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Lake Tahoe food bank expanding to handle growing regional demand
Food distributions
— Since July 1991, Project MANA (Making Adequate Nutrition Accessible) has responded to the emergency food needs of individuals, families and children in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee.
— Its main office and distribution location are at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Non-Profit Center in Incline Village. The nonprofit conducts four food distributions each week:
Tahoe City: Mondays, 3-3:30 p.m., Fairway Community Center, 330 Fairway Drive
Truckee: Tuesdays, 3-3:30 p.m., Community Arts Center (Old Rec Center), 10046 Church St.
Kings Beach: Wednesdays, 3-3:30 p.m., Community House, 265 Bear St.
Incline Village: Thursdays, 3-3:30 p.m., DWR Non-Profit Center, 948 Incline Way
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — With empty bags and carts in hand, people eyed displays of bread, eggs, nectarines, potatoes and other food before making selections to take home.
This scene didn't unfold at a local grocery store, rather at Project MANA's weekly food distribution Tuesday at the Community Arts Center in Truckee.
"It's real helpful," said George Molt, a Truckee resident who uses the service. "… I usually run out of food stamp allocations before the end of the month."
The ability to pick up items such as apples, carrots and cheese at no cost helps bridge that gap, said Molt, who also serves as a Project MANA volunteer.
"We really found that a lot of households have been using our services chronically, and we've kind of become more of a long-term strategy to meet the shortfalls of having food each month or each week," said Deidre Ledford, program coordinator for Project MANA.
In 2006-07, the Incline Village-based nonprofit served 23,864 duplicated individuals, which rose to 31,253 the next year. Need grew in 2008-09 to 38,836, before dropping in 2009-10 to 35,715.
It continued to decrease until 2012-13, when it rose slightly to 27,916 from the previous year (27,905). In 2013-14, it increased to 29,344.
Duplicated refers to the amount of times an individual or household collects MANA's food distribution services over time.
"Once the Great Recession hit, there was a huge influx of clientele at all the food pantries nationally and food banks," said Hayley Collins, program manager for Project MANA. "… At this point, what everybody is saying is, 'Wow, we assumed that after the Great Recession, when the economy got going, things would revert back to how they used to be' — and that's not what's happening. … They rely on us, so we have to make that shift."
Recently, MANA completed its three-year strategic plan into 2017, with one major goal being enhancing food security programs and operations, including providing adequate quantities of food to those it serves.
"This isn't here to end hunger, first and foremost," said Heidi Allstead, executive director for Project MANA. "We wish we would be put out of business, that people have enough resources, but let's be real. Given the economy, the climate in government, we're here to help alleviate and be a safety net."
In 2013-14, the nonprofit served about 15 percent of the population throughout North Lake Tahoe and Truckee, Collins said.
"The question I get a lot is, 'There's hungry people in Tahoe?' because of the affluency here," Allstead said. "There are people who are in the tourism industry … who work two, three jobs (and) don't make enough money to pay rent here, so those are the people that we really see — the working poor."
MANA is particularly looking to increase its distribution of fruits and vegetables, in order to satisfy "MyPlate," a nutritional guide set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
According to the average number of servings per food group for an average household of three distributed in 2013-14, Project MANA was below on fruits (10 versus 18 recommended) and vegetables (13, 27).
"Fruit is so expensive that I wouldn't be eating it without Project MANA," said Margaret Richards, a retired Truckee resident whose prescription costs eat into her budget.
Beginning this September, MANA will employ a case management coordinator, who will talk with clients about diet and eating habits, and connect them to other community resources to improve their quality of life.
"Food is just kind of the entry point," Ledford said. "If you don't have enough money for food, well then there's probably not enough money for a lot of other things."
Of course, with increased services come increased costs, Allstead said. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, $355,664 was budgeted, with actuals totaling $318,307. The nonprofit's 2014-15 budget is $395,709.
Increases include personnel costs, from $214,889 in 2013-14 to $235,606 this year; food expenses, from $38,215 to $48,934; and marketing, from $3,286 to $5,700.
As a result, identifying and securing financial resources is a major goal of the strategic plan. Another is to increase the nonprofit's visibility through social media, local service providers and marketing materials in an effort to secure additional funding, Allstead said.
All this feeds into one overarching purpose, Collins said.
"… To reduce food insecurity in North Lake Tahoe, Truckee," she said. "That's what's driving all of this."
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Archbishop tried to enforce contraception ban, not promote religious freedom
An open letter to Archbishop Samuel Aquila from Richard Detsch of Lafayette:
Your letter (ad) in Sunday's Denver Post, ostensibly in support of religious freedom, is disingenuous in at least two respects:
First, your purpose in writing this letter is to enforce your ban on contraception, not to defend religious freedom. In fact, nobody's religious freedom is being violated by the Health and Human Services mandate to make contraceptive means accessible. Catholics are free to refuse this access, just as Catholics for whom your contraception ban violates their consciences are free to avail themselves of this access.
Catholic businesses and institutions that employ non-Catholics do not, of course, have the right to force their religious beliefs on their non-Catholic employees, which would be a violation of the very religious freedom your letter professes to uphold.
Second, in pleading your case for religious freedom, you neglect to refer to the fact that our own church in the not-too-distant past has magisterially taken the exact opposite position. In 1864, Pope Pius IX, in his Syllabus of Errors, specifically condemned the concept of religious freedom in Propositions 15 and 78. Six years later, this same pope, who had been the sovereign ruler of the Papal States, had himself proclaimed infallible in matters of faith and morals by the first Vatican Council, thus lending additional weight to his Syllabus of Errors. Catholic countries, such as the Papal States and Spain, had no religious freedom.
There is a more serious consideration in this matter. It is known that people in this country are dying because of lack of access to health care, a situation the Affordable Care Act is intended to remedy. In your not-so-subtle encouragement to vote for the man and party pledged to overturn the Affordable Care Act, you would bear some responsibility for the deaths of these people.
Does your goal of upholding the church ban on contraception really justify these deaths?
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Current BLM Resource Management Planning
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The Carlsbad Field Office is revising its Resource Management Plan as well. We are conducting an inventory of Lands with Wilderness Characteristics in that area, and we have also submitted proposals for the BLM to designate four Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), each of which will be evaluated in the draft plan, which we anticipate coming out this year. The four ACECs would protect the desert rivers south of Carlsbad (the Black, Pecos and Delaware rivers), a large grassland northwest of Carlsbad managed to protect habitat for birds of prey, a small area encompassing some heron nesting sites, and two salt playa areas that provide important bird habitat.
The BLM held four public workshops for Lands with Wilderness Characteristics in the summer of 2014, which we attended. We will be updating our membership about any public meetings that will occur with the publication of the draft and will host comment-writing workshops at that time.
Add your name HERE to stay updated on actions and other events associated with the Carlsbad BLM Resource Management Plan revision.
The Farmington Field Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently undergoing an amendment to its Resource Management Plan, which will focus on completing an inventory for Lands with Wilderness Characteristics, and planning for oil and gas development within the Mancos Shale play.
We are completing our own inventory of wilderness characteristics, which we will submit to the BLM for its consideration. We have also submitted scoping comments, attended all BLM public meetings and even hosted our own public meeting, which was attended by more than 100 people and 20 BLM employees, in Albuquerque last May. We are focusing our efforts in Farmington on ensuring the BLM does a comprehensive inventory for wilderness characteristics and that it considers protecting those areas. We are also committed to ensuring that BLM land within the viewshed of Chaco Culture National Historical Park is not marred by gas development. So far, the BLM has delayed making those areas available for leasing, although we will continue to watch this throughout the amendment process.
Add your name HERE to stay updated on actions and other events associated with the Farmington BLM Resource Management Plan amendment.
TriCounty/Las Cruces Field Office
The Las Cruces District Office is currently revising its Resource Management Plan for Otero, Sierra and Doña Ana counties. These counties hold some of the lands that New Mexico Wilderness Alliance (NM Wild) has been working on for many years, including the newly designated Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument and Otero Mesa.
The BLM published a draft plan in 2013, but it had not completed the required inventory of Lands with Wilderness Characteristics and had not planned for future oil and gas development. The Las Cruces office agreed to prepare a supplement to the draft, in which it would complete analysis of both those topics, and to pause the plan revision process until then. BLM has also made a commitment, at our request, not to lease any new areas within Otero and Sierra counties for oil and gas operations until after the revision process is complete. This was a significant victory for Otero Mesa.
In the meantime, NM Wild has inventoried almost half a million acres of lands within those counties and found them to contain wilderness characteristics. We have submitted that data to the BLM and anticipate that the agency will consider it at the appropriate time in the revision process. We will advocate for those areas being managed for minimal or no impact in the plan.
Additionally, we look forward to working with the BLM on the upcoming process to create a management plan for Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks.
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Indiana Senate votes to legalize industrial hemp
Some Indiana fields could become green with industrial hemp if momentum for a legalization proposal keeps growing.
The state Senate unanimously approved a bill to legalize industrial hemp Monday.
Hemp is marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin but it cannot be grown under federal law. Many products made from hemp, such as oils and clothing, are legal.
Indiana would need to apply for a waiver to allow hemp growing even if the bill is passed. The latest version of the federal farm bill also would allow states to grow the plant if signed into law.
Proponents of the bill argue the crop could bring cash to the state and keep Indiana competitive with Kentucky, which passed similar legislation last year.
The bill needs approval from the House and governor before becoming law.


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Is the White House going to push for a ban on assault weapons?
After preliminary hearings, judge orders that James Holmes will stand trial.
New Mexico expert gives tips on how to avoid and fight the flu.
90's pop fans get excited! Destiny's Child is reportedly reuniting during the Super Bowl halftime show.
President Obama signed Katie's Law, a law that is credited for catching the man accused of another horrific sex crime.
Justin Timberlake is headed back to the recording studio!
Police discovered 310 pounds of weed hidden among frozen carrots.
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Weekend 'New York Times' Food News
Sake-Steamed Chicken: Trade in crispy for this aromatic chicken with a texture soft as custard.
Diet to Live Forever: The billionaire David Murdock avoids dairy, alcohol, sugar, and salt so that he can live to celebrate his 125th birthday.
Puritan Chefs: Some New York restaurants answer customers' special requests with a "no way."
Making Waves in Chinatowns: A California bill moves to ban the possession of shark fins, and thus the popular Chinese shark fin soup.
Farming's Next Generation: Young people, inspired by "punk rock, Karl Marx and the food journalist Michael Pollan" are choosing careers in farming.
Truffle Lawsuits: North Carolina black Perigord truffles have residents excited—and suing each other.
When to Throw Out the String Cheese: "Only in recent decades have we ceded control of our refrigerators and pantries to nameless bureaucrats and faceless corporate automatons."
Love of Soup: Soup recipes with infinite variations.
Healthy Muffins: Muffins made with buckwheat or cornmeal are satisfying and tasty.
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After my experiences on Wednesday, I woke up this morning knowing that I needed to recenter myself.
But, like I've mentioned before, there isn't a ton of time in my life to just sit and ponder, so this morning I found myself saying simple prayers. informal prayers. prayers from the heart.
God, please help me honor You today. Help me choose well. Help me. Help me. Help me. I am dependent upon you. I rely upon you for strength. Help me God.
But with just that prayer… just that prayer alone… I found myself able to resist all that "junk" today. Not saying it was an easy resistance, but I resisted nonetheless.
And after that refocus, I thought to myself, "I need to get back to what I was eating a year ago, right at the beginning of the covenant."
And well, whadda know? My mom got me some of my favorite winter soup for Christmas… Tomato Basil from La Madeline's! Sooooooo gooooood. So, that's what I chose for lunch.
I have lately really wished that I had cataloged everything that I ate at first because it was all so easy. so perfectly filling. so tasty.
But then I am reminded that it felt that way because the goodness of the Lord was a new taste to me… the power of God was a new flavor… the sufficiency of God was a new feeling. It had so little to do with the foods that I was choosing and so much to do with Who I was choosing.
But, all the same, I want to remember… I want to get back to the basics of how I started. Things like prayer, bible study, and good foods. And as I looked for a verse today about remembering His Goodness from the past, I found this verse… well, I found the second verse but the first just really snagged me as well.
"Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him. Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given." 1 Chronicles 16:11-12
But look at that. Remember: 1) the wonders he has performed, 2) his miracles, and 3) his rulings.
And I have those in my own life: 1) enabling me to have the strength to stick to a covenant, 2) me going for a year without sugar, 3) his commands against gluttony and lust and greed.
When I remember the wonders he has done and his miracles, then I want to remind myself of His Rules because I have been reminded already, twice, of examples of His Goodness… makes me more prone to remember that His Rulings are for. my. good. and they are for. His. Glory.


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I feel like people aren't freaking out enough about how awesome it is that big universities are publishing their lectures online, some of my favorite ones are
Justice, Michael Sandel (Harward)
Human Behavioral Biology, Sapolsky (Stanford)
I turned these into podcasts that you can download here
about behavioral biology letures, in order to fall in love with Sapolsky, check his short talk on toxoplasmosis parasite
Also, I think his lecture on biological underpinnings of religiosity that is a part of this course is not in the playlist, I think because its pretty controversial, you can find it as an old recording here
will add more stuff to this folder with time.
I like creating and building things and I own a grappling hook. This site will be an partial dump of projects I work on and things I've written down.
I'm into evolvable programs, designs inspired by nature, philosophy, computer security - malware specifically, robots and such. I've worked as a software engineer and I've worked for artists on tech art pieces as that's more fun. These days I tend to travel so expect stories on hitchiking, stealth camping, urban exploration and nature.
Check out the tagcloud to find if there is something here that you care about.
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As a veteran Jobst Rider, no ride is complete without some dirt. I had heard there was dirt aplenty in the hills overlooking Boulder, Colorado, from the always reliable Bruce Hildenbrand, so I decided to have a look.
First though I met with Ray Keener to catch up on old times, he being a veteran of Palo Alto Bicycles when I was also working there in mail order back in the mid 80s. Ray is a wheeler and dealer, so to speak. Does Facebook stop counting after 1,000 friends? Ask Ray.
Today he's preparing for the upcoming Interbike trade show in Las Vegas where he is representing the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA), a professional advocacy organization.
Ray mapped out a route for me that called for a ride going east away from the mountains but I'm sure he realized this was just a warmup. Ray was nursing a separated shoulder from a recent bike spill, but some medication took the edge off and he could ride.
We caught up on the old days as the miles flew by. Briefly I rode his wheel and I can't tell you what great memories that brought back. Jobst and Ray are both 6'5″ and make great drafts. I continued on while Ray returned to Boulder. Nelson Road took me back to the alluring Rockies, as I passed a large Amgen facility. This being Boulder, I saw not one but two organized bike rides.
Lefthand Canyon Drive
Lefthand Canyon Drive looked like the place to go to test my gears, as confirmed by Ray. I had ridden across Colorado in the mid 80s from Durango to Denver and the high passes failed to impress. Way too easy.
I was looking for something with a little more inclination. Lefthand Canyon climbs steadily, but once again I was not impressed. However, I was told by a rider I met on the road that the last two miles before Ward is 12-15 percent (it's about 9%). At 9,000 feet altitude that's up there with Sonora Pass in difficulty.
Lick Skillet Road
But I was looking for Switzerland Trail, which Bruce said is worth checking out. I found this squiggly line on the map called Lick Skillet Road that could take me there. As I turned left onto the smooth dirt with plenty of washboard I saw a sign that warned "Steep, Narrow Road." They were wrong about the narrow part.
Now here was something I could relate to. I climbed OK for about a half mile but at 7,500 feet and having only arrived in Denver two days ago, breathing came with difficulty. I knew there was only one way up this grade that averages 14% (sadly my bike computer with inclinometer had a dead battery), so I used my legs in other ways.
At the top of the climb I discovered the site of the oldest gold mine in Colorado at the town of Gold Hill. It looks like a ghost town but it's not. People live here, lots of people.
According to Wikipedia, Lick Skillet is the steepest county road in the U.S. I'm not so sure, but I'll give it some well-deserved respect.
Switzerland Trail being farther up the hill and not flat, I decided to head down Gold Run Road (becomes Fourmile Canyon Drive), which I knew to be all downhill. While dirt roads in the Rockies can be a nightmare on a road bike if they have lots of gravel, Gold Run was relatively smooth and an inch of rain two days before knocked down the dust.
On my way down I saw about 10 riders heading up. It's not as steep as Lick Skillet, but you're looking at sections of 10 percent and maybe even steeper. With so many elite riders in Boulder, I was not surprised to see most of the riders on road bikes.
Of course, finding my way back to Ray's place near the CU campus had me taking the steep 9th Avenue to reach Baseline Road. I have a knack for finding steep. (This ride is officially Jobst Approved.)
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Paul Sanborn said he moved to Cape Coral on May 1, 1962, because he was offered a job to work for Gulf American Land Corporation as the assistant to the managing director.
"Our job was to work with the community and as the growth came we needed amenities," he said. "We did things when the population got large enough."
There were only 1,100 people living here, Sanborn explained about the early '60s.
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Cape Coral historian and long-time resident Paul Sanborn, right, with sportscaster Bill Stern, center, and Alan Sundstrom in 1968. Sanborn was named Outstanding Citizen that year and Sundstrom Outstanding Teenage Citizen.
Gulf American Land Corporation helped the community build a volunteer-based fire department, and in 1963 as the community grew, the company raised funds to buy the first fire engine.
"If there was a fire in Cape Coral, it had to be fought by a North Fort Myers Fire Department, which was a reason why we needed our own fire department," he said.
Cape Coral also needed a police department for the community, which was called Security Force. It was made up of five deputies and one vehicle that served as the police vehicle and ambulance.
In the early '60s, Sanborn, who is now the official city historian, said there were only two television stations available to Cape Coral residents.
"We started the first cable company," he said about Gulf American Land Corporation. "We provided cable as more people came in around 1967."
On June 10, 1962, the Yacht Club was opened to provide recreational activities for individuals to participate in as the community grew.
"Prior to that there weren't any facilities for recreation," Sanborn said.
One of the interesting things about Cape Coral, Sanborn said, was that there was absolutely no development north of Cape Coral Parkway. As the development of Cape Coral began, they dug the canals and used the fill to put the base of the homes on, which all began around the Yacht Club.
"The canal structure is something that could never be done again because of the environmental concerns of today," he said.
The opening of the Cape Coral Bridge on March 14,1964, was a turning point for the city because it cut down travel time to Fort Myers and made the progress of Cape Coral much easier, Sanborn said.
"It was a major factor of the growth of the community at that time," he said.
All the government activities were handled by the county, prior to the establishment of the city in 1970, Sanborn said, which is why the residents needed local control.
"That is when the charter was voted on in 1970," Sanborn said. "When the city was established, the county didn't have as much control and there was more local control."
Upon Sanborn's arrival, he said the average age of Cape Coral was 62; therefore claiming the city as a retirement community. He said that quickly changed as more families moved into the area creating a need to develop schools within the city.
"There was a need for more schools with the new population coming in," he said.
The average age of Cape Coral is now 42 years old, which Sanborn said is a very important part of the growth of the city.
He said he enjoyed seeing something that started from "absolutely nothing and become one of the largest cities in the state because of what we did in the early days."
"I feel proud that I had something to do with the starting of the city ... not that many people have that opportunity," he said. "Gulf American did a magnificent job."


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Why having Montreal fun in Toronto is, well, work Publié par Alexandra Molotkow le 2011-06-10 12:50 I just got back from Montreal. Returning to Toronto from Montreal is a learning experience. For example, I learned that my apartment does not strictly count as indoors. Also, that work and fun are actually two different things. I have lived in Toronto my whole life and I don't know Montreal very well. I only have basic impressions of it. Here they are: Montreal is a trading post where you exchange your hopes and dreams for a mansion that costs 25 cents a month. When you get there, angels gently unburden you of your ambitions and hand you a beer. If you want more beer, you can get it at the convenience store, which has a more festive name than "convenience store." You can drink anywhere and any time you want, because you will never again have to be sober for anything. Montreal actually has by-laws against working, so if you move there you have to hang out forever. And the people you'll be hanging out with are friendly and enthusiastic because they live in mansions and never have to work. They're also very good looking, and they have sex all the time. They would like to have sex with you, too. In Toronto, everyone works hard and still doesn't think they're working hard enough. Those who do not work hard, and instead throw DJ nights from time to time, are known as bums, and they live in flophouses because in Toronto a tarpaulin over a tree stump costs 850 dollars a month. Because rent is high, and because the pressure to not be a bum is so great, people in Toronto are ornery and they want you to get out of their face with your foolishness. Toronto has by-laws against eye contact, so if you want to have sex you have to baldly proposition someone. Toronto has some fruity things, like Pedestrian Sundays, but they only exist because of the bum lobby. Every once in a while, Torontonians start talking about how Toronto is too uptight and everyone here needs to have more fun. So they form fun militias to enforce policies like always dancing at shows. Whether you like the music is not an issue, because, if you believe in fun, any music a Torontonian makes is automatically good. The Toronto version of fun is derived from an idea of fun that Torontonians spend a lot of time seriously considering, and it involves playing the glockenspiel and making up kooky portmanteaus like "Torontopia." Torontonians have a lot of anxiety about fun because, in Toronto, fun is just another pressure on top of not being a bum and figuring out who's going to have sex with you. Having fun is an accomplishment, and it's wasted if no one else knows you're having it. So the experience of fun is work, in a way, because you have to tweet about it while it's happening. In Toronto, having fun kind of sucks. You can stay out until 6 am, but how are you going to function tomorrow? So Torontonians cheat by reading fun into everything. Getting a slice of pizza after midnight is fun. Drinking beer beyond a legal drinking zone is fun. Seeing a friend on the street is fun. You have to take fun where you can find it, because fun abides a schedule just like everything else. Even if you do manage to schedule fun, there's no guarantee that others will fit your fun into their schedules. Deep down, Torontonians know that to really have a good time, we need to get on a bus and go to Montreal for the weekend. Coming back sucks, but, at the end of the day, there's a reason we live in Toronto and not Montreal. We are the authors of our own misery. http://montreal.openfile.ca/en/blog/2011/why-having-montreal-fun-toronto-well-work


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The purple verging on black glossy lip color at the Fall 2013 Veronique Branquinho show during Paris Fashion Week is seriously vampy and has us feeling '90s nostalgia. But trust us, it's surprisingly wearable. You just need to pair it with the right makeup on the rest of your face.
Inge Grognard, the lead makeup artist working with MAC Cosmetics, called the overall look at the Veronique show "sophisticated, yet punctuated with a clean, fresh, purple lip—it's just gorgeous." And that it is.
But to make your look mimic the work of Grognard's, you have to follow his rules: Go easy on the eye makeup and pair this dark-as-night purple lip shade with a flawless foundation application.
So, are you daring enough to try this look? (Don't worry, it's totally cool to get a jumpstart on this Fall trend, especially since the weather is still chilly and Spring colors haven't quite kicked into high gear just yet.)
Here's how to recreate this strong pout, if you're into it:
1. Use MAC's PRO Chromagraphic Pencil in Rich Purple to lightly line and fill in your lips.
2. Top the liner with MAC Ruby Woo Lipstick using MAC's 213 Fluff Brush.
3. Apply MAC's Clear Lipglass for a glossy finish.
Let us know what you think of this look and if you were brave enough to rock this intense lip shade.
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Dighton is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1712 and was previously called Taunton. It can be found in Bristol county and is a part of the Northern registry of deed district. For more information, contact the county at 979 Somerset Ave., Dighton 02715. On the attached map, Dighton is shown as 10 in Bristol county.
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This project conducted a strategic assessment of the illicit small arms in the Western Pacific island region with a focus on Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (excluding Bougainville).
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While Red Sox eye repeat, Rockies could be sleeper
The Boston Red Sox were a definite feel-good story last season.
They became only the seventh team -- all since 1991 -- to finish in last place one year and claim a division title the next, and only the second of those seven, the first since Minnesota in 1991, to claim a World Series championship.
Now comes another challenge -- an attempt to repeat as champions.
Since the New York Yankees won back-to-back World Series championships in 1977-78, only seven defending champions have advanced to the World Series the next season. Only three of the seven successfully defended the title -- Toronto in 1992-93, and the Yankees, who claimed the 1998, '99 and 2000 World Series.
Can the Red Sox make it four?
That's part of the excitement of baseball. Fans can play hunches. They can punch numbers. They can pull a name out of a hat. There are no givens.
Ask the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who in the two previous offseasons signed the prime free agents -- Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson two years ago, and Josh Hamilton last year. They were unable to even claim a Wild Card spot the past two seasons.
Check the Toronto Blue Jays, who a year ago went on an offseason spending spree that committed nearly $100 million for the additions of R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson to the rotation, and signed outfielder Melky Cabrera to a two-year, $16 million free-agent contract. They replaced the Red Sox in the American League East cellar.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the early favorites to win the World Series in 2014, which is not surprising considering their surge to the National League West title a year ago, although they were knocked off by St. Louis in the NL Championship Series. Detroit gets the nod to win the AL pennant.
The Yankees have stolen the offseason headlines with the signings of Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, along with the free-agent additions of catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury. Impressed? Sure, but the Yankees rate behind the Tigers, Red Sox, Angels and A's in terms of favorites to earn the AL spot in the World Series.
The Yankees, after all, don't know who's on third, and aren't sure about what's going to happen at first, second and short. Second baseman Robinson Cano was lured away by Seattle's 10-year, $240 million free-agent contract. First baseman Mark Teixeira (15 games in 2013) and shortstop Derek Jeter (17 games) are both being asked to rebound from injury-plagued seasons. Third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been suspended for the season for PED violations.
The Mariners did make the big move to bring in Cano, but they are still trying to add a starting pitcher to bridge the gap between the two aces, Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, and the two prospects, James Paxton and Taijuan Walker, which is why they are mentioned in regards to free agents Ervin Santana and Ubaldo Jimenez. They also added Logan Morrison and Corey Hart, who will rotate with Justin Smoak through the DH, first-base and right-field spots, but the projected lineup is lefty-heavy.
But what about that Red Sox-like sleeper? What about a team that could add to the worst-to-first list in 2014?
The Colorado Rockies give the appearance of an organization that at least thinks it might have the answer. The Rockies' rotation had a trio of starters, Jorge De La Rosa, Jhoulys Chacin and Tyler Chatwood, that provided hope a year ago -- the team was 49-32 in their starts. But the last two spots in the rotation were a black hole. Eight pitchers got a shot, and the Rockies were 25-56 in those games. If they just got a .500 record in the final two spots -- which is what a contender expects -- they would have won 89 games, three behind the Dodgers.
That's why they traded for lefty Brett Anderson, convinced that Oakland's Opening Day starter a year ago is fully recovered from the Tommy John surgery of 2012 and the broken foot of '13. They project growth for Juan Nicasio, will give Franklin Morales a chance to return to the rotation and are encouraged by the recovery of Christian Friedrich from a stress fracture in his back. And they have two of the game's top pitching prospects, Jonathan Gray and Eddie Butler, who should be ready by midseason, if not sooner.
The Rockies, though, have never won a division title since their inception in 1993, having advanced to the postseason three times thanks to the Wild Card, including their 2007 loss to Boston in the World Series.
They are certainly a long shot to get to the playoffs, much less win a World Series.
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Cars and people are in the Skagit River at the scene of an I-5 bridge collapse near Mt. Veron, Wash.
Three people were rescued from water after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into Skagit River below, according to Washington State Patrol.
MSNBC's Milissa Rehberger reports that people and cars were in the water after an I-5 bridge collapsed over the Skagit River in Washington state.
The extent of the injuries for the three is unclear, but all were evaluated on scene and were transported to area hospitals, according to Marcus Deyerin of the Washington Incident Management Team. Authorities say they have no reason to believe any others are still in the river.
"I'm thankful there were no fatalities," said Wash. Governor Jay Inslee in a statement. "Witnesses say a truck hit the bridge and caused it to collapse, but an investigation has been launched to confirm that."
I-5 is the main freeway that runs along the West Coast, and NBC Seattle affiliate KING5 reported that traffic was significantly backed up in both directions.
Two vehicles were submerged in the after the bridge fell around 7 p.m. local time (10 p.m. EDT), and traffic has been closed in both directions.
A witnesses told KING5 that an oversized truck hit the upper right side of the bridge before the collapse.
The minimum vertical clearance on the bridge (distance from the road to something a truck can bump into) is 14.5 feet. The standard height is 16 feet.
This I-5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon was described by the Washington State Department of Transportation, after an inspection in August 2010, as "somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is."
Inslee's statement added: "We will be involved in a vigorous and diligent effort to get traffic flowing again through the Skagit bridge corridor and I will issue an emergency proclamation [Friday] to make sure we have the resources to do so as quickly as possible.
"This is an opportunity for us to pull together to show strength of character and patience and good citizenship as we deal with this disruption."
State inspection reports submitted to the Federal Highway Administration were reviewed by NBC News. That overall evaluation of the structural condition on the bridge corresponds to a score of 5 on a scale from 0 (worst) to 9 (best).
The bridge received identical scores on inspections in 2010, 2008 and 2006, and is on a schedule for inspection every 24 months, as generally required by federal regulations. State officials said Thursday evening they were working to make public a copy of the latest inspection report, presumably from 2012.
Looking at specific areas of the bridge, the substructure (piers, abutments, footings, piles, etc.) was described as in satisfactory condition, with the superstructure (beams, girders, stringers, trusses, cables, pins, hangers, etc.) in somewhat worse condition, listed as fair, according to the inspection data online from the Federal Highway Administration. "Fair" meant that all primary structural elements were sound but may have minor defects.
The 1,112-foot steel truss bridge was built in 1955, and was carrying an average daily traffic of 71,000 vehicles.
The bridge was of a "fracture critical" design, as are 18,000 bridges nationwide, meaning it could collapse if even one part failed.
Even after the bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis in 2007, a haphazard system of inspections continued, with federal authorities choosing not to require re-inspection of all the fracture-critical bridges.
In a survey of every state by msnbc.com in 2008, only six states and the District of Columbia said they began to recheck all their fracture-critical bridges.
Gina Cole / Skagit Valley Herald
North end of the I-5 bridge over Skagit River collapsed Thursday night.
Officials in Washington state, like in most states, said they performed special inspections of only their few dozen bridges of the particular deck-truss design used in Minneapolis.
The bridge that fell Thursday did go on to receive its regular inspections in 2008 and 2010, according to the federal records, called the National Bridge Inventory.
Bill Dedman of NBC News contributed to this report.
This story was originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 12:12 AM EDT


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Clean Tool Master
(Ver 2.5 Updated 2/20/2016)
Clean Tool Master is a repository of tools that can help speed up workflow pipelines (involving Dynamesh, and Standard Subtools.)
This plugin is unofficial. (More information in Notes section) Dynamesh options are extremely memory intensive.)
Please save your work before running them!
Main features
- Ability to run specific processes across an entire set of Subtools, or only the Visible ones (Eyeball Icon.)
- Options for automation as follows:
- Delete Morphs
- Bake Layers
- Turn Textures Off
- Clear Polypainted Matcaps
- Fill Subtools with White Polypaint
- Show Hidden
- Delete UVW's
- Clear Masks
- Set SDiv's lower by 2
- Create Preview Tool
- Other features involve usage with Dynamesh
- Creating a higher then 1024 resolution Dynamesh through scaling
- Creating a higher then 1024 resolution Dynamesh that can be worked on (edited with Dynamesh active)
- Generating a duplicate Dynamesh Subtool that has UVW's for Polypaint exporting.
Copy the attached CleanToolMaster.ZSC file to your \Pixologic\ZBrush 4R2\ZStartup\ZPlugs\ folder.
Restart ZBrush.
Clean Tool Master will be located under the Zplugin tab.
Change Log
v1.5: Fixed some spelling errors, added 'blur 0' to the dynamesh process for polypainting exporting. Added the fix Marcus posted to turn on XYZ under deformation:size
So since it's the holiday season I thought I would share this plugin! I created it to help ease some of the repetitive workflow processes I come across on a daily basis (clearing morphs, baking layers, clearing masks etc...) This is my first attempt at Zscripting so please post and bugs/grammatical errors you find and I will attempt to fix them.
The Dynamesh options are extremely memory intensive! You may also run into errors involving the polycount being too high, holes in mesh, etc..) Please save your work before running them!
Thanks goes out to Marcus Civis for all his wonderful Zscripting information. Also to Thomas DeVries who had the idea for the functionality to export out polypainting from a Dynamesh.


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Jason Donald singled home the winning run with two outs in the 12th inning, lifting the Cleveland Indians over the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.
White Sox starter Jake Peavy took a one-hitter and a 3-1 lead into the ninth. Michael Brantley led off with a single and pinch hitter Travis Hafner followed with a tying homer.
Lonnie Chisenhall doubled with one out in the Cleveland 12th against Matt Thornton (4-10), who then intentionally walked Russ Canzler.
Right-hander Nate Jones came on to face announced pinch hitter Matt LaPorta, who was then replaced by lefty swinging Jack Hannahan. Jones struck him out before Donald hit a liner into the left-field corner.
Chris Seddon (1-1) pitched a scoreless 12h for the win, Cleveland's seventh in 17 meetings with Chicago. It was the left-hander's first victory since July 24, 2010, when he was with Seattle.
Dayan Viciedo hit a two-run homer off Cleveland closer Chris Perez in the ninth for a 3-1 lead.
Hafner tied it with his 200th homer for Cleveland and 201st of his career.
Until then, Peavy had allowed only Shin-Soo Choo's 16th homer leading off the fourth. Peavy walked one and struck out eight in what could be his final game for the White Sox. His $22 million option for next season almost certainly won't be picked up, but the right-hander has said he'd like to return.
Perez took his fifth blown save in 44 chances when Viciedo connected for a 426-foot shot to center for his 24th homer — and fifth against the Indians this season. Viciedo is hitting .346 with 18 RBIs against Cleveland.
Orlando Hudson singled for his third hit before Viciedo delivered.
After Perez gave up Viciedo's homer, he yielded a one-out single to Jordan Danks and then hit Tyler Flowers in the left hand with a pitch. Flowers glared out at Perez and both benches were warned. After Perez retired the side, he and Flowers met at the side of the mound.
Chicago scored in the sixth off Indians starter Justin Masterson. Dewayne Wise hit a one-out double and scored on Orlando Hudson's line single.
Masterson struck out five over six innings in his final start, failing to break his personal three-game losing streak. The right-hander allowed one run, one walk and four hits and finished with an 11-15 record and career-high 206 1-3 innings pitched.
Interim manager Sandy Alomar Jr. said before the game that Masterson has the stuff to be a big winner, but remains too inconsistent. Alomar said that when Masterson gets downward sink on his pitches rather than side-to-side movement, he can be one of the most devastating pitchers in the game. He would like to see Masterson work off his four-seam fastball a little more next season.


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Drawing on talent from across the world, each issue will feature the best-painted miniatures, as well as providing inspiration and information for your own projects. From the team that brings you Military Modelcraft International, Fantasy Figures International will include extensive step-by-step articles, interviews with leading hobbyists, show reports, modelling galleries and in-depth reviews of new releases in the genres of figure, fantasy and Sci-Fi modelling.
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British Railways Illustrated
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BRITISH RAILWAYS ILLUSTRATED, now approaching its 30th year and long known by its cheerful acronym 'BRILL'. Colour cover, 56 pages of text and, typically, 60-70 high quality black and white images. There are maps and plans/diagrams in most issues. 'History with a good helping of nostalgia' is its hallmark with some humour thrown in; concentrates on the steam and early modernisation era of British Railways, 1948 to the 1970s (diesel and electric) but also features subjects and themes from the 1930s and the Second World War. Locomotives and locomotive workings feature prominently but there are always items on rolling stock, buildings, bridges, track and signalling as well as human/social aspects. Lively letters pages keep the readership involved.
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Railway Bylines
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RAILWAY BYLINES, now in its 25th year. Colour cover, 56 pages of text and, like British Railways Illustrated, some 60-70 high quality black and white images. There are maps and plans/diagrams in most issues. Subject matter is wide ranging and the BYLINES in the title is very deliberate; homely branch lines serving villages and country towns, industrial lines serving mills, foundries, works, quarries, mines and ports, together with their often ancient locomotives and their correspondingly elderly and eccentric stock. Both standard and narrow gauge with occasional Irish subjects. Most frequently portrayed period is the 1950s-1960s before such workings and lines began to disappear, though occasionally earlier eras are covered. Editorial is wide-ranging - buildings, stock, structures, social/human aspects and so on - history/nostalgia with a light touch that matches its often out-of-the-way, off-beat subjects.
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Warpaint Book Series
Designed with both the aircraft enthusiast and the model maker in mind, the Warpaint titles try to establish as near as possible a comprehensive and accurate account of a single aircraft type within one set of covers.
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Guideline Publications Apart from our Warpaint book we publish a range of Aviation and Military Books - Combat Colours, Camouflage & Markings aviation and military plus Airfile Publications. This series of books has the exceptional editorial and production quality along with the expertise of our authors you demand from Guideline Publications
Aircraft in Profile is a monthly section occupying the centre pages of
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providing an initial 'first step' in researching an aircraft type, and is aimed at those readers who have had little previous interest in its subject, rather than those with expert knowledge. The section outlines the history and development of its chosen type providing a context for a modelling project, while the plans and drawings are designed to expand upon this and we hope we hope will be of use or interest to both modellers and aviation enthusiasts alike Volume Two is out now US Navy and AirForce subjects following a number of requests to provide the material in book form.
Armour in Profile: Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the United States Army, 1945-2018
contains profiles of five armoured fighting vehicles that have shaped the strategy and tactics of the United States Army since the end of World War II. From the battlefields of the Korean Peninsula and the jungles of Vietnam, to the plains of Central Europe and deserts of Iraq and Kuwait, these vehicles are iconic of American military might. Beginning with the M47 and M48 Patton tanks, replacements for the M4 Sherman, it goes on to examine the M60 tank and the mighty M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, a vehicle that is expected to serve as the principal weapon of the U.S. Army for at least another two decades. As well as these main battle tanks, it profiles the 'King of Battle', the M109 self-propelled howitzer, another relic of the Cold War continuously updated to meet the challenges of warfare in the twenty-first century. Finally, the book looks at the 'REFORGER' exercises held in the 1970s and 80s, at the height of the Cold War, and which moved thousands of U.S personnel and vehicles to Germany on an annual basis.
68 pages plus 4 cover £11.99 Warpaint Profile & Line Drawings Specials No1 By Jan Polc New from Guideline is this innovative collection of artworks and scale drawings culled from the famous Warpaint series and collected in a single volume presenting eight iconic US military aircraft types from the Second World War Warpaint has grown into one of the most authoritative and comprehensive encyclopaedias of military aviation in print today. Compiled by artist Jan Polc Warpaint in Armour ARMOUR IN THE WESTERN FRONT OUT NOW By David Grummitt Warpaint Armour is an exciting new series by Guideline License Publications & Acrylicos Vallejo. Each title will cover an important conflict or period, looking at the tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles that shaped pivotal moments in the history of modern warfare. Illustrated throughout with archival images and specially commissioned colour profiles.
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Do you snack during the day?
I'm definitely more of a grazer — eating a little lighter
and more frequently throughout the day. For body weight it doesn't seem to
matter. Others have told me it's too time consuming to think about eating 5 or
6+ meals each day. But for me it works.
What about you? Here's a scenario I hear about time and time
You're at work. It's 2 PM. Your eyes are starting to roll to
the back of your head and your stomach is starting to "yell" at you.
It's the vending machine "calling." Obviously you
have to cave, right? WRONG!
Finding a great option in the vending machine is like
finding a needle in a haystack. But here are a few snacks to satisfy your
salty, sweet, or crunchy cravings!
Sure, some, but not all of them would work at the office,
but that same snack calling can come at home too.
Got a craving for salty foods?
Try any of these:
Sliced cucumber with
a pinch of salt and black pepper
Toasted chick peas
(drain and rinse canned chick peas, toss with 1 tsp olive oil, sprinkle with
kosher salt and chili powder. Toast in a pan over medium heat, tossing
occasionally, until crispy)
KIND Dark Chocolate
Nuts & Sea Salt – it's convenient, has ingredients you can pronounce and
combines a little dark chocolate goodness with a hint of salty flavor. I love
keeping these in my bag and desk, so I'm never without a quick, easy, smart
Craving sweet foods?
Try these:
Sliced melon with a
squeeze of lime juice
Grilled pineapple
with a drizzle of melted chocolate
Grilled plum with a
scoop of Greek yogurt (a personal favorite)
Craving crunchy foods?
Try these:
Baby carrots with
Wasa Crispbread (LOVE
this) with a slice of tomato, avocado & smoked salmon
Apple slices with
pieces of Cabot seriously sharp cheddar cheese mini bars
There you have it — 9 different snacks to attack your salty,
sweet, or crunchy cravings head on!


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Medical travel insurance cover, which includes repatriation, is essential on our trips - and is a condition of booking with us. Without evidence of a valid policy on the first day of the trip, unfortunately we will not be able to allow you onto the trip.
Dragoman-arranged insurance for European travellers
We can offer special adventure travel insurance, which differs from many others because it covers any activity when booked or arranged through us. We can arrange cover for travellers resident anywhere in Europe, except for Switzerland, Belarus, Montenegro and Ukraine people from these countries or elsewhere will need to arrange their own insurance locally in their country of residence.
Our policies are priced competitively from GBP29. Please contact us to arrange your cover.
You can view a sample Worldwide Travel Insurance certificate for both annual multi trip and single trip here: Dragoman_Travel_Insurance_Policy_2019.pdf
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Part of my 'coming back' is cooking again, and also cooking before it is dark outside when we feel we can 'justify' calling it quits outside at the farm. However, of course by then, we are too tired to do very much in terms of cooking or even eating. We have been far better this summer than last in terms of healthy eating because we have been trading garlic for fresh vegetables with many of our farmer friends and other vendors (i.e. cheese, bread). However, even when I have cooked, there has been no time or energy left over to blog.
'Time out!!' says the Universe. 'Cooking, eating, and blogging are too important to you to just quit what you love, so give something up, re-prioritize, even be bold and cook, eat, and blog during the daylight hours if you want to, yes if you want to."
Big deep breath, so here I am on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon inside quickly writing this post and even sharing a picture I remembered to take this week. All I did was look in my refrigerator and on my kitchen counter to find bits and pieces of delicious food items just waiting to be combined into something easy and delicious to eat one night last week.
I know I already have a recipe for Kale-Potato Soup on this blog, but I added fish, fish broth, and almost a quart of organic milk to this soup tonight because it was time to get those foods used up before I needed to freeze those left-overs.
So it really is a basic easy soup (no real amounts are needed because of the flexibility of this recipe):
• Chopped onion and garlic, saute quickly in a bit of olive oil in a large soup pot
• Poach fish in ~ 2 cups of water in separate 2 quart saucepan, skin and debone fish if needed, flake and set aside.
• Strain fish broth if needed
• Wash, chop, and cook potatoes in another saucepan until almost soft, drain, rinse starch off
• Add fish broth and potatoes to onions and garlic in large soup pot
• Simmer until potatoes are done through but not mushy
• Add chopped tomatoes
• Add chopped kale (I do take off the stems, save in my freezer to make future soup stock, and only use tender kale leaves)
• Add milk and heat until hot but not boiling
• I added a bit of salt and white pepper to taste
|(Photo: Kale-Potato-Fish Soup, still in the soup pot, with slotted spoon showing off the kale, potatoes, and tomatoes)
|(Photo: organic peach slices, a scrumptious and just right dessert)
Where kale continues to be more than decoration on my plate, even if I am not blogging about it!
Diana Dyer, MS, RD


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For those of you wondering - this is worker bee (not a bumble bee!) and you don't see a bee's stinger unless it sticks it out :D
Flash Draw Created Jul 22, 2008 470 x 338px Unless noted Copyright 2008 moogleymog.
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Bee`u~tiful!! :) 5/5 Amazing collect
unbelievable good work and so realistic!!!!!!!!!! very well done Rosie:)
wowowow this is sooo amazing!!! 5++++ and collection!
i really like it its amazing though i dont like bee's but the drawings really looks like a bee 5/5 and favs
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i dont like bees i never liked bees....but still 5/5
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Or, Moogle was two lazy to draw the stinger. ;D Jk xD 5/5


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Simone Biles and Kyla Ross gave the U.S. women's gymnastics team the top two places in the all-around competition Friday in the 2013 World Championships at Antwerp, Belgium.
Biles scored 60.216, just ahead of the 59.332 by Ross, a 16-year-old from Aliso Viejo who was part of the U.S. Olympic gold-medal-winning gymnastics team at the 2012 Games in London. It's the third time in history the U.S. has won gold and silver all-around world championship medals.
"It hasn't sunken in yet," Biles said of being world all-around champion. "I am sure it will eventually, but we still have event finals, so we can't get too excited about it yet. But I know what I have done is a huge accomplishment and I am very happy. During the event Kyla and I just talked about our routines, and we are best friends, and we thought, 'Wow, this is Worlds!' I still can't believe it."
Ross also was awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance, which is given to the most elegant gymnast as determined by a voting jury. Kohei Uchimura of Japan, who won the men's all-around title, was the men's recipient.
"I think today was a really great competition, and I had a lot of fun out there, especially competing with Simone, who is so much fun to have around," Ross said. "I had solid routines, and I was happy to end up strong on floor and to win the Longines Award for Elegance. It was such an honor, and to be on the stage with Kohei was amazing. It is really nice that people associate my gymnastics with elegance."
The U.S. also took the top two spots at the world championships in 2005 when Chellsie Memmel won gold and Nastia Liukin took silver and in 2009 when Bridget Sloan won gold and Rebecca Bross earned the silver. Biles is the seventh U.S. woman to win the world all-around title joining Kim Zmeskal (1991), Shannon Miller (1993 and 1994), Shawn Johnson (2007), Jordyn Wieber (2011), plus Sloan and Memmel.
The remaining competition schedule, along with the U.S. athletes competing, is: Saturday, men's floor exercise with Americans Steven Legendre and Jake Dalton; still rings with American Brandon Wynn; women's vault with defending world champion McKayla Maroney of Long Beach and Biles; and uneven bars with Americans Ross and Biles; and on Sunday, parallel bars with Americans John Orozco and Wynn; horizontal bar with American Sam Mikulak (of Newport Coast); uneven bars with Americans Ross and Biles; and floor exercise with Ross as one of the six competitors.
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Take part in a mash-up of cultural exchange, time travel, live music and performances, and art-making, along with on-site projects by local artists, at this free event presented by the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC). RSVP on Facebook and submit art for a youth art zine.
Art Activity: Self-Construction, 5–8 pm
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab
Explore your creativity and style by making cardboard and cloth tiles that will become the walls of a giant fort located in the Cargill Lounge.
Art Activity: Fort Walker, 5–8:30 pm
Cargill Lounge
Come check out the enormous collectively teen-decorated structure—add the piece you made down in the Art Lab to the surface of the creation! Don't forget to come back at the end of the event to take a tile home!
Art Activity: Vinyl Vandals with Dusty Signs, 5–7:30 pm
General Mills Hennepin Lounge
Leave your mark on a WACTAC-take of graffiti-inspired art on the windows of the Hennepin Lounge, led by artist Dusty Signs.
The Attic: Food. Music. Kick-it., 5:30–7:30 pm
Garden Terrace Room, Level 8
Use your unique cultural palette and taste buds to make delicious bites of food while rocking out to Radio K's Those Meddling Kids. Keep it going by getting wild with strangers, friends, and interactive projections from Minneapolis Art on Wheels.
Projection: Manifesto, 5–9 pm
U.S. Bank Orientation Lounge
WACTAC aims to encourage conversations between teens, the world, and art—projected onto "the Rock" is WACTAC's manifesto for the museum of the future in a multitude of languages for your viewing pleasure and comprehension.
Gallery Performance: Reaction, 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 pm
Various galleries
Experience brand new performance pieces tailored to the Walker's galleries and executed by the bold and straight-up swag of Jaime Carrera and his exceptional teenage team. These short performances will pop-up in a different gallery each time.
Dance Performance: Al Taw'am and We're Muslim Don't Panic, 6 and 7 pm
Levitt Hennepin Lobby
You'll be floored by these incredible dance crews that push the boundaries of movement, style, and perception.
Musical Performance: Bomba De Luz, 8 pm
Garden Terrace Room
Listen to the hottest and most exhilarating folk-rock group that sound waves will ever have the pleasure of carrying to your eardrums.


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Community Portal
The City of Colorado Springs is dedicated to providing our citizens, businesses and visitors with a web site that is easy to use and comprehensive. Our goal is that you can find the information your need quickly and efficiently without having to wade through multiple sections.
The new portal design was a collaboration between the City of Colorado Springs, various citizens volunteers and non-profit representatives. After assessing the existing site and reviewing many other government sites, we took the best practices and implemented them in our new design and navigation structure.
Large navigation categories are displayed in blue and drop down navigation is provided for all sections. We have used wording that citizens use (not government jargon). We have provided portal sections (green sections in the drop down navigation) that bring together information from all-across the site into one easy to use page. The gray navigation are the most popular or frequently used pages within that section.
The home page was also rebuilt to provide you with even more information in one easy to use page. We have provided a rotating banner of upcoming activities; a list of Hot Topics which link to more information; a listing of news releases; a list of the most popular / most frequently visited pages; a list of services which can be paid for online; a list of current RFPs; a list of popular forms and of course a list of upcoming events on our calendar section.
These changes were brought about by comments from you, our citizens! If you have ideas or comments regarding the web site, please feel free to send them to our Webmaster. We encourage your feedback so we can continue to make our website truly world class!


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Phoenix Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center is looking for an emergency doctor to complement our team in a 24 hour veterinary emergency, critical care and referral center. We are a multi-specialty practice that offers secondary and tertiary level referral care in the metropolitan Phoenix area. We are making significant investments in talent and equipment, including the addition of a CT scan in 2018. We currently have a Board Certified Surgeon, a Criticalist, and strong team of Emergency Doctors.
We enjoy working in an 11,500 square foot facility in Paradise Valley, and provide professional, functional services while practicing cost practical medicine. Our broad referral base offers a wide variety of patients, and a brisk caseload. We have a full array of equipment and tools, allowing our doctors to practice excellent medicine with a focus on compassionate patient care and unparalleled customer service.
Phoenix is the 5th most populous city in the US, and the metro area is known as the Valley of the Sun, receiving the most sunshine of any major city on earth. While the mostly flat city is surrounded by irrigated farmlands, it is also encircled by mountain ranges, providing for lots of outdoor activities. Phoenix is home to dozens of museums, and many cultural options including symphony, opera, ballet, and art. In addition, Phoenix is home to professional football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer!
We offer a generous compensation package that includes health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, signing bonus, CE allowance, and 401K plan. For immediate consideration, please apply for this position at www.petvetcareers.com or email your CV to Lucy Morrow at email@example.com.