text:
Brand Label: Melissa Doug
ITEM MOVED TO ARCHIVE: On January 31, 2018 12:16 am, Fashion Stylist Online noted this item may be out of stock at Neiman Marcus because it was not referenced in their latest online catalog. If this item is out of stock at Neiman Marcus, you may be able to find similar fashions sold there or elsewhere on our Melissa Doug Designer Brand Directory.
Available for Purchase Online at Neiman Marcus for $72.00Pin It
Melissa & Doug plush hippo. Approx. 17"H x 25"W x 15"D. Recommended for children ages 3 and up. Imported.
Shop other brand label items from Melissa Doug on FashionStylist.com.
This item was published for sale online by Neiman Marcus on January 30, 2018 9:23 am and last updated by us January 31, 2018 12:16 am.
Browse More Fashion Apparel by Melissa Doug (view more)
- $155.00
Melissa Doug 30 Key Mini Grand Piano Pink
- $155.00
Melissa Doug Tinker Play Piano Black
- $370.00
Melissa Doug Lets Play Victorian Dollhouse Room
- $100.00
Melissa Doug Tall Giraffe Plush
- $100.00
Melissa Doug Plush Winged Dragon 36 T
- $120.00
Melissa Doug Plush Moose
- $100.00
Melissa Doug Plush Unicorn Stuffed Animal
- $79.99
Melissa Doug Giant Plush Tiger Stuffed Animal
- $99.99
Melissa Doug Giant Zebra Stuffed Animal
- $72.00
Melissa Doug Plush Hippo Stuffed Animal
New promo codes and links offering limited time promotions, sales coupons, and special offers on Melissa Doug designer fashions and accessories will be posted on each designer label apparel page. For the latest up to date information on this Melissa Doug Plush Hippo Stuffed Animal fashion item, including product specifications, ordering options, pricing, shipping details, high resolution pictures, shopper comments, and other sales media, visit the Neiman Marcus Online Store.


text:
Membership Area and Content Blog on Shopify Site -- 3
Budget $30-250 USD
Hi everyone. I am designing a premium membership area for my website. Chiropractors will purchase a premium membership through our e-store. Once they do, they need to login to our site and have access to a bunch of content that we will regularly update. There are 3 main sections to this project. I've outlined as best as I can here, but please contact me with any questions. I would prefer to Skype with someone also, so they understand exactly what I'm looking for. Our website is [url removed, login to view]
This will be the main project. See attached picture (image #1) for the layout. When a user logs into the portal, they should be greeted with their name and the weather in their city (maybe look at their IP address and auto generate this text).
Then they have six choices, which are neatly displayed in a grid below (either colored background on the buttons or maybe an image… I'll decide later). The grid reads:
-Friday Morning Videos
-Submit Your Questions Here
-Written Articles
-Online Courses
-Seminar Schedule
When the user clicks on a button, I want it to fade out nicely. I don't really want it to go to a new page, I just want the buttons to disappear and for the appropriate content to come up, if that makes sense.
Here's what you'll do for the content that comes up for each button:
Friday Morning Videos:
A doctor clicks on "Friday Morning Videos," and a video playlist comes up. See attached image #2… it's basically a video blog with searchable playlist below… doctors can filter by date or meta tag. I don't care if the videos are hosted on the site or on youtube, I just want you to design a really nice video interface they can use. Just need you to develop a nice video structure and give us a way to quickly upload videos to this playlist (whether thru Youtube or Shopify).
Submit Your Questions Here:
Go into the existing portal ([url removed, login to view] | username: tharps22[at][url removed, login to view] | pw: denverman)
and note the Zotabox content I put under the 'Q+A' section. This blue box is what should come up when someone clicks on "Submit Your Questions Here".
Written Articles:
This is your standard written blog. It needs to be searchable, and sortable by tags and date. It's basically an embedded blog. Again, I would love for it to stay on the same page if that makes sense. Something along the lines of a flash player or HTML5 so that a user could click through articles without having to actually go to a different webpage.
We will embed a DaCast player here and a live chat for webinars. You just need to show me how to edit this content and embed my own code.
Online Courses:
Again, we will embed a Thinkific course here so that a user can take an online course right on our website. You just need to show me how to edit this content/embed my own HTML when I am ready.
Seminar Schedule:
This will be a calendar list of upcoming dates for live seminars. It will have a table with Date, Time, Location, Topic, and Registration Link. Same as above, just leave this blank and I will embed the appropriate code when ready.
Below all of these buttons, on the main portal page, is a news section, which we will regularly update. I just need this section as a custom field in shopify that any of us can amend when necessary.
Awarded to:
Hello, I've read your project description and I want to discuss this project in more detail with you. Lets have a quick chat to discuss this project further and proceed accordingly. Please check my Freelancer fe More
4 freelancers are bidding on average $705 for this job
Dear Client , We gone through project description We are Really intrested to do work with you , We are Web & Software development company having more than 8 year experience in Software development we totally commit More
Hello , I can do this job. Having more then 5+ years of experience in Core PHP , PHP framework(Codeignator, YII/Yii2 etc) , Ajax , Javascript , WordPress/wooCommerce, MYSQL, Html 5, Css 3 etc. More
Hi, I have review project details and would like to discuss further regarding the project with you. Kindly let me know when you are available. Thank you.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Andrea Gets The Vibe III
Hi Gang...Here we are with another new year. Hope you like these pics. Love Andrea XXX
Only Members Can See The Whole Upload
Upgrade Now To:
- See all pictures from UkAndreaUk
- Exchange sexy messages
- and much more...
Members Also Get:
- Thousands of explicit videos


text:
Last year at this time, 80 families had sent in applications to Imagine Preschool on East Avenue in hopes of gaining one of 18 free all-day pre-kindergarten slots.
As of last Thursday, Simmy Carter, director at the school, said she had only received 12 applications and was concerned that some of the slots funded through a state program would go unfilled. The children are selected by lottery.
Carter doesn't believe there are any fewer families eligible for the program or that the need is being filled elsewhere. She thinks the word hasn't gotten out and that with a deadline of this Friday, many won't learn of the opportunity until it's too late.
Under the program, there are spaces for 144 children at eight classes in Central Falls, Providence, Warwick, West Warwick and Woonsocket. In addition to Imagine Preschool, 18 slots are available at Westbay Children's Center on Astral Street.
The program, entering its fourth year, provides free high-quality pre-kindergarten classes to eligible children. The R.I. Department of Education (RIDE) oversees the program.
To be eligible, children must be 4 years old by Sept. 1 and they must be residents of one of the identified communities.
Applications for the program are available on the RIDE website (www.ride.ri.gov/OSCAS/earlychild/) and at the program sites.
Elliott Krieger, spokesman for the Department of Education, said Friday that many families had been notified through the Warwick school automatic phone system.
There was some question as to when those calls were made, which could be an explanation for the lack of applications.
Krieger said the deadline could be extended but the department would prefer not to do that. He said the deadline for some communities had been extended in the past.
The program has been expended this year to include Central Falls schools, Woonsocket Head Start Child Development Association and West Warwick that is serviced by Child, Inc. at 28 Payan St.


text:
Market Beat: The rain in Spain
November 7, 2013
The rain in Spain may be over. For the third quarter of 2013, Spain's GDP grew at a rate of 0.1 percent. That was the first positive reading in the last nine quarters.
The Spanish economy has been contracting or stagnant since 2008. Back in April I wrote a column about the Spanish economy after a visit there to see my son who was doing a semester abroad in San Sebastian to get immersed in the Spanish language and culture.
It was the first time I had been back to Spain after living in Madrid for three years during the late 1960s. When I was there I observed signs of economic recovery.
I was especially impressed by their infrastructure. The highways were in excellent condition. Some of the old roads that were in very poor condition in the 1960s were now modern super highways.
They have a great high speed rail system. Spain is also one of the region's largest producers of wind energy.
The economy was particularly hard hit in 2008 when the real estate market collapse sent many into unemployment. Their unemployment rate is still unacceptably high, but has shown signs of stabilizing.
Recommended Stories For You
Many of the unemployed are recent immigrants who went for the construction jobs and will wind up leaving the country to seek work elsewhere, as they leave the population will contract and the unemployment rate should continue to improve somewhat. The unemployment rate is still above 25 percent.
One of the keys to Spain's success that I wrote about in April is exports. According to a recent article from Reuters, their exports grew 6.6 percent from January to August to a record $214.6 billion, which is 155.8 billion Euros.
Their chief export products are agricultural, technology and autos. Spain definitely has some of the best food products in the world including wine and olives.
Spanish olives are second to none in my opinion; I am finding it tough to enjoy a martini with American olives in it after savoring the Spanish olives for a few weeks.
The U.S. stock market has been on a tear this year outperforming foreign markets, bonds and commodities like gold and silver. It's times like this that investors should not get too complacent and remember the importance of diversification.
Just because the Dow and the S&P 500 have been leading doesn't mean that trend will continue. More attractive valuations may be found elsewhere.
Kenneth Roberts is a Truckee-based Registered Investment Advisor. Information on his money management service can be found at his blog at http://www.sellacalloption.com or by calling 775-657-8065. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Consult your financial adviser before purchasing any security.
Trending In: Opinion
Trending Sitewide
- Update: Truckee police actively working case involving suspect with a firearm in Glenshire area
- Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe sells for $120 million
- Update: National Weather Service issues blizzard warning for Truckee-Tahoe area; chain controls in place on I-80
- Cessna does tail-stand at Truckee Tahoe Airport
- Weather service: 'Life threatening' conditions persist at Lake Tahoe


text:
choose size:
DescriptionEveryday computer users are juggling huge amounts of data, so it makes sense that you're taking care of that data responsibly. With Degoo you get 2TB of supremely secured cloud storage from which to manage and share files with awesome simplicity. With high-speed transfers from a database that offers more storage than Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive combined, you'll love how easy it is to keep tabs on all of your valuable data.
System Requirements
Important Details


text:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has never been popular in Arkansas, a state where even most Democrats regard the law as politically toxic.
But with a quarter of the state's working-age population uninsured, a governor who once said he would have voted against the law now wants to use it to widen government-funded coverage to thousands of additional families. And he's relying on the move to help prevent a Republican takeover of the state Legislature for the first time since Reconstruction.
Gov. Mike Beebe, the first Southern governor to back the law's expansion of Medicaid, has become an unlikely advocate for a central part of the overhaul that would expand Medicaid, a position made easier by the fact that he's not seeking re-election.
"I think it's good for our people because it's helping folks that don't have insurance now that are working their tails off," said Beebe, who is barred by term limits from running again. "They're not sitting on a couch somewhere asking for something."
Two years ago, as the health care debate raged in Washington, Beebe said he wanted the president to focus more on the economy and even declared that he would not have voted for the bill if he were in Congress.
But it passed, and federal officials assured Beebe that the state could drop the expanded Medicaid coverage later if it wanted to. That's when the governor announced his support.
Beebe and other Arkansas Democrats are counting on voters to feel the same way. They say the benefits of a government program that helps so much of the state's population should outweigh any animosity toward the president.
If approved, the expansion would offer coverage to everyone making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. That works out to about $15,400 for an individual or $30,650 for a family of four. Most of those who would be added to the Medicaid rolls are low-income adults without children.
Debbie Willhite, a Little Rock Democratic consultant, said it's a "no-brainer" for legislative candidates to run on the expansion.
"We are a very poor state, and nobody needs to be told that. We have an incredible population that is underserved by health care," Willhite said. "Anything that expands that is going to help individuals and help the economy."
Under the law, the federal government agreed to pay the full tab for the Medicaid expansion when it begins in 2014. After three years, states must pay a gradually increasing share that tops out at 10 percent of the cost.
When it upheld the health care law back in June, the Supreme Court said the federal government could not take away states' existing federal Medicaid dollars if they refused to widen eligibility.
The expansion still faces a tough road in Arkansas. Approval will require a three-fourths vote in both the state House and Senate, a number that would be difficult to reach even with the current Democratic majorities.
Beebe has said he thinks lawmakers will support expanding eligibility when they see the broad benefits. The state Department of Human Services has estimated expanding the state's Medicaid rolls by 250,000 people will save the state $372 million over the next several years. Republicans have expressed skepticism about that figure, noting that it factors in savings from other parts of the federal health overhaul.
Republicans have questioned whether the state — which is expected to have a shortfall of up to $400 million in its Medicaid program next year — can afford the additional cost of expanded Medicaid coverage when the state begins to pay more.
"How can you put 250,000 people on a program and then turn around and kick them off?" said Rep. Bruce Westerman, the top Republican in the state House. "In reality, that doesn't happen with government programs."
The GOP is using Beebe's support of the expansion to link the popular governor to Obama. One release issued by the state party after the governor's announcement was headlined: "The Beebe Agenda: Implement Obamacare."
"It's clear Gov. Beebe's agenda is to implement Obamacare and stick the state with a bill we can't afford when he skips out of office in two years," Arkansas Republican Party spokeswoman Katherine Vasilos said in the statement.
It's a familiar criticism for a party that saw its ranks in the state Legislature thinned in a 2010 election that hinged primarily on the president's unpopularity. Now Democrats are trying desperately to maintain their majority, which the party has successfully defended since this former Confederate state emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War.
After losing Arkansas by 20 percentage points in the 2008 election, Obama's approval rating here remains low. U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a two-term Democrat, lost her bid for another term in a race that focused primarily on her support for the health overhaul.
One of the few Democrats to survive the 2010 GOP surge was Beebe, who easily won re-election. With the popular governor backing the expansion, Democrats in the state say it's a chance to separate the policy discussion from the national debate over the health law.
"I think the public is smarter than some people give them credit for," said Democratic Rep. Johnnie Roebuck, the majority leader in the Arkansas House. "I represent a very rural area. We understand this expansion is going to help our rural hospitals. We also understand it's going to help our rural people and our doctors."
Beebe and other supporters also frame it as a way for Arkansas to get a return on its federal tax dollars, a view that the governor has promoted in his advocacy of the Medicaid expansion.
"If you and I and 3 million Arkansans are going to help pay for it through our tax dollars, I'm not going to sit on the sideline and tell New York they can have Arkansas' share," Beebe told Democrats last month at the party's annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraiser. "As a matter of fact, if they want to give theirs up, I'll take theirs, too."
Other Democrats in the state are embracing Beebe's stance on Medicaid, including those looking beyond the November election. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, a Democrat and the only announced candidate for the 2014 governor's race, endorsed the expansion and said he hoped it wouldn't get blocked in a partisan debate next year.
McDaniel said he hopes the Legislature looks at the issue "in terms of what do we get, what's our risk, how much might it cost later as compared to a purely partisan" battle.
"If the discussion is dollars and cents and what's right and wrong," he said, "the Legislature will make the right decision."


text:
|Attention: DocWiki has reached EOL and will be decommissioned January 25, 2019.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.0 -- Configuring Direct Inward Dial for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
From DocWiki
Main page: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 8.0
Up one level: Configuration
The Direct Inward Dial (DID) feature enables users to call directly into a meeting by dialing the meeting ID, instead of dialing one of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace access phone numbers on the Usage Configuration Page.
Before You Begin
Configure your call-control device to route DID calls to the Application Server.
For example, in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, configure a route pattern for each meeting ID that you want to make available for DID. Configure these route patterns to send calls to the trunk that leads to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server. See the Configuring Call Control for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace module.
DID callers can join meetings as profiled users through the auto attend feature. If, however, the Auto attend mode user profile field is set to None, then the DID caller can join meetings only as a guest.
- Sign in to the Administration Center.
- Select System Configuration > Usage Configuration.
- Set the Route calls to meeting ID that matches DID field to Yes.
- Select Save.


text:
Ademir Pereira
Ademir splits his time between two worlds. He is part-time is in academia, currently taking a PhD at University of Sao Paulo. His research focuses on efforts by Latin American regulators to promote increased access to broadband Internet and implement a network neutrality regime. He has been particularly interested in the debate involving the regulation of network neutrality in Brazil and the US, and has submitted contributions to the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and to the US Federal Communications Commission.


text:
3:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "A Middle Fork Journey" OUTDOOR IDAHO explores 100 miles of the free-flowing Middle Fork of the Salmon. Cameras follow rafters, on both guided and independent trips, who meet the challenges of the river, experience the changing scenery, and encounter wildlife. The show also explores the surrounding countryside, considers the effects of fire, and reports on a dramatic logjam.G
3:30 pm
Dialogue "Livable Communities" Host Marcia Franklin talks with Robert McNulty, the founder of Partners for Livable Communities, about what makes communities "livable."G
4:00 pm
Infinity Hall Live "Barenaked Ladies" Barenaked Ladies brings a comically upbeat quality to alternative rock. After 25 years together, the band continues to win over fans with their witty, tongue-twisting lyrics and light-hearted style. Despite their years on the road, they still bring the same kinetic stage presence to their shows, complete with improvised raps, animated dancing and humorous banter between songs. D
5:00 pm
PBS NewsHour NULL
6:00 pm
Land Girls Joyce's husband goes AWOL and turns up on the farm. Things come to a head for Nancy. Following Cedric's death, Annie goes off the rails.G
7:00 pm
Midsomer Murders "Ring Out Your Dead, Part 2" One note left with the body of a bell ringer is different. It alludes to a long-ago incident in Midsomer Wellow's past. Barnaby and Troy must find the connection between this note and a past Midsomer Wellow murder to stop one villager's quest for bloody revenge. Part 2 of 2G
8:00 pm
Masterpiece Mystery! "Foyle's War, Series VII: The Cage" A severely injured man drags himself to a hospital, only to die shortly after being found by a nurse and doctor. As Foyle makes inquires, he is led to discover a mysterious military facility full of secrets that could threaten British Intelligence. Meanwhile, Sam's jumbled efforts to help her husband, Adam, campaign for Parliament draw surprising results.G
9:30 pm
Scott & Bailey Rachel is angry and upset about missing her sergeant's exam and about Nick Savage not being charged with her attempted murder. Andy insists that he is prepared to give Janet all the time and space she needs, but then she gets home to find him already there, ingratiating himself with her mother and Elise.G
10:30 pm
Last Tango In Halifax Celia and Alan decide on a civil marriage ceremony to be held at an eerie medieval hall near Halifax. As they visit, a storm is brewing, the lights go out and they are locked in the ancient building. In the midst of a thunderstorm, Gillian's Land Rover inexplicably catches fire. Part 3 of 6G
11:30 pm
Land Girls Joyce's husband goes AWOL and turns up on the farm. Things come to a head for Nancy. Following Cedric's death, Annie goes off the rails.G


text:
How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm?
…Once they've seen the bright lights of South San Jose? This is a floor wax and a dessert topping, two mints in one, yes an actual farm in San Jose. Thanks very much to Burbed reader Abby Dow for this fantastic farmyard complete with funky photos and retail store pricing.
San Jose, CA 95121
3 beds
2 baths
1300 sqft
8 acres
1937 built
18 days on site
Walk Score™ 48
Wow- Great Location and Potential. Developers, investors and owner builder; come see for yourself this one of a kind evergreen property, wonderfully located on 8+ acres.
The value must be in the land because the actual house doesn't appear in the listing photos until you get to #4. Our pal Abby seemed quite taken with the idea:
I'm sure this is priced for development, but it's still strange to see a shabby looking little farm with a rundown house going on the market for $2,999,999 in San Jose.
It sure is. 8 acres? It should be going for $3,999,999, especially with trash bins of this quality. Plus you can be lord of the manor on that much property right in the middle of all this suburban sprawl.
Except that big house we're seeing on Streetview is someone else's manor.
You'll get to know them well, as it looks like you'll be sharing that gated one-lane road. That's going to be awesome when you build you PUD zoned 12 homes to the acre. Who needs Santa Cruz, you can play real bumper cars just trying to get in or out!


text:
Comfort Food From Louisiana: New Orleans Recipe: Crescent City Shrimp Jambalaya: From Denny: Not in the mood for the chicken version of jambalaya? No problem; make it with shrimp and andouille sausage for a change of pace. Shrimp is ridiculously popular down South that we are forever creating new dishes to keep up with the demand.
Louisiana cooking is based off of French cooking and with the same mindset of employing whatever food sources are at hand. From the bayous or spillways teeming with yummy crayfish to the gorgeous shrimp and oysters from the Gulf of Mexico we create recipes around our bountiful food.
Check out awesome Louisiana eating: oysters, shrimp, crawfish, gumbo, jambalaya
* * * Support Warriors Pearl Foundation - contributing to fund efforts to help homeless female military veterans come home. Visit Denny Lyon Gifts @ CafePress.com - see what's new!


text:
March 19, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite a late rally that twice brought Curry College within one during the final five minutes of play, the MIT men's lacrosse team held on for an 11-9 victory on Thursday. Ryan Ballentine paced the Engineers (2-3) with two goals and three assists while Michael D'Amato tallied one goal and four assists for the Colonels (1-3).
Neil Zimmerman opened the scoring for the Cardinal and Gray, connecting on a pass from Dylan Roden after 1:27 expired. John O'Donnell quickly evened the contest by converting a feed from Paul Marchese. The tandem found success again at the 9:21 mark, as they reversed their previous roles to give Curry a 2-1 edge. MIT tallied the equalizer just over a minute later with Bryan Beller picking up the assist on Ernie Park's goal. The Engineers went ahead for good courtesy of a Zimmerman strike that was set up by Roden with 1:44 left in the frame.
MIT carried the momentum into the second stanza, extending its advantage to 4-2 on a goal by John Kucharczyk that gave Ballentine his first assist of the day. Following over five minutes of scoreless play, the Engineers capped their four-goal run on Park's solo effort. Each side traded goals to close out the half with a blast by the Colonels' Russell Lanham bringing the score to 6-4 in favor of the hosts.
Ballentine led off the third quarter with an unassisted goal, but Curry's Evan Hammersley connected on a pass from D'Amato to maintain the slim lead. The contest was a defensive battle until MIT scored twice during the last four minutes, as Corey Garvey and Ballentine increased its margin to four (9-5).
The Colonels registered three unanswered goals over the course of nine minutes to bring them within one. An extra-man goal by Robert Gardner that was set up by Marchese ignited the spurt which was followed by a Sean Gallagher strike. After earning the assist on Gallagher's goal, Hammersley found the back of the net with 5:22 on the clock. The Engineers ended their 11-minute scoring drought when Roden converted a pass from Ballentine for what proved to be the game winning goal. Curry quickly cut its deficit in half (10-9) with an O'Donnell score that gave D'Amato his fifth point of the day. MIT then tacked on an insurance goal by Garvey with 44 seconds remaining.
In addition to his two goals, Garvey collected a game-high seven groundballs. Roden finished with one goal and three assists as Zimmerman notched two goals and an assist. Park and Kucharczyk each scored twice while Patrick Shannon totaled four groundballs. In net, Garth Grove tallied five saves.
The Colonels saw three players register three points. O'Donnell and Hammersley both posted two goals and an assist as Marchese contributed one goal, two assists, and four groundballs. Dennis Winter paced the defense with five groundballs. In net, Gordon Holmes made four saves during the first half while Michael Hibbard closed out the game with nine stops.
MIT returns to action on Wednesday, March 25 when it takes on SUNY Potsdam in Clearwater, Fla. Curry will host Commonwealth Conference foe Gordon College on Saturday, March 21.


text:
EMI Bids Slow
EMI Bids Slow
Following a report in June on the potential sale of EMI Music, and another report regarding first-round bids for the company in July, EMI will not conduct a formal third round of bidding with a deadline, according to a Billboard.biz report. The company has asked its bidders, which include BMG, Ronald O. Perelman, chairman and CEO of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., Sony Corporation, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, to adjust their bids or resubmit them to address specific issues. If EMI is purchased, the company's publishing and recorded music divisions will likely be sold separately, according to sources reported by Billboard.biz. (10/18)
Pandora Names Simon Fleming-Wood CMO
Pandora Media Inc. has named Simon Fleming-Wood chief marketing officer, its first chief-level hire since the company announced it would be traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. Fleming-Wood was previously vice president of marketing for Pure Digital Technologies where he was an integral part of the launch of the Flip video camera before the company was purchased by Cisco. (10/18)


text:
Has everyone abandoned this blog for the newer one? Apparently so. Well, I'm still here and I want to make a post. I'm shocked that no one has bombarded this site, like every other one, with 2009 Allen & Ginter. I guess I'll have to be the first.
I stopped by my favorite shop on Tuesday, for the first time in about two months. I soon came to realize that the previous owner sold the store one month ago. He wanted to spend some more time with his family. I can't say that I blame him. He was the only employee.
The new owners are a family and are long time customers of the previous owner. The family was actually looking into opening a shop in 1994, but the previous owner beat them to it. It's a natural fit and I'm still satisfied with the place.
I picked up two packs of 2009 Allen & Ginter to ease my craving for new product pack opening. The other pack was nice. I laughed out loud when I found the Hoaxes mini card of the collapse of the Wisconsin capitol building in 1933. This pack was more catered to my taste, so I'll show that one.
Let's begin.
138 - Garrett Atkins
I believe he was in the first ever Allen & Ginter pack I opened in 2007. In fact, I'm sure of it! Look at those squinty eyes. It's as if Garrett is thinking, "Not this guy again". Yes, Garrett, this guy. Again. The feeling is mutual.
7 - John Smoltz
I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but I really like this card. The splashes of red in the uniform really pop against the green. It doesn't hurt that green is my favorite color and this particular shade is pretty darn close to my favorite shade. I look into Smoltz' eyes and I see a man who can't believe he's that close to Delaware either.
116 - Charles Darwin
The well informed know this guy. The less informed seem to favor torches and pitchforks, right out of a Simpsons episode and of course from the Mary Shelley classic, History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni.
Why, what were you thinking? Look into his eyes and you could almost make out Roddy McDowell's Cornelius.
176 - Ramiro Pena
Wow! He's got some talented people blocking him. Does he become the next Jeter or the next Stankiewicz?
112 - Millito Navarro
The first Puerto Rican to play in the Negro Leagues and the oldest living Negro League player at 103!
295 - Brett Gardner
Another Yankee. Another generic Ruthian pose. Yawn. But wait. What's going on with those eyes? Spooky.
200 - Carlos Quentin (Mini A&G back)
Sweet! My first White Sox Allen & Ginter for 2009 and it's a mini! There is celebration in the streets!
NP60 - Stephen Drew
An American. I was hoping for a cool foreign flag, but this is cool too.
All in all, not a bad pack. I love the Quentin mini and the Darwin card. There's something mesmerizing about the Smoltz card. I was hoping for a Negro League player and I got one. I was secretly hoping that it would be a player from the Chicago American Giants. You can't have everything. Maybe next time.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
2009 Allen & Ginter
Posted by Steve Gierman at 7:27 AM
Labels: 2009, Allen and Ginter, Steve
5 comments:
- Terry said...
Thanks for keeping the dream alive. There were cobwebs growing on my RSS feed.
- shanediaz82 said...
Good to see a post here, thanks Steve!
- GCA said...
Glad to see there are still some loyal posters here. I'll be putting up a pack or two soon...
- Sharpe said...
Still in my rotation!
- Aaron said...
"Has everyone abandoned this blog for the newer one?"
What newer one?
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
I'm getting tired of having to spoonfeed this to some of you people individually. As it turns out though, thankfully, I can edit the OP so at least read this. I am not arguing against love, relationships or commitment, or anything the like. Quite the opposite, I'm saying they're good enough on their own without the need for the legal paperwork, money-waste and label of marriage. I welcome any opinion whether I like it or not, but not when you're missing all of the actual points like a little boy splashing the rim and substitute your own. No one's forcing you to read the whole thread, but at least read the damn OP of the thread next time or don't bother. It's getting frustrating having to read through your condescending tones just to find out you just didn't pay attention.
Hey. I'm not sure if I made a thread before but I'd like to put some of my thoughts on marriage here and see what all of you guys think. I see many of you as much smarter than me, and I think I can learn some. This got a little long, and I don't know if I should post it as a blog instead, but since my objective is to get some sort of exchange/discussion going a thread is more fitting. This is my opinion only. I'm not going to talk about gay-marriage or things like that, we all already know enough about that. I want to talk about marriage itself.
My stance on marriage is not that everybody should be allowed to have one, including gays. My stance is that nobody should get married, including straight people. And I'm often confused as to why atheists, secular intelligent people, would want to engage in this antiquated, forcefully contrived and often religious social construct.
I've said this in one form or another before. People like to think about marriage as this magical bond between two people in love, but for the bigger part of its history marriage wasn't about love at all. We know that in the past ages marriage was only used as a form of sales-contract, a political relationship building tool between two parties, and a way for the rulers to keep tabs on their subjects, while making sure they don't run amok fucking and raping each other aimlessly. It was an easy social structure to introduce into a primitive society that would otherwise kill each other over women to rape (which they did, and still do regardless). As a religious construct, it has been solely used for the above mentioned purposes, plus turn women into property. We need only look at some religious men and their harem of wives, to see that in that marriage women have become nothing more than a commodity. In marriage, even today, women are often nothing more than merchandise. Why do you think religious men always emphasize the importance of staying pure and staying away from sex until marriage? Because some men have very small penises. And some men with small penises are willing to pay high prices for a certain commodity: virginity. They want sex with virgins, because the small-dicked man knows the virgin doesn't know any better, so he has a confidence boost. Same reason they marry old geezers to little children, under the ruse of "our prophet did it." It's all about keeping the business running. Tell girls not to fuck. Slut-shame them should they dare to have sex outside of marriage. Call them whores, sluts, whatever. Put peer-pressure on them. Because if they do, the market will run dry.
There are a some popular arguments for/about marriage that I'd like to take on.
- It's a public declaration of loyalty. / It shows commitment.
This is a common error. Marriage doesn't make someone any more loyal then s/he would've been anyway, and if it does it's either because of peer-pressure (look up countries with the lowest divorce rates) or simple disingenuity. If you are in a relationship (which is not open), then you should be able to stay loyal and make it clear you're committed all by yourself, without a ring on your finger to vouch for you. Saying marriage ads to the commitment and shows loyalty is really no different than, for example, saying the bible gives us strength and hope. We should be able to have those things by ourselves, and those who cling to it show only a lack of those traits in themselves; just as someone who can not be as loyal without marriage shows a lack of confidence in their loyalty to begin with.
Now there also many people who say that they want a marriage to make sure their partner is committed. To me, a person who says they cannot expect loyalty and commitment unless their partner agrees to marry them is a person who displays a severe lack of trust, confidence and faith in their partner. A crucial flaw which wouldn't work out too well for a relationship to begin with.
I'm quoting the next point from a post from another member, MikeLong, here. I originally wanted to answer you in that thread, but the lack of a reply button was getting on my nerves, sorry.
- If shit goes south, marriage makes us try harder to preserve the relationship, rather than simply cast it aside as just another failed relationship.
Again, I think this should go without having to be married. If the relationship is worth it you should put all effort in, but not because you think "Oh well, we're married now. And it's kinda too much work to get divorced anyway." If marriage is your only incentive to keep a relationship alive, it's not a relationship of love as it is a cold iron chain locking you together.
More importantly though, just because a relationship is over doesn't mean it's failed. We fall in love, and then often we get jaded, and it's over. But that doesn't mean it wasn't worthwhile, that it was a waste of time, or that it failed. We experience something nice, and then it's time to move on. What marriage does is hold you trapped, after you've had enough. And I believe that the idea of an ended relationship being a "failed" relationship is something, more often than not, pushed into our culture by clergy. They are mostly the ones we hear bitching about divorce rates in secular countries and how it's somehow directly related to the moral decline in that country. That's bullshit. The only thing a divorce means is that two people no longer want to be together. What does the reason matter? Clergy often pretend like it's because people turn gay and the men divorce their wives because they want to go to a gay bar and have wild gay sex out of wedlock (ironically the solution would be to allow same-sex marriage, but I digress). But even if it were so, so what? How would it make those two people any more happy if they were continuously trapped in a marriage? Even when, at first, only one of the two partners wants a divorce, to me it would be much more horrible to force the other person to stay married. I certainly wouldn't want to be in a relationship with someone who doesn't want me anymore. Platonic love doesn't end well for either party.
So what I'm rambling on about it that ending a relationship is not always a bad thing. Call me a cynic, but I believe that it's a good time even most of the time. Something sucks, you work at it. But at some point you have to stop and accept that it might just not be worth it to try and pick up all the pieces off of the floor so you can glue them together and hope it sticks for just a little while longer. At some point you just have to leave the pieces lie and move the fuck on.
- marriage is the sacred bond between a man and a woman
Obviously, this is an argument that comes from the theist camp. Now I'm not going to argue about how retarded it is to suggest that gays have any less of a right to a marriage, we already know that, but instead tell you why I think religion loves pairing different genders so much. It's because man + woman = baby. Baby = another unit in the army. That's it. Nothing profound to it. Sacred bond my ass. It's about growing numbers like a virus. Rulers in all ages understood that if you want to build a powerful nation, what you need are people. Many many people. As many as possible. Living conditions, quality of life - doesn't matter. If he can hold a weapon and become cannon-fodder he's good enough. Same reason religion values men more than women. They're physically stronger. Same reason clergy are against abortion, it kills potential units and dwindles their numbers. (It also kills off all the pussy in the age range they like.)
- We do it for the civil / legal / financial rights.
I actually don't know enough about this to be able to fairly comment, so I'd love some input. Obviously I still don't like it. I know people who have been together for years but have no intentions of getting married for any benefits, my own sister included, and they seem to lead happy lives. But are the benefits worth compromising your integrity?Is there no other way to achieve those rights? Would it be at all possible for us to change this? I'm aware that gays fight for marriage because they want the rights that come with it. Now I remember Strega saying in a different thread that if they made some other civil construct which would allow her, as a gay person, to have all the benefits of a usual marriage provides, she'd do it right away. Even if it wasn't called a marriage. Do you agree with this, or do you think that, if anything, both straight people and gays should get the exact same thing? In which case it cannot be a religious union, because all major religions are homophobic. And so...I'm tired.
That's it for now. I actually have much more to say, but I kinda already wrote more than usual and I'm getting bored and I'm sure I've bored most of you by now too. I might add some later. Cut me some slack!
Views: 3017
I really don't like how presumptuous you are. I'm tempted to tell you my life story to justify my desire to opt out of a wedding. I don't think it's really for you to judge, however. It just might've been "illegally dysfunctional"... but all that is just a bit too personal to divulge.
Things are already fucked up. This is one of those things that I get to have a little control over and own. I'm not choosing not to have a wedding to spite them, but I'm certainly not concerned about whether they'll have their feelings hurt over it. My feelings were obviously not a huge priority to them in times past. It's not that what they've done means nothing to me, but a wedding is not the way I'll show them gratitude.
If you're sad for their sake, your priorities are as fucked as theirs... but you don't know them, or me, so I'll just assume you don't know better (because you don't).
This discussion isn't about you. However, if things have reached the point that you have divorced your parents, basically, then that's not the situation I'm talking about. I'm talking about a more normal situation where there is some parental love involved.
You do realize over half of all marriages end in divorce, right? My story isn't exactly an exception to the overwhelming rule. My generation's parents are mostly divorced... and the majority of families are quite dysfunctional even if they don't project it out to the world.
I haven't divorced my family, and I do love them. But that doesn't mean I feel I owe them a nice wedding... nor do I feel any family, however happy and whole, has a right to expect such things from their children. You raise your children to become successful, fulfilled individuals. Not to live vicariously through them. That's wrong.
And so, if they end in divorce, there was never anything worthwhile about them? I'm divorced, but my ex and I also have some happy memories of our time before our lives went in different directions. Some divorces involve yelling, punches, broken dinnerware and ugly disputes over property and child custody. Some do not.
Depends upon what you mean by "vicariously." If your children turn out to be good people, successful in their endeavors, and happy, what's wrong with enjoying their happiness?
@k0rsan - "Marriage seems unnecessary either way."
I think that a communities biggest asset would be its mum and dad homebuyers with 1.5 children and a huge mortgage. They are the ones who pay rates and create stability. I think marriage is important.
What has marriage got to do with mortgages? You can be a couple and have 1.5 children and a huge mortgage without getting married.
Hi Strega
You and your pesky questions - : )
Yeah I know - when my children started school and we started meeting the families of their school friends, I didnt meet one other single parent. Even though it was a smallish school and Im sure there were other single parents in that year ... I didnt meet one of them. All the families we did get involved with were married and owned their homes. Im trying to think if I ever met a non married two parent family who owned their own home. Nope - I didnt but Im sure their out there.
A few years ago a friend of mine tried to get some of her Superannuation released due to hardship. She was told that she could only get it if she was at risk of losing her home or had a serious life threatening illness. She asked them why a home owner would be more eligable, since they own their home, they could sell it.
Well, the answer they gave her wasnt clear but - homeowners were more important that non home owners.
That probably didnt answer your question did it?
Im trying to think if I ever met a non married two parent family who owned their own home. Nope - I didnt but Im sure their out there.
I think most of the good financial advice out there says that if two people aren't married, they'd be well advised to keep their finances separate, and an investment as big as a house seems like one that one person or the other should own, or else the two of them should rent their dwelling.
If you co-own a house with someone, married or not, the house is likely to be the biggest thing you own together. If they come apart, either one of them has to buy the other out, which they're unlikely to be able to do, or the two of them will have to sell the house in order to create some cash to split.
As poor as the statistics have become for marriages ending in divorce, I can practically state without even investigating that less legally-committed relationships come apart with far greater frequency.
And it isn't just about partners taking legal action against each other. For instance, my greatest peeve about the way unions are treated is that my partner can be held liable for debts which, in fact, I alone incurred. Loans and credit seem to be a big part of life these days, and this legal aspect just adds one more point of stress to it all.
And yet, the creditor deserves to be paid. Unfortunately, when you marry it's an "in for a dollar, in for a dime" sort of thing ("in for a penny, in for a pound " for Strega).
Life isn't fair, but the creditor is the one least deserving of being stiffed.
Good luck getting that changed. Right now, it's something people should take into account before getting married. For one thing, a smart person will want to understand the debt structure their partner would be going into the relationship with. However, as with prenups, nobody wants to break the romantic spell with a request that could muck things up. But that's a decision they make, and by making it they accept what follows, whatever that might be.
"I can practically state without even investigating ...."
You see it as soon as you start having children and start getting involved with other parents - the sort of parents that you would never be involved with if not for their children friending your children. Married couples have power and status, they know it and so does the state.
You virgin hermit! j/k
I didn't mean any slight by my response to you. What I meant by older and wiser was in reference to the minds of women and that there are some out there that still have that fairytale wedding in mind (and you have no idea at the lengths they will go to in order for that to happen) and to the legal/financial things pertaining to marriage (which you admitted you didn't know a whole lot about.)


text:
Busta Rhymes Backs Megaupload, Says Record Labels Are The Real Criminals
from the who's-hurting-who dept
But what's a lot more interesting are the very direct statements from Busta Rhymes, who is clearly pissed off at the US government claiming that Megaupload is a criminal operation. Putting his tweets together, he states:
1st of all I am soooo proud of my brother @THEREALSWIZZZ 4 being apart of creating something (MEGAUPLOAD) that could create the most powerful way 4 artist 2 get 90% off of every dollar despite the music being downloaded 4 free...You can see the tweets here (full version), here (full version), here (full version) and here.
With labels and companies doin' deals with Spotify and many other companies like it who doesn't give us shit continue 2 do what they do and blatantly show us how much they value the artist with doing deals of such disrespect and lack of value 4 our content...
I am proud 2 stand next 2 my brother @THEREALSWIZZZ and fight the good fight...Our freedom is truly being fucked with in a very significant way and I strongly suggest 2 all artist especially the 1's Swizz repped 4 comes out & reps 4 him!!!
Fuck that I say it again...I'M PROUD OF MY BROTHER @THEREALSWIZZZ #GREATMIND!!
There's a key point in all of this that we missed in our earlier analysis about paid accounts at Megaupload. In the indictment, the government seems to assume that paid accounts are clearly all about illegal infringing works. But that's not always the case. In fact, plenty of big name artists -- especially in the hip hop world -- use the paid accounts to make themselves money. This is how they release tracks. You sign up for a paid account from services like Megaupload, which pay you if you get a ton of downloads. For big name artists, that's easy: of course you get a ton of downloads. So it's a great business model for artists: they get paid and their fans get music for free. Everyone wins. Oh... except for the old gatekeeper labels.
In fact, this is part of the ecosystem, especially in the hip hop world. It's why the artists also support those hip hop blogs that the RIAA insists are dens of pure thievery. The artists release their tracks to those blogs, knowing they'll get tons of downloads -- and actually get money. If they do deals with labels, they know they'll never see a dime. Putting music on Megaupload is a way to get paid. Working with a gatekeeper is not.
And yet... Megaupload is the criminal operation? Seems like the actual artists know otherwise.
What Busta is pointing out is that services like Megaupload -- while it may be run by some sketchy individuals and probably crossed the legal line in some cases -- are actually a great new business model for artists, while also being the future of distribution. It's a great way to distribute, make money, and let fans get the works for free. And that's why the major labels are so freaked out by cyberlockers. It's not because there's so much infringement on there, but because it's a system whereby artists can get paid and can better distribute their own works to fans... without signing an indentured servitude contract with a label, which never pays any royalties.
Did Megaupload break the law? Perhaps. But it seems clear that the real fear on the part of the RIAA and the major labels is not so much about that. It's the recognition that such a distribution and payment system undermines much of their reason for existing, and takes away their ability to control artists. A smart label would learn to embrace these things. But we're talking about the major labels here, and so instead, they run to the US government -- who clearly knows nothing about the way modern artists monetize and distribute music -- and lets them try to paint a picture of just how "evil" services like Megaupload are.
But the artists know better.


text:
Recording Industry Calls Radio 'A Kind Of Piracy'
from the and-mocks-broadcasters dept
It's difficult to pick a side to cheer for in a dispute between the RIAA and the NAB -- as we're talking about two organizations with a history of saying the most outrageously incorrect things in misguided attempts to "protect" the industries they represent (which almost always ends up backfiring and hurting the industry). However, in the latest battle between the two, it seems pretty clear that it's the RIAA that's being more ridiculous. This is the latest skirmish in the battle that the RIAA started last year, in trying to get radio stations to pay royalties to musicians. If you're not familiar with the details, as it stands now, radio stations have to pay royalties only to songwriters and publishers for the music they play. The musicians themselves don't get royalties, with the (very reasonable) explanation that having songs on the radio acts as a strong promotion for the musicians. This explanation is supported by the history of radio, in which "payola" has almost always played a large role. The record labels have always paid the radio stations to play their bands -- a rather overt admission that radio helps promote new artists.
But with the recording industry confused and struggling to adopt new business models, it wants to force radio stations to pay it, rather than the other way around. What's funny is that, normally, it's the party that has more leverage that gets to demand payment. Yet, here we have a case where it's the weakest party demanding payment because it's so weak. Despite all those years of payola as proof that radio is a promotional vehicle, the RIAA actually tried to put out a totally bogus study claiming that radio play decreased the demand for recorded music. Apparently, that wasn't convincing enough, so now it's claiming that radio is actually a "form of piracy."
To make this even more ridiculous, this group called musicFirst, representing the recording industry, sent the NAB a can of herring (yes, an actual can of herring), a dictionary and some free songs in an attempt to mock the group. The herring was supposed to suggest that the radio stations' argument is a "red herring" (very clever, guys). The dictionary was so that the NAB could supposedly understand the difference between "fees" and "taxes" -- since the NAB refers to the move to get radio stations to pay musicians as a "tax," while the RIAA would prefer to think of it as a "fee." As for the digital songs, they were all mocking titles: "Take the Money and Run" by the Steve Miller Band; "Pay me My Money Down" by Bruce Springsteen; "Back In the U.S.S.R" by Paul McCartney and "A Change Would Do You Good" by Sheryl Crow.
Of course, the recording industry is wrong on just about all of this. The idea that radio is a form of piracy is simply laughable. We've already pointed to the industry's own proof (payola) that radio helps promote artists. As for the definitional difference between fees and taxes, fees are agreed upon between two parties. A tax is a fee required by the government. Since the recording industry is asking the government to set this new rule, it would seem that the NAB is correct again that this would represent a tax, rather than a fee.


text:
Before recessing in early August, the U.S. House of Representatives defeated a controversial amendment that "renewable fuels" advocates say would effectively put ethanol and biodiesel fuels back in limbo.
The so-called "Cox-Waxman amendment," offered by Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Christopher Cox, R-Calif., would have given California a waiver from federal reformulated gasoline requirements (RFG).
California interests took the state's long-standing request for waiver directly to Congress after the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this summer denied the state's request for exemption from the provisions of the federal Clean Air Act.
The Cox-Waxman amendment would have been tacked to the pending Renewable Fuels for Energy Security Act.
Look-alike renewable fuels bills in both houses of Congress would increase renewable fuels, including ethanol and biodiesel.
The energy bill proposes that renewables — or fuel and fuel additives processed from grains and soybeans — account for 3 percent of highway transportation fuels by 2011 and 5 percent by 2016.
The amendment was defeated by a vote 300 to 125. Opposition came from both sides of the isle with support coming from the leadership of both parties.
Much of the debate focused on concerns that the Cox-Waxman amendment was for California only.
Lawmakers who opposed the amendment spoke strongly about the benefits of the RFG program and referred to a letter from EPA Administrator Christine Whitman calling for the amendment's defeat.
"The federal RFG program has been an extremely successful and cost-effective program that has provided substantial air quality benefits to millions of people throughout the country," Whitman said.
National Corn Growers President Lee Klein of Battle Creek, Neb., said the defeat of the amendment was a victory for U.S. grain producers. "This was a hard-fought victory for corn growers who have worked to defeat this amendment in subcommittee, in full committee, and finally on the floor of the House," he said.
e-mail: email@example.com


text:
Design 3 pages for my website. I know what I want. just make it look good
Budget $10-30 AUD
I need some graphic design.
69 freelancers are bidding on average $45 for this job
Why theDesignerz? Because not only we are #1 Graphic Provider! But we never compromise in Quality! We are best known for services we provide which you can see from our portfolio and our reviews on following link! More
Well, have a good day and hope you are doing great today, and yes, we have read the project description and yes, we are ready for it. Relevant Skills and Experience We have a huge team of professional. And we are expe More
Hello, This is my website: [login to view URL] You can look at my portfolio or visit my website to see my past works. Please message me to discuss further information. Thanks! Kind Regards, Joel Relevant Skills More
Hi, good day and thanks for providing an opportunity to bid on your project. We are a big design firm; you can see the work portfolio here, https://www.freelancer.com/u/deziner313.html Relevant Skills and Experience More
Expert in graphics design. Let us discuss and move ahead Relevant Skills and Experience Graphics Design Proposed Milestones $30 AUD - cost
With decades of experience I am able to apply not only theoretical knowledge, but also technical ability and creative influence to all areas of my work. Relevant Skills and Experience Portfolio on the following link h More
Hello, We are experts in HTML,CSS,Boostrap,Jquery,Javascript,core Php, Magento, WordPress, Codeigniter, and many other open source framework Thanks Relevant Skills and Experience Hello, We are experts in HTML,CSS,Boos More
Hello, I am highly interested to work on yourwebsite design and available that you may want to discuss this in more detail. Thanks and regards, Mr. Tanvir Descom Group Relevant Skills and Experience Logo design. We More
Kindly ignore the bid amount and timeline. I can design the web pages but do you also want development? Looking forward to hearing from you and talking to you further through freelancer message board. Relevant Skills More
Hello, *****Let,s start***** I can deliver you 2-3 Samples with in next 24 hours......Unlimited Revisions portfilio https://www.freelancer.com/u/samsgestion.html Relevant Skills and Experience Relevant Skills and More
Hello Sir/Madam, I am interested in your project. We would like to take the opportunity to introduce our services to you. Please note that this is our opening bid. If you want to know the actual cost of the projec More


text:
Search continues in Lancaster for woman missing since Thursday
Lancaster police continued their search Friday evening for a woman who was reported to have disappeared Thursday morning from a Broadway adult home.
Detective Keith Kerl said police were following up leads they received from area residents, who were asked to check their backyards, sheds and garages for any sign of the missing woman, Lynn Hewitt, 57, a resident of St. Elizabeth's Home of Lancaster at 5539 Broadway.
The initial call for help came as snow began to fall across the region early Friday afternoon and after temperatures overnight plummeted below the freezing mark.
"With her being missing 24 hours and the inclement weather, we're concerned," Kerl said.
Employees at the facility, operated by the Catholic Health System, believe Hewitt wandered away sometime between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. Thursday, according to JoAnn Cavanaugh, a spokeswoman for the system.
She was described as white, 5 feet, 2 inches tall, 125 pounds, with dirty blond hair, wearing blue jeans, a bright blue Polartec jacket and a red crew neck sweater.
Hewitt has wandered away previously before being found, Kerl said, but that was when she was living at her previous home.
Lancaster police searched through the night Thursday for Hewitt. They were assisted by the Erie County Sheriff's helicopter, Air One, which used infrared technology to search for the woman.
Family members also have been searching for the missing woman.
Anyone who has seen Hewitt is asked to call Lancaster police immediately at 683-2800.
email: email@example.com


text:
There's never been a better time
to apply to Otterbein University.
Apply online today!
Honors Curriculum
Students selected to participate in the Honors program enroll in HNRS-prefix courses that are designated for Honors students only. These courses serve as INST substitutes. The remainder of the curriculum is selected from courses available to all students.
Honors courses provide small seminar settings focusing on intensive discussion and sustained intellectual inquiry. The Honors course sequence emphasizes the reading, research, critical thinking, and writing skills essential for the independent Honors Thesis Project.
Honors students are eligible for priority registration one day before open registration.
Honors Schedule:
Several sections of 1500 are offered each year.
HNRS 1500 substitutes for the INST 1500 requirement.
HNRS 2000s: Inquiry and Society
Choose two sections of HNRS 2000 (Social Sciences), 2200 (Humanities), 2400 (Natural Sciences), or 2600 (Fine Arts). Various 2000 sections are offered each year.
Two HNRS 2000s courses substitute for two INST 2000s requirements.
HNRS 3500: Junior Honors Project Seminar
4 credit, year-long course focusing on developing the independent thesis project, including choosing a topic, writing a proposal, and preliminary research. Make sure to register for 3500 in both fall and spring (2 credits each term). Ideally students will take the same section/instructor both terms unless there is a schedule conflict.
HNRS 4500: Senior Honors Project
4 credit independent project. All Honors seniors must register for HNRS 4500 and may take the 4 credits over the two semesters in accord with course load (e.g. 3 credits in fall and 1 in spring). HNRS 4500 does not meet as a regular class but students will attend several mandatory meetings with Honors Program Director covering project progress, procedures, and deadlines.
Successful completion of both HNRS 3500 and HNRS 4500 serves as the SYE requirement.
Course Descriptions
Here are some of our exciting recent 1000- and 2000-level course offerings! Please see Banner for this year's courses and registration information.
HNRS 1500: Our Monsters, Ourselves
Patti Frick (Department of English)
Since the time of the earliest cave drawings, monsters—in one form or another—have been central to the human psyche and prevalent throughout cultural history. Wild things, aliens, ogres, and demons have dominated the human imagination, appearing in literature, art, cinema, theme parks, and even on cereal boxes (Count Chocula and Frankenberry!). While we dread and fear them, we also seem perversely fascinated by them and their darker tendencies (unchecked aggression, strong sexuality, cannibalism, superhuman strength, total disregard for laws and conventions). While we may want to place them apart from ourselves as alien or non-human, all too often they represent our deepest fears and most conflicted selves: our fear of the unknown, fear of the irrational, violent side of human nature; fear of progress and advancement; fear of authority; and fear of those whom society has considered alienated, unworthy, or somehow, "other." Through literature, film, and critical theory, this course will explore a variety of monsters from several historic periods and cultures, including ancient beasties, dragons, vampires, zombies, cyborgs, and other post-modern hybrids. It will also identify how monster narratives are constructed, what monsters have in common, and how they benchmark what it means to be human. Students taking this course will be asked to select a monster narrative and lead a seminar on it, taking into account the historical and cultural contexts of the work, its critical heritage (then and now), and how the narrative defines the concept of the monstrous.
HNRS 1500: Tales of Dangerous Youth
Richard Gilbert
The years of childhood and young adulthood are ones of potential but also of peril. This period has a special place in literature, just as it does in life. We will read memoirs united by a focus on the challenges of youth, examining the technical methods writers use to probe the self in its historical and personal depths. And we will consider a host of questions: What compels writers to try to make public sense of the intimate events of their own lives? How does a writer use her present self to explore her past self? How does memoir transform experience to become art? We will read memoirs, from harrowing classics of family dysfunction such as Mary Karr's The Liar's Club to recent bestsellers of individual trauma and transcendence like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, and we will read a coming-of-age novel/memoir to learn how a writer explored the same material in fiction and nonfiction. Students will read and analyze the books and write two memoirs of their own. We will also watch a few films or parts of films based on memoirs.
HNRS 1500: Satire's Texts and Contexts
Margaret Koehler (Department of English)
This course will examine satire as a literary and cultural mode. Starting from Edward Rosenheim's definition of satire – "an attack by means of a manifest fiction on discernible historical particulars" – we will ask how satire has operated across a range of places and times. We'll begin with the two greatest classical satirists, Horace and Juvenal, and we'll work our way through satirists from Renaissance France, eighteenth-century England, nineteenth-century American fiction, twentieth-century African American fiction, and contemporary popular culture—in each case probing the historical and political contexts that fuel satire. We'll consider theories of satire (such as its competing purposes to persuade and punish) and of laughter (such as Hobbes' claim that laughter arises from a "sudden glory" at the expense of another). We'll examine the recent re-emergence of satire in the popular culture: Stephen Colbert, Dave Chapelle, Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, The Onion, and Sacha Baron Cohen (to name a few). The course will employ the perspectives of multiple disciplines: literary studies, classics, political science, and psychology. It will also ask you to produce a satire of your own.
HNRS 1500: Green Thoughts
Richard Gilbert
Are humans part of the natural world or are they freaks of nature who do nothing but destroy it? As the most "successful" species, are they both? Has nature, as humans have historically known it, ended anyway? We'll think about these and other questions while reading, discussing, and writing about books and films which stimulate our thinking about the place and role of Homo sapiens in the natural environment and in the middle ground of farms and gardens. The books may include The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan, Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee, and Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert. We will also watch films or film clips, such as Sean Penn's adaptation of Into the Wild, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and the native American-inspired classic of "life out of balance" Koyaanisqatsi.
HNRS 1500: Disaster Narratives
Karen Steigman (Department of English)
Flood, war, nuclear meltdown, global warming, infertility, the space shuttle explosion, 9/11, a terrorist attack. Stories of apocalypse and trauma appear in the U.S. news on an almost daily basis, and each event seems catastrophically poised as if to threaten national security itself. In fact, the journalist Naomi Klein has recently argued that our entire security industry is built up precisely by promoting and exploiting the fearful possibility of imminent disaster. The production and dissemination of disaster narratives are paradoxically crucial to maintaining national and international security. Fear and insecurity are the driving forces of what Klein terms "disaster capitalism." The challenge of this Honors seminar will be to examine the production and paradox of disaster narratives. We will discuss a variety of topics, including the disaster of war; witnessing disaster and the problem of representation; environmental catastrophe and the rhetoric of the "natural disaster"; the relation between globalization and disaster; Hollywood and disaster films; the possibility of "disaster relief"; and the ethical responsibility of "writing the disaster."
HNRS 2000 Inquiry and Society (Social Sciences)
Deborah Solomon (Department of History and Political Science)
HNRS 2200 Inquiry and Society (Humanities): Ethical Theory
Stephanie Patridge (Department of Religion and Philosophy)
Consider the following questions: Are we morally permitted to eat non-human animals merely because they taste good? Is it wrong to not give to charity? Is it ever okay to use someone to get what you want? Given that there is a fair amount of disagreement about how to answer such questions, how are we to proceed? We might throw our hands up and say "To each her own! Morality is subjective anyway." This, however, is a substantive philosophical position that requires justification. We will begin the course by critically considering two theories of morality that support such skepticism: ethical relativism and egoism. Alternatively, we might look for a theory of morality that unifies our ethical judgments so that they are neither inconsistent nor arbitrary, and that allows us to make progress in moral discourse. We will devote most of our attention to critically considering three theoretic frameworks in their most influential articulations: Mill's Utilitarianism (consequentialism), Kant's Grounding (deontology), and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethic (virtue ethics). In each case, we will consider the answers that these theoretic frameworks provide to the kinds of applied questions asked at the outset.
HNRS 2400 Inquiry and Society (Natural Sciences): The Chernobyl Incident
John Tansey (Department of Chemistry)
The Chernobyl Incident is a course designed to provide you with an interesting and engaging environment in which to explore a complex question (in this instance the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station). The material covers a broad range of topics from basic atomic physics and radiation, to nuclear power plant engineering and international politics. We will integrate science, math, literature, psychology, art, history, and other fields to analyze a complex question. This course is an excellent general preparation for the Honors Thesis Project by focusing on defending and substantiating a thesis, gathering and critically examining sources of information, and reflecting on what it means to create something.
HNRS 2600 Inquiry and Society (Fine Arts)
Louise Captein (Department of Art)
HNRS 2600 Inquiry and Society (Fine Arts): The Thriller in Literature and Film
Karen Steigman (Department of English)
Spies and double agents, secrets and false identities, political conspiracies and paranoia, murder and mayhem and the girl with the dragon tattoo. This Honors Program seminar examines the perpetual production and popularity of the thriller genre in literature and film. How does the thriller work to produce fear, suspense, or anxiety in readers and spectators? And why are literary and cinematic encounters with such sensations so thrilling? We will study four primary sub-genres of the thriller (the psychological thriller, the suspense thriller, the crime thriller, and the political thriller), tracing "the thriller imagination" in a variety of forms, including detective fiction, film noir, the gothic, Shakespeare, and cold war fiction and film. Texts include novels, short stories, critical articles, and films (including attendance at one required film field trip), as we seek to define and distinguish the thriller's art and style in both narrative and cinematic contexts. Texts include Henry James, The Turn of the Screw; Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley; Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear; Shakespeare, Macbeth; James M. Cain, Double Indemnity; John le Carré, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold.
Dr. Karen Steigman
p / 614.823.1087
e / firstname.lastname@example.com
Towers Hall, Room 227
Otterbein University, 1 South Grove Street, Westerville, OH 43081 614.890.3000
Otterbein University is a private, non-profit, United Methodist affiliated, regionally-accredited institution.
© 2019 Otterbein University. Otterbein University is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer


text:
Brand Label: Patricia Nash
ITEM MOVED TO ARCHIVE: On March 3, 2018 4:31 am, Fashion Stylist Online noted this item may be out of stock at macys because it was not referenced in their latest online catalog. If this item is out of stock at macys, you may be able to find similar fashions sold there or elsewhere on our Patricia Nash Designer Brand Directory.
Available for Purchase Online at macys for $129.00Pin It
Patricia Nash Lina Frame Small Clutch Women's - Handbags & Accessories Handbags & Accessories (new).
Shop other brand label items from Patricia Nash on FashionStylist.com.
This item was published for sale online by macys on March 2, 2018 9:26 pm and last updated by us March 3, 2018 4:31 am.
Editor Picks: Your Pinterest Shopping Bag
Editor Picks: Bag Lady.....
Valentino Garavani Demilune Leather Crossbody
Loewe Hammock Smooth Shoulder Bag
Furla Elisir Mini Crossbody Bag Red
Anya Hindmarch Mini Vere Barrel Bag Women Leather
Mcm Patricia Canvas Hobo Bag Yellow
Editor Picks: Handbag Mayhem
Manu Atelier Micro Pristine Bag Black
Alice Olivia Clee Stace Cat Cross Body Bag
Les Petits Joueurs Trilly Cheetah Pouch
Alexander Wang Roxy Hobo Bag
Etro Printed Cross Body Bag Multicolour
Editor Picks: Handbag Hit List
Valentino Garavani Rockstud Leather Hobo Bag
Prada Greca Quilted Nylon Shoulder Bag
Fendi Peekaboo Ribbon Whipstitch Satchel Bag Beige
Prada Lock Velvet Coin Pouch
Chanel Gabrielle Hobo Bag
Editor Picks: Onepiece and Whimsy
Mugler Colour Block Playsuit Women Polyamide Spandex
Lemlem Safia Playsuit Women's Blue Cotton Acrylic
Isolda Tropical Jumpsuit Women's Blue Cotton Spandex
Frame Denim Le Button Jumpsuit Women's Blue Polyester
Uma Raquel Davidowicz Tie Fastening Cardigan Women
Browse More Fashion Apparel by Patricia Nash (view more)
- $298.00
Patricia Nash Men's Heritage Leather Slim Briefcase
- $40.00
Patricia Nash Men's Magnetic Money Clip Wallet
- $40.00
Patricia Nash Men's Slim Leather Card Case
- $50.00
Patricia Nash Men's Leather Tri Fold Wallet
- $128.00
Patricia Nash Men's Heritage Travel Case
- $50.00
Patricia Nash Men's Leather Double Billfold Wallet
- $298.00
Patricia Nash Men's Heritage Leather Slim Briefcase
- $40.00
Patricia Nash Men's Leather Money Clip Credit
- $50.00
Patricia Nash Men's Leather Money Clip Wallet
- $128.00
Patricia Nash Men's Leather North South Crossbody
New promo codes and links offering limited time promotions, sales coupons, and special offers on Patricia Nash designer fashions and accessories will be posted on each designer label apparel page. For the latest up to date information on this Patricia Nash Lina Frame Clutch | Handbag And Bag fashion item, including product specifications, ordering options, pricing, shipping details, high resolution pictures, shopper comments, and other sales media, visit the macys Online Store.


text:
Monday, September 14, 2009
Chocolate Pecan Madness!
These are chocolate cookies flecked with chocolate chips and candied pecans. I developed a test batch last week and brought them to work. My co-workers devoured all 25 cookies in less than an hour, and based on their feedback, this recipe was a real winner.
My only complaint — I left the pecans whole, but next time I'll chop them instead. A few of the cookies didn't get any pecans in them, and I felt bad for the folks who missed out. The salty-sweet candied pecans were the best part of the cookie. Just look at that little pecan peekin' out:
Note to the testers: Speaking of cookbook recipes, I've posted a new tester recipe on the Cookin' Crunk tester blog.
23 comments:
- Tara said...
Yum! I love the idea of putting candied pecans in cookies!
- September 14, 2009 at 12:36 AM
- Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) said...
I'm guessing these aren't GF, they look too "normal" to be made with GF flour...sigh. But they sure look extremely tasty!!!! Chocolate cookies w/ choco chips and pecans, I mean you can't go wrong!
- September 14, 2009 at 1:23 AM
- T said...
These remind me of pralines which are my all-time favorite. So delish looking!
- September 14, 2009 at 3:22 AM
- Knit-Picky Veganista said...
Uber-tasty combo - chocolate & pecans! I know I'll enjoy these a lot!
- September 14, 2009 at 6:00 AM
- Mihl said...
oh yes, you need to add lots and lots of cookie recipes to your book! These sound divine.
- September 14, 2009 at 6:06 AM
- VeggieGirl said...
- September 14, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Recipe man said...
yummy! wow this looks so good
- September 14, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- A said...
I'm a pecan lover, but I'll bite the bullet and be willing to take the pecanless cookies off your co-worker's hands! Ha ha!.... Also, your Granny is so sweet for helping to veganize desserts for you! Can't wait to see more dessert p0rn pics!! :D
- September 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Those look great Bianca. I am having similar issues with my book. I need to start making cookies and muffins to even it out. Great looking cookies and flavour combo
- September 14, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Sheridanna said...
- September 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM
- nora said...
Yum! I feel like chocolate and pecans isn't a combo you see very often...but I'm guessing it should be!
- September 14, 2009 at 11:06 AM
I am not surprised your co-workers ate them so quickly. I bet they were dleicious! Can't wait to give them a try when the cookbook comes out!
- September 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- HealthySDLiving said...
These look delicious, candied pecans=amazing!!
- September 14, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- Cyn said...
Yum! Those look delicious. I can't wait to try them.
- September 14, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Those look great!
I just posted a question on the test blog :-)
- September 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM
- Kelly said...
Oh goodness, these cookies look heavenly! I'd say go with quality over quantity in the dessert section of your cookbook. ;)
- September 14, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- River said...
Don't feel bad for the guys who missed out, even the parts with no pecans look fab! I'm done slacking off with the internet and all things blog-related, so I'm ready to start testing again! :-)
- September 14, 2009 at 8:48 PM
- jessicaleighlalou said...
OOH those look delicious! :)
- September 14, 2009 at 10:06 PM
- jessy said...
your chocolate pecan cookies look divine, Bianca! sweet candied pecans & chocolate?!? yes please! totally gonna check out the tester site! oooh, i can't wait!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM
- aTxVegn said...
Candied pecans is a fantastic addition to cookies! These look really wonderful.
- September 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Erin said...
These cookies sound amazing!
- September 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Sal said...
these cookies look and sound amazing, i love pecans and chocolate. and cookies!
- September 17, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Emily said...
ok so i know i'm behind on your delicious kitchen happenin's but oh my do those cookies look delicious...i just had to comment! and is your tester blog private? i couldn't read it!
yummm. will that recipe be in the cookbook? when does this thing come out...i want it already!!
if this rain doesn't keep up im going to the farmers market tomorrow to get more of the chocolate granola...it's like crack!!
oh, AND i am going to pitawraps today...have you ever been there? i haven't but i hear they have a good falafel/veggie sandwich thing!
- September 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM


text:
NORTON, Mass. – For a second straight year the MIT women's tennis team will play for the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship. The Engineers advanced to tomorrow's final with a 5-0 victory over host Wheaton College in a tournament semifinal match. MIT improved to 9-1 overall with the victory while Wheaton fell to 8-4.
MIT swept through the doubles matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead going into singles play. The Engineers' No. 2 team of senior Candace Wu (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and junior Julia Hsu (Knoxville, Tenn.) scored the first point of the day, blanking the Wheaton team of Morgan Bell and Sarah Crom, 8-0. MIT's No. 3 team of sophomore Michelle Dutt (Gurnee, Ill.) and freshman Sunnie Lampl (Bluemont, Va.) then put the next point on the board for the Engineers with an 8-3 win over Caroline DiNicola and Julia Parmakian The MIT sweep was completed when the No. 1 duo of junior Lauren Quisenberry (Corpus Christi, Texas) and freshman Victoria Tam (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) took a convincing 8-1 decision over Lyndsay Cooke and Alexandra Marlowe.
MIT made quick work of the match with two sound victories in singles play. Tam put the Engineers one point away from taking the match with her 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 over Morgan Bell. Hsu then decided things with another straight sets victory for MIT, downing DiNicola by the same 6-1, 6-0 score to send MIT into the championship match on Sunday.
MIT will play the winner of the other semifinal match between No. 2 seed Wellesley College and No. 3 seed Babson College tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. at the Clark Tennis Courts on the Wheaton campus.


text:
Flawless MenuShare
Advanced Facials
- All-Natural Ultimate White Facial
Uses a combination of all natural ingrediants from the dead sea, including Dunafelia to immediately lighten and smoothen the skin.
- 1,600
- Cell Booster Infusion Mask (Flawless Exclusive)
Deeply nourishes and cools the skin using a hydrogel mask infused with patent cultured apple growth factors.
- 1,400
- Acne Control Advanced Facial
Uses a cooling green oxygenating mask that targets acne causing bacteria and delivers healing and soothing benefits to your skin.
- 980
- Oil Control Advanced Facial
Visibly reduces and unclogs pores and controls oil production using a powerful cooling mask.
- 980
- Age Defy Advanced Facial
Vitamin C to effectively restore the skin's radiance and elasticity while promoting its natural healing process.
- 980
- Flawless White Advanced Facial
Contains whiteness mask and moisturizing milk lotion. It effectively lightens and moisturizes the face, leaving it fair, evenly-joined and supple.
- 980
- Real Gentleman Advanced Facial
Uses a mask made at active vegetal chaircoal. It effectively restores the skin's natural balance, minimizes pores, reduces oil production and tones up the skin.
- 980
Regular Facials
- Oil Control Facial
Unclogs pores and helps reduce oil production using a seaweed mask.
- 625
- Age Defy Facial
Uses a collagen mask to promote the skin's natural moisture.
- 625
- Flawless White Facial
Uses a skin lightening mask that contains a plant based lightening agent called Melfade.
- 675
- Real Gentleman Facial
Restores the skin's natural balance and ruins it up using an algae mask.
- 625
Facial Add-Ons
- Scraping
- Regular 160
- Discount 140
- Zero Degree Finish
- Regular 200
- Discount 180
- Upper Lip
- Regular 250
- Discount 220
- Eye Brow
- Regular 250
- Discount 220
- Upper Lip and Eye Brow
- Regular 500
- Discount 400


text:
That Eye Though: This Is What Happens When You Think "It's Just Twitter" & Sh*t Gets Real! (Father Almost Gets Jumped For Trying To Step In)
Submitted by olulu10
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text: Barry Alumni Reception in The BahamasPosted On : September 25, 2012ShareTweetShareShareSend to a FriendJoin us for a Barry Alumni Reception in The Bahamas Saturday, October 20th, 20125:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort & Casino, Arawak RoomWest Bay Street, Cable Beach, Nassau, BahamasJoin us for an enjoyable evening and a fantastic opportunity tomeet and network with other Barry Alumni living in The Bahamasand learn about the latest Barry news and happenings.Notable Guests from Barry University & The Bahamas will be in attendance including:Terry Piper, Ph.D., Dean of the Adrian Dominican School of Education Jill Farrell, Ed.D., Associate Dean of the Adrian Dominican School of EducationDavid Kopp, Ph.D., Chair of Organizational Learning & Leadership ProgramJudy Harris-Looby, Ph.D., Chair of the Exceptional Student Education DepartmentElizabeth Reed, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations & Annual GivingOfficials from The Bahamas Ministry of EducationThere is no charge to attend. Hors d'oeuvres & soft drinks will be served, cash bar.Business casual attire. RSVP: For online registration, visit this website: www.BarryBahamas2012.eventbrite.com You may also contact email@example.com or 1-877-899-2586.