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Is it just me, or has the women's tennis been more exciting than the men's during Wimby's first week? Maybe more interesting is the better expression. Here are some random thoughts on the WTA action today.
I enjoyed the Serena v. Amelie match today, even though it was a little sad watching the weakened Mauresmo falter in straights. I'm a huge Amelie fan, for the following reasons:
1. she's class all the way
2. her one-handed backhand is her weapon
3. she has an all-court game and likes to serve and volley (making her the last S&Ver on the WTA tour?)
4. she's overcome a variety of personal issues and on court mental yips to win two majors.
It's sad to think that she may retire soon. As the UK's Daily Mail put it in a headline today: "Serve-volley a dying art as Maruresmo exit sparks fear for purists" Click here for the article. Without Amelie and Justine, who will bring artistry to the women's game? Ana Ivanovic?
Speaking of, Ana Ivanovic must have caught a killer case of the upsets from Maria Sharapova. It was rough watching her go down 1-6, 4-6 to 131 ranked wildcard (!) Zheng Jie. As Brad Gilbert said afterward, "Upsets are contagious." He also gave her some guff for sobbing during the changeover mid-match: "The No. 1 player in the world doesn't cry on court!" (Unless you're holding a trophy!) I felt bad for her, but even worse for Natalie Dechy. But good on Zheng (the 2006 Wimby doubles champ) for keeping her guts in check – she must be looking forward to Beijing!
And hurray for Betthanie Mattek who upset last year's finalist, Marion Bartoli! It's taken me a while to "get" her, but now I admire her feisty outsider status (no coach, no clothing sponsor) and disinterest/inability to become the WTA's latest femmebot. It's easy to relate to her, which made today's win even more inspiring. She must still be feeding off Roland Garros, where she took a set from Sharapova after eating a double bagel in their previous meeting. There's a fire in her belly that Serena is sure to stomp out in the round of sixteen!
Did anyone catch Anna Chakvetadze's interview with Chris Fowler? She was giving him nothing but eye rolls and three word answers! I half expected her to light a cigarette, take a shot of vodka and order Chris to go suck an egg. What a character – straight out of central casting! Nicole Vaidisova is her Rd. of 16 opponent – both of these underperforming up-and-comers must be freaking out right now at the opportunity in front of them. I'm picking Anna to get through.
Jelena Jankovic is working her way through the draw with very little hype. With Ana and Maria out and a scratchy Venus on her side of the draw, she must be jumping out of her Louboutins with excitement.
Please forgive me for not touching on the men today – I'm pulling a Djokovic and begging "mental fatigue."


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Kings of Leon, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir's Furthur, the Strokes and My Morning Jacket are booked to headline San Francisco's scenic Golden Gate Park this August 14th and 15th at the third annual Outside Lands Festival. Cut down from three days to two for the first time, Outside Lands still packs an all-star lineup into 48 hours with Al Green, Phoenix, Social Distortion, the Levon Helm Band, Cat Power and more. Tickets go on sale starting tomorrow, June 2nd at the fest's official website.
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Lesh and Weir's headlining slot at Outside Lands marks the first time the Grateful Dead bandmates have performed together at Golden Gate Park since a Bill Graham tribute concert in 1991. The Strokes, who will be making just their second U.S. live appearance this summer following their Lollapalooza headlining slot, will also play the 14th along with My Morning Jacket, Gogol Bordello, Cat Power and Wolfmother. Kings of Leon lead the charge on August 15th, where they'll be joined by Lolla headliners Phoenix, Social Distortion, soul great Al Green, Empire of the Sun and more. Check out the current lineup below; organizers promise more artist announcements soon.
Kings of Leon
Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
The Strokes
My Morning Jacket
Al Green
Social Distortion
Gogol Bordello
Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
The Levon Helm Band
Cat Power
Empire of the Sun
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
The Temper Trap
Pretty Lights
Janelle Monáe
Amos Lee
The Devil Makes Three
Tokyo Police Club
Beats Antique
Rebirth Brass Band
Wild Beasts
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Daniel Lanois' Black Dub
The Budos Band
Garage A Trois (feat. Stanton Moore, Marco Benevento, Skerik and Mike Dillon)
Mayer Hawthorne and The County
Langhorne Slim
The Pimps of Joytime
People Under the Stairs
Electric Six
Vieux Farke Touré
The Soft Pack
The Whigs
Little Wings

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Lot 318: PANEL-OPTIC KEROSENE STAND LAMP
Important Miniature & other Kerosene Lighting
by Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
October 22, 2016
Mt. Crawford, VA, USA
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Description: PANEL-OPTIC KEROSENE STAND LAMP, cranberry font, colorless cased stem with spiraling candy-cane opal and cranberry ribbons, circular foot with slightly rough pontil mark, period No. 3 collar with No. 2 adapter. Fitted with a No. 2 E. Miller & Co. hinged lip burner, and a colorless lip chimney.
Condition Report: Font undamaged, stem with a significant crack to interior casing and spiral. Setup undamaged.
Provenance: Property of Bill and Karen Webb.
Dimensions: 12 1/4" H to top of collar, 5 3/4" D foot.
Medium: Second half 19th century.


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GORE BIKE WEAR fosters an inquisitive culture and a passion for cycling. For almost 30 years they have produced cycling apparel that accepts no compromises in comfort, protection, design or safety. The Gore Bike Wear Power Cycling Sock is the perfect all round cycling sock with a lower ankle cut. Ideal for the weekend warrior or urban commuter. Key Features: Anti stress Lycra in the cuff creates performance longevity. Perfect fit without compression. Main structure made from lightweight mesh for comfort, sensitivity and breathability. Foot arch with anti twist elastic band. Individual left and right anatomical structure creates the ultimate fit. Pre shaped toes with anti friction seam loops offer great comfort. Light, anatomical multi-contact padding support with ventilation zones under the foot and toes.
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A stainless steel and black glass inset cocktail table, the rectangular stainless steel bound top and undertier between tubular supports and 'X' stretchers, on tapering feet. Inspired by an original table by Mallett of London.
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An actress and former beauty queen who sent ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and the New York City mayor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Shannon Guess Richardson was arrested in June 2013 after she posted letters to the President, the then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg as well as a gun control advocate – a bizarre act she blamed on her husband.
The 36-year-old Texan, who had bit parts in The Vampire Diaries and movie The Blind Side, pleaded guilty to possessing and producing a biological toxin and received the maximum sentence yesterday. She was also ordered to pay a fee of $367,000 (£214,000).
"I never intended for anybody to be hurt," she told the court. "I'm not a bad person. I don't have it in me to hurt anyone."
Richardson, who gave birth while in custody, had attempted to frame her estranged husband in the crime after obtaining a PayPal account and post office box in his name.
A signed plea document details how she had ordered castor beans from the internet, learnt how to turn them into ricin and then waited patiently for her husband, Nathan Richardson, to go to work on 20 May 2013.
She printed address labels for each of the recipients – the third of which was Mark Glaze, Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
The letter to Obama read: "What's in this letter is nothing compared to what I've got in store for you Mr President.
"You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. Anyone wants to come to my house will get shot in the face."
Before sentencing, Richardson appealed to the judge for "mercy and compassion" saying that she had already been "punished dearly" by being separated from her six children.
"The sentiments expressed in those letters were not mine," Richardson added.
She reportedly thought that security measures at each of the victim's addresses would have prevented them from opening the letters.
Her husband has since filed for divorce.
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Ryanair gets cuddly: airline eases bag curbs and charges
By the time you've added on all the extras, you may as well take a scheduled flight and get decent customer service. Aer Lingus all the way for flying to Ireland – and the cheapest scheduled flight to anywhere else. I wouldn't touch either Ryanair or easyJet with a barge pole.
No way near enough to tempt me back. Service is poor, customer care is poor and the hidden extras are a joke.
The first rule of Ryanair is: "Don't ever check in luggage with Ryanair." You want to check in a bag: choose another airline. It is great value but Ryanair, and Michael O'Leary in particular, have done more to damage the Irish reputation for hospitality than any other company.
They have also made a massively profitable company and given cheap air travel to millions, so they aren't all that bad.
Tommy Atkins
I use them about eight times a year. Price-wise no one else touches them. I find the cabin crews no different to any other airline. The airport staff had a period when they took on the persona of their chief executive, but even that has changed, except when they suddenly decide to check all hand luggage for size. If you take your time, their website is user-friendly, even the daft add-ons are easily recognised.
O'Leary's passengers will put up with anything if they think they're getting something cheap. To quote John Ruskin: "There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only, is that man's lawful prey".
Bookings have been on a permanent upward curve, making them easily Europe's biggest airline. For all the usual outcry, vast numbers choose to travel with them. That said, there is evidence easyJet is beginning to capture market share. I suspect this latest move is a reaction to that.
Too little too late. You can't treat people like cattle for years then get them back by allowing a second cabin bag.
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Shop Shinnston hosts Girl's Night Out on May 10, 2012. Get entry card stamped by every participating shop for chance to win a basket of goodies!
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ALL043 | Gathering and Cooking Cape Seafood |
ALL055 | Loving the Short Story |
ALL433 | The Doc is In |
ALL562 | Personality Plus |
ALL636 | All About Dreams |
ALL644 | A Discussion of Current Events |
ALL711 | Beginning Watercolor |
ALL718 | Mind and Matter |
ALL780 | The Writing Incubator |
ALL857 | Mercy Otis Warren: Muse of the Revolution |
ALL870 | Understanding Art |
ALL888 | Introduction to iOS for the iPhone and iPad |
ALL906 | Writing: True and Right |
ALL910 | An Introduction to the Card Game Bridge |
ALL917 | Washington and Jefferson |
ALL918 | The Indian Wars - 1860 - 1890 |
ALL920 | Putin's Game Plan |
ALL923 | The Great Puccini Operas |
Carole King: Voice of Generations |
ALL925 | Great Decisions |
ALL927 | FUNNY Business! How Humor Improves Life and Learning! |
ALL928 | History of Rock 'n' Roll -- The 50s |
ALL929 | History of Rock 'n' Roll -- The 60s |
ALL930 | Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its Relevance Today |
ALL933 | Far From the Madding Crowd, Revisited |
ALL934 | It Takes a Village |
ALL936 | Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age |
ALL938 | The Third Reich |
ALL940 | Merchants of Doubt |
ALL943 | Landmarks in Medicine |
Course Cancellations:
ALL479 Women in Literature
ALL941 Food: Abundancy and Scarcity
ALL636 All About Dreams
ALL562 Personality Plus
About Us
The Academy for Lifelong Learning of Cape Cod, Inc. ("A.L.L.") was established in 1987 as part of the Center for Successful Aging at Cape Cod Community College. In 1990, A.L.L. was "spun off" from the College and became an independent and self-governing entity and, in 2001, we obtained 501-C (3) status from the IRS. Throughout our history, A.L.L. has maintained a close and productive relationship with the College.
A.L.L. is an organization of men and women aged 50 and older that offers its members the opportunity to pursue educational interests and to expand social relationships. Members are encouraged to become class coordinators, participate on committees, work on administrative activities, or just participate in any of A.L.L.'s activities and functions. Volunteerism is critical to A.L.L.'s ongoing success.
The opportunity for social interaction is an important aspect of A.L.L. In addition to classes, the Academy offers social activities and special events such as lectures, trips to theater productions, and museums in the area throughout the year.
A.L.L. offers primarily academic courses in addition to a few creative and "how-to" courses. Classes vary from semester to semester. The academic offerings may include courses in literature, history, philosophy, social sciences, religion, art appreciation and interpretation. The creative and "how-to" courses may include topics such as gardening, painting, and various other skills of interest to our membership.
Members of the Academy present the courses and are known as "coordinators". These are volunteers who bring their personal passions, avocations, and/or their teaching experience to our classes. Some courses are traditional in structure, where coordinators have the role of teacher, while other courses are structured with the coordinator as a discussion facilitator. There are two semesters or sessions per calendar year -- fall and spring. Courses are generally offered on either a six-week or a twelve-week basis.
Note that A.L.L. courses do not offer academic credit with the College or elsewhere.
Board of Directors
A.L.L.'s Board of Directors manages the affairs and the business of the Corporation. The Board of Directors has no less than six or more than fifteen members at any time, and each member is elected by the membership for a three-year term. Directors serve without compensation for their service, and most members of the Board are chairs of active committees or are officers of the Corporation. The current Board consists of fourteen members, with about one third elected or appointed each year. The Board for the year beginning July 1, 2016 is listed at the back of this catalog.
Standing committees are responsible for developing and implementing the major functions of the Academy. Most of the real work ensuring the smooth running of A.L.L. takes place through the activities of these committees, which are summarized below:
Curriculum: Recruits coordinators, develops class schedules, and organizes the Catalog.
Nominating: Identifies and solicits candidates for the Board of Directors.
Long-Range Planning: Addresses the future needs of the Academy.
Special Events: Plans and organizes outside events throughout both sessions.
Policies and Procedures: Maintains policies and procedures in accordance with A.L.L. by-laws.
Hospitality: Plans and organizes social events for the membership.
Finance: Oversees the financial aspects of A.L.L., working with the Treasurer.
Communications: publicizes A.L.L. events and programs.
The Board of Directors also establishes ad hoc committees as needed, for specific tasks and projects.
Mission Statement
The Academy for Lifelong Learning of Cape Cod, Inc. (A.L.L.) offers an opportunity for those age 50 and over to pursue their intellectual interests and educational activities and to explore new areas of learning in the company of their peers.
Fostering social relationships is an integral part of our mission. A.L.L. promotes and maintains a close and productive relationship with Cape Cod Community College.
When we opened our doors – figuratively speaking – in 1987, as The Center for Successful Aging at Cape Cod Community College, one has to wonder how many of the eighteen venturesome elders attending our three "study groups" at the time might have foreseen that their successors would, 25 years later, number over 800 and be enjoying 90 courses of astonishing diversity.
The Academy assumed its current name the following year, and, by 1990, CSA Director (and A.L.L. Founder) Dennis Garvey had departed, leaving the organization in the hands of a nine-member planning committee which, in 1993, was replaced by a twelve-member Council.
In 1996 the Council formalized its relationship with C.C.C.C. by signing a joint Memorandum of Understanding that established "a mutually supportive relationship" between the two organizations and provided A.L.L. with its own budget, assured assignment of classrooms, access to all college facilities, clerical and administrative support, and printing and mailing, for which the Academy would pay an annual fee based on a percentage of Membership dues. The provisions of this arrangement, while modified periodically, continued to define our relationship with the college for sixteen years.


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"If HTML and the Web made all the online documents look like one huge book, [the Semantic Web] will make all the data in the world look like one huge database."
Tim Berners-Lee
"But querying a database that gets linked so as to query the whole planet is very exciting."
"Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space."
"Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet."
"You affect the world by what you browse."
"The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation."
"Commit to CANI! - Constant And Never-ending Improvement"
Anthony Robbins
"If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or have to deal with HTML. That was a surprise to me - that people were prepared to painstakingly write HTML."
"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."


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Where are the Jobs? Who Has Them? Who's Likely to Get Them?
Mish Moved to MishTalk.Com Click to Visit.
Inquiring minds who notice the alleged drop in the unemployment are asking "Where the hell are the jobs?"
It's a good question. And I have details, by demographic age group, from reader Tim Wallace.
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Change in Number of Jobs Since 2007
Civilian Non-Institutional Population by Age Group
Work Force by Age Group
Number Employed by Age Group
Percent of Population Group in Work Force
Percentage in Age Group Employed
Tim Wallace writes ...
Hello MishStructural Demographics Poor
In the 16-19 age group, the population has shrunk by 239,000, while the number of jobs in this age group has shrunk by 1,415,000!
In the 20-24 age group, the population has grown by 1,625,000 while the number of jobs has shrunk by 362,000. So, for the under 25 age group we have 1,777,000 less jobs with 1,386,000 more people.
In the 25 to 54 age group that everyone focuses on, we see a loss in population of 1,382,000 people since August of 2007, but an even greater loss in jobs - 5,940,000!
Since we know that the population has grown by over 13,000,000 since 2007 yet we have 1.8 million less jobs since then, what does this tell us?
Jobs were lost in every age bracket but the 55+ group, with 16-19 dropping 22.6%, 20-24 falling 2.6%, 25-54 going down 5.9% and 55+ going up 22.7%.
The second graph shows the Civilian Non-institutional Population by age - note the basic flat lines on all but 55+. The graph shows the Work Force by age - note once again only 55+ goes up.
The fourth graph shows the number employed by age group. Note that it's only the 55+ age group that has done anything in the current "Recovery". The other groups are all down from 2007, with 16-19 devastated. Just go in Walmart and McDonald's and you will see it first hand - senior citizen workers abound.
The fifth graph shows the percentage of an age group that is also in the work force. Note the plunges in every age group except 55+.
The last graph shows the percentage of the age group employed. It follows the exact trend of the fifth, as it must.
So, if you are in sales and marketing you should be focusing your products on the 55+ age group, they are the ones earning the cash. Forget the teenagers, they are contributing little, and their parents are sliding fast! The millennials aged 20-24 hope those 55+ will retire but the trends do not look promising.
As typical with my charts, data is not adjusted for seasonality. Instead, I compare the same month every year to prior years.
Flashback May 22, 2008: In Demographics Of Jobless Claims I wrote ...
Structural demographic effects imply that prospects in the full-time labor market will be poor for those over age 50-55 and workers under age 30.So, where are the jobs?
Teen and college-age employment could suffer a great deal from (1) a dramatic slowdown in discretionary spending and (2) part-time Boomer reentrants into the low-paying service sector; workers who will be competing with younger workers.
Ironically, older part-time workers remaining in or reentering the labor force will be cheaper to hire in many cases than younger workers. The reason is Boomers 65 and older will be covered by Medicare (as long as it lasts) and will not require as many benefits as will younger workers, especially those with families.
In effect, Boomers will be competing with their children and grandchildren for jobs that in many cases do not pay living wages.
They went exactly where I said they would: Boomers now compete with their children and grandchildren for jobs that do not pay living wages.
I certainly did not envision the "Obamacare effect" in 2008, but the trend was already set in stone due to rising health-care costs and the age 65 kick-in of Medicare.
Obamacare enhanced the trend I had already expected.
Who is to Blame?
Don't blame corporations or minimum wage laws. Blame the Fed, central bankers, fractional reserve lending, and Congressional silliness including Obamacare.
For further discussion, please see ...
Top 1% Received 121% of Income Gains During the Recovery, Bottom 99% Lose .4%; How, Why, Solutions
Reader Asks Me to Prove "Inflation Benefits the Wealthy" (At the Expense of Everyone Else)
Near-Record 20% of Americans Struggle to Afford Food and Basic Necessities; Who's to Blame?
Mike "Mish" Shedlock


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In Manhattan
#56 Tue/Thur @ 8:30pm, starts May 26
#57 Mon/Wed @ 8:30pm, starts June 1
#58 Tue/Thur @ 7am, starts June 2
#59 Mon/Wed @ 7:30pm, starts June 8
#60 Tue/Thur @ 8:30pm, starts June 16
In Brooklyn
#8 Wed/Mon @ 7pm, starts May 27
Let's all give our best wishes to Zach and Jacinto, who are competing at the Northeast Qualifiers this weekend. Show 'em how it's done, guys!
Zach's all smiles:
Jacinto stretches at Central Park (photo courtesy of Keith):
Friday 090522
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups
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Compare to 090424.
The 80/20 principle
Do you let someone tell you you can't have your dream?
If you're here, you probably already know this, but: Ditch the crunches
A quick fix for the shoulder press
Don't be afraid to speak up. Your coach is not a mind reader.
Woman finally "bulks up" from weight training
Weight training increases resting energy expenditure in older women


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File: !SyLevel_Bagnon09-10-15 |
Update needed for latest bagnon
Posted By: Grungra
Bagnon was updated and author changed or completely rewrote the addon so the plugin for Sylevel is not working any more, appreciate it if you have time to update it to make it work again, love the addon and miss it working with bagnon.
File: Progress11-18-14 |
Error on latest version
Posted By: Grungra
Got this yesterday.
3x AddOn 'Progress' tried to call the protected function 'ChocolateProgress:SetWidth()'.
!BugGrabber\BugGrabber.lua:586: in function
: in function `SetWidth'
ChocolateBar\Chocolate.lua:29: in function
File: shPerformance (mem/fps/ms)11-01-14 |
Have a request for the memory part,...
Posted By: Grungra
Have a request for the memory part, can you make it so it doesn't try to update during combat? On some raids sometimes i get an error, like the addon took too long doing a certain function, disabled everything and narrowed it down to the memory part. Love the addon.
File: BLP Format Plug-in for Photoshop10-21-14 |
Trying out your plug-in and get thi...
Posted By: Grungra
Trying out your plug-in and get this error each time I try to save a file, no matter what I choose to save it as:
Could not save as "path of file" because of a problem with the file-format module interface.
Used "path of file" cause it doesn't matter location to save file. Using PS CC2014 64bit win8.1.
Files open normal, ca...
File: Stuf Unit Frames (and Raid)10-21-14 |
If it's line 719 in aura.lua, then...
Posted By: Grungra
If it's line 719 in aura.lua, then it's a LibButtonFacade issue. The support for custom aura skins is currently...umm...nonexistent. I'll reconsider custom skins for buffs/debuffs for the next release.
The syntax used changed, instead of Skin, just replace it with AddButton and it should work again. At least it's been the situati...
File: Supervillain UI (Classic)09-25-14 |
Naming of the libdatabroker library...
Posted By: Grungra
Naming of the libdatabroker library is wrong either on the folder itself or whatever one of your files references it. I just renamed it libdatabroker-1.1 instead of libdatabroker-1-1. After renaming that library's folder the UI was able to load up.
Maybe that can help you or the other users. That might be the reason that only...
File: Cirk's Lootcounter (Fan Update)01-09-13 |
Not working for me.
Posted By: Grungra
It doesn't seem to work for me, asked before and it seems the parsing for looted objects has to be handled differently since they patched the game to 5.0 and above, might want to take a look at another addon called howmany http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/howmany and see how they handle it, another example would be Mik's scrolling bat...
File: TargetCharms09-04-12 |
New version 1.55 missing some new changes.
Posted By: Grungra
Hi, I use the addon all the time and find it extremely useful, other than not having the positions saved if not loaded it's a real time saver. New patch has changed a lot of the globals and the addon will bark at anyone trying to use it at this time. These are the changes I made to make it work for me.
line 100: self:Registe...
File: Cirk's Lootcounter (Fan Update)08-28-12 |
New Patch
Posted By: Grungra
Tried it on MOP beta and although it doesn't throw any errors, it also doesn't show any items being picked up on chat or at the error frame. Anyone able to give it mouth to mouth to bring it back to life?
File: WhisperWhisper07-31-12 |
truncated end
Posted By: Grungra
Seems a couple of closing "end"'s were truncated and ended up just "en", happens at lines 849 and 858, the compatibility checks for TukUI and ElvUI.
Hope that helps.
File: Ara Broker Guild Friends07-26-12 |
Request, auto-accept invites from friends/guild members.
Posted By: Grungra
Just wondering if you could incorporate a setting to auto-accept invites from friends and guild members, since addon shows them already, they must be in some kind of table, no need to look them up again. I enjoy the addon thanks for making it.
File: Tidy Plates: Threat Plates (Legion)05-25-12 |
Hello, Tidy Plates itself had an up...
Posted By: Grungra
Hello, Tidy Plates itself had an update at curse http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/tidy-plates which brings it up to ver 6.6.0 and now Threat Plates have some issues in tanking mode, either the health bar will be empty or it'll disappear when the agro is transferred to you, or you gain agro on said mob. Thanks.
File: GTFO02-23-12 |
Thanks for fix
Posted By: Grungra
It'll be a while, I'll report next week since it's an odd error and only reported it cause that day it didn't seem to want to go away. So far so good logged out and back in like 10 times and tried to make it happen.
Thanks. :)
It's been long enough and I've stepped on anything t...
File: GTFO02-21-12 |
Error with skada
Posted By: Grungra
I get the following error from time to time, UI reloading usually fixes it, but sometimes it goes back to doing it... like it did today:
11x GTFO-4.12.1\GTFO_Skada.lua:37: attempt to index field "alert" (a nil value)
GTFO-4.12.1\GTFO_Skada.lua:37: in function
File: XLoot 1.0 (Inactive)01-04-12 |
Left or right click to pick up items.
Posted By: Grungra
Is that something that you will implement on this new xloot? Tried it before and I'm so used to right clicking to pick up items it's second nature. Looking thru the changes haven't seen it mentioned.
Thanks for taking the time and energy to update your addons, it's greatly appreciated even if most of the time myself included onl...
File: Molinari12-21-11 |
Posted By: Grungra
Lockpicking on my rogue has stopped working, not sure when it stopped cause the rogue is an alt and doesn't get that much playtime. I press the alt key and i get the glow around the item but on left or right click it won't try to unlock it. It doesn't produce any errors, it just seems to be trying but nothing happens... prospecting...
File: XBar12-21-11 |
Masque support
Posted By: Grungra
The author of buttonfacade has deprecated the addon and moved on to a new one called Masque.
Could we get that supported instead, buttons aren't being skinned or if you got into the options for masque it will attempt to skin it for a a bit of time and then the look will go away.
File: RobBossMods05-09-11 |
- bugfix from v0.42 was bugg...
Posted By: Grungra
- bugfix from v0.42 was buggy :)
- manually modified LibBabbleBoss so that new Bosses finally should be translated ( at least for the 4 supported languages )
Hi, I was getting errors for Jin'do the Godbreaker translation missing, even if you modify your embedded lib, if another addon loads a later version than the one you...
File: Class Colors11-19-10 |
Class colors in blizzard's raid window
Posted By: Grungra
Since the last patch, the raid window was getting the colors wrong, if I moved people around from group to group they would take the same color as my character... if I played on mage they would all turn light blue, as hunter they would go all green. Did they change something on their code that would make that happen? No errors at a...
File: Spell Overlay Timer11-10-10 |
Looking at the previous error, I se...
Posted By: Grungra
Looking at the previous error, I see another addon in there, extraspellalert. So disabled that one to see if it would be a compatibility problem between the addons, and the error still came up... minus the other addon:
2x SpellOverlayTimer-1.1\SpellOverlayTimer.lua:36: attempt to concatenate local 'timeleft' (a boolean value)
File: Spell Overlay Timer11-10-10 |
Tried addon, and the following erro...
Posted By: Grungra
Tried addon, and the following error shows up:
40x SpellOverlayTimer-1.1\SpellOverlayTimer.lua:36: attempt to concatenate local 'timeleft' (a boolean value)
File: DeathClock11-08-10 |
Getting the following error when I...
Posted By: Grungra
Getting the following error when I right click the frame to send it to grp or raid even by myself:
1x DeathClock-188.8.131.52\DeathClock.lua:359: attempt to compare nil with number
DeathClock-188.8.131.52\DeathClock.lua:347: in function `Bark'
DeathClock-18.104.22.168\DeathClock.lua:232: in function
File: Target For Me 211-01-10 |
Hi, kept getting an error with tidy...
Posted By: Grungra
Hi, kept getting an error with tidyplates threat about profiles already being registered and it was working fine before I replaced TFM with your new addon, must be a fluke on their part too. My guess is that when you register and add your profiles with ace, you can (should?) name your profiles with your addon name. Went searching f...
File: Ghost: Recon10-16-10 |
Error on live when mousing over at times
Posted By: Grungra
The following error occurs when mousing over either on mobs or players haven't found what will trigger it every time.
8x GhostRecon-0.10.7\Tooltip.lua:189: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value)
GhostRecon-0.10.7\Tooltip.lua:380: in function `DecorateTooltip'
GhostRecon-0.10.7\Core.lua:361: in function
File: Tyra Misdirect03-04-10 |
You were spot on on the correction,...
Posted By: Grungra
You were spot on on the correction, I did have another macro that I had made before using your addon, as soon as I deleted it, the problem went away.
Trying the new version 1.5a, will remake the macro and let you know if the fix you put in works, but as of now without any other macro named misdirection, the addon works great.


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The first World Mind Sports Games was held in Beijing, China from 3rd to 18th October 2008. The event was instigated by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) and was organised by the Board and Card Games Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sport.
More than 2500 players from 150 countries and regions took part as well as more than 600 staff members (officials, coaches and referees). Five sports were involved - Go, Bridge, Chess, Chinese Chess and Draughts. There were 6 gold medals for Go: Mens and Womens Individual, Open Individual (no professionals allowed), Mens and Womens Teams and Pair Go.
The second World Mind Sports Games was provisionally planned for Manchester in August 2012, but was switched to Lille in France.
The next games will not take place in 2016; it is hoped to hold them in 2017 but currently we have no knowledge of any venue or date.
In the past the GB team has been chosen from those volunteering who are BGA members and UK citizens, using the Ratings List in about April of the relevant year.


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Dear John: Midlife Boredom: How Do I Get Excited About Life Again?
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
What's your problem? Write to John at [email protected].
I know what I'm writing to you about is probably beyond the purview of a simple advice column, but I like what you have to say (usually!) so what the hell. My problem is I am bored. Really bored. With everything. The thing is, I have a good life. I am in my fifties, divorced (but I get along fine with my ex – she's a good friend), two great kids who are doing really well, good job…nothing's really wrong, but nothing is really great either. Like my job: I make excellent money in a prestigious career, but the truth is, I hate it. Quitting is not an option because I need this income, so I just grin and bear it. It's a fake grin, though. I feel terrible thinking of all the good, struggling people who would kill for my job, but even knowing that, I feel how I feel. I don't have a girlfriend, but I date as much as I want to, and it's the same thing. Nobody really excites me. I feel like I'm on the back nine of my life and I'm just running out the clock, to use a couple of sports metaphors. To meet me, you wouldn't know I feel this way, and it is a low-level kind of thing. I don't think I'm depressed (because I feel like all my feelings are grounded in reality – I have a reason to feel this way) and don't misunderstand me; this is not a desperate cry for help. I just can't seem to shake this feeling that everything really good that was ever going to happen to me has already happened, and now everything pales in comparison. Anyway, like I said, I know you can't say anything that's going to fix it, but let me know your thoughts anyway, if you have any. Thanks.
Shades Of Gray
Dear Shades Of Gray,
I suspect your letter could have been written by many people. I think it has a lot to do with the realization as we get older that certain things we hoped would happen aren't going to; dreams that sustained us when we were younger mock us when it becomes clear they're never coming true. You seem to be suffering from an especially acute case of this, though.
First, I know you don't think you're depressed, but I think you should talk to your doctor about how you're feeling. (If you don't have a doctor you see regularly, this is all the more reason to find one.) Making a diagnosis of depression is really something he or she should do, not you.
Assuming you're right, though, you need to shake your life up and introduce something new. What outlandish-but-not-impossible thing have you always wanted to try? Climb Mt. Everest? Complete a triathlon? You need a challenge and a focus for your energy. You might also consider doing volunteer work for a cause you're passionate about. Feeling like you're making a difference could only help shake you out of your malaise, and if your cause brings you in contact with the many people who are less fortunate than you, you may appreciate the life you have a little more.
It would be easy to say you need a partner you care about in your life, but I don't think it's fair to expect someone else to give your life meaning.
That's really all I can say within the constraints of an advice column, but if any readers have any other ideas, please share them. I will leave you with what I tell myself when I'm having a bad day: tomorrow, something could happen to make me wish more than anything it was today again.
Dear John,
I'm a female college student who has a crush on a really nice, shy guy. He's so much fun to be around, and he's always treated me with friendly respect. Since I consider myself an equally nice, shy-ish girl who is fairly good looking and doesn't smell bad, ordinarily I would try and get closer to him. But our dating histories are complete opposites. I'm not sure if he's ever had a girlfriend, and I know he's a virgin. I've had around four serious relationships, two of which were abusive (one sexual, one emotional), and I've slept with far more people than that because of lingering emotional issues. Since very few people know about the abuse, my sexual history is sometimes a joke among our friends, so I'm pretty sure my crush knows about it. It doesn't help that he's a Christian and I'm an atheist. Could I possibly make myself look like girlfriend material to this guy, when I feel like he's far out of my league? Or should I try and get over him? I know that my other friends would never consider me right for him.
Slut With Butterflies
Dear Slut With Butterflies,
I think it's really sad that you consider yourself a slut. You don't go into any detail about the "lingering emotional issues" that have led you to sleep with a lot of guys, but it's very common for girls who are abused or neglected to grow up to be promiscuous young women. It drives me a little crazy that these girls are made to feel worthless, bombarded with imagery that encourages them to think of themselves in primarily sexual terms, and then when they behave promiscuously, which is really the only understandable reaction to everything they've experienced up to that point, they are derided as sluts. It's incredibly sad and hateful. I don't care how many men she's slept with, no woman is a slut.
Whatever it is you've been through up to this point will continue to influence your relationships with men in negative ways. On some level you don't think you deserve to be loved, so you sleep with guys in a futile attempt to fill that need. And the illusion of being loved, even just for an hour or two, is better than nothing. You know they don't really care about you and this is just sex to them, but you don't really deserve anything more anyway, right?
I'll answer your specific question in a moment, but what you really need is not my take on whether you should ask this guy out or not. It's kind of irrelevant until you address these lingering issues. You're a college student, so your school must have a program to help students dealing with issues like yours. I urge you to contact whatever office offers these services and ask them to help you find a therapist so you can explore these things further and begin to repair the damage that was done to you through no fault of your own. You can learn to love and respect yourself, and you deserve nothing less.
Now, about this guy. He's so out of your league, he's so virtuous, he's so chaste, he's so Christian – would he ever even consider dating someone like you? All I can say is, if he judges you based on your sexual history, he's a bad Christian (as so many are); what your friends think doesn't matter; and I don't think he's any better or worse than you. You've just had different experiences that have led you to different places. If you enjoy his company, sure, ask him out, but don't get ahead of yourself. You don't have to wonder if he'll let you be his girlfriend. Just see if he's interested in going on a simple date. If he is and you enjoy it, see if he'll go on another one. Take it a step at a time.
But like I said, that's all secondary. What I really hope you'll do is explore your lack of self-worth with a therapist. Whatever is behind it wasn't your fault. Someday, I'd love to imagine you writing to me wondering if some guy is good enough for you instead of the other way around.
Dear John,
Please weigh in on a little situation I have at home. My husband has a habit of getting all gung ho about something, spending a lot of money on it, and then, when he's got enough equipment to stock a small store devoted to his latest interest, it just peters out. Our house and garage are filled with like-new kayaks, an $800 grill, a small kiln, woodworking tools, and even, I swear to God, a marimba. If I jokingly ask how the marimba lessons are going, he gets a little touchy. So now he wants to buy some kind of home gym apparatus and I KNOW what will happen. To make it slightly more complicated, we can afford these things (in fact, he often mentions how hard he works to justify buying them), but it's not like the money couldn't be better spent elsewhere, even if it was just an extra couple of nights on vacation. He's a sweet, generous man and I don't want to deny him or discourage his fits of enthusiasm, but it's getting a little ridiculous. How can I get him to, I don't know, just be honest with himself and see that he's not going to use this stuff, so why buy it?
Dabbler's Wife
Dear Dabbler's Wife,
I'm sure in his heart, your husband knows he's not going to use the stuff he already has, but I bet he truly believes that next time will be different. Every new interest brings with it the promise that THIS is the hobby/activity/pastime that will capture his imagination and hold it forever. (And who knows – maybe one time he'll be right.) So it might be helpful for you to keep this in mind when you discuss this with him. When he tells you he wants to take up, say, taxidermy, point out that the house is getting a little cluttered and you're running out of space for another hobby. So maybe he could make room for whatever supplies taxidermy requires by selling or donating all the stuff he's acquired but doesn't use. If taxidermy isn't it and he wants to buy a hot-air balloon, encourage him to get rid of the taxidermy equipment to help pay for the balloon. This way, the house isn't filled with expensive stuff no one uses, you're not forbidding him from exploring things he's fleetingly fascinated by, and he gets to pursue his real hobby of sampling various hobbies.
John is a middle-aged family man from Providence, Rhode Island. If you learn from your mistakes, he's brilliant. Write to him at [email protected].
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As you may or may not know, I've been doing alot of Scoliosis Testing lately. In doing so, I've gotten to hang out with a bunch of other substitute teachers, and we usually talk in between classes. Last week, we were talking, and this guy says,
"Is this Scoliosis Test going to be graded on a curve??"
Hahaha… get it? Cause Scoliosis is a curved spine??? It's funny. Guess you had to be there.
There's No Substitute For Humor
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7 years since your last post and thats the best you got? Weak!
Your posts should be soaring,
and yet you make them boring,
you must excite the loyals this morning,
or you might lose Mike Doring.


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Monday, August 21, 2006
Marimekko Mentality
Dear Marc, you make your own line of towels, don't you? Or is there no Marc Home division yet? I should know these things, but I don't. Fill me in if you do.
The other day, I was shopping for a wedding present. Not that familiar with the couple's taste, I wanted to go for something classy and timeless. In Sweden, this means I headed for the Marimekko store.
I chose a few glasses I liked and as I did, I overheard two girls standing behind me, in the plush & luxurious towel section.
Girl #1: Look at those towels. The striped green ones. We have such towels at home, but we're not allowed to use them.
Girl #2: Right. We have that too. Towels that aren't for use.
Girl #1: What's up with that?
I have no clue? Do you? Have towels at home that no one can use?
5 comments:
- The Glamour Bee said...
Never heard of towels at home that are not for use! I'm guessing their guests could use them? Your blog is great, btw!
- Mixed & Matched said...
I love your blog, I truly do.
My mother has towels that no one is supposed to use. She says it keeps the bathroom shelf looking very "posh". The only people that can use them are visitors- but not if they're family- these magical towels are only for making an impression...
tis odd. - 12:52 PM
- Eebs said...
My stepmom has a COUCH that you're not allowed to SIT ON.
- an english girl in new york said...
noop. all of our towels are ratty and horrible.
We use our expensive china about once a year....hmm....we sit on our sofas, (except our nice one's are in storage in england because we're in new york......)
ah. got it. we never have enough pillows so mother steals mine and gives them to guests, leaving me with a sore head when i sneak into bed at 3 in the morning. - 9:35 AM
Haha, that's funny. Maybe they are to beautiful..or they are for the guests.


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and Liszt IF YOUR wine is not up to scratch this Christmas, or you cannot afford to pay more than a couple of quid for a bottle, don't worry: just play some classical music. A Japanese wine grower, Norifumi Shiobara of Shimano Wine Company, insists that wine is aged and improved by exposure to Bach, Schubert, Strauss, Haydn and Brahms. He can't vouch for other composers, but daily two- hour blasts from these boys have given him a vintage he is marketing as Grapevine Symphony No 201.
He turned on the music when he read that elsewhere in Japan the classics had helped gardeners to grow better vegetables more quickly. His wine vats start the day with a blast from the younger Strauss, followed about lunch time with some cerebral Bach. In the evening he winds up with some romantic Haydn or Brahms.
Pop-eyed Quayle
WHEN Dan Quayle - remember him? - visited the home of the potato in the Andes in June 1989, he and his wife were taken by a particular carving. They laughed and laughed. It was what is known in the Chilean tourist industry as an Indio Picaro, or Indian rascal. They bought one, and the American press thought it was hilarious. The hand-carved figure depicted a grinning Indian chief. Lift it, though, and out popped a disproportionately large pico.
Five years later - and after Dan told a classroom of American schoolchildren that potato is spelt with an 'e' - you can buy a particular carving in the gift shops of Georgetown in Washington.
It is of a rather pop-eyed man in a suit and tie. He has swept-back fair hair, he is grinning and his teeth look like an animal's. Lift it and, yes . . . out it pops.
It is called the Anatomically Correct Dan Quayle Doll. The Andean Indians have got their own back at last.
Crossed out
THE puritanism of Saudi Arabia's sheikhs, which requires the constant doctoring of news photographs, has caused another row. Last month saw the celebrated case of the missing wine glasses, airbrushed from the hands of Suha Arafat, wife of the PLO leader, and Dimitra Papandreou, wife of the Greek prime minister.
Now we learn that a crucifix worn by the Pope has been airbrushed from a photograph in the Saudi-backed Lebanesese magazine Al-Siyad, because Christ crucified wore a loincloth (his naked limbs should not have been on display).
The omission was spotted by Lebanon's papal nuncio, Archbishop Paulo Punte. The archbishop made a formal complaint to Lebanon's Foreign Minister, Fares Bouez, a Christian, who took the matter to the cabinet (the Pope is soon to visit Lebanon).
Our fly on the wall reported a stormy cabinet meeting last Tuesday. Mr Bouez demanded the that Al-Siyad be sued and made to publish an apology. The Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, a Muslim businessman with connections to the Saudi royal family, urged caution. The matter was set aside for later discussion, ie business as usual.
Swiss sheikh-up
CLOSER to Europe, another problem of taste. When you next visit Geneva, take a look at the telephone directory. On the cover you will see a drawing of two Arabs in flowing robes beside a limousine and the city's landmark, a fountain shooting forth a 120-metre plume of Lake Geneva water. 'Transparent petrol' the Arabs are saying to each other.
So? The cover has drawn protests from the city's very rich Arab community, the Geneva Council and Arab missions attached to the United Nations European headquarters. They say it stereotypes Arabs in the worst possible way.
At least, I suppose, they are not shown naked. Switzerland's state-owned PTT has ruled out recalling the 500,000 directories, but said it might put sticky paper over the offending parts.
A Helsinki feeling
FINNS are falling more frequently through their ice and drowning not because it's getting thinner, as we suspected last week. Businessman Peter Hogg has written to say that the increased death toll - 17 this autumn alone - has nothing to do with global warming. He puts it down to an increased rate of suicide during the long winter darkness.
Finland, he says, has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and it always goes up in winter. 'For those who decide to commit suicide but wish to protect their insurance policies, falling through the ice during an early morning fish is the sure way to do it.'
Another way might be to take a walk beside a wood. Wolves apparently are running amok this winter, and have polished off an undetermined number of household pets. A report from Helsinki says packs of up to six wolves have carried off dogs, cats and possibly the odd gerbil out for a bit of fresh air.
It's not clear whether the wolves are more hungry this year than last year or whether their taste has changed. If the latter is the case it bodes well for Father Christmas, because reindeer is their usual fare.


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My Stbx Hoards - Any Advice?
I live with a hoarder. YOu can read more of my stories on "ILIASM" here on EP, to get the background to what's going on.Basically two kids, he's on disability, I lost my job 2 years ago and am a student.
We separated this summer, but he still lives in the ba
He definitely has organizational disabilities, which is not helping.
After a dozen years together, I gave him an ultimatum a few weeks ago: clear the ba
This got a better response, but it's still so painful. Instead of actually cleaning anything, he's buying storage bins and boxes. He still refuses to let me get help down there, even people he knows and trusts.
Does anyone have any advice? I live in Canada, are there any resources in my area?
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Dec 20, 2012
It is a form of OCD. There are drugs that can help. My uncle was a hoarder. Office supplies. A basement full of them. We would go to his house as kids and, NO, we could not ask him for paper and pencils to draw with, but my aunt would give them to us. When I was older, she would secretly give me supplies for school. The Dr had prescribed drugs to help, but he did not want to take them.


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So you've got the ring, booked the date, and found your photographer. It's time for an engagement shoot! If your photographer offers an engagement shoot for free (all the ones I looked at did) then jump on getting these prints. I've been anxiously awaiting the date for our engagement photos so I could put them on our wedding website. Our pending nuptials brought me face to face with the fact that there are very few photos of Michael and I together. We both kind of hate taking pictures and he certainly hates being in pictures. So right now my wedding website still is sporting the stock photos. Can't send out the save the dates with pictures of random strangers still on the website. Creepy much?
Our photographers, Auntie El's, are pretty chill and handled us like a boss (even when I was freaking out). I trolled the Interwebs and Pinterest like a boss hoping for inspiration and ideas. I've never gotten engagement photos before, what the heck was I supposed to already know? I picked up a few useful bits and I figured I'd save another bride a tiny bit of panic by sharing.
So here they are, Danielle's tips for engagement photos:
Credit: Auntie El's
Why are you even getting pictures?
Before you dive headlong into engagement photo bliss, stop and ask yourself: Why are you even putting yourself through this hassle? What do you plan to use the pictures for once you get them? I'm using mine for the wedding website. But a few other things a bunch of couples like to use them for are: Save the Dates, announcements in the paper, thank you cards, gifts, etc. If your photographer isn't offering this for free and making you fork out extra dough for these pics, make sure you actually want/need them. If not, save yourself the hassle and don't do it. (PS: photos make super cheap presents for Christmas and such.)
Be comfy
Engagement photos are supposed to be a glimpse of who you are as a couple. So unless you are super into cosplay or dressing to the nines, just stick to something simple and comfy. I wore jeans, sandals and a shirt I wear to work. Michael wore his usual polo and khakis and his least beat up pair of sneakers. Try to avoid logos or loud patterns if you can.
Get yo hair did
Give your hairdresser, girlfriend, sister or your mirror a call and set up some pamper time to make sure your hair and nails look the best. Something simple but polished — no need to get a crazy updo. I got my hair curled (a skill I lack) and paid a whopping $12 for a simple French manicure. I also threw on mascara and eyeliner, the full extent of my makeup skills.
You be you, boo
Engagement photos are supposed to capture a snapshot of who you are as a couple. What are you into? Are you both gamers, bookworms, foodies, fashionistas or maybe wizards? Then capture that. Maybe bring along a simple prop like a book, or your wand with you for the shoot. You can also get them taken somewhere that is meaningful to you both. Which leads me to …
Be Flexible
I had had great visions of getting our photos taken outdoors in a local park under the fall leaves. We woke up Saturday morning and it was pouring rain, the one and only day it had it rained all week. I wanted to cry, but Michael and I texted the Auntie El's and made arrangements to get the pictures taken inside at the local casino. Saying I was upset was like calling the ocean a puddle. Every time I imagined the photos, they were outside. I had to suck it up and deal with this hard reality and you know what, they turned out ok anyways.
Credit: Auntie El's
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Even though I was hugely disappointed about not being able to take our photos outside, our photographers made sure we were still having fun. She took us to this random secluded corner in the casinos and all around the hotel to snap pictures. Our photographer's husband is also her second shooter. My favorite photo is one where he had been sitting on the ground near us trying to demonstrate how he was trying to get us to sit. He suddenly rushed towards us like a puppy and charged into the photo while I squealed and Michael howled with laughter. It was a simple thing, but it really broke the tension of being the center of attention. While I'm a total ham and don't mind the limelight, Michael would rather peel his face. That little scene helped him relax a little for the rest of the photos.
Credit: Auntie El's
I'm really glad the photos are over. Now I have 10 months to prepare Michael to be the center of attention again. I'm also nearly ready to launch the wedding website and send out the save the dates *booty dance*. So much relief checking off yet another box.


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Thank you for your interest in 4-H! The swine project is for youth in grades 4-12. It sounds like it will be a year or two before your son is this age. Between now and then, I encourage you to visit the county fair and chat with some members and leaders. Also, anyone is welcome to purchase our 4-H materials, and we have a very comprehensive guide for swine. It costs around $20. Resources for rules specific to swine include our County Fair Book (last year's is still up on our website) and the Junior Livestock Auction's website.
If you are ready to get started in 4-H now, we have an excellent K-3rd grade program called Cloverbuds. Members explore many different topics. Those topics can include learning about animals, although members can only handle small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens) and not any dogs, livestock, or horses. To learn more about these programs, you could participate in our Blue Ribbon Workshops on April 21.
If your son wants to enroll in Cloverbuds and participate in county fair this summer, he would need to be enrolled in a club by May 1. To find a club, call us at 503-655-8635 and ask for Trisha.
It's fine with us if you live in Multnomah county but join the Clackamas County 4-H program. If you want to know more about clubs in Multnomah County, try calling the Washington county office at 503-821-1150 (I know it's confusing, but they are providing office support for the Multnomah clubs). They will have the same rule about swine projects starting in 4th grade, but their other programs and deadlines may be different.


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The first airplane carrying revenue passengers from Dubai International Airport's newly opened concourse in Terminal 3 took off Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. local time on its way to London Heathrow Airport. Emirates Airline Flight EK003 officially marked the opening of Concourse A–the world's first dedicated to Airbus A380 operations. Emirates may now use four of the 20 contact gates scheduled to eventually serve the new concourse.
"Just as we did with what turned out to be a flawless opening of Terminal 3 and Concourse B in 2008–which was a much larger and more complex exercise involving the complete transfer of Emirates Airline's operations to the new facility–we are opening Concourse A in stages with more gates coming online in each successive phase," said Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths. "We believe that this approach of gradual transition will enable us and all our partners to ensure smooth operations and help us to deliver on our customer service commitment."
Widely acknowledged as a critical element of Dubai's $7.8 billion Strategic Plan 2020, Concourse A stands as part of the Terminal 3 complex built exclusively for the use of Emirates Airline. Dubai Airports expects annual passenger capacity at DXB to rise from 60 million annually to 75 million when Concourse A becomes fully operational.
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Lobban, Fiona and Barrowclough, Christine and Jones, Steven H. (2006) Does expressed emotion need to be understood within a more systemic framework? : an examination of discrepancies in appraisals between patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and their relatives. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41 (1). pp. 50-55. ISSN 0933-7954
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Background This study examined the relationship between discrepancies in beliefs about schizophrenia and Expressed Emotion (EE) in family dyads. Method Illness beliefs were assessed in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and their relatives (N=49 dyads). The degree and the direction of discrepancy were calculated, and comparisons were made between dyads in which the relative was rated as high EE and dyads in which the relative was rated as low EE. Results There was greater discrepancy between illness models of schizophrenia in dyads involving a high-EE relative than in dyads involving a low-EE relative. This difference was not accounted for by the differences in either relatives' or patients' beliefs alone. Conclusion Further research is needed to understand EE in the context of discrepancies in beliefs between patients and relatives rather than focussing on relatives' beliefs alone.
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Journal or Publication Title: | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | illness beliefs - discrepancies - Expressed Emotion - schizophrenia - families |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Departments: | Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research |
ID Code: | 31914 |
Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
Deposited On: | 26 Feb 2010 09:17 |
Refereed?: | Yes |
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"Our infield got a lot of lead runners and a lot of outs at second and third. Instead of taking the easy out at first, we were taking the difficult chances and making them. That really, really made a difference."
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"Overall, defensive?wise we're real strong on infield and outfield. Just real solid. Offensive?wise, we have four to six hitters that have a lot of power that can produce at the plate. I look for the offense to be a lot stronger than it has in the past and defense as well. Things are looking real good."
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Made in Santa Cruz: Rock Lobster cyclocross bike |
Here's a little background and kind of a funny story about my cross exploits. Be sure to check my cyclocross page on my website for a lot more about old-school Santa Cruz cross.
The challenge for racers in the winter was keeping in shape with high-intensity workouts while staying warm. So the idea was conceived to race on slightly modified road bikes around a mostly grass or dirt track on about a one-mile circuit course. On cyclocross bikes, the frames have additional clearance plus knobby road tires and powerful cantilever brakes are used - soon disc brakes. When I raced, cross frames were mostly steel and the components were aluminum. Today, the bikes are aluminum or carbon and the components get lighter and lighter, including carbon wheelsets and components. Lightness is good because you have to carry your bike.
To slow the riders and ensure they won't freeze, the courses have obstacles and often mud stretches to force racers to dismount, shoulder their bicycles and run for a stretch. How well you can handle your bike on sketchy terrain and how seamlessly you can go from saddle to dirt and back again often determines how well you do in the races.
Fortunately, races only last for from roughly 45 minutes to an hour plus a lap, however, it's one of the most intense hours you've probably spent on two wheels and no one will tell you cyclocross racing is a cake walk. But, it sure is fun and a fantastic way to stay in shape all season long.
My involvement in cross started here in Santa Cruz in the early 1980's because we had a great cyclocross series here (and still do). In high school I was a fair cross-country runner and I had always loved cycling. I figured the combination of cycling and running would be perfect for me.
From 1982 to 1984 I made every race. I rode a custom Oxford cross bike (Jim Oxford was a framebuilder in Bonny Doon), based on the geometry of Tom Cuthbertson's Hetchins cross rig that he purchased in England in the 1970's. At that time Tom helped bring the sport of cyclocross to Santa Cruz. He's best known as the author of Anybody's Bike Book, the first massive best selling bicycle repair book. Tom worked at the Bicycle Center on Mission Street (now known as Sprockets), and went on to write great owner's manuals for Apple computer users.
By the time of the 1984 NorCal District Championships and National Championships, which were held less than a mile from my house, on the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, I was competitive - not the highest level, but close. At the Districts, which were held in Tilden Park in Berkeley, the venue for the first National Championships back in 75, I finished 7th and ahead of two former national champs. But, the Nationals on my hometown course had a surprise in store for me.
Besides being part cyclist, part runner, the other thing that suited me about cyclocross was the mechanical aspect. Cross is really tough on bikes and if you're not keeping up with mechanical issues, you'll breakdown and have to switch bikes or wheels during the race, which can ruin your chances of a top finish. While I witnessed broken seatposts and handlebars, endless flat tires, crunched wheels and bent forks at the races, in my three seasons of cross I didn't have so much as a flat tire.
Nationals: L-R: Steve Tilford, Laurence Malone, Roy Knickman |
I had raced with Laurence many times and even wrenched on his race bike. He was one of the first guys to give me racing, training and equipment advice. He told me to ride a harder gear than on the road so that I could take my weight off the saddle and float over the bumps. He taught me how to dismount to hit the ground in full stride. He helped me, sure, but, I never kept up with him in the races. And standing between him and Roy, I was so nervous and excited that I thought I would explode if they wouldn't hurry up and start the race.
Dan Nall, Dave McLaughlin, Greg Foy and me - somewhere way back |
The start was at the base of UCSC, at the top of Bay Street. If you've been there, you know there's a plush lawn to the right. We started there, turned right, blasted up the road and then veered left onto the grass track around the campus course.
The worse obstacle was a log pile seemingly going up into the sky that we had to run up each lap. But I knew the course well and was ready to fly up the opening hill and stick with Laurence and Roy for as long as I could.
In my dreams. They started us and I hit the gas as hard as I ever have and snapped my right pedal clean off! Unbelievable. I only had one choice: shoulder my broken bike and run a half lap to the pits to retrieve my back-up from my mechanic Scott Terriberry. Somehow, I managed to get there, leaped onto my second bike - an old junker 10-speed I'd modified - all my money in my now-crippled custom cross machine. It was at least rideable and I was able to start racing. It took Scott 3 laps to borrow a pedal off a spectator's bike to get me back on my Oxford.
But I was far behind the leaders and in danger of being pulled. Every lap, I could hear the officials yanking riders just a little ways behind me and I battled to keep passing and moving up. My ugly start and the tough course helped me. As I got rolling, some of the guys in front started to tire and I moved further up in the field. In the end I finished 16th and only 25 guys finished the race. Steve Tilford won in dominating fashion lapping almost everyone in the race at least once. He's still racing and winning.
To keep the memories of those classic cross races back in the day alive, I've put a page about them up on my website with more photos and commentary. It was a different type of cross racing back then - more mud, more obstacles, lower-tech bicycles - but it was just as much fun as it is today. One of the biggest differences is that there are now cross racing series across the country and American riders are even successfully competing against the stars of cross in Europe. That's fantastic.
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Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of XTL 2125 in HCV-Infected Patients Who Are Interferon-Alpha Non-Responders or Relapsers
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Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection |
Drug: XTL-2125 |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Double-Blind Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Dose Escalation Study of the Safety and Efficacy of XTL 2125 in Adult HCV-Infected Patients With Compensated Liver Disease, Who Are Interferon-Alpha Non-Responders or Have Relapsed From Interferon-Alpha Therapy |
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- • adverse events, serious adverse events
- • laboratory abnormalities by highest toxicity grade
- • laboratory abnormalities by largest increase in toxicity grade from baseline
- Efficacy:
- • Median change from baseline in serum HCV RNA (log10 IU/mL) at day 22.
- • Median maximum change from baseline at any time between Day 8 and Day 22.
- • Median change from baseline in serum ALT at day 22.
- • Percent of patients within each cohort with serum HCV RNA declining at least a 1 log10 from baseline at any assessment between Day 8 and 22.
- • AUC using the trapezoidal rule, minus baseline for serum HCV RNA (in the log10 scale) through day 22 (defined as DAVG22).
- • Median rate of decline in serum HCV RNA (log10 IU/mL/day) through day 22.
- • Median rate of change in serum HCV RNA (log10 IU/mL/day) from day 22 (after the last administration) through day 50 (rebound).
- • Median change from day 22 (after the last administration) in serum HCV RNA (log10 IU/mL) at day 50 (rebound).
- • Descriptive analysis of changes in the HCV genome (NS5B region coding for RNA dependent RNA polymerase) that may be associated with two weeks of
- XTL 2125 monotherapy.
Estimated Enrollment: | 60 |
Study Start Date: | February 2006 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | November 2007 |
The study will be of a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, multicenter design with sequential ascending doses of XTL 2125 in HCV-infected patients with compensated liver disease who did not respond to IFN-alpha therapy or relapsed following this therapy.
This study will include both a single dose session and a multiple dose session. In the single dose session, patients will be randomized to receive a single oral dose of either XTL 2125 or placebo on Day 1, in a dose-escalating design, followed by a multiple dose session that will start on day 8 and will continue for 14 days. The same patients will receive XTL 2125 three times daily at the same dose administered in the single dose session.
The following doses will be administered to groups of 8 patients each: 10 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg, 150 mg, 300 mg and 450 mg. Within each group, 6 subjects will receive XTL 2125 and 2 subjects will receive placebo. No patient will be enrolled in more than one dose level. Doses should be administered one hour before meals with 240 cc water.
Additional patients may be enrolled at previous or intermediate doses to obtain additional safety or pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic data and to more accurately define the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD).
The MTD will be defined as the last dose level that is successfully administered with a decision to escalate to the next level. If the decision not to escalate to the next level is made then a cohort that receives XTL 2125 at a dose half-way between the last tolerated dose and the non-tolerated dose may be enrolled at the discretion of the Sponsor. If this dose is successfully administered without violating the dose escalation rules, then this interim dose will be considered the MTD.
Six dose cohorts will be prospectively indicated, although additional cohorts may be scheduled at intermediate doses if warranted by the data.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must understand and be willing to give written informed consent prior to any study procedures or evaluations and be willing to adhere to all study schedules and requirements.
- Adults 18 to 70 years of age.
- Documented history of positive HCV serology.
- Compensated liver disease as defined by the following at screening: PT greater or equal to 60%, INR < 1.5, serum albumin greater or equal 3.4 g%, and serum bilirubin < 2 mg% (unless dx of Gilbert's Syndrome).
- Serum HCV RNA greater or equal 100,000 IU/mL at screening.
- Patients who were treated and did not respond to IFN-alpha therapy or who withdrew from this therapy within 30 days prior to screening.
- Patients who had completed a fully prescribed course of an approved IFN alpha -based treatment and relapsed following the end of the treatment.
- Patients must be sterile or infertile or use an approved method of contraception from the time that the first dose of study medication is taken until three months following study completion or discontinuation.
- Screening labs as follows: platelet count greater or equal 120,000/mm3; ANC greater or equal 1000/mm3; hemoglobin greater or equal 11.0 g/dL for females and greater or equal 12.0 g/dL for males; serum ALT within normal limits or < 5 x ULN.
- Alpha fetoprotein <25 microg/L at screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any history of significant cardiac, renal, neurologic, metabolic, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hematologic abnormality, chronic hepatic disease other than hepatitis C or any other disease which in the judgment of the investigator would interfere with the study or confound the results.
- Patients with positive HIV serology or positive HBsAg at screening.
- Patients who were not treated previously with the current approved therapy against HCV.
- Patients who have received any previous treatment for HCV infection other than an approved regimen of IFN alpha and ribavirin within 30 days prior to screening.
- Patients with decompensated liver disease or evidence of advanced liver disease such as the presence of ascites, bleeding varices or hepatic encephalopathy.
- Female patients who are breastfeeding or have a positive pregnancy test at screening or at any time during the study.
- History of alcohol or drug abuse within 6 months of screening.
- Patients who have a positive urine drug screen for substances of abuse (benzodiazepine, THC, opiates, amphetamines, cocaine) at the screening.
- Patients with poor venous access
- History or evidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
- Use of prescription or non-prescription drugs that are known to be metabolized in the liver and can potentially interfere with the study medication (such as Marcolide antibiotics, azole antifungals, warfarin, carbamazepine, cyclosporine, midazolam, phenytoin, valporic acid, chlorpromazine, rifampin, quinidine, diazepam and digoxin) 90 days prior to screening.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00255359
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Hadassah Medical Organization | |
Jerusalem, Israel, 91120 |
Principal Investigator: | Eithan Galun, MD | Hadassah Medical Organization |
Study Director: | Shlomo Dagan, PhD | XTL Biopharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00255359 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | November 16, 2005 |
Last Updated: | November 5, 2007 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis C Hepatitis, Chronic Hepatitis C, Chronic Virus Diseases Hepatitis, Viral, Human Flaviviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Hepatitis Liver Diseases |
Digestive System Diseases Interferons Interferon-alpha Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 29, 2017


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