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One Act Fest is back for another year of short comedic plays presented by Bainbridge Performing Arts' famed Dinah Manoff and Northwest Actors Lab.
Manoff, who is best known for her performances in such Broadway productions as "I Ought To Be In Pictures," of which she received a Tony Award, and the 1978 film "Grease," in which she starred as the spunky Marty Maraschino, took the lead in putting together the One Act Fest for 2010 and 2011. After a year off to focus on other productions, she is back at it.
The 2013 series will run from Jan. 17 through Jan. 20 and offer a range of playwrights, both obscure and notable.
Manoff will be directing four of the 12 performances. Other directors are Barbara Deering, Tom Challinor, Ken Michels and Tim Davidson.
The productions present actors from Manoff's Northwest Actors Lab classes.
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"36 Rumson Road (Sunrise Drive)" by Barbara Weichmann (Deering), "Big Picture" by Mark Harvey Levine (Challinor), "A Case of Anxiety" by Levine (Michels), "Communion" by Eric Fallen (Manoff), "History Lesson" by David Lindsey-Abaire (Deering), "Marred Bliss" by Mark O'Donnell (Davidson), "Rosie in the Shadow of Melrose" by Craig Fols (Manoff), "Sure Thing" by David Ives (Manoff), and "Three Turkeys Waiting for Corncobs" by Don Nigro (Davidson).
The shows are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and also at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors, students, youth, military and teachers and can be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206-842-8569 or in person at the BPA Box Office, from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and one hour prior to each performance.


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|2007-10-18, 13:48
|Link #81
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: The town where Copernicus was born.
Age: 32
I put restrain on myself to not argue about Priscilla vs Teresa anymore so I will only write that on that matter I agree with khryoleoz.
Partial awakening is just great training method to polish skills and perfect youki managing, IMO. So if Clare awakened in Rabona she would propably be almost or as powerful when she fought Riguald but she would spend more of her time on seeking guts than training and she would be on MiB and Riful's wanted list so her survival and further growth would be difficult . It's hard to imagine of course that someone as weak as her could become as powerful then but I don't see why would that be unlikely.
Riful's comment and behaviour might be just a smart move to let them go loose and allow them to train themselves better. She saw that they were quite flexible warriors since they quickly adapted to tough situation, Clare managed to improve her quicksword which startled Riful, Jean managed to return from awakened state and Galatea... Galatea was superb as always .
I don't think that when they would be in awakened state with Riful, she would spend time to train and protect them. In claymore state they could hide their youki well, MiB theoretically should protect them or at least not bother them and improving their stats should be easier. On the other hand in awakened state MiB might hunt them down and their only training might be killing humans and one time they would face Isley's force - the end. So what Riful meant was that by forcing them to awaken would led only to having pawns instead of queens they could become (chess analogy). At first pawns are the weakest but after proper moves when they reach the eighth/first rank (which is called promotion) not sacrificing them might decide the win of the game.
|2007-10-18, 14:09
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Miria's #1 Disciple
Join Date: Apr 2007
Thus unnatural potential.
If she had awoken, that would be it, the end, her advancement would only come in the form of experience, not physical increases in power and Yoki.
If they awaken then cannot get stronger anymore, so it would be a waste to force 2 interesting science projects to awaken when they could potentially grow stronger. I also doubt Riful would enjoy having any potential rivals in power, as it would threaten her own standing as " The Queen."
|2007-10-18, 14:31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Why is it that the word of a professional liar whose job is to avoid creating or kill Awakened Beings has more credit than the one of an Abyssal one who is older, doesn't lie and has tremendous experience in creating and interacting with a multitude of Awakened Beings?
As for potential, I think it can change. Something like: Heat a metal bar and stretch it, it has a limit beyond which it breaks, but stop stretching a bit before it breaks, hammer it, cool it and then do it again, and you can go further than the original breakpoint.
|2007-10-18, 14:38
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|2007-10-18, 14:45
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|2007-10-18, 14:50
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I would think the maximun potential is being fully awakened and you cant go beyond that. The more closer you get to becomming awakened, the more you tap into those fully awakened powers maybe. I just think theres a limit to it rather then going on forever.
Just like how you can keep stretching the metal bar there IS a limit to how much it can be stretch. Well you can increase its potential if you add more metal I guess but that cant be done with humans/yomas unless youre a mad scientist or maybe the organization through experiements. I just dont believe you can have unlimited power ups just simply by awakening everytime. THAT WOULD BE TOO FAKE FOR A FICTIONAL STORY!
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|2007-10-18, 15:05
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Miria's #1 Disciple
Join Date: Apr 2007
Whether this goes on indefinatly remains to be seen.
The Organization is also far more reliable then we probably give them credit for, only Teresa and Priscilla are real trouble spots when concerning their stats.
All the other ones in question are the partially-awakened.
|2007-10-18, 15:11
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Army of One
Join Date: Apr 2007
I look at partial awakening as reheating and stretching the metal further while adding metal would be something the organization does with its weird experiements -_-.
|2007-10-18, 15:40
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Location: USA
|2007-10-18, 15:41
|Link #91
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Location: The town where Copernicus was born.
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|2007-10-18, 15:42
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Holy... this thread's not even a week old...
As for Alicia and Beth being stronger than Teresa base stat-wise...I believe that being groomed from day 1 to become the strongest evah might play a part in that. The two were brought to the Org to continue that one particular experiment and as we all know, it works like a charm.
Now, for Alicia to completely Awaken like she does, she would have had to go through partial Awakenings beforehand would she not? Jumping straight into controlling a fully Awakened one is pure suicide. If what we've seen of our Ghost 7, particularly our Fab 4, is true, then the Partial Awakenings would have pushed Alicia's power cap through the roof.
If one's power increased at say...10% of their base power to begin with, half a dozen Awakenings would really push the power pretty high. Teresa didn't even like using her Youki and she was that strong, for someone who was nearly as strong to go through partial Awakenings as a part of training.... ....
There's no real sense in arguing if the stats are 'right' or 'wrong' - they're pretty much official and coincidently, the best source we got for comparisions between the Claymores. As for the timeframes that they apply for, we don't really know that. Also, any and all special techniques/abilities are reflected by the stats pretty accurately. If one thinks that someone's technique or ability is stronger than what the stats suggest, it's probably one's own interpetation of what that ability/technique is and how strong it is on an overall scale. Don't use one instance or fight to accurately judge just how powerful something is like say Galatea's youki trick against Duff/Daph/whatever. Like the Awakened in Pieta, he showed just HOW strong that trick could be if Galatea was more powerful so in reality, Galatea's technique is really just a trick while the Awakened one's version could be and should be called an actual technique.
...as for Miria, you know she'd try to get us to work together Fenris. I can see her lecturing about putting all that energy into learning how to fight off youma...and like the poor saps (ie devoted followers) we are, we'd jump at the chance to train up to that. Trained by her, of course.
Helen: Ah, I found some leashes that might work! Here ya go Miria! ^_^
Miria: ...Helen...!! ><
Me: ... as much as I want to say something in defense of myself, I can not.
|2007-10-18, 16:37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 29
|2007-10-18, 17:08
|Link #95
Awe of She
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Well, it can be similar but they can't be the same since Beth has to stay put in order for Alicia to do her thing. Alicia's officially the #1 which means that by all rights her base stats SHOULD be higher than Beth's. Even by wee bit in one area. ^^
|2007-10-18, 17:10
|Link #97
Army of One
Join Date: Apr 2007
Nah Teresa herself said that prissy could of wounded her during that sneak attack. I believe she could of wounded teresa(insert assumption) but not to the point of it being deadly(end assumption) and then she would just continue owning those 4 since she knows what prissy is capable of. Like they keep saying in that one anime "The same attack wont work twice on Athena's saint!"
|2007-10-18, 18:17
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Miria's #1 Disciple
Join Date: Apr 2007
Bah my Internet died while replying, so now I have to retype everything >.<
and I do like Teresa, what I do not like is blind Teresa fanboyism, so I must toughen my skin and argue the reaper as it were.
From what we have seen however, Riful may indeed be correct.
I also agree that Riful probably never foresaw Clare becoming strong enough to threaten her. I am just saying, if she had thought it possible, she definitely would not approve.
Normal Warriors have potential, they can achieve this potential with time, training, and experience. However this potential has a limit (as all things do)
When a Warrior Awakenes all this potential is immediately realized, and quite possibly exceeded. Awakend warriors can gain experience, but cannot improve their base physical power, or Yoki.
Now a Partially-awakened warrior has gained power that is not achievable through time, training, and experience. It is equivalent to a human gaining super-human abilities, and if they awaken later in their lifetime, this power stacks on top of their "normal" potential. This potential is only limited by the number of times the warrior has surpassed her limit.
Thus I believe that Partially-awakened "cheat" per-say, as they gain power that non-partially awakened have no access to.
I also believe this will eventually lead to how Clare can defeat Priscilla, who is currently the strongest being in the Claymore-verse.
Shame you theory did not go through though, because Teresa would not have been caught off guard by Priscilla's final attack.
|2007-10-18, 18:34
|Link #99
Army of One
Join Date: Apr 2007
Yea almost everything here is based on assumptions. It can go either way really on almost all of the arguments.
It wasnt quite the same attack. You cant compare her almost awakening to the same speed as the earlier attack.
|2007-10-18, 18:43
|Link #100
Miria's #1 Disciple
Join Date: Apr 2007
Me: HEY!...I don't need that... I have no reason to run away. Now a collar on the other hand...(if it was to designate me as Miria's property...)
Regardless, none of that would stop me from getting her attention first Tempest
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Keira Knightley: Wedding Photo with James Righton!
Keira Knightley rocks a little white dress while arriving for her wedding to James Righton on Saturday (May 4) in Mazan, France.
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Predators trade forward Brian McGrattan to Calgary for defenceman Joe PisulaNHL.com @NHLdotcom
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Predators have traded forward Brian McGrattan to the Calgary Flames for defenceman Joe Piskula.
The Predators announced the trade Thursday after putting McGrattan on waivers Tuesday. McGrattan, who agreed to a one-year deal with the Predators last July, had not appeared in a game this season for Nashville and recently finished a two-week conditioning assignment in the AHL.
Nashville gets Piskula, who has played 10 career NHL games with Los Angeles and Calgary with eight penalty minutes. He has played 370 career AHL games with 70 points (8 goals, 62 assists) and 320 penalty minutes. Piskula, 28, will report to the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League, Nashville's top developmental team.


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Sixth of seven children of peasant farmers Jean-François Billiart and Marie-Louise-Antoinette Debraine. She was poorly educated, but knew her catechism by heart at age 7, and used to explain it to other children. At age 14 she took a private vow of chastity, and gave her life to serving and teaching the poor. At age 22, she was sitting next to her father when some one shot at him; the shock left her partially crippled for 22 years. During the French Revoluation, a group of her friends helped organize the work she'd started. Julia was miraculously healed of her paralysis on 1 June 1804, and resumed her work. Her organization became the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame (Institute of Notre Dame; Sisters of Notre Dame), dedicated to the Christian education of girls, formally established in Amiens, France, the first vows being made by Saint Julia and two others on 15 October 1804. By the time of her death the Institute had 15 convents.
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When Veterans Park debuted in 2014, there was little doubt it would become a popular venue.
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A sixth wall that will eventually be filled with names of veterans from across the area was constructed earlier this month. There is also two new entry signs in place for the park.
"I always knew it would be popular, but I didn't know it would go this fast," said Tony Gowan, Papillion Parks and Facilities director. "This has always been a strong Air Force community, but now we have the influx of other military."
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Anyone interested in having a name placed on a wall can contact the Papillion Community Foundation at papillionfoundation.org/veterans_park_signup.aspx or at 402-331-3917.
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Legal Notices in Newspapers
This article originally appeared in "Newspapers" by Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA, and James L. Hansen, FASG in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
The requirement that some judicial actions (in cases including more persons than the principals) cannot be concluded without public notice carries side benefits for the genealogist. Legislatures either provided for and supported an official county or community publication, or they designated existing newspapers for these purposes. Examples of listed actions include land sales for payment of taxes, administration in probate, proving of wills, heirship determination and the settlement of estates, pending divorce proceedings, sales of properties of insolvent estates, and more. When court records are not available for any reason, these public notices can help fill the gap. Or, a legal notice spotted in a newspaper search might direct the researcher to otherwise unknown court records. The chance spotting in a newspaper of a court docket might be the only clue leading to a divorce case that solves a perplexing genealogical problem. The growing number of digitized and indexed newspapers online makes findings like this increasingly common.
In larger cities, this function was often covered by a special kind of professional newspaper, devoted entirely to publishing legal notices. For example, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, which began publication in 1854, has calendars, reports, and public notices from every court for Chicago and Cook County. For the genealogist, these entries can be the key to locating original case files and other court records.
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Patents for inventions were occasionally mentioned in local papers. Learning that an ancestor was an inventor may come as a surprise to some researchers, and this sort of information was not easily located before the days of the Internet. A list of local residents who were granted patents was located on a search of the Brooklyn Page. The original list was published in the Union Argus of 5 June 1879:
- The following named residents of this city are reported by Mr. A.V. Brieson for having patents issued to them:
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Reba McEntire's 'Malibu Country' Pilot Picked Up by ABC
In September, we reported Reba McEntire's intent to star in and become the executive producer for the sitcom 'Malibu Country.' Now, the latest news surrounding the show is that ABC ordered the pilot, adding it to nine other comedy pilots the network is considering for the upcoming television season.
If given the full greenlight, the show will follow Reba, a country singer and divorced mother of three, as she moves her family from Nashville to a small house in Malibu. With this as the main storyline, Reba will struggle to get her singing career back on its feet while trying to maintain her children's morality in an entirely new and unfamiliar setting.
This is, of course, not Reba's first stab at a television sitcom. The country star saw her show 'Reba' run successfully on the WB network from 2001 until 2007. For 'Malibu Country,' she's joining forces once again with some of the people she worked with during that time. Rejoining her team, according to recent reports, are Kevin Abbott as a writer and co-executive producer; 'Reba' executive producers Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel; Reba's husband and manager Narvel Blackstock; Dave Stewart, formerly of the Eurythmics; and Laura Ziskin Productions' Pam Williams.
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Fresh Color Combo: Pink & Red
It's not just for Valentine's day anymore. In the hands of an intrepid decorator, the combination of pink and red can be sublime — and not in a chocolate box kind of way.
A lot depends on how you style it. If you're feeling conservative, you can use the colors in small doses (image 8), or try pairing a deep red with a pale pink for a soft, romantic look (image 9).
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1. Red velvet. Pink taffeta. Swoon. As seen in the New York City apartment of Herve Pierre, via The Selby.
2. Pink living room with red console from My Hands Made It.
3. Pink and (Miles) Redd, from Canadian House & Home.
4. Pink and red in the ubiquitous 'For Like Ever' poster. As seen in the dining room of The Yvestown Blog's Yvonne Eijkenduijn.
5. Pink and red on the bed. On bluepoolroad via Plenty of Colour.
6. Pink and red goes modern. From David Mikhail Architects.
7. Pepto and red dining room from Design*Sponge.
8. Just the tiniest trace of pink and red, from Yvestown Blog. I dig the Bertoia chair with the pad in the delicate floral print.
9. A pale shade of pink with red accents is girly, sweet, romantic. From Country Home.
10. Why hold back? Bold pink and red in an interior from So Haute Style.
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Its a great shot in the sense of the action captured but there are some technical things I'd like to point out if you don't mind.
Composition: First off shooting from a lower angle could have eliminated some of the floor
Lighting: Adding an additional light source (rim light) from the side would have created background separation and give more depth to your photo.
Editing: Try using Viveza to brighten/blow out the apparent areas in the photo where backdrop is showing


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Not that we want PICS or anything!
Dog of the Day
Cat of the Day
Pet of the Day
Not that we want PICS or anything!
"Do or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
Pretty Mama, Runt, Uber, Rex and Piggy are all doing GREAT PM's fur is sleek, and finally growing back on her belly. It looks like the babies' eye infections have cleared up, and they're growing like weeds They are ALL developing their own personalities as well Now, if they would only learn to use the litter box as well as they eat
Here is a link to my pictures for ya'll to enjoy
PS. I put in a link because I changed photo sites and haven't figured out the codes yet
PPS. I'll try to get the pictures to show in here tomorrow; too tired to figure it out tonight.
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Too many pets? What's that?
I had a look through...your other cats are gorgeous!
Hopefully the babes will take a hint from Mom and start using the litterbox!
You can just attach the photos, too; that is a bit easier and they are easy to open also.
Thanks! Loved the sleeping ones with chin in the air, and kitten smile! Looks like they are begging for a chin rub!
"Do or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
More pics
Too many pets? What's that?
"We better be good....Mom's got lasers on!!!"
"Do or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
Here's some new pics for everyone to coo over
pink collar- Piggy
rainbow collar- Uber
light collar- Rex
no collar- Runt
ignore the blond
PS. Runt jumped out of my arms too high, and landed on the tile floor badly We took him to the vet and he has a hairline fracture in his right front leg The vet isn't worried, we don't even have to wrap it, unless he starts having more problems.
Too many pets? What's that?
More cooing
Too many pets? What's that?
Seven weeks and four days!
I couldn't see a collar on two of them because of the way they were lying. Is Runt the one with his wee head snuggled into your elbow?
Rex shows a real tabby pattern in his fur, the way the light is falling on him. What a handsome little boy!
"Do or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
Thanks for sharing the pictures. They are so cute! They really love you!
The kitties are absolutely beautiful! I just love them! They are all very fortunate to have such a wonderful person taking care of them. Thank you for posting all the pics - made me smile a whole bunch!
Rest in Peace Baby, Hercules, and Sydney - If love could have saved you, you both would have lived forever!
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ~Ghandi
This thread needs a cuteness warning and should be moved into Cat general- everybody should see these black cuties
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FDA Is Angry That ICANN Won't Just Censor Websites On Its Say So
from the what's-wrong-with-a-court-order? dept
In July, the FDA teamed with Interpol and dozens of countries to try to shut down more than 1,300 websites suspected of selling drugs without a prescription. Officials sent a list of all the websites, carrying names such as buyoxycontinonline.com and approvedonlinepharmacy.net, to the Chinese company that registered them. The company replied with a request for a court order and then sent a terse follow-up email: "It is not possible for us to take action."But here's the thing. Everyone in the articles (including the reporters) seem to take it as perfectly reasonable that ICANN and/or these registrars should have just taken down these sites. No one points out that BizCN seemed to respond properly by asking for a court order. ICANN isn't in the business of censorship. It shouldn't be the one to determine if a site is an illegal pharmacy or not. There's a reason why we have due process and courts to adjudicate decisions like that. Putting the entire burden on registrars and/or ICANN to act as internet cops, ready to take down sites at a notification's notice seems tremendously problematic.
In frustration, officials turned to the Internet's central administrator, an organization called the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann. Its contract with the registrar, BizCN.com, requires the company to investigate reports of illegal behavior.
It's a recipe for censorship, stifling free speech and hindering innovation. And yet, that's what the FDA and others want:
Because of its central role, regulators and law-enforcement agencies around the world say Icann could be crucial to their crackdown on illicit Internet operators of all kinds.Already, just in the online pharmacy space, we've seen how certain pharmaceutical companies like to conflate the small number of truly "rogue" pharmacies that sell either counterfeit drugs or real drugs without proper procedures, with perfectly safe and legal Canadian pharmacies that many Americans rely on for cheaper drugs. The big pharmaceutical companies would like to shut down that competition, even as American politicians have explored expanding the ability of US citizens to get their drugs from such pharmacies. And that's why it's reasonable to ask for an actual court order before taking down sites -- rather than just assuming that some bureaucrat at the FDA can accurately determine which sites are "good" and which are "bad," and then demand that registrars or ICANN automatically take action.


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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's featured selection, chosen by Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole, is
Ten Years Younger by Bubblegum Lemonade from the 2008 EP Ten Years Younger on Matinee Recordings.
As you've probably guessed from the name, Bubblegum Lemonade is at the forefront of the thrash metal scene. Ok, actually, the band, based in Glasgow and consisting primarily of a guy named Laz, specializes in lo-fi twee pop. Named after a 1969 Mama Cass Elliot album and with a 12-string Rickenbacker in hand, Bubblegum Lemonade easily brings to mind the best of the Byrds, the mystical pop of the Velvet Underground and on tracks like
Unsafe At Any Speed, the heavy reverb and production style of Jesus and Mary Chain. On the title track featured here, you'll hear backing vocals from Sandra, Laz' partner in crime on his other project, Strawberry Whiplash. Together these two are out to remind everyone that amazing bubbly pop music exists outside Sweden. For this debut solo EP, Laz goes so far as to cover
That Thing You Do by the fictional 1964 band The Wonders. Jose Gonzalez has nothing on that. Stay tuned to either of these two acts as things are just getting started.


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SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Jesse Vetter needed only eight saves Monday to help the United States down Sweden 6-1 and set up a meeting with Canada in the women's Olympic gold medal game.
Alex Carpenter and Kacey Bellamy scored 66 seconds apart in the first period to get the Americans going and they eventually built a 5-0 lead. The United States fired 70 shots on the Swedish net.
This is the fifth time women have played hockey in the Olympics and the United States ensured itself of winning its fifth medal. But the Americans have not won the gold since the inaugural tournament in 1998.
Canada earned its spot in the championship game with a 3-1 victory over Switzerland. The gold medal game will be played Thursday.
Sweden's Anna Borgqvist was called for a hooking penalty 5:45 into the contest and Carpenter scored 25 seconds later. Amanda Kessel, whose brother Phil plays for the American team that has advanced to the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic tournament, made it 3-0 before the end of the opening period.
Monique Lamoreux and Megan Bozek added second-period goals and Brianna Decker was credited with a score in the third when her slap shot rocketed off the crossbar and deflected off Sweden's Emilia Andersson into the net.
Sweden's only goal came from Borgqvist on a deflection with 6:56 to play.
Canada scored three times in the first 11:33 against Switzerland and did not register another goal. Natalie Spooner delivered the first two goals, the second one on the power play.
Melodie Daoust scored the other Canadian goal before Swiss goaltender Florence Schelling closed the door. Schelling made 45 saves.
Canada defeated the Americans 3-2 during group play at these Olympics.


text: Recent Storms Fail to Break California's Drought April 7, 2014 09:50 AM Tweet Water shortages will limit alfalfa hay quality and availability in California this year. (Photo: Catherine Merlo), TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Catherine Merlo Farm Journal's Milk Western and Online Editor Email Continued water shortages mean unplanted and under-irrigated crops ahead for the state's farmers. The welcomed but few storms that dropped rain and snow over California during late March and early April were too little and too late to lift the state out of its third consecutive year of drought. "The storms only got us from horrible to really bad," says Dave Kranz, spokesman for the California Farm Bureau Federation. While the late-season storms helped increase California's mountain snowpack to 32% -- up from 25% in January – the state's precipitation for the season remains at about 50% of average. Major reservoirs hold only 50% of their normal levels. The two major suppliers of surface water, the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) and the State Water Project, haven't budged from their earlier announcements that they'll deliver zero allocations this year. The CVP is California's single largest supplier of irrigation water, accounting for 25% of the state's water use, says Kranz. That means farmers, livestock ranchers, dairies and others still face water shortages this year. As a result, significant amounts of farm acreage are still expected to go unplanted in 2014 in the nation's top agricultural state. How much, however, remains uncertain. California typically accounts for some 8 million acres of irrigated farmland, and some estimates project at least 10% -- or 800,000 acres – will lie fallow this year. The San Joaquin Valley's Westside, a large farming area west of Fresno, will be hit particularly hard, since it typically relies on federal water deliveries. The Westside is a major producer of processing tomatoes, onions, lettuce, garlic and cantaloupes. Diversified farmer Joel Ackerknecht thinks fallowed acreage predictions are exaggerated and that the reality will be closer to 200,000 acres. "Farmers may project more fallowed acres because they tend to see things in a worse-case scenario," says Ackerknecht, who grows almonds, alfalfa hay and other crops near Buttonwillow, Calif., at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. Even so, as California's rainy season winds down, no one doubts the prolonged drought will drive cutbacks in crop production. USDA forecast significant production cuts for several California crops in its March 31 Prospective Plantings Report. Those California reductions include: • Corn – down 28% • Cotton – down 35% • Rice – down 20% • Wheat down 15% In addition, farmers have been pulling out older almond trees as a way to deal with the year's water shortages. Many almond and pistachio orchards also will be under-irrigated, which is likely to have long-term impact, according to Ackerknecht. "People will have to under-water their trees," he says. "And trees don't come back easily. They'll survive, but a lot of trees may show problems a year or two from now." Citrus growers are considering removing fruit from trees to help their groves survive another year of drought, Kranz adds. Alfalfa hay production estimates vary, but many believe it will drop by about 10% from last year. At 930,000 acres, alfalfa is California's largest-acreage crop. Already, hay prices have risen to $330 per ton, up from $280 per ton in February. Some project that hay prices could reach $400 per ton this season. While water shortages will limit alfalfa hay quality and availability, another factor is driving hay prices higher. The state's dairies are increasing milk production as they seek to take advantage of record milk prices. Strong dairy demand for alfalfa fay, a major feed in herd rations, is helping fuel alfalfa hay's price climb. With 1.78 million dairy cows to feed, dairies are a major customer of alfalfa hay. High milk prices spurred California's dairies to boost milk production in February by a whopping 5.3% over year-earlier levels. Output rose to 3.402 billion pounds of milk in February. That's nearly 1.3 billion pounds more for the month than second-place Wisconsin. Back to news


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Windows Error Reporting Exposes Your Vulnerabilities
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Located at Bentonville Cemetery in Bentonville, AR.
Miles Family
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give
you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.
For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest.
For your souls, For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Alton Lee Miles
United States Army
June 28, 1943 - February 1, 2008
Loving Husband, Father and Grandfather
Married April 3, 1962
Monika Martha Miles
Born in Germany
January 28, 1946 - (Still living)
Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother
Alton Lee Miles
SGT US Army
Jun 28, 1943 - Feb 1, 2008


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60 children in Grades K - 3 in each session.
Listening to stories is lots of fun even after you have learned to read. Carefully selected crafts extend and reinforce the stories. You will take home a project that you can be proud of and that was fun to make. Please register for each session separately.


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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts health officials are reporting the state's first human case of West Nile Virus this year.
The patient is described only as a man in his 60s who lives in Middlesex County. Officials say the man remains hospitalized, but is recovering.
The Department of Public Health said in a statement on Friday that the diagnosis of West Nile was confirmed by testing at the Hinton state lab in Boston.
Officials say they are trying to determine when the man was most likely to have been exposed to mosquitoes infected with the virus.
There were eight confirmed cases of West Nile among Massachusetts residents last year, none of them fatal.
Symptoms can include fever or flu-like illnesses.
The Department of Public Health lists the West Nile risk as of Aug. 18 as moderate in the Boston area, including Brookline, Newton, Watertown, Cambridge, Belmont Arlington, Medford and Somerville, and low for the rest of the state.
No human cases of eastern equine encephalitis, another mosquito-born illness, have been reported this year. In southeastern Massachusetts, the risk is considered high in Freetown and moderate in Acushnet, Berkley, Bridgewater, Canton, Dighton, Easton, Fall River, Hanson, Hingham, Lakeville, Middleboro, New Bedord, Raynham, Rehoboth, Rochester, Rockland, Swansea and Whitman.


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Elsie Fuhrman Gillings, oldest child of Ray and Ora Fuhrman, was born on May 11, 1921. Her childhood together with her siblings was spent up Tunk Creek. She was an Omak Stampede princess representing Riverside. She graduated from Riverside High School in 1938, valedictorian of her class.
From Tunk Creek she moved to Seattle. There she attended Mr. Lee's Beauty School. Her next goal was to work as a beautician while attending the University of Washington, majoring in library science. A handsome trolley driver, who grew up in Omak, changed those plans.
On Sep. 26, 1941, she and Robert Gillings were married in Seattle. Shortly thereafter they returned to Omak to own and operate the family apple orchard on Pogue Flat. Raising apples, a huge vegetable garden and two kids kept them very busy for the next 20 years. In addition to homemaking and orchard duties, she sewed clothes and styled the hair. She belonged to the Nellie E. Scott Orthopedic Guild.
The orchard was sold in 1966 and our folks enjoyed their home on Dewberry Avenue overlooking the valley. She worked parttime tracking the sale of apples at the Omak-Okanogan Growers' warehouse. She perfected her skills at making candles and cone baskets. particularily loved the summer visits of her grandchildren.
About a year after the death of her husband in 1998, she purchased a home in Horizon Estates. There she grew tomatoes for her neighbors, enjoyed the monthly potlucks, travelled occasionally, completed counted cross stitch projects and read books.
In 2009 declining health necessitated a move to Apple Springs Senior Living; after a further decline in health, she lived at Rosegarden Care Center. She died on Sept. 26, 2013. She received quality care from her physician, Dr. Robert Justus, and the staff at Apple Springs Senior Living and Rosegarden Care Center. Those who care for others are angels.
Her parents, Ray and Ora Fuhrman; brother, Vic Fuhrman; and husband, Robert Gillings predeceased her.
She is survived by her son, Jim Gillings, of Eugene, Ore.; daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Bill Rudd of Lake Tapps, Wash.; granddaughter, Sarah Gillings of University Place, Wash.; grandson, Mark Gillings of Bothell, Wash.; sister, Helen Garrett of Omak; and many nieces and nephews.
An informal celebration of life gathering will take place between 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2013, in the club house at Horizon Estates, 715 Quince Street, Omak.
We look forward to visiting with all those who knew her for whatever length of time they are able to join us.
Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel and the Okanogan Co. Crematory of Okanogan are caring for the arrangements.
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Poll time! Earlier this morning Microsoft announced their brand new Developer Preview Program. You can think of it as the enthusiast program that was announced a few blue moons ago. Shortly after that, any registered developers could download GDR3 to their Windows Phone 8 devices. It's been a busy day and a lot of you are now running GDR3 on your handset. What's your favorite new feature? Take the poll below to answer.
Don't forget to head to the GDR3 Preview Forums to interact with fellow members running GDR3. That's also the place to go for any questions you have or issues you encounter. Did we not list your favorite new feature? Sound off below.
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Cybersecurity Act Rejected By The Senate
from the there-goes-that-one dept
This certainly doesn't mean that any cybersecurity legislation is dead. There likely will be other attempts to get something through -- either something much less complex in this lame duck session, or (more likely) a bigger effort next year. The bill failed, in part, because some businesses were worried about it creating too many regulations for them. I still think it should have failed for failing to explain why it was actually needed. The good news, however, is that this latest version of the bill definitely took privacy concerns more seriously -- and the support for the Franken/Paul amendment would have made privacy safeguards even stronger. Hopefully this means that when the next attempt at cybersecurity comes through, that the baseline will include strong privacy safeguards. I'll have some more thoughts later on what Congress should do if it really wants to pass a cybersecurity bill, but for now, this version of the bill is dead.


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Janet R. Long
Principal, Integrity Search Inc.
Blog: http://inyourownvoice.wordpress.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/janetrlong/
Twitter: @IntegritySearch
Teaching students to navigate and reply effectively to job postings—whether through internal referral systems or external job sites—is a tenet of most career development curricula. There are valuable skills to teach, from developing pointed, persuasive communication to learning to think from an employer's perspective.
The question is, do these skills go far enough? Are we preparing today's emerging graduates to become tomorrow's passive and complacent job seekers? The trouble with job postings is that they represent only a snapshot of potential opportunities out there. What's more, they drive large volumes of traffic to a relative handful of jobs, creating instant and intense competition for every role.
When working in private practice with mid-career job seekers, I encourage them to use the 80/20 rule when it comes to postings. That is, to spend about 20 percent of search time replying to advertised opportunities, and the remaining 80 percent using these postings as a springboard to inform a more pro-active approach.
It's not too early to give our students the gift of this perspective. Beyond first-destination landings, it will empower them to propel their efforts beyond the too-frequent black hole of applicant tracking systems designed to weed out rather than invite in.
Here are three ways to help our students look at and leverage job postings to get ahead of the curve:
1) Target employers of interest. Never mind if there's not a current posting related to a specific area. If this employer is in hiring mode, more relevant roles may develop at any moment. Encourage your students to follow companies on social media, seeking informal introductions to internal recruiters. This helps the recruiter as well, who is often measured on metrics such as "time to fill" open roles. Having a talent pipeline for tomorrow's openings is a strategic advantage—and it allows for informal dialogue before a cast of thousands applies to a specific posting.
2) Looks at what's trending. On Twitter and beyond, the advertised portion of the job market is a researcher's paradise! For instance, your students can look for common job titles and descriptive language, even in areas outside of their target geography. This gives them the right vocabulary to use when seeking out networking connections as well as to suggest potential titles and skill areas on their own resumes and LinkedIn profiles.
3) Go for the bold. Many students already have a dream company in mind when they come to you for help and guidance. Take a tour together of the company's website and job listings, Twitter feed, LinkedIn page, etc., and help them learn to identify challenges waiting to be solved by a smart, passionate new graduate. Show them how to put this insight to use with existing institutional resources such as alumni networks as well as their own emerging networks. Sometimes it pays to take a risk and reach out to higher-level individuals—it's an old hiring tenet that you can get referred down the food chain but rarely up!
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Hotels, resorts and other hospitality businesses are only successful if their guests are happy, comfortable and feel they're valued. This task is easier said than done; travelers come and go, and companies need to track their contact information and preferences to increase personalization during their stay.
Hotel customer relationship management (CRM) software is available to help gather and store this information, so that when a frequent visitor checks in, the staff can greet them by name, offer complimentary snacks or beverages based on their preferences and get them to their room as soon as possible. Delighting guests in this way adds to the customer experience and encourages repeat bookings.
In addition, a hotel CRM offers a way to track loyalty program participation for guests and award them discounts, coupons or other gifts after they reach a certain level.
Finally, a CRM can help hotels boost sales by sending strategic up-selling opportunities via email or directly to guests on their smartphone as they arrive to the property. Just more than half of travelers will use a mobile device to book hotel rooms in 2016, and hospitality companies are wise to use this trend as an opportunity to offer personalized, valuable upgrades to boost revenues.
This guide is designed to help hospitality businesses of all sizes and types determine the features they need to boost customer loyalty, increase guest satisfaction and drive more direct bookings.
Here's what we'll cover in this guide:
What Is Hospitality CRM Software?
Common Features of Hospitality CRM Software
Evaluating Hospitality, Hotel and Restaurant Software
Strategies for Increasing Millennial Participation in Hotel Loyalty Programs
What Type of Buyer Are You?
Hospitality, hotel and resort customer relationship management (CRM) software supports businesses in addressing two major challenges: growing customer loyalty and improving customer satisfaction. The hotel industry remains under intense pressure to maintain adequate occupancy levels, as well as grow share of wallet through the promotion of dining, spa and other complementary services. Hospitality firms rely on this technology to maintain and grow market share and profitability.
In addition to core customer relationship management functionality, hospitality industry programs will include the following features that tailor it to the industry:
|Full integration
|Many solutions for the hospitality industry combine relationship management with other features, specifically property management, hotel management and central reservation systems (CRS) that manage the entire reservation and check-in process. If you're not getting a fully integrated solution, it's important to select a program that can connect to your other systems to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
|Loyalty management
|Use the profile to maintain detailed information on guests, including contact info, activity history, participation in promotional or loyalty programs and even detailed preferences for VIPs. You can then leverage this information to set up loyalty programs designed to keep guests returning.
|Sales activity management
|Sales activity management is especially important for facilities that host a substantial number of private or corporate events. This would include event-triggered campaign marketing and capabilities for permission-based marketing campaigns.
|Dedicated hospitality applications
|Typical hospitality applications include concierge help desk, incident management, room service and tools to manage events, catering and group sales.
Hospitality CRM software can be divided into several segments: hotel, resort, casino, travel and restaurant. Specific programs are available for each of these segments, and there are also systems broad enough to address all segments of the hospitality industry. For example, CRM software for casinos has specific functionality for player contact management and analytics that provide information on game and player trends within the casino. Solutions for travel organizations, such as an airline, would have specific loyalty program capabilities that could track mileage and trigger promotions and upgrades when customers reach certain pre-determined point levels.
Specific questions to ask when evaluating hospitality industry CRM software are:
Software Advice ran a survey to find out the loyalty program preferences of millennials, a group that has become valuable for hospitality organizations because they are now at the age where their time and money allow for more travel.
We found that 86 percent of millennial travelers are not enrolled in a loyalty program; this presents an opportunity to market a program using a CRM, which can increase return visits and additional sales while they are on the property.
In addition, more than a quarter (27 percent) of millennials are "very likely" to create a social media post about a hotel brand to receive loyalty points. This can help boost your online presence and foster a connection with travelers. CRM users can also note which travelers posted about the brand then award them with a free drink or other discounts.
Read about the results of our survey here to learn more strategies to attract millennials to your loyalty program.
Large hotel chains. Most large hotel chains use a CRM system to track information about each guest, including contact information and any purchases made or preferences gleaned from past visits. These companies rely on the software due to the large volume of guests staying each day and the substantial loyalty programs. With a CRM, even these large organizations can provide a level of convenience and personalization for guests.
Small property owners. At the other side of the spectrum lie the smaller, independent boutique hotels and bed & breakfasts. While these types of hospitality businesses see much less volume of guests than the large chains, a CRM can help owners and managers maximize the friendly, warm atmosphere guests seek in these cozier properties.
Our service is simple and 100% free to customers like you because software vendors pay us when we connect them with quality leads. You save time and get great advice. Vendors get great referrals. It's a win for everyone!


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Why Yixing?
Hi all – been lurking for a while, so kinda new here, but not really new to tea. Have been drinking premium tea for several years, and recently stepped up my tea journey after giving up the evil elixir (java) for good.
In using all of your wonderful advice, I have purchased all kinds of new teas, and all of the appropriate teaware and accoutrements.
I have a nice little Yixing pot for Oolongs, and another for Pu-erh. And I started thinking – if we are going to use these special pots for these special teas, why are we not using them for China greens, Indian Assams or Darjeelings, or any tea for that matter?
I generally dismiss the idea of eventually not needing to use tea in the Yixing as tea will absorb into the clay, since I assume it would take years (decades?) of daily heavy use to ever get to that point.
So hence my question – what is the reason to use Yixing, and why typically is that limited to Oolongs and Pu-erh?
First, why is it typically limited to Oolongs and Pu'er?
One of the benefits of an yixing clay teapot (over, say, a gaiwan) is the fact that they hold heat incredibly well. When you pour boiling water over and into your yixing, the clay holds the heat and, in turn, is also very close to that high temperature. It also helps to keep the water from cooling too quickly during your steeps. The higher quality the clay and the better the fit between lid and body (craftsmanship), the better this will work.
You probably wouldn't want this kind of environment for green teas or tea that otherwise prefers a cooler temperature. That is the main practical reason yixing is not typically used for greens. Because of the lower temperature required, I typically make greens in glasses (where the cool water can cool down even more quickly) or, if I'm using a big Western pot, I steep with the lid off (again, to help with the temp).
There is no real reason not to use a teapot for Indian black teas (for example) other than tradition. Some folks might fear that the texture imparted by the pot into the tea might not mix well with an Indian tea, but really? You never know until you try. There is also the slight issue of Indian blacks generally being very small and including fannings, etc, and some might worry that these could clog in the spout or get into your tea cup. This can be mitigated by using a metal strainer over your pitcher, and by thoroughly rinsing your pot out after every use with very hot water and no soap.
If you ever did get small tea particles stuck in the spout and couldn't rinse them out, there would be a slight danger of mold. :( Just something to watch out for.
Another thing you'll want to watch for is the pour-rate of your teapot. If you're using it for an Indian black, the tea might be a little more sensitive about turning bitter or dry. Check to make sure your pot pours out relatively quickly with respect to its volume (these guys will usually have a bigger spout connection to the pot, or a wider hole) so that you're not pouring so long that the back end of your pour ends up being over-steeped.
So no- no real reason to use a pot for only oolongs and pu'er apart from:
- Water Temperature
- Leaf size/shape fitting with the size/shape of the teapot (ie: a Da Hong Pao would need a pot with a large lid… a Keemen pot wouldn't, but you'd need to watch the spout for itty bitty leaves).
- Tradition
Other than those, any tea you can make in a gaiwan, you can make in an yixing. Any tea that might benefit from gong-fu style short steeps with more tea in less water could instead use an yixing pot.
Re: Not having to use tea in an yixing over time
Yes, it would take years and years of heavy use to get to the point where you wouldn't need to put tea into the pot.
However, this is kind of an exaggeration.. it's not really why people use yixing (well, I certainly don't use them so that I don't have to use tea leaves at some point in the future).
People use yixing for both practical and aesthetic reasons. Let's get the practical out of the way first. As you've heard, yixing does give the flavor of whatever tea you've been making in the pot back to all future teas you make in the pot. This doesn't exactly amplify the flavors of your tea, nor does it truly replace tea leaves. Instead, it deepens the flavors you'd get out of the tea and makes them more complex. In the pots I've been using less (total actual use time is about 6 months even though I've had them over a year), the main difference is in the texture imparted to the tea. The mouthfeeling becomes very complex and interesting; it's hard to explain.. the effect really depends on the pot and the tea.
For example, I've been wanting to dedicate a pot to Dan Cong oolong. At the moment, I have two pots each for Da Hong Pao/Roasted Oolong and Anxi Tieguanyin/Green Oolong. I want to transition one of these pots over to Dan Cong (I still don't know which!). The green oolong pot brings out the greener, more apple-y and juicy characteristics of the Dan Cong. The texture is also smoother and generally more on the sweet end. Compared to doing the tea in a Gaiwan, the steepings are more like the first half of steepings, but with less bouncy grassiness.
In the Da Hong Pao pot, the tea suddenly has more of a stoney texture.. hard to explain, but it has a sweetness I associate with clear stream water.. it's like one of those perfectly smooth rocks has been placed in the pot from the bottom of that stream. The flavors also now lean more towards what the tea is like in the latter half of a session in a gaiwan. More woodsy, more of a mellow stick flavor… something that reminds me of s'mores.
It's clearly the same tea each time, but the character has certainly changed in a definite, noticeable, and unique way. The main changes are in the texture and mouthfeeling, and they are related to the kinds of tea I've been making in the pot previously.
In pots I've been using a lot (like my sheng and sho pu'er pots), I've gotten to the point where no matter what tea I put into the pot, it tastes REALLY expensive.. very fine and extremely complex. This is because I usually only make my nicest pu'er in these pots, so those flavors are actually making guest appearances in teas I make in the pot now. It's not like I'm making the two teas at the same time- it's not that strong. But it's as if the tea has taken on some of the characteristics of the other teas by association. So now any sho pu'er made in my really nice sho pot will have some sparkling, sweet old-library and magical well-water taste and texture to them. It won't be the main taste, but it'll be there, adding delicious layers of experience onto whatever the tea is naturally giving me.
Here's one more practical reason I like yixing better than gaiwans. I have really tiny hands. Most gaiwans are just too big for me to use, so it's hard for me to make tea with them with the ease I want. My gaiwans, even the teensy one I do have, also transfer heat very well to my fingers. Thus, burns. :( I have not yet burned all the feeling off in my fingers, so an errant slip the splashes water on my fingers makes for an unpleasant steep for me and any guests (woop! woop! woop! Oh no, I just spilled boiling tea all over the board and on your face. Sorry?). Because yixing pots have handles on them, these handles are easier for me to.. well.. handle.
But that's just practically why I use yixing. I also use yixing pots for the very impractical reason of aesthetics.
I make tea because it's an experience of the senses. Tea as an activity and a social experience, rather than tea as a thirst-quenching beverage. When I make tea gong-fu style, I am making tea for someone else, even if that someone is only a (hopefully!) better version of myself.
I prefer to use yixing pots when I make gong-fu style tea because they make the whole activity so much more special. They are beautiful. They require more of my attention to use, which helps me in turn to focus on the flavors of the tea I'm steeping in those pots. I have to take care of the pots by "yang"ing them, which makes them even more beautiful over time.
The yixing represent an investment on my part in beauty of all the senses. Because I have these pots, I am much more likely to want to make nice tea in a nice way, if only because I feel bad when I haven't used them for awhile.
Basically, because the pots are objects of beauty, made with care and used with care, they impart that sense of beauty onto the tea I am drinking, so no matter what's coming out of my pot, I'm going to enjoy it.
I hope you enjoy your pots, and that they make you good tasting tea! If you appreciate the pots for who they are, then enjoyment is practically guaranteed.
Apologies for the length. I do ramble on. Here are some other good threads with questions and info about yixing pots. I've got some lengthy opinions in there, but there are also great people who disagree with me and who outline their perspective well. It would be fun or you to hear all of those sides of this ongoing conversation.
Whoops! Just thought of another reason Oolongs and Pu'er might be more common.
Oolongs and pu'er generally have the longest steeping "life" of any style of tea, and thus benefit greatly from being done gong-fu style. Since they provide the longest gong-fu experience, and since yixing is used for gong-fu-style steeping, it's a good fit. So good, in fact, that many folks now think of it as a rule.
What a great response! I always enjoy reading whatever you share because you clearly have a lot of personal experience and generally know what's what with tea.
You covered a lot of points that I've never thought of specifically, but basically everything seemed to be something I was already familiar with. I suppose it's safe to say you have a talent for expressing what I've been thinking and expanding on it in a number of ways. Ha!
It is good to remember, though, that Yixing teapots have been around for quite a bit longer than gongfu tea making, and quite a bit longer than oolong tea has been around. So, small-pot tea brewing in Yixing teapots is much newer than Yixing teapots themselves, and in relative terms, is a fairly recent refinement.
That said, I rarely use a Yixing pot to brew anything other than oolongs or pu'er, and with more delicate or fragrant oolongs, I often find that porcelain gives as good, or better, results.
@Will- very good points. My husband certainly agrees with you about green oolongs, and really prefers making them in ceramic. I'm happy with that as long as he will make it for us, since I'll just end up burning myself and ruin the fun.
I actually have a small Ru Kiln pot that is a nice compromise. It's glazed ceramic, but it's got a handle that I can use. Plus, it's small size means we don't have to use as much leaf as we would in one of our larger gaiwan.
I have a yixng used for green tea only, because it's too big for oolong or puerh. Yixing originated from green tea drinking region and was first used for green tea and red (black) tea. I think it's ok to use yixing for any unflavored tea – even flavored tea, if someone wishes.
Spoonvonstup gave very good explanation on the reason to use yixing. Similarly, for me, aesthetic reason is the most important. Yixing, even the inexpensive (but authentic) ones, get more charming when more used. For most of my personal items such as shoes and bags, I tend to like older ones much better than new ones, because the older ones feel more "mine" :-D But many other things wear out with time being. Yixing don't wear out, only gets prettier. Well they are fragile and I've broken quite a few. But that's life ;-)
Yep- my little sister actually has an "yixing" (clay.. yixing-style) pot that she dedicated just to mint-chocolate-flavored oolongs (there's no real chocolate in there). She loves that flavor of mint and roasted oolong so much that she just went ahead and uses her yixing for it. It's an old yixing that we gave her from one of our first trips.. it's not really that porous, so it doesn't actually soak up that much flavor. So she also makes all sorts of tea in there. I have no idea what tea tastes like coming out of it now- interesting for sure.
The important thing is, she's happy and enjoying tea when she uses it, so that's great.
I didn't know that yixing originated from a green tea drinking region, Gingko! That's actually pretty awesome. I have one yixing pot and it's a little on the larger size among yixing. I'm thinking of asking my brother to bring me a smaller one or two to use for more focused brewing.
When you brew green tea in your yixing pot, what do you do to help ensure that it won't brew too hot for your green tea?
Dinahsaur, I call it "topless brewing", with the teapot being topless/uncovered :-p Some green teas (such as Huang Shan Mao Feng) steeps in high temperature very well as long as they are not steamed. For others that requires lower temperature, I would let the water cools down a bit. Sometimes, I fill the teapot to 30%, add leaves, let the water cool down a bit, and then fill the teapot to 80%. But overall, having the teapot covered and steam accumulated is often more damaging to some green tea than just high temperature. So I love the "topless" method :-D
Thank you for the tips! I will definitely try this sometime. I'm curious to see how it turns out!


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In this video, listen to senior government officials attending the High-Level Roundtable on Employment and Skills give their views on key challenges they are facing to improve efficiency in the labour markets and enhance competitiveness through continuous education and training.
In February 2013, the European Centre for Government Transformation held a High-Level Roundtable on Employment and Skills under the theme "Improving Efficiency in Labour Markets." In this video, top civil servants and senior government executives from several European countries discuss the possibilities and the challenges they are facing to foster inclusive labour markets and improve skills policies.
The executives—from Germany, European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)—set the scene and provide an overview of Europe's common challenges in employment and skills. They present the challenges their agencies and countries are facing to improve efficiency in the labour markets and they also share what they believe to be key takeaways from this roundtable.


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When it comes to exceptional escapes, the South African province of Limpopo is ahead of the game. Just a few hours drive or a short flight north of Johannesburg…
Until the 1970s, DURBAN – South Africa's third-largest city and the continent's largest port – was white South Africa's quintessential seaside playground, thanks to its tropical colours and itinerant population of surfers, hedonists and holidaying Jo'burg families. Then, in the 1980s, the collapse of apartheid saw a growing stream of Africans flood in from rural KwaZulu-Natal, and shantytowns and cardboard hovels revealed the reality of one of the most unmistakably African conurbations in the country. The city's second-largest group is its Indian population, whose mosques, bazaars and temples are juxtaposed with the Victorian buildings of the colonial centre.
Although the beachfront pulls thousands of Jo'burgers down to "Durbs" every year, the city's main interest lies in its gritty urbanity, a seemingly endless struggle to reconcile competing cultures. However, most people come to Durban because it provides a logical springboard for visiting the region. The city is well connected to the rest of South Africa, and with the opening of the King Shaka International Airport, the city is starting to attract international flights as well.
There's enough here to keep you busy for a few days. The pulsing warren of bazaars, alleyways and mosques that makes up the Indian area around Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street is ripe for exploration, and there are some excellent restaurants and nightlife around Durban's photogenic harbour area. Swanky northern suburbs such as the Berea, a desirable residential district perched on a cooler ridge, are replete with luxuriant gardens and packed with fashionable cafés, restaurants and bars.
Durban's city centre grew around the arrival point of the first white settlers, and the remains of the historical heart are concentrated around Francis Farewell Square. Durban's expansive beachfront on the eastern edge of the centre has one of the city's busiest concentrations of restaurants, a surfeit of tacky family entertainment, and a reputation for crime (which admittedly is improving).
Much further afield lie dormitory towns for blacks who commute to work, including the apartheid ghettos of KwaMashu and Inanda to the northwest. Cato Manor, the closest township to the city, provides an easily accessible vignette of South Africa's growing urban contradictions.
Less than two hundred years ago Durban was known to Europeans as Port Natal, a lagoon thick with mangroves, eyed by white adventurers who saw business opportunities in its ivory and hides. In 1824, a British party led by Francis Farewell persuaded the Zulu king, Shaka, to give them some land. Not long after, the British went on to rename the settlement Durban after Sir Benjamin D'Urban, governor of the Cape Colony, whose support, they believed, might not go amiss later.
Britain's tenuous toehold looked threatened in 1839, when Boers trundled over the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg in their ox wagons and declared their Republic of Natalia nearby. Then, the following year, a large force of now-hostile Zulus razed the settlement, forcing the British residents to take refuge at sea in the brig Comet. Capitalizing on the British absence, a group of Boers annexed Durban, later laying siege to a British detachment. This provided the cue for a much-celebrated piece of Victorian melodrama when teenager Dick King heroically rode the 1000km from Durban to Grahamstown in ten days to alert the garrison there, which promptly dispatched a rescue detachment to relieve Durban.
While Cape Town was becoming a cosmopolitan centre by the 1840s, Durban's population of barely one thousand lived a basic existence in a near wilderness roamed by lions, leopards and hyenas. Things changed after Britain formally annexed the Colony of Natal in 1843; within ten years, a large-scale immigration of settlers from the mother country had begun. The second half of the nineteenth century was marked by the city's considerable industrial development and major influxes of other groups. Indentured Indian labourers arrived to work in the KwaZulu-Natal cane fields, planting the seeds for South Africa's lucrative sugar industry and the city's now substantial Indian community; and Zulus headed south after their conquest by the British, in 1879, to enter Durban's expanding economy. In 1895, the completion of the railway connecting Johannesburg and Durban accelerated the process of migrant labour. This link to South Africa's industrial heartland, and the opening of Durban's harbour mouth to large ships in 1904, ensured the city's eventual pre-eminence as South Africa's principal harbour. In 1922, in the face of growing Indian and African populations, Durban's strongly English city council introduced legislation controlling the sale of land in the city to non-whites, predating Afrikaner-led apartheid by 26 years.
With the strict enforcement of apartheid in the 1950s, Durban saw a decade of ANC-led protests. And when it was banned in 1960, subsequently forming its armed wing, the ANC made plans for a nationwide bombing campaign that was initiated with an explosion in Durban on December 15, 1961. Durban scored another first in 1973 when workers in the city precipitated a wildcat strike, despite a total ban on black industrial action. This heralded the rebirth of South Africa's trade unions and reawakened anti-apartheid activity, sparking the final phase of the country's road to democracy.
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Summer Sewing Challenge - Ocean Blue Maternity and Baby Dress
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This project made it to one of the finalist in the contest! Please support me and VOTE HERE
I will be over the moon if I can have a new sewing machine to make things for my baby girl =)
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We are expecting our baby girl in 5 weeks' time. I adapted Burda's June 2010 maxi dress pattern for a mother/baby dress set. This pattern is brilliant – versatile, elegant and comfortable at the same time.
For the mother dress I wanted the back to be the visual focus with the full lace panel (my bump already gets enough attention!). I adjusted the back pattern to fit the lace panel and also eliminated the back darts to accommodate my non-existent waist line ;-) The front tucks on the original pattern are perfectly placed for a maternity dress and grows with my belly. It not only works as a maternity dress but also looks great afterwards as a regular summer dress.
For the baby dress I adapted the Sophia baby outfit pattern to the same style as the maxi dress by adding the round neckline and front tucks. For a finishing touch both the mother and baby dresses have the same tiny lace trim in the front.
I love how both outfits turned out. I can't wait to wear them together with my baby girl next summer!
Material Notes
Silk/Cotton blend chiffon, Cotton lace
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Feb 9, 2016, 12.03 AMby sewing fanatic
amazing work! love how you've added the pretty lace back =D
Aug 10, 2012, 08.55 PMby teamydear
What an awesome lace inset you found!!!! Hope you win the contest, voted for you :-) PS: you should post a follow up picture with your baby girl when she's there :-)
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Aug 10, 2012, 09.21 PMby No Idle Hands
Thank you for the support! I definitely will :-)
Aug 8, 2012, 11.46 AMby Sewholic
Hi, I voted for you. I love the choice of fabric and how you combined it with the lace. All the best with the pregnancy and the delivery. Perhaps later you can post a photo of you and your daughter wearing the matching outfits.
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Aug 8, 2012, 12.59 PMby No Idle Hands
Thank you for your support! Yes I will definitely post a photo when my baby girl has arrived =)
Aug 8, 2012, 09.02 AMby quiltsewsewsue
Gorgeous! Love the mother-baby outfit and so beautifully made!
Aug 8, 2012, 01.58 AMby Laura Uku-Adu
I really like this dress and the colours stand out so well with the print. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
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Aug 8, 2012, 01.00 PMby No Idle Hands
Thank you Laura for the support and encouragement =)
Aug 7, 2012, 11.59 PMby poppykettle
Just GORGEOUS. I love Etsy for lace – I've found so many incredible pieces on there. I can't say just how much I adore your dress!
Aug 6, 2012, 09.41 PMby libra-s
Aug 6, 2012, 09.33 AMby Mary Athey
The two dresses are gorgeous. i love the lace inset in the back its a fab touch. xx
Aug 6, 2012, 01.09 AMby bright-ideas-studio
This is so pretty! Where did you get the lace for the back?
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Aug 6, 2012, 09.41 AMby No Idle Hands
Thank you! I got it on Etsy after looking everywhere for the right lace panel for this dress. Almost missed the sewing challenge deadline for it ;-)
Aug 6, 2012, 01.07 AMby schnui
These 2 dresses are really lovely and you look beautiful in your dress. Wishing you a healthy and happy delivery of your little girl.
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Aug 6, 2012, 10.27 AMby No Idle Hands
Thank you for the blessings =)
Aug 6, 2012, 12.34 AMby ctharp
Such pretty dresses! Did you make the lace for the back of the dress?
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Aug 6, 2012, 09.40 AMby No Idle Hands
I wish I did ;-) I found it on Etsy. It's a soft cotton lace, lovely to sew with and wear.
Aug 5, 2012, 10.30 PMby Amber Bockman
I just made that pattern & yours turned out way better. I think it's a pattern that looks best with a print!
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Aug 5, 2012, 11.15 PMby No Idle Hands
Thanks! Agree it looks better with print – I had this fabric for a while and have been looking for the right maxi dress pattern. And there it is!
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Here in Gentoo land, the concept of upgrading is quite different compared to the rest of the Linux world. You probably already know that we never got in touch with the "classic" way of upgrading software: waiting for a new release, downloading it, burning, putting it in the cdrom drive and then following the upgrade instructions.
You know (being a Gentoo user after all) that this process is extremely frustrating for power users that want to live on the bleeding edge. Even power users from other distributions probably share the same feelings, given the popularity and spread of tools like apt or apt-rpm which make it possible to have quick and frequent updates. However, no distibution is more suited than Gentoo to satisfy these kind of demanding users. From the beginning, Gentoo was designed around the concept of fast, incremental updates.
Ideally, you install once and never bother with releases: just follow the
instructions in
A recurring question about the Gentoo release process is: "Why roll out new releases frequently, if they are not intended to let users update software?". There are various reasons:
When a release includes new incompatible features, or provides a set of core
packages and settings that deeply modify the behavior of the system, we say
that it provides a new
The profile in use is determined by the symbolic link
Profiles obsoleted by new ones are kept in
There are various reasons that a new profile may be created: the release of new
versions of core packages (such as
If a new Gentoo release is announced that does not include a new profile (such as the 2004.1 release for x86), then you can safely pretend that it never happened :).
If you update your installed packages
If a release introduces a new profile, you have the choice to migrate to the new profile.
Naturally, you are not forced to do so, and you can continue to use the old profile
and just update your packages
However, Gentoo strongly recommends updating your profile if it becomes deprecated. When this happens, it means that Gentoo developers no longer plan on supporting it. Using the table below, you can quickly check to see what profiles are currently supported.
If you decide to migrate to the new profile, then you will have to manually perform the update. The way you update may vary significantly from release to release; it depends on how deep the modifications introduced in the new profile are.
In the simplest case you only have to change the
The following profiles are officially supported by Gentoo developers:
|Most recent profile
|Other supported profiles
With the introduction of the 2004.3 profiles, users are not going to see huge
modifications of their systems (see below for details). However, Gentoo
developers decided to push out this new profile and to deprecate quite a few of
the old ones to speed up the adoption of
To switch to the 2004.3 profile, point the
substitute <arch> with your arch# rm /etc/make.profile # ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/<arch>/2004.3 /etc/make.profile
All archs - As said above, there are no big changes introduced in this
profile. However, it should be noted that
ppc -
To switch to the 2004.2 profile, point the
substitute <arch> with your arch# rm /etc/make.profile # ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/<arch>/2004.2 /etc/make.profile
x86 - This profile changes the default X11 implementation from
amd64 - There are no fundamental changes from previous profiles, no specific action needs to be performed.
To switch to the 2004.0 profile, point the
substitute <arch> with your arch# rm /etc/make.profile # ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-<arch>-2004.0 /etc/make.profile
All archs - There are no fundamental changes from previous profiles, no specific action needs to be performed.
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Dinah Glass moves in with the Hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster brothers Lloyd and Harvey. It's not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Pupils suddenly talk like robots and do weird things, even Dinah finds herself acting oddly. She's sure the headmaster has some kind of power over them, and is determined to find out more. But the Demon Headmaster is equally determined to stop her!. Based on Gillian Cross's books 'The Demon Headmaster' and 'The Prime Minister's Brain'. Adapted for television by Helen Cresswell.


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BALTIMORE, Md. – MIT men's lacrosse head coach Walter Alessi was named the Howdy Myers Man of the Year as announced by the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coach Association at its annual convention last week. The award recognizes a person who has contributed to the game of lacrosse in a capacity over and above the normal efforts and in so doing, has shown unselfish and untiring devotion to the game.
Entering his 40th season at the helm of the MIT men's lacrosse program, Alessi has compiled a ledger of 245-260, ranking first all-time in wins at the Institute by a substantial margin. The 1995 New England Division III Coach of the Year, Alessi received his eighth Pilgrim League Coach of the Year award in 2009. He was named the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Man of the Year in 2007 for his outstanding years of service. Since then, the honor was renamed "The Alessi Award" and is given out annually at the NEILA East-West All-Star Game. Alessi was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the Lacrosse Foundation in 1999 and was the inaugural recipient of the Vincent Lobello Sportsmanship Award in 1980. He was also a finalist for the USILA Coach of the Year award the same season. In 1977, MIT won the Marster's Award as the most improved team in New England.
Howdy Myers coached 17 championship teams at St. Paul's School (Md.), Johns Hopkins, and Hofstra and was elected to the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1971. Previous recipients include Dick Garber, who Alessi played for at UMass Amherst, Dom Starsia, the longtime head coach at Virginia, and Jim Berkman, who has led Salisbury University to 10 NCAA Division III National Championship titles.
The Engineers will kick off their 2014 campaign on Wednesday, March 5 when they host local foe Emmanuel College.