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OWoN: This is a story, not being told by the so called Free Press, who long ago sold their Souls for money and abandoned their readers.
While graphic in content, it is an attempt by ordinary people to tell their story. As terrible as this is, we have seen examples of this in the past, whether it was Vietnam, Iraq or anyone of many places; too easy to forget. One must keep in mind that this is a state department creation led by the likes of Victoria Nuland who uttered the infamous words "Fuck the EU" - and she really meant it!
One begs to questions, what does it take for the standard of human injustice to be universal in condemnation? Why is it proper for the state department to fund and direct such atrocities with impunity, with no balanced reporting from the press? The ink poured demonizes Russia who ironically is trying to send humanitarian aid. What does that really say about us? Are we so blind and insensitive to the actions of out of control bureaucrats, that we do not recognize the very actions taken, in our names? How do we exist with such silence holding our loved ones in embrace, without remorse or angst, or concern for ourselves?
We should be horrified at such actions and slaughter regardless of where it occurs! People are people, regardless of race, creed, color, or belief - rich or poor. We all bleed the same color of blood, the same way. Precious scarce dollars are used to wage war when people at home are homeless, hungry and unemployed. Perhaps that says it all; if they care not, for their own people, why would they care for anyone else but themselves, as bureaucrats? The problem is they act on our behalf in our name and by our silence, we allow them to act. What if they get bored and do it to us? History teaches us that silence is not in our favor. So where is the outcry?
Should there be such a thing as retribution for sins against a fellow man? We can expect to receive to no quarter for the endless slaughter, should it come to our land, for there will be no mercy. No one, in no land, ever forgives or forgets such horrors inflicted on innocent people. And this is not a singular event but a litany of occurrences, in many a land, to many a poor soul, long forgotten in the pages of time. Living in the memories of those who survived.
In all the centuries of bloodshed and struggle it seems that mankind has never learned to make the bureaucrats account for their actions. And to extent, that they are not held accountable, is what allows history to repeat itself over and over again.
Do realize, If America falls and is invaded, retribution will be immense. Do you have any idea what the US has perpetrated against other nations in your name? Do 95% of Americas even know where Ukraine, or even Eastern Europe is?
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20 August 2014
America's 'news' media do not let the victims of Ukraine's civil war — the people who are dying and being driven out from the southeastern regions of that country by the new Ukrainian Government — speak, and tell their story. Scenes will therefore be posted below from an admittedly overlong amateur video from southeastern Ukraine, in which they have been allowed to tell their story. This is being done here since U.S. 'news' media apparently don't consider it something that you would want to know, and since you should be allowed to judge for yourself whether it is or not, and to judge why it's not being reported on the 'news' sources that our 'democracy' offers to 'inform' America's public about public affairs. It is also being done because these still photos from the documentary summarize this over-long documentary's important narrative. You are welcomed to click onto the link above to see the entire 82-minute documentary.
First, there will here be an introductory paragraph summary of the relevant background (not discussed in the documentary), if you want to know that: In February 2014, our State Department and CIA used 'false flag,' or engineered-so-as-to-be-misinterpreted, violence by our country's paid Ukrainian agents, in order to exploit the 'Maidan' demonstrations in Kiev, the desire of Ukrainians for a less-corrupt government than existed in Ukraine, and than has existed in Ukraine ever since the fall of communism there. Our Government, the Obama Administration, paid masked gunmen there to dress as if they were from the State Security Force of the corrupt Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and to shoot at and murder not just policemen but anti-Yanukovych or 'democracy' demonstrators. (However, Yanukovych had, in fact, himself been democratically elected in 2010, and still was the democratically elected President.) (NOTE: The complete key phone-transcript whose audio is briefly heard excerpted there is printed here.) And our gunmen also threatened some members of the Ukrainian Parliament at gunpoint, and engineered their approval of an emergency replacement of Yanukovych's government by one that was appointed by Obama's agent, Victoria Nuland, and that was headed by Nuland's friend "Yats," Arseniy Yatsenyuk. This new government was filled with people who stated their desire to exterminate the people in Ukraine's southeast, the people who had voted overwhelmingly for Yanukovych — to just get rid of them. Doing that would make Obama's regime in Ukraine become permanent. Then, Ukraine held a 'democratic' election in which voters everywhere but in the southeast voted, and essentially the same coup-installed people remained in power. The billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko was elected as the President of 'Ukraine'; and Victoria Nuland's chosen leader, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, continued on as the new country's Prime Minister. Yatsenyuk fired the previous Defense Minister and replaced him with Mikhail Koval, who on June 11th announced a program of ethnic cleansing in the southeast. This was actually a direct extension from the program that had already started with the extermination on May 2nd of hundreds of supporters of the previous government, who were trapped inside the Trade Unions Building in Odessa and burned alive there. This massacre was masterminded by people who were installed by the Obama Administration. That massacre started Ukraine's civil war, by demonstrating to people throughout the southeast, that the newly Obama-installed Ukrainian Government wanted to kill them. It was now official policy throughout the southeastern portion of Ukraine, to kill the Obama-installed regime's opponents. All of the residents there were being officially labelled by the Obama government as 'terrorists,' and their elimination was declared to be a patriotic necessity for Ukraine. However, this amateur documentary from Ukraine's southeast — the video from which the scenes below are taken — presents the resulting civil war not from the Obama Government's side, but from their regime's victims' side, which is hardly heard at all in the West.
Since this amateur documentary presents the unvarnished reality of an actual ethnic cleansing campaign in progress, corpses and parts of corpses are necessarily shown, and also bombed buildings are shown. There also are curse-words that are spoken by the victims. Censoring these things out would be a violation of the most basic requirements of honest journalism, and would be to cover-up the reality of an ethnic-cleansing campaign, merely because this reality is ugly — that would be a shameful thing to do, a fundamental violation of the journalistic standards of any democracy, and will not be done here, though it is routinely done by our 'journalists.'
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A local man has been charged with six thefts and burglaries in Lincoln and Sleaford.
Simon Finlay, 31, of no fixed address, appeared at Lincoln Magistrates Court on August 13, and was remanded in custody until a further court appearance on August 26.
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On the eve of his departure for South Africa for the Champions Trophy, Sachin Tendulkar took time off for an exclusive interview with Deputy Editor Sharda Ugra. Excerpts:
Q. You're embarking on your 20th year in international cricket, the only player after Gary Sobers to do so. Does it feel that long? Do you remember it all?
A. I remember on my first tour Kapil Dev challenged me. He said: "You play for ten years". When I completed ten years, Kapil Dev was the coach so I caught him and said I've won our bet. I'm glad today I'm almost very close to doubling that. I remember things clearly. I remember most of my dismissals and I don't think any cricketer forgets that? I remember the great shots too.
Q. What part of your 16 or 20 year old self would you like to have in your game today?
A. Mentally, it's different, now. When I was younger, there have been times when I've gone out thinking of attacking from ball one, that wherever the ball is I'm going to hit a six. That kind of thought process. But I'm glad that doesn't happen today. You think differently in various stages in life and you react accordingly.
Q. What is the single biggest lesson cricket has taught you, that would save a lot of younger guys a lot of trouble if they knew?
A. I think to respect the game and to respect fellow cricketers. I was made to realise that very early on. In the early years of cricket, you have done every possible thing under the sun to achieve your target. All of a sudden you have the India cap and India T-shirt and you start thinking, oh I'm somebody special. I remember just after I started to play for India, a close friend conveyed a message through another person: "Just tell him that I've noticed that he is probably starting to think differently. The sooner he realises that, the better it is." And I sat back and I realised that, yes it was true.and that really helped me. I normally tell the youngsters who just got in the team that it's good that you are here but learn to respect the cricketers who played with you before. That would help you to stay on the ground more than anything else.
Q. More than the runs or records, the consistency of your performance stands out in your career-what's the secret?
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Q. How?
A. Because I was consistently facing the new ball and playing the first spells. Also had to play shots, there was that freedom too. And while doing that, I thought I developed a few shots batting up the order, like the punch off the backfoot and the shortarm pull. I used to play those but opening the batting, there was more opportunity to do that so I did and I started using that in Test cricket more than what I would earlier. The switch worked for me. To go out there and face the first spell and look to play shots? It was good for my game because I was always thinking positively.
Q. You say that you express yourself when you're batting, but you're not really an aggressive person?
A. I've always been competitive. It's extremely important for a sportsman to be highly competitive, one should not be able to take defeat just like that? I don't believe in that 'just another game'. When I'm out competing, I want to go all the way to the end. I compete hard but compete hard in the right spirit.
Q. Do you think you changed the way Indians bat?
A. I don't know about that and I honestly didn't think much about the other players; whenever I was made to take up the challenge, I felt that I could easily go and play a particular shot against a bowler- what's the big deal. I would do it. I backed my natural instincts and I just went ahead and played my game. It wasn't like I was out there to prove something to someone. I was there to take the opposition on and put my team in a comfortable position.
Q. Do you think about your place in history?
A. I don't honestly? I haven't thought about that at all? I've not thought about it...
Q. You've said elsewhere that batting to you was finding comfort.
A. I've always believed in that. In changing my stance for example, I've always thought more about my comfort level rather than what looks good. Even if technically something people said: "You shouldn't be doing this", but if I'm comfortable and can adjust, then I would go ahead and do it. My stance depends on the wicket, it has lot to do with feel. It has nothing to do with the way I've been taught, or how I've practiced. It changes in between innings also. One over I would be batting with a different stance the next over if I feel if another particular stance would suit me better, I would change.
Q. A lot of other players say that you can get into the perfect state of mind when you are batting at will, into the zone...
A. I wish I could but I'm glad I give that impression to the opposition! But it doesn't come so easily-I would have definitely liked to be in that zone more often than not... But on various occasions I've been able to do that. It's just a level of concentration where you forget about everything else? it happened to me in the Chennai Test match against England. I didn't know we had won the game. When the opposition came towards me to shake hands, that's when I realised that yes, we've won the match because I was not looking at the scoreboard. That's when I realised I was in that zone...
Q. That was quite an emotional innings for you, given what had happened in Mumbai on November 26. Can you talk us through that?
A. We obviously wanted to win because a cricket match is virtually non-existent to what had happened. It wouldn't be right to compare the two things. At the end of the match, I saw that the groundsmen were jumping and the lady who sweeps the wicket came and shook hands. I've never experienced that before and I thought maybe that has to be because of what had happened. I felt strongly about it and I felt that for those people who lost their loved ones and dear ones? if we were able to divert their minds somewhere else even for a fraction of a second then, that would be our achievement.
Q. Did you try to understand why you had been able to enter that mental state for that game?
A. It just happened. The concentration level was very high. There's no particular formula to that. Actually, when you start making the effort then your mind is conscious about that particular thing and it doesn't happen. But in Chennai, the concentration level was such that it just happened.
Q. Have there ever been times in your career when you've thought, this is too tough, I cannot cope, I can't do this?
A. There have been tough times but at no stage I felt that I can't do it, the only stage I've felt that I don't belong here probably was after my first Test. There have been situations where there was no hope but you still go out and do what you can, you still try. If the spirit of competitiveness is not there, you are going to struggle. I feel that the competitive spirit has played a huge role in making me what I am. There have been tough situations but you still go out and you want to do something which may not have an impact on that game but it may have an impact on the series. You look at the bigger picture. If you do that, then you start approaching tough times differently.
Q. Have you ever doubted yourself, known fear or insecurity?
A. Whenever I'm injured? those phases were quite difficult. All the injuries I had were related to my batting style or batting grip? Whether it was tennis elbow or a finger injury, or bicep and shoulder, all of that is needed for you to have the right batswing and things like that. Even during recovery time I worked very hard. I had to be patient and take things as they came. That was tough.
Q. What is the toughest thing you've done on a cricket field? That you're most proud of?
A. Well, I'm proud that on my first tour to Pakistan I continued batting after being hit on the nose by Waqar. When I came back, I realised that I'd broken my nose and we managed to save that Test match. We were 34 for 4 with almost a-day-and-a-half to go. Before that we'd drawn three test matches and this was the last Test and Pakistan was in a good position. I think that has to be it.
Q. A lot has changed in Indian cricket since you made your debut. What about Indian cricket has not changed in all these years which disappoints you?
A. Most things have changed now, and I don't think that at this stage I have any complaints. Right now if I have to say then maybe the only thing which needs to be looked into is providing facilities to players who are in rural areas to spread the game as much as possible and provide equal opportunity to everyone playing it.
Q. Twenty20 has caught everyone's fancy. Do you worry that kids won't want to learn basic skills because those are not going to be used in T20?
A. Well I'd say probably even Test cricket is changing. It's just progression; the game has changed and that's fine, I feel it's fine as long as Test cricket doesn't get neglected. The innovations are going to be there. Now in one-day cricket people play over the keeper's head and and play reverse sweep to fast bowlers. It makes the game exciting, it's fast. For Test cricket you get a different crowd. For T20 there are so many who come because it is exciting. They don't understand the game, but the atmosphere is such that they want to be part of it and it is fantastic for the game.
Q. Take your son-is he going to take to Tests when there's the glamour of T20 around?
A. Arjun actually likes both, he wants to wear whites and hit sixes. So it's a combination of both. I keep telling him that when you wear coloured clothing you can hit the ball up into the air and when you wear whites you have to keep the ball on the ground. I basically want him to enjoy the game more than anything else-if he enjoys the game then he is willing to go to any extents to achieving his target.
Q. Do you think coaches of the future will really want to teach Test skills to kids who are going to come to the game in the next 10 years?
A. I think it's extremely important for coaches to be teaching kids the right techniques, the right fundamentals. There are different kind of skills - to leave a ball outside the off-stump and to know where your off stump is, is an art. As long as we respect formats and just keep our thoughts and expectations for that particular format, we should be okay. Its good to be multi-dimensional, you earn money out of it and you live your passion.


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Published: April 12, 2017
With over 20 art-related businesses in Cherry Creek North, Show of Hands has been a staple in the community for 35 years. Co-owners, Mandy Moscatelli and Katie Friedland, talked "upcycling" and "spiritiles" with us, and shared a little about the family of artists they've come to represent.
Show of Hands is a gallery and a gift shop. Give us an idea of the scope of what you sell here.
Mandy: You can get anything from a $3 token or greeting card, up to designing your own furniture. Like the table and chairs we're sitting at.
Tell me about this table and chairs. I've never seen anything like it before.
Katie: It's made by a company called Sticks out of Des Moines. You can buy pieces on show room floors, or get something custom made. Each piece is made by hand. They have woodworkers, wood burners, paints, stainers…they also do leather upholstery. My 15 year old kitchen table was custom made by them. Their things are made to be used, and to tell a story.
Looking around, I'm guessing just about every item in here has a story. What are some of your favorite stories?
Mandy: I think I would go with the Spiritiles. Because that was our first big collection that we landed.
What is a "Spiritile?"
Mandy: They are wood blocks wrapped in copper and the artist, Houston Llew, uses ground glass to make the artwork. And he comes out with new tiles only a couple of times a year. They have quotes around them and who said the quote on top. They're called Spiritiles because they're all meaningful and uplifting and they're about life and love and journeys. A lot of people collect them. Katie and I met the artist on our very first show we went on together and about six months later we landed the account. We're always in the top five selling galleries for him. And we both have big collections at home.
Your turn, Katie.
Katie: I've got a few, but I will go with Alan Moore. He's part-time in Colorado, part-time in Florida. I love his story because they have five kids. They homeschool their children. All the work is hand-done with bottle caps and his children actually create some of the pieces as well. They are just salt-of-the-earth sweet people. It's a family business.
Describe one of Alan Moore's pieces for us…
Katie: He takes recycled wood as the base of the wall piece. Then he uses bottle caps or cut out cans to make an image. He's made all sorts of designs: a buffalo, a bicycle, a fish, a fox. They're beautiful.
Alan Moore also works with your gallery to put on Upcycled Workshops for adults and kids, right?
Katie: Right. We offer these classes several times a year. Alan uses all kinds of unique items to make one-of-a-kind works of art…like vintage cans, antique buttons, piano parts, etc. The classes last about two hours. We supply all the materials, beverages and snacks. All the information in on our site at www.showofhandsdenver.com.
Is it hard not to take everything home with you?
Mandy: Oh yeah.
Katie: My house looks exactly like the store, colors and everything.
Show of Hands is 35 years old. How has it changed over the years?
Katie: It was started by a group of co-op members who sold their own art through the gallery. They worked at the gallery. They had shows. Little by little, the co-op members were bought out and it went down to two owners. It sustained itself for a really long time and then Mandy and I came in about five and a half years ago and took over the store. But the premise has always been handmade American art. Mandy and I have held really true to that, but given it our own twist. We've just really made it our own.
Why stay in Cherry Creek North all this time? There are lots of arts districts in Denver…
Mandy: The original co-op that started here wanted to bring art and fun to this little outdoor neighborhood. And now our customers know us here. Artists know us here. People throughout the country know of our store. It's where our roots are.


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It's a fact men are visual creatures. If you're at a bar, a man will likely approach a woman who is aesthetically PLEASING to his eyes, as opposed to a woman who has a great personality. Of course, once a man does approach said well-endowed woman, if she is lacking in stimulating conversation- her boobs will probably not be enough to keep him interested. In fact, according to my husband, said large breasted woman while she might be visual eye candy for a man; those assets alone are not nearly enough to sustain a long term marriage and deep seated attraction.
He says: "Any man will tell you, the physical stuff while titillating at first, wears off after the initial infatuation stage of a relationship– so a woman has got to have a lot more to keep her husband invested in their relationship than just her boobs and other outstanding physical attributes."
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I say: "That sounds like a lovely statement, but I need details, back it up."
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I say: "Wait it sounds like you like the fact that I'm a housekeeper; were you secretly attracted to Alice from the Brady Bunch?"
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I say: "So aside from my housekeeping prowess, anything else that makes you want to rip my clothes off?"
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I say: "But what do you think keeps husbands really attracted and in love with their wives?"
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Felicity Huffman - Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross - Bree Van de Kamp
Eva Longoria - Gabrielle Solis
Nicollette Sheridan - Edie Britt
Steven Culp - Rex Van de Kamp
Ricardo Antonio Chavira - Carlos Solis
Mark Moses - Paul Young
Andrea Bowen - Julie Mayer
Jesse Metcalfe - John Rowland
Cody Kasch - Zach Young
Brenda Strong - Mary Alice Young
James Denton - Mike Delfino
Shawn Pyfrom - Andrew Van de Kamp
Joy Lauren - Danielle Van de Kamp
Marlee Matlin - Alisa Stevens
Lupe Ontiveros - Juanita Solis
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Rick Ravanello - Bill Cunningham
Jeff Doucette - Father Crowley
Dagney Kerr - Nurse Ruth Ann Heisel
Mark L. Taylor - Mr. Steinberg
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"There Won't Be Trumpets" is the 17th episode of Desperate Housewives.
Mama Solis awakes from her coma and runs to call Carlos. However she slips on the freshly washed hospital floor and falls down the stairs. A nurse finds her but cannot hear what she is saying. Mama Solis dies shortly after. Carlos takes the news of his mother's death hard since she died so suddenly. Gabrielle quietly celebrates Mama's death since she can no longer pester Gabby and also not tell Carlos about her affair with John. Meanwhile, Bree and Rex find out that Andrew was caught doing drugs again and that he ran over the school's parking attendant when he refused to cooperate. Therefore, Andrew was expelled from school. Bree decides that a punishment is in order and plans to send him to deprogramming camp. At the funeral (which all of the housewives attend), Gabrielle is shocked to see the tribute Carlos has put together for his mother which includes a horse-drawn carriage carrying her remains and an expensive crypt. Gabrielle tells Carlos that they cannot afford the funeral he arranged and that "at least Mama will have a roof over her head".
The following day, Lynette plays tennis with another mom who is deaf and her husband. She sees that they both have problems and that her husband uses her handicap as an advantage. Lynette then confronts him but is told to mind her own business. Susan decides to date one of the construction workers who is building Edie's home. When Edie tells her to stay away from Bill, Susan goes on a date with him anyway which leads to an argument with Edie. In the middle of the night, Bree and Rex wake up Andrew and inform him that his being sent away. He ignores their statement and puts his head back on his pillow. Rex then says we're ready, and two men enter Andrew's room. Andrew quickly looks at them and tries to make a run for it. The two men grab and restrain him, while Rex says that these men will help Andrew get dressed then drive him to camp. Andrew then spit's in Bree's face before she says that she will always love him.
- Although credited, Paul Young (Mark Moses) and Zach Young (Cody Kasch) do not appear in this episode.
- Juanita would not be able to walk around after being in a coma for 5 months. The muscles in her legs and arms would be to weak from being unused for so long.
- The dream sequence where Susan imagines various scenarios occurring between her and Mike was not going to originally including all of the scenarios. Only the one where Mike holds her at gunpoint giving her an ultimatum was going to appear.
- Andrew was shown watching the pilot episode of Lost.
- The title There Won't Be Trumpets is a song written for the Stephen Sondheim musical Anyone Can Whistle. It was replaced by a dramatic monologue and was not used in the actual production, though versions have been recorded by Lee Remick, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, and Mandy Patinkin.
- French Title: Il ne suffira pas d'un signe (A sign won't be enough)
- German Title: Helden (Heroes)
- Hungarian Title: Nem szólnak majd a harsonák (The trumpets won't sing)
- Italian Title: Eroi (Heroes)
- Spanish Title: No habra trompetas (Won't Be Trumpets)
- Juanita dies from falling downstairs at the hospital. The staff lie to Gabrielle and say Juanita died in a coma, but later they admit the truth to Carlos and Gabby and pay them a large sum of money to avoid being sued. However, in the season 7 episode Moments in the Woods, this is completely discarded and it is said Andrew killed Juanita.
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New (and for some, suggestively shaped) concrete bollards are being installed on Ninth Avenue between Little West 12th and West 13th Street, as part of an ongoing new measure to calm traffic and make the streets of the Meatpacking District friendlier to pedestrians. The intersection has long been a kind of car-and-pedestrian free-for-all.
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Out in the endless expanse of the West Texas horizons lies a tiny town of minimalist dreams. Donald Judd wanderings by day and sinking Lone Stars at the Lost Horse Saloon in the cold evenings. A damsel sings her distress on an old microphone while the old cowboys tip their hats to the pretty girls that have rolled in from the cities. Marfa you are both nearly nothing, but almost everything. I need to come back.
♫ Soundtrack: "Refractory Cafe" - Jonny Nash, Suzanne Kraft


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Ian Craney scored a double as Accrington Stanley closed in on the play-off spots with their seventh home win on the trot as Northampton were beaten 3-1.
The Reds took the lead in the 16th minute when Terry Gornell's shot was blocked by the Cobblers defence but Craney was first to pounce and slot the ball home for his fifth goal for the Reds.
A free-kick from Northampton's Josh Walker was then pushed out by Stanley goalkeeper Alex Cisak while home defender Phil Edwards cleared Liam Davis' effort off the line.
However it was Stanley who extended their lead in the 27th minute when Sean McConville's strike was blocked and it came out to Jimmy Ryan who fired goalwards and the ball deflected off Craney and wrong-footed keeper Chris Dunn.
It was three on 35 minutes when Ryan's cross from the right was flicked on by Andy Procter and was met by McConville who volleyed home his 12th goal of the season.
Craney almost grabbed a hat-trick seven minutes after the restart but defender Davis cleared his far post effort off the line.
And striker Gornell wasn't far off adding a fourth after bringing down a Craney chip into the area and firing just wide.
However, a Michael Jacobs 20-yard free kick into the top corner of the net got one back for Northampton in the 67th minute.
But it was the Reds who continued to create the better chances, as striker Gornell was twice denied by keeper Dunn from close range while the Cobblers stopper superbly pushed away Craney's fierce strike.
It was another comfortable day for eighth placed Stanley who have lost just once in 12 games and, if they win their game in hand against Southend at home on Tuesday, they will move into the top seven.
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text: Nurture overcomes nature when a tough-talking fox and a newly hatched chick cross paths. Discovering that he can't eat anything that calls him "Papa," Fox looks for a meal elsewhere—only to find little Fluff stubbornly following along, leaving Fox's usual prey rolling on the ground in laughter. At last, rationalizing that Fluff needs to be with his own kind, Fox drops the cuddly chick off at the henhouse, but Fluff has picked up some fox-like habits, and after terrorizing peeping age-mates and full-grown hens alike, he's ejected—setting the stage for a happy reunion. Fox, in a sleeveless T-shirt and jeans, projects a suitably bachelor-ish air in Bendall-Brunello's (Mouse, Mole, and the Falling Star, p. 800, etc.) sketchy rural scenes, but Fluff seems to suffer from arrested development, as he's still clad in yellow down when seen at the conclusion, teaching a class of forest denizens in Fox's all-vegetarian school. Still, though no replacement for Lynn Reiser's Surprise Family (1994), this too will nudge readers toward the idea that outer form is not the most important element in familial relationships. (Picture book. 5-7)


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Welcome back!�
It's been exactly 19 months {to the day} since I've posted anything here at FarmhouseLove.com!
Since I last posted in May of 2011, we've started and finished MANY, MANY farmhouse projects… and we now have an almost 13 month old baby girl… Nora!
Since I continue to�receive�comments and emails related to FarmhouseLove on a very regular basis, I decided I should post one more update!
I'm simply THRILLED that you are so interested in our farmhouse — and if you'd like to�stay "in-the-know" about all the fun projects we're tackling, just follow my other blog, Simple Organized Living.
You can click on the "House and Home" section if you only want to read about farmhouse stuff… but feel free to read the rest of the blog if you're at all interested in cleaning, organizing, time management, simple recipes, meal planning, etc.
And just because I'm nice, I included a link to some of our bigger projects below. If you love old farmhouses, be prepared to drool!
- Our HUGE (and completely fabulous) Kitchen Renovation
- A Living Room Wall Project
- Our Master Bathroom
- Our Master Bedroom
- The Master Closet
- The Nursery
- The Nursery Closet
- The Office
- The Upstairs
Thanks again for stopping by!
Love: Dave, Andrea & Nora�


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I tried them on and was really unsure of the Wednesday Dress, the tassels were all wonky and I just wasn't loving it.
After letting it hang overnight; the tassels have dropped a bit better now, so I thought I'd try to style it today.
I decided to wear the front tassels around the neck and draped over the back, an idea I saw a girl post on the BM group. I really prefer it like this rather than having all the tassels just hanging over the front (as seen in the last photo).
The dress is pretty tight, with not much stretch so maybe size up if your between sizes, however one good thing about being tight is no duck bum :)
I was wearing:
Black Milk Wednesday Dress
Vintage Chanel Chain Bag
Opening Ceremony Bernadette 2 Heels
YSL Blue Lapis Arty Ring


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An often-abused statue of a surfer on Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas was turned into a Jaws-dropping artwork early Saturday morning by a group of unknown pranksters.
Crowds of gawkers and picture takers nearly created a traffic hazard, as they gathered around the bronze statue, which, sometime in the early morning hours, was entombed inside a 15-foot tall papier-mâché version of a great white shark's massive snout.
A San Diego County sheriff's deputy briefly stopped by to pluck two 2.5-foot tall papier-mâché fins that had been placed in the traffic median. The deputy declined repeated pleas from camera-laden onlookers to pose with the Jaws-like tableau.
Nearby campers at San Elijo State Beach said they heard a ruckus near the statue about 4 a.m., but didn't see or hear how the pranksters were able to put the giant shark around the surfer.
They said the shark's didn't appear without warning. Large sharklike fins had been placed on the other side of the highway, along San Elijo Road, earlier this week then, over the course of the past two days, the fins were moved closer to the statue, as if the shark was circling in on its prey.
On Saturday morning, a sheriff's deputy removed the fins from the roadway, as they might cause a traffic hazard.
A large seam along the shark's jaw indicates it was transported in two large pieces and then stuck together with a foamlike sealer that also made it look like the beast was bursting through the surface of the ocean.
Sheriff's Lt. Tony Ray said sheriff's deputies checked out the situation but did not write a crime report because there didn't seem to be any permanent damage done to the statue.
"It wasn't considered vandalism because there wasn't any permanent defacing," Ray said.
The statue, called "Magic Carpet Ride," was made by artist Matthew Antichevich and erected in 2007 at a cost of $120,000 paid for by mostly by the Cardiff Botanical Society.
It was said to be the first to honor surfing in San Diego County. But the reaction from local surfers was cool at best, and heated at worst, as they found the surfer to fall short of the macho image they thought their sport should project.
Ever since, the statue, known locally — and derisively — by local surfers as the "Cardiff Kook," has routinely been dressed in different costumes by snarky locals. At various times, the statue of a young male surfer has been adorned with a ballerina's tutu and luche libre wrestler's mask, a woman's bikini and other costumes, most recently a tennis outfit with racket.
But the shark attack took pranks on the statue to a new level.
Some of the people who saw the shark addition loved it enough to sign an impromptu petition calling for it to remain, but there were plans to remove it on Sunday.


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This is What Happens To Your Body When You Eat Avocado Every day
by ANYA V
The avocado is believed to have originated in Puebla, Mexico. The oldest evidence of the avocado was found in a cave in Puebla, Mexico and dates back to around 10,000 BC.
Native to Mexico and Central America, the avocado is classified in the same family as camphor and cinnamon. An avocado is botanically, a large berry that grows on a tree that can reach 6 feet tall. Just like a banana, the avocado ripens 1-2 weeks after being picked.
Avocados are often referred to as the healthiest food due to its impressive nutritional value.
An avocado contains these vitamins and minerals:
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B9
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
•An avocado contains more potassium than a banana. Avocados have 14% and a banana contains 10% potassium.
•Folate for your heart's health. Avocados have 23% folate which lowers incidences of heart disease. Vitamin E, monounsaturated fats and glutathione are also good for the heart. Folate can lower the risks of having a stroke.
•Folate is also essential in the prevention of birth defects such as spina bifida and neural tube defect.
•Eating avocados help our body's absorb 5 times the amount of carotenoids (lycopene and beta carotene).
•Eye Heath- Avocados contain more carotenoid lutein than any other fruit, protecting against macular degeneration and cataracts.
•High in beta-sitosterol, avocados lower bad cholesterol by 22%, raises good cholesterol by 11% and also lowers blood triglycerides by 20%.
•Studies show high oleic acid prevents breast cancer, inhibits tumor growth in prostate cancer and seeks out precancerous and oral cancer cells and destroys them.
•Avocados are high in fiber and will help you feel fuller longer, potentially helping with weight loss. High fiber helps metabolic health and steadies blood sugar….
Read more: http://www.realfarmacy.com/daily-avocado/
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Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) instructor Nicholas (Nick) Anast, who died in a kayaking accident in March, is receiving recognition for the 17-foot re-articulated giraffe skeleton, housed at the SRJC Petaluma Herold Mahoney Library. The giraffe, named Fresno, was a popular resident at Safari West. The skeleton, which was re-articulated by biology students under Anast's guidance in 2010, recently caught the attention of Oakland Zoo docent Paul Ferreira, who photographed Fresno on July 8 as part of an educational project.
We're not quite sure how Fresno the Giraffe got his name, but it sure caught our eye here in the Central Valley.
Ferreira will use the photograph as a guide to help construct PVC pipes into a skeleton, so that children can have a hands-on activity of building a re-articulated giraffe like Fresno. The future skeleton will be a teaching tool that may be used in Oakland Zoo's Education Department's programming, World Giraffe Day, school tours, and internships at Oakland Zoo. It will also be displayed for the general public. In developing the project, Ferreira consulted with Amy Phelps, Lead Keeper of Giraffes, and Darren Minier, Zoological Manager at Oakland Zoo. Ferreira will start building the giraffe project this summer and plans to unveil it in the fall of 2015.
"We are so pleased that Nick Anast's dedication to education will live on in a new way. Nick was an exceptional and beloved teacher whose influence has been widespread, touching thousands of SRJC students. We are grateful that his legacy of dedicated teaching will be extended to children in the Bay area," said SRJC Director of Communications and Marketing Ellen Maremont Silver. Fresno lived most of his life at Safari West in Sonoma County.
Ferreira was in the early design stage for his project when he realized, "I need to see an actual skeleton to be able to decide out how best to show the complexities of a giraffe skeleton while working within the limitations posed by PVC." His Internet search found very few re-articulated giraffe skeletons displayed anywhere in the US, and all but this are very distant from the Bay Area. When he contacted the Mahoney Library, Dr. Jane Saldaña-Talley, Vice President, SRJC Petaluma, quickly provided access to Ferreira. "We are very proud to have Fresno as a prominent feature in our Mahoney Library and I imagine Nick would have been delighted by this project," said Saldaña-Talley.
"Docents play an essential role at Oakland Zoo through their interactions with guests," said Lisa O'Dwyer, Assistant Director of Education and Volunteer Services Director at Oakland Zoo. "These interactions are one of the primary ways the Zoo achieves its mission: to inspire respect for, and stewardship of the natural world while providing a quality visitor experience. Docents inspire curiosity and discovery. This giraffe project is a prime example of how our Docents strive to connect with children in an engaging and interactive way."
The Bay Area's award-winning Oakland Zoo is home to more than 660 native and exotic animals. The Zoo offers many educational programs and kid's activities perfect for science field trips, family day trips and exciting birthday parties. Nestled in the Oakland Hills, in 500-acre Knowland Park, the Zoo is located at 9777 Golf Links Road, off Highway 580. The East Bay Zoological Society (Oakland Zoo) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization supported in part by members, contributions, the City of Oakland and the East Bay Regional Parks. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.oaklandzoo.org
Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), founded in 1918, is the 12th oldest of California's 112 publicly funded two-year colleges. SRJC is one of the largest single college districts in the United States, Sonoma County Junior College District. With 15 major high school districts within its borders, the District encompasses more than 1,600 square miles from the southern border of Mendocino County to the northern tip of Marin County. The District is bounded to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by Napa and Lake Counties.
The District operates two campuses in Sonoma County: campus in the heart of Santa Rosa that is more than 100 acres, and a 40-acre campus in Petaluma. SRJC also operates a regional Public Safety Training Center in Windsor, a 365-acre self-supporting Shone Farm near Forestville, and the Southwest Center in Santa Rosa. More than 27,000 students attend the College, and more than 3,000 staff help them pursue their education. More information is available at santarosa.edu.


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Despite being commonly performed in research, successful anesthesia of mice is not easily accomplished and there is room for improvement in the methods of anesthetizing these important animals. Because of their small size, administering and monitoring anesthesia in mice presents many challenges not seen with other species. Enhancing researchers' and IACUC members' understanding of this practice will help contribute to improved animal welfare and better science.
Presented by a veterinarian whose research focuses on improving the care of mice in biomedical research, including specifically anesthesia of the mouse, this basic-level webinar will teach the fundamentals of mouse anesthesia to researchers and IACUC staff who may not be familiar with anesthesiology. The following topics will be covered:
What will I learn?
After attending this webinar, you will be equipped to ask the right questions about mouse anesthesia procedures in research protocols. This webinar will help you:
Who should attend?
This basic-level webinar will benefit IACUC staff and members as well as researchers who are unfamiliar with anesthesia or mouse anesthesia.
Continuing Education
Webinar participants holding the Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA®) credential may apply 1.0 continuing education credits towards CPIA recertification. Learn More »
Jim Marx, DVM, PhD, DACLAM is assistant professor of pathobiology at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) School of Veterinary Medicine and assistant director of clinical care at UPenn University Laboratory Animal Resources. After earning a bachelor's degree in animal science from Cornell University, Dr. Marx remained in Ithaca and attended veterinary school at Cornell. After graduation, he worked in Florida as a small animal and emergency clinician for several years before returning to school at Penn State to obtain his PhD in Kinesiology. He continued to do emergency work in small animal medicine while earning his PhD and during two post docs, one at Penn State and one at UPenn. At this point, he did a residency in laboratory animal medicine at UPenn and stayed on as a staff veterinarian following this advanced training. He joined the faculty at the veterinary school a year later and, in addition to his clinical responsibilities, has developed a line of research focusing on improving the care of mice in biomedical research, with a special interest in mouse anesthesia.
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Arras, M., Autenried, P., Rettich, Am. Spaeni, D., Rülike, T. (2001). Optimization of intraperitoneal injection anesthesia in mice: drugs, dosages, adverse effects, and anesthesia depth. Comp Med, 51(5), 443-56.
Carbone, L., Austin, J. (2016). Pain and Laboratory Animals: Publication Practices for Better Data Reproducibility and Better Animal Welfare. PLoS One, 12, e0155001. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155001
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The Armenian Cultural Association of Maine is proud to continue our tradition of celebrating Armenian Christmas in Portland. This year, we will celebrate on Saturday, January 5th, 2019.
Father Gyozeian, from the Armenian Apostolic Church at Hye Pointe in Haverhill Ma will celebrate Armenian Divine Liturgy at noon (12pm).
St. Paul Anglican Cathedral
279 Congress St. Portland
Saturday January 5th, 2019
Dinner will follow at the Portland Harbor Hotel at 2pm.
The Portland Harbor Hotel,
468 Fore Street, Portland
Complimentary valet parking is available near the Fore Street entrance.
Dinner will be prepared by members of our association. Donations will be accepted at the door to help cover the cost of the dinner. This year's dinner will feature a brief presentation about an Armenian related topic of interest and relevance.
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Over the Christmas holiday, I saw the movie "Concussion" and I highly recommend that parents see the movie.
Why am I recommending a movie about football and the NFL on an education blog? I am not a sports fan and know very little about football. In fact the last football game I watched was the Super Bowl 2015 and I normally only watch the Super Bowl and sometimes a game on Thanksgiving each year.
In fact "Concussion" is not just about football and the NFL but about the damage, the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that playing football can inflict upon football players and the determination of the forensic neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu who discovered this disease and fought to bring the truth to light.
For me "Concussion" was well acted and enjoyable, or as enjoyable as any movie with a difficult subject can be, but more importantly it presents issues that Americans need to grapple with. As parents do we want to allow our children to play football with the danger that we now know repeated head trauma can produce? How will our schools keep our students who play football safe? How many head bangs are too many? If our students do not play football, who will fill the collegiate and professional football teams of the future? I found this response from the NFL claiming that they are working to make football safe but is enough being done to keep players safe? And ultimately are Americans willing to give up the violence that has traditionally been part of football in order to make it safer for the players? Let's face it – professional football is about the money. Fans have to be excited, wanting to attend games, buy merchandise, etc. If football players are not rough or are worried about concussions and avoiding injuries, are fans going to attend the games or lose interest?
When Dr. Omalu finally gets to talk to Dr. Joseph Maroon, the NFL doctor who has claimed that there is no risk to players from head trauma, Omalu charges Maroon to "Tell the truth!" "Concussion" is telling the truth on the big-screen so that the American public can know the truth and make informed decisions regarding head trauma and football.
I have to admit that Dr. Omalu's David vs. Goliath fight against the NFL also inspired me in "Concussion". As a parent fighting against Common Core for what seems like forever, the battle is discouraging at times. However protecting our children is worth the fight and we must persevere. While the pro-Common Core side doesn't "own a day of the week" (Dr. Cyril Wecht) like the NFL does on TV, Common Core supporters/lobbyists are deeply funded while parents are not. All we have is our determination to "tell the truth" and I will continue to do so in person and via this blog until Common Core is defeated.


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"Empress Ki" Finale – Everyone Dies (Just Kidding-LOL)
Tessieroo: I have a feeling I'm going to email you on Monday – blowing my nose and sobbing. Rinchan: *Hugs* These words are heartbreaking:…Read More
Tessieroo: I have a feeling I'm going to email you on Monday – blowing my nose and sobbing. Rinchan: *Hugs* These words are heartbreaking:…Read More
Tessieroo: It's over? It's truly over? *sobs* Rinchan: T_T….. it's been 6 months, 6 glorious months of perpetual joy and insanity. Tessieroo: What are…Read More
With only a week to go, Empress Ki has not dropped the pace. This week was jam-packed with so many rise and falls, I…Read More
Not sure if this latest turn of events is the result of being rushed (which equals poor planning) or if this was planned all…Read More
Episode 45 plunged even deeper into darkness, the downward spiral is unending. What more is in store for us viewers, we have clearly reached…Read More
We're getting down to the wire with 6 episodes left. We've been hoping the last weeks wouldn't be rushed but there's no way of…Read More
Reactions to this week varied but the main question was "What did I just watch?" From personality changes to an ill-timed, nonsensical time jump…Read More
"Why did I make you Empress?" "To control the Imperial House and forge your vision of the future" "And what vision is that?" "A…Read More
This week moved really fast story-wise. The Temur clan is out and Ki's new nemesis has already moved into the Empress quarters. Two former-allies…Read More
It's finally happening! The El Temur clan is going down! It feels like we've been waiting a very long time, which might explain why…Read More
The fast pace and jam-packed nature of this episode has left us in a heightened state, feeling dazed, excited, and giddy. The writers were…Read More
Episode 29 is the culmination of all the plotting done in the past episodes. The palace was flooded with a sea of tears and…Read More
This week has brought in another exciting set of episodes. I must admit it left me on the edge of my seat (writers what…Read More
This week's episodes were so awesome, it has placed me on a high that has circumvented my sorrow from the past episodes. Each week…Read More


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UW-Madison's Arts Institute provides research support to faculty, staff and students in the arts with the Awards in the Creative Arts.
The Institute offers six awards annually and one award bi-annually, amounting to approximately $86,000 given in awards. The grants are divided into three categories: Arts Faculty Research, Arts Faculty and Staff Outreach and Undergraduate and Graduate Student Achievement in the Arts.
Download the 2017 Awards in the Creative Arts Call for Applications and Nominations. This document contains important information, such as award descriptions, submission requirements and instructions on how to apply. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Nov. 2. Please note that only UW-Madison faculty, staff and students are eligible to apply. Submissions are limited to digital format.
Students desiring more information should attend the "Brownbag Information Session: Arts Institute Student Awards in Performing and Visual Arts" information session. The Arts Institute will explain the application process and answer any questions students may have. This informal session will take place on Friday, Oct. 14 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Virginia Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall.
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ScholarChip® Announces New Platform for NFC Phones
With new ScholarChip applications, teachers and administrators can use smart phones and ScholarChip smart cards to take attendance and monitor hallways.
Mar 23, 2012, 07:54 ET
NEW YORK, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- ScholarChip® is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its school safety and operations applications for phones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.
ScholarChip's School Safety and Operations (SSOS) platform includes applications for taking attendance in classrooms and on school buses, monitoring hall traffic, paying for public transportation, making mobile payments, and ticketing for extracurricular events. The applications have been highly successful, using ScholarChip kiosks to read students' smart cards and other tokens. Now the process can be even easier.
New NFC-equipped Android phones can now complement the existing devices that read ScholarChip tokens. ScholarChip has issued more than 700,000 smart tokens over the past six years—including smart cards, fobs and paper tags—and the new NFC applications will be compatible with all of ScholarChip's existing tokens, integrating seamlessly into the company's established SSOS platforms.
A school using the new ScholarChip SSOS platform will be able to consolidate operations, reducing administrative overhead costs while increasing security and accountability.
The addition of NFC mobile devices to ScholarChip's SSOS platform will create an integrated experience for both students and teachers. A student travels to school in the morning simply by tapping her token against an NFC phone on the school bus, or a contactless reader on the public bus or at the subway turnstile. When she gets to school, she can then check in at an entry kiosk, allowing teachers and administrators to know that she has arrived safely. In her various classes, she registers attendance against a kiosk or an NFC phone, generating an attendance record for that class. At lunch, she can use her token to register attendance in the cafeteria or tap her card against a Point-of-Sale reader to pay for a meal or snack. For special events, such as sports games and concerts, a school attendant can use an NFC phone to monitor entry by authorized students. A student's wallet, keys and various other cards and tickets can all be consolidated into one secure token, which teachers and administrators can now read using Android phones.
ScholarChip is a leading provider of advanced applications for the educational community. ScholarChip has pioneered the concept of integrated SSOS for K-12 schools. The system includes a variety of applications to manage school operations and safety while reducing administrative overhead.
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Kid's Flicks: A Wrinkle in Time
The Fargo Theatre's beloved Kids' Flicks series returns this summer! Admission to these family-friendly movies is just $3 and a special $2 soda & popcorn concession combo is available.
Audio amplification will be available for all Kids' Flicks titles. Audio description and Closed Captioning are not available for most titles.
Location: The Fargo Theatre
Date: Wednesday, June 27th
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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