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Billings recaps city accomplishments and looks toward future developments
A lot has happened in Estherville over the past couple years – a lot of good things.
Estherville Mayor Kenny Billings told Rotarians Thursday what some of those things were and how they happened.
Those accomplishments have included:
n Updating the water treatment plant.
n Work on First Avenue and Fifth Street and widening Fifth Avenue.
n South Sixth Street improvements.
n Demolishing eight substandard homes over the past two years.
n Revamping and lighting the suspended bridge.
n Putting electric lines on Half-Mile Hill underground.
n The Thoreson Pavilion.
n Removing the old tennis courts by the outdoor swimming pool.
n Placing drainage and a sump in the rock gardens.
n Consolidating the parks and rec department under city administration for cost savings.
n Work on Lincoln, Trinity and Spurgin parks and extending the walking trail at Spurgin Park.
n Both city and county law officers have installed in-car systems to send information to the law center.
n Replaced downtown light poles.
n Self-funded insurance for city employees.
n Hired a bilingual coordinator at the Estherville Public Library and established a new library website.
For the future, Billings said the biggest upcoming priority for the city will be housing. Toward that end, he said the city will conduct an annexation study.
Billings said housing needs to be a city priority.
Another priority is replacing the outdoor pool, with a major questions being where the pool will be located how it will be funded. "The public should be involved in it," stressed Billings.
Billings also noted that in August chief of police Eric Milburn will retire and the city will look at countywide law enforcement at that time.
Another priority is widening the road to Fort Defiance to accommodate a bike trail.
Rotarian Rick Olesen said he hoped everyone gets involved in making a decision on renovating the former Penney's building. A member of the Estherville Industrial Development Corporation that bought the building and that hopes to restore it, Olesen said the EIDC Board of Directors had determined that cost of tearing down the building and putting in a parking lot versus restoring it "was pretty much a wash."
Billings noted that the plan called for the city to loan EIDC $400,000 which would be repaid at $50,000 yearly. He said two tenants are in line to locate businesses in the building.
Chris Fuhrman said the Chamber has also expressed interest in locating in the building.
Billings also noted that "We have some interest" in a party building assisted living in Estherville. "We have somebody that's very serious about that."
Olesen, noting he was also on the Iowa Lakes Corridor Board of Directors, said the 18-35 demographic was important for employers and that investing in apartments and condos in Estherville would be a good way to capture that age group.


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Yesterday there was a veritable flood of new information about StarCraft 2, including the news that there may not be the ability to play multiplayer via a LAN. Now, it's possible that feature may be added between now and release, or Blizzard has something else up its sleeve to make up for its lack, because the response online so far has not been kind.
Still, we're in the middle of quite a large backlash when it comes to StarCraft 2. So I ask you, dear readers, have you soured on the game yet? Are you re-thinking your decision to buy? Let's find out.
This is your chance to have you voice heard... at least by us and other readers of the site. StarCraft is being split into three race-specific games with what sounds like an epic story, with single-player featuring situations and even units that can't be found in multiplayer. Battle.net is going to be all new and updated, but there may not be LAN play. How does this change your buying plans as of today?
Has Blizzard turned you off with new StarCraft 2 announcements?(polls)
Last week we asked about how interested you are in digital distribution. The results speak for themselves: the majority of Opposable Thumbs readers are interested in digital distribution, at least in some cases. Very few gamers are completely against the idea of games being sold digitally, without physical cases or discs. This is good news for Steam, the PSP Go, and the iPhone... but bad news for Gamestop.
1,255 of you can't wait to get rid of retail stores for games, and 1,143 are fine with buying digitally in at least some cases. A small number feel there are way too many variables to vote on a poll, and only 16 percent are still in love with physical media. It seems that digital distribution is palatable to the majority of Ars Technica readers.
People may complain bitterly about the lack of boxes and discs when buying games online, and the inability to resell your games bothers some, but those issues don't seem to be bothering people too terribly much. Let's take a look at how the answers break down.

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The eighth Kosovo Human Development Report tackles the challenging linkages between migration and human development. The report analyses the impact of migration on demography, economy, social inclusion, education, health (-care) and public participation. The report drew attention due to three important facts:
One out of every four Kosovans currently lives and resides outside of Kosovo; Financial flows from members of the Diaspora correspond to one fifth of Kosovo's GDP, and for the first time in Kosovo, an analysis of data on migration has been conducted from a human development perspective.
* In line with UNSCR 1244 (1999)
The second National Human Development Report for the Maldives – 'Bridging the divide: addressing vulnerability and inequality' – finds that ensuring equitable distribution of developmental gains amongst the Maldivian people has proved to be a challenge. At the same time, the country remains vulnerable to internal and external shocks, including the impact of climate change.
2016 Awards for Excellence in Human Developing Reporting Awardee
This report looks at how to engage young people in conversations about development. It is an excellent example of how to give people a voice to shape their own future. Young people were closely involved in the report's production and in taking the recommendations forward. It led to Sri Lanka's first blog on youth and development, which dozens of young Sri Lankans now contribute and is now published in a national newspaper. Two years after its launch, the findings of these reports are informing many discussions and policy-making processes which range from the draft of a youth policy action plan through a university diploma in youth development.
The report examines the pivotal role of Sri Lankan youth. You and Development: Towards a More inclusive Future considers the opportunities and challenges youth face as the nation progresses through the 21st century. This has been the year for youth in Sri Lanka, highlighted by the launch of the first National Youth Policy and the hosting of World Conference on Youth. Which led to an outcome statement for the first time was jointly signed by the Government and youth delegates.
This Report focuses on the productive abilities of the regions, households and
individuals. The report also reinforces the fact that there are inequalities between and within regions, as well as social groups. It reveals that there is ethnic dimension to the geographic disparity. It also points out human development does not only depend upon access to facilities and productive abilities but also on
the opportunities available.
The report rightly recommends strengthening inclusive growth and looking into innovation in development models for problems that defy general economics. Inclusive Growth and innovation in development models are important at this time, as Nepal tries to move out of a long drawn out political transition and its commitment to graduating from Least Developed Country to a Developing Country status by 2022.


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IT contractors working for IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) in the UK are being hit with a 10 per cent rate cut from this week.
A Reg reader said that IT bods were being told that they had to accept the rate reduction from this weekend.
Recruitment firm Hays confirmed that contractors were getting their pay chopped, but wouldn't give any further details.
"Some contractors are being notified of proposals to change their daily rates," a spokesperson said. "Those individuals affected by the changes are being contacted directly."
According to IT Jobs Watch, IT contractors at IBM GTS in the UK make an average daily rate of £425 and an average hourly rate of £24.95.
GTS, which takes care of stuff like hardware outsourcing and product maintenance, had essentially flat sales in the third quarter, after a small increase in Q2.
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The Garden of The Sleeping Giant, in Fiji, is one of the most stunning examples of natural beauty that I have laid eyes on, anywhere in the world (even more stunning than the new-in section on Zara). That's a pretty big statement, but I have never been anywhere else that is so floral, so luscious and so jaw-droppingly green. To me, it is exactly how I imagined Fiji would be for the years and years that I spent dreaming of visiting.
The name stems from the mountain that it is in the shadow of, as it supposedly looks like a sleeping giant- something which I can vouch for. Our very friendly tour guide pointed out the different sections that make up the face- and once you see it, you can't unsee it!
It has beautiful landscaped gardens, with more than 2000 varieties of Asian orchids and every other type of flower and plant that you could ever imagine.
There's also beautiful lily ponds and quaint streams and fountains running through the gardens, with authentic little wooden bridges over them.
The staff here are absolutely wonderful and they have incredible knowledge of all the different plants, which they happily share with visitors.
After this section, you enter into a dense rainforest which gives you a real taste of what Fiji would have been like before mass tourism and commercialisation.
The humidity in here is insane but it's so overwhelmingly gorgeous that I didn't even notice until after we'd left and I looked in a mirror- and saw that my hair had blown up to ten times its usual size.
I ended up taking so many pictures, a lot of which were really similar, but every single step you discover something new and amazing and it's impossible not to want to capture every single moment of the journey.
There's also plenty of hammocks dotted around the place, that offer an ideal opportunity to take a breather and just admire everything in all its perfection.
I honestly can't describe to you how beautiful this place is, and even the pictures can't possibly do it justice.
If you are in Fiji, you have to visit as this was possibly the biggest highlight of the whole trip for me. It's a fantastic chance to see a different side to the natural beauty of Fiji- away from the sandy beaches and marine-life that it is famed for.
For more information- and less awe-struck gushing- I would definitely recommend visiting the Fiji Tourism website.


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(Los Angeles, Ca.) TLC steps up to the plate with a new six-part docu-series sharing the lives of professional baseball's most loveable bad boy, the All-Time Hit King, Pete Rose and his new fiancée, former Playboy model Kiana Kim. PETE ROSE: HITS & MRS. premieres Monday, January 14 at 10 PM ET/PT and follows Pete and Kiana as they blend their respective families and prepare for a new life together.
Pete and Kiana are happily engaged - but as with many couples, the road to a wedding isn't always smooth. This new modern family will experience all of the challenges other families face - and much more. Much younger than her soon to be husband, Kiana is a vivacious mother of two beautiful kids from a previous marriage, Cassie (14) and Ashton (11). This will be Pete's third go-around raising kids, as he brings four older children of his own into the mix - some of whom have reservations about Kiana's age and their upcoming nuptials. Together they will face the added challenge of determining where to lay down roots. With Pete living and working in Las Vegas, and Kiana and her two kids residing in Los Angeles, can they manage a long distance relationship under separate roofs in different cities?
Pete's legendary history with baseball further complicates their lives. Kiana and her family know very little about that part of his past and his side of the story behind the public problems he continues to face. Pete shares more about his rise to fame in - and infamous banning from - the sport he loves, lives and breathes. With the support of Kiana and her kids, his family and legions of diehard fans, Pete considers appealing to the commissioner again on reinstatement. PETE ROSE: HITS & MRS. takes viewers along for the ride as he attempts to bring his new family together, celebrate his extraordinary career and live the life he's always wanted to have.
PETE ROSE: HITS & MRS. is produced for TLC by Creature Films. Executive producers for Creature Films are Mark Ford and Kevin Lopez.
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TLC is available in more than 99 million homes in the US and more than 227 million households in nearly 150 markets internationally. A destination online, TLC.com offers in-depth fan sites, exclusive video content, and original editorial covering style, home, food, and more. Fans can also interact with TLC via On Demand services, on mobile platforms, including an iPhone App, and through social media such as Facebook or @TLC on Twitter. TLC is part of Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA,DISCB, DISCK), the world's number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 209 countries and territories.


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Equities are steady this morning and The Trader Dominic Picarda remains positive, although he is cautious about over bullishness.
Simon Thompson recommendation. Sanderson (SND) says that trading for the year to 30 September was in line with expectations with revenues of around £13.8m and margins up to 87 per cent from 83.6 per cent. Recent contract wins and acquisitions mean management is confident of further progress despite fragile economic confidence.
Chime Communications (CHW) has agreed a deal to buy marketing business JMI for $70.6m and is launching a £25.6m fundraising to part-fund the deal. JMI is a marketing agency which specialises in motor sports.
Investment business SVG Capital (SVI) increased its net asset value per share by 3.5 per cent to 497.2p a share in the three months to 30 September and has now increased its net asset value by 27.1 per cent this year.
Avon Rubber (AVON) has been awarded two development contracts, with the Defence and Science Laboratory and oilfield services business Oceaneering. Both originate from VR Technology, the diving specialist equipment business that Avon acquired earlier this year.
Engineered ceramics specialist Vesuvius (VSVS) says that conditions in its end markets have not picked up markedly but that the company has been trading in line with expectations of late.
Sirius Minerals (SXX) has completed the acquisition of a farm near Whitby which occupies land that Sirius intends using as part of its potash project there.
Related articles
- Lord Coe's Chime drives into US with motorsport deal (telegraph.co.uk)
- Lord Coe Agency Revs Up £50m Motorsport Deal (news.sky.com)
- Lord Davies steps up drive for women on Chime board (standard.co.uk)
- Chime appeals to FG to rehabilitate Federal roads in Enugu. (kaykayjabari.wordpress.com)
- This Week in Sirius XM Radio (fool.com)
- Why Sanderson Farms Shares Sank (dailyfinance.com)
- Selinsgrove Town Clock Chimes Again (dailyitem.com)
- Potash mine plan on North York Moors hits new snag (yorkshirepost.co.uk)
- Global deals secured for potash mine (yorkshirepost.co.uk)
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The Cable Card is a standard for removable encryption keycards created by Cable Labs, the industry research and development of the CATV industry.
Its goal was to permit users to purchase any device they liked to receive the digital and pay cable services they subscribe to, without having to get that device from their cable service provider.
- http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=679
- http://www.pcworld.com/digitalworld/article/0,aid,117587,00.asp
- http://www.timewarnercable.com/corporate/products/digitalcable/cablecard.html
Will this allow me to access (record) programs from my cable tv provider without a settop box? Which cable tv providers support Cable Card?
It would, if anyone manufactured a QAM compatible digital cable tuner card that took a Cable Card -- currently, no one does that I can discern.
New Addition to Cablecard
FCC have recently pushed back the deadline for Cablecard to the 1st of July 2007. Having said that the FCC have indicated both publicly and privately that this date will be stuck to and not negotiable. In addition this date may be moved forward should the FCC feel that the cable companies are being obtuse in bringing this about.
The future of Myth TV will be greatly improved by a cablecard integration.
If anyone is working on this please contact me as I may have some funding available for this specific development.
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Republicans have a health care problem on their hands. Rising health care costs and Affordable Care Act premiums that are set to jump by double digits for 2019 could fuel voter anger, Politico's Paul Demko reports — especially with premium hikes due to be announced just before Election Day.
Polls show that more voters now blame Republicans for problems with Obamacare, and as the party in control of both the White House and both chambers of Congress, the GOP is "on the hook for the health care system's chronic shortcomings," Demko writes.
It's a dramatic reversal of recent political history, and Democrats are geared up to make sure Republicans feel the pain. "For the first time since it became law in 2010, Obamacare is a political asset for Democrats heading into an election—a striking turn after several cycles in which the law's unpopularity helped Republicans sweep into power in legislative races across the country," Bloomberg's Joshua Green and Sahil Kapur note. (They add, though, that Democrats will have to keep spending heavily on ads if they want to break through the never-ending barrage of Trump scandals and controversies to convince more voters that they'll defend Obamacare and work to bring down prices.)
Republicans know the peril they face — and they're worried about it. "Trump was 'successful' in making Obamacare worse — and now Republicans are nervous they might actually be held accountable for the pain inflicted on people who need health-care coverage," writes The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin.
And the Trump administration's recent decision to not defend Obamacare or its protections for pre-existing conditions in a court case only gave Democrats more ammunition. "Trump's anti-ACA moves are like a flashing neon sign: 'Republicans want to take away your health-care coverage!'" Rubin says.
It's no wonder, then, that congressional Republicans say they're eager to turn their attention to health care costs. The Senate will hold hearings this week on prescription drug affordability and health care prices, with the House expected to follow soon. "That is our next issue," Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, told Axios' Caitlin Owens. "We're just going to march through every segment of this. That's every segment: that's pharmaceuticals, that's PMBs [pharmacy benefit managers], that's doctors, that's hospitals."
Yet even as Republicans look to act, the party remains somewhat divided on where to put its efforts, with some GOPers still focused on repealing and replacing Obamacare, Owens writes. There might be a couple of problems with that, even leaving aside the difficulty Republicans have had — and will likely continue to have — with their repeal efforts.
First, Obamacare has gained in popularity, so repeal efforts might do very little beyond energizing some in the GOP base. Second, as Owens notes, rising Obamacare premiums represent "just a small part of the overall system, which is grappling with drug prices, surprise hospital bills and a trend toward higher out-of-pocket spending." Another Obamacare repeal push, if it comes, might make it more difficult to address the health care costs that really hit most Americans' wallets.


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SKF supplies solutions to the e-up!, Volkswagen's first full electric car
Gothenburg, 9 April, 2014: SKF is supplying Volkswagen with energy efficient bearings to the E-powertrain of their first full electric vehicle, the e-up!.
SKF is supplying customized tapered roller bearings and SKF eDrive Ball Bearings to the electric motor and gearbox of the e-up!, which was launched the Fall of 2013. The solutions help to reduce the friction and noise in the E-powertrain, enabling an extended driving range of the vehicle.
Tryggve Sthen, President, SKF Automotive says, "SKF is very happy to be equipping the Volkswagen e-up!. The SKF eDrive Ball Bearing is a product in our SKF BeyondZero portfolio and is one of our energy efficient solutions for hybrid and full electric vehicles. Our partnership with Volkswagen has grown over the years and we both are taking positive steps in the area of sustainability to reduce the emission footprint of greenhouse gas globally. We are very proud to work with Volkswagen."
Since the market launch of the first electric cars from Volkswagen, SKF continues to work closely together with Volkswagen to support them in developing the next generation of e-cars.
The SKF BeyondZero portfolio includes products and solutions from SKF which bring significant environmental benefits to our customers in preserving the balance of the atmosphere, promoting efficient and responsible use of land resources and/or avoiding discharges into water. The solutions also bring value by improving the efficiency of the application leading to positive consumer end-effects like for ex. fuel savings.
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Ocean Art
Images of sailors and vessels appear in the traditional media of painting and drawing, but also in the decorative arts, utilitarian items, ephemeral objects, even carved in rock walls of mountains and deserts. Museums, of course, are predictable sources for these works, but they can also be found in expressions of popular culture, past and present, in fiction and non-fiction, in films, poetry and song.
For a comprehensive list of ocean-related literature, please visit Further Reading. To suggest artists for this page, send us an email.
offers a collection of art landscape photography by Jan Erik Waider. Waider's work captures the raw stillness of the Nordic countries of Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and beyond.
|David Rumsey Map Collection
This historic map collection is a true work of art. The more than 87,000 maps and related images available include rare 16th through 21st century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic, and the World. A stunning collection and a fabulous resource.
|Krisanne Baker is an activist and ecological artist. Her paintings, drawings, printmaking, and installations are concerned with water quality, fresh water availability, and water rights. Her artist statement reads as such: "My work as an ecological artist and activist conceptualizes concern for humanities' unsustainable practices and the vulnerability of water -- from the local to the global..."
|The Marine Foundation is an eco arts organization dedicated to creating living underwater sculptures that regenerate marine ecosystems and support a network of coral gardens around the world.
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California created the nation's first statewide network of 124 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) stretching from Oregon to the Mexico border. Soon after the system was established, photographer Jasmine Swope set out to capture the essence of the marine parks. The result is "Our Ocean's Edge," a photo-documentary project paired with narratives written by author Dwight Holing. The project captures the fragility and beauty of the MPAs in the hope that the project will increase awareness about their benefit and necessity and will inspire further conservation action and public will.
Mami Wata: Art for Water Spirits
Here you will find a survey of artistic representations of Mami Wata, an African goddess of the sea, by Dr. Henry John Drewal, a colorful portfolio of artistic representations of this sea spirit who has found her way into the material and religious culture of Africa and the African diaspora.
|Deep Water
Ran Ortner is a New York artist, painter, sculptor and print maker. His work consists of paintings of the ocean on large canvases as much as 8-feet high by 30-feet long. No land, no sky, no boats, no point of reference. These are gorgeous tapestries: we hope you'll have a look.
Sound artist Halsey Burgund and marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols joined forces to collect the voices of people around the world as they recount personal experiences with the ocean. Combined with music written by Halsey, the voices become an integral part of a new musical composition and audio collages which listeners can modify to suit their own preferences.
Journey Deep Into the Heart of Water
Artist Laurent Costa uses a microscope to capture the pure essence of water, to look at it in a pure state and find magic in the present moment. Laurent has said, "The hour is for the awareness of our world heritage. The purpose of this project is to educate about the protection or our water systems and to have a better understanding of water by such simple gestures.
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One man's artistic vision: this museum off the coast of Cancun has nearly 500 sculptures sunken in up to 10 meters of water-a vital tourist attraction but also a front line in conservation as it diverts divers from Mexico's fragile coral reef.
Cape Farewell brings artists, scientists and educators together to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change. Created by David Buckland, Cape Farewell has led three expeditions into the wild, beautiful and icy High Arctic, a place for artistic inspiration and scientific enquiry.
|Books of Ice
Sculptures by Basia Irland. Text by Kathleen Dean Moore. Published in March/April 2013 Orion Magazine.
|Art and the Sea Gallery
This gallery at Britain's National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, offers an overview of the sea in European visual culture from the 16th to 21st centuries.
|American Society of Marine Artists
A gallery of members' work is an outstanding feature of this site on contemporary American marine art. ASMA is a membership organization aiming to recognize and promote marine art and history, and to encourage the interests of artists, historians, marine enthusiasts and others.
|The Institute for Figuring: Crochet Coral Reef
The Institute For Figuring is crocheting a coral reef: a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world.
|Arden Scott: Sculptor
Arden Scott's environment provides much of the inspiration for her artwork, which most recently has centered on the creation of elegantly simplified sculptures of boats, canoes and other pleasure craft.
|Saltwater Yirkalla Bark Paintings of Sea Country
The Australian National Maritime Museum's display of its renowned Saltwater Collection... eighty spectacular Indigenous bark paintings that double as legal documents. All of these works were painted by artists among the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land in the late 1990s to explain their traditional ties with the region's coastal zone - their 'saltwater country.' Click here for image gallery.
Please visit Ocean Publications
- Ocean Climate
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With a game capable of reaching a global audience, WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER can expand interest in ocean issues and habitats, and excite students about the infinite possibilities associated with ocean exploration. LEARN MORE.


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Here is ageless football-playing machine Ray Lewis giving a bit of a pep talk to the Stanford hoopsters before Tuesday's NIT matchup. The Cardinal then went out and defeated UMass, 74-64.
Maybe the team will just play the Any Given Sunday speech before the championship game against Minnesota. Ah, hell, just go the full Hoosiers. It'll take a lot to top ol' Ray here.
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Mine was silk bra and panty set, from House of Frasor along with a white nylon slip. I was so nervous and bought them as if for my girlfreind. What a fantastic and memorable day that was.
Mine was silk bra and panty set, from House of Frasor along with a white nylon slip. I was so nervous and bought them as if for my girlfreind. What a fantastic and memorable day that was.
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I bought a babydoll dress and a thong white mesh with little hearts printed all over it. I was in uniform I said it was for my girlfriend, but the sales ladie knew my girlfriend was the same size as me.
well even if i'm wrong, you know i'm right
Most of my early stuff came from girlfriends. The first thing I bought myself was a pair of 4.5" single sole, black stilettos. They are a classic pump, slightly pointy toe but not too much. I still have them, I still have trouble walking in them. 4" is about my limit for walking naturally, any higher than that and I get that can't straighten the knee fully silly girl walk. Regardless, they're sexy shoes and I love wearing them.
My first female clothing purchase was two 4-packs of string bikini panties, and later that same week a steel boned under-bust corset, which I took back the very next day and exchanged for a full corset, because the under-bust one gave me way to much 'muffin top'. I didn't have to talk to anyone about the panties, but actually admitted to the SA at the corset shop that the corset was for me, even though I was fully en-drab.
The first items I brought myself was some white lacy stockings and suspender belt with a pink silk night slip dress. I spent most evenings when I was single wearing these, they made me feel very girly and pretty. xxx
Hi Jane, It must've been over 55yrs. ago I think that it was a bra and a pair of nylons.
It was at a SS KERSGE 5&10 Store, They were the founder of K-MART.
That had to be back in the late 50s' when I was 16.and just started driving.~~~>Orchid ......
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Having my ears triple pierced is AWESOME, ~~......
I can explain it to you, But I can't comprehend it for you !
If at first you don't succeed, Then Skydiving isn't for you.
Be careful what you wish for, Once you ring a bell , you just can't Un-Ring it !! !!
I have no idea to be honest
yup It was after that I decided to quit pretending in a place like L.A. or Tel Aviv it's very easy to just go and buy what you like in Drab or Femme. Where I live now oh boy, had an interesting time at sally's hair supply yesterday
well even if i'm wrong, you know i'm right
A matching black bra and panty from Victoria's Secret.
I remember being so nervous and telling the lady that it was for my wife.
A Long line Pantie-girdle. It was super tight and flt great.
A pair of purple pointy-toed stilettos that hurt my feet terribly but looked awesome! The price of looking pretty?!?!
Well, if pantyhose count as clothing that was my first purchase.
But the first true article would have to be the black patent
5" stiletto pointed toe pumps I ordered from Fredericks of Hollywood.
Had them for about 21 years before they fell apart. Of course they were
never worn outside but had many indoor miles on them.
I had a lot of things I "borrowed" , but the first thing I actually bought was a front closure, 36C bra from Klein's Department Stoe in Blur Island, IL. in 1976.
One sales woman was very helpful, but another just glared at me the whole time.
It was such a rush I went back the next day and bought 2 more bras and matching panties.
Panties from Wal-Mart.
High heels
Melissa: "... and why are you dressed as a woman?"
Coach McGuirk: "Because it's freeing."
-Home Movies
(cartoon series)
Shoe size: 9 US women's.
Dress size: M to L; 8-10.
Height: 5' 6".
A pair of women's skinny jeans, without even hiding that they were for me, before I ever went full girl mode. I still wear such jeans in guy mode; they're awesome.
First ever lingerie proper: 6 pairs of thigh highs, all black, and a tiny white petticoat that fluffs out like a tutu.
I bought while in high school one of those Golden Playtex Magic Controllers that were made of rubber or latex from Marshall Fields. I purged and then I think I bought a second one which I also purged. I came home from college and bought a floor length nylon peignoir which I wore at nights and kept hidden in a drawer. I wore it in from of my future wife who approved and the rest is history.
Mine was a pretty matching bra, panty, camisole, half slip and teddy in peach with cream lace from a discount mall near Chicago called "A Cut Above" and still have them... Luxury!
At the makeup counter
The very first item was a pair of nylon pantyhose that my Gunnery Sgt recommended all of us in our unit (about six of us) wear on our a 15 mile hike the battalion was scheduled to do. He said it would help compress our legs and help with circulation and help prevent blisters.
I don't recall it doing either of those two things. In fact, I think the nylon made my feet itch and gave me a blister.
Maybe he was hazing us. :|
I am not a woman nor am I am man... I am an enby. Hi, I am Wren.
The very first thing for me as far as I could remember was a pair of pantyhose from a corner store. The funny part was, not being asked by the Chinese worker but felt like I had to explain I told him I was painting and had to use the pantyhose to strain the paint, he was so nice that he told me to wait and then handed me a bag with about ten pairs of pantyhose telling me that they were from packages that ladies open and don't buy them or from packages that came damaged and he can't sell. I thanked him and had pantyhose for a while. I think about it now and laugh.
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A pair of silver glitter sequin platform peep toe pumps. With ankle straps.
Then a navy blue velvet long spaghetti strap column dress with rhinestone straps and a matching bolero jacket.
It has all grown logarithmicly since then.
Such Fun!
Pink fuzzy house slippers.
I think the first item might have been a amazing pink pushup bra and thong from VS. Unfortunately, the Thong didn't fit at all and soon lost the bra in a mini-purge. After a couple sizing wrong puchases the ones I will remember are the 5 platforms I bought on ebay that fit perfect. They are amazing but super impractical and then a few week later I nailed my size on my first purchase of skinny jeans at Target. I was so happy they fit and felt great.


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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/St. John, Oliver (1559-1630)
ST. JOHN, OLIVER, Viscount Grandison and Baron Tregoz (1559-1630), lord deputy of Ireland, born in 1559, was the second son of Nicholas St. John (d. 1589) of Lydiard-Tregoz (or Liddiard Tregoze, as it is now spelt), Wiltshire, by his wife Elizabeth (d. 1587), daughter of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire. His mother was distantly related to Charles Blount, earl of Devonshire [q. v.], and on the father's side he was descended through a female line from the Grandisons (see G.E.C.'s Complete Peerage), and was related to the St. Johns, barons of Bletsho [see St. John, Oliver, first Earl of Bolingbroke]. The future lord deputy was educated at Oxford, matriculating from Trinity College on 20 Dec. 1577, and graduating B.A. on 26 June 1578. He adopted the legal profession, and in 1580 was admitted a student of Lincoln's Inn. But about March 1583-4 he killed George Best [q. v.], the navigator, in a duel, and was compelled to flee the country.
St. John now sought his fortunes as a soldier abroad, and served with distinction in Flanders and in France. Before 1591 he had attained the rank of captain, and in the autumn of that year commanded Essex's horse at the siege of Rouen; 'he served very valiantly, namely, the first day of the siege of Rouen, when he had his horse killed in a charge, which he performed very well' (Cal. Hatfield MSS. vi. 570). In 1592 he returned to England, and was elected member for Cirencester in the parliament summoned to meet on 19 Feb. 1592-3. In March he was placed on a commission for the relief of maimed soldiers and mariners, and made several speeches during the session (see D'Ewes, Journals, pp. 475, 489); but parliament was dissolved in April, and soon afterwards Essex recommended St. John to Cecil as 'a leader of horse fit to be employed.' He again sought service in the Netherlands, and was present at the battle of Nieuport on 2 July 1600.
Meanwhile Tyrone's rebellion necessitated the presence of experienced soldiers in Ireland, and St. John accompanied Mountjoy thither in February 1601: he was knighted by Mountjoy at Dublin on 28 Feb. (Collins, Letters and Memorials, ii. 180), and was given command of two hundred men. He took a prominent part in the siege of Kinsale in the autumn, repulsing a night attack of the Spaniards on 2 Dec., when he was wounded. On 13 Dec. he left the camp to carry despatches to Elizabeth and inform her of the state of Ireland (Chamberlain, Letters, pp. 130,134). In November 1602 he was back in Ireland commanding twenty-five horse and 150 foot in Connaught, under Sir George Carew, and in the same year he was recommended by Cecil for the office of vice-president of that province. The arrangement does not seem to have been carried out. From 1604 to 1607 he sat in the English parliament as member for Portsmouth. On 12 Dec. 1605 he was made master of the ordnance in Ireland with a salary of 200l. a year, and sworn of the Irish privy council. Several of his reports on arms and ammunition in Ireland are preserved among the state papers.
From this time St. John was Chichester's most trusted adviser. Early in 1608 he was named a commissioner for the plantation of Ulster. In that capacity he drew up a scheme for the plantation of the province, and accompanied Chichester in his progress through Ulster in 1609. As an 'undertaker' he had grants of fifteen hundred acres in Ballymore, co. Armagh, and a thousand acres in 'Keernan.' He advised that no grants of the lands of the banished earls should be made, but that they should be let to natives at a high rent. Early in 1609 Chichester sent him to England, and he drew up a report of the commissioners' proceedings for Salisbury's benefit. In 1613 he was elected member of the Irish parliament for co. Roscommon, and took an important part in the dispute about the speakership [see Davies, Sir John; O'Brien, Barnabas]. Speaking from his experience of the English House of Commons, he urged that the first business of the house was to elect a speaker, and that the proper method of voting was to leave the house and be counted in a lobby. Everard's supporters, however, refused; and, during the absence of their opponents, placed Everard in the chair, from which he was forcibly ejected by the majority. St. John was one of the members sent to lay the matter before James I. In December 1614 he resigned the mastership of the ordnance, being highly commended for his conduct in that office. He was in England during October 1615, when the Earl of Somerset was committed to his custody (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1011-18, p. 317).
On 2 July 1616 St. John was appointed lord deputy of Ireland; he received the sword of state on 30 Aug. His appointment was partly due to his connection with George Villiers (afterwards Duke of Buckingham), and his administration was marked by a vigorous persecution of the recusants. Bacon spoke of him as 'a man ordained of God to do great good to that kingdom' (Spedding, Letters of Bacon, vi. 207). He banished, by proclamation, all monks and friars educated abroad, and thought it would be a good thing if a hundred thousand native Irish could be sent to enlist in foreign countries. He also prosecuted the colonisation of Ulster, and the plantation of co. Longford in 1618 was followed next year by that of co. Leitrim. His 'intolerable severity' against the recusants created many enemies, and the fact that he owed his appointment to Villiers made him unpopular with many of his council. Early in 1621 they urged his recall; and, though James commended him and protested against involving him in disgrace, he was finally commanded to deliver up the sword of state to Loftus on 18 April 1622. He left Ireland on 4 May.
St. John still remained in favour at court. On 28 June 1622 he was sworn of the English privy council, on 23 June 1623 he was created Viscount Grandison of Limerick in the peerage of Ireland, on 16 Aug. 1625 he was made lord high treasurer of Ireland, and on 20 May 1626 was raised to the English peerage as Baron Tregoz of Highworth, Wiltshire. In 1624 he was placed on the council of war, and served on various other commissions. He also interested himself in foreign and colonial affairs, frequently corresponding with his nephew, Sir Thomas Roe [q. v.] In 1627 he bought the manors of Wandsworth and Battersea, where he had had a house since 1600 (Collins, Letters and Memorials, ii. 207). His health failing, he sought the advice of Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne [q. v.] After a visit to Ireland in 1630 to settle his estates there, he returned to Battersea, where he died on 30 Dec. in the same year, being buried there on 12 Jan. 1630-1.
St. John married Joan, daughter and heiress of John Roydon of Battersea, and widow of Sir William Holcroft; she was buried at Battersea on 10 March 1630-1; by her he had no issue. The barony of Tregoz became extinct. Grandison's manors, Wandsworth and Battersea, passed into the same branch of the family. The viscounty of Grandison passed, in accordance with the limitation of the patent, to his grand-nephew, William Villiers, son of Sir Edward Villiers, brother of the Duke of Buckingham, by his wife Barbara, younger daughter of Sir John St. John, Grandison's elder brother. Many of St. John's letters and reports have been calendared among the Domestic, Irish, and Carew papers. His portrait is included in a rare print of the council of war, preserved in the library of the Society of Antiquaries.[Cal. State Papers, Dom., Ireland, China, and Persia; Cal. Carew MSS.; Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS. 19839, 29314; Egerton MS. 2126, ff. 4, 6; Stowe MS. 173, f. 260; Cal. Hatfield MSS.; Winwood's Memorials; Aubrey's Topographical Collections, ed. Jackson, 1862, pp. 170, 174 ; Marshall's Visitation of Wiltshire, ed. 1882, p. 36 ; Lascelles's Liber Munerum Hib.; Morrin's Cal. Patent Rolls; Official Return of Members of Parl.; Clark's Reg. Univ. Oxon. ii. ii. 79, iii. 75; Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1500-1714; Metcalfe's Book of Knights; Ellis's Original Letters; Letters of Carew to Sir Thomas Roe, passim ; Letters of Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew, passim, Chamberlain's Letters, pp. 130, 134, Fortescue Papers, pp. 133-4 (these four publ. by Camden Soc.); Gardiner's Hist. of England ; Stafford's Pacata Hibernia, ed. Standish O'Grady; Fynes Moryson's Hist. of Ireland and Itinerary, passim ; Rothe's Analecta Sacra, ed. Moran, 1884, pp. 210, 212, 215; Coxe's Hibernia Anglicana, ii. 33-7; Lenihan's Hist. of Limerick, pp. 142, &c.; O'Donoghue's Hist. Memoir of the O'Briens, p. 253; Journal of the Cork Hist. and Archæol. Soc.ii. 47, 59 ; Dugdale's Baronage; Collins's Peerage, vi. 65-78; Lodge's Irish Peerage; Burke's Extinct Peerage; G.E.C.'s Complete Peerage, s.v. 'Grandison;' Manning and Bray's Surrey, iii. 330; Notes and Queries, 2nd ser. ii. 373, vii. 27-8.]
Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.241
N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line
|St. John, Oliver, Viscount Grandison: for into the same branch of the family. read to the family of his brother, Sir John St. John, great-great-grandfather of Viscount Bolingbroke, the statesman.


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While talking with somebody about traveling, he commented:
"But you Spanish speakers are used to express distances in hours, right?" An Italian unknown.
I was unaware of that. Let me formalize just a little. What he meant, is that to the question
¿Qué tan lejos está X de Y?
Spanish spekers tend to reply in time units, instead of (kilo)meters. But I must admit I unconsciously do say:
- Mi casa está a media hora del centro.
- X ciudad queda a 5 horas en autobús de Y ciudad.
(But of course nobody says Mi país mide x horas en autobús.)
Does that rule in general holds? (I mean, the first quote).


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Chad was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine in 2014 and has been repeatedly selected as "Rising Star" by Texas Monthly (Thomson Reuters) in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
AE: What drew you to working in the legal field?
CW: Working in the legal field peaked my interest while serving my country by serving in the military. The importance of helping those that cannot help them-selves was very important to me.
AE: You have had your own law firm since 2011, what are the significant differences being an owner of a law firm versus working as an attorney for one?
CW: Owning my own law firm requires a great deal of time and energy to make sure everything runs smoothly and the bills get paid. However, the personal reward is much greater. Being in a small law firm in such a community based part out of Dallas give me the ability to connect with each client to make sure we are getting them the best results possible.
AE: Prior to becoming an attorney you served in the military and had a very distinguished career going, what made you decide to leave military service?
CW: I wouldn't trade my time in the U.S. Army for anything. It was a time of my life that really shaped who I am as a man and as a leader. I left because I wanted to start my own business that focuses on helping people, and I saw the legal field as a way to do so.
AE: How did your time in the military prepare you for running your own law firm?
CW: The military prepared me for running my own law firm by instilling dedication to a greater good, defending freedoms, and working hard.
AE: You are a member of a number of organizations, do you think leaders and business owners have an obligation to get involved and give back to the community?
CW: Without giving back to your community, you should not expect to receive much from it. As a small business in the Oak Cliff part of Dallas, it is a privilege to be able to give back to such a vibrant and evolving area.
AE: The workplace has changed drastically over the last 20 years, do you think what motivates leaders and their teams have changed?
CW: Absolutely. The millennials are swarming the workplace, and the motivations and personalities are completely different than my generations (Gen X's) motivations.
AE: How do you empower, inspire or motivate others in the workplace?
CW: I hire the best people and do my very best to give them everything they need to succeed. I avoid micromanaging whenever possible.
AE: What is one characteristic that you believe every leader should possess?
CW: The ability to recognize your own weaknesses and needs to put a team together to turn one's weaknesses into strengths.
AE: What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?
CW: To continue to grow and develop as a leader I look for new ways to challenge myself both professionally and personally. Finding new challenges to take on is a good way to remind ourselves to remain humble.
AE: Have there been any role models for you?
CW: Both of my parents, for very different reasons. My mother taught me compassion and the love for learning. My father showed me the benefits of owning my own business. Both taught me the value of hard work.
AE: What do you attribute your success to?
CW: Success would not be possible without a good support system. My family and friends are my biggest supporters.
AE: If you could give one piece of leadership advice to your employees what would that be?
CW: Work on your most brain-intensive projects first thing in the morning, as you are at your best when you first get to work.
AE: What advice would you give someone going into a leadership position for the first time?
CW: Roll up your sleeves and get ready to work hard. Don't sweat the small stuff and never lower your standards.
AE: What has been your greatest professional accomplishment so far as a leader?
CW: Starting my own business. Nothing beats it!
AE: What is something people don't generally know about you as a leader?
CW: I absolutely hate public speaking, but I work hard to overcome it.
AE: If you could have a conversation with one leader alive or dear who would that be?
CW: Thomas Jefferson.
AE: What would you want to ask them?
CW: He was a multiple-business owner and brilliant politician and was ahead of his time in many ways. I would want to know what motivated him and how he became the leader he portrayed to the world.
AE: They say anyone can become a leader, in your opinion do you believe that?
CW: Absolutely!
AE: What do you want your leadership legacy to be?
CW: I want to leave a legacy of achieving high quality results and making a difference in the lives of others. Helping to start a charity 5k, Dash for the Beads, was a great way for me to give back and help a large number of people while focusing on healthy ways of life.
AE: What is next for you?
My firm is expanding to South Dallas, a second location, and we are welcoming two new lawyers to the firm in June and November of 2015, which I'm really excited about! In the non-legal world, I'm opening an express car wash with my family in Ennis, TX in early 2016.
AE: I start each day off with a motivational quote, do you have a favorite?
CW: Just do it!


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Butter (2012)Comedy
Rated R
90 min.
Release Date
October 5, 2012 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
December 4, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Running Time
90 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, sexual content and brief drug use
The setting: a closely watched contest in Iowa, the heartland of America and, to some, the bellwether of the nation. Initially, a win seems all but assured for the poised candidate with the famous name and a family legacy to claim. But then, the twist: a rival emerges, fresh-faced, appealing, effortlessly charismatic. Suddenly, it's anybody's game.
Hillary Rodham Clinton vs. Barack Obama? Mitt Romney vs. Michelle Bachman?
No. Wrong contest.
A tale of competition at its most cut-throat,... Full synopsis »
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Vice President Joe Biden will be the featured speaker at The American Legion's 95th National Convention on Aug. 27 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The National Convention runs from Aug. 23-29.
Vice President Biden, who represented the state of Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate, previously spoke at the Legion's "Salute to Heroes" Inaugural Ball on Jan. 21 in Washington. The event celebrated America's living recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Other guest speakers at the convention include Theodore Roosevelt IV, who will address the convention on Tuesday morning, Aug. 27. His grandfather – Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. – served in World War I, became one of the Legion's founding fathers, and led American troops ashore at Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
Roosevelt, a U.S. Navy veteran who served two tours in the Vietnam War, is currently a managing director at Barclays Capital Corporation. He is the great-grandson of America's 26th president, Teddy Roosevelt, who led his famous "Rough Riders" cavalry unit into battle during the Spanish-American War.
Other speakers on the 27th include the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, USMC; and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki will address the Legion's convention on Wednesday, Aug. 28, as well as three members of Congress: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; and Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla. Sanders and Miller chair the Senate and House veterans' affairs committees, respectively.
Other speakers on 28th include David Bellavia, recipient of the Silver Star; Lawrence Romo, director of the Selective Service System; and Kevin Schmiegel, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The American Legion is co-sponsoring about 200 career fairs this year with the Chamber.
On Saturday, Aug. 24, the Legion's Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Commission will hear from three VA officials: Under Secretary for Benefits Allison Hickey, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Steve Muro, and Robert Jesse, VA's principal deputy under secretary for health. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, will also address the commission.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, will address the Legion's Legislative Commission on the 24th. An advocate for homeless veterans, Green has recently introduced a bill into the House of Representatives that would provide reduced train and bus fare rates for veterans.
Gwen Camp of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will address the Legion's National Security and Foreign Relations Commissions on the 24th. Erik Milito of the American Petroleum Institute will be another featured speaker.
The American Legion's Economic Commission is hosting roundtable events during the convention on three topics: education (Aug. 22), credentialing (Aug. 23) and homeless veterans (Aug. 24).
Three career events are scheduled for Monday, Aug. 26 and Tuesday, Aug. 27: the Employment Workshop, the Women's Small Business Workshop, and the Employment, Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Summit. A "Hiring Our Heroes Career Fair" is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 27 only. The American Legion has been working with state legislatures in all 50 states, advocating for the passage of state laws that allow military training and education to be used to fulfill licensing and credentialing requirements in the civilian work force.


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Yesterday 4 of my runners and myself ran the Anoka Gray Ghost 5K. It would be Jen and Laurie's first race! They were both very nervous about running a 5K so at our Monday class we switched up the schedule and bumped up to a 10 minute run/2 minute walk x 3. They finished the workout beautifully, giving each of them a bit more confidence.
Carol and Kimm were running the race as well; Carol was in my first class this summer and is still running strong, losing weight and becoming faster. Kimm was in my first class and is now my Beginners II class, completing tough workouts and knocking off time as she races.
I told the girls I would pick them up and drive us all to the race. Kimm was going to go with her hubby. Carol, Jen, Laurie and I were a bundle of energy, talking about the race, the fears, the expectations. It was so much fun! I thrive on this stuff.
It was a beautiful, sunny, breezy day; about 50 degrees. We left in plenty of time to find a place to park and pick up our numbers.
The race is the beginning of the Anoka Halloween Parade. My gosh, the people really come out for this one. I looked at the results last year and there were 1400 that ran the race! There were that many (or more) watching the parade. It was crazy. Many of the registrants dressed in Halloween garb. It was quite interesting to people watch as we waited for the start of the race.
We all walked to the back of the crowd to begin. We were with some big orange dice, some people that had actual pumpkins carved for their heads (smashing pumpkins) and other unique costumes.
We heard the blare of a horn and we were off! Off and walking..it was very congested and we were way in the back. Eventually we came out into the open and could run. There were many many spectators cheering us on, it was quite an affair. I was running down the Main Street of Anoka, then turning into the surrounding neighborhoods.
I ran this race as my second race ever, 8 years ago, or so. It has certainly grown since then. I was shocked to look at my watch at mile 1 and see 737; mile 2 at 1530. A bit after 2 miles we turned back the way we had started and were able to see the other runners. I saw Kimm, Jen and Laurie and Carol. It was great to see them all on their way!
I came in at 2414; stood in the chute to give my tag and turned back to get pictures of the girls coming in. Pretty soon Kimm came along, looking strong and happy, then Laurie and Jen, running the whole race together! I looked for Carol and missed her finish, darnet!
We collected our long sleeved Halloween finisher shirts, had apples and water and walked back to the car.
What a great day! Jen and Laurie were both talking about the next race and Carol wants to take 36 seconds off during her next one; all good indications that they will keep on running!
I just love this. To be able to show others that they CAN run, that it can be a life changing experience, that running can be fun and something they can do alone or with others. This is what I love to do. For Jen and Laurie, their doubts floated away, they finished their race when they really weren't sure that they would be able to. I'm so glad that I had a part to play in their first race.
We were a car full of smiles and laughs driving back to Big Lake.
Way to go, girls!


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Encarnacion Homers Twice As Blue Jays Beat Red Sox
For Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox, a brilliant April ended on a bad note.
Edwin Encarnacion hit an upper-deck homer in the fifth inning, then connected for a go-ahead home run in the seventh that sent the Toronto Blue Jays over the Red Sox 9-7 on Tuesday night.
Lester came in 4-0 in five starts this month but allowed a season-high six runs and six hits in six innings.
"It was one of those nights for me from pitch one," he said. "I just wasn't able to repeat the ball down in the zone, and that's big. Curveballs just kind of rolled in there and I didn't have a very effective changeup."
Lester had not given up so many runs since the Blue Jays scored 11 times in four innings against him last July 22 at Toronto.
"They've got a quick-strike offense and they swung the bats very well tonight," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of the Blue Jays. "They didn't miss pitches when they got them on the plate."
Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia credited the Blue Jays for grinding out at-bats against Lester.
"They battled every pitch," Saltalamacchia said. "There wasn't too many guys who were swinging at the first pitch, rolling over. They battled, they made him throw."
Toronto ended a four-game losing streak and avoided the first 18-loss April in club history.
"We showed a lot of guts today, a lot of heart," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs for Boston, which had won five in a row and was trying for its first 19-win April.
Ortiz is batting .500 with 15 RBIs in nine games since coming off the disabled list.
"He's just done an outstanding job for us," Farrell said.
Mike Carp and Jonny Gomes also connected for the Red Sox, who head into May with the best record in the majors for the 11th time in team history.
Encarnacion's pair of two-run shots marked the 10th multihomer game of his career and second this season. He has nine home runs this year.
"Everybody got excited, everybody was happy after the game," Encarnacion said. "Winning a game like this, that's what we need right now."
Encarnacion became the 14th player to reach the upper deck in left field at Rogers Centre, tagging Lester with a shot estimated at 419 feet. Toronto trailed 7-6 when Encarnacion homered off Junichi Tazawa (2-1).
Steve Delabar (2-1) got two outs for the win. Casey Janssen finished for his seventh save in as many chances.
Toronto opened the scoring in the first on Jose Bautista's RBI double off the center-field wall.
The Blue Jays made it 4-0 with a three-run third, taking advantage of a throwing error by Saltalamacchia. After Toronto loaded the bases, Saltalamacchia tried a pickoff at first, but the ball sailed into right field, allowing two runners to score.
Saltalamacchia said the errant throw was caused by his elbow hitting the facemask of plate umpire Clint Fagan. Fagan told the Red Sox the contact happened on Saltalamacchia's followthrough, and did not rule a dead ball.
"He didn't see it the way we saw it," said Farrell, who came out to discuss the play at the end of the inning.
Saltalamacchia said he's had the same thing happen to him before when trying pickoff throws to first.
"I didn't really make a stink about it because I didn't really know the ruling on it," Saltalamacchia said. "Now I know. Once it hits his mask, it's got to be a dead ball."
Two outs later, J.P. Arencibia hit an RBI double.
Ortiz led off the fourth with his third homer, and Carp added a one-out shot as Boston cut the deficit in half. Dustin Pedroia's RBI single in the fifth made it 4-3.
Encarnacion padded the Blue Jays' lead with his towering drive, the first upper-deck drive in Toronto since Shelley Duncan did it for Cleveland in 2011.
"That was probably the biggest blow of the game for me," Lester said.
Since the stadium opened as SkyDome in June 1989, a total of 17 homers have reached the upper deck. Jose Canseco (three) and Josh Phelps (two) are the only players with multiple fifth-deck shots.
Gomes hit a pinch-hit homer in the sixth, and Boston took advantage of an error to score three times in the seventh against reliever Aaron Loup for a 7-6 edge.
Defensive replacement Munenori Kawasaki threw wide of second on a potential double-play grounder to shortstop and Pedroia walked to load the bases. Ortiz cleared them with a double over Bautista's head in right.
Colby Rasmus added some insurance with an RBI single off Joel Hanrahan in the eighth.
Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow allowed three runs and six hits in five innings. He struck out seven, including five straight in the first and second innings.
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About one in seven borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans, showing how former students are buckling under higher-education costs in a weak economy.
The default rate, for the first three years that students are required to make payments, was 14.7 percent, up from 13.4 percent the year before, the U.S. Education Department said Monday. Based on a related measure, defaults are at the highest level since 1995.
The fresh data follows the announcement by Barack Obama's administration that it would seek to restrain skyrocketing college expenses by tying federal financial aid to a new government rating of costs and educational outcomes. The rising number of defaults shows the pain of borrowers, said Rory O'Sullivan, policy and research director at Young Invincibles, a Washington nonprofit group.
"Our generation is behind in the economic recovery and not recovering as fast as we need to," said O'Sullivan, whose group represents the interests of people ages 18 to 34. "It's financial disaster for borrowers. Defaults can dramatically affect their credit rating and make it harder to borrow in the future."
270 Days
Monday's report covers the three years through Sept. 30, 2012. The default rate, which includes graduates and those who dropped out, shows the share of borrowers who haven't made required payments for at least 270 consecutive days.
The rate doesn't include those who are putting off payments, through deferral or economic hardship called forbearance, or borrowers who are on federal income-based repayment programs, meaning it understates their hardship, O'Sullivan said.
U.S. borrowers owe $1.2 trillion in student-loan debt — including government loans and those from private lenders such as SLM Corp., commonly called Sallie Mae. That sum surpasses all other kinds of consumer borrowing except for mortgages.
Last year, the Education Department revamped the way it reports student-loan defaults after Congress demanded a more comprehensive measure because of concern that colleges counsel students to defer payments to make default rates seem low. Previously, the agency reported the rate only for the first two years that payments are required.
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Public colleges reported a 13 percent default rate while nonprofit private schools had a rate of 8.2 percent. For-profit colleges fared the worst, at almost 22 percent.
Under the older two-year measure, the rate for all colleges was 10 percent, up from 9.1 percent the year before — and the highest since 1995.
"The growing number of students who have defaulted on their federal student loans is troubling," U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a statement. "The Department will continue to work with institutions and borrowers to ensure that student debt is affordable."
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Mancini denies talk of clash with Tevez
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini insisted there was no problem between him and hat-trick hero Carlos Tevez after the pair appeared to exchange words when the striker was substituted in the 5-0 victory over Barnsley.
Tevez was in top form as he registered his fifth treble for the club, as goals from David Silva and Aleksandar Kolarov compounded the Championship side's misery, a few days after being arrested on suspicion of driving whilst disqualified.
The Argentine was substituted with the game in the bag and appeared to exchange words with his manager But Mancini, who famously fell out with Tevez last season, said their relationship was fine.
"I asked him if he had a problem (injury), but he said no.'' Mancini explained: "Three goals for Carlos are good for him.''
Mancini said he was "very pleased'' with his side's display. The City boss added: "After the game it's easy, but before it's never easy. For this reason it's important to have good concentration. The other team don't have anything to lose.''
Defender Kolo Toure paid tribute to Tevez as he clicked into clinical mode. Toure told ESPN: "He's a great player. We know what he can do and he's shown that again.
"It was a tough game. Barnsley came here and they put us under pressure. But we had a good response by scoring the first goal and the second goal killed the game.
"(The early goal) made a big difference because when you play against that kind of team you need to knock them down from the first minute, which we did and after that they lost confidence.''
Toure's contract is up at the end of the season and he said: "I hope something will happen.''
Barnsley boss David Flitcroft accepted City outclassed his side from start to finish. "I've got a dressing room of players who are all in agreement we've come up against world stars,'' Flitcroft said.
"They came out in the second half and still wanted to put us to the sword. If they're the second best team in the country at the moment I would not like to have played Manchester United. Some of the football was incredible.
"They were just breathtaking, scintillating in the way they moved the ball.''


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Regardless of outcome, anti-electric biases revealedNews flash: Electric cars have a limited range. Driving style and conditions can affect mileage. And if you don't heed your gauges, you may run out of power...and out of luck.
The same can be said of any gas-powered car.
So why is it that we have never seen a report of someone running out of fuel during a test drive of a gas car? Why aren't news crews rushing to the scene of some pour soul, spotted walking down the side of the highway with gas can in hand?
And why, conversely, is so much fuss being made over an apparent stalled Tesla Model S, as reported by The New York Times?
New York Times reporter John M. Broder claims that his Tesla Model S media vehicle shut down due to a low battery charge during his test of the electric automaker's East Coast Super Charger network. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has very publicly refuted this claim, taking to Twitter and Tesla's corporate blog to post his retorts.
Behind the back-and-forth between Musk and Broder lies the deeper issue of bias against electric cars. Mr. Broder feels that Tesla's electric sports car underperformed its mileage projections, rendering the car unable to complete the Super Charger circuit as advertised. Mr. Musk argues that Broder didn't charge to full, lied about the speed at which he traveled, and took detours and drove in circles in an attempt to deplete the battery. Tesla backs up their bark with data, apparently collected during the test drive--a practice the automaker put in place following a similar incident with the BBC's popular Top Gear television program. Update: Broder's detailed rebuttal to Musk's allegations.
Could it be that Mr. Broder fudged the test with an aim to takedown the electric car? Perhaps, but he also could've been driving in circles as part of an earnest method to test the technology, as Forbes suggests. Could it be that Tesla fudged its data in an effort to protect their own best interests? Sure, it's possible. But no matter who is the honest party, the very fact that we're having this debate is an indication of anti-EV bias.
True, EVs don't enjoy the same ubiquitous infrastructure and quick refueling times of their gas-powered counterparts, although that's changing. Regardless, that doesn't change the fact that when a gas vehicle underperforms its stated miles per gallon estimates ( an all-too common occurrence), we don't see newspapers running photos of a stalled car being raised on to a flat bed. We don't see headlines questioning gasoline as a viable fuel source. That's because it's accepted that, if you drive a gas car on "empty" for too long, you'll run out of fuel. Why isn't this same common sense logic applied to electric vehicles?
Nobody is debating that a Tesla Model S can run out of juice and leave you stranded. How it happened in the case of Tesla v. Times is beside the point as well. The real story here is that a car stalling out due to running on empty shouldn't be a story at all, whether gas or electric. Moreover, we shouldn't let stalling cars stall the progress of promising technologies.
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Apps are beginning to proliferate the connected TV landscape, but they are not the future, says Avner Ronen, CEO and co-founder of Boxee, in this interview with Ross Rubin, Executive Director and Principal Analyst, Connected Intelligence at NPD Group.
Ronen noted that Boxee has 300 Apps on its platform, but Apps are not a natural part of the television viewing experience. He says that tablets and other mobile devices will complement television which will remain a simpler device.
Ronen and Rubin were participants in Beet.TV's "Root to CES" — a two-hour Webcast originating in the Livestream studios in Manhattan.
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Count Dana White among those who are a bit skeptical that Saturday night will be Randy Couture's last fight.
During introductions of those competing at the sold-out UFC 129 at its pre-fight press conference, the UFC president wanted to get something out of the way concerning the UFC Hall of Famer's recent proclamation that Lyoto Machida is his last opponent.
"The press started calling me and saying, 'What do you think about Randy Couture retiring?' White said. "And my answer to that was, 'I've heard this before. And I've actually seen it before.'"
With a smile and a semi-shrug, he added: "Who knows?"
Couture (19-10 MMA, 16-7 UFC), who meets Machida (16-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) on the second bout of UFC 129's main card at Toronto's Rogers Centre, has spoken at length about his decision to call it quits following Saturday night. He said the decision was mainly based on a desire to end his career on his own terms and avoid the pitfalls that might accompany fights beyond his prime.
Couture also expects the UFC will keep offering him fights, which he said will keep him from making a formal announcement inside the cage after Saturday night.
And White would be just the guy to offer those fights, particularly because he thinks the idea that Couture is beyond his prime is off-base.
"Right now and before he had this fight, I think people started not respecting Randy Couture, in that they don't have him ranked in the top-10," he said. "And I've been the one saying this guy is one of the top 10 in the world.
"I don't care what anybody says. He can go out there and beat anybody in the top 10 on any given day. Randy Couture is absolutely, 100 percent a top 10 light-heavyweight in the world, and he's going up against another top-10 light heavyweight in the world in Lyoto Machida."
Machida is on shaky ground, as well, after back-to-back losses to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson stripped him of his light-heavyweight belt and muted the possibility of getting it back any time soon.
White said he expects Couture to do what he's always done inside the octagon. What happens after that is anyone's guess.
"This is a big fight for both guys," he said. "I expect fireworks. Couture's the master of going out there and figuring out a game plan to beat anybody with any style. And Lyoto Machida has proven he has the style to do a lot of damage and knock people out."
If, however, Couture earns a spectacular victory on Saturday night, it's pretty clear where White will stand on the 47-year-old fighter's sunset.
"We'll see," White said.
Couture, who until recently seemed content to call it a career, opened the door for speculation when he suggested he would come back once more for "something special." White said he doesn't know if Couture is referring to a specific opponent, but he knows what has traditionally motivating for "The Natural."
"It's him saying, 'I think I can kick that guy's ass,'" White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "He likes this Lyoto Machida fight. He's sent me a couple of texts throughout training saying, 'This is really interesting.' He's like a scientist when it comes to fighting, and he's in to it."
White said he won't try to convince Couture to make a decision either way, but if the UFC Hall of Famer does walk away after Saturday night, the UFC boss admits he always has one trick up his sleeve.
"What I do is when we're working on something, I say, 'This would be a cool one for Couture,'" White said with a grin. "I say to him, 'Hey, what do you think? You want to take this fight? He can't say no."
For complete coverage of UFC 129, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Central African Republic rebels captured two more towns overnight, just days before talks were due to open on the crisis in the impoverished country, an official said Saturday.
"The rebels took two towns near Bambari," a town already under the control of the Seleka rebel coalition, Territorial Administration Minister Josue Binoua told AFP.
"This shows their intent to wage war even during negotiations," he said.
There was no immediate reaction from the rebels themselves to the claim.
The comments came just days before the central African regional bloc CEEAC hopes to start hosting talks between the rebels and President Francois Bozize in an effort to solve the nearly month-long crisis in the mineral-rich but impoverished and unstable country.
The rebels threw those plans into doubt on Friday when they contradicted claims by CEEAC officials that they had agreed to the talks due to begin in Gabon's capital Libreville on Tuesday, saying they had not been informed of the initiative by the Economic Community of Central African States.
On Saturday, Binoua said the talks, which have the support of the UN Security Council and the United States, would proceed as planned.
"There will be three delegations of 15 members each – the government, rebels and opposition," he said.
Bozize will head the government delegation while the opposition's will be headed by the lawyer Nicolas Tiangaye, he added.
The rebels, who charge that Bozize has not abided by terms of earlier peace deals, launched an offensive on December 10 in the north and easily overran an ill-equipped and poorly trained army, marching across a large part of the country before halting their push within striking distance of the capital Bangui, in the south-west.
Rebel troops were stationed at Sibut, some 160 kilometres from the capital.
Also Saturday, the organiser of youth groups who have been manning roadblocks at night in Bangui said they would be largely replaced by CEEAC "vigilance committees".
The youth groups known as Kokora (blood arrow) have come under criticism from the opposition and ordinary Bangui residents who say they increase rather than ease insecurity in the capital.
Their coordinator Levy Yakete said the CEEAC force would patrol the city's main arteries to enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Kokora will continue to operate in the suburbs, he said, dismissing accusations that some of the youths were involved in extortion and were armed with machetes.
"We are fortunate to be prepared" if the rebels enter the city, he said.
Unrest in the landlocked equatorial country has alarmed the country's neighbours and the international community, with the UN Security Council twice calling on Seleka to halt its offensive and engage in peace talks.
"The Security Council reiterated their demand that the Seleka coalition of armed groups cease all hostilities, withdraw from seized cities, and cease attempts to advance further," said a statement released by the 15-nation body on Friday.
Binoua charged on Saturday that the seizure of two more towns was "screaming proof" that the rebels could not be trusted.
Central African nations have begun sending reinforcements to Damara, the last major town between the rebels and the capital, to bolster the army against the rebels.
The regional troops are fighting under the banner of the multinational African force FOMAC, which CEEAC launched in 2008 in a bid to stabilise the coup- and rebellion-prone country.
Northern neighbour Chad, whose President Idriss Deby is an ally of Bozize, has contributed most of the troops to the force, which is due to reach its full strength of 760 by the end of the week.
The violence in the country has affected more than 300,000 children, including through recruitment as child soldiers, family separation, sexual violence and forced displacement, UNICEF has said.
The Central African Republic, with a population of about five million, is notorious for unrest including coups, army mutinies and rebellions.
Bozize himself took power in a coup in 2003 and has since been twice elected into office.


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