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The TB Flats
You all know I love my Tory Burch flats. I don't even care that the symbol looks like a Take That dedication. I love them and they are usually very comforable.
When I spotted these on shopbop.com before Christmas I fell in love. They reminded me of a pair of Chanel $600+'s that I had seen in Saks about 18 months ago - a pale nude colour with an elasticated inner edge that from afar looks like a dainty ribbon.
I got them about a month ago and whilst it was love at first sight, my toes revolted. They cried in pain. These shoes made me feel like my toenails were inches too long - a sort of scraping feeling that just feels uncomfortable an hour or two.
I am pleased to say however that I experienced a breakthrough this weekend and they are finally worn and ready to be sported without a face wince. Hurray!
The LDR lips
You all know Lana Del Rey. Well I am borderline obsessed with her.
Whilst I think her music is good I think, if push came to shove, I would rather see Ellie Goulding, Florence & the Machine or Imogen Heap in concert but yet, I am mesmerized when I see a picture of her.
I levy the blame at her lips. They are so full and just brrrrrrrrr......I won't be getting a pair of my own but for fun I decided to draw on some LDR lips this weekend, partly prompted by Tali's post.
I added Illamasqua Sonnet and,some Viva Glam Gaga 2 gloss for a shinier finish.
It was a fun look, You never know maybe I will try stiletto nails next...(joke!)
Hope you had a good one!

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State reform agenda fails; there's lots of blame to go around
Pennsylvania has a state budget for another year.
But not much else.
Gov. Tom Corbett went a disheartening 0-for-3 on the three major initiatives that were supposed to accompany this budget.
There was supposed to be a comprehensive new transportation bill to heal the state's deteriorating roads and bridges.
There was supposed to be a privatized liquor system to replace the antiquated state-run-system.
There was supposed to be a new pension system to begin addressing the looming underfunding crisis.
Instead, there is just a get-by budget that doesn't really address the three sorely-needed initiatives.
Gov. Corbett is taking lots of flak for coming up short on his budget/reform agenda, and perhaps he should.
Perhaps he didn't come in early enough or prepared enough with a rationale for the roads, bridges, pension and liquor system changes.
But in our view, it's far too easy to just settle on blaming the governor. The fact is, the governor should have had plenty of wingmen supporting this agenda.
It's not that all parts of it were consensus worthy from the start.
But the agenda was worthy of broad-based backing.
The fact that it didn't get that philosophical backing is testimony to the problem with Pennsylvania's state government.
For decades, Pennsylvania's Legislature has been too factionalized and too dominated by powerful lobby groups.
There are too many lawmakers aligned with an outdated agenda and re-election strategies aligned with lobby groups.
The result is a liquor system that is one of only two in the country that is state-run when a privatized one could have brought in money for education and a long-term flow of new revenue through the free enterprise system.
The result is a continuation of a pension system that can't be economically sustained without draining money from needed state programs in the future.
The result is no plan for updating the state's roads and bridges, which most people concede are among the worst in the nation.
Gov. Corbett didn't allow those results. He tried to prevent them.
His proposals were flawed in detail and presentation but not beyond compromising that would have brought progress.
Until Pennsylvania's lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, learn how to do that, the state's potential and general condition will be stagnant and on the verge of long-term disaster.


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Like Stravinsky, this recipe is written in movements. To start:
"The Marination of the Lamb"
Combine in a large bowl:
1/3 cup red wine...
How can you not think of pizza when you think of tomatoes?
At the Joy Kitchen, we've been tinkering with pizza recipes off and on for the better part of six months... though it's tempting to keep tinkering with baker's percentages and cooking methods "in the interest of science," we try to give our bodies a break. We've tested quite a number of variations in our quest for a nice, thin, chewy, and slightly-charred crust. Up until recently, the best results have come from insanely-hot grills: pile enough coals into a kettle grill--better yet, a komodo-style "egg" grill--and you will get satisfying results! In one of our grill trials, the temperature was so hot (in excess of 750 degrees), that all the hair on my forearm was instantaneously singed off when I opened the lid to throw a pizza on the stone. Oh well. I didn't need that hair anyway.
Take that wood-burning-oven pizza parlor!
Needless to say, grilling pizza is a wonderful thing, and we definetly recommend a DIY setup with a variety of toppings laid out if you want to have a fun alternative to your typical, protein-focused backyard grill-out party (though I have not tried gas grills for this purpose, I imagine that they would not be able to crank out the necessary levels of heat, so be sure to use lump charcoal). But building enamel-peeling, hair-singeing, 750-degree fires in the grill is not always practical and, as it turns out, it is unnecessary.
Standard electric or gas ovens are much trickier to coax the same results from, but you can come close with the right dough, a pizza stone or cast-iron pan, and the correct oven settings. In order to get the high temperatures necessary for good, "neopolitan" style pizza, you will need to preheat the oven (stone inside) to the highest setting it will go to (some ovens go to 500 degrees, others will reach 550), set the oven to broil and let it get even hotter for five minutes before you throw in your first pizza.
As for doughs, we love the convenience of the pizza dough recipe in the 2006 Joy of Cooking, as it only needs to rise for a few hours. But if you don't mind planning ahead one evening, a slow-rise dough will give you better flavor, a wonderful texture, and more bubbles. Best of all, it's less of a hassle: no kneading required. All we did was take the JOY recipe, reduced the amount of active dry yeast, and let it sit at room temperature, and then in the fridge for 20 hours total. Just imagine how easy it would be to mix up the dough after dinner, do the dishes, go to bed, get home from work the next day, and have pizza dough ready for shaping, topping, and baking... You can get all of that done in the time that it takes to preheat the oven!
A peel (a thin wooden implement used to slide pizza dough onto the hot floor of a brick oven or, in your own home, a baking stone or baking sheet) is a nice tool to have for making pizza, but you can also just use the back of a baking sheet. Simply sprinkle a generous amount of coarse cornmeal or semolina on the baking sheet, stretch out your dough and add the toppings. This next part takes some practice, but it's actually really easy. Open the oven and hold the baking sheet, tilted at an angle, over the heated baking stone. In one quick motion, yank the baking sheet backwards to propel the pizza dough onto the hot stone. It helps to make sure that the dough will slide off easily before you even open the oven. Simply jerk tha baking sheet back and forth a little. The dough should slide fairly easily. If the dough is stuck to the baking sheet anywhere, simply lift up the dough very gently and throw a little more cornmeal under there.
Another option, though slightly less fun in my opinion, is to just prep the dough on top of a piece of parchment and slide the pizza, parchment and all, into the oven. However, at very high temperatures you will need to replace the parchment after baking each pizza.
Begin by making the dough the night before you want to bake the pizzas. Combine in a large bowl and let stand until the yeast is dissolved, about 5 minutes:
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
Mix with a wooden spoon until the dough is smooth. Start with the lower amount of flour, only adding more if the dough is still very sticky. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to sit at room temperature overnight. The next morning, punch down the dough and shape it into a rough ball. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap again and place in the refrigerator. You can use the dough as early as eight hours after you punched it down (for instance, if you punch down the dough at 8 a.m., you can use the dough by 4 p.m.), but you can also keep the dough refrigerated, tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 3 days.
Preheat the oven as hot as it can go. Ours heats up to 550 degrees F. Have a baking stone, cast iron pizza pan, or even a cast iron griddle or large frying pan. Basically, you want to bake the pizzas on something that retains heat well and that will heat up the pizza dough on the bottom without burning it. In a pinch, use the thickest baking sheet you have.
Divide the dough in half and shape each half into a ball. Let rest for 15 minutes. On a baker's peel or the back of a baking sheet dusted with cornmeal, flatten each ball of dough and stretch it into a rough round. We think imperfection is beautiful in these pizzas. You can use a rolling pin to do this, but we just use our hands, stretching and pressing the dough until it is the size and shape we want it to be.
Add your toppings. The sky's the limit in this department. For this particular pizza, we used thinly sliced ripe tomatoes and crumbled feta cheese. The pizza on the left in the photo above had roasted potatoes, caramelized onions, and mozzarella on it. Brush the dough with:
Olive oil
For the tomato pizza, thinly slice:
As many ripe tomatoes as you like
Place the tomato slices on the pizza and sprinkle over them:
Feta cheese, to taste
Black pepper, to taste
Slide the pizza onto the hot baking stone or sheet, turn off the oven, and turn on the high broil setting. Broil until the pizza is bubbly, browned, and beginning to char in spots, about 5 minutes. Using a large spatula, slide the cooked pizza onto a rack. Sprinkle the cooked pizza with:
Chopped fresh basil, to taste
Repeat the process with the remaining dough, using the toppings of your choice.
Some Topping Suggestions:
1.) Blue cheese, caramelized or sautéed onions, and chopped walnuts
2.) Italian sausage, onions and peppers, and mozzarella
3.) Chopped bacon or prosciutto, artichoke hearts, and olives
4.) Roasted eggplant, mushrooms, and sliced oil-packed sundried tomatoes
5.) Roasted garlic, rosemary, olives, and mozzarella
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There were serious objections by residents based on a lack of necessity for added T-Mobile cell coverage, radio wave health concerns, and the fact that it would be an eyesore.
The 13-foot long, 32-inch diameter pole will be mounted on a residential building at 53-20 72nd Place. It will be nearly 43 feet at its highest point, and, according to applicant Omnipoint Communications, is necessary because there have been complaints in the area of loss of cell phone coverage.
The service gap was contested by some neighbors at a hearing at the BSA hearing on November 18, however the field test was refuted by Omnipoint.
In their decision dated December 16, the board referred to the need for wireless communications as a public utility (which might be similar to a gas, land phone or electric line.
"It (the decision by BSA) sets a very unfortunate precedent that, in the future, cell phone antennas can be located in the middle of a residential neighborhood," said Gary Giordano, district manager of Community Board 5.
That argument was reiterated by Diane DeSiliva, a resident of 72nd Place who lives directly across the street from where the cell tower will be built.
"The decision is outrageous," she said. "It sets a very dangerous precedent and could allow cell companies to invade residential areas everywhere with structures that do not belong where people live."
Assemblywoman Marge Markey, who represents the area, said that the community would continue to oppose T-Mobile and other companies that seek to put cell towers in residential neighborhoods.
"I want to warn T-Mobile and any other cellular company that seeks to use this case as a precedent: get ready for a fight," she said in a statement issued after the BSA ruling. "We will continue to strongly oppose any other plan that seeks to place a cell tower on any residential block in my district."


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Many of us are terrible at spelling and have grammar that would scare our 3rd grade teacher, but does that matter when we are just posting on our blogs?
Could you be judged or even miss out on getting a new customer because your spelling and grammar stink? Probably. Just see what Jan has to say over at Spelling Tips & Video to Share.
I may not notice your bad grammar, so unless you really screw it up, I'd be fine. LOL!
Just keep in mind that some others are not so easily forgiving for all those blunders.
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Industry experts hold the key to proven performance strategies. But that key may have a fee.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
Do you believe in this saying? If you do, good luck.
Managing staff, administration, retention strategies, equipment maintenance, and sales and marketing efforts are more than enough to consume a 10- to 12-hour workday. This leaves little time to get creative or upgrade problem-solving skills.
How, then, do managers learn new tactics and keep a club growing? In some cases, they turn to outside experts. Consultants can show club operators how to keep a steady course for growth, teach new ways to approach old problems, and provide insight into successful strategies used by other clubs and businesses.
Naturally, all of this advice comes with a fee. And that's not something club operators always want to pay.
Jamie Fairley-general manager of Court House Plus in Vernon, Conn., a 40,000-square-foot, multipurpose club with more than 4,000 members-has heard the whines and groans of club operators who, working on a budget, complain about spending money on consultants. In his opinion, however, consultants are well worth the cost. A 27-year industry veteran, Fairley sees contracting a consultant as a learning experience.
"I tell people the old adage that if you think education is expensive, try ignorance," he says, adding that his club has experienced a dramatic increase in sales since bringing in a sales and marketing consultant. Fairley is in contact by telephone with the consultant two to three times a week to analyze the club's sales numbers. And he meets with her on-site regularly-usually monthly-to review strategies and re-evaluate long-term goals.
Fairley says he sought a consultant who shared his marketing philosophy and approach. He sees marketing as being solution-oriented, with a focus on the "headline," or strategy, of the marketing campaign. Fairley's goal is to get to the heart of the marketing solution and build unique concepts from there. For example, diverse populations, such as young families or seniors, have different fitness needs; a generic approach using one marketing concept may not work for them all. That's why Fairley wanted a marketing consultant who could help him implement a successful marketing program suited to individual targets.
When searching for a consultant, however, you shouldn't hire someone simply because he agrees with your opinions. As a club operator, you'll want someone with a proven track record. "Initially you are attracted to a certain consultant by the work they've done," Fairley says.
Fairley recommends that you check consultants' references and see if their background matches the club's needs. For example, a consultant who has only worked with multi-location clubs serving young professionals may not be able to help a single-site club seeking to increase senior membership. Also, the consultant should be familiar with your market and consumers, according to Gary Polic, national sales director for Chicago-based Tennis Corp. of America.
Before choosing a consultant, it helps if you catch him or her in action. Fairley saw his consultant speak at a seminar. He liked what he heard, talked to her and returned to his club to evaluate her presentation-to see if it matched his goals. He liked her turnkey operation approach and marketing suggestions, noting she provided the details to her strategy in a workbook fashion.
Keep in mind that a consultant's marketing suggestions may not always be what operators want to hear. Fairley says that, when working with consultants, club managers need to look at things differently and admit that they don't have all the answers. Consultants are familiar with the industry and other clubs, so they can offer an objective point of view. And they provide a broader perspective.
Still, that doesn't mean managers should accept all of a consultant's advice as absolute, according to Fairley, especially if the consultant suggests that the club stop doing something that has proved successful previously. A consultant may have excellent references and experience, but each manager knows what approaches have worked for the club in the past. Just as managers should be flexible in working with consultants, consultants should be flexible in working with clubs.
While a single club such as Fairley's may seem like the best candidate for consultants, larger chains can also benefit from some outside expertise. TCA, an owner and operator of multipurpose clubs nationwide, has been working with its current sales consultant for more than four years.
Polic points out that this consultant has helped his organization expand its sales efforts. She has also brainstormed fresh ideas with TCA employees. "We believe in growing outside of our little world," Polic says.
This belief has paid off, according to Polic, who notes that the consultant has brought improvements to TCA. "We need to get better and better," he says, referring to TCA's sales and marketing objectives. "We saw that her successful strategies matched our marketing objectives, and [she helped to] make it better."
For example, the consultant suggested that, as part of a promotional effort, TCA send birthday cards to members. That stirred a heavy influx of renewals, Polic reports. Also, when TCA expressed interest in increasing family memberships, the consultant suggested that TCA target new mothers and people who had just moved into the community with trial memberships and/or promotional gifts. This approach also paid off for TCA.
TCA's consultant meets with club employees monthly to discuss sales strategies. By combining business philosophies, the consultant and club enhance, critique, construct and advance marketing efforts. For example, when Polic's sales staff failed to achieve expected sales leads, the consultant gave Polic a list of activities sales reps could do to promote leads. Once this strategy was implemented, sales significantly increased in 15 days.
Since TCA competes in many markets, outside advice can provide an edge. Still, even clubs in a relatively quiet location can use a little help from consultants.
Steve Vukovich, owner of the Apple Athletic Club in Idaho Falls, Idaho, admits that his club is small by some standards, and he teases about "being stuck in southeastern Idaho." However, being the only commercial club in the immediate area doesn't guarantee a club's success, he notes.
Vukovich works with sales consultants to keep Apple's business booming. "I would prefer to learn from other people's mistakes," he explains, noting he primarily uses sales consultants so he can learn about what's new and innovative in other clubs around the country.
"I get tired of the same old, same old," Vukovich says.
One of the advantages of getting new ideas from consultants, according to Vukovich, is that they have already seen these ideas in action. They've witnessed what works and what doesn't. Therefore, working with consultants shortens the learning curve on new and successful techniques. Learning from the success of others strengthens Apple's market position.
Thanks to consultants, Apple has experienced a dramatic increase in personal-training revenue, showing a 10 percent jump in gross sales over the past two years. Vukovich credits this increase to a membership promotion that the sales consultants developed; specifically, the promotion offered a personal-training option to members at a reduced rate. This encouraged people who wouldn't normally sign up for personal training to try the service. It was a great way to draw-and keep-interest.
And the rub hasn't been limited to personal training. "We haven't done a program currently [with the consultants] that hasn't worked," Vukovich says, pointing out that the strategies that the consultants provided Apple have a proven track record at other clubs.
Naturally, this success has come with a cost. Vukovich warns that consultants "don't come cheap. You need to weigh the value, not the expense."
Part of the value could include a long-term business relationship. For example, Greenville Racquet & Fitness in Greenville, S.C., has worked with the same sales consultants for more than 12 years.
The consultants were particularly helpful in 1997 and 1998, when Greenville went through a $2 million expansion. "When we started our construction project in 1997, our member base was at 2,100," says Mary Beth Provost, the club's general manager. Today, membership has surpassed 4,000.
Although members initially saw the construction as an interference, the consultants came up with strategies that showed members the expansion would eventually benefit them. The consultants emphasized that any inconvenience posed by the expansion project would pay off upon completion-with larger space and enhanced services. "They [the consultants] played a big part in our success," Provost says.
In addition to aiding the club during expansion, the consultants have really given a boost to Greenville's sales training. Provost points out that as general manager, she can only wear so many hats. Turning the training over to consultants not only makes things easier for her, but it brings a new type of thinking to the club. "Sometimes it's really nice to have an outside perspective," Provost says.
Indeed, consultants study industry trends and apply proven tactics to gain clients. That's how they earn their living. And while each new client brings new challenges and strategies, each success delivers more momentum on which consultants build their reputation as well as their profits. The formula has proved to be a winner for both the consultants and the clubs they serve.
So, if you have the time, the energy, the commitment and the passion to balance all the tasks it takes to keep your club running smoothly, go ahead. But if you want an outside opinion and access to industry success stories, you may want to partner with-and pay for-a consultant.


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You're likely to hear more than a few breathless "Oohs"at "Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli," but don't expect to be shocked. The show—on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through Jan. 4—has been mounted with neither the fashion context nor artistic references needed to appreciate Schiaparelli's remarkable innovations. Even if it is difficult to resist the charm of the glittering Lesage embroideries and madcap gowns, this show ultimately fails for the very same reason that Schiaparelli's house ultimately did: Fashion is not art, and posturing doesn't make it so.
Schiaparelli, the famously provocative couturière, changed nearly everything about the rarefied fashion business. In 1927 her debut collection—featuring sweaters knit with surrealist trompe l'oeil images—led to a buying frenzy on both sides of the Atlantic. When World War II broke out 12 years later—effectively ending the era of Schiaparelli's supremacy—only arch rival Coco Chanel could claim to have been more influential. Yet Schiaparelli's role in the creation of modern haute couture is little known. The other mainstays of the gilded Parisian world of high fashion—Chanel, Dior, and Saint Laurent—found ways to adapt to the radically new postwar environment and are still productive, worldwide brands. Schiaparelli's house closed in 1954.
Schiaparelli was born in 1890 to a staid family of Roman intellectuals and scholars. A plain-Jane of a girl, she seems to have lived only to shock: Inspired by da Vinci's urge to fly, the young Elsa once tried to float to the garden below her bedroom window with the aid of an umbrella. In a society still dominated by the church, she left Catholic school, unwilling to follow the nuns' lessons silently, and caused further scandal by publishing a book of sexually suggestive poetry. She began a deeply felt relationship with a young man; when her parents put it to an end she left Rome for the bohemia of Greenwich Village.
There is no understanding this restless, belligerent woman without first imagining the contrast of sleepy, provincial Rome to racy, metropolitan New York in 1919. The modernity of her new life—skyscrapers, the newfound automation and speed of the city, and a social circle that included Man Ray, Edward Steichen, Francis and Gabrielle Picabia—had a profound impact on her sensibility. In her work, Schiap, as she was known (pronounced "skap"), combined a European sense of history with an American addiction to change, fusing the old world and the new. She catapulted post-World War I fashion into the newly machine- and media-driven age. She was the first designer to open a prêt- à-porter boutique and issue press releases; first to seek notoriety outside the insular fashion world by dressing movie starlets and athletes; first to collaborate with the leading artists of her day. Many of her designs challenged the traditional silk and satin perimeters of haute couture, incorporating man-made fibers with futuristic names like Rhodophane, a new plastic. And her unprecedented marketing campaign in the United States—where she endorsed accessible interpretations of her designs—ensured the phenomenal success she enjoyed throughout the Depression.
Schiaparelli is widely recognized as the designer who worked with the surrealists. One imagines this is partly why she has been given a museum show. Among her most famous creations are a dress embroidered with Jean Cocteau's line-drawing of a woman's profile and a shoe inverted into a hat that she conceived with Salvador Dalí. She worked under the assumption that fashion and art had similar goals. Schiaparelli was not merely mimicking surrealism's visual play nor was she trying to be trendy. She was, in fact, exposing the surreal aspect of her own medium: Fashion—and particularly haute couture—is meant to make the quotidian extraordinary; all fashion is a form of metamorphosis. And so Schiap's dress becomes a painting, and a shoe becomes a hat. But "Shocking!" fails to examine the importance of Schiaparelli's artistic collaborations. Man Ray's Le Beau Temps is, in fact, the only major surrealist work on display. Nor does the exhibition ask us to consider the difference between artistic ideas and art—or even whether artistic ideas always make for attractive fashion. These are questions no useful examination of Schiaparelli's career can fail to ask.
Meanwhile, as a fashion retrospective, the show doesn't acknowledge Schiaparelli's contribution to posterity: After all, her oeuvre is the stylish vault from which nearly every important designer from Alaia to Zoran has lifted an inspiring gold brick or two. Why not make the heist clear? Schiaparelli's innovative signatures—squared-off shoulders and nipped waistlines, whimsical prints, thematic collections, graphically patterned sweaters, decorative dinner jackets—have been so deeply absorbed into fashion's vernacular that it is difficult now to identify their source. But her influence is everywhere: Sonia Rykiel's graphic knits, Gianni Versace's butterfly and zodiac prints, Donna Karan's organic separates, Yves Saint Laurent's decoration, John Galliano's cultural referencing, Rei Kawakubo's distorted silhouettes. The list goes on.
The curator, Dilys E. Blum—who deserves some credit for mounting the first retrospective of this pivotal designer's work—doesn't provide the social context that would illustrate why Schiaparelli was so shocking in her day: There's no sense of the clothes made by Schiaparelli's fellow couturiers, whose bourgeois creations she reacted against so strongly. Nor does the exhibition illustrate the social tumult experienced between the two World Wars. Why neutralize history? And why not show what the clothes looked like as they were worn? Society doyenne Millicent Rogers, one of Schiaparelli's main clients, wore more than 10 of the ensembles on view in the show; it would be great to be able to see what she looked like in them.
So what is Schiap's legacy, in the end? André Breton wrote in the surrealist manifesto that "nothing but the marvelous is beautiful." Schiap understood this ethos in the deepest sense: The once plain-Jane girl had grown into a jolie-laide woman. While Schiap dressed both überandrogynous Marlene Dietrich and überfeminine Mae West, the contrast between the sturdy daytime suits and zestful evening clothes on display suggests that Schiaparelli was wrestling with the changing social roles for women—particularly the problem of how to dress the newly professional woman by day and the traditional femme fatale by night. But ultimately there is something poignant in these clothes: High concept and ornament were more than Schiaparelli's particular gifts. Schiaparelli, more dowager than bombshell, used them to hide the body. Look past the comic buttons and whimsical prints celebrated at this exhibition: The clothes are essentially dowdy. The necklines are high, and the sleeves are long. The colors are dour and the shapes, when not bizarre, are quite dull. Don't be fooled by the girlishly printed party frocks and the occasional frill of ruffle and bow: For all their seeming frivolity, Schiaparelli's designs are for women who, like Schiap, were insecure about their looks. These clothes say, Look but don't touch.
Schiaparelli had a famously inquisitive mind; her clothes emphasize brains over beauty. They lack the graceful technique—and palpable sexuality—of her contemporaries Jean Patou, Jeanne Lanvin, and Madeleine Vionnet. With the exception of her early wraparound pajamas and some finely done evening columns, the silhouette of Schiap's clothes is merely a support for the ornament, a canvas for commentary and play. But fashion is not art, and great dressmaking wilts under the weight of trying to make it so. Is it surprising that 1954 saw both the closing of Schiaparelli's business and the remarkable comeback of Chanel's?


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Mattydale Come to the CNYSPCA and visit Sarge. Sarge is about 2 years old and is a hound-pit bull mix. Sarge is a very sweet, happy, friendly, fun loving pup! Our playful and fun friend Sarge loves toys, too. Because Sarge still has some "puppiness" in him, we'd like him to be adopted by an adult-only household.
Currently Sarge is going to obedience class, and he is a quick learner. Eager to please, our friendly guy Sarge is ready to be your newest family member.
To see a video of Sarge, log on to Petfinder.com under Central New York SPCA and click on Sarge or copy and paste his Petfinder link: petfinder.com/petdetail/24368214.
Terri Para is the development director for the CNYSPCA.
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from the how-could-george-bush-do-such-a-thing dept.
Reader kackle joins the army of free and accepted Slashdot submitters with this eyebrow-raising story:"I received a form letter from the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority saying that my first-generation 'IPASS' transponder needs to be replaced because the battery is old. I called them for clarification since the first-generation transponders obviously have user-replaceable batteries, and I wanted to keep this version because it beeps when a toll is paid. (This notifies drivers that their battery is still good, unlike the silent second-generation version, which informs them of a dead battery by sending a ticket in the mail.) The woman on the phone explained that they were replacing them just because the electronics are old. This uninformed answer made me research the device. I found that the manufacturer has recently filed a patent application for a new transponder that has a camera in it — a camera pointed inward at the occupants. How long before they make it illegal to cover that camera with tape?"


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SWANSBORO � The score was the same, but the performance got an even better review from coach Doug Kidd.
SWANSBORO � The score was the same, but the performance got an even better review from coach Doug Kidd.
With senior midfielder Julianna Tucker scoring two goals and Swansboro�s defense giving up few quality scoring chances, the Pirates blanked Croatan 4-0 on a breezy Wednesday night to earn a trip to the NCHSAA 2-A East Regional girls� soccer semifinals.
And while the final score duplicated Swansboro�s victory over the Cougars on May 3, Kidd and Tucker both said this was a better performance given the importance of the match and Croatan�s improvement.
�It was really good because they played really good,� Tucker said. �So I think we picked our level up. They played the best they had all year today against us. So to still finish 4-0 was really good.�
Kidd agreed after the Pirates (20-5-1) beat the Cougars for the third time in as many matches this year � Swansboro won 1-0 in overtime April 9 on the road.
�It�s a hard thing to do in a season, it really is,� Kidd said of beating a team three times in one season. �I think we have (improved in each game). That�s what it�s all about. I really think we�re starting to play our best soccer of the season.
�Something was holding us back for some reason, and it took us awhile to get people in the right places. But I think we are definitely playing our best soccer and doing what we need to do.�
The Pirates, the No. 2 seed out of the East Central Conference, will square off against another team from the ECC on Saturday when they travel to ECC No. 1 seed Clinton (20-3-1), which beat Waccamaw No. 1 Whiteville 3-2 on Wednesday.
Game time for the Swansboro-Clinton regional semifinal is to be determined.
Swansboro was 0-1-1 against the Dark Horses, who won 3-0 at home March 8 before a 1-1 tie on April 16 at Swansboro, giving Clinton the league�s No. 1 seed although the teams shared the ECC title.
Croatan, which was the ECC�s No. 4 seed, finished 11-8-6 after being outshot 19 to 3 by the Pirates.
�I know both teams had to play with the wind, but I thought it affected us more so than them because we went against it in the first half and then they got the goal,� Croatan coach Paul Slater said.
�The second half we came out, thought we did some good things to start, and then they got their second goal 19 minutes in. I thought we were doing well and I thought we�d get one. We were just unlucky not to I really felt.
�But Swansboro�s a very good team. We know they�re good. It�s just unfortunate to lose the way we did. I thought 4-0 was unjust.�
Playing with the breeze, Swansboro had the better of play in the first half, but the Pirates missed several close-in scoring chances, twice firing the ball high over the crossbar and another shot just missed slipping inside the far post.
The Pirates finally got on the board on a diagonal pass from the left by Kimberly Moore to Kierstyn Horton, who after battling several defenders in the box fired the ball into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead with 25:29 left in the first half.
�It�s massive to get that first goal,� Kidd said. �Little disappointed we didn�t get another one or two before halftime. Credit them, they did well defensively, especially the keeper.�
Tucker agreed.
�It was a big relief. We had chances, but we didn�t finish,� she said. �It�s too stressful at halftime to go in tied. We can�t relax. We had to keep going. But it�s not as stressful.�
Croatan had the better of the play early in the second half, putting pressure on Swansboro, but the Pirates regained control about midway through and would have added a second goal except for a diving save by Gina Ryan on Brenna Kate Grass with 27:46 left. Five minutes later Horton�s shot just missed slipping inside the far post.
Swansboro cashed in on its next scoring chance, however.
Tianna Boeckman passed the ball down the middle and fellow freshman Tylor Ring used the speed that won her the 400-meter dash in the 2-A East Regional on Saturday to outrun a defender into the box and then fire the ball past Ryan for a 2-0 lead with 21:11 left.
�I think that it took it out us,� Slater said. �That goal was huge.�
Barely a minute later Tucker got the first of her two goals with 20:04 left off a pass from Grass before finishing off the scoring with 5:19 remaining on a cross from Moore.
�I�m really excited,� Tucker said. �This has been a great team to play with, and I�m just glad we�re really peaking at the right time.�
Part of that can be attributed to a defense that has yet to allow a goal in three playoffs games behind junior goalkeeper Roxanne Green and a solid supporting cast.
�We didn�t have a lot of pressure the last two (playoff) games,� Tucker said. �To still shut them (Croatan) out when they were playing as good as they were is really good. Our defense really played awesome.�
Croatan 0 0� 0
Swansboro 1 3� 4
GOALS�S: Tucker 2, Horton 1, Ring 1. ASSISTS�S: Moore 2, Boeckman 1, Grass 1. IN GOAL�C: Ryan (11 saves). S: Green (3 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL�C 3, S 19. CORNER KICKS�C 3, S 5. RECORDS�C 11-8-6, season complete. S 20-5-1, at Clinton in 2-A East Regional semifinal Saturday, time TBA.


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Gone are the days when I could eat all I wanted without gaining weight. (For you youngsters still scarfing down pizza and beer with abandon, enjoy it now; eventually those calories count double.)
I don't subscribe to any particular diet plan, other than the one where you move more and eat less. It's not flashy. It doesn't have a spokesperson, no one delivers pre-packaged meals to your door, and it doesn't result in weight loss so dramatic your dog doesn't recognize you. But it works.


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Manage your COPD, don't let your COPD manage your life
When you have COPD, every breath can be difficult. Some patients say that it feels like breathing through a cocktail straw. Trouble breathing can impact your ability to do daily activities like gardening, traveling and, eventually, even walking. While there is no cure for COPD, there are a number of treatment options and lifestyle adjustments that can help you better manage your COPD.
(BPT) – Of the top five causes of death in the U.S., only one is increasing: COPD, also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD is a progressive lung disease that makes it harder to breathe over time and can cause chronic coughing, wheezing or a constant tightness in your chest. When you have COPD, every breath can be difficult. Some patients say that it feels like breathing through a cocktail straw. Trouble breathing can impact your ability to do daily activities like gardening, traveling and, eventually, even walking. While there is no cure for COPD, there are a number of treatment options and lifestyle adjustments that can help you better manage your COPD.
"Every patient with COPD will experience the disease differently, and many may need to change their treatment plan as the disease progresses," said James F. Donohue, M.D., professor of medicine and the former chief of the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. "By working together, patients, their loved ones, and healthcare providers can help patients properly manage their COPD through medications and lifestyle adjustments like making changes to diet or starting a breathing exercise program."
When your COPD progresses from mild to moderate, your healthcare provider may say that the amount of air you can blow out (called the forced expiratory volume in the first second or FEV) has decreased to less than 80 percent of normal (based on your age and gender). As your COPD progresses further, you may also experience frequent flare-ups (also called exacerbations) which may lead to hospitalizations; you should talk to your healthcare provider about your treatment options. Treatment guidelines recommend long-acting, maintenance treatments for use in patients with both moderate and severe COPD in addition to a rescue inhaler to control acute symptoms.
Medications delivered via a nebulizer are one way that you can receive treatment for COPD. With a nebulizer, medication is delivered as a fine mist through a mouthpiece or a face mask. You don't have to time your breathing; instead you breathe normally for about 5-10 minutes. Nebulizers can be used to take both long-acting and short-acting medications. People may believe that nebulizers are bulky and cumbersome, however over the last ten years they have become increasingly compact and portable. Many patients are not aware of the nebulized treatment options which offer effective medication delivery. Most nebulized maintenance treatments need to be taken twice a day, in the morning and the evening, giving you medication to help control your COPD symptoms through the day and night.
Following a set routine with your COPD treatment regimen can help you take your medication at the correct time and may help you breathe better and experience fewer flare-ups. Your healthcare provider can determine which medications will help you manage your symptoms and can also help you find a treatment plan that is easy for you to follow. If you are a patient with moderate-to-severe COPD, you may wish to speak with your healthcare provider about adding a nebulized long-acting maintenance treatment as part of a treatment plan that is best for you. For more information about a nebulized long-acting COPD treatment visit MyCOPD.com.
Editor's note:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Leading Causes of Death. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm. Accessed: April 22, 2013.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. What Is COPD? Available at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/. Accessed: April 22, 2013.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. How Is COPD Treated? Available at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/treatment.html. Accessed: April 22, 2013.
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). At-A-Glance Outpatient Management Reference for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Available at http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_AtAGlance_2013_Feb20.pdf. Accessed: April 22, 2013.
MedlinePlus. How to Use a Nebulizer. Available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000006.htm. Accessed: April 22, 2013.
American Lung Association. COPD Medications. Available at http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/copd/living-with-copd/copd-medications.html. Accessed: April 22, 2013.
Dr. Donohue is a consultant for Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.


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Christian Leadership University – Growing Through Search Marketing
Search Engine Marketing can be a very effective way of not only generating traffic to your website, but targeting the specific traffic that is interested in what your website has to offer. This has the effect of not only increasing the traffic to your website, but also increasing the conversions on your website. This may mean more sales, more visitors to your church, or, as in the case of Christian Leadership University, more students. Here's how.
About CLU
Christian Leadership University (cluonline.com) is a an online Christian university that offers Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees in several fields, including theology, Biblical studies, Christian counseling, Christian leadership, youth ministry, and many more. CLU believes that faculty should be experienced leaders in the Christian community and include Christian leaders such as Nate Krupp, Mark Virkler, and Ron Luce. Their educational philosophy (Lamad method of learning) sets them apart as each student's curriculum is fashioned for them focusing on life experience, gifts and abilities, and resting on the Bible and Holy Spirit.
About the Service
In 2008, Christian Leadership University signed up for OurChurch.Com's Progressive SEO Management service. As part of the service, the cluonline.com homepage was optimized for the search engines, CLU was registered in over 2000 search directories over the course of the first year, and OurChurch.Com employed several link building strategies to gain inbound links to the cluonline.com website. One of the main strategies for link building was creating remarkable content and spreading the word about that content.
With the optimization of the CLU website, CLU began seeing an immediate bump in traffic to their website. Then the link building strategies began to increase the authority of cluonline.com in the eyes of the search engines as we obtained thousands of new links to the CLU website. As a result, cluonline.com has moved from a Google Page Rank of 4 (out of ten) up to a Page Rank of 5 (out of ten), a significant increase. The Page Rank scale works a bit like the Richter Scale for earthquakes. Each level up indicates much more authority in Google where a Page Rank 5 website may have 10 times the authority as a Page Rank 4.
More authority in the search engines means a website is capable of ranking for more competitive keywords. So, we were able to continue to update the search engine optimization of the CLU website to focus on more and more competitive keywords. Currently, cluonline.com has top ten rankings for such general and competitive keywords in their field as "Bible colleges", "Christian colleges", "Seminaries", "Christian Theology" and many more.
Real World Results
Top ten rankings and increased links are nice, but how do they translate into real world results? For CLU they meant an increase of over 1000 people contacting them from their website during the first year. Most importantly, they experienced over 10% growth in enrollment…all during a recession. This has increased their financial base, but more importantly for them, it has increased their ability to minister to people and train up new leaders in the Christian community.
Things to Take Home
- Optimizing your website for the search engines can provide traffic to your website fairly quickly.
- Employing link building strategies can build up your website's authority in the search engines increasing your search rankings.
- One of the best ways to gain quality, inbound links to your website is by creating remarkable content.
- As your website grows in the search engines, you should modify your search engine optimization to target more and more competitive keywords.
- A good search marketing plan creates beneficial, real world results and pays for itself.
What are you doing to market your website in the search engines? What comments and questions do you have about CLU's search marketing campaign?
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Archive for December 28th, 2009
All In a Day's Work
Sherry Stocking Kline
December 28th, 2009
This morning the phone rang twice…
This morning the phone rang twice. Because I write press releases for and am vice-president of our county historical and genealogical society, the Sumner County (Kansas) Historical and Genealogical Society, my name is in the paper quite a bit. So I get a lot of phone calls asking for historical and genealogical help.
It's fun, actually, because I get to hear such interesting stories, and today was no exception.
I love it when someone preserves a piece of history…
The first was Nate, reporter for the local newspaper, asking for information about the Belleview School, a historic country school near Caldwell, Kansas that has been purchased by a couple who plan to move it near to a (busier) highway (Highway 160 going west of Wellington) and restore it to its 1870's look inside so that individuals and groups of schoolchildren can take tours. According to the reporter, they've already added a tin roof to protect it from the elements!
Awesome! I love it when someone takes the time and the money to preserve a piece of history so that others can enjoy it!
Though I've done research on a few of the country schools, this wasn't one of them, so when Nate and I hung up, I quickly got back on the phone, called several other researchers, and found some folks who could help Nate after he finished his research at the Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Center.
My second phone call, coming on the heels of the first one was Chris Fimple, California, who is trying to find the descendants of a box of photographs and memorabilia that his dad took home to California many years ago after visiting in Kansas.
So far, my research, and I confess to not being as internet savvy as would be good (census, tombstone, obituary, google searches, local sources and word of mouth, ) has located obituaries and no living descendants. (Which doesn't mean there aren't any.) I apologized to Chris for not working right before and during the Christmas holidays, and told him I'd try to get back to it after the holidays.
If anyone knows of any living descendants of Joseph T. Raley…
So, if anyone knows of any living descendants of Joseph T. Raley, formerly of Enid, Ok and Sumner County, Kansas, leave me a message, Chris is looking for you…
P.S. When I get more info, website addresses, photographs, I'll add another post!


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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
"Once a public forum is established, government may not discriminate against other speakers (. . .)"- The Christian Science Monitor...Sound Familiar?
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To Ariel, as an expatriate of C-town I am proud of what you are doing.
To mayor Hill and all the others who feel that this project is an attempt to "ridicule religion": placing the ten commandments on public property ridicules religion. You are placing your religion (and mine) on level footing with the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Why all the effort to secularize your beliefs? Is your view of government that of a repository of your beliefs where they are stored as if in a safe deposit?
It is interesting that everyone with an opinion claims to have an in depth understanding of the Constitution. Yet, none seem to grasp that interpretation through judicial review of the Supreme Court is binding as if it were explicitly addressed within the original document.
- April 1, 2008 at 6:14 PM
- Benoit said...
Hello Ariel,
What you've done is FANTASTIC ! The world needs people like you fighting for reason and respect.
May the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the The Invisible Pink Unicorn bless you.
Cheers from Benoit, France (ben119(@)gmail.com).
- April 2, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Erik R. said...
MHNATY, Ariel!
- April 3, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- Norm said...
As a member of the Word of Blake, I would like to commend you for bringing an interesting discussion to life.
Now, when may I be permitted to erect a tribute to our Blessed Founder?
May you be touched by Blessed Blake and may all of your technology continue running for many cycles to come.
- April 3, 2008 at 1:38 PM


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According to Center for Work-Life Policy and the Harvard Business Review, about 93 percent of the highly qualified women who opt out of the workforce want to return to work later in life. Unfortunately, the study shows that only 74 percent of those women end up rejoining the workforce and, of those, only 40 percent are able to get a full-time job with benefits.
"Many talented, committed women take off-ramps but an overwhelming majority can't wait to get back in," says Sylvia Ann Hewlett, President of the Center for Work-Life Policy and an author of the report. While work-from-home options -- like starting your own company, joining an online business, freelancing, or consulting -- are available for many working moms, others prefer to return to full-time employment outside of the home. There are things you can do to make opting back in to the work force a bit easier.
- Be determined. Do the math, figure out if returning to work is right for you and your family, and start your job search with confidence.
- Ask for help. If you need assistance revamping your resume, ask for it. Get tips on how to ace job interviews. Take a class or hire a coach if you need to -- there are plenty of people out there whose job it is to help you help yourself.
- Develop an "elevator pitch." An "elevator pitch" is a two-minute summary you use to tell people what you want (in this case, a great job) and why you should get it (what makes you the best candidate). The folks at Your On Ramp have put together a great article on crafting your own elevator pitch.
- Invest in yourself. Keep your skill sets up to date, attend conferences and classes, and keep track of your achievements. Staying current can help make you a more valuable potential employee. Also, make sure you've got the right tools (up-to-date computer, BlackBerry, high-speed internet, etc) you need to make your search a success.
- Keep up (and really use) your network. Your network is made up of more than just your professional contacts. Tell your friends, and have them tell their friends, that you're going back to work, what kind of work you're interested in, and what your skills are. Then tell a few more people. Maintain your personal and professional connections, and consider building up a "mentor panel" of advisors and role models to consult when you need help.
- Be realistic. Don't expect the job market to respect, validate, or reward your decision to stay home with children, Leslie Morgan Steiner, editor of Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families, tells MSNBC.com that, instead, you should play up the skills you have that make you a good job candidate. You should not project ambivalence to potential employers or waste interview time justifying your choices, she adds.
- Stay in the same city. According to the Harvard Business Review study, only five percent of women who are returning to the workforce intend to go back to the company they left earlier. Even if you're looking to work for a different company, it is often easier to leverage connections you already have and reference work you've already done if you keep it local.
- Consider going back full-time. Perfect part-time work and flex time are hard to come by, no matter what your situation. Be prepared to work full-time. If that's absolutely not an option for you, carefully evaluate company's family-friendly claims, make sure you understand what a flexible or compressed work-week entails, and be prepared to negotiate.
- Overcome emotional obstacles. Don't take rejection personally, and don't let it interfere with your family life. Visualize what success looks like to you, and then go for it.
- Opt back in sooner rather than later. Steiner's research shows that many headhunters and human resource managers say a three- to five-year absence is now relatively easy to explain, but 10 years or more is difficult. It can be done, of course, but the longer you wait, the more age-related bias can be a problem as well.


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Czech president could face high treason charges for his controversial amnesty
PRAGUE – Opponents of the Czech Republic's president have gained sufficient support to attempt to press high treason charges against him over his controversial amnesty.
To mark the country's 20th anniversary of independence on Jan. 1, Vaclav Klaus used a traditional tool of Czech presidents and ordered the release of more than 6,000 inmates serving short prison terms.
But what really infuriated many Czechs was that the decree also halted court proceedings in several high-profile fraud cases and financial scams on the grounds he wanted to stop "endless criminal proceedings."
The office of the Senate, Parliament's upper house, said Wednesday that 28 lawmakers — one more than needed — have requested the issue to be debated. It said Speaker Milan Stech now has to set a date for an extraordinary session, possibly Monday.
Only the Senate has the power to file treason charges at the Constitutional Court. A majority of the present lawmakers in the 81-seat house, which is controlled by the left-wing opposition, has to approve that to happen.
Klaus doesn't have much to worry about because the major punishment he faces would be loss of the presidential job: his second and final term in office ends March 7.
But the amnesty has touched a raw nerve in a nation that has become increasingly angered by widespread corruption. About 73,000 Czechs have signed a petition, backing the charges while Klaus' portrait has been torn down in anger in schools and offices across the country.
A group of 30 senators has already challenged Klaus' decree at the Constitutional Court.
But the conservative president has previously said he doesn't regret the amnesty and "would do it again in the absolutely same way."
During his visit to Slovakia on Wednesday, Klaus called the move by the opposition lawmakers "political games."
Prime Minister Petr Necas, who is chairman of the Civic Democratic Party that Klaus established, said he was feeling ashamed that the lawmakers want to sue the president.
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I always suspected that they made him in lesser numbers because so much more plastic was involved for the same price as other figures. I'm assuming the same will be true of Hermi.
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New to Montreal and would love to have a guy or girl to hit with regularly. Jean Mance, Uniprix or Lafontaine is where I usually play.
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Eric, I'm available Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Jeanne-Mance or Lafontaine. Preferably evenings but flexible.
Hello Sylvie,
This week I can't play evenings because I work till 9pm but next week I am on 9-5. Unless you could play in the morning at say 10 or 11. If not I understand and we could organize something for next week.
Eric, actually, I could play at 10 on Thursday at Jeanne-Mance. Let me know if that works for you and I will reserve the court.
Did you get my message? I am good to play on Thursday at 10.
We are confirmed. Court #8 at 10am tomorrow morning. See you there,
My number: [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]
i usually play at Parc Jeanne-Mance, i'm available after 6 PM and weekends, i'm about level 3.5.
Danielle, I'd like to play this weekend. How about Saturday? Sylvie
Hi Eric, I would also love to play regularly. I'm available nights and weekends except for the next 2 weekends.
Feel free to give me a call or text. [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]
Ok that sounds good Mathieu. I am working 1-9 pm this week but I can play next week as I'm on 9-5.
Hello Eric, I'm available any time on week days. My number is [edit: please share private info via PM or Friend Request]
Hi, I looking for a hitting session this week mornings at Jeanne Mance park. Are you free?
i am also new in Montreal and searching now for new Tennis Partners. I am from germany and there i played a lot
so if you want play with me write me a mail
regards Sven
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Haiqun Lin, MD, PhD
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Moshe Kasher. Comedian. Child Genius. Jew. Jew Comedian. OBGYN. Pleasure center. Good tipper. Guiding light. Beefcake. He lives alone in LA.
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When seventeen-year-old Elsie runs away from home, she seeks out her older sister Leo, only to find Leo sharing a houseboat, and a bed, with the beautiful, fair-haired Helen. When Elsie decides to stay for a bit, she turns Helen and Leo's lifestyle upside down. An enchanting portrait of Bohemian life in 1930s London, this delightfully provocative romantic comedy was written in 1943 in opposition to the despair characteristic of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness or Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour.
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YOU WANTED A RAISE and GET PROMOTED? HERE'S HOW
1. Do better job than is expected of you. One and all, the experts agree that this is the prime essential to advancement. In other words, give more and you'll get more.
2. Make sure you do the job your boss wants done. As the personnel manager of one large firm says: "you can do the best job in the world, but if it's not the one your boss wants, he will fine it upsetting."
3. Get along with your fellow workers and others with whom you come in contact. This is very important. Many times people work against themselves in terms of their personality - and, of course, they seldom realize that they're doing it.
4. Be sure your boss knows what you're accomplishing. Often when a fellow isn't appreciated, it's simply a matter of lack of communication.
5. Be able to make decisions. This, according to the president of a job consultant firm, is a must. "you'd be surprised what a rare trait this is," he says. "Most people do just what they're told and pass all the decisions on the next fellow."
6. Look for responsibilities beyond your present assignment. The manager of an executive recruiting firm strongly recommends this to the young person on the way up. "A young tiger in the accounting department might say to their chief, "If you need any help in the credit union plan, just let me know." In from five to seven years, this expert predicts, "she'll be head of the plan."
7. Study at night and keep well-informed. "It's also wise," adds another personnel officer, "to get involved in the community you live in. I don't mean just joining things, but really contributing your talents to the library, the hospital, and any good fund-raising project that comes along."
8. Look for opportunities to take on responsibilities that go beyond your current job description. Gain more visibility by taking additional training, or signing up for in-house seminars. Make sure your boss knows about these career expanding activities.
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Candice Wiley and Daniel Iceman were married Oct. 3, 2015, at Shelby Christian Church in Shelbyville.
Parents of the bride are Susan and James Ray Wiley of Shelbyville. The groom is the son of Lisa and Dan Iceman of Louisville.
Rev. Kyle Wiley officiated the double-ring ceremony.
Maid of honor was Alexandria Iceman of Shelbyville, sister of the groom. Bridesmaids were Lina Azarova of Louisville, Ginger Smith of Louisville, Leslie Lintleman of Louisville, Kayla Wiley, cousin of bride, from Shelbyville.
Cornerstone Christian Academy hosted one of their favorite annual family events – grandparents' luncheon. Guests enjoyed a delicious meal, musical performances by preschool and elementary students, family photo booth area, and time of fellowship on campus with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Jon and Jennifer Way of Shelbyville announce the birth of their second child, a son, on Oct. 23, 2015 at Baptist East Louisville. He has been named Tripp Mattison Way.
He has a 3-year-old brother, Mason. He was born at 5:23 p.m., weighing 8 pounds and 5 ounces and 20.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Charles and Brenda Reese of Simpsonville, John Way of Bagdad and Janice Way of Shelbyville. Great-grandparents are James and Patsy Jones, Leonard and Juanita Reese, Marian Gordon, Birdie Way.
Jerry and Donna Hedges of Frankfort have been married for 50 years. The couple was married on Nov. 19, 1965 in Waddy.
They are the parents of Heather Hedges of Frankfort, Allison (Doug) Stone of Lexington, Kylie Jones of Frankfort. They have three grandchildren, Jack and Georgia Kate Stone of Lexington, and Peyton Monroe of Frankfort.
They will celebrate from 2 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Bridgeport Christian Church, 175 Evergreen Road in Frankfort. All friends and relatives are invited.
The couple requests no gifts.
Members of the Shelbyville High School 60th class reunion were (front row, from left) Charles Wells, Ralph Stout, Dave Logsdon, Peggy Catlett (wife of R.V. Catlett), Eleanor Warford; (second row) Martha Layne Hall Collins, Deanie Payne Logan, Doris Black Stout; (third row) Pat Anderson, Mac Weaver, Whitie Gray, Carol Lou Marlow Smith, Mary Lynn Bodkin Bobzien; (back row) Jake Smith, Tom Arington, Bobby Shelton, Bill Scearce and Adriel Gray.
Joy Wynette Heflin celebrated her first birthday on Oct. 23, 2015.
She is the daughter of Eugene and Julie Heflin of Mount Washington.
Grandparents are Wayne and Colleen Heflin of Bagdad, Jean Goodwin of Mount Washington and the late Mitchell Goodwin.
PFC Hunter L. Moore of Shelby County graduated from Marine Corps basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He graduated Oct. 17 from MCT at Camp Geiger in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Out of 423 Marines, he was awarded honor graduate and continues his technical training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. He is the son of Mark and Jennifer Bentley Moore of Shelby County, and grandson of Clarence and Delours Moore of Garrison, and Don and Judy Bentley of Mount Eden.
Bill and Randy Gallrein of Gallrein Farms donated flowers that were planted at The Shelbyville Fountain.
Stephanie Peach and John Smither were married Sept. 26, 2015 at Mulberry Orchard in Shelbyville.
Parents of the bride are Linda Sue Smith of Shelbyville and Robert Chandler of Summerville, SC. The groom is the son of Johnna Kaye and Joey Griffith of Cropper, and Eddie and Marsha Smither of Frankfort.
Rev. Dan Taylorofficiated the double-ring ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage by Chucky Heath, brother of the bride and family.
Maid of honor was Tanya Miller of Shelbyville, sister of the bride.
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The Fiesta Breakfast is one of two annual fundraisers for BPSF and has raised approximately $10,000 each year for BISD staff and student awards. BPSF's mission is to encourage quality education through the establishment of a permanent endowment fund. Since 1993, BPSF has awarded over $188,000 in grants to 296 BISD students and certified staff for innovative classroom projects. Call (409) 617-5134 or email BPSF at bpsf93 [at] gmail [dot] com for tickets and information for the event.


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Though the cotton insect season — for all practical purposes — is now over, it's still a useful exercise to look back over this past year to see if there's something that might be carried forward to 2011, says Ron Smith, Auburn University Extension entomologist.
"The heat and lack of rainfall knocked about three or four weeks off our production season this year, and that also cut three or four weeks from our insect year," says Smith. "The weather was the dominant factor in 2010, and overall I'd classify cotton insects as lighter than normal in Alabama, although that is not true throughout the U.S. Cotton Belt."
There has been tremendous pressure this year from different insect species from the Mid-South to South Carolina, which had heavy bollworm pressure, he says. "Thrips and aphid pressure was pretty light here, and bollworms also were fairly light. We had conventional cotton maybe that ought to have been sprayed for bollworms, but it wasn't. But boll damage wasn't very bad on conventional cotton with no sprays in central Alabama. Tobacco budworms haven't been a problem here but they have been in southwest Georgia," says Smith.
There has been some level of fall armyworms on Alabama cotton this year, but not as bad as in 2009, he adds. "It's different in other crops. There are two strains of fall armyworms, and one will feed on other crops," he says.
Tarnished plant bugs
Tarnished plant bugs were bearable in Alabama this year, says Smith, with large numbers early in the year. "We never know quite how to react to those. Last year, weather conditions were dry early, and it didn't matter what we did with insect control because we made better yields on our late-planted cotton. It has been just the opposite this year. We'll make better yields on our earlier planted cotton, and every square we lost to plant bugs is one less boll we'll pick on that cotton.
"If we could predict the weather, we'd know where to set our thresholds and how hard to go after plant bugs," he says.
Stink bugs have been in high numbers this year, and it's predominately the stink bug, says Smith, a species that requires a totally different approach when selecting chemistry for control.
"The brown stink bug is much more difficult to control than the Southern green stink bug, which is the dominant species in most years. We have not found anything in our test work that competes well with Bidrin on the brown stink bug. We have new chemistries out there, but preliminary results show they are not killing brown stink bugs," he says.
Fall armyworms — the grass strain — are in large numbers on hay crops, pastures and peanuts throughout the southern part of Alabama, up to 30 per square foot on pasture and peanuts, notes Smith.
"They're often heavier on the field borders than they are out in the field, because many times they are coming in from the grasses on the field border. But that's not where all of the eggs are being deposited. The choices for control are pyrethroids, Intrepid and Dimilin, or some combination of those products. If you have time, the long-residual materials like Intrepid or Dimilin are good because you'll get from two weeks to one month control.
"But if you don't find them until a lot of the damage is done there are large worms there, then you don't have time to wait four or five days, and you must wait four or five days with Intrepid and Dimilin to get a good evaluation. If you don't have that, you either need to mix a low rate of pyrethroids with these products or go with a straight pyrethroid."
Temperature related
Growers need to remember that whenever temperatures reach 98 to 100 degrees, pyrethroids do not work on bollworms on cotton, says Smith. Also, bollworms are showing high levels of resistance to pyrethroids in Lousiana.
"We've had that problem before, and eventually the problem will grow and spread. When we lose the pyrethroids to the bollworm species, it'll really knock a hole in our arsenal. We've counted on those for about 25 years now. Also, the bifenthrin type of pyrethroids is leaving some bollworms behind. We've had a number of control failures for three years now, and we're evaluating those this year."
Turning to soybeans, Smith says that the red-banded stink bug is a potential problem on the crop in Alabama. "This is the first year we've found it in Alabama, and I found it at our Gulf Coast experiment station. They're not hard to control, but they can build in tremendous numbers and cause significant damage. They will destroy your peanut crop in a short period of time. You can control them, but they have a tendency to rebound in 10 to 14 days. They're 10 times more damaging than regular stink bugs in soybeans. They are sensitive to winter kill, so they might never be a problem in the extreme northern part of the state."


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The Cleveland Indians today announced the following roster moves relative to the Major League roster:
Recalled RHP DANNY SALAZAR from AAA Columbus.
Optioned RHP C. C. LEE to AAA Columbus.
Salazar returns to the Indians for tonight's start in Minneapolis after going 1-4 with a 5.53 ERA in 8 starts for Cleveland from the start of the season until his May 16th option to Triple-A Columbus. With the Clippers he has gone 3-6 with a 4.02 ERA and 2 complete games in 10 starts (53.2IP, 53H, 24ER, 28BB, 67SO, 11.24SO/9.0IP). Over his last 5 starts for the Clippers he is 2-2 with a 2.32 ERA (31.0IP, 22H, 8ER, 39K).


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My apologies for not posting a Sunday ride photo. I'm not a duck.
Today the sun came out after 48 hours of Nature balling its eyes out. We were left with saturated hillsides and muddy roads. A mudslide closed Alpine Road west, but county road crews quickly cleared it. Cyclists rode by as they worked, but it would have been a long ride back the way I came, which was the only option other than continuing up Alpine Road.
No mushrooms once again. This time I think it's from too much rain.


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Combined with my Lightning SL crankset (170mm, 110mm BCD, 129 gram SRAM Rival/Force chainrings, 9.7 gram Shimano chainring bolts, 580.8 grams total with bearings), when things settled down after I loaded my bike, including Speedplay X/1 pedals and a Ti bottle cage, the LCD was reading a svelte 5360 grams. Sure, hardly competitive with Gunther Mai's 2970 gram work of weight weenie genius, but still close to a kilo and a half below the UCI limit. And my bike is designed to go fast, reliably, at a price competitive with top-end stock bikes, not chase the grams-at-any-cost mission of true weight weenies. Don't race what you're unwilling to crash. Okay, at more than $2k, I'm not excited about the idea of crashing these wheels. But still they're well under the $5k+ for a pair of top-end Lightweights or Lews, let alone the $15k custom Lightweights on Gunther's Spin. Less then the wheels I saw a junior girl riding at a recent 'cross race.
Obviously, when the last of my four coats of glue had dried (three on the rims, one on the tire), I was excited to give 'em a shake-down spin. So flaunting Murphy, I rode the bike to Caltrain to load on the bike car for my commute from San Francisco to Palo Alto. Luck was on my side: nobody jammed their pedal into my spokes.
A few early hic-cups. There seemed to initially be an issue with the palls on the freehub of the Extralite rear hub engaging, but these settled down. then I was getting a weird pinging sound, until I finally realized the KCNC skewer on my front wheel needed to be tightened (these skewers need to be tightened down a bit more than typical skewers). Everything was fine, then. The wheels just scream "climb fast", especially when combined with the super-low rolling resistance (measured by Al Morrison) Veloflex Record tires.
Of course, I know better. Even a pound saved off the bike, wheels or anywhere else, isn't worth more than 10 seconds out of close to 20 minutes up Old La Honda Road. Day to day variations in wind are a bigger factor. So many things can yield 10 second differences. This sort of advantage, while significant, is imperceptible. Indeed, I assert I could hide a full kilogram in your bottom bracket and, if it fit, you wouldn't notice until you lifted the bike. Weight reduction is a game of advantages seen only by the stopwatch. Yet in racing, small advantages can result in big differences a small number of times. And we who lack in talent need to take advantage of every chance we get.
Back to the ride: the Monday Noon Ride has only modest climbing, as the pack rides around Portola Valley and Woodside. The wind was blowing, and I immediately noticed in cross-winds that front wheel felt jittery. At under 55 kg, I get blown around fairly easily. Gutter-fests aren't my cup. This was a bit annoying, but not a real safety concern. In cross-winds, these aren't the wheels of choice anyway, since it's repeatedly been shown in wind-tunnel testing that deeper dish wheels have the greatest advantage at non-zero yaw angle (for example, see Hed's data). Yaw equals cross-wind.
Ironically, on this Noon Ride I was dropped on the main climb, up Sand Hill road. Someone up ahead let a gap open, and I was stuck in a laughing group. Snooze = lose. Bike racing, or faux racing like the Nooner, is like that...
On Wednesdays, the Noon Crew climbs classic Old La Honda Road. I couldn't resist the temptation to deliver the wheels to their element. I was still under the weather from recent illness, plus substantially training-deprived with barely any extended climbing during the preceding 5 weeks (only a single day in Laos), so I knew I had to pace myself carefully. Luck was on my side on the day, as the truly ballistic climbers were absent or taking it easy, and I managed to be the first to the top, with a decent but not exceptional time of 18:36. Only a minute off my Noon Ride best for last year (still a long way from my 17:03 from 2002). So yeah, the wheels climbed well.
Okay, so a bigger factor was between running and my Laos trip my body weight is lower than it has been in years: body weight can fluctuate a lot more than bike weight can. But every little bit helps. My goal of sub-17 is still looking very, very possible.
But what goes up (usually) must come down. Again there was a bit of a breeze, and rounding the corners on Highway 84, I was more tentative than I should have been due to handling feel. Why were these rims, with only 24 mm depth, behaving so squirrelly? Rim shape? A subtle effect of the Sapin bladed spokes? Narrow 20mm tires? User incompetence? Well, this particular user has never demonstrated great competence on descents, but I suspected something else was at play.
Rim shape is rather unusual on these wheels. The Edge rims are semi-triangular, less rounded than typical "aero" rims. Could this help explain the cross-wind effect? I don't know.
Anyway, these wheels are built for climbing, plain and simple. If I am doing a lot of descending, a personal weakness of mine both due to my relative lightness and a general lack of cojones, I want the extra aerodynamic advantage of my Reynolds MV-32 tubular with the superior handling of their Veloflex Carbon tubulars. So I'm not sweating the cross-wind thing. The wheels are great. They even brake okay, with only a bit of modulation from the carbon seam. Not a big deal. The Mount Washingtons are designed for a specific purpose, and designed very well for that purpose. You'll have a hard time coming close to them for less than twice the price.


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Nicki Minaj Sides With Drake in Chris Brown Nightclub Brawl
Young Money queen Nicki Minaj has weighed in on the violent nightclub brawl between Chris Brown and Drake at club W.i.P. in New York City. In a recent interview with U.K. radio personality Tim Westwood, the rapper remained loyal to her YMCMB team and supported her labelmate Drake.
"Young Money till the death of me," she said in her faux British accent. "I don't approve of talented people doing things that aren't conducive to an amazing career."
"And so — you know — I spoke to Drake and I told him from the bottom of my heart how I felt. I'm like, 'Baby you are a superstar, and I need you to realize that.' He did nothing wrong of course, rumors are rumors, but I told him to remember who you are."
Minaj then offered some good advice to Drizzy if he should ever have the urge to, uh, pop champagne bottles at a club. "Not that he did anything wrong, but sometimes you just might need to go to bed [and] have an early nap. I do it all the damn time," she says. Drake, are you listening?
Meanwhile, the investigation into the nightclub fight is still ongoing and so are the lawsuits. Greenhouse, the company that runs the W.i.P. (Work in Progress) club, has filed a lawsuit against New York City for shutting down their venue. The city filed 14 charges against the club owners following the brawl and could possibly revoke their liquor license. The company claims that since its closure, they have been losing $264,000 a week in revenue.
Their lawsuit follows behind NBA star Tony Parker's legal dispute against the W.i.P. club. The b-baller is suing the club for negligence after suffering an eye injury during the melee.
Attorneys for the city had no comment on Greenhouse's lawsuit.
Watch Nicki Minaj Discuss the Chris Brown-Drake Brawl


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