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MagMall Website Review & Ratings + MagMall Coupons
MagMall is an internet based subscription provider and provides great services and covers several magazines such as: Cosmopolitan Autoweek Car and Driver Elle Vogue Marie Claire The Oprah Town and Country The website has a great layout and provides its customers with several options for magazine subscriptions. The website provides coupons and discounts for bulk buying as well.
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Jim Carrey Faces Backlash Over Anti-Gun Video
With the gun control debate still raging in the United States, popular slapstick comedian Jim Carrey may have fueled the fire with his latest Funny or Die project "Cold Dead Hand." The video is drawing fire from many people who are on the side of gun control, as well as a great deal of fire form the anti gun control movement.
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Disney Games Website Review & Ratings + Disney Games Coupons
Disney Games is found at the www.clubpenguin.com website. This is Disney's online game site for kids and teens. There are even some games that adults might enjoy at this site. This is a paid site that comes with a trial membership. The site requires the member to create their own personal penguin to play with. There are over 20 games on the site along with the ability to adopt a pet for each member. Members can also talk to their friends on the site. All...
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75 months ago in
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USATODAY Website Review & Ratings + USATODAY Coupons
USA Today is a national newspaper that is published Monday through Friday. The Friday issue is more of a weekend issue. USA Today is the second largest circulated printed newspaper in the United States after the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper features pages of items printed in color along with some pages still in black and white. The paper comes in sections with each one having a different colored border. The current sections are news (blue), sports (red), life ...
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75 months ago in
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Magazine Reader Mall Website Review & Ratings + Magazine Reader Mall Coupons
Magazine Reader Mall offers magazine subscriptions for most of Time Inc's popular magazines. Magazine Reader Mall offers subscriptions to popular magazines like Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Money and many more. All of Magazine Reader Mall's magazines subscriptions are from 44-88% off their cover cost. Magazine Reader Mall offers numerous magazine categories: Health and Fitness Cooking/Food/Wine Home and Garden Business/Science/Politics Celebrity and Entertainme...
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77 months ago in
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Magazinediscountcenter.com Website Review & Ratings + Magazine Discount Center Coupons
Magazine Discount Center is an online store that offers an amazing selection of magazines that customers can subscribe to. Magazine Discount Center offers numerous well known magazines such as Playboy, Car and Driver, People Magazine, Money, Cooking Light, and much more. Magazine Discount Center multiple shopping categories: African-American Magazines Animals Magazines Antiques Magazines Arts & Crafts Magazines Audio & Video Magazines Auto & Cycles Magazines ...
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78 months ago in
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Bluedolphin.com Website Review & Ratings + Bluedolphin Magazines Coupons
Blue Dolphin Magazines bills itself as "America's Magazine Superstore." Blue Dolphin offers magazine subscriptions at substantial discounts. Currently, they are offering a 90 day free trail period for all magazines. A customer can cancel any magazine within 90 days and receive a full refund. The company offers discounts on all types of magazines including: Animals Cooking Cars Computing Beer, Wine and Spirits Home Children Games Crafts Entertainment Money Ou...
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80 months ago in
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Magazinesusa.com Website Review & Ratings + MagazinesUSA Coupons
MagazinesUSA is a one stop solution to all your magazine and periodical needs. It is one of the largest suppliers of wholesale magazines to libraries, corporate accounts and doctor's waiting rooms. MagazinesUSA offers you the best prices that are indeed less than the general market prices. MagazinesUSA provides excellent discount magazine subscriptions at cheapest prices. MagazinesUSA offers a free magazine consulting service which is indeed very helpful. Yo...
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Discountmags.com Website Review & Ratings + DiscountMags.com Coupons
DiscountMags.com is a website that is dedicated to selling magazine subscriptions. They offer a large variety of magazines including children's magazines, auto magazines, home magazines, business magazines, sports magazines, travel magazines, women's magazines and much more. They also have free magazines, gift subscriptions, and special offers available.
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A Look at the Republican National Convention-2012
At Wednesday's Republican National Convention, vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan gave his first speech. At first, many people were concerned about Paul Ryan's name being on the ticket with Mitt Romney. President Obama has had four years to make good on his campaign promises and has fallen a little short. There is no telling if the Romney-Ryan team can make it. But, we will, by all probability, get a chance to see.
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82 months ago in
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Myfavoriteshoestore.com Website Review & Ratings + My Favorite Shoe Store Coupons
My Favorite Favorite Shoe Store is a leading provider of quality, genuine, name-brand shoes at discount prices. They have a wide inventory of shoes at a price the mass can afford. They are also a leading markerter of women's shoes. Aside from shoes, they also retail clothing, jewelries, accessories and fragrances. Same with their shoes, those are of affordable prices too. Customer service is what they value the most. They make every effort to make sure that your shopping experience wi...
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Magazines.com Website Review & Ratings + Magazines.com Coupons
Magazines.com offers thousands of books and magazines on sale every day and hence, allows people to have fun and an easy way to discover hot new reads thereby tracking various magazine subscriptions. The company promise its customers three benchmarks-simplicity, service and selection. Magazines.com also has a gift centre which allows its customers to shop by personality, occasion or recipient. Several departments which are served by Magazines.com are as follows:- Magazines Books Newspapers ...
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82 months ago in
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Valuemags.com Website Review & Ratings + ValueMags Coupons
ValueMags offers popular magazines online at discounted prices. Unlike many competitors, there is no auto-renewal or continuous subscription required. Order and renew magazine subscriptions through the site. Categories for the magazines include: Arts & Crafts Auto Business & Finance Comics Cooking & Food Health & Fitness Entertainment Family & Parenting Men's Interest Women's Interest Science & nature Travel And many more! Specific magazine s...
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Christy Birmingham
82 months ago in
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Coroner Findings Blame Dingo For Death
In 1981 a baby was taken and killed by a dingo in the far north of Australia, it is know as the red centre. There was panic at the time as the bulk of campers searched throughout the night with torches and car headlights. The police and Northern Territory Government played a role in the epic case which lasted 32 years. The mother, Lindy Chamberlain was initially blamed for murder. She was exonerated after serving 3 years in prison. The final reason for death was proven and accepted by the corone...
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85 months ago in
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Rd.com Website Review & Ratings + Reader's Digest Magazine Coupons
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By: Karen Player, Category: Lifelong Learning, Date: 04 Jan 2012
The Museum 2 You display is rapidly coming together and we look forward to seeing the display in regional NSW by May this year.
The development of the Museum 2 You project is at a really exciting phase. We asked you what you wanted the project to be, did several online surveys and complied the results. What we now have is a great environmental education program for community NSW.
The key components of the Museum 2 You project are:
I want to thank everyone that has been involved for being a part of the development of the Museum 2 You project in 2011. You have really helped move the project forward and I look forward to your feedback in 2012.
Here are some of the project milestones we have achieved so far:
We have also received our first booking for 2012, but there are still places left. Contact us to book groups in for free trials from May 2012,

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From building materials to concrete. Four generations of Geigers have left their mark on the town of Leavenworth as well as the Kansas City area.
This is the third story in a series about long-established local businesses in the Leavenworth area.
From building materials to concrete. Four generations of Geigers have left their mark on the town of Leavenworth as well as the Kansas City area.
Bill Geiger, chairman of Geiger Ready Mix, is part of a fourth generation in building materials. The company started in 1892 in downtown Leavenworth. Geiger said the company began with only coal, brick, block, grain and feed at the 626 Cherokee location.
"I think that railroad cars would come in and we would load off materials to our warehouse and resale building materials to our customers," Geiger said.
The present location of the first Geiger Ready Mix Company used to be an old abandoned coal mine with the office building being an apartment at one time. Geiger said that his father knew the business would grow fast in the 1950s when he started the Geiger Ready Mix company in 1949.
The company continued to blossom even when Bill was a child. He said once he was old enough to start work, he would work with his father at Geiger Ready Mix just as his father did for his father. Geiger joined the company in the late 1960's and had the idea of expanding the company across the Kansas City metro area.
"I never really thought of anything else growing up, I had two brothers and a sister," Geiger said. "I was the oldest and there was never much discussion, I'm the fourth generation and just kinda assumed that was what I wanted to do."
His father, E.W. Geiger, Jr., had made partners with a man from Liberty, MO and that would soon be the location for his son, E.W. (Bill) Geiger III, to go and learn the business side of the company. Since then, there has been several different businesses develop in the Kansas City metro area. Geiger said the company has around 170 employees working at the different locations and since the economic recovery they have been able to hire more individuals.
"We have hired some new people within the past 90 days, we hired around 20 to 25 new workers throughout the metro area," Geiger said. "It has increased, the five year decrease starting in 2006 was major, economy wise. It was big, last year we stabilized at the bottom and this year we can see it coming back up."
Geiger Ready Mix suffered during the economic downturn such as many other businesses did. However, they were able to make due and have made it out of decline and are up 10 to 15 percent this year alone. Owning a business is like a game and Geiger said you never know what's going to happen from day to day. That why he keeps the idea of the business being a game in his head. He said there's quite a bit of physical action always happening in the business world.
"There's a lot of sport like qualities, with the competition of winning the days battle," Geiger said. "It always fit me pretty good, with my athletic background playing into this competitive field."
Geiger believes that once you put competition aside, there's a more important role that a company plays in a community. Giving back to the community is just one of the core values of the Geiger Ready Mix company, he said the company tries to help out those who need concrete and make it financially accessible for those who need it for projects.
"We always seem to be involved, not only when they need concrete," Geiger said. "We are fortunate that we don't have to go looking for things, but you got to do your job to help the community."
The company is an independent, family owned business. Geiger said they make their our own decisions, and live with it whether they win or lose. He believes when you're running your own company, there's some satisfaction and a lot of obligations to go with it.
Geiger has been with the company for several decades and is now looking toward the future to some extent. In their company, they know that Bill is backing off. He has said it for the last couple of years, it's a family business. Geiger Ready Mix has a team led by managers who are taking over the responsibilities that Bill holds.
"I'm slowly backing off, but having fun with the company and trying to help," Geiger said. "I saw my dad back off, they are still asking me questions. When they quit asking questions, that's when you get out of the way."
Geiger enjoys his time now working at the local Leavenworth office and attending his grandchildren's sporting events. He was the creator of the expansion of the Geiger Ready Mix company in the Kansas City metro area including the cities of Kansas City, Kansas, Liberty, Olathe, Lee's Summit and Leavenworth.


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Slow Down TSA Lynch Mob: That Naked Scanner Expose Video Is Exaggerated & Old News
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The images are very sensitive to the presence of large pieces of high Z material, e. g., iron, but unless the spatial resolution is good, thin wires will be missed because of partial volume effects. It is also easy to see that an object such as a wire or a box- cutter blade, taped to the side of the body, or even a small gun in the same location, will be invisible. While there are technical means to mildly increase the conspicuity of a thick object in air, they are ineffective for thin objects such as blades when they are aligned close to the beam direction.In other words, strap a knife to your side, and perhaps the machine won't spot it. We heard that years ago. So, nothing new here.
Plus, I'm pretty sure that the machines now take images from multiple angles, which would rule out this vulnerability. On top of that, Corbett bases his claim on a couple of sample images that are black and white -- and uses that to claim that a black object on your side will not show up against the black background. Once again, I'm pretty sure his info is now completely out of date. The TSA has been upgrading the scanners so they no longer show the "nude" picture. Just last month we showed an image of what the new machines show:
Now, it is true that Corbett was able to get through the machines with a metallic box in his side pocket, and that's his proof. He does this twice. While, again, I'm not impressed by the machines, I don't think this is "proof" in the sense that Corbett believes. First of all, official tests show that there's a ridiculously high error rate with these machines -- they let through "bad stuff" all the time. So, I agree with Corbett that the machines are a complete waste and should be done away with, but I don't think one guy going through the scanners twice without getting stopped for a little metallic box in his pocket... is absolute proof that anyone can get through without getting stopped.
Of course, it seems worth pointing out that a metal box is not a dangerous object, and the point of the machines (so we're told) is to stop threatening objects from getting through -- not just metallic objects. So it's possible that the TSA agents saw this thing in his pocket and immediately saw that it wasn't something dangerous. Corbett's test was whether or not the scanners detect metal. But they're not metal detectors, so the test itself is flawed.
So, while I don't agree with the TSA's response to this video in which "Blogger Bob" somewhat angrily snaps back about how important TSA scanning is, I don't think Corbett's claims are that convincing and I'm surprised at how much press it's been generating. Yes, the scanners are probably pointless, and it's all security theater, but that doesn't mean we should all stop thinking through the details on videos that potentially show some weaknesses in these machines.


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When I was a child in Misawa Air Force Base Japan, I started Judo because I did not want to play little league baseball. I was on a swim team and the pool was next to the gym. I had seen Judo at the gym. I saw Kendo too, but that was only for adults.
So I started martial arts training as a way not to play baseball.
When I came to Hawaii, I initially continued Judo training. I was in intermediate school.
When I was in high school, I was a Boy Scout. One of my friends, Chris, told me about a Karate class and I went with him. It was a Kenpo Karate class and that is how I started Karate training. the Sensei also taught Tai Chi and Gung Fu, so I learned that too.
Later in high school, my then fiance's older brother told me about another Karate class. I went with him to meet Sensei Tommy Morita at the Nuuanu YMCA, who recommended that we go train with his student, Sensei Rodney Shimabukuro, who taught class closer to where we lived. So I was introduced to Shorin-Ryu by my (now) brother-in-law.
My brother-in-law was attending law school on the mainland. He was studying and teaching Shorin-Ryu and one summer when he returned to Hawaii, decided to start practicing Aikido here. Shimabukuro Sensei had encouraged my brother-in-law and me to study other martial arts. So I started learning Aikido too, with Sensei Sadao Yoshioka.
While I was attending the University of Hawaii, I saw a Kendo class. So I started learning Kendo under Sensei Chuichi Fureyama, who also taught Iaido, so I started to learn Iaido too.
Eventually I started to teach Shorin-Ryu. I eventually became a student of Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato who lives in Yonabaru, Okinawa. He also teaches Yamani-Ryu bojutsu, and I also learn that from Shinzato Sensei.
I have left out some twists and turns (many twists and turns), but I have gotten here because: (1) I did not like baseball, (2) a Boy Scout friend's recommendation; (3) my brother-in-law's recommendations; and (4) lots of luck.
Had things worked out differently, I might have become a professional baseball player! Not!
Here is my point. I really enjoy Karate training. But had I lived closer to downtown Honolulu, I might have trained under Morita Sensei rather than Shimabukuro Sensei. Actually, I once called Sifu Andrew Lum to ask about learning Tai Chi, but his classes were too far away for me (at that time I only rode a bike).
My life could have been very different if I lived somewhere else. For me, martial arts training was series of chances and recommendations. With just a little change, I could have studied Shotokan, Goju-Ryu, or another style of Karate. It just so happened that I started Shorin-Ryu training at a formative time in my life, and have done so ever since.
If I had studied Shotokan, I would probably still be doing so. It is hard to change paths once you have trained for 10, 20 or 30 years. It is possible, but difficult.
I went to an awards ceremony some time back. It was for lifetime achievement in the martial arts. One gentleman was given an award for Judo. In his acceptance speech, he mentioned that he actually started Kendo first, before World War II, but that Kendo training was prohibited during the war and for some time afterward. Judo training resumed shortly after the war, so he started Judo. But if not for the war, he would have continued Kendo. This is what he said when he received a lifetime achievement award for Judo.
We all get where we are by strange paths. What matters is that we are serious about martial arts, and, as teachers, want to pass it on to the next generation of students. Style and organizations don't matter very much. What matters is that we train and teach sincerely. What matters is that we are martial artists and apply what we learn in the dojo to our daily lives.
Whether Shorin-Ryu or Uechi-Ryu or Shotokan or Kenpo, Judo, Aikido, Kendo, Iaido, or MMA, we are all martial artists. I respect serious students of any style or art. Had things been a little different, I could we writing about Judo, or Aikido, or even baseball. Probably not baseball (because I have always bad eyesight and could never focus on the ball).
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How I Got Here
When I was a child in Misawa Air Force Base Japan, I started Judo because I did not want to play little league baseball. I was on a swim team and the pool was next to the gym. I had seen Judo at the gym. I saw Kendo too, but that was only for adults.
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BOSTON – Hockey returned to Boston after a one-day postponement, and Jarome Iginla scored the tiebreaking goal that gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the Bruins on Saturday and home-ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The game was pushed back by one day because of the manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was captured Friday night.
Before the game, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma wore a black T-shirt with the words "BOSTON STRONG" over his shirt and tie. During warmups, Bruins players wore baseball caps of the state police and Boston and Watertown police departments. The black cap for Watertown, where the suspect was taken into custody, had the Bruins "Spiked B" logo on the front and the word "STRONG" on the back.


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The Lady Bisons softball team is in the thick of the race for a berth in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.
This Friday and Saturday they play two A-Sun foes at Draper Diamond. Friday they face ETSU in games at 5 and 7 p.m. The Lady Bisons last faced ETSU in last season's A-Sun Tournament in DeLand, Fla.
Saturday Campbell comes to town for games at 2 and 4.
Sophomore infielders Abby Keese and Kellie Sirus are heading into the weekend series in the top 10 in hitting in the conference.
To make the weekend even more special the softball team is sponsoring "Alumni Weekend". At Friday's game T-shirts and prizes will be given away.
Saturday following the second game the softball team will be hosting a cookout for alumni and family members.
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Altoid Tin Crafts for Kids of All Ages
Is there anything you can't do with an Altoid tin? According to the internet, no. Previously, we've featured some cute tech projects and items for grown-ups that you can create out of these tins, but it's high time we rounded up the best Altoids crafts for kids of all ages.
Have you tried any of these projects? Or have you come up with some on your own? Drop us a note in the comments!
• Create an Altoids Tin 1/8" Stereo Mixer
• Use an Altoids Sours Tin to Create a Mini BBQ Grill
• Make An Altoids USB Compact Flash Card Reader
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Beyond Stainless Steel: Colorful Kitchen Trash Cans from Brabantia
Stainless steel is the default color choice for most kitchen trash cans, but what if you want to punch it up a little bit? Ever since I saw yellow trash can (OXO, no longer available), I've loved the look of colorful cans. And Brabantia has a whole range of color options!
It's surprisingly difficult to find large kitchen trash cans in any colors other than stainless steel, black, white, or red. Vipp has a fabulous limited edition green option right now, but it clocks in at almost $500 for an 8 gallon can.
These trash cans from Brabantia aren't exactly cheap ($250 for a 12 gallon can) but if you're looking for a large, high-quality canister in a hot color, this is a great option. Available in Apple Green, Violet Purple, Cobalt Blue, Lemon Yellow, Chrome Orange and Lipstick Red, there's certainly a color to suit your kitchen style!
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arlyle's intentions with this term remain unclear, but he probably alludes to the Capel family contemporary with Cromwell. Although Arthur Capel II, Earl of Essex, and Henry Capel, Baron Capel of Tewkesbury, did little to attract attention or deserve reknown, their father, first Baron Capel of Hadham, proved a significant supporter of Charles I. According to volume 3 of The Dictionary of National Biography, the king "had no adherent more faithful and devoted to the royal cause, nor any who made more splendid sacrifices, ending at last in his death on the scaffold . . . to the last Capel behaved with that magnanimity and heroism which had marked his whole career" (921). Safe to asssume then, that Carlyle genuinely approved of Arthur Capel and would not have used his name in a disparaging way.
A further clue suggests that Carlyle refers to the actual man Capel, in his phrase "Capel Court", and that, moreover, he means the name to have positive connotations. In Two Notebooks of Thomas Carlyle reveals that from March 23, 1822 until May 16, 1832, Carlyle recorded thoughts and historical facts, particularly about Cromwell. Carlyle notes, for example: "Houses of Peers abolished soon after King's death. Poor Lord Capel's escape and recapture. Duke Hamilton, Lord Hamilton with him were beheaded" (17). His sympathy reveals his respect for Capel and leads one to believe that by placing "Capel Court" alongside "Heaven and Earth," Carlyle suggests some sort of connection between the terms; perhaps all three are in some way comparable.
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Power when you need. Pedals when you don't. Townie® Go! is a battery-powered, pedal assist bike that lets you ride like the wind without breaking a sweat. The ninja quiet Bosch Performance System offers four levels of power support from Eco to Turbo mode, allowing you to flatten hills and shorten commutes depending on how much leg work you're willing to put in. Multi-gear functionality lets you control output and battery life. And of course, it looks as awesome as it rides.
The comfort of Townie's Flat Foot Technology® frame combined a lower center of gravity and balloon tires, provides an upright and smooth ride that makes it impossible not to smile when riding a Townie Go!. So get on and Go! Pedal less. Do more.
- Lightweight 6061-T6 aluminum frame
- Bosch Performance electric-assist system with 250W mid-frame motor
- Lithium-ion battery 11Ah/400wh, 36V
- 4 mode levels of support: Eco, Tour, Sport and Turbo
- Distance: 20-100 miles / 40-120 km depending on your mode and terrain
- Charge time: 1.5 hours to 50%, 3.5 to 100%
- Maximum assisted speed: 20 mph / Europe: 25 km/h
- Battery life: 2 year warranty
- Shimano Nexus 8-speed internal gear hub and twist shift
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I purchased a Townie Go 8i about a month ago. At one time I was an avid road bike rider and stopped riding about 25 years ago. Today, at the age of 64 with some physical limitations and plenty of additional weight I needed to start a good exercise regimen. This bike has reinvigorated my love for cycling while also providing me the greatly needed and enjoyable fitness routine. As an old roadie, I was extremely impressed with the Bosch Perfomance mid drive motor which measures my torque and cadence and allows me to maintain a smooth steady cadence when riding without the lurching that may occur in other e-bikes. The technology on this motor provides a great rider experience. This bike allows you to ride on the windiest days without fear of exhaustion to get back home. The Electra pedal and crank geometry are also a great feature. The geometry is great with a more upright positioning, and the ride is smooth. The bike is certainly heavier than my old trek bikes, but the point behind this bike is comfort and pleasure riding with a quality exercise benefit. This bike could also work as a good commuter bike. The 4 motor assist settings are easy to use and the Bosch cycling computer provides all of the necessary readings one would expect. The bike comes with quality Shimano Nexus components, and the 8 speed internal hub drive shifts reliably, gives a cleaner look, and eliminates any potential problems that may occur with a traditional derailleur. My next move is to purchase one for my wife.
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Inter president Massimo Moratti has made it clear that he would rather hold on to Wesley Sneijder than bring in Javier Pastore from Paris Saint-Germain.
The Argentina international has been linked with a move to the Giuseppe Meazza side as Sneijder's future at the club is in doubt, but Moratti has not given up hopes of holding on the gifted midfielder just yet.
"Between Sneijder and Pastore, I'd rather have Sneijder. He's the best there is in my opinion," Moratti told reporters.
"Too much has already been said about this. I have an excellent relationship with the lad and when Wesley returns he'll provide added value."
The 28-year-old Sneijder has not featured for Inter since Sept. 26 due to a an ongoing contract dispute, and the Netherlands international stressed earlier this week that he has no intention of accepting a significant pay cut and signing a new deal.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
peace out
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
red hot
one man's island, Clingstone
When I first saw this stoically proud house, it hushed me into a quiet reverence and swelled my heart with emotion. This, I thought, is how a house is really to be built.We should expect nothing less of modern day home builders. This mere construction, has borne forth over a century of family and friends uniting and building memories. Commissioned at the turn of the century by J.S. Lovering Wharton, Clingstone was completed in 1905 at the tune of $38,982.00.
Clingston sits perched on its rocky outcropping in the Narraganaset bay of Rhode Island. The house with it's 4 stories and 23 rooms (10 of which are bedrooms) has a center hall design from which all rooms radiate.
Every room was designed with a window, offering each a different vantage point of the bay.
In 1961, the present owner, Henry Wood ( a Boston architect) bought the dear old house which had sat empty for over 2 decades, the price? a mere, $3,600.
a stair leads up to the roof top - caveats, posted.consistent tlc. Mr. Wood holds an annual, Memorial Day clean-up where guests take part in tasks such as cleaning windows or refurbishing floors. The above floors were redone on one of these weekends by Wood's daughter in law (seen above )
A house should be able to withstand over a hundred years of New England weather, survive a battering sea and at the beginning of every Summer season, open it's doors wide like an old grand parent happy to have it's halls filled with laughter love and the warmth of family. No matter where it's perched.
all photos, erik jacobs for the new york times.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
shelf portrait
photo credit: chotda trend setter.
This photo always makes me want to be a single, fastidious male in my 30s. living in New York vintage curiosity.
more color coding
"unlock this door right now, I smell something burning!"
book mimes.
photo credit: Susan Moses, 3dblur designbeautiful, beachy, blanched and well balanced.
photo credit: covetable designs
the new kid on the block is covetable.these are from a file of images I've amassed. If I've used a photo that should be credited to you, please let me know and I'll promptly, do so.
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color match at a tap
I can't believe that I'm actually one of those people who casually throws about the term 'app' but, two pages of iphone 'APPS' later, I suppose I am. Ideal to have on hand when at a cocktail party { the one where the hostess is very protective about the colors, fabrics, etc used in her house } and find the perfect color of deep charcoal blue in the powder room. Now you can, slip out your phone and capture the color, sending it through the Benjamin Moore color finder and get a "match" at the tap of a finger . Not brave enough to go this deep with your color? The application also provides a range of colors darker and lighter on either side. With another tap, the colors can be saved to a file.
The Ben Color Capture, application for your iphone.
free and available June 1st
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509 Mount Holyoke Avenue
"First time available in over 50 years. Breathtaking, unobstructed views of ocean and mountains from most rooms."
You know how there are certain movie stars who are ugly-hot? Like James Wood {circa 1988} or Harvey Keitel {in the piano}
This little Palisades house has my, 'foxy ugly' vote. A fuxgly fixer upper. {just save the wallpaper please}
2 bedroom, 3 bath $2.595 million 509 Mount Holyoke Ave, Pacific Palisades
It's about hanging art - and hanging my self
warning: dis-inhibitor; let the skirted round table be thy name.I really needed a filter on this one. And I apologize. I deserve not to be invited over to your next dinner party. I hang my head in shame. In this installment of The Skirted Round Table, we discuss art in the home, how to hang it, what we like { and how I really feel about personal photos }
On the other hand!.....
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nobody likes a frigid bride
terra cotta chimneas, don't really work. Unless you're 6 inches away from one rubbing your hands together, and even then, after a few uses, the thing cracks. Fire pits are great. When they're not burning the crap out of your eyes from the smoke or until the next day when your new cashmere sweater has permanent camp fire odor. In the end, Heat Lamps are really the only way to go.
Except that they're so damn ugly. Until now.Kindle Living has created an ingenious concept, sleeving the old utilitarian design with a beautiful outer layer and creating a glowing piece of functional art.
pretty. like a Jeff Koons sculpture.
sophisticated and swanky in black. I predict these will start showing up at every palm springs, beverly hills, weho hotel and restaurant.Not to mention, having an outdoor evening wedding? please. is there any other option? you can rent them here.oooooooh. glowy goodness.we need this. found here. And check out their other productsKindle Living
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Blog Out Loud summer blast-off
With winter over and the bucolic days of Spring beginning to wane {depending on where you live}, it's time to kick-off your summer with a little blogger cocktail event. Blog Out Loud.
Please join Rebecca Orlov of loving. living. small and myself as we host an evening of connecting through creative blogging. Blog Out Loud is an on-going, events program that serves to encourage and support creative people and their efforts to establish and maintain a blog.
The events will feature a panel of constantly changing, established, bloggers, dialoguing in a town-hall style Q&A fashion.
We hope you can join us! click here to learn more about the panel click here to learn more about the event or if you just want the info: Thursday, June 4th 7:30-9 PM Patio Culture, Abbott Kinney RSVP here
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
the skirted round table - finding an audience, finding a voice
Today on The Skirted Round Table, we're chatting about finding an audience and finding a voice. When you start a blog, are you writing for your friends and family, a full house, crickets in the dark ? Does it matter or do you just blog for blog's sake. As always, it's a fun filled 15 minutes of strong opinion and bossy banter.
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EAP Program of Written and Spoken English
Clarkson University's EAP courses in written English are designed for non-native speakers of English at a low-advanced to advanced level of proficiency in written English. These courses are generally taken as part of a full schedule of academic classes, and are offered for both undergraduate and graduate students. For undergraduate students, there are two courses that help prepare them for the written work they will do in their general education and elective courses, as well as in their major courses. Undergraduate students can count EAP courses toward their graduation requirements; please consult with the major departments for details. For graduate students, there are two courses that help prepare them for writing their theses, as well as research papers and reports.
The EAP Program also includes an oral communication skills course designed for international teaching assistants (TAs) and other international graduate students and visiting scholars. This course helps prepare students to interact with undergraduate students and faculty.
Both undergraduate and graduate students take a writing proficiency exam upon arrival at Clarkson, and students are placed in the EAP Program based on the results of this exam. The possible results are:
- A requirement to take two courses in written English - EAP250 and EAP354 for undergraduates and EAP550 and EAP554 for graduate students,
- A requirement to take only the more advanced course in written English - EAP354 for undergraduates and EAP554 for graduates students, or
- An exemption from taking EAP courses in written English.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $299 million to California's public employee and teacher pension funds as part of a settlement related to mortgage-related investments, state Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Tuesday.
The money will settle claims that the company misrepresented the value of residential mortgage-backed securities sold to the California Public Employees Retirement System and California State Teachers' Retirement System between 2004 and 2008.
"JP Morgan Chase profited by giving California's pension funds incomplete information about mortgage investments," Harris said in a statement. "This settlement returns the money to California's pension funds that JP Morgan wrongfully took from them."
The settlement is part of a broader, $13 billion settlement between the investment company and the U.S. Department of Justice. Under the larger settlement, which also was announced Tuesday, JPMorgan will provide $4 billion in mortgage relief to the states, including California.
Harris said her office's investigation found that documents provided by the company did not accurately disclose the nature of the underlying mortgages and that the company did not properly eliminate risky loans from the securities it was offering the pension funds.
The settlement will reimburse the funds for the losses they took for investing in mortgage-backed securities offered by JPMorgan, Washington Mutual Bank and Bear Stearns. JPMorgan acquired the other two companies in 2008 and has said most of its mortgage-backed securities came from them.
The $4 billion in consumer mortgage relief that is included in the larger national settlement goes to those who were harmed by the same three firms. That money will go toward loan modifications, forgiving the principal on mortgages and efforts to improve blighted neighborhoods.
Harris' office could not predict how much of the $4 billion will come to California but said the distribution will be overseen by an independent monitor to make sure the company meets its obligations under the settlement. It was not clear how the $300 million is being carved from the $13 billion settlement.
California also is receiving about $20 billion from a separate national mortgage settlement in 2012. That deal was with the nation's largest banks, including JPMorgan.
California has had nearly 1 million foreclosed homes — more than any other state — since the housing meltdown began in early 2007, according to DataQuick, a San Diego-based research firm.
California also leads the nation in the number of short sales, during which a home is sold for less than what was owed on the mortgage. DataQuick estimates there were 460,000 short sales between 2007 and September of this year, out of 706,000 nationally in the regions it tracks.
U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner in Sacramento said the activity described in Tuesday's settlement with JPMorgan was "symptomatic of the recklessness on Wall Street." His region includes the Central Valley, which he describes as being "ravaged" by the mortgage crisis.
"The stakes were very high, and I think there was pressure on the due-diligence people to get the deal done," he said during a news conference about the issues underlying the civil settlement.
Since 2008, his office has charged about 350 people in connection with mortgage fraud.
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Behati's white bat tee matched her fiance, Adam's, casual look. Too cute!
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Behati's super skinny jeans showed off her long and lean model figure.
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I have been playing TFU II on Wii for a couple of weeks now and cannot recall seeing any of these characters so far.
I guess that's why it just says The Force Unleashed on the packaging. Hasbro's presentation shows the TFUII logo on the slide.
Anybody interested in just the Sith figures or want to sell their troops from this pack, please let me know. I want to army build the troopers.
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300 followers, Tumblr & Facebook
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Worlds Edge — an intriguing name, a stunning view, a treasure trove of natural wonders, a moving conservation success story, the cornerstone of a new state park.
For no other locale do I receive more inquiries at Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy from local residents, regional visitors, and curious adventurers. With that in mind, I'm excited to share the compelling story of the conservation of the tract of land with the alluring name and million-dollar — $16 million, to be exact — view.
My research isn't new — this story has been told before. But it has become evident to me that too few people have heard it, and those that have might not mind hearing it once more.
All too often, land that has been protected and made available for our enjoyment eventually comes to be taken for granted — the stories of the heroic efforts and sacrifices to conserve it are forgotten in a startlingly short period of time. Priceless gems such as DuPont State Recreational Forest and Chimney Rock State Park were once on the brink of having their natural beauty spoiled and the public's access to their wonders cut off. It never hurts to revisit, and give thanks for, the stories that led to these lands permanent preservation as assets to our region.
Standing at the Edge
Worlds Edge is a series of cliffs on the southern Blue Ridge Escarpment, where the highlands of Western North Carolina rise up dramatically from the relatively flat Piedmont plateau. No doubt that the cliffs were named for the exhilarating feeling one experiences when overlooking the precipitous drop of more than a thousand feet to the lowlands below — that of standing at the edge of the world. The Worlds Edge cliffs begin near Sugarloaf Mountain where the boundaries of Henderson, Rutherford and Polk counties intersect, east of Edneyville and southwest of Lake Lure.
While the name Worlds Edge most commonly refers to the cliffs, I use it here to refer to the entirety of a 1,568-acre tract that encompasses the cliffs as well as a plethora of other unspoiled natural features such as granite outcroppings, sparkling waterfalls and rare species of flora and fauna. The property was owned by Robert Haywood Morrison, a Charlotte businessman, who purchased it specifically to conserve its remarkable natural heritage.
But when Morrison passed away in 2005, he left no provision for the formal conservation of his beloved Worlds Edge. The executrix of Morrison's estate, Cynthia Tyson, had a fiduciary duty to his heirs to ensure that this land yielded the greatest profit possible. Quickly, the tract drew considerable interest from real estate developers.
Nearby resident and CMLC board member Diana Richards knew the great value of the tract's natural heritage. "It's a very dramatic land filled with huge boulders, rocky balds and outcroppings, and caves. Waterfalls are everywhere. It's a very rich ecosystem," Richards said. But she was mortified that its unspoiled character might soon be lost.
"It was disconcerting because helicopters were passing over all of the time, scoping out the land. Everyone was just there to pounce on it," she explained. A real estate developer interested in constructing an expansive residential development soon offered $16 million. "And then along comes the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy," Richards said.
Race to save natural heritage
Tyson was familiar with CMLC, and suspected that the organization would be interested in preserving the Worlds Edge tract — and that it might be able to match the developer's $16 million offer. But the clock was ticking.
The state of North Carolina was interested in purchasing Worlds Edge for inclusion in a new state park at Chimney Rock, but was unable to allocate the funding in time to outbid the developer. If CMLC could move quickly enough, the state would agree to purchase the tract back from it later.
A national conservation organization, The Nature Conservancy, pledged $10 million, which left the final $6 million for CMLC to raise. And it had only one month to do it.
"What happened then was a very interesting set of events, and it brought together a coalition of public, private and governmental agencies which had never come together before," said Lake Lure resident and former CMLC board president Bob Wald.
Two organizations, Open Space Institute and Self Help Credit Union, agreed to loan CMLC the remaining sum. But they required that those loans be collateralized and guaranteed. While the lenders agreed that the land itself had a $3 million value, CMLC would need to come up with an additional $3 million of collateral. Meanwhile, the deadline to match the developer's offer grew ever nearer.
Through the Conservation Trust for North Carolina and private individuals, including Fred and Alice Stanback, Bill and Nancy Stanback, and Donald and Lisbeth Cooper, $2.5 million was raised.
"And then we were plumb out of luck," Wald said. "We had to come up with another half million dollars to make this happen, and soon."
Unparalleled commitment
"The only way I knew how to do it was to make the commitment to put up my own money to meet the collateral, and then challenge CMLC members to (do the same)," explained then-CMLC board president Jim Neal.
That's when CMLC supporters demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to land conservation. Without hesitation, members risked personal assets at potential detriment to their own livelihoods in an effort to ensure that Worlds Edge would be saved from development.
"My wife, Jerry, and I looked at it as, 'it was time to fish or cut bait,'�" said former board member Bill McAninch. "If we were going to do something for the environment, this was our opportunity to do it. So we put our savings up as part of the escrow assets, and just hoped that it would all work out."
CMLC conservation landowner and longtime board member John Humphrey was willing to put up his entire farm as collateral. Worlds Edge "was a gem. And it needed to be preserved. So I decided that the principal asset that I had to use was my (farm)," Humphrey said. "I decided … why not pledge part of the property value? And that's what I did."
Many others followed suit — 10 individuals in all — in support and self-sacrifice. Soon, CMLC had done all it could. From family farms to retirement funds, these dedicated few put their own worth on the line in the race to save Worlds Edge.
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"They actually came up with $16.1 million to come right over the developer's sum — and in the space of one month," Richards said. "The willingness of so many different groups and individuals to come together for this one common good — this particular piece of land — was remarkable."
"Acquiring this magnificent property is a triumph for our region's people and our natural heritage," said Kieran Roe, CMLC executive director. "It shows what can happen when private donors, conservation organizations and state government come together to preserve our state's most precious land and water resources."
Cynthia Tyson believes that the conservation of Worlds Edge pays tribute to its former owner. "From his youth, Robert Haywood Morrison took an intense interest in the natural world, particularly the terrain and flora of Western North Carolina, where he grew up. He would be proud to know that Worlds Edge will be forever protected."
Long-term significance
In addition to the precedent of expansive partnerships and the identification of such considerable funding in such a short period of time, the conservation of Worlds Edge was a landmark accomplishment for many other reasons.
Foremost, the project was the first land protection project of such magnitude undertaken by the small, Hendersonville-based nonprofit, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy, and it elevated the land trust's mission to that of protecting our region's natural heritage on a landscape scale.
In fact, just three years later, CMLC would save another landscape-scale tract opposite Worlds Edge on the other side of the Hickory Nut Gorge. The land trust purchased 1,527 acres — part of a failed housing development — at Weed Patch Mountain from a bankruptcy court in 2009. Today, CMLC is a prominent partner in the conservation of the 8,000-acre East Fork Headwaters tract in Transylvania County — perhaps WNC's largest remaining undeveloped contiguous tract of land.
Even more significantly, the initial purchase of Worlds Edge provided a critical foundation for the formation of Chimney Rock State Park. The tract was the first major acquisition of a newly authorized state park in the Hickory Nut Gorge, and its preservation initiated significant momentum for the state's eventual purchase of Chimney Rock Park itself, as well as other adjoining tracts with considerable conservation and scenic value. Today, Chimney Rock State Park encompasses about 5,700 acres in the Hickory Nut Gorge, and is one of the crown jewels of North Carolina's state park system.
But most importantly, the effort to overcome the many challenges to ultimately save Worlds Edge showed that a dedicated few can make a difference and protect the precious natural heritage of our region.
For more information about CMLC and Worlds Edge, visit www.carolinamountain.org.
Ballad of saving Worlds Edge
Worlds Edge — an intriguing name, a stunning view, a treasure trove of natural wonders, a moving conservation success story, the cornerstone of a new state park.


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After earning her MFA from Chatham, Nimi decided to pursue a PhD in Literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. Her forthcoming dissertation is a collection of personal essays on life in her rural village in the south of Haiti. In addition to her studies, Nimi has also enjoyed the opportunity not only to teach, but to design her own introductory Literature and Creative Writing courses each semester.
Nimi is an associate editor for Iron Horse Literary Review, and her work has appeared in The Meadowland Review, Journal of Caribbean Literature, and Rosebud, among others. Not a day goes by that she doesn't think of Chatham and the people and professors she left behind. Her days on Chatham's campus went beyond being formative years; they were unforgettable.


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It's Not "Default"
The U.S. will not default after Aug. 2. Something much weirder and more chaotic will happen.
Here's the good news: The United States is not going to default. "But wait!" you might say. Look at all those news reports saying we're going to default after Aug. 2! Hasn't Slate been warning about the dire consequences if Congress does not authorize Treasury to borrow more money for months now as well?
Yes, something awful and weird will happen in early August, but it isn't going to be default. The Treasury will need to issue more bonds to make promised payments to the country's creditors, senior citizens, federal employees, and so on. Without that extra cash, the federal government will need to miss 40 to 45 percent of its payments, according to calculations by the Bipartisan Policy Center. But that is not default. Default is too tidy a term for it. The chaos that might hit after Aug. 2 has no precedent, and therefore no name.
Still, let's try to be specific. On Aug. 2 or soon after, Treasury will "exhaust its borrowing authority." That does not mean that we "hit the debt ceiling." We hit the ceiling back in May, and since then the country has not been able to issue new debt, only to roll over maturing bonds. "Exhaust its borrowing authority" means that Treasury will no longer be able to fudge the country's finances enough to keep all payments going out on time.
The country could default, meaning it would stop paying interest or principal to its bondholders. But the likelihood of that happening is nil. Doing so could trigger panic in the financial markets and force higher borrowing costs throughout the global economy. "Default with a downgrade is a game changer," warns Tim Ryan, the head of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, "with dire consequences for money funds, capital markets and banking systems broadly. It will be a systemic event in its own right." The Treasury Department will not admit outright that bondholders will get prioritized over, say, Social Security recipients. But they will.
That means it will be soldiers, doctors, federal employees, and government contractors who will see their payments delayed. There is no real term of art for this scenario, at least not yet. But the wonks have taken to calling it "selective default," "payments prioritization," or "delinquency."
It will be something like a government shutdown. But during a shutdown, mandatory spending payments—such as Social Security checks and Medicare reimbursements—keep going out. That will not necessarily happen in the event of "selective default," or "delinquency," or "debtpocalypse," or what have you. And though shutdowns always come with a degree of uncertainty, they are hardly unprecedented in Washington. The White House and Treasury have a tested playbook for a shutdown. They do not have one for the debtpocalypse.
"Payments prioritization" is probably the best term, if a dry one, since it conveys the real sticky heart of the matter. Treasury is going to need to decide who gets paid and who doesn't—making temple-rubbing, flinty-faced, increasingly bedraggled Timothy Geithner the most economically powerful person in the country until Congress resolves this.
The choices would be difficult. In August, the United States could use its cash receipts to make its interest payments ($29 billion) and pay Social Security benefits ($49.2 billion), Medicare and Medicaid ($50 billion), defense contractors ($31.7 billion), and unemployment insurance ($12.8 billion)—all considered of vital importance.
But that would leave about half of the bills unpaid. Federal employees, from the zookeepers to the prosecutors to the prison guards, would have to make do without their salaries. There would be no transfers for food stamps, housing programs, the IRS, the EPA, or the troops either. The Bipartisan Policy Center notes that "the reality would be chaotic." The results would be unfair. Treasury would be picking "winners and losers."
During that time, the country would also suffer from any number of knock-on effects. The major ratings agencies would downgrade U.S. sovereign debt, possibly raising the country's borrowing costs permanently. (Politico reports that's what the White House is really worried about.) Some money-market and mutual funds would not be able to hold Treasuries without an AAA rating, meaning the specter of plummeting bond values and a credit crunch. Even if the bond market stayed relatively calm, investors might dump U.S. stocks and other investments, hoarding cash instead. Nobody really knows what would happen.
So we might not have a great term for what we have inaccurately termed the big "default" after Aug. 2. But we know its risk: a recession. And we know how we got here: idiots.


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For the third year in a row, local artists painted their way into the fall juried art show at The Hidden Lantern Gallery in Rosemary Beach.
Originally the Back to Nature Exhibit, this year the exhibit became "Scenes of South Walton."
Niceville artist Carol Ann Cain said she was in a Back to Nature mindset when she submitted her depictions of Niceville's Turkey Creek.
Cain's "My True View of Turkey Creek" beat out the rest and took home best in show.
Judged by two South Walton art gallery owners, the 30 by 30-inch acrylic on canvas painting depicts a fall foliage scene many South Waltoners do not see south of 30A.
"Her piece stood out to me," said show judge Laura Granberry. "All of her work was different from what you normally see down here. I felt it had its own style and something spoke to me about it."
This was Cain's first time to enter.
Cain began painting 25 years ago when she moved to Niceville. These days she mostly paints from photos and has painted Turkey Creek over and over again, she said.
"I am inspired by its chaotic wildwoods," she said.
Even though Cain might use the same photo a number of times, she said each painting comes out different.
The artist entered three paintings for the show and the one that took Best in Show was her favorite, she said.
"But I was surprised and shocked that I won," said Cain.
The second-place ribbon was awarded to Seagrove's Melody Bogle for her "The Blue Lupines of WaterSound," a sight familiar to most locals. "The Blue Lupines" is an 8 by 16-inch oil on linen depicting the area's majestic and scruffy dunes that are protected and loved by visitors and residents.
This exhibit is a cooperative arrangement between the South Walton Community Council and the gallery, and a portion of the sales of each painting go to SWCC.
This year's show features 22 artists exhibiting their view of the local landscape.
The artists worked across various media from the traditional to the contemporary � oil to photography to glass mosaic, and Scenes of South Walton originally presented a collection of 38 works. Some pieces have already sold.
Other exhibiting local artists include: Margaret Biggs, Didon Comer, Jamie Conley, Betty Cork, Judy Dewar, Lori Drew, Emily Ellis, Kathy Harrah, JoAnne Jones, Peggy Jones, Linda Kernick, Sue Carol Knight, Helga C. Letourneau, Susan Lucas, Melanie Moore, Patricia Overholt, Rebecca Perrot, Christine Ramey, Janet and Steve Thomas, and Domi Williams.
SWCC is a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of several hundred residents, property owners, employees, neighborhoods and business owners established in 1995. SWCC's mission is to preserve and protect the unique coastal environment and enhance the quality of life for all who visit or choose to call South Walton home.
For more information visit www.shouthwaltoncc.org.
Scenes of South Walton was originally scheduled to be up through Nov. 3, but Carvalho said interest in the art has been strong and will likely be kept longer.


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Some People Still Can't Seem To Question Their Car's GPS
from the out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-germany dept
Pictured: what happens when you type 'Hoth' as your GPS destination
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Now we can add a lovely elderly woman from Belgium to the list of people who toss common sense to the curb in favor of their GPS, though she admittedly performed this action in such distinctive fashion as to separate herself from the pack.
The woman identified by Het Nieuwsblad as the 67-year-old Sabine Moureau told the paper: "I was absent-minded so I kept on putting my foot down."
Sabine started her journey in Erquelinnes on the morning of last Saturday week. "I was going to pick up my friend in the Brussels North Station" she told the paper. The journey should have taken just over an hour, but she ended up 1,450km from her starting point.Yes, instead of reaching her destination in Brussels, which Google informs me is in Belgium, she concluded her GPS-led journey in Zagreb, which Google likewise informs me is in Croatia. For those of you who are as European-geography-challenged as I am, this means she essentially drove from the North Sea to the Adriatic Sea. If that doesn't help you much (And why would it? You've already said you're geography-challenged, dummy!), consider that Sabine's trek caused her to touch Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia and finally Croatia, taking something like 12 hours. Perhaps this Google Maps link will really drive home the point.
To Sabine's credit, she provides more than just the driving skills of an otter to laugh at. She has quotes, too!
"I saw tons of different signposts, first in French, later in German, but I kept on driving." Sabine had to fill up twice and slept a few hours by the wayside, but claims she never really caught on to the fact that she might be on the wrong track. "It was only when I ended up in Zagreb that I realised I was no longer in Belgium."Well, I say bless your heart, you wonderfully trusting woman. Were it not for you, Techdirt may have gone 3 full years without a silly GPS story. On the other hand, one has to wonder if the friends you keep are cut from the same cloth as you, because I'd hate to think that your friend is still waiting at the Brussels North Station, wondering where the hell you are.


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domain model
A domain model in problem solving and software engineering can be thought of as a conceptual model of a domain of interest (often referred to as a problem domain) which describes the various entities, their attributes and relationships, plus the constraints that govern the integrity of the model elements comprising that problem domain. The domain model is created in order to represent the vocabulary and key concepts of the problem domain. The domain model also identifies the relationships among all the entities within the scope of the problem domain, and commonly identifies their attributes. A domain model that encapsulates methods within the entities is more properly associated with object oriented models. The domain model provides a structural view of the domain that can be complemented by other dynamic views, such as Use Case models. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Domain model)
Digital rights management (DRM) is a term for access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to limit the use of digital content and devices. The term is used to describe any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that is not desired or intended by the content provider. The term does not generally refer to other forms of copy protection, which can be circumvented without modifying the file or device, such as serial numbers or keyfiles. It can also refer to restrictions associated with specific instances of digital works or devices. Digital rights management is used by companies such as Sony, Amazon, Apple Inc., Microsoft, AOL and the BBC. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital rights management)
DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) is an automatic file format identification tool. It is the first in a planned series of tools developed by The National Archives under the umbrella of its PRONOM technical registry service. (Excerpt from this source)
Drupal is a free and open source content management system (CMS) and Content Management framework (CMF) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites including whitehouse.gov and data.gov.uk. It is also used for knowledge management and business collaboration. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Drupal)
DSpace is an open source software package that provides the tools for management of digital assets, and is commonly used as the basis for an institutional repository. It supports a wide variety of data, including books, theses, 3D digital scans of objects, photographs, film, video, research data sets and other forms of content. The data is arranged as community collections of items, which bundle bitstreams together. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Dspace)
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dublin core
The Dublin Core set of metadata elements provides a small and fundamental group of text elements through which most resources can be described and catalogued. Using only 15 base text fields, a Dublin Core metadata record can describe physical resources such as books, digital materials such as video, sound, image, or text files, and composite media like web pages. Metadata records based on Dublin Core are intended to be used for cross-domain information resource description and have become standard in the fields of library science and computer science. Implementations of Dublin Core typically make use of XML and are Resource Description Framework based. Dublin Core is defined by ISO through ISO Standard 15836, and NISO Standard Z39.85-2007. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Dublin Core)
dublin core metadata initiative
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) incorporated as an independent entity (separating from OCLC) in 2008 that provides an open forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards for a broad range of purposes and of business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative)
DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions. Pre-recorded DVDs are mass-produced using molding machines that physically stamp data onto the DVD. Such discs are known as DVD-ROM, because data can only be read and not written nor erased. Blank recordable DVDs (DVD-R and DVD+R) can be recorded once using optical disc recording technologies and supported by optical disc drives and DVD recorders and then function as a DVD-ROM. Rewritable DVDs (DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM) can be recorded and erased multiple times. DVDs are used in DVD-Video consumer digital video format and in DVD-Audio consumer digital audio format, as well as for authoring AVCHD discs. DVDs containing other types of information may be referred to as DVD data discs. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: DVD)
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Ceremonies celebrate JMU's newest graduates
The nearly 3,600 students who will receive undergraduate, master's, educational specialist and doctoral degrees in James Madison University's spring commencement ceremonies are preparing for a full schedule of festivities May 2-4.
About 3,005 students will officially earn their undergraduate degrees. Sixteen students will earn doctoral degrees, five will earn educational specialist degrees and 568 will earn master's degrees.
Many of the university's students who will complete degree requirements in the summer will participate in the May ceremonies. About 522 undergraduate, 41 master's, six educational specialist and 13 doctoral degrees are expected to be awarded to summer graduates once they complete their programs of study.
The university will award undergraduate degrees at college ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at the following locations:
- College of Arts and Letters, JMU Quadrangle
- College of Business, JMU Convocation Center
- College of Education and University Studies, Godwin Hall
- College of Health and Behavioral Studies, Bridgeforth Stadium
- College of Integrated Science and Engineering, UREC East Campus Fields across from the Festival Conference and Student Center
- College of Science and Mathematics, Rose Library Lawn
- College of Visual and Performing Arts, Memorial Hall Auditorium
On Friday, May 3, JMU President Jonathan Alger will offer brief remarks at the 7 p.m. Graduate Commencement ceremony in the JMU Convocation Center.
Lt. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, the Army chief information officer, will speak at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Memorial Hall Auditorium when 32 cadets become the Army's newest second lieutenants. Lawrence reports directly to the Secretary of the Army for setting strategic direction and objectives and supervises all Army command, control, communications and computers and IT functions.
Eight JMU cadets will be commissioned as Air Force second lieutenants during a ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Grafton-Stovall Theatre. Col. Steven T. Hiss, commander of Detachment 890, which is based at the University of Virginia and includes cadets from JMU, Liberty University and Piedmont Virginia Community College, will speak at the commissioning event.
A private pinning ceremony and reception for 57 nursing program graduate and their guests will be held Friday, May 3, in the Grand Ballroom of the Festival Conference and Student Center as part of JMU's commencement tradition.
Mike Rayburn, a 1986 JMU alumnus who is widely known as "The World's Funniest Guitar Virtuoso," is the guest speaker for the Senior Convocation at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in the JMU Convocation Center. The program is open to graduating seniors only.
For more information, including inclement weather plans for undergraduate ceremonies, check the commencement website at http://www.jmu.edu/commencement.
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Adding a little more than feminine curves to the clean lines of a tailored jacket. The Midi Military Jacket keeps your flowing skirts and drapey blouses in check, for a modern Bohemian twist. This is the year when we cast our memories back to the hazy days of the 70's. Unearthing and breathing fresh life into the beloved era of big hair, free flowing dresses and flowers in our hair–it is the year of boho chic.
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2010-11: Two-year letterwinner ... will compete for a spot among the top eight singles positions this spring … completed the fall tournament schedule with a 3-2 overall record ... enters the spring of his junior season with a 26-16 career singles record and a 3-1 doubles mark.
2009-10: Completed his sophomore season with a 4-7 singles record ... went 2-1 in conference play.
2008-09: Tied for the team-lead in singles wins (19-7) as a first-year … earned First Team All-ODAC honors at No. 4 singles … also notched a 3-1 record in doubles … won the championship of the "B" singles bracket at the ODAC singles championships.
High School: Earned four letters as a member of the tennis team at the Friends School of Baltimore … earned all-conference and all-metro honors as a senior.
Off the Court: Economics and environmental science double-major.