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My fave FSU t-shirt is in the dryer.
There's booze chillin' in the fridge.
The game comes on in 1.5 hours.
Saturdays are for football in our house.
So, who do YOU cheer for?
I'm a proud member of the Fighting Texas Aggie Class of 2002! WHOOP! Maybe we'll be playing your team next year???
How fun!!! I wish college football was bigger here! Have a great weekend! Hope you can enter my new giveaway!!!
Kori xoxo
Go Ducks!!!
wooo FSU baby!! Lovin those dresses!
Those are such cute outfits!! Are they hand made?!
Um....yeah, what?
UK baby! (But we're more about our basketball...)
We are more of an NFL family. I've been a Cheesehead since the Favre days, but the boys are Patriots fans. Yuck, I say. Go PACK go!
UW Huskies!
Appalachian State Mountaineers and The Alabama Crimson Tide!!!
Its Great To Be A Mountaineer!!!
Oh, and when it comes to Florida...GO GATORS!
I don't really have a college team. I think it's because I went to a university that didn't have much of a football program (though the multi-million dollar stadium might lead some to believe otherwise...) And it's just weird for me to cheer for a school I didn't attend and live nowhere near.
But I'm ready for some good old NFL!
UW Cowboys and Nebraska Huskers! This year they play each other. I will be cheering on for the Cowboys, but torn between the two.
I am a Brit and am amazed at the support your colleges get for sports. Nothing like that exist over here and I'm super jealous! I'm a Penn State supporter as I lived in philly for a while.
I am a proud supporter of the Noles as well!
football smootball.
Gators..but only by marriage... I cheer for Liverpool Football club..
Washington State University (although they are not very good right now) and the Seahawks. Mickey also loves the Detroit Lions. Go teams!!!
Oh no. We will NOT be friends in a couple of weeks. Your team better not beat my team! WE ARE #1!!!
But we'll be friends again eventually, right? ;)
Why Florida? Why in God's name is it Florida? Unfortunately, we, here on the other Coast, do not know football like you Southerners. I miss my days of going to Tiger games (that would be Clemson to you), eating boiled peanuts, tailgatin' and drinkin bloodys. Sigh.
Why American men should boycott American women
I am an American man, and I have decided to boycott American women. In a nutshell, American women are the most likely to cheat on you, to divorce you, to get fat, to steal half of your money in the divorce courts, don't know how to cook or clean, don't want to have children, etc. Therefore, what intelligent man would want to get involved with American women?
American women are generally immature, selfish, extremely arrogant and self-centered, mentally unstable, irresponsible, and highly unchaste. The behavior of most American women is utterly disgusting, to say the least.
This blog is my attempt to explain why I feel American women are inferior to foreign women (non-American women), and why American men should boycott American women, and date/marry only foreign (non-American) women.
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college fb is the best! both my parents went to fsu!
Crimson Tide for sure - but if I do have to root for a Florida team, it's totally for FSU! Cheers to a great year! ox


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Robust construction for heavy duty 24/7 milking. It is designed for high yielding dairy cows.
- For milking around the clock
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This works reliably and almost invisibly in the background. A simple, well proven milk flow indicator; well designed and easy to keep clean.
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When milk yield from each cow is monitored accurately using infrared technology, you gain key data for efficient herd management. This compact yield indicator provides:
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This ICAR approved meter accurately weighs milk and is not sensitive to air or flow disturbance. Its transparent, robust construction is designed to allow the downwards flow of milk at all times and it can be fitted with a combi-cover. This safe milk recording and sampling device is easy to calibrate and service.
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The profitability of your dairy farm depends on so many factors which influence milk yield – cow health, feeding, milking performance. The ICAR-approved DeLaval milk meter MM27BC delivers accurate data on milk flow, milk yield and parlor performance, for maximum efficiency in managing your herd. When partnered with DelPro herd management milking management becomes easy.
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Today, Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced the 31 projects representing 26 cities that have been selected as finalists for the 2014 City Climate Leadership Awards. Of these projects, which demonstrate leadership in taking climate action, winners in each of ten categories will be announced at the second annual Awards Ceremony on September 22, 2014 in New York.
This year's finalists are from the following 26 cities:
Asia and Oceania:
Changwon, Dhaka, Jakarta, Melbourne, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei, Yokohama
Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Malmö, Milan, Oslo, Stockholm, Vienna
North America:
Los Angeles, New York City, New Orleans, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Washington DC
Latin America:
Buenos Aires, Mexico City
The 31 finalist projects will compete in the following ten categories:
Urban Transportation
Solid Waste Management
Finance & Economic Development
Carbon Measurement & Planning
Sustainable Communities
Green Energy
Adaptation & Resilience
Energy Efficient Built Environment
Air Quality
Intelligent City Infrastructure
This year marks the second collaboration between C40 and Siemens on this awards competition, which recognizes outstanding performance by cities that have successfully implemented projects to tackle climate change.
The Ceremony will feature the participation of C40 Chair, Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes, C40 Board President Michael R. Bloomberg and Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens' Infrastructure & Cities Sector and member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, and will bring together more than 250 decision-makers from cities around the world including mayors, city planners, policy-makers and influential thinkers.
The C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards is granted annually in ten categories and provides global recognition for cities that are demonstrating climate action leadership. The categories of urban transportation, finance & economic development, carbon measurement & planning, solid waste management and sustainable communities are open to C40 cities only. The additional five categories are open both to C40 cities and the 120 cities in the Siemens and Economist Intelligence Unit research project "Green City Index".
An independent, seven-member judging panel consisting of former city mayors, architects, representatives of the World Bank, as well as C40 and Siemens will select the ten winners.
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IMO, all the GPP and strength gains in the world can be found in Boris Sheyko's 3-lift routines. Pick the easiest one, subtract 30 pounds (at least) from your real maxes and run through the routine. Your only goal is to adapt to the volume (that's GPP). Next time through, do it with your real weights. Then do beginner 2, followed by beginner peaking. You'll add to all of your lifts and be in better shape than you ever have been.
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Madison, WI – Mely's Super Clean has announced that their house cleaning services will feature green and environmentally friendly options for their environmentally conscious customers. For this service, they offer earth friendly and traditional products depending on their client preference.
Mely, the founder and CEO had this to say about Mely's Super Clean, "I have great pride in starting this family owned business and seeing it grow into a team of ten professional cleaners. This business is fully insured and licensed to ease our client's minds. The business has presented us with an opportunity to clean many wonderful homes for our clients in the Madison area, who have become like family to us. We are aware of their pets and special cleaning needs. I have even set dinner out to thaw as I cleaned on client request. This enterprise is that important to us all."
There are many things to consider when someone sets out to hire out a home cleaning professional; such as reliability, location, trustworthiness and reviews. This decision is especially difficult because a homeowner is allowing a stranger into every crevice of their home. Whatever company one chooses has to take good care of client property while respecting their privacy. A good firm will operate with a flat rate for house cleaning and will not attempt to make an up-sell for specific clients. The company must also demonstrate attention to detail. Many of the best cleaning enterprises are family owned and have operated top notch cleaning services for long periods; this is exactly the case with Mely's. Mely's Super Clean is family owned, trusted, respectful, responsible, and prompt.
As environmentally-friendly, or 'green' products are becoming popular and more and more people are becoming interested in using these products, which means more cleaning enterprises, such as Mely's, are requiring use of products that are more environmentally friendly to satisfy these customers and leave less of a 'footprint' behind. Mely's Super Clean also demonstrates preparedness with their ability to provide their services with as little as twenty-four-hour notice. Most important of all, the team of cleaners at Mely's are hardworking, honest, and friendly.
For locals who need to hire house cleaner that is trustworthy and keeps their customer's budget in mind, consider consulting Mely's Super Clean and trying out their service. Use the information below to contact the business or visit their website. Mely's is the perfect solution for all of Madison's cleaning needs.
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Outsourced bookkeeping has been a key for many businesses in recent decades as they look to cut costs and improve their bottom lines. The reasons the popularity of these services has exploded within the business community are myriad, and have been discussed at length. Today, we are going to take a look at some of the less commonly realized benefits of outsourcing your bookkeeping and financial services, and how they may impact your business:
• Rapid Deployment – When you retain a competent outsourced bookkeeping firm, they are going to already have policies, procedures, and personnel in place that will allow them to fully address your project, from day one. You won't have to deal with sourcing and training the talent, and you avoid all the hassle of creating and financing a new internal branch of your business that doesn't directly add value to your product or service.
• Compete With Larger Firms – One tangible benefit of doing things in-house is that you have absolute control over the level and quality of your support services. Consequently, larger organizations often offer a much higher level of service than small businesses can afford to present, and this can cost them clients. When you use outsourced financial services, you are able to match this level of service by accessing the same economies of scale that big business takes advantage of.
• Reduce Risk – Tax law changes every year. Other things over which you have no control can drastically impact your business, such as changes in market conditions, the local competitive scene, governmental regulations, or even technological developments. Using outsourced bookkeeping services means that they assume this risk for you, and manage it accordingly.
The benefits of these sorts of services are even more extensive than they first appear, as you can see from the above points. It is little wonder that even small business is getting into the act, with outsourced bookkeeping business services continuing to grow in popularity as smaller and smaller organizations are able to take advantage of the benefits it offers.


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I've just finished reading a book on mindfulness meditation— Happiness and How it Happens: Finding Contentment Through Mindfulness, by The Happy Buddha, Suryacitta Malcolm Smith. Normally books I read are still in pristine condition afterward, but this one ended up thoroughly underlined.
Mindfulness meditation is a practice that crosses boundaries including religion, and can be taken up by anyone, no matter what their resources or knowledge—it doesn't require years of study. Its importance is in helping us find fulfilment internally, rather than externally, so we can better cope with both the buffeting of life, and of our own minds, as well as loosening our grip on acquisition. It helps us live in the present.
At a practical level, to meditate mindfully is to take an observer's perspective, and be aware that our minds are generating a stream of thoughts, and our bodies are experiencing feelings and sensations, yet we are more than these. Beyond our "self", which we construct throughout life, fed by the stories our minds tell us, we have an eternal unchanging presence which we share with everyone else.
This awareness—observing from a distance—is key to accepting ourselves as we are without having to add anything, and a way to "heal and dissolve" our pain. When we realise that our thoughts are almost continuously and automatically generated by our mind, we can choose not to unconsciously believe or act on them.
Although the author talks about mindfulness meditation ideally being a sitting practice, he also points out that it is a practice that can be done anytime, anywhere. "Everything is meditation, there is nothing outside meditation, and we don't have to be in a certain state of mind before we can meditate. Whatever is in our awareness—that's it! That is meditation." (p. 38)
What a revelation—we can make a daily activity our mindfulness meditation practice!
Whatever you choose, immerse yourself in the experience. When you notice you're caught up in your thoughts or feelings, gently return to the present moment, again and again. Make room for both the comfortable and the uncomfortable. Experience what it's like to be you, in this moment.
Here are some activities I'm using as my meditation practice:
- A conversation with my children.
- A run.
- Listening to a piece of music.
- A guitar lesson.
- Driving to work.
What activity could you use as meditation?


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Competitors Taking Action Against Competitors For Search Ad Trademark Infringement
Search ads trigger trademark lawsuit from rival from News.com reports on another search ad trademark lawsuit. This one differs in that the plaintiff is not suing a search engine, but rather suing his competitor.
NameSafe sued LifeLock for allegedly allowing one of their resellers to show search ads with NameSafe's trademarks within the ad copy. The ads were triggered on a search for [namesafe], and the ads contained "Namesafe" in the title of the ad. Namesafe is not objecting to buying the keyword [namesafe] but rather using the trademark in the ad text.
Most search ad trademark policies do not allow for advertisers to place trademarked terms in the ad copy of the ad. In many cases, you can buy the trademarked term and rank for the term in the search ads. However, using the trademarked term, in many cases, is against most search engines trademark policies.
LifeLock argues that they did not buy or use the NameSafe name in the ad. It was one of their 3,000 resellers that purchased the keyword and placed the trademark in the ad. They communicated to that reseller that is it not allowed and have terminated their relationship with that reseller. But that might not be enough.
NafeSafe took LifeLock to federal court last Wednesday in the middle district of Tennessee.
For more of our coverage on trademark cases in search, see our trademarks category.
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Unemployed bum update
So we've been unemployed bums for a few weeks now and it's way past time for an update. Where to start on all the doings…
Well first of all we are still deliriously happy to be out of the evil clutches of USXpress (aka TWMNBN… who can now be named for obvious reasons) and I, for one, haven't regretted quitting for one instant. Stace goes through momentary pangs of doubt about the wisdom of quitting in the midst of the worst economy in generations but really I'm pretty sure she isn't sorry we quit, either.
We still haven't got serious about moving forward on buying our own truck, but that's not really a big deal. It's been two and a half years since we had a vacation so mostly we've just been puttering around the house. We've watched a ton of really crappy tv that never seems to make the cut when we only have a few hours available a month for tv watching.
I managed to catch the annual Punkin Chunkin competition this year. I really expected that to be more interesting. I mean they are building air cannons, trebuchets, catapults and whatnot to fling pumpkins as far as possible. There's the ideas behind the design, the construction of the machines, the timing of the release, the physics of the fling… how exciting, right? Not really. I mean it was pretty cool to see working trebuchets since they haven't really been used since they were being used to ram castle walls back in medieval days. And if we're going to be completely honest even back in the day they could have probably done more damage to the folk in the castle if the marauding hordes had just rubbed some blankets all over their pox-ridden bodies and flung those blankets over the walls. I mean that's how whitey ended up kicking the Native American butt after all. Anyway back to the point… the punkin chunkin wasn't all that one might have hoped.
The air cannons just blew the rest of the pack away. Oh no… I might have blown the ending for anyone who TiVo'd it this year but hasn't watched it yet… I should add a spoiler alert… be right back. Okay… that's better. So yeah anyway… the air cannons killed every other category. It was kinda sucky cause they shoot the pumpkins out so fast you can't even track them through the air. A couple tosses were pretty cool though when they had the pressure too high and the instant the pumpkin left the barrel it exploded into a million pieces. The best part of that was the announcer saying, "Oh, now that's a real shame, Bill. The Young Guns team just pied their pumpkin." I mean honestly… 'pied their pumpkin' that's just funny right there. And sort of exciting I suppose.
That's not the only exciting tv I've managed to watch, though. I also caught an episode of some show where they had two teams building six-foot-tall gingerbread houses. Because they were so tall the houses were allowed to have a plywood frame but then all the decoration and whatnot had to be edible. One team built a traditional house with extremely detailed little touches and the other team went with a crazy whimsical design that was really wild. If the second team had been able to finish their design they would have won hands down, but they didn't really execute their plan at all. Their gingerbread kept falling off the wall and cracking and they ran out of product so they had to do two walls with this weird icing stucco look. So after eight hours it was a choice between the boring but well-executed house or the wild and crazy house that didn't get finished… hmmm… what to do… what to do…. Well you can imagine the tension was wild here at Casa d' Hags concerning which team would walk away with the ten thousand bucks and the coveted six-foot-tall-gingerbread-house-building-smack-down-2009 trophy.
In the end the judges chose the traditional house because it was well executed even though it was boring. Oh no… did that need a spoiler alert, too? Probably … I'll be right back. Ok then … Well anyway the boring but quality house beat out the exciting but sucky house. It was a split decision though. Good job guys … way to provide some nail-biting tension on the tv. We appreciate it.
Our home-time hasn't all been spent watching exciting tv though. I've finished a couple of home projects that I have been putting off for three years. That's right … you heard me correctly … I've finished hideous home projects from hell that I have been ignoring for OVER THREE YEARS!! WooHoo for me!! Stace now thinks I'm a DIY god and scrapes and bows every time I enter or leave a room. That's pretty cool. I may be starting to get used to it… I especially enjoy it when I enter a room and she throws her hands into the air and shouts "Hallelujah" as I walk in. Granted it would be even better if she didn't follow that with, "Since you're up, could you get me some Diet Coke?" but still it's a start. I can't help but think it won't be long until she's following me around throwing rose petals or something. Maybe dead leaves instead since roses are expensive and we are unemployed bums right now. Yea… I could live with dead leaves.
All that crazy adoration was par for the course when LittleOne and Chaos came to stay over Thanksgiving. Oh, I didn't actually fling flowers at her, but I must admit that it was hard not to follow LittleOne around and clap every time she mumbled an unintelligible string of babble. Which she did a lot. She is just on the verge of real speech and I am more than ready. She was so unbelievably adorable and it was the first time we got to spend several days in a row with her. Before they came I wasn't sure if I was up for four days of high LittleOne energy but I enjoyed every day and hated to send her home. I can't wait til Christmas. Stace and I haven't decorated the house for Christmas in years and years but suddenly I'm all like, "Oh and we have to get a big tree all decorated up for the baby, and maybe I'll make a gingerbread house, and when she gets here we'll make cookies for Santa and she can decorate them, and I wonder if she would like a pony for Christmas, and I wonder if the Rockettes ever take their Christmas show on the road…."
The family all got together for Thanksgiving over at Stace's mom's house and I have to say that it was the best family get-together in a long time. The whole family was there and everyone seemed to have a great time. Everybody brought some food but it was Stace's mom that cooked the turkey and stuff and really pulled it all together. She was kinda nervous about having 17 people for the big holiday doings but she pulled it off beautifully. I know I really enjoyed the day and had a great time getting to talk to some of the family members that we don't get to see nearly often enough.
Speaking of people we don't get to see often… we did our own family Thanksgiving meal on Friday and our faux-son, who we'll call Magnus, was at the house, too. That was really nice. Magnus grew up with Chaos and they have been friends forever. At some point years ago he sort of became our faux-son but we haven't got to see much of him in the past few years. So not only was it just nice to have him at the house, but he's also become quite a chef over the years and that's always a plus. Besides… he and Chaos did all the clean-up after our big Thanksgiving meal at home.
Who would have thought that Chaos and Magnus would do all the clean-up after a big meal? Who would have thought that such a tiny little two-year-old person could have such a big impact on my routines? Who would have thought I would ever get the house in order after three years? Who would have thought the annual Punkin Chunkin contest would provide less nail-biting tension than the gingerbread-house-building smack-down? Who would have thought I would ever even consider decorating for Christmas again?
All in all it's just been a magical mystical time at home chocked full of wondrous rainbow and fairy moments … and I haven't even mentioned the Wii Stace and I bought as our Christmas gift to each other. We seriously should have quit TWMNBN months ago.


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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Your Next Stamp 5th Birthday Bash Blog Hop
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Very cute..Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! I love the smiley face. Reminds me of the 80's and the smiley face I had sewn onto my overalls! lolReplyDelete
Your card is so cute! I love the hippy van! Happy 5th Birthday YSN!!ReplyDelete
Hehe, love that Hippie owl the more I look at it. great card Sharla :) xReplyDelete
Wow! Great Card! Love the Bright Colours!ReplyDelete
I love the bright Happy Colors~ Super cuteReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2014 at 8:24 AM
The hippie VW bus is darling. I can't wait to get to play with it.ReplyDelete
Love your card.
Cute. I really like the retro look of this stamp set. Reminds me a bit of Scooby Doo as well who is my hubby's fave.ReplyDelete
Oh how CUTE. Love your card. Thanks for sharing your time and talents.ReplyDelete
Crafty hugs,
Bright, lovely colors and you've showcased this stamp beautifully -- absolutely groovy !!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! I love this hippie van and your super cute card!ReplyDelete
I love this groovy bus! So cute!ReplyDelete
How adorable! The bus is so cute and I really like the neon trend.ReplyDelete
FUN card, great throwback image with the VW bus.ReplyDelete
love the smiley face and hippie bus. happy birthdayReplyDelete
What a fun image and card!ReplyDelete
This IS super cute! And definitely "groovy" with those bright colors and the adorable image.ReplyDelete
What a totally groovy card! Love the smiley face! My sister-in-law had a flower power VW van!! Too cute!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2014 at 8:36 PM
How cute love itReplyDelete
A fun, happy feeling card. So cuteReplyDelete
Great happy card...love the colours and the fun owl image.ReplyDelete
What a fun card. I love the bus! Now I'm feeling Groovy Can't you just hear me singing... (Partridge Family if I remember right)ReplyDelete
Sharla, how cute..the 70's seem to be popular again, i was in high school during the first part of the 70's and i never dressed like the stereo type images that are depicted..it does remind me of Scooby Do though. :)ReplyDelete
Groovy colors on your fun card.ReplyDelete
Your card is adorable! So groovy! Love the cute stamp and all the beautiful details! Happy Birthday to YNS!ReplyDelete
Very cute cardReplyDelete
Super fun, cute card!!ReplyDelete
Very colorful and fun project!ReplyDelete
Awesome, love the papers and the sparkly smiley face!ReplyDelete


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I think I'm going to see how many song titles or lyrics I can match up the subjects of my posts.
Last month, I mentioned I had a few exciting things coming up. One of those exciting things involved renewing my passport and applying for visas, because that's what an American like me has to do in order to enter Vietnam. Americans like me need visas to enter Cambodia too, but we can do that at the border, apparently. We don't need them for either Hong Kong or the Philippines though.
Basically, this is my roundabout way of saying I'm going to Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong and the Philippines — though not in that order. First we'll go to my grandmother's in Manila, and maybe to my uncle's weekend house in Tagaytay for an Easter lechón. A few days later, we'll fly to Hanoi before heading to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat. When we return to the Philippines, Keith and I will spend a couple nights in Boracay, return once more to Manila for a big family party, and then we'll fly to Hong Kong for a quick visit before heading home.
If that paragraph reads as being a little too whirlwindy, that's because it is. Whirlwindy. I plan on taking a decent amount of pictures, spraying myself with an almost-toxic amount of DEET and eating as much street food as possible. But not balut. I draw the line at hard-boiled partially-developed bird embryos. There are just some things a girl simply can't do.


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'Indulge' — The Upscale, All-Ladies Event Is Coming Soon!
May 9, 2014 will be the night ladies will get the red carpet rolled out for them!
Indulge Tri-Ciites presented by Kadlec Clinic, Plastic Surgery will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center from 5-9pm.
Limited Seating so get your tickets soon!
It's the newest premier event for Women! Enjoy shopping at premier vendor booths while you have a butler served hor d' oeuvre's, dinner and a fashion show.
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Title: Mistletoe Cottage
Series: Hamony Harbor #1
Author: Debbie Mason
Author Website: http://authordebbiemason.com/index.html
Publisher: Forever
Publish Date: October 25, 2016
Genre: Romance
'Tis the season for love . . .
Sophie DiRossi loved growing up in Harmony Harbor. But after fleeing in disgrace many years ago, it is the last place she wants to be. Left homeless by a fire, she's forced to go back to the small coastal town that harbors a million secrets, including her own. Sophie sees this secret reflected every day in her daughter's blue eyes-and she must keep it hidden from the only man she has ever loved.
Sophie's return is a shock for everyone . . . especially Liam Gallagher. The firefighter had some serious feelings for Sophie-and seeing her again sparks a desire so fierce it takes his breath away. Now Liam will do whatever it takes to show Sophie that they deserve a second chance at love, even if everything they've concealed threatens to keep them apart. In this special town at this special time of the year, Sophie and Liam can only hope for a little holiday magic . .
Mistletoe Cottage is absolutely one of the cutest and quirky novels that I've read in awhile. It put me in the Christmas spirit in the middle of September and had me giggling periodically throughout the novel. There were plot twists that I never saw coming, not to mention a different type of holiday plot that I've never seen done before. It was an absolute pleasure to read and now has me itching to read other Debbie Mason novels.
Mistletoe Cottage tells the story of Sophie DiRossi and her journey back home to Harmony Harbor. Sophie has a lot of good memories in Harmony Harbor and perhaps its just what she and her little girl Mia need to start over. Sophie is such a strong young woman, she's been a single mother trying to get past life's hurdles one at a time but unfortunately she hasn't made it back home unscathed. With the help of her loud and boisterous Italian family Sophie is able to get back on her feet and possibly just get the love back that got away so long ago.
Liam Gallagher has always been a very honest and honorable type of man. He always does the right thing, even when it causes him problems. Maybe if he hadn't waited til Sophie was 18 to tell her how he felt he would have never lost her. Liam has his own demons that he's battling now and his return to Harmony Harbor was unexpected but the arrival of Sophie DiRossi was even more unexpected. With the help of Liam's interfering Irish Great Grandmother it may be the best Christmas he's had in awhile.
Mistletoe Cottage is not only a sweet and quirky novel it definitely has a story that will pull at your heart strings. Ms. Mason was able to intertwine the sorrow and heartache of the past with the hope and forgiveness of the future, which made for a heart warming story that I couldn't put down.
I would highly recommend buying this book to help get you in the holiday spirit.
I give Mistletoe Cottage 4 stars!!
I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.


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About Steven
This Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a simple but key message: you're not alone in this world so look up, get outside, and start living. In 2016, Steven quit his life as a middle school literature teacher in Saint Louis, packed his bags, sold his house, and moved to Music City.
Steven has come to Nashville with plenty to say. He weaves rich soundscapes of music while telling stories of human connection with a witty and warm eye. Influenced by a childhood raised on classic rock and a love for singer-songwriters with a soulful and passionate edge like Martin Sexton and Ray LaMontagne, Steven's blues-pop songs are simple, but gritty. The ten tracks in his self-titled album, produced in 2015 by David Beeman at Native Sound Studios out of St Louis, channel Steven's intimate vocals through stories of eclectic encounters, past relationships, and the life he lived during his eight years of teaching in St. Louis. At each song's core are his reactions to the ever-changing world we live in and the fight to remain optimistic and hopeful in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
Says Mike Penard of SA Radio, France, "Steven J Push…a very good discovery …the kind of newcomer who gives you the feeling you are lucky to know a little earlier than the others …some infectious melodies and very good musical arrangements ..the kind of melodies you need to hum while listening"


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I coach my oldest son's football team, and we had practice Saturday morning. I let J know the night before that he'd have the house to himself until about lunch time, then I'd clean up and we'd head down to Jonesboro just before dinner. Instead, he decided to join me for practice. That was a lot of fun for me. I didn't introduce him to anyone, and I gave him a solid black folding chair to sit on that matched his solid black wardrobe perfectly. He sat for a good chunk of practice and cheered on my team. I kept waiting to hear, "I command you to move!" from his direction, but I guess he was pleased enough with my team's execution to only yell positive comments. After practice, his cover was blown. A kid came up to him and said that one of my kids called him a 'rock star' and he wanted to know who he was. Before J could respond, the majority of my football team's parents had him swarmed.
A few hours later, it was time to take J to Jonesboro and meet our worn out crew.
The owner of the Jackson shop decided to send two techs down, late Saturday to 'work' on the ambulance. I put that in quotes, because one of the guys told me later that afternoon he doesn't work weekends, and his boss didn't tell him until 1:00 pm that he had to head two and a half hours to Jonesboro immediately to work on this. I explained to J on the way to Jonesboro that things may get heated with the Jackson crew because they basically killed what was set to be such a beautiful project.
Sure enough, his guys weren't there very long before they "had done all that they could do, and just needed to collect money." They explained that everything was good, but the overdrive. I gave them a check for half of the 'bill' per my verbal and written communication with the shop owner. He called me and tried to cuss me about it and tell me I'm stealing from him. The voice of a half dozen hurricanes came out, and I proceeded to once again put him back in his place for about twenty minutes. He tried to tell me we would burn up the transmission if he didn't haul it back to Jackson. I told him, his own mechanics and Austin, all agreed it was safe to drive. He hung up, called his crew, called me back and told me he sees things differently than his mechanics do. I agreed that he probably did. They were looking at reality, and he was looking to collect money for a job he didn't finish and a project he sabotaged. I marched over to the two men he sent down, and gave them my perspective of the situation very bluntly. I concluded with, "If he doesn't feel like the check I'm giving him is fair, then he doesn't have to cash it." They fully agreed that what I was saying was more than fair.
Now that they were out of the way for good, we had an ambulance to finish, and a dinner to eat. J had planned to go out with everyone who had worked on this project and get to know them before he left. There was no longer time for a fun night of drinks, but I made sure we kept our dinner reservation because everyone there had already given so much to this project. They earned much more than what they got, and deserved an extended night out, but unfortunately there wasn't time anymore.
On the way to dinner we stopped at a hardware store to pick up supplies. J treated us to an impromptu Tool cover using a large piece of aluminum. It was beautifully done, and sounded brilliant. On the way out of the store, I managed to cut my finger on the same piece of aluminum. That's why he's the rock star, and I'm the guy frantically trying to pull a miracle out of nowhere.
After dinner we quickly went back to work. The crew was already extremely tired from working all night Friday. It didn't matter though.
We were determined to make it happen, and we damn sure weren't going to let the Jackson shop ruin our project.
As we worked through the night, tears were shed by just about everyone there. It was bittersweet to see something that we put so much of ourselves into, getting set to go away. It was difficult for us that J had to see it before it was ready to be delivered to him. It was a shot in the stomach to all of us that we were having to do so much at the last moment, since we had been working on this all summer. We thought we were finished by about 9:30 or so Sunday morning, just minutes before J came around the corner. I think J was surprised by how much different she looked in just a matter of hours, and that none of us had been to sleep. He still didn't have a transmission with overdrive, but he had three solid gears that could get him back in time for his prior arrangements.
We backed her out of the shop, and J took her to the same gas station where she broke down on July 4th. It turned out the instrument cluster wasn't working. We scurried back to HotWired and rounded the mechanics up. She had a host of electrical problems now that weren't issues last time I drove her. The guys worked throughout the morning going through checklists of potential solutions we found on the internet.
Austin Kelley told the team he had to leave in an hour because he couldn't miss work. J had to cancel his Monday plans. We failed him. It was Sunday afternoon and his ambulance only had three gears, and a plethora of issues we hadn't even begun to diagnose because they didn't exist the last time I drove it. J began researching flight plans. He was getting set to leave without the ambulance.
Not only did I fail him, I cost him a bunch of money, and wasted countless other people's time and money. It was a devastatingly brutal feeling.
Everyone at HotWired had gone above and beyond what I asked them to do. They worked overnights after work over the course of several months making this happen with me. Austin and Lorie traveled from out of state to work on this. They slept in their vehicles, camp sites, and cheap motels. They worked hard, and they didn't ask for anything in return. Everyone there just wanted the same thing I did. They didn't want the music to die.
This wasn't their fault, it was mine, but we all had to feel the pain of being there at the moment where it felt like it was going to end in disaster.
I grabbed my phone and began looking for a mechanic to replace Austin. I know countless mechanics, but finding a diesel mechanic on a Sunday, who's able to come on a moment's notice to a car audio shop, and repair a transmission and chase electrical ghosts for no money is basically impossible. I made two phone calls, one to James Merritt and the other to Adam Morris. Both guys picked up their phones and came within minutes.
They weren't diesel mechanics by trade like Austin, but they were all I could come up with. They got to work with Brandon and crew and got almost everything working within an hour.
The final victory came when Brandon discovered a faulty fusable link that restored enough of the systems to give J a fighting chance to make it home. A quick test drive revealed the same relay was also what was preventing the overdrive from kicking in.
J now had a vehicle he could at least get home in. It shifted really rough, and will need some adjusting. The cruise didn't work, although we were told it was fixed. It didn't have a muffler, but the shop in Jackson told me it was put on.
J was able to make it home Monday about 14 hours after he planned to be there. The money I haven't paid the shop in Jackson is going to be used to pay people near J to finish the job they started.
Ultimately this project ended up not being the overwhelming success I thought it was going to be, even as late as early August. However, it wasn't the ultimate failure it almost became at the last second either. I will continue to update this blog with the work J has done to Pandora's Box and as he records and tours with her.
I have an enormous amount of love for the crew that worked on this project so tirelessly in Jonesboro.
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On the weekend of March 19 and 20, 2016 I shall be making available for viewing these remarkable items as part of the Telegraph Hill Open Studios in South London UK. I currently live in the house of artist Brian McKenzie and he is taking part in this annually occuring event. Here is a link with info about the event including map and address....
Moving on now....
In my last post I mentioned the frog specimen. Here is the jar as it was when I took possession; incredibly murky but definitely containing an intriguing looking something!
I decided to research and then tackle the restoration of the specimen. I carefully removed the wax sealing material and forced off the long-sealed glass stopper lid. Inside was old preserving alchohol which smelt ghastly and tasted foul. I poured this away to reveal the remarkable critter within. It was quite robust and I was able to handle and gently clean it without causing any major damage.
The creature does, as described on the label, appear to be a frog with wings.
Its eyes are on stalks like a snail.
I refilled the original jar with pure preserving achohol and gently replaced the little being into the jar as quickly as possible to avoid any untoward dissintergation. Here it is now viewable in its full nature. Please come to visit next weekend and see this and the other extraordinary specimens I will make available for display.


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Muslim presidential candidate,
presidential advisor implicated
National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, MP, yesterday said that he had both photographic and audio evidence to implicate UNP National List and Muslim presidential candidate, MP Myown Mustapha, and presidential advisor Nazeer Ahmed in an attempt to bribe NFF member, M. Musammil, MP.
Mustapha quit the presidential race last Friday (Jan 15) to throw his weight behind the Opposition presidential candidate General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka.
At a press conference called by the NFF yesterday, Weerawansa produced a CD which contained conversations involving Mustapha, Musammil and two others, including a UNP MP. Releasing copies of the CD to print and electronic media at yesterday's briefing, Weerawansa said that this was only a fraction of what Musammil had recorded over the past several days. He said that their lawyers had advised them not to release the entire lot as it could be detrimental to legal proceedings.
Weerawansa said that the NFF would go before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption within the next few days. "We'll produce everything, including wads and wads of money received by Musammil from Mustapha before the Bribery Commission," he said. Responding to media queries, he said that they did not want to alert the Bribery Commission to ensure that there wouldn't be any leak about their 'operation.'
The former JVP heavyweight said that his colleague had taken a huge personal risk by exposing a clandestine operation targeting government MPs ahead of the presidential polls. "What he did was amazing. He had obtained irrefutable evidence to prove a conspiracy to bribe MPs," he said while emphasising the importance of bringing in the required Constitutional Amendments to prevent MPs switching their allegiance for personal gain. He said that there was nothing wrong in lawmakers joining another party over serious differences of opinion but it would be nothing but a crime to accept money or any other perks and privileges to change sides. He emphasised that Musammil exposed the Opposition operation for the sake of the country.
Weerawansa urged the media not to play politics with the issue but to report facts. Referring to yesterday's The Sunday Island lead story The mud continues to fly, the MP stressed that their operation could not be considered a mud slinging campaign.
Musammil said that Mustapha invited him to join the Fonseka camp on January 5 in Parliament. "I immediately brought this to the notice of Weerawansa, who wanted me to put everything in writing. Once that was done, we responded to Mustapha's proposals, positively and gradually won his confidence," he said. The UPFA National List MP said that they had haggled over the payment the Opposition was willing to pay him. Ultimately, the Opposition had agreed on a Rs. 30 million payment, he said, revealing Mustapha went to the extent of arranging a meeting between him and a top UNP official on the night of Thaipongal. The MP said that he was accompanied by Mustapha and Nazeer Ahmed and there had been another person.
Weerawansa also released a section of the conversation which had taken place at the UNP official's residence. Musammil said that during the discussion there, he was asked to discredit Weerawansa the following day by disputing two major allegations levelled against Opposition presidential candidate General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka. "They asked me to dispute damaging allegation on a secret deal between the UNP-JVP combine and the TNA and accusations of alleged Hicorp deals," he said. Musammil said that he used a special recording device to record the conversation.
Turning towards Weerawansa, Musammil said that he had to criticise the party leader in his conversation with the Opposition to win their confidence.
Musammil said that at one point Mustapha and the UNP official disagreed on the venue where he (Musammil) was going to meet the media. "Then the official contacted a UNP MP over the phone and discussed the venue," he said. The CD released by the NFF contained the discussion among the official, the MP and Mustapha. In all conversations, Musammil's voice was clearly audible.
"We agreed to meet at the Hotel Sapphire the following day," he said.
According to him, the NFF had secretly videoed when the bag containing money changed hands. Both Mustapha and Nazeer Ahmed are pictured with Musammil in Room 205 in another CD released by the NFF. The MP said that at the time of the transaction, Mustapha and Ahmed had not quit the government. He revealed that Mustapha had booked Room 205 and 202 to finalise the deal.
Musammil said that as agreed he accompanied Mustapha to a major Opposition media briefing on Friday to allow the media to record his presence among Opposition members before fleeing the premises. "They pursued me. I had to run a quite a distance before getting into a three wheeler near the UN in Colombo," he said.
A laughing Musammil said that the management of the Hotel Sapphire had subsequently contacted him asking for Mustapha's contact numbers as he had not settled the payment for two rooms.
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Older tzute used as a cargador or carrying cloth
This is a traditional tzute from Nahuala. It probably dates from the 1990s. It was handwoven on a backstrap loom in two panels, then joined with a simple overcast stitching down the center. Two edges are selvage-finished, two are hemmed. Dimensions are 31 inches wide and approximately 40-42 inches long. Background fabric is cotton of multi-colored stripes, including indigo. The brown stipe is a more coarsely-woven thread, meant to imitate the hand-spun ixcaco, which is highly prized. I believe that this thread is commercial cotton, however. I purchased this tzute from an old woman from Nahuala in 2006, and she told me it was 10-20 years old.
Condition is Very Good, perhaps there are a few loose threads, since this is a used tzute. The first photo below is of half the entire textile. The photos which follow are close-ups.
Dimensions: approximately 31 inches wide and varies 40-42 inches long. This is an very nice older textile from daily use.


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Dear Friend,
The New Year has begun in earnest. I hope that you and your family had a wonderful holiday season.
At the State Capitol, the governor delivered his final State of the State Address and also released his proposed state budget. As has been the case the last several years, it ramps up spending to record levels - a pattern that will be unsustainable in the long run. While there may be a "surplus" on paper, it is money that belongs to the taxpayers and should be returned to them. You can read more about the budget below as well as my thoughts on the governor's speech.
Also included in this edition of the newsletter is information about nominations for the upcoming Patriots of the Past, Present, and Future event, links to useful resources, photos from Sacramento and around the district, as well as an excerpt from a speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose legacy we remembered this month.
It is an honor to represent you in the State Senate. I'll keep you posted.
2018 Patriots of the Past, Present, & Future - Nominations Open
On March 9, 2018, I will be hosting the 5th annual Patriots of the Past, Present, and Future ceremony and policy forum at March Field Air Museum in Riverside to honor individuals and organizations for their commitment to our nation.
Nominations are now being accepted for "Patriots of the Past" and "Patriots of the Present." To be considered, individuals and organizations must be based in the 23rd Senate District. A selection committee will choose three finalists for each era in the following categories: Business, Education, Health Care, Public Safety, Civic Service, and Community Service.
Additionally, nominations are being accepted for "Patriots of the Greatest Generation," those who served in the military during World War II.
Entries are also being accepted for the "Patriots of the Future" category. This year, we are asking young people under the age of 21 to share what patriotism means to them by submitting an online questionnaire as well as a photo taken with a veteran in the community.
For details, including online forms, please click here.
For questions, please contact Aryn Luna at firstname.lastname@example.com or (909) 919-7731.
Space is limited and the event will fill up fast!
2018-19 State Budget
On January 10, Governor Brown introduced his draft state budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year - a record $135 billion.
In previous years, the governor and the Democrat majority have been tempted to increase ongoing spending on programs that will create more government debt down the road. That is a real possibility again this year as budget negotiations get underway.
However, the state needs to proceed with caution. We know all too well that an economic downturn can happen at any point. While there is a projected surplus now, if current spending trends continue, that surplus will swiftly become a deficit (see chart above).
For full highlights and analysis of the budget, click here.
The budget is also available at ebudget.ca.gov.
Governor's State of the State Address
The governor delivered his final State of the State Address to a joint session of the Assembly and Senate on January 25.
At the core of his remarks, the governor set out a vision for the state that focuses on growing government and spending on projects like the misguided and over-budget high-speed rail.
Rather than watch state government grow, Californians should see their government working efficiently and responsibly with the money it already has.
We do have challenges that have to be addressed. There are ongoing funding problems with public retirement pensions both at the state and local levels. Local public safety officers continue to be concerned with more instances of crime, in light of policy changes that have resulted in the release of more than 40,000 prisoners. We must also ensure, that unlike in past years, taxpayers' money will actually go to badly needed infrastructure like they expect.
Read my full response to the governor's speech here.
Inland Leaders Charter School. 7th and 8th graders on the Inland Leaders Charter School student council in Yucaipa made their annual leadership trip to the Capitol this week. Great questions and discussion! Thanks to chaperones (far left) parent Krista Woodgrift, teacher Jacqui Reseigh, and (far right) school secretary Ronica Hochreiter for bringing the students up to Sacramento!
You can learn more about their trip on their Instagram account here.
Fellow Sergeants-at-Arms. Student Council Sergeant-at-Arms Mallory Miller met the Senate Chief Sergeant-at-Arms Jodie Barnett during their tour. He brought her to his office and introduced her to his staff too!
Sheriff's Deputies Retire. I had the opportunity to honor Rancho Cucamonga Police Chief Danielle Boldt (center) and San Bernardino Sheriff's Captain Leland Boldt (commander for the Specialized Investigations Division, left)) on their retirements. This husband and wife have dedicated much of their lives to protecting our communities. They'll be greatly missed, but we wish them well. Congratulations!
Boxing Program for At-Risk Youth. I want to congratulate nonprofit Boxing for Christ in San Jacinto on its 6th anniversary! Founder Sonia Ramos, her family, and staff provide a safe and structured program for kids and young people in the region. It was an honor to join with the community in recognizing the good work they do. Learn more about their story by clicking here.
Habitat for Humanity. Representatives from our local Habitat for Humanity programs visited the Capitol this month. From left: Jody Gmeiner - President/CEO of Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity, myself, Tammy Marine - Executive Director of Inland Valley Habitat for Humanity, and Mary Stein - Programs/Accounting Manager Habitat for Humanity
California State PTA. Representatives from California State PTA 23rd District came to Sacramento for their legislative day. From left to right: Kathleen Camarillo, Johanna Lunn (Murrieta), myself, Cherie Potter, and Jennafer Griswold (Menifee).
California Contract Cities Association. Local officials from various cities met with staff at our Capitol Office. From left to right: Ryan Smoot (City Manager - Lomita), Oley Olsen (Mayor Pro Tem - Avalon), Mark Waronek (Mayor - Lomita), Deputy Chief of Staff Jessica Emigh, Senate Fellow Tess Scherkenback, Rick Mullen (Mayor Pro Tem - Malibu), and Steve Hofbauer (Mayor Pro Tem - Palmdale).
Tax Help Day – Saturday, February 3
Tax Help Day is a FREE public service event sponsored by the California Society of Enrolled Agents (CSEA). Local enrolled agents will be available at locations throughout the state to answer your questions on a wide variety of tax topics like running your own business, buying a home, getting married, and much more.
More information, including a list of locations, is available at this link. You can also call the CSEA office at (916) 366-6646.
Every Kid in a Park
Every Kid in a Park is a federal program that allows fourth graders, nationwide, free entry to more than 2,000 federally-managed lands and waters nationwide for an entire year - September 1 through August 31.
It's not too late for current fourth graders to get their pass! Printable vouchers are available online and will allow free entry for the student and three accompanying adults to National Parks.
There are more than 400 national parks and millions of acres of federal lands and waters to explore in the United States; 28 of those National Parks are in California.
Visit everykidinapark.gov to find educational activities, the voucher, and more information on the program.
Career Education Opportunities at Community Colleges
While a high school diploma is one milestone on the path to a rewarding career, many jobs of the future will require training beyond high school.
Career Education programs are a smart, affordable and accessible way to get the practical skills needed to land a good-paying job and a meaningful career.
With 114 campuses throughout the state, California Community Colleges offer more than 200 career training programs in new and growing fields.
They offer practical, hands-on training in various fields, including: Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Clean Energy, Cybersecurity, Construction, Global Trade, Health, and many more! California Community Colleges have instructors with real-world experience in these industries.
Visit CaliforniaCareerEducation.com to learn more.
Martin Luther King on the Declaration of Independence
This month, our nation paused to mark the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
In 1965, two years after he made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., he delivered a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta entitled "The American Dream."
He expanded on his 1963 remarks, explaining his vision of the American dream as encompassed in the Declaration of Independence. Here's just one part:
"…that dream goes on to say another thing that ultimately distinguishes our nation and our form of government from any totalitarian system in the world. It says that each of us has certain basic rights that are neither derived from or conferred by the state. In order to discover where they came from, it is necessary to move back behind the dim mist of eternity. They are God-given, gifts from His hands. Never before in the history of the world has a sociopolitical document expressed in such profound, eloquent, and unequivocal language the dignity and the worth of human personality. The American dream reminds us, and we should think about it anew on this Independence Day, that every man is an heir of the legacy of dignity and worth."
To read his entire speech, click here.


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SEATTLE — It's gloves off in the Seattle mayor's race as incumbent Mike McGinn and his challenger, Sen. Ed Murray, are in full campaign mode. The two politicians went at it at a downtown forum Wednesday.
"Sen. Murray promised he'd run the most negative campaign we've ever seen," McGinn said. "I can guarantee you in every forum he has been the first one to level an attack — he's been living up to his promise."
Murray's overall argument is that McGinn has been divisive and isn't good at bringing people together. "That's the type of government we've had for the last four years, and that's what we need to change," he said.
Here's a look at some of the hot-button issues:
Transportation is one of the key subjects in the race. McGinn says he's put as much money as he can into pothole repair, road paving and sidewalk construction and blames his opponent for not doing more for Seattle during his time in Olympia. "We are sitting here with a deep maintenance backlog, deep cuts to transit, and Sen. Murray is presenting himself as a leader on transportation in the legislature," McGinn said.
"You can't have your own facts," Murray shot back. "The largest transportation package that was passed in the history of this state, and there is some indication that in the history of any state, was a transportation package I passed, and it included money for local transit agencies."
Crime is also on the minds of many. Murray claims it's increased under McGinn and that people now feel less safe out on the streets, especially in downtown. The answer, he says, starts with a new police chief. "Reform the police department," Murray said. "Give them the skills and the tools necessary to actually rebuild the morale of our police force, because there is a real morale problem when I talk to our officers."
McGinn defended his record on public safety. "We've added more park rangers, we're adding more officers, we turned on the lights in Cal Anderson Park. I've gone to every murder scene in this city." He claims that addressing the city's crime issues are a "priority."
Another topic that's becoming big in this race is women, and at issue is that Seattle was recently ranked among the worst cities when it comes pay inequity between men and women. Murray argues that the task force McGinn recently created look into the problem is too little too late. "The issue is something that I would not have waited til my fourth year in office to address," he said and claims that McGinn's cabinet is 70 percent men. "Leadership starts at the top," he said.
McGinn didn't dispute that number, but pointed to some key women in his administration. "My chief of staff, my budget director, my communications director, some of the most powerful people in city government are women," he said.
A number of additional forums are scheduled between now and the November election.


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TOTO USA To Donate Plumbing Products To Habitat For Humanity
February 1, 2004
TOTO USA said it would donate $75,000 in plumbing products - 225 matching suites of toilets and lavatories - to nine Florida chapters of Habitat for Humanity, outfitting all bathrooms in the houses these affiliates will build during 2004. The company's contribution supports the efforts of Gunnar Baldwin, its senior national accounts manager, who rowed his 18-foot guide boat 300 miles along Florida's section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from Melbourne to Key Largo during the month of January. Baldwin stopped at each of the nine affiliates to make an educational presentation on the importance of installing and maintaining "green plumbing" both to the homeowner and the environment. Traveling with his wife, Heather, Baldwin expected to cover 10 to 15 miles per day, depending on the weather. For more information, visit www.totousa.com.
I want to hear from you. Tell me how we can improve.


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Published 01/01/2004
John Isaac's photography is known around the world as he has captured some of history's most remarkable moments. Born in Madras, India, Isaac came to the United States as a young man in 1968 and began work at the United Nations. Over his career he has traveled to more than 100 countries as a photojournalist, capturing the struggles and triumphs of our changing world.
Isaac's numerous awards include winner of Photokina International Photo Contest, Best Photograph of the Year from Graphis Magazine, Professional Photographer of the Year from Photo Imaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMDA) and Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Photographic Council. Isaac has authored many books, including a series called Children in Crisis. He co-authored Endangered Peoples for Sierra Club and Coorg, Land of the Kodavas with his wife Jeannette.
Up Next: Since 1998, Isaac has focused mostly on nature photography, though he has also worked extensively in Kashmir, the disputed border area between India and Pakistan. His passion to depict and help the people of Kashmir will be documented in a new book, which will be released by WW Norton in the fall of 2008.
Visionary Perspective
Whether in a friend's yard in New Jersey or a tiger sanctuary in India, John Isaac lets the beauty of nature inspire him. Although the average photo enthusiast may not be able to travel the globe in search of the perfect shot, Isaac's methods and his passion for the craft can help anyone (anywhere) get that great shot.
In His Own Words
"The Image Stabilization system that is employed by Olympus, being built in the camera, is very different from camera systems such as Nikon and Canon that incorporate stabilization in the lens. While both systems are excellent, this has been great for me because every lens that I have for the Olympus is now an image-stabilized lens. This image of the tigress was taken with the E-510 and the 90mm- 250mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter (236mm focal length) hand held at 1/80th of a second exposure."
Olympus Visionaries The Olympus Visionary program celebrates the work of some of the most talented still photographers of the day. Olympus works with 25 artists that shoot a range of subject matter, including travel and documentary, fashion, food, people and places, nature and landscapes, street, commercial and fine art.
The Societies of Photographers Convention and Trade Show at The Novotel London West, Hammersmith ...
You have 237 days until The Societies of Photographers Convention starting on Wednesday 20th January 2021


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Area homeowners might be able to get federal aid after severe flooding in July throughout northern Illinois.
Flooding hurt not only residents but local government agencies, which estimate they spent more than $3.6 million on flood relief and cleanup efforts after the Fox River flooding in July, according to a report.
Many businesses missed out on valuable weeks during the summer boating season, with officials at Blarney Island in Antioch predicting the area lost about $10 million. More than 556 homes were affected by the floodwaters, and the Fox Waterway Agency now is racing to catch up on debris cleanup and sediment removal.
Gov. Bruce Rauner asked for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for individuals. If approved, residents would be able to apply for grants and low-interest Small Business Administration loans.
"FEMA doesn't make people whole again," McHenry County Emergency Management Agency Director David Christensen said. "The most any resident could hope to get from FEMA is $33,000. In some cases that covers it, but for others it doesn't. I talked to one gentlemen who said he was in for $50,000."
In order for local government agencies to be reimbursed, McHenry, Kane, Lake and Cook counties have been documenting the extent of the damage to get public aid from FEMA. The four counties combined must meet the threshold of $18.3 million to get aid, according to FEMA's website.
Lake County's preliminary cost estimate was $12.7 million, county spokeswoman Jennie Vana said.
Representatives from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, the Small Business Administration and local emergency management agencies have been assessing the damage to homes and businesses since Aug. 18, and they have until Sept. 9 to send a report to FEMA, said Patti Thompson, spokeswoman for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA then will have 30 days to review the case. If the federal declaration is awarded, it could help reimburse local, county and state governments as well as certain private nonprofit organizations. Costs can fluctuate as FEMA checks the eligibility on all damage, Christensen said.
"We are right on the edge on whether IEMA will request FEMA to go to [the] president," Christensen said. "I've seen it take an hour to weeks if not months to determine whether a county will receive FEMA support."
Both Christensen and Fox Waterway Agency Director Joe Keller expressed concerns about what Illinois will get in light of the historic flooding in Texas.
"FEMA is kind of busy right now," Christensen said. "It might expedite us to get us out of the way by saying let's figure out Illinois so we can focus on Texas."
Economic effect
The Fox River and Chain O'Lakes system heavily relies on tourism revenue during boating season, Christensen said. Although the Fox River and Chain O'Lakes already were hurt because of cool and wet June weather, the waterway was closed for more than three weeks because of the flooding.
The owner of Blarney Island pegged the cost at $10 million in lost business for the area, according to the report. Annual festivals in Algonquin and Crystal Lake were canceled.
Bonnie Miske, general manager at the Broken Oar Marina Bar & Grill, said the flooding almost shut down her business. She said 75 percent of its business annually is made through September, so the abrupt halt hurt the restaurant.
The business sustained damage to the grounds, piers and landscapes on six acres of the property.
"It set us back as if we were starting the summer over again. We will repairing for months to come as we progress out of this," she said. "You look at what is going on in Texas, and it can always be worse. But we will get out of this."
Cleaning up the Fox River
The Fox Waterway Agency has spent the past month replacing buoys and clearing debris such as floating trees, piers and chunks of wetland, or bogs.
Keller estimates the flooding cost the agency $3.5 million for waterway cleanup, support and sediment removal.
Since the start of the flooding, Keller said the agency has spent a lot on overtime hours. Employees are working 40-hour weeks as well as additional four- to eight-hour shifts on Saturdays to remove debris.
Workers started by removing 10 to 12 large bogs and trees, he said, and they have filled "dumpster after dumpster" of old floating docks, sections of piers and people's personal items such as play sets or yard furniture.
"In one small section of a lake, you might see 10 to 12 round trips of stuff that would go into one boat," he said. "Depending on the size of the item, it can take multiple days to remove it. When you have a short-sided staff, we have numerous lists of areas to clean up on the upper level and lower level of the river and the 15 lakes."
With eight workers, Keller said it is hard to keep up because the staff has to be in multiple places at once. The agency received hundreds of calls throughout the entire river system.
Sediment effect
The waterway agency's primary goal throughout the year is to remove sediment built up in the lakes. Once the channel fills up with sediment, which can enter the lake through rainfall, residents cannot access the area, and it will be too shallow for boats to navigate.
The lakes typically receive 100,000 cubic yards of sediment each year, but flooding in July alone brought in that amount.
"Our dredging schedule that we were on and hopeful to make progress on was kind of put to the side because we have to make sure the waterway is safe, so we focused everything on debris and post-emergency cleanup efforts," Keller said.
He said the number of sandbags and amount of sand needed could cause further environmental problems if the sand makes its way into the Fox River or other waterways.
Flood facts
• American Red Cross cases: 1,289
• Cleanup kits distributed: 528
• More than 556 homes were touched by floodwaters.
• 346 homes were affected but did not have insurance coverage for losses.
• 51 homes took water into their living area and had no insurance.
• Families temporarily displaced: 100 to 150
• Salvation Army vouchers: At least 28 families
• More than 9,000 homes in McHenry lost power in one of the large outages.
• 3,200 homes were damaged throughout Illinois, with 244 facing major damage.


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Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:40 am
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2 Tanks
2 Healers
None directly
The symbols are in this order:
Blue - Green - Red - Purple - White - Yellow
Both sides must complete the row before moving on to the next row, this is why you must split into 2 groups
Adds will spawn at frequent intervals and must be dealt with quickly
Adds may cast a shield spell that reflects damage
BUG: South pylon must be completed before North pylon, or they may bug and you will not be able to solve the puzzle
Normal Mode Strategy:
Study the puzzle before beginning and make sure both sides know the optimal turns to complete it. It is possible to finish the puzzle by just clicking the same dial repeatedly (left or right) but that is sub-optimal and will cause you to hit the enrage timer on harder difficulties.
NOTE: Each side has a different solution, and it will be different every time you enter the instance
Have a volunteer (or assign someone) rotate the dials to solve the puzzle. There will be short periods between each rotation where the terminals are unusable.
Have the Tank pick up the adds as they spawn, they have low health but do very high amounts of damage. DPS should focus on one at a time to bring them down quickly.
There are two group types of adds:
Humanoid ranged damage
Giant green monster
The Humanoids always spawn in a group of three (triangle pattern spread out with the consoles being in the bottom middle of the triangle). They are only strong and can be killed quickly. The Giant green monster is an elite and does obscene amounts of damage. Infrequently (or after the enrage timer) two giant green monsters will spawn - it is easier to CC one and kill the other than to keep the tank healed while fighting both of them at once.
Once all four rows are completed at both pylons the encounter is finished.
Hard Mode Strategy:
Two players will have to rotate using the consoles because there is a debuff that prevents them from clicking it too rapidly. Just make sure both players know the combination to complete the locks.
Two Giant Green elites wills spawn more frequently than the single in this mode.
Nightmare Mode Strategy:
This is functionally the same as the Hard Mode, but everything hits significantly harder, and more likely than not you will get the double elite add spawns. The timer is also shorter here, and if you take too long to complete the puzzle adds will begin spawning too fast to keep up with.
BUG?: At one point we had a single elite add spawn, then immediately 2 more. We managed to kill two of them, and then two more spawned, having me tanking 3 for an extended period. The other group had a similar situation and we all died. No one was sure if we had taken too long, or if the spawn timer just messed up suddenly.
16-Man Changes:
We actually had problems with this for the first time, and we were only running on Normal mode. Part of the problems came from us having to PUG about 5 people to fill our 16-man run, and they either weren't aware, or didn't notice the orange shields surrounding the mobs.
Personally even I had trouble with the shields, trying to tank when you can't hit something is difficult. When I saw one of them that I hadn't tagged yet I'd swap and slap him with something before I noticed he was glowing orange.
the major change here is that he 3 add groups are "Strong" and not just normal anymore. They can still be CC'd and such, but they have way more health and last way longer. At times we hadn't finished killing one set before another set popped up, so it felt like I was fighting a lot more instead of standing around waiting for stuff to show up.
Also when the bug showed up it was a Champion rather than an elite (not CCable) which made it very difficult to control. I ended up using both my taunts and slapping it around and it still ignored me to attack another player. I'm not sure if there was a threat dump mechanic or if it wasn't tauntable (I didn't check the buff icons) - but that's something to be aware of.
Tank Tips:
I found it easiest to stand with my back to the controls looking to the right/forward (two adds spawn there, and one to the left). When possible I would saber throw the far right and leap to the center one, then turn to the left and taunt. When saber throw was on Cooldown I would leap to the right, blade storm the center and then taunt to the left. Frequently I was stunned before I could perform any of these maneuvers, you just have to do the best you can.
The ground will shake when the elite add is spawning, and if there is only one he will come from the left. Turn and pick him up immediately, your group should CC the one on the right if two are spawning. These go down quickly, but they do heavy damage - do not be afraid to use defensive cooldowns (especially if you are tanking two at once).
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Quick Recap:
Two groups, one north, one south
Solve the puzzle on paper before starting
Use the consoles immediately when they light up
ST-DPS adds quickly as they spawn
CC second elite if necessary
BUG: Finish south pylon first always
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A collaborative project between SDHI researchers, Dr Ed Hall and Professor Thilo Kroll at the University of Dundee and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) in Perth has just launched. The project is funded as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Dr Irina Connon, as a KTP Associate will work as a researcher employed by the University of Dundee but based in the company offices of SSE in Perth to improve the response to energy disruption for vulnerable communities and people in Scotland and England. We will bring you regular updates about the project in the future.
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Video of SDHI Seminar by Dr Andrea Rodriguez now available
In her presentation on the 19th June 2014, Dr Andrea Rodriguez explored the life experiences of young gang members in Rio de Janeiro who had been involved in drug trafficking. She highlighted the challenges they were facing when attempting to make the transition into a life without crime. Moreover, she laid out some strategies to facilitate the transition. The seminar was introduced by Dr Fernando Fernandes, SDHI.


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Alex and I were making Haku that day and thought it would be nice to capture some shots since we were close to the golden hour.
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I've been inspired by the Fuji x series, so I got myself one and never regretted it!
No tripod and only natural light was used to capture the richness and beauty of this image. . With minimal post production, Nicot used selective vignetting, and VSCO filter.
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Merlot, the most widely planted red grape in the Bordeaux region of France, reaches its apogee of quality on the Right Bank of the Gironde River in the Pomerol district. There, often blended with small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, it produces wines much appreciated for their juicy black plum and boysenberry flavors; soft, bushy textures; and moderately tannic backbone. Planted in gravelly-clay soils, Merlot in Pomerol is, above all, known for its immediate charms and remarkable ability to evolve and develop with bottle age. At Baehner-Fournier, it is this very particular expression of Merlot to which we aspire.
Made of 100% estate grown grapes from the Baehner-Fournier Vineyards, our 2010 Merlot expresses the sand and gravelly-clay terroir of 2 radically sloped, northeast facing blocks, planted in soils very similar to those found in Pomerol and in the neighboring St. Emillion. Fruit, picked at moderate levels of ripeness, is destemmed and gently crushed to small open top fermenters and, after a 3 day cold-soak, spends an average of 18 days on skins to best extract the intense flavors and aromas that the estate vineyard produces. Aging for 19 months in 20% new French oak has resulted in a polished, glossy mouth feel and subtle aromas of coffee and mocha.
Lifted aromas of black cherry and currant give way to deeper notes of blackberry and tobacco. Similar flavors of black cherry dominate the palate along with soft Santa Rosa plum nuances. Satiny in texture—the result of gentle fining with egg whites—our 2010 Merlot features a brilliant burst of vibrant acidity on the finish, keeping the wine fresh and balanced. Lush and drinkable now, this wine should develop further coffee and tobacco characters with 5 to 7 years of bottle age.
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Well, a recent commenter isn't buying any of it. Mormons are an oppressive corporate cult, this anonymous individual informs me, and we are on "the wrong side of history."
I'm sort of bored, quite frankly, with the "legitimate religion or oppressive corporate cult?" debate, so I'm going to accept the sad truth that I have to live my life without an anonymous internet commenter's approval. But I am still interested enough to spend a post on the "wrong side of history" debate, because I'm intrigued by the way it combines social studies with geometry. Does history have a shape? Is there a right side of history to be on?
The Dominant View
Click on the illustration below to see how I think many people imagine history and our place in it:
This view of history is based on the assumption that as time passes, the world inevitably gets better. History=Progress. The right side, where the future (and Pacman?) live, is good. The other side, where humankind left the cruel and benighted past to die, is mostly useful to provide contrast.
Being a Latter-day Saint has never looked great in this picture.
In the early days of the Church, we were backward for believing in prophets and miracles and temples and all that primitive Israelite garbage decent Protestants had long since progressed past. Later, an intelligentsia that had progressed right out of Protestantism and into enlightened secular rationality found even our faith in God vestigial at best, and more likely a tell-tale relic of barely-concealed barbarism.
Currently, it seems most common to see Mormons as backward on our principles of community building. Surely respect for authority should have gone the way of Nixon--or did we sleep through the '70s somehow? What's our obsession with meddling in personal choices: don't we know that it's systems, not people, that are moral or immoral these days? And seriously--who can believe in gender after glam rock?
On a left-to-right map of history, we are a stubborn, perplexing, willfully primitive Church.
An LDS View
But to the best of my knowledge, nothing in the scriptures suggests that human beings are fundamentally better for having largely switched from cooking fires to microwaves. Better off, sure, but is that truly better in any important sense? While most of us feel blessed to live in these latter-days, we also understand that each time period has had its own blessings and burdens.
Maybe the best way to draw an LDS view of history relies more on the Book of Mormon than on the European Enlightenment, as shown when you click on the illustration below:
This view of history reserves no special disdain for people who look "backwards" or "forwards." No, we save our worry for those who are "lifted up in pride"--and if we're smart, we remember there's a good chance they'll be hanging out in our mirrors.
Some progress, in this view, may be genuinely good and even righteous. But some things society labels as "progress" now might be castles in the clouds that are set into stark perspective by the next honest-to-goodness crash.
So let's be backward for now. Why not? And if we live to experience the next big crash, maybe we'll get the chance to teach former anonymous internet commenters how to plant gardens, listen to prophets, and make it through history's storms.


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Kelby Allen scored one run and tallied one RBI on Thursday at Longwood.
Liberty broke a 1-1 tie with an eighth-inning run, before the host Longwood Lancers scored twice in the bottom of the inning to gain a 3-2, walk-off win during game one of a doubleheader on Thursday at Lancer Field. With the win, Longwood's seventh in the row, the Lancers improve to 14-5 on the season, including 3-0 in Big South play. The Lady Flames now hold a 2-22 ledger, with an 0-4 record in conference games. For the game, Longwood left 11 on base, while Liberty stranded eight runners. Longwood's Elizabeth McCarthy (6-2) pitched a complete game, allowing two runs, one earned, on 10 hits while striking out six. Annah Jo Brittingham (1-12) gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits, fanning three and walking four. Seven different Lancers recorded base hits, with Justina Augustine hitting a double and Emily Murphy and Katie Shinrock driving in one run apiece. For the Lady Flames, Hanna Nichols went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Katie Zavodny batted 2-for-4 with a run scored. Kelby Allen hit 1-for-4 with a run scored and one driven in. The Lancers pushed across one run during the bottom of the first. After Chelsea Sciacca hit into a fielder's choice with runners on first and second, Shinrock hit a two-out, RBI single on the infield, making it 1-0, Lancers. Jamie Barbour flied out to left, ending the inning. Brittingham worked out of a two-out jam during the second inning. Amy Putnam singled, and Murphy walked, before the Liberty right-hander fanned Carly Adams to strand both runners. Longwood left the bases loaded at the end of the third, after reaching via an error and two hit batters. Augustine grounded into a fielder's choice for the third out, and the score stayed at 1-0. Megan Robinson led off the fourth with an infield single. After two straight 6-4 fielder's choice plays, Nichols grounded to third, and the Lady Flames remained scoreless. Brittingham pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth, and worked around a one-out single to keep the Lancers off the board in the fifth stanza. The Lady Flames knotted the score at 1-1 by manufacturing a run in the top of the sixth inning. Zavodny led off with a single, and went to third on an error. Allen then grounded out, plating Zavodny. Sammi Shivock hit into a fielder's choice, as Murphy threw out Robinson at the plate. Nichols then lofted a hit just past first base, and Shivock was thrown out in a rundown, trying to score. A three-batter Lancer sixth sent the game to the seventh frame tied at 1-all. Grace Nordan and Blair Lawrence hit back-to-back two-out singles to left during Liberty's seventh time at bat. McCarthy got out of the jam, as Zavodny fouled out to end the rally. The Lancers loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh frame. Brittingham extended the game, getting Shinrock to pop out and striking out Barbour. Liberty took the lead in the top of with three consecutive one-out base hits. Allen led off the procession, followed by Shivock, before Nichols ripped a single to center to score Allen. McCarthy then struck out the next two batters, but not before the Lady Flame took a 2-1 edge. Taylor Hedrick opened the eighth with a single, and Augustine then ripped a double to left. With runners on second and third and one out, Murphy lifted a sacrifice fly to right to tie the game, and the winning run scored after the throw home got away from Allen.


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Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, has announced that Literature Professor Mary Fuller has been awarded the James A. (1945) and Ruth Levitan Prize in the Humanities.
The $25,000 prize is awarded annually as a research fund to support innovative and creative scholarship in the humanities. In addition to this year's Levitan Prize in the Humanities, Fuller also recently received a 2010-11 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and is spending the current academic year at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif.
Excellence, creativity and critical acumen
Writing at the time of Fuller's promotion to full professor (effective July 2010), James Buzard, head of literature, said "Mary is a colleague we value enormously for her excellent scholarship, critical acumen, educational innovations and positive energy. She is also an excellent teacher and displays great creativity and initiative in interdisciplinary teaching collaborations both within and beyond the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences."
Fuller's scholarship focuses on early modern travel writing: first-person accounts of European voyages and travels beyond the boundaries of Europe during the centuries just before and after Columbus. Of this inquiry, Fuller writes, "My training is in English Renaissance literature, but for the last 25 years, my work has been primarily focused on early modern exploration and travel. What first captivated me about travel writing, as a graduate student, was its difference from literature.
"These were texts that simply didn't respond to the questions and reading strategies we had all learned to apply to literary texts," she added. "These narratives, as much as they were shaped by rhetoric and imagination, were even more strongly pressured by the accidents and exigencies of experience in the material world. I wanted to understand how such texts could be thought about productively, what questions they wanted to answer."
Material books and scientific expeditions
Fuller is also interested in material books and how readers use them, both historically and in the present. She has published articles on Caribbean poetry, exploration narratives and video games, early modern circumnavigations, and Renaissance narratives of travel to Russia, West Africa, Guiana, Newfoundland and Istanbul. Her teaching spans a broad range of topics, from poetry to scientific expeditions, including subjects cross-listed with Comparative Media Studies, Music, Anthropology, Women's and Gender Studies, and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).
Over the summer of 2010, Fuller studied mapping before 1800 at the London Rare Books School, preparation, in part, for an in-progress book about Richard Hakluyt. A contemporary of Shakespeare's, Hakluyt promoted and invested in overseas voyages, and is most famous for collecting and publishing thousands of pages of narrative and other documents about English travel before 1600.
Next summer (2011), Fuller will conduct an NEH-funded Summer Seminar for College Teachers on campus at MIT. The seminar, titled "Reading the English encounter with the Americas," brings together faculty from the disciplines of literature, history, archaeology and history of science. The scholars will discuss interdisciplinary approaches to the multifaceted phenomenon of the early modern voyage.
On her return to regular teaching in fall of 2011, Fuller will again teach a freshmen advising seminar with Lindy Elkins-Tanton from EAPS focusing on scientific expeditions, past and present.
About the Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The prize was established through a gift from the late James A. Levitan, a 1945 MIT graduate in chemistry, who was also a member of the MIT Corporation and of counsel at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom of New York City. The prize, first awarded in 1990, supports innovative and creative scholarship in the humanities by faculty members in MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. For application information visit Resources.


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Rock & Roll: How it Came to Be Join Henry Feinberg, local musician and instructor of music at Oakland Community College, for an informative and entertaining journey through the history of Rock and Roll. From the late 1940s to the mid 1950s, you will hear many artists and all will entertain you!
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The much anticipated movie "300" is set to hit movie theaters on Friday, March 9 and BodogFight has got its back as they�ve teamed up. Critics treated to sneak previews of "300" are already raving, with Variety calling the epic film, "A blustery, bombastic, visually arresting account of the Battle of Thermopylae as channeled through the rabid imagination of graphic novelist Frank Miller."
"300" visually brings to life the Battle of Thermopylae in which Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the last man against Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his army. Obviously with action, drama and bloodshed, a marriage between "300" and BodogFight, a groundbreaking new series fights and behind-the-scenes drama, will prove to be a solid relationship. Expect to see a BodogFight clip preceding the film. The latest 300 trailer will surely get your adrenaline pumping.
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Low rules out taking Bayern Munich job after World Cup
Germany boss Joachim Low insists he is not planning to leave after the World Cup to take over at Bayern Munich.
The 57-year-old has been heavily tipped to become the Bundesliga champions' permanent head coach when Jupp Heynckes leaves at the end of the season.
Bayern 15/2 to win Champions League
National team general manager Oliver Bierhoff admitted earlier this month the move was possible, although he later stressed he would rebuff any attempt by Bayern to bring Low to the Allianz Arena.
And Low has distanced himself from the prospect of a return to club coaching next year, suggesting he will instead honour his contract with Germany, which lasts until after Euro 2020.
"This isn't a consideration for me at all," he told ZDF's Aktuelle Sportstudio when asked about the Bayern rumours.
"On the one hand, I once said I could imagine coaching a club again because I enjoy daily training.
"On the other, the World Cup is coming up and I have a contract until 2020. I'm not thinking about anything other than the World Cup."
Bayern's 2-0 win over RB Leipzig on Saturday saw them return to the top of the Bundesliga table, three points ahead of Borussia Dortmund, who suffered a 4-2 defeat to Hannover.