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Just as the world is beginning to accept the fact that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are in fact divorcing, Kourtney Kardashian has announced that she is pregnant for a second time.
Kourtney and her long time boyfriend Scott Disick are officially going to be welcoming their second child in 2012.
Their first born child was their son Mason, who was born in December 2009. She gave birth to her first child on an episode of the popular reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."
Reports indicate that Kourtney is only nine weeks pregnant.
Kourtney and Scott have been together for five years despite problems in their relationship and major fighting.
The television shows on E! that feature Kourtney show her as a good mother to her son Mason and anyone who has seen the show can tell that simply by the size and closeness of the family that her children will definitely have an enormous support system.
More on her pregnancy is expected to be discussed on upcoming episodes of Kardashian programming on E! as she continues in her journey into parenthood.

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The begging on the Hill resumed in earnest today. The CEO's describing how they drove from Detroit to Washington in their own vehicles. Watching them beg reminds me of the many times I have seen customers in a dealership attempting to buy a new car and getting completely hosed in the process. Most of my frustration is aimed at GM. I have been a GM person for years, but have been won over by Toyota/Lexus and the bar they seem to raise every year.
Car dealerships are usually owned by individuals, they are an autonomous entity. They buy their new vehicles the regional distribution center, usually located in a shipping port. Some dealerships are factory owned stores, which means they follow they plan-o-gram dealership design. Factory stores are the manufactures idea of setting an example that their indy dealerships should want to look like. In either type dealership there is NO communication between the people that sell and repair the vehicles and the board members in Detroit. GM is the worst offender by far. They build one unibody vehicle and tweak the exterior and sell it under at least 3 brand names. Buick should have been canceled ten years ago when execs made the decision to mercy-kill the Oldsmobile line. Nobody wanted faux wood grained station wagons since Chrysler introduced minivans in 1984. If a particular model sold poorly they would change some exterior pieces and keep trying to push something nobody wanted to buy. Model designs don't change frequently enough, a 1999 model X looks just like the 2003 model X. If you don't create social desire to get the latest modern design, people will keep driving their old car. The import guys change the looks of their models much more frequently than the domestic builders do, they actually create instead of rehash the old.
I understand that worldwide infrastructure of parts manufacturing will slow to a stop if production runs don't return. If there is no bailout money then thousands of jobs will be gone overnight. If the taxpayers don't bail these guys out then everybody goes broke, or thats the story they tell. I don't have a solution to the mess, but everyone knows the big 3 brought this on themselves. The domestic auto industry lives on a paycheck to paycheck basis, cars must move monthly. If there is a few bad months in a row, operating capital is gone and layoffs follow. The disappearance of consumer credit played a large part in this, preceded by inflated oil prices that tightened wallets.
Here's why the domestic builders brought this on themselves:
Too many dealerships in close proximity to one another.
Too many identical models underneath different brand names (GM).
Technology that is perpetually 3-5 years behind Japan, they claim the reason is the delay from idea conception to production.
Too much R&D emphasis placed on focus group reviews instead of feedback from showroom/service departments.
The employee price sale was a terrible idea. It moved stagnate models, but people were waiting another year for the next sale to save money.
Building ugly, inefficient,and outdated models named after a first generation muscle car, that has nothing in common but the name.
Finance departments that got greedy upselling things like useless paint protection that costs nothing and does nothing for $999. They had to make this money on the back end of the deal because of the race to zero between local dealers that was initiated by the corporate offices. After people noticed they were getting robed in the finance department on extras custoemrs started buying from Carmax, the arguable inventor of the no-haggle price guarantee. Even Carmax laid off 20% of its workforce in the 2nd quarter of 2008, if nobody can get financing, even the discount dealers cant move inventory. If we bail out Detroit it will give them a licesnse to keep sucking on the lollypop of mediocrity for the next 3-5 years instead of actually working to improve their product lines. I want to believe if credit lines were freed up again and people could actually afford to pay back borrowed money, a ridiculus sum of tax dollars could be saved from a bailout. The American buisness model has always been about the risk vs. the payout. If we take away the risk and provide a tax dollar safety net what would be the incentive for companies to improve?


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Getting to the truth of the matter with Bush
There are people - quite a lot of them, actually - who want to believe the absolute worst about President George Bush and his family. Here, then, comes a book for them.
Kitty Kelley - who has a long history of writing nasty biographies of famous people - will next week publish The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty.
According to the blurb, this is the book that "the Bush family doesn't want you to read" - especially not so close to the US election.
More than 600,000 copies have been printed. The Web - and some mainstream media - is alive with rumours about what the book contains, among them:
- That President Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David while his father was president.
- That a young George Bush arranged for a girlfriend to have an abortion.
- That Bush's wife, Laura, also used cocaine.
- That the former first lady, Barbara Bush, smoked marijuana while at university.
- That all the Bushes have been involved in dirty business deals.
Kelley is also certain to write about an accident that occurred in Texas in 1963, when 17-yearold Laura Welch (now First Lady Laura Bush) ran a stop sign and crashed into another car, killing her boyfriend.
She may also raise a nasty rumour that circulates in Washington DC from time to time, that President Bush had a "special relationship" with a former mayor of Tennessee, Victor Ashe, who is now the US ambassador to Poland.
It is hard to tell whether the Republican Party is thrilled or dismayed by the arrival of the book, which is due for release on Tuesday just seven weeks before the November 2 poll.
On one hand, it is always good for the Republicans when people try to attack Mr Bush and his family. US voters don't like smear campaigns against their president, so Kelley's book should make Mr Bush's poll numbers - which are soaring - go even higher.
On the other hand, the party can't simply ignore the book so, last week, it issued a press release, titled "New Kelley Book, Same Old Kelley Slime" with links to 27 negative articles about the author.
Those articles weren't difficult to find. Kelley is one of the best-selling biographers in the US, with a reputation for republishing gossip and rumour.
White House communication director Dan Bartlett says: "Kitty Kelley's allegations make Michael Moore look like a factual documentarian."
Kelley's attack on Mr Bush won't be the first time she has vilified a president. In a 1991 biography of Nancy Reagan, Kelley said president Ronald Reagan was a date-rapist and an adulterer. She also said that Mrs Reagan had sex with Frank Sinatra at the White House.
So, while Kelley's publisher, Random House, was this week busy describing her as an "internationally acclaimed writer", others in the media were saying they wouldn't go near her book.
Newsweek editor Howard Fineman said he was going to "pass" on the right to publish an extract, because Kelley's "sourcing" for the book's "central allegation" (that Bush used cocaine at Camp David in the 1980s) was "suspicious on its face" and an "uncheckable, unwitnessable allegation".
When previously questioned about drug use, President Bush has said he made "mistakes" when he was "young and irresponsible". He has also said he has not used illegal drugs since 1974, which was long before his father went to the White House.
A managing editor of Time, Jim Kelly, said he had not seen Kelley's book but, given the very different picture of Mr Bush she assembles, "you obviously would have to fact-check the hell out of it".
The vice-president of publisher Random House, Peter Gethers, told The Washington Post this week that lawyers had gone over Kelley's book "with a fine-tooth comb" and that he was "100 per cent confident of the things that made it in".
The Democratic Party, whose candidate for president, John Kerry, is well behind Mr Bush in recent polls, had high hopes for Kelley's book when they - like everybody - thought that the main source would be a wronged wife, Sharon Bush, who was, until recently, involved in a bitter financial dispute with her exhusband (the President's brother, Neil.)
However, Sharon and Neil Bush have since reached an agreement, and Sharon Bush is writing her own book. Kelley has been telling reporters that Sharon was a "wonderful source". But on Wednesday, Sharon Bush issued a statement denying it. "I categorically deny that I ever told Kitty Kelley that George W. Bush used cocaine at Camp David or that I ever saw him use cocaine at Camp David," she said. "Although there have been tensions between me and . . .the Bush family, I cannot allow this falsehood to go unchallenged."
Sharon's literary agent, Christine Schott, insists that "Kitty Kelley is obviously trying to promote her own book".
She needs to do that: the publishers hope to sell 750,000 copies of the 700-page book.
There is no reason to think that they won't: Kelley's previous biographies on Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra and the British royal family were all on The New York Times bestseller lists.
As for the Bush family, it has nothing to say about Kelley's book. Just seven weeks before the US election, that is probably wise: there is dignity in silence, and success is the best revenge.


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Goal is to listen to 1500 different albums in a 12 month period.
TODAY listened to 6 different albums. Total for 131 days-794 different albums. On pace for 2212.
- THE WHITE STRIPES: DE STIJL: 2000: 4 1/2 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS: White Stripes second album- a blues/ punk fusion record. A lot of different styles on this record. They had yet to make their big breakthrough yet -that would come with their next album. Best cuts on this one- What Can't You Be Nicer To Me? Little Bird, You're Pretty Good Looking. The album is dedicated to Dutch furniture designer Gerrit Rietvald and the bluesman Blind Willie McTell.
- THE WHITE STRIPES: WHITE BLOOD CELLS: 2001: 5 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS: Their breakthrough album. 16 songs in 40 minutes: On most of the 'best of 2000's albums lists. Highlights- Fell In Love With A Girl, We're Going To Be Friends, Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground, The Union Ground. Album is dedicated to Loretta Lynn.
- TALK TALK: NATURAL HISTORY: THE VERY BEST OF TALK TALK: 199o: 4 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS: They only made 5 albums in their career. started out as a synth band in the early 80's. Talk Talk and It's My Life my favorite songs from that period but they really became great with their final two albums- the experimental jazz of Spirit of Eden which is one of my favorite albums from the 90's and Laughing Stock.
- SINEAD O'CONNOR: I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT: 1990: 5 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS: The album and the single "Nothing Compares 2 U" both went to #1. Whatever can be said about Sinead's personal trials and suicidal career moves -the bottom line is the girl can really sing. Great album.
- SKIP JAMES: TODAY! 1965: 5 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS: One of the mid-60's blues re-discoveries- James may have had the most still to give. Great vocals and guitar work. There had been a 30 year period where James had recorded nothing–before three blues enthusiasts rediscovered him. He'd make several stunning recordings before his passing in 1969.
- SAM AND DAVE: THE BEST OF SAM AND DAVE: 1984: 5 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS: I first heard Sam and Dave- from watching The Blues Brothers movie. Jake and Elwood as I recall where in their Blues Mobile and Soothe Me was playing on the radio. I had to go out and buy Sam and Dave's best of the next day. They only had a handful of Billboard Top 40 hits but should have had more. Soul Man is their most famous song. Hold On I'm Comin', You Don't Know Like I Know, I Thank You, You Don't Know What You Mean To Me- are among the standout tracks here.


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And this is what each little girl took home as a favour – a glittery bag, a unicorn rubber band, a magic wand, a balloon,a ring, a hand made rose hair clip and a little bag of sweets. You've already seen the tutorial for the magic wands and I used this tutorial to make the sweets bags.
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In an earlier post, I said that the silk I'm using for warp is just *full* of slubs and knots. If I had paid full retail price for the yarn, I'd be really unhappy, but I didn't so I'm not complaining as loudly as I might.
This is what the back of the loom looks like, and I've only woven the first half of the third scarf, so there are bound to be more film canisters back there before I'm done.
The black thread is just a "leader," like a fishing line, which allows me to cut a replacement piece of silk that's just barely long enough - the black thread lets the canister hang down from the loom without wasting silk thread.
The first scarf had about 4 or 5 knots, the second scarf came in at 6. It would have been more, but I eliminated a lot of knots during the process of winding the warp, something I rarely take the time to do. Usually, it's faster to replace a knotted warp end in the middle of the weaving than try to correct it while winding onto the warping wheel with 4 threads at a time - too much risk of tangles and differences of tension.
Here's what scarf #3 looks like on the loom. Because the aspect ratio is not 1:1, the design is stretched in the warpwise direction, which I don't mind at all. I like the "fractured" effect!
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
And Did I Mention the Knots?
Posted by Sandra Rude at 6:32 PM
2 comments:
- Margreet said...
How annoying, all the knots. Really like the scarves. I bet they will be lovely and soft after wet finishing.
- Peg Cherre said...
I really like the way these scarves look. Not familiar with your fiber, but I think these would look great in tencel, too.
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Crunchbang is a lightweight yet powerful Linux distribution, having as a major drawback the relatively obscure OpenBox windows manager.
To me it's the ideal distribution for old hardware, but if you want to enable newbies to use CrunchBang without hurdles I suggest to do the following:
- Enable automatic login. From the menu choose System and then "User Login Settings", in the "Security" tab you'll find the automatic login checkbox. This removes the first obstacle for using a computer if you don't need any privacy.
- Launch Chromium at startup. A browser is what people use most (and for real newbies could be the sole program worth using). In ~/.config/openbox/autostart (it'a a BaSH script) add the command to launch a browser (eg: /opt/google/chrome/chrome).
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Monday, September 28
PGA Tour Season Needs a Better Ending
Contributed by Robert Bruce
Special to ARMCHAIR GOLF
DOES THE PGA TOUR have an identity problem? Take this pop quiz:
1) Name the biggest event in the NFL.
2) Name the biggest event in Major League Baseball.
3) Name the biggest event in college football.
4) Bonus Question: Name the biggest event on the PGA Tour.
Numbers 1-3 are fairly easy, right?
But is there an easy answer to the bonus question? You have several options, don't you?
There's your problem. The PGA Tour doesn't have a single, grandiose season-culminating event—at least one that produces the drama it should.
With all of the major sports, the season culminates with one grand spectacle: the Super Bowl, the World Series, the hypothetical college football national championship game. No brainers.
But golf?
In my opinion, the three biggest events—in no particular order—are the Masters, U.S. Open, and Ryder Cup. And the other issue: Excluding the biennial Ryder Cup, golf's largest events take place long before the season is even close to ending.
Granted, the Tour is trying to ramp up the latter part of the season with the FedEx Cup Playoffs, culminating with this past week's Tour Championship. But, even so, does the hype, the media presence, the vibe for the Tour Championship even come close to matching that of the Masters? Nope.
How do you fix this?
As I've mentioned at my blog, the PGA Tour needs to end its season in late August, right before football starts. They need to change the format of the Tour Championship to a match-play tournament with a 32-man field.
I'm a pretty ardent golf viewer, but even I quit watching golf when football starts up. It's just a reality. But a Tiger Woods versus Sergio Garcia winner-take-all match in late August? Now that's pressure. That's drama. That's something, I believe, casual fans would watch.
When your biggest event occurs in April—or maybe June, if you are partial to the U.S. Open—then you are just setting yourself up for a large cup of anticlimactic nothing.
I watched the Tour Championship, at least during the commercial breaks. After all, the event had its share of drama. But the Tour is missing an opportunity to amp up the drama even more.
Make the season shorter. Bring in match play. Make the Tour Championship more of a spectacle. Fans should be able to point to one event on the calendar as the end-all-be-all golf event of each season. Should it really be in April?
Could the Tour Championship ever equal the Super Bowl or the World Series in popularity? No way. But the PGA Tour can do better. Much better.
Robert Bruce is a full-time writer and part-time golf blogger in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit his golf blog at www.gameunderrepair.com.
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I agree, but it will not happen because if the Tiger's and the Lefty's get bumped immediately, the party's over as far as ratings are concerned. You are right in the premise that this is the only logical way to make golf's playoff more exciting. Ratings are much more in play here than logic.
- Average Golfer said...
NASCAR's Superbowl is the 1st event of the year. They maintain interest with a FedUp Cup style playoff. They have a dominant star that's won 3 in a row, on the verge of a 4th. They keep the interest level with a huge following complete with creative marketing and sponsorships.
Golf is a niche sport with a perceived snottiness attached, warranted or not. The nets will never bend over for such a small audience, Tiger or no Tiger. Imagine where golf would be ranked without him! Right below hockey, a sport I love, but virtually anonymous.
- Unknown said...
Whoa! The one thing you definitely NOT do is bring match play into any championship equation.
I know Tiger, Phil and the best golfers on the planet want nothing to do with that format. They could win seven tournaments, two majors and shoot 64 in the first round of match play to get eliminated by Jeff Maggert shooting a 62 (remember 1999). The bottom 90, or 60 or 30 would love match play. The best golfers would not. Golf is a medal play sport except Ryder Cup, once a year on tour and 97% of the rounds I play.
Sorry, massage it any way you want. Just forget about match play. It will not work and it will never, ever happen. Plus, give me a scenario where you will have four better tournaments than we just had in the past five weeks AFTER the PGA Championship. It has never happened.
- Robert said...
True point. But I can't imagine ratings were that good this weekend anyway, considering the NFL and college football. I haven't seen the numbers.
Whether or not they change the format, they need to shorten the season to end in August. It's too much like Nascar and hockey...oversaturation.
- Robert said...
Vince, you are right. The last four tournaments were great. But no one watched! The Tour had its biggest two horses at the top of the Tour Championship, and no one gave it a rip because everyone was watching football.
If the Tour wants people to actually watch more than The Masters and The US Open, a season-ending match play, in August, is the way to go. The whole fact that Jeff Maggert could win is what makes it so dramatic. How fun is the NCAA Tournament to watch?
That's the whole point. Wildcard teams win the Super Bowl. George Mason makes it to the Final Four. That's drama. And the PGA Tour doesn't have much of it in September. At least enough of it for anyone to watch.
- Unknown said...
The ratings were double last year. I think instead of 10 golf bloggers, 20 golf bloggers tuned in this year. Everybody in Baltimore was watching the Ravens win their third straight.
- Unknown said...
Great point, Robert. Believe me, I love match play. Living and dying eighteen times per round!! Priceless.
I'm pretty sure George Mason waxed Maryland that year, so I hate their guts forever. But, it made for great viewing.
- Ottawa Golf Blog said...
I watch a lot of golf and I only tuned in on Sunday I'm sure the ratings weren't great. Identity problem maybe? Lots of $$$$ yes. FedEX Cup will be tweaked again'm sure.
- Andy Brown of GolfSwingSecretsRevealed.com said...
A major as the season finale won't be the worst idea. While this time the Tour Championship was worth a watch not only because all the big guys were playing, but because the big guys were in it, it can undoubtedly be made better and bigger. Having a gala final event before the season is called to an end, at least by those who aren't working over time to buy tickets for the next season, will be great. Get in the Palmer and Nicklaus to come out and make the tee-off more spectacular, keep the field really tight and keep cutting it down each day. It would be drastic, but it might just be a whole lot more fun than now. It is worth an experiment for sure.
But having said that, one thing that deserves to be said is that even though the PGA Tour copped a lot of criticism for the FedEx Cup and its many flaws, they stuck by it, even rectified the mistakes and now what you have is a brilliant season finale that sees almost all the top names in action. Surely they deserve quite a lot of credit for that.
My real problem is that the Majors are all piled in close to each other, and really for a great part in the beginning of the year and towards the end, there is no tournament to match the Major thrill but I am not sure what can be done about that.


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Concern has arisen in some quarters in recent weeks regarding secessionist organizations that express values—or are charged with expressing values—that others do not like, and questions have been raised about alliances with such groups. The Middlebury Institute would like to establish a basic response to such concerns and questions.
First, the secessionist movement is made up of organizations of many different kinds that are alike in their advocacy of secession—of secession in general and of secession of their particular part of the planet. That is what makes them colleagues and allies—because in this difficult task of making secession and separatism a legitimate political goal they stand shoulder to shoulder with each other.
Second, it is not up to any organization in the movement (or its friends) to judge the attitudes, philosophies, or beliefs of others. While one would hope to have those compatible with one's own, it must be understood that different people in different places will have different ideas, desires, goals, and strategies—that, after all, is the whole point of secession. A group is for secession precisely because it does not want to be part of a larger entity whose beliefs and actions it does not like, and wishes to live free on its own terms.
Third, the kind of people who insist on telling others how to live and think so as to have one unanimous right-minded uniformity are dangerous people and precisely the kind that establish national governments and pass laws applicable to entire populations. Fascism is one obvious and ugly form of this, but mass industrial democracy is a similar, if often more benign, form. And it is exactly this that secession and separatism are opposed to.
Fourth, as to the League of the South (LOS), it is demonstrable that as an organization it is not racist and would not establish a racist state if they were successful in secession. (The official position of the LOS on this matter is added below as an appendix.) The Middlebury Institute has offered to be a co-sponsor with the LOS of the next Secessionist Convention this year squarely because it believes it to be an honorable and legitimate—and non-racist—organization sincerely and intelligently devoted to peaceful secession from the empire.
We accept the fact that there may be people in the LOS who have expressed intemperate and intolerant opinions—but of what group, we ask, could that not be said? (And the scare-mongering charges along these lines by the Southern Poverty Law Center have much more to do with its desire to squeeze money out of people made to be afraid of hobgoblins than by any genuine exposure of misbehavior.] Moreover, even if there are, as individuals, LOS people we could from our point of view deem racist, that would matter not one whit as to whether they were legitimate colleagues in the secessionist movement. It is irrelevant.
People turn to secession because they want their own form of government, on their own terms, and hope to create a state that will live out their beliefs, principles, ideals. It is no more justifiable for one organization to question or criticize or castigate those goals if they work toward a Christian-directed government that outlaws abortion and adultery than if they work for a secular democracy favoring gun-control and same-sex marriages. The beauty of secession is that it looks toward having a world where those and many other kinds of states can exist, free and independent, and not impose its ideas on others or have others' ideas imposed on it.
Ultimately we in the secessionist movement stand divided, but we stand together. We believe in secession, each of us, and though the ends we work for may be different—and what a thriving, vibrant, multi-variant world that would bring us to—the means we use unites us all.
Kirkpatrick Sale
Director, Middlebury Institute
February, 2007
Appendix: League of South Statement on Racism
"The League of the South has never before issued a statement denying that it is "racist" because racism is a wax nose charge. Those who resort to this charge can never be satisfied. The more we deny it, the more we will be forced to deny it, until at last all that we will have time to do is to repel the latest charge of 'racism.' However, we make this one statement, to satisfy strangers of good will, that we bear no ill will or hatred to any racial, ethnic, or religious group.
"We believe that Christianity and social order require that all people, regardless of race, must be equal before the law. We do not believe that the law should be used to persecute, oppress, or favour any race or class.
"We believe that the only harmony possible between the races, as between all natural differences among human beings, begins in submitting to Jesus Christ's commandment to "love our neighbours as ourselves." That is the world we envision and work for.
"We believe that the politics of race — baiting whites against blacks and blacks against white has been profitable for politicians but catastrophic for the South and Southerners.
"We believe that black Southerners want and need what we want and need: a safe country for their families, liberty, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
"We believe that the last thing the South's enemies want is to see black and white Southerners sitting down together to determine their common destiny and work for authentic harmony, a just social and economic order, and an independent South. We can't foretell precisely what that order will look like, but certainly it will not make room for diversity police and political correctness. Rather, we hope it will bring the greatest freedom for the greatest number of all races, and good will among them all."
The League of the South Board of Directors 21 June 2005


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Minister welcomes avaya acquisition of Nortel enterprise business
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed the announcement, by Avaya, that it has acquired Nortel Networks Ltd global Enterprise Division.
Nortel Networks employs approximately 350 people in Monkstown and since entering administration earlier this year, core elements of the business have been actively marketed to potential investors.
The Minister said: "The announcement that a global telecoms corporation has acquired Nortel's Enterprise Division is extremely positive news for Nortel and the workers at Monkstown.
"Working with Invest Northern Ireland, Nortel has worked to position the three core elements of its NI operations attractively to potential investors. The acquisition will see approximately 40% of the Monkstown workforce transfer to Avaya with immediate effect.
"I understand that the remaining elements of Nortel's business have successfully been auctioned to other major international telecommunications companies, and those deals are currently progressing through the necessary regulatory clearances. Invest NI is working to profile the strength of the company's local capabilities to ensure the best possible outcome.
"I am confident that moving forward a strong partnership can be formed with Avaya which will lead to the company recognising Northern Ireland as a competitive location from which to serve their European customer base and grow the scale and scope of international operations."


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Hi friends. I had a long chat with Angus of the WW2 podcast recently about Ethiopia, mercenaries, Haile Selassie, and my book Lost Lions of Judah. He trimmed it down and tidied it up and now you can hear us discussing the Italo-Ethiopian war in glorious stereo through iTunes, Facebook, as well as the WW2 website. It'll probably turn up on Youtube some time soon.
Tune in and take a listen, then get your hands on the book itself [or amazon.com]. It's about the crazy gang of adventurers who helped Ethiopia fight back against the Fascist Italian invasion of 1935.
It was a war between far-right modernity and patriarchal traditionalism. The Italians had airplanes, high explosive, and mustard gas. The Ethiopians preferred swords and spears. Emperor Haile Selassie needed expert foreign help. What he got was a bunch of mercenaries who could barely shoot straight and leaned further to the right than Mussolini.
Lost Lions of Judah: Haile Selassie's Mongrel Foreign Legion tells the whole colourful, blood-stained story.


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Colombia is enjoying peace after many years of civil war and with it a resurgent interest from tourists all over the world. Colombia, at the northern tip of South America, is a country of lush rainforest, towering mountains and coffee plantations. In the high-altitude capital, Bogotá, the Zona Rosa district is known for its restaurants, bars and shopping. Historic Cartagena, on the Caribbean coast, is one of the old capitals of the Spanish Empire. It features a walled colonial Old Town, a 16th-century castle and popular beaches. Nearby, culture-rich Barranquilla hosts a massive yearly Carnival. Medellin was reclaimed from the drug lords in the 1990's and is now one of the most popular cities to visit with its vibrant nightlife, cultural features and friendly and helpful citizens.
Horses are part of the fabric of Colombian culture and history. Almost all Colombians are mad about horses. Fairs, festivals and horse parades are common all over the country. The Columbians also have their own breed: the Columbian Paso Fino.
On his second trip to America, Christopher Columbus (who the country is named after) brought some horses with him. These horses were a mix of Andalusian, Berber, and the extinct gaited Spanish horse the Jennet. They formed the basis for the horses with which the Spanish conquered the Caribbean and South America, ancestors of the current Criollo breed, the stock horse of Latin America.
Hundreds of years breeding with those bloodlines, especially in Puerto Rico and Colombia, optimized the gait, endurance and strength. This is how the Paso Fino, literally translated as The Horse with the Fine Step, has been created. The Paso Fino Colombiano is, despite its sophisticated appearance a very strong horse that was mainly used for long distances. Its smooth and natural gait were much appreciated.
Unicorn trails offers an exploration of the highlands, travelling from Hacienda to Hacienda, staying with authentic local people and exploring the horse culture of Colombia as the locals like to do: from horseback. To truly experience Colombia come on the Hacienda Horse Trail with Unicorn Trails.
You're a secure rider on a well-schooled horse at all paces including cantering in open country. You're happy to ride for several hours and may have some jumping experience.
You're an experienced rider, confident and relaxed on horseback. You ride regularly, have an independent seat and soft hands. You're capable of handling a spirited horse in open country and are happy to jump. You have experience of riding a variety of horses.
Different accommodations, attitudes or methods of riding are used to normal riding at home, may have challenging terrain, long days or itinerary changes, may involve camping or not so comfortable accommodation. An appetite for exploration and new experiences required.


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Falling Apart and Coming Together
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A friend of mine does something on her blog every Monday morning. She posts pictures with different messages. These pictures are meant to give a little pick-me-up for Monday blues.
In the peak of my slump yesterday, this photo broke through the layers of my beffudlement and disappointments:
I'm not the inspirational, kum-ba-ye-hands-up-in-the-air type of girl, but I do believe that sometimes the universe sends out messages and attempts to speak to us for whatever purpose.
So life may seem like it's falling apart right this minute, and maybe it really is. In the midst of mind-blowing pain, there just seem to be no answers, to acceptable reasons for why bad things happen. It takes a lot to take a step back for one second and just have faith that everything – good or bad – happens for a reason.
This photo has appeared in a handful of blogs already. Among some: wifely steps, please don't talk to me i fall in love so easily


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It seems like this day has been taken over by a large fundraising, research organization. All of the fundraising, Light It Up Blue initiative, advertising etc. makes it seems like Autism Awareness Day should be called Autism Speaks Day.Over the past year or so, I have been pulling away from the whole Autism Speaks thing. I have learned a lot by reading blogs of other autistics and supportive advocates. I have always accepted my autism but haven't completely understood everything about how it affects me. I still don't understand it all.
I do not want a cure for my autism. I would never have an amniocentesis to see if my fetus had autism either (whenever that test is developed or hopefully it won't be!). Just as I never did when I was pregnant with my child to check for Down Syndrome. If our child was born with a disability, so be it.It turns out that our child was born with a disability-autism, the same as me and my husband. When they were diagnosed, it was a relief to know why they are the way they are. It's not a bad thing, it just is. Sometimes I ask my child why they have done, said, or thought something, and they will say "because I'm Micah". My child does things the way they do things just as I do things the way I do them. It's not bad just different. There are times when they or I want to do things the same way as other people but other times we do it our way whether other people think it is right or not. We have always encouraged our child to be themself.
Accepting our child as they are does not mean not helping them. They have had a lot of occupational therapy, mainly to help with sensory integration. They also have other therapies to teach them to how to ask for help or other things but they were done in a fun way through play and not sitting still at a table with their hands still. My child used to fall off their chair regularly because they were so squirmy and couldn't just sit. I think it was too much just to sit and eat dinner. As they have gotten older they are more settled and we allow them to read while they eat, so now they just sit and don't fall off the chair anymore. Some people think it is rude to read at the table but that is what they need.The therapies we have done do not change who our child is but help to give them the skills that they can use to get their needs met whether those needs are written down or spoken. We have written in their IEP that they are not to be forced to give eye contact. If they are comfortable with you, then they are able look at you, depending on what else is happening. I am the same way.
Again, I wouldn't take a cure for my autism but I do need support in the areas I struggle with. The problem is that those supports don't really exist except for a few places where you have to pay a lot of money, especially if you need long term support with different things. We are not rich. We get little bits of help every now and then but we put most of our resources into our child so they can grow up to be as independent and happy as they can be.A very large autism organization gets loads of fundraising dollars especially at this time of year but most of the money goes to research on how to prevent and cure autism so there won't be autistic "burdens" anymore. If they really want to help families, they could spend the funds on support for the autistic person in the ways that the person needs it.
Many people are "aware" of autism. What is needed now is acceptance that autistics exist and always will; that we need jobs, healthcare, respect, love, happiness, and understanding.


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Like I said. I LOVE Valentines Day!!!
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Founded in 1947, The Nichani Group is a 65 year old South India based business house and business family with interests in various businesses including, film financing, information technology, modest equity holdings (in private and public companies), real estate holdings and real estate funding.
The group has financed over 250 movies to date, predominantly in southern India. Many movies that were financed by the Nichani family were awarded state awards and other national awards.
Additionally, the group recently sold one of its information technology companies, namely Exinom Technologies Inc., to NEC Solutions America. Exinom was founded in 1995 in New Jersey which served many multinational Fortune 500 companies at the time of sale.
The group also owns many modest real estate properties in southern India and is savvy in transacting real estate properties.
The Nichani family is also known for its philanthropy. A Charitable Trust was created in the 1960s by the group, which has made contributions towards building hospitals, schools, colleges, meditation centers and libraries.


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UCLA Heads To Nebraska For Masters Classic
Feb. 18, 2009
Complete Release in PDF Format
This Week -- The third-ranked UCLA gymnastics team (7-1) will make what it hopes to be the first of two visits to Lincoln, Neb. this year. The Bruins will compete at the Masters Classic on Sunday, Feb. 22 against host Nebraska (4-2), along with Minnesota (5-3) and North Carolina State (8-7). The meet will take place at the Devaney Center, which will be the site of the 2009 NCAA Championships Apr. 16-18.
Live Coverage -- Live stats will be available at Huskers.com
In The Rankings -- With national rankings now based on Regional Qualifying Score (RQS), the Bruins dropped one spot to No. 3 with a RQS of 196.330. The Bruins remain No. 2 on vault (49.240) but drop down to third on beam (49.045), sixth on bars (49.065) and 13th on floor (48.875).
Individually, no Bruin is eligible for all-around rankings, since no one has competed in the all-around more than five times this year. Vanessa Zamarripa ranks second on vault with a 9.915 RQS (her season average of 9.929 is tops amongst all athletes, however) and tied for 20th on uneven bars (9.825). Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs ranks sixth on balance beam (9.865), and Ariana Berlin is tied for 17th on uneven bars (9.835).
About The Opponents -- Nebraska is the highest-ranked of the three Bruin opponents, checking in at No. 12 with a 195.295 RQS. The Huskers rank above UCLA on floor exercise, checking in at eight with a RQS of 48.995. Nebraska is led by All-American Tricia Woo, who ranks fifth nationally on beam (9.870), and All-American and former Canadian National champion Kylie Stone, who ranks 21st in the all-around (39.025) and sixth on floor (9.875). North Carolina State ranks 30th overall with a RQS of 193.035. Minnesota has not yet competed in enough away meets to earn a RQS but holds a season average of 194.808.
A Look At The All-Time Series -- UCLA is unbeaten against both Minnesota (12-0) and North Carolina State (1-0) in regular season action and 10-5 against Nebraska. The Bruins faced both Nebraska and North Carolina State at the NCAA Southeast Regionals a year ago, outscoring both to advance to the NCAA Championships. UCLA and Minnesota have not faced each other since 2004, when the Bruins earned a dual meet victory in Minneapolis.
Last Competition -- UCLA cruised through its first three events in a home quad meet against Boise State, Washington and Cal State Fullerton, posting big scores on vault (49.525), bars (49.25) and beam (49.2) but could not maintain the momentum on the final event, floor exercise, counting a fall and an out-of-bounds deduction. The Bruins, however, still came away with the quad meet win with a score of 196.375. Boise State placed second with a 195.7. Washington (194.4) was third, and Cal State Fullerton (193.15) placed fourth. Bruin freshman Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs won the all-around with a 39.375, and classmate Vanessa Zamarripa earned her second perfect 10 of the year on vault.
Zamarripa Perfect Again -- Freshman Vanessa Zamarripa became the first gymnast in the nation this year to score multiple 10.0s on the same event, recording her second perfect 10 on vault on Feb. 15 with her flawless Yurchenko full. Zamarripa previously scored a 10 at Cal State Fullerton on Jan. 23. She is the first UCLA gymnast to score multiple perfect 10s in a season since Kristen Maloney and Tasha Schwikert both did it in 2005. In addition, Zamarripa's two 10s on vault mark the first time a Bruin gymnast has accomplished this feat in one season since Jeanette Antolin had eight in 2004. Zamarripa, who earned Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week honors for the second time this season, is currently ranked second in the nation on vault with a RQS of 9.915. Her season average of 9.929 tops all vaulters.
Hopfner-Hibbs On A Roll -- Freshman Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs has been the model of consistency and excellence for the Bruins, hitting 17 consecutive routines with scores of 9.775 or better, with 12 of those hit routines going 9.85 or better. She ranks second on the team with seven individual victories and 15 Top 3 finishes. Her consistency has been most evident on balance beam, where she ranks sixth nationally with a RQS of 9.865. She holds a season average of 9.875 on that event and has placed in the Top 3 on beam in every meet this season. Last weekend, she won the all-around and scored career-highs on vault (9.85) and bars (9.875).
Berlin Maintains Consistency -- Senior Ariana Berlin remains one of the most consistent gymnasts in UCLA history, hitting over 96% of her routines throughout her career. So far this season, she has hit all 14 of her routines, with 12 of those 14 scores going for 9.8 or better. She averages 9.8 or higher on all four events - 9.85 on vault, 9.842 on bars, 9.819 on beam and 9.8 on floor. She has three event titles this season, two coming at Arizona State on Jan. 30, when she tied her career-high on vault with a 9.9 and won the all-around in her first all-around attempt this year, scoring 39.3. Also at that meet, Berlin accomplished a feat she has been working on for three years - competing an Arabian double front on floor exercise. Berlin performed the E-level skill for the first time in competition and hit it, scoring 9.8 to lead all Bruins on the event.
Tom Cruising Along -- Like Ariana Berlin, sophomore Niki Tom has had a perfect season so far, hitting all of her routines without a fall. Tom is 15-of-15 on the year, hitting 11 routines in competition and four in exhibition. She has won two-straight beam titles and is averaging 9.85 on the event, with a career-best of 9.9 set at Arizona State on Jan. 30. She has also competed on floor in every meet this season and has a high of 9.875.
McCullough Returns On Floor -- Redshirt sophomore Brittani McCullough made an emotional return to the floor exercise lineup last weekend, competing on floor for the first time since rupturing her Achilles tendon on the event a year ago. McCullough, who captivated the audience with her unique dance, tumbled a double pike for her opening pass and ended with a double tuck to earn a 9.675 on her routine, which was valued at 9.9.
Gerber Cleared To Compete -- Freshman Aisha Gerber has been cleared after she was forced out of competition halfway through last weekend's meet. Gerber fell on top of the low bar during one-touch warmups and was unable to complete her uneven bars routine, getting all the way to the dismount before dropping down due to shortness of breath. She was pulled from the remaining events for precautionary reasons. X-rays were negative, and Gerber is expected to compete at Nebraska.
Youth Is Served -- With seven freshmen and five sophomores on a 16-member squad, the 2009 Bruins are undoubtedly a young team, and they were put to the test immediately, with the underclassmen holding 22 of the 24 slots in the competitive lineup in the first two meets of the season.
The freshman class alone competed 16 of the 24 routines in the season opener. Two freshmen competed in the all-around at Utah - Aisha Gerber, who placed third in the all-around and won the balance beam, and Vanessa Zamarripa, who placed fourth in the all-around and third on vault. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs competed on three events and earned a third-place finish on beam. Kaelie Baer hit 3-for-3 on her routines, scoring 9.8 on vault, 9.775 on beam and 9.75 on floor. Alyssa Pritchett had a successful showing as well, scoring 9.8 on vault as a last-minute substitute. Five freshmen saw action on vault - Gerber, Zamarripa, Baer, Tauny Frattone and Pritchett.
The sophomores have come up big as well, hitting 25-of-30 routines in competition for 9.7 or better, including three 9.9s from Mizuki Sato on vault and floor, a 9.9 on beam and 9.875 on floor from Niki Tom, and three 9.8s on beam for Marci Bernholtz.
Upperclassmen On Their Way Back -- After starting the season limited to no more than one event, the Bruin upperclassmen are on their way back to all-around action. Senior Ariana Berlin went from one event (uneven bars) in the first two meets to all-around action on Jan. 30. Junior Anna Li also did just uneven bars in the first two meets and is now back on two events, having competed on balance beam three times now. Redshirt sophomore Brittani McCullough, who sat out the first meet after having her ankle scoped in November, is now competing on three events (vault, bars and floor).
The Streak Lives On -- Senior Ariana Berlin's streak of consecutive meets has increased to 50 after competing all-around at Arizona State. Berlin, who joined the UCLA squad in 2006 as a walk-on who had not competed in five years, has competed in every meet of her collegiate career and has hit over 96% of her routines over her career.
Looking Ahead -- The Bruins will travel to Corvallis, OR to take on Oregon State in a Pac-10 Conference dual meet on Friday, Feb. 27 before heading back home for a pair of home meets on consecutive Sundays to close out the regular season. UCLA will first host Georgia on Mar. 8 before hosting Nebraska on Mar. 15 for Senior Day.
UCLA-Georgia Meet On Live TV -- UCLA's Mar. 8 home meet against four-time defending NCAA champion Georgia will be broadcast live on FSN Prime Ticket. The meet will begin promptly at 2 pm, so all pre-meet festivities and entertainment will take place earlier than usual.
Pac-12 PlaylistThu 5/28 | 7:00pm PTLive
Pac-12 PlaylistMon 6/1 | 7:00pm PTLive
Pac-12 PlaylistThu 6/4 | 7:00pm PTLive


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Yes, those sexy '80s bombshells are back! Samantha Fox and Sabrina have teamed up to do an updated version of Blondie's hit single "Call Me"!
They both STILL look great!
At last, the video is out. It's so much fun to see the two old rivals together. Sabrina, who's naturally the more beautiful of the two, looks amazing. The track will no doubt be a floorkiller in many a gay establishment all around Europe this summer!
Leo Rudnick


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Vote! The Cutest Kids in the Movies
On Children's Day, we decided to look at the kids in the movies. And we've had quite a few adorable ones, who've managed to put up great performances.
Have a look at some of the kids, and vote for your favourite at the end!
Partho Gupte
Son of director Amole Gupte and editor Deepa Bhatia, Partho made his debut in his father's film Stanely Ka Dabba.
The 10 year old won everyone's heart, as well as some international awards.
Image: Partho Gupte
Darsheel Safary
Darsheel made an adorable kid in Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par.
Since then, he has acted in films like Bumm Bumm Bole and Zokkomon but they haven't fared well.
The 15-year-old has now bagged his first international project -- Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children, based on Salman Rushdie's bestselling novel.
Image: Darsheel Safary
Swini Khara
Swini started her career in ad films and television serials in 2005.
She became a household name after her TV serial Baa, Bahu Aur Baby. Later, she got a chance to play Amitabh Bachchan's co-star in Cheeni Kum, where she gave a touching performance.
Swini is 16 years old today.
Image: Swini Khara
Shweta Prasad
Shweta played a double role in her debut film, Makdee, and won everyone's heart. Later, she landed a National Award for Iqbal.
At 21, Shweta hopes to work in movies as a lead actress.
Image: Shreyas Talpade and Shweta Prasad in Iqbal
Parzan Dastur
One of the best things about Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was the little Sardar, who refused to talk until the very end of the film!
Parzan went on to act in Rahul Dholakia's brilliant film Parzania, about a boy who goes missing during the Gujarat riots.
The 19-year-old was last seen in Imran Khan's film Break Ke Baad.
Image: Parzan Dastur and Naseeruddin Shah in Parzania
Jugal Hansraj
Jugal Hansraj was one of the highlights of Shekhar Kapur's Masoom, as his big brown eyes stared sadly back at you.
He went on to do many more films -- as a child and as an adult -- but he will be best known for this 1983 film.
Now 39, Jugal turned director with Yash Raj Films' animated film Roadside Romeo.
Image: Jugal Hansraj
Master Mayur
Mayur Verma made his debut in Muqaddar Ka Sikander, where he played Amitabh Bachchan's childhood. He became an overnight sensation, and went on to play Amitabh's junior role in many films like Lawaris and Bemisaal.
Now 47, Mayur is based in the UK, and keeps himself busy directing and producing plays and television serials.
Image: Master Mayur
Master Alankar
Alankar Joshi started his career with Bachpan in 1970 -- he was barely two years old then. He acted for 17 years before becoming an IT professional in the US.
Image: Master Alankar
Master Raju
Raju Shreshta began his career as a child actor with Shart in 1969 but his claim to fame was Parichay, where he played Jaya Bachchan's kid brother.
Raju was a very popular child artist, and has won a National Award for Chitchor.
When he got older, he played a drug addict in the serial Chunauti. He is 37 years old today.
Image: Master Raju
Junior Mehmood
Junior Mehmood started his career in 1967 with an insignificant role in Naunihal.
He acted with Mehmood in Suhaag Raat, who gave him the title of Jr Mehmood. The older Mehmood mentored the child in his young acting days.
Some of his memorable films are Kati Patang, Caravan, Haathi Mere Saathi, Aap Ki Kasam, Geet Gaata Chal and Aan Milo Sajna.
Image: Junior Mehmood
Sachin Pilgaonkar started his career as a child actor in the Marathi film, Ha Majha Marg Ekla, in 1962.
He has acted in some 65 films as a child, the most memorable one being Brahamchari Safar and Sholay. Later, he played lead roles in films like Geet Gaata Chal, Balika Badhu, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, and Nadiya Ke Paar.
Now 54, he has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri cinema. He has acted, produced and directed Marathi films like Mai Baap, Navri Mile Navryala, Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi, Amchyasarkhe Aamich and Navra Mazha Navsacha.
His popular television serials include Tu Tu Main Main and Kadvee Khatti Meethi.
Image: Sachin
Daisy Irani
Daisy Irani was a famous Bollywood and South Indian child artiste in the 1950s and 1960s. She is the sister of writer-director Honey Irani and aunt of Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, and Farah and Sajid Khan.
Her popular movies include Bandish, Jagte Raho, Bhai Bhai, Sahara, Quedi No 911, Duniya Na Mane, Do Ustad, Dhool Ka Phool, Soorat Aur Seerat, Chandi Ki Diwar Naya Daur, Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke and Musafir,
Daisy is 57 years old today.
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You finally pushed San Paro too far.
Maybe it was that last rocket that sailed over your shoulder and into an SUV. Maybe it was the stray bullet from the PMG that you were firing out of the side of the car window. Maybe it was just the day-glow shirt you were wearing yesterday. Regardless of what it was, it looks like Anarchy has finally descended upon San Paro. We expect to restore order by the end of the week, but in the meantime we'll try and explain what's going on...
Transient Aberrations
We're going to be testing out Chaos Mode on the live game between May 30th and June 6th. This is a very early prototype for the mode that doesn't contain all the social features or game play elements from our finalized version, but we're finally ready to bring this to the game at large.
The first thing you'll notice once you join a Chaos District is that the contacts have gone - you can't run missions in Chaos Districts at the moment - and have been replaced by Shadow Strike Elites and Bloodrose Assassins. They serve as vendors while in Chaos Districts, just in case you realize that your LTL gun might not be up to the task in this brave new world. You'll also notice that you have a couple of counters at the top of your screen.
The number on your left is your Score for this life. The number on the right is your current survival time. The small numbers behind those ones are your high scores, which is a number that's tracked in perpetuity, so it won't reset even if you log out. Your job is to go out and hunt the opposite faction and get the highest score. You can see a list of how well everyone in the district is currently doing by pressing Tab and bringing up the Chaos Scoreboard.
Some of the prizes that will be available during the course of this event include two brand new titles for your character; one is awarded for killing 100 players during the event, and the other for staying alive for a total of ten minutes, which is way harder than it sounds! We've also added a new role just for this event! The Score Streak role rewards players for reaching certain score totals during a single life - if you score 500 points, you get 150 Joker Tickets. 1000 points will net you 350 Joker Tickets. And finally, a score of 1500 will get you a 10 day lease of the new Nekrova SSW Light Machine Gun!
This game mode will only be available to play for a week, so enjoy it while it lasts! Remember, this is just a test of this system as it is at the moment. We want to see how well it works and whether you guys like it or not, so don't hesitate to come on over to the APB Reloaded forums and tell us what you think.


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Oz day special: Marathon of bowlsBy McIvor Times
HEATHCOTE will set the scene for a lawn bowls record attempt on the Australia Day weekend when Melbourne couple Daniel and Stacey Woodrow bid to become the first husband and wife team to complete a 24-hour bowls marathon to raise money for charity.
The couple, who married late last year and spent their honeymoon trekking on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, have accepted a challenge from the Heathcote-based Never Give Up group to take part in the marathon.
The 24-hour event is another in a growing list of innovative events organised by the NGU group to raise money to help the fight against Motor Neurone Disease.
Daniel and Stacey are no strangers to Heathcote and district — they recently were special guests at an MND Awareness night at the Heathcote Golf Club as well as taking part in other MND fundraising events in recent years.
This year, the 24-hour marathon will also be raising money for Pancare, a support group for sufferers with pancreatic cancer.
A special quilt and a locally hand-crafted table created for the occasion are major raffle prizes now on display at the Heathcote Post Office, which is supporting the fund-raising effort.
Post office proprietors Rhonda and Brian Linnell are passionate supporters of the Pancare cause and are urging their customers to get behind the fund-raising.
This years 24-hour marathon will be held on Australia Day, Saturday, January 26, starting at 1 pm and going through until 1 pm on the Sunday.
Daniel and Stacey will play in a variety of bowls formats over the 24 hours, with organisers working on arranging feature attractions involving top line bowlers.
NGU group president Brian Taylor said the group was grateful to Stacey and Daniel for taking up the challenge.
"Now we need the people of Heathcote and district to put up their hands to play against the couple in the record attempt," he said.
Mr Taylor said with Bendigo Bowls Division not playing pennant on the Australia Day weekend, bowlers and non-bowlers would have the opportunity to play against the couple in the 24-hour event.
Mr Taylor said the NGU group was planning a gala two-day event in support of the record attempt.
The weekend will officially kick off with a brief Australia Day ceremony at the bowls club in the lead-up to the 24-hour event starting at 1 pm, with other supporting bowls events to be held on the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
It is understood that the $1000 Grand Bowls event, which was spectacularly successful last Australia Day, will again be held.
Mr Taylor said more details on the exciting fundraising events would be available in the coming weeks.


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15 Landscaping Ideas for Building Rock Garden in Asian Style
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Japanese landscaping ideas, especially building a rock garden, are fascinating activities that create tranquil, unique and meaningful outdoor living spaces. Modern ideas of designing and building a rock garden in Asian style spread around the world, connecting the new and 13th century traditional of Asian garden design. Lushome shares beautiful rock garden design pictures that provide great inspirations for modern landscaping ideas.
Japanese garden design and Zen garden concepts are a very large part of Japanese culture. Japanese garden design is an opportunity to create a quiet, meaningful and beautiful place of contemplation, reflection and meditation. Japanese rock garden design ideas create the connection between the viewers and nature, while providing a relaxing and calming effect.
Chinese priests influenced Japanese garden design, starting building Zen gardens and Japanese residential buildings in Japan. The Zen priests brought changes transforming Asian gardens in Japanese style, meaning that gardens were designed to be viewed from the inside of a building. The elegant simplicity, symbolism and unique garden design ideas make building a rock garden in Japanese style an art.
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Building a rock garden in Asian style
Japanese garden design is influenced and enhanced by ancient Chinese culture. Building a rock garden with landscaping rocks, dry water white sand, moss and pebbles create fabulous landscaping artworks which represent mountains, rivers or waterfalls.
Large and small landscaping rocks are arranged to represent mountains and the landscape that surrounds Japanese homes. Pebbles, sand or gravel are used in Japanese garden design to reflect emotions and represent the sea or lake.
Landscaping ideas for building a rock garden in Asian style are amongst some of the most beautiful, original and symbolic. Each of landscaping rocks, stones and sand have a deep meaning and a reason for being where they are placed.
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One of the most popular types of Japanese garden is Zen garden design and dry gardens. These garden design ideas are heavily influenced by Zen Buddhism. The waterless landscaping ideas of garden design in Japanese style feel peaceful and simple.
The great thing about Japanese Zen garden design that building a rock garden in Asian style is possible even on small spaces, tiny backyards, in small boxes and on table tops. Modern ideas of Japanese Zen garden include impressive landscaping ideas for spacious backyards or compact solutions for very popular, portable small Japanese gardens perfect for decorating tables.
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Beautiful Japanese garden design, landscaping ideas for small spaces
Emphasizing the natural beauty of land with landscaping rocks and connect people with the nature in a quiet, meaningful and pleasant way are the main tasks of building a rock garden in Japanese style.
The purpose of Japanese garden design is to relax the body and stimulate the mind. The gracious simplicity and elegance of rock garden design in Japanese style are impressive and captivating.
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Does adland need more flexibility on out-of-office work?
Working from home is common in adland but offering staff the flexibility presents a unique set of challenges to a business which thrives on creativity and diversity of opinions.
In May this year 51% of Australia's adult workforce, or an estimated 5.6 million people, worked from home according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
For Miles Joyce, the chief executive of STW digital firm The White Agency, allowing staff to work from home is the exception and not the rule.
"We have a fantastic culture here of creativity and that is borne by people being in the building and we want people to thrive on that," Joyce told B&T.
"You need the team spirit and to work in collaboration, it is difficult to get that at home."
The missed opportunity of hallway conversations is a major drawback of home work, agreed CHE Proximity's managing director Chris Howatson.
"Spontaneous conversations with people at the coffee machine, chip bowl, at the bar or just by walking between departments are lost," Howatson explained.
"It's those moments of spontaneity that actually creates brilliance in advertising agencies.
"The home work process is more linear rather than just a chaotic moment where lots of opinions meet and you get a solution really quickly."
That being said both agencies do allow staff to work from home. The White Agency has two to three people out of its 100-plus workforce working away from the office for at least part of the day every week and CHE Proximity has flexible arrangements in place for mothers and the option of working from home is available for others.
"We are really flexible in how people manage their time and we monitor people based on output rather than presence," Howatson added.
Placing telework on the table as an option for employees has a positive impact on staff morale, according to Dean Shell, the commercial director of independent Melbourne media agency Kruse Media.
"There are a lot of large multinationals…which have a fixed rule that you have to be in the office between the hours of whatever they are and you are expected to do work at home as well, but outside of hours.
"There is a bit more flexibility with a smaller independent agency."
However, in ACMA's report it was found larger businesses were more agile when it came to staff working locations than the smaller shops.
More than half (55%) of medium-sized businesses – with between 20 and 199 employees – allow their staff to work away from the office at least one day a week. Just 38% of businesses with 19 employees or less let their staff do the same.
While a group environment is better for getting the creative juices flowing almost every role includes solo work. For these tasks, working from home or a cafe away from office-distractions can boost productivity.
Andrea Kerekes, founder and CEO of Access PR, believes the biggest benefit of telework is "lack of interruptions and the ability to think in blocks of time rather than snippets".
But, similar to creative agencies, she says it only works when isolated work time is limited.
"We have too many client meetings and work very collaboratively so having people in the same place at the same time is vital."
For the Red Agency, a PR and marketing communications firm which forms part of Havas PR, allowing staff to work from home once a month is about better work/life balance.
"We do a lot to attract the best staff and want to keep them and offering them a flexible working environment is also about staff retention," Grant Titmus, principal of the Red Agency, said.
Demanding employees' presence between set hours just wouldn't work in adland, explains Howatson who says agencies must be responsive to client needs.
"Some Fridays we might get a call and everyone might have to work all weekend so naturally we have to have a work environment that is really flexible.
"The classic idea of everyone needs to go to work at 9am and come home at 5pm is outdated and incredibly irrelevant.
"We are living in an era where women are expected to be mothers and workers and men are expected to be family men….it is really hard to balance all of those competing objectives if you have a rigid workplace structure."
A common barrier to working away from the office is trust in staff.
"Working from home is a privilege not a right," Titmus said.
Kruse Media's Shell says that while all staff are allowed to work from home if an unforseen circumstance arises its only senior employees that are allowed to do so regularly.
"It's the more senior people who we trust with having the maturity to know what their task is and to do it," he said.
"No disrespect to the junior guys, but the fact is you have to be really motivated and know what it is that you need to get done during that time at home."
Titmus knows of companies that enable their staff to work from home on a regular basis and has never heard a bad comment about the practice.
"I think it is more about the perception that people think those working from home are sky-larking," he said.
Do you have a view on working from home? Is your employer flexible enough or are you an employer who has had staff abuse the privilege? Share your experiences in the comment box below.


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Wet floors can be extremely dangerous. Each year, millions of people suffer falls in the United States, and many are preventable. In Georgia, stores and other establishments have a duty to have reasonable inspection procedures in place to check for slip and fall hazards. Failure to notice and clean up water, soap, oil, or any other liquid can subject them to liability, but only an experienced slip and fall lawyer can tell you whether or not you have a valid case.
If you have been injured in a slip and fall on another person's property, I cannot stress enough how important it is to contact a slip and fall lawyer immediately. A good slip and fall lawyer will take the appropriate steps to preserve any and all evidence before it is destroyed either accidently or intentionally by the property owner.
Video evidence is critical in slip and fall cases. Most commercial locations have security cameras that capture activity in any part of the store or the surrounding premises. Often these digital security cameras automatically delete stored footage automatically if not preserved immediately following an incident. Georgia has a very specific law, called spoliation, which requires companies to preserve the video evidence, but only if the proper procedures are followed by the injured person or their slip and fall lawyer. The procedures are complex, but preserving video evidence is crucial to show that the store breached their legal duty. Call an experienced slip and fall lawyer immediately to make sure that the precious video evidence is preserved.
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In 2017, Hollywood Box Office has made great remarks positively.June has some record breaking movies like Wonder Women, Disciple Me 3, Car 3 and Transformers: The Last Knight.
Now let us dive into July, there are many films coming out in July 2017 and we have decoded the list and present you the top three films that you can pick for the weekends to enjoy with your loved ones.
Number 1#: Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk is an upcoming war film directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie is based on the evacuation of Belgium, British and France troops who were surrounded by the Germany in the battlefields of World War II. The movie has the running time of 1 Hour 47 Minutes. Nolan is known for his story appeals and in this war based movie, we can expect some great visuals and rich content.
Number 2# Spider-Man: Homecoming.
SuperHero Movie. SpiderMan Homecoming directed by John Watts is the reboot to the old franchise. The young teen Peter Parker aka Spiderman makes his debut in Caption America: Civil War and tries to join the team Avengers by Tony Stark stops him and he him that he is still not ready for it. Later he moves away and stay with Aunt May and is mentored by Tony Stark.The plot then takes on.
Number 3# War for the Planet of Apes:
War for the Planet of Apes is the third movie the Planet of Apes series. The first two movies were a huge hit. The movie revolves around the war between the Apes and the human. In the ruthless attack by Colonel McCullough, the Apes suffer a huge loss and in order to defeat the humans, Ceasor the apex of Apes follows the great strategy and fights against the Colonel.The movie is disturbed by Fox Studio and is set to release on July 2017.
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Part of me feels like I don't even need to review this book. The title alone – Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling : Just a Small-Town Girl Living in a Notions World – says it all. But just in case it doesn't scream 'buy me I'm a fun read at you', I'll add a few more words in the hopes of persuading you. For your sake, coz it's a laugh out loud read and I loved it!Oh My God What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen
Published by Gill Books Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Women, Humor
Pages: 294
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
Aisling is twenty-eight and she's a complete ... Aisling. She lives at home in Ballygobbard (or Ballygobackwards, as some gas tickets call it) with her parents and commutes to her good job at PensionsPlus in Dublin.
Aisling goes out every Saturday night with her best friend Majella, who is a bit of a hames (she's lost two phones already this year – Aisling has never lost a phone).
Aisling spends two nights a week at her boyfriend John's. He's from down home and was kiss number seventeen at her twenty-first.
But Aisling wants more. She wants the ring on her finger. She wants the hen with the willy straws. She wants out of her parents' house, although she'd miss Mammy turning on the electric blanket like clockwork and Daddy taking her car 'out for a spin' and bringing it back full of petrol.
When a week in Tenerife with John doesn't end with the expected engagement, Aisling calls a halt to things and soon she has surprised herself and everyone else by agreeing to move into a three-bed in Portobello with stylish Sadhbh from HR and her friend, the mysterious Elaine.
Newly single and relocated to the big city, life is about to change utterly for this wonderful, strong, surprising and funny girl, who just happens to be a complete Aisling.
First Line of Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen.
"Your one, Aisling is completely gas, isn't she."
My thoughts on OMGWACA (yes that's what we are calling it from now on, coz my fingers are getting tired typing)
If you ever wanted to know what it's like to be a country girl living in Ireland, and working in Dublin, then this book has you covered. While reading it, I literally rocked from side to side laughing because it's so cliched but also so true to life. I saw myself within the pages, I saw friends, and I saw every Irish mammy hiding the good biscuits and worrying about having a full load of washing in the washing machine.
'Are there biscuits hidden somewhere? I wouldn't even know where to look – that's your mother's domain,' he says, heading for the kitchen to first check the USA biscuit tin that we were convinced was a sewing kit. Turns out Mammy had been using it as a kind of double-bluff in her quest to keep anything 'good' away from us.
This book started off life as a Facebook Page, as a mockery of all the clichés of modern-day life. And when I picked it up, I expected a fun, quick, light-hearted read. And it's got fun nailed down, but it's also more emotional than I expected it to be. It tackled heavy themes and did so in a very heart-warming way.
If you want to know what a complete Aisling is – it's a girl who loves her parents, is polite to bus drivers even when they drive recklessly, is loyal to friends while also rolling her eyes at their less than loveable qualities, loves going out and also going out-out, is driven demented by the state of the communal kitchen in work and sticks up passive aggressive post-its, dreams of her boyfriend popping the question, knows that a garlic cheese chips is the only way to mend a heart, but also knows the weight watchers points in every thing. She is a mass of contradictions, and fun to know.
Will it win any literary awards? No. Did it win my heart? Oh yes!
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Basically if you want an entertaining read, with an Irish Bridget Jones type character, then have at it!


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Majestic Broccoli
*Majestic Broccoli*
There was broccoli in that cheese?
+Chris Ridgway It did end up melding with cheese in the final recipe, which was quite tasty !
Needs cheese!
I'm not even a fan of brocolli but this shot make me want to munch on some hahahaha.
Great shot, I love my Broc….. and it's never look better than this, well done :-)
Cruciferous veggies, can sure hold their own :P
and how majestic it is!
"Midway in the journey of our life • I came to myself in a dark wood • for the straight way was lost" - Dante's Inferno


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Top 10 Most Expensive Auction Cars
Today we will look at the ten great cars that appeared to be most expensive, though not just in terms of the price, or more specifically saying, in terms of the price, but a different one. We will look at the ten cars that appeared to be most expensive while sold on the car auction. It may appear a very interesting post as we are going to look at older cars that appeared to be popular even now. All these cars were the symbols of something great at their time, therefore people are now ready to give out crazy sums of money for them. Let's see what we have here today!
10th Place took the 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM that was sold for$7.7 million, sold in 2009
9th Place took the 1929 'Birkin' Bentley 4 ? litre that was sold for $7.9 million sold in 2012
8th Place took the 1931 Bugatti Royale Berline that was sold for $8.9 million sold in 1986
7th Place took the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB that was sold for $9.5 million sold in 2008
6th Place took the 1968 Ford GT40 that was sold for $11 million sold in 2012
5th Place took the 1936 Mercedes 540K that was sold for $11.7 million sold in 2012
4th Place took the 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe that was sold for $14.9 million sold in 1987
3rd Place took the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa that was sold for $16.39 million sold in 2011
2nd Place took the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO that was sold for $19.4 million sold in 2010
1st Place took the 1936 Bugatti Type 57C Atlantic that was sold for $43.7 million sold in 2010


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Spice Up the Olympics
I just had to blog about this. You see, I'm a huge Spice Girls fan. I remember asking my Kuya Arnel to buy me a cassette tape of their first album, Spice. I was so fond of Wanna Be and Stop that I danced to it whenever I hear the song. I even believed in stupid rumors like Scary Spice and Sporty Spice are not really girls but changed their preference. You know, shallow elementary stories.
And then during high school, they released Spice World which features one of the songs in the video above, Spice Up Your Life. I was more into them because they always have the girl power vibe. And because every girl was empowered by these women, I guess more ladies expressed their individuality and what they can achieve during that time.
|Yes, I tracked her even out of Spice Girls :P
That's why I was so sad when the news of Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) surfaced to be leaving the band. I love Baby Spice (Emma Bunton) and all, but Ginger was sort of my hero among all of them. I don't like Posh that much until I heard her single, "Not Just an Innocent Girl" on later years.
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But the closing of Olympics brought back too many childhood memories. Now who's not hoping that they release another album must be mad. But for the meantime, let's cherish our Spice Girls genre and cross our fingers that they get back together and sing their epic hits.


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This task although very distressing and time consuming is 'a must to know how to do' if you ever find yourself in this situation! I found this journey very emotional but nevertheless continued on my mission to take control. Now prepare your mind, body and soul for the unexpected and knowing full well that:
- You didn't give your permission for your images to be used
- You placed trust in a person who has perpetrated your whole being
Firstly if like me you didn't have a clue, a good place to start is 'google search', below is a step by step youtube clip from Google.
If you want an image removed from Google's search results, it's important to bear a couple of points in mind.
- Google doesn't own the web, and can't remove content from the web.
- The images in Google's search results are controlled by the webmasters of the sites that hosts those images.
If you don't own the site on which the image appears, you should ask the webmaster to remove the image or block it from search engines. How to contact a webmaster.
Once the webmaster has removed the image URL from the webmaster's site or blocked it from being included in our index, our search results will automatically reflect the change after we next crawl the site. You can expedite this process using the URL removal tool.
To use the URL removal tool, you'll need to know the exact URL of the image you want removed. Here's how to find it:
- Click the image that you locate in the image search results.
- Right-click View original image or Full size, and copy the link address.
- Paste the URL into a file or document, so it's available when you use the URL removal tool.
Once you have the URL ready, follow the instructions for requesting removal of an entire page.


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Recent filehosting issues and future of this site...
As most of you probably already know it, last week left us witnesses of one of the biggest 1-click filehosters turmoil in their history. Megaupload has been shut down, and two other major players, Filesonic and Fileserve, which unfortunately I have been using for last couple of months, essentially stopped their services, by not allowing sharing the files with anyone but original uploader and closing account due to copyright infrigements.
It lefts site's latest submissions virtually useless, as Filesonic main links are not working, additional Fileserve mirror files neither, with Hotfile links in place. In that situation none of these movies can be fully downloaded and only working sets are either Hotfile or Rapidshare links, where existing and not removed before.
As the situation is tense and future uncertain, for the time being, there will be no new submissions or any links replacements, until the dust settles and more light is shed on the whole situation. If situation gets cleared and filehosters get to the terms, I will make further decisions on future of this project, accordingly to the situation.
For any further info, please visit the site in future, any announcements will be posted here.


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1st Western Balkans Digital Summit
The First Western Balkans's Digital Summit supported and co-organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the host government and in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) and German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy will take place in Skopje on 18-19 April this year.
The Western Balkans Digital Summit 2018 is envisaged as high-level event attended by Heads of WB economies, Ministers responsible for digital agenda from WB and EU member states participating in the Berlin Process, European Commission, RCC, representatives from IT industries and businesses, academia, youth, etc.
The Digital Summit's 2018 programme includes panel discussions about Digital Connectivity; integrating WB economies into the Digital Single Market; enhancing cyber security; improving digital skills and preparing WB societies for 21st century; digitization of industry and interactive discussions between governments, academia, enterprises, innovators, CSOs,youth organizations (RYCO), etc.
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The controversial daughter of Victor Omololu Olunloyo – a former governor of Oyo State, Kemi Olunloyo, has once again lambasted the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A Adeoye, over his counsel to young men and women concerning marriage.
In a video, Pastor Adeboye warned women, "Don't marry a man who has no job. Before God gave Adam Eve, he gave him a job. He said, 'This is the garden, keep it.' So when anybody comes to you and say, 'Sister, thus saith the Lord, you are going to be the star in my firmament,' ask him — 'What is your job?'"
In another video, he advised men, "Marry a prayer warrior! Don't marry any girl who cannot pray for one hour non-stop. Don't marry a girl who is lazy! If she is lazy when she is single, what will happen if she is married?"
Reacting to this, Ms Olunloyo whose public criticism of people apparently knows no bounds blasted the pastor and called him a lunatic for his alleged unwise advice.
Posting a reaction on her Twitter handle @HNNAfrica, the controversial media personality tagged the pastor and wrote: "Pastor Adeboye is a lunatic Christian fundamentalist.
"Dumbass and lunatic Pastor Adeboye says men should not marry a woman who cannot cook or pray for an hour.
"These trashy men of God should be executed.