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KEY BISCAYNE - Novak Djokovic benefited from an erroneous call and claimed he didn't realize he had broken the rules. When Andy Murray walked to the net and challenged him about it, Djokovic responded with a shrug and a sheepish smile.
Murray lost the dispute, and the match. The pivotal ruling helped Djokovic win 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Sony Open.
The point in question occurred at the start of the 12th game, with Murray serving at 5-6. Djokovic charged forward to volley a short ball and hit it for a winner.
Murray argued - and TV replays confirmed - he should have be awarded the point because Djokovic's racket was on the far side of the net when he hit the ball. Chair umpire Damian Steiner declined to change his call, and such rulings can't be appealed for video review.
An irritated Murray briefly discussed the matter with Djokovic.
"I went and asked Novak, and he told me he was over the net," Murray said.
"Look, it might be my mistake," Djokovic said. "I think I crossed the net with the racket. I didn't touch the net. Maybe the rule is that you are not allowed to pass on his side with the racket. I'm not sure. You tell me."
That is indeed the rule.
A flustered Murray committed unforced backhand errors on the next three points to lose the game and the set.
"Obviously, that distracted him mentally, and after that he gave the set away," Djokovic said.
Murray took a lead in the second set but lost the final four games and the last 12 points. Afterward, he downplayed the bad call.
"I'm not angry," he said. "It maybe had a slight bearing on that game, but I was still up a break in the second set."
Djokovic, bidding for his fourth Key Biscayne title, will play Friday against the winner of the match Wednesday night between Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori.
Dominika Cibulkova erased three match points in the second set - one when a call was overturned via replay - and beat Agnieszka Radwanska 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3. In Thursday's semifinals, the No. 10-seeded Cibulkova will play the winner of the match Wednesday night between No. 2 Li Na and No. 11 Caroline Wozniacki.
Murray won the Key Biscayne title in 2009 and 2013 but wasn't at his best against Djokovic. The Scotsman committed five double-faults and 32 unforced errors, including a flurry down the stretch.
He took a 3-2 lead in the second set with his only service break, then double-faulted twice to give it right back.
But it all might have been different if not for the call that made one point stand out from the other 125. Djokovic had won praise for his sportsmanship when he conceded a point following an erroneous call in his match Tuesday, but against his good friend Murray, he left the verdict to the umpire.
A reporter told Murray that TV replays showed he was correct about the call, and during the ensuing changeover he questioned Steiner.
"His racket was over the net," Murray said. "It's quite clear. You can see it on the replay."
"I have to make a decision at the moment," Steiner replied.
Any hard feelings on Murray's part didn't carry over after the match, when he shook hands with Djokovic and Steiner.
"It's a hard one for the umpire to call," Murray said. "Just frustrating."
Djokovic said he would have conceded the point if he had been clear about the rule.
"It's not my fault," he said. "Obviously, chair umpire didn't make the decision. I mean, I was never lying on the court. I always try to be fair to whoever I play against."
Cibulkova won despite losing her serve 10 times, double-faulting eight times and committing 51 unforced errors. There were 11 breaks in the first 12 games of the match.
Cibulkova collapsed to her back in jubilation when Radwanska's final shot sailed out. The runner-up at the Australian Open in January, Cibulkova advanced to the Key Biscayne semifinals for the first time.
Former No. 1 Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki overcame three match points against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova to win 3-6, 7-6 (7), 10-7 and reach the semifinals in women's doubles.


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I was intrigued by the author's descriptions of the orphan boys and their long ocean voyage, as well as the story of Isabel, who accompanied and mothered them all. I suppose I made a personal connection with this character; I could relate to her enormous sense of responsibility and concern. It was also interesting to gain some insight into medical and health practices of that era and recognize the strides that have been made since.
In "Saving the World", Alma is supposed to be writing a book, but becomes depressed, cynical, and disinterested in her craft, and her life. She is pulled in by the Isabel and vaccine story while she researches it, and seems to see herself in Isabel. Alma then makes an aggressive, uncharacteristic gesture later in the story. Is she inspired by Isabel? Or has she finally found herself?
There is supposed to be some sort of parallel between the Alma and Isabel characters, but it seems somewhat forced. While I enjoyed the Isabel in the 1800s side of the story, I was not all that in to Alma. Her character did not feel developed enough and I had a hard time following her.
Julia Alvarez is Dominican. She was born in the U.S., returned to DR with her parents when she was three months old, then came back to New York City when she was ten. Her book How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is one of my all-time favorite Latina novels.

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a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.
b. A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects.
- in vertebrates, particularly some birds, an expanded part of the oesophagus where food is stored.
- in invertebrates, an expansion of the anterior part of the gut system where food is either digested or stored.
- the agricultural or commercial fishery yield.
- in ecological terms, the difference between gross annual production and the net production - i.e. the material eaten by predators (or herbivores where the food is a vegetable), including that taken by man, and that consumed by organisms responsible for decay. See STANDING CROP.
1. a saccular diverticulum of the esophagus just anterior to the entrance to the thorax. Present in all domestic birds.
2. domesticated plants sown and harvested for use by humans.
3. a cosmetic surgical procedure carried out on the ears of dogs of certain breeds. See ear cropping.
impaction of the crop in a bird.
small eared.
crop flush
1. treatment of a sick bird by a flushing out, with normal saline via an esophageal tube, of food and debris from the crop.
2. see also crop wash (below).
impacted crop
distention of the crop with undigested food.
crop milk
crumbly material, composed of lipid-laden, desquamated epithelial cells mixed with food, elaborated by both male and female pigeons in the crop and regurgitated to feed the nestlings.
pendulous crop
a condition of domesticated birds in which the crop becomes very distended and full of feed. Sporadic cases only, but there is an inherited predisposition to gross distention in turkeys. Called also impacted crop or crop bound.
crop residues
the remains of a crop after the commercially sought part of it has been harvested, e.g. wheat stubble, pea haulms, oaten straw.
crop wash
used in the differential diagnosis of trichomoniasis and candidiasis and to assess crop flora in birds with regurgitation and other signs referable to upper alimentary tract disease.


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The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
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- A - Z Wedding Resources
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Church Flowers
Church Flowers
The church may be simply or elaborately decorated as your taste and budget allows. The pews, interior window sills, church and chancel entrances, and even the altar may be decorated very effectively. Depending on how much extra you want to pay, you can have full aisle decoration, pedestals or Topiary Trees.
The Altar Society
It is common courtesy when booking the church to consult with the Altar Society to let them know your plans for flowers in the church. You'll find them surprisingly helpful. If you are planning fairly elaborate church decorations, get advance permission, as there may be some unforeseen problems. Check to see whether or not there is another wedding, either shortly before or after yours, as this could lead to certain complications with decorating. The chances of each wedding party opting for identical colour schemes, flowers, etc. is highly unlikely. This is where the advice Altar Society can prove invaluable. It may be possible to choose flowers that will blend beautifully with several colour schemes, while at the same time not appearing bland or uninteresting. Another advantage is that the respective wedding parties can share the overall cost of the church flowers.
PEW ENDS - Pew Ends can be made into round, heart, horse-shoe or triangular shapes, to mention but a few. You may wish to use ribbons and foliage instead. Depending on the size of your church, you may wish to decorate the first six rows, or, in a larger church, every second or third row. Pull Bows are very often used instead of flowers. They can look spectacular at the end of a seat, and cost a lot less.
PEDESTALS - These small pillars topped with flower arrangements may be placed at the church entrance, by the altar and/or in the sacristy (for register photographs).
TOPIARY TREE - This is a round ball of flowers, something like a Chinese lantern, which hangs above the church entrance.
ALTAR FLOWERS - Large arrangements at the front of the altar are important as the photographs are taken close by them.
Don't forget to arrange for the removal of the church flowers after the ceremony. If you have no specific plans for these, the church may be glad to accept them as a gift. Apart from pew flowers, it is a nice gesture to leave your floral arrangements to beautify the church.
Flowers for the Reception
Your hotel reception `Package' may include floral arrangements. Most hotels will try to accommodate your tastes and colour schemes.
Reception flowers have to withstand conditions of heat and smoke for much of the day. Delicate flowers may droop and wilt (as will some of your guests !). Flowers such as carnations, roses and lilies will stand the pace best.
As your guests begin to arrive for a sumptuous wedding banquet, a large elaborate arrangement will look spectacular in the foyer.
You can place small arrangements on the guests' tables, while larger ones may be displayed at the head table. Avoid tall or arrangements that obstruct the guests views.
Don't be afraid to experiment with garlands of flowers and foliage. They can be draped anywhere from the entrance hall through to the reception area and along the borders of the longer tables.
Dark corners and awkward spaces can be brightened up with splashes of floral colour.
Supplying Your Own
When providing your own flowers, remember to plan well in advance to avoid panicky moments later! You'll have enough to think about besides flower arranging on your wedding day! You can use an imaginative variety of shapes, sizes and style of floral arrangement within your colour theme.
Select locally-grown flowers which may be in season, or those which may be available in the countryside.
Allow enough time for delivery of flowers which may have to be imported or transported from floral wholesalers not in your own area.
Most floral arrangements can be made the day before the wedding, as long as you have a cool storage area in which to keep them.
Surprise and delight your Mothers-in-Law with a basket or bouquet of flowers each!
After the reception, why not arrange to have the flowers delivered to a local hospital or old folks' home, where they would continue to give joy.
Traditional Flowers and their Months
January - Carnation & Snowdrop
February - Primrose & Violet
March - Jonquil & Daffodil
April - Daisy & Sweet Pea
May - Hawthorn and Lily of the Valley
June - Rose & Honeysuckle
July - Water Lily, Larkspur and Delphinium
August - Gladiolus & Poppy
September - Morning Glory & Aster
October - Calendula & Marigold
November - Chrysanthemum
December - Holly, Narcissus and Poinsettia
Traditional flowers and what they symbolise
Carnation - Pure deep love
Daisy - Share your feelings
Honeysuckle - Devoted love & fidelity
Hyacinth - Constancy
Iris - Good health
Ivy - Fidelity, friendship, marriage & good luck
Lilac - First emotions of love
Lily - Purity
Lily of the Valley - Return of happiness
Orange Blossom - Fertility & happiness
Red Rose - I love you
Wild Rose - Simplicity
Rosemary - Remembrance
Violet - Faithfulness


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'GOSSIP GIRL' GAB: Blair & Chuck Are Going To Do The Horizontal Tango This Season!
The jury's still out as to whether your favorite Gossip Girl couple will get back together, but they WILL be having lots of sex come season 4!
In traditional Gossip Girl fashion, the rumor mill is swirling about Blair (Leighton Meester) and Chuck (Ed Westwick). WILL they reunite? Hm. WILL they do some seriously dirty deeds? DEFINITELY.
"I know you Chair fans have been in a funk since May, when Chuck the Basshole did you know what with you know who (for shame!), but I finally have a ray of hope to offer…I can tell you exclusively that Chuck and Blair will have, um, relations, of the bom-chicka-bow-wow kind during the upcoming season. At least, that's what my sources are saying. Whether they will actually get back together, well…that I cannot say, sorry. But still, that's a pretty major reason to keep tuning in, right?" E! Online's Kristin dos Santos reports.
Stop teasing us, already, CW! Just get these two back together for good. Dan and Serena are a snooze – but there's nothing better than watching 'Chair' come to life – and they spar the most when they're together. It's boring to watch these two boo-hoo over one another – so do us all a favor and make their newfound sexual relationship into something way more permanent, please.
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Snap: Moriah Harris at Blue Moon
Singer-songwriter Moriah Harris (who sounds a little like Norah Jones) performs at Blue Moon Diner Monday, July 26 in support of her new album of rainy-day music, The Thieves On Stratton Avenue.
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Hikermel August 6th, 2010 | 7:39am
Moriah doesn't need to be compared to anyone; she's awesome all on her own! She plays from the heart the most beautiful (original) songs about life. Go listen for yourself; you'll fall in love!
ireadthehook July 29th, 2010 | 9:00pm
Is she a local singer?
surly and old July 28th, 2010 | 9:21pm
Come on, Hawes; it's not a compliment to make comparisons. She sounds like Moriah Harris and that's just fine.


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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt thinks that there are some "obvious" places where Google Glass is inappropriate, Reuters reports.
Schmidt also admitted that talking out loud to control Glass through its voice recognition is, "the weirdest thing."
Early last month, Google held a contest where anyone could tweet what they would do "If I had glass..." and win the chance to try out an early version of the technology.
Google Glass places a small screen in the top right corner of your field of vision, providing users with social media updates, directions, and the ability to video chat, among other things.
Schmidt also shared his belief that Glass will cause people to "develop new etiquette to deal with such products that can record video surreptitiously and bring up information that only the wearer can see."
MIT's technology review reported earlier this week that a Redditor discovered code that implies glass will let you snap photos by winking.
While this may seem minor it gives us a glimpse into how Google is imagining people will interact with this technology. MIT continues:
Your body isn't a tool for delivering your experience: it is your experience. Merging the body with a technological control surface doesn't magically transform the act of manipulating that surface into bodily experience.
It's no wonder that Schmidt thinks the experience is strange for now. Users and non-users alike will have to get used to technology being fully integrated into daily routines, which may mean changing the way we think about how we interact with technology.
Schmidt confirmed Google's challenge, saying that Glass is "so new, we decided to be more cautious...It's always easier to open it up more in the future."
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What is it that keeps senior employees engaged in their current organisation? What makes them stay despite other opportunities that might come their way? Is it the organisation's culture, the people, money or something else? A comprehensive study of Australian executives was conducted as part of IRC Australia director Rohan Carr's doctoral thesis. It was based on extensive interviews with a broad range of executives exploring factors retaining or likely to retain them in their current organisations.
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Xavier Becerra (born January 26, 1958) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing California's 31st congressional district (map), which is based in Los Angeles.
Becerra was born in Sacramento, California, the son of working-class immigrants. He graduated in 1976 from C.K. McClatchy High School located in central city Sacramento. He went on to earn his B.A. in economics from Stanford University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He was initially a lawyer, working on cases involving individuals with mental impairment. He was also a staff member for California State Senator Art Torres and the Deputy Attorney-General of California. Becerra was a one-term member of the California State Assembly before entering the House.
Becerra is married to physician Carolina Reyes, and has three children.


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Life-Cycle Studies: Golf
"A good walk ruined" is how Mark Twain described a round of golf, but something about the game nevertheless inspires deep devotion. Fans have been shanking drives since at least the mid-fifteenth century and probably far longer. Today some 60 million golfers hack away on 25,000 courses worldwide. They pay annual club membership fees ranging from several hundred dollars up to US$650,000, which is what the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, New York, demanded when it opened in 2006 (plus $12,000 in annual dues). A recent poll asked 11,000 golfers if they would rather be a) very intelligent and a bad golfer or b) not very intelligent and a great golfer; worldwide, 29 percent preferred the latter. Among Thai golfers it was 52 percent and among Japanese golfers 77 percent.


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As if the coverage of Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement wasn't frenzied enough, during a press conference today at St. James' Palace, Wills revealed that he proposed to Kate with his mother's oval 18-carat sapphire and diamond engagement ring.
He explained, "It was my way to make sure my mother did not miss out on today and the excitement that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together."
Here's a bonus shot of the couple ogling Diana's ring:
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Sunday Sweets: Jen's Favorites
No theme this week: just an eclectic mix of some of my favorite submissions that have come in over the past few months.
First, an opening act by Janice of The Electric Mayhem:
This cakey rocker chick is blowing my mind. I want to see a slice out of it somewhere, just to prove it's really cake! (And while you're at it, I'd like a life-sized Swedish Chef cake, too, please. BORK BORK.)
Next up, a SUPER adorable cake:
By Amanda R. of The Sweet Treat Leap Cake Shoppe, which I dare you to say three times fast.
I'm digging the cartoony shape of the skyscraper, and just look at those handcrafted figures!
I want them all. Can you just make me a batch of gumpaste superheroes, Amanda? You know, for my desk? I'm not greedy; I'll just take Batman & Robin & Green Lantern & the little Superboy up there. And Spidey. And a few bags of cartoon money. And a balloon or two. But that's it.
Speaking of cute and cartoony...
Things I love about this cake:
1. Side rainbow of awesomeness
2. 3D hair of fabulosity
3. Picture-perfect piping of punctiliousness
Gosh, going by my choices so far you'd think I was a thirteen-year-old girl, and not a...um...slightly older girl.
Moving on to my favorite Tinkerbell cake...
Look how pretty she is! And check out the flower silhouettes painted on the cake tiers, and the wooden sign, and that bitty little lady bug - so many great details. But really, that handmade Tink steals the show; from her vine-wrapped hair bun to her little shoe pom-poms, she's just perfection. (Hey, would it be weird if someone commissioned a cake just for the topper? Asking for a friend.)
Ok, I'll give you a break from the cutesy cartoon characters now...
Submitted by Cristina S., made by KayLynn Cakes
And show you some cutesy cartoon candy, instead!
Look at those ice cream cone pillars. LOOK AT THEM. And the candy dots border! And the pleated rainbow ribbons! And the lollipops!
Can you get a sugar high from eye candy? Because I think I just did.
Now here's a Sweet I've been waiting to feature for ages:
I'm a big fan of cake artists who use icing like paint, both because it's a rare skill and because it gives the cake a charmingly handcrafted look. This cake is entirely fondant-free, and all the dogs are hand-piped. As if that weren't enough, check out the thin black lines; don't they make it look like a 2D drawing popped off the page?
It's cakes like this that give me the baking itch all over again. Love it.
You guys know I've seen a lot of great cakes, so when I tell you this next one made me gasp with delight, you better believe it's something special.
Submitted by Liz C. and made by Devilish Delights
Who recognizes this? (There's a big hint in the placard. Hehe.)
I'm in awe of this cake's construction. It's not easy to make a cake look like it's falling apart without it *actually* falling apart! I'd love to see the interior supports & in-process photos - talk about an engineering feat!
Here's a screen grab of the scene in question, so you can compare:
Pretty bang on, right? I guess you could call this the first Wreck Sweet! (Sweet Wreck?)
Hmm. I think this post could use a little more green, don't you?
"Find me delicious, you will."
I've seen a lot of amazing Yoda cakes lately, but this one is especially charming with its custom cake board and Yoda's great expression and, of course, THOSE EARS. (I would very much like to nom one.)
My faithful Wrecky Minion Julianne has a newborn baby girl in the house, and this past week she's let me and John come over to take pictures of little Ellie for fun. We then got a little carried away buying Ellie cutesy little headbands and bows and dresses and even sewing her a ruffly diaper cover, and I blame my next Sweet on all of that over-the-top baby cuteness:
Submitted by Courtney P. and made by Royal Decadence Cakes
Ruffles and flowers and bows, oh my!!
Not only is that some killer cute detailing, I'm also loving the color choices. Apple green, sky blue, fuchsia, and gold make a surprisingly beautiful combination!
And finally, I really will give you a break from my incessant cute fixation to show you my new favorite steampunk wedding cake:
This beauty has a real Tim Burton vibe to it, and that winged wrench topper looks so much like a bat that it took me a few seconds to realize what it was!
I like how this cake just gets better and better and more detailed the further you move down the tiers. Check out the crazy-cool clock face detail on the purple "suede" tier:
And look at the tiny screwheads or rivets on the bottom lantern tier! Plus that airbrushed glow is easily my favorite part of the whole cake; it's so vivid, and the scrollwork and spider really "pop" against it. Just beautiful.
Hope you enjoyed meandering through my favorite Sweets this week, guys! Next Sunday I think I'll do an Avengers post, so if you bakers out there have a cake you'd like us to consider featuring, please send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com!


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1. Three cheers for Futurism!?
You've got to love an art movement obsessed with industrialized warfare who's adherents where so woefully incompetent at warfare that most of them died as soon as they set foot on the battle field. Remember dears, function before fashion on the battlefield. If you'd like to learn more about the Futurists, stop by Istituto Italiano di Cultura on Friday around 6pm. They'll be reading the Futurist Manifesto alongside contemporary music and dance commemorating Futurism's 100th B-Day. Hooray for Futurism!
2. Inflatable Art at Spoke!
OK, so I don't think I've ever seen Claire Ashley's work before in person, but I looked up her website, and her performances look weird enough to warrant an in-person look. For Spoke she is creating a giant blow up mattress/wall/window voyeur object-thing. Apparently there will be a camera there to shoot people playing with it, so go play! You can have interactive art with no one to interact with it. Friday night from 5-7pm.
3. Everyone likes art raffles, right
Well my dear friends, it's time to say bon voyage and go to heaven. Not the dead people one, the one on Milwaukee. Harold Arts is raffling off art by their 2009 residents to raise money for the future Harold Arts Residency. That's a clean little loop if I ever saw one. So come, play the odds, and perhaps you'll go home with some art you like. Friday from 8-midnight.
4. The ultimate battle: the herbivore vs. the carnivore.
Dude, high five to Hyde Park Art Center and the people who put on Artist Run Chicago. They just keep having awesome stuff, why must it end? Well it's not over yet my friends, and this week they'll be holding the great "Fryvalry." Ya'll are invited to bring meat or veggies (whatever fits you persuasion) for Phillip Von Zweck and Kevin Jennings to grill up in the ultimate test of gristle vs. greens. It's just cool. Saturday afternoon, 3-6pm.
5. Indie films..
If you're looking for some fun Sunday evening, and have $10 to spare, you should head over to the Elastic Arts Foundation and check out some indie films. The screening was curated by Ehsan Ghoreishi and is being held to raise money for another film, Voices and Faces of the Adhan: Cairo. Voices… is a documentary about muezzins, and how soon, for the first time in over a thousand years, they're all going to be out of a job. Thanks technology, sometimes you suck. You can learn more here. Movies start at 7pm and go 'till 10pm.
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Volunteer – Fall into Gardening
Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden | Thu, October 17, 2019, 8:30am - 11:30am
Did you know more than 25,000 plants thrive at Stoneleigh: a natural garden? It's a lot to manage! Grab garden gloves and join staff and fellow volunteers in weeding, mulching, planting, and other seasonal gardening projects.
Volunteering with Natural Lands is a great way to learn more about the natural world, give your time to a great cause, and connect with like-minded people.
Volunteers are welcome at Stoneleigh on 1st and 2nd Tuesdays, and 3rd and 4th Thursdays every month, 8:30 am, at the Welcome Kiosk. Pre-register to let us know you're coming, so we can plan a project!
For nearly 80 years, Stoneleigh was the home of the Haas family, which donated the property to Natural Lands in 2016 so that it would remain preserved forever.
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How to survive (and love) summer vacations with kids
|Ava's very first road trip. That's Mount Robson reflected, and she is SO excited.
Remember road trips with your family as a kid? I do. It was always very exciting except for the part where my dad made us get out of bed at 4 a.m. so we could be in line for the first ferry in the morning. Yup, the joy of living on an Island in those days (pre-Confed Bridge) was having to wait in line for the 6 a.m. ferry to the mainland. Yeesh.
Anyhow, we rarely travelled all that far, maybe to Lunenburg to see the boats, or Cocagne for the boat races (see a boat theme here?), or even to Cape Breton to do the Cabot Trail. My husband remembers driving from British Columbia to Manitoba every summer. He claims his dad told them to go to the bathroom at home 'cause they weren't stopping again until Manitoba.
Now that we have our own children we know the frustration of having a small but demanding voice coming from the backseat every half-hour, "I have to peeeeeeeeeeeeee!" We are planning trips to both coasts this summer, so we are in full prep mode now, especially from a mental perspective.
|Confederation Bridge...much easier than waiting for the ferry.
RoadtripsAccept the fact that you have to stop a lot and it will take at least 2 hours longer than you plan.
Make a playground the destination.
Make sure every place you are headed has a playgound. And pretend that is your major goal in life, to get to the next stop so that you can go to that playground. Somehow they will endure hours of driving for some monkey bars. I swear we could write a book entitled "Playground tourism for Dummies."
Bring lots of stuff
We don't have DSs (DSesses??). No video games. But I stock up on lots of books from the Sally Ann or library book sales for the girls. No library books on holidays so they don't get left somewhere. We also bring MP3 players for each girl, loaded with lots of their own tunes. Taylor Swift, Walk off the Earth, One Direction, some clean Pink, Josh Groban, some fiddle tunes and Irish Rovers. Eclectic. We also pack lots of drawing pads, coloured pencils and doodle books because they can draw for hours.
Bring lots of food
When in doubt, give snacks. Lots of fruit, nuts and something treat-like. Road trip food like corn nuts or popcorn or (GASP) junk food. I always have to have corn nuts and cream soda on road trips.
Bring your sense of humour
If you're feeling a little crazy and you think you might scream if one more person asks "whennnnnnn will we be there?" just remember, your children will grow up and refuse to go on roadtrips with you. Enjoy! Be silly, and laugh. You will all feel better.
Camp or stay with friends with kids along the way.
That way the trip itself is part of the fun. It's not just about the destination, it is all the fun stops as well. Plus the kids can entertain each other while the grown-ups crack a cold bottle of wine and catch up on life.
Learn stuff
National Parks and Historic sites are SO great for families. They have wonderful programs to engage kids, and lots of fun things for everyone to do as they enjoy nature and learning. I know, theme parks and water slides are fun (for about 10 minutes), but nature is the ultimate theme park. Last year we bought a national park pass that let us into every park and historic site in Canada, and it was well worth it.
|Fun at Lunenburg
|Digging for dinosaur bones at Fundy Geological Museum
|Park Xplorer program at Fundy National Park
|Changing of the guard at Fortress of Louisbourg
Surviving the summer at homeMake every day a stay-cation.
This is my first summer of being totally off, full-time parenting for the entire season. And I am ready. Rainy days call for trips to the library, where there are always lots of activities as part of the Summer Reading Program. Sunny days mean picnics at the park, playground tours (we make it a goal to visit each one in the city), and this summer it will be trips to a lake since the ocean is currently thousands of kilometres away. Swimming lessons are also on the list.
Be footloose and fancy-free.
Take the kids for a hike in the woods, find a stream, sit back and relax. It is amazing how much fun children can have with a few sticks, some birch bark and some free-flowing water in a sun-dappled forest.
|Little geocachers
If you've got a GPS and lots of junky doo-dads, you are all set for this amazing outdoor activity. Everybody loves a treasure hunt, and there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of geocaches in every province. We have a little bag of goodies (called swag in geocaching language), so when we find a cache we can swap for whatever little item in the cache the girls want. Check out geocaching.com to download coordinates for caches wherever you are.
Go camping.
There is nothing better than sleeping outdoors. Really, I mean it. It just may not seem that way when you have to get up in the middle of the pitch-black night and stumble to the nearest comfort station (ie. bathroom) with a child who needs to pee and flatly refuses to do it behind the conveniently located tree beside your tent. But camping is a parade of awesomeness. Stay up late, eat beans and wieners, roast marshmallows on the campfire and listen to the crickets.
Have some lemonade and freezies. Enjoy this oh so short period of time when your children are so young and full of imagination and joy and enthusiasm for the world around them. If we could all adopt that attitude, to approach each moment with the trust, optimism and fresh outlook of a child, summertime becomes all it is meant to be. A time to refresh, to soak up nature, blue skies, good food eaten outdoors, and time to reconnect as a family.
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Rangers happy with dose of Super Bowl champ Wilson
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers saw it as a unique opportunity to bring an athlete with special talent and even more special drive into their organization. To them, it was a no-brainer.
"This is the kind of guy you want to be associated with," general manager Jon Daniels said. "Guys like that have success at whatever they do."
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers saw it as a unique opportunity to bring an athlete with special talent and even more special drive into their organization. To them, it was a no-brainer.
"This is the kind of guy you want to be associated with," general manager Jon Daniels said. "Guys like that have success at whatever they do."
So there was Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, wearing a Rangers uniform, trotting onto a backfield Monday morning to take part in infield drills with Prince Fielder, Adrian Beltre, etc.
Wilson took ground balls from manager Ron Washington, worked on his footwork around second base and then delivered the lineup card to home plate before an exhibition game against the Indians.
Wilson also spoke to one group that included several veteran players and another with rookies.
"I just shared my experience," Wilson said. "Just talk to them about the preparation, how the mental focus is, and how you great ready for a season that's such a big season and everyone has high expectations and all those things."
After spending the game in the dugout, Wilson returned to his life as the quarterback of the Super Bowl champions.
"Hopefully, our guys get something out of it," Daniels said, "and he gets something out of it, too."
This idea was born before Wilson won last month's Super Bowl. That was back in December, when the Rockies left Wilson unprotected in the 2013 Rule 5 Draft of Minor League players. He played 93 Minor League games in 2010 and '11 before devoting himself to football, and the Rangers doubt he'll play another professional baseball game.
But as the Rangers studied the list of available Minor League players available, they began to discuss Wilson. One of Texas' Minor League managers, Joe Mikulik, had been one of Wilson's managers in the Minors.
The Rangers didn't want Wilson to play, but perhaps to visit camp and to give a baseball team insight into how he has achieved so much so quickly. At 25, Wilson has played two NFL seasons and already has a championship.
"[Joe] said [Wilson] was the first guy there every day, extra work, wanted to figure it out," Daniels said. "He felt like if he'd committed to baseball -- he only had 300 professional at-bats -- he would have figured it out. He was on the verge of turning that corner."
And through the years, in researching Wilson for the First-Year Player Draft and following his career, the Rangers were blown away by his professionalism, commitment and smarts. Daniels decided that the $12,000 price to draft him from Colorado's roster might be an investment in having him spend some time around the Rangers.
"Any time you have a champion out there working out with you, it's a good thing," Fielder said. "He's just an athlete. You can tell. You can learn plenty from a guy like that."
Back in December, the Rangers envisioned Wilson spending a few days in camp with the idea of Texas' players picking Wilson's brain about his preparation and work ethic. Winning the Super Bowl shortened Wilson's time with the Rangers to one day on the field. To the Rangers, there was something to be gained from even that.
"It was a nice experience," Beltre said. "Just to have a guy like that that's just won a championship is probably good for the guys. It's good to hang around with someone like that and see if we can pick up something."
Wilson was originally scheduled to show up on Tuesday, but he arrived a day early and called the experience "unbelievable."
For Daniels, it's a relationship worth the $12,000 investment.
"I think some people thought it was a P.R. stunt," Daniels said. "Some people probably do still think that. That was never the intent. First of all, if he ever chose to play baseball again, we'd love for it to be with us. I think there's a minuscule chance. He's not bad at what he does. Whether it's staff or players or all of the above, the competitiveness, the preparation, his back story, what he's overcome, his focus -- all of those things we think we'll benefit from being around.
"The interesting thing listening to him last night is that he's looking to get something out of it. He wants to see how Wash runs his drills. He wants to talk to Yu Darvish, Adrian Beltre. He wants to be associated with, as he said, 'a championship organization.' I think there's going to be an exchange there.
"He's a unique individual. Special makeup. You don't do the things he has done without that. You don't graduate in three years while playing football and baseball and taking your team to the Rose Bowl. You don't do those things unless you're at a different level."
When the Rule 5 Draft kicked off at 9 a.m. ET on Dec. 12, the Rangers fretted about how early they could telephone Wilson to inform him that they'd selected him. His baseball agent, Mark Rodgers, told them not to worry.
So at just after 6 a.m. PT, the Rangers found Wilson already in the weight room, and as Daniels said, "That kind of fits in with everything you hear about him."
"He was talking yesterday at that sponsorship dinner about some of the things the Seahawks did," Daniels said. "They brought Bill Russell, [who won] 11 NBA championships, in and had him speak. I don't know if it's dawned on him that he's in that role for us. Hopefully, it's a reciprocal benefit for him. We want him to get out of this anything he can."
Likewise, Washington was impressed after his session with Wilson.
"It goes back to aptitude," Washington said. "You give him something, he applies it. He proved that by becoming a Super Bowl champion. His attitude and commitment to what he does is important. That's why he's the athlete that he is. That's why he's where he is in life. He's prepared and has attitude. Plus, he has tremendous character."
Wilson ran down his daily schedule for Washington, a list that includes weightlifting, video study, meetings, practice and attention to such details as nutrition.
It's funny how high-achieving athletes seem to have a common thread.
"If you have that drive, you want to do whatever you can to help your team win games," Beltre said. "A guy like that, I don't think he had to overcome a lot of things. He's a little short, not your typical quarterback. He has shown everybody he has the heart to do his job better than almost anyone."
And if Wilson ever did decide to give baseball a try?
"He can probably be as good as he is as a football player," Washington said.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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BERLIN—German police are warning rail travellers to be wary when using Deutsche Bahn's automatic ticket machines because criminals attempting to break into them may have left them filled with explosive gas.
Hesse state police spokesman Udo Buehler says since April criminals have successfully blown open 10 ticket machines by taping closed all holes, filling them with gas and igniting it. They then steal the money and blank train tickets.
But in six cases the attempts have failed, leaving the explosive gas inside, most recently Tuesday in a train station in the town of Karben, near Frankfurt.
Buehler warns the gas could potentially ignite when an unsuspecting customer uses the machine though so far it has not.
He says incidents have also been reported in neighbouring states Thuringia and Lower Saxony.


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Here's an excerpt of an excerpt from Susan Winemaker's Concertina: An Erotic Memoir of Extravagant Tastes and Extreme Desires, out January 8th in the U.S. from St. Martin's
It's 11:25 a.m. and I'm sitting on and suffocating Bernie. I'm wearing a black rubber skirt that looks like a ballerina's tutu and in my hands are ten pence coins with which I'm rapidly flicking his nipples. In thirty-six seconds, by a matter of inches, I will suddenly lift from my sitting position which releases the seal from my rubber clad crotch, and listen to his fitful gasps for air. Together with Mozart's piano concerto in E flat, these are the sounds that fill the tiny room. And today I can add the maniacal whine of a remote-controlled toy car and the shouting of boys in an otherwise sleepy suburban street. I can see my reflection in a wall of mirrors. There's a pair of scissors by my left and a clock with the seconds hand to my right.
The unknown is an instrument of control full of endless possibilities—which is half the reason I blindfold Bernie. Of course he knows what's coming, but he never knows exactly when it's coming. There's no time for him to prepare, to fill his lungs when suddenly I shift from a squat position to my full weight on his mouth and nose. Bernie has never dictated my style, nor has he ever acknowledged its effectiveness. It's me that imagines the unknown makes suffocation more frightening and exciting.


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Ghazl el Banet
Lebanese and International Homemade Meals
Food:International, Italian, Lebanese, Mediterranean
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a class or breed of animals; a group of individuals having certain characteristics in common, owing to a common inheritance.
1. A group of people identified as distinct from other groups because of supposed physical or genetic traits shared by the group. Most biologists and anthropologists do not recognize race as a biologically valid classification, in part because there is more genetic variation within groups than between them.
2. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the Celtic race.
3. A genealogical line; a lineage.
4. Humans considered as a group.
5. Biology
a. A usually geographically isolated population of organisms that differs from other populations of the same species in certain heritable traits: an island race of birds.
b. A breed or strain, as of domestic animals.
6. A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.
Of or relating to race; racial: race relations; race quotas.
Etymology: It, razza
1 a vague unscientific term for a group of genetically related people who share certain physical characteristics.
2 a distinct ethnic group characterized by traits that are transmitted through their offspring.
Sports medicine An athletic competition in which the speed of completion determines the victor
Vox populi Loosely, any competition
raceSocial medicine Ethnic origin A subdivision of species which, while capable of genetic recombination, may nonetheless be divided in part based on biochemical, hematologic, immunologic, morphologic, serologic differences. See Equal opportunity Sports medicineAn athletic competition in which the fastest person wins.
racea population that can be distinguished from other populations of the same species by several genetical characteristics such as frequency of particular genes or chromosomal arrangements. For example, in humans, different races have been found to have quite different frequencies of alleles for the ABO BLOOD GROUP locus. see FOUNDER EFFECT.
1. a class or breed of animals subordinate to species, i.e. a subspecies; a group of animals having certain characteristics in common, because of a common inheritance.
2. a fenced lane just one animal wide leading to a dipping tank, spray dip, branding chute, drafting gate, etc.
3. see stripe.
Patient discussion about race
Q. what causes the heart to race so fst it feels like it going to come right out your chest?
A. Too much caffeine or alcohol or food can sometimes cause your heart to race in an erratic way. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080111201910.htm Heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) occur when the electrical impulses in your heart that coordinate your heartbeats don't function properly, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow or irregularly.More discussions about race
Arrhythmias are common and usually harmless. Most people have occasional, irregular heartbeats that may feel like a skipped, fluttering or racing heart. However, some heart arrhythmias may cause bothersome — sometimes even life-threatening — signs and symptoms.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-arrhythmias/DS00290 Hope this helps.
Arrhythmias are common and usually harmless. Most people have occasional, irregular heartbeats that may feel like a skipped, fluttering or racing heart. However, some heart arrhythmias may cause bothersome — sometimes even life-threatening — signs and symptoms.
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Sarah is a Brooklyn-based multimedia artist and programmer. She is interested in building networks of data between machines and living creatures in addition to electrical engineering with organic and living materials. She has experimented with creating textile-based interfaces for audio hardware, working with sound as a tangible material, and more recently, creating conductive circuit traces out of slime molds. Embedded sensor networks and the idea of aware and responsive natural environments that cross the senses and freely transport information are key inspirations.
Sarah has given talks, taught workshops, and shown her work locally and internationally at events such as the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) conference, Maker Faire San Mateo and New York, Dorkbot and Eyebeam. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (printmaking and sculpture) from the University of California at Davis, and a Masters degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
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A solar farm was built in Beaufort County last year and a company is hoping Pitt County is next.
The Pitt County planning board voted to push forward plans for a solar farm site. County commissioners will review the plans at their March 25th meeting. Andrew Foukal works for Heliosage, the company looking to install the farm. He says it's too early in the process to reveal a potential location, but says it could be anywhere from 30 to 80 acres, and cost $20-25 million. He says North Carolina is one of the prime states for solar farms.
"They actually produce better in slightly cooler climates. So, they lose efficiency if you put them in the desert southwest compared to a little farther north," said Foukal.
Foukal says another advantage to building in our state is we have a state level tax credit which allows Heliosage to maximize the energy they produce. He says ideally if everything is approved construction would start by the end of this year.


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If you only look at the statistics from the Ravens' 34-14 loss to the Chargers on Sunday night, you could easily surmise that the team had trouble protecting Joe Flacco. Baltimore's fourth-year quarterback was sacked five times, and three of those were at the hands of former Ravens linebacker Antwan Barnes.
But Terrell Suggs — who was calm, but candid, after the game — wouldn't agree with that assessment.
"You've got to take your hat off to our coaches," Suggs said. "We knew what they were going to do. We just didn't execute. There's only one unit, if you ask me, that played outstanding, and that was our offensive line. They ran the ball, and Joe had time. Joe's got to have that clock in his head just like every other quarterback does, and he's got to know when to get rid of the ball. But besides the offensive line, they played phenomenal."
John Harbaugh, speaking at his Monday news conference, echoed that sentiment. The Chargers got some pressure by rushing only four, but the Ravens needed to do a better job of getting the ball out quickly, and getting open down field.
"There was really no breakdown in the blocking," Harbaugh said. "It was really more of holding the ball. Joe didn't have a lot of places to go with the ball that were clear-cut to him. They did a really nice job of covering. It was mostly zone coverage the whole game, and they just executed it very well."
Flacco wouldn't attribute the Ravens struggles to anything in particular after the game. He said he thought opportunities were there to make plays; the offense simply didn't get the job done.
"I felt like we could have had success today on offense. I felt like our guys did a good job upfront," Flacco said. "We just got into a game where we were fighting from behind. We've been able to be successful in that situation before, and we just weren't able to play through it" Sunday.
Harbaugh said he didn't think there was discord on the team, or between the players and coaches. The coach did acknowledge that he and Suggs had a spirited conversation on the sidelines at one point, a conversation that — when captured by a Baltimore Sun photographer — might have appeared to have been heated. But it was just part of the emotional ebb and flow of a football game, Harbaugh said.
"That's what an NFL sideline is like," Harbaugh said. "Especially when you're trying to fight, dig your way out of a hole. And for me personally, part of our style is that we interact with players throughout the course of the game a lot. I'm always asking guys what they think or sharing my thoughts. Whether it's football or whether you want to call it motivation or whatever. I get a lot of energy from our players. We've got a brotherhood. When you're a team — a real team — it's a band of brothers. Guys are just out there fighting, trying to find a way to get the job done."
Chargers shut out Suggs
San Diego was especially effective against Suggs, often employing Randy McMichael as an extra blocker wherever the Ravens linebacker lined up. It was a strategy that flustered the four-time Pro Bowler.
Sunday night was a frustrating night in many respects for Suggs, a candidate for the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year. Fresh off of a three-sack, three-forced fumble outing against the Indianapolis Colts, Suggs had a quiet two-tackle evening against the Chargers. And his rough night was exacerbated by an unnecessary roughness call for slapping the helmet of McMichael and an offsides penalty.
The performance snapped a streak of seven sacks in Suggs' previous three games. Overall, the entire defense finished without a sack for only the second time this season. Harbaugh said he thought San Diego was effective at slowing the Ravens pass rush because they kept running backs and tight ends in the pocket to "chip block" the Ravens rush ends. Suggs blamed himself for not figuring out a way to beat it anyway.
"I was really looking forward to one-on-one matchups with their tackles, but then again, would you leave me one-on-one with your tackles?" Suggs asked rhetorically. "I was really looking forward to the matchup with [former Raven and current Chargers left tackle Jared Gaither], but [coach] Norv Turner, he felt they needed some chip help. We're going to plan accordingly. I knew they were going to give me some attention, but I was really looking to a lot of one-on-ones, but I didn't get them. But that's my fault. I've got to adjust to the plan accordingly and not let it affect my game. But when we did get there, [quarterback Philip Rivers] got the ball out. He's a veteran quarterback, he's a great quarterback. So like I said, I hope we get another chance to see him."
Ravens lost momentum after Cundiff missed field goal
In the aftermath of the Ravens' demoralizing loss, it's easy to forget that the Ravens had a chance to seize the lead on their opening drive.
But kicker Billy Cundiff's 36-yard field-goal attempt strayed wide right, and the team never got that chance again. That missed opportunity could have been significant, according to running back Ray Rice.
"It was momentum, but I'm not going to say that was the deciding factor in the game," he said. "You obviously want to come away with points in the red zone right there. That's the swing of things. If you look at where we were at, we probably go into halftime tied if we had capitalized on the red zone real well. They came out and just pure execution on their part. When they needed a throw, they made a throw. When they needed to make a play on third down, they made a play."
For his part, Cundiff — who did not practice at all last week due to an injured left calf — assumed the blame.
"To be honest, I'm not making any excuses," he said. "It's been frustrating dealing with my leg. I think that's pretty obvious. But when it comes down to it, regardless of the situation, I should still make that kick."
Harbaugh said Cundiff's injury, and his performance of late, have become an area of concern and the team will have to asses things this week. It seems unlikely Cundiff would be released, but he might be shut down if he's not healthy.
"We've got to look at that this week, because he hadn't been able to practice the last couple of weeks, and that maybe affected him a little bit," Harbaugh said. "Nobody's more frustrated right now than Billy with it. Obviously, that's a real makeable kick — a kick that he had made in pregame. He had a really good pregame, and he had a good day the day before. So, we're going to have to look at that really hard this week and try to make a good decision that way."
Why not use your time outs at the end of the half?
Harbaugh did make a point to shoulder the blame for the Ravens decision not to use their timeouts at the end of the half. San Diego ran a lot of time of the clock, and the Ravens got the ball with under a minute remaining, leaving them little chance to get in scoring position.
"I thought about that right away," Harbaugh said. "I should have used those timeouts and given us a chance to get down there and get us some points before halftime."
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Sarah Gillespie: Singer songwriter with a difference
Published: Apr 7, 2010 20:18 Updated: Apr 7, 2010 20:18
Singer songwriters come and go in the hedonistic music business, many after a few hits become icons for a short while and then fade out without trace. However, once in a while someone comes along who one knows will play an important role not only in the music world but also be at the forefront of the demand for change, Sarah Gillespie is one such person.
Elizabeth Simonian's So It Goes
So it Goes - Debut Album (2009) - Release 27th of October 2009
Recorded January & May 2009
Mixed February 2009
Produced by Gilad AtzmonTracklist
01. So it goes
02. Pieces
03. Mr Mr
04. While the years go by
05. Jag vet en dejlig Rosa
06. The rise and fall
07. Circles and waves
08. My funny violent time
09. Blue for green
10. On the street where you live
Bart de Win | piano, rhodes & accordion
Rinus Raaijmakers | acoustic & electric bass
Harry Hendriks | acoustic & electric guitar
Arthur Lijten | drums
Gilad Atzmon | soprano sax, clarinet & accordion
on 'On the street where you live'
Thierry Castel | piano on 'Pieces' & 'Blue for green'
Follow Elizabeth here
Bart Dewin, The Simple Life
Listen to Bart here
Album launch October 2009.
Bart is an outstanding musician, a great pianist and an astonishing singer.
Sarah Gillespie's Stalking Juliet
In 2007 Gilad Produced singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie's to debut album released in September 2009. www.sarahgillespie.com
He has been performing with her since then
Adriano's new quartet features Nathan Thomson on Bass, Marcelo Andrade on saxes, flute and violin and Kadialy Kouyate on Kora.
The group has just released their debut album Sementes [Seeds] which has been produced by Gilad Atzmon and features special guests Gilad Atzmon and Antonio Forcione.


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Nokia has once again updated its beta version of the Ringtone Maker app for Windows Phone. The company only recently published an update to the beta that included support for more file formats, but today we're looking at longer ringtones. The team has bumped the ringtone length from just 30 seconds to 60, which will allow consumers to create longer clips from their favourite songs.
As well as the extension, version 22.214.171.124 also includes numerous bug fixes. You can download Ringtone Maker Beta from the Windows Phone Store, but be sure to head on over to Nokia Beta Labs for more details and to register for the trial (listed for Windows Phone 8 only).


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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Lords reform - it ain't broke
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I s'pose the question on whether it is broke depends on your point of view Raedwald…
If you are a government minister and you find that this pesky bunch are interfering with your ability to dictate, you need to remake the chamber in your own image…
Let's not have any discord 'round these parts.
- 24 April 2012 at 07:02
- Barnacle Bill said...
If we could turn back the clock Raedwald I would agree with you on the need to do nothing.
However, the HoLs has been so corrupted by the stuffing of it with politicial lobby fodder life lords that something must be done.
The only problem trying to prevent the Big Three at Westminster coming up with their solution to it.
As whatever they come up will definately not be in the country, nor the electorate's favour.
- 24 April 2012 at 07:02
The truth is that whatever is done to fix it the people doing the fixing are the people least to be trusted to do a competent job.
BB you are right that it didn't need reform in the first place, blair's half arsed tinkerings were of course disastrous, but even now I would not let the likes of clegg loose on it.
In times past clegg would have had his mouth filled with molten bronze, I imagine the ECHR would have something to say about that, but soemthing really should be done about him. He is a menace and a traitor.
- 24 April 2012 at 07:36
What really, really angers me is that we, the people of this country, are never allowed any say in the constitutional changes imposed upon us by politicians. Their contempt for us is truly staggering. The House of Lords was not broken and did not need fixing, though Blair thought otherwise being a member of the political class. Now it is a dog's breakfast and not worth keeping.
- 24 April 2012 at 07:57
If reform is forced through in some manner and the Lords becomes an elected Chamber, let's pray they "stagger" HoC and HoL elections by having HoL elections at the half-way point of the HoC.
That would focus a few minds.
- 24 April 2012 at 08:45
- Sean said...
I think new labour killed the Lords when they went stuffed it full of their followers, so yes I do believe it is broke.
I would go for some sort of super jury system. a 1000 lords (maybe more) elected and otherwise on a list and called at random from time to time.
- 24 April 2012 at 08:55
If cloggs' bill [his preciousness precious bill - to clogg but to us an appalling attempt of some sort of remember me? - legacy] gets through [God forbid]. Then, some ground rules need to be set out. All prospective candidates who are, members of any mainstream political party should be precluded from standing for election to the upper house - independents only permitted. Candidates must have lived and worked in Britain for a minimum of thirty years, quotas from the medical, armed forces, the clergy and people living in small and medium sized towns and cities [50 thousand and less] - no large metropolitan areas allowed to submit candidates. No union members and no former NGO apparats need apply.
Maybe, impossible entry requirements for an impossible bill.
- 24 April 2012 at 09:38
- Weekend Yachtsman said...
"they want the Lords to be a mirror of the party political system that has dominated the Commons"
That is exactly what they want.
They want something they can control, the current House of Lords being something that occasionally, in a small way, stands up against the Political Class dominance of the whole system. So they hate it.
It seems to be that the HoL is practically the only bit of the system that still sort-of works; the only place where debates occur based on facts and honest opinions rather than yah-boo-sucks playground scraps as seen in the other place; the only bit, in fact, that we need to retain.
Let's abolish the Commons instead - after all, they've outsourced all their real power to a foreign entity, and now spend their time dreaming up new ways to meddle in peoples' lives in various stupid and pointless ways. What value do they add? Anyone?
- 24 April 2012 at 10:06
- andy said...
We should have an elected upper chamber,but with one key criteria,
No person may be elected to it if they have served in any political party in any role.
So no ex MPs,no MPs aides or researchers,no quangocrats or think tank members,no local party activists or even any card carrying party members.
We need people who have lived in the real world and are unpolluted by the political system.
- 24 April 2012 at 11:57
- andy said...
Oh and definately no fucking lawyers!
- 24 April 2012 at 11:58
There should be a national competition for the best explanation of why the House of Lords exists. It surely has a convincing purpose? What is it?
Always someone says it is essential to revise legislation from the HoC. Are they serious do you think? Could not the HoC just get it's legislation right first time? If no why not.If somehow it still needs revising, get it back and revise it.
Is there another purpose? Yes, to provide an extra income to senescent politicians already on gold plated pensions, a truthful answer.
The fact that our legislation comes from the EU in Brussels offers us a golden opportunity to reduce the regional legislature known as the HoC to 300 MPs and to abolish the HoL. The reduction to our national debt would astonish us.
- 24 April 2012 at 11:59
The best way to reduce the national debt would be to stop paying tax to foreigners.
And yes, Raedwald; I always understood the function of the HOL to be as you describe: through its power of (temporary) veto.
As it is, the euSSR is using our money against us rather quickly. I think they're into the end-game or their deconstruction --- the removal of everything in their path to full, unpretended control of Britain.
While it might seem good that we'll soon be relieved of all the 'useful idiots' ... 'better the devil you know'...?
- 24 April 2012 at 13:31
sorry... that's "of their deconstruction."
- 24 April 2012 at 13:32
Judging by the number of comments here, I would suggest that it is a matter of concern contrary to what you say.
- 24 April 2012 at 23:08
- outsider said...
It is crazy to start a basic constitutional change without having reached any general agreement about what the purpose, powers and special character of the second chamber should be. The Government would simply not have a coherent case to put before voters in a referendum : hence their fear of having one. Meanwhile, a modest but serviceable House of Lords Reform instigated by Lord Steele ( former leader of Mr Clegg's party) has already passed through the Lords and could be adopted by the Government without any fuss. It is not great but it would sort out many of the problems (too many peers, too many political appointments). And it would not inflict on voters another set of elections that would be bound to degenerate into an opinion poll on the Government because voters could not identify anything specific their vote might achieve.
- 25 April 2012 at 02:08


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• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
Syrian security forces went door-to-door in cities throughout the country today, detaining hundreds of people in an attempt to thwart antigovernment protests that began in mid-March. The tactic appears to be borrowed from Iran, which shut down a massive antiregime protest movement of its own two years ago and is reportedly taking an increasing role in helping Syria's Assad regime contain the revolt.
Today's Syrian raids targeted the coastal city of Banias, the city of Homs in eastern Syria, some of the Damascus suburbs, and towns around the southern city of Deraa, where the protests first erupted in March, the Associated Press reports.
At this point, the death toll is estimated to have topped 800, according to human rights groups in contact with people in the country, and tanks and troops are deployed in several cities, imposing curfews and communication blackouts. Large numbers of military troops and tanks moved into Homs, Banias and Tafas, outside Deraa, on Sunday.
Reports vary about the number of newly dead in those cities, Homs in particular. All reports cite gunfire and casualties.
The widespread arrests and climbing death toll have sent activists into hiding at a time when the leaderless uprising was expected to begin coalescing behind figureheads, according to the Associated Press. Turnout for Friday's protests across the country was 30 percent lower than for the previous week's protests, at least partially because of security forces' use of detention and intimidation. Estimates of the number of detained run as high as 10,000.
According to a statement from SANA News Agency, which carries government statements, more than 900 people have "turned themselves in" for their involvement in "riot acts." The statement said that there will be no punishment for those who hand themselves over prior to May 15.
However, an opposition figure told the Guardian that hostility to President Bashar al-Assad's rule has grown so much that it will be impossible to crush. When the protests first began, protesters were demanding an end to emergency rule and other forms of repression, but not the end of Assad's rule. Now, his removal is a common demand.
"The shocks of the military campaign are being absorbed," he said. "We have seen that as soon as the Army withdraws or lessens its presence in one area to crush people elsewhere, protests erupt in the area the forces had left."
The government continues to blame the unrest and deaths – including those of 10 civilians who were killed Sunday in an ambush on a bus returning from Lebanon – on "armed terrorists."
However, Al Jazeera reported that observers in Homs, which is near where the ambush took place, doubted the government's account. The Army and security force presence is particularly heavy in that area, they said, and "scores" of protests had been killed over the weekend.
Western diplomats based in Damascus say that Iran's role in the government crackdown is growing, the Guardian reports. They say that the number of Iranian personnel in the country is growing and that the door-to-door detentions is a tactic borrowed from Iran's brutal crackdown on the June 2009 protests that followed the country's presidential election. The White House made similar assertions of Iranian involvement last month.
Iranian news outlets have blamed the violence on foreign violence and terrorists.
"We have to understand the reason behind this kind of development…. We have to understand there are weapons, traitors, and terrorists," Syrian lawmaker Muhammad Habash was quoted as telling Iran's Press TV. "My message … to our people [is that] we have to respect our Army and we have to respect the security in Syria."
Hundreds of Syrians staged a sit-in near the US embassy in Damascus to protest what they considered US interference in Syria's internal affairs, SANA reports. The US sanctioned several Syrian government officials last week and has harshly criticized the Assad regime's crackdown on protesters.


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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Alan Williams scored a career-high 32 points, had 16 rebounds, and combined with Kyle Boswell and Keegan Hornbuckle for 50 points second half points, as UC Santa Barbara won a key Big West Conference road game at Cal State Northridge on Saturday night, 83-74.
The win puts the Gauchos (9-19 overall, 5-11 in the Big West) in the driver's seat for one of the final conference tournament berths. The Matadors (13-17 overall, 4-13 in the Big West) are now a game and a half back of UCSB with one weekend left in the league season. Santa Barbara will host Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside on Mar. 7 and Mar. 9 respectively.
"That was a great second half effort by the whole team, but it was especially good for Big Al, Bos and Keegan," said Gaucho head coach Bob Williams. "Al has been pressing a little lately, but tonight he was a load in the second half. In their own way, all three of those guys were."
Williams, who had struggled with his shooting in recent games, made 11-of-20 shots from the field and 10-of-13 from the free throw line. He scored 24 of his points in the second half. After going scoreless in the first half, one game after scoring a career-high 27 at Hawaii, Boswell found his range in the second half and finished with 18. Hornbuckle scored eight of his season-high 10 in the second half.
UCSB used a 20-8 run to open the second half and take at 49-39 lead with 12:28 left in the game. Alan Williams had 13 of the 20 points while Boswell added seven during that stretch.
The Matadors went on a 6-0 run to cut into the Gauchos' lead and make the score 49-45. Josh Greene, who finished with a team-high 25 points, made a three-pointer during the run. He had 21 points in the second half.
It was still a four-point game at 51-47 when Boswell drained a long three-pointer from above the key, Williams made a free throw and a bank shot, and Hornbuckle hit a 15-footer to push the score to 59-47 with 6:43 left in the game.
"I thought we were really resilient tonight," Coach Williams said. "They (the Matadors) don't quit. Bobby (Braswell) keeps them playing, no matter what, so I knew we would have to keep playing with an edge."
Northridge did continue to push and a lay-up by Trevone Williams made it a 61-56 game with 5:01 left. An acrobatic tip-in by Hornbuckle made it 63-56 and then a key sequence helped secure the game for the Gauchos.
After Trevone Williams missed a three on the Matadors' offensive end, UCSB pushed the ball and T.J. Taylor fed a nice pass to Alan Williams in the post. The Gauchos' Williams used a pump-fake to get Northridge's Williams in the air and made a hanging jump shot. Trevone Williams came down on Alan Williams, sending him to the free throw line for a possible three-point play.
Trevone Williams was whistled for a technical foul when he complained about the call. Taylor made one of the two technical free throws for Santa Barbara and Alan Williams made his free throw to extend the lead back to 11, 67-56.
The Gauchos still led 77-65 when the Matadors used one more rally to creep within 77-71 with 40 seconds left in the game. A free throw by Michael Bryson stopped the 6-0 run, but was answered with a three-pointer from Greene, narrowing the gap to 78-74 with 35 ticks left on the clock..
Alan Williams and Boswell, however, didn't let the game get any closer as the duo combined to make 5-of-6 free throws in the final half minute to close the game out, 83-79.
With everyone but Williams struggling in the first half, freshman Michael Bryson helped keep UCSB in the game by scoring 13 of his 14 points. The Gauchos trailed 30-28 at the break.
Williams, who did not play when Northridge won the first game between the teams in Santa Barbara on Jan. 24, tied his career-high with three assists on Saturday night. He also had three blocked shots and a steal. Bryson also had five rebounds and four assists.
The 83 points were the most the Gauchos have scored since they Dec. 15 and their 50.8 shooting from the field was a season-high. They also made 18-of-30 from the field in the decisive second half, 60.0%.
The Gauchos return home for the final weekend of the season hosting Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, Mar. 7 and UC Riverside on Saturday, Mar. 9. A win over Fullerton would guarantee UCSB a berth in the Big West Tournament and would also create a tie for seventh-place between the two schools
Both games will tip at 7:00 p.m. and tickets can be purchased from the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB (8272) or online by clicking here.


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On Monday January 10th, beginning at 6:30, Slow Food Maumee Valley will host our fourth annual Soup Supper. If experience is any guide, by the end of the evening, all the serving dishes will look like this - empty. If you like good food and the company of others who appreciate it, you're invited! Bring soup or something that goes with soup, and BYOB.
We'll also hear from Liz Bergman of Sage Organics about her October 2010 trip to Torino, Italy for Terra Madre and the Salone del Gusto, the biennial events that bring together food producers and cooks, educators and food activists from around the world.
Monday January 10th 6:30 PM
Flying Rhino, 436 13th Street, Toledo, 419 244-6100
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First debate hardens partisan lines
DENVER – President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney deepened the ideological battle lines of the 2012 campaign at the first general-election debate, underscoring their stark differences on issues of taxation, job creation, debt reduction and entitlement reform.
The two presidential nominees met face to face for the first time at the University of Denver, where both men quickly embraced the big-picture contrast that has defined the 2012 race.
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For Romney, that meant hammering home the message that Obama has increased the national debt and failed to create jobs. In his most energetic performance in weeks – if not months – the former Massachusetts governor bluntly called Obama a failure in office who should not be returned for another term.
"Going forward with the status quo is not going to cut it for the American people who are struggling today," said Romney, branding Obama a proponent of "trickle-down government" and at one point telling Obama directly: "You raised taxes and you killed jobs."
( Also on POLITICO: Romney's 5 best debate lines)
For Obama, the mission of the night was tying Romney tightly to the economic policies of former President George W. Bush – a task he pursued with little apparent enthusiasm and in an often-halting tone.
In keeping with his campaign's strategy from the outset of the 2012 campaign, Obama insisted that only he can fight for the middle class: "Are we going to double down on the top-down economic policies that helped to get us into this mess, or do we embrace a new economic patriotism that says America does best when the middle class does best?"
But Obama steered widely clear of the most cutting attacks that his campaign has employed to bleed support from Romney. The president did not mention Romney's tenure at the private equity firm Bain Capital or his personal tax returns, nor did he mention the Republican's disparaging comments about the 47 percent of Americans who do not pay income taxes.
The two candidates did not target each other on abortion, contraception, gay rights and other controversial social issues that have featured prominently in the larger 2012 conversation.
( Also on POLITICO: Fact-checking the Denver debate)
They did, however, grind away at the philosophical differences – over the size and role of government and the virtues and vices of the private sector – that now define the two parties on the national level.
Romney, trailing in the polls and under pressure to shake up the race, delivered an animated critique of Obama's economic stewardship and defense of his own ideas.
Romney did not, as many pundits on the right have recommended, "go big" in any dramatic new way – there were no new policy proposals, no coloring-in of lines in his existing plans and no newly strident ideological message.
Instead, on the points where Democrats have attacked him most aggressively – on taxes for the wealthy and entitlements reform – Romney gave his most forceful responses to date, sounding almost incredulous at some of the charges against him. The former Massachusetts governor repeatedly declared that he had no intention of steeply reducing taxes on the wealthy, dismantling Medicare or perpetuating tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs.


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Guy Craig
Surprise, Arizona
1947 Chevy Sedan
At 75 years of age, Guy Craig is a lifetime R&C reader, and self-confessed "car nut for life". Seems he spied the '47 Chevy on page 90 of our August issue and thought he was seeing things, as it was almost a ringer for his own '47 from the mid-'50s. The car was a project while he was stationed in Yuma, Arizona, in the Air Force. The '50 Chevy coupe belonged to his good friend John Knight.
Guy writes, "We lucked out as Tom White, the bodyman at the local Chrysler/Plymouth dealership, was great at frenching, leading, and molding, and we helped any way we could with his everyday work in exchange. All three of us enjoyed the long nights and saw the sun come up many times, as we would get absorbed in the custom work.
"Our cars had the stance, to the extreme, and that great Mexicali tuck 'n' roll. My '47 was, for the time, 'How low can you go?' and 'How loud can you rap that Jimmy six?' I won! Pure white enamel, red wheels, and '56 caps, and probably the only custom ever with F86 wing lights for taillights. John Knight's '50 was current for the day; '55 Chevy headlight brows, floating Chrysler bumper bar, Buick side trim, molded '55 Plymouth taillights, smoothed bumpers, and all painted Honduras Maroon. I'd really like to have both cars today!
"Knight was from El Centro, just 60 miles away, but I was from Iowa, and those cars made it much easier trying to get over the shock of living in tents in Yuma!"
Mark L. Schwear
Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania
1940 Ford Tudor
As a young boy growing up in a small village, Mark Schwear always admired the '40 DeLuxe Tudor sedan driven by a neighbor. In 1964 he bought one for $40, complete except for an engine. Another $50 got him a stock Flathead, and he had the transmission converted to floor shift operation. His wife bought him parts as gifts on special occasions, such as the engine, chrome window frames, and headlight rims.
Working on the car as time allowed, in between work, helping raise four children, and remodeling homes, finally in 1980 it could be licensed and driven. In the early '90s, Mark's youngest son, Tim, bought a '37 Ford slantback, so for the next nine years they concentrated on getting that finished. Once done, in 2001 work resumed on the '40, which was finally painted in 2006, almost 42 years after it was purchased.
The car is 90 percent stock, since Mark likes the nostalgic and old-fashioned features, though the hood and trunk have been shaved, it wears '50 Ford taillights, and the running boards have been covered in white Naugahyde with chrome strips. The green metallic paint is an '80 Dodge pickup shade.
John KuyKendall
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
1930 Model A Coupe
John KuyKendall bought his coupe from a fellow in Cumberland, Maryland, on the condition he wouldn't cut it up. He kept his promise but removed the fenders and running boards, and once it was discovered the chassis was shot, he dropped the body on a '32 frame from Brookville Roadster, complete with a Super Bell front axle and a 9-inch rearend.
Powered by a small-block Chevy with a TH350, John reports it drives great on those wide whites. He says it needs some paint but he can't stop driving it for long enough to tear it apart!
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Area items of interest
Cookie Walk to fund outreach ministries
St. Mary�s Episcopal Church is having its first ever Cookie Walk from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 15 in the church�s Mosley Hall, 800 Rountree St. The room will be filled with the aromas of chocolate, nuts, raisins, cinnamon and holiday sweetness as trays of homemade cookies await patrons.
As a guest you will be handed a box and a glove. You can handpick the variety of cookies that you wish to purchase by the pound. Big boxes and small gift-size boxes are available. You can enjoy a simple cafe lunch after you shop, and leave with a variety of holiday cookies and gifts ready for giving.
All proceeds from the event will be used to support the local and global Education Outreach Ministries of the church, including a Hand in Hand partnership with a local elementary school and scholarships for children in the Dominican Republic to attend school.
For more information concerning these ministries or the Cookie Walk, contact 252-523-6146 or email@example.com.
Tourism to offer Battle of Kinston anniversary event
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the 1862 First Battle of Kinston, the Kinston-Lenoir County Visitor�s and Information Center is sponsoring a two-day event, beginning on Dec. 13, the anniversary of the beginning of the two-day conflict.
A wreath dedication at 3 p.m. by the Confederate Monument at the Highway 70 location will be followed by Dr. Lonnie Blizzard speaking on his research on the 1862 battle. Blizzard is known as the premier historian on this Lenoir County battle.
Blizzard�s lecture will follow the sequence of events from New Bern through Kinston, Whitehall � now Seven Springs � and on to the destination of the endeavor to Goldsboro Bridge. He presents a multitude of historical facts and a generous amount of local and family stories that add interest and personal familial accounts of the events.
On Dec. 14, Blizzard will guide a bus tour of the battle area, leaving the Visitor�s Center at 1 p.m. and returning within a couple of hours.
Both events are free, but reservations are encouraged for the lecture, and more so for the bus tour. Reserve space by calling 252-522-0004.
BJ Vaughn, author of the award winning �Muddy Waters,� will be available both days to sign copies of her newest release, �Blue Waters.� Vaughn was reared in Lenoir County and her roots are evident in the flavor of her writings.