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LONDON, UK (BRAIN)—One million journeys have been made on bicycles in London's bike hire scheme since its launch 10 weeks ago, according to the BBC.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT (BRAIN)—Bikes for Kids Utah annual fundraising dinner auction, held recently at Cucina Nassi, raised $30,000, its highest total ever and nearly $13,000 more than last year, in support of its cause to provide new bikes to underprivileged grade school children.
LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN)—Following weeks of speculation and anticipation, the host cities for the Amgen Tour of California professional cycling road race have been announced by race presenter AEG.
SUN VALLEY, ID (BRAIN)—Outgoing Scott USA general manager Scott Montgomery said on Thursday that he's departing the company with nothing but a positive outlook on his tenure there.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Giant's CEO Tony Lo offered a more modest vision for growth in Europe's electric bike market, vowed to continue improving the business talents of retailers worldwide, and praised new cooperation between mainland China and Taiwan.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (BRAIN)—Scott Montgomery has stepped down from his general manager role at Scott Sports, six years after he signed on to lead the charge in reintroducing Scott bicycles into the U.S.
MCLEAN, VA (BRAIN)—USA Today sportswriter and member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, Sal Ruibal, has been relieved from his sports writing duties at the newspaper.
SOUTH PASADENA, CA (BRAIN)—Newly launched cycling media company Move Press has inked a distribution deal that will place the first issue of its flagship title, Peloton, in Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide.
GRAND JUNCTION, CO (BRAIN)—DT Swiss has launched a full-line of service kits available to dealers needed to properly field service of Tricon wheels.
This September, in partnership with Chicago Cubs Charities, World Bicycle Relief hosted its inaugural Wrigley Field Road Tour, a century ride from historic Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL, to Miller Park in Milwaukee, WI.
SUN VALLEY, ID (BRAIN)—Scott USA general manager Scott Montgomery has departed from the company.
MOAB, Utah (BRAIN)—Outerbike, Western Spirit's experiment at bringing a slice of Interbike to the average bike consumer, attracted 450 riders from 30 states and four Canadian provinces in its first year.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Taiwan's bicycle industry—some 7,000 miles from Interbike's offices in Southern California—is still buzzing over the trade show's decision to move its annual show to early August in Anaheim. And it's an angry buzz.
GOODYEAR, AZ (BRAIN)—The industry is mourning the loss of Bill Fields, who some consider the "Godfather of the American bike business."
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (BRAIN)—SOAR Communications has hired Jared Eborn as their account executive. Eborn was previously a journalist for the Salt Lake City-based newspaper the Deseret News covering sports and outdoor recreation.
Check out this story on folding bikes in the Wall Street. Click on title and then "Visit Link" to read complete story.
SINGAPORE (BRAIN)—Elite Bicycles Asia will now be distributing ISM Saddles.
RICHMOND, CA (BRAIN)—Mountain Hardwear Inc. has named Joe Flannery to serve as vice president of global marketing with responsibility for the Mountain Hardwear and Montrail brands.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT (BRAIN)—Ibex Outdoor Clothing, a designer of year-round merino wool outdoor clothing and cycling apparel, has opened its first brick and mortar store in the Back Bay area of Boston.
Genesis Bicycles' signature event, The 17th annual Bike to Brunch, took place on a beautiful late summer day in Pennsylvania with record attendance of over 500 participants.


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I started my first public blog over at Blogger in August of 2008; it was my escape from the incessant amount of literary analysis papers I had to write throughout college as an English major. (I love writing, but I don't love writing a five page paper on a dry, dense, British lit novel that I was forced to read and never actually finished.) My blog was my literary escape where I could write about whatever I wanted, like my latest love interest, funny stories, and significant experiences had. As I wrote about all of the above, I searched for "my voice": I experimented a lot with style and sound, seeing what worked and what didn't. My blog was also relatively private: Only about a handful of people actually knew about my blog and read it. And I preferred it that way, because, essentially, my blog was like an online diary.
I ended up taking a blog hiatus once I found out my mom had cancer because life was just too crazy. As if my schedule wasn't already jam packed with school, part-time jobs, and everyday responsibilities, try throwing in chemo appointments, ambulance rides, and inevitably, hospice. Life was filled with endless activity, and my heart was filled with endless amounts of tears and sadness: all things I didn't want to be constantly exposing all over Twitter, Facebook, and my blog. So I withdrew and took a break.
I think my blog hiatus turned out to be a good thing. When I started blogging again over the summer, my writing felt, looked, and sounded different: It was coming more naturally to me and I wasn't trying so hard anymore to sound a certain way; I was just writing and what was coming out was 100% me. I had finally found my voice.
In August 2010, I took off my "blog training wheels" and started fresh here at WordPress, which has been awesome. My love for WordPress has encouraged me to blog often and blog consistently, despite the fact that I had one more crazy-busy semester of school to finish after I moved here. This new blog has served as a great "pen and paper" these past six months to help me document my last semester of college, as well as my post-graduation plans. But now I'm ready to make more changes here. I'm over the "powder puff pink" and the grey-on-white font/background combo. I'm over the "I just graduated from college and now I'm in the real world and I have no idea what to do about it" theme and content. I want a different look and a different subject matter. The time has come for a blog makeover.
A regular at the restaurant I work at recently asked me if I have a blog so she can read about my potential adventures if I end up moving out of the country to teach English, so I've toyed with the notion of a travel blog. But there's still the chance that I may not end up moving. Then I came up with the idea of a cultural blog: I could write about the lifestyle (food, art, activities, events, etc.) of Sacramento: the city I love so much and know so well. And I could still write about any small travel opportunities I receive down the road. This is the idea I liked the most; therefore, a travel/cultural blog is what you're going to start seeing around here. I still plan on blogging about personal matters, like what's going on with my dad, embarrassing stories, and the occasional boy toy. Just not as often.
I'm really excited about the changes I'm making here. Blogging is my exercise in writing, so I think that switching up my subject matter will help to push my writing, and, hopefully, help it grow. If I'm going to write a memoir someday, I'm going to need as much practice as I can get.
And that concludes my "blog housekeeping." I'm even changing my domain to www.ginamarierose.com, so make sure to add it to your Google readers and whatnot, because the new site is going live tomorrow. Oh, and tell your friends if you'd like! I'm not keeping my blog a secret anymore, because it's really quite pointless.
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"Pity, Montag, pity. Don't haggle and nag them; you were so recently one of them yourself. They are so confident that they will run on for ever. But they won't run on. They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that some day it'll have to hit. They see only the blaze, the pretty fire, as you saw it.
"Montag, old men who stay at home, afraid, tending their peanut-brittle bones, have no right to criticize. Yet you almost killed things at the start. Watch it! I'm with you, remember that. I understand how it happened. I must admit that your blind raging invigorated me. God, how young I felt! But now-I want you to feel old, I want a little of my cowardice to be distilled in you tonight. The next few hours, when you see Captain Beatty, tiptoe round him, let me hear him for you, let me feel the situation out. Survival is our ticket. Forget the poor, silly women ....
These are Faber's words about the night's events. He gives a just reason for why the other firemen cannot understand what Montag has begun to think about and Faber's age has given him the wisdom that Montag's youth has yet to afford him.
The major events of the night included Montag bringing Faber a bible, Montag confronting his wife and the women she hangs out with about the richness of text, and at the moment that this passage occurs, Montag is in the firehouse just before the men are called out to his house on an alarm. I think Faber is trying to show Montag that with Montag's vigor and young and Faber's wisdom, the two of them could possibly find success to stage this revolt. Faber tries to show Montag that Faber's fear is good for the two of them because Montag's courage is about to get them in trouble.


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Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Paul Krugman, The New Miss Cleo; or Damn The Facts, Self Promotions Are Us! II
Back in December of 2000 Forbes.com did not seem to be reporting the "unanimous applause" Paul Krugman says emanated from the "financial press" when Paul O'Neill was appointed as Treasury Secretary.
Unlike almost all the secretaries of the Treasury since the Eisenhower administration, O'Neill does not come from a Wall Street or academic background. That makes some people nervous. "In this day and age, you have to be a little concerned in how someone from industry is going to manage a financial crisis. We've had a lot of those recently," says Michael Knetter, a professor of international economics at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. "We may find ourselves looking at a recession, and if market participants don't know who Paul O'Neill is and don't feel he's the right man to have his hands on the controls, that's not good."
Maybe the following is what Professor Krugman thinks counts as "applause":
As someone who was able to turn an aging rust-belt company into an aggressive global player, O'Neill may be the tonic the U.S. economy now needs.
Well, it was better for Mr. O'Neill than a sharp stick in the eye!
On the other hand, I don't want to suggest that Mr. O'Neill had NO applauders in the financial press in 2000. Jim Cramer from The Street was one. But it didn't last long.
UPDATE: It appears that the actual New York Times editorial page (apparently uninformed or unimpressed by Professor Krugman's brilliant dissent), went right ahead and "lauded" Mr. O'Neill's appointment.
FURTHER UPDATE: The Economist hardly "applauded" Mr. O'Neill's appointment - although it didn't condemn his appointment, either (but, then, neither did Professor Krugman). In fact, the Economist said little of substance at all, mostly clapping with one hand:
For the inner circle, Mr Bush reached back to the Ford administration, and to his father's. [This group includes] Paul O'Neill, then deputy head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), now nominated as Treasury secretary .... This group gives the Bush cabinet a strong corporate and managerial flavour, as if it were a meeting of America's board of directors. All [of them] served at the pinnacles of the old economy. ... Mr O'Neill ran Alcoa, a virtual aluminium monopoly. .. These men exemplify Main Street Republicanism. Ronald Reagan surrounded himself with swashbuckling Californian businessmen with ill-concealed contempt for the east-coast establishment. Now, the fiscal conservatives of the east coast have come out on top. With the exception of Larry Lindsay, a former Fed governor and now chief economic adviser to Mr Bush, there is hardly a supply-sider in the bunch. The inner core [is] a collective safe pair of hands. ... But they are undoctrinaire, unflamboyant, and experienced at managing big organisations.
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(ETA I feel aware that this is a very non-political post at a very political time. I have been grieving quietly over here since the American election results came in, and feeling rather non-functional as I obsessively read Facebook articles and knitted like my life depended on it. I just needed a little bit of normal, so finishing this math post was my bit of daily-life coming back. Hoping to find a grieving/living balance in the days to come. xoxo )
We've been working on math blocks in our homeschool this month and they are going so well. (Really, I want to pinch myself. I can't quite believe how well homeschool is going this year!)
[insert grateful but somewhat nervous laughter here.]
Working with a holistic math approach with my kids has got me thinking a lot about math and math teaching in general. My own elementary math experience was not joyous or empowering in the least. Instead it was bewildering and anxiety-filled. And yet, here I am working with the same concepts I remember finding puzzling and cryptic- fractions, carrying and borrowing, multiplication, division, place value- and instead my kids are playing around with the ideas like they are toys (okay. not always. sometimes they just don't want to do it. but generally speaking, they do enjoy it quite a lot.)
I don't think it's because I am a spectacular math teacher (math still scares the pants off me.) But I do think there are some real difference in a holistic approach to math, from what was going on in the math classrooms of my youth.
Math as discovery
I took two courses in my teacher's training learning about teaching math to kids. One was just fine, but one was amazing, and after many mathematical epiphanies, my main take home message was that math can make sense to kids when they are given the time and space to work through ideas and come to their own discoveries.
I find I have to constantly remind myself of this as I teach my own kids- that I need to sloooow down, to let them play around with their own understandings, to let them make some mistakes and come to their own conclusions as they engage with the "doing" of mathematics.
Another thing I took from that amazing math-teaching class was the "dangers of the drill." Our prof made all of us student-teachers solemnly swear to never, ever, ever, subject our students to timed math drills. Amen.
Math as story
I know I talk about this all the time here, but I love how the holistic approaches often teach concepts through story first. It can be tricky to pull this off with math- I don't always manage it- but when I do, I sense my kid's understanding deepen. It doesn't have to be anything too fancy- a quick tale told about brothers dividing some discovered riches, or a picture book I find at the library that illustrates an idea I want to introduce.
Math as art
Since we've gotten back into making mainlesson books this year, I am amazed at how much drawing helps my kids remember a concept. Something in the act of carefully creating a colourful page of math in their own special books seems to make it more real to them. Plus going back through their books is a much more pleasant form of review than flipping through a workbook (though we use workbooks too.)
Math by hand
Using lots of different kids of models and manipulatives really helps my kids. I wish I had been able to play around with cuisinaire rods and base 10 blocks as a kid, I'm sure this would have taken some of the mystery out of those rules I had to memorize, (like why the heck to you sometimes write a 9 and sometimes write a ten when borrowing in subtraction? This was utterly impenetrable to me. Base 10 blocks would have cleared things up!)
We are using lots of simple models in our fraction block right now, little paper pies, pattern blocks, paper strips, grids, dot arrays. And cooking of course. Nothing like having to double or half a recipe for hands-on learning!
Math as a game
There are lots of math games on the market- we could use to load up on some- but there are also a ton of ideas on line. I find adding a dice and some simple game pieces to some of our manipulatives is often all we need to practice the concepts in a fun way.
Cait at My Little Poppies has some great ideas on commercial math games.
Erica at What Do We Do All Day has lots of great do-it-yourself math activities if you are looking for ideas.
Not rushing the rules
I think this is what was most damaging about my own math education- rushing the rules. Learning the standard computations is important of course, but holistic math would give kids lots of time to build strong number sense before they get handed the rules.
I realized as I planned my son's fraction block that I was wanting to rush to the "meat" of it- common denominators, computing fractions- when he needed way more time to really sink his teeth into what fractions are. So we are doing two shorter fraction blocks this year, leaving the rules and computations for later in the year when I am sure his understanding is really solid.
It is quite a journey, this business of teaching my kids- an ever evolving adventure- but I hope that learning in this way can help to bring math concepts into their world in a meaningful and concrete way. That's the hope. For now, we are having a lot of fun with it.
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Join us for an evening with authors from Kaya Press, the group of dedicated writers, artists, readers, and lovers of books working together to publish the most challenging, thoughtful, and provocative literature being produced throughout the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas, with special guest Abeer Hoque.
The Secret Room
In Kazim Ali's wildly inventive novel The Secret Room, written as musical score for a string quartet, he asks: How does one create a life of meaning in the face of loneliness and alienation from one's own family, culture, or even sense of self? During the space of one single day, the lives of four people converge and diverge in ways they themselves may not even measure.
Sonia Chang, a violinist prepares for a concert. Rizwan Syed, a yoga teacher who gives so much to others, makes one last panicked attempt at reconciliation with his own family. Jody Merchant tries to balance a difficult and stressful work-life with a dream she abandoned long ago. Pratap Patel trudges through his life trying to ignore the pain he still feels at old losses.
Just like the real musical quality of a string quartet, these four characters weave in and out of one another's experiences in a raw, fluid song that mimics the hidden lives that exist within us all.
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"Here are new organizing principles; to allow ourselves to be organized by music; to be scored. This is a text that suggests not to worry about how to read it. Rather, it extends an invitation to allow the text to happen with us (and/or for us to happen with the text), and this is a Revolutionary Hermeneutics: to open to the experiences of pain and awe. Text as ambient drift we can move through (the same space where healing and magic happens). The way a line divines another, a voice divines a voice, and the emergent conversation, and how this conversation is a hidden music, the music we have been waiting for."-- Selah Saterstrom, author of Slab and Ideal Suggestions: Essays in Divinatory Poetics
"Kazim Ali has managed to render into the English language the universal inner voice." -- Lucille Clifton
Kazim Ali's books include five volumes of poetry, The Far Mosque, The Fortieth Day, Bright Felon, Sky Ward, and All One's Blue: New and Selected Poems; three novels, Quinn's Passage, The Disappearance of Seth and Wind Instrument; a collection of short stories, Uncle Sharif's Life in Music, and three collections of essays, Orange Alert: Essays on Poetry, Art and the Architecture of Silence, Fasting for Ramadan and Resident Alien: On Border-crossing and the Undocumented Divine. He has translated books by Sohrab Sepehri, Ananda Devi and Marguerite Duras. He is an associate professor of Comparative Literature and the director of the Creative Writing Program at Oberlin College.
The Flayed City
Hari Alluri is an author who, according to U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, "carries a new, quiet brush of multi-currents, of multi-worlds to paint this holographic life-scape." In The Flayed City, Alluri gives an intimate look into the lives of city dwellers and immigrants, imagining the souls that reside in "broom-filled nights", "skyscrapers for buoys", and under an "aluminum rising sun". The charged poems in The Flayed City sweep together "an archipelago song" scored by memory and landscape, history and mythology, desire and loss. Driven by what is residual—of displacement, of family, of violent yet delicate masculinity, of undervalued yet imperative work—Alluri's lines quiver with the poet's distinctive rendering of praise and lament steeped with "gravity and blood" where "the smell of ants being born surrounds us" and "city lights form constellations // invented to symbolize war."
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"Hari Alluri is Michaux for our time. Which is to say: he is the poet who is able to find myth in our days of sorrow and displacement, when so many lose homes and identities, Hari Alluri offers a new music. When cities are destroyed by fire, Hari Alluri offers lyric fire that heals the heart, that lets theimagination save us. When there is nothing left to say and the page of our drive to stop the pain is brightly-lit and blank, Hari Alluri brings a few words that sing, brings them by the hand, gives them to us—not just words but images, sparks, from which the fire comes, from which whole villages are alive again. This is the poet to live with."-- Ilya Kaminsky, author of Dancing in Odessa
[Hari Alluri] carries a new, quiet brush of multi-currents, of multi-worlds to paint this holographic life-scape; a most rare set of poems—with jazz beat word lines, long-line wisdom and open space scenes where you can widen your eyes, scrape your hands and rush into colliding worlds. Bravo, many bravos!"
Hari Alluri, who immigrated to Vancouver, Coast Salish territories at age twelve, is the author of Carving Ashes (CiCAC, 2013) and The Promise of Rust (Mouthfeel, 2016). An award-winning poet, educator, and teaching artist, his work appears widely in anthologies, journals and online venues, including Chautauqua, Poemeleon and Split This Rock. He is a founding editor at Locked Horn Press, where he has co-edited two anthologies, Gendered & Written: Forums on Poetics andRead America(s): An Anthology. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State University and, along with the Federico Moramarco Poetry International Teaching Prize, he has received VONA/Voices and Las Dos Brujas fellowships and a National Film Board of Canada grant. Hari currently serves as editor of pacific Review in San Diego, Kumeyaay land.
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Olive Witch (Harper 360)
In the 1970s, Nigeria is flush with oil money, building new universities, and hanging on to old colonial habits.
Abeer Hoque is a Bangladeshi girl growing up in a small sunlit university town where the red clay earth, corporal punishment and running games are facts of life. At thirteen she moves with her family to suburban Pittsburgh and finds herself surrounded by clouded skies and high schoolers who speak in movie quotes and pop culture slang. Finding her place as a young woman in America proves more difficult than she can imagine. Disassociated from her parents and laid low by academic pressure and a spiraling depression, she is committed to a psychiatric ward in Philadelphia. When she moves to Bangladesh on her own, it proves yet another beginning for someone who is only just getting used to being an outsider – wherever she is.
Arresting and beautifully written, with poems and weather conditions framing each chapter, Olive Witch is an intimate memoir about taking the long way home.
Praise for Abeer Y. Hoque
"Told with vivid lyricism yet unflinching in its gaze, Abeer Hoque's memoir is the coming-of-age story of migration on three continents, and about the pain, rupture, and redemptive possibilities of displacement." --Tahmima Anam, author of The Bones of Grace
"An unflinching yet luminously beautiful take on family, race, sex and the treachery of memory. Don't be fooled by the frangipani beauty of Abeer Hoque's prose. Its razor-sharp edges can draw blood."--Sandip Roy, author of Don't Let Him Know
Abeer Y. Hoque is a Bangladeshi-American writer and photographer. Her first book of fiction, The Lovers and the Leavers, was published by HarperCollins to critical acclaim. She also has a book of travel photographs and poems, The Long Way Home. She lives in New York City.


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beseeching; sorrowing; expecting
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
Bibliography InformationHitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Ahlai'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names".
beseeching; sorrowing; expecting
(ornamental ) daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his Egyptian slave Jarha. ( 1 Chronicles 2:31 1 Chronicles 2:35 ) From her were descended Zabad, one of Davids mighty men, ( 1 Chronicles 11:41 ) and Aza-riah, one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of Joash. ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 )
a'-li ('achlay "O would that!"):
(1) A Son of Sheshan (1 Chronicles 2:31) or according to 1 Chronicles 2:34 a daughter of Sheshan, for here we read:
"Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters."
(2) The father of Zabad, a soldier in David's army (1 Chronicles 11:41).
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This dreamy necklace will add a touch of sophistication to all of your favorite looks! Featuring a stunning marbled stone with grey, white, and light pink in the center of the pendant, it is surrounded by a golden ring for a beautifully boho look! It also features three strands of chains - two are grey faux suede with lots of knotted details and golden geometric accents attached, while the third is a classic gold chain with more golden accents! We love how some of the knotted details and faux suede chain extends to the sides for a cool look! The neutral colors pair beautifully with jeans, jeggings, and maxi dresses for a gorgeous fall look!
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My Favorite Band.Simply put. Rilo Kiley is my favorite band. I have all of the CD's as well as many of the solo projects of the diferent members, so I have something to listen to no matter what mood I'm in.
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My State After The State Of The Union
I've said it before but now I really believe it. I am officially old. As I sat and watched President Obama give the State of the Union speech I found myself mired in cynicism. I didn't want to be in that head space but there I was (I also didn't want to be talking back to the television screen but there I was doing it –old man here I am). As I watched all the "fat cats" in Washington sit on their well fed and insured haunches I just couldn't help but think, nothing has changed, nothing will change. I still believe Obama's the right man for the job and I want to believe him (really I do) but he's not a superhero and he can't do it alone. If I was younger I would think that I could help him with that change but as I round the last bend of life's curvy street I find that once more I'm in a pothole watching the fancy cars go by. My state after the State of the Union – Don't Get Me Started!
The state of Nevada is 48th for educational funding, so not surprising that we are dead last in our education results. This week there will be more cuts to education in Nevada. Good plan? As our Las Vegas mayor raises millions for a "Mob Museum" and a new City Hall, all that we're doing is creating future honorees in the museum and uneducated people who will clog up the courts because they won't have the tools to get jobs or do anything but get in trouble. I guess the good news is that they'll at least get to see the new city hall building. As Las Vegas comes in the top of the "most foreclosed homes" in the US, and as more and more people who came here to prosper are deciding they need to move back to their Midwest suburbs, here my city stands with a big new shiny complex called, City Center while away from the neon of the world famous Strip there are more and more houses rotting away and kids graduating high school who can't read. Will Las Vegas become Waterworld (a very expensive flop)? Probably not because people will always want to come to Vegas but as I watched the State of the Union and watched my senator, Harry Reid yawning, I thought how tiresome politics and all these supposed budget experts are and how out of touch they are with the people of this country who need some leadership from their leaders.
The more that I watched the more I thought about how much we need a major shift in our thinking. The alleged "White House Party Crashers" hosted a night at one of the clubs here in Vegas and they couldn't do a red carpet because they were afraid they wouldn't have enough security for all the people who wanted to see this couple who are the least extraordinary people I think you could find. We're all so busy trying to get our own reality shows that while Obama talks of building jobs in clean energy and high speed railroads, I have to wonder if anyone from the American-I'm-An Idol-Too-Generation will want to work those jobs. Will Snooki become a clean energy expert? Will Mike "The Situation" end up as an engineer of the new high speed trains? I doubt it. But maybe just maybe we should be putting our scientists and brightest kids on a pedestal instead of these putzes? We need to find our next Albert Einstein instead of our next Biggest Loser but I just wonder if we've gone too far in our adulation of nobodys to shift to a new wave of thinking where we create and celebrate somebodys? None of us seem smarter than a fifth grader to do it and the problem is that we think it's funny that we're all this stupid.
Look, on the whole I try to stay positive. When Tinkerbell drinks the poison to save Peter Pan and we have to clap really loud for her to live to show that we believe in fairies, I'm clapping the loudest in the room usually but as I watched the State of the Union I definitely thought it was going to take more than happy thoughts to get me to fly again in the belief that we're still living in the greatest country ever. Remember that it took fairy dust and happy thoughts to get the Darling kids off the ground and flying. I hope that Obama's words weren't just words. That education will once more become a focus for this country, that Don't Ask Don't Tell will go away and will finally start to break the stronghold the religious right have on running this country. I want to believe, I'm ready to clap Mr. Obama and I do still believe in you but unfortunately I don't believe anyone else who was in that room with you (Democrats or Republicans). For them it's politics as usual and he who dies with the most money wins. They've forgotten how to lead because they're so busy trying to win. I want us all to win. Hey, what was that? Optimism? Maybe I'm not as old and jaded as I thought. My state after the State of the Union – Don't Get Me Started!
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Hello, me again
Ricky Gervais hosted – some say accosted – the Golden Globes this past weekend and is under fire for crossing too many lines. I of course didn't watch the interminable show, but I did watch the highlights of Ricky's bits … Continue reading
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On further review, good idea
Let's be honest, if you announce your suicide on Facebook and none of your friends even bother to care, you're on the right track Forty-two year-old Simone Back announced her intention to commit suicide in a status update on Facebook–and not … Continue reading
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Religious people seriously annoy me.
Look at these numbers.
We kept giving the dog scraps from the table and now it won't stop begging no matter how much we scream at it.
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6 ways your office is literally killing you
Interesting article. I can think of two more 7. Slowly removes your soul, leaving you a shell of your former, the-best-of-life-has-yet-to-come, college-self 8. STDs
Work sucks and other truths
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The irony is so thick
Many Americans who want to ignite their own fireworks must travel to an Indian reservation to purchase them. Then, they have to illegally transport them and use them in semi-secrecy. This is all in order to celebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY. INDEPENDENCE … Continue reading
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When Less is More: Things I've Learned from Sports & Porn
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Breaking news: God still hates his kid!
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* Obama's candidate expected to win Senate backing
* Lew: Citigroup bonus was in line with others in industry
* Tax reform a focus; Lew shows appetite to tackle it
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* Obama's candidate expected to win Senate backing
* Lew: Citigroup bonus was in line with others in industry
* Tax reform a focus; Lew shows appetite to tackle it
By Anna Yukhananov and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Jack Lew, President Barack
Obama's pick to be U.S. treasury secretary, on Wednesday defused
heated questions from lawmakers about his work at Citigroup and
managed to find common ground with critics over the need for tax
At a hearing on his nomination, Republicans blasted Lew with
questions about his investment in a fund linked to the Cayman
Islands and his time at Citigroup, especially a $940,000 bonus
he received just before the bank got a taxpayer-funded bailout.
Lew, sounding calm and confident, told the Senate Finance
Committee that his compensation at Citigroup was in line with
others who worked in the financial industry.
His background at the bank aside, the hearing underscored
differences between Democrats and Republicans on how best to
rein in U.S. budget deficits but also highlighted a common
desire to reform the tax code. Lew struck a conciliatory stance,
repeatedly saying he looked forward to working with Congress on
a bipartisan basis.
He said revamping the tax code would be "at the very top" of
his priorities.
The questioning was largely respectful and free of drama.
Even the top Republican on the committee, Orrin Hatch, one of
Lew's most persistent critics, had only nice things to say at
the end of the 3-1/2-hour vetting.
"Frankly, I think you've done really well," he told Lew.
The smooth performance further cemented Lew's prospect of
winning the Senate's needed backing. While most Republicans have
withheld judgment, Democrats control the Senate 53-45.
During the hearing, Hatch zeroed in on Lew's work as an
executive at Citigroup as a possible conflict of interest for a
job that would have him overseeing financial markets.
Hatch said he was unclear about what Lew did as chief
operating officer at two Citigroup units, one of which engaged
in proprietary trading. As treasury chief, Lew would oversee
rules that seek to prevent such trading.
"If you were to be confirmed, it could lead to an awkward
situation in which ... you would effectively be saying to
financial firms: Do as I say, not as I did," Hatch told Lew.
Lew said there were no conflicts of interest. While at
Citigroup, he said he was mainly in charge of managing an
operating budget and was not involved in investment decisions.
Lew was also grilled about a $56,000 investment he once had
in a Citigroup venture capital fund registered in the Cayman
Islands. Republican Senator Pat Roberts briefly displayed a
blown-up picture of Ugland House, a Cayman Island office
building where thousands of companies registered, including the
fund in which Lew invested.
Obama has criticized the use of offshore tax havens and had
singled out Ugland House in his first election campaign.
"There's a certain hypocrisy in what the president says
about other taxpayers, and your appointment," Republican Senator
Chuck Grassley said during the hearing.
Lew told the panel he did not initially know his investment
was registered in the Cayman Islands. He said he did not receive
any tax benefit from the investment, as he sold it at a loss.
"I think it's clear I recorded all income that I earned. I
paid all taxes as appropriate," Lew said. "I very strongly
believe that we should have tax policies that make it difficult
if not impossible to shelter income from taxation."
The need to reform the tax system, which has not had an
overhaul since 1986, was a central focus of the hearing, with
much of the questioning centering on the corporate tax code.
Obama has proposed cutting the top corporate rate to 28
percent from 35 percent. Republicans want it dropped to 25
"As a general rule, if there were a lot of easy decisions on
tax reform, it would have happened a long time ago," Lew said.
"There are going to be hard choices."
A 57-year-old New Yorker who until recently was White House
chief of staff, Lew is a budget wonk who has spent much of his
career in public service in Washington.
Lew's lack of financial markets experience has worried some
business executives. But during the hearing, the former budget
chief was able to answer fairly detailed questions on credit
derivatives and financial regulation.
The nominee also pledged fealty to the long-standing U.S.
policy view that a strong dollar is in the nation's interest and
repeated the administration's position that China's currency
remains undervalued, signaling an intent to keep pressing
Beijing to let market forces more freely determine its value.
"We work through the international bodies, the G7, the G20,
to advance the view that it's not just the United States, but
the organized nations of the world that insist on having
currency policies which are market-determined," he said.


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Forums > Hair, Makeup & Styling > primer suggestions
Makeup Artist
Posts: 29
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Anyone have any good primers to recommend for reactive skin?
I'm looking for myself, not clients, I use Laura Mercier for clients and never have a problem but it breaks me out and want to try something new. Thanks All!
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Posts: 41
Louisville, Kentucky, US
Laura Geller's "Spackle" is a good product.
Smashbox makes nice Primers.
Check out www.inmykit.com for a whole host of recommendations
Nov 25 12 08:35 am Link
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Mancelona, Michigan, US
Whiphand Cosmetics makes a gorgeous primer. It's seriously like nicest primer I have ever tried.
Nov 25 12 09:54 am Link
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Washington, District of Columbia, US
Lucie Gardiner Worship wrote:
I always test product on myself first, any issues I don't use it on clients, enough said...
Nov 25 12 10:28 am Link
Makeup Artist
Posts: 29
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Thanks for all your great suggestions!
If anyone has a fail safe primer they use on skin prone to breakouts, I'd love to hear about those in particular.
I'm one of those poor souls who has breakouts with products most don't, Laura Mercier primer for example, I have never, ever had a client had a bad reaction but I do, same with MUFE HD foundation, even though I love it, I just can't wear it on my own face...
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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Nov 25 12 12:55 pm Link
Makeup Artist
Posts: 316
Los Angeles, California, US
Yes- I also agree with CoverFx primers. You may also try Lorac's Aquaprime, as it is also made for sensitive skin (and silicon-free).
Nov 25 12 05:55 pm Link
Makeup Artist
Posts: 298
Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
I cannot do without MUFE allmat primer! Even my clients who have had sensitive skin, had no issus with this. I love it! It keeps makeup lasting longer and great for under eys cuz it fills in the fine lines a little before u apply concealer
Nov 25 12 06:06 pm Link
Makeup Artist
Posts: 57
Seattle, Washington, US
When using silicone foundation I use Smashbox primer, when using water-based foundations, I use Lorac aquaprime.
Nov 25 12 07:40 pm Link
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Posts: 57
London, England, United Kingdom
My pick for silicone-based foundation is MUFE HD Primer, for water-based I love OCC Skin Primer.
I can't stand the feel of primers with lots of silicone in them, and the two I mentioned feel weightless and prime beautifully.
If it's for yourself and you don't care about flash photography, MAC Prep&Prime spf 40 (or 50?can't remember) is also a great product, makes foundation last a lot longer and doesn't clog pores. It does feel slightly heavier than the other two though.
Hope that helps!
Nov 26 12 04:19 pm Link
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Posts: 149
New York, New York, US
Lucie Gardiner Worship wrote:
When you say breakout, are you talking an allergic reaction (red bumps all over) or pimples (white heads)? You may be allergic to a commonly used ingredient in makeup. Nowadays, makeup is non-comedigenic, meaning it won't clog pores. Most breakouts are skin reactions, not pimples. Maybe you're allergic to silicone? Certain preservatives? Maybe this can help you break down what's breaking you out!
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I Like To Be Cuckolded, But My Wife Refuses
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Cuckold Controls It AllMake no mistake: It is Cuckold who is in control. Always. Always, Cuckold stacks the deck. Don't be fooled by his wimpering and simpering. Look beyond what he calls his submission and you will find a cold and seriously devious control freak. Yes, you think he has given you your...
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Christina Aguilera helps Macy's celebrate a very special occasion — 150 years in retail!
The 27-year-old new mom posed for Rolling Stone photographer Mark Seliger in a series of commemorative photos for Macy's birthday. Who else posed for Macy's? Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein.
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Best on women and democracy
The Swedish county of Västerbotten has an election voter turnout of more than 85 percent and a 56 percent stake of women in its regional parliament.
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
The northern Swedish region with a population of close to 260 thousand has top ranking in the world's leading country on democracy issues and women's participation. Figures assembled by BarentsObserver show that Västerbotten in its last regional parliament elections (2010) had a voter turnout of as much as 86,2 percent. Furthermore, contrary to the situation in most other regions, the turnout is on the increase compared with the previous two elections.The results put Västerbotten far ahead of its neighbors in the Barents Region. Data from northern Finland, Norway and Russia show a picture of considerably less voter activity. In Barents...
High talks, low trade
Ministers and officials talk up cross-border business and cooperation, but figures show that Norwegian-Russian trade goes down.
By Thomas Nilsen, BarentsObserver.com
For the second year in a row, turnover of goods between Russia and Norway shrinks. Last year, down 462 million Norwegian kroner (€55 million). The turnover of trade between the two neighbors was last year 17,68 billion NOK (€2,11 billion), down from 18,79 billion (€225 billion) in 2012, reads that latest figures fromStatistic Norway. Norway's export to Russia had a value of 9 billion NOK (€1,08 billion), while Russia's export to Norway had a value of 8,61 billion NOK (€1,02 billion).Boosting business ties have for more than two decades been included in some of the first paragraphs in most manuscripts the two countries' ministers have...
Nenets swims in cash
Regional budget with a surplus of one billion rubles so far this year makes the tiny populated northeastern corner of the Barents Region one of the wealthiest in entire Russia.
By Thomas Nilsen, BarentsObserver.com
Nenets Autonomous Okrug has posted impressive economic statistics for years. Already five years ago,BarentsObserver could tell that officials in the region were ranked as the ones with highest salaries among all officials in Russia.Today, the same officials in the local administration can smile all the way to the bank. The regional balance account for the first nine months 2012 shows a surplus of a billion rubles (€24,5 million), the regional administration announced this week.If divided on the tiny population of 42,000 people in the Okrug, each can cash in nearly 24,000 rubles (€600) – nearly the average salary for an employee in the state...
Rudolph and Santa soon billion euro business
NiinaKörkkö welcomes tourists from around the world for a ride in Rudolph's sleigh. Winter tourism in Lapland could soon have a turnover of €1,5 billion.
By Thomas Nilsen, BarentsObserver.com
"That will be €100," says booking clerk NiinaKörkkö to the couple from Russia that together with their two children want the 1000 meter reindeer sleigh ride. The man cashes out the €100 without blinking. Santa Claus and Rudolf is big business in Lapland.Some 500,000 overnights will visit Rovaniemi this year. Santa Claus' home cavern is just north of the city, strategically placed on the Arctic Circle. A glossy Santa Park is nearest neighbor. "The season started earlier this year," tells Niina. She notes that more tourists are lining up for a ride with Rudolph this winter. "Especially from Italy, Japan, England and even from Australia. Some...
Amid downslide, a boom for Norwegian Arctic oil
Production in northern Norwegian waters saw a significant decline in 2013. Still, energy companies like never before rush into the area.
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Figures assembled by BarentsObserver show that both oil and gas production in northern Norwegian fields dropped significantly in the course of 2013. The Snøhvit field, so far the only operating project in the Barents Sea, produced a total of 3,76 million sm3 of gas, a decline of 24 percent compared with 2012. Likewise, practically all of the fields located in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of the Nordland County had falling production figures.In total, the north Norwegian oil production in 2013 dropped 16 percent to a total of 5,13 million SM3, while the regional gas production fell 16 percent to 6,06 million SM3, figures from the Norwegian...
Hi-tech regions are Arctic population winners
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Regions with powerful universities and research centers are the only population growth areas in the Barents Region, data from the last 20 years show. On top of the list are the regions of Oulu, Västerbotten and Tromsø.It is only the regions with powerful academic environments and technology-driven economies, which manage to boost their populations. Data assembled by BarentsObserver show that the Finnish region of Northern Ostrobotnia is the winner in regional demographic development with a population growth of 14,2 percent in the period 1990-2012. The region is followed by the Norwegian County of Troms, which in the same period grew by 8,2...
More Arctic port calls in northern Norway
Ports in northern Norway are increasingly putting on weight.For the first time, ports in northern Norway in 2012 handled more goods that ports in Barents Russia.
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
For decades, Murmansk was the by far biggest port hub in the Arctic, serving a powerful fishery industry and the major mining and metallurgy enterprises of the Kola Peninsula. Today, the ports of Murmansk remain key Arctic infrastructure objects of major strategic importance to the regional economy. However, they are increasingly challenged by ports in neighboring Norway.Data obtained by BarentsObserver show that northern Norwegian ports in 2012 handled a total of 41,4 million tons, while Russian Arctic ports the same year had a turnover of 36,6 million. The Norwegian side includes ports in the three northernmost counties of Nordland, Troms...
Bleeding industry puts economy in red
Several years of weak industrial output are bringing down the economies of Russian Arctic regions. In 2013, all the federal subjects in the Russian Barents Region saw a significant decline in their respective key industries.
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Despite the number of government measures taken to get the country back on track after the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the economy continues to falter. Figures from 2013 show that the Russian GDP grew only 1,4 percent in the course of the year. Industrial production was on the verge of going negative with a growth of only 0,3 percent, data from the Russian Statistical Service show.With the exeption of the crisis year 2009, the figures are among the worst in the country over the last 15 years.The situation in the regions is no more cheerful. Figures assembled by BarentsObserver show that all the five federal subjects in the Russian part of...
In windy Arctic, a new emerging power center
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
While neighboring Norwegian and Russian regions put their faith in Arctic oil and gas, the northern Swedish region of Norrbotten is becoming on of Europe's bigger producers of wind energy.When in full swing around year 2020, the Markbygden wind park will generate enough energy to cover up to eight percent of the total Swedish demands. The 450 square kilometer area outside Piteå in northern Sweden will be turned into a major regional center for power generation. A total of 1101 wind generators, some of them up to 200 meters high, will produce about 12 TWh. The companies Svevind and Enercom are investing up to 55 bilion SEK (€6,2 billion) in...
Quietly flows the Kolva – and Arctic oil story
By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
As energy companies step up extraction on the tundra, a number of local villages are getting paid in oil spills. Among the waterways badly hit is the Kolva River in the Timan-Pechora province.The Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Komi Republic have over the last ten years seen a major growth in oil production. As data from the area show, production in the Nenets AO in few years more than tripled. While oil companies in the region in 2000 produced 4,5 million ton, they ten years later produced more than 18 million. In the neighboring Komi Republic, the production have increased steadily from 9 million tons in 2000 to 13,7 million in 2012. After...


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A Game-Theoretic Approach for Opportunistic Transmission Scheme in Cognitive Radio Networks With Incomplete Information
One of the key issues in cognitive transmission is for secondary users to dynamically acquire spare spectrum from the primary user and then select appropriate transmission schemes. The existing spectrum sharing scheme adopts a deterministic Cournot game to formulate this problem, of which the solution is Nash equilibrium. This formulation implicitly assumes that each secondary user is willing to fully exchange transmission parameters with all other users and hence knows the complete information of all others. However, this assumption may not be true in general. To remedy this, the present paper considers a more realistic assumption of incomplete information, i.e., each secondary user may choose to conceal its private information for achieving higher transmission benefit.
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Bhopal, Feb. 28: The Bhojshala dispute that led to bloody clashes and the death of three persons in Dhar district is far from being resolved.
The Centres formula to sort out the vexed 11th century temple-mosque dispute has run into rough weather following local Muslims move to boycott an all-party meet called to implement a seven-point formula granting both communities right to worship at the site.
Muslims are resentful of Union culture minister Jagmohans amendment to the recommendations forwarded by the Digvijay Singh government to the Centre. In the revised suggestions, the Hindus are permitted access for a full day instead of two hours on Tuesday and more important, the majority community is permitted to carry flower, rice, kumkum and other puja materials that were prohibited by the Digvijay regime.
Several prominent Muslims in Dhar like Mujeeb Qureshi, Qazi Iftekar Thekedar and Nisar Ahmad feel if the majority community is permitted to carry puja materials, the Muslims would lose their right to offer namaz.
The permission to carry puja materials would eventually pave the way for the installation of an idol of Saraswati, they said.
Minority leaders said that since 1934, the majority community was not permitted to perform puja in Bhojshala as there was no deity.
Some of them threatened to move court in case they did not get justice from the Archaeological Survey of India, which looks after the monument.
The Hindu Jagran Manch, an umbrella organisation of the saffron brigade that is spearheading the agitation, countered the argument. The Bhojshala was forcibly converted into a mosque during the rule of Alauddin Khalji in the 14th century, the Manch said.
It had earlier opposed the idea of a negotiated settlement but changed track to welcome Jagmohans verdict.
Manch convener Radheshyam Yadav advised Muslims to abandon offering namaz at Bhojshala and give up the land voluntarily to the majority community as part of a goodwill gesture.
Dhar collector Sanjay Dube said: The local Muslims have some reservations and I have asked them to give them in writing. Their points of view would be forwarded to the state government, which would inform the Centre. Dube said the Muslims offered namaz at Bhojshala today and the day passed off peacefully.
The chief minister, however, said the Centre and the ASI were yet to issue categorical orders on Bhojshala. These are mere suggestions and I am awaiting a clear order from them, Digvijay said. The chief minister did not appear pleased with the Centres suggestions. It rejected the states request for paramilitary forces to man the monument.
Jagmohan yesterday asserted that law and order was the states responsibility while rejecting Digvijays suggestion that paramilitary forces should look after the security of the monument.


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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a retaliation lawsuit against the Fisher Nut Company, an almond producer based in Modesto, California.
The EEOC claims that a group of Latina employees suffered numerous consequences for having attended an informal meeting that resulted in a discrimination charge being filed with the Commission. Some of the workers faced verbal threats and irrational warnings from their immediate supervisors; in one case, a worker was warned for "laughing during the course of the work day." All but one of the workers were moved from various other jobs to the entry-level almond sorting position, widely considered the least desirable work at the plant. Ultimately, all the women were fired within two months of the informal meeting.
One of the women said, "At first, I did not understand why I was being transferred to almond sorting. But then I saw friends transferred there too, friends who had joined the discrimination claim against the company. We were constantly under close supervision. I felt we were being punished due to the claim we helped file. Later we were told in a meeting that we were being fired because Ron Fisher was very angry due to the discrimination claim. And after eight years of working for Fisher Nut without a single warning, I was terminated."
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My name is Renee Hildebrandt and I have been teaching in the Kenyon-Wanamingo School District since 1984. I received my BA in Elementary Education at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN in 1984 and my MA at St. Thomas University in 1988. This is my 33rd year of teaching 2nd graders. I live in Kenyon with my husband, Kevin. We have 2 daughters, Sarah, 21, a Senior at Concordia College in Moorhead, and Natalie, 17, a Senior at KW High School. I enjoy reading, music, sports, traveling, and the outdoors.
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Just some ideas for x factor 2016 auditions, bit of a guide this is like a compilation of some of the most comprehensive issues to face when applying and auditioning for the x factor, and issues most people will have about next years x factor 2016.
When it comes to the x factor they do not put out much information each year on what will be happening the next year, but because each year the x factor follows the same system and around the same dates for releasing application forms, and the audition dates and some of the locations each year are always the same like london being one for example and manchester as another, it is possible in some ways to have a decent guide and some answers on what you will need to do next year when applying to the x factor.
How old can you be to audition for the x factor uk 2016?.
for the x factor the current age limit for the last few years has been a minimum of 14 years old, but also to note, all applicants to the x factor below 18 years old will need a parent or legal guardian sign there application forms, and also accompany them to the x factor auditions, and the parent/legal guardian must have proof of being such also.
when will you be able to fill out a application form and apply for the x factor 2016 auditions?.
this is a quite straight forward question to answer really, because the x factor always does the same thing each year, the time when you will be able to get the online application forms is around december each year, and they usually become available around the last few weeks of the x factor quarter to semi finals, of the current series this year.
where will the x factor 2016 audition locations and cities be?.
this cannot be answered yet, and is not usually known until a few months before the first auditions start, so expect the x factor to release that information in around march 2016, when you can usually guess though is that there will be auditions near some of the major cities, for example, in the uk x factor they always hold auditions in big cities like london and manchester.
if you cannot audition in the x factor usa or uk, what other countries will have the x factor in 2016?.
there are lots of countries that have there own version of the x factor each year, for 2016 these are some of the countries that are so far look scheduled to be running a x factor competition next year.
Albania Kosovo, Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic Slovakia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands Flanders, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, India, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States.
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some basic issues for applying to and auditioning at the x factor uk in 2016
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RIVERSIDE — For some reason, championships seem to follow David Rutherford around. Which may help explain why the Ontario Reign traded for him in January.
Rutherford, a 28-year-old forward, won an ECHL Kelly Cup with Florida in 2012. He won a Central Hockey League championship in 2011, with the delightfully named Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. He was a member of three championship clubs in juniors, winning a Memorial Cup with Spokane in 2008, a Western Hockey League championship with Vancouver in 2006 and a BC Hockey League title at Surrey in 2005.
Thus, as the Reign prepares for today's Game 1 of its second round playoff series against Utah, which begins today at 3 in The Vault, the input of Rutherford and Gary Nunn — who also has hoisted the Kelly Cup (Alaska in 2011) and was acquired by the Reign in March for his playoff know-how — won't hurt.
"I try to say to the guys that it's one day at a time, especially in the playoffs," Rutherford said Saturday, following a practice at LA Kings Icetown. "If you lose 8-0 or 3-2, you've got to wash it away. That's the biggest thing, letting go.
"For this team, getting over that first series was like slaying a dragon to a lot of people. To me, I was kind of baffled. I expected to win. To me, it was just another game, another victory, on to the next one."
The history of the Reign franchise, of course, had a lot to do with those acquisitions.
Last Tuesday night's Game 7 victory over Colorado moved Ontario past the first round for only the second time in the team's six seasons. The Reign had won four division championships but was 1-4 in its previous playoff series, the only victory a four-game sweep of Utah in 2013 with the last two wins coming in overtime.
Now, in the franchise's last shot at a Kelly Cup before it transfers to the American Hockey League this fall, a team that finished second in the Pacific Division could be the one to rip apart that underachiever reputation.
"I know Smurf (coach Jason Christie) wanted to get guys who had been there before and won before," Rutherford said. "I'm lucky to come in here and just be a part of something special right now."
Yes, the Reign players call their coach "Smurf," to his face no less. And I'm guessing Rutherford has fit in pretty well at this point, because his teammates are now calling him "Baby Smurf."
He scored eight goals in 22 regular season games with Ontario, and had a goal and four assists in the Colorado series with a plus-9. He has filled varied roles since joining the club from the Missouri Mavericks, in a trade for Reign veteran Geoff Walker, on Jan. 22.
"I was an agitator on the shutdown line before this series," he said. "And then they wanted to switch things up, and I went back to being a setup guy. But more or less it's about whatever the coach needs on each given night, especially during the playoffs. It's all about adapting. We'll see what Utah has to give, and we'll see what the coach gives me as a role there."
Of late, Rutherford has been skating with Nunn and Judd Blackwater on the Reign's top line, which is how they were grouped in Saturday's practice. Blackwater had four goals and four assists in the first round (after a 35-goal regular season), and Nunn had two goals and two assists against Colorado.
Utah finished 14 points behind Ontario in the regular season standings. But the Grizzlies finished 20 points behind Idaho, the Pacific Division champ, before winning the teams' first-round series in six.
Ontario was 6-3-1-1 against Utah in the regular season. Rutherford earned ECHL Player of the Week honors for March 9-15 in large part because of a goal and four assists in three games against the Grizzlies.
For what it's worth, this series also matches the ECHL affiliates of the Kings and Ducks, although we shouldn't get carried away. Each team has two of the parent club's prospects: Forward Maxim Kitsyn and defenseman Alex Roach for Ontario, defenseman Kevin Lind and goalie Igor Bobkov for Utah. This ain't L.A. vs. Anaheim, nor even a preview of next year's Ontario-San Diego AHL rivalry.
But it is the playoffs, always the best time of year for a hockey player. And it's an opportunity for the Reign to leave the ECHL with a bang.
"We have something special here," Rutherford said. "Let's make sure we don't (toss) it away."
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I spent this Memorial Weekend in Buena Vista, CO with a big group of friends. We all crashed at our friend's house that is affectionately known as Dalton Ranch, and in between kayaking the Arkansas River, mountain biking, and BBQing, I got some flight time on my new Phantom quadcopter. I wanted to capture the […]
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Medina Youth Basketball League
Medina Community Recreation Center offers a Youth Basketball League for Boys & Girls grades 2 through 12 and an instructional league for children in Kindergarten & First Grade. Registration and Skills Testing takes place in early November for grades 2 through 12 and practices and games start in January until March. For details, click on "Medina Youth Basketball League" on the menu to the left.
Men's Basketball League
Men's Over 18 League plays Monday nights between 6 & 9 pm October 3 - December 19, 2016. Click on "Men's Basketball" page for complete information.
Adult Softball League
Both men's and co-ed teams play during the summer.
The MCRC offers a variety of Adult Leagues to keep every competitor happy!
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Now that the assessments of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s short life have begun, the general impression seems to be that his importance had more to do with his good looks, his glamorous aura and his good nature than with any particular contribution he made to American politics or society. But that would be a misreading of who he was.
Certainly, as an adult he struggled to find himself. Although he had an early interest in acting, he drifted to law school and a short tenure in the Manhattan prosecutor's office, where he was well liked but hardly stood out. ''I'm clearly not a major legal genius,'' Mr. Kennedy cheerfully admitted after twice failing the bar exam while the tabloids crowed over the ''Hunk Who Flunked.''
In 1995, he attempted his first sustained venture when he founded George, the glossy political magazine. But when the first issue appeared, with Cindy Crawford on the cover dressed up as a winking George Washington, complete with powdered wig and bare midriff, Mr. Kennedy's judgment and his seriousness seemed suspect once again.
The criticism grew louder after Mr. Kennedy bared much of his own body in the pages of the magazine. More recently, his high-profile friendships with the likes of Larry Flynt and Mike Tyson left some wondering whether he retained any respect for the great political name he bore.
But in truth, Mr. Kennedy seems to have understood with unique clarity that he had become an emblem of the new celebrity politics. Today that politics is all around us.Continue reading the main story
There is the starstruck road show following Hillary Rodham Clinton around New York. There is the current Presidential race. Al Gore, we're told, is worried about his poor showing among those who constitute the ''Ally McBeal'' vote -- that is, among single young women who still swoon over Bill Clinton but are bored by Mr. Gore's wonkery and his wooden demeanor. Meanwhile, George W. Bush is outpacing all his Republican rivals because he's more charming and relaxed than they are, more ''fun,'' which is another way of saying that Mr. Bush would fare best on MTV.
Politics was not always so trivial a business. To watch the Presidential television debates of 1960, the great media event of their day, is to marvel at the seriousness of the subjects addressed by the two very grown-up candidates, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
Should the United States mount an assault against Fidel Castro? Had we allowed the Soviets to create a ''missile gap'' that gave them a nuclear advantage? Just how many millions of Americans were impoverished and undernourished? Mr. Kennedy came out ahead, according to conventional wisdom, because he was more telegenic than his opponent. But that mattered only because he held his own on the issues.
Today's politics is far different, and for John Kennedy Jr. what may have been most telling is how many years he let go by without seeking elective office. After his poised and polished performance at the 1988 Democratic convention, it was widely assumed he would enter politics. The opportunity was there -- for instance, his name was mentioned when New York's Daniel Patrick Moynihan decided not to seek re-election to the Senate. But Mr. Kennedy held back.
''A public career is -- it's a lot to bite off. And you better be ready for it,'' he said when asked about the attractions of political life.
These were not the words of a naif but the wary judgment of someone who knew, with harrowing exactitude, that there is a shadow side to all this political fun. He had grown up being trailed by Secret Service agents. No one knew better than he that democracy's entertainments can quickly become disturbing spectacles.
Many have praised his ongoing interest in politics. But the public service he gravitated toward was charitable and nonpolitical and done behind the scenes. Like Princess Diana, with whom he apparently felt a kinship, Mr. Kennedy was especially drawn to the plight of have-nots and outcasts. Reaching Up, the nonprofit group he headed for a decade, helped train people who work with the mentally retarded.
It is hard not to think that some part of him must have hated politics. Perhaps this was why George, though Mr. Kennedy described it as a vehicle for raising civic awareness, did best when it made sport of politics and political figures and of the pundits who have become celebrities in their own right. It seems somehow emblematic that on a recent visit to South Dakota Mr. Kennedy wanted to rappel down Mount Rushmore (a request denied by park officials); rather than trying to scale the heights of elective politics, he was more like a child thumbing his nose at it.
In the final volume of his memoirs Henry Kissinger reckons the cost Camelot exacted from all Presidents who followed. ''John F. Kennedy's Presidency was too brief to require him to choose between heroism and stardom, or even to be conscious of the choice,'' Mr. Kissinger wrote. ''Kennedy was able to practice both modes, unintentionally mortgaging the tenure of his immediate successors who fell prey to the illusion that no choice needed to be made.''
John Kennedy Jr. was granted no choice at all. It was stardom from the beginning. But he never confused it with heroism, and he deserves our gratitude for doing his best to make sure we understood the difference, too.Continue reading the main story


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