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Maybe it was the long weekend, but this morning I just woke up tired and continued on that way. I got lots done at work....
Finish graduates 2009 powerpointDo four weeks worth of PP announcements
Finish the newsletter
Go over information with volunteer who will be helping out in the office while I am away.Call Wolfe's about June 20th car washCall Trivent rep about June 20th car washGet all copies of kid's paperwork for mission trip
...so I'm getting there.
Got very little done at home other than dinner, making something for The Brit's potluck tomorrow and using up our bananas before they went off in a sugar free jello pudding. Then it was off to kickbutt class. I have changed the name of the class as of tonight as Jack kicked all our butts this evening! Man! He is so nice in every other aspect! I get there early just to chat with him as me and the Jack McFarlands of the world get on well together. He's funny, engaging, concerned on how my knees are doing and has a good ear for listening. But put him in front of a class, and man-o-day! He can be brutal and reduce me to a puddle of sweat on the floor.
I will totally miss him in the month of June, but also do not look forward to my first class in July after being gone for so long!
I was sitting in the living room tonight and had an interesting text message conversation that went something like this:
An incoming message that said, "Um, I'm pregnant."
There was no name attached to the number, so my mind was racing. Holy cow, is this one of my youth girls? No, can't be...I have their cell numbers and their names would totally show up! So I reply with:
"Who is this?"
"Ain't this Henry?" (I've been called a lot of things before, but never Henry!)
no sorry
"OMG, I'm so sorry.
thats ok good luck
"please don't tell no one or give my number out i will get killed jk but still and thx for the luck
your secret is safe tho i dont know who you are anyway
"ok thx bye"
Then another incoming message from her:
do i kno u r u in Hagerstown and go to school here
i live in hagerstown but am an adult. are you a student
high school? Are you pregnant for sure?
yes and yes I took three tests my mom wants me to get an abortion but i dnt believe in that r u a woman
yes, I am a woman. do you know there is a pregnancy crisis center downtown? they would be happy to talk to you. i don't know them personally but I work at a church and get mailings from them.
thx alot and goodbye please pray for me and i thnk u a lot
I will pray for you and hope you find the right solution.
Blog fodder from a wrong number. But my heart goes out to her. We all make choices that sometimes lead us to trouble. I hope she stands her ground with her mother. Though I don't think a high school student should raise a child, there are other alternatives to abortion in this situation. Yes, there are always other alternatives to abortion, but you all know I am pro-choice simply because we never know someone else's circumstances or what they have gone through, ie rape, incest, etc. But this kid is already against abortion and if she can give birth to a healthy baby, there are families out there who would love to adopt it.
So I'll keep this girl in my prayers. I don't know who she is, but God does.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Ending the Day the Same Way I Started it....
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Creative Button Animations with Sprites and JQuery (Part 1: Photoshop)
This tutorial will show you how to build creative hover animations for buttons using sprites. The particular effect illustrated in this tutorial is inspired by the "Download" buttons on Tutorial9.net. Part 1 of this tutorial explains the design process in Photoshop. In Part 2 we will convert it to XHTML + CSS and as a bonus we will also use jQuery for a fading hover effect.
View Demo: Button Animation Demo
Skip to Part 2: Click Here (Demo files available for download)
Step 1 – Create the shape
Create a new document in photoshop fit to your needs. In this instance, I'll be creating a 570px wide button. The height of the new canvas should be twice the height of the button needed (explained later, but for now just use the top half of the canvas).
We're going to make a rounded button. Use the Rounded Rectangle Tool with a radius of 5px. Keep in mind that we will add a border and shadow, so leave some white space around the button.
Step 2 – Add layer styles
We will use a pretty basic color scheme for the initial state of the button. The surprise (I call it the wow-effect because of the contrast) will be added in the color scheme of the hover state button.
Note from Editor
The diagrams shown are not in English, but the diagrams will apply to English versions of Photoshop as well. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Drop shadow
Gradient overlay
Step 3 – Highlights
Select the the shape of the button: Ctrl (Cmd for Mac users) + Click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette. Now add a new layer and fill the selection with the color #fafafa (use the Bucket tool). Select the selection tool and move the selection 1px to the right. Now click backspace and the selection will be deleted. Now you need to move the selection 1px up and delete the selection. The last step is to move the selection 2px down and delete the selection. What remains is a sleek highlight effect on the left side of the button.
Apply the same trick on the right side of the button.
Step 4 – Button text
Type the text "Send" or "Submit", or whatever you wish:
- font: Helvetica Neue Bold
- font-size: 35px
- color: #343434
Add also the following layer style:
Final image
Step 5 – Prepare the canvas for a sprite
We're going to make a sprite of the buttons. Why sprites and not single images? Why combine all those images? Isn't it quicker to have smaller images?
Using CSS sprites allows you to greatly increase your websites speed by using single image files that contain multiple graphics. In other words, when you have many images to be used, instead of having them as different individual files, we combine them into one. Therefore, the client computer only downloads one image for all the different graphics to be displayed.
Measure the height of the button. My example has a height of 64px. The link hover button will have the same size as the link button so my Photoshop canvas needs to have a height of 128px (= 2 x 64px). Use Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + C to change the height of the canvas.
Step 6 – The link hover button
Select all layers in the layers palette and place them in one group. Duplicate this group and move it down to the empty space. Now you have the same two buttons in the sprite.
Change the color of the copied text to #fffff and change the drop shadow:
Add the following layer styles on the copied button shape:
Drop shadow: don't change it.
Gradient overlay
Final touches
We're going to add some gloss to the link hover button. Select the the shape of the button: Ctrl/Cmd + Click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette. And fill a new layer with the color #ffffff using the Bucket tool. Cut Away the bottom part with the Selection tool and change the opacity to 7%.
The final touch is changing the opacity of the highlights to 30% (which is already applied in the image above), because the original ones are too strong for the green button.
Final image
Save the image/sprite for web and you're finished with the design part. It's time to move on to the development part!
Continue: Continue to Part 2 »
Ending Design Note: Create your own buttons
Use colors that fit into your design. To create a simple 3D effect for the link hover button, you can also flip (the background of) the link button vertically. This works fine if you're using a simple gradient.
Don't use too many buttons like these on your website. If you wan't to use several buttons on one page it's better to create small buttons.
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thanks for information. nice tutorial good web site
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Add point Subtract pointKhalid (2 Points)
Haha, zo erg is het toch niet? Mijn Photoshop-versie is Nederlands, dus al zou ik mijn OS op Engels gezet hebben, dan zou het ook niet geholpen hebben.
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Add point Subtract pointklima yetkili servisi (2 Points)
thanks for expression
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Add point Subtract pointsiemens servisi (2 Points)
thanks for information.good web site
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Add point Subtract pointTomato (1 Point)
step 3 I can't understand.could you do it deatil? Thank you~
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Add point Subtract pointKhalid (1 Point)
1. Just copy the button shape and remove all layer styles, and make the button white.
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2. Select the shape of the button (ctrl + click on the thumbnail in the layers palette)
3. Move the selection/the dotted line (and not the shape) 1px to the right… etc.
Add point Subtract pointGebel Scarduzio (-2 Points)
Download60s.com is a graphic designing website. photoshop tutorials.
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Add point Subtract pointLevinson (1 Point)
Thanks for this detailed tutorial. The technique is clean and easy to apply.
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Add point Subtract pointRandy (1 Point)
Thanks much for the tut! Love the effect. Using it all over. But png trans as button element don't seem to be good juju for guess who….? Yup, IE. Any recommended fixes?
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Add point Subtract pointwalidplus (1 Point)
thats a great tutorial, i was looking for longtime for such thing
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Great tutorial! Thanks alot !!
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Add point Subtract pointKevin Lee (0 Points)
Cool!! I mean it! Absolutely cool! I'll definitely follow this blog!!
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Add point Subtract pointWeb Design (1 Point)
too bad not in english but..thanks anyways for sharing :)
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Add point Subtract pointWeb Design (0 Points)
wow this is awesome stuff keep it up
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Add point Subtract pointRobin (0 Points)
This is an best tutorials which any web designers can take a look at to get awesome buttons for the websites and blog while designing.. :)
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Add point Subtract pointKhalid (1 Point)
Thanks again for the positive comments, guys.
@Yakim: eindelijk iemand die niet klaagt.. haha
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Add point Subtract pointBrian (1 Point)
I use sprites a lot. Seems like it takes two or three attempts to get the positioning right every time I do it though. Having to go back and implement on a bunch of old sites.
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Add point Subtract pointBaloot (1 Point)
Khalid, that was awesome tutorial. Very easy to understand and apply. Thanks a lot Khalid. :)
Will apply soon on my blog. Still learning about CSS Sprites.
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He jij bent een Nederlander, ook leuk.
P.S. ik kan de screenshots wel lezen! ;-)
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I was looking for this jQuery tut long time :) Thanks so much
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Very nice but when u disable CSS the links are gone. lets see if I can fix that :)
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Hello Hugo,
I guess you're referring to Part II of the tutorials. I do not have a png fix, because I really don't care about transparency problems in IE6 as long as the site works properly. But there are two options if you persist on a fix: (1) add a background to the image that has the same color as the site or (2) use a png fix.
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Hi Khalid,
Great tutorial!
For some reason, you can see that png transparency in this case is not working properly in internet explorer…
Do you have a version with a png fix included in it ?
Thanks in advance,
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Guess this is pretty much the only tutorial in Dutch out there. Would be neat if it would be in English though :) -because most people speak English on the interwebs-
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Hi Yoshua,
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I've seen tutorials on internet that were written in English but with screenshots in other languages (like this one). Following those tutorials wasn't difficult, because the settings in Ps are exactly the same. Commenting a screenshot wasn't necessary, only in cases where you need to understand a word (e.g. In the layer style 'Stroke' I wrote 'Outside' in English because people will not understand 'Buiten', which is Dutch). Please read my comment(s) above for an explanation.
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Thanks, will be using this sometime!
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Great pratical tutorial .. Thank you Kalil
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Awesome tutorial, the graphics for this 2 part tutorial are really smooth
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hello i want to make a web side,
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if you are from bangladesh plez call me ,,01191573654…
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Great but it would be nice if it was in English! (:
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Add point Subtract pointKhalid (2 Points)
The tutorial is written in English. The screenshot do have a title with the layer style in English. But even without that title you should be able to apply the same effects, because all the settings are placed the same order in other language versions of Ps. =)
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An addition: if you download the source file, you can open it and check the layer styles in your own language. But this isn't necessary, because you should be able to follow the tutorial as I explained above.
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Miyabi Natsuyaki
Miyabi Natsuyaki 夏焼雅 |
Miyabi Natsuyaki at Japan Expo 2014
Born | August 25, 1992 |
Other names | Miya, Miyabi, Miya-Miya |
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Years active | 2002–present |
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Website | Hello! Project.com |
Miyabi Natsuyaki (夏焼 雅 Natsuyaki Miyabi?, born August 25, 1992, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female adolescent pop group under Hello! Project. Since then, she has continued to sing in that group and has become a part of four smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members—Aa!, Sexy Otonajan, Buono! and Berryz Kobo. She was also the sub-captain of Berryz Kobo. Now she is a member of female pop band Pink Cres.
In 2002, Natsuyaki successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids' Audition alongside the other members of Berryz Kobo. As a member of Berryz Kobo, she also participated in the band's weekly radio show Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki!. In that same year, she was cast as a character in "Koinu Dan no Monogatari", however she did not have a large part due to her age. Many members of Hello! Project Kids and Morning Musume participated in this film.
In 2003, she was chosen to join the group Aa!, which consisted of another member of Hello! Project Kids, Airi Suzuki and was led by Morning Musume member Reina Tanaka. They released only one single: First kiss released on October 29, 2003. The status of the group as a recording unit is unknown, since they have not released anything since their single in 2003, but the original lineup "reformed" for live performances in 2007. In 2009, Aa! returned from hiatus, and because leader Tanaka Reina had left the group to form the unit High King with other Hello! Project members, Natsuyaki took over as leader of Aa! In 2004, all of Hello! Project participated in a large shuffle group that produced one single, "All For One & One For All!". This song is considered one of the themes of Hello! Project.
In 2005 Miyabi became a member of Hello! Project's shuffle unit Sexy Otonajan. Like Aa! there were only three members: Miki Fujimoto from Morning Musume, Megumi Murakami from Cute and Miyabi. They only produced one song called "Onna, Kanashii, Otona".[citation needed]
Miyabi then became a member of Buono! alongside two other Hello! Project Kids: Momoko Tsugunaga from Berryz Koubou, and Airi Suzuki from Cute. The unit was officially announced at the Nakayoshi magazine Festival 2007 on July 21, 2007, at Tokyo's Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, and formed to sing both the opening ("Kokoro no Tamago") and ending ("Honto no Jibun") themes for the anime adaptation of the Shugo Chara! manga. Buono! continued to record the ending and opening themes for the first season of the anime. As of the second season, Buono! only recorded the ending themes, as the opening themes were handled by Shugo Chara Egg! and Guardians 4, two other groups formed for the sake of performing Shugo Chara! music.[citation needed]
Hello! Project groups and units[edit]
- Hello! Project Kids
- Aa!
- H.P. All Stars (2004)
- Sexy Otonajan
- Berryz Kobo (2004–present)
- Buono! (2007–present)
- Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011)
Satoyama and Satoumi movements[edit]
- DIY (DIY♡?) (2012–present)
- Mellowquad (2013–present)
- For Miyabi Natsuyaki's releases with Berryz Kobo and Buono!, see Berryz Kobo discography and Buono!.
Solo photobooks[edit]
- [2003-01] リトル・ホスピタル (Little Hospital), on TV Tokyo
- Koinu Dan no Monogatari (2002)
- Promise Land ~Clovers no Daibōken~ (2004)
- Gomennasai (October 29, 2011)
- Ōsama Game (2011)
- Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki! (March 30, 2005 – March 31, 2009)
- Tsuukai! Berryz Okoku (July 3, 2009 – March 30, 2012) (Co-host: Sugaya Risako and Kumai Yurina)


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Mar 2013 20:47 UTC
"Google and MPEG LA announced today that they have entered into agreements granting Google a license to techniques that may be essential to VP8 and earlier-generation VPx video compression technologies under patents owned by 11 patent holders. The agreements also grant Google the right to sublicense those techniques to any user of VP8, whether the VP8 implementation is by Google or another entity. It further provides for sublicensing those VP8 techniques in one next-generation VPx video codec. As a result of the agreements, MPEG LA will discontinue its effort to form a VP8 patent pool." The word that stood out to me: the auxiliary verb 'may', which has a rather low epistemic modality. To me, this indicates that this is not so much a clear-cut case of VP8 infringing upon patents, but more a precautionary move on Google's part.
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There are about thirty H.264 licensors.
Giants in manufacturing and R&D, most of them. Mitsubishi, Philips, and so on.
1200 licensees.
For all practical purposes, the entire global video industry.
Every link in the chain from the video camera to the video display.
HEVC/H.265 is looking damn good. Too good for someone playing catch-up like Google.


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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Christmas cones
Wow, I have missed all of you!! These past few weeks I have not been on much to check out all the great holiday projects and all of your wonderful blogs. While it bums me out since I know there was some probably some gorgeous projects,(especially at this time of the year,) and I love reading about all of your lives, I really needed to take a breather. (bad timing, I know!) But, I was a little to into the blogging thing and not doing what I had to be doing,like spending less time on the computer and more time chasing my now(I'm still freaking he is 5) 5 year old . I work full time and play with him once I get home until he gets to bed but some nights, I just wanted to chill out and craft. But, he is more important than making a card or project! There is no project, card, or layout that I could have made that is more beautiful than my son. He is the love of my life. In his world, I was made to feed him, soothe his ouchies,play tackle football, and play power rangers(oh and wipe his butt-when the heck is going to learn to do that on his own??? lol). And you know what,I can totally dig his world! He is already 5, it went so fast, and I don't want him to remember me as the mom who was on the computer and not spending enough time with him. I mean, he is the coolest dude ever!! At a whopping 34 pounds and 3 feet tall, his heart is the size of the moon and whats even more cool, he loves me to the moon and back. So how could I not want to spend every minute with him?? So, I did his b-day party, the arrival of Joey the Elf, and have just been concentrating on him and my husband and getting ready for the arrival of Santa! But, before all that, I took my first craft class and learned how to make these awesome cones and treat cups!! It was a great class, there were was only one other student! I am a total visual learner and luckily I had a very patient teacher. I was like, ummm I totally can't get this cone thing to look like a cone and so she would roll it and unroll it (like a million times) so many times that I got her so confused, she was starting to think she was nuts! But, in the end and I got it!! I made four so far and I am going to make marshmallow pops and put them in the cone and give them to Liam's teachers at school. I have only one other Christmas project, a wreath I made to put in our office. (There are 2 women and 20 guys, I had to brighten the place up a bit!!)But, haven't taken a picture yet. Here are the pictures of some of the cones:
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I really enjoyed your posting, you are so right! I also work full time and it is hard to squeeze in crafting time with all the other responsibilities and believe me it goes so fast my girls now 9 and 10 would rather be texting, listening to music or hanging out with their friends! There really is such a small window! I am so grateful I was a stay at home Mom up until Kinder! I was able to spend all my time with them (And I was not a crafter/blogger at the time so it was 100%) But now it makes me sad that they are like little women living their own lives!
Fun project too!
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March 19, 2010
Whose Shoes? #5
We thought yesterday's puzzle was difficult, since the shoes in question belonged to someone who rarely wears them: the ever-loving Thing. Jack Kirby dressed up the Thing for Reed and Sue's wedding in the classic Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965). The proto-taser wielding baboon that attacked ol' Ben is just an added plus for today, but the real lesson is that armed baboons make any comic great. Keeping with the dress shoe theme, today's subject would be almost impossible to identify without our clever clue. And here's the clue: those shoes are probably penny loafers. Your answers should be e-mailed to hatthecomictreadmill(at)gmail.com. |
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Founded in 1956 ARGE is the European umbrella association of locks and hardware manufacturers.
It represents 15 National Associations within Europe, which serve over 200 manufacturers across the whole of Europe and Scandinavia.
ARGE is a Lobby institution with links to the European Authorities and Institutes.
It aims to represent the interests of its National Associations, manufacturers and users of locks and hardware, and works on technical issues for the European Committee of Standardisation (C.E.N.).
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Hosted by UNIQ, the 64th ARGE Conference, was held on 15th and 16th September in Le Touquet Plage, and was one of the most stimulating yet. In addition to the Annual General Meeting of ARGE, which was held on the first day, the focus of this year's event was the future ARGE agenda. Delegates took part in a series of workshops, which explored the future opportunities for ARGE and its membership.
The launch of ARGE's industry representative EPDs (Environmental Product Declaration) was also a central agenda item. Peter Rush, Chairman and CEO of KELLEN, who manage BHMA's (Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association in North America) business, provided us with a report on the success of the marketing activities of BHMA. The busy first day was rounded off with a gala dinner at the luxurious Hôtel Barrière Le Westminster, situated in the heart of Le Touquet.
Information and presentations from the event will be available soon.CEN has introduced an online learning tool designed to help SMEs improve their knowledge on standardisation.
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Closeouts. Teva Tirra sport sandals mesh fun, feminine style and multi-sport performance for everyday, go-anywhere use.
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- Upper: Polyester webbing and synthetic leather
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I walked to the library in these so can't return (or could I still ?) and the shock sole just didn't cut it. Hard sole. I hope the rubber softens in time. They are nice looking however, and they do look durable. -
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I can't answer an exact amount. They don't tire my feet on a two-three hour hike or when I wear
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Ok I took one and weighed it for you. 7.5 ounces per shoe. ?????? very light weight but strong support and very comfortable.
I just placed my Teva's on the regular scale and it did not move. In other words: it is less than a pound......in fact, I would guess it is more like 1/4 pound. So not much. I don't have any other scale for an ounce reading............sorry!
They are very light feeling on your foot, I cannot actually weigh them, but not clompy feeling at all.
Mine weigh 1 lb 1 oz. I think they're size 8.
The specs say 8.5 oz. They are pretty lightweight. I think they compare pretty much to my lightweight Saucony running shoes.
Don't have the actual wt but they are very light. Much lighter than Keene
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Don't know, but they are lightweight, unlike Chacos.
The two sandals together on my kitchen digital scale weigh just one pound.
According to the product specs tab: Weight (pair): 1 lb. 2 oz.
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I would order a 9 because I ordered a 7 and I normally wear a 7.5 and they seem a little snug.
I wear 8.5, so ordered a 9, and they fit fine (all three pairs!). But as you see, they are adjustable in width.
I also wear 8.5 and was fortunate to get these in that size. So, I just tried them on, and if I were to buy another pair not available in 8.5 I think I would go with the 8 as opposed to the 9. The straps are fully adjustable, so it's the footbed I was looking at. There is a little toe to heal room in the foot bed in the 8.5 so an 8 should work. Your toes might go right to the top of the shoe, but should be seated fully on the sole, I would think. Hope this helps. By the way, they are SUPER comfortable sandals.
I think you would want to go up to a 9. I wear the 7 and my foot goes nearly to the front edge, which is fine; but if I wore a 7.5, I would for sure want to get an 8.
I also wear a 8.5, but I have 4 pair of tea's (different colors) and alway get a size 8 and they fit perfect!!
I usually order my teva's up to the next size. But I prefer to have some room in front if my toes vs no room.
These sandals do have half sizes. They run true to size.
Because I have one foot almost a half size larger than the other, I ordered size nine and my size (almost) 8.5 foot works just fine in it. I do have to flex when I tighten the ankle strap otherwise it cuts off circulation. The ability to strap the toes makes it snug.
What I usually do is order two sizes and send back whatever doesn't work.
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I wear 8.5M in a closed shoe and 8M in a sandal. The 8 in this sandal fit true to size for an 8. These do come in half sizes, but apparently STP doesn't have any more (except I see 5.5 today). I have several pairs of these and had tried on both 8 and 8.5 in a store, just to see the difference. Both sizes were OK for me in arch placement and length, without my toes too close or too far from the edge. But but the 8.5 had straps so much longer than the 8 that I couldn't close it snug enough. The straps on the 8.5 either ran out of Velcro when I pulled them over or barely grabbed with most of the strap free & sticking out. However, my feet are on the slim side of medium. So just keep in mind that Teva makes the straps on this style much longer as size goes up.
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Opera North's Carousel Comes to Barbican Next Summer
Editorial Staff • West End, Blackpool, Bolton, Chester, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Salford • 23 Dec 2011
The production, from Opera North, is directed by Jo Davies (Ruddigore), with design by Olivier Award-winner Anthony Ward (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oliver!) and choreography by Kim Brandstrup.
Carousel, which runs at the Barbican from 15 August to 15 September), will mark Opera North's first long-term residency in London for over 20 years.
It will open at the Grand Theatre in Leeds from 2-19 May and subsequently visit the Salford Lowry, from 23-26 May.
Carousel is a romantic fantasy from both Heaven and Earth, tracking the tragic New England love story of fast-talking carousel barker Billy Bigelow and naïve mill worker Julie Jordan.
Premiered on Broadway in 1945, it was made into a Hollywood film, starring Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae, in 1956. The score also includes "Mister Snow", "Soliloquy", "What's the Use of Wond'rin" and "You'll Never Walk Alone".
Carousel's last major London outing was in 2008/09, when Lindsay Posner's production starring Lesley Garrett ran at the Savoy Theatre.
Richard Mantle, general director of Opera North, said: "We are delighted to have been entrusted by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Trust to take a fresh look at Carousel. This not only enables us to continue our commitment to this strand of musical theatre work, but also gives us the opportunity to look at the way we function as a performing arts organisation in the current financial climate."
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Eaten alive!
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May 01, 2010
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Oct 15, 2010
Where I stayed
Hostel Colonial
Anyway, we shared our dorm with a French couple who didn't speak English so we had a decent nights quiet sleep! We had planned on spending the whole day visiting the Old City in Colonia, but within a few seconds of standing and admiring the first drawbridge- the mosquitos made a bee line for us- I have a nice juicy one on my cheek and Jamie's head is covered! Planning ahead we had bought spray but applied a few minutes too late.
So our long ambling walk around the citadel turned into- quick, take a picture, then run! So we finished it within half an hour!
Thus, we have spent the day chilling out- had a long siesta, and making repairs to several items that did not last the plane journey!
Having dinner now- sausage pasta, again! Have booked our bus tickets out of here to the capital Montevideo for tomorrow.
Our Spanish is returning to us slowly, havent had to make funny signs or draw any silly pictures yet today!


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HMS Pinafore
Anne Morley-Priestman • London • 22 Apr 2010
The best singing of the evening comes from Rhona McKail as a Josephine with more than a dash of George Eliot's Gwendolen Harleth about her, especially in "Sorry her lot" and "The hours creep on apace" and from Louise Crane as Buttercup, a peddler whose gypsy blood is very much to the fore. Crane also doubles as Sir Joseph's sister. Another interesting piece of role-sharing is provided by Graham Hoadly as the villainous Dick Deadeye and the equally conniving Porter aunt.
Two performances in one day is taxing for any voice, however well-trained. Trevor Jary's Ralph managed a high legato in his first aria but otherwise sounded rough and often unfocused. Ian Belsey's Captain Corcoran provides another show-stopper with "Fair moon, to thee I sing" and in the "Never mind the why and wherefore" trio with some hilarious reprises.
Sir Joseph Porter provides Simon Butteriss – who can probably enunciate Gilbert and Sullivan patter-songs in his sleep – with a delectable cameo of a fussy little autocrat tip-toeing along in shoes just one size too small for his feet and rather more taken with Ralph's manly beauties than with those of either his intended fiancée or Hebe, the cousin with whom he pairs off for the finale.
On stage throughout, the instrumentalists also partake in the action on deck with Graham Dare's percussionist especially prominent. This is a company which has created the sort of dramatic ensemble feeling which can send up Savoy opera traditions as well as the two-dimensional naval melodramas which were partly Gilbert's target and the hackneyed ballad operas and grand opera conventions at which Sullivan aimed his most tuneful fire.
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I was on a roll there for awhile with chopped salads, but can you believe it's been 3 months since I posted the last one?? That definitely needed to change – so today I'm bringing you another this Italian Chopped Salad!!
This salad is so packed full of flavor. Last month for our monthly family dinner, we had a salad pot luck. We all brought different salads – it was fun to have such a variety!! My contribution was this Italian Chopped Salad. There is so much going on in this salad. It was one of those times that I started adding ingredients and just couldn't stop. Chickpeas, artichoke hearts, pepperoni, salami – the list goes on and on. I usually like things that are pretty simplistic, but believe me – these ingredients all work so well together.
I also love how hearty and filling this salad is. It is a perfect main dish salad. Or if you are serving an Italian themed dinner, it works as a side salad as well. But for me? Just give me a big fork and I'll dig right in!!
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- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon dry Italian seasoning
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 cup ditalini pasta
- 3 cups chopped romaine hearts
- 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained
- 1 jar (7.5 oz) marinated artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, quartered
- 1 cup cubed salami
- 1 cup cubed Provolone
- ¾ cup chopped cucumber
- ½ cup mini pepperoni
- ½ cup sliced green onions
- Pepperoncini peppers
- To make the dressing, combine the vinegar, honey, mustard, seasoning and garlic in a blender. Season with salt and pepper. Blend to combine. Slowly stream in the olive oil to emulsify. Alternately, add all the ingredients to a jar and shake until completely combined slightly thickened.
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and cool.
- In a large bowl, combine the romaine, chickpeas, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, salami, provolone, cucumber, pepperoni and green onions. Add in the cooled pasta. Add in the dressing and toss to coat.
- Serve the salad topped with a few whole pepperoncini peppers.
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For the fourth year in a row, bills that would expand voters' access to the ballot box have outpaced those that would restrict voting, in terms of both introduction and passage.
New Voting Restrictions in Place for 2016 Presidential Election
In 2016, 14 states will have new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election. The new laws range from strict photo ID requirements to early voting cutbacks to registration restrictions.
Those 14 states are: Alabama, Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
(This number decreased from 15 to 14 when the D.C. Circuit blocked a voter registration requirement in Alabama, Georgia, and Kansas on September 9, 2016. Georgia was removed, but Alabama and Kansas remain on the map because certain restrictions remain in place. Other recent court rulings have impacted the map: North Carolina and North Dakota were removed after courts blocked restrictive laws. Despite a recent court victory mitigating the impact of Texas's photo ID law, it is still included because the requirement is more restrictive than what was in place for the 2012 presidential election.)
This is part of a broader movement to curtail voting rights, which began after the 2010 election, when state lawmakers nationwide started introducing hundreds of harsh measures making it harder to vote.
Overall, 20 states have new restrictions in effect since the 2010 midterm election. Since 2010, a total of 10 states have more restrictive voter ID laws in place (and six states have strict photo ID requirements) seven have laws making it harder for citizens to register, six cut back on early voting days and hours, and three made it harder to restore voting rights for people with past criminal convictions.
This page details the new restrictive voting requirements put in place during that time period.
Voting Restrictions in Place for First Time in Presidential Election in 2016
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This November, many voters will go to the polls with new voting restrictions in place. Craigconnects and the Brennan Center explored how that may affect voters.


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Listen to your instincts. Your instincts and judgment got you this far-to college. They can take you through college as well. There's a tremendous freedom that comes with leaving for college. The release from nagging (and loving) parents, getting to leave your dirty laundry on the floor for weeks at a time, eating what and when you want, and a raft of other new-found freedoms are exhilarating. That's the good news.
But the bad news is that you're now responsible for what you do. Remember, at age 18 you're now not just personally but legally responsible for your actions. This has great implications. You can vote, but you can also be arrested and tried as an adult. You can sign for credit cards, but you can be sued for non-payment. The lists of rights and responsibilities is enormous, and the choices are all yours to make.
In fact, the idea of independence is all about choices-both good and bad. I grew up in a poor neighborhood. Most of us had about the same amount of money (very little) and the same types of choices. Several kids in my old neighborhood went to jail. Others went on to be professionals and became quite successful. What made much of the difference were the choices people made.
Choice is a wide-open proposition, and it is a dilemma for most of us. I once heard a forensic psychiatrist talk about the criminally insane. As a psychiatrist at a major psychiatric hospital who had seen over 5,000 criminally insane patients in his career, he reached the conclusion that doing wrong is a conscious act. Based on thousands of patient interviews, he had unequivocally concluded that doing right or wrong was a choice. I'll never forget the force with which he delivered that point to a group of police officers, and his follow-up message was clear: Don't spend any time feeling sorry for those who make such choices when they get arrested.
College is full of choices-some good, some bad. The choices abound: To study or not; to drink and drive or not; to cheat or not. My message to you is a takeoff on what the psychiatrist said: Don't do something unless you're prepared for the consequences of your actions. Or as police officers say, "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time."
Survival tips:
Figure out how you make your best decisions. Most people decide either with their heads or their hearts. "Head" types decide based on the logic and the arguments for and against doing something much like a lawyer might. They weigh both sides of an issue and even internally argue both sides of the issues. Whichever seems the stronger of the two arguments wins. Often the outcome is much like a court case: one side wins and the other loses. "Heart" types tend to use their gut as a basis to react to issues. They rely much more on their basic gut reactions to situations as a barometer. If things feel right, then this type of person can be assured that chances are good they're making the right decision. Both head and heart decision makers are very good at the process if they rely on their distinctive strengths.
Test your decision with those who think differently than you. When you're about to decide on an issue that's important to you, get some counterpoint views from people who don't think like you. It's always better to test your ideas among friends and relatives before you expose your decision to the scrutiny of the world. Much less painful; much more constructive.
Use the Red-Face test. When faced with the many types and sizes of decisions you'll likely have to make in college, I highly recommend the red-face technique. Ask yourself this one basic question: If I did this thing I'm about to do, and it was reported on the front page of my local newspaper or put on the evening news, would I be embarrassed? If the answer is yes then don't just walk from the situation, run from it. You'll be glad you did.
Find a sounding board. Everyone needs someone to listen to them. I once heard that psychiatrists and psychologists get about a 50% cure rate but that people who have a good friend they can talk to are cured at a rate over 70%. My memory of those numbers might be off a couple of points, but the message that the report sent was clear: A good sounding board is vital to your mental health. Find one.
When you make a bad decision, learn from it. Notice that I said, "when," not "if" you make a bad decision. Bad decisions are as much a part of life as breathing. Most people would "revise" some decisions in their lives, given the opportunity. The key is not that you make a bad decision here or there, but that you learn from it. You should mature from the experience.
By now your eyes may be glazed over from all this advice. Make no mistake, I did not always follow my own advice, nor did most of your parents. So, if you toss this book in the trashcan and need one piece of advice to live by, try this. Ask yourself what advice you'd give to younger sisters or brothers if they were in your place. Then listen to that voice it's the voice of objective experience. Hopefully I was able to give some of that to you. Certainly, your parents have tried to do that as well.
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The Sony HTST9.CEK 7.1 Wireless Sound Bar with a wireless subwoofer combines digital signal processing, and wave-front technology to produce a natural, three-dimensional sound field, giving you a cinema-like feel. Maintain quality from source to screen with its 4K pass-through feature, which allows data to pass through the sound bar without compromising imagery. Sound Take your television and listening experience to a whole new level with the HTST9.CEK s DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD formats. Youll be able to appreciate HD movies even more due to its clear, high-quality sound. From speaker construction to fine-tuned audio technologies, each part of the HTST9CEK with 800 W has been thought through to deliver a sound the whole family can enjoy. Wireless technology You can position the subwoofer upright or on its side without compromising on sound, which means you can place the speaker anywhere in your home - no wires needed. The HTST9.CEK has wireless multi-room playback, so you can browse and play the audio contents in the audio device by connecting via Bluetooth or WiFi. You can also stream music from the sound bar to any Bluetooth wireless device such as headphones, giving you personal listening without disturbing others. Connectivity Its easy to extend your home cinema setup as this sound bar features three HDMI inputs, an HDMI ARC output, and optical digital and analogue connections. Theres space for all your equipment. Youll be able to connect a range of different devices including your favourite consoles as well as Blu-ray and DVD players, giving you a great choice of entertainment. Sit back, relax and let the Sony HTST9.CEK 7.1 Wireless Sound Bar show off with its multi-room capability, high resolution audio and wireless features, taking movie-watching to a whole new level.
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• It looks like Mike Epps has caught the acting bug. After starring in Sparkle, the comedian will play Richard Pryor in the upcoming biopic about Nina Simone called Nina. He will star opposite Zoe Saldana, who's set to play the legendary artist. Pryor and Simone had a close relationship at the start of their careers in the '60s. Simone shared in her autobiography that Pryor suffered stage fright and that she would often have to rock him to calm his nerves. Shooting for Nina is set to begin this week. [Hollywood Reporter]
Related: What's Your Take on Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone?
• Jennifer Hudson isn't buying the feud between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey. She tells TMZ, "I don't believe it. I think it's just for ratings for the show." She's not the only Pop star tagging the feud as fake. CeeLo Green is doing the same. "This is Hollywood, California. Hardly anything is legit," he said. [Grio] [TMZ]
• Tyra Banks is developing a brand new series for television. According to Deadline, Banks will co-write and produce Fivehead—a show based on Banks' high school years and eventual success as a model. "In high school, if you have glasses, you're a 'four eyes,' if you have braces, you're a 'metal mouth' but if you have my forehead? You're a fivehead," she said. [Deadline]
Related: Nina Simone's Daughter: Biopic is 'Unauthorized'
• Michelle Obama says she's extremely proud of her husband. She tells Extra, "I think my husband has done a phenomenal job, not just in debate, but in the last three and a half years as president… He's not just a candidate, he's still the leader of the free world and knowing what is coming on and off his plate over the course of the day would astound you." [Extra]


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I have my general HAM radio license. I haven''t been using it much, so I can''t remember exactly what the title is. How many of you liveaboards or cruisers out there use a HAM or SSB for voice or email communication? Are any of you in the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast? I plan to liveaboard in the next few years and am looking into brushing up my HAM skills and getting a better, more powerful radio if it looks like I would benefit while sailing in the Gulf, Florida Keys, and the Bahamas.
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HAM and SSB
You might look into the Waterway Radio & Cruising Club, which meets daily all year at 7.268 LSB beginning at 0745 eastern. If you choose to join (not needed to use the Net or meet the great people) for a small fee, you will receive newsletters and a directory of boat-owning/cruising hams who are a huge talent pool and who sponsor a variety of events & services. These members live all along the Gulf and East Coasts of the U.S. and their email & phone #s are in the directory. A brief scan will probably produce neighbors who''ve been doing what you''re thinking of. For more info, visit http://www.jstorm.com/wrcc/ The best choice for cruising seems to be a rig that can handle Marine SSB and Ham bands, as somewhat unique services and Nets are handled in both frequency domains. I would encourage you NOT to offload your older, less powerful rig automatically, as power isn''t as important in a good SSB installation as the antenna & counterpoise...plus all-around excellent wiring. But having said that, Winlink (the Ham email system, but also oh-so much more) is the best non-commercial offshore email system available today and is totally free to hams, provided your radio is capable of handling the traffic and you''ve purchased a TNC for about $500 that allows analaog radio signals to be used digitally by a laptop. Jack N3FYP |
HAM and SSB
Thank you for your reply. All I have is a handheld ham radio right now that really does not transmit very far. As a senior in college I don''t have the extra money to get a more powerful radio at this time. I have been searching online and actually found the site already that you had mentioned. I am trying to find out more about SSB and Marine bands. I am just trying to do all the research I can do now for when I move aboard and live aboard hopefully soon I will be that much more prepaired. Thanks again for your help. By the way, do you liveaboard or cruise extensively? -Reid KD5HIV |
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Reid, if you''re ''looking'' right now, spend a little time talking to the different AES stores. Good folks, factory certified service, they carry all the right gear, and they used to (as of a few years ago) accept used Ham gear in exchange for folks upgrading to larger units. They''d bench test the used stuff and offer it for sale; better than a ham fest since there''s a short warranty period and it''s been checked out. When someone''s giving up an Icom 50 e.g., they are turning over a great, compact, simple but effective ''first SSB'' for your eventual boat. See http://www.aesham.com/ and good luck!
Yes, we ''normally'' live aboard and are inbetween Caribbean and European cruises at the moment...while the boat is torn apart and getting moreso every day. Jack N3FYP WHOOSH, lying St. Pete Beach, FL |
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Mung bean & grits polenta
Author Notes: If Yogurt rice occupies the # 1 spot in a South Indian's list of food faves, then 'Venn Pongal' is usually with in the top five list of comfort foods. Almost every South Indian reading this recipe probably has some story about a weekend brunch comprising of a large dollop of steaming hot & thick porridge of rice & tasted moong dal, with a side of crisp Medu Vada with an almost unlimited supply of tangy piquant Coconut chutney to go with it. The added bonus was licking the plate clean!
Back to Venn Pongal, as I said, Its a mix of well (even slightly overcooked) rice & moong dal ( which is the quickest cooking of all the lentils in the typical South indian pantry). The toasted lentils gives the final dish a subtle nutty flavor and that complements the rich aroma of melted ghee (clarified butter) that is used to finish the polenta. The dish is spiced with Cumin & black peppercorn and ginger & curry leaves round off the flavor profile.
This fusion offering combines comfort foods from 2 southern regions of the world, The US of A & India. —Panfusine
Serves 4
Venn Polenta
- 1/4 cup dehusked mung beans
- 1/2 cup white cornmeal grits
- 2 cups water
- pinches turmeric powder
- 8-10 whole black peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin coarsely powdered
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 1 inch fresh ginger root, finely grated
- 1 sprig curry leaves (torn & stem discarded)
- 3 tablespoons ghee
- 5-6 Cashew nuts, broken up + some extra for garnish
- Salt to taste
- In a skillet, toast the mung beans till they turn a golden brown & begin emitting a nutty aroma. add water to the skillet and partially cook the mung beans. remove from heat & set aside
- Combine the grits,partially cooked mung beans, water & turmeric cook till the water is absorbed & the consistency is that of a thick yet ever so slightly runny porridge.
- In a small skillet heat 1 tbsp of ghee and add the whole peppercorns. Stir for a minute before adding the other ingredients, except the remaining ghee.
- Stir well for a minute until the spices give off their characteristic aroma. Add to the polenta mixture and mix well till thoroughly combined. Finish with a tablespoon of ghee,
- Stir well & pour out into a greased pan. Leave to cool & set.
- Heat the remaining tablespoon of ghee & toast the cashew nuts till golden. Garnish with these prior to serving.
- When the polenta sets, cut into triangles & garnish with the toasted cashews.
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Someone texted me on Wednesday: "Riot in Millbank!" and I rushed excitedly to the TV. Finally someone is showing a bit of gumption, I thought.
Finally the cuts are getting the kind of response they deserve.
Heart pounding, blood up, I was childishly disappointed to find myself out on a limb – or so it seemed as I surfed between news channels. And even the newsreaders who, on the BBC at least, are meant to be neutral, sounded awfully disapproving of the "alarming" scenes at Westminster. I wasn't alarmed. I was the opposite. I was reassured. My faith in human nature was revived and, more than that, I was invigorated; I was inspired. I was ready to rush out and hug a student.
The police had expected 15,000 students to demonstrate on Wednesday against increased tuition fees and the end of the means-tested maintenance grant. They now say 25,000 came. Organisers claim it was 50,000.
As the march flowed along peacefully, a few demonstrators were amazed to discover that they could walk right into the Millbank building which houses the Tory party HQ. Once in, they decided to stay and others joined them. Windows were smashed when enough police turned up to rile the marchers but not enough to restrain them. The worst moment came when someone foolish threw a fire extinguisher off the roof – but the crowd chanted, "Don't throw shit!" and no one was seriously hurt.
Establishment reactions quickly synthesised. The protesters were a mix of splinter-group anarchists and the mollycoddled middle classes, we were told. Neither deserved our sympathy. Lip service was given to the idea of the right to demonstrate but certainly, it seemed, there was no right to be angry; there was no possible justification for a broken window.
The consensus of the faint-hearted was that the message of the demo had somehow been nullified. Small-mindedness was everywhere on view. It reminded me of when you're having a perfectly good argument with someone in a call centre and you get heated and swear. However justified your arguments are, the minute you use the F-word you've lost the moral high ground.
The police, the politicians, the media – all was the usual mind-bending double-speak of denial, as if the very suggestion that violent cuts might engender violent protest would send us all rioting up the streets in copycat fashion. Of course the message of the demo wasn't nullified by the violence! Quite the polar opposite. An orderly demo would have merited a 30-second news item. As it was, the student protest led the news all evening and images of civil unrest in Britain were beamed around the world.
I thought the young were expected to be angry, but even the NUS leader seemed to be a stranger to all outrage except outrage at the "hijackers" of the protest. Already a member of the establishment, he didn't think anything of prostrating himself before some imaginary middle England consensus of disapproval.
Such a shame when the great thing about the student march was that, for a moment, that suffocating blanket was thrown off. This whole Cameroonian thing about "doing it properly" – "proper" is a word Cameron uses constantly; this whole poppy-wearing awfulness that has overtaken the country is enough to drive even the mildest lefty to violence.
I have much sympathy for any soldier killed or wounded in our pointless wars, but the stifling hegemony about poppy-wearing gives me an unfortunate aversion to the damn things. The fact is: there is no consensus about what's happening in this country. Altogether 10.5 million people voted Conservative at the last election; 44.5 million are registered to vote. As Gil Scott-Heron once sang: "Mandate, my arse."
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The pros were brought out by my friend Carolyn Ohl. I learned about the oasis she created in the desert about a year before I moved here and it was the inspiration for my dam project. http://cmoasis.blogspot.com/
We have fewer flowers happening this year due to the weather and many blooms are already going to seed. Maria took a chunk of my biggest plant for further study and placed a GeoCache nearby. http://www.geocaching.com/ ...it will be listed on the site soon.
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Out of Bounds: British Black & Asian Poets
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From Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight, Out of Bounds is a newly charted map of Britain as viewed by its black and Asian poets. It takes the reader on a riveting, sensory journey through Scotland, England and Wales, showing the whole country from a fresh perspective.
This extensive and ground-breaking anthology – with its sudden forks in the road, and its roads not taken – stops off in the Highlands and Islands, skirts the North East coast from Whitley Bay to the sands of Bridlington, wanders lonely through the Lake District and Yorkshire, climbs the mountains of Wales before descending to the Black Country and Southern England. Along the way it takes in lochs and landmarks from Glasgow's George Square and the Angel of the North to the London Eye and the Long Man of Wilmington.
An alternative A to Z of the nation, a new poetic guide, the book enables us to look again at the UK's local and regional landscapes and the poets who pass through them. Out of Bounds is a definitive anthology that brings together new and established black and Asian writers and places them firmly on the map of what is great and not so great about Britain.
"This book really redraws the map of Britain: away with taxonomies of hurt – welcome cartographies of worth."
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^ Nope, no choice at all. Speaking of which... Matisse seems to think the keyboard needs to be kept warm.
Thank you, ladies. Auntie, yours is an "awww", too! It always amazes me how cats can look comfortable anywhere, in any position.
I had to go to Herat, Afghanistan earlier this week. I saw three strays there. One ran past me and I called to it and it came over and let me pet it. You could tell he was well fed and since he was friendly to people I believe the soldiers there were taking care of him in exchange for him keeping the mice population down. Made me miss my two cats so much. I cannot wait to get home!
Currently at the vet with Banshee. She has a severe uterus infection, and she has a lot of work ahead of her. Need some prayers and good thoughts sent this direction!
Oh, poor little kitty! I hope the infection clears and she recovers quickly! Sending positive thoughts her way.
Update on Banshee: Her uterus wasn't as bad as they thought, but she does have a severe urinary tract infection that goes up to the kidneys, plus she was dehydrated and her bowels were plugged up. They spayed her (needed anyway), and now have her on IV fluids and antibiotics. She's doing *much* better today, and acting her normal self again. Obviously we'll need to do a lot better at keeping her clean with the diapers, but it looks like she'll be home tomorrow.
Don't be too hard on yourself about the diaper thing. You are doing far more than most others would do. I'm glad Banshee is doing better!
I hope she keeps improving. She's a tough little cat. After my male got a UTI, I started feeding him water with a plastic syringe. He simply won't drink enough on his own and I don't want a repeat of the infection. 3 times a day, every day, he gets "watered". He's used to it now, but still obviously doesn't like it (y'know...being a cat & all).
Does your cat like drinking from the tap? My wife doesn't like it too much but I always let my cats drink from the tap. I've heard too many stories of cats getting urinary tract infections because they don't drink enough water so I want them to take in as much water as possible. A running tap seems to be their preferred method so I let them have it whenever they want it.


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But the company gained a new lease of life after fresh management moved in, spearheaded by chairman Jacques Murray, a French-born businessman, who bought 64 per cent of the company. He was joined by chief executive Eric Hook. Together, they focused on bringing costs under control, and have reached the stage where growth is more reliant on acquisitions and on sophisticated selling of the company's products.
In pumps, for example, where the firm is a strong brand, it has recovered the rights to its brand name in the US after a successful court action in the UK. It is recruiting new distributors for its pumps business in the US, South Africa and Asia. Sales of pumps make up 33 per cent of revenues, and while the UK has yet to recover fully, the business looks set to pick up strongly overseas.
Away from pumps, Andrews Sykes sees cold winters and long hot summers as the ideal weather conditions. As well as air conditioning for sale and hire, it supplies heating, which generates 23 per cent of sales. Management has worked on its customer base to extend hire periods, with good results. A favourable winter created the backdrop for an excellent year, and with low maintenance costs there is strong cash flow.
Portable air conditioning is also booming, with the UK hire fleet doubling in the past two years to 4,000 units. As with heating, the firm is the UK market leader in the hire of portable units. It is also one of the largest installers of split-system air conditioning.
Overall, the business has generated pounds 10m of cash over the past two years, after capital expenditure and acquisitions - enough to leave pounds 1m in the bank at the end of 1996, from borrowings of pounds 17m in 1994 or 267 per cent gearing. The cash is a sound base from which to hunt for further acquisitions.
House broker Charterhouse Tilney estimates that sales can rise to pounds 48m for this year, from pounds 45.3m in 1996, to push profits ahead to pounds 10m from pounds 7.9m. That could produce fully-diluted earnings per share of 38p (31.9p). On that basis the shares, at 565p, trade on a forward p/e of 14.8 times, reducing to 12.9 times in 1998.
While this suggests that the remarkable turnaround of the past few years is fully reflected in the price, management remains ambitious and the group is well placed to expand from its now stable base. Buy.
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10th & 11th June 1967.
1967 saw another large entry from Ford, the assault being led by four of the new MkIV GT40s. Also present were two of the new Mirages entered by J.W. Automotive.
54 cars started and 16 finished. Fastest lap was set by Denny Hulme and Mario Andretti, both with an average speed of 147.894 mph.
Shelby American
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Ford France
The two JWA Mirages in the pits prior to the start of the race. The car on the left is M.10003 driven by Ickx and Muir. The second car, M10001 was driven by Piper and Thompson. Neither of the Mirages finished the race.
Mirage M.10001 which eventually retired with engine problems.
J5 eventually finished in 4th place. This picture was taken before the incident where the tail section came off and had to be secured with tape and, as legend has it, Carroll Shelby's alligator skin belt!
J6 driven by Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt. Prior to the actual race, A.J. Foyt had only driven 10 laps of Le Mans during practice!
Another picture of J6 taken much later in the race. Note the extensive use of tape to keep the rear body section from lifting. This was presumably done as a precautionary measure after J5 had lost its tail section.
GT40P/1047 driven by Ronnie Bucknum and Paul Hawkins failed to finish due to engine failure.
J7 (above) and 1031 (below) were both involved in the accident which eliminated three of the six works Fords from the race.
The aftermath of the accident.
J5 coming down the hill from the famous Dunlop bridge. At the side of the track can be seen the wreckage of 1015.
J5 in the pits. Note the copious quantities of tape securing the tail section!
The sun rises at Le Mans and the spectators gaze at the wrecks of the two Fords, 1031 and J7.
The winner: J6 driven by Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt.


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Cates started a celebrated Valentine's Day tradition
Updated 8:32 pm, Saturday, September 8, 2012
Wanda Louella Addington Cates, a San Antonio educator who died Monday at age 88, earned celebrity in 1999 when Ripley's Believe It or Not included her and her husband's Valentine's Day tradition in its nationally syndicated newspaper feature.
It told the story of a beautiful, well-traveled, now slightly frayed Valentine's Day card bought at Sears & Roebuck before World War II.
A young Cates gave it to Karl, her late husband, long before they were married.
"Let's exchange this same Valentine until one of us gets married," she wrote — and hoped.
She had liked him since she was 6 and living in Devol, Okla., where they grew up. He was already 15. "She had a crush on him her whole entire life," daughter Dana Berlin said.
The card made it all over the world, including India, where her husband was stationed during the war.
After marrying, they kept up the tradition. Every year, one or the other would send it back with another line testifying their love.
Sometimes, no stamp was necessary. A U.S. Postal Service worker, her husband would deliver it in person. They were married for 52 years.
In 1998, the card was delivered for the last time. Cates told the story to a funeral director, who sent it to Ripley's.
Professing their love was a habit. Her husband wrote 93 love letters to her from 1943 to 1945.
"She gave them to me for safekeeping," Berlin said. "There's a lot of history in those two years about their courtship, engagement and marriage."
A graduate of Baylor and Trinity universities, Cates enjoyed 33 years of teaching drama, theater and speech. She worked as a counselor, too.
"She was a beautiful lady who loved teaching and loved children," said daughter Pam White, calling her a natural caregiver.
Daughter-in-law Bernadine Carter has similar memories. "She always treated me like one of her own. I guess what I take most from her is learning how to be a grandmother."
Cates taught in numerous schools, including Edison, Burbank, Jefferson, Highland, MacArthur and Roosevelt high schools, her family said.
Over the years, she served in varied posts, including dean of girls and head of an English department.
She also co-founded the North San Antonio Retired Teachers Association, her family said, and taught Sunday school and sang in her church choir.


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yes u can now take it to straight talk byod verizon.... and you can take it to pageplus
I apologize if this has been asked and answered 100 times. The search results I got were ambiguous and some information was older and has seemed to change. Thanks in advance for bearing with me and for any assistance.
My mother is currently using my old BB Bold on a Verizon postpaid plan. She is grandfathered in to a few decent features. She has the 65+ plan for $30/mo, 250 messages for $5/mo, and the very short-lived $15 BB data plan which allows her maybe 250MB/mo. Her bill is $50 plus taxes, so just about $60/mo.
The bold is starting to have issues. She isn't under contract. She loves her ipad and would like to switch to an iPhone. If she does, she has to give up the BB data plan and go to a $30/mo plan which would bring her bill close to $75/mo.
She uses about 200 minutes per month. Probably 75 text messages and she would use very little data - as it will mostly be email and (hopefully if I can teach her) iMessage.
I have one of my old Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 sitting on one of my docks and I am using it as an iPod. I would love to giver her this phone. But for her miniscule amount of usage - I can't see her burdened with a $75/mo phone bill.
Are there any prepaid carriers that I can take this non SIM card, CDMA, iPhone 4 to? I would rather not jailbreak and flash, etc...
I suppose I can sell the Verizon 4 and buy her an iPhone on one of the prepaid carriers but I am looking for the least expensive and easiest path to do this.
Thanks again for answering a question that has been asked many times.
yes u can now take it to straight talk byod verizon.... and you can take it to pageplus
I looked at ST and their byod program seemed to be limited to unlocked gsm phones. Perhaps (very likely) I missed something?
PagePlus The 12 plan would be perfect for her. $12/month for 250 minutes/250 text/10 MB data (data overage is 10c/MB).
Yes, people soon will comment on how the $29.95 plan for 1200 minutes/3000 text/250 MB data will be 'safer' because of smart phones data usage, etc. But I just extremely dislike the concept of paying thousands more minutes than one absolutely need, and I'd rather just deal with overage if needed.
It's super easy, just call PagePlus support number and ask to activate a line with the plan above, giving them the phone's ESN/MEID number. You don't need to tell them what the phone is (they don't officially support iPhones, but a lot of people do, without any problem whatsoever).
I'm glad I'm not the only one confused bout this
One more vote for PagePlus. It uses the Verizon network, so if she's getting good coverage now with Verizon she will get good coverage with PagePlus.
Thanks to those who suggested PagePlus. I looked at some reviews and they are most certainly not favorable. Now I realize people are much quicker to post a negative review than a positive one - but does anyone have actual positive experience with PagePlus?
Thanks again
Not sure where you read these reviews or how old they are, but PagePlus is extremely popular these days. They have been growing and improving in the past couple of years. This particular forum (General Prepaid) is actually the best place for you to ask because we're mostly carrier agnostic. PagePlus also has its own forum here in HoFo that you can check out but as you can imagine some of the people who post there are a little biased
At any rate. Yes, they're good
Page Plus, Next G, Talk for Good and Verizon prepaid are your Vz iphone 4 options with Verizon coverage. Other networks can accomodate it via flashing (Cricket for one) but with much less coverage.
I have used Page Plus for a couple years. It has been as reliable as T-Mobile was in a major city. T-Mobile started dropping calls after I moved, and Cricket had dismal service when I tried them, but otherwise I've never had issues with the cellular providers I've used. There are a few quirks with some of the details to the Page Plus service, so it doesn't hurt to read about the service before trying it, but considering the number of local dealers, clearly I'm not the only person pleased with their buisiness. Personally I would only recommend Page Plus and Verizon prepaid at this time, since the other Verizon MVNOs are probably still less than 9 months old, but Page Plus should be cheaper than Verizon Prepaid for a smartphone with limited data usage.
Thanks everyone. I will do some reading on page plus. Clearly Verizon prepaid is an option but it doesn't seem to save that much and the port process from postpaid to prepaid seems like a nightmare.
OK - went online last night and activated my old iPhone 4 via the Page Plus website. No problems at all and it seems to be working well. I'm going to try it out for a week or two before porting her number out of Verizon but so far, so good.
Thanks again to everyone for their input.
I just talked with ST and PagePlus. ST said they cannot activate Verizon CDMA iphone 4 and PagePlus said they can activate Verizon phones, but not iphones.
If you read the thread, I already mentioned this. PagePlus does not officially support iPhones, so if you want to activate an iPhone, you don't tell them that it's an iPhone, just give them the ESN/MEID. If you specifically ask them about it, they *have* to tell you that they cannot activate iPhones.