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A friend is a channel through which emotional spiritual and sometimes physical blessing flow. Life seems pretty boring without friends.
I always had a little bit of smaller bunch of friends and among them there were few who were best friends. But to top it all, among the best lot, I had those few who were closest to me, the ones with who I shared my biggest secrets and was the keeper of their deepest secrets as well. They were the ones who could push me and make me see the best in me.
Why not take this opportunity and thank all those who have been in my life till now as my closest friends.
I met my childhood best friend vedangee in kindergarten. My mother had taken me to the school on the very first day, and left me to the teacher saying she would be back in few hours to pick me up.!!!
Suddenly tears started to roll down my eyes, no it was not tears rather we can put it has a loud sound along with tears which is called " crying ". I didn't understand why my mother had to leave me with a bunch of kids who were in no better state then I was and a complete stranger lady, who was called a teacher…
Nevertheless, the final goodbyes ended with my mom, and an assurance that she would be back I was walked by the teacher through the class. Our slow and tender steps walk ended next to a small table and chairs where already another girl was sitting and yes who was crying as well !!!.(It was our first day at school!!!!).
I sat next to her and then teacher gave us some crayons and coloring paper. Slowly, the crying faded in the joy of coloring. Both of us knew each other by now with our names... (Also with our nick names).
Soon we had started sharing our crayons, and fighting over who had colored the pictures better!!! .
Vedangee was with me till 7th grade, and we shared a special close relation among the rest.
That's how I met my first ever friend, who became my closest buddy in my childhood days. She still holds a special place in my heart.
As I grew older I started to appreciate friendships and relationships more in my life. I still remember, I always wondered who to trust and who would understand me better. Then came along in my life
In the 8th grade, all the students were shuffled as per subjects opted and hence it was time to leave behind the secondary school friends while moving on to higher secondary. The day I entered my class I could see few familiar faces among the strangers who were not my friends.
I will have to make new friends "I was aware "but how "I was not sure ". I made my way through all the front row desks which were already occupied and decided to sit on the second last desk.
A while later, a tall girl with hair plaited. Walks up to the desk, and occupies the place next to me.
Both of us had the same thought in our minds, "Ok, we are going to be bench mates ".
"I always end up sitting at the last benches, because of my height "she said.
I smiled and replied, "For me there was no choice, as the entire front desks are already occupied.
We both smiled …..
By the end of the day, our nerdiness and the craziness for the movies and the admiration for the same movie
stars made us bond like we knew each other since years. A bond I would say was instantaneous. We bunked classes, when we struggled with assignments we knew we had each other to fall back on, even shared with each other our first crush. (The initial teen age crush!!!).Her family became my second family. We shared our god and bad times, sad and happy moments.
Time does not wait it moves on. She moved to the different country after marriage, but even though it has been years now we have not met, even though we live in two different countries, we do catch up with each other over social sites.
Virtually, every new chapter in life has potential to disrupt friendships. As the chapter called marriage unfolded in my life, I moved on to a foreign land holding hands with my better half, and unknown territory which I entered, hoping to make some new friends…
I truly, believed that through fate and bit by chance, I will definitely find some smiling faces and helping hands… which I did… and among all I found..
It was a beautiful Sunday morning; we all mutual friends had planned a picnic to a nearby dam. It was decided to meet at a friend's house, at particular time. We arrived a bit late. You all can imagine if you are a mother of a 2 year old than how it would be?
When we reached the porch of the friend's house, I saw a couple sitting outside, it was obvious I had never seen them before, thought them to be relatives.
Hi!! We are sorry, we are a bit late, "I said to the couple.
The lady looked at me, and nodded with a bit of sly smile. I found her to be a bit arrogant at the first look.
On seeing us, the friend came and introduced the couple to us, and said "they are new to the town, so thought to join them along ".
I smiled said "Hi "and the husbands greeted each other with a handshake.
My husband told Annapurna and Ashwin (the couple's name) to join us in our car.
My eyebrows raised , thinking, the women carries attitude how am I going to travel the distance with them?
Anyways, the trip to the dam began …
On our way, I came to understand that the reason she was upset was they were informed a wrong time.
They had reached our friends place, an hour and a half before. The reason of her annoyance now fell in place for me. Even I would have reacted the same way, if I was in her place.
We talked, and talked and talked and it just clicked between us. We shared the same interest, same ideas, same thinking over certain things. The entire picnic, we were kind of glued to each other. Hardly noticing what the rest were up to.
The day came to an end, it was time to go to our dwellings, but it led us to theirs.
Since that day, we had so many outings together, dinners and sleepovers at each other's house.
We bonded into friendship, but our commitment to friendship made the bond. She knows me in and out and it's always a wonderful feeling to find that someone knows you better than your own self Annapurna happens to be that someone. A friend you are able to talk to about anything, to feel the unconditional love and acceptance and never being judged.
It never feels like we aren't close, just because we don't stay in the same country anymore. Though we are apart we have maintained our long distance friendship.
Friends might come and go in your life, they can make us cry and laugh but what is most important is that they love you for who you are. Friendships are not some contract which is made on paper. It is a commitment for life which is renewed every time you keep in touch.
With life's challenges. I have not been able to keep in touch with my friends, but I want all of them to know that even we are apart physically and emotionally, though we do not talk or have not seen each other in years. I really appreciate the treasure of friendships, joys and sorrows that we shared...
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A Stunning Location
If you are looking for an idyllic holiday destination, Alvor is a great option.
Alvor is a truly stunning place. This beautiful village of just over 6,000 people sits on the edge of the estuary of the River Alvor. The sand is white and the water is crystal clear and a rich blue. Because it is in an estuary, the water is calm, so it can be enjoyed by everyone.
The riverfront has recently been remodelled. There is a beautiful path shaded by palm trees that runs between the estuary beach and the village.
The sea and another fantastic beach called Praia de Alvor are located within a few minutes' walk of the village. It is never too crowded, even in the summer. The beach is lined with dunes, so is sheltered even on relatively windy days. On the other side of the estuary is a third beach called Meia Praia.
There is still an active fishing industry in the village. Every day you can see the boats coming in and out of the estuary so head to the local markets to buy fresh fish – literally pulled out of the sea that morning. Get there early though – They are often sold put by 10.30! Pick up some locally produced fruit, salad, jams and more.
The Village
The village has grown slowly since the 1960s, when tourist homes first began to be built. Because development has been gradual, the village has not been overwhelmed or spoilt by the new buildings.
The core of the traditional village still exists. It has beautiful cobbled streets lined with old houses, small shops and fantastic local bars and restaurants. However, there are also Chinese, Indian and Italian restaurants too, as well as Irish bars. Eating freshly barbecued fish overlooking the beach is also possible. Whatever your food tastes, Alvor will cater for you.
Other Facilities
As well as a good range of shops, bars and restaurants, the village has a full sports complex. A day exploring the nearby historic town of Lagos is nice – take a boat trip, explore the caves. There is also a huge water park in nearby Lagoa and Zoomarina is close by and is another great day out.
You can hire bikes in the village. Fishing trips and boat trips to the caves are also great fun.
There really is something for everyone in Alvor. It is an idyllic village, which despite being quite small and compact offers lots to do.
The Beaches
One of the biggest attractions is the villages beaches. There are three within a few minutes of the village. Each beach has something slightly different to offer.
Alvor sits on the Alvor Estuary, which has a narrow but beautiful white sand beach. Behind this beach runs a path shaded by palm trees. The water off this beach is always calm because it is sheltered by both banks of the river's estuary. On the other side of the es tuary is Meia Beach.
The Praia de Alvor is a few minutes away. This beach is sheltered by sand dunes and fronted by a beautiful gentle sea.
There are restaurants and bars on all beaches. Barbecued fresh fish is a local speciality. The fishing fleet that runs out of Alvor keeps the local food sellers supplied with fish, so the fish you are eating is literally right out of the sea.
Sports and Other Activities
If you enjoy sports and activities, you will love staying in Alvor. The village has a full sports complex including two hard tennis courts.
On the water, you can enjoy wake boarding, kite surfing, dingy and yacht sailing. Not far away you can go surfing or kayaking. From the harbour, you can take boat trips and fishing trips. Nearby, there is a huge water park.
Bikes are available for hire from the village. Not far away there is quad biking, organised hiking trips, mountain biking, horse riding, rock climbing, skydiving and helicopter tours. There are also several golf courses nearby. The famous Autodromo Algarve motorbike track, which hosts dozens of events, is only ten minutes away.
Eating and Drinking
You will never be far from a good meal in Alvor. Not only are there restaurants and bars on the beaches there are also several in the village itself. The choice is good with Italian, Chinese and Indian food being available as well as plenty of traditional Portuguese food.
If you are self-catering and fancy cooking at home there are plenty of shops to buy supplies from. You can even buy fish straight off the boat.

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The hardest working man in music, Warren Haynes, is back with the 20th year of his annual Christmas Jam. Though I'd pay a lot of money to go back in time and see all of the canadian tuxedos that people wore in 1988, this year looks like it could be a great event. This year's X-Mas Jam will span two nights for the first time in its history and as always proceeds from the shows will go towards Habitat for Humanity, a great cause.
The event will take place on December 12th and 13th down in Asheville, a wonderful little city full of like minded people. The lineup consists of a great blend of blues, rock, bluegrass and folk including the headliners Gov't Mule and the Allman Brother's Band. On top of the bands slated to perform each day, there are a whole slew of special guests who will no doubt join in on the fun. I promise that no one plays with more people than Warren, the "sit-in" is his go-to move and always a Christmas Jam staple. Read on for more info and the lineup.
On top of the night time show, the festival will hold a X-Mas Jam by Day, which includes extra performances, art & film. There will also be some comedy for those of you in need of a laugh. Pre-sale tickets have already gone on sale and they'll run you $55 each night. There are VIP tickets available for a whopping $499; with a price tag like it must include something fancy. It'll certainly be a great two nights of music and a great way to celebrate the holidays.
INITIAL LIST OF PERFORMERS (listed alphabetically)
Allman Brothers Band
Del McCoury Band
The Derek Trucks Band
Steve Earle
Ruthie Foster
Michael Franti Acoustic Featuring Jay Bowman
Audley Freed
Gov't Mule
JJ Grey
Col. Bruce Hampton
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Robert Kearns
Kevn Kinney
Eric Krasno
Joan Osborne
Mickey Raphael
Marty Stuart
Travis Tritt
Johnny Winter
+ Additional Performers, And Each Days Schedule, To Be Announced Shortly


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Despite digital transformation being high priority among government agencies, they're having trouble scaling and that leads to a significant lag in progress, compared to other industries.
This is according to a new report by Gartner, which says while one half looks to digital government to support a combination of transformation and optimisation goals, the other half is focusing on a single ambition, be it optimisation or transformation.
The report itself is based on a poll of 372 digital decision makers in six countries (US, Canada, UK, Australia, India and Singapore) and across six industries (financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and education). It included 60 government respondents.
"Ninety-one per cent of government respondents consider themselves at one of the first three stages, which focus on the development and introduction of new services," said Dean Lacheca, research director at Gartner. "Only 9 per cent identify their digital initiatives as being in the later stages, where the focus is on scaling the service and exceeding the value of comparable nondigital initiatives."
"The survey results indicate a lack of effectiveness by government organisations at scaling their digital business," said Mr Lacheca. "We envisage two possible internal barriers — misalignment between digital strategy and business priorities, and lack of urgency and readiness for change."
The survey also touches on the topic of employees and their digital dexterity. Almost half (48 per cent) of government respondents rated this critical to their success. Still, more than half (58 per cent) said they don't have a formal program to make sure their workers are skilled and properly educated.
"A digital workplace programme is the most effective way to bring together a higher standard of workplace technologies with the development of digital skills needed to increase digital dexterity," said Mr Lacheca. "Government CIOs should work with HR to assess the current state of digital dexterity and develop an organisationwide programme."
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You may have heard that these little beauties can't be
started from seed. Don't believe a word of it!
For many years, my neighbor kept a three-foot row of
primroses growing at the end of her sun porch. Each spring,
with all the certainty of the changing seasons themselves,
those three rows would explode into a single mass of
sunshine yellow blossoms with buttery orange eyes. And,
each spring, I coveted.
I thought about attempting to grow my own primroses from
scratch — until I did some research on how to grow primrose and was advised,
over and over again, that the flowers are considered
very difficult to start from seed. For one thing,
many varieties require a period of postplanting freezing to
break dormancy. What's more, I learned that primroses are
slow and erratic germinators. In general, starting
primroses from seed is not a project generally recommended
for the novice flower gardener — which, at that time,
I most certainly was.
Then one winter's day, while studying the seed catalogs in
anticipation of spring planting, I spotted a listing for
something called Pacific Giant primrose, which flowered in
shades running from crisp white and creamy yellow through
varying hues of blue to satiny pinks and reds. And this
variety of primrose, the catalog claimed, was somewhat
easier to start from seed than most. I ordered a packet.
When the mail carrier delivered my primrose seeds, I put
them aside for the moment and turned my attention to
planting my vegetable garden and trimming it with a border
of the annuals I had found so reliable and easy to start in
years past. But the day finally came when the "sure and
easy" planting was done, and I had to face up to the task
I'd set for myself.
How to Grow Primrose from Seed: The Great Primrose Challenge
Having experienced, in previous years, the devastating
seedling losses that various fungal diseases can cause, I
began my planting preparations by carefully washing the
tray I planned to use for sprouting the primroses; then I
rinsed it with a mild chlorine solution.
The next step was to fill the tray with a 50/50 mix of
sphagnum moss and vermiculite and then to place it in an
inch of water in the kitchen sink. After a couple of hours,
when the planting mix had absorbed most of the water, I
removed it from the sink to drain while I prepared lunch.
After lunch, I retrieved my precious packet of potential
primroses and carefully sprinkled the seed, in rows, in the
tray of prepared soil. Since the seeds were tiny, I dusted
them with a light covering of vermiculite . . . just enough
to hide the seed from sight. Then I slipped the tray into a
plastic bag, closed the end, and placed it in the freezer.
After two weeks, I removed the planting tray from the
freezer, punched a few holes in the plastic bag for
ventilation, and placed it in a north-facing window, where
it would receive indirect light — but no direct, hot
sunshine — and where I could conveniently watch for
seedlings to appear.
At long last — nearly two weeks after I'd removed the
container from the freezer — I saw the first fat little
seedling leaves pushing up through the vermiculite. Excited
at this longawaited development, I removed the plastic
cover and moved the tray to a south-facing kitchen window,
where there was plenty of sunlight. By the end of the week
I was rewarded with a healthy stand of sprouts.
After a few more days I decided that the young plants
needed more sunlight and fresh air than they were receiving
in my kitchen window, so I moved them to the corner of an
empty cold frame and rigged a piece of wire screen over the
top to conserve moisture and shade the plants from the
intense summer sun. As further proof against damage from
Old Sol, I prepared a solution of water containing a trace
of nonburning fertilizer and used this to keep the soil in
the plants' tray damp at all times (but never soggy).
By the first of August the baby primroses had formed tiny
rosettes of leaves and seemed ready for
transplanting — so I moved them to a nursery bed at the
edge of the garden and rigged a cheesecloth tent to shade
them until they became accustomed to their new home.
As soon as the little primroses had taken hold (with new
growth as evidence), I removed the cheesecloth. I continued
to water the plants during dry spells and watched as new
leaves pushed up from the centers and flattened out to form
dainty little whorls.
Toward the end of September I decided to prepare permanent
homes for my primroses. Having read that these delicate
flowers prefer shade and moisture, I chose spots that I
knew would be partially shaded during summer, then turned
lots of compost and peat moss into the soil. With the beds
ready, I did the final transplanting . . . and watched the
plants flourish in their new homes.
Even when the fall rains came, my primroses kept growing,
some forming flat-topped plants four inches across before
freezing weather arrived. When the soil was finally frozen,
I covered the plants with a few inches of straw held in
place with a layer of evergreen boughs, and wished my
primmies a cozy winter's sleep.
Early the following March, when the snow had melted and
daytime temperatures began to rise above freezing, I
removed the straw — a little at a time, and only on
cloudy days — to gradually introduce the fresh, green,
crinkly leaves to the sun.
Near the end of March the first bud opened to cast a lovely
yellow — and from then through May the little spots of
rose, gold, lilac, and red kept me entranced. In fact, the
thrill of vibrant color so surpassed anything I had
expected when I made out that order for primrose seed the
year before that I vowed never again to be without my
lovely harbingers of spring.
I want to encourage any fellow primrose fanciers out there
to go ahead: Ignore those who say it can't be done, and
make the small investment in money, time, and effort
required to try growing primrose from seed.
There's very little to lose, and a great deal to
gain — not the least of which is the satisfaction of
proving those naysaying "experts" wrong!
EDITOR'S NOTE: Although there are many varieties of
primroses, Pacific Giant appears to be the best bet for
novice growers; it is both hardy and relatively easy to
start from seed. Two sources for the seed are the Geo. W.
Park Seed Company (Greenwood, SC) and
Burpee Seed Company (Warminster, PA).
Both offer free catalogs.


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When I am preparing for a 2-5 day trip, one of the first things I worry about is my menu. Food is important when you're miles from civilization, and it's also very heavy. Outside of the convenience of a handful of trail mix or protein bars, we all want the comfort of an actual meal on the trail. I don't know about you, but I love taking a break after putting in some miles, sitting somewhere with a view or water feature and making good food for myself. Sometimes that break sets the tone for the rest of my day, and if I'm well fed I can and will happily carry on. At the end of the day, nothing is better than a fire and big meal to help me unwind.
I would like to share a couple of my favorite, easy low carb trail meals and snacks! You can alter these to fit a day hike or even a multi-day trip. Be sure you use any fresh produce or perishable ingredients on the first day. The cheeses, cured meats, and packaged condiments will last you well within a week if stored properly and mild weather permits.
Tuna Wraps x2
– Two Mission Carb Balance tortillas
– A package of tuna (one packet can easily make two wraps)
– Mayo packet
– Black olives
– Salt/pepper
– Sauce pack of your choice
– Bring a ripe avocado or handful of raw spinach for an extra flavor kick
Place tuna onto a tortilla, add a line of mayo, add salt and pepper, black olives and drizzle with sauce. Slice up avocado and add spinach if you've got it. Roll into a burrito!
It doesn't look very appetizing but it's soooo tasty!
Cream Cheese Bombs
– Pepperoni or salami slices
– Cream cheese packet
– Black olives, sliced
Plop some cream cheese onto pepperoni/salami, then squish a black olive onto the cream cheese. Eat in one bite. Also good with pickles!
I also swear by Land-o-Lakes individually wrapped cheddar (the sharper the better), Babybel or Cheese Whisps for a crunchy cheese fix.
Old Wisconsin turkey bites are delicious as well as pre-cooked shelf stable bacon.
I will sometimes bring along salted almonds, cashews or natural peanut/other nut butters. Hardboiled eggs make great one-day trail snacks too. If you have a stove with you, hot chicken broth/boullion to sip is always a treat. The sodium in the broth helps replenish lost electrolytes. I like to bring a Propel water packet for the same reason and to give me an energy boost as well.
A great seasoning I can't recommend enough: It is delicious on nearly everything! Mixed in with cream cheese, on eggs made any way, on top of avocado.
These meals and snacks are high in fats and protein – great for LCHF (low carb high fat) or regular low carbers. The foods I listed and enjoy satiate my hunger for sure, without giving me a carb crash later.
What are your go-to trail snacks or meals?


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GERTISER, María Laura et al. Acanthamoeba spp. in indoor swimming pools in Bahía Blanca city, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2010, vol.44, n.4, pp.697-703. ISSN 0325-2957.
Acanthamoeba spp. has been isolated from many habitats, including swimming pools. Investigations on its distribution are relevant because many of its species cause human diseases. The aim of the present work was to investigate, isolate and characterize protozoan of the genus Acanthamoeba from indoor swimming pools in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, in the four seasons, during the 2007-2008 period. Seven pools were studied and samples were collected from the bottom, surface and wall by scraping them. Besides, samples for bacteriological analysis were taken from each pool. The samples were analyzed by direct observation and by culturing on non nutritive agar at 37 °C and at 42 °C. The generic identification was performed according to the morphologic characteristics of cysts and trofozoites, while the amoebo-flagellate transformation test was carried out to identify Naegleria. Free-living amoebas were isolated from five of the seven swimming pools examinated, in at least one season. Naegleria genus was not found as the amoebo-flagellate transformation tests were negative in all samples. All the isolations corresponded to the genus Acanthamoeba belonging to Pussard & Pons morphological Groups II and III. Although elimination of Acanthamoeba from the water is difficult because it is a ubiquitous protozoan. which is highly resistant to the commonly used disinfectants, a thorough cleaning of the pools to minimize the risks of infection is recommended.
Palabras clave : Acanthamoeba; Free-living amoeba; Swimming pool; Protozoan; Water; Bahía Blanca.


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Encouraged by reports of successful commuting, our editors decided to give it a try: We tried two "bike configurations" – first: a 'TerraTrike Sportster', a 3 wheel recumbent tricycle.
Advantages of this type of "bike" (technically a tricycle) are: Comfort, stability, cargo (lots of places to strap things on to) and "novelty" (cars slow down to see "that crazy bicycle").
Disadvantages include: Lack of maneuverability, lack of visibility (sitting too low), not fun on rough terrain, terrible in puddles, and a higher work load per mph.
It's also no fun at all to bring indoors. We found we needed help to hold the doors open, at those places that allowed us to bring it indoors. Oh yes, we equipped both bikes with a flexible wire bike-lock.
The second bike, a Giant Revel mountain bike, was re-configured with touring tires and a commuter rack with 2 "captain hooks" (bungees with metal hooks.) We also added a carryall bag with a spare tube and tools, a "blinkie" and a front light as well. Advantages were a lighter bike, better visibility, better maneuverability and better over rough terrain (sidewalks, puddles, etc.)Disadvantages were low cargo capacity, two wheel stability, not as visible as the recumbent bike (due to the low novelty effect) and of course, comfort.
On two separate days, we commuted approximately 30 miles around town in each bike. First, let's discuss things that have become clear about commuting in general:
It would be a great boon to Orange County if the Little Econ Trail was connected to Cady Way Trail on the west and Avalon Park Blvd on the east as was originally planned. Right now it dead ends at Forsyth and Alafaya respectively. We inquired to the Parks Department as to when this planned (and paid for) completion was coming, and were told that the funds were diverted to "more urgent" projects and there was no budget to complete it. Unless by some miracle the county gets some state or federal grant money (and actually uses it for what it was intended) there is no completion planned in the foreseeable future.
Bike or Trike?
As far as the two different vehicles we chose, we came up with a few conclusions:
On the trike: Even though one feels terribly low and invisible in the trike, in fact it is the opposite. They are so rare that drivers spot them and take time to look at them. Bicycles, which are not as rare, just don't seem to get the attention. The trike definitely gets a lot of attention on the trails as well. Be prepared to stop and explain how it works to many people. Also expect to give out some "test rides" as everyone wants to try it out.
Although the author's legs were tired after 30ish miles on the trike, the comfort level was very high and the "sweat level" very low. Granted, it took a long time to get anywhere. This trike seemed to feel most comfortable between 10-13mph on the flat. It is definitely heavier than its two wheel counterpart.
People ask if it is hard to learn to operate it? No, it isn't. The controls are very intuitive, although it takes a while to get used to the gear shifter being backwards (you roll forward for a slower gear.)
So the tradeoff seems to be taking a while to get anywhere but being comfortable and presentable upon arrival. You can wear long pants on the trike with a much lower chance of getting chain grease on them.
On the bike: First of all, welcome back to speed and maneuverability. It's easier to get it rolling. It's easier to park it. It's easier to get it indoors where places allow bikes indoors. It's footprint is very narrow compared to the 33″ width of the trike.
We found the bike in cruiser mode to operate comfortably at 12-17mph all over town. This is not an average speed, but it is what we saw when we looked down at the speedometer. Intersections and road crossings kill average speed.
Even though we got there faster, it hurt more. The standard bike saddle has never been known for comfort, and is certainly not designed to wear long pants such as khakis or jeans. We found that the speed was paid for with more sweat as well.
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Many of the Ambergris Caye bars offer daily happy hour drink specials and some have food specials as well. This page is a listing of some favorite island beach bars and restaurants and their daily specials. Bold blue texts are links to their Facebook pages… I'm always here to help. 🙂
South Ambergris Caye
Pirate South Beach Cafe Pub
Part of the Royal Caribbean Resort, South Beach Cafe Pub is a 2-minute beach walk south of the resort. The driveway from the road is just passed the point where the cobblestone ends (across from the water tower).
The beach is one of largest on the island and features volleyball, beach games, lounge chairs and hammocks. The Pub serves a wide variety of cocktails, beer as well as a menu of local cuisine.
Open Tuesday – Sunday from 7:00 am – 10:00 pm. Breakfast and Lunch are served from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm. Appetizers are served after 3:00 pm. Photo's courtesy of their Facebook page.
The Squirrel's Nest
This popular beach-side bar with a view that offers refreshments and light snacks. Their happy hour is from 6:00am – 7:00 pm daily, with drinks 2 for 1. The location of this quaint little bar is at Mata Rocks Hotel about a mile or so south of San Pedro Town nestled between Royal Palm Villas and Banana Beach Resort. Pictures are courtesy of Terry and Squirrel's Nest Facebook page. It's one of only two listings on TripAdvisor for Bars Pubs in San Pedro however if you click on the link it takes you to the restaurant Reviews page.
Amber Beach Bar Grill
Located at Caribbean Villas Hotel. Also home to Tsunami Sushi – served every evening from 5:00 PM. Amber's hours are 7:00 am to 10:00 pm. Every Monday they serve $1 Wings and $10 Nachos. Taco Tuesday features all you can eat tacos and draft beer in 1 hour and 1/2 for $50.00 BZD. They have Karaoke on Friday evenings and a Sunday Funday Beach BBQ each week. Lunch specials change frequently so watch their Facebook page for updates.
Caribbean Villas is also home to El Diablo Dock Bar and Aqua Park which includes a huge water slide and 300 foot over the sea to the beach zipline. Pictures courtesy of Amber Facebook and Caribbean Villas website.
Nauti Crab Beach Bar
Offers daily drink specials and happy hour on Monday to Saturday from 3:00 – 6:00 pm featuring $3.50 local rum or local vodka drinks. Daily drink specials: Monday – $5 rum punch; Tuesday – 2 for $20 pina coladas; Wednesday – Bucket beers; Thursday – 2 for $20 lime margaritas; Friday – 2 for $30 Long Island Iced Tea; Saturday – 2 for $20 lime mojitos. (pics are of the old bar when it was south and Crazy Canucks.)
Central San Pedro Town
Sandbar Hostel and Restaurant
Happy hour is 3:00 – 6:00 pm Monday to Friday 2 for 1 rum and $10 BZD personal pizzas. Saturday/Sunday 11:00 AM – 6:00 pm enjoy $1 wings and 6 for $25 buckets of beer. Pictures courtesy of Carrie.
Hurricanes Ceviche Bar
Dockside dining and delicious tropical drinks. Happy hour is from 4:00 to 6:00 pm 3 beers for $10bz and 2 for 1 on local rums. Live music on Tuesday's and Thursday Reggae Caribbean vibes one Tuesday and Brent Butcher country blues on Thursday. They are currently located three blocks south of the bridge on the beach next to Oasis Del Caribe. They will open soon over the water. Pictures courtesy of Hurricanes Ceviche Bar and Grill Facebook page.
North Ambergris Caye
Coco's Loco Beach Bar
Stop by this picturesque neighborhood bar when you are in town, you will be glad you did. Located just north of the bridge (behind Village Market) this popular beach bar is a little piece of paradise. Their happy hour runs from 4:00 – 6:00 PM every day with 2 for 1 local rum drinks. Monday evenings they host Cribbage and Tuesday's are Tacos Trivia night. Pictures courtesy of Carmen.
Over the Water
Palapa Bar & Grill
Enjoy floating in inner tubes, sunbathing on the dock, eating in the restaurant and listening to live music. They've got it all.
Palapa is located over the water off the beach of Boca Del Rio. From the main street (Pescador Drive N). Turn east at the round-about. Open 7 days a week 11:00 am – 11:00 pm. Photos courtesy of Palapa Bar Facebook page.
This very popular beach bar has now made its way over the water. Now even more people can enjoy the atmosphere that is unique to Wayo's in their new, bigger place… which is directly in-front of where the old bar was in, Boca Del Rio. Hours are 10:00 am to midnight.
Left picture courtesy of Wayo's Facebook page.


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The most common forms of fat in foods and in the body are known as triglycerides. They make up about 95% of the total fat in the body.
Triglycerides are composed of three molecules:
- one fatty acid
- one molecule of glycerol
- one alcohol
What are Fatty Acids?
Fatty acids are energy-rich chemical chains that come in three forms:
1. Monounsaturated Fatty Acids: Liquid at room temperature, decrease total blood cholesterol but maintain your HDL (healthy/good) cholesterol.
Sources include:
- certain oils and margarines (canola, olive, peanut, sesame)
- avocado
- nuts (almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia, pecans, peanuts, pistachios)
- peanut butter
- olives
- sesame seeds
- tahini paste
2. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Liquid or soft at room temperature, decrease total blood cholesterol by lowering both the LDL (lazy/bad) cholesterol and the HDL (healthy/good) cholesterol.
Sources include:
- certain oils and margarines (corn, safflower, soybean)
- walnuts
- mayonnaise
- most salad dressings
- pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
- Omega-3 fatty acids are highly polyunsaturated. They are mostly found in seafood, especially high-fat fish, such as albacore tuna, mackerel, and salmon.
3. Saturated Fatty Acids: Solid at room temperature and increase total cholesterol and bad cholesterol.
Sources include:
- butter
- cheese
- cream cheese
- sour cream
- cream
- ice cream
- whole milk
- bacon
- beef
- pork
- poultry
- shortening/lard
- coconut
- coconut oil
- palm oil/palm kernel oil
- cocoa butter
4. Trans Fatty Acids: A man-made fatty acid. Hydrogenation is a complex process that might be outside the scope of what I would like to include here. Basically, Instead of the three part molecule the body has been used to digesting when it approaches a fatty acid.
[What is the point of hydrogenating foods?] Many foods are processed and easy to buy, stored in a vending machine, or shelf long before you are ready to consume it. This is a great application of science and technology for food availability, but not so great for food quality as these scientists are playing with our nutrition for the sake of profit. The longer it can sit on the shelf, the longer it can stay in your body.
Perhaps food didn't naturally last that long for a reason. Opinions aside, scientists have cultivated a process called hydrogenation and given life to something called Trans-Fats, or Trans-Fatty Acids.
The problem with this is that the molecule is unrecognizable by your body. It doesn't know how to break it down. You may continue to eat, even though have satiated your hunger, because the receptors in your brain are not sure that you're eating food.
Large amounts of trans-fats in the body can make one feel lethargic because these trans-fat molecules get in the way of fat being used as an energy source, which in turn creates an urge to eat for energy.
Trans-Fats are a huge contributing factor to obesity and over-eating.
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My friend Cassie got a Kindle, and another friend got a Kobo. I decided that I needed one too, and I went with Kindle, the full hog—Wi-Fi and 3g—which is kind of funny because I live in a rural area with no cellphone coverage.
I love reading on my Kindle, and I have found that I read more now than I did before. While I had one book beside the bed, I can have four books on the go in my kindle, without having to move!
I love to read, and I also love to share my love of books. I also review books for the local library over at Tapawera Book Reviews. Since joining the eBook revolution, the genre I read has expanded to include just about anything that looks interesting.
I also like to write…
Leigh K Hunt
Well, I was going to say something about what I wanted for my 30th birthday, but it's been and gone, and I still don't know what I want.
Stephen King once said, "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that." So with reading and reviewing books with a critic's eye, I would like to think that I am developing more and more tools for my Writer's Toolbox, as well as having endless enjoyment while devouring new books.
I have been critiquing and reviewing writer's draft manuscripts for years, and thought that since I read so much published literature as well, then it would only be prudent for me to analyse that as well. And why analyse that, if I'm not going to tell anyone about it? So, instead of just reviewing and recommending books through word of mouth, here I am… shouting it out all over the internet, recommending to all other readers around the world.
You can also find me at Parchment Place or at my author's website, A Parchment Journey.


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It's clear from my previous posts in this series that my intention is to self-publish. The reasons are many of which are covered in detail by Freelance Editor, Lynnette LaBelle in her pros and cons article (there's also one for traditional publishing here). There are several reasons which stand out to me not the least of which is the issue of royalties which is much larger per unit sold. Control is another reason. Who doesn't like to have a huge say in the artwork and other facets of their project? Another reason is where I see the industry moving. With the rise of successful independent authors we now have those work as hybrids. What this means is that self-publishing is morphing into a proving-ground (or minor league) where authors can show what they've got and transition into hybrid publishing as a result. There are even those who remain big leaguers all on their own.
Regarding the debate
There are those who debate which publishing path is best. But as Dario Ciriello writes, it doesn't have to be one or the other. In fact, many authors who want to realize income from other pieces of the publishing pie will need an agent to arrange agreements for rights ranging from international, to audio and even movies (for those who achieve such notoriety). Having an agent an realizing added income means becoming a hybrid writer and I'm more than open to this notion.
As mentioned in the first post of this series, there are many decisions to make. In the second post I discussed the crowdfunding decision and some options out there. But suppose I've completed a successful campaign. What's next?
Securing the production services toward publication is the next step. First, an editor must be hired. I have someone with whom I'm comfortable with at the moment but there are many listed out there and ways to find one. Once thoroughly edited, the book is should then be formatted. You can learn this skill or hire it out – though much of the cost I've seen is not expensive. If you're going to learn the skill I suggest you practice on a short story first since it's smaller (and not on your original). Last in the production phase is artwork. This is one service which I'll be investigating in the coming months. The visual aspect of the book is highly important so paying for quality work is important.
Regarding points formatting and artwork, there are several main strategies you can take with self-publishing. Amazon offers several services in a variety of packages but this gets costly. But this brings up another choice to make. Amazon is the big-dog on the block with book sales, especially e-books. However, there are other venues for self-publishing, namely Smashwords. Founder Mark Coker offers a number of resources for free to help authors. There is the free e-book with marketing tips, his list of known formatters and artists, tips for successful e-publishing and their catalog. At this point, the Smashwords catalog distributes into the major e-book vendors easily without the need for multiple ISBN's and can even distribute to Amazon once an author's book reaches a minimum sales of $2000. Amazon and Smashwords are great for indie authors but for the reasons mentioned, I lean toward using Smashwords.
Only for e-books
That's correct, Smashwords only deals with e-books though they have a list of recommended POD services. Here's my thinking on this matter which circles back to my earlier points: start with e-book sales and see where it goes from there. I might attract enough attention to transition into being a hybrid author. Also, my initial cost is limited but income can later be directed into releasing hard copy through POD. It also frees me from some of the higher costs of full-jacket artwork and other time-consuming details that could be used for producing more books.
That's my general plan. What are your plans or how have you published previously? I'm very interested in your comments so take a few moments to let me know what you think. Fill out the form above so you can also follow this blog by email.
Thanks for reading,
P.S. For extra reading, check out Mark Coker's take on the Amazon/Hachette dispute.


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Which I will catalog here, so that I can find it again :)
1) I haven't worn cardigans in a good while. They all just moved to the "probation" bin. Perhaps my style has moved on? Perhaps I just can't come up with non-frumpy ways to style them.
2) Same for vests.
3) I have plenty to wear. Sometimes I only see my wardrobe holes. I need to be patient with those, and remember that I'm not going naked for lack of a perfect-length white top. :)
4) The tape measure is my friend.
And on that note, some nitty gritty that I learned in measuring my clothes:
- I will tolerate a pants rise anywhere from 7-10 inches (ten inches is on my high hip), as long as the waist is at least 34" (35 is nicer) and the hips aren't much bigger than that. I will expand a waistband when needed, but I will not deal with a rise above 10 inches or below 7. My inseam for skinny or tapered legs can be no less than 30". For wide legs, no less than 32".
- There is 29" between my shoulder and crotch point. So a shirt must be at least 26" long if I want to wear it with pants. I prefer more like 28, but only have one shirt (a plaid flannel) that's that long. My tops are now separated into pants-appropriate and "must wear with skirts".
- Jackets must be 16-18" across the back (shoulder seam to shoulder seam at the point where the top seam is). Closer to 16 is better (an 18 inch jacket is better worn closed)
- I don't know what a suitable length for sweaters is. All of mine are about 26", and they all feel too short most of the time (I relegated the few that were shorter than that to "skirts-wear"), or too long to wear over my other tops. Go figure.
If you're still reading - how should sweaters fit? Mine seem too long to be cropped or go over shirts, and too short to really drape the way that trendy sweaters do. (Current sweaters seem to hit the crotch point or a little lower when un-tucked, but be worn semi-tucked, or have a hi-lo hem, right?) I'm considering this a wardrobe hole, and reminding myself that I still have plenty to wear so I don't need to go feeling like this is a major emergency.
Thank you Caro for suggesting that it was time to go through and cull my closet. I got rid of less than I expected, and have a higher "like" rating for the things that I kept than I expected. My happiness factor with my wardrobe is rising!


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Rust is a major cause of car depreciation. Cars fun salted roads in the winter can rust faster than vehicle from warmer climates.
Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) March 17, 2013
Depreciation can be the downside of owning any used car, but there are some things used car buyers can do to prevent it. VehicleHistory.com reviews these tips on how to avoid losing money on a used vehicle.
Rust is a major cause of car depreciation. Cars from salted roads in the winter can rust faster than vehicle from warmer climates. Newer cars have better paint technology that prevent this, so used cars must be rinsed off often in the winter to present rust. If a driver finds a used car they like, they should be sure to inspect it for rust and damage.
The tires should have tread wear that is even. Joints or gaps in between body parts on a vehicle could signal a repair has been made. Also view evidence of repainting like different colors under the hood than the body paint.
Also be sure to test drive a car to see how it handles on the road. Check the steering wheel alignment and brakes, engine noise, and acceleration. A driver should be able to feel is something is wrong with a car. Drivers should also always have a mechanic perform a pre-inspection before buying and run a vehicle history report to find past damages a mechanic may not even notice.
If drivers are looking to buy a car that is "as is," it's recommended to make sure they research any factory recalls on a car. There could be something wrong with the entire model, so if they do buy it, a dealership is likely to fix it if it's caught in a decent amount of time.
A used car can depreciate quickly, but not as fast as a new car. VehicleHistory.com recommends the preceding steps and buying guides when drivers purchase one. Motorists never know when they could end up with a depreciating lemon that could cost thousands.
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Transforming Credit and Collections – during a recession
Fascinating case of HVAC Giant Lennox International enabling a successful transformation of its credit and collections processes.
Faced with the slowdown in the economy hitting the building industry really hard, Lennox started seeing signs of trouble with their customers unable to pay their bills.
Their innovative approach to resolving this is an example of people, process and technology coming together:
1. Developing risk profiles by Customer segments (historical sales volume, risk)
2. Proactive collection strategies – diagnosing and root causing potential collection issues
3. Closer collaboration between sales and collection
4. New accelerated credit risk scoring process
5. Stronger customer relationship
What are some of the key takeaways:
a. Technology can be a huge help in multiple ways:
i. Providing the algorithms for credit risk scoring based on customer specific parameters (like sales, past payment history etc)
ii. Proactively identifying threshold cases that may need exceptional resolution
iii. Defining collection strategies by customer segments
b. Process standardization for credit and collection


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Margaret of Anjou was Queen of England during the period known as the War of the Roses. As a fifteen year-old bride she had many difficulties to face.
She brought no dowry to her adopted land, which was still at war with her native land. Not least of all, her husband was reluctant to come to her bed.
With a weak and ineffective king on the throne, rival parties tilted for power. When the struggle escalated into war, Margaret realized she had no choice but to suppress the feminine side of her nature in order to protect her feeble-minded husband and helpless son.
Leading her party, dictating policy, dealing with foreign princes, she became, in fact, king in all but name.
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About the Author
Susan was born in England, which is where she learned to love English history, and now lives in Canada in the summer. In winter she and her husband flee the cold for their second home in Mexico. Susan divides her time between writing and her hobby, oil painting. Writing will always be her first love. You can find more information about Susan's books on her blog and follow her on Twitter @susan_appleyard.


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I asked this question on StackOverflow and they just linked me to other questions that I already read and tried.
I have been trying to create a zip file using zipfile in Python, but it keeps zipping all folders that are included in the absolute path. I just want to zip the file that the path leads to, not all of the files in that path.
If I try to create a zip file named "Zip_Files.zip" from this path:
When I try to zip this I end up with a zip folder like this:
Zip_Files -> Users -> UserName -> Documents -> Folder_to_be_zipped -> {contents of Folder_to_be_zipped}
I want something like this:
Zip_Files.zip -> Folder_to_be_zipped -> {contents of Folder_to_be_zipped}
I only want to zip Folder_to_be_zipped, not every file leading to that folder.
This code gives me the Zip_Files.zip -> Folder_to_be_zipped but there's nothing inside of Folder_to_be_zipped and I know that's because zipfile isn't recursive.
from os.path import basename
zip.write(first_path, basename(first_path))
zip.write(second_path, basename(second_path))
This code gives me Zip_Files.zip -> Users -> UserName -> Documents -> Folder_to_be_zipped -> {contents of Folder_to_be_zipped}
import os
import zipfile
def zipdir(path, zip):
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
for file in files:
zip.write(os.path.join(root, file))
if __name__ == '__main__':
zipf = zipfile.ZipFile('Python.zip', 'w')
zipdir('C:/Users/UserName/Documents/Folder_to_be_zipped/', zipf)
So I know that my solution is somewhere in the middle of these two pieces of code, but I am relatively new to Python and I can't figure it out. Hopefully you guys can give me the code to make this work.


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Honorees are chosen for exemplifying outstanding achievement in the areas of leadership, innovation, service and contribution to women.
Ruby was nominated by her peers, who shared sentiments about how she embodies the qualities of a Women of Distinction. Here are a few excerpts from nominations submitted by Debbie Cloud, Angela Felix, Kerrie Specker, John Jensen, and Jennifer Shantz.
|Ruby Miller, Associate Dean, Judicial Affairs
with Rio President, Dr. Chris Bustamante
Ruby's collegiality, sense of humor, decision-making ability, and willingness to take responsibility for difficult decisions serve as a model for other Maricopa women. Ruby Miller is a valuable asset to the college and district.
Ruby knows her job inside and out. She is a valuable resource when questions of policies and procedures come into play. In difficult situations, Ruby is supportive, she helps determine possible options that may be available in a situation, she will not shy away from a confrontation. At the same time, Ruby holds the students' best interests at heart, she will hold them accountable but she'll do it in a very positive manner.
The Maricopa Community Colleges WLG will honor Ruby and recipients from the other nine community colleges at a luncheon on Monday, April 28, 2014, at Paradise Valley Community College.
The Women's Leadership Group provides for the continuous development of a strong and supportive work environment for the diverse women of the Maricopa Community Colleges.
Photo of Rio Women of Distinction - Front row: Angela Ambrosia, Ruby Miller, and Kishia Brock. Back row: Pat Case, Hazel Davis, Dana Reid, Beatriz Cohen, Sheila Barham, Janine Adkins and Earnestine Harrison.


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Barons earn three valuable points at Westchester
Joe Banks wins it with a diving header as Ocean City prepares for Open Cup showdown on Tuesday
The momentum from their Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup victory on Wednesday must have carried over into the weekend as the Ocean City Barons earned an important road victory over the Westchester Flames, 1-0. Team captain and starting center back Joe Banks (Drexel / Sicklerville, NJ) scored the lone goal for the Barons on a diving header in the 25th minute on a free kick from William Swetra (James Madison / Egg Harbor, NJ). Barons goalkeeper John Fogarty (Villanova / Marmora, NJ) got his second career shutout in his second career start.
|Barons Lineup
|School / Hometown
|GK - John Fogarty
|Villanova / Marmora, NJ
|DEF - Jamal Neptune
|Hofstra / East Windsor, NJ
|DEF - Kevin Curran
|Loyola College / Upper Twp, NJ
|DEF - Jimmy Davis
|LaSalle ('09) / Pittsgrove, NJ
|DEF - Joe Banks
|Drexel ('07) / Sicklerville, NJ
|MID - Neal Melchionni
|Lehigh / Marmora, NJ
|MID - Leon Brown
|Wheeling Jesuit ('04) / Sicklerville, NJ
|MID - Rory McCrea
|Hofstra / Leeds, England
|MID - William Swetra
|James Madison / Egg Harbor, NJ
|FWD - J.T. Noone
|Temple / Harrisburg, PA
|FWD - Kyle Miller
|Holy Cross / Woodbury, NJ
|Ryan Richter
|LaSalle / Southampton, PA
|Byron Carmichael
|Marshall ('03) / Lumberton, NJ
|Billy Pinto
|Hofstra / Audubon, NJ
|Tyler Bellamy
|St. Bonaventure / Hammonton, NJ
|Dan Korenyi
|LaSalle / Cinneminson, NJ
|Junior Chapman
|LaSalle / Winslow, NJ
|Scoring Summary
|25th (OCEAN CITY)
|Joe Banks (William Swetra)
The Barons improve to 5-1-1 in league play and remain in second place in the Northeast Division, while Westchester falls to 1-5-2.
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Second Round
Real Maryland Monarchs at
Ocean City Barons
Tuesday, June 16 | 7 p.m.
Tickets $10 adults / $4 kids
|More Information
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Barons on Facebook
U.S. Open Cup website
U.S. Open Cup bracket
The Barons are unbeaten (2-0-1) in their last three games against the Flames and lead the all-time series with the New York-based club, 5-2-1.
The next action for the club is Tuesday's massive U.S. Open Cup game against Real Maryland Monarchs of the USL Second Division. The game at Carey Stadium kicks off at 7 p.m. and the winner of that match will face Major League Soccer's D.C. United in the Third Round.
Barons assistant coach John Thompson didn't let the players lose sight of the importance of Saturday's league game.
"We didn't really have a different approach tonight [with Tuesday's game looming]," said Thompson. "[First place] Long Island is playing well so we can't afford any losses or draws, so we fought hard tonight."
The last time these two teams met was in the season opener at Carey Stadium when bad weather forced the game to be abandoned in the 58th minute. It marked the first time since the Barons moved to Ocean City in 2005 that a game was stopped due to weather. The match finished in a 1-1 draw with Ryan Richter (LaSalle / Southampton, PA) scoring the lone goal for Ocean City.
Hard fought was a correct description for Saturday's game. Fogarty was tested in the opening 20 minutes when Westchester player cut into the box from the right side and fired a shot, forcing him to make a diving save to keep the game scoreless.
Before Banks scored off a Swetra free kick, he had already put the ball into the back of the net, but it didn't count. He received a ball in the air and headed it over the Flames goalkeeper who came off his line, but Kyle Miller (Holy Cross / Woodbury, NJ) made an attempt to play the ball in an offside position and the goal was waived off.
The captain would finally get his goal in the 25th minute when Swetra struck a free kick from 35 yards out on the left wing. The 6'2 Banks, always a target on set pieces close to goal, faked a move to the outside, cut back inside, found some space and dove to the ground head first to meet the ball low. His diving header moved through traffic and into the back of the net for his second goal of the season.
"It's always nice to help out," said Banks on his game-winning goal. The goal was the sixth in his six seasons with the Barons, his fourth in the last two years. Last year, the two goals he scored were both game-winners.
The rest of the game, the Barons weren't able to produce many chances. The best opportunity came when Jamal Neptune (Hofstra / East Windsor, NJ) played a ball out to the wing for Neal Melchionni (Lehigh / Marmora, NJ) who immediately sent in a cross to Kyle Miller who headed the ball right into the arms of the Flames netminder.
Getting the team to avoid looking ahead was certainly an issue heading into Saturday's contest. "We definitely had to make an effort to get everyone focused on today's game," said Banks. "But we're going to get a good training day in on Monday and we're going to show up ready to play on Tuesday."
After the Barons' Open Cup game on Tuesday, the club is scheduled to play their sixth of six straight road games the very next day when they take on the New Jersey Rangers at 7 p.m. The Men In Red will return home next weekend when they host the Brooklyn Knights at Carey Stadium on Saturday, June 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Open Cup game are $10 for adults and $4 for kids. For more information on the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup visit www.usopencup.com.


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Remember the Texas Miracle?
A high school football coach becomes a professor of education at one of the state's remaining African-American universities. Then wins a seat on the board of a big urban school district. Then becomes the downtown business establishment's consensus choice for the city's superintendent of schools. Once in charge, he dramatically increases standardized-test scores while he reduces a double-digit dropout rate to around 1 percent. He even closes the "test-score gap" that separates economically disadvantaged minority students from middle-class suburban white kids (and Vietnamese National Honor Society candidates). Then his "culture of accountability" — imposed on principals threatened with job loss if their schools don't improve, who impose it on teachers threatened with reassignment if their students don't improve — becomes a model for statewide reform. And within a few years, standardized-test scores across the state are climbing at an unprecedented rate.
As unpleasant as it usually is, the truth has been revealed — just in time to raise serious questions about the beatification of secretary of education Rod Paige. There was no Texas Miracle. At least not in public education in Texas. The last miracle to occur in the state that gave the country Anna Nicole Smith, Ross Perot and George W. Bush was the appearance of the face of Jesus on a Port Neches screen door. That was in the '60s. The appearance of Jesus on a tortilla 20 years later in South Texas is now considered a hoax; the image was burned onto the tortilla while it was heated on a comal. Kind of like the way Rod Paige cooked the books when he was superintendent of Houston's schools. Or at least the way he put so much pressure on his principals that they had little choice but to cook their books.
The Texas education hoax was revealed this summer when an assistant principal told a local TV reporter that official reports of "no dropouts" at his Houston high school were greatly exaggerated. The guy had been around the block a couple of times: combat in Vietnam, 24 years in the Army, retirement as a lieutenant colonel, and retooling for a second career in education. He didn't buy the claim that no one dropped out of a predominantly minority high school where most students are economically disadvantaged. Not only did not one of Sharpstown High's 1,650 students drop out last school year, but another Houston high school with an enrollment of 2,308 reported no dropouts. An inner-city high school with a student body of 731 students had not one dropout. Twelve of the city's poorest schools had dropout rates lower than 1 percent, while 20 to 30 percent is not uncommon at similar schools in other states.
By the time he was telling his story to The New York Times, Robert Kimball's statements must have sounded like high heresy to education secretary Paige, whose Houston Miracle was the model for Governor George Bush's Texas Miracle. "A fantasy land," said Kimball. "They want the data to look wonderful and exciting. They don't tell you how to do it. They just say, 'Do it.'"
This is hardly breaking news in Houston. Critics of the city's schools have been aware of it for years and even tried to sound the alarm when Bush made Paige secretary of education, then promised to make Texas education policy a model for national education policy. Linda McNeil has been writing about it in books and education journals, and talking to any reporter who would listen. McNeil is a professor at Houston's Rice University, co-director of the Rice Center of Education, a former high school English teacher, a past vice president of the American Educational Research Association and author of Contradictions of School Reform. In other words, not the sort of person the Bushies want meddling in education policy, considering her scant background in voucher studies, phonics and Christian homeschooling.
McNeil uses a hometown business metaphor to describe what the Houston schools were doing while Paige was in charge. "Enron," she says. "You've seen newspaper accounts that explain how Enron used a single indicator to show how well the company was performing." The single indicator that demonstrated how well Houston's schools were performing was not dropout stats. It was standardized-test scores. And this is where Houston's success story gets dicey — like Enron's mark-to-market accounting. You've got to watch two numbers, because there are two variables in this queer equation. The relentless drive to increase standardized-test scores is directly related to dropout rates. Think about it. If you allow a whole cluster of underperforming students to make it to the 10th grade, where they are required to take a test on which the jobs and bonuses of principals and teachers are based, you create a problem. So the same kids who desperately need education are going to lower your test scores — unless they are allowed to leave quietly.
There was even an accounting scam to deal with underperforming students who stay in school. A few years ago McNeil looked at one of Paige's miracle high schools and quickly realized the numbers made no sense. There were 3,000 students enrolled. But only 296 kids took the 10th-grade standardized test. Barring the most peculiar fertility rates in this small corner of southeast Houston, 700 or 750 kids should have taken the test. Where were the lost kids?
Many had dropped out. But McNeil — and her colleagues Angela Valenzuela of the University of Texas and displaced Texan Walt Haney at Boston College — found the missing 10th-graders, permanently enrolled in the ninth grade. And Paige's policy had metastasized across the state, much as Texas education policy now is slowly creeping across the United States. For low-performing kids who refused to quietly disappear, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) had created an entire new class of students who are no longer ninth-graders yet not quite 10th-graders. These "technical ninth-graders" may have failed only one course — which allows them to remain in the ninth grade and avoid taking the test. They're also called "waiver kids," after the TEA waivers that exempt them from standardized tests. At Sharpstown High, Kimball even found one student who miraculously had leapfrogged over the 10th grade and therefore was never required to sit for the Big Test. Most aren't so lucky. They hang around the "ninth grade" for a few years. Then they get the message, clean out their lockers and go home. The system drives economically disadvantaged students, who are hardest to educate, out of our schools. The TEA even created an elaborate list of attendance and enrollment codes that allows (and even encourages) school administrators to identify "leavers" as anything other than "dropouts."
The high-stakes tests that determine whether a student graduates — and whether a principal gets a bonus and keeps her job — create an institutional incentive to cheat. Public school teachers (I was one for 14 years in Texas) are just like other professionals — except they are paid less. When their jobs are on the line — or the job of a competent principal they know is working as hard as possible to foster the best education the system can provide — they behave just like any other professionals. If there was some point-shaving at Sharpstown High, an utterly corrupt system created both the incentive to shave points and the methods with which to do it. In Texas, we have pioneered a high-stakes testing program that drives low-performing students out of their schools.
The good news is that the state has appointed an official auditor to watch over record keeping at Houston's public schools. And that Houston superintendent Kay Stripling has invested an entire career in Houston's schools and is unlikely to allow a corrupt system to cheat her kids out of the best education Texas can provide — considering the meager amount of money we spend on public ed.
The bad news is that President Bush managed to make Texas education policy the nation's education policy. Bush's No Child Left Behind Education Act is based on the very Texas Miracle that made Rod Paige secretary of education. It is loaded with high-stakes testing and accountability measures pioneered in the state that is the national proving ground for bad public policy.
We're out of big ideas in Texas. And out of money. This school year begins with "revenue-neutral" education reform. A mandated pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag. (Until it was included in school policy handbooks, not even teachers of Texas history knew we had a pledge.) And a mandated moment of silence at the start of the school day — to allow students to pray.
God knows they're going to need it.
Lou Dubose is co-author with Molly Ivins of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America, which will be released by Random House on September 23.
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Once again with the exception of field hockey, Sunday proved to be a rough day for Terrapin sports. Volleyball fell to Miami in straight sets while women's soccer dropped a tough 2-1 loss at home to Duke. Over at American, Maryland's top ranked field hockey squad salvaged the day for the Terps taking a 2-0 decision over the Eagles.
Statistically, the Terps fared better at Miami than they did at Florida State on Friday but the Hurricanes still won fairly easily. In the first set, Miami ran out to a 5-0 lead bu the Terps fought back eventually pulling even at thirteen on a block by Mary Cushman and Ashlyn MacGregor. After a Miami timeout, the 'Canes ran off three straight to take a 16-13 lead before closing out the set by the same three point margin.
Miami took the early lead in the second and were never headed. After an Adreene Elliott kill pulled the Terps within two at 10-8 the Hurricanes ripped off eight of the next nine points to take control of the set at 18-9. Maryland never really challenged and dropped the set by a 25-16 final.
Though Miami scored first to open the third set, Maryland took its first lead at any point in the match on a block by Elliott that gave the Terps a 4-3 advantage. The teams then traded points before the 'Canes took the lead for good at six to five. Maryland managed to hang around - staying within two until Miami ran off three straight to extend their lead to 22-17. The five point margin held up as Miami completed the sweep. Elliott led the Terps with 15 kills and a phenomenal .636 hitting percentage. Sarah Harper led in digs with thirteen while Julia Anderson compiled a team high 15 assists. Maryland returns to action Friday night when they host Syracuse in an ACC match up at 7 pm in the Comcast Pavillion.
The field hockey team made the long trip all the way to D.C. to tackle a local rival the American University Eagles and they returned to College Park in possession of their fourteenth consecutive win - a 2-0 shutout of the host team. After a scoreless first half in which the Terps managed only three shots and the Eagles one, Maryland got on the board in the forty-ninth minute capitalizing on their third penalty corner of the game. Leading scorer Jill Witmer put the Terps up by one scoring on a deflection off the penalty corner. The senior's thirteenth goal of the season was also the sixty-first of her career giving her sole possession of fifth place all-time for Maryland goal scorers. Maryland notched an insurance goal in the sixty-fourth minute when red shirt freshman Emma Rissinger once again found herself in the right spot to tip in a ball off the stick of freshman Mieke Hayn. Senior goalkeeper Natalie Hunter picked up her third shutout of the season. The unbeaten and number one ranked Terps will also play Friday night when third ranked Syracuse comes to College Park for a 6 pm showdown. Those who don't want to sit through all the preliminaries of Maryland Madness or who didn't score tickets might want to consider stopping by to support volleyball or field hockey. Neither sport charges an admission fee.
Okay, so I was at Ludwig Field for the Terrapins disappointing 2-1 loss to Duke and as coach Jonathan Morgan said, "This one stings."
My notes from the game for the first thirty minutes or so all point to the way Maryland controlled the game. Even my first note says that the Terps opened the game with a long possession with Duke pressuring in the Maryland defensive half but the Terps were probing to find a way to attack and attack they did. I have a vague note about a good Terrapin opportunity in the fifth minute followed by a strong run by Ashley Spivey in the eleventh minute that led to a Maryland corner. Riley Barger got off a good header on Megan Gibbons' serve but Duke's goalie made a kick save. Then Aubrey Baker drew a foul in the fourteenth minute but Spivey's free kick from 25 yards straight on didn't get past the Duke wall. In the seventeenth minute, Baker played a nice cross to Erika Nelson but the sophomore defender's shot sailed just high. Just seconds later a Spivey cross toward Brock created another dangerous chance but Duke's keeper, Meghan Thomas, intercepted the pass. Some strong play from Barger earned the Terps a second corner in the nineteenth minute and in the twenty first minute Haley Brock turned through a triple team to get off a left footer that Thomas saved. Maryland earned a third corner in the twenty-third minute but again failed to capitalize. Through all this, Duke had one opportunity - a free kick from about 23 yards just left of the box but the shot went harmlessly high. I could go on but as Morgan said, "They defended their tails off, they moved the ball, they built from the back, they attacked, and they were dangerous. I really felt like they deserved more today." When Duke scored the first goal in the thirty-fourth minute off a shot from, as Morgan called it "practically zero angle," I felt I was watching a mirror of Saturday's football game. Maryland had dominated Duke in the general run of play but somehow Duke had the lead.
The Terps drew the first two corners of the second half with Aubrey Baker's shot in the fifty-first minute going just wide while they were unable to get a shot off on the second. In the fifty-fifth minute Duke drew only their third corner of the day on a play that everyone on the field but the official who made the call seemed to think was a goal Kick for Maryland. The Terps shorter defenders couldn't clear the ball and on the second or third chance, Kelly Cobb was able to sneak the ball past Terrapin keeper Rachelle Beanlands to open a 2-0 lead. The Terps upped the pressure and Brock had a good chance in the fifty-ninth minute but Thomas made the save on her header. Two minutes later, Spivey made a strong run down the left side but had no real help down the middle which led to her taking a shot from a tough angle that Thomas knocked over the end line. Again, Maryland couldn't capitalize on the corner. In the sixty-ninth minute, Aubrey Baker launched a bending shot from about 20 yards that forced the six foot two Thomas to stretch and make a diving save. She lost control of the ball when she hit the ground and Cory Ryan was in position to follow up and put the Terps on the board. Maryland pressed through a packed in Blue Devil defense to try for the equalizer with perhaps their best chance coming off the foot of Shade Pratt on a drive from 24 yards straight on but again the shot sailed just high. Maryland's last chance came in the 89th minute off a free kick but Erika Nelson's header went wide and Duke escaped with the win. The Terps are now off on a three game road swing taking on Miami, Florida State and Syracuse before returning home on Sunday, October 27 to face Boston College.


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Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen Enchilada Tours (6401 Woodway) - It's like Thanksgiving with the family -- you don't have to decide which dish is your favorite here. Sylvia's offers two enchilada tasting tracks, South and North of the Border. Each comes with four mini enchiladas ranging from the punchy, hot Morelia to the chocolaty, smooth Puebla mole version.
Brie from Brasil (2604 Dunlavy) - Covered in hot spice and delivered to you still bubbling, the Brie and fresh bread at Brasil will warm your insides even if you're dining out on the patio.
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The method of manufacture of the gage blocks was developed by Carl E. Johansson. Ford was able to get the rights to the blocks and further development by purchasing the patents and putting the inventor on the Engineering staff of the Ford Motor Company.
These blocks were used on the shop floor to set up critical manufacturing operations, to calibrate measurement tools and gages, and to check parts production.
This capability was a key component of the standardization and production of close tolerance interchangeable parts which enabled development of Ford's mass production techniques and moving assembly line.
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The one consistent thing I have heard was to eliminate gluten. Their reasoning seems to be pretty consistent. The numerous presenters say the way grain is handled in America makes it toxic. They also are consistently saying heal the gut, heal the body.
I have started advising patients who seem to have some brain injury component to their health problems to consider trying this. I recommend this for patients who have been in a car accident or have sustained head trauma like a concussion My recommendation is to completely eliminate gluten for three weeks and see how you feel.
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Mike Frank notes how Scottie in VERTIGO objects to Midge's playing of
C.P.E. Bach; and that later she tells Scottie's doctor she doesn't think
Mozart as musical therapy will help Scottie.
Mike asks, in effect, what's all this about?
First, Mike, I think it's another eg of the 'working backwards'
script-construction technique in H that we've discussed before. (You
once asked me why Miriam in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN has glasses. I said
that I thought it might derive from how Pat H, who wore glasses, was
already cast as Miriam's 'double', Barbara, though of course glasses
then came into play in the script as a device of characterisation of
Miriam's self-centredness, as a further 'doubles' image, as, according
to Robin Wood, an 'obvious' sexual symbol - though I'm not still sure
what IS obvious about it ...).
That is, H wanted the Mozart line for various reasons. One comes from
how Bel Geddes had a similar moment in I REMEMBER MAMA (1948), which H
seems to have wanted to imitate. Another concerns the characterisation
of the doctor (cf. the glib psychiatrist at the end of PSYCHO). Another
concerns how Scottie prefigures Roger O. Thornhill in NxNW as someone
mainly concerned with 'the art of survival' and not your prissy, arty,
cultured stuff! (Of course, Madeleine leads Scottie into precisely
realms of art, mysticism, etc., that this 'hard-headed Scot' had always
affected to scorn.)
Therefore, the earlier line about C.P.E. Bach's music setting Scottie's
teeth on edge (another, little 'vertigo') is planted, to prepare us for
what is coming.
Looked at more broadly, this whole business is another example of what I
call H's 'outflanking technique', whereby he runs rings round his
audience. I'm sure that he was not critiquing art per se as ineffectual
in adding meaning, value, enlightenment, therapy ... to those who bring
receptive minds to it. Rather, as I say, he was characterising someone
like Scottie in order finally to 'defeat' him, to show him up ...
Not without compassion, I might add - though first had to come the
'victory' over the poor chap, i.e., Scottie, for H was not without both
a cruel streak himself (cf. Scottie's treatment of Judy) and also a
compassionate, forgiving, empathic one ...
Now, please, what is the 'obvious' sexual symbol in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
when Miriam's strangling is reflected in a lens of her glasses lying on
the grass (the other lens has been cracked)? I'd love to know! My mind
simply goes 'boingg!' when Wood says the symbolism is obvious. Is the
lens supposed to represent spilt semen, or something? (But semen isn't
reflective.) A ruptured hymen? (But that sounds far-fetched to me.)
The equivalent of birds attacking people's eyes in THE BIRDS? (Ditto.)
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BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, homeported in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, assisted a disabled 90-foot fishing vessel approximately 70 miles east of Chatham, Massachusetts, Monday.
At approximately 12:30 a.m., Monday, the fishing vessel Madison Kate notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, that they were disabled due to a turbine casualty.
Watchstanders at Sector Southeastern New England diverted the 270-foot Tahoma to the Madison Kate's position to assist with repairs. Once on scene, it was determined repairs could not be made and the Tahoma placed the Madison Kate in tow. There are seven people aboard the fishing vessel.
Accompanied by the Coast Guard, the Madison Kate is scheduled to arrive at New Bedford, Massachusetts, at about 8 a.m., Tuesday.
There were no medical concerns reported.
In an average year, the Coast Guard assists 3,300 lives across the 1st Coast Guard District, which extends from the Canadian border to northern New Jersey.


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S'ip of Theseus
Posted by Ronak M Soni on November 9, 2012
Originally published at madaboutmoviez.com.
Movie: Ship of Theseus
Writers: Anand Gandhi, Pankaj Kumar, Khushboo Rakha
Director: Anand Gandhi
Watched at Mumbai Film Festival 2012
A blind photographer's boyfriend describes to her the photos she took of a scuffle on a road. This is the editing process, a peaceful homely moment of stillness and love in two ever-moving lives. There's one in which an auto is passing by and only a hand is visible; he likes it, and says so. The moment transmutes. She hates the accidental in art. A fight begins, which has been sitting on the bylines for a while now.
This is a rare, perhaps the only, moment of emotional truth in Anand Gandhi's sombre, ambitious Ship of Theseus. What happened here is probably not immediately obvious to everyone, but it is a marvellous exhibition of the irrationality at the centre of every person's way of living life. There are a couple of quotes that might be appropriate here:
Battle not
with monsters,
lest ye become
a monster.
And if you gaze
into the abyss,
the abyss gazes
also into you.
-Friedrich Nietzche
"In the midst of a line, or with an eyebrow raised in exasperation, [Ricky Gervais] can capture the moment when self-doubt hardens, out of necessity, into self-confidence."
-Stephanie Zacharek, in her review of The Invention of Lying.
Nietzche was mad for the last ten years of his life, and The Invention of Lying is a dark comedy that has an entirely ambiguous 'happy' ending.
Maybe it's time to give some context to this discussion. Ship of Theseus consists of three stories of people coming across rifts in their worldviews. The first, a blind photographer gets another person's eyes and finds that she can't function any longer; the second, a Jain monk needs a liver transplant and therefore medicines which have been tested first on animals; and the third a nice and insular stockbroker living with his activist granny comes across the possibility that his new kidney might be stolen from a poor person (it's not but he goes on a crusade on the guy's behalf anyway).*
This is extremely difficult terrain; the problems posed by the need to live well in such a large and interconnected world are deep and nearly impossible to solve, and as a result any given worldview is deeply flawed and people cope by ignoring the existence of Nietzche's abyss in their worldviews. Well-made stories about people coming face to face with any of their various abysses can take any form from comedy (Wodehouse, especially the Jeeves and Wooster series) to weird fiction (anything by Lovecraft) to tragedy (Hamlet, Othello) to arthouse (The Tree of Life, 8 1/2) to popular TV series (House MD, Gossip Girl), and are always fascinating. Few, however, tackle it with the explicitness of Ship of Theseus.
But many tackle it with the complete ineptitude that Gandhi here shows. These are stories of perturbations deep within souls, and require a deftness of touch and an appreciation for the dark and the darkly funny that this movie just doesn't have.
Instead of actually understanding these mental states and coming up with a coherent aesthetic scheme to portray them, our man basically puts in lots of good-looking cinematography (and it is good-looking) and even more vacuous bullshit masquerading as ponderous dialogues.
A perfect synechdoche of Gandhi's skim and fuck it approach is the name and the epigram. The myth of Theseus is a brilliant and complex one, though best remembered for his foray into the labyrinth when he killed the minotaur. So why is the movie called Ship of Theseus? The epigram explains it: he made a really long voyage, and all the parts of his ship must got replaced during it, so was it still the same ship? Here's an alternative question: he must have also had a lot of alcohol – was any of that alcohol ingested by way of sips or was it all gulps and glugs?
I'll leave you with something that made me laugh a lot:
*Negative brownie points to anyone who doesn't figure out how these three are connected.


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