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Clearly, anyone who claims to be certain that Jesus was literally born of a virgin is lying. He's either lying to himself or he's lying to others. There's no experience you have praying in church that can deliver certainty on that specific point.
You're saying it's not verifiable.
It's just not the kind of thing that spiritual experience validates. You can pray in a room to Jesus and even have an experience of Jesus being bodily present. Jesus shows up with a whole halo and the beard and the robes and it's the best experience of your life. What does that prove? You wouldn't even be in the position to know whether the historical Jesus actually had a beard on the basis of that experience.
Yet one thing I argue in my book is that experiences like that are very interesting and worth exploring. There's no doubt that people have visionary experiences. There's no doubt that praying to Jesus for 18 hours a day will transform your psychology--and in many ways, transform it for the better.
I just think that we don't have to believe anything preposterous in order to understand that. [We can] value the example of Jesus, at least in half his moods, and we should want to discover if there's a way to love your neighbor as yourself and generate the kind of moral psychology that Jesus was talking about.
With religious moderates, you have people talking about just wanting meaning in their lives, which I argue is a total non-sequitur when it comes down to justifying your belief in God.
If I told you that I thought there was a diamond the size of a refrigerator buried in my backyard, and you asked me, why do you think that? I say, this belief gives my life meaning, or my family draws a lot of joy from this belief, and we dig for this diamond every Sunday and we have this gigantic pit in our lawn. I would start to sound like a lunatic to you. You can't believe there really is a diamond in your backyard because it gives your life meaning. If that's possible, that's self-deception that nobody wants.
What if people prefer self-deception to despair and chaos?
I would argue that is really not the alternative.
What is the alternative? If there's no God who orders things, some people would say there's chaos, it's all random, their life is meaningless. There really is despair out there--especially about evolution.
You don't have to believe in God to have the most extraordinary, mystical experience. Personally, I've spent two years on meditation retreats just meditating in silence for 12-18 hours a day.
You can try to be a mystic, like Meister Eckhart in the Christian tradition, without believing Jesus was born of a virgin. You can realize the value of community and compassion and love of your neighbor without ever presupposing anything on insufficient evidence.
There are many ironies here. The [sacred texts] themselves are very poor guides to morality. The only way you find goodness in good books is because you recognize it. They're based on your own ethical intuitions. In the New Testament, Jesus is talking about the Golden Rule--a great, wise, compassionate distillation of ethics. You're doing that based on your intuition.
Hopefully, also, you recognize that stoning someone to death for not being a virgin on her wedding night, or beating your child with a rod, as it recommends in Proverbs, and which millions of Christians do in our country, that's not a good thing. You know that based on your own intuitions and the evolving human conversation about what is ethical and most conducive to human happiness.
You're saying that we can figure out moral, ethical behavior on our own, without benefit of religious concepts.
All we have is human conversation to do this with. Either you can be held hostage by the human conversation that occurred 2,000 years ago and has been enshrined in these books, or you can be open to the human conversation of the 21st century. And if there's something good in those books, then it is admissible in the 21st century conversation on morality.
Some people say the good that religion does outweighs the bad things they get away with because they're religions.
We can do all that good--and we are doing all that good--without any affiliation with religion. It's true there are Christian missionaries doing very fine work in Africa. There are secular groups like Doctors Without Borders doing the same work. They don't need to believe in Jesus coming out of the clouds in order to do that work.
It's not that people don't do good and heroic things on the basis of their dogma, it's just those things aren't best done on the basis of religious dogma. We can agree that famine in Africa is intolerable to us for perfectly compassionate and rational and modern reasons that have nothing to do with beliefs. We just have to believe that it is unethical that people are starving to death while we are throwing out half of our meals.


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Clean Eating Breakfast Pita
(Makes 2 pitas)
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup bell peppers, chopped (any color)
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 cup raw spinach (but you can cook it if you prefer)
- 2 tsp. olive oil
Step 1 – Saute the bell peppers in the oil until tender (the spinach too if you prefer it cooked)
Step 2 – Add the eggs and spices to the pan and scramble everything together.
Step 3 – Stuff your pita with the filling and go!
Eat and Enjoy! (by The Gracious Pantry)

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Summer of 2018, the property is being listed for sale and all reservations are subject to cancellation with 125% refund. Only contact us if you agree to these terms.
Location: Paa-ko Ridge Golf Course, Sandia Park, New Mexico USA (Albuquerque )
Please read the rate section before proceeding as the new advertising thumbnail only shows the nightly rate and not all the fees as we have a $1500 base fee for all bookings. This property is ideally situated 17 miles (20 minutes ) from Albuquerque and 45 miles (50 minutes) from Santa Fe traveling along the scenic Turquoise Trail. Sandia Park is a mountain community (7000 ft in elevation) suburb of Albuquerque.
Accommodations: Luxury Golf Course Home. This home features 4 bedrooms each with its own private bath (sleeps 8). One of the bedrooms are convertible to either two twin beds or one king size bed per your desires. The 6000 square foot home is spacious yet oh so comfortable and relaxing, The three levels of large covered decks provide you with ample opportunity to find a quiet place and just take in the tranquility and enjoy the unbelievable views, not to mention a chuckle or two as you watch fellow golfers struggle in the same sand trap you encountered a couple of hours prior. Master bedroom has wrap around shower and large jet tub for soothing tied muscles after your round of golf. Elegance and comfort are a perfect blend in this featured "Parade of Homes" participant. It is located on the 20th hole and overlooks the 19th, 20th, and 21st holes.
"Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club is ranked as the third best public golf course in the United States, according to a newly released Readers' Choice Poll by subscribers of Golf World magazine, a Golf Digest publication".
"In August, Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club was ranked No. 28 on Golf magazine's 2008 list of the "Top 100 Courses you can Play," moving up two spots from its 2006 ranking. Paa-Ko Ridge also is one of just 17 golf courses to be rated at five stars by the Golf Digest/Fodor's "Best Places to Play" guide. Paa-Ko Ridge was rated by the 2008 Zagat Survey as "Extraordinary," the only course in the Southwest to receive that highest-possible rating."
The golf course itself features panoramic views that are seldom matched anywhere in the world to get an idea of the splendor of this course. Each window of this home has a view of the plush course. Amenities are too numerous to mention but sampling would include a home theatre equipped with Bose audio, granite/marble throughout, outdoor Viking BBQ/outdoor refrigerator on the 2nd level deck, three hole putting green on site, exercise room with Olympic bench and full dumbbell rack & Schwinn air dyne bike, large garage with room for the largest of RV's, and recreation room with beautiful pool table, WiFi connection and Satellite TV (DirecTV) on all three floors. This home provides the ultimate in golfing vacations with world class 27 hole course but equally enjoyable will be the sunrise vista's overlooking the Ortiz Mountains to the East and the amazing sunsets (see promotional photo) as the sun drops below the Sandia (watermelon in Spanish) mountains to the west.
Should you choose to visit the Land of Enchantment in the winter you will be delighted at the quality snow skiing available. Sandia Ski Area is within sight of our back porch and is but a short 20-minute drive to the 1st lift. Santa Fe Ski Area is @ 1.5 hour, Los Alamos/Pajarito 2.0 hours and world class Taos is 3.0-hour drive away. With lifts opening at 9:00, all of these areas are worth the effort for a day trip. Taos is an amazing mountain for the accomplished skier. On a personal note I've skied through out the west and enjoy this mountain more than any other, it is fantastic. This luxury golf home easily converts to a hub for skiing adventure as you return each night to the remote control fireplace and thick carpet to warm you up.
Year round attractions for friends and family who might want to venture out for some other entertainment have many options. A drive to the top of the crest (10,700 feet), which overlooks the entire city of Albuquerque with literally 70 mile, views in all directions. The ride up the longest tram in the world takes you up to the same crest but from the city side. Dining at the High Finance restaurant while watching the sunset is a memory not soon forgotten. You may be fortunate enough to watch as daring hang gliders step off the shear face of the mountain and glide for hours toward the valley. The Old Town plaza, which dates back to 1640, is a wonderful place to shop for southwestern jewelry and all types for interesting cultural items. If you choose to come stay around
Around Christmas be sure to go on the luminaria as it is a site to see! These decorations are a small factor that plays into the beautiful picture that is set in the Old Town Plaza. The Old Town area is home to many art galleries and museums for your enjoyment.
Sorry but we only rent to families and do not allow parties or commercial activity of any type on the property. This includes weddings, birthdays, corporate, drinking or any group gathering of any sort that involves more people gathering than who is registered to stay on the property. Paa-ko Ridge is a quiet and peaceful place to live and visit so let's keep it that way. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!
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I have composed a map as the image for the Cabre Facebook Page. Facebook have some guidelines for this: What are the dimensions for my Page's cover photo? . The cover photo will be displayed 851 pixels wide and 315 pixels tall. If you submit something smaller: it will be stretched, something bigger and you will have to select part of the image. How do you compose a map in MindManager so it fits?
Here is my method which can be applied to situations where you require a map which will export to a specific image dimensions:
- Create a rectangle of 851 x 315 pixels with a light colour background in your image software. Better still use the thickness of the rectangle's line for the margin around your map.
- You also need to black out the area your Profile Image appears in the bottom left 230 x 125px.
Click the image on the right and download it.
- Save this image to your Background Images folder. Set up a Package Folder for this if you haven't got one.
- Create a new map > right click the background > Background >
- Assign image from library or
- Background Properties > Select Image
- In Background Properties select the Center Tile option, increase the Transparency if you wish.
- Return to the map view and you will now see the space you have to fill.
- Add floating topics at the top left and bottom right of the background image. I found these characters in the Wing Dings font set: . Move the arrow tips until they touch the background image corner. You could also use a floating arrow image.
- Create your cover image with MindManager.
- Hide the background. Right click background > Background Properties > 100% transparency.
- Export the map image at 100% zoom. Tip: If there are no photos on the map: use PNG or GIF. With photos JPG. Don't use BMP. You will get best resolution and minimum file size.
- Crop the image in your image editing software using the arrow points as the edges of the cropped image.
- You should now have an image 851 x 315 which you can upload to Facebook.
Download my Facebook image map template file. This has the background image and the floating topics.
This works similarly for Biggerplate cover images in the Trainer directory. The image size seems to vary depending on browser and image size/
MindManager maps place the central topic in the center of the image which may not be where you want it. For the Biggerplate image I added an offset a rectangle above the required image area which "pushed" the central topic towards the top of the cropped image I then uploaded to Biggerplate.
If you have a better process please tell me.


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Share your Halloween-themed photos of your pets for Pet Photo Friday
Lorrie Shaw | Contributor
The images that our readers send in each week for Pet Photo Friday are always a joy, and we know that this week will be no exception.
We're entering a very fun time of year, crisp weather, pumpkins, festive Halloween decorations — it can all bring out a really fun side of our four-legged friends.
Do you have a photo of your dog dressed in a Halloween costume? Did you snap a photo of your cat "hunting" in a pile of leaves?
Why not submit a favorite photo of your pet? For the next couple of weeks, we'll be featuring autumn and Halloween-themed photos for Pet Photo Friday.
We're inviting you to email a photo of your companion animal to firstname.lastname@example.com, any time during the week to participate in this fun feature.
Doing so is easy — simply include your companion animal's name, age and city or township of residence in your email. Be sure that your photos are 600 pixels wide and in .jpg format.
We put the week's photos into a slideshow, publish it and promote it each Friday here in the Pets section. Check out past slideshows here.
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If you weren't worried about Amanda Bynes before, you probably will be now. The onetime sweet teen star has made headlines recently for increasingly erratic behavior, from strange tweets to showing up to a gym class in lingerie. In her latest stunt, she has posted a bizarre video of herself online and it's disturbing to say the least. Take a look.
In the one-minute clip uploaded to Telly.com, the actress is made up to look like a mix between Courtney Stodden and Phyllis Diller. It's just odd. But that's not the most alarming part. With DJ Encore's "I See Right Through You" playing in the background, Amanda is filming her reflection in what appears to be a bathroom mirror. She is making what can only be described as a fish face while batting her eyes and nodding her head. At one point the screen goes black, but she pops up again to continue filming herself. It's crazy.
Weird, right? Many viewers thought so. Bynes responded to one critic with a rant on TwitPlus, calling the video "perfection" and that she's not doing anything wrong. She's right though. It's not wrong, it's more strange than anything. As someone who has been a fan since her days on Nickelodeon, I can't help but be concerned. It seems as though things are getting worse and worse. I have to wonder if this creepy behavior is a cry for help. I have no idea what has turned the once cute, perky, and even-keeled star into someone I would probably cross the street to avoid. But it's time that a loved one or close friend intervene to find out exactly what is wrong and how to get her back on track.
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Activist, author and investigative journalist James O'Keefe from Project Veritas went undercover as a Hillary supporter this week at the DNC Convention in Philadelphia.
What transpired was shocking.
James was dressed as a Hillary Clinton supporter and walked through the Bernie supporters outside the Wells Fargo Convention Center. The Bernie supporters REALLY do not like Hillary.
...At one point a group of ...protesters went off on James, the Hillary supporter, and Democrat party. "What the hell does the glass ceiling mean? I'm trying to put food in my refrigerator. My momma's a woman. My sister's a woman! What the hell does that have to do with it?"


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Minimum Time Scale (MTS)
MTS is the amount from where the salary scale of the particular employee starts.
Basic Salary
Basic salary means initial pay of any scale as well as annual increment received by an employee during his service.
Basic Salary = Initial pay of any scale + Annual increment
Mr. Akmal is working in the pay scale of 10,000-500-13,000 in a public company. For the tax year 2009, he received the following amounts:
Pay Rs. 11,500 per month
Bonus Rs. 20,000 for the year
Commission Rs. 10,000 for the year
Dearness allowance Rs. 20,000 for the year
Compute his MTS and basic salary.
1) Minimum Time Scale (MTS)
= 120,000
2) Basic Salary
= 11,500 × 12
= 138,000
There are following definitions of salary under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
Definition of Salary Applicable to the Sixth Schedule:
This definition has been given under; the rule-14 clause (h) of the part-1 of the Sixth Schedule.
"Salary" includes dearness allowance, if the terms of employment so provide, but excludes all other allowances and perquisites.
In brief
Basic Salary XXX
Add: Dearness Allowance XXX
Salary for valuation of approved provident fund/Approved
Superannuation fund/Approved gratuity fund XXX
Note:With examination point of view, if dearness allowance is not given in question, basic salary is also called salary for valuation of approved/ recognized provident fund etc.
In other words, in the absence of dearness allowance, basic salary shall represent salary for approved provident fund etc.
General Definition of Salary:
Salary means any amount received by an employee from an employment, whether such amount is, of a revenue or capital nature.
It includes the followings:
1) Pay, wages, leave pay, overtime, bonus, commission, fee, gratuity, work condition supplement.
2) Any perquisite, whether convertible into money or not.
3) Allowances.
4) Profit in lieu of or in addition to salary.
5) Pension, annuity or any supplement to pension or annuity.
6) Any amount chargeable to tax on account of Employee Share Option Scheme (u/s 14)
According to Black's Law Dictionary:
"Perquisites" means emoluments, fringe benefits or other incidental profits or benefits attaching to an office or position.
In other words, a something to which employee has a special right because of his / her employment position.
Incidental profit or benefit attaching to an office or position means any special facility which is provided by employer to employee due to such position.
Commissioner's house is provided to Commissioner by the Government due to his Commissioner's position.
In other words, Mr. Ali is a Commissioner; Government has provided him Commissioner's House.
Remember: House is affiliated with Commissionership. If Mr. Ali is transferred etc. such house is vested to the next Commissioner. In brief, such facility is attached with Commissionership rather Ali.
Under the Income Tax Law, "Perquisites" includes:
1) The value of rent free accommodation.
2) The value of any concession in rent of accommodation.
3) Value of any conveyance facility.
4) Any payment by employer for the benefit of employee, his / her spouse or dependent's of employee.
5) The value of any benefit provided free of cost.
6) The value of any benefit provided at a concessional rate.
7) Any sum paid by an employer in respect of any obligation of an employee.
8) Employee's children educational expenses paid by employer.
Allowances include cost of living allowance, dearness allowance, overseas allowance, house rent allowance, utilities allowance, entertainment allowance etc.
I want to know more details about MTS currently
ya........salary partition is very helpful for tax students like me.....very thanking u
Such articles like these are helpful for ordinery employees who happen to rush to auditer even for simplepoints. This is an educative hub.
Very informative! I will refer back to this. Thank you
Very good infomation! I just don't know anybody who makes 11,500 per month, LOL. Thanks for sharing.


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Discussion in 'Digital Audio' started by darkinners, Mar 20, 2013.
It sounds pretty official, but we have to remember that this isn't really a press release from Apple - it's darn close but I would much rather see it from a better known source like the Loop (Jim's a musician and he is really in the know) than a rumor site, and that little blurb just says that they are working on the new version but no other details.
It just seems odd given that the last post on this undated thing comes from 2012 and I do not recall anybody else picking up on this.
It was discussed here earlier...
I must have missed that, but what I mean was that the source was from someone else more mainstream. No disrespect to Arn, but just because he reported it doesn't add to the credibility of things. And again - I don't recall anybody else like Gruber or The Loop or really anybody else talking about it either.


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The Weekend Guide: October 5, 2012
Now that it's officially October we're slipping into full-on nesting mode. With cooler weather and holidays on the horizon, it's a perfect time to jump on those home projects we neglected over the summer. This week's sales and events list provides nesting inspiration … and deals! From online sales to local shopping events, check out the Weekend Guide, pass it on and send us your own sale or event.
• Flash Sale at Apt2B.com Apt2B is having its first flash sale. They're clearing out summer inventory to make room for new fall arrivals. These are limited quantities and amazing deals. They will all be 30%-70% off.
Through 10/7
• CedarWorks Indoor Playsets Sale at My Urban Child 10%-20% off on all CedarWorks indoor Playsets. When it gets cold or rainy outside just bring the party indoors.
Through 10/8
• Pompanoosuc Mills Sale 25% off dining plus 20% off everything else.
Through 10/8
• Comma Workshop Holiday Sale 20% off Holiday Sale. Made with love and delivered by December 15th. Comma Workshop is a company dedicated to bringing a fresh perspective to the time-honored traditions of quilting and storytelling. Crafting original poems and stories about life and adventure, our talented artisans along the Front Range of Colorado thoughtfully sew these stories into every quilt.
Through 10/10
• Graham Brown End of the Line Sale Shop up to 85% off fabulous wallpaper and wall art.
While supplies last
• DwellStudio Upholstery Sale Modern home and lifestyle brand DwellStudio is hosting a special month-long sale on all upholstered items. All upholstered sofas, chairs, ottomans and gliders will be offered at a 20% discount both online at and at all three store locations.
Online and in stores
Through 10/12
• Rejuvenation Chandelier Sale Get your home guest ready for the holidays with a new chandelier made just for you by Rejuvenation. Save 20% on select lighting and shades at their Chandelier Event.
Online & in stores
Through 10/12
• Saatchi Online 100 Curators, 100 Days Discover emerging artists from around the world. Each day at 12am PST, Saatchi will reveal a new collection of 10 works, selected by top curators from the most prestigious museums and galleries.
Through 10/12
• Greentea Design's Kitchen and Bath Sale Save up to 20% on stunning Asian-inspired kitchen and bath cabinetry.
Through 10/14
• Design Public Steelcase & Coalesse Sale Save 15% on all Steelcase and Coalesse items.
Through 10/15
• FLOS Annual Sale FLOS, the renowned Italian lighting manufacturer, is pleased to announce its Annual Sale, offering 20% off all decorative products (excluding outdoor).
Online and in stores
Through 10/15
• Baker Furniture Fall Sale Save generously on the largest selection all year. But don't wait too long. When the leaves are gone, the savings will be too.
In showrooms
Through 10/15
• Lightology Sale Save an additional 20% on all Flos and Axo Lights.
Through 10/15
• Design Within Reach Semi-Annual Sale Save hundred on thousand of items, including collection rarely on sale Cassina, Fritz Hansen, Flos and Kartell.
Online and in stores
Through 10/16
• Lumens The Design Event Save up to 47% on modern favorites including designs from Artemide, FLOS, Tom Dixon, FontanaArte, Vibia and more.
Through 10/16
• AllModern October Dining Promotion Save up to 15% on dining furniture from Domitalia, Modloft, sohoConcept, Rexite, and more.
Through 10/31
• Company C Bedding Sale Save 25% off select bedding.
Through 10/31
• The Pink Jalk Project Contemporary designers have given their own spin on Grete Jalk's classic chair to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Through 10/31
• Fawn & Forest Babyletto Sale Cross the crib mattress off the list, Fawn & Forest will give you one for free. For the month of October receive a free crib mattress with every Babyletto Crib purchase.
Through 10/31
• The Davis Flea An open-air market featuring vendors of vintage, antique, repurposed wares and produce all situated in the heart of Davis Square.
The Davis Flea | 52 Holland Street, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
Every Sunday through 10/28
• Jayson Home Fall Flea Market The Jayson Home Fall Flea Market takes place for three days only. Shop their latest collection of vintage and antique furniture, lighting, artwork and curiosities from France, Belgium, England and all over. This annual event takes place in a large white tent in Jayson Home's garden courtyard.
Jayson Home | 1885 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614
10/5 - 10/7
• Custom Cubed Join Unison for Custom Cubed, a unique event showcasing the craft work of three local companies in the West Town neighborhood: Unison, Eli Wyn Upholstery and Furniture Revival. Learn about each company's process, discuss your own custom upholstery and restoration project, plus view and purchase one-of-a-kind finished furniture pieces and upholstered cubes. RSVP
Unison | 2000 West Fulton Street F-109, Chicago, Illinois 60612
10/11: 6pm - 9pm
• Sawbridge Studios' Idea Tree Exhibit A single local tree, downed during a violent storm which struck Chicago in 2011, lives on in Idea Tree, an inspired exhibit of fresh ideas in furniture and accessories design. The Idea Tree exhibit is organized and sponsored by Sawbridge Studios, in collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago and Horigan Urban Forest Products of Skokie. Following a successful 1-month run earlier this summer at Chicago's Inland Steel Building, the entire exhibit now moves to the Chicago Center for Green Technology.
Chicago Center for Green Technology | 445 North Sacramento Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Through 10/12
• Gregory Jacobsen: "Overwhelming Acrid Odor of Potential Paramour" Chicago artist, Gregory Jacobsen will present new paintings and works on paper in his sixth solo show at Zg Gallery. Inspired by the Chicago Imagists and Harry Who, Gregory Jacobsen's paintings explore the fringes of society, shining a spotlight on the beautiful freaks and geeks that populate his world as he seeks to reverse the insider/outsider societal roles to the point that "normal" is no longer the norm.
Zg Gallery | 300 West Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654
Opening Reception: 9/7: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Exhibition: Through 10/13
• Vintage Garage Chicago With space for at least 100 dealers, Vintage Garage Chicago is the city's newest venue for buying and selling vintage and antique merchandise.
Vintage Garage Chicago | 5051 North Broadway, Chicago, Illinois 60640
10/21: 9am - 4pm
• Interior Express Outlet Warehouse Sale Shop this 120,000 square foot warehouse filled with furniture that's been marked down for one reason or another. Some stuff is overstock, some returns, some damaged, some just display models. Furniture varies in condition, ranging from perfect condition to damaged, and all priced accordingly.
Interior Express Outlet | 794 Golf Lane, Bensenville, Illinois 60106
Through 10/27
• Hawkins/Hawkins: One Saw Everything, One Saw Nothing This exhibition brings together two masters of self-taught art who share a name and a talent for using simple materials to create compelling images: William Hawkins and Hawkins Bolden. The creations of these two artists, one possessing a keen sense of touch and the other a unique vision of the world around him, have a powerful impact when viewed side by side in this exhibition.
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art | 756 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60642
Through 1/5/13
• She's a WOW: Women's Service Organizations in World War II The Pritzker Military Library is pleased to announce its latest exhibit, She's a WOW: Women's Service Organizations in World War II, a retrospective that celebrates women and the critical role they played in the Allied victory of World War II. The exhibit gives credence to accomplishments during the war period and addresses a little known chapter of the conflict - a historical omission that the Pritzker Military Library hopes to correct. Curated by the librarians and collections staff, the multimedia exhibit includes prints, recruiting posters, photographs, and other media – and allows women who served their country to share stories in their own words, with printed first-person accounts and an audio tour featuring the voices of the women themselves.
Pritzker Military Library | 104 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Through April 2013
• LA Printer's Fair This one-day event showcases the art of printing and paper in historical and contemporary forms. Vendors will be exhibiting book arts, letterpress printing, paper, bookmaking, posters and more. The fair also features the largest letterpress swap meet in the West with letterpress supplies, wood and metal type, ink and presses.
The International Printing Museum | 315 Torrance Boulevard, Carson, California 90746
10/6: 9am - 5pm
• "Enduring Beauty" at Artspace Warehouse "Enduring Beauty" Artist Reception featuring Jessika Cardinahl's colorful and playful paintings of birds inspired by Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird". The artist remarks "The journey of realization is an emotional response to the fabric of life. My technique of expression is truthfully direct. Colours flow, lines delineate, form and shapes blossom out beyond the height and breadth of the paper. To the viewer perhaps an emotional understanding beyond color, shape and stroke evolves. Stimulus and response are my favorite playmates."
Artspace Warehouse | 7354 Beverly Boulevard; Los Angeles, California 90036
Through 11/2
• California's Designing Women, 1896-1986 The Autry National Center presents California's Designing Women, 1896-1986, an unprecedented exhibition that honors forty-six women designers and includes more than 200 examples of textiles, ceramics, furniture, lighting, jewelry, clothing, and graphics. These functional and decorative objects--from Arts and Crafts to Art Deco to Mid-century Modern and beyond--exemplify California's national and international reputation for unrestrained creativity.
Autry National Center | 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, California 90027
Through 1/6/13
• Artemide Moving Sale Iconic lighting fixtures are up to 90% off.
Artemide | 277 Giralda Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Through 9/30
• The Fine Furnishings Show Join premiere craftsmen, furniture makers and artisans from around the Midwest – and around the county – as they converge on The Garage of the Harley-Davidson Museum. Now in its 7th year, this annual show has established itself as the preeminent source for heirloom-quality, hand-crafted furniture, accessories, art and more, becoming the largest show of its type in the Midwest. Located just 90-minutes from Chicago, the Fine Furnishings Show continues to attract discerning audiences, and makes for a perfect fall day trip destination.
Harley-Davidson Museum | 400 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
10/5: 4pm - 8pm
10/6: 10am - 6pm
10/7: 10am - 5pm
• City Modern City Modern, presented by Audi, is a joint venture celebrating design, co-created by the Dwell and New York editorial teams, led by Amanda Dameron and Wendy Goodman respectively. TICKETS & SCHEDULE
Through 10/7
• Room & Board Fall Accessories Open House Get the first look at Room & Board's exceptional new assortment of handcrafted accessories. Discover unique lighting, luxurious pillows, limited-edition wall art and more. You'll find inspiration for every room. Light refreshments will be served as you browse the showroom and enter to win a $1,000 Room & Board gift card.
Room & Board | 105 Wooster Street, New York, New York 10012
10/6: 11am - 7pm
10/7: 11am - 6pm
• Artek USA Sale Alvar Aalto, Eero Aarnio, Shigeru Ban, Naoto Fukasawa, Enzo Mari, Juha Leiviska, Jorn Utzon, Ville Kokkonen and Ilmari Tapiovaara products, discontinued items and showroom floor samples up to 80% off the retail price.
Artek USA | 199 Lafayette Street, Suite 5D, New York, New York 10012
10/5: 10am - 5pm
10/6: 10am - 6pm
10/7: 12pm - 4pm
• Design Spree Columbus Day Event Take 60% off all upholstery. Excludes special orders and Ralph Lauren collection.
Design Spree | 29 West Essex Street, Maywood, New Jersey 07607
Design Spree | 4 Litho Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
10/5 - 10/8
• My Century (An Illustrated Guide for Aliens) Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present My Century (An Illustrated Guide for Aliens), the gallery's second solo exhibition by Marc Séguin. The title, like his latest body of work, is rich with cynicism, melancholia, and sarcastic humor. Unabashedly tackling hot-button issues such as economic disparity, human rights, and environmental exploitation, Séguin's large-scale paintings are deceptively beautiful reflections of the era in which they were produced.
Mike Weiss Gallery | 520 West 24th Street, New York, New York 10011
Through 10/13
• ABC Carpet & Home Custom Upholstery Sale ABC Carpet & Home's annual Special Order Sale offers up to 25% off custom upholstery orders on various collections, including Ralph Lauren, Dwell, Cobble Hill, Arper, Barbara Barry and Gus*.
ABC Carpet & Home | 888 Broadway, New York, New York 10003
Through 10/14
• Smoke and Mirrors at Porter Contemporary Porter Contemporary is pleased to announce Smoke and Mirrors, a solo exhibition of paintings by Jason Bryant. Bryant explores loneliness, vulnerability and frailty through these beautifully photo-realistically rendered film stills coupled with either Bryant's signature skateboard graphics which have become so popular or his pixelated characters.
Porter Contemporary | 548 West 28th street, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10001
Exhibit through 10/20
• Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition's Annual Fall Exhibit Brooklyn – the name itself summons up an array of responses that can range from the prosaic to the whimsical: some in image, some in words; some in memories and associations of family and of history; or of architecture and neighborhoods, artists, galleries and restaurants; or of ethnicity, cobblestone streets and trolleys; of a time long past and a vibrant present; of sweeping waterfront views and of, course, bridges, harbors, skylines and baseball. Brooklyn means something to everybody. This year over 200 artists will express through painting, sculpture, photography, installation and assemblage what this experience of arrival has meant to them. In addition to a visual exploration, each artist is asked to write a narrative, a contemplation of process, emotion, or intent -- a window into each artist's thoughts -- of the meaning of this theme.
BWAC | 499 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, New York 11231
Weekends through 10/21
• Robert Martin Designs Fall Showroom Sale Robert Martin is having a special sale in his Brooklyn Navy Yard showroom/studio. This sale includes both indoor and outdoor furniture – dining tables, sideboards, shelving units, coffee tables, dining chairs and more.
Robert Martin Designs | 63 Flushing Avenue, Building 280, Suite 223, Brooklyn, New York 11205
Weekends through 10/28
• Jeffrey Maron: Devotion Affirmation Arts presents Jeffrey Maron: Devotion, a retrospective of Maron's sculptural work that spans 16 years (1976--2012). Jeffrey Maron's work is self-described as "contemporary animism," drawing on spiritual experiences to transform metals and other materials into works of art. His creative process comprises mind, body and spirit, producing pieces that have their own intrinsic energy and animistic themes. Maron's work is characterized by paradoxes; it is tough and beautiful, religious and sensual, reminiscent of familiar symbols, yet unique.
Affirmation Arts | 523 West 37th Street, New York, New York 10018
10/11 - 12/8
• 1st Friday at 20th Century by HKFA Stop by during October's First Friday and receive a 15% discount on everything in the store. 20th Century by HKFA has an important selection of well curated 20th century finds. Industrial, vintage and antique.
20th Century by HKFA | 1311 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19125
10/5: 12pm - 10pm
• Clover Market Over 100 carefully selected vendors with antiques & collectibles, original art, vintage clothing and jewelry, and finely handcrafted items will convene in downtown Ardmore, Pennsylvania at this open-air market. Recently named a "Best Vintage Sale" by Flea Market Style Magazine, Clover is free and open to the public and a popular local event, drawing customers and vendors from all around the region.
Clover Market | 12 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003
10:14: 10am - 5pm
11/4: 10am - 5pm
• Flea Bites Bite Into Maine and Portland Flea-for-All present Flea Bites, a night market and coming out party for street food in Portland. Enjoy amazing food provided by Bite Into Maine, a DJ set by Uptown Vinyl and three floors of Portland's best vintage and handmade vendors.
Portland Flea-for-All | 125 Kennebec Street, Portland, Maine 04101
10/5: 6pm - 9pm
• Furniturea Columbus Day Weekend Sample Sale Rural Modern design for your home. Take 25% off all furniture floor samples with additional discounts on select warehouse items.
Furniturea | 75 Market Street, Portland, Maine 04101
10/5 - 10/8
• Salvage Tour: Design + Build + Decorate Founded on the principles of environmental respect, historic preservation and embracing the idea that the most sustainable building is the one that already exists is the core of what Rejuvenation, Arciform and Shannon Quimby Designs represent. They have joined forces to bring to Portland the first annual Salvage Tour: Design + Build + Decorate. Ticket holders have the opportunity to learn more about working with salvage and tour five residences that exemplify the use of salvage materials. TICKETS
Rejuvenation | 1100 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214
• Hoot Judkins One Night Stand Hoot Judkins closes the store all day on Friday to reprice the store with amazing anniversary sale discounts. They open that evening for the annual annual One Night Stand sale.
Hoot Judkins | 1269 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, California 94063
10/5 - 10/8
• "The Painted Home" Book Party Meet Dena of Dena Designs, and enjoy cupcakes and iced tea in the garden to celebrate the launch of Dena's book, "The Painted Home." The book features simple DIY projects, useful design tips, colorful photographs and personal stories from Dena's home and how she finds inspiration in everything around her.
The Lazy K House at Orchard Nursery | 4010 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, California 94549
10/7: 2pm - 4pm
• Nantucket Home Fall Home Sale Save up to 30% off all special order furniture, upholstery, casegoods, area rugs, bedding, fabrics, and window treatments. Save up to 60% on many in-stock items as well. This Fall Home Sale is customized to fit your needs - you choose the style, fabric, color, finish, and size.
Nantucket Home | 603 Broadway Street, Chico, California 95928
Through 10/29
• Garza Marfa at Heath Designer/makers Jamey Garza and Constance Holt-Garza are coming to Heath San Francisco and bringing they're bringing with them the designs of Marfa, Texas. This event also marks the Bay Area launch of Garza's leather furniture line, available exclusively in California at Heath's Los Angeles and San Francisco locations. Recent highlights for the furniture include a new bar stool design as well as three new color options for the vibrant powder-coated bases of his pieces: magenta, yellow and blue/green.
Heath San Francisco | 2900 18th Street, San Francisco, California 94110
Opening: 9/29: 5pm - 8pm
Exhibit: Through 11/11
• 12 Nights of Anniversary Celebration for Ligne Roset San Francisco Ligne Roset, the renowned French furniture and lifestyle brand, will celebrate theSan Francisco showroom's 10th anniversary with a 12-night celebration. Ligne Roset will open its doors after hours to the Bay Area community and industry leaders in the areas of design, architecture, technology, politics and sports over four successive weekends. The showroom will transform to an evening craft bar featuring the best mixologist bar team on the West Coast creating one-of-a-kind drinks, featuring music and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. Paid parking access will be available.
Ligne Roset | 162 King Street, San Francisco, California 94107
10/4 - 10/6: 7pm - 11pm
• FLOR in Toronto Grand Opening Event Join FLOR for the Grand Opening Event celebrating their newest retail store (and first outside of the US!) in Toronto. Experience the beauty and flexibility of this premium modular floorcovering system. Designed for real life, FLOR squares let you replace squares, not rooms, and are an environmentally-responsible choice for modern lifestyles. FLOR is simply smart design, squared. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
FLOR | 162 Cumberland Street, Toronto, Ontario M5R 1A8
10/11: 6pm - 8pm
• Washington Design Center Sample Sale The tenants of the Washington Design Center are holding their Fall Sample Sale. Select furniture, accessories, rugs, lighting and more will be offered at discounts up to 80% off list prices.
Washington Design Center | 300 D Street SW, Washington, DC 20024
10/6: 10am - 3pm
• Washington Design Center Dream Home The Washington Design Center is throwing open the doors to the 2012 DreamHome themed Design Craft. Celebrating the next generation of design in Washington, D.C., eight emerging interior designers have been selected to create rooms inspired by the works featured in the exhibition "40 Under 40: Craft Futures," opening this summer at the Renwick Gallery.
Washington Design Center | 300 D Street SW, Washington, DC 20024
Through 11/30
• Detroit is No Dry Bones: Photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara Sociologist Camilo Jose Vergara has documented Detroit's decline for over 25 years. His photographs illustrate the tension between Detroit's industrial ruins and its surviving communities as the city has continued to shrink and reinvent itself.
National Building Museum | 401 F Street NW, Washington DC 20001
Through 2/18/13
• The Sultan's Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art Just as the brands of today strive to do--from political candidates to consumer products--the Ottoman Empire represented itself at home and abroad through a single, instantly recognizable visual aesthetic. This exhibition at The Textile Museum chronicles how one of the world's most powerful empires adopted a singular artistic style and how that style gained lasting influence in the region.
The Textile Museum | 2320 S Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Through 3/10/13
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I love cars. If y'all haven't figured that out already… I particularly love old cars. I mean…I love super fancy cars too, but your average car now is definitely not as awesome as your average vintage car. Therefore, vintage car shows are particularly fantastic, such as this one. It's the Coronado car show (although not the Coronado Speed Festival, which actually took place two weekends ago, and I missed due to being at Disneyland for Dapper Day! So many things), and there were so many amazing vintage cars! It was such a fun car show.
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Online retailer, Amazon.com, has revealed new details in regards to the official strategy guide of the upcoming Playstation 3 video game, "Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix."
Strategy Guide? Pfft.I already know my strategy repeat everything I did the first 3 times I beat the game.
I beat the first one too many times, never played Re:Chain of memories but I've played CoM on the GBA. Won't be needing a strategy guide for it =P.
People still buy Strategy Guides?!? lulz
I only buy artbooks, can't wait for my Limtied Edition Kingdom Hearts =)
Beat the original 100% this past summer I dont need a damn guide.


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Da Qiao Primary School journey
In collaboration with The School of Positive Psychology
Da Qiao Primary School (DQPS) began its Positive Education journey in Dec 2011, with the objective of using positive psychology to empower teachers to increase student well-being and develop sound character.
7 sessions of Introduction to Positive Education, complete with a pre- and post-assessment on various psychological tests. A post-workshop session was run to address the pre-assessment challenges faced by teachers.
- Adult Hope Scale
- Satisfaction with Life Scale
- Psychological Well-Being Scale
- Situational Benefactor Scale
Scores on life satisfaction and well-being improved!
Increase in hope scores, particularly for those high in well-being!
"Sha-En effectively took us through the theory behind Positive Education and how it can be used in practice, both as an individual and as a teacher. She used a repertoire of strategies to reinforce how it can enhance our relationship with our pupils. Teachers came out of her sessions feeling more enriched! The success of Sha-En's sessions came from the clarity of communication with the staff, the ability to relate to them giving authentic examples of herself as a practitioner in class and the passion in her delivery!"
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Drivers weigh in on Kentucky racetrack -- some more nicely than others
Clint Bowyer said it doesn't matter where the track is; the fact is that it's new and highly coveted as a result
"Anytime you can win an inaugural race, it doesn't matter where it's at, it will be huge," Bowyer said. "I'm telling you, this is a huge fan base, it's a great market to be in and to be able to win the first race here is going to be a big thing for us."
Other drivers were a bit more critical of the new Cup track. Tony Stewart said that while it is technically new to Cup, he wishes it were more different.
"It's another mile-and-a-half so it's not like we're seeing something totally new. We need less mile-and-a-halves and more tracks that have their own characteristics that are not copied off of something else," Stewart said. "It's still fun to be here though."
Stewart was also critical of the safety setup at Kentucky.
"They don't have enough SAFER barriers yet. Not near enough SAFER barriers for what we're doing here and how close the wall is to the race track," Stewart griped. "Hopefully, none of us will have to test that out and see anything."
Back to the positive side, Kevin Harvick had kind words for the facility.
"This is what our sport needs, new events, not necessarily new facilities, but a new facility for us to race on. Kentucky Speedway has been a great facility over the years. I was fortunate enough to come here in 2001 and win the inaugural Nationwide race here," Harvick said. "It is a place we have all been to and made a bunch of laps testing. A lot of us have run the Nationwide races here. It is a fun race track. The enthusiasm from the fans and the people and the sponsors is great. I'm excited about it."
Roush at Kentucky—the numbers
A few facts about the Roush Fenway team and its history at the Kentucky track
-- Roush Fenway racing has started 41 NASCAR races at Kentucky Speedway, turning 16 top-10 finishes,10 top fives, three wins and two poles. Roush Fenway has led 519 laps of NASCAR action at Kentucky, while averaging a 15.5 finish in both the truck and NNS.
-- Roush Fenway's Greg Biffle won the first ever NASCAR race at Kentucky in 2000, taking the checkered flag in the truck race. He finished second in the inaugural Nationwide Series race there in 2001.
-- Roush Fenway has started 16 Nationwide races at Kentucky, posting one win, four top fives and seven top 10s. Roush Fenway finished second in the first three races at Kentucky, before breaking into the win column in 2005.
Reaction to Nationwide race leaving IRP, going to Brickyard
It became official this week that the Nationwide race at Indianapolis next year and beyond will move from IRP to the Brickyard … From a short track to the biggest track of them all (prestige-wise at least).
Drivers, such as Tony Stewart, had mixed emotions.
"I think it's cool for IMS, I'm kind of sad for ORP though because I know from my history at ORP that was a big event that we all looked forward to as USAC drivers getting to watch the Nationwide guys come," Stewart said. "I think it's cool, but it's kind of mixed emotions on both sides."
Kevin Harvick, who has won at IRP, said it's a sign of changing times and also looked at it from an owner's perspective also.
"I think things change. Obviously this is a huge opportunity for the Nationwide Series to go to the Brickyard. From an owner's perspective it's going to be a lot easier to sell than it was at the other facility. IRP has been a great part of this series and hopefully as we move forward there are some opportunities to keep the Truck Series there or maybe even the Nationwide Series on a different date," Harvick said. "As far as that particular weekend goes, I think it's going to be good for the Cup cars. I think the fans are going to have something else to watch on Friday and Saturday with the Rolex Series and the Nationwide Series. It just creates more of an active weekend at the big track. But from an owners perspective it's going to be a much easier race to sell, that's been a tough race to sell for us in the past."
As someone who has watched races at IRP and the Brickyard, I have to say I hate this move. IRP is an awesome track, and the racing there is great and competitive every time. Short track action can't be beat, and to remove this race from the schedule is a crime, and I hope it can be rescheduled for another weekend.
As far as Nationwide racing at the Brickyard, I am afraid it will be a snoozefest, as the Cup races never excited me at the Brickyard. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm afraid I'll be right.
Congrats to David Ragan
Belated congratulations go out to David Ragan, who earned his first-ever Cup win in the Daytona race last week. He is the third first-time winner this year, after Trevor Bayne and Regan Smith.
A couple years ago, I picked Ragan to make the Chase, but that didn't exactly pan out. Jack Roush stayed committed to Ragan though, and despite all who doubted him, he now looks like the smart one (that usually happens with Jack … he doesn't pick too many bad ones).
Now, several years into his stint with Roush, Ragan is finally starting to show his abilities as a driver, and he picked a good time too. UPS will soon choose whether it stays with Ragan and Roush or moves to another team and driver, and this win will be a good selling point for the Ragan camp. We'll have to stay tuned to see what happens.
Voting Opens For 2011 Most Popular Driver in Nationwide, Trucks
Fans can vote online for the 2011 Most Popular Driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Twitter hashtags: #NNSMPD, #NCWTSMPD). Voting has begun and runs through Nov. 17.
This year, fans have dedicated sites on NASCAR.com to vote. For the NASCAR Nationwide Series, fans can go to www.NASCAR.com/nnsmpd and to www.NASCAR.com/ncwtsmpd for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Fans may vote once per day leading up to the Nov. 17 deadline.
To be eligible to receive votes, drivers must have selected either the NASCAR Nationwide Series or NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to receive 2011 driver championship points. Additionally, drivers must have attempted at least half of each series' races this season.
The winners will be announced at the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards Banquet. The combined post-season gala will again take place in South Florida at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel on Monday, Nov. 21.
With eligibility tied to their selected series for points, a new Most Popular Driver will be crowned in both series this year. Brad Keselowski, the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, earned a record-setting third consecutive series Most Popular Driver award via fan vote following last season. Kenny Wallace also has three Most Popular Driver awards in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, though not consecutively. Narain Karthikeyan captured the most votes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to earn that series' Most Popular Driver honor in 2010.
NASCAR Reinstates Two Members; Suspends Two Members
NASCAR has reinstated Jack Smith, a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Gary Frost, a crew member in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Smith's reinstatement comes following his Sept. 7, 2010 suspension for actions detrimental to stock car racing. Smith remains under NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. Frost has successfully completed NASCAR's Road to Recovery Program following his May 24, 2011 suspension for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy.
Smith's story is interesting, in that he says he became hooked on prescription drugs after a racing accident; and got busted with a phony prescription … and, furthermore, that getting busted was the best thing that could have happened to him. He went through the program, and now is off the drugs. I say way to go, Jack. The road to getting off a dependency like that isn't easy, but now he's back and able to compete in the sport he loves.
Perhaps if Jeremy Mayfield had followed the same path, he might still be racing instead of in an endless court battle with NASCAR.
On the opposite end of things on the substance abuse front, two crew members in Nationwide, Troy Hartman and Denise Harmon-Mixon, have been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the substance abuse policy.
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Senior minister and leader of the House, Nimal Siripala de Silva presented it, parliamentary officials said.
The LLRC was appointed by President Rajapaksa in May 2010 to look back at the island's ethnic separatist conflict during the period February 2002 and May 2009.
Sri Lanka has often cited the LLRC as its own mechanism when faced by international calls to establish an independent investigation into alleged war crimes for which a UN special panel had held both the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam responsible.
The LLRC report was submitted to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 20.
Since then the international community has pressed for its early release in public.
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Since its release on all platforms more than a year ago, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been a bit of a nuissance for PlayStation 3 owners.
The experience was marred with game-breaking bugs, some of which still haven't been resolved. Even worse, the downloadable content that the Xbox 360 and PC crowds were enjoying was being held back. Bethesda simply couldn't get the extra stuff working for the PS3.
Finally, after a good time spent waiting, the PlayStation 3 crowd will have access to all the DLC they've been missing out on. Every piece of content is bound for the PlayStation 3 in February. Here's the word from the official Bethesda Blog:
PlayStation 3: Dragonborn will be the first add-on arriving on PSN in February. Hearthfire will release next, followed by Dawnguard, and all three should be out in February. The 1.8 update will also release, just prior to Dragonborn. We'll keep you posted as release dates get finalized both on our end and with Sony for each and its various languages. Last but not least, each one will be 50% off during their launch week on PSN.
That bold emphasis is the work of the blog post. And, yes, the DLC that hits the PS3 next month will be 50 percent off during its initial week on the PlayStation Store.
Finally, if you count yourself among the PC crowd, Dragonborn will be available starting February 5th.
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GateHouse Treatment now offers a night-time rehab that can help. Our confidential after work program is your first step in battling addiction without going away for rehab.
Our program is designed for working professionals, students and those struggling with addiction who can't take time out of their day-to-day responsibilities to go to a residential treatment program. Night-time programming at GateHouse meets 3 nights a week. You or your loved one will receive therapy for 3 hours a session as well as weekly individual sessions with master's level clinicians. This is a good opportunity to show up for your family for the holidays, to keep paying your bills and participating in your normal routine, while still getting the professional help you need.
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On March 25, the Taylorsville-Winfield Lions Club celebrated their 37 years of community service in memory of Lion Dave Will.
Our guest speaker for the evening was the principal of South Carroll High School, Dave Booz. It was an excellent program, with 36 of our members and their wives attending. If you have a teen-ager attending South Carroll and get a chance to speak with Booz, please do so.
I know our communities throughout Carroll County are changing every day, with the building of new homes, highways, schools and stores.With the mortgages, car payments, ensuring that the children get to the right appointment on time, our patience and money have a tendencyto get on the thin side.


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Our Sprinkler Installations Have a Full Year Warranty
After any ATZ Irrigation's sprinkler system installation, we provide a full year warranty on labor and all the component parts and assemblies of the new irrigation system. Each sprinkler system is installed by a trained technician according to our owner's (Tom Zullo) high standards. We take pride in our excellent craftsmanship and quality parts from Hunter, Rainbird or Toro. ATZ Irrigation stands behind all their work as reliable and fully operational irrigation that delivers water to the right coverage areas.
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By Troylon Griffin, editor-in-chief of The HiLife student newspaper and senior at Clear Creek High School
As Clear Creek High School and its relative schools in Clear Creek ISD start their 2016-17 school year, they face many changes. One of these changes in particular is the beginning of a new method of teaching in English and language arts classes.
The most prominent change in the English curriculum is that school semesters will no longer revolve around one book being read or taught to a whole class. Instead, students will be given a variety of books they can choose to learn from every semester.
William Eastman, the curriculum coordinator for English language and secondary world languages, explained that the idea of making English classes more personalized in learning has been years in the making after the District implemented a new strategic plan around 2013.
"The motivation behind this focus is to make education in the classroom and beyond unique and different for every individual through a curriculum that supports student choice," Eastman said. "Students come to us from different backgrounds, and with different skills, strengths and weaknesses. We want to cater to each one individually and personalize how we meet their needs with instruction."
The changes extend well beyond high schools, to the point where all campus-levels are beginning to enact selective reading in classes, whether it be through on-level classes or AP and gifted and talented classes.
"What research has told us for years now, when it comes to what works best in literary practices, is that a reading life is developed when we can hook a student based on their interests and motivation for reading," Eastman said.
Two Clear Creek English teachers, Megan Thompson and Helen Becker, explained that the integration of student choice was not exactly a change in the curriculum itself, but a change in how the district approaches it. The curriculum is driven by state standards which were revised and established in 2009.
"When students have choice in what they're reading and also in how they're assessed, the learning becomes more evident and valued," Thompson said. "I think trusting my students to take ownership of their learning and think for themselves is my ultimate goal."
Towards the end of the 2015-16 school year, both Thompson and long-time Clear Creek English teacher Ken Fontenot began to work on a different approach to teaching the AP English course.
"I think we as teachers need to do whatever we can to get students to take ownership of their education," Fontenot said. "When they do that, they put more effort and passion into it, and that's what was missing. What I had in my classroom was compliance. If I really want to educate them, I need to get them to choose to participate, not just go through the motions."


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David Ruth
Jeff Falk
Paper: Mexico's energy reform may increase socio-environmental conflict
HOUSTON – (March 8, 2017) – The opening of Mexico's energy sector to private investment, along with more critical public attitudes on the environmental and community toll of energy extraction activities, may increase the incidence and visibility of socio-environmental conflict in Mexico, according to a new paper from the Mexico Center at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The paper, "The Implementation of the Energy Reform and Socio-environmental Conflicts Regarding Hydrocarbons in Mexico," was authored by Alberto Abad Suarez Avila, a professor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico's Institute for Legal Research in Mexico City. Suarez Avila discusses the history of socio-environmental conflict in Mexico, the potential emergence of such conflicts in urban and rural areas in the future and the role the judicial branch may play in resolving socio-environmental challenges.
The paper focuses on the hydrocarbons industry, which Suarez Avila believes will experience the greatest variation and concentration of socio-environmental conflict over the short and medium terms.
"The new legislation establishes some conditions to decrease risks, such as the inclusion of residents' right to be consulted and compensated for the use of community land for extractive activities," Suarez Avila wrote. "Even in this manner, it is foreseen that Mexico will have to accept a future with greater socio-environmental conflict. It is predicted that, in addition to the traditional extra-institutional arrangements to resolve such conflicts and the expertise of the new players who will participate in the sector, an avenue for resolving conflicts through the judicial system will be created. Greater institutional autonomy with respect to the executive branch, a new constitutional paradigm guided by international human rights laws, the introduction of collective or class action proceedings and the reform of amparo proceedings would make Mexican judges arbitrators of the predicted new socio-environmental conflicts regarding energy issues."
The paper was written for a Mexico Center research project examining the rule of law in Mexico and the challenges it poses to implementing the country's energy reform. The project's findings are compiled in a Spanish-language book and are being posted on the Baker Institute's website in English.
Mexico's energy sector had been under strict governmental management since 1938. This changed in 2013 and 2014 when Mexico amended its constitution and passed legislation overhauling its energy sector to allow private and foreign investments.
"The change of the regulatory paradigm for hydrocarbons is accompanied by significant transformations in the structure of the political and social environment in which the industry will operate," Suarez Avila wrote. He said that previously, the state monopoly represented by the Mexican company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) operated in an environment that was mainly characterized by three factors: a public discourse that promoted a development model based on oil dependency; public acceptance of the social and environmental impact resulting from the work of PEMEX; and PEMEX's opacity with respect to its operations.
"Despite the fact that the socio-environmental conflicts related to energy matters in other Latin American countries have multiplied since the 1990s and continue until the present, the three characteristics … allowed PEMEX's activities to have a low incidence and perception of scarce conflict," Suarez Avila wrote. "Within the context of a liberalized energy sector, it is noted that such characteristics will hardly be maintained; therefore, there is a higher risk of the emergence and visibility of socio-environmental conflicts.
"The distance that the state will maintain with respect to the new economic players, a public opinion that is more critical of the socio-environmental impact of energy and extraction activities, and greater transparency in the sector make it possible to foresee the emergence of a social context with greater conflict, which will bring Mexico closer to a scenario similar to cases in other parts of Latin America."
For more information or to schedule an interview with Suarez Avila, contact Jeff Falk, associate director of national media relations at Rice, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 713-348-6775.
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Paper: http://www.bakerinstitute.org/media/files/files/53cbec3e/MEX-pub-RuleofLaw_Avila-030317.pdf.
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Yeah, so I guess I'm bad at keeping up with this. Whoops!
Mostly, we've just been game-hopping; it's tough to find much to write about when we haven't been sticking to any one game for long.
Sadly, The Secret World didn't work out for us long-term. It's an awesome game, and it's a nice change from most mainline MMOs – I'd still highly recommend it to anyone who wants something a little different. In our case though, there just wasn't enough content to keep us around past a few months. We spend a good chunk of our free time together gaming, and even though we tried to take it slowly, we still hit that point where we were logging in once a day to run end-game content and nothing else. That gets pretty boring, fast!
We did, however, make some good friends in TSW. After bouncing around in a couple games (Minecraft, Terraria, etc), we dragged them over to the Star Wars Galaxies Emulator for a bit – until I introduced these guys to Wurm. I brought all three of them to Jewelspar for a day or two so they could get a feel for the game, and they were hooked! We all went to Epic together, and have a nice little town going up there. You'll excuse me if I don't post too much about our PVP server settlement, I'm sure. 😉
While I'm always happy to go back to Wurm, Vin tends to finish up a main project and get bored pretty quickly. He started looking around for other games to play, and somehow or another we ended up going back to WoW. We used a Scroll of Resurrection on each of our accounts, so we got a free upgrade to Cataclysm (we'd quit a few months prior to its release) and a free level 80 character. I honestly expected that Vin would be rather apathetic towards WoW and I'd be the one who was really excited to go back – but it's been almost reversed! Vin's gotten into the pet battles and has been having a blast. I'm happy enough to be back just because of the amount of content – it really doesn't matter what you like to do in an MMO, WoW's got a good amount of it. Lots of dungeons, lots of pets / collectables, lots of quests. I'm pretty sure that running out of content and getting bored won't be an issue here! It's a nice change from the other games we've played recently.
So for now, we'll be hanging out in the lands of Azeroth again. We're keeping our eyes open for a good casual guild to join for end-game content, so if anyone knows people on Kirin Tor, let us know!


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Overview of the October 2013 Microsoft patches and their status, via ISC Diary | Microsoft October 2013 Patch Tuesday.
Microsoft scores these as four critical and three important patches. The ISC's scoring is more refined, so read the article for the breakdown grid. The big news is the fix for the IE vulnerabilities.


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Oakland Gardens, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/30/2014 -- Ted's Woodworking Plans, is a database containing more than 16,000 blueprints and instructions, and several videos related to the process of making different items from wood. It is a very comprehensive, user-friendly guide which includes step-by-step instructions for building various wooden items for people with all kinds of carpentry skill levels. The guide has been prepared by Ted McGrath, after compiling all the tips and tricks of the woodwork trade learnt after 36 years of hard work.
Who is Ted McGrath?
Ted McGrath is a world-renowned artist who is known for his spectacular woodworking skills. He holds the membership of the Architectural Woodwork Institute and his splendid woodwork has been displayed at several exhibitions all around the world. Moreover, his work been recognized by several famous newspapers and magazines including the Entrepreneurship magazine, USA Today and NBC. He is also well-known as the author of various books about woodwork, namely; "The Art of Woodworking" and "Wood Projects Made Easy".
How and why did Ted develop this plan?
Even though Ted's father was a professional carpenter and woodworker, Ted did not always possess such a high level of skill and expertise related to the woodworking business. However, inspired by his father's work he was determined to take up his father's profession and improve his woodworking skills. Ted spent much precious time and money on trying to polish his skills with the help of countless woodworking magazines and guides available in the market, but in vain. It was not until he found a mentor in his father's friend who was also an expert woodworker that he started to learn the basics of excellent woodworking and worked his way to the advanced skill level.
Following this, several friends and family awed by his woodwork began to ask Ted to build one thing or the other for them. It was when the workload became extremely excessive that the idea of putting together a woodworking instruction guide occurred to him. He realized that anyone with the passion for carpentry could actually create masterpieces on their own if provided with the right kind of instructions regardless of their skill level. Therefore, he put together Ted's Woodworking Plans.
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These are some of the best nights of my life (event)
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|It's the End of the World as We Know It
|It takes two people to make you and one person to die. That is how the world is going to end.
|Don't kill yourself until you've completed the checklist
|Session Beer, or How To Drink More Beer
|wasn't I the guy who walked these streets all night?
|Don't Leave Before the Miracle
|I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
|The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
|The Everything People Registry : United States : Arkansas
|February 14, 2011
|Apathy is not the opposite of love
|Satoshi Urushihara
|November 2, 2009
|misti blu
|A finish line what shifts in the sand
|George Best
|The Night Gallery
|The Sixth Sense
|Paul Oakenfold
|New South Wales


text: I was kind of pissed to find out last year that v5 did not comply with wds. I had been a happy owner of WRT54GS v1.1 for a long time, so I hoped that a WrtG model will help me out in expanding the wireless area. But i turned out to be a crappy v5 one. So I hoped for a fix or custom firmware. And I waited...and waited. Now it seems that the latest firmware Version: 1.00.6 really has fixed the problem with v5 repeater mode my setup looks like this: ADSL modem/router ----- WRT54G v.5-----(wds) ---- WRT54GS v1.1 ------ (wireless/or cable) ----- laptop WRT54G v.5 - linksys firmware 1.00.6 WRT54GS v1.1 - HyperWRT 2.1b1 - Thibor WRT54G v.5 conf: -Basic setup (automatic conf dhcp; local ip192.168.3.1; dhcp enabled - wireless (wireless mode mixed; ssid enabled; channel 6; security disabled;mac filter disabled) WRT54GS v1.1 conf: -Basic setup (Internet Connection Type disabled; local ip 192.168.3.2; LAN Gateway 192.168.3.1 ; lan dns 0.0.0.0 ; subnet mask 255.255.255.0 ; dhcp disabled - wireless (wireless wds-ap; network mode mixed; ssid enabled; channel 6; security disabled;mac filter disabled). To put a WRT54G v.5 mac address (to get it, look at status -> wireless) into WRT54GS v1.1 , I set Bridge Restrict:enabled and pasted the mac value to Remote Bridges: field , saved changes, and rebooted. Right now Bridge Restrict is set to disabled, but the mac is still there, though it is greyed out. To verify that I really am connected to GS unit I moved v5 unit quite far (too far to connect directly) and checked if i will be disconnected if the GS unit is turned off. (i got disconnected). I also looked in GS unit Status -> Device List and the RSSI value (read somewhere, that if there is a value , you are connected to this router, also your adapters mac is shown). Haven't had time to experiment different security settings or stability statistics, yet. So if you have a v5 unit and also something older and plan for wds, use the v5 as master and the other one as slave. You need custom firmware only for the slave one. Hope it works for you also, all the v5 owners out there. riffkin


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*Although he's done 33 chapters of his "Trapped in the Closet" series, R. Kelly is not though yet.
According to reports, the singer plans to release more chapters of the hip-hopera in 2014. Created, executive-produced and co-directed by Kellz, "Trapped in the Closet" features a bevy of memorable characters that include Sylvester, Rufus, Cathy, Tina, Roxanne, Rosie the Nosy Neighbor, Randolph, Twan, Pimp Lucius, Dr. Perry, Reverend Moseley and kingpin Beeno. All of the featured characters are set to return for the new "Trapped in the Closet" chapters, which will air on the IFC channel.
RELATED STORY: R Kelly's Ghost: 'Gut-Wrenching' Details of His Sexual Assault Accusations
The continuation of "Trapped in the Closet" was met with excitement from IFC president and general manager Jennifer Caserta.
"R. Kelly is an enormously talented artist and his creativity is on full display in Trapped in the Closet," she said. "We are fortunate to be his partner in this one-of-a-kind project that has captivated viewers and can't wait to bring the next chapters of Trapped to IFC."
To prep for the new episodes, IFC will air marathons of the first 33 "Trapped in the Closet" chapters.
Although it's good that Kelly will be "Trapped" again, what he may not welcome is being trapped by a new article highlighting his history of alleged sexual abuse. The Village Voice piece, titled "Read the 'Stomach-Churning' Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full," centers on an interview with Jim DeRogatis, the Chicago Sun-Times reporter who broke the assault story on Kelly nearly 15 years ago.
In addition to revealing many of the charges directed at Kelly, DeRogatis criticizes the media for letting the singer off the hook as a go-ahead to release his latest album, the sexually driven "Black Panties."
Since the story broke, it has spread throughout the Internet as readers have expressed their reactions on social media outlets like Twitter. Kelly recently spoke out on the story during an interview with Atlanta's V-03 as he compared himself to a football player.
"Well I feel like I got the football man, and I'm running towards the touchdown and if I stop and look back or mess around, I'll get tackled," the entertainer explained. "When you get on top of anything, it's very windy. It's about holding your balance once you get up there…Spiritually, I'm a climber."
He went to direct any naysayers, haters and everything in between to the last record on his new project, perfectly titled "Shut Up."
"I'm just thankful I can go anywhere musically, any genre I want to go to, I can do that," Kelly continued, regarding "Black Panties," his 12th studio album. "R&B is my home, my mansion. I'm in my living room right now, metaphorically. It feels good. I can always go home."
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text: A 22-year-old Imperial Beach man was arrested on suspicion of raping, kidnaping and molesting three girls, sheriff's deputies said Monday. Allan E. James was booked into County Jail and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. James' arrest at 13th Street and Elder Avenue in Imperial Beach stems from three separate cases of suspected sexual abuse of juveniles whose ages range from 5 to 12. A two-month investigation, aided by a composite drawing of the suspect that had been circulating since Feb. 21, led detectives to James.


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I am sharing my experience of Android Dev Preview 2 with you.
Google added new "Clear All" option : These new option will let you clear out all your recent app from recents screen. You will get a new graphic icon of recent apps with No recent items text. Here is the New screen screenshot I have taken to show you guys at below.
Google also added new folder view : They added cool new folder view you will see the all apps icons in round. I have shared the screenshot of new folder view to show you guys at below.
New Human Emojis : Google added new Human Emojis in Android N Dev Preview 2 update which look more real than old yellow blob Emojis. You can see the changes at blow I have shared both old and new Emojis.
Download Android N Dev Preview 2 From below link to get all above features on your Phone.
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text: When you're a homeowner, it's tempting to save money any way you can. Oftentimes people take repairs into their own hands when they don't have the knowledge or experience to complete the job safely. What begins as a way to save money can quickly turn into a disaster--as you spend lengthy periods of time on a project and find yourself going over your initial budget. It isn't always easy to know which projects you can attempt yourself and which ones are better left to the pros. And, of course, it will depend on your comfort and skill level when it comes to various household repairs. So, if you're a plumber, disregard our plumbing advice and dive in to your DIY plumbing projects since you have the know-how. But if you're an average homeowner looking to make some renovations and repairs, read on to find out which ones you should attempt and which ones are better left to the pros.