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You may edit my bases however you like.
You may not claim my bases as your own. You may however give out to the homies but you must credit me.
No profit may be made from any doll made on my bases unless I have given you permission to do so. To request permission please email me at email@example.com or send me a PM.
You must provide a link back to my Deviantart account when you display a doll that was created using one of my bases.
If you use one of my bases I'd love to see your work . You can email it to me or send me a PM with the URL to your work.
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Maine's creative culture is an understated and underrated contributor to our economy. But it wasn't until I became executive director of an arts venue that I became acutely alarmed by the conditions that endanger our arts culture.
The systemic threat continues by eliminating or dramatically reducing the funding for arts programs in schools. Developing the creative mind is important. Exposure to the arts is an essential component to creative problem solving and provides natural links to innovation, risk taking and entrepreneurialism.
When funding for the arts dries up in our public schools, only the community nonprofit arts organizations can take up the slack. Children explore live action or music that can never be replicated by playing video games on the couch. Elders who participate in art-based projects typically show significant improvement in their emotional outlook.
It is not easy being an arts organization. Few of us are flush with funding. Arts organizations must contract to the size that the economy will support. At the Chocolate Church Arts Center, we are working to adjust to this reality and strengthen our position as a resource for community involvement and appreciation for the arts.
This is a significant time of year. Now is the time to add music and theater and visual arts to the holiday traditions. And while faced with many opportunities for end-of-year donations, I suggest that investing in your local arts organization will garner a return for future enrichment for all of us.
Rep. Jennifer DeChant, executive director
Chocolate Church Arts Center

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It's an odd sight- Jadis the White Witch in slacks and a button-down shirt, fighting off a cold with ginger water and teasing her adolescent onscreen nemesis, Edmond Pevensie.
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," Edmond (Skandar Keynes) betrays his three siblings for the false lures of the white witch (Tilda Swinton)- Turkish delight, cocoa, and a chance to be king. It's hard to imagine Keynes, who mischievously admits to real-life siblings riffs- doing any such thing, and even harder to imagine the polite and charming Swinton embodying evil. Unsurprisingly, this talented duo- who talked Narnia will press in New York last month- pulls it off.
Q: So I have to ask- the White Witch vs. Lord Voldemort- who wins?
TILDA: Are you talking about a character from "Lord of the Rings?" Seriously, because I haven't seen "Lord of the Rings."
Q: Nope, "Harry Potter."
TILDA: I haven't seen that either. Sorry. (to Skandar) But you say, since you've seen "Harry Potter."
SKANDAR: White Witch all the way! But I haven't seen Voldemort alive yet.
Q: You guys have a ton of scenes together. Tilda, did you keep Skandar in line?
TILDA: That's where we're going - into the truth zone. No, it was very silly most of the time.
Q: Skandar, what did you learn from Tilda?
SKANDAR: When I first arrived on the set I was shoving food in my mouth and running around. I had just come from school and there were all these free soft drinks. And Tilda came on and she -
TILDA: I've taught him not to use the brand name of the soft drink.
SKANDAR: So then I saw Tilda come on, and she was cool and laid back and relaxed. I realized that maybe I should calm down a bit.
TILDA: I made a lazy clone.
Q: Skandar, what was the battle scene like for you?
SKANDAR: That was cool. I wasn't really in most of the battle scene, you'd have to ask William about that, but the parts I were in were fun. Edmund's true turning point is when he goes to stop the Witch.
Q: Do you enjoy playing bad characters?
TILDA: I'm trying to think of what bad characters I've played. You're going to say "Constantine."
Q: "The Beach."
TILDA: Well, "The Beach" is different.
S KANDAR: What's "The Beach"?
TILDA: You're too young, man. You're too young to see all my films. But that's (in "The Beach") a human, a fanatical human. I think that I personally have a problem with doubtlessness. I think doubtlessness is a problem. I really like testing that. The character in "The Beach" has that fanatical doubtlessness and becomes unstuck by it. The Angel Gabriel in "Constantine," even though the Angel Gabriel is the righteous one and is good and golden and warm and smiling but the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and ends up torching the place. The White Witch is the epitome of all evil. It's not even human. It's not even really in human shape. And she's cold. She really wants to dominate.
Q: How do you choose your projects?
TILDA: The people. It's always the people. I was spoiled so early on when I first started making films with Derek Jarman and I worked with the same team for nine years on seven different films and I learned early that it can be that good. It can be fun and it can be rewarding. A conversation with a filmmaker is what it's all about. The fact is that in the independent world it may take you five years to get a film off the ground, so you better like hanging out with these people. And then you're going to have to do this for probably another ten years to get the film to reach its audience. That's what I'm in it for, a feeling of friendship and comradeship.
Q: Can you tell right away when you speak with a director if it's going to be a good
TILDA: Yeah, if there's a kind of excitement in the filmmaker. Very often, I have to say, it's in a big-time filmmaker. The joke is that in the last year I have made two big studio films, but both of them have been with first time filmmakers. Francis Lawrence with "Constantine" and Andrew Adamson with this. They're the most highly funded first time filmmakers in history, probably, but still first time filmmakers are filled with an enthusiasm you cannot buy, and a first timer's mind is filled with "Let's give it a go." That's really a wonderful thing to get caught up in. I love working with people who just want to go on that kind of adventure.
Q: Skandar, Edmund betrays his brothers and sisters, so how do you make him likable?
SKANDAR: I don't think you're supposed to like him at first. You're not supposed to sympathize with him, anyway. It's when he gets redeemed that you like him. It was easy with Andrew's direction and the script.
Q: Is it easy to understand redemption at such a young age?
SKANDAR: I think so.
TILDA: There aren't many things Skandar Keynes doesn't understand. Anybody who has been mean to their sister - as any right-thinking sibling has - would understand the need for redemption.
Q: Tilda, are your kids are OK with their mom being the baddie?
TILDA: They're not interested in seeing the film. They're the only two tickets in the world, I think, that Disney is not going to sell. But I am thrilled about that. The young audience is, I hope, going to be backing away from me for the rest of their lives.
Q: Why don't they want to see it?
TILDA: They're not in the loop of all this. They don't watch television. They live up a tree. We keep them in a box. I want to say that they've got better things to do with their time and I look forward to Walt Disney publicity coming down on my head, but they have. They're not that interested, and it took me away from them for a bit. They call it "Lionel Ritchie's Wardrobe" anyway.
Q: I would go see that.
TILDA: I would too.
Q: After working is really nuanced character roles, how did you approach bringingreality to a character as over the top as this one?
TILDA: She's not a character in that she's not human. It's a free pass into all sorts of nonsense that doesn't add up. It occurred to me that there was a stereotype of evil out there that had never frightened me, certainly not as a child, which was a sort of stomping, shouting, hot variety. What I really wanted to look at was a thing that I think really frightens children, which is a kind of coldness. And a kind of unpredictability. The idea that somebody is not remotely emotional. Even when she shouts at him, she shouts because she thinks it will help. Children love knowing they're getting to you. You can't get to her. She's not even there.
Q: How did the icicle tiara come about?
TILDA: I'm not a believer in metal crowns and I thought it would be nice to see her crown. She is Narnia; she's this evil spirit and she needs some kind of semi-human form, so she just gives herself the shape and pulls in the side of a frozen waterfall for a dress and a bit of snow for a fur, and this ice crown. The idea is that as her power fades, the ice crown goes too. I just love that. I thought it was something to watch.
Q: What did you actually have on your head?
TILDA: A big old wig.
Q: The Stone Table was an amazing sequence. How many creatures were actually there and how many were added later?
TILDA: I don't know exactly the statistics, but it was a full on rock concert of the Iron Maiden variety, and it was packed.
Q: That must have been interesting- you're actually playing to minotaurs.
TILDA: Yeah. We're bringing out an album later this year. We're bringing out lounge music, the two of us. Sleigh Time. Winter Wonderland.
Q: Is there a character from literature or history that you would like to play?
SKANDAR: Maybe some assassin or something would be cool.
SWINTON: Maybe a remake of "Zoolander."
SKANDAR: Yeah, if they do a remake of "Zoolander" I could do that.
Q: So for both of you guys this is your first action figure movie. Unless I'm wrong, Tilda, and they did that playset for "The War Zone."
TILDA: I think it's still on sale. I love that idea. It's so sick. Video games would be next. War Zone video games. (to Skandar) And that's another one you can't see, so don't even ask.
Q: But this is your first action figure?
TILDA: Apparently, but I haven't seen it. Do you get it in cereal packets?
Q: McDonalds.
TILDA: You get it at McDonalds? Excellent. How wise they were not to tell us that before we signed the contract. In McDonalds what's the product? Is it an Edmundburger? What do they put on the food, what's the white stuff?
Q: Tilda, you helped produce "Thumbsucker." Are there more small movies like that on the horizon for you?
TILDA: Yeah. And I hope Disney will help. I love the idea that it's possible that a few people might go look for the films of Derek Jarman as a result of this film. Or that we might be able to get David Mackenzie, who made "Young Adam" - (to Skandar) which is another one you can't see either!
SKANDAR: Can I see any of your films?
TILDA: No.
SKANDAR: I've seen "Vanilla Sky."
TILDA: How did you see that, man? You're too young.
SKANDAR: It was on TV. I'm not too young for that!
Q: What's "Michael Clayton?"
TILDA: Michael Clayton is a film that Tony Gilroy is writing and directing and George Clooney's company is making in January. It's the same team that made Syriana and Traffic. It's about a sort of corporate corruption, whistle-blower story. I'm playing a corporately corrupt lawyer.
Q: You're a bad guy again.
TILDA: I'm a human bad guy. Yeah, deeply flawed.
Q: Skandar, have they talked to you about coming back for "Prince Caspian"?
SKANDAR: They probably have, but I can't remember.
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Topic 3 pre-call
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RDWG decided:
- not to distribute the pre-call widely, i.e., to wait for the more complete CfP for wider announcement
- if there are places where it would be appropriate to share the pre-call (e.g,. less formal lists), then send them to Shawn, or do it yourself and list them below (to help avoid cross-postings)
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COSTA MESA — The number of Newport-Mesa Unified students scoring proficient or advanced on state standardized tests continued its upward trend in 2011, according to data released Monday.
The 2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) statewide results shows the percent of students with an adequate or superior grasp of the curriculum increasing from the previous year by an average of 2% in English-language arts, math, history and science, according to the state Department of Education.
"I am pleased with the [state test] scores released today," said Supt. Jeffrey Hubbard. "It is another testament to the hard work of staff, students and parents. N-MUSD continues to move forward in addressing the needs of each student to achieve academic success."


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Frida Kahlo loved a particular Mexican dog breed, served Chicken Escabeche and collected small pieces of ceramic art.
As two exhibits about the famed 20th century Mexican artist open Oct. 31, the Heard Museum will present examples of all three and more in a celebration of her life, her passion and her art:
- On both Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1, museum members will be allowed to enter the museum and be the first to see Frida Kahlo—Her Photos and Las Favoritas de Frida: Selections from the Heard Collection, at 9 a.m., ahead of the public opening time of 9:30.
- Outside in the museum's Central Courtyard, DJ Carl Hanni will spin Latin beats from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31.
- At 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, visitors will enjoy a special pet parade featuring creatures once treasured by Ms. Kahlo. The xoloitzcuintle or "xolo" is one of the most ancient breed of dogs in the Western Hemisphere, originating in Mexico around 3,500 years ago. They were companion animals, healers, hunters, guards and bed warmers. Ms. Kahlo always had several of the hairless variety in her home. In the galleries see photos of the artist and her xolos in the Blue House courtyard in "Frida Kahlo–Her Photos" and find figurative xolos in "Las Favoritas de Frida: Selections from the Heard Collection."
- The Courtyard Café's fall menu includes a recipe for Chicken Escabeche, a dish she once served at her birthday dinner party consisting of marinated and chilled chicken breast, onions, carrots, sweet peppers, flour tortillas and peruano beans.
Museum tours are on a special schedule on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1:
- Free public guided museum tours are offered at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tours include the signature exhibit HOME: Native Peoples in the Southwest at 10 a.m. (Saturday only), 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., and a Highlights of the Heard tour (will not include Frida Kahlo–Her Photos) at 2 p.m.
Ms. Kahlo will be the subject of not one, but two celebrations of First Fridays at the Heard, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 6 and Dec. 4, during which the Heard offers free admission to its galleries:
- "Frida in Focus," Nov. 6: The night's fun will include a special choreographed performance by Liliana Gomez inspired by Ms. Kahlo. The works of the Phoenix Fridas, a local Phoenix arts collective, will be featured in a special mercado. Dance, eat in the Courtyard Café or sign up to get your hair braided Frida-style with a $10 donation. And the Heard Museum Shop presents Hispanic painter Ruben Galicia, who will demonstrate his art 6 to 8 p.m. in the Central Courtyard.
- "¡Fiesta con Frida!," Dec. 4: Kick off the holidays by experiencing the flavors of Frida Kahlo's favorite recipes. Savor an incredible, one-time only fiesta spread re-created by the Heard Museum's Courtyard Cafe. Enjoy a mariachi band and dancing, a piñata and a Frida Foto Booth with special props of which Ms. Kahlo would have approved. Reservations are available online at heard.org with special discounted ticket prices for Heard Museum members. And Wichita jeweler Fortune Huntinghorse will be in the Heard Museum Shop from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Secretary of State John Gale welcomes officials, students and musicians from Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) to the State Capitol. They came to Lincoln as part of the Xi'an Jiaotong University Week, Nov. 13 – 16 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a celebration hosted by the Confucius Institute.
The group had the opportunity to tour the Capitol, and then met with Sec. Gale. They remarked that in China, they would never have the chance to meet a high government official so they were honored to have that opportunity in the United States.
Xi'an Jiaotong University is one of the top universities in China with programs in science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, art, law, philosophy and education. In April of 2012, Xi'an Jiaotong University opened an American Exchange Center, to further foster the relationship between the two countries.


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TrailBlazers Hiking ClubNovember 11, 2017
8:00 a.m.
TrailBlazers Hiking Club will hike Seven Hollows Trail at Petit Jean State park. This is a really beautiful 4.2 mile trail with "super scenic spots" nearly every step of the way! It has lots of bluffs, boulders, waterfalls and a natural bridge. Trail is rated moderate. Bring lunch and water. Sign up on web site, thcfs.com, or call 479-646-9562 if you plan to attend. Meet at Cloverleaf Plaza parking lot in Van Buren at 8:00 AM to carpool and/or caravan.
Event Location and Contact Information:
Petit Jean State Park
1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road
Morrilton, Arkansas
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ATP Iceland has announced onsite camping at the ÁSBRÚ festival site - a former NATO base located in Keflavík, Iceland.
The site is unusual and cinematic, with various hangers, runways, and air traffic installations still visible from ÁSBRÚ's former life. ATP Iceland inhabits the Atlantic Studios hangar space with the main stage, also using the base's cinema and Officer's Club for the film programme and festival after-party. Tours of the base are also available for those who wish to do some daytime exploring.
The experience of camping on the base is an attraction in itself, as well as providing an additional option for those who didn't pick up an accommodation ticket.
Says ATP founder Barry Hogan: "Being camping virgins, ATP has decided to break their camping cherry in Iceland this summer. The people of Iceland have spoken, and after the numerous requests we have have had, this seems like a natural solution for ticket holders."
Says ATP Iceland organiser Tómas Young: "We are super excited to be able to offer for the first ever ATP campsite in Iceland. This is at the height of summer in Iceland so the timing couldn't be better. The accommodation options sold out very fast so in order to allow more folks the opportunity to get to the event we decided to listen to the fans and do a campsite onsite which is very reasonably priced. This will also allow all those traveling from Reykjavík and the local area to join the party without worrying about driving, and camp at ATP!"
Campsite access for the duration of ATP Iceland July 10-12 is 15 GBP/ 3000 ISK. These tickets are available on www.midi.is. In addition Rent-A-Tent offers guests their services with pre-pitched tents and guests can also buy various accessories. To book a tent with Rent-A-Tent go to www.rentatent.is. The Rent-A-Tent staff will be on duty 24/7 during the festival for assistance and they will charge and look after their customers electronic devices free of charge. The campsite is for ATP Iceland guests only.
Festival tickets are available in various combinations, to include access to the Neil Young & Crazy Horse show, and various tailored shuttle bus / camping option HERE.
Buy your campsite admission HERE
Visit Rent-A-Tent to check out their range of tent hire HERE


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The goal of the Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence is to create a coordinated community response to domestic and sexual violence in Ravalli County, Montana. Guided by the work of seven committees, the Coalition works to end intimate partner and sexual violence in our community through collaborative intervention, prevention and primary prevention projects. To learn more about the Coalition, e-mail
- Jamie Ogden, Coalition Programs Manager
- Lacey Taylor, Coalition Coordinator
The Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence formed in 1998. That year, people signed on to create a community coordinated response to domestic violence in Ravalli County. In the decades since, many of the Coalition's original members have stayed active and new faces have joined. The Coalition is currently comprised of seven committees: Children's Issues, Legal Issues, Medical Issues, Religious Issues, Workplace Issues, Community Education, and Primary Prevention. In 2009, the Coalition undertook a reorganization to develop guiding principles and practices for its work. As part of this process, each committee developed a long-range action plan. The Coalition held its first member retreat and community training in the fall of the 2009. The Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence is, proudly, one of the oldest and most dynamic community coalitions in the state of Montana.
Coalition Principles
As members we agree the following principles are central to our collaboration and community work
The Coalition is comprised of seven issue-oriented committees
- Children's Issues (2012) – works to increase the capacity of the community to identify and respond to intimate partner and sexual in ways that enhance both safety and well-being; offer services that support the prevention of further IPV and SV for those families who have experienced violence; and, support the development of healthy relationships as an aspect of overall health and well-being.
- Community Education (2009) – works to increase the capacity of community members to address intimate partner and sexual violence, identify the conditions that support intimate partner and sexual violence, and take action to prevent intimate partner and sexual violence.
- Legal Issues (1998) – works to increase safety and accountability in the legal system, and lead legal professionals to respond to intimate partner and sexual violence with fairness, support and respect. Works to lead the legal community in effective and knowledgeable collaborations and promote both legal resources and healthy relationships.
- Medical Issues (1998) – works to lead the medical community to respond to intimate partner and sexual violence with the highest quality clinical and compassionate response and to support and promote healthy relationships as a part of overall health.
- Primary Prevention (2005) – works to prevent the first-time perpetration of intimate partner and sexual violence by supporting healthy relationship education in local schools, building the capacity of schools and parents to model and support healthy relationships, and facilitating youth engagement and leadership to prevent violence.
- Religious Issues (1998) – works to lead faith communities in efforts to support and promote safe and healthy relationships.
- Workplace Issues (2006) – works to lead employers to create safe, supportive work environments for survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence and their co-workers, and to promote healthy relationships.
To request additional information about the Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, e-mail
- Jamie Ogden, Community Programs Manager
- Lacey Taylor, Coalition Coordinator
Children's Issues
Community Education
Legal Issues
Medical Issues
Primary Prevention
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Update on 11/25/2007: today this article presents mostly historical interest. Since Dojo 0.2 a lot of versions were published and many things were changed. At the time of this writing Dojo is at ripe 1.0. I had to disable all Ajax action in examples because I don't use Dojo 0.2 anymore.
What is Filtering? It is a selection of items using some criteria (filter). In this tutorial I am going to filter documents of my blog (made with Django, of course) matching titles against user-specified substring. Later on I'll talk about generalization of this approach.
Just like a big boy I am going to use Custom Manipulators, which can be avoided, but I want to show how to use it.
We all want to improve end user's experience. To improve usability I'll put a little "live" in it using Ajax (courtesy of Dojo) later on. You can see for yourself how simple it is.
Django's ORM provides several ways to do a substring search: contains, icontains, startswith, istartswith, endswith, iendswith. Which one should we use? Let's do all of them. I am going to create a separate function, which will take user's input as parameters and returns a string of rendered items.
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As you can see the code is extremely simple. This function takes a module (e.g., documents), a field's name (e.g., 'title'), a method (e.g., 'istartswith'), and a template name (e.g., 'blog/documents_filter'). Notes:
- In real life I would put a limit on number of returned items, but I know that my blog contains ~60 documents, so I am not going to do it for the sake of clarity.
- It is possible to add extra parameters like ordering, additional restrictions (e.g., by time frame), and so on.
- It is possible to use different lookup function using parameters.
I'll leave it as an exercise for readers.
Let's take a look at the template I am going to use in this tutorial.
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It is super simple. I added some style names to be able to style this output with CSS, if I need to. Basically it is a list of titles of my documents presented as a list of references to actual documents. Yes, I don't like get_absolute_url(), but decided to use it in this tutorial for simplicity — if you want to adapt my code for your objects, don't forget to define it, or use some other methods.
I think we are ready to write a view. But first we have to define a custom manipulator using a handy cheatsheet.
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I am going to present a form with a text input element (user's substring), a checkbox (case sensitivity), and a select element (type of lookup), and a hidden field (output format). Now we can write a view.
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Again manipulator-related code is taken from Custom Manipulators. This view calls our simple_filter() function using user-submitted data constructing method parameter from case and type. The results and the form are passed to a template. Let's take a look at it.
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It uses my predefined template. The meat is in content block. It defines a form, which submits data to its own URL using GET. It includes 3 controls defined in our manipulator. The hidden field is not there because I don't need it. Two more buttons are defined: reset and submit. There is a placeholder for filtered objects. Let's add this view to our URL table. You can see it in action here: /blog/filter/ (will be open in separate tab).
Let's test it now:
- Type in "new" and click submit.
- Switch to "contains" mode and click submit.
- Uncheck "case insensitive" element and click submit.
It works beautifully. Using GET gives us unique URL for each unique combination of parameters. You can even bookmark it (for IE guys: place in favorites) or send it to your friend.
Aren't you tired to hit submit each time? It gets kind of boring, if you want to narrow down your search. We desperately need Live Filtering. Please note: we need it to improve usability, not for splashy effects.
Live Filtering
Let's download Dojo 0.2.1. I used so called "Widgets" build. After deploying it on our server (untar it), we need to include dojo.js file. Dojo will take care about the rest. Let's write our widget in separate file. It will be fun! I don't expect we will write our widgets frequently. Most probably we will use ready-made stuff. But in order to understand how it works, let's write this one.
First of all we need to declare what we provide: LiveFilter widget, of course. More precisely we provide HTML version of it. For simplicity I am going to use existing "dojo" namespace. Obviously Dojo has no idea how to include it automatically. Well, for now I will include this file manually when I need it.
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Now let's declare what we are going to use: widget infrastructure (we are going to define a widget) and i/o facilities (we are doing Ajax!).
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We are ready to define a widget.
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This code defines a name of our widget, initializes its base class, and sets a widget type. We need to define our public parameters. There are two things I want to control:
- When user types in a substring, it is stupid to do trips to a server after every keystroke. It may overload the server, and it is extremely distracting for users. Typical way to do it is to wait until user stops. What is a good timeout value? Everybody types with different speed. In real life commercial environment it makes sense to measure it using real users and typical situations. The problem is that short timeout wastes resources and may introduce flickering, while long timeout will give a sluggish feel to your web site. In most cases 300ms to 500ms are good values. I am going to use 300ms as my default value.
- Our widget needs to know where to put asynchronously fetched results.
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Two parameters are defined:
- delay — defines a waiting period in ms (default: 300ms).
- results — defines ID of a container element (like
<div>) for results (default: "results").
Now we need to define internal variables to support our business logic. Basically we have several scenarios:
- User modifies data, no active i/o → set a timer cancelling previous timer, if one exists.
- User modifies data, there is unfinished i/o → mark that data was modified during current request.
- Timer completes successfully → submit data, clear internal state variables.
Additionally we need to know where our form is. Do we need to bother with overlapping i/o requests and possible modification of data during the one (rule #2)? We can live with rule #1 and #3. Yes. But let's keep it realistic.
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Four variables are defined:
- this.formNode — our form element
- this.timer — current timer
- this.inflight — true, if there is an active i/o request, false otherwise.
- this.resubmit — true, if during active i/o request user modified data, false otherwise.
Now we are ready to write onchange handler — the heart of our widget.
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It implements rules #1 and #2 directly. Successful timer will call submit() method. Let's define it too.
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Now this is a very interesting method. It sets internal variables to indicate that i/o is active and calls dojo.io.bind(). Let's examine all parameters of the latter.
- url — defines a callback url. I use the one from the form. But how are we going to distinguish between normall call and asynchronous call? Wait, there is more.
- method — defines how to do a callback. I use the one from the form. Of course our view assumes GET, but what if we decided to change it to POST? We don't want to rewrite the widget for such tiny change.
- formNode — the source of data — the form node. All controls of the form are going to be packed and transferred to a server. (Note from my legal department: certain restrictions are applied). It is uber cool!
- We don't need to worry how many fields we have in the form
- We don't need to worry what their types are.
- We don't need to worry what their names are.
- Use any form!
- content — a dictionary, which defines additional content. Aha! This is our hidden field defined in the manipulator! We don't need to put it in the form. We don't need to modify the form at all. We can add it on the fly.
- Now we can separate regular calls, and asynchronous callbacks.
- load — calls a method, when data is available.
- error — calls a method, when something went wrong.
Let's define onload method.
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It puts data (AHAH, or HTML fragment) in the container using dojo.byId() function, indicates that i/o request is finished, and calls onchange method, if we need to resubmit our data.
onerror method is a virtual clone of onload.
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I think you had no trouble understanding this one.
Now it is time for a big beast: initialization of the widget. Normally it is small. But I wanted to make it generic, so here it goes:
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What it does, it retrieves a form node, and subscribes for relevant events of form's controls. It watches for "key up" for text controls, "change" for switchable controls, and "click" for buttons (a reset button). Basically this is the second part, which makes our widget completely independent from controlled form.
The rest is simple: we have to close the definition of our widget, complete inheritance chain, and register it with Dojo.
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Whew! You can see the result with my comments here: /appmedia/dojo/LiveFilter.js
Now we are going to add one more view.
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You can see that it is practically identical to our previous view: an if statement is added, to produce a partial output.
Let's modify a template.
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Again it is virtually the same! I added a reference to my script (dojo.js is included in the super block) and marked a form as being a Dojo widget. That's it! You can see it in action here: /blog/live/ (will be open in separate tab).
Let's play with it like we did before:
- Type in "new".
- Switch to "contains" mode.
- Uncheck "case insensitive" element.
- Click "reset".
- Search for something else.
- Click "submit" — the form works like it did before!
- Turn off JavaScript (QuickJava Plugin for Firefox is very handy for such testing) and try it again — it downgrades gracefully.
Now go and add it to your web site.
Actually I don't have a conclusion. But I have these random notes:
- Real implementation should handle security:
- Set a limit to number of items you return from your view.
- Validate your input data. It is very easy to do with validators.
- I use a standard Dojo "Widgets" profile, which is overkill for this simple code. Custom build will reduce downloadable size significantly. Don't forget this option, if you plan to do something like that on your production site.
- Q&A session:
- What if you don't want to monitor all controls? One solution is to add custom (silent) classes on controls and check them during LiveFilter initialization.
- Can you use it in several forms? Sure, why not.
- How to specify extra parameters, like "duration"? Just add duration="500" to your form. Purists may use dojo:duration="500", or create a special XML element for LiveFilter. I don't really care for it, so I didn't try it myself.
- Does it work with XXX browser? I tested it with Konqueror (it has some weird annoying problems with caching), FF1.5 (works), IE6 (works but it may have some slight problem with "onchange" events), Opera9 (works). In all cases fallback mode worked without problems. I don't have Mac, I didn't try Safari.
- It is not realistic enough! My goal was to show how to do it and what's involved. I cut corners left and right to make my code comprehesible.
- If you show your results in a pop-up div, you will have an autosuggest widget. Yes, it is going to be a poor man's autosuggest widget. It is better to use existing ComboBox widget. It handles selections correctly. Go to look at it, and you will notice the difference.
- I don't want to see my results as a stupid list! Nobody forces you to do so. Write another template for simple_filter() and generate a graph, a table, whatever you like.
- What if you don't want to monitor all controls? One solution is to add custom (silent) classes on controls and check them during LiveFilter initialization.
If you have questions, suggestions, improvements, and so on, you can find me on Django mail lists. Of course, you can always write me a private e-mail. Thanks for reading.


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She immediately began to wash which means instant love for this fussy old girl!
An thrifted old pure wool men's sweater/jumper that I have washing machine felted so it's thick and strong.
With a few seams, a bit of stuffing and a couple of buttons.
Absolute luxury. A very warm and cosy bed for our aged cat Annie who will be 13 next week. You can see the flecks of grey in her coat but her health is good and I'm sure she'll love this bed during winter. She's sound asleep in it now so I think that is a good sign that this project is a winner. This was an idea I've had kicking around in my head for a while, just had to find the right sweater/jumper.


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Raymond LaCasse had just completed his studies in Paris and was on his way home, to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, little did he know sharing a taxi with a beautiful stranger would change his life in ways he could have never imagined. He couldn't get the beautiful woman out of his mind, long after she had collected her belongings and left the taxi they'd shared on the way to the airport. Who was this gorgeous woman? He wished the drive had been longer, so he could have spent a longer time in her company. He'd get his wish, but not in the way he'd imagined.
Gabrielle Descotte, a model by profession, had agreed to assist her brother in carrying out an illegal feat. She loved her brother dearly and would do anything for him, but when she met his intended target, Raymond LaCasse, she swiftly had a change of heart. She now had to choose, her brother or the man who occupies her every waking moment, to the exclusion of all else.
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Baloch-Mufti selfie mania going beyond terse humour
RAWALPINDI: The social media sensation Qandeel Baloch on Monday took internet by storm as she shared a couple of selfies of herself with Mufti Abdul Qawi before ridiculing the cleric on different TV channels. A selfie shows Baloch posing with Mufti, sitting next to him. The second picture shows Mufti holding a cell phone to his ear and Baloch wearing his hat, standing close to him. Mufti told Geo News that during an earlier encounter, Baloch had expressed her desire to meet him in Karachi. "She wanted to have a meeting in order to get rid of a magic spell. She put my hat on her head, and took a selfie while I was busy on phone," he said.
"She asked me to arrange her meeting with Imran Khan as she wants to discuss the treatment meted out to her by some people during PTI rallies. Since I am the head of PTI's religious wing, I agreed that I would talk to Imran Khan," he said. However, Baloch gave a quite different account of the meeting she held with Mufti Qawi. "Why would I ask for a meeting with him…in fact, he had told me during a TV program that he would like to lay his eyes on my face before witnessing the moon of Ramazan," she said.
"He told me, forget about Imran Khan as he is 65 and too old for me… he said I am 50 years old and an age gap of 25 years between us is not a big deal," Qandeel Baloch said, breaking out in laughter. Pakistan's media watchdog has frequently issued show-cause notices to TV channels and imposed hefty fines for what it said violation of the code of conduct. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) took two TV shows off the air last week. The regulator also censured some TV channels for indulging in the ratting race. However, Baloch has claimed that Mufti Abdul Qawi had put in the request to meet her at the hotel he was staying in.
"The Mufti said, 'I want to see you before the Eid moon,'" added Qandeel, who also claimed that the religious scholar had "proposed" to her during the meeting. Meanwhile, a Senate standing committee members burst into laughter when Senator Hamdullah said Qandeel Baloch should be made a member of Ruet –e-Hilal committee.
Hamdullah took a jibe at Mufti Qawi, who also is member of the committee. He said if ulema like Mufti can be a part of committee who make selfies with Baloch then the latter can also be accorded membership to Hilal committee. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Yousuf replied, "If you recommend, then they would include Baloch in Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. We will send this matter to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)."
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief spokesman Naeemul Haq distanced his party from Mufti Qavi. In a Tweet on Tuesday, Haq denied that Mufti was head of PTI's ulema wing. "The head of ulema wing of PTI is Mufti Saeed not Mufti Qawi. PTI dissociates itself completely from Mufti Qawi's behaviour," he said. In a second tweet, he said that the funds for Madrasas will be given over five years and will be monitored closely for curriculum modernisation and quality teaching.


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
I am perfect!
7 comments:
- Cat from Raspberry Rainbow said...
Yes, you are perfect and you do have SO MUCH to offer. You are more powerful than you realise.
Don't listen to them!
The Universe is such a better place because you are in it, Sarah.
- May 3, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- x S.K.K x said...
Thank You so much Cat! I'm sad I let a few people question myself! But happy my eyes have been open :)
- May 4, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- Positive & Inspirational Quotes said...
Wow...wonderful Sarah...& yes, you are perfect just the way you are!! Your blog is beautiful thank you for sharing! xoxo, Melanie
- May 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Hayley said...
I think you are perfect just the way you are xx
- May 16, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- x S.K.K x said...
Aw Thank You Melanie and Hayley!
- June 5, 2011 at 12:32 AM
- jess☆ said...
what a beautiful way to start my day this morning :) so glad i accidentally stumbled upon your blog! thank you for inspiring me to feel good today!
- June 8, 2011 at 7:50 AM
- x S.K.K x said...
Wow Jess I am so happy this spoke to you! I always just write how I'm feeling and love that this made you smile!
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Grant Bage is still, it seems, waiting for his man.
People who regularly visit this website or follow Turnstile Blues on Twitter [@Turnstile_Blue in case you don't – Ed.] may know that, six weeks ago and on behalf of our collective, I wrote an open letter to Marcus Evans [ In Name Only ] For new readers, Marcus is Ipswich Town's 'mystery millionaire owner'. My mates mocked but deep down and secretly, I hoped for a reply: did the owners of the Club care as much about the fans, as the fans care about the Club?
Much has happened since then of course: the chief executive's post filled by a pair of Chelsea-supporting Tractor Boys, court appearances pencilled in for two of Town's top players, season tickets held at current prices for anybody who donates all their organs via a ten year debenture to the Club; and by the way, some great results and gritty performances from a squad brimming with loan players. All of which undeservedly still finds Ipswich Town only four points away from 'local' derbies next season with Stevenage, Leyton Orient and Colchester United (if they stay up).
Are such events one-off coincidences, or symptoms of a deeper and more dangerous decline? I honestly still feel uncertain but sketched below is an update since that open letter was sent, followed by musings not only about 'Marcus', but about modern football.
Being a reasonably polite sort of guy, I e-mailed a link to the original open letter via the public contact for the Marcus Evans Group, as supplied on its website. Their reply is reproduced exactly below, in its full and robotic glory:
On 10 Feb 2013, at 19:46, gleave parsons <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote
Dear Mr Bage
Thank you for contact marcus evans
Our representative will get in touch with you shortly
Marcus's representative did not 'get in touch shortly' so five days later and on Valentine's Day I sent a reminder. OK, my e-mail wasn't exactly romantic, but it was heartfelt:
Date: 14 February 2013 21:30:39 GMT
To: gleave parsons <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: marcus evans group enquiry
Hello there, whoever you are.
It is disappointing to have waited five days and not heard anything back yet, so I thought I should get in touch again. The reason I e-mailed in the first place was because Marcus Evans will be interested in an invitation from myself and a group of friends, to talk about Ipswich Town Football Club. Actually we have written that invitation at some length, around 2,000 words, and posted it on a public website. You can read it here http://www.turnstile-blues.co.uk/
If you want to leave a comment there is a section at the end and there are two comments already. But to be honest the invitation is more a personal one to Marcus Evans – to the man who owns the group which owns the football club that we all love. Marcus has put a lot of money and effort into his ownership over the last five years: it would be great to hear more from him directly, about his plans and dreams for the next five years.
We have sent the same invitation to the press office at Portman Road and unfortunately they have not replied yet either. It would be pleasant, and polite, if somebody could get back to us. We will be publishing the invitation in a magazine quite soon, bought by lots of Ipswich fans and therefore customers of The Marcus Evans Group. We were also hoping that in this magazine, Marcus might reply in person. People would be very interested in what he has to say.
We look forward to hearing from you.
I will leave you to guess, over forty days later, whether there has been a reply. Yet oddly and promisingly, the programme notes for Ipswich's next home game offered the unusual prospect of some thoughts 'from the owner'.
Although these notes have been hilariously analysed on this website [Not From the Owner] to me at the least they read like they have been genuinely written by 'Marcus'. In a style I imagine to be authentic amongst international multi-millionaires, paragraph after paragraph on the first page mused mostly about: money, business and financial fair play. Given that ITFC owes the Marcus Evans Group nearly £70 million, it may of course be a good thing that Marcus likes talking mostly about money. But deep amongst the financial foliage at last on page two there peeped out a reference to us: the Club's customers, its lifeblood, loyal fans, the diehards … or are we just cash cows, and mugs? Marcus wrote:
'I am … fully committed to … ensuring that we keep an open line of communication with our fans.'
I could not help but think, perhaps churlishly 'well then it would be nice if you answered the letter we sent'. That is not just because 2,000 words take a long time to write. It is also that in good faith, the next issue of our fanzine (By Mutual Consent on sale at Portman Road before the match on 30th March – see here for details ) reserved two blank pages. These were to set out the reply that we honestly expected from Marcus, or the Marcus Evans Group, or the new managing directors, or the press office or just from anybody at Ipswich Town football club who might have been listening, to the polite and sensible questions we thought we had asked.
I say 'polite' because many of us stand in the North Stand, and have done so for years. We could have just chanted, Marcus, in the brusque fashion of us football fans:
'Who are ya, who are ya, who are ya..?'
We didn't and instead we thought, we argued, we researched, we wrote, we published and now because we care passionately about the lifelong security and prosperity of Ipswich Town I (at least) am begging. Answer our queries and listen to our fears. Please understand why there is a larger movement coming together to question the way in which Modern Football works. People are joining the Football Supporters Federation [ http://www.fsf.org.uk/ ] Supporters Direct [ http://www.supporters-direct.org/ ] and the Ipswich Town Independent Supporters Trust [ http://ipswichtownfirst.wordpress.com/ ]. They are campaigning for owners to charge lower and fairer prices for tickets [ http://wp.me/p2KvgD-4j ], for clubs to consider letting supporters stand, for fans to have a voice on the Board and shares in their club. Perhaps Marcus, you could actively and personally continue strong Ipswich traditions of encouraging fair play, good citizenship and a social conscience from the players you employ? With rewarding players fairly but sustainably, both to win games with style but also to lose them, with grace? You are the owner Marcus and for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, fans are married to the future of a Club that happens to be in your current care and under your leadership. So please, prioritise the Academy. Encourage stewards to come down hard on violent, racist, homophobic or any other nasty and threatening behaviour. Equally tell them to stop nicking our beach balls, they are only a bit of fun. Above all smile sweetly at Saint Delia, whilst making us better than Norwich.
OR if that sounds too radical Marcus, make just a small change right now. Ask somebody senior from the Club to recognise honest concerns and genuine questions, and to answer them. It really won't hurt. Just take a deep breath of that bracing Orwell air, look left at the North Stand, stare deep into our eyes and imagine us singing:
'Marcus, Marcus give us a wave, Marcus, give us a wave;
Marcus, Marcus, give us a wave: Marcus, give us a wave…'


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Reed sensors are magnetic feedback sensors. There is an electrical switch which is operated by an applied magnetic field, and the sensor as a whole contains a pair of contacts on ferrous metal reeds in a hermetically sealed glass envelope. The contacts may be normally open, closing when a magnetic field is present, or vice versa. The switch may be actuated by a coil, making the reed switch return to its original position. With force from each rotation of the lead screw and position of the linear actuator stroke length, the reed switch will open or close. TiMOTION specifically uses their Reed sensors inside the handsets with a safety key function to send a signal when the key has been removed.
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Yesterday two things happened that reminded me just how much the Internet has changed the way we communicate. The first was about physical distance and the march of technology. The second, how the Internet has removed some structures and replaced others.
Which makes it all sound so much grander than it really was.
Event 1 : Wooo, tech!
First, let me tell you about 1996. I was at University in Leicester, spending way too much time with nerds, watching too much SciFi and "dating" a girl in Alberta.
A normal day during the holidays would start with dialing in to the University SLIP (this was just before we got Dial-up) and using Telnet to check my email in Pine. We only had one phone line, and after 8am cost money, so it was very much a quick peek. I spent the day pretty much out of the loop, unless someone sent a message to my pager – and then the conversation was pretty much one way, since I hated payphones. At about 4pm, Sky One showed their daily shot of Star Trek : TNG and I spent 45 minutes watching Tasha Ya caress her computer and Deanna Troi accuse everyone of hiding something (and wondering why, if the computer was so clever, it needed to be told that Earl Grey should be served hot). At 6pm, my grandmother would finally wrestle the remote control from my hands and I'd go and tie up the phone lines again, dialing back in to the University system to chat with friends – either as a group via a MUD or one to one in the fantastically confusing "Talk", where both parties had equal rights to type things in the same box. Finally, at about midnight (when phone costs dropped again) I dialed about 20 numbers (plus an international phone number) into the phone so that I could spend £5 on ten minutes chatting to this girl in Canada…
Fast forward 15 years to the day…
Yesterday, just before work, I went to the coffee shop to get, well, coffee. While I was waiting, my phone chirpped three times – once to tell me I had a new email, a second to tell me my brother wanted me, and a third time to tell me Earl Grey should be hot.
The day before, I'd called a UK service provider (tax/utilities/insurance type thing) to tell them to cancel my brother's service. Only – they wouldn't talk to me because I wasn't my brother (we'll ignore the fact they only knew this because I said I wasn't). He would, they said, have to ring them to say he wanted it cancelled – but they only had an 0870 number, which can't be accessed from abroad.
Using my leet ninja nerd skills (ahem) I got the unlisted number, sent it to my brother and told him to sort his own shit out. That second chirp was my brother, on a computer smaller than my 1996 external hard drive, IMing me, on a device twice the size of my 1996 pager, yet more powerful than the 1996 PC, to tell me that he'd just used Skype to call the provider (for free) to tell them he wasn't a UK resident any more.
It struck me that, barring the whole space travel bit (which, lets face it, wasn't a major part of TNG), tech was now more like Star Strek than it was like 1996. Hell, if you believe the Apple adverts, Siri has a better grasp of English than Enterprise's computer.
Event 2 : Twitter
On a completely different subject, when did sending celebrities weird messages stop being the actions of a stalker?
Last night, while watching the BBC's frankly fantastic Only Connect, I posted a message to twitter…
SodiumLights : Why are this week's #onlyconnect teams dressed to match their backgrounds? Is round 5 hide and seek? Even @VictoriaCoren is at it… [LINK]
This morning, I woke up to find my phone desperately trying to catch my attention – someone had mentioned me on twitter…
VictoriaCoren : @sodiumlights I'D LOVE THAT TO BE ROUND 5. Unfortunately, I refuse to wear my glasses and we've only got half an hour.[LINK]
When did this happen? When did it become normal for people making random observations about TellyLand have TellyLand respond to them?
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... And then there was one.
As Atrios notes over at Eschaton, the N.Y. Times, in an editorial, mentions the fact that the thoroughly Right-Wing Authoritarian Dubya is insistent on getting his most whacko candidates confirmed for maladministratin positions. When Congress pushes back and says, "Hooo, you're craaaaaazzeeeeeeee!!!", he just gets more determined.
So we have this (from the editorial):
When Mr. Bush refused to withdraw the Bradbury nomination, the Senate's Democratic leaders decided to stop processing other controversial nominations.But the editorial continues:
At this point, according to a review by Politico.com, the election commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board and the National Labor Relations Board do not have enough members to do their jobs. Scores of federal judgeships are vacant. The Council of Economic Advisers is down to one adviser.
This is bad for the country. Mr. Bush should withdraw Mr. Bradbury's nomination, replace him at the Justice Department with someone committed to upholding the law and take Mr. Reid's offer.I've got news for them. That's what some in Congress thought they were getting a while back. But I have just one word for them: "Mukasey"....
Thanks, Chuck and Dianne.
FWIW, the editorial concludes thusly:
The president's hyperpartisanship and my-way-or-the-highway arrogance is now close to paralyzing his own administration.Maybe that's not a bad thing....


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Atmosphere Range: 100-400/1/2km
Damage: 4D
Proton Torpedo Launcher (optional)
Fire Arc: Front
Fire Control: 0D
Space: 1/3/7
Atmosphere Range: 50-100/300/700m
Damage: 9D
2 Autoblasters
Fire Arc: Front
Fire Control: 1D
Space: 1-8/25/40
Atmosphere Range: 100-800/2.5/4km
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Description: The Resistance used a model of transport composed by parts taken from different craft during the conflict against the First Order. One of these vehicles was carrying Leia Organa and her entourage at the end of the Battle on Takodana.
The transport was cobbled together by Resistance technicians from parts with different purposes and origins. The ship was controlled from a repurposed B-wing Mark II cockpit module that was locked in place and restructured to allow for a docking hatch. The B-wing's life-support systems and portside deflector shield projectors were relocated to within the adjacent cowling, which reduced cockpit visibility and forced the pilot to use holographic visual displays and a sensor suite. Engine pods were taken from Republic-era Montura-class shuttles, as they were sturdy and reliable. Faster-than-light travel was allowed thanks to two knockoff S/min-12a hyperdrive, a miniaturized model engineered on the base of First Order designs. Passengers traveled inside two modular compartments found aboard freighters and cut-price starliners. These compartments were connected and encased with a shell of surplus hull plating. Cockpit was linked to passenger area thanks to a tunnel.
Although it was usually escorted by starfighters, the transport could defend itself. The standard armament consisted in a Gyrhil R-9X heavy laser cannon, but sometimes other weapons were added: an ion cannon, a proton torpedo launcher and two autoblasters beneath the cockpit. In the standard version a precision targeting laser helped the pilot. Cockpit and weapons pod were protected by deflector shield generators salvaged from B-wings, while their overlapping fields shielded passenger compartments.
Passengers in the compartments, both troops and commanders, shared space with gear lockers and astromech droids.
The transport was used by the Resistance in its conflict against the First Order. Its use was to deploy troops on ground, after being escorted by fighter to reach the surface. One such craft hosted General Leia Organa and her entourage when the Resistance rescued Han Solo, Chewbacca, Finn and the droid BB-8 on Takodana. The transport reached the ground only when First Order forces led by Kylo Ren had been already put to flight, and General Organa could speak with her husband after the end of the battle.
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What is a DRO?
A Debt Relief Order (DRO) is an alternative to bankruptcy which lasts for 12 months. In order to qualify for a DRO you must not own a home, have assets of less than £1,000 (excluding a vehicle), eligible debts of under £20,000 and a monthly disposable income of less than £50.
For 12 months, while the DRO is active, you will not be required to contribute towards the debts which are included in the DRO. Any remaining debts will be written off after 12 months, providing you still qualify.Continue to the next section How does a DRO work?


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Junior & Senior High Youth Groups
Our goal for youth ministry is to support and come along side families as their children grow in the knowledge of our Savior and His Word for us. We do this through regular Bible study, fellowship activities, weekly worship, and service projects. We have monthly activities for both Junior High (Grades 6-8) and Senior High (Grades 9-12) students. This group also participates in LCMS district and national youth gathering events. Contact Deaconess Phaedra Serbus for more details on current activities at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Puppet Ministry
Sundays 10:15 a.m.
The Puppet Ministry is a team of talented and dedicated youth that periodically introduce Sunday School session with an original skit that peaks interest in the lesson to be taught that week. The puppets, designed and sewn by a St. John member, talk about what is going on in their lives—their problems and their joys—and how they find answers in the Bible to deal with the bad or good situations they face. The puppets use lots of humor to engage the audience. The Puppet Ministry also performs during Vacation Bible School, on Rally Day, and at other outreach events in the community.


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I have updated my post on cartoonist Derek Bauer as I noticed that the image links were broken due to their source site being taken down - therefore, I've uploaded scans from my own book. Bauer had a big influence on my style and the keen-eyed will see where I've cribbed from him. Hope you enjoy it.
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Perhaps it was Rachel Comey who did it–who made me fall in love with the wooden heel. It was this shoe from her spring 2010 footwear collection that inspired me to "spruce" up my shoe collection. But alas, I had to choose between paying rent or looking chic–oh New York. Those Carrie Bradshaw-illusions feel so early 2000s, now don't they?
Since then, my taste has evolved. I'm not sure I like fringes or wedges as much anymore, but I am still head over heels in-love with the wooden heel. There's something fantastically mid-century furniture-esque about the contrast of leather and wood, paired together like an Eames lounge chair. I went shoe-shopping last weekend and found myself in Park Slope's only acceptable shoe store, Eric on Seventh, and stumbled upon fierce wooden heeled-oxford-pumps blurring feminine and masculine, casual and dressy. Basically, it was my kind of shoe. The price–though not cheap, was doable. And it was definitely the most comfortable in its category. And here's the shocker: These shoes were Timberland's. The same brand that the hip hop streetwear community embraced in the 90s. Wait a sec. TIMBOS? I have a pair of Timbos at home but they're mustard-colored construction worker shoes that I purchased to be quirky. These Marge lace-ups emanated something totally different–elegance and timelessness. But after a little research, I found out that Timberland does carry a luxury line of footwear that includes various wooden-heeled brogues, lace up pumps and boots, and more. Anyway, loving them!
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program of walks and talks
South of Sydney CBD
Macquarie Uni and UTS Ku-ring-gai
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Stripped Classical style buildings, overlain with an extensive
program of Art Deco derived embellishments.
The building was designed by W Hayward Morris with the assistance
of Robert Casboulte and completed in 1930. It is very formal
indeed, the well-proportioned main façade comprising
a central projecting porch with fluted giant order columns,
gently curved on one side, symmetrically flanked by rows of
windows separated by fluted pilasters and terminated by blank
expanses of wall.
The exterior is clad in sandstone. The interior is no less
formal, the major spaces being two double height exhibition
halls on either side of a spacious vestibule. The courtyard
became a quadrangle in 1999 with the construction of the very
respectful and self-effacing section of the building that
faces Liversidge Street, which was designed by GHD Architects.
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Columbine High School Performance Arts Boosters (CHSPAB) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization run by volunteers. CHSPAB was formed to provide support for the Theatre and Vocal Music Performance Arts at Columbine High School.
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The rolling hills of the Heart of England, where the Cotswolds meet Shakespeare country, is a fertile landscape for country house hotels. Add stylish rooms and a Michelin-starred kitchen, and you have Mallory Court, a triple threat Relais & Chateaux manor house in the Warwickshire hills near Stratford-upon-Avon.
The entry drive rolls up to an ivy-covered golden stone mansion, trimmed with low bright plantings, and whose gables, mullioned windows, and tall chimneys mark the style of Sir Edwin Lutyens, major British architect of English country houses. Built in 1915 for a retired cotton magnate, its transformation from private home to public hotel followed a circuitous route: it was restored in 1976 and turned into a restaurant with rooms, then developed in stages as a hotel over the last twelve years, with the addition of a two-floor wing of bedrooms, then more bedrooms and meeting facilities, and finally a casual restaurant, its second dining room.
The 30 bedrooms are all individually styled, from traditional country English to standard contemporary, most of them looking out onto the ten acres of velvety lawns or formal gardens. Nice touches include, for instance, a pair of apples on a small tray with three tiny Mason jars of dried fruits and nuts.
The handsome dining room is oak paneled and carpeted, with brocade window treatments, leather and plush dining chairs, heavy cutlery and crisp linens. All signs of serious dining.
Chef Simon Haigh came to Mallory in 2002 from his Michelin-starred restaurant at Inverlochy Castle in Scotland, and promptly earned a star at Mallory, which he has kept for nine years with his contemporary British cuisine. Trained in traditional French techniques, he uses the seasonal produce of the surrounding agricultural region, as well as Mallory's own kitchen gardens.
A three-course dinner presents two choices per course; for instance, cream of parsnip and apple soup or tuna carpaccio, dressed crab, oriental dressing; Pan-fried escalope of cod fillet, brandade ball, and curried lentils or fricassée of Label Anglais chicken, and Périgord truffle risotto; desert might be a selection of British and Continental cheeses with biscuits and plum chutney or blood orange mousse and pannetone pain perdue (£45, including coffee and petit fours).
The Brasserie, in a former groundskeeper's cottage, is light and airy, with a glass roof and smart art deco style, plus a walled garden for al fresco dining. It's casual and informal, with an à la carte menu to fit. Soup and salads, fish and chips, pastas, and a few meat and fish dishes, among them braised rabbit leg, roast pork fillet, sirloins. Prices are gentle, with starters about £6 and mains often less than £15.
The Brasserie is also the place for lunch and afternoon tea, as well as party central for Mallory, with Thursday evening "Jazz at the Braz."
Mallory's leisure activities include an outdoor pool, croquet, and tennis, with horse riding, golf, fishing, hunting and polo nearby.
Lack of an onsite spa is no disadvantage, as the hotel has arranged for a nearby spa to bring its therapies and beauty treatments into the guests' rooms. It's an amazing menu of offerings:
- Four different facials and skin refining treatments (generally 55 min/£75).
- Specialized scrubs and wraps, among them de-stress muscle release; detox reviver, rebalancing back treatment, and hydrating cocoon (generally 50 min/£70).
- Swedish Massage (55 min/£75; 85 min/£105) and The Real Aromatherapy Experience, specially perfected relaxation therapy incorporating Swedish, neuromuscular techniques, spinal pressures and foot reflex points (50 min/L80; 80 min/L110).
- Maintenance treatments, among them manicures and pedicures.
Mallory Court is well situated to explore the Heart of England: Kenwilworth and Warwick Castles; Ragley Hall, an elegant Palladian House in 400 acres of Capability Brown parkland to which a roster of notable British architects contributed; Compton Verney, a new museum with England's largest collection of British folk art; the Heritage Motor Centre motor museum, with the world's greatest collection of British cars, and, of course, Stratford just eight miles away, and productions at the marvelous new Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Mallory Court, Harbury Lane, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, 01926 330214, www.mallory.co.uk. Double rooms from £148, including breakfast and VAT.


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Massage Therapist Careers
Becoming a certified and licensed massage therapist will open the door to many interesting career opportunities. Massage therapists are employed not just at spas and salons, but at fitness centers, chiropractic offices, cruise ships and hotels, and in alternative health care practices. Some are even employed in corporate wellness centers. Massage therapist careers rarely conform to the typical 40 hour work week and provide lots of schedule flexibility.
If you begin your massage therapy training assuming that you will work in one field, you may find a specialty area that suits your style more favorably. Even if you are planning to start your own massage therapy business, it is helpful to know what areas you could possibly specialize in down the road and plan you massage therapy training accordingly.
Massage Therapist Careers
Here are some of the possibilities in massage therapist careers:
Spas: Typically a massage therapist will need to know basic Swedish massage, as well as deep tissue massage. Learning specialty massage treatments such as hot stone therapy can be advantageous. If you are interested in doing spa treatments such as body wraps and scrubs, weekend continuing education classes are available in most geographic locations.
Sports massage: Work on staff for a sports team, at a gym or fitness center or in private practice. Requires special sports massage training. Training in active isolated stretching is also useful.
Deep Tissue Massage Specialist: Deep tissue massage is used in spas, chiropractic offices and anywhere where clients are in need of chronic pain treatment. A must have for private practice!
Infant Massage: Learn and teach infant massage to new parents at hospitals and birthing centers or for new mom support groups. Infant massage also requires specialty training that is not offered in most therapeutic massage training programs.
Corporate Chair Massage / On-Site Massage: This type of massage has gained popularity over the past years as large corporations have implemented wellness programs to benefit their employees. Typically paid for by the company, the massage therapist performs a 10-15 minute mini-massages to corporate clients in a specially designed massage chair.
Hospitality: Work on a cruise ship, hotel or vacation resort. This is a perfect job for a massage therapist who loves to travel.
Geriatric Massage: Massage is incredibly helpful for managing chronic pain and easing depression in geriatric patients. This is one of the least-served areas and wide open for new, compassionate massage therapists.
Chiropractic Massage: Work on site for a chiropractor doing trigger point, neuromuscular therapy, isolated stretching or deep tissue massage. This is a wonderful way for a new massage therapist to get experience working with specific muscle groups with guidance from a doctor. In some states, this type of massage is covered by insurance. You can be paid by the specific client or by the chiropractor.
Massage Therapist Careers: Specialty Training
Most massage therapists have a personal area of interest that determines the direction of their career. Do you feel called to help people in chronic pain? Or is your priority helping people relax? Do you prefer working with the elderly or in a medical environment? Or would you be more comfortable in a spa environment with low lights and soft music?
Where ever you choose to work, there are some specialty massage disciplines that might interest you along the way. The more you know as a massage therapist, the more marketable you are to clients and prospective employers.
Consider specialty training in:
- Shiatsu / Acupressure: Although this is standard in many massage school curriculums, not all states require it.
- Lymph Massage / Lymphatic Drainage
- Cranio – Sacral Therapy: This is an amazingly powerful but gentle form of bodywork. It focuses on adjusting and aligning the bones of the skull and sacrum.
- Visceral Massage: Focuses on massaging the organs of the abdomen.
- Energy Work: Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Polarity Therapy, Chakra Balancing
- Equine Massage: If you are a horse lover, there is a huge market in some areas for equi-massage therapists. People are not the only creatures who can benefit from massage!
- Rolfing / Structural Integration: Rolfing requires in-depth training and certification that may be more demanding than traditional massage therapy training. Rolfing realigns the body through manipulation of the connective tissue (muscles and surrounding fascia).
- Reflexology: Reflexology training is standard in some massage school curriculums, but if your training doesn't include reflexology, consider taking a weekend continuing education class to learn this relaxing and marketable modality.
Massage therapist careers offer flexibility to the practitioner and a wide variety of possibilities to expand and grow in your knowledge and skills for years to come. You are sure to enjoy your challenging and rewarding career as a massage therapist!
Wow fantastic hub information. I love it.
If you have a good experience and educational qualifications degree then you can earn a good amount of money as a massage therapist. A massage Therapist can earn $ 60 per hour. The requirements of massage therapists being increased day by day. There are many places where massage therapist can work. A massage therapist can start their own clinic or you can work at massage parlor, fitness centre, physical therapy offices and many more places.
Be sure to choose a reputable and thorough course to best suit the massage therapist career for you.
Very informative hub. Well done amy jane..
This sounds like a good career especially if you are a people person. I have had a massage with the hot stones and it really helped relieve stress.Thanks very nice info.
Hey great information thanks. I was wondering did you see many men in this field? This is something I've always enjoyed doing for my wife, mother, sister and even sister in laws. You know how the man thing is so my brothers always shyed away. I have just always been a touchy kinda person and it always gives satisfaction helping someone feel better. Hey lets face we all tend to put our bodies thru a lot of stress some times and a good massage can really be relaxing!
A good and useful article indeed. You have made sincere efforts to give compehensive information to those who can think of choosing this carrer. This also helps other readers to recognize the strain taken by massagers to train themselves.
In india,A bachelor degree course is available to train people in such profession.Now those colleges are more.Ladies are also taking that course. It is a four year course.
Great overview! I have a friend who is learning to be a massage therapist. I'll forward this to her.
That's a whole lot more than I knew about this - thanks!
Very informative and educative hub. Thanks.


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5 Flirting Mistakes Every Girl Makes
Flirting is the best and most effective way to let a guy know that you're into him. It demonstrates confidence and the guy can see your intriguing and feminine side. However, if your flirting goes overboard it could backfire and the result could be disastrous. Take my advice… if you really want it to work, then avoid these 5 flirting mistakes every girl makes.
Never Play Mind Games
Playing hard to get is what every girl does to a guy. It may work on a few occasions, but any kind of guy has his self-respect to keep up to. He will obviously not go chasing after a girl who is interested in playing games. It's always better to show a little interest in the guy or else there are many fishes in the sea and he might just move on.
Also read: 7 Tell-Tale Signs That A Guy Is Flirting With You
Stop Being 'The Forever Damsel In Distress'
Men often like it when a woman asks him for help. He feels like he is being helpful and his inner hero comes out. However, make sure you don't go overboard and keep asking him for help; otherwise, he will feel that he is being used and will instantly back away from you. Men don't like chicks who nag too much.
Also read: Tips on flirting
Don't Get Too Clingy
[caption id="attachment_15134" align="alignnone" width="373"] Men don't like girls who are too clingy or possessive.[/caption]
Men literally don't like women who are too clingy or possessive. If you are holding your man's arm when he is talking to friends, ensure you don't get jealous or possessive and take him away from them. The most important thing is, if you see him talking to another girl, please don't get too clingy or else he will think you're a psycho.
How Touchy You Get
Always be careful how touchy you get with a guy. Touching him incessantly may lead him to think that you are looking for a fling and not a serious relationship. Also, try to limit or avoid the use of sexual jokes, because again it will make him think that you are only interested in hook-ups. If you're really interested in a hook up, then by all means please go ahead and do the aforementioned.
Also read: Tips To Flirt With That Cute Guy
Avoid Giggling Non-Stop
[caption id="attachment_15135" align="alignnone" width="359"] Control your laughter. Don't go overboard.[/caption]
Men do appreciate it when you laugh at their jokes, but if you're overdoing it he can easily make that out. If he cracks a horrible joke, you don't need to laugh only to impress him, because he knows when he has cracked a PJ. You'll only end up making a fool of yourself in front of the entire crowd. (Note: Girls who giggle for no rhyme or reason are also a big turn off for guys.)
Flirting is a game of the minds. If you play your cards right, I can guarantee you can impress any guy that you set your eyes on. Flirting is not an art, it's a skill.


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|Thamserku from the high route between upper Pangboche and Phortse
The High Route from Pangboche to Gokyo
The route between the Gokyo valley and the Khumbu valley is normally done through the high Cho La pass which connects Dzongla in the Khumbu to Thangnak in the Gokyo valley. However for those who do not want to cross this high pass there is a another alternative - using the high route from upper Pangboche to Gokyo. In October 2016 a South Col Expeditions team walked this route on our return from Kala Pattar and Everest Base Camp.
Upper Pangboche 3950m to Phortse 3880m
On returning from Kala Pattar/ EBC before Pangboche village there is a trail with a sign which leads up to Upper Pangboche. This is a beautiful village with a few lodges surrounding a monastery. After a cup of tea at one of the lodges near the monastery follow the trail to Phortse. The trail follows the side of the hill and climbs up and down often making steep ascents and descents on stone staircases some of which are quite steep. As you skirt the hill you can see below the lodges of Devoche which you would have passed on the way up to the EBC. Further south the monastery of Tengboche stands on top of a hill below the high route. This trail has brilliant views of Ama Dablam, Melangphulang, Kangtega, and Thamserku and to the north Everest and Lhotse as well.
The trail finally climbs to a small chorten from where the village of Phortse lies below.
Upper Pangboche to Phortse 2 hrs 30 minutes to 3 hours
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Phortse 3880m to Na 4400m
The trail from Phortse climbs steeply out of the village and reaches a big chorten on top of a hill at an altitude of 4270 metres. The trail then descends and ascends soon after skirting the hillside and reaches a deserted village Ghengo in around 20 minutes. From here the first lodge is the Kangtega View at Thore at a height of 4390 metres. This is good tea break. If you are walking from Upper Pangboche you could make a night stop at Thore after lunch at Phortse.
From Thore the trail drops in around 30 minutes to reach the single Tashi Friendship Lodge in Thare. From Thare, the trail drops gently first and then does a brief climb to an old mani stone whose inscriptions have all but vanished. There is a junction here please take the trail going down into the valley - it is also marked with a white arrow and you can see the single blue roof of the lodge at Na ahead in the valley. The narrow trail now meanders through rocks, scrub, and streams climbing gently up the valley. Towards the end of the walk it climb up through rocky sections and then descends to a small bridge below the single lodge at Na.
Phortse to Big Chorten 1 hr 30 min to 2 hrs
big Chorten to village of Ghengo 20 minutes
Ghengo Village to Thore Kangtega View Lodge 40 to 50 minutes
Thore to Thare 30 Minutes
Thare to Junction 45 minutes
Junction to Na 1 hour
View from the Big Chorten abover Phortse looking towards Na and Gokyo
|Lookinng down at the lodges of Dole on the walk from Phortse to Na
From the lodge at Na a small and rocky trail leads down to the river and crosses a bridge in around 30 minutes. Across the river higher up you can see the lodge of Pangka and the peak of Machermo. The trail from the bridge leads up to the main trail to Gokyo. Then comes a number of steep ascents following staircases clinging to the side of the hillside. A sharp bend to the left crosses a small bridge over a foaming stream and the first lake of Gokyo appears. Behind this lake is Kangtega and Thamserku reflected in the still waters. At the head of the valley, Cho Oyu one of the 8000 metre giants appears. The trail then climbs gently for another 30 minutes to the 2nd lake and ahead the steep climb to the Gokyo Ri can be seen. Passing the second lake the trail follows the hill and in around 45 minutes the 3rd lake and the lodges of Gokyo are visible.
Na to 1st lake of Gokyo 75 to 90 minutes
1st lake to 2nd lake 30 minutes
2nd lake to 3rd lake 45 minutes to 60 minutes
|The sole lodge at Na
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Another light and fluffy blog day to wish you all a super and safe 2015! I promised you flowers!
To continue on with my few short segments on the strange things I have found growing in my garden….. Hopefully you'll find a few surprises amongst them and learn a little too! Thanks go (yet again) to the guru who has planted many strange things over the years and found, by trial and error, which are the "fittest" for our climate and soil!
Introducing: Exhibit B: Bergamot (Monarda Citriodora)
I could give you details, but I think the picture says it all!
Happy New Year, thanks for being part of our journey and for supporting Terra Perma Design through a year that has seen so many changes.
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Metal Studded Shoulder and Collar Slim Shirt
Hand made studded slim fit shirt strongly recommended to fashion-setters. Excellent find and buy for a good price!
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Medical questions & health advice by board certified doctors
"Does the Lipo Laser affect one's ab strength?"
I'm thinking about getting the lipo laser procedure done because I want to sculpt my midsection. But I'm worried about the effect that the laser could have on the surrounding muscles. I want to have strong abs. Does the lipo laser affect the strength of your muscles at all? I don't really know how it works.
Many liposuction procedures are done throughout the United States every year. These procedures all work by removing and sculpting the fatty tissue overlying the abdominal muscles. As such, the lipo laser as well as all other liposuction techniques should not cause any damage to the underlying muscles. Of course, as with any procedure, there are risks associated with having this procedure done. One risk is that the underlying muscle is damaged during the procedure. There is also bruising that can be very common and painful after the procedure. So the lipo laser would not affect the strength of your muscles in any way, although some of the techniques used to sculpt the fatty tissue can leave the impression of strong abdominal muscles when in fact it is this fatty tissue that is sculpted to appear as though you have a six pack. This procedure is usually done by plastic surgeons and they would be the best physicians to give you more information on the risks and benefits of this procedure, and what nonsurgical alternatives are available. A good diet and exercise are also important to improving your overall health and will help you obtain the physical form that you are looking for.
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Old habits die hard, and we all have a habit of wanting to buy things we wear at physical stores. This can include glasses and contacts, but in my opinion, this can be a mistake, at least in so much as it concerns your wallet. For the lowest prices, the best place to buy contact lenses or glasses is from online stores.
Take contact lenses as an example. I go to a store called Lens.com, where I get a low price guarantee on the contact lenses I purchase. In addition to that, I'm usually able to find some Lens.com coupon codes from sites like Couponleaf.com. The end result is that I end up paying less than half the retail price for my lenses.
The same is true for eyeglasses. If you buy from a store like Pearle Vision, you should expect to pay a minimum of $200, even for a mediocre pair. If you go to an online store like AC Lens, however, you can purchase glasses for as little as $20 or $30. You may automatically dismiss such lenses as cheap, but don't make that mistake. I have purchased cheap glasses online that outlasted designer frames that cost ten times as much. And in terms of the way they look, you couldn't really tell a difference.
Not everything that's cheap is good, but in the case of glasses and contact lenses, I have found from my own experience that cheap is the smart way to go.