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Last year while participating in National Novel Writing Month, I decided that my writing project was going to be based in the 1970s as I have a fascination with the glitzy decade of disco and progression. In hindsight I broke an itty-bitty rule of NaNo as while in the middle of plowing through my rough draft I did some slight research, and by "research" I was watching movies that would help get me in the mood for the type of vibe I wanted this work of progress to possess (a sort of supernatural-meets-feminist-detective tale...oh yeah, big literary pimpin'). Laugh, but one of the movies I viewed for study was 1975's Mahogany. I mean, what better way to dive right into the gaudy flamboyance of the 1970s than to view Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Perkins fuss, fight, and be campy delights in this Berry Gordy-directed flick?
Mahogany, to me, is not just an fun, entertaining romantic drama, it's truly the quintessential ode to the carefree Black woman --- and how outside people come along and gleefully stomp all over that ideal.
The film follows the charismatic and career driven Tracy Chambers (Ross), who by day works at a department store, and by night is studying to become a fashion designer. She is passionate about her craft and dreams about making it to the big leagues. Even though several doors close in her face and people --- from her department store supervisor to her fashion design teacher --- tell her she shouldn't be flinging her sequins and sass out there, she doesn't yield. She just purses her lips and plugs ahead, only receiving warm accolades and some sewing assistance from her Aunt Florence (played by the wonderful Beah Richards, who's sadly in the film for like 40 seconds).
When she meets and is romanced by suave grassroots politician, Brian Walker (Williams), Tracy becomes involved with his campaign to help reinvigorate the lower-class Chicago neighborhood they both live in. As they continue mixing romance with politics, Tracy still keeps her eye on the fashion prize, this to the lament of Brian as when Tracy drops a couple of dates and campaign rallies so she can continue taking sewing classes and finding new job opportunities, he becomes irate and makes snide comments about Tracy's career choices, being as discouraging as he can be just so she can help him campaign. Yep, B-I-G dick alert. Yet, Tracy, knowing that Brian is an intelligent Casanova Brown in the flesh (and that these type of brothers are hard to find out in these streets), she complies to his wishes...well, somewhat.
To complicate things further, the insanely complex fashion photographer, Sean McAvoy (Perkins) slinks into her life, and in a total Prince move, he stares Tracy down and re-names her "Mahogany" making her his ultimate muse. Almost overnight, Tracy is swept up into the opulence and opportunity of the Italian fashion world and becomes, with extreme 90 minute movie rapidity, a sought after fashion model, her face soon gracing billboards and big name magazine covers.
During these scenes our eyes are treated to some gorgeous panoramic shots of Rome, with the lush tones of the Academy-Award nominated, "Do You Know Where You're Going To" playing in the background all while Ross --- I mean --- Mahogany vogues it the hell up, wearing an assortment of glitzy and glam styles that are marvelous to view and will make you stand up and scream: YASSS QUEEN!
Problems arise as Tracy tries to balance her two dueling personalities all while deciding between the opportunity to have true love with Brian or continuing following her fashion dreams with McAvoy at her side.
As Mahogany progresses, you get a sense that there are some obvious elbow nudges towards the 2nd wave feminist movement of the 1970s. While you're rooting for Tracy to grab at her dreams, seeing her gain some ounce of respect and prominence in the industry --- men continuously fuck shit up for her.
Many men --- from Brian to McAvoy to a seemingly well-intended Italian count who looks like Liberace ---- try with all of their might to sexually and artistically belittle, smother, and possess Tracy. Whether its in high-end Italy or the rundown streets of Chicago, the patriarchy is for real, and Tracy for most of the movie sips the condescending tea she's being served, knowing that if she just follows one more nag of McAvoy's or does one more fashion spread where she's crusted in glitter, she's closer to being able to design her own fashion line. At times where Tracy is being heckled, I want to jump into the movie and tell her, "Girl, honey no, don't let them do this you!", and throw at her copies of Audre Lorde's, Sister Outsider or something.
Thankfully, whenever Tracy's accosted and exasperated at the sausage thumping, she stands up for herself and gets to bitch slapping and tossing shade. During one bold move, she dons one of her own creations for the audience to bid on at a fashion show, and the result is disastrous as she is almost laughed off the stage thanks to McAvoy (who's salty after bedding Tracy and finding out that his *ahem* drawbridge can't rise when it comes to the womenfolk) starting the dress' bid off on a price that is embarrassingly low, cheapening it to Wal-Mart fare.
Things go even more off the rails when Brian sees Tracy on the cover of a magazine, gets wistful, and flocks to Italy, hoping to reconcile with Tracy, but instead he meets "Mahogany", and without fail they butt heads with their divergent lifestyles, neither one understanding each other as they struggle to be on the same page.
At this point Mahogany attempts to address the overall dilemma of the modern career-seeking woman, posing the questions: should you pursue your career passions (and in the end wind up being a beard to a batshit crazy photographer) or should you stand by the progressive man that you love who doesn't care about your career dreams and who rocks a better press n' curl than you?
Oh the appealing options....
This ultimatum becomes present when Brian tells Tracey the film's anchor tagline, that "success is nothing without someone to love to share it with".
That's a salient, saccharine Hallmark card point, but it doesn't help elevate Mahogany's disappointing ending.
After McAvoy goes off the deep end (literally) wanting to "photograph death" and all, Tracy becomes sponsored by her auction rescuer, the cloying Count Christian Rosetti, and is able to get the fashion line she has been craving for up and running. Yet, instead of being happy about this, Tracy becomes overwhelmed and has transformed into a raging Prada-wearing devil as she's yelling at her employers and demanding outrageous things because well, when women reach success we become raging balls of bitchiness, right? *rolls eyes*
Reeling from the pressure, Tracy wipes her tears and "de-bitches" herself and runs back to Chicago to be with her "old man" Brian, showering him with kisses all while his dreamy eyes say, "I told you that fashion design stuff was some crazy White folk mess..."
While I don't mind ditching fame and fortune for true love, but Brian was always, to me, never truly supportive of Tracey's ambitions. All that "success" talk was largely for Brain and his success, not Tracy's. When the film fades to black, there is this bittersweet hollow feeling that Tracey, after all the struggle and sweat, extinguished her plans to be the next Diane Von Furstenburg so she could be with someone who often was always so chastising to her passions.
Though this film is celebrating 40 years of shelf life (!), the pressure for women to "have it all", to pick between love and career success is still a prevalent conflict today. Of course the idea seems a little archaic, even absurd in present terms when we see women being prominent business figures and attending higher education at abundant rates, but there is still an undertone in the dialogue about working women, that if a woman is pursuing a career, she is only doing so to "fill in the time" until the "right man" comes along. Mahogany addresses this type of patronizing notion.
Brian looked "right" on paper, he was what Tracy wanted for a partner, someone who she could match wits with, but Tracy loved fashion and all that it embodied, it's what made her tick, what gave her an outlet to be her true self, and it was her own personal fulfillment, yet it seemed by film's end she had listened to too many people and just let her ambition buckle, which is quite disheartening. This is why I sort of wish this particular movie would've redefined the improbable notion that women --- especially women of color --- can only be a success if they are in love with another.
To some, it looks like pure wish fulfillment, but women of color barely get to glow in the kind of narrative where they can achieve a successful career and still get the guy in the end. While the movie seemed to go in this direction in the beginning, it roughly steered away from it, and for reasons that are little bit baffling to me, especially since Ross herself is one of the prototypes for being someone who didn't give up her career so easily --- she was a woman who was able to slip into slinky glittery catsuits to entertain the masses and be a proud hands-on mama to five children.
Mahogany was also plagued with production troubles that led this film to be viewed as gimmicky film making. Gordy (who had never directed a film before in his life) replaced British director Tony Richardson mid-production, and you can tell that he doesn't command the megawatt talent he has on-screen to the best of their abilities. He's a music producer after all, not someone with keen sense of the acting craft. Off-camera squabbles between Ross, Perkins, and Gordy, also lent to the frigidness of the direction, and proved the film was indeed blurring the lines between fact and fiction.
For this, Mahogany doesn't posses the elements to make it Oscar-winning material, and though it's hard to believe, I'm glad for that.
Though there was a progressive Black feminist portrait nestled in the film's first half, at its heart, this movie is deliciously campy. It's a camp classic strictly for how many hilarious one-liners are uttered and for all the zany moments that occur and confirm that cocaine was a helluva a drug in the mid-1970s. From Tracy at one point randomly pouring hot candle wax on herself to this laughably bizarre and somewhat homoerotic gun fight between Brian and Sean, and well, pretty much every shady quip that spills out of Anthony Perkins' mouth, this film is what happens when you ride the white horse bareback and leap over a goddamn glittering rainbow. Don't be like me and analyze this movie's obtuse feminism themes, to enjoy this film, just throw your head back, sip a little bubbly, and feel the rush.
The performances are soapy and delightful. Williams is just too suave and swarmy for even his own mustache. Perkins pretty much steals all the scenes he's in, playing McAvoy as if he's Norman Bates loose from the loony bin with camera in hand. Plus how can you not love Dame Diana Ross?! She is the only one attempting to take the movie seriously, but I always cackle at one part where she goes off the rails at Williams, calling him flat-out stupid, and she's got candle wax sticking to her, and her hair is disheveled. She just looks so snatched in that scene that its hard to hold back laughs as she lays into Williams with the infamous "I am Mahogany! I'm a winner, baby!" monologue.
Ross is an OD (Original Diva), a former Supreme, who gave us classic hits like "Love Hangover" and "Upside Down", and who birthed the great Tracee Ellis-Ross --- you have to bow down to her bossness in whatever avenue she so ventured in. If you ignore the critical sneers and scratch away the sequins, viewing this film from a 1970s perspective, you'll begin to understand how Mahogany really just amplified how much of an fashion icon Ross became at this time.
Though 1972's Lady Sings The Blues, was Ross' official film debut, Mahogany was a true coming out celebration for Ross to showcase her fashion forward style. Ross designed the array of looks seen throughout the film, from the glitzy kabuki gear to the amazing rainbow gown, all of it had Ross' signature stamp on it. A fashionable announcement it was as Ross' horn toot fell in line with the rest of the progressive symphony of Black models such as Beverly Johnson, Iman, Pat Cleveland, Grace Jones, Charlene Dash, Naomi Sims, and others, rising in the ranks of the fashion industry, bringing awareness that Black femininity and style was worth celebrating and investing in.
Also Mahogany's success with the viewing public further proved that Black was beautiful at the box-office. Upon its release, the film grossed over $7 million --- an eye-brow raise amount at the time for a movie that circled around a Black love story --- and movie theaters across the nation had to contest with the demand for tickets as showings began to sell out. It's telling how in-demand a movie like Mahogany was, especially for Black Americans, who often have to fight tooth and nail to get their stories put on screen. For once, Mahogany wasn't a movie depicting the historical horrors of slavery, nor was it attempting to show Black people as forgettable background characters or overdrawn Blaxploitation caricatures, this film dared to bring Black glamour to the mainstream.
Even with its shaky faux pas towards gender equality and sticky sweet camp quality, I will forever twirl around in a rainbow gown for Mahogany. I love how unashamed of its exaggerated 1970s gaudiness it is and how it's the type of movie that could never get made today.
Aside from their character motivations, Ross and Williams were a special duo back in the day, as Mahogany was made specifically because their pairing in Lady Sings The Blues was so successful. To ooze a balanced sex appeal and have great chemistry like they do is a rarity, considering how nymphomaniac or asexual a lot of Black characters in films and television shows are drawn as, and like mentioned, this movie avoids racism completely, which is a nice break. For that I can't help but find guilt in its pleasure.
Still, the main reason this could never get made is that seeing a confident and independent woman of color having goals to be a fashion designing deity (and wooing two White men in the process) is just unfathomable to the 21st Century cinema narrative. I mean, heads rolled and exploded when Scandal premiered, while tongues wagged when Viola Davis dared to show off her classic beauty as Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder. 40 years later we're getting better, diverse roles are opening up, but we still have a long way to go before Black women feel fully welcomed into the 'All-American Girl' narrative.
Mahogany is truly a relic of its era. It's a travelogue of the 1970s, an inspiring vision for the extravagant ball culture, a celebratory timepiece for the sisterhood, a camp classic. It illuminates a time where Black people really pushed, created, and diverted away from the (White) mainstream to show themselves in lights that they saw fit. I'm even stunned at how this movie got made back then (Gordy and his greasy gall, of course), but that's what I love about 1970s cinema, people weren't so bunged up about trying to fit into a particular niche, weren't clutching pearls over showing nudity, weren't blushing over saying chortle-worthy dialogue. They just let the cameras roll and let magic and the mayhem happen.
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The side was born in the autumn of 2010 out of a love of the Morris and the lack of a local side that would accept a woman dancer! If you think you might like to join them as a dancer or musician, they would love to hear from you.
Wyld Morris meet on Wednesday evenings at Monkton Wyld Court, Charmouth at 7.30pm. They are learning as we go so you don't need any experience - just an enthusiasm to keep alive our traditional music and dance.
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...Friday the Thirteenth.
Here, it is considered a day of bad AND good luck... So, there is usually an extra lottery drawing on those days when we have a "von' druh dee trehz."
Note where it says touchez du bois. That means "touch wood," which is what they say here instead of "knock on wood." It's supposed to bring good luck...
I've found over 300 four-leaf clovers in my life and haven't won the lottery, so go figure whether that one works or not.... LOL!


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What is Yoga, and why practice it?
What is yoga and why do we practice it? In terms of the living yoga tradition this is important to have some idea of. Should you be only interested in moving the body through yoga postures, then pleae do so. To practice yoga as it was intended and for the reasons it came about is much more than just body moves. Any yoga you practice that is physical (ashtanga, satyananda or Iyenger yoga) is a form of Hatha yoga, or simply put yoga on a physical level. This hatha yoga, the form of yoga you are all used too, evolved to prepare the individual for Raja yoga.
Raja yoga is essentially the science, understanding and mastery of the mind. Self realisation, and mental well being. The physical benefits and welbeing brought about through Hatha yoga and cleansing practices help to eliminate the distractions to the mind. A fit healthy body won't distract the mind. A constantly aching body or any other dis-ease in the body will distract from the real purpose, mastery and understanding of the mind. How can you focus on the subtle aspects of the mind and beyond if your back is in pain? How can you live day to day in a state of yoga and serenity when your constantly feeling pain and distraction in the body?
The practice of yoga ; the postures, breathing and relaxation should start to develop the path of Raja yoga, or more it should help reveal to the practitioner what yoga is about. The way you approach postures and the yoga practice should cultivate and develop in time, an opening to the subtle aspects of yoga. No one can truly give you an experiential understanding of what yoga is, you have to practice to uncover the essence of yoga. No need to be able to acheive the best postures ever, thats not the point.
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Our course will explore common-law and statutory legal method in the context of issues of contract formation and interpretation, defenses to enforcement, and remedies. The focus will be on common-law case law , supplemented by statutory analysis of selected provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, all with regular exercises for fact-based problem solving.
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Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) hopes to help get kids and teens outside and active this summer.
The statewide volunteer organization, dedicated to motivating and enabling people to care for Colorado's natural resources, offers volunteer programs for youths under age 18.
"Not that long ago, children spent much time outdoors — exploring creeks, digging in the dirt, hunting for bugs. Now it can require a special effort to get kids into the open air," VOC's executive director, Ann Baker Easley, said in a press release.
"Being outside and active is paramount to helping kids stay healthy," she said. "Volunteering as a family with VOC makes it easy and fun to experience nature together through light environmental stewardship work and recreational activities that develop self-esteem, a healthy lifestyle, and team-building skills.
No experience, skills or training are needed to volunteer.
VOC will offer three family overnight camping opportunities this summer, where kids can enjoy nature programs and conservation activities while adults will take part in stewardship work. The two groups reunite at dinnertime to share stories around a campfire.
The organization also offers half- or full-day volunteer projects in which families can do trail work, plant trees or garden beds or pull invasive weeds.
"It's our hope that our projects and programs serve as a helpful tool for parents to introduce their children to a fun experience in the outdoors — and in the process instill a sense of wonder and appreciation of nature so they become lifelong stewards of the environment," Baker Easley said.
To learn more about the volunteer opportunities or to sign up for projects, visit voc.org/volunteer or call 303-715-1010.


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Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially canceled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010. Production wrapped in December 2009, with a total of 27 episodes produced including the original pilot.
The show revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments (known as "Dollhouses") across the globe which program individuals referred to as Actives (or Dolls) with temporary personalities and skills. Wealthy clients hire Actives from Dollhouses at great expense for various purposes. The series primarily follows the Active known as Echo, played by Eliza Dushku, on her journey towards self-awareness. Dushku also served as series producer.
The story follows Echo (Eliza Dushku), a "doll" or "Active" for the Los Angeles "Dollhouse", one of several fictional facilities, called "Houses", run by a company which hires out human beings to wealthy clients. These "engagements" range from romantic interludes to high-risk criminal enterprises. Each Active has their original memories wiped and exists in a childlike blank state until programmed via the insertion of new memories and personalities for each mission. Actives such as Echo are ostensibly volunteers who have surrendered their minds and bodies to the organization for five-year stints, during which their original personalities are saved on hard drives, in exchange for vast amounts of money and a solution to any other problematic circumstances in their lives. Echo is unique however in that she remembers small amounts even after personality "wipes", and gradually develops an increasingly cognizant self-awareness and personality. This concept allows the series to examine the notions of identity and personhood.
Within The House, opinions on such matters are divided. Dollhouse director Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams) sees her role as merely giving people what they need; programmer Topher Brink (Fran Kranz) is initially entirely scientific and amoral, apart from brief flashes of moral quandary; while Echo's mentor in The House or "handler", Boyd Langton (Harry Lennix), an ex-cop with an unknown past, is generally concerned with the ethical and theological implications of the Dollhouse's technology, seeing his inside role as an opportunity to limit any collateral damage. Further complicating matters are other dolls Victor (Enver Gjokaj) and Sierra (Dichen Lachman), who despite being continually re-wiped, begin to fall in love.
Meanwhile, FBI agent Paul Ballard (Tahmoh Penikett) learns of Echo's original personality, Caroline Farrell. Agent Ballard becomes obsessed over rumors of the Dollhouse and risks his career trying to prove its existence. As Echo continues to evolve and learns to work beyond the limits of each temporary personality imprint or default "tabula rasa" programming, she runs the risk of being sent to "the Attic", a permanent resting place for "broken" dolls and problematic Dollhouse employees. She is an object of fascination for the escaped doll Alpha (Alan Tudyk) – a genius and serial killer who has been driven mad by being implanted with the memories of dozens of people — who returns at the end of the first season to confront her.
"Epitaph One", the final episode of season one, which was not aired as part of the show's original run on US television, depicts a post-apocalyptic future where the mind-wiping technology of the Dollhouse has spread and brought about the end of civilization. Many of the series' main characters' futures are shown. As the second season begins, the show's focus shifts to depict the dangers of abusing the mind-wiping technology. Each character in the L.A. Dollhouse is forced to confront their own moral complicity in an increasingly downward spiral from moral grey areas to the realization that what the Dollhouse is doing is ultimately immoral and wrong. The Dollhouse's corporate sponsor is a medical research entity known as the Rossum Corporation, whose ultimate goal is revealed to be gaining control over national governments and later even innocent people with no association with the Dollhouse. Attempting to stop the further spread of the mind-wiping technology, the L.A. Dollhouse vows to take down Rossum and its mysterious founder whom only Echo's original personality, Caroline, has met.
The final episode of the series is set in the year 2020, leading on from "Epitaph One". Despite its best efforts, the L.A. Dollhouse has been unsuccessful in stopping the mind-wiping technology from spreading out of control. Rossum executives use multiple bodies to live in decadence while the peoples of the world are enslaved. A now deranged Topher, architect of much of the technology, devises a way of ending its spread, but at great sacrifice to himself and others. The series concludes with the world's personalities restored, while the Earth still lies in ruins, and those with Active architecture sheltering inside the Dollhouse for one year to keep the memories they have since their original personalities were restored some years ago.
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A conjecture of Langlands-Rapoport predicts the structure of the mod p points on a Shimura variety. The conjecture forms part of Langlands' program to understand the zeta function of a Shimura variety in terms of automorphic L-functions.
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text: After a ruthless cabal seizes power in Washington, Carlton Berg, a bureaucrat for the State Department, runs off with the new regime's top secret Enemies List. Unfortunately for Carlton, the chase has come to an end in a police station in the Ozark town of Lodus. With a pair of DHS agents on the way, Carlton's last chance is in the people around him: an unsympathetic police chief, an ambivalent administrative assistant, and fellow prisoner Tanya Shepke, motor-mouthed recidivist and alcohol enthusiast, who appears to have an attention-deficit disorder and thinks Skynyrd should be on the new money. Let the revolution begin.


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One person killed in hit-and-run in Miami, suspect arrested
Witness follows suspect, calls police with vehicle's tag number
MIAMI, Fla. – A pedestrian was killed Thursday night in a hit-and-run in Miami.
The incident happened in the southbound lane of Northwest 27th Avenue near 16th Street.
According to police, a witness followed the car that struck the man, and called police with the vehicle's tag number.
Officers located the car about two miles away at Southwest 34th Avenue and 5th Street., and arrested the man who was driving it.
He was identified as 27-year-old Alvaro Urquia.
A female passenger, Sofia DeJesus, was also taken in for questioning.
DeJesus told investigators that she asked DeJesus to drive because her arm was hurting. She said that after the crash, she got nervous and told Urquia to leave the scene, knowing he did not have a valid license.
Urquia was charged with leaving the scene of a crash with death, and driving without a license.
DeJesus was released.
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Hi. I just want to ask the differences of Paint Shop Pro, Painter, DRAW , Photo Paint, and Graphics Suite.
Each one is used for what?
Does the Graphics Suite contains all these?
And could you give me a comparison maybe like, which one is like GIMP? or which one is like MS Paint, Photoshop, Illustrator.
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The Ashvamedha is a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty: a horse accompanied by the king's warriors would be released to wander for a period of one year.
Ashvameda is a forbidden rite for Kaliyuga, the current age.


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PETALING JAYA: Politicians from both sides of the divide took to Twitter immediately after the game, congratulating the Malaysian team on a battle well fought.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he was proud of the Malaysian team, adding that Malaysia was still united whether in victory or defeat.
"We will try again and congratulations to Japan," he said.
Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted "We lost. But I am proud of the Malaysian team. They fought all the way.
"Fought for the Jalur Gemilang on their shirts. For us," he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin urged the team not to give up hope.
"Although we did not win, Malaysians are still proud of the fighting spirit shown by the Malaysian team tonight.
MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai congratulated the Japanese team and said he was proud of the Malaysian team.
"You all fought hard!" he said.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein mentioned Malaysian team member Liew Daren in his tweet.
"Daren, u made us all proud but it was just not enough tonight.
"For a brief moment we were one for all and all for one. If only..." he said.
Even former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tweeted that Malaysia had not failed, but merely has not managed to win the Thomas Cup for the second time.
Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan tweeted "It was a respectable defeat.
"No matter what, our team is the best.
"Tonight was an exceptional night. Thank you Malaysia," he said.
DAP MP Ong Kian Ming said "Well done to our Thomas Cup team for putting up an unbelievable fight!" while Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli tweeted "Good game, good sportsmanship.
"Congratulation to Malaysian team from the players to the coaches and officers".
Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang, in his tweet, asked Khairy to console the team over the defeat.
"Khairy, please help console our guys, in particular Liew Daren. They did their best in the Finals. Heart breaking," he said.
Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan tweeted: "Heroic performance Malaysia – Proud to be a Malaysian".
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Nabil Farabi Shaker @NabilFarabi 4m
And I quote "To all our players who brought Malaysia to the finals - thank you! You will always be our heroes!"
Crystal @HuiChien_BTR
Remember during the Olympics the narrator said: Silver Medal Gold Heart? Yup that's the Malaysian team for me.
Alvin Quek @alvinquek105
Well done by both teams. They fought hard, dug deep and gave all they could.
ShaSha @sha_wahidah
But I still believe in you Malaysia. We will try again next time. Build up the next Lee Chong Wei and we will get the trophy back!
saraswathi @pathfnder
This got to be one of the best moments in my life. We lost, but the Malaysian team played very well.
Floofee84 @LuffyDuffees
Thanks LiewDarren. Malaysia won 2nd place. We can see your enthusiasm while playing earlier on.
I think i just saw the future Lin Dan & Lee Chong Wei in Ueda & Daren Liew.
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No need to blame yourself, you all tried your best and that is enough for us. We proud of you.
Payjal @Faizalsalim
To Daren Liew please let this defeat light a fire under you, that you go on and fulfill your true potential as a shuttler
Pragathieswar Raj @pragsteraj
The Malaysian team have proven their victory today by winning the hearts of millions.Congrats to Japan.
doinaanduas @DoinaHageda
Great job team Malaysia. Darren Liew We know you have tried your best.We are proud of you and all the Malaysia's Team
Beautiful Mind @farraolivia
Salute to team Malaysia. Better luck next time. But remember,that this is not about luck all the time.
K. Vinodaran @Vinodaran95
To all Malaysian players and supporters, congratulations. You made the world sit down and watch you go.
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Friday, 4 October 2019
The feast commemorates the life of St Francis, who was born in the 12th century and is the Catholic Church's patron saint of animals and the environment. It is a popular day for pets to be "blessed". The current Pope Francis is supposed to be named after the popular saint.
In the classroom: Learn more about the life of the Italian saint and discover why he is associated with animals.
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If for some reason you lost the original copy of your birth certificate, the best thing that you should do is go to the place where you were born and direct your records retrieval request to the office of civil registrar. The entire process of dealing with this request at the office is time consuming because of the formalities that you have to go through. The paper requirements are usually complied to begin the search birth records task.
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TOPIC: Caitlin was sexually assaulted in a UVA fraternity house as a first-year student in the fall of 2005. She shares her heart-wrenching story and her experience seeking justice. She speaks quite candidly about what changes need to happen at the University in the wake of the Rolling Stone article.
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As of March 6th, many of the roads and trails in DuPont State Forest near Hendersonville will be closed and will not reopen to the public until weather conditions improve and debris downed during recent ice storms can be removed.
Wet and cold weather this winter has damaged trails and delayed cleanup of debris on roads and trails in the 10,400-acre state forest in the Little River valley between Hendersonville and Brevard.
David Brown, DuPont State Forest supervisor, has ordered that some of the 80 miles of roads and trails be closed until conditions improve. All forest visitors are asked to abide by the posted trail closures. The roads and trails in DuPont State Forest, which is managed by the N.C. Division of Forest Resources, are shared by hikers, mountain bikers and equestrian users.
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Freedom Boat Club, the nation's largest members-only boating club with three locations in Rhode Island, kicked-off the 2015 boating season with a christening ceremony at its Warwick location recently. The newest addition to Freedom Boat's fleet, a 23-foot Tidewater Center Console, was christened and its name, "Tide Runner," was unveiled by the Ruff Family of East Greenwich. The company currently has over 80 locations nationwide with three in Rhode Island: Warwick, Newport and Portsmouth. The club offers the alternative to boat ownership; there is no cleaning, no maintenance, no storage and no insurance involved. Members have access to boats at any of their locations; the Rhode Island locations offer 18 boats in total, including motorboats and sailboats.
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Pictured from left are Tom Krpata, member (Holliston, Mass. resident); Bill Leger, Freedom Boat Club; and Dick Cromwell, franchisee, Freedom Boat Club, aboard the newly christened "Tide Runner." In the foreground: East Greenwich residents Jeremy, Shannon, Stella, Scarlett and Joe Ruff. (Submitted photo)


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Cancer is a confusing topic in general. It may or may not be a death sentence. It may or may not be able to be prevented. It may or may not come back. But one thing that is certain with cancer: You do not know enough about the subject. Read these tips and educate yourself about cancer.
Understand the symptoms of some types of cancer, like colon cancer, if you hope to catch it. Things like unexplained weight loss, blood in the stool, increasingly thin stools and cramping are all signs of colon cancer. Be sure to get checked out if you display these types of symptoms.
Try to stay away from too much radiation exposure if you want to prevent yourself from getting cancer. Radiation can change normally healthy cells into dangerous ones that can cause cancer. However, it is also important to remember that having an X-Ray every now and then will not cause cancer.
Protect your eyes from the sun! Be sure that the sunglasses that you buy are UV resistant. If you just buy any pair and do not check, the sun may not seem as bright but it is still doing the damage to the skin around your eyes and your eyes themselves.
Try to avoid alternative and holistic remedies alone to fight cancer if you have it. Steve Jobs is a great example of holistic remedies failing. Medical professionals insist that modern medicine and surgery would have saved his life. It can save your life too, if you have cancer. Don't replace modern medicine with voodoo.
If you have been diagnosed with cancer, it is essential that you do not give up on life. A great deal of research shows that people who continue living their life normally have a greater chance of beating the disease. Even if it doesn't, it will allow you to enjoy your last years better.
It is common to lose your appetite during chemotherapy, consult with a dietician and they can help you find foods that are easy to digest and are appealing. Some examples include soups, yogurt and oatmeal. It might also help to eat small, frequent meals. Also, take a short walk before you eat as it may help to improve your appetite.
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The Weekly World News Alien has endorsed the winning Presidential candidate since 1912 when Woodrow Wilson received the endorsement of Alien just two days before the election. Here again Alien has declared his "undying support" for Donald J. Trump and believes Mr. Trump will win in a landslide!
Trump met with several aliens over the weekend, particularly when he was visiting Area 51 on Friday. Here is Mr. Trump in conversation with another alien leader.
Hillary Clinton lobbied very hard for the alien vote, particularly since she adopted an alien baby in the 1990s. This incident was well document and reported by WWN.
But Alien, who is from Planet Zeeba, the most friendly planet in our galaxy, says that he wanted to endorse Hillary Clinton but felt that she was not fit for office. Apparently, everybody on Planet Zeeba has read Hillary Clinton's 33,000 missing emails and… "they make us sick. She compromised the safety of her country and of earth."
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binder, a world leading manufacturer of industrial circular connectors has appointed Anglia Components as distributor for UK and Ireland, as part of a strategy to grow its customer reach. binder is well known for its high performance connector solutions designed for applications across a variety of industry sectors including automation, measurement and control, medical, geophysical, food and beverage and renewable energy.
binder UK Managing Director, David Phillips, said, "We are constantly looking at ways to expand and gain access to markets, applications and customers that we don't currently reach. We've explored a relationship with Anglia very thoroughly, and they have fully demonstrated their ability to help us grow, particularly with UK based CEMS. Anglia is unique in the UK market both in terms of its size, and the professionalism with which they go to market. Like us, they are a privately owned company which gives us a common culture. We are excited about our new relationship with them."
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As much as Kevin Wilson's first spring practice was about establishing the basics of his philosophies, terminology and schemes, it was just as much about establishing the high tempo he used in his offense at Oklahoma and that he hopes to use at Indiana.
The goal, Wilson said, is to get as much out of the 20 hours the players per week the players are allowed to be on the field as possible.
"We're trying to just get more snaps," Wilson said. "We've got a couple of huddles going. Everyone's getting in there. You learn more. Not just standing around osmosis but physically doing it, mentally doing it instead of watching. It's tough in practice, you need to be fair to the defense. We know where the ball is going to be spotted because we script it. It's all written out, so it's actually a little faster than a game. Sometimes that's not fair. You gotta make it fair for the defense. But at the same time, you got this thing called the 20-hour rule. What that means for the players is we're gonna do as much as we can in a little time. That's the worst rule they made for players because they get no rest now. We just practice. There's more water breaks than the old days."
One way in particular that the IU staff sped up the pace was by holding dueling scrimmages. Under the Bill Lynch regime, the Hoosiers' would often scrimmage the first team offense against the first team defense while the second-team watched, then flipped the situation. Sometimes the ones played the twos and so forth, but when it came to scrimmaging, one group was always watching the other.
Tuesday's practice was the opposite.
"It was real fast-paced," senior linebacker Jeff Thomas said. "A lot of plays, less standing around. There were two groups going, that was good, because a lot of people got in a lot of work. … It was pretty intense out there. I think we're more excited, more anxious to get out there right now."
Tuesday was obviously the first chance for Wilson to begin installing his playbook, but he said Tuesday was just about getting in the basics. What else the Hoosiers use will be based on personnel.
"When you say system, our system is playing to what they can do," Wilson said. "So right now, we're just figuring out what they can do. But I would say if there's a true notebook, there's probably one-eighth of it in right now. You don't go to Chapter 2 until you get through Chapter 1. We might come back Thursday and just do the same kind of practice. It will take time. We might not have it all in until the end of next year. But hopefully we'll have enough in to max out what these kids can do."
The first day of spring practice also brought the return of the Dusty Kiel-Edward Wright-Baker quarterback battle with the stakes higher than ever but the slate mostly clean. Quarterbacks coach/co-offensive coordinator said it is very open and that his days in Michigan show that there doesn't have to be an established starter by the end of spring or even early in the preseason.
"I don't think you do," Smith said. "I really don't. We never named a guy. We named Denard Robinson the day before the game. You know what I mean? To me, I mean, is it nice? Yeah. Does it take some pressure off the kid? Sometimes. Sometimes it keeps them on edge too. I want our guys hungry. I want them battling. I don't want them backing off and saying, 'OK, that guy's going first. I'm going second.' I don't want that. I want you competing every day and every snap, because everything's getting evaluated."
Sophomore tailback Darius Willis participated in some drills, but was still wearing a walking boot, so he wasn't available for most drills. Of course, Willis's injuries aren't the only issues he faces. He's under a protective order issued by a Monroe County Circuit judge because of an alleged domestic assault that occurred in December. Wilson said that before changing Willis's status, he would wait to see how the case continues to progress. Willis has not been charged with a crime, however. Unless the complainant decides to press charges — that statute of limitations on domestic assault is two years — there will be no trial or further legal proceedings.
"Until anything has been charged," Wilson said. "Technically, I don't know what's going through the court deal, so or now, we're just trying to see what the legal folks do. Then we'll wait and see if we have any school or athletic department or football sanctions. So we're just waiting to make sure we got all the facts and legally, everybody's story, we'll see how it plays out."
AUDIO: Kevin Wilson talks about his first practice


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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Wondering about hair.
What I am trying to say, an individual or animal has a set length that the hair will grow. Now tell me, just how many of you have had the hair on your arms grow a foot or two long? You say it doesn't grow any? Well then why when it is shaved off does it grows back to the same length? I guess each hair folicle has a preset length that it will allow its hair to grow. I can understand that, but what I don't understand is how does it know that an inch is cut off the end of it? You can cut a dog's hair and it will grow back to where it was. Will someone please explain it to me. Now, go comb your locks (if you have any) and have a very great day this first day of Spring, you hear?
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Dang, Dizzy! Now you got me to thinking about this all day! You do that a lot!ReplyDelete
I have to admit, that's a good question for sure!
And to think all I was worried about was how much is falling out. Now I've got to ponder why it stops at the length it stops at.ReplyDelete
HJ, coming from you, someone who writes the most informative blog on the net, that is a real complement. I surely do thank you.ReplyDelete
6bears, I have heard that new hair growth pushes out the old hair. My problem is that there may be no more new growth left to fill the void. . .
In 15 years, I have had 3 pony tails. Two hang in "da house"....both the same length, but not the same age. The one on my head is the same length as the other two, but a few years older. I ask the same question...."how comes it don't get no longer". The same thought goes for my beard.ReplyDelete
Ask God! and if you don't believe ask the scientist, and if you don't believe, I don't have the answer.ReplyDelete
Great question though.
BB, the hair on my head reaches down to the end of my beard. I have not cut either for the same length of time, but the hair on my head must have grown faster than my beard for it to reach to the end of my beard.ReplyDelete
Rum-Punch Drunk, He knows the length and the number, I believe.
I never thought of it before but now you have me wondering.ReplyDelete
Yeah, different strokes for different folks.ReplyDelete
Well, I did wonder about just that when I was young... had long hair and it would grow only half way down my back. But will admit that now I wonder where I left my comb or brush and just how many gray hairs I'll get before I consider adding color....ReplyDelete
Gypsy, let me know what you come up with.ReplyDelete
Trouble, the difference in people is what makes them special.
The Odd Essay, I don't have to color mine, it is snow white and has been like that for quite awhile.
Dizzzy the barber charges me a finders fee to cut my hair all I have is (MEMORIES)ReplyDelete
Justastick, you must have pushed too many hairs out, or did you get frustrated and pull it all out?ReplyDelete
My hair goes really really fast, even though I am older. I don't know why. Some women ask me why my grows so much, I don't know. Maybe heredity? It is not slowed down at all since I am older either. If you find out the answer let us all know ok?
- Baby SisMarch 21, 2013 at 8:10 AM
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I have been wondering - when was the bow first tied or who did it? In the Bible you read of tying sandals or see slip knots in old westerns on horse rails, but what about the bow? It's been around a good long time, and no two people seem to tie it in exactly the same way, but they all look pretty much the same. But when and where did it come to be?
I'm sure between you and Big Brother Hermit, y'all can figure out this one for me..
Tammy Fletcher, It is good to have fast growing hair, then if you get a bad cut it will grow out quicker. My guess is that you inherited that trait, from some family member in the distant or near past.ReplyDelete
Baby Sis, I would say that Hermit Jim would be the one to answer it. I don't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with him. He is one of my idols. In my blogging would he is a pop star!!
When you mentioned that if you were to cut the hair on your arm, how does the root know to start growing, and why does it stop at the same stage. I don't like to think too much, my head is already full or worries.ReplyDelete
Lately I've been wondering WHY my face is suddenly branching out with the occasional one inch long hair, here and there.
Be grateful DD that we don't have hair follicles in the roof of our mouths. gag
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text: scattered 1 Report post Posted August 30, 2017 A few weeks ago I received a message from a DNA match through Ancestry.com. I recognized the surname, as it is the same as my second-great-grandmother's on my paternal grandmother's side. What started as the standard, Ancestry chit chat about sharing trees and trying to find out how we are ancestrally connected has turned into a great exchange of emails sharing personal details, exploring SO MANY shared interests, and now I'm beginning to develop feelings for him that I can only say I've felt when I was first with my now ex-husband. I eagerly await his emails, which, for the better part of the month, have come every day. Sometimes multiple emails a day. He lives in England, while I am in the States. Our shared ancestry comes from a small place in Ireland (I am not far removed from Ireland at all. My father grew up there.). We are only predicted to be 4th-6th cousins, which I know is practically a stranger as far as genetics is concerned. We have not figured out who our common ancestor is. As far back as we would have to go, we may never find it due to lack of records that far back in Ireland. It wasn't but a few days after exchanging proper emails off the Ancestry site that he admitted how odd it was to be able to communicate so freely with me, as he hadn't even been able to do that with previous partners (he was briefly married when he was young, and he was in a 16-year relationship until about three years ago. He says he hasn't been in a relationship since.). By the time that admission came, I had all ready started to think I might be losing my mind and wondering if I was really starting to feel the way I was feeling. As we've been sharing more and more conversation, I think I might actually be starting to fall in love with this man. And, considering the tone and some of the things he's said in his recent emails, I am starting to wonder if he might be starting to feel similarly. We both are interested in a particular weather event, and having seen a good example of it not too long ago, he mentioned wanting to see an example some day. I have a good indication of where I will be able to see one in a few years, so I casually told him to come to the States, and we could go see it together, and his response struck me like a ton of bricks. I couldn't stop laughing and smiling at the thought. It basically said he wasn't about to wait that many years to see me or the weather event. It was written about as bold as you could possibly be. From that point on, I found myself grinning from ear to ear just seeing his name come through my email. Something I haven't experienced since I was first dating the now ex-husband. We had gotten around to sharing photos, one of many shared interests, and eventually he sent a photo of himself and asked me to send a photo of myself. We each had an idea of each other's appearances, because our photos are on our Ancestry profiles, and my email has my photo on it. It was his response to my first photos that led me to consider that he might be starting to have similar feelings growing. He mentioned my eyes and told me I could send more photos of myself if I wanted. Tonight, looking through the many emails, knowing I won't receive another one until near lunch time, I actually started feeling heart palpitations. I don't know if it's because of what I'm feeling for him, or if it's anxiety at the sliver of possibility that "we" might be having feelings for each other even though we are SOMEHOW related, but it was just odd. A dear friend who is psychic told me that he and I must have been together in a previous life. I have no idea how to handle my own feelings. He has indicated that he is going to plan a trip out here one of these days. He, unlike me, apparently has the ability to travel and said he can come anytime he wants. Three years, a year, six months, next month.... Granted, we have never met or even spoken on the phone, but there is a connection stronger than anything I've had in along time. At first, I considered that I finally had a brother I could talk with. My brothers and I aren't close. But wow, how things have progressed. I feel like I can't talk about him to people I know from here on out, because I have this thought in my head that if he comes here to meet me, what if it actually does turn into something more than just a wild idea in my head? I don't know if I could personally handle any negative comments about any kind of stigmatic beliefs from people I know. And, there's the certain possibility that this is all just in my head, because I haven't had a connection with anyone since my divorce, and I am probably reading way too much into everything. If nothing else, I have a beautiful, growing relationship with a long-distant (in terms of distance and ancestry) cousin which I don't want to end for any reason. How do you handle your growing feelings when you don't know if they are reciprocated? How have you handled growing feelings when you do know they are reciprocated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Corporal: Contemporary Women Artists from Latin America
Schmidt Center Gallery
October 25, 2003 - January 24, 2004
Artists in the Exhibition: Giannina Coppiano Dwin, Guest Curator. Margarita Cabrera, Janneth Mendez, Sandra Cinto, Liliana Porter, Ana Patricia Palacios, Sandra Bermudez, Eugenia Vargas, Mocia Van Asperen, Silvia Gruner, Delcy Morelos, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Larissa Maragnoni, Sandra Ramos.
"CORPORAL" presented a group of artists who employ the body, either human or animal, as a departing point in their work. Through traditional representation and conceptual presentations of human and animal metaphors, the artists explore life, death, art and social/political issues. Reflecting geographic, cultural and aesthetic diversity, their views are expressed in ways that move from the erotic to the ascetic, from the poetic to the humorous. The works in "CORPORAL" represented a wide range of artistic practice in contemporary art. The exhibition included several mixed media works as well as painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation.
Images (clockwise from top left): Two installation view of the Schmidt Center Gallery; Elaina Poniatowska, greets audience members at lecture for the opening of CORPORAL. Her lecture was presented in collaboration with FAU's Latin American Studies Program.; installation view of the Schmidt Center Gallery.


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PITTSBURGH � Margie Gilfillan fondly recalls her electric hybrid car.�I absolutely loved it,� said the associate professor at Point Park University. �The mileage was terrific. Driving it increased my sensitivity...
PITTSBURGH � Margie Gilfillan fondly recalls her electric hybrid car.
�I absolutely loved it,� said the associate professor at Point Park University. �The mileage was terrific. Driving it increased my sensitivity to my driving method and how that affects the mileage.�
But she gave up the Toyota Prius when the lease lapsed because the vehicle only had front-wheel drive � a challenge when presented with Pittsburgh�s winters and terrain.
�I live on a hill. I needed the four-wheel drive. Pittsburgh is terrible with the amount of hills it has,� Gilfillan said. �Otherwise, I would have kept it.�
Vehicles that run on fuels like electricity, natural gas, ethanol, biodiesel and propane have been growing in popularity, but their market share is still small compared to the standbys of gasoline and diesel. And there are still kinks to work out before alternative-fuel vehicles can be adopted more widely � access to fuel, needed infrastructure and greater awareness of the options.
When alternative fuels are used, it�s more common to find them in fleet vehicles, said Jeremy Michalek, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and director of CMU�s vehicle electrification group.
�It�s an important but very small segment,� Michalek said. �It�s unlikely that any alternative fuel could completely replace petroleum in the near future.�
The more likely scenario: a mix of several alternative fuels while petroleum products continue to fuel vehicles, he said.
Overall, the market is growing.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the number of alternative-fuel vehicles, or AFVs, in use nationally �has been increasing steadily during the past 15 years, largely due to federal policies that encourage and incentivize the manufacture, sale and use of vehicles that use non-petroleum fuels.�
There were more than 938,600 alternative fuel vehicles on U.S. roads in 2010, up from 592,100 in 2005, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2010, the lion�s share were fueled with E85 ethanol (65 percent), followed by propane (15 percent), compressed natural gas (12 percent) and electric (6 percent).
Governments and private-sector fleets are the primary market for alternative fuels, according to the Energy Department. They consume the largest amount of fuel and generally can travel a set distance and return to home base to refuel � a hub-and-spoke model.
Chuck Wichrowski, owner of Baum Blvd. Automotive in Pittsburgh, saw an opportunity in that growth.
His shop specializes in repairs and maintenance on alternative fuel vehicles, as well as conventional vehicles. It also has a free public charging station for electric vehicles and sells biomass fuel � in this case, a blend of chicken fat and soybean oil for about $5.38 per gallon.
�We have a customer base of university and medical professionals. They were buying cars like the Prius to a greater degree than the rest of the population,� said Wichrowski.
Wichrowski also is a board member for Pittsburgh Clean Cities, an initiative launched by the Department of Energy, whose goal is to decrease dependence on petroleum.
�All of these are niche markets,� he said. �Alternative fuels won�t work for everyone, but for those they do work for, it�s been very good. It�s less likely that the average driver will use them, but if you have a taxi service or a garbage truck fleet, one alternative may work.�
Ultimately, the decision will be about how it hits the bottom line.
�You can say, �We should limit our dependence on foreign oil and reduce our carbon footprint,� but when you tell someone they can save $1 per gallon, then they�re interested,� Wichrowski said.
Tiffany Groode, director of automotive scenarios for Colorado-based consulting and research firm IHS Cera, sees a greater diversity of fuel options in the future.
�There are a bunch of solutions that can work together,� she said.
Keep in mind, alternative fuels are not competing in a static market. They�re also going head-to-head with more efficient conventional vehicles.
�I don�t think there�s a clear winner or loser,� Groode said. �In addition, all of these have to compete with ever-improving gasoline. There�s a lot of money being invested into conventional vehicles because there�s already been so much investment in them. Consumers are used to them, and infrastructure is already in place. We�re talking about 100 years of investment.�
Natural gas fuel, in the form of compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas, has been driven by the shale boom.
�For fleets, natural gas works out well because they see about $1 per gallon in savings,� Wichrowski said. �Trash haulers are a big user � some are taking methane from landfills and fueling their trucks.�


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Hey guys!
I've spent most of the week in London with my girlfriend, Ronja, partly for business and partly for fun. We checked out the British Museum, King's Cross station, Big Ben, lots of pubs, a wee church, and some other stuff. Didn't get to see as much as I wanted to because of time and energy constraints, but oh well.
We attended IGC15 (the Indie Game Conference, sponsored by Microsoft!) and met up with tons of cool developers, a bunch of which I already knew from my previous visit to London. Unfortunately this conference wasn't centered on web or Flash games like the last one I went to, so I didn't recognize as many people as I had hoped, and a lot of the content wasn't interesting to me. But that also meant I experienced quite a lot of new stuff, including trying a VR headset for the first time! I briefly played Smash Hit Plunder, and it was an awesome feeling. It worked much better than I expected, and I'm now really looking forward to seeing what sort of games take advantage of VR, while previously I wasn't very interested.
Had a good time drinking with the other Flash game devs, and chatting about Kongregate and Armor Games and how that market is mostly dead. A lot of them are moving onto other stuff, including mobile games, client work or Steam games.
Anyway, the trip went really well overall. The train journey and hotel were way more comfortable than expected, the weather was decent, and we had a lot of fun. I'm feeling motivated to make some games!


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Review: Using S.O.A.P.
What is S.O.A.P.? It is a discipleship tool, an anagram that can be used in your personal discipleship and can be taught as you make disciples.
What is S.O.A.P.? It is a discipleship tool, an anagram that can be used in your personal discipleship and can be taught as you make disciples.
Every generation has unique characteristics, passions, and habits. We will be more effective in discipling the NextGen when there is greater understanding.
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My disciple-making dare to you is to stop thinking about disciple-making and do it! Stop delaying your start. Instead, learn as you disciple.
Too many are too busy or lazy to disciple or be discipled. Relationships and discipleship take time. Solo is a Star Wars hero, but not a discipleship hero.
Would you like to grow? Would you benefit from challenge? Are you going through a time of little growth? Then you might benefit from a discipleship mentor.
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Good questions are naturally relational. They encourage conversation and deepen insight into each other. They are helpful in coaching and disciple-making.
Let me ask three questions. First, what is the fruit of an orange tree? In groups, I have heard answers of "an orange" and "seeds." Some might also say that the tree produces leaves, shade, and a little windbreak–so these would be fruit of sorts. And each of those answers are at…
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Almost the weekend! thank god. I've had a super busy week of coaching all day and then going to work at night…Without further a do: Another Installment of
Last Things Thursday! Let's get started shall we…
Last workout:
Yesterday after work at the gym, I just stayed to do a good Chest and Triceps workout from Live Fit trainer. Wow can you say jello arms! i'm dying today..so sore. I ended that with a 15 minutes interval workout on the
Stairsofdeath Stair mill!
Last Meal I had
This just happened to be a sad turkey sandwich! let's just say I haven't had much time at home this week. I've been coaching all day and going to work at night…would be nice to be home for a meal for once…I think tonight that may actually happen!
Last snack
My go to snack in my lunches/dinners this week has been carrots, green peppers, and cheese slices! With ranch of course 🙂
Last song playing on the iPod
The one and only Andy Grammer, Fine by Me… Nope not sick of it!
Last instagram photo
Izzy came to snuggle!!
Last new snack find
Buddy fruits! So delicious 🙂 I'm obsessed!
Last Show watched on TV:
Keeping up with the Kardashians.. sorry..i know but it's a guilty pleasure 🙂
Last LOL moment from the internet:
Just click here please. And know that I'm not making fun of her …this is just truly funny..and true. You know I love Mean Girls… but anywho- TO EACH THEIR OWN!
- What are some of your lasts this week?
- What is your favorite trashy reality tv show?


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The Yearbook staff is open to Juniors and Seniors who are interested in producing a quality publication documenting the year at Windham Tech. Staff members are responsible for creating all facets of the book: planning, scheduling, photography, editing, formatting, selling ads and books. Students have the opportunity to express their creativity in this annual keepsake. Students meet daily and contribute personal time to construct this publication.
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2014 - 2015 Officers
Miguel Morales
Alondra Padilla
Danielle Vazquez
Dinara McDonald
Sylvia Villasenor
Adriana Reyes
C. Valentin
J. Martinez
Karlee Poulin
Athena D'Elia
Iverdialys Tirado
The 2015 publication will be completed pending the spring sports pictures. Sales will commence for underclassmen in April. Books arrive in June.


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Cash Me Ousside Girl Has Had A Makeover And Looks Completely Different
It seems like there's just no stopping the incredible trajectory of the 'cash me outside' girl as she's just done her first pro photo shoot.
Danielle Bregoli, the 14-year-old girl behind the ridiculous viral memes, is now making an absolute shit ton of extra cash for basically being herself…
We recently reported the teen is being offered the eye-watering sum of $40,000 (£32,000) just for doing meet and greets with her fans at the Rolling Loud Music festival this spring.
But it doesn't end there.
The viral 'star' who emerged after an appearance on the Dr Phil show, has now not only appeared in her own music video but has also taken part in her first professional photo shoot, with makeup artist Wanthy Rayos.
Her 'career' has seriously escalated way too quickly, with her journey from bratty teenager to internet meme to full blown celebrity taking a mere six months.
Let's just hope the ridiculous levels of fame being afforded her at such a young age don't royally fuck her up as is frighteningly common…
This whole thing is becoming absolutely ridiculous. What exactly is the world coming to?


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An interesting take on the modest curve that TWD throws into the traditional zombie universe: the entire population is already infected at the start of the zombie infestation. Everyone is going to turn no matter how they die. (Unless the brain is destroyed, the prosthetics/makeup department insisted on that).
It presents a conundrum: if you're already infected, why would an otherwise non-fatal bite from a zombie suddenly cause you to turn? The short answer: the mouths of rotting corpses are full of some really nasty bacteria, and their bite is more akin to an injection of venom than it is a viral infection.
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Valentine's Day Is Next Week! I Wish Cupid Would Shoot Me in the Face! [VIDEO]
Valentine's Day is exactly one week away (oh joy) which means most of us men will drop an ass load of cash just so we can get guaranteed sex. It's frustrating as hell being the man in a relationship, but we gotta, do what we gotta do, so we can do what we need to do. But, with that being said, it doesn't mean we can't bitch about it! Here is an entertaining video of the joys of being a man on Valentine's Day:


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Boho Bake Shop
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Boho Bake Shop began from an enthusiasm for health & wellness and a passion for great food. Prior to starting Boho Bake Shop, Nicole was working in the corporate world and felt as though she was making very little difference in the world and community in which she lived. While preparing for a business trip, she tried to find a packaged bar to take with her, but wasn't able to find one that was made without artificial additives or processed ingredients. She wasn't willing to settle for an unhealthy snack, so she made her own.
The result was our first version of our Boho Bars. After returning from the business trip, Nicole realized that there was no way she would have the time to make all her own snacks every week. She felt defeated: she wanted to make healthy choices, but the realities of her schedule just didn't allow it.
Forever a free spirit, Nicole left her full time job in 2015 to manifest her passion of creating healthy, whole food treats and snacks with bold flavours. What started as a passion has grown into a full lifestyle brand.


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If you're headed to Bellevue this winter, give yourself a little pat on the back. You picked a fun and festive time of year to join us. The holidays are in full swing, of course, but it's also ski season; a peak period for spectator sports, arts events and live performances; and a wonderful time of year to refresh your mind and body.
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This weekend I fulfilled my year-long plan to make my own pork pie from scratch.
I used Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's recipe from River Cottage Meat. Well… sort of. I used his recipe for the pastry, but screwed around with the meat content quite a bit.
Hugh calls for 1kg of pork shoulder, 250g belly pork and 250g salt pork. Well, I didn't have any belly or salt pork spare, but I did have a pig's head that needed using up. So I followed the recipe for making brawn right up to the point just before you set it in jelly, then added that to some pork shoulder we had left in our freezer. Making the brawn was actually the longest part of the recipe, as it's 24 hours soaking in brine and 4 hours simmering in stock. I ended up with about 900g of lean shoulder meat, 900g of fairly fatty head meat, and 250g of fat from the head.
To make up the meat mix, I finely chopped all of the above – the head meat pretty much as finely chopped as if I'd minced it, the shoulder cut into roughly 5mm cubes. (That sentence barely describes the work involved – that's a *lot* of chopping.) Then mixed with herbs and spices and a little salt.
Making the pastry was pretty easy. A 50/50 mix of butter and lard is added to some water, and melted over a gentle heat, and then mixed with some beaten egg into plain flour. It's a pretty weird process – there's something kind of disgusting about melting lard and butter together, and it gets worse as you stir it into the flour, which looks like it is sort of curdling before your eyes. But if you press ahead and keep mixing, it comes together nicely. The dough is pretty strange though. Texture-wise, it's light and springy like bread dough, and very moist, almost sweaty, in a way that normally would call for more flour to stop it sticking to your hands – but in this case, it doesn't stick at all.
After all that faff, it was pretty plain sailing. After an hour in the fridge, the pastry is rolled out and used to line a tin, the meat is packed in and then a pastry lid put on the top. A couple of hours in the oven and it's done – a crisp, crunchy pastry and savoury meat filling. Yum!
A few of things merit further comment. First, although I had about 50% more meat than the recipe called for, I ended up needing more than double the amount of pastry. I'm not sure if I was just generous in how much pastry I used for each pie, but I ran out on the first batch and had to do a second.
Second, the brawn substitution seemed to work fine. However, the filling's structural integrity wasn't all that good. The meat crumbled a bit when the pie was cut. I have no idea whether that is what would have happened with the basic recipe.
Finally, I followed the traditional advice, to pour pork stock in to fill the gap that was supposed to develop between the filling and the pastry lid as the meat shrunk during cooking. The idea is that it fills the gap and then sets as jelly. What actually happened was that I poured the stock in, until it seemed to have filled the gap (a lot of stock used), and left it in the fridge. When I cut the pie open I discovered there wasn't any gap to fill – evidently the meat hadn't shrunk at all – and the stock had apparently been absorbed by the pastry, making it look a bit soggy and uncooked. On the second batch I didn't bother with the stock, for this reason.
One of the disadvantages of spending hours on end processing a lot of pork, especially meat from the head, is that I end up feeling a little over-porked, so to speak. I probably won't feel like actually eating my pork pie for a while. Nevertheless, it feels like quite an accomplishment.