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Additional academic activities are offered to help students improve and extend their knowledge and understanding of the classwork work undertaken in the mainstream curriculum. Amongst other activities on offer, children can learn German or Chinese, Robotics or Nenoos 360.
Activities on offer in the arts-based extracurricular activity programme at Coruña British School include Drama, Play Music, Art, Dance, Ballet and much more.
Sport and physical activity play a fundamental role in a child's all-round development and can provide an ethical framework that is transferable to other areas of life. Chess, judo, basketball, multi-sports and swimming are all on offer as part of the extracurricular programme. What will you choose?!


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Many years ago I started writing an RPG game system and setting I called Black Dawn. It was a mash of Shadowrun and Battlelords, combining future-tech, dystopia, and space travel. The system plays pretty smooth if you can add numbers quickly in your head but the character creation process is clunky. I'm making a PDF available for any and all to download and toy with. There's a heap of gear, cyberdecks, vehicles, powered-armour, spaceships, custom power armour, custom vehicles, and custom spaceships.
I will be revising the whole thing over the coming months.

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PRO BASKETBALL — April 26
Game 4- NBA Playoffs
HOUSTON at DALLAS
(GetThatBet Line: Rockets -3, Total 219.5) — At this point, when a team is facing elimination, you look at anything that might give them hope, and actually Dallas has some f that. For one thing, they could benefit from the "addition by subtraction" that is produced by purging Rajon Rondo and using the Ray Felton-JJ Barea combo instead. At least this team was able to shoot 52% fro the floor and get 33 fast-break points with a little more chemistry going for itself. James Harden, who had 42 points in Game 3, had shot only 32% in the first two games, and Dirk Nowitzki (34 points on Friday) is a difficult matchup for any of these Houston forwards. But to prevent the Rockets from getting close to the 60 points they scored in the paint in Game 3, Tyson Chandler has to be more assertive in the middle. We think he will be, and that the Mavs will live at least long enough to get eliminated at the Toyota Center.
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I get this question several times a week…..and it's a great question.
It is important to use a soft bristle toothbrush to avoid abrasion, recession and sensitive teeth. So, in English , not Dental Speak, let me translate.
We are creatures of habit and most of us brush in exactly the same way each time we brush our teeth. Sometimes, we even apply more steady pressure and use slightly abrasive toothpaste. So, when you count up how many brushing events happen over a lifetime, it really adds up.
If we use a medium or hard bristle brush, we can wear notches in our teeth near the gumline, wear away gums and create sensitivity at the necks of the teeth. However, using a soft brush helps avoid these potential outcomes.
I also hear patients say that their teeth don't feel clean using a soft bristle brush. Yes, it will take some adjustment both of technique and expectation. A clean mouth is more about the time length and technique of your oral hygiene routine rather than using a particular type of brush.
Dr. Goad and I reccommend using a soft bristle toothbrush at least twice a day for 2 minutes minimum (That's a long time, but it will do the job). Then add in your flossing once a day and you are on the right track for improved dental health!


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Kafnere 6th, YED 4057
THE SCENT OF pine and soil and rot carried on a gay summer breeze. The crunch of the dense brazen tread of heavy-shouldered pack horses. Glimpses of the guardsman aheads surcoat. Blue wings stretched across a yellow sky. Or perhaps a dark falcon flying over a waving field of grain of impossible scale. The clink of that man's mail. The aroma of sweat and metal and horse and wood and midsummer.
Ahead the Lammornian Tradeway melted into green as it wound around yet another dense copse of trees. And from the back of the column through mailed warriors in autumnal yellow and midnight blue, glimpses were afforded of the King of Kovarth, Aed Uth-Slaine, sitting at ease atop his heavy chestnut packhorse (for the folk of Ralstaa had none of the fine mounts of the men of the north or the green-folk in the west). His jutting jaw sported a neat ash-blond beard, and his bronzed skin was moist in the brief midsummer heat that clung in the lowland forests this time of year. One who had never seen the King of Kovarth draw his knightly warsword might easily forget that (as nigh all kings of Ralstaa) he had slain more than two dozen seasoned warriors in single combat upon the field of tourney.
To his left a carriage, gaily painted in orange and black, housed the queen - Aed's only wife (by virtue of her royal parentage) the lady Kara. Though she travelled with the shutters drawn closed the doe-eyed queen's slender hands were likely engaged in the fine embroidery of which she was so fond. A quiet tune, scarcely louder than breath, upon her lips. And her handmaidens about her, silently admiring the lady's grace, skill, and beauty.
And sullenly, by the single opened shutter, Clarine would surely sit. Chin sunken upon her hands. Dressed in the dun kidskin more suited to a huntsman than to a King's firstborn daughter. Staring wilfully at the men on the horses she'd rather ride alongside, though she knew they'd not welcome a girl of eleven amongst their number.
Dappled sunlight broke the ancient boughs above, bathing the party in Rallah's glimmering gaze, and Clarine stuck her head out of the carriage window. Let her hair, so like her father's, be taken up by the whispered caress of the breeze, with its scent of hidden lilac and the babble of secret brooks somewhere nearby. And looked back, with ill-concealed jealousy, to where her brother, a mere lad of eight summers, shared a horse with the King's grizzled reeve Avin, a wooden soldier, his midsummer's eve gift, clutched in his small hands.
It was not that sharing a mount with the scarred old man held any appeal, so much as the freedom the boy had been afforded. While she was protected, always at the whim of some tutor or another (or worse still, ready to be shipped off to The City in less than a year's time to serve a High King she barely acknowledged, and have yet more duties heaped upon her!) her brother, Band, was doted upon, spoilt, and allowed to roam unmolested about the halls of Caer Slaine, with naught in tow but mischief.
Band had insisted upon riding with the rearguard as they crossed from the Royal Province into Talladale on the first leg of the long journey home from the festivities of the midsummer Oercorast at the High King's court. And with much fond eye-rolling Aed had consented to his young son's every whim. Clarine supposed that the brat would be acclaimed her father's heir before too long, and she'd be left to toil away her life in the canonate in some half-forgotten monastery in the woods, where the sister-priests would force her into the tedious tasks. Or, worse still, she'd be married into one of the unctuous noble houses that her father sought to court. Her best hope might be to live out her days as the sole wife (had she been of lesser standing she might have even had to share that role) of one of the fat, lecherous old men who wore crowns like her father's.
Lost in her own brooding, it would be easy to believe that Clarine never felt the arrow that pierced one of her big, golden-hued eyes (as like her mother's as her hair was like her father's) and sent her spirit to face the ash-wraiths.
At least today, Clarine Uth-Slaine had the greatest fortune amongst her family. For her it was all over before she knew it. No one else was so blessed.
Men at arms fell upon the King of Kovarth's party moments after a hail of arrows halved the gold-and-midnight clad guard in a volley of gore and rasping cries of surprise. Horns bellowed from the dark, secret places of the wood, as grey-clad mercenaries, already exchanging lethal huntsmen's bows for cudgels and cruelly curved knives shoulder to shoulder with brigantine-clad house guard in green, adorned with a glowering black lion, fell upon the Kovarth column.
They hacked their way, with big bearded axes dull with butchery, through the left flank, doing away with arrow-riddled men as they passed, crushing ribs and skulls under their heavy feet with wet crunches of forlorn resistance. And the followers turned their keen blades to the throats of those who still groaned or cried out in pain. And where the fighting was thick blood fountained like the streamers at the midsummer dance, red against vivid blue drawing lines upon the dusty ground.
When the ambushers reached the carriage the screams and cries from within made a thankful case for the closed shutters, that barred view of the atrocities inside. These men would not emerge to rejoin the battle until it was long over, their bloodlust overtaken by other lusts. But still their passions left not a single survivor when all was done.
And the mighty king himself drew forth his sword (the very same that was wielded by the paragon Slaine himself) though his breast was adorned with quarrels, and fought like a bull, or like the cunning predator that adorned his livery. Where his sword fell men died, but he had only one sword.
Aed landed hard on the ground, horse-trodden dust mere inches from his eyes, a dark-haired man standing over him, with pale eyes. He must be a foreigner, for his skin was pallid, and his silver-blue hammer, when it caught the light, was nearly the same hue as his eyes. The hammer fell again, breaking Aed's ribs, turning his insides to offal, and forcing a geyser of blood through his unwilling lips. The King looked out, towards the family he failed to protect. His wife being defiled in her carriage by common soldiers and hired killers. His daughter, mercifully slain before the same fate could befall her. And his son… where was his son? And Avin his reeve? The rearguard were gone, slain, but amongst their number he could not see the savagely lean man who came into his service claiming to be a keeper of accounts (which he knew was a lie) or his beloved son. Neither numbered amongst the fallen.
Smiling with shattered teeth, broken from a blow or from clenching in pain Aed did not recall, he summoned his reserves of strength and rolled onto his back. The hammer fell again, ruining his face, and grinding the mind within to minced-meat. Aed knew no more.
Pasanir 3rd, YED 4068
BAND DID NOT remember if he screamed or not, but he was sitting up, knife in hand, before he gathered his wits. Though the summer was scarcely days old his bare torso glistened with sweat, where it was not marked by grime. The dream was not always the same, and Band was sure that the memory had grown more and more impossibly vivid with each night of the past ten years, but then he had seen his father's final fate with his own eyes from a hidden copse not far away. Had felt the sorrow and rage and fear well up within him. Had hated Avin with a fiery, venomous fury for holding his arms and mouth so that he could not join the fray, and die alongside his family.
Now, years later, he was old enough and gracious enough to be grateful for his life, but he had never truly forgiven the old man, no matter how much he wanted to.
Through the broken eaves above him Band judged that it was not long after midnight, though the sky above the fabled city of lights was hard to see, through the smoke and the masking glow of the city. The filthy straw beneath his near-naked body was damp with sweat, and his rawspun hrid-wool blanket chafed his skin. He ran a hand over his meticulously shaved scalp (kept bare as a reminder of the shame of his family's slaying, in a land where long hair was a mark of power, wealth and nobility) and let out a shuddering sigh.
Somewhere in the run-down attic space that Band called his home, a fairy chattered its incessant mimicked nonsense. Band rose, spied the glimmer of the thing's gossamer wings, where it hovered beneath a broad beam, and slammed his hand lightening-fast into it, crushing it's frail body and silencing the thing forever. No doubt another would come before the sun rose.
At least the mungies were thin in this district. They usually didn't resurge in numbers until after spring, when the beggars moved onto more appetizing fare.
Wrapping his blanket around his shoulders he slipped out of the shutterless window that was also his door, and sat, three stories up, looking out over the oceanic rise and fall of the rooftops of Ravvh, north over the smoke-choked jaggedness of the Haules, to the impossibly distant horizon of the city walls. To the north-east he could make out the lighted spires of Cloudreach over the intervening terrain of man-made mountains of timber, stone and (for the wealthy) glass.
When he had summered here all those years ago, this walled metropolis of unimaginable scale, a city of of seemingly continental proportion, had felt wondrous. Now it was a filthy prison. The sluggish Silver River was less magical when one learned that the silver was a sheen of oil, and shit, and metal run-off rather than some mystic mirror of the divh's grandeur.
And there was no magic in dwelling in the ruinous attic of a run-down building, that leaned against its run-down fellows like a drunk or a cloud-fiend for support, or peddling low-city pussy on the streets for food and drink and (occasionally) a stray coin of thanks from and up-city merchant who had come somewhere his wife could never hear tell of.
Even lifers (a name for people who had lived their entire lives never setting foot outside the gates even once - a vast majority of it's people) could tell that The City (named as if it were deity over all other cities, the only true example of its ilk) stank. Early spring nights were cold, but their rains, fine and miasmic, steamed as they struck the sun-warm cobbles and slates, that had ravenously consumed whatever terrain the precursor spirits had meant to lay claim to this place.
Band went in and dressed. There would be no more sleep tonight. He checked Avin's bedroll, but just as it had been when he retired the previous night, it was empty. When Avin went to visit his 'contacts' in the city he was often gone a long time. Old friends in the abandoned fortress-slums along the walls as far as Band could gather.
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Thrown back again into the bear pit of 18th century Georgian England, Chris Lennox finds himself facing the Secret Society of Grey Wolves, the militant arm of United Irishmen, as they plot to throw the kingdom into turmoil.
Where the Grey Wolves prowl no one is safe. Chris and his riflemen from the newly formed Experimental Corps of Riflemen, are the only ones who can stop them ... but will his warnings be heeded by the Georgian establishment?
The second book in the Chris Lennox series of life and warfare in Georgian times.
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Wait, the best is yet to come. I have eaten more lately again and thought I'd be in for a real shock that would probably start labour, ... but .... tata.... I have actually lost weight again. Only roundabout 600 grammes, but suddenly I feel so thin again. :-D
My first question was, if everything was ok with baby, but my doc told me that it is pretty normal and often happens towards the end of pregnancy. Nothing to worry at this late stage.
Hear me? Towards the end of pregnancy!! Baby?!
Still waiting.
The good news is that according to my doc, I should go into labor soon, it could start any moment. I am not dilated yet, but it seems that my cervix is more than ready, soft and in position. I wanted to know what 'soon' actually means, but she said that things could change quickly ... or not.
Don't be worried about my mental state, by the way. I have given up being normal long ago (very liberating) and currently I have also reached a new all time high at being a fuzz brain. Obviously, I have thrown away some freshly sun dried laundry. Into the dustbin. Hubby found it yesterday and I only recollect that I had folded it in the garden, as we had great weather, and I also remember that I enjoyed the thought of not having to do any kind of laundry at the weekend. This really was satisfying for me, it felt as if all was finished for the moment! I was absolutely convinced that it was all in the wardrobe, not in the bin.


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As part of the Literacy learning process, Mrs She's children over many years wrote stories and then drew pictures to illustrate their stories. This story writing was integrated with childrens' Inquiries. Children also recorded their stories in movies so that they could share them with the world. We are proud of this work.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
YES! Room 7 have got Waka pictures to share with the Whole World!
4 comments:
- Little Voices, Little Scholars. said...
Hi, Room 7,
Mrs Riley and I are very proud of you! We think your waka pictures are the best!
Mrs She.
- October 24, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Your Art work looks fantastic in Animotto. I can see that you have taken a lot of care especially in the details of the carvings.
Thank you for sharing.
- October 30, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- BARRY SHRADER said...
Great art work. I'm a student at the University of South Alabama and canoeing is one of my favorite pastimes out in Mobile Bay. I recommended one day when you all are older you should try it out. Keep up the great work.
- November 4, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Sherrie said...
I am a student in Dr. Strange's EDM310 class at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. I love your artwork in the Animoto. This is a great way to show it off.
Great post! Keep up the good work. You can visit our class blog
- November 7, 2010 at 6:50 AM


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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value-added tax levied on most goods and services sold for domestic consumption. The GST is paid by consumers, but it is remitted to the government by the businesses selling the goods and services.
GST is a comprehensive tax levied on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods and services at a national level which in return provides revenue to the government.
The Goods and Services Tax, which has been in the making for over nine years, is undoubtedly the most significant and trans-formative piece of tax reform that India has seen since Independence. GST will be a game changing reform for Indian economy by developing a common Indian market and reducing the cascading effect of tax on the cost of goods and services. It will impact the Tax Structure, Tax Incidence, Tax Computation, Tax Payment, Compliance, Credit Utilization and Reporting leading to a complete overhaul of the current indirect tax system. GST is all set to integrate State economies and boost overall growth.
GST will have a far reaching impact on almost all the aspects of the business operations in the country, for instance, pricing of products and services; supply chain optimization; IT, accounting and tax compliance systems. At the Central level, GST will subsume Central excise duty, countervailing duty, service tax and additional customs duties while at the state level it will include value-added tax, entertainment tax, octroi and entry tax, luxury tax, lottery taxes and electricity duty. The rate for GST is as yet undecided, but it would be in a range that would make exports competitive.
Features of GST
The goods and services tax (GST) is an indirect federal sales tax that is applied to the cost of certain goods and services. GST has two components – Central GST levied by the Centre and State GST levied by the states. Most countries with a GST have a single unified GST system, which means that a single tax rate is applied throughout the country. A country with a unified GST platform merges central taxes (e.g. sales tax excise duty tax, and service tax) with state-level taxes (e.g. entertainment tax, entry tax, transfer tax sin tax, and luxury tax) and collects them as one single tax. These countries tax virtually everything at a single rate.
France was the first country to implement the GST in 1954, and since then an estimated 160 countries have adopted this tax system in some form or another. Some of the countries with GST include Canada, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, UK, Monaco, Spain, Italy, Nigeria, Brazil, and South Korea. India joined the GST group on July 1, 2017.
Need for GST
India is proposed to have a dual GST set up in 2017, which will be the biggest reform in the country's tax structure in decades. The main objective of incorporating the GST is to eliminate tax on tax i.e. double taxation which cascades from the manufacturing level to the consumption level. This will simplify India's tax structure, broaden the tax base, and create a common market across states.
- it is estimated that GST can boost India's GDPby 1-2 per cent.
- GST will convert the country into unified market, replacing most indirect taxes with one tax.
- GST is expected to provide the benefits of simplification of tax regime, broadening of tax base, elimination of tax cascades, enhancing export competitiveness, ensuring greater regional equity and improvement in transparency.
- GST is a Value added tax, the final consumer will bear only the GST charged by the last dealer in the supply chain, with set-off benefits at all the previous stages.
- GST has become a preferred global standard. All OECD countries, except the US, follow this taxation structure.
Products excluded from GST
For the time being, the bill has kept certain goods out of the purview of GST, which have been a point of contention between State governments and the Central government. These products include:
- Petroleum crude
- High speed diesel
- Petrol
- Natural gas
- Aviation turbine fuel
- Alcohol for human consumption
At present, the Constitutional Amendment Bill covers all goods and services, except alcoholic liquor for human consumption. In the case of petroleum and petroleum products, it has been provided that these goods shall not be subject to the levy of GST till a date notified on the recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council.
The States' resistance to the inclusion of these sectors is primarily on account of fear of losing their fiscal autonomy and revenues from these sectors. Historically, the petroleum, alcohol and tobacco sectors have been "cash cows" for government revenues. State exchequers rely heavily on taxing these sectors.
Taxation in India is multilayered where there has been multiple sources of evasion and pilferage. ST Registration brings in uniform tax laws across all the states spanning across diverse industries. Here, the taxes would be divided between the Central and State government based on a predefined and pre-approved formula. The current system with no GST implies that tax is paid on the value of goods and margin at every stage of the production process. This would translate to a higher amount of total taxes paid, which is carried down to the end consumer in the form of higher costs for goods and services. Implementing the GST system in India is therefore, a measure that will be used to reduce inflation in the long run, as prices for goods will be lower.
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Join MCL on Saturday September 28, 2019, to hear the exploits of explorer Samuel Penfield Taylor, who found a site on Papermill Creek in 1855 and prospered from logging, running a paper mill, and entertaining tourists; and celebrate MCL's tortuous but successful efforts 90 years later to save the site as a State Park. Jean Berensmeier, Past President of MCL and unofficial historian and saver of San Geronimo Valley's public lands, will be there with stories.
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Hona Costello - All You Need
- Artist: Hona Costello
- Track: All You Need
- Producer: 808Mafia
- Album: None (Promo Single)
Unsigned rhymesayer Hona Costello may not be able to offer a woman Louboutin heels and European vacations at this stage in his career, but he does possess all the key ingredients for one hell of a night. On promotional single All You Need, the Chicago Heights resident invites a lucky girl to join him in enjoying a "swisher full of weed, and a bottle of that Alizé." 808Mafia provide a fittingly mellow, guitar-laced instrumental backdrop for the emcee's confidently-flowed depiction of his ideal evening. Anxious to spend some more time with Hona Costello? Stay tuned; while this joint isn't part of any forthcoming project, we'll keep you posted on the artist's plans for 2013.


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There is an age old debate over whether leaders are born or made. While I am not going to weigh on that debate in this column, I do find it particularly interesting when I come across outstanding leaders that I happened to have met in their youth. I played competitive tennis growing up, and I remember being whipped a few times by Columbus native Moak Griffin. Today, Griffin is CEO elect of BankFirst Financial Services, a $700-million community bank based in Northeast and Central Mississippi. As I reflect back, I remember Griffin being a focused, purpose driven young man who was well liked by both his friends and competitors.
Griffin graduated from Mississippi State and gained business experience working in Chicago for Harris C. Brumfield where he traded at the Chicago Board of Trade and managed a private bond trading operation. He also worked in Houston, Texas, as insurance and investment services broker for large physician groups. At the age of 31, he decided to return to his hometown of Columbus, and he began his banking career. At BankFirst, Griffin has served in a variety of roles including president of BankFirst Insurance Services. His leadership has obviously been recognized as he has recently been named CEO elect of the bank.
Griffin's leadership philosophy is to make sure those around him have a sense of purpose for what the team or organization is trying to accomplish. He noted, "Once we all have a sense of purpose or a reason to believe in what we are doing, then leading others becomes very exciting." One of his favorite quotes is from Jim Collins in his book "Good to Great." "In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work." Like other great leaders I have met, he is servant oriented. Griffin recognizes the virtuous cycle that when a leader serves his or her management team, then the management team will in turn serve and support the front line employees who will then be willing and inspired to serve the customer base.
One of the other characteristics of servant leaders like Griffin is that they help the people around them succeed by getting vested in their success and supporting them 100 percent. He emphasized how important it is to recognize employees for their achievements. Griffin referenced the Harry S. Truman quote, "You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit." Great leaders empower their employees to make decisions and take ownership rather than micro-managing. Griffin is intentional in making leadership development a priority. He purposely develops leaders in his organization, and makes leadership a priority for the organization.
One of the key aspects of leadership is decision making. Leaders need to be able to make timely and informed decisions to propel their organization. Otherwise, organizations become paralyzed and lack strategic focus. Griffin believes that leaders must believe and trust in themselves. He noted, "You will make mistakes as a leader but if you fail to act on making 10 good decisions in fear of making one bad decision, then you cannot lead. If you want others to follow you, you have to believe in your decisions and your vision." This is a great point and good decision making is probably not talked about enough in leadership development. Like other important skills, it takes practice and courage to make good decisions. As a person of faith, Griffin shared that he believes in the power of prayer and the importance of wisdom for leaders in positions of authority.
I always enjoy learning about leaders like Griffin who ventured out to gain experience and choose to come back to Mississippi to share their expertise and talents. That is how we build a great state. I just hope he has not been practicing his tennis and will give me a rematch one day!
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Sometimes lately I seem to be yelling at Liam all day. Not screaming, angry yelling, but definite voice raising and frustration. And the subtext, I think, is often "Don't be so stupid!" Not that I would ever say that to him: I wouldn't. But that's part of what I'm feeling I suppose. Quite aside from the fact that I don't think yelling is a great parenting tool, the fact that this is happening a lot leads me to think - either he is stupid (and he's not) or I must be expecting too much.
I know that in fact I do expect too much, I've been catching myself at it ever since he learned to talk in reasonably coherent sentences. His language skills trick me into thinking he's rational, even though I have read over and over that rationality, logical thinking, and understanding of consequences, is all very slow to develop, and really only just beginning at the age he is now - six. So why do I have so much trouble converting this intellectual knowledge into practical parenting?
An aside about blogging every day: one of the effects of this is nothing-posts like yesterday's, but a good effect is posts like this one. I was just thinking about this while I prepared dinner (while the kids are in the bath), and normally I'd think - 'I should blog about that' - but never do it. Because I'm trying to post everyday, this time I decided to take the couple of minutes I have before the kids emerge to post something. Not a long, thought-out analysis maybe, but at least the kernel of thought, and the record of a parenting challenge.


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"What's that smell?" is always an ominous phrase regardless of the person asking the question. Nine times out of ten, the source of such an unsavory miasma can be traced directly to my dog.
What can I say? She farts a lot.
As my daughters have grown into their preteens and teens, that question has often carried a far more personal nuance, quietly referencing the barrage of bodily changes that occur during that age and usually mentioned in hushed whispers well out of their father's earshot. I have made it my life's mission as a mother to always maintain an open line of communication with both of my girls. We've spoken freely about subjects that, if I'm being completely honest, would probably make my fellow PTA mothers blush.
Body hair. Drug use. Verbal and physical abuse. Dingleberries and how to avoid them. Sexual pressures. Bullying. Oral sex. And most recently, vaginal health.
"Is this normal?" my youngest asked me last week, wondering why her nether region felt intensely itchy. She's not pleased at the development of pubic hair to begin with, and now she's dealing with another uncomfortable aggravation whose primary solution involves deeply furrowed eyebrows and a heavy dose of acute scratching.
I assured her that it was indeed normal at times — it's just one more perk of being a woman, get used to it, kid — and we talked at great length about cleanliness, odors or discharges to watch out for, and effective solutions to remedy the causes of any discomfort. Being a 12-year old who's not a huge fan of showers, she visibly balked at my suggestion of washing herself daily. I recommended the same product I use (Vagisil Daily Intimate Wash, with additional emphasis on the "daily" part, much to her vexation) and for times when there's an itch that just won't quit, I keep Vagisil Extra Strength Anti-Itch Creme in the medicine cabinet. It's safe for ages 12 and over, and since you apply it to your fingertip first, it's safe to share between mother and daughter.
After we had finally exhausted the subject (about an hour later), I tucked her into bed because nothing makes for a soothing bedtime story quite like useful tips for maintaining vaginal comfort.
I retired to the living room to sip hot tea and relish in the fact that I am the world's greatest mother, a bold woman unafraid of sharing even the most intimate details of her life with her nearest and dearest. As I sat on a leather cushion of sanctimoniousness, I slowly began to realize that I am actually… well, kind of a hypocrite.
Just weeks after my youngest was born, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, a disease whose treatment required a radical hysterectomy and left me facing a series of difficulties long after I healed from the surgery. The shock to my body made vaginal dryness a pretty regular occurrence for a very long time, a private issue I chose to combat through the use of a sneaky bottle of "intimate moisture" I purchased incognito and buried deep inside a drawer.
I used it constantly for about two years, and I never said a word about it. To anyone — not even the man I married.
The entire situation was an embarrassment, as if I were somehow less of a woman because I was incapable of being intimate with my husband without reaching for a little help first. Where was that "bold" and "unafraid" woman back then?
Perhaps her daughters had to grow up a bit, just long enough for her to realize the importance of frank discussion where sexual and vaginal health is concerned.
For many women (myself, included), we hold our sexuality in exceedingly high esteem because it is tied directly to our femininity; when our sexual parts are broken, the psychological damage can be devastating. Whether it stems from shame or embarrassment, we just don't talk about these things openly and I'm breaking the silence.
Vaginal dryness can result from a host of issues that include hormone imbalance, medications, pregnancy, IVF treatments, post-natal hormone shifts, peri-menopause/menopause, stress, and reproductive surgery. Women may find themselves in such alarming situations at almost any age, and many will experience vaginal dryness at some point during their lifetime. It's a fact of life and it's time we faced it like the badass women we are.
Ever the loyal brand-whore, my favorite product is Vagisil ProHydrate Natural Feel Moisturizing Gel. It relieves vaginal dryness without the use of added estrogen, and without any irritating perfumes, dyes, or preservatives. It feels completely natural and it's incredibly easy to use; pre-filled applicators are a discreet way to apply the product exactly where it needs to go, and no one will ever know — unless you tell them.
Vagisil ProHydrate Natural Feel Moisturizing Gel relieves dryness instantly and it actually lasts a really long time. For continuous comfort, you only need to apply it every three days because it's designed to adhere to the vaginal wall, releasing moisture slowly as if your body were producing it on its own. The product uses a unique blend of moisturizers that include hyaluronic acids (HA's), which sound complicated but are nothing more than a naturally-occurring hydrator that's already found in our skin. Even a tiny amount of HA holds up to 1,000-times its weight in water, naturally attracting and retaining moisture. As we age, the amount of hyaluronic acid in our skin decreases and that can lead to dryness and fragility.
If you're dealing with vaginal dryness, spontaneous intimacy is much more comfortable with regular use of Vagisil ProHydrate Natural Feel Moisturizing Gel because it feels exactly like your own natural moisture..and it doesn't interrupt "the moment". It's never greasy or weird, and for those of you who are wondering about detection during oral sex, I took one for the team and tasted it. You can't even tell it's there.
(You're welcome.)
We never know what life is going to throw at us, but vaginal dryness doesn't have to throw sand on our personal comfort or our sex lives. Life's too short and easy solutions are right there for the taking.
If there's one lesson I've learned as a woman and as a writer, it is this: No matter what you're going through in your personal life, there is someone out there who is, has, or will go through the same thing. Women are a tribe, a not-so-secret society of warriors who wield the gifts of vulnerability, compassion, and honesty. There is no problem too big, or too icky, that we can't conquer as a team if we open up to one another and share our experiences.
You never know who you might help in the process.
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Iowa State's Farm Operations Club First in National Contest
March 27th, 2009
AMES, Iowa — A team of undergraduate students from Iowa State University's Farm Operations Club placed first in the National Post-Secondary Agriculture College Quiz Bowl at the National Post-Secondary Agriculture Students convention March 11-14 in Hershey, Pa.
Quiz Bowl team members were Cole Burrack, Arlington; Eric Dial, Hastings; Nick Griffieon, Ankeny; Corey Hillebo, Elkhart; and Alex Johnk, Walnut. The team is advised by Tom Paulsen, lecturer in agricultural education and studies.
The team also had five outstanding individual finishes. In the crops specialist competition Will Cornelius, Bellevue, placed first and Brian Anderson, Marathon, placed second. In the beef specialist competition Cole Burrack placed first and Kara Moeller, Strawberry Point, placed third. Ross Enslin of Ackley placed second in the soils specialist competition.
Other club members participating in the contest were Zach Klaver, Kamrar; Alicia Wulf, Charles City; Laura Johnk, Walnut; Betsy Jensen, Penn Yan, NY; Janie Imming, Storm Lake; and Tasha Kopf, Independence.
The team is sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the Department of Agricultural Education and Studies; the Department of Agronomy; the Government of the Student Body; Ag Leader Technology; Ag Vision Agribusiness Software; Avoca Vet Clinic; Roger Bennett; BASF Chemical; BV Glass; Citizens Bank; Couser Cattle Co.; Floyd County Cattlemen; Craig and Lavon Griffieon; Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance; Heartland Cooperative; Scott Hillebo; Ray Imming; Monsanto; Polk County Farm Bureau; and United Cooperative.
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Impersonation is the act of imitating or copying the behavior, appearance or actions of another individual.
Impersonation can be used for entertainment, those that do so professionally are known as Impressionists or Celebrity Impersonators. However, in some cases impersonation can be construed as a form of identity theft; where a criminal assumes the identity of an individual in order to access confidential information or to gain property.
Impersonation can also be used to redirect attention elsewhere, such is the case with Decoys.
Effective impersonation requires that the impersonator studies the individual's physical mannerisms; from the clothing they wear to the physical mannerisms and habits they exhibit. Additionally an impersonator may alter their voice and speech patterns to mimic that of the individual and use makeup to alter their body shape/appearance to match the target individual's.
- Due to the special authority afforded to the station, impersonations of Police officers and other law enforcers are generally considered illegal.
- Kanako Urashima is a master at impersonating people. The only person who has been shown to be able to see through her disguises without assistance is her brother, Keitaro Urashima.
- According to Love Hina Mugendai, Kanako disguised herself 12 times throughout the manga's run.


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Rockbox Ports are now being developed for various digital audio players!
As well, that wikipedia article is slightly wrong. The iPod Video uses the PP5021, which reports itself in software as a PP5022C, and we theorize that those are PP5022 chips that don't run stably at full speed.
I'd like to point the people interested in overclocking to this about 10 minutes of discussion in IRC (starting at 22:18). The most interesting fact to me is that his two Ipod Videos behave differently.Personally I wouldn't trust in it not damaging something, I was already a bit worried about a 1st generation Mini that had to run at the boosted CPU frequency of 75MHz (back then) all the time as long as frequency scaling didn't work correctly and had to be disabled for stability. The Ipod got really warm and the battery was eaten very quickly.
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21 Questions with Earl
April 16, 2017
ellevue instructor EARL BENJAMIN opens up about his back-up career, his favorite food, the best advice he's ever received and more...
1. What's your favorite color?
Black. Sometimes Green.
2. If you didn't teach at SOUL, what would you be doing?
Broadcast Journalist. That was my plan from age 12. I was obsessed with investigative journalism from a young age.
3. Where have you've always wanted to travel to and why?
Alaska. My mom and I both love photography/have always wanted to see the glaciers and take alllllll the photos.
4. What's your favorite food?
Veggie lasagna.
5. What's on your grocery list?
Always lemons. Everything else depends on the week, but it usually goes like: Whole wheat pasta, tangerines, raisin bread, salmon, beyond meat crumbles and I almost always grab a vegan (midnight chocolate) cupcake from the 365 on Bellevue Way for cheat day!
6. What food would NEVER be on your grocery list?
7. Which celeb do people tell you that you look like?
8. Favorite movie of all time?
The Karate Kid.
9. TV show you can't miss?
The Walking Dead.
10. What makes me turn off my phone…
I wish I didn't have a phone. I'll take any excuse to turn it off!
11. What's your most treasured possession?
My camera. It's a Cannon 6D and I'm so happy I invested in it.
12. What's your computer screensaver?
A massive wave in the ocean.
13. Song you can't stop listening to?
"River" by Leon Bridges.
14. Which app do you most use on your phone?
15. What's the last book you read?
Seven-Mile Miracle by Steven Furtick.
16. What grooming product can you not live without?
Jamaican black castor oil.
17. What's your favorite article of clothing?
These black jeans I found at a thrift store in Bushwick. I never find jeans that accommodate my waist size and long legs, but these were perfect.
18. What's your secret talent?
I haven't tried this in a while, but I could always hold my breath for a long time. I think I'd make a great deep-sea diver :)
19. What's your idea of perfect happiness?
Helping others find purpose and self-empowerment. I think happiness is fleeting, but joy is a way of life. It's a choice.
20. My curfew is...
Whenever I decide. Lately, that's been 10:00 PM!
21. Favorite piece of advice?
"Everything is for a time." — My mom. I think it's important to make the most of the present and also remember that life goes on. You always are preparing for the next stage of life. Nothing lasts forever.


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Well, the title says everything!
I seeked out a little but failed.
And the ENBoost advanced guide, doesn't explain well if i should or not disable the game native AA.
So that's the question. If using EnableEdgeAA from ENBoost, will it have effects? Should i disable the normal game AA?
Also, this is offtopic, but i'm using a GTX 1050, and i wanted to know if it's possible to activate MFAA on Oldrim? Maybe inject it thorugh the Driver settings?
Anyone has tested it yet, does it give a better performance/quality than the game original AA or EnableEdgeAA ?
If enabling EnableEdgeAA on ENBoost, should i disable Oldrim native AA?
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Well, the title says everything!
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As a general statement, when using anything with ENB in it's title, you probably want to disable the native AA and use the ENB AA (true for both Boost and full ENB setups). I don't know the technical side of it, but most guides and such I've read make that recommendation, so I pass it on to you.
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Competition for business and budgets appears to be greater than ever. Doing 'more for less' is a common request from customers and proving services have been delivered as a business benefit can be difficult for suppliers. Even for business-critical systems (including safety-critical and mission-critical systems), suppliers are under pressure to use techniques and tools that will deliver a better solution for lower lifetime costs, whilst not compromising on quality standards which might be catastrophic for a business' bottom line and severely affect safety.
So 'we test what we have developed', right? 'We use our own teams of test engineers to ensure that what is built by our engineering teams meets the requirements we have been contracted to provide, abides by the necessary industry regulations and satisfies those non-functional requirements too. This is the guarantee to the customer that software or systems are dependable.'
Of course, with this arrangement, a leap of faith is then required by the customer to accept that their new business-critical system is good enough to go live. They have to trust that their contractor has managed the project in a way where they have not put pressure on their own internal teams to test leniently or cut corners on acceptance in any way. They need to believe that their contractor's test team is aligned with their interests rather than their own and the company that essentially directs them and pays their wages.
The fact is that most internal company test engineers I have worked with are really professional and DO have their customer's interests at heart. However, they are also usually under resourced and put under a lot of pressure by their project managers to deliver their test phase in ever-reduced time periods (as development phases invariably take longer than expected), with less than ideal test platforms and with test teams often filled with junior development resources (some of whom might have even written the code being tested) rather than experienced test engineers.
Indeed, getting testing and quality wrong alongside the use of inappropriate, unskilled resources is quoted time and time again in countless 'why IT projects fail' type reports. A McKinsey report along these lines highlights rigorous quality checks and securing critical, experienced talent as central to IT projects' success in overcoming these challenges.
So how can we provide the additional confidence that the software and systems solutions we offer for live use will not fail because the job of executing the tests has been given to an internal test team?
By using an independent, specialist company to do the testing and quality assessment function (or even part of it) collaboratively with your development team will indicate to the customer that you are serious about quality and test assurance. It shows a commitment to resources that have the specialist verification and validation, RAMS assessment, fault-injection and robustness testing, formal verification, safety-case preparation and systems-certification support experience to give the best possible guarantee of solution dependability, resilience and quality.
It also crucially shows that you have a clear separation between the development and test teams which empowers the test team with that crucial independence. This should take away the common temptation to cut corners in test activities, which will mean more faults and bugs will be picked up early on, when it is actually much cheaper and easier to fix them. A customer's business is exposed to less risk post 'go live' too, and that protects your hard earned relationship with them as a supplier.
Independent test companies can also help you throughout the project lifecycle too. Right from the point of requirements analysis, independent validation can be used to ensure a customer's requirements and system designs are likely to be successful or meet industry regulations that your team may not be 100% familiar with. Independent test companies can work in parallel with your development teams to test and verify, build use cases and offer assistance on how best to implement the system to meet industry regulations and customer-specific policies. And you don't have to commit to independent suppliers for the duration of the project lifecycle – they can be contracted flexibly, so you can use their expertise exactly when and where you need it, which will be cheaper for the project too.
Flexible, dedicated and experienced resources, reduced project risk, customer confidence and cheaper delivery costs. If these are things you are interested in learning more about, then please get in touch.
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Redescribing Paul and the Corinthians / edited by Ron Cameron, Merrill P. Miller.
Contributor(s): Cameron, Ron | Miller, Merrill P | Society of Biblical LiteratureMaterial type: TextSeries: Early Christianity and its literature: no. 5.Publisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011Description: xiii, 325 p ; 24 cmISBN: 9781589835283 (paper binding : alk. paper); 158983528X (paper binding : alk. paper); 9781589835290 (electronic format : alk. paper); 1589835298 (electronic format : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Corinthians, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Corinth (Greece) -- Church historyLOC classification: BS2675.52 | .R43 2011
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05 February 2018
Federal Circuit decision
On January 12 2018 the Federal Circuit handed down its decision in Exmark Mfg Co v Briggs & Stratton Power (2016-2197). It clarified that, in view of the Supreme Court's decision in Halo Electronics, Inc v Pulse Electronics, Inc (136 S Ct 1923 (2016)), wilful infringement is an issue to be decided by a jury, rather than a district court.
In this suit, Exmark sued Briggs in the District of Nebraska for infringement of – among other things – Claim 1 of Exmark's US Patent 5,987,863. This claim had been re-examined and found valid three times by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Exmark moved for summary judgment that Claim 1 was not invalid for anticipation or obviousness, and the district court granted the motion based on the fact that the claim had survived re-examination three times. Briggs moved the district court for summary judgment that the claim was indefinite; the district court denied that motion.
The suit proceeded to a jury trial to determine:
The jury found Briggs liable for wilful infringement and awarded Exmark reasonable royalty damages.
The district court then held a bench trial on Briggs's motion for laches and Briggs's motion for a new trial on wilfulness and damages. In this trial, the district court denied Briggs's laches motion and granted Exmark's enhanced damages motion based on Briggs's wilful infringement.
Briggs appealed several of the district court's determinations. As to wilfulness, Briggs asserted that Halo warranted a new trial on wilfulness and vacatur of the district court's enhanced damages award. In Halo the Supreme Court held that wilfulness depended on an infringer's subjective intent or knowledge at the time of the alleged infringement, and abrogated prior Federal Circuit precedent(1) requiring, as part of the wilfulness inquiry, a threshold determination as to the objective reasonableness of the infringer's defences. In view of Halo, Briggs argued that the district court had improperly excluded as unreasonable certain evidence that may also have been relevant to Briggs's state of mind at the time of the alleged infringement.
The Federal Circuit decision by Wallach, Chen and Stoll first held that the district court had erred in granting Exmark's summary judgment motion of no anticipation or obviousness. The Federal Circuit explained:
"A reexamination confirming patentability of a patent claim alone is not determinative of whether a genuine issue of fact precludes summary judgment of no invalidity. [J]ust as an original examination resulting in patent issuance does not foreclose an invalidity attack in district court, so too does a re-examination confirming a claim not preclude a patent challenger from meeting its burden of proving invalidity. We thus affirm the obligation of the district court to reach an independent conclusion."(2)
The Federal Circuit then vacated the award of reasonable royalty damages and remanded for a new trial on damages, in view of:
Next, the Federal Circuit vacated the jury's finding of wilful infringement and the district court's enhanced damages award, and remanded for the district court to determine whether a new trial on wilfulness was necessary. As to wilfulness, the Federal Circuit specifically held that the district court had erred in excluding as unreasonable prior art evidence concerning Briggs's litigation defences, because that evidence may also have been relevant to Briggs's subjective intent or knowledge at the time of the alleged infringement. In so holding, the Federal Circuit clarified that wilfulness is an issue to be decided by a jury, rather than a district court:
"In Halo, the Supreme Court held that '[t]he subjective willfulness of a patent infringer, intentional or knowing, may warrant enhanced damages, without regard to whether his infringement was objectively reckless.' Id. Thus, under Halo, the district court no longer determines as a threshold matter whether the accused infringer's defenses are objectively reasonable. Rather, the entire willfulness determination is to be decided by the jury. In this case, the sole basis for excluding the prior art from the willfulness trial was the district court's determination that Briggs' litigation defenses were unreasonable. See id. (criticizing and abrogating our Seagate test because it improperly 'ma[de] dispositive the ability of the infringer to muster a reasonable (even though unsuccessful) defense at the infringement trial').
To the extent that decision excluded evidence relevant to Briggs' state of mind at the time of the accused infringement, however, it does not comport with the standard articulated in Halo, which mandates that willfulness is an issue for the jury, not the district court. WBIP, LLC v. Kohler Co., 829 F.3d 1317, 1341 n.13 (Fed. Cir. 2016). ('[T]here is a right to a jury trial on the willfulness question.'). The district court must reconsider its decision to exclude evidence of the prior art during the jury trial on willfulness to determine whether Briggs had developed any views about the prior art at the time of accused infringement or whether the evidence only relates to Briggs' litigation-inspired defenses." (Emphasis added.)
The Federal Circuit also affirmed the district court's denial of Briggs's indefiniteness summary judgment motion and the district court's dismissal of Briggs' laches motion.
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We say things jokingly but there are times when our joking becomes a hindrance, a hurt, a thorn in someone's side. And the worst part of it is we don't know how that joking word has settled into the heart, feelings and life of that person. Oh sure, you say, they thought it was funny. But was it really received that way – funny – or did it sink deeply into that person's life. Yes, their life!
No doubt you forget about it and go on your merry way, but the person who received that word carries it with them, sometimes for the rest of their lives. Things will be going along nicely when out of nowhere that word comes into their thoughts again. Each time that happens, if the person isn't very strong, it goes deeper and deeper, lodging itself into position to be never forgotten.
We need to be more caring of our words, not expecting all to be well by laughingly saying, "I'm just joking." Our time on this earth does not send you a reminder, "Hey, you've got six months, better spruce up." No, we have no idea of our allotted time. So, if people have hurt you, just make the best of it. Forget it. Forgive them. Dismiss the words from your memory. Don't let them hang on and get stronger. Release them from your memory. And when you see that person again, say something good back to them. Because they most likely don't remember what they had said to you.
You've probably heard the saying, "Turn the other cheek." Well, it's time people. Time to turn that other cheek, and release yourself of any more thorns in the side.
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There are a few rides that it's safe to say Disneyland wouldn't be the same without: The spinning teacups of the Mad Tea Party, Mickey's Fun Wheel and we thought The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. But the happiest place on Earth shut down this stomach-dropping ride earlier this year.
It was first opened in 2004 and was inspired by the popular 1960s television show, The Twilight Zone. Guests take a spooky ride through an abandoned 1930s hotel, before plummeting 13 stories down, zooming back up, then dropping all over again.
The good news? Another ride inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy will take its place soon.
It's set to open May 27, 2017 and will be the first element within a broader Super Hero universe the park plans to expand over time. The hotel will be transformed into a warehouse fortress where the guardians are imprisoned. Luckily, Rocket escapes and enlists the rider's help to break them free, which leads to a similar ride that zooms up and down — all set to '80s rock tunes.
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Still, the Internet is not reacting well to the replacement of the iconic ride.
Why would they get rid of the Tower of Terror 😫😫😫— khaleesi (@DomVeracruz) July 25, 2016
I don't like the Guardians ride taking over Tower of Terror for one simple reason: that ride introduced millions of kids to Twilight Zone.— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) July 24, 2016
NO!!!! TOWER OF TERROR FOREVER!!!!! https://t.co/PgmJ5hoF8H— Sarah Hyland (@Sarah_Hyland) July 24, 2016
In fact, there is even a petition on Change.org to save the Tower of Terror. It already has over 1,200 signatures.
But don't worry: If there's nothing that could replace Tower of Terror in your heart, you can still get the thrill of plummeting down a hotel elevator shaft at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Although, for those on the West Coast, that's quite a trip, so maybe give the new ride a chance.
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- 5tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 290g jar roasted red peppers
- 1 red onion
- 500g heritage tomatoes
- Fresh basil, to serve
Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water until just tender. Drain and refresh under cold, running water then put into a large bowl and toss in the oil and vinegar with a good grinding of sea salt and black pepper.
Drain the peppers and cut into thick strips. Finely chop the onion and cut the tomatoes into wedges. Mix all these into the pasta then serve with the basil.


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Get To Know Elizabeth
Hometown: Mentor, OH
Tenure as a Cavalier Girl: 3rd Year
Favorites:Former Cavaliers Legends: Austin Carr
Quote: "Timing is everything."
Movie: It's a Wonderful Life
Cleveland Area Restaurant: Southside in Tremont
Article of Clothing: My jewelry
Phone App: Instagram
TV Show: Friends
Holiday: New Years
Charity: Cavaliers Youth Fund
More Questions!
What is your junk food weakness? Ice cream
Who is your celebrity crush? Shaun T
What is your dream date? Dinner out and a movie at home.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB? I'm living it!
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? Losing my health.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? 2 cats.
WHO IS THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE? My husband
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM VACATION DESTINATION? Australia
LIST 5 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU? Hard working, talented, impatient, fit and creative
Loving Elizabeth? Here's Even More About Her
WHAT IS ONE THING MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? My age. 23? I'll take it!
DO YOU HAVE ANY NICKNAMES? Capitana
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? Owning a home.
WHAT FAMOUS PERSON (DEAD OR ALIVE) WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH? Michael Symon. He'd cook!
What is your guilty pleasure? Sleeping in
What would be your super power? Teleportation
What celebrity would play you in a movie about yourself: Jessica Alba
I am most proud of: My dance career
What is your dancing background and experience? Cavalier Girl, 2016 NBA All Star Dancer, Jr Cavalier Girl teacher, Cavalier Girl Summer Camp teacher, Contemporary Dance Company member and soloist, Phladelphia Eagles Cheerleader, dance teacher to ages 3 through to college level,
Why did you decide to audition for the Cavalier Girls? This year I wanted to return as an all star dancer and championship dancer!
If you can say anything to Cavalier fans, what would you say? Don't stop believing.
What advice would you give someone who dreams of becoming a Cavalier Girl? Work hard with dance and fitness. Understand the Cavalier Girl brand including fan engagement and pride for your city and team.
What do you like most about being a part of the Cavalier Girls? Performing and relresenting the Cavaliers organization within the community.
Most memorable Cavalier Girl moment so far? The Championship celebrations! That parade!!
Hardest part about being a Cavalier Girl? Balancing schedules.


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Painter Elaheh Nikkhah is preparing a watercolor painting exhibition at Kabiri Art Gallery.
Titled Baharaneh (literary meaning 'related to spring'), she will show paintings of flowers and blossoms. It is to open January 5 and run for six days, Gallery Info reported.
"It is a wonderful experience not to be indifferent towards the little flowers that mark the seasons, towards seasons that refresh the life and reorient humans," says a statement about the exhibit.
Kabiri Gallery is located at No. 60, South Dibaji Street, near Arghavan Park.


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Leprechaun In the Hood
aka Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood
Director: Rob Spera
Released: 2000
Starring: Warwick Davis, Ice-T, Anthony Montgomery, Rashaan Nall, Redd Grant
Running Time: 90 minutes
Genre: Horror comedy
Fantastic voyage: Polyester, funk, pimpin' as a lifestyle, platform shoes and bra-less disco titty freakouts… It's the '70s! Mack Daddy O'Nassas (Ice-T) and his lesser befro'd lackey, Slug, (no doubt using a sledgehammer stored in Mack Daddy's spectacular T.A.R.D.I.S. of 'fros) are smashing through a cemented-over opening in an old subway tunnel, following rumors of
gold. Breaking through a wall inside they find an ugly little statue with a pot of Lucky Charms gold, a magic flute and a funktastic medallion hanging around its neck. Mack takes the flute and instructs his goon to get the rest. Clearly having not seen Leprechaun 3, Slug takes the medallion from the statue, freeing the Leprechaun from his stony imprisonment, and getting an afro pick to the throat for this misstep. Slug's death throes tip off Ice-T to the Lep's menacing advance. He pulls a succession of weapons, mostly from his afro, but is repeatedly disarmed by the midget midas muthafucka's magic. With seconds to live, Mack hits a valve, blasting the Leprechaun with steam, knocking him back and thanks to a bit o' luck (o' the Irish?) the little beast falls on a board that launches the medallion into the air at just the right angle to bring it back down around his neck, sealing him in statue form once again.
Twenty years hence, the worst rap trio imaginable, positivity-affirming Postmaster P, sketchy Stray Bullet and the virginal, scienterifically genius Butch are down some equipment and on the hustle to replace it before a local rap battle. If they win, they could move on to Las Vegas and the big time, but with no money (and no talent) they have no chance. Enter: Big time pimp, criminal don, and record mogul, Mack Daddy O'Nassas!
Mack offers the boyz a shot at fame if they drop their positive message and take on a more gangsta image, but Post's reluctance pisses him off. He throws them out, rescinding his offer and insulting them and leaving them no choice but to turn criminal to further their career (which is better than playing fake gangsta, apparently.) They come back that night and break into Mack Daddy's office, expecting him to be out partying all night, and are surprised when he walks in on them mid-burglary. In the confusion, Ice-T gets capped by a startled Postmaster P. The fellas gather up the
Lucky Charms gold, including the flute and the medallion, kept like a trophy on the stone leprechaun in a display case in the office, and flee. They use the Lucky Charms gold to fund their rap aspirations as P learns about the powers of the flute. Unknown to them, they freed the Leprechaun and Mack Daddy O'Nassas isn't dead and both of them are now after the trio, wanting the magic flute, the only thing that makes their rap palatable and their dreams of livin' large attainable.
The Lep is the real O.G.: More entertaining than it has any right to be as a straight-to-video blaxploitation offering in the demented Leprechaun franchise, Leprechaun in the Hood features adequate performances and effects, and just the sort of self-aware humor you might expect from its title, as well as the least necessary top-billing cameo of all time.
Just in time for the celebration of all things ersatz-Irish with St Paddy's Day, here's Leprechaun in the Hood!
Bill: I love hood flicks. When I was an urban youth in the '90s, it was practically required of me to watch Colors, Boyz n the Hood, New Jack City, Juice, South Central, Menace II Society, Strapped, Friday… Hell, even Poetic Justice and Jason's Lyric (or Jason Lyrics as I've heard it called quite a few times) were must-watch movies. Naturally, since I was already a horror nut, when they started making horror–themed hood flicks like Tales from the Hood and Def by Temptation, I was a big fan of those, too. It might be mostly be that I love genre mash-ups. Weird Westerns, weird war tales, sci-fi horror and horror comedies are all some of my favorites. It's also at least partially because they remind me of the Blaxploitation horror movies I would watch when I was little. Films like Scream, Blacula, Scream, Blackenstein and JD's Revenge would play on the local stations here when I was little. They would never play any other Blaxploitation titles that I can recall, only the horror ones, so I didn't even realize that they were part of a whole 'nother subgenre of films. To me, they were just like any other horror film, only with a slightly different flavor, something to make them stand out in my memory. I dug them for being different and hood horror, being the successor to Blaxploitation horror, taps the same vein those memories run through and wind up occupying the same space in my heart.
That being the case, it isn't surprising that I liked Leprechaun in the Hood. It's a superbly made, well-acted, and sometimes touching lesson about greed and the desire for fame corrupting even the most noble souls. This lesson resonates even more strongly now, in the age of celeb-reality television than it did when the movie was made ten years ago. It's also taut and suspenseful and full of twists that you will never see coming. It's hard to think of anything bad to say about this movie at all.
Fisty: I really do not feel qualified to interrupt Billy's paean to hood horror, but he says it's my turn to talk. Uh … my experience growing up was really the converse of Bill's: I grew up in Hawai'i, where there really are no black people (seriously, some sources say the population is 2.5% and other have it clocking in at barely a half a percent), and had little to no exposure to blaxploitation or urban films. I had no idea they even existed till I picked up a novelization of Shaft at a garage sale when I was in intermediate school (which I lent my elder sister and she subsequently lost, damn her eyes). Now, chanbara and kung fu, that's a totally different story–but irrelevant today.
Bill: Yes, yes, yes, but what about THIS movie?
Fisty: This movie is a piece of shit, storywise. "Superbly made?" "Taut and suspenseful and full of twists that you will never see coming?" My ass. Screenwriters Doug Hall and Jon Huffman rely heavily on hood stereotypes like the Korean storekeeper, and on the "humorous" situation of non-black folks trying to jive-talk, like the record label rep, and of course that fucking Leprechaun. Also, our protagonists were pretty shittily written,though the actors inhabiting them were good, the characters themselves were pretty uninteresting; what is there really to like about people who suck so bad they have to resort to (stolen) magic to be successful? Or is that some kind of stupid moral? Wait, it can't be, because the tired "twist" ending was really … well, I won't ruin it for anyone. But umm, it was crappy.
That being said, I have a really low tolerance for low-budget, straight-to-video movies that suck, and I will admit I fully expected Leprechaun in the Hood to be one and to totally blow chunks, but it surprised me. Anthony Montgomery, Rashaan Nall, and Redd Grant turn in some excellent performances as the truly terrible trio of Postmaster P, Stray Bullet and Butch (wait, did they ever actually say the name of their act? WTF), and all the supporting actors (even Ice-T, who is honestly awful in everything) were damn fine, too, with special mention for Dan Martin as Jackie Dee. Even the humor was actually funny (in context), except when they'd get carried away with urbanizing the Leprechaun ("A friend with weed is a friend indeed?" "You must be trippin'?–fuck you, Leprechaun.)
Really, the production values in general were impressive, comparatively speaking, and I found myself reasonably amused throughout the whole thing–though it would have been better ON WEED–barring the Leprechaun's rap finale, which was mortifying.
Bill: I was kidding! The movie is terrible! There's no suspense at all! It's full of silly plot holes like the Leprechaun summoning his Zombie Fly Girl to free him, when judging by the way he just popped out of his prison, he never actually needed to wait for her. The "urbanization" of the un-hip for laughs, like you said, is lame. It's a hack bit and wasn't funny when it was new, and the closing "rap" and the accompanying dance number is cringe-worthy. And why were all the "Fly Girls" white?! There was, like, one black girl! The club scenes showed the budget way more than I'd've liked, but lame club scenes are a pet peeve of mine. There is some gore, but it's mostly unimaginative. Just some squibs mostly, with the exception of a great torso fist fuck and a nice gaping body cavity. It lacks in comparison to some of the other Leprechaun movies (like the pot of
Lucky Charms gold in the stomach from Part 2) and the similar Wishmaster movies. That little guy can do anything, so why limit him to straight-up, conventional physical violence? Though, I dug the hair pick in the throat. I just love the idea of a man being killed with his own afro pick.
I stand by what I said about the plot twists, however. They are unexpected, even if they're totally ridiculous. I mean, who saw that last reel transvestism coming?! Oh, and HOW DARE YOU say that Ice-T always sucks?! Surviving the Game? Johnny Mnemonic? TANK GIRL?!
Despite the shitty, I really did enjoy LitH. I genuinely liked Post and Butch and even Stray. Butch even more than the others. Poor virgin science dork Butch with his chemicals, flashlight glasses, and Leprechauns for Dummies book. "Not in a dress … Do you think there's pussy in heaven?" I liked that they were losers that had to use a magic flute to get ahead. If this movie was made now, instead of 10 or 11 years ago, I would absolutely say that the flute was a metaphor for auto-tune or other studio tinkering of vocals. It's a neat reversal of reality that these losers could win anyone's approval with a stage performance, but the sound of the flute couldn't be duplicated with electronic equipment. They were funny, too. I laughed aloud very shrilly at their religious rap and at a few of the silly lines they dropped. I didn't even mind most of the leprechaun's blackifacations and got a nice chuckle at his shout out to MLK Jr with "Free at last, free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last," upon being released from his stone form.
Fisty: Well, you are a better man than I, brother. Also, technically auto-tune WAS being used a decade ago. Only then it was used to make talentless somebodies listenable, and now it's an effect, a total gimmick (though yes, it still masks imperfections. Refer to Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," if you please. Which kind of does make this movie a total metaphor for the music industry. Huh.
Speaking of the music industry, I love that Coolio is listed as a "co-star" in LitH, when he appears in it for all of eight seconds. I counted. There is seriously no point to his being there, he doesn't even speak, just looks confused. I suppose he's in it just so they can say, "Starring Coolio!" but it's so silly. Postmaster P even calls it out, saying, "Yo, that's Coolio!" Why, thank you for noticing, young man. In the movie that is MY life, he was even on screen longer than eight seconds. (We were having late-night happy hour at my favorite dim sum place, Wong's King when my husband looked at a guy walking past and said, "Yo, that's Coolio!" I said, "Baby, not every black man with stupid hair is Coolio. Why are you so racist?" But it actually was Coolio, having a post-show dinner in the next room; I won't bore you with the details. But that interlude was LONGER THAN HIS APPEARANCE IN THIS MOVIE. And since you're not me, the time it took to read this paragraph was longer, too!)
Bill: Your life is so much more interesting than mine. Though, I do have Claudio Simonetti as a Farmville neighbor. I was never a big Coolio fan anyway. "Gangsta's Paradise" is such trite shit. Boohoo, a gangsta's life is so tragic that I have to use simplistic rhymes like see/me to make my cliche point. And that damn Michelle Pfeiffer movie … Blah! It's piffle, a cushy suburbanite's idea of ghetto tragedy. LitH isn't any more authentic. It feels like it was made by white people that like hood movies for white people that like hood movies, like me. Whereas, the old blaxploitation horrors and Def by Temptation (my personal fave hood horror) were actually made to appeal to a black audience. Still, it's not an un-fun movie. Not as good as any of Snoop's entries into the subgenre or Def or even Tales from the Hood, but it's for damn sure way more entertaining than Dangerous Minds.
Fisty: Talk about ersatz!
And look at how we only talked about the hood aspect of Leprechaun in the Hood, while the poor Irish were left out in the cold yet AGAIN. Thank god we have Saint Patrick's Day to remind us of all the suffering the Irish have undergone since first arriving in this country.


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"Angry" Espargaro a doubt for Misano return
KTM rider Pol Espargaro is in danger of having to miss a further MotoGP race at Misano, as his fractured collarbone is not healing correctly.
Espargaro has been out of action since fracturing his collarbone in a warm-up crash at Brno earlier this month, an incident that also left him with swelling around his spinal cord.
KTM was not obliged to replace him for the Austrian Grand Prix, which took place the following weekend, but had to seek a replacement for this weekend's Silverstone race – despite regular test rider Mika Kallio also being unavailable due to injury.
The Austrian marque eventually settled on World Superbike rider Loris Baz, who lost his Avintia Ducati ride in MotoGP at the end of last season, for a one-off return.
Espargaro's elder brother Aleix provided an update on Pol's situation at Silverstone, but indicated that his collarbone injury is possibly worse than first thought.
"[Pol is] very angry," said the Aprilia rider, "because after the crash, they [the doctors] said, 'No worries, the collarbone is not problem, you just need to wait two weeks and it will heal up'.
"Three days ago he made a scan and the collarbone was worse – completely broken. He said, 'If it was like this, why didn't you operate on me?'
"Now he's thinking if he gets an operation or waits more – because if he waits to race in Misano it's not that clear he can arrive in Misano because if you don't make an operation to the collarbone, it's quite slow [to recover]."
A KTM spokesperson told Motorsport.com it is the team's hope Espargaro will be fit for a Misano return, but that Baz will not fill in for the Spaniard if he can't race.
Instead, newly-recruited test rider Randy de Puniet would most likely race at the Italian venue, following a test at Aragon set to take place early next week.
For his part, Baz – who is set to return to WSBK action for Althea BMW at Portimao on 15-16 September – stressed that he has no plans to race for KTM beyond Silverstone.
"Honestly it's just for one race," he said. "I really think Pol will be fit [for Misano], and I hope he will be. It's the plan to ride only here."
Baz ended up 24th and last in first practice for the British GP, 4.6 seconds off the pace and 2.7s behind KTM regular Bradley Smith.
Additional reporting by Lewis Duncan
Loris Baz, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
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