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Juki with new representative in Hungary & Romania
Juki Europe has signed a new partnership for the distributor channel in Hungary and Romania.
Etek Europe has joined the JUKI family. The company will distribute the complete range of Juki Pick and Place solutions in Hungary and Romania starting officially on Jan 1 2012. Etek's Board of Directors is headed by Mike Nelson, comments: "With our own team of factory-trained experienced engineers, Etek is able to provide unrivalled service and support that focuses on quick response times, clear communication and complete customer care for the Hungarian and Romanian market." Jürg Schüpbach, CEO of Juki Europe, stated: "I am very pleased to go into a new partnership with a company who has many years of quality experience in the factory production environment, equipment sales and engineering support in Eastern Europe – a company which is able to provide a service from the ground up." From the left: Milan Zourek, Sales Manager Europe North JUKI Europe, Mike Nelson, Managing Director Etek Europe, Jürg Schüpbach, CEO JUKI Europe, Rebegel Gheorghe, Sales Manager Etek Europe. / © Juki
A new EMS provider sees the light of day EMS providers DataED and Bestronics merge to launch a new player – Emerald EMS.
Tektronix joins the fight agains COVID-19 Tektronix has shifted its focus from supporting vehicle manufacturing to assisting with ventilator production.
ABB completes divestment of Power Grids to Hitachi ABB has reached a significant milestone in the company's transformation towards a decentralized global technology company, with the completion of the divestment of 80.1% of its Power Grids business to Hitachi.
Germany amps up domestic battery production with massive state subsidies The German government is investing more than EUR 1.5 billion in battery cell research and production.
Internal promotions and executive retirements at Kimball EMS provider, Kimball Electronics, has made two new internal promotions aimed at contributing to the company accelerating its strategic growth plans.
Kyocera & TMDU team up for research on vitals measurement headset Kyocera Corporation and Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have teamed up on a joint research project to develop a wireless headset that can remotely monitor high accuracy patient biometrics, such as blood oxygen saturation (SpO2).
German battery manufacturer receives funding for cell production facility VARTA AG receives public funding of EUR 300 million for battery cell production facility.
Scanfil to streamline its factory network The EMS provider is planning to combine the production of its Hamburg factory with its other factories in Germany and Poland
Kitron awarded new order within measurement technology Kitron has been awarded new business for measurement technology. The award covers a period of five years, and the expected annual value is between EUR 3.5-5 million.
NORBIT ASA awarded aquaculture contract Norwegian technology manufacturer, NORBIT, has been awarded a new contract from an existing customer within the aquaculture market.
Saki strengthens its Asian operations The AOI specialist is expanding its global sales organisation with new Asia sales department, and appointing Katsuhiro Eddie Ichiyama as Senior General Manager for the Asian region
Scanfil to sell its plant in Hangzhou, China The board of directors of the Finnish EMS prover has decided to sell the entire share capital of its subsidiary located in Hangzhou, China, for a total of EUR 18.4 million to Hangzhou Cabinet Technology Co., Ltd.
Staying put during the COVID-19 pandemic TPCA (Taiwan Printed Circuit Association) announced the production and sales data for Q1 2020; the output value of Taiwan cross-strait PCB industry totalled NT$136.9 billion (approx. US$4.541 billion) in Q1/2020.
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Sensirion expands with new production site in Hungary In a response to positive business trends and the increasing demand for its existing and new sensors, Sensirion is expanding its production capabilities by establishing a production site in Debrecen, Hungary.
Management Change at the Würth Elektronik eiSos Group After 27 years in the Würth Elektronik Group, Oliver Konz has decided to resign his position as Executive Vice President of the Würth Group and CEO of the Würth Elektronik eiSos Group for personal reasons and leave the company.
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Integration of ATLID completes European set of instruments for EarthCARE satellite With the successful integration of the ATLID-Instrument the EarthCARE satellite (Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) has passed a crucial milestone, as it concludes the "onboarding" of the three European instruments.
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OHB placing the largest clean room in operation After only 14 months of construction, the PLATO hall has now been officially completed at space company OHB's headquarters in Bremen. With a floor area of around 1,400 square meters, the ISO 8 cleanroom*, which is almost eleven meters high, is the OHB Group's largest cleanroom facility.
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We are Dr. Bob Baehner and Vickie Fournier Baehner. We live on a 16 acre hill overlooking the scenic Eastern Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County. We grow winegrapes on these sloping hills and hillsides that are surrounded by oak trees, native chaparral and purple sage. We believe this magical setting creates the environment for our winegrapes to express the essence of this place.
We were impressed by the wide spectrum of weather conditions our vineyards were exposed to throughout the four seasons. We spent many days and nights strolling among the vines feeling the heat of the afternoon sun, experiencing the winds, gazing at the stars and seeing moon glow, early morning fogs and rainbows gift wrap our vineyards. We named each vineyard for these encounters with nature - Sunshine, Rainbow, Moonglow, Misty and Northstar Vineyards. We commissioned our artist friend Laura Schy to paint a canvas symbolizing our newly named vineyards. She created it and we loved it.
Our wines are crafted from grapes handpicked from Bordeaux-cloned vines grown on our estate hillsides here in the warmer Eastern Santa Ynez Valley. We grow three varieties of winegrapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot while employing sustainable farming techniques. Our annual wine production is about 20 barrels from which we bottle pure varietals of each grape variety plus our signature Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend "V3"
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Welcome to the Temporary IRG Website
The IRG is working on democratic governance in the service of environmental and social transitions
The global economic system, based on the myth of infinite growth and concentration of profits, depletes the earth's resources, increases inequality and repeatedly fuels political and social crises.
Faced with these challenges, current political governance arrangements do not meet the citizens' expectations and needs. They also fail to regulate social and economic interactions towards sustainable development.
Within the margins of the dominant system, a growing number of stakeholders are launching innovative and meaningful initiatives from the local to the global level. These stakeholders are demonstrating their commitment to human-centered development guided by the respect for fundamental rights, social responsibility, social justice and conservation of the environment.
Yet these initiatives fail to reorient the dominant model systemically. This raises the urgent need for drivers of real change. The objective is to create an enabling environment to connect these initiatives, decompartmentalise them and promote their development.
Democratic governance plays the role of an engine operating in order to meet this aim; it is intended to enable the orchestration of a Transition "ecosystem" where an alternative collective action to the current development model is molded. Models of societies conducive to sustainable development will be forged through the co-construction of inclusive, legitimate and responsible regulations.
Created in 2006 at the initiative of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind, the IRG focuses on the issue of governance, that is to say, the way in which the regulations of society are being produced and implemented. It promotes democratic governance by supporting the emergence of multi-stakeholders regulations not only limited to public institutions.
In 2016, its main commitment to democratic governance is in the service of Environmental and Social Transition: governance based on citizen participation, encouraging creativity and social innovation to "do things differently", and strengthening collective and individual responsibility with regards to the challenges of sustainable human development.
Convinced that strong collective actions are a prerequisite to ambitious social transformations, the IRG works with a wide range of stakeholders (citizens, civil society, government institutions, companies, universities / think tanks). It is through the interaction between all these players at local, national and international levels that new power relations can emerge in favour of just and lasting solutions.
More sustainable collective action and regulations are thus being founded on the momentum of the various transition paths (food, energy, social, political, etc.) that are being constructed each day.
The aim of the IRG is to identify, analyse and enhance innovative initiatives of democratic governance towards Transition. It also seeks to transform practices through working with various stakeholders (from activists to institutions) and feeding public debate.
To carry out its mission, the IRG conducts research-action activities as well as capitalisation of experiences and training. Its analysis and proposals are anchored on specific cases and Transition exercises.
In 2016, In 2016, IRG has been particularly involved together with stakeholders in two processes: "agricultural and food transition" and transition toward an ever more inclusive solidarity."
More broadly, IRG contributes to the cross-cutting analysis of how democratic governance can achieve and accelerate progress towards sustainable and inclusive development.


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Arian Foster's confession that he accepted money while playing college football at Tennessee led to more debate about the NCAA and if it should pay athletes.
It also led to extreme outrage.
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale was among those who thought Foster was in the wrong for his actions.
On Twitter he likened the Texans running back to a prostitute, saying that he was selling his body. He expressed regret for his word choice less than 24 hours later.
@GreggDoyelCBS When they put their hand out like a prostitute & take it they don't say a word – moaning yrs later = SAD!
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) September 20, 2013
I apologize if it offended u that I used prostitute 4 athletes taking cash @marcisenberg made a gr8 point about NCAA rules @ term illegal
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The Jeffersons first aired in January of 1975 on CBS as a mid-season replacement. The series was a spinoff of All in the Family in which the Jeffersons were Archie and Edith Bunker's next door neighbors. In 1975, The Jeffersons moved on up when George found success in a dry cleaning business. This allowed him and his wife, Louise and their son Lionel to "move on up" into a spacious high rise apartment. At the beginning of the series, Lionel was attending college and graduated in February 1976. He married Jenny Willis in December of the same year and they had a daughter in 1979, Jessica Jefferson. Other members of the cast include, Tom and Helen Willis were upstairs neighbors and also Jenny's parents. Florence Johnston was the Jefferson's sassy maid who was hired as a part-time maid in the first episode but in October 1976 moved in and became a full-time maid. Mother Jefferson was George's fiesty mother who forever put Louise down but deep down loved her. Harry Bentley was the handsome British, next door neighbor. Besides being quite eccentric and forever borrowing things from the Jeffersons, Bentley worked as a translator at the United Nations. In 1981, Bentley was written out as being transferred to Russia, but returned in 1983. Ralph was the building doorman who forever begged for tips from George and the other tennents in the building. Tom and Helen Willis were controversial characters since they were most likely TV's first interracial couple. Helen was Louise's best friend and they ran a Help Center which opened in 1977. As for Tom and George, it took the entire run of the series to develop their love/hate friendship. The series was unceremoniously pulled from the air with no warning, so the cast, bitter that they never got to shoot an appropriate finale episode, later reunited for a theatrical stage play. Sherman and Isabel also reprised their roles as George and Louise Jefferson on a couple episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the mid-90's and have most recently reprised their roles on Denny's commercials. Spinoff of: All in the Family Spinoffs: Checking In CBS Broadcast History January-August 1975----Saturdays----8:30 p.m. September 1975-October 1976----Saturdays----8:00 p.m. November 1976-January 1977----Wednesdays----8:00 p.m. January 1977-August 1977----Mondays----8:00 p.m. September 1977-March 1978----Saturdays----9:00 p.m. April-May 1978----Saturdays----8:00 p.m. June-September 1978----Mondays----8:00 p.m. September 1978-January 1979----Wednesdays----8:00 p.m. January-March 1979----Wednesdays----9:30 p.m. March-June 1979----Wednesdays----8:00 p.m. June 1979-September 1982----Sundays----9:30 p.m. September 1982-December 1984----Sundays----9:00 p.m. January-March 1985----Tuesdays----8:00 p.m. June-July 1985----Tuesdays----8:00 p.m. Nielsen Ratings: (Top 30 or Better) #4 in the 1974-1975 Season #21 in the 1975-1976 Season #24 in the 1976-1977 Season #8 in the 1979-1980 Season #6 in the 1980-1981 Season #3 in the 1981-1982 Season #12 in the 1982-1983 Season #19 in the 1983-1984 Season #56 in the 1984-1985 Season Never hit the top 30 First Telecast: January 18, 1975 Last Telecast: July 23, 1985 Episodes: 253 Color Episodes Theme Song: "Movin' On Up" Written by: Jeff Barry and Ja'net DuBois Sung by: Ja'net DuBois Well we're movin on up,to the east side. To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin on up, to the east side. We finally got a piece of the pie. Fish don't fry in the kitchen; Beans don't burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta tryin', just to get up that hill. Now we're up in the big leagues, gettin' our turn at bat. As long as we live, it's you and me baby, and there ain't nothin' wrong with that. Well we're movin on up, to the east side. To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin on up, to the east side. We finally got a piece of the pie.moreless
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Glossary of Library Terms
(1) A brief summary of the points in an article; (2) A source which compiles by subject, author, or title, articles in a selected group of periodicals and includes a summary of each article.
A compendium of useful data and statistics relating to countries, personalities, events, and subjects.
A list of works with descriptions that include brief summary about each.
A brief note, usually no longer than two or three sentences, added after a citation in a bibliography to describe or explain the content or message of the work cited or to comment on it.
A collection of extracts from the works of various authors, usually in the same genre or about the same subject. (Example: Norton Anthology of English Literature). Sometimes a collection from the works of an individual author.
Section of a book after the main content containing supplementary materials such as tables or maps.
A non-fiction contribution written for publication in a journal, magazine, or newspaper.
A volume of maps, plates, engravings, tables, etc.
Information in a non-print format. Includes films, slides, audiotapes, videocassettes, records, software. It's also referred to as media.
An account of a person's life written or told by that person.
The 14-digit number appearing beneath the barcode found on the back on a book. Barcode numbers are used to checks items in and out in the online computer system.
A list of citations or references to books or periodical articles on a particular topic. Bibliographies most often appear at end of a book or journal article.
A carefully researched, relatively full narrative account of the life of a specific person or closely related group of people, written by another
Formed when issues of a softcover periodical title are gathered to form a hardback volume.
Browse searching is limited to one field, such as author or subject heading, and the computer matches the search statement exactly, so word order and spacing are important. This is in contrast to keyword searching which may involve more than one field, and where word order is not important. A browse search results in a list of entries from the one field.
A combination of numbers and letters that provide a unique description of each item in a library collection. Items are arranged on the book shelves by call number, so the call number is the "address" of materials on the shelf. The St. Lawrence libraries use the Library of Congress style for creating call numbers and categorizing books.
A physical file cabinet arranged by author, title, and subject, listing all items owned by a library. The St. Lawrence University Libraries have all the library holdings cataloged digitally. Items can be found through searches with Encore or Odysseus on the library homepage.
A study area for one person. ODY library has designated carrels that can be reserved for an entire academic year. Seniors have priority as the spaces are limited. There are also private carrels for faculty use.
To borrow books or periodicals from the library for a certain period of time.
To allow materials to be checked out of the library. Some materials, such as reference books, are non-circulating and must be used within the library.
Location near the front entrance in each library where many patron functions happen. This includes checking out or returning items, picking up items on reserve and claiming lost belongings.
A citation is a reference or footnote to an item (such as a book or periodical article). A citation contains the author, title, date of publication, and other information needed to locate the item.
Connect NY is a consortium (group) of libraries within New York State whose members have created a combined catalog of their collections. Patrons are able to request books from other member libraries in the consortium. These books can be lent for three weeks at a time, with one renewal.
Words that indicate the relationship between search terms. Also referred to as Boolean Operators. Common connectors are: AND, OR, NOT.
The exclusive legal right to control the production, use, and sale of copies of a literary, musical, or artistic work.
Materials that instructors set aside for the students in a class to read. These items may be borrowed from the circulation desk for a short period and have fines for late returns. There are also e-reserves which can be accessed through the library homepage for a specific course.
Word or heading that directs you from one part of a book, catalog, or index to another section in the same item.
The latest or most recent issues of journals and magazines that the library receives. Both the Owen D. Young and Launders Science Libraries have easily accessible sections of current periodicals.
A collection of information, usually stored in an electronic format that is searchable online. The libraries have access to hundreds of academic databases that can be found by subject on the library homepage.
A thesis or treatise prepared as a condition for the award of a degree or diploma.
To receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer. The opposite of upload.
The date by which borrowed books and materials should be returned. To extend the loan period for materials, the item should be renewed before the due date so that fines are not incurred.
An eBook refers to any book that comes in a digital or electronic format. Common types of eBooks include those provided by Amazon for the Kindle, Apple, etc. The St. Lawrence University Libraries currently subscribes to a series of services to provide access to eBooks for our patrons.
The SLU Libraries' keyword searching tool. It displays results to the libraries holdings (books, periodicals, media) as well as the hundreds of online databases that we subscribe to.
The amount of money which is owed by the borrower if materials are not returned by the due date. Fines can be paid at the ODY Library circulation desk.
An over sized book, too large for normal shelving. The folio books in ODY are found after the Z's on the shelves.
Located in the first floor of ODY library near the reference area, this station is staffed by both trained students and librarians. The ODY Help Desk can assist in narrowing search terms for the best results, as well as provide more in depth research consultations.
Refers to items retrieved from a database matching criteria you set. For example, if you do a keyword search in the online catalog for "mammals" and retrieve 508 items, that can also be called 508 'hits.'
The materials owned or held by a library.
Points to where information can be found.
1. List at the end of a book, encyclopedia, etc. that indicates by author, title and/or subject the location of information within the book or encyclopedia.
2. Tool that arranges (by author, title, or subject) citations to articles in a selected group of periodicals. See also bibliographic database.
1. Exchange of books or periodical articles between libraries for a brief period.
2. A service you can use to borrow library materials not owned by the St. Lawrence University from other libraries.
A four-part, ten-character code given a book (a non-serial literary publication) before publication as a means of identifying it concisely, uniquely, and unambiguously. The four parts of the ISBN are: group identifier (e.g., national, geographic, language, or other convenient group), publisher identifier, title identifier, and check digit.
The international numerical code that identifies concisely, uniquely, and unambiguously a serial publication.
The Josephine Young Room in Owen D. Young Library has been a "browsing room" since "ODY" was built in 1959. Named for the wife of Owen D. Young (both Class of 1895), during the spring of 2012 it was renovated thanks to the estate of Richard Young '40 and the generosity of Charles '75 and Karen Sivy Daugherty '75, P'12.
A type of periodical which contains scholarly articles. Journals are usually published by academic or association presses and include bibliographies.
This is one of two satellite libraries on the St. Lawrence campus. It's holdings include books and periodicals in the sciences. It is also home to the Science Writing Center, the GIS lab and the James Streeter Map room.
A compact book of rules or guidelines.
Films, tapes, and other audio-visual materials that require the use of special listening or viewing equipment.
Photographic images reproduced on a small 4 x 6 sheets of film. This is a method of storing a considerable amount of information in reduced form. To access the photos, the film is loaded into a microfilm reader.
Photographically reduced images of printed pages on 35mm film. Older issues of newspapers are often microfilmed because newsprint deteriorates so rapidly. To access the information, the film is loaded into a microfilm reader. The microfilm and readers are kept in the lower level of the ODY library.
A set of books that have a number of volumes with a definite end. An encyclopedia is a good example.
This library is located inside the Arts Annex at 21 Romoda Drive. It consists primarily of sound recordings, video recordings, scores for study and performance, and collected works of select major composers. Books and periodicals about music and musicians are housed in the Owen D. Young Library.
The primary search engine for the campus holdings before Encore was brought on board in 2010. Has the capability to search by title, keyword, author, subject heading or call number.
Words such as AND, OR, and NOT that are used to combine search terms to broaden or narrow the results of a search.
An item that has not been returned by the date that it is due. Many materials accrue late fines when they are not returned on time.
This is the main library on the St. Lawrence campus. It's holdings include books, periodicals, media and special collections in the humanities. There is lab and study space on each of its three floors. It's also home to the WORD studio, IT's Educational Technology department and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
The process in which a new book, article, software program, etc., is submitted by the author to experts in the field for critical evaluation prior to publication. This is a standard procedure in scholarly publishing.
A journal that uses the peer review process to select works for publication. Also called a refereed journal.
Materials published at regular intervals (at least 3 times a year) and intended to be continued indefinitely. Examples of periodicals include magazines, journals, and newsletters.
Authoritative documents relating to a subject, used in the preparation of a later work, e.g., original record, contemporary documents, etc. Synonymous with original sources and source material.
These are copiers where you can swipe your Campus ID card to release a print job. This is available to all students, faculty and staff.
A center that provides mathematical, statistical and computational support. They facilitate, encourage, and develop quantitative reasoning, skills, and applications for the St. Lawrence University Community. It is located in Valentine 215.
A request by the library to a borrower for the return of a item before the due date. A patron can submit a recall slip requesting that an item be returned early.
To extend the loan period library materials that are checked out. Renewals can be made online through the library website, in person at a circulation desk or over the phone. An item can not be renewed if another patron has requested it.
A selection of specific books, articles and other materials which faculty have indicated that students must read for a particular course. They are checked out for short periods through the ODY circulation desk (for humanities classes) and Launders circulation desk (for science classes). They must be used within the library.
see: COURSE RESERVES
This center is run by student tutors in the sciences. They can assist in formulating ideas for papers and lab reports. It's located in room 211 of the Launder Science Library.
The range or content of a specific work, which indicates what information is included and what is excluded.
Located on the main level of the Owen D. Young Library, this department is responsible for the rare books and manuscript collections owned by St. Lawrence University. Special Collections also houses the Vance University Archives, where historic documents, photographs and other records of the University are preserved.
Often called the Stacks, the area of the library where the main body of the collection (usually books and periodicals) is stored.
A publication that sets forth the rules for composition, including format and manner of citing sources. There are numerous manuals and each is specific to a particular discipline, profession or publisher.
A subdivision of a more general subject heading. For example in the Library of Congress Subject Heading: Canada -- Pictorial works, Pictorial works is a subheading of Canada.
A term or phrase used in indexes and library catalogs to describe the content of library materials in a standardized way. For example, Black-and-white photography
is the subject heading used in the online catalog to describe materials that showcase this style of photography.
A list of parts contained within a book or periodical, such as chapter titles and periodical articles, with references by page number to the place they begin and in the sequence in which they appear.
There are 8 raised tree house cubicles spread throughout ODY Library's 3rd floor where students can study above the 'distraction line' allowing for a more effective and quiet study time. What started as a Psychology research project resulted in these extremely popular study spaces, spaces that are very hard to claim during finals week.
The WORD Studio is the main writing and oral communication center at St. Lawrence University. It's staffed by student tutors who can assist with understanding an assignment, citing sources, and polishing a final draft. The tutors do not edit papers, instead they guide you to help strengthen your skills in critical thinking, organization and use of scholarly sources and citations. There is also a Science Writing Center in Launders Science Library.
Second floor room in ODY library. Affectionately called the Yellow Pipe Room on account of the brightly-colored yellow pipes.


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Glow sticks are not only great at parties, they are also an interesting option for lighting inside a PC. Be it for a photography session or for public appearances such as LAN parties or simply when showing the system to friends. With these glow sticks your system is always a looker!
Special features of this model for computer use:
This small glow stick is perfect to be put into the reservoir. The circulation and use of different colours creates an effect which was not possible to be achieved before.
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This group develops a sense of community among LGBT individuals as well as bridge the gap separating those with disabilities and the larger LGBT community. The expectation is that participants will attend on a consistent basis in order to develop a sense of community and discuss the needs of the LGBT disability community. Participants will also be expected to help create a safe space that is welcoming to all participants, regardless of how they identify or their abilities.
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Note: Due to the length of the elimination bouts, we'll be posting one match a page tonight.
The 2009 WWE Survivor Series PPV opened with footage from classic Survivor shows before segueing into five of the six scheduled matches tonight.
Michael Cole welcomed everyone to the "second longest running tradition" in WWE.
Team Morrison (John Morrison, Evan Bourne, Shelton Benjamin, Matt Hardy, Fit Finlay) vs. Team Miz (The Miz, Jack Swagger, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler)
As Sheamus came to the ring, Michael Cole asked Jerry Lawler how he was feeling after being kicked in the face by Sheamus. Lawler said that he's been kicked in the face before and when he woke up, thought he'd find his teeth knocked out. He promised that Sheamus' day would come and "it might even be tonight."
Evan Bourne and Jack Swagger opened the show. Bourne got a quick two count with a rollup. Swagger responded with a big suplex, then tagged in Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler nailed a rolling snapmare for a two count. Michael Cole said we were looking at the future of the WWE in this bout. Bourne nailed several kicks but Ziggler took him down and nailed a series of elbowdrops. He dropped a forearm and scored a two count.
Swagger tagged back in and cinched in a front chancery. Team Morrison rallied the fans behind Bourne. Bourne worked his way out of the hold but was kicked back. Swagger tagged Ziggler. Bourne drilled Swagger with two knees, but Ziggler, who was now the legal man, took him down and cinched in a one-legged Boston Crab. Bourne kicked him off and came off the ropes with a hurancanrana for as two count.
Matt Hardy tagged in. He and Bourne nailed stereo elbows out of the corner on Ziggler. Hardy hit the Side Effect. Bourne nailed a shooting star press and scored the pin.
Ziggler is eliminated. 5 vs. 3 with Team Morrison having the advantage.
Drew McIntyre attacked Bourne and hit the double arm DDT and pinned him.
Bourne is eliminated. 4 vs. 4.
Finlay immediately attacked McIntyre and had his way with him briefly before Sheamus tagged in. Sheamus caught him with a big boot to the face and pinned him.
Finlay is eliminated. 4 vs. 3 with Team Miz having the advantage.
Hardy tagged in. He caught Sheamus with a series of rights, backing him into a corner. He clotheslined Sheamus in a corner. Hardy went for the Side Effect but Sheamus broke free. Sheamus worked over Hardy with elbows but Hardy kept kicking up. Miz tagged in and began peppering Hardy in the heels' corner. Miz dropped a leg but Hardy kicked out at two. Miz cinched in a rear chinlock.
Hardy fought his way to his feet but Miz caught him with a knee to the back of the neck and covered him for another two count. Swagger tagged in but Hardy kicked him in the face as Swagger charged him. Swagger shook it off and began peppering Hardy with punches and forearms to the back and head. Hardy was locked in a side chinlock. Hardy shoved off Swagger and they collided.
Morrison tagged in and worked over Swagger with a series of leg lariats. Morrison covered him for a two count. Morrison sends Swagger into the corner and nails a springboard enziguiri. Team Miz entered the ring, so Team Morrison ran them out, knocking down the referee in the process.
Swagger went for the DoctorBomb but Morrison escaped. Morrison took him out and nailed Starship Pain for the pin.
Swagger is eliminated. 3 vs 3.
Miz jumps Morrison and gets a near fall. Miz cinches in a rear chinlock, placing his knee in the back. Morrison tagged in Shelton Benjamin during a blind tag. He rolls up Miz for a two count, then hits a back suplex. He comes off the top with a flying bodypress, then hits the Stinger Splash. He nails Miz with a Northern Lights suplex for a two count. Benjamin hit a back suplex with a bridge for a two count.
They showed a replay of the referee being taken out earlier and it turned out Sheamus kicked him in the head. They said the referee had suffered a concussion.
Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Benjamin. 3 vs. 2 with Team Miz having the advantage.
McIntyre tagged in. He and Hardy went back and forth. Hardy nailed a drop toehold into the corner, then a neckbreaker. Hardy went to the second rope and dropped a leg. He covered McIntyre for a two count. Hardy nailed a hangman's neckbreaker. He went back to the ropes but Sheamus got in his face. That allowed McIntyre to escape a moonsault. McIntyre nailed the "Kobashi DDT" (as Striker called it) and pinned Hardy.
Hardy is eliminated. 3 vs. 1 with Team Miz in the lead.
Morrison went right after McIntyre and began beating him with kicks and punches. McIntyre came back whipped him into the corner, then tagged in Sheamus. They began kicking Morrison. Sheamus mounted him and began beating him with fists. Morrison was slammed headfirst into the turnbuckle.
Miz tagged in and began trash talking Morrison. Miz punched Morrison. Morrison kept firing back. Miz rebounded off the ropes but was kicked with a leg lariat. Miz tagged Sheamus in. Sheamus killed him with a running clothesline. He drove Morrison into the heels' corner, then distracted the referee, allowing the others' to choke Morrison. Morrison battled his way out of the corner. He kicked Miz and McIntyre off the apron.
Sheamus kicked Morrison as he was coming off the ropes, then nailed him with the Celtic Cross (Razor's Edge) for the pin.
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The Chef: Lyndsay
The Menu: Some salad greens topped with tomato, avocado, quinoa pasta, and the slow-cooked eggplant casserole with cashew ricotta dish from The Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester
The Goods: Lately, I've been obsessed with my new slow cooker. Actually, I have three. I recently acquired these appliances in preparation for my recipe testing for Robin Robertson's new slow cooker cookbook coming out in the not-too-distant future. Kathy Hester's new book is also superb, and this casserole was the first recipe I've cooked from the book—it is delicious, to say the least. It made a wonderful topping for my salad, which I enjoyed on the sunny and breezy deck at the VNHQ, where we will be holding the VegNews Book Bash with Spork Foods on October 21. Be sure to secure your ticket before they sell out!


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By Livio Lauro
The move toward greater professionalism in bartending is everywhere today — it's discussed on numerous blogs, written about in several new books and industry publications like this, and supported by countless training programs. Bartending skills are even judged and celebrated on reality TV shows. But what makes a bartender a professional?
Professionalism is derived from training, education and skills development, married with a commitment to excellence in execution and the ongoing expansion of knowledge among those involved in the discipline. What really establishes a profession, however, is the creation of standards and implementation of testing to assure that individuals meet the standards.
Without such standards and testing, the self-proclaimed bar-related titles commonly used today have little meaning, and bartenders will not achieve parity with their culinary counterparts in the eyes of the guest and the hospitality industry. Given the push toward quality on the part of hospitality companies, the demand for quality from guests and the key role that bar and beverage service plays in the hospitality industry, bartenders should be recognized as professionals, the way chefs are.
To provide bartenders the opportunity to achieve knowledge, skills and professional status, the United States Bartenders' Guild has created the Master Accreditation Program. Strictly a testing system – candidates must conduct their own course of study (see www.usbg.org for recommended programs) – the Master Accreditation Program has three tiers of achievement and they must be completed in order:
1. USBG Spirits Professional. Successfully passing this test will qualify the candidate as a USBG Spirits Professional. This accreditation will assure employers and colleagues that the individual is knowledgeable and well versed in all spirit categories from every corner of the world as well as sake, beer, wine, service, history of cocktails, mixology and much more.
2. USBG Advanced Bartender. Successfully passing both of the advanced tests, the written and the practical, will ensure that the candidate has a working knowledge of the craft of bartending, an advanced level of product knowledge on all spirit categories as well as sake, beer, wine and cigars, and that he/she has a strong understanding of the beverage industry overall. The individual also has a clear understanding of important aspects of management and running a successful bar program. The candidate must pass a rigorous practical evaluation testing professionalism behind the bar and proving a working knowledge of cocktails and mixology. The candidate may add the acronym AB after their name signifying that he/she is a USBG Advanced Bartender and will be pinned as such.
3. USBG Master Mixologist. A candidate will submit a thesis to the MA Board on a relevant beverage industry related topic of his/her choice for review and approval. The candidate also must successfully pass a panel interview regarding the thesis after the Board has researched, reviewed and checked all references on the thesis. Once approved, the thesis will then be added to the USBG Master Mixologist Journal for reference and record. The candidate may add the acronym MM after his/her name to signify that he/she is a USBG Master Mixologist and will be pinned as such.
These are not easy exams by any means, but therein lays the value. Working with recognized field experts, including Tony Abou-Ganim, Francesco Lafranconi, Dale DeGroff, Steve Beal and Ed Korry of Johnson & Wales University to name a few, the USBG has created a testing program that, for the first time, sets a standard of knowledge, skill and professionalism the entire industry can recognize and embrace. For employers, this accreditation means a candidate for working behind or managing your bar possesses the necessary tools to do the job well. For the bartender, achieving the USBG Spirits Professional, Advanced Bartender or USBG Master Mixologist certification levels assures everyone from the prospective employer to the guest to the colleague that you take your craft seriously and are committed to it.
Numerous programs exist today offering training and certifications. These are all steps in the right direction, and we urge bartenders to constantly educate themselves, expand their skills and explore new ways to ply their craft and serve their guests. What we're advocating is an industrywide certification that sets a new high standard, and in doing so, raises the bartender up as a recognized professional.
Livio Lauro is national president of the United States Bartenders' Guild and resort district manager for Southern Wine & Spirits of Nevada. He started his career more than 15 years ago in Southern Italy as a bartender in several establishments, including the famous Club Valentino. In 2002, he passed the final exam in the Italian Bartenders Association (AIBES) series, earning the title of Capo Barman, the most prestigious title recognized by AIBES.


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Summer is on its way and so that means it's time to break out the pasta salad recipes for picnics and barbeques. Here is a recipe for what is called "Ensalada de Conchitas" (little shell salad), because of the shape of the pasta used. (I have no idea if this is an "authentic" Salvadoran recipe but it's something Suegra used to make which I've changed a little.)
• One 7 oz. package of "conchitas" pasta (the brand I use is La Moderna but any small shell-shaped pasta is fine)
• Mayonnaise (whichever brand you like)
• A handful of fresh cilantro, washed and chopped (best if you avoid the stems & use only leaves)
• Juice of 1/2 a lime
• 1 tablespoon of ketchup (brand not important)
• Salt & Pepper to taste
1. Boil water with a few dashes of salt. Add the pasta and cook until tender. Pour pasta into a colander and run cold water over them until they're no longer hot.
2. In a large bowl, combine pasta with mayonnaise. The amount of mayonnaise will depend on your personal preference, so just add it slowly and mix it in until your preferred level creaminess is achieved.
3. Add cilantro, the juice of 1/2 a lime, and a tablespoon of ketchup. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper to your personal tastes and then refrigerate for at least an hour or two so it's nice and cold before serving.


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So, here is the unveiling of our wonderful little hidden gem. We only had $130,000 for a loan to work with and I found this HUD house, made a bid and God was kind, no one else bid on it that night so in the morning we were proud parents of a poor, neglected and abused home. It had been abandoned for years and housing squatters. It had some funky energy and smells, to say the least. But with some of our savings, lot's of scrubbing, soap, paint, and planting of trees and gardens…it is back to a wonderful life housing a loud and fun family.
We purchased the house for $135,000, closing costs were $9,000 and all the work and supplies along with hiring Leo, our carpenter, was around $15,000 give or take. Total $159,000. We used savings that came from 6 years of frugal living and we still have some savings left. Our mortgage with insurance, taxes and MIP (mortgage insurance you must pay if you didn't put 20% down) all included is a fabulous $918.02! It took us 6 weeks to do the work with Leo working daily and my husband working after his job each day and his one day off.
Here are the rest of the before and afters.
The color is wild but it's hard to see from those little swatches what you will really get.
It still needs a little work here and there. But this is the main chunk of the progress. I look forward to seeing how this little house evolves over the years.
For those of you interested in getting out of debt and living a more frugal lifestyle for peace of mind and real freedom in life, check out my new book The Homemade Housewife. I have every tip and advice that I have learned over the years from hundreds of other frugal hens and applied. This frugal living was the only way we were able to purchase our first home because we live on one small income and have 4 humans and 3 furry family members to take care of.
So, if you want to get motivated get this book and have fun with the journey. It cost less than a cup of gas station coffee. I want everyone to have the joy and freedom I have found in living sustainably, frugally, and simply.


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Gordon Johnson on "GJ4"
Twin Cities bassist Gordon Johnson is out with another "Trios" album. This is the fourth in a series of recordings featuring Gordy, along with a variety of different jazz pianists and drummers. "GJ4" includes drummers Steve Smith, Matt Wilson, Todd Straight, Phil Hey and Dave King; and piano players Bill Carrothers, Laura Caviani, Frank Kimbrough, Bryan Nichols and Tanner Taylor.
Johnson is one of the premier bassists in town when it comes to jazz, but he also has been known to play rock, bluegrass, folk and even classical. His late father Clifford (whom Gordy dedicated this album to) was a bassist with the Minnesota Orchestra and started Gordy on flute in grade school. He went on to study and major in flute performance at Eastman School of Music and during that time took up the bass. Right out of school, he played professionally in New York City, and eventually went on the road with Maynard Ferguson's big band, the Paul Winter Consort and Chuck Mangione.
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Attorneys: Sherman lived large on Skakel family's dime
VERNON -- The family of convicted murderer Michael Skakel conveyed a deep-seated sense of buyer's remorse Wednesday over its decision to hire Michael Sherman to defend the Kennedy cousin against charges that he bludgeoned Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley to death in 1975.
Not only did Sherman receive $2.2 million in compensation for a guilty verdict, but he billed at least 15 trips to Palm Beach, Fla., and Hobe Sound, Fla., between 1998 and 2001 to the family, Skakel's current lawyer Hubert Santos told an appellate court judge.
Gossipy new details about Sherman's personal conduct and taste for the high life emerged for the second consecutive day in the habeas corpus trial of Skakel, who is again attempting to win his freedom from 20 years to life imprisonment.
"Did you have your motorcycle shipped down?" Santos asked Sherman of one of his trips to Florida, where Skakel was living at the time.
"I did that so I didn't have to rent a car," Sherman said.
Sherman told Santos that he met with Skakel every two weeks to reassure him about the direction of the case.
On a couple of occasions, Sherman was accompanied to Florida by Tara Knight, a New Haven attorney who he was dating at the time. He insisted that he picked up the tab for Knight's travel expenses.
"Did you have your own cabana?" Santos said.
"When we would meet with Michael we would rent a cabana," Sherman said.
The Skakel family also footed the bill for Sherman's travels to Palm Springs, Calif., the Bahamas, Las Vegas, Boston and Chicago, which Sherman said were all work-related trips in preparation for the trial of his career.
"Did you have available to you at your office during the period covered telephones?" Santos said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Yes, we had telephones," Sherman said.
Santos was unrelenting.
"What you were really doing was having a good time," he said.
Skakel, who is the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy and the late Robert F. Kennedy, sat next to his lawyers while he watched the proceedings. Each time he entered the courtroom, he smiled at his family members in the gallery behind him and touched his hand to his chest in a show of gratitude for their support. He was escorted by a pair of hulking plain-clothes corrections officers in cargo pants and black pullovers.
Sherman's testimony consumed more than nine hours of the first two days of the trial, which is being held in state Superior Court in Vernon 15 minutes northeast of Hartford.
For the first time this week, a witness other than Sherman took the stand Wednesday.
A classmate of Skakel's at the Elan School, a now-shuttered treatment facility for troubled youths in Maine, testified that Skakel was humiliated by fellow students who beat him up and forced him wear wooden signs saying he killed Moxley.
"What they did was paint him as a clown and put him on stage," said Constance "Kim" Narayanan, whose maiden name was Freehill.
Narayanan recounted being brutalized herself while at Elan, to the point that she had to be transported by medevac from campus and spent three months in a straight-jacket recovering from her injuries.
"I still have physical scars," she said.
Narayanan showed her disdain for Sherman multiple times during her testimony, mentioning that Skakel's former lawyer deposed her at the Four Seasons Hotel bar in Manhattan.
"I brought my closest girlfriend, Lisa, just to see who this idiot was," she said.
Sherman said he deposed Narayanan in a coffee table section of the hotel's waiting area, not the bar.
Narayanan did not testify at the murder trial of Skakel, saying that her father discouraged her from entering the fray because of the trauma she endured decades before at Elan. She was called to testify now to undercut the state's claim during the murder trial that Skakel confessed to Moxley's murder while a student at Élan.
"Me being beaten is a day at the beach (compared to) Michael being incarcerated for years because of that incompetent attorney," she said, looking toward Sherman.
Narayanan's insult of Sherman drew an objection from Jonathan Benedict, who successfully prosecuted Skakel and is now a special assistant state's attorney. Appellate Court Judge Thomas Bishop sustained Benedict's objection.
During cross-examination, Benedict asked Narayanan whether she made an attempt to attend the murder trial in Norwalk in 2002.
"I know Michael's innocent," she said.
"Ma'am, yes or no?" Benedict said.
Narayanan indicated that she had not and compared the brutal conditions at Elan to the book "Lord of the Flies."
Frederick J. Pagnani Jr., a friend of Michael Skakel who went to Brunswick School at the time of the murder, testified that a sketch of a suspect based on the eyewitness account of a Belle Haven security guard resembled his teacher and the Skakels' live-in tutor, Kenneth Littleton.
"In your judgment, did the sketch look like Littleton?" Santos said.
"Yes it did. He was a big man and the photo captured that," said Pagnani, who traveled from Bermuda, where he resides, to testify.
The sketch in question was never presented by Sherman to the jury that convicted Skakel in the Halloween-eve murder of Moxley, who was 15 at the time she was savagely beaten with a golf club and left in her family's Belle Haven yard.
At the start of Wednesday's session, members of Skakel's legal team tried to use Sherman's gift of gab to its advantage, playing the audio from a keynote speech Sherman gave in October 2001 to the Nevada Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
They contend that Sherman shared snippets of private conversations with his former client before Skakel went to trial.
The hour-long tape is part of a narrative being woven by Skakel's current lawyers that Sherman was so enamored by the spotlight of the case that it detracted from his courtroom performance.
Self-deprecating and profane at times in his monologue, Sherman made light of being wooed by Tina Brown, then editor of Talk magazine, to be profiled by the now-defunct publication.
"So she sort of had me invited to all the big parties in New York," Sherman could be heard saying on the tape. "I got invited to the launch party of `Sex and the City.' I said, `Tina, you're playing me like a fine Stradivarius, and it's working."
Assistant State's Attorney Susann Gill objected to the tape being entered into evidence, but was overruled by the judge.
"I don't think it's relevant to anything in this proceeding," Gill said. "It appears to be a humorous presentation that Mr. Sherman gave to some bar association."
Santos said the tape validates his claim that Sherman got caught up in the hype of the case.
"The claim is that this is evidence that Mr. Sherman was wrapped up in the celebrity of the Michael Skakel case," Santos said. "Included in the tape (are) confidential conversations with Michael about approaching Mrs. Moxley in court and saying, `You've got the wrong fellow.' "
Sherman told reporters during a recess that he did nothing wrong.
"Everyone in the world knows about this case," Sherman said. "The question is, did I say anything inappropriate about this case? No."
Before court was even in session, Sherman reverted to his humorous ways, making light of complaints from the first day of the trial that he should have blocked a police officer and Moxley family friend from serving on the jury that convicted Skakel.
Sherman's one-time adversary Benedict was sitting in the jury box of the courtroom when Sherman let fly a one-liner.
"Did I pick you on the jury, too?" he said.
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I don't suppose Conan Stevens will be back for season 3? He was far better as Clegane.
Hmmm. I was thinking of picking up the Lannister version, but I wanted to find out if there was a Stark or Baratheon version first. But now I may just get the regular Blu Ray / DVD / Digital copy version.
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State's New Year's Eve matchup against No. 14 Gonzaga is looking like a sellout, thanks to T. Boone Pickens.
The billionaire oilman and Oklahoma State alumnus bought up the remaining 4,000 tickets and will offer them for free to Cowboys fans beginning Wednesday. He says he hopes Oklahoma State fans will pack the arena for the game.
Pickens says buying the tickets will ``put a great exclamation point on a promising OSU basketball season.''
The No. 23 Cowboys (7-1) are 317-45 at home since 1988.


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Diseased minds increasingly are drawn to the work of David Shrigley. Whether morality checks ("the disabled lad wants you to buy him a wheelchair with the money that you won at the horse race") or simply sculptures of decaying molars, his artwork picks up on human failings with a softly demented approach, love and death embroiled with panic attacks in the supermarket and running from seagulls.
Shrigley's renown has predominantly come from the scrawled illustrations that have long adorned magazine page corners, but the Glasgow-based artist has increasingly crept in from the sidelines towards the music industry, recently designing twelve alternative covers for Deerhoof's Friend Opportunity (review) and directing videos for Bonnie 'Prince' Billie. In 2005, Shrigley released a record entitled Worried Noodles. The sign of a man trying to breach the walls of pop? Not quite. It had one flaw – there was no record, simply an empty sleeve with a 48-page inlay of lyrics and drawings. Shrigley's explanation? "I didn't make a record. I couldn't be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record."
Who I Am And What I Want
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Pan forward to late 2007 and Worried Noodles now resembles a 39-pronged behemoth featuring one of the finest line-ups of alternative acts going. How did this happen? Shrigley begins: "If you're sitting comfortably, I'll tell you the story..."
"I met (the people from) Tomlab at a show in Köln a few years ago, and they asked if I wanted to do a t-shirt for their label. I did that, and then they asked me if I would do a record cover for one of their bands. I never got round to that until this year when I did a cover for Deerhoof. Either way, prior to that I think they had got a bit impatient for me to do this cover, so they suggested that we make this publication that was just going to be a record cover without a record in it and they imagined that it would be some kind of conceptual conceit to have an empty dust sleeve in it. I started doing it and it didn't seem quite seem enough, so I ended up writing a song book to go in it. For the most part these didn't have any musical structure and instead, I guess, it was a bit like concrete poetry and the formal aspect of the text and the way it was presented on the page. So it was an imaginary record in a way. Then, I suppose inevitably, the record label suggested we did a proper recording of it and invite bands to record songs based on these lyrics."
Was this ever meant to be the case?
"Not really. I certainly didn't have that in mind when I wrote the lyrics and had imagined it would just be a book. It seemed a nice idea, though, and initially we thought we could produce just a single vinyl without a cover and it could be like a companion piece for the original. But everyone got a bit carried away and we ended up using 39 artists."
Released on German label Tomlab (many of whose roster appear on the compilation), Worried Noodles now takes on a different guise as a traditional record with music as TV On The Radio gabble away to a sweet potato, Les Georges Leningrad reason with a pimp and David Byrne sweetly croons his offering, each act interpreting the accompanying songbook's content from the original incarnation of the 'record' into their own warped masterpieces. Shrigley's initial concept is knocked to its knees amid the hustle-bustle of acts clambering to grasp onto a piece of the artist to chew on. Most of these appropriately choose to regurgitate their mouthful of his work by peppering such nonsense with appropriately darting hooks and curtailing riffs. Others, however, took more unusual paths.
"I don't really have any favourites. I have to say I like them all because I do feel some kind of ownership over them all in that I wrote the lyrics for them all, but I think the most surprising one was the Grizzly Bear track, where there was probably the biggest polarity between the lyrical starting point and the end result. I wouldn't have imagined that one could write that kind of song based on that set of lyrics. The great aspect was receiving an mp3 every week or so over several months and just kept appearing in my inbox. It was quite upsetting when it was over."
As the record cuts from industrial techno to orchestral melancholy, bent and misshapen, Shrigley's absurdist character is embedded within the record. This seems to have caused the artist some discomfort. "Because they're my lyrics it was like someone pretending to be me almost, which is an uncomfortable thing." So, do you think the acts have encapsulated you, the centrepiece? "Not sure really. I suppose my ego points at the fact I am the starting point but in terms of the actual music the lyrics are only a small part of it and I suppose that is the theme of the record, the unifying raison d'être for the compilation."
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The release of the record was celebrated with a show promoted by Upset! The Rhythm at London's Scala on October 14, with Hot Chip, Simon Bookish, Max Tundra and a host of other acts performing. Shying away from the limelight, prior to the performance, Shrigley suggested he wasn't too keen to get to involved with the festivities.
"I'm hoping that I don't have to do anything formal on stage." No appearances in a cape? "Nor a top hat. No wands. I did some drawings that will be projected on the screens to introduce all the acts, so that's my participation. I don't think I'll be up on the stage to sing songs, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."
Each act comes and goes and, as Psapp pelt the audience with signed toy cats and the evening makes away with £1,000 for Amnesty, is quite some success that underlines Shrigley's current appeal.
With the attention that has been lavished upon his work recently, though, is there a danger of overexposure?
"Err… Yes, probably. I don't know what I'm supposed to do about that though. I suppose to say no to some things, but I don't know. My criteria is that as long as what I am doing is good then it's fine to do it. As long as I'm having a good time and I feel what I am doing is interesting and not shite then that's good and I'm going to continue. I supposed there is a fashion aspect to what I am doing, and perhaps I will go out of fashion at some point. But, again, there's not a lot I can really do about that so I might as well just… Oh wait, an ambulance is going past."
Conversation drifts onto talk of his new book, Ants Have Sex In Your Beer. Nonplussed with an American publisher's attempts to alter the title to warn that Ants ARE Having Sex In Your Beer, Shrigley dug his heels in. "I never worry too much with how I fit in. The good things about exhibitions rather than doing a book or anything that is published is you can do whatever you want as a fine artist in a museum. You can do whatever you want and not be denied the opportunity to do things in the exhibition context."
And so, exposed to all, whether boxed away in a corner beside an article on must-have hair gels or top ten genocidal atrocities or the deranged musings of a man held aloft and showcased in the comfort of an exhibition space, David Shrigley remains a beguiling prospect.
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World Council of Churches:
and Babylon among Evangelicals Sodom
The following pictures, taken in the meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, February
Stand in the WCC defending the fight of the "Palestinian" Arabs to possess territories that God gave exclusively to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. WCC debated strategies to lead the evangelical churches to boycott
Stand of the human rights group EAPPI, which defends the "Palestinian" cause and accuses
MCC stand. MCC means Metropolitan Community Church, a homosexual "evangelical" denomination founded by gay "minister" Troy Perry.
Representatives of an occult Afro-Brazilian religion and homosexual activists of the group Harpazo join together in the WCC ecumenical
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I file this under i can't believe it's real. yes, it got my attention. it caught my attention because i thought the playback was skipping and proceeded to watch in horror as if watching a car crash for the next 3 minutes...unreal. what do you think? obnoxious genius? or just obnoxious?
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Greyston Bakery makes the best brownies ever… Yes, the best ones! Here's why...
Giving back could not be more delicious than indulging yourself in a delicious dessert and helping people at the same time. When we heard about Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, NY, a bakery that supports its surrounding area through community development, we were intrigued by these desserts that do good. Not only do their treats taste great, they help alleviate poverty in Yonkers one brownie at a time.
Founded in 1982 by Bernard Tetsugen Glassman, a Zen Buddhist meditation group leader, the company's original goal was to produce a good quality product. What was just a good brownie later became a socially responsible business.
Greyston's mission is to hire people from the community who have been unemployed or struggling and need an opportunity to get back on their feet and take care of themselves or their loved ones.
They have a program called "urban hiring," which is an "open-door" hiring policy that welcomes anyone who has faced barriers to employment. This program provides opportunities for everyone who comes through the door, regardless of race, gender, age, or social status.
The profits of the sales go to the Greyston Foundation, which provide the area with affordable housing, childcare services and health care. The organization also funds programs that benefit their workers. They provide after-school care, low-income housing, and medical support for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The Greyston Foundation has become a national model for comprehensive community development and has gained the support of many artists and celebrities. Recently actor Jeff Bridges showed up at the bakery and helped them by working on their "Free Brownie Friday".
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February is here, dear Arsians! The year is well underway, and here at Dealmster Central, we're wondering about the state of your office chair. Is it pleasing to your behind? Is it adequately supporting your lower back? Does it help you enjoy sitting at your computer desk, or does it make you ache after a few minutes?
We've run our share of deals on expensive office furniture, but this week our top deal—provided by our partners at LogicBuy—is a discount on an Alera Ravino high-back chair. It's comfy and it won't cause your wallet to scream and cry in pain!
There's also the usual assortment on fun computer stuff, and check the "Office" section for a pretty steep discount on a touchscreen labeler—these things are great for fulfilling your inner OCD labeling fantasies!
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Sorry I missed this thread when posting my other topic. Here's the info so far:
Okay so these were kind of like the monster Little Big Head toys they came out with a few years ago, but in the very early 80's. They had a red or blue colored head or body and were about two to three inches tall and looked kind of like a werewolf. They were vinyl or plastic toys sold mostly in dollar stores like Dollar General or Family Dollar etc. it is driving my buddy Circus Envy insane trying to remember what these were called.
It is not the Mego Clown Around Werewolf but similar; similar but not exactly. It was wearing a white suit and some had a completely blue head and others had a red head.
Any idea?
I like the look of Antifreeze. Never seen that figure before.
I'm surprised I find anything at all in this line. I don't recall seeing anything, aside from the actual "action man" in stores at all. And even then, I think I've only seen him in "Giant Tiger" which is like a cheapo type department store.
retails for about $7.99 so shows up all the time in thrift shops here. But, 99% of the time it's just "action man" and I'm really only interested in the villians.
Their execution is off from what I hoped a 12" action figure would be by 2012, but the ideas are superb, really really under-rated.
if you combined the ideas of Action Man Villians with the quality of Sideshow. That's really what I was expecting toys of "the future" to be like.
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I have recently developed an interest in Action Man- and more towards the villains - Dr X (of which there are numerous variations) Professor Gangrene (don't have any of him yet) Antifreeze and there is one or 2 others.
Another line that was basically the same as the 90s Action Man was Max Steel- there is a villain in that series called Psycho- one figure featured an "exploding" face and bionic robot arm!
who is this? It is stamped MEGO


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Celebuzz has a feature on Alex Meraz who will be playing Paul in New Moon. Alex friend Raoul Trujillo talks about the rising star.
"Nabbing the key role in Twilight was no fluke for the young actor. "If there's anyone I have known in my life that deserves this, it's Alex," says Trujillo. "He's worked his ass off in the time I have known him. He never lets up."
Beyond staying in top physical shape, the actor-student works hard on honing his craft, including his New Moon audition. "Alex drove from Phoenix to my ranch in New Mexico on his birthday weekend so I could help him with his audition," says Trujillo. "It's about 8 hours each way. But he knew he needed to get this done."
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Which Girl Group Would Top the Hierarchy Chart?
If you were to create a girl group hierarchy chart, who would be your top pick?
According to a hierarchy chart that's been quickly spreading online, Girls' Generation and 2NE1 are the undisputed top two picks. This chart, dated February, 2012, covers 16 of the top girl groups and ranks them in order by five different categories, such as "Wall You Can't Go Over (unbeatable, basically)," "Nationwide level," "Socialite level," "Mania level," "the Maginot line."
The top "Wall You Can't Go Over" category is rounded out by Girls' Generation at #1 and 2NE1 at #2. Closely following them in the "Nationwide level" are T-ara at third, the Wonder Girls and Kara at fourth, and f(x) at fifth. This shows the girl groups popular in Japan ranking higher than the Wonder Girls, who's mostly spent their time in the U.S. lately.
The next category, "Socialite level," is comprised of Secret and SISTAR at the same level, followed by 4minute. After School is ranked slightly above the "Mania level," with A Pink, Girls' Day, Rainbow, and Dal Shabet trailing them to complete the "The Maginot line."
However, some netizens have not been pleased with this chart, as it lacks any official source or a majority vote. Since it comes from an online community board, personal opinion could have played a big role in placing the ranks.
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I want to add an overlay e.g. a div that is positioned absolute with some message in there, but want it to follow the same 'hirachy' than normal touch elements and would like to know the proper procedure for it.
To try it out I added a DIV to the index.html with display:none and assigned all the CSS styles to it. Then in the app I change the display style to block which makes it visible (with a z-index of 1). The problem I have now is that if I call e.g. an ActionSheet or Popup that it is behind this displayed DIV. I also tried to add a zIndex of 2 to the Actionsheet but it doesn't bring it in front.
I'm sure there is a better way to this and 'hook' it into the Touch hirachy (and also probably create it programatically so that I don't have to add it to the index.html prior of actually needing it) so that I can call this absolute overlay and the actionsheet would be displayed over it with the modal mask etc.
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Pool memberships, theme park passes, museum tickets — keeping up with Hampton Roads' best attractions can get expensive. Here are some frugal ways to fill the days this summer.
See a movie
The Hampton family movie series has moved to Mill Point Park this year. It will begin its free outdoor movie series on June 18. Entertainment begins at 7 p.m., with the movie starting at sunset. You can find a schedule at Hampton.gov.
In August, City Center in Newport News offers a free outdoor movie series for families and children. And check out jamescitycountyva.gov/recreation/programs/activities-brochure.html for information about a free movie series at Chickahominy Riverfront Park in James City County.
Also starting June 18, Regal movie theaters in Hampton Roads will begin a Summer Express program, which features two children's movies at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for $1. The program lasts nine weeks and includes movies such as "Rio," "ParaNorman," "Yogi Bear" and "African Cats."
Check out the movies at Regal Kiln Creek Stadium 20 in Newport News, Regal Harbour View Grande Stadium 16 in Suffolk and Regal New Town Stadium 12 in Williamsburg. There are also participating Regal theaters in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake.
You can find the movie schedule at regmovies.com/Movies/Summer-Movie-Express.
Cinemark theaters in Norfolk and Chesapeake offer a similar program, although show-goers can purchaser 10 movie tickets for $5 in advance, or $1 at the door. The program starts on June 18. Find more information at cinemark.com/summer-movie-clubhouse.
AMC Theaters hosted a similar program in past years, but the program was discontinued in 2010.
Parks and rec adventures
City parks and recreation departments offer a variety of fun activities throughout the summer, and many are free or inexpensive.
In Newport News, every Friday through Aug. 30, children can meet with a park naturalist for a nature walk and hands-on activities. There are a number of other park-related weekly activities on other days of the week, as well.
Call 886-7916 for weekly topic and location. You can also refer to the "Seasonal tabloid" at nngov.com/parks-and-recreation to find other programs.
At 11 a.m. on Fridays starting June 11, Bluebird Gap Farm in Hampton will host a Storytelling in the Park series featuring performers like the Rainbow Puppets and C. Shells. You can find more information at Hampton.gov.
In James City County, sing away the summer blues during Karoake in the Park on Saturdays at Chickahominy Riverfront Park. Find more information at jamescitycountyva.gov.
Free bowling
AMF bowling centers offer two free games of bowling every day for kids throughout the summer.
This year, parents do not need to print out a coupon to participate, but you must register at freebowling.amf.com. The free bowling program will last through Sept. 2.
Parents can purchase a summer pass for $34.95, which offers two games a day for the pass holder and three guests.
Shoe rental is not included in the kids' pass or the adult pass.
Participating bowling alleys on the Peninsula include Williamsburg Lanes located at 5544 Olde Towne Road and York Lanes located at 4200 George Washington Memorial Highway. There also are locations in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Free crafts
Lowes offers a free Build and Grow program on various weekends in June where kids can build a wooden project to take home. They also receive a free apron, goggles and achievement patch. You can find the schedule, with a description of the projects, at lowesbuildandgrow.com. Registration is required, and classes fill up quickly.
Home Depot offers a similar program. The next workshop is scheduled for July 6. Find more information and register at workshops.homedepot.com.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, Bass Pro Shops locations offer family workshops about the outdoors. Topics include animal identification, bird watching and fishing. The workshop program runs from May 30 through July 5. Find more information at basspro.com.
Michaels offers Kids Club workshops on a weekly basis. The cost is $2 per child, which includes materials. The themes often revolve around holidays. Joann's Fabrics offer more in-depth workshops for older kids. The activities, which last about three hours, cost between $35 and $45, depending on the activity. Find more information at joann.com/kidscamp.
Free museums
Those with a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card can get free admission into a number of museums through the Museums on Us program.
The free admission offer is available during the first full weekend of every month. Participating museums include the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art and Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts museums in Colonial Williamsburg and the Children's Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth.
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News offers free admission during the first full weekend of every month and during a monthly Community Day. The next free admission weekend takes place on June 1-2, and the next Community Day is scheduled for June 15.
Free music
The Peninsula is rife with summer concert series, and most of them are free. Check out the Hampton Block Party on Saturday nights in downtown Hampton, which celebrates its 20th season this year.
Fort Monroe's Music by the Bay series will begin June 13 and continue on Thursday evenings through Aug. 30. The Mariners' Museum also will offer a free concert series on Thursdays starting June 6.
City Center in Newport News has begun its Fridays at the Fountain summer concert series. On May 31, Peace of Zion will play a free concert.
You can find all the news about free summer music at hrticket.com.
Many of the activities listed above, particularly those sponsored by parks and recreation departments, take place in most of the localities in Hampton Roads. If you don't see any activity near your home, be sure to contact your local parks and recreation department, or keep up with weekly news about things to do at hrticket.com and in Friday's Ticket section in the Daily Press.
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DIY Copper Napkin Holders
I've been sucked in to thinking that the silly season is just around the corner and a quick glimpse at my diary tells me that is in fact the case. I love planning different table scape scenarios; textures, colours and all the little details, including napkin holders! I grabbed a stack of copper plant labels from a near-by hardware store, thinking they could make fun gift tags. I might end up using them for that purpose as well, but for now they will serve as super-stylish napkin holders.
What you need
Copper plant labels (mine are from Bunnings, pack of 10 for $3.23!)
A hole punch (just a regular will do, these labels are thin and soft)
Simply punch a hole on the other end of the label (they already have one hole), loop the label around the napkin and tie up using the copper strings. And you're done!
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Speech therapists are often the first people to work with children in a professional setting. Toddlers who show signs of having difficulty communicating may be sent to a speech therapist long before entering the public education system. For older children or adults, they may be the key to unlocking a patient's ability to communicate with those around them. As much as speech therapists have to offer, they can't be everywhere for each patient all the time. Until recently the only options for patients who had difficulty communicating was to spend time each week with a therapist and possibly purchase expensive equipment. For many, this equipment was prohibitively expensive and unattainable. [continue reading…]
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3 more plead guilty in truck stop company scheme
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Three former employees of the truck stop company owned by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam have pleaded guilty to federal charges involving a scheme where trucking companies were cheated out of promised fuel rebates.
The three entered their pleas Monday. They are among 10 former Pilot Flying J employees to plead guilty since federal agents raided the company's Knoxville headquarters last year.
One of the former employees who appeared in court Monday is Brian Mosher, a former director of sales, who admitted to training other company employees on how to cheat customers.
Company CEO Jimmy Haslam has denied involvement in the rebate scheme. Gov. Bill Haslam says he is not involved with the company's operations. The company has been forced to pay millions because of the fraud.
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NEW ORLEANS - Actor Russell Brand turned himself in Thursday afternoon to New Orleans police after an arrest warrant was issued for him on a charge of simple criminal damage to property valued at $700, authorities said.
Brand posted bond and was released from jail Thursday afternoon, said police spokesman Frank Robertson. Bond had been set at $5,000, he said.
Police issued the warrant earlier Thursday for Brand, who is in New Orleans to film an untitled movie.
Police spokeswoman Remi Braden on Thursday could not immediately release details of what happened Monday. Celebrity website TMZ said the charges stem from a confrontation with a photographer who was trying to take Brand's photo from a car.
In a Twitter posting on Wednesday, Brand wrote, "Since Steve Jobs died I cannot bear to see anyone use an iphone irreverently, what I did was a tribute to his memory."
Neither Brand nor his publicist could immediately be reached for comment.
Brand's film credits include "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek." A judge recently granted him a divorce from singer Katy Perry.
Mandate Pictures, which is producing the untitled comedy in New Orleans, said it is being directed by "Young Adult" and "Juno" writer Diablo Cody.
The film also stars two-time "Dancing With the Stars" champ Julianne Hough, Octavia Spencer, who recently won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in the movie "The Help," as well as Nick Offerman and Holly Hunter.


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First of all, thanks to everyone who sent me this story. It's become quite a popular news item!
The city of Birmingham, England, has done the unthinkable: they've banned apostrophes.
On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is now the queens English.
England's second-largest city has decided to drop apostrophes from all its street signs, saying they're confusing and old-fashioned.
But some purists are downright possessive about the punctuation mark.
It seems that Birmingham officials have been taking a hammer to grammar for years, quietly dropping apostrophes from street signs since the 1950s. Through the decades, residents have frequently launched spirited campaigns to restore the missing punctuation to signs denoting such places as "St. Pauls Square" or "Acocks Green."
This week, the council made it official, saying it was banning the punctuation mark from signs in a bid to end the dispute once and for all.
It hurts my head and heart to read this.
The story goes on to talk about how some of the possessions signified by the apostrophe no longer exist, and that they should not be restored for that reason. Kings Cross is no longer owned by the king, for example.
Let me say something.
I've said it time and time again: I hate it when people take the easy way out when it comes to grammar and spelling. If everybody did that, can you imagine the state of writing this day? It's bad enough as it is! (Caesars Palace comes to mind yet again…)
We can't keep dumbing down our society to benefit the uneducated. If we did that in all aspects of our lives, there would be no more quality literature. Hell, Rob Schneider movies would be up for Oscars.
Birmingham, I really hope you think about exactly what you're doing here.


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Congratulations to cherrylej for winning LOTW! It's an absoutely adorable layout. I love the layers of pretty papers, the cute cluster and the white space!! Click the image to leave her some love or click here to view her entire Gingerscraps Gallery.
This LO was created using Super Awesome You and Across the Line Templates by Blue Heart Scraps.
You can pick outstanding gallery layouts which become the next LOTW nominee's by posting in the "Baker's Best" thread. Check out the rules here.
As always your vote counts so head over the the forum to vote for the next LOTW winner. You can be a LOTW winner too, all you have to do is scrap! Happy Scrapping.


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140 families join the BIG Colchester Tour Series ride
140 families join the BIG Colchester Tour Series ride
What a day we had in Colchester! Not satisfied with having Olympic Gold medallist Ed Clancy racing through our town centre along with 80 other elite cyclists, CTC was asked to run a community cycle ride to celebrate our day of cycling.
140 families and children took part with rides starting in the historic Hythe Quay area of town and the leafy suburbs of High Woods.
The ride culminated in a traffic-free High Street procession adding colour and a special element to what was a tremendous day - and it showed how pleasant, uplifting and shopper-friendly the High Street environment could be without cars travelling through.
In the ladies' race, Team CTC fought a stirring race, although the winner Hannah Barnes of MG Maxifuel was far too strong for everyone.
Castle Park hosted a festival of cycling with lots of come-and-try-it sessions, BMX instructors and a wide range of special and adapted cycles as well as lots of other sports taster sessions and an eclectic mix of entertainment.
So what next? CTC is running rides in a number of towns in Essex and they're all free and open to everyone. Tell us what you'd like to see in your corner of Essex and, even better, come and join the ride.
For more information contact Richard Monk on 07717 724089.


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Surprise Baby For Unsuspecting Couple
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A Connecticut family of three had no idea that a fourth family member was on his way until shortly before he was born — why? Because the unknowing mom-to-be thought she had the stomach flu and had no idea she was expecting a baby.
A surprise for the whole family
Jennifer Scollin lives in Connecticut with her boyfriend and their 4-year-old daughter. She had been experiencing stomach pain and some nausea, but assumed that she had a stomach flu that had been going around. However, Saturday morning she started experiencing severe pain and called her boyfriend to come home.
Soon after he arrived, her water broke and they quickly realized that she wasn't suffering from the stomach flu — she was pregnant and the baby was on the way. They phoned for an ambulance because she realized that there wasn't enough time to drive to the hospital.
The ambulance arrived and the staff asked if she could walk to the vehicle. She was able to, but just barely — no sooner had she gotten in the ambulance when she felt the urge to push and in two pushes, her baby was born.
A big, healthy baby
Her baby wasn't a small one, either. He weighed in at 9 pounds, 3 ounces and was in good health, as was his surprised mom. She told reporters that she had continued to have her period each month and never really felt any different during her full-term pregnancy. They named their little boy Cole and shocked the heck out of her parents, who were called and told they had a surprise grandson.
My biggest baby was 8 pounds, 9 ounces and my smallest was just under 8 pounds. They all felt gigantic when they resided in my womb, particularly towards the end of each pregnancy. I'm amazed that this gal was unaware of an on-board resident who weighed over 9 pounds — amazed and a bit jealous.
More fun birth stories
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