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Vermeer hosts Recycling Specialist Training and Demo Days in Pella
Vermeer takes the word "specialist" serious, and holds training for recycling specialists every year. In September, the Vermeer Environmental segment held a training event for dealer recycling specialists from around the globe. When it comes to environmental equipment, the specialists don't just have to understand the machines, but also the applications they are working with, from processing wood waste and compost turning, to agricultural residues for biomass.
The week-long event was held at the manufacturing headquarters in Pella, the first day starting with newcomers to the recycling specialist role. On the second day, the recycling specialist veterans joined the training, which was held for specialists Monday through Wednesday.
The training event is something we try to do every year to keep the specialists educated on the latest product offerings," said Jeff Bradley, recycling and forestry applications engineer. "We want to give them the tools to effectively support recycling equipment, and we had a lot of good information and new product information to share this year.
The training was held in conjunction with a customer event, complete with full demos from some of the largest machines Vermeer manufactures. During the specialist training, the classroom time was kept to a minimum and the hands-on time with equipment was taken advantage of.
This training event allows our specialists in the field to network and share successes with one another, as well as ideas. We are all a team and communication is key," said Jay Sarver, recycling and forestry sales manager. The group was shown various recycling and forestry machines, including the new HG6000 Tier 4i, WC2300XL and the new knife kit for Wildcat trommel screen applications.
With the customer event held that same week, the turnout for the event was the largest the environmental group has seen thus far, and they are excited to see a continued growth in numbers.
These recycling specialists working within the dealership help provide valuable insight during the purchase process and work with their sales team to determine the needs of the customer and what product is best suited for them.
The purchasing process doesn't happen over night and Vermeer recycling specialists are there to cover what a customer needs to know to ensure success, not only at the beginning of the sales process but through the whole process to closing, and continued support thereafter," said Sarver.
Various Vermeer dealership specialists presented the some specific training sessions held on the last day of the training event.
For the first time, we had seasoned specialists lead some of the breakout sessions, which allowed them to showcase their talents, as well as give a spin on real-life sales pitches," said Bradley.
Another new feature to the event this year, the segment invited market advisers to present on new initiatives, current and future needs, market growth and how to engage and find opportunities to work with customers within those markets.
We wanted to give a big thank you to Eric Kinsley with Innovative Natural Resource Solutions and Nora Goldstein with Biocycle for participating in this year's event," said Sarver.
The customers attending the Demo Days arrived on Thursday for a tour of Plant 4 and the Global Pavilion and museum, as well as an afternoon of go-karting, before heading to dinner. On Friday morning, Mary Andringa, President and CEO, welcomed our guests and provided an overview of the company and principles that help guide the company in the right direction.
Our executive team was supportive and available throughout the day to visit with customers and dealer representatives," said Sarver.
The rest of the day was spent outside, with the customers and specialists viewing demos of various recycling machines. The morning featured compost turners and trommel screens at the demo site behind the Global Pavilion. The afternoon was spent at a remote demo site about 15 minutes outside of Pella. Various customers were heard saying that the tub grinder was a "monster" and that for Vermeer and Wildcat to be able to offer both compost turner designs was great to see.
The success in the event was not only heard from the attendees, but also seen in the retail sales that were a result, including a group that had been persistent in running competitive equipment until they were recruited to run machines at the demo site.
People think of us as a small company, but bringing customers and new Vermeer members to the corporate offices is always very impressive for them," said Craig Drury, sales representative at Vermeer Canada, who also noted that the demo sites were great for the event.
The customer I brought was extremely impressed with Vermeer," said Rick Slaughter, sales representative at Vermeer Northwest. "He really liked that Vermeer had a lot of the same values he did in running a business and saw the event as the 'ultimate experience' for a potential customer."
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It's not everyday an 18-year-old can leave both standout sport and academic careers pleated in the school hallways before turning a new leaf � or, putt, in the case of Jack Sides.
It�s not everyday an 18-year-old can leave both standout sport and academic careers pleated in the school hallways before turning a new leaf � or, putt, in the case of Jack Sides.
The Arendell Parrott Academy senior is serving his last few weeks as a Patriot before heading to High Point University on a golf scholarship.
He followed in the footsteps of his best friend and began golfing at 12 years old, joining the APA team in 8th grade. Sides, now 18, took the hard-work-and-discipline road to close his last APA year with an impressive streak of being ranked in the top 300 by Junior Golf Scoreboard and finishing 16th at the North & South Junior Tournament in Pinehurst with 70-70 among the nation�s best high school junior golfers last year.
Among other accomplishments and successful performances, Sides tops off this part of his journey with a perfect 5.0 GPA.
�Grades come first,� said Sides. �My parents make me get good grades or I don�t get to play golf.�
He admires the sport challenges its players.
�I love playing it,� he said. �It�s not just something you can just go out and do. You have to keep working at it and be persistent.�
Sides says when he gets to college, he will work on mastering his short game � which he also considers his strength in golf. He feels he�ll have more time on the course because the one he uses to practice now is about 30 minutes away in his hometown of New Bern.
�I always see the difference between the tour pros and the amateurs is the short game,� Sides said. �I�ll practice more in college since I�ll have more free time, and I�ll be closer to a golf course.�
He said he received several scholarship offers, but chose High Point after a campus visit, realizing it was a great school academically.
Additionally, Sides appreciates first-year Panthers men�s golf coach Greg Flesher knowing the golf swing because of his involvement with a PGA program.
�The coach is really nice,� Sides said. �I know he�s building up his team since this is his first year. I�m going to just go in with an open mind.�
As a Parrott student since kindergarten, Sides is deeply rooted in the school�s culture and camaraderie. Passing freshmen greeted him as he sat in an APA hallway Friday.
�When I was little, I always looked up to the seniors,� he said. �Now that I�m a senior, it�s different and they look up to me. It�s really cool.�
As far as his teammates, Sides has kept contact with older players who advanced to the collegiate level. He was a part of the state championship team last year and has shared many memorable times with the current team.
�I�m going to miss hanging out with all the guys,� Sides said. �We�ve all grown so close together.�
Sides won�t be but a short drive away from home when he starts at High Point, another reason he chose the college. He hopes his message for his fellow classmates and golfers will be to �give them some good advice for the future and how to spend their high school careers.
�Enjoy it while they can.�
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.
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Name: Jack Sides
Age: 18
Hometown: New Bern
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Bereaved: Funeral strands bus riders
Charlottesville Transit Service founder and long-time manager Helen Poore was so highly esteemed that the city shut down bus service between 9:30am to 3pm January 30 so CTS employees could attend her funeral.
That well-intended gesture to honor a beloved city employee left some would-be bus passengers without a ride in near-freezing temperatures that Friday.
City manager Gary O'Connell, who made the decision to suspend service, notes Poore's 30 years of service and her contributions to Charlottesville's bus system. "Helen has been involved so much locally, state-wide, and nationally," he says. "She found grant money, and she had the vision to make it grow."
The city sent press releases January 28 and 29 to local media about the shutdown. "We put notices in every seat, on all buses, and at bus stops," says O'Connell. "The hours are our least-used time."
The notices directed riders who needed emergency transportation to call 296-RIDE. Interim CTS director Charles Petty defines "emergency" riders as people who needed to get to doctors' appointments or to work. "Something not frivolous," he says. "We wanted people to get to things they had commitments for."
Six drivers who were relatively new employees provided rides in vans to the five people who called during the five-and-a-half hours that service was suspended, says Petty.
Despite the publicity, some riders were unaware of the shutdown. Vernetta Jones doesn't ride the bus very often. She had waited at a West Main bus stop about five minutes when a reporter informed her the buses weren't running. She decided to walk.
"I really don't think they should close down for that length of time," she says. "It does inconvenience people."
UVA student Lucy Figueroa was waiting for a bus to get downtown for a volunteer stint but offered no complaint when a reporter informed her about the suspended service. "It's understandable," she said.
Debbie Jones needed to get to Kmart, and was sitting at a bus stop on West Main around 12:30pm January 30. She'd heard the system was shutting down, but thought buses were running until 3pm.
Jones doesn't own a car and doesn't think stopping service was such a good idea for the people whose only transportation is the bus. "Some people can't afford a taxi and don't have family or friends to give them a ride," she said. Of her canceled trip to Kmart, she said, "I'm disappointed. I'm going home."
Margie Hughes had to get to work at 2pm. She, too, heard about the shutdown on TV the night before, and she also thought service was stopping at 3pm.
Hughes didn't notice the sign posted at the bus stop. "I would have been waiting here for a long time," she said.
Hughes is a regular rider on the Number 3 bus. "I really do rely on the bus because I don't have a car," she said.
City Councilor Kevin Lynch considers the shutdown an appropriate way to honor Poore, whom he credits with giving Charlottesville a "world class" transit system.
"I certainly apologize to those inconvenienced. I hope they take time to reflect on the normal convenience they enjoy, and to a large extent, that's through Helen's efforts," he said.
Councilor Rob Schilling, "with all due respect in a time of grief," had some questions when he heard about the decision to stop service temporarily. "I think it would have been more in her honor to keep buses running, because that was important to her," he says.
Public transportation advocate Stratton Salidis, a member of Alternatives to Paving, agrees. "I think a much better way to honor a passing bus founder would be to start Sunday bus service and free trolleys to 29 north and Pantops."
He says the transit service's marketing strategy targets "choice riders" those who have other options such as a car– instead of "captured riders," those who don't have other transportation. "They're the people most vulnerable to this disruption," he says.
Yet other public transportation advocates support the decision to suspend service for someone who had done so much to expand bus service in Charlottesville.
"In a small, tight-knit community like ours, I can sort of understand why the city could do this," says Len Schoppa, the secretary of the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation.
He thinks it's a nice sign that the transit system staff is so close, "compared to a city like New York, where bus drivers wouldn't know the head of the transportation department."
Helen Poore, center with plaque, was a founder of the City's bus system.
Infrequent bus rider Vernetta Jones decided to walk to Morris Tire Service.
Regular rider Debbie Jones had to postpone her shopping trip to Kmart.
Margie Hughes had to be at work on Carlton Avenue at 2pm, so she accepted a ride from Hook photographer Jen Fariello.
[Note: In the print edition of the Hook, these captions contained mistakes that have been corrected here.]


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Students Gather to Push Legislation Protecting Public Funding Pilot for County Council Elections
In the wake of an elections season dominated by private money and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v FEC, over thirty students and citizens walked from UH Hilo and gathered at the state building, holding signs and calling on state legislators to keep up funding for the Big Island public funding pilot program.
Even though the pilot program has been successful, allowing five out of nine current councilors to get elected without accepting any private money, funding to continue the program has been called into question.
The Campaign Spending Commission, which administers the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund, has been running at a deficit for several years. Unless the Campaign Fund has more than $3.5 million by next September, the Commission may halt the pilot program.
"It's imperative the state find more funding for the Election Fund," said Dr. Noelie Rodriguez, one of the event's organizers. "When candidates don't have to spend time dialing for dollars, they can spend more time figuring out how to make the county better for everyone," she said.
The crowd at the Capitol included many younger people, including Jennifer Ruggles, a Voter Owned Hawaii intern, who said "This pay-to-play system of elections just isn't sustainable for the long term. We need to address the issue of money in politics and publicly funded elections is the best place to start, and it needs to get adequate funding."
To provide an alternative model to the outdated statewide partial funding program for elections, citizen advocates convinced legislators to implement a pilot program for Big Island County Council elections starting in 2010.
"Special interest money really undermines our system and we are very glad to have five councilors elected without accepting any," said Rodriguez.
Advocates will also propose legislation this coming session to overhaul the statewide partial funding program. Implemented in 1978, the program was meant to limit the influence of special interest money on elections and laws passed by politicians. Over time, citizens say, the program became obsolete and now does not provide candidates with competitive sums of money.
"It's a shame the 1978 program was never kept up to date and has become obsolete," said Kory Payne, executive director for Voter Owned Hawaii. "After the Citizens United court decision, people are finally ready to see the public funding program work once again," he added.
In Hawaii there appears to be overwhelming support for a public funding program for elections that grants competitive amounts of money to candidates. In a 2005 poll conducted by AARP, 86% of voting age Hawaii residents thought campaign contributions moderately or greatly influenced policies supported by elected officials.
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Last Updated: Jul 22, 2019 11:30 AM
10 Commandments for Winning at Fantasy Football
This is the fourth in a series of articles geared toward winning at fantasy football. To find more content on useful ways you can win your league, click here
4th Commandment – Thou Shall Draft Players From the NEXT Great Offenses
Here at FFChamps we already told you to avoid players on bad teams. We also like to draft players from good teams. Taking it one step further, we also really look to draft players from the NEXT great offenses.
Hindsight is 20/20 and with hindsight everyone's a genius. I can sit here and tell you to load up on players from Los Angeles Rams or Kansas City Chiefs. Let's not forget about the Saints or Patriots. Everyone knows that stuff. Mahomes, Gurley, Kamara, Edelman, they are on everyone's radar, not to mention all of the other studs from those teams. Where is your edge? What will separate you? You can separate yourself by being a prognosticator and not a follower (or let us do that for you).
If you can successfully pinpoint the next great offenses you don't have to worry about luck or rely on a few super sleepers to come to fruition in order for you to win your league. If you can project the NEXT great offenses, you will be able to identify the Sleepers, they just will be obvious to you. Other guys say "I'd rather be lucky than good"; here at FF Champs, we say "WE'D RATHER BE GOOD THAN LUCKY!" You can put the odds in your favor by taking guys from the next great offenses.
If this sounds time consuming, it is. You have to pour through stats and analyze a lot of different variables -- the good news is that we do it all for you in the FFChamps Draft Kit.
The established great offenses already include: Packers, Patriots, Steelers, Falcons, Saints, Rams, Seahawks, Colts, and Chiefs
Who are the next great offenses?
These squads have already taken the step toward greatness or are about to dominate on the offensive side of the ball in 2019 in no particular order: Browns, Chargers, Texans, Eagles, Cowboys, Bears, and Vikings,
Some teams are on the fringe and if a few players pan out, we can certainly see them hopping the fence and making it over to the group that includes the "step toward greatness": Titans, Jaguars, Broncos, Lions, and Buccaneers
1st Commandment: Know Thy Scoring System
2nd Commandment: Thou Shall Stick To Thy Tiers
3rd Commandment: Thou Shall Avoid Bad Players from Bad Teams
4th Commandment: Thou Shall Draft Players From The Next Great Offenses
5th Commandment: Thou Shall Wait on Thy Quarterback
6th Commandment:Thou Shall Covet Thy Stud Wide Receiver
7th Commandment: Thou Must Draft Thy Stud's Backup
8th Commandment: Thou Shall Not Draft Two Studs From the Same Team
9th Commandment: Thou Shall NOT Draft a Kicker or a Team Defense Too Early
10th Commandment: Thou Shall Start Your Studs
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Release: 140310-01
Governor Bullock Issues Emergency Proclamation for Montana
Bozeman, MT – Governor Bullock has issued an Emergency Proclamation for the State of Montana in response to the wide spread flooding in recent days. This is a good step for those Gallatin County residents recently affected by flooding. While this action by the Governor does not automatically make assistance available, it is a very critical step towards those programs that may be available.
At this point it is critical that those residents who have been affected by flooding complete a damage assessment form for Gallatin County Emergency Management. The basic information gathered in a damage assessment is how we demonstrate to the State of Montana, and the United States Government, what impacts we have seen from the recent flooding. This gathered information is key in helping officials determine what programs may be available to assist those who have been adversely affected. The online damage assessment can be located at ReadyGallatin.com on the main page or directly at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/gcem .


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I've been in kind of a funk lately and unable to snap out of it, no matter how hard I tried. The other night my friend Krisy decided to drag me off of my platform and give me just what the doctor ordered. A Second Life Fashion shopping trip that revolved around accentuating the adorable Deco mesh tutu she bought me! Honestly, nothing cheers a girl up more than shopping and tutus… except maybe the RENT soundtrack, shopping and tutus… but ANYWAYS!!!
See the results of our galavanting below!
We got our shirts from Sn@tch. I don't know why I don't shop at Sn@tch more often, that is going to change!
Our boots are the Triumph Boots from Gos. I am in absolute love with them and wear them every chance I get.
I had a total blast taking these photos. My evening w/Krisy reminded me that my SL world is wide open, I just need to step off my platform and enjoy the ride!
Viva La Vie Boheme!
Take care of each other ❤
What I'm Wearing
Skin: Izzie's | Harlow (Pale)
Hair: Truth | Astrid
Eyes: Curio | Tragic Eyes (Ocean)
Lips: Izzie's | Lip Highlights
Eye Makeup: Panda Punx | Eyeliner Set | Black Only Event
Stockings: erratic | ripped stockings
Shirt: Sn@tch | Taylor Loose Tee
Skirt: DECO | MESH Her Tutu
Hands: SLink | Mesh Hands
Boots: [Gos] | Triumph Boots
What Krisy is Wearing
Skin: Pink Fuel | Alyx (Vanilla) – Siren (aubbrow)
Hair: [e] | Only
Eyes: IKON | Eternal Eyes – Tundra
Stockings: erratic | ripped stockings
Shirt: Sn@tch | Taylor Loose Tee
Eyelashes: *GA* | Mesh Lashes Fantasia
Piercings: :Hebenon Vial: | Symmetry [Frost]
Skirt: DECO | MESH Her Tutu
Nails: Izzie's | Metallic Gradient Nails
Boots: [Gos] | Triumph Boots
Poses: Glitterati


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The Baja International Film Festival showcased various independent films, documentaries, and shorts throughout the weekend in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The festival had a lineup of films selected to be screened at the inaugural festival-which was 80 films from around the world that included 5 international feature films in competition, 5 Mexican feature films in competition, 5 international documentaries in competition, 5 Mexican documentaries in competition, 30 international shorts, 13 Mexican shorts, 4 environmental films, as well as Special Presentation screenings of 6 international feature films, and 6 Mexican feature films.
Within this list was the inspiring documentary,' Hecho En Mexico'-an inspiring and moving documentary screened on night two of the festival and definitely set the tone for the reaminder of the festival. 'Hecho En Mexico' displayed a brief history and background of Mexican culture which made for a very enlightening and highly anticipated documentary and not to mention a learning lesson.
The movie kicked off with famous and aspiring musicians from Mexico that through their musical capabilities painted the perfect scenario to life in Mexico. All subjects that were once intangible was brought to life in this documentary. The crowd grew emotional, intrigued, and simply breathless as 'Hecho En Mexico' took them on a ride through Mexican history, the trials, tribulations, struggles and now achievement, pride and success of the Mexican culture.
Another exciting feature called 'Despues de Lucia'. 'Despues de Lucia' is a climatic movie that focuses on the struggles and impact of young teens amongst their peers. Alexandria and father Roberto move into a new town to make a living for themselves and start 'fresh'. Starting a new high school, Alexandra quickly made friends and was accepted. A quick weekend getaway and a few bad decisions, Alexandras' life abruptly took a sharp turn for the worse. Based upon her decisions during the stay at the getaway caused her to quickly loose friends and her social stature in school.
After multiple months of bullying and fighting with her classmates, Alexandra had finally had it. Organizing a scripted 'death' was her only way out to find sanity and hope for a better tomorrow as she then retreated back to her home town and her safe place. 'Despues de Lucia' is a strong film that serves as a learning lesson to our adolescents of today's generation. Bullying should have zero tolerance in our school systems as you may never know the outcome of the scenario-lets just say in 'Despues de Lucia' justice was served.
Throughout the International Shorts throughout the day were: The Price, Little Kaiju, and The Crocidile
'The Price' is a post-modern Western-style short film that explores the difference between an outlaw and a criminal. This character-driven piece draws inspiration from John Carpenter & The Three Sergios. Set in an economically struggling New York City with no central authority, the story centers around two bandits and a bounty hunter. 'The Price' is a gritty film that appeals to a broad audience of action and independent film fans.
A quick synopsis of the film 'Little Kaiju' would be a cartoon character is introduced to the busy streets of Tokyo. The whimsical journey of this mysterious vending machine-dwelling creature explores the shadowy corners of Tokyo after dark and is 'spotted'. Until 'Little Kaiju' reverses his luck by outsmarting the man and using his wit.
'The Crocodile' was a short film action movie. A Mexican journalist is on the run from a cartel assassin. In fear for his life and want to 'clear his name', the two collide in a diner, with tragic consequences for both.
The International Short Films is a great way to get immersed in a movie quickly. Seeing a variety of short films allows you to see a broad range of film with different story lines and perception of film.
For a list of films screened during the Baja International Film Festival: http://biff.festivalgenius.com/2012/schedule/week
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Happy Anniversary!
I hope this blog has been of interest to you. If you have suggestions about what should be covered or not covered, please leave a comment.
Thanks for joining me on this journey. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I.
8 comments:
- Deb Ruth said...
Happy Anniversary!
- October 6, 2011 at 3:56 AM
- Kim said...
Happy, Happy, Happy Anniversary to You! Can you hear the singing through the great big web? (For your sake I hope not). You of course are the reason I started my blog, and I want to thank you for dragging me into this century with technology. The gifts that have come from blogging are fantastic. So thank you, enjoy your special day, and known that good thoughts are being sent your way!
- October 6, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- Brenda Joyce Jerome said...
Thank you, ladies. Blogging has become such a big part of my life that I can't imagine what I would do without it.
- October 6, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- owlhart said...
Happy Anniversary! Thanks for bringing Western Kentucky to us.
- October 6, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Susan Clark said...
Congratulations on the milestone! Glad you're enjoying it because I can't imagine what I'd do about my KY kin without your work!
- October 6, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Laura said...
Happy Anniversary Brenda! I'm so grateful for the genealogy work you did for me earlier this year and hope to employ you in another project in the future!!
- October 6, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- Deb said...
So glad you're there.
- October 7, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- Linda McCauley said...
Happy Blogiversary!
- October 7, 2011 at 3:45 PM


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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Queen Anne's Lace Scarf by Khebhin Gibbons
2:52 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
It's getting cold here in So. Md. I have started the process to put away summer clothing and take out the winter clothing. I have finished it in my daughter's wardrobe! Oh Boy! I can't believe 2 little persons have so many clothing!! Anyway, because of all these cleanings around the house, I found my yarns which are hidden in the closet. These stash yarns have been there for half year and I started to search a pattern that is easy to crochet and only eat up 2 skeins of yarns. After all, I think scarf or hat is the only option I have! So I picked up the 6mm hook and once again, sitting in front of the TV, have a cup of green tea, like an old lady, start crocheting! lol.. yes, i feel old :P I love this pattern by Khebhin Gibbons, at first, I don't familiar with the writing, it's a little bit confusing. That's why I tried to use my stash cotton yarn to try it first, after a while, I have a better idea of what the pattern works, then I changed back to my wool/cotton mixed yarn and the result is fabulous! I wasn't using the greatest yarn in the world, these only some yarns I picked up in JoAnn, however, it did give me what I want, a warmy, elegant and beautiful scarf! After I finished this scarf, now I want to make more scarf for my families as Christmas present, yes, it's that time of year again, I need to think, think, think what to make/buy/crochet for my families! How about you?
Labels: beautiful, Crochet, DIY, elegant, lovely, Queen Anne's Lace Scarf | 1 comments
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tofu Master
8:15 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
Last weekend I have been trying to create something cute, of course, with my talent, you can see the picture, what you see is what you get, I am not very good at it!! hahahahahaha! I tried to crochet something with a piece of tofu in my mind, however, after I finished crochet it, it looked like a tofu with a hat, or a white pottery, so I named this little guy Tofu master~! I think I am just too hungry for some Chinese Tofu which used to wrapped by a piece of white cloth, the tofu texture is so smooth, heat it up by steaming it in a wok, add a bit of cooking oil, light soy sauce and a few slices of gingers, yummy. That's how my mom used to cook it! It's so nice! Wait a minute, I shouldn't talk about food here, but I can't help it!!!! By the way, the blue comical eyes is a new stock I am going to put in my store! It's 8mm blue comical eyes! :) They are just the cutest thing!
Labels: Amigurumi, blue, comical eyes, Crochet, DIY, hand-painted purple eyes, handmade, tofu, tofu master | 3 comments
New 18 mm eyes in etsy store
7:55 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
Recently I have put together more 18mm eyes together. These new groups are available in my etsy store! These new eyes have very bright colors and are very high quality! :) I hope you will like it!
Labels: 15mm cat eyes, 18mm, colorful, fish eyes, pastel, rainbow, round eyes, safety eyes, translucent | 0 comments
Monday, October 20, 2008
Little Brown Chick (better picture - re-blog)
2:23 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
This little brown chick is going to be a swap in Ravelry.com. Before I crochet anything, I have this idea of making something that will fit into fall decorations! At first I wanted to crochet a bird, but then I realize it's not as easy as I thought since I crochet it without any pattern. I started this amigurumi with magic ring and then when I felt enough height of the body I stopped and added the eyes, mouth and wings. This is the first critter that I haven't follow any pattern! Hurrah for me! :) I am not a very creative person, so I always follow pattern. Now since I have crochet this little lovely birdie, I have more confident to crochet something else!! This is the front of the chick The side of the chick, she is looking at you! This is the back and tail of the brown chick, I used the yarn sew from the middle of the bottom through the back and loop back to the bottom again, tied 2 knots and then went through the head of the chick, tied another 2 knots to form hair, that's why she got 2 pieces of hair sticking out of her head! :)
Labels: 6mm orange eyes, Amigurumi, birdie, brown, chick, critter, Crochet, softie, stuffed animal | 1 comments
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Finger Puppet
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picture from stitch n' frog These are a few examples to show imagination is truly unlimited!! These are the finger puppets from Gail who crochet these for her grand kids and for charity! They will be going to the local chapter of the Elks Club, to be distributed along with the Christmas Baskets! These cuties are easy to crochet and it will make children giggle!! If you want to help please go to Gail's blog for details, or you can contact her through here. elephant is designed by Gail
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Amigurumi Little Chick
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Finally I finished another amigurumi - little chick. It may not look like one, but it meant to be one! :P I just started from a magic ring, I haven't followed any pattern, that's why the chick's body may not look right, but I am quite satisfy with the result. I also sew the bottom and tail with a few stitches to make it sticks out a little bit, and end up giving this little critter 2 pieces of hair! I used 6mm orange eyes here, which usually it's not easy to match with yarn colors, but it did give this little critter fit my fall decorations very well. :)
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Nerdy Glasses
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Does your gal sometimes just too nerdy? Yes Then you need a pair of nerdy glasses! ooooOOOOhhhhHHHH I modified this glasses myself to fit Blythe doll! You can get them here in MyBlytheSpirit.etsy.com Thank you CrazyMushy for letting me to use her picture! More Nerdy Glasses pictures below.
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You see, in a recent Arathi Basin run, I was the only non-Pandaren in the group.
You read that right.
The Alliance had fifteen players: one Night Elf, fourteen Pandaren.
The Horde was nearly as bad: one Blood Elf (a monk), one Tauren (a Druid), thirteen Pandaren.
Orcs? Humans? What are those?
You know how some people were excited because the Pandaren capable of being on either faction meant that you couldn't rely upon silhouettes any more? In this scenario, you don't even bother looking at silhouettes; you just rely upon your add-ons. Due to the scenery, I felt like I was in some bizarre recreation of the Spanish Civil War, but with pandas. The only thing that was missing was a few Messerschmitts flying overhead. (Note to Gnomes and/or Goblins: make yourselves useful and build some Spitfires and ME-109s!)
Leveling via BGs is often something that goes in fits and spurts.
Unlike leveling via instances or questing, gear acquisition becomes a bit of a problem. Sure, you can use heirlooms to make up the bulk of your gear, but what if a) you don't have heirlooms for the class you're creating, or b) you can't afford or don't want to move heirlooms over across servers? Here are a few options:
- You can go do some questing to get a few pieces here and there, but the Old World's quests discourage cherry picking. In the pre-Cata days, you could do a quest here and a quest there, grab what reward you wanted, and then go on your merry way. Now, with the linear quest lines in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms, you can't do that without running a lot of quests to get to the one you really want. Forcing you to quest through the majority of a zone kind of defeats the purpose of leveling via BGs.
- You can run the occasional instance, but you're at the mercy of whatever gear drops.* Instances, however, will level you very very fast, especially at low levels. If you're not careful, you'll end up leveling via instances instead of via BGs.
- If you've the cash, you can look through the auction house and rummage through the available gear. That has the advantage of speed, because you can quickly hunt through the AH in between BGs, but it's not very cost effective. But hey, if you play the AH already or are sitting on a pile of gold, why worry?
- If you don't mind being out in the world a lot between BGs, you can also craft your gear. The speed of BGs proccing these days --anywhere from 1-6 minutes-- means that you're either going to have to set aside some crafting time for your toon or you're going to just have to live with getting one or two items at a time in between BGs. For the gathering professions, however, you can also level fairly quickly, so you have to be careful that you don't outlevel the gear you're hoping to craft.
- Visiting the Silverwing Sentinels/Warsong Supply Officer and their Defilers/League of Arathor equivalents is a good way of supplementing gear at low levels. Once you gain access to Alterac Valley, another vendor opens up for use. While this isn't perfect --you have to travel a lot-- it will fill in gaps.
The net result of all this is that I've often found my toons undergeared in BGs, particularly when I'm up against toons with a full set of heirloom gear supplemented with the highest available crafted items. I may play BGs, but other people live them. It isn't until you get up to L78 and you run into the people with Cata greens that you see a disparity on the same level as in the lower three tiers of BGs between the haves and the have nots. When you're a toon with about half white gear going up against the heirloom equipped, all of the skill in the world isn't going to keep you from being one-shot. When my Rogue finally got enough Honor to buy and equip the heirloom dagger, my DPS and kills took a big jump. I didn't change my play style, I just added a really nice piece of gear, and that bit of min-maxing was all the difference.
Lara at the now sadly defunct Root and Branch blog had written a story encapsulating this disparity, entitled Don't Fret Your Pretty Little Head. Although she wrote from the perspective of instances, it also applied directly to BGs. I often wondered which was worse, the nerd rage of dungeon puggers or the nerd rage of the BG puggers, and I think that the prize has to go to BG puggers, because they can bitch and moan and whine and be anti-social without repercussion. If someone is an ass in an instance, you've at least got a shot at getting rid of them via vote kick. In a BG, you're stuck with them unless they go AFK, and believe me they know it. They're the ones always saying that the faction you're on sucks, that you suck, that you don't know how to play your class, that your mother had sexual relations with a turnip, etc.
But you know what? Gear matters, often more than skill. Sure, gear can cover up deficiencies in skill, but gear can also help you dominate beyond what skill can't provide. Skill isn't going to give you an extra 200 health in the L15-19 BGs, and being one shot is still being one shot. Additionally, how you acquire skill is more difficult than acquiring gear: you actually go out and play the game, take your lumps and learn how things work.
And you get told that you're an idiot. Frequently.
Who'd want to put up with that abuse when there's a nice, easy alternative in place?
For those who have the honor and/or gold, that is.
*I ran Shadowfang Keep to get the mats for the Rogue weapon, but discovered that the dagger I got from the Silverwing Sentinels was actually better. Go figure.
**The speed of BGs proccing these days --anywhere from 1-6 minutes-- means that you're either going to have to set aside some crafting time for your toon or you're going to just have to live


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So, what will DiS' top 5 albums of 2012 be then?
Revealed tomorrow. Can any of you correct predict the top 5?
25-6 went up today http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145829-drowned-in-sounds-favourite-albums-of-2012--25-6
And this year we've done a countdown from 100 (don't think we've ever done anywhere near that many, but it felt like far too many records adored by our staff and you lot would miss out if we didn't do that many).
Chromatics, definitely
Sharon von etten
Blondes (so sean's happy)
Guessing the order, though, that's the trick. That's the trick.
this is probably right.
although Sharon von Etten is the only album there deserving of it IMO.
I'll go for:
1. Chromatics
2. Swans
3. Blondes
4. Sharon von Etten
5. Liars
SVE would definitely be a popular choice
Since many DiSsers agree with the staff in this case. I guess Chromatics and Swans are the most likely top two, given that Liars/Blondes seem only loved by a select few.
Yeah I suspect it'll be these 5 too
Order would be:
SVE - Chromatics - Swans - Liars - Blondes
maybe...?Rev_Kramer this'd this
Good to see Aesop Rock in the top 10
Well deserved, innit.Lililololaure, colossalhorse, Pharyngeal, Kyle_, and tphrthms this'd this
By process of elimination it looks likely to be the five mentioned
1. Chromatics
2. Sharon Van Etten
3. Blondes
4. Swans
5. Liars
Of those 5 Swans should win but ESA didn't care for it if I remember correctly.
1. swans - the seer
2. liars - wixiw.
thats the deserving top 2!
None of the five albums mentioned in this thread would be in my top 50 for the year.
Some of you lads really need to investigate more/better music.
In that case, I eagerly await your top 5
To point us in the right direction, at leastfurio this'd this
Also, it feels a bit odd that DiS is only part way through the Lost 12 of '12
but the top 5 albums will be announced tomorrow. Sort of dimishes the impact of the former. For me the perfect solution would be the move the larger list to a later date, but I predict sean would just argue he's just keeping in line with other publications (doesn't seem to bother pitchfork, which probably remains the most read list).
Not sure this has to be the case
I see the Lost 12 series as something to dip into in spare moments, rather than a big dramatic countdown to be dramatically unveiled with loads of drama. It makes sense that it should sprawl across the length of the month, filling in the gaps where reviews and whatnot are drying up.
Might as well JAG my own, while we're on the subject. http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145832-lost-12-of-2012--ryat-totem
Yeah I guess so,
I think I care more about how early the main list is. I know its like the musical equivalent of complaining about advent calendars in september...but I think I would care more if this was the week before christmas.
Sorry bro
Only doing it this week so that I can take a few days off next week as I haven't taken any holiday this year (unless you count two days visiting a friend a couple of Mondays hungover after festivals?). Not many times a year when things quieten down enough. Also for a heap of January releases to listen to and acts to schedule interviews with ahead of Feb releases. And yeah. Everyone else runs rather "early"!
Sean can I ask for something for next year?
I think it would be nice to have a short, purpose-written paragraph about the releases (at least for the top 20 or so)... The snippets of reviews are good and all, but in a lot of cases, i've already read them, particularly for releases i've enjoyed... What I like about the little blurbs in other lists is the opportunity to put the release into a bit of context for the year or to comment on it after many more listens.
Polite.orangejuice, kubrahhh, littlebirds, and coolerthantv this'd this
I did think about doing that (I do every year), but to be very honest, I like to let our staff vote as late as possible, so only worked out what the top 20 was last weekend when all the votes had come in.
I'm also aware that our year-end list is a chance to drive people who don't usually read the site, into the reviews section to read things they missed.
It's hard to know which balance to strike, and I do worry that it's all already a bit TL;DR
I'm glad this is what people want tho, as it's exactly what I want too!
Perhaps 100 words written by someone and then a 50/100 word snippet from the review. Can't imagine that would be too tl; dr (at least for the top end of the list.)
And i'm sure the community would be happy to contribute... I for one would love the shot to try my hand at some music journo thing on a small scale like that...
Why not get each of your staff to write 50-100 words on each of their top five?
That should then cover most of the blurbs for the list without creating loads more extra work.
to make this more interesting
One correct top 5 guesser will win a set of MBV re-issues https://twitter.com/seaninsound/status/276968497756663808
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Fair enough evil Sean, I will give it a go...
1. Chromatics
2. Swans
3. Sharon Van Etten
4. Liars
5. Blondes
Make it so. (in fact, don't, as I don't really care for the Chromatics, maybe give it to Liars instead.
Death Grips
Sharon Van Etten
Frank Ocean
*) none of these will appear on my end-of-year list, to be published at the end of the year
Revised version:
Sharon Van Etten
Two Door Cinema Club
Plan B
Just for a change from the above, like. Unlikely mind...
1. Chromatics
3. Swans
4. Blondes
5. Liars
I'm gonna go
5.Sharon Van Etten
1. Swans
2. Chromatics
4. Blondes
5. Liars
wait, the fuck, that came out last year?
i h8 my life
probably Blondes (saw them live, s'ok, played for too long)
1 - Swans
2 - chromatics
3 - Blondes
4 - Liars
Here we go:
1. Chromatics
2. Sharon Van Etten
3. Blondes
4. Swans
5. Liars
3-Sharon Van Etten
1. Sharon Van Etten
2. Blondes
3. Swans
4. Liars
5. Chromatics
2. Vatican Shadow - Kneel Before Righteous Icons
3. Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
4. Carter Tutti Void - Transverse
5. Dexys - One Day I'm Going to Soar
if chromatics ends up at number 1
then i'm leaving DiS and never coming back. y'hear? Do y'hear?
One Direction ftw guise
How many combinations of these five albums are there?
1. Sharon Van Etten
2. Swans
3. Chromatics
4. Blondes
5. Liars
1. Sharon Van Etten
2. Swans
3. Chromatics
4. Blondes
5. Liars
For what its worth
1. Chromatics
2. Swans
3. Blondes
4. Sharon Van Etten
5. Liars
Amazed that Menonema haven't made the top 100. Probably in my top 5.
Hey, I may have got the correct five first time
and now everyone gets a shot at a prize?
Evil Sean Adams
1. Sharon Van Etten
2. Chromatics
3. Swans
4. Blondes
5. Liars
all 5?
you're having a laugh.
Definitely a cop-out
but probably not a kop out
I love listing things
I don't necessarily totally believe in the hierarchy of a list...but I still like the process of listing. To have all five equal just doesn't make sense to me.Christophales this'd this
Sorry it doesn't make sense. Did you read my blathering before it? You replied quite quickly, so I would presume not.
just list stuff
it isn't like the world depends on which order you put them
I did list stuff. 5 great records listed alongside each other. 95 more listed before them.
sharon van etten
just a guess.
I'd guess...
Death Grips/NLDW
Swans/The Seer


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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has written to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with specific recommendations for the policy actions she is required by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA) to take by March 15 in response to the designation by the United States, for the first time, of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea as "countries of particular concern" (CPCs) for their egregious and systematic religious freedom violations.
"As world events of the past several years have confirmed, ensuring that governments respect freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief both advances our strategic interests and is a vital component of securing broader freedoms. Toward that end, IRFA provides us with a flexible policy tool," said USCIRF Chair Preeta D. Bansal. "IRFA calls upon the U.S. government to take specific policy actions in response to designation of countries as CPCs. The designation of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea provides the United States with an opportunity to act decisively. We call upon Secretary Rice to take bold steps in response to the designation of these three countries and chart a new foreign policy course that promotes freedom through both positive actions and, at the same time, demonstrates serious U.S. concern to those governments that fail to uphold their international commitments to human rights and fundamental freedoms."
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Dear Secretary Rice:
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom congratulates you on your recent confirmation as Secretary of State. As in the past, the Commission looks forward to working together with you on our mutual goal of making the promotion of religious freedom and other human rights an integral part of our country's foreign policy. Perhaps now more than ever, the promotion of religious freedom and related human rights is vital to our strategic, as well as humanitarian, interests. In a world in which religious identity has become a profound determinant for certain actors within our international system, it is essential that the United States seek to foster conditions for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief as a critical component of securing freedom and counteracting the roots of terrorism worldwide.
Madame Secretary, we write to you at this critical juncture at which the U.S. government is required to take responsive actions for countries designated as "countries of particular concern," or CPCs, under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). In particular, we offer several specific recommendations with respect to Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea, each of which was designated a CPC for the first time in 2004.
As you know, IRFA provides for many positive tools for advancing the internationally guaranteed right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief. At the same time, IRFA also contains a number of very specific provisions aimed at demonstrating serious U.S. concern to those governments that persistently perpetrate severe violations of religious freedom.
The Commission welcomed Secretary Powell's redesignation last year of Burma, China, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan as CPCs, and applauded the new designation of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea. The Commission believes that the process of CPC designation-and the implementation of meaningful policies in response to such designations-are among the most serious actions taken by the U.S. government in its human rights policy. The Department of State should use the full range of available policy tools to take action as outlined in IRFA with respect to all the countries the Secretary names as CPCs.
Regrettably, the only official action taken by our government with respect to countries that to date have been designated CPCs has been to invoke already existing sanctions, rather than to take additional measures pursuant to IRFA. Reliance on pre-existing sanctions provides little incentive for CPC governments to reduce or end egregious violations of religious freedom. The failure to take additional action under IRFA suggests that nothing further can, or will, be done by the U.S. government with respect to those countries that commit severe violations of freedom of religion or belief. The Commission has regularly drawn attention to, and expressed strong concern about, this failure in U.S. foreign policy.
The recent designation of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea as CPCs, none of which is subject to pre-existing sanctions, provides our government with an opportunity decisively to respond to severe religious freedom violators. According to the statutory requirements of IRFA, for these three countries the U.S. government must: (1) request consultations with the government on the violations that gave rise to the designation, and consult with humanitarian and other U.S. organizations on the potential impact of actions that could be taken; (2) either (a) conclude a binding agreement to cease the particularly severe violations, or (b) take an action from one of several options specified in the statute (or a "commensurate" action); and (3) report to Congress on the action taken.
We understand that the consultation process is currently underway and that the deadline for taking action with respect to the three countries is March 15, 2005. The Commission respectfully, and in accordance with its statutory obligations, recommends the following actions by the U.S. government in response to the designations of Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Eritrea as CPCs. In doing so, we emphasize that these actions are initial steps that should be taken, in concert with diplomatic efforts at all levels, to urge the governments of these countries to abide by their international human rights commitments and cease severe violations of freedom of religion or belief. We also recognize that IRFA authorizes more stringent actions that could be taken should severe violations continue.
With regard to the three new CPC designations, the Commission recommends that the U.S. government should:
Saudi Arabia
1) identify those Saudi agencies and officials thereof who are responsible for particularly severe violations of religious freedom and vigorously enforce section 604 of IRFA with respect to Saudi Arabia, rendering inadmissible for entry into the United States any Saudi government official who was responsible for or directly carried out such violations;
2) issue a proclamation, under the President's authority pursuant to section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC 1182(f)), to bar those Saudi government officials from entering the United States who have been responsible for propagating globally an ideology that explicitly promotes hate, intolerance, and human rights violations;
3) issue a demarche urging the government of Saudi Arabia to cease funding or other support for written materials or other activities that explicitly promote hate, intolerance, and human rights violations, including the distribution of such materials in the United States and elsewhere outside of Saudi Arabia; and
4) order the heads of appropriate U.S. agencies, pursuant to section 405(a)(13) of IRFA, not to issue any specific licenses and not to grant any other specific authority for the export of any item on the U.S. Commerce Control List of dual-use items [Export Administration Regulations under part 774 of title 15] to any agency or instrumentality of the government of Saudi Arabia that is responsible for committing particularly severe violations of religious freedom. In FY 2004, the Commerce Department approved approximately $67 million worth of articles for Saudi Arabia, including, for example, such items as thumbcuffs, leg irons, shackles, and other items that could be used to perpetrate human rights violations.
1) identify those Vietnamese agencies and officials who are responsible for particularly severe violations of religious freedom and vigorously enforce section 604 of IRFA with respect to Vietnam, rendering inadmissible for entry into the United States any Vietnamese government official who was responsible for or directly carried out such violations; and
2) dedicate no less than $1 million for FY 2005 and FY 2006, if discretionary funds are allocated to Vietnam above its annual earmark, to programs that will directly promote freedom of religion and belief and related human rights in Vietnam.
1) engage in vigorous advocacy on religious freedom and other universal human rights at all levels of involvement with the government of Eritrea and draw international attention to religious freedom abuses in Eritrea, including in multilateral fora such as the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; and
2) conduct a review of U.S. development assistance to Eritrea with the aim of redirecting such assistance to programs that contribute directly to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Increases in other forms of development assistance should depend on measurable improvements in religious freedom.
With regard to Eritrea, the Commission notes its disappointment that the government of Eritrea has not yet registered any of the religious groups whose places of worship were closed and public religious activities prohibited in 2002 pending compliance with registration requirements. The Commission also notes with concern continued reports of the arrest and detention without charge of clergy and others engaged in the practice of their faith.
Please find attached to this letter an expanded description of and explanation for each of these recommendations.
Madame Secretary, although it is the case that the IRFA legislation allows the President to waive the taking of any action in response to the CPC designations, the Commission firmly believes that to do so would effectively render meaningless the IRFA process and undermine our nation's commitment to the promotion of freedom of religion or belief throughout the world. To maintain the integrity of the process and the principle, a stronger response, as outlined in IRFA, is essential.
The Commission looks forward to being of assistance to you and your staff in formulating actions by the U.S. government to advance freedom of religion or belief in Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam, as well as the other countries designated as CPCs.
Preeta D. Bansal
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress.
Preeta D. Bansal,Chair


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Kane comes up big again for Blackhawks in Game 6by Corey Masisak / Chicago Blackhawks
LOS ANGELES -- Patrick Kane won the Conn Smythe Trophy last spring. He's making a big push to do it again.
Kane had two goals and an assist Friday night to help the Chicago Blackhawks avoid elimination and force a Game 7 in the Western Conference Final with a 4-3 victory against the Los Angeles Kings. He has seven points in the past two games as the Blackhawks have come back from a 3-1 deficit to level this series with the Kings.
"It's amazing how he turns it on in these big games," Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. "I think a lot of guys, maybe, are making sure they don't make mistakes with the puck and getting rid of the puck in certain areas. But he's as calm as ever with it, even if it's late in the period and the ice is a little rough. He just keeps that puck flat and has his head up. He makes some amazing plays. So for him to come up with those two plays, on the tying goal and the winning goal, not much you can say. It's pretty amazing."
The Blackhawks have become incredible closers, taking control of series as they progress. Chicago has won 25 of 29 games after Game 4 in a series with Kane and Toews on the roster, including 13 in a row in 2013 and 2014.
Chicago is 12-2 in Games 6 or 7 in their careers. Kane has nine goals and 17 points in those games, including his famous Stanley Cup-winning overtime goal in Game 6 of the 2010 Final.
"You try to take it upon yourself to try and step up in big situations," Kane said. "But we have a lot of guys that do that. I think with our team and the amount of great players that are on it, it seems like everyone has their time to step up and have the spotlight and be in that moment. There's been numerous guys that have done it. When it's your turn, it's always fun to contribute."
The Kings scored two quick goals early in the third period and were less than nine minutes from a trip to the Stanley Cup Final before Kane went to work.
He received a pass from Andrew Shaw at the left circle and continued his momentum to the wall and away from the net. Defenseman Duncan Keith slipped behind Kings forward Trevor Lewis in the middle of the zone, and Kane fed him with a perfect backhanded pass for a shot past goaltender Jonathan Quick and a tie game at 11:34 of the third period.
"We get the privilege of playing with a guy like that every day and seeing the things he can do," Keith said. "Not everybody's going to dominate a game every single game, there's a lot of hockey, a lot of good teams and a lot of good players. But you know that when it comes down to crunch time, him and [Toews], I don't really know if there's two other guys I'd want to have on my team."
Kane put his patience and puckhandling skills to work again to score the game-winner. He and Brandon Saad chased after the puck as it went into the Los Angeles zone along the right wall. Saad got there first but left it for Kane. He stopped at the outside edge of the right circle to survey the situation, then skated back to the right point before turning toward the middle of the ice and shooting from the edge of the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo. His shot sailed through a tangle of bodies and found the back of the net.
"The two goals in the third were a result of giving Kane time and space," Kings captain Dustin Brown said. "That's what happens. We've been doing a good job on him. The last two games we've let him off the hook a little bit. That's why he's the type of player he is."
Kane had four assists in Game 5 before his three-point night in Game 6. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the first player since Vancouver's Cliff Ronning in 1992 to have three or more points in back-to-back games with his team facing elimination.
Kane was not producing to expected levels when the conference finals began last spring. He had two goals and 10 points in the first 15 games of Chicago's run, before scoring four goals in the final two games of the series against the Kings. That included a hat trick and the overtime winner in Game 5 to send the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Final.
He added three goals and five points in six games against the Boston Bruins and captured the Conn Smythe. If the Blackhawks can win Game 7 on Sunday at United Center (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS), Kane could be on his way to back-to-back Conn Smythes, something that has happened only twice in NHL history -- Bernie Parent in 1974-75 and Mario Lemieux in 1991-92.
"I don't think there's a player in the league that has a puck on his stick, time and possession in the course of a game, and he sees plays, makes plays," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "The bigger the stage, too, he likes that challenge.
"He's a special player. Like we talk about our team, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the situation. We don't change, we welcome the challenge. He can get it done as good as anybody in the game."
Author: Corey Masisak | NHL.com Staff Writer


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Bree Olson – one half of Charlie Sheen's former goddesses – is opening up about her past love life with the former "Two and a Half Men" star.
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"That was a lie," she told Playboy. "I didn't really even know her. Okay, all three of us got together, I think, twice… they did their thing together, and Charlie and I did our thing together. And we had two different beds. She and I would go to whichever bed, and he would pick."
Bree, a vegan who originally hails from Indiana, said Sheen's "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option" tour took its toll on their relationship.
"I'm a quiet person," she explained. "With the publicity, there were so many people around all the time… as soon as Live Nation approached Charlie with the idea for a tour, that's all he talked about… [it] like he was cheating on me with his tour."
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Adding, "I'm still a goddess… I'm just not Charlie's goddess."
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Review: Neil Patrick Harris crushes it in 'Hedwig'
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's obvious from the first moments of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" that star Neil Patrick Harris is doing something special. And it's not just trying on a new role.
He is lowered to the stage in a jumpsuit and ferociously feathered blond wig and immediately begins the show's first rock-punk song, getting down on all fours, grinding into the microphone stand or licking the guitarist's strings.
The crowd inside of the Belasco Theatre, where the show opened Tuesday, loses its mind, and why not? "Thank you! Thank you, you're so sweet," Harris says. "I do love a warm hand on my entrance."
Before our eyes, Harris is opening another chapter in his exceptional show business career with this 90-minute show and he simply crushes it, holding nothing back, softening no edges, making no nice.
Doogie Howser is long gone; the macho, tie-wearing Barney Stinson in "How I Met Your Mother" has left the building. That guy in "The Smurfs" film franchise is nowhere to be found, especially not strutting around in a pair of gold stilettos.
Harris, of course, plays Hedwig, a transgender East German performer who explains her tortured path from Berlin to a mobile home in Kansas to New York. Along the way, she has lost a piece of her manhood (the remainder is the rest of the show's title.)
The show has a renovated book by John Cameron Mitchell -- who also played the first Hedwig -- and songs by Stephen Trask that straddle the line between rock 'n' roll and traditional musical theater. A cult off-Broadway hit in 1998, "Hedwig" led to a 2001 feature film and has seemingly been waiting for Harris ever since.
Director Michael Mayer has been twice blessed. He has an undervalued score -- some of the 10 songs here like "Wicked Little Town," ''Origin of Love" and "Wig in a Box" deserve to be on iPods everywhere -- and a stunning leading man who is willing to eat cigarettes and lick the stage ("Tastes like Kathy Griffin," he comments after putting tongue to wood).
Mayer harnesses both beautifully, allowing Harris in a jean miniskirt to explore his natural exuberance but keeping the show about Hedwig, a feisty piece of show business flotsam or, as she admits, an "internationally ignored song stylist." Harris sings with real feeling, whether it's a torch song on a stool while dressed in a little cocktail dress or rocking out a head-banging tune by attacking the scenery.
Mitchell may not be Hedwig anymore, but he has given Harris new dialogue perfectly suited to the new star: Digs at the ultra-hip Jane Hotel in New York, John Mayer and dating site ChristianMingle, as well as a new recurring joke about Broadway itself: Hedwig makes fun of the fictional "Hurt Locker: the Musical," which "opened last night and closed at intermission." (Not to worry, old jokes like the fragrance "Atrocity By Hedwig" are still there.)
Other updates include some great, trippy projections by Benjamin Pearcy and a set by Julian Crouch that features a rusting car, front and center onstage, plus a fabulous grid of wig mannequins.
The five-piece rock band is headed by Lena Hall, a Broadway veteran who also, appropriately, leads the band The Deafening. In drag most of the night, Hall shows musical versatility and comic chops.
But it will come as no surprise that while Hall has an understudy, Harris does not. And that's perfectly right: Rarely does a role fit a performer so well. Harris is funny, twisted, poignant, outrageous, bizarre, silly and very, very human.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Sign of the times: Rent or own '50s era cottage
Address: 906 Martin St.
Neighborhood: Locust Grove
Asking: $385,000
Assessment: $260,400
Year Built: 1949
Size: 2,328 fin Sq. ft. / 377 unfin. Sq. ft.
Land: 0.15 acres
Agent: Lawrence Howard, Amplified Realty, 981-3823
Curb Appeal: 6 out of 10
"It's a great time to buy and a bad time to sell," the agent marketing this house sagely notes.
Thanks to Uncle Sam, mortgage rates are artificially low. Thanks to corporate greed, materialism on Main Street, government deregulation, and whatever else we're scapegoating for the economic slowdown, Charlottesville real estate sales have dropped, and house prices have dropped or stagnated.
Banks are foreclosing on properties across America, including 1605 Keith Valley Road, profiled in this space last week.
While 906 Martin Street has not suffered this fate, the owner is suffering from having to carry the mortgage.
In July 2004, the current owner bought this four-bedroom cottage for $278,000— almost $20,000 above today's assessment. In March of that year, Charlottesville was ranked No. 1 by Cities Ranked & Rated, and Charlottesville real estate was steadily gaining value. But some property that was snapped up then now needs to be unloaded, fast.
Because she's paying two mortgages, the current owner of 906 Martin is offering two options to prospective residents: rent or buy.
With its central location and abundant storage, the $1,500 rent could be comfortably shared by a group of like-minded grad students who don't mind on-street parking or living adjacent to the Route 250 Bypass.
With its prettily landscaped yard and multiple bedrooms, the house could also suit a growing family. Other charming details are shuttered windows, built-in shelves, and decorative molding on bedroom doors and downstairs baseboards.
The new occupants would move into a property that has been improved since 2004. Four years ago, the kitchen was remodeled and the attic finished as a master bedroom. The kitchen now sports a '50s theme, with a walk-in pantry and black-and-white tiling, fitting for a house built in 1949.
But the downside of the Truman-era's sensibility is also evident: the outside of the house is covered in asbestos shingles. These don't present a problem unless they're damaged and the fibers are inhaled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's website. And apparently inhalation is a low risk thanks to their good condition and their outside location. Because of the hazard and expense involved, removal is often the last option considered by homeowners.
The owner thought it was better to put that money into remodeling the bathrooms, and she did so recently, with some lovely touches. The main-floor bathroom boasts a natural stone floor, and the downstairs bathroom is sunny with a fresh, white tub.
But the main floor bathroom's pink marble counter doesn't jibe with the floor's neutral colors, and the shower's gold hardware looks a little dated. New owners may find the wooden counter downstairs charming or old-fashioned, depending on their taste. In any case, the owner promises to redo peeling paint.
The attic renovation is obvious. It's large, with handsome cork flooring and— oddly enough— four closets. The current use as a master bedroom will work best for those without kids, as there's no door separating the attic from the staircase.
Another master bedroom option may lie on the main floor, a large baby-blue room overlooking Martin Street. It adjoins a smaller yellow room across from the pale mauve living room. (From the living room, the blue, yellow, and pink are all visible at once; so a more neutral paint job throughout might suit some occupants.)
Downstairs, in the walk-out basement, there's a large laundry room with two storage rooms, a bathroom, and two finished rooms off the hall. Two doors— one in the laundry room and one in a bedroom— lead to a small backyard with a bluestone hardscape and an expanse with tan pebbles (no mowing) surrounded by a four-foot wooden fence.
For buyers looking for a temporary crash pad or a permanent home, 906 Martin offers multiple options. And it's your market.
Corrrection: The original version of this story, the one that appeared in print, gave the wrong name for the agent. Also, the line about the 2004 sales price inadvertently alleged that the price was below today's assessment, but the 2004 price was above today's assessment. Both of these errors have been corrrected in this online archive.
Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!


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Family History is Mesmerising and Marvellous - a fact.
- How do you record your research?
- How do you organise all those research papers, precious documewnts, and precious photographs?
- Do you get mixed up betwen ancestors of identical names?
- Have you made crucial mistakes in following false trails, makng wrong assumptionsor wrongly transcribed a monumental inscription. I admit to making all three.
Memories Matter - until joining Geneabloggers, I had never thought of my own memories as being part of family history. Now I am an enthusiastic follower of the various blog prompts that ask us to record our childhood for future generations - all part of the family history journey.
Family History evokes so many different emotions and Moods, which I have tried to capture in this A-Z series. So, as we are half way through the journey, I thought I would summarise my thoughts here. They may well act as prompts to others for further blog postings.
A - Adventure, Anticipation and Admiration
D - Disappointment, Doubts, Discoveries and Detail
E - Elation, Excitement, Examining, Exchanging, Exploring, Empathy - and Exhaustion
F - Fun, Frustration and Foolish False Trails
G - Groans, Grumbles & Gripes plus Gratitude
H - Happiness, Help, and Honouring Heroes
I - Inspiration, Identity, Impasse, and Imagination
J - Jubilation, Joy, Journeys, Juggling, Jargon & Jingles
K - Kith & Kin, Kindness, Kudos & Keeper of the Family Archives
L - Lament, Lessons, Lure, Luck and Likeness
And finally my great grandmother Maria Rawcliffe, whose photograph set me off on the ancestral trail.


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We are fortunate, in our area, to have several banded Trumpeter Swans that appear to now live here most of the year. This is a species of the far north, and does not normally live or migrate in the mid-Atlantic United States.
I was lucky to see this beautiful creature come in for a landing at Schoolhouse Pond, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, this week. It had large yellow tags on the leading edge of each of its huge wings. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to see the number on the tag, as it quickly folded its wings and coasted silently down the lake ... toward me and my camera!
Two birds have been seen at Schoolhouse and a place called Oxbow Lake in Laurel, Maryland, over the last roughly 18 months. One is #960, the other #962. On our local bird discussion list, MDOsprey, someone posted a note saying the two are siblings, and were hatched in Ontario, Canada.
More information on reporting banded birds can be found on the Website of the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, which has a Bird Banding lab and luckily is also located nearby! You can report swan sightings here.
The only downer here is that I can't count this guy on my Maryland bird list, because it's an introduced species! Although there is some debate about that.... Hmmm...
SUNDAY UPDATE: Phil Davis, one of Maryland's great birders, and secretary of the Maryland-DC records committee, informs us that this is Swan #962.