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Mullein Oil Health Benefits
Mullein or Verbascum Thapsus and Wavy Leaf Mullein or Verbascum Sinuatum, as they are botanically known, is both used to extract the essential oil.
The essential oil contains coumarin, rotenone, and tannin, triterpene saponins like verbascosaponin, mucilage, aucubin, catalpol, flavonoids, and phenolic acids.
This oil is very efficient in curing both internal and external infections. Internally, it cures infections in the genitals and the urinary tracts, colon, excretory system, and the kidneys.
Externally, it fights infections on the skin, in the ear, nose, and other parts of the body.
This Essential Oil of Mullein is also capable of reducing fever by fighting the infections that cause the fever.
The diuretic properties of this oil also contribute to this effect, since removal of toxins and wastes from the body speeds up recovery from infections.
A combination oil of garlic and mullein is good for our animal companions as well, it works on ear mites and helps control fleas and itching.
Mullein flowers are also used in teas to coat sore throats and calm coughing.
Mullein tones and soothes irritated lungs and speeds healing of damaged tissues, which could help lungs damaged by smoking, recover.
Mullein is one of the traditional smoking herbs as well, which could be used as a tobacco substitute to help smokers quit as well.
It has been a potent medicinal herb since many centuries in Europe and America.
The herb is still used as one of the most formidable herbal remedies for cough.
Therefore, it is used in conditions that lead to cough, like bronchitis. Its oil too has been used since ancient times.
It was used in formulations to treat fungal infections like ringworm and athlete's foot.
It was also used to treat ear infections, a use which continues to this day. Apply mullein oil directly on the temples as massage oil.
Perform a gentle massage using mullein oil. It relieves a migraine headache.
Mullein is applied to the skin for wounds, burns, haemorrhoids, bruises, frostbite, and skin infections (cellulitis).
The leaves are used topically to soften and protect the skin.


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October 1, 2005
In its regular meeting Sept. 28, the Hood River County School District's board of directors considered the usual topics of funding and enrollment, and heard a presentation by Jaimes Valdez, of the Renewable Northwest Project, urging the school district to consider purchasing renewable energy.
Superintendent Pat Evenson-Brady's report included news that Hood River Valley High School will begin offering space on the gym walls for banners advertising local businesses, as one way to eliminate some of the constant appeals for funding school sports. Gym sport coaches will each be responsible for finding some of the advertisers.
Evenson-Brady also said that according to Hood River County Sheriff Joe Wampler, it isn't possible to get a half-time resource officer for the schools.
"The main thing is that we are unable to make a long-term commitment," Evenson-Brady said. "We're conservative about revenue because it's never certain."
For example, enrollment is currently down by 40 students, compared to last year at this time. That doesn't affect this year's funding, but since state funding is based on the prior year's enrollment, it would reduce next year's funding by $5,000 per student, or $200,000. Such ebb and flow in enrollment makes financial planning difficult.
"We typically have a 10-30 percent turnover in enrollment during the school year, and in two of the last 10 years there has even been a drop," she said.
No one could explain the loss in enrollment, especially given the apparent boom in home building. Evenson-Brady pointed out that according to the facts she's been given, 44 percent of residences within the urban boundary are not primary residences/owner occupied, but second homes.
The superintendent also introduced the board to a new fund-raising campaign, coming soon in the mail. "Bright Futures," was made possible with funds from a local donor. It will encourage annual giving by residents and provide a menu of choices for how the donations will be used.
No decision was made regarding the purchase of renewable energy but the matter will be discussed at the next meeting, after board members have had more time to go through the literature Valdez provided.
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"Let me get this straight. We're boarding a handmade wooden sailing boat…. in Greenland. Then we will sail up to an area highly concentrated with Icebergs … go scuba diving in sub zero temperatures""Yep, that's the plan!" Kingsley nodded his head as a huge grin wiped across his face.So there we were, in Kangerlussuaq, waiting for our boat Breskell to arrive. It was coming all the way from Virginia, so the three of us were somewhat nervous. What if the boat doesn't arrive? There's nothing here! With such anticipation of what lay ahead and almost 24h of daylight at this time of year, it was difficult to sleep. Looking back, we really had no idea what to prepare for. We did, however, make the right call in following our intuition.
"There it is!" Kiki announced pointing to the centre of the harbour.
There seemed to be no movement on the deck of Breskell but before long, we spotted a tiny wooden row boat coming towards us. I looked over to Kingsley "getting in and out of the water in that little thing with scuba gear isn't going to be easy!". We both shrugged."We'll make it work!" we agreed.
Upon boarding the boat we were greeted by our skipper Olivier. Prior to the trip our communication with him was limited to a few emails and Skpye calls. His confidence in the success of the mission through decades of sailing experience was the big reason we felt like we could make this trip work. Within minutes of being on board, Olivier sat us down for a safety briefing."If you fall overboard, you've got about 3 minutes to live." Olivier explained with a very serious look in his eyes.
"..and it's going to take more than 3 minutes for me to turn this boat around" he continued. "So if you fall in.. you're dead". He was serious. After all, he was no stranger to the dangers of the sea.
"I lost a boat in the Bahamas" he shared with us later that evening.This was just one of a many compelling sailing stories we would have the privilege of learning about during this trip. As a boat builder at the South West boat school in Florida, Oliver explained that boats are his life. His father built boats, and he had learned everything he knew about sailing and building them from his father. In fact the boat we were sitting on was designed by his father and hand built by himself."Sailing is part of me. It's in my genes" he explained. When Oliver was at sea, he was at home. We were now guests in his home and we would play by his rules.
But Kiki had a different perspective on the cold. She could barely contain her excitement dangling one of her hands in the water grinning. Kiki is Dutch freediver who specialises in cold water therapy. She has been training to withstand cold temperatures and has taught her body and mind to deal with these extreme conditions. On this trip her plans were to freedive the sub zero glacial waters of The Ilulissat Icefjord.She explained to us that as soon as you go into cold water your mind just kind of shuts off.
"When you're in the cold you're forced to be fully focused on the moment you're in". She explained. "The cold has helped me through some tough times in life and taught me a lot".
"I want to show people that we are capable of things like this. We are capable of so much more than we think" Kiki pleaded with passion.
Oliver looked shocked but intrigued "Now this, is something I have to see!".We were off. The plan for the trip was to try and make it up to The World Heritage listed Ilulissat Icefjord. The site is one of the few places where the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea. The ice that flows out to sea here comes from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier. At about 40m per day. the stream of ice flowing from this glacier is one of the fastest in the world."It is rumoured that the iceberg that sunk The Titanic calved from this glacier" explained Maluk, who spent much of his youth growing up in Greenland.
One of our biggest challenges in preparing for a scuba trip in Greenland is organising scuba tanks. Thankfully we had been put in touch with one of the few people in the country that could help us out, Bo Lings.Bo from Sirius Greenland was based in Sisimiut, the second largest city in Greenland. Home to just over 5,000 people, this "city" was not much more than a small town. We were greeted in the harbour by fishermen who allowed us to pull up alongside. They had recently returned from a fishing trip. The catch was Arctic crab. With fishing exports from Greenland in the past 20 years accounting for 90% of the country's total exports, these men were part of the majority of the country's residents which rely heavily on local ocean resources for their livelihood.In addition to supplying us with scuba cylinders, Bo was able to give us some good tips about places to jump in, local marine life, and some of the challenges that we may face. Besides from the cold and breaking ice, one of our biggest challenges was tackling strong currents. This was especially of concern to us because Breskell was never designed as a diving boat, and more importantly the small tender was unlikely to be enough for a rescue if needed."I think the only way to make this work is for us to be transported one at a time to the drop site" I explained to Oliver. Kingsley pointed to the small island several hundred meters from the boat where we wanted to dive. We waited for the peak of high tide.
The look on Kingsley's face reflected how I was feeling. Nervous. One of the expedition leaders, Edgar, stood up to the role of driving the tender and the two took off for the island. Kitted up in my wetsuit, I looked through a pair of binoculars… it seemed as though the plan was actually going to work.Before long, I was at the island too. Moments later we were underwater. We were diving in The Arctic! The site was spectacular. Vibrant, healthy fields of seaweed. Aside from a few curious Greenlandic Cod, fish life though was limited. But at a closer look within the rocky reef, tightly packed beds of small shellfish filtered the nutrient rich water and small macro life hid in the gaps of the reef.With the first dive under our belt, our confidence was soaring. Thankfully all of the equipment was all in order, cameras were functioning well… the dive was a success.
While the kelp beds we had just experienced were impressive, our sights were really set on Disko Bay. In the build up to this trip, visions of the expedition involved glaciers, icebergs and whales but with strong winds continuing late into the afternoon, our skipper didn't seem to think it would still be an option. "Impossible" exclaimed Oliver over dinner. "We won't be able to make it up there with these conditions".
The crew didn't let these words impact our spirit. Even though we may not be able to make it up to the Ilulissat Icefjord, we may still come into close contact with icebergs.With the prevailing conditions, Oliver explained the importance of having set destinations each day with sheltered places to moor overnight. The next few mornings involved 4am starts, lots of coffee and long shifts at the helm and on watch. Each day the wind grew crisper and the extra layers of clothes we packed, finally became useful. "Iceberg!!!!" A loud call came from up deck. We all raced upstairs. As we sailed closer, the giant white floating structure grew larger and larger. It was massive… and there was more in the distance too.Our captain Olivier told us right from the start of the expedition, Icebergs were a concern. As a wooden hulled boat, a collision would be catastrophic.
After confidently navigating between icebergs for a few days Oliver's Arctic sailing confidence was soaring. "I am not scared of icebergs no more" explained Olivier. "It's the growlers we need to watch out for" he rolled off with a distinct French accent.I looked at Kinglsey puzzled "Growlers?"… thinking grizzly / polar bear hybrids or something like that. He shrugged his shoulders. The boat was fitted with a radar that would pick up icebergs on the surface but the smaller partially submerged "growlers" were something we needed to watch carefully for.
The call "growler" became a familiar echo as the icebergs grew more dense. We were getting close to Aasiaat, a small town at Disko Bay's southern edge. Finally it really felt like the real Arctic experience that we had envisaged. It was beautiful.As we entered the bay of Aasiaat we were greeted by whales. "Humpback's and Minke's" Kingsley called! The boat slowed down to a gentle drift. Without hesitation I was in my suit and ready to go, waiting for the whales to come close. The pod frolicked playfully closely as I lay in the water camera in hand, welcoming their presence. I could hear their calls in through the water. At one point I looked down and saw bubbles rising from the depth. They were underneath me! But that was as close as they would come. The whales kept their distance and after some time we returned to the boat.The crew were ecstatic, we had made it to Disko Bay. The plan was a quick stock up of supplies at the store and with just a few days left before we had to fly out, there was still hope to make it up to the Illulisat Iceford.
Between Aasiat and Disko Island there is a small group of islands that we were aiming for that night. This would put us within a day's sail of Illulisat. We wasted no more time, lifted the ropes and got going. Upon arrival at these islands it was late in the afternoon but there was still plenty of sunlight. With just days left in our expedition, Kingsley and I knew exactly what we wanted to do… another dive!The following morning we rose again at 4am to get going. Excitement, anticipation and… more coffee, helped us push through. By midday, what appeared to be a wall of ice appeared at the horizon. It was the Icefjord! But none of us knew exactly what to expect ahead.
With Icebergs literally everywhere now making navigation a challenge. A path through the ice was not clear. Earlier that day Olivier explained that we may not be able to reach the town. Not going any further from here may be too dangerous.
But by now Oliver was in full captain mode. Calls of growlers didn't seem to phase him as much as before. Sounds of small pieces of ice colliding with the bow caused for some uneasy looks within the crew. He had confidence in his boat and was determined to reach the port of Illulisat. After all, by making it into this port, it would mean another successful expedition, safety and a sense of accomplishment.
Below is the trailer from this expedition by London based film maker Dominic Joyce .
"This is one of the greatest moments of my life" Olivier said quietly as a tear roll down his cheek. We had made it.
With two days before we had to fly out, there was still time for our dream of diving in the presence of an Iceberg. We had confidence in our equipment, boat and captain. There was plenty of ice around. Our biggest uncertainties was within the icebergs themselves and choosing the right spot to jump in. We had been warned about the dangers of ice collapsing and these bergs weren't something to mess with.We sought advice from a local boat taxi driver. He had years of experience in the area, driving boats around the Icefjord. Never in his time though had he been with people who wanted to get in. While he didn't feel ecstatic about our plans, we negotiated a plan to get in the water on snorkel. If we could be shown a safe place to jump in and learn where to avoid, we may have a chance to scuba dive here in our last morning before we needed to leave.
Our the driver stopped the boat near some breaching whales, we wasted no time but to jump straight into the water. My dive computer read -2. My face was instantly numb. As I swam towards a humpback tail in the distance, I was already imagining what I would see next. Whales and Icebergs, this is the moment I had been waiting for! As I got closer and closer to the iceberg, it seemed to grown taller and taller. Once I reached the base I looked up and and I felt as though I was at next to a ten story building of ice.Then… something felt wrong. I heard muffled screams and shouting in the distance. As I pulled my dive hood away from my ear, the shouting grew louder. I was being warned to swim away from the iceberg. It was cracking. I was scared!
I frantically swam back to the boat and climbed aboard. My heart was racing but a huge grin came across my face. It was incredible.
Later, we found a safer site to jump in and snorkeled our way along to the base of a smaller berg. Once again the whales stayed too far away to film, but their nearby presence was enough. This was really something special.On returning from our snorkel we began to plan our dive. Oliver agreed that on our way out of the Icefjord the following morning, we could dive the Icebergs.
Our moment had arrived. Breskell was right up next to the Icebergs we were ready to jump in. With echoes of the panicked calls from yesterday's snorkel racing through my mind, I wasn't sure if this was a great idea. I also knew that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to do this. We jumped in.
With the iceberg in sight. I nodded at Kinglsey and we started our descent.The structure of the iceberg underwater was completely different to that exposed from the top. Initially the surface looked like ripples like those from a sandy beach but as we continued along the slope, the shapes changed. Further along, deep vertical carvings were engraved in the icy sheet like claw marks from a giant animal had scratched down the side. The changes in shapes and texture along the ice were mesmerising. My imagination was running wild.The sound of all the ice surrounding us was overwhelming. Cracking, scratching, colliding.
I was worried that the nearby ice would collapse. The depth of this water was over 200m deep, that thought alone was intimidating. We continued along the icy wall, ever so often making a sudden bolt away from the icy edge when the sounds of the ice were especially concerning.Overall we spent about 30 minutes underwater. Upon surfacing we high fived. What an adventure! What an experience!
But we weren't ready to get out just now. As part of our plans for this trip, we had a wild dream of filming Ice free diver and daredevil Kiki Bosch freedive these waters, in just her swimsuit.
I was already starting to shake. My hands were numb. It was now or never. I called out "let's do this Kiki!"
Kiki had been training for this moment for months. She was prepared and I had the confidence in her abilities to make this happen. Even still, this is an incredibly dangerous stunt and there's a lot that could go wrong.I let the air back out of my BCD and waited, several meters deep next to the iceberg. Within a few moments, Kiki was down there. She glided past, and reached out touching the iceberg with one hand. In this moment Kiki was doing something most people would simply rule out as impossible. She is quite literally overcoming the impossible.One of the reasons I love videography is being able to share experiences like this that most people would never have the opportunity to feel in their life. Once people see for themselves that something like this is possible, all of a sudden it becomes possible.
This philosophy also speaks true with climate change. It's easy to discard something as fake and untrue if you haven't seen it for yourself. As an underwater videographer I've been seen many climate impacts first hand. My mission is to share these with the world.Sometimes I think we really need more people in the world like Kiki Bosch and Olivier who are able to defy the odds and change people's perspectives into realising that a change in culture starts with you. The first step in changing the world is to change yourself, and if you truly believe that you can actually do something meaningful… then maybe, just maybe it is.
This expedition was made possible through non profit organisation Ninth Wave Global. Ninth wave are independent, international organisation and think tank which works in unknown or forgotten territories over the horizon generating space for investigation and positive change in environmental, community and social settings.
Stefan Andrews is a marine biologist and science teacher from Australia. He is a specialist fish surveyor, scientific diver and underwater videographer. He has been producing, filming and editing for Ocean Imaging for over five years and is currently working as a Biology teacher in the UK.
Olivier Huin is currently in Greenland preparing for his North West Passage journey this summer. The journey needs a careful physical and mental preparation. If you're interested in sailing safely in one of the most beautiful place in the world, he encourages you to get in touch.
This incredible adventure was supported by some generous friends, family and fans who contributed through our Patreon page. We sincerely thank each and every one of you for helping us make the most out of this unique opportunity:
- Gerald Caussade
- Zac Raymond
- Thomas Wernberg
- Deike Alberts
- Ang Lin
- Jenny and Bill Ferguson
- Nicki Ara
- Jo Brown
- Peter Bergman
- Victoria Ginnane
- Divesangha
- Tom and Lucia Keen
- Phil and Karen Andrews
- Gunnar Inge
- Caroline Brown
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For the makers, artists and technicians who have worked for Bheemaa, and for eager fans of Chiyan Vikram, all of whom have been eagerly awaiting its grand release - the long wait is over. Now, as the movie joins the Pongal blast, it's celebration time for all of them! Does Bheemaa meet fans' expectations? Vehemently, YES!
Chinna (Prakashraj) and Periyavar (Raghuvaran) are local gangsters who operate separate rowdy groups with a power war between them. Chinna was Periyavar's loyal follower before he was expelled from the group by the then-mighty Periyavar. Chinna does not forget Periyavar's insults and Periyavar now feels challenged by Chinna's growth that interferes with his hegemony.
Sekhar (Vikram) relocates to the city from Rameshwaram. With the single-minded plan to join Chinna, he bravely kills two men who are on Chinna's hit-list. Curious, Chinna enquires from his close aide (Thalaivasal Vijay) about the bold and baffling killer. Soon Chinna and Sekhar meet each other. Sekhar's flashback reveals the reason for his actions.
In the flashback, Sekhar reveals that Chinna, then a budding rowdy in Rameshwaram, had attacked a goonda who was insulting Sekhar's father (a police constable). While leaving the crime scene, Chinna had handed over the weapon to young Sekhar. Since that day, Sekhar idolized brave Chinna and wanted to follow his footsteps. Chinna immediately appoints Sekhar as his chief subordinate. With Sekhar by his side, Chinna attains great strength, and rights Periyavar's wrongs. Sekhar also unites Chinna with his childhood sweetheart Padma (Lakshmi Gopalswamy).
With blind devotion, Sekhar carries out his allotted agenda of terrorizing, beating and killing. Gangster politics flare up when Sekhar kills Periyavar's sons and some of his key men. The Commissioner of Police (Ashish Vidyarthi) is the leader of 'Operation Bheemaa' aimed at stopping the two gangster groups terrorizing the city. The Commissioner has a 'shoot at sight' order against all members of these groups.
Sekhar's life takes a sudden turn when he meets Shalini (Trisha). After a string of chance meetings, Shalini and Sekhar begin to like each other. Shalini wants to marry Sekhar at once. But Sekhar sees his profession and family as major minus points. Soon, a decisive moment arrives.
While escorting Chinna to a meeting, Sekhar, smitten by Shalini, gets distracted. Feeling guilty, Sekhar confesses his mistake and gives up his job, but not for long. His devotion to Chinna drives him back to Chinna's camp. Sekhar waits for the right moment to quit the life of crime to enable him to unite with Shalini. Before that, he has to vanquish Periyavar and his men, has to intelligently elude the wrath of his own group, and also has to survive the police encounter.
Does Sekhar fulfill his desire to lead a quiet life with his dear Shalini? Does this film have a 'happy ending'? What happens in the final climax? Find out when you watch remarkable Bheemaa on the silver screen!
Bheemaa is a gangster film, dealing with underworld life, but it has a new grittiness and edge to it. It is difficult to imagine any artist other than Vikram in such a powerful role. Vikram breathes life and credibility to the character Sekhar and portrays its contemporary overtones convincingly. We get to see Vikram with a tough look - close-cropped hair, dense beard and small ear studs. His physique and body language communicate the character he portrays - vibrant, tough and unpredictable.
Prakashraj's involvement and acting are glowing, as ever. Raghuvaran appears on screen after a hiatus! He pulls off his role with his usual coolness, to the degree of likeability. Ashish Vidyarthi's performance is impressive. Trisha is glossy and lovely. The highlight of her role is well-delineated when, with her charming romance and a strong poise, she tames the beast, the tough thug Sekhar.
Antony's editing, Rajeevan's art and Harris Jayaraj's music - all shine through cameraman R.D. Rajasekar's lens. Though this is RD's first film with Vikram and Lingusamy, the understanding and planning is evident in each shot. RD has aptly used the action script to display his creative talents too. S. Ramakrishnan's dialogues have a realistic touch. Kanal Kannan's stunts deserve special mention.
'Mudhal Mazhai' and 'Ragasiya Kanavugal' in Harris's music top the charts. 'Rangu Rangamma' is a dance number with glamorous Shirin on a ship, exclusively decorated for the sequence.
Bheemaa is smartly written and stylishly crafted by Lingusamy. It is the outcome of one-and-half years of sweat and slog; the result cannot be anything but positive.
Cast: Vikram, Trisha, Prakashraj, Raghuvaran, Thalaivasal Vijay, Ashish Vidyarthi, Lakshmi Gopalswamy, Shirin
Banner: Sri Suriya Movies
Producer: A.M. Rathnam
Story, Screenplay, Direction: N. Lingusamy
Music: harris Jayaraj
Cameraman: R.D. Rajasekar
Editing: Antony
Dialogues: S. Ramakrishnan
Stunts: Kanal Kannan
Lyrics: Na. Muthukunar, Pa. Vijay, Thamarai, Yugabharati
Choreography: Rekha Chinnyprakash, Brindha, Kalyan
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Basic, Pretty, WaterproofThis is a waterproof rabbit style vibrator. It has more girth than most other rabbit vibrators. It doesn't have many choices when it come to rotation or vibration, but it is cheap.
Waterproof, Cheap, Easy to use, Easy to clean
Lack of options, Not very strong
This is a waterproof rabbit style vibrator. It has a bullet located in the vibrating butterfly, and it has four rows of jam-proof beads. This stimulates the clitoris, g-spot and entrance of the vagina. It measures a little bit larger than other rabbit vibrators at 1.75 inches in girth at the widest point. 4.5 inches of this vibrator is insertable. This toy is waterproof, so it can be used almost anywhere. It is kind of noisy, even for a rabbit vibrator.
Material / Texture
This is made of TPE, which is also known as TPR; it is a slightly porous rubber polymer blend that can be used with water and silicone based lubes. It doesn't have much of a scent, and it isn't all that sticky. Hair, dust and lint will attract to this material. It is bendable enough to accommodate for all the moving aspects of this rabbit vibrator.
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This is a little larger than the average rabbit vibrator; it measure 1.75 inches in girth, and 4.5 inches of the toy is insertable. It's not really a noticeable difference in size since the material is squishy. The vibrating butterfly sits a little close to the toy, so it will work best for those whose clitoris is closer to their vagina than most. It was slightly awkward for me to use, but since the material is flexible it worked just fine. It is waterproof, but it doesn't offer much variety in function or vibration level. There are two sets of arrows, one controls vibration intensity and the other set controls rotation. There is then a different button to change rotation direction. As you can see, there are limited choices in use. It is powered by three AA batteries, and it doesn't seem to eat through batteries at all. I'm still on my first set of batteries. This may be because it doesn't seem to draw enough power from these batteries. It is about as strong as I would expect a toy that runs of off two AAA batteries to be. The batteries are encased in a holder inside of the waterproof casing. This toy would be great for those looking for a cheap waterproof vibrator, with limited choices in functionality.
Functions / Performance / Controls
The vibrations are located in the butterfly bullet, and there are rows of rotating beads in the shaft. The vibrations carry decently well throughout the toy. The controls are easy to use, but this toy does lack in options when it comes to vibration and rotation. The toy is noisy, even for a rabbit vibrator. The waterproof functionality works well. I have washed it several times, and even let it float around in the sink. It hasn't run into any issues.
Care and Maintenance
This toy is easy to take care of but hard to store. It attracts lint, and I find it awkward to store in my toy box. Since it's waterproof, it's extremely easy to wash. I just wash it with soap and water then I pat it dry. You can use water or silicone based lubes with this toy.
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Thanks for the great review.
I like the way this one looks because its so clear and silvery but that sucks that it isn't too strong and kind of awkward. Especially for the cost of it.
Thanks for the review! This one doesn't look like it's for me!
Yeah, it was kind of disappointing.
I want a rabbit vibrator and i had my eye on this one really disappoint
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The reason is simple. It uses the Enlightenment Window manager as the desktop "creator" which has a reputation of being extremely fast and low on system resource. But if you're looking for a modern desktop with fancy effects + with features that Major desktops such as Gnome/Qt-KDE or even the relatively new Unity desktop, etc offers, then you may not like it.
|Okay, I take back that "not a modern desktop" part ;-)...
And few months back, Jeff announced (the main dude behind it) that Bodhi will be having a completely different version for the ARM architecture related devices (if you aren't much of a tech geek, then ARM is a processor that's seen on a lot of touch screen based devices, even in Apple iPad!). Below is a video that he gave us back then.
So with this new released, which happened like few days ago now if you have an ARM based device, then you can download the ARM optimized Bodhi Linux version since now that platform it's officially supported.
Anyhow, let's have a look at some of the new package updates with this latest 1.2.0 release.
*. GNU/Linux Kernel version 3.0.0 (this is one of the reason behind the ARM architecture actually).
*. Midori 0.4.0: A fast loading web browser.
*. Firefox 6.0: No one needs an introduction to this one. Anyhow, for GNU/Linux, Mozilla announced that Firefox will not only be more secure but will me a bit faster on GNU/Linux thanks to some optimizations.
*. Chromium 13.0.
*. Opera 11.51.
*. Seven, totally awesome themes!.
*. Enlightenment SVN built (based on 09/06/11) are among the main core changes according to Jeff's announcement page.
You can find all the downloading links from this official link if interested.


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DC Comics revealed 14 of the 15 tie-in mini-series that will be accompanying the main Flashpoint series in May, but that doesn't mean the event won't start brewing until then. Next week, Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul deliver the first chapter of "Prelude to Flashpoint" in The Flash #9, a story arc that blends murder mystery with events that will lead directly to DC's catalog-spanning event.
The Flash #9 is on sale February 9, 2011.


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Simple 3D Laser based puzzle game. Screenshots pending. It is my first propper project in Unity
Physics based dual of castle destruction. Nothing else but aim, fire and see your opponents castle disintegrate
CBPROJS is also known as FSM Productions*. We are simply here to share our projects we are developing in UNITY. No alteria motives, no gurantees.
When writing games we mainly publish for laptops, PCs, and the games are usually light weight in nature. no deep, complex games.
In the process we might stumble across a concept, and then we will share the source project as well.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are not lost, but actually like 3D games, and maybe are concidering developing your own.
My name is Christian, I develope for fun, and I am not very good at it. Pretty much everything done here is free to play, and in some cases the project source is free to download as well. Luckely there are a couple of people like Mark, Connor, Pippa, Christoph and others who are helping with anything from design, coding support, play testing and more. Thanks to them for all their efforts.
The main tooling for my projects is Unity 3D, C#, Blender, php, mysql, and a whole lot of other tools that make things easier. If you are looking for assistence or have questions please feel free to reach out, but as always this is a hobby, and response times can be slow.
All the best.
This game is still on the drawing board, but it is basically real world, Earth based solar system ELITE style trading and fighting.
Very simple pipe runner, designed to waste 5 mins on any device by just trying to not run into obstacles.


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apps presented at Share-a-thon
The following links are in the order they were presented.
- Tom Huber. Personal iPhone app; ErrorCalc website
- Frequency Meter Pro; Analyzes frequency of sounds ($1.99 iOS, $3.66 Android)
- Decibal 10th (decibal meter) (Free)
- Ripple Tank (Free and $5.99 versions)
- Sensor Log; accesses and displays all iPhone/pad sensors; can record data as .csv that can easily be analyzed in a spreadsheet. App allows for higher frequency than device actually collects, so be careful that you're not collecting "junk" between phone collections. (iOS and Android versions available)
- SensorSense (Android version)
- Physics Toolbox
- Android: multiple apps, all free (Android version)
- iOS version: (Mechanics, $3.79, or Electricity $3.79)
- V scope 3 in 1 Oscilloscope; spectrum analyzer; numerical readout of peak of spectrum; also signal generator. $9.99
- Air Sketch; Whiteboard that saves in PDF; allows for projecting through another computer hooked up to projector (Free or $9.99)
- Sensor Data; Can share sensor data with other devices via IP address; $8.99
- Texas Instruments Sensor Tag (sensors that are in phones, they want developers to write apps). Bluetooth sensor $25. You can throw it around and not worry about damaging your phone. Apps are free: iOS version or Android version.
APS Spectra Snap; Build a spectrometer, shows the spectra; free.
- VCalc; vector calculations, uses RPN; free.
- Matt Blackman's persoal app Action Graphing, a game to get students excited about graphing. Flash version is online, iPad app store in September 2014
- Atom in a Box; Shows the Hydrogen atom with wave function, graph, etc. (HD version $4.99, for iPad, or iPhone version, $9.99)
Thanks to all those who presented


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Planning for a weekend getaway near Singapore? Tioman Island is the best spot to unwind, to dive and explore. Its clear water and pristine marine life made Tioman Island to be part of the list of the clearest water to swim in the world in. This island is 4-6 hours away from Singapore and can be reached by plane, bus and ferry.
How to get to Tioman Island?
If you are coming from Singapore, you can choose to go by plane or by bus. You can book a flight to Kuala Lumpur then take bus to Mersing then ferry to Tioman. As for us, we took MRT to Kranji.
Right below the MRT station is the CW1 bus stop going to Larkin ($1.50SGD) it's 15-30 minutes ride to Larkin then another bus ride from Larkin to Mersing. The bus ticket to Mersing is $35SGD (RT) and that is another 2-3hours bus ride depending on the traffic condition. Upon reaching Mersing Jetty, we took a ferry $35SGD going to Pulau Tioman (Tioman Island). Another 30-45 minutes bus ride till we reached our destination.
We stayed at Tunamaya Beach & Spa Resort, a private resort that require us to transfer to another ferry courtesy of the resort to get there. Upon checking in, we were served with refreshments and warm towels.
The weather is not quite cooperative during our trip, it was gloomy and the waves was too strong for snorkeling, good thing there's an infinity pool and an open bar available that we can enjoy ourselves.
At the end of the day, Mr. Sun show up and boast how magnificent he is
Going back to Singapore is almost the same. Ferry to Mersing Jetty, bus to Larkin and the from Larkin to Newton MRT Station, fares are also on the same rate.
We stayed overnight, how we wish we could stay a little bit longer. Maybe soon. Till we see again, Tioman Island.


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This is my second post tonight, so obviously I'm feeling needy but here goes.
At the end of the summer I finish up my volunteering gig and have to go back to real life. However I have no idea (or maybe too many) of what to do with the rest of my life. In my former life I worked in Theatre and Opera as a Props Artisan. This means I can upholster, sew, mess around on the computer, make fake documents, do some woodworking, and am just generally crafty. I don't plan to go back to this for many reasons, but a big one being that all the upholstery has started to give me Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Other things I generally enjoy or am good at are reading, baking, babies, needlework, sleeping, photography (don't know how good at this I am) and travelling (Also to mention that unlike a lot of folks in the arts I don't fear science, and almost majored in Chemistry.)
I have some ideas, but am completely confused. I'd like to find a line of work that gives me a reasonable (getting by without tons of worry) income, as well as being somewhat creative, marketable/not too hard to find and job, and would allow me to have time for a family, should that ever happen
Some things I have thought about, but are still questionable are art historian (employability?), graphic desinger (computer only, I really can't draw that well, which could be a problem), and arts administration.
Does anyone have any thoughts, great ideas, or even helpful websites. I really can use all the help I can get. Thanks in advance!


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Dime's Aron Phillips e-mailed the crew earlier today: "Ty Lawson has been getting as much coverage as Cyrano de Bergerac's nose." Although I wouldn't have gone for the random French literature reference, Lawson's injured toe has been one of the major story lines of this NCAA Tournament so far. After missing UNC's first-round win over Radford, the junior point guard returned for today's game against LSU.
Lawson played limited minutes in the first half, at least once going to the bench after his toe got stepped on. In the second half, he went off for 21 of his 23 points, leading UNC to an 84-70 win. Wayne Ellington also scored 23 for the Tar Heels, and Tyler Hansbrough had 15 points and eight boards. LSU's Marcus Thornton scored 25.
On the other end of the South bracket, Blake Griffin dumped 33 points and 17 boards in Oklahoma's 10-point win over Michigan.
But the game of the day so far (by far) was Purdue's 76-74 win over Washington. In the first half, the Boilermakers picked UW apart with their motion offense (something UW hadn't seen in the Pac-10 all year) and bottled them up defensively in getting out to a double-digit lead at the break.
Down by as much as 14, the Huskies rallied behind Jon Brockman (20 pts, 18 rebs), who controlled the paint in the second half. Not missing anything inside and cleaning up everybody else's mess, Brockman helped get UW within two a few times down the stretch; but Purdue center JaJuan Johnson made a couple huge blocks in the final minute, and Isaiah Thomas missed a (probably ill-advised) transition layup instead of setting something up on Washington's last good possession before Purdue closed it out at the line.
Johnson finished with 22 points and four blocks in the win. Thomas scored 24 points for UW, and Quincy Pondexter went for 20 points and 10 boards.
Oklahoma plays tomorrow's Syracuse/Arizona State winner, North Carolina plays the winner of Gonzaga/Western Kentucky (in progress), and Purdue will play UConn in the Sweet Sixteen.


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Arooga's and the Hershey Bears Raise $8522 for 'Running for Rachel'
Harrisburg, PA (RestaurantNews.com) Arooga's and the Hershey Bears know how to throw a party. They also know how to raise money for a great cause.
Six of Arooga's restaurants, in partnership with the Hershey Bears, teamed up last Wednesday night in support of "Running For Rachel," raising $8522 for the charity, besting last year's mark by more than $2500 and bringing the 4-year total to more than $21,000.
"We are thrilled that Arooga's hosted us for the Running for Rachel fundraiser. Along with the amazing staff, the Hershey Bears and the incredibly generous patrons, we raised more than $8,500 for cancer research this year and $20,000 plus in the past four years," said charity spokesperson Erin Stone, sister of the charity's namesake, Rachel Guss, a beloved community member and college student who passed away in November 2011 from duodenal cancer, a rare form of the disease which is extremely difficult to treat.
Since then, family and friends have continued on a mission to raise awareness and funds for gastrointestinal cancer research. On Sunday, April 24, 2016 runners and walkers are invited to join at City Island in Harrisburg to continue Rachel's fight against cancer and honor her memory at the annual Running for Rachel 5K Run/Walk by registering here: http://runningforrachel.myevent.com/3/events.htm.
"It is a privilege and an honor to partner with Arooga's to support Running For Rachel," said Hershey Bears President and General Manager Doug Yingst. "Our players enjoy the opportunity to meet their fans and assist this local charity."
For the fourth year in a row, Arooga's decided to get a jump on the event by raising funds in memory of Rachel, who was known by several Arooga's team members.
"This is a charity close to the hearts of the Arooga's family. As we knew they would, our local communities really came through again in coming out to show their support of the Guss family and their cause, and we are so happy that we can say that we exceeded last year's funds raised by over $2500," said Arooga's co-founder and President Gary Huether, Jr. " This is truly a testament to the kindness and generosity of the people of Central Pennsylvania, and we are thrilled to have partnered with the Hershey Bears again this year for another successful fundraiser for Running for Rachel."
About Arooga's
Arooga's Grille House & Sports Bar is an innovative full-service casual restaurant and bar with a sports and entertainment focus that combines exceptional food and beverages, with unique concepts, and proprietary operational strategies. Arooga's Grille House & Sports Bar was founded in July 2008, and currently has locations underway in Patchogue, New York, Warwick, Rhode Island, Attleboro, Massachusetts, and East Brunswick, New Jersey. Arooga's founders are taking the "unique sports and entertainment restaurant & bar" concept national and are offering franchising opportunities to qualified multi-unit candidates. For more information, visit www.aroogas.com, or contact Keith Swade, Director of Franchise Development at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Dear Dr. Donohue: Will you please address the condition of neuropathy, nondiabetic in particular? I am an 81-year-old female who developed this curse in December 2005. The burning, stinging, stabbing sensations are painful and never stop. They make sleep problematic. My doctors say it could be due to spinal stenosis, but they offer no suggestions for relief. - M.T.
Dear M.T.: Neuropathy is nerve damage. Nerves relay information to the brain in the form of sensations - heat, cold, pain, touch, pressure, itch, pleasure and more. They tell the muscles how to move. Neuropathy disrupts these transmissions. Most often it happens to nerves in the "periphery" - the body's outer limits - and most often it's the legs and feet.
The result is burning, stabbing or stinging pain. Or it can be numbness or peculiar sensations. Neuropathy of this sort happens to "sensory" nerves, the ones dealing with sensations.
The result also can be muscle weakness or paralysis. Affected nerves in this case are motor nerves, the ones bringing instructions to muscles. Or it can be a combination of the two.
Causes are many. Compression of nerves due to a narrowing of the spinal canal - spinal stenosis - is one cause. There are solutions for spinal-stenosis-induced neuropathy: enlarging the spinal canal or cortisone injections to reduce inflammation. Other causes are artery inflammation, B-12 deficiency and inherited conditions. Diabetes is a huge cause. A large category is idiopathic, meaning "cause not known."
Two antidepressants, Elavil and Cymbalta, have met with some success in reducing neuropathic pain. Tramadol is another helpful medicine. So is the seizure-control medicine Neurontin. Give medicine a month's trial before rejecting it.
I can't mention neuropathy without mentioning The Neuropathy Association, which provides people with timely information on the illness and its treatment. Its toll-free number is 800-247-6968, and its Web site is www.neuropathy.org.
Write to Paul Donohue, M.D., P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.


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Yesterday seemed to be a fairly horrible day for a lot of people, me included. So lets turn toward the light a bit, and share:
What is the most helpful thing you encountered (that someone said to you, or that you read, or that someone did) when you'd been a parent for about a month? (I feel like that's when it really sets in for most of us.)
For me, it was two things:
1. My mom was happy to talk to me every single time I called her (which was 3-4 times a day at that point) and always told me I was doing a good job.
2. My son started smiling, really early, and it was the positive feedback that kept me going.
Now you, please.
(Actual Q&A tomorrow if I make it through today!)


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I'm selling my macbook
I'm selling my MacBook how can I remove my personal
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mac osx
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I'm selling my MacBook how can I remove my personal
information (log in & password iTunes account & photos)
mac osx
Is this a good question?
IF you're concerned about possibility of someone recovering your deleted data off your disk, even after a simple format, you should do a secure erase of your drive (first reboot from OS install disc then run Disk Utility from the menu). After that, reinstall a clean copy of the OS.
it's also possible to securely erase just the free space on the disk using Disk Utility. you could do that after following what mayer suggested (create a new admin user, delete your old user...) But simply deleting the user directories may still leave some traces of you elsewhere outside the user directories so you're better off doing a full secure erase and reinstall.
otherwise if you're not so concerned, just do a format and reinstall
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I can tell you what the NSA considers a secure wipe:
In that order! I'm actually not kidding. :)
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Boot from the install disk, reformat the drive and reinstall the operating system.
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note that simply reformatting the drive will NOT fully erase the actual data on the disk, just the directory info. Reinstalling the OS after that may overwrite some of your deleted data, but there's no guarantee some of your old data can't be recovered.
Well, chances of recover are very low at this point, however, if you want to be sure, erase the drive, reformat, reinstall.
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State Results [Day 1][Day 2][Day 3]
Eight more state records were set during the 2015 CCCAA Swimming and Diving State Championship Meet but none quite matched the spectacular swim of Diablo Valley's Brandon James, who shattered a national CC record in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:44.95.
James broke a 15-year-old state meet record after posting a state meet record earlier in the meet in his opening 100 backstroke (second fastest in nation this year) of the 400 medley relay Thursday.
James accomplishments took some of the thunder from a third straight state meet title by Golden West College, the Rustlers' 15th team crown since 1995.
Golden West head coach Mark Schubert enjoyed another celebratory leap into the pool with the team and assistant coaches following the program's third straight title.
"It never gets old," he said. "It really helps to have a veteran team. We only have the swimmers for two years but the sophomores we had provided great leadership for our freshmen in Gabriel Hernandez, Fletcher Norseen and Jeremy Grden. Diablo Valley gave us some great competition and you have to give them credit for pushing us."
DVC accomplished state runner-up honors while Sierra took third place. Golden West finished with seven event victories, including three relays.
Santa Rosa Junior College captured its first state women's crown since 2009 and the fifth under the direction of State Coach of the Year Jill McCormick. It was the college's seventh overall state title.
"To win the title in a historic year for women's swimming, as we brought in the longer events for the first time, was especially gratifying to me," McCormick said. "We won this title differently than any of the others. It was the first time we won without winning a single relay. To only win one swim event and one diving event shows what a great team effort we made."
Santa Rosa won by 25 points over second place Orange Coast while Diablo Valley was third. The Bear Cubs only event wins were by Christine Lewis in the 100 breaststroke and Logan Williams in the 1-meter diving.
The state meet featured four new events for the women in the 400 individual medley, and the 200 lengths for the butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke.
The East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium has produced 41 state meet records in the past four years.
WOMEN STANDINGS FINAL: 1. Santa Rosa JC 424.5, 2. Orange Coast 399.5, 3. Diablo Valley 364, 4. Golden West 328.5, 5. Pasadena CC 243, 6. Grossmont 225, 7. Sierra 221, 8. Santa Barbara CC 212, 9. El Camino 160, 10. Cuesta 157.5
MEN STANDINGS FINAL: 1. Golden West 555.5, 2. Diablo Valley 479, 3. Sierra 361.5, 4. American River 266, 5. Riverside CC 265, 6. Ventura 256, 7. Orange Coast 205, 8. San Diego Mesa 197, 9. Mt. San Antonio 184, 10. Santa Rosa 165
Event 29: Women's 1,650 Freestyle: 1. Susanna Gonzales, Golden West, 17:57.08
Gonzales led from start to finish and was never really threatened in winning the mile swim. Gisel Chavez-Vega (Southwestern) took second in 18:01.84 just edging Katherine Warren (Santa Barbara) in third in 18:02.41. Gonzales was the only swimmer in the state who broke 18 minutes this year as she swam a season-best 17:42.26 at the Orange Empire Conference Championships.
Event 30: Men's 1,650 Freestyle: 1. Jake Struckmeyer, American River, 16:00.61
Struckmeyer made a bid to break 16 minutes but settled for the title in winning the mile by more than nine seconds over second-place Phillip Wright of Mt. San Antonio (16:09.98). And, while the fastest seeds were grouped in the finals heat, three swimmers grabbed hardware from the prelims first heat including Golden West's Mark Olsen in third (16:13.58).
Event 31: Women's 200 Backstroke: 1. Madison Varisco, Golden West, 2:02.19
*State Meet Record*
The debut of this event was a sharp victory for Varisco, who consistently swam splits slightly faster than second-place Miranda Howell (Santa Rosa, 2:04.71). McKenna Stevulak (Las Positas) placed third in 2:04.99 while Alexa Clayfield (Orange Coast) used a blazing 30.93 final split to get fourth in 2:05.46. Varisco becomes a triple champion after wins in the 100 back and 100 butterfly.
Event 32: Men's 200 Backstroke: 1. Brandon James, Diablo Valley, 1:44.95***
NATIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECORD--*State Meet Record*
James destroyed a 15-year-old state meet record (1:46.14 by Christian Harcsas, Golden West) and also broke the national community college record in the backstroke. James opening 50 was 24.34 and his second 50 also was dolphinesque in 25.87. Sierra's Andrew Murch placed second in 1:49.06 and San Diego Mesa's Neil Franka took third in 1:50.22
Event 33: Women's 100 Freestyle: 1. Rebecca Aguilar, Orange Coast, 51.26
Aguilar caught first half leader Laura Woods with the title on wall touch finish in defeating Woods by .04 of a second (51.30). Aguilar becomes a double champion after also winning the 50 free sprint earlier in the meet. Cuesta's Rachael Gruetzmacher placed third in 52.08.
Event 34: Men's 100 Freestyle: 1. Mitchell Ongstad, Ventura, 44.90
Ongstad opened with a 20.93 split and fought off Golden West's Fletcher Norseen (44.99, second place) in another photo finish. Santa Monica's Gabriel Miranda took third behind a race-best 23.38 final 50 for a 45.10 mark. Ongstad is a double champion as he won the 50 free earlier in the meet.
Event 35: Women's 200 Breaststroke: 1. Layna Auchard, Foothill, 2:24.24
*State Meet Record*
While most of the swimmers were trying to keep pace in the last 50, it was Auchard who put on an impressive close of 36.61 to overtake leader Yingfei Zhang (East Los Angeles) and take the debut event title. Zhang finished in 2:24.56 and Bakersfield's Alexis Zimmerman placed third in 2:25.43.
Event 36: Men's 200 Breaststroke: 1. Adrien Deloffre, Riverside CC, 2:05.31
It was a fantastic finish with two swimmers going for the wall as Deloffre wins the title just .03 ahead of Diablo Valley's Dominic Baldwin (2:05.34). Mt. San Antonio's Jacob Altree wasn't far behind in third at 2:05.87.
Event 37: Women's 200 Butterfly: 1. Kelsey Leonard, Diablo Valley, 2:04.32
*State Meet Record*--Leonard's prelims swim of 2:03.78
Leonard is a 2-time triple champion at the state meet as she etches her name among the top female swimmers in California CC history. Leonard couldn't match her prelims mark in the finals, but did win by nearly seven seconds. Rachelle Visser (Santa Barbara CC) placed second at 2:11.29 and Chabot's Madison Faulkner grabbed third at 2:11.69. Leonard was named Swimmer of the Meet for the second straight season.
Event 38: Men's 200 Butterfly: 1. Gabriel Hernandez, Golden West, 1:48.69
Hernandez is a double champion after recording the three fastest splits over the first 150 yards. The Rustler finished ahead of Diablo Valley's Monty Randall (1:49.94) and Ventura's Christopher Sands (1:50.94). Hernandez was a Swimmer of the Meet (high points) for the second consecutive year.
Event 39: Women's 400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Diablo Valley, 3:31.76
(Kelsey Leonard, Laura Woods, Callie Klein, Hannah Dillon)
DVC swimmer Kelsey Leonard opened with a 51.47 to cap her brilliant CC career as the Vikings edged Orange Coast (3:32.29) for the relay title. Sierra placed third at 3:36.11. Santa Rosa couldn't clinch its women's state title until this event as it swam a safe race in eighth place. Pasadena City (3:40.65) took fifth and clinched its best team finish ever at the state meet in fifth place.
Event 40: Men's 400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Golden West, 3:02.12
(Bradley Toland, Dalton Kenefick, Jeremy Grden, Fletcher Norseen)
Fittingly, the Rustlers capped their third state title in a row by winning the meet's final race. GWC beat out Diablo Valley (second, 3:03.69), Sierra (third, 3:04.68) and Ventura (fourth, 3:05.29). Grden's third leg split of 45.53 was followed by Norseen's 45.32 anchor. Ventura anchor Mitchell Ongstad swam the race's top 100 at 43.83.
The Golden West College men's swim team seems poised to complete a third straight state crown after recording four event wins Friday on Day 2 of the CCCAA State Championship at East Los Angeles College.
The Rustlers had three different swimmers win individual events behind Gabriel Hernandez (400 individual medley), Bradley Toland (100 butterfly), and Jeremy Grden (100 breaststroke). GWC then won the 800 freestyle relay to cap the evening and now lead the points standings by 67.5 over Diablo Valley.
Santa Rosa Junior College picked up one event victory by Christine Lewis (100 breaststroke), scored 39 points in middle place diving, and picked up a second in the 200 medley relay and third in the 800 freestyle relay. The points started adding up and at night's end the Bear Cubs lead the women's standings by 57 points over Orange Coast.
Day 2 featured a state meet record in the prelims set by DVC's Kelsey Leonard, who shattered the 200 freestyle mark (1:50.19) and later collected the gold medal title in the event. In a debut event to the state meet, the women's 400 individual medley was won by Santa Barbara's Rachelle Visser (see event by event capsules later in release).
WOMEN STANDINGS Day 2: 1. Santa Rosa JC 336.5, 2. Orange Coast 279.5, 3. Diablo Valley 258, 4. Golden West 238, 5. Pasadena CC 173, 6. Grossmont 172, 7. Sierra 156, 8. Santa Barbara CC 144, 9. El Camino 112, 10. Cuesta 104.
MEN STANDINGS Day 2: 1. Golden West 387.5, 2. Diablo Valley 320, 3. Sierra 261.5, 4. American River 232, 5. Riverside CC 190, 6. Ventura 174, 7. San Diego Mesa 143, 8. Orange Coast 138, 9. Mt. San Antonio 116, 10. Grossmont 115.
Event 13: Women's 200 Medley Relay: 1. Orange Coast, 1:46.47
(Alexa Clayfield, Nacinda Paap, Rebecca Aguilar, Kessy Hickey)
The Pirates roared from behind and finally caught 2nd place Santa Rosa in a photo finish just edging the Bear Cubs by .08 of a second. The key to the victory was the fast splits by third leg butterfly swimmer Aguilar (24.81) and the anchor freestyle of Hickey at 24.26 better than the SRJC anchor Megan Warren at 24.41. Diablo Valley took third in 1:47.51.
Event 14: Men's 200 Medley Relay: 1. Diablo Valley, 1:32.03
(Brandon James, Dominic Baldwin, Monty Randall, Jacob Frigard)
James with another blowout backstroke swim to open the race (22.75) helped DVC keep the lead throughout. Golden West used a thrilling 19.84 anchor free leg by Bradley Toland that gave the Rustlers second at 1:32.21, just .18 behind DVC. Sierra was third in 1:33.57
Event 15: Women's 400 Individual Medley: 1. Rachelle Visser, Santa Barbara CC, 4:31.73--*STATE MEET RECORD*
Visser is a double IM champion as she wins the introductory event to the state meet by 12 seconds over second place Thuy Phi (De Anza, 4:42.91). Phi kept up with Visser's pace for half of the race before Visser kicked it up a notch to win comfortably. Midori Dobson of Santa Rosa was third in 4:43.19.
Event 16: Men's 400 Individual Medley: 1. Gabriel Hernandez, Golden West, 3:54.49
Hernandez can't match his state meet record win of a year ago here (3:53.20) but does become a repeat winner in a dominating race. The sophomore won by nearly 13 seconds over second place finisher Phillip Wright (Mt. San Antonio, 4:07.04). Dominic Baldwin (Diablo Valley) was third at 4:08.31.
Event 17: Women's 100 Butterfly: 1. Madison Varisco, Golden West, 56.38
Varisco came off the block strong with a 26.17 split and had the fastest final 50 as well in defeating Cuesta's Racheal Gruetzmacher (58.09, second) and prelim top seed Miranda Howell (Santa Rosa, 58.16, third).
Event 18: Men's 100 Butterfly: 1. Bradley Toland, Golden West, 48.59
Toland swam out to a 22.29 opening 50, but had to stretch the hand at the wall to edge Diablo Valley's oncoming Monty Randall, who took second just .02 (48.61) behind the Rustler. Sierra's Andrew Murch was third in 48.98.
Event 19: Women's 200 Freestyle: 1. Kelsey Leonard, Diablo Valley, 1:50.39
*State Meet Record*--Leonard 1:50.19 time in the morning prelims
Leonard keeps collecting the hardware with her fifth individual state gold medal in the last two years. Leonard shattered a 6-year-old state meet record held by Anne Scott (American River, 1:50.34) by a .15 of a second earlier in the day. Leonard tried but could not beat that mark although she led from start to finish. Orange Coast's Rebecca Aguilar was second (1:52.75) and DVC teammate Laura Woods took third (1:54.75).
Event 20: Men's 200 Freestyle: 1. Gabriel Miranda, Santa Monica, 1:38.65
Miranda trailed leader Brenton Sayers of American River until the last 50 when Miranda flew in a 25.55 leg to capture the title. Sayers took second in 1:40.05 while Golden West's Dalton Kenefick placed third in 1:40.99.
Event 21: Women's 100 Breaststroke: 1. Christine Lewis, Santa Rosa, 1:05.10
Lewis led throughout and held off host school East Los Angeles' Yingfei Zhang to take the title by .29 of a second. Zhang placed second (1:05.39) and Foothill's Layna Auchard was third in 1:06.97.
Event 22: Men's 100 Breaststroke: 1. Jeremy Grden, Golden West, 57.34
The difference between first and fifth in this race was just .40 of a second as Grden barely held off Jacob Altree (Mt. San Antonio, second, 57.36), Brandon Saliba (Santa Monica, third, 57.55), Adrian Deloffre (Riverside, fourth, 57.65) and Hogan Inscore (El Camino, fifth, 57.74). Grden had the fastest opening 50 at 26.26 but actually performed the sixth best final 50 and still cashed in for the title.
Event 23: Women's 100 Backstroke: 1. Madison Varisco, Golden West, 56.60
Always a close race, this was no different as Varisco needed a final push in the last 10 yards to defeat Santa Rosa's Miranda Howell by .07 (56.67). It was Varisco's second win of the evening after capturing the 100 butterfly. Orange Coast's Alexa Clayfield was third (57.08).
Event 24: Men's 100 Backstroke: 1. Brandon James, Diablo Valley, 48.32
James had already broken the state meet record in this swim during DVC's record-setting 400 medley relay at 47.90 last night. His encore would have still beaten the old meet record, but not enough to catch his Thursday performance. Ventura's Mitchell Ongstad was second in 49.93 and San Mateo's Kawei Tan third in 52.15.
Event 25: Women's 800 Freestyle Relay: 1. Golden West, 7:53.18
(Madison Varisco, Suzanna Gonzales, Melissa Thorn, Raney Remme)
The Rustlers have always been strong in the longer relay and did not disappoint here with a 3.60 seconds win over Orange Empire Conference rival Orange Coast (7:56.78, second). Santa Rosa placed third at 8:00.78. Naturally, GWC was the only squad that had three swimmers that broke the 2-minute mark in their splits. OCC had the fastest individual split turned in by Rebecca Aguilar (1:53.51).
Event 26: Men's 800 Freestyle Relay: 1. Golden West, 6:46.86
(Gabriel Hernandez, Mark Olsen, Jeremy Grden, Dalton Kenefick)
Golden West built on its team standings lead with its fourth event win of the evening, holding off Diablo Valley (6:47.80, second), Riverside (6.48.53, third) and Sierra (6:48.72) in the long free relay. Kenefick showed his anchor strength with a 1:40.51 final split although Sierra swimmer Lucas Hastie was flying at 1:39.93.
Event 27: Women's 3-Meter Dive: 1. Emily Dunkerson, Riverside CC, 235.00
Dunkerson, who missed out on the 1-meter title by less than one point on Thursday, wins the 3-meter board title. Las Positas diver Valentina Banbalinardo took second with 215.55 points while Orange Coast's Candice Buck had her second third place medal in two days with 211.10 points.
Event 28: Men's 1-Meter Dive: 1. Zachary Yokohama, American River, 266.80
Four different divers ended up winning titles in the two genders as Zachary Yokohama captures the 1-meter board gold medal, edging out second-place Austin Foote of Sierra, who scored 260.80. Cabrillo's Max Glynn made it an all NorCal top three, scoring 254.60. Yokohama used a brilliant final reverse 1-1/2 with 1-1/2 twist to score a whopping 54.60 points to cap the triumph. He led after his second dive and never looked back.
Day 1: BEST FOR LAST FOR DIABLO VALLEY ON DAY 1
With as many state meet records set in the last three years at the East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium, there was little doubt that at least one standard would go down on the opening night. On Thursday, after nine events without a record, it was the Diablo Valley men's team that came through for the fans with a record-shattering win in the 400-yard medley relay that included another individual record to start the swim.
Earlier, DVC suffered a disqualification from first in the 200 free relay. But the Vikings recovered with a lightning bolt as they shattered a 17-year-old record in the 400 medley relay at 3:17.56. The time was almost four seconds faster than the previous mark of 3:21.46 set by the 1998 Golden West squad.
Brandon James opened the relay with a spectacular 47.90 seconds swim that blasted the state meet record in the 100-yard backstroke. James beat the 2012 record of Ventura's Henry Chung at 48.53.
Defending state men's champion Golden West leads the team standings over DVC while Diablo Valley used three event victories to hold a slim lead over Orange Coast in the women's standings.
WOMEN STANDINGS Day 1: 1. Diablo Valley 120, 2. Orange Coast 120, 3. Santa Rosa 94, 4. Golden West 91, 5. Pasadena CC 81, 6. Sierra 78, 7. Grossmont 68, 8. Santa Barbara CC 59, 9. El Camino 53, 10. Cuesta 41.
MEN STANDINGS Day 1: 1. Golden West 171.5, 2. Diablo Valley 133, 3. Sierra 104.5, 4. Riverside CC 96, 5. Ventura 88, 6. American River 71, 7. Orange Coast 57, 8. San Diego Mesa 54, 9. San Mateo 46, 10. Santa Rosa JC 45
Event 1: Women's 200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Diablo Valley, 1:36.97
(Kelsey Leonard, Laura Woods, Hannah Dillon, Christine Nip)
Diablo Valley opens up the meet holding on at the finish by just .05 a second ahead of second place Orange Coast (1:37.02). Leonard's opening 23.30 was followed by an explosive 23.23 50 by Woods as DVC kept a strong lead. OCC's anchor Alexa Clayfield swam 23.81 to make it close. Sierra took third at 1:38.02.
Event 2: Men's 200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Golden West, 1:22.09
(Fletcher Norseen, Dalton Kenefick, Nathan Torres, Bradley Toland)
A disqualification of Diablo Valley voided its original winning time of 1:22.02 as Golden West grabbed the title here. The Rustlers had a strong opening from Norseen at 20.28 and each of the remaining swimmers posted under-21 splits. Sierra placed second at 1:22.46 and Ventura was third in 1:23.60.
Event 3: Women's 500 Freestyle: 1. Kelsey Leonard, Diablo Valley, 4:57.26
Leonard is a 2-time winner in this event as the only woman to break five minutes this season. She shaved .50 of a second off her winning time of a year ago as she raced away from the pack after an early challenge by eventual second place finisher Suzanna Gonzales (5:08.86). Gisel Chavez-Vega of Southwestern took third in 5:10.74
Event 4: Men's 500 Freestyle: 1. Gabriel Miranda, Santa Monica, 4:30.79
Miranda beat second place Evan Augst (Diablo Valley, 4:34.32) by 3.53 seconds for the title. Riverside's Adrien Deloffre was third in 4:35.75. Miranda had a strong opening 200 at 1:43.94 and kept that lead to the finish. American River's Brenton Sayers had the top swim in the morning prelims at 4:33.16 but struggled to sixth in the final at 4:41.60.
Event 5: Women's 200 Individual Medley: 1. Rachelle Visser, Santa Barbara City, 2:07.43
Visser led early, but fell behind De Anza's Thuy Phi (4th, 2:10.72) at the midway mark. Visser would recover and swam the fastest free split (29.28) to close the victory. Host school East Los Angeles Yingfei Zhang scored second (2:09.88) and Orange Coast's Alexa Clayfield was third (2:10.72).
Event 6: Men's 200 Individual Medley: 1. Neil Franka, San Diego Mesa, 1:48.78
Franka opened with a 23.38 butterfly and then had an event best 31.52 split in the breaststroke. Second-place Gabriel Hernandez (Golden West) closed with a 26.03 final split but finished a full second behind (1:49.87). Diablo Valley's James took third in 1:51.21.
Event 7: Women's 50 Freestyle: 1. Rebecca Aguilar, Orange Coast, 23.71
Aguilar followed her top prelim swim by winning the sprint, edging out second place Racheal Grutzmacher (Cuesta) at 23.88 and Las Positas' McKenna Stevulak in third at 23.97.
Event 8: Men's 50 Freestyle: 1. Mitchell Ongstad, Ventura, 20.25
Ongstad swam a faster prelim at 20.17, but his finals swim was enough to edge Golden West's Fletcher Norseen (second, 20.36). San Mateo's Kawei Tan placed third in 21.04 and Diablo Valley's Jacob Frigard fourth at 21.05.
Event 9: Women's 400 Medley Relay: 1. Diablo Valley, 3:53.41
(Callie Klein, Renae DiBartolomeo, Kelsey Leonard, Laura Woods)
In an interesting race, DVC overcame Pasadena City's Connie Peng's opening backstroke split of 57.89 and also Orange Coast's Nacinda Paap second leg breaststroke (1:08.42) to finally pull away for the win. Kelsey Leonard's 55.61 in the butterfly and Laura Woods' anchor 50.94 freestyle turned a close swim into a 7-plus second victory. Pasadena edged (4:00.55) Orange Coast for second (4:00.89, third).
Event 10: Men's 400 Medley Relay: *STATE MEET RECORD* 1. Diablo Valley, 3:17.56
(Brandon James, Dominic Baldwin, Monty Randall, Jacob Frigard)
*STATE MEET RECORD*—James, 47.90, 100-yard backstroke, opening leg
After James set the world ablaze with his record in the opening leg (see start of release), Baldwin, Randall and Frigard did their part to complete the record-setting relay swim here. Golden West swam 3:23.46 for second and Sierra took third in 3:25 flat. Randall had the fastest butterfly in the pool at 48.46 in the third leg.
Event 11: Women's 1-meter Dive: Logan Williams, Santa Rosa, 202.30
In one of the closest finishes in state meet history, Williams only edged SoCal champion Emily Dunkerson of Riverside by .65 of a point (201.65). Orange Coast's Candice Buck placed third at 197.90. While Williams opened a nice lead, Dunkerson tried to catch her in the final dive and almost did with a 31-point score in a back somersault, 1-1/2 twist. Williams scored 26 on her final dive and it was enough for the title.
Event 12: Men's 3-meter Dive: Max Glynn, Cabrillo, 288.20
Glynn rolled to the title on the high board, defeating second place Jake Roth (San Diego Mesa) by nearly 36 points (252). Zachary Yokohama of American River was third with 241.80
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Name: Joanna and Dave
Location: Chandler, Arizona
Size: 3,000 square feet
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Today we are sharing a pretty (and big!) Arizona home that was submitted by readers, Joanna and Dave. Joanna is the co-owner of a design company and owner of an Etsy boutique, while Dave is an operations manager/realtor and jack of all trades. After the couple married, they were on the hunt for a house to make a home. They finally found a house with good bones in Chandler, Arizona and could see the potential immediately. Like most newer home communities, there was the "cookie-cutter" factor. But per Joanna, "We believe we've created a little something special inside. Between my design 'know how' and my husband's handy work, we were able to create our dream home."
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Our style: Modern Chic. The contrast of black and white mixed with the shimmer of glass, mirrors and crystals makes our home look clean and glamorous. I keep the interest in a monotone palette by playing with textures and adding a pop of color here and there.
Inspiration: I don't know if I can pin point my inspiration, being in the design industry, I am constantly exposed to beautiful things. I think my inspiration is a collection of things I love.
Favorite Element: My favorite element of our home is its functionality. One of our best ideas was to tear down the wall separating our master closet with the utility room. This allowed us a larger closet, while making the chore of laundry much easier. An organized home is a happy home.
Biggest Challenge: Our biggest challenge was the re-design of the kitchen. A whole new kitchen was in order. Our original white washed cabinets were very short in comparison to the height of the ceiling. We ripped out the soffit above and put in 42" uppers to draw attention to the vaulted ceiling. We wanted to incorporate a hidden garbage area, beverage fridge, drawer dishwasher, wine storage and more pantry space. After many space plans we decided on the perfect one that included everything.
What Friends Say: My friends are always commenting on the crisp and clean decor with a careful eye for the details. The most impressive being the pillow cut marble tiles that cover our fireplace from the first floor to the second.
Proudest DIY: Our proudest do-it-yourself was the vanities in the master bathroom. These were originally dressers that we turned into sinks. I searched on the internet for weeks for the perfect sinks to fit on top, with a faucet that would project enough from the wall to hit the middle of the sink to prevent splashing.
Biggest Indulgence: Our biggest indulgence was our shower in the master bathroom. Since we swapped the original spots of the shower and tub we had to re-plumb the drains and faucets. I wanted to have a large shower with his and hers shower heads. We had the shower heads plumbed so they were at the correct height for each of us. Since I designed the shower custom, we had to have a custom shower enclosure made. It was a challenge and expense to make it frameless like I envisioned.
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'tis funny no matter what month it is! This is an oldie that I dressed up just a little bit. (BTW Thibeau is not Thibodeaux misspelled.)
Day 1: Dear Boudreaux, Tanks for de bird in a pear tree. I fix it las' night with Jambalaya. I doan tink de pear tree will grow inna swamp, so I swap it for a Satsuma.
Day 2: Dear Boudreaux, You letter say you sent two turtle doves, but all I got was two scrawny pigeons. Anyway, I mixed dem with andouille sausage and made some good gumbo out of dem.
Day 3: Dear Boudreaux, Why doan you sent some crawfish? I'm tired of eating dem birds. I gave two of dose prissy French chickens to Marie Trahan over at Grans Bayou and fed de turd one to my dog Phideaux.
Day 4: Dear Boudreaux, Mon Dieu! I tol you no more a dem birds. Deez four, what you call dem "calling birds" were so noisy you could hear dem all de way to Napoleonville. I used dere necks for my crab traps, and fed de rest of dem to de gators.
Day 5: Dear Boudreaux, You finally sen' something useful. I like dem golden rings, me. I hocked dem over at da pawn shop in Thibodeaux and got enuff money to fix da shaft on my shrimp boat and buy a round for da boys at de Raisin' Cane Lounge. Merci Beaucoup!
Day 6: Dear Boudreaux, Couchon! Back to da birds, you big honking ole turkey! Poor egg suckin' Phideaux is scared to death at dem six geeses. He tried to eat dems eggs and dey peck de heck out a his snout. Dey good at eating cockroaches, though. I may stuff one of dem with erster dressing.
Day 7: Dear Boudreaux, I'm gonna wring your fool neck next time I cast eyes on you. Thibeau, da mailman is ready to kill ya. The merde from all dem birds is stinking up his mailboat. He's afraid someone will slip on dat stuff and sue him good. I let dose seven swans loose to swim on de bayou and some duck hunters from Mississippi blasted dem out of de water. Talk to YOU tomorra.
Day 8: Dear Boudreaux, Mais cher! Poor ole Thibeau, he had to make tree trips on his mailboat to deliver dem 8 maids a milkin and all their cows. One of dem cows got spooked by da alligators and almost tipped over da boat! I doan like dem shiftless maids, me no. I tolt dem to get to work guttin fish and sweeping the floor, but no. Dey say it wasn't in dair contract. Dey probably tink de too good ta skin nutrias I caught las night, f'sure.
Day 9: Dear Boudreaux, What for you tryin to do huh? Thibeau had to borry the whole Lutcher ferry to carry dem jumpin' twits you call "Lords-a-leaping" 'cross da bayou. As soon as dey gots here, dey wanted a tea break with crumpets. I doan know what dat means but I says, "Well, La-Dee-Da. You gets Chicory coffee or nuttin."
Mon Dieu, Emile! What I'm gonna feed all dese bozos? Dey too snooty for fried nutria, and de cows done eat all my turnip greens.
Day 10: Dear Boudreaux, You got to be outs you mind! If de mailman don't kill you, I will f'sure. Today he deliver in da mailboat, 10 half nekid floozies from Bourbon Street, all the way from N'Awlins. He said dey be "Ladies-a-Dancing" but dey doan act like ladies in front of dose Limey twits.
All a dem almos' left for good after one of dem go bit by a water moccasin over by da outhouse. I had to butcher two whole cows to feed toute le monde and had to get terlit paper. The Sears catalog wasn't good enuff for dose hoity toity Lords' royal beehines.
Day 11: Dear Boudreaux, Where y'at? Cheerio and pip pip! Your eleven pipers piping arrives today on the mailboat. Dey musta come from de House of Blues, second lining as soon as de got off de boat. We fixed stuffed goose and beef jambalaya too, finished all da whiskey and we having a fine fais-do-do. Da new mailman, he drink a bottle of Jack Daniel and he having a good time, yeah, dancing with all de floozies. Thibeau, he jump off de Sunshine Bridge yesterday, screaming your name. If you get a mysterious, ticking package in de mail, doan open it. Hit's prolly a goodbye present from the old mailman.
Day 12: Dear, dear Boudreaux, I sorry to tole ya, but I 'taint your true love anymore, no. After fais-do-do, I spent de night talking with Jacques, de head piper. We decide to open a restaurant and gentleman's club on de bayou. De floozies, pardon me, Ladies-a-Dancing, can make $20 for a table dance, and de Lords can be waiters and valet park de boats and pirogues. Since de maids doan have no more cows ta milk, I trained dem ta set my crab traps, watch my trotlines, an run my shrimping bidness. We will prolly gross a million whole clams next year.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Twelve Days of Christmas in Cajun Land
Posted by PureCajunSunshine at 5/11/2009
Labels: BOOK EXCERPT from Mrs. Tightwad's Handbook #4 HOW TO COOK AND LIVE LIKE A REAL CAJUN: Jazz Up Your Kitchen Without Setting Your Mouth On Fire
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