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IF YOU FOUND that post deleted, it wasn't a Gremlin, it was me. It began this way:
THEY WERE DISCOVERED before the first years of the Second War, and they were found first in the Royal Air Force. Aircraft engines would run just fine on the ground, then quit on takeoff; the radios would work well in the hangar, turn silent in the air; brakes would work perfectly, but on the next landing, one of the brakes would fail completely.
They drove ground crews and pilots mad, they did. Until one mechanic gave them a name: gremlins. They were so popular in those days, invisible little guys who didn't mean to kill the pilots, just have a little fun with them. And there were a few anti-gremlins, too. Some planes came back from missions in the war with six feet from a wing missing, an elevator gone, three engines stopped and one running just enough to make it home.
When the war quit, so did the employment for the gremlins. Lucky me, I had a rare team of them in a P-51 I owned briefly. The supercharger failed at altitude, brakes sometimes stopped, the engine would overheat just after takeoff, to spray glycol over the windscreen so that I had to look past the oily glass to land. Of course the radios were inop in the air. The other planes were fine, the '51 had this earnest family of gremlins. It was such an easy aircraft to land until once I put one wheel in the dirt on landing and the '51 wrecked itself in the sagebrush. One anti-gremlin felt sorry for me that day…by his courtesy I wasn't hurt and what was left of the airplane didn't blow up.
Then, years later, computers came along, and when they arrived, those unemployed gremlins moved in the hearts of some of the young human beings who liked computers. Their name changed. They weren't called gremlins, any more. They were called trolls.
Just like the gremlins, they didn't intend to hurt people, but to have a little fun with us. Rarely would they damage one's computer, but nearly always they'd find a public forum, bury it, spangle it with coarse what they thought ought to be adult language. Nothing much happened, save that people who didn't care for their black and white words left the fora, turned their attention elsewhere.
Of course trolls don't often, don't ever, I hope, find a place on this site. They try, but so far no luck. It wasn't till I looked at the filters that I saw hundreds of spams caught in the spam-webs. I caught a troll or two…
… and then the post went off where I didn't want to go, about some plans for the site that I realized did not belong here. So I deleted the post, and forgot that it would show up on your computers anyway.
Everything's fine, this was just a mistake of mine, which happen so rarely they they seem to be the work of gremlins.
Thank you for your patience.


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some 500 slokas, an archaic language and an extinct literary form. Composing an epic in Sanskrit, combining erudition with imagination, is quite a literary feat in the 21st Century.
Based on The Mahabharata and with Bhisma on centrestage, Nalini Kanta Misra has composed his epic Devabratacharitam. Recognising this extraordinary scholarly effort, the Government of India has nominated Misra for the Certificate of Honour this year.
Though Bhisma had a pivotal role, I felt that he was sidelined in Vyasdevs Mahabharata. There, he has been perceived as an efficient army general and a good worker. I wanted to highlight his heroic qualities in my work, says the veteran scholar.
Through six years, Misra pored over Vedavyas epic, culling material on Bhisma, and penning more than 450 slokas. The work came out in print in December 1999.
In 10 cantos, I have tried to trace the physical and spiritual growth of this intriguing character and the inspiration that drives him to celibacy from his birth till the coronation of the Pandavas. I am now working on a sequel focusing on the latter half of Bhismas career till his death. At age 72, Misra certainly seems indefatigable.
Learning and teaching Sanskrit is ingrained in me. Both my father and grandfather were veteran Sanskrit scholars, is how Misra explains his affiliation to the devabhasha (gods language).
After schooling till Class VI, he was shifted to a tol for indepth knowledge of the language. The tol imparts exhaustive training to learners, unlike the colleges, says Misra, whose career later took shape as an inspector of tols. He has toured the length and breadth of Bengal, researching and filing reports on the tol tradition to Bangiya Sanskrit Siksha Parishad.
This apart, Misra has taught at Sanskrit College, from where he had graduated, and in the Sanskrit departments of Calcutta, Burdwan and Rabindra Bharati universities. He was also deputed as the principal of Mugberiya Bholanath Rashtriya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in Midnapore.
In a rich career spanning a few decades, Misra has translated and published three Puranas, including the Devibhagavata, in Bengali. He is currently editing a book on the Dharmashastras.
Apart from the Presidents award, he has been bestowed with the degree of Mahamahopadhyay as well as the titles of Nyayaratna and Kavyaratna for his contribution to Sanskrit studies.
As of now, Misra is waiting for the red-letter day when President APJ Abdul Kalam would hand him the Certificate of Honour.

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What sets Cape Fear National® apart from other golf courses in the Wilmington area?
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The course features over 1,500 linear feet of bridges, three separate waterfalls, several ponds, strategically placed rock walls, drive-through sand waste areas, and beach bunkers that run into the ponds. More than 1.5 million cubic yards of earth were moved to design Cape Fear National®.
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Cape Fear National® is a fun course to play and is aesthetically unmatched in the Wilmington area.
What features are consistent with Tim Cate designed golf courses?
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Every shot needs a challenge, visual interest and difficulty level. I am always 100 percent dedicated to each project, ensuring that the course exceeds my client's expectations. I am constantly tweaking the course until the day it is grassed. A great deal of thought and creativity goes into each and every hole.
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Which do you feel is the signature hole on the first eighteen?
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There is a giant berm that runs along the far right side of the entire hole. That berm features native grasses, wax myrtles and wildflowers that really make it stand out. There is a waste bunker that runs between the fairway and the berm until about 60 yards out from the green where it crosses between the fairway and the green.
The cypress marsh also frames a couple of the holes on the course.
Golf carts travel through the waste area for the majority of this spectacular hole, with a pond running along the length of it. Grass bunkers are strategically placed beside the pond to keep the ball from making it to the water if traveling along the ground. There is plenty of mounding around the green complex to accent this large target.
However, all of the following holes would be considered contenders for the signature hole designation: five, eight, nine, fifteen, and seventeen.
What tips would you give to golfers playing Cape Fear National®?
Pay close attention to your yardage book and don't bite off more than you can chew. I hope you enjoy playing the golf course as much as I enjoyed designing it.
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South Africa Test captain, Graeme Smith will not be playing in the 2011 Airtel Champions League taking place in India from September 23 to October 9 2011.
The Proteas medical team have withdrawn Smith as a precaution, after he underwent arthroscopic surgery to his right knee on Friday July 15.
"Graeme has been given a six to eight week recovery period after a successful surgery on Friday. His knee injury is an old one that was aggravated during the IPL and the surgeon successfully managed to debride the cartilage thought to be causing the problem in his right knee.
"Although his rehabilitation period will be over by the time the Champions League commences, we feel that he will not be match ready at the time. He will now undergo a guided rehabilitation programme in the coming weeks and hopefully he will recover in time for the start of a very busy International summer," said Team Manager, Dr Mohammed Moosajee.
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Do you use Twitter for social media marketing?
How are you using Twitter for your brand?
Did you know that the #1 reason brands use Twitter is for Brand Awareness. Brand Awareness is the first phase of Social Media Marketing.
Twitter's just had it's 8th birthday – the service was launched on March 19th, 2006 (although it didn't open fully to the public until July of that year).
Twitter Statistics
- Total number of active Twitter users – 650 million
- Number of new Twitter users signing up everyday – 135,000
- Number of Twitter search engine queries every day – 2.1 Billion
- Percent of Twitter users who use their phone to tweet – 43%
Most people have heard of hashtag, but what is a hashtag?
The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. Anyone can create a hashtag and search by one.
Using hashtags to categorize Tweets by keyword:
- People use the hashtag symbol # before a relevant keyword or phrase (no spaces) in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets and help them show more easily in Twitter Search.
- Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets marked with that keyword.
- Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet – at the beginning, middle, or end.
- Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics.
Example: In the Tweet below, @eddie included the hashtag #FF. Users created this as shorthand for "Follow Friday," a weekly tradition where users recommend people that others should follow on Twitter. You'll see this on Fridays.
Using hashtags correctly:
- If you Tweet with a hashtag on a public account, anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your Tweet
- Don't #spam #with #hashtags. Don't over-tag a single Tweet. (Best practices recommend using no more than 2 hashtags per Tweet.)
- Use hashtags only on Tweets relevant to the topic.
What is a retweet?
A retweet is someone else's Tweet that you chose to share with all of your followers. You can use our built-in retweet feature or you can manually retweet content by copying and pasting it into a new Tweet of your own. Both are outlined below.
How to retweet without adding your own commentary:
- Hover over a Tweet.
- Click the Retweet link, highlighted below.
- A pop-up will show you the Tweet you're about to retweet and will ask you to confirm.
- Click the blue Retweet button.
- The Tweet will then be shared with all of your followers!
How to retweet and add your own comments (RT):
- Copy the content of the Tweet you'd like to share. (Note: this only works if the Tweet is much shorter than 140 characters. We recommend using the official retweet button.)
- Open a new Tweet box and paste the content into the message.
- Add the letters RT and the Tweet author's @username to show that it's a retweet and isn't your own content.
- Add your comment at the beginning of the message, as shown below.
- Click Tweet to post the message to your followers.
Twitter Marketing
If you really want influence on social media or on Twitter, in particular, you have to respond to people. You can't just be a broadcaster. It's called social media for a reason.
There's a whole community of people that are your ideal clients out there.
- Talk to people
- Share ideas
- Ask questions
- Sharing is caring
So re-tweet other people with good content. They will start to share your content, and guess what?
This drives traffic and ultimately sales your way. So it's important that you engage with people. It's really important.
Listening is also so very important. You're like, "Well, how does this drive traffic to my business?" One of the great things about Twitter is that, one, you get instant feedback to your tweets from those who are following you, and it's important that you listen to what they're saying. When I say "listen," it could be, one, they're physically responding to you, they're re-tweeting it, or you get no response, and that is dead silence, but that's actually telling too.
Events are big. I see so many people missing this particular tip, so I really wanted to highlight this. Anytime that you have an event…
- Whether it's a webinar
- A speaking engagement
- A podcast
- Training
- New Products
You can literally share this several times a day on Twitter.
But the beauty of Twitter is that the lifespan of a tweet is about 30 seconds, probably max, and you can share things multiple times with your audience because the chances of the same people seeing the same content are probably fairly small.
So, if you have a webinar and it's next Tuesday and you really want to get the word out, you could set it up to where you're sharing that on your Twitter profile three to four times a day.
Don't be afraid to promote yourself and your brand. Sometimes we get so caught up in being useful and sharing great content that we forget to tell people that we have something for sale. So don't omit the promotion piece. Weave your marketing message into your tweets, and make sure that people know what it is that you do and what you're selling so that they can buy from you.
It's huge, I see so many people and it's either one extreme or the other. They're either out there promoting themselves 100% of the time, or they forget to promote themselves at all. So make sure that you have an 80/20 mix of great value. Promote yourself about 20% of the time, whether that's on Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn or Twitter or literally any platform.
Remember to tell people what you have for sale, because they can't buy from you if they don't know what you have for sale. That's an important piece if you really want to create sales using social media.
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The Real Reason For Post-Holiday Diet Failures
OK – the holidays are over for another year and the damage is done!
We Americans tend to celebrate Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Christmas and the other end-of-year holidays with meals. And we kick off the whole "eating season" with Halloween candy for appetizers.
Then when the New Year rolls around, we notice a roll around our waistlines. We moan. We make resolutions to reduce. We might try a diet and give it up quickly.
Why? Because dieting is unpleasant, it's difficult to stay on the plan and everybody knows that the weight just comes right back.
One pre-holiday article showed some data that 80% of people gain weight back after dieting.
Only 80%? I have seen other studies cite as much as 95%.
There are plenty of ways this can happen, but the one I hear about the most in "real life" is that life on a diet was so horrible that people slip back into their previous habits.
No — it is no surprise that weight comes. Last time I heard of this (from a patient, not on the internet) was from someone who tried an allegedly healthy "detoxification' diet, involving eating nothing but lemon juice for a couple of days.
Boy, I would have been tickled to see real food after that one, and probably put on a few pounds with just sniffing it.
There are dangers, too, especially if diets are followed too long.
Surprise, surprise!
The idea of breaking the myths that there are times in life when weight is put on by everybody is a good one.
Excuses are easy. Life change is hard.
Oh, how delicious to blame it on hormones.
Maybe, maybe more research —
But until then, I seem to have done the experiment on myself.
Cutting calories, increasing exercise – nearly killed me! When I had to lose a lot of weight quickly to join the Army, I went this traditional route and screwed up my immune system. I ended up in the hospital, temporarily blind (it could have been permanent but my Guardian Angel prevented that).
It would have been a lot easier to listen to my body and take more food. I might have avoided going blind from ocular herpes. My body was trying to tell me to increase food intake, as I felt pretty rotten and just got worse from there. I was in denial all the way to the hospital. I wanted to make good and thought I was doing the right thing.
Losing and gaining back weight is a cycle called "The Yo-Yo diet" phenomenon – and it is real.
Most doctors don't know diddly about dieting and tend to blame patients who can't take off weight or keep it off.
These doctors are wrong.
There is definitely something biological going on.
Back when I was in the military, a lot of the focus was on the "setpoint" – that ideal weight that the brain strives to maintain.
A vast over-simplificiation is that the more activity you undertake, and the lower your intake of calories, the easier weight loss would be. The theory is that that the body would naturally find equilibrium.
Well, there is more than that – for sure.
Maybe some of the articles cited are close to science, but to me they seem more speculative than scientific.
That does not mean the science of weight loss does not exist. I think it does mean that nobody is doing the right kind of studies to find out what needs to be found out.
I have learned in my academic and research-oriented career that studies are chosen to gain notoriety and job security for those who do them — not to advance knowledge.
I have found no theories with more evidence than my own — the evidence my patients have handed me with their stories, and that has worked on me by shedding nearly 200 lbs. without diet, exercise, surgery or drugs.
Our society – government, industry, and medical – will not admit that the problem is with the food supply. More specifically with the addictive nature of things processed into the food supply.
We are then brainwashed to think that the rampant obesity in our culture is our own fault. It is weakness, even a moral lapse. We are lazy and won't move our bottoms off the couch to exercise because we have to watch reality-TV and eat snack foods.
We need to learn – and accept — the truth.
Simplify your diet – eat what your grandparents ate.
Processed foods – canned, bottled, freeze-dried, boxed on the grocery shelves and bagged in fast food restaurants – are the culprits.
Why eat canned beans or fruits when it is easy enough to get fresh?
Why eat ground and processed meats from hormone and antibiotic-fed animals when we can get unadulterated cuts?
Why eat packaged foods that have four kinds of sweetners in them?
Why drink something that is mostly high-fructose corn syrup instead of pure juice or fresh water?
It's because we are addicted. Sugar is as addictive as crack. Preservatives and coloring agents make foods last longer before spoiling and make them look good, but they play havoc with your body chemistry.
Our foods are empty of nourishment.
Simple foods and inexpensive supplements are the best way to give your body the material it needs to keep you healthy and to live a long life.
It may take some work – but it is certainly worthwhile.
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Adele recently sat down for an interview with Vanity Fair, where she talked about motherhood. Here's what she had to say when the interviewer told her that it was brave of her to have a child when her career was so big:
"Actually, I think it's the bravest thing not to have a child; all my friends and I felt pressurized into having kids, because that's what adults do. I love my son more than anything, but on a daily basis, if I have a minute or two, I wish I could do whatever the fuck I wanted, whenever I want. Every single day I feel like that."
On not wanting to have more children, noting that her boyfriend Simon has a daughter from a previous marriage:
"Exactly, so that's my get-out-of-jail-free card. I'm too scared. I had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me."
On whether or not she took antidepressants for postpartum depression:
"No, no, no, no. But also, I didn't talk to anyone about it. I was very reluctant."
On how she's adjusting to motherhood:
"My boyfriend said I should talk to other women who were pregnant, and I said, 'Fuck that, I ain't hanging around with a fuckin' bunch of mothers.' Then, without realizing it, I was gravitating towards pregnant women and other women with children, because I found they're a bit more patient. You'll be talking to someone, but you're not really listening, because you're so fuckin' tired.
My friends who didn't have kids would get annoyed with me, whereas I knew I could just sit there and chat absolute mush with my friends who had children, and we wouldn't judge each other. One day I said to a friend, 'I fuckin' hate this,' and she just burst into tears and said, 'I fuckin' hate this, too.' And it was done. It lifted. My knowledge of postpartum—or post-natal, as we call it in England—is that you don't want to be with your child; you're worried you might hurt your child; you're worried you weren't doing a good job.
But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I'd made the worst decision of my life . . . . It can come in many different forms. Eventually I just said, I'm going to give myself an afternoon a week, just to do whatever the fuck I want without my baby. A friend of mine said, 'Really? Don't you feel bad?' I said, I do, but not as bad as I'd feel if I didn't do it.
Four of my friends felt the same way I did, and everyone was too embarrassed to talk about it; they thought everyone would think they were a bad mom, and it's not the case. It makes you a better mom if you give yourself a better time. I'm enjoying touring, but at times I feel guilty because I'm doing this massive tour, and even though my son is with me all the time, on certain nights I can't put him to bed. I never feel guilty when I'm not working. You're constantly trying to make up for stuff when you're a mom. I don't mind, because of the love I feel for him . . . . I don't care if I don't ever get to do anything for myself again."


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Kale is an ultra nutritious green not many people use in their cooking, or are even familiar with. You can easily grow it yourself, or check out the produce section of your market near the endive and spinnach and you will more than likely find kale. The tender leaves are chopped for cooking and the thickest part of the stems go to compost. I only came upon it when at the market last June, where a group of seedlings marked down at the grocery store, looking extremely thirsty, were almost 'free'. For some reason, these sad, no-one-picked-me plants, appealed to me. In a hurry as grocery shopping is not one of my favorite things, I grabbed a group of 6 plants in their ugly little plastic compartments, and checked out. Later that day I popped them in my garden and they took off. Growing lush, with a murky, green, color they looked almost like broccoli minus the broccoli. A few weeks later we were visiting our daughter when she served this awesome dish, Quinoa & Kale, and I was hooked. Especially once I realized I had this hopeless little cast off in my garden. Once back home we ate Kale in ways I do not think kale was usually prepared. Another aspect of my food philosophy, if you don't know it can't be done, experiment. So our kale adventure began. My husband lovingly refers to it as our 'Kale Diet'. Four six weeks kale was on our plate at least once a day, rarely in a repeated form as I experimented. The funny end to this story is this year I looked for kale in the Spring and found none, zero, nada. But sure enough, some late-season, orphaned kale did find the way to my garden once again.
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London:The last season at Highbury. The first in nine years without Patrick Vieira. After a disappointing 2004-05, Arsenal is looking to find a way back to the top of the Premier League. "We are not in the same position as this time last year because we had been unbeaten for so many games," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "But we are in a good position." Unbeaten streak The Gunners started last season by extending an unbeaten league streak that eventually stretched to a record 49 matches. The streak ended with a loss to Manchester United in October, and so did the team's title challenge as Chelsea ran away with the championship. Arsenal then recovered to finish ahead of Man U in second place - 12 points behind Chelsea - and beat United on penalties in the FA Cup final. But the Gunners failed again to get past the quarterfinals in the Champions League. Arsenal will wear special burgundy shirts for their final season at Highbury, modeled on the ones worn when the team first moved into the stadium in 1913. Next season, Arsenal will move less than a mile away to its new 60,000-seat, 357-million-pound (US$631 million) Emirates Stadium. That financial burden has severely restricted Arsenal's transfer budget over recent seasons. Wenger, famous for moulding inexpensive players into world-class stars, isn't in a hurry to spend the US$24.13 million gained from selling Vieira to Juventus. "I'm a little cautious about just buying players," Wenger said. "We have good young players. I want to integrate them into the team. I am at a stage where I have to make a place for them in the team or I will kill what I did." So far, Arsenal's only new signing has been midfielder Alexander Hleb from Stuttgart. The club missed out on Sevilla striker Julio Baptista, who moved to Real Madrid instead. Playing without Viera Arsenal's biggest task this season is to play without inspirational midfielder Vieira marshalling the midfield. Vieira had been at Arsenal for nine years and helped the Gunners win three league titles and four FA Cups. "Now we have to find a different way to share the responsibility," Wenger said. Star striker Thierry Henry has taken over the captaincy. Arsenal's other forwards are 36-year-old Dennis Bergkamp, who has signed a year-long extension, Spaniard Jose Antonio Reyes and Robin van Persie, who is still under investigation on rape allegations in the Netherlands. Van Persie spent two weeks in a Dutch jail in June. "He has come back good and showed a lot of strength, humility and desire to do well," Wenger said. "It was a big trauma but he is recovering." Arsenal has also made an uneasy peace with defender Ashley Cole after a bitter inquiry over his meeting with Chelsea officials to discuss a transfer in January. Cole was fined US$175,000 by the Football Association in June, but signed a year-long contract extension with Arsenal a month later. "I want to forget about everything in the past year and concentrate on the coming season," Cole said. "I think it can only make me stronger and more willing to learn and more keen to win silverware. Yes we made mistakes last season, conceding goals at crucial times and that cost us. But we can bounce back. We are really focused on winning the league." England defender Sol Campbell has an Achilles problem and will miss the start of the season. Questions on goalkeeping Midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg signed a contract extension until 2009, but Robert Pires will decide in January if he'll extend his contract. Goalkeeping also remains a question mark. Jens Lehmann played throughout Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten streak but was replaced by Manuel Almunia. Lehmann won back the job at the end of the season. Arsenal has also given a tryout to Uruguay goalkeeper Sebastian Viera of Nacional Montevideo. Arsenal's season starts Sunday with the Community Shield against Chelsea at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Arsenal beat United 3-1 last year's traditional preseason warmup. (AP)
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Manitoba RCMP are crediting social media with helping them solve several challenging cases and take 10 wanted people into custody this year.
Officers launched their new social media strategy in September, and on Wednesday, announced social media posts helped capture 10 wanted individuals, locate six missing persons and identify a number of suspects.
In one case, officers got a tip hours after posting an image of a wanted man on Facebook and the tipster spotting it. He was arrested the following morning.
In another, a suspect wanted for attempted murder was arrested following a tip from someone who saw his photo on social media.
RCMP called their "most remarkable case" a grainy photo posted online led to the arrest of three suspects allegedly involved in a violent home invasion.
"Your help on this file was absolutely outstanding, and we cannot thank you enough for your involvement," Manitoba RCMP said in a release.
According to RCMP, some suspects even turned themselves in after "seeing their faces shared repeatedly on social media."
RCMP say they plan to engage more on social media next year.
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Southwark: planning meeting for Catholic Road Show
Any individuals, organisations or charities that would like to be part of the Heart Gives Unto Heart Catholic Road Show 2011, are invited to attend a planning meeting this Saturday, 5 February at Archbishop Amigo Hall, St Georges Cathedral, Southwark, London from 11am – 4pm.
The 40 city Road Show is a fundraiser to help Heart Gives Unto Heart Catholic Internet Radio Station, which is scheduled to commence full time broadcasting in the autumn. The radio broadcast for the week of the Papal Visit via the internet attracting over 20,000 listeners and there has recently been heavy interest from supporters and Church organisations to assist this major addition to Catholic communications.
There is a need of donors and volunteers to help get the project off of the ground and long term advertisers for the radio station.
Anyone interested in attending the planning meeting or making a donation could they contact the organiser, Gerry Coates on 00 44 20 8974 6590 or look at the website at www.hguhroadshow.co.uk


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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Longridge Library Opening Date
After several months of renovation work, the refurbished Longridge Library is set to reopen its doors to readers on Monday, 19 September.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Farmers Market Coming Soon!
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September 16, 2009
Title: Shigurui
Genre: Action/Drama
Company: Madhouse Studios
Format: 12 episodes
Synopsis: Kogan Iwamato is one of Japan's most powerful swordsman. He holds prestige, massive land holdings, and has numerous followers willing to obey his every beck and call. Yet, nearing the end of his life, Kogan is desperate to find a successor who is worthy enough to marry his daughter and carry his name into the next era. Among his many students, the cold-hearted Gennosuke Fujiki and the enigmatic Seigen Irako hold the most potential. While the choices continue to narrow, Kogan suffers a massive betrayal.
Overall thoughts:
Pace & Editing: Fairly slow and emotional yet precise.
Art & illustrations: Great details (weapons, characters, settings, and over all mood) & Intricate.
Music & scores: subtle and works very well with visuals.
Violence and nudity: Very graphic & disturbing.
NOTE: Please be wary that this anime is not suitable for anyone under 18 and if you really insist on letting your little brother or sister watch this, we at Fat Kids are not liable for any traumatic impact or after effects.
Detailed Review:
WOW… is first impression anyone would have after watching Shigurui. Its graphic violence and nudity coupled with blood, details and subtle music makes it an intense anime to watch.
There are 5 things that I'm personally impressed by, the animation and illustrative style, details given to each character and weapon, the tension and build ups that worked immensely well with the picture, the score/ music that kept the picture alive and most importantly, the directors vision throughout the whole series.
Obviously the bits of gore, blood, battles, nudity and sexual connotations made the movie so much for interesting and diverse, but without a clear vision and a strong sense of direction, Shigurui would have just been another B grade anime.
Lets talk about the animation and illustrative style of Shigurui. When I first looked at the cover and booklet, it gave me a sense of how the series would be. Sketchy/edgy illustrations coupled with earthly colors such as brown, beige and some red, instantly told me it was going to be a strong, deep and bloody animation. I was right.
The style that was used, definitely brought out each character's strengths and weaknesses along with the mood and emotions that were flowing through each scene. With the help of quick cuts during the battles and slow build ups…it made the anime more interesting and attention grabbing.
With the foley, sound FX and scoring team hard at work, it brought life to the picture in so many ways. It created tension, angst, betrayal, fear, pain, dishonor, hatred, guilt, sorrow, victory, death and more throughout the series. I have to say the music department did a great job.
Anyone that has seen Shigurui would love Madhouse's battle/gore scenes. They are filled with so much detail and blood, its EPIC! You have to watch it to get the experience.
Madhouse has marked their spot again as one of the giants in the animation industry. I'd highly recommend everyone (over 18) to watch this anime.
Get your copy of Shigurui from Madman Entertainment now.
Fat Kids Rating: 8.2/10
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New York Comic Con 2012 was success for us! It has been a year since we have been to the Big Apple due to conflicting events on our schedule so it was great to see that the show has tripled in size. It was nice to see the Anime and Manga crowd as well, especially more »
Fall U Can Eat: The Reprise!
Fall U Can Eat: The Reprise! – Curry Goat and Gracko. Fall season is back and so is that hungry little Curry Goat who's ready to eat as many leaves as he can. It's a very windy at the Stone's Ranch so Curry finds himself taking on an adventure while in pursuit of a blowing maple leaf snack. This year more »
Dorse and Doose Book 2: Title Revealed
Hello there Dorse and Doose fans we are proud to let you know that Book #2 of Dorse and Doose is at the point where we can reveal the name. Book #2: The Adventures of Dorse and Doose – Dog Gone Frisbee. Some of your favorite characters have returned for more laughs as well as more »
San Antonio Silver Stars Art – AJ Moore
I briefly had a chance to meet my favorite WNBA Team The San Antonio Silver Stars today so they got to have a laugh at my new cartoon of the whole team. It was good laughs and good fun with all the ladies joking around about each others likeness in the picture. It was good more »
Scratch n Lift – Dorse and Doose
Scratch n Lift – Dorse, Doose, and Raffles. Doose seeks revenge on Raffles for interrupting his sleep with a sleep foiling method of his own. If you've ever scratched a cat on his back near his tail, you jous might see his backend rise up. Doose calls it the Scratch n Lift, and he is more »
Chicago Comic Con – Recap
Chicago Comic Con 2012 (Wizard World) is over and we wanted to share just a few of the pics of celebrities, art, and the awesome cosplayers. Our neighbors at his show was the artist known as Daniel from the Space Mullet team who did some gnarly Zombie sketches! Please check out his work more »
Tickle-Trigger Leg – Dorse, Doose, & Raffles
Tickle-Trigger Leg – Dorse, Doose, and Raffles. Have you ever scratched a dog on his tummy and their leg started to kick away repeatedly? Well that is what Dorse and the gang cal the Tickle-Trigger Leg. Raffles has tried and tried to prove that Dorse is indeed a horse so he has to test to more »
UIW gives the Word on GudFit, Dorse, & Super Newts
Here is a well written article about us by Crystale Lopez of The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. We wanted to share the pages since many of you will not be able to have a copy of the magazine. Read the full article here. I think its totally cool more »
San Diego Comic Con Intl 2012 – GudFit Recap!
The Super Bowl of our industry; San Diego Comic Con International has passed and it was a huge success for us, even larger than last year. The Super Newts and The Adventures of Dorse and Doose are the main focus of course with a few new items that stole the show. The brand more »
GudFit headed to Heroes Con 2012
This weekend we will be out in Charlotte, North Carolina for Heroes Convention (June 22nd & 24th) so make sure you make it to Artist Alley table# 225 during the show. This time will have a little something for the Indy lover and the mainstream fans. Since this is our first time in more »
Dallas Comic Con for Dorse and the Super Newts
This Saturday, and Sunday(May 19th & 20th) we will be showing at the Sci-Fi Expo: Dallas Comic Con presented by Stan Lee. The Animal Avengers will be there to watch the back of the real Avengers…ok well maybe not exactly but we will be giving away small Dorse and Doose: Animal Avengers posters more »
The Avengers are here, The Animal Avengers that is!
The Avengers have arrived to save the world, but they have also inspired a new avengers team of animals assembled to save their beloved Stone's Ranch from the forces of 'Joki'. One of the largest assembly of heroes are taking over theaters all over the world and saving us all. Some critics and others have more »
C2E2 2012 Chicago – GudFit Recap!
Our travels took us to the windy city for the epic comic convention C2E2 this past weekend. (April 13th – 15th) This show is possibly our best show to date so that means things are getting better and the awareness for the GudFit branding and characters are beginning to grow. As usual we more »
Super Newts & Dorse first time in Chicago for C2E2
Our first time showing in the Windy city has arrived at C2E2 this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Among all of the muscle-bound and super sexy comic characters you will find some kids stuff as well at the GudFit table: C7A. Be sure to pick up a copy of our children's book: Dorse and more »
Our First Book Signing at The Twig
On February 18th we had our first book signing at The Twig Book Shop here in San Antonio, Texas and it was awesome. So we can now say the line, "We're in Stores" even if it's just one store. ;-)We sort of played things by ear since it was our first signing so more »


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Chart alert people!
With new singles from Rihanna, Ke$ha, Taylor Swift and new albums from Mumford And Sons, Green Day, No Doubt all arriving on the charts this week – this has to be one of the busiest chart weeks I've witnessed in a long time!
On the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, it's pretty much a rock-fest as far as the top 3 are concerned. Mumford And Sons' highly anticipated sophomore album 'Babel' scores the highest début of 2012, arriving at the penthouse with a massive 600,000 units sold in the US this week! 'Babel' easily overtakes the first week figures of Justin Bieber's 'Believe' (374,000) and Madonna's 'MDNA' (359,000).
Rock royalties Green Day arrive at # 2 with 'Uno' with 139,000 units sold, giving the band their 8th top 10 album. The band's last album '21st Century Breakdown' started at # 1 with sales of over 215,000 units in its first week.
At # 3, rock veterans No Doubt returns with their first album in over a decade, as 'Push And Shove' arrives with sales of 115,000 units in the US this week. The band's last full-length studio album was 2001's 'Rock Steady' which arrived at # 9, with first week sales of over 255,000 units.
Over at the Hot 100 Singles Chart, Maroon 5's 'One More Night' fought a fierce battle throughout the week to eventually fend off South Korean phenomenon Psy's 'Gangnam Style' to retain the # 1 spot for a 3rd week in a row.
'Gangnam Style' still remains a strong contender for the # 1 spot on next week's charts, especially since the song is ahead of 'One More Night' on the Digital Songs Chart, and it also gains on both the airplay and streaming charts.
Three pop princesses arrive with brand new singles on the Hot 100, lead by the unstoppable Taylor Swift's second single from her upcoming 4th studio album 'Red', titled 'Begin Again' which arrives at # 7 on the Hot 100, and at # 1 on the Digital Songs Chart with sales of 299,000 downloads sold. As I've already blogged about before, 'Begin Again' is probably one of the best songs she's released in a long time.
Glitter-pop princess Ke$ha's new single 'Die Young' – the first from her full-length sophomore set 'Warrior' due December 4th arrives at # 13 on the Hot 100.
Rihanna's brand new single 'Diamonds', from her untitled 7th studio album scheduled for release later this year arrives at # 16. One of her strongest efforts in a long time, 'Diamonds' shouldn't have a problem making it to the upper reaches of the chart soon.
The Billboard Top 10 Singles this week are :
1. One More Night – Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style – Psy
3. Some Nights – Fun.
4. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
5. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) – Pink
6. As Long As You Love Me – Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean
7. Begin Again – Taylor Swift
8. Whistle – Flo Rida
9. Too Close – Alex Clare
10. Good Time – Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen
The Billboard Top 10 Albums this week are :
1. Babel – Mumford And Sons
2. Uno – Green Day
3. Push And Shove – No Doubt
4. The Truth About Love – Pink
5. Food & Liquor II : The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 – Lupe Fiasco
6. Album Title Goes Here – Deadmau5
7. Cruel Summer – Various
8. Away From The World – Dave Matthews Band
9. Tornado – Little Big Town
10. Battle Born – The Killers


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David Grisman Quintet Announces Addition of Premier Acoustic Jazz Guitarist Frank Vignola
By Mandolin Cafe
March 29, 2007 - 5:00 am
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Frank Vignola
San Rafael, Calif. — The David Grisman Quintet, America's most celebrated acoustic ensemble has a new guitar player—Frank Vignola.
Frank Vignola is considered by many to be among the top ranked guitarists on the music scene today, having recorded and or performed with an amazing variety of notables from Chet Atkins, to Madonna, Woody Allen, Ringo Starr, Manhattan Transfer and Mark O'Connor to name a few.
Throughout its illustrious 30 year career, The David Grisman Quintet has had quite the roster of stellar guitar personnel including Tony Rice, Mark O'Connor, Mike Marshall, John Carlini and most recently, Enrique Coria. Frank Vignola will have no problem filling the shoes of any of his predecessors and we can all look forward to the next chapter in the enduring legacy of the David Grisman Quintet.
To quote the "Dawg" himself:
"I've been happy to call Frank Vignola my friend for some time now and even happier now to announce his membership in the current quintet. Frank is one of the all-time great rhythm men and we all look forward to grooving with him."
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I am unsure why I am having this problem because when I download fonts at home I have no issue with copying them into my fonts folder once I have downloaded to my desktop. However, at work I have downloaded the fonts to my desktop and try and copy them to the Control Panels Font Folder and I get the error, "file is currently being used and cannot be replaced." But, if I remove the checkmark in the box for "copy fonts to fonts folder" it works. However, that means I have to do this every day. Which sucks. Does anyone know what the problem may be? I am using Office 2007 at work which I don't have at home. That's the only difference I can see.
Copying downloaded fonts to Fonts Folder
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Posted 09 May 2008 - 02:14 PM
i thought i could help you b/c i had a promblem too with fonts.... but it got too technical, sorry!
Posted 09 May 2008 - 02:21 PM
here are two threads that explains it all
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Posted 09 May 2008 - 02:54 PM
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here are two threads that explains it all
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Posted 09 May 2008 - 05:00 PM
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text: Commuting, leisure-time physical activity, and cardiovascular risk factors in ChinaHU, GANG; PEKKARINEN, HEIKKI; HÄNNINEN, OSMO; YU, ZHIJIE; GUO, ZEYU; TIAN, HUIGUANGMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: February 2002 - Volume 34 - Issue 2 - p 234-238 CLINICAL SCIENCES: Clinically Relevant Abstract Author Information HU, G., H. PEKKARINEN, O. HÄNNINEN, Z. YU, Z. GUO, and H. TIAN. Commuting, leisure-time physical activity, and cardiovascular risk factors in China. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 234–238, 2002. Purpose The relationship between both commuting and leisure-time physical activity and selected cardiovascular risk factors was analyzed. Methods A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 1996 in urban Tianjin, China. A total of 2002 male and 1974 female subjects aged 15–69 yr completed the survey. Commuting, leisure-time physical activity, body mass index, blood pressure, and cigarette smoking were determined. Results Doing more than 60 min of commuting physical activity or combined commuting and leisure-time physical activity was related to the highest mean blood pressure and the highest prevalence of hypertension among both genders compared with going to and from work by bus; 31–60 min commuting only or commuting plus leisure-time physical activity was associated with the lowest mean blood pressure in women and the lowest prevalence of hypertension in both genders. Daily time on commuting or leisure-time physical activity was inversely related to mean body mass index and prevalence of overweight among men and prevalence of smoking among both genders. Conclusion The present study suggests that commuting and leisure-time physical activity were favorably associated with cardiovascular risk factors in this Chinese population, except that more than 60 min of physical activity was associated with high blood pressure. University of Kuopio, Department of Physiology, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Kuopio, FINLAND; and Department of Chronic Diseases, Tianjin Public Health Bureau, Tianjin, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Submitted for publication March 2001. Accepted for publication June 2001. © 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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This is a classsic banana loaf and it tastes banging. Grandma and the kids love it too! Super easy to make and cheap too. Always best to use very ripe bananas.
Ripe banana's are best for this recipe. If you have a dairy allergy like me then just substitute the dairy products with your own non-dairy milk and butter.
YES....defo Banging Banana Loaf!! I have made many banana cakes/loaves but this is the best. Lovely, buttery, banana, moist, vanilla taste. Made it last night and its nearly all gone! couldn't see size of tin with recipe so I used an 20x10cmx6cm deep loaf tin if anyone wants to know. its well worth sprinkling with demerara sugar before baking and I also sprinkled some vanilla icing sugar on top after baking when cooled. Thanks for sharing - 03 Jun 2016


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] France has become the center of many international mafias operation. This documentary examines the impact of the absence of borders in Europe and the rise of new technologies in the proliferation of criminal organizations around the Gallic country. You can watch French Connections: Au coeur des nouvelles mafias online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in French at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 220 users./
Runtime: 52 minutes
52-minute film (full movie) directed by Barbara Conforti and Jérôme Pierrat.
The original audio of French Connections: Au coeur des nouvelles mafias has dialogues in or French, it was produced in France.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
This film was produced and / or financed by Magneto Presse.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie French Connections: Au coeur des nouvelles mafias has a duration of 52 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or French in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Anyone who has known me for more than five minutes knows I'm a firm believer in the power of Creative Commons music releases. In fact, I love CC music so much that I review albums over at Frostclick just to help support the community. One thing I've been frustrated about in past years, however, is the lack of any decent Turkish CC releases. Don't get me wrong, I can deal with Turkish pop as well as the next person… up to a point. Of course, there are those kids out there who would rather die than go pop, and thus was born the Turkish independent death metal scene… which I can also tolerate up to a point. My tastes in metal tend toward the old-school.
The last time I did any in-depth checking, which was a couple of years ago, pretty much all the Turkish CC music I found was thrashy. Meh.
Then a couple of days ago it occurred to me to look again, specifically for artists in Turkey, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how much things have developed. There are at least half a dozen genres to choose from now, including trip-hop, disco, and post-rock.
Today I unearthed a little gem called Limited Hope, by an artist called Fuzzy Deal.
It's a little trippy, a little nu-loungey, and completely chilled. Check it out:
If you like what you hear, you can download the album here. Creative Commons releases are free, available to everyone, and 100% legal. Enjoy.


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- Includes 6-qt pressure cooker, measuring cup, spoon, glass cover, steam basket, spring loaded cake pan, wire rack, and float valve seal kit
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not for a rookie I purchased and was amazed how difficult it was to work. I am a beginner I admit but the different parts was mind boggling on how to put together and use. I gave to my mother who has used pressure cooker for 50 years and she could not figure it out either. I then gave it to my daughter in law and she posted it to sell on local website. I would not recommend this product. 04-21-14
Not as advertised This product was supposed to make cooking time much shorter, but that is not the case. By the time it warms up, the meat is browned, and then goes through the cooking time, I could cook it in my oven just as fast. I was not impressed with this pressure cooker at all! 03-11-14
bad purchase This item worked well for approx 16 months. Then the part that holds the stem in for pressure fell off. I called 5 times to get the replacement part and 5 times they were not right now they tell me past the time of replacement so I will not be able to get the part. Now I will only buy brand name that has a better warranty that the company stands behind. 02-23-14
My Go To Slow Cooker and More Including this one I have 7 various slow cookers and this is the one I reach for every time. I love the browning feature and the ability to bring the food up to heat very quickly then switch it to slow cooker and let it do it's thing. 02-06-14
Love it I have read some bad reviews on this cooker but I've 'had mine for well over a year now and have used it dozens of times and I have never had a problem with it. I absolutely love it! It makes a mean batch of pulled pork in no time! I have always been afraid of pressure cookers like my mom and grandma's had. This one, there is nothing to be afraid of at all and you don't have to watch it like a hawk. I would be lost without it! 01-28-14
Awsome The best pressure cooker. I love it, it's easy to use and also the pressure relief valve is really nice you don't have to release it yourself just push a button and the pressure comes up on its own. I feel safer 01-26-14
Lasts about 6 months I bought this and was thrilled with it for about 6 months. The first thing that happened was the little pressure valve got lost, luckily they include an extra one because you cannot find parts anywhere on the internet. Now it won't hold pressure. I really hope Montel reads these reviews because I trusted him to have and sell great appliances. Every time I see this pressure cooker I just see my money flying out the window. I called Montel's customer service, was on hold forever with someone in India (maybe) told to hold again and then was disconnected. I will buy a reliable brand name after this. Lesson learned! 12-09-13
NO SUPPORT FOR LOST FLOATER VALVE!! I received my pressure cooker as a gift from my mom. I used it maybe 5 times until I lost the float valve. ( Very poor design for the product!!! ) Now I can't use it at all. I called the phone number in the back of the Owners Manual only to have them tell me the Montell Williams Living Well Pressure Cooker service support has been discontinued. I was to leave my name and number to have someone call me back. That was 3 wks ago. I called again today to complain to get someone to call me back. I've had it for a year and now it's USELESS!!! Does anybody know where I can find a float valve? I would NOT recommend this product, especially since it's discontinued. THERE IS NO SUPPORT OR Replacement parts available!!!! 12-09-13
Was Great... Until my lid broke and no on sells replacement lids. 11-10-13
Lost parts I lost the valve and can't find where or how to replace one so don't buy this it's great when you have all the parts 11-01-13
2 years old and working great I use mine 2-3 times per month and it works great! Perfect appliance to cook 8-10 boneless skinless chicken breasts and freeze them for use in salads and other dishes . Also great for beef stew. 10-16-13
happy I love my pressure cooker , I use it for slow cooking , and pressure cooking never had any problems. Just hope I don't have to replace any parts ! I've had this pressure cooker for several years. Very happy with the product . 09-14-13


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Be A Light In The Darkness
Amy from As The Bunny Hops emphasizes the importance of how one person can make a big difference. She created a winter care kit to bring to the Ronald McDonald House of Durham. The kit included fleece blankets, granola bars, Energizer batteries, flashlights, first aid kits, character Band Aids, crayons, markers, Wet Ones wipes, pens and pencils. She also brought pop tops to the house that she donated in order to be converted into money.
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Dutch broadcaster apologizes for poor coverage of soccer antisemitism
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The Dutch main public broadcaster apologized to supporters of a local soccer team for omitting context from reports on the singing of antisemitic chants by some fans of the team.
The unusual apology earlier this month by NOS was over its coverage of the Jan. 14 match game in Utrecht between the FC Utrecht team and the Ajax club from Amsterdam that included chants of "The Jews are going to the slaughter" and "whoever doesn't jump is a Jew."
In reporting about the chants by Utrecht fans, the broadcasters failed to mention that fans from other teams often chant similarly – some claim the chants are not anti-Semitic, NOS spokeswoman Anja van Ginhoven told the Algemeen Dagblad daily following complaints.
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text: Rock and Roll legends, AC/DC are back in the states tonight to finish their "ROCK or BUST" tour. They will start tonight in Greensboro, North Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum. They will then travel to Ft. Lauderdale and play at the BB & T Center on Tuesday night, the 30th. They've got a night off before they do a gig in Atlanta, GA on Thursday night. Then it's Columbus on the 4th, and CLEVELAND ON THE 6TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you at the Q!!!


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A new business park in Strabane will help economic development in the town, according to InvestNI.
InvestNI chairman Alastair Hamilton said the 16 acre site at Melmount Road " will help address the shortage of available industrial land in the district."
The first phase of the park was completed earlier this week. A second phase - which will stretch the park to 22 acres, is dependant on demand from businesses.
Mr Hamilton said the park is now looking for tenants and said six eligible companies have declared an interest in acquiring sites.
"We will continue to work with Strabane District Council to progress this development as well as the companies who declare an interest in locating there," he said.
Strabane District Council Chairman Thomas Kerrigan described the six expressions of interest were "positive news."
"Melmount Road is a strategic site in the district and I very much welcome Invest NI's commitment to develop this land for industrial use. I look forward to investors locating at our new business park and creating jobs in the area."
Meanwhile Mr Hamilton also met with a Sinn Féin delegation when opening the park.
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty described the meeting as "extremely constructive."
"Our delegation pressed Alastair Hamilton on what other forms of additional support Invest NI can provide to assist business and job creation/expansion in the district," he said.


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(Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories, Critical Edition)
Very few events take place in "The World of Stone," yet when the conclusion is reached, after five pages, a comprehensive attitude toward the entire world has been described, as well as a resolute course of action toward that world. The story is not impressionistic, although at the outset it seems to register the narrator's stray observations. The reader is presented with two items of information, or building blocks of the story. First, the narrator possesses the "terrible knowledge" that the universe is inflating at incredible speed, like a soap bubble. Second, the narrator enjoys taking long, lonely walks in the city, through its poorest districts. At the beginning, this is all the narrator discloses.
If the reader is tempted to think that these two themes of the story have no relation to each other—that the first is of a purely psychological nature and the second, an innocuous everyday pastime—this is quickly dispelled by the author. Indeed, part of the artfulness of the story's beginning is that the reader is lured into it by a seeming contradiction, only to find that there is none, or that it is not what she or he had expected.
As the narrator takes his daily strolls, he observes the world around him acutely. There is no psychological impressionism here. It is a specific world—a city in ruins, beginning to be rebuilt. The country is unnamed, but it is in postwar Eastern Europe; the details could describe many different European cities after World War II. Fresh grass is already beginning to overgrow the ruins, and people are busy—working,...
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Seattle ARCHICAD User Group – September 8th, 2016
We're heading back to downtown Seattle for our September ARCHICAD user group. We've got some special guests AND we're talking more about ARCHICAD 20, so we decided we needed the bigger space that Makers has to offer. Also meeting downtown means we have more options for after-party locations. Or is that after-user group locations? That sounds less exciting. Whatever the nomenclature, downtown has a lot of bars and restaurants for us to continue the ARCHICAD discussions in once we wrap up at Makers. Here are the details…
Thursday September 8th, 2016
92 Lenora St
Seattle, WA 98121
John Magnan, GRAPHISOFT North America West Region Sales Director
Special Guests:
Patrick Bird, P.E./S.E., Principal Riverstone Structural Concepts
David Fulton, Senior Associate Riverstone Structural Concepts
We have a jam-packed user group scheduled for September. Patrick Bird and David Fulton of Riverstone Structural Concepts will be coming in from Boise, Idaho to talk about their work. Riverstone Structural Concepts is a structural engineering firm that uses ARCHICAD on projects of all scales. We will also hear from at least one local ARCHICAD user that has worked directly with them on a BIM Server project (which is code for I've worked with them, but I'm hoping a few other users that I know who have teamed up with Riverstone will be in attendance as well and share their experiences).
After the presentation and discussion with Riverstone, we will spend the second half of the user group looking more closely at ARCHICAD 20. Now that many of us have been using it for a few months, there is so much to share and explore. I will have two or three projects currently under development in ARCHICAD 20 that I can show everyone. I'm sure we will spend a LOT of time talking about the awesomeness that is Graphic Overrides and visual Favorites.
If there's a specific topic you'd like to discuss, or a project you'd like to share, e-mail me.
Food and refreshments will be served.
A Big Link to Register for the User Group
Go sign up to claim your spot and let Jesse know he needs to feed you: REGISTER HERE!
ARCHICAD job hunters!
If you are in the Seattle area and need work, e-mail me. There are plenty of people who want to talk to you. If you want to move to Seattle and use ARCHICAD, e-mail me as well—especially if you like the freelancer lifestyle. If you are an ARCHICAD firm in need of help, definitely e-mail me. I'll be honest though, the answer to our need for ARCHICAD help in Seattle (and so many other places) is training new users. The ARCHICAD community is larger now than it has ever been. And it needs to be larger. Not just because a bigger community is more sustainable, but because there's more work than we can all handle. I don't know of any firm that uses ARCHICAD that considers themselves overstaffed. It's time to hire new people and train them on ARCHICAD from the ground up. And as I've been saying for months now, if there are enough new users in Seattle that need training, we'll organize some sort of group event.
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I maintain a list for ARCHICAD users in the Seattle Area (or people interested in Seattle Area ARCHICAD events). If that describes you, sign up by clicking here.
Subscribe to my blog to read more about the tricky world of being an Architect in the 21st century, and more info on various ARCHICAD meet-ups across the globe: Shoegnome on Facebook, Twitter, and the RSS feed. If you aren't in Seattle, don't worry. There are a lot of other user groups coming up. Check out a big list here for all the events GRAPHISOFT North America knows about.


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I had not realized how much my life has changed post-baby until recently.
My daughter Amaani is about to turn 1-year old. It was only after doing 14 flights with Amaani and then flying once by myself that it hit me.
I took a day trip for work. I anticipated it being exhausting because I knew I would have to wake up super early in the morning and that I would be coming home late. But it was cake, given what my normal days are like.
The first thing that amazed me was how fast I could get through the airport. I had already checked in online and had a mobile boarding pass. I cruised through security and made it to my gate within 5 minutes.
I had totally forgotten what it's like to travel without carrying diaper bags and suitcases that had mostly baby stuff and maybe a little bit of my own. I had forgotten what it's like not to have to dismantle Amaani's carseat and stroller while carrying her through security. I had forgotten what it's like not having to worry about changing diapers and feeding baby before and after takeoff. I had forgotten what it's like not to spend the entire plane ride trying to keep my active daughter in my lap and hopefully not kissing the passenger seats and windows or grabbing people's food off the tray tables (or in one case, a man's headphones)
To be completely honest – I felt like I was playing hooky on this day. Hooky from being a mom. I knew my daughter was in great hands so I was carefree, in that sense, about going away for the day.
When I reached my destination, again, I was surprised. I actually had time to do my hair and makeup and I could take my time choosing which dress to put on. Usually, everything I do is interrupted. I tend to getting Amaani ready first and then rush getting ready myself. On this day, I got to take my time. And I did. I even spent time matching my jewelry.
I didn't have any spit up on me. I didn't have to clean up any food spills. I didn't have to worry about my daughter. All of this felt really strange.
It begged the question – did I love my present life or did I miss my old life?
It was a very interesting question. Getting around is definitely faster and easier without a baby. You don't have to worry about putting her in a carseat or carrying toys that will entertain her.
But when I was on the plane, do you know what I was doing? I was looking at my daughter's pictures and videos, hearing the sound of her laughter and recordings of her saying "mama." I was missing my travel buddy who may be a handful but she makes the plane rides go by fast. And she helps me forget about turbulence.
I realized there used to be days when she was a newborn that I would miss my former care-free life where I could do things I wanted, whenever I wanted. But now, a year later, I am so entrenched in my journey as a mom that I have not only forgotten how different life was before (for the most part) but I am also in love with my life now.
I may not get around or travel as fast as I once could… but I am no longer traveling alone. I carry a beautiful part of me and my husband's love everywhere I go (and I wouldn't want it any other way!)


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a FanFaire Interview
I adore the movies!
In this video, JEAN-YVES talks about his love of movies and the importance of movie music to the classical artist.
This video clip is an excerpt from FanFaire's interview with Jean-Yves backstage at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on April 1, 2007 following his superb performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with the LA Philharmonic conducted by Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen.


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Moving toward one standard worldwide for research protections
Washington, D.C., December 12, 2011―The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. today announced that it has accredited another seven organizations―including its first organizations in India.
Four of the seven newly accredited organizations are outside the U.S., underscoring AAHRPP's progress in moving toward one standard worldwide for protecting research participants. All told, 241 organizations have now earned accreditation, including institutions in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, China, India, Korea and Singapore.
The latest accreditations come as AAHRPP celebrates the 10th anniversary of its founding in 2001 and prepares to mark 10 years since the issuance of the first accreditation standards in 2002.
"The goal, a decade ago, was to establish an accrediting organization to strengthen research protections and improve the quality of research," said Marjorie A. Speers, Ph.D., AAHRPP president and CEO. "Since then, hundreds of organizations have earned the AAHRPP gold seal, demonstrating their commitment to rigorous standards that help protect research participants while ensuring that society continues to reap the benefits of research."
The newly accredited organizations are:
Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA Diex Research Sherbrooke, Inc. & Diex Research Montreal, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada IRB Services, Aurora, Ontario, Canada Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Manipal, India Manipal Hospital Bangalore, Bangalore, India Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas, USA The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
For these and all accredited organizations, AAHRPP accreditation translates into significant benefits for research participants and society as a whole.
Accreditation is available to U.S. and international organizations that conduct biomedical, behavioral or social sciences research involving human participants. The list of accredited organizations includes community and teaching hospitals; VA facilities, universities; institutional review boards; research institutes and contract research organizations.
About the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc.
A nonprofit organization, AAHRPP works with groups that conduct human research in order to raise the level of protection for research participants. AAHRPP accredits organizations that can demonstrate that their participant safeguards exceed U.S. federal requirements. The accreditation program uses a voluntary, peer-driven, educational model.


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Who's excited about the spring season? A few weeks from now and we will experience one of the best seasons to go out in style! They always say that spring has sprung and before the spring season begins, I would like to provide a recommendation on how you can embrace it in style. Have you gotten your favorite crop tops, jeans, skirts and leather handbags ready? If not, don't worry because on this post we will talk about the best leather handbags to accessorize your outfit for the spring season while carrying all your daily essentials wherever you go!
Carole Croc Embossed Leather Tote Handbag – Brown
One of our favorite leather tote handbags is the one with effortless style and this Aurora chic handbag is perfect to create a minimal spring fashion statement. One of the best features of this bag is you can carry it either a handbag or a crossbody bag because of its removable strap. It is made of genuine leather and gold hardware. The zipper closure will ensure that your things will be safe and secure. Unleash your spring lookbook with this simple yet effortlessly chic leather handbag.
Backpacks are perfect to carry if you prefer something comfortable while roaming the city streets or glamping with your family on one spring weekend. This Mirella Leather Backpack looks so chic but it can carry all your needed things. It has multiple compartments so you'll carry your things organized. It is made of genuine leather and black hardware. I like that this backpack has multiple pockets.
Nicola Hobo Leather Handbag – beige
This bag is considered to be a bag for all season and I am loving the color combinations of it. You can wear bright colors but balance it with your accessories by carrying this Nicola Hobo Leather handbag. The front tassel adds a bit of cuteness to its elegant spring vibe look. With the top zipper closures, you're guaranteed that your things are secure. It also has silver hardware and two pouches inside.
Esperance Leather Crossbody Clutch – Turquoise
Your spring season will never be complete without pastel colors and if you want to add a pop of it to any of your minimal outfits, you can do it when you carry a cute cross body bag like Esperance Clutch. You can also wear it as a wristlet. It is made of distressed leather with gold hardware.
Francesca Leather Foldover Clutch Crossbody Handbag (Red)
Red is a woman's favorite color and when it comes to bag and accessories, you'll never go wrong with it. The Francesca Leather Fold-over Clutch Crossbody Handbag is perfect to carry for a night out during the spring season to keep you fashion statement strong. The top grain cow hides with dimensional effects look super chic. It has multiple compartments and removable shoulder strap and wristlet. I highly recommend it for formal events and outings.
Let your season be fashion-ready with these cute leather handbags! Check www.vizenzoleather.com to find more!