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The best devotionals for youth are the ones that encourage them to engage with God's Word and spend time meditating on what they've read. Doodling, coloring, and journaling are some great ways to do that, and Doodle Devotions for Girls by Nancy Taylor fits the bill. Sixty devotions designed especially for teen girls will help your daughter, niece, or Sunday School student get deeper into her Bible in a way that's fun and creative!
At just 152 pages, this book is easy for a young person to manage, and the illustrated black-and-white inside pages present the perfect canvas for the reader's own colorful doodles and notes. As the author says, "Write all over this book!" Ideal for preteen and teen girls.
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Everything was fine with my Apache installation. I was coding websites in PHP with using MySQL. I turned on my PC today however and the whole thing is broken. I haven't changed any configuration settings and I haven't made changes to my firewall either.
Here are the errors from the Event Viewer:
The Apache service named reported the following error:
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The Apache service named reported the following error:
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The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> (OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 .
I've tried removing Apache, including the program files dir and then reinstalling it but to no avail.
Restarting the service fails with the dialogue box: "The requested operation has failed".
I've also tried turning off the firewall to see if that was the issue but that didn't help either.
I searched the internet, most of the relevant topics were unhelpful or related to Apache 3. They seemed to point to checking the log dirs (which haven't changed) such as this one:
I am running Apache 2.2 on Windows XP, with PHP 5.2.3.
The weirdest thing is that I can't see the point in changing any settings since they were not wrong in the first place.
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Should Churches Go 'All Out' Marketing Easter Services?
With Easter now a month away, many churches are preparing for their upcoming services. And to help, the website ChurchMarketingSucks.com is providing tips, branding designs, billboard ideas, card and flyers for churches to market themselves for Easter.
The website states, "More people are willing to come to church on Easter than any other day of the year, so why not go all out, right?"
But some, who have their finger on the pulse of church culture are not so sure.
Matthew Anderson, author and church culture blogger, told The Christian Post that he understands the church's desire to spread the news of Easter, but there is a danger that lies in advertising and marketing as it can often "render [the church's] services as an event rather than the most unique thing in the world."
Marketing in the church is not a new phenomenon but because of it the church has become attraction-focused and event-driven, he observed. The church, he said, needs to start looking again at its missional focus.
"Billboards, gimmicks, and church marketing strategies remove the individual cost from proclaiming the message. We have painless ways of bringing people into the church. Inviting your friends and neighbors – there should be a cost there," Anderson said.
Dr. John Hardin, a historian of business and religion in America, told CP that church marketing not only changes how people relate, or who a church is bringing in, but it also shifts the authority from producer to consumer. "Instead of looking to sacred texts and traditions to shape their doctrine and services, churches rely on the preferences of potential customers," he said.
An important distinction in church marketing is that it is "different in its consumer focus and discriminatory methods," he explained. "Whereas advertising informs all people about a product, marketing alters the product to appeal to a select group of people."
And because of this focus on customers, Hardin said the church tends to focus its attention horizontally in attracting new people, and that causes them to lose "their vertical focus on God."
Often proponents of church marketing argue that a church can remain faithful to its calling, by what Hardin calls a "bait and switch" method. He explained that a church might attract people into its net by saying it will satisfy worldly desires, and then shift its message to provide Christian doctrine once they are in.
The problem, Hardin said, is "as the old saying goes: 'What you win them with, is what you win them to.' The switch doesn't work out, if it ever comes, because people came for the bait."
Chris Rosebrough, apologist and host of the radio program Fighting for the Faith, also used a fishing analogy when describing the effects of church marketing for Easter.
He said that the early church saw evangelism as casting a net by preaching the Word. Early evangelists believed that God would put the "fish" in the net, and that they didn't need any bait to lure them in except for the preaching of the Gospel.
Rosebrough said that the kind of fishing, for both fish and men, described in the Bible was not lure fishing, but net fishing.
He likened Easter marketing to lure fishing. And even though Rosebrough doesn't think that marketing in and of itself is bad or good, it is how it is used that makes it so.
For him, if people are drawn to a church because of the marketing, the real test has to be about what they are confronted with.
The bottom line is that Easter is about the most amazing thing that ever happened – Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he stressed. But too often churches think they have to create an experience for attendees.
"Nowhere in Scripture does it say the job of the church is to create an experience," he said. For Rosebrough, a church has failed in presenting the Easter message "if people leave and are not talking about Jesus, [rather] they are talking about the show."


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Rocketship Fabric
A lot of people have asked where they can find the rocketship fabric that I used in this quilt. Seems it's pretty hard to find. But I just came across a fat quarter bundle (very similar to the ones I used to make the quilt) for sale on Spool's website.
Looks like a great store -- check it out!
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Oh yay! I just bought some for Liam.ReplyDelete
Thank you. I had found a yard on ebay, but I needed more to go with it. Too cool. They need to give you a discount for the plug.ReplyDelete
Those fabrics are great! I'll have to check it out.ReplyDelete
Great, thanks! I have been eyeing this fabric and it has been really hard to find.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2008 at 3:15 AM
Oooh thanks for this, that fabric seriously rocks!ReplyDelete
Have just come across your blog...and noticed this fabric...it is actually designed by a couple of very talented Aussie Gals....I recently bought some and made a bib for my nephew...if you google "Prints Charming", you will be able to find their website and blog....cheers, Lisa in AustraliaReplyDelete
As Lisa says, this is prints charming fabric, and in the States it is distributed by Michael Miller. I love the rocketships - I haven't seen them before!ReplyDelete
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If anyone's still looking for this, I just got an email from a clearance house and they have a few bolts of this... for LESS THAN $2/yard (you do have to order the whole bolt, but it makes for great cheap backings!)ReplyDelete
Anyway, contact Sharon Thomas at Marshall Dry Goods Co., Inc. 888-744-8277.
i want to see the finished charcoal/orange and blue quilt...is it hidden somewhere?ReplyDelete


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I have been filing Form 8840 for years, but not separate ones for my husband and I. I hope this is proper. Leapfrog
Nevertheless it is the Law in the US and we enter as a privilege not a right. So, I guess we all have to submit the form if we meet the criteria, and it is not as simple as 183 days in any given year. It is a compilation of certain percentages for each of the last 3 years, plus the IRS laws significantly differ in interpretation from tourist entry laws. Plus as I said in another string, and Stu said here, there is now free flow of information from both Canada & the US. So, like it or not, we all have to start thinking about submitting the form once we exceed around 4 months in the US. Ed
As Stu said, do what you will, but one last word, the USA is one of 2 countries in the world that considers income earned anywhere in the world as taxable. While there are treaties that say you will not be required to pay double taxes, there are several differences between our tax systems, such things as TFSA, RESP and similar instruments are not tax exempt in the US, so could be claimed by the IRS, plus it could cost you thousands to prove you do not owe them taxes. The bottom line is, do what you want, but be forewarned, you are not dealing with border services, it is the IRS.Ed
If you are required to file the form and fail to do so, you will eventually find yourself in a prolonged discussion at a border crossing, and it won't be a friendly conservation.
My only comment on this will be that odds are good that the lack of this required form will never be noticed, but IF it ever does get noticed, you definitely do NOT want to go head-to-head with the US Internal Revenue Service. Terms like "reasonable reason" are not in their vocabulary, and the have the power to confiscate your possessions until you can prove they have no cause. And failure to fill out a form they feel is required is considered due cause.
Yes It is very Clear!!!Did you try it with your numbers? If so, did you exceed the magic number (183) -The "Substantial Presence Test"?? Did you need to file??Did you learn anything from our discussion???, I hope so Good luck.
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Physicians use minimally invasive laser surgery for epilepsy
(Medical Xpress) -- The procedure this week at UAMC was the first of its kind performed in Arizona.
Physicians at The University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus this week became the first in the western U.S. to operate on an adult epilepsy patient with minimally invasive MRI-guided laser surgery a safer, less-invasive alternative to opening the skull and cutting out the brain tissue where the disorder originates.
A 48-year-old Tucson man underwent the MRI-guided laser surgery on May 29 at University Campus and was released the following day. Two other patients are scheduled to have the surgery in the next month.
Epilepsy is a disorder in which surges of electrical activity in the brain result in seizures or loss of consciousness. About 3 million Americans are thought to have some form of epilepsy.
The disorder is usually controlled with medication. However, more than 30 percent of people with epilepsy do not have seizure control even with medication and, until very recently, major brain surgery or implantation of a device have been their only treatment options.
Minimally invasive laser surgery to treat epilepsy was first used late in 2010 at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, which reported excellent results on six pediatric patients. A similar surgical technique has been used successfully for more than a decade to treat certain brain tumors.
"This promising procedure has worked very well elsewhere and we are excited to offer it in Arizona," said neurologist Dr. David M. Labiner, who heads the department of neurology and the Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at UAMC.
"It's low-risk and far easier on patients than traditional brain surgery. We're optimistic that it will become the treatment of choice for adults and children with epilepsy that does not respond to standard medical treatments."
During the procedure, neurosurgeons Dr. Martin E. Weinand and Dr. J.P. Langevin of the UA department of surgery, working alongside a team of neurologists who make up the Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program of the UA department of neurology, placed a thread-like laser applicator into the patient's brain.
Then the physicians used MRI to visualize epileptic areas inside the patient's temporal lobe and guide a thermal laser to heat and destroy them.
"The surgery is exquisitely precise. With this technique we're able to remove only the areas associated with seizures and spare healthy brain tissue only a hair's breadth away," Labiner explained. "The therapeutic effect is immediate for the patient. When the lesions are destroyed, the seizures end."
"The Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Arizona is constantly seeking to develop and employ new methods and techniques that minimize our surgical footprint while retaining maximal effect. Dr. Weinand and Dr. Langevin's recent success demonstrates our highest commitment to advancing patient care through research. This form of less-invasive epilepsy surgery may one day become a standard tool in our arsenal," said Dr. G. Michael Lemole, Jr., chief of the Division of Neurosurgery.
Dr. Rainer W.G. Gruessner, professor and chairman, UA department of surgery, added, "Dr. Langevin was recruited to the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System and The University of Arizona Medical Center to join Dr. Weinand in bringing this much-needed treatment option to Arizona."
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Liver Mousse "Cake"
To celebrate the grrrrl's 8th birthday a few days ago I made a liver Mousse "Cake" with Raw Green Lamb Tripe Icing. And yes, it looked and smelled as as it sounds but they loved it !!!
I'm guessing on the measurements as I (as usual ) didn't really measure anything.
9 Cups cooked and chopped (1" chunks) liver
5 Cups cooked and chopped potatoes
4 cups liver "gravy" (after you cook the liver, deglaze the pan with water, scraping up all the brown bits)
1 cup liver "gravy" (for gelatin)
2 sachets of gelatin
Canned Raw Green Tripe
Let the liver and potatoes cool. Follow the instructions for the gelatin substituting liver gravy for cold and hot water.
In a food processor, puree the liver and potatoes with as much gravy as needed. It should have the consistency of almost-set pudding. You may need to do it in batches. With a spatula, fold the puree into the prepared gelatin to thoroughly combine. Scrape into a very large bowl and refridgerate until set. To unmold the mousse, gently run a knife around the edge. Run very hot around /over the bottom of the bowl. Place a plate over the top of the bowl and invert onto plate. Tap the bottom of the bowl gently and place bowl in hot water if needed.
Mix enough water in with the tripe to make it spreadable. Ice your "cake" and enjoy !!
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The story of kretek begins in the city of Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia. it was here in the 18803 that Haji Jamhari, a local resident, first invented the kretek cigarette, mixing locally-grown cloves with tobacco to invent a cigarette to ease his chest pains.
This fortuitous discovery was taken a step further by M. Nitisemito, another sawy Kudus resident who, seeing an opportunity, took it upon himself to market and begin mass-producing the unique new cigarette. In doing so, he created what would eventually become an enormous industry with a worldwide reach. Such is the scale of the kretek industry today that 95 percent of the world supply of cloves goes to kretek manufacturing. Sadly, Nitisemito's company, Bal Tiga, is long gone, but a road bearing his name still exists in Kudus, testimony to his legacy.
Today, Kudus continues to occupy a focal point on the kretek landscape, maintaining its tradition of kretek manufacturing. Of an estimated 600 kretek manufacturers in Indonesia, the majority are based in Kudus. Djarum alone employs some 60,000 people in the city.
Home to the only kretek museum in Indonesia, Kudus, whose name derives from the Arabic word, al-Quds, meaning 'holy,' also happens to be a Moslem site of pilgrimage. Each year thousands of visitors flock to the sacred Menara Kudus (Kudus Tower), a Kudus landmark which is associated with the Nine Saints (Wali Songo) responsible for bringing Islam to Java.


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Q: I know Alzheimer's disease causes dementia, but how does it kill someone?
Q: I know Alzheimer's disease causes dementia, but how does it kill someone?
A: Alzheimer's disease is not fatal, but the degradation of neurological function that is causes contributes to the development of certain infectious diseases, such as pneumonia, dehydration, malnutrition and/or other complications, and these can be fatal.
When an AD patient dies of one of these complications, AD is considered to be one of the causes of death. It is likely that the reporting of AD as the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. is a significant underestimation of its true impact.
AD is the most common cause of dementia in the U.S., affecting 15 percent of Americans over age 65 –– about 20 percent of African Americans and Hispanics and 10 percent of Caucasians –– and over 40 percent of people over age 80, for a total of more than 5 million Americans. Many people with mild dementia have early AD but have not yet been diagnosed, so the true number of AD patients is even higher. As the baby boomers age, AD will become more prevalent and will affect over 8 million by 2030.
The early symptoms of AD include forgetfulness and mild confusion, and the severity of these may fluctuate from day to day. These patients may get lost easily, have trouble handling finances and may require more time to do normal tasks. Sometimes, early AD patients will avoid answering questions, answer questions in a roundabout way or change the subject to cover for their impaired memory.
Because of this, it is not uncommon for families to perceive the onset of AD as abrupt, even though it is a gradually progressive disease. An AD patient's cognitive function is evaluated by scoring a "mini mental status exam," a series of responses to a standardized set of questions. The overall score can be followed over time to assess disease progression.
Since other diseases can cause symptoms similar to those of AD, initial evaluation of a patient with dementia is focused on ruling out treatable conditions, such as thyroid dysfunction, vitamin deficiency –– like B12 or folate –– or central-nervous-system diseases, such as tumors, multi-infarct dementia or normal-pressure hydrocephalus.
Eventually, AD symptoms include language, reasoning and sensory deficits. Hallucinations and delusions from AD may add to behavioral changes. In the final stages, AD patients cannot communicate and become completely dependent on caregivers for all their routine needs.
Available AD treatments are medications called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists. Most studies conducted with these medications show some improvement –– or at least delay –– in the loss of cognition, functional ability and behavior, as well as delay in the need for nursing home placement.
In addition to medications to improve a patient's cognition and functional status, other treatments include medications to help minimize behavioral problems and interventions to ensure the patient's safety and to improve their living situation. This may include establishing a regular routine of daily activities, such as eating, hygiene, other personal care tasks and sleeping, as well as other interventions and activities to improve cognition and daily function. One key in all evaluations for patients with AD is to continually assess and re-assess their living situation to ensure their continued safety.
The mechanism behind which AD affects people is not clearly understood. Brain biopsy on autopsy usually shows senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles thought to be from amyloid polypeptide deposition. Researchers have speculated that inflammatory changes from this condition destroy neighboring neurons. These changes start at least 10 to 20 years before symptoms become evident.
New advances in functional brain scanning with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, functional MRI, perfusion MRI, perfusion single positron emission computed tomography and the development of amyloid tracers may allow identification of patients that are likely to develop symptomatic AD even before they have any symptoms.
Combining early patient identification with treatments now under development will slow or arrest the development of the underlying pathophysiologic brain anomalies that lead to AD. This is bringing new hope for improved outcomes for AD in the future.
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I'm certain Sarah Palin spoke for many when she tweeted upon hearing the news that a New York judge had prevented implementation of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's efforts to regulate sugary drinks:
"Victory in NYC for liberty-loving soda drinkers. To politicians with too much time on their hands we say: Govt, stay out of my refrigerator!"
No doubt those "liberty lovers" view dietary habits as a matter of free will and personal responsibility. If only things were so simple. There's no question that most of us can do something about our weight. Two solutions are as old as time: Exercise and make your own dinner. But the science and research being used by food manufacturers are making it harder to stay non-obese, let alone get thin.
If you want to know why one in five kids, and one in three adults, is considered clinically obese, while 24 million Americans are afflicted by type 2 diabetes, and an additional 79 million have pre-diabetes, it's partly because the food manufacturers have your number. They've succeeded in getting you hooked on foods that are readily accessible and inexpensive. So argues Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Moss in a new book called "Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. Moss calls those key ingredients the "pillars of processed foods," and told me that the "most perfect version" of a food in many palates is often a combination of the three.
It's not that the food giants are nefarious. It's that they've gotten too good at what they do. The food they're making is hard to resist, at a time when too many are increasingly sedentary. Consider that, in 2012, Taco Bell sold 375 million Doritos Locos Tacos Nacho - that averages out to more than one million per day.
OK, so we all know fast food is best eaten as a last resort. But even when you're running through a supermarket after work on the way home to have dinner, you don't stop to appreciate that the product you are thumbing was literally hatched in a lab by a process called "optimization," where food engineers alter a litany of variables and use science and mathematics to come up with the very perfect formulation that will "send people over the moon," according to Moss.
Not only does this processed food taste good; it has a long shelf life and is inexpensively produced, creating $1 trillion per year in grocery sales in the United States. To Moss, an even more revealing figure: 60,000 - the number of different products found in large supermarkets.
Moss details the sophistication of the methods used by Howard Moskowitz, who holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Harvard, as he worked for Cadbury Schweppes to create a line extension for Dr Pepper:
"Howard, a legendary figure in food science, walked me through his recent creation of a Dr Pepper flavor, and it was extraordinary the effort that he put into coming up with a version, a formula that was guaranteed to fly off the shelf. He doesn't call his food invention a food invention; he calls it engineering, and for a great reason."
Looking for the "bliss point" involved 61 distinct formulas, which were then tasted nearly 4,000 times in four cities. That's how Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper was born.
"The food companies really convincingly argue they have not intended to make America obese or otherwise ill, and they consider nutrition to be part of their agenda, along with convenience and price, and that any one single product can't be blamed for the obesity crisis or diabetes or high blood pressure, et cetera, but collectively there is no question that the companies themselves now know and hold themselves accountable for at least part of the obesity crisis, and I think they're at a tipping point here."
Moss is optimistic that people such as Moskowitz who know how to invent foods will now turn their attention to making foods healthier. In the meantime, there are steps we can all take, besides diet and exercise.
First, you need to appreciate the science and research that have been committed toward getting you hooked. Second, act on the empowerment - you still decide what to buy and what to put in your mouth. Third, attempt to navigate the labels, specifically the box titled "Nutrition Facts," mindful that a "serving size" might not match your own habits (one Oreos serving size equals three cookies; one Pringles serving size equals 16 crisps). Fourth, not everything that sounds healthy is.
"Some yogurts have nearly as much sugar as ice cream, and yet they carry this halo of health, and I think you can see this on a number of fronts in the grocery store," Moss told me. "Fruit is something you're seeing splashed across the labels increasingly, and when you look at the details often it's a smidgen of fruit added or fruit concentrate along with a whole lot of sugar. So companies naturally try to market their products with their best foot forward, and to play to consumer concerns, and the halo of health from yogurt and fruit are great examples of that."
One final caveat for boomers. Moss told me a fascinating story about Frito-Lay. Its marketers had initially assumed that, as baby boomers aged, their snack consumption would decline. Instead, they figured out in the 1980s that we started eating fewer meals and began snacking more.
They know us better than we know ourselves. And it's making an already difficult task harder.
Michael Smerconish writes for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Readers may contact him via www.smerconish.com.


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STAMFORD -- Normally when you hear a coach discussing his team's sloppy play after a game it's a negative.
But when Harding boys coach Charles Clemons said it Tuesday night he could not have been paying his team a bigger compliment.
Using a frantic, at times chaotic style, the No. 25 Presidents upset No. 8 Westhill 66-61, advancing to the Class LL second round, where they will No. 9 Hillhouse in New Haven Thursday.
"Keep it sloppy," Clemons said. "That's the way we want to play. Attack it, play sloppy. Play like a chili cheese dog. When you eat it, it's just sloppy. We have seniors that have not had too much success but they played tonight."
Westhill (16-5) opened up an 8-0 lead early with Clemons yelling "shoot it" at his players as soon as they touched the ball.
His players are used to a fast pace but several looked back at their coach like he had lost it.
"They are looking at me like I'm crazy. Shoot the ball!" Clemons said. "It works. I am trying to make it easier for them because when teams play zone against us, we play passive and I'd rather shoot than turn it over."
The first several shots after an early timeout missed the target but the Presidents (11-10) crept back into the game by snatching offensive rebounds and following up with baskets.
Sophomore guard Zachary Stewart heeded his coach's advice, firing from well behind the 3-point line, hitting three in the second quarter and six for the game to finish with 18 points.
"Yeah I was feeling it. This was game night and I was feeling it," Stewart said. "Coach was yelling `Shoot!' and I took it and did it. It feels great, I am excited, I mean, we were the underdogs, so, it means a lot to us to move on."
Jeremiah Livingston and CJ Donaldson each scored 21 for Westhill.
The style of play took Westhill out of rhythm as it struggled to execute fundamentals as the game got wilder.
"Their coach is yelling `shoot it, shoot it' and instead of us getting out on shooters, we allowed guys to throw up 3s," Westhill coach Howard White said. "On the defensive end we didn't close in and do what we needed to do. We definitely got caught up. We gave them too many shots. They killed us on the boards and that should not have happened. We should not have been letting guys get second, third and fourth shots."
The most work on the offensive glass was by forward Tyzhon Dixon, who finished with 15 points, all in the paint and most on second-chance opportunities.
Harding led 48-43 after three but Westhill rallied behind 3-pointers by Livingston, Donaldson and Tyrell Alexander, tying the score 55-55 midway through the final quarter.
With the game tied, it was Stewart once again hitting a deep 3, giving his team back the lead.
Stewart and the Presidents have had a roller-coaster season, losing several key players to academics and losing seven of their final 10 games.
"Oh man, (Stewart) was great," Clemons said. "His brother flunked off and Zach bailed us out tonight. He had six 3s and that's invaluable. This is a testament to these kids. Harding doesn't have the best reputation but we are just trying to be a beacon of hope on the East Side of Bridgeport."
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Harding 66, Westhill 61
Zachary Stewart 6 0-0 18; Tyzhon Dixon 6 3-3 15; Terrance Rogers 2 1-2 5; T.J. Killings 5 0-1 11; Kanard Codrington 5 1-3 11; Marquis Davis 1 0-0 2; Malcolm Simmons 2 0-0 4. Totals: 27 5-10 66
Juan De La Cruz 2 0-2 4; Tyrell Alexander 4 0-0 10; CJ Donaldson 7 6-8 21; Jeremiah Livingston 9 2-3 21; Evan Skoparantzos 2 1-2 5. Totals: 24 9-14 61
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BoingBoing and The New York Times mentions that Amazon has a new feature called Amazon Connects, which gives authors a chance to "talk to their audience" via Amazon sponsored blogs.
This could be very exciting, a way for authors to get a little more fame and have the ability to dialog with their readers. Still, as a writer myself, I barely have enough time to write and run my business let alone monitor tons of comments and reviews. This could be great, or a lot of work.
The most exciting aspect is that now users have another way of keeping up with their favorite authors, including following announcements on upcoming books, special events, book signings, lectures, and other information that fans like to know. I have several authors whom I would love to hear speak on any subject including their books, just to understand how they think and why. They have the required websites but they are rarely updated, with a couple of them listing their "current" schedule from 2003. A "blog" with Amazon would allow a broader audience to get that information, which might be more of an incentive to keep that information updated.
I've tried to find a single active Amazon Connects on Amazon, but it involves searching author names and checking every single page to see if they have a blog set up. So I have only seen the examples that are only available for viewing if you are signed into Amazon and visiting their help page. It looks interesting from the screenshots and a neat way for authors to leave notes to their public, though I'm not so sure about any conversations.
The Guardian has a different opinion about Amazon Connects.
From the Amazon demo page, it seems the "blog" is the users' Amazon home page, not the authors'. The users' home page then displays messages (or posts) from various authors, as and when they create them.
It could be a good idea for Amazon to host authors' blogs, but this ain't it.
Again, the issue of what defines a blog (or not) comes up. As I don't see many of the Amazon "blogs" becoming blogs featuring endless opinion and day-to-day posts on a writer's life, though some may use it so, I do see it becoming a marketing tool. So should it be called "Amazon Author Marketing Blogs" or "Amazon Authors Personal Pages"? Using the word "blog" is fine for me as I don't have an agenda with the definition, but it does make you think. As this is in the beta testing stage, we'll have to see how it develops.
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Have you ever run into an error and been puzzled as to why that error occurred?
Recently I have been working on a project to backfill a development and QA environment. These environments are essential in any database environment to help ensure the production database will continue to work after changes have been made. These environments existed once upon a time but had been sorely neglected and process was not followed.
For this process, I am using some software to help generate diff scripts between the environments. Once the script has been generated I will execute that script in the appropriate environment (DEV or QA). I am doing this process for all tables, procs, views, and functions. This is also done iteratively database by database.
While performing this routine, occasionally an error might be encountered due to an order of processing that may need to be performed. In cases such as that, I would typically alter my process to account for this error. Usually that is not an issue if the tables are first created, then the views, and then the procs and functions. Other times, the create/alter script must be evaluated to determine what is causing the failure.
One of these failures that caused me a lot of angst was producing the following error in a few stored procedures.
Msg 205, Level 16, State 1, Line 4
All queries combined using a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator must have an equal number of expressions in their target lists.
That error message is fair enough to evaluate. Based on the error one should expect that the stored procedure contains one of those keywords. I picked a stored procedure out of the mix that was generating this error and checked the code for it. Looking through the entire proc, there was no such instance of those keywords. This was temporarily puzzling. I continued to investigate and found that there was a view being used in that stored procedure. I decided to double-check the view and see if it might be the cause. Inside the view I see something like the following:
[codesyntax lang="tsql"]
select *
from dbo.Table1 with (nolock)
where AccrueThruDate between '2010/01/31' and '2010/12/31'
select *
from dbo.Table2 with (nolock)
where AccrueThruDate between '2010/01/31' and '2010/12/31'
select *
from Db2.dbo.Table1 with (nolock)
At first sight, I see a few things I don't like but didn't immediately pick up on the table in the third select. I saw the table name and moved on thinking it must be ok. Then I decided to sanity check more precisely what was there and saw that it was pointing to the same table name in a different database. Low and behold in the other database the table did not have the same number of columns. These tables are all pretty wide at 100+ columns each. The designer thought that every single column from each of these tables was needed and decided to take a shortcut. Had the columns been explicitly named, I would have gotten a more useful error message, in this case, such as the following:
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Invalid column name 'Column102'.
That little change in message could save time when troubleshooting a problem such as what I have described. Granted, it does not tell me which database or table but at least I know which column is missing. This is one little reason why I like to explicitly name the columns in my Select statements.
Another reason why I like to use the column names instead of a " * " is that I have seen queries improve dramatically in performance speed when compared. In this little case, even though there are 100+ columns from each table to list out and all of the data would be returned from each of these, I see a 700 ms improvement in return time on just the "top 1000" records. When I bump that up to the full result set required by the view, I tire of waiting for the results from either query. Both are terrificly slow (takes longer than 15 minutes to return the full result set).
But But But…
So why do people use Select * in their code? It is a lot easier to type than having to type all of the column names. Because it is fewer keystrokes it would also save time when writing code. Many times, we may also use it when trying to get a glimpse of the system really quick. It is also oftentimes used when doing a demo.
Should it be used? There are cases for using that kind of code such as in an "if exists" block. There are cases where the performance impact is minimal or just as good as listing the columns so it is fine. I use it when I am trying to do a quick and dirty statement while troubleshooting. I don't like to put that into code to be consumed by applications or reused. I like to know exactly what columns are being returned by my queries and I don't feel it necessary to return more data than necessary (and consequently consume more resources).
What are some cases you have found a select * to be better than explicitly naming the columns?


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Just to give you a little example of the food: I was outside one day and saw the kids all of a sudden running to a place where it looked like there were thousands of locusts streaming out of a whole in the ground. They began to try to catch them using blankets. I asked Harrison what was going on and he told me they were termites (not the same kind of termites that eat wood). They were considered a delicacy and they were catching them to eat. So that night for supper they had fried termites. I tried them but they tasted like fried insects to me and I went back to my peanut butter and jam.
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Luscious lemon baked cheesecake
A simple but very impressive pud, light enough to have a slice to finish a big meal
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen baked but undecorated
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal705
- fat57g
- saturates34g
- carbs43g
- sugars25g
- fibre0g
- protein7g
- salt1.08g
- 225g digestive biscuit
- 100g butter, melted
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 250g tub mascarpone
- 600g soft cheese
- 2 eggs, plus 2 yolks
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- zest 3 lemons, juice of 1
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 175g caster sugar
For the topping
- ½ a 284ml pot soured cream
- 3 tbsp lemon curd
- handful raspberries, to serve (optional)
A member of the rose family, raspberries have a wonderfully intense, sweet taste, and many…
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line the bottom of a 23cm springform tin with greaseproof paper. Tip the biscuits and melted butter into a food processor, then blitz to make fine crumbs. Press into the tin and chill.
Whisk all the other ingredients in a large bowl until completely combined, pour into the tin, then bake for 35-40 mins until the cheesecake has a uniform wobble.
Turn off the oven and leave the cake inside until cool. When it is completely cooled, remove from the tin and top with soured cream. Swirl lemon curd over the top and decorate with raspberries, if you like.
Recipe Tip
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A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it.
Then he got back in the car to wait.
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied, "I have a flat tire."
The passerby asked, "But what's with t he flowers?"
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Watching some fights down by the railroad tracks just got a lot less ghetto.
The newly refurbished Rail Yards, just south of downtown, is now the go-to spot for hipster points, and will be hosting its second weekly community market mere hours after they pack up the cage. But tonight the old blacksmith shop belongs to the fighting community, as an all-amateur card of fighters will strip to the waist and try to use each other as stepping-stones as they climb the mountain of glory.
The nine-fight Jackson's MMA Series card, Protégé, starts at 7, at 1100 2nd St SW, and will feature Albuquerque fighters from local gyms taking on comers from elsewhere in state. Tickets to this uniquely-set event are available at Hold My Ticket.
At the top of the card is a fighter whose career I've followed ever since he won the Jackson's Edge Challenge in 2011. Ricky Esquibel, of the Jackson-Winkeljohn camp here in Albuquerque, battles Chris Brewer of Alamosa in a main event battle that should have been a 125 lbs (flyweight), had Brewer not missed weight by 2 and a half pounds.
To see some rare footage from Esquibel's first fight—in which he impressively got out of a tight spot by picking up his opponent, slamming him, and strangling him—please refer to this blog post I wrote at the time.


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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - for beloved funfeces and shrimp piss (thats quite witty dont Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "for beloved funfeces and shrimp piss (thats quite witty dont" immimemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 629Location: vancouver Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 7:01 pm Ok, guys heres a pic i'm currently working on. its only my third, so i realise there are tons of errors. Its only about half complete as well. Essentially, the upper torso and axe-thingy are complete, while i still foresee about another 2 hours on the legs and boots. Those chains also need drastic modification. Oh yeah, also got to add another axe or something to his empty hand http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Canvas/8967/man.jpg dont flip it, it really exposes the weaknesses in my colouring and makes the guy look really distorted. Gotta work on that. In any case, here is the is the rough setting for the background, which has a slightly earlier version of the guy in it. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Canvas/8967/war.jpg Looking forward to the critiques and anyone know how to make decent looking rusty metal. To the people who haven seen Steve Garofalo's latest pic which is brilliant check it out at 3dpalette.com or gameart.com. also check his site rustedfaith.com if you havnt recently, theres some newer pics [This message has been edited by immi (edited November 08, 1999).] Back to top DuKEZmemberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 1999Posts: 317Location: BayArea Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 8:08 pm oooooohh aahhhhh wow excellent except for his arm muscles are twisted pretty badly (right shoulder) and left arm too but you said theres errors.. his six pack seem seperated to far too.. ive seen body building magazines (the buff poeple) it doest seperate that much Back to top lutherjunior memberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 22Location: Japan Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 8:11 pm Nice pic, really good. Those birds in teh background aren't too got though, could use a bit more definition. And although depth of field effects work pretty well, I would make the clouds look a bit more volumous and add a little detail to them. Damned fine shading on the body though. And stop going on about shrimp's piss kid Tim. Back to top imdakingmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 321Location: USA Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 9:09 pm pretty good..... although... heheehe, here is the fun part... the guys abs are way too far apart, and it looks like the guys other axe is like... up his ass or something, or he is really constipated or sometihng... jeez, come on... =) good ! Back to top AdezJmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 220Location: Sweden! (Gothenburg) Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 10:37 pm Oh shite very nice! but there is a few things, but they're already mentioned. Personally i think you should skip the blood that flows from the axe down the skull-hill, cuz it looks like a never-ending river But i dont think it's a too big twist in his right arm, i think's a tatoo. hehe cya later! ----------------------------- AdezJ. http://deathseekers.nu/adezj [This message has been edited by AdezJ (edited November 08, 1999).] Back to top ShrimpishGuestMember # Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 11:44 pm Pretty good pic, although your proportions are outta whack, (the legs are too long and arms are too short), and you should try coming up with your own style rather than copying Garofolo's. Sorry, I just had to get back to you for all the crap you've been giving me. =) Back to top bEamjunior memberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 49Location: Kerava, Finland Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 7:47 am I suggest you to buy or just read like in library one book: Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy. Read and study it. Then you'll learn everything of human anatomy and how to draw it. I've read it myself and I've learned a LOT of it. It's very good. Try it. Back to top MongoosememberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 363Location: North Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 8:00 am Just to clarify something.. his abs are NOT too far apart. That's what abdominal muscles look like when they aren't covered by a spare tire of flab :P Mongoose Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 11:07 am Mine don't.... :P Anyhow, it seems the way a persons abs look is pretty individual. Back to top SPike.CoMmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 194Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 11:33 am This artpiece reminds me of covers on old sci-fi and fantasy novels. The skull pile is a bit overrated tho'. Yeah, like try to have a nice quiet sunday afternoon meadow or something instead... Ah, just kidding. It's cool anyway. Cheers! Back to top immimemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 629Location: vancouver Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 5:40 pm Spike, yeah i was sort of going for a somewhat cliched and campy setting hence the skull-pile. I was going to put him in a meadow, but i had already coloured his loin cloth, and i didnt really want to have to redo it in pink To those who think the anatomy is off, well i dunno, heroic figures are typically around 8 heads tall, and the torso was heavily referenced. I must admit i do think the lower abs are too far apart, and the right arm, well, that needs a lot of work, but to be fair, i never really got to the shading of it. And finally, this was not a copy of garofolo by any means. It does in fact resemble a certain bisley picture THANK YOU VERY MUCH Back to top Griftjunior memberMember #Joined: 25 Oct 1999Posts: 29Location: New York, NY, USA Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 5:54 pm k....heres my imput. The overall pic looks wonderful, The exadgerated length of the legs doesn't really throw the picture off at all ... your atatomy is better than a lot of peoples, so ignore those comments. The abbs do look pretty distorted ... but again, it's a fairly good rendition of the human body. My only real complaint would be the use of artistic cliches ... the birds in the background and the pile of skulls ... I'd try and find something else to substitute those two things ... I think in the end it would give the figure a much more stunning and original flair. Oh, and it's SMALL. Grift Back to top immimemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 629Location: vancouver Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 6:20 pm Thanks Grift for the comments. Any ideas as to what to substitute the birds and skulls with? As i said, it was just a rough setting, and i definately dont like the birds(especially in their undefined form-and i cant really be bothered to draw in some decent ones) I kinda like the skulls, but im open to suggestion, and again, they still need a lot of defining. Add this to the fact that having a bloody axe dripping onto a mound of skulls doesnt exactly follow the most sound reasoning(bones dont bleed right?) Ah well, its fantasy. I was planning to litter the mound with some arrows and assorted weapons to spice it up a bit. 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Nacogdoches, Texas – Sept. 14, 2009 – Public safety agencies across Texas are using software from Spillman Technologies to improve multi-jurisdictional cooperation and data sharing.
The Nacogdoches Police Department and the Nacogdoches Sheriff's Office are among several public safety agencies throughout the state that are increasing interoperability through data sharing technology. The departments will use Spillman software to share law records, names, images, and other critical data.
The biggest benefit is that we will be able to link all of our information together," said Nacogdoches Sheriff's Office Lieutenant of Special Services, Tara Triana.
Before the agency purchased Spillman, it was difficult to know whether the same suspects were committing crimes inside city limits and in neighboring jurisdictions, said Nacogdoches Police Chief Jim Sevey. With access to data collected by the sheriff's office, the department will be able to better identify crime patterns and find repeat offenders.
All of that information is going to be on the computer, so we can see if there's a continuing trend," Sevey said.
The Nacogdoches Police Department will host the system server. Once a record is created in the Spillman system, the data can be immediately accessed by authorized personnel at participating agencies. Sevey said that prior to purchasing their Spillman system it would often take the department several days to manually input information into its electronic database.
We had been using a dictation system of reporting, and it was often two, three, or four days before the report got dictated (and entered into the system)," Sevey said, adding that he expects quality and accuracy of data to improve with Spillman.
More than 250 miles away, another Texas agency, the Granbury Police Department, is partnering with the Hood County Sheriff's Office to share law records, images, and dispatch call information.
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Tull said the agency decided to adopt Spillman because it provided the data-sharing solution they needed while meeting budgetary requirements.
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Press Release: Berkeley Police Department Arrests Senior Avenue Burglars
On December 11, 2012 at 3:17 PM, a resident of Senior Avenue returned to his house after walking his dog. The resident saw an unfamiliar car parked in the driveway of his house, occupied by a female sitting in the driver seat. At the same time, the resident heard noises coming from inside his house. When the resident went to check on the noises, he observed two males coming out of his house. The males ran to the car that was in the driveway. The resident tried to stop the car from leaving, and while doing this he was knocked to the ground. While on the ground, the car ran over the resident's leg which resulted in minor injuries. The car fled north out of the area. Berkeley Police Officers arrived and discovered the resident's house had been burglarized and several items were taken by the suspects. BPD initiated a felony assault and burglary investigation and processed the scene for evidence.
A Crime Scene Unit Identification Technician recovered finger prints at the scene. That evidence was then sent to the State Crime Lab, who reported a match to two of the suspects. Using that information, BPD detectives were able to develop the identity of a third suspect and a location for all three. BPD detectives obtained arrest warrants for all three suspects as well as two search warrants relating to this case.
On January 31, 2013, Berkeley Police Detectives served those search warrants in West Sacramento, CA. During the service of these warrants, detectives arrested all three suspects; Monique Robinson (22), Jesus Salas Campos (19), and a juvenile. Detectives also recovered evidence located in the suspects' residences that linked them to this case. This case was presented to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. The District Attorney's Office filed various charges on all three suspects in this case. BPD will not be releasing photos of the suspects in this case.


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Nothing says summer quite like the fizzy, fleeting effervescence of pop singles -- the type of songs specifically constructed to be the soundtrack of sweltering months between May and September. They're the fuel of the Top 40 charts and when done right, become something of a wide-reaching pop culture phenomenon (see Katy Perry's ubiquitous and much-debated "I Kissed a Girl" from last year).
Summer songs are all about youth and serendipitously capturing that ever-elusive feeling of carefree times unbridled by the stress of responsibility. They're also generally rather ridiculous. So while Lady Gaga ("Poker Face") and Kid Cudi ("Day 'N' Nite") see if they can extend their current domination through the coming summer, it's real L.A. teenagers New Boyz who are making like Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and slicing through the competition with their very first single, "You're a Jerk."
Combining the Neptune's minimalist era (think productions for the Clipse's "Grindin'" and N.O.R.E.'s "Nothin'") with mega-trendy hipster-hop fashion sense and oodles of youthful bravado, "You're a Jerk" is in the pole position for the sleeper Summer Song of 2009.
The kids are already all over it. Like Soulja Boy's "Crank That," the New Boyz song comes complete with a dance. YouTube was littered with high schoolers doing their version of "the Jerk," many of which have already been pulled down because of copyright infringement (usually a sign that bigger things are coming).
According to their MySpace page, the New Boyz will be filming the official video for "You're a Jerk" (taken from the hilariously titled "Skinny Jeans and a Mic" EP) in L.A. this Sunday, but no details are given. Honing their stage show at local high schools, they have a slew of much higher profile shows coming up in the near future, including slots on both the KDAY and Power 106 summer concert extravaganzas.
Will New Boyz replace Soulja Boy as the new king of teen-hop, or are they just the rap version of Brokencyde? We're listening….
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|Wall Street Journal August 31 2018
|LA Times July 15 2018
|Universal February 18 2018
|Universal October 21 2017
|Universal August 3 2017
|Premier Sunday April 16 2017
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|Not rough
|Small digital images expressing ideas
|Bus schedule abbr.
|Bouquet-bringing co.
|Oahu greetings
|Extreme eccentricity
|Ivy — (Yalie, e.g.)
|Diamond events
|Any of 13 Catholic leaders
|Experts at CPR
|Prefix with gauge
|On — streak (winning big)
|Was in need of restocking
|Strong Italian cheese
|They're over gables
|Lakota's language family
|Lilting syllable
|Parris Island mil. branch
|Sticky, chewy candy
|Shelters for backpackers
|Sash for Cio-Cio-San
|Texter's "As I see it ..."
|Election day, often: Abbr.
|Hold fast (to)
|"Pieces of Me" singer Simpson
|They often include spiels
|LuPone who played Evita
|Bygone autocrat
|Grimm bully
|"Dash it all!"
|The "A" of ACLU: Abbr.
|Mu — beef
|Some NFL linemen
|With 83-Down, like Rudolph
|"Behold!," in Latin
|Dirt-dishing Barrett
|Dear old dad
|"— dog's life"
|Orchestral array
|Reply to "Am so!"
|More chancy
|Mauna —
|Prefix with angle or fold
|"Not impressed"
|Thrown-away items
|Tricky pool shot
|Kosovo native
|Norse god of battle
|PC-sent holiday greetings
|Some paved arteries
|Capital of Albania
|New attempt
|Palmtop device, for short
|"— yellow ribbon ..."
|Salon colorant
|Theme of this puzzle
|Whole number, e.g.
|Writer Waugh
|Tackled energetically
|Niger-to-Zambia dir.
|Tram rock
|Beat back
|Luanda's country
|Mr. Kotter
|Jack of old Westerns
|Spaceship in "Alien"
|2004-15 sarcastic recap series on E!
|RandD room
|Sofía's "that"
|"E.T." boy
|Steins, e.g.
|Bump — log
|Actor Malcolm- — Warner
|Places to store frozen blocks
|B-board runners
|Skiing peak
|Co. shuffling
|Hip-hop performer
|Rife with
|Drive, in golf
|Largest port in Italy
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|Cook with Apple
|Luau cocktail
|Make invalid
|Desert rodent
|Cpl. or sgt.
|Ecol., e.g.
|Sam- —
|Gets, as profits
|"No kiddin'!"
|Declaration while pointing
|Car of the early 1900s
|Memory trace
|People in concealment
|Poet Federico García —
|Sign into law
|Lauder of perfume
|Virus variety
|Half of sei
|City ENE of 22-Down
|Love, to Luc
|Wrought up
|Sudden rush
|Actor Sparks
|Curb locales
|"Shy" singer DiFranco
|Lake — (Mississippi River source)
|Be sporadic
|Explore a reef, maybe
|High RRs
|See 71-Across
|Rustic mail abbr.
|What- — (conjectures)
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|Adorning tawdrily, with "up"
|Singer Johnny
|Mongolians, e.g.
|Elfish one
|Require a 110-Across, maybe
|Movie critic Richard
|Onion part
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|The same, in France
|"The Thin Man" dog
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YSL Touche Eclat Rock Lace Edition* & YSL Couture Palette Rock Resille Edition*
It was love at first sight, the packaging is right up my street and the palette is a proper doozy. I often find the limited edition Couture Palettes tend to have a good few shades and the rest are a bit bold. As a fan of peachy pinks and corals on my eyes this was always going to be a bit of a hit. Each shade is something that I would use without and duds. Classic but edgy and a mixture of warm and cool tones of 5 shades to create a variety of eye looks. Super fine, soft and blendable whats not to love!
The YSL Touche Eclat Rock Lace Edition is is a repackage of a beauty classic that if you haven't tried yet then I'd totally recommend giving it a go. I used to not be wowed by YSL Touch Eclat but it ha grown on me. Light reflecting and aluminising it's a standard in most girls beauty bags. The packaging is super cute too, I really like the simplicity and boldness of the print. It's gorgeous!


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Paradise found
Life can be humdrum or thrilling, the world, all kinds of amazing. The Lufthansa campaign #LifeChangingPlaces spotlights three individuals and the places that became their own personal paradise – changing their lives.
U.S. photographer
Chris Burkard
I am no freak, despite what several photographers may claim. I know how it feels when your body no longer obeys you, I have been lost in Arctic storms. All because I found the Lofoten Islands. Or they found me. I was a photographer from California, I traveled around, sunned myself on gorgeous beaches and photographed surfers beneath palm trees. But my feeling was: This can't be it. Worse, even, I was bored. And then a friend told me about these Norwegian islands on the Arctic Circle. With a handful of surfers, in deepest winter, I flew into Unstad. It was supposed to be an experiment, but it ended up being much more than that. Never before had I seen an ocean so wild, mountains of such size or so rugged. The snow lashed down on us, everywhere mist, minus 23 degrees Celsius. We went into the water anyway; the others with their surfboards, I with my camera. I was fully conscious of Nature's brutality – and still could not grasp that I was there. I knew that I had found my purpose. The pictures I took back to California had another value for me, a physical value. I had suffered and frozen for them, I had wrested them from that wild place. Since then, I have photographed in many hostile environments. I've been in Iceland and Siberia, in Chile's mountains and in Alaska, but it's to the Lofoten Islands that I am happiest to return. They are where I became the person I want to be. A freak, maybe, to those who venture nothing. But I can live with that. I am alive.
English cook, writer, restaurateur
Thomasina Miers
It never occurred to me that I could become a chef. My school was very academic and there were certain expectations – and cooking was not deemed a suitable career. I did an accountancy scholarship in preparation for Oxford, but I really hated it. So I took off for Mexico. I had never traveled on my own, never been outside of Europe. That was when I first discovered Mexican food. It was extraordinary – and I had no idea it existed! I fell in love immediately. Back in London, I tried a few different careers in marketing, modeling and digital strategy. Eventually, I attended cooking school – and by then, I knew I had to go back to Mexico. So I did. I traveled around the country, went to the major food regions, Oaxaca, Yucatan, Veracruz, and worked with all kinds of people to learn everything about their incredibly diverse cuisine. In Mexico, each of the 32 states has its own cuisine and different ingredients – it's the fifth most biodiverse country in the world! There are 200 varieties of chilies, scores and scores of varieties of corn, some of which are red or black or blue or white. Even the most experienced chefs in Mexico discover new things all the time. And none of this food was available in London! So in 2007, I opened my first restaurant in Covent Garden. Today, we have 25 restaurants across the U.K. Looking back, I am amazed that we survived. We were such a young team, but we were very passionate. We still are.
German ranger in Africa
Gesa Neitzel
I was walking alone in the mountains in South Africa when I suddenly found myself face to face with an antelope. It simply stood and stared at me. When a wild animal looks you in the eye, all the barriers fall away that you have built around yourself. That's how it felt to me, at least. It was as if this creature could see right inside me, as though it could read my mind. I was working in television at the time and living in Berlin – but I was unhappy, I felt like I was in a bubble. When things got bad, I used to go shopping. Deep down inside I knew things had to change. The New Year's trip I took to South Africa with friends in 2014 changed everything. Walking through the wilderness was an entirely knew experience for me. I wanted nothing more than to be among the wild animals. I cried my eyes out on the flight back to Germany because I didn't want to return to my old life. But I had already heard that you can train to be a ranger in Africa, and on the plane home, I decided that's what I would do. I'm actually a ranger today. But best of all, I've finally found myself.and am am quite sure my future lies in Africa.


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Sustainable New Forest
We are committed to sustainability, find out how you can help our District
What is this about?
The following pages are about making your home more energy efficient - helping you to save energy and save money. Read about the grants to insulate your home and the grants making renewable energy more affordable. Check out how energy efficient your home is and how choosing the right kitchen appliances can save you pounds.
Why are we doing this?
Because the Government introduced the Home Energy Conservation Act in 1996 to ensure people could afford to stay warm and well in their homes and address the issues of climate change.
How can you do your bit?
Our homes are the obvious place to start and by gently 'greening up' our normal housekeeping routines it doesn't have to be too scary. Simple things like not leaving the TV on stand-by, making sure food has cooled down before you put it in the fridge, checking that furniture isn't blocking out heat by being to close to the radiators, will all mean more cash in your pocket and it's good for the planet too. Well, now you know how easy it is to do your bit we hope you enjoy browsing through these pages and find them useful. And if you have your own top tip to share with us we would be delighted to pass it on, through this site.
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The previous part of this article ripped apart the use of the words "insurance" and "market" to characterize healthcare. Not let's turn to another concept even more fundamental to our thinking about care.
The final element of this three-card Monte is the slippery notion of quality. Health care is often compared to the airlines (when we're not being compared to the Cheesecake Factory), an exercise guaranteed to make health care look bad. Airlines and restaurants offer relatively homogeneous experiences to all their clients and can easily determine whether their service succeeded or failed. Even at a mechanical level, the airlines have been able to quantify safety.
Endless organizations such as the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collect quality measures, and CMS has tried strenuously to include quality measures in Meaningful Use and the new MACRA program. We actually have not a dearth of quality measures, but a surfeit. Doctors feel overwhelmed with these measures. They are difficult to collect, and we don't know how to combine them to create easy reports that patients can act on. There is a difference between completing a successful surgery, caring for things such as pain and infection prevention after surgery, and creating a follow-up plan that minimizes the chance of readmission. All those things (and many more) are elements of quality.
Worst of all, despite efforts to rank patients by their conditions and risk, hospitals repeatedly warn that quality measures underestimate risky patients and therefore penalize the hospitals that do the most difficult and important work–caring for the sickest. Many hospitals are throwing away donor organs instead of doing transplants, because the organs are slightly inferior and therefore might contribute to lower quality ratings–even if the patients are desperate to give them a try.
The concept of quality in health care thus needs a fresh look, and probably a different term. The first, simple thing we can do is remove patient ratings from assessments of quality. The patient knows whether the nurse smiled at her or whether she was discharged promptly, but can't tell how good the actual treatment was after the event. One nurse has suggested that staff turnover is a better indication of hospital quality than patient satisfaction surveys. Given our fascination with airline quality, it's worth noting that the airline industry separates safety ratings from passenger experience. The health care industry can similarly leverage patient ratings to denote clients' satisfaction, but that's separate from quality.
As for the safety and effectiveness of treatment, we could try a fairer rating system, such as one that explicitly balances risk and reward. Agencies would have to take the effort to understand all the elements of differences in patients that contribute to risk, and make sure they are tallied. Perhaps we could learn how to assess the success of each treatment in relation to the condition in which the patient entered the office. Even better, we could try to assess longitudinal results instead evaluating each office visit or hospital admission in isolation.
These are complex activities, but we have lots of data and powerful tools to analyze it. Together with a focus on changing behavior and environments, we should be able to make a real difference in quality–and I mean quality of life. Is there anything an ordinary member of the health professions can do till then? Well, try issuing Bronx cheers and catcalls at any meeting or conference presentation where someone uses one of the three misleading terms.


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Ten years ago, Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig reflected on the terrorist attack on the USS Cole. Today we remember and honor the crew with his words, written in his Proceedings magazine article, "America Loves Its Citizens":
"Mr. Secretary, we will save this ship. We will repair this ship. We will take this ship home, and we will sail this ship again to sea."
One of the reasons that I love America is because it loves its citizens. In other times, and on this very day in other places, people are regarded as means and not ends, as fodder, stepping-stones, dispensable assets. Because we are not like that, we grieve today. We see in the 17 people who died on October 12th 17 wonders, 17 sons and daughters. We mourn brothers and sisters, mothers, fathers, and those who will never be mothers and fathers. Seventeen unique people. We cherish them. We grieve because we could not protect them. Instead, they died protecting us.
That we live in America is, in itself, an act of grace. We came to it naturally; we were born into it. Or we were welcomed as immigrants; we were naturalized. By either route, America has been for everyone of us a gift, and what a stupendous gift, a country that was built collectively but cherishes us individually; a country built of the effort of servicemen and statesmen, farmers and factory workers, those who toiled on the railroad and those who bankrolled it. Our philosophers, our politicians, our priests, all together, created something bigger than any of us; and then, they gave it to us.
Any true gift is infused with opportunity, and responsibility that arises from that opportunity. An inherent talent, a good education, money in the bank—they all cry to the recipient, What will you make of this? What will you do individually? What will we do collectively in light of how many have done so much for us?
These 17 answered that question. They didn't opt just for themselves; they didn't stay home; they didn't turn away from their country. They put themselves out there. They joined a family, the United States Navy, and the USS Cole (DDG-67)—a ship, the very essence of a group enterprise. And think not just of these 17. Think of the 39 who were injured, and then think of the 240 beyond them; the 240 who absorbed the shock of the explosion, who saw the death of 17, the injury of two score, but who turned to and fought on; fought together for their ship and for their shipmates.
For two days and two nights, they fought under the most extreme conditions—blood, bent and broken steel, flooding, uncertainty, and danger. They saved their ship, their injured—every one of them—and each other. And then their generators failed. The waters rose, and they, had to do it all over again. Waistdeep in water, manning bucket brigades by hand, they did it again. Amidst all of that, their captain said to me,
"Mr. Secretary, we will save this ship. We will repair this ship. We will take this ship home, and we will sail this ship again to sea."
In every gift there is a responsibility. The Cole has given us a gift. The 17 join more than 1.3 million service men and women who have given us their lives. Thirty-nine from the Cole were injured; 240 fought on. All together, they added a building block to America. Will we, as recipients of this gift, live up to them? I think we will; we're Americans.
Thank you, Cole.
Also: USS Cole (DDG 67): A guest post from CDR Kirk S. Lippold, USN (Ret.)


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Average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine down another penny
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � The cost of a gallon of gas in Maine continues to trickle down, but the party may be over.
Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail price of a gallon of gas in Maine dropped just over a penny in the past week to $3.49.
With the national average inching up a penny, Maine's prices are now two cents lower than the national average.
In-state prices are now almost 37 cents lower per gallon than at the same time last year and 16 cents lower than a month ago.
A company analyst says prices in some areas of the country are already on the rise again with crude oil prices on the way up.
Maine prices are based on a survey of more than 1,200 gas stations.


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Reader Haiku
My wishes came true and readers responded with some wonderful haiku:
(in order received)
Mike S.
I am out of touch
Celeb gossip is now news
How long will we sleep?
Don E.
unwinding we come
spinning leaves from trees to drop
swallows returning
Sherry P.
Extinguish Bear Stearns
the summer heat now portends
lasting winter burns
And by way of humble gratitude, I offer this:
Out of nothingness
readers create new beauty
Haiku gods smile
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Living In London – Get Connected
If you are moving to London then one of the first things you'll want to know is how you are going to be able to call home. You'll want to get a landline installed into your new London apartment as soon as possible , and you'll also want to get connected to one of the mobile phone operators in the United Kingdom. It might seem strange, but there are a number of differences between telephony in the UK compared to the United States or Canada, and you'll be better prepared for living in London if you get your lines of communication open as soon as you get there.


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|vintage Boye crochet hooks
I love these...thank you EmpireMe shop!
|Bergere de France
As for crochet projects, I have more than the usual. I think we all crochet more at this time of the year. The weather here is getting colder too, and some projects are Christmas gifts for our love ones.
I made sure to gift myself first, and bought a new cellphone, ahaha...just a simple one.
I wanted to protect my phone so I crocheted a case. I was thinking of a notebook cover style, and after a failed attempt I came up with this -
|Cellphone cover
Lately, I'm also more inclined to come up with new designs and couldn't keep up with all the design inspirations..Either I don't have enough time or I lose the idea if I didn't work on it at once. However, I managed to finish a top which made me happy. Its made from size 10 cotton thread. For now the other details will be kept secret ;)
Now to brighten up the mood, I decided to make these necklaces yesterday and I finished them today :) I've always wanted more lightweight accessories (have yet to finish a statement necklace, though...)
These designs look really nice using the Ice yarn made of paper, rayon and viscose. I hope to finish other samples using other novelty yarns in my stash.
|Crocheted necklaces


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