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Centerfield Elementary teacher Carrie Kapfhammer said her Christmas wish for her second-graders is health and happiness for the boys and girls and their families.
Kapfhammer said wrapping presents and watching others open their presents are her favorite moments of Christmas.
The majority of her students should be included on Santa's nice list, and have worked hard at school.
Her students have participated in Relay for Life fundraisers, taken part in a canned food drive and donated to a needy local family.
Kapfhammer said her plans for winter break include spending lots of time with her two young daughters and relaxing.
Dear Santa,
My name is Tezja. I have been very good this year. First I have cleaned my
room. Secon I have wash the dishes. Third I have been doing my work. For
Christmas can I have a laptop, puppy, I Phone 4S, bike, books, notebooks,
pencils, markers, pens, crayons, baby alive.
What is it like in the North Pole? Is it always snowing in the North Pole?
How much elf are there? Is there any girl elf? Is there a trillion elf? Is
Rudolph okay with his nose? How is Ms. Claws is she doing okay? Her cookies
are yum.
Dear Santy,
My name is Julia. I want a pink laptop, a I pad, a tangold dress, a gassmin
outfit, a tv in my room, a amaricin girl with strat brown hare, a pink tree
that has light.
I have been reely, reely good. First I help my mom clen the dishis I clen
my room I give my mom sholder rubs.
Dear Santa,
My name is Keaton I want a playstaion 3 for Christmas. And I have been
realy good first I give my mom a mososhe all the time. Second I untangled
the PS2 for me and my dad to play, Third I help my sister Katie help clean
the room. I have some more thangs to tell you.
I want some more thangs for Christmas a bebe gun, big Indyana Jones set, and
the biggest pachage of crayons and remember I have been good to my sister.
Remember the three thangs I did keep that in your mind. And don't give any
presents to my sister she has been ndiye.
Dear Santa,
My name is Bailey Wilson. I have bean very good this year. I helped Mrs. K
put up the class tree and play hide and go seek with her daughter so as you
can see I have been a very good girl this year.
What I want for Christmas is a visla puppy, anook coler, a new baby doll
that looks real and not a baby alive.
p.s. can you find a visla at a breeder?
Dear Santa,
This year for Christmas I would like these things. First, I would like Lego
Harry Potter year's 5-7. Also, I would like Lego Star Wars 3. Finily, I
would like a BB gun.
p.s. Bring BB gun bulits
Dear Santa,
I have been a good girl this year let me tell you what I did that is good.
I clean the dihes and I cleand my room when my mom ask me to. And put my
claen clothes away when my mom asks me to. Let me tell you what I whant for
Christmas. I whant a billion dollars, Barbie doll house, a hamster.
P.S. Say hi to the deer.
Dear Santa,
I want a rip stick for Christmas even thow my Christmas list dose not say it
because I do not have anungh space. Merry Christmas!
Love ,
P.S. Can I have google money?
Dear Santa,
My name is Murad and I was so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so, so good this
year and I would like to tell you the ways I was being good so far. I have
been wakeing up on time so far, I have been sleeping on time, I have been not
fighting with my brother, I have been cleaning my room more often like my mom
tells me to do, and last but not least, I am going to tell you what I want
for Christmas.
I want a laptop, ipod, ipad 4, Nintendo 3 ds, xbox 360 Kinect games, 3 DS
games, and $200,000,000,000.
Dear Santa,
I have been a really good girl this year because I cleaned my room, helped
outside by planting, and I did good in school this year. I would really like
an I pod touch, DS Games, wii games, and xbox games.
Dear Santa Clos,
I have been a really nice boy this year. Because I have not hert my sister
yet. Sacint because I have set up the table a lot this year. Last because
I have let sister boroe stuff. Now you know how I was good. I would really
like Star Wars legos to bulde.
Ethan H.
Dear Santa,
I think I have been good girl this year. I did not have to do bad stuff to
my sister. I did not wine for two days, I did not wine or cry when my dad
yelled at me.
I would like it if you will get this stuff for me. I would like a bogo I
would like a I pod touch I would like a I phone I would like a pink bike, I
would like a pillow pet and a peace pillow pet.
Dear Santa,
I have bin a good girl all year because I have not fitd with my brother all
year. I would really like cookie my playful pup, spy glass, and a new bike
that is raine bow.
Dear Santa,
I've been trying really hard to be a good person. I've been trying
really hard because I don't want cole for Chrismas. I want to get
present's so bad I would jump off a brige. These are 3 of the most
presents I want a drum set, I pod touch, and football cards. I'm trying
harder and harder every Chrismas.
Dear Santa,
Have a great time around the world. I have been a good boy this year like I
took out the trash. I wood like a x-box360 with a kenect with these two
games kenect sports sezens 2 and 1.
P.S. my cat's are crazy, woch out!
Dear Santa,
I have ben a good boy this year. Hope you can come. I would like a DSi, I
woud also like a PS3, I woud like a xbox 360 and a dvd player and a bike.
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Dinner - Bird Box Studios
Let this be a lesson to all of you that want to reincarnate as a dog—opposable thumbs trump cuteness every time.
Japanese Roulette
It's like Russian Roulette, except you're simply embedding a thumbtack into your temple rather than spreading your temple across a wall. Either way, it's going to sting. [Neatorama]
How a Microwave Oven Actually Works
Magic, electromagnetic radiation, whatever. All I know is that my Cheeto-nacho cheese-fries are a lot hotter than they were 45 seconds ago.
Mr. Wizard—Science Dick
Come on Billy, a six year old could titrate that ammonia solution with hydrochloric acid better than you. Get your head in the game! [Buzzfeed]
Nicotine Vaccine Takes All the Fun Out of Smoking
Well isn't this fantastic. First the Israeli's invent high-less weed, now scientists figure out how to nix nicotine pleasure. All I need now is a case of O'Douls and some baking soda and I can have myself the most boring weekend of all time.


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COVERGIRL: Like: darker palette, bright moon, and Apollo's glowy accoutrements. Love: Wonder Woman grabbing Apollo and delivering a smackeroo.
All superheroes are loners, but Wonder Woman is an Other among superheroes, defying standards and refusing to be a This or a That.
On cover #12, she's subverting a familiar romantic stance (e.g. Life's 1945 kissing sailor photo) and seizing the male position. Apollo, a sleek and manly god as painted by Cliff Chiang's brush, is here emasculated.
I'm not saying Wonder Woman consciously wars in the name of woman; she's just who she is. She defies expectations, stereotypes, and genres. She's not grabbing Apollo because she is woman, hear her roar. She's grabbing Apollo because he needs his shiny ass kicked. That she is woman, and occasionally roars, is not a point she is making but the point is made nonetheless.
Wonder Woman walks the walks and leaves the talking to others.
INSIDE STORY: Apollo raises a new Olympus, replete with skyscrapers as flashy as he.
Wonder Woman removes her cuffs and undergoes an astounding transformation: her eyes glow, her power surges.
Zola's water breaks.
Hera, cast out of the realm of the gods by Apollo, becomes mortal and auditions for the newest Real Housewives.
She also chucks Zola off a ledge; Wonder Woman gains flight and saves her.
Has Diana sprouted wings? Nope. Her dear friend Hermes, the kind and brave messenger we've grown to adore over 12 issues, zings a feather at her, temporarily granting her flight. How typical of him, acting the friend and savior. Too bad he STEALS ZOLA'S BABY TWO SECONDS LATER, BETRAYING DIANA.
RAMBLE: YOL. That's Yelping Out Loud. Start using it.
I have never been so surprised by a comic. I opened the book to take a peek while my son was brushing his teeth. He finished brushing but I couldn't stop reading. Though he was puffing impatiently and waving Green Lantern #5 in my face, I could not put the book down
When I reached the betrayal, I YOLed. I shouted, "What?" I whispered, "et tu, Hermes?"
I felt betrayed. I'm not even lying. And I was so happy I felt betrayed, I yelped again. Because this is how much I love this book. To feel a visceral response to a work of art, this is one of the great joys of reading. To render a character and tell a story with such skill that your readers respond like I did, must be one of the great joys of creating.
All hail Chiang and Azzarello. And Hermes be damned.


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We have already heard that the image above could possibly be the Storm 3. Its interesting to see that it has an optical track pad. Other rumored specs include 3.7 inch capacitive touch screen display,5MP camera, 1 GB ROM, possible QNX based OS...to name a few. But now new rumors are brewing that it will also be LTE ready.
Verizon has recently announced to the public that their 4G LTE service will go online in December. Does that mean we may finally see a new BlackBerry device to go along with it? I sure hope so! Many of us have been really patient, even though it's wearing very thin. Some information suggests that an LTE phone won't be available until the 1st quarter next year! Many have ventured over to Droid, tired of the wait, just to come back disappointed.
What is RIM up to? They have successfully kept a lid on anything they have been working on...so far. Something is bound to leak just as these little tidbits today. So an LTE ready BlackBerry? Are you ready?
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The Death of the WASP
After centuries in power, is New England's old political guard headed for extinction?You bet your ascot!
Listen. Do you hear that? In the corridors of power, the placid drone of the New England WASP—a soft and snooty echo for sure—has all but gone silent.
In a collapse slower but no less dramatic than that of the North American honey bee, the New England WASP has all but disappeared from its natural habitats—gone, almost, from the region's 12 Senate seats, vanished from its six governors' mansions. It's part extinction, part retreat from invasive species, part departure for greener pastures (there have been sightings as far afield as the Council on Foreign Relations and Southern Florida).
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This fall, after Rhode Islanders elect a new governor, only one old-line White Anglo-Saxon Protestant—Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island—will likely remain in New England's top political perches. Gov. Lincoln Chafee—he of the Rhode Island Chafees—is abdicating the Ocean State's governorship after a single term, and the single WASP in the race to replace him, Herbert Claiborne Pell IV (you can call him "Clay"), is having a tough go of it. This, despite possessing the sort of sterling pedigree that he'd have trouble cramming into a New York Times wedding announcement: In addition to his diplomas from Harvard College and Georgetown Law, he's the grandson of Clairborne de Borda Pell, a legendary Rhode Island senator (by way of St. George's School and Princeton); in turn the son of Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. of the Pomfret School, Harvard, Columbia and the (Hyde Park) Roosevelt administration. But, so far, the modern Pell is trailing his two Democratic primary opponents by a sizable margin.
It's an ignoble end for a proud people. Once upon a time, climbing to the top of New England politics practically required membership in a mainline Protestant church, the remnants of an old shipping, banking or textile fortune, and your family's name on either a nearby town or a building at the local Ivy League campus, preferably both (as in the Lowells, the namesakes of the Massachusetts municipality and the Harvard hall, among many other things). As Richard Brookhiser wrote in his 1990 book The Way of the WASP, "They wrote the rules; everyone else played by them."
That's no longer the case. And in Rhode Island, if Pell can't overcome the serious obstacles he faces, the replacement of blue blood with new blood across the region will be nearly complete.
Pell the younger—a member of the Coast Guard reserves who has played various roles in the Obama administration, most recently a six-month stint at the Department of Education as a deputy assistant secretary in charge of international and Foreign Language Education—jumped into the governor's race in January, joining Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Rhode Island treasurer Gina Raimondo. The only poll conducted since then puts him at a distant third. (Pell's campaign did not respond to requests for comment.)
"He's got a tough road, I think," says Scott Mackay, a political analyst for Rhode Island Public Radio. Pell's opponents have both served in high-profile positions and have high favorability ratings. Pell, 32, has not held office in Rhode Island and spent only summers there growing up, though he did establish residency in Newport while studying at Harvard and now has a home in Providence. More importantly for Pell, his late grandfather, having served the state for 36 years in the Senate, was a giant of Rhode Island politics and bestowed upon young Clay near-universal name recognition. "Without the Pell name, I'm not sure he would be viable at all," MacKay says. Pell's run will be a test of just how far the name can get him in the 21st century.
Where once the families of Newport would try to marry their children to the offspring of titled English aristocrats, Pell wed ice-skating royalty: the Olympian Michelle Kwan. Whether you see that as a step up probably depends on whether you own a copy of the Social Register—or whether you shop at the Whole Foods on North Main St. in Providence. Kwan caught flack in February for serving as a spokesperson for Coca-Cola while serving on the president's Council on Fitness, Nutrition and Sports. An ad she appeared in for the soda maker also listed Kwan as a resident of Washington, D.C., not Providence. Lately, it's become an open question whether the city is even a suitable habitat for a genteel New England WASP and his bride. In December, Kwan's Prius was stolen (or maybe was misplaced, there's some dispute) and then again, in February, it was pilfered again after Pell left the keys inside of it overnight (the adventures of the couple's car have inspired a parody twitter account).
With Pell's gubernatorial chances—to say nothing of his family's vehicle—vanishing, the last powerful WASP in New England could be Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (of St. Paul's School, Yale and Virginia Law). He ousted Chafee from the Senate in 2006 in a WASP grudge match: Their fathers had roomed together at Yale.


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Fewer black funeral banners blanket Baghdad
BAGHDAD — "The Dalfiyah family mourns the deceased, Mohammed Nafil Akseer al Dalfi, father of Jassim, Qassim, Hashim and Bassim. The funeral will be held at his house in Habibiya in front of the power supply station."
It reads like an obituary, but in Iraq, only the deaths of the rich or well known appear in the newspaper.
Instead, this announcement, scrawled in white and yellow Arabic on a black cloth banner, hangs at a busy intersection in a popular shopping district in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood. It was strung up by a relative of the dead man it honors the day after a double bombing killed nearly two dozen people there.
This is the way almost all Iraqi families announce the deaths of relatives. When a loved one dies, hanging the banners is the first order of business.
If it was a violent death, as many here are, a banner is hung at the scene of the attack. Another is nailed up at the victim's house, another along the main road into his neighborhood and perhaps another at his mosque.
They are always made from black cloth, and the names of the dead are always painted in yellow. The other details — a list of relatives left behind and the place and dates of the funeral — are usually painted in white. Most banners are around four feet long and three feet wide.
It is a custom that existed here long before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but over the last five and a half years, the banners have taken on new meaning. They are an informal measure of security, a way for residents to gauge whether their neighborhood is becoming more or less dangerous.
Between 2005 and 2007, at the height of violence, the banners blanketed Baghdad. They still hang on buildings and blast walls across the capital, but in far fewer numbers.
"There was a time when you could see one almost everywhere you looked," said Mohammed Hussein Abbas, a high school teacher from Baghdad. "The banners were everywhere."
About 350 Iraqi civilians were killed in violence across Iraq last month, half as many as a year ago.
"The walls of the hotel on the corner there used to be covered," said Abbas, pointing. "Of course people are still being killed, but not as many."
As soon as a family receives news of a death, one or two relatives are usually asked to handle the funeral banners, often cousins, nephews or uncles of the deceased.
Most banners are hand-painted by professional sign makers. Each one typically costs about $4; families who bring their own cloth are charged a dollar less.
Banners can be painted and dried while mourners wait, usually in less than half an hour.
"Even though my business has gone down, I am happy," said Ali Kasim Hashim, who earns his living painting funeral banners in a small Baghdad shop he shares with his father, a portrait artist. "Security is the most important thing for Iraq, so I don't mind having fewer customers."
Last year, when there were four bombings on the street where Hashim works, his business boomed. Now he supplements his work by making signs and advertisements for nearby shops.
"Once in a while, if there is an attack close by, lots of people will come for funeral banners," Hashim said. "But usually I only see a few each week."
Most banners are hung within a day of the death. Sometimes families arrive to post them at the scene of an attack before the last bodies are even carried away.
Sometimes they are hung with rope, sometimes with a hammer and nails.
If the deceased was a Muslim, as most here are, his banner will almost certainly include a verse from the Koran. Banners for Christians bear crucifixes.
Sometimes a funeral banner will tell how its honoree died. For a long time in Baghdad, banners rarely displayed causes of death unrelated to violence.
Zadan Khadiyer, who recently came home to the capital after fleeing in fear to Kirkuk, said he is glad to see fewer banners for people killed in fighting.
"For so long all you saw written was, 'This person has been killed in an attack. He is a martyr,'" Khadiyer said. "It's good to see other kinds of death again."
(Corinne Reilly reports for the Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star. McClatchy special correspondents Hussein Kadhim and Sahar Issa contributed to this story.)
Blasts kill 20 Shiite worshippers in Iraq on Muslim holiday
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With his love, affection and compassion Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be someone whom everyone loves, approves of and is sincerely devoted to. Love, compassion and affection will be so extensive, joy will be so widespread, wealth will so increase and there will be such peace and calm that "In his day, the old will say 'I wish I was young' and the young will say 'I wish I was older'."[1] Through Hazrat Mahdi's (as) love, compassion, moral virtue and profound faith, his time will be one when "the goodness of good people increases, and even the wicked are treated well."[2]
In the hadith our Prophet (saas) describes how Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be full of love and affection and will gather everyone around him with great love and fervor, how not just other people but even the fish in the sea and the birds in the air will be content with him, and how he will be a source of joy for all.
HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) WILL BE SO COMPASSIONATE THAT no one will be woken up from their sleep or have a bleeding nose.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 42)
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) services will be so significant and very great that IT IS SAID THAT NOT JUST OTHER PEOPLE, BUT ALL THE DWELLERS IN THE EARTH AND SKY WILL BE CONTENT WITH HIM.
(Ish'afu'r-Ragibin, p.146; al-Hawi, 2:66, 67)
HIS COMING WILL BE A SOURCE OF JOY, NOT JUST FOR BELIEVERS, BUT FOR ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH AND SKY. So much so that even birds, wild animals and the fish in the sea will rejoice.
(Portents of Doomsday, pp. 162, 163)
PEOPLE WILL SEEK REFUGE IN HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) AS HONEY BEES CLUSTER AROUND THEIR SOVEREIGN. He will fill the world that was once full of cruelty, with justice. His justice will be as such that he will not wake a sleeping person or even shed one drop of blood. The Earth will return to the age of happiness.
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p.29)
[Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will follow the way of the Prophet. He will not wake up a sleeping person or shed blood.... The world with be filled with justice instead of oppression and torture. He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will distribute all things with equal measures of truth and justice. THUS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND SKY BE PLEASED WITH HIM, SO THE BIRDS IN THE AIR, SAVAGE ANIMALS IN THE FORESTS AND EVEN FISH IN THE SEA WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH HIM.
(Al-Barzanji, Pamuk Publishing, Istanbul, 2002, p. 163)
[In the age of Hazrat Mahdi (as)] The sheep will graze with the wolf" and "children will play with snakes and scorpions but will come to no harm." One will sow a handful of seed and reap 700 handfuls...
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 43)
In the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), as in the Age of Felicity, WITHERED EMOTIONS WILL FLOURISH AND FLOWER AGAIN.
(Al-Hawi al-Fatawa, p. 67, 68; Rahbavi, Portents of Doomsday, p. 162, 163)
BY ALLAH'S LEAVE, HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL BE ABLE TO SOFTEN HEARTS THAT HAVE BECOME HARDENED, MAKE DIAMONDS OUT OF SOULS THAT ARE LIKE COAL and resurrect the dead with the radiance of his faith...
(Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar, p. 24; Saban Dogen, The Mahdi and the Dajjal, pp. 194-195)


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Handmade Divided Basket and Purse Palooza
20 Comments
lattegirl40October 14, 2013 at 2:34 pm
love it! that pattern has been on my list too!! still too busy, but glad to hear it is doable and as good as it looks!!
JennyOctober 14, 2013 at 4:16 pm
thanks for sharing your tips — I really like the structure yours has. I have this pattern and I've been dying to make it! Yours looks lovely. I am really coveting that ELB fabric. I didn't get a single piece of that line. (I only have so much money, alas.)
Danih03October 14, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Your basket looks great! Don't you just love the clover clips? The big green ones are handy too! I don't know how i survived the many pin stabbings without them;)
amy smartOctober 15, 2013 at 9:07 am
I agree! And I think my family is equally – if not more – happy that their risk of stepping on pins is greatly decreased.
JayneOctober 14, 2013 at 7:29 pm
I am 'bag/purse/tote' challenged! Lets just say I'm not confident sewing them! I do have the perfect fabric for one…so I'm off to check out Purse Palooza! I love this divided basket and your fabric choices!
LisaOctober 14, 2013 at 7:48 pm
Great basket, I want to try one of these to.
Linda FlemingOctober 14, 2013 at 9:36 pm
Your basket is just beautiful.
Love the colors and fabrics.
ElizabethOctober 15, 2013 at 12:15 am
I'm going to be so busy creating gifts as these are a great idea for lots of friends for Christmas – thanks for such a lovely blog.
ClaireOctober 15, 2013 at 1:04 am
It looks lovely Amy and very functional too – a win-win really.
rosaOctober 15, 2013 at 1:53 am
Preciosa cesta,me encanta,besos
doloresOctober 15, 2013 at 6:34 am
I've been wanted to make hubby a caddy like that for his truck…he has all these tape measures and pencils and stuff like that in a cardboard lid….not going to hold up! Of course I have all kinds of carpenter fabrics for this…guess I know what I'm going to do this week!:)
btw…did you see my comment on your last post about the girl seeing Cath Kidston at the Cheltenham Lit Fest
MaggieOctober 15, 2013 at 7:15 am
This looks great, Amy! This just may have to be my next project!
UnknownOctober 15, 2013 at 7:54 am
Love it, and you chose such a lovely selection of fabrics to make it. I am still waiting for the tutorial on the Union Jack totes as well. I am sure a lot of us are.
GracielaOctober 15, 2013 at 8:30 am
AnnaOctober 15, 2013 at 10:56 am
it's so cute!!!! Amy, you are so nice and sweet. I'm so happy you made it for you. 🙂
Katy CameronOctober 15, 2013 at 1:03 pm
Love the fabric choices :o)
Sew Create It - JaneOctober 16, 2013 at 9:41 am
What a superb adaptation of Anna's Pattern! I love the fabrics you've used!!
Amy ClausenOctober 16, 2013 at 7:30 pm
I needed to figure out a bag to tote all my supplies for an applique class I'm taking soon – I think this will work great – Thanks!
My Ardisia CreativeJune 1, 2014 at 3:46 am
Hi Amy. Thanks for sharing with us. Love your work.
My Ardisia CreativeJune 1, 2014 at 3:50 am
Hi Amy. Thanks for sharing with us. Love your work.


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Hockey roolz: set your VCRs.
The next two nights of action at the Open promise to be some of the best of the tournament so far – particularly on the women's side.
TSN and RDS, though, are committed to the Canada Russia Super Series (it'll shock you to know that Open Court even know this was on, since it's not even a blip down here in NYC. And the O.C. likes hockey. The biggest news here is the fact that PEDRO MARTINEZ is back, as it should be).
So, to see Serena vs. Justine (and maybe some Nadal), set your VCRs or PVRs to Wednesday morning at 3:30 a.m. on TSN.
Wednesday night, the night of Venus-Jelena Jankovic and Federer-Roddick, same deal: Game 6 from Saskatoon.
Again, set it for 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning. But it seems to be just a 2 1/2-hour window. So if both matches are barnburners, you might not get all of it.
I smell a rout with Venus and Jankovic. Jankovic has played too much tennis, and just hasn't looked that good. Venus is fresh as a daisy, and seemingly on a mission.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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Modern market offers a variety of different phone cases: thin or powerful, transparent or stylish, with a unique pattern or its own engraving. But the owner of this case decided to go his own way. A Russian customer has applied to the communication salon to replace the SIM card. When it came to work, the employees faced a problem, environmental accessory in the office could not be dismantled.
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Tell Me More Some time ago a wise person decided to doodle hands on a cute pic of a snake he found. The result was so satisfying, he shared it on the internet. And then the doodle war began. Some time ago Bored Panda asked their readers to take part in this war, and they are so glad we did. Snakes don't always have the best reputation and are certainly not the cutest, but it turns out that...
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Old Carreta, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, circa 1901 The collection is comprised of postcard views of Navaho, Hopi and Pueblo Indians; pueblos; interiors of Hopi houses; ceremonials; and blanket weaving. Views of American Indians, Blackfoot, Apache, Hopi and Pueblo are prints of paintings, some by Winold Reiss for the Great Northern Railway, W.E. Rollins and Fred Harvey. h/t: vintag.es An Up-stairs...
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Millions of people in over 150 countries across the globe marched for lawmakers and corporations to take action to help stop climate change on Friday, September 20. Some activists got their messages across with brilliantly funny, angry and wittily worded signs. Scroll down to see the best examples! h/t:
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may your days be filled with great weather and love... and cool nature spots
some folks remain children... in the mind. they need that 'pattern' or patterns in life..
some exploit that.. some fell for the 2000 election hook line and sinker...
and here we are. failures galore. who's side u on? fascists or people?
538 there goes
"moral standards" like bombing kids and doctors.. hating womens' rights.. ugh hugh.. reaaaal nice hitler suckers...
Huge role my ass.
I've become a big fan of Silverman. He cuts through the bull. The 79 billion number was shocking; Yes, churches need to be taxed.
irony; they hide child rape
don't call cops
have tax free on so much including land tax (people are foreclosed because of that shit
they fuck with kids minds and hold back potentials
I'm just glad to see bands coming out with lyrics and titles like 'darwin'
indeed we're in harm's way thanks to some pope n his gangs that think america should be speaking latin and bowing our heads bs.
started way back:
just saying.. that's street level music...
american atheists is court level and corporate. but it takes all kinds..
some folks just wanna go off. some hold their own on different fronts.
hats off to silverman and co. whip the fkn' mainstream fundies into their hate-filled abyss
sick of the lies
sick of the lost lives
literally that guy did not have to eat a face of a bum; he needed intervention
the state could care less post reagan or even nixon.
why the hell do folks fall back on myth tradition and 'devil' this devil that?
no bible can ever match the power of group help. extended families and plain secular know-how. science. a damn shrink is 100x more useful and good for a mentally ill faith propagating more mentally unstable people. fuck.
jaw boning bush and his lame 'my daddy' and robot laura w/obama hanging up some painting in the taxpayers' white house was a shame imho. warcriminal bush is captor in his own country now and he knows it. hence why so many of his followers feel trapt. but their not; it's their ideology and bigotry that holds them back from modern day information age changes that will never stop coming...
those fundy rock bands can't hang with the war dogs.. i'm just saying.
cower and bow is all they know.
Before i was an atheist, i still rejected xtian rock. Rock and Roll is rebellion, nonconformity, a rebel attitude, etc. They are trying to use the term "rock" to spread a false message. Sure, they can down tune, try to emulate the wardrobe, whatever, but "rocking" for the lord is one of the dilliest things on earth. This reminds me of xtians who sing "imagine" by lennon and have no idea what it really means.
Yep that'd be me:
As my favorite curmudgeon, H. L. Mencken, wrote "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats".
Now I have no desire to slit anyone's throat (way to messy and icky for my tastes); I have, however, been tempted to grab a few morons by their shirt and yell, with spittle flying, "WTF is wrong with your brain?"
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Danial Levent and Mike Salak won first place in the men's division, while Jon Rose and Aresio Souza took second. In women's division, Hilary Pavels and Dana Fiume took first and Svetlana Simic and Agnieszka Pregowska came in second.
"It was a blast to play in such a fun setting at Coney Island Beach with so much history and tradition," said Ssalak, a Brooklyn native and coach of the men's volleyball team at Brooklyn College. "I grew up playing on this beach, and it is awesome to be part of such an exciting event."
Open to the public, the event attracted some of the best beach volleyball players from the East Coast to the Coney Island beach. Players include professional athletes from the NBA, WNBA, and former Olympians. Some of the top names included Salak, Elvis Rodriguez, Alejandro Flores, Simic, Stephanie Volklers, Pavels, and Fiume.
A portion of the tournament proceeds were donated to the nonprofit organization AllStarr Volleyball, the fastest growing USA Volleyball Juniors club in New York City with teams of girls and boys ranging from ages 13 to 18.


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At issue: City Councilwoman Rochelle "Rikki" Spector routinely bills the city for driving to her Northwest Baltimore district — trips she says often begin at the Inner Harbor condominium where she lives with her boyfriend.
The cost: Spector, who has served on the council since 1977, filed for more than $3,000 in mileage for travel within the city during a 13-month period, according to her expense reports, an average of more than 400 miles a month. Only one other city legislator, Councilwoman Helen Holton, bills the city for travel within Baltimore; she submitted less than $200 in travel charges within city limits for the same period.
The residence question: While she maintains a home on Park Heights Avenue in her district, Spector does not dispute that she primarily resides in the Harborview development near the Inner Harbor and that she bills taxpayers for travel from that address. Council members are not required to live in the districts they represent, and city officials say there is no policy spelling out how mileage should be calculated for those who do not.
Going the distance: Spector indicates on her expense reports that she sometimes travels more than 40 miles in a day to attend events in her district. For example, on Oct. 10, Spector reported driving 54 miles to attend two events: one at Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc. in the 5800 block of Park Heights Ave. and one at Northwestern High School in the 6900 block of Park Heights Ave. Spector's district home is in the 7400 block of the same street.
And on Jan. 7, Spector said she traveled 46 miles to attend three events in or near the district: a breakfast at Sinai Hospital in the 2400 block of W. Belvedere Ave., a meeting in Howard Park and an evening event at the Bolton Street Synagogue on Coldspring Lane near Loyola University.
Spector explains: The councilwoman says she actually saves the city money by living at Harborview because she walks to City Hall and downtown meetings. When she drives, she says, she calculates her mileage by checking the speedometer when she first gets in her car and at the end of her day. "When you go back and forth, it's not hard to go between 12 and 15 miles on each leg that I go," she said.
"I don't want to spend it if it's not necessary, whether it's for driving or for parking," Spector said. "I don't think there's another council person who does as much walking to and from meetings as I do."
A watchdog group weighs in: "It's the principle of the thing," said Common Cause regional director James Browning. He said Spector should not "ask the taxpayers to subsidize her living outside her district. … Imagine if everyone on the City Council did this.
Community leaders respond: "It hurts me that she might be hurt by this because she's a damn good city councilwoman," said Ira Kolman, president of the Mount Washington Improvement Association. "Whenever we have any meetings or events … she's right there."
"I strongly believe that council members should reside in the district that they serve," said Derrick Lennon, president of the Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association. "City Hall should look at the cost associated with members that do not live within the district and deny travel expenses that would not be incurred or at least significantly less if they were to live in the district."


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We must never lose sight of just what it is that drives us to play guitar, and to make music in general. In my home, as I was growing up, I had a father who was an artist, and a 10 year older brother who was also an artist. There was an enormous emphasis placed on the arts in a household such as this, but never any pressure. It was just as important to be a "normal" kid, and to do things such as play baseball, collect stamps and coins and baseball cards too, but all seemed to be done with a certain deeper aesthetic appreciation of what any of it was really about.
Therefore, when I went into the actual playing and creation of music, it just seemed like a natural path to have taken, and there was a deeper kind of "drive" and "need" that I seemed to have to get better on the instrument. It wasn't about competition, or anything like that, in fact there really weren't any other players around at all…..I was a sort of "island" when it came to my music, and folks barely knew what I was even doing. All they knew was that suddenly "Arlen wasn't out playing ball with us, where is he, and what is he up to?" So, in all my pride and joy at the headway I was making on the guitar, I literally used to put my amp into the window of my 5th story apartment (like an air conditioner), and blast my playing out into the street. This would garner applause, and I always felt as if my "reclusive" image had been justified with all my friends!
This "need to play" is a very serious matter however, and if you have this kind of primal urge within you, it must always not only be fulfilled, but you must never lose track of its importance to you and your well-being. All the other stuff, such as being a "rock star", "making it" and all the other trappings of "success" really should have nothing to do with any of it. If you are a real artist, the only caring you should actually have is satisfying that "need to play" and the need to make your music say more for you, and for what you're really all about!
If you start to form bands and have other people to play with, be sure to always look for those who share in your brand of passion for the music, and who share similar work ethics and who most of all, also have that sheer "need" to play that you have!! Good luck in that search, as it can be really kind of hard to find those "needles in the haystack!" Whatever it ends up being, make sure you stay true to you, and to what drives you to keep improving your own music and playing!


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As the gubernatorial race intensifies, Connecticut voters will likely see Democrat incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy try to make the political debate about gun control, equal opportunity and leadership during disasters while Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley of Greenwich will likely attempt to focus on taxation, economic development and education reform.
Experts say the 2014 race, unlike the 2010 race between Foley and Malloy, will be about Malloy's record and is already heating up as the candidates call on each other for more details.
"As I said in my speech the other night, we will be rolling very specific plans out in the near future," Malloy told The Day on Friday. "I am trying to give him (Foley) a chance. He's been actively running for this thing for so long I thought he might put something out first."
The fact that Malloy has completed much of his agenda will make it difficult for him to say what it will be going forward, said Scott L. McLean, a political science professor at Quinnipiac University.
"He can't get rid of the death penalty twice," McLean said. "And if he talks about school reform, he will only cause more controversy in Democratic ranks. So Malloy does have a specific record and won't be able to go on the offense."
The challenge for Foley is that, according to polls, many voters agree with Malloy's "progressive agenda" on such topics as medical marijuana and gun control, even if they give him low marks on job performance, McLean said.
Foley could say he would be better at managing the economy. "He might be right, but it's hard to generate excitement from the base to get votes to win, so he can't really touch those traditionally Republican hot-button issues without potentially alienating unaffiliated voters," McLean said.
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On Thursday, Foley and his running mate, Heather Bond Somers, hit the campaign trail together for the first time and focused on education reform, the economy and taxes. Foley said he supports "in-district school choice" programs in which parents choose which public school their child attends within a school system, and "money follows the child," in which the cost of educating a child is paid to whichever school the parents choose.
Malloy said he doesn't support an education plan that would take dollars away from certain school systems.
Malloy rolled out a package of education reforms in 2012 that included the Commissioner's Network program - which aims to improve chronically low-performing schools - and expansion of charter and magnet school offerings to give parents more choices, as a way of closing the state's achievement gap between minority students and their peers.
The reforms included a plan to implement Common Core education standards and to evaluate teachers' job performance based on students' standardized test scores.
Many teachers and parents have been dissatisfied with the rollout of those plans, saying the administrative paperwork takes teachers away from teaching and that they weren't included in the design of the program. In response, Malloy delayed the implementation of linking evaluations to test scores and created a task force to evaluate Common Core that includes teachers from the state's two major teachers unions.
Foley said he supports a statewide system to grade and assess schools' performance but not necessarily Common Core, which has been voluntarily adopted by 43 states, including Connecticut. Malloy, he said, "has inserted himself and the state government inappropriately into school districts where local control is doing a good job."
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In response to a Foley comment Thursday that Malloy hasn't talked about how he would get control over spending and therefore "he is going to have to increase taxes again," Malloy said: "We are done with raising taxes. In fact, not only that, I have cut taxes since 2011."
The General Assembly and Malloy passed and signed a sales and use tax exemption for clothing and footwear under $50 that starts on July 1, 2015, and a similar exemption for nonprescription drugs that begins April 1, 2015. A partial income tax exemption on teachers' pensions will start in January.
Foley has regularly criticized Malloy's First Five program, in which corporations get millions of dollars in exchange for job growth, calling it "corporate welfare." He prefers "urban economic zones" to encourage businesses to open in Connecticut's cities.
The state currently has an Enterprise Zone Program that provides property tax abatements and tax credits for businesses that move to a particular zone in Connecticut.
"His economic proposal is he wants to do what I am already doing," Malloy said. "So here is a guy who has been running for governor for five years and still doesn't know what we are doing in the state of Connecticut.
"We are managing the state's resources. We have seen the creation of 60,000 private sector jobs at a rate - multiples of both of my predecessors."
As the candidates try to get their message out about what they call Malloy's anti-business policies, they have had some hurdles to climb.
Somers' former company, Hydrofera LLC, received a $1 million equity investment in 2000 from the former Connecticut Development Authority, now called CT Innovations. When Hydrofera, which is in Willimantic, was sold to Hollister Inc., the state got $475,000 back, about half of its investment. Somers said in exchange for the $1 million investment, her company was required to create 100 jobs. The company created 40 jobs and paid an $80,000 penalty for not reaching its goal.
"If the basic thrust of the Republican campaign is that the state should not be investing in private businesses, should not be picking winners and losers, then there is a problem here, because clearly this is a candidate who did accept state funding for a business," said Ronald Schurin, a political science professor at the University of Connecticut, in a telephone interview.
Somers said at the press conference Thursday, "I think there is a big difference between precise investment in start-up companies that create jobs versus bribing a company to move from one town to the next."
Foley's recent visit to the neighborhood of Fusion Paperboard in Sprague, where he went to call attention to what he called Malloy's economic policy failures, took an unexpected direction when state Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, who is also the first selectwoman of the town, engaged him in a debate. Fusion Paperboard announced in July that it would close its Sprague mill and lay off 145 workers, one year after receiving a $2 million low-interest loan from the state.
At the Sprague press conference, Foley repeatedly said Malloy and Osten had failed to keep the jobs at the mill. On Wednesday, the day after the Republican primary, Malloy put out an ad depicting Foley telling workers they had failed to keep their own jobs.
Foley said he was not saying that the workers had failed.
Schurin said Foley had "legitimate" things to say in Sprague, but his message could have been misunderstood.
"I think if Foley were a more experienced candidate, he would have been very, very careful not to say anything that could have been misinterpreted," Schurin said.
Gun control
When it comes to gun control, Malloy's record is easy to find. He signed Senate Bill 1160, which banned the sale and possession of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. Foley has said if he had been governor, the gun control bill would have been different. He also said a full repeal of the law is unlikely but that if the legislature came to him with some changes that made the gun control law less inconvenient for law-abiding citizens, he would sign that.
McLean, the political scientist, suspects the gun control law will be brought up frequently on the campaign trail.
Minimum wage
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Foley said Thursday that he supports a $10.10 minimum wage but that if he had been governor, the bill would have been different and provided a lower minimum wage to people under age 21 and in entry-level jobs.
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The House of Representatives plans to vote on the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 later this week. Also known as HR 811, the controversial voting reform proposal aims to mandate voter-verifiable paper trails for electronic voting machines.
HR 811 was introduced earlier this year by Representative Rush Holt in response to the revelation of serious flaws in electronic voting technologies and a number of costly voting machine failures like the one in Florida's Sarasota County. Since then, the bill has been watered down, but still includes several much-needed reforms.
Holt's original version of HR 811 included provisions mandating public source code disclosure, requiring voting machine companies to make source "available for inspection promptly upon request to any person." This requirement was later removed and replaced with less stringent source code escrow provision that allows voting machine companies to restrict source code access to authorized government officials who have signed non-disclosure agreements.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is one of several advocacy groups calling for legislators to vote in favor of HR 811 despite its deficiencies. As the EFF points out, the current text of the bill still establishes a compulsory paper trail, a crucial reform that limits the potential for exploitation of security vulnerabilities and decreases the risk of serious problems in the event of machine failures. The EFF also expresses "profound disappointment" with the removal of source code disclosure provisions. "Our support for HR 811 is tempered by profound disappointment that one of the bill's pillars has been watered down to the point of ineffectiveness due to pressure from the proprietary software industry," the EFF said in a statement. "We call on Rep. Zoe Lofgren and the other members of the Elections Subcommittee to promptly fix this provision... before the bill makes it to the floor of the House."
Election officials are running out of time to prepare for the 2008 election, so this may be the last opportunity to enact significant electronic voting reform before then. Although HR 811 has flaws and weaknesses, it does move voting reform forward at the national level. It will be up to individual states to create their own broader policies that build upon these safeguards.


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Sometimes, you have to spend some money to bring in more money. That's certainly the case with health club design, according to industry architects who recommend that club operators renovate their facilities every three years. Renovations may seem impossible as the economy continues to struggle and as capital continues to be difficult to secure, but renovations can help a club compete with the new club down the street, keep members from jumping clubs and bring in a whole new group of members.
If done correctly, sales and profits can increase 10 percent to 20 percent after a renovation, says Bruce Carter, owner of Optimal Design Systems International, Weston, FL.
To ensure the renovation doesn't look dated in a few years, owners must be aware of current design trends and choose a design that's not too trendy. They also must avoid the temptation of "cookie-cutter" designs, says Hervey Lavoie, president of Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative, an architectural firm based in Denver.
"There is a strong trend toward prototype designs which can be stamped out like cookie cutters," he says. "Each brand seems determined to commoditize their image as a branding statement."
Stressing the importance of creative uniqueness in club design, Lavoie says that often only the most enlightened and far-sighted owners remain committed to the idea that design can make a difference.
Facility designs have shifted toward a warm, inviting atmosphere in an effort to attract people who may have had a negative past experience at a club or who may feel intimidated by clubs.
How much club owners spend on design depends on their budgets. Architects can accommodate club operators with a low budget and still create a design that has the ability to change the mood of the club, says Rudy Fabiano of Fabiano Designs, Montclair, NJ.
"You don't have to spend a lot of money to look good," he says. "You just have to think it out [and] understand how people flow and react to things. You can do that with paint and inexpensive materials to make people feel good."
The real trend is finding a way to bring in new members or bring back old ones that have, for one reason or another, fizzled out for a time. Following are some of the hottest design trends in 2010.
Going Green
Despite a seemingly never-ending recession, the cost of going green doesn't stop some club owners when renovating. Some owners seize the opportunity to use eco-friendly renovations as a way to market to their communities.
"I would certainly recommend it as far as marketing goes," says Lucio Paolini, co-owner of Evolve Fitness in Cambridge, MA. "People like it when we use it as a part of our sales pitch. If you know this particular area, people are pretty connected with environmental issues here. The town practices a lot of eco-friendly things."
Paolini installed throughout the club full-spectrum lighting, an eco-friendly lighting system that light that resembles natural sunlight and combats Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
Paolini installed recycled rubber flooring, bamboo flooring, water-conserving bathroom systems and an online-based e-mail program for all membership transactions to reduce paper use. The club also features a "touchless" locker room with laser-sensored urinals, faucets and hand dryers. The new system lessens physical contact and reduces the chance of spreading germs, Paolini says.
For environmentally conscious clubs, eco-friendly paint is an easy and inexpensive way to change the dynamic of the club interior. Some paints now have milk as a base, replacing some of the toxic chemicals in normal paints. Paints with low volatile organic compounds also are a way to promote healthy indoor air quality.
Bringing the Outdoors In
The green movement has spawned another design trend: bringing outside elements inside clubs. Facilities located in areas that can showcase nature benefit the most from this design. Members typically respond favorably to an earthy, natural feeling when exercising in a gym, Carter says.
Gus Orlando, owner of the Gold's Gym of East Northport, NY, kept this concept in mind when renovating his club. Walking through the facility now might remind members of taking a walk outdoors with the club's various shades of brown, green, red and orange. Brick columns spread throughout are reminiscent of tree trunks, and the club has potted plants placed around the floors.
Another new feature is a water wall that greets guests in the lobby area and subtly screens the strength area.
"It gives you that element of relaxation," Orlando says. "It's also an upscale look. You don't expect to see that water feature."
On the other side of the strength room, members may think they are seeing real blue sky and clouds through skylights in the ceiling, but it's an inexpensive illusion. Instead of skylights, Orlando and Carter, who did the redesign, installed Plexiglas panels in place of some of the ceiling panels. The Plexiglas has images of the sky embedded on them. Fluorescent lights above the panels shine through, creating the illusion of skylights with daylight, blue skies and clouds.
"The point is, they're very inexpensive, but very dynamic," Carter says. "To have a special feature in a club, you don't necessarily have to spend a lot of money to do it."
The outdoor design elements give the club a more calm vibe and eliminate feelings of intimidation, Orlando says.
"If your place is clean and crisp and appealing, you're going to hold onto your people and get new people," he says.
Renovating a club to take advantage of natural sunlight also brings the outdoors in. That's what Lavoie did when designing Stone Creek Club & Spa in Covington, LA, which opened in 2008. The two-story facility has natural lighting in every room except the locker rooms and spin studio.
"We wanted to create something that is very open with a lot of natural light," says Stephanie Coulon, membership and marketing manager at Stone Creek Club & Spa. "We have a lot of areas that showcase wooded areas and wetland areas that are similar to a resort so that it's a bit of an escape from daily life for our members."
A lot of members comment about how the high ceilings make the club feel bigger, Coulon says. The attention to details, such as openness and natural lighting, has had a positive impact on members, she adds.
In an age of smartphones, e-mail and instant communication, people are impressed with modern gadgets and the communication and privacy they allow. Club owners who take this to heart may find themselves pleasantly surprised with the result, Fabiano says.
Cardio cinema is one technological element that has been popular for the past few years, and its popularity continues, he says, adding that the offering is something people still haven't come to expect.
"The point is that what really attracts members is that they feel like they're working out anonymously, not being watched," he says.
At high-end clubs, members expect the latest entertainment options. Purchasing equipment that allows users to plug in movies, iPods and watch TV creates a cinematic feeling and draws in members.
The University of Florida will open its newly renovated Southwest Recreation Center (SWRC) in the fall. Among the renovations is a 10,000-square-foot cardio room, in which the cardio equipment will be equipped with personal viewing screens.
"Almost every piece of equipment will have its own TV plugged into cable with a full array of cable channels available," says David Bowles, director of recreational sports at the University of Florida.
Students will be able watch movies downloaded on their iPods on the TV screens by just plugging the iPod into the equipment.
"We are integrating a lot of that kind of technology," he says.
The SWRC also plans to install flat-screen TVs in the new social lounge that provides free Wi-Fi to users and access to a Nintendo Wii gaming system.
Opportunities for Socialization
The social area at the University of Florida SWRC highlights another design trend at fitness facilities: the creation of social areas at facilities. By offering these areas, a club exudes a warm, inviting environment.
Although a nice lounge area is a good place to start, other areas of a club—in particular, the aquatics area—can offer social outlets. Renovations in this area often include creating more deck space and adding more outdoor aquatics options with more outside space.
Midtown Athletic Clubs, Chicago, has spent the last four years renovating all of its facilities, spending a minimum of $5 million and a maximum of $9 million on each club. The renovations include expanding outdoor components with resort-style pools that have dedicated kids' areas.
Pools are the perfect places to host parties and fundraisers, says Steven Schwartz, president and CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs.
"We try to make it a fun place to spend the summer," he says. "It's unquestionably brought in more members."
Food and beverage areas also promote socializing. The size of the club and the membership demographics often dictate the type of food and beverage area that a club can accommodate. Smaller facilities may only have the space for a juice bar or an area to offer light, prepackaged foods and protein shakes. Larger, higher-end facilities might be able to offer a full-blown restaurant.
Schwartz upgraded the food and restaurant areas of his Midtown clubs to offer casual dining with foods made to order, including soups, salads and entrees.
"It's not a juice bar. It's a place where you actually would eat lunch or dinner," he says. "Not a country club, but a place where you can sit down and eat with friends."
So whether club operators have large or small budgets, they must take heed of these design trends to ensure the money they do spend is not wasted. Smart design is always important, but even more so in a recession.
Seven More Club Design Trends
1. Warm colors. If the main goal of renovating a club centers on inviting people in, the first step is creating a warm atmosphere as soon as members walk through the door. One of the simplest ways to renovate is to paint. Paint colors that are in vogue now are greens, browns, creams, burnt yellows and oranges. However, some clubs buck this trend successfully, depending on the market the club is in, says Rudy Fabiano of Fabiano Designs, Montclair, NJ.
2. Spa-like locker rooms. Locker rooms have become more upscale and spa-like. The idea is that they should be nicer than the bathrooms that members have at home. Shoot for a soothing, beautiful space with soft colors, lighting and high-end finishes, says Bruce Carter, owner of Optimal Design Systems International, Weston, FL.
3. Friendly lobbies. You have three seconds to relay who you are and what you're about when a person walks into your club's lobby, Fabiano says. Lobbies must be welcoming and exciting. It's good to keep the lobby separate from the workout areas so that new people don't think they will be on display if they become a member. Comfortable seating is important in a lobby, too.
4. Elbow room. Architects are pushing for more open spaces within a club, and that includes equipment areas. Rather than jamming all the machines close together, architects are allowing for more space between machines. Stone Creek Club & Spa, Covington, LA, ensures that its members have enough personal space so they don't feel like they're sweating on the people around them, says Stephanie Coulon, membership and marketing manager. More open space is also needed for increasingly popular group exercise options and functional training areas.
5. Eliminating germs and toxicity in pools. To take more control over the environmental impact in their aquatics areas, club owners are installing new systems, such as salt water and ultraviolet systems, that don't require that a lot of chemicals be stored in the facility, Fabiano says.
6. Theatrical themes in mind/body rooms. In mind/body areas, many club owners are adding dimmers to the lights to create a theatrical environment. Midtown Athletic Clubs took the mirrors out of its mind/body areas, installed darker wood floors and used colored LED lights to create more of a theatrical feeling, says Steven Schwartz, president and CEO of Midtown Athletic Clubs, Chicago.
7. Maintaining organization in group exercise rooms. With the growing use of accessories in many group exercise classes, many group exercise rooms have become cluttered and unprofessional, Carter says. A cluttered room can affect people's mood. More renovations are now including storage areas off to the side of the room with easy access to the accessories.


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Page 34 has DAVID ELDER, of Third Class
1st --DAVID ELDER, SR., d. 1813 is probably brother of ROBERT ELDER (1730-1807)
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Adopted Gluten-free Blogger: Kim of Cook it Allergy Free blog and app giveaway
Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes with dairy-free and egg-free variation
This month I adopted Kim of the Cook it Allergy Free blog and app because I could not believe that after meeting this dynamic, sweet and hospitable fireball at a previous BlogHer food bloggers conference I had not actually made any of her recipes DESPITE absolutely swooning over her photos. There was no time like the present, so I adopted her and then started trying to decide what recipes to make from her blog.
First up was her Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I think I've had this cake once or twice… in my lifetime. I was not that impressed by previous versions. I'm pretty sure they used canned pineapple and ye old white starchy gluten-free flour blend, and tasted like it too. But THIS cake was a different thing altogether. It called for fresh pineapple, which made a huge difference, and also used a brown rice flour blend with almond flour for protein and elasticity. I love almond flour baked goods but somehow when almond flour is the only flour, I can get almond overload. I found that Kim's blend was the perfect compromise, with a silky, fluffy texture and all the positives of almond flour with the mild flavor of brown rice flour. Toddler Yum approved of this cake, although she is not much for carbs and mostly wanted to peel off the pineapple in coconut sugar and gobble up the fruit off the top. The DH and I just plain loved the cake, and gobbled up the whole thing, pineapples, fluffy cake and all. Because we are doing dairy now, I actually didn't make any of the allergy mods and made it pretty much straight. I ran out of coconut sugar as well, so had to do part regular brown sugar and half coconut. (I recommend that combo, actually, it was perfectly lovely). We'll be making this recipe again. Oh yes. And my hips may never be the same, mini ramekins or no. I doubled the recipe, using all the ramekins I had. This included 4 oz ramekins, 7 oz ramekins, and then two larger mystery-size ramekins. I had the perfect amount of batter, somehow or other. And best of all- there is one mini cake left on the counter so that I can eat it after I finish writing this post!
Being me I had to try something savory from Kim's web site and the Gluten-free Dairy-free Fingerling Potato Surprise with a spicy srirachi mayonnaise topping appealed to me. I loved the idea of an un-cheese topping on fingerling potatoes, especially since the DH and Toddler Yum had just harvested the heirloom potatoes we grew in 15 gallon pots this year. Kim's recipe was delicious, and everyone in our house loved it. Who needs the dairy in traditional twice baked potatoes? These are so much more interesting. The first time I made it with Trader Joe's canola mayonnaise that is soy-free but contains eggs, and the seasonings were perfect. The second time I made it (yes, it was that good) I used vegannaise with soy but no eggs, and I noticed that it was a little more tart, so I would probably use less lemon juice with the vegan mayonnaise. The second time around I also microwaved the potatoes, sliced lengthwise, and then broiled them with the mayonnaise-srirachi topping. It was a lot faster, but the texture was best when the potatoes were baked according to Kim's directions.
The DH and Toddler Yum harvesting our potatoes in the garden. Toddler Yum had so much fun digging the potatoes out of the dirt and rinsing them. We just had to keep her from biting into the raw potatoes- she just loves potatoes!
The third recipe I chose was Kim's Gluten-free Chai Spiced Apple Bread with Chai Chia Streusel. As you may recall from my long-ago post for Chai Muffins, I have a weakness for chai. I'd never had Chai apple bread and was intrigued by the promise of Chai Chia Streusel. I was so intrigued I went out and bought the chia for the recipe. I decided to test the recipe in its egg-free variation. We do eggs in our household now, but I wanted to try Kim's suggestion for a chia-gel un-egg. As I suspected, this recipe worked well. I did adjust the seasonings a bit for my taste, adding nutmeg and cutting out the powdered ginger. The one thing I missed was the fun of using black tea in a recipe, but I could add that next time. I liked the streusel, but I think I'd like it with a bit of texture, so I might try quinoa flakes or nuts in the topping next time. Or, I might even leave the topping off, as I liked the bread all by itself. The DH enjoyed the bread as is, and pronounced it a success. He didn't even know it was "missing" the eggs, or that I'd used chia. I would call that a clear recipe substitution success!
Toddler Yum was eager to steal some, and pronounced it "really yummy." She has been confusing cake and cupcakes lately due to having cupcakes at her birthday party. So, when I wasn't looking she stole the cinnamon sticks I was trying to use for styling the photo and stuck them in the bread like candles. I turned around to see her earnestly trying to blow the cinnamon stick "candles" out. "What are you doing, honey?" I asked. "Birthday cupcake, mommy, birthday cupcake," she puffed, turning a little red as she tried to blow out the nonexistent flame. Taking photos is more challenging with an energetic toddler around, but it is also a lot more entertaining.
I also made Kim's Dairy-free Mochachino, a frappucino like beverage made with coconut yogurt, ground chia, cocoa powder, and banana. The texture was intriguing, and new to me as I hadn't tried using chia powder in beverages before. I think I may have erred by using very finely ground coffee that I made in a french press, as the drink was a little bitter. I also couldn't find the vanilla stevia and left that out. This recipe is probably best for those looking for a healthy smoothie-like coffee drink that like coconut yogurt.
Although I don't have a photo, I have Kim's Gluten-free and Egg-free Cinnamon Icebox Shortbread Cookies baking in the oven right now and the entire house smells divine.
As you can see, I thoroughly enjoyed adopting Kim of Cook it Allergy Free. Thanks to her blog I enjoyed experimenting with some new ingredients such as Coconut Palm Sugar, Organic Chia Seeds, and re-visiting an old favorite, Almond Meal Flour. I've also found what I think will be a favorite family recipe that I can see myself making in the years ahead, an absolutely divine pineapple upside down cake. I hope you'll explore Kim's blog, but that isn't all she has to share with the gluten-free world!
Besides having a wonderful, inspiring blog, Kim also has an app for the Iphone or Ipad with hundreds and hundreds of gluten-free, allergy-friendly recipes that she has created along with a very impressive cast of gluten-free baker contributors. You can create a shopping list for ingredients to make the recipes and customize recipes by clicking on allergens to open a list of suggested substitutions. I like the visual feel to the app, with its bright and cheerful photos of recipes, and the friendly, easy-to-use interarface. Kim shared a copy for review so that I could tell you all about it! I am pretty new to the whole app thing, with the DH mostly just sharing his work Ipad with me and toddler Yum on long plane rides, so I'd never used a recipe app before. Let me tell you, this thing would be a godsend for someone newly diagnosed and/or someone navigating some new allergies. And- I may be an old hand at being gluten-free but I loved being able to browse all the recipes. This app is perfect for a recipe junkie like me. Among many others, there was a dairy-free custard that called my name especially loudly.
Kim has given me permission to host a giveaway of her Iphone/Ipad app here. If you would like a chance to win a copy of her app, leave a comment here and tell me what your favorite recipe is at Cook it Allergy Free. If you don't have an ipad or Iphone, no worries, I'd still love to hear from you. Just mention "no giveaway" in the comments so I won't include you in the automatic raffle. I'll announce the winner on 10/15.
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