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Australia's Sue Zanker is back with another cool grid-based tangle pattern for us.
Gord has an Op Art look to it and when you view it for a minute or two, the image seems to shimmer a bit.
"Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in black and white. When the viewer looks at them, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns, or alternatively, of swelling or warping." – Wikipedia
Sue writes that Gord "happened as a result of some 'mistakes'. … Needs lots of concentration I found, and I discovered it as easier if I did one square, then the one underneath and back to the first line, but that's just me! … The name Gord came about because it was what my husband exclaimed when he saw the intricacies of the black/white!"
The concentration comes when you're doing the solid black areas and keeping track of the alternating spaces to fill. You can just plunge in and carry on using Sue's suggestion above, of course, but you can also use the tip I used "way back when" when I added Arrowheads to the site. Gord is a tangle that needs no shading for its effectiveness.
Sue illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Gord here along with her drawing tips, a variation, and a completed Zentangle® with Zanzee, Sue's Diosea, a bit of Eke and some Printemps embellished with Zinger (or Indy-Rella) "tails".
Check out the tag suez for more of Sue's patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
Related Links
- Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
- A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle.
- Un motif n'est pas toujours un tangle — Qu'est-ce qu'un tangle ?
- Un diseño no es siempre un tangle — ¿Qué es un tangle?
- How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
- Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form
- For lots of great FREE tutorials on TanglePatterns, click on the TUTORIALS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page
- Strings! Have we got STRINGS! Click on the STRINGS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page for 250 different (free) Zentangle-starters. More than enough for any lifetime!
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Special Motorsports Event - NASCAR Preview Ups Anticipation For 2012 Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Jan. 22, 2012: For one day at least, Sam Alverson of Jacksonville, Fla., could lay claim to being NASCAR's No. 1 fan. It wasn't just because of his devotion to the sport; it's because he was first in line.
After a marathon 26-hour campout session, Alverson was the first of thousands of fans through the doors Saturday for the inaugural NASCAR Preview 2012 Presented by Sprint at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Charlotte Convention Center. The fan-friendly event, part of NASCAR's Acceleration Weekend, followed an overflow crowd for Friday evening's NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony of Richie Evans, Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough.
Many fans were in line the day before the event, forming a human chain that went halfway around the convention center and weathered cool, drizzly conditions. For Alverson, the reward of a 5 1/2-hour drive and extensive wait in the elements was a chance to greet his favorite driver, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon.
When Gordon jokingly questioned his motives for spending more than a day in line to meet him, Alverson shot back, "It's because you are the champ!"
"We have the most amazing fans," Gordon said. "It blows you away any time you hear something like that. … All the fans that came out, some of them traveled long distances, get up early in the morning or stayed up late at night on the sidewalk. That's pretty amazing, and that's what makes events like this so successful."
Gordon also entertained fans during a question and answer session with Richard Petty, unveiling a new paint scheme commemorating 20 years in the sport with longtime sponsor DuPont. More than 60 drivers were on hand to sign autographs and greet fans, with several participating in fan Q&As. Additionally, NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees new and old led fans on personal guided tours of the Hall's exhibits.
"We're thrilled with the turnout and the passion our fans continue to express," said Steve Sweeney, NASCAR's director of consumer marketing. "The NASCAR Preview 2012 Presented By Sprint offered a perfect lead-in for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 [on FOX, MRN Radio], and will only grow in the upcoming years."
Winston Kelley, executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, said the NASCAR Preview event was a direct result of listening to fans – including Alverson – clamoring for more of the sport during the offseason and a revival of the preview held in Winston-Salem, N.C., years ago.
"It's met or exceeded all the expectations we had, and we think this is the foundation we can just grow on," Kelley said. "This is just the start to us, and I think we can make it even bigger and better."
Two pieces of news came out of today's event, as Sprint unveiled its Miss Sprint Cup lineup for 2012, and American Ethanol announced sponsorship for two highly visible race teams.
Kristen Beat, a former on-air talent for Fuel TV, joins returning Miss Sprint Cup members Kim Coon and Jaclyn Roney for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Additionally, American Ethanol announced that it will continue relationships with Richard Childress Racing and RAB racing for the 2012 season. Austin Dillon, the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, will drive the No. 3 American Ethanol Chevrolet for six races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as one race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2012. Dillon's No. 3 American Ethanol Chevrolet paint scheme was unveiled at the event. American Ethanol will also partner with Kenny Wallace and RAB Racing for the Daytona 500 on FOX, as well as five races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.


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Watch: All Presidents Talk, Trump Gets It Done
Trump is truly a living deity, a giant among midgets, a cro-magnon among neanderthals and a force of light among darkness. We are blessed to breathe the same air as his exalted Trumpiness as we bask in the reflected glory of his august countenance. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt should be chiseled off of Mount Rushmore and Trump's benign visage should peer forth instead – in quadruplicate. Every coin, bill and postage stamp should have his Donaldness' likeness on both its front and back. Orange will be the official color of our country, and the red stripes of Old Glory shall henceforth be orange as well. Hillary Clinton's legal first name shall now be "Crooked", Ted Cruz's "Lyin'", etc, etc. A fleet of mirrored vehicles will flank Trump's motorcade wherever it goes, so he may always behold his favorite person.
I could go on and on about his gloriousness' glories but I grow weary, tired out by all this winning. Thank you for once again shining a bright light on the hidden virtues of this great and modest man.
Please, get a grip on yourself. I know you are psychotically pained by the President's success and that you machasheifah lost, but there is no need to get sarcastic.
What sarcasm? How can one not be in awe of our majestic "Cat-Grabber"-in-chief?
Guns are simple. Aim them fast and shoot. If the enemy is wise or you are faster, someone survives. Trump is fit. His wars are simple. I do not know who else has one. It is not exactly what I would have done if I was in office and jewish. I guess with the Chabad advising Jared, nothing can go wrong. Schneerson knew it all.
[Ask Rabbi Miller how he felt and ask Rabbi Schach what that meant]
Crab and seltzer still on his table but not Jared's. Could be interesting.
Why do you feel the need to put down Rabbanim? Are you that consumed with hate?
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Just finished System Components video part 1 and the LG AC Module looks like a great product. I did find out they are going for $618 per module and with (12) modules per string the total cost is $7416.
Question - Does the $7400 sound comparable to (12) 305w modules using micro-inverters? Comparable to (12) 305w modules using a string inverter? I would think design/installation cost would be much lower.
Question - Is my calculation correct? 305W@ 240VAC = 1.27A per module, connect the maximum number of panels (12) in parallel and your are up to 15.25A. If the residence has a 100A main panel, 20A addition from solar is max
Below is some array data
Inverter(s) LM305UE-G1 (Integrated with Module)
Modules 12 X LG305N1C-B3 (305W)
STC Array Power 3,660W
PTC Array Power 3,323W
CEC Power Output 3,256W
Annual Prod. Est. 5,252kwhr
Max AC Output Current 15.24A
Hi Rob,
That sounds expensive! One of the reasons that people get NABCEP Entry Level tested is so that distributors will realize that they are in the industry and give them better pricing:
I just did a quick email search and got this:
"Hi ,
We have about 473 of the LG MonoX ACe 300W module left after the sale and we want to push them out by Monday.
We will give this balance @ $0.995/watt for Mega-Watt Club members or $1.02/watt for other customers who are willing to take the whole balance. Mega-Watt Club members will also get Free Shipping as usual.
If you are interested in a lower quantity, the price would be $1.05/watt for Mega-Watt Club members and $1.07/watt for other customers.
The LG AC module comes with a 305W Microinverter already installed. No trunk cable needed.
See all Accessories you may need here: RENVU AC Modules
Read the datasheet here
Read the Installation Manual here
Read the manufacturer warranty here"
This means the ac module from this salesperson is about $1/watt and $300 for a 300 watt module.
I would also like to clarify what they mean by 300W, since it is not based on the PV. It is a 300W inverter on a 60 cell module, I cannot determine that if the PV was tested at STC by an independent testing lab, that it would be a 300W module.
300W/1.64 square meters = 183 watts per square meter
183W/square meter is a 18.3% efficient module, which is high end. Is it an exaggeration?
I can tell you one thing, that the 300W inverter is never going to put out 300W.
According to this datasheet:
The output current of the ac module is 1.27A at 240V
Here is how I would determine how to fit the most on a 20A breaker:
1.27A x 1.25 = 1.5875A
12 ac modules per circuit max.
We both came up with the same answer, which is proof that there are many ways to solve a problem!
Good work!!
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This Year's Puppy Bowl Contestants Are Goddamn Adorable
For people who aren't fans of football and aren't entertained by the onslaught of high-budget commercials during the Super Bowl, there aren't many options on TV Super Bowl Sunday. Few channels want to put great programming up against one of the year's most watched live television events.
But like money in the banana stand, the Puppy Bowl is always there for you to fall back on. Now in its 13th year, the Puppy Bowl pits two teams of adorable, adoptable puppies against each other in an event that's barely an event and has basically nothing to do with football. It's just live televised puppies running around in circles, warming your heart until you give some serious consideration to adopting a dog.
While there's still a couple weeks before the Super Bowl, Animal Planet wants to whet your appetite with a look at the Puppy Bowl's starting lineup. Here's a look at some of the compupiters.
Name: Wilma
Rescue: New Life Animal Rescue in New Jersey
Name: Slippers
Rescue: Help Save Pets in Illinois
Name: Nyquist
Rescue: Bonnie's Animal Rescue Kingdom in New Jersey
Name: Precious
Rescue: ASPCA NY in New York
Name: Nikita
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Name: Stormy
Rescue: Big Fluffy Dog Rescue in Tennessee
Name: Woody
Rescue: BarkTown Rescue in Kentucky
Name: Sully
Rescue: Humane Society Nashua in New Hampshire
Name: Smooshie
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Name: Archimedes
Rescue: Green Dogs Unleashed in Virginia
Name: Puddles
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Name: Lucky
Rescue: Operation Education Rescue in Tennessee
Name: Foster
Rescue: One Tail at a Time in Illinois
Name: Daisy
Rescue: Last Hope K9 in Massachusetts
Name: Beebop
Rescue: Stray Rescue in Missouri
Name: Blitz
Rescue: Miami-Dade County Animal Services in Florida
Name: Alexander Hamilpup
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Name: Parfait
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Name: Panda
Rescue: The Sado Project in Puerto Rico
Name: Oliver
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Name: Rory
Rescue: Florida Little Dog Rescue in Florida
Animal Planet's puppy-palooza starts at 2 p.m. ET on Feb. 5 with the Puppy Bowl Pre-Game Show. The main event starts at 3 p.m. ET and will run on repeat for 10 hours just to make sure you don't miss any of that sweet puppy action.
All told, 78 adoptable puppies will play, taken from 34 different animal shelters around the United States. As usual, there will be a "Kitty Half-Time Show" as well, because every needs a break from the ruff stuff.
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The United Kingdom has proposed lifting outdated confidentiality rules that ban the release of information about animal research.
Under Section 24 of the 1986 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, the Home Office cannot release any information about animal research carried out in the country. This includes, for example, information about people or places applying for animal testing licenses and inspection visit reports. But these rules are now "out of step with [government] policy on openness and transparency," said Home Office Minister Norman Baker in a public consultation launched yesterday.
Sharing information more openly will "help to provide a constructive dissemination of technical knowledge" and will lower the risk of duplication of animal experiments, the government says.
Both animal rights groups and researchers using animals have praised the proposal as a step in the right direction. "Freedom of access to information is … the only means by which research can be properly scrutinised in order to ensure the best possible outcome for people and animals," said the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in a statement issued today.
Chris Magee, head of policy at the pressure group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) in London, tells ScienceInsider that withholding information does not help scientists and their work, because it leaves a "vacuum that activists can fill in with misleading information." "Explaining what really goes on inside labs is the best way to counter the sometimes hysterical claims of so-called animal rights activists," says Wendy Jarrett, chief executive of the organization. The secrecy is also unnecessary because the threat of violent extremists is lower now than it was in the 1980s and 1990s, Magee adds.
This month, UAR and more than 40 science organizations will publish a joint document, or concordat, laying out how they plan to be more open and transparent about their animal research work.
Private companies welcomed the government's proposal but sounded a note of caution. Louise Leong, R&D policy director of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, said in a statement yesterday that drugmakers "would be looking for reassurance that any amendments to this Act do not compromise the safety of people who work in animal research," as well as their intellectual property and "commercially sensitive information."
The government's proposal seems to have taken these concerns on board: It suggests scrapping Section 24 while protecting the names of places, people, and their intellectual property. Under the government's favored scenario, disclosing animal research information "with malicious intent" would also become a criminal offense.
Indeed, when the U.K. government considered repealing Section 24 more than 10 years ago, then–Science Minister David Sainsbury said the biggest concern was "the question of penalties for people who improperly put that information into the public domain" and taking a tough stance against "animal terrorism."
In 2004, the government finally decided to keep the rules unchanged. Now, observers expect Section 24 to be scrapped, but don't know what will replace it. The public consultation closes on 13 June; the government says it will then "work quickly" to analyze the comments and propose a final option.


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Recap of Perry Saturn on In Your Head Wrestling Radio, 08/29/2012
by Vic Schiavone
Hosts Jack E. Jones and One Inch Biceps welcomed former ECW tag team champion and current member of Extreme Rising Perry Saturn to IYH Wrestling Radio. Highlights of this interview included the following:
What were his memories of Paul Heyman in ECW?
"Paul E was really great at putting us all together. He would do everything half-assed, last-minute which would make us all nuts but when it was done it was a good show all the time…Paul E would get us fired up. Paul E's a great motivator, and he would convince us how everyone in the world was against us and it was only him on our side…Paul E would get everything out of you just by talking to you. There's been so many times when I've been so mad at Paul I'm gonna kill him the second I see him. Two minutes after I see him I'm laughing and hugging him and telling him I love him. It's unbelievable how he is. Paul E really loves wrestling, no way around it…not the wrestling business, but wrestling."
Where did he enjoy working more, ECW or WCW?
"ECW. WCW was like being in Hell; it was the worst place in the world. Nobody was happy there. Everybody hated their job; it was horrible there…Everybody was unhappy, from the top to the bottom, and when everybody's unhappy it's a miserable place to be. Everybody just bitched all day. WCW made you hate wrestling; it was horrible back there…There was no boss in charge, anybody could do whatever they wanted, everybody would bitch all the time, the top guys never made shows; everybody was unhappy…The only thing that was good about that place was the money; they paid you good money."
Perry also discussed other topics, such as:
Who came up with the finisher "Total Elimination"?
Who does he think was the toughest wrestler alive?
When did drugs start to affect his in-ring work?
Why did he hate working with Public Enemy?
If anyone is interested in booking Perry for any events, go to his website at http://www.perrysaturn.net.
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Last night (Friday, October 26) the San Antonio Symphony led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing performed in the KLRN studios. KLRN will broadcast this concert four times in the last week in December and the first week of January as the sneak preview to the Brahms Festival. After this concert airs, the rest of the Brahms Festival will run from mid-January to mid-February, as the Symphony is joined by 19 artistic partners to offer over 25 Brahms concerts.
The unique part of last night's concert was watching the big boom camera swoop all over the orchestra. In the studio you have three options — watch the orchestra directly, watch the boom camera or watch the TV monitors. This camera offered viewing angles that aren't possible in a traditional concert hall. I especially like the over-head view. It's just like the shot you get when you watch the NFL with their camera that is suspended over the field.
Ballet San Antonio offers Dracula Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Lila Cockrell Theatre. When Ballet San Antonio premiered this dance last year, the Express-News wrote, "A meticulously staged, beautifully danced new story ballet choreographed by Zertuche… was a big undertaking and a big accomplishment by Ballet San Antonio."
The Symphony's first Family Series concert of the season on Sunday, October 28 at 1:30 p.m. This concert takes place at Alamo Heights High School Auditorium and kids are invited to come in their Halloween costumes. Many of the orchestra members are famous for wearing their dramatic Halloween costumes at this annual concert! Yaniv Dinur will conduct.
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L'Occitane is a line of high quality body care, skincare and fragrance products made from organic essential oil and shea butter. I've reviewed a couple of their products — many of which are L'Occitane best sellers — and for the convenience of my readers, I'm summarizing and consolidating them under one single post here.
1. L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
The cream is heavy with a slightly greasy undertone because it comes with 20% shea butter but it pentrates quickly and is definitely a superior hand cream, living up to its reputation as L'Occitane's best seller. Price is a bit steep but I highly recommend this especially for those with very dry hands. I gave it 5 out of 5 hearts and you can read my review here.
2. L'Occitane Shea Butter Foot Cream
This foot cream which contains 15% shea butter does moisturize and keep my feet feeling soft and supple but it isn't as rich and doesn't soften the most stubborn of callused skin on my heels that well. The lighter texture means it gets absorbed into my feet much faster and I can apply it on with confidence, without worrying about leaving greasy residue on my shoes, the floor or my bed. I gave it 4.5 out of 5 hearts and my detail review is here.
3. L'Occitane Ultra Rich Body Cream
This much acclaimed ultimate moisturizing comfort with 25% concentration of Shea Butter is extremely rich and good for those with dry skin or need more moisture during those winter months. I gave it 3.5 out of 5 hearts and you can read my detail review here.
4. L'Occitane Immortelle Very Precious Cream
This cream has a rich nourishing texture which reminds me of Creme de la mer. Yet, unless if I apply too much, the cream penetrates into my skin very quickly and my face does not feel at all greasy. I cannot vouch for the cream helping to reduce my pigmentation marks but I certainly can confirm that it makes my face look softer, firmer, with more radiance and luminosity after about a month of application. Again, one that I highly recommend for those looking for a rich night cream. 5 out of 5 hearts and you can read my detail review here.
5. L'Occitane Immortelle Very Precious Fluid SPF40
Formulated with highly concentrated, organic Immortelle essential oil with anti-wrinkle, firming and regenerating properties, the fluid comes with 12% of Titanium Dioxide and is supposed to contain high UV filters to effectively protect the skin from UVB and UVA rays, as well as defend against premature aging and the development of new pigmentation marks. This is great in terms of the texture, can be used on its own without additional moisturizer and does protect, but is not well rated for safety by the folks at Skin Deep. I gave it 3.5 out of 5 hearts and my review is here.
6. L'Occitane Immortelle Precious Fluid
I didn't review this product but I used this underneath the Very Precious Fluid and I like it because the texture is lightweight with a powdered finish and works well for normal to combination skin. This lotion comes with the Immortelle essential oil and is combined with fig gel which preserves skin's hydration, plus restructuring vitamin A and vitamin E with anti free-radical action. Provides an excellent base for make-up. Overall, I would give this product 4 out of 5 hearts although I would say this is not necessary if you're using the Very Precious Fluid SPF40 unless you've very dry skin.
7. L'Occitane Immortelle Eye Balm
I was given a few packet of samples for this best seller and honestly, I don't think much of it. It's got a velvety texture and is fairly light, not too rich. But despite what the impressive ingredients, I didn't see much difference to my eye area. I give this 3 out of 5 hearts but I have to qualify that I'm quite a cynic about eye creams and balm. Even La Mer's didn't impressed me.
8. L'Occitane Immortelle Brightening Cleansing Foam
Love this for the great smell. My complexion was indeed slightly more evenly-toned and radiant, but I can't vouch that it's due to this cleanser alone because I believe the other L'Occitane products could have also helped. But it does feel fresh and soft after each wash. I gave it 4.5 out of 5 hearts and you can read my review here.
9. L'Occitane Honey Comfort Mask
One of my readers, Happy Feet, reviewed this and said that the product does what it promises: to soothe, protect and strengthen sensitive skin. She loves the mask because she finds it really soothing and extremely comforting. After using this mask regularly, she finds her skin more hydrated and supple. In fact, she thinks that it has strengthened her skin and made it less sensitive these days! She gave the product 4 out of 5 hearts and her review can be found here.
10. L'Occitane Almond Apple Sweet Peel
I bought this exfoliating treatment because it promises to refine skin's texture and tighten pores. The texture isn't fine but it smells lovely and does leave the skin soft and supple. Unfortunately, I didn't see any effects on my pores. I paid S$69 for the big bottle but it has lasted me months because I only use it once or twice a week. 3.5 out of 5 hearts.
11. L'Occitane Almond Milk Concentrate
This is a silky, almost cream like concentrated milk that nourishes and smoothes the skin. It supposedly helps to firm and tone the body, especially the breasts I was told. I haven't seen uplifting effects but I do love how moisturized my skin feels and how I smell with this concentrate. But the 200ml jar is expensive at S$88 (or maybe higher now). I reviewed it under the L'Occitane Almond Body Care range here but if I were to rate it alone, I would give it 4 out of 5 hearts.
12. L'Occitane Almond Shower Oil
This shower oil transforms into a lavish, softening foam once in contact with water. It doesn't lather much but it does keep the skin clean and leave it soft. Good for an occasional pampering treat as the price isn't cheap. Plus it is only good if your skin isn't too dirty. My review is here and on its own, I'll give it 3.5 out of 5 hearts.
13. L'Occitane Aromachologie Revitalizing Shower Gel
I remember seeing this as one of the customer favorite in the stores but I could be wrong. But I certainly love this! It foams very well, leaves the skin clean and yet is not drying. In fact, I think it has some moisturizing properties even. I gave it 5 out of 5 hearts here.
Other products I've reviewed are:
- L'Occitane Rose Velvet Hand Cream (3 hearts)
- L'Occitane Ice Hand Cream Gel (1.5 hearts)
- L'Occitane Eau des 4Reines Eau de Toilette (4 hearts)
- L'Occitane Cherry Blossom Solid Perfume (4 hearts)
- L'Occitane Almond Delicious Paste (3 hearts)
- L'Occitane Immortelle Harvest Brightening Polish (5 hearts)
(This product has been replaced by Immortelle Brightening Smoothing Exfoliator.)
Others I've tried but did not review are:
L'Occitane Lavender Hand Cream, which smells great and is fairly lightweight but good enough for moisturizing. 4 out of 5 hearts.
L'Occitane Cherry Blossom Shimmering Lotion which is light even though enriched with Shea Butter but leaves the skin moisturized and perfumed with a delicate and enveloping flowery scent. 3.5 out of 5 hearts.
L'Occitanes Ruban d'Orange Shower Gel and L'Occitane Ruban d'Orange Soft Skin Milk which are delicious in ingredients and color but awful in smell. 2 out of 5 hearts.
Overall, L'Occitane has a range of good quality products and going by their quality and ingredients, I would say that prices for their skincare products are mid range and many are worth the money. However, while their body care are great for pampering, I find them a tad expensive.


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By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor
The Kure Beach Town Council was recently questioned by a local resident about the high cost of having an irrigation meter installed. The cost is $4,000.00 and the homeowner feels that's a financial burden just to have a separate meter installed to water their lawn and plants.
The Council informed the homeowner they set the cost at that level to discourage people from installing such meters. The purpose is to encourage conservation since watering a lawn from the normal meter tap also incurs a monthly charge for sewer discharge based on an owners metered water consumption. An irrigation meter only incurs a charge for the water, not the sewer. Various administrations over the years have followed the same method in order to make the cost higher and in turn encourage people to spray less water on their lawns.
The Town operates five wells drilled into an underground aquifer system. The close proximity of the wells to the ocean means the Town can only pump a limited amount of water every twelve hours from those wells (daily maximum yield) before pumping begins to negatively impact those sources of fresh drinking water. If the Town pumps too much water from those wells on a regular basis, they risk saltwater intrusion. That's a process where saltwater from the ocean basically moves into fill the void left vacant by the absence of fresh water. At that point, the Town would find itself facing a very costly situation including finding alternative sources of clean treated drinking water through desalinization of sea water, reverse osmosis or purchasing water from neighboring Carolina Beach who already has a limit that it operates within when pumping from 14 different wells to serve their customers.
The Town is absolutely correct in maintaining a fee schedule that discourages people from setting a timer and allowing their irrigation systems to rain treated well water across lawns and flower beds simply because they believe it is a requirement to maintain a rich and vibrant lawn.
It should be noted that while the $4,000.00 price tag to have an irrigation meter installed may seem far more expensive than the cost charged by other water systems in New Hanover County, those water systems have more wells and are located in less geographically restricted areas.
For example, Carolina Beach has 14 wells while Kure Beach has six. Of those six wells, only four are used on a daily basis. The other two are designated as low yield wells to be used only in emergency situations such as when demand is extremely high or there's a problem with another well.
Wrightsville Beach charges just a little less than Kure Beach at $3,100.00 for an irrigation meter. The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has a few wells yet it draws the mass of its supply from the Cape Fear River miles north of the City of Wilmington.
Kure Beach currently has three (3) residential accounts with irrigation meters. Last year they used around 750,000 gallons total for irrigation.
Debbie Elliot expressed her concerns to the Kure Beach Council about the high cost of an irrigation meter during their July meeting. She said her monthly bill for water and sewer was around $75.00 per month for two adults in the colder months but when the weather warmed up and she began watering her lawn from her existing service meter, the bill (water + sewer) per month was around $440.00.
Let's do the math on that. If any residential customer in Kure Beach uses 30,000 gallons in a single month, the water and sewer charges would be a total of $438.70. This excludes the charges for garbage, recycling and storm water that also appear on the monthly utility bill.
Each residential customer automatically gets a 2,500 gallon per month allowance for water and sewer at a cost of $37.
A customer using the minimum of 2,500 gallons per month would use 30,000 gallons in a year. So a person using 30,000 gallons a month to water their lawn and landscaping would use the same amount in one month that many people in Kure Beach use in an entire year.
Another way to look at it, a Kure Beach fire truck carries 1,000 gallons of water. So basically 30,000 gallons of irrigation would be the same as 30 fire trucks raining water on a lawn in one month.
The maximum daily yield for Kure Beach is 1.57 million gallons per day from all of their well sites. (Within a 12 hour period). They have six permitted well sites, but only use four of them on a daily basis.
One day last month the Town pumped 900,000 or 0.9 million gallons in one day (a peak for that month). That's a large portion of their daily maximum pumping capacity.
In terms of supply and demand, allowing additional irrigation meters to be installed without the disincentive of having to pay the price for sewer discharge would encourage people to use more water than they need and jeopardize the Town's ability to meet the needs of it's customers in terms of supplying potable water for basic quality of life purposes such as drinking water, laundry, bathing, etc.
The Town Council should continue to find ways to encourage customers to conserve water.
Currently, without an irrigation meter, essentially a customer pays for the impact on both the water system infrastructure as well as the limited supply beneath their homes. Allowing people to get water cheaper than they currently enjoy and thus eliminating the discouraging factor of also paying a sewer discharge fee will open the door for overuse of a limited resource. That could lead to all taxpayers having to pay more to fund alternative sources of drinking water.
Kure Beach is a small Town and it's not hard to drive around many of their streets any day of the week and see the large majority of their lawns are healthy, green and well cared for and all but three have used irrigation meters. The rest just water their lawns from a tap connected to their regular service meter. Of course, with the exception of a large number of irrigation meters used by area Homeowners Associations which are already billed at a higher commercial rate and also obviously have a large impact of the Town's water supply.
There are currently 279 residential lots that can be developed in Kure Beach. That's not including the potential for redevelopment of smaller older beach cottages to make way for larger structures and increased residential density and increased water use. The Town should promote the use of rain barrels, targeted irrigation methods, schedules and other alternatives such as planting native species. The Council previously adopted a tiered billing system based on level of consumption. The more you use, the higher the rate. That's a pretty clear message to high-consumption customers. That message is, conserve or pay the price.


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Sicilian Rice Ball Casserole Recipe
Want to try something a bit different for dinner? How about a delicious Italian dish of rice, tomato sauce, two cheeses, and sprinkled with a little more cheese on top.
This Sicilian Rice Ball Casserole recipe is taken from a popular dish called Arancini, which are those (very popular) stuffed rice balls that you see at Italian Restaurants.
The rice balls are filled with rice, cheese, sauce and sometimes meat. This casserole is dish is created from the traditional rice ball recipe.
The Arancini rice balls are typically served as an appetizer, but this casserole recipe turns it into a full meal!
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Treat your family to this delicious blend of rice, pasta sauce and cheeses.
- 3 cups white rice, uncooked
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/2 lb. ground hot sausage
- 1 lb. ground pork
- 3/4 cup of chopped onion
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 16 oz. of tomato pasta sauce
- 1 Egg
- 3/4 cups Romano cheese
- 1 cup Italian breadcrumbs
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
- black pepper to taste
- fresh basil to garnish
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. (F.)
Lightly coat bottom and sides of a 9 x 13 casserole dish with cooking spray.
Cook rice per instructions and set aside.
In a large skillet, sauté sausage until well browned. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
Using the same large skillet, sauté ground pork and onions - season with salt and pepper as it cooks.
To the skillet, add the cooked sausage, frozen peas and 1 cup of tomato sauce; cover and simmer on low for 20 minutes.
In a mixing bowl, add the cooked rice, romano cheese, egg and 3/4 cup tomato sauce and combine.
Add half of the rice mixture to the bottom of your 9 x 13 casserole dish. Press Rice into bottom and sides of the dish.
Add the meat and sauce mixture on top of rice layer.
Top with 3/4 shredded Mozzarella cheese
Cover with remaining rice mixture and press to make even.
Top with a light layer of bread crumbs and remaining Mozzarella cheese.
Cover and Bake for 30 minutes.
Let dish rest for about 5 minutes. garnish with basil and cut and serve!
You need enough breadcrumbs to coat a 9x13 casserole pan and to sprinkle on top
Let me know if you enjoyed my Sicilian Rice Ball Casserole Recipe or if you have any questions on any of my recipes.


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Excursion Overview
Coba is an ancient Mayan village in the state of Quintana Roo. In its day, Coba was home to over 50,000 inhabitants and had gained economic control over the region, trading extensively with other Mayan communities in what is today known as Mexico, Belize and Honduras. The only access to this once a commercial city was through rough stone and plaster roads, known in Mayan as "Sacbé".
Surrounded by two large lagoons, Coba boasts archeological wonders and is home to the tallest Mayan pyramid in the Yucatan region: the Nohoch Mul pyramid, which rises an impressive 140 feet (42 meters) height over the rainforest floor. You can climb all the way to the top and enjoy panoramic views of the miles of jungle that surround this archeological site.
A multilingual guide will give you an overview and history of the city and then you will be free to explore at your own pace. You will also have the opportunity to kayak or canoe in the beautiful lagoon, swim in the crystal clear cenotes and rappel above the Mayan jungle. Next stop is Chimuch, a small village, where you can observe how locals live, watch them make tortillas and you will be served an authentic homemade Yucatan buffet.
Excursion Highlights
- Climb the tallest Mayan temple in the Yucatan Peninsula
- Visit a secluded Maya village and enjoy its well preserved natural beauties
- Rappel down thrilling cenotes and soar the canopy in breathtaking ziplines
Tour Includes
- Transportation in air-conditioned van
- Multilingual adventure guide
- Mayan guides at locations
- Entrance fee to Coba
- Qualified archaeological guide in Coba
- Kayak or canoe
- Rappel
- Zip-line gear
- Lunch
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Tour Exclusions
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- Transportation to meeting place
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What to Bring
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Casino Answer Man: Advice on blackjack strategy
By JOHN GROCHOWSKI, At The Shore
Q. A friend of a friend said he used to just hit 11 when the dealer showed an ace, and now he doubles down almost all the time. We didn't have time for a long conversation, but my friend said his friend is a good blackjack player who knows all that basic strategy stuff.
So my question is, why the change? Has basic strategy changed? My friend didn't know, either. We were guessing it might have something to do with advanced simulations now that everyone has computers.
A. It's not basic strategy that's changed. It's the game.
In a game with four or more decks, basic strategy has always called for us to double down on 11 vs. a dealer's Ace if the dealer hits soft 17, but to hit if the dealer stands on all 17s. In one- and two-deck games, doubling on 11 vs. ace is standard, regardless of whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.
For many years, the more common set of house rules had the dealer standing on all 17s in multiple-deck games. Today, such games are rare, and almost non-existent at tables with low minimum wagers. So at today's multiple-deck games, your friend's friend doubles on 11 vs. Ace, where in years past he'd have hit.
When the dealer hits soft 17, it adds about two-tenths of a percent to the house edge. For years, I avoided casinos where the dealer hit soft 17. Today, such avoidance would leave few places to play.
Q. I know you collect stories about big casino wins and unusual happenings. I have one I think you'll like.
My friends and I were on a bus trip with the park district to a casino about a three-hour drive away. There's a casino half an hour from my house, but I like the bus trip. We pay $10, and we get our lunch at the buffet and get $10 in free play. It's a nice day out.
We were trying to decide what to do with the free play, and one of the ladies said, "I'm just going to play for pennies." I took the machine next to her. It was Black Knight. It had 30 lines, and I was betting 60 cents a spin.
On my very first spin, I got the three special symbols and got seven free spins. On the first spin, I got the knight wild symbol on the second reel. It expands up and down and is held in place for the rest of the spins. On the third spin, I got another one on the third reel, and the on the fourth spin I got one on the fourth spin.
So now all the symbols on the middle three reels were wild and for the remaining spins I was going to get at least four of a kind with any of the first reel symbols, and five of a kind if something on the first and fifth reels matched.
I never got any of the big symbols, the king, the queen or the jester, but I did get the crown on the first reel, and that was a good payer. I got five of a kind with sceptors, and that was great! The credits just kept rolling up and rolling up.
When it was over, I'd won 10,800 credits. That's $108 with my first 60 cents of free play on a penny machine. I played the rest of my free play and got another $7. Then I told my friend, "I'll never beat that," and I cashed out and looked for another game.
The rest of the day, I lost a little, but I still had $92, all from free on this bus trip.
A. Thank you for the story. I always love hearing these.
Moments like that are what make the penny slots fun, inexpensive entertainment. The games I play most often are blackjack and video poker, but when my wife and I are in a casino together, we spend some time side-by-side, playing pennies and enjoying each other's bonus rounds.
One of my favorite penny slots moments came on a Catch a Wave slot. It was the first time I'd seen the game, and I wanted to find out how it worked. I didn't have a first spin winner like yours, but within my first 10 spins, I'd launched the free spins. I had a couple of good-sized winners, then retriggered the freebies, and retriggered them again. By the time the bonus ended and the Beach Boys had finished singing, I had $65 in winnings. Surf's up!
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On the way to school on the day before the new school year begins, Sommerhoffnung Crugah finds that someone wants her away from the premises. Once she actually gets there, she finds that she is to be part of a monster-fighting group. However, at least two factions seek to subjugate her powers for their own uses.
Prinz von Sommerhoffnung by Warp Ligia Obscura (also available at SpaceBattles) is supposed to be an Alternate Universe Novelisation Mai Hime fanfic. It's so alternate that the character names are different... It is best described as a Mega Crossover. It follows The Stations of the Canon/Broad Strokes without adhering tightly.
This fic contains examples of:
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: The hooks on Ywiu's ring-knuckledusters punch through flesh and bone easily.
- Acrophobic Bird: When the library basement floor breaks open, Ywiu doesn't fly her way out. Given narrator's justification immediately afterward.
- Actor Allusion:
- At one point, Su-qi-wu-la says Maximum Power, and later her summon uses the
Starlight BreakerMoonlight Fixer. Later in that same chapter, she is referred to as having 100 fuck buddies.
- Ymia talking about "[beheading] you with invisible psychic arms" and Eywon saying that she "is definitely not insane or relaxed".
- At one point, Su-qi-wu-la says Maximum Power, and later her summon uses the
- Added Alliterative Appeal: "little lilac... loli"
- Broad Strokes: Name changes aside, when the first chapter ends with Sommerhoffnung NOT waking up in the middle of a school field with Dai-Ming, you know this is not going to be a faithful adaptation.
- But Not Too Foreign: Sommerhoffnung is half-
GermanGothofurtoan, quarter-Ch(o)inese and quarter- JapaneseElectopian, and there are others also similarly mixed.
- Celebrity Paradox: Acknowledged in-universe. Ken-ba-ne says "Any similarity to a Get Backers ReTrievers character are coincidental", to which Spadotto shoots back "No more than my similarities to a
BleachWhitener character?"
- Christianity Is Catholic: Averted. "You must remember that, while Catholicism is indeed the denomination of the
FrenchRancaskan Church, the Church of ScotlandThaneland that the campus' chapel is subsumed under belongs to the Presbyterian subset of the Protestant denomination."
- Creator Provincialism: Possibly the only reason why the setting was moved to
- Curse Cut Short: '"I know you've heard this before, Som, but how do you live with," she pointed at Winterhandlung, "such a du..."' Fill in your own blanks as to whether it's meant to be dummkopf, dumbass/arse or something else!
- Death Seeker: Sommerhoffnung. Implied in the sixth chapter when she seems disappointed that the Childless missed her, made explicit in the seventh.
- Dramatis Personae: There's one in progress at the SpaceBattles thread.
- Eldritch Abomination: Subverted. Spadotto notes that the Childless, while Starfish Aliens, do not have the Brown Note effects commonly associated with Hateworkian Horrors.
- Establishing Character Moment: A few thus far -
- Sommerhoffnung's hair colour comment on the ferry marks her as Genre Savvy.
- Ywiu proves to be a foul-mouthed Action Girl early enough.
- Spadotto's self-discussion of the methods he would prefer to destroy the Childless with reveal that he's not Dumb Muscle.
- Ken-ba-ne's near-nonstop sass as a (attempted?) Deadpan Snarker.
- Must's refusal of help revealing his Don't You Dare Pity Me! attitude.
- Fun with Acronyms: "KOUTAISHI", the local replacement term for "HiME", stands for "Knowledgeable Operative Undercover Terminating Application Issue Servitude Hyper materIaliser". Whatever that means.
- Wedey stands for "Weaponised Enhanced Demolishing Evolutionary prototYpe".
- Gratuitous Foreign Language: In addition to Ywiu dropping Mandarin and Hokkien all over the place like the beng she is, we also have:
- Gratuitous French: Prebr, but not as often as the other two.
- Gratuitous German: Sommerhoffnung is half-
GermanGothofurtoan, but she lapses into it pretty often. Musterteklang too.
- Gratuitous Italian: From Spadotto.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Ywiu as above, only replace German with Spanish.
- Hand Cannon: Sommerhoffnung's revolvers are (modelled after) .44 Colt Anacondas.
- Hannibal Lecture: When Sommerhoffnung tries to do a What the Hell, Hero? in chapter seven, Ywiu and Romea shoot her down harshly.
- Happily Married: Ymia and Eywon.
- Impossibly Cool Weapon: Ywiu's wrist-rings can shrink into knuckledusters and the "commas" are Absurdly Sharp Bladed hooks.
- Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress: Mentioned as a problem Ken-ba-ne experiences.
- Insane Troll Logic/Moon Logic Puzzle: Frequent and the reason why Viewers Are Geniuses is what it is here. For example, Ywiu's name.note
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople): The Mega Man Battle Network influence is largely visible from the altered country names, like Japan being called Electopia. Not all are from MMBN, though.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: "As You Know and I wasnt being facetious in emphasising those three words...."
- Mind Screw: A series of seemingly-inexplicable images described in the first chapter. Word of God says he was trying to put the original OP into words.
- Sommerhoffnung's recalled conversation with Timo at the end of the second chapter. Supposedly a Mondegreen of the lyrics of "Mezame".
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: "a shadow resolved into a horrible monster that exposed more teeth than than than some family that cannot quite be recalled at the moment."
- Mythology Gag: Sommerhoffnung's default outfit is based on that of Dark HiME Natsuki from the Mai-Otome manga.
- Ymia makes a joke about feeling "like dusty old tomes". Remember that Ymia is a Captain Ersatz of Reinforce Eins from Nanoha.
- "Lucky you not some sick bird, else sure big problem one!" In the original, Takumi was pretty much a Gender Flip Ill Girl.
- Never Bring A Knife To A Fistfight: Double subverted in Ywiu's fight with the gangsters. First subversion is that she uses her own bladed knuckledusters and some of the knife-using thugs manage to scratch her. Double subversion comes when some other thugs with metal poles tag in and she flies into an Unstoppable Rage, demolishing them and turning their weapons against them. Possibly a response to Singaporean incidents where thugs with metal poles fatally wounded innocents.
- No Conservation of Energy: Sommerhoffnung points out the sheer impracticality of energy-mass conversion, to which Ywiu mentions that their powers have Elemental Baggage and that she shouldn't be so concerned.
- Not Using the "Z" Word: The fanfic. The author's efforts to avoid invoking the canonical names can get Narmful.
- O.C. Stand-in: This appears to be why everyone is a Captain Ersatz.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Hei-gu-la-shi being made to give up her powers. "Negotiating from such a position of weakness... is not."
- Offscreen Teleportation: Invoked/Parodied. "If no one's observing you, you can get to places faster than you should be able to, is it not said ?" Also done when Spadotto shows up near the end of the Childless fight in the sixth chapter.
- Oh, Crap!: He-mu-la has one in the seventh chapter. What exactly he's shitting bricks about is currently unclear. He has another in the eighth when Wedey activates her Blade Below the Shoulder.
- Patchwork Kids: Nyarsrof has Ymia and Eywon's cowlicks, as well as Eywon's hair and eye colours. "Sommerhoffnung had the feeling that things did not work that way, but who was she to question it?"
- Poirot Speak: Pretty much everyone identified as having foreign blood will lapse into their mother tongue during an English sentence at least once, if not outright use full sentences.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Used by Spadotto when speaking to the mystery viewer, who throws it back at him promptly.
- Quip to Black:"Sommerhoffnung, we believe we've told you before to call us by our first names," Ymia said. "Calling us Herr und Frau Reyrcs makes us feel like... like..."
"Yes, dear?" Eywon asked.
"Like dusty old tomes."
The couple burst into raucous laughter at this, along with Nyarsrof and the twins.
Sommerhoffnung had the odd feeling that the Reyrcses had forgotten to do something. Something about eyewear that she just could not pin down.
- Retcon: The Nanoha parody was originally called Mundane Girl Tonedeaf Gigaha, but was changed to Empath Girl after the author used the latter in another, unconnected work of his.
- Retired Badass: Asuoui's proficiency with a knife, combined with some self-admittedly loose-tongued comments, suggest that he once carried out wetwork for Mother Sharo. Whether he served in GRU, KGB-now-FSB, Spetznaz or something else has not been revealed.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Done at the end of the eighth chapter, though the culprit has not been revealed yet.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Prebr, pretty damn hard. Kan-za-ji usually shies away from contractions too.
- Shout-Out: Many. The tagline doesn't contain "Reference-filled" for nothing. Whether you recognise the better-hidden of them at first glance, though... A (currently) cursory examination will reveal:
- "Envy is a nasty little bunch of things. Can't be launched without Real Impact and the usage of Swordsmaster takes away from your evasive ability." As well as more glaring invocations of DMC moves.
- "It's a Bridget."
- "Help me, Hei-gu-la-shi! You're my only hope."
- "Fuck it! We'll do it live!"
- Empire Minds
- "Let's Move Zig for Great Justice."
- "Releasing control arts restriction levels...."
- Sommerhoffnung sings a few lines from Emerald Sword before naming her Parent Draysoph, and names her guns U3 and Airmaker.
- Noisy Valley
- In the fourth chapter, Sommerhoffnung quotes Friedrich Nietzsche at length.
- Very Real Competition
- PS^2N plays Dusk Horizon from the Very Real soundtrack.
- Hatework
- "Wei he zhao ji?"note .... "Don't so serious!" .... "Will you be wanting the sundae, maam?" .... Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Were tonights entertainment!.... Very poor choice of words, [she was] afraid .... "Not very subtle. I most certainly hope not."
- No More
- Seizure-afflicted Shrubberies
- Tactical Dreadnought, complete with trademark Out of the Inferno. Also, Battlenail 1,600,000,000note
- ".... wear garish pointy orange shades with no apparent frames.... Kamina and
- You want a piece of m-
- Fabricati Diem Pvnc expression
- You want it?
- Oh-ho-ho! This is delicious! ... Yes! Yes!
- Kan-za-ji said as he shifted a pair of unfortunately non-METALlic BOXES.
- "Are you so sure of your success, or will you say 'damnit, he got me' when it falls apart?"
- Is this some Tactical Espionage Action youre involved in....?
- "Only a fool trusts..."
- Susanoo's beatdown of the sixth chapter's Childless riffs on the game version of Dio Brando's ZA WARUDO combo.
- The Pico Wrench Moonlight Fixer references both the Giga Drill Break from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and the Starlight Breaker from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
- 'come out of gorram nowhere'
- "Let's have a go at it!"
- "I am going to kill them and kill them and kill them."
- "Does he still Remembah Me?"
- Ken-ba-ne likes the term nineball.
- "Take it easy!"
- "To win, you must fight with heart and brains and your entire being!"
- "I am a star! And what do stars do? Shine! Shine shine shine shine shine....!"
- Must finishes off his first Childless with a Potemkin Buster.
- "Ooo what'cha say?"
- "Treasure Type O"
- ".... give them nothing, but take from them everything?"
- "There is no such thing as overkill, only open fire and I need to reload?"
- "We'll show you some proper, ah, use of weapons!"
- "but we are... outside context, I think you can say?"
- Are you dense? What, are you retarded? Who the hell do you think you are?
- ".... Sometimes the world dun like us to be a man, do the right thing."
- "Finish him!"
- "Because... of me? This... isn't about the Kelly Clarkson song right?"
- "Daughter, I am disappoint"
- 'Monster!' 'Beautiful monster... wait, a monster? T-that's so mean. That's so mean, Su-zu-shi-luo, that's so mean'
- "Five years ago, Shou-qin Enterprises faced insolvency and you all just fucking watched. Tomorrow There will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of loyal shareholders. We know you understand."
- The emcee said something about the next performance, something about the band Abismal Dusk?
- "Would you kindly move?"
- "Alright, chums, let's do this... GOHROY WESKINS!" For added irony, they're running away from danger.
- "I thought 'What?' when they told me the fate of the world and they were kind enough to not ask me if I spoke Kinglish."
- "Let's face it, this not the worst thing you caught me doing, yah?"
- Having the feeling that something was off, Hei-gu-la-shi looked at her, then at Rondeng, then back at her, before looking back to Rondeng again. She had the feeling that something was off and it was certainly not just the fact that Wedey was not her.
- "Return to your abode and be a family person..."
- "Why waitest we upon stale custom for consummation?"
- Sincerity Mode: When Sommerhoffnung shoots a District Ten Man In Black, Ywiu claps and assures her that she was being genuinely appreciative. Also done when [[spoiler: Ywiu agrees with Romea's Hannibal Lecture against Sommerhoffnung.
- Single-Stroke Battle: Ken-ba-ne kills his first Childless this way.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Ywiu, which is pretty much par the course for Singaporean beng.
- Slasher Smile: "Su-zu-shi-luo screamed, a disturbingly self-satisfied shit-eating grin stretching her facial muscles".
- Small Girl, Big Gun: Sommerhoffnung isn't exactly small, but U3 and Airmaker are modelled after Colt Anacondas.
- Sophisticated as Hell: The gang leader in the seventh chapter. Broken English, more broken English, The Order of the Stick reference, Poirot Spe- What?
- Left the Background Music On: Played with. Something plays Fitting Music in-universe at appropriate times, with characters aware of this.
- Stealth Pun: Shortly after He-mu-la mentioned "bad girl", Sommerhoffnung hums a bit of "Pleather for Breakfast", the theme of Bad Girl from No More Heroes.
- STYLISTICSUCK: The usage of Singaporean pidgin English, aka Singlish, by Ywiu is intentional and apparently part of the Hatedom's beef.
- Surprisingly Good English: If Ywiu's really serious about something, she drops into proper Queen's English.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Sommerhoffnung says this in Gratuitous German in the fourth chapter. Ywiu does this in the seventh in Spanish.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Asuoui kills the gang leader with a spine-stab, throat stab-and-slash, then heart-stab. Might not be instant death stab, but almost all muggles will go to the morgue after that. He then stabs the victim a few more times so that it looks more random and less "professional, if anyone experienced sees they might be suspicious." Might even be Cruel and Unusual Death.
- This Cannot Be!: Used word-for-word by He-mu-la after Hei-gu-la-shi chooses to give up her powers rather than let Rondeng die.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Ymia and Eywon.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Parodied. Ywiu tells Sommerhoffnung that she could do this, but the latter does not buy its possibility.
- Viewers Are Geniuses: How many of the more disguised/subtle Shout Outs will the average reader recognise? Lampshade Hung in TV Tropes fashion at the end of the fifth chapter via author's notes.
- Vigilante Man: Parodied with the in-universe series Doghunter.
- Waxing Lyrical: When Sommerhoffnung names Draysoph and her guns, she sings lyrics from the relevant bands. The mystery speaker in chapter four sings Don't Say A Word from
Sonata ArcticaConcerto Sahara when leaving Spadotto.
- When All You Have Is a Hammer...: Lampshade Hung at the start of the fifth chapter, where Spadotto attempts to think of how best to defeat the Childless but notes that all he has... is a hammer.
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Asuoui asks Ywiu why she did not start the fight against the gangsters with torching them. Her reply fails to convince even herself.


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The entry is one of the tightest spots, and very awkward with breakdown and a tall stalagmite in the middle of the floor.
A tight climb up a flowstone wall leads into the largest room of the cave... "Ribbon Room".
This is Shane coming through the squeeze into Ribbon Room.
This bacon is nearly 14' long and is the main feature that gives the room it's name.
The boulder on the right is pretty interesting. It formed stalactites in one direction, fell, then formed more in its new position.
I love the unique yellow tint to many of the features found in this cave.
These were lots of fun helectities throughout the cave.
This is one of the main features of Ribbon Room.
The walls were wet and actively growing more curtains.
A couple of fun columns with the large bacon in the background.
This is looking back down the passage leading out of the Ribbon Room and up towards Silver Room.
This white bacon in Silver Room is one of my favorite features in the cave.
The silver of Silver Room.
Beyond Silver Room there is a small pool that you have to awkwardly navigate around.
A nice long soda straw.
This is looking up past the pool towards the back of the cave.
And this is the very back.


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Vail Mtn Hosts Nostalgia Day for Highline Lift Sunday, April 15
April 10, 2007
VAIL, CO - News Release - Vail Mountain skiers and riders can take their last nostalgic chairlift ride on Highline Lift (chair 10) this weekend. The last ride up on the old chair 10 takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 1. It will be replaced this spring and summer with a new high speed quad lift. Highline Lift enthusiasts who wish to own one or several of the original Riblet two-seater chairs will be able to sign up for a chair from 12 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 15. Look for the Yellow Jackets at the top and bottom of the lift to be included in the chair distribution.
For those unable to ride chair 10 one last time this Sunday, interested parties can reserve a chair by emailing email@example.com and requesting to be put on the list. Please include name, email address and phone number.
Later this spring when chair 10 is dismantled, all interested parties will be notified of a pick up time and location to receive their chair 10. Individuals are responsible for their own transportation and hauling on the designated pick up date. All parts of chair 10, including any chairs not picked up on the designated date, will be recycled. All chairs are provided on a first-come, first-served basis according to the sign up list.
The resort plans to replace the existing Highline Lift that was installed in 1973 with a new high-speed detachable quad that will provide better and faster access to the area's expert terrain including the signature bump run, Highline, after which the chair is named. Construction of the new lift is set to begin this spring. The new ride time is expected to be half of the current 14-minute ride.


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The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research is one of the premier philanthropic organizations whose mission is to extend the healthy productive years of life through research on the mechanisms of biological aging. Because of the importance of training future scientists in aging and because of the national stature of the Barshop Institute in aging research, the foundation awarded Glenn Doctoral Student Fellowships in 2012 and 2013 to graduate students studying the biology of aging at the university.
In the Graduate School and at the Barshop Institute, faculty equip young investigators with tools that help them delve into the many aspects of aging biology, from studies at the molecular level on proteins and genes to research at the cellular level, including use of stem cell therapy in aging, to studies on the mechanism underlying age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, heart disease and cancer.>
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Arena Theatre
623 8th Avenue,
New York,
No one has favorited this theater yet
This late-run movie theatre on the west side of 8th Avenue near W. 41st Street depended partially on spillovers from the nearby Loew's American Theatre. Very little information about the Arena Theatre's history seems to be available, but it opened in 1918 and was operated by the Consolidated Amusement Company. Various Film Daily Year Books from 1926 list its seating capacity in the 800 to 1,000 range, though the most often cited figure is 953.
In 1944, an Italian-American group that had been running vintage Italian films at the Park Theatre (originally Majestic Theatre) in Columbus Circle under the name of Cinema Verdi switched to the Arena Theatre when the Park Theatre went legit as the re-christened International Theatre. Now known as the Arena Cinema Verdi, the 8th Avenue house operated until 1948-49, when it was demolished to make way for construction of the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
The Cinema Verdi policy was then moved to the Princess Theatre, where it remained until that closed for demolition around 1954-55.
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Thanks for clarifying the exact location of this incarnation of "Cinema Verdi," which was seems to have been more like a peripatetic forum for Italian movies. In looking at ads of this movie theatre, I wasn't quite sure which side of Eighth Avenue it was on. A New York Times ad from April 25, 1947 for the Arena Cinema Verdi promotes the American premiere of a movie called "The Little Martyr," described in the ad as "a pulsating drama of childhood." This was in fact director Vittorio De Sica's first truly great film, the 1943 "I bambini ci guardano"…which later was retitled to a more accurate "The Children Are Watching Us." Incredibly, it was not reviewed by the New York Times at the time! Only four months later De Sica's "Shoe Shine" would open at the Avenue on 6th Avenue to ecstatic reviews. If critics (and audiences) had been aware of De Sica's perevious film on childhood, shown recently two blocks away, they might have made some connections to and references to that earlier masterpiece. Not until a 1985 16mm run at the Thalia Soho did the Times review it for Richard Schwarz's presentation. The film, however, had already circulated in 16mm prints for non-theatrical showings and had already had other archival showings at film museums.
Thanks for the tip. I will pursue that the next time I am in Manhattan. And I know Italian.
See my previous comment for April 23, 2005 concerning the virtually unknown presentation of De Sica's I bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us at the Arena Cinema Verdi under the title of The Little Martyr. And see the newspaper ad here.
According to the January, 1918, issue of the trade journal Architecture and Building, the Arena Theatre was designed by the firm of Eisendrath & Horwitz.
To Lost Memory : I've just turned 85 and as a young boy I would frequent the Arena every Sat. that is if I had the 10 cents for the price of admission. 1934 to ? 1940.
You noted : "If both roof and inside theatre are used at the same time," The roof theatre must have been closed before 1934 as nothing existed above the theatre itself. Trivia…. Adjacent to the entrance, on the North side was a small shop that sold a hot dog and a fairly large stein of root beer for, believe it or not, for a NICKEL!
That site seems to require a log-in, TT.
The magazine referred to by Joe Vogel has a nice pic of the exterior. It is visible here:
Direct link to the above.
Great find, biff33.
The Village theatres below is also a rare photo.
Shame the site won't allow a print feature.
Could somebody link the Village photo with it's site on CT.
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater


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- Survive and Thrive - Do not be scared of having two children. Remember even in this year that everyone has told you will be so hard that your children are an immense blessing and that someday (apparently) you will miss these very moments. And, as always, remember that Babies Don't Keep.
- Invest Time in Relationships - Admittedly one of my biggest faults has always been keeping in touch with my friends. And it is not that I don't want to or mean to, for some reason the whole calling and talking to folks just always gets moved to the back burner for me. My friends need to know what they mean to me, and deserve to have that time. So does my husband. So, this year, I am going to make it a priority, even with all the craziness of two babies under two, to keep in touch with my friends and to prioritize alone time with my husband. Hello, Date Nights.
- Simplify - Husband and I are seriously considering pulling the plug on cable (satellite, in our case). Along with that, I am hoping to be able to create a better balance between all technology and other uses of free time. Additionally, we are purging the hell out of STUFF in our house. More on that soon.
- Blog Better - Not only do I want to blog more often and regularly, and CATCH UP on all the things I have fallen behind on, but I want to return to the authenticity that I feel my blog had way back when I started this crazy thing. I would also like to not feel guilty when I am not able to blog, fitting in nicely with goal #3.
- Fiscal Responsibility - Now that we have an actual written budget and things, we are motivated to actually put all the financial ideas we have had rolling around in our heads and have been talking about for so long into actual practice. Stick to it. Be accountable. And responsible. And you know, a grown up.
So there it is, this is what I am hoping for in 2013, wrapped in a whole lot of love and fun.
Here we go!
Evelyn Rae is almost 18 months old (WHAT THE HECK), I am 34 weeks along with Baby Bump (again, WHAT THE HECK)
...and 2013 is going to be a big year. One way or another.


text: Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championships in Saratoga Springs, New York. I was racing for W.T. Woodson in the Mens Senior 4+. Pros, cons, critique, commentary, suggestions always appreciated. Unity: Postrace Cooldown: I think for the third one i should have put the shell in the upper third of the frame rather than the bottom third because they've just finished their race rather than approaching the start. Oh well. Let me know what you think.


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Yeah, y'all niggas don't know nothin about this
What that nigga say? Enrich Oakland funk
Hah, gonna take that shit serious
Verse One: TajaiMan fuck an MC
I got a tip that's fat and lengthy like a 40 pistol
For your missus, baby she'll do me 'fore you miss this
Sporty shit whips your man senseless
Them obese hits, with thick wrists, so spin them ten bits
And come up, like these sucker punks won't even run up
And speak, we the reason that your shit is called weak
And y'all our liveliehood, as long as it's understood
The crew be rippin this, and you be strippin this
Like it was hubs, why? Because we cuttin them dubs
So fuckin fat, that you gotta bite that, we got it like that
I'm not no type actor hoopster singer or nuttin
We'll hook the track up, and I'll become the, decisive factor
Yeah!! .. Y'all niggas can't dream to think about this shit
You can bite it
But by that time it'll be too late cuz it's already been recited
Come rip this shit
Verse Two: DelHa ha ha ha!!
I try not to be, too tempermental
Everything I do yes it's true it's meant for mental renovation
With innovation laced it, embalmin fluid
Flew it through your speaker do it make you want to seek your soul
Like Nat King Cole, my shit is gold
I hold a pole of polarity, like a wand and fondle phrases
Ages, before you ever heard a lion roar
My minions were preparing for my birth to unearth the black core
The pearl of persistance to keep your interest
Keep evildoers outside with fences
I make my rhymes audible and portable and sort it for
The burst of energy cuz it's affordable of course
There's more to throw, to the sharks, and modify the marks
Perhaps I use a parable of Rosa Parks, on the front of the bus
I don't discuss coming less than us
Dirty devils never ques-tion us!!
Yeah, Hieroglyphics in the house, Souls of Mischief
Yeah check it out
Verse Three: A-PlusIt's the grill buster, the ill Plus-ter
My skills must abominate, niggas who ain't rhymin great I debate
The situation's critical; the shit you say is pitiful
Your skill tank is empty and my shit is full
Went to school unleaded
No one in this world ever said it
Get beheaded by the crew dreaded, MC dicer, I'sa
Little bit wiser, but yo my shit is nicer
The ill price you pay is this, I slice MC's with my greatest hits
We take no shit in rap, that's it, you wack
So get your ass on, nigga bomb
Be in the cut 'fore I get my blast on
Nigga earl's how you're comin at me, so I'mma brandish MC's
Until they vanish with ease, causin damage with these
Souls of Mischief in the house
Hieroglyphics, Opio come rip this shit for the crew
Verse Four: OpioYeah, one two one two
Who me?? Yeah see I'm only out for one thing
Domination, encasin MC's chasing they dreams
Evaded and slipped clean through the system
Mauled shaken-up and touchy cuz we dissed em
Bitch you need to listen to this one
The tension thickens, your heart rate quickens
Damn near beatin out your chest, ya can't predict what's next
I bet conviction is stressful, MC's that bite they wrestle
With the mic, all night, hopin to recite
Excite, captivate the crowd, make my momma proud, now
And forever will I drain, Souls of Mischief supreme
The crown tipped, to the side, you don't wanna collide
A landslide victory for the team they all died
Nigga, yeah, it's like that and-uh, it's like that and-uh
It's like that and-uh
Verse Five: PhestoA Hieroglyphics yeah
Clearly distinguished from these incompetent niggas
Playin possum with the mic, suckin peanuts
Tryin to be Phes, freak it with a twist
But missed, by a long shot, I hope they all flop
I manipulate the mic as a concussive force
No remorse for, preluckin MC's
I couldn't be cut with, the keenest of blades
Holstering the limits of pressing in it, projecting my image
Like a hologram, reanimatin MC's
Shamrock deceased, base Phes jus dissipated the rest
A waiting antihistamine is distressed and jaded
Phes escalated as the mack of all trades
Yeah, uh-huh
Souls of Mischief, Hieroglyphics, throw your hands in the air c'mon!
Yeah, you know we don't stop
Oakland California, hah
Lettin niggas know!!
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