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BMW of Morristown
111 Ridgedale Ave
Morristown, NJ 07960-4267
Sales: (973) 455-0700
CARFAX. JUST REPRICED FROM $40,500. All Wheel Drive, Premium Pkg., Driver Assist.Pkg. Navigation, Moonroof, Rear Air, iPod/MP3 Input, CD Player, Onboard Communications System, Dual Zone A/C, Turbo Engine. EPA 33 MPG Hwy/23 MPG City! CLICK NOW!

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All Wheel Drive, Rear Air, Turbocharged, iPod/MP3 Input, CD Player, Onboard Communications System, Dual Zone A/C. Child Safety Locks, Steering Wheel Controls, Electronic Stability Control, Heated Mirrors, Bucket Seats.

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PREMIUM PACKAGE LED Headlights, Moonroof, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Comfort Access Keyless Entry, Lumbar Support, NAVIGATION SYSTEM Remote Services, Advanced Real-Time Traffic Information, BMW Connected App Compatibility, BMW Online & BMW Apps, Instrument Cluster w/Extended Contents, DRIVER ASSISTANCE PACKAGE Rear View Camera, Park Distance Control, WHEELS: 18 X 8.0 LT ALLOY DOUBLE-SPOKE (STYLE 397) Tires: P225/45R18 All Season. BMW 330i xDrive with Mineral Gray Metallic exterior and Black interior features a 4 Cylinder Engine with 248 HP at 5200 RPM*. Serviced here, Non-Smoker vehicle, Originally bought here.

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 CALL US NOW (973) 713-0062 BMW of Morristown offers an consultative, low pressure sales process. Our Client Advisors and Geniuses take the time to match the needs of the customer to the proper vehicles. Whether you're looking for a new or pre-owned vehicle, stop by BMW of Morristown and experience the difference. Come see why we are a 2 time BMW Center of Excellence dealer.

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Year: 2017
Make: BMW
Model: 330i xDrive
Price: $33,552
Engine: 4 Cyl
Exterior Color: Mineral Grey Metallic
Interior Color: Black SensaTec
Fuel Type: Other
Stock #: 50434LC
Mileage: 23699
City MPG: 23
Hwy MPG: 33
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Our little playhouse is finally finished.
It's been a real labor of love and a challenge to keep the budget low and use what we already had on hand.
Click on A Playhouse Story if you want to read about our little house.
This was how it started out (minus all of the junk we hauled out of it).
And now I'm proud to show off our little playhouse all gussied up and ready for some visitors.
After all of the demo and painting, we only had a few more projects to finish up. One of the projects was adding a new (old) window to brighten the interior a bit more.
Then the fabulous duo known as Son & Hubs put in a remnant of carpet that our oldest daughter was getting rid of. She donated it to the cause.
A coat of paint on the outside made the two non-matching windows look like they were meant to be together. By the way, all of the old windows we use in our projects have either been found on the curb or were donated by friends who like to watch us upcycle things - thanks Chris and Sheri!
Flooring and 2x4s left over from our kitchen remodel were used to make storage shelves in one corner. Notice the little chair on the top shelf? It belonged to Hubs when he was a little boy. We'll pull it down to use when we need it.
The bins hold Duplos/Legos, a wooden train track and trains, and a ton of matchbox cars. A bag with the car track sits on top of the bins.
My favorite part of the whole playhouse is the little kitchen spot. I had a great time putting it together. I bought the wooden kitchen 29 years ago in a thrift store. It was a big splurge then - $10.00 was a big chunk of my budget but my baby girl needed a kitchen set.
Hubs nailed some 2x4 pieces between the studs and I added some leftover trim and wood wedges for supports, and cup hooks for hanging things.
The sink part of the kitchen was missing so I bought a small stainless bowl at the thrift store and Son cut some scrap plywood for the bowl to sit in. I painted the wood with leftover paint.
Because the playhouse has no electricity, I added a wind-up emergency lantern. The kids can wind up the lantern with the crank and get 15 minutes of light from it. It's all plastic and not too heavy. I hung it from a leftover plant hanger. I hung a curtain (an old place mat) with Velcro across the bottom shelf. A piece of alphabet art from my staging stash completes the look.
The finishing touch was the kitchen table and chairs. I bought the table and two ice cream parlor chairs at a thrift store 25 years ago for $3.00 and that set has seen many tea parties. The vintage folding chairs were purchased at a thrift store last summer.
After a few coats of spray paint (called Fern) the table and chairs look great. The ice cream parlor chairs are still being worked on (they had to be reupholstered). I'll set them around the table and keep the folded chairs to the side until needed. The matching place mat from the curtain works as a table runner. I added a coat of poly to the top of the table to make it more durable just in case play dough or crayons make an appearance.
I look forward to hearing lots of giggles and conversations while children play here. I might just put in a reading chair and make myself at home! One of the best things about this makeover was that it cost us around $7.00 to do it. All we bought was 2 cans of spray paint and a stainless bowl. Everything else was upcycled, recycled, or reused.
Let the playing begin.

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Gherkins; special sour Mexican edition.
Last year's garden bounty of paste tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers exceeded expectations, perhaps raising them too high for this year's harvest. Novelty Mexican sour gherkins were planted on a whim for the sake of originality and at the onset were the runts of the litter, dwarfed by "de Bourbonne" French varietal cucumbers. However, the community sharecropping garden has finally paid off dividends, bountiful in numbers, though diminutive in size. "De Bourbonne" produced a plethora of flowers but the fruit yield was low as the leaves began to inexplicably wilt. Heirloom ox-heart and paste tomatoes had a promising start as well but soon followed the dB cucumbers' discouraging demise. Meanwhile, the border buds burgeoned at a furious snail's pace.
Not sure of how prevalent gherkin stereotypes are in our greedy, ignorant, chubby god-fearing society, but these little Mexican bastards appeared to thrive in the heat, quickly established roots, multiplied exponentially and eventually overwhelmed the ubiquitous tomatoes, squelching their sunlight, pilfering nutrients and entombing the garden's predecessors in a suffocating ivy cabaña.
Efforts to raise a purebred calf in the 4' x 6' enclosure were hampered by NIMBY gardeners who selfishly objected to the conscious (and trendy) renaissance of super locally raised livestock, even refusing to allocate the unkempt, muffy herb garden for hay despite an inevitable return in rich, honest to goodness local manure.
Other personally scaled, highly popular agricultural ventures to receive a throng of green thumbs down from the temperamental garden community included:
barley, beach glass, butterscotch, cashews, cèpes, cinnamon, free-trade coffee, geese, grapefruit, hazelnuts, beef jerky, mahogany and other precious hardwoods, meth amphetamines, papyrus, peaches, peanuts, pineapples, qat, raisins, rice, rigatoni, sheep, sugarcane, truffles and possibly uranium.
The gherkins had their flower ends washed away and were pickled in a simple 33%, vinegar brine with 3% salt, aromatics, this & that, bay leaf and so on. Their skins are relatively thick considering their size and texturally resemble a grape sized cucumber; snappy skin though with a higher water and seeds content inside. Otherwise, they taste like pickled gherkins and should best be eaten with olives and mixed nuts.


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Eliminating the threat of terrorist attacks continues to be a primary U.S. national security focus. According to the 9/11 Commission, constraining the mobility of terrorists is one of the most effective weapons in fighting terrorism. The U.S. government has identified four key gaps in foreign countries' capacity to prevent terrorist travel overseas, including a key gap in our foreign partners' ability to address the use of fraudulent travel documents. As a result, U.S. agencies have undertaken a variety of efforts to enhance our foreign partners' capacity to identify and interdict fraudulent travel documents (i.e., passports and visas).
As GAO reported in June 2011, seven different U.S. government entities across three federal agencies are involved in providing training to foreign government officials to detect fraudulent travel documents.[1] In delivering the training, agencies have similar objectives and often train the same populations (e.g., immigration officials and law enforcement officials) to develop their skills in recognizing the characteristics of altered, counterfeit, or other fraudulent travel documents, sometimes in the same country.
U.S. Agencies and Bureaus Involved in Providing Fraudulent Travel Document Recognition Training to Foreign Immigration and Law Enforcement Officials
Officials from State's Bureau of Counterterrorism—which coordinates and supports the development and implementation of all U.S. government policies and programs aimed at countering terrorism overseas—told GAO they had been unaware of how many agencies and subagencies are involved in providing fraudulent travel document training to foreign officials. They added that no mechanism existed to encourage coordination among all the parties involved. At the country level, during site visits in March 2011, GAO found that agency officials at two of the four posts it visited did not always collaborate on the delivery of fraudulent travel document recognition training. As a result, some planned training was duplicative and did not make an effective use of limited resources.
[1]We were unable to determine the total amount of money spent on training foreign government officials to detect fraudulent travel documents because the agencies involved did not consistently track the cost of individual training sessions.
GAO recommended in June 2011 that the Secretary of State should
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from the products listed in the related GAO products section. GAO reviewed the strategies and documentation of U.S. agencies funding and/or implementing foreign capacity-building efforts to prevent terrorist travel overseas, including those of State, DOD, DHS, the Department of Justice, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. GAO met with these agencies and conducted field work in Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand.
GAO provided a draft of its June 2011 report to State for review and comment. State agreed with GAO's previous recommendation and reported that efforts to enhance such coordination have begun at the country level. As part of its routine audit work, GAO will track the extent to which progress has been made to address the identified actions and report to Congress.
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Eliminating the threat of terrorist attacks continues to be a primary U.S. national security focus. According to the 9/11 Commission, constraining the mobility of terrorists is one of the most effective weapons in fighting terrorism. This report (1) describes key gaps the U.S. government has identified in foreign countries' capacity to prevent terrorist travel overseas, (2) evaluates how U.S. capa...


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I have a project originally compiled ANSI, it now needs to support UNICODE.
The front end is MFC and some of the backend is std C++ stl.
Currenty under ASCII compilation I have something like:
std:string val;
CString src;
val = src;
No problem.
When compile under UNICODE then have
std::wstring val
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val = src;
Wont compile.
error C2679: binary '=' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'CString' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
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Farmingdale, 3
Old Westbury, 0
Old Westbury, NY - A late hat trick in the final 15 minutes of play by junior forward Andrew Whilby (St. Albans, NY/Wolmers Boys School) gave Farmingdale a 3-0 victory over Old Westbury (3-9-2, 0-4-2) on Monday afternoon in Old Westbury, NY. The Rams improved to 7-6-2 overall and 4-3-1 in the Skyline with the win.
Old Westbury controlled the first half with a 9-4 shot differential and the game was scoreless until the 76th minute of play before the Rams opened the scoring gates and took a 14-8 shot advantage in the second.
Senior midfielder Carlos Proano (Brentwood, NY/Brentwood) sent a cross into the six yard box which was put away by Whilby for the 1-0 lead. One minute later, Whilby scored his second goal of the day on a penalty kick for the 2-0 cushion with 13 minutes left to play. He added his third and final goal of the day as time was running out when he slipped past the Panthers defense and beat the goalie one-on-one to complete the hat trick and give Farmingdale the winning decision.
Rams freshman goalkeeper Joseph Caccavale (West Islip, NY/West Islip) made three saves for his fourth victory and third shutout of the season.
Farmingdale has just three games remaining in regular season play and will travel to Oneonta on Friday, October 20th for a non-conference game at 4:00pm.


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Kempten is the biggest town in the beautiful Allgäu region and also one of the oldest settlements in Germany. It may be historical, but Kempten is also a cheerful, happy-go-lucky place, warm and welcoming towards visitors, proud of its important artworks and its rich cultural heritage. A town you'll fall in love with and you'll definitely want to visit again.
Today it's a picture of harmony and Bavarian gemütlichkeit, but for centuries Kempten was divided by rivalling powers: on one side, there was the Catholic monastery town ruled by a prince abbot, and on the other, the free imperial town loyal to the Protestant faith. Artefacts illustrating Kempten's chequered history can be seen in a captivating presentation at the Erasmus Chapel on St. Mang-Platz square. Offering a journey of magic and mystery, this underground archaeological exhibition uses ultra-modern light and sound technology to bring to life the ruins of the site and the 700 skeletons that were discovered there, the oldest of which dates back over 1,300 years. After your visit, be sure not to miss the enchanting art nouveau fountain on St. Mang-Platz, the 'Red House' opposite and the Church of St. Magnus with its 66-metre-high tower.
Lakes, scenery and plenty of fresh air: the Allgäu region
Kempten is a picturesque town set amid beautiful surroundings. Tucked away in the gently rolling hills of the Allgäu at the foot of the Alps, it is an ideal base for walks, swimming, cycling, golf, tennis and cross-country skiing. Wellness is a top priority in Kempten, the lakes are perfect for canoeing and sailing, and the town is a dream destination for paragliding. Traditional customs are very much kept alive: the Funkenfeuer bonfires, for example, putting up the maypole, driving the cattle up to and down from the Alpine pastures, harvest festivals and the twelve days of Christmas. All these events provide a truly fascinating experience for visitors. Oberstdorf is a lovely place to visit nearby, as are Lake Constance, Ottobeuren basilica and the fairytale castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.
A passion for history and rich rewards
The Roman Museum and Cambodunum Archaeological Park bring Kempten's history to life. The former displays many artefacts from the Roman town of Cambodunum, and the latter is an excavation site and museum about the original settlement during the rule of Emperor Augustus. Not dating back quite so far, but equally fascinating, is the Residenz Palace, whose rococo state rooms are without parallel in southern Germany. If, after all this history, you fancy a spot of retail therapy, Kempten is a shopper's paradise with over 200,000 square metres of retail space. There is a huge selection of specialist shops, department stores, boutiques, shopping arcades and much more, as well as cafés, ice-cream parlours, pubs and restaurants. Shopping, dining, relaxing or simply watching the world go by: the historical town of Kempten has so much to offer.
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ACT-UP Co-Founder Carl Goodman Commits Suicide
Carl Goodman, a longtime AIDS activist and co-founder of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), which held protests against government inaction in the 80s, took his own life on Jan. 5. He was 58.
Michael Petrelis, blogger and LGBT activist, who was also one of the co-founders of ACT-UP, broke the news on his blog on Jan. 6.
Goodman reportedly committed suicide on Jan. 5 by jumping to his death off the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, R.I. Goodman, who was living with AIDS, lived in Bristol, R.I., and is survived by his husband Mario Cavero.
The Providence Journal reported that Goodman was "a consultant who does business development and training for lawyers."
ACT-UP was founded in 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York. The organization devoted itself to passing legislation regarding the treatment of people living with AIDS, as well as funding medical research and policies to bring an end to the epidemic. Their well-known motto, featured on signs, posters, and T-shirts was "Silence = Death."
One of ACT-UP's biggest accomplishments was shutting down the Food and Drug Administration in 1988 for a day, after a widely attended demonstration.
"We've lost a long-term AIDS survivor who ended his life with an act of suicide," Petrelis told EDGE.
Petrelis met Goodman in 1986, when Goodman was not happy with the price of the medications that were being prescribed for people with AIDS, like Zidovudine, or AZT.
"In the case of AZT, when AZT first came along, Carl was not positive at that point," Petrelis recalled. "Still, he was upset that the (recommended) dose of AZT was way too high."
Goodman worked on ACT-UP's data and treatment committees, where discussions were held at meetings on how to get the drugs distributed to people.
On his blog, The Petrelis Files, Petrelis recalled how in 1992, he and Goodman lobbied then presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Bill Clinton "to address Arkansas's sodomy law, one that equated gay sex and bestiality and prohibited both, and our secondary goal was to highlight Clinton's very weak record on AIDS matters."
"The passing of Carl Goodman on January 5th a great advocate in the ACT UP community is a loss and a reminder of the Co-founder efforts to change how we treat patients with HIV," said Paul Fitzgerald, CEO of AIDS Care Ocean State in a statement. "AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power brought the struggle of living and dying with AIDS to the foundations of health policy - big Pharma and big government. All issues were on the table access to care, clinical trials, safe sex and healthy housing. Carl will be missed and remembered with dignity and alliance to the cause."
Petrelis said, like many other AIDS activists, Goodman suffered from depression. He also noted the suicides of numerous other AIDS activists over the last few years.
In 2009, gay rights activist Rodger McFarlane committed suicide at the age of 54 in New Mexico. McFarlane served as the first paid director of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GHMC) and later served in leadership positions with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Bailey House, and the Gill Foundation. McFarlane lived in Manhattan for a number of years, taking care of brother David, before he succumbed to AIDS 12 years ago.
Petrelis said the entire AIDS community is dealing with the shock of Goodman's death. He believes there is a very major problem impacting a portion of the LGBT community.
"There is a suicide crisis among aging gay men," Petrelis said. "I mean gay men above 50 with AIDS [who are] taking their own lives. Unfortunately, we don't value older gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders. We don't honor our elders. We don't take care of them."
Petrelis remains frustrated by what he perceives as a lack of recognition and honor for AIDS survivors, who also worked to save lives and end the epidemic. Petrelis also believes, however, Goodman's legacy of activism on behalf of those living with the disease will never be forgotten.
"Carl fought the good fight, pushed AIDS and queer issues to the forefront of the community and media agenda regardless of popularity, possessed tremendous ethical standards and was also a very funny friend with a great giggle,"Petrelis added. "He is sorely missed."


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Hi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think it is better to be in Ausralia after the MA.
hello all & sundry! my first post, and I come out of the corner swinging: I am wrapping up a Linguistics degree and am planning on enrolling in an MA-TESOL program next year. I have been studying abroad for two years now, and was planning on going back to the US, but there are good study options abroad - I'm specifically thinking of Maquarie University in Sydney, Australia. My question is: when I go back to the US afterwards to work, whether such a degree would be an accepted qualification there, or whether I am better off enrolling in a US program. Any advice or suggestions on where I can look for more information appreciated! Thanks!
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I think it is better to be in Ausralia after the MA.
The question is really where I should get the MA - it's hard to say where I will be after if I don't know where I'm studying!
I recommend staying in Australia to get your degree. And then enjoy the sights and sounds of Australia for the next 30-40 years (depending on your life expectancy).
Maquarie University is well-known, so it should be accepted internationally.


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Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a type of medicine made from
donated blood plasma. IVIG is made of certain antibodies that
fight bacteria, fungi, viruses, or other substances that can cause disease.
Some types of IVIG can be used to reduce the risk of infection in
people who have too few antibodies to
effectively fight infections because of a weakened immune system. Other types can be used to prevent infection in people who may have been exposed to a disease-causing virus, such as the hepatitis A virus. Another type of IVIG is used in babies born
prematurely who are at risk of complications from respiratory syncytial virus
(RSV) infection. IVIG can also be used as treatment for immune system problems that were present at birth (congenital immunodeficiency). And IVIG can be used to prevent problems that Rh incompatibility can cause in a fetus.
Because immunoglobulin is made from donated blood, it is sometimes in
short supply. It is also very expensive.
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Florida Citizens for Science Press Release:
"Critical Analysis" bill harmful to Florida science education.
Florida Citizens for Science opposes Senator Stephen Wise's recently filed bill — SB 1854, Required Instruction in the Public Schools — as it is clearly unnecessary, harmful to science education, and sends a negative message to science-based industries that would otherwise consider setting up shop in our state.
This bill is a waste of our lawmakers' precious time. Sen. Wise's bill directs schools to give "a thorough presentation and critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution." If taken at face value, the "critical analysis" that Sen. Wise is calling for is already a significant part of our state's new state science standards that were approved by the State Board of Education in 2008. Benchmarks SC.912.N.1.3 and SC.912.L.15.1 already require critical analysis and logical thinking in all of the sciences. However, Sen. Wise wants to single out one subject for special attention out of the multitude of sciences taught: evolution. That alone sends a clear signal that this bill has ulterior motives.
Sen. Wise was quoted in the news when he introduced a similar bill in 2009, saying that he wanted schools to teach the idea of "intelligent design" in biology classes alongside evolution (The Florida Times-Union; Feb. 8, 2009; "Wise to introduce bill on intelligent design"). A federal court case decided in 2005 (Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District) left no doubt that the idea of intelligent design was solidly grounded in a specific religious ideology. That court case loss was costly for the school district involved, and tore the community apart. No Florida school district can afford to fall into such a draining legal pit! A recent article in the Tampa Tribune (March 13, 2011; "Legislator's challenge to evolution has some alarmed") made it clear that a lawsuit could be a consequence of Sen. Wise's bill: "There would be litigation were some county school district to be silly enough to be enticed by the legislation to teach religion instead of science." This would be an awful waste of critical resources that should go to educating our children.
It is noteworthy that Sen. Wise now refuses to state what his proposed critical analysis would look like. In the same March 13 Tampa Tribune article, he was vague, proposing only something he called "non-evolution" and "a theory of whatever." Sen. Wise needs to be honest and forthright. What kind of "critical analysis" is he really wanting?
Florida's leaders have been working for years to bring bio-tech industries to our state. Many scientists, especially biologists, will consider this bill to be an attack on an established, core scientific principle. It will be clear to these businesses that Florida leaders don't value science education, and the resulting stigma can only drive away the very industries we are trying to attract. These companies need a well-educated workforce, and Sen. Wise's bill would be in opposition to that need.
Florida Citizens for Science encourages all of our state's lawmakers to send a clear message that sound science education is important to our state. Vote no on SB 1854!


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Every Tuesday during AEP at 10:00am (CST)
AEP is finally here!
Senior Marketing Specialists wants to make sure you have the most effective AEP ever! We will be hosting weekly online coffee breaks to openly discuss AEP and other Medicare topics.
Bring your questions, comments, concerns, threats and/or promises to the table!
Attend one or all of them. You only have to register once to access the webinars!
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text: After years of wooing Boo here, I have come to the realization that cats cannot be understood, only accomodated. They're less interested in the having and chewing of a good cat toy (like we canines are with dog toys), but more in the chase. To them, it's all romance and intrigue. The tantalizing fluttering of a cat toy, the feigned disinterest, the subsequent stalking and the ultimate moment of capture. Spit bath. Repeat. Again, try not to understand.


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I am a blogging mom of three who sums up her chaotic days with humorous rants in between cleaning peanut butter off the ceiling fan and keeping my youngest occupied in the lazy Susan. Put your feet up and laugh at me. My neighbors do!
Friday, May 2, 2008
HINT #2...and now it's a CONTEST!
23 comments:
You had to sweep, mop, "steam" clean the floors with your HOOVER!!! I bet after you cleaned them someone spilled something on them within 24 hrs!!!
- May 2, 2008 at 6:34 AM
Either someone's coming to visit, or you're getting new floors and don't want the floor guys to find various morsels of what your kids have been eating for the last few days... (or, does that only happen at my house?)
- May 2, 2008 at 7:51 AM
Crud. Spelled my own name wrong! Who does that??
- May 2, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- Debbie @ Three Weddings said...
Clean up puke? If yes, thankfully they did it on the tile floor instead of the carpet or in bed!
- May 2, 2008 at 8:02 AM
- Leayellowrose said...
Can I play?????
- May 2, 2008 at 8:21 AM
- Christina said...
Someone is coming over to discuss a book deal?
- May 2, 2008 at 8:26 AM
Is Mimi coming to visit ??
- May 2, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- Julie said...
First I was going to guess that you were having someone come to discuss a book deal. Too late, there was already a guess for that. Next, I was going to guess that Mimi was coming to visit, but someone already beat me to it.
Okay, random guess, you're getting a great new rug for your kitchen/dining room?
- May 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Maybe someone is having a birthday party???
- May 2, 2008 at 1:05 PM
I guess I can't play either huh?? But I REALLY like the bracelet!! LOL!!!
- May 2, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- 2boystwingirls said...
Aw, man - the guesses are taken for what I wanted to say - book deal to be discussed. But, maybe not necessarily a book deal - maybe a deal for your artwork. I know - Ellen Degeneres saw what you are doing and she is sending a camera crew to interview you and help promote your wonderful artwork??!!!! Yah. That's it. :o)
- May 2, 2008 at 1:37 PM
I really want to win the circle of hope... but I probably live too far away (as in another country on another continent [no I did NOT say IN another CONTINENT] across a large body of water) so I don't qualify. I'm sad now. How do you deal with the sadness of pretty much every bloggy prize draw being from the US? I really need to start a campaign for British people to start selling things on blogs and then doing a prize draw so I can win something.
Well, I'm going to REguess that Mimi is going to visit you. Even if I'm wrong, it is the best guess. What is more, if I AM wrong, it is really YOU that is wrong because she SHOULD be coming to visit! So, if it is another answer, I implore you to change it. Invite the girl to your home and find some reason to disqualify anyone else who guessed that first (so if they spelt their name wrong they are disqualified because, well, who does that anyway?) and allow me to win the circle of hope.
The other idea I have (I'm an idea person I am), send the person who first guessed the right answer (again, I'm counting on you to MAKE the Mimi visit thing happen so I can be right) the PHOTO of the circle of hope and then send ME the ACTUAL one.
I think I've made myself fairly clear now. I win, right?
Lucy :D
- May 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- MaBunny said...
ok, no freakin clue atm.. my brain is not working well atm:))
Will think on it for a while and come up with the correct answer!
Hmmm. let me think.....bbl
- May 2, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Picture me sitting at my computer raising my hand higher and higher- "oooo, OOOO, I KNOW! I know! I KNOW! I know! I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i know.
Dang wish I could win the bracelet-
(Why are you cleaning?)
- May 2, 2008 at 3:53 PM
- As Cape Cod Turns said...
Someone must be coming over for you to haul out the Hoover OR you're nesting because you are preggers!
- May 2, 2008 at 5:04 PM
- MaBunny said...
Ok, I got my hubby to try to guess too, since he is great at figuring out riddles and mysteries. His guess was also about Mimi or one of the kiddos you talk about coming to visit.
Also for a sec, thought you might be adopting another kiddo.
I think it also might have something to do with all the fund raising you've been doing for the cancer research.
Will wait to find out, let us know soon!!!
- May 2, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Take My Life... said...
So I am here sitting in Texas....
- May 2, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- 2boystwingirls said...
Ugghh! I came here looking for clues. Or maybe an answer. I didn't get those but I did get to read some very witty comments!
Guess #2 - you are throwing a surprise party for your hubby? Hmm, no, cuz if you're like me the mere fact that you are heavily cleaning would give that away. :o)
Really, way to leave us hanging. I wanna go to bed!!! but I can't. I have to sit here. And keep looking at your blog! ;o)
- May 2, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- Stephanie Honeycutt said...
I bet Dawn is coming over for the weekend.......
- May 3, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Just want to point out that Dawn and Mimi both have 4 letters so either one of them and I should win... Lucy
- May 3, 2008 at 4:25 AM
- Patti said...
ok, friday has come and gone and we still don't know. end the suspense!!!!!!!
- May 3, 2008 at 6:42 AM
- Bloggin' Mama said...
Read this in the whinyest tone you can muster - MICHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLEEEEEEE - you're killing us here. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAASSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEe let us in on the secret.
Is that enough begging?
Come on already, I have no guess because all of the ones I would have guessed were already taken, but just tell us already.
- May 3, 2008 at 8:09 AM
- I am Heather...creator of all things crafty! said...
I go away for a weekend women's retreat with church, come back, bee line it to the "puter" to find out what the answer is and VOILA' NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! You stink, like rotten eggs stink. Like rotten cheese in your kids lunch sack stink, like month only cauliflower in a ziploc baggy trapped in hot car for a week stinke. You're killing us.......................................................When does it give. We better be really surprised with all this suspense. Did freakin Oprah finally read my email I sent her and want to interview you? Come on..........Ok, I'm NOT going to beg ANYMORE...you hear me women......Well....maybe just once more...TELL US NOW, or else!!!! (wink) Heather also sitting here in TX (like Mimi)
- May 3, 2008 at 7:53 PM


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Miley Cyrus has not officially confirmed if her relationship with "Last Song" co-star Liam Hemsworth is romantic or not – but the young star says whatever they have together is staying "very DL."
In an interview with Seventeen in its December/January issue, Miley — who turns 17 on Monday — says she's matured in many ways in the last year – thanks in part to her new friend.
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"Liam has been a big part of that," she told the mag of her recent life changes. "All you want is for one person to say, 'You did a really good job today.' Or 'You look really beautiful,' or 'I was really moved by that.' You just want one person to make you feel good about something you're doing."
But is the teen starlet dating the 19-year-old Australian actor?
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"It sucks when your personal life becomes public. So I'm finding ways to make my personal and private life more of my life – which is one of the reasons why I deleted my Twitter," she told the mag. "We've decided that any type of relationship that we have, we will always just keep it very DL. First and foremost, we are best friends, so that's what I tell people all the time."
And though she might not have officially confirmed their status as boyfriend and girlfriend, Miley says Liam understands her more than anyone else.
"I've never gotten along with someone so well," she explained. "I was a little anxious about making ['The Last Song.'] I wanted everything to be perfect. To go on set and feel insecure was a totally new element for me. But he felt the same way. He admitted his insecurities, and it was really nice to have someone who understands me for once."
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By Barbara Sherf
For years, the national realty firm Prudential Fox & Roach (PFR) and the local company Eichler & Moffly have been competitors in Chestnut Hill. All of that changed on Feb. 1, however, when Prudential bought Eichler Moffly for an undisclosed price.
William Lee Morse, who purchased Eichler & Moffly 12 years ago, confirmed the sale was effective Feb. 1. Morse, 67, would not disclose details of the deal but did explain his reasons for selling the business.
"For health reasons it became apparent it was time for me to retire and that that the best thing would be to sell the company," Morse said in a raspy voice.
He did not want to share details of his health issues.
"After conferring with family and friends, I felt that the best company to merge with was PruFoxRoach," he said. "They are the largest company in the area, and it seemed like a good fit to sell to them. I think the combined forces can dominate the local market and best serve the local clients in the area."
According to Bruce Glendinning, PFR senior vice president, the new signs are up at the Bethlehem Pike office, and the West Evergreen Avenue location will also remain as a PFR office.
Eichler & Moffly Realtors was founded in 1960 by David K. Eichler and William T. Moffly III. Bill Moffly retired in 1993, and William L. Morse purchased the firm in 1995 and became president, with the late David Eichler remaining chairman of the board through 2003. William Morse brought to the company 25 years of real estate experience in construction, development and sales.
Morse indicated that both offices would remain open under the PruFoxRoach name.
"We're calling it Chestnut Hill Evergreen and PruFoxRoach Bethlehem Pike for now," said Glendinning, whose father, Bob Glendinning, worked at Emlen and Company for 50 years, the precursor to PruFox Roach entering the Chestnut Hill market.
"He was the former founding partner of PruFoxRoach and he had talked to David Eichler for many years about merging the companies, but they were never able to come up with the terms," said Glendinning, who got into the business 26 years ago as a PFR realtor. Glendinning took over as regional manager three years ago, and stayed in touch with Morse.
"Finally, after lots of meetings and negotiations, the deal came about," Glendinning said. "My father would be thrilled that I fulfilled his dreams for the new PruFoxRoach. I think David Eichler would have been equally as happy."
Glendinning said local response has been favorable.
"We are now the dominating force in the Chestnut Hill marketplace, and we have the finest agents in the business," Glendinning added. "We will maintain the staff at both offices.".
As far as the transition for Eichler & Moffly staff, Glendinning said training has been ongoing since Feb. 1.
"They are learning new systems and tools, and we are bringing them up to speed," he noted. "We had an event last Thursday night at the Philadelphia Cricket Club to bring together the staff and celebrate the news."
Morse was pleased that the deal went through, but saddened by the loss of the Eichler & Moffly name.
"I am saddened that the name Eichlery & Moffly is not continuing, but the combined companies are incredibly strong and will to better serve the community," he said.
Patrick Gallagher, sales manager and broker of record for Eichler & Moffly will continue to serve in that role at the location diagonally across from the Chestnut Hill East train station.
The merger combines the 35 representatives from Eichler & Moffly with the 60 associates in the Evergreen Avenue office.
Bob Elfant, a partner at Elfant Wissahickon Realtors is now one of the few independent realtors competing with the combined office. Elfant, whose offices main offices are in Mt. Airy, moved to the 8000 block of Germantown Avenue in 2010 to have more of a presences in Chestnut Hill.
"I and my partners will continue to run Elfant Wissahickon as a small independent firm," said Bob Elfant in a phone interview Monday morning. "It's a shame but it seems to be the national trend of larger corporate entities eating up the smaller independent firms."
Elfant said he had had discussions several months ago about merging with Eichler Moffly "But it was clear that things were already well underway with PruFox," he said, noting that EW has 75 agents, with 65 of them based out of the Chestnut Hill office. "We are a force to be reckoned with. If someone wants an independent Realtor to sell their home, we will be there."
Prudential Fox Roach has more than 57 locations nationwide and 3,750 associates and is the fourth largest provider of home services in the United States.


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Attacking cancer cells with hydrogel nanoparticles
|(Nanowerk News) One of the difficulties of fighting cancer is that drugs often hit other non-cancerous cells, causing patients to get sick. But what if researchers could sneak cancer-fighting particles into just the cancer cells? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ovarian Cancer Institute are working on doing just that. In the online journal BMC Cancer they detail a method that uses hydrogels - less than 100 nanometers in size - to sneak a particular type of small interfering RNA(siRNA) into cancer cells. Once in the cell the siRNA turns on the programmed cell death the body uses to kill mutated cells and help traditional chemotherapy do its job.
|Many cancers are characterized by an over abundance of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR). When the EGFR level in a cell is elevated it tells the cell to replicate at a rapid rate. It also turns down apoptosis, or programmed cell death.
|An artistic rendering of hydrogel nanoparticles.
|With our technique were inhibiting EGFRs growth, with small interfering RNA. And by inhibiting its growth, were increasing the cellss apoptotic function. If we hit the cell with chemotherapy at the same time, we should be able to kill the cancer cells more effectively, said John McDonald, professor at the School of Biology at Georgia Tech and chief research scientist at the Ovarian Cancer Institute.
|Small interfering RNA is good at shutting down EGFR production, but once inside the cell siRNA has a limited life span. Keeping it protected inside the hydrogel nanoparticles allows them to get into the cancer cell safely and acts as a protective barrier around them. The hydrogel releases only a small amount of siRNA at a time, ensuring that while some are out in the cancer cell doing their job, reinforcements are held safely inside the nanoparticle until its time to do their job.
|Its like a Trojan horse, said L. Andrew Lyon, professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. Weve decorated the surface of these hydrogels with a ligand that tricks the cancer cell into taking it up. Once inside, the particles have a slow release profile that leaks out the siRNA over a timescale of days, allowing it to have a therapeutic effect.
|Cells use the messenger RNA (mRNA) to generate proteins, which help to keep the cell growing. Once the siRNA enters the cell, it binds to the mRNA and recruits proteins that attack the siRNA-mRNA complex. But the cancer cell's not finished; it keeps generating proteins, so without a continuous supply of siRNA, the cell recovers. Using the hydrogel to slowly release the siRNA allows it to keep up a sustained attack so that it can continue to interrupt the production of proteins.
|Weve shown that you can get knock down out to a few days time frame, which could present a clinical window to come in and do multiple treatments in a combination chemotherapy approach, said Lyon.
|The fact that this system is releasing the siRNA slowly, without giving the cell time to immediately recover, gives us much better efficiency at killing the cancer cells with chemotherapy, added McDonald.
|Previous techniques have involved using antibodies to knock down the proteins.
|But oftentimes, a mutation may arise in the targeted gene such that the antibody will no longer have the effect it once did, thereby increasing the chance for recurrence, said McDonald.
|The team used hydrogels because theyre non-toxic, have a relatively slow release rate, and can survive in the body long enough to reach their target.
|Its a well-defined architecture that youre using the intrinsic porosity of that material to load things into, and since our particles are about 98 percent water by volume, theres plenty of internal volume in which to load things, said Lyon.
|Currently, the tests have been shown to work in vitro, but the team will be initiating tests in vivo shortly.
|Source: Georgia Tech
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As with HDD, the SSD also allocates space to handle administrative functions such as dealing with bad locations. You can see this difference if you look at how your computer summarizes the capacity of the computer's storage drive, for example, in Disk Utility's Total Capacity listing.
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Since his debut in 2002 he has published six books of poems, most recently Hnefi eða vitstola orð (Fist or words bereft of sense, 2013), five novels and two collections of essays. Eiríkur is also active in sound and performance poetry, visual poetry, poetry film and various conceptual poetry projects.
Eiríkur has translated over a dozen books into Icelandic, including a selection of Allen Ginsberg's poetry and Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn (for which he received the Icelandic Translation Award), but most recently Ida Linde's Maskinflickans Testamente. He lives in Ísafjörður, Iceland, a rock in the middle of the ocean, and spends much of his time in Västerås, Sweden, a town by a lake.


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Tiger Woods (Eldrick Woods), 1975–, American golfer, b. Cypress, Calif. The son of a African-American father and a Thai mother, he was a college star at Stanford and became the only three-time (1994–96) U.S. amateur champion before turning professional in 1997. Seeming to justify publicity promoting him as the "future of golf," Woods won the 1997 Masters in a runaway. After mixed success in 1998, he won the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Championship and again dominated golf in 1999. In 2000, Woods won the U.S. and British opens and PGA Championship, setting or tying several records in the process and becoming the youngest of only five golfers to achieve a modern career Grand Slam. Woods's victory at the Masters in 2001 made him the first golfer to win all four major professional championships in a row. He has since won the Masters (2002, 2005), U.S. Open (2002, 2008), British Open (2005–6), and PGA Championship (2006–7) twice, and achieved more than 50 tournament victories by age 30, a PGA record. In 2007 he won the inaugural FedEx Cup, a four-tournament championship, and since 2012 he has been second only to Sam Snead for most PGA Tour wins. Lurid revelations in 2009 of marital infidelities tarnished his personal reputation.


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This post was originally going to be the photos of the Church and Chapel my grandfather, an architect, designed, but I always think of music in them year round, but especially at Christmas. So, this has become my creative way of combing the two. I have no memory of my immediate family ever listening to holiday music, but I sure do now.
Ah, the music, one of my most favorite things about Christmas. And, way before the month of December, you will find me playing my Christmas music. There is no one favorite song, I like the traditional, as well as the more modern songs. I usually start with my record (yep, a record) and play Handels "Messiah." Then move on to a few cd's, and for a number of years, I would buy a new one each year. I have ones by Neil Diamond (2), Elvis, John Tesh (2), Celine Dion, Dolly Parton, Charlotte Church, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sanders Family Christmas, and throughout the year I will play Trans-Siberian Orchestra music, really, really loud. The Sanders Family Christmas album is actually from a wonderful Christmas play, a musical. The play was presented at our local Repertory Theatre about seven years ago, and was so popular; it was brought back the following year. The neat thing, for me, was at that time I was a volunteer usher, and ended up seeing it about 12 times!
Recently, a friend said she doesn't like Christmas music! That is hard to understand, I can agree with not liking snow, the shopping or the cooking, but music…it is so innocent, and best of all, it is free. Our local radio station plays it 24/7, and wherever I drive, I am in heaven.
While I can't carry a tune, and never sing in front of anybody, I belt out the tunes, esp. when I am at my beloved computer listening to my Christmas tunes on ITunes...what an invention is that. Several years ago, I got out a lot of the Christmas cd's from the local library and copied them to the computer, saved a lot, and had a ball. Now, I will pay for some, and recently added "White Christmas" and "Last Christmas."
Whenever we visited my grandparents, classical music was always on. No wonder, he was an organist at his church for many years. And, he could repair them as well. Truly, a man of all trades. I got my love of classical music from his house.
Whenever we visited my grandparents, classical music was always on. No wonder, he was an organist at his church for many years. And, he could repair them as well. Truly, a man of all trades. I got my love of classical music from his house.
Church (Univ. of Connecticut) designed by my grandfather, photo bef. 1930.
Photo taken about 11 years ago by a relative, and used as a Christmas card.
Lester Larrabee of A Bit of the Pieces provided the link to me.
Inside the chapel.


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CLEVELAND, OH - The Cleveland Cavaliers have claimed forward Jon Leuer off waivers from the Houston Rockets, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts. The Rockets waived the forward on Wednesday, July 18.
Leuer, 23, averaged 4.7 points on .508 shooting and 2.6 rebounds in 12.1 minutes per game in 46 games (12 starts) during his rookie season in 2011-12. In his 12 starts, the 6-foot-10, 228-pound forward averaged 7.7 points on .560 shooting and 3.3 rebounds in 17.7 minutes per game.
"Jon is a young, athletic, hard-working post player. He will add depth and also bring a perimeter shooting element to our big positions," said General Manager Chris Grant. "We're happy to add Jon to our team and looking forward to his continued growth and development as a Cavalier."
Prior to the start of the NBA's 2011-12 regular season, Leuer, the 40th overall selection in the 2011 NBA Draft, signed with the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt team of the German Bundesliga. He appeared in 10 games and posted averages of 14.8 points on .495 shooting and 7.8 rebounds in 31.6 minutes per game.
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Things were not looking good for Boise as they were down to their final four outs, but they tied it in the eighth, then exploded for seven beating Yakima 11-5 to force a winner take all game three. After a quick first two innings, Boise got the scoring started in the third. With one out Darien Martin singled and was followed by a two-run homer by Gioskar Amaya, and just like that the Hawks took a 2-0 lead. Yakima came right back to tie it in the bottom of the third on starter Tayler Scott, who ended the night giving up two runs on five hits in four innings. The game stayed tied into the fifth when Boise struck again. Darien Martin doubled to lead the inning off and moved to third on a Gioskar Amaya sacrifice bunt. Stephen Bruno quickly plated the run as he singled to center giving the Hawks a short-lived 3-2 lead. Michael Heesch took over for Scott in the fifth and was greeted quite rudely as the first two hitters singled. After a ground out that moved the runners to second and third Mark Ginther gave the Bears their first lead of the night as he singled to right. Boise squandered chances in both the sixth and the seventh, but couldn't get that elusive big hit to tie it. Heesch and Tyler Bremer did a great job and were able to keep this a one run game into the eighth. In the eighth the Hawks quickly made two outs, and up stepped Albert Almora who hit the right-center gap and slid into third with a triple. The next batter Marco Hernandez swung and missed on a pitch, but the catcher couldn't keep it front of him and Almora scampered home to tie the game at four. After Bremer pitched a scoreless bottom half, the Hawks came to the plate in the ninth. Once again Boise had two outs and nobody on when Gioskar Amaya came to the plate, the madness was about to begin. Amaya drew a walk and moved to third on a Stephen Bruno single. That would bring to the plate the team leader in RBIs, Jeimer Candelario, who didn't disappoint as he tripled to center driving in two. After a Dan Vogelbach walk, with Wilson Contreras batting pitcher Cody Wheeler was called for a balk, brining in a run. Contreras walked and was followed by a two-run double by Almora, who ended the night 3-for-5 with a double, triple, two runs scored, and two RBIs. Things didn't end there as Rock Shoulders and Darien Martin each added RBI singles in the ninth. When it was all said and done Boise would score seven runs and bring 12 men to the plate in the ninth inning. Bremer went back out in the ninth and recorded the last three outs and got the win for the Hawks. He pitched the final three innings allowing one run on three hits, while striking out three. Some other offensive highlights on the night was Darien Martin and Stephen Bruno who each had three hits and combined to score three runs and knock in two.
What a way to end this one. It didn't come easy, but Boise finally got things going and it just kep going, and going. Hopefully it continues into tomorrow night as this series has turned into a one game playoff where the winner will take all. Vancouver will be waiting for the winner as they beat Everett tonight and have advanced to the championship. Looking forward to reporting good news on Wednesday, Go Hawks!!
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The iPad's got a big screen, zippy performance and a decent web browser — but its real potential lies in the thousands of apps — more than 3,000 already — that use that hardware in new and interesting ways.
But as significant of an advancement as the iPad may be compared to its smaller predecessors, one major problem remains: The App Store is still a cluttered mess, and iPad apps only add to the pile.
Furthermore, iPad apps are generally more expensive than iPhone or iPod Touch apps. A few downloads could quickly drive your iTunes bill to the triple-digit range.
Just which iPad apps are worth the splurge? After scouting the store and obsessively testing apps for days, we've dug up 15 gems that we believe are the best among the early birds, based on criteria of innovation, fun factor, value and quality interface design. We've split them up into three categories: productivity, media and games.
Productivity Apps
A snazzy to-do list to organize your errands, work projects and house chores, Things is to apps what a five-star restaurant is to eating. The app sports a gorgeous interface that makes the act of checkmarking a completed task truly gratifying. You can add current and future errands to the standard to-do list, and a Projects category helps you brainstorm your long-term work. The most impressive part about Things is the ability to sync all your to-do list items to the Things apps for Mac and iPhone. All three apps combined cost $80, so the Things suite ain't cheap, but incessantly busy types will appreciate the elegant experience of these apps. The Things iPad app alone costs $20 (download link).
iStudiez Pro
Some universities believe the iPad can play a role in education, and iStudiez Pro illustrates one way student life can improve with the help of new technology. The iStudiez Pro app is an interactive planner tailored to students, enabling them to keep track of lecture hours, assignment deadlines, exam dates and more. If you've already graduated from college, this app will make you wish you were a student again. iStudiez Pro costs $3 (download link).
Kayak Flights
Booking flights online has always been a pain in the butt using clunky airline websites, but the Kayak Flights app miraculously makes the experience pleasant. The app features an easily navigable calendar and plenty of customization options to find the right flight. It can even use the iPad's location sensors to automatically find the nearest airport. Within seconds, you'll be able to perform a quick search for the cheapest fares for your trip. The best part is, the app is free (download link).
The first Twitter app for iPhone, Twitteriffic was eventually superseded by the more-popular app Tweetie. Once again, Twitterific is among the first Twitter apps for the iPad — but this time around, Twitterific will be hard to top. The app is snappy, and its interface does a fine job at divvying up your timeline, @ replies, direct messages and favorites. It's a free download in the App Store (download link).
Evernote, a popular note-taking service that stores your notes in the cloud so you can access them anywhere, has done it again. Its iPad app displays your notes as nice, big, easily tappable thumbnails. Typing and saving a new note can be done in a snap. And viewing saved notes on the iPad's big screen makes them much more usable and legible than they are on an iPhone or iPod Touch. We've always loved Evernote's web interface and desktop app, but the iPad version really nails it. Evernote is a free download in the App Store (download link).
Sketchbook Pro
Sketchbook Pro is a drop-dead–beautiful app for digital artists. The app jams a rich feature set, including 75 brush sizes, a layer editor and a symmetrical drawing tool, into a surprisingly intuitive interface. We'll say no more: Just watch the video above, and be wowed (download link).
Air Sharing
There's no native method to print from the iPad just yet, but Air Sharing offers a workaround. The app wirelessly mounts your iPad as a drive on your computer, and you can load it up with files and even use the app to print over the air to a wireless printer. Air Sharing costs $10 (download link).
Media Apps
We can't stop raving about the Marvel app, and that's because it's just so damn good. It makes comics look even better than they did on cheap, easy-to-soil comic book paper, and the best part is the ability to zoom in to view individual panels one at a time, as if watching an interactive storyboard for a movie. The free app charges $2 per comic download, though there are some free comic books as well (download link). The downsides: You can't swap comic books with your friends, and you can't brag about how valuable your collection of mint-condition, plastic-wrapped comics will be some day.
News Rack
News Rack is a fine choice for media addicts who crave a snappy RSS reader. The app can sync with your RSS feeds in Google Reader, and bubbles pop up immediately when your feeds refresh. It's a straight-to-the-point app to get your media fix (download link). It costs $5.
National Public Radio
NPR is one of the most popular media outlets in America, and now it's available in a slick, elegant app for the iPad. Arguably, the NPR app is even better than the NPR.com website. Tap an article, and you can listen to an audio clip or view photos complementing it. A "Share" tab enables you to share an article by Twitter, Facebook or e-mail. It's a free app in the App Store (download link). If you're a liberal media snob, this app's the perfect accoutrement to your Prius-driving, cappuccino-sipped, public-radio–listening lifestyle.
The Elements
The Elements is a guide to the periodic table that's been enhanced with 3-D objects, video clips and live data from Wolfram Alpha. Who knew science could be so fun? It costs $14 (download link).
Real Racing HD
If you want to play a game that makes good use of the iPad's accelerometer, look no further than Real Racing HD. The entire iPad becomes the steering wheel; the simple controls (all you can do is steer) make this a game adults and children can equally enjoy. The game's visuals are stunning, and what's more, you have the option to apply your own photos onto your digital car to give it a nice, personal touch. The game is $10 (download link).
Fieldrunners is an addictive, tower-defense strategy game that will provide you with endless hours of fun. The polished, 2-D visuals will make you feel nostalgic about the good ol' days of visually unpretentious gaming. The game costs $5 (download link).
Flight Control HD
Twirl your fingers to land as many aircraft as you can while carefully avoiding collision. The premise is as simple as that, and yet Flight Control HD is a brilliant hit, and the big screen makes it significantly more interesting — and challenging — than the iPhone version. We love it. It's $5 in the App Store (download link).
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Creationist Gov. Bobby Jindal Calls for the GOP to Stop Being Stupid
Some Republican politicians are trying to get out in front of their massive loss this election by making speeches calling for the party to stop being so stupid.
No, really — that's what Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said yesterday.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday called on Republicans to "stop being the stupid party" and make a concerted effort to reach a broader swath of voters with an inclusive economic message that pre-empts efforts to caricature the GOP as the party of the rich.
In his first interview since his party's electoral thumping last week, Jindal urged Republicans to both reject anti-intellectualism and embrace a populist-tinged reform approach that he said would mitigate what exit polls show was one of President Barack Obama's most effective lines of attack against Mitt Romney. …
"It is no secret we had a number of Republicans damage our brand this year with offensive, bizarre comments — enough of that," Jindal said. "It's not going to be the last time anyone says something stupid within our party, but it can't be tolerated within our party. We've also had enough of this dumbed-down conservatism. We need to stop being simplistic, we need to trust the intelligence of the American people and we need to stop insulting the intelligence of the voters."
Politico's article doesn't mention it, but Gov. Jindal is rather infamous at LGF for pushing the very stupidest of stupid right wing positions; he enthusiastically promoted and signed into law a bill in Louisiana that legitimizes the teaching of creationism under the disguise of "academic freedom." Jindal's promotion of creationism outraged scientists across America; one scientific organization actually cancelled a major convention in protest.
More recently, Jindal has also promoted legislation that allows Louisiana state funding to go to private religious schools that teach creationism and all kinds of other anti-science mind rot.
And that's not all, by a long shot. While a college student, Jindal took part in an exorcism, that he claimed cured a woman of cancer.
And of course, when Jindal gave the GOP response to President Obama's congressional address in 2009, he singled out "volcano monitoring" for mockery, as a government expense he would cut — a few months before the eruption of a giant Icelandic volcano that disrupted air traffic all around the world. Jindal's dumb comments about volcano monitoring also outraged scientists across America.
This is the guy who's going to be the poster boy for the new super-intelligent big-brained GOP?
Good luck with that.


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These two photos captured by Megan Cullen Photo at last week's Semi-Permanent Brisbane event are a pretty perfect summary of two of the most powerful overarching themes of the day.
They may seem blatantly obvious, but the design industry is a challenging world and we often need these kind of 'commonsense' reminders. I do, at least - even after a decade in the design world.
Another reoccurring theme was the importance of personal projects. Almost all the speakers touched on this in some way or another - pouring yourself into a personal project, expressing yourself in an unfiltered, unapologetic way (Moffitt.Moffitt) and letting your work be your journal (Miso).
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Dear Hungry Girl, Help! I'm obsessed with carbs, but I find that anytime I eat white bread, potatoes, noodles, etc., I gain weight. Are there any substitutes that aren't as starchy? Carb Craver
Hi Carb Craver,
I actually hear this pretty often. Personally, I limit refined carbs like white bread and pasta because they make me hungrier than other foods. I do have swaps that are way less starchy... Check these out!
Instead of bread and tortillas... Wrap your burgers and sandwich goodies in large leaves of lettuce or cabbage. Just steam the cabbage first. (About 45 seconds in the microwave is perfect!) If that's too drastically SWAPPY for you, start with light bread or buns, which have fewer carbs than the standard stuff (bonus points if they pack fiber!), and then leave off the top piece to save even more carby calories.
Instead of pizza crust... I love unconventional pizza crusts. For protein-packed options, use a chicken breast cutlet that has been pounded thin or fat-free liquid egg substitute cooked as a large thin patty in a skillet. There are so many veggies that work great as crust swaps, too -- bell pepper halves, portabella mushroom caps, slabs of eggplant, and more. Bake or grill 'em, and then load them up with pizza sauce, light cheeses, turkey pepperoni, etc. You get all the pizza flavor without the unwanted starchy carbs.
Instead of potatoes... Butternut and kabocha squash are amazing for French fries, and turnips and carrots work well too! For mashed potatoes, try steaming and mashing cauliflower. Then season it up, and top it with gravy! Or go halfsies with real potatoes like we do in this HG recipe.
Instead of pasta... Tofu shirataki is a FANTASTIC non-carby noodle swap. A serving has just 3g carbs and 20 calories. Pretty unbelievable! As for other pasta swaps, spaghetti squash is amazing. I'm also a fan of steamed broccoli cole slaw and zucchini ribbons as pasta stand-ins.
Instead of chips/crackers... This recipe for crunchy Baked Kale makes a GREAT chip swap. TRY IT. Another unconventional yet awesome option? Seaweed snacks: crispy little sheets of roasted seaweed. They come in lots of great flavors, and they're REALLY low in calories!
There you have it -- some seriously AMAZING swaps for all your carb cravings!
Hey HG, I LOVE The Laughing Cow Light cheese wedges (I eat them DAILY), so I'm very curious about the new cream cheese spreads. How are they? And do you have any recipes or ideas for how to use them? Livin' on the Wedge
Hi Livin' on the Wedge,
Since it sounds like you're as crazy about the Cow's light cheese wedges as I am, I have a feeling you'll LOVE the Smooth Sensations wedges as well. They're super creamy and full of flavor. They come in the same eight-wedge wheels as the other wedges, except the foil wrappers are GOLD. (Schmancy!) We actually developed three Hungry Girl breakfast recipes using 'em: Strawberries 'n Cream Stuffed French Toast (insanely decadent and delicious), Wake Up the Big Apple Empanadas (ideal for an early crowd), and this Cheesy Bacon Breakfast Crostini (a nice savory way to start your day). Also, an HG subscriber suggested using the Cinnamon Cream spread in this awesome duo -- it's THE BEST.
You can also play around with HG recipes by swapping out a Laughing Cow light cheese wedge for one of the 1/3 less fat cream cheese spreads. For each wedge exchange, just add 10 calories and 2.5g fat. This kid-friendly Beetles on a Board recipe would taste fantastic with the Cinnamon Cream. Or just pair a Fuji apple with the Cinnamon Cream for a pretty spectacular snack. Make the Egg Mug Classic with a wedge of the Garden Vegetable. Perfection!
Other ideas? Stir some of the Strawberries & Cream or Cinnamon Cream into a growing oatmeal bowl, or spread a wedge on a low-fat toaster waffle or light English muffin. Use the Garden Vegetable in a sandwich or wrap. And of course, any flavor would be great on a light bagel!
Hope I've given you enough ideas to get started. Enjoy!
Today, September 12th, is National Chocolate Milkshake Day. This Ginormous Chocolate Ice Cream Shake is an oldie but a goodie... CLASSIC!
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AUX and Orange Twin are pleased to announce a performance and workshop by legendary German experimental music group Faust. Tickets are available now via the 40 Watt Club Web site for the October 10 performance with Athens' own Circulatory System and special guests.
Faust will present a workshop the following day at 2 PM at the Cine Lab in downtown Athens, for concert ticket holders and UGA students and faculty (limited seating, first come, first served).
Start the weekend with a very special Orange Twin Fall Concert on October 9 with performances by the Scott E. Spillane EXP, Nana Grizol, Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and Neil Hamburger. For more information, tickets, and camping information visit http://www.orangetwin.com.
For more information about Faust visit: faust-pages.com.
AUX is supported in part by Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE), and interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at the University of Georgia.


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Taranach the Terrible is finished off by a horde of children Tuesday
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Woods Battle Provides Ambiance
By Syr Kyppyn Kirkcaldy
Battlefield Correspondent
The Woods Battle has a long history of being the greatest and worst battle at Pennsic. When you ask the average fighter on the street you tend to get an answer one way or another. Why?
The Woods provides the ambiance that some like—fighting among the trees, allowing fighters to strategize guerrilla tactics in an environment that our ancestors fought in so long ago. The old Woods Battle site had been used for so many years, the damage to the forest was evident from anyone who walked there. The underbrush couldn't grow and long-term damage to the ecosystem was beginning to deteriorate the site. So a few years ago, a new Woods Battle site was designated for combat.
This year, the entire site (approximately 1,000 by 1,000 feet) was available to the troops. Two resurrection points were given to each side and the 90-minute battle for 7 banners began with the shot of the canon.
Master Feral, Warlord for the East, gave me his plan of action for the East: "Our battle plan was conceived and run by Atlantia. The East army sent in light, fast units of soldiers who coordinated on the right side with Æthelmearc and took the closest banner quickly. We took banner number 6 and felt the Midrealm Army would get banner 7. The Midrealm fought valiantly against overwhelming numbers. The Midrealm and their allies may have actually killed more East forces, but we had more numbers to resurrect faster. Northern Army controlled banner 3 & 4, kept the corridor open. Ealdormere did a fantastic job and were fleet of foot as they gained the banners for the East."
Lady Signy from Atlantia was assigned as a runner. She shared with me her thoughts on the battle, "The battle went very well. The banners and resurrection points were spread out and really used the space in the woods."
Sir Cedric from the Incipient Canton of Wyndriche marshaled the battle. "I witnessed heroic deeds on both sides. Courtesy was given from both sides when needed. The fighting was very clean."
I caught General Fargthen coming out of the woods and he was very complimentary of House Darkmoon and their effort in the woods. I met with the Darkmoon commander, Sir Gerwulf. He had this to say about the Woods Battle: "We were way outnumbered. The command and control of our unit was very good. Count Savaric was leading our division and we fought over banner 4 against long skirmish lines. Eventually, because of the numbers we were double-enveloped and overrun. Other factors included the ground being very uneven and all of the bees in the woods. The numbers were telling."
Sir Elizabeth from Ealdormere echoed Gerwulf's comments. "The Midrealm being so vastly outnumbered is not good for anybody." This was a common theme of the day from everyone I interviewed. Sir Osric of the Midrealm told me, "The Midrealm were heroes and fought hard. The side on banner 1 got pushed back and Darkmoon fought to keep control. The Woods marshals were awesome and the fighting was clean."
Sir Michael au Cluin from Midrealm described the effort of the small Midrealm forces as, "Whereever they [Midrealm] went, pain followed." Sir Alonzio from Æthelmearc wanted to go on record to say that he did not like fighting in the new woods." The underbrush and uneven ground contributed to injuries and problems today. Count Lutr had a fallen log pin his leg, and thankfully the graciousness and cooperation of the East side allowed him to free himself before any injury could happen. I liked the old woods much better."
In the end, the East Kingdom controlled all 7 banners when the 90-minute canon sounded off. When I asked Master Feral, Warlord of the East Kingdom, to tell me who he thought stood above and beyond on the field today, he told me, "The heroes of the day are the Midrealm Army. Units like Darkmoon, Darkyard, and the Kingdom of Lochac did a great job banging against our units and holding them up, but the numbers were just too overwhelming." Lord Vey of the incipient Barony of Endeweard told me he had a great time. The feelings on both sides seemed to be a mix of happiness and frustration. Other fighters used the words "target rich environment." It remains to be seen if the rest of the war can be more evenly matched, as both sides have told me that a fair, even-odds fight is a good fight. A good fight is what every SCA warrior wants the most.


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I've found whats sounds like a good car in Mission. The owner is sending me some more photos and I'll be sending him a small deposit to hang on to it for the time being. The owner says the car is very solid, but I've heard that line twice in the past few months and both cars were full of bondo. Not the type of solid I am after.
I'm hoping to find someone to check out the 240z for me in Mission. Anyone nearby that could look at it and make sure I'm not blindly buying a complete wreck? If interested, send me an e-mail at traveldriverace at gmail dot com or text 78o-7o9-6746.
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Committee approves funding for UW atheist group
Allocation must still be approved by other officials
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison committee has approved using student fees to fund an atheist organization.
Chris Calvey is president of the group, Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics. Calvey said it's about time secular students got the support they deserve.
The university's Student Services Finance Committee recently approved about $67,000 to fund the group in the next academic year. The national Secular Student Alliance said the funding appears to be the largest ever awarded to such a campus organization.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the student council, chancellor and regents must still approve the funding. Associated Students of Madison spokesman David Gardner said committee recommendations are rarely, if ever, overturned.


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Abortion rights advocates took the fight over Texas' new abortion restrictions to the U.S. Supreme Court today.
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said a coalition of reproductive health care providers filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate an injunction granted last week by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel. Yeakel had blocked a provision requiring doctors who provide abortions to obtain hospital admitting privileges, but his ruling was overturned by the Fifth Circuit.
"Over the last couple of days, women who made the complex and deeply personal decision to have an abortion showed up at their doctor's appointment and could not get a safe and legal medical procedure that has been their constitutionally protected right for 40 years," Richards said in a press statement. "We're asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas' dangerous and extreme law from taking effect because your rights — your very ability to make your own medical decisions — should not depend on your zip code."
Across the state, at least 13 clinics had to stop offering abortions Friday, including facilities in Lubbock, Waco, Killeen, McAllen, Harlingen, Fort Worth and San Antonio.
In his ruling, Yeakel said the new regulation "lacks a rational basis and places an undue burden on a woman seeking an abortion." The Fifth Circuit disagreed.
But abortion rights advocates point to news accounts of clinic closings that included interviews with women who said they do cannot afford to travel.
"Last week's court decision allowing this extreme measure to take effect has already begun to hit the state of Texas like a tsunami, taking away vital health services from women," said Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.


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Health officials in Maryland and beyond are using today's National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day to urge people to get tested and treated for the illness.
According to a new CDC report on 37 states with longstanding, robust HIV surveillance systems, African Americans made up about 14 percent of the population but half of new HIV diagnoses in 2005-08. In Maryland, 78 percent of HIV/AIDS cases were African-American. At the end of 2009, 1 in 54 black men and 1 in 97 black women in the state were living with HIV/AIDS.
Last year, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provided HIV testing, partner services, and other interventions to more than 75,000 African Americans. However, officials maintain that more work is necessary to increase access to testing and counseling services and reduce stigma.
"With HIV, knowledge is power," said Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, Maryland secretary of health and mental hygiene, in a statement. "Getting tested and treated can save your life."
For more information about the CDC report, visit www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6004a2.htm?s_cid=mm6004a2_e%0d%0a.


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Isn't it ironic that most resorts in Maldives still do not recognize May 1 as a public holiday despite Mayday being officially declared a public holiday in 2011 by then president Nasheed? It shall be more so, considering the fact that this affects tourism workers who are by far the most productive workers and the most deserving of a Mayday break from workplace. However stubbornness have it, that its always the unproductive, demoralized, polarized civil workers who gets all the benefits while the resort workers toil hard, unloved and uncared for. This is not to belittle the civil workers, but to emphasize a massive wrong doing done to resort workers which nobody seems to notice. On the issue of Mayday, it is indeed past time that we seem to come to a conclusion about which is a public holiday, which is a govt. holiday, a bank holiday, or a religious holiday or whatever. Currently the resort HR's are still sticking to an outdated portion of the hard-fought-and-almost-lost-cause-called-labour-rights-bill which has a section for "miscellaneous matters" where it says:
"public holiday" shall mean Fridays, Day of Commemoration of the Birth of Prophet Mohamed, Day of Commemoration of the Maldives converting to Islam, Independence Day, National Day, First Day of Ramazan, Day of Eid‐ul‐Fitr, Victory Day, Republic Day, Hajj Day and Day of Eid‐ul‐Ad'ha;"
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The French are not cheese-eating surrender monkeys. That's an old canard—you know, a French word—sealed by unfortunate performances in the World Wars. But, as France's robust recent intervention into Mali shows, there's plenty of esprit de corps in Paris, particularly when it comes to Africa. More than any of the other lapsed European empires, the French retained a domineering role in former colonies there, safeguarding their own extensive economic interests in the region with hard power and frequently sending in troops to back one client regime or the other in periods of civil strife and insurgent crisis. The French have intervened in Africa 50 times since 1960.
The latest French foray into Mali — aimed at unseating al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militias encamped in the country's vast north — has already summoned the specter of Afghanistan over the Sahel. The French may be able to scatter their foe with a sustained air and ground offensive, but stabilizing Mali is a far greater challenge: the government in Bamako, hobbled by a March coup, is seen as weak and dysfunctional; the enemy militants may well be able to reorganize and intensify what's fast turning into a regional conflagration.
How this ends is a question both French and Malian citizens desperately want answered. And looking to history offers mixed results: in the 19th century, the French were oft ruthless and devastating in their conquest of large tracts of Africa, but were at times made to suffer for their hubris. Here are a few episodes the French will prefer to forget.
Napoleon's invasion of Egypt: The diminutive Corsican bungled in Russia, but a precedent was set by his ambitious Egyptian misadventure. In a bid to undermine the British position in India, the French under Napoleon Bonaparte landed in Egypt in 1798, defeated its Mamluk overlords at the famous Battle of the Pyramids and briefly set up shop in Cairo. Accompanying Napoleon was an army not just of soldiers, but of scholars and scientists, who set out in arch-imperial fashion to make sense of and catalog all the wonders of this subjugated corner of the Orient. Napoleon's grip, though, would not last long—defeats at the hands of combined British and Ottoman forces, particularly at sea, compelled the French to return home by 1801 with little to show for their efforts. Egypt fell back under Ottoman rule, Britain's hand in the region was strengthened and the French even lost one of their greatest archaeological discoveries—the Rosetta Stone.
The Wars for Algeria: The French entered their most extensive imperial project in 1830: the conquest of Algeria. By 1848, with tens of thousands of European settlers streaming in from the other side of the Mediterranean, the territory would be declared an "integral" part of France. But the capture of Algeria would not come without setbacks and great brutality. It was a painstaking process of first wresting control of key port cities like Algiers from the Ottomans and then "pacifying" the hinterlands. Resistance came most famously in the form of the Sufi mystic and Berber warlord Abd-el-Kader, who harried the French in a sustained guerrilla campaign. In 1835, at Macta, his forces ambushed a detachment of French regular troops and legionnaires and slaughtered hundreds. It would take more than a decade — and a harsh scorched earth policy — for the French to isolate and capture Abd-el-Kader and pack him off to exile in Syria. But the warrior's legend endured, making him one of Algeria's folkloric national heroes and a figure of inspiration for a later generation of 20th century revolutionaries. Withstanding a brutal counter-insurgency of torture, mass arrests and napalm bombing, the rebel fighters threw the French—and over a million European settlers—out of Algeria in 1962.
Fashoda Incident: This was one of the more illustrative episodes of Europe's colonial scramble for Africa. With most of Africa's coastal territories already swallowed by one western empire or the other, European capitals eyed the continent's interior covetously. Both France and Britain had dreams of trans-continental empires—for the British, a north-south dominion from Cape Town to Cairo; for the French, west-to-east supremacy from Dakar, Senegal to Djibouti on the Red Sea. These competing visions crossed paths in 1898 when a British expeditionary force confronted a French one at Fashoda, now in South Sudan. Outgunned and thousands of miles away from bases of support, the French retreated with no resistance. The episode, though, has lingered long in the French memory—experts even deploy the term the "Fashoda Syndrome" to describe France's oft-overreaching desire in decades since to preserve its influence in Africa.
Kaocen Uprising: The ethnic Tuaregs, a group indigenous to the Sahel, have played a key role in the current crisis. It was their longstanding separatist movement that metastasized into the Islamist nightmare confronting France now in northern Mali. The Tuaregs, though, have waged such struggles for independence for decades, both against local African states and European powers. In 1916, one Tuareg leader—another Sufi mystic—named Ag Mohammed Wa Teguidda Kaocen escalated an existing jihad against the Europeans by capturing and holding the historic city of Agadez, in what's now northern Niger, and a number of other towns. They held out for three months and defeated a number of French relief columns, in part with the aid of one cannon stolen from the Italians in Libya. (The current rebellion in northern Mali was aided by weaponry pilfered from the arsenals of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.) Eventually, Kaocen's rebellion was suppressed, but the question of Tuareg independence has burned ever since.
The Rwanda debacle: The horrific 1994 genocide of Tutsis by Hutus in Rwanda was a black mark for France, which had intervened in an earlier conflict. France was perceived to have armed and helped train the soldiers of the regime that carried out the slaughter of nearly a million people. When the killings began, French forces did little to halt the massacres, mostly securing their own nationals. The post-genocide Rwandan government even accused France's then leadership of "complicity" in the "preparation and execution of the genocide," a charge Paris dismissed.
The original version of the story mistakenly identified Rwanda as a former French colony.


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Have you heard the buzz about Fat Quarterly yet? It's a new e-Zine that I will be contributing to along with five other insanely talented bloggers. It'll be "for modern sewists, by modern sewists". We like to say that it's "an e-Zine bursting with sew much inspiration" ... but it's also about to burst from so much potential. I am super excited about both our launch issue and what's to come ...
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Two weeks before Christmas, I was standing in Brother K's kitchen with Sparkles for that 36 hours in Boston. We learned that my uncle wanted to get a computer for our Meme.
We thought the idea of our grandmother finally getting online was a brilliant idea. A couple years ago, we gave her an HP printer that calls home three times a day and gets her email. I started to occasionally send her posts from my blog. She loved it. So I'd send her crazier and crazier posts until I finally gave up and just had my blog automatically email her whenever I posted.
I know what you are all thinking. There is no way that you would send your grandmother some of the stuff that I write. Well, what I learned was that Meme has 50 years of experience on me. So even though she is sometimes surprised by my stories, she appreciates my candor, and we have the best conversations when I call weekly. I may live 3000 miles away, but I feel closer to Meme than I ever have.
I was so excited that she thought she might want a computer. So we quizzed our Grizzly Uncle on what the specs are. Turns out, she has been using Grizzly's girlfriend's laptop a lot lately. To play hangman.
So, she wants a laptop. To play hangman. We all kind of sighed in disappointment. But then talked about teaching her to use email. And video ichat. And how nice it will be to include her in the crazy family emails we send.
But a laptop? Well, we had all agreed we needed to get her a mac. There was no debate. But a 13″ MacBook wasn't going to have a big enough screen when we lowered the resolution. And we couldn't justify buying a new 15″ or 17″ MacBookPro.
Then I came up with the crazy, sleep-deprived idea. What if we gave her my laptop? It is a three-year-old, 15″ MacBookPro. And I'd been thinking of getting a new one lately. Since I do a lot of programming and use Aperture often, I need speed and lots of harddrive space. My laptop had already run out of space, and was feeling a bit slow during compile time. It was getting time to put her to pasture.
So I dumped the contents of the hard drive onto Brother K's Drobo just in case my Time Capsule hadn't backed up everything. He reformatted the drive. I mailed him the original box and cables when I arrived back in Cali. He wrapped it up to look like new.
Who better to get my old laptop than Meme? She will love it and care for it and appreciate that I used it to write all of those crazy blog posts she has read over the last three years. And hopefully she won't care that I scratch the hell out of the 'd' 'n' 's' and 'm' keys. I don't know what it is that I do exactly, but The President has my old 12″ PowerBook and turns out, it has the same keys scratched up. I'm trying to keep my fingernails shorter now.
So my old machine has been sent out to a computer retirement home in Maine. May it live a good long life!
I'm already enjoying receiving email from Meme—although she still occasionally sends me notes in the post.