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WASHINGTON — The storming of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the brutal murders of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, produced chaos this week in the so-called mainstream media. Instead of asking about how the heck this could happen in the aftermath of the Obama administration's Arab Spring euphoria, "reporters" started looking for scapegoats.
The potentates of the press first focused their ire on something few of them even had seen — a puerile Internet video titled "Innocence of Muslims" — and then they turned their guns on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. As usual, the O-Team's media cheerleaders got it all wrong.
As Americans in Manhattan, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania participated in solemn ceremonies honoring our nearly 3,000 countrymen killed in the terror attacks 11 years ago, angry crowds were gathering around our embassy in Cairo. The U.S. Embassy responded by issuing an apologetic statement condemning "the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims." Instead of defusing the situation, the crowd swelled and stormed the embassy, tore down the U.S. flag and replaced it with a radical Islamic banner.
Meanwhile, 700 miles west of Cairo, a well-armed Islamist paramilitary force was laying siege to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. By 8:30 p.m. EDT, U.S. and international news services were reporting that Americans had been killed and wounded in Benghazi — without specifying numbers or names. Many reports speculated that the Libyan onslaught was part of a growing "spontaneous" protest against the "Innocence" video.
At 10 p.m. EDT, the State Department finally issued a written statement from America's most-ever-traveled secretary of state, in which Hillary Clinton condemned "in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in Benghazi today" and confirmed "that one of our State Department officers was killed." But in a reference to the offensive Internet video, the press release also noted that "the United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others." There was no mention of the attack on our embassy in Cairo.
Less than a half-hour later, the Romney campaign lifted an embargo on a previously prepared statement: "I am outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks." It was the first "official" reference to the events in Cairo.
Shortly after midnight, the Obama campaign — not the White House — sent an email to reporters: "We're shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack." But once again, no mention of the attack on the embassy.
By dawn on Sept. 12, it was known that Stevens and three other consulate personnel were among the dead in Benghazi. Since then, the media feeding frenzy has been nonstop. So, too, have anti-American "protests" — in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Sept. 13, in a Telemundo interview that was supposed to focus on his outreach to Hispanic voters, President Barack Obama was asked about the U.S.-Egypt relationship. In his response, Obama said, "I don't think that we would consider them to be an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. They're a new government." That statement prompted another round of diplomatic doublespeak from White House and State Department officials — and demands from some on Capitol Hill to cut economic and military aid to Egypt totaling more than $1.5 billion this year. Those calls finally prompted Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's hand-picked president of Egypt, to promise better protection for U.S. diplomats and missions in Cairo.
Here's what the media elites aren't telling us about these developments:
Focus on the "Innocence" Internet video as a pretext for all this is simply wrong. Ayman al-Zawahri — Osama bin Laden's successor — issued a far more relevant video, urging Libyans to "strike back" at Americans for killing his operations chief, Abu Yahya al-Libi, in a "targeted attack" from an unmanned aerial vehicle. So much for the O-Team's claim that al-Qaida is "all but finished."
The myth of the "Arab Spring" has been exposed. We are seeing not the rise of democracy but the imposition of neo-Nazi regimes devoted to imposing Shariah throughout the region.
Gutting our defense budget, Obama's "apologetic diplomacy," kowtowing to foreign potentates, abandoning our ally Israel, delaying the installation of ballistic missile defenses and "leading from behind" have not worked. Nor have "harsh sanctions against Iran" deterred the ayatollahs in Tehran from the race to acquire nuclear weapons.
It's now up to the Romney campaign to explain how he would do better. He has six weeks to do it. That's no surprise.


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28 May 2012 – Space innovators at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are developing 'STRaND-2', a twin-satellite mission to test a novel in-orbit docking system based upon XBOX Kinect technology that could change the way space assets are built, maintained and decommissioned.
STRaND-2 is the latest mission in the cutting edge STRaND (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator) programme, following on from the smartphone-powered STRaND-1 satellite that is near completion. Similar in design to STRaND-1, the identical twin satellites will each measure 30cm (3 unit Cubesat) in length, and utilise components from the XBOX Kinect games controller to scan the local area and provide the satellites with spatial awareness on all three axes.
Docking systems have never been employed on such small and low cost missions and are usually reserved for big-budget space missions to the International Space Station (ISS), or historically, the Mir space station and the Apollo program. The STRaND team sees the relatively low cost nanosatellites as intelligent "space building blocks" that could be stacked together and reconfigured to build larger modular spacecraft.
SSTL Project Lead Shaun Kenyon explained: "We were really impressed by what MIT had done flying an autonomous model helicopter that used Kinect and asked ourselves: Why has no-one used this in space? Once you can launch low cost nanosatellites that dock together, the possibilities are endless – like space building blocks."
The STRaND-2 twins will be separated after launch. After the initial phase of system checks, the two satellites will be commanded to perform the docking procedure and, when in close proximity, the Kinect-based docking system will provide the satellites with 3D spatial awareness to align and dock.
Dr Chris Bridges, SSC Project Lead, explains: "It may seem far-fetched, but our low cost nanosatellites could dock to build large and sophisticated modular structures such as space telescopes. Unlike today's big space missions, these could be reconfigured as mission objectives change, and upgraded in-orbit with the latest available technologies."
Other applications include the safe removal of space debris and spacecraft maintenance, with a low cost "snap-on" nanosatellite providing backup power, propulsion or additional on-board computing capability.
Follow the STRaND programmes on the STRaND Facebook Page www.facebook.com/nanosatsand Twitter www.twitter.com/SurreyNanosats
About SSTL
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is the world's leading small satellite company, delivering operational space missions for a range of applications including Earth observation, science and communications. The Company designs, manufactures and operates high performance satellites and ground systems for a fraction of the price normally associated with space missions, with over 400 staff working on turnkey satellite platforms, space-proven satellite subsystems and optical instruments.
Since 1981 SSTL has built and launched 36 satellites – as well as providing training and development programmes, consultancy services, and mission studies for ESA, NASA , international governments and commercial customers, with its innovative approach that is changing the economics of space.
Based in Guildford, UK, SSTL is owned by Astrium, an EADS company.
About Surrey Space Centre
The Surrey Space Centre (SSC), a Research Centre of the Faculty of Electronics and Physical Sciences (FEPS) at the University of Surrey, is a world leading Centre of Excellence in Space Engineering, whose aim is to underpin the technical development of the space industry through its advanced research programmes. SSC, comprising over 90 researchers and, faculty develops new innovative technologies which are exploited by the space industry.
Surrey's pioneering small satellite activities started in 1979 as an academic activity at the University, leading in 1985 to the formation of a highly successful spin-out company – Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL).
SSC provides well-focused space engineering education, postgraduate and industrial short courses, training the next generation space scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and business leaders. It has a large body of PhD, academic and industrial research, with a direct route through SSTL for rapid commercialization. SSC's Academic Research Laboratories cover advanced multidisciplinary small satellite and space system engineering techniques for Earth orbit and interplanetary space; innovative communications, remote sensing, robotics and space science payloads for small satellites; and enabling technologies for low cost space exploitation and planetary exploration, working in close collaboration with SSTL.

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Who was/is Rex & Noelene Franklin ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
I was born in Napier, Hawkes Bay, on the East Coast of New Zealand, on the 25th September 1935, as the oldest of a family of eight, I showed an early interest in Country Music, or Hillbilly music, as it was known then. My favorites were Tex Morton, Hank Snow, Wilf Carter, Slim Dusty, and Buddy Williams. I bought my first guitar at the age of fifteen, with my first pay. The guitar was a Tex Morton model, sold from an Auckland warehouse, along with lessons in the form of a few typed pages, showing a few chords, and hints on how to play the guitar, microphone technique, etc.
At the time, I was working on a sheep and cattle farm, miles away from city life. It was some time before I was able to get my guitar tuned (by a mate in my football team), but for the first two years, progress was about nil. After eighteen months on the farm, where my chief mode of transport was on the back of a horse, I moved further inland to a place nearer to my parents' home, to a town called Norsewood, where I worked in a grocery store, and then across the road to the dairy factory, where I was employed helping in the production of butter, and later milk-powder. It was while I was working at the dairy factory, and living alone in a hut at the rear of the factory, that I found the time, and the inspiration to work on my music.
With the Tex Morton lessons as a guide, I listened to some 78rpm records and actually tuned my guitar from listening to a Buddy Williams record. Progress was slow and painful, but I progressed to the point where I was able to enter a talent quest in the neighboring town of Dannevirke, on the 29th of September 1953. I could accompany myself on two songs at that stage--Beautiful Girl Of The Prairie and Have You Ever Been Lonely. I was unsuccessful at the talent quest, but I met two fellow-contestants, Horace and Tui Hartley, and before year's end, Horace called on me at the dairy factory, and asked me to join up with him and Tui, as they were on the look-out for a vocalist. They had tried a singer named Lew Swan, but I fitted their style better. We called ourselves the Ruahine Ramblers after a range of mountains in the area.
Our first stage performance was on the 7th of January 1954, singing for the big crowd that had been waiting for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II, who was touring the country by train. Our first live radio broadcast was from 2ZA Palmerston North on 7th February 1954, and we found steady employment at dances, socials, concerts, and on radio around the Hawkes Bay and Manatawatu areas. Meanwhile I, along with Tui and Horace, continued to do regular broadcasts form stations like 2ZA Palmerston North, 2YZ Napier, and 2XA Wanganui, and often sang on stage prior to a special movie being screened.
On January 20th 1955, we recorded 7 tracks as an audition for the Tanza label, but they were unsuccessful. One song we recorded that day was When The Cactus Is In Bloom, a song we'd learned from Tex Morton. I still have it on a 78rpm acetate recording. Harmonizing with me on this song was Audrey Waghorn, my girlfriend at that time.
Noelene Anderson was born in the town of Feilding, on the 22nd January 1936 as the oldest in a family of eight, and her interests in music included western music. She would sit in a record booth and listen to Wilf Carter and Hank Snow 78rpms, as well as the likes of Vera Lynn and other popular singers of the time. She had done little serious singing when a couple of her friends talked her into entering a talent quest at the Regent Theatre in Palmerston North, on the 30th of May 1954. One of her friends, Trevor Kirk, played piano for her. The Ruahine Ramblers were present that night, and I was captivated by her singing and her looks. Noelene placed fourth in that quest; the Ruahine Ramblers came second, and moved on to the Finals the following week.
I was at the time fulfilling my obligation to the Government by doing Compulsory Military Training, and I had broken my leg playing rugby, so my leg was in plaster at the talent quest. Rugby was just one of my passions at that time. I also enjoyed smallbore rifle shooting and rodeo riding. One day in 1953, I was featured on the front cover of a national newspaper, being bucked off by a steer, and carried off on a stretcher, at the Meeanee Rodeo in Hawkes Bay.
Noelene and I began courting and singing together in 1955. Our very first singing engagement was at Ormondville on the 25th of November 1955. We called ourselves The Sunvalley Trail Singers, and I had written a radio theme song for us called We're Riding The Sun Valley Trail, which we used on many personal appearances, as well as our many radio shows which were to follow. The Ruahine Ramblers went on to hire two singers at different times, with whom they recorded commercially. Doug Rider sang on two 78rpms, and Paul Jarrett sang on three 45rpm Eps.
Noelene and I began broadcasting from local stations, and even toured the North Island of New Zealand one year, singing at radio stations. We were also asked to sing at all sorts of functions around the Hawkes Bay and Manawatu areas in particular, as well as places like Timaru, Dunedin and Gore in the South Island. In August 1956, I took my first trip to the big smoke of Wellington, to do the rounds of some of the record companies. One fellow I met was Murdoch Riley at the Tanza Records studio. Murdoch took a distinct interest in the acetate recordings that I and Noelene had done. He asked Mr. Ivan Tidswell in Dannevirke, to record 'these young singers', and our first session was at Mr. Tidswell's home, on the 1st of September 1956. Our first 78rpm was released the following month. The coupling was two songs popularized by Hank Snow: Would You Mind? and I Wonder Where You Are Tonight? Having a record on the market accelerated our career. To our usual round of performances we added personal appearances at record shops, which worked a treat in selling our records. Both songs became favorites on request sessions and Hillbilly corners around the country.
We married in the Lutheran church in Palmerston North on the 17th of November 1956. I decided to try a little promoting, and commenced my 'Western Variety Shows' in the immediate and surrounding areas, using one crystal microphone and one speaker, unless there was a better system at the hall we were using, and there usually was not. Our second 78rpm was released in 1958, comprising two of my own songs. In 1959, more recording sessions took place. This time we were with Viking Records, run by Murdoch Riley. Our first release on Viking, a 45rpm EP titled 'Shearers' Jamboree', appeared in 1960.
We released more recordings over the next couple of years, then Viking decided to feature me mainly as a solo artist with a band. Late in 1962 the LP 'Westerns' was released, on which Noelene sang on just two songs. However, in this period, four songs that featured Noelene were recorded and held over, and I describe these as first class. They were Red River Valley Blues, Where The Golden Wattle Blooms, Keep The Lovelight Shining, and Someone More Lonesome Than You...
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Quick: Where do East Coast hurricanes originate?
A. Antarctica
B. The Southern Ocean
C. The Sahara Desert
D. The Indian Ocean
If you answered C, the Sahara, you would be correct. Surprised? I was too. I didn't know the answer until I looked it up.
I had long thought that hurricanes began their destructive paths in the tropical latitudes of the central Atlantic Ocean. That would be partially correct.
They actually start in the Sahara. I'll get to that in a minute. First, though, who cares where they start? Hurricanes form. They move. They destroy. What else do you need to know?
When Hurricane Sandy recently roared up the East Coast, barreling into New Jersey, New York City and Long Island like an immense freight train, it caught us unaware, leaving us in a state of stunned belief. No one expected such flooding, such devastation. That was the common refrain heard among storm victims.
I was among the victims. Sandy stole both my cars and a third of my house. And I live in a "low-risk" flood zone.
Suddenly, I began to think of hurricanes not in theoretical terms, as remote possibilities, but rather as the concrete manifestation of nature's fury unleashed in my backyard –– and my front yard, and my home.
I anthropomorphized the hurricane. It became my mortal enemy, an inimical, savage, unrelenting foe far more powerful than I.
We cannot do battle with a hurricane. We cannot control it. We can only try, as best as humanly possible, to outsmart it. That requires an understanding of the complex natural systems that lead to the formation of these storms, and the risks they pose, so we know when and how to act when we face one. That is, we need to understand when and how to run and hide. And, faced by the very real threat of global warming, which scientists predict will lead to stronger hurricanes, we must begin to rethink how we build our homes and businesses.
Back to the Sahara Desert, the world's largest mass of scorched earth, a nearly 3.6-million-square-mile sand dune that stretches across northern Africa. For comparison, the United States measures 3.8 million square miles. Take out Hawaii and the Sahara is larger.


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The Y has everything you want and more. We offer dozens of classes and programs for every member of your family – all under one roof. From babysitting services to kids' activities to the latest in fitness classes and state-of-the-art fitness and training spaces, you'll find an active and enthusiastic community ready to welcome you. Stop by and learn more today or join online! In addition to access to our facilities, indoor pools, outdoor spaces and fitness centers where you can connect, spend more time together and keep active, family membership provides these additional benefits:
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Join us at The 2013 CFO Corporate Performance Management Conference (CPM2013) and hear from Leslie Varon, Vice President of Finance and Global Controller at Xerox how finance played a critical role in Xerox's transformation.
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 07, 2013
Have you ever wondered how Xerox has managed to transform its iconic brand in today's competitive and fast moving world? Then join us at The 2013 CFO Corporate Performance Management Conference (CPM2013) and hear from Leslie Varon, Vice President of Finance and Global Controller at Xerox how finance played a critical role in Xerox's transformation. CPM2013 will present the latest thinking about the most critical aspects of finance today, from working capital management, cost modeling, and risk management to strategy and talent development. The conference opens in Philadelphia, from January 27 to January 29, 2013 at the Loews Hotel.
Varon will present a case study, "Transformation and Change at an Iconic Brand", showing why cutting-edge budgeting and forecasting techniques are critical in today's volatile environment. She maintains that "the finance team has a key role to play in helping to shape and drive strategy by providing the most accurate budgeting and planning numbers possible—and perhaps a greater challenge than ever in producing those numbers." Varon will show how Xerox is meeting that challenge by refining the budgeting process and using the latest in planning tools and processes to ultimately produce an insightful and meaningful forecast that has helped guide Xerox to success.
The 2013 CFO Corporate Performance Management Conference offers attendees keynote presentations, networking opportunities, professional forums and panels led by industry experts on topics including: Innovation in Finance and Talent Management, the End of Flat-Tax Funded IT, Risk Management and Working Capital Management & Challenges, and Driving Financial Performance with Smart M&A. Through case studies and peer-to-peer discussions, attendees will learn about and share new techniques that will help them better manage performance and analytical reporting in today's challenging economic environment.
For more information and to register for the 2013 CFO Corporate Performance Management Conference, please visit http://www.cfocpm.com, where you will also find a complete agenda and can download the official conference brochure. CFO is a registered sponsor with the NASBA allowing attendees to earn up to 30 CPE Credits.
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CEA 'Beyond 2D Viewing' Report Finds 21% of U.S. Homes Has at Least One 3D-Enabled TV
Consumers Seek, Embrace Built-In Features in HDTVs, CEA Study Finds
Consumers are using the built-in features on their HDTV at a high rate, with an increasing number gaining access to Web-enabled content directly through their televisions. More than one in five U.S. adults owns a smart app-enabled HDTV and almost all (90 percent) use the apps available on their displays in some capacity. In addition, more than four in ten HDTV owners connect their primary displays to the Internet, with 76 percent connecting at least one external device with smart app capabilities to their primary displays. Half of all HDTV owners connect a video game console or a DVD/Blu-ray player to their primary displays. Smart app users are most likely to stream video content from the Internet (61 percent), browse the Internet (56 percent) and view pictures (54 percent) using smart apps on their televisions.
Consumers are also looking for displays with built-in Wi-Fi and Internet browsing when purchasing a new HDTV, which trail only high-quality audio and video as the most important purchase factors of HDTVs. Approximately one in three consumers plans to purchase a new HDTV within the next 12 months.
Another way many consumers are experiencing Web-enabled content for HDTV is through a second screen on a portable connected device. Social networking is the most common activity on the second screen. Among HDTV owners who also own a tablet, two-thirds (67 percent) use their tablets for social networking while watching TV. Among HDTV owners who also own a smartphone, more than half (58 percent) are using a social network on that device while watching TV.
"We are living in an app-dominated world, whether it's on your smartphone, tablet or television," said Kevin Tillmann, senior research analyst at CEA. "Consumers want access to their apps at all times and they will use whatever device, TVs included, that offer the best and most convenient user experience."
As 3D becomes a more common feature on HDTVs sold in the U.S., consumers have not only become more aware of the technology, but, according to the study, they are also beginning to embrace it. Today, 21 percent of U.S. homes own at least one 3D-enabled television. CEA's most recent U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecast shows that unit sales of 3D televisions will reach an estimated 5.6 million in 2012, representing 18 percent of total TV sales, up from 8 percent of total TV sales in 2011. Nearly half (42 percent) of 3D-capable HDTV owners watch five or more hours of 3D content a week. By comparison, three-quarters (75 percent) of 3DTV owners watch more than five hours of 2D content on their 3DTV a week. However, one in ten (nine percent) report watching more than 15 hours of 3D content a week. Movies are the most common content source for viewing 3D, with nearly half (48 percent) of 3DTV owners having watched a 3D Blu-ray disc. Live programming (42 percent) and video games (30 percent) are also popular sources of 3D content. Overall, two-thirds (68 percent) of 3DTV owners rate the visual experience of 3D programming as excellent or good.
"Consumer interest in 3DTVs and 3D content continues to grow as ownership rates increase," said Tillmann. "Continuing to expand and innovate with 3D content will be extremely important for future usage and will continue to drive sales."
The Beyond 2D Viewing: Understanding the Demand for Advanced Television Features study was conducted in September 2012. It was designed and formulated by CEA, the most comprehensive source of sales data, forecasts, consumer research and historical trends for the consumer electronics industry.


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A new expanded member discount program will be available in January 2013. Simply for being a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas member, your employees will be able to receive exclusive health and wellness deals from national and local retailers to help keep your employees healthy. Members can save money on health care products and services that are not always covered by benefit plans such as gym memberships, vision exams and services, hearing aids and diet-related services.
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Coast to Coast by RJ Scott and V.L. Locey
When opposites attract, it's not just the team that's in for a shake-up.
Series: Arizona Raptors (book #1)
Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd.
Cover Artist: Meredith Russell
Release Date: September 29, 2019
Length: Novel / 57,412 words / 199 pages
Pairing / Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
When opposites attract, it's not just the team that's in for a shake-up.
When a stipulation in his father's will throws Mark back into a family that disowned him, he has only two things on his mind; buying his way out of contractual obligations and running in the opposite direction as fast as he can. When neither option pans out, he finds he is now a one third owner of the struggling Arizona Raptors hockey team, and that is just about the worst thing he could have happened to him. Not only does he hate hockey, but the Raptors are a bottom-of-the-league team, rife with jealousies and anger in a locker room that only knows self-pity. How is he supposed to help turn things around when the only way to start fixing things is to form an alliance with the estranged siblings he'd run from fifteen years earlier?
Then there's Rowen Carmichael, a stubborn, opinionated, irritating man with superiority issues and questionable taste in music. Butting heads with Rowen, who he'd never even wanted to hire in the first place, is one thing, but there is no way in hell that he will allow the growing attraction to the new coach become anything more. Until with everything on the line, he has to make decisions that will change his life forever.
After years of collegiate coaching, Rowen is given an offer that he simply can't refuse, although perhaps he should. When he's presented with the chance to take one of the worst teams in the league and mold them into a future cup contender, the challenge is just too alluring to pass up. He leaves his beloved Ontario behind and moves west to the arid city of Tucson where he is faced with a broken team, shoddy management, and players overflowing with resentment and bigotry.
Never in his twenty years of hockey has he ever seen such a raging dumpster fire of an organization. Yet there's something about this team and this city that compels him to roll up his sleeves and start dismantling. He has his eye on a new associate coach that's bound to makes waves, and several key players who should be sent packing. Now all he has to do is convince the new owners of the team that his choices are for the best. If only Mark Westman-Reid, one of three siblings who now own the Raptors, wasn't so damned rock-headed, so damned snooty, and so damned appealing his job might be a bit easier.
Meet the Authors
USA Today bestselling author RJ Scott writes stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, a happily ever after.
RJ Scott is the author of over one hundred romance books, writing emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn't with family either reading or writing.
The last time she had a week's break from writing she didn't like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn't defeat.
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USA Today Bestselling Author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.
V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.
When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Guess What Else the Devils Hole Pupfish have had to put up with over the last 20,000 years?
I wrote about the precarious existence of the Devils Hole Pupfish a few months ago. The highly endangered fish live in a single cavern opening in the Death Valley region in water that is at a constant 92 degrees or so. They've had to put up with a lot over the years: declining lakes and rivers as the ice ages ended, predation, blazing hot temperatures, isolation and inbreeding, and human disturbances, garbage, groundwater pumping, and intrusive biologists measuring every aspect of their existence. Cameras monitor their every move. So what else?
The USGS camera monitors at Devils Hole caught the effects of the shaking of the Easter Sunday 7.2 magnitude El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake. Although Devils Hole is situated hundreds of miles away from the quake epicenter in Baja California, the water was disturbed by the waves passing through the region. And from looking at the video, 'disturbed' is a gentle term; the water was sloshing rather violently. The fish look a little confused, but were apparently not adversely affected, although sediment was redistributed about the small ledge where they derive most of their food. Not that any single fish would remember it, but the small pond has probably been shaken hundreds of times in the last 20,000 years that they have been isolated here, and they still survive.
Read the USGS analysis here. If the link to the video above doesn't work, try here. Thanks to Lee Allison of Arizona Geology, and Dave Schumaker at Geology News for the catch.
Posted by Garry Hayes at 6:12 PM
2 comments:
Thanks Garry...amazing video. It looked more like the back and forth sloshing underwater of a ocean wave against the rocks!
- April 28, 2010 at 5:39 AM
- Gaelyn said...
Pupfish are certainly survivors.
- April 28, 2010 at 6:35 AM
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Over the past decade this dividend growth stock has delivered an annualized total return of 7.70% to its shareholders.
One odd fact about Unilever is that it trades in the UK and the Netherlands. In this analysis I am concentrating on the British based, American Depositary Receipts. Unilever operates as a single business entity. However, there are two owners: Unilever (NV) and Unilever (PLC) which are the two parent companies of the Unilever Group, having separate legal identities and separate stock exchange listings for their shares. You can find Unilever shares trading on NYSE as (UN) or (UL) representing NV and PLC respectively. (source)
The company has managed to deliver an average increase in EPS of 19.30% per year since 2000. Analysts expect Unilever to earn $2.28 per share in 2010 and $2.22 per share in 2011. This would be a nice increase from the $1.62/share the company earned in 2009. The large annualized increase in earnings per share was mainly due to the fact that EPS was depressed in 2000 and subsequently recovered. Future growth in EPS would depend on how the company balances its pricing with the need for volume growth in its segments. The company has a target growth in sales of 3%- 5% per year. It has been active in the acquisition front, most recently by acquiring Alberto Culver (ACV) and Sara Lee's (SLE) body care business unit.
The company has a high return on equity, which has remained above 27% for the latter part of the past decade. Rather than focus on absolute values for this indicator, I generally want to see at least a stable return on equity over time.
The annual dividend payment in US dollars has increased by 10.10% per year since 2000. A 10% growth in distributions translates into the dividend payment doubling every seven years. With international dividend achievers, it is important to look at the history of dividend increases in the local currency, in order to avoid any confusion about the volatility of US dollar dividend payments, caused by currency fluctuations. The company's dividend history in British pounds shows consistent pattern of distribution increases since 1999.
The dividend payout ratio has decreased steadily over the past decade, although it stayed below 50% only in 2008. Based off forward FY 2010 EPS however, the dividend is adequately covered from earnings. A lower payout is always a plus, since it leaves room for consistent dividend growth minimizing the impact of short-term fluctuations in earnings.
Currently, Unilever is attractively valued at 13.50 times 2010 earnings, yields 3.80% and has a sustainable dividend payout. I would continue monitoring the stock and will consider adding to a position in the stock on dips.
Full Disclosure: Long UL
Currently, Unilever is attractively valued at 13.50 times 2010 earnings, yields 3.80% and has a sustainable dividend payout. I would continue monitoring the stock and will consider adding to a position in the stock on dips.
Full Disclosure: Long UL
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Here are this week's MUST-DO Kroger deals – Advertised and UNadvertised! This list is updated every Wednesday, so come back later if you're viewing this AFTER your sale is over.
- Sale dates are based on a Sun-Sat sale cycle, so if yours runs differently then you'll want to add in those extras days. For example, if your ad cycle runs Wednesday-Tuesday, you'll want to keep in mind that you have a couple more days to take advantage of the deals I have listed as ending on Saturday. UPDATE: My store has been using a Wed-Tues sale cycle on SOME of the unadvertised deals.
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**I don't include meat and local produce deals in this list because they vary so much by region. Be sure to check your local ad for those must-do deals!


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Pew Research Center survey shows Christian percentage of population dropping to 70%
More than one-third of millennials say they are unaffiliated with any faith, study finds
Just 3% of the religious "nones" call themselves atheists, a small bump from 2007
At its core, Christian life is set of sacred traditions linking generations of sacraments and Sunday school lessons, youth ministry morals and family gatherings sanctified by prayer. An unbroken circle, in the words of an old hymn.
In modern America, that circle may not be completely shot, but it is wobbly and badly bent, according to a new landmark study conducted by the Pew Research Center.
Released Tuesday, the survey of 35,000 American adults shows the Christian percentage of the population dropping precipitously, to 70.6%. In 2007, the last time Pew conducted a similar survey, 78.4% of American adults called themselves Christian.
In the meantime, almost every major branch of Christianity in the United States has lost a significant number of members, Pew found, mainly because millennials are leaving the fold. More than one-third of millennials now say they are unaffiliated with any faith, up 10 percentage points since 2007.
The alacrity of their exodus surprises even seasoned experts.
"We've known that the religiously unaffiliated has been growing for decades," said Greg Smith, Pew's associate director of religion research and the lead researcher on the new study. "But the pace at which they've continued to grow is really astounding."
It's not just millennials leaving the church. Whether married or single, rich or poor, young or old, living in the West or the Bible Belt, almost every demographic group has seen a significant drop in people who call themselves Christians, Pew found.
The drops have been deepest among two of the country's most formidable faith traditions: Catholics and mainline Protestants, so-called for their prominence in American history. At the same time, Hinduism and Islam, religions tied to recent immigrants, according to Pew, have made small but significant gains. The number of evangelicals has remained relatively steady in the past seven years, even as they decline as a percentage of the overall population.
Because the U.S. census does not ask questions about religion, Pew's survey, called "America's Changing Religious Landscape," provides one of the most reliable sources of data about the country's religious demographics. Based in Washington, Pew calls itself a nonpartisan "fact tank" and regularly produces vast and detailed studies of religion.
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People who profess no faith affiliation – often called "nones," as in "none of the above" – now form nearly 23% percent of the country's adult population, according to the Pew study. That puts the unaffiliated nearly on par with evangelicals (25.4%) and ahead of Catholics (about 21%) and mainline Protestants (14.7%).
Seven years ago, according to Pew's previous study, the unaffiliated formed about 16% of the population, mainline Protestants were about 18%, Catholics were about 24% and evangelicals 26.3%.
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Looking at the long view, the generational spans are striking. Whereas 85% of the silent generation (born 1928-1945) call themselves Christians, just 56% of today's younger millennials (born 1990-1996) do the same, even though the vast majority – about eight in 10 – were raised in religious homes. Each successive generation of Americans includes fewer Christians, Pew has found.
To put it simply: Older generations of Americans are not passing along the Christian faith as effectively as their forebears.
"It's not as if young people today are being raised in a way completely different from Christianity," said Smith, the Pew researcher. "But as adults they are simply dropping that part of their identity."
Meet the Friendly Atheists Next Door
While Pew's study will likely cheer the hearts of atheists, the rapid rise of religiously unaffiliated Americans hasn't necessarily spawned a generation of infidels.
Just 3% of the "nones" call themselves atheists, a small bump from 2007, when 1.5% did the same. Four percent say they are agnostic, meaning they don't know if God exists, a gain of 1.6 percentage points from seven years ago.
"We are very cognizant that this does not mean there's been a straight-up spike in nonbelievers," said Paul Fidalgo, communications director for the Center for Inquiry, a secular advocacy group. "But it's still really good news to see a whole generation of people who are making their own decisions about belief, religion and spirituality."
It's also good news for strict church-state separationists, Fidalgo said, especially those who want to see traditional religious morality disappear from debates over women's health, abortion, same-sex marriage and climate change.
While the study isn't likely to surprise many mainline Protestants, it throws their decades-long decline in membership into stark relief. Almost every American town is dotted by historic Episcopal, United Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches. Increasingly, those churches are empty of young faces. Just 11% of millennials call themselves mainline Protestants. (Only 16% identify with Catholicism.)
Of America's major faiths, mainline Protestants have the worst retention rate among millennials, with just 37% staying in the fold, Pew found. By contrast, nearly two in three millennials raised without a faith continue to eschew organized religion as adults.
The collapse of American Christianity can't simply be laid at the feet of religious leaders, demographers say. There are bigger societal swings in play: Americans are marrying later, increasingly to spouses who don't share their faith, and having fewer children. (Mainline Protestants have particularly low birth rates.)
Other experts blame innovations such as the Internet and social web, where religions can be fact-checked in real time and seekers can find communities of like-minded iconoclasts.
Is the Internet killing religion?
But Christian leaders still bear some responsibility for not connecting with younger believers, said L. Gregory Jones, a senior strategist for leadership education at Duke University in North Carolina.
Many young Christians seemed bored by church, he said, pointing to youth ministers as particularly ineffective at piquing millennials' intellectual interests. One study cited by Jones showed that nearly 70% of full-time youth ministers have no theological education.
"Christianity in the United States hasn't done a good job of engaging serious Christian reflection with young people, in ways that would be relevant to their lives."
Instead, many Christian denominations have been riven by internal struggles over homosexuality, particularly in the last decade. While most millennials back gay rights, according to separate surveys, they are more interested in working with the wider world than holding endless debates over sexual morality, Jones said.
"If it is the case that millennials are less 'atheists' than they are 'bored,' then serious engagements with Christian social innovation, and with deep intellectual reflection (and these two things are connected), would offer promising signs of hope," Jones said.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — The Canadian Hurricane Center is issuing warnings, as Hurricane Dorian continues to churn to the northeast.
A hurricane warning has now been issued for eastern Nova Scotia from Hubbards to Avonport. Additionally, Canadian forecasters have issued a hurricane watch for Prince Edward Island, southwestern Nova Scotia from Avonport to Hubbards, the Magdalen Islands and southwestern Newfoundland from Parson's Pond to Indian Harbour.
Hurricane Dorian came ashore Friday at Cape Hatteras on North Carolina's Outer Banks, marking its first U.S. landfall since it slammed into the Bahamas days ago.
Dorian sideswiped most of the Southeast seaboard from Florida to Carolinas in recent days before its eye made landfall Friday morning.
On Thursday, Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling winds and heavy rain, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian is expected to accelerate as it moves off extreme southeastern New England sometime Friday night and early Saturday before a weekend approach to Nova Scotia in Canada.
The storm is being blamed for at 30 deaths.
Current hurricane watches and warnings include:
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- Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
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- Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
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Dorian first made landfall in Elbow Cay, Bahamas, around 12:45 p.m. Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph as a Category 5 hurricane.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 14, 2009) - When the ETSU men's basketball team learns of its seed and its opponent in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, the entire nation will be watching.
In a cooperative effort between WJHL Newschannel 11 and the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, plans have been made for CBS to have a live feed at the Buccaneers' Sunday Selection Show Party at the Millennium Center across from Memorial Center. The party will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the CBS national broadcast set to begin at 6 p.m.
"This is very exciting for our players, our coaches, our program and our fans," said ETSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dave Mullins. "Only a select number of programs get the chance to be part of the CBS Selection Show in this way, and even though we expect a huge crowd already at the Millennium Center, we believe this will only bring more of our fans out Sunday evening. This will be a chance for our entire Buccaneer Nation to be in the national spotlight.
"We want to thank WJHL general manager Jack Dempsey, and their sports department of Kenny Hawkins and Kasey Marler for helping us make the contacts necessary to make this happen, while also providing the satellite truck and staff support to provide the feed to CBS."
The Buccaneers won the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship last week with an 85-68 win over Jacksonville, and will be making the program's eighth trip to March Madness. For more on the Bucs as they head toward their first round matchup, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's basketball link.


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When You Should Move for a Job
Dear Dave,
We keep getting offers in the mail from a law firm that offers to protest the assessed value of our home for property tax purposes. They say that we'll pay them nothing if they can't save us money, but if they do the fee is 50^ of the property tax savings. Do you think it's ethical to dispute these findings, and are these services legitimate?
Dear Kristen,
There's no real problem with this, so long as there are no up-front fees. The real question, though, is whether your assessment is accurate.
First, there would have be some kind of basis for the protest – like if your assessment is really out of line compared to similar homes in the neighborhood. Usually, they aren't assessed at 100 percent. But if you discovered that a comparable home was assessed at 73 percent and yours was based on 82 percent, then you'd have both an ethical and legal right to protest the assessment.
I think one of two things will happen. If you talk to this firm, you're either going to find out that there's something going on with the tax base that makes them think they can actually reduce the numbers, or they're going to try and hit you with a "processing fee" or some other kind of garbage.
If this is the case, you should just walk away.
Dear Dave,
The job I have currently is about to be phased out, and I'm looking at two other offers. The pay for both is the same. One is short-term, nine months to a year, and it has a per diem so I wouldn't have to move. The other job would last much longer, but I'd have to move and that would throw me about $3,500 further into debt. This company acts like it doesn't want to help with the moving expenses, but I think I'd like the job better. What do you think I should do?
Dear Michael,
I'd move. And I'd also try to negotiate the heck out of this company and get them to foot some of the bill for the move.
If you're valuable enough, and they like you enough to want you on their team, then I'd use that as a negotiating point before accepting the position. Tell them that you really want the job and you're excited about it, but the only thing holding you back is $3,500 in moving costs.
You never know until you ask. And at that point they may see the wisdom of kicking in some cash to make it easier for you to decide!


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In our last post, we highlighted the larger-than-life lady at the entrance to the Counter Space gallery. Now we'd like to give some background on the music video on the opposite side of the entrance. Juliet and I came across the music video for Robert Rotifer's "The Frankfurt Kitchen" (2008) early in our research and were thrilled to make contact with the artist, who incidentally will be coming to perform the song at our public program Kitchen Culture on October 28.
Now to Rotifer in his own words…
It's funny how the act of writing songs is usually associated with nineteenth-century ideas of divine inspiration. Ideally, you are meant to pick out melodies and lyrics that float around out in the ether, waiting to be captured. By contrast, writing "The Frankfurt Kitchen" was a very calculated move. A bit like designing a kitchen, really.
I sat on the train traveling from Canterbury up to London. If this should conjure up images of the rolling English countryside in your mind, that is exactly what it's like. I was about to record a new album, and I needed one more uptempo song, something driving and rhythmical. While the noisy combination of rickety train and worn-out tracks suggested a beat, I began to think about syncopations and subjects.
I thought about the mundane things nobody usually writes songs about, functional things that defy metaphor—tools, devices, household goods. As I listed some items in my head, I soon realized that kitchen utensils were the way to go. I thought about the mechanics of a kitchen, and that's when the name of the creator of the famous Frankfurt Kitchen flashed up in my head: "Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky" or "Grete," as she was known to her friends.
There, in the natural rhythm of her name, was the syncopation I had been looking for: "I sing this out to Grete Schütte-Lihotzky." Writing the rest of the lyrics was easy. The repetitive element would illustrate the way you keep returning to the same tasks and positions when you are working in a kitchen. In the middle-eight I would also find space for some of the criticisms that have been leveled at Schütte-Lihotzky's kitchen over the decades, such as the way her design isolated the kitchen worker, i.e. traditionally the woman, from the rest of the family.
The name of Austria's first female architect had been familiar to me since my childhood growing up in Vienna. Schütte-Lihotzky was an old friend of my grandmother's from the time after the war. They had both fought the Nazis in the resistance, my grandmother in French exile and Grete in Vienna, where she had been arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 and still managed to survive. Both had joined the underground Austrian Communist Party, as the communists seemed to offer the most effective resistance against the Hitler regime, so when the war was over, they were involved in the foundation of the party's feminist organization, where first Schütte-Lihotzky and, later, my grandmother acted as presidents.
It was due to these political affiliations that Schütte-Lihotzky's architectural achievements were recognized only very belatedly in her home country, for which she had so bravely risked her life during the war, so to me the idea of dedicating a tribute song to the Frankfurt Kitchen as her pièce de résistance seemed irresistible.
When "The Frankfurt Kitchen" came out on my album Coach Number 12 of 11 in 2008, the label chose it for a single, so I went to work on the video. I had done a simple animation video before in collaboration with Lelo Brossmann of Viennese film company Shock & Awe (never been enamored with the name, but they are good people…) on a song called "I Believe You" in a style reminiscent of seventies primitive cartoons like the BBC series Mr. Benn. This time the premise was to mix animation with film footage, but to go black-and-white to achieve a sense of cohesion.
I was going to set the whole video in the kitchen, but when I did my research for the illustrations, I stumbled upon a radio interview that Schütte-Lihotzky had given around her one hundredth birthday in 1997, in which she pronounced that she was tired of her life's work constantly being reduced to the Frankfurt Kitchen. If she had known that she was going to have to talk about nothing else for the rest of her life, she would never have built "that damned kitchen." (The quote is used at the end of the video.)
I found this rather humbling, but also quite inspiring. I decided to paint sketches of as many of her other projects as I could find, and use them as a backdrop for my video. If you look closely you can make out my impressions of her fantastic micro-apartment including a disguised roll-out bed, her terraced houses at the Werkbundsiedlung, a beautiful kindergarten for a social housing project, a printing shop, the Viennese Communist party headquarters, as well as her Taylorist maps of movements around the kitchen, going from larder to work top to cupboard to bin, then round and round in frantic circles and finally out through the window (my interpretation).
I also painted some simple portraits of Schütte-Lihotzky, using some of the historic photographs from the 1920s depicting her with short hair, wearing a white shirt and a skinny tie; an androgynous look that I emulated when it came to miming for the video (filmed by Stefan Csáky). Lelo Brossmann had the idea of swapping heads between mine and hers (it had been my idea swap the heads of the married couple in the "live-in kitchen" part of the song).
It was all great fun to do, as I sat in my Canterbury study painting, scanning, and sending off the pictures, and watched them come together on Lelo's computer in Schütte-Lihotzky's old hometown Vienna. Little did I know that years later somebody would casually describe me to a friend as "that Frankfurt Kitchen man." It seems the curse that haunted Grete has finally rubbed off on me.


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Brit Blows $10,000 at Kitson
Britney Spears had the owner of Kitson and Kitson Men open the store last night, just for her, at 1:30 AM -- and it looks like it was worth it. TMZ has learned that Miss Girl spent more than 10,000 bucks!
Spears walked away from Kitson with a slew of items, including a blue $265 Great China Wall sweatshirt, a $90 bottle of Agent Provocateur perfume, a $475 L.A.M.B. handbag and a $95 Blue Anchor hoodie. TMZ is told she didn't buy anything for her kids or anyone else -- everything was for her, even the shirts at Kitson Men.
She's a giver.


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Revision as of 10:30, 1 May 2007
- 1 Topic: What are innovative ways of funding public libraries?
- 2 The Team
- 3 Top Ten Lists
- 4 Meeting Minutes
- 5 Resources
Topic: What are innovative ways of funding public libraries?
The Team
Emerging Leader Participants
- Sarah Feldman
- Romina Gutierrez
- Siobhan Ryan
- Sarah Sledge - On Hiatus
- Lana Thelen
Team Mentor
Mary Pergander I am a public library director. My first public library was underfunded, and we had to raise money to do routine projects like update technology. I have also successfully obtained grants. In my former life, I was heavily involved in fund-raising. I am here to support you in any way I can, and I am certain I will learn, too! What ideas have you had so far, and what progress is being made? How did your time together at ALA go?
Staff Liaison
Greta Southard
Top Ten Lists
Top 10 Innovative Funding Methods for Public Libraries
Meeting Minutes
Since our first meeting on January 22, 2007 in Seattle our group has:
1. Defined what libraries are considered public libraries.
2. Identified how public libraries are funded in general
- 82% Local Resources (Most by the Property
- 10% State Sources
- 1% Federal Sources
- 8% Other Sources (like Monetary Gifts/Donations, Interest, Library Fines/Fees, Grants)
- Source, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Public Libraries in the United States, 200
3. Performed a literature scan of public library fundraising.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
6pm Romina hosted a Conference Call. The following is a summary of our conversation. It includes our goals, individual team member's responsibilities, a general timeline and future mode of communication. 3-13 Minutes
April 4, 2007
Meebo Chat: Reviewed List of Private Funding Ideas Record of Chat Media: Tuesday April 3.doc To Do's before the next chat
- Everyone votes on their top 5 private funding suggestions
- Everyone adds new suggestions to the public funding suggestions
April 9, 2007
Agenda: Monday April 9th at 7:30 am
- We will determine top 5 on each side
- Each person will choose 1 public and 1 private idea to expand on
- Remaining 2 will be distributed to the people not designing the brochure or poster
- Each person will choose 1 public and 1 private idea to expand on
Record of Chat Media: Monday April 9.doc
- Project renamed to: Funding: Innovation & Advocacy
- Each member will expand/work an action plan on their volunteered list item from Private Funding:
- LT 1, Adopt a Call Number
- SF 15, Wishing Well
- SR 7, Books2Eat
- RG 17, Endowed library staff position
- Each member will expand/work an action plan on their volunteered list item from Private Funding:
April 17, 2007
Record of Chat Media: April 17.doc
- Shared progress on each list item
- Choose how many on each list: 8 (maybe 10, will revisit number at next chat)
- Distributed work for remaining list items
Timeline, April 23-May 4
- E-mail check-in, Monday April 23rd
- E-mail explanations of each member's 2 group items Wednesday May 2
- Meebo Chat, Friday May 4th 6:15pm Meebo Groupii


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Our turkey day was fairly low key-just 6 of us.
Oh, and since we're on desserts, I promised a few blogging friends I'd post my recipe for Pumpkin Rolls (photo here). You can find it at the end of this post :) Joining my peeps over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog for T Stands For Tuesday.
For the Simon Monday Challenge (theme is "Oh Christmas tree") I made this card:
The folding:
I have this last journal page for Art Journal Journey, the theme this month being "collage with a twist". Thanks so much Susi for a fabulous theme! Looking forward to seeing next month's theme and host. Also linking to Paint Party Friday:
Those buildings look like they're leaning a bit don't they? Oh well...
Now it's off to the next holiday preparations, upcoming getaway, wedding, etc. Busy time, but I'll see you soon!
" Find a way to express what moves you." Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Pumpkin Rolls (recipe makes 3)
Cake: 2 c liquid egg substitute(such as Egg Beaters) 2 Tbsp. canola oil
2 c sugar 1 16oz. can pumpkin puree 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 2 1/4 c. flour
1 Tbsp. baking soda 1 Tbsp. ginger 2 Tbsp. cinnamon 1 tsp salt
Filling: 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar 2 8oz. pkgs. low fat cream cheese
1/4 c. butter 1 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
To make the cakes: In lg bowl beat egg substitute 2 1/2 min. Add oil and sugar and mix well. Stir in pumpkin and lemon jc. til well blended. In separate bowl combine flour, soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt. Add to pumpkin mix and blend well. Spread 1/3 batter into into each of 3 pans (15" x 10" x 1") that have been generously sprayed with cooking spray (such as Pam). Bake 12-15 min. in 375 F. oven. Cool in pan 5 min then turn cake onto dampened cotton tea towels. Fold edge of towel onto one cake edge then roll up along with the towel tightly. Let stand until cool.
To make the filling: beat all ingredients together until smooth.
To finish the rolls: Unroll cake from towel and spread cake with 1/3 of the filling. Roll up cake around filling. Repeat for remaining two cakes. Wrap and refrigerate or freeze.


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Tickets can only be purchased online or by phone. Online, tickets will be available through **www.BaltimoreRavens.com** or **www.ticketmaster.com**. By phone, the local number to call is 410-547-SEAT.
Since 2001, single-game tickets for regular season games have sold out within the first 15 minutes of the sale's start. Preseason games have sold out within a few days from the beginning of the sale.
M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the Ravens, has a capacity of 71,008. After earning a fourth-consecutive playoff berth last season with a 12-4 record, the team has continued to see a strong renewal rate from season ticket holders.
"Once again, well over 99 percent of our permanent seat license owners have renewed their tickets, and they are excited for the 2012 NFL season," Ravens vice president of ticket sales and operations Baker Koppelmansaid. "The investment our fans continue to make in us is amazing, and their enthusiasm is remarkable. We greatly appreciate that as an organization."


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Yes, you are, Deb Morgan. I don't really want to agree with the woman who uttered those words on the Nov. 18 episode of Dexter, but it's the truth. Deb's storyline had explosive potential. Now it's just a mess.
Season 7 kicked off spectacularly, with Deb learning who her brother really is and grieving as she sorted out how she could still love a serial killer. But now Deb (played by Jennifer Carpenter) has regressed. She has asked Dexter to kill someone for her, and she's brought up those "I'm in love with you" feelings we were all hoping were just a communal bad dream from last season. It's all falling apart.
But if it's any consolation to Carpenter, who has done her best work this season, Deb is just one of many badass women on television who have lost their way this fall. Keeping her company in the disappointing dramatic female role heap are: Carrie on Homeland, Gemma on Sons of Anarchy, Kalinda on The Good Wife, Emily on Revenge, Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, and Bay and Daphne on Switched at Birth.
It's as if all of the TV producers banded together to turn some of the small screen's most intriguing ladies into dumber, duller versions of themselves. On Homeland, Carrie (Claire Danes) is taking her medications and supposedly is more stable, but she's sleeping with her "asset" again (which is just fine by the CIA) and crying all the time. Gemma (Katey Sagal) demonstrated her incredible resilience and fortitude after being gang-raped in the second season of Sons of Anarchy, but now she sits around smoking weed and pitying herself, even when she's got someone like Nero (Jimmy Smits) kissing on her. And then there's sizzle-to-fizzle Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), who breaks my heart most of all with one of the worst back stories ever written for one of the medium's most captivating female characters.
Even the youngest belles are a bloody letdown. Exciting ninja Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) has lost her intense focus and killer instinct on Revenge. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) is walking around Manhattan with her engagement ring round her neck waiting for Chuck Bass to settle the score with his dad on Gossip Girl. Since when does the queen of the mean girls wait for anything? And she got dumped anyway? The mature-for-their-ages duo at the helm of Switched at Birth were almost unrecognizable by the time the show went on hiatus in October. Bay (Vanessa Marano), a thieving gangster? Daphne (Katie Leclerc), an older man's fool?
How I miss my girls. They were never perfect. They didn't always make the right decision. But they were never wimpy, never whiny, never boring. They were tough women you admired and wanted to befriend. You trusted them to find the murderer, exact vengeance, have your back, and introduce you to a cool new pair of shoes.
It got so bad that two weeks ago I turned on Jersey Shore to see if Snooki would give me a boost. But there was pregnant Snooki, unable to drink or hang out at Karma with her friends, far away from her fiancé, dragging her inflatable penguin along the boardwalk and asking it if it was drunk. For the record, Jumanji was sober. Half the time I've been on the couch this season, I've wished I wasn't.
For several years, TV has been the sweet spot for actresses. While film has kept women in traditional, predictable roles, television lured actresses like Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, and Laura Linney with rich storytelling and memorable characters. In turn, the ladies have added prestige and dimension to a medium always dominated by men. Is this the beginning of the end? I hope it's just one coincidental and temporary hiccup that may even be rectified before the season closes.
But on cable, especially, the clock is ticking for the ladies to bounce back and get their acts together. Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, and Homeland all wrap up next month. Come on, Deb! Three of your four boyfriends have been murdered. Your brother, the serial killer of serial killers, is right in your wheelhouse. Gemma, you were always in charge. When are you going to go back to calling the shots? Carrie, please get a grip, catch those damn terrorists already, and release Brody forever. Gossip Girl, too, is almost over. Is Blair really going to exit the TV landscape in three weeks with barely a whimper? Strap on those Louboutins and tell Chuck what's what.
Revenge and The Good Wife are luckier. They still have half a season to recover from the fall's doldrums. But Emily needs to stop being a supporting player in her own Revenge story and start kicking butt again in the present tense. That 2006 flashback does not count. The Good Wife writers have promised to end the horrible saga between Kalinda and her ex-husband, but I don't even know what I want for Kalinda anymore. Maybe she and the annoying ex should leave Chicago together once and for all.
If anyone deserves to shantay and stay, though, it's the contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race, who say things like, "As a drag queen, my issue with these pantyhose is there's no room for my penis."


text: Antivirus vendors Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay the New York Attorney General's office US$375,000 in fines to settle charges that they automatically charged customers software subscription renewal fees without their permission.Investigators found that the two companies had "failed to adequately disclose to consumers that subscriptions would automatically be renewed and that consumers would be charged," the office of Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Wednesday announcing the settlement. "Companies cannot play hide the ball when it comes to fees consumers are being charged."In addition to paying the settlement fine, Symantec and McAfee will now make better disclosures about subscription renewal fees when customers sign up, the attorney general's office said.Security companies have been offering automatic renewals to their customers for nearly a decade now, but in the past few year it's become much more common in the antivirus industry. McAfee and Symantec say that they prevent customers from having out-of-date antivirus software on their computers. That may make customers safer, but it also makes company investors happy because renewal fees keep rolling in.Symantec began enrolling North American customers in automatic renewal by default in November 2005, and has since expanded the practice worldwide. McAfee began the practice in 2001. Under these programs, customers pay upfront for a one-year subscription and then, a year later, are automatically billed for the next year's service.The companies say they have been working with the Cuomo's office for the past two years to improve practices and they have now made it easier to understand and opt out of their respective auto-renewal features.For example, Symantec has now modified its online shopping cart to include better disclosures and an explanation of how to opt out of the program.Norton users who want to unsubscribe from Symantec's program, can do so on their Norton Account Web page, Symantec said. If you're a U.S. McAfee user, you can call customer support at 1 866 622 3911.Both companies will now refund auto-renewal fees within 60 days of the charge, Cuomo's office said.


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I then had Lucas pick one of the words from each page to practice writing. Alex drew more squares with each color.
Then we talked about primary colors (red, yellow and blue) and secondary colors (green, orange and purple) using some color math.
Oh I loooved these pictures! So bright and cheery (not to mention educational). That last one is precious. Hope you guys are having a fun week- though it already looks like it!ReplyDelete
P.S. I think everything should be taught with cupcakes.ReplyDelete
i love that first pic of the crayons. and the cupcake face;-)ReplyDelete
Fun way to teach. You are such a great mom!ReplyDelete
Looks like a fun way to learn, and like Dorkys said, "Everything should be taught with cupcakes!"ReplyDelete
You totally rock lady!!! Great pictures and the fact that it only took you ten minutes to put it together!!!ReplyDelete
Yummy and fun and cute!!! You covered all the bases.
I need to do this.
The best Emily! I just absolutely LOVE the colorful cupcakes. My kids totally loved these pictures too!ReplyDelete
Great time for tots. What fun.ReplyDelete
To reinvorce the learning process with cupcakes...brilliant!ReplyDelete
I agree that food can be a great teaching tool:) What a fun activity!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous activity!!!!! and YUMMY too=)ReplyDelete
You are just so creative! I love this!!!!ReplyDelete
It looks like a great day - and 10 minutes of planning, wow!ReplyDelete
Cute idea with the colors! The kids look like they enjoyed it too. :O)ReplyDelete
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Two masked men, one with a shotgun and the other with a hammer, entered Bennett Valley Jewelers at 2700 Yulupa Ave. around 1 p.m., Lt. Ray Navarro said.
The shotgun-wielding man held the employees and customers at gunpoint while the hammer-wielding man smashed the jewelry cases. One of the employees fired several shots from a handgun at the suspect with a shotgun and the suspects fled, Navarro said.
Ty Visscher, an employee of Bennett Valley Jewelers, said no one inside the store was injured. He declined to comment further.
The suspects fled, jumping over a fence into a condo complex and then got into a waiting vehicle and three suspects drove away, Navarro said.
Petaluma police stopped a similar vehicle, and the three suspects were brought back to Santa Rosa as persons of interests after one was checked out in a hospital, Navarro said.
After obtaining evidence of the robbery in the car, including the gun believed to be used to hold up the store, police arrested the three men on suspicion of robbery, police said.
They were identified as Traveon Banks-Austin, 23, of San Pablo, and Hayward residents Alexander Tyvon Brandon, 23, and Ervin Dixon Jr., 25. All three men were booked into the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of armed robbery.
Petaluma police issued an alert around 1:35 p.m. about police activity on southbound Highway 101 at E. Washington St., and at 3:37 p.m. reported all roads were open.
Lisa Reiske, an employee of Joe Video located next to the jewelry store, said she heard four to six shots and heard a woman in the jewelry store yell around 1 p.m.
Reiske said as he called 9-1-1 she saw a tall, thin man in a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants run down an alley. She said it looked like the man was holding something to the side of his body.