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Watertight duct smoke detectors
NEMA 4-rated InnovairFlex watertight duct smoke detectors are built to operate in challenging conditions without costly and bulky enclosures. The D4120W conventional and DNRW intelligent detectors include a UV-resistant housing that provides protection against dirt, rain, and other water sources, so the detectors can be mounted on HVAC equipment outdoors or in other harsh environments. They are adjustable to fit any application. —System Sensor
Rotary-screw air compressors
230V VSD S-energy lubricated rotary-screw air compressors are designed to meet the demand for variable-speed-drive energy-efficiency in a 230V package. The line has been expanded to include eight models, all of which are available with variable-speed drives. These models range from 15 to 60 hp, with capacities from 46.4 to 222 cfm and pressures ranging from 100 to 175 psig. —Sullair
Roof frames
QuickFrames roof frames act as a structural support for roof openings in commercial buildings and are made to bear the weight of HVAC units, evaporative coolers, roof turbines, skylights, and other rooftop-mounted equipment. They require no welding and are 100-percent adjustable, making them flexible, cost-efficient, and easy to install. —Soyko Industries
Induction beam units
36IB induction beam units use chilled water passing through a ceiling-mounted coil to provide sensible and latent cooling of a space. An integral drain pan allows installation in applications where chilled beams were not previously considered a good fit and allows induction beams to be used with low chilled- water temperatures, removing the need for condensation sensors and water-temperature reset controls while increasing cooling capacity. Cooling done at the beams enables high system efficiency with small volumes of ducted air, allowing fan power reductions at the central air-handling equipment. 36IB induction beams are available in a variety of sizes and offer flexible air-distribution patterns, quiet operation, and heating and cooling functions. —Carrier
Fan coils
Krueger has introduced an extensive line of fan-coil products for the commercial HVAC market. These products feature options such as factory-mounted valve packages, thermostats, and several choices of insulation. The customized fan coils are suitable for retrofit and new-building applications. —Krueger
Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostat
The EMS Si thermostat is wi-fi enabled to provide facilities personnel the ability to control an unlimited number of thermostats across diverse geographies directly from secure Web portals. Multiple unique occupancy schedules can be created, and scheduled events can be generated within seconds from anywhere. Automatic alerts and reminders can be programmed to notify the user if there is an issue with HVAC equipment or when it is time to perform annual maintenance. Additionally, administrators have the ability to conduct remote diagnostics by viewing HVAC reports through an ecobee Web portal. —ecobee
Boiler Reset Control
The FuelMizer outdoor reset switching relay is a boiler reset control and switching relay in one unit. The microprocessor-based control is designed to regulate the supply-water temperature of a single boiler based on the outdoor temperature. Functions include automatic reset, ratio calculation, warm-weather shutdown, minimum-boiler-temperature settings and boiler-differential settings. —Taco
Pressure-independent control valve
The Energy Valve is a two-way pressure-independent control valve that optimizes, documents, and proves water-coil performance. The valve uses Belimo's Delta T Manager algorithm to directly control coil performance. It also monitors the coil-performance-characteristic curve and resulting energy/power output. The Energy Valve has standard analog-signal and feedback wiring and communicates data to a direct-digital-control system via BACnet MS/TP, BACnet IP, and TCP/IP for building-automation-system (BAS) integration. Data logging and trending are integrated in the valve actuator, or data can be captured using a- BAS. —Belimo
Horizontal curtain fire damper
The VFD-10D horizontal-mount curtain fire damper is approved for up to 36-in.-by-36-in. single sections at 2,000-fpm velocity and 4 in. wc and up to 36-in.-by-36-in. or 72-in.-by-18-in. multiple sections at 4,000-fpm velocity and 4 in. wc. The manufacturer also offers air-control and backdraft dampers; UL-rated fire, smoke, and ceiling radiation dampers; steel and extruded-aluminum louvers and penthouses; access doors and panels; actuators; and accessories. — Pottorff
Indirect evaporative cooler
The Oasis indirect evaporative cooler uses a corrosion-resistant polymer heat exchanger to produce dry, cool air without refrigeration. Best suited for dry climates, the unit can cost-effectively treat makeup air, providing a cool, dry environment; cooling energy recovery; and winter heat recovery. Also assists in reducing peak demand loads. —Munters
Portable air conditioner
The WPC-4000 portable air-conditioning unit features a cooling capacity of 16,800 Btuh and can operate between 640°F and 1,040°F. The unit comes standard with cold-air nozzles or a grille option. Optional accessories include a condensate pump, condenser air plenum, and remote control. The manufacturer offers units in capacities from 1 to 5 tons, all designed to withstand harsh industrial applications or meet the 24/7 cooling requirements of computer rooms. —AmeriCool Inc.
Expanded software design tools
eDesign Suite software tools help building designers rapidly compare annual energy costs for HVAC designs. The suite's Building System Optimizer uses automatic model generation to allow a full model of the building and its HVAC systems to be configured in minutes. The suite also includes an hourly analysis program that calculates peak cooling and heating loads, sizes HVAC systems and equipment, calculates and compares annual energy costs for design alternatives, and performs prescribed analysis for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Energy and Atmosphere Credit 1. —Carrier


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Curator John Sparks is blogging weekly about the upcoming exhibition, Creatures of Light, which opens on Saturday, March 31.
Although they look like alien beings right out of a (low-budget) horror film with huge, dagger-like teeth, enormous mouths, and their own lights, many of the deep-sea creatures we feature in the exhibition can be found in the deep, perpetually dark waters right off shore from our major cities, such as the Hudson Canyon near New York City and the San Diego Trough off of southern California. To collect these bizarre creatures, we tow a special net behind a boat far below the surface, an important method of collection not just for fishes, but for all kinds of invertebrates, and one that's allowed us to learn more about the ocean's inhabitants than any other technique. Once we retrieve the net from the depths, we sort and photograph the still-glowing catch on board. These images show some of the extraordinary deep-sea creatures we collected on a recent expedition off of southern California.

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The performer displays a clear glass "playing card" that he claims can trap thought impressions, or the "ghost of the selected card"! A card is selected by a spectator from a deck. He is asked to concentrate on his card, and the impression of the card mysteriously appears on the glass in a ghostly fashion, then vanishes, leaving the glass completely clear once again. You could repeat the effect immediately if you wish with a different card.
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Guijuelo cured ham
Cured ham
In the south-east of the province of Salamanca, at an altitude of over 1,000 metres, Guijuelo gives its name to one of the most important Spanish regions in the art of Iberian ham curing.
It comes from Iberian breed animals crossed with Duroc Jersey (no more than 25%), raised in Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-La Mancha or Castile-Leon. Cured hams and pork shoulders may be produced in only 77 towns under the Control Board in the southeast of Salamanca. The pigs feed on grass and acorns and receive the classification of Acorn Iberian. If they also eat feed, the are classified as Iberian. This is one of the greatest gastronomical delicacies of this province in Castile-Leon.
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- Rodzaj produktu: Meat
- Sezon: Year-round.
- Pochodzenie: The production area comprises the oak and cork tree-filled meadows in the province of Salamanca. Only 77 towns belong to the Denomination of Origin.
- Polecany napój: Iberian Cured Ham is excellent with reserva or gran reserva red wines and with fino or manzanilla.
- Gdzie kupić?: Guijuelo Cured Ham is available essentially in any speciality shop, supermarket, hypermarket, and butcher's on the Peninsula, but it is sold especially in the Castilian provinces.


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DEREK GATOPOULOSATHENS, Greece (AP) ⿿ Greece needs more lenient targets to reduce its budget deficit, not a debt write-off by official creditors, which wouldn't be politically feasible, the head of a global banking lobby said Wednesday. Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance, said the 17 eurozone countries should find a better balance between policies that favor debt reduction ⿿ their focus so far in the crisis ⿿ and those that help growth. An over-emphasis on budget cuts will increase the risk of a "protracted era" of recession or low economic growth in Greece, he warned at a banking event in Athens. "I do argue for a course adjustment to moderate the path of fiscal adjustment to allow some breathing room for this economy ... so that we don't find the debt-to GDP ratios running away from us, making us feel like we're chasing rabbits down holes," Dallara said. Greece's economy has shrunk by 20 percent since its crisis began in 2009 and unemployment has risen to a record 25 percent. The country is expected to enter a sixth year of recession as investors pull money out of the country and the government keeps cutting spending and raising taxes to comply with the demands of its international bailout. "It's my view that everything must be done to avoid this reality," Dallara said of the deepening recession. "What is needed instead in my view is to ease the case of fiscal adjustment." Dallara led negotiations with Greece earlier this year to restructure the country's debt held by the private sector, wiping some ⿬100 billion off the national debt. Despite that writedown, Greece's debt load is currently still growing. It is not expected to be able to reduce its debt to 120 percent of GDP by 2020, as stipulated in its bailout deal with rescue creditors, the other eurozone states and the International Monetary Fund.
The eurozone states are in favor of giving Greece an extra two years to reach that level, but the IMF disagrees. If Greece does not get more time, it would have to receive more rescue loans, something eurozone states are loathe to do.To help Greece meet the target, Dallara argued that the IMF could increase its contribution in the bailout program and provide concessional rates that are usually reserved for poorer countries. But it was unrealistic to expect Greece's public sector creditors â¿¿ which include the European Central Bank and fellow eurozone states â¿¿ to take losses on their Greek bonds because there is political resistance, he said. The ECB has said that by law it cannot directly take such losses, also called a 'haircut'. Eurozone states, who are owed money from the bailout loans they have been granting Athens since May 2010, would likewise resist such a move. Some eurozone leaders have argued that they could not justify giving more rescue loans to a country that has just defaulted on a part of its obligations. "I don't think, to be quite honest, the politics work," Dallara said. Instead, he argued in favor of easing the deficit reduction targets for Greece. He said it was best to reduce the deficit, which is forecast at 6.6 percent of GDP this year, by only 1.5 or 2 percentage points a year. Athens is now tasked to cut it by 4 to 5 percentage points annually.


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- Eliminate waste. Lean thinking advocates regard any activity that does not directly add value to the finished product as waste. The three biggest sources of waste in software development are the addition of unrequired features, project churn and crossing organizational boundaries (particularly between stakeholders and development teams). To reduce waste it is critical that development teams be allowed to self organize and operate in a manner that reflects the work they're trying to accomplish. Walker Royce argues in "Improving Software Economics" that the primary benefit of modern iterative/agile techniques is the reduction of scrap and rework late in the lifecycle.
- Build in quality. Your process should not allow defects to occur in the first place, but when this isn't possible you should work in such a way that you do a bit of work, validate it, fix any issues that you find, and then iterate. Inspecting after the fact, and queuing up defects to be fixed at some time in the future, isn't as effective. Agile practices which build quality into your process include test driven development (TDD) and non-solo development practices such as pair programming and modeling with others.
- Create knowledge. Planning is useful, but learning is essential. You want to promote strategies, such as iterative development, that help teams discover what stakeholders really want and act on that knowledge. It's also important for a team to regularly reflect on what they're doing and then act to improve their approach.
- Defer commitment. It's not necessary to start software development by defining a complete specification, and in fact that appears to be a questionable strategy at best. You can support the business effectively through flexible architectures that are change tolerant and by scheduling irreversible decisions to the last possible moment. Frequently, deferring commitment requires the ability to closely couple end-to-end business scenarios to capabilities developed in multiple applications by multiple projects.
- Deliver quickly. It is possible to deliver high-quality systems quickly. By limiting the work of a team to its capacity, which is reflected by the team's velocity (this is the number of "points" of functionality which a team delivers each iteration), you can establish a reliable and repeatable flow of work. An effective organization doesn't demand teams do more than they are capable of, but instead asks them to self-organize and determine what they can accomplish. Constraining these teams to delivering potentially shippable solutions on a regular basis motivates them to stay focused on continuously adding value.
- Respect people. The Poppendiecks also observe that sustainable advantage is gained from engaged, thinking people. The implication is that you need a lean governance strategy that focuses on motivating and enabling IT teams—not on controlling them.
- Optimize the whole. If you want to be effective at a solution you must look at the bigger picture. You need to understand the high-level business processes that individual projects support—processes that often cross multiple systems. You need to manage programs of interrelated systems so you can deliver a complete product to your stakeholders. Measurements should address how well you're delivering business value, because that is the sole reason for your IT department.
Lean thinking is important for scaling agile in several ways:
- Lean provides an explanation for why many of the agile practices work. For example, Agile Modeling's practices of light weight, initial requirements envisioning followed by iteration modeling and just-in-time (JIT) model storming work because they reflect deferment of commitment regarding what needs to be built until it's actually needed, and the practices help eliminate waste because you're only modeling what needs to be built.
Lean offers insight into strategies for improving your software process. For example, by understanding the source of waste in IT you can begin to identify it and then eliminate it.
Lean principles provide a philosophical foundation for scaling agile approaches.
- It provides techniques for identifying waste. Value stream mapping, a technique common within the lean community whereby you model a process and then identify how much time is spent on value-added work versus wait time, helps calculate overall time efficiency of what you're doing. Value stream maps are a straightforward way to illuminate your IT processes, providing insight into where significant problems exist. I've created value stream maps with several customers around the world where we analyzed their existing processes which some of their more traditional staff believed worked well only to discover they had efficiency ratings of 20-30%. You can't fix problems which you are blind to.


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From the look of last year's trends in construction spending for new industrial plants and warehouses, one would never know that the nation's manufacturing sector was effectively in a recession throughout the second half of 2000. Despite weaker industrial production, declining orders and fading capacity utilization, spending on manufacturing buildings soared last year.
After recording only modest net growth between 1996 and 1998 — and plunging by 13.8 percent during 1999 — total industrial construction spending increased by 16.5 percent between 1999 and 2000.
Much of the spending was for e-commerce distribution and fulfillment facilities and for an expansion in semiconductor fabrication plants, yet neither area is likely to contribute anything more to growth during 2001.
But there's no disputing that industrial construction enjoyed an outstanding rebound in 2000, and some of the momentum has carried over into the early months of 2001. January spending for manufacturing and warehouse space came in 40 percent higher this year than it did in 2000.
The driving force behind this surge in spending has been the urgent push by manufacturers to make the kinds of investments that increase production efficiency, reduce operating costs and enhance worker productivity. Although the majority of these capital-spending dollars have gone towards buying computers, machine tools, inventory-control systems and the like, an increasing share has gone towards expanding or renovating production facilities.
Between February 2000 and February 2001, total U.S. manufacturing production capacity increased by 4.9 percent. Over the same 12-month period, manufacturing industrial production grew by a scant 0.9 percent. Consequently, industrial capacity utilization in this country dipped to just 78.1 percent during February — its lowest level since the last recession.
Clearly, this trend doesn't bode well for the industrial construction sector, and much slower growth in spending is forecast for this year and next. Medium-term and long-term demand for new industrial space is closely correlated with industrial output, export growth and U.S. retail sales — all factors that have been weakening in recent months.
The year started out well with that stratospheric 40 percent January-to-January growth trend, but the industrial market quickly came back down to earth. Anecdotal evidence suggests that manufacturers are already becoming more cautious about adding or retrofitting industrial space during this period of economic uncertainty. Nevertheless, because it is expected that the downturn will be relatively shallow and short-lived, some growth in overall industrial construction spending is forecasted during 2001 and 2002, but nothing approaching the strong double-digit annualized gains that have prevailed for the past 18 months.


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Surf Forecasts the way they were meant to be - accurate, easy, and quick to understand! The Swell Info app is powered by Swellinfo.com, and is a simplified version of the web site which makes viewing the current weather, buoy data, and surf report info a breeze.
Currently the app covers the United States, Puerto Rico, Central America, and the just released Caribbean in version 1.3. In time, we will offer more international locations.
Save up to 5 surf report locations and easily swipe between your favorite locations. The main screen, provides you with a summary of the 7 day surf forecast, and the current weather and buoy data. The current weather includes: air temperature, water temperature, wind, tide, and buoy data. When you click on the buoy button, you can get more detailed information from the nearest buoy. Clicking on the forecast day button, will take you to the detail screen, breaking down the full text forecast for the day, tide data, and a 3 hour interval wind and swell data through the day.
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Rani Lakshmi Bai, the fiery Queen of Jhansi, also known as the
Rani of Jhansi, one of the great nationalist heroine of the first
war of India freedom, a symbol of resistance to the British rule in
India was born on 19th November 1835 at Kashi (Presently known as
Varanasi). Her father Moropanth was a Brahmin and her mother
Bhagirathibai was a cultured, intelligent and God fearing lady.
Mannikarnika (Manu) was the name of Rani Lakshmi Bai in her
childhood. Manu lost her mother at the age of four. The Complete
responsibility of the young girl fell on the father. She completed
her education and also learned horse riding, Sword fighting and
shooting on a target with a gun.
She was married to Raja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842, and became the Rani of Jhansi. After the marriage She was given the name Lakshmi Bai. The Marriage ceremony was perform in Ganesh Mandir, the temple of Lord Ganesha situated in the city of Jhansi. Rani Lakshmi Bai gave birth to a son in 1851, but unfortunately this child died when he was about four months old. After this tragedy, Damodar Rao was adopted as son. Later on Maharaja Gangadhar Rao also died on 21st November 1853. After the death of Maharaja Gangadhar Rao, Rani Lakshmi Bai was left alone. At this time she was eighteen years old. Rani Lakshmi Bai did not lost her courage, She always remembered her responsibility.
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Though little Damodar Rao, adopted son of late Maharaja Gangadhar
Rao and Rani Lakshmi Bai was Maharaja's heir and successor as per
the Hindu tradition, but the British rulers rejected Rani's claim
that Damodar Rao was their legal heir. Lord Dalhousie decided to
annexe the state of Jhansi as Maharaja Gangadhar Rao had left no
legal heir. This misfortune of Jhansi was used by the Britishers to
expand there Empire.
In March 1854 the British ruler announced 60,000 ( Sixty Thousand) annual pension for Rani and also ordered to leave the Jhansi fort. Jhansi was in humiliating condition but it was like a silent volcano before eruption.Rani Jhansi was determined not to give up Jhansi. She was a symbol of patriotism and self respect. Britishers were making every effort to destroy the freedom of country whereas Rani was determined to get rid of Britishers.
Rani Lakshmi Bai strengthened the defense of Jhansi and she assembled a volunteer army of rebellions. Women were also given Military training. Rani was accompanied by her brave warriors, some of them were Gulam Gaus Khan, Dost Khan, Khuda Baksh, Lala Bhau Bakshi, Moti Bai, Sunder-Mundar, Kashi Bai, Deewan Raghunath singh and Deewan Jawahar Singh. Along with all these warriors the local population of Jhansi irrespective of their religion or caste were always determined to fight and give their lives with pleasure for the cause of Independent and their beloved Rani.
The Britishers attacked Jhansi in March 1858. Rani Jhansi with her faithful warriors decided not to surrender. The fighting continued for about two weeks. Shelling on Jhansi was very fierce. In the Jhansi army women were also carrying ammunition and were supplying food to the soldiers. Rani Lakshmi Bai was very active. She herself was inspecting the defense of the city. However, after this great war, Jhansi fell to the British forces.
On that black day, the British army entered the Jhansi City. Rani Lakshmi Bai, still full of courage and deathless patriotism dressed as a man, took up arms, her son Damodar Rao was strapped tightly to her back. She was holding the reins of her horse in her mouth. In the fierce fighting she was using the sword with both her hands. When the situation was not in control, Rani of Jhansi with some of her warriors departed from Jhansi.
Rani Lakshmi Bai reached Kalpi. Many other rebellions force joined her. Tatia Tope from Kalpi was also one of them, from Kalpi Rani departed to the Gwalior. Again a fierce battle took place. Rani Jhansi fought with deathless patriotism and martyrdom.
However on the second day of fighting, the great heroine of the first struggle for India freedom, at the age of 22 years, lost her life. That unfortunate day was 18th June of 1858.
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Two national restaurant chains are finally filling the vacancy left by Memorial SportsCare clinic on Chatham Road.
JIMMY JOHN�S GOURMET SANDWICHES opens Tuesday, marking a half dozen of the sub sandwich shops in the Springfield and Chatham area owned by the Decatur-based Jthree Inc. franchise.
And a DUNKIN� DONUTS grand opening won�t be far behind.
A corporate spokesman for the bakery chain said the first stand-alone site in Springfield is scheduled to open Dec. 15 at 102 Chatham Road.
In addition to the Chatham Road site, the Jimmy John�s franchise already operates locations in Springfield at 219 S. Sixth St. and 3128 S. Sixth St., 2925 W. Iles Ave. and 2412 N. Dirksen Parkway, as well as a store in Chatham.
Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Dunkin� Donuts first entered the Springfield market � dominated by MEL-O-CREAM DONUTS for decades � in 2010 with a counter in St. John�s Pavilion.
The Canton, Mass.-based business opened its first doughnut shop in 1950 in Quincy, Mass. Today, Dunkin� Donuts is the world�s leading bakery and coffee chain, serving more than 3 million customers daily.
LIME STREET CAF� will host its 25th annual brunch buffet Dec. 8.
The spread will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pianist Angel Brown will entertain throughout the meal.
Cost is $29.99 for adults, $13.99 for children 12 and younger. Call 793-1905 for reservations.
The eatery at 951 S. Durkin Drive began the tradition in 1988.
Winter hours are in effect at WALNUT STREET WINERY in Rochester.
Hours are 4 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 2 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, noon to 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday. The winery is closed Monday and Tuesday.
The KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 364�s monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet will raise scholarship funds for Springfield Catholic grade schools Dec. 8.
The buffet will be served from 8 a.m. until noon at 2200 Meadowbrook Road. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12. Children 5 and younger eat for free.
Area restaurants offering Christmas specials will be featured in two upcoming A la Carte columns in December. Local caterers and restaurants helping supplement home-based fetes will appear in the Dec. 15 column. Businesses interested in participating should submit information by Dec. 10. Restaurants offering Christmas buffets will be in the Dec. 22 column. Information is due by Dec. 17.
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Quiz: Are You Using the Right Mascara?
See if the eye makeup you're coating your lashes in is the best formula for you
What are we describing? Your eyelashes, of course. Well, this is the way makeup companies think you should be describing your eyelashes anyway. And they're right, aren't they? Don't we all just crave big, thick luxurious eyelashes? Wouldn't we love strangers to stop us on the street and beg us for the secrets to our lavish lashes as we bashfully admit to the eye makeup we used that morning to create them? Whoa, even we had to shake ourselves out of that daydream just now.
Scroll down to start taking the quiz to discover which mascara is best for you.
The point is, you would be hard pressed to find a woman out there who didn't want show-stopping eyes. But with so many eye makeup options out there, how are we supposed to know which mascara best suits our individual needs? That's why we created this quiz to make sure you are using the right makeup for your lashes -- the mascara that best accentuates your eyelashes and therefore makes your eyes stand out.
So go ahead and start taking the quiz below to find your best mascara and be sure to keep these expert tips from celebrity makeup artist, Chuck Hezekiah, in mind when you apply yours:
Tip 1: Always move the wand in a swift, zig-zag fashion from lash roots to tips as opposed to one sweeping motion.
Tip 2: If you are using a mascara primer, make sure to wait 10-30 seconds for it to dry, then apply your mascara as this will keep it from looking "diluted" or gray as opposed to black.
Tip 3: When applying multiple coats of mascara, avoid putting several coats on one eye at a time. Instead, switch from one eye to the next before applying a second coat in order to let your lashes dry between coats.
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How often do you apply mascara?


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July 26, 2012
Hunting Education Offers Lifetime Benefits for Students and Instructors
With hunting season just around the corner, students of all ages around the state are encouraged to sign up for hunting education classes to familiarize themselves with the skills, regulations and responsibilities that every licensed hunter should know.p>Currently the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has 394 structured two-day courses and 308 online home study field days currently scheduled for hunting education. The flexibility of being able to take an online course can be beneficial for any student that has other activities, or classes going on at the same time.
The classes can really pay off long term, since the hunting education certification lasts for a lifetime, and is recognized by all states and providences that require hunter education.
Join the youth and adults that have participated in the hunter education courses, and benefit from the knowledge and experience that is gained through these courses.
Right now, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is about to enroll its one millionth student, and in honor of this milestone a Henry Golden Boy .22 caliber rifle will be awarded to that lucky student, as well as his instructor.
Anyone completing a hunter education student course can also apply to become a certified hunter education instructor.
To become an instructor, an applicant must:
- Complete the hunter education student course (if not already completed)
- Request an instructor application
- Take the application to a TPWD game warden, who will host an interview and submit all necessary paperwork to TPWD (If you would like to know of any game wardens in your area, you may search for a TPWD law enforcement office at http://tpwd.texas.gov/warden/office_locations/)
- Review and complete an instructor manual (Available online at http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_k0700_0049a.pdf)
- Complete the hunter education new instructor course.
There are several upcoming instructor courses scheduled around Texas:
- Aug. 4, San Antonio
- Aug. 8, Grand Prairie
- Aug, 17, College Station
- Aug. 18, Porter
- Aug. 26, Southwest Houston
- Oct. 27, Houston
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THE PUBLIC EYE: Obama's Legacy: Drone Wars
After Barack Obama's stirring second inaugural address, Democrats anticipate action on vital domestic issues, such as immigration reform and gun control. Nonetheless, the national security budget will continue to dominate discretionary expenditures, as the President pursues the "war" on terror using aerial robots – drones. -more-


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Shenzhouraptor sinensis, The Impossible Transitional Form
Archaeopteryx: Recent work shows it to be
"much more birdlike than previously imagined".
The Squabbling Evolutionists
Not all biologists believe that birds are dinosaurs... This group of scientists emphasize the differences between dinosaurs and birds, claiming that the differences are too great for the birds to have evolved from earlier dinosaurs. Alan Feduccia, and Larry Martin, for instance, contend that birds could not have evolved from any known group of dinosaurs. They argue against some of the most important cladistic data and support their claim from developmental biology and biomechanics. (2)
Well, I've studied bird skulls for 25 years and I don't see any similarities whatsoever. I just don't see it... The theropod origins of birds, in my opinion, will be the greatest embarrassment of paleontology of the 20th century. (3)
To tell you the truth, if I had to support the dinosaur origin of birds with those characters, I'd be embarrassed every time I had to get up and talk about it. (4)
This one-directional flow of air is maintained in breathing in and breathing out by a complex system of interconnected air sacs in the bird's body, which expand and contract in such a way as to ensure a continuous delivery of air through the parabronchi… The structure of the lung in birds, and the overall functioning of the respiratory system, are quite unique. No lung in any other vertebrate species in any way approaches the avian system. Moreover, in its essential details it is identical in birds. (6)
Reptiles (and mammals) breathe in and out from the same air vessel. In birds, while the air enters into the lung from the front, it goes out from the back. This distinct design is specially made for birds, which need great amounts of oxygen during flight. It is impossible for such a structure to evolve from the reptile lung.
The earliest stages in the derivation of the avian abdominal air sac system from a diaphragm-ventilating ancestor would have necessitated selection for a diaphragmatic hernia in taxa transitional between theropods and birds. Such a debilitating condition would have immediately compromised the entire pulmonary ventilatory apparatus and seems unlikely to have been of any selective advantage. (8)
Just how such a different respiratory system could have evolved gradually from the standard vertebrate design without some sort of direction is, again, very difficult to envisage, especially bearing in mind that the maintenance of respiratory function is absolutely vital to the life of the organism. Moreover, the unique function and form of the avian lung necessitates a number of additional unique adaptations during avian development… because first, the avian lung is fixed rigidly to the body wall and cannot therefore expand in volume and, second, because of the small diameter of the lung capillaries and the resulting high surface tension of any liquid within them, the avian lung cannot be inflated out of a collapsed state as happens in all other vertebrates after birth. The air capillaries are never collapsed as are the alveoli of other vertebrate species; rather, as they grow into the lung tissue, the parabronchi are from the beginning open tubes filled with either air or fluid. (9)
"If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight, modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." (10)
Bird Feathers and Reptile Scales
How [feathers] arose initially, presumably from reptiles scales, defies analysis... It seems, from the complex construction of feathers, that their evolution from reptilian scales would have required an immense period of time and involved a series of intermediate structures. So far, the fossil record does not bear out that supposition. (11)
National Geographic's great hit, the perfect "dino-bird" Archaeoraptor soon turned out to be a hoax. All other "dino-bird" candidates remain as speculation.
The Design of Feathers
It is a considerable strain on one's credulity to assume that finely balanced systems such as certain sense organs (the eye of vertebrates, or the bird's feather) could be improved by random mutations. (22)
The latest blow to the "birds evolved from dinosaurs" theory came from a study made on the embryology of ostriches.
Drs. Alan Feduccia and Julie Nowicki of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studied a series of live ostrich eggs and, once again, concluded that, there can not be an evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs. EurekAlert, a scientific portal held by the American Association for the The Advancement of Science (AAAS), reports the following:
In the same report, Dr. Freduccia also made important comments on the invalidity-and the shallowness-of the "birds evolved from dinosaurs" theory:
This evidence once again reveals that the "dino-bird" hype is just another "icon" of Darwinism: A myth that is supported only for the sake of a dogmatic faith in the theory.
i - David Williamson, "Scientist Says Ostrich Study Confirms Bird 'Hands' Unlike Those Of Dinosaurs", EurekAlert, 14-Aug-2002, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-08/uonc-sso081402.php
ii - David Williamson, "Scientist Says Ostrich Study Confirms Bird 'Hands' Unlike Those Of Dinosaurs", EurekAlert, 14-Aug-2002, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-08/uonc-sso081402.php


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Women are Gamers; Casual Games are Games
September 12, 2010 § 5 Comments
by ADI
For those who don't follow that strange beast that is video game journalism, the last couple weeks have been full of surprises. Among those: 1990s throwback Duke Nukem is (theoretically) actually getting released, and tons of games news has gotten unveiled at the booth-babe-free Penny Arcade exposition. And serious business not-lady gaming is coming to mobile phones.
I'm talking about the Unreal Engine, which was unveiled last week for the iPhone, a console which has already been derided as too feminine by marketers for competing phones. In an interview with gaming site Gamasutra, Epic Games head Mike Capps talks about his vision of "core games" for the iPhone. What are "core gamer" games? Well, the kind played by men:
Gamasutra: [iPhone game Broken Sword is] definitely a high-power, high-3D kind of experience.
Capps: Yeah. It's a game for guys. Or folks who enjoy it.
G: People who like Xbox.
C: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's a core gamer game, right?
I don't mean to excoriate Capps unduly about this. It's not a large part of the interview, and I don't think his intent was to deride female gamers or to imply that women are less capable of playing "core" games than men are. But it's part of a larger trope, one about the femininity and dispensability of casual games, and now I'm in a bind. There are at least three ways to respond to this, and I'm not really sure how to do it.
The first way is the strikingly non-feminist one. "Well, maybe most girls play casual games," I could say, "But I don't! I'm a real gamer! I shoot things in my games! Lots of things!"
I don't do that, and for good reason. Being a token woman may sometimes be the easiest way to respond in these situations, but it's a strategy that ultimately backfires, because you'll end up spending more time than it's worth deriding your gender, and even from a purely selfish standpoint, a token always starts from a position of non-power, forced to prove herself every time rather than being taken for granted as a real human being.
Then there's the second option, which is somewhat better. "There's no point in equating casual games with women," I might say. "Myself and many of my female friends play games that aren't traditionally coded female, and every one of the people I know who enjoys the casual game Angry Birds is male."
This would be true–especially because my boyfriend and male roommate love Angry Birds. And it gets at what I feel is part of feminism: That genders shouldn't be put into boxes and forced to enjoy particular things. But I don't think it quite strikes the root of the problem. For me, feminism is about justifying femininity as much as justifying femaleness, and simply pointing out that many women aren't traditionally feminine doesn't quite solve that problem for me.
Capps' and others' comments on casual games are a tautological little package: Women aren't real gamers because they play casual games, and casual games aren't real because women play them. It's easy enough to debunk the former, but the latter, to me, is similarly pernicious, especially because, as far as I know, more women do play casual games than men (according to this paper, the casual games sector is something like 71% female, compared to 38% for the games industry as a whole.) Compounding this is the fact that without the gender stereotypes, there's little reason to consider casual games a less important part of the gaming landscape. They provide a different experience, certainly, but if arcade games like Pac-Man can be considered part of the serious gamer experience, why not casual physics-based iPhone games or resource-management games on Facebook?
I hate stereotyping, but as vital to debunking them as proving that they're not universally correct is defanging the hierarchies that underly them. Were feminine things like casual gaming not automatically considered less-than, the stereotype that only women play casual games would be robbed of much of its vitriol.
This isn't just for gaming. Many of the stereotypes that we fight–that women aren't good at math, that we aren't physically capable–rely just as much on definitions as they do on misinformation: The idea that mathematics are the pinnacle of academic study; the idea that strength, rather than agility or flexibility, is the most valuable physical characteristic.
I'm not saying that we should embrace these stereotypes–especially not when I'm the anecdotal counterpoint to so many of them, and find that they annoy me to death. But to me, it's important to realize not just the falsity of them, but the reason that they sting. If that reason is based on a faulty premise, so much the better.
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[…] "But you're a girl!". I was supposed to be playing Myst, I guess. Anyway, check this post about gender and gaming: comments on casual games are a tautological little package: Women aren't […]
It's funny, but my husband has a paid subscription to Pogo, and he plays most of the games on there, and I would call those casual games. He's not into the other kind of gaming at all, even though we have a Wii (we have the sports games for it, more casual games). He's the one who introduced me to Pogo, and I also have a paid subscription. So there are men out there who are more into casual games and not into "core gaming" at all. Stereotyping doesn't do much for the gaming industry, other than alienate potential customers, I would think.
I was a little concerned when I saw the title of this post, but then you brought that concern to the forefront and dispelled it. I'm rather happy that you approached this in a more encompassing tactic, by showing three different arguments you could make about the situation.
The statistics for percent gender playing casual games I find to be a bit suspect. Admitedly, there are few solid statistics for casual gaming, but I suspect that the numbers have changed since 2006. ESA reports have been slowly showing that the margin between men and women as gamers is closing overall, and the margin is even smaller for online gaming (which is, according to them, dominated by genres that are often found in casual games). Further, the paper itself is male/female divide pandering, and your choice in using it for any reason is a bit confusing.
I think this is still a social learning issue. Although it isn't as bad as it used to be, young girls are still being fed softness and weakness. Girls are told that they don't want to play with the trucks, but with a little doll instead. I've always believed that this is the core problem causing the statistics, sterotypes and research reported in the paper mentioned above. If girls are told that they aren't supposed to be gamers, or if they only want to play certain kinds of games (design games, pet games, cooking games, casual games, etc.), then it's more likely that they will do just that, and grow up doing just that, with a small percentage rebelling. Tendencies, desires and modes of enjoyment are formed very early in life. Deviating from what one was guided towards in childhood is a difficult task.


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I'm working on a knitting project. I started it for the Ravelympics and cast on during the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. My goal – to write a pattern that I would submit to Knitty once it was written and I had knit the sample. The idea is good, the yarn I've chosen I really like – I get gauge!
So why have I sat on occasion paralyzed by it? And not only by the problem at hand – I've suffered this trauma for years. When faced with a problem I will do anything other than solve it – hmmm, those chips look tasty; oh, do we have ice cream? What? We don't have ice cream? I'll go get some!
You get the picture.
I've even been intending to blog about it right here. For two weeks now. The words run through my head. The thoughts crowd around, all of them brilliant, witty, perfect bon mots which, if I wrote them down would have people spreading the news of my brilliant thoughts all over the internet – Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and social networking sites I've never even heard of.
But no. Instead I sit, squashed under the weight of the responsibility I've given myself. Like it's a big thing. The next big thing. And the ideas drift off, lost in the mists of my mind.
So today, I am writing this. I need to kill the inertia. And by putting fingers to keyboard, I'm at least doing something – attempting to understand this crushing inertia that sits on me. A fear of failure? rejection? work? success? If I don't finish this project then I won't be rejected by Knitty. If I don't finish this project then it will be there for me later. If I don't finish this project I can put it away in the closet with a few other UFOs I've stashed away guiltily. If I don't finish this project I'll have more time for reading, searching the internet, doing the laundry, washing the dishes, drinking a glass of wine.
I am going to finish this project. Step one. Get back to knitting as soon as I've posted this to drafts. (I'll read it in the morning with a fresh eye.) I'll finish Right Front, I'll rip Left Front 2, I'll frog Left Front 1 (Oh, I didn't mention there was a Left Front 1? Funny about that. Couldn't convince myself to rip it out yet. I'll need the yarn for Sleeve 2, after all.)
Update: Three days later.
Not only did I finish the second sleeve, but I also did lots of editing of the pattern today. The horizon looks brighter. Now – blocking and joining and all that fun. Tomorrow's tasks already mounting up. I'll have to go to bed and sleep on it.
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Rutgers oceanography Ph.D. student Travis Miles (orange jacket) leads the retrieval of an underwater glider off the coast of Belmar, N.J. The glider had been transmitting data during Hurricane Sandy on the ocean's role in the superstorm. (Images courtesy Kaycee Coleman/Rutgers)
While Superstorm Sandy was crashing down on the New Jersey coast, an underwater glider was miles offshore, sending back data to oceanographers at Rutgers University.
It all started on Oct. 25, a few days before Sandy made landfall, with Travis Miles and Greg Seroka. The two oceanography Ph.D. students were on a boat, heading out from Belmar, N.J., under calm and sunny skies. "You're staring at the water and you know it's just going to be insane in a couple hours," said Miles. "And that feeling is — eerie."
They were 13 miles off the coast, on a mission to drop off a 6-foot long underwater glider. "It looks a lot like a torpedo, essentially," said Miles. "A big yellow torpedo with wings on the side." That glider would spend the next 12 days sending back information from before, during and after one of the most devastating storms to ever hit the New Jersey coast, offering a dramatic snapshot of how the ocean interacted with Superstorm Sandy.
"When these storms come through, they can change everything in an hour, two hours, three hours," said Miles. The glider dove up and down every few minutes in about 150 feet of water, measuring water temperature, salinity and oxygen levels. Every hour, the unmanned sub, which is self-propelled by buoyancy, would return to the surface to send back data via satellite phone.
Miles went out to retrieve the glider on Monday, boating past beach after beach of demolished property. Researchers are now analyzing every bit of data in an effort to build smarter forecasting models. "The ocean's a big player in storms like Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irene," said Ph.D. student Seroka. "We need to look at better observations — and more observations — to make sure that our models are performing correctly."
With almost all other vessels docked during the storm, the underwater glider was an especially valuable tool. "We're able to learn in a very new way how the ocean and atmosphere are linked," said Josh Kohut, a faculty adviser at Rutgers' Coastal Ocean Observation Lab. "The technology allows us to make measurements out in the ocean during storms that we could not get otherwise."
Last year a glider happened to be out at sea during Hurricane Irene. The research by Miles and Seroka will now basically constrast the ocean's role in the two storms, Kohut says. The hope is that more information will lead to better forecasts and, ultimately, less destruction.
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People of life path number 1 – characteristics overview According to the esoteric doctrine, life path number one is the number of Creation, and the original source of all energy. This number represents the beginning, the root cause of all things. Starting numerological scale one gives strength of character and individuality inherent in leaders. Holders … Continue reading


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By Clay Thorp
After one of the hottest summers on record, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is lighting a fire under legislative committees to do more when it comes to Texas' preparedness during periods of extreme drought.
In a press release about the tasks he's assigning to several committees, Dewhurst highlighted the need for action, especially in central Texas where most wildfire damage estimates reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Texas is currently facing an unprecedented wildfire season compounded by one of the worst droughts in our state's history," said Dewhurst. "The drought has had a devastating and far-reaching impact across the entire state, and the legislature must use all of the resources at our disposal to prepare and respond in the event these severe drought conditions persist."
President Obama declared Texas a disaster area on September 9, freeing up federal funds to families who lost their homes in blazes across the state. As of September 16, more than $2.6 million in disaster assistance has been approved by FEMA and the Texas Division of Emergency Management, according to FEMA's website.
The State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas (SFFMA) released a statement lauding the Lt. Governor's proposal and encouraged citizens to donate whatever they can to help those affected by the wildfires.
Other organizations such as Texas Watch pointed out the Lt. Governor's proposals do little or nothing to provide reform for insurance holders in Texas. In a letter to Dewhurst, Texas Watch urged Dewhurst to add a charge to explore the impact the wildfires are having on insurance policyholders.
Texas environmental groups weren't far behind the announcement, criticizing the Republican-lead legislature for not doing more to combat the effects of climate change. Groups such as Environment Texas Research & Policy Center pointed to recent news that Governor Rick Perry's appointees in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality censored climatologists who tried to demonstrate global warming and its impact on Texas' environment.
Environment Texas' Director, Luke Metzger, said the censorship had little to do with sound science and everything to do with politics.
"This is truly an example of Texas political leaders playing the fiddle while Texas burns."


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My plan is cunning, but simple … by blogging my genealogy news and researches, I will be forced to concentrate on them more than I have been doing lately. Just recently there's always been something or somewhere more urgent, more important, more pressing to do or go. My list of items to check at the library (where I access Ancestry) is getting longer.
So, I will blog when:
- I find something new
- I hit a wall
- I find new resources that will help others
- I update my family history site
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Perfect! Going back to that age-appropriate-style question someone raised in the Karl post, if you look at the individual pieces here, especially the boots, you might think that they're too young for her, as if she can't let go of her younger self. But once you see everything together, especially with her poise and confidence and the slightest hint of moxie, it is so RIGHT!
Wow. She is seriously stylish. Seriously, don't mess with me, stylish! I respect that composure too. The cargo-esque trousers are fantastic.
i love her, but i have to admit, i'm not a fan of the boots. A little to nine inch nails for me. I'm not ready for the 90′s to come back yet.
Love the hair and the boots.
I really like how casual and confident she is. So many of the women have body language that seems shy – feet turned inward, not really looking directly at the camera, etc. It's nice to see a woman so comfortable in her own skin.
The proportions in this outfit are great…very well done.
Where have I seen these boots before?
My Fall, I would suggest that it's ALMOST all right.
For me, in any case, it all works till you pan down to the cropped pants and boots…and then I'm taken a bit aback. That part of the look is so very much associated with the young (at least in my mind) that it's hard for me not to feel a discordant tug…
Ms. Alt always looks effortlessly chic. The women of French Vogue are unparalleled. Makes me want a pair of those Balenciaga school-boy cargo pants!
Her boots look heavy.
I love her boots.
wow, she looks incredible. her jacket is stunning. i love the fit of the pants, and the modern boots are a beautiful touch. she is amazing.
Yup. I saw this one over at the Fashion Spot Paris streetstyle. Its very cool. Anyone know who made those boots?
Love those sphinxes behind her too :)
always so beautiful..
she's my hero. i love her. wish she got more press in the u.s. thanks for the pic sart.
where was this taken, because I really like the fountain in the background.
Butch, I felt a "discordant tug" too! But… I like those. In the realm of art, anyway.
She can be absolutely breathtaking. And her work is amazing. A very talented lady.
Every single piece, individually, represents some trend that really irks me. However, until I began dissecting the outfit piece by piece I didn't catch it…. the overall look is cool enough that I was too distracted to notice the cargo pants, clunky grunge boots, jacket that (to me) looks cheap. I'm impressed by her abilities!
she pulls this off – when others would look age-inappropriate. it's in her face, her gaze. cool personified. – minette
Love the attitude and the mix and especially the cropped cargos. I'm not picking up the age-inappropriate discordance, but then I think the equation of particular styles with particular ages is a particularly American thing, and I'm not American. It seems to me that in Paris or Copenhagen or Montreal (to mention cities I've been to lately), if a woman likes a particular look, she'll wear it whether she's 30 or 50.
Jack Daniel, This photo, with the Fontaine du Palmier in the background, is taken on Place du Châtelet (yes, I am a Parisian!).
God, this woman has the best footwear collection.
wow… look the whole look. the air of confidence that will only come in age. what a bang.
i hate those louis vuitton boots, but somehow, she made it work.
Such confidence! Without it, she might look forced. I absolutely love the trousers.
like ajane I agree that American women are hung up about what thy can wear after a CERTIN age. Same with hair.
She and Carine can wear anything that most can't it's the "It" factor and the confidence.
didn't you post this just a few weeks/months ago, or am I totally wrong?
Have to admit that I do love her hair and her attitude. her outfit totally works for her!
Keep up the good work!
Who's her? She looks somewhat Italian.
She's Carine Roitfeld's second-in-command at French Vogue.
totally cool+
She has style! Fantastic!
This is one of my favourite shots of yours up at style.com. And my favourite you've taken of her. Fantastic look, lots of confidence and disarming nonchalance – teamed with a calm, calm face.
It's all about personal style.. I mean it's nice to follow trends, but a lot of people do it and it ends there.. there's no personal style involved.. this woman clearly has her own style and she is very confident with it, that it doesn't matter what age she is, it just looks great on her..
I think she looks fantastic in every way! I am at least her age and I would absolutely dress like that.
In my opinion, the only no-no's that come with age are 1) showing too much skin, because let's face it, no matter how hard you work, it just ain't as tight as it used to be, and 2) too much girly ruffles.
Then again, i'm not a fan of too much skin and too much girly ruffles on anyone.
absolutely fabulous!
I'm surprised by all the discussion of "age-appropriate". How is a woman of this age (I'm guessing 40ish) supposed to dress? Every generation defines 30 or 40 or 50 for itself and its members generally dress according to what they feel comfortable in — hence baby boomers in Levis and Generation X in our trainers and cargoes and funky shoes and vintage bargains. I agree that we need to adjust our wardrobes as our bodies change, but try telling that to all the fast-food-fed teenage girls I see with belly blubber hanging over their hipster jeans. It's not a matter of age. If you're fit and slim and have good posture, you can wear just about anything at any age.
You're never too old to look good and Looking good never goes out of style.


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A letter in the June 10 Tomahawk Leader
To the Editor:
Relay for Life is coming to town Aug. 15-16 from 6 p.m. Aug. 15 until 9 a.m. Aug. 16 at Tomahawk High School. This year's theme is "Remember. Celebrate. Fight Back."
Our community has many survivors to remember, and celebrate their victories. We have many among us that we need to support as they fight back against this disease called cancer which strikes one of every three. There is also a need to remember and celebrate those caregivers who have been there on the journeys that would not have been able to have been made without them. As always we will also remember and celebrate the lives of those that have been lost to this disease.
This community is so good at supporting its members, and the American Cancer Society supports the community. Relay for Life is the event that brings them all together.
Survivor stories are needed. Caregiver stories are needed. If you have a story that you are willing to share, please contact Patti Ward at 715-612-0704 or email@example.com.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Genshu Single Cask Yoichi 20-year-old. Cask no. 121940
Review by Nonjatta contributor - Dramtastic:
Genshu Single Cask Yoichi 20-year-old. Cask #121940. 56 per cent alcohol.
Nose: Rich. Lovely toffee/caramel popcorn, Chicos candy, malt, sweet apricots, white chocolate, marshmallows. Then, sweet tobacco and a hint of brine.
Palate: Creamy, chewy toffee, marshmallows, fruit tingles without the tingle. Some ashy dryness in the middle. Then, the white chocolate and sweet tobacco makes a return. Very smooth for 56 per cent.
Finish: Medium length, with a sweet/dry combo of the flavours of the palate. Very nice indeed.
2 comments:
- chris said...
Really like these single cask releases...except for the 5 year old. 10 is my favorite but haven't had this 20 year old though.
- April 24, 2011 at 11:18 AM
I actually prefer the 10(reviewed here on nonjatta)over the 20 Chris, but obviously they are both very good.
- April 24, 2011 at 4:50 PM
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Fans of Audiosurf, scrolling shooters, and music in general have reason to be excited about Symphony, Empty Clip Studios' new title in which your songs shape the game you're playing.
Like Audiosurf, Symphony allows you to search your music collection in order to create a unique game experience for every song. Instead of a rollercoaster puzzle game, however, Symphony creates colorful 3D arcade shooter levels based on your musical tastes. A slow song might transform into a slow, relaxing shooter experience, while a fast electronic track with heavy beats morphs into something much more challenging.
Your music collection is the key to unlocking the full potential of Symphony, with hidden powers and unique enemies lurking inside your MP3s, waiting to be unleashed.
Symphony is still several months away from its 2010 release, but all the elements are in place for a truly unique shooter experience. I've already started building my playlist, and I've a feeling my psytrance collection is about to get a whole lot less relaxing.
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The Sunday shopping ban in New Jersey's largest county — among the nation's last remaining blue laws — may be lifted to satisfy the state's hunger for more sales tax revenue.
PARAMUS, N.J. — During a powerful storm that flooded basements, uprooted trees and left tens of thousands of families without power through a late winter weekend, residents of one New Jersey county had to wait till Monday morning to buy sump pumps, generators and other cleanup tools at local stores.
That's because Bergen County — one of the country's richest retail areas with its five shopping malls and 900,000 residents — still enforces "blue laws" that prohibit Sunday shopping, except for essentials like food and gasoline. You can't buy clothes or electronics, but you can pick up a case of beer or a dozen roses, or grab lunch at a diner.
The Sunday shopping ban in New Jersey's largest county — among the nation's last remaining blue laws — may be lifted to satisfy the state's hunger for more sales tax revenue. The budget proposed last week by new Republican Gov. Chris Christie assumes $65 million in new sales tax revenue by jettisoning the law starting July 1.
While some people may see Bergen County's blue law as antiquated, many residents view it as quaint and don't want to lose it.
"Sundays in this town are wonderful," said Carl Shaw, a 56-year-old Bergen County native who owns Norton Paints in Paramus, which is closed on Sundays by law. "To the people who say 'I need it now,' I say 'Plan ahead or come Saturday or Monday.'"
The few remaining blue laws are mostly in the South and Midwest and mostly limit liquor or car sales on Sundays, said Jacqueline Byers, research director at the National Association of Counties.
Some officials believe dropping Bergen County's blue law would allow it to pick up Sunday customers from the nation's largest metropolitan area; Manhattan is just a 20-minute cab ride away.
Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney said there's more at stake than money. He told a Senate committee conducting a public hearing on the budget this week that lifting the ban would strain local police and fire departments and adversely affect the affluent suburban county's quality of life.
"The blue laws have been in effect in Bergen County since the 1950s to give our citizens ... one day of rest from the traffic jams, noise pollution and accidents that are a nightmare on Saturdays and long weekends," McNerney told the panel.
Bergen's law has been around longer than its five malls. Longer even than the traffic backup clogging Route 17 at rush-hour, which is what proponents say makes the ban really sacred — the promise that they can get where they're going on Sundays, even if it's not to a mall.
John Holub, president of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association, said lifting the ban makes economic sense.
He said adding a day of shopping in Bergen County would generate 3,200 jobs and more than $1.1 billion in net new retail sales a year. A portion of those sales would be from people who would have shopped online when retailers in their home county are closed.
Shaw, the paint store owner, disagrees. He believes his sales revenue would be roughly the same whether he's open for business six days a week or seven.
Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak said the governor's proposal was driven by economic necessity. He said the governor would reconsider if opponents come up with a credible alternative that raises $65 million.
"We still would like (Sunday shopping)," Drewniak said, but "we're respectful of local opposition."
When New Jersey lifted a statewide prohibition on Sunday shopping decades ago, most counties quickly opted out. The last county to do so was Hudson, also in densely populated North Jersey, in the mid-80s.
Bergen voters have held tight to their no-shopping tradition, defeating prior attempts to lift the ban. The most recent referendum, in 1993, was defeated by about 80,000 votes. A 1980 attempt to overturn the blue laws lost by nearly 35,000 votes.
"Blue laws hits home with people — they're outraged," said Sarlo, a Democrat who represents Bergen County.
Byers said most blue laws originated as state rules that individual counties or cities were later allowed to repeal, resulting in a hodgepodge of local regulations. For example, the borough of Paramus has a more restrictive blue law than the other 69 towns in Bergen County, allowing only food, gas and goods for charities to be sold on Sundays.
The name is believed to have derived either from 18th century usage of the word "blue" to disparage those with puritanical beliefs or from an early set of rules in New Haven, Conn., that were printed on blue paper.
Repealing the Bergen County law could be accomplished through legislation or voter referendum. Sarlo said the Democratic-controlled Legislature is unlikely to support a bill repealing the law.
Christie further angered opponents with a declaration this week that a giant retail and entertainment complex being built in the Meadowlands in Bergen County would not be subject to the ban.
"We're all quite perplexed on how he intends to do this," Sarlo said. "He's taking it away from the will of the people.


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Supply Savvy: Using Transparencies
There are many benefits to using transparency sheets on your scrapbook layouts, from adding a smooth texture to using them for layering. But, did you know you can pair this sleek supply with hand stitching? With this transparency tip from the talented Amy Tan, featured in our September 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine, you'll see through the basic approaches and find a new reason to love this clearly cool supply.
A Transparency Title
Add a one-of-a-kind title to your next layout by combining a transparency sheet with a little hand stitching. A paper piercer will go through transparencies without the risk of the holes tearing. So grab your paper piercer and follow these simple steps to create your own hand-stitched transparency title:
1. Write title (or portion of title) on transparency using fine-point pen.
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3. Hand stitch through holes using needle and embroidery floss.
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I was recently discussing my upcoming professional transition (I wrote about here) with a local colleague from another district and within moments of me sharing the news she responded, "Why the heck are you leaving Cantiague? That place is like Disney World and you are never going to find that anywhere else!" I just laughed off her comment and changed the topic. Truth is, initially, all I wanted to do was cry because Cantiague is a pretty awesome space and maybe she was right... maybe I would never find Disney World again and everything moving forward would be a let down. Ugh - definitely not the way I wanted to be thinking about the next phase in my professional journey.
Fast forward a few days and Paul and I were discussing Disney World and how badly we wanted to go back (we have been 4 times). We both agree that the Disney experience is a magical one. As we were discussing why we both love Disney and all the rides we love, Paul shared a comment that really got me thinking about the exchange with my colleague: "The thing about Disney is that it's about how feel when you are there because of the way the employees treat you and because of how excited everyone else is to be there!" YES!!! That is exactly it... Paul hit the nail on the head... Disney is much more than a place... Disney is an experience... Disney is a feeling... Disney is about relationships... Disney has its own culture... Disney is about the people; not just the physical space!
A few days later, I called my colleague back pretending I had a professional question and near the end of the conversation I explained to her that I had been thinking about her Disney World comment and while I agreed that Cantiague is very much like Disney World, I also went on to explain that I believe any educational organization can have a Disney World feel by taking the following 3 steps...
1) Invest in relationships! Everything that happens in a school comes down to the way people relate to each other... the way kids relate to teachers... the way teachers relate to each other... the way teachers relate to families... the way leaders relate to the community; it is all about relationships! Relationships are at the core of Disney World - it is a magical and happy place because of the way people relate to each other and I think we can capture that magic in our schools if we take the time to build healthy relationships rooted in trust and respect! Take the time to get to know people's names and their passions, interests and the names of their family members. Build connections, share stories and find ways to relate to those around you because if you invest in relationships, the magic will start happening. If you need some tips on how to build those relationships, check out our new book Hacking Leadership!
2) Personalize the experience! Disney recognizes people who are celebrating birthdays or anniversaries or family reunions and they do it in a way that makes people feel like they are special and that they are the only ones that matter. We can do that in our schools once we have established those healthy and positive relationships. We can personalize the learning for our teachers and students; we can personalize the schooling experience for our families; we can find ways to make everyone feel special. Whether it is announcing birthdays over the loud speaker or letting teachers plan and lead their own professional development based on their needs, if we can find ways to personalize the experience, then we have created an identity... a feeling... a culture!
3) Have fun! Yes, school is about learning, teaching, assessing, writing, reading and all that stuff but that doesn't have to feel like work... it can be fun! It can feel like an exciting opportunity based on the way we frame and present things. You know what I mean... For example, as educators, we all detest the dreaded "Faculty Meeting" where we all have to sit in silence and listen to one person ramble on about things that could have been communicated in an email; as students, we all detest that class where the teacher does all the talking and we can only show our learning through worksheets and tests that are typically completed in silence; and as family members, we can't stand when a school only communicates with us for bad reasons and problems! We can make school FUN! We can turn Faculty Meetings into time for teachers to pursue Passion Projects; we can embed concepts like Genius Hour into our classrooms so our children have ownership and choice in how they learn, what they learn and how they communicate their understandings; and, we can include our families in the fun of school - engage them in learning, call them for positive reasons and get to know them. If we make school fun (of course, I know it can't necessarily be fun and games all day) we starting spreading the magic!
Yes, Cantiague is like Disney World! Cantiague is like Disney World because of the children, the educators, the families and the community as a whole. Cantiague is like Disney World not because of the physical structure but because of the relationships that exist within. So, while I am sad to be leaving this Disney World, I am also excited about the opportunity to step into a new Disney World and do whatever I can do contribute to creating that magic!


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These are a favorite in the fall.
If you wish, you can sprinkle chopped, candied pecans over the top of the cooked pancakes (as in the photograph), rather than putting toasted pecans in the batter.
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or 1 tsp cinammon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/4 tsp ground cloves)
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup canned pumpkin
3 large eggs, separated
2 tbs sugar
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbs unsalted butter
1. Roughly chop pecans and spread over baking sheet. Bake at 300 degrees 10 – 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp and lightly browned.
2. In large bowl mix together sugar, spice, baking powder, soda, and salt.
3. Melt butter and set aside.
4. Whisk together buttermilk, pumpkin, egg yolks and vanilla.
5. Stir melted butter into pumpkin mixture and gently fold into dry ingredients.
6. Beat egg whites with 2 tbs sugar to form soft peaks; fold into pumpkin batter with pecans.
7. Lightly butter griddle and heat to medium (350 degrees). Spoon pancake batter onto griddle as cakes a bit less than 4 inches in diameter (they will spread) and cook until they begin to puff and brown lightly on the bottom. Flip for another miute or two, until bottom is lightly browned and cakes are fully cooked. Serve with maple syrup.
Serves 4; about 16-20 pancakes.


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