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February 19, 2014
Today, February 19, nine same-sex couples in Colorado filed a lawsuit in state court seeking the freedom to marry in their home state or respect for their marriages legally performed in other states. The lawsuit joins more than 45 other lawsuits across the country from same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry or in-state recognition of their marriages.
The suit today was filed by private lawyers on behalf of nine same-sex couples, all from Denver, CO. Four of the plaintiff couples married outside of Colorado and are now asking that the state respect their marriage licenses. Five other plaintiff couples are unmarried and wish to marry in their home state of Colorado.
Dave Montez, executive director of One Colorado, a statewide LGBT organization, applauded the lawsuit. He said:
Just like thousands of other loving, committed couples across Colorado, the courageous plaintiffs who brought forth today's case simply want to take care of their families and make a lifelong promise to the person they love. We share their goal of achieving marriage equality as quickly as possible, but we also want to ensure that victory endures – which means creating a climate where all Coloradans are free to live openly in their own communities. There's a difference between having a civil union or marriage license and feeling comfortable enough to put a picture of your spouse on your desk at work. So as this issue moves toward resolution – either by our courts or at the ballot box – it's critical that we keep building public support for the freedom to marry by talking to Coloradans about why marriage matters to our families. And One Colorado is proud to be doing that work right now, in every corner of our state.
The lawsuit filing this afternoon comes after several of the plaintiff couples applied for marriage licenses on Friday, February 14, and were denied. The denial came from Denver Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson, who explained that she would have preferred to be able to grant the marriage licenses. She spoke out against anti-marriage laws in Colorado, explaining:
It's been very tough. I've been wrangling with it for 24 hours, but I am going to deny the license. I'm going to deny it with a lot of reservations. ... I think it's very unconstitutional that loving couples can't get married. However, I think that this is Colorado law right now and I took an oath of office and I need to abide by that oath.
I've come to the decision of not issuing the license for the purpose of furthering the cause. I really believe that loving couples should have the ability to get married.
The new lawsuit joins 46 other active lawsuits in 25 states where same-sex couples have joined together to file lawsuits seeking the freedom to marry and urging their state to find that anti-marriage laws and constitutional amendments limiting the freedom to marry violate the United States Constitution. In five of these states - Oklahoma, Utah, Ohio, Nevada, and Kentucky - the lawsuit is at the Circuit Court of Appeals level.
Read more about recent litigation HERE, and read more about all 47 cases in 25 states at our Marriage Litigation Resource HERE.


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Laura Cisneros
The University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043, U.S.A.
Research Interests
Community Ecology; Metacommunity Theory; Animal-Plant Interactions; Anthropogenic Disturbance; Succession; Neotropical Bats
My research interests are motivated by the impacts of anthropogenic land use on communities of plants and animals, and on ecosystem function. In addition, my interests are driven by a desire to inform conservation in human-dominated landscapes. Consequently, my dissertation research will explore the large-scale spatial organization (metacommunity structure) of Neotropical bats within a landscape comprising agricultural fields and regenerating forests of different ages, and will evaluate the environmental characteristics that underlie these spatial patterns. I also hope to extend my research to investigate the effectiveness of ecosystem services provided by bats (e.g., seed dispersal) within human-dominated landscapes.
Doctor of Philosophy. In Progress. University of Connecticut. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dr. Michael R. Willig, Advisor.
Bachelor of Science. 2006. Michigan State University. Zoology major with Honors, Concentration in Zoo and Aquarium Science.
2007-2010 University Multicultural Fellowship, University of Connecticut Graduate School. Three year annual stipend.
Fall 2007-Fall 2008 Introduction to Biology Laboratory for Non-Majors
In addition to my ecological and conservation interests, I love capturing the natural world on film. Below are few of my photos. In the future I will display my photography on a separate website, so stay tuned!


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Ideas behind small businesses tend to spring from familiar places and from entrepreneurs who see a need, have a passion, are good at what they do and want to turn it into a labor of love.
The best small-business concepts often combine all those aspects into one enterprise. Which makes sense, because with all the difficulties of running a business comes the realization that, for it to work, it has to be sustained over a long period of time. Thus, the necessity, of doing what you love.
Writers, likewise, often are told to "write what you know." Pat Nulis knows the equestrian world, and her business So Southern is a premium boutique that specializes in making functional items beautiful – especially equestrian items like English saddle covers, Western saddle covers, bonnets, helmet bags and more all handmade from designer fabrics.
She founded the company in 2012 when she couldn't find a cover for her new saddle.
So Southern was founded last year by Pat Nulis, a horse lover who makes functional products beautiful, especially equestrian items.
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"All I found were unappealing covers made from synthetic materials," Nulis said. "I wanted a breathable material that looked beautiful yet was practical for a busy mom."
Nulis said her daughter has always had a love affair with horses, and she herself rode a lot when she was younger. She picked up riding again a few years ago, and bought her horse last year.
So she went about designing a saddle cover that's machine-washable and would protect the saddle from dust, scratches and the sun. Once that first one was produced, feedback – and special requests – from friends inspired Nulis to start her own business.
After making her own saddle cover, it grew from there.
"I started the business a year ago in January, and it was a little daunting at first," she said. "I went at a slow pace. I wanted to make sure I don't neglect my responsibilities as a wife and mother. It's been about a year now, and things are wonderful. I've had people who've received the products very well. The industry as a whole is very conservative and traditional, so we focus on great, quality products.
"I do have customers in Canada, customers from California, all the way up to Pennsylvania and down South. I would like for things to take their time, go slowly and surely. I want to make sure the quality of work is not impacted because I grew too fast."
So Southern specializes in handmade saddle covers, and all fabrics are handmade from designers like Amy Butler, Jennifer Paganelli, Michael Miller and Blake Riley. Not only are none of the business' products mass-produced, but no more than eight products are made from a single product and many of the company's products are one of a kind.
Nulis operates the business from her home and sells products through the online marketplace Etsy, which is popular for its handmade and craft items. Recently, So Southern also expanded to offering in-house monogramming.
Nulis' life and friends are what inspire her choice of products, and all of So Southern's products are named after the person who inspired them. The company's original product is the Levendi English Saddle Cover, named after Nulis' horse.
Other product names include the Mary Jane Western Saddle Cover, the Aimee Warmblood Bonnet, and the Emily Helmet Bag. After learning a friend was diagnosed with cancer, Nulis designed the Marjorie Chemo Hat.
So Southern also believes strongly in giving back.
"I thought it was very important for us to develop a charitable giving strategy, even as a young company," Nulis said.
So this year, So Southern is donating 10 percent of all Marjorie Chemo Hat sales to The St. Baldrick's Foundation, a charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers.
All in all, Nulis said she couldn't be more pleased. The business had a strong year, despite the economy. Nulis said there are a lot of things in the works. Down the line, she'd like to have employees – it's a one-woman show at the moment – so that she'd be able to crank out a greater volume of products than she's able to now.
"The response to our products has been wonderful," she said. "There is nothing like our saddle covers out there, so people are always excited when they see them for the first time. The future for So Southern is bright and we have big plans to keep making functional products beautiful."
Visit So Southern's website at www.So-Southern.com, or its Etsy site at www.etsy.com/Shop/SoSouthern.
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Everywhere I look are the skeletal steel beams of new skyscrapers rising in a Dr. Seussian jumble of shapes. Everywhere I go is the sound of hammering, the tang of asphalt, the sight of construction workers masked against choking dust and intimidating heat—peaking at 116 degrees Fahrenheit during my visit.
For me, burgeoning Doha, Qatar, on the Persian Gulf beside the punishing Arabian Desert, evoked humankind's continuing hope for a better future against the harsh realities we are grappling with today. Faced with water scarcity and reliance on food imports—and flush with oil wealth that the nation knows can't last forever—Qatar sees science and a "knowledge-based economy" as the ways forward. The country intends to harness its abundant solar energy with photovoltaics, powering both desalination and irrigation of the sandy surroundings. The plan is ambitious. But as this special issue on cities makes clear, the gathering of inventive humans into this urban setting will likely help spur advances. To learn why, click here for an introduction to the features.
One way to improve our odds for a better future is to foster a love of science in young people. I saw a reassuring amount of that at the first annual Google Science Fair, where I was chief judge and master of ceremonies for the awards on July 11 in Mountain View, Calif. Students from 91 countries had submitted some 7,500 entries, which were winnowed to 15 finalists in three age categories. My fellow judges—who included Nobel laureate biochemist Kary Mullis, co-inventor of the Internet Vint Cerf, Segway inventor Dean Kamen and New York University nutritionist Marion Nestle—had the difficult challenge of picking the winners.
Three girls drew top honors. In the 13- to 14-year-old age category, Lauren Hodge won for examining different marinades' effects on the production of carcinogenic compounds in grilled chicken. Naomi Shah's studies on common indoor air pollutants' effects on asthma patients got her the award for the 15- to 16-year-old group. Top honors for both the 17- to 18-year-old category and the grand prize went to Shree Bose, who discovered that an energy protein of the cell, AMP kinase, plays a role in developing resistance to a drug commonly used to treat ovarian cancer. Click here to read our interview with her. (Full details are available at www.google.com/sciencefair.) Congratulations to the all the participants, as well as to the winners. Looking at these young people during the event, I couldn't help but think: our future is in good hands.


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A memorial service for Allen B. Clayton,, a longtime music teacher and soccer coach at Germantown Friends School, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 W. Coulter St. in Germantown. Mr. Clayton, who was 85, died Dec. 27 of cancer at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine.
Until his retirement in 1993, Mr. Clayton had been a member of the Germantown Friends faculty for 39 years. Earlier he had taught music at Haverford Friends School and Montgomery County Day School.
A musician himself, he played cello, viola da gamba and recorder as well as jazz piano in many groups. In retirement he played piano at the Island Nursing Home in Deer Isle, Maine, and at Parker Ridge in Blue Hill, Maine. He sang in the Bagaduce Chorale, headquartered in Blue Hill.
Mr. Clayton and his wife, Julia, had lived in Mt. Airy for 45 years before moving to their summer home in Sedgwick, Maine, in 1998.
During summers, Mr. Clayton taught canoeing and led trips at Keewaydin Camp in Vermont and later at Robin Hood Camp in Maine. He played all sports, especially soccer and tennis.
In 1968 he was a Fulbright Exchange music teacher at St. George's School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland. He subsequently taught at the Aberdeen Grammar School and St. Margaret's School for Girls in Aberdeen, Scotland.
A Quaker, he was a member of Germantown Friends Meeting and, in later years, of the Eggemoggin Meeting in Sargentville, Maine. In retirement he and his wife were resident Friends for a year at Quaker Centers in Melbourne, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Clayton is survived by a daughter, Sarah Elmendorf, of Peru, N.Y.; sons Bart, of Ellsworth, Maine, and Robert, of Plymouth Meeting; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A brother, Robert Clayton Jr., preceded him in death.
The memorial service on April 27 will be followed by a musical tribute to Mr. Clayton put on by Germantown Friends School. Memorial donations may be made to the Scholarship Fund of Germantown Friends School, 31 W. Coulter St., Philadelphia, PA 19144. – WF


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Listen, Jaguar's next car is going to punch pretty much every other car right in the sack, looks-wise. Performance wise? With the KERS-like, electric push-to-pass button, the Jaguar C-X16 can challenge a Porsche 911. Without it? We'll have to see, won't we?
As we learned earlier, the concept is powered by a supercharged three-liter, dual overhead cam V6 producing 375 hp and 332 lb.-ft. The hybrid drive system adds 94 hp by way of a button that can get it from 50 to 75 mph in 2.1 seconds. That does sound like fun, now that you mention it.
Did we mention the 8-speed gearbox with the same start/stop feature as on Jaguar's XF sedan. Yes, it has that too. Jaguar boss Adrian Hallmark said, the C-X16 would sell for 60,000-80,000 euros. But whether the result for US buyers is the currency-exchange nightmare those figures suggest, remains to be seen.
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Hal David was the lyricist in the legendary songwriting partnership with Burt Bacharach. It was a partnership that originated in New York's Brill Building and achieved sublimity through the voice of Dionne Warwick. David provided evocative lyrics that followed the twists and turns of Bacharach's sinuous melodies. They made a great team. Today Hal David died in Los Angeles at the age of 91.
The New York Times obituary is here. It only glides over the surface of the story. The AP obituary fills in some of the gaps. The Times obit provides this short course:
"I Say a Little Prayer," a No. 4 hit in 1967, was the most successful of the three dozen or so singles Mr. David and Mr. Bacharach wrote and produced for Ms. Warwick, whom they met in 1961 when they were journeymen on the New York music-publishing scene and she was a 20-year-old backup singer.
After she sang on some demo recordings of their songs, a disgruntled Ms. Warwick complained to them, "Don't make me over, man." Mr. David turned that line into a full lyric, with an unusual (for the time) feminist stance, and Ms. Warwick's recording of the resulting song, "Don't Make Me Over," became her first hit, in early 1963. From then until mid-1971, rarely a month went by when the troika were not represented on the Billboard singles chart, with charismatic hits like "Walk On By," "Message to Michael," "Alfie" and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again."
The video below derives from a 2000 tribute to the David-Bacharach partnership with Warwick on the vocals backed by an orchestra led by Bacharach at the piano and with David making a cameo appearance to join the chorus on "What the World Needs Now." RIP.


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Bryan and I don't really celebrate valentines day. Mainly because in my opinion it is a "hallmark" holiday and people feel pressured to buy cards, chocolate, and even more so flowers. He can do that any other day of the year with no pressure and way less money. Instead we celebrate loving each other throughout the year instead of just one day. I love to surprise him with his favorite meals, have a nice dinner at home and occasionally make him something sweet. We don't tend to eat a lot of sweets in our house so those treats are for really special occasions like birthdays or anniversaries.
We both love spicy foods and find ourselves frequently adding chili paste to many dishes, even eggs (okay, that is what I do, but still). His two favorite dishes are my version of P. F. Chang's Sichuan Beef and my Sweet and Spicy Chicken. So when I received an e-mail from Velvet Aroma to participate in their "My Gourmet Valentine" event, I was lost on what to submit as my entry. As I said, we don't eat many sweets and when I looked at all the other entries…they were all sweets. So I'm going out on a limb here and submitting something different. Instead of sweet, we are going spicy, and instead of desert, we are going entrée.
I already gave Bryan his card, which I don't normally get him but the deal was just too good to pass up…free card and free shipping. I saw this card and laughed out loud because I automatically knew what I was going to write on it. Three years ago, our first New Years Eve together, I apparently woke up around 5 am confessing my love of olives to him. At first he thought I was telling him I loved him, but had me repeat it only to realize I said olives…his response? "ummm ya, me too" and back to bed I went. Needless to say this has been an ongoing joke with us ever sense. Here is a picture of the card I made him, and the inside says "hope you know how serious that makes me"
Last year we "celebrated" valentines day by going to a hockey game and enjoying a nice meal at Fire and Ice. This year though I think we will be staying in, enjoying a nice home cooked meal, and watching some nontraditional, non-romantic movie, like predator for example. The last few special occasion dinners were celebrated with the P.F. Chang's Sichuan Beef, so for valentine's day I'll be making him my Sweet and Spicy Chicken.(Recipe below has several adaptions so please read the 'fine print')
Sweet and Spicy Chicken
1 – 2 chicken breast – boneless, skinless
1/4 cup corn starch*
2 tablespoon veggie oil
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup honey (You can also use Agave instead of honey, or half and half)
3-4 Thai Chili peppers finely chopped (keep seeds in for even more heat…adjust the amount of peppers depending on your spice level) Dried or fresh chilis work well in this recipe
2 tablespoons spoons of water
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- Mix honey, Thai chilis and water and set aside. Right before adding to the pan heat in the microwave for 10-20 seconds and mix well. This helps it "loosen" up a bit and makes it easier to pour into the pan or wok
- Cut up chicken in bit size pieces.
- In a medium bowl add the corn starch*, garlic powder, salt, pepper and chicken. Coat well and shake off any excess corn starch.
- In a large skillet or wok heat 1 tablespoons of oil, add half the chicken and brown on both sides, about 5 minutes total. Place chicken on a paper towel lined plate. Repeat with second half of chicken and additional tablespoon of oil.
- In the same skillet add the honey – chili mixture and bring to a boil for two-four minutes until the sauce reduces, thickens slightly and turns a nice caramel color. Add chicken back to the pan and coat well. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Serve over quinoa, white or brown rice.
Its a bit sweet with a nice spicy finish.
If you can not have corn in your diet, both potato and tapioca starch work well
Both honey and agave or a mixture of the two work great. We have made this all three ways and have enjoyed them all.
Depending on how spicy you like your food, either remove the seeds for less heat or keep them in or add more chili peppers for more heat. We personally use about 5 chili peppers when we make it.
If using dried chili peppers, the best way to "chop" them is to take a small pair of kitchen shears and cut them in to small pieces.
I hope you all have a wonderful valentines day and enjoy this recipe.
To vote for this recipe please click on the "My Gourmet Valentine" image above!! Voting ends on 2/10/12 Thank you!
Below are the prizes up for grabs, and you as voters have a chance to win also – 2 dozen roses for Valentines Day!! Read the details:
Blogger submitting a recipe: The blogger with the winning recipe will receive, KitchenAid's new product: a 2-speed Hand Blender (in red color), a box of Gourmet foods from LoveWithFood, and a $100 gift card of winners choice from Amazon, Sur La Table, William Sonoma or Crate & Barrel with a combined value of approximately $300.
Person Voting: The person chosen at random will receive a bouquet of 2 dozen red roses sent to any address in the continental US in time for Valentine's Day.
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Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey…
MENLO PARK, California — I know everyone is a skeptic these days, but Kepler's Books is magic. Seriously. I visited Kepler's on the busiest day of my tour, leaving early from my hotel in San Jose, driving to Menlo Park, taking a train into San Fran, visiting three bookstores in completely different areas, then hopping the train back to Menlo Park to visit Kepler's. Not to mention that I had driven over 4,000 miles in less than three weeks. I. Was. Exhausted. I sat down on the train to Menlo Park, took out a book and immediately slipped into sleep. I should have woken up at the end of the line, confused and despairing. Instead, I woke up—four stops later, mind you—exactly as the train pulled up in sight of Kepler's Books. Suspicious.
I would have chalked that up to luck if I didn't then sit down and learn about Kepler's penchant for resurrection and reinvention. Twice, Kepler's Books came face-to-face with its own demise, and twice, it came out stronger on the other side, raising funds and finding new owners. Kepler's most recent resurrection has completely reformed it, turning it into a hot bed of innovation. Now it isn't just Kepler's Books, but also Kepler's Arts and Lectures, a non-profit organization determined to host the best workshops, classes, and author events around. And Kepler's Books has a major face-lift coming its way in the form of Kepler's 2020 — a movement driven by the current owners for the bookstore to be community owned within the next few years. There are great things ahead for Kepler's. This bookstore has survived hard times and has transformed itself into a thriving laboratory, eager to work with publishers, authors, and anyone with the ideas and motivation to create pilot programs. Kepler's books wants to be the most innovative bookstore around and, with the magic they have in their store, I have no doubt that they will succeed.
Bookseller and nicest-person-you'll-ever-meet Lily Shoemaker sat down to answer the Algonquin Questionnaire.
When did Kepler's Books originally open?
Roy Kepler opened up Kepler's Books in 1955 as a place to sell pulp paperbacks. The store has changed locations and grown multiple times since then, and now we sell all kinds of books.
What is the funniest book you sell at Kepler's?
I'm not sure I can narrow it down to just one! I have a daughter in college and we both really like F*ck I'm in My 20's by Emma Koenig. But I also need to mention The Little Penis Book by Craig Yoe because it's also absurd and hilarious.
What is your favorite Algonquin book?
I'm going to have to give you two again! I loved The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro which is just a great book all-around. I was also a fan of The Receptionist by Janet Groth. It's a really nice memoir and it reminded me so much of Mad Men that I couldn't help but love it.
And your favorite book for the summer?
I might as well give you two here as well. Anita Amirrezvani's Equal of the Sun is an amazing historical fiction novel set in 16th Century Persia. It's written with such rich detail and has wonderful insight into Persian culture. I'd also recommend Little Green by Walter Mosley. It's part of a series about a WWII veteran and it explores post WWII race relations, which you don't normally get to read about.
Is there a staff cocktail of choice?
The staff gets together sometimes to do a little after hours book swap, and we've found that book swapping is best with a little champagne.
Is there a section of the store that really draws people in?
We are lucky enough to have two Book Club Gurus working for us. Our bookseller Nancy has a huge following of book clubs that she's accrued over twenty years, and they absolutely swear by her choices. Then our book club coordinator, Sina, is always bringing in new clubs to Kepler's, so our book club section attracts a lot of attention.
Next stop: Book Passage in Corte Madera, California.
*Note: The Lucky Tour posts are not in real time. David and Lucky have returned from their travels with great tales and many, many books. Stay tuned for more road stories…


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After an eight-year trophy drought, things are finally beginning to look up for Arsenal.
The 2013/14 campaign has the potential to be a trophy season for the Gunners and here is why.
In the past, Arsenal have lagged behind clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United. However as a result of the club's fiscal transfer prudence they have experienced major turnovers - with a record-breaking deal with the Emirates and increased matchday revenue contributing to their huge financial growth.
Economists estimate that Arsenal's yearly revenue will grow by over £70 million beginning in 2014. According to Deloitte's Football Money report, Arsenal are the sixth most financially stable club in Europe. Their yearly revenue for 2011/12 totalled £234.9 million, with Chelsea and Manchester City either side of them at £261 million £231.1 million respectively.
Despite this the club, and Arsene Wenger in particular, have been heavily criticised from their own fans and the media. Because of the club's transfer policy they have now paid off their stadium debt so Wenger has a £70 million transfer kitty to utilise this summer.
Of course this money is of no use unless it is spent on the right players. So far the signs are encouraging with Gonzalo Higuain heavily linked with a move to the Emirates. If Wenger is able to tempt Higuain away from the Bernabeu it would not only be a record-breaking transfer for the club - with his arrival smashing the club's current wage structure - but it would also be a huge statement of ambition from the north London side.
Managerial stability
Following Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement at the end of last season, Wenger is now the Premier League's longest serving manager and that doesn't seem like it is going to change anytime soon.
In addition to this the club's training ground is one of the best in England, consisting of ten indoor and outdoor pitches. The stunning high-tech updates that have been made under Wenger's scrutinizing eyes have made the training facility one of the best in Europe.
Strong foundations
Arsene Wenger might be looking to bring in reinforcements this summer, but Arsenal already have strong foundations in place within their squad.
Santi Cazorla made a real impression in his first season at the club,with the skilful playmaker scoring 12 goals - only Theo Walcott beat that tally with 14 goals in the league.
Aiding Cazorla in midfield are the likes of Mikel Arteta, Jack Wilshere, and Aaron Ramsey. Arteta has grown into a holding midfield role and Ramsey's form has improved hugely over the past 12 months. Wilshere's availability next season will be a huge boost for the squad after missing large chunks of games over the last year and a half.
Both Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski also scored eleven league goals in their debut season with the former continuing to improve throughout the season.
Defensively Arsenal were very strong last season, with Pet Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny forming a formidable partnership at the back as the Gunners achieved the second-best defensive record of the league.
With Arsenal now entering a period of economic prosperity on and off the pitch, they must ensure they bring quality players into the squad so they can challenge strongly for domestic and European honours again.
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God is our Father but also the ultimate Law-Giver and Judge. His standards are way higher than our own. And He gives us His standards as commandments we need to follow. The reason he tells us what we can do and what we cannot do is to protect us from the effects of wrong doing. He is the one who created us and he knows what is good for us and what destroys us.
It is simple logic: two people together can achieve more than one person by himself. And if the second person happens to be God Almighty, then, there are no limits to how much can be accomplished! And so, it's just a wise decision to receive Him into your life!
God is a person and can be either received into your life or rejected. He is not just a power or spirit or a consciousness; He is a person. He has revealed himself through Jesus Christ.
God is with us and He fights our enemies, who rise up against us, and keeps us safe. But when we do not obey His voice and do what is evil in His sight, He will take His protective hand away from our lives and will deliver us into the hand of the enemies, so that we come back to him, and do all that He wants us to. Certain things are not evil in our own sight or in the sight of others, but if it does not please God and if something is not right in His eyes, then He will judge us that we may repent and turn back to Him. In Judges 6:1-10 we read,
Baptism is an essential outward sign that brings grace for a new life when a person receives Jesus into his life. It is not a mere ritual that is performed and therefore needs to be understood. According to the Bible baptism is the outward expression of the New Life that we have received in Jesus Christ. It is not a matter of mere tradition practiced but an expression of our obedience to Jesus and His word. It is a step in obedience we take once we have come to know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior. Therefore, the following questions are important - who can be baptized - infants or adults? How should a person be baptized? What happens during and after baptism?
Are you wondering how this could be the most important question in your life? Read on to know why.
Your response to Jesus Christ has very important consequences – both now and eternally. Pontius Pilate a governor in Israel first asked this all important question, 2000 years back, when faced with either handing Jesus over for crucifixion or releasing Him. And, during the process of Jesus' trial, crucifixion, death and time after his resurrection, the Bible talks about various people's responses, which reflects the response of probably every single person that has lived ever since Jesus Christ's time on earth. Let's look at the different people and their response to Jesus:
Are you running from God?
You might respond to a question like that by saying, 'Of course not. I pray. I go to church. I sing in the choir' or 'I love God but… it's just that I don't want to get too spiritual or too holy-holy' or 'I don't really pray or go to church but I have a relationship with God in my own way!' You might in fact be asking, 'Who in their right mind would want to run from God. After all don't we all need Him'?
That you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises... And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.(Heb 6:12,15)
For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. (Heb 10:36)
Jesus loves you, wants to bless you abundantly and wants to make you a blessing!
Your life on the earth is not a mere accident, a mistake or by chance. God has a plan and purpose for your life on the earth and He desires to have a personal relationship with you! When you come to know God personally and experience His love, when you start focusing on eternal truths and seek His plan and go about fulfilling the purpose for which He created you, then you will have a peace, joy and satisfaction that you would never have otherwise and enjoy His abundant blessings in your everyday life… you will find meaning and purpose in life and start experiencing the FULLNESS of LIFE that Jesus promised.
El Shaddai Tabernacle is our Church based in Bangalore, India, where we focus on glorifying Jesus Christ through our lives, making ready a people prepared for the Lord and help each one receive the life in fullness that the bible promises by growing in Christ Jesus. So, as you go through the material on this website may God give you a deeper knowledge of Himself and the meaning and purpose He has for your life; may you be encouraged and may your faith in Him grow stronger; may you understand eternal realities causing you to trust in Jesus and moving you to become holy like Him… that as a bride is prepared in every way to meet her bridegroom, you also may be prepared to meet Jesus when He comes again.
Some Bible verses that will always help you:
Romans 8:28 : 'And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose'
Ephesians 3:20 : 'Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think'.
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PS: Shy inga recipe poda koodathu solli irukkangle? enga podalaam?
Shy-oda assistant-aa oru recipe kudukkaren:
Take one pound of chicken. Lots of fat iruntha better..
4 big onions eduthukkonga.. half a pound mushrooms (portabello or button mushrooms are best)..
appuram.. oru big pan-la two liter oil pottutu, lesa soodu pannunga..
rrr.. m.. rr.. sorry.. enna recipe kettenga neenga..
Teacher sonnathum, chicken, mushrooms and two liter idhayam nallennai thaan nyabagam varuthu..
joking apart..
easiest way I do is to fry some uLuththam paruppu, and kadalai paruppu, curry leaves, and chillies. Lightly sautee the mint leaves. Grind them all together with a little bit of tamarind juice. Some people add onions (kutti onion is best).. some add tomatoes.. Both need to be sauteed nicely before grinding them with the rest.
Thats all.. you can spike the kaaram by adding more chillies or adding some ginger, cloves of garlic (both needs to be sauteed as well).
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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us - Isaac Disraeli
I got only a D- in her class.. Now I know why..are you sure this is ur masters recipe ....
Can't remember the main ingredient.. how can I expect any better
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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us - Isaac Disraeli
yaso, tinker kku rendu perum serndhu oru kottu veikalam vangha. He is laughing too much
vasan, unga ckn recipie superyenna fulla complete panni irundha nalla irundhu irukum. Unga mint recipieya save panni vechu iruken.BTW, what are u doing here? Are u not watching the olympics? I'm watching the grand opening. It's wonderful and brilliant.
Still doing some work, teena.. Will catch it some time later.. May be some rerun or some thing..
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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us - Isaac Disraeli
can somebody post a pdf file (preferably) about recipes for babies which is about 7 months old.
Apart from cereals, please
what do you mean exactly? I thought all people fed babies was pureed anything
Aside from my disastrous attemp at levity, the following blogger is a mother of two, and writes about interesting wholesome recipes she feeds her baby and toddler: www.spinachandhoney.com
Unfortunately, I don't have any pdf files on baby food. What my friends do is just puree their food for their child.
How To Make Aloo Palak (Spicy)
Getting an idea is like falling in love: excitement is highest when you first meet.


text: DaneykoIsGod 120 Posted July 19, 2012 The "spirit" is about artificially lowering the cap hit, which Kovy's contract did enormously. The league set out rules to make sure those contracts couldn't get as crazy out of hand as they did and this contract doesn't violate those rules, so by that "spirit" the contract is fine.Prior teams have tried to jack up front ends of contracts to make sure RFA contracts aren't matched. Since the league never specifically banned the practice, even after the fact, in the next CBA's then they're obviously ok with them. There is basically no chance a judge would overturn this deal with the explicit rules now in place.Again, the term "spirit" is way too vague to be limited to one thing. Yes, the Kovy deal didn't violate any written rules at the time, but it violated the "spirit", so they wrote a rule that defined the part of the spirit they violated. In one way, the spirit is violated when teams artificially lower cap hits with back-end, small-money years.But in a whole new way, the spirit is most definitely also violated when big market teams price small market teams out with gigantic bonuses up front. The point of a cap is to keep all markets on a level playing surface, and just like the artifical cap-lowering violated a previously undefined aspect of the "spirit", so does the use of huge up-front bonuses.This offer from Philly doesn't violate the currently defined "spirit". I'm not arguing that. But it absolutely violates the very point of a salary cap. All I'm saying is that, just like they had to clearly spell out how the Kovy deal violated the spirit, they now need to clearly spell out how this Weber offer violates the spirit.The precedent has already been set that just because a contract doesn't violate anything currently written doesn't make it invalid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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By Michele Langlo May 17, 2013 0
Our SSI Experience
First published October 7, 2011.
Our family originally qualified for Supplementary Security Income for Cody when he was four years old. I was a single mother, not working at the time and my husband, Bill, and I were not yet married. So qualifying for this benefit with a four-year-old boy with autism was a pretty cut-and-dried process.
But then a few months later, I went back to work and Bill and I were married soon after. That's when everything changed. Our family income had increased past the limits set forth by the Social Security Administration and Cody's SSI benefits were terminated.
After Cody turned 18 things changed again. Since Cody was legally an adult, we were allowed to reapply for SSI benefits based solely on his personal income and any assets he owned. Thus, obtaining benefits for us was a relatively simple process.
We were fortunate in the sense that when I called the local Social Security Office, they were very straightforward about telling us exactly what we needed to bring with us in the way of documentation and that on the day we would come to apply for benefits, we would need to complete a form upon our arrival and what kinds of questions would be on the form.
After completing the forms from the Social Security Office, we needed proof of identity which we supplied in the way of Cody's Social Security card and birth certificate. Then, we also had to supply proof of Cody's autism. So, we provided a letter from Cody's pediatric neurologist which stated that he had treated Cody since the age of 11 and it also gave a synopsis of his diagnosis. And lastly, in order for the Social Security Office to be able to make funds payable to me, as Cody's mother and guardian, we had to show our certificate of legal guardianship which we had obtained through the family court system approximately a month before Cody's eighteenth birthday.
Once we had all of our paperwork together we went to our local Social Security Office, filled out their required form and waited for our interview.
Finally, our names were called to meet with one of the agents. Upon submitting the completed form and the paperwork we had been told we needed to supply to verify that Cody met the criteria, the agent asked questions regarding when Cody had originally been diagnosed, whether he had ever received SSI before, and his personal income and assets. The process took about 30 minutes and then we waited for final approval. From start to finish the entire process took about a week's time. We filed for Cody's SSI in the same month as his eighteenth birthday and started receiving benefits the following month. But other parents and guardians I know have filed at a later date. Once their cases were approved by the Social Security Administration, they received retroactive funds going back to the month of the individual's eighteenth birthday.
The funds we receive can now be used for a portion of household bills such as mortgage payments, utilities, telephone, groceries and other household items. We can also use the money for transportation, Cody's clothing expenses, any medical bills not covered by Medicaid or other health insurance, furniture for his room or to pay for any educational/life skill materials he might need. But the funds we receive do not nearly cover all of Cody's monthly expenses.
Every year in the month of June, we receive a reconciliation form that we must complete to account for how we used the total funds for the entire year. Given the fact that there are four people in our household, we can include 25% of our household bills, in addition to Cody's clothing, medical, transportation and other personal items. Even with the past cost-of-living increases that have been awarded to recipients who receive monies for SSI and other Social Security programs, the total funds we receive per year have yet to exceed two-thirds of the sum total of Cody's share of household bills and his personal expenses. Nevertheless, it has been a great blessing and I am most grateful.


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Head armatures for 14-16-18-20-24 inch adult dolls and for life scale babies. These armatures are made with an injection mold machine of nylon for strength and consistency. They have eye sockets already put in place to assure perfect alignment of the eyes. They are hollow to comply with the regulations of the TSA (Transportation Security Agency). Being hollow allows them to pass through the x-ray inspection station at the airport, thus allowing you to take them on board the aircraft.
Skull, quarter scale This is the skull that Mr. Johnston sculpted as a training aid for his sculpting classes.$24.95


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Contemporary Masks from the Kuba Region of Congo
Curators: George A. Corbin (masks)
|February 6-May 8, 2001
Mukyeem mask, Kuba region of Congo,
|Contemporary Masks From the Kuba Region of Congo features forty objects from the Kuba region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa. Exhibited in multiples in order to show stylistic variations around named types found at the courts of the Kuba king and at nearby tribal chieftainships, the exhibition provides an opportunity to study the workshop styles of masks made in the past decade by Kuba artists for sale to outsiders. Wall and object labels, wall texts, and contextual photographs offer background on the use of the masks within Kuba culture. The exhibition includes examples of Kuba textiles, beadwork belts and ornaments used on costumes. The masks presented in this exhibition are part of a study collection of eighty-seven art objects on extended loan to the Lehman College Art Department from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Bwoom mask, Kuba region of Congo,
Bedford Park Blvd. West Bronx, New York 10468
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Congo, late 20th century.
View of installation showing a sampling of various Kuba textiles.
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Windrider wrote:As far as I know, I'm using the newer one. I have a Freeride and a ProWave that were shipped from Italy in late July or August. I thought that, at the time, they said it was the new version with the newer pin. How do I check?robertovillate wrote:...Also, just curious if you lads with roller issues are using the older pin or the newer pin? The old one had threads running full length which added rolling resistance, the new is only threaded at the end with a smooth shaft which allows the roller to move better.
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5 Reasons You Should Give A Damn About Lou Reed!
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Lou Reed, singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of The Velvet Underground, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27 at his Long Island home at the age of 71. Since then most publications have made it a point to write on the so called legendary musician, but unless you are well studied on the 70's rock scene and have since kept up with Reed's solo career, you probably could care less. Read More


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North Shore Trail
Trail Open: all season
Area Located: from Clinton dam west
GPS at Trailhead: 38.936083 -95.35325
Miles: 25
Type of trail:
- Hiking
- Mt. Bike
The North Shore Trails run along the north shore of the lake, from the Overlook Park (Corp of Engineer's daily use area.) through the Clinton State Park. The trails in this 23 mile system are single track, dirt hiking and biking trails with mile markers. Each trail is blazed with Blue, White or Red (Shoreline) and connector trails are blazed with two colors corresponding to the trails being connected. The North Shore Trails pass through an oak and hickory forest as it follows the lake shore.
- The Blue trail is 7.9 miles and runs closer to the shoreline or easier access to shore. It's a easier maneuverable trail.
- The White Trail is 12.8 miles and is mostly used for the mountain biker with more inclines and small obstacles to maneuver around.
- The Red Trail is 1.2 miles for the very advanced mountain biker. Just enough room for your bike tire and little else in many areas of this stretch of trail.


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Liberty News
Scholarship seminar open to community
Liberty University's Student Advocate Office will be holding a Scholarship Search 101 Seminar Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Hancock Welcome Center theater for any prospective college students in Central Virginia.
The seminar is designed to give students, parents, and educators the opportunity to learn about scholarship availability and speak with a team of education professionals about techniques for securing scholarships.
"We recognize that the local community can benefit from this information, and so we decided to deliver this scholarship information primarily to the general public," said Dr. Larry Hoezee, executive director of Resident Enrollment Management.
The seminar will help students find outside scholarships to apply for, using personal identifiers such as family history, talents, military status, ethnicity, and religion.
The Student Advocate Office has offered more than 80 of these sessions since 2007 and students have earned nearly $1 million in outside scholarships.
- To register or for more information, call (434) 582-7200.


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by Sally Cohen
During the weekend before Thanksgiving while most kids were gearing up for a vacation from school, 15-year-old Max Perlmutter, of West Mt. Airy, and five of his School of Rock band-mates stepped inside the recording studio at the School of Rock in Philadelphia's Electric Factory building.
There these six kids spent 15 hours of their time learning and recording a song for the Love Hope Strength Cancer Foundation. Under the direction of Greg Altman, who was responsible for all of the recording, producing, engineering and mixing; Noelle Hoover, the pre-production director; Andre Webb, the vocal coach/arranger, and Craig Waxman the general manager, the teenagers recorded "Love Hope Strength," written by Mike Peters of a Welsh rock band called The Alarm.
This workshop was a joint venture between the Philadelphia and the Princeton Schools of Rock. The Princeton kids involved were Karaline Rosen on vocals and Ben Fortunato on guitar. The Philadelphia students were Mike Bailer on vocals, Max Perlmutter on bass guitar, Ric Haas on guitar and Tristan Walker on drums.
These kids joined the Download Challenge For Charity with their recording of "Love Hope Strength." The challenge is to raise the most money for the LHSF. To download the song for 99 cents, visit http://lovehopestrength.org/uncatagorized/sorphiladelphia/ and click on the Philadelphia School of Rock. There is also an option to donate more if you can! 100% of the proceeds go to the foundation. This song is available for worldwide download until January 3, 2012.
Mike Peters co-founded the LHSF in 2007. He is a leukemia survivor and a member of The Alarm. The LHSF is an international, music-centric cancer charity dedicated to saving lives, one concert at a time. The mission is to save lives, right now, with the advances that have already been made in cancer care.
They do not fund cancer research; rather, they use the funds to build and support cancer centers around the globe, build awareness of global cancer needs and to build international marrow databases through the "Get on the List" campaign. More information at http://lovehopestrength.org/
For more than a decade, School of Rock has been inspiring kids to rock on stage and in life. Visit www.SchoolofRock.com for more information.


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Five New Technologies for Inspection
Lab testing will always be the gold standard in food inspection, but rising throughput rates are leading to more quality assurance at the point of production.
Quality is assured by the tools of inspection, and food and beverage manufacturers are beneficiaries of a steady progression to bring inspection closer to the point of production.
In-line and at-line inspection is a long-running objective in food processing, although higher throughput rates have turned it into more of an imperative than a goal. As production speeds ramp up, lab testing looks more and more like a luxury the industry can ill afford. The rework and scrap created by the time that lab samples flag a problem are a serious drag on optimized production.
Sophisticated rotational viscometers for rheological and texture measurements are built by Brookfield Engineering Laboratories Inc., in Middleboro, Mass. They provide important quality data for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, the latter of which includes most foods. For example, makers of salad dressings must be mindful of yield stress, the force needed to get the dressing to flow out of a bottle. Quality control must monitor the stress level to avoid producing dressing that either gushes out or refuses to flow.
Robert McGregor, Brookfield's general manager of global marketing and high-end instrument sales, characterizes the firm's benchtop devices as "relatively inexpensive," despite features like an on-board smart phone that "can send messages and tell you when you're out of spec." Identifying the problem with an in-line test would be even better, and the inspection tools for that exist. The cost, however, is multiples higher, "and you need a person to be a champion to promote in-line testing," he observes.
"Computerized benchtop equipment is great for the Rand D lab," allows Bill Hughes, an engineer and founder of Innoquest Inc., Woodstock, Ill., but the time lag between the lab and the loading dock can be too great. Five years ago, he developed a handheld device to quantify the consistency of semi-solid foods that require a quantitative test before they ship. He dubbed it the SpotOn consistometer.
The tool was developed specifically for vegetable shortening and margarine manufactured by Bunge North America, which had exclusive rights to Hughes' consistometer until last year. The device combines manual force with on-board diagnostics: The user plunges a rod into the food material, and the device measures penetration resistance and correlates it with depth and temperature. An infrared depth sensor calculates the probe's speed of penetration, and if the user exerts too much or too little force, a measurement is not recorded. Typically, an operator masters the proper force after five probes, according to Hughes.
Measures of consistency, temperature and depth are displayed on an LED panel connected to the device's microprocessor. Data are recorded and downloadable.
Edible oils and margarine are placed in a hardening room after processing, and when consistency is in spec, pallets are released. Sometimes, there will be an area on the pallet where product is out of spec. Testing with a consistometer identifies where that area is and allows processors to optimize storage time. Ice cream, whipped toppings and specialty dough are among the semi-hard foods Hughes believes could benefit from his inspection tool.
Double-duty inspection
While quality data are essential for process control, inspection hardware often is viewed as a risk-management tool against negative outcomes. When inspection is combined with a value-added function, capital costs are easier to justify. One example is the BioPrint system that Key Technology Inc., Walla, Walla, Wash., recently added to its portfolio.
Key acquired erstwhile competitor Visys NV in February, complementing Key's belt-fed sorters with the Belgian firm's chute-fed in-air sorters. More importantly, Key acquired advanced laser technology and hyperspectral-based BioPrint capabilities for its technology tool kit. Visys's Cayman chute has a concave shape that turns "a free fall into a controlled fall," explains John Kadinger, Key's marketing manager. By positioning ejector valves closer to the product passing through the chute, there are fewer false rejects, which means yield is increased.
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While both collections offer our grape varietal specific functionality, the Vinum collection is Riedel's first machine-made line introduced 1986. Riedel Veritas is our newer collection which is 15% taller than Vinum but 25% lighter and finer. With Riedel Veritas, Riedel has been able to accomplish a glass of unsurpassed thinness and lightness, which combines the charm of a handmade glass with the consistent accuracy only a machine-made glass can achieve.
RIEDEL Veritas Sauvignon Blanc Singlebox
Coulée de Serrant, Muskat-Ottonel, Chenin Blanc, Gelber Muskateller, Furmint, Pouilly Fumé, Sauternes, Malvazija Istriana, Sauvignon Blanc (unoaked), Loire (Blanc), Dessertwine, Zierfandler, Tokaji (dry), Ausbruch, Tokaji (sweet), Chasselas, Traminer, Loupiac, Vins Liquoreux, Muskateller, Kōshū, Monbazillac, Jurançon moelleux, Barsac, Sancerre, Bacchus, Sylvaner, Blanc du Bois, Gewürztraminer, Lambrusco, Auslese (sweet), Vouvray, Beerenauslese, Müller-Thurgau, Quarts de Chaume, Malagousia, Trockenbeerenauslese
Year of design 2016
Volume 440 ccm
Height 235 mm
Box quantity 1
Type of Manufacturing machine production
Material Crystal
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, from Cairo to Brazil to China and Europe. What does all this instability mean for your money? And, why are buyers snapping up new cars and trucks at a pace not seen since before the recession?. D
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A Novel
Kim Stanley Robinson
Orbit: 576 pp., $25.99
As the author of the "Mars" trilogy, among other novels, Kim Stanley Robinson has established a superlative reputation for science fictional extrapolation. In his vibrant, often moving new novel, "2312," Robinson's extrapolation is hard-wired to a truly affecting personal love story.
By the year of the book's title, humankind has (just barely) survived global warming, in part because of terra-forming technologies that have made possible the colonization of Mars, Mercury and Venus. Asteroids and moons have been transformed into a bewildering variety of biospheres. Personal artificial intelligences called "qubes" augment reasoning, and humans have gone well beyond traditional family units, with gender a fluid and self-determined part of one's identity. Meanwhile, Earth has become an ever more degraded place in which China is a major power with considerable influence throughout the solar system.
Against this backdrop, Robinson introduces readers to the remarkable Swan Er Hong, a creator of biospheres who enjoys taking risks like experiencing the deadly fringe of Mercury's dawn, a "perpetual blue snarl of hot and hotter" that could easily kill her and her fellow sunwalkers. As the novel opens, Swan is attending the funeral of Alex, her grandmother, "my everything." The death may not have been accidental, given the nature of Alex's research. In fact, Alex may have come too close to uncovering part of a conspiracy to attack and destabilize off-Earth governments and biomes. When Swan discovers secret messages from Alex in a wall mirror, and she realizes Alex was looking into irregularities among the qubes, she is quickly caught up in a deadly conflict against unknown forces.
But the often mind-blowing scope of "2312" is eclipsed by Robinson's genius-level portrait of one of the greatest odd couples in the history of science fiction. For, at the funeral, Swan makes the fateful acquaintance of the Titan diplomat Fitz Wahram, another of Alex's close associates. Wahram is a big, toad-like man — "prognathous, callipygous, steatopygous" — with a "deep gravelly voice." The truly inspired juxtaposition of the mercurial, bird-like Swan with Wahram's steadiness and size is played for both comic and serious effect.
After an attack on a Mercury city, the trust between Swan and Wahram grows when the two must seek safety by traveling for days through an underground tunnel. These prolonged, brilliantly conceived scenes, with Swan often sick because of radiation, skillfully show the awkwardness between the two, their eccentricities, the difficulties in their budding relationship, and yet also their mutual respect and affection.
Indeed later, during an argument, Wahram asks Swan, "Were we in the tunnel together, or not?"— a wise and resonant reminder of the ways in which shared experience forges deep bonds.
Surviving the Mercury attack only hardens their resolve to honor Alex's work by getting to the bottom of things, aided by Inspector Jean Genette from the asteroid league. Swan's suspicions about her own qube amplify the tension, as do encounters with strangely human qubes. The twists and turns that follow — taking the two to Saturn's moons, Venus and Earth — are compelling and mysterious, with Robinson making readers feel the full weight of the stakes.
Adding depth are chapters titled "Lists" and "Extracts," which Robinson scatters throughout "2312" in a virtuoso display of kinetic exposition. By novel's end, the reader has pieced together the entire future leading to this year through these fascinating morsels, which also add depth of character. For example, what appears to be Swan's "done/to do list" consists of items such as "Spending five hours in a spacesuit with only four hours of air."
"2312" also contains moments of utterly jaw-dropping audacity, especially when Wahram and Swan come up with a plan to rejuvenate Earth that involves the off-world biomes tasked with protecting species diversity. Without ruining the surprise, there is a scene in "2312" — "It looked like a dream, but she knew it was real" — in which readers, especially those aware of our current environmental issues, may literally gasp and be moved half to tears.
At one point, as the strands of the plot begin to come together (perhaps just a touch too neatly), Swan and Wahram are floating in space and hoping for rescue. As they wait in that uncertain time and place, Wahram says to Swan three simple words that can be so trite in both literature and life but that "2312" transforms not just into a commitment between beloved characters but a love song to the survival of humanity.
Perhaps Robinson's finest novel, "2312" is a treasured gift to fans of passionate storytelling; readers will be with Swan and Wahram in the tunnel long after reaching the last page.
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GeekSalt had een nieuw webpagina ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit77 ontwerpen ingezonden door19 freelance designers.
We are a Vietnamese restaurant based in Perth, Western Australia. We have been operating for 27 years. We are known for our fast service, for preparing all dishes to order with fresh, quality ingredients, and for being very accommodating to families with small children.
We offer quality meals at affordable prices, and often have a line of customers waiting out the front of the restaurant for a seat. We offer takeaway of any item on our menu.
We are BYO, and do not charge for corkage or chinese tea. We are open 10am-10pm all year round, and do not charge extra on sundays or public holidays.
Our atmosphere is friendly and casual. The restaurant is often bustling, with loud conversation, staff busily moving around, fresh dishes emerging from the kitchen that is visible through a window, children playing and laughing.
We want our website to look professional, and to stand out from the cheap, amateur websites of our neighbouring restaurants. We want it to look welcoming, affordable and modern. We want to showcase our food, and to make our location, opening hours and menu easily available to our customers.
We want 2 pages designed: The home page and a generic content page.
Men and women aged 14 - 60. Parents of younger children.
We want 2 pages designed: the home page and a generic content page.
We don't have a logo, so we are flexible in how the name of our restaurant is displayed. We don't want it to contain chinese characters.
We'd like the colours to be chosen to match the interior of our restaurant, so cooler greens and blues.
The navigation section should have links to 6 content pages: About, Contact, Menu, Gallery, News, Reviews, and should include a site-wide search box.
The home page should include pertinent restaurant details as given here: http://yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/viet_hoa/
The home page should include images of the restaurant and of a few of our dishes, but not in a way that makes the gallery redundant.
The home page should contain subtle links to the following services: MenuLog, yourRestaurants, urbanSpoon, eatability, Facebook, FourSquare, Gowalla, Google Places.
The footer should be small, and should contain "Website content copyright © 2010 Viet Hoa Restaurant. All rights reserved." on the left and "Seasoned with GeekSalt" on the right, where "GeekSalt" is a hyperlink.
We are happy for generic "lorum ipsum" filler to be used in place of text where appropriate.
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Democratic advisor Hilary Rosen was back on CNN this afternoon, appearing on Wolf Blitzer's "The Situation Room" to apologize for saying yesterday that Ann Romney had "never worked a day in her life. "
The comment has launched a political firestorm, as Republicans accused Rosen — and by extension Democrats and President Barack Obama — of attacking stay-at-home moms. Although Rosen initially doubled down on her remarks, she apologized in a statement earlier this afternoon amid pressure from high-level Democrats and Obama campaign officials.
But Rosen's apology on CNN was half-hearted, at best. And Blitzer called her out on it.
The host kicked off the interview by commenting on Rosen's slight smirk.
"I see you are smiling a little bit, I don't see why you are smiling," Blitzer remarked.
Rosen looked a little taken aback, but then held her ground, launching into a tirade against Mitt Romney's campaign:
This is a distraction that the Romney campaign is forcing on the American people to avoid his record on the issue.
Rosen also attacked Romney's record on women's issues, and slammed the candidate for using his wife to reach out to women about economic issues.
"When she goes out there and says she is his economic surrogate, come on, I'm not bringing her into this conversation," Rosen said, adding that Romney's record on hiring women during his career at Bain Capital was "terrible." (She didn't offer any evidence to back up the claim.)
When Rosen ran out steam, Blitzer remarked: "I didn't hear an apology."
Slightly embarrassed, Rosen mumbled something about having issued a statement and then turned to the camera:
"I apologize, working moms, stay-at-home moms, they are both difficult jobs," she said. "I should not have chosen words that seemed to attack her chosen path in life."


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Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am such a sucker for post-apocalyptic books! I don't know that I would be setting off on the adventure of a lifetime in a pair of shorts and a tank top, but Solstice by P J Hoover looks intriguing anyway.
In stores June 2013
Piper's world is dying. Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles that threaten to destroy the earth. Amid this global heating crisis, Piper lives under the oppressive rule of her mother, who suffocates her even more than the weather does. Everything changes on her eighteenth birthday, when her mother is called away on a mysterious errand and Piper seizes her first opportunity for freedom.
Piper discovers a universe she never knew existed—a sphere of gods and monsters—and realizes that her world is not the only one in crisis. While gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper's life spirals out of control as she struggles to find the answer to the secret that has been kept from her since birth.
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Gilt Groupe Inc. is moving to become more intimate with its members, via a new service that personalizes the daily sales offered by the flash-sale e-retailer.
Gilt, No. 54 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, says the Your Personal Sale feature will offer "completely unique" daily sales to individual consumers who have signed up to receive Gilt's daily sale notifications. Gilt crafts the sales based on an algorithm that takes into account such factors as past purchases and browsing, what brands the shoppers look at most and seasonality. Shoppers can provide feedback to Gilt to make the sales even more personal, the e-retailer says.
Consumers can spot their personalized sales via a badge, and shop the personalized offers on Gilt's e-commerce site along with its mobile apps. Sales last for 24 hours.
"We always look for new ways to offer our members more of what they love, so we're thrilled to launch personalized sales and offer millions of loyal customers a unique way to access the Gilt vault and shop their favorite brands and categories every day," says Steve Jacobs, Gilt's chief information officer "This is the next phase of the flash sale model—we're leveraging that sense of curation and discovery that our members already know and love about Gilt, and tailoring that shopping experience just for them."
Gilt did not say what technology it used for the service, but according to the Top 500, Gilt handles personalization in-house. Less than half, or 47%, of merchants in the latest edition of the research and ranking publication personalize web site content to cater to shoppers' interests. A larger percentage, 76.4%, of Top 500 retailers offer product recommendations.


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To me, inspiration and motivation go hand in hand, if I'm not motivated to work, I simply have to find something to inspire me and quick! Because I make many of my wallets out of newspapers, I'm often inspired by other people's art…cartoonists, news photographers, fashion advertisements etc. I'll see an image and wonder how I can incorporate it into the front panel of a wallet and this sets about a flurry of cutting, measuring and collaging to see to see if I can make something amazing happen in its transformation.
It's hard for me to work with paper I don't care for. I know it's important to have a wide variety of patterns because my wallets are accessories and every woman's taste is different, but I try to choose paper I love, like or well, almost like.
There have been a few exceptions. I was drawn to this Peter Pan paper because of the colors, but when I began working with it, i discovered that I hated the images.
In fact, one of the images of the Indian Chief from the story was so offensive in its negative stereotype of Native Americans that I folded the paper on the inside of the wallet, so no one would see it. And Tinkerbell? Who ever knew that my favorite fairy friend could look like such a brat?
I got through it and guess what? The wallet sold the first day out at Farmer's Market, accidentally got listed in my Etsy shop and sold there too, so now I have to make another and quick. What's my inspiration to work on it now? I'm motivated by the customer's delight in the paper and of how perfect it will be as a gift for her daughter in-law. And in most cases, that's motivation enough. Plus, I do kind of like a swarthy Captain Hook.
The picture at the top of the post is inspiration in action and based solely on my joy of finding an image I loved. It was made with a hot pink newspaper from Italy that's targeted towards male sports enthusiasts. The image is from the corner of a car advertisement (if you look closely you can see the front window of the car in the bottom of the photo). As soon as I saw it, I was inspired to turn it from an ad to a very unusual wallet. And the work was easy. It's so fun to see the transformation and as I work with images like I love, I'm excited as a little kid who has a big secret because "everyone is going to just die when they see this!"
Of course, there's always a balance and by the time I've folded my seventy second cherry blossom wallet, the excitement in the end result wanes, but I know there will always be paper I've never worked with to get me inspired again. These are next on my list!
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The titles on sale include:
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Strat Carter - At This Moment (Outchea) lyrics
[Hook : Jay Tremaine ]
Circle got smaller when dreams got bigger
Take a couple losses and they still say we winners
Made our own rules, so life is always fair
The team right now, could it be more clear that we
Outchea, outchea, outchea, outchea
Outchea, outchea, outchea, outchea
[1st Verse : Trizzy]
At this moment, I'm high as fuck so im zoning
At this moment, my attitude is "fuck my opponents"
Cause everyday, I'm on my grind
Low-key but I stack them dimes
Tryna get what's mine
I hit play never hit rewind
Look, I'm on another level
Chase dreams yall niggas stay settled
Rolling up got Henney in my cup, that's word to my nigga Metal
Cause all my niggas keep pourin'
Birds eye view, we soarin'
Ain't worried 'bout a hatin' ass nigga cause his bitch sayin' he's borin'
Afilliated with real Gs in the streets we stack real cheese, stay low-key where them Os be
Now everybody wanna act like they know me
But they prolly owe me, I don't give a fuck..deuces..prolly hating cause I'm gettin' this money
But don't make yourself a nuisance...fool
[Hook : Jay Tremaine ]
[2nd Verse :Jonny K.]
When they wasn't hearing from me in a minute they probably thought that a nigga was hidin'
I just been workin' my brain, came up with new ways to kill mothafuckas by rhymin'
While I was at it I changed the climate
Now they sweatin' and bitchin' and cryin' some of 'em wretchin' and twitchin' and dyin' makin' a mess of my kitchen I'm fryin' 'em up and
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I fix up a plate and i serve the shit to they people who be thinkin' they made
But really they wack, they remind me of Tommy DeVito
I'm screamin fuck you like Cee Lo.
While I'm blazin' my green
Gotta let yall know that we lethal 'case yall wanna play against my team
Wait a minute now I used to be a pyro now I spit that liquid-nitro
When I get up on these hype ass beats I'm JFK. the psycho
And I'm outta control
Man they movin' too slow
Just filled this booth with C4
Now I'm bout to make this bitch blow
[Hook : Jay Tremaine ]
[Verse 3: Chuck Larry]
It's like they yellow taped the game they try to tell us where we can't go
Just make em swallow they pride until they all choke
Money talks so tell me what your speech for
Why you out here saying fuck Chuck?
Prolly cause your girl done fucked Chuck
Hating on twitter, when you log off you a fan of me, my life your fantasy
Chasing dreams not fame
Fuck where the cameras be
Never sugar coat my raps biters might get cavities
I'm worried cause I'm sonning these rappers
Preaching to em your arrival don't matter
Church with this rap shit, their hands is to the ceiling
These women that sinning kneeling
& Im far from being a saint
I'm far from being Lecrae
I'm just making sure that this art gets saved
[Hook : Jay Tremaine]