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This is an ad for Always Infinity Feminine Care. The text below the ad says, "Bends with you. Twists with you. Rolls with you. Always Infinity does. With its amazingly absorbent, unbelievably flexible core, it adapts more, absorbs more and bounces back more than those other pads*. Just like magic. Have a happy period."The metaphor in this ad is the phrase, "Just like magic." I, personally, do not think that this ad works. I think that just the phrase in itself is really overused. I feel like I have heard "It's like magic" so many other times. I just don't think it's very original. It is kind of related to the product but, not that much because you could use this metaphor for many other products as well.

http://aliciaraeckevc101.blogspot.com/2010/07/this-is-ad-for-always-infinity-feminine.html

The DS-290 Tub Chair is a veritable little gem. The striking pattern of the stitching in its seat and back cushioning coupled with its delicately sweeping armrests give it its inimitable charm. With its comfortable arms, this chair is ideal for use at the domestic dining table or in restaurants or conference rooms and is available in a choice of designs. In the case of the lower version, the backrest has been extended downward and fitted with tiny legs or castors. In its cantilevered incarnation, the seat shell is attached to a chrome-plated frame with a high-gloss or pearlescent finish. The intriguing lines, immaculate upholstery, first-rate materials and superb comfort give this chair a very special personality and are an open invitation to sit down and relax.

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honest, emotional, groove-filled jams from South Florida. Some of the nicest and most humble people you will ever meet from there. Also recommended by Florence & Normandie and Reverie. Cool Wild Whatever Send Away Stranger Everyone in this band is extremely good looking Also recommended by Captain Fresh. Lost Ships Sinking With The Sunset Gillian Carter one of the most hard-working bands to come from a ghost city in Florida. Brutally/beautifully honest, self-loathing lyrics, hard-hitting, anxiety-driven drums, fuzz-filled, LOUD guitars. Perfection.

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Listen to the beats of the drums, and then try to repeat them. How many can you repeat in a row? This game helps kids improve their pattern recognition skills, memory skills, and listening skills.

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A large flag pole, dozens of hand-made wooden frames, a large scale of monotonous colours on paper. The installation Preussisch Blau by recent UDK-graduate Jonas Maria Droste is not only sleek and beautiful in its approach to a design-inspired formal language, it also comprises a critical notion about the formation of identity through the mere concept of nationality and artificially empowered objects, such as the national flag. Jonas, who grew up in Berlin in the 90s, moved to Vienna to study at the art academy and returned to Berlin a few years back to continue his practice in sculpting and to add another artistic medium: dance. He told me how performance and sculpture do and how they do not merge, what physicality means in regard to his work and why seduction is such an important component to his art. READ MORE 2 February 2016 INTERVIEW: JON PILKINGTON By Anna-Lena Werner all works © Jon Pilkington at V1 Gallery Copenhagen, 2016 There is a playfulness attached to the surface of the colourful paintings by 26-year old British artist Jon Pilkington: circles, drops, stains, leafy and ornamental forms cover both small and large works. They deceive the eyes for a moment, preventing the sight to realise that the game is in fact a quite ritualistic, almost manic experiment of repeatedly producing similar motifs into a new surface on a canvas with the basic tools of painting: colour, form, composition. Chance and failure play a large role in this process. Jon, who works in a small studio space in London's busy art district Peckham, currently has his works on display in a group show at Rod Barton gallery, around the corner of his studio, and in the solo show 'Two Loops' at V1 Gallery, which is based in Copenhagen's meat-packing-district. We talked about what he does and what he doesn't consider essential in paintings.

http://www.artfridge.de/2016/02/

Christmas is the season of giving, and infamous hacker collective Team GhostShell apparently wanted to celebrate by leaking over a million public agency records. It's all a part of #ProjectWhiteFox, a movement to promote freedom of information on the Internet. Team GhostShell linked to a pastebin press release on its Twitter account yesterday announcing its last hack of the year. In total, the group leaked 1.6 million records from public agencies like NASA, ESA, the Pentagon, and more. Here's the relevant part of the press release: Winter is here and so are we, to present Team GhostShell's last project. We've included plenty of surprises in this one, so hop on our bandwagon, we're going on an adventure! #ProjectWhiteFox will conclude this year's series of attacks by promoting hacktivism worldwide and drawing attention to the freedom of information on the net. For those two factors we have prepared a juicy release of 1.6 million accounts/records from fields such as aerospace, nanotechnology, banking, law, education, government, military, all kinds of wacky companies & corporations working for the department of defense, airlines and more. The group says that they sent out emails to various public and private agencies warning them of security risks. Those messages went unheeded and so GhostShell exploited security holes and made off with the aforementioned 1.6 million accounts. One such target was the Credit Union National Association, which has already acknowledged the attack. It said no sensitive information, like credit card numbers, were taken. After all that is said and done, the hacker collective took time out to address the current negotiations at the ITU conference. It hasn't participated in any of the attacks on the WCIT Web site, but it said that it supports Anonymous' ongoing efforts in OpWCIT. It also encourages Web sites to "deface" themselves in protest of any further Internet regulation. As far as results go, Team GhostShell is probably the most successful in the hacktivist scene. A large majority of Anonymous members rarely actually do anything beyond the odd DDoS attack. Team GhostShell has been dumping records and information all year. This week's release may be the last of the year, but it's obviously not the end for one of the Internet's most infamous groups. [h/t: ComputerWorld] Tags:#TeamGhostShell, Anonymous, Hackers, hacktivists, Team GhostShell Post navigation Previous: Previous post: Middleton Premiere: "Hobbit" Appearance CanceledNext: Next post: Google To AdSense Publishers: Only One 300X600 Per Page

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I've been trying not to buy any new miniatures, especially when I don't have an immediate use for them, but I couldn't resist HBS's 50% off sale on their some of their modern miniatures pieces. At one point, I had all the sale pieces in my cart. But I came to my senses and culled it down to three! And I finally bought Lea Frisoni's book. I had been waiting to see if would be translated into English but I could wait no longer. I was able to make the chair in the picture from the French online tutorial, so hopefully I'll be able to manage something from the book! In any case, it is a beautiful book with lots of wonderful ideas and inspiration.

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Now you can stay connected in your own style! Everything is included to design and create your own tablet and smartphone case with the Duct Tape Tech craft kit. Padded tablet and smartphone cases are pre-sewn so just rip and wrap with included duct tape to complete. Kit includes 5 cool colors, including metallic pink. Plus, decorate with precut duct tape stickers – no 2 cases will be alike! Fits iPad and iPhone (4 or 5) and similar sized devices.

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The TLS world is moving fast and this post is now out of date! You might want to look at the SSL configuration recommended by Mozilla. After recently reading a number of SSL/TLS-related articles, I decided to experiment and look for the ideal OpenSSL configuration for Apache (using mod_ssl since I haven't tried mod_gnutls yet) and nginx. By "ideal" I mean that this configuration needs to be compatible with most user agents likely to interact with my website as well as being fast and secure. Here is what I came up with for Apache: SSLProtocol TLSv1 SSLHonorCipherOrder On SSLCipherSuite RC4-SHA:HIGH:!kEDH and for nginx: ssl_protocols TLSv1; ssl_ciphers RC4-SHA:HIGH:!kEDH; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; Cipher and protocol selection In terms of choosing a cipher to use, this configuration does three things: disables all weak ciphers and protocols disables very slow ciphers that use ephemeral Diffie-Hellman exchanges gives priority to the RC4 cipher to minimize CPU usage and defend against the BEAST attack Testing tools The main tool I used while testing various configurations was the SSL labs online tool. The CipherFox extension for Firefox was also quite useful to quickly identify the selected cipher. Of course, you'll want to make sure that your configuration works in common browsers, but you should also test with tools like wget, curl and Many of the online monitoring services are based on these. Other considerations To increase the performance and security of your connections, you should ensure that the following features are enabled: SSL session caching with a session store shared between all of your web servers HSTS headers to let browsers know that they should always visit your site over HTTPS Note: If you have different SSL-enabled name-based vhosts on the same IP address (using SNI), make sure that their SSL cipher and protocol settings are identical. RSS Atom RC4, while avoiding the attack-flavor-of-the-day, provides relatively weak security compared to other ciphers. Consider the various guides pointing out that "ssh -c arcfour" goes faster but at the expense of some security, and thus that you should not use it on insecure networks. Instead, I'd suggest preferring TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.1, both of which address the BEAST attack and other problems. As far as I know, those already appear earlier in the preference list than TLSv1, though you should check that. Comment by Anonymous — 14:24, 14 November 2011 Remove comment @anonymous While it would be nice to be able to switch to TLS 1.2 or 1.1, browser support is not there yet so most clients would simply downgrade to TLS 1.0, hence the need to have a strong TLS 1.0 config. Also, TLS 1.1 requires either a pretty recent version of OpenSSL (not yet in many popular distros) or the use of mod_gnutls. Comment by François Marier — 14:53, 14 November 2011 Remove comment If you aim to be compatible to most browsers you can't use SNI as its incompatible with WinXP IE(all). Comment by Dan — 00:33, 15 November 2011 Remove comment Thanks, your entries are now in the default configuration of MirBSD and also enabled on and related servers.

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Over the eight years from 2005 – 2012, patent applications originating from India have oscillated between 4,000 and 7,000 p.a. but maintained an average over the period of around 5,900 p.a. which is around the same level as Australia and the UK. Nearly two thirds of all Indian patent applications are from foreign concerns seeking protection for their innovations in the Indian market. India’s share of the Top 10 technologies globally is predominantly weighted towards natural products with little relative share in high tech fields of computing and communications and less in lighting and semiconductor materials. Indian innovation relative to global patenting is focussed on fused ring heterocyclics (a key component of pharmaceuticals) and other agrochem and pharma-related technology sectors. However, the Top 10 list of companies shows a heavy emphasis on mechanical, automotive and electrical engineering with BHEL leading with 176 inventions. Papers: In terms of world share, sciences dominate but citation impact is better for engineering. Source: Thompson Reuters

http://indiainvents.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-research-innovation-performance-of.html

So here’s Nicodemus, he’s in the dark. It is night and he wishes to interview this Rabbi, Jesus from Nazareth. He’s heard about the signs and Jesus has been discussed often in the religious council. But Nicodemus’ first word to Jesus really isn’t a question – it’s a statement ... “We know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” We know. Nicodemus and his colleagues have it all figured out. That’s sort of appealing in a way to be so confident. They’re not obtuse academics or scholars gushing with liberal ambiguity. We know, says Nicodemus. And here he is presenting this knowledge to Jesus. Maybe he’s wondering if Jesus really is sound and conforms to what he and his colleagues know. After all, the only way Jesus can do signs is if God is with him. Nicodemus and his associates have spent a lot of time sorting, classifying, and rightly dividing what they know – and anything that doesn’t fit one of their categories must not be right. Nicodemus relies on what he knows. He relies on his orderly, systematic sorting and typing of all things religious. Nicodemus knows. He is a teacher of Israel. But Nicodemus cannot see. He is in the dark and he cannot see the kingdom of heaven. He cannot see the kingdom of heaven because he hasn’t been born from above. What he knows is from the earth, not from above. What he speaks is from the earth, not from above. That doesn’t mean that Nicodemus is worldly or non-religious. No, it means that his religion and his belief isn’t spiritual. It hasn’t been inspired by the spirit from above. If you haven’t heard, television signals are going to change. If you haven’t then don’t worry because you don’t watch TV anyway. You can have a TV, a TV antenna, a TV guide but if it isn’t converted to the new signal, then you will get nothing. [This illustration and other observations are inspired by the work of Gregory Stevenson, Tom Olbricht, and David Fleer in Preaching John's Gospel: The World It Imagines (Chalice Press, 2008).] Nicodemus is on a different wavelength. According to his dial, Jesus is a teacher sent by God. He would have to be sent by God to work those signs. That’s sounds like a confession of faith, but it is really a limiting and defining statement. Nicodemus is trying to explain it, limit it, categorize it and classify it. Here’s a warning that even people on the inside can still be in the dark. Nicodemus is not a godless pagan. He’s not a hopeless sinner. He’s one of the chosen. He’s a teacher and leader. But he’s still in the dark because he’s more invested in what he knows rather than knowing God’s Spirit. What wavelength are we on? Can we get in tune with the Spirit from Above and see the kingdom? Or are we going to rely on what we’ve always known, like Nicodemus. What does this means for us? Born Again means Born from Above The difference between dark and light is the ability to see. We can stand in a dark room and we may be able to get around because we “know” the layout. But we cannot see a thing. What happens when the furniture get rearranged? Jesus says that if we want to see the kingdom of God breaking into this dark world, then we need to be born from above. Your text probably reads born again. You might have an asterisk explaining that it can also be translated as born again. There’s a word play here and it’s odd that the majority of translations in history have followed not what Jesus is saying, but what Nicodemus misunderstands. Nicodemus understands the phrase as born again because that’s all that fits is categories. But truly, truly Jesus is saying that being born again is being born from above: a rebirth that involves the spiritual renewal of heaven. To be born from above through water and Spirit tunes us into the wavelength of the spirit. It fills our eyes with light. Flesh and Spirit is a not a dualism of body and soul, rather they are points of reference. Flesh = earth, below, dark Spirit = heaven, above, light What’s Our Point of Reference? Even though Nicodemus believes that God is with Jesus, he still needs to adjust his point of reference. For him, Jesus is just a teacher. A teacher who’s going to give Nicodemus and his colleagues top marks, he hopes. Because he has the wrong point of reference (earthly religion) he’s struggling to see what God is doing through Jesus. Sometimes we struggle to see what God is doing through Jesus. Sometimes we struggle to really see Jesus for who he really is. And we struggle to hear what he is actually saying. It’s as though we have not a different language, but a different dialect. (In Scotland, they spoke English, but I didn’t always understand it.) If we have the wrong point of reference, then we can assume we know a lot about Jesus, but we might not really know Jesus. Is Jesus simply the sacrifice for our sins? Is he the pay-off that gives John 3:16 its power? Is Jesus just the scapegoat? Is he the whipping boy? Do we know that Jesus died so we don’t have to, or do we see the Son of Man lifted up? Do we know that we ought to be baptized, or do we want to see the way to enter into the Kingdom? Do we know that heaven is a wonderful place, or do we see eternal life because we believe in the Son? Jesus was not sent to correct our knowledge; He was sent to save us. Jesus was not sent to improve our understanding; He was sent to bring us light. Jesus was not sent simply to die so that we don’t have to die; he was sent to bring us eternal life [Prayer] Believing in the Son of Man leads to eternal life; that’s not just the heavenly hereafter. Eternal means now. The quality and the focus of life even now must be concerned with the things from above and not just the things below. If you want to see the Kingdom of Heaven then you must be born from above. Jesus is inviting you to eternal life. He’s inviting you to be saved. He’s inviting you to be born from above through water and spirit.

http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/benjamin/2009/090125am.htm

GenGIS is a bioinformatics application that allows users to combine digital map data with information about biological sequences collected from the environment. GenGIS provides a 3D graphical interface in which the user can navigate and explore the data, as well as a Python interface that allows easy scripting of statistical analyses using the Rpy libraries. This wiki provides tutorials and documentation along with example analyses performed with GenGIS.

http://kiwi.cs.dal.ca/GenGIS/The_GenGIS_wiki:About

This file of HRM 600 Week 2 dq1 - Differentiating Workforce Strategy comprehends:At the core of the "perspective challenge" is an increased emphasis on differentiation of jobs, employees, and performance. Differentiation is not just how we execute workforce strategy but is also a part of the organizational culture of the firm. How effectively does your firm differentiate between A players and C players? Also, comment on your classmates' responses to this question. Show more > WriterEyesLegend 6 orders completed $15.99 ANSWER Tutor has posted answer for $15.99. See answer's preview *** 600 **** 2 ******************* Workforce ******** Click here to download attached files:

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David Stonner works as a staff photographer for the Missouri Department of Conservation. His main role is as a contributor to MDC’s monthly magazine, Missouri Conservationist, as well as numerous MDC publications. He's been a professional photographer since 2003. Exploration of the wild beauty of nature, and the interaction of man and environment is the driving force behind David’s work. The “moments” that happen around us are fleeting. The dramatic instants in the natural world are inspiration. David grabs his camera, throws on a backpack, or grabs a paddle to experience the beauty and harshness nature has to offer.

http://davestonner.com/home.html

Baby Born At 24 Weeks Had Feet The Size Of Pennies. 9 Months Later Doctors Gasp At This Miracle » BOOFI ENTERTAINMENT Baby Born At 24 Weeks Had Feet The Size Of Pennies. 9 Months Later Doctors Gasp At This Miracle 20/02/2017 04:10 Image Credit: Inside Edition / YouTube This tiny baby was born after only 24 weeks. Her name is Francesca, and she weighed less than two pounds at birth. Being born so small and so early, no one thought she would survive. It is a good thing no one told Francesca that – she defied all the odds and survived. It wasn’t easy, though.Image Credit: N/AIn the UK, 24 weeks is the cut off for abortions. At that age, infants are not viable. If Francesca had been born just 48 hours earlier – she may not have survived.Image Credit: N/AHer fight to live was tremendous. It took the doctors nearly 11 minutes to get her breathing. She battled sepsis, a collapsed lung, and meningitis.Image Credit: N/AFrancesca overcame so many obstacles to survive – she has been through more than many adults! Wait until you see her at the age of nine months!ADVERTISEMENTShe is a happy, chubby baby!скачать dle 11.1смотреть фильмы бесплатно

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Today I am working on some fabrics for an upcoming Spoonflower fabric contest. The subject is mythological creatures and the task is to create a cut and sew doll. I have chosen the Scottish Bunny Bairn, below is a beanbag cut and sew doll. Here is a coordinate which hopefully depicts the legend of the two faced Bunny Bairn amongst the heather, thistles, sheep and snakes of Scotland. (I still have to add some heather)

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Ventura Boulevard, Suite 203, Encino, CA 91316(818) 990-5321 HomeDr. NedaOur and WaxBalancing Your ReviewsVideo TestimonialsLeave FeedbackContact Us Acupuncture TreatmentsHome / Acupuncture TreatmentsAcupuncture Encino specialist, Dr. NedaCosmetic Acupuncture Facelift Complimentary Consultation Erase 5-15 years from your face.Minimize fine lines, reduce double chin,diminish age spots/sunspots, reduce rosacea and cystic acne. Lift droopyeyelids.$175 Computerized Full Body Scan Look inside your body to find the imbalances of your energetic pathways. Receive the most accurate diagnosisto restore the proper energy flow throughout yourbody. $175 Body/Ear NeedlingNeedles are applied to certain points to adjust and alteryour body’s energy flow into healthier patterns. It treats varietyof health conditions including pain, insomnia, digestive problems,fertility, anxiety, stress, arthritis, asthma,headaches, fatigue,PMS, menopause, sciatic pain, etc... $90 Cupping One of the most effective treatments to reduce pain. Suctioncups are applied to the area using negative air pressureto release the toxins from your body.$45 Ear Seeds Tiny herbal seeds are put in the certain points in the ears whichhelp Weight loss, Addictions, Depression, High blood pressure,Anxiety, Pain.$40 Herbal Formulas The high quality formulas are customized for every individualpatient’s need and are used in conjunction with the acupuncturetreatments for the best results. $30-$55What Is Acupuncture?Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that sees needles inserted into the patient at various points. In ancient times, it was created by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, who believed that it could be used to manipulate the flow of chi, which can be considered a sort of life-force. Modern practitioners often believe that it manipulates the nervous system by causing a release of endorphins upon the insertion of the needle. Whatever the case, acupuncture has been used for centuries and centuries in countries situated all around the world, having spread from the land of its creation in recent times.How Can Acupuncture Help You With Your Health Problems?In main, acupuncture is used to relieve pain in the patient, which can be important for people who are struggling to follow their normal routines in spite of the pain that is afflicting them. As a result, it is often used in combination with other treatment for medical conditions, serving to manage their side effects so as to produce an effect that is more than the sum of its parts. However, it is interesting to note that some claim other uses for acupuncture, with prime examples being nausea and vomiting.Why Should You Consider Acupuncture?Here are some of the reasons that patients should be interested in acupuncture:* Acupuncture can look rather unpleasant, which can cause some people to avoid it out of instinct if nothing else. However, it is important to note that the needles used in acupuncture are nothing like the needles that are more familiar to most people out there. In fact, they are so thin that their insertion is barely felt by the patient, meaning that there is no pain and no blood to the treatment in spite of its rather intimidating look.* For people who are struggling with pain but want to avoid the pain-killers that are used to combat chronic symptoms, acupuncture could serve as a convenient solution to their problem. After all, acupuncture has no side effects, meaning that patients can receive treatment without having to be concerned about potential consequences that could blindside them if they are not wary. As a result, acupuncture is particularly helpful to people who have adverse reactions to some of the common treatments out there.* On a related note, acupuncture puts a little strain on the body, which can be important for people who are already managing a great deal of stress, meaning that they don’t need the additional burden that can come with some treatments. All they have to do is to show up at their practitioner’s clinic on a regular basis before heading home with minimal fuss and hassle.Further ConsiderationsInterested in how acupuncture can help people overcome their health problems? Please contact Dr. Neda as soon as time permits for the answers to all remaining questions. She is an acupuncture specialist with plenty of expertise and experience in her chosen field, meaning that she should be able to help interested individuals put their fears to rest so that they can get started on seeing what acupuncture is really like.Also check: Massage Encino Search for: Reviews  Contact Info:17337 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 203 ,Encino, CA 91316Phone: (818) 210-4144Web: PRIVACY POLICY & TERM OF USETerms of Service Privacy Policy Disclaimer Reviews Rated 5/5 based on 25 reviews About UsHealth clinic of southern California operated by Dr. Neda Mehrabani is the leading pain management clinic c in the Valley, offering chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, facelift, energy balancing has been the residents favorite pain management center helping them with the right solution for managing their body pains. TestimonialsDoctor Neda is truly a blessing! She is phenomenal in what she does and i cannot thank her enough for her magical hands. 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The Adventures of J-Man and MillerBug: Movin' On Up! This page has moved to a new address. Movin' On Up!

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Blog » Interior Design Tip: To Outlet or not to Outlet? Interior Design Tip: To Outlet or not to Outlet? Posted by Paula on Dec 10, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments On many occasions I have walked into a bedroom with a new lamp in hand only to find the outlet is directly in the center of the wall behind the headboard. How are you supposed to plug things into this outlet? It isn’t an issue if you are Elastigirl and can stretch your arm into that awkward position to get under and over the headboard rail or you can stretch from the side to reach it. If the outlet is centered behind a king-size bed, good luck plugging something in without moving the bed. I often think that the people designing and building houses are only taking into consideration the building code requirements and costs per outlet but not how people actually live in and use the space they are creating. Wouldn’t it be nice if outlets were conveniently placed in the spaces you want to access them? In most cases, this is a simple and inexpensive project that could help improve your quality of life in the spaces you are in the most. When deciding the locations of your outlets here are a few suggestions: For outlets by your bed (whether a twin or a king), decide where the bed will be placed in the room. Will it have nightstands? What size will they be? Place the outlets behind the nightstand about 2/3 of the nightstand width from the bed edge for easy access to plug in lamps, clocks and whatever else you need to plug in. For outlets at your media center, there are several things you should ask yourself: Is the TV sitting on a shelf or the top of the media center? If yes, then you should place an outlet to the outside edge of both sides of the media center so it will be easy for you to plug and unplug all of the equipment pieces that often go with a TV without having to move the media cabinet. If you have the luxury to do so, pre-plan the placement of all of the equipment first and place the outlets according to your needs. You can never have too many plugs in this area. As a general rule, figure out how many outlets you need, then add a couple more for future equipment. It is always better to have 10 wall outlets than to have two outlets and multiple power strips. Is the TV hanging on the wall? If yes, then you should place the outlet high on the wall behind the TV’s location but slightly off center so it doesn’t interfere with the mounting bracket. You should also plan for a hole/channel in your wall to run other wires from the TV to the media cabinet below. It is rarely acceptable to have an exposed cord going to your TV . For living space outlets in new construction, pre-plan your furniture arrangement to the best of your ability and place floor outlets at hidden, but easily accessible locations. You will not want the recessed floor outlet for your side table lamp to show a lump in your rug and give away its location. Cut a hole in your rug if necessary to give it a direct and hidden path to the outlet. Afraid to do this yourself? There are carpet repair places that would be happy to come out and help you with this sometimes difficult task. For floor outlets in an existing living space, putting an outlet in the slab is not so easy. Just as with new construction, you need a plan for your furniture placement, then place the outlets to each side of the sofa for easy access to lamps on end tables. If your furniture is in the middle of the room, use wire/cable cover that runs along the baseboard until you can turn a 90 degree angle and head under a rug. Tape the wire down to the floor to keep it in place and find a floor wire cover that is close to the color of your tile/hardwood so it will virtually disappear. Another space that can never have too many outlets is the workbench in your Garage. (Notice a trend with the typical man areas?) Know your equipment – does it require a 110 or 220 volt outlet? What are you planning to do in each area and space? Also, don’t forget your car washing areas. Have an outlet near the garage door so your vacuum will be able to reach without any issue. You don’t have to live with the meager selection of outlets that came with your house. They’re inexpensive and easy to install, even in a home that’s already built. Stop dealing with the hard-to-reach plugs and the tangle of wires and power strips – make your outlets work for you.

http://paulaablesinteriors.com/interior-design-tip-to-outlet-or-not-to-outlet/

So apparently now, gays don't even deserve a funeral, never mind a marriage.In an interview, Italian Bishop Francesco Nole claimed that 'irregulars' - including criminals and homosexuals - should not be given communions or funerals.To quote him fully, he actually said: “Nothing surprises me anymore. Homosexuality, which is a disease, has become something normal. They sprout like poisonous mushrooms, and instead of feeling shame they celebrate this plague and the church itself minimalises these sins.”Yeah, yeah. That's right.When you're dead, your life doesn't deserve to be celebrated. Nuh uh.We don't get any basic human rights now.Is that okay with you?In my opinion, anyone who believes someone doesn't deserve a funeral is a disease themselves.Any thoughts?

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This drama involves three lonesome souls who cross paths on a cold night in upstate New York. It explores the impact of loss and grief in equal amounts of playfulness and poignancy.

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Destroy the opposition tanks before they destroy yours by carefully adjusting the velocity and angle of your shots. Watch the clouds in the sky to see which way and how strongly the wind is blowing, as this affects each shot. See the top right of the game window for the required controls.This game will start as soon as it has finished loading, but you can reset it if you wish as follows: point your mouse at Players in the bottom right of the game window to select you against one or two computer opponents, or you against up to three friends. Point your mouse at Tanks to select the number of tanks per player. You can have up to five tanks each for up to four players, and with a total of 20 tanks in play this becomes a crazily fun game!Play starts with the left-most tank and proceeds from left to right with one shot for each tank in turn. The name of each player is shown in the top right of the game window under the controls, which change for each player. After a set number of rounds the scores for each player are shown.

http://www.dan-dare.org/FreeFun/Games/TankGame/TankGame.htm

I was pleasantly surprised to see these beautiful dime-sized wild Indian strawberry blossoms hiding in our back yard grass this morning . To me they are more than pretty little blooms ~ they are reminders of times spent with my very dear friend, Freda Willard, in Northern Maine with the better known tiny white strawberry blossoms that grow into full-grown ripe,red berries. What a delightful memory this morning! And, yet, what amazing beauty is included in each individual tiny yellow bloom all on its own! Posted by Marilyn Sue Moore at 1:25 PM 3 comments: Saturday, August 27, 2016 ORIGINAL DESERT IN THE CITY Here is the original "DESERT IN THE CITY" August 25, 2011 Yesterday when I took and posted what has now been named "DESERT IN THE CITY PART II", I was unaware of the closeness of the photography dates, day-and-month-wise,though five years apart. This morning,it was with pleasure I was able to print the old and the new to deliver to or new neighbors as a welcome to our neighborhood. It is a true blessing to be able to see such beauties as we leave the end of our alley on whatever new venture we meet for the day. Posted by Marilyn Sue Moore at 10:37 AM No comments: Friday, August 26, 2016 SMELL THE SAGE . . .AND MORE Posted by Marilyn Sue Moore at 12:45 PM 2 comments: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 A SPIRITUAL COLORING BOOK COMING SOON Dear Family & Friends, JoDitt Danley Williams (whom you may have “met” thru Pinterest as did I) is in the process of developing a scriptures coloring book for adults and teen girls. A few weeks back as part of her preparation plan, she invited interested parties to join her launch team, to be the first to see, color, comment, and encourage her in her pursuit. I could hardly click those application keys fast enough. Thrilled once word came of my being accepted, I’ve been busy with my free coloring pages, adding my comments and suggestions, “oohing” and “ahhing” over the work of my fellow-launchettes and generally having a great time. ~

http://mylivinglens.blogspot.com/2016/08/

This is my second time testing this Lishi lock pick on a 2001 Opel Vectra aka Vauxhall vectra. Not the fastest time in the history of lockpicking but i had only tested this pick once before making this video and that was in the winter. These lockpicks can be bought for under 20€ from china so they are very good value for money. Shot with Gopro HD HERO 960.

http://en.club-opel.com/video/how-to-unlock-a-car-door-with-a-lock-pick-12808

Envoys from six world powers have agreed to meet again next week to discuss a possible new set of United Nations sanctions against Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.Envoys from Russia, Britain, China, France, and the United States -- the five veto-holding members of the UN Security Council -- plus Germany met on April 8 in New York to discuss a possible fourth round of sanctions against Tehran for failing to halt uranium enrichment activities that the United States and its allies fear could be diverted toward production of a nuclear weapon.Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, said the meeting discussed what he described as "constructive proposals" for ending the dispute with Tehran. Churkin joined China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong in saying the six powers still prefer the possibility of reaching a diplomatic resolution with Tehran."I don't think any of us want to impose sanctions. What we want to have is a diplomatic solution, and all sorts of constructive proposals have been made to Iran. So, if Iran wants to negotiate, they should start negotiating," Churkin said.The U.S. ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice said the envoys had what she called a "worthwhile discussion." Earlier on April 8, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that Iran could face consequences for failing to accept international demands over the nuclear issue. Obama and Medvedev spoke in Prague, where they signed a nuclear disarmament from agency reports

https://www.rferl.org/a/Powers_Agree_To_More_Talks_On_UN_Iran_Nuclear_Sanctions/2007114.html

Let me tell you, it was nice. Of course, motorcycles have many other excellent qualities beyond their total absorption of the rider's attention. For instance, when they gather in large groups, they tend to attract a certain level of mischief. Also beer. This certainly proved to be the case at the after-party, which occurred in a fenced-off compound surrounding a long, rusted-out dock and boat-launch ramp underneath the St Johns Bridge. A guy we know has leased the property so he can park his tugboat there and live on it, but the tugboat isn't there yet. Plenty of firewood washes up from the river onto the concrete boat ramp, so we built a bonfire at the end of the ramp and started in on the beer and sausages. Guess how long it took before someone rode a motorcycle down the pier? Not very long. That was the night of the Supermoon, so just to be on the safe side I started text-messaging a play-by-play to my friend Mike. In case things turn weird it's good to have an off-site perspective on where it all went wrong. Turned out the adventure remained small-scale and well contained. But it's not every day you get to ride in the Cylon Commander Seat of a semi-truck dodging obstacles in a vacant lot. Partial transcript: MR: Hope the Cinco de Mayo ride ruled! Me: Still ruling! Partying under the st johns bridge. Me: We're riding motorcycles off a pier by accident, whee! MR: I hope you are riding away from many explosions Me: And not looking back MR: Why bother you know what you hath wrought Me: Now they're trying to drive an old semi truck. What could go wrong? MR: "What could go wrong?" might be a pretty good Sang-Froid club motto if they're still looking for one MR: In Latin: "Quod Posset Ire Iniuriam" Me: Now they're maybe using a stumptown van to jump the semi. MR: Why do I fear this text thread is about to become evidentiary. Me: They got it running! I pulled the horn. Lifelong dream realized! MR: Okay, that's pretty goddamn sweet. Somewhere a schoolbus full of kids is delighted you did that. Me: The semi just almost ran over the bonfire and into the river. MR: If this is another set of those "They're playing The Cure at the Hawthorne Strip"-style texts, I will be sorely disappointed [this is fair, I've been known to exaggerate and even just make stuff up in text messages] Me: I have video MR: I hope you get yourself filmed pulling the semi horn as a fire roars behind you Me: I am now in the truck Me: Cops are here yeay! MR: Now it's a party Me: They retreated in disgust MR: Let me know when someone plays The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" [he's clearly not buying any of this] MR: You're in jail now aren't you I was later reminded that when the cops rolled by, we decided to "act cool" and "seem normal" by turning up the miniature boombox extra loud and dancing. Because what could be more innocent. There really is video but I have yet to figure out how to get it off my fancyphone and edit out the embarrassing giggly parts. Meanwhile here is the truck:

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NWU successfully held the training of improving teaching ability for the young teachers Training class for improving teaching ability of the young teachers concluded satisfactorily; this training is held by Faculty Development Center, Personnel Department and Office of Teaching Affairs. During the training, the organizer set the training topic carefully, selected the teachers strictly and invited the national level, provincial level teaching masters from Northwest Polytechnical University, Shaanxi Normal University and our university to give talks centering the topic of master teacher demonstration lecture、teacher development、teaching skills and microlecture teaching etc. President Guo Lihong delivered a special report to illustrate the main thought of university reform and development. He also had further communication with young teachers on professional title appraisal and teaching management. Vice-president Zhuo Yu had a discussion with young teachers and answered their questions about the logistic service、construction of infrastructure and campus safety. Finally, he introduced the development plans of those areas asked before. There are around 50 newly recruited teachers of 2014 attended the training. This training has a significant meaning for the young teachers’ future development; it gained a unanimous praise from the teachers.

http://english.nwu.edu.cn/home/index/article/id/43167/mid/2180.html

This spicy and crunchy dish is one of our family standards.We use shichimi togarashi often in our home cooking. Ingredients: 2-3 servings Measurement conversion Lotus root 200 g Vegetable oil 2 teaspoons ◆ Sake 1 tablespoon ◆ Mirin 1/2 tablespoon ◆ Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Shichimi spice to taste Steps 1. Peel skin of lotus root and quarter into 2-3 mm slices. 2. Heat a pan with vegetable oil, and sautè the lotus root over medium heat. The lotus root tends to stick to the pan, so stir it well. 3. When the lotus root turns slightly translucent, add the ingredients marked with a ◆, and reduce to low heat. Cover with a lid, and simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove the lid to stir from time to time to get an even coating. 4. It's done when the lotus root is left with a slight bite. Sprinkle with a bit of shichimi spice, coat evenly, then it's ready to serve. Story Behind this Recipe This is a standard dish in our home. My son who doesn't really like lotus root likes this kimpira dish and will eat it. Helpful Hints I recommend cooking the lotus root until a slight bit of crispness remains. Since there's only a small amount of seasoning, sautè over low heat and don't let it burn.

https://washoku.guide/recipe/1730813

The high-ranking official also wants to reinstate Russia's ban on gay people giving blood or donating organs. By Sunnivie Brydum August 26 2013 12:45 PM EDT A senior Russian lawmaker wants to offer LGBT Russians free psychotherapy to become heterosexual, reports the Russian Times. Mikhail Degtyarev, a parliamentarian from the populist-nationalist party LDPR, said he and members of the lower house of Parliament, known as the State Duma, are drafting a proposal to offer LGBT people anonymous, voluntary consultations with psychologists, psychiatrists, and "sexologists" to help them "return to normal life and become heterosexuals, as are 95 to 99 percent of our citizens," according to the state-run news agency RT. Every major scientific and medical organization in the U.S. has determined that "ex-gay" therapy, sometimes called "conversion" or "reparative therapy" is not only ineffective at turning gay people straight, but also seriously harmful to the mental and physical health of the person undergoing "treatment." California and New Jersey have both passed laws barring licensed therapists from engaging in the practice with minors. Given Russia's harsh national ban on broadly defined "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations," which imposes fines and possible jail time for anyone supporting or discussing LGBT identities in a format that might be visible to minors, it would seem Degtyarev's bill could feasibly present an alternative to incarceration for those convicted of "propagandizing." Degtyarev, a senior member of Parliament who's also running for mayor of Moscow, additionally cited U.S. policy in his desire to reinstate Russia's ban on gay people giving blood or donating organs. Russia's health minister said he would investigate the medical implications of such a ban, which remains in place in Germany, France, and the United States, despite widespread debate and critique that it's outdated and unscientific. Lest he be considered homophobic, though, Degtyarev said he is not opposed to LGBT pride rallies, although Moscow has banned such events for the next 100 years. Degtyarev, however, said the new nationwide "antipropaganda" law, passed unanimously by the State Duma and signed by President Vladimir Putin in June, does not prohibit Pride parades and other pro-LGBT expressions that cannot be viewed by children. "But it is very possible to hold [Pride events] at night, with flashlights and without amplifiers," said Degtyarev, according to RT. Tags: Politics, Russia, Ex-gay Therapy, Mikhail Degtyarev Latest videos on Advocate

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/08/26/russian-lawmaker-wants-offer-free-ex-gay-therapy

Remember our old post on Mika Westerlund and Green Innovation? Since then, some literature has been published and we at Startup Goat are keeping you updated! More from Mika Westerlund’s fascinating lecture. He went to University of Berkeley in California, in the heart of Silicon Valley to study open innovation. Instead, he found that the hottest topic was Green Innovation as an offshoot of open innovation. He describes it from the very captivating lecture: . While Canada is developing tarsands – silicon valley is developing green technology. For more indepth information: Highlights: “Among the market benefits, a key driver has been the increasing demand and prices of natural resources, therefore the greatest impetus for green innovation lies in resource-intensive industries that produce consumer products, chemicals, automobiles. Here, green innovation is not just about “doing good”; a company in a resource-intensive industry simply cannot compete without going green (Haanaes et al., 2012). Indeed, the green mindset can be applied to any aspect of a company, including production processes, lifecycle management, new products and services, and new business models. – See more at: To varying degrees, green companies are taking advantage of five key benefits of a focus on sustainability (Kiron et al., 2013): Market benefits (e.g., brand, competition, new markets) Financial benefits (e.g., increased margins, reduced costs) Innovation benefits (e.g., business models and processes, product/service offerings) Compliance benefits (e.g., reduced waste, lower material costs, adherence to regulations) Stakeholder benefits (e.g., attracting and retaining talent, stakeholder/investor relations, reduced risk)

https://startupgoat.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/update-on-green-business-models-to-change-the-world/

This title makes complex criminal law issues more accessible to students by examining the facts of carefully-selected real-life case studies. The new edition has four exciting and timely new cases added, along with all accompanying material. Included in the text are details regarding the offender's background, the nature of the offense, all relevant facts of the case, photographs of the people and locations of the offense, and the texts of both then-governing and current statutes. This unique approach entices analytical thinking about what that law is and should be, and, via the inclusion of the aftermaths of each case, encourages discussion about what actually happened to the defendant and why.

https://www.cheaptextbooks.org/9780314908629

LAe.+ ESS SEE live in NYc May 9 at Berlin (Ave A + 2nd st) 9 pm // $10 "Recorded inside a tiny studio out in the California desert, this debut EP bears the marks of both in their offhand vulnerability and chilly grandiosity. “I was a brave girl then / I had a tolerance / for dread / I was scared to look you in the eye / but I did,” LAE. sings on triumphant lead single “Tolerance,” and there’s a delicious irony in the wistful tone struck: Then? It’s this song that sounds brave." Listen to single "Jury" WHo is LAE. From New York to LA, LAE. arrived with a vision: to bring her musical performance into a realm that encompasses all artistic mediums. "Imagine the playful pop classicism of Neko Case, the dance-worthy anxiety of St. Vincent, the grandiose confessionals of Florence Welch, the early-morning moodiness of Cat Power—but darkened, their stakes heightened, by drama, a la David Bowie or PJ Harvey." LAE. Live5/9 Berlin - New York, NY5/20 So Far Sounds NYC New York, NY5/24 Middle East, Boston6/2 The Barbary Philadelphia, PA6/6 C'mon Everybody Brooklyn, NY Twitter 💎 May 9th at Berlin NYC, myself and @ess_see_nyc kick off our Spring Tour!!! 💎I'm super excited… about 3 weeks ago RT @lean_noise: LAE. rehearsing one we wrote together for her show at Berlin in NYC on May 9th. @Laemusic @… about 4 weeks ago I forget that living in New York = constantly having people in from out of town about 4 weeks ago LAE. EP LAE. and writer/producer Shruti Kumar recorded LAE.'s debut EP, "Peel Away" in Joshua Tree at Gato's Trail Recording Studio. Ryan Gilligan, took LAE. and Kumar's initial vision, the talents of brilliant musicians Brandon Walters, Whynot Jansveld, and Sarab Singh, and skillfully executed what is now LAE's 6 song EP titled Peel Away. Peel Away is the product of a rare opportunity where a willing-to-get-weird team could escape the city, hole up in the desert and make a record. The first single "Tolerance" is released on Spotify and iTunes. It's the first song LAE and Shruti wrote together and the first part of the narrative that the whole EP tells -- one of growing up, embracing every part of yourself (even the scary parts!), reclaiming old confidence, and letting go of anything that stops you from keeping on keeping on. Back to Top

http://www.laemusic.com/

I've posted this recipe for stamp cleaner on another thread. I've been using it for 3 or 4 years now and love it. Works on both rubber and clear stamps. I made it for my stamp club as a favor and they loved it. I think I got the recipe on this site somewhere. It works great. FYI, the rose water really is just for scent; I'm sure it would work well without it.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/19919866-post994.html

I recently had a programming challenge where I had to find the sum of the first X prime numbers in JavaScript in a slightly compressed format, and couldn't find anything decent online.

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I have been having these bugged out dreams. Or at least, now I'm remembering them.The other day, I dreamt I was naked and walking around NYC at night. People pretty much ignored me and I just kept going and didn't look at anyone.I made it to the place where I grew up. I was in my room with my sheets with the bears on them. I still have some of those sheets.About that place where I grew up: it's a loft building in downtown Manhattan. It used to be a shitty neighborhood. A month ago, I was invited to a gallery opening next door to there. The people running the gallery would not let very many people in, so I was stuck on the sidewalk (in pain, as usual) looking at the block.A lot of the other people trying to get in were younger than me, and dressed a bit like my friends used to dress when I moved out of there in the late 80s. They had track bikes, which were trendy in the late 80s though not exactly as they are now.So there I am, in my own history, with a bunch of reenactors of that history, and we're all rejected.Which is more like a dream?At the end of the dream, I went to use my parents' phone, a black wall-mounted rotary phone. It was dead. Posted by Rags at 2:07 PM No comments: Labels: bicycles, dreams Saturday, April 5, 2008 Wonder I wonder if there are any high functioning autistics who are also straight acting gays. Posted by Rags at 8:06 PM No comments: Labels: questions Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Stuff white people like As a white person, I'm sick of being sneered at by my own peers. What happened to the middle class left, that it became so self-loathing? This list isn't about just any white people, but about those with the power. Well, the liberal ones. Maybe it's an expression of frustration over a percieved failure. Posted by Rags at 12:01 PM No comments: Thursday, March 6, 2008 Sander Hicks Sander Hicks stood out strangely in the East Village of the early-to-mid '90s. Tall, affable, seemingly unaffected, and with Republican good looks, he was having his plays produced and starting a publishing company when most people I knew were maybe thinking about getting another tattoo. He got married at a time when I was still regularly sitting on stoops and drinking 40s. I remember one particularly acerbic punk chick mentioning that everyone was annoyed by him, but I really can't remember anyone's opinion. All I know is that he hooked me up at Kinko's on 11th St. as much as it seemed like he could, and invited me to parties, and was a generally pleasant fellow to know, though I was never exactly sure where he was coming from. Maybe we were all just a bit too superficial, and a normal looking dude like that who made no token gestures at 90s slack or trendiness was treated as a strange and unwelcome interloper. I hope none of that hindered him. Looking back, he seemed to have the right idea. Of course, my memory could also be wrong.He now has a place over on the other side of Brooklyn that I'll check out when my ability to move about improves. Posted by Rags at 6:30 PM No comments: Sunday, February 10, 2008 Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs describes his coats as having a "louche, beautiful silhouette".Nor do I expect much from the Times' coverage of fashion. Eric Wilson's question to Mr. Jacobs (at about the 3:40 mark in the above-linked video) about his "swashbuckler hats" struck me. "Swashbuckler" is a term of mockery. Here, Mr. Wilson is very much doing his job as a fashion critic, in that he is pointing out a possibly fatal flaw in the design of the hats: that they will make their wearers look like pirates, or Zorro.Not that I doubt Marc Jacobs's aesthetic sensibility. Posted by Rags at 7:02 PM No comments: Saturday, February 9, 2008 The end of relationships I have a girlfriend, who I have had since about the exact moment of the end of my last girlfriend, or a little before. We've been friends for years, and I was really excited to get out of that other thing (7 years) and into this thing.But now I know her better. The excitement is gone and I'm thinking I should get out. There is a lot of arguing, bad feelings about insignificant shit, and a feeling that I have to hang out with her even if I don't want to. She doesn't like to socialize too much, but doesn't entertain herself either, so I have to be actively entertaining her. It's exhausting.But really those aren't the problems. The problem is I'm not feeling it. That's it. All the other shit is just rationalization.I think it's time for me to face being alone - something I didn't do after my big breakup a year ago, but probably should have.Strangely, I've also just bailed on a business commitment. As a programmer, a lot of people come to me with ideas, wanting me to help them out for a share of the profits they imagine will appear in the future. I'd never done this kind of work before, but this guy's idea seemed better, more well thought out and realistic, than the others. So I did a bit of work for him.What killed it for me was not the work, but the fact that the guy's not too smart.That's not the kind of judgment I usually feel comfortable making. What do I know about how smart someone is? I can only see the outside. But this guy - OK, not only is he kind of slow, but he thinks he's an expert.Here's an example and it relates to the design of interactions between human and computer, through a web page. Sorry if it's obscure but if you've used a lot of web sites you might get it, even if you are not a programmer.Our web site was to have a login. Put in computer user interface (UI) terms, there are two states, logged-in and not-logged-in. Ebay, Myspace, Google, YouTube, Yahoo - all of these web sites have the idea of logged-in and not-logged-in. When you are not logged in, a link in the upper right (usually) of the screen says "Sign in", and when you are logged in, that same space says some variation of "Welcome [your name]".So, this guy tells me that a fundamental UI principle is that the interface must be consistent. Buttons must stay the same. Therefore, the "Sign in" button must be present, even if you are signed in. To not have it that way would be confusing, he said. He pointed out that he went to school and got a masters in just this field. We debated this for more than an hour. I even showed him ebay, YouTube, and Google. Finally he says - OK, when the user logs in, we keep the words "Sign in" in the upper right, but you can't click on them.See? Dumb. So, I quit. Posted by Rags at 8:36 PM No comments: Monday, January 14, 2008 Yahoo! and how to run it I used to work at Yahoo as a programmer. It's a good place to work unless you actually care about your job and want to get things done.Here's why I think that is. Parts of this might be boring for you if you have no interest in management or technology work.It comes down to motivations.At Y!, as it is internally known, I worked with a systems administrator, a project manager, and had above me three or four levels of management just within the division of Y! I was in. Of this subset of 6-7 people, two (me and the project manager) contributed anything to getting my job done. (Tangentially, my project contributed nothing to the Y! bottom line, but more on that later).When I started working there I got a logon, a development machine, and access to the company CVS (a repository for uncompiled source code) and package repositories. My job was to write code, commit it to CVS, generate a "package", and ultimately, after testing on a staging environment, and getting approval from a manager, roll it out to the live web servers. For whatever reason, this system not set up right when I arrived. I needed help. I turned to my managers and my assigned systems administrator.Here's the part about motivations: I needed someone to navigate the byzantine inner sanctum of Y! and get me working. Now, mine was a small project and I was the only one on it. Why should my sys admin help me? What is his motivation? If he does a bad job, will he get fired? He has two possible motivations: he is a very nice guy, or he fears getting in trouble.The only way to motivate anyone to do anything at Yahoo was to make him fear "trouble" - to complain to his manager. This "economy of complaint" sucks as a way to run a company. It's all stick and no carrot. And generally, no stick either. I mean, am I really going to complain to my managers all the time? That's the problem at Yahoo.About the money:Though my project was a huge money hole, for years it was never made profitable or scrapped. It was largely ignored. Who was ignoring it? I never had any idea what was going on in management.Here's an idea: eliminate the hiring and firing power of management. Those roles would be handled by HR personnel who interview peers, and otherwise objectively evaluate job performance.The role then of the managers would be solely to manage - to arrange teams, help programmers and sys admins communicate, do scheduling, and have a sense of the big picture. If my manager's not doing that, I report him to HR, just as he would report me if I weren't programming. Why wouldn't this work?

http://hiimrags.blogspot.com/

Return to Articles Discuss real life combat situations...September 5 2011 at 12:21 PMNo score for this postSami Ibrahim (Login kenposoldier01) from IP address 24.42.198.239Response to What? Clyde has served in the military... have you? By the way Clyde it looks like I will be in AZ as of NOV 13 if everything holds out. I should be there for about 19 weeks before I head to my next assignment. Are you still near that base I mentioned when some special units were looking for instruction. (funny how Clyde never brags about his part in training certain groups and did you know he was willing to train them for FREE thats the kind of patriot he is but hey whatever you go on with the disrespect. Scoring disabled. You must be logged in to score posts.Respond to this message ResponsesHello - Michael Miller on Sep 5, 2011, 12:38 PM

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ONLY THE most bone-headed of Arsenal supporters could conceivably enjoy playing this much-hyped Virgin production. Play, did I say? Crush my cartilage for a liar, but there's sweet FA to play in this game, if you'll forgive the pun.There's lots and lots of teams, and you pick eight. If you have eight players each picks one, if you have four each gets two and so on. Wonderful stuff, and I'd tell you exactly how many teams there are if I had the energy to load the game up again and check. It's over 100 anyway.To give the game its due, it does claim to be an accurate representation of the FA Cup, has FA Cup official approval, and the top teams tend to make it to the later stages. Unfortunately, you get to do very little. Unlike the marvellous Football Manager, this sorry little apology for a strategy game merely requires you to decide your general tactics - defensive, balanced or attacking - and in later stages offers you the chance to make a substitution or answer questions about decisions. Those are of the form, "What sort of boots would you wear for wet weather?" I didn't spot wellies as an option, but by this stage I was groaning at the sheer tedium of it all anyway.You think I'm exaggerating? That is, literally, it. You watch as the draw for each round takes place, you then decide the tactics for your teams, you then watch the seconds tick away and occasional goals flick up on the scoreboards. No graphics chum, nothing like that. Eventually you go to sleep.Liverpool managed to make it to the final, playing Everton. The robotic rendition of Abide With Me - nothing is spared in this game, not even your ears - jolted me out of slumber for long enough to record a note about the sinister hissing that passes for the roar of the crowd afterwards. Perhaps they were having a go at Grobelaar again.I can think of absolutely no good reason to buy this game. It's got to be one of the worst things Virgin has ever done, and that includes some all time turkeys. It's even worse than Sheepwalk. Ignore it.Chris BournePublisher: VirginProgrammer: Kerian UKPrice: £7.95Memory: 48K*Overall:1/5

http://zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/review.aspx?gid=1895&rid=15280

Guitar/Vocals, Charlie Bill Knowles, Bass and Shawn Byrne, Drums. Earlier on the band had a singer by the name of Rick McPhee.

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We had just returned from a weekend trip and the first thing I saw when looking out my window in the morning was a Baltimore Oriole at my grape jelly feeder. Google Maps

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Our mission is to provide business people in the Brampton and surrounding areas the opportunity to meet other business people. The purpose of our monthly meetings is to facilitate the group's networking event. We are all very busy people, why not take a lunch break and get to know other business people in the area. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we often feel that we are not in touch with other business, and therefore missing out on the opportunity to grow our network and our business. This event is about the participants, each of us will get a chance to do our 30 sec elevator pitch. Each meeting we will pick a business from the cards provided, the person selected will then be our featured presentor for our next meeting. Members are encouraged to learn more about another person's business and perhaps exchange ideas on how to improve your business, within two weeks of our meeting. Last month we had 12 members attending our group and we would love to see the group expand, members are encouraged to bring guests. To help us plan our event, please register your guests The event is FREE, Lunch is $20.00. Please bring cash as it will make it easier for the staff. In the spirit of the holiday season, a portion of the money collected will be donated to the local food bank. You are more than welcome to donate more to this worthy cause. You are also encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item, also to donate to the food bank. Please bring extra business cards to add to our "Book of Cards". Plese feel free to contact us should you have any questions.

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The LOTT Clean Water Alliance makes meeting space available for eligible public and non-profit groups on a limited basis. LOTT’s Regional Services Center is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. The WET Science Center is open to the public Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Groups using LOTT facilities may share the exhibit gallery space with the public during these times. Meeting Space Options Board Room (capacity: 40 at tables, 80 seated, 120 standing) WET Science Center Classroom (capacity: 39) Facility Use Restrictions The WET Science Center Classroom is not available on Saturdays. Meeting space may be available weekday evenings on a limited basis until 9 pm. LOTT facilities are not available on Sundays or most observed holidays. LOTT facilities are not available for birthday parties or private events. LOTT facilities may not be scheduled for more than two consecutive days and are not intended to support routine, reoccurring meetings. LOTT does not allow use of kitchen facilities, or allow alcoholic beverages to be served or consumed onsite. Amenities Meeting rooms are equipped with a projector, screen, sound system, and a laptop. Wi-Fi is available. Tables and chairs are provided. Groups must provide all other supplies. Refreshments may be served, but LOTT does not provide them. LOTT has limited free parking, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Meeting attendees should come prepared with change for 9-hour street parking meters. Reserving Facilities To reserve a meeting space, first read LOTT's policies on use of our facilities, then complete a facility use application and return it to LOTT at least 30 days prior to the requested date. For more information or to inquire about availability, send us an email or call (360) 528-5716.

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Home / London / The Comedy Pub @ Leicester Square / London Comedy Cellar Comedy Club & Nightclub - 8pm Show London Comedy Cellar Comedy Club & Nightclub - 8pm ShowSat 29th March, 2014 at 7:00pm Event Details Date: Sat 29th March, 2014 Time: 7:00pm Venue: The Comedy Pub @ Leicester Square, London Genre: Comedy Price: £11.00 (Buy Tickets) InformationLondon's best professional comedy club in a pub has been keeping the capital laughing for over ten years, and is much loved by audiences and comedians alike. We are an independent, non-corporate comedy club featuring hand-picked comedians from around the world.PLEASE NOTE: This is the 8pm show for Piccadilly Comedy Club. It has the same line up at the 8.30 show at Piccadilly Comedy Club, with the acts playing both floors at the same venue.Your ticket will also include entry to our nightclub, open until 2am playing classic soul, sixties tunes, britpop and cult classics.For more information please go to or call Mike on 07568 352828.If you are booking tickets to join a group or friends who have already booked under a different name than you, please let us know by emailing us at so that we know to sit you together.Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8.pm. Please arrive by 7.45.Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control, line ups can change at short notice.

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I've been busy trying to get my to do list for January completed! Almost there, don't know that I will finish everything, but pretty darn close! Yesterday I finished my January '07 newsletter, you can see it HERE. For today only, I have a special running in my Etsy shop. Buy one print in my clearance section and get one free!! Also, I still have FREE shipping until Midnight EST tonight!I am very close to finishing the large painting I posted the progress photo of in the last post. I will try to get a photo of it today if I have time. This afternoon I am going to judge the Westside High School Art Show! Should be fun, although it is so difficult to make choices! Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 10:03 AM 3 comments: Links to this post Labels: art show, Etsy shop, newsletter, painting Friday, January 26, 2007 Couldn't do it! Stay away from my blog that is! So, I'm weak! Kidding, but seriously, I wanted to build up some suspense for my new paintings. I can't do it, I miss the feedback! So, anyway, the top one is the finished larger canvas I mentioned a few days ago, haven't named it yet. It is a 20 inch square h2o oils on canvas. The second one is a much larger painting still in progress. It's a 36 inch square h20 oils on canvas. I plan to make this one the center piece for my gallery show coming up. Still a ways to go to finish it. I'm really loving working larger, may have to do more! I have been able to get quite a bit of work done this week, with cutting myself off from the internet. Of course I've still been surfing around every morning and today I spent way too much time online, making up for lost time, right??? Yeah, right!!Anyway, hope everyone is well, happy and feeling creative today! Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 10:24 AM 5 comments: Links to this post Labels: gallery show, new work, painting Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Busy at work I don't have a photo to post today. I came to the realization the other day that I am WAY behind on my to do list for January! I'm still painting everyday, in fact, I'm working on a large canvas right now. I have a show in March to get ready for and I'm thinking about waiting to reveal the new paintings until then. At least the larger ones.As far as work goes, I am working on a catalog for 2007 of all my new work. I'm still contemplating whether or not to axe my older work to make my catalog more cohesive. So, heads up, my landscape prints and paintings may not be available for sale after January is over. The Beck prints will for sure be gone from my shop in February. If you were thinking of purchasing any, best do it before January is over.Another heads up, my prices will be going up in February. I have no choice in this matter, my supplies have gone up and after doing my books for 2006 I have discovered that I'm not making any profit! The price hike won't be huge, but if you are one that likes to save money, get 'em now before the price goes up!2007 is the year that I go back to selling wholesale to shops. While I love selling directly to the public, I need to get my work out in the public eye more. So, if you know of a shop that would be a good fit for my art, or you have a shop that would be a good fit, please contact me.So, because of all the work I have to do, I will not be blogging as often. My 2007 catalog of prints will be listed in my Etsy shop in February and I will blog more about that then. Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 9:42 AM 6 comments: Links to this post Labels: catalog, daily painting, gallery show Friday, January 19, 2007 Today's Daily Journal Painting Arches, SOLD Today's painting was begun long ago in a galaxy far away! Actually, it's been sitting around the studio for at least 6 months. I decided to paint over the attempted landscape with a new spiral abstract.(inspired by Jessica Torrant) Figured I would keep the name, Arches. This is another H2O oil on canvas board, 8 x 10. It can be found in my Etsy shop. Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 2:39 PM 9 comments: Links to this post All over the place I am all over the place this week. Portrait on Wednesday, painting furniture on Thursday and back to canvas on Friday! This is a photo of a new project I'm working on. It's a handmade, handpainted table. My husband cut the top and attached the legs for me. I started with gesso and then painted with my H2O oils. I still have to varnish it, waiting to make sure it's completely dry. I've always wanted to make some functional art and when we found some used table legs for a dollar at Goodwill I decided there was no better time. This will be going into my Etsy shop once it's finished. I received an email from a gallery owner in Gallup that saw my work at the NM State fair. He is reopening his gallery in March(after renovations) and wants me to show my work for the Grand opening. He's even going to put us up in a hotel for the night! I will post more information once I know all the particulars. My hubby will be playing his guitar for opening night. So, if you just happen to be in Gallup, NM on March 10th, I hope to see you there! Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 10:12 AM No comments: Links to this post Labels: gallery opening, handpainted furniture Wednesday, January 17, 2007 Unfinished portrait Today I'm working on a portrait that I started at least a year ago. To be completely honest, I don't remember when I started it. It was meant to be a gift for my mother in law and since today is her birthday, I decided to try finishing it up so I can give it to her.....FINALLY!! This is a portrait of one of my nieces. I have already given my mother in law portraits of my other niece and my two nephews. Now, of course, I have a new niece who just turned one, so I'm a little behind! Anyway, I guess it's better late than never! This started as a watercolor, but I decided to finish it with my new favorite...H2O oils.In other news, I have to take my youngest son to the Dr. for an ultrasound today. He has a lump in his left breast that is most likely a cist, but the Dr. wants to be sure. So....keep some positive thoughts going for him please! Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 10:56 AM 3 comments: Links to this post Labels: daily painting, family, portrait Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Today and yesterday Here are my daily journal paintings for yesterday and today, Winter Sun and Warmth. These are going up in my Etsy shop today. Once again, they are H2O oils on canvas board, 8 x 8 inches. The difference with these and paintings I have done in the past is that these were painted on handmade recycled canvas boards. I used acid free matboard scraps and canvas scraps that I had lying around. I figure why do I keep spending money on canvas boards when I can make them out of recycled materials around the studio?!I just have to share a movie that we watched the other night, I can't get it out of my mind. It's called Little Miss Sunshine and it was filmed here in New Mexico. It is about a fictional family from Albuquerque and it is the BEST movie I've seen in ages! Hilarious and sad, it has everything. It's most definitely a must see!PS, I keep forgetting to mention....Joyce Brandon of Dream Horse Gallery blog, mentioned me on her blog and in thanks for the mention I'd like to add a link HERE to her blog, check it out!"Winter Sun" Click Here to Buy "Warmth" Click Here to Buy Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 11:25 AM 1 comment: Links to this post Friday, January 12, 2007 Happy Friday! Good news, I sent a couple of emails this morning and now the copycat blog has been suspended! Hopefully it will be shut down for good. There were two more copied posts on the blog this morning.Other than that, I've been busy in the studio. Below are yesterday and today's daily journal paintings (8 x 8 inch H2O oils on canvas board) and a progress photo of the current large painting (20 inch square H2O oils on canvas) I'm working on. I'm not sure but I think I'm done with it now. I have to live with it a little longer to be sure. I did decide on a name, it's called "A Million Pieces". I called it this because it was begun when I was going through the problems with my middle son and I felt like my heart had been broken into a million pieces. One of my goals this year is to name every painting I do. I am so tired of the confusion caused by having numbered series names instead of individual names. I decided its just lazy to not name them. Even if it is more difficult to name abstract paintings, they need names!"Cheery" Click Here to Buy"Serene" Click Here to Buy"A Million Pieces" Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 11:44 AM 4 comments: Links to this post Labels: abstract, daily painting, studio Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Strange Day! Today is turning out to be a strange day. It started this morning at 4 a.m. when I got up to go the bathroom. I walked past the dining room window and glanced outside as I walked by. It looked like there was snow on the car, so I went back to the window to get a better look. Just as I looked out the window there was a guy walking into our driveway! He was eyeing my son's bike which is on the bike rack at the front of the driveway. As he walked in between the cars to go get the bike I pounded on the window, he looked up at me and motioned for me to come outside!! I just yelled "Get the F*CK out of here before I call the police!" Then he turned around and walked away. By this time my husband had come out from the bedroom to see what was going on, I had to talk him into not going outside to chase the guy down! My husband brought the bike into the living room and we went back to bed.The fact that he almost stole my son's bike is not the part that freaks me out, we've had bikes stolen before. What freaks me out is the timing of my going to the bathroom and the pull to look out the window right at the moment he was walking up the driveway!! It was such a strange thing!So now for the other strange thing that happened today. I checked my email and as usual there was a google alert for "spiral abstract". I clicked on the link because it actually said something about a flower spiral abstract painting and I was curious to see that there was another artist painting flower spiral abstracts! The strange thing is that it took me to a blog with two posts on it and both were posts that I wrote on my blog!! But....it wasn't my blog it was some other persons blog! The only difference is this blog doesn't have my images, it just has my wording. Check it out! My blog entry.......and the imposter blog entry. What do you think? How weird is that? Problem is, there is no way that I can see to contact this person to ask WTF!!???I'm not sure what to do, if anything, about that. What would you do?In between strange happenings, I spent the morning in the studio, playing some more. I completed one daily journal painting, did a couple of screen prints, finished carving my block and made a print of the block. So, the photos below are in that order. I printed overlapping designs on a tshirt, to cover up the mess up print I did the other day, and printed the design on a tote bag.Click Here to BuyClick Here to Buy Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 12:17 PM 4 comments: Links to this post Labels: block prints, daily painting, screen printing Tuesday, January 09, 2007 Back in the Swing of Things Daily Journal Painting "Fire"Click Here to BuyDaily Journal Painting "Purple Sun"Click Here to Buy First Screen Design First Screen PrintHubby and son went back to school yesterday, finally back to normal for me now. I've been busy working in the studio, or should I say playing in the studio. I completed my first screen print design and finally tried the first print last night. This morning I spent painting, I was so excited to get back to painting I finished two daily journal paintings today! One of my goals(I dont call them resolutions!) for the new year is to be more efficient in my work and spend less time online. I have so many things I would like to accomplish this year that I need all the time I can get. So....if you are one of my blog friends, I'm sorry but I won't be commenting as much on other blogs. I will however continue to read all my favorite blogs! I couldn't live without you guys! I may blog every other day instead of everyday. I know, when have I ever been dedicated to everyday?!! Anyway, I hope that what this will result in is more art to share on my blog.This afternoon I have to spend more time on my business plan and take my son to the doctor. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! Posted by Paula Manning-Lewis at 12:25 PM 5 comments: Links to this post Labels: art, daily painting, goals, screen printing Wednesday, January 03, 2007 Happy New Year Here it is January third and I haven't posted yet! I'm working on planning, setting goals for the year, cleaning the house, studio and office and all around wiping the slate clean so to speak.I am very excited about the year to come. I have some great new ideas for my art this year, I will post them as they come to fruition. I was given a screen printing kit and a block print carving kit for Christmas, so I have new toys to play with! I am ready to move on to a new phase with my art, so stay tuned for updates.I should get some new work painted and posted by the end of the week, until then, Happy New Year, may your year be filled with peace, joy and love!

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American Football Trick Shots by PugStudioAmerican Football Trick ShotsA downloadable game for AndroidTake control of a football player and complete all the challenges by kicking the football through the goal posts and collecting coins on the way. There are 100 unique hand crafted levels to play offering hours of fun. Some levels are very easy and some are very hard but don't worry the controls are easy in this casual football kicker. Have fun and show us how good you are at kicking that pig skin!Features:★Easy controls★100 Unique Levels★Collect coins for bonus points★Get up to 3 stars on a level★You have a limited number of kicks to complete each the ball - use your finger to drag the player around. Hit the football with the player to score a goal and collect coins on the way.★Tap replay button to reset ball.★Tap pause button to return to level selection menu★You must score a goal to complete level★To finish a level you have to get at least 1 gold coin★To get more score try to hit as many coins as possible per kick.Download and play American Football Trick Shots for free and show us your fling skills!Check us out!Games: informationPublished27 days (18 MB) Also available onitch.io·View all by 2017-04-30 00:27:08 UTCGames › Free

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Purposely divided into dedicated activity areas, our full attention is given to ensuring a daily, stress free environment. We provide extensive parking and a beautiful welcome lobby, reception and retail area for our two-legged friends; and Daycare, Grooming Salon, indoor and outdoor Training Areas, Puppy Academy, and Quiet rooms for our four-legged ones. Daycare At Barkley Manor we are committed to providing a daily schedule of play, rest, learning and socialising for your dog. Our staff members are specially chosen for their training, their experience and their passion for creating a healthy, stress-free, fun environment. We have a real open door policy that allows you to see everything we do whenever suits you. In our sumptuous reception area we have a live video link into the main daycare and windows and walkways so you can enjoy the fun too. We love to let you see your loved one having fun!! Feel free to come and visit us anytime, or call Krista or Jeanette on 09 376 8622 if you need more information. Alternatively you can email us on [email protected] Woodbury Park Divided into 3 huge spaces, Woodbury Park is where our bigger more boisterous kids hang out. The Ball Room with its dedicated 'chuckit' wall is all about high energy - giving the ball chasers and active kids the chance to really get their minds and bodies active. The Clubhouse, designed as a series of platforms with easy access to the clubhouse lets the dogs jump and chase each other. Easily divided at quiet time it is the perfect area also for a quiet snooze. Budleigh Gardens A 2 dedicated big areas for the younger and medium sized kids - with cushioned rubber flooring, these guys sure get up some speed and create what we lovingly call the 'whirpool', chasing each other or the toys. .... clambering on their very own platforms, wrestling in tunnels and on trampolines But loving their training time treats and cuddles at quiet time. Colehill Cottage Located directly off reception, our Cottage is a house within a house dedicated to our tiny tots and puppies. With sumptuous couches and beds for our 'loungers, or jungle gyms and equipment for our crazier kids, there is a little something for all A sea of shih tzus, chihauhaus, maltese and poodle mixes enjoy chasing, wrestling or lots of staff cuddles. Pretty cute to watch or on quiet days we love to bring our two legged clients in for some cuddles of their own. Outside Spaces and Garden With a dedicated area off each of the main play spaces, our kids have access outside all day for toilet breaks and some fresh. Large enough for play time too, each area is a mix of concrete, trees and woodchip with plenty of room for crazy water pool time during the warmer summer months Also accessible from each area is a huge grass garden area where the kids really like to get their energy going and enjoy some much needed fun in the sun. Daily Schedule At Barkley Manor we believe that routine and consistency are two of the keys to a dog’s happiness, we therefore provide a daily schedule of activities to enhance your dog’s day. Barkley Manor Daily Schedule 7.30-9.30 am Drop off: Dogs arrive, wait calmly at gates and doors as they are assigned their playgroup for the day. 9.30 -10 am Settle in: Supervised by pack leaders, dogs are encouraged to play and interact with their pack. 10am-1pm Playtime - a variety of toys and games for all to enjoy - Ball Mayhem, Squeaky Madness Rope Tug, Pool Games, Gym classBarkley Manners: Pack leaders reinforce basic good behaviour and teach new tricks with some yummy treats. 1.00-2.00pm Naptime: The lights are dimmed, sleep areas are assigned, each dog is given a cuddle and a health check… some much-needed peace is provided for dogs and pack leaders. 2.00-4.00pm Playtime: More supervised fun and exercise. 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Luckily I found someone who made me realise what I wanted was possible, and that is what I want to offer to you. I launched Barkley Manor grooming not just as a compliment to our daycare and training facility, but as a grooming salon that aims to offer you what YOU want and need. Located in a large open plan space, you can watch the groomers work their magic ! We have a team of trained groomers, who provide full grooming, clipping and styling services, using the latest tools and techniques to ensure that your dog is not only looking his /her best, but is feeling great too. Feel free to come and have a look around, or if you want to make an appointment call 09 376 8622 or email . All groom prices are quoted before your appointment, but for an indication of our prices visit 'rates' What makes us a breed apart ? Your dog's health and happiness comes first ! We are a cage free salon - yes it makes life 'crazy' sometimes, but the dogs love their stress free time with us All dogs receive baths, nail trims, anal gland checks and ear cleaning We cater for dogs no matter how 'matted' - unlike many groomers who seem to chastise owners for this , we work with you to help your loved one stay healthy and be comfortable We routinely conduct health checks, and will advise if your dog may need a vet visit, or worm and flea treatments. We offer specialist care if your dog suffers from skin or joint issues. We only use specialist shampoos - including those for more sensitive skin Daycare is situated in the same building allowing your loved one to play first and then be pampered We have the skills and techniques to offer styles that suit YOUR dog. Our very own team of Edward Scissor hands - Jennifer, Maya, Jo, Jay, Saori and Chelsi are passionate advocates of using their skills to style your dog how you like We have created and named our very own styles for ALL breeds .... ask about the Teddy Bear and Lamb cuts We train all our staff to be able to use creative techniques and styles - no more 'clip off' nightmares We are not stuck in tradition or only focused on dog show cuts - yes some of our groomers 'show' their dogs and win awards, but we would like to offer our clients the choice We understand the evolving mix of cross breeds e.g. the 'oodles' and styles e.g. wanting your loved one to always look like a puppy Your loved one does not need to be a Daycare member as our open plan, cage free salon provides a safe, stress free environment for all of our grooming dogs. Training They say that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but we do expect all dogs, of all ages, to display good Barkley Manners. At Barkley Manor we recognize that your dog is part of your family. In partnership with Jess Allsop - Training Dogs for Life we help train you and your dog to cope with everyday doggy “challenges” so that you can live together happily- understanding each others needs. Our training principles are based on you and your dog having a positive relationship where your dog does as you wish because it wants to, rather than because it has to. Why? A dog that looks up to its owner and therefore wants to please its owner is a reliable happy dog. Dogs that are physically forced into compliance live lives full of unhappiness, stress and anxiety, a space that is counter-productive to learning. Using positive methods of reinforcement and clearly showing your dog what you require of it makes for a great learning environment, where your pooch can thrive. It’s About You and Your Dog Groups limited to smaller numbers of 6 - 8, to maximise learning experience. 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Gwyneth Paltrow gets a lot of flak for being obnoxiously holier-than-thou about her GOOP-alicious health beliefs, and sometimes, it's well-deserved flak. But other times, I've gotta hand it to the woman, cuz she totally knows what she's doing. Similarly, her trainer, Tracey Anderson, got on my last nerve when she was flapping her yap last year about how she thinks women use pregnancy as an excuse to turn into fatties. Proof she should stick to what she knows: Exercise. Tough, kick-butt, no excuses workouts. Like this one she says is Gwynnie's secret to being a toned goddess. The "secret" part? It can be done in the comfort of your own home using a very common household cleaning item ... Advertisement A broom! Yes, Tracey recommends that we get down on the floor with our broomsticks to get a tighter butt. She calls it her "latest workout obstacle," which "Gwyneth is always up for." And this one in particular, she says, keeps Gwyneth's "brain and body challenged." Using the stick to stabilize requires you to engage muscles you didn't even think you were working, which can lend itself to a full body tone-up. That does sound pretty awesome. More from The Stir: Gwyneth Paltrow's 'Self' Magazine Cover Makes It Look Like She's Had a Lot of Work Done Tracey recommends using a broomstick or tall mop to do 20 reps of each workout move (which she shared with Self magazine) in order four times a week. Once that gets easier, bump it up to 30 reps, most days. Sounds like a lot, but when you see how simple and basic the moves look, it actually doesn't seem so bad! Gotta love a workout that's as easy and simple to squeeze into your day as it is effective.

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What a difference a day makes. I'm in a much better mood than I was yesterday, even though I know I'll be faced with 8-15 demonic ADHD children tonight. I just spent the most pointless 90 minutes in the library for class. We had our Senior Seminar class in the library today, where the librarian who looks like Yanni proceeded to tell us how to research our thesis papers. Now, one would think that by senior year we'd know how to find sources by ourselves, but apparently we needed a refresher. I'd just like to point out that it's 53 degrees outside right now, the sun is out, and there's a pleasant but not overpowering breeze blowing. This is about as good as it gets in an Ohio February. Posted by

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Posted: February 6, 2015 | Author: Jakub Adamek | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: ambient, bandcamp, fluere tapes, instrumental, music, oakland, post-rock, psychedelic, raphi gottesman, united states |Leave a comment Whoa, are you trying to tell me that this great cassette by the Oakland based guitarist Raphi Gottesman has been released in a run of ONLY 20 copies!? Apparentely, the Swedish label Fluere Tapes loves them some small numbers. Thanfully, it’s still available on the label’s Bandcamp as one of those numerous albums you can discard for being yet another noisy drone cassette (yeah, as f anyone still cared about hazy noise drone – what is this, 2010 or something!?), but which turns out to be an amazing set of post-rocky vistas with a sombre, slowcore edge never falling too far away from its ambient beginnings. Kinda like early Tarentel with a more lo-fi edge that fell in love with some simple guitar effects. Still, amazing. Highly atmospheric, higly recommended!

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Lorig is the Armenian name for quail. It is a very beautiful bird, with unique feather colors, which is also reflected in the artist enamels. The artist requested the logo to be the bird so we used the shape of the bird for logo. THE WEBSITE The Lorig enamels website represents a very talented and self-employed painter and enamel jeweler & her arts. She designs and creates exclusive enamels cloisonné jewelry on copper. She applies traditional techniques and motifs to contemporary art jewelry. PARALLAX SCROLLING We delivered a very trendy and modern parallax website. The website itself is minimalistic and clean. We aimed to give the most attention to the jewelry itself.

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Posted 2 months ago on thedementedfairy Gah! This thing has killed my sewjo. I decided to force myself back to it today after a totally sewing-wasted Saturday, and made a nice neat hem, and gathered the voluminous bodice onto a waist tape, all nice and straightforward. I got the sleeves seamed up [the right way round!] with tidy French seams. I placed gathering threads round tops and bottoms of the sleeves, and prepped the long cuffs, which, if you recall, I’d already made about 2″ wider as the original pattern piece didn’t go round my wrist. Gather gather, pin pin, baste baste. The cuff is VERY long, and there isn’t a placket opening into the sleeve itself, so it was all looking a bit problematic for easing round on the machine. I thought I’d better slip it onto my arm just to be sure before trying. Well, those Edwardian ladies must have had arms like sticks- the bloody... [read more]

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Pre-numbered label used for registration. Rescued from the Bargain pile... Journal Entry 2 by N8an at Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 Released on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 at Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. Happy Canada Day! This was released to commemorate Canada's 136th Birthday, and is a Canadian Author. I hope you enjoy it if you find it, and please - once you've enjoyed it, pass it on or release it into the wild - the country needs a little bit more Canadian Author roaming it! Released across from the Sally's BBQ on Sparks Street, near the water fountain. FAQs Privacy Policy

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IN A summer packed with really, really big movies (Spider-Man 3, Pirates 3, Shrek 3, etc) audiences are positively spoilt for choice in 2007. One of the biggest will undoubtedly be Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film in the lucrative series and a surefire moneyspinner no matter how bad the reviews. The film is due to land in cinemas world-wide just days before the seventh and final book lands in shops – so interest is sure to be sky high. In Order of the Phoenix, Harry (once again played by Daniel Radcliffe) is now in his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and approaching full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. But while he’s just returned from another frustrating summer with the Dursleys, Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, especially in light of the recent revival of the evil Lord Voldemort. As Harry struggles to contain these problems, and a hateful new teacher, Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), he tries to learn more about the mysterious Order of the Phoenix and their role in the fight against the Dark Lord. The film is directed by David Yates (who won acclaim for the political-thriller mini-series State of Play and for the two-part Sex Traffic) and boasts all the usual cast members from previous films (those that have survived anyway). There are, of course, notable returns from Ralph Fiennes (as Voldemort) and Gary Oldman (as Sirius Black). Fans of the novels will remember The Order of the Phoenix for featuring a tragedy involving another key character and a first kiss/snog for Harry. So it’ll be interesting to see how Yates handles both landmark events in the series given that the film marks his debut feature film. That said, word is he’ll be directing the next film in the series – so he must have delivered something pretty special with this given the footsteps he’s followed.

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June 9, 2009 by a geek Realtek 8168 module issue My cute little dual-core atom system (D945GCLF2) had a small hiccup with Debian. The kernel kept loading on boot the r8169 (incorrect) module for the onboard network device, which caused all sorts of weird phenomenon including, but not limited to, strange tasting coffee, distracted cats, ifconfig showing seemingly random numbers for dropped frames every time and not obtaining IP from DHCP servers occasionally. The high-level solution is to replace the incorrect module with the appropriate one. Here goes: Obtain the correct module (r8168) Go to Realtek website and download the source for the latest driver. Extract the archive: tar -jxf r8168-x.y.z.tar.bz2 Prepare build environment: apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` Compile the driver source: cd r8168-x.y.z make clean modules && make install Replace using the correct module Before moving on, take note that removing the module for networking will disable the network interface. Which means any remote session running on the interface will be terminated. Unload the current (incorrect) module: rmmod r8169 Generate module dependency: depmod Load the correct module: modprobe r8168 Update existing initramfs: update-initramfs -u If the kernel insists on loading the r8169 module, add the line blacklist r8169 into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist: echo blacklist r8169 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist (edited 18-07-2012, thanks to x in comments) or, for newer distros: echo blacklist r8169 >> Hopefully all is good after going through the troubles. p/s: My r8168.ko (Compiled for Lenny, 2.6.26-2-686) can be found under Resources. Advertisements Like this:Like Loading... Related This entry was tagged debian, linux, networking. Bookmark the permalink. Post navigation ← Endpoint hinders windbg VMware and arrow keys → 20 thoughts on “Realtek 8168 module issue” Jonas Hagmar | June 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm Thank you so much for these instructions! I struggled with a Debian Lenny install on a D945GSEJT board, and with this advice, I finally got the NIC working. There is an additional tip on my blog entry for the installation that applies to the method I used, and a lot of other details about the setup as a whole. Reply Pingback: Realtek 8169SC und Debian - Probleme bekannt? - Server Support Forum Matthieu | November 21, 2009 at 12:01 am Thanks for the tips I was getting crazy with this network card that looked almost good … Reply John | March 20, 2010 at 3:33 am I recently assembled a server from a D510MO with the 8111DL and have experienced occasional ethernet controller lockups. I attempted to install the 8168 driver and the ethernet software appeared to function (I didn’t leave it running for long) but The machine would no longer shutdown properly (either halt or restart). I’m exploring the issue but I have to go back to the r8169 driver for now and put a watchdog script in place to kickstart the driver when it loses it’s way (ifdown followed by an immediate ifup). Any Ideas? John Reply smallming | March 20, 2010 at 9:27 am Since you have 8111DL ethernet controller, why not try looking for the drivers on realtek website instead? Reply mathias | June 15, 2010 at 9:52 pm got my nic working thanks to your walkthrough. still having the problem after reboot, but i am sure i will be able to fix that to. many thanks four your help Reply smallming | June 15, 2010 at 10:10 pm Glad to know it’s working for u 🙂 Reply awasiljew | July 13, 2010 at 6:05 pm Great article! Short and simple. I was having the same problem with D945GSEJT. When installing the driver do exactly as it is written in the article. I found the autorun.sh script inside driver package, but after running the module is still incorrect. Thanks a lot! Reply Jonathan | June 23, 2011 at 12:42 am The nic on my d945gsejt is now working (touch wood) thanks to your instructions. However it didn’t work first time, for me. Try as I’d like, the wrong module continued to be loaded, despite the blacklisting. I ended up repeating the process of rmmod r8169 depmod modprobe r8168 update-initramfs -u then renaming to r8169.koold to ensure it could not load. Than I shut down the pc, and removed the power lead from the box (which somebody on another blog page suggested) After that, success! Ifconfig showed eth0. And r8168 showed up in lsmod. I hope this further info might help somebody else. Reply Patrick | April 27, 2012 at 8:42 am I’m on Ubuntu 11.10 (Kernel 3.0.0-17-generic) and the Realtek driver is for 2.6.X. I don’t know if that is the cause of my problem or something else but I’m dead in the water. FATAL: Module r8168 not found Reply tvarjao | May 9, 2012 at 2:41 am Greate guy, I’m using Ubuntu 11.10 (kernel 3.0.0-20-generic) and now is working. Amazing! Tanks!! Reply Scott Deagan | May 29, 2012 at 1:59 am @Patrick: one cause of the “FATAL: Module r8168 not found” problem is running the above steps using sudo. Instead, run the above steps as root (i.e. issue a “sudo su” and then follow the above instructions). Reply Scott Deagan | May 29, 2012 at 2:10 am A big, huge, massive, epic THANK YOU for sharing this. From Ubuntu 11.04 onwards, I knew there was something “glitchy” about my wired network, but couldn’t quite pin point it. My VPN connections were unstable (to say the least) – intermittently disconnecting due to “bad GRE packets”. I had no idea what the problem was until I came across this post. Cannonical should be notified of this problem as it seriously damages the end-user experience in a manner that is neither obvious or easily identifiable. Users are simply left with the impression of “Ubuntu = flakey OS, everything works in Windows”. Once again – thank you. Reply a geek | May 30, 2012 at 10:46 am it is good to know that this 2009 post is still useful today 🙂 Reply x | July 18, 2012 at 10:08 am you need to add blacklist to blacklist.conf not just blacklist … Reply a geek | July 18, 2012 at 10:28 am it is correct at time of writing (circa debian 5). of course, you are right for the current release 🙂

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"It may seem trivial but, suppose you're in a cafe, trying to decide between coffee and tea. The 'you' that chooses coffee, after a long deliberation, and the 'you' that chooses tea, actually both exist!" One of my favourite characters of all time, I'm so happy that we've managed to get a little group together to celebrate this truly epic game, 'cept let's not celebrate too hard, I'm very fragile you know. I mean, I picked up a baby the other day, absolutely exhausted me... I wont ever do that again. Comments lol nice one on the info for this cosplay. It is awsome for there to be SOM group for Aya, it's gonig to be an awsome group. by nanahara on Tuesday, 7 April, 2009 - 01:06 Looking forward to some photos! SOM is such an underrated game! by PapercutPerfect on Friday, 7 May, 2010 - 10:49 Journal Lucky! (Posted 27th August 2009) major major luck, I found a top that's absolutely perfect for Hommunculus in a bargain shop in Blackpool called steals, it cost me 3 pounds sterling

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Click image above for larger view.Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) created the expansive America mural in 1955 for the Bank of the Southwest in Houston, Texas. Tamayo worked tirelessly seven days a week for five months, without the aid of assistants, to complete the painting. The mural was produced using sand and vinylite (a synthetic industrial paint) on canvas and measured 13' 2" tall by 45' 10 3/8" wide. The piece was painted offsite at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and upon completion, rolled up and sent to Houston where it was installed in the banks lobby. America was officially unveiled in April of 1956 and received great praise. Some perspective on how big the painting actually is. (AFP: Emmanuel Dunand) In 1993 America was auctioned off at Christie's to a private collector who then loaned the mural to the Dallas Museum of Art, where it was on view for fifteen years. The painting was then resold in 2008 at Sotheby's for $6,802,500. Below is a video produced by Sotheby's describing the production of the mural and its symbolism.

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I surprised myself by finishing these two embroidery patches during my camping trip, which was really fun (and ended too quickly.)The little mexican kitty is one of my favorites. She started with a pink bow, but I think the red is more fitting. Posted by pippinsequim 0 comments Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Fabric arrived and quilt squares made I tested my fabric for colorfastness and laid it out this weekend:I'm pleased... it really looks good! And my first squares came out well, also:A major bummer, though... on one of the embroidery squares (not shown) I cut in the wrong place and had to piece on an additional piece of fabric. I guess it's not too noticeable, so I'm not redoing the embroidery. I think it'll be a while before I get back to sewing on this because I'm going camping this weekend. :D Ah, vacation, I have been missing you. Posted by pippinsequim 0 comments Monday, May 18, 2009 Quilt layout and size calculations The first thing I did was to calculate the quilt size that I wanted. I decided to make it a twin, but on the large side so that it would work on a double bed as well. I laid the entire quilt out electronically using MS Paint... it's not the most versatile graphics program, but it was quite adequate for the purpose. I really got waaay into this electronic layout. I went as far as to copy fabric swatches from the site where I purchased the fabric and use them as my building blocks. I tried random distributions and arranged distributions, and various border sizes and compositions:In the end, I decided to go with the design shown above, center. I liked the random layout, but was afraid it would overwhelm the embroidery squares. For the border, I knew that it needed to be fairly large so that I would not have to make the center larger (and do more embroidery!) I liked the quilted portion of the border, and arranged the rest to be simple, but somewhat broken up so that it didn't attract the eye too fiercely.From here I calculated the fabric requirements. It took quite some time, and I'm glad that I saved the information, because I have referred back to it several times. I double and triple checked my numbers, (and then quadruple checked because the first 3 times I got a different answer each time... finally figured out that I was treating the borders incorrectly). Even when I got it all straightened out, I ordered extra of everything because the fabric was selling out. I will be glad to have some extra when I am done... it's such cute stuff! Posted by pippinsequim 0 comments Monday, May 11, 2009 Quilt Color selection My niece's mother and I decided that the quilt should be pink and green... green to tie it in with her current bedroom decorations and pink, which is her favorite color. I did all of my color selecting by computer, from They have a handy tool that lets you collect your color swatches digitally and then move them around. I didn't like the fact that adding or removing a swatch messed up your organization, though.There were such beautiful fabrics! Someday, I will definitely have to build a quilt around these:For my niece, though, I initially selected these, though I wasn't very excited about the color scheme:Before I got further in the selection process, though, I saw this:Not only was it easier on me (it's offered in a jelly roll from Moda) being pre-cut, but I liked it much better than the pinks and greens. My sister thought that my niece would love the cheerful colors and thought it would look great in the room. Whew! I learned from my mother's example that it is much easier to make a quilt that you like. Posted by pippinsequim 0 comments Thursday, May 7, 2009 My First Finish! Today is my first finish for the second round of Spring to Finish. I completed this embroidery for my niece's quilt. I like to call it "The Pornographic Ken-Doll Raccoon and His Victim."Backing up a bit, after I had picked out embroidery patterns, I looked at quilt layouts to see what I liked. I didn't have to look very far here, because the one I ultimately picked was one of the first that I saw. I liked the way the embroidery squares were framed by the patchwork squares, and I appreciated the simplicity of the patchwork portions. I decided not to do it in redwork, though, since I thought my embroidery designs would look better in color. Next I turned to looking at fabrics... Posted by pippinsequim 0 comments Tuesday, May 5, 2009 It's a blog... Yes yes it is. Because I won't have one until I start one. I am doing the Spring to Finish and I started to blog to record my progress. I have been toying with the idea of starting a blog and this is great motivation to start.First thing we are going to be hearing a lot about my quilt. When my older sister got pregnant, I decided to make a quilt for my first niece. I figured it would be especially meaningful for her later if I got each of my (4) sisters to embroider a block for the quilt and then I would piece them together.I looked around for embroidery sets that I could use. I was thinking that a day-of-the-week transfer set would be great for a quilt because the blocks would coordinate and I could just take off the words. I looked through my grandma's stash of transfer patterns and checked at Joann's, but I didn't really find anything that inspired me.It wasn't until three years and two additional nieces later that I finally took the first real step toward this quilt by searching the internet for embroidery patterns. I hit a goldmine when I found a vintage pattern group on Flickr I found these cute kittens, along with a ton of various animals.I got really excited and downloaded hundreds of patterns. My next task was to pare it down to a reasonable number of patterns. I tried first to do select matching pattern styles, but eventually decided to go for a bold mix because I just couldn't give up some of them. My sisters each gave their input, picking the ones that they wanted to embroider. Finally, I had them all picked.To be continued...

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As the last effects of alcohol leave me*, I can look back on the last 24 hours with a better sense of scope.For those who don't know, a "sits" is basically a student party, something that seems to be quite popular in these parts of the world (ie. Finland). As this was the first "sits" I have been to, I'm no expert in the subject, but that's the impression I've gotten.*It should be noted that I'm not just talking about the sobering-up period, instead I see it as a roughly 24-hour period; before I feel completely "clean" I need to have 1) slept after the night of partying, 2) taken a dump, and 3) showered. In that order. Anyway, back to 30 hours ago.I arrive at the scene only to find it in complete chaos. Not knowing what needs to be done there's not much I can do, so I just watch everyone else run around like headless chickens.After a while of that everything is in order and ready for action. First on the agenda seems to be introduction of the first-years in a weird ceremony where they take some sort of pledge, they kneel and water(?) is squirted in their faces, and then they are seated not knowing it's a ploy to get them to eat something weird.This seemed to me hopelessly pointless, as I've never been a fan of humiliating rituals.When we were all seated a whole bunch of rules as equally pointless as the "ceremony" at the start. Fortunately whatever possible "bad mood"-seed that had planted was squashed once we got to food and drinks.Now, when people drink, a lot of different personality traits can appear; some get are really mean drunks while others are of the jovial kind. Though it's not really proper to classify oneself, seeing as a matter you're not quite objective about, I would say that I'm clearly in the latter group. However, when in school (or generally with people I haven't spent a great amount of time with), I'm often purely business. Which means that if you've only seen the business-side, you might be in for a shock when you see the jovial side. (Being the youngest child of three, it's quite natural that I would have a bit of clown in me.)For obvious reasons, the exact events escape me, but there was singing, drinking, more singing (which was probably increasingly out of tune as the evening progressed), and lots of games. One of the more interesting things were the scetches performed, one of them featuring me as an adolturous husband who is discovered by his wife and then performs ritual suicide. I just hope it was as fun watching as it was acting it! The only problem was that since we had so very little time to prepare it that there was no real dialogue or explanation of what was happening. (I realised later that we could have put someone as a narrator.)After a couple hours of fun and games we headed to a club nearby where I danced my ass off! Finished it off with The Chemical Brothers' Galvanize, which took the last drop out of me, so I eventually decided I'd better be going. I was accompanied a bit on the way by Aino, who seemed very doubtful about my abilities of traversing the great distance ahead of me. But I made it, though I don't know how long it took me. (I've walked further in worse shape once on Åland, where I actually thought I would die from alcohol-poisoning.)And what came after was quite a bad hangover and not enough sleep due to a visit from an old Finnish friend (or perhaps not "friend"), Yrjö. Fortunately I didn't have anything important scheduled for the day, so I could wallow in bed, eventually taking on my pants at 5 PM, or so.Coincidentally, both times I've tasted sake, it has made a repeat on me. I don't have the stomach to be a big sake-enjoyer, methinks. Posted by Jacke at 21:56 Labels: food, games, Japanology, nightly life, omg wtf, party 2 comments: Jonas said... You forgot to mention the rolled up towel on the bathroom floor and the throw up remains in the toilet... oh and you left the milk out. Cool you had a good time though. I'm impressed about you taking part in the sketch though. Maybe you could become an actor or something :P 4:04 PM Ainu said... Jacke-san was very into it!!!We didn't have much time to talk about the sketch - so we just did what first came in our minds.Maybe that is why we didn't have anyone narrating it. Or maybe --- it was just my interest in mute films and mime...

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Ha,ha....not that kind of date...a closing date! So much better than boys! Looks like on June 5th I will officially be a homeowner! Then the fun begins! I get to rip things apart, tear down walls, rip up stinky carpet, get rid of morgue lights (those old florescent boxes that make everyone look dead) and some 1976 wood paneling. I'm even trying my hand at some sheet rocking (thank you Steve~I hope you are a patient man)Yellow laminate countertops will be a thing of the past (oh wait...)This has been a bit of a rocky road. I feel like all I have been doing lately is eating, sleeping, working and yelling at people. Who knew you had to call a bank every day to get them to take your deposit? It took speaking with a lovely woman while almost in tears to get anyone to listen to me.It also seemed like every time I actually found the time, energy and good mood to go out....my landlord (the seller) knew. I think she was raining on my parade for sport. I would be dressed and ready to head out to have some much deserved fun and there she was; on the phone or worse....on the porch! I think she is the reason I drink. I know she is the reason I fear going home.But it looks like it is all starting to pay off. I feel better. Calmer. Like I'm getting somewhere. For the most part, I have done this by myself. While working full time. Think it sounds easy? Try it. I dare you. I have been lucky this time around though. I have someone in my life at the moment that has been a bit of a source of sanity. Someone I can go to when I need advise and can help steer me in the right direction. He has yet to fail me with his advise and recommendations. I have gotten complements from my two best girlfriends when they would ask how things are going....and they often were not going well.....that I was oddly calm. I have someone to blame for that. It has been great. I would have lost my mind. Seriously. Gone.Thank You Someone. Maybe someday I can repay the favor.

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I haven’t had a chance to watch the Seahawks play yet this preseason, but I did come across this amusing video diary that Matt Hasselbeck did for the NFL Network today. Matt is a pretty funny guy and I got a kick out of watching him banter with his teammates. [![matthasselbeckvideo][3]][3] []: This entry was posted in md and tagged football, matt hasselbeck, nfl, seahawks, videos on August 25, 2007 by Jason. Fun And Football Amusing Javascript fun for the whole family. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to play with the Magic Ghetto 8 Ball. The Seahawks managed to lose by 3 to Miami today in a disappointing final appearance at the Kingdome. I’m looking forward to seeing what Coach Holmgren can do in the off season when he puts on his general manager’s hat. Judging by today’s performance he might start looking at beefing up the Offensive Line. Just a thought. January 9, 2000 PySol, Seahawks and Fireworks This is too cool! Pysol is a cross platform Solitaire program written entirely in Python. Bye bye free time! The Seahawks lost today and still managed to make the playoffs. It was kind of funny rooting for the hated Raiders to beat the Chiefs in overtime. I definitely didn’t think it was going to happen for a while there. I downloaded the Fireworks 3.0 and Dreamweaver 3.0 demos today. I’m considering purchasing Fireworks and possibly Dreamweaver as well. The cool thing about Macromedia is that they let you play with their full products for 30 days. January 2, 2000 Seahawks Lose Ah, how northwest sporting fortunes can change from day to day. Yet another bad outing for the Seahawks as San Diego pulls of f a 19-16 victory at the Kingdome. December 12, 1999 Seahawks And WTO Today was not a good day for the Seahawks. It also wasn’t much of a day as far as me accomplishing anything. I think I’m going to be gladder than usual that I don’t live in Seattle this week when the World Trade Organization comes to town. Seattle Weekly has a special supplement offering coverage of the event.

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So glad I found this fantastic site. I am a single parent of two beautiful children whom I adore. I gained weight with my first pregnancy and unfortunately haven't got rid of it. I was 63 kilos before pregnancy and got to 104.5 after the second. I'm embarrassed writing that figure down but it's the truth, that's what happened to me. I'm currently 87 kilos as I've been following a low gi diet for the past couple of months and quite happy with it. I've been googling Eat Fat Get Thin recently and wondered if any of you have tried that and had success. I want to be fit and healthy to be able to run around with my very active children instead of sitting on the park bench too tired to even push them on the swings sometimes. I hope to read alot of inspiring stories on here and feel free to view my journal. I haven't yet added my measurements but I will soon. Have a great day all x 09-03-2011, 03:09 PM #2 almeeker FitDay Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,742 You might be embarrassed over photos and measurements today, but you will be so glad you did once you have made just the smallest bit of progress. So get that measuring tape out right now and get it done, also TAKE A COUPLE OF "BEFORE" PHOTOS. I didn't, I just couldn't face it and now I have no idea how many inches I've lost, and the only "before" photo I have is with me facing front standing next to my husband. It's okay, but it would have been MUCH MUCH better to have front, side and back photos to compare with current ones. I think the back side of me is probably the most improved, but can't say for sure. I think the difficulty many of us face with that sort of thing is that it's absolute proof of the problem, a step out of the comfortable land of denial. Believe me once you've drop 10-12 pounds, take a couple more shots and some measurements, because that in of itself is a TON of motivation! And believe me it's difficult to stay motivated all the time, you have to grab or manufacture it every day. And I'm totally with you on the mom factor. My kids are a great source of motivation. I want them to be healthy, and the best way to ensure that is to lead by example.

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organist, choirmaster, 1881 studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, 1896 BM from the University of Durham, 1891 organist/choirmaster of Tooting Graveney Parish Church, 1904 of St Mathews Parish Church in London Upper Clapton, 1918 residing at 12Longley Road in Tooting-Graveney

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The OAS Orchestra Program in the Caribbean, also known as OASIS-Caribbean, is geared towards contributing to the reduction of risk factors that result in violent behavior among youths. The Program redirects children and youths’ spare time to an activity that takes advantage of their inherent strengths and talents via a systematic orchestral and choral training program five days a week, two hours a day. The Organization of American States and its Member States are committed to encourage social development programs with a strong cultural component as a foundation for democracy, social justice, and progress. Programs like OASIS-Caribbean are aimed at reducing poverty and promoting social cohesion for sustainable and economic development. The Program complements intellectual and cultural growth and ultimately contributes to instilling civic values and increasing schooling retention levels.

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The Urban Cruiser is equipped with a Hogue Tamer pistol grip and heat shield. It also sports a tri-rail Picatinny forend fitted with low-profile rail covers and large hand stops that can be adjusted to fit an operator's grip. To add low-light capabilities, a Tritium front bead can be installed.

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Christmas Day Parkrun 25.12.13 Junior Awards Presentation Evening 10.11.13 Richmond Castle 10k 13.10.13 Juniors at Gerry Kearlsey Summer Handicap Jul13 Kielder Marathon Weekend Oct13 Redcar Half Marathon 29.9.13 Serpentine Trail Race 2013 Gerry Kearsley Summer Handicap 18.7.13 Clive Golledge Memorial Relays 17.7.13 Penshaw Hill Race 5.6.13 Neptune Relays 1.5.13 Dentdale 2013 Eans Coaching Sessions 2013 Gerry Kearsley Winter Handicap 13.01.2013 Ropner Park 2013 Hetton Relay 2013 Old Monks 2013 2012 NE XC Champs Summerhill 2012 Shibdon Pond Nov 2012 Sedgefield Youth Awards 2012 Minor Athletes League 2012 Gerry Kearsley Memorial Handicap 19.7.12 Marathon of the North and 10k 06/05/2012 Neptune Relays 05/04/2012 Hartlepool Marina 5 Dent 10/03/2012 Northern XC Pontefract 28-02-2012 National Cross Country London 25/02/2012 Gerry Kearsley Handicap 15-01-2012 Captain Cook 1st Jan 2012 2011 Guisborough Woods 27-12-2011 Saltwell North East XC Championships Dec 2011 Club Dinner 18-11-2011 National Development Club of the Year 2011 Serpentine Trail Race 11-09-2011 Training with Kate Avery 06-07-2011 Pier to Pier 2011 2010 Winter Handicap 2010 Junior Archive Pictures Neptune Relays 21.4.10 Blakey Blitz 2010 Pier to Pier 2010 Temple Run, Sedgefield Show 2010 Brinsworth 10k - Kevin Robinson Memorial Northumberland Coastal Run 2010 Summer BBQ 2010 Sedgefield Serpentine 2010 2009 North East Championships 2009 Juniors Shildon 2009 News Resources Policies Resource Access Library Links Track Back The Track Fundraising Friends of Sedgefield Harriers Donate to FoSH for Free Indoor Debut for Junior Harriers Fifteen Junior Harriers made more Harriers history on November 22nd .They were the first group of Harriers to ever compete in the Indoor Standard Series held once a month in the Winter at the Gateshead College Academy of Sport building (next to the International Stadium). Several Harriers were also making their Track & Field debuts. In amongst them was (U13B) Ben Merrington. Ben was the most inexperienced athlete in the Harriers group but acquitted himself very well at his first meeting in the 60m & Long Jump (LJ). The other U13 Boys competing were Robbie Till & Adam Playle. Both got PBs in their events. Both boys got a PB in the Long Jump with Adam also getting a PB in the Shot (SP) with a 43cm improvement , taking 3rd place. Robbie improved his 60m time by almost 4/10ths of a second. Robbie & Adam were both medal winners in the Outdoor season & were trophy winners at the Harriers annual presentation evening for their efforts this season. The U13 Girls were represented by two of the most competitive all round athletes in the club, Aimee Barlow & Emma Scarborough. Emma had already competed at the South Yorkshire Indoor Series at Sheffield earlier this month & also at an Open Championship event again at Sheffield on November 17th. At that event Emma threw the Shot 6.12cm to take her onto the Power of 10 rankings. At Gateshead she competed in the 60M hurdles , taking a comfortable 1st place. Emma also came joint 1st in the High Jump with Aimee with both girls clearing 1.20m. Aimee ran well in her first indoor 60m & claimed 3rd place in her first Shot Put competition. No fewer than eight Year 8 pupils turned out in the U15 age category. The ever improving Rory Fletcher made his debut doing well in both the LJ & SP as well as the 60m. Rory took 3rd place in the Long Jump. Joseph Dredge also made his SP competition debut after taking the Club record at U13 level at Marie’s Academy Awards night. U13 Silver Shot Put medalist at the 2012 Anne-Marie Readshaw event , Joseph Devine , now an U15 athlete & one of the Club’s most improved Shot Putters, Ryan Fleetham also competed for Sedgefield in the Shot. The two Josephs & Ryan also joined Rory at the Long Jump Pit & Joseph Dredge also made his 60m debut. Kate Willis was another Harrier making a debut with a great run in the 60m. Kate Carmichael, Olivia Skilbeck & Charlotte Scurr were the other U15 girl competitors. Kate C & Olivia joined the U15 Boys at the Shot Put circle & both ran well in the 60m. Kate took 3rd in the U15 Shot despite being only 12 & Charlotte took 3rd in the High Jump & also competed at 60m. The two oldest & most experienced athletes in the Field Events Group, , Megan Devine & Zoe Dobson made their indoor debuts competing in the U17 category. Both girls are well used to Shot Put competitions but this was probably the most competitive they have faced with a larger field than usual . Zoe , still only 14 did very well taking a credible 5th place .Megan throwing 6.69m took a fantastic 2nd place. All these record breaking Harriers represented the club well in this Grand Prix competition & were a credit to the Club. There are 4 more Winter Events at Gateshead at U13 level upwards. They are on December 13th, January 17th, February 21st & March 21st.

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When he began his mayoral campaign on a freezing cold January day outside his home in Brooklyn, Bill de Blasio was just one of several Democratic candidates all claiming to be the progressive voice of change for a post-Bloomberg New York. His Democratic and Republican opponents belittled his policy proposals, his record and his supposed lack of experience. Video Bill de Blasio’s Path to Mayoral Success With his mantra "A Tale of Two Cities," Bill de Blasio captured voters' concerns about inequality in New York City. But he had to overcome far more famous rivals to get to City Hall. By Stephen Farrell on Publish Date November 6, 2013. Photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video » embed But he had a clear, singular focus on issues that caught the popular imagination - growing inequality between rich and poor, and widespread unease at the Police Department’s use of the stop-and-frisk tactic, especially among minority communities. All summed up in his oft-quoted mantra, “A Tale of Two Cities”, which came to define his campaign.This is how Bill de Blasio rose from the little-known office of public advocate to become the next mayor of New York City. Continue reading the main story

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Looking for any info on a Mary Nelta Albrecht b. March 8, 1922 in Amboy, IL.Father's name unknown; mother's name was Anna Beck.Mary married Harry Leroy Porter in Rockford, IL on March 15, 1940.Any info appreciated.

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Notice the three eiders to the left, bonus aspect to the sunrise...I've spent a lot of time honing my abilities with this sea ducking stuff, and for me the strategy within the scope of planning becomes the essential ingredient to a great duck hunt. Saturday was no exception as my father and I discussed our possibilities for a day that would be bringing fair winds from the southeast and a tide that would be running ebb (from high to low). So here is what we asserted:1) wind and tide working in the same direction- waves should have little height if any2) if it is overcast, the birds should decoy well if we running our line southwest to northeast3) if it isn't overcast, the birds won't be able to see the decoys as they turn into the wind to address our set for the sunrise will create a glare that will hide us and our decoys4) the birds typically run from the east, we must give the eiders enough distance to adjust for the tailwind so that they can reach the decoys since these little tanks don't turn quickly nor elevate well5) few head on shots will occur because of the glare, our shots will be passing at best as the birds will see the decoys from the east and the west, but won't be able to pick them up from the northwest turning southeastWe discovered that our hypothetical reasoning was clinically dead on. The eiders did come from the east early and decoyed very well before the sunrise became a challenge. Once the glare became an issue, our shots became passing as the eiders held a close berth along the spread.Once the glare returned, these were our shots...At times when a cloud shielded the sun from casting it's glare, we again found eiders turning an approaching our set into the wind as we were positioned southeast of the decoys bordered against a developing ledge due to the continual fall of the tide. But as soon as the cloud passed, the shot immediately changed back to passing.After a little more than an hours worth of hunting, we managed our limit with some good shooting. I wanted to do a little photography so my shotgun was replaced with a Canon Powershot and my dad decided to wait for either an old squaw or coot. We did get one shot at an old squaw and I had some opportunities to "shoot" some ducks as well.An eagle checking things out...We returned home, loaded up the boat, and met at my father's house. Our debrief looked at how our plans went, any particular findings, and future considerations. Through effective planning, quality implementation, and good shooting we again found a quick limit with a high degree of satisfication. Posted by Downeast Duck Hunter at 11:34 AM Reactions: 2 comments: The Rabid Outdoorsman said... Super photo of you and your old man! December 10, 2008 at 10:34 AM Terry Scoville said... Sounds like you've got your formula down to a science. Reminds me of the "7 P's" addage.Professional Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance!

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"Party in the Park", Rochester NY gets rained out - 14 July 2005Ironically, three lines into "And The Rain Crashed Down", the skies opened up

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1938: The first Oil Bowl matched Class B football stars from East and West Texas. The East wore the uniforms of the Wichita Falls High School varsity. The West wore the uniforms used by the junior varsity Rowdies. Jack “Jackrabbit” Crain of Nocona ran a punt back 55 yards for a touchdown in the final two minutes to give the West a 15-13 win. Carrol Wood of Cameron High School coached the East, and Volney Hill of Burkburnett coached the West in the inaugural game. Key players in the game were Preston Johnston of Newcastle, Cullen Rogers of Mart, Murray Evans of Burkburnett and Huck Schafer of Yoakum. 1939: T.A. Weems of Rockdale, Walter Heap of Taylor, Fritz Lobpries of Schulenburg and Glen Tegge of Georgetown all had touchdown runs in the East’s 24-13 Labor Day win over the West. Willie Zapalac caught several Weems passes to keep drives alive for the East. Thayne Ammonet of Flomot ran for 96 yards on 14 carries and scored both touchdowns for the West, one a 45-yard romp.

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I'm serious guys I saw a moose! I almost couldn't believe my own eyes and thought it was a four legged bigfoot for a second. We have moose in MN and we even have them around McGregor where I'm from cause its good and swampy there, but still your chances of seeing one are not great. Moose are solitary animals living deep deep in the woods. I have only seen them twice in my life (counting this time) and the place I saw them both were about only 5 miles apart but more than 10 years apart. The moose I saw this weekend was a large cow and she crossed the road right in front of me. Huge blackish 4 legged creature. Moose are big. Do you even realize how big they are. Huge. Bigger than the elk I saw this summer. Then just to make my weekend even better we could hear a pack a wolves howling for quite sometime Saturday night. We know it was coyotes which are more abundant (although there's a lot of wolves also)because coyotes have such a higher pitched voice than wolves. It was just a good country weekend all around! I love Minnesota so much! We watched my brothers last jazz band and choir concert of ever. He's a senior this year. He did good and had a solo in jazz band! I was proud. We also had craft night again! (post to come later) It rocked! It was an awesome craft! Amy did a good job! It snowed like no ones business too. Started out kinda slow where I was at my moms but 3 hours later getting home to my house it was like a blizzard. We are up to about 15 inches of snow at my house. Took me an hour to get to work this morning. I love the snow but all of it at once is kinda over whelming! Then the temp plummeted and now theres ice on the roads that did get plowed. Lovely. Should make for a slow day at work cause people wont be able to find anything in the junk yard under a foot of snow. I brought 2 books, I'm prepared! I hope your having a good day where you are and that your not dealing with over a foot of snow also....

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Wanda Jackson is the Queen of Rock -- she pioneered the sound and was on the forefront of the rockabilly movement as early as the '50s. Jackson still tours today and is working on a new album with Jack White, slated to drop early next year.

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like a steady flow of emotion between the audience and me. Before I go out on stage, I'm always impatient. It used to be

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Dance classes provide a venue for students to develop an enthusiasm and appreciation of the many varieties of movement in our culture. The learning environment fosters self-confidence, creativity, coordination and discipline.The Lower School Dance Program strives to awaken every child's passion for learning while developing coordination, rhythm, problem-solving techniques, and self-expression. The curriculum supports interdisciplinary learning and provides performance opportunities for students. All kindergarten through third grade students study dance for twenty-five to sixty minutes per week. Dance class includes an effective full brain and body warm-up called BrainDance as well as brain-compatible learning experiences.Kindergarten through third grade students participate in conceptual dance classes specifically designed to ignite the senses, practice collaboration, foster creativity and experience pure fun. Interested fourth through sixth graders may enroll in Contemporary Jazz or the Lower School Halau as a performing arts elective.Upper School students learn the basic techniques of jazz, ballet, hula kahiko and hula au‘ana and develop these skills sequentially through four levels of dance classes. Each semester, students alternate hula and jazz-ballet, giving them a well rounded dance education. Boys may enroll in hula, a year's course of study, developing their skill sequentially through three levels of study.Throughout the year our students have the opportunity to interact with clinicians from all disciplines who share their knowledge and expertise through master classes and lecture demonstrations. Guest chorographers are also invited to create set production numbers for our students to perform at numerous spring productions.There are many opportunities for the students to showcase their talent through school and community events as well as national and international performances. Students have performed in Austria, Greece, the Czech Republic, Italy, Australia, Rome, Peru, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan and throughout the continental United States. The students present an annual Winter and Spring Showcase, featuring Hula and contemporary Jazz-Ballet.The ‘Iolani Dance program continues to nurture a greater appreciation for culture, a family-like bond between students and teachers, as well as a deeper connection to their school and island home. The diverse program empowers our students to open their minds and explore their creative side for an unforgettable experience.HulaKane HulaJazz - BalletContemporary JazzLower School Dance'Iolani Dance Team

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A piano Remake of Colplay's hit Viva la Vida. This took me maybe about 6-7 hours total because I'm such a lazy ass. It was all done in Fruity Loops Studio, and I am fairly proud of it :D

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Michael, You really haven't missed anything by not getting the UFT magazine. The last one I got was just a FTM catalog with the words Ultimate Family Tree on the front. It had all of FTM's wonderful CD's for sale with just a couple short articles about UFT in the front. Bubba

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I’m soooo behind in blog posts! How was your summer? How is it that it’s already over?! This summer was filled with weekends far away from the city. Cape Cod, Nantucket, Portland, and my favorite of all, Burlington, Vermont. Everything is greener, the air is crisp, and the food is fresher because most of it is sourced from local farms. Our first stop on the way to Burlington, Vermont was at King Arthur Flour. What a beautiful place! One side of the building has an education center where you can take all sorts of baking classes. I’d love to go back sometime for one! On the other side of the building is an enormous King Arthur Flour store, which you can find every single flour under the sun. (Well, at least it seems that way!) There’s also a cool cafe to pick up lunch, or a sweet treat. Continuing our trek up north, how could we possibly *not* tour Ben and Jerry’s? So many flavors! We got to see how all the milk, cream, and sugar get combined together with candy, fudge, and other fixings to create your favorite Ben and Jerry’s flavors. After having a sample of their new salted caramel ice cream, I had to indulge in a full serving! Next stop was at Magic Hat Brewery. It’s unlike any other brewery tour I’ve been on. After watching a really fun film about the company, you walk though a self guided tour of the brewery. It basically involves standing on a platform above the production floor, looking at this: There are multiple computer screens on the viewing platform that allow you to identify each piece of equipment, and learn how the brewing and bottling process happens. We were lucky to be there on a bottling day, so the floor was full of activity! One of the most fantastic meals we had in Burlington was at Sweetwaters. There are a ton of restaurants in downtown Burlington which offer gluten-free menus, but we especially enjoyed Sweetwaters. There was just something about the food in Burlington… Everything was so incredibly fresh because ingredients are sourced from local farms, which are identified on the menus. Fresher ingredients means better tasting food. Bacon wrapped scallops? Yes, please! We were slowly running out of time in Burlington, and we really wanted to do two things – go for a hike, and visit a farm. So we did a little of both at Shelburne Farms. Shelburne Farms is a non-profit education organization with a 1,400 acre working farm on Lake Champlain. We walked about a half mile in before taking in the beautiful views and petting some really adorable farm animals. Can I go back now? Please? True story – while taking this photo, another cow was being milked nearby…and it decided to poop…which splattered on my legs. BLECH! I GOT POOPED ON BY A COW! (Actually, it was quite hilarious!)

http://www.aliciacarlsonphotography.com/tag/places-to-see-in-vermont/

First we told you to put lentils in your brownies and now we're telling you to put chickpeas in your cookies. And before you write us off as health nuts just out to ruin your baked goods, hear us out! We know that if you're going to eat a brownie or a cookie, you might as well eat a really good one. But you don't have to choose between healthy and amazing with these little gems. These cookies truly are amazing- in flavor, in texture, and in health. Want to know more about all the health benefits of garbanzos? Click here! These cookies are gluten-free, could be made vegan if you opt to substitute agave for the honey, and are full of protein from the peanut butter and chickpeas.To make these cookies you will need:1 1/4 cups prepared chickpeas1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons "grind-your-own" or natural peanut butter (substitute almond butter if you like)1/4 cup local honey or agave1 teaspoon baking powder1 pinch salt1/2 cup chocolate chipsPreheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a food processor, combine all ingredients except the chocolate chips, and blend until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl periodically to get all the chickpea pieces incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Using either a 1-inch cookie or ice cream scoop or wet hands, roll dough into balls and place on sheet. Press down slightly. Bake for 10-12 minutes. These are best warm from the oven! Tagged: baking, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, local love

http://www.moscowfood.coop/beetbox/blog/2015/4/6/chickpeanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookies

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Open UToronto is a University of Toronto initiative that promotes the discovery, use, creation and sharing of open content, resources and courses. What is Open? Open most often refers to the idea of sharing freely available content, and by extension the open or collective production of that content. News and Updates Ontario Online Shared Module Resources 2016 New: Six new sets of self-contained, sharable learning modules are available for use in hybrid, flipped class or fully online learning. Read more about these projects and our showcase event, Putting Students at the Centre: An Innovation Showcase and Idea Exchange New: Be sure to check out our new open resource aimed to help students prepare for learning online. MOOC News New: The successful Teaching with Technology and Inquiry: An Open Course for Teachers has been redesigned for a self-paced mode. The course just relaunched on edX. The MOOC report on fourth year of activity is now available! You can also review full faculty publications and interviews and presentations Learn more about Massive Open Online Courses at UofT QUICK NAVIGATION TIP: We hope you find navigating our site intuitive. We’ve divided up the site in to five sections. FIND helps you find open resources and courses created here at the University of Toronto. CREATE is the place to start if you are a member of the University of Toronto and you are thinking about creating an open resource or course. STUDY will lead you to helpful information on pursuing formal studies at our University. Use the GLOBAL section to find out more about other open projects and organizations beyond the University of Toronto (including access to open resources and courses hosted elsewhere). And of course, the ABOUT section will give you additional background on Open UToronto. Thanks for visiting us!

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I also wanted to show off this beautiful handspun silk a woman I work with sister spun for me. Isn't it gorgeous. Its just going to be a simple scarf for me. 6 rows dc & 1 row quadrupal crochet (if there is such a thing) its just a tr but you yarn over 3 times instead of 2. Done with an "I" hook I think.And I also made these simple cute thin accessory scarves out of this great yarn my boi got me from ebay. The lady sells a dozen of variety yarns in 15yard hanks for $3 .

http://motleycruiser.blogspot.com/2005/11/beautiful-yarns.html

While not yet on par with Thanksgiving or the 4th of July, New Year’s Day has become a day for runners to circle on the calendar, with plenty of race options to start the new year off on the right foot, quite literally. Even if you’re not willing to give up New Year’s Eve partying, several options around the Chicago area are available for runners looking to put their fitness resolutions to the test. Here are some early 2015 races that can provide some motivation and get you running outside—even if it is January. Chicago has several options for a New Year's Run. vxla 1. New Year’s Day 5K, Jan. 1, Chicago Celebrating its 30th year, the New Year’s Day 5K has become a Chicago tradition for many who want to make sure the year gets started with a run. The 11 am start time is a draw for participants who want to go out the night before and also be back home in time for an afternoon of football after the run. The race, which is held in Lincoln Park and features a course on the Lakefront Path, is expected to draw 1,500 runners this year. A post-event party is held at a local watering hole, and all runners 21 or older receive a complimentary drink to get the party started. The race benefits the nonprofit Lake View Citizen’s Council, which works to improve the neighborhood. All participants will receive a long-sleeve technical T-shirt and an impressive swag bag. 2. Commitment Day 5K, Jan. 1, Bloomingdale, Burr Ridge, Romeoville, Vernon Hills and Romeovill Commitment Day As the name implies, this series of more than 50 events across the country organized by the Life Time Fitness health clubs focuses on renewing a commitment to a healthy lifestyle for the new year. Organized around suburban health clubs, the 5K runs are untimed and welcome any runners to participate. The runs kick off a four-day festival at the clubs that feature educational talks, workshops, and even mini-triathlons to help get you motivated for a year of fitness. 3. Siberian Express Trail Run, Jan. 3, Danville Unlike many January races that emphasize just getting outside and having fun, the Siberian Express Trail is an honest to goodness challenge: a 7.45-mile trail run at Kickapoo State Recreation Area that puts your fitness to the test. Located near Danville, Ill., about two-and-half hours from Chicago, the Siberian Express is an old-school trail run (this year marks its 31st running) organized by the Kennekuk Road Runners. You’ll be challenged by hilly terrain you don’t find on the Lakefront, and all finishers will receive a stocking cap and medal. The post-race party includes food, drinks, music and prizes. This is the first event in the Kennekuk Road Runners Grand Slam Series, which includes four trail runs throughout the year in the Danville area. 4. Chicago Polar Dash, Jan. 10, Chicago PolarDash This event can be as tough or as easy as you want to make it, with 15-mile, 10K, 5K and 1,500-meter races. For those training for an early spring marathon, it’s a great way to get in a supported long run outside. If you’re interested more in a fun time taking on the elements, you'll be in good company in the shorter distances. And if you really want to push yourself, sign up for the Yeti Challenge and run the 5K, 10K and 1,500-meter race and receive all three medals. (Or really challenge yourself with the Super Yeti Challenge, which involves running the 15-mile, 5K and 1,500-meters.) The races starts and finishes in Grant Park and features a course mostly along the south Lakefront. Both the 15-mile and 10K are chip-timed, and all runners will receive a Polar Dash fleece, finisher’s medal and hot chocolate at the finish line.

https://rootsrated.com/stories/four-races-to-ring-in-the-new-year-in-chicago

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Today would be the end of my sembreak and tomorrow i shall go back to school. Actually, tomorrow i should have enrolled myself and should be attending my first class but here are the things i should do before i could do that: > get myself cleared for last sem > complete my OR-DR cases (cause you see, I’m a Nursing student) > get myself assessed for next sem >pay the tuition fee Sadly, i haven’t done any of that because lets face it, everyone hurries into the vacation part and gets to the vacationing like there’s no tomorrow. haha! However I’ve managed to make myself very productive as to the part where i shall take a break from school things and I shall be posting on the things I did when the photos are ready 😉

https://notablypretty.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/not-my-last-sem-break/

We had read good things about Pangane, so decided we would make the trip further north to check it out. Reviva, Peter and Ed, who we had first met at Nacala and then again at Pemba, also decided they would head that way. Our original plan was to take the coast road north, but everyone told us the road would be dreadful as it hadn’t been graded yet after the rains, so we took the easy option and travelled the inland tar road north. The road up until Macomia where we turned right towards the coast was in good condition most of the way as we passed through villages. There are definitely less people the further north you head which makes driving a little easier. The road to the coast started as sandy dirt which was hard and fine. About halfway the road became very slippery, although still firm. Then we came across some trucks, carrying the usual packed load of people in the back, having difficulty climbing a hill that was very, very slippery and sloshy mud. We waited at the bottom of the hill to see whether the trucks made it and so we would not have to stop on the hill halfway. The first truck kept sliding sideways and getting stuck, but no one got out of the back of the truck to help or lighten the load! Some guys in the back of the second truck got out and pushed the first truck back on the right track and to help get it out of the mud. They both eventually made it to the top so it was our turn. With fingers crossed we started, really hoping we would make it as I definitely did not want to have to get out in the thick mud! We crawled up the hill, not sliding but at times we were barely going forward and at one point I thought we were stuck, but slowly we made it to the top and firm ground again. Thank goodness! The track then was firm sandy dirt again until about 10 km from Pangane when it became softer sand, but was quite manageable. We drove through coastal villages, weaving our way through the palm trees with the ocean just beside us. It was really quite a scenic drive. Our destination was Hashim’s Camp which is at the very end of a small peninsula that juts out into the ocean, at the end of a quite large village. It was basic to say the least, but Hashim was very pleasant and helpful. We parked our car on the sand in the middle of the palm trees about 50m from the water. Not a bad location if you ask me. The toilet was merely a toilet bowl in the sand, flushed with water scooped from a larger container and with a reed wall around it. The shower was a dribble from a drum overhead or water scooped using coconut ladles from a container. It didn’t matter that the water was cold as it was pretty warm, even though it is winter. Hashim also organised our meals for us both nights we stayed. We had a feast of crayfish, different types of fish, octopus and local Pangane coconut rice for the huge cost of about $6 each, definitely a bargain! The weather had started to become overcast as we made our way towards the coast, not the perfect tropical beach weather. When we arrived it was still overcast and a slight wind had started, and it looked like rain. We took a stroll along the beach to check out all the fishing boats and see what the locals were up to. The men were mending an absolutely huge fishing net on the beach, whilst others were working on the boats. One man was caulking the joints between the planks in the hull of a boat by jamming wads of cotton into the gaps. Everyone we met was really friendly and happy. By about 5.30pm the rain had started and the wind had picked up. By 6.30pm it was pitch black, the rain was heavier and the wind was howling. Thankfully there are some “rooms” at Hashim’s that have a covered verandah on them, so all of us huddled under there to eat our dinner and try and stay dry. The roof did leak a little but it wasn’t too bad. After dinner, at the first break in the rain, we all ran for our tents and scrambled inside. The rain eventually stopped, but the wind howled for a large part of the night, although nowhere near as bad as the night we had to endure at Kamieskroon. The tents survived with no leaks and we woke to a beautiful morning with no wind and sunshine. Perfect! Hashim organised a dhow to take us out on the water for a few hours. The water is perfectly clear and a beautiful turquoise colour and was just too inviting so Ed, Wayne and I decided to jump over the side for a refreshing swim. The water was lovely and warm, and anyone who knows me knows the water and the weather have to be really warm before you will see me in the water! Now the challenge of getting back on the dhow – hmmmm. Wayne managed to get up first without too much trouble. I tried, but there was no way on earth I was strong enough to haul myself up over the side that was quite a long way above the water. Wayne tried to pull me up, no luck. Next plan, Wayne pulled and Ed pushed and eventually I was balanced on my stomach on the edge of the boat. By now everyone, including myself and the dhow captain were in hysterics. I stopped laughing long enough to manage to slide myself on my stomach over the edge and into the bottom of the boat like a beached whale – an extremely glamorous way to get onto a boat! At least I managed to provide some entertainment value for everyone! They rigged up a rope to help Ed get in the boat and he managed without too much problem as well. (Later we all went swimming again, and this time we all used a rope to get back in, but still Reviva and myself did not make a particularly elegant landing back into the dhow!). I think Pangane is a lovely spot and I’m glad we made the effort to visit. Yes it is primitive, but it is like being shipwrecked on your own tropical island. Yes it is a fishing village and there is some rubbish on the sand, although not a lot. Yes there have been things stolen from previous campers and Hashim is very conscious of security and ensured we locked everything up (none of us had any issues). It was a mini adventure and we had an excellent time and Hashim is great.

http://2taylors.net/2011/06/08/