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Wealdstone 1 Dover Athletic 2
Dover's dads army bailed the runaway Ryman Premier Division leaders out of jail to leave Wealdstone's ten men cursing their luck.
The experienced trio of player-manager Andy Hessenthaler, prolific lower league striker Giuliano Grazioli and exYork and Grimsby midfielder Alan Pouton helped the Whites recover from going a goal down to extend their lead at the summit to eight points.
Ryan Ashe's free kick was deflected in by John Keister after just 11 minutes but he made amends with a well-taken equaliser for the visitors just before the half hour mark. Then Pouton, 31, struck the winner from the penalty spot after James Gray saw red for pulling back Grazioli as the 33-year-old former Barnet hitman bore down on Sean Thomas's goal.
And Stones boss Bartlett believes Dover's battle-hardened side, led by former Watford and Gillingham play-maker Hessenthaler, 43, are the real deal.
"After they scored and we were reduced to 10 men they showed a lot of professionalism and used their experience very well," he said. "Before that it was very even.
"I said to the boys at half time and after the game that we didn't show the confidence and ability that we had done in previous games. We went on the back foot after we scored and I felt we tried to protect the lead.
"We sat far too deep and were not tight enough on their forwards or midfielders, which is something we had done really well prior to this game."
The Stones boss said Hessenthaler's team selection showed a great deal of respect to his own side but admits there was a gulf in class in terms of personnel.
"They changed their style of play for us," he added. "They made three changes from their previous game at Sutton United and all the changes were made for experience as they knew it was going to be a tough game.
"Dover selected a side with a lot of experience in it and there is just no substitute for that in certain situations. Look at Grazioli, Alan Pouton and Andy Hessenthaler - they have got in excess of more than a 1,000 league games between them whereas we haven't got a 1,000 non-league games between our entire team."
Bartlett bemoaned the penalty decision is 'iffy' and felt his side should have been awarded one in the first half after Marvin Sordell claimed he was clipped from behind just as he was about to pull the trigger from close range.
"We are going to get some decisions and not get others, there is no point whinging about it now," he said. "The fact is we didn't do enough on Saturday to have won but had we been able to hang on, a draw would have been a reasonable result."
Stones took the game to Dover from the off on Saturday and it was no surprise they took the lead, albeit fortuitously, when Keister stuck out a leg to divert Ashe's low, whipped free-kick past his own goalkeeper.
However, the former Sierra Leone international went from zero to hero when he netted the equaliser after 28 minutes after some fine approach play down the right flank.
Sordell then has his appeal for a penalty waved away after missing what looked a gilt-edged chance as both sides entered the dressing rooms all square.
The visitors upped the ante in the second half and were rewarded when Grazioli burst clear only to hit the deck after Gray appeared to tug his shirt. The defender was sent for an early bath and Pouton converted the penalty straight down the middle of the goal
Wealdstone: Thomas, Martin, Chap-pell, Gray, Massey, Ashe, Forbes, O'Leary, Haule, Sordell, Montgomery.


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Hello Friends, Happy Friday!
TGIF! So here's the story because there is always one when you're a style blogger. Well I was on my way to another blog photo shoot when I walked by the H&M in Chevy Chase in the friendship heights neighborhood, you know the really nice well stocked store and I happened to see this dress in the window display. So secretly after the shoot I went in looked at it and before you know it was in the fitting room trying it on because the price was right at only $15. I already knew it would fit right and suit my personal style that I needed to have it in my closet and therefore on the blog styled just for you my readers. I feel like this is what mystic from the movie X-men would wear on her day off. It feels like my second skin so soft, breathable and naturally me. I have especially been loving the turtleneck trend with the long sleeve dress that would work in the fall and transitioning to the winter! This dress also reminds me of this Kaleidoscope dress I styled earlier this year. I look forward to styling both for the colder winter months. For now please enjoy these photos below!
Photos by Saumya
Outfit Details: H&M Pattern Jersey Dress | Zara Leather Jacket (similar) | F21 Faux Leather Quilted Purse | H&M Black Stacked Heels (similar) | Round Black Sunglasses |
Sidenote: See this outfit next: Kaleidoscope Print Dress
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The ambitious Pacific Coast Spirits brings urban distilling to Oceanside
Grape vodka, heirloom corn bourbon, and a plan to malt its own barley
Ian Anderson 3 p.m., Dec. 12
Beyond the alien wind farms of Palm Springs, down the Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway, a few miles off the 62 where the datura grows thick on the roadside, 3000 partiers converge for the eighth annual Joshua Tree Music Festival.
"I accidentally on purpose came to this campground eight years ago, woke up in the morning and thought, This would be a great place for a music festival," says founder Barnett English. "So I moved to Joshua Tree, and 12 weeks later we had our first festival."
Namesake Joshua trees cringe on the horizon like something out of a Dr. Seuss book. An eight-year-old shoots strangers with a squirt gun in afternoon heat. Girls in wooly leggings hula-hoop next to amplifiers blasting world, jam, and electronic music. Twenty-three bands that span the musical spectrum are lined up to play back-to-back over the weekend, including Midnite, Orgone, Delhi 2 Dublin, and San Diego's own Heavy Guilt.
"Half of our audience is from San Diego," English continues. "To me, this really is a greater–San Diego event."
At dusk, the landscape works its strange magic and the festival blossoms like a hallucination. Bizarre music emanates from a circus tent by the lake. Inside, an array of automated gamelan gongs ring out in foreign consonance. Curious whispers circulate as the mysterious apparatus rattles in the night.
At the main stage, costumed partiers groove to Latin funksters Mexican Institute of Sound. Later, Italian electro-wizard Gaudi dispenses crunchy bass, pacing manically and tugging at his mad-scientist hair poof. He chain-smokes and twists knobs with impish glee, dropping the bass like a dirty secret. We dance weirdly into the night, shrouded in piped fog and burning sage.
A sunrise yoga session summons Saturday. Campers cook breakfast and dance in the spray of the water truck. A train full of kids and some big kids makes slow circles around the lake. People lounge around the Utopian apocalypse in buggy goggles, sipping margaritas and hiding from midday sun. The extreme heat invokes altered states, an unspoken sense of community. The spirit moves us to dance at dusk, when New Orleans brass jammers Bonerama take the stage.
Morning begins with the Integratron sound bath, a cerebral symphony of nine resonating crystal bowls. A windstorm whips through the campsites, overturning tents and shade structures where under-slept people say things like: "I've put some thought into it, and I'd like to present myself to the world like a thin slice of watermelon gelatin."
"It was kind of a last-minute decision," says festival first-timer Kyle Kull Nixon of Ramona, 26. "There was a post on Facebook for volunteers to work for eight hours on Monday in exchange for a ticket. The atmosphere was incredible. Everyone was friendly. Everywhere you went there were people wanting to talk and music playing."
"I've been going to music festivals for almost 20 years — over 450 of them, I've tried counting," says English, who spends much of his summer hopping festivals with his JavaGogo organic coffee cart. "You walk away after three days from these life-changing, monumental experiences and friendships founded, to the point where you practically cry when you drive away on Monday.... I fully believe in the concept of live music in an outdoor setting over a few days with the same people.... It's a way of life that I believe in."
The location will see its fifth annual roots festival in October, which English says is "newgrassy...has a bit of a twang to it." ■
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Bad Writing Month
August was a bad writing month. Greens are the days I met my writing word count goals. Count them. Count how few there are. Yellows are when I was close. Red is when I didn't make it even close. The reds vary between at least some words a day (which I prefer), and absolutely zero.
I usually have a handful of reds a month as well as yellows. Some days I'm just too busy or tired to write, and that's okay. Usually, though, it's not this many.
I have extenuating circumstances.
The first week of August I was on vacation. Despite persistently taking my notebook and chromebook every year after year to the beach, I never get much writing done there. It is like that one week of the year I'm an extrovert, hanging out with people from dawn til bedtime, and loving it. I'm not going to peel myself away from those experiences to make writing time. Plus, I balance it out by getting a lot of reading done while sitting on the beach. Reading is, after all, the other half of any writers' creative life.
Even back from my vacation, my normal routine was messed up.
The second week of August, fresh off vacation, I started a new job. So, you know, that takes a lot of mental energy. Also, a family's member dog was lost, so I spent many weekend days and evenings I usually would put my writing time into on searching and sign-plastering duty. On top of that, I had a final paper for my summer grad school class due August 14th, so that took precedence over my writing time. I don't count writing I do for school or work as part of my daily word count goals. (I do count this blog though).
I'm still trying to work in a new writing routine with my new work schedule. I'm giving August up for wash -- as you can see I've picked up a little in the end -- but instead of going to keep putting in my best effort.
I hope to get my steam rolling again with September. (Geesh, it's September already.)
Margery Bayne
Insights from the life of an aspiring, struggling writer; a passionate reader, and a working librarian.
July 2019
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The listing of her age as the sole entry under 'Biography' jumps out as particularly odd given the liberties taken with her face. Recording her age as seventy whilst making her look twenty is surely only going to confuse people, not to mention alienate her older voters and anyone who likes their politicians to look human. Reducing her entire personal profile down to just her age is at best lazy, and at worst, actively disrespectful.
Of course and unfortunately, this is not the first time a female politician has suffered from the Photoshop Curse. Some have had their cleavage removed, their skin colour lightened, and have even been Photoshopped out of official photos altogether. It seems as though the more advanced a woman becomes in the field of politics, the more harshly she is treated by the media. Hillary Clinton, arguably one of the most powerful female politicians in the Western world right now, has been seriously accused of having gender dysphoria because she dares to wear trouser suits. In politics, women are stereotyped as either yummy-mummy/piece-of-skirt (see: Siobhan Benita, Louise Mensch) or battleaxe/dalek hybrids (see: Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May). Either way, they are too often categorised as either incompetent or 'unfeminine'.
Caitlin Moran, that paragon of modern feminism and woman-du-jour, wrote that to tell if something is sexist, all you need to ask yourself is 'Are the men doing it/having it done to them too?' In the case of Ms Jackson, no they most certainly are not. Most male politicians are, to put it delicately, slightly… weathered, like old limestone. This is generally taken as a sign of wisdom, and sagacity. However, for a woman to show *gasp* – her age (no, don't worry, not her ankles) – on the internet is regarded, as always, as a heinous crime.
Let's face it: endlessly emulating youth is not going to inspire any confidence in people once they realise that youth is a mad, capricious, fleeting state of mind which thankfully gives way to experience and maturity before it eternally convinces its owner that actually, that second bottle of voddy really is a good idea and would probably make them a lot more popular, man. And there's no denying that this issue crops up again and again for women, as if it's their duty to be a little bit decorative if they're going to blather on about politics all day. Like, we'll humour you if you must mention the towering exchange rates, but could you at least have the decency to show a bit of cleavage or paint your lips a funny colour, please?
What really takes the biscuit with this one, of course, is that it has literally rendered Frances Jackson unrecognisable, for no discernible reason other than the one we all don't want to be true. Who knows – perhaps the graphic artist who doctored the original photo had never seen another human being, and had only very rough sketches to go on. Perhaps, as the saying goes, a million monkeys at a million computers randomly mashing the keys with their fists produced this insulting piece of work.
Either way, this doctored example of social ills deserves to be burned, the ashes buried at a crossroads, and prayers said over them at midnight for a month to drive out the devils within.
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The Oregon State Hospital Museum received a matching grant from the Oregon Heritage Commission for materials to aid in cataloging and rehousing artifacts at the Oregon State Hospital. We turned in our interim grant report today with the results of the cataloging efforts. To date we have cataloged over 4423 individual items representing 522 different types of materials. These include everything from chairs (44) to alarms (3) to theracycles (2).
The grant has allowed the museum to purchase PastPerfect museum software, an electronic database which will allow us to track individual items. The database now has records* for:
- 1508 Objects
- 93 Photos
- 219 Archival Collections
- 162 Library Materials
Each record has space for us to attach a photo of the material and fields to track size, medium, type, creator, place of origin, etc. The great part about this database is that we can also tag records with different categories and names, which will make finding materials for exhibits and research much easier.
The second half of the grant project includes purchasing archival quality storage materials to help us rehouse the collections and preserve them for future generations. This will mean replacing the wadded newspaper used to quickly pack materials before the building was torn down.


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Nucleophilicity and basicity
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Nucleophilicity (nucleophile strength)
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What I want to do with this video is talk about nucleophilicity. This is really just how good of a nucleophile something is. Or I'll just make up a definition right now: the ability for an atom slash ion slash molecule to act as a nucleophile, or to give away extra electrons and bond with a nucleus or with something else. I'll say with a nucleus. I want to say with a nucleus, because that's what nucleophilicity is saying. It loves nucleuses, especially positive ones, that it can give its extra electrons to it. Now, as a first cut, if you want to identify a good nucleophile, it should have extra electrons to give away. The best things that have extra electrons to give away are negative ions or anions, so just at a very high level, something like the fluoride anion. Normally, fluorine has seven valence electrons: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, but it's so electronegative, it might be able swipe off another electron from something else and then it becomes the fluoride anion. Then it becomes the fluoride anion with a negative charge. You can do that for all of the halides. You could do that for chlorine. It can become chloride. Bromine can be bromide. Iodine could be iodide. Let me do iodine, too. Iodine, once again, it's a halide. It has seven valence electrons. It has many, many more electrons than fluorine, but if you just look at its valence shell, it has seven electrons. And then it is also reasonably electronegative, not as electronegative as fluorine. Remember, the trend goes like this from the bottom left to the top right. So fluorine is extremely electronegative, but iodine is still pretty electronegative. It is a halogen so it also might be able to swipe off an electron from someone else and become iodide. In general, things with extra electrons, lone pairs of electrons, and especially a negative charge, are going to be pretty good nucleophiles. Another example that's not a halide is the hydroxide anion, so OH. This is an example of something that is a molecule. Maybe traditionally water would look like this. Traditionally, this is just neutral water, and oxygen has two lone pairs like that, but oxygen is pretty electronegative. It is already kind of taking the electrons away from one of the hydrogens, and at some point, it might just take it altogether and then you have the hydroxide anion. This would look like this. You have your original two lone pairs, just like that, and then you have this pair that's going to be taken. It already had that electron. It takes that electron from the hydrogen, so now it has two more electrons. Let me color code it so you see what it took. It took this electron from the hydrogen and now this also has a negative charge. That's also a reasonably good nucleophile. And, of course, you have your hydrogen now. It lost its one electron. It only has a proton in its nucleus. Whenever you see H plus, this is really just a proton. There's nothing else to that hydrogen. So that's hydroxide. These are all reasonably good nucleophiles in that they have something to give away. They have extra charge. Now, what I want to do is think about between these, how do you think about what's going to be a stronger or weaker nucleophile? And here, it becomes a little bit more nuanced. What we're going to do is differentiate what happens in a protic solvent versus what happens in an aprotic solvent. Let me write down. Let me start with a protic solvent. I'll make two columns here, protic solvent and then we'll do aprotic solvent right over here. Once again, these are fancy words, but they mean something pretty simple. Protic solvent is something that has hydrogens that can be taken away or might have free protons floating around. An example of a protic solvent is water or really any alcohol. Water is the simplest example or maybe the most common. The reason why you might have protons floating around is exactly this reaction I showed right here. Maybe every now and then a hydroxide anion forms. Even more likely, maybe a water takes a hydrogen from one of the other waters. One of the water molecules takes hydrogen from one of the other water molecules and becomes a hydronium, where it's not a proton necessarily, but it's an oxygen. Let's say if you start with water and one of these electrons were to be given to some proton floating around, it would look like this. And it has a positive charge and then this proton is very available. You can almost imagine it's almost floating around because that oxygen really wants to take back that electron. So protic solvent is water. In water, you might see a little bit of hydroxide, a little bit of proton, a little bit a hydronium. You see all of it in there, but the bottom line is that there are protons that can react with other things. Let me clear this away so that I have some real estate. Let me just write down water. Water is a protic solvent. Now, wait. Is that always the case? It seems like hydrogens are everywhere. Well, no, it's not always the case. Let me show you an aprotic solvent. Diethyl ether looks like this. And just so you know the naming, it's an ether because it has oxygen, and it's diethyl because it has two ethyl groups. That's one ethyl group right there and that is the second. So it's diethyl ether. Now, you might say, hey, this guy's got hydrogens lying around as well. Maybe those can get released. But, no, these hydrogens are bonded to the carbon and carbon is not anywhere near as electronegative as oxygen. Carbon is unlikely to steal these hydrogens' electrons and these hydrogens to be loose. If they were bonded to the oxygen, that would have been a possibility. With water, you have obviously H-O-H. In alcohols, you have some maybe carbon chain bonded to an oxygen, which is then bonded to a hydrogen. So in either of these cases, in either water or alcohol, you have these hydrogens where the electron might be taken by the oxygen because it's so electronegative and then the hydrogen floats around. Anyway, that's a review of protic versus aprotic. In a protic solvent-- and this is actually a general rule of thumb-- if a nucleophile is likely to react with its solvent, it will be bad at being a nucleophile. Think about it. If it's reacting with the solvent, it's not going to be able to do this. It's not going to be able to give its electrons away to what it needs to give it away, to maybe what we saw in an Sn2-type reaction. In a protic solvent, what happens is that the things that are really electronegative and really small, like a fluoride anion-- let me draw a fluoride anion. In a protic solvent, what's going to happen is it's going to be blocked by hydrogen bonds. It's very negative, right? It has a negative charge. And it's also tightly packed. As you can see right here, its electrons are very close, tied in. It's a much smaller atom or ion, in this case. If we looked at iodide, iodide has 53 electrons, many orbitals. Actually, iodide would have 54. It would have the same as iodine plus one. Fluoride will have 10 electrons, nine from fluorine plus it gains another one, so it's a much smaller atom. So when you have water hanging around it, let's say you have something like water. That has a negative charge. Water is polar. Actually, both of these are polar, so I should write down polar for both of these. This is a polar protic solvent. This is a polar aprotic solvent. In this case, water is still more electronegative than the carbon, so it still has a partial negative charge. These parts still have a partial negative. Water still has a partial negative charge. The hydrogen has a partial positive charge so it is going to be attracted to the fluorine. This is going to happen all around the fluorine. And if these waters are attracted to the fluorine in kind of forming a tight shell around it, it makes it hard for fluorine to react. So it's a worse nucleophile than, say, iodide or hydroxide in a polar protic solvent. Hydroxide has the same issue. It's still forming hydrogen bonds, but if you wanted to compare them, iodide is much bigger. Maybe I'll draw it like this. I'll draw its valence shell like this. It's a much bigger ion. It has all these electrons in here. And so, it still will form hydrogen bonds with the water. It still will form hydrogen bonds with the hydrogen end of the water because they're partially positive, but it's going to be less tightly packed. And on top of that, iodide is more polarizable, which means that its electron cloud is so big and the valence electrons are so far away from the nucleus that they can be influenced by things and then be more likely to react. So let's say this iodide is getting close to a carbon that has a partial positive charge. So let's say carbon is attached to a bromine and then it's attached to three hydrogens. We've seen that this will have a partial negative charge. It's more electronegative than the carbon, which will have a partial positive charge. When this guy, this big guy with the electrons really far away, gets close to this, more of the electron cloud is going to be attracted to the partial positive charge. It'll get distorted a little bit and so it is more likely to react in a polar protic solvent. Fluoride, on the other hand, is very tightly packed, blocked by the hydrogen bonds. It's less likely to react. If you were to look at the Periodic Table, if you look at just the halogens in a polar protic solvent, the halides-- this would be the ion version of the halogens-- the halide's iodide will be the best nucleophile. Fluoride will be the worst. So in a polar protic solvent-- let me write this down-- we have a situation where the iodide is the best nucleophile, followed by bromide, followed by chloride, and then last of all is the fluoride. The exact opposite is true in an aprotic solvent. In an aprotic solvent, the fluoride, which is-- fluorine is far more electronegative. Fluoride is more basic. It will be more stable if it is able to form a bond with something than iodide. Iodide is pretty stable. If you look at a hydrogen iodide, it's actually a highly acidic molecule. So iodide itself, the conjugate base of hydrogen iodide, is going to be a very bad base. When you're dealing with an aprotic solvent, you go in the direction of basicity. We're going to learn in the next video that actually basicity and nucleophilicity are related, but they aren't the same concept. We're going to talk about that in a little bit. If you're in an aprotic solvent, you're not reacting with the solvent as much. And then in this situation, fluoride is actually the best nucleophile, followed by chloride, followed by bromide, followed by iodide. So here, you're going in the direction of basicity. This is the best. This is the worse in an aprotic solvent. If it was in a protic solvent, this is flipped around. This becomes the best and this becomes the worst.


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Bella N, Miss Edinburgh Intercontinental, meets Carolyn Baxter, a Scottish designer!
Bella N, Miss Edinburgh Intercontinental, recently met Edinburghs most up and coming designer Carolyn Baxter!
Bella says " I really enjoyed meeting Carolyn Baxter who is Edinburgh's most up and coming young designer and even has caught the attention of Millie Mackintosh from Made in Chelsea!! We had great fun talking about design and fashion and she was really interested in learning more about the charity side of beauty pageants as well as the clothes we wear on stage."
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These are a few excerpts from my favorite book on St. Joseph, written by the visionary Sr. Maria Cecilia Baij, O.S.B., Abbess of the Benedictine Convent of St. Peter in Montefiascone, Italy (1743-1766).
Normally this book sells for $60 via Amazon.
101Foundation.com sells it for less than $10. I highly, HIGHLY recommend this book. It gave me such a new love for St. Joseph, and I have since developed quite the devotion to him, especially through his incredibly loving devotion to the Blessed Mother and little Jesus.
I hope you enjoy!
Joseph of Egypt and St. Joseph
[Joseph of Egypt] was the prototype of our Joseph. As [Joseph of Egypt] had been loved more than all the other children by his father, so our Joseph was loved by God the Father more than any other male creature, since He had predestined him to be the father of His Incarnate Word and the spouse of the Mother of the Son of God. Joseph of Egypt was invested by his father in a costly garment; our Joseph was adorned by the Heavenly Father with sanctifying grace...
Joseph of Egypt explained the meaning of dreams; our Joseph possessed an angel companion who instructed him in his dreams and advised him what he should do to please God and accomplish His will.
The one was a representative of the king of Egypt; our Joseph was the representative of God in the Egypt of the world. The one remained faithful to the Lord in that he left another's spouse untouched; our Joseph remained loyal to the Holy Spirit, in that he never violated the physical integrity of the Latter's spouse and his own - nay, more, he even became the guardian of her purity.
The one preserved the harvest of grain for the benefit of the Egyptian people; our Joseph was the protector of that Life which was destined to be the Wheat of the elect, the nourishment and strength of the faithful. The one was a source of consolation for his parents and the whole of Egypt; our Joseph was a source of consolation to the Divine Word, Whom he nourished by means of his labours and sweat, and to the Mother of Jesus in all Her journeyings. He was, and still is, a consolation for all faithful souls in their necessities, especially at the hour of death.
St. Joseph as Protector of the travelling Holy Family
Oh how sad and disconsolate Joseph would become, because of Jesus and Mary! He would attempt to arrange his cloak as a roof over their heads. The Saint managed to do this with such love and skillfulness, that it seemed to Them, They were actually in a tiny hut.
Underneath this covering Jesus and Mary would spend the night quite happily, for they were supremely content in such a state of poverty. Joseph was stricken with anguish over the things Jesus and Mary endured, and his own inability to help Them in their poverty and in Their other serious needs.
Whenever Joseph found himself in such an extremity, he had recourse to the Heavenly Father and begged Him not to consider how unworthy he was to be His servant, but to consider the needs of His Divine Son and of Mary, and in view of this, to provide for Them.
St. Joseph Called "Father" by Jesus for the 1st Time
Upon seeing Joseph, He called out to him: "Father!" and then flung Himself into his arms and caressed him with His tiny hands.
The joy of hearing himself called "father" for the first time moved Joseph to tears. He considered himself to be wholly unworthy of it, and he made it very evident how grateful he was for the honor that the child Jesus was giving him by doing so. He ardently thanked the holy Child, and besought his most holy spouse also to give thanks in his behalf to God and to His Son...
Being thus called, "father," by the Child Jesus, proved to be, for Joseph, a continuing source of comfort, because on every such occasion he felt his heart forcibly drawn to Jesus and increasingly filled with love for Him. He often found diversion in speaking to Mary of the immense condescension that was being shown to him by Jesus, and he gave Her to understand what effects it produced in his soul...
Joseph did not venture to address Jesus as his Son, though his paternal love made him feel most desirous of doing so. He asked Mary if it would be proper for him to address Jesus in this manner. Mary ascertained from Jesus that, inasmuch as He Himself deigned to call Joseph, "father," and also assigned him to his paternal position here upon earth, He thereby granted him the privilege of calling Him "Son." He furthermore declared that it was the will of the Heavenly Father that He, Jesus, should make Himself subject in this manner to Joseph, just as if He were truly his own offspring, and that consequently, Joseph should freely address Him as "Son" and deal with Him as if he were His real father.
Joseph's heart was jubilant as Mary transmitted these things to him, and he shed copious tears as a result of the consolations that he experienced. At the same time, he gave thanks to God, in union with Mary. To himself he remarked: "I am indeed blessed in being the possessor of this delightful privilege which allows me to address the Divine Incarnate Word, the Son of the Eternal Father, as "my Son."
Finally, he exclaimed aloud: "Oh Jesus, my Son. Oh my Son, my Jesus!" Whereupon, he went into an ecstasy."


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Real Rose Bell Jar Necklace
This Victorian inspired curio necklace features a real dried red rose nestled on a bed of green mosses and ferns encased within a glass bell jar. These particliar roses are chosen because they take on the look of a black rose during the drying process. The bell jar measures approximately one inch tall and features aged brass filigree caps. This unique statement pendant is suspended on a 20 inch vintage gold tone and black acrylic rosary chain.
Each pendant is made to order and may vary slightly from the photo as no two roses are exactly alike.
All of my jewelry ships beautifully presented in jewelry boxes, making them perfect for gifting as well. This is a handmade art jewelry piece and is not suited for showering or submerging in water.


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Squid is a very popular seafood in Halong, there are a lot of delectable dishes from squid such as squid meat ball with sticky rice, grilled squid, fried squid, etc.. Have you ever tasted steamed squid with guava leaves? If you haven't tasted yet then take the time to go to a Halong Bay this summer to enjoy eating exotic dishes!
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Steamed squid must be fresh squid with thick and pink meat and smooth skin. To cook steamed squid with guava leaves, you need to clean and cut away black ink bag. Then you pour lemon juice into the steamed pot or autoclave. In the autoclave, you just put a layer of guava leaf buds at the bottom to prevent part of the water mist and then you put squid into the autoclave and cook with high heat.
When squid turns into purple that they are fully cooked, it only takes about 10 minutes or more.
Steamed squids with guava leaves ink dots ginger chili sauce tastes delicious. You will see the squid crunchy sweetness mixed with the acrid little bit sour guava leaves with spicy food is very interesting to see.
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Guilty plea of dangerous driving causing death
A 28-year-old South Wexford woman has pleaded guilty to careless driving causing the death of well-known retired businessman George Bridges.
Rosarii Doyle, of 45 St. David's Well, Bridgetown, pleaded guilty to careless driving on December 14, 2104, at Curteenminogue Lower, Murrintown causing the death of Mr Bridges.
When the case was called at Wexford Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Barry Hickson, Defence Counsel John Peart said the DPP had accepted a reduced charge of careless driving.
When arraigned, the defendant pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.
Mr. Peart applied for an adjournment to July 28 next to allow for the preparation of a Probation and Welfare report.
Proscuting Counsel Sinead Gleeson requested a victim impact report.
Judge Hickson adjourned the case to July 28 next.
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Warm Bodies it's more like never judge a book by its movie trailer.
Don't get me wrong, I love the look of the film. Seeing the trailer was what got me interested in the story in the first place, and when I found out it was adapted from a novel, I knew I had to read it. But when I picked up the book, I was expecting something humorous; something along the lines of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies--thoroughly enjoyable, but so over the top it becomes almost comical.
What I found was a heartwarming story of hope, love, and choosing life.
R is a zombie. He wishes he could put into words the eloquent thoughts in his head, wishes he could remember more of his name than just the first letter. He doesn't want to be dead, doesn't enjoy eating the living, but that's just the way it is.
Until the memories.
Not his memories, but those of Perry, the young man whose brain R has just consumed. And when R chooses to save the life of Perry's girlfriend Julie, he sets off a chain of events that shakes what's left of the worlds of both the Living and the Dead.
My first clue that I was in for a surprise came in the first chapter. R is introducing himself, explaining what life is like when you're the walking dead. In an incredibly feeling inner dialogue, R mourns the loss of his and his fellow zombies' names because, "I'd like to love them but I don't know who they are." As the story progressed, I continued to be amazed by how touching and heartfelt it was. Even the love story seemed to fade in the midst of R's quest to give himself--and the rest of the world--a second chance at life.
As he and Julie struggle to fight the hierarchy and provoke change, you discover an eerie resemblance between the world of the Dead and the
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emotions, thoughts and desires. In the end, I think readers like myself will find that while this book has all the elements of a great zombie story, it ultimately becomes much more than that--a beautiful tale of fighting for a second chance at life.
One last note for those of you who like to be forewarned: There's plenty of blood and gore and several uses of the "f" word, so despite the pg-13 movie rating, this is adult fiction.


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|The placenta in maternal hyperhomocysteinaemia.
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|PMID: 10426649 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|It is becoming increasingly apparent that mild or moderate hyperhomocysteinaemia may be associated with adverse perinatal complications and outcomes. The placental pathology in 14 pregnancies from 11 women diagnosed retrospectively to have hyperhomocysteinaemia, following a recent history of intrauterine fetal growth restriction, abruption or of thromboembolic disease, were reviewed. Most of the placental findings indicated abnormal placentation but these were not specific to maternal hyperhomocysteinaemia nor found in every placenta. Features observed included absence of trophoblast-induced physiological vascular changes, acute atherosis, intraluminal endovascular trophoblast in the third trimester, infarction, retroplacental haematoma formation and accelerated villous maturity. Uteroplacental vascular thrombosis was also seen. Three of the women had a subsequent pregnancy where they were treated empirically with folic acid, and these resulted in improved perinatal outcomes. The finding of placental pathology warrants investigation of the woman for hyperhomocysteinaemia. Further randomised controlled trials of folic acid supplementation in preventing pregnancy complications associated with hyperhomocysteinaemia should be conducted.
|T Y Khong; W M Hague
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|Title: British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Volume: 106 ISSN: 0306-5456 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Obstet Gynaecol Publication Date: 1999 Mar
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|Created Date: 1999-08-11 Completed Date: 1999-08-11 Revised Date: 2004-11-17
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Anthony Wells was slapped with a retraining order by a judge after the 28-year-old presenter was sent more than 500 abusive messages.
Paranoid schizophrenic Wells, 31, also allegedly targeted Coldplay singer Chris Martin via Twitter and YouTube, Basildon Crown Court in Essex was told.
In one tweet to Ms Riley, Wells wrote: "Please someone execute this fiend of nature."
In another message allegedly referring to both stars, he said: "Kill them now."
Jamie Sawyer, prosecuting, told the court: "Rachel Riley is married with children and uses her Twitter account to communicate with fans and advertise where she will be attending.
"Around 500 tweets were sent during the time of the indictment.
"The nature of these messages was always abusive. The messages of course caused her distress."
Wells, of Chelmsford, Essex, admitted one charge of harassing Ms Riley.
He denied harassing Gwyneth Paltrow's ex, a charge which will remain on his file.
It was alleged he had aimed a tweet at the Coldplay frontman which said: "Hey Chris Martin, keep touching me and I'm going to blow your children's heads off with guns."
Wells is currently being treated in hospital and appeared in the dock alongside a mental health nurse.
Defending solicitor Eleanor Scott insisted her client's severe mental illness played a part in his crimes.
She said at the time of the menacing campaign he was "significantly influenced by psychotic thinking".
She went on: "He is still a very mentally fragile individual but has pleaded guilty to the charge and understands what he did was wrong."
Judge Owen Davies QC banned Wells from contacting either star, directly or indirectly, for the next five years.
He also sectioned him under the Mental Health Act, ordering that he remain in hospital "until authorities require otherwise".
For the Crown Prosecution Service, Punam Malhan, East of England senior prosecutor, said: "We take allegations of this kind very seriously and especially where there is evidence of a course of conduct which causes fear or distress to someone, regardless of whether a victim is in the public eye or not."
Ms Riley, also a Strictly Come Dancing contestant, split from husband Jamie Gilbert last year after seven years.


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Bible Tidbits can best be described as stars in the night sky of the Bible. I am not suggesting that the Bible is dark, but vast and mysterious.
An objector might say, "Hey, it is nothing of the sort! I find it repetitive, outdated, and filled with the stories and prayers of an ancient people."
On the surface, it may seem this way, but add a little faith and a lot of study and your eyes are opened to see that it is as I said; vast and mysterious. You begin questioning the objections of your objector. Why is it repetitious? If it is outdated, then why do so many people read it and get something out of it? Why are THESE stories in the Bible and not others? Does God listen to the prayers written in the Bible?
So what is a Bible Tidbit? It is a piece of information found in the Bible or about the Bible that you may not normally see, but draws you closer to the Bible and faith in God. When you have seen enough of these Biblical stars you realize that they paint a picture ( a constellation so to speak ), and that they are signs that all lead you to the same place: Heaven and the face of God.
I will be posting many Bible Tidbits hoping that we will all grow closer to God and His beautiful Word.
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A new campaign to celebrate the contribution of refugees to British society is being launched, with singer songwriter Rita Ora the first high-profile figure to back the idea.
The initiative will aim to put up a series of blue plaques on buildings – similar to ones used on historic sites – to mark the homes or workplaces of refugee "ambassadors" who have been given safety and built a new life in the UK.
One of the first to sign up as an ambassador is Ora, who moved to the UK with her family as a refugee when she was a baby after her family fled Kosovo to escape the war in Kosovo.
The project is being set up by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), which previously ran a successful campaign to highlight the contribution immigrants are making to society.
Nearly 1,000 posters were displayed across the UK at train stations and on giant billboards showing bus drivers, mental health nurses and sports stars with the message "I am an immigrant". One featured Lukas Belina, a firefighter from Dundee, who came to Scotland from Poland in 2007.
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Soft, sweet lips and a mouth full of little white and shiny pearls. Isn't that something we all would like to hear about our smile?
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.A smile is worth a million words. If you want the words to be positive and heart-warming, you have to work for it. Just like in every other sphere in your life.
It is true that a clean, beautiful smile has the effect of eliciting a smile in return from anyone who sees it. Have you ever noticed that some people have a hard time smiling and, even if they do so, they smile only with their lip corners, not showing their teeth at all? They might not have good teeth, and anything, visible on our face, makes up our confidence. Make sure you invest in it. It doesn't require a lot.
You probably known that the food you are consuming has a direct influence on the state of your teeth. That's quite a big difference if you choose light yogurt or a piece of chocolate for your dessert… Yet there are some foods that can help improve the state of your teeth significantly.
1. Celery
A weird-looking green vegetable, which is probably one of the rarest "visitors" in our kitchen. It's a relatively sad fact, especially knowing that celery is one of the greatest products to strengthen your teeth. Celery is loaded with various dental health benefits and chewing celery stimulates saliva production which fights bacteria in your mouth.
2. Apples
Did your mom in your childhood used to say that if you eat an apple before going to sleep, you might not clean your teeth? Mine did. And it seems she was completely right, since the fiber in the apple cleanses teeth. Chewing apples also stimulates saliva production in your mouth which also helps to fight bacteria. Since apple contains a number of vitamins, minerals and other elements, it can provide a number of health benefits. Besides, did you know that it can reduce the risk of cancer?
2. Onions
Studies have shown that onion fresh and uncooked onion helps to to fight bacteria in your mouth, which causes bad breath and dental plaque. For that reason, try to use as much uncooked onion as possible.
3. Cheese
A hard cheese, such as Italian Parmigiano or aged Gouda, has a lot of carbohydrates which is very useful for our teeth. It helps to maintain a needed pH and restores enamel. Besides, hard cheese also contains casein, which helps in fortifying tooth's surface. Not bad product at all…
4. Sesame seeds and nuts
Anthropologists guess that our ancestors had relatively good teeth (knowing that dentists did not exist back then…) due to the fact that they ate nuts and sesame seeds. Sesame seeds contain calcium, which protects bone around the teeth and gums
5. Green tea
Green tea is said to kill bacteria, which causes bad breath. Green tea is also rich in antioxidants, which have many health properties. Besides, it has been proven that people, who drink green tea regularly, have healthier gums. That is the reason why dentists suggest to drink 2-5 cups of green tea every day.
If you consider your teeth to be already in a state that can hardly be improved, we can advice you to take action now: even if your teeth are already stained, the first thing that you can do is start eating healthier and, certainly, go visit your dentist. Don't start looking for medical remedies (or teeth-whitening products) as there are easier methods to keep your teeth strong and white.


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Our obsessions often serve as motivation to achieve our goals in life. But this week Junglee Home Video brings you a story of an obsession so great that it begins to erode the very fabric of life itself. Kshay, already a winner of 4 International film awards tells the story Chhaya, a simple unassuming housewife who is seemingly content in the life she shares with her husband Arvind. Until one day she catches sight of an unfinished idol of the Goddess Lakshmi and becomes besotted with owning it. Like an infection this obsession starts growing inside her and gradually, owning the idol becomes the only thing on her mind. It affects her peace, her marriage, her dreams and eventually her sanity. The film is a brilliant take on the frailty of our minds when driven by intangible desires. It has been dubbed as one of the best indie films India has seen in a long long time and become a benchmark for indie film-making It is now available in music and retail stores across India.
'War and Peace' by Anand Patwardhan
Using war as a means to achieve peace has become one of the great modern world paradoxes. Anand Patwardhan, one of India's finest documentary film makers presented this topic masterfully through his film 'War & Peace', now available on DVD.
Winner of multiple international film awards including the critics award at the prestigious Sydney Film Festival, War & Peace has achieved iconic status amongst students and lovers of great cinema. Filmed across India, Pakistan, Japan & the USA, War & Peace is dramatically framed by the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. Fifty years after his death memories of Gandhi seem like a mirage that never was, created by our thirst for peace and our very distance from it. So if compelling cinema is what you are looking for this weekend, pick up your copy of War & Peace from your nearest music or retail store.
Happy World Music Day
Music is so often a medium to celebrate an event. But every year on June 21st, "music" becomes the event to be celebrated. That's because June 21st is celebrated the world over as World Music Day. Music provides us more than just mere entertainment. It wakes us up in the morning, sticks with us through the day, lifts our spirits in the evenings and sometimes even tucks us in at night. So it is only fitting that we set aside a day every year to celebrate music itself, and the myriad artists who bring it to us. 21st of June also happens to be the summer solstice, the one day in the year when the sun is at its magnificent best. How apt then, that the brightest day on the calendar is dedicated to music, the element that actually brightens up every day of our year.
India has one of the richest musical heritages, something all of us should be very proud of. Last year saw the demise of some stalwarts of the Indian music industry. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, one of the finest classical vocalists ever, Ghazal maestros Jagjit Singhji & Mehdi Hassan saab and Ustad Sultan Khan saab, the legend behind the immensely popular Piya Basanti Re! This World Music Day we'd like to pay homage to these institutions of music, and to the many others who've touched our lives through their musical magic.
On World Music Day 2012 we encourage you to open your mind to finding new music. Something different, something out of the ordinary and something you've never heard before. Listen to it all day, for a few hours or maybe even 5 minutes; but give "music" the chance to surprise you. Visit our SoundCloud link for starters www.soundcloud.com/timesmusic. We guarantee you will find something to tantalise those musical taste-buds. If not, please feel free to send me stinkers on my email id: firstname.lastname@example.com
A Musical Masterpiece From Junglee Home Video
The term Naga folk blues may seem all too confusing even to the most ardent music fan, quite a contradiction to its actual sound though. Junglee home video's latest release Songs of Mashangva, a National Award winning docu-feature in 2011, directed by Oinam Doren, showcases how the King Of Naga folk blues – Guru Rewben Mashangva and his son travel far and wide to take their ancestral musical culture to corners of India their forefathers could never have imagined. The film is shot across mesmerising locations in Rajasthan, Shillong, Nagaland, Kolkata and some mysterious foggy villages of Manipur. Songs of Mashangva is now available on DVD across all leading music and retail stores
Kavita Seth's Sublime Sufi Avatar
You'd think there's not much left to achieve for an Indian artist who has won every major music industry award in the country. But Kavita Seth had other ideas when she decided to record her latest album Khuda Wohi Hain, released on Times Music. The album is testimony to her mastery of Sufi music that her fans are accustomed to. With 6 brand new tracks and 2 all time Sufi favourites Chaap Tilak & Damadum, the "iktara" singer who only seems to be getting better is nothing short of enchanting. Just a mere music fan or a curator of great sounds, "Khuda Wohi Hain" will have you singing to its tunes for a long time to come.
Electronica Explosion!!!
The growing popularity of the Electronica music scene in India is set to explode with the launch of Times Music's latest album – In Search Of Sunrise 9 (India). Launching the album will the artist Richard Durand himself who was handed down the responsibility of continuing the In Search Of Sunrise (ISOS) series from DJ Tiesto after 7 highly acclaimed albums. Richard is in India for the In Search Of Sunrise Tour kicking off in Mumbai on 9th November, then moving to Hyderabad on 11th & the Storm festival in Coorg on 12th.
The ISOS series was first created by Tiesto in 1999 as a non stop mix of trance anthems from across the world. From the 3rd edition onwards, the ISOS titles were named after the country that inspired the music on that title. After covering global party destinations like Latin America,South Africa, LA & Ibiza, with ISOS 9, Richard Durand finally brought the series toIndia after his performance inGoa last year. With subtle hints of Indian sounds fused into world class electronica beats, ISOS 9 is definitely one for that CD collection!
Kailash Ke Dil Se
There's never a bad season for good music, especially when it comes from the heart. Times Music's latest release Soulful Kailash is a compilation of such absolutely timeless music. Kailash Kher pours his heart out in this soulful compilation of his most soothing tracks. The album is an epic Sufi ride, only possible with the inimitable voice of Kailash and should definitely be your pick for this weekend's music fix. So if you're a Kailash Kher fan, Sufi Music fan or just a good ol' music fan, you should pick this album up from any leading music & retail store exclusively on Times Music.


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Orlando and Orange County showcase Europe
The region's organization of French-American business development, the French American Business Council (FABCO), and many other French professionals are highly invested in the event, where France and, of course, Europe, will be honored.
Axelle Rayrolles gives us an overview of these two European days.
- Mrs. Axelle Rayrolles hello, you personally involved yourself with the preparation and organization of this presentation of Europe which will be taking place May 8th and 9th in Orlando. In what context was the showcase organized and who would you say is its intended audience?
Axelle Rayrolles: Bonjour!
This event is organized in celebration of the European Union Day held on May 9th. On May 8th, we are showcasing Europe and their official representatives in Orlando, including the Consuls of Germany, UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy.
This event is geared toward the local business community, and local business owners wanting to deal with Europe in terms of Trade, culture knowledge, travel or even hiring. This is to promote Europe as a whole, especially business-wise.
- Orlando is one of the most visited cities in Florida. Do the city and the region present Europeans with a particular message?
Axelle Rayrolles : Yes, Orlando is one of the most visited towns in the world actually, not only Florida.
The main message is that Orlando is as much a business destination as leisure destination. The connotation of Orlando is most likely to be Attraction Parks in people's mind, however many do not know that Orlando and Orange County as a whole is the host of many diverse industries like Military simulation, medical research, tourism, sport, manufacturing, logistics, consulting, engineering to name a few.
All these different avenue attract people but also companies in our developing region. We want to convey the message that Central Florida is Internationally inclined and ready to assist local and overseas business owners in their professional development.
- Whether it be on a professional or on a personal level, do you perceive a particular interest on behalf of Americans for European issues?
Axelle Rayrolles : Yes, the interest from local Americans is definitely present, especially on the professional level represented by a business development opportunity. The world is becoming a mix of cultures, but Orlando is definitely a melting pot!
This diversity is a strength international business owners ought to take advantage of. For example, you not-only can have a bilingual employee, but you can hire a bicultural one; someone who is from Europe and has been immersed in that culture before moving to Orlando.
This makes a big different when tackling different markets.
I personally hire foreign agents as I specialize in International Real Estate in Global Axellence. It does make a difference for me as the business owner, but for the customer when interesting with someone of their own culture. Nothing can replace that feeling of comfort. This represents a true value to any business.
And on the personal level, Europe has always attracted the world for its historical and cultural interest. Americans consider Europe a place to visit at least once in their life. They often select Paris as a first destination or more as an icon destination of Europe. They associate Europe as being romantic, they love the languages spoken, the gastronomy, the fashion, and the overall flair of a European!
Open the program below to know more about these events:
To learn more about FABCO, log on to http://www.fabco.us/
Published May 3, 2012.


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If you've never used the Umbraco dictionary capability before,
here's a primer and "how to" guide to quickly set up XSLTsearch in
your multi-lingual website. We'll cover the basics briefly and
focus on how to use XSLTsearch in an Umbraco installation with
multiple language sites.
You can find a more complete discussion of how to set up
multi-lingual websites in the umbraco.tv episodes about
Running Multiple Sites.
Install XSLTsearch from the Umbraco Package Repository, or by
first downloading it from http://our.umbraco.org/website-utilities/xsltsearch.
Once XSLTsearch is installed, go to the Settings section of the
Umbraco back office administration interface, and expand the
Languages area. Here you'll see all the languages that your sites
will be able to use.
If your sites will need a language that isn't yet listed,
right-click on the Languages item and create a new language.
Let's suppose we want to add German (as spoken in Germany) as a
language for one of our sites. Select "German (Germany)" from the
exhaustive list of languages and cultures:
We now have two languages available for use in our site, English
(United States) and German (Germany).
You can add as many languages for as many sites in Umbraco as
you need following this same procedure.
It is best-practice to nest all your site's content beneath a
homepage. The wisdom of this practice is revealed when you want to
add another site to your Umbraco installation, as we will do
For instance, you might have your public website, intranet, and
blog all in one Umbraco installation. Or perhaps you need to
present one site in a lot of different languages. Or even a
combination of both.
I'm going to assume you've got two sites set up similarly to
that shown below, two sites with one for each language. For
convenience, I have named each homepage with the two-letter culture
code (EN and DE).
Now that you have two sites, you need to tell Umbraco which site
is associated with each language. This is a simple point-n-click
Right-click the homepage for one of the sites and select the
'Manage hostnames' menu. In the window that appears, assign a
domain for this site and select the appropriate language.
Repeat for all sites.
You can find lots of forum posts about using separate domains or
a single domain and folders to distinguish one site from another
via the URL. Depending on your preferred URL you'll end up changing
either the umbracoHideTopLevelNodeFromPath (in web.config
file) or useDomainPrefixes (in /config/umbracoSettings.config). The
combination of these settings will effect the URL for the pages in
each site, but is beyond the scope of this article.
If using XSLTsearch 3.0, you should modify it as noted
here. This will be the default behavior for future versions of
XSLTsearch. This step is only necessary for v3.0.
Now create a search page for each site. Right-click on the home
page of each site and select the Create menu. Name the page and
select the XSLTsearch document type.
Your content tree will now look similar to this, with a search
page in each site.
At this point, your search will work properly in all sites but
all the static text on the search page will be in English, which
isn't what we want.
The last step is to translate the XSLTsearch dictionary items
into the languages of your site.
You may notice that I don't speak German. I've used
Microsoft Translate and Warren Buckley's handy
Dictionary Translator for Umbraco. I hope you
can excuse any mistakes :)
In the Settings section of Umbraco's back office, expand the
Dictionary area. You will see a folder of terms used by XSLTsearch.
Select each dictionary item in turn, entering the appropriate
translation for each language of your site. If you leave any blank
the default English term will be used in its place so at least your
site will have text for everything, albeit in English..
That's all there is to it. All the setup work is now complete
and you're ready to enjoy localized search pages across all the
languages of your site. If you later add another language site all
you'll need to do is create an XSLTsearch page in the new site and
translate the dictionary keys into the new site's language. It
couldn't be easier.
Here's what the finished result looks like, with example search
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After the exhaustive battery of tests administered to us as eighth-graders to determine our aptitudes, my guidance counselor met with me to go over my results. It seems my spacial relations, pattern recognition, visual recall and language skills placed me in the 99th percentile. "These scores are amazing", he began, "It's too bad you're not a boy or I'd say you should definitely go into engineering or architecture. (sigh) I guess you should focus on art." He continued, "Looking at some of your other scores though…well, you should probably steer away from nursing or, you know, a people related career."
I am today an artist. A writer. An actor, a voice-actor, a singer. These things allow me to utilize my talents and avoid my primary weakness: social interaction. I am keenly aware of being introspective and introverted in a culture that tends to avoid one and be suspicious of the other. It did not prevent me from making friends who adore me just as I am, from finding love and happiness, from becoming a parent, nor even from becoming my father-in-law's…nurse, if you will. We like each other, so it works out.
And just like the teen I was in the 70's, I have a tendency to swim against the current. I am a lesbian, married now for 26 years – whether you want to call it marriage or not. I am Jewish, though not by birth. My wife and I have raised two remarkable young people, beginning at a time when no other lesbians we knew were doing that. One of our children has ADHD and a mood disorder; the other is a social prodigy. Both are brilliant and beautiful. And blessed with adoring parents. We deviate a bit from the "default" model – of family, of individuals, of Americans generally. Yet our lives are typical of pretty much all families, individuals, Americans. We're just…counterclockwise.


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*I'm not sure why my hot links aren't displaying the photos. Click the link below if you'd like to see the match photos.
http://www.vegasshooters.com/forum/show ... ts-9-11-11
This was the first match of the season and the gun gods were not kind to us today. It was hot with no breeze and a large turnout. We were not on our regular range because of the USPSA Nationals. We had to set up on range 10 and because the club staff changed our bay on the morning of the shoot we were on a different bay than you guys were notified to show up on. Sorry about that. I hope that this will not happen again. This was a Subgun Only Match and used all steel cowboy targets. We used three shooting positions. The range was reset for the second run with a different setup. The match looked simple but proved to be very tricky and several penalties were incurred. Everyone also seemed to have an excess of malfunctions. (I know we did) . We also started a new .22cal class and had 6 shooters. A two man team event followed the main match. Next month we will be on our regular range and I will notify you all on what the format will be. The match will be on October 9th at 0900. Setup at 0800. Be sure and visit our website at http://www.vegasshooters.com for pictures of the match.
Tom Wright Max 31 62.35 1st "A"
Andy Wade M16 9mm 69.84
Ben Post MP5 80.74
Irv Falkoff MP5 82.46
Craig Jackson MP5 84.35 1st "B"
Greg Ricks MP5 89.59
Ronnie Dillion Max 31 91.71
Tim East MP5 93.70
Scott Callahan MP5 99.55
George McAlpine STEN 115.16 1st "C"
John Wylie Jr. UZI 117.13
Doug Rakich Sterling 137.28
Sam Salvo STEN 155.44
Jack Wylie Sr. UZI 167.73
Otto Matic UZI 216.12
Jason Davis M11 59.31 1st "A"
Wyatt Rakich Sterling 69.89
Robin Lancaster Thompson 74.31
Ben Post MP5 77.31
Dave White MP40 89.80 1st "B"
Andy Wade Sterling 91.15
Larry Cicoria Sterling 99.38
Paul Tapar M11 104.56
Richard Jones MP5 108.45 1st "C"
Johnny Dodson STEN 110.15
Scott Callahan M16 112.63
Matt Adams UZI 126.45
Jane Dee Beretta 38A 132.02
Gladys Tapar M11 207.45
Matt Adams AM15 46.26 1st "A"
Richard Jones American 180 52.82
Johnny Dodson Norrell 73.26
Irv Falkoff Buzzy 75.20
Jane Dee AMI (DOA) DNF
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
5.31 6.16 6.22 6.24 6.65 9.66 11.79
Tom Andy Ronnie Jason Paul Johnny Tim
Otto Robin Toad Ben Dave Craig Matt
Godfather shooting his M-16 with a Ciener conversion in the inaugural .22LR class.
I think it's a great idea based on the number of people who own full auto .22s or conversions for their guns and I hope there's enough interest to keep it going.
Loading up Uzi mags.
Subgunner preparing his American 180 for a run in the .22 class.
Winding up the AM-15 drum for the .22 class.
Suppressed American 180
Beta Cs were a good tool for this match.
H&K flash hider.
Note bullet strike that launched it all the way to the back berm. It was a tough day for H&K MP-5s.
Jihadist subgunner?
MAX-31 with 72 round Suomi drum.
With 50 round coffin mag.
What the heck was THAT?!
Ronnie with the MAX-31
Irv with MP-5 and Beta C
John gets a turn with the suppressed Uzi.
Matt hitting 'em hard with the Uzi.
Godfather with Beretta 38A
Gladys gets some!
After a great run, Paul considers the Richard Lage genius that is embodied in the MAX-11 upper.
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woo hoo! Mr Open class ! Nice!!!! great photos! What's up with the HK issueS? That flash hider got it's ass kicked. Congrats on the win VegasSMG. You look awesome shooting that Max31.. Congrats on the 22lr class as well. It's been a hit here for a while now and always has a few people shooting in it.
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Very nicely done Tom
"People always equate success with the weapons themselves rather than with training and individual initiative, which are really the bottom line"
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I love baking as much (if not more) than the next person but there are some days that I don't want to battle with my oven. On those days, these no-bake cookies and cream cheesecake bars are my go-to!
I got back yesterday after a weekend at Boyne Mountain in Northern Michigan and after driving through snow for hours and running on very little sleep, these cookies and cream cheesecake bars were exactly what I wanted to find in my fridge. I wasn't quite ready to commit to the real world again (i.e. grocery shop, meal plan, laundry) so these bars made for a nice alternative. Healthy eating start tomorrow. *Hint Hint* Check back tomorrow for a look at what I eat when I like to be healthy.
The nice thing about these bars is that they can be made with things that you probably have lying around! I've told y'all before about how much I love Oreos but it's unlikely to find my kitchen without them. Unless Colin has eaten them all and left one in the package for me to discover at a later date. Anyone live with someone who does that?
Here's what you need to know about these no-bake cookies and cream cheesecake bars. The crunchy base with the creamy cream cheese topping is everything I love about cookies and cream to begin with. It's like a triple stuffed Oreo without the top cookie. Although, if you really wanted that top cookie you could just layer one bar on top of another one. If you think you can handle that.
Still not convinced you need to make these ASAP? Consider the fact that these no bake bars are so easy you can make them during commercials while watching the olympics. That being said I'm actually loving the commercials since all of the brands have been so on-point with using Olympic athletes to showcase their products. Because yes, everything in my life over the next 10 days will revolve around the Olympics.
- 5 cup Oreos, divided
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 16 ounces of cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup white chocolate, melted
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Start with the crust. Place 3 cups of Oreos in a food processor. Pulse to become crumbs. Add in the butter and pulse to combine. Transfer to the lined baking pan and use clean hands to press the crust into the bottom of the pan. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- To make the filling, cream together the cream cheese, the melted white chocolate and the powdered sugar. Roughly chop the remaining Oreos and mix in. Place topping on top of crust.
- Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in the microwave and heat in 30 second increments until melted. Drizzle on bars before refrigerating for an hour to set.


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2 thoughts on "How Your Suit Is Holding You Back"
"The Suit and I are one" — The original FeMale, Iron Man.
Sorry, I could not resist.
I'm a bit on the fence with this one. I understand and completely agree that it's horrific to imply the gender gap at work is because women are *dressed wrong*, or not dressed well enough. That is awful.
However, in the same way that it is a problem that men and women on GQ covers look like this http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eSmsUKsdGVQ/USNSRReqdcI/AAAAAAAAFJk/aeZ0mN4vbhY/s1600/vagendagq.jpeg , I believe it is a problem that the expected dress code for men and women in offices is often so different. I've worked in more than one office where men usually wore shirts and suit pants, and women usually wore cardigans over dresses with boots (pastel colours common) – and if I turned up wearing a shirt and suit pants (i.e. identical clothes to the man at the next desk), people looked at me like I was overdressed.
Obviously, I think there should be absolutely no correlation between your clothes and your workplace success. But I worry that the unspoken codes of dress make women look less professional than their male counterparts. If the individual women in question simply prefer floral dresses and pink cardigans then that's obviously fine – I just feel it's really important that women don't dress cutesie in the office because "suits are for men".


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The field of change management has been a wide scale topic of interest in the business industry for close to three decades now. The heightened awareness in more recent years is certainly tied to the fact that technology and product development demands are ever changing and evolving at a pace and scale not seen in decades past. Just look at changing automobile designs, medical technological developments or the rapid evolution of PCs and smartphones. In order to keep up with the rapid pace of business environments that demand better and faster all the time, successful businesses need strong leaders who are trained and talented in the area of change management.
A critical piece of leading and developing the workforce is teaching them to manage change appropriately. As the adage goes, the one constant is change. What is frightening, however, is how often management teams fail to apply a disciplined approach to change. Perhaps this why John Kotter, one of the most renowned leaders in the study of change, points out that 70% of change initiatives fail in organizations (http://newdirectionsconsulting.com/4639/blog/why-70-of-change-initiatives-fail-2/).
So what qualifies as change? I've experienced the large and obvious, such as leading a company through a workforce change across multiple states. Or, rolling out a widescale new IT system in over half the country. But how about the smaller changes? Did you know that humans experience the same emotions with both positive and negative changes? Did you know that every time we get a new team member, and certainly a new leader, we go through a cycle of team chaos and eventually forming and getting normal? Did you know that this change continuum mimicks the symptoms of dealing with death and dying? The reality is that change is part of our human experience, and dealing with it part of our human fiber. Emotions are normal and we cannot keep them from being provoked when change presents itself. As such, critcal to any corporation's success is learning to teach employees to manage through change and to manage through these emotions in a healthy way.
As a matter of regular daily management I tend to apply what I call a blueprint for winning in my activities and projects. Sometimes I map it out on a real paper blueprint. Sometimes I just keep this in my mind. It goes something like this. Whenever setting out to accomplish a significant task with critical outcomes, I enter into an exercise whereby I list out the present state and then list out the future desire state. Then, I map out the various obstacles that are likely to crop up in the journey towards the desired future state. From here very intentional planning needs to take place. And this very intentional planning needs to be realistic. For example, last year I set out to roll out a new LMS system to 270 employees. We knew that a huge portion of the employees had little to no PC experience. So there were a bunch of things that were going to be obstacles. For example, simple fear of technology. Anticipating this we campaigned in advance and sold the many benefits of the new technology. This included learning skills to prepare for electronic medical records (something mandated by PPACA and planned for rollout to all healthcare practitioners). This also included becoming more agile in skills which can be a benefit personally. This also included a more efficient learning process to save time, and a great way to tracks CEUs. And so forth. These selling points were preached in meetings and newsletters and other communication mediums. Sell though we may, of course we had many who were struggling more intensely. We created a culture of acceptance in terms of understanding the struggle. On many, many occasions we set up 1:1 in depth training with employees to help them grasp the new systems and just to talk through how they were feeling. The point is, this simple thing, which involved having associates take a variety of simple online classes each year, was not so simple. Had we not planned the obstacles in the path of desired future LMS state (fear, IT trouble, etc), the expenses poured into a new training facility / PCs / LMS platform / training leader salary / etc, may have been a business waste.
The reality is that leaders need to be thoroughly trained in the knowledge of change management. Without leaders bought in and sensitive to the human impact of change, failure is imminent. The most dangerous force in a change continuum is an impatient leader who judges and does not lead wisely. There are outside seminars and courses that can equip your leaders to proper diagnose change need, sell the change to teams, lead change and sustain change. Only leaders who see themselves as constant change agents engaging in this process can be good leaders. This is because change is a constant, and therefore strong change agents are a constant need for the successful business.


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As I sit down to write this post, the congressional job approval rating is hovering around 12 percent. It has been for the past three months.
With the failure of the "super committee" -- the bipartisan group of senators and House reps tasked with trimming $1.2 trillion from the federal budget -- the legislative branch's inability to address the nation's problems has gone from alarming to negligent.
So it is with genuine bewilderment that I witness attempts in Congress to bind the rest of our government in red tape, in what appear to be efforts to shut down independent agencies and block the enforcement of consumer protections. Two pieces of legislation, the Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R. 3010/S. 1606) and the REINS Act (H.R. 10), set up additional procedural hurdles for federal agencies that protect consumers from corporate abuses -- and that are supposed to prevent disasters like the BP oil spill and the mortgage crisis.
The Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) covers every rule and policy statement proposed by any executive or independent regulatory agency, adding 60 new procedural requirements and tacking on two additional years to rulemaking processes. According to the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, which just released a study of this bill, the RAA would "grind to a halt the rulemaking process at the core of implementing the nation's public health, workplace safety and environmental standards."
Meanwhile, the REINS Act would require congressional approval for all major regulations issued by consumer protection agencies before those regulations could go into effect. If Congress did not approve a given regulation within the mandated 70-day timeframe, that regulation would be tabled until the following session of Congress.
While the RAA and the REINS Act cover all federal regulatory agencies, this assault on consumer protections has also produced more targeted legislation aimed at specific agencies. The FCC Reform Act (H.R. 3309) is the latest example. The bill would severely limit the Commission's authority to review the supposed benefits of mergers and other corporate transactions, and would give industry lobbyists new ways to drown out the voices of everyday citizens.
The authors of these bills contemplate "regulatory reform" and seek to change the way federal agencies operate. This would be a noble goal, but the RAA, the REINS Act and the FCC Reform Act are all more focused on protecting giant corporations from oversight than on protecting consumers.
Free Press agrees that the FCC in particular is in dire need of reform. However, agency reforms should insulate federal agencies from the industries they are charged with overseeing, not make them more susceptible to capture, corruption and capitulation.
With a 12 percent job approval rating, one thing is clear: The American people believe one federal entity whose processes are in desperate need of "reform" is Congress itself.