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Kevin Cornell
Think TV
Week 3: May 13 – May 19
The Casually Cool Award
What do you like to do for fun?
My idea of fun is exploring science with my family, coaching lacrosse and making music. Sometimes that means exploding barrels of ping pong balls or blowing up hydrogen balloons in the backyard, sometimes it means intentionally catching my hand on fire, and sometimes it means taking photos with fans! But things don't always have to be extreme to be fun.
Life is about trying new things and making mistakes! In addition, I spend a great deal of time at home working on my music! I love to writing, composing and producing math and science songs and then posting them online to my almost 13,000 social media followers! My family and I then record videos and post them online for others to jam to! Music is a powerful tool that we can all relate to!
Week 2: May 6 – May 12
The Workplace Image Award
What do you find most rewarding about your job?
The most rewarding part of my job is meeting my fans and seeing the smiles of children and parents who attend my live shows, watch my show on PBS Kids, or follow along with experiments I post to YouTube and social media. I love what I do because it builds and fosters community and a love for learning! The world is an amazing place and it's my job to help others be curious about this amazing world we all share! My goal is to make learning fun for everyone!
Week 1: April 24 – May 5
The First Impressions Award
What made you decide to pursue your current career or vocation?
Learning is about having fun, and I've spent the last 17 years honing my skills to inspire and engage learners of all ages using video, music and live presentations. I've been in traditional educational roles: teacher, principal, HR director. Recently, I made the decision to become self-employed and pursue my dream. "If you don't build our own dream, someone will hire you to build theirs." ~ Gaskins
Pursuing a career in education has always been important to me because learning is about creating meaningful experiences and connections with not only what we are learning, but the people we are learning with. Through powerful relationships we can guarantee that the next generation of learners will always be our best.


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CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System) Canon PGI450/CLI451 for PIXMA iP7240 MG5440 ARC
1. Buy Continuous Ink System and an ink set for it.
2. Fill tanks and pump over tubes and cartridges.
3. Install your CISS to the printer.
4. Clean the printhead.
5. Watch the level of ink in tanks.

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Planning your exotic fishing vacation to the Hawaiian Islands is an experience that's unique and exciting for fishermen from around the world. And while the prospect of casting a line off the coast and reeling in a truly amazing catch is enough to get anyone fired up, it's important to remember that there's a tremendous amount of planning that goes into actually getting to your destination and out to the fishing area.
The first step in planning your fishing vacation is definitely to make a fishing charter reservation in Kailua-Kona, HI—you need to know when and with what charter company you'll be having your experience! After that, however, it can be a bit of a maze when it comes to prepping for your adventure. Here are a few tips that you should take into account:
- Be sure to make your reservation date a firm one and plan all peripheral time-sensitive items as well. This means booking flights, hotels and other reservations for your time spent on the Islands, as well as taking time off of work and/or making accommodations for the kids if they're not coming with.
- Make sure your gear is up to the task of fishing in ocean waters! Reeling in monsters of the sea is going to be much more different than landing even the largest pond or stream fish, which means your gear needs to be up to the task of doing battle with the types of fish you'll be casting for.
- It might sound obvious, but it's something that many people struggle with as their trip looms nearer: make sure your financial obligations are in order! Booking trips far in advance leaves many people feeling like they have plenty of time to pay up and set money aside, but your reservation comes up quicker than you might expect—having to cancel it due to lack of funds is a hard pill to swallow.
- Finally, take the time before your fishing charter reservation in Kailua-Kona, HI to read up on the types of fish you're bound to see and what the best methods of catching them are. Remember, this is likely a once in a lifetime fishing experience for you, so making sure you've got the best shot at landing a keeper means doing your homework.
Remember, it's important to book your fishing charter reservation in Kailua-Kona, HI far in advance of when you plan to travel for a number of reasons—namely to secure your spot on the boat and to make sure you're able to get things in order before you arrive to fish.
This padding of time is a blessing or a curse depending on how you look at it, but one thing is for certain: if you take into account the variables above when planning, you're more inclined to find yourself enjoying time well spend with your line in the water, waiting for the prize-winning catch to bite!


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Napoli host troubled Inter in a real Serie A classic, while Juventus could celebrate the Scudetto against Palermo and Milan face a Torino test.
Udinese welcome Sampdoria in the lunchtime kick-off, as they hope Lazio have another slip-up against Bologna.
In the relegation dogfight, Siena are in Catania and Genoa go head-to-head with Pescara, while Parma-Atalanta is a nervous affair.
Click here for all the individual match previews, plus reports from Saturday's games Fiorentina-Roma and Chievo-Cagliari.


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Author(s): Neil Pardington
Art, Design & Photography | Secondhand
This is a stunning new hardback catalogue designed by Neil Pardington. 65 full-colour images are accompanied by thought-provoking texts from Ken Hall and Anna-Marie White and an interview by Lara Strongman. This publication accompanies the exhibition of the same name at Christchurch Art Gallery from 6 November 2009 - 14 March 2010.
Foreword / Jenny Harper -- From hidden places / Ken Hall -- A kind of strangeness / Lara Strongman -- Whose logic? Different cultural perspectives at work in The vault / Anna-Marie White -- The vault / Neil Pardington -- Plates -- Chronology.


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Every once in a while I will go through google analytics for my blog to see how people are finding me. Sometimes I will use the search queries to answer questions. The way these people found me was most likely by my posts combining the words "buyer pool" and "underwater homes." I have answered this question before but this is always a good refresher again since we are approaching HOT and DRY weather conditions in mid June.
How to Prevent Pool Water Evaporation and Promote Water Conservation in Las Vegas NV:
My favorite answer is by purchasing a solar cover similar to this:
It's that simple. When our temperatures hit over 100 and humidity is absent from the air, as a pool owner for over 10 years now, I have found that a solar cover (or blanket) can prevent water evaporation in your pool.
I prefer to buy the inexpensive ones and the wind can destroy these things pretty quickly if they are not sitting on the pool properly or wrapped up in the roller correctly.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) offers generous rebates every 3 years for a new pool cover:
- $50 or 50% off a manual pool cover (whichever is less) with participating retailers
- $200 or 50% off a mechanical pool cover (whichever is less) with participating retailers
Conserving water is not only good for our environment but it will save you $$$ on your water bills this summer! Your swim season will also be extended due to the warmer water temperatures.
Have a fun and safe summer and if you do not yet own a pool home (but would like to in the future) - feel free to search for Las Vegas area pool homes for sale or for rent right here!


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I recommended this book about two years ago and it remains as clever as ever. In the interest of full disclosure it is about cannibalism, but to be fair, no family members were harmed in the reading of this book. This is a book your kids will eat up!
Don't forget to follow One Great Book on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or by email so that you don't miss books that share the joys of eating a family meal … I mean WITH your family, really now people!
Title: The Secret of Ferrell Savage
Author: J. Duddy Gill
Target: Grades 3-7
Series: No
What this book is about:
Ferrell Savage is a pretty easy going guy. At twelve he can finally participate in the Big Sled Race on Golden Hill where each kid must build their own contraptions to get down the hill. His best friend Mary is literately going down in the kitchen sink, Ferrell pieces together a lawn chair on skis, and a new kid arrives with a sled that is guaranteed to be a winner. Turns out the new kid has it out for Ferrell and threatens to expose a deep dark family secret. Ferrell must win a death defying sled race against this kid or his secret will get out but there is no way the new kid is backing down despite the harrowing challenge.
Why I love this book:
Funny with a capital F. I don't often laugh out loud while reading books, but this one had me guffawing in my chair. From the disastrous first sled race to the realization that Ferrell's great-great-great uncle ate his best friend Mary's relative, there is no end to hilarity. My son read it after I did and kept coming out to recount the funny parts of the book.
I enjoyed the fact that the back story is based on real people and events. An interesting bit of history thrown into this delightful tale.
Who this book is for:
Kids who like realistic fiction and who like to laugh.
Final thoughts:
There aren't too many books on cannibalism out there, so really this one is not to be missed. (I could make a clever pun here, but would you eat it up or think it bites? Oops!)
To purchase this book:
Click on the following link to connect to Amazon: The Secret of Ferrell Savage. A portion of each purchase goes to support this blog at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.


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When we were in Green Bay, we all took pictures. B took 170 pictures of just the game. Of course he got a little snap happy with the good camera (I think Miller had a thing or two to do with that), and I got a little happy with the iPhone. But these things happen.
A couple days ago, my dad set up an account on Shutterfly that he shared with me, and of course, all the Green Bay pictures were on there. And here's what I found…
|Yes, this is my Dad doing the predator.
|Going into Lambeau….Green and gold everywhere!!
|After the game.
|Happy. We won!
|Finally got a real smile out of him.
|Me and B.
|Never allowed.
|Close up.
|By Lake Michigan.
This week has been awful. I can't remember a time when I've had this bad a week at work. I try to just count down the hours until it's time to go home. Or until the weekend. I try to tell myself every day that in the grand scheme of things, having a dispatcher yell at me, or missing a load is not the end of the world. But no matter what I tell myself, I will never actually believe it.
I'm wired to worry about everything and to worry about what everyone thinks about me at every point in time. It is just a job, but I have an irrational fear of getting fired, or getting yelled at. I hate confrontation. I guess it just boils down to me not liking what I do.
At all.
I'm hoping that with a move I will finally be able to do something that I want to do.


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Stephen has been advised by counsel not to go into any of the details of the disturbing allegations against him -- which is a shame, because they're pretty arousing.
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The collection that sits on my night table struck me funny. My logic puzzles book, my bullet journal for tasks and homeschooling stuff, my calendar for the usual scheduling needs, and my prayer journal.
I sometimes wonder if I should combine all of those journals into one, but I'm not sure that I want to. I like the compartmentalization.


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As I mentioned in the last post, I picked up a Microsoft Remote Keyboard at the Rochester Hamfest. It's a neat little device — it was designed by Microsoft for their Media Center computers, so it has all of the buttons for a regular remote control, as well as a keyboard and a pointing device similar to a Trackpoint. Essentially, it replaces a keyboard, a mouse, and a remote with a single unit.
Since I already have a Microsoft remote control on my MythTV box, and the Remote Keyboard uses the same infrared receiver, I assumed that adding the keyboard would just be a matter of aiming it at the receiver. Oh, boy, was I wrong.
After Googling around for a while, though, I finally managed to find some useful information on Ubuntu Forums. Specifically, this walkthrough by North_Pole. I'm reproducing the information here, in case the forum post gets deleted at some point. The only additional information that I will provide is that it also works with Ubuntu 8.10 (which is what I am using), as well as 9.04.
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1. Install some required modules with
$ sudo apt-get install lirc lirc-modules-source module-assistant
2. and then run the following command
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source
3. Open the the hardware.conf file with this command
$ sudo gedit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
4. Change two of the lines so they look like this:
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_mod_mce" LOAD_MODULES="true"
Save and exit.
5. Run the following commands
$ sudo m-a update,prepare $ sudo m-a clean lirc $ sudo m-a a-i -f lirc (if this one fails, choose "skip and continue with the next operation") $ sudo depmod -a
6. Download and unpack the attached files "lircd.conf" and "lircrc". Put them in /etc/lirc. (Note from matt: these are the standard LIRC MCE remote files, available from mythtv.org or lirc.org.)
7. Now download the lirc_mod_mce v.0.1.5 file from http://sourceforge.net/project/showf…kage_id=203215, but be sure to download version 0.1.5 and NOT the v0.2.0. The later one has the famous "keypress repeats forever"-bug and should be avoided. Unpack the archive on e.g. your desktop.
8. Replace the "lirc_dev.h" file with the one located in "/usr/src/%YOUR_LIRC_VERSION%/drivers/lirc_dev"
9. In the file named "lirc_mod_mce.c", you have to change one of the lines:
input_dev->cdev.dev = &dev->dev; to input_dev->dev.parent = &dev->dev;
Save and exit.
10. Now, execute
$ sudo make
11. Create a new directory in "/lib/modules/%YOUR_CURRENT_KERNEL%" and name it "misc".
12. Some extra files have been created in the "lirc_mod_mce" directory.
One of them is "lirc_mod_mce.ko". Copy it to the new directory you just created.
13. Run
sudo depmod -a modprobe lirc_mod_mce
14. At last we have to blacklist the "lirc_mceusb2" module. Otherwise it will
interfere with the "lirc_mod_mce" one and make all of our work useless. Execute:
$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and add the line
blacklist lirc_mceusb2
15. Reboot
16. And VOILA! Your MCE Keyboard should be working!
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Gee, I can't believe that people think Linux isn't ready for typical users. This all seems so simple, right?


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This is a new compilation of *public* tracks which have either made it into professional productions and/or fall into the cinematic genre. The soundtrack compilation also includes music for video games and other projects.
This is not an exhaustive collection of material, but rather a curated selection of works produced over the past few years. Of course, tracks I do not have permission to post are excluded from this compilation. Head on over to SoundCloud and check it out!


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Shelving is so often an afterthought when it comes to room design. Many of us merrily set about painting walls and choosing furniture without giving much consideration to storage, only to realise at the very end of a project that there's nowhere for our books, vases and other treasured items. But, with a bit of effort, shelving can become an eye-catching and practical feature in any space.
Consider the room as a whole
The key to lust-worthy shelving is choosing a unit that works in the space available. There's no point buying a hulking ceiling-height bookcase for a small room, as it will instantly overpower it; instead, consider compact lean-to shelving units such as 'Jessie', or try a wall-mounted system. A design which allows some of the wall colour to show through will also lessen the risk of the unit dominating the scheme.
Conversely, smaller units will get lost in large rooms, so search for designs with striking shapes which grab attention. If you have an open-plan space, you can also play around with positioning the unit away from walls and using it as a room divider. Two-way bookcases are ideal for this, as display items can be seen from both sides – and, unlike traditional partition screens, they won't block light and detract from the airy feel.
Dress with care
When it comes to styling your shelves, there are a few easy tricks to use. Start with larger items such as books, which often look best when stacked horizontally as well as vertically, then gradually add smaller decorative objects around them. Make sure you vary heights, shapes and textures to give visual balance, and bear in mind that taller items tend to look best at the end of shelves rather than in the middle.
For additional impact, try experimenting with clusters of items (for example a group of vases of different heights), or layering smaller items in front of photo frames or art prints to create depth.
Avoid clutter
However, you arrange your shelves, it's important not to over-clutter them. Leaving some of the surface area clear will create a sleeker, more striking look, as will sticking to a limited colour palette. If you need to use the shelving to store lots of less-than-pretty or mismatching items, you can always hide them inside boxes or baskets.
Let there be light
Once you've created the perfect shelving display, you need to make sure people can see it. If it sits in a badly lit corner of the room, then consider placing a lamp on the unit.
Change things around
Finally, remember that shelving displays needn't be static. I often rearrange the shelves in my home, adding seasonal touches such as plants, candles and Christmas decorations, and rotating items according to my mood. It's an easy and cost-effective way to vary the look of a room, and it creates instant interest for visitors.
Feeling inspired? Check out our other shelf ideas to transform your living room.SHOP SHELVING »


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*For security reasons all of the following forms are encrypted in order to completely secure patient information sent to our office*
New Patients – Please Make Sure To Fill Out the Following Forms:
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Items to bring to your visit:
- Any glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses, and contact lens boxes
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- Completed Patient History, Busby Eye Care Financial Policy and HIPAA forms
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Why is FOX opening its arms to the Left? Because the boys who own the company are left-leaning. That's why former Attorney General Eric Holder told Fox News on Tuesday that current Attorney General Bill Barr "is paying the price" and sacrificing his credibility by spearheading U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into possible misconduct by the intelligence community at the outset.
In other words, Durham and Barr are going to expose the deep state in their reports, and the spirits which are ruling the democratic council chambers, are freaking out because their work will be exposed. Therefore they MUST get rid of Barr and Durham by getting rid of Trump NOW.
It will fail if we press this issue like Daniel presses for a breakthrough in Daniel Chapter 9.
Source: Rep. Ratcliffe: Democrats Trying to 'Undo One Election and…Influence the Next One' | CNS News


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Monday 23rd November 2020
Hugh is now Sold
I love working with vintage mohair. Hugh was once a child's pyjama case and now hopes to see a bit more of the world by sitting on a shelf instead of a bed!
Huge is 31/2 inches tall and has brown glass eyes with a stitched, waxed nose and mouth. He is fully cotterpin jointed and is filled with kapok,used in the making of early bears and has steel shot in his body for added weight.
Hugh comes wearing a rusty old bell around his neck
If you would like to reserve any of the Little Scruffs on my site for up to 5 weeks a £10 deposit will secure.
If you are in the UK and would prefer to have this bear sent by the lower price of signed for or by courier please let me know and I will adjust the postage


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In our modern world, the prioritisation of online security and safety has never been more important for practices. And just like you, we will do everything we possibly can to keep your data and your clients' data safe and secure at all times.
As of this week – in line with new security framework from the Australian Taxation Office – two-step authentication (2SA) became mandatory for any Xero practices and accountants and bookkeepers with access to Australian small business clients.
If you're an accountant or bookkeeper operating within Australia, or operating outside Australia with access to Australian organisations, you're now required to set up an extra layer of security to access Xero. In addition to your usual username and password, 2SA requires you input a unique code generated on a second device, making it more difficult for unauthorised people to access your data and that of your clients. You are prompted to provide this extra information once every 30 days on the same device.
Hindrance or extra line of defence?
So, if you're in practice, should you welcome the mandatory introduction of stronger security measures?
Absolutely. As we already know through our research, accountants and bookkeepers are considered trusted advisors to small business owners in Australia. Through the connective powers of platform technology and hard-earned client relationships, you operate in the unique position of being invited to access and analyse a business' real-time data, in a bid to build better businesses together.
Proactive security measures, like this, support and help to protect that trusted advisor role in the industry. What may feel like a minor inconvenience will help build a practice that puts security front and centre, for you and your clients.
Building stronger businesses together
As technology providers like Xero provide the platform for you and your clients to enjoy the business benefits of increased connection, transparency and community, we do so through continued investment in controls that strengthen online security every day.
I encourage you to do the same. Use this as an opportunity to assess your own security practices and introduce 2SA protocols wherever else you can, such as across your email accounts. Start to communicate frequently and often with your team about the importance of password security, so people understand it's not acceptable to use passwords that are also being used elsewhere.
These are simple measures that, working together, can help you build an even stronger business.
For more information, visit Xero's security page, get updates on the latest security issues on Xero's security noticeboard or forward suspicious, Xero-branded emails to firstname.lastname@example.com. To learn how to manage the changes for mandatory 2SA, take our free Two-step authentication course.


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I've got to set one goal for March. March is looking to be a bit crazy, so I'm sticking to one only.
My goal for March is to finish my Blue Project Linus Quilt. It's pinbasted. I think I have binding made...somewhere.
Other FAL projects I hope to finish this month (but I'm not going to run myself into the ground trying to hit them all) and their status:
Monkey quilt: Pin-basted, waiting to be quilted
Malka quilt: Top pieced, waiting to be pin-basted
Black, White and Color quilt: Top pieced, waiting to be pin-basted
Spider skirt: Needs to be hemmed
Scrap Vomit #2: Top pieced, waiting to be pin-basted
Superhero EPP: EPP part almost done. Making it into a tooth fairy pillow.
Star Block Project: I have an idea, but I haven't started messing with it yet. The block is assembled.
Rolling Pink/Grey quilt: Top pieced, waiting to be pin-basted
In the super short term, I still have two blocks to finish tonight...and a pattern to be tested by Friday.
More pictures then (but not of the pattern testing until it's released).


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It's an annual thing ...
Every year we head up to Sun Peaks, just outside of Kamloops BC, with my folks. It's been a little family tradition for many years - back when my nieces were able to miss a few days of school, and long before we had our own kids.
But now, it's our turn to enjoy the slopes with our little family and it truly, truly is one of the highlights of our year. After a very busy Christmas and New Years (we have 4 family birthdays in 7 days from the 25th to the 1st!) ... we look forward to some "forced" quiet time.
Mattias has been skiing for ... two years? I think? Last year both boys were in ski schools and such ... so we weren't sure what to expect for this year - but they were both really excited.
Our first day was on the Bunny Hill, "Gentle Giant". Tias zoomed down after a couple of goes, and weaved onto the off-trails just a bit (as much as you can on a bunny hill *grin*. Siah? Cried. Hated it.
For day two, we decided to get Siah a 1hour lesson with Teresa. She was his ski-school teacher last year, and he was SO excited to see her again.
Honestly ... it was amazing what one hour with her did for him.
So while Siah had his lesson - Lu, Tias and I followed along. Tias would race down, catch the t-bar up, and catch up to wherever we were on the Bunny Hill.
By the end ... they were exhausted.
And SO proud of themselves.
I was in charge of all of the meals and our evenings were spent in the hot-tub, playing games and watching movies ...
Josiah won the "Sorry" game. Fair and square. He just about lost his mind, he was so happy *grin*.
And Katia? Well ... next year she'll be joining us on the slopes. But right now, she isn't potty trained - so we decided to wait one more year.
By day three, Siah was already going on the chair lift to the TOP. We did "Rambler", the boy's favourite green run ... over and over and over. It was the perfect run for us ... lots of trails and small jumps for Tias (and Lu *wink*) and smooth sailing down for Josiah.
Can you see the boys in front of Lu on the hill?
This was SO funny. Lu was showing Tias a trail, put his pole down for some grip and the pole sank down into the snow - and Lu leaned and fell over. It was impossible to get up - and the boys and I were laughing SO hard. And so was Lu.
Tias had two 1hr lessons as well ... best thing we could've done for both boys. I'm a big fan of teachers who teach well. Teresa is one of those people (and she's finished up her education degree back east ... you can sure tell).
Then, we had to say good-bye to my parents. Tias cried (he always does). He loves SO much.
But, everyone was really excited for our friends the V's to come join us for a few nights. Their three kids were awesome ... and it was like a brand-new time away.
Mattias and Owen ... Now. Let me tell you ... this kid can ski BLACK runs, straight down - no fear. He's incredible. And was such a great little friend to Tias. It was positive peer pressure at its best, and Tias did his best to keep up. Owen was kind enough to do blue runs with us - and then he went off with the dads to the black runs later *grin*.
I love how the dads were on one side of the lift ... tiiiiiiiiilt.
Debbie and I hung out with the girls and Josiah. It was sunny, pretty warm and so much fun. At least for the first day of skiing with them ... the second? Snow ... like icing sugar.
The kids (dads!) built a slide into the hottub out of snow. I didn't try it ... no thank you. But they loved it.
The nights were full of family time ...
And they even built a toboggan run in the back too ...
It was a fantastic way to spend the first week of 2012. A massive "thanks" to my parents for bringing us up, once again, and for blessing our friends with a little weekend get-away too. It was just what we needed to regroup and slow down ...
Can't wait for next year!!


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The organ builders Kaat & Tijhuis recent work by Cees van der Poel and Rogér van Dijkby Cees van der Poel and Rogér van Dijk | Het ORGEL | Year 103 | (2007) | Issue 6
Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary]
The organ builders Kaat and Tijhuis had both gained experience with various employers when they decided to start their own company in Kampen in 1979. Since 1993 Menno Kaat has been the director. The personnel has varied, which has influenced the companys artistic course. Three recent instruments are used to illustrate the present direction. In 2005 Kaat and his employees finished a 2-manual organ with independent pedal for De Hofstad in Apeldoorn, using pipework from two older instruments. This organ was built concurrently with the silver jubilee of the company.
The Blank organ from 1966 in the Joriskerk in Venlo was completed in 2006, and in 2007 Kaat & Tijhuis thoroughly revised their own instrument in the Noorderkerk in Kampen (1982).
Apeldoorn De Hofstad Photo: Cees van der Poel
Venlo Joriskerk Photo: Cees van der Poel
Venlo Joriskerk Photo: Cees van der Poel
Kampen Noorderkerk Photo: Cees van der Poel


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May 23, 2014
May 06, 2014
Travel Therapy: Genève
Hi all, this is the second installment from my Europe trip. Geneva, Switzerland was my first stop in Europe and I stayed there for three days. Genève is a gorgeous but EXTREMELY expensive city. Of all the places I visited, it was the cleanest and had the most polite people. I enjoyed my stay there but was bummed out by the snow storm that prevented me from going to one of the Swiss Alps! Below are some of the sights I captured.
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Chevy continues their long-running legacy, offering excellence in comfort, power, and durability at reasonable prices. They meet or beat the competition hands down. The Chevy Colorado and Chevy Silverado 1500 won Car and Driver's Editor's Choice awards over the Toyota Tacoma and Tundra as well as Nissan's Titan and Frontier. The heavier Chevy work trucks, Silverado 2500HD and 3500HD were touted by Car and Driver as having the "brawn to tackle just about anything" and given a 4 ½-Star rating.
What other awards has the Chevy Colorado and Silverado received?
The Chevy Colorado won Best Buy from Consumer Guide Automotive in the Compact Pickup category. Hispanic Motor Press awarded this versatile yet rugged little truck the Best Pickup Medium Size award. The Silverado 1500 received Consumer Guide Automotive's Best Buy award for Large Pickup.
How competitively-priced are the Colorado and Silverado?
The Chevy Colorado and Silverado 1500, as well as the 2500HD and 3500HD, come in at the same price or slightly lower than their closest competitors. Depending on which available options you go with, the Silverado 1500 costs about the same as or a little less than the Ford F-150 and Nissan Titan and the Colorado beats the price of the GMC Canyon and Honda Ridgeline by quite a bit. The HD work trucks beat the prices of their competitors, too.
How can I be sure I'm Getting a Good Deal on a Chevy?
After you decide what you want, check the current listing prices on Edmonds or Kelley Blue Book to get an accurate price range for these trucks in your area. Prices do tend to vary from region to region. They will give you the base price and how much you should expect to pay for added features. Get these figures before you even go to the dealer or test drive the truck. Be prepared for a little back and forth with the dealer but remain steadfast. As long as you are prepared to pay a reasonable price, based on your research, you should be able to get your truck for your price. Just be vigilant when it comes time to sign the paperwork. Watch out for "add on" costs that could inch the price up to more than what you want to pay.
I need a work truck but not one of the Silverado HD's. Can the Colorado do the job?
Yes! The Chevy Colorado isn't your usual mid-sized or compact truck that might haul a love seat home from the store or a few bags of mulch. This is a tough little truck with a V-6 engine, 8-speed automatic transmission, 4-wheel drive and a nice-sized crew cab to boot. We're talking 308 horsepower and 275 lb-ft of torque. It will do the job for you. It can also be your little WiFi hotspot so you can access the internet while you are on the job to look up or connect to who- or whatever you need to. You can even get an 8-inch touch-screen computer with this truck.
What additional options does the Colorado have to offer?
Your new Chevy Colorado can come with OnStar, a lane-departure warning system and a remote starter for some nice oo-la-la in your work truck. You can also get a fully boxed frame, EZ lift/lower tailgate and a CornerStep rear bumper to make it easier to load and unload cargo. Duralife brake motors and 4-wheel disc brakes are a couple of nice safety options that you can also get on your new Colorado.
Does the Silverado 1500 come with any special perks?
It does, indeed. You can make your 1500 into your mobile WiFi hot spot, too, just like the Colorado with 4G LTE WiFi. You can get that option in the Heavy Duty work trucks, too. Speaking of Silverado's available extras, you can get a 6.6-liter Duramax turbo-diesel with 910 lb-ft and an Allison six-speed automatic in the Silverado 3500HD. That thing will haul whatever you could need to haul with your truck and give you a smooth, quiet ride.
Do Chevy Trucks get good gas mileage?
Chevy trucks get about the same mileage as its competitors. The Silverado 1500 gets 18 mpg city and 24 highway, which is about the same as the Ford F-150, GMC Sierra 1500 and Ram 1500. The 2500HD and 3500HD will not go quite as far on a gallon of gas, but they are still right in there with their competitors. The Colorado is also about the same as its competitors with 19 mpg city and 26 highway.


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3 bedroom holiday villa in Agios Georgios – STRAWBERRY VILLA
Blood apartment is to the boundary of the hamlet of St. George southern, in an exclusive walled backyard, , and it has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge open-plan living space/kitchen, patios with decked area for outdoor eating. All conveniences are nearby, including a 4 km shore, variety of basic stores and restaurants, super markets are within 2/3 moments stroll. It is a villa that is new minutes stroll from the sandy shore, eateries and stores of Ag's beachfront neighborhood. Giorgios, S. Corfu. Ideal for strolls (or runs!) Along the 4 shore. The home is superbly outfitted
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Sport England has awarded £32 million to British Cycling to develop grassroots cycling throughout England over the next four years.
The money will be used to grow cycling as a sport, leisure activity and as a mode of transport. According to BC figures, the number of people cycling once a week or more in England has increased by 200,000 since October 2011. BC also says that 63,000 more women are cycling regularly compared to 12 months ago.
"Today's Sport England funding announcement is a recognition of the good work done by British Cycling members and volunteers in driving grassroots participation and a challenge for us to do even better in the next four years," said British Cycling Chief Executive Ian Drake.
"Whether it is for winning medals or for getting people active, we are proud of our record of delivering value for lottery funding and we take the responsibility very seriously.
"There is still a great deal of work to do in making cycling in this country better. We're looking forward to getting stuck in."
Despite British Cycling's top tier Premier Calendar race series being cut to six events in 2013, the organisation says that over 20,000 cyclists are competing regularly in 3,500 events per year.
Few can quibble with the success of Britain's competitive cyclists on the world stage, after Bradley Wiggins' Tour de France success, and a slew of medals from Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Wiggins won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday night, a year after Mark Cavendish also won the award, proving that cycling has arrived in the national conscience.
Last week it was announced that Yorkshire will host the Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour de France.
The past four years have seen a dramatic growth in the number of people taking part in mass participation rides, including cyclo-sportives and events such as British Cycling and Sky's city-based SkyRide branded events. Younger cyclists have also been targetted via the Go-Ride scheme.
In 2008, British Cycling was instrumental in lobbying Sport England to re-introduce recreational cycling into its development strategy.
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When Anita Roddick started The Body Shop from her small kitchen in Brighton, UK, she could not have imagined that her company would grow to become an empire founded on its pioneering model of sustainable business. The Body Shop was an innovator that foresaw consumer behaviour changes in favor of ethical products well before the rest of the world and understood that its customers could also be activists by choosing products that were fairly sourced.
Roddick died in 2007, not much longer after The Body Shop was snapped up by L'Oreal in 2006, a move that was criticized by those who saw it as a sell-out. However, the core business remained loyal to its original ethos, which is based on socially responsible measures such as recycling, fair trade and being against animal testing. As to the latter, The Body Shop remains as active as ever, having recently supported the launch of the Cruelty Free International campaign.
The first major campaign of this initiative was rolled out last week and will continue for months at The Body Shop stores in 65 countries across the world. It is the largest and most comprehensive campaign to seek a global ban on the use of animals to test cosmetics. Customers in countries including the USA, Australia, Mexico and Saudi Arabia will be able to sign a pledge in-store. The campaign could reach an impressive number of people, as 275 million customers walk through the door of The Body Shop stores every year. Besides, Cruelty Free International will also be linking to The Body Shop websites, which hosts millions of customers annually.
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Pre-orders Started for Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradox (Import)
Enterbrain's online store Ebten has started taking preorders for Nippon Ichi Software's new Playstation 3 software "Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradox" (God and the Destiny Revolution Paradox), and are also offering fans a Famitsu DX limited edition box set.
Scheduled for release on January 24, Kamisama to Unmei tells the Bruce Almighty-esque story of an average high-schooler called Renya Kagurazaka who one day suddenly becomes "God". In order to grant people's wishes, Renya has to revolutionize their destiny, hence the title, which translates to "Destiny Revolution". The player, along with his 7 angels, has to challenge the dungeons of destiny in order to open a new future for his followers.
New details have emerged on the limited edition version of the game which will also be available from January, and is currently up for pre-order on the Ebten store.
Kamisama to Unmei Limited Edition Famitsu DX Pack
Release Date: January 24 2013
Price: 10940 Yen
- PS3 Software Kamisama to Unmei Limited Edition
- Kamisama to Unmei Famitsu Specially Drawn B2 Tapestry
- 3 Original Poster Cards
Kamisama to Unmei Regular Edition Famitsu DX Pack
Release Date: January 24 2013
Price: 8840 Yen
- PS3 Software Kamisama to Unmei Regular Edition
- Kamisama to Unmei Famitsu Specially Drawn B2 Tapestry
- 3 Original Poster Cards
DX Pack Bonus Items
Let's take a look at some of the aforementioned bonus goodies. First there's the tapestry, which is a B2 sized (515x728mm), and features a hand drawing of character designs from the game, drawn by artist Noiji Itou.
The original poster cards feature characters appearing in the game.
In the limited edition's exclusive box comes a booklet entitled "Destiny Revolution Bible for new Gods" and a CD entitled "Sound CD ~ Investigation of Heaven~".
The Destiny Bible contains character design collections and short stories created by the writer of the game's scenario. The soundtrack CD features all songs from the game, composed by popular music group "Yousei Teikoku" (FairyKingdom)
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Our Arizona travels brought us not only to a gentle bird refuge; but the historical Fort Lowell Park in Tucson. This wildlife oasis streaming with ducks, cormorants, turtles and dragonflies was an United States Army post from 1873 till 1891.
The most prominent building at Fort Lowell was the hospital, the adobe remnants still stand under a protective structure.
Ft. Lowell lay in ruins for numerous years. The City of Tucson eventually converted the bulk of the former post into Old Fort Lowell Park, which features ball fields, tennis and racquetball courts, a large public swimming pool, and the Fort Lowell Museum dedicated to its days as an active military installation.
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A lane lined with cottonwood trees, aptly named Cottonwood Lane, glorified the area in front of the officer's houses.
Following World War II, the Fort Lowell area grew into a small village which the predominantly Mexican local residents called El Fuerte.
The Fort Lowell Museum is located in the reconstructed Commanding Officer's quarters.
Stroll from the remains of the Ft Lowell Hospital towards the wildlife pond to enjoy crested ducks with the latest updos.
Catch a glimpse as a pigeon tries to remember the secret code to get passed the duck security.
Dedicated community members adopted Fort Lowell Park to keep it clean and build a protected area for birds.
During our visit we spoke with some of the impressive volunteers with "Friends of Fort Lowell Park" as they were planting trees and tidying up the nesting area.
A regal Neotropic Cormorant bird was standing by to make sure we didn't decide to jump in and go swimming.
Many species of cormorants make a characteristic half-jump as they dive and under water cormorants propel themselves with their feet.
Thanks to the collaboration of The Friends of Fort Lowell Park and Tucson Parks and Recreation for giving residents and guests a place to enjoy outdoor activities and wildlife in the Sonoran Desert.
Local historians have found evidence that Fort Lowell Park sits on a site endowed with a continuous supply of underground water and has been occupied by humans since ancient times.


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Editions of the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César
The extensive and complex manuscript transmission of the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César will be the focus here, both because of its origin and wide dissemination outside France and because of its centrality to the diffusion of ideas about European history and identity. The aim, on the one hand, is to produce digital editions of hitherto unedited but widely disseminated material that was highly influential for Western Europe's construction of its own past from the mid-thirteenth century through to the mid-fifteenth; on the other hand, to reflect upon method. How does a consideration of language and geography impact upon our understanding of a text's evolution through time and how in turn does this affect how we choose to edit a text? We are producing digital editions of two key manuscripts of the text: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, f. fr. 20125, possibly made in Acre in the second half of the thirteenth century and one of the earliest surviving witnesses, and London, British Library, Royal 20 D I, the earliest manuscript of the so-called second redaction made in Naples in the 1330s.
In collaboration with colleagues at the Dictionnaire Etymologique de l'Ancien Français, we are also undertaking the complete lemmatisation of the text in both manuscripts using a digital tool called Lemming created by Marcus Husar.
Alongside the editions, our digital alignment will offer a paragraph-level analysis of the contents of a select number of manuscripts from the tradition.
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If you are shipping large and heavy freight, rail freight can be your best and most economical mode of transportation. That is especially true if rail lines are located near the starting and your final destination.
There are no restrictions on size, location or destination and freight services are available from and to any point within the United States.
When comparing normal highway delivery versus rail freight, you'll find rail freight more cost-effective for large volume or heavy equipment.
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You know the old saying, "If liberals didn't have double-standards. . ."
Two items out the last few days deserve a bigger horselaugh than usual. First, Bernie Sanders has agreed to pay his campaign staff a $15 minimum wage, but will do so by reducing the hours of many campaign workers—which is what has happened in several cities, such as Seattle, that have raised their minimum wage. Fox News reports:
The self-described socialist candidate said junior field organizers earn roughly $36,000 per year in salary, with employer-paid health care and sick leave. But he acknowledged that their salary can effectively dip below $15 per hour if staffers work much more than 40 hours per week, which is common on presidential campaigns.
The solution is to "limit the number of hours staffers work to 42 or 43 each week to ensure they're making the equivalent of $15 an hour," he told the Register's Brianne Pfannenstiel. . .
The development comes days after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluded that a proposed $15 federal minimum wage could result in 3.7 million people becoming unemployed — far higher than House Democrats' estimates — as employers struggle to make payroll and respond by slashing jobs and hours.
Chaser: The New York Times once understood this issue, as recently as 1987:
. . . Anyone working in America surely deserves a better living standard than can be managed on $3.35 an hour. But there's a virtual consensus among economists that the minimum wage is an idea whose time has passed. Raising the minimum wage by a substantial amount would price working poor people out of the job market. A far better way to help them would be to subsidize their wages or – better yet – help them acquire the skills needed to earn more on their own. . .
If a higher minimum means fewer jobs, why does it remain on the agenda of some liberals? A higher minimum would undoubtedly raise the living standard of the majority of low-wage workers who could keep their jobs. That gain, it is argued, would justify the sacrifice of the minority who became unemployable. The argument isn't convincing. Those at greatest risk from a higher minimum would be young, poor workers, who already face formidable barriers to getting and keeping jobs.
Hard to believe the Times hasn't scrubbed this editorial from their archives.
Meanwhile, Sen. Kamala Harris has revived the old idea of "comparable worth," and wants the government to control wages to ensure that men and women employees are paid the same for different jobs—kind of like the way Sen. Harris runs her Senate office, it turns out:
Men Paid More Than Women in Kamala Harris's Senate Office and Campaign
A new plan from Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) to eliminate the gender pay gap would fine companies if they are unable to prove they're paying men and women equally, something Harris isn't currently achieving in either her official office or on her campaign, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found. . .
In her Senate office's most recent six-month disclosure, covering the period from April 1, 2018, through Sept. 31, 2018, the median male salary disbursement was $34,999 and the median female salary disbursement was $32,999, leaving women with just 94 cents of every dollar paid to men.
The pay gap was even greater during the first full month of Harris's presidential campaign in February—the median female salary disbursement for the month, $5,763.97, was about 87 percent of the median male salary disbursement, $6,632.23, a further analysis of her campaign filing found.
I look forward to Sen. Harris fining herself.


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Welcome back to the round of 32! The votes have been cast and we're bidding farewell to 32 bites and beverages, including fried okra (sigh) and coconut cake. I'm happy to report pecan pie and sweet tea both made it through along with my beloved pimento cheese. Although I have to admit that picking between butter beans and pimento cheese so early in the voting seemed unfair.
As with any good march tournament, we had a few upsets and the 7/10 match-ups were quite contentious again this year, with watermelon, pound cake and Coca-Cola emerging victorious as 10 seeds. Sadly, pralines (my gran makes the best pecan pralines in Dixie) didn't make it through to the next round, but it's leaving us with a battle of the Southern donuts this week: beignets vs. Krispy Kreme.
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I'm dying to know? Did you learn anything new about your beau oo best friends? I learned that the SW office is loyal to Southern sweets. Marissa is rooting hard for banana pudding and Amber picked Red Velvet Cake to go all the way, which should be interesting since these treats go head-to-head in the Round of 32. Share what you learned, and what you're pulling for, in the comments below! Second-round voting will be open until March 17th.
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Movie – And so it begins. The 2015 film, Cinderella, starts Disney's new endeavor to take all our favorite childhood films and transform them into live-action remakes. Don't get me wrong, I am pretty excited to see a few of them hit the screen, mainly Beauty and The Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Mulan. So, obviously, the premiere of Cinderella was a BIG deal. Because I love children's movies, I felt obligated to give the fairy tale remake a try. With Lily James as our lovely Cinderella, evil stepmother Cate Blanchett, and Helena Bonham Carter as the quirky fairy godmother, the film has a killer cast.
Unlike many previous Cinderella adaptations, this film gave Cinderella's mother some screentime before she passes, which I thought was a nice touch. The story moved a bit slowly for my liking, which I understand was probably due to the in depth storytelling of the film. It seemed there was a greater focus on each of the characters. For example, the deeper character development of the wicked stepmother helped to see her in a different light, which was a unique change of pace.
I did get caught up with how much the story dragged (in my opinion), which was rather annoying. And the CGI was a bit much for my taste. I also thought the main message of the story, Have courage and be kind, though a good message, was unnecessarily repetitive throughout the movie. Still the film managed to retain the fairytale magic that made me fall in love with the original story.


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Did you know about human resource and what does it mean for a business? There is a fine line between trust, and lack of it. You can so easily mistake a quality HR service with the one that is not up to par, but that's something for later. For now, you need to focus on hiring an HR for preparing payroll in Dubai among other things. Everything you have been doing for the wellbeing of the company can be summarized in provided you are willing to look out for the one that matters. Frankly, when you look to outsource an HR service, you would likely have a number of things in mind. Some of you may have hired to make it work on completing payroll, while others may be expecting more from their services. Here is what you might get from the HR service:
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You may not know that your HR service will provide you top of the line services for accounts as well. They'll help calculate the basic accounts to the extent that you will likely use them to provide some basic accounts if your accountant is not around for some reason. In their presence, the accounting department will not stagnate, and things will continue to roll.
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It's a celebration rich in history and tradition, and with a span of over 2,000 years. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight day celebration for Jews to commemorate the Maccabees victory over Syrian armies in 165 B.C.E., as well as the rededication of Jerusalem's temple.
Even though Hanukkah is one of the most cherished holidays, it is not actually mentioned in the Bible, while the smaller Jewish holidays are. Instead, Hanukkah stemmed from the events that found in the collection of writings called Apocrypha, which details the complete siege of Jerusalem by the Syrian Empire, through abolishing Judaism, outlawing Shabbat, and the practice of circumcision. The outcome also included forcing the Jews to choose between worshipping the Greek gods or punishment by death.
Then the Maccabees family, led by an elderly man named Mattathias and his son, Judah, gathered soldiers and lead a revolt against the Syrian empire, winning two major battles. Through these triumphs, the holiday of Hanukkah emerged to celebrate the Jewish heroism, overcoming persecution, and the preservation of their religion. The core of the holiday is to protect their faith in order to pass it down to the next generation.
The most recognized tradition in Hanukkah is the lighting of the eight candles. According to the legend, upon entering the Jerusalem temple and began to reclaim it from the Greeks, the Maccabees discovered a single jar of oil that was adequate for a day use. A messenger was sent out to retrieve more oil, which took eight days, yet the oil still burn within that time span. Thus, rabbis dedicate the burning of the eight candles (menorah) to this event. This holiday continued to be celebrated year after year and it wasn't until the 1920s that the act of giving gifts was added in.
Today, Hanukkah is mainly celebrated in the homes of families and begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, then observed for eight days. As the candles are being lit, any member of the household would chant or recite blessings, with each blessing holding a significant meaning. Regarding worship, there is the main prayer, called Amidah, and then the blessings after meals, called the Birkat HaMazon. Passages from the Torah are also read out loud, including Numbers 6:22-8:4, which narrates the dedication of the tabernacle by the Israelites in the desert.
A common food eaten during the holiday is the latkes, which are potato pancakes, and sufganiyot, which are jelly donuts. Again, foods which are cooked in oil are to pay tribute to the miracle of oil lasting for eight days.
And the dreidel, a spinning top used in a Hanukkah gambling game, is a prized symbol of the holiday. Each of the four sides of the top bear a Hebrew letter: nun, gimmel, hey, and shin. The players put coins, candy, buttons, or other small objects into a pot and each player spins their turn. Each letter stands for an action of the player to take: nun (take nothing), gimmel (take everything), hey (take half), shin (put one in). Throughout history, the letters have also been reinterpreted to represent the first letter of each word in the Hebrew statement "Neis gadoi hayah sham," which means "A great miracle has happened here."
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Despite releasing his autobiography last year, Morrissey is more of mystery than ever. After climbing to rock icon status after only five years with the Smiths, he's risen and fallen in the pop-culture consciousness over and over, but to paraphrase one of his own songs: the more they ignore him, the closer he gets.
He'll be closer than ever May 7, when Morrissey opens his U.S. tour at the City National Civic in San Jose. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Feb. 20, at 10am. A May 10 Los Angeles date is the two-month tour's only other stop on the West Coast.
No end of questions have swirled around Morrissey for the last couple years: will he really retire, as he once proposed, in 2014? (The two-record deal he signed with Capital last month definitely points to no.) How serious are the health problems to which he's alluded? What kind of novel is he writing? When will he release a long-overdue follow-up to his excellent 2009 album Years of Refusal? Does he have something against the Bay Area, where he's cancelled two of his last three scheduled shows? (Although, to be fair, the Paramount concert in Oakland was great.)
The singer's autobiography didn't provide much insight into Morrissey as a person, (and none at all into his songwriting); it was more a series of remembrances about his career, and observations about the world. Not surprisingly, he seemed to be taking his cues from Oscar Wilde, and quite effectively. But one thing it revealed is that he's never more in touch with his fans than when he's on stage, and that is likely to be true once again when the South Bay contingent of his devoted following gets the chance to see him kick off this tour.
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A good friend of my wife ask me if I could make her a lazy susan with this piece of her Corin counter top as the center. She showed me a picture of one with a round piece of granite in the middle, I told that I had no way to cut into a round piece but I think I could make it into an octagon shape. So I borrowed a tile cutting saw from a friend and this is what I came up with. The wood is from a 2" thick white oak board that was used for a loading ramp my brother-n-law used for years to load a tractor with. He was going to trash it, so I confiscated it. I think this looks a lot better that a loading ramp.
-- Stanley, North Georgia
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#1 posted 01-04-2010 03:04 PM
Very Cool.
-- Don't drink and use power tools @ lasercreationsbylarry.com.au
#2 posted 01-04-2010 03:16 PM
very sharp looking
-- Joe, Ga
#3 posted 01-04-2010 03:34 PM
corian? you can cut that with a tablesaw you know. This wont have an adverse effect on your blades either. Its also even better to work with a router. I think someone posted here how to cut circles with a router safely. Just for you future reference. If your not sure search it here first then goto plan B if you don't find what your're looking for.
Other than me talking junk this is a great lazy suzan. I actually think it has more character as an octogon. Its cool to see two shapes shared on one piece. The contrast of the two materials makes the corian Pop. Nice job I bet shes happy with that! The miters look great! Nice Lazy suzan.
-- Live by what you believe, not what they want you to believe.
#4 posted 01-04-2010 03:59 PM
Thanks getneds, I think her daughter is wanting me to make her one from a piece of her corian countertop. I may put an old blade on my table saw and try a small piece of it.
-- Stanley, North Georgia
#5 posted 01-04-2010 04:04 PM
Love it. It looks gorgeous with the used oak. Great job.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
#6 posted 01-04-2010 08:20 PM
Well done lazy susan keep up the good work
-- Best Regards With Personalized Rocking Chairs And Furniture On My Mind, http://mynoblebear.com
#7 posted 01-04-2010 09:03 PM
Very nice looking work – the miters turned out very good !!
Thanks for sharing..
-- Scotty - aka... SgtSnafu - Randleman NC
#8 posted 01-05-2010 03:19 AM
Great looking piece.
-- Emmett, from Georgia
#9 posted 01-05-2010 04:38 PM
Stanley you do awesome work i saw all your postings and i love your work, It's wonderful.
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The following was in my email inbox this morning with my weekly Ripples, and I am compelled to share.
Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry. Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search for it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need. The hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve...you are the change that you dream, as I am the change that I dream, and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be. -Efren Peñaflorida, 2009 CNN Hero of the Year
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Monday, 16 September, 2002, 09:38 GMT 10:38 UK
Porn tops computer crime boom
Internet child pornography is one of the biggest areas of crime being tackled by a specialised police unit in Northern Ireland.
The Computer Crime Unit has dealt with 95 reports of child pornography to date this year - a rise of 25 cases on last year's figures.
Last week, officers raided more than 30 homes in the province as part of a nationwide investigation into the downloading of indecent images of children.
The seizures followed a huge inquiry in America codenamed Operation Candyman.
Acting Detective Inspector Dougie Powell, who heads the unit, said his team was busier than ever.
"The ease of obtaining such material on the internet has made it more common," he said.
"But equally, the internet has enabled us to trace people more easily.
"If someone has been downloading porn, there will be remnants of records left on their computer system."
The unit employs powerful resources and advanced techniques to check if suspects have been viewing or downloading child pornography or committing other offences.
Officers can tell if someone has been systematically searching for indecent images of children, or if a report of such behaviour turns out to be false.
The crime unit works in conjunction with other police departments, analysing media and producing evidence for use in prosecutions.
It was set up because officers were finding so much computer-related evidence during searches.
Crime unit officers - who are all experienced detectives with specialised computer expertise - attend scenes where computers have been encountered and seize them for evidence.
They then forensically copy the contents of any floppy discs, cds or hard drives.
To date this year, the unit has dealt with a total of 325 cases including serious fraud, counterfeiting, hacking, drugs and copyright offences.
A total of 123 cases of internet and e-mail crime were dealt with between January and August 2002 - an increase of 52 cases on the number reported last year.
"People are being bombarded with unsolicited messages, such as hard core porn, child porn, gross images or requests for money," said Mr Powell.
"The bulk of this is coming from outside our jurisdiction and it's massively on the increase. The people being sent the messages are usually innocent.
"We are getting two or three computers a day to analyse on this issue."
Mr Powell said his team's workload had increased dramatically in the five years since the unit was established.
"That is due to the size of computers' hard drives," he said. "They are 10 or 20 times the size they used to be. That means a 10-fold increase in the time it takes us to analyse them.
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Since 1998, crime using e-mail, mobile phones and digital cameras have been on the increase.
Mr Powell said with regular advances in computer technology, the number of cases being dealt with by his team would only increase.
"I see no reason to see that we will not be twice as busy this time next year," he said.
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Comments from episode one:
gauge swatch in the round, extra yardage needed for swatching, where gauge stated in pattern comes from, knitters using different amounts of yarn, blocking if you're using back of garment as a gauge swatch, reusing yarn that you unravel from a gauge swatch
sweater construction defined
saddle shoulder
sleeve caps
in the round versus seaming
shoulder shaping
compund raglan
bottom up versus top down
modifications for broad shoulders
first time sweater knitting recommendations
next episode: how to read a knitting pattern, including an in depth discussion on managing the instruction AT THE SAME TIME
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