text: Hubby claimed he didn't feel well and has literally spent all night on his computer. I went to church alone, which was a bit intimidating. I did not see anyone else alone, but the service was the highlight of the night. I love the candlelight services. The kids won't go to church with me. Jumper spent the night at her boyfriend's family's party. Now I don't mind that she spends a lot of time there. He has a huge family and we have almost nobody. But she didn't show up until I was in my jammies and ready for bed and I was ticked that she came so late. She is my daughter, I love her, and I really wanted her to be there with us most of the night. She seems to prefer his family to ours. She never brings him here. I know his family is more fun than just four of us, but I missed her so much. Then when she finally came she got upset and boyfriend was with her and I am wondering if I'll ever not feel funny around her boyfriend again. She got angry and created a scene in front of him that made me look bad. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. Did she HAVE to? I loved that guy. Now I wonder what he thinks of me. My new plans for the future. It doesn't seem that my own family, other than Sonic, want to celebrate, at least not in my house with our small group. Next year I am definitely driving down to Chicago to be with Julie and Geoff on the actual holiday, not before or after. They will be available. Whether anyone comes with me or not, I don't care. I want to spend time with my loved ones who are available. The excuses hurt me. I'll probably bring Sonic. Hubby claims he needs to stay home to watch the dogs (an excuse in my opinion) and Jumper is very involved in boyfriend's family. Dare I say I'm starting to resent them? It's not fair, I know, but can't help my feelings. My other alternative is to ignore the holiday as if they don't exist, save myself a bunch of money, and just act like it is any other day. One or the other, that will be the plan. Tonight was just like any other bland nght, minus the awesome candlelight church service that I went to alone.I cried a lot by myself. Nobody noticed but my sweet dogs. I refuse to spent New Years Eve with hubby on puter, Jumper out and about and only Lucas at home. If necessary, I think I will find a few gals to go to the Casino with. Or I"ll go alone. I am fairly friendly with people I don't know and I'm pretty sure I'd have a good time even if I went alone. Pftttttttt to staying at home with grumpy husband who doesn't like to do anything and Daughter with her boyfreinds family. Sonic will be ok without me, but I will bring him good food from the Casino. One more year and he'll be old enough to come with me...yay!!!! My dogs were the only ones, besides Sonic, who gave me any loving this Christmas Eve. I don't feel like doing the present bit tomorrow. I am NOT in the Christmas spirit at all. I don't want any presents and I don't feel like handing any out. I was going to make a big breakfast, but I anticipate sleeping late. I am very sad, disgusted, and disappointed, but I refuse to let this happen again. Just a vent Hope you are having a better time than I am


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Nato 'has wiped out half of Gaddafi's military power'
The Nato-led bombing campaign against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has destroyed half his military capacity, a Cabinet minister said yesterday as he gave details of a plan to stop Libya slipping into the same void as Iraq after the war.
Despite the erosion of the Libyan dictator's defences, Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, remained unwilling to predict when the conflict would end. He pointed instead to the international arrest warrant issued this week against the dictator for alleged war crimes and the continuing defection of regime followers as a signal that "his time is limited".
"The position for Colonel Gaddafi is getting more and more difficult every day," Mr Mitchell told a news conference in London. "The military have now degraded about half his kit."…

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|Könntet ihr mir auch mal sagen, ob dieser text .. Richtiges Englisch ist? ... da ich am donnerstag meine letze Mündliche Prüfung habe (Englisch prüfung realschule), und hat vielleicht jemand eine übersetzung?
Das ist ..Von martin Luther King Assassination..
Bitte helfen , bin schon völlig verzweifelt :S
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On 29 March 1968, King went to Memphis, Tennessee, in support of the black sanitary public works employees, represented by AFSCME Local 1733, had the strike since 12 March for higher wages and better treatment. In one incident, black street repairmen received for two hours, when they sent home, because of bad weather, but white employees were for the whole day.
On 3 April King at a rally and has his "I got to the mountaintop" address at Mason Temple, the world headquarters of the Church of God in Christ. King's flight to Memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat against his plane. Near the last speech of his career, in relation to the bomb threat, King said the following:
And then I got to Memphis. And some began to say the threats, or about the dangers arising from. What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers? Well, I do not know what will happen now. We have some difficult days ahead. But it does not matter with me now. Because I had on the mountain top. And I have nothing against it. As someone, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not worried about that now. I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to up to the mountain. And I looked. And I've seen the promised land. I can not with thee. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people, will be the promised land. And I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not afraid of anybody. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
King was booked in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, owned by Walter Bailey, in Memphis. The Reverend Ralph Abernathy, King's close friend and colleague, on the assassination, swore under oath to the United States House Select Committee on assassinations that King and his entourage stayed at room 306 at the Lorraine Motel so often it was known as " King-Abernathy suite. "King was shot at 6:01 clock the 4th April 1968, while he was at the motel on the second floor balcony. The ball through his right cheek smashing his jaw and then traveled after his spinal cord before lodging in his shoulder. According to Jesse Jackson, who was present, King's last words on the balcony to musician Ben Branch, was planned, in order that night at an event was to participate in King: "Ben, make sure you play Take My Hand, Precious Lord "at the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty." Abernathy heard the shot from the motel room, ran to the balcony to find King on the ground. The events following the shooting have been controversial because some people have accused Jackson of exaggerating his response.
After emergency surgery, King was dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 pm According to biographer Taylor Branch, King's autopsy revealed that only thirty-nine years old, he had the heart of a sixty years old, perhaps a consequence of the burden of thirteen years in the civil rights movement.
The murder led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 100 cities. President-designate of the Robert Kennedy was on his way to Indianapolis for a campaign rally when he was on King's death. He gave a short speech on authorizing the collection of fans informed of the tragedy and ask them to King's idea of nonviolence. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared 7th April a national day of mourning for the civil rights leader. Vice President Hubert Humphrey at King's funeral on behalf of Lyndon B. Johnson, because there were fears that Johnson's presence could be protests and perhaps violence. At the request of his widow, King of the last sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church was played at the funeral.
It was a recording of his "Drum Major" sermon, which took place on 4 February 1968. In this sermon, King made a request that at his funeral no mention of his awards and honors be made, but they say that he intends to "Feed the hungry, clothe the naked," "will directly from the [Vietnam] war question "and" love and serve humanity. His good friend Mahalia Jackson sang his favorite hymn, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at the funeral. The city of Memphis quickly the strike favorable conditions for the sanitation of workers.
Two months after King's death, escaped condemn James Earl Ray was captured at London Heathrow Airport while trying, from the United Kingdom on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd. Ray was quickly extradited to Tennessee and with King's murder. He confessed to the murder on 10 March 1969, even though he recanted this confession three days later. On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray pleaded guilty to a trial conviction and thus the possibility, after receiving the death penalty. Ray was a 99-year prison term. Ray fired Foreman as his attorney, from then on, derisively calling him "Percy Fourflusher." He claims a man he met in Montreal, Quebec with the alias "Raoul" was involved and that the assassination was the result of a conspiracy. He spent the rest of his life attempting (unsuccessfully) found guilty, his plea and the trial he never had.
On 10 June 1977, shortly after Ray had testified to the Committee on House Select murders that he did not shoot King, he and six other prisoners escape from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. They were on 13 June again and again to prison.
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|ne, ist kein richtiges englisch..
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|bissel viel text für die uhrzeit, ne?
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Jazz lives at Storyville
There, the solos, talk and drinks flow until four in the morning. The dancefloor is often crowded as domestic and foreign bands play everything from Dixieland to swing, blues and rock. If you want to taste the Creole-accented food downstairs, a table reservation is advised. Try the Shrimps Bayou, a tantalising appetiser served in an escargot dish.
Storyville´s summer patio is located under big trees on a park across the street. Tables are arranged from the stone outcropping that supports the House of Parliament to the statue of the "peasant president" Kyösti Kallio. Band plays late into the summer nights.
Happy Jazz Club Storyville, Museokatu 8
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Join us for an evening of exploring new ways for your faith community to be more sustainable. Kentucky IPL has partnered with several local organizations to bring you "Caring for Creation: Ideas for Building a Green Future for Your Community." This informational evening is designed to provide opportunities for sustainable action for you and your community through a wide selection of green projects and initiatives. We will be covering many topics including renewable energy, energy conservation, transportation, food, advocacy and landscaping.
The workshop will be held from 7 – 9 on May 22 at Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church and is free of charge. No matter where your community is on the path of sustainability your will be sure to find new and inspiring ideas at this event.
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I cannot believe we're getting so close to the end of Pete's three years of family medicine residency. We've been on this journey the entire time we've been together. We met nearly eight years ago when Pete was in the process of interviewing at a handful of medical schools. His hope was to be accepted at the University of Minnesota here in Duluth because of their unique focus on rural family medicine. He knew he wanted to go to the mission field, and Duluth would provide the best training for being in the middle of Africa with minimal resources. I remember when he received his letter of acceptance. We had been dating for about five months. I was in New York visiting one of my best friends, Jessica, just after graduating from college. He called me, we talked while I stood on the back porch of Jess's apartment in Brooklyn, and I cried. I cried because I knew what this meant for our future. We already knew we would be married, and I had longed my entire life to teach abroad. This was Jesus' way of leading both of us down the path of our necessary training so we could get to Africa. It all felt so right.
Pete began medical school in August of 2006. We were married a week after he finished his first year. One year later, we moved to southern Minnesota where he did RPAP, a program for medical students to get a taste of real life doctoring in a small town. I taught there for six months and Ella was born six days before we moved away. That's when we landed in Minneapolis for one year. The year was filled with interviews and dinners across Minnesota and Wisconsin as we attempted to narrow down our list of where he might want to do his three years of residency. Then, on March 17, 2010, during a "match day" ceremony, we received a letter telling us we would be moving back to Duluth for residency, exactly as we had hoped and prayed. It was in that very same room, pictured below, that Pete celebrated his graduation just two weeks ago. We were coming full circle. Three years had come and gone, and a whole lot of life had passed with it.
June 4, a Tuesday afternoon, we jumped on a giant coach bus headed for Minneapolis with the nine other graduating residents in Pete's program as well as a number of the faculty and staff who work with them. It was possibly the last time that some of us would hang out together. Many will be moving away in the next few months to start their first jobs as physicians. One will be in Colorado, one in Alaska, another in Idaho, a couple in Wisconsin, and a few in northern Minnesota. We will be staying in Duluth. I am beyond thrilled about that. Pete signed a two-year contract with a hospital emergency room in Cloquet, a small town about 20 minutes away from us. (The contract is a complete answer to prayer, no question. I'll have more about it in an upcoming post about where we're going from here. )
The graduation ceremony was lovely. Not too solemn or serious. In fact, there were some fairly humorous moments. We were served elaborate hours d'oeuvres and desserts just before it began, which makes any ceremony better. Wine and chocolate? Well, I could sit and listen to just about anything with that placed in front of me.
The event began with a few special awards. My dear friend, Jen, was given one, which made me so proud. She's third from the left in the photo below. Jen is not only a resident but also a wife and mama to two. Her baby girl isn't even a year yet. Amazing! Jen did residency near Minneapolis and will be staying there for her job following graduation. So glad, since I would hate for her to move away.
Speaking of babies, here's little Tate who joined us for the trip! Tate is just a couple months old and was born to my doctor, Maria.
Maria was with me during my pregnancy and Sam's arrival. I had a rock star labor team between Maria and Pete, which gives me very, very good memories of his delivery. She will be moving to Colorado this winter and will be a fantastic doctor in a practice there.
Following the ceremony, each program was lined up for a photo in a back room. I tried to snap a few, but you know how it is when there's a professional photographer? It just feels a bit awkward, like I'm stealing his work. I didn't use my flash, but still. I did my best with these without stepping on his toes.
The faculty and staff joined in on this one.
Seriously, this is such a great group! I will be sad when everyone disburses. The close to a very good part of our lives is just around the corner.
As Pete and I walked out of the building following the festivities, it really hit me that we're nearly at the end of this part of our journey. We stood in the very same place three years ago while calling friends and family to let them know we'd be moving back to Duluth. I had to document it. From here, we move forward, another step toward the place where God has so clearly called our family. The thought of that brings so much joy. I cannot wait to see what is ahead.
As of today, Pete has 41 days remaining of residency. He will finish the last day of July. He will then have the ENTIRE month of August off so we can relax and breathe as a family. We're currently planning a "staycation" with lots of fun things to do in Duluth. We'll also be visiting both sets of Nana & Papas as well as having a short stay at a resort near Brainerd. Fun things to come!


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WWII Machine Gun Found In Lithuanian Mail
VILNIUS, Lithuania ~ (AP) ~ Lithuanian customs and postal officials got quite a surprise when they opened a rather heavy package; inside they found a fully operational WWII German machine gun, complete with ammo.
Officials at the Vilnius International Airport said the World War II era, German-made MG-42 machine gun was discovered after they scanned a suspicious 44-pound package; the box had been postmarked as originating in Lithuania and was bound for Germany. Customs spokeswoman Asta Mikeleviciute says this was the first time that customs authorities have uncovered such a parcel, and an investigation has been launched to determine who mailed the fully-automatic weapon.
No evacuation was ordered for the Vilnius International Airport, but authorities have been placed on alert. Even though WWII ended in 1945, Lithuania and other East European countries continue to uncover large amounts of weaponry and unexploded ordnance, even more than 65 years after the war.Tags: german, gun, lithuania, machine, postal, WWII


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We have changed our recruitment procedures at the Allied Airborne Army to accommodate the heavier volume of traffic we have been receiving. Our goal is to provide a more comprehensive basic training experience for our recruits and future members. We are looking for mature players over the age of 21. Experience is always a plus, as well as, airborne characters and assault teams.
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In the meantime, get on TeamSpeak (TS) and start gaming with us! You must have a working mic and TeamSpeak to be in the Allied Airborne Army. Members are commonly using both the private AAA TS and the HG Public TS.
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Tech Notes; A New Lease on Life for the Printed Word
By JOEL KURTZMAN
Published: July 15, 1990
For libraries around the world, the enemy is time. Since the 1850's, when all-rag paper became prohibitively expensive, printing has been done on wood-pulp paper. But alum, a component in that paper, reacts with atmospheric moisture to form an acid that dissolves the wood fibers: books become discolored and brittle. A new process, developed by Akzo Chemical Inc. of Chicago and the 16-million-volume Library of Congress, may help. Books are first put into an airtight chamber where a vacuum draws out moisture. Next, diethyl zinc, a highly reactive gas, is piped into the chamber under modest pressure to neutralize acid, then removed. The entire computer-controlled treatment takes 60 hours. ''The process leaves books with an alkyline reserve which also protects them from acids in the air,'' said Richard F. Miller, Akzo's project director.
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A few weeks ago, a couple of colleagues and I gathered in a car and made an escape to a quiet town in New York, called Saugerties. The Mission? A weekend away to play tennis, munch on well prepared grub and forget about the idea of work-related events spilling over into our days away. Now, even though we were well within the confines of New York, the air and smiles on the faces of strangers made your spirit blissfully aware that you were protected.
During our time away, we followed trails that lead to lighthouses and bed & breakfast hideaways so hypnotizing your heart would've surely been tempted to not just linger, but stay, stay stay. We ran into welcoming families grilling on a dock by the lake, snapping pictures and living! They were irresistibly full of life.
…and then it got me thinking. This is the kind of dinner party I'd say yes to attending. The kind where breezes flow freely, and the pace at which you eat is measured simply by when the sun comes up, not down.
And whether it's official or not, the mere idea of gathering together for the sake of committing people and relationships to memory seems to be dwindling. Last Thanksgiving I hosted my first dinner & fully understood the truth behind this. A gathering of the more meaningful kind takes time. Amidst all that life offers to us via the news, social media, the grind of a normal day to day – time seems to be lost in it's own complicated continuum. But this summer, we will take our troves of food & yum across a few waterfronts to picnic in the open, under the sun, but near the water…this time we will be pres de l'eau. I'm making lists.


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Jazzy stylishness… Rock energy… Authentically anchored in Blues… This is Robben Ford. So when Robben Ford announces the launch of his new guitar instructional website called Robben Ford's Guitar Dojo, I can only think of it as a good news.
Though he is not as famous as he should be among the guitar community, we are talking about a guitar master here. So the lessons come with a price which is not that expensive anyway : from $4,99 to $5,99 the video. The guitarist / singer already produced instructional DVDs in the past, and from what I've seen on the website everything seem to be set for the best.
Too bad there is no subscription formula but the website is still young as it was launche on July, 12th so maybe this will be featured one day or another. One thing for sure… A guitar lesson with Robben Ford should be an experience that goes way beyond just the guitar! Actually the website content itself isn't restricted to lessons, and it will provide a lot more content related to Robben Ford's music journey… Just watch the video at the end of the post.
To know more : Robben Ford's Guitar Dojo.
The video presentation by Robben Ford makes me want to follow all this…


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Features November 1, 1999 Issue
Offshore Log:
A Dash to New Zealand
Calypso encounters strong winds on her passage from French Polynesia to New Zealand, where editor-at-large Nick Nicholson will spend the next six months as measurer to the America�s Cup.
Calypso motored quietly into Opua, New Zealand, in the evening of a perfect early spring day�a welcome conclusion to a rough, fast, 2500-mile passage from Raiatea, French Polynesia. Notified by Russell Radio of our impending arrival, New Zealand�s efficient customs, immigration, and agriculture officials arrived at the customs dock to clear us in minutes after we tied up. In less than an hour, we were sitting in the bar of the Opua Cruising Club with our first New Zealand beer, still slightly dazed after spending 18 of the last 20 days at sea.
We were only the second cruising boat to check into Opua this season. The first was a Japanese singlehander who had arrived a few days before. The big influx of boats escaping from the tropics to New Zealand for cyclone season was still at least a month away.
For a passage from French Polynesia to New Zealand in August and September, you can expect cold weather, gales, and big seas. We found all of them.
With crew Dan Bastien of Canada, I left Raiatea�130 miles northwest of Tahiti�under sunny skies, with light winds. Two days later, the promised reinforced tradewinds set in, and 25 to 35 knots of easterly winds pushed us rapidly southwestwards towards Nukualofa, Tonga, 1,400 miles away. Under double-reefed main with half a headsail poled out, we sailed the boat moderately hard at about 150 miles per day, not wanting to break anything, but wishing to take advantage of the strong favorable winds.
Twice-daily weatherfaxes out of MetServices of New Zealand kept us abreast of rapidly changing weather patterns along our course.
We planned to stop briefly in Tonga to wait for a weather window for the 1,100-mile southward dash to New Zealand. As an option, we were prepared to bypass Tonga and carry straight on.
When decision time came, the weather south of us was still too ambiguous for a non-stop voyage, and we put into Tonga after 10 days at sea. In Nukualofa, it poured rain, and was cold enough for heavy sweatshirts and jackets.
Bob McDavitt of MetServices of New Zealand gave us a moderately good long-range forecast�good weather for the first four days, followed by who-knows-what. Des Renner of Russell, NZ Radio was less optimistic, having little faith in long-range forecasts. Neither was willing to advise us to go or wait.
We decided to go.
Ominously, the B&G Hydra instrument system chose this time to go on strike: no wind output, reducing us to Windex and eyeball. After several hours of reading the instruction manual, I performed a system reset, and regained partial operation. In doing so, however, two years of sailing log and weeks of careful calibration of the system were lost.
Our other significant problem was a leaking exhaust. Because of high oil consumption, I check the engine oil at least every other day even when we are only charging batteries and running the refrigeration system. The engine box is fully opened at least once a week to check belts and hoses.
Coming into Tonga, I opened the box to find the aft end of the engine compartment covered with salt. The source of the water was not immediately obvious (there was salt everywhere) but it had to be from the exhaust. A careful check of the system revealed a broken hose clamp on the muffler, which was leaking exhaust water and gasses directly onto the prop shaft, which proceeded to spray water very efficiently over the entire engine compartment. Fortunately, we carry plenty of spare clamps, and although lying on top of the engine in a seaway while working on the muffler isn�t exactly fun, it can be done.
For three days after leaving Tonga we sailed virtually due south in strong easterly winds, driven by a huge, nearly stationary high pressure system between us and New Zealand. Winds averaged 25 to 30 knots, with the apparent wind just forward of the beam�a fast, wet, uncomfortable ride. Then our luck ran out.
Des at Russell Radio was almost apologetic when we checked in that evening. �Boys, it looks like you�re in for it for the next 48 hours. I�m afraid you�ll have winds of 40 to 45 knots, but at least they�ll be from the right direction.�
It was small consolation, and I felt discouraged, depressed, almost cheated. At the morning fax, this low had been nothing but a small trough near New Caledonia. Now, the isobars had closed and it was deepening ominously, threatening to fulfill the worst-case scenario of the MetServices long-range forecast, which had predicted a classic, dangerous squash zone between the stationary high and a developing low.
The low was well north of us but dropping south, moving across our track almost at right angles. I decided to push on even harder, hoping the low would be diverted northward by the big zone of high pressure that protected us.
Off came the cowl vents for the first time ever, down came the double-reefed main. We secured the main boom with tackles to the rail, doubled the lashings on the dinghy. The trysail was checked over. We rolled up the headsail, deployed the storm staysail. It seemed ridiculous in only 25 to 30 knots of wind.
Almost immediately, however, the wind backed northwards and increased to over 40 knots. Our preparations were just in time.
The barometer was falling rapidly. I was thankful I had corrected it with a call to Tonga�s airport just before leaving, and was confident in using the barometer to determine our position relative to the low.
The barometer dropped, and steadied. We sped south, and the winds eased down into the 30-knot range. The barometer still held steady. In came the staysail, out went some headsail.
The barometer rose slightly, then steadied. The wind dropped a bit more. Up went the double-reefed main. We headed south as rapidly as possibly. We had dodged the bullet by pushing hard. The weatherfaxes�four each day�were worth their weight in gold, as long as your barometer was properly calibrated.
It wasn�t over yet, however.
The wind continued to back. Only 350 miles north of Auckland, it settled into the south-southwest, right where we wanted to go. The velocity steadied at 25 to 30 knots. With our hopelessly baggy genoa rolled halfway up, it was going to be a long haul.
After almost two days of beating, tacking through 120�, we still had over 100 miles to go. On the next tack, we could lay Opua, in the Bay of Islands. Tired and battered, we took the easy way out.
For the next two days the wind howled at 35 knots from the southwest. On the third day it began to die and veer, enticing us on to Auckland, 130 miles away. Just 20 hours later, we motored into Auckland�s stunning harbor on a cold, clear spring day.
With almost 11,000 miles on the log since our November 1997 departure from Newport, including 8,000 miles in the last seven months, Calypso was more than a third of the way around the world. She was tired and in need of some attention.
Her skipper, too, was tired. Now, it was out of the frying pan of a Pacific crossing, and into the fire of the America�s Cup.
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Q: What happens when the world produces a magical film filled with laughs, drama and emotional depth, but is nearly all filmed in German?
A: Hollywood swoops in and produces an English-speaking remake of course!
Because, as we all know, subtitles are the agent of the devil, Maren Ade's Oscar nominated German comedy Toni Erdmann, which has been celebrated by critics the world over, has been snapped up by Paramount Pictures and now Jack Nicholson and Kristen Wiig are attached to play the lead roles. So just what is it about the role of Toni Erdmann that's convinced Jack Nicholson to come out of his 6-year retirement?
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Why Jack Nicholson Is Perfect For The Role Of Toni Erdmann
Once news was released through Variety that Jack Nicholson was attached to play the role of Toni Erdmann, those who had seen the original German movie could understand why the Shining star was such a perfect match for the role. Here's why:
- Toni Erdmann is by nature a lovable prankster whose sense of humour shines through above all else. Essentially — his personality mirrors that of Jack Nicholson.
- The visual similarities are quite frankly, uncanny (see above).
- While Toni Erdmann is a joker, he also has a heart of gold and is desperate to connect with his corporate daughter, similarly, for all his roguishness, Jack has a good heart beneath the layers of prankster behavior.
Why Kristen Wiig Is Perfect For The Role Of Toni Erdmann's Daughter
Similarly, with Jack Nicholson's name attached, Kristen Wiig stepping in to play Toni Erdmann's estranged, corporate daughter Ines Conradi seems like another inspired piece of casting:
- Both Ines and Kristen have a subtle darkness and vulnerability to their characters which is essential to the role.
- However, beneath the cold, corporate exterior lies a hidden sense of humor which makes a rather dramatic appearance in the movie — something which Kristen will absolutely excel at.
- Like Sandra Hüller who plays Ines, Wiig is a recognizable name, but she's not a super A-list star, which allows her to play more fringe, exciting roles such as Toni Erdmann's daughter.
Will you go to see the American remake of Toni Erdmann?
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Just a reminder that this Monday night, November 2, is the America Dances! gala fundraiser for Career Transitions for Dancers at City Center. This year's gala performance will honor Patrick Swayze (who will be given a posthumous Rolex Dance award), and include performances by Desmond Richardson, Ashley Bouder and Andrew Veyette of NYCB, Stephen Hanna and Tony winner Kiril Kulish of Billy Elliot the Musical, Dancing With the Stars dancers (who are as of yet unspecified), and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, amongst others.
Career Transitions for Dancers is a very important organization that helps dancers (who retire young and often without much education outside of dance) to transition into other careers. Swayze strongly supported the organization and was planning to attend the event and receive his award before he passed away.
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A Tale of Two Cities is one of only two works of historical fiction by Charles Dickens (the second being Barnaby Rudge ).[13] It has fewer characters and sub-plots than a typical Dickens novel. Dickens relies much on The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle as a historical source.[14] Dickens wrote in his Preface to Tale that "no one can hope to add anything to the philosophy of Mr. Carlyle's wonderful book".
The 45-chapter novel was published in 31 weekly instalments in Dickens's new literary periodical titled All the Year Round. From April 1859 to November 1859, Dickens also republished the chapters as eight monthly sections in green covers. All but three of Dickens's previous novels had appeared only as monthly instalments. The first weekly instalment of A Tale of Two Cities ran in the first issue of All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran thirty weeks later, on 26 November.[1]
Dickens uses literal translations of French idioms for characters who cannot speak English, such as "What the devil do you do in that galley there?!!" and "Where is my wife? ---Here you see me." The Penguin Classics edition of the novel notes that "Not all readers have regarded the experiment as a success."
A Tale of Two Cities stands out from most of Dickens's other novels as the one containing the least humour. That is not surprising, as the historical context and focus of the novel, the French Reign of Terror, might be too bleak to allow for the more humorous characters Dickens is often known for. Still, Dickens, in his usual manner, manages to find the opportunity to make a number of wry comments about various aspects of the era and of the bleaker side of people's behaviour. If a humorous character is to be found anywhere in the novel, it would likely be Jerry Cruncher; however, his occupation as a "resurrectionist" (grave-robber) and his abuse of his wife casts a more sinister light on his character.


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This was a busy day. Lindsey and I met up with her mom and step-dad in order to take a little trip to West Virginia to see her sister play a volleyball game. Her sister plays for UPJ and for some reason they are in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
We arrived at the Hagerstown Prime Outlets and dropped Lindsey and her mom off there. Here step-dad (Tip) and I went to Antietam to visit the battle site. It was great being able to enjoy a historical site, since that is something Lindsey would not be interested in checking out.
For those of you that do not know, the Battle of Antietam (or Battle of Sharpsburg as southerners call it) was a major battle during the Civil War. This was where the Confederacy tried to move into the north and almost gained a major victory. This was also the battle that gave Lincoln the traction he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Anyways, read about at wikipedia if you want. Sit back and enjoy some of the pictures I took.
This last picture of the Burnside Bridge is my favorite. Over 23,000 men died during this battle. Try to fathom that for a second. They say there were so many men killed that the river was literally red with blood.
After spending a few hours there, we picked up Lindsey and her mom and went to Shepherd University, which was just down the road. We stopped at a Sheetz across the street from the campus, which sold wine inside. I am sure that is some delicious wine, for the expensive price of $6.99. Clearly Sheetz is the place to go for great wine.
It looks like a pretty nice campus, albeit a bit small. There athletic complex was pretty nice, here it is as we were walking inside.
UPJ beat Shepherd 3-0. The first game (or is it a set?) was pretty close, but then UPJ dominated the second and third ones. The UPJ girl's seemed to be out of sorts to start the first game, but once they settled in and kept to their plan, the points started racking up. Granted, I know absolutely nothing about volleyball. Just enjoy these pictures and this little video I took.
After the game we went to Cracker Barrel, where we had a not so good server. I am not one to usually complain about service, but this lady was just not good at her job. She brought us old, hard biscuits/cornbread and asked if we wanted butter, apple butter, or grape jelly. Lindsey and I both said apple, and Tip said grape jelly. She brought us regular butter and apple butter.
Lindsey's mom asked for water with lemon and the lady repeated it back, yet never brought the lemon. I ordered coffee, she brought me five creamers. When she refilled my cup, she brought me three more. WHO WOULD EVER NEED 8 CREAMERS??? After we ate the biscuits and cornbread, she brought us more and says "oh, here are some fresh ones." She then dropped off one packet of butter, into the cup that still had a ton of butter. Why???
Oh well, enough of my bitching about the server. Once we left there and made it home, I watch Supernatural and Arrow (which was pretty damn good by the way), while Lindsey sleeps on the couch.
It was another fun day on vacation.


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To celebrate the last book in the series, MAGIC FOR A PRICE, coming out November 6th, I am doing nine straight days of giveaways! Each day I'll talk about one of the books in the series, will post cut scenes (if I have them), will answer questions (if you have them) and will give away three prizes!
We begin with book #1 in the series…..
MAGIC TO THE BONE – book 1
Fun Facts:
The Title, Dear God, the Title
- My original title was DEAD DOWN 13th STREET, which is really bad, lol!
- Asked to suggest a better title, I came up with A LICK OF MAGIC
- That was refused because it was too close to A LICK OF FROST, by Laurell K. Hamilton which was scheduled to be released a month before my book came out.
- So I filled pages and pages and pages with title ideas. Finally, my amazing editor came up with MAGIC TO THE BONE, which set the tone for the rest of the series.
What About The People
Allie's name was chosen because I wanted her to have an "A" first name and a "B" last name. "Beckstrom" is Swedish for "back stream" which I loved because magic flows through the world like water, or "back streams" and pools in hidden wells. The "strom" is also a nod toward "storm", which defines magic (also used like electricity) and speaks to Allie's life and her father's life in many ways.
Zayvion's name was chosen because I'd seen that spelling of the name once and loved it.
This is the only book in the series that has a second point of view character narrating part of the book: Cody Miller. Even though Cody is a huge part of the first book and I knew what his fate would be across the series, I wasn't sure how much of his story I could get on the page after this book since I couldn't use him as a second point-of-view character again. So I sprinkled his story in here and there through the remaining books, until it added up to the important part he played in book nine.
Yes, that's Jingo Jingo in the Cody scenes and on the street when Allie is looking out Mama's window. I knew he'd play a big part in the book too. Jingo Jingo is a character from a fairytale short story I wrote (which has never seen the light of day).
The Writing of the Thing
MAGIC TO THE BONE was originally a short story. I thought it had the potential for a novel, but I was working on another novel project (which has never seen the light of day either. Hm…I'm seeing a pattern here). In the end, I wrote MAGIC TO THE BONE in a rush to hit a tight deadline for submission. I think I wrote it in two-three months which was, at the time, the fastest I'd ever written a book in my life.
I intended for Allie's dad, Daniel Beckstrom, to stay dead. Really and truly dead. But one comment in the revision notes from my editor along the lines of "too bad he died. He was a great character. I would have liked to see more of their relationship" made me change my mind. It made me think about what it would be like to see more of their relationship. And THAT opened up so many delightful possibilities, I knew what I had to do. So if you love/hate Daniel Beckstrom and his part in Allie's story, you can thank/blame my awesome editor for that!
Cut Scenes (more like Snippets, really):
Opening scene when Mama calls:
The morning chill made my scars ache today. My apartment felt emptier now that the autumn rains had come to stay. And yeah, I was lonely. My job made catching bad men easy and keeping good ones damned impossible. Nobody wanted to hook up with a Hound.
"Allie?" Mama said again.
"Yes," I said. "Is there a problem?"
"You come now. Right now. You'll fix this. Fix for us."
I put on a pair of jeans and tank top and shrugged on a corduroy jacket in case I needed to look nice enough to deal with the corporates. Nine times out of nine, hounding sent me sniffing down lines of magic that middle-fingered some branch of corporate. Big boys in glass towers knuckled down on the little people when they could–mostly used them as targets to divert their own cost of magic usage. Sort of like human sponges to soak up industrial waste: who cared if a few bums died young? It kept the poor poor, the addicts addicted, and the corporates clean of any wrong doings, unless they got caught. Work for hire magic sniffers–Hounds like me–did a lot of the catching.
Which was why I was pretty happy I'd made it to my twenty fifth birthday so far.
I brushed my teeth, rubbed at my recent short hair cut, and hoped it would pass for sexy. I slipped into my boots and locked my apartment door behind me.
Mama owed me breakfast. I hoped she had something in her kitchen more nutritious than whiskey.
Later…With Zayvion:
…and looked him up and down again. His stomach muscles tightened, he was breathing fast, and he was most certainly thinking about sex now. I reveled in the power of my body to do what I'd been unable to–break through that calm exterior of his and get to the real man inside. Even though it was a little cold in the room, I stood and pushed my sweat pants down over my stomach, paused to listen to Zay breathe harder before pulling them off my hips, paused again, then pushed them down my thighs. Zay sucked in a hard breath while I bent forward and tugged my legs out of the pants. I expected him to tackle me, hoped he would tackle me, but not Zayvion. No, not Mister Calm. I straightened and wrapped my arms around my rib cage. It was cold enough in the room a chill raced through me and my nipples tightened. I was freezing. I was too hot. I wanted him against me. Inside me. Before I froze to death, fell apart, or had a chance to think about this for very long.
"This isn't a strip show, Jones," I said. "Get over here."
You can win one of these prizes! Leave a comment here on my blog and you're in the running. You'll need to leave a comment on tomorrow's post if you want to be in the drawing for tomorrow's prizes.
Today's prizes:
1 – signed cover flat of MAGIC TO THE BONE
1- signed ARC of MAGIC TO THE BONE (note, it has a pretty cover!)
1- signed copy of MAGIC FOR A PRICE
I will mail internationally. I will pull winners TOMORROW–Sunday, November 11th. If any of the winners fail to contact me within a week's time, I will redraw names or hold a one-day post where all unclaimed prizes go to whoever asks for them first.
Leave a comment, or ask a question to be in the running to win!


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I recently found an artist who "paints" with clock parts. He creates pictures with the cogs, gears, wheels, springs, and other pieces of "old fashiones" time pieces. I'm not certain that his art would be termed "Steam Punk" - but you get the idea.
Here are some items selected with clock works in mind.
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Wednesday, 5 December 2012
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Pipeline, Issue #93
I know what you're all waiting to hear from me: What do I think of that Top 100 Comics list that's been circulating this past week?
I think I'm not giving that publisher any free publicity by mentioning its name, and I'm certainly not going to validate such a farcical list with an in-depth discussion of why Los. Bros. Hernandez are not Gods' Gift to Comics.
There was a time when this column featured an ad every week. It was just some advertisement in the middle of the book that came at a funny point, or some ad which juxtaposed with the comic in an odd way, or which featured a weird character.
I looked at the back of the stack of this week's comics and have to ask: What's Calvin Klein's obsession (pun intended) with young boys?
In lieu of the usual crop of professionals looking like fools this week, I bring you reviews. Fear not; I'm sure someone will open their mouth up this week and provide me with cannon fodder for next week's big 96th issue!
(There was, however, a fascinating piece by David Coulter in this week's CBEM about Chris Bachalo. I wish I had written it. You can read it over at CBEM's web page. Try hopping on over to
http://www.digitalwebbing.com/cbem/ and clicking on "Let Me Tell You
DC published BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND: NO LAW AND A NEW ORDER TPB this week. I think that title just about sums it up. It only took 20 seconds to type out.
Give DC credit for waiting more than 2 issues before beginning to collect this storyline in TPBs. But for $6 this one, collecting the first four chapters of the storyline, is a pretty good price.
And what do I think? It's uncomfortable. That's what it is. It has some good moments in there and a lot of thought, but I still have a HUGE problem with the whole premise. It's so bad that I can't take the rest seriously. This is a shame, since Bob Gale is an excellent writer and Alex Maleev and Wayne Faucher do a good job on the art side of things. Special mention should also be made of Matt Hollingsworth's dark and fitting colors.
So if you can swallow the premise, read on and enjoy! I may have to write "Elseworlds" on the cover if I'm going to read the next part.
Erik Larsen writes WOLVERINE #138. This isn't odd; not only has he written the previous 5 issues, but he's also writing AQUAMAN (for now), THE SAVAGE DRAGON, and NOVA (starting this Wednesday).
This is the grand finale of the 6 part epic "Wolvie in Space" storyline. In this issue, Wolverine fights Galactus. It sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Erik Larsen pulls it off. Seriously. It doesn't revolve around some macguffin or deus ex machina or some contrived plot elements, but the story comes off as real. (Well, as "real" as the Marvel Universe gets.) It's an interesting and unexpected ending to the saga. I don't do spoilers in this column, so I can't go any further, but I think this works well.
If you're a die-hard BABYLON 5 fan like myself, you probably picked up Wizard's FATHOM special edition issue just for the 7 pages of story in RISING STARS #0 that comes with it. It's worth it. This is looking to be some good stuff. JMS doesn't write dumb. I don't think he's capable of it. There's a narrator to the tale, who speaks as eloquently and as dramatically as G'Kar. Keu Cha's art is pretty good, too. Granted, there's not much of it, but the first impression is not one of incorrect exaggeration. The only thing that scares me is that Keu Cha didn't finish all 7 pages. There's a fill-in artist for the last two pages. Is this due to a tight deadline from Wizard? Or is Cha just not able to produce work fast enough? I'm hoping for the former.
My only problem with the book is that it looks like EVERY OTHER Top Cow comic. Do they all have to be so earthy-colored? Do they all have to use the same color palette? Do the computer separations always have to look so belabored and obvious?
The first issue of the series comes out in time for the Wizard Chicago Comics Convention. I'll remind you when the time comes; I think this is definitely a book to look out for.
I also read GEN13 #39, and it left me wondering: Can one really fight bad guys and run on the beach that easily while wearing heels? I would think the heels would sink right in. . .
Because I'm an idiot, I missed The Learning Channel's comic book special on Saturday. I normally wouldn't come begging here for a copy of a videotape of it, except for the fact that there was a brief interview with Erik Larsen in it. Argh! And according to Click TV it won't be repeated in the next two weeks! So if anyone, by any chance, happened to tape it (preferably at SP speed) and wouldn't mind lending me their copy/making me a dub, please e-mail me. I'll cover the costs.
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Dip. That one three-letter word makes me so irrationally happy. It makes me forget that I'm a ginormous ball of stress trying to juggle three different jobs and a baby without all the balls (and the baby) coming crashing down on me. To me, dip is like a cool, creamy pool of relaxation and meditation. It's the bartender at my favorite bar who listens to all my problems. It's where I go when I need to turn my frown upside down….and other clichés.
If you're thinking I have an unhealthy relationship with dip you're probably, OKAY, DEFINITELY, right. Dip is not something that can be portioned out (unless you're using a tortilla cone). It must be served in a big bowl with an endless bottom so that you can repetitively and mindlessly dip your chip over and over. Dip knows no bounds and my already wavering self-control pretty disintegrates into a pile of dust when in its presence. Hence (yes, we're hence-ing today) why I only invite dip over on special occasions and holidays.
Today, though, we're going to talk about a dip that I think I'm going to start a weekly relationship with. This dip may be the one. It's easy to throw together, contains almost solely good-for-you ingredients that you can mindlessly scarf without too much concern, and it's just as perfect for entertaining as it is for lunch. Anyone else eat dip for lunch? Come on, you know you do.
I started with Chobani® Non-Fat Plain Greek Yogurt which is a staple in our house. My husband eats it every morning for breakfast mixed with granola and nuts and I use it all the time for baking, making avocado cream (YUM), and, apparently, dipping. I combined the yogurt with the bean and scallion mixture and a heaping helping of pepper and pecorino for a low-fat, high-protein, probiotic-filled treat.
Done and done.
Seriously, this took about five minutes which is a MAJOR plus when I have a bazillion things to do during baby boy's nap time. And the Chobani® yogurt was easy to find at my ridiculously well-stocked Walmart store which made my day. Hubby and I have constant grocery shopping drama because some of our neighborhood stores are a hot mess (you know who you are). Fortunately, Walmart has got itself together.
My original plan was to eat the dip for lunch crostini-style all week long but then I realized it would be perfect for the holiday cookie exchange soiree I'm throwing at my house tonight for my FIT4MOM biz. It totally rounds out the cheese platter and flavored popcorn bowls I was planning to put out for munchies.
Two birds, one stone.
I'm juggling those balls like a circus clown riding a unicycle on a tight rope (is that a thing???).
I may have dropped one of the balls slightly when I stood in the checkout line with all my ingredients and realized I forgot my wallet (DRAMA!), but no one's perfect, right?
Except this dip. This dip is perfection.
And the french bread ain't too shabby either…
- Main Ingredients:
- ¼ cup Chobani® Non-Fat Plain Greek Yogurt
- 1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- ¼ chopped scallions, white and light green parts
- ¼ cup grated pecorino-romano cheese
- ¼ cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- Additional Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped, plus more for garnish
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Small pinch of salt, to taste
- Lot of freshly-cracked black pepper, to taste
- Combine the beans, scallions, pecorino cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, rosemary and garlic in a food processor. Pulse until the ingredients are combined but still chunky.
- Add the bean mixture to a medium bowl and mix in the yogurt. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Garnish with rosemary leaves and drizzle with additional olive oil just before serving.
- Serve with french bread slices or multigrain crackers.


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Bridge over the dam for Knob Lake
The sun lights the waves coming to the shore
Some of the distant fog remains.
Fossil Beds
Big Clifty Falls
Versailles State Park Dam
Also near the beach house.
Looking upstream from the bridge above Hoffman Falls
Chicago in the distance
Donaldson Cave Now closed to hiker due to WNS white nose syndrome that is associated with killing bats at an alarming rate. By closing the cave to hikers they hope to stop the spread of this condition and preserve the bat population in Indiana and the nation
Wooden gears and shafts are driven by the water wheel
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Grandma is taking us to a museum. "What!?" My 6-year-old exclaimed. "Museums are BORING!" Not this one. And boy was I right! The Museum of Natural Curiosity at Thanksgiving Points was AMAZING and my 6-year-old agreed.
We were at the Museum of Natural Curiosity for over 2 hours and we didn't get a chance to see everything!
When you walk in you immediately see a big rainforest with a playground immersed in it. An airplane hangs in the sky. And my 10-year-old said "This place is HUGE!"
What is there to do at the Museum of Natural Curiosity?
There are so many things to do that I can't list them all, but let's try several of the fun things
- Explore a city
- Hold a puppet show
- Play in the water
- Pump water and divert water
- Make music
- Learn about earthquakes
- Experience how high wind feels
- See a whirlwind
- Climb in ancient ruins
- See how much you weigh versus different animals
- Explore a rainforest
- Make things fly
- Build a home, wall, etc
- and SO MUCH MORE!
Photo and Video Tours of the Museum of Natural Curiosity
Where is the Museum of Natural Curiosity?
The museum is not by the main part of Thanksgiving Point but is back by the children's garden and just north of the golf course. It is located at 3605 Garden Drive Lehi UT.
Tips for Visiting the Museum of Natural Curiosity
- If you don't have an annual pass, plan at least 3-4 hours so you can see a lot of it.
- Bring a towel or second outfit for the water section. Or just be wet the rest of the day. Or go to that section last.
- Play! I followed my kids around the rainforest playground. It was a lot of fun. The slide was dark and long and fast – which surprised me.
- The playground may be difficult for smaller kids, but there are several areas for kids 3 and under.
- There isn't a lot of room for a stroller – so my suggestion is to leave it in the car or at home.
What is the hours and pricing?
$12/children (ages 3-12)
$12/seniors (65+)
25% military discount with valid ID. Free for children ages two and under.
**See Thanksgiving Point's website in case of changes
High Ropes Course:
$8/with paid admission
$12/without paid admission
$7/Thanksgiving Point Members
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Medicare Contractors Overpaid $1.6M For Cancer Drug: OIG
OIG audited 1,454 line-item payments for Herceptin made by Novitas — the Medicare administrator for four mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia — former Delaware Medicare administrator National Government Services Inc. and former New Jersey Medicare administrator Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee between January...
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Eight off-beat short stories:
- A child has a mysterious knack for survival in "Brindle."
- A woman suspects her neighbor of spying on her in "Flasher."
- In "Nude, Smiling," a young woman creates a unique way to pay for law school.
- In "A Skip of the Mind," a physicist must discover the secret to time travel if he wants to save his dying wife.
- A teen girl understands the physics behind popularity in "The Girl Who Can Program High School."
- A young woman wonders if sparing her child a life of torment is "A Kindness, Really."
- The smart, studious sister is treated like the family misfit in "Two-Eyes."
- A woman finally finds relief from a secret she's been carrying for years when someone reveals their own secret in "Thanks to the Perv in the Hardware Store."


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text: I saw a picture of this scarf on LZ and fell in love. The word 'torana' has meaning in my native language (it means ceremonial gate, or entryway) and this scarf illustrates it wonderfully. For certain festivals in my home country people build structures like this and decorate them with colored lights. In fact some of my family come from a small town called 'Torana' which is named after a very large ceremonial structure which is built once a year, each time in a different style. Does anyone know what other colorways it comes in and any other details about the scarf and its designer?


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The USS Twombly: Sinking Fishing Expeditions
All too often, discovery becomes "not merely an impermissible fishing expedition[, but] an effort to dredge the lake in hopes of finding a fish." Texaco Inc. v. Sanderson, 898 S.W.2d 813, 815 (Tex. 1995).
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She wears volleyball shorts and a sports bra with a cut off to the gym and I have been there with her before and caught guys looking at her and I have also been known to check women out at the gym and its unavoidable at times but I brush it off and go my separate way without being a cat calling creep but I understand observing is unavoidable. Theirs one outfit in particular I can see her cameltoe, and I want her to stop wearing that butnshe said I need to trust her.
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You can point out your concern and tell her your reasons. She can also tell you that she doesn't agree with you. This is one of those situations where you will have to really try hard to make her understand where you are coming from. What would you like her to wear to the gym? You need something that allows freedom of movement, allow your skin to breathe as much as possible as well as absorbing sweat. Wearing full length leggings can sometimes be uncomfortable and hot.00|00|0
I'm nkt talking go nun status or anything crazy but maybe yoga pants and a short sleeve t shirt will cover up a little more. I still look when I'm at the gym at other girls and it unaboidbale so guys will look no matter what and I don't want them to have so much to see lol.
Fair enough. Explain that to her or maybe buy her a new gym outfit in the style you describe. I think if you put it across as something that is upsetting you and you are not controlling or demanding in the way that you say it, she will most likely compromise a bit.
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well she's right, you should trust her and she can dress the way she wants, but you can still address your concern in a respective way to the point where she really sees that is is upsetting you so she'll make the decision herself to change the way she dresses.00|00|0


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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Latte Geography Factor
Things with work have been insane for the last week, so it's unlikely I'll get to tackle any big topics for a few more days. But I have been pondering conscious spending and my own personal "latte" factor today, so I thought I would post it. The basic issue is this: I love chai lattes, but feel pretty strongly that they're overpriced in general, which offends my sensibilities. I try to limit my consumption of them at all venues, but every once in awhile I splurge on one from Starbucks (I can't help it - they're so tasty!). When I was in college I used to have one after I took a final, and these days I do it if I'm having a really bad day at work (maybe 6 times a year). But the thing is that I get so concerned about whether it's "wrong" for me to spend money on it, that although I really enjoy the sensory experience, I don't have the same amount of stress reduction I should. (Today in my head I kept hearing "latte factor, latte factor" over and over in a pretend blogger's voice.) One of the things that makes me more likely to splurge is being away from home - if I'm traveling, I am more likely to indulge myself, probably because my habits are pretty good when I'm in my regular life mode. So my question is: does it justify the not-completely-stress-abating splurge if the tasty chai is cheaper where I'm buying it than when I'm at home? Just in general, is it more okay to splurge if you're away from home? I tend to do this, and on some level I think it's okay. But I'm also starting to question whether I'm frugal, or just someone who is habitually non-consumptive and comforted by the familiar status quo.
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A former Clinton associate has come forward with a shocking confession: he has killed people for Bill and Hillary.
Larry Nichols, a former Green Beret, first met Bill Clinton in the late 1970s, and they quickly became close. Bill made him the marketing director of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), also known as the "best kept secret in Arkansas."
Unsurprisingly, there is no wikipedia page for Nichols or the ADFA, as the Clintons made it their mission to keep Nichols as hidden as possible.
Nichols remained close to the Clintons until he became president, and in a recent interview, he revealed that he eventually became a hit-man for Bill and Hillary, taking out anyone who threatened their rise to the top.
The interview above is rather long, but it's well-worth a listen. You won't believe the secrets about the 2016 presidential candidate that Nichols reveals!


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Wow! So much for filling you in on Monday, eh?
Well, Charlie brought the tree into the house on Friday night. Which was a good thing, because it snowed quite a bit that night. Later on Saturday, Charlie put the tree up on and Kaila and I decorated it while Blake observed for a while. Come to find out, the tree is actually crooked. Not just a little crooked either. There is only one angle where it looks half way decent. It is a blue spruce, which is my tree of choice. I love the short needles and tighter branches. It seems like you can put more ornaments on there and they can also be heavier. My whole family has informed me that next year they want colored lights. Oh, the groaning that came out of their mouths when they saw the clear lights!
Besides getting the tree decorated, I also made homemade bologna with deer meat, baked white bread and honey wheat breads, and made four pounds of deer jerky. It all turned out pretty well. The jerky is slightly sweet, but is yummy anyway. It's the way I like it. It seemed like I spent a lot of time in the kitchen.
Charlie worked on the basement. We have a little issue with the previous owners never removing the forms in the basement floor prior to pouring the next batch of concrete. The house is fairly old, so as you may imagine the wood (forms) rotted and water seeps into the basement. While he was working on the basement, we discussed our plans for it. It does have potential as soon as it's dry.
Charlie also installed a locking door on my scraproom. This will help for the Christmas season (wink! wink!) and also it will allow the heat from my space heater to remain in that enclosed area. I tested it last night and it works VERY well.
This week has been busy...big surprise! I helped with Kaila's Kindergarten Brunch on Monday, followed by shopping. Then, on Tuesday I received a shot in my elbow (tendanitis), which is always lovely. Hey! At least I didn't almost pass out this time. Again, I followed that up with shopping. I have never shopped so much for the Christmas season. It's very tiring. I don't recommend it. In fact, I normally purchase most of my gifts online. In hindsight, I find that to be the way to go. It's less stressful. I'm also fairly certain that I spend less money that way. The children are loaded up this year. I'm going to have to reevaluate my strategy next year. I have a ton of wrapping to do, not to mention I still have to take a trip to Wal-Mart tonight.
On today's list is the usual cleaning, cooking, laundry and maybe...maybe some packing.
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June 20, 2016 – Ottawa – It is with great admiration and respect that the members the Board of Directors of IABC Ottawa announce the Honourable Mauril Bélanger as the 2016 Communicator of the Year.
"IABC Ottawa salutes Mr. Bélanger's drive to communicate and his constant work to improve people's lives," says Sherrilynne Starkie, IABC Ottawa president. "We recognize him as a role model in our community."
Mr. Bélanger was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ottawa—Vanier in a by-election in February 1995, and he has been re-elected at every election since. In December 2015 he was named Honorary Speaker of the House of Commons by unanimous consent.
When choosing a Communicator of the Year, IABC Ottawa seeks people who:
- inspire with their messages
- use new and different tools to be clearly understood
- have a passion for community
- act as a trusted leader and mentor
Mr. Bélanger has all these characteristics and more. He has always supported the causes of the people from public servants to the homeless. In late 2015 he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. While this may have quieted his voice, it has not stopped his determination to be heard and to make a difference in the lives of Canadians from coast-to-coast.
He has steadfastly promoted awareness of ALS, and recently he was in the news to support Bill C-210. This is an act to honour the contribution and sacrifice of our Canadian women, in addition to those of our men, in our national anthem.
Mr. Bélanger has also been chronicling his journey with ALS, recently leading an ALS Walk in Ottawa. All this, without his voice, but through the innovative use of an application on his iPad that speaks for him.
The Communicator of the Year will be recognized at our end of season event on Wednesday, June 22 at the Red Fox Pub. Tickets are still available and can be purchased here.
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After the Interims in November, we said that forecast risk was higher due to the c37:63 H1:H2 PBT weighting, but that management was confident of achieving this. Unfortunately, this has not proved possible and results for FY18 are now anticipated to be significantly below previous expectations. Forecast downgrades are 27% off PBT in both FY18 and FY19. Forecast net debt of £32.9m is 2.1x EBITDA and well within covenant levels (2.75x). The FD and the Chairman are to leave and Mark Rollins, highly regarded by us from his time at Senior, becomes Chairman. There are good businesses within the Group, but there is a long road of confidence rebuilding ahead. We reduce our target price to 91p (P/E of 10x FY18) and move to Hold.
Companies: Carclo
As indicated in November, the FY18 out-turn was always dependent on a handful of new orders being awarded in H2. Unfortunately news came this morning that these have now been deferred (but importantly not lost) by the associated customers (2 at Technical Plastics and 3 at Wipac), along with the non-ramp up of volumes at a major non-medical TP client. As a result, FY18 PBT will be "significantly" below previous expectations. Additionally, given these programs would have contributed towards next year's numbers, the company has also prudently reduced FY19 guidance - albeit still representing "healthy YoY growth".
Companies: Carclo
In our third edition of Trend spotting we stick with our suggestion at the end of March to up European exposure and we review the recent market moves and macro trends. We comment on the recent strong performance of our growth, quality and momentum styles which we expect to continue and we examine what happened to sectors around the last general election period in 2015, adding some new colour.
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Versarien is a fledging advanced materials group, which floated on AIM in 2013. It comprises three divisions: Thermal Products, producing patented porous copper foam with applications in consumer electronics; Hard Wear Products, a manufacturer of tungsten carbide for hard wearing applications in the oil & gas industry; and Graphene Products, via the acquisition of 2-DTech from the University of Manchester in 2014. The Group is IP rich and focused on the commercialisation of its technologies. It is on the look out for acquisitions, funding of which is expected to be largely supported by existing cash resources and bank debt.
Companies: Versarien
Carclo is focusing investment on its two larger established businesses – Technical Plastics (CTP) and LED Technologies (LED). Here a differentiated offer and long-term relationships with customers provide good earnings visibility and higher probability of a sustainable return. This strategy delivered strong revenue and profits growth during FY17. Despite a temporary setback at CTP during H118, which was balanced by outperformance at LED, growth appears set to continue, underpinned by contracts with blue-chip customers.
Companies: Carclo
The Quoted Companies Alliance has set out its proposals for taxation ahead of next month's Budget. The smaller company pressure group believes that the UK needs to build a post-EU tax regime that supports and incentivises smaller companies. One of the key aspects of the proposals is a levelling of the playing field between debt and equity. At the moment, a company can claim tax relief for costs incurred in raising debt but not the costs of a share issue. The QCA believes that the government should encourage long-term equity finance.
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Highlights this quarter: Economics: Generally, the data points to modest growth continuing, with a more positive trend in PMI surveys suggesting decent m manufacturing momentum over the next six months. Currency weakness continues to be a double-edged sword for U K manufacturers, with exporters gaining competitiveness while input prices have risen. There has recently been a divergence of sterling's performance against the euro and the USD. Those in commodity or competitive product areas may well have seen margin erosion, while many in intermediary goods have already passed on price increases to their customers. With low unemployment, the prospect of tighter labour markets post-Brexit and public sector pay caps starting to come off also signals the potential for some labour inflation, long absent from the UK industrial scene. Topic of the quarter: We believe that powerful macro and sectoral pressures will drive further significant changes to the manufacturing supply chain over the next few years. We investigate some of these pressures, with the move to outsource suppliers to low- cost centres, like China, now seeing a slight reverse flow with some restoring to shorten complex and often inflexible supply chains. We see systems technology facilitating greater supply-chain control and efficiency. Brexit will present challenges to the UK supply chain with price and time to market barriers likely to rise, presenting challenges to the UK's highly integrated and time-sensitive supply chain. Slick distribution infrastructure and greater information sharing with suppliers are likely to prove winning strategies in optimising logistics and gaining stock efficiencies. Sector valuation: The industrials sector has continued to exhibit strength, with small-cap industrials outperforming by 2 % on last year and larger cap industrials by 17%. Currency and improving economic data have been a positive for the sector. While some other sectors have seen a pick-up in profit warnings over recent months, industrial technology companies have announced generally positive or in-line trading updates that have helped to drive the small-cap Industrials to an EV EBITDA of 8.4x and a P/E of 16.7x with the traditional small-cap discount narrowing.
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Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD) has successfully raised £9.28m by way of a placing and open offer to fund the company's next stage of development and growth. HAYD is an advanced materials business that enables customers to exploit the properties of graphene and other nanomaterials, including silicon carbide. By pursuing just a few opportunities the company should achieve profitability within a sensible time frame. HAYD's global footprint has helped it win business in Korea, Taiwan, the UK and the US in the end markets outlined below
Companies: Haydale Graphene Industries
Byotrol released interim results for the six months to 30 September, showing increased LBITDA of -£0.59m (-£0.51m) as it builds out its commercialisation capabilities. FY 2018 was always expected to be H2-weighted given the regulatory and commercial status of its three strategic initiatives. Whilst the exact timing of any deal for its long-lasting (24 hour) anti-microbial, consumer-directed formulations (EPA-registered trigger spray in the US or Actizone in Europe and the ROW) is uncertain, management's outlook statement provides comfort that there are sufficient near-term opportunities to support our forecasts for an H2 adjusted EBITDA of £240k. There is no change to our forecasts or price target of 9p.
Companies: Byotrol
Applied Graphene Materials (AGM LN) - AGM statement reiterates recent progress Applied Graphene Materials' AGM statement reiterates the progress that was made during 2017, including the additional production orders secured, at modest volumes, and the active engagement pipeline (currently around 100). As we said at the time of the fundraise in October, relationships with industry-leading partners are deepening and, whilst timing of adoption remains difficult to predict, the market opportunity is considerable with a number of potential milestones within the next twelve months. Best Ideas 2018 - Top picks Today we publish our Best Ideas for 2018, 16 stocks that we believe have great prospects in the current year together with a discussion of what we see as the key sector and market themes for 2018. We also review our picks of 2017 which in aggregate outperformed the wider market by 9% making this our 5th year in 6 of strong outperformance. Our picks for this year are Amino Technologies, Avingtrans, CVS Group, Curtis Banks Group, Dunelm, EKF Diagnostics, Fenner, iomart, M&C Saatchi, MJ Gleeson, Premier Global Infrastructure Trust, Realm Therapeutics, Severfield, StatPro Group, Verona Pharma and Yü Group. WYG (WYG LN) - Significant cash receipts from Turkey on schedule WYG has announced that, as at the opening of business on 2nd January, it has received €13.3m of the c.€14.0m due to its Turkish subsidiary. This is very good news and in line with the indication in December that the Group expects significant cash receipts from its business in Turkey before the calendar year end. The cash receipts underpin our £7m full year net debt forecast. The Board has reiterated its confidence that a significant proportion of the balance will also be paid in due course. This announcement is positive and highlights progress under new CEO Douglas McCormick who has taken steps to return the Group to growth over the medium-term.
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Dental Care for Children with Down Syndrome
Children with Down Syndrome have a few differences in the way they develop teeth. It typically takes longer for children with Down Syndrome to develop their teeth. Baby teeth commonly appear when the child is 1 to 4 years of age.Sequence of Development & Missing Teeth
Teeth do not always follow the typical sequence of development, with the bottom front teeth erupting first, this includes baby teeth and adult teeth. Also, adult teeth may erupt out of place and these erupting adult teeth may not always push out baby teeth. Half of all children with Down Syndrome will have missing adult teeth. Absence of adult teeth may not be considered a problem for children with Down Syndrome, because the mouths of children with Down Syndrome are smaller than those of their peers. An orthodontist may elect to remove adult teeth to prevent overcrowding.
Tooth Decay & Gum Disease
Some studies suggest that dental decay is less frequent in children with Down Syndrome. However, gum disease is more prevalent. Finally, irregularities in the tooth enamel of children with Down Syndrome are common. Pits in the surface of the tooth can occur making food more likely to collect on the surface.
Locating a Dentist or Orthodontist
It is critical that caregivers of children with Down Syndrome locate dentists and orthodontists that understand the special dental needs of children with Down Syndrome. The following medical clinics may have dental and orthodontic departments. A pediatric dentist or orthodontist usually has training in treating children with special needs and may be adequate in caring for the child with Down Syndrome's dental needs. Beginning regular dental visits, after a child's first birthday, will help the child become more comfortable with the dentist and ease stress during future dental treatments.
Dental Considerations for a Child with a Heart Defect
It is not uncommon for children with Down Syndrome to have heart defects. If a child has a history of heart a defect they may require antibiotics prior to dental exams and procedures. Caregivers should be aware of this and consult the child's cardiologist to determine if antibiotics are necessary.
Routine Dental Care
Regular brushing of the teeth and especially the tongue and gums should be encouraged to ensure adequate dental health. Children with Down Syndrome are prone to developing fissures of the tongue due to mouth breathing. Brushing the tongue will assist in keeping it clean and free of infection. Also, a good dental routine in the child's home will help the child to become more comfortable when visiting a dentist or orthodontist.
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