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We knew it was going to be a good day. Biscuits for breakfast, they come in packages of 10, but the humans only eat 8. Lets see, 10, take away 8, leaves 2 left over, unloved and uneaten. Bella and I each were given a biscuit for breakfast. That is how I can tell it is going to be a good day, the day starts off with a treat.
We were loaded into the SUV this noon and we were told we were going to the Spa, then we were going to pick up our new fosters. They lied. They took us to the Groomer over at Rescue Central, then they left us to be groomed, washed and dried while they went off to have dinner. We thought it was going to be a day of pampering instead of a day of being locked in a crate with a big blower turned on us. We did come out clean and dry, plus we got lots of attention. We did get to go for a ride, it is always fun to go to Rescue Central and meet lots of other Goldens.
We met Emma, a young (about 1 year) lady who has to go for a visit to the Doctor tomorrow for a check up and for a spaying operation. We played with her in the play yard for a while to get acquainted, then Monday afternoon we will make a trip to pick her up from the Vet.
We also met Rosie. Rosie is older (8-9), larger, and very quiet. Rosie came to Golden Retriever Rescue by a very round about way. Her happy home was taking the grandchildren back in. Because Rosie is large, the grandchildren's mom was not happy having Rosie in a small space with the children. Rosie takes up a lot of room in any house. Arrangements were made for Rosie to come to GRRR but somebody did not get the message. Rosie was dropped off by mistake at the Dumb Friends League. It took a week for the error to be corrected and Rosie was finally turned over to GRRR. By then Rosie had caught kennel cough and she had to be kept with several other Golden's with kennel cough till it ran its course. Today Rosie was sent home with us to begin her search for her new Forever Home.
We will write more about Rosie and Emma later when we have them settled in. Emma will be a quick placement, she won't be staying with us long, she is cute and young. Rosie will take her time finding her perfect home, she is older and she says she will wait and make sure she gets the perfect home.
In the meantime, foster homes are getting crowded, so if you have ever wanted to foster a Golden Retriever, now is a good time to step forward. Not just in Denver, where we are, but all over the country. Shelters and rescues are full and help is needed.
Mogley G. Retriever
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Happy Sunday, Welcome Rosie
We knew it was going to be a good day. Biscuits for breakfast, they come in packages of 10, but the humans only eat 8. Lets see, 10, take away 8, leaves 2 left over, unloved and uneaten. Bella and I each were given a biscuit for breakfast. That is how I can tell it is going to be a good day, the day starts off with a treat.
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Well, I'm glad that you got Rosie over her kennel cough before it got bad. I just had a shot to keep me from getting the same thing!ReplyDelete
Hi Mogley; You brought some more smiles to our faces with your story of the biscuits and your detour trip for grooming....BOL......ReplyDelete
Glad you finally helped to get Rosie straightened out, we know you will take excellent care of her and Emma. Can't wait to see some photos.
Hamish & Rescue Sophie
Well Mogley, your house will be full again. Playing and romping, swimming and digging. Sorry the way Rosie lost her home, but we know she will find a good forever home. And Emma will especially have a good time with you all.ReplyDelete
We don't get biscuits, but we do get bread sticks from Olive Garden whenever mommie goes there with our bi-ped brother. Yummy!
Earnhardt, Lady(senior), Sandy Paws and Oliver
Hi MogleyReplyDelete
We can't wait to see some pictures of Emma & Rosie. Thank goodness you were able to locate Rosie and start taking care of her. BTW, Apples says that older ladies are much more easier to take care of than young puppies! She especially wishes Rosie (and Nala) the best in finding their new homes.
Wags & licks
Nadine Apples & Neeli
Welkhome GiRls!ReplyDelete
PeeEssWoo: Mom knows fosters are needed evFURRYwhere - The Brittany Folks recently put a video together and posted it on their FB pages - Mom shared it from there
I look forward to meeting the girls :)ReplyDelete


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The home for health & wellness
Strut is the home for health and wellness in the heart of the Castro. San Francisco AIDS Foundation opened Strut in January 2016 to promote health and wellness, to strengthen our diverse communities, and to reduce the impact of HIV in San Francisco.
We recognize that health has physical, emotional and social elements. Strut is a community place to find experts and support to manage all the aspects of health and build meaningful social connections.
We are a diverse community and our diversity makes us stronger. We all have the right to health regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender orientation, HIV status, age or economic status. We share the responsibility for our individual health, the health of our partners and the health of our community.
We offer an array of free clinical services, behavioral interventions and community-building groups to enable you to be the best version of yourself.
We believe we have the right to make our own decisions regarding health and well-being. We should always be at the forefront in matters that affect us as individuals and as a community. We share responsibility for our individual health, the health of our partners, and the health of our community.
We believe everyone has the right to access information and resources about our health and well-being in a dignified, respectful, and affirming manner. Beyond physical access, this includes access to information and resources that are culturally appropriate, meaningful, and available regardless of ability to pay. We have a right to access information that is current, relevant, and accurate.
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We have a right to satisfying sex lives free from guilt and shame. We believe our sexuality is an integral component in how we define ourselves as individuals and as a community. Healthy sexual expression involves both our bodies and our minds. We share a responsibility for sexual health–for ourselves, our partners, and our community.
We believe in the value of diversity and that our diversity makes our community stronger. By examining our differences as gay men, we improve our understanding of each other. Only through actively exploring the differences in our experiences such as those based on race, ethnicity, age, HIV status or economic status can we create a more just community. Across all of our differences, we affirm our commitment to treat each other with dignity and respect.
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Aishwarya debuts on Instagram with daughter Aaradhya's pic
Finally, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made her Instagram debut and her first Instagram picture is too cute to handle. It is a 9-post grid comprising a picture of herself holding her daughter Aaradhya, most probably when she was born. Aishwarya captioned it: "And I was born again."
Since her debut on Friday night, Aishwarya's profile has
gathered over 1 lakh followers. According to a report, the former beauty queen
is reportedly upset with her PR team for the dry response on her social media
debut. She is also miffed with the team because even 12 hours later, there is
not blue tick on her profile which indicates that Aishwarya's Instagram page is
still unverified.
A source told a Pinkvilla, "Aishwarya is upset with the way her social media debut happened. This is not what she expected. In 6 hours her profile has not even crossed 20,000 followers, which is very unlikely, given her popularity. She is also upset that there is no blue tick on her profile, making people wonder about the authenticity of the profile."
Since Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's account is still not verified, her husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan's comment on the photo seeks authenticity of the profile. Demanding picture credit. "How about a photo credit Mrs. B?," he wrote in the comments section.Meanwhile, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is currently at Cannes and will walk the Cannes red carpet tonight as the brand ambassador of the cosmetics brand L'Oreal on Sunday, 2018.


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One might have expected the South Hagerstown boys basketball team to be looking past Wednesday's meeting Smithsburg to Friday's Class 1A West title game. Even Rebels' coach Bob Starkey admitted he was.
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"Oh, we were looking past. I told these guys, 'I know it's easy for me to say don't look past (Smithsburg),'" Starkey said. "But I've been thinking about them, I've been scouting them; you guys were at the (Southern Garrett-Williamsport) game last night. Sure we're looking past them. But we're also smart enough to know, 'What's the score right now?'"
The Rebels responded, "0-0." And at that point, Starkey knew the Rebels would be fine.
South responded with a 25-point first quarter, forcing eight Smithsburg turnovers in the period on its way to a 95-59 win over the Leopards in a foul-filled 1A West semifinal game at North Hagerstown.


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Hertz subsidiary cuts frills and prices
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We're constantly looking for innovative ways to improve the Springwise experience, and so we're now introducing BeeLine Reader, a new technology that helps you read more quickly and efficiently. To learn more about BeeLine Reader, an award-winning startup funded by Intel Capital, see BeeLineReader.com.
Airlines proved that passengers are willing to book online and get their boarding passes from airport kiosks if it meant saving money. Now Hertz Rent A Car has applied the concept to its Simply Wheelz budget-priced subsidiary, which debuted in September. Weekend rental rates start at just USD 15 dollars a day and weekly rates start under USD 100. To get those savings, customers must book online and check in via an electronic kiosk at the airport. Customers can choose online from 8 car models. When they arrive at Simply Wheelz' airport location, they let a self-service rental machine scan the bar code on their printed web reservation. The machine also scans the renter's driver's license, and lets the customer select from a few options such as adding drivers, renting a portable GPS system or booster seats for children, after which it assigns a vehicle and prints the rental agreement. Renters can then go directly to their cars. One-way rentals aren't allowed, minimum rental periods apply and customers don't receive frequent flyer miles.
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Hey there! Happy Weekend!
So everywhere you look nowadays you will see something to do with the Kardashians. They are literally everywhere. Love them or hate them, you have to admit they are definitely very smart about getting their brand out there. They have everything from a clothing brand, makeup line, fake tan, and their latest...hair care and styling tools. I have to admit, I am a fan of theirs! I follow Khloe on Instagram and kept seeing all of the pictures she has been posting about the hair care line. I loved the look of it. So when they finally launched the line I knew I had to get my hands on a few of the products. When I made it to my local Ulta they were sold out of everything except the Take 2 Dry Shampoo with Black Seed Oil. So that is what I got.
Here is how the product is described:
Kardashian Beauty Take Two Dry Shampoo revives limp, lifeless hair by instantly absorbing excess oil and impurities that weigh hair down. This fast drying waterless spray, formulated with rejuvenating Black Seed Oil, extends the life of your style by refreshing the roots and providing a pure foundation for layered styling, creating the ultimate finish.
My thoughts:
I had really high hopes for this product and I have to admit....I was let down. I was only able to use this dry shampoo about 3 times because after the 3rd time there was not any product left when I would try to spray it. Nothing came out but air. It is not like a used a ton of the product the 3 prior times either. I tried running some warm water over the nozzle thinking maybe it just got clogged up. But that still didn't work. It is heavily scented. I read a lot of reviews where people really enjoyed the scent. I think it smells very nice, but it is a bit strong for my liking. Since I do have dark brown hair the biggest deal breaker for me is if a dry shampoo leaves the white residue in my hair. Unfortunately, this dry shampoo did leave that in my hair. It really didn't do that great of a job of getting the grease out of my hair either. I don't have all negative things to say about this product. I do really enjoy the look of the product! I absolutely love black and gold together.
I would say that you should save your money and invest in a different dry shampoo.
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Before writing another blog post, I was watching the movie called: "The break-up" starring Vince Vaughn Jennifer Aniston (one of my favorite stars btw). These past few days I am into movie marathon all by myself, I will stay up during wee hours of the night. I kind of like watching different romance/comedy/drama/action movies. Just to get the hung-ups of not being employed yet. This movie I was watching just randomly appear on my download list , I am not particularly going through the same situation.
Anyway to get related to my title post, I suddenly found myself cutting my long hair, trying to get rid of the rough ends I got when I tried that stupid and cheap-type rebonding thing. As I was staring on my face on the mirror, a thought came across my mind when someone told me that ugliness, that severe acne problem, that undiscoverable (don't really know if such word exists) talent, that intelligence quotient are totally synced with genetics. And then I started google-ing about ugliness and genetics. Unfortunately, genetics has a great influence on who we are and what we look right now.
Genetics really made me insecure about myself. I wanted to have that clear, spotless and smooth skin - unfortunately I got totally opposite of it. I wanted to have a perfect set of teeth but I have to wear braces in order to have it. I wanted to be creative like - know how to draw, paint, decorate, dance, sing, play any musical instrument. I wanted to be one of those kids whom parents will be proud because of the medals and trophies I got for being the most intelligent in class, in the batch or better in school. But sadly I don't have any of that and I am not topnotcher in class.
I was desperate to join those people who feels and says "I'm ugly" forum along with my membership on acne.org. You know, these kind of forums is handy whenever you feel like you need someone who will understand you, someone who can relate because she's/he's there or she's/he's been there and someone whom you don't even know yet makes you smile and feel good about life because they say and makes you feel you're not alone. Because some people are really talking crap when you tell them you're feeling ugly, you hate yourself because you're just plain ugly, you will gladly scratch your face with sand paper if it will help erase those acne scars. They will say "I understand you", "I don't think you're ugly", and the most crap of all is this: "your skin is fine to me" when the fact is they're not into that situation and never experienced it. Not that I am not thankful to them but it's still better to share with someone who have/had that situation. Literally, it's about mutual feelings.
After a little long quiet moments, I came to realize.. Genetics may have its share on what I am right now. I may have been bullied because of what I look then and now but I simply have no right to feel so low, so sad, so disappointed about it because genetics simply means my parents. They mold me into what I am right now. I owe my life to them -- beautiful or ugly, bombshell or overweight, intelligent or not so intelligent, talented or not. They gave me shelter, food and clothes. Provided me things I NEED and WANT. I never and will never ever blame my parents just because I am not that girl who HAS IT ALL. Sure I questioned and cried to God why did/does let me get through with these problems but his answers became clearer as I get to know myself more -- the shortcomings I have is also my gain. Oh yes, you could raise your eyebrows and whisper how come? now. My gain because I presumed some of those people who has it all can be really so unimpressive when it comes to their attitude, something is lacking in them. I know that because there are many true stories of it. Me, on the other hand, doesn't have it all but I have a happy family and friends who loves me and I have the big heart who can love someone in a way that no one else will. I have the intelligence and creativity that I could express differently, but, of course, that's for those people who can see beauty beyond.
I know I sound so like of those people who are really ugly (which I will never deny): Who will say: that beauty is in the eye of beholder; that beauty is skin deep; that beauty is more than meets the eye. You can put a sign on me that says CERTIFIED UGLY right now, but for me, there is one truth above all: Beauty is all that until it diminishes as you age but a beautiful heart is timeless. You don't need to try hard to retain it, you don't need plastic surgery, implants, braces, botox, beauty creams, make-ups to enhance. You don't need to be Jimmy Neutron, to be Picasso, to be Beethoven, to be Whitney Houston, to be a member of a champion team on UK's best dance crew, it just comes out naturally. I maybe ugly but at least I get to experience the ups and downs, the bitter and sweet and the love and hate about life.
My moral lesson in this moments of pondering: Sometimes simplicity works best. Simplicity here doesn't mean plain looking, not exciting, boring, and lifeless. but rather it means not having everything you wanted. That what you have is the only thing that makes you -- YOU, a person who is better than the other or could be the best of all. A person who doesn't have all but feels like "I couldn't ask for more in my life" rather than a person who has it all but still feel something is missing in their life.


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(Preface: I am incredibly aware of and thankful for the privilege and blessing of being able to have a post-secondary education. )
So, I'm sitting in a class that wastes approximately 2.6 hours of my time on a weekly basis. The topic is fantastic, the readings are fantastic, the people in the class are fantastic, the professor is extremely knowledgeable...and yet, his weekly stream of consciousness blathering is less than fantastic. If it wasn't for the participation mark, I wouldn't need to be here - he doesn't even test on his lecture material, there's no midterm or final, I'm just warming my seat for 10% of my mark. In the meantime, I have been able to order some textbooks on amazon, which I needed to get done, so, I suppose that's good.
Education is a wonderful thing, but I am constantly amazed and frustrated by the structure/system of the undergraduate world. I don't understand how one is expected to function within this system. It makes me angry that I cannot both live a healthy, balanced lifestyle, and complete the bare minimum of my school work. Is it unrealistic to want to be able to cook proper meals (as in, not pre-packaged and frozen), walk the dog, read the newspaper,
and keep my home sort of in an orderly fashion, while I go to school work? I don't think so...and yet, if I break to do these things, I have constantly hanging over my head the reading not yet done, the assignment soon due, the studying I should do. I am amazed by students who somehow manage to complete their work, volunteer in the community, participate in school activities, and maintain their friendships. I'm finding the demands of a full course-load on its own overwhelming and unattainable.
It frustrates me to be in a program (Global Studies) that is constantly opening my eyes to many of the problems and injustices of our world, related to environmental and consumer issues, and yet after I read about and respond to these issues in my papers and assignments, I don't have the time to make changes in my own lifestyle to do my part in dealing with these issues. While I know I should be walking to the market to by locally grown food, it's all I can do to swing by the grocery store on my way home and grab a frozen pizza and a bag of baby carrots. While I know it's best for me to spend the time to by second-hand clothes and not be participating in some of the oppressive systems of capitalistic production, I don't have the time to look through rack after rack and maybe find a sweater that will work, when I know that I can run into a store in the mall, pick my size and colour, and leave. Despite my awareness that walking/busing places is possible and better for me and my world, the packed schedule I have right now makes it practically impossible to get everything in without the car. It is increasingly frustrating to have the awareness that comes with my education and be limited in my actions because of the demands of that same education. ARG!
So, that's my rant today. While I am so grateful for the ability to go to school, I am so ready to be done and put my learning in action. Instead of reading and writing about the problems of the world, I'd really like to be able to rearrange my own lifestyle in my own little corner of the world in an effort to live responsibly. Get me out of the world of ideas and into the world of actions!


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Here is a challenge that finally puts all my pinning to good use. I wish blogger had smileys to insert here. LOL! The ultra talented Sis from Paper, Craft and Scissors has challenged us to try something new from Pinterest. Her blog is a great place to visit for some crafty inspiration! Stop on by when you get a chance!
I decided to try this type of layout that I found via Pinterest that led me to this blog, Casa De Ge. This blogger has some great layouts. What I liked about this technique was that you are supposed to be looking out a plane window. I didn't have a picture with a wing for my aerial picture, but I liked the way the layout turned out anyway. So what makes this a new technique for me? The windows are directly cut into the paper and the picture is also cut. Simple, right? Well, not so much for me. I went through 3 pieces of nice cardstock before I got the size right. Now, most crafters would have used a piece of scrap for a test cut, but that's not how I roll. I made good with one of the papers I left three gaping holes in by using it as a mat for the layout. The other paper is now becoming a card. At least it all ended well. LOL!
I printed a 5x7 picture that we took when we were leaving St. Croix to use for the layout. I was sure it would fit the windows, but once again, the picture was a tiny bit too short for the windows. That was when a light bulb finally came on and I cut the picture into three pieces. Duh! The picture above was how it looked when I tested it and was thrilled that it finally fit! I adhered the picture much neater and attached it to the layout. Here is my version of the Pinterest layout.
The background paper is Little Yellow Bicycle and the plane window if from K & Company. Everything is from my stash!
I am very excited that I completed yet another NSD project! I hope to get at least one more done over the next couple of days!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
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Is It Really Possible to Lease a Used Car?
Wed, 09 Aug 2017
If you are someone who wants to drive a great luxury vehicle on a more affordable monthly payment, then you should know there are distinct benefits that could make your next vehicle purchase a smarter one.
Lower Monthly Payments
Payments are lower with our leasing programs due to residual values (buyout amount at end of term). For example, if a vehicle is purchased at $10,000 over a 2 year term, the buyout amount at end of term could be $2000 which leaves $8000 to be spread over those 2 years, resulting in a lower payment. Lastly, luxury vehicles tend to hold their value better, so they will have a higher residual value at lease end, which means an even more attractive monthly payments in many cases (compared to a more typical non-luxury vehicle).
Better Payment Customization
Did you know you can lease a used car on more flexible terms compared to normal bank loans? Our lease programs can be adjusted and tailored to your specific needs, allowing you to structure your deal to fit your lifestyle, budget & preferences (term, down payment, budget, mileage).
Tax Advantages
Can you lease used vehicles and pay less in taxes? Yes, you can because unlike a finance contract where you pay for the sale price of the vehicle plus taxes, you only pay taxes on your monthly payment rather than the entire purchase amount (in addition to loan interest).
Here's what we tell our clients: "Let your business make the payments during term of your lease, and then have the option to purchase it at your pre-determined value personally at end of lease term."
This is a great way to take full advantage of our lease program benefits, all while getting a great deal on the vehicle.
Less Personal Liability
If your kids drive your vehicle, we have the ability to structure your lease so that you have less liability if something were to happen to the vehicle while someone else were driving it (knock on wood!). There are several options available to make this happen for your next purchase, so be sure to ask us about this part if you're considering leasing a vehicle.
Easier Vehicle Upgrades & More Ownership Flexibility
If you like to drive something every couple years or so, a lease is one of the wisest ways to ensure you aren't 'locked' in to a purchase term. By leasing a vehicle with us, you'll have excellent options at end of your term to either jump into a new vehicle (and apply equity to the new agreement), return the vehicle or keep it.
This is an area our clients love the most – they know they aren't tied to long-term commitment. At any point of the lease, they can explore options with us to upgrade.
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Small conferences can be helpful too. In just a three-department conference, I had the opportunity to talk to professors and students in my field and in other fields, and I got several really good ideas from those conversations.
Lesson: Always talk to as many people as you can! You never know who can help.


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Obama Wants Open Borders – U.S. (WE) Don't
A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials
In ages!!! It explains things better than all
The baloney you hear on TV.
Her point:
Recently large demonstrations have taken place
Across the country protesting the fact that Arizona
Is addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
Certain people are angry that
The US might protect its own
Borders, might make it harder
To sneak into this country and,
Once here, to stay indefinitely.
Let me see if I correctly understand
The thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house.
Let's say that when you discover
Me in your house, you insist that I leave.
But I say, 'No! I like it here.
It's better than my house. I've made all
The beds and washed the
Dishes and did the laundry
And swept the floors. I've
Done all the things you don't
Like to do. I'm hard-working
And honest
(except for when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters:
You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to feed me
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Educate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family
(my husband will do all of your yard work because
He is also hard-working and honest, except for that
Breaking in part).
If you try to call the police or force me out,
I will call my friends who will picket your
House carrying signs that proclaim my
RIGHT to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have
A nicer house than I do, and I'm just
Trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working
And honest, person, except for well,
You know, I did break into your house
And what a deal it is for me!!!
I live in your house, contributing only a
Fraction of the cost of my keep, and
There is nothing you can do about it
Without being accused of cold,
Uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and
Bigoted behavior.
Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you learn
MY LANGUAGE!!! So you can
Communicate with me.
Why can't people see how ridiculous
This is? Only in America .
If you aren't familiar with MS-13 gangs and their brutality and murderous behavior, look them up. They're here!
Politicians say they don't know what to do with the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country already. If you stop the welfare and freebies, and discontinue the hiring of illegals, they will voluntarily go home immediately. If you stop giving citizenship to babies born here by mothers who came across the border just in time to birth their babies, they will stop coming. Politicians don't have the will to do this. They want the votes of the immigrant communities and the future votes of the illegals, once they are granted amnesty. This is not best for our country. This is only best for the politicians. Until now. Americans are so outraged at the lunacy of government immigration and illegal immigration policies, and their refusal to control our borders, that they are set to vote out incumbents. November, 2010 will teach the politicians that CITIZENS matter.


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In a Fury Over Freedom
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Slaveholders went to great lengths to protect the value of their property. During the 1840s they became alarmed over the growing (though still small) number of slaves escaping to the North, a trend they blamed on abolitionists and the Underground...


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Great King Street
Great king Street is a relatively new range of craft Scotch whiskies created by the Compass Box Whisky Company. Compass Box was launched in 2000 by John Glaser, an adventurous American whisky enthusiast, who was previously the International Marketing Director at Johnnie Walker.
The Great King Street range takes its name from the Edinburgh street by the same name, where the Compass Box Whisky Company has its registered office. Glaser hopes for the Great King Street range was to create a range of blended scotch whisky that was fit for the 21st century – something more accessible, innovative and inspiring.
His approach is certainly unique, yet reflective of his experience in marketing.
First Glaser will come up with an idea, a concept and style for each whisky. With this cemented in his head, he will then set out to hand-select the casks required to make his idea a reality. Within each whisky we will typically use three or four distillery whiskies in his recipes.
Having been featured in Whisky Magazine four times as Innovator of the Year; he must be doing something right!


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And still so much to do!
The weeks have been filled with fixing, selling, breaking, fixing again and endless lists to work through. There is no way we'll get everything done before we leave but it doesn't matter. Whatever we have is what we'll work with, the rest can be sorted out later. We'll have plenty of time to make modifications while we're on the road. It'll be a work in progress!
We're finding the balance quite difficult between productivity and our social life (which is nothing new for us). Being in the middle of summer there are so many events and festivals, park and pub hangs going on, which all seem way more appealing than going through my wardrobe.
Kirk has been building a drawer system for the back of the Landrover for his tools. He got a bit excited at the 4WD super store and we now have so many lights that Landy resembles some sort of spaceship. I'm not sure where he thinks we're going, the moon maybe? You'll definitely see us coming.
I've been selling and trading all our belongings and I've become quite addicted. My best trade so far has to be trading my old bicycle for a homemade coconut cake! It was worth every mouthful. So far I've got about 6 bottles of wine, 6 pack of beer, cookies, brownies, cake, chocolate and 2 packets of organic coffee. I have sold some things for actual money, seen as we don't much I should be concentrating more on this part but I just like trading more. Our stuff isn't really worth much as we've got it all from op shops or hard rubbish so I'm not sorry to see any of it go. At least I'll get use out of coffee and wine, two of my favourite things.
Here's a little list of what I've been doing to rid ourselves of stuff and make some extra cash….
Clothes swapping
I hosted a clothes swap at our house, got everyone to bring wine and snacks and bag of clothes. I had 10 lovely friends around which was plenty and everyone had different styles and sizes and some really beautiful clothes. While I wasn't swapping very much this time, downsizing being the operative word, I got rid of about 4 black bags full of clothes and shoes. It's a great way to freshen up your wardrobe, environmentally friendly and easy on the wallet. Anything left over we gave to op shops. Everyone walked away with plenty of new clothes without spending a penny. Depending on how much wine was consumed, some choices were better than others…
I've been using a Facebook group called Rough Traders which I love. It feels very community orientated and a lot of the time you are doing people a favour. I've traded everything from bikes to an old stereo. It way better than throwing useful working items away, I love that some else can get use out of things I no longer need. It's great for random stuff that every household accumulates, like trinkets, old chargers, surplus of wine glasses, you will find someone that wants it, and you might even get a bar of chocolate in return, what's not to love?
Pet Sitting
To make a little extra cash we've dog sitting. I use the apps that are pretty popular these days, like Mad Paws and Pawshake and we're booked out until we leave. It can be hit and miss and I highly recommend meeting the dogs before you agree to take them on. As we have our own dog it isn't too much trouble for us to look after others and we love the company. We're also considering keeping this up while we're on the road but offering house sitting and pet sitting services. We could earn a little money and get to make the most of being inside a house (washing machines, how novel!).
I've found the best responses for selling have been through Facebook groups. The response is very quick and I've only had good experiences so far in terms if people actually turning up to collect items. I've been trusting enough to leave smaller things like books and shoes on the porch.
As the weeks are flying by and we're getting closer to leaving I've realised we've planned very little so far. We've literally just booked the ticket to Tasmania, I have no idea where we are going when we drive off the boat. I guess we have the 12 hour journey to work that bit out. We're generally a bit 'last minute' about everything we do, which will make for an interesting trip.
Speaking of last minute, I still haven't learned to drive. About to embark on a driving trip around Australia where only one of us can drive….oh dear.


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Ok not really! I mean I've blogged before, but in really random spurts and for really random reasons. So this little adventure is not really all that new. I have facebook after all (even if I never post to it, it still counts).
Latest addiction – reading home blogs for inspiration! Latest fail – not photographing anything I've done in my house over the past 2 years! Boy is there some major stuff too! So rather than feel remorse about it any longer, I'm going to start from here on out!
So to kick it off I'm posting a pic of something that just came in the mail today, and I'm IN LOVE! We took the 3 kiddos to vacation in Ocean Shores and there is a DARLING place called the Dusty Trunk. They have such cool beachy fun things in there I always leave with something. So one purchase was a custom order sign. They have a ton of them around the store, but since we live near a lake and not a beach (fyi I live near a lake) I had the owner order me this beauty so we could hang it. Down at the bottom it says the name of our lake and our names. Not that I don't love all you people who I don't know (considering there are 0 people reading right now I don't know what I'm worried about). But the internet freaks me out a bit considering my kiddos so I blurred out the details, but left all the cuteness!!
Now where to hang it!!!!


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Women on the verge! On the verge of what? Breakups, breakdowns, brilliance, or becoming themselves. However they get to where they are going, you cannot stop a woman on the verge.
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It's been 2 weeks since Valentines day , by now many girls and women around the world were trying desperately to preserve a rose or two from their secret admirers, boyfriends, partners, fiances and husbands. Some changed the water and added vitamins on a daily basis, others cut off leaves and stems while many like me let them hang out to dry , hoping that this bouquet will last forever . . .
While placing them in a vase or empty wine bottles is beautiful, there are plenty other ideas to preserve the roses. Here is the first of three.
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In no particular order, many splendid (if somewhat superficial) reasons to be thankful:
Friends, you would not believe the extent to which I
The sole must be wide enough to accommodate the orthotic, which, unlike my foot, is neither flexible nor squishy. There must be no elevated heel to speak of - we're talking less than 1/2 an inch. The toe must be wide enough not to squash my feet or wrinkle the toe-area of the orthotic. The entire "boot" part of the shoe must be large enough for the orthotic be completely inserted and lie flat. (You'd be surprised how many shoes that are supposedly in my size are too small and thus cause the heel of the orthotic to stick up). But! The shoe can't be too large or my foot will slip around and/or my heel will come up off the sole while walking. A definite no-no. In addition, the inner sole/"insert" must be thin enough to allow enough room for my foot to comfortably fit in the shoe once the addition of the orthotic is made (raising the height of my foot within the shoe and often causing the dreaded heel-coming-off-the-sole issue, or leaving too little room for my foot altogether). A removable inner sole is ideal, but most seem to be (annoyingly) glued down. In the past I have often bought a slightly too tight pair of shoes with an immovable insert and simply ripped the darn thing out at home (hoping it would make a clean break and not leave lots of little uneven bits stuck to the inside of the shoe). Hardly the stuff shoe-shopping dreams are made of.
And all of the details above just deal with what shoes are available to pick from in the first place. Thankfully, by this point in my shoe-buying career, I can usually eliminate most of the unsuccessful candidates with no more than a brief glance, but there are still the inevitable "hopeful" try-ons that result in all manner of shoving, grunting, panting, leveraging, and otherwise clumsily attempting to insert orthotic and/or foot into the piece of prospective footwear, to no avail. It is at these moments that I especially hope there are no CCTV cameras watching my miserable attempts at that most basic of all human functions: putting on one's own shoes.
Secondly, shoe stores always seem to suffer from what I can only describe as an abominable lack of air circulation. Why it is that anyone considers 95 degrees a comfortable temperature for engaging in the aforementioned podiatric gymnastics is truly beyond my obviously meagre understanding. In an already somewhat claustrophobic environment (rows of shoes, floor-to ceiling!) or, in classier joints, an atmosphere designed to make a true spectacle of the fine art of trying on shoes (by placing one communal bench in the exact centre of a well-lit store for passers-by to gawk in shock and horror at the inelegant display of patrons trying to wrangle their way into a pair of boots), I cannot imagine whose bright idea it was to see how high the thermostat would go.
I always wonder, in a subconscious sort of way, about why I seem so reluctant to go shopping when it becomes apparent that I need a new pair of shoes. It only just dawned on me that my virtual inability to draw breath by the end of a visit to the shoe store could be an important factor! As I gratefully gasped in gallons of delightfully cold air after my recent foray into our local
Wait, wasn't this supposed to be a post about things I'm happy about and thankful for?
But wait! I can redeem this! Just when you had lost all hope that I could ever work up the courage to venture into a shoe store ever again, I found these (cue heavenly angel music):
Despite my innate disinclination to engage in the purchase of new articles of footwear, I have really, really wanted to get a new pair of tall boots for quite some time now (like, several years - no exaggeration). But due to the laundry list of obstacles above, I've had no such luck. Actually, I hadn't even bothered to look, really, because in addition to the usual assortment of problems, I figured anything I liked would be too expensive or two small anyways. (Despite not having overly large calves, mine are apparently too large to fit the shaft of most mainstream tall/riding boots, rendering most boots useless to me, even if they fit all other criteria.) Enter the "Zoey Riding Boot" in "Cognac," a simple yet stylish tall faux-leather boot in a right, warm brown tone that suited me perfectly, and fits
So, a very round-about way of saying: I love my new boots, and they are making me very happy! I am so thankful to have finally found an affordable, comfortable, attractive pair of boots. And when your shoe-shopping experiences are as dramatic as mine are, you do not take such things lightly! :)
Three weeks ago, Wilson and I dramatically changed the way we're eating. I have already safely lost almost 10 lbs over the course of those weeks (huzzah!), but this doesn't mean we have given up yummy food. In fact, every Sunday is a free day which is actually an important part of the diet (more on that later), and allows us to indulge (moderately, of course) in any food we fancy. So last night, after savouring my beloved avocado rolls at our go-to local sushi restaurant, I picked up a ridiculously decadent dessert on the way home. And, as chocolate pairs perfectly with peppermint tea, I brewed myself a cuppa and indulged with impunity. Ohhhh yeah!
3. Call the Midwife
A recent, and instantly popular, BBC production being currently re-aired on PBS (Sundays at 8 pm, people!), Call the Midwife is actually a series based on the memoir of the same name by Jennifer Worth. After watching a really fantastic episode (I have high hopes for the whole season, based one the one episode I have seen), I was inspired to get the book from the library, and just finished it this evening. There's a bit of crude humour and some unfortunate sexual explicitness (truly unfortunate, given its exploitative circumstances), but overall it was a really wonderful read. From what I can tell, it seems that the TV adaptation is expertly cast (is anything the BBC does not expertly cast, though?!) and quite faithful to the published memoir. Chalk up another win for the good ole BBC!
After suffering through an unusually long warm-spell (I think we had above seasonal temperatures for a steady 2-3 weeks!) during which time our air conditioners were still fully operative, the temperatures FINALLY took a nose-dive and it's now feeling a lot more like the end of November! In fact, there were even a few snowflakes in the air on Sunday, which made me very happy indeed. I know everyone will start complaining about the cold now, but I've been
5. Christmas Music
Which naturally brings me to my last item: Christmas music! I've been finding it so hard to get into the mood for Christmas songs these days, which is strange considering I usually have to fight the urge to start singing "O Little Town" around the middle of October. But now that it's getting darker so much earlier, and there's truly a nip (if not a bite) in the air, I am all ready to curl up under a warm blanket with a steaming mug of cocoa in hand, and drift happily into a festive daze with the strains of Christmas carols echoing throughout the apartment. There is truly nothing like a wonderful Christmas melody to instantly put a smile on my face. Music is such a wonderful gift, and it's made even more wonderful when every bar, phrase, note, and word is in celebration of the Best Gift of All!
*Exception: New Balance, which is also known as The Best Shoe Store Humanity Has Ever Seen. Sadly, they only do runners, cross-trainers, and hiking/snow boots. They do them superbly, but to the exclusion of all other manner of footwear. Alas.


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Planet Goethe – Why are you learning German? Director: Maren Niemeyer (Germany / 2016 / 87 min) The Goethe-Institut's language courses are currently experiencing a boom worldwide. Around 200,000 people are learning German in the 159 institutes located in 98 countries – more learners of German than ever before. Director Maren Niemeyer saw this trend…Find out more
Tuzinne International Festival: Where Human Rights Dance aims to address the urgent need for a common platform in order to create a network for professionally trained artists within the contemporary and traditional dance in East Africa. In addition to providing a platform for professional artists in the region, Tuzinne aims at addressing another urgent issue…Find out more
The Swiss director depicts everyday life in Burkina Faso through the eyes of 13-year-old Ady. Ady actually lives in France, but his father has decided to send him off on a long journey to relatives in West Africa. The boy is super excited at the prospect of a laid-back vacation in his father's country of…Find out more
Points of orientation: Navigating Kampala's art world and beyondFiona Siegenthaler in conversation with Ronex Ahimbisibwe, Teesa Bahana, Philip Balimunsi, Anja Goebel, Hasifa Mukyala, Sheila Nakitende, Robinah Nansubuga, Eddie WaddimbaDuring her research visits in Kampala in the last three years, many institutions and individuals were crucial points of orientation for Fiona Siegenthaler to navigate the Kampala…Find out more
Une jeunesse allemandeDirector: Jean-Gabriel PériotThe movie "Une jeunesse allemande" is a look back at the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s and the development of the terrorist group RAF (Red Army Faction). The French director Jean-Gabriel Périot exclusively uses archival material without any additional commentary. His position can be found in the way the…Find out more
Fresh from a performance at the AfriCologne Theatre festival in Germany, the brilliant actor, Rehema Nanfuka, returns to perform the stage adaptation of Doreen Baingana's award-winning short story, Tropical Fish, about a young campus girl's affair with an older white businessman in Kampala. What starts off as a fun escape from her ordinary life…Find out more
Amatoritsero Ede is a Nigerian-Canadian scholar-poet and publisher. He studied German Language and Literature in English at the University of Hannover and lived in Germany for 8 years from 1995 to 2002. He is a fellow of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn. An internationally award-winning poet and the publisher of the Canadian and international…Find out more
FeguiboxDirectors: Rubén Monsuy, Gabriel Amdur The protagonist in the documentary 'Feguibox' is Salvador, a rising star in the national boxing team of Equatorial Guinea. He embodies the chance for the African team to finally take part in the Olympics, but struggles with a life of poverty, with his girlfriend Luna, and his own lack of…Find out more
OPEN CALL for the Music Production and Recording WorkshopMusic & Digital Technologies Aspiring Music Producers, DJs and Musicians are invited to apply for an intensive workshop on electronic music production and recording of traditional instruments. The workshop will be facilitated by DJs and music producers Alai K (Kenya), Benjamin Lebrave (Ghana) and Michael Dela Gafatchi (Ghana).About…Find out more
Sundowner Party Don't miss our Sundowner Party with good music, drinks and the mesmerizing view of Kampala's skyline! This month we are a little earlier as usual, because we invited some special guests for you: Before the party, GZK hosts a workshop on electronic music production and recording of traditional instruments for Uganda's aspiring music…Find out more


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One of the few bright spots in the current economy is sales of smartphones, tablet computers, and e-readers. Led by three U.S. companies -- Apple, Google (Android), and Amazon -- the worldwide market for these gadgets is expected to reach $190 billion this year. Driving much of the growth is a rapidly expanding universe of "apps" that offer exciting new capabilities such as helping patients manage their diabetes and letting physicians pull up CT scans from any location.
Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to apply the brakes to this growth market. The FDA released draft guidelines for regulating mobile medical applications on July 19, 2011 and is giving the public ninety days to comment. If the FDA goes through with its plan, it could undermine the very things that make mobile medical apps so attractive to small developers: low entry cost and quick time-to-market.
The FDA portrays this attempt to expand its fiefdom as uncontroversial. The FDA's Dr. Jeffrey Shuren told MobiHealthNews.com, "These are the devices we have been regulating all along and just because they are on a mobile platform doesn't mean we should be regulating differently." But that's not quite true. While some of the first mobile apps merely emulate products already on the market, most deliver added functionality. The ultimate goal is to create something that didn't exist before -- to transform the mobile device into an Internet gateway for a body area network of health sensors.
Or as the FDA's Bakul Patel explains it: since standalone stethoscopes are already regulated, apps that turn iPhones into stethoscopes should also be regulated. But that should raise questions about whether FDA regulation of stethoscopes is even necessary. It's hard to conceive of someone being injured by a stethoscope. And surely FDA officials aren't better-qualified to evaluate stethoscopes than the medical professionals who use them day in and day out. Besides, if we don't think physicians are competent enough to purchase decent-quality stethoscopes, then why should we think that they are competent enough to use them properly?
The FDA knows how crucial the first regulations are to conquering new markets. In 1989, the FDA proposed to regulate PC-based medical applications, but the market took off so quickly and in so many directions that the effort had to be abandoned. So this time around, the FDA is trying to establish a regulatory regime for mobile medical apps earlier in the market's evolution.
Once regulations are established, they spread like weeds. The FDA downplays the proposed regulations as only affecting a tiny slice of the larger mobile health apps market. "We are starting off with the very small tip of the pyramid," said the FDA's Bakul Patel. The draft guidelines focus on mobile apps that work with already regulated medical devices, mobile apps that turn handheld gadgets into medical devices, and mobile apps that generate recommendations about a patient's diagnosis or treatment. But notice that the FDA has not ruled out regulating mobile apps for fitness, medical reference, or hospital billing further down the road.
The FDA hasn't identified a single case in which a patient has been harmed by a mobile medical app. Instead, the FDA is warning that small screen size, lower contrast ratio, uncontrolled ambient light, and use of the apps by ordinary consumers pose new risks. That may be true, but all products and users have limitations, so there are always going to be risks. The purpose of regulation should be to eliminate only clearly unacceptable risks. Because it's also true that one size does not fit all: the mobile platform's limitations may be acceptable to customers for whom mobility and low price are more important.
The FDA should seize the opportunity afforded by mobile medical apps to try a completely different approach. Instead of deciding which products live and which products die, the FDA should focus on testing and reviewing mobile medical apps. By running products by panels consisting of vendors, medical professionals, and consumers, the FDA could provide timely, valuable, and balanced feedback.
We've been hearing about how the U.S. has fallen behind Europe and Asia in key technologies for the past two decades, so it's gratifying to learn that we are leading the burgeoning smartphone, tablet, and e-reader markets. The worst thing the FDA could do now is slap mobile medical app developers with new fees and regulations.
Ira Brodsky is the author of The History & Future of Medical Technology.


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You can read a bit of the backstory in an earlier blog on my theology of dentistry. That post was written a day or two before I went in and got a second go-around of under-the-gum scaling treatment, three years after the first round in mid 2004.
Well, my heart is in my throat again, and my stomach is in knots, with the Day of Reckoning just a few days off. This Friday is the first of two hemispheres' worth of gum surgery to be done this month. It will be my Christmas present to myself, and perhaps what I deserve for being naughty all these years. There will be, to quote the Gospel of Matthew, "much weeping and gnashing of teeth." Mercifully, there will be drugs too.
Theological implications aside, I wonder about how it will change me. On the physical level, with receded gums already a reality, I have to wonder what I shall look like with even "longer" teeth as the gums will be trimmed of their bad tissue, the bone reshaped some, and the roots planed while the gums are laid out like flaps, and ultimately the idea is to have the gums be able to be freshened up and able to cling better to thoroughly cleaned teeth. But they will cling lower to the bone and roots of the teeth, so my teeth will look longer. Ah, I can say that the age of 34 is when I officially became "long in the tooth."
The other concern of mine is how this might change my speech, if at all. I've noticed already that certain syllables are harder to voice from what already seems to be a changed mouthscape after a cleaning which, combined with receding gums, opened up spaces where I didn't know they existed. Certain syllables whistle with a bit of sibilance. So I don't know how much this surgery will change things. I learned a bit in my voice class at Mesa how sounds are formed against hard and soft surfaces in the mouth, and surgery will change that ratio for me.
On Thanksgiving night, I found myself talking to a fellow partygoer who had this surgery done and he tried to put some comforting words out that if I really "got religion" and followed orders about regular care at home, the surgery would be a major help. Then a week later, I went to another dentist who confirmed the need for surgery but also took a fantastic amount of time to give me a good pep talk/counseling session.
So wish me luck on the Day of the Dental Lord. May he have mercy on my soul.


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I mentioned yesterday that Rick at my LCS called to tell me I had won the monthly raffle at his shop. Now let's get this straight, I never win. I never win random drawings, the lotto, staff luncheon door prizes, giveaways, bingo. Really the only thing I win at is all you can eat buffets. So when he called and said I was a "winner", I was ecstatic.
So I hurried in to the LCS today to collect my prize. There was a collection of items in a box: some huge football bobble-heads several t-shirts and hats from card manufacturers, posters, an Adrian Petersen bracelet; otherwise known as junk.
Rick knew I would just drop some cash on other items and hooked me in with the "prize". Now, I appreciate Rick's friendship and I know he's gotta get people in the door --- to keep the doors open, too.
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So when I came home today, I saw Jeff over at 2x3 Heroes wrote a nice trade post we've been working on the last month, it made my day. Thanks Jeff.
I guess I am winning.
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Dec. 28, 2008
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Seminole Quick Hits
* With Saturday's victory over Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl…
– Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden earned his 21st bowl victory.
– Bowden improved to 21-10-1 in 32 bowl appearances
– Bowden improved his all-time bowl winning percentage to .672
– Florida State improved to 23-15-2 in 40 all-time bowl appearances
* Redshirt freshman Bert Reed made his first collegiate start in Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl against Wisconsin. Reed started at wide out opposite senior Greg Carr.
* Jamie Robinson recorded his second forced fumble of the season knocking the ball loose from Wisconsin's P.J. Hill in the third quarter. Derek Nicholson was there for the recovery his third of the season.
* Toddrick Verdell tallied a career-high 8.5 tackles in Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl. Verdell's previous high of eight came against Western Carolina in the first game of the season. Verdell was also credited with a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss.
* The last time Florida State took a lead into the half in a bowl game was during the 2004 season. The Seminoles led 13-12 at the half against West Virginia on their way to a 30-18 victory over the Mountaineers in the 2005 Gator Bowl. On Saturday, Florida State defeated Wisconsin 42-13.
Gano MVP
Graham Gano became the first kicker and second specialist in the history of the Champs Sports Bowl to win the game's MVP award. Gano finished the game with six points going a perfect 6-for-6 in extra point attempts. The senior kicker also tallied five punts for an average of 48.2 yards per punt. He dropped four punts inside 10 and one went for a game-long 58 yards. Graham entered Saturday's game with four of his 17 punts inside the 20.
Bowl Game Attendance
For the fourth time in the last five years, Florida State has helped set a new attendance record at a bowl game. In Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl game against Wisconsin, the announced attendance was 52,692, the largest ever in Champs Sports Bowl history. It is the second largest crowd in the history of the bowl which dates to the 1990 Blockbuster Bowl at Dolphins Stadium, formerly known as Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Fla. That game drew 74,021 fans to see a match-up between Florida State and Penn State, a game won by the Seminoles 24-17.
Defense Scores Twice
The Seminoles registered their second defensive touchdown on Saturday following Dekoda Watson's 51-yard fumble return in the third quarter. Everette Brown forced the fumble after sacking Wisconsin quarterback Dustin Sherer. The forced fumble was his fourth of the season to lead all Seminole players. The touchdown by Watson was his first of the season and second of his career. The junior linebacker scored his first career touchdown on a 40-yard interception return in the third quarter against Virginia Tech in 2007. The first defensive touchdown on Saturday came courtesy of Derek Nicholson who broke a scoreless tie in the second quarter returning a Wisconsin fumble 75 yards for the first touchdown of the Champs Sports Bowl.
The last time Florida State registered two defensive touchdowns in a game was September 27, 2003 in a 56-7 win over Duke in Durham. A.J. Nicholson scored on a three-yard fumble return and Antonio Cromartie scored on a 71-yard interception return.
Moffett Turns In Impressive Game
Neefy Moffett tied a career-high with three tackles for loss against Wisconsin in Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl. Moffett's previous high for tackles for loss came against Wake Forest in 2007. Moffett finished the game with three tackles increasing his season total to 19. This year 11 of his 19 tackles were recorded as tackles for loss. The senior defensive tackle has notched 24.5 career tackles for loss.
Antone Continues To Score
Senior tailback Antone Smith recorded a six-yard touchdown run in the third quarter for his first touchdown of the game. It marked Smith's 26 career rushing touchdown and 15th rushing touchdown of the season moving him into a tie for third at Florida State with Dayne Williams who tallied 15 touchdowns on the ground for the Seminoles in 1987. On the score, Smith increased his season touchdown total to 16 tying him with Warrick Dunn, who tallied 13 rushing and three receiving in 1995, for touchdowns in a season. With 39 yards in Saturday's game, Smith moved ahead of Mark Lyles to finish his career in eighth place all-time for career rushing yards with 2255.
Career Day For Jones
Freshman tailback Carlton Jones registered his first collegiate touchdown in the third quarter of Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl. Jones tallied the fourth Seminole touchdown of the game scoring from 14 yards out. The Tampa, Fla., native finished the game with four rushes for a career-high 55 yards. He also set a career-high for the longest rush for scrimmage scampering 31 yards on a third down and two from the Wisconsin 45. His four carries tied a career-high previously set against Maryland in 2008. Jones entered Saturday's game with seven rushing attempts for 44 yards.
Brown Adds To Career Sack Total
With a third quarter sack in Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl, Everette Brown pushed his season sack total to 13.5 while increasing his career sack total to 23. On the single-season charts, Brown moved into a tie for third at FSU with Reinard Wilson (1996). For his career, Brown, moved into a tie for fifth place at FSU with Andre Wadsworth (94-97) and Alonso Jackson (99-02).
Carr Ties Career-High For Receptions
Senior wide out Greg Carr tied a career-high with eight receptions in Saturday's Champs Sports Bowl, a record he set in 2007 against Wake Forest. Carr finished the game with a game-high 78 receiving yards and a touchdown.
All-Time Kickoff Return Leader
With 71 kickoff return yards in the 2008 Champs Sports Bowl, Michael Ray Garvin became the all-time leader in career kickoff return yards at FSU with 1,721. The previous record holder was Keith Ross (1985-88) with 1,703 career kickoff return yards. Garvin also tied Ross for the school record in career kickoff returns with 73. The senior also set the school record for return average in a season with 30.09 yards per kick return.
Touchdown For Caz
Junior tight end Caz Piurowski caught a 10-yard pass from quarterback Christian Ponder for his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter. Piurowski finished the game with two receptions for 32 yards.


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Finite element micromechanics modeling of inelastic deformation of unidirectionally fiber-reinforced composites
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Part II (Simple and Unified Finite Element Formulation for Doubly Periodic Models: Applications to Boron/Aluminum Composites): A simple and unified weak formulation and its convenient FE implementation have been proposed. The weak formulation is valid for any doubly periodic model under uniform 3-D macro-stress, and serves as a common rational foundation of different FE approaches. The algorithmic tangent matrix approach for the endochronic theory has been incorporated into the FE formulation to model isothermal, rate-independent plastic macro-deformation of unidirectional fibrous composites with idealized two-phase micro-structure and backed-out inelastic matrix properties. Methods for determining inelastic material parameters of the matrix have been established. Numerical results for a B/6061 AI composite subjected to on-axis and off-axis monotonic tensile loadings are in good agreement with experimental data. The micromechanics model also shows the potential for quantitative characterization of complicated cyclic behavior. Finally, some effects of model geometry on overall plastic response of the B/6061 AI composite are discussed from the viewpoint of theoretical-experimental correlation.
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MALOLOS CITY—Candidates in the May polls can now be more environmental friendly during the campaign, not just in words but in deeds.
This came as a Liberal Party (LP) candidate here launched an eco-friendly materials that can be used for campaign posters.
The materials includes the eco-cloth, recycled cardboard paper, and biodegradable plastic that can all replaced the environmentally threatening tarpaulin posters.
Christian Natividad, the incumbent mayor of this historic city and LP mayor candidate showed said materials to selected journalists here.
"We would like to set a trend among candidates to use eco-friendly campaign materials this elections to prove our claims that we really intend to protect the environment," he said noting that many candidates always claim the same but comes short of their actions.
He said that during election campaign, candidates in national and local post are the major violators of environmental laws.
"We are the first violators and after the elections, we produce tons of garbage," Natividad stressed.
He explained that in using eco-friendly materials, the country's environment will be another step safer.
The mayor said that he started thinking of using campaign materials after they launched the first Malolos Green Covenant during the 114th anniversary of the Malolos Congress here last September 15.
The said covenant is aimed that encouraging local government units (LGUs) in the country to pursue steps in mitigating impacts of climate change through green initiatives.
"We thought that we will be violating the Covenant that we launched if we will still use tarpaulins, so I asked my friend to looks for other materials that can be used," he said referring to Dondon Hornedo of the ED Enterprises based in this city.
The Green Covenant has been submitted to the United Nations and to the Philippine Congress where it was used by Rep. Dan Fernandez of Laguna as basis in urging President Aquino to push for the first Climate Change awards.
"It was submitted to the United Nations and we would like to start the campaign here for eco-friendly election to revolutionize the election campaign," he said.
For his part, Hornedo said that eco-cloth which is usually used on eco-shopping bags is cheaper by at least four times compared to tarpaulins.
"Tarpaulins costs at least P13 per square foot while eco-cloth only costs P22 per square yard which is about four to six square feet," he said.
Hornedo said that eco-cloth are available and can be bought in bulk at Divisoria.
He also said that candidates can also use recycled cardboard and biodegradable plastic.
The recycled cardboard are common while the biodegradable plastics degrades into pieces in three months.
Aside from the said materials, Hornedo said that they are using the international sanctioned lead-free paint.
As a heavy metal, lead can affect mental capabilities of persons exposed to it.
According to Hornedo, he learned about lead free paint when he was in the export business which requires lead free paint.
"Its safer to use lead-free paint especially if the campaign materials will be recycled into bags later," he said.
Hornedo said that it is easy to detect paint containing lead on campaign posters.
"If the picture on the poster is glossy, its not lead-free paint," he said.
Hornedo also said that utilization of eco-friendly campaign materials will generate more jobs, especially among silk screen painters who lost their jobs due to the emergence of tarpaulin printing machines.
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Part 3: Because you deserve to be healthy.
Now that I'm done telling you about the technical part of pilates I won't lie to you, nothing is easy, when I was started, I knew nothing about all that stuff and thought that was a piece of cake. The first lesson apart from a revelation was a little awkward because all the others in the class were many steps ahead of me but I was determined not to give up this time. After a month the first results on my body were starting to be obvious but the best part was that I took control of my body, not the opposite and through the right breathing, my anxiety levels dropped. Now after 4 years, I'm a new, strong person and that first lesson always makes me laugh, me and my teacher. The only thing you have to do is to put pilates in your life because its principles can change your life. And don't forget, you have one body and you have to be with it not against it, you have to be proud of your body because everyone deserves to be beautiful, inside and outside.
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Banbridge may be the only team representing Ulster in both Irish Senior competitions after the final round of the Irish Hockey League on Saturday.
Southern teams continue to dominate the Irish Senior Cup and the Irish Hockey League and it's been three years since Ulster last won the IHL and four years since an Ulster club brought the ISC back north.
So why are Ulster clubs letting their southern counterparts dominate these two trophies that carry a ticket to Euro hockey?
Bann's captain, and Irish International, Eugene Magee has some thoughts on the matter. "It's down to the physicality of the game between Ulster clubs and southern teams," he explained
This was shown by Bann's opponents tomorrow, when Three Rock Rovers put Lisnagarvey to the sword in the last round, as Garvey's young players did not seem to be able to cope with power and strength of Rovers who seemed to push then off the ball with ease.
"Teams seem to get away with a lot more in Dublin than they do in Ulster, and internationally you get away with a lot more physicality," he added.
"I think it is something that clubs have to bring in to their game, if they want to remain strong and competitive. And certainly when I played in Germany, the league is much more physical, even more than it is in the Leinster League, and Germany is one of the best hockey nations in the World.
"But players' safety is always important, just sometimes we may be just too over cautious in Ulster."
Instonians also have a slim chance of making the semis from Pool A, but with a much weakened side they need to defeat Pembroke Wanderers in Dublin and that seems a massive ask.
Garvey have to go for goals when they take on C of I in Cork, and then hope that Bann slip-up.
Cookstown, who have reached the IHL semis twice, but have never landed the title, will wrap up this season's competition with a home tie against UCC.
And Annadale finish their IHL account with a tough trip to Dublin where they play Monkstown, who are going for a hat-trick of IHL titles.
There are premiership games with Belfast Harlequins entertaining Newry, and Kilkeel welcoming Mossley, who notched up their second win of the season last week.
In Senior Two, leaders, South Antrim should secure another three points at Antrim whilst Portadown have a tough trip to Queens.
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Hughlings Jackson first recognized in 1861 that a seizure is an abnormal discharge of an aggregate of neurons.
Epilepsy is derived from the Greek word epilepsia meaning "to take hold of or seize".
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder caused by disturbances in the normal electrical functions of the brain. During normal brain function, millions of tiny electrical charges pass from nerve cells in the brain to all parts of the body. In patients with epilepsy, this normal pattern is interrupted by sudden and unusually intense bursts of electrical energy, which may briefly affect a person's consciousness, bodily movements, or sensations. These physical changes are called epileptic seizures.
There are two categories of seizures: partial seizures, which occur in one area of the brain, and generalized seizures, which affect nerve cells throughout the brain. Epilepsy may result from a brain injury before, during, or after birth; head trauma; poor nutrition; some infectious diseases; brain tumors; and some poisons. However, in many cases the cause is unknown. Attacks of epilepsy may be preceded by a feeling of unease or sensory discomfort called an aura, which indicates the beginning of the seizure. Signs of an impending epileptic seizure, which vary among patients, may include visual phenomena such as flickering lights or "sunbursts."
The many forms of epilepsy include: grand mal, Jacksonian, myoclonic progressive familial, petit mal, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, febrile seizures, psychomotor, and temporal lobe. Individuals predisposed to seizures may be at increased risk of having a seizure following stress, sleep deprivation, fatigue, insufficient food intake, or failure to take prescribed medications.
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The day before my 16th birthday two students, armed with weapons and vengeful hearts entered their school intending to kill as many of their peers as possible before turning the guns on themselves. That day the world changed. My world changed.
I was hundreds of miles away from the massacre but I won't ever forget watching the live footage in our history classroom with Ms. Hansen. All of us shocked at what we were seeing. Most of us tearful for those that had been slain and shocked at the evil a young person, like us, was capable of.
I sat in the same kind of chair with the same kind of desk as the students whose blood was now spilled upon them. I took the same kinds of classes and was the same age and had the same concerns as those that would be buried and mourned by their families and community. It would be a stretch to say that I had survivor's guilt but I can say that never before this had I really considered my own mortality, the brevity of life and the evil that permeates humanity without the love of Jesus.
Sadly, this act of unspeakable evil would not be the last that would bring me to tears and force me to my knees.
This time, instead of being a student I am a parent.
Once again I am hundred of miles away from the horror. But my heart is breaking. I know the joy those parents felt when they first brought their baby home from the hospital. I know the endless games of patty-cake and twinkle twinkle. First birthdays and trips to the zoo, the wonderment of a snowy day, the fear of a thunderstorm. And if just the thought of my child being among the fallen brings my to a puddle of tears then I really cannot imagine the pain those parents are feeling.
I tried but I could not shield my children from my tears. On Friday we built towers like we normally do and our usual dance party went on as it always does. But mommy's face was wet. I just couldn't help it. We smiled and laughed but the stream would not slow. Kai said "mommy sad." And I said "yes mommy is sad and I need to spend some time with Jesus." So, like it had been rehearsed, he climbed in my lap and he read through his storybook bible and I read in my grownup bible. It didn't last long but the act was tender and made me so very grateful that I have another day to store up Gods truth in their hearts.
This tragedy has not touched my life, my family or my community but it has touched my heart and it has stirred up the best in me and the worst. I have held my children more closely, smelt their hair and thanked God for another day I have been blessed with them. I have also been so angry I have wanted to pound my fist against the earth until it cracks beneath my fury.
But that wont help the families of those who were senselessly and violently taken. That wont help those that witnessed the blood and the bullets and the horrors of that day and help them sleep at night. And that wont help a global community who is looking for truth in the madness, light in the darkness, a community who desperately needs the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
But I can weep with Newtown, as they weep. And I can mourn with them as they mourn. I can silently, from hundreds of miles away, pray for them and ask that God bring them comfort and peace and can somehow draw them closer to Him in this time of unspeakable sadness.
And I can remember that I worship a God whose own son was violently killed before His eyes. He knows the pain of those parents more intimately then I could ever understand.
He knows.
And when I feel overwhelmed by sadness I will remember that He knows and trust that what the enemy intended for evil, God will use for good. I don't know how. But He does.
He knows.