunt the US (page 2)
• With the imminent arrival of Halloween, we are focused on scary scenarios so whilst the likelihood of a China hard landing may have receded, we examine the vulnerability of the US expansion.
• The US economy has cooled since the summer and leading indicators suggest growth will slow further. We see the threat to activity as coming more from a retrenchment by the corporate sector where capex is set to be slashed. Inflation horrors are also lurking, but should be kept in check by global spare capacity, reducing the need for the Federal Reserve to engage in shock therapy.
UK: Nightmare at no. 11 Downing Street (page 7)
• The tax credits horror show highlights the difficulties the government faces in reforming welfare spending. The House of Lords' shocking blockage of a key financial policy will haunt the Chancellor, sending him back to the drawing board.
• However, without welfare reforms, cuts to departmental budgets may have to be even deeper. To add to the Chancellor's woes, the budget deficit is already off-track, just as the economy is starting to cool. Weaker growth in 2016 could derail the government's austerity plans.
Emerging markets: A very Brazilian house of horrors (page 11)
• Despite tentative signs of adjustment, the Brazilian horror story is far from played out. An early exit for a beleaguered president could be the best outcome.
Views at a glance (page 15)
• A short summary of our main macro views and where we see the risks to the world economy
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- Craig Botham
- Keith Wade
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Still trying to change my style....though probably not succeeding. LOL I hope you all like it anyway! :-)
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Make words and sentences on your fridge or filing cabinet using this periodic table fridge magnet game. What words, sentences, messages, and names can you spell out on your fridge?
The periodic table itself laid out conventionally is 34 cm wide (13 ⅜ inches). Each element tile is about 24 x 19 mm. The printing is high quality and shiny. Each tile shows the atomic number, element symbol, and atomic weight. The latest elements Fl (114, flerovium) and Lv (116, livermorium) are included but good luck on making lots of words with Lv in them!
Each tile is sufficiently magnetic to stick easily to fridge doors, metallic filing cabinets, or metallic lockers
Strangely addictive.


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Poinsettia Power
Poinsettias are standard Christmas and winter-holiday blooms and are given and received with much joy. Their crimson, star-shaped flowers bring much-needed color to the shorter days of winter.
While displaying a potted poinsettia brings colorful cheer to any room, we offer two ways to expand on the decorative powers of the flower.
To get more use out of the blooms, first sear the stems. After you snip the poinsettia from its stem, hold the cut end over a candle flame to seal. Then you can use the blooms to…
- Replace or join other bows on wrapped Christmas presents. You can tape the flower stem directly to the wrapping paper using clear tape. Or, if you have also wrapped the package with a ribbon, you can wrap floral wire around the cut flower stems, then twist the wire securely around the ribbon.
- Before you hang a gorgeous evergreen wreath on your door (or wherever you hang it), you can use floral wire to attach a half-dozen or so (depending on size of the wreath) blooms among the greenery. The bright-red flowers will make the Christmas colors pop!


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Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee State Flying Tigers and Tigerbelles will start the 2012-13 indoor season on Monday, Nov. 19 with the annual Blue and White Meet.
The exhibition will be the first opportunity for TSU supporters to see both sides in action and for track and field director Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice to assess the team's progress.
Cheeseborough-Guice enters her second season at the helm of both the men's and women's squads, but has coached the Tigerbelles since 1994.
This season, Cheeseborough-Guice returns a large portion of the teams that finished fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championship Meet.
For the Tigerbelles, Gabrielle Todd suits up again after running 56.08 in the 400-meter dash to pick up the gold medal in the conference championship.
Todd was also part of the first leg in the 4x400-meter relay champions. Other members of that squad included Kya Riley, Breanna Adams and Ashontae Jackson. The quartet ran the mile in 3:47.70, and they will all be back for TSU this year.
Jackson returns after running team-bests in the 55-meter dash (7.15 seconds), 60-meter dash (7.75 seconds) and 200-meter dash (24.87 seconds) as a freshman.
Jackson also had a fourth place finish in the 55-meter dash (7.19) and 200-meter dash (25.09) during the OVC Championship.
For the Flying Tigers, senior Michael Johnson will pace the team after placing third at the OVC Championship in the 200-meter dash, sprinting in 22.23 seconds.
Junior Royce Dates also returns to the squad and will look to notch a title in the long jump. Dates registered a distance of 7.36-meters at the UNC Invitational last season.
The Blue and White Meet will serve as tune-up for the squads before starting a regular season slate that features events in Murfreesboro, Tenn. and Bloomington, Ind.
Monday's event is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. and is free for fans and Big Blue supporters.
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Lord Byron
Date: January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824
Remarks: Born George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron, along with John Keats and Percy Shelley, was a celebrated English Romantic poet during the early 1800's. His works include Don Juan and Childe Harold¿s Pilgrimage, which told of his many wide travels. In 1823, he traveled to Greece to help fight in the war for independence. It was here that Bryon caught the fever that claimed his life in April 1824. Byron's remains were sent to England, and after being refused for burial in Westminister Abbey, laid to rest with those of his ancestors at Newstead. However in 1969, a monument was finally placed in his memory in Westminister Abbey. -Source: http://englishhistory.net/byron/life.html


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ATLANTA, Wed Feb 6, 2013 — Home Depot Inc. said it will hire 10,000 additional seasonal workers for its key spring selling season as it sees higher sales growth during the period.
The home-improvement retailer said it will hire 80,000 seasonal workers this year, 14 percent more than it hired last year.
Home improvement chains such as Home Depot and Lowe's Cos. Inc. and retailers selling home goods and furnishings see higher sales during the spring season as people start to rebuild their homes after the cold winter.
The uptick in the U.S. housing market is also benefiting home improvement chains.
Shares of Home Depot closed at $66.39 on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.


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Center probably is the deepest position on the Avalanche roster, but that did not stop the team from taking another one with its first pick in Friday night's first round of the NHL draft in Philadelphia.
The Avs chose the captain of the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League: 6-foot-1, 196-pound Conner Bleackley.
Bleackley, 18, scored 29 goals and had 68 points for the Rebels this past season, with 48 penalty minutes.
"I think I have the ability to bring guys together as a group," Bleackley said. "I think on the ice, I have a versatility where I can play on lines one to four, at wing and center. I'm more of a two-way center. I pride myself on playing against a team's best players. I like to go to the dirty areas and to the net to score goals. That's definitely a part of my game."
The knock on Bleackley is his skating and defense. Both are a work in progress, scouts say. Everything else about his game, though, draws good notices — especially his work ethic.
Bleackley, who played under former New Jersey Devils and Calgary Flames coach Brent Sutter at Red Deer, has size and a right-hand shot — two attributes the Avs want to add more of to their club. He plays an involved, physical kind of game; not overly flashy, but grindingly effective with pretty good hands.
"One thing that attracted us to Conner is his hockey sense and strength on the puck," Avalanche director of amateur scouting Rick Pracey said in a news release. "We like his versatility, as we have seen him play all three forward positions.
"Being a right-handed shot, he potentially addresses a need on the right side on our organizational depth chart. We think he is a responsible two-way player, and his leadership qualities were a positive factor. It is very rare to see a 17-year-old captain of a major junior team."
Bleackley was one of three captains of their respective teams drafted in the first round Friday. And being a captain on a Sutter-coached team is no easy task.
"The whole is greater than the sum of the parts," TSN draft expert Craig Button said of Bleackley. "If you're going to look at the individual pieces, you don't get an appreciation for Conner Bleackley. But when you get into a game, into its competitive areas, into the critical areas, Conner always wants to try to make a difference, and he can do it multiple ways."
As for Bleackley, it's a night he won't soon forget.
"I idolized Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche as long as I can remember," Bleackley said. "To be called my name by him is a dream come true."
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The Avalanche drafted Conner Bleackley with the 23rd pick in the first round of the NHL draft Friday night:
Age: 18
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 196 pounds
Team: Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
Position: Center
Comment: Described as a gritty center with strong leadership skills, he was the captain of the Rebels this past season under former NHL coach Brent Sutter. He had 29 goals and 68 points for Red Deer in 71 games (plus-3 rating).
First-Round NHL Draft Selections
1. Florida, Aaron Ekblad, D, Barrie (OHL).
2. Buffalo, Sam Reinhart, C, Kootenay (WHL).
3. Edmonton, Leon Draisaitl, C, Prince Albert (WHL).
4. Calgary, Sam Bennett, C, Kingston (OHL).
5. N.Y. Islanders, Michael Dal Colle, LW, Oshawa (OHL).
6. Vancouver, Jake Virtanen, RW, Calgary (WHL).
7. Carolina, Haydn Fleury, D, Red Deer (WHL).
8. Toronto, William Nylander, C/RW, Modo (Sweden).
9. Winnipeg, Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, Halifax (QMJHL).
10. Anaheim (from Ottawa), Nick Ritchie, LW, Peterborough (OHL).
11. Nashville, Kevin Fiala, LW, HV 71 Jr. (Sweden).
12. Arizona, Brendan Perlini, LW, Niagara (OHL).
13. Washington, Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, Linkoping (Sweden).
14. Dallas, Julius Honka, D, Swift Current (WHL).
15. Detroit, Dylan Larkin, C, USA Under-18 (USHL).
16. Columbus, Sonny Milano, LW, USA Under-18 (USHL).
17. Philadelphia, Travis Sanheim, D, Calgary (WHL).
18. Minnesota, Alex Tuch, RW, USA Under-18 (USHL).
19. Tampa Bay, Anthony Deangelo, D, Sarnia (OHL).
20. Chicago (from San Jose), Nick Schmaltz, C, Green Bay (USHL).
21. St. Louis, Robert Fabri, C, Guelph (OHL).
22. Pittsburgh, Kasperi Kapanen, RW, Kalpa (Finland).
23. Colorado, Conner Bleackley, C, Red Deer (WHL).
24. Vancouver (from Anaheim), Jared McCann, C, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL).
25. Boston, David Pastrnak, RW, Sodertalje (Sweden).
26. Montreal, Nikita Scherbak, RW, Saskatoon (WHL).
27. San Jose (from Chicago), Nikolay Goldobin, RW, Sarnia (OHL).
28. N.Y. Islanders (from Tampa Bay via N.Y. Rangers), Joshua Ho-Sang, C, Windsor (OHL).
29. Los Angeles, Andrian Kempe, LW, Modo (Sweden).
30. New Jersey, John Quenneville, C, Brandon (WHL).
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"I wanted to write a comic book long before I wanted to write a book about the media," Brooke Gladstone explains in The Influencing Machine, her new book about the news business. The host of NPR's "On the Media," Gladstone makes what could have been a chewy book on media theory – snooze – more fun with the help of something unavailable at her day job: pictures.
"I thought writing in bubbles would be easier, more like radio," Gladstone writes. "It was more like radio, but it wasn't easier."
Although writing it wasn't easier for the radio host, "The Influencing Machine" will prove easier on her readers than most of the inside-baseball navel-gazing done by media personalities. As digital publishing buries newspapers and books, writers either wax nostalgic for dead trees (like former Sunday Times editor Harold Evans in his memoir "My Paper Chase") or drool over the possibilities of the Internet age (like Cory Doctorow, publisher of the tech blog BoingBoing, who blurbed "The Influencing Machine").
Gladstone, more level-headed, charts a middle course.
"Everything we hate about the media today was present at its creation," she writes. "Also present was everything we admire – and require – from the media: factual information, penetrating analysis, probing investigation, truth spoken to power. Same as it ever was."
Of course, as any newspaper editor will tell you, "Same as it ever was" isn't a great headline. "The Influencing Machine" doesn't break new ground. Starting with ancient Guatemala, where she says Mayan scribes wrote "primordial P.R.," Gladstone takes us through touchstones familiar to any Journalism 101 student: the explosion of newspapers after the American Revolution, William Randolph Hearst's yellow journalism, Watergate, and the invasion of Iraq. She also offers tired Jon Stewartesque gripes about partisan cable-news bloviators.
Here's where the illustrations help. Josh Neufeld, veteran illustrator of topical graphic novels such as "A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge" and "9-11: Emergency Relief," makes Gladstone's arguments about, for example, the unreliability of polls, more memorable. Poll-hating isn't novel – John Allen Paulos, for one, outlined arguments against surveys almost 20 years ago in "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper." Still, it's easier to wade through a statistical discussion accompanied by Gladstone's curly-haired avatar, which Neufeld supplies with a Sherlock Holmes cap and magnifying glass in one panel where she takes on NBC's Chris Hansen.
Hansen, host of "To Catch a Predator" – horrifying infotainment that, as one judge ruled, entrapped would-be statutory rapists by soliciting them on the Web – cited law enforcement officers in 2005 to claim "50,000 predators are online at any given moment." Then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales even cited the number in a speech. Gladstone, however, was dubious.
"[The number] 50,000 is a death magnet," she writes. "Every year 50,000 die in road accidents ... and from secondhand smoke ... and from trans-fats in America.... What's the deal?" After talking to Hansen's source, she learns that the figure was, essentially, a guess-timate.
"It was a Goldilocks number," Hansen's statistician tells her. "Not too hot, not too cold." Gladstone thinks that such poor journalism, whether motivated by laziness or outright bias, is common. "Sometimes the simplest reasons are the scariest," she writes.
Without offering excessive hyperbole about the promises of the Digital Age (see: any paper that enthuses about "citizen journalists" while offering multiple buyouts to its newsroom), Gladstone makes a solid case that more democratic access to information improves news.
Though, regrettably, she's doesn't say much about WikiLeaks, she praises cellphone images of Iranian upheaval after a contested election in 2009 and websites such as data.gov that let normal folks find and report stories.
"How can we ensure that our development as moral and social animals keeps pace with our rapidly evolving communications technology?" she asks. "By playing an active role in our media consumption."
It shouldn't be news to Gladstone that publishing empires are desperately trying not to go broke while hoping to make readers more active. And older, less easily digestible books – Marshall McLuhan's "Medium is the Message" and Roland Barthes's "Mythologies" – better describe the 21st century's media disease. Still, Gladstone gets points for offering some solutions and staying positive.
"I am generally a dark individual, but I think this is a great time to be alive," she writes. In 2012 – 40 years after Woodward and Bernstein started writing about a break-in at a Washington, D.C., office complex – that's great to hear.
Justin Moyer is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C.


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Virgin Media set-top box modder gets 5 years
Jail for free-channel fraudster
A man from Birmingham has been jailed for five and a half years for his role in a cable TV fraud.
Mohammed Ali, 35, was sentenced last week for selling modified set-top boxes that can receive free channels.
Three other men were also convicted of involvement in the fraud. Umar Manir, 28, was handed 18 months' jail and ordered to pay compensation to Virgin Media. Shaukat Ali, 27, was sentenced to 12 months' jail, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work.
The fourth man, Subhan Ali, 29, absconded abroad and was found guilty in his absence.
The group were arrested in 2008, when 2,000 illegally modified set-top boxes were found during police raids in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. Large quantites of cash and two vehicles were also seized.
The convictions are part of a concerted effort by Virgin Media in recent years to stamp out set-top box and modem fraud. It claims network updates are making it impossible to take internet and TV services for free.
"Later this month, we will introduce a new encryption process in Birmingham, which is already rolling out across other parts of the UK now," said head of fraud and security Malcolm Davies. "This will protect our existing customers and make it impossible for others to take our services unless they pay for them legitimately."
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Congratulations to Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, who won his 903rd game tonight against Rutgers, allowing him to pass Bobby Knight in the all-time win list. Boeheim now stands at #2 all-time behind Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who is at 940 and climbing.
I have always been a huge fan of Bobby Knight, regarding his coaching ability. Knight finished his career at 902-371, with 3 National Championships and 5 Final Fours.
For some perspective, Boeheim's career record is now 903-302. He has 69 fewer losses than Knight.
If Keith Smart missed that jump shot against Syracuse in 1987, Bobby Knight would have finished his career with a 901-372 record, with 2 National Championships and 5 Final Fours.
Boeheim's resume, if Smart misses that jump shot (or if Derrick Coleman makes his free throw prior to that), would be 904-301, with 2 National Championships and 3 Final Fours.
Knight is an unquestioned great basketball coach. Boeheim, without a free throw or jump shot he could not control, would have an equal/better resume.
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Before you say anything, let me explain. Yes I know this is a tutorial on "how to draw a waffle", and yes I know it's making you hungry. But you have to understand that I have been wanting a waffle for a long time now, but I don't want just any old waffle. I want a homemade style one that is thick, doughy, and has loads of butter and maple syrup oozing off the top. When I was asked to make a tutorial on a waffle I was like "NOOOOO". Now I definitely have to make myself some tasteful goodness because drawing a waffle just made me hunger for a waffle. I hope you guys have fun with this lesson on such a simple concept. You can add berries or what have you to your waffle drawing, just make sure it looks good!
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The Hills: The Rolling Stones Cover
Here it is…
Heidi kills me. And poor Whitney doesn't even get to show her face! Actually… NOT poor Whitney. Whitney was apparently the biggest bitch at this shoot. And Lauren was an insecure mess. And Audrina is dumb as f&cking ass.
Click here to revisit my exclusive report from the Rolling Stone photo shoot.
And fresh smut on Lauren from the White House dinner at the weekend: word is she lost her sh*t when she was getting ready as she was supposed to wear another dress and for one reason or another, it didn't work out. She had a back up but there was some major drama making that happen – tears, desperation, a lot of victim talk like Nancy Kerrigan (whyyyyyyy! Whyyyyy!!!!) but it all went away when she saw Heidi. Am told Lauren had a good laugh at Heidi's expense because she had to wear the same dress twice.
Always the old sh*t, never any new sh*t. Now that Gossip Girl is back on, are you officially over The Hills? I am.


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Jason Kay, main member, singer and songwriter of the band Jamiroquai, which sold more than 35 million albums worldwide, has always shown a strong interest in cars and speed and owns approximately 25 luxury cars. His love of motors is expressed in his song Black Devil Car from the album Dynamite, which is a tribute to his black Enzo Ferrari with green interiors–one of four Ferraris of his collection.
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|Populus Freemontii - The Tree at the Narrows (a big metal tree sculpture at Tempe Town Lake) by Joe Tyler
shade me with your rusty leaves while the wind whistles through your iron boughs
There's another tree-that's-not-a-tree constructed to display leaves of people who donated money to plant real trees. This one is called "Populus Freemontii - The Tree at the Narrows" and is right by Priest Road and the end of the path on the north bank.
|Informational signage
I observed a troop of Boy Scouts with bicycles reading the sign and checking out the plant life along the north bank. It's plentiful, and does offer a good opportunity to study many types of native plant life.
|It takes me back to LIZARD ACRES!!
(perfect recognition on my part BTW, it is the same artist)
|It does need a rusted lizard or two...
Just an incredibly great day to be out riding a road bike. I did my tri-city tour (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe), and saw many others out enjoying the warm day on two wheels. Get up. Go ride.


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For an actress who has done many musical theatre productions, Samantha Womack admitted that a role in another one wasn't top of her to do list after EastEnders.
Having previously done South Pacific and Guys and Dolls, she now plays the role of Morticia in The Addams Family musical coming to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday October 24 to 28.
"I agreed to go to the initial meeting, but I wasn't convinced, " she told me.
But preparing for that meeting entailed a certain amount of research, during which Samantha found her mind being changed.
"Immediately I got a very clear sense of how I should play the role. I'd never played a character that was so deadpan before and as I read the script I really started to enjoy it.
"I also really liked the character-style of singing, which was different to me.
"Suddenly I couldn't stop thinking about it; I was being seduced!"
For those of us who are new to The Addams Family, how would she sum up Morticia?
Samantha said: "Morticia is the matriarch of the family and she tends to everyone carefully. She believes in truth and is a good home maker.
"She believes in everything to do with herfamily and that's her religion really.
"If an untruth is told then it really will break her heart.
"The whole thing about the Addams Family is they are supposed to co-exist in this perfect world for them, which is dark and strange, but they don't argue."
The show tells the story of Wednesday Addams, a princess of darkness with a shocking secret. When her father Gomez learns that she has fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family, he must do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.
Inviting Wednesday's "normal" boyfriend and family to dinner, meeting Lurch, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and the rest of the clan will ensure that it's a night that nobody will forget in a hurry.
There have been films and TV series but does Samantha have a preference?
She said: "I liked the series in the 60s and for me, that is the closest to my Morticia in thatshe's kind of warmer, less arch, less knowing.
"Almost as if she is fascinated with the old movie sstars of the time.
"I enjoyed that series and the comedy in that was just brilliant. The casting was phenomenal. I probably know that more than the film though my daughter knows the films."
And what challenges does playing the part of Morticia entail?
"My biggest challenge is not moving so facially trying to stay interesting but being very devoid and trying to be economical with it. It is hard to keep that interesting. There is a lot of bird like movements but not moving the face.
"It is quite hard not to laugh as well as we have Cameron Blakely, who plays Gomez, who is making everyone laugh."
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Today is blog action day, a yearly event in which bloggers get together to raise awareness on a specific area of concern. This year's topic is Water. Greenpeace has been busy recently assessing the damage caused by a toxic disaster in Hungary, which is affecting the local fresh water supply.
Put yourself in the shoes of someone living in the villages in Hungary that have been devastated by toxic red sludge. Less than two weeks ago, a mass of toxic mud swept through your house. It might have physically hurt you. The sludge was so toxic that you had to leave your house, your village, and be cast about. You might even know people who died.
For the last 10 days, you haven't been able to go home. Your future is unsure – you don't even know if you'll ever be able to come home. In your village, the ground is unsafe to walk on, the water is unsafe to drink, the air is unsafe to breathe.
And then, suddenly, the government invites you back. The plant that the toxic waste came from is open. You still have to wear a facemask, but otherwise, everything is (officially) fine.
Would you believe the official announcement then that you are welcome back? Would the emotion of being able to go back home, the need to have your life back to normal, to see your neighbours in the street and wave at them, the simple comforting feeling of being home, would all that outweigh the little voice that would whisper in your head and wonder if it really is safe?
I wish I could put on a pair of rose-colored glasses and tell the Hungarian villagers that it will be fine, and that they can go back and breathe the air, drink the water, plant the fields. But heavy metals present in the water and in the air aren't likely to magically vanish. And the Hungarian government is re-opening one of the villages without demonstrating to the people that it's safe.
Today as well, the same Hungarian government is re-opening the aluminia plant from which the toxic red sludge originally came from. There still isn't a safe way to store the existing red mud, yet the government considers it fine to create more of that toxic waste.
I hate to have to write this, but no one knows yet the extent of the contamination of the environment, so it's close to impossible to know when the water will be drinkable and the air breathable. It might bring emotional comfort for people to be able to go back, but it's dangerous for their health.
The toxic waste that devastated those villages should have been stored better, with long-term solutions. Safe storage of toxic waste, as well as reducing the amount of toxic waste we produce, are essential to protect our scarce water resources. Being confident the water you drink is safe shouldn't be a luxury. These Hungarian villages are forever scared, but this tragedy should be a wake up call, not only in Hungary, but all over the world, that toxic waste is a threat to our vital and limited fresh water supply.
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Juliette is a Digital Mobilisation Specialist at Greenpeace International. She likes chocolate, narwhals, and is slightly obsessed with the Arctic.
save nature. who is not a stupid man keeps
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save nature. great story!
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I am presently living in Trinidad and Tobago,i am speaking about the main island trinidad in which there is a lot of discrepancies, as the in the east...
I am presently living in Trinidad and Tobago,i am speaking about the main island trinidad in which there is a lot of discrepancies, as the in the east coast of the country which have been polluted for the last number of years, the east coast happen to be the home of the leatherbacks turtles where they comes in the droves to bury their eggs, and with the oil which has been the problem with mixing in the water it will certainly be disastrous for the these poor turtles, unless green peace will be able to stop the extinction from further destruction,there are also other places of concern but someone representing green peace need to be on the first watch.
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the time has certainly come for people worldwide to wake up.we can no longer turn our backs on the state of our natural world. how can we be so stupid...
the time has certainly come for people worldwide to wake up.we can no longer turn our backs on the state of our natural world. how can we be so stupid, to ignore all the warnings around us about the destruction of our beautiful planet.the native american proverb rings through again and again, THIS PLANET WAS NOT GIVEN TO US BY OUR ANCESTORS BUT LENT TO US BY OUR CHILDREN. Do those in power honeslty believe that one day everything will be magically restored to its natural state with little effort. It is time to get government powers to stop investing in destructive non productive solutions and to return to nature,to start funding more in environmental and renewable soutions. For starters get governments world wide to ban the use of harmful washing products, which everybody uses on a day to day basis.It is time to shut these companies down or at least get them to convert to enviromentally safe ways of producing.we have to shout out for the children,our future!!!!!u
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Since Blizzard has now released some "official" talent tree previews (the ones at MMO-Champ have designer comments), we can now "safely" look into what they're considering for druids in regards to Cataclysm. Important note: the wowtal (mmo-champ) calculator appears to differ slightly on numbers than the wowhead calculator. I don't know at this point which is more accurate, but I'm going to guess and hope it is the wowhead calc, as the wowtal one says swiftmend heals for 1, wg got a nasty nerf, and imp bark only does 20% bonus armor.
Some other good write-ups I've seen on the resto-talent preview include Beruthiel's, Keeva's, Jasyla's, and Icedragon's.
First up, since it's my current mainspec, is Resto. I'll be looking at the feral stuff in a later post, and I'll leave balance to those who know it better :)
First Tier:
- GONE: Imp MotW.
- NEW: Blessing of the Grove is replacing Imp MotW and provides direct buffs to specific abilities instead. All druids will probably take it. For restos, it increases healing of rejuv by 4%; it also increases moonfire's direct damage by 4%, as with claw and shred.
- Furor is still for non-healer specs, and appears unchanged.
Second Tier:
- NEW: Perseverance, a pvp/survival -spelldamage taken talent.
- Subtlety is still being looked at/considered, so is probably due for some future changes.
- Natural Shapeshifter appears unchanged.
Third Tier:
- GONE: Intensity.
- Naturalist is now located here from the 2nd tier, and also reduces the cast time of Nourish. This is interesting, because that puts nourish (with 5 points) at a 1-second cast WITHOUT any haste, assuming nourish stays at a 1.5 second base cast-time. This means that it will always be clipping our GCD, based on current game mechanics. Something to keep an eye on. EDIT: it is theorized that Nourish will have a much longer cast time in Cataclysm; I cannot confirm if it is rumor/leak, or something from Blizzard itself. Regardless, this talent raises some questions about Nourish in Cataclysm.
- OoC and Master Shapeshifter appear unchanged.
Fourth Tier:
- Imp Rejuv now applies to swiftmend as well.
- Tranquil Spirit appears unchanged.
Fifth Tier:
- GONE: Gift of Nature. The raw spellpower boost will presumably be rolled up into the talent tree's masteries.
- Nature's Swiftness and Imp Tranquility appear unchanged.
Sixth Tier:
- Nature's Bounty has been reworked significantly: it is now the pre-req for Swiftmend, it increases regowth crit by 50% WHEN the target is below 25% health, and allows your nourish and HT crits to reduce the cooldown of Swiftmend by 0.5 seconds. Since you'll be using those casted heals when swiftmend is on cooldown, I like this, though the lack of straight crit rating that this talent original gave to RG and Nourish will be missed and must be made up for with gear stats.
- NEW: Fury of the Stormrage, appears to grant insta-cast wraths on a proc off of casting nourish/HT: something to play with and decide the usefulness of. Possibly a PvP talent.
- Living Seed moved here from 8th tier; appears unchanged, except that it is now needed to open up a new talent in a deeper tier.
Seventh Tier:
- Swiftmend is now opened by Nature's Bounty; otherwise appears unchanged.
- Empowered Touch has been moved here, and reworked: it now causes Nourish to refresh lifebloom stacks on the target, while keeping HT's 20% healing boost. I have mixed feelings about this: for one, it's a "free" refresh of lifebloom. On the other hand, what if I could really use that lifebloom stack to drop while I'm spamming nourish, for the huge healing the bloom would do? Are they looking at us to use healing touch if we want the stack to drop? Is this related to a possible increase to the nourish cast-time?
Eighth Tier:
- NEW: Efflorescence is opened here by the pre-req 3/3 Living Seed; what it does is provide a stationary AoE HoT in the location of a person you crit a regrowth on. At 7 seconds, it's got the same duration as wild growth, but it will probably have less power: 30% of the amount your regrowth healed for (I am assuming on the initial hit of the regrowth, rather than including the HoT component).
- Empowered Rejuv now looks to include its healing bonus to Swiftmend.
- Natural Perfection has been moved down to this rank from the 7th; it's also been nerfed, where it no longer increases your spell crit.
Ninth Tier:
- Some big changes here.
- Tree of Life's changes: 15% healing boost, 50% movement speed penalty, and an un-detailed "alteration" of WG, LB, RG, wrath, thorns, and entangling roots. I would guess that the Fury of Stormrage talent may play into this new ToL somehow. 45-sec duration with a 5-minute cooldown. The fact that it's a "click-use" spellpower buff is demoralizing, nevermind that it is paired with a "snare" effect; no word yet on how it will impact those specific spells.
- The related Imp-ToL talent will reduce this cooldown further to 3.5 minutes, and apply the 15% bonus to your damage as well, rather than its old effects of increased ToL healing by spirit and increased armor.
- Revitalize has been overhauled: we can no longer use it to grant energy to our raiding buddies, which I find unfortunate. I really enjoyed having that special ability to grant energy to the cats/rogues, runic power to the DKs, rage to the warriors/bears, and I will miss it. Disc Priests had something similar, but I still felt special with it. What it will do now is replenish 3% of our mana back to us whenever the Hot-portion of our LB and RG crits on anyone. This may be an attempt to make up for the removal of Intensity, providing an optional mana-regen talent that we can spec out of depending on our mana useage/gear.
Tenth Tier:
- Imp Barkskin no longer reduces the dispel chance. Edit: the wowhead and mmo-champ calculators seem to disagree about how much the armor contribution will be: wowhead says unchanged (160%), mmo-champ says 20%.
- Gift of the Earth Mother has been reworked completely: it no longer impacts spell haste, but instead increases LB's bloom healing by 20% and gives Rejuv an insta-HoT-tick for 15% of the total periodic healing (reminiscent of the set bonus). The bloom-bonus is an interesting counter-point to the earlier Empowered-Touch change, where Nourish refreshes the lifebloom duration.
Eleventh Tier:
- Wild Growth got nerfed to a 10-second cooldown. Possibly also in spellpower: 686 base healed rather than the old 1442. 686 is according to the wowtal calculators at MMO-champ; the wowhead cata talents have it listed as 2905, instead, as does the actual post on MMO-champ's front page. I wonder which to trust? Perhaps it is confusion over spell ranks?
First Tier:
- Genesis now boosts swiftmend as well.
- Starlight Wrath appears unchanged.
Second Tier:
- Moonglow now applies to Starsurge as well, a new deeper-tier balance talent.
- Imp Moonfire nerfed; only increases damage done of moonfire (no more crit boost)
- Nature's Majesty appears unchanged, except that it is no longer required for any Tier-3 talents.
Third Tier:
- Nature's Splendor has been moved to a deeper tier, so we'll have to spend more points in Balance to reach it now.
- Nature's Grace is still being looked at, so it is unknown if that will be a useful talent to resto-druids again (I'm going to bet yes given the changes to GotEM).
- NEW: Solar Beam, looks like fun: an interrupt on your target, with a 10-sec, 10-yard cone of silence effect on that area afterwards.
- Celestial Focus has been moved here from the 4th tier, but no longer effects spell haste. It does apply its pushback reduction to the new balance talent Starsurge, though.
- Nature's Reach appears unchanged.
Fourth Tier:
- NEW: Lunar Justice, will drop a small, single-use mana restore (up to 6%) to whoever (friendly target) picks it up first, whenever you kill an appropriate-level target. I am curious if it requires a killing blow, or if healing (say prot paladin) while the raid kills the target will still drop the mana-cookie, granting at 1 talent point a 2% mana restore to that pally tank who happens to be standing there. The mana-drop lasts 15 seconds or until it is picked up by you or a friendly target.
- Nature's Splendor appears unchanged, aside from being moved down here from the third tier and no longer requiring Nature's Majesty.
So, what do you think? I'm excited about the changes, though I am still hoping that the new treeform art isn't as ugly as the old tree, and curious about what the new Treeform will actually do to our spells. There are a lot of spell-altering talents in there, even without treeform's changes, and a big flag has been raised in regards to how Nourish and Healing Touch will be used in Cataclysm.


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Obama tells Organizing for Action group they can play powerful role in helping his agenda
WASHINGTON – Reuniting with supporters and top-tier donors who fueled his re-election victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday told a grass-roots group springing out of his campaign that they can play an equally powerful role in helping his ambitious second-term agenda come to fruition.
Addressing the fledgling group Organizing for Action for the first time, Obama sought to temper concerns among Republicans and good-governance groups that questioned whether the group was really seeking to help Democrats recapture the House in 2014.
"I actually just want to govern -- at least for a couple of years," Obama said.
Obama, who hours earlier held a rare meeting with House Republicans aimed at laying the groundwork for compromise, said he senses a genuine desire among Republicans to get things done. Many of those in the opposing party are just as weary of grinding gridlock that has stymied progress on major fiscal issues, he said.
"Members sometimes are scared about making the right decisions," Obama said, telling the group that they could make the difference in marshaling support that would help lawmakers come to the right decision.
Obama acknowledged that after his 2008 victory, he didn't do enough to keep supporters engaged. He said his oft-cited observation during last-year's campaign -- that Washington can't be changed from inside -- has always been his belief, and that Organizing for Action can ensure the voices of those who elected him are heard now that the election is over and the tough work of policymaking has resumed.
About 75 supporters and donors, including Google chairman Eric Schmidt, packed a wood-paneled restaurant at a ritzy hotel blocks from the White House to hear Obama, the headliner for the two-day summit. Unlike most of his campaign and White House events, the president spoke without a teleprompter. After Obama made brief remarks, reporters were escorted out as Obama mingled and took questions from attendees.
Outside the hotel, a few dozen protesters set up camp -- some bearing signs objecting to the president's policies on the use of unmanned drones.
Earlier on Wednesday, organizers claimed that they OFA is not a partisan organization aimed at electing specific candidates, but rather a volunteer-driven nonprofit focused on popular issues pushed by Obama, such as curbing gun violence, promoting immigration reform and addressing climate change.
"This is something that should be celebrated, not criticized," said David Plouffe, a former White House senior adviser.
Jim Messina, OFA's chairman and Obama's 2012 campaign manager, said: "I suppose we all could sit back and relax after the campaign and say we got him re-elected. But it's not `yes he can,' it's `yes we can."'
The group was formed by former Obama aides and is raising millions of dollars in unlimited amounts from donors and small-dollar contributors. Donors who attended the meetings at a Washington hotel near the White House were asked to contribute $50,000. Aware that many of those contributing to the new group also ponied up big for his campaign, Obama noted that being a politician is akin to being a perpetual college student, forever dependent on checks from mom and dad.
"I've graduated," Obama quipped. "I've run my last campaign. But we're not done with the work that led me to run in the first place."
The group is not accepting donations from corporations, federal lobbyists and foreign donors and has said it will release, voluntarily, the identities of donors who give more $250 or more on a quarterly basis.
Watchdog groups say the group runs counter to the spirit of Obama's opposition to the influence of money in politics and have cautioned that donors could get special access to the White House in exchange for large contributions.
J. Gerald Hebert, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, said Obama's involvement with OFA "not only raises policy concerns relating to the purchase of influence over the administration, but also may cross the line in terms of the federal law banning the soliciting of gifts by any member of the executive branch, including the president."
OFA officials said they were on sound legal ground, noting that Obama can appear before any nonprofit group that advocates for public policy issues. White House press secretary Jay Carney has said there is no pricetag to see the president and has said that administration officials routinely interact with outside advocacy groups.
OFA plans to ramp up its activities across the nation with weekly, issue-oriented events
"Our role, quite simply, is to change the balance of power by being an organization, a network of grassroots strength, that is going to stand up for that agenda," said Jon Carson, OFA's executive director.


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1. Any Indiana University Gear
2. Wine Opener
This is because you'll be drinking it from a bag!
3. Your dog, cat or pet
If you are attached to your fury friend, we would suggest getting a pet camera. There are very strict policies against having animals at college.
4. Nails for pictures
Nailing pictures is against the rules. Stick with posters and approved adhesive to decorate your new home.
5. A toaster
Toasters are banned. You will need to leave your "Brave Little Toaster" at home
6. Expensive bikes
Unless you are the next Lance Armstrong, leave your $10k bike at home. College is a prime spot for theft and bikes rank as one of the most stolen items on campus.
7. Your highschool letterman
Just stop right there! If you are that attached to your high school, you should enroll for another year. High school is done. Keep calm and move on.
8. Your parents
DO NOT BRING YOUR PARENTS TO COLLEGE! Sorry mom and dad! You are going to have to stay at home.
9. Valuable items
You won't need your 24k gold diamond stud earrings for your 8 am calculus class.
10. Anything your roommate already has
Take time to plan with your roommate to avoid bringing the same items that can be shared.
11. Drugs
Do not bring illegal drugs like marijuana, MDMA, esctasy, etc. to college. Getting caught posessing/consuming illegal drugs can lead to expulsion, jail time, or even death. Don't risk it!
12. Guns and weapons
Do not bring guns and other weapons to college. They pose a risk to you and your fellow peers. Females are recommended to consider carring sexual assault device devices like pepperspray.
13. Long distance relationships
Around 40% of long distance relationships fail and last only four and a half months. This is even higher among college students. Leave any LDRs at home and be free your first year. You won't regret it.
14. Too many clothes
Bringing too many clothes to college is something that can and should be avoided.
15. Candles
This is a big no-no. Candles are banned in all residences. They pose fire hazards to you and your fellow students.
16. Tablet
If you have a laptop, you will not need tablet. Save your money.
17. Binders
Everything is in the cloud now! You can get your notes on OneClass. You can scan any piece of paper using CamScanner. You will not need binders. Period.
18. Halogen Lights
Bring halogen lights to college causes risk of explosion and harm to you and your fellow peers.
19. Fake IDs
Using Fake IDs is from websites like chfake.com is illegal and can result in fines and jail time. If you are going to get a fake id, make sure it at least looks like you.
20. Air Conditioners
Bring a fan instead.
21. Hoverboards
There are many safety concerns surrounding hoverboards. Plus, you will definitely get made fun of.


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text: Higher tax rates are no cause to give up on dividend stocks or funds that focus on them. By Jeffrey R. Kosnett, Senior Editor From Kiplinger's Personal Finance, February 2013 America's robust dividend culture will survive whatever -- and I repeat, whatever -- Washington's political tribes decide to do about the taxation of investment income. You'll still see regular quarterly checks and generous annual increases in the payments. Higher tax rates will have no lasting effect on the value of dividend-paying shares. So if you love dividends, take a deep breath, exhale and relax.SEE ALSO: Our 2013 Investing Forecasts I know that under the most extreme outcome, some Americans would face a federal marginal tax rate of 43.4% on qualified dividends, which as I write this are taxed at 15%. So let us applaud Disney, Leggett & Platt, Wal-Mart Stores and others that moved up to December the dividend payments originally scheduled for January, guaranteeing one final bite at the 15% rate. That was a fine gesture, although it cost the companies next to nothing to part with the cash a few weeks early. Strangely, though, some in the media reported on these expedited dividends in mournful tones -- despite zero evidence that any of these firms plan to abolish or cut payouts in 2013, even if the top tax rate triples. Disney even raised its disbursement by 25% at the same time it advanced the payment date for its dividend. Kiplinger's thinks the 15% tax rate for dividends is on its way out but will not rise to parity with ordinary income-tax rates. Plan on the rate climbing to 20% -- or 23.8%, if you are subject to the Medicare surtax on investment income. That is no cause to give up on dividend stocks or funds that focus on them. The longer-term issue is whether increasing dividend tax rates will discourage companies from making higher distributions or investors from buying yield-oriented stocks. On the second question, there is exhaustive evidence (presented by WisdomTree Research) that the answer is no. Investors remain loyal to high-yielding or dividend-growth stocks because generous payouts provide evidence of a secure, well-run enterprise. On top of that, high-yielding stocks almost always outpace other stock categories in the years following hikes in dividend tax rates -- including the last time it happened, in 1993. Advertisement As for companies' willingness to raise dividends despite higher taxes, there's a long list of tough-to-refute arguments. Start with the 117 firms that initiated or restored dividends in 2011 and 2012, despite clear indications that the 15% rate would be up for review. Here are some others: The influence of tax-exempt investors. Pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, and IRA and 401(k) investors collect about 75% of all dividends. Personal tax rates are irrelevant to them. WisdomTree research director Jeremy Schwartz notes that huge institutions, such as Calpers, the California public-employee pension fund, are saying they will shop aggressively for discounted high-dividend stocks if a tax increase sparks an irrational selloff. Bond refugees. Until interest rates rebound, bonds "cannot cut it" as a competitor to income stocks, says Mark Freeman, a fund manager and chief investment officer of the Westwood Group. If it appears that investors are starting to defect to bonds, Freeman thinks, cash-rich companies might boost dividends faster than otherwise to offset higher taxes. Changes in techland. In years past, a technology company might fall under suspicion if it paid dividends instead of spending those billions on research and takeovers. But who can accuse Apple of not being innovative just because it started paying a dividend last summer? Or look at Cisco Systems. It recently hiked its dividend by 75%, and in early December its stock yielded 3.0%. Both Apple and Cisco knew of the impending tussle over tax rates but still decided that sharing more profits with investors was a righteous use of their resources. Jeff Kosnett is a senior editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance. Kiplinger's Investing for Income will help you maximize your cash yield under any economic conditions. Subscribe now!


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5-E Model for Teaching Inquiry Science
Nancy Moreno, PhD, presents an overview and describes the benefits of the "5-E" teaching model, while providing keys for successfully incorporating this model into inquiry science teaching.
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Were you able to give handmade this year? Did you surprise anyone with something they loved handmade or not?
I hope you had a lovely Christmas and continue to enjoy the week before New Years! I'm hoping to plan something extra fun for our little family to do to ring in 2011 but we all know what happens to the best laid plans...someone gets pneumonia! AAGGH!


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Best Practices for Building Web Applications for Domino 8.5.1
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Authors: John Bergland, Pascal David, Muhammad Ali Sabir, Jérôme Deniau, Bruce Lill, Abhishek Jain
Welcome to the IBM® Redbooks® wiki on using Best Practices for Domino 8.5 Web Application Development. IBM Lotus® and IBM Redbooks publications have partnered together to create this wiki content that explains best practices and approaches for developing Web applications using Domino 8.5.1.
This IBM Redbooks wiki can help you to understand improvements in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 as a Web development platform. It introduces XPages in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 and a discusses how XPages can shorten the learning curve for Notes and Domino developers dramatically. XPages now allow you to incorporate Web 2.0 features and functionality into Web applications and also continue to take advantage of existing Domino development skills, while intuitively incorporating new design element features.
Get started by going to the Table of Contents for this Redbooks Wiki
This IBM Redbooks wiki has the following objectives:
- Provide guidance on Best Practices for Domino Web Development, with emphasis on the new XPages design element. This wiki introduces the key new features of XPages and discusses how and why these features are meaningful within the context of Domino Web Development.
- Provide hands-on tutorials and sample code, which give you the opportunity to work with XPages and to understand the improvements in Domino 8.5 Web application development. As a foundation application for each of the tutorials, we begin with a well known Lotus Notes and Domino application--the Document Library Template.
The tutorials include:
- Sample Tutorial 1, which shows you how to extend the life of your existing Lotus Notes Client applications by enabling them into an XPages application. You can review the scope and objectives of this scenario example here.
- Sample Tutorial 2, which shows you how to build a new XPages Web application from scratch, creating the functionality of the Document Library while incorporating best practices such as using the OneUI theme at the foundation of your application.
- View the Table of Contents for this Redbooks wiki here.
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This material has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is published AS IS. It has not been the subject of rigorous review. IBM assumes no responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a client responsibility and depends upon the client's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the client's operational environment.
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If you enjoy nature and wildlife along with good food and wine, but don't really want to rough it, then these are the ideal retreats for:
- Walking safari enthusiasts
- Birding fanatics and photographers
- Honeymoon couples
- Families and small groups
With cultural themed accommodation styled after the abodes of the local Tsonga people, you are treated to luxury living as well as the chance to engage in cultural interaction. Well suited to families who want to experience Big Five game viewing from an open safari vehicle and include a slice of the local culture.Imbali Safari Lodge
A safari at this premier lodge provides everything needed to make you feel special. The elegant butler service, your own private jacuzzi, the 'Nomadic' bush spa and the attractions of the Big Five safari experience and excellent 5 star cuisine makes your Kruger National Park getaway a definite 'wow!' experience to remember.Jock Safari Lodge
With its old world grace and touch of colonial style, this Kruger Park safari lodge has been a favorite of many famous people over the years owing to the comfort and service provided. There is also the chance to take a break from Big Five game viewing for a soothing Spa treatment and general pampering.Lukimbi Safari Lodge
A safari with a touch of romance, against a backdrop of 5 star pampering, artistic splendour and primal African bush ensures and unforgettable experience. Enjoy open vehicle safaris, spa treatments, culinary delights and estate wines, splashed with great hospitality and you have a memorable safari.Rhino Post Safari Camp
This private safari lodge is great for nature lovers who enjoy hiking. It is also the perfect place for encounters with the Big Five as you can track Elephant and Rhino on foot. Enjoy the guidance of an experienced ranger and return to comfort and style at this unique South African safari lodge in Kruger National Park.Singita Lebombo Game Lodge
Embrace the epitome of fine living and award winning service and hospitality, and add excellent game viewing and you have a safari that is perfect in every aspect. It needs no superlatives to describe your safari experience, champagne dinners or sleeping out under the stars on your private terrace.Singita Sweni Game Lodge
Revel in the privacy in a wilderness with only six secluded suites, designed for open-plan living, with each having an outdoor shower overlooking the river. Sleep out under the stars, on the day bed on your private viewing deck, for a magical romantic experience. There is also the added attraction of Spa treatments.Tinga Lodge & Narina Lodge
If you are getting married in Kruger Park, the lush banks of the gently flowing Sabie River form the perfect backdrop to your wedding. With wildlife as witness you can imagine no better. As a honeymoon escape, your suite has a private viewing deck and heated plunge pool with magnificent views of the surroundings.Shishangeni Camp
Elephant encounters are almost guaranteed here in this Big Five country and this Kruger Park safari lodge includes game walks and drives conducted by expert guides and trackers to enhance the experience. Enjoy bird watching and bring your children for a nature adventure experience.The Outpost Safari Lodge
In the most remote part of Kruger this wilderness area is ideal for hiking and birding. Walks are conducted in parts of the region not accessible to vehicles including the spectacular Lanner Gorge. This Kruger Park safari lodge focuses on a superior living experience in the bush with a touch of the untamed to boot.
Luxury Tented CampsDiscover the magic of luxury tented camping in Kruger Park.Hamiltons Tented Camp
Travel back in time to a safari style of the early 1900's and reflect on life in the bush as it was then. With only 6 magnificent tented suites, the romance of tented safari camping replete with polished teak floors, filmy mosquito nets, private veranda and slipper bath, takes you back to a bygone Kruger Park safari era.Plains Camp Tented Safari Lodge
For the walking safari enthusiast who wants to get close to nature this intimate camp of African explorer style tents reflects the ambience of a 19th century accommodation. With superior services, hospitality and en-suite facilities, you can view the wildlife from all sides, including the revitalizing plunge pool.Camp Shonga
An intimate bush retreat, and great wilderness experience in the foothills of the Lebombo Mountain awaits. Your luxuriously equipped tent with en-suite bathrooms, outside shower, ceiling fans, mini-bar and timber deck offers views over the African bushveld as far as the eye can see.
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June 17, 1919 - October 2, 2013
South Fallsburg, NY
Barbara Newberg passed away with her family by her side on October 2, 2013
She was born in New York City and raised by her parents Max and Yvette Bleach. Barbara was a talented actress who appeared in several Broadway shows as well as being a semi-finalist in the Miss American contest in Atlantic City.
She gave up her professional theatrical career when she met the love of her life, Benjamin Newberg of South Fallsburg and they were married on September 7, 1942.
Barbara's life in South Fallsburg was rich and rewarding. She raised three sons and shared a life with Ben, who rose to become the Sullivan County district Attorney and later County Judge. Barbara's desire to enhance her community led her to co-founding with Sunna Rasch the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop. Barbara not only organized and promoted the Workshop but acted in and directed scores of productions and in later years was active in fundraising and served as Chairwoman Emeritus of the Workshop up to the time of her passing. She was instrumental in the Workshop securing its new permanent home in the Rivoli Theater building in South Fallsburg.
Barbara's passion for the state of Israel motivated her to found the South Fallsburg Chapter of Hadassah. She worked tirelessly to organize fundraising events, served as President for years and she became active in the Lower New York Region of Hadassah and taught leadership classes to other Hadassah women.
After her husband Ben's passing in 1977, Barbara, a brilliant woman, resumed her academic career. She attended Sullivan County Community College and SUNY New Paltz and obtained her master's in Literature. Still wanting to give back to her community, she then taught literature at Sullivan County Community College.
Throughout her life, Barbara was devoted to her family, always preparing and hosting the traditional Passover Seder and Thanksgiving feasts. She was a talented homemaker and her chocolate cake was legendary. Barbara knew how important it was to keep the family together.
She is survived by three sons, Richard of Del Ray Beach, FL, Marvin and his wife Janet of Rock Hill, and Dennis of South Fallsburg. She was predeceased by her loving sister Ruth Bennett of Monticello who founded the ARC of Sullivan County, a brother Norman Bleach and she is survived by her brother Arnold (Marge) of Hemlock Farms, PA.
Barbara is survived by four grandchildren, Jennifer (Steve) Berry, of Central Valley, NY, Julie (Darren) Schwartz, of Central Valley, NY, Amanda Newberg (and her fiance Eddie) of New York City, and Benjamin Newberg of Rock Hill. She leaves nine great-grandchildren, Alexa, Gillian, Jack, Corey and Daniel Berry, and Max, Joseph, Jesse and Jacob Schwartz, and several nieces and nephews who all adored her.
Barbara's funeral will be held at Garlick's Funeral Home on Broadway, Monticello at 10:45 a.m. on Friday, October 4, 2013, to be followed by her burial next to her husband Ben at the South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Cemetery in Glen Wild.


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Client-side local storage can be used for storing the preferences and the runtime state of Web applications. There are four principal options for client-side storage. In this article, We quickly look at all four, then explore IndexedDB and how it can aid Web application development.
The principal mechanisms for persistent local storage of data on the client side are:
- Cookies
- Web-Storage
- Web SQL Database
- IndexedDB
These technologies were compared in some depth by a recent pair of articles written by Pamela Fox for Dr. Dobb's.
Cookies have been in use almost since the advent of Web applications, and are normally deployed for storing small amounts of data on the client side. They do have some shortcomings:
- They are included with every Http Request
- Data is sent unencrypted over the Internet
- Very limited data can be stored on the client side (restricted to 4KB)
Web Storage
Web storage is designed to provide a larger, more secure, and easier to use alternative to storing information in cookies. It is also known as
localStorage or
DOMStorage. Two key features of Web storage that it is limited to around 5MB per application and it stores data in the form of key-value pair.
It, too, has some drawbacks:
- It cannot store structured data.
- It doesn't provide in-order retrieval of keys, efficient searching over-values, or storage of duplicate keys. Thus, if we want to store details about an employee, we have to store it as
"ename : John," "empid : 12020," "dept : IT."And there is no way to corelate the data (these are just key-value pairs) there is no way to tell that the
empid : 12020belongs to the employee
These limitations led to the Web SQL Database specification.
Web SQL Database Specification
The Web SQL Database specification provides a thin wrapper around a SQL Database. We query the database using SQL statements, such as:
t.executeSql('CREATE TABLE docids(id,name)');. Here, we can pass any valid SQL statement to the method
executeSql(). The problem with the Web SQL Database specification is that although there is an actual SQL specification (SQL_92), it is not fully supported by all database vendors. SQLite, being the better implementation, is not widely accepted by all. As a result, many developers use a new specification called IndexedDB, which does away with the drawbacks and limitations of the earlier ways of storing data locally in Web environment.
Indexed DB enables fast searches on client-side stored data using indexes. It is not an RDBMS; rather, it is a client-side object store. Features of IndexedDB include:
- Developers are insulated from changes to SQLite or any other database vendor by exposing an API that isn't based on vendor-specific syntax.
- The IndexedDB API exposes an object store.
- IndexedDB uses the Asynchronous API, which is a non-blocking system and, as such, will not get data through return values. Rather, it will get data delivered through to a defined callback function.
fun_method(id, function(result){.....}); // Correct way var temp = fun_method_1(id); fun_method_2(temp); // Wrong way
- It is transactional in nature. It is not possible to perform any operation (read/write) outside of a transaction (we need to create a transaction object, specific to an object store, and as long as the object is alive, we can perform any operation on that object store.
- Browsers with robust support for HTML5 (such as Google Chrome and Mozilla FireFox) support IndexedDB. For more details, please refer to http://caniuse.com/indexeddb.
IndexedDB API Constructs
To understand IndexedDB, you must be familiar with key concepts implemented by the technology:
- Applications from each origin (domain name) have an associated set of databases: The domain name acts as a namespace for the databases created on the client's browser.
- A database comprises one or more object stores, which hold the data stored in the database.
- Every database has a name that identifies it within a specific origin. The name can be any string value, including an empty string, and stays constant for the lifetime of the database.
- Each database also has a current version. When a database is first created, its version is 0.
Object Store:
- An object store is the primary storage mechanism for storing data in a database.
- Each database contains a set of object stores. When a new database is created, it doesn't contain any object stores.
- The object store has a list of records, which hold the data stored in the object store. Each record consists of key-value pairs. The records are sorted according to a primary key in ascending order. Records in a given object store cannot have the same primary key.
- It is the equivalent of a table in relational database.
- To efficiently retrieve records stored in an IndexedDB database, each record is organized according to its primary key, which has one of the following types: Arrays, JavaScript objects,
DOMString, Date, or
float. However, arrays are only valid keys if every item in the array is defined. Additionally, if the value is of type
float, it is only a valid key if it is not NaN (not a number).
- Values specified for the keys in each record can be of simple types such as
DOMStringand Date as well as object and array instances.
Key Path
- A key path is a
DOMStringthat defines the primary key for the record. A valid key path is either the empty string, a JavaScript identifier, or multiple JavaScript identifiers separated by periods.
- It is defined at the time the object store is created.
- Example of key path:
db.createObjectStore("BookList",{"keyPath":"id"} );
- Example of a record with the
idas primary key:
var data = { "bookname":"Book1", "author":"Kausar", "id":"2" };
- The JavaScript object
datais the value to be stored in the object store.
- The property
"id":"2"in the aforementioned JavaScript object is the primary key according to the specified key path. Hence, every object to be stored in this object store should have unique value for the field/property


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We talk a lot about Pharasaicalism within Christianity. We don't want to seem cold and legalistic in our faith. We don't want to be judgmental… but what ever happened to the Sadducees?
Does they (or their ethic) still exist—and if so, what do they look like?
J.C. Ryle offers this insight:
We have . . . a school of men who, wittingly or unwittingly, appear to pave the way to Socianism*—a school which holds strange views about the plenary inspiration of Holy Scripture—strange views about the doctrine of sacrifice, and the Atonement of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ—strange views about the eternity of punishment, and God's love to man—a school strong in negatives but very weak in positives—skilful in raising doubts, but impotent in laying them—clever in unsettling and unscrewing men's faith, but powerless to offer any firm rest for the sole of our foot . . . on them has fallen the mantle of the Sadducees…
I consider the most dangerous champion of the Sadducee school is not the man who tells you openly that he wants you . . . to become a free-thinker and a skeptic. It is the man who begins with quietly insinuating doubts . . . whether we ought to be so positive in saying "This is the truth, and that falsehood," doubts whether we ought to think men wrong who differ from us on religious opinions, since they may after all be as much right as we are. . . . It is the man who always begins talking in a vague way about God being a God of love, and hints that we ought to believe perhaps that all men, whatever doctrine they profess, will be saved.
J.C. Ryle, Knots Untied, as quoted in Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J. C. Ryle, pp. 38-39
*Socianism was a form of unitarian teaching that denied original sin, the immortality of man, the divinity of Jesus and the significance of his death as a penal sacrifice for sin.


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KCP573 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 48 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
We're starting fresh, new website, new name, it's all open for you to input your creative talents. We need a design that converts site visitors into leads. A design that says we're credible, we're professional, that people can trust us.
Tutor Advisor
The primary goal of our site is the completion of a quote request.
When looking for a new design we are driven by which site will convert for our audience.
A winning design should convey the following attributes to consumers:
- Credible
- Established business
- engender trust
- ProfessionalColors
- No restrictionsHome Page Elements
- Logo
- Company Description
- Tutor Matching Service
- Testimonial Box
- Credentialing
- MiniformMini-Form with a couple of qualifying fields
- Zipcode- Type of Tutoring needed
- Compelling call to action that conveys
- Immediacy
- Value for providing information
- No obligation or risk in proceedingForm Page
- Form needs to pop and look simple to complete
- Emphasis on Completion
- Clear call to action. (Button with compelling text that encourages consumers to proceed) Content Page
- Information presented in a factual and informative way
- Mini-Form with a couple of qualifying fields Payment
- Credit Card
- PayPal
- We want to give the feel of an established, credible business, so while we're open to whatever color schemes you might suggest, it must give a sense of credibility.
- We do have an existing logo which will be made available, but do not feel constrained by it as you are allowed to suggest changes or something new instead.
- We would like to see what your site design looks like on a form. The fields of the form aren't important, it can be a generic form, but we will want to see what it looks like on a form before we make a final decision.
- Tagline: we don't have an existing tagline, but need a place where it goes in the design. If you would like to suggest a tagline, that would be very welcome.
- We need a box for testimonials, we don't have any testimonials ready yet so please just use filler text and indicate that it is the place for testimonials.
- The call to action is perhaps the most important part of the design. A button with text that grabs attention and makes people need to click. Work your magic on this one.
- The only thing that we're not open to change is the name of the website "Tutor Advisor" everything else is open to your own creative talents.
- We don't want unlicensed images from sources such as Corbis. We will accept images from more reasonable sources such as iStockphoto, but be prepared to show us where the image is from so we can pay for the licensing.
- We don't want something that looks too much like another website in the online education industry. Yes, use other sites for inspiration, but use nothing that is so similar we'll be accused of copying.


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Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited a new Hindu temple for a tour of its community centre.
Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, in Kingsbury, is currently under construction and set to open in August this year.
The Mayor was given a tour of the site to see how work was coming along and see the temple's new community centre at its official opening today.
Hundreds of people were at the temple for the visit where Mr Johnson who was greeted by the temple's own pipe band, which was formed by members in 1972, in traditional Scottish regalia.
During the visit Mr Johnson, who was presented with a traditional turban, said: "I want to congratulate the entire temple community for what they have achieved here.
"This Mandir is part of the reason people from all over the world want to come to this city.
"They come because it is a welcoming place that brings its 300 languages and communities together to celebrate our diversity.
"In 200 years' time people will still be able to come and visit this peaceful place in Kingsbury and it will be part of the fabric of London.
"People should realise the important role of religious voluntary organisations play in the communities on London. This Mandir and community centre will be a great asset to this whole area."
Temple trustee Dr Mahesh Varsani thanked the mayor for attending the event, before inviting him to the official opening of the Mandir in August.
The new temple in Kingsbury cost £20 million to build, all of the money being raised by the community and through the sale of its previous site in Golders Green.
Its new multi-purpose centre offers a variety of sporting, social and family activities and is open to the wider community of Brent and Harrow.


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Interventional Cardiology Opportunity with Faculty Appointment
Come Care for our Veterans – Great Patients – Great Benefits
Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
You are invited to join the Cardiology team at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center where you will reap the rewards that come with caring for our veterans.
You should be an expert in cardiovascular diseases and have significant experience in all aspects of interventional cardiology and related devices and provide support to the function of the outpatient Cardiology clinics, the inpatient consultation service. You will be responsible for the design and achievement of quality of care standards, efficiency, process improvement, and patient satisfaction surrounding Interventional Cardiology.
You skill sets should include moderate sedation privileges and certification, fluoroscopy privileges and certification, central venous line insertion and management, intra-arterial lines insertion and management, interpreting EKGs, interpreting Holter monitors, cardioversion, use of thrombolytic agents, pericardiocentesis, arterial puncture, temporary trans venous pacemaker placement, intra-aortic balloon pump insertion and management, impella insertion and management, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac catheterization and angiography, stress test interpretation, and debulking devices including atherectomy, and thrombectomy devices. Experience in peripheral arterial and venous interventions including placement of IVC filters is preferred. Experience at interpreting vascular studies such as arterial duplex, venous duplex, ABIs, carotid and renal/mesenteric arteries is also preferred but not necessary.
You will participate in the education and supervision of trainees. You may be involved in research activities within the section, and therefore a research background is desirable. You must qualify for a faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor (or higher) level at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Call is shared with the University Cardiology staff, providing for a larger call pool and less frequent call. An unrestricted U.S. medical license (any state) with no history of suspension or revocation is required as well as Board Certification/Eligibility.
The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System (VAHCS) consists of a 192-operating bed facility serving 48 Oklahoma counties and two counties in north central Texas (Wilbarger and Wichita). The enrolled veteran population is over 81,000 and the Oklahoma City VAHCS is the parent facility for outpatient clinics in Ada, Altus, Ardmore, Blackwell, Enid, Lawton, Oklahoma City, Stillwater, and Wichita Falls.
The Oklahoma City VAHCS is a tertiary care facility, classified as a VA complexity level rating of 1a. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. There are Medical residencies and General/Interventional/EP Cardiology fellowships here that are part of joint programs with the University of Oklahoma. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care and, it has specialized programs including Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM), Reaching Out to Educate and Assist Health Care Families (REACH), Compensated Work Therapy, Center for Alzheimer and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CANDO), and Animal Assisted Therapy.
Oklahoma City, with a population of more than 500,000 people, has reinvented itself with ongoing revitalization projects (such as the Bricktown entertainment district) that have transformed it into the state's most vibrant and exciting destination. Despite its push to modernize, its frontier heritage remains evident in attractions such as the must-see National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Oklahoma History Center, and annual events such as Red Earth, the largest Native American festival in the world.
The 46th state in the Union has much beauty to behold, with 200 man-made lakes, four stunning mountain ranges (Ouachitas, Arbuckles, Wichitas, and Ozarks), nearly a quarter of the state covered in forest, and an average temperature of 60°F. However, if pop culture is more your style than nature hikes, there are also more diner-laden drivable miles of Route 66 here than any other state (over 320 of 'em). Like Rodgers and Hammerstein's love song to the state says, Oklahoma's definitely OK! If you're interested in learning more about this position, email a full CV to Dave Aragon, National Recruitment Consultant at email@example.com. Your inquiry will be handled confidentially.
Whether you're interested in academics, research, or a better work/life balance, you'll find the VA has a lot to offer, including the unmatched satisfaction you'll get from caring for those who have served our country. In addition to competitive pay and liability protection, the VA also offers a robust benefits plan that includes: Paid Time Off:
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