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January 2014 Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday
Welcome to the January Studio AE Blog Hop From Technique Tuesday.
Technique Tuesday offers a monthly stamp club that features a limited edition stamp set designed by me each month. You can check out past stamp sets (some are still available) here.
PS | I've got a bunch of new stamps now available at Technique Tuesday. Check out the new releases here.
Say hello to this month's stamp set: All My Heart
DIGITAL MEMORY KEEPER? Designs similar to this can be found here: Love Boxes Vol. 02
Here's a look at how I used this month's stamp set on a journal-heavy 6x12 insert for Project Life:
If I could give you one memory keeping suggestion today that would be to make your products work for you.
For me that means that most of the time the products are supporting the story rather than acting as the star of the story.
When I went looking for content for a layout this month I looked at a list Katie and I came up with of past blog posts I want to turn into layouts (we used many of them in my Hello Story workshop last summer). I like using my blog as a holding place for stories. It's an opportunity to write longer stories without the pressure of making them fit onto a scrapbook page. I write first and then create a page around the words at a later time.
The words for this page are from August 2012. I pulled out my 2012 Project Life album and found a spread (Week 33) where these words would fit great as an insert.
For the stamped accent I embossed using Green Metallic Zing.
I used my 6x12 Words & Photos Layered Template set as a starting point (if you'd like to watch video tutorial on working with this set go here), printed it here at home on my Epson R2000 on 13x19 photo paper, trimmed it down and then added embellishments after printing.
Here's what it looked like in Photoshop before printing:
This, my friends, is what we call hybrid scrapbooking - a combination of digital and traditional.
The small stamp from this month's set was the perfect little addition to the photo, popped up with a foam square adhesive right in the middle.
Another product I added along the edge was an awesome transparent piece from this set of Heidi Swapp embellishments called Mixed Company Ephemera. I opened the package for the first time yesterday and seriously loved some of the contents. Definitely worth checking out if you like a combination of printed, vellum and transparent pieces all together.
Pattern paper along the bottom is from Carta Bella (the words) and Studio Calico (black & white floral from the Sundrifter collection).
Here's what the 6x12 page looks like placed in my 2012 album (Week 33):
I used a 6x12 Project Life Page Protector to hold this page.
After taking these photos and then linking up to Week 33 I found that there was originally another insert included in this week with more photos from the fair. I found those (they had been put back in the wrong spot) and added them back in to the correct week.
On the back of the 6x12 insert I added a full page photo with another embossed stamp from this month's set.
The color of this Zing embossing powder is Red Zing Metallic. It's called red but as you can see here in this picture (and on the product image) it's really more of a dark pink.
Here's a look at it in the album:
I really do love adding in longer stories about my life/our life into Project Life.
Check out what the other Studio AE creative team members made with this stamp set:
Click on the images to link to the products.
GIVEAWAY | We are celebrating the third anniversary of Studio AE this month at Technique Tuesday and to celebrate we are giving away three $25 gift certificates. To be eligible to win, all you need to do is comment during the hop! The three lucky winners will be announced on the 15th on the Technique Tuesday blog.


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How To: Make Your Home Guest-Friendly
Most people won't even look at it, but if you don't have it, you're table will look naked. The book can be about anything and should contain lots of pictures. This is your opportunity to let your guests get to know a little bit more about you. If the book relates to a hobby of yours, put it out — it might get an interesting conversation going.
Throw a blanket over your couch. It's a nice touch for a cold night, a nap or watching a scary movie.
Throw pillows
My rule when it comes to the couch is comfort first, looks second. Ideally, you should have both, and pillows help in both departments. They'll show your guests that you have some style when it comes to furniture, but they'll also make any couch more comfortable.
Variety of music
This isn't for your personal collection; it's about setting a tone or mood in your home. A little jazz, a little classical, a little folk, and a little lounge music can all help do the trick.
in the kitchen
Cold waterA lot of people don't drink tap water. Your options are to have a filter system (fill a pitcher and leave it in the fridge) or bottled water.
One of the first things you probably do when you have company is offer them a drink. But the second step in that process is having a decent menu on hand. You don't have to be a bar, but try and have the basics: wine (red and white), alcohol (beer, vodka, gin, rum), juice, and soda (diet and regular).
Clean cutlery & dishes
Nobody wants to come over and do your dishes or wait while you tidy up. Dishes and cutlery belong in the cupboards, not in the sink.
general items
Slippers & socksThese are like the icing on the cake. They're not must-have items, but if you remember them, you'll go down as a legendary host.
Extra clothes
Do what you can in this department. You don't have to go out shopping, but we all have a few items that we don't use anymore. Set them aside for a house guest who lost their luggage.
make them all feel at home
You probably noticed that very few of these tips could be classified as either functional or necessary. Well, you're right.But here's the thing: People notice the details. You don't have to do any of this, but if they're worth having in your home, they're worth the extra effort.


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With shares of Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) trading at around $39.59, is GILD an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
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Q4 EPS came in at $0.47, which beat expectations by $0.02. Excluding restructuring and other one-time costs, EPS was $0.50. Q4 profit rose 15 percent year-over-year, and Q4 revenue rose 18 percent year-over-year. Revenue came in at $2.59 billion, which beat expectations. Viread sales increased 19 percent to $227 million. Stribild sales were $40 million. There is no significant increase or decrease in sales for Stribild, as it's a relatively new HIV drug. FY2012 EPS came in at $1.64, which was lower than in 2011. However, FY2012 revenue was $9.7 billion, which was a 16 percent increase compared to 2011.
Gilead already dominates the HIV drug space. Now, Gilead is looking to expand into the hepatitis C space. If this expansion is successful, then Gilead will improve an already strong operation. In November, the company announced positive results for a three-drug treatment for hepatitis C.
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It's been about 24 hours since we last updated 4.1 with the latest release (fixes, etc...) and all of a sudden, we are getting a lot of request time outs and 503 errors: Code: POST request in process stage, fail with 503 Code: Request Timeout This request takes too long to process, it is timed out by the server. If it should not be timed out, please contact administrator of this web site to increase 'Connection Timeout'.
What's your current setting of connection timeout (admin console -> server -> tuning -> connections -> Connection Timeout (secs))? You may increase it to see any difference. Also, disable opcode cache if you have any running.
I have not increased timeout as it is the same as it's always been, 30 seconds. We do use Xcache as well but both of these have always worked fine prior to the 4.1 release. We've been using 4.1 release candidates up to rc4 without any issues for a long time. I rolled back to 4.1rc4 and the server is functioning properly again. Is there something in the final release version preventing us from using Xcache?
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imtiaz ali separates from wife preety News
Imtiaz Ali's love story with wife Preety ends!
The Rockstar director divorces his producer wife, and is rumoured to be dating a Pakistani actor
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I believe we should move this to "Apple iPhone OS" for two reasons. First, to avoid two systems in one page, and besides, it's the default operating system for the iPhone and the iPod Touch anyway. Next, it's just plain awkward if it's "IPhone" instead of iPhone or iPod. Thoughts? Masterpogihaha 04:47, April 29, 2010 (UTC)
- I sort of agree. I agree that the current title is inconvenient, but I wouldn't mind just iPhone (with iPod Touch redirecting). However, I do understand your concern about not including iPod in the title. Apple iPhone OS, or just iPhone OS could work, my only concern is that when people are buying an iPhone app, they don't think of it as an "iPhone OS app", it's just an iPhone app (or iPod Touch app). It's kind of like how we use PC instead of Windows or Microsoft Windows. Having it as iPhone with iPod Touch redirecting would be similar to what we do with Achievements in GTA IV and Trophies in GTA IV. Also, when you search for something in iTunes, the category for apps in iPhone Apps, so my idea would be consistent with that. What does everyone else think? Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 06:50, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
The operating system is not really the relevant part - we don't say that GTA IV is out for the "Xbox 360 OS". It's an integrated hardware/software system, and the device is the important part. Moved to Apple iPhone - this covers everything that people would actually look for or try to link to. Gboyers talk 10:40, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
The reason we don't say "Xbox 360 OS" is because there is only one system that runs it. Microsoft Windows is run on millions of different computers, so in that case we would say GTA IV is for Microsoft Windows, not name every single computer in the world that runs it. Apple iOS is run by three different Apple devices so it makes sense for the page's name to include those. We should move this page to "Apple iOS".
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Jenny McCarthy brings a Wahlberg to work
Jenny McCarthy's first guest on "The View" on Monday was her Boston-bred boyfriend, Donnie Wahlberg. He talked with her (and Barbara Walters's crew) about his show "Blue Bloods," and about his restaurant Wahlburgers, which is opening a location in Toronto. McCarthy said, of the burger place, "I must say, his buns are quite delicious."
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I save this memorable casserole for the holidays. We all look forward to it! The squash has a slight tang from sour cream, and allspice lends delightful aroma and flavor.
40 Recipes for Vegetable Soup
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups cooked mashed winter squash
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- In a skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Remove from the heat. Stir in squash, sour cream, salt, allspice and pepper. Transfer to a greased 1-qt. baking dish; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 25-30 minutes. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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A Service Dog For A 3 Year Old Autistic Child
Please visit www.olliepop.net for Oliver's complete story and a service free fee way to donate!
We reached our $6,000 goal and the donations are still coming in! Thank you to everyone who has helped us get here and to everyone who is just now finding out about our son and his story. Any additional money that is acquired from this point forward will go directly to our family and assist with our dogs future expenses.
We have created a second site, www.olliepop.net At this site people can read Oliver's full story and donate through Paypal. The Giveforward fund raiser will be closing in a few days but the olliepop.net site will remain open. Thank you again for visiting our fund raiser and being touched by our little mans incredible story! :-)
Oliver Michael Dicks is a three and a half year old little boy diagnosed with Autism, Verbal Apraxia, Low Tone Muscle Tension, Poor Motor Planning, Sensory Processing Disorder and Seizures. His struggles started at birth with a placental abruption which led to oxygen deprivation and low blood sugar. He had his first seizure at just two days old and spent his first two weeks of life in an Intensive Care Unit. He has overcome a large amount of obstacles in a very short amount of time, and all of his therapists and teachers expect he will continue to do so.
Oliver receives several different forms of therapy and continues making gains and is gradually closing the gap in his developmental delays, bringing him closer to the skills a child of his age should posses. Oliver's family is constantly seeking out ways to improve his daily life and is currently trying to raise the funds necessary to get him a specially trained service dog.
Service Dogs are purchased only once the recipient is identified. The agency this family is working with has determined the best breed to suit Oliver will be a Lab. The dog will be purchased as a puppy and spend 6 months or more with the trainer. When the trainer feels the dog is ready, a trip is scheduled to spend time with the family. During the next few weeks the family is trained on how to use the dog and its skills and then the family will be left with the dog to allow the bonding processing to naturally develop.
After two weeks alone, the trainer will return to see how the family and dog have progressed. At this time the dog will either graduate to an official service dog or be brought back for further training.
For Oliver, a service dog would help him with walking, running, distinguishing depth of steps up and down as well as comfort him and help regulate mood swings and self harming behaviors. The service dog would become sensitive to Oliver's brain activity and be able to alert his parents if a seizure were going to happen. Dogs have also been used to help non-verbal children begin to communicate. Dogs are great pets and this alone will help Oliver by providing companionship and giving him a level of responsibility and self confidence. Having the dog in public will increase the awareness and understanding of those around him, allowing him to have more positive social interactions.
Oliver fought so hard to live his life and now his family is fighting to make it the best life it can be. Thank you for your interest in this special little man and for any help you may be able to offer.
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New shows: Romeo Santos, Yes, Anberlin
[caption id="attachment_101212" align="alignleft" width="300"] Romeo Santos at Madison Square Garden in February. Photo: Taylor Hill, Getty Images[/caption]
As you might expect, with Christmas around the corner, there isn't as much as usual about to go on sale.
• Romeo Santos: The NYC-born King of Bachata and former lead singer of Aventura, whose first leg of his Formula Vol. 1 tour was a runaway success that included three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden, has revealed the itinerary for his encore lap. It includes an O.C. stop: April 12 at Honda Center in Anaheim. Tickets, $35-$125 (or $43.90-$144.45 including service fees), are on sale now, as are those for an April 14 show at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, $55.50-$195.50.
• Yes: The veteran English prog-rock outfit, still with Jon Davison replacing original vocalist Jon Anderson, will tour throughout winter playing three of its albums in full at every stop: epic-filled classics The Yes Album (1971) and Close to the Edge (1972) and the more concisely conceived Going for the One (1977).
The group – including bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White and keyboardist Geoff Downes – arrives March 6 at the Orpheum in L.A., $65-$125, on sale Jan. 11 at 10 a.m., with pre-sales running all day Jan. 10. Also catch them March 8 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, though at that gig Going for the One will be left off the set list.
• House of Blues: Both the Downtown Disney location and the Sunset Strip joint have added dates from two heavy attractions: Cradle of Filth in L.A. on March 6 and in Anaheim on March 8, $27 for either show; and Clutch, March 21 on Sunset, $20.50, and March 24 at the Mouse House, $20. Meanwhile, Anberlin, which plays Feb. 27 in L.A., $17.50, also plays Feb. 26 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, $22.
All of those are on sale Friday at 10 a.m., as is Stryper at HOB Anaheim on Jan. 26, $20-$45; Flyleaf and Drowning Pool there on March 21, $17.50-$42.50; and four nights from Dita Von Teese, Feb. 12-15, $35-$60.
• Vicente Fernà ndez: The Mexican folk hero is feeling better and readying his return to Southern California for a March 24 performance at Staples Center, $40-$250, on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
• Linda Eder: The soft-pop singer and Broadway star returns to O.C. for a Valentine's Day show at City National Grove of Anaheim, $45-$49.50, on sale Friday at noon.
• DDT: The long-running, hard-rocking Russian band will give an unplugged performance at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 18, $65-$200, on sale now.
• The Hives: Missed those cocky rockin' Swedes when they played the Observatory in September? Good news: They're coming back to play a Valentine's Day show at the even more compact Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. Tickets, $26, are theoretically on sale soon, but I haven't had any problem getting to the gig's purchase page.
• ABC: The Coach House already has a rare performance from Ultravox's Midge Ure on Jan. 24. Now you can further resurrect the '80s when Martin Fry and his stylish crew of Englishmen, known for stateside hits like "The Look of Love" and "When Smokey Sings," return to play June 16 at the San Juan Capistrano joint. Tickets: $30.
Will there be a new album by then, the group's first since 2008's Traffic, which went unreleased in America? Who knows, though Fry has hinted that he's ready to craft something new.
Also coming to the venue: another visit from Toad the Wet Sprocket on March 9, $35 (also see that '90s favorite March 7 at the Belly Up, $25); singer-songwriter Tyrone Wells on April 18, $20; California Guitar Trio on May 2, $17; and reggae great Don Carlos, May 23, $20.
• The Devil Wears Prada: The metalcore band shares the stage with As I Lay Dying at Club Nokia on Feb. 28, with For Today and the Color Morale opening, $22-$30, on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
• Daedelus: The L.A. electronic artist plays the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on March 29, with Two Fresh supporting, $17.50, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. Also see him March 30 at the Glass House, $14.
• Tycho: The ambient act comes to the Constellation Room in Santa Ana on Jan. 16, $18. Also at the venue, inside the Observatory: reggae favorite Pato Banton, Jan. 5, $15; Con Bro Chili and Wallpaper, Feb. 16, $10; Twenty One Pilots, Feb. 22, $10; and residency choice Sir Sly on Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26, all free.
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Unexpected Occurrences
Short Story by: Bella Davies
It was a bright and sunny day in Titania. The sky was a beautiful clear blue and the green grass shone in the sun. It was the perfect day for a picnic beside the lake. I felt like a kid again as I splashed and swam in the cool water. It was nice to not worry about the kingdom, even if it was only for a day. I looked over at James Robert. He was sitting on the old wooden dock with his feet in the water. His face was turned up to soak in the sunlight that made his beautiful dark skin stand out. I swam over to where his feet entered the water silently. If I messed up then the plan would be ruined. He was oblivious to my approach as I reached his feet. I counted to three silently in my head and I grabbed his ankle and pulled. He let out a girly scream as he fell into the water with a loud splash. I was clutching my stomach as he splashed and gasped for air. It was like looking at a fish out of water. He looked at me, his black hair falling into his eyes. I would recognise that look anywhere. I started to make a run for it but I was too late. I only just had enough time to take a deep breath before he grabbed me and dunked me under the water. I struggled, of course. He was strong. I tried kicking and punching but the water slowed down my movements. I decided that if he was going to play dirty then so was I. I reached out for his thigh and pinched him. Hard. He released my shoulders with a scream of, "Alexandria!" and I came to the surface gasping for air. I made my way to the bank quickly and turned to face him. The look on his face was priceless. It was a cross between anger, pain and confusion. He climbed up the bank and made his way over to me. I couldn't resist the urge to poke my tongue out at him. He gave me a toothy grin as he came closer. I was expecting him to pinch me or throw me into the water but what I got was different. Very different. He wrapped his arms around me and placed his lips softly on mine. It felt like I was flying. I kissed him back passionately.
It wasn't long before I heard our friends calling for us to eat something other than each other's faces. We pulled apart and I looked into his grinning face. I knew I must have been grinning just as much. He suddenly took off towards the others. I grinned and chased after him. The whole time I was thinking;
Best. Day. Ever.
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he was going to play dirty then so was I - must be '...so will I'
Haha wow Bella, this is good. I like this. This is what I call as a heart-warming, feel-good, light-hearted writ. I feel so light... Beautiful descriptions. What amazed me is that you used only very simple words, yet managed to get me engaged in the story. Thumbs up!
Keep writing. All the best.
Take care :)
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In Search of Lost Time
Is it mere serendipity that the Alain Resnais retro at Lincoln Center follows hard on the heels of the release of Raul Ruiz's ambitious Proust chronicle? Nearly all of Resnais's films could be titled Time Regainedfrom early documentary shorts to late mature features, the director's best work seems to have been triggered by the Proustian process of associative memory.
Resnais has often been lumped with the New Wave, although he can be more appropriately seen as part of the "Left Bank Group" with Chris Marker and Agnes Varda, directors of a more experimental bent, more intensely concerned with politics than most of the Cahiers clan. He belongs to the first generation of filmmakers who came of age in the darkened precincts of the Cinémathèque Française, for whom the cinema's past was seriously taken into account. His major influences were the dreamlike silent thrillers of Louis Feuillade and the work of Marcel L'Herbier, a prominent member of the first French avant-garde.
Resnais's debut feature, Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), scripted by Marguerite Duras, remains a landmark of modernism in cinema. This seminal film, in which a French actress's affair with a Japanese architect evokes memories of her earlier love for a German soldier in wartime France, opened new perspectives for subjective narration. Resnais negates the traditional film treatment of the past, using fast cuts without resorting to dissolves and fades, and associative editing to set images of Nevers and Hiroshima in counterpoint. The miracle of Hiroshima was that it dismantled the conventional order of cinema, but did so while telling a moving and understandable story.
Time and Again:
The Cinema of Alain Resnais
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June 30 through July 20
Such is hardly the case with Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Resnais's visually stunning but listless and arty second feature, written by key nouveau roman figure Alain Robbe-Grillet. Like Hiroshima, it centers on a triangular relationshipa woman, her pursuing lover, and a man who may be her husband. The minimal plot concerns the lover's attempts to convince the woman that they met and had an affair the previous yearand to leave with him. The setting is a baroque château converted into a luxury hotel. Rarely discussed as a political film, Marienbad is nonetheless an implicit denunciation of bourgeois values. It appears to be the first film totally built on the concept of indeterminacythat the viewer was expected to collaborate in creating its meaning became evident with the manifold press and public reactions. The film's tone may be attributable to the fact that writer and director disagree about what actually did happen in the story; according to Resnais, the lovers had met before, while Robbe-Grillet has always maintained that they had not.
A vampish young clotheshorse in Marienbad, Delphine Seyrig is almost unrecognizable in Resnais's bold and complex third feature, Muriel (1963), as a dowdy middle-aged widow attempting to revive an old love affair and incapable of living in the present. The double-stranded narrative (screenplay by poet and novelist Jean Cayrol) also involves her stepson, a veteran of the Algerian war tormented by his participation in the torture and death of a young Arab girl and obsessed with atonement. The director's masterpiece, Muriel is one of the rare French films to concern itself with the war crimes associated with the Algerian conflict. The setting is Boulogne, a town mostly destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in an ugly modern style. Resnais's camera leapfrogs brilliantly: Day and night shots of the same locations are alternated, evoking a ravaged city where everything and everyone seems in a state of flux.
Providence (1977), the director's first English-language picture, is based on a screenplay by David Mercer that recounts the fantasies of a dying novelist. It's basically a gloss on the creative process itselfabout a writer cannibalizing reality for imaginative ends, using the people he knows as raw material. Always memorable on stage and hardly ever well-utilized on screen, John Gielgud is the central character, Clive Langham (his best film role); savoring every syllable, he has a marvelous time with the scatological musings of this insufferable old scribbler.
The Reade's retro includes the New York premieres of several docs and three features, I Want to Go Home (1986) and Smoking and No Smoking (1993). The latter two, based on a stage cycle by Alan Ayckbourn, are set in a small town in Yorkshire, with all the charactersan alcoholic headmaster, his insecure wife, and their entourageplayed by Sabine Azema and Pierre Arditi. There are at least half a dozen stories, with twice as many potential conclusionsat crucial junctures the plot explores parallel universes inhabited by the same characters. This jeu d'esprit is charming up to a point, but at nearly five hours for the pair, it's a long sit. As for I Want to Go Home, a satirical comedy written by Jules Feiffer about an American cartoonist in Paris, it's a collector's item of sortssimply put, the most witless movie ever made by a great director.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's baskeball squad battled the Indianapolis Greyhounds close for part of the way, but fell short in a showdown of nationally-ranked teams on Saturday (Nov. 17) as FSU dropped a 72-53 road decision in non-league play at Nicoson Hall in Indianapolis.
The nationally 24th-ranked Bulldogs built an early nine-point lead in the first half and trailed 11th-ranked Indianapolis by only four points, 34-30, at the break before the Greyhounds pulled out the win.
Indianapolis shot 48.3% over the final 20 minutes and limited the Bulldogs to only 26.7% shooting in the last half en route to the non-conference triumph.
Junior guard Sarah DeShone tallied 18 points for the Bulldogs in the setback while sophomore center Hannah Hoffman totaled 11 points and had six rebounds. The Bulldogs also received seven points and a team-high seven rebounds from junior forward Ashley Rando in the loss.
The Greyhounds were paced by Kristin Turner's game-high 19 points. She added seven assists in the win while Kelly Walter scored 17 points and Sydney Weinert pulled down a game-best 10 rebounds.
Ferris State shot 35.1% for the night and was five-of-20 (25%) from three-point range along with eight-of-nine (88.9%) at the stripe. The Greyhounds shot 43.8% overall and hit 11-of-31 (35.5%) three's in addition to five-of-eight (62.5%) free throws.
Both teams had 37 rebounds and 11 offensive boards in the outing while the Bulldogs finished with 13 assists, four steals and two blocked shots in comparison to Indianapolis' 16 assists, 10 steals and six blocks.
FSU was outscored 27-10 in points off turnovers as the Bulldogs had 17 miscues to only nine for the hosts. Indianapolis also held a 28-16 margin in points scored inside the paint and a commanding 31-10 edge in bench production.
Ferris State fell to 1-2 overall this season with the setback while the Greyhounds improved to 2-0 on the year.
The Bulldogs are now idle until Nov. 29 when they open Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play on the road at Lake Erie starting at 8 p.m. (ET).
Women's Basketball Suffers Setback In Battle Of Ranked Teams
Ferris State
Final | 1 | 2 | T |
Ferris State (1-2) | 30 | 23 | 53 |
Indianapolis (2-0) | 34 | 38 | 72 |
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FROOTS, a rapidly growing quick service food and smoothies franchise, announces the opening of its newest restaurant in Las Vegas. The owners of the new restaurant are husband and wife team John and Kathy Tan. FROOTS was created in 2001 by David Lopez and has been franchising since 2004. Lopez discovered the popularity of fresh fruit smoothies while in college and turned his part-time job into a full-time passion. Besides smoothies, FROOTS offers diners a number of healthy food and beverage choices, making it a popular choice for families.
When the Tans were looking for a business to buy and run together, they were more than a little influenced by children, Austine, 14 and Jack, age 2 ½. "We wanted to find a business that would compliment the community," said Kathy, "and also be a place that would be good for families. FROOTS just fit both of these categories perfectly."
The Grand Opening of the Tan's FROOTS restaurant was held on Saturday, May 2, 2009. A formal ribbon cutting ceremony took place during the event and Councilman Wolfson of the 2nd ward was present to do the ribbon cutting honors.


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A federal court ruling last week may change the future of the Internet.
A U.S. Appeals Court in Washington ruled in favor of Verizon in a lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules that specify that broadband providers must treat all Internet traffic equally.
Without these rules, Verizon, for example, could slow down Netflix traffic or demand a premium to maintain the speed. This would be a powerful weapon against competition.
Tech Talk: Microsoft exec discusses home/office convergence
Chris Jones, a sales manager twith Microsoft, talks with the PG's Ced Kurtz about the pros and cons of home and office convergence. (Video by Melissa Tkach; 1/20/2014)
It also could result in tiered Internet service, in which consumers get some content at full speed while other websites are slower because their owners chose not to pay, according to The Wall Street Journal.
It's a disturbing ruling that puts tremendous anti-competitive power into the hands of the Verizons and Comcasts of the world.
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Really? Target continues to amaze with its mishandling of its massive cyberbreach.
After the announcement by the retailer that 70 million customers had personal information stolen, every security expert warned against fraudulent emails that appear to be from Target and have a link to click.
So what does Target do? In offering free credit monitoring, the company sent out an email that requires customers to provide a name and email address and to click on a link.
Even though the Target email is legit, I bet a lot of people are afraid to accept the offer -- especially since you also have to give your Social Security number.
Although taking advantage of Target's free credit monitoring is undoubtedly a good idea, I'm not giving Target one more piece of information about myself.
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Rich kid: Security firm IntelCrawler said Friday that it has identified a 17-year-old Russian as the author of the malware used in the cyberattacks against Target and Neiman Marcus, and that it expects more retailers to acknowledge that their systems were breached.
According to The Boston Globe, the teen did not do the hacks himself but sold 60 copies of his program, called BlackPOS, to cybercriminals.
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Bye, bye Best Buy? Speaking of big retailers, Amazon recently filed a patent application for something called "anticipatory shopping," which could eliminate a big advantage of bricks-and-mortar stores -- the ability to get something the same day you decide you want it.
The Wall Street Journal's Digits blog reports that Amazon plans to use previous orders, product searches, wish lists, shopping-cart contents, returns and even how long an Internet user's cursor hovers over an item to anticipate what a customer will buy in the future. Those items will then be shipped to a site near the buyer, so if the item is ordered, it can be delivered the same day.
No word on when the system will start.
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Cash it in: We previously reported that Microsoft will stop patching security holes in Windows XP on April 8. Bloomberg Businessweek notes an interesting consequence -- 95 percent of all ATMs run Windows XP. Some can be upgraded through the network, but older ones may have to be junked. Microsoft is selling extended protection.
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Website of the week: Taxifarefinder.com estimates taxi fares from point to point in cities across the nation, including Pittsburgh.
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The winner recieves not only both cards but 3 cards from the others deck."<<endl; //both players place the fourth card face up. cout<<"player one to put down a card enter a 1"<<endl; cin>>inp1; if(inp1==1) { cout<<card1[0]<<endl; } cout<<"player two to put down a card enter a 1"<<endl; cin>>inp2; if(inp2=1) { cout<<card2[0]<<endl; } //the higher card of the two wins and receives both cards played if (card1[0]>card2[0]) { card1.resize(card1.size() +1); card1[26]=card2[0]; warsnip(card2, card2[0]); //move both cards into deckun } if(card1[0]<card2[0]) { //move both cards into deckdu card2.resize(card2.size() +1); card2[26]=card2[0]; warsnip(card1, card1[0]); } } void play(vector<int>deckun, vector<int>deckdu) { do { int in1, in2; //takes in both players decks so cards can be used from them to play PlayerOneDeck(deckun); PlayerTwoDeck(deckdu); int numcard1= deckun.size(); int numcard2= deckdu.size(); //each player will be prompted to place a card down cout<<"player one to put down a card enter a 1"<<endl; cin>>in1; if(in1==1) { cout<<deckun[0]<<endl; } cout<<"player two to put down a card enter a 1"<<endl; cin>>in2; if(in2==1) { cout<<deckdu[0]<<endl; } //the higher card of the two wins and receives both cards played if (deckun[0]>deckdu[0]) { deckun.resize( deckun.size() +1 ); deckun[26]=deckdu[0]; snip(deckdu, deckdu[0]); //move both cards into deckun } else if (deckun[0]<deckdu[0]) { //move both cards into deckdu deckdu.resize(deckdu.size() +1); deckdu[26]=deckdu[0]; snip(deckun, deckun[0]); } else if (deckun[0]=deckdu[0]) { war(deckun, deckdu); //trigger a war } } while (deckun.size() != 0 && deckdu.size() != 0); char newgame; if (deckun.size()==0) { cout<<"Player Two you Win!!"; cout<<" Play again? (y for yes, n for no) "<<endl; //this will end the game once the deckun reaches zero cin>>newgame<<endl; if (newgame=='y') { main(); } else if (newgame=='n') { cout<<"Fare thee well ogre"<<endl; } else { cout<<"BAKA!!"<<endl; } } else if (deckdu.size()==0) { cout<<"Player One You Win!!"; cout<<" Play again? (y for yes, n for no) "<<endl; //this will end the game once the deckdu reaches zero cin>>newgame<<endl; if (newgame=='y') { main(); } else if (newgame=='n') { cout<<"Fare thee well ogre"<<endl; } else { cout<<"BAKA!!"<<endl; } } else { cout<<"Inconvievable!"; } } void deal(vector<int>deckboss)//takes in the deck function and places it into deckboss { //takes in cards from deck vector<int>deck1(26); vector<int>deck2(26); int b=deckboss.size(); shufflecards(deckboss); //passes deck to shuffle the cards before they are shuffled bool grr = true; int counter=0; for (int y=0; y<b; y++)//decrements through the entire deck. { if (grr==true)//gives 26 numbers starting from deckboss[0] (even card positions within the deck) { deck1[counter] = deckboss[y]; grr=false; } else if (grr==false)//gives 26 numbers starting from deckboss[1] (odd card positions within the deck) { deck2[counter]=deckboss[y]; grr=true; counter++; //changes the deck count for deck1 and deck2 changing the position you place each card } } PlayerOneDeck(deck1); //passes the first deck to PlayerOneDeck() PlayerTwoDeck(deck2); //passes the second deck to PlayerTwoDeck() play(deck1, deck2); //passes the decks to play() } void deck(vector<int>begin) { int j=2; int u=1; vector<int>cards(52); //creates and stores the 52 cards that make up a deck for (int i=0; i<52; i++) { while(j>u && j<15) { cards[i]=j; cards[i+1]=j; cards[i+2]=j; cards[i+3]=j; i=(i+4); j++; } } /*for(int z=0; z<cards.size(); z++) //for debugging purposes in case the deck is wrong -AV { cout << cards[z] << endl; }*/ deal(cards); } int main() //calls the game into play one function at a time { vector<int>start(52); intro(); deck(start); return(0); }


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There are currently 308 GW of coal-fired capacity and 185 GW of gas-fired capacity in operation in the United States. Assuming normal operating lives, 95% of the coal capacity and 99% of the gas capacity will be retired by 2050. These retirements must be replaced with new capacity—be it coal, gas, or otherwise. Yet during 2006–2009, investor-owned utilities canceled 23.1 GW of proposed coal projects, building only 3.3 GW. Recent political and economic developments have made it difficult to complete a coal-fired power plant. For example, in 2007, a powerful trio of investment banks—Morgan Stanley, Citi, and J.P. Morgan Chase—announced that they would finance new coal-fired power plants only if the developer could demonstrate economic viability under a future carbon price. In the same year, a Georgia Superior Court Judge revoked an air pollution permit issued to a 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant—the first time CO2 was cited as a factor in denying an air pollution permit. In 2008, Illinois passed a mandate that new coal-fired plants must capture and store 50–90% of their CO2 emissions (depending on plant commissioning year). Several utilities and energy companies, including Progress Energy, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, and TXU Corporation, placed short-term moratoriums on building new coal-fired power plants. For more information on the age of U.S. power plants currently in operation (of all fuel types), see the Energy Information Administration's article: http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/age_of_elec_gen.cfm
U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2008. "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Energy.
U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2009."New U.S. Electric Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant and Month". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Energy, December.
U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2010. "New U.S. Electric Generating Units by Operating Company, Plant and Month". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Energy, December.


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I currently have a Schiit Asgard 2/Bifrost combo being run from the optical out of my computer's soundcard.
Will adding a second amplifier from the soundcard's 3.5 mm jack (soundcard------>3.5mm to RCA cable -------->Schiit Magni) have any negative affect (i.e. signal drop) if they are both being run at once? I want a second person to be able to watch movies with me at night without disturbing others in my house.
I'm assuming there won't be since the optical out is a digital signal and the other would be running off the soundcard's amp but I thought I'd ask anyway.


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They've got muck; we've got rakes. TPM Muckraker
First Civilian Trial Of Gitmo Detainee Results In Just One Guilty Finding
Reached by TPM, Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd had no immediate comment but said DOJ would have a statement shortly.*
A judge had ruled to exclude testimony from a witness because investigators only learned about the witness after the suspected terrorist underwent coercive interrogation in a secret CIA prison. Liz Cheney blamed that ruling on the Obama administration's decision to try Ghailani in federal court. The Justice Department ultimately decided not to appeal the decision because doing so would cause "a delay of uncertain, and perhaps significant, length."
Ghailani was accused of serving as a bodyguard, cook and document forger for Osama bin Laden. Captured in Pakistan in 2004, he was reportedly held in a secret CIA prison for two years before being transferred to Gitmo in 2006. He was sent to New York City for his trial in the summer of 2009. He allegedly acknowledged meeting bin Laden and receiving al Qaeda military training, but denied being a member of al Qaeda.
Late Update: "We respect the jury's verdict and are pleased that Ahmed Ghailani now faces a minimum of 20 years in prison and a potential life sentence for his role in the embassy bombings," Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.


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What time does Jelly Rolls open? But...more importantly, what time does it start to fill up? I'm looking for an alternative to PI's CW and AC.
I think it opens at 9, but it might be earlier. I can't answer the capacity question. Since PI is now closed, that may be a factor in how many people go to Jelly Rolls. Be prepared for a smoke filled place. The place reeks when you walk by and the door is open.
yeah :/ I wasnt too impressed. There was a bit of an atmosphere, apart from the smoke, like regulars in there who didnt really like new people. Weird for Disney I know but that's how it felt


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mining Other MethodsAlthough surface and underground mining are the most common techniques, there are a number of other mining methods. In solution mining the valuable mineral is brought into a liquid solution by some chemical or bacteria. The resultant liquid is pumped to the surface, where the mineral or metal is taken out of solution by precipitation or by ion exchange (e.g., the Frasch process). In glory-hole mining a steep-sided, funnel-shaped surface excavation is connected to tunnels below it. Rocks blasted off the sides of the excavation fall into the tunnels, from which they are then removed. Gopher mining is an old-fashioned method still used in very small mines. Narrow, small holes are driven in order to extract the ore (e.g., gold) as cheaply as possible. In placer mining no excavation is involved; instead, gravel, sand, or talus (rock debris) is removed from deposits by hand, hydraulic nozzles, or dredging. The ore is separated from the waste by panning or sluicing. Sections in this article:
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Spending Associated with TCSG Colleges has $1.2 Billion Impact in Georgia
March 7, 2014- Atlanta, GA- How much do communities throughout the state benefit economically from spending that is either directly or indirectly related to the 24 colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG)?
According to Dr. Jeffrey M. Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, it adds up to almost 1.2 billion dollars.
The economic impact is in a new report from Dr. Humphreys that details his analysis of the system's economic data for the 2012 fiscal year.
His study also found that the technical colleges' spending results in 15,000 public and private sector jobs. Humphreys reported that for each job created on a TCSG college campus, one off-campus job exists because of college-related expenditures. One in every 264 non-farm jobs in Georgia, he said, occurs because of spending associated with a TCSG college.
"The fundamental finding is that each of the TCSG colleges creates substantial economic impacts in terms of output, value added, labor income, and employment. These economic impacts demonstrate that continued emphasis on technical colleges as an enduring pillar of the regional economy translates into jobs, higher incomes, and greater production of goods and services for local households and businesses," said Humphreys.
The TCSG commissioned Humphreys to calculate the importance that spending connected to the state's technical colleges has for their service delivery areas, which range in size from two to eleven counties. Several categories of college expenditures were reviewed for the study, including personnel salaries and fringe benefits, college operations, capital construction projects, and student spending, to name a few.
The result, put in the context of the taxpayer investment, indicated that the $315 million state appropriation for the TCSG in 2012 supported the enrollment of almost 153,000 technical college students, generated $1.2 billion in local spending, and helped to sustain almost 15,000 public and private sector jobs.
"The spending factor alone is a sizable return on the state's investment in the TCSG, and it would be significantly higher if we were to add the economic value that our graduates create once they leave college and meet employers' needs for a skilled workforce," said Ron Jackson, commissioner of the TCSG.
In Southwest Georgia, Albany Technical College's share is a little over $47 million of the economic impact. Add to that Albany Tech's unduplicated graduates in the ninetieth percentile in the system and their high graduation and placement rates, and the overall impact is significant both region and statewide.
Albany Tech President, Dr. Anthony O. Parker, attributes the college's success to its methodologies. "We start with the end in mind," said Parker. "With our on-campus Career Development Center, we have our students begin building portfolios from the very beginning to demonstrate to potential employers the hands-on experience they receive at Albany Tech that makes them more prepared for the workforce."
The study did not attempt to measure the value in terms of the increased earnings of TCSG graduates or the colleges' role in helping the state to attract and retain companies with high-skill, good-paying jobs. Nor did it calculate the impact of the TCSG's Quick Start program, a state economic development incentive that provides customized training free of charge to new and expanding businesses.
The full report, The Economic Impact of Technical College System of Georgia Institutions on their Service Delivery Area Economies in FY 2012, is available online HERE
The following is a list of the 24 TCSG colleges and their economic and employment impact on their service delivery areas in 2012. For a map of the colleges' service delivery areas go HERE
TCSG College |
Economic Impact of FY2012 Spending
Employment Impact of FY2012 Spending
(College-Related Jobs)
Albany Technical College | $47,378,544 | 552 | ||
Altamaha Technical College | $20,410,617 | 274 | ||
Athens Technical College | $46,716,956 | 608 | ||
Atlanta Technical College | $63,965,060 | 692 | ||
Augusta Technical College | $54,380,987 | 699 | ||
Central Georgia Technical College* | $64,673,414 | 873 | ||
Chattahoochee Technical College | $104,722,504 | 1,288 | ||
Columbus Technical College | $38,156,614 | 479 | ||
Georgia Northwestern Technical College | $68,963,126 | 886 | ||
Georgia Piedmont Technical College | $59,595,578 | 773 | ||
Gwinnett Technical College | $71,377,444 | 768 | ||
Lanier Technical College | $40,741,923 | 515 | ||
Middle Georgia Technical College* | $30,906,755 | 412 | ||
Moultrie Technical College | $26,095,668 | 371 | ||
North Georgia Technical College | $35,266,872 | 452 | ||
Oconee Fall Line Technical College | $30,382,428 | 442 | ||
Ogeechee Technical College | $29,515,195 | 393 | ||
Okefenokee Technical College | $17,807,595 | 233 | ||
Savannah Technical College | $56,935,335 | 707 | ||
South Georgia Technical College | $27,530,288 | 366 | ||
Southeastern Technical College | $30,469,358 | 402 | ||
Southern Crescent Technical College | $71,997,872 | 881 | ||
Southwest Georgia Technical College | $21,371,303 | 265 | ||
West Georgia Technical College | $65,357,646 | 911 | ||
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College | $55,199,383 | 757 | ||
TCSG System Total | $1,179,918,464 | 14,997 | ||
*colleges merged as the new Central Georgia Technical College in July 2013 |


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"Texas Killing Fields" seems like a movie that can't miss.
The film, directed by Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael, who is a producer) is beautifully, creepily atmospheric, with a good cast and a story inspired by actual crimes. But the story simply doesn't stand up, with its combination of well-worn plot elements and confusing red herrings -- or maybe they're just details that don't add up.
Brian Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is a New York City detective who has moved with his family to Texas City, Texas, a miserable-looking small town with lots of colorful crooked characters. His partner is the grumpy Mike Souder (Sam Worthington), who grew up in Texas City and is familiar with its dark ways.
A prostitute is murdered; that investigation should keep Heigh and Souder busy. But in another jurisdiction another woman has gone missing in what the locals call the killing fields, where dozens of bodies have turned up. The detective there, Pam Stall (Jessica Chastain), seeks help from Heigh -- and expressly not from Souder, her former husband, emphasis on former. Souder reminds his partner that these aren't his cases, but the killing fields clearly haunt the religious Heigh, and there's not much question of whether he'll start poking around -- and from the sound of it, not for the first time.
When they're not busy with all that, Heigh and Souder try to keep Anne Sliger (Chloe Grace Moretz) out of more trouble than she's already gotten herself into. Anne is born into a bad situation; her slimy addict of a mother, Lucie (Sheryl Lee), is all kinds of bad news, as are the men she keeps company with. A bright future looks like a long shot, but Heigh and Souder work hard to help her.
That's a lot of plates to juggle, both for the detectives and the audience. Mann seems to have inherited her father's gift for moody atmospheres -- this truly looks like a place where you wouldn't even want to stop for gas -- but falls short in the storytelling department. Perhaps the blame falls on Don Ferrarone, who wrote the screenplay. Whatever the case, nobody seems to know quite how to end the thing; Mann goes with a bang and a whimper.
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Friesian or Friesian-Crosses Anyone? 18 Attachment(s) (I'm sure this has talked about before, but I didn't see anything recent. So I'll start a new thread!) I liked Friesians before. Who doesn't like a romantic picture of a fairy-tale like black horse with mounds of wavy hair? But now that I've met a few and rode one, I think I'm in love. Smitten. My English lesson horse, a 15.3 Friesian mare who've I've had only 6 lessons on, is to blame. Total sweet heart. I have a lot to work on in my lessons on her but she is still a pleasure to ride. My instructor also has a gorgeous Friesian stallion and I've met another one in the area. Both drop dead gorgeous. But that mare is any testament to how the breed is in general or how they influence crosses, my pocket book might be in huge trouble sometime in the future when I look for my own horse if I fall anymore in love. And for the sake of money I hope it's just a phase. :shock: I'll have to get a photo of her and post it here. But for now, does anyone have or know a Friesian, Friesian-cross, or Friesian sport horse? Tell me about them! What do you think about the breed? Post photos! :D |
Here's a post about some Friesian crosses, and I posted some pictures here of Dragon, my Friesian/Saddlebred cross. I like him so much better than the purebreds! http://www.horseforum.com/horse-bree...n-59064/page8/ And here's a post where I've talked some about all the things I have done with him, he's a very versatile boy. http://www.horseforum.com/horse-bree...n-59064/page8/ I am just terribly crazy over him, he is everything I ever wanted in a horse. |
Oops! Sorry, wrong link for the second thread, here's the right one. http://www.horseforum.com/horse-bree...-124242/page5/ |
I had a Friesian cross for 3 Weeks. he had been gelded a week before I brought him home I don't know if they gelded him themselves or if their vet is very crappy. The incision area was horrible. I spent the whole time walking him, water therapy. He seemed to.be getting better. Swelling goes down and he seems happier, then one day I went to feed and he was standing at his bucket. very drawn up. Stiff as heck in the back legs, 3rd eyelid kept spazzin out. He ate and drank. By the time the vet got there he was getting stiff up his neck and horrible He had tetanus and had to be put down. |
18 Attachment(s) Thanks Silent One! Yeah I saw that Leopard Appy Friesian... drop dead gorgeous. And your Dragon is handsome and sounds like a doll! Janna, I'm so sorry to hear that. Sounds like a bad vetting job and a nightmare. :( |
Home - New Start Farm Here's a link to my only experience with Friesians. They are absolutely fantastic, gorgeous horses. I've seen Wessel at shows and he is a perfectly behaved gentleman....of course, his owner does NOT let him get away with being anything except behaved. I want so bad to have one of his babies.....LOL Like you tho, I keep looking at the price. |
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Smiles Of A Summer Summit May Be The Last For A While
Seen from the Oval Office, the images from the Soviet Union are not reassuring. Striking coal miners ignore Moscow's orders to return to work. The economy implodes as the threat of price riots grows. And protest posters carry the words "v otstavky," or "resign," next to Mikhail Gorbachev's name.
For George Bush, the chaos in the Soviet Union and Gorbachev's increasingly murky future are fueling a new sense of urgency in U. S.-Soviet relations. Nervous Washington officials are trying to lock in two arms-control deals that would consolidate the gains of five years of negotiations with Moscow. To do that, Bush is moving to get a Moscow summit off the ground in June or July. "The longer we wait, the higher the risks," says an Administration Soviet expert. Bush and Gorbachev held a summit last June. But when Gorbachev launched a bloody crackdown on the Baltic states in January, five years of improving ties skidded to a halt.
Bush's first priority is to end the stalemate over the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, which calls for huge cuts in Soviet forces in Central Europe. Warsaw Pact and NATO countries signed the treaty last year, but it was sidetracked on its way to ratification last fall. Soviet hard-liners insisted that 3,700 Soviet tanks and artillery pieces be counted as naval hardware, thereby putting them outside treaty limits. Bush rejected that ploy but now says he'll go along with it if Moscow makes equivalent cuts elsewhere in Central Europe.
VOTE-GETTER? If the CFE treaty can be nailed down, it will generate momentum for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which calls for deep reductions in long-range nuclear arsenals. START would lessen the danger of nuclear war and help chart spending cuts on new generations of nuclear weapons. Since START mandates much bigger cuts on the Soviet side, Bush is likely to offer Gorbachev concessions on verification issues such as on-site inspection of factories where ballistic missiles are built. If that happens, U. S. officials believe it may be possible to reach an agreement in principle with the Soviets before a Moscow summit.
Bush strategists worry that he runs a political risk in leaving important work with the Soviets unfinished as the 1992 election approaches. As the Persian Gulf victory fades, Bush's failure to sign a major arms deal with a weakening Gorbachev would leave a big gap in his foreign policy record. Powerful incentives are also pushing Gorbachev toward a summit. Boris N. Yeltsin, his chief rival, is likely to win the first-ever direct elections for president of the Russian republic on June 12. That will give Yeltsin a popular legitimacy that Gorbachev lacks. Tacking down the CFE accord would also strengthen Moscow's ties with Western Europe--its best source of badly needed economic investment. Indeed, in coming years, the Soviets are likely to refocus their diplomatic efforts on Western Europe. "A new axis between the Soviets and Europe is forming slowly," says Mario Lemme, a Soviet expert at the Aspen Institute in Berlin. "Their interests now converge more than those of the Soviets and the U. S."
Even a successful summit, however, would likely be the last hurrah of the heady era of ever-improving U. S.-Soviet ties. After a Moscow meeting, Bush advisers believe that spreading turmoil in the Soviet Union will make follow-on talks on arms control or direct economic cooperation difficult at best. "We're entering an era of modest expectations and few bold moves," says one State Dept. specialist. That's a far cry from the vision of superpower partnership that Bush had offered as the legacy of the cold war's end. The Administration still expects the odd breakthrough on regional issues from Angola to Afghanistan. But as the Soviet Union turns ever inward, superpower leaders may find less and less common ground for summit celebration.


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Bethany Stuemke of Altamont and Lee Doyle of Ramsey have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
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Humphrey wins Jamaica call
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Humphrey: Linking up with Reggae Boyz
Skysports.com understands Motherwell winger Chris Humphrey has won his first call-up to the Jamaica national team.
The Reggae Boyz have moved to fend off interest from Scotland to bring Humphrey into the international set-up.
Humphrey, who was born in Jamaica, is eligible to play for Scotland due to the fact his mother was born in Kilmarnock and Craig Levein was thought to be considering calling the former Shrewsbury man after being impressed by his performances this season.
The 22-year-old has been earning rave reviews and he has played a key role in helping Motherwell reach the Scottish Cup final against Celtic.
A number of Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Bolton and Birmingham are all thought to be tracking the jet-heeled wide-man.
Humphrey is delighted to win his first call-up with Jamaica for their training camp in Brazil ahead of next month's Gold Cup.
"It is a huge honour to get a call-up as every player wants to play international football," Humphrey told skysports.com.
"Even though I also qualify for Scotland, Jamaica were the first to pursue me and I am looking forward to linking up with the squad.
"However, at the minute my main focus is on this weekend's Scottish Cup final against Celtic."