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P-selectin is a 140 kDa type 1 transmembrane glycoprotein stored in the Weibel-Palade bodies of endothelial cells, as well as in the α-granules of platelets. This protein can rapidly be brought to the cell surface after exposure to thrombin, histamine, complement 5a, Ca21 ionophores, or adenosine diphosphate. Researchers have found that P-selectin, which is encoded by the SELP gene, contributes to the adverse vascular processes that promote cognitive impairment in individuals with cardiovascular disease. Our broad antibody portfolio now includes ABfinity™ recombinant monoclonal and oligoclonal antibodies for P-selectin.
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ABfinity™ antibodies are manufactured by transfecting mammalian cells with high-level expression vectors containing immunogen-specific antibody heavy- and light-chain cDNA. This production process offers consistent lot-to-lot antibody performance. ABfinity™ oligoclonal antibodies are a mixture of recombinant monoclonal antibodies. This combines the improved signal strength of a polyclonal antibody with the highly reproducible results you get from ABfinity™ monoclonal antibodies.
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Immunocytochemistry analysis using P-Selectin ABfinity™ Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody. U2OS cells were stained with P-Selectin ABfinity™ Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody. (A) Cells were labeled with Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody (green). (B) Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). (C) Actin was stained with Alexa® Fluor 594 phalloidin (red). (D) The composite image shows the membrane localization of P-selectin.
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Rat anti-mouse CD90 (clone G7) and CD90.2 (clone 30-H12) monoclonal antibodies are now available as FITC, phycoerythrin (PE), and allophycocyanin (APC) conjugates.
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Part of the immunoglobulin superfamily, CD90/Thy-1 is a GPI-anchored cell surface receptor expressed on thymocytes, peripheral T lymphocytes, some intraepithelial T lymphocytes, and neurons of all mouse strains, whereas the CD90.2/Thy-1.2 alloantigen is expressed on all thymocytes, peripheral T lymphocytes, and some intraepithelial T cells of most mouse strains. The CD90/Thy-1 clone G7 antibody recognizes the Thy-1.1 and Thy-1.2 alloantigens (Thy-1 epitope region A). The CD90.2/Thy-1.2 clone 30-H12 antibody recognizes the mouse CD90.2/Thy-1.2 alloantigen.
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BALB/c splenocytes were double-stained with rat anti-mouse CD90.2-FITC and rat anti-mouse CD19-RPE.
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The Rat Cytokine Magnetic 10-Plex Panel for the Luminex® platform is designed to simultaneously quantify 10 rat cytokines in serum, plasma, and tissue culture supernatant samples. The magnetic beads facilitate automation and easier wash steps. The panel is suitable for use with the Luminex® 200™, FLEXMAP 3D®, and MAGPIX® systems.
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The assay has a 3.5-hour incubation time and is similar to an ELISA workflow. Magnetic beads covalently bound to different antibodies can be mixed in the same assay in a 96-well microplate format. At the completion of the sandwich immunoassay, beads can be read using a Luminex® instrument and xPONENT® software to distinguish bead color (analyte) and assay signal strength (PE fluorescence intensity).
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Accurate cell number estimates obtained with the CyQUANT® Direct assay. HeLa cells were serially diluted and plated in 384-well microplate format. Data are the mean ± standard deviation of cell plating density (n = 10 replicate wells).
|Even distribution of the cells in the wells is important for optimal CyQUANT® Direct assay performance. (Left) Cells stained with the CyQUANT® Direct Cell Proliferation Assay that were not set up properly for high-throughput screening and as a result grew unevenly during a cell proliferation time course. (Right) Cells that were set up correctly according to protocol recommendations, resulting in even distribution across the well.
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Uttamapinant C, Tangpeerachaikul A, Grecian S et al. (2012) Angew Chem Int Ed 51:5852–5856.
The copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) is commonly used for biomolecule conjugation but poses toxicity problems when used to label molecules in living cells because of the reactive oxygen species generated by the relatively high levels of CuI needed for reaction efficiency. Uttamapinant and colleagues have developed a new azide reaction partner—a picolyl azide, containing an internal CuI ligand—that maintains an increased CuI concentration in the region of the reaction site only. After only 20 minutes of incubation time in the presence of a noncytotoxic concentration of CuSO4 (50 µM), this picolyl azide delivered improved labeling of the target biomolecules in live cells (up to 25-fold better than the alkyl azide), and was even effective for labeling delicate neurons. In further experiments to investigate its utility for visualizing RNA and proteins metabolically labeled with 5-ethynyl uridine and L-homopropargylglycine, respectively, the picolyl azide delivered ~2-fold improvement in signal intensity compared to the alkyl azide form.
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Inclusive peace frameworks increase the durability and the quality of peace. Underrepresentation of women in peace processes is a reoccurring theme in most armed conflicts. The study requested by the FEMM Committee provides insight on the inclusion of women in peace and transition processes, assesses global and national commitments, EU application of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and provides recommendations to achieve sustainable peace and enhance the role of women.
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But Copenhagen was not the victory de Boer had been anticipating. In fact, most analysts labeled it a significant setback for the alarmist agenda. And since then, problems for the human-caused warming campaign have only grown. After a series of scandals exposed extreme misconduct (if not criminality) by leading climate scientists and errors surrounding the movement's theories, pundits began announcing the inevitable collapse of climate hysteria. But the vested interests will not go down without a long, hard fight.
The climate alarmists were already doing poorly in the United States before the Copenhagen failure. An October 2009 Pew poll showed that only 36 percent of Americans even believed in man-made global warming. The issue consistently ranked last among public priorities. Commentators referred to the movement as a "cult," and critics ridiculed the theories and dangerous "solutions" all over the Internet. And that was before the proverbial hitting of the fan late last year.
In November 2009, a scandal now known as Climategate changed everything. Just before the much-touted global-warming conference, incriminating e-mails and data from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit were revealed to the world. And the picture was not pretty. Prominent climate scientists, including many who were deeply involved with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, were exposed plotting to "hide the decline" in global temperatures, conspiring to violate Freedom of Information laws, and scheming to keep contradictory viewpoints excluded. The scandal led to even more distrust of the alarmist narrative.
After Climategate made headlines around the world, obvious factual errors started turning up in the UN's IPCC report as researchers began scrutinizing it more closely. Widely considered the "gospel" of the anthropogenic-warming campaign, the report was rapidly losing credibility.
First came "Glaciergate." In its final report, the IPCC suggested that Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035 or sooner. It turns out the wild assertion (along with several others in the same paragraph) was lifted from an advocacy group's propaganda literature, which took it from an Indian magazine article that has since been discredited. The claim was totally incorrect. The IPCC has been forced to recant it.
More errors were soon exposed in a flurry of bad press for the alarmists. Amazongate, as it has become known, involved fantastical predictions about global warming's effect on the Amazon rain forest. Up to 40 percent of it could be in danger, according to the report. The IPCC also took this claim from advocacy group literature. But on top of that, it incorrectly attributed it to a report that did not even hint at such a prediction. Critics have correctly labeled the assertion a "fabrication."
There was also Africagate. The IPCC erroneously claimed that rain-dependent agriculture in some African countries could be cut in half by 2020, with the wildly inaccurate claims also taken from an advocacy group report (written by an academic who works with "carbon credits"). Of course, this was also wrong. But this time, IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri was the one responsible for allowing the error to be repeated in the condensed "Synthesis Report."
Questions and criticism about the use of temperature data have also been ongoing and continue to plague the UN panel's credibility. "Chinagate," where scientists misused Chinese temperature records, is just one example.
The claims of increased hurricane frequency were also proven fraudulent. And as if those blows were not enough, the Dutch government recently forced the IPCC to retract its claim that 55 percent of the Netherlands was below sea level. It's actually 26 percent.
The rapid loss of public credibility over all the errors has also accompanied numerous calls by prominent voices for official inquiries and even criminal investigations. Several universities involved have already launched reviews. And even previous IPCC chief Professor Robert Watson, for example, is calling for a probe to investigate "warming bias" by the UN panel. "The mistakes all appear to have gone in the direction of making it seem like climate change is more serious by overstating the impact. That is worrying," he told the U.K. Times Online. "The IPCC needs to look at this trend in the errors and ask why it happened." The UN will indeed launch an "independent" inquiry, but critics generally expect a coverup.
U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) went further, proposing criminal investigations to determine if alarmists violated any laws. A Senate report produced for Inhofe's Environment and Public Works Committee concluded that, among other problems, "scientists involved in the CRU controversy violated fundamental ethical principles governing taxpayer-funded research and, in some cases, may have violated federal laws."
Similarly, British authorities were investigating possible criminal activity by Climategate scientists who refused to provide documents and data under lawful Freedom of Information requests. The scientists may reportedly escape prosecution under the FOI law because of a six-month statute of limitations.
Rats and Ships
Even the politicians and officials still pushing the alarmist agenda have distanced themselves from the IPCC report. The analogy of "rats" frantically ditching a "sinking ship" has been used by numerous critics to describe the situation.
Climate chief Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change who predicted "success" in Copenhagen, announced his resignation in mid-February. He said it was time to pursue "new challenges." But he still advises companies about global warming.
Even a prominent member of the pro-United Nations, internationalist Council on Foreign Relations has thrown in the towel, possibly trying to salvage some credibility by denouncing the scandals. "The global warming movement as we have known it is dead" because of "bad science and bad politics," wrote CFR senior foreign policy fellow Walter Mead in a piece for The American Interest. He still believes in human-caused warming, but harshly criticized the movement for its lawbreaking and phony claims. "The global warming meltdown confirms all the populist suspicions out there about an arrogantly clueless establishment invoking faked 'science' to impose cockamamie social mandates on the long-suffering American people, backed by a mainstream media that is totally in the tank," he rightly concluded.
Prominent companies that were once leading the push for "action" on climate change have also been retreating to the shadows. Around the time of de Boer's announcement, three large American firms (including two oil companies) bailed on the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a powerful lobby pushing for "cap and trade" legislation.
Some of the media have also finally started to report the apparent demise of climate alarmism. "The strategy pursued by activists (including scientists who have crossed the line into advocacy) has turned out to be fatally flawed," declared the Canadian Globe and Mail in a recent article entitled "The great global warming collapse: As the science scandals keep coming, the air has gone out of the climate-change movement."
Even a writer for the BBC admitted the campaign was falling apart in a recent piece entitled "The dam is cracking." This same media organization has in recent years issued dire predictions of global warming almost daily and last year sat on the Climategate e-mails for over a month. (The BBC claims it wasn't aware of the significance of the information it was given.)
The "neoconservative" Weekly Standard — normally a promoter of the glob-alist establishment's agenda — actually ran a cover story recently with a cartoon depicting polar bears laughing at a naked and freezing Al Gore. The article, entitled "In Denial — The meltdown of the climate campaign," was written by fellow Steven Hayward with the American Enterprise Institute, an organization that has repeatedly peddled climate propaganda and the desirability of "emission reductions" and a "carbon tax." More rats jumping ship?
Even alarmism ringleader Al Gore seemingly conceded defeat on the impact of his efforts to "educate" the public on human-caused climate change. "I have thus far failed," he told a Norwegian talk show in early March while promoting his new climate book. But, his fight is far from over.
Alarmists Fight Back
Ironically, some of the news articles announcing the demise of climate hysteria were adorned with government-funded Google ads from the State Department reading "Adapting to a Changing Climate." The link takes readers to America.gov, where articles like "The Need for Action on Climate Change Is Urgent" share the page with a picture of a lonely polar bear and propaganda videos citing the IPCC. (What part of the Constitution authorizes government propaganda ads?) Government has obviously not given up the fight.
Indeed — like an animal backed into a corner — committed alarmists are putting up an increasingly hysterical battle as their movement begins to unravel. The U.K. Telegraph ran a piece entitled "Warmists overwhelmed by fear, panic and deranged hatred as their 'science' collapses."
There are many players with a significant stake in making sure the public believes "climate change" is caused by man and carbon emissions. Governments have invested hundreds of billions in it — likely because greenhouse-gas legislation will allow government to monitor and control almost everything every citizen does. Banks, too, have vast sums tied up in the scheme — including Goldman Sachs, one of the most powerful firms on Earth — because they stand to make piles of money trading carbon permits. Gore and Pachauri have their fortunes and their reputations at stake. Many climatologists have their careers to lose, too.
"I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion," wrote Gore in a wildly inaccurate editorial temper tantrum printed by the New York Times on February 27. Then he proceeded to the usual scaremongering, warning about "the displacement of hundreds of millions of climate refugees" and other calamities. Former Vice President Gore intensified his lobbying efforts, consolidating two of his organizations "to create in one [sic] of the largest non-profit climate change education and advocacy organizations in the world," according to a March 5 press release posted on its website. Will Gore go down with the alarmism ship? As its captain, he probably has no choice at this point — though unlike the captain of the Titanic, his action will likely be viewed as less than noble.
Scientists under fire have also attempted to deflect criticism by demonizing skeptics. Stanford climatologist Stephen Schneider, for example, complained of receiving "threatening" e-mails. "They shoot abortion doctors here," he told Tierramérica, a UN-affiliated propaganda organ in Latin America.
And just as global warming was re-branded "climate change" to be more all-encompassing, some Senators are now trying to deviously re-sell the "cap and trade" scheme with linguistic gimmicks. "We will have pollution reduction targets," explained Senator Joseph Lieberman, ignoring the fact that CO2 is not a pollutant but an essential component of life without which green plants would cease to exist.
And despite the apparent implosion of the alarmist movement, governments are steamrolling ahead with the agenda. The taxation commissioner at the European Commission, for example, recently announced a push for EU-wide carbon taxes.
A recently leaked UN Environment Program document from December 2009 revealed plans to create a "green world order" by 2012, while the head of the International Monetary Fund recently called for the creation of a giant climate-change slush fund. And in the United States, despite bipartisan opposition and the lack of constitutional authority, the Environmental Protection Agency is still moving forward with its anti-CO2 regulation regime. Other national governments around the world are also marching forward with various climate schemes.
More to Come
The fight is not over yet. But no matter what happens in the coming months and years — trials and convictions for climate swindlers, or taxes on breathing for everyone on Earth — the alarmist campaign will eventually fall.
"There's a lot more to come out yet about the [Climategate] e-mails, and how they cooked the computer models," said Canadian climatologist Dr. Tim Ball, who emphasized that he never received money from oil companies and that he was also against the "global cooling" alarmism of a few decades ago.
He told The New American that the Internet played a pivotal role in exposing the scandals, and that this phenomenon will continue. "It's no coincidence that so much of what was exposed came through the blogs.… The mainstream media is ignoring the issues almost completely. And it's because most of them were complicit and bought into the argument." As a consequence, the complicit media is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
But the battle against the alarmist agenda will likely be protracted and difficult. "It won't die — it simply won't die — until the economies start to suffer," Dr. Ball said about the carbon tax and cap-and-trade schemes, citing Spain's experience with new "green jobs" causing an overall loss of jobs as an example of the economic price of alarmist policies. But, he added, the truth will inevitably triumph eventually.
"Reality always comes through, sooner or later, it's just that sometimes it takes a long time," agreed Professor Nils-Axel Mörner, one of the world's foremost experts on sea levels and the head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics Department at Stockholm University until he retired in 2005. He told The New American that as an expert reviewer for the sea-level section of the IPCC report, he had the opportunity to understand the inner workings of the IPCC. And it is doomed to fail eventually.
The sea-level chapter he was supposed to review was "of very poor quality," Mörner said. And the hysteria surrounding sea-level rises, like most of the IPCC scaremongering, "is not grounded in reality." The panel chose authors based on loyalty, not credentials, Mörner explained. And though he warned the IPCC of errors, they mostly ignored the advice. But the anti-science attitude came back to haunt them. Climategate was "wonderful," Mörner exclaimed. He called the scandal an "iceberg of shame," noting that there was still much to be discovered.
"The first thing which has to come now is the restoration of scientific values," he said, explaining that the climate campaign had "autocratically" tried to impose beliefs on the public that were not based on science. "Al Gore is a salesman, not a scientist, and we don't need salesmen." Mörner is optimistic.
Despite all the trouble and wasted resources expended on the movement, there is certainly a bright side emerging as the climate-crisis crusade self-destructs. For one, more people may begin to think twice before blindly trusting governments and the media. Additionally, the whole episode illustrates the crumbling gate-keeping ability of "Big Media" in the age of the Internet. This is an encouraging sign for the future of freedom.
Scaremongering to swindle the public out of money and freedom is an old trick. But hopefully, people will know better than to fall for it again next time.
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Last December in Copenhagen at the United Nations climate summit, officials and global-warming alarmists seemed confident of their imminent triumph. "There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it will yield a success," proclaimed UN global-warming chief Yvo de Boer just weeks before the conference.
But Copenhagen was not the victory de Boer had been anticipating. In fact, most analysts labeled it a significant setback for the alarmist agenda. And since then, problems for the human-caused warming campaign have only grown. After a series of scandals exposed extreme misconduct (if not criminality) by leading climate scientists and errors surrounding the movement's theories, pundits began announcing the inevitable collapse of climate hysteria. But the vested interests will not go down without a long, hard fight.


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Always remember that you are a son or daughter of heavenly parents, seeking to qualify for your eternal heirship under that parentage.
Be careful how you characterize yourself. Don't characterize or define yourself by some temporary quality. The only single quality that should characterize us is that we are a son or daughter of God. That fact transcends all other characteristics, including race, occupation, physical characteristics, honors, or even religious affiliation.
Yet there are those among us who choose to define themselves by some other characteristic. It may be the fact that they are "a patriot," a Cardinal fan, a person from Texas, a redhead, a great basketball player, or an underachiever.
We have our agency, and we can choose any characteristic to define us. But we need to know that when we choose to define ourselves or to present ourselves by some characteristic that is temporary or trivial in eternal terms, we de-emphasize what is most important about us and we overemphasize what is relatively unimportant. This can lead us down the wrong path and hinder our eternal progress.
For example, a person who calls himself an "underachiever" tends to look for—or encourage others to look for—things that interpret his behavior in those terms. That has a very different consequence than if he and others looked on his quality of "underachieving" as simply a temporary tendency that needed to be disciplined in the course of seeking graduation, employment, or eternal life. Always remember that you are a son or daughter of heavenly parents, seeking to qualify for your eternal heirship under that parentage.
As a positive example of self-characterization, I cite our daughter, Jenny Oaks Baker. As a nationally recognized violinist, she could easily identify and think of herself as a great violinist who is also the mother of three young daughters and a son. I am pleased that she does not do this. She thinks of herself as a mother who happens to be a violinist, and she orders her priorities in that way.
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"I was born with a cleft lip and palate. Because of it, I've had some trouble making friends and having people make fun of how I talk. But I don't let that define who I am. I could complain about it or blame things that happen to me because of it, but I don't. I don't let people get to me because I know I am a child of God and that He loves me. I don't let other people decide who I am; I decide who I am because of what I know!"
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Wood Chunks can be used for smoking meats, poultry, fish, and vegetables. If you have a smoker grill, you can use wood chunks alone in the smoker box to provide plenty of smoke for your food. The wood fire, once started, can be easily maintained by adding wood chunks as needed. Smoking wood chunks make it easy to maintain a steady long-term smoke source or a short term smoking for items such as burgers or steak.
Smoking wood chunks can also be used to add flavor when you are grilling with charcoal. Once your charcoal is nearly ready for cooking, add several chunks of hickory, oak, apple, or another wood you prefer, directly onto the charcoal. Before adding wood chunks to your charcoal, pre-soak them in water for at least ten minutes.
My favorite method of using barbecue wood chunks is the direct cooking method or direct wood grilling method. I begin by starting a hickory wood chunks fire in my grill (apple wood chunks, oak wood chunks or maple work well too). I use a regular small firestarter which I place at the bottom of a pile of wood chunks. The wood chunk fire will burn like a small campfire (I find this adds a festive atmosphere) for up to one and a half hours before the coals are ready to be cooked on. Wood burns hotter and faster than charcoal, so the timing does take some practice. I knock down the pile of burning wood chunks to level the hot coals out evenly about 15 to 20 minutes prior to cooking time. The best burgers I have ever had were cooked like this.
BBQ wood chips are typically used for enhancing the flavor of your grilled food with short bursts of smoke. BBQ chips are typically soaked in water prior to grilling. You may also soak these smoking wood chips in beer or wine. Wood chips can be added to your charcoal just prior to cooking and continually added as necessary throughout the cooking process. Smoker wood chips can also be used in gas grills by encasing them in tinfoil with holes (again soaked prior to this) or by purchasing a stainless steel smoker box designed for such purposes. Esentially the heat from the propane will cause these wood chips to start smoking and they will not flame or leave ash in the grill because they are enclosed. When cooking like this you must cook with the top closed as much as possible to keep the smoke in with the food.
This season don't forget to use your smoker or grill to smoke vegetables. Here are some popular vegetables that are great for smoking to eat alone or to add to recipes to give them that wonderful smoke flavor.
> Smoked Jalapenos ( chipotle)
> Smoked Onions - add to summer salads and sandwiches
> Smoked Corn on the Cob - delicious eaten right off the cob with butter and salt or added to your favorite recipe
> Smoked tomatoes - add to salads and sandwiches
The best smoking wood for vegetables is applewood & cherry wood. You may find local applewood for sale, but be warry of brush that contains pesticides. Our applewood for sale has no bark and no pesticides to worry about. Our smoker wood chunks can be used in regular grills. Just take tin foil and punch some small holes into the tin foil and then wrap one or two smoker wood chunks and place in the grill above the burner. Once the chunk starts smoking steady, add your vegetables. These smoker chunks will last a long time.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Gervase & Marissa: On Vacation
Known for eating a rat and being the laziest player in Survivor history, Gervase is our only representative from the very first season of Survivor. Colleen must be busy shooting The Animal 2. Nevertheless! It is Gervase they have given us and it is Gervase I am counting on to mastermind Fancy Pants' early departure. Let's see if Gervase actually plans on lifting a finger this season.
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I wasn't a fan of Gervase in Borneo, but I'm finding him quite likable here. So far he's the only veteran that is truly acting like a veteran. He's confident yet humble, excited yet careful, wise yet humorous. And Marissa is nothing to sneeze at either. Outgoing and determined, Marissa will either be a major troublemaker or a fierce competitor. I don't see either of the Peterson's sitting in the background letting others determine their destiny.
So, what do you think of Gervase and Marissa? Would Gervase vote Marissa out like he says in the commercials? Does rat taste better boiled or fried? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
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Welcome to another season, hopefully it'll be great. They get that much food and supplies these days Gervase or Marissa won't need to go searching for Rats.ReplyDelete
I hope they both go deep, I think Marissa is going to be a powerhouse in challenges but will she be able to socially mix, don't think she likes being told anything.
When hitting the beach will gervase stretch the arms out and repeat those famous lines..."that's what I am talking about"
Love all your blogs! I too have watched all the survivors and find myself saying "who the hell is that?" I dont really care who the returning players are, would just like Survivor to be "survivor." I want to see dirt, hunger, despair, scrapes, bug bites and starvation. I'm taking the 'anyone but Colton to win' approach this season.ReplyDelete
Now blog away on the rest of the cast.....please!
Huh, didn't think I would like these two - but I do! They'll be a couple of my front runners, and I hope they go far!ReplyDelete


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Sart, before your recent series from Italy and Germany, I didn't quite realize the difference in styles across Europe. Photos from Italy are all about great fit, vibrant colors, figure-enhancing fabrics, right-on accessories, sexy, curvy, age-defying people. The photos from Germany are all about shapeless, colorless, figure-unflattering, meh; most things fit poorly and look wrinkled. Even gorgeous women wear things that look like lab coats or car mechanic uniforms.
Ah, is it possibly at Quartier 206, non?
I'm a little bit tired of that cool Berlin style: T-shirts, jeans, sneakers.
I'm amazed at how you catches the light on your subjects, Sart.
Yeah, Germans are definitely 'different'…
I like that girl though.
I think this young woman looks amazingly sexy, simple and elegant all at the same time. Why don't Americans dress like this? People at the mall here look horrible in comparison.
Dear Amused
I think it's probably true to say that many people in Germany have a more understated approach, compared to flamboyant Italians. Sure it's not as eye catching and bling as the Italian photos, but sometimes less is more, no?
But I really don't think it's fair to say it's all badly fitting lab coats…
She's pretty but she looks like she just rolled out of bed…the outfit seems uninspiring.
I love the 'feeling' of this photo. The beautiful soft light, her expression. Also love the grey mix and those trousers. She looks great!
No, no. This is like US circa 1990s post rave Saturday. Blah. I don't like this look anywhere. Effortless but should've put in some effort.
I think that if you went to a suburban mall in the US you'd find the same thing…and it would still be wrong.
Sometimes it's nice to NOT be all sexy sexy sexy, and this women does comfy (comfy-looking, anyway) quite well.
Sart, were those jeans she had on, or baggy trousers of some sort? I can't tell from the picture.
And could you please fix your settings so the comments section appears in a popup box instead of taking us away from the post and the picture? I'd like to be able to see it while I comment.
If I tried this outfit, I'd be one hot mess. But I think it works for her because she's 1) beautiful, 2) got great skin, and 3) got a confident attitude. I think personality has as much to do with being stylish as the clothes people wear.
She has a great confortable look, love the way she uses grey; Her pants are fantastic!
Once, long ago and far away, there WERE immediately recognizable national dress differences.
Today, though–for the most part and sartorially speaking–the world is one, with American dress most copied/influential, for better or worse.
Still, it IS interesting tease out–or to ascribe–difference in national dress.
i always thought that sart is a great photographer – some of my friends disagree – to them is just a little above average – but when i look at the new cultural variety here from places like germany, belgium etc i have to say: i am right. sart is great. – he has a consistent style throughout different cultures and on the basis of this (almost metaphysical) consitency (it is more than just taking pictures of people in similar poses) different traits of character, different cultures come to life.
that is actually art and that brings me to another point: sart, i would love to buy a set of prints. – how can i do this?
i do think that is kadewe. or maybe i'm wrong, but i agree. she just looks very plain. she wouldn't exactly stand out in a crowd
I disagree with those who say she is bland. She is nothing but bland. Her jewelery has just the right touch to say she's got style but does not need to flash, the baggy pants say "I am sexy but you'll have to guess what's under these pants" and the colors out emphasis on her true colors. A good choice of picture and a good choice of title to go with it. Effortlessly nice, sexy, and stylish.
I agree with Alice Olive. This is a beautiful photo. The light hits her beautifully, and her understated clothing suits the quiet mood of the picture.
Looks like a typical California teenager to me. I guess teenagers tend to dress the same around the world.
Ahhh . . . the ultimate accessories
Sart you sly dog
- Eminence Grise
All you need is an open window
and you'd have a 21st Century Vermeer
what a face
i recently attended high school in carpi, italia (near bologna) and most girls dressed in what i call "12 year old boy" clothes. while i am not a fan (considering i am about the size of a really small 12 year old boy) i think she does a good job adding a touch of elegance to the look that brings it up a bit. and no, teenagers in an american mall wear jeans that are too tight, uggs, and tank tops (with their uggs because that makes sense) with their bra straps out
Dear Anon at 7:29, there is only one thing worse than seeing teens in the mall with their butt cracks sticking out and their Uggs and their tanks top and that is (drum roll, please) middle-aged women in the mall with the Uggs, butt cracks, etc.
I agree. I find her a relief. I find most of sart's photos a relief.
Sart, I have an idea: Can you do a "bake-off" with your photos? Take one in Gemany, one in Italy, one in France, Sweden and one in the US, and then ask us to identify what country they were taken in…to me, that would be interesting because, personally, I see much more creativity and elan in the style of your Euro subjects, and I wonder: is it me, or do the Euros outdo (most of) the tall, skinny, hipster kids in NY? Certainly, you seem to have a greater variety in subjects when you travel.
Anyway, just a thought. Love your work, no matter where you are. xoxox, lady
I think this young German woman is stunning — she's not all overdone and full of herself; she is just serene and maybe a tad melancholy – marks of thoughtful humans who have more going on in their interior lives.


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For Mother Russia, Czars have come and gone and the world has watched the rise and fall of Communism. Through it all, the Russian Tula and Ulyanovsk ammunition factories have remained a constant, quiet but imposing force. Our research team set out to uncover these secrets and uncover the mystery we did. Here to shed light on the Russian ammunition market through the lens of the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories is their current president, Alexei Solovov. After hours of research and after communicating with Mr. Solovov through an interpreter, LuckyGunner.com was able to provide this account of so many decades of secrecy and confusion. So, let's get started….
Surprisingly, the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories are presently 100% privately owned. At the helm, serving as President is the experienced and highly educated Mr. Solovov. His background in industry and academia includes experience or education in engineering, economics, and of course serving as a business executive of the largest ammunition plants in the world.
The Tula Ammunition plant, located 100 miles South of Moscow, dates back to 1880 when Russian Emperor Alexander II approved the establishment of a cartridge plant by utilizing private capital. The plant was tasked with fulfilling an initial contract to produce an impressive 210 Million rounds in its first seven years. The Ulyanovsk factory was added to the foray in 1916 and is located 550 miles South-East of Moscow. Interestingly, the Tula plant initially produced brass-cased ammunition and didn't switch to producing steel casings until the late 1920's to conserve precious metals. Russia boasts of large iron reserves and by switching to producing casings made of the more economical steel material, Russia was able to conserve its strategic non-ferrous metals for its other industrial material needs. Since that time, the Tula and Ulyanovsk plants have mastered the production of bi-metal ammunition and hard alloy tools. To date, the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories are still producing economical steel-cased ammunition serving both Mother Russia's military needs on a cost plus basis as well as selling to various domestic markets around the World. The volume of production is staggering.
During World War I the Tula factory alone contributed 25% of Russia's domestic ammunition production, cementing its importance to the defense of the Russian Bear along its 990 mile Eastern Front. Later, in WWII the Tula factory once again rallied to meet its country's needs and produced a staggering 400 Million rounds per year to stop the German advance on the Eastern Front.
Today, the plant produces 40 types of small arms ammunition for both the commercial market and the Russian military. Tula Cartridge Plant currently exports to over 20 countries around the world, most notably: the United States, Germany, France, Finland, England, and the Netherlands. According to Mr. Solovov, his ammunition sets the standard for high-quality steel ammunition, purportedly meeting both European's C.I.P. requirements as well as America's SAAMI requirements.
The Tula and Ulyanovsk ammunition plants' exports to the American market are now consolidated under the TulAmmo brand. Previously, these plants produced for various importers. In order to better understand the present operations of TulAmmo, it's important to understand the man behind the Iron Curtain, Alexei Solovov. Alexei, born October 23rd, 1961, grew up in the small Russian town of Kolchugin before attending college at the Moscow Institute for Steel and Alloys where he received a degree in Metallurgical Engineering. Later, he went on to earn a graduate degree in the field of Economics. Alexei's background in metallurgical engineering has been instrumental in helping to shape TulAmmo's innovative aspirations since he began working for the firm in 1999. One of the distinguishing marks of the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories over their Russian counterparts is their quality controlled manufacturing processes and their patented Polymer-coated casings, which together are protected by over 20 patents.
Tula ammunition is produced as an economical steel-cased alternative to brass-cased ammunition that utilizes advanced polymer coating technology to ensure stable dimensions, increased shelf-life, and more reliable functioning, according to Mr. Solovov. So, what about the confusing Russian ammunition term, "bi-metal"? Currently, the projectiles of most Russian ammunition are considered bi-metal. The term describes projectiles that have a lead core enclosed in a steel jacket that is then enclosed in a 100% copper jacket or coating. Unfortunately, bi-metal ammunition is banned from certain ranges because of its unique ability to penetrate deeper into impact material than most softer projectiles (i.e. the typical copper jacketed lead core bullet that is the most commonly found projectile at ranges). To broaden its product offering, Mr. Solovov has reported that by the end of 2011, the US market will begin to see TulAmmo that contains no steel in its projectiles in addition to its current bi-metal projectile line.
One significant difference between TulAmmo and many of its Russian counterparts is the production methods used to manufacture the product as well as the quality of the materials used. While some Russian manufacturers have implemented a polymer coating process, the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories are the only ones that produce safe polymer-coated casings, says Mr. Solovov. As the market preference for polymer-coated cases over lacquer-coated cases has grown, other factories have attempted to follow TulAmmo's lead. Mr. Solovov vividly asserts that TulAmmo's superior quality remains unmatched. For example, according to Mr. Solovov, the materials utilized to manufacture TulAmmo's polymer-coated casings are safer because they are "not made of materials that are harmful during the production and use of the ammunition". He states that his engineers tested and analyzed the chemical composition of other Russian ammunition manufacturers' polymers and "their polymers have phenol-formaldehyde resins, which are very, very harmful." Good information to know if you are a high-volume shooter. Additionally Mr. Solovov states that all of their ammunition is loaded using non-corrosive primers.
So, how big are the Russian factories and what is their annual output? Understandably, these are both national and trade secrets, but Alexei tipped his hand that the collective ammunition volume imported into the United States alone from these two factories was approximately 500 Million rounds in 2009. To put that into perspective, that's almost 16 rounds per second 365 days a year that are imported into the US domestic market! To further explain the scale of Mr. Solovov's production potential, the production capacity of the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories compares favorably to that of of ATK (Federal, CCI, Speer, et al), Remington, and Winchester combined.
What's ahead for TulAmmo? Alexei has a clear vision in mind for the future of TulAmmo. According to Mr. Solovov, the TulAmmo brand plans to continue to gain market share as more customers learn about the higher quality of its steel ammunition over that of its competition. Mr. Solovov continues to invest capital into advanced technology to further increase the disparity between the quality of TulAmmo products and those of its competition. Additionally, Mr. Solovov suggests that TulAmmo expects to gain new customers in the U.S. market as the price of copper continues to soar (copper is the main component in brass), helping give cash strapped Americans a way to more affordably enjoy their passion for shooting. As the Tula and Ulyanovsk factories enter their 131st and 95th years of producing ammunition, respectively, their best days may yet be ahead.
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Soil Slab: Tracking Microbes' Contribution to Climate Warming
The image above depicts a detail from a soil slab under study by UMass Amherst biologist and genome expert Jeffrey Blanchard and microbial ecologist Kristen DeAngelis. The image shows how different and separate the organic layer is (top) from the mineral layer (bottom). About 10,000 microbe species can usually be found in a gram of soil, about the size of a sugar cube. With a new high-throughput DNA sequencing grant shared with the University of New Hampshire and the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, the researchers are investigating the impact of a warmer climate on microbes and their production of greenhouse gases. Learn more.
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Walk With Me Propels The Kickin Grass Band Beyond Bluegrass Boundaries
New Album Released July 24, 2012 on Superfan Records; Features Stellar Lineup
RALEIGH, NC (June 21, 2012) – Superfan Records today announced the release of the Kickin Grass Band's newest album, Walk With Me. This is the band's first full-length album since 2008 and the first to feature the current lineup. The album tells a nuanced musical story of grief, exploration, hard-won acceptance and understanding as only a close-knit veteran ensemble can. Walk With Me is scheduled for release on July 24, 2012.
The Raleigh-based Kickin Grass Band is known for their unique bluegrass style—equal parts vintage and nouveau. On Walk With Me, the group delightfully stretches and builds each song beyond the edges of their firm footing in bluegrass. By following their muse down complementary paths of Old-time, Americana and folk, the Kickin Grass Band has created an album that will appeal to a broad roots music audience.
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Half of the songs were penned by signature vocalist and main songwriter Lynda Dawson, with assists from newest members fiddle player Pattie Hopkins and banjo player Hank Smith. The remaining cover songs were chosen to spotlight the personalities of the individual band members, but also to play on their strength as a cohesive unit. Vocals are passed back and forth between Dawson's soaring lead on five of the tracks, Hopkins's bluesy sound on two, bass player Patrick Walsh's ethereal tenor on two, and mandolin player Jamie Dawson's retro-tinted lead on one, with tasteful harmonic seasoning throughout. Even with shifts in instrumentation, arrangement, narration and guest players, there remains a distinctive Kickin Grass Band sound that threads the tunes together, creating a colorful, mosaic tapestry of an album, and an expertly-crafted package of rootsy Americana-style bluegrass.
The band deliberately approached this project as a full-length record. Walk With Me presents an exploration of life's passages, a close-to-home chronicle of heartbreaking loss and hopeful beginnings. Band members endured 3 years of ups and downs that started with the loss of Walsh's wife to an excruciating battle with ovarian cancer, crested with the birth of beautiful daughter to the Dawsons, and then took another plummet with the sudden and unexpected death of Jamie Dawson's brother.
"These were life-altering events for all of us, both individually and as bandmates and close friends," explains Lynda Dawson. "We felt strongly that we needed to capture and express the emotional journey we had endured through our music, especially now that we're on the other side looking back."
To take in the album as a singular experience is to travel with the group from a questioning uncertainty to an understanding acceptance. The message: the big answers may be beyond our grasp, but our communal search for them binds us together. If you look hard enough you may just find an answer—and a comfort—in the people who walk with you.
Walk With Me was recorded and co-produced by Jerry Brown at the Rubber Room, with artwork and design by Gamil. The album will be released by Superfan Records on July 24, 2012, at iTunes, Amazon MP3, Amazon Marketplace, CD Baby, and brick and mortar stores serviced through the Super D Distribution network.
Hi-res press photos, album art and additional information at www.superfanrecords.com/kickingrass
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Upcoming Kickin Grass Band shows:
06/29/2012 | Cary, NC | Page-Walker Arts & History Center Garden Featuring PineCone Bluegrass Music Camp Students
07/01/2012 | Wilmington, NC | Poplar Grove Plantation Festival
07/08/2012 | Durham, NC | Festival for the Eno
07/22/2012 | Williamston, NC | Martin County Auditorium
07/26/2012 | Raleigh, NC | Quail Ridge Books & Music *CD Release In-Store Performance & Signing*
07/27/2012 | New Bern, NC | Bear Town Market & Beer Garden *Eastern NC CD Release Show
07/28/2012 | Raleigh, NC | Pour House Music Hall *CD Release Party*
07/29/2012 | Saxapahaw, NC | Haw River Ballroom *CD Release Show*
08/03/2012 | Wind Gap, PA | Appalachian Fiddle & Bluegrass Festival w/special guest Becky Buller
08/04/2012 | Wind Gap, PA | Appalachian Fiddle & Bluegrass Festival w/special guest Becky Buller
08/06/2012 | Thomas, WV | The Purple Fiddle w/special guest Becky Buller
08/07/2012 | Broadway, VA | Plan B w/special guest Becky Buller
08/08/2012 | Asheville, NC | The Grey Eagle w/special guest Becky Buller
08/11/2012 | Robbinsville, NC | Stecoah Valley Performing Arts Center w/special guest Becky Buller
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"Made in Japan" MMORG Onigiri Released for Alpha Testing
February 6th, 2013 - Online game developer CyberStep began alpha testing for its latest MMORPG "Onigiri." CyberStep welcomes everyone to participate in the alpha test!
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Onigiri is an action MMORPG featuring a non-auto-targeting combat system. The game takes place in an ancient and mythological Japan, a world where the human race and non-human races such as Oni (ogres) and Youkai (devils) coexist. Players may play as either a human or an Oni, and adventure across the expansive world, with many cities and landmarks. With friends and companions in arms, players will fight against devils from the netherworld during their pursuit of the shadow clan Goikkou. Onigiri aims to provide an exciting system with breathtaking battles against Youkai, visually stunning skills, precise combat, and many types of weapons that players can change during combat. Players may also invite their friends for epic boss battles, or craft weapons and costumes of their very own.
CyberStep plans to launch the translated versions of ONIGIRI across the world in 2013!
Onigiri Released for Alpha Testing Title : Onigiri Genre : MMORPG Platform : Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 Official Website :http://www.onigiri-online.jp (c) 2013 CyberStep, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
About CyberStep: CyberStep, Inc. has been creating and managing original online games since 2000. CyberStep's titles are played worldwide in over 10 different countries, and include games such as SplashFighters, C21, GetAmped2, CosmicBreak, and Cosmic Commander. CyberStep is always expanding, and aims to connect different cultures around the world through the mediums of high quality entertainment and technology.
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Ferndale boy gets celebrity treatment from Make-A-Wish
Even celebrities need their moms to tie their shoelaces every now and then.
So as Kielan Lynch readied for a shopping spree at Bellingham's Best Buy with an untied lace Tuesday, Feb. 12, his mother, Angelique, swooped in to help him out.
The shopping spree was part of Kielan's Make-A-Wish day, in which the foundation created a celebrity experience for the 13-year-old Vista Middle School student who was diagnosed with liver cancer last spring.
After an ice cream social when school got out, Kielan was whisked off to Best Buy and Target in a Ford Excursion stretch limousine, surrounded by a police escort. He arrived at Best Buy to a red carpet and a crowd of about 75 screaming fans, yelling his name and hoisting signs that read "Team Kielan" and "Kielan is the man."
Dressed in a tuxedo with a cane and sunglasses, he signed autographs for his fans. One person shouted to her friend, "He signed my shirt!" while another squealed, "He signed my poster!"
"I feel awesome, like everybody loves me," Kielan said. "They sounded so real, like they actually adore me like a star."
One little girl even asked for a hug.
"Hugging that little girl just made me feel really happy," he said.
The look of excitement on people's faces as the limo pulled up was fantastic, said Kielan's friend Austin Oswald, who rode with him to the stores.
"He's my best friend, and I wanted to be with him for his big day," Austin said. "He seems pretty happy right now, with all the people rooting for him and the limo and the cops."
Several Best Buy employees wore T-shirts bedazzled with Kielan's name, and he got to pick up a flat-screen TV, a laptop and a gaming system with games.
The experience was surreal, his mom said, but also a reminder of everything that Kielan has been through in the past year. Kielan was diagnosed with liver cancer at the end of April 2012, and within days he had surgery to remove a grapefruit-sized tumor and part of his liver. He has to get CT scans every three months to make sure the cancer isn't returning.
She was thankful to Make-A-Wish for putting together such a fun day for him. Kielan was so excited that he barely slept the night before, she said.
"It's amazing," she said. "It's so much more than I even imagined."
After he was shopped out for electronics, he gave his mom a big hug and told her he loved her. Then it was back to the limo and off to Target, where he planned to stock up on clothes and shoes.
"It's been perfect," Kielan said. "It couldn't have been better."


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Here is the thing:
I have got 1 ADSL line for private use and 1 ADSL line for business use.
I want to route traffic from and to my internal LAN to and from either ADSL modem based on ip addresses.
To my knowledge, freesco supports only 1 wan connection (with a default gateway) and multiple lan connections. Is it possible to support multiple wan connections (with default gateways)?


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By night, Samantha Hill can be found dodging falling chandeliers, getting seduced by a masked composer and nailing electrifying high notes in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. By day, Samantha Hill is still a Winnipeg girl at heart, navigating the New York City subway system and finding the best fish tacos before curtain call.
The Winnipeg-born Hill moved to New York in October of 2012 to star as the alternate Christine Daaé in the longest-running Broadway show of all time. The gig is obviously going well for Hill. On March 4, the 25-year-old took over the role full-time after Sierra Boggess's stint with the show ended.
Her last role in Winnipeg was Lily St. Regis in Annie at Rainbow Stage last summer. One of her earliest roles was as the Cosette understudy in Grant Park High School's 2004 production of Les Miserables.
So how is the prairie girl adapting to the new role and life in the big city? I ventured to Manhattan to find out, as Hill also happens to be my best friend and the perfect New York tour guide.
Hill said the shift from two shows a week to six is a big adjustment both physically and mentally.
"It's a very demanding role, but I still get two days off which I definitely will need. I'm going to have to pace myself because it can really be a demanding role," Hill said. "It's a difficult sing. Your voice gets tired really easily. So I will have to be more careful."
To say the role is difficult is an understatement. The music requires Hill to sing from a low G to a high E. To keep her voice healthy, Hill uses a steam inhaler a few times a week and puts herself on strict vocal rest if she senses her voice is getting even the slightest bit tired or hoarse.
And that's just the singing. To transform the actress into the French opera star Christine, Hill wears a thick, curly brown wig and changes heavy, corsetted costumes about a dozen times during the 90-minute show. The costumes put a strain on her lower back, Hill said, and she sees a chiropractor twice weekly to keep the pain at bay.
"It's a small price to pay to wear such incredible costumes and to sing such amazing music. You need those aspects to make the show what it is."
Offstage, Hill leads a surprisingly down-to-earth life. She lives in Queens with two roommates, both in the entertainment industry — one a dancer/chereographer and the other a cameraman on a talk show. Hill said she likes having the company in what can be such a lonely city.
"My roommates are like a built-in family unit. I don't know a lot of people in the city yet, so it's nice to have supportive, good people to come home to. It makes New York seem more like home," she said.
Hill, it seems, has become quite an adept NYC tour guide. She steered us seamlessly through the winding New York streets, and to all the best restaurants and hangouts in town.
From eating a heaping bowl of mussels at Balthazar Restaurant in Soho, to spending hours snapping photos in Central Park, to taking in an incredible performance by Light in the Piazza composer Adam Guettel at 54 Below, Hill guided me through the city like a pro. She even stopped to help a tourist buy a MetroCard from one of the automated machines.
"I used to get confused by these too," she said, smiling at him.
One night before a performance, Hill took me to a hole-in-the-wall Mexican eatery in Hell's Kitchen a few blocks from the Majestic Theater where Phantom is performed.
"I can only sometimes find this place, but it just kind of appears to me when I really, really need a good fish taco," Hill said as we searched the endless brownstones for the spot.
We found it, thank goodness, tucked away unassumingly amongst the high rises, dry cleaners and pizzerias that line the smoky streets. We gorged on some of the best nachos, burritos and tacos I've ever had.
Hill leaned back in her chair, patting her non-existent belly.
"Well this will be an interesting show tonight," she joked.
Joining her backstage at the Majestic Theater before a Monday night performance felt like my inner-musical theatre geek's dream come true. Photos and signatures from past casts, decadent costumes, and dozens of props lined the walls. Some eager fans had dropped off a doll as a gift.
"I'm just really flattered by this kind of thing. Most of the fans are really enthusiastic, a lot of them kids who just really love the show, and all the feedback has been positive so I really can't complain. Also I get sweet dolls so I'm pretty happy about that," she laughed, adding that she's also received letters, a purse and hand-made toys from other fans.
After seeing Hill in the role, it's clear why she's gained the attention of Phantom diehards. Her angelic presence and mesmerizingly pure voice are bewitching to watch. Seeing my childhood friend take the Broadway stage brought a slightly embarrassing tear to my eye. It's a rare sight to see someone you love so tangibly living out their dream in front of your very eyes.
"I'm in a city surrounded by some the greatest artists in the world. I have somehow ended up in this community of amazing composers and actors and singers and musicians and maybe I'm not in the same league as them, but at least I can perform with a few of them and watch the others from offstage," Hill said.
Sure, Broadway may seem like the pinnacle for aspiring stage actors. But Hill is remaining true to her Canadian routes with a new gig: performing as Cosette in Mirvish's restaging of Les Miserables in Toronto. She'll start rehearsals in August.
"Sometimes I kind of can't believe where I've ended up. I'm incredibly blessed. I've worked very hard, but I am still very, very blessed."
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The child who insists on running up the slide at the playground is doing it for a good reason.
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Three kids told police that they accidentally caused a fire that destroyed a century-old mill earlier this month.
Three kids told police that they accidentally caused a fire that destroyed a century-old mill earlier this month.
According to the Lincolnton Police Department, two girls and a boy said they dropped burning candles by accident. The incident sparked a blaze at Massapoag Mill around 5:45 p.m. Monday, June 17.
Firefighters worked for about six hours to extinguish the fire that engulfed the 73,000-square-foot building at 407 Massapoag Road in Lincolnton.
Once the flames were extinguished, investigators began searching for a cause.
The Lincolnton Police Department and Lincolnton Fire Department got assistance from the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and Southern Pride Search Dogs, but a tip from a Lincoln County Sheriff�s deputy helped identify the three young people, according to Lt. Brian Greene with the Lincolnton Police Department.
The kids have not been charged for the fire, but they do face criminal charges in juvenile court for breaking and entering and larceny, Greene said.
Greene would not say how old the children are, but he would said that one of them was from Lincolnton and the other two from Catawba County.
The old mill building is owned by A-M-F Properties and Investments in Lincolnton, according to county tax records. It was being used for storage but once served as a cotton mill.
There was no power to the building, and the owners had no insurance covering it.
The building has since been condemned.
Time magazine once featured the former cotton mill, reporting it was the first in the U.S. to be completely fitted with Japanese-made spinning equipment.
The book �Lincoln County Revisited� says the mill was built in 1907 as Rhodes Manufacturing Co. and was once the only plant in the county running on electric power during the 20th century.
After World War I, the mill was renamed Anderson Mill, followed by a change to Massapoag after 1929.
As Massapoag, the plant wove cotton material to line the insides of shoes. It closed in the early 1970s.
You can reach Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.


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lusekofte for a toddler.
well i am trying to post about it again. but it seems that it is a bit difficult to post successfully here. many other than i have many attempts and then pictures vanish once posted. it is really too bad.
i thought a few days ago that i had totally lost my knitting mojo and then i got the idea to make a 'lusekofte' for a toddler after ez's recipe. well i have looked in many other books among them vibeke lind: knitting in the nordic tradition, a book from the eighties which have a lot of (no real patterns) and annechen sibbern bohn's lovely little book of norwegian stitch pattern, which ez uses for a reference as well and which can still be purchased, at least second hand. if you are at all interested in norwegian knitting get it. it is a gem which i have used on and off for 25 years.
the sweater will once finished fit a 1 year old + . the wool is rowanspun in a greyish and a brownish shade. the wool is discontinued but i have a lot of it in my stash and i think it is the most lovely wool ever. i cut a swatch in two yesterday and it does not unravel at all. i can't wait to do the steeks. it is so interesting since i haven't made anything of the kind for so many years.


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Why Steve Jobs didn't do timesheets
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Bikalpa-an Alternative conducted the "Workshop on Opening Market and Promoting Entrepreneurship" in collaboration with Bhaju Yubraj Foundation & Atlas Network, targeting the college students in Biratnagar. The objective of the program was to educate and trained young people on the issue of entrepreneurship and open market. The program was conducted at the premises of Hotel Namaskar, Biratnagar, who provides the venue support.
There were discussions around the topics. Why is Nepal Poor? What is entrepreneurship? Why Should I be an Entrepreneur? What are the qualities of Successful entrepreneurs? How are entrepreneurs perceived by the general people and the media? What are the conditions that promote entrepreneurship? Who (Government, Civil Society, or Private Agencies) should be accountable for delivering public goods and services? The session was very interactive since it involved a fun physical activity and group work.
The participants also watched the Short film and Documentary video and had discussions around it.The program provides valuable insight to the students that ultimately it is trade, market and entrepreneurship which brings an economic prosperity to the country. The program also makes students realize that prosperity and poverty both are the creation of good and bad policies. If we want to raise the economic status of the individuals and of the country, we need to focus on sound an economic policy that creates an environment where entrepreneurial activities can flourish. 26 participants took part in the program from four different colleges. The program was started at 10:00 am (4th June2016, Saturday) and ended at 5:30 pm after the feedback collection and certificate distribution.


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TAKE A MULLIGAN -- ".But if historians are lucky, Clinton will do what he sometimes does on the golf course and take a mulligan or do-over on the second half of his book." From "I'm Okay, You're Okay: Bill Clinton's Memoir Reflects the Tenor of His Times," a review by Walter Isaacson, Washington Post online, Monday, June 28, 2004; 5:41 AM. Accessed June 28, 2004. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11062-2004Jun28.html
From Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: mul·li·gan
Pronunciation: 'm&-li-g&n
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from the name Mulligan
: a free shot sometimes given a golfer in informal play when the previous shot was poorly played.
I am reading and liking the book, by the way: "My Life" by Bill Clinton.


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Sunday, July 13, 2014 | 1:55 p.m.
In the vernacular of "Vegas Nocturne," we'll break down the show's closing Saturday night in three parts. Or cantos, if you will:
• Canto 1: The character of Ripley, the quirky manservant and sidekick so ably performed by Spencer Novich, turns to audience members seated in the theater's front row and says, "I'm glad you're all here because this is probably the last time you'll ever see this!"
• Canto 2: Co-host Beverley Rossina Falzone-Buzukhov, the sister of the show's other co-host, Alfie, shows the audience a printed document as part of the donation to her fake charity that assists children injured by musical instruments. "All we have received is 50 cents — and this unemployment form from the State of Nevada."
• Canto 3: At the end of their percussive, spinning and acrobatic tap number on the show's elevated, rotating stage, John Scott of the twin-brother act Sean & John, stops, his body heaving from emotion and exhaustion. His brother places his hand on his sibling's shoulder, and John wipes the away the sweat and tears of the final night of "Vegas Nocturne." The crowd rises, roaring for one of the Strip's finest acts.
Those were the moments that gave the audience, which jammed the 500-seat venue for all three of the cantos Saturday night, an indication that the show was about to close.
Made official this morning with a release from the show's host hotel, the Cosmopolitan, is that "Vegas Nocturne" indeed played its last shows Saturday night at the restaurant, lounge and entertainment fortress Rose. Rabbit. Lie. That space will remain open, continuing its evolution as the self-dubbed grand social experiment, open from 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.
The announcement today gave no formal explanation as to why "Vegas Nocturne," which opened with such pomp and promise on New Year's Eve, is on its way out. And the show's producer, Ross Mollison of Spiegelworld, has said nothing about the production's future.
He did inform the cast this month that the show was to move to a new venue. He praised the performers' amazing collective talent (and he was right about that) and directed everyone to keep quiet about plans for the show, whatever they may be.
In the time since, rumors have floated that a version of the production would be brought into SLS, Drai's After Hours at the Cromwell, a tented facility similar to the "Absinthe" venue at Caesars Palace and even a possibility that Steve Wynn (whose name always seems to surface when shows are moving or developing) would snap up the show. Know that none of this has been officially verified or even addressed.
What are certain is that "Vegas Nocturne," a partnership between Spiegelworld and the hotel, was a lavishly expensive show and that the Cosmopolitan is under new ownership, with the multinational private equity company the Blackstone Group buying the resort in June for $1.73 billion. As the term "equity" indicates, the bottom line is paramount for the new owners, who are expected to make some bold changes at the hotel, including a redesign of the casino floor.
In this discussion, "Vegas Nocturne," the Cosmo's resident show, was reportedly spending far more money on its own grand experiment than it was taking in. Those who follow entertainment in Las Vegas instinctively rejected initial reports of the show dropping $1 million a month.
But that number is more probable when you know that a single act — the aerial bathtub act that was also famous in "Peepshow" at Planet Hollywood — cost the show $10,000 a week to stage. And that is just one act in a show that has featured more than 30 entertainers (not counting the sound and lighting crew, ushers and various stagehands).
An artistic success whose quantity of talent likely surpassed any show on the Strip, "Vegas Nocturne" suffered an identity crisis even before it opened. Producers, hotel officials and the team at Rose. Rabbit. Lie struggled to convey exactly what the show was to be. In an effort to separate it from its sister production "Absinthe," those speaking for the show said it was to be unique and had to be seen to be understood.
Prospective ticket buyers were left confused about how the canto system worked, if the show they were seeing at 7:30 p.m. was totally unique from the one at 9:30 and the third canto at midnight. As it was, many performers were featured in all three productions, with the beatbox musician and singer Butterscotch and Sean & John spanning shows throughout the night.
But that initial confusion about what was to be performed, and whether it would be necessary to purchase tickets to the show three times, over time, to get the full scope of "Vegas Nocturne" certainly caused some head-scratching among prospective ticket buyers.
After a while, if you are attempting to sort out how to deal with "Vegas Nocturne" and the separate dinner reservation at Rose. Rabbit. Lie., the default decision is often, "Screw it, let's just see 'Absinthe.' " Or a Cirque show. Or "Jersey Boys." Or Human Nature.
Unlike the Cirque productions, which coexist happily under a single Cirque-ian umbrella, "Vegas Nocturne" was rarely paired in marketing with the show sharing the same sensibility, tenor and production company, "Absinthe." At the very least, knowing that the two shows were similar in attitude, execution and quality would have answered a lot of questions.
And it did not help the show generate any word-of-mouth of consequence in Las Vegas when even performers in other shows insistently referred to the production as "Rose. Rabbit. Lie." instead of "Vegas Nocturne," a clear example of brand confusion.
The Rose. Rabbit. Lie. title has never been explained, either, but at this point even the venue's most devout supporters have about given up on figuring out that one. There is a time when trying to be too groovy only leads to confusion and exasperation, and "Vegas Nocturne" did seem to cross that line.
The sadness of the closing one of the Strip's truly great productions didn't appear to be shared by Mollison himself. If was at all in distress, he didn't show it, gliding around the final night wearing a well-tailored tux and equally befitting grin.
Mollison loves Las Vegas, and the city has been warm in its reception for his signature show at Caesars. His eyes widen at the idea of bringing a show to downtown Las Vegas (though not the one that just closed) and expanding his Spiegelworld empire in some brazen fashion.
On the final night, Mollison sought to celebrate, not host a wake. He ordered the LED lights trimming the "Absinthe" tent colored blue, the favored color of "Vegas Nocturne," to mark the show's 100th performance, which was actually Wednesday night.
To open the third and final canto, the last-ever canto for the show at the Cosmopolitan, Mollison poured bubbly into a champagne tower standing four feet tall in the middle of the stage. He thanked the cast and the audience packing the room, mentioning only the 100th performance and not the all-too-obvious closing of the show.
"I have five words," he said, holding his glass aloft. "Vegas Nocturne is a hit."
Whether that statement was the show's sendoff or the mark of a new beginning is open to debate. But what is inarguable is the Impresario, rich and wily and unfailingly self-confident, is always in character. Don't count him out, last night or any night.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas dares to be different. From the hotel's red reservations desks to fine art found throughout the resort, The Cosmopolitan's signature style is helping to pave its own path on the Las Vegas Strip.
Upon entering the resort, you're greeted by pillars of video boards playing video art by Digital Kitchen and David Rockwell Studio exclusively produced for The Cosmopolitan. Just beyond that, you'll find all your favorite casino games on the resort's 100,000-square-foot casino floor.
The Cosmopolitan's rooms standout as the resort's most unique feature. About 2,220 of The Cosmopolitan's 2,995 rooms have 6-foot deep terraces that span the length of the room, a first at a modern Strip hotel. Other in-room amenities include soaking tubs, kitchenettes and quirky accessories like artsy coffee table books.
The dining experience at The Cosmopolitan isn't something you'll find at other Strip resorts, either. All of The Cosmopolitan's 13 restaurateurs are new to the Las Vegas market. You'll find American steakhouse fare in a modern setting at STK, top-notch sushi at Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill and the freshest fish flown in from the Mediterranean daily at Estiatorio Milos.
Whether the sun is up or down, Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub is the place to find the party at The Cosmopolitan. The venue is a dayclub/nightclub, complete with a pool and cabanas outside and three different rooms with three different vibes inside.
If nightclubs aren't your thing, you can grab a drink at one of The Cosmopolitan's five other bars, like The Chandelier, which is encased in 2 million dripping crystals.
Follow John Katsilometes on Twitter at Twitter.com/JohnnyKats. Also, follow "Kats With the Dish" at Twitter.com/KatsWiththeDish.


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This is more of a "Gotcha" that anything else. I discovered this really annoying thing today when I was playing with trees [In the latest version of Ext 2.0 from SVN]. I'd drag a node around, only to discover after the drag, the tree was disabled and I couldn't click on anything. After a few hours of traces and logs, I discovered that this line wasn't being run:
this.tree.eventModel.enable.defer(100, this.tree.eventModel);
The defer was failing for some reason, which resulted in the tree not being enabled again, and all clickages failing, so I tried debugging the defer method, only not to have any traces and logs appear....strange....but I finally discovered the issue, prototype.js!
I had the latest prototype included, after the inclusion of ext-base.js. The latest prototype features a "Function.prototype.defer" method as well, which has different parameters to that of Ext. So that means the above defer was calling the prototype version, not the ext version.
So there you go, just thought I'd throw that out there.
All the best...


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Upcoming Dates
August 23- September 24
Practices Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:45-3:30 and meets are at Osage (8/27, 8/29, 9/3, 9/5, 9/10, 9/12, 9/19)
October 16- December 6
Practices Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:45-3:30
January 15-February 21
Practices Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2:45-3:15
February 26- April 18
Practices Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:45-3:30
April 15- May 7
Practices Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:45-3:30
Meet at Diablo Vista May 7 from 3:30-4:30 (Tentative Date and time)
(Note: Practice days and times will be announced by coaches and are subject to change based on the game schedule)
After School Sports
After school sports at Los Cerros is supported by donations and parent volunteer drivers that have registered with the district. Parents need to register using the following link: Register Here
Your registration must be approved by the district before you can drive students other than you own to games.
All participants must complete the Student Code of Conduct!
Please email the assistant principal, Allison Mulliken, if you have any questions about the after school sports program.
Cross Country Starts August 23rd
Los Cerros Cross Country August 23rd - September 24th
Cross Country (Grades 6-8)
Team Informational Meeting: Tuesday, August 23 right after school in the library
Season: August 23 – September 24
Practices: August 27, 29, September 3, 5, 10, 12, 19 @ 2:30-3:15
Meets: Osage Park: September 17th and 24th
If you are interested in participating, please see Mr. Orozco.
The following are schedule guidelines. Please plan accordingly. Information may be subject to change by the coach, referee, or site administrator.
- Practices generally are held for one hour after school.
- All games begin at 3:30 p.m.
- Games should last approximately one hour.
- If a game is cancelled due to weather or other site considerations, the decision will be made by approximately 11:00 a.m. every day.
Parents should arrange to have students picked up from the site hosting the game immediately after the game, or from the students' home school immediately following the teams return. We cannot be responsible for students left without rides to and from games.
Any parent or coach who wishes to drive any student other than their own to a game or event must have completed the new volunteer process. Got to SRVUSD Volunteers
Field Trip Drivers: At this level, the District will obtain a 10-year driving history and DMV "Pull Notification" ("Pull Notification" allows the District to be notified any time there is a reportable traffic violation or incident that is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles). Also includes completion of the Volunteer Online Application, and a search of the Sex Offender Registry. *This level of clearance will allow you to transport students as a driver for field trips, extra-curricular activities and athletic events. **Clearance for this level could take up to 14 days. No exceptions can be made to this policy.
For more information, and to begin the application process follow this link: Application