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If I were to venture a sports analogy, I'd say life most resembles baseball spiritually. We spend eons preparing in the dugout, Then nervously strut out to take our time at bat. The rival coach directing our adversaries Is the Father Of Lies and man's false philosophies. His goal is to prevent us from reaching home plate safely. His team's minions outnumber us near-infinitely. The rival pitcher has icy practiced steel-like nerves, And he's struck out many with foul spitballs and curves. He pitches things like sloth, envy, greed, media idolatry, Addictions, "Pro Choice", perversions, porn and other immorality. Our beloved Coach whispers to us from the dugout. HE famously scored grand slams when HE went to bat. If we listen to Our Coach, and with spirit swing fast and hard, We'll knock those pitcher's balls clean out of the yard. HE knows we won't always hit solid homers, So HE doesn't expect us to succeed just as loners. We might on our swing just make it to first base, But the team batters behind us can help us reach home base. Even though the adversary's minions outnumber us, Only our choices will allow them to defeat us. So with our Coach and team we must stand up, When the Great Umpire of all calls "Batter Up!".
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I read you like the paper Your face a cover page I catch the comics daily I master all it's games Extra, extra, I'm all about it I'll slather up a soap box, An' have that shit surrounded. Hey everyone! This just in: She's about to make headlines For swingin' them bats like Tony Gwynn
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quote:For the last time, Willis was NOT one of the BOOMS, it was Bower and RSJ only.
1 out of the 3 Booms reported
We had the ability to count back 4 to last year and we only signed 27, meaning we fell 2 LOIs short of 25 this year so we should be able to count back 2 of the 2014 as part of this class.
all indications are we are done as 1 of the 3 BOOMs being reported happened. That being said, we should have 2 spots open for EE next year, correct?
Go back and look, they were claiming 3 BOOMs
Go back and look, they were claiming 3 BOOMs
Bower and RSJ were the initial booms. They along with many others, started hearing Willis like the night before. He wasn't so much one of their predictions as it was Sonny and Shea's prediction. Red and Memphis talked up 2 booms though of which we got 1.
Mr. Wayne
I've seen you in a bunch of the threads clearing this up for people
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Dear Editor,
Oregon Republican Reporter 5/2/2013: Forrestville Valley Superintendent Lowell Taylor: "Everywhere in rural north-western Illinois, schools are reeling from the one-two-three punches of [1] abandoned State of Illinois support, [2] decreased real estate taxes and [3] decreasing enrollments."
What is historical development of this situation?
1. Financial condition of State of Illinois is among worst of states.� New York Times:� "For years, Illinois has racked up billions in public debt to plug budget holes, pay overdue bills, and put money into its mismanaged pension funds. �
And for the people who live there, this has resulted in decrepit commuter trains and buses, thousands of unsound bridges, 200 hazardous dams and one of the most inequitable public school systems in America. ... Illinois has the lowest credit rating of the 50 states and has America's second-biggest public debt per capita, ... including state and local borrowing." �
So, in our quest to better our local economic situation, help for State of Illinois will be unlikely.
2. Real estate values in dollars adjusted for inflation peaked about 7 years ago.� Although recently values are experiencing some increase, not for many years, if ever, will real-estate values again reach level of 2005-2006. �
So, if real-estate tax revenue were to maintain previous peak, tax rates would need to be increased (not popular with voters).
3. With introduction of machines to agricultural work, beginning before use of John Deer's plow (1837) and Cyrus McCormick's reaper (1847), fraction of U.S. population living on farms has undergone long decline.6� �
Currently in U.S. agricultural jobs compose about 1 percent of employment.4� Employment in agriculture is expected to continue to decrease (slightly).5
With decrease of agricultural employment has come decrease in rural young people (a trend that is not concluded), which brings further rural population decrease.
Rockford's manufacturing, which provided regional economic vitality, has in large part moved else-where.� � Recent unemployment data: U.S. average: 7.9 percent1,� Illinois: 8.8 percent1,� Rockford metropolitan area: 10.6percent1, Ogle County 10.8percent2.� So, our community is employment challenged.
To deal with these economic problems, hoping for good news will not effect it, nor will waiting for return of better conditions such as existed in past. �
Instead, we need to study outside our community to understand global business and demographic interactions, then turn back to our local community to apply what we learn to produce best results possible.
1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Oct. 2012: (http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.il.htm)
2 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , 2012 (http://www.bls.gov/lau/laucnty12.txt)
3 New York Times, Business Day: "Illinois Debt Takes Toll, Study Finds", By Mary Williams Walsh, published: October 24, 2012
4 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not maintain this data; figure I give here is inferred from other data given by B.L.S.)
5 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, January,2012 (http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2012/01/mlr201201.pdf )� "One major group—farming, forestry, and fishing occupations—is projected to continue its long-term decline, with a projected 2.0-percent employment decrease."
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News and views: Adoree' Jackson to start?
September 22nd, 2014, 8:00 am by BY MICHAEL LEVAfter taking most of the past three days off, USC was scheduled for a closed walk-through practice Monday morning. To satisfy our collective Trojans football fix before the next open practice Tuesday, here are my thoughts on some USC-related happenings:
News: USC releases its depth chart for Oregon State with minimal alterations.
Views: About the most notable change was bumping down and italicizing tailback Tre Madden, a pretty strong indicator that he isn't ready to return from his turf toe. But I think some changes are coming. Don't be surprised if freshman Adoree' Jackson becomes a starter at cornerback. He worked with the ones during the bye week, and his snap distribution is trending toward defense. Additionally, it seems as if Viane Talamaivao has surpassed fellow freshman Damien Mama at right guard. I'd still expect both to play. Finally, Khaliel Rodgers was working with the second team at center during Thursday's practice. That would enable Toa Lobendahn to concentrate on guard. It also is an indication that Jordan Simmons is ready to back up and/or spell Lobendahn.
News: Near-upsets highlight Saturday's Pac-12 Conference results.
Views: My takeaway from the Pac-12 so far is that the teams at the top aren't as good as we thought, while the teams on the bottom are better. Much-improved Cal obviously should have defeated Arizona, and Washington State gave Oregon everything it could handle (and really could've made the Ducks sweat if not for a missed pass-interference call). South Division contenders Arizona State and UCLA are dealing with quarterback injuries. And the middle class, including Utah and Oregon State, is as strong as anyone's. What does it all mean for USC? Every remaining game is winnable, but that stretch before the UCLA-Notre Dame finish – featuring Utah, Washington State and Cal – will be tougher than originally anticipated.
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- AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 1:57 AM
I love Kellan. I think he's one of the hottest guys in hollywood right now BUT he is starting to get on my damn nerves. He's starting to remind me a meathead (dudes who stay at the damn gym because of security issues). Kellan every time we see you, you're working out. Learn to chill dude because there is a such thing as TOO BUFF.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 3:48 AM
OMG!! I just stood behind him in a Starbucks in Vancouver. He is so ripped and sexy!
ReplyDelete Working out doesnt make you a meathead. Being a meathead makes you a meathead.lol With a body like his you cant just work out once a week. He enjoys running outside and the stalkerazzi enjoy taking pics of him whenever he does. Thats why it seems like hes working all the time, its all people take pics of.lol
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Road Tasted
Road Tasted is a popular American TV show which is aired on Food Network. Originally, well known Food Network host Paula Deen's sons, Bobby Deen and Jamie Deen acted as hosts of this popular show. Gordon Elliot, Paula Deen's friend, was the creator of this show, which was premiered on 11th July, 2006. The initial hosts of the show, Road Tasted, traveled across the United States in search for best food businesses run by various families. However, as the show proceeded the two brothers could not devote much time for the show due to the responsibility of running a family based restaurant. Thus, Patrick and Gina Neely took over as the hosts of the show later on. This show is now popular as "Road Tasted with the Neelys"
Road Tasted TV Show- Primary Feature
The primary and appealing feature of the show "Road Tasted" is the opportunity given to the food businesses to ship their products to the customers directly. Thus, information on the methods of ordering the featured items on show is always given in the program.
During season 1 of the show, food businesses in cities like northern California, New York and its neighborhood, Austin, Colorado, Portland, and Washington are covered. During season 2, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, and Philly have been covered till date.
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- Cheese Rings – party snack made up of cheese, margarine and flour
- Savory Pies – excellent cheese or meat based comfort foods
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why do so many people think every year there will be another cruz on this team?
why is it so hard to believe?? Like he was a lock or something???
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
This is just life smacking another would be star up side the head, and telling him that he just didn't bring the whole package. Not even lasting two days has got to be a wake-up call for him. He might resurface elsewhere; but it's really doubtful if he didn't even make it through the first OTA.
Oh, that's the point, is it? Who said that they were expecting to cut him when they paid him the money? There was probably some competition for him among NFL teams, so the Giants had to pay a little more than is customary for a UDFA to get him here. They obviously invited him to the camp because they thought that he could potentially be a contributor. They didn't like what they saw and cut him. It's as simple as that.
Should they have kept him just because they paid him $15K? Or are you questioning the front office because they paid $15K to a guy that ended up being cut? Either point is sort of silly, don't you think?
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Time Life
Private | |
Founded | 1961 |
Headquarters | Fairfax, Virginia and New York City |
Owner |
Time Inc. (1961-1990) Time Warner (1990-2003) Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. (2003-2007) ZelnickMedia Corporation (2003-2007) Reader's Digest Association (2007-2013) Mosaic Media Investment Partners (2013-present) |
Number of employees
60 (as of 2015) |
Website |
.com |
Direct Holdings Global LLC, doing business as StarVista Entertainment and Time Life is a creator and direct marketer that is known for selling books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products. The current focus of the company is music, video and entertainment experiences (such as cruises) as the book division closed in 2003. Its products have been sold throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia through television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales. Current operations are focused in the US and Canada with limited retail distribution overseas.
Time Life was founded in 1961 as the book division of Time Inc.. It took its name from Time Inc.'s cornerstone magazines, Time and Life, but remained independent of both. During 1966, Time Life combined its book offerings with music collections (two to five records) and packaged them as a sturdy box set. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the selection of books, music and videos grew and was diversified into more genres. When record labels stopped producing vinyl albums in 1990, Time Life switched to CD only. In the mid-1990s, Time Life acquired Heartland Music, with the Heartland Music label now appearing as a brand. This company was subsequently sold off and is no longer attached to Time Life.
At the end of 2003 Time Life was acquired by Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. and ZelnickMedia Corporation to become part of Direct Holdings Worldwide L.L.C. Direct Holdings Americas Inc. operates as a leader in the sale of music and video products under the Time Life brand. Since 2003, Direct Holdings US Corp is the legal name of Time Life, and is no longer owned by its former parent Time Warner, later Time Inc. in June 9, 2014. In March 2007, Ripplewood led a group that took The Reader's Digest Association private and treated Time Life as a division of RDA. By 2003 onward, a disclaimer on the copyright stated that it is "not affiliated with Time Warner Inc. or Time Inc.", who owns the Time and Life magazines which this company name came from.
In 2013, Reader's Digest Association sold Time Life to Mosaic Media Investment Partners.[1]
- Book series 1
Music 2
- Pop music enters the picture 2.1
- Saguaro Road Records 2.2
- List of series 2.3
- Video 3
- Entertainment 4
- See also 5
- References 6
- External links 7
Book series
The Time Life company was founded by Jean, Incorporated in 1961, as a book marketing division. It takes its name from Time and Life magazines, two of the most popular weeklies of the era. It was based in the Time Life building in Rockefeller Center.
Time Life gained fame as a seller of book series that would be mailed to households in monthly installments, operating as book sales clubs. Several of these book series garnered substantial critical acclaim unusual for a mass-market mail order house. For example, the series Library of Photography of the early-1970s featured very high-quality duotone printing for its black-and-white reproductions in its original edition, and was of course able to draw on Life Magazine's vast archive of journalistic and art photographs from virtually every major photographer; Foods Of The World featured contributions by M.F.K. Fisher, James Beard, Julia Child, Craig Claiborne and many others; and The Good Cook series, edited by Richard Olney, featured contributions from Jeremiah Tower, Jane Grigson, Michel Lemonnier and many others. Other series of high regard covered nature and the sciences, as well as the history of world civilizations. The science books are interesting as ephemera of their time. The content of these series was more or less encyclopedic, providing the basics of the subjects in the way it might be done in a lecture aimed at the general public. There was also a series on contemporary life in various countries of the world. Some other series are much less highly regarded, especially the later output as the publisher moved away from soberly presented science and history towards sensationalism, pop-history, and DIY-themed books. The books, whatever their quality, are easy to find at low prices on the used-book market, due to their being published in the millions of copies. (Some of the items in this list may also be single books not in a series, but followed the same types of themes as the book series.)
- American Country
- The American Indian
- The American Wilderness[2]
- Ancient Civilizations (historic archeological discoveries)
- The Art of Sewing[2]
- A Child's First Library Of Learning, a series of educational books by Time–Life
- Canada, by Brian Moore and the Editors of Life (1963)
- The Civil War series 28 volumes (1983)
- Classics of the Old West[2] (not the same as "The Old West")
- Collector's Library of the Civil War[2] (reproductions of participants' memoirs)
- Collector's Library of the Unknown (24 volumes)
- Curious and Unusual Facts
- The Emergence of Man[2]
- Enchanted World, a best-selling Time–Life series, 21 volumes
- The Encyclopedia of Collectibles[2]
- The Epic of Flight[2]
- Eyewitness (children's series on nature, science, and civilization)
- Family Library ("How Things Work in your Home", "The Time-Life Book of the Family Car", "The Time-Life Family Legal Guide", and "The Time-Life Book of Family Finance")[2]
- Fitness, Health, and Nutrition
- Fix It Yourself
- Foods of the World[2]
- Fresh Ways (cookbook series)
- The Good Cook[2]
- Great Ages of Man—history of each of the major civilizations of human history[2]
- The Great Cities[2]
- History of the World (1991) 24 volumes
- Home Repair and Improvement[2] With commercials starring Bob Vila from 1984 to 1992
- How Things Work
- Human Behavior[2]
- The Kodak Library of Creative Photography
- Library of Health[2]
- Library of Nations
- The LIFE History of the United States[2]
- LIFE Library of Photography[2]
- LIFE Nature Library, 25 volumes[2]
- LIFE Science Library, 26 volumes[2]
- LIFE World Library[2]
- Lost Civilizations
- Mysteries of the Unknown, a best-selling Time–Life series, 33 volumes
- The New Face of War, A 9-volume survey of the major fields of modern warfare
- The Old West[2]
- Planet Earth Series[2]
- The Seafarers Series[2]
- The Third Reich Series, 21 volumes
- This Fabulous Century[2]
- Time Frame—A survey of history by time periods instead of by civilization
- Time–Life Library of America[2]
- Time–Life Library of Art[2]
- The Time–Life Library of Boating[2]
- The Time–Life Library of Gardening[2]
- Time Life Library of Curious and Unusual Facts
- Time Reading Program[2]
- Three Hundred Years of American Painting
- Understanding Computers
- Voices of Triumph (3-book series of African American history)
- Voyage Through the Universe—series on Astronomy
- Wild, Wild World of Animals (based on the TV series)
- What Life Was Like
- The World's Wild Places[2]
- Wings of War, 26 volumes
- World War II series, 39 volumes[3]
- 100 Years of Hollywood
Time Life no longer publishes books as its book division was closed in 2003. Time Inc./Time Warner, however, continues to publish similar material through Time Home Entertainment Inc.
Time Life added music in 1962, selling box sets and collections through Time–Life Records. During the 1960s and 1970s, the collections released by Time–Life Records catered to a conservative adult audience, with genres including classical, jazz, swing and orchestral music; and the music of operas and Broadway theatre. On occasion, Time Life offered popular music (generally pre-1955 music, as opposed to pop and rock music airing on contemporary hit radio stations in the United States at the time) in box sets. Although there were television advertisements, Time Life advertised most of these sets in magazines, specialty catalogs and direct mail.
In the early 1980s, Time Life began branching out, offering a series of albums focusing on country music. The first series was 1981's "Country Music," with volumes focusing on a particular artist and featuring eight or nine tracks per album. Twenty volumes were issued, with many of country's greatest artists of the time (Charley Pride was the first artist featured) getting their own album. But until the mid-1980s, Time–Life did not feature a rock music-intensive series for customers, preferring to cater to older adults with conservative music tastes.
Pop music enters the picture
Time Life's first successful foray into rock music came in 1986, with a series called "The Rock 'n' Roll Era." Each volume in that series—like similar series that followed—focused on a particular year (in this case, 1955 through 1964—the early, pre-Beatles years of rock music), a stylistic trend or particular artist influential in rock music. Each volume had 22 tracks, and was said to contain the original hit recording by the original artist (although this wasn't always true on early pressings of the early albums in the series). The songs themselves represented the most important and popular songs from the period or subject featured. An essay published by Both Sides Now Publications noted that Time-Life's move into rock music came at a time when much of the adult audience Time-Life catered to grew up during the rock-and-roll era and, as such, the new series was consistent with its goal of catering to an adult audience.[4]
"The Rock 'n' Roll Era" series was a big success, and by the time the final volume was issued in the early 1990s, more than 50 different volumes (including two Christmas albums) had been released. This paved the way for more country and pop music-intensive series, including "Country USA," "Classic Rock," "Sounds of the Seventies," "Sounds of the Eighties," "Your Hit Parade" (a series featuring popular music of the 1940s through early 1960s) and "Super Hits." Like the earlier series, each volume issued had its own paperback booklet containing liner notes and information about the songs, with the addition of placement on various Billboard magazine charts.
Like the earlier box sets featuring other musical styles and genres, the country and pop music series were advertised in magazines, catalogs and direct mail. By this time, some of these collections were advertised on television: either commercials or 30-minute infomercials. The television advertisements used slogans (e.g., "Relive your high school days ..."), clips of songs included in each volume (along with a scrolling list of other titles), a commercial spokesman (usually a performer or legendary disc jockey relevant to a given series, such as Rick Dees for a 1970s-intensive collection and Ralph Emery for a country music series) and testimonials from customers attesting to the quality and value of the albums, to pitch a given series. Key selling points of these collections are that each track was digitally transferred to the desired format using the original master recordings, as opposed to being "re-records"; and that the most popular and requested songs by customers could be found in a single collection (as opposed to a customer having to purchase many albums to obtain just a few desired tracks).
Customers were given a choice of which format they wanted their box set: either vinyl albums (through 1990), 8-track or cassette tape, or compact disc; today's box sets are offered only as compact discs.
While most of Time Life's box sets and releases were critically hailed, there were also some minor faults pointed out by critics. For instance, several early pressings of the early volumes in "The Rock'n'Roll Era" series contained stereo re-recordings of the original hits (something that would be corrected on later pressings, either with the correct original recording or a replacement track). Sometimes, the most popular songs of a given time period were omitted, frequently due to licensing issues. Examples included The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the Classic Rock and "Super Hits"/"AM Gold" series; and Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson on the main Sounds of the Eighties series.
Through 2010, several different series Time Life had offered were available on a subscription basis, either by calling a 1-800 number or sending a completed postcard-sized card and payment to Time–Life. Purportedly, the customer would get a specific volume (as advertised on TV or in a magazine) first, before receiving a new volume roughly every other month (on the format of their choice); customers and had the option of keeping just the volumes they wanted. In time, each volume was also offered for individual sale.
Several of the series – especially the pop, rock, country and rhythm and blues series – had retail versions for sale, released after the entire series was issued. Typically, these were sold at discount stores, often grouped in three-CD sets of 12 tracks each and having the most popular of the series' tracks, and cover artwork and naming loosely based off the subscription/catalog-exclusive titles. Additionally, the "Classic Country" series had special 15-track single-CD versions of several of its volumes issued for retail sale (in addition to budget 3-CD sets).
Saguaro Road Records
In 2008 Time Life launched Saguaro Roads Records as an in-house music recording label.
Under this label, albums have been released with Adam Hood, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bo Bice, Brandy and Ray J, Collin Raye, Dion, Edwin McCain, Hank Williams (estate), Jim Brickman, Joan Osborne, Lonestar, Marc Cohn, Mark Chesnutt, Patty Loveless, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Tanya Tucker, The Grascals, Angie Stone, Waylon Jennings and Don McLean.
Since its launch Saguaro Roads Records has had seven Grammy nominations. Notable releases include Patty Loveless's Mountain Soul II which one a Grammy for best Bluegrass Album in 2010, Hank Williams: The Complete Mother's Best Recordings which was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Historical Album category in 2010, Joan Osborne's Bring it on Home which was nominated for Best Soul album in 2012, The Beatles' "First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition" which was nominated for Best Album Notes in 2012, and The Blind Boys of Alabama's Down in New Orleans which won a grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album.
List of series
The following list shows many of the collections the company has released, but is by no means exhaustive.
- '60s Music Revolution
- '60s Gold (discontinued)
- '70s, The (©1994, Time–Life/Warner; Europe)
- '70s, The - Back In The Groove (©1994, Time–Life/Warner; Europe)
- '70s Music Explosion (discontinued)
- '80s Music Explosion (discontinued)
- 100 Classics for Relaxation
- AM Gold (discontinued; was first issued as "Super Hits")
- The Beethoven Collection
- Best of Soft Rock
- Big Bands
- Billboard #1 Hits of the 70's
- Blues Legends (discontinued)
- Blues Masters (discontinued)
- Bobby Jones Presents Ultimate Gospel
- Body and Soul
- Classic Bluegrass (discontinued)
- Classic Country
- Classic Love Songs of the 60's
- Classic Rock (discontinued, was a collection of mid- to late-1960s music)
- Classic Rhythm and Blues
- Classic Soft Rock
- Classic Soul Ballads
- Classic Love Songs of Rock N' Roll (discontinued)
- Classical Power
- Contemporary Country (discontinued)
- Country Music Explosion
- Country USA (discontinued)
- Country's Got Heart
- Dick Clark's Jukebox Gems
- Disco Fever (discontinued)
- Easy 80's
- Fabulous Fifties, The (discontinued)
- Flower Power
- Folk Years (discontinued)
- Giants of Jazz (discontinued)
- Great American Songbook
- Golden Age of Country
- Golden Age of Pop
- Great Composers
- Great Men of Music
- Grooves (discontinued)
- Hard & Heavy (discontinued)
- Instrumental Favorites
- It All Started with Doo Wop (discontinued)
- Lifetime of Country Romance
- Lifetime of Romance (discontinued)
- Legendary Singers
- Legends: The Ultimate Rock (discontinued)
- Living the Blues (discontinued)
- Living the Gospel (discontinued)
- Magic of Love (discontinued)
- Malt Shop Memories
- Midnight Soul
- The Motown Collection
- The Mozart Collection
- Music of Your Life
- Opry Video Classics
- Oldies But Goodies (discontinued)
- Party Rock
- Pop Memories of the 60's
- Power of Love
- Prom Night
- Pure Rhythm and Blues
- Quiet Storm
- Rhythm & Blues
- Rock N' Roll: Legendary Years (discontinued)
- Romancing the '60s
- Romancing the '70s
- Romantically Yours
- Classic Soul Ballads
- Singers & Songwriters
- Songs 4 Ever (discontinued)
- Soul Story (discontinued)
- Sounds Of The Sixties (discontinued)
- Sounds of the Seventies (discontinued)
- Sounds of the Eighties (discontinued)
- Sounds of the Nineties (discontinued)
- Superhits
- Superstars of Country (discontinued)
- Superstars of the '80s
- Sweet Soul of the '70s
- The Teen Years
- The Rock Collection (discontinued)
- The Rock'n'Roll Era (discontinued)
- To The Moon, a 6-record set: a documentary with accompanying book about the early space program, the space race, the missions to the moon and the first moon landing, published soon after Apollo 11 completed its mission to the moon. (discontinued)
- Ultimate Seventies (discontinued)
- Ultimate Love Songs
- Ultimate Rock Ballads
- Uptown Saturday Night (discontinued)
- We Love the Nightlife
- Your Hit Parade (discontinued)
Time Life's video business has been growing quickly since 2000. Starting with documentaries including Growing Up Wild and the re-release of World at War, the company has more recently branched into nostalgic television shows. Time Life is able to leverage their music industry knowledge and contacts to release television shows previously held back because of expensive music rights clearances. Their collections are known for having extensive bonus features, liner notes and packaging. Television show releases from Time Life include:
- Get Smart (complete series)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (complete series)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (complete series)
- The Real Ghostbusters (complete series)
- Power Rangers: From Mighty Morphin' to Lost Galaxy (first seven seasons)
- The Ultimate Carol Burnett Show Collection (50 Episodes)
- China Beach (complete series)
- Mama's Family (complete series)
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (complete series)
- The Smother's Brothers (Season 3)
- The Best of Soul Train (Highlights from the '70s)
- The Wonder Years (complete series)
Since 2008, Time Life has also ventured into live entertainment projects including live shows for PBS Specials (e.g. Malt Shop Memories Concert) and themed-music cruises with their partner StarVista Live (formerly Entertainment Cruise Productions).
See also
- ^ RDA Sells Its Direct To Consumer Business
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad From a list of "Other Publications" on the copyright page of "The Commandos", the final volume of the Time-Life Books Series, "World War II"
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/World-War-II-39-Set/dp/B000MC7H4I
- ^ http://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/time-life/time-lifestory.html
External links
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I've been trying to 'style' the input (text) tags in an HTML form.
This has been successful by doing the following:
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What is annoying, however, is that I don't want the parent  (inputleft) to be floated because that could, potentially, interfere with my page layout. Nor do I want to have to put dividers (which clear:all) in appropriate places since the styling et cetera is done with javascript to normal input tags.
When I remove the "float:left" property from the parent  tag, I can no longer see its background image anymore, which makes the whole effect pointless. I don't understand why it does this because it still has the padding-left value, which should (surely!) push the <input> element 5px to the right and make the thing visible again, no?
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Richard David Precht
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Richard David Precht is a German Publicist who has become especially well-known as an author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues.
- Learning and enjoyment are the secret to a fulfilled life. Learning without enjoyment wears you down, enjoyment without learning dulls you.
- Quote translated from his German book: Wer bin ich – und wenn ja, wie viele? Eine philosophische Reise, Goldmann, München 2007, ISBN 3-442-31143-8
- Love is not a feeling but rather a conscious state.
- Quote translated from ZDF-Nachtstudio


text: Bloodgate Widens: Doctor Admits Slicing Player's Lip To Fake InjuryBarry Petchesky8/23/10 1:55pmFiled to: BloodRugbyTom WilliamsHarlequin fcBloodgate18EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkIn a sport with limited substitutions, what's a rugby union side to do when they need to make a late change? Why, use a fake blood capsule, and get the team doctor to cut him. Of course.AdvertisementHarlequins (England) were in the closing minutes of a win-or-go-home tournament match last year, down 6-5. They needed to get a kicking specialist on the pitch, but couldn't do so unless an injured player left the field. So Tom Williams bit down on a blood capsule, and staggered off the field, "bleeding" profusely from the mouth.The cameras caught him winking to his sideline. It wasn't the first time Harlequins pulled this stunt.AdvertisementBut this time would be their undoing. Their opponents protested loudly, and as match officials prepared to inspect Williams in the locker room after the game, he went to the team doctor, Wendy Chapman.Williams was "quite insistent," and Chapman sliced open his lip with a stitch cutter.Williams received a 4-month suspension; Harlequins director Dean Richards got a 3-year ban; Dr. Chapman's punishment is pending a hearing.SponsoredAnd the player who came on for Williams missed a kick, losing the game for them. Bloody brilliant.I made 'Bloodgate' doctor victim, says player [Press Association]Reply18 repliesLeave a reply


text: Two Travellers were walking along a bare and dusty road in the heat of a summer's day. Coming presently to a Plane-tree, they joyfully turned aside to shelter from the burning rays of the sun in the deep shade of its spreading branches. As they rested, looking up into the tree, one of them remarked to his companion, "What a useless tree the Plane is! It bears no fruit and is of no service to man at all." The Plane-tree interrupted him with indignation. "You ungrateful creature!" it cried: "you come and take shelter under me from the scorching sun, and then, in the very act of enjoying the cool shade of my foliage, you abuse me and call me good for nothing!"


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Cohen 8-Ball: Analyzing Team Architecture
Cohen's Analysis: It was just four years ago when the Pacers were generally forgotten and constantly scrutinized for a rapid decline following Reggie Miller's retirement and the deterioration of former perennial All-Star Jermaine O'Neal. However, spearheaded by Larry Bird and his eye for talent, Indiana gradually overcame all the denigration. It started with a surprising, yet rewarding decision to draft Danny Granger in 2005. And while Granger's success denied the Pacers from ever having a top five draft pick, they still managed to "out-smart" the competition in the draft. They acquired Roy Hibbert from the Raptors as part of the O'Neal trade in 2008 and took a chance on a relatively unknown prodigy out of Fresno State in 2010, Paul George. Together with the free agent signing of David West in 2011, Indiana's brilliant draft judgments have allowed it to transform into a top five team today. WHAT PACERS PROVED: You don't need to necessarily have a top five draft pick or be in a super market to stack up on All-Star talent. |
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge December reviews
And so we come to the last month for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2012, but don't despair! We recently announced the 2013 challenge and there are already a whole heap of people signed up! Alex has made us another gorgeous button and we have renamed the categories but other than that the challenge will remain pretty much the same as this year. You can find all the details at the sign up post!
We had another great month in November with another 69 reviews addecd to the list That make our total books read 938 books in 2012 and I think that we will quite possibly reach more than 1000 reviews for the year! That's a lot of reviews!
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Masterworks from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde
From 18 February to 28 May 2017
The painter Rudolf Schlichter pursued his artistic career in interwar Germany. Closely connected with the circles of communist and revolutionary intellectuals, he first embraced Dadaism and was later stylistically linked to the realist movement known as Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart and at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe, where he was taught by Wilhelm Trübner. As with many other painters of his generation, his training was interrupted by the eruption of the First World War and his work was heavily marked by his experiences during this period.
In 1919 Schlichter played a part in establishing the Gruppe Rih, which advocated fighting against bourgeois life and democratising culture in order to tear down social barriers. Soon afterwards he moved to Berlin to become a member of the Novembergruppe and the city's Dada movement. He became increasingly involved in politics and collaborated in founding the Rote Gruppe, an association of communist artists, in 1924. In 1925 he took part in the Neue Sachlichkeit exhibition in Mannheim, which later gave its name to the movement.
From about 1927 political themes began to gradually disappear from Schlichter's works, in parallel with his return to Catholicism. In 1932 he moved to Rottenburg and began to write his autobiography, which was published in two volumes and removed from circulation by the National Socialist Government in 1933. His clashes with the new regime did not end here: he was temporarily expelled from the Reichskammer der Bildenden Künste and imprisoned for three months in 1938. After a spell in Stuttgart, he settled permanently in Munich, where he died in 1955. The works painted during the last years of his life were marked by a pessimism linked to Surrealism.
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For the last few weeks I've been living every cliche about corporate life that you can think of: 70-80 hour weeks, working on the weekends, eating breakfast/lunch/dinner in front of a computer screen, not enough sleep and zero exercise. (This is my life. And also this). It's been stressful but exciting and challenging too. I'm learning a lot.* I'm full of adrenaline at the moment and I haven't found an outlet for it. I need a holiday, enough time to go for a good, long run and a night out with my friends. Stuff it. I need all three. But until work calms down and/or I get better at switching off, it's a struggle to hang out in my kitchen for much longer than it takes to make toast. And so, 10 minute meals are where it's at.
Thankfully, I think the universe could tell that I needed a break and threw this recipe for one pot pasta my way. It is the ultimate in quick, easy, delicious dinners. Jamie Oliver can take a hike. (Not really – love you Jamie!). It's done in under 15 minutes, uses pantry staples and tastes like summer in a bowl which is a very welcome thing right now – it's been pouring rain for the best part of two weeks here in Sydney. I was sceptical when I first saw the recipe – how could an onion that is essentially boiled (and for less than 10 minutes at that!) taste anything other than repulsive? Honestly, I don't know how it's possible but that onion softens and takes on the sweetness of the oil and tomatoes and basil and the whole thing becomes this fresh, starchy, creamy mess of noodles. Don't question it. Just eat.
One Pot Pasta with Tomatoes and Basil (from Martha Stewart Living and currently doing the rounds on the blogosphere – see here and here etc)
350 g spaghetti or linguine
350 g cherry or grape tomatoes, halved or quartered if large
1 onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
Leaves torn from 3 sprigs of basil, plus more for serving
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
Flakey sea salt and freshly ground pepper
4 1/2 c water
Freshly grated parmesan, for serving
1. Combine the pasta, tomatoes, onion, garlic, chilli flakes, basil, olive oil, 2 tsp sea salt (it feels like a lot but go ahead and add it – the finished dish will be better for it), 1/2 tsp pepper and the water in a large straight-sided pan or pot (I used a Le Creuset pot). Bring to the boil over high heat. Boil, stirring from time to time, until the pasta is al dente and has absorbed most of the water, about 9-11 minutes (linguine will take longer than spaghetti).
2. Remove the pot from the heat and season to taste. Divide the pasta among four bowls and serve drizzled with olive oil (please, don't skip this step!), more basil and lots of parmesan. Enjoy! (I was practically stupefied as I ate my first bowl of this magical stuff – how is it possible that such a simple, delicious idea never occurred to me before).


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Glen Andresen's Live In-Game Commentary at Tampa Bay
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Ahoy there State of Hockey legion! Welcome to another Florida edition of live in-game commentary, where the sun is shining, the temperature keeps rising and professional football teams win games. And yet, I can't wait to get out of this place and back to the State of Hockey. I think everybody in a Minnesota Wild uniform feels the same way, but there's still some business to take care of.
The business I speak of is a pummeling of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and I don't mean to be harsh, but they are in the way. The Wild has dropped two in a row on this trip, and the boys are going to be a bit surly today. I'm sure the Lightning players are all stand up gentlemen, like former Wild players Dominic Moore and Adam Hall. But this is show business, not show friends and it's time to make life miserable for a team's fans other than the ones who religously put on purple jerseys and horned helmets every Sunday.
Fortunately, nobody in Minnesota knows how to make fans in other cities feel bad like Niklas Backstrom. He's all about making saves and causing ulcers for the opposition. He'll be getting the start tonight after getting a night off on Friday. That means he's rested and focused in. Sorry Tampa.
The bad news gets worse for the folks in Lightning jerseys. Marek Zidlicky is returning to the lineup after missing three games with a lower body injury. And, Robbie Earl is back in a Wild uniform. We all remember what he did last year during his first call up - scored two goals against the Carolina Hurricanes. I expect him to double that output tonight and put up a cool four tallies. It looks as though Clayton Stoner will be the only healthy scratch tonight, while Pierre-Marc Bouchard (concussion), Guillaume Latendresse (lower body) and Chuck Kobasew (lower body) are out with injuries.
As for attire, the Wild are going with the road whites for the third time in four days, and they have to be getting a little pungent at this point. I'd hate to be Assistant Equipment Manager Matt Benz who is going to have to clean all those garments tomorrow. The Lightning are going with their blue third jerseys, trimmed in black, white and silver with "Bolts" writting diagonally across the chest. I assume "Bolts" is slang for lightning.
Today should be highly entertaining because I am sitting directly to the right of Star Tribune beat writer Mike Russo, the most intense beat writer in the NHL. He's fuming right now because "Tonight's Going to be a Good Night" by Black Eyed Peas is blasting in the St. Pete Times Forum. I can't print what he's saying, but I can tell you that he's starting to bob his head now that the song as switched to a Ke$ha song.
Remember when I said it's time to take care of business? That time is now. Time to punch in and do work.
Period 1
15:23 - The Wild has some good jump in the legs early, and looks to have an opportunity here. Cal Clutterbuck pokes a pass away from former Clarkson Knight Randy Jones at the Tampa Wild blueline, and races the other way. The puck skitters away pretty quickly, and Clutter has to go a long way to retrieve it. When he does, he's got John Madden burning down the slot, but Jones dives and makes a great play to knock away Clutter's pass.
13:28 - Minnesota catches a break here. The puck is poked out to center, and Greg Zanon is in a foot race with former Vermont Catamount Martin St. Louis in the neutral zone. That's a race that would usually be won by St. Louis, but luckily Steve Downie had tripped Marty Havlat earlier and the whistle blows when St. Louis toughes the puck and is about to get a clear breakaway.
12:44 - MIN 1 - TBL 0 - This is what you'd call "justice." Clutterbuck cruelly had a goal taken away from him by a blown call in Florida. But these things have a way of evening out. On the power play, Clutter gains the zone and rips a shot that misses well wide, but the puck caroms hard off the backboards. It bounces right into the crease and off the back of the leg of former Nebraska Omaha Maverick goaltender, Dan Ellis. Clutter will get the credit, and he's now moved into the Wild lead for goals with six.
9:44 - The Lightning very nearly get this thing tied up, but Backstrom stays nimble to make his first big stop of the night. The puck gets kicked around behind the Wild net, and ends up at the side where Johan Harju tries to put it in off Backy. The Wild keeper gets over quickly to make a skate save, and then he does a great job of holding out with former Harvard Crimson Moore there to whack at the rebound.
8:29 - MIN 1 - TBL 1 - You could sense this one coming. On their first power play, the Lightning open up a shooting gallery on Backstrom. Nik makes a couple of tough saves, but the puck keeps landing on the sticks of guys in blue sweaters. The puck is finally worked around the perimeter before St. Louis crushes a one-timer from above the right circle that beats Backstrom on the glove side.
7:25 - A turnover in the neutral zone leads to a partial break the other way for St. Louis. He gets to the right circle, and is obviously feeling pretty good about his slapper after the last goal. He drills another slapper from close range, but Backstrom is way out of his net and ready to swallow up the blast.
7:05 - MIN 2 - TBL 1 - Set ups don't come much prettier than this one as the Wild quickly answers with a spectacular play. Havlat gets a full head of steam as he races behind the net. Ellis goes to his right to stay with him, but Havlat throws a pass back from whence he came and that's where Madden easily punches it into the empty net to grab the lead again. After a day full of runs for no gain and small dump passes, seeing this early offense is a nice surprise.
3:59 - On a Lightning power play, the puck is sent back to Mattias Ohlund at the point. Ohlund, who of course is the guy that took the vicious chop at the back of Mikko Koivu's legs a few years back, winds up for a shot and then just falls over. I enjoy seeing that, and hope to see it many more times tonight.
1:54 - Clutter is incensed right now after taking a high stick to the face by Steven Stamkos. After not getting the call, Clutter offers a few whacks at Stamkos and holds onto him a bit as the play goes the other way. The League's best goal scorer may have just moved to the top of Cal's hit list.
0:29.4 - MIN 3 - TBL 1 - Boom goes the dynamite! The top power play in the NHL strikes again, as the "big dogs" get to eating. Koivu rings the puck down into Andrew Brunette's office behind the net. He grabs the puck and looks up just enough to see Antti Miettinen cutting down the slot. He puts it right on Antti's tape, and number 20 buries the one-timer past Ellis for a huge goal in the final minute of the first.
0:00 - Despite getting outshot by a 16-6 margin, the Wild leads where it counts on the big board. After scoring two goals in the first two games of the trip, the Wild has exploded for three in the first 20 today. I think I might start serenading Russo with "Tonight's gonna be a good, good night!"
Period 2
19:14 - A shot from the point gets to Backstrom, and Moore and former St. Cloud State Husky Ryan Malone are both behind the defense. Fortunately, Backstrom sponges up the rebound with both of them looking for a juicy opportunity.
13:18 - Just seconds after setting up a great scoring chance in the offensive end, Earl saves a goal in his own end. Stamkos gets the puck alone in front of the net and has he shifts the puck to his shooting side, Earl drops him to the ice with a well-timed check, forcing a shot just wide of the cage.
10:25 - Clutter and his 'stache are everywhere tonight. After Zanon chips the puck out of his zone, Clutter is sprung on a breakaway the other way. He had to stop and change direction, which allows Steve Downie to catch him from behind. Clutter still gets a shot off, but he misses wide with the wrister.
8:59 - Right in front of the zebras in the Wild zone, Malone holds on to Justin Falk's stick for a good five seconds. Finally realizing he's not going to get a call, Falk responds by just blasting Malone to the ice. Malone responds with a slash, and that about does it for Falk. He wants to go and grabs Malone by the collar, but he skates off to the other end where Kyle Brodziak is robbed of a great scoring chance.
4:33 - Backy to the rescue again! The Lightning have had their scoring chances cut down considerably in the second, but Downie has a great chance racing down the slot. He fires a heavy wrister from point blank range that Backstrom stops, but gives up a rebound. Downie has another crack at it, but no dice there, either. Backstrom finally scrambles out high and pounces on a loose puck.
2:25 - Eric Nystrom is still in search of number one in a Wild sweater. After a shot gets deflected on Ellis, Nys is right there on the doorstep looking at a wide open cage. He looks like he's got this on in the bag, but someone gets a stick on him at the last instant and he punches the shot over the net.
0:15.6 - After a shaky-at-times debut, Marco Scandella has rebounded with a stellar performance in outing number two. He has been playing a great defensive game, and he's showing a nasty streak as well. After Backstrom covers up a puck in his crease, Downie tries to get at Backy, but Marco's not letting that happen. He stands his ground and those two start grappling a bit. Both are going to get a couple minors, but Scandella serves notice that he doesn't get moved easily.
Period 3
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I used to think angela and jacob would have gotten together at one time in the series... They do look pretty together! maybe its cause she looks like an older version of selena. Im a big supporter of taylena!
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Hmm, young Taylor looks like he is wearing a bit too much makeup. Anybody else notice that?
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For a small category, its category of presheaves is the functor category
from the opposite category of to Set.
An object in this category is a presheaf. See there for more details.
The category of presheaves is the free cocompletion of .
the Yoneda lemma says that the Yoneda embedding is – in particular – a full and faithful functor.
A category of presheaves is a topos.
The construction of forming (co)-presheaves extends to a 2-functor
from the 2-category Cat to the 2-category Topos. (See at geometric morphism the section Between presheaf toposes for details).
A reflective subcategory of a category of presheaves is a locally presentable category if it is closed under -directed colimits for some regular cardinal (the embedding is an accessible functor).
A sub-topos of a category of presheaves is a Grothendieck topos: a category of sheaves (see there for details).
See functoriality of categories of presheaves.
A category is equivalent to a presheaf topos if and only if it is cocomplete, atomic, and regular.
This is due to Marta Bunge.
As every topos, a category of presheaves is a cartesian closed monoidal category.
For details on the closed structure see
Let be a category, an object of and let be the over category of over . Write for the category of presheaves on and write for the over category of presheaves on over the presheaf , where is the Yoneda embedding.
There is an equivalence of categories
The functor takes to the presheaf which is equipped with the natural transformation with component map .
A weak inverse of is given by the functor
which sends to given by
where is the pullback
Suppose the presheaf does not actually depend on the morphisms to , i.e. suppose that it factors through the forgetful functor from the over category to :
Then and hence with respect to the closed monoidal structure on presheaves.
See also functors and comma categories.
For the analog statement in (∞,1)-category theory see
Consider , the category of elements of . This has objects with , hence is just an arrow in . A map from to is just a map such that but this is just a morphism from to in .
Hence, the above proposition 1 can be rephrased as which is an instance of the following formula:
Let be a presheaf. Then there is an equivalence of categories
For a proof see Kashiwara-Schapira (2006, p.26). For a more general statement involving slices of Grothendieck toposes see Mac Lane-Moerdijk (1994, p.157).
In particular, this equivalence shows that slices of presheaf toposes are presheaf toposes.
A finite presheaf on a category is a functor valued in the category of finite sets. Categories of finite presheaves will hardly be Grothendieck toposes for want of infinite limits but they still can turn out to be elementary toposes as e.g. in the case of itself.
By going through the proof that ordinary categories of presheaves are toposes, one observes that the constructions stay within finite presheaves when applied to a finite category i.e. one with only a finite set of morphisms. Hence, one has the following
Let a finite category. Then the category of finite presheaves is a topos.
Note, that the category of finite -sets is topos even when the group is infinite! In this case it is crucial that in is a finite set.
(Cf. Borceux (1994, p.299))
See at models in presheaf toposes.
For (∞,1)-category theory see (∞,1)-category of (∞,1)-presheaves.
Locally presentable categories: Cocomplete possibly-large categories generated under filtered colimits by small generators under small relations. Equivalently, accessible localizations of free cocompletions. Accessible categories omit the cocompleteness requirement; toposes add the requirement of a left exact localization.
A classical (advanced) reference is exposé 1 of
An elementary introduction to presheaf toposes emphasizing finite underlying categories is
Standard references are
Francis Borceux, Handbook of Categorical Algebra 3 : Categories of Sheaves , Cambridge UP 1994.
Masaki Kashiwara, Pierre Schapira, Categories and Sheaves , Springer Heidelberg 2006.
Saunders Mac Lane, Ieke Moerdijk, Sheaves in Geometry and Logic , Springer Heidelberg 1994.


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30.11.2009 - 30.11.2010
Pre-Germany Road Trip
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As the realization of the fact that I am soon leaving Germany slowly sinks in; I have been thinking about what I want from the next chapter in my life. Have I come to any conclusions? No, not really. I have said to myself many times and several times to others....'I'm going home to no car, no home, and no job' and although I am terrified about it, there is a certain amount of excitement and adrenaline that comes with it. I am constantly amazed at people and their kindness. I actually had someone here offer to let me use their car in the states until I can get on my feet. I declined the offer but it's interesting to note that it was offered.
Right now, my life is consumed with the constant barrage of paperwork. Between attempting to find a job to the process of leaving my employment with the DOD, I could fill a pick-up truck with the loads of paperwork that has been filled out, emailed, faxed and mailed. Sometimes I think that I actually thrive on the constant state of influx and not knowing what's happening next; other times it drives me crazy. (the previous was actually written a week or so ago and I am just now getting back to finishing).
I am currently finished with all the paperwork, sitting in front of the fire at the hotel with Aco at my feet with a bone to occupy her and a cup of coffee to content myself. It's very relaxing after nearly a month of constant stress and challenges thrown my way. I am done....finished....ready to start the next chapter.
It's a little sad. I have developed friendships with some that will always be with me. I am most sad about leaving my work. It's been a wonderful and rewarding experience working with our American soldiers both as patients as well as co-workers. I have seen several of our army nurses leave to go downrange and heard some of their stories and experiences. I have first hand witnessed what this war means to the military community and families and the sacrifices that they give. It has been an enlightening experience and one that I will never forget. A heartfelt thank you to all that serve.
Who knows what the next chapter will hold for me.... Life is full of experiences and I am happy that I am open to let life happen to me rather than dictate where my life will go. It's full of adventure if you open yourself up to it....sometimes the adventure isn't quite what you expected and I have often wondered about the adventure that is now closing. It will be interesting in 6 months, a year, 10 years....what my thoughts are about my experiences that I have had here in Germany. There have been times of struggle, sadness and bitterness but also of laughter, joy and surprise. With all the good and bad, I will cherish the experience that I have had.
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Merely six days...not even a full week after all the summer visitors have gone home, I find myself reflecting on my life here in Germany. Friends and acquaintances make FB comments like; 'your so lucky', 'loving your adventures', ' wish I could be there!, 'Let me check......yep....still hate you ', ' I'm totally jealous...', 'I am so jealous of your life right now!!! :-)'.
I feel like a spoiled only child right now....I should be thrilled with the life that I am living but instead, I am sullen and missing all the things that I probably really don't want to be around anyway.
Germany has been a struggle for me from the beginning....I suffered from depression for the first time in my life. I don't know if it was simply being so far from home and family, the weather (it really was depressing), the huge pay-cut, or the chaos and struggles settling into working with the Army/Government. Whatever caused it, I finally understand what it is to be depressed and if anything good can be said about it, maybe I will be able to use this new understanding when dealing with my patients.
Traveling was my primary purpose in taking this position and I have traveled.... In the 9 months that I have been here, my travels include:
December: Trier Germany
January: Brussels and Brugge Belgium
February: Paris France & Brugge Belgium
March: Prague Czech Republic & Oslo Norway
April: Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot Poland
May: Amsterdam Netherlands
June: Paris, France; Sardinia Italy; London England
July: Brussels, Luxembourg, Ireland
August: Brussels, Brugge, Prague, Karlov Vary and Scotland!
Now this is where the 'spoiled' child syndrome comes in: I'm not SATISFIED with the traveling that I have done. Not the number of places that I have been or the company that I have had or even the places themselves...the type of traveling is different; and I don't like it. It's been rushed and unplanned and spaced in the short few days of time off work and I never really feel like I have gotten 'away' and experienced the places that I have been.
I will admit that there have been a few memorable moments....I can distinctly remember the feeling in Oslo getting off the Metro and looking across the street realizing that I really did make it back to that wonderful bakery that I found the previous day and it still puts a smile on my face; The calmness that overcame me in Brugge when I was alone with just my camera and it started to pour rain as I watched the central square quickly become devoid of people; the closeness felt with Trinity while sitting on the curb eating a fried candy bar for the first time; the wonderful people that I have met along the way whether it's someone who briefly chatted on the bus or gave me direction in the subway or those that I was able to spend time with and forge the beginnings of friendships....
Even with the good memories, I'm not happy. I long to have a month free to wander like I did in Vietnam....staying as long as I wanted in each place and earnestly looking forward to the next. I hate having to wait for the work schedule to come out to see if I have time to go anywhere and paying twice the amount for the travel due to having to book it last minute. I miss the tourist tail of people coming from places that I am heading to give me advice on where to stay or towns/places to miss. I miss being a back-packer....yes, I'm older than the average back-packer but that's truly the life that I long for. Weekend vaca's are not for me....I long for the next extended trip.
I have been trying to figure out if I should go back 'home' since I got here. I say 'home' lightly because I don't literally mean my home where my family is but simply back to the life that I have lived for the past several years...travel nursing. Being able to not only travel the US while working but also able to satisfy the yearning for the extended trip (and being able to afford it).
My feelings have been torn on the issue of staying or leaving since the start. I love the work that I do here with the soldiers....not since working in home health with dying patients have I felt the satisfaction that I feel working with this unique group of patients. Their sacrifices are enormous and if I am able to give back just a fraction, it's fulfilling. I have learned so much since I've been here and met some wonderful people. However, on the flip side I am broke (making only 60% of what I was being paid in the states); I am lonely; and I want my old life back. I am coming home....
Surprised? Confused?
I've contacted recruiters and am working on getting a travel contract lined up for my return and am resigned to the fact that it's time to move on. I've given it a good shot but it isn't for me. I am trying very hard not to consider myself a failure in this venture which is difficult. There are a lot of places that I would love to travel to here that I'll miss out on this time around but there is always next time and maybe I'll be able to actually take the time to enjoy them.
I am planning to be back in the states in early/mid December. I hope to be able to travel directly from here to my first contract; which means that there will be no time for a family visit on my arrival. I figure if my family wants to see me, they can travel to me as easily as I can travel to them. Come March....I will hopefully have time to spend a few weeks catching up with everyone. In the meantime, I will be working and saving and planning the next extended trip.....
I haven't told my boss at work yet, that will happen next week after I talk to personnel and find out what act of God it's going to take to get everything arranged for me to leave.
I feel lightened by my decision so I am confident that it's the right decision. Tons of stuff to do in the meantime and hope to take one more trip before I go (finances permitting).
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05.08.2010 - 18.08.2010
Europe 2010
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Wow...it's been a while since I posted and so much has happened. Jeni and Teresa both arrived without any issues just after I sent Trinity through Customs control at Frankfurt airport. It was a bit of a tearful goodbye. I just really didn't want to see her leave this time.
Since then...it's been non-stop! Work...travel....work...travel....work...and I think there might have been a bit of sleep in there somewhere!?! Jens back home now in sunny California and Teresa is recouperating and planning our Scotland trip while I am working the next few days.
We had a lovely pass-through and lunch trip through Karlov Vary in the Czech Republic then jaunted on toward Prague. We choose a lovely little bar for lunch and ended up with enough food to feed at least three families with only the three of us to eat it...needless to say, there was plenty left behind. It was delicious and the waitress was a kind and patient local woman who gave us much needed assistance with deciphering the menu. I got to have a Czech beer that I had been craving since my last trip and it didn't disappoint.
On our arrival, we followed the sounds of a band playing which led us to a bridge overpass near the river. There was a band playing under the overpass and we enjoyed listening for a few minutes...until they asked us to pay 'admission'. If I had been traveling alone, I might have paid and had a few beers and listened to the band but we were on a mission to find food and get to Prague so off we went.
Karlov Vary is a quaint town and would be a great place to return for a longer visit. Maybe even seek out the spas that it is so well know for.
Prague was just as inviting and beautiful as I had remembered. Teresa scored us a great place for the first two nights....a HUGE hotel room with separate sleeping room and a great location close to the Old Town. Aco was with us and had plenty of room to romp and play.
Two full days of walking around the city and we were all exhausted. Day one, we took the free Sandeman's tour and not having enough, on the second day we took another Sandeman's tour; a castle tour this time...it was great...however, I would NOT recommend two of these walking tours back to back. Our feet were on fire! Just a bit much for us in the 'older' crowd! haha Having been to Prague before, I was surprised that there was still so much that I didn't see during my first visit. It was lke seeing the city again for the first time....some things were familiar though; like the coffee shop that Switzer and I had fab desert and coffee to warm up on the cold winter day that we visited.
I still didn't get to the Black Light theater or the Marrionette theater but that just gives me an excuse to return!
Back home and a few more days of work for me; a few wine-tour drives for the girls (one of which they were actually able to find some wine) haha. Then we were off to Belgium....
We breezed through Brussels on our way to Bruge. The Flower Carpet was on the iteniary. It only happens once every two years and I wanted to see it. The girls obliged and it was a bit less than exciting. The flowers had already begun to wilt and the crowd was so crazy that you could barely see it without standing in line for hours to get on one of the balconey's above. You know how excited I am about lines, right? Well, needless to say; we didn't stand in line for the balcony and were content with the view from the ground.
Weaving through the crowds; we made our way to the Maniquen di Pis. Disappointment was clear on Jen's face as she muttered 'is that it?'. I think that is most everyone's opinion when they see it. We indulged in a waffel from one of the street side vendors and as always it was wonderful. We were soon back on the road headed to Brugge...
Sorry, got a little over-excited; but really, I do love Brugge. It's such a wonderful place and I immediately felt stress-free on our arrival. The canals and bridges and cobblestone streets and beautiful buildings....it all makes me happy. Now, if I could transplant Prague's beer into Brugge it would be perfect. Yes, Belgian beer is actually quite good but I still think that the Czech beer is far superior!
There isn't anything that really stands out as something to write about from the trip to Brugge...I'll suffice it to say that we had a wonderful time wandering the streets, taking pictures, eating chocolate and drinking beer (well, I drank beer). Our last day, we decided to take a drive out to the North Sea. We were so close to the coast and I had never been and really wanted to see it....
The North Sea....was ANGRY! Really, the wind was crazy and nearly knocked us off our feet as we attempted to walk in the rain with umbrellas in hand (Teresa's got broken by the wind and I wish that I could have gotten it on camera...it was priceless). As we were being blown down the road on our arrival, we flew into a bike rental place and I asked to rent bikes (totally joking)...the boys behind the counter looked at me as if I were a crazy woman and asked 'today?'. I couldn't help but crack up...just couldn't keep up the rouse. We got a quick coffee at a local diner and watched the wind and rain outside and got back to the car and headed up the coast a bit further.
Our next stop had a peir out to the sea with a pot of mussels for Jen which we all shared (Teresa didn't indulge much). Back to the hotel we ended our day with an early dinner and bed....
I am now back to work for a few days then Teresa and I are headed to Scotland for one last jaunt before she leaves......
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My interest in cooking started when I was 10 years old. I like to experiment with recipes and give old standbys a new twist. In this traditional dish, I added fresh basil with delicious results.—Robert Foust, Indianapolis, Indiana
Homemade Pasta Recipes
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh basil leaves
- 3 teaspoons salt, divided
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 4 quarts water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- In a bowl, combine flour, basil and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir in eggs and cold water; mix until dough is smooth. In a large kettle, bring water and remaining salt to a boil; reduce heat. With a rubber spatula, press dough through a colander into simmering water. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring gently so spaetzle do not stick together. Drain; toss with butter. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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"I start this review by stating that I've never made spaetzle before. Even though the batter was smooth, it was still fairly thick, so I couldn't get it to go through the colander. I thinned it and kept trying and finally got something that looked like spaetzle. I used some beautiful basil from my herb garden, and was disappointed that the fresh flavor didn't come through. Oh, and what a mess I made of my kitchen! (but that's no so unusual.)"


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Sharks Beat Nashville in OT…Again.
Posted By Alex Wasserstrom On Mar 9 2011 @ 11:34 am In San Jose Sharks | No Comments
If you look at San Jose's remaining schedule, not only are 9 of the Sharks' last 15 games against divisional opponents, but nearly all are against teams battling for a playoff spot. Additionally, San Jose's strong play has them contending for the top two seeds while most of their remaining opponents will be vying for the lower seeds – this makes matchups, like last night's against the Nashville Predators, possible first round opponents.
The 3-2 OT win by the Sharks definitely had the feel of a playoff tilt and while happy with the results, here are some observations I had from my seats at HP:
Nashville's top line is able to generate pressure and offense because of Ryan Suter and Shea Weber. These two defensemen are as good as any tandem in the National Hockey League. When the Preds gain the offensive zone, Suter and Weber take the opportunity to activate, creating scoring chances and confusion amongst the defenders.
A key to the Sharks' successes in this game came when they created traffic in front of Pekka Rinne. At 6'5, Rinne is having a Vezina-worthy season so if you want to score on this big guy, shooting through sticks and getting deflections is your best bet. San Jose's regulation goals came in this fashion and I think Marleau's game-winner was partially deflected as well.
Both of Nashville's goals came on the powerplay where the San Jose penalty-killers were basically caught puck-watching. Ian White gave Joel Ward a clear lane to the net from down low on their first goal and Shea Weber snuck in back-door to tie the game at 2-2 where he received a clean goal-mouth pass.
Speaking of the Sharks' White, he may still be adjusting to the team's style of play as this game wasn't his best. I noticed, when making breakout passes, he has a tendency to look east/west rather than getting the puck north on the near side. This got him in trouble a few times during the game but is nothing more than a problem with execution.
Antii Niemi wasn't as busy as Rinne, only having to face 25 shots, but he made several amazing saves through traffic, including two crucial stops on a Nashville powerplay late in the 2nd period. Expect him to get a night off soon.
Dan Boyle might be ready to get back into the lineup against Vancouver on Thursday night having missed the last five games with an upper-body injury sustained in their game against Pittsburgh.
Nine of the Sharks' fifteen games remaining will be at home.
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text: At the end of each year, as we cross over into the next, we put the disasters of the past—natural and manmade—behind us. And we hold our breath to see what disasters we will yet see. Though it's now 2013, one disaster from 2011—both natural and manmade—still stays with us: the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 and the subsequent nuclear reactor meltdown. In fact, The Guardian just broke the story a few days ago about how the radiation is making Fukushima children the most obese in Japan, since parents are keeping their children indoors. In case we're tempted to ignore the headlines and forget about the tragedy, photojournalist Kazuma Obara has documented the fallout from the disaster in Reset—Beyond Fukushima: Will the Nuclear Catastrophe Bring Humanity to its Senses? "A year later, we continue to grieve and face a paralyzing reality, unable to reset and look ahead," Obara writes in the prologue. His lens captures people in hazmat suits driving in cars, rooms destroyed by tsunami debris, and children in school as people start to put their lives back together. And interviews capture the story on the ground from locals. Obara calls us to learn our lesson from Fukushima, but the book also reminds us to brace ourselves for the inevitable tragedies to come in 2013—though we hope for none. • $66; Lars Müller Publishers, 2012


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India plans Iran oil payments via UAE cbankIndia plans to clear some pending oil payments to Iran through the UAE central bank, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, under an interim nuclear deal that has allowed Tehran access to $4.2 billion in blocked funds globally. More… |
No deal so far on Iraq, Kurdistan oil paymentsNo agreement has been reached between Iraq and Kurdistan on payments to oil companies working in the autonomous region despite a meeting this week between Baghdad and Kurdish leaders, Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said. More… |
India hopes to resolve Iran oil pay row soonIndia hopes to resolve an oil payment row with Iran when officials travel to Tehran this week, Oil Secretary S Sundareshan said on Monday, as New Delhi looks to balance its energy needs with its diplomatic interests. The More… |