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Taking A Look at Wide Receivers
A lot of Cowboys fans were very disappointed that the Cowboys didn't pick up a wide receiver in this year's draft. According to the media, Jerry Jones looked but didn't find anything worth pursuing. When you compare the wide receivers available to those already on the Cowboys roster, there wasn't much to gain.
"I didn't see anything that should be of interest," Jerry Jones said following the draft. "Relative to what we would need to make a trade. Did not see a serious one. it might have been serious in their mind but it was BS in mine."
I don't understand what all the fuss is about. We have a solid corps of receivers. We have a few veterans and some young up and coming players who could prove themselves if given the chance. It is a little scary to think about what an injury could do to the team, but haven't we "been there, done that" last season?
Terrell Owens
T.O., Dallas' star receiver, is now 34 years old. If you look at his stats, age means nothing. Every year he continues to improve. Last year he had a few injuries but still managed to play 15 games and the playoff game. He ended the season with 15 touchdowns, 81 receptions and 1355 yards. If you know Terrell, he eats, sleeps, breathes football. He has been known to play injured on numerous occasions. I expect Terrell Owens to shine brighter than ever and be on top of his game in his last year under contract. If he makes it through the season and is still going strong, I imagine he will sign a short term deal and retire a Cowboy.
Patrick Crayton
Patrick Crayton just signed a 4-year contract extension worth $14 million. The 29-year old started nearly every game in 2007 in place of the injured Terry Glenn and finished with career-best numbers. He recorded 7 touchdowns, 50 receptions and 697 yards. However, after signing his new extension, Crayton went on to drop 2 key passes in the Cowboys playoff game. I still see big things from Patrick, he will likely get the starting job when he goes up against the fragile Terry Glenn in training camp. Either way, he has an important role in the Dallas offense. I expect to see increasing stats and productivity from Crayton in '08.
Terry Glenn
Terry Glenn continues to fight to get back to work after having arthroscopic knee surgery last preseason. Glenn turns 34 in July, but if he can get healthy he may still have some game left in him. It's going to be a tough battle but Glenn is a veteran with years of success under his belt. I believe if his body will allow him he could come back strong and be a force in the already powerful Dallas offense. Glenn is signed through 2010. I would have bet money if Glenn was healthy, Bill Parcells would have already tried to get his boy to Miami. Jerry Jones believes Glenn has a 50-50 shot at starting this year and has confidence in him. I have to think that Jones not pursuing someone to take over for Glenn, must mean he has faith that T.G. will be ready to play come game time.
Sam Hurd
At the young age of 23, Sam Hurd has already won the hearts of many Cowboys fans. Hurd acquired as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He hasn't really gotten much playing time, but when you are T.O. backup you don't see much light. Sam Hurd has the potential to be a great wide receiver, he just needs the chance to show he can handle it. In 2007, Hurd had 19 receptions, 1 touchdown and 314 yards. He becomes a free agent in 2009, but if he keeps up the hard work he may get signed beyond that. He works with some of the best the league has known, so maybe with their guidance and leadership he can become a future star, only time will tell.
Miles Austin
Another 23-year old receiver, Miles Austin hasn't seen much playing time. He is most known for his kickoff return for a touchdown in 2006 in which he ran smiling 93 yards into the endzone. It was Dallas' first ever kickoff return for a touchdown in their 55 playoff game history. But to be completely honest, unless this kid learns some new tricks, I don't see a very long career with the Cowboys in his future. He will be competing with Sam Hurd and Isaiah Stanback, other than special teams he won't see much field time. Austin will be a free agent after this year, and will probably move on and try his luck with another team.
Isaiah Stanback
Drafted in the 4th round of the 2007 draft, Isaiah Stanback was a steal for the Dallas Cowboys. But as our luck goes, he was injured and sat out the majority of his rookie season. Stanback played quarterback and wide receiver in college and in 2007 was also drafted by the Baltimore Orioles to play baseball. He is an all American athlete, who is projected to be a future starter. I see great things in Stanback's future with the Dallas Cowboys. When he returns healthy, expect to see him on special teams and possibly getting some playing time at WR. Keep an eye on this guy, I bet we see alot of him in preseason, and that will just be a preview of what he can do. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Stanback career develop, he has what it takes to be a star.
Not bad, not bad at all. The Cowboys also continue to look at undrafted free agents, and have picked up a few wide receivers to examine. However, for those of you still not sure, there is still plenty of time to sign a veteran, a dependable guy who isn't happy with his current residence or needing a change of scenery. A Chad Johnson or a Roy Williams could be pushing it, but Jerry has been known to make some outrageous deals in his time. Have confidence my Cowboy friends, we have a powerful offense and any addition to it will only make this force even more unstoppable.


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March 28, 2014 | by ckitchens
Urologic cancers, including prostate cancer, kidney cancer and bladder cancer, are diagnosed in more than 381,000 Americans each year, and almost 60,000 people die from the diseases. City of Hope's physicians and scientists are determined to reduce those numbers.
Our groundbreaking research holds the promise of better treatments and cures for the millions of people worldwide battling these difficult cancers. The Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology, led by Timothy Wilson, M.D., Pauline & Martin Collins Family Chair in Urology and director of the Prostate Cancer Program, report the following developments in the treatment of urologic cancers.
Overcoming drug resistance in metastatic prostate cancer
When prostate cancer metastasizes, it is signaled to grow by a protein called the androgen receptor, which is activated by testosterone. Many men initially respond to hormone treatments that inhibit testosterone, but prostate cancer cells adapt and develop resistance to these therapies, and the cancer almost always returns.
Jeremy Jones, Ph.D., assistant professor of Molecular Pharmacology, found that pyrvinium, a drug used for decades to treat pinworm infections, could treat metastatic prostate cancer without targeting testosterone. Pyrvinium works by inhibiting the DNA binding domain – a different part of the androgen receptor that's activated when testosterone is blocked – and could be effective when all other therapies have failed. Jones is testing pyrvinium derivatives in cell cultures and mice, and his goal is to reach phase I clinical trial in the next two years.
Jones is also working with Cy Stein, M.D., Ph.D., Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan Chair of Medical Oncology, to combine the action of two drugs, enzalutamide and abiraterone, to treat prostate cancer that is resistant to hormone therapy. They have designed a compound called COH11023 that inhibits the production of testosterone, prevents testosterone from binding to the androgen receptor and breaks down the androgen receptor to rid the cancer cells of the protein.
COH11023 may prevent or delay cancer resistance, and Jones and Stein are developing a compound for testing in mouse models and eventually in human clinical trials.
Monitoring prostate cancer with circulating tumor cells
Jones and Sumanta Pal, M.D., assistant professor of medical oncology and co-director of the Kidney Cancer Program, have completed a study of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in 35 men with high- risk prostate cancer that has not spread. CTCs are cancer cells that have detached from a primary tumor and traveled through the bloodstream, where they can form tumors in other parts of the body.
While it was hypothesized that very few CTCs would be detected in patients whose prostate cancer is confined to the pelvis, a new test developed by Jones found CTCs in nearly half of these patients. To better understand the mechanisms that enable CTCs to spread, Jones is characterizing each of these cells according to their DNA.
Jones and Pal plan to use this information to help identify which prostate cancer tumors are more likely to spread, so patients can be treated appropriately.
A new test to identify aggressive prostate cancer
The challenge in diagnosing prostate cancer is to differentiate which men have aggressive tumors and need immediate treatment from those men who have slow-growing disease that can be monitored with active surveillance. Steven Smith, Ph.D., professor of molecular science, has developed the secretion capacity test using expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) to help determine whether a patient has an aggressive cancer that has grown outside the prostate gland.
Testing samples of prostate fluid obtained from 528 men prior to prostatectomy, Smith found that patients whose prostate secreted lower amounts of fluid had aggressive cancer because the tumors had overtaken the gland and impaired its function. Smith concluded that the volume of fluid can be used as a biomarker to identify men with high-risk prostate cancer who should not be placed on active surveillance.
This research won the Best Abstract Award from the annual American Urology Association meeting in 2013, and has been published in the Journal of Urology.
Smith will collaborate with Wilson and Jonathan Yamzon, M.D., clinical professor of urology and urologic oncology, to administer the EPS test to a group of patients in active surveillance to identify any men who actually have high-risk prostate cancer and confirm that it is safe for the other patients to remain in active surveillance.
Distinguishing between prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia
Smith, Elizabeth Singer, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and their colleagues are also developing a promising method to characterize molecular markers that distinguish prostate cancer from a noncancerous condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as an enlarged prostate gland.
They demonstrated that a synthetic protein DNA complex called a nanodevice, constructed using City of Hope's patented nanotechnology and composed of proteins and fluorescent dye, can locate and attach to proteins in the cells adjacent to prostate cancer tumors. The researchers attached nanodevices to tissue samples of prostate cancer and BPH and, using a fluorescent microscope, discovered the regions around the cancerous tissues glowed and the BPH samples did not.
These results not only demonstrate the nanodevice can provide critical information that enables physicians to accurately diagnose patients, but suggest that the normal cells surrounding tumors can be used to help make a diagnosis. Smith and Singer also believe that these cells, known as reactive stromal cells, may be an effective target for prostate cancer treatment because they appear to promote the growth of cancer by causing mutations in the growing edge of a tumor.
Identifying the genetic blueprints of sarcomatoid kidney cancer
Pal and Jones also have been analyzing the DNA of sarcomatoid kidney cancer, a rare, fast-growing tumor that is difficult to treat.
Using next-generation DNA sequencing technology to obtain the most advanced genetic information of a patient's tumor, Pal and Jones are investigating a specific protein that may distinguish sarcomatoid kidney cancer from typical kidney cancer. With this information, they will begin to develop drugs and identify an agent that targets the specific genetic mutation that drives this difficult form of kidney cancer.
Reactivating the immune system to fight metastatic kidney cancer
Although the immune system plays a critical role in recognizing and killing cancer cells, tumors can elude the body's defenses and survive. To develop therapies that may help the immune system attack cancer, Pal has begun to study compounds that target a molecule called PD-1, which stifles the immune system's response against cancer.
Drugs that inhibit PD-1 can restore the ability of the immune system to seek and destroy cancer cells. Pal is leading a clinical trial to study a drug combination for effectiveness in blocking PD-1 in patients with advanced kidney cancer.
Advancing therapies for kidney cancer
Pal is leading clinical trials to study the effectiveness of pazopanib, a targeted therapy that inhibits several proteins that trigger kidney cancer cells to grow and spread.
He completed a phase III study which showed that 43 percent of patients with metastatic kidney cancer who did not respond to pazopanib twice before during the course of their treatments actually responded when given the drug a third time. This is the highest response rate that researchers have seen to any drug used to treat metastatic kidney cancer after two prior therapies have failed.
Now, Pal and his team are conducting a phase III trial in collaboration with Southwest Oncology Group to determine whether pazopanib will reduce the risk of metastatic kidney cancer recurring in patients whose tumors were surgically removed and who have no evidence of cancer. Pal's team has accrued more patients to this trial than any other cancer center in the nation, and the results could lead to major changes in treating kidney cancer.
Removing kidney tumors with fluorescent imaging
For patients with early-stage renal cell cancer, the standard of care is a partial nephrectomy to remove the cancer and spare normal kidney tissue. This procedure is very challenging because a surgeon cannot precisely visualize the margins between cancer cells and healthy tissues.
City of Hope developed an innovative technique to illuminate the tumor for more precise treatments. We were the first on the west coast to combine the state-of-the-art da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, near infrared (NIR) imaging technology and a special fluorescent dye called indocyanine green. This improves the surgeon's ability to see the kidney and distinguish the blood vessels feeding the kidney from those vessels supplying the tumor. Then surgeons can remove cancerous tissue with greater accuracy while preserving as much healthy kidney as possible — and most important — enable patients to retain their kidney function after surgery.
Clayton Lau, M.D., director of the Urology & Urologic Oncology Fellowship and assistant clinical professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, is completing a clinical trial to determine the optimal dose of indocyanine green dye to sufficiently illuminate kidney tumors. This new technology has tremendous potential for improving kidney cancer surgery, and the trial is expected to be completed in April 2014.
Premetastatic niche: Discovering how bladder cancer spreads
Pal and Jones have been studying the area outside a tumor site known as the premetastatic niche to uncover how bladder cancer cells spread.
In a study of tissue samples from 60 patients, they found that high levels of white blood cells called neutrophils in tissue near the tumors can indicate the development of a premetastatic niche. They also found that those patients with high levels of neutrophils had poor survival rates.
On the basis of this compelling data, Pal has obtained a grant from the Southwest Oncology Group to study tissue samples from over 600 patients with bladder cancer. The data will help confirm which patients have a high risk of developing metastatic bladder cancer so physicians can prescribe the best and most appropriate treatments for these patients.
Fluorescent visualization of cancerous lymph nodes during prostatectomy
Prostate cancer typically spreads through vessels in the pelvis known as lymphatic channels, which transport bacteria, impurities and cancer cells away from the prostate to lymph nodes.
To eliminate potential stray cancer cells, many of the lymph nodes in a patient's pelvis are routinely removed during prostate cancer surgery. However, surgeons cannot identify which nodes actually contain prostate cancer, and more than 98 percent of current lymph nodes removed do not harbor any cancer cells. This can lead to longer surgery, longer hospital stays and complications after surgery.
Bertram Yuh, M.D., assistant clinical professor of urology and urologic oncology, is studying how indocyanine green dye and near-infrared imaging can also be used to highlight the specific lymphatic channels to target during surgery. He is preparing a pilot study with 20 patients to evaluate how this new technique helps surgeons to detect and remove cancerous lymph nodes, thus improving the outcomes for patients and reducing unnecessary lymph node removal and complications.
Targeting bladder cancer tumors with tiny gold particles
One of the greatest challenges in cancer treatment is killing cancer cells without harming normal cells, particularly when a tumor has spread to multiple locations.
Jacob Berlin, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine, and Karen Aboody, M.D., associate professor of neurosciences and neurosurgery, have developed a promising method which uses tiny, nontoxic gold particles called nanorods. These particles are enclosed in neural stem cells which take them to tumor sites. When near infrared light is directed to the tumor area, the gold particles heat up and destroy surrounding cancer cells with intense heat, while sparing damage to healthy tissues.
Pioneering research by Aboody has shown that neural stem cells naturally home to invasive tumors, making them ideal vehicles to carry the gold nanorods to cancer sites throughout a patient's body. Aboody and Berlin have determined that neural stem cells will migrate to bladder cancer cells.
They now plan to load the neural stem cells with the gold nanorods in a mouse model of bladder cancer to learn how this method could eventually be investigated in clinical trials.
Training the next generation of urologic oncologists
Through the fellowship program, the Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology educates the next generation of urologic oncology specialists.
Directed by Lau, the program enables young physicians to engage in groundbreaking research and provide clinical care to patients. This rigorous program provides the fellows the advanced knowledge and specialized training which prepares them for a career in treating patients with urologic cancers.
In 2013, four physicians completed the fellowship program and are practicing in private and hospital settings across the country.
Urinary tract reconstruction
Some patients with bladder cancer require a radical cystectomy to remove their entire bladder, and surgeons create a new bladder using tissues from the intestines to enable these patients to store and pass urine through their bodies. Kevin Chan, M.D., assistant clinical professor in the Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology, Yuh, and their colleagues have published data on the benefits of the Indiana Pouch Reservoir and Orthotopic Neobladder urinary reconstruction surgical techniques.
In a study that evaluated patients who had a radical cystectomy with an Indiana pouch, Chan found that 97 percent of these patients had perfect urinary control at 20 months after surgery. This data was published in the journal Urology. Another type of urinary reconstruction is the orthotopic neobladder, which is very close to a "normal" bladder and allows patients to urinate through the urethra so they can resume their usual activities after surgery. These findings were published in European Urology in an article authored by Yuh.
In addition to patients who have undergone a radical cystectomy, men with prostate cancer who have had a prostatectomy may also require urinary tract reconstruction.
Chan studied the effectiveness of the transobturator sling in 37 men who became incontinent after a prostatectomy. This procedure allows men to regain their urinary control and improve their quality of life. Published in the journal Urology, this study demonstrated that men who have not had prior radiation treatment to their pelvis are the only appropriate candidates for this treatment.
Seeing the invisible
After several years of research and development, Andrew Raubitschek, M.D., professor and chief of radioimmunotherapy and co-leader of the Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program, has realized a new tumor mapping technique called intraoperative optical imaging (IOOI) that visualizes tumors to subcellular resolution in real time.
By attaching the highly-advanced Cellvizio conformal microscope and special lasers to the state-of-the-art da Vinci surgical robot, IOOI allows surgeons to see individual cancer cells that have been tagged with a fluorescent probe. The goal of the procedure is to provide patients the best outcome by removing all the cancerous tissues and microscopic deposits of cancer cells in the lymph nodes which drain the prostate.
Wilson will begin to perform radical prostatectomies using IOOI in 2014.
Getting results for patients with urologic cancers
Through these efforts and others, our scientists and physicians are accelerating scientific discoveries that are leading to improved detection techniques, more effective therapies and advanced surgical procedures that will benefit patients at City of Hope, across the nation and around the world. In 2013:
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The home invasion genre is as irresistible as a cinematic zombie outbreak.
Even in crude hands you can't help but watch, eager for the harried homeowners to strike back at the intruders.
Cherry Tree Lane has more on its mind that blind vengeance. The film, available Jan. 29 on DVD, packs visceral firepower (without revealing the violence) and serves up a stinging rebuke to class resentment.
The English import begins with a middle-class couple (Rachael Blake and Tom Butcher) sitting down for an emotionally prickly dinner. They're going through the motions as long-married couples often do, but it's clear they have more on their minds than sipping Merlot.
The static charge crackling between them must wait when they hear a knock at the door. Three young thugs–two black, one white–barge in and take them hostage. The intruders aren't technically interested in the couple. They're here for the son, due back soon. It's anyone's guess whether the parents will live long enough to see their son come home.
Director Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton) keeps most of the nasty stuff off screen. The sight of the couple being tied up, kicked and tormented is front and center, but the harsher bits are left to our imagination. Williams doesn't need cheap theatrics. His cast is achingly perfect, particularly Jumayn Hunter as the charismatic leader of the thugs.
We spend plenty of time with the couple essentially still, leaving the intruders to keep us company. They're a fascinating lot, seething with jealousy over the creature comforts all around them. Hunter's character mocks the couple for their extensive collection of foreign films ("you're not even foreign," he barks), and the sight of expensive liquor excites their dulled senses.
The trio exhibit flickers of morality, but their sense of others ends as soon as it's convenient. Hunter's character in particular is a case study that should scare us silly. What he needs, he takes. What he deems worthy of punishment isn't based on any societal norms, but rules he makes up to suit the situation.
That these monsters come from homes with a modicum of parental involvement is the most frightening revelation of all. They've either been taught to take what they want, or no one told them the error of those ways.
The film wraps on an expected note, but Williams gives the sequence a vibrancy that defies genre expectations. It's brief and provocative, like the film preceding it.


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Sunday, 1 September 2013
Modelzone booty
In the end, I finished up with two packs of Airfix German paratroopers (I'm going to paint these up as early war for the Low Countries and Crete). Also got two packs of Revell WW2 British Infantry (hadn't realised these are the original Matchbox figures rereleased by Revell - not sure what I'm going to do with these yet). Also picked up two boxes of Italeri 100 years war English knights and foot soldiers, enough for a handfull of units). Then I also picked up a die-cast Challenger tank and an Airfix JSIII tank - the Challenger can support my modern British infantry, while I thought the JSIII tank would make a useful armour addition to an Andreivia militia unit, having been liberated from a museum. Finally, I got a Modelzone diecast Stuka divebomber to provide some close air support for the paratroopers.
All in all, not a bad haul at a greatly discounted price, and some nice little projects to keep me going through the autumn and winter. Unfortunately no ACW figures in the sales - these seem to have fallen off the radar at the moment. Still very sorry to see Modelzone go under as it was my main local source for Woodland Scenics products - looks like it will have to be mail order from now on. I wish all Modelzone employees good luck in finding new jobs, let's hope someone comes along to fill the vacuum left by the chains demise.
Thanks for looking!
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The city's murder rate is up nearly 8 percent this year – with surges in rapes and robberies as well, police statistics show.
Nevertheless, the NYPD said the city's overall crime has dipped 3 percent so far this year.
Through Sunday, there were 238 murders, compared with 221 during the same period last year – a 7.6 increase. Five additional murders have been reported since Sunday.
The rise in deadly violence has been accompanied by a troubling 6.2 percent increase in rapes, as well as a 4.4 percent rise in robberies.
Drops in four other serious crime categories – assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny auto – fueled the 3.09 percent decline in overall crime.


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President Omar el-Bashir of Sudan dismissed his entire government today and appointed a new cabinet in an effort to consolidate power in a long-simmering rivalry with a hard-liner in his own party.
Mr. Bashir's move came a day after the governing National Congress Party had decided to set up a panel that he would lead, giving it a mandate to nominate a new cabinet.
The government shuffle is expected to help undermine the position of Hassan Turabi, a hard-liner who advocates the imposition of strict Islamic law and had long been seen as the real power in Sudan.
The political infighting has led to a stalemate in the search for a political solution to the civil war in southern Sudan, where rebels are fighting for autonomy for the largely Christian and animist region from the northern Muslim and Arab region.
Islamic law was first imposed in this North African country in 1983 and was a major factor in the rebellion in the south. The changes were frozen in 1986 after a popular uprising toppled the government of President Gaafar al-Nimeiri. Islamic law was revived in January 1991, 18 months after Mr. Bashir came to power in a coup.
The president also dismissed all state governors and senior advisers today. Ten cabinet members were dismissed, and 15, including the foreign, interior and defense ministers, were retained in the new government, which is packed with Mr. Bashir's loyalists. Two ministries were disbanded.Continue reading the main story
''God willing, with this team, we will guide Sudan toward peace,'' Mr. Bashir said in an address to his new cabinet.
Mr. Turabi had suffered a serious blow on Dec. 12, when Mr. Bashir declared a state of emergency and dissolved Parliament, leaving Mr. Turabi without his job as speaker of the Parliament. Mr. Bashir had accused Mr. Turabi of trying to undermine the presidency.
There were no immediate reports of protests in the streets today. There was no violence when Mr. Bashir imposed the state of emergency, indicating that Mr. Turabi's fall was not widely mourned even though he had been responsible for bringing Mr. Bashir to power.Continue reading the main story


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Plot Summary
A power-hungry Dorothy Gale returns to Oz after her rather innocent first visit only to rule it with a terrible and tyrannical iron grip with her old friends becoming willing henchmen. Another young teenager from modern day Kansas named Amy Gumm who realizes upon coming to Oz vita cyclone that Dorthory Must Die.
She prepares herself for a dangerous assassination plot with the help of new friends and a league of conspiring former 'Good Witches' (with the exception of Glinda) who may as well be considered Wicked by Dorthory's standards.
List of Characters:
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- Amy Gumm: The protaganist of the story who's had a rough life with an alcoholic, pill-popping mother and being bullied in school. She's swept out of Kansas with her mother's pet rat Star and into Oz by a cyclone. Her sarcastic attitude gets her into trouble from time to time.
- Pete: A mysterious young boy who saves Amy when she arrives in Oz and pops in at different parts of the story.
- Indigo: A spirited and bad-tempered goth punk munchkin who Amy meets and leads her to the Emerald City. She bears tattoos that tell the history of Oz before Dorothy's rule.
- Ollie: A wingless talking monkey that Amy and Indigo save when he's strapped upside down to a pole for the crime of "Sass". He wants to save his little sister from the Scarecrow's experiment lab.
The Order of the Wicked: A group of witches that have formed an alliance and recruit Amy to kill Dorothy.
- Gert: The former Good Witch of the North who is now a member of the Order of the Wicked. She's the nicest member of the group, encouraging Amy to improve when she initially fails during her training.
- Nox: A mysterious male warlock who's part of the Order who is also Amy's love interest.
- Glamora: Glinda's twin sister who a member of the Order. Her so-called "Good sister" gave her a nasty scar many years ago that she covers with magical makeup.
- Mombi: Member of the Order who rescues Amy from the Emerald City's dungeon and brings her to the other witches, and thus introduces her to the order.
- Dorothy: The main antagonist as she is no longer the sweet, kind-hearted farm girl of "The Wizard Of Oz". Now she's a highly sexualized, power hungry tyrant who's ruined Oz, zapping the land of most of its magic. Her frequent mood swings and cruel punishments leave her subjects constantly on edge. Though she donned silver shoes during her first time in Oz, she now wears ruby slippers that she never takes off.
- Scarecrow: No longer satisfied with the brains given to him by the Wizard, he performs barbaric experiments on winged monkeys and takes bits of their brains for himself.
- Tin Man: His tin body is now monstrous with knives for fingers. Despite his evil actions, he has an unrequited love for Dorothy. The princess is aware of it, but disgusted by him.
- Lion: No longer a coward, the Lion is now a blood hungry, super buff beast who kills people by literally draining the fear out of them.
- Glinda: The Good Witch of the South who has aligned with Dorothy and forces young Munchkin children to mine for magic by use of a violent, seesaw-like machine. Her mouth is permanently shaped into a grotesque grin by use of a new invention called Perma-smile.
Other characters:
- Ozma: The former princess of Oz usurped by Dorothy after her return to Oz. Subjects outside of the Emerald City haven't seen her in years, but those who live and work in the palace see an Ozma who is vacant and bubble-headed. A shell of her former self.
- Jellia Jamb: Dorothy's top maid. Her sweet, bubbly persona masks a fear of her mistress though she does everything in her power to please her
- Madison Pendleton: A girl who has bullied Amy since elementary school and is now pregnant by her boyfriend whom Amy allows to cheat off her homework. A fight between the two girls causes Amy to be suspended from school.
Upcoming Television Adaptation
It has been noted that the television network The CW is producing a show based on the series as Dorothy Must Die (TV series).
- That Dorothy now wears Ruby Slippers instead of her original Silver is a hint at the 1939 movie.
- This is author Danielle Page's debut novel.
- This is the first alternate Oz novel and series to be officially considered for a screen adaption before Wicked (film) was confirmed to be in the works.
- Also started in 2014, a book series by Laura Burns called Bewitched in Oz follows a very similar plot but has Ozma as the villian.
|Danielle Paige's Dorothy Must Die series


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The now 13-1 women's tennis team hosted Wofford College on March 16 in its second conference match of the season. The Bucs have had only one loss so far this season against No. 66 Winthrop on March 6.
The Bucs won on the road at Mercer on March 12 with a 4-3 win in the first conference game where the doubles players dominated the match, and the turnout was very similar in the match against Wofford.
The Bucs locked in 18 of the 21 possible points in doubles competition, making this match the 12th of the last 14 they have won in the doubles matches.
"It was nice to get out there and get the job done and play to the standard we want to play at and come out with a victory," coach Travis Sandlant said.
Ana Gerbasi (Caracas, Venezuela) sent the Bucs to victory over Wofford with her 6-1, 6-2 singles victory. Gerbasi, a senior, continues to shine in matches for the Bucs as this is her eighth singles match in a row she has come out on top.
Gerbasi and doubles partner Lyn Yee Choo (Kuching, Malaysia), also a senior, have been working together since their freshman year when they came to ETSU. They won their match together, 6-2, and individually clinched victories for the Bucs. Choo also successfully shut out her opponent in singles competition with a 6-0, 6-0 win.
"We know each other, and there's really good communication between us, so it makes playing doubles easier," Gerbasi said of her four-year partnership with Choo.
The pair have a confidence in each other that is unique to them alone, having remained in the very top levels of doubles competition since freshman year. They have competed in tough regional competitions, and it continues to further their connection on the court.
These partners and the rest of the Bucs shut out Wofford 7-0, advancing to 2-0 in conference play.
Sandlant knows that each match from here on out is going to be tougher, but he plans on his team sticking to what they know and preparing to discipline themselves in practice and all other conference matches.
The Bucs have five more conference matches until the SoCon Tournament, and as a senior, Gerbasi wants to focus on the team as a whole so they can perform to best of their ability.
"Winning these kind of matches are going to help us have the confidence to win bigger matches later," Gerbasi said.


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Scorpio - Personal and Social Life in 2011:
You're going to feel stronger and more confident, and this will spill over into other departments of life. Your optimism and self-assuredness should spill over into your relationships with others, too.
Your health will thrive if you tend to it. The only problem you might face is insomnia. Try to relax fully before you go to sleep. If your mind keeps buzzing, so will you.
You enjoy your own company, but this year you just might turn into a social butterfly. Friends and family members will want to make use of your money sense and keen insights in to benefit their lives. You'll act like a party animal, and therefore new acquaintances will want to see you again. Watch the overindulging, however. You won't want to gain any weight.
Scorpio - Love in 2011 - Couples:
It's important, however, that you give each other adequate space. Too much togetherness can do more harm than good. If you respect each other's privacy, watch out! You'll be more passionate than Lancelot and Guinevere!
Your biggest problem could be communication. You're so happy together that you want to protect your partner from anything that might upset him or her. For minor issues, this is OK. But major problems, particularly those involving formal commitments and money, need to be discussed between you. They can't be hidden forever. You know each other too well.
Scorpio - Love in 2011 - Singles:
The planets are certainly in your corner. There are people out there who would love to meet you. What could get in your way is your innate reserve. Scorpios are known for their passionate natures - but to find the right relationship, you must put in some time for socializing. Don't hide your thoughts. Someone will want to see more about you than what meets the eye.
Your insecurities could get the best of you this year. You might hear some casual, overly general remarks, and take them all very personally. Your skin is actually pretty thick, so you shouldn't react too strongly. However, insecure Neptune could well get in your way. Don't let this happen to you. Be brave - and be sensible. Not everything is all about you!
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Your health, social life, and career should all blossom in 2011, Scorpio. Opportunities will come, and you'll jump on them. Make sure, however, that this is what you truly want.
The bond between you and your mate is intense, and should stay that way. You love each other - and your life together. Just don't get too caught up in your job. You're deeply in love. Even when you're apart, your partner is never far from your thoughts. You'll stick by each other this year and feel more bonded than ever.
Romantically, this could be your luckiest year ever. That is, if you get out to meet new people. Solitude is fine. But to form relationships, you have to seek them out.
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I wanted to create this blog as a place where I can store and retrieve information for future reference. I chose the name Humble Uker Ramblings because I have started out strumming my father's 1950's painted Harmony ukulele. I think that the greatest appeal of the ukulele as "the people's instrument" is it's humble simplicity. My contact email is firstname.lastname@example.com. I have also been working on a blog for the Baritone Ukulele called Humble Baritonics.
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The Villitas of Guadalupe
By Oswaldo Mejía
The celebrations to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Basilica in Mexico City are acts of faith and devotion that believers offer every year to thank the Morenita for favors granted. Health, good crops, or successful employment are some of the reasons people come to worship the Virgin of Tepeyac.
The Basilica is the meeting point for millions of people faithful to Guadalupe, but not only the church where the image of the Virgin lies is the site of such acts of faith and gratitude; fervor runs through every corner of the Villita, as Mexicans call the group of chapels and gardens where the Mother of all Mexicans dwells. Believers walk through the halls and stop at the fountains, their spirituality seeming to fill the space.
A few meters from the main sanctuary, there is a famous church where those in need of fortitude used to worship; this is the Chapel of Oaths, a site designed to get men and women, in need of miraculous spiritual strength, to withdraw temporarily from the excesses of alcohol .
"We want to take this time, when the Virgin is closer to us, to come to her house and swear that my husband will stop drinking alcohol for a year. Recently, he promised not to drink, and he did not keep his promise. His drunkenness made our marriage difficult and affected our children. That is why we come to see the Virgin of Guadalupe: to ask for her help and to release him from that damnable habit," said Alejandra at the entrance to the chapel where the women wait outside for their brothers, husbands, or boyfriends, who receive guidance talks about the risks of alcohol and take an oath to the Virgin of Guadalupe that they are committed to abstinence.
An acolyte receives the faithful at the doors of the chapel and organizes their access to the site. Once the place is full, the ones who could not enter wait in line to receive priestly guidance and carry out their promises. "December is the most popular month because of the abundance of parties and alcohol. To avoid temptation, they come and deliver their promises to our Morenita. Here, they lay out their supplications and prayers, expecting to be granted the willpower they need to stop drinking," said the acolyte.
The prayers of those who take an oath can be heard on the way to the next chapel, the Chapel of the Indians, built right on the site where Juan Diego lived during the last years of his life. Those who come here can see the bedroom of the Indian who witnessed the Virgin's apparitions, and who is now a saint, so his home hosts many believers seeking spiritual bliss.
The tour continues in the Chapel of El Pocito, a baroque church dating from 1791. Legend says that there was another apparition of the Virgin at this chapel. In this same place there is a spring-fed pool that was considered miraculous; the ill used to bathe there, and others drank the holy water, hoping for divine benefits.
The Temple of the Capuchin, the Chapel of the Cerrito and the Basilica are the most common sites where guadalupanos venerate the Virgin, many of them having made long journeys from their homes in different parts of Mexico either on foot or by bicycle.
There are those who crawl more than 100 meters on their knees under a burning sun because such were their promises, some carrying healthy babies in their arms, and leaving a thin trail of blood in their wake. Such a sacrifice is an offering to the Virgin. No matter how tired they might be, they are happy to do it. Alongside or behind them, their companions from time to time offer them water, tissues or a pat on the shoulder.
To enable those with disabilities to see the Virgin and contemplate her printed image on Juan Diego's tilma (robe), a special passageway has been constructed through which mothers lead their children in wheelchairs before the Guadalupana. With bandaged hands and amputations exposed, a long line of men and women pass under her robe, some praying, others singing or just saying a few words, sobbing, to the Morenita.
Perhaps what all the offerings have in common, besides the huge candles and wreaths that decorate the interior of the Basilica at this time, is prayer, a ritual performed together at Masses offered throughout the day, but that each individual feels in a special and particular way.
Veiled women with rosaries in their hands, elderly men gazing upward with open palms raised, children reciting prayers, couples prostrate before an image or hopeful young faces saying their prayers, petitions, praises, confessions or any giving of thanks, looking for a special communion, a spiritual union with the Virgin of Guadalupe who, these days, they say, is closer than ever.


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Google will be holding an Android event on July 24th where we expect it will make several announcements including the launch of the Motorola X smartphone, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and an improved Nexus 7 tablet. Today, we get to know that the Nexus 7 refresh may actually find its way into the market very soon thanks to a price leak that surfaced today.
We cannot say exactly when Nexus 7 will be available, but an inventory screen leak shows that the 16GB version of the tablet will be going for $229, $20 more than its predecessor, and the 32 GB version will be retailing for $269. These prices, though higher than the prices of the current Nexus 7 tablets, aren't high at all, considering that the new tablet is completely revamped with improved features including a 5 megapixels rear camera, a Snapdragon 600 processor and possible a full HD 1080p screen.
Both the 16 GB and the 32 GB models of Nexus 7 are showed to have a quad-core processor and may not have been shipped yet. What we cannot tell is whether the new tablet will come with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box or will it have the current Android 4.2 Jelly Bean or whether there will be Wi-Fi and 3G versions like the current Nexus 7 tablets.
What we already know though is that industry experts have high expectations that the sales of the new Nexus 7 is expected to hit 8 million and a number of online retailers have already slashed the prices of the current Nexus 7 models, probably in anticipation of the next generation Nexus 7, possibly dubbed Nexus 2 7. We will wait and see, but for now we keep an eye out for any new rumors or news.
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The days when in post WWII UK, race-track like arterial roads and transport cafes were built around cities. The days when British motorcycle engineering was about to reach its engineering peak and American music and films had a huge influence on the youth. The Teddy Boys inspired a new subculture of Rockers, Leather Boys, Ton-Up Boys and later Greasers sharing a lifestyle mainly centered around motorcycles and rock and roll music. These bikers net in transport cafes, using them as starting and finishing points for road races. Objective: reaching 100 miles per hour between stops to make a "ton-up". The Cafe lifestyle was born and invaded Europe and even Japan until the late 70's (Japanese equivalent of the Rockers were called the Kaminari-zoku or Thunder Tribe).. Fast motorcycles, rockabilly and hell raising…
The most defining machine of the Rocker heyday was the Triton (made of a Norton Featherbed frame with a Triumph Bonneville engine), but also BSA, Royal Enfield, Matchless and other European brands. Today, classic British motorcycles are still used as main platforms, but also other European brands such as Italian Ducati and Moto Guzzi, the choice of Alain Bernard from Santiago Chopper for this build sponsored by a young watch brand called Patton. Not at his first try with a Guzzi, Alain built a new subframe, lighten up the 90's factory Guzzi 1100 Sport by removing all what is unnecessary to go fast, going the carbon fiber route, saving a total of 80 lbs.
The challenge with a Guzzi has always been its very complicated and unreliable electrical system. Problem fixed with a completely new and simple ignition system. The Patton Cafe Racer will be among the 20 Cafe Racers or so displayed at this year's Lichter exhibition at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. And to celebrate it, Patton is releasing a limited edition of 50 "Cafe Racer" watches priced at $1695 (stainless steel chronograph, waterproof to 300 to 1000 ft, sapphire glass, carbon strap, Swiss-made Quartz movement.)
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Become lean and fit like a boxer by aligning four main nutrition principles: eating frequency, nutrient timing, balance of macronutrients and total caloric intake. This will provide the energy necessary for training, and also enhance recovery. Following these principles, you can increase your metabolism and encourage your body to burn fat as its primary fuel source.
Eating Frequency
Eat five to eight times per day to stabilize blood sugar and keep your energy levels high all day long. This eating frequency will keep your glycogen stores -- glycogen is energy for the body, formed from ingested carbohydrates -- loaded and reloaded. Just like a boxer, this high eating frequency will start with breakfast and will end with dinner and possibly recovery fuel prior to bed. This recovery fuel will assist in muscle repair, powering you up for the next day's workout.
Nutrient Timing
Before your early-morning workout, consume a complex carbohydrate, such as oatmeal or whole-wheat toast, for a more productive training session. This will allow you to top off your glycogen stores to facilitate fat burning. During your workout, sip on a sports drink to replace calories and electrolytes to prevent muscle cramping. Following your workout, consume a recovery fuel source containing mainly carbohydrates and some protein to reload glycogen stores. This recovery fuel enables boxers to have productive training sessions day after day.
Carbohydrates are going to be the mainstay of your nutrition plan. Your carbohydrate intake should be 50 to 65 percent of your total daily consumed calories. Fat will burn in the presence of carbohydrates, and this high carbohydrate consumption keeps boxers extremely lean. Focus on complex carbohydrates (as opposed to simple sugars) such as whole-grain breads and pasta, brown rice, quinoa and sweet potatoes. You also want to consume fruit, which will provide antioxidants. Antioxidants are critical to your nutrition plan, as these will combat free radicals brought about during heavy training loads.
Protein and Fat
Protein will make up approximately 20 to 30 percent of your daily calories. It is the amino acids -- building blocks of protein -- in the protein sources that assist in muscle repair. Consume lean protein sources such as chicken, fish, beef, egg whites and protein supplements. Your third macronutrient, dietary fat, should consist of 20 to 30 percent of your daily caloric intake. Consume dietary fat from sources such as nuts, nut butters and flax.
Antioxidants and Total Calories
To combat free radical damage -- free radicals are formed during times of stress, such as training -- consume antioxidants from fruits, vegetables and multivitamins. Take a multivitamin each morning and consume fruit and vegetables with four to six of your meals and snacks. Your total daily caloric intake will be based on your weight goals. If you are looking to maintain your weight, determine your basal metabolic rate using a BMR calculator. If you have a BMR of 2,000 calories, consume 2,000 to 2,200 calories per day and add an additional 350 to 650 calories per hour of training.
2-a-Day Training Day
If you choose to train two times per day like a boxer, here is an example of what your daily nutrition will look like:
Consume a liquid carbohydrate pre-training supplement consisting of 60 to 70 percent carbohydrates prior to your early morning workout. During your training session, sip on one to two bottles of fluid replacement drink. Immediately following your workout, consume recovery fuel consisting of 70 to 80 percent carbohydrate.
For breakfast, consume a whole-wheat bagel with peanut butter, a banana and six egg whites. For a mid-morning snack, eat an apple, a can of vegetable juice, almonds and a protein drink followed by a 12-inch turkey sub on whole-wheat bread with vegetables and cheese for lunch.
Prior to your afternoon workout, repeat the pre-training fuel from earlier followed by a post workout recovery supplement containing 70 to 80 percent carbohydrates. For dinner, consume a grilled chicken breast, whole-wheat pasta with sauce, vegetables and a salad. Consume a protein drink one hour before bed.


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Good morning, commuters!
We start Thursday with dry roads and a few overnight road projects that are still in progress.
You will find the left lane of northbound Hwy. 169 blocked at County Road 18 up to Old Shakopee Road.
On eastbound 494, look for the road work in the left lane at France Avenue and on westbound 494 at Lyndale Avenue. That should be out of there by 6 a.m.
I'll be keeping an eye on the roads and rails this morning, reporting any delays or issues — and I will need your help.
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What we do – All members of the College's Governing Body are volunteers. They are drawn from a range of occupations and bring with them expertise in education, business, local government, and other relevant sectors of work.
Some members are appointed directly by the Governing Body and others are elected by staff, students and parents of the College. The role of the Governing Body is to agree the strategic direction of the College, set objectives and monitor results, and support the College to provide a high quality and effective learning experience. The responsibilities are set out in the College's Articles of Association as follows:
- Determine and review the educational character and mission of the College and oversight of its activities
- Publish arrangements for obtaining the views of staff and students on the preservation and development of the educational character and mission of the College and the oversight of its activities
- Approve the quality strategy of the College
- The effective management of resources to ensure the solvency of the College and the safeguarding of its assets
- Approving annual estimates of income and expenditure.
- Employment of senior post-holders, including their appointment, determination of pay and conditions, etc.
- Setting a framework for the pay and conditions of service of all other staff
- Determining the policy for the admission of students
The Governing Body meets regularly to provide the College with direction and advice and to ensure it is fulfilling its mission and upholding its values. The framework within which the Board operates includes an Audit Committee and a Search and Governance Committee.
The Governing Body's role is strategic, and members do not involve themselves in the day-to-day management of the college. The Principal is the Chief Executive of the College and has delegated responsibilities as outlined in the College's Articles of Association.


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Saturday, January 23, 2010
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After the emo-ness (emosity?) of yesterday, I figured that today needed a little dash of catness to put everyone (read: me) in a better mood. Luckily, A. sent over these photos this morning of my little cat Mika leading her glamorous life. So, while I have no updates to report (the fact that I'm working now reduces my "walking to Starbucks and getting mistaken for a heroin addict" time!), Mika the cat will fill you in on the details of her life.
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Dear .., I'd like to give you some more information on the background of your proposals. There are at least two broad classes of ASR: - telephony ASR - dictation ASR The former does not require any kind of training, because it is designed to be used by all possible speakers of a given language, so the ASR is using a general acoustic model trained on a large population of speakers. Conversely the latter is for a personal use, so the training is used for improving the performances on given speaker. Even in this field from a very long training session (reading predefined sentences) the current version of dictation ASR are using general acoustic models as a baseline, so the training needed is reduced. For telephony ASR there are approaches to adapt online the acoustic models to improve the performance of the actual speaker. This is done during the course of the speech interaction, without the need of an explicit training phase. A second aspect is that it is very premature to speak of a Voice Recognition Profile today. All the technologies are different so it is almost impossible to hava a standard profile, but your idea is in principle good. THis is my personal opinion, Paolo Baggia, Loquendo. ==================================================================== Voice Recognition Profiles This message: [ Message body ] [ Respond ] [ More options ] Related messages: [ Next message ] [ Previous message ] From: B.K. DeLong <email@example.com> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:26:32 -0400 Message-Id: <email@example.com> To: email@example.com I'm not sure if this is the right place to discuss this - I looked through the archives of this list and several TRs from the Voice activity and didn't really find anything to answer my question. Have any efforts been made to make a standard for voice recognition training profiles? Is "training" even necessary any more for voice recognition systems? So when I load up a voice recognition program, I am told to read several lines or paragraphs of text so it can match the text content with my voice. For every program I try, I have to retrain it all over again. In theory, if I move from my computer to my car and try to activate my GPS system by voice, it needs to be trained. If I go to an ATM or drive-thru where one can automatically order by voice, I need to spend several minutes correcting the system until I'm connected with a human operator. Why not create a standard profile for voice recognition that all voice-recognition applications can use? That way, when I come to a new system I need to "train", I just type in my SSN or some other UID which tells the system to pull my VRP (Voice Recognition Profile), out of a centralized directory service, allowing me to immediately use the system. In theory, each time I access a new service, whatever actions I take and corrections I make in the process, would be noted in the file for the next time I access a service - a live, constantly-growing, learning profile. Does such a standard or technology effort exist? -- B.K. DeLong firstname.lastname@example.com +1.617.797.8471 (Note new number) http://www.brain-stream.com Play. http://www.bostonredcross.org Volunteer. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org Potter. http://www.hackerfoundation.org Future. http://www.wkdelong.org Son. PGP Fingerprint: 38D4 D4D4 5819 8667 DFD5 A62D AF61 15FF 297D 67FE FOAF: http://foaf.brain-stream.org Gruppo Telecom Italia - Direzione e coordinamento di Telecom Italia S.p.A. ================================================ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and its attachments are addressed solely to the persons above and may contain confidential information. If you have received the message in error, be informed that any use of the content hereof is prohibited. Please return it immediately to the sender and delete the message. Should you have any questions, please send an e_mail to <mailto:email@example.com>firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you<http://www.loquendo.com>www.loquendo.com ================================================Received on Friday, 11 November 2005 10:53:06 UTC
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The amazing petrified wood end tables/stools are stunning in the way only miracles of nature can create. They hail from the volcanic island of Java, the perfect breeding ground for the petrification process. In the recesses of time, the many volcanoes of the island erupted spewing ash entombing the forests below. The hot ash instantly killed the microbes and bacteria which normal rot wood allowing time to work its magic. Now, the Javanese stumble across the ancient petrified trees when excavating the ground for various reasons, such as putting in a foundation for new roads or buildings.
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Specialized treatment is needed for a recovering mech addict. The damage it can do to the body and neurological functions of the brain are not yet fully understood. Physicians across the country are working together to educate one another and be able to treat this new phenomena of drug use.
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What with so much amazing makeup on the market and even more amazing make up images for us to see, it can be a little overwhelming.
Still, there are always looks that will never go out of style. They just change and you must adapt them self's to the current trend but the core of them will never change.
Smokey eyes with a pale lip- I think the reason this look works time after time is it is so versitle. Creating a smokey eye has never been easyer and you can use any shade you wish. As for the lips, they can be a pink nude or a beige nude, matte or glossy you just need to find the shade that works best on your skintone to avoide it washing you out.
Always a fan of the smokey eye and nude lip, the lovely kim k
Flawless glowing skin- The reason this look is so loved is because it's universally flattering. We all want to have amazing skin that looks clear, bright glowing, healthy and full of dimension. This can be a little harder to create, as skin is effected by so many things, but a good basic skincare routine, a good night's sleep and plenty of water along with some help from a good foundation, concealer and proucuts that add structure to the facelike bronzer and hilghter can really work wonders.
Red lipstick- This one has always been such a classic because it is as old as time.Old school movie startes would use red lipstick and that vibe has stuck around. I personally love a cool toned red lip with pale skin but there are so many ways you can wear a red lip:
Super sleek and classy
Young and funkey
Strong brows- I love a good strong brow. I really dislike thin brows with no presence. brows are such an important part of your face, it is a crime to not use them to your advantge! all women should fill in thier brows and give them a little more structure as it can make such an impact to your face.
What are your favorite make up looks?
My favorite make up looks
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- Anonymous23 April 2011 at 08:32
I'm definitely a fan of both the smokey eye look and the flawless glowing skin, although my skin is far from flawless hahaha! But to me there's nothing prettier than a fresh glowing skin! I wish I could use red lipstick but I think you need to be really confident to pull that off and sadly that's not the case lol.ReplyDelete
Loving your blog, can't wait to see some OOTD posts! :))
Loving the strong brows as well! You're right about the second look - it's timeless!ReplyDelete
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This Sunday we went to a great vintage market at Wenngarn Castle. It was so pretty inside, and it was covered in lovely vintage clothes, so yes, awesome.
I love this dress (I got the grey one as well), because it's so comfortable and a really flattering model for me I think. It doesn't have any zippers or buttons or anything and that's very important to me! ^^
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- Jayme9 juni 2015 21:19
Love you in that dress. You are always so pretty and so stylish and chic!SvaraRadera
The white socks with the sheer black tights are so perfect.... I need to try that. It reminds me of when I was a boy and had to wear white ankle socks with my black tights for ballet class.
Jayme, your guy fan.
You're a super inspiration for me.
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Turnips are one of my favorite things to grow in the garden. They grow so quickly, look beautiful, and taste delicious. For the best flavor, you have to pick them when they are young and tender. Since we can't eat them all ourselves when it's time to harvest them, we freeze them for later. They still taste delicious. I like to put them in pasties, stews, roasted vegetable dishes or soups. They are wonderful.
The turnip greens are delicious too. I don't personally like them plain, but I love to blend them up into green smoothies. So healthy and yummy.
Today for frugal Friday, I'll show you how to freeze turnips. It's easy and frugal. These turnips grew almost for free. Where we live we can plant them in early March and they get plenty of water just through the rainfall. I water them a little when it starts getting hot, but most of the growing was done without me having to worry about watering at all. A spring garden is a wonderful frugal thing. I will plant another crop for the late fall because turnips prefer the cooler weather. Where we live the hot summers are too much for them. That being said, I have to tell you that yesterday I planted an experimental plot of turnips, lettuce and a few other of the cooler loving crops in the shade. We'll see how they do...
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How to Freeze Turnips
Printable Tutorial
Step 1: Select young and tender turnips and wash with water. If they are too tough now, freezing them will only worsen their flavor.
Step 2: Cut off greens (and wrap in plastic and save in the refrigerator for smoothies later). Then peel off the skins. Chop peeled turnips into 1/2" thick pieces.
I cheated and used this Vidalia Chop Wizard. It's one of my favorite kitchen gadgets...saves me so much time chopping.
Step 3: Fill a steamer with water and heat to boiling. When water is boiling, place chopped turnips in the water for 2 minutes. Turnips should be submerged under water. Start the timer immediately after placing the turnips in the boiling water. This is called blanching. Blanching is important in freezing most vegetables because it's stops the enzyme action, which can cause a loss of flavor, color, and texture.
Step 4: When 2 minutes is up, immediate remove the steamer basket from the heat and cool turnips with water to stop them from cooking any more. You can also pour them into a sink or bowl full of cold water to stop the cooking even faster.
Step 5: When turnips are cooled completely, drain and pack them in freezer bags, label and immediately freeze. Frozen turnips should last at least a year in the freezer.
One of my favorite recipes to use turnips in is this roasted veggies dish...yum!
Growing your own food and then preserving it such a satisfying and frugal thing to do. It also helps you eat healthier because healthy food is available and convenient. Happy Frugal Friday! Have a great weekend.


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The radiation received by an individual in one scan is equivalent to a few minutes of flying at typical altitudes.
Here's an excellent, interesting report on x-ray scanners by ProPublica that came out a few weeks ago. It gives a lot of good information:
- The science says from 6 to 100 passengers a year will get cancer from U.S. scanners (of 100 million people who fly every year) -- which means an additional 6 to 100 people will get cancer if they are scanned compared to if they weren't. Without such scans these 100 M people will develop abut 40 M cases of cancer.
- In 1998 the inventor of the scanning machine thought it highly unlikely it would ever be widely used in the near future, and the FDA had serious reservations about them then. The FDA has never approved the machines because they're not classified as a medical device.
- TSA says no one will get cancer from the machines.
- the TSA...
"...skipped a public comment period required before deploying the scanners. Then, in defending them, it relied on a small body of unpublished [non peer-reviewed] research to insist the machines were safe, and ignored contrary opinions from U.S. and European authorities that recommended precautions, especially for pregnant women. Finally, the manufacturer, Rapiscan Systems, unleashed an intense and sophisticated lobbying campaign, ultimately winning large contracts."
- The radiation received from one scan is 10 microREMs, equivalent to about 0.001 chest x-rays.
- A 2006 study from the National Academy of Sciences found "no compelling evidence" that there is any radiation level with zero cancer risk.
So what to do? It's easy to resent anyone who makes you take an x-ray, and get all truculent at the airport. I wonder if the anti-floridation people are as opposed to these scanners as they are to THE GOVERNMENT putting fluoride in the water -- one of their arguments is that governments have no right to add a substance to something like the water supply. (Aside: I wonder how they feel about chlorine.)
On the other hand, I've had more x-rays than I can remember, especially in the last two years before and after my neck surgery. When my doctor ordered an x-ray I didn't think twice about it and got several of them, each time, over multiple visits.
On the third hand, at the hospital they at least protect your private parts with a lead apron.
On the fourth hand, which snowflake is it that finally breaks the branch?
Perhaps it it worth declining a scan at the airport, though, just to add weight to the argument that no one can expose you to ionizing radiation without your consent.


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To all the "thinking about being" vegan-ners out there. I realized today one of the most awesome things about begin vegan is all the hole in the wall yummy food places that are out there! Yay! Today's early dinner at "the Loving Hut"
Food in the picture above is the gluten free Singapore Noodles (curry). It was so great and the vegetables retained moisture while keeping great flavor. No sauce necessary.


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It's been 12 weeks since I returned to work after maternity leave and my god it has flown by! Overall it's been fine going back to work and the transition has been easy – but there have been a few tough moments (which you can read about here).
I'm really pleased that we have managed to keep up our Times to Treasure mission of doing something fun every weekend and making the most of our days off as a family.
This weekend was a little quieter than others. Craig and I had a grown up games night on Friday which included cocktails, crisps and Cranium! We had a great time including inventing our own cocktail called Jones Juice – amaretto, vodka, cointreau, grenadine, cranberry juice, orange juice and lemonade! It was delicious but lethal, so there were a few sore heads in the morning.
Because of this we had a chilled Saturday. We did a little shopping in the morning followed by a trip to McDonald's to soak up that leftover alcohol in my system!
In the afternoon we took Alfie for his first big boy haircut! We took him to this lovely gentleman's barbers in our town. They were so good with Alfie. He started sitting on the chair on his own but got a bit fidgety so I ended up sitting him on my lap instead. He was still quite wriggly but the barbers was excellent – very patient and great at keeping Alfie calm. Alfie looks very smart with his new 'do!
We then did a quick trip to the park and home for dinner. Alfie's new dining booster seat had arrived that morning, so it was a perfect opportunity to try it out at dinner time. Alfie loved being at the table with us. He looked like a proper grown up!
On Sunday Alfie was up super early at 5am! We haven't had an early start for a while so I was a bit grumpy. He did go back down at about 7 but I was wide awake by then so caught up on some blogging.
We went out and bought Alfie some winter bits – hat, gloves, dressing gown and slippers – now the temperature has dropped.
We then spent the day with Craig's family – lovely Sunday roast dinner and playing with the kids and doggies.
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I have been brainstorming the perfect way to frame and hang these for some time. Thinking of not only my decor but the best way to compliment or contrast the black and white images. I started out planning for black gallery frames with large white mattes, having about 4-6 inches of negative space to either side of the image....then I began lightening up my space with neutral tones and slowly moved the black frame and accessories out of the room where I planned to hang these. So I pondered off-white gallery frames but then wasn't sure of the white mattes....
So like everything else, to the back burner {aka the closet where all small projects go to die} they went. Finally for mother's day I decided I wanted frames, I was sick of not having these memories up in my home. My parents have some rough cut timber for various projects and they agreed that I could have a few pieces. So I drew up a plan and on mother's day weekend my dad, hubs, g'pa and I began to construct the frames.
|this plan changed a bit when we brainstormed how to keep everything in place.
I ordered glass from a local glass specialty store, much cheaper than Michael's or Hobby Lobby (who don't allow coupons on custom framing/glass cutting) and Dad cut some pieces of wood to use with a screw for keeping everything in place. So I layered the glass, the matte board mounted print, and some cardboard, which all fit perfectly in the routed inset under the pivoting shims.
Then I took some screws {green cement board screws that I had on hand...hey, they worked great. don't judge me} and picture hanging wire and prepared these pretties for hanging!
Off to the wall! I can assure you nothing about a 80 year old house is square, also nothing about rough cut frames make them of equal length, and lastly when using wire, no matter how well you measure for your screws/hooks your wire will not have the same tension on each frame...so I was dealing with a lot of "ish." I hung a craft paper cut out of a frame around the height that I wanted. Calculated the spaces, then measured 9ish inches here and 2ish inches there and finally I was able to hammer in the hooks and slap some of these guys up on the wall.
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Lions picnic to honor Teagues
The Trumann Lions Club has always named their annual barbecue in honor of the memory of one of their deceased members.
This year though, club members decided to do something different.
The club voted unanimously to name the 2008 barbecue in honor of two volunteers without whose efforts over the years the event most likely wouldn't be possible -- Bill and Mary Teague.
"He is the one who gets the wood for it. He and Mary order all the meat and supplies and do the cooking, and just all the things we need to put the barbecue together," Lions Club president Betty Payne said. "This would not have continued had it not been for Bill."
This year will mark the 32nd time that the Lions have held the annual barbecue. The event is the club's single biggest fundraiser. The barbecue draws over 2,000 people and raises more than $10,000 for the organization which is used to help pay for glasses and eye operations for visually impaired children.
Teague said he was surprised by what the club did, but deeply honored.
He only had one minor suggestion -- that they add his wife's name alongside of his because she is just as much a part of the barbecue as he has been.
"Without Mary we wouldn't have a barbecue," Teague said. "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Mary."
"While she doesn't attend the meetings, she holds down the store while he does," Payne added.
Even though the barbecue is a team effort among Lions Club members, Teague's contribution has been one of the biggest reasons why the event has continued for as long as it has.
As head cook and barbecue chairman, he and Mary begin preparing for the barbecue months ahead of time. A few weeks ago, Teague and helper Randy Betts spent an entire Saturday - over 12 hours - cooking 80 gallons of barbecue sauce.
And when the big day arrives on Nov. 1, they'll serve almost 4,000 pounds of meat, over 1,500 pounds of slaw and 500 pounds of beans.
"I don't know of anybody that puts this much work into it than we all do," Teague said. "I know I always look forward to it."
Time and age have creeped up on him and he is not physically able to do as much work on the barbecue as he would like, but despite the hard work involved, Teague said it's worth the effort.
"It's all about the children," Teague said. "It's worthwhile, and I know it helps."
The money raised over those 30 years has helped a number of children, but it is one blue-eyed little girl in particular whose memory will stay with him forever.
The girl was from a low income family who used to shop in his grocery store weekly. He used to watch as her brothers and sisters led her around the store.
One day Lions Club members Guy Beard and John Heard came in to the store and told him about a local family who had five year-old girl who was blind that they wanted the Lions Club to sponsor.
It turned out that it was the same little girl that Teague had seen in his store.
The Lions Club arranged for the girl to have surgery at Mid-South Methodist Hospital in Memphis and even paid for a room so the parents could stay while their daughter was being operated on.
The operation fixed the girl's eyes. One of her first wishes after gaining her sight was to go to Bill Teague's Market where she was able to pick out her own candy for the first time.
"I cried like a baby," Teague recalled of that moment. "It still makes me cry when I think about it. I will never forget it."
It was at that moment that Teague understood what it meant to be a member of the Lions Club.
"You can't pay for an operation on somebody's eyes. I can't," Teague said. "But if you belong to the Lions Club, you are. If you belong to the Trumann Lion's Club or any other Lions Club, every time somebody gets something like that, you get to be a part of it."
The family has moved out of the state and Teague hasn't seen her since, but she became the inspiration for the Lions Club barbecue.
"I don't know whatever became of her," Teague said. "But I know she can see. And that's enough for me."
Teague has put his passion for the Lions Club to good use, sponsoring 58 new club members over the years.
Lions Club District 7-O Governor John Blakely was on hand at the Sept. 24 meeting and presented Teague with a plaque and pin for his efforts.
"Any time you can be connected with something good -- and this is good -- is an honor," Teague said. "Every day there is a miracle behind this that helps somebody."


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