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Boycott the UN, it is useless, corrupt, ineffective and infested with Transnational Socialists -TransNazis - In a perverse alliance with IslamoFascists, despots, terror regimes and dictatorships - The UN and the UNHRC is an insult to human rights and freedom.
The latest stunt is yet another reason to abolish the UN altogether.
From Euronews.
Islamic countries Monday won United Nations backing for an anti-blasphemy measure Canada and other Western critics say risks being used to limit freedom of speech.
Combating Defamation of Religions passed 85-50 with 42 abstentions in a key UN General Assembly committee, and will enter into the international record after an expected rubber stamp by the plenary later in the year.
But while the draft's sponsors say it and earlier similar measures are aimed at preventing violence against worshippers regardless of religion, religious tolerance advocates warn the resolutions are being accumulated for a more sinister goal.
It provides international cover for domestic anti-blasphemy laws, and there are a number of people who are in prison today because they have been accused of committing blasphemy,
said Bennett Graham, international program director with the Becket Fund, a think tank aimed at promoting religious liberty.
Those arrests are made legitimate by the UN body's (effective) stamp of approval.
Passage of the resolution is part of a 10-year action plan the 57-state Organization of Islamic Conference launched in 2005 to ensure "renaissance" of the "Muslim Ummah" or community.
While the current resolution is non-binding, Pakistan's Ambassador Masood Khan reminded the UN's Human Rights Council this year that the OIC ultimately seeks a "new instrument or convention" on the issue. Such a measure would impose its terms on signatory states.
Each time the resolution comes up, we get a measure of where the world is on this issue, and we see that the campaign has been ramped up,
said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch. (...)
UN, Saudis Conspire to Stifle Free Speech
From Euronews/IslamistWatch - As if the endless tales of corruption, ineptitude, and financial waste were not enough to sully one's view of the United Nations, here is another reason to look askance at Turtle Bay: the organization is pushing a global blasphemy law designed to thwart criticism of the Islamic faith:
United Nations General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann said on Tuesday [November 11] that the world body should ban defamation of all religions and disagreed that such a move would impinge upon freedom of speech.
"Yes, I believe that defamation of religion should be banned," he said in response to a question at a press conference to highlight the interfaith conference at the UN headquarters. No one should try to defame Islam or any other religion, he said, adding: "We should respect all religions."
President d'Escoto, a former Sandinista foreign minister and recipient of the International Lenin Peace Prize, was speaking prior to the UN's Culture of Peace Conference, held on November 12 and 13 at the behest of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. As the Middle East director of Human Rights Watch noted, "There is no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia, yet the kingdom asks the world to listen to its message of religious tolerance."
The meeting intended to build on a Saudi-led forum in Madrid earlier this year that issued a declaration touting "respect for religions." That sounds pleasant enough. Yet there is a thinly veiled agenda at work here: "a global law to punish blasphemy — a campaign championed by the 56-member Organization of Islamic Conference that puts the rights of religions ahead of individual liberties." Indeed, the details of last week's UN get-together are maddening:
Consider one key draft resolution at the event. Introduced jointly by the Philippines and Pakistan, it openly seeks to limit press freedoms. Sure, as read by Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, the language pays lip service to the notion of freedom of expression.
But the document then goes on to emphasize the "special duties and responsibilities necessary for the respect of the rights or reputations of others, protection of national security or of public order, or of public health and morals."
Translation: Don't even think of publishing those Danish cartoons or anything even close to them. And forget about questioning authorities in places like, say, Riyadh.
Of course, this is just the latest attempt to silence critics of radical Islam. Proposed blasphemy laws will fail to win much support from Americans or Europeans, but they underscore the agenda that Islamists are already enacting through politically correct appeals and soft intimidation.
Culture of peace? This is the culture of censorship and the West should have none of it.


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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for sticking with me during a kind of disappointing blogmas. I'm back now with a great product that will help battle dry skin: Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer. This product can be purchased at Target for about $7.
As far as drugstore lotions go, this is one of my favorites. As the name suggests, it works best on wet skin (so right after you get out of the shower). A little goes a long way, and it really absorbs into the skin so quickly with no greasy residue. I like the version with Monoi Oil because it leaves this light, floral scent behind, but there are other versions as well: coconut oil, argan oil, cherry almond oil, and a natural glow self-tanner.
This is a very lightweight moisturizer that may not be enough to completely eradicate winter dry skin, but it provides a nice base of moisture and then you can spot treat dryer areas with a more powerful lotion. I think this one is perfect for the summer though.
What are your favorite inexpensive lotions? Feel free to share in the comments section.
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Dry shampoo is amazing! You can make your hair look so clean without regular shampoo. Dry Shampoo is a powder that you can sprinkle or spray and it will help you soak up the oil in your hair. Apply the Dry Shampoo only to the roots of your hair.
When traveling I use dry shampoo a lot because I will wash my hair about twice a week with regular shampoo. It also helps me maintain my hair color when on holiday. I do feel you have to experiment what dry shampoo works best for you. I've tried many brands of dry shampoo over the years and will continue to experiment until I find one I cant live without.
My hair color is chocolate brown, so I am a brunette with dark long hair so I decided to mix a little unsweetened coco powder into my dry shampoo to keep my scalp from looking white.
Anyone have any ideas for Blondes or Redheads?
There are lots of options for DIY colored dry shampoo formulas:
Blondes can use white cornstarch OR ground yellow cornmealRedheads can use cinnamon mixed with cornstarchBrunettes can also mixed cocoa powder with cornstarch for a lighter brunette
Just please don't use baby powder unless it is 100% cornstarch based. Traditional baby powder used to be created from talc which has been proven to be toxic.
I made the mistake of using baby powder once. I had the worst head aches of my life! I felt ill for a week, I like to use baking soda on my hair. Not sure about cornstarch, I never tried that.
Hi Jamie,It drives me insane when I see hair and beauty editors still recommend baby powder after all these years and all the press coverage about how traditional talc (made from asbestos like products) has been shown to trigger cancer in some cases. It is a pet peeve of mine.
I have used baking soda on my hair but personally it makes my hair feel gritty. I like the cornstarch as the base because it feels so soft. I also like finely ground oat bran.
I think everyone will have a different preference depending upon their hair type, texture and condition.
Thanks for sharing about your baby powder experience. I wish more people would share so eventually beauty editors would stop recommend it.


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Hudson Valley man dies after being tasered by police
A Rhinebeck man died Wednesday after police used a taser to subdue him after responding to a call for a potential drug overdose and domestic dispute. James J. Healy, 44, was pronounced dead at Northern Dutchess Hospital shortly after the incident, according to State Police [via the Kingston Daily Freeman]. Healy, who doesn't live at the home on Stone Quarry Road, was asked to leave, but was uncooperative, police said. A struggle ensued and Healy was tasered by a Dutchess County Sheriff's deputy. Once he was in control, Healy was having trouble breathing and was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. A cause of death is still pending. [LINK]
Taser International has claimed a statistically-massive safety margin of at least 15-to-1. At one point there was even a so-called "study" that claimed that cocaine use made tasers safer. So if tasers in combination with drugs are even more deadly than drugs alone, then Taser International has some explaining to do...
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As autumn deepens and moves towards winter, cold nights are becoming more common. We've already had one very hard freeze (last Friday night) when most areas of Vermont saw lows in the mid 20s or even colder. Aside from that, we've seen quite a few marginal frosty nights. Some areas have seen several hard freezes starting as early as mid September, while others, just like here in Montpelier, saw the growing season extend until last Friday when it abruptly ended.
Above: on October 9th, a heavy frost settled over most of the Northeast Kingdom, but not Montpelier, Plainfield, or Barre. These little plants are bedstraw (Galium).
The early season frosts seem a bit random, but they are anything but. We can't "see" temperature changes, although we can notice where frost occurs on marginal freeze nights. There's another way to see the patterns of cold air too - and it is by observing where plants occur on the landscape.
above: red spruce on a talus slope.
Most people have noticed that conifers, like pine and spruce, often occur on cold mountaintops. In Vermont, the most cold-tolerant trees are spruce, fir, paper and yellow birch, and aspen. Of these, the hardwoods are opportunistic and occur in other areas as well, but spruce and fir are almost entirely restricted to areas that get very, very cold - like the steep talus slope high on Umpire Mountain, seen above. Sometimes we also see spruce and fir in somewhat unexpected settings.
The picture above is an oblique, Google Earth view of a valley nestled between Umpire Mountain, Burke Mountain, and Kirby Ridge. The steepness of the terrain is exaggerated in this view. The Burke ski area is visible on the far side of Burke Mountain (center) while the spruce forest in the photo I posted earlier is on the far right of this view, on the steep slopes of Umpire Mountain. Not surprisingly, you can see lots of conifers on these tall mountains, where a lot of snow is also visible (the photo was taken in April of 2006).
You'll also notice something else here though. The conifers aren't restricted to the mountaintop. There are also a bunch of them in the valley. What gives?
Those spruce and fir trees are present in the valley bottom because of cold air drainage. Most of the time, the mountaintops are the coldest parts of Vermont. But, during a cold, still clear night, things change. Heat rapidly radiates away from the mountains, but as air cools, it sinks. Cold air is denser than warm air. Cold air from the mountains surrounding this little valley trickles down to the valley bottom, where it pools. This cold air is no joke. In fact, on a frigid night in 1933, the town of Bloomfield 18 miles to the northeast of this basin measured a low temperature of -50, tied with a more recent record in Maine for the coldest temperature ever recorded in New England. There aren't any weather stations in Victory Basin (the area described above) though, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was even colder there that night.
There aren't many trees that can stand up to -50 degree temperatures, but spruce is one of them. Together with fir and a few other species, the cold air pockets of New England and upstate New York support a natural community called Lowland Spruce-Fir Forest.
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The above map offers a view of Victory Basin, with the lowland spruce-fir forests and associated wetlands clearly visible (this is the same area where I saw a moose a few weeks ago). If you wander north on the above map you will notice a pattern of the darker green conifers being present both in the valleys and on the peaks. If you continue dragging the view north you will come to the Nulhegan Basin, an even larger cold-air drainage area. Both the Victory and Nulhegan basins support species similar to that in the boreal taigas in Canada, ranging from rhodora to the state endangered spruce grouse. Not surprisingly, moose are very abundant in these areas as well. Snowshoe hare and beaver are abundant, and it's possible that even lynx inhabit these icy forests.
Cold air drainage isn't limited to icy climates like Vermont's either. They play a part in the ecology and natural history of the sunny Santa Monica Mountains in Malibu, California as well. I've seen frozen ground and 'frost heaves' in this part of Malibu Creek State Park:
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This is just a few miles from the immediate coastline, where temperatures very rarely drop below 40F and hard freezes may only occur once or twice a century. Stephen Davis of Pepperdine University has found evidence that these cold air drainages strongly affect the vegetation in the area, and he has told me that single-digit (f) temperatures are not unheard of in these isolated areas. I believe it - one spring I lived in Park Service employee housing at nearby Rocky Oaks park, another cold air drainage area, and hard freezes were common on many clear nights well into April. I had to scrape the ice off of my car windshield in the mornings with a credit card because I didn't have an ice scraper. There were even areas of black ice on some of the nearby roads on cold nights after rainstorms.
Malibu's cold air pockets are more defined by an absence than a presence. The ubiquitous laurel sumac shrub that is found over almost all of the Santa Monica Mountains does not occur in cold air drainage areas. It is said that early farmers would only plant citrus where laurel sumac was growing, because it meant frost was very rare.
Next time you are in a small valley or hollow, look at the plants around you, because they may have an icy story to tell.


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Review: Radiotherapy reduces death from and recurrence of breast cancer but increases death from other causesPDF
ACP J Club. 2001 Mar-Apr;134:66. doi:10.7326/ACPJC-2001-134-2-066
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Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Favourable and unfavourable effects on long-term survival of radiotherapy for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials. Lancet. 2000 May 20;355:1757-70. [PubMed ID: 10832826] (All 2001 articles were reviewed for relevancy, and abstracts were last revised in 2007.)
In women with early breast cancer, what are the long-term (20-y) effects of radiotherapy on mortality from breast cancer and on mortality from causes other than breast cancer?
Data sources
Studies were identified by searching published lists of randomized trials and MEDLINE; hand searching selected journals, meeting abstracts, and references of published trials and reviews; and by contacting experts repeatedly over a 15-year period.
Study selection
Studies were selected if they were randomized controlled trials begun before 1990 that compared radiotherapy plus other treatments with the same treatments without radiotherapy.
Data extraction
Information was requested for each woman on age; menopausal status; type of surgery and nodal status; and dates of randomization, allocated treatment, first subsequent local recurrence, and death.
Main results
Data from 19 582 women were assembled from 40 trials and analyzed by intention to treat. Radiotherapy reduced local recurrence by about two thirds in all trials (10% vs 30% by 20 y, P < 0.001, with most of this benefit in the first few years) and reduced 20-year breast cancer mortality in the absence of other causes of death (53.4% vs 48.6%, P < 0.001, with most of this benefit in the first decade) but increased mortality from other causes (20-y survival in the absence of deaths from breast cancer 69.5% vs 73.8%, P < 0.001, with most of the hazard after the first decade). The observed overall survival difference of 1.2% was not clinically or statistically significant (P = 0.06).
In women with early breast cancer (stages 1 and 2) and a substantial risk for local recurrence, radiotherapy reduces the risk for local recurrence by two thirds and reduces mortality from breast cancer by a few percentage points. Overall survival is improved only if the long-term hazards are substantially smaller than the average in these trials.
Sources of funding: Imperial Cancer Research Fund and U.K. Medical Research Council.
For correspondence: EBCTCG Secretariat, Clinical Trial Service Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE, England, UK. FAX 44-1865-558-817.
This meta-analysis from the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaboration is important. Although radiation improved overall survival to a nonsignificant extent (P = 0.06), the interpretation is complex because of the inherent benefits and hazards. However, appropriate radiotherapy regimens may be able to retain most of the benefits while minimizing the hazards.
Historical methods of radiation included high daily doses, over lapping fields, and larger irradiated volumes, all of which may increase mortality from causes other than breast cancer. The meta-analysis suggests that mortality from such causes may be lower with daily doses < 2.2 Gy. However, such technical parameters are analyzed separately rather than in a multivariate analysis and are not statistically significant.
In the recent U.S. National Institutes of Health consensus conference on adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer, postmastectomy radiotherapy was recommended only for patients with ≥ 4 positive nodes (1). At issue now is whether the current practice of limiting radiation to breast and skin is sufficient where 0 to 3 nodes are positive. A randomized trial from the National Cancer Institute of Canada (MA-20) is addressing this question for 1 to 3 nodes.
Patients who survive breast cancer typically die from other common causes of death, especially cardiovascular diseases. An excess of vascular deaths was associated with nodal irradiation, including internal mammary nodes. Assigning cause of death remains problematic. Another published meta-analysis, confined to trials including systematic therapy, shows that overall mortality is significantly reduced (P = 0.004, odds ratio 0.83) in trials using modern, and presumably safer, radiation techniques (2). However, mean follow-up was only 10 years rather than the 20 years in this analysis, and further follow-up is needed to clarify the relative survival benefit for radiotherapy.
Locoregional radiation administered with modern methods may improve overall survival in stages 1 and 2 breast cancer. The evidence suggests that many patients, particularly those who are younger and node positive, should consider nodal irradiation, even when systemic therapy is administered.
Glenn W. Jones, MD, MSc
Credit Valley HospitalMississauga, Ontario, Canada
1. Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer. NIH Consensus Statement. 2000 November 1-3;17(4):1-23. (http:/odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/114/114_statement.htm).
2. Whelan TJ, Julian J, Wright J, Jadad AR, Levine ML. Does locoregional radiation therapy improve survival in breast cancer? A meta-analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2000;18:1220-9. [PubMed ID: 10715291]
3. Clarke M, Collins R, Darby S, et al.Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for eary breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomized trials. Lancet. 2005;366:2087-2106. [PubMed ID: 16360786]


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REMEMBER KERMIT THE FROG singing, "It ain't easy being green"? He sang it slow and low, kind of like the blues. In the mind of Kermit, not only is the glass half empty, it's got a rapidly leaking hole in the bottom.
I disagree with our old green friend Kermit. I think it's easy being green. I think your contracting company can be green and, consequently, can collect lots of green.
No, don't panic. I can hear you thinking, "I am not ever going to be a tree-hugging, granola-crunching individual."
Really? You won't hug a tree? Well, what if it's a money tree, growing right behind your shop? C'mon, you big macho guys and girls, you'd give that tree a big bear hug and maybe a little shake, wouldn't you? And you don't even have to wear flannel or own a pair of Birkenstocks.
First off, if you're selling and installing hydronic systems such as radiant floors, or even plain old baseboard, you already are green, you just don't know it. You're probably too scared to admit it. I know this because you're not telling your customers. No place is it more important to tell your story than with being green.
Think about it. Does a baseboard system and radiant floor system use less energy than an old leaky hot-air system? If it's burning less fuel that means we are putting less risky stuff in the air, right? See, you do have a little flannel hanging in your closet, don't you!
Now, let's give this exercise a little more thought. When was the last time you used 50-50 solder? I bet you use non-toxic antifreeze in systems instead of car-style antifreeze.
I think it's easy being green.
When you put in AC, you sell 410A systems, right? If not, why not, and, if you are, do you explain it? When Boucher Energy Systems works on AC systems, we recover the old refrigerant gas and turn it in for proper disposal.
Now, after you take out that old junker air conditioner or boiler, what happens to it? At our company, we recycle it. You probably do too. We also have a recycling dumpster solely for cardboard. But here's the kicker: Are you telling your customers that? If not, they are always going to just think of us as a dirty industry, not clean and green.
Do you scrap copper, aluminum and cast iron? Of course you do with the prices we've seen lately. I had an "ah-ha" moment the other day as I've totally forgotten to tell people about those little round gold thermostats, you know the mercury-filled ones? We take those off the wall and recycle them. I had completely forgotten to tell our customers that (idiot!).
At BES, we sell a wall-hung, gas-fired condensing boiler; it's as clean and green as they come. This boiler has incredibly low emissions. It's so clean that it produces a minute amount of NOx and carbon monoxide and what homeowner wouldn't want that?
Want to "wow" homeowners? Put a carbon monoxide detector right in front of the boiler exhaust and watch their jaw drop when it doesn't go off. Then hold it in front of their car exhaust. I can hear some of you right now: "Too expensive, too complex." You say, "The customers in my market will never buy it."
In my mind's eye, you're starting to resemble a little green frog, but you're not looking like Kermit. You look like the little guy from the classic '80s video game "Frogger." That's you, the green little guy trying to cross the highway in a frenzied panic. "Too expensive, too complex. I don't understand. Customers don't understand," you chant. SPLAT! You are toast, you are a road stain, and you are a flat frog.
My dad started our company 30 years ago selling "Alternative Energy." Solar systems and wood boilers! Hey, what goes around comes around. Now we have a great interest in alternative fuels again.
Are you doing solar? If not, why not? There are even tax rebates for it. "Too complex," you say. "Too expensive."
Really? You're a hydronic contractor, aren't you? You're in the comfort business, right? OK, so in addition to selling efficient boilers, you can offer that big, glowing orb in the sky. Poof! You're a solar contractor. You already know most of what you need to know about pumps, pipe sizes, GPM, etc.; you're just offering another heat source.
Steve, my partner in comfort (not crime), just attended a solar class. Of the attendees, no more than a third were HVAC/plumbing contractors. Huh? What? Only a third? Who were the rest? They were solar and green energy start-up companies.
These are folks who already do whole-house energy audits. Folks with MBAs from Tree Hugger U and other well-known business schools. These guys have passion. They have drive. They have the marketing skills. They probably do not eat bacon, but they are out to steal yours. They also don't have the knowledge you do. One whole day of the class was spent discussing things such as "how does a circulator work?"
So, are you going to let them steal your customers or are you going to climb on the green bandwagon? Or, SPLAT! Are you going to be like Frogger, getting squished on the road! You know who just ran over you? It was a couple kids driving a bio-diesel powered Eurovan, wearing Birkenstocks, on their way to the bank with "green money." Money that should have been yours.
Are you going to let them take it? Peace, dude.
Joel Boucher is vice president of Boucher Energy Systems in Mendon, Mass. He can be reached via the company's Website at www.boucherenergy.com.


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This article is the first major work of legal scholarship on systemic risk, under which the world's financial system can collapse like a row of dominos. There is widespread confusion about the causes and even the definition of systemic risk, and uncertainty how to control it. This article attempts to provide a conceptual framework for examining what risks are truly "systemic," what causes those risks, and how, if at all, those risks should be regulated.
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At 90 minutes a satisfyingly lengthy documentary marking 25 years of Graceland as Paul Simon returned to Joburg for a celebratory reunion performance with the original line-up. Pretty much everything was covered. What a great musical fusion it was, how great it was live , with footage from the in exile Zimbabwe show with Miriam Makeba etc and the fantastic performance on Late night Live before the album came out , making it a revelation to everyone. They cut between rehearsals last year and for the original recording, fascinating to see the players in their youth, and of course this fell at only the halfway point in Simon's career (as it now is)
Simon is clearly very single-minded and stubborn. There was a lot of discussion around his breaking the cultural boycott, ignoring Harry Belafonte's advice to run the idea past the ANC. His position was that an artist should be free to collaborate with other artists and not kowtow to politicians' instructions as they are so often expected to do because somehow artists are way down the hierarchy below politicians , activists, lawmakers and even the media.
He went head to head with Oliver Tambo's son - what a glorious speaking voice, like an actor's , clearly rounded by his years at Oxford or wherever it was- who had founded Artists against Apartheid and argued how unhelpful , to say the least, the idea of Graceland was at a time when Apartheid was being so brutally enforced.
They agreed on mutual respect in the end and Simon apologised for any inadvertent affrontery he may have caused. I'm not a political person and thought at the time that Simon had not just made a great record but had launched international careers for all the South Africans. He shared the royalties too. Certainly those musicians thought so and were nothing but 100% with Simon. So the politicians all came across as stuck in time and now out-manoeuvred, the ANC as almost repressive in their refusal to allow artistic expression. Ray Phiri was still angry at being told what he could and could not do outside of South Africa by the likes of the protesters outside the Albert Hall gig. How dare they punish someone a second time after they have already been so punished at home.
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Best Nikon DSLR Cameras of 2019By Reviewed Staff, February 14, 2017, Updated January 02, 2019
There are two big players in the DSLR market: Canon and Nikon. These two titans compete for the hearts and minds of pros and amateurs alike, and each company puts out excellent cameras year after year. While it has frequently played second fiddle in sales, Nikon has always impressed us with its broad range of DSLRs—from the mighty D4S to the lowly D3300.
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Updated January 02, 2019
Nikon D500
Nikon's best-ever APS-C DSLR might be the best crop-sensor camera we've ever tested. With 4K video shooting, plenty of advanced features, and 10 FPS continuous bursts, Nikon's pulled out the stops in the D500, making this an exceptional pro DSLR. If you need speed (whether that's AF or burst speed), the D500 delivers for less than a third the price of the flagship D5.
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Thursday, February 10
inspired ideas...the spring issue
have you been over to amy's blog recently? the spring issue of her on line magazine inspired ideas just came out this week. so many lovely photos and projects in all my favorite spring colors. i am so ready for the snow to melt.....
isn't that tiny easter basket adorable? for someone like me that likes everything tiny i nearly quit breathing when i saw it. i have a little lovebirds tutorial the spring issue as well as some of my favorite photos. the cuff challenge amy sent out gave me the idea to make this pale blue blossom cuff. so easy when you start with a pre-made base, just cut the cuff off an old shirt. it already has the button closure and is so quick to make. you can enter the give-away to win my cuff on amy's blog.
i cut a piece from a vintage hanky that had a hand crocheted edge and gathered it into a rosette. then i sewed little millinery leaves, flowers, and stamens on top. it got me thinking about making wrist corsages again.
i also dug out my wool stash this week and put together this bundle of yummy spring wool pieces. i can't wait to start making some little wool birds.
i hope you find a little piece of spring to brighten your day. julie
Posted by Julie Collings at 2:00 PM
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once again, great blog Julie. I can't wait to see your wool birds...
- Roses, Lace and Brocante said...
Lovely cuff Julie.
I've downloaded the book and it's got heaps of inspiration.
Thank you for the link.
Shane :))
- Denise S. said...
Hi Julie so glad to find you had posted on your blog yesterday. The cuff is gorgeous and yes it just screams spring which can get here anytime.
- Suzanne said...
I love all these yummy colors. It really makes me think of spring. I'm guessing you're not getting a snow thaw any time soon. It doesn't seem to be slowing you down, though, because you're making beautiful springtime art. Love the little birds.
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AUBG President Stratsi Kulinski Hosts First Town Hall Meeting
An increased and better targeted student enrollment efforts, modernizing classroom learning, greater community involvement and finding new revenue streams for AUBG. Those will be the focal points to address and tackle in the administration's strategic plan for the next five years, Stratsi Kulinski, the new university president, said. He spoke at the first of many planned town hall meetings on Thursday at the Main Building Auditorium.
An AUBG alumnus from the class of '95, Kulinski stepped in to replace former president Kevin Aspegren and was welcomed back to his Alma Mater in December last year. This semester marks the start of his presidential tenure.
At the formal meeting Kulinski stressed on four areas of improvement as challenges, the solutions of which will be pivotal for the development of the academic institution.
"I don't have all the answers," the president said. "We will be thinking about how we probe, how we become sustainable…It will require a lot of experimentation, more comfort with participating, celebrating our successes and really learning from our missteps. We have the commitment to make that happen."
Talking about the recruitment of prospective students as one of the key university flaws, Kulinski was adamant that an increase in the enrollment rate is necessary. As of this year the university has fixed costs for a capacity of 1500 students but revenue from only 1000. According to him AUBG has all the right tools to succeed, including a renowned world class campus which rivals many U.S. university facilities and a commendable practice of open days that help aid the achievement of that goal.
No new raises in tuition costs are planned to be enforced as a possible stepping stone for opportunities to grow financially. The president's satisfaction with the sponsors stems from their recognition of having international students coming from somewhat resource-scarce countries and thus investing heavily in their academic prosperity.
In terms of AUBG's academic assets, Kulinski emphasized on the course study adaptation that is in line for the university.
"The faculty have come and said we have a curriculum that hasn't necessarily changed over the last fifteen years. The world again is changing. Many people are experimenting with more effective approaches to classroom learning, interdisciplinary approaches or corporate academic partnerships and we need to be looking for those things."
The president also touched upon the state of the campus environment and the further development of fund raising. He will focus his efforts on enabling the students and faculty to operate with greater cohesiveness and resilience to the upcoming changes. Those challenges will inevitably relate to the issues of competition with other universities for money and the now lesser investment from AUBG's two main sponsors, Open Society Foundation and America for Bulgaria Foundation. The administration will also attempt to persuade a greater portion of the AUBG alumni worldwide to contribute to the solution process. Currently only 3.5 percent of all 4,000 graduates donate back to the university, according to Kulinski.
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As promised before the meeting, the president gave a brief update on the master plan of the new sports field, which is located between ABF Student Center and Kaufland, but is currently under construction. The outdoors facility will incorporate two tennis courts, a basketball ground and a volleyball ground, a soccer field, a parking lot, a service building and an open gym.
On a personal note, the president disclosed that he prefers to be called on a first-name basis. He believes direct communication will be beneficial for all.
"The keyword for me is agility. We have to be a combination of flexible, responsive and responsible," Kulinski asserted.
He also noted that he will apply an open door policy to his office once a month, on a given Friday, when students, faculty and staff can come to him without an appointment and talk about a concern or an issue they want to discuss with him. "You cannot complain, if you don't propose a solution," the president added.
Kulinski's will to communicate with these three campus groups will continue with the friendly lunches the president will take on with each to establish yet another opportunity to talk face-to-face. Once a month four or five students will be selected to have a meal with him. The same procedure will be repeated for faculty and staff. While he will be paying for the lunch bill, he wants to set a different, more casual venue to collaborate and see people bring solutions to the table.
Yordan Karayankov, a fourth-year AUBG student, was pleased with the president's speech and his efforts to excel the organization at AUBG. "What I found to be most valuable was the fact that the president seems really open about AUBG's situation," Karayankov said. "As an AUBG alumnus, I believe, he has a different point of view from the other presidents and this can be advantageous for AUBG."
Back in the days when he was an AUBG student, the first place Stratsi Kulinski visited in September of his first year in 1991 was his future presidential office. Walking in he asked for information about his course of study and his exams. Today, 25 years later, he will be the one answering those student questions.
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100. Read books, one a week for chapter book and older, four a week minimum for the younger/new reader set.
99. Swim. Swim. More Swim.
98. Cook out often.
97. Catch fireflies.
96. Skip rocks.
95. Eat ice cream from the truck.
94. Waterslide.
93. Berry picking.
92. Go to the park.
91. Go to the museum.
90. Paint the deck.
89. Weekly Family Movie night.
88. Weekly Date Night.
87. Go to Wolftrap for concert.
86. Get bikes fixed.
85. Grow tomatoes. (already have beginnings of green beauties).
84. Play cards.
83. Teach kids to do cartwheels.
82. Go wine tasting.
81. Roadtrips to Comet Pizza, Union Post Office and Woodberry Kitchen for foods profiled on Food Network via Drive-ins Diner's and Dives and The Best Thing I ever Ate
80. Go to a street fair in DC
79. Visit the library weekly.
78. Ride horses in Shenandoah
77. Hike trails. Camp.
76. Go to see Capital Steps. (DC Satire group).
75. Declutter basement.
74. Perfect bank shot.
73. Play Wii Rockband, get to intermediate level on drums.
72. Work on book.
71. Play piano.
70. Fish.
69. Take kids to the zoo.
68. Build outrageous lego scene.
67. Draw trees in the wild.
66. Lemonade Stand.
65. Soduku Mastery
64. Play chess.
63. Pedicure.
62. Fireworks.
61. Take kids to a parade.
60. Watergun fights with kids.
59. Invite friends over for Bar-b-que.
58. Vacation with just husband.
57. Rent U-haul, remove junk from basement.
56. Roll coins.
55. Get kids to put on concert.
54. Capture the flag.
53. Write letters.
52. Puppet shows in the basement.
51. Learn how to podcast.
50. Repaint upstairs bathroom.
49. Go to the beach.
48. Ride in a canoe.
47. Plan Fall Festival.
46. Create two of the ten scrap books.
45. Plant trees.
44. Learn how to cook fennel. (We have loads).
43. Play dates for kids.
42. Take daily walks.
41. Continue daily rosary.
40. tour college campus.
39. portrait of littlest.
38. Baptism of littlest.
37. Visit Texas
36. clean out closet of things that don't fit.
35. Cook Fish weekly.
34. Visit Connecticut.
33. Go to Baseball games.
32. Arts and Crafts.
31. Learn to braid.
30. Go Karts.
29. Meteor Showers.
28. Visit the local (small) Aquarium.
27. Ride a roller coaster.
26. Put feet in both oceans.
25. Listen to Eagles and Jimmy Buffet almost endlessly. (Perfect summer music).
24. Assemble puzzles with kids.
23. Shop at Outlets.
22. Go to a polical rally.
21. Sit outside and just feel the sun.
20. Climb a tree.
19. Donate blood.
18. Extra mass per week for self.
17. Sleep in.
16. Try new foods I'm unfamiliar with --Indian, South American, Japanese.
15. Have brother and family over for a cook out.
14. Get my eyes checked.
13. See a play.
12. Sand castles
11. Blow bubbles
10. Chalk drawings the entire driveway --and we have a long driveway!
9. Live on fresh tomato salad.
8. Help son catch frogs.
7. Play Scrabble or Catan or Monopoly (Game night)
6. Trips to Civil War battle fields.
5. Go on a boat.
4. See a whale.
3. Make pies, because I'm too lazy to learn how to make jam.
2. Become more educated on history.
1. Not stress about what doesn't get done.
Going to go do something now...have a great day!
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Summer List
Posted by Sherry Antonetti at 1:17 PM
Labels: Carpe Diem, Sherry Antonetti, Summer list, What to do
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102. Tweet a picture of ... umm ... something to a friend. Label the photo "political suicide."
101. Warn the British that Sarah Palin is coming.
- June 6, 2011 at 10:11 PM
- MightyMom said...
Soooo, WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO TEXAS?????
nice list.
- June 7, 2011 at 5:25 AM
- Therese said...
wishes it was summer here. I might just keep a link to this post for when it is though.
- June 9, 2011 at 2:57 AM
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Microsoft Patches IE Zero-Day in March Patch Tuesday
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Wind Cave National Park protects one of the longest, most complex maze-cave systems in the world and contains an amazing amount of the rare cave formation called boxwork. It is a great place to learn about the unique geology of the cave and to hear about the adventures of cave explorers as they actively search for more cave. However, if you only learn about the park through the cave, then you have missed half of what makes this park so special.
Surrounded by a Sea of Grass
Imagine yourself surrounded by a sea of grass softly illuminated by gold-tinged afternoon sunlight. A gentle breeze brings the sweet vanilla scent of the ponderosa pine. In the distance, a heard of bison silently graze while a nearby meadowlark whistles a pleasant song.
As your eyes scan the prairie, you discover not only its signature grasses, but a wide variety of delicate wildflowers. Creamy-white sego lilies, purple coneflowers, and golden-yellow sunflowers add intermittent splashes of color to the carpet of green and brown grasses. Here you can also see the native animals, such as bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes and prairie dogs, who make this place their home.
Wind Cave - Two Worlds
Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds - one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources.


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As business and enterprise demands are growing and moving, it has been up to technology service providers to enhance their service capabilities to meet the waves of new traffic and ultimately grow their mobile field. Mobile is where the enterprise networks are trending towards and the developers in the communications industry are zeroing in on that field. All the way from traditional networking and computing in a server environment, and now integrating cloud-based networking and mobile devices, companies like Cisco, Verizon and Juniper Networks are moving ahead to new dimensions of data gathering, storage, analytics and keeping everything connected and up to speed.
One individual who's been among the leaders in these developments is Shaygan Kheradpir, a networking guru and savvy marketing leader in the world of enterprise technology. Kheradpir started off working at GTE Labs as a network and software developer, working with routing and switching software. Perhaps the most well-known project he oversaw was the TONICS (Telephone Operations Network Integrated Control System), a revolutionary phone network management system that while not quite an early VoIP sysem, was somewhat of a forerunner to that. From there, GTE merged into the company now known as Verizon and Kheradpir became the CIO, and began developing the technologies that are now part of their regular service. Among those technologies is the FiOS service that includes lightning-speed internet and TV service. Just recently, Juniper Networks announced him as their CEO and will now look to his leadership to take them forward.
One area networking technology is improving and further increasing its priorities, is identity recognition and policy enforcement, and Juniper is no exception to that. This is becoming critical as enterprise networks face new threats every day, not least of which is false identity that can come from rogue machines. Developing user profile recognition tools based on behavior, application usage monitoring tools, and threat detection and thwarting is part of a majority of networking developers' mission and leading into resource and session control protocols and applications.
Cloud-based switches are becoming more and more prevalent as servers housing data centers and virtualized networks are starting to fill up the bandwidth. As the traffic to these data centers increases, so must the speed and the capacity to house the data and application usage across the cloud, and cloud-based switches are being designed to meet these demands. Quality of Service is being integrated to match the usage of voice and video applications across these networks.


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We've barely begun 2014, but the sun sets a bit later each day and I can feel the promise of spring on the horizon.
The hens are feeling it too; egg production is ramping up and it's getting harder to enforce their early winter curfew.
Most of the chickens follow me right out to the coop, but I almost always have to round up a few stragglers at bedtime. It's normally a quick and easy affair, but the other day was something else entirely.
It was sunny when I let the chickens out, so they happily plowed through an acre of snow just to get to the bird feeder. Then, a cold front came through and they didn't want to walk back through the snow to get back home.
A couple of the hens started to follow me out to the coop, but I came back to find they'd given up and planted themselves in the garden, fluffing their feathers like little down jackets. One after the other, I scooped them up and carried them to the coop, their feathers warming my hands as they settled into my arms. I'm pretty sure they were grateful.
I soon realized I wasn't done giving free rides out to the chicken coop, and that not everyone would be as cooperative. The other hens huddled together, eyeing me uneasily, reluctant to be picked up but not wanting to run out into the snow.
Most allowed themselves to be caught without any trouble, but not Shelly. She dodged me several times, but finally I managed to come within an inch of grabbing her. That is when she completely freaked out.
Shelly is a pretty small chicken, and I knew from her past adventures that she is better at flying than most. But I was shocked when, with a series of loud squawks, she launched herself off the ground and flew across the entire garden, about 150 feet. And then she started gaining altitude and fluttered up onto a tree branch, about 8 feet off the ground.
I scrambled up onto a piece of lawn furniture and grabbed hold of her tail before she could fly up to a higher branch, prompting her to go hide under the big spruce tree instead (with four of her friends). It took me over an hour to get them all in for the night.
Today, most of the hens are out in the snow again, pecking at the door and lurking on the back steps. Probably waiting for me to give them a ride home. Or maybe they're just hoping I'll let them in, where there's freshly baked gingerbread and chai tea, and it's (slightly) warmer than outside.
As excited as I am for the spring weather to get here, I'm always sorry to see gingerbread season end. In case you're wondering, gingerbread season starts when the first chill of autumn creeps into the air, and ends after the last blizzard of April — if to you gingerbread means houses and cookies shaped like little men, you're definitely missing out on the best part of the season. Fortunately, you still have time to catch up.
This old fashioned gingerbread is easy to make, and even easier to eat.
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/3 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup molasses (mild is best)
- 2/3 cup hot water
- 9x9 baking pan
- Put rack in the middle of oven and preheat to 350F. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, spices, and salt into a bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar using an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well and scraping the bowl after each addition.
- Reduce speed and beat in molasses. Mixture will look lumpy and separated; don't worry.
- Sift flour mixture over the top and mix on lowest speed in a stand mixer (or stir with a wooden spoon) until combined, then add water and mix until smooth (about 1 minute more).
- Pour batter into baking pan. Bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes. Cool in pan on rack for about 20 minutes and serve warm.
Adapted from Gourmet.


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A young prince returns from college to discover both he and his widowed mother are screwed.
Rival gangs battle for turf as young lovers break a racial taboo.
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Usually, the word cheat is standing for bad things in the online world. Most of the people have cheated at least once in their gaming career. First, people learning tricks to cheat the game. Most of the people want cheat the game because they like to score high and cheating games becomes more enjoyable. Many peoples, teenagers, and kids love playing video games. They are very excited about the new games and evolving character from their favorite games. There is a number of advanced features available in the modern game system. The game creators worked hard for the game and players get to more enjoyment during play.
The modern games require some skills to score and win the game. There are enemies against the game players created by the developers who are really hard. That is a big deal to fight against the enemies. So some game companies provide the game cheating system for more entertainment.
The game cheating system usually offers some cheat codes. Using the codes you can move to next level of the game by pressing some key buttons. Game cheats available for all the type of games. If you use the game cheating method very often you may lose the excitement of the game the more you use it.
Nowadays, peoples agree using game cheating system is a right thing while playing the game. However, the game cheating system becomes very helpful for players when the game player is not getting any clue to win the game. These systems mostly used to jump up to another level without completing the previous level.
A lot of game cheating system software is available for free online – one of them are these Toon Blast cheats that you can access from all of your devices. They are really putting the time into these type of sites. Many websites on the internet provide the cheat system for free but you should take game cheats from reliable sources. Because some portals contain viruses that may harm your device that you're currently using (link we provided is safe and tested for Toon Blast cheast). You can download the cheat system software from online websites which will give you cheat codes and also provide some other information about the game that will help to play easier.


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This American Life
Saturdays at 11 am
- Hosted by Ira Glass
A show with stories that are like movies for radio. Each show has a theme. There are funny moments and emotional moments. There are moments where the people in the story say interesting, surprising things about it all. It has to be surprising. It has to be fun. The show is an experiment. They try things.


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The centuries' old site of Machu Picchu is located in Peru's Cusco Region, above the Sacred Valley, and is one of the greatest remnants of the former Inca civilization. This Inca site dates from the 15th century and is believed to have been built as a property for the Pachacuti Inca Emperor. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, Machu Picchu is a fantastic place to visit.
Visiting the 15th century Machu Picchu site is among the greatest things to do in Machu Picchu for tourists who want to satisfy their curiosity and excitement for new experiences and cultures. Due to Machu Picchu's rich historical heritage, it was voted as among the New Seven Wonders of the World in a global internet poll. Its exquisite natural surroundings and history makes Machu Picchu a must visit. Out of the various things to do in Machu Picchu that you may find interesting, particularly in Machu Picchu, is going on the Andean Explorer Train from Cusco to Puno. On your journey, you will come across spectacular landscape views of mountains and hills, in addition to lush vegetation and rivers. This makes it an ideal opportunity for you to take a number of stunning pictures and videos and take delight in eating lunch provided by the train. You will feel overjoyed when your journey will reach its stop at the beautiful Lake Titicaca. Other enjoyable activities that you can explore are climbing the Hyayna Picchu Mountain, which is higher than Machu Picchu. In this, you will set foot across an epic journey through time as you go deeper into the centuries' old ruins of the former Inca civilization.
Peru is a spectacular country to visit mainly due to its stunning natural surroundings and for housing the ruins of the 15th century Inca civilization. Out of the many places to visit in Machu Picchu that you can enjoy, you can go on a city walking tour to explore the various attractions and landmarks at your own convenience. A private city tour, for example, is a 4-hour tour that will provide you with all there is to see including the Sun Temple, the Cathedral, San Blass, and the famous Main Square of the Cusco region. Tour around the cobblestone streets of the former Inca Empire and get to know their day-to-day activities as well as their skills in architecture and engineering. Here you will get to taste the unique blend of Spanish and Incan cultures after which you can head back to your hotel for to relax. Other places to visit in Machu Picchu that can interest you include going on the full-day tour of the Sacred Valley. Witness the central area of the Incan Empire and gain rich insights to their history and lifestyles. You will have the opportunity to witness the breathtaking picturesque landscape views of lush vegetation and hills. Be sure to take a quality camera so you can capture the best images and videos of your tour. Other points of interest you can explore are the Mt. Huayna Picchu, Gate of the Sun, Temple of the Sun, and The Ruins of Intipata.
If you are unsure where to head to for your upcoming summer break, be sure to visit Peru. You will find a range of things to do at Mt. Huayna Picchu, a pyramid-shaped mountain that is located near Urubamba River in the Cusco Region of Peru. The mountain has a dominating presence, owing to its large base and sharp peaks, making it appear as if it is impossible to climb. However, with proper tools and equipment, it is fit for hiking for people of almost all types of physical fitness. This is due to the trail, along with many terraces and temples built by the Inca people, providing a convenient path to climb the mountain and enjoy the breathtaking landscape views, one of the main reasons why hiking is considered one of the best things to do at Mt. Huayna Picchu. You can also take plenty of pictures and videos of the beautiful landscape views and take a few moments to calm your mind and senses. It is important to note that there is a 400 person limit to the number of people who can climb the mountain. This is done to avoid any risk of fatalities and to give space to the mountain's excavations.
Not sure where to go next for the summer? Visiting Peru is a spectacular tourist destination spot that you can visit with your friends of family. The country has a rich history of the former Inca civilization, which was well known for incredible craftsmanship, religious life, and organization. There are also many things to do at Gate of the Sun that can pique your interest of its thousands of years' worth of history. The Gate of the Sun is a stone arch that was constructed by the ancient culture of Tiwanaku, the history of which dates back more than 1500 years. The arch is situated close to Lake Titicaca and the Bolivian city of La Paz. It has a height of 9.8 feet or 3 meters and a width of 13 feet or 4 meters, along with a weight of 10 tons. There are several inscriptions found on the stone, the meanings of which are subject to speculation. Most experts believe that it may have been used for astrological or calendrical purposes. Out of the things to do at Gate of the Sun, you can take plenty of pictures of its engravings including that of a figure of a man, which many experts believe to refer to a sun god.
If you feel like experiencing something new as part of your summer vacation experience, you should know that there are various things to do at Temple of the Sun in Peru. The Temple of the Sun is one of the greatest remnants of the Inca civilization that lived during the 15th and 16th centuries, which makes it all the more worthwhile visiting to explore centuries' worth of history. The temple is where the Inca people used to worship their Sun god by the name of Inti, along with other mummies at places known as royal tombs. The Temple of the Sun is a fascinating place to visit to explore its unique architecture since the Inca people were very adept at wide range of skills, particularly architecture and engineering. One of the many things to do at the Temple of the Sun is to explore its unique security system. The Inca people had installed a number of metal rings at the gate that operated to prevent common people from coming through to watch the rituals. Another interesting place to explore at the temple is the sacrifice center, where the priest, who was given the responsibility to perform sacrifice, used to kill many animals and use it as a means to avert disasters according to their beliefs and practices.
Summer is quickly approaching, and if you are not sure where to visit to give your spouse and children the ideal summer vacation experience, consider going to Peru. The country is replete with a wide variety of natural surroundings and places of historical significance that are every bit as entertaining as they are fascinating. You will be pleased to know there are various things to do at Ruins of Intipata, located on the Inca trail near Machu Picchu. On your visit, you will find many eye-catching platforms and catch the beauty of the sun setting over the many structures, giving you a breathtaking natural view of landscapes and its natural environment. The Ruins of Intipata are a remnant of the past glory of the former Inca Empire, a civilization known for crafting beautiful architectural masterpieces, in addition to religious practices and rituals and cuisine. The ruins are a series of large stone steps along with a staircase on which you can easily climb the steep hill and get a better view of the surrounding. Be sure to take plenty of pictures and videos as part of your things to do at Ruins of Intipata to serve as a great memory of your adventurous time at the site.


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This mod was developed to increase the quality and the quantity of the gore in Deus Ex, which will also enhance your gameplay experience, making it even more realistic. To have an even better gore quality, make sure you have installed the New Vision mod. GORE MOD 2.0 RELEASED! (October 26, 2012)
A very nice breath of fresh air for an older game. The original gore in the game was some what laughable. Upon being gibbed an enemy would explode into about four meat chunks. With this mod there is a very fine red mist, bones, and chunks when an enemy explodes.
This mod is just awesome and makes Ion Storm lazy for putting in crappy blood. Plus high-powered weapons + this mod = Awesome.
I will tell you guys the Pros and Cons.
Pros : Twice better Blood and gore than Vanilla
2 versions for low and high end PCs
More Blood value for each shot
Shotguns and this mod is epic.
Cons : The Blood can make some lag at some points
Blowing people up causes Lag
The blood spurt looks cartoon-ish
Could be make a bit better
Would've been Better with the Modern-ish Combat.
But Overall I give this mod a 8 because of some of the Cons.
The only thing though is that I haven't tested this mod.
Now that I have played the mod and Beta V2 I say, I am happy what I downloaded and applied beta to. Blood looks so much better in V2 than v1.
New rating is a 9.
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After the photographs of the Eiffel Tower, certainly one of the most photographed places in the world, now is the time to post some images of a beautiful, athough not so popular place, the Palais Garnier, a theatre also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier, Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra.
For those who want to visit the Opera check it out the official website of the Opera National de Paris – www.operadeparis.fr
That night my wife and I saw a beautiful concert of chamber music with pieces by Mozart and Mendelssohn, a night to remember. =^)
All the best,
Armando Vernaglia Jr


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Vizcaya – Longboat Key, Florida
The ultimate in luxury, Vizcaya Longboat Key condos are dramatically designed to captivate their homeowners. Beautiful and lush tropical plantings accent the buildings and create interest in the Mediterranean architectural style.
Built in 1997, there are 31 opulent residences at Vizcaya offering sweeping Gulf, Bay and golf course vistas. These condominiums provide homeowners from two to five bedrooms.
As expected in an exclusive gated luxury community, Vizcaya's amenities are outstanding. The complex offers a resort style swimming pool, , spa and sauna, gorgeous clubhouse, tennis courts, fitness room as well as private Longboat Key Beach access.
St. Armands Circle and Longboat Key provide residents many incredible specialty shops and restaurants. There is also shopping in downtown Sarasota as well as art galleries, antiques stores and cultural activities.


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But yesterday was different. I took my camera with me. I set out to photograph what I've cherished so much about this week--to witness the rising of the sun over the North Sea and the moon setting over the western hills. A quick turn of my head meant I could see and experience both of these morning moments at the same time.
Yet, having the camera with me change the way I walked, looked, and thought. Instead of being fully present, I was desperately trying to capture how the beauty of dawn was making me feel. And after taking photo after photo, I was feeling more disappointed with my ability to capture the moment with my camera. I just about convinced myself if only I had a new camera, a longer lens, a sturdier tripod, if only I could learn the art of photography, maybe even take a class, well, then I could capture this moment better. I could capture it the way I really see it. My frustration led to insecurity which led to disappointment which led me to question the way I was seeing.
By the time I turned on the path headed for home, I realized that before cameras, there were only words. And sometimes even words can't capture what you feel inside. Sometimes capturing beauty calls for an admiring silence, a small act of stillness. Sometimes just showing up is enough.


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The historic coastal city of Savannah is like no other, with its cobblestone streets, iconic tree-lined squares, and stately 18th and 19th century Southern architecture. The city also boasts a hip, trendy restaurant scene, and the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design. Skip the hotels and embrace the city's charming private residences by staying in one of our beautiful Savannah vacation rentals, where you'll feel right at home.
Further inland, also along the Savannah River, the mid-size city of Augusta is home to the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club. The artsy college town of Athens is home to the University of Georgia and is famous for its independent music scene, which spawned many bands including R.E.M., the B-52s, and the Drive-By Truckers. Georgia's capital city of Atlanta ranks as the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and is known for its tree-shaded streets; Craftsman bungalows; world-class restaurants, theaters and museums; soulful and groundbreaking music scene; its mix of historic and modern architecture; and for being home to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If you go, be sure to include a visit to the National Historic Sites documenting his life and activism during your stay.
Georgia is bordered to the north by Tennessee and South Carolina, to the west by Alabama, and by Florida to the south, so it's a great home base for exploring the beautiful South at large. And while you're in Georgia, make sure to sample the famous local peaches, pecans, and Vidalia onions!
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Brent Jerner recalls sitting in class at Atwater High School in the early 1970s, hearing the piercing sounds of bombers and tankers flying overhead to Castle Air Force Base.
"They rattled the windows and you could not hear when they came over," Jerner said. "The teachers would have to stop and you'd see the frustration on their faces."
The 58-year-old Atwater resident now owns a small piece of the former air base after the Board of Supervisors last week approved the sale and transfer of 2.40 acres of land to Jerner. The cost of the land was $60,000, according to county documents.
"To think 30 years later, I could have the opportunity to own some property," Jerner said. "Never in a million years did I think I would be out here. It's like coming full circle."
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Jerner said he'll use the land to expand his 10-year-old company, APG Solar. The Atwater-based business provides installation and maintenance of solar panels for industrial, agricultural, commercial and residential customers.
Jerner plans to build a 5,000-square-foot warehouse on the land for storage, with groundbreaking expected in six to eight weeks. The company employs 17 people but may add to the workforce as the business grows, he said, especially during the construction process.
Selecting Castle as a second home for APG Solar was a no-brainer for Jerner.
"Other places that I looked at seemed to have a graffiti and crime problem, and Castle has a good crowd that is starting to build businesses," he said. "The visibility is pretty good, and there's less potential of crime."
The transaction was surprisingly smooth, said Jerner, who expected a grinding bureaucratic process. His acquisition was the first under new legislation crafted by state Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres, to simplify land sales at Castle.
The bill got rid of the "cumbersome" public auction process that county officials said drove away potential buyers.
"In talking to a few others that attempted to do this in the past, I would say that Mark (Hendrickson, Merced County director of community and economic development,) and this new legislation made it easier," Jerner said.
Hendrickson said eliminating the public auction saved a few months and provided a guarantee to a potential buyer.
"The entity that was buying in the past had no security in knowing they are the one that's going to be able to purchase," Hendrickson said. "It was very counter-intuitive to how the private sector thinks. This gave us the opportunity to have a good-faith negotiation and conversation with APG Solar."
The expansion of a local company such as APG Solar represents economic development at its finest, Hendrickson added.
"This is a small business that wants to grow, needed space to grow and secured a site to do that," he said. "It's important to see small businesses like this grow. Small business and agriculture is the lifeblood of our community."