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Just some notes, not really a review. As I have posted many times, no one takes up this repertory who is not capable of doing it at a world-class level. The standards of commentary are not the same as for orchestral music, solo piano, or opera.
This is only the second year that the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has appeared at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and both times I caught their splendid final matinee performance, this one on Sunday August 21. I hope they keep coming forever. The performances take place in the acoustically excellent Spa Little Theater rather than in the miked outdoor amphitheater which the Philadelphia Orchestra and NYC Ballet use. I would guess that the room holds somewhat under 500, and it was about 9/10 full. (I bought my ticket at the window just before the performance and had an excellent seat in the orchestra with empty seats on either side.)
The program emphasized the viola. The bookends were two string quintets that feature two violas rather than two violins: Mozart in C minor K 406, and Mendelssohn in B-flat Opus 87 Stunning performances--perfect. However, the surprise was a sonata for viola and piano by Schumann, in D minor Opus 121. Apparently Schumann wrote three viola sonatas, which was news to me. I was all prepared for weak Schumann, of which there is some. Uh-uh. A gorgeous work,, performed with panache by the young violinist/violist Alexander Sitkovetsky.
They are doing their final program, all Russian, tonight. For once it is not that I disparage Russia in comparison to Germany/Austria. I'd be on my way right now, except that I just can't bear that trip, which I make 50 times a year or more to substitute teach, see my eye doctor, watch a movie, etc., as a nighttime thing. Long live the Sunday matinee.
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Sounds like you heard a wonderful program! I also was unaware of any Schumann viola sonatas.
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He didn't write any. I looked up opus 121 and it's 2 sonatas for violin and piano. (I didn't know about them either.) It's not uncommon for violin works to be arranged for viola, but my source doesn't mention who might have done it for the Schumann sonatas.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
VERGENNES — The Vermont House is scheduled to take action late this week on legislation aimed at boosting the economic viability of area farms, including initiatives that would make it easier for farmers to butcher their poultry and get their products into restaurants and schools.
The House Agriculture Committee on March 16 passed the so-called "farm viability bill" — also known as the farm omnibus bill. The main goals of the bill, according to House leaders, are to foster the development of a diversified agricultural sector; maintain the state's prominence as a major milk producer in the region; and ensure the continued stewardship of the land with respect for the environment.
It was the second major piece of legislation passed out of the House Agriculture Committee this session. The first was the "farm aid bill," passed in February, which included $3.2 million in emergency state assistance for cash-strapped farmers struggling to make ends meet until the spring planting season.
ORWELL — Mike Audet wasn't expecting much of a response in 1982 when he sent a letter to state officials recommending ways to improve his alma mater, Vermont Technical College.
Little did he know that his letter would soon lead to a face-to-face meeting with then-Gov. Richard Snelling, followed by a 24-year stint on the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) board of trustees. There, he would recommend — and help oversee — many improvements to a state college system that has grown immeasurably during Audet's tenure.
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text: Students who won Gilman Scholarships reflect on experience abroad July 23, 2013 | By Nick Alexopulos Loyola University Maryland students Flora Zambakari, '14, and Kevin Molyneux, '14, studied abroad during the spring 2013 semester after they each won a prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship that covered $3,000 of their expenses. This summer both students have had an opportunity to reflect on their experience overseas. Flora Zambakari, from Pheonix, Ariz., spent the semester in Copenhagen, Denmark, with other students from U.S. colleges and universities at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. The accounting major and information systems minor was drawn to Denmark out of pure curiosity; she grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but had never visited Europe. "It was an opportunity to explore an area I know nothing about," said Zambakari. "It ended up being the best time of my life. You learn so much when you're outside of your comfort zone." She also had the opportunity to travel to Germany, Belgium, Italy, and the Czech Republic. What resonated most were her visits to large companies located in western Denmark, including Grundfos, a manufacturer of large-scale water pumps. Grundfos pumps are installed in various locations in Africa, giving communities in resource-limited areas access to clean water. Zambakari says the experience has inspired her to pursue a career with an organization or company committed to helping others around the world. Kevin Molyneux, from Philadelphia, Pa., is an interdisciplinary chemistry and biology major who spent the spring semester in Rome, Italy. He chose Loyola because so many students study abroad, and he's been planning a stint in Rome since the first time he set foot on campus. "My mother's side of the family is from Italy, but I've never been there and I've always wanted to experience true Italian culture," Molyneux said. Though his excursions to Capri, Tuscany, Bay of Naples, Pompeii, and Venice immersed him in Italian culture, his most memorable – and unexpected – experience was the election of Pope Francis. It was raining, St. Peter's Square was packed, Molyneux had just gotten out of class, but he couldn't ignore the potential for white smoke. "I thought to myself, 'If the Pope gets picked tonight and I don't go, I'm going to regret it forever,'" said Molyneux. He took the 10-minute walk from his class to the Vatican. White smoke happened, and Molyneux stood with Catholics from all over the world when Pope Francis made his first public appearance. Back stateside, Molyneux is interning at the National Institutes of Health this summer, assisting in research into the genetics of ADHD. He's considering another internship at NIH after he graduates next year, and the next big step is medical school. About the Gilman Scholarship The Gilman Scholarship eases the financial burden for exceptional U.S. undergraduate students who embark on an academic or internship abroad. More than 2,300 scholarships of up to $5,000 were awarded this year through the program, which is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education through its office in Houston, Texas. More information on international programs for Loyola students is available at loyola.edu/internationalprograms.


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Supermodel Kate Moss poses in gold McQueen gown for British Vogue shoot to mark the Olympic Closing Ceremony. But is this the dress she'll wear on the night?
Her sporting credentials extend to walking her dog in the country and practising yoga, but Kate Moss has got into the Olympic spirit in the latest issue of Vogue.
The 38-year-old supermodel poses in the pages of the monthly style bible in a gold encrusted, bias-cut gown conceived by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen to celebrate the London 2012 Closing Ceremony.
In collaboration with the British Fashion Council, Vogue commissioned visionary photographer Nick Knight to capture Moss and fellow top British models wearing unique designs by the country's top design talent.
Fellow super, Naomi Campbell, also sports McQueen in the shoot, while aristocratic beauty Stella Tennant can be seen in Christopher Kane. Lilys Cole and Donaldson wear Erdem and Vivienne Westwood respectively, while Burberry favourite Jourdan Dunn dons Jonathan Saunders. Gap-toothed Georgia May Jagger has been outfitted in Victoria Beckham while man-of-the-moment David Gandy wears Paul Smith.
With rumours abounding that Vogue's line-up of models will star in the actual London 2012 Closing Ceremony, is this a teaser of the frocks that are to grace Stratford's Olympic Stadium? However one thing is for sure: with top Brazilian model Alessanda Ambrosio in the house to participate in the handover of the Olympic Flag from London to Brazil, the host nation of the next Summer Olympic Games, August 12 is set to be the most stylish date of the year.


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Don't forget to see them on their West Coast Tour now.


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Beau Biden to head home after 'successful procedure'
Vice President Biden said Wednesday his son, Beau, "underwent a successful procedure" Tuesday at a Texas hospital and will head home soon to Delaware.
"He is in great shape and is going to be discharged tomorrow and heading home to Delaware," said the vice president and his wife, Jill, in a statement released by the White House.
Beau Biden, Delaware's attorney general, will be "following up with his local physicians in the coming weeks," the statement said.
Earlier in the day, the vice president canceled a fundraising appearance he was scheduled to make Thursday on behalf of New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan in Maine, so he could stay with his son at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The elder Biden is still scheduled to appear with President Obama at an education event Friday in Scranton, Pa., where the vice president was born.
From The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal:
"Beau Biden, Delaware's attorney general, is being evaluated at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
"Doctors are trying to determine the cause of an episode of disorientation and weakness that he experienced while on vacation with his family last week, according to the White House."


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Stong Aboriginal Children's Health Expo
Call for Stall Holders
The Expo is an opportunity for your service to engage with Aboriginal children and families as well as other service providers in a one-stop-shop event.
A carnival boulevard activity will be organised for Aboriginal families to participate in. This activity aims to encourage all participants to visit each stall and engage with each service either through an activity, information and/or giveaways.
Please do be interactive as possible!
Over 400 community members came through the doors at last year's event. Please note this event is child focused.
Strong Aboriginal Children's Health Expo
Wednesday 18th of April 2017
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
98 Port Road, Hindmarsh SA 2007
Stall Holder's Set-up from 9:30am
RSVP by Friday the 7th of April request a Registration form from Leanne Cocks - Health Promotiuon Officer Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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maybe one day I will be wise enough to just be there, without the comparing and without the expecting.
or maybe not. anyhow, in my mind it is always like a living fairytale.
maybe one day I will be wise enough to just be there, without the comparing and without the expecting.
or maybe not. anyhow, in my mind it is always like a living fairytale.
It is wonderful to live a fairytale ….I like your blues & blacks too.
good point. I try not to compare either. it's hard, though, isn't it?
There's one place I visit and every time I do, I have to remind myself of the very same thing....just be. I can't tell you though how many times it's gotten the best of me and I've wished I could go back in time to be the person I wanted to be, but wasn't.
as Mr. Shakespeare said, "expectation is the root of all heartache."
Åh det låter inte så dumt eller hur?! Men du vill ha mer, jag förstår det. Nästa gång du är i Sverig kanske vi kan fika och äta en semla ihop? Kram kram
Fairytales have two focal points. always have a happy ending and if we really wish this happy ending, we have to fight for it :-) that's the way I see. lovely photos!
maybe so,
maybe not.
as long as i can pop over here, i'll have a delightful year.
thxs for the best wishes, sara.
keep it coming, your wonder.
I guess we compare because we want a clear answer, which we normally never get, because between black and white are many other shades.
Maybe you're the lucky one to life in both worlds.
Hugs to you,
barbara Bee
your on 'your' babe. it will be worth the wait. however it will develop!
Hi Sara.
I found your blog last night, during an heavy rain and wind storm. I read so many posts written by you..your words and photos gave warmth to my heart. You have such beautiful blog, with such genuine thoughts and beautiful photos. This is a pretty and nice place and for sure, i´ll keep in touch with your adventures :)
Home is always home, no matter where you´re. Don´t compare other places with your home because your home will always be your home, with your parents and friends.
Sara, i know it´s a bit late but, have a great year. Hope all your wishes will come true.
It is delightful to see the way you see things...so simple and genuine :)
i know those cakes, they are oh so indulgent! :)
mooie post
maar het maakt me ook wat verdrietig
thuis daar waar ik kind was en ooit woonde
maar dat is er niet meer
mijn ouders zijn zo vaak verhuisd....
geniet van de meerdere werelden
zoals het is
zonder vergelijken al is dat moeilijk
en elke dag geniet ik
van de kardemom koffie
en hoop dat ze die hier
ook ergens verkopen ;^))
It sounds so dreamy when you put it that way..
Hey !!! i would love to meet you...
I am waiting for your mail when you are around.
DO NOT HESITATE, okay ?
It will always be home even tough sometimes we just want to go 'outside' and play :*
Maybe, or maybe it already is just the way it should be. Love & respect.
de eeuwige uitdaging… :)
sally, :) it is!
petra, it is!
sarah, what a wonderful quote of mr shakespeare...good one! he is completely spot on.
annika, :=) ibland så! det vore mysigt, jättegärna. i maj är jag där. kramar
diogo, interesting point! like that! thank you
woolfie, maybe maybe...lets see! blink blink! :)
barbara yes i often feel lucky and grateful. i think we define to undesrtand. not sure. maybe not. hugs to you
andreia, what a lovely comment to read by you! welcome here! and thank you for sharing. xxx.
aniko, yeah right??? do you eat them in finland too?
patrice, ik neem graag meer koffie voor je mee!
en ik kan mij jou verdrit voorstellen. pijnlijk, dat het niet meer is. dat het leven verandert. volgens mij gaan wij ook heel andere mensen zijn, een dag zonder onze ouders. oh. phu.
veel liefs
montgomoeryfest :) i like to dream!
pascale, great! that would be so much fun. can i find your mail on the blog?
sara :) <3
queen, så rätt! så rätt! kramar
anne, juist!


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Lauren's First and Goal
When John Loose '87 first came to IC, the physical education teaching major planned to play football. Though he only played for one year, he made a lasting connection with head coach Mike Welch '73, whom Loose credits with helping him get his first job out of college, coaching at the State University of New York at Albany. Loose did go on to a successful career in track and field, where he was named an All-American in the high jump and met his wife, Marianne Santoro Loose '89.
The couple married and had a daughter, Lauren. At a very young age, Lauren was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, which resulted in an inventory of conditions, including tumors and strokes. In the early years after the diagnosis, the Looses attended several motorcycle rally fundraisers sponsored by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
"We were just so happy to be able to do something to help," Marianne says. Eventually John came up with an idea for his family to contribute in their own way: a one-day football camp for high school students. The idea came while John, a longtime defensive coach at Lafayette College, was attending a multi-day camp in Michigan.
"I just remember thinking 'Hey, I could pull this off. I know I could. I could pull this off, do it in one day, and give all the money to brain tumor research,'" he said. In June 2004, the first football camp for Lauren's First and Goal was held. John had worked his connections to spread the word, and the result was heartening: 325 high school athletes came to learn from the 55 volunteer coaches. While they hoped to raise $5,000 that year, the camp brought in about $20,000.
The camp was featured in a video on ESPN as part of Buick's Human Highlight Reel last fall. The Human Highlight Reel features stories of real NCAA athletes and coaches that inspire and make a difference in the world.
"I thought if we put out a good product, at a good price — like anything — that it would work," John says. The next year, participation on both fronts doubled, and it has risen year-over-year. The 2013 camp had 316 college coaches from across divisions (and some from the NFL), close to 2,100 players in attendance, and raised about $104,000, a record sum. This year Rutger's head coach Kyle Flood was the guest speaker. Past speakers have included football giants like Phil Simms, Archie Griffin, and Urban Meyer.
"They're getting a true full day of football," John says of the students, who are going into grades 9 through 12 in the fall. Every participant drills in offense and defense in the morning and again in the afternoon. John gets great enjoyment out of preparing the high school students for their next step in football, whether they'll be playing for a big Division I program or not.
Attendance requires a minimum donation, which was $40 this past year. Participants and volunteers often give more, and many raise additional funds on their own throughout the year — thus earning a spot in the ever-expanding "Circle of Strength." An additional camp has been held at Otterbein University in Ohio for the past four summers, as well. All told, Lauren's First and Goal has raised over $1.5 million.
The majority of funds are distributed to pediatric cancer research, including Johns Hopkins, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Funds are also given to family service organizations, such as Camp Sunshine in Maine. The Foundation also works with hospitals to identify families who may need financial help, as uncovered costs for travel and lodging, or lost wages from time off work, all add up.
"Unless you're in this situation, you don't realize — even if you have good health insurance — the costs associated in dealing with pediatric cancers. Most treatments are not months; they're years," Marianne says.
Still, like the daughter the foundation is named for, they remain optimistic. "It's all seven degrees of separation. It's amazing what's already happened," John says. "Some of the donations have been huge. It's just because somebody found out and told somebody who could really help."
To learn more about Lauren's First and Goal, visit the website at www.laurensfirstandgoal.org.


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Mummified Mouse Found Stitched Into Lining of Dress
A Reddit user has posted a horrendous photo that seemingly depicts the body of a dead, mummified RODENT stitched into the lining of a new dress.
You can just about make out what looks like the tiny creature's paw peaking out out of the poorly-hemmed garment in the now-deleted picture.
We have so many questions: Where did the dress come from? How did the mouse get there? What was his name?
Photo via Reddit
The post prompted other users to contribute their own disgusting animal-related stories, with ResurrectedToast writing: "My friends daughter found a mouse sewn into her pillow a couple of years ago.
"She used the pillow for months before the smell started. It was wrapped in the stuffing so the smell had been 'contained', then one day it shifted and the smell was so bad she puked."
Another Redditor, Throwawaynamewhatev, described the time he and his friend "went and bought a feeder mouse at Petco that we were going to release into the wild somewhere".
"Well, as soon as we got back into his car we took it out and it promptly escaped and ended up dying in his vents. Cue us driving around all winter with the windows down."
If anyone needs us, we'll be checking every pillow/dress/car vent we can find.


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Lately, there has been a significant amount of discussion about certification on agile mailing lists and at various agile events. Certification is a divisive topicmany people are clearly against it, some are ambivalent, and a small minority is clearly for it. Given the choice, I would prefer that we didn't certify agile practitioners, but in the end, I'm a pragmatist: Like it or not, certification of agile practitioners is not only coming it's arguably already here.
Done right, good certification programs do seem to help raise the overall quality of certified professionals. Certification also provides professionals with a body of knowledge to fall back on, putting us in a position to say, "This isn't an acceptable approach," when others try to force us to do questionable things (for example, to commit to a fixed scope, fixed price, and fixed schedule project). In many fields, in particular both physical and landscape architecture, the only way you can land a really interesting project is to be certified. Without certification, you're only qualified to hold a supporting role on a major project. Finally, a rigorous certification program is a significant step for IT to actually become a respected professiondo you know of any other profession without a decent certification program in place?
Many agilists are reticent about certification (see Table 1), but I think that many of us still suffer from a "black or white" mindset on this issue. There is no such thing as a perfect certification processsome people are going to become certified that probably shouldn't have been, some people are going to abuse the certification process, and some organizations will not understand the limits of certification. Then again, some people will use certification to learn new skills, some people will use certification to communicate their real-world experience effectively and thereby gain employment commensurate to their actual ability, and some organizations will improve how they manage their staff. The potential benefits of agile certification certainly outweigh the costs.
|We don't know enough to base a certification on
|This sounds sneakily like big requirements up front (BRUF) to me. Surely, we could have the courage to certify people on things that we do know something about now and have the courage to evolve the certification approach tomorrow when we know more?
|Certification doesn't prove anything
|This is clearly false: Certification proves that you passed the requisite certification process. The bottom line is that the certification process can be as rigorous as we choose to make it. Certification will never be perfect, so just like other professions, we will need to trust but verify when appropriate.
|Doctors are certified, but some are still bad
|Yes, there are no guarantees. But, would you go to a doctor who wasn't certified? Certification can help to weed out some of the people who really aren't qualified to do the job.
|Companies will hire someone based solely on the fact that they have certification
|Yes, this is a really questionable approach. However, no matter what we do some HR departments will manage to find really stupid ways to work. The rest of us can still benefit from a good certification program.
|I know a lot of really good people who aren't certified
|And I know a lot of really good people who are. So what?
|You learn skills a little at a time, not as quantum strata measured by different levels of certification
|That's absolutely right, but varying levels of certification give people goals to work towards and help to provide a general way to distinguish between people's abilities.
|There are a lot of really bad people out there with their XYZ certification
|And there are a lot of really good ones with it. All things being equal, aren't they better off with the knowledge gained by certification?
The Agile Alliance (AA) and Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) are both considering certification (www.agilealliance.org/show/1796):
It is the position of the board of the Agile Alliance that employers should have confidence only in certifications that are skill-based and difficult to achieve. We also believe that employers should not require certification of employees.
To explore certification, the APLN recently started a learning and recognition program; its discussion forum is the [email protected] yahoogroups.com mailing list.


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Since the release of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint has become an indispensable corporate collaboration tool for users around the globe, deployed by millions of enterprises worldwide. However, its popularity with corporate users looking for an easy and intuitive way to collaborate and grow their businesses also presents management and governance challenges.
SharePoint Deployment Spectrum
SharePoint is often deployed one of two ways, according to Joe Hartsel, business strategy manager for SharePoint Services at ICC. At one end of the spectrum, SharePoint is implemented as a tightly controlled technology project run by IT without the input of the key stakeholders who will be expected to use the platform. This can lead to a locked-down solution that provides little benefit to the organization.
At the other end of the spectrum, SharePoint is rolled out as a wide-open platform with little governance and few policies in place to control how it is deployed and used, leading to SharePoint "sprawl" with documents, websites and wikis created on the fly. This can make the solution just one more data store for IT to manage and the CFO to audit, not to mention another weak point for security.
"We often see SharePoint deployed in these two extremes," says Hartsel. "One is left so open that it becomes the Wild West. The other is locked down so tight that users can't really do much of anything to make them more productive or effective so they just don't use it. Neither is an optimum case."
To solve these issues, ICC, a nationally recognized enterprise technology leader that provides business-critical application development, digital and Big Data analytic solutions, has developed Seven Steps for SharePoint Success to help organizations obtain the most from their SharePoint deployments and upgrades quickly, hitting as few potholes along the way as possible.
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If you are on a budget, we have a selection of affordable dresses that will still keep her looking like a million dollars! We also offer an array of accessories that will widen the eyes of your wedding guests. Shop several types of crinolines, satin shoes, jewelry, and headpieces to create the full affect and complete look of your flower girl. 2013 flower girl dresses will be posted online soon, stay posted. We do offer worldwide shipping! Several of our favorite clients come from around the world such as UK, Irenland, and Canada.
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There are several things to think about before you make this big decision: Will she like it? Will you like it? Does it match your bridesmaids' dresses? Along with these questions, you will also need to consider budget, formality of your wedding, venue, color scheme, and personality of the flower girl herself.
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Budget: This is one of the main deciding factors when beginning the search for a flower girl dress. When beginning your search for a wedding dress, one of the first things you determine is how much you would like to spend. This should also factor into the decision-making process for purchasing a dress for the flower girl. At So Sweet Boutique, we carry plenty of high-quality flower girl dresses that match every price point.
Formality: Consider the formality of your wedding and the venue where the event is taking place. If your wedding is casual or will take place outdoors, consider buying a flower girl dress that will keep her comfortable in warmer weather by making sure it is short-sleeved and made of a breathable fabric. For example, if your wedding is taking place on the beach, a light and airy summer dress is a perfect choice. However, if your nuptials are taking place in a formal setting, a fancier dress will suit the occasion. Here, a dress that includes lacey details, embroidery, or embellishments is appropriate.
Color: Use the flower girl dress to tie all the wedding colors together. Brides usually choose one that is the same color as the bridesmaid dress or one that is white or ivory. If you choose one that looks like the dresses your bridesmaids are wearing, it should be the exact same color so it doesn't stand out. For those that want to create a "miniature bride," choosing white or ivory works, but looks even better when complementary colors are used. For instance, her sash's color could be the same color as that of the bridesmaids' dresses, or it could match the bride's for an extra special touch.
Comfort: While you may be walking down the aisle in a floor-length gown, your flower girl could have trouble. Even though this is your big day, you're going to want to make sure your entire bridal party feels comfortable. Since flower girls tend to be on the young side, most brides choose a tea-length flower girl dress. These lengths are popular because it lessens the risk of her tripping or feeling awkward. However, if you're having a formal wedding and need her to wear a floor-length dress, make sure it's appropriately hemmed so she doesn't end up having difficulty staying on her feet. No one likes a crying flower girl!
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Quality and Wearability: Since flower girl dresses are worn by a young girl, cheaper ones are often purchased. We discourage you against this since many inexpensive flower girl dresses are made from cheaper fabrics, and tend to fall apart after only one use. It's best for the flower girl, the wedding party, and the purchaser of the dress to order a high-quality one. So Sweet Boutique carries a large variety that will fit multiple personalities, styles, and sizes. We can guarantee that it will last through multiple special occasions – from birthday parties to Sundays at church.
Accessories: Just like the wedding dress and the bridesmaids' dresses, the flower girl dress will stand out better with accessories. Choose flower girl shoes, gloves, veils and headpieces that complement the wedding's theme.
With so much to choose from, we understand the process of picking out a flower girl dress that's perfect for the occasion – from a summer wedding on the shore to a holiday marriage ceremony indoors – can be quite difficult. We encourage you to contact us with any questions you may have. We're happy to help!


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$5 million stolen Rembrandt found in France after 15 years
PARIS – A stolen Rembrandt masterpiece valued at more than $5 million has been found in Nice and returned to its rightful owners after 15 years in the wilderness.
The haunting chiaroscuro oil painting, "Child with a Soap Bubble," was raided from the Draguignan Museum in July 1999 by robbers who slipped in through an adjacent library amid celebrations for the Bastille Day holiday.
Authorities recovered the 17th-century work Tuesday inside a Nice home and returned it to curator Jeanine Bussieres Thursday in an emotional ceremony.
"We are thrilled... This Rembrandt was one of our masterpieces. The child in the picture is smiling because he has a soap bubble. But yes, he could be smiling now because he's been returned to us," Bussieres told the AP.
Two suspects have been detained.


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The Quotations
This is intended to eventually hold a complete list of quotations used in Explore Evolution. As time goes by, people can contribute full quotations in context to be shown side-by-side with what appears in the book.
Quotations are a staple of antievolutionary argumentation. The fondness that antievolution advocates have for quoting sources apparently stems from the idea of proof-texts in religious apologetics. Within that endeavor, a brief quotation from an authoritative source is taken to be dispositive concerning a point of argument. Science, though, operates differently from apologetics, a fact that seems to continually elude and perplex antievolution advocates. In science, evidence trumps authority. In fact, authority in science is correlated strongly with ability to reliably deploy evidence in argument. Since authority is secondary to scientific argument, how sources are handled varies from what is seen in religious apologetics. While concepts and evidence are usefully cited from prior work, one will find that quotation of prior work is rare in the primary scientific literature and in scientific textbooks, and relatively uncommon even within popular treatments of science written by scientists.
Quotation in antievolutionary argument, though, is relatively abundant. Further, there is abundant misquotation within antievolutionary argument. Misquotation is misrepresentation that involves quoted material, and comes in a number of different forms:
* Misrepresentation by fabrication : A "quotation" which has no original, or which adds text to part of an original quotation.
* Misrepresentation by omission : Leaving out text from a {quotation}, thereby altering its meaning.
* Misrepresentation by omission of context : Omitting the {context} of a {quotation}, thereby altering its meaning.
* Misrepresentation by patchwork : A particularly outrageous form of {misquotation by omission}, in which widely separated phrases or sentences are patched together.
* Misrepresentation by selection of strawmen : Quoting a hypothetical or rhetorical position presented by an author during exposition as if it was the actual position of the author; a form of {misquotation by omission of context}.
Because of the long antievolutionary history of misquoting sources, paying special attention to how quoted sources are treated in Explore Evolution is a worthwhile endeavor. Another point concerning the quotation of sources is that when misquotation occurs, it is often both exceedingly obvious when the misquote is compared with the original, and difficult to argue away the fault. The phrase, "He said, she said," has entered our cultural currency as the canonical argumentative morass, a place where everything is simply opinion and there is no firm place to ground a decision on who is wrong and who is right. But a misquotation actually has a firm resolution: if "He said she said *this*", but the original shows that, "She *actually* said *that*", then one can clearly see that the "He" in this case has mistreated his source. What remains after that determination is figuring out why he might have mistreated the source. Was it because he did not understand the material? One can look at the original to see whether it was more than usually confusing. Also, in a book like Explore Evolution that is the work of a group of people, the odds that all of them will be confused in just the same fashion by a source drop rapidly. Another consideration would be whether misquotations establish a pattern of bias: when sources are misquoted, are they only sometimes misquoted in favor of the authors' position, or are they consistently misquoted in such a way that the authors' position is given a false appearance of support?
Pay attention to the source, for as in the case of the second quotation, you can identify the use of misquotation by patchwork or portmanteaus composed of text taken from separated pages of a source.


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These days there is a lot of chatter about the dangers of "If, When, Then... I'll be happy" thinking. Though I'm aware of the pitfalls, I'm not immune to their beckoning.
It is so easy to get caught up in "Only if..." ways of thinking.
When we were little, everyone taught us to dream... Now we're told to be happy with what we have. Who knew day dreaming could be so bad? What if I like living in my head every now and again, and dream about what might be?
What if I don't want to give up my dreamy thoughts in order to "be present." Is one exclusive of the other? I believe that good can come out of day dreaming - it is where creativity lives.
I guess the difference is that I refuse to wait. I think the danger lies in never making the effort to make those day dreams come to fruition.
While day dreaming about our future kitchen, where I'll have a big marble topped island and plenty of beautiful storage, I started to think about how great it will be to have an area in the kitchen where I can work. I imagined I'd sit at a desk looking out a huge window while I blog... a day dream in itself.
...watch the Today Show, and store my cookbooks (who am I kidding, my barefoot books...).
Then I thought, why wait until then?
Ah! The moment all of us creative types crave - where day dreams and reality merge.


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This past semester, I incorporated a discussion-lead component, and I'll say that this has not been as wildly successful as I'd hoped, but hey - it's a work in progress, right? That said, overall I've been pretty pleased with their presentations, and I do think that they worked well in the same ways that my first experiment with them worked well. Students feel a sense of responsibility to one another, and they stop looking to me to be the Oracle Who Possesses All Knowledge. It's all good, right?
Well, but here's the thing. Remember how I was so excited about my enrollment in my upper-level class for spring? Well, I'm still excited, but it's causing some problems related to the presentation assignment. First, this class, unlike my class this semester, will focus only on novels. What this means is that I can't as easily divide up the presentations, having students all follow an identical format. (For example, it would be silly to have students divide up the biographical information of a novelist three or four ways - it makes much more sense to have one student present all of that material in one presentation.) Moreover, there is a bit of difficulty in finding a way to fit in 15+ presentations over the course of the semester while still leaving some days open just for discussion, which I think is one of the reasons that my presentations this semester have worked so well. Let's say we're discussing a text over three class periods - I always leave the third class an open day so that we can get to anything that didn't get covered on presentation days. Now, it's true that some students will drop once they get the 45 pounds of course materials that I will hand out on the first day of class. But as it now stands, even if like 5 dropped, I'd still need to schedule some days with multiple presentations. And that doesn't solve the problem of not wanting students to duplicate material from presentation to presentation.
Here's what I'm thinking that I will do. This is still open to revision, so if you see potential pitfalls and/or if you have suggestions I've not thought of, that's what the comments are for :)
First, I've devised topics for the presentations, to provide students with a bit more direction than I've done in the past. This way (I hope) we'll get beyond the problem of duplication of material, while still allowing students to present on something that interests them. The topics are quite broad, but I think that they will work.
Second, I do have two presentations scheduled on some days. While this is not ideal, I figure that if I take out the discussion-lead component (which didn't work too well anyway) that this will still leave 35-45 minutes for discussion on those days.
Finally, I do think that it will be possible to have uniform criteria for each presentation, even with the more focused topics. I think that having uniform criteria (for the presentation and for the handout that I require to accompany the oral component) is one of the reasons that this assignment has worked well for me. The issue is, though, that I will have to tweak the criteria so that it's not quite so specific in some ways - for example, it doesn't make sense to require each handout to have a time-line of the author's life, but perhaps I can tweak the phrasing of the assignment in some way so that every handout will still have some sort of bulleted, general information at the top.... Hmm.... Still need to think on this.
The things that I don't want to sacrifice:
- Requiring students to consult with two secondary scholarly sources and to summarize those sources' takes on their presentation topic.
- Requiring students to perform a close reading of a passage that relates to their presentation topic and to relate that close reading to the text as a whole.
I'm still planning to do a sample presentation for them in the second week, so perhaps I should prepare my sample presentation before the semester begins and that will influence the way that I design the assignment that I give them?
Sometimes I think I make too much work for myself. That said, the presentations do take work off of me during the semester because I know that on presentation days that the presentations basically take care of all lecturing and background material. That is a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Also, I really do think that this is a good learning opportunity for students and that they learn things from doing it that they don't learn from other things they do in my courses. Hmmm.
I don't know. Does anybody else out there do presentations in upper-level classes? If so, do you have a standard assignment or do you change it for each course? Is it unrealistic to do this in a course with more than 10-15 students? Are the benefits really worth the costs of such an assignment (i.e., the time I'm spending agonizing over it)?
Ok, time to feed the Man-Kitty. He's getting very restless.


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Music app company Shazam has opened an office in Sydney to support the growth of its television service.
The office, located in North Sydney, will be spearheaded by Steven Sos, regional sales director and currently has two other sales staff.
"Consumers are shifting in their approach to consumption based on wanting to be heard or interacting with other viewers, wanting to know more and in the case of advertising wanting an easy way of finding out about offers, the product or simply to experience more," Miles Lewis, VP advertising at Shazam, told Computerworld Australia.
The company launched its television service in 2011, which allows users to interact with advertisers beyond the television commercial.
For example, in its PepsiMax campaign, Shazam users could download the PepsiMax app to win a $30,000 vacation with friends.
"Shazam has had tremendous success with our Shazam for TV advertising service in Australia having already partnered with some of the country's leading brands," CEO Andrew Fisher said in a statement.
"Australia with its forward thinking, tech savvy and innovative media marketplace is a strategic opportunity for us and we are delighted to be opening our office and hiring a local team."
In 2012 Shazam launched television campaigns with HTC, PepsiCo, Unilever, Proctor and Gamble and American Express.
The company plans to launch other Shazam-enabled commercials in the coming weeks.
The company has seven million users in Australia and more than 275 million users across 200 countries.
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150/5345-28G - Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) Systems
- Date Issued
- September 29, 2011
- Responsible Office
- AAS-100, Office of Airport Safety & Standards - Airport Engineering Division
- Description
Contains the FAA standards for the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems, which provides pilots with visual glideslope guidance during approach for landing.
See also--
- Engineering Briefs
- National Airspace System Standards
- Notice to Manufacturers of Airport Lighting and Navigation Aid Equipment about AIP Buy American Requirement (12/19/2011). The FAA is requesting information to determine if waivers to this requirement are needed.


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I didn't know I was that hated
Ummm... maybe explosives were crawling in his skin. That or he went through another planet when Aria hit him, into space obviously.
Yeah that was dumb.
and this is why cred is my friend <3
The moon in panel 7 looks like a Tennis Ball.. xD lol
but awesome! :]
You took out the entire planet....Other people live there ya know!?
Oh well. As long as you think it was worth it.
Interwebs is serious business.
But that planet shot in the 8th panel is delicious.
FINALLY! It had to be done.
By destroying a planet you destroy the fan characters ON the planet! It's a win win apocalypse situation!
@Demon I don't hate Colin. I favorited some of the pictures with him in it.
Toldosaurus rex
Totally deserved <3
I know i'm going to be shot for saying this...
This is how the cataclysm happened in World of Warcraft, and it also explains the worgens.
Ffff. Moar need to die.
*queue's up "Smack Mah Bitch Up"*
The keep getting better.
Nice punch. If that's not a critical hit, I don't know what is.
ah crap. Now we gotta break in a NEW planet. Again.
No one hates you! :]
Well, at least this time she didn't use one of her horrendous punch lines.
Seriously, those were more painful than her kills.
was that... augustus? AUGUSTUS İS A FANCHARACTER?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wait... is he? im confused... uhhh too many fancharacterrrrrrrssss!!!!!
... soooooo when does she kill herself, when all the other fancharacters are killed off?
cause she is one herself right?
- Anon 10


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Oneida County Board Members Cut County Personnel but takes care of themselves.
Supervisor Scott Holewinski made the motion that led to the zero percent increase. He proposed that personnel in all county departments be reduced through attrition. "I want to reduce services to get closer to a zero percent increase," he said.
Finance committee member Ted Cushing said a proposal called for halving the increase the supervisors had given themselves in 2007. "This is a way to send a signal to our employees that we are also stakeholders in this county," he said.
However, supervisor Gary Baier who represents Nokomis, who had advocated for cutting county staff earlier in the meeting, said that he thought the cuts to supervisors' per diem wages amounted to only "pennies."
"I have a long way to travel. I think there are other places we can cut," he said.
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Weldon Shook has always wanted to farm. He grew up on a farm near Seagraves, Texas, and told his dad early on that he wanted to pursue that career.
His dad advised caution. "Get a degree first, he told me. Or I won't help you," Shook says.
He recalls that his dad remained a little skeptical even after Shook came home with an agricultural economics degree from Texas Tech. But he kept to his word and Shook has been farming on his own in Gaines County, Texas, for 11 years — cotton and peanuts mostly with a few alternative crops occasionally to spread risks and to break disease, weed, and insect cycles.
He likes a peanut and cotton rotation and his better than 5,000 pounds per acre average peanut yield last year helped Shook earn the 2009 Southwest Peanut Profitability Award. He'll receive the award this month at the Southern Peanut Farmers' Federation annual conference in Panama City, Fla.
His best yield last year, a 30-acre field of runner peanuts, made more than 6,000 pounds per acre. "That's the best yield I've made in 11 years," he says.
Shook cites rotation as the key to keeping peanuts profitable. He leaves fields out of peanuts at least four years and will plant cotton, and often a rye cover crop behind peanuts. He's looking at milo as a possible new rotation.
"I like to lay land out sometimes or just plant a rye cover crop on it." He typically terminates the rye and plants into the stubble. He's trying a field of safflower this summer to "see if it can work into the mix. It takes very little water and I got a10 cents per pound contract. Typical yields run about 2,500 pounds per acre."
Shook says a double rate of inoculant also improves peanut efficiency. "It gives the peanuts a boost," he says. "I also add a little nitrogen, 120 to 150 units side-dressed."
He usually adds calcium to Virginia peanuts "to strengthen the pegs. I did not use any last year."
He cut back on a few other inputs in 2008 as well. "Fertilizer is down a good bit now," he says. "I paid $315 to $325 per ton for 32 last year. Now it's at $224. Potash is still high. It was $800 a ton last year and it's still $750." Before the run up it was $360 a ton.
"I like to use a lot of potash, but I did not use as much last year. It was just too expensive. I usually put out 200 pounds of 0-0-60. I used a lot less. I'm using K-Mag this year." He says a lot of potassium in his soils is not available.
He's fortunate to farm where he does. "Typically, we do not have much disease pressure, but it may get worse over the years. I sprayed one time last year with Abound."
He says pod rot is his worst disease problem on Virginia peanuts. "I see some Southern blight on runners. Leaf spot is usually not a problem, but I watch it close toward the end of the season. I had some leaf spot infection on Spanish peanuts a few years ago. I just had runners and Virginias last year."
He saw a few worms in peanuts but never a high enough population to justify treatment.
He makes the best yield on runners. "It was a hard year for peanuts in 2008," he says. "We had a hot, dry summer and an early cold snap that caused freeze damage on some farms." His crop suffered no cold damage.
Shook irrigates all his peanut acreage, 119 acres last year. The summer was so dry he says he kept the system running almost all season.
He uses Cadre, Roundup and Prowl herbicides. "As soon as peanuts begin cracking I apply Roundup and Prowl and I use Cadre for nutgrass." He likes the peanut weed control as "something to offset what we do in cotton. We try to limit potential for weed resistance. We have a lot of pigweed in the area and that can be trouble."
Shook took a break from peanuts in 2009. "Contract prices at planting time were not good enough," he said. "A lot of peanut farmers are cutting back, and that should help us next year. This is only the second time in the 11 years I've been farming I have not had peanuts. In 2010, I hope to try some Spanish peanuts again. I like those better than Virginias because I don't like to leave good peanuts in the field."
He may try some double-row peanuts again, too. "I planted Spanish peanuts in double rows two years ago and I want to do that again. I planted them late, June 4, and still made 5,400 pounds per acre. I haven't tried double rows with runners yet, but I will consider it."
He says double rows are a little more difficult without a double-row planter. He turns and plants between the rows. "It's more time-consuming. And we had to tweak digging equipment a little at harvest. We also need to build a little bed with double rows. That helps with digging."
Shook likes peanuts in his crop mix. "Peanuts take a hail storm better than cotton and I can use different herbicides to clean up fields. And I love the way peanuts emerge from the ground."
Global Positioning System technology also helps improve efficiency. "I bought a unit last year and use it all I can. I can run at night now if I want to." He says big acreage farms paved the way for GPS use. "They made it possible for smaller farms to benefit from the technology."
Technology makes it possible for him to manage his 1,100 acre farm without hiring labor. He also shares equipment with his father, Glen, and his father-in-law, Ronny Spence.
"They both have peanut equipment so I bargain with them to use it," he says. "I trade labor for equipment. Eventually, I'd like to add equipment, but for now, we all work together to get things done."
Shook says he's blessed to farm where he does, not just because of the soils and the arid climate that limit disease pressure on peanuts, but also for the rich resource of knowledge available. "If I call for advice, other farmers are willing to help," he says. "People here want to help others succeed."
But Shook gives back, too. He serves on the water board, the Farm Bureau board and is a deacon in his church. He's also devoted to his family, wife Angela (who teaches computer science at a college in nearby Hobbs, N.M.), son Blayne (4), and daughter Addison (2).
And he's thankful that his dad encouraged him to get a degree. "There is a lot of business in farming, a lot of math involved. If it was just labor, it wouldn't be as difficult."
Blayne seems eager to follow in his father's footsteps. He drives his electric motor-driven John Deere toy tractor around the yard and proudly climbs into the car seat in his dad's pickup to check on crops. He can name every piece of equipment on the farm. He's meticulous about how he puts his straw cowboy hat on the truck dashboard so as not to bend the brim and talks almost non-stop about farming, rodeos and Biscuit, his pony.
But Shook insists his son will follow his grandfather's advice, too. "He needs to go college first," he says. Blayne seems to agree.
"I'm doing what I want to do," Shook says. "I think I'm doing what God wants me to do."
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