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If you've been anxious to see a blond-Afro'd Al Pacino in HBO's forthcoming Phil Spectorbiopic, you're in luck. The first trailer for the television movie, written and directed by David Mamet, arrived on the Internet today, and it far exceeds our expectations for crazy. In character as the eccentric Hollywood music producer turned convicted murderer, Pacino explores a range of D.S.M.-defying behavior: Energetically schizo! Arrogance in the face of your murder trial! Unpredictable urge to fire guns in recording studios! Whatever behavior leads you to lounge around your Alhambra mansion inspecting leopard-print scarves in a tiger-print kimono and Penny Marshall wig! Which brings us to the hairpieces—the brilliantly outlandish wigs that Spector wore in his later years. Ahead, we highlight the most extreme images of Pacino in costume—in terms of both psychological and follicular drama.
The television movie, which premieres March 24, co-stars Helen Mirren as Spector's sane foil—his defense attorney, Linda Kenney Baden. Phil Spectorchronicles Spector's unraveling and conviction in the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
Related: The late Dominick Dunne's coverage of the trial for Vanity Fair.

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As an ETF strategist, much of my time is spent parsing the differences between funds in an ever-increasing universe of exchange-traded funds (and other ETPs). While I believe industry growth and innovation is healthy, it's easy to see why many advisors find the challenge of sorting through and effectively selecting a portfolio of ETFs overwhelming. Perhaps this helps explain the rapid growth of third-party ETF asset managers over the past few years. According to Morningstar, which tracks around 490 strategies from 120 firms with assets of $50 billion (as of June 2012), assets in these types of accounts increased by 30% during the first half of 2012. They increased 48% since September 2011. What is it about ETFs that asset managers have come to find so appealing compared to individual securities?
While ETFs have come to serve a variety of purposes for asset managers, those who have most increased their usage of ETFs often provide very similar reasons for doing so. Frequently, potential cost-savings is near the top of that list. It may seem counterintuitive that a packaged investment like an ETF would be less expensive than utilizing individual securities, but after considering the custodial and trading costs for individual foreign securities, certain international ETFs may provide significant savings. According to David Allen, portfolio manager at Accuvest Global Advisors, which manages about $440 million, his firm "views single-country ETFs as the most cost-efficient way to gain access to the markets in countries that we believe are most attractive." Another attribute of ETFs that many large asset managers are beginning to appreciate is the potential for better liquidity. For active managers operating in a world where new information is disseminated in moments rather than minutes, liquidity has become paramount.
"The ability to move quickly when markets move is a big advantage of ETFs for a tactical manager," explained Jeff Hays, president of Hays Advisory, which manages about $850 million. "While it may take a week or two to work out of a large position in certain individual stocks, I can execute a large ETF trade in a matter of seconds."
For some asset managers, ETFs simply fit better within their overall investment philosophy. ETFs allow portfolio managers to efficiently implement macro strategy calls, without focusing on the selection of individual securities. Such is the case for Neil Peplinski, portfolio manager at Good Harbor Financial, which manages about $3.3 billion in ETF portfolios, who views ETFs as useful portfolio management tools. "The underlying premise to our strategy is that what really drives equity prices in the short term has less to do with companies' fundamentals and has more to do with appetite for risk," he said. By utilizing ETFs, asset managers like Good Harbor can focus their attention on the variables they deem most important, rather than individual security selection.
Of course, the other half of the equation in seeking to understand the recent growth of ETF asset managers is why these strategies are so attractive to the financial advisors through whom many investors have been introduced to these accounts. While some advisors have the expertise, resources and time necessary to effectively manage hundreds of client portfolios on a discretionary basis, most do not want to be portfolio managers. Instead, many advisors are transitioning toward fee-based financial planning, providing a variety of financial services rather than just portfolio management. For those who have recognized the benefits of ETFs versus traditional mutual funds, ETF managed accounts provide an efficient way for their clients to incorporate ETFs within a comprehensive financial plan.
The recent inflows for ETF asset managers have been impressive, but we may still be in the early stages of this trend. As more asset managers begin to recognize the benefits of utilizing ETFs for portfolio management, and as financial advisors continue to move toward fee-based financial planning with outsourced asset management, the prospects for growth appear strong for ETF managed accounts in the years ahead.


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Harvest Fest Celebration
Harvest Fest is the highlight of Fall as Emmetsburg Retail Association members provide another unique experience for area residents.
Join the fun this Satuday, Oct. 6, at the VFW Hall in Emmetsburg. Events are from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ERA members will be serving hot dogs, chili and cinnamon rolls. Entertainment will be provided by guitarists Troy Sargent and Dan Dooley.
And there will be games: Pumpkin Putt and Pumpkin Toss. For the youngsters, FUEL Group will assist kids with decorating mini pumpkins and cookies.
Calling all bakers. The "secret ingredient" this year is pumpkin. Entries of pumpkin baked goods are to be delivered to the VFW by 9:30 a.m. First, second and third places will be judged. Bakers will be rewarded with prizes created by The Glass Shop.
Door prizes will be awarded to those attending Harvest Fest. The prizes are decorated pumpkins, by participating businesses, and pies baked by Ardelle Connor.
Freewill donations will support the Emergency Food Pantry at UDMO.
Holiday Buttons
Now is the time to purchase a Holiday Discount Button.
The ERA?Holiday Button is your ticket to six weeks of discounts at participating retail businesses. And, there will be weekly drawings for $50 in Retail bucks throughout the holiday season.
Those who purchase a button at Harvest Fest will be entered to win a new 42-inch LCD Flat Panel TV.
Twenty-two participating Emmetsburg Retail Association merchants are joining in the Harvest Fest celebration. There are an additional 12 supporting and sustaining ERA members who offer their thanks for continued patronage.


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While thumbing through the Eldridge Tide book, as one does, I noticed that 23rd July had the perfect tides for a jaunt down the Elizabeth Islands to Cuttyhunk. Slack tide down at Cuttyhunk was 11.40 am meaning we would get a nice push down Vineyard Sound with the current and a push back up after the current change as well as the afternoon sea breeze. Cuttyhunk was on Kens bucket list as well as mine, so we decided to start early to make the most of the day.
We met at 6am at Trunk River, near Nobska Light in Falmouth, and hit the water at 6.30. It was calm and as we crossed Woods Hole we could feel the current building already and our GPS confirmed an easy 6 knots at normal paddling. As we paddled down the island chain we stayed a half to three quarters of a mile offshore to make use of the current. It was only when we stopped we realised how fast we were going without even paddling. Other than the scenery and the calm waters it was an uneventful trip down and we were both surprised that we entered the marked channel into Cuttyhunk Harbor at 9.30am, 3 hrs and just over 15 nm after leaving Trunk River. We landed at a dirt boat ramp by the harbormasters office and had coffee at the Cuttyhunk Cafe on the dock. We walked around "town" and up to the hill for a great view of the Islands.
Ken suggested returning part way back on the Buzzards Bay side of the Islands so at 11am we left Cuttyhunk for the trip back. The famous long horned cows on Nashawena Island watch as we paddled pretty close to shore. After an hour we arrived at Quicks Hole and picked a sandy beach for a lunch stop. The Enviromental Police boat was buzzing around stopping boaters. By now there was plenty of activity on the water, private boats, party fishing boats, commercial boats, ferries, you name it, they were there.
After a quick bite we continued on the Buzzards Bay side to Robinsons Hole where we crossed back over to the choppy waters of Vineyard Sound. One last 40 minute rest stop at Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon Island and then the final push home. The waters around Woods hole were pretty lumpy, a combination of 2 fast currents meeting and a bunch of boats, large and small, made for some interesting waves. Big lumps of water suddenly lifting up beside us from nowhere. We had to wait for a few boats including a ferry at the first channel markers and as we approached the second pair, the Seastreak fast ferry appeared and we had to wait again. It slowed somewhat but the wake was still pretty big. We had surfed the waves most of the return trip and that continued all the way to our launch at Trunk River where we arrived at 4pm.
It was an excellent day in excellent company, thanks Ken.
Some stats from my GPS. Total distance 32.1 nm (37miles). Recorded max speed 8kts. Time moving 7hrs 20 mins. Avg. speed 4.4 knots.
Cuttyhunk. 23rd July 2015
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Re: Cuttyhunk. 23rd July 2015
Great trip!
Kudos on a long haul!!
Kudos on a long haul!!
Paddle with a big smile, its contagious
Re: Cuttyhunk. 23rd July 2015
Wish I could have gotten the day off from work and joined you!
Glad you had such a perfect day for the trip.
Glad you had such a perfect day for the trip.
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I don't know what you are talking about. That was not me. I was not there that day. That day I was doing certification training for a piece of equipment. I worked most of the day. The rest of the day I was doing nothing but emails and phone calls.
I don't know what you are talking about. That was not me. I was not there that day. That day I was doing certification training for a piece of equipment. I worked most of the day. The rest of the day I was doing nothing but emails and phone calls.
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If you're in the Nashville, TN area and have been wondering about the state of the local PHP user group, wonder no more! Ben Ramsey, having recently moved to the area, has started a move to reboot NashvillePHP.
Now, I'm in Nashville. A few months ago, I moved here to pursue a job with a local web start-up. I never had any intention of running the local PHP user group, but Will Fitch, the former Nashville PHP organizer, contacted me to see if I would be interested in taking over the reins. He had moved out of the area and was no longer able to devote the time necessary to keep the group growing. I humbly accepted the torch, and that's why I'm now the Nashville PHP organizer.
He issues a challenge to the Nashville PHPers to help him in his efforts to build up a good, solid group that developers can enjoy being a part of and help contribute to in their own ways. The group will be holding meetings once a month with June 8th being the first on this new schedule. A new googel group has been formed and the NashvillePHP twitter account will be more heavily used as well as a #nashvillephp channel on the Freenode IRC network.


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My digital archaeology work seeks to document the formative years of digital culture and raise the profile of digital preservation. My main focus is Web 1.0 but I'm also interested in early video games, computer art, and CGI. This is my day:
6.10am Woken up by my one-year-old. He's obviously very excited about the Day of Archaeology 2014.
7.05am Arrange a courier to pick up an original Ruby Red iMac I bought on Ebay. I just need the elusive Blue Dalmation (the spotty one) and I'll have a full set of the original 13 colours. Yes, I'm a geek.
8.10am Put in an order for Hearth, a toddler proof LED fireplace and future digital artefact (maybe) made by John Popadic and Harry Denholm.
9.30am Bought four brand new CRT monitors, still in their boxes.
10:20 Headed to The Barbican where I've curated the Digital Archaeology section of the Digital Revolution exhibition. Giving Paul Alexandrou a tour, a friend of mine exploring the impact of the social web on language.
11:00 Into the exhibition. The first exhibit is Ralph Baer's Magnovox Odyssey, the first games console and the inspiration for Atari's Pong. It was also licensed by Nintendo in Japan, their first venture into video games. Two giants of the video games industry owe their success to this plastic box. Nice one, Ralph! He also invented Simon, the first rhythm action game, making it Guitar Hero's grandaddy.
11:10 Next up is Ed Catmull and Fred Parke's student project from 1972, A Computer Animated Hand. Ed and Fred went on to found the company that became Pixar.
11.15 The Aspen Moviemap is playing on the video wall: in 1978 a bunch of MIT students pretty much made Google Street View.
11.20 Then on to Game & Watch, the first mass-market clamshell product and Tetris on Gameboy – the first/ultimate casual game?
11.25 Quick look at the machines that defined the sound of the '80s – The Fairlight CMI, LinnDrum, and Atari ST.
11.35 Paying our respects to the face that launched the Apple Mac, Susan Kare's interpretation of the Japanese woodblock print, Lady Combing Hair. Susan Kare then went to NeXT, where she designed the interface that TBL used to make the first website, then on to Microsoft to design the deck of cards used in Solitaire and then a suite of Facebook icons. Not bad, Susan!
11.45 Another iconic image of a woman used to sell computers to young men – a portrait of Debbie Harry created by Andy Warhol on the Amiga 1000. One year earlier Steve Jobs had taught him to use a mouse at Sean Lennon's 9th birthday party.
11.50 A glance at the Quantel Paintbox, the machine used to make Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" video (directed by Steve Barron who also directed the A-ha vid "Take On Me" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" before directing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
11.55 Net Art! JODI, Olia Lialina and Alexei Shulgin, Masters of the Temporary Autonomous Zone, as Shulgin called the Web in the mid-'90s (my favourite pieces in the show).
12.15 Loads more in between, but another favourite is João Wilbert's Exquisite Clock, a crowd-sourced, er clock made by João and my old lecturer Andy Cameron at Fabrica.
12.20 The final exhibit is Angry Birds, which signifies the end of digital culture (digital culture just became culture once everyone started carrying a pocket-sized PC with them wherever they went.
Digital Revolution continues with works by Umbrellium,Universal Everything, Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, Björk, Daniel Rozin, Zachary Lieberman, and a load more of incredible creatives. These are the real stars of the show; my digital archaeology section tries to bring to life the culture they emerged from.
Now over to my studio In Hackney Wick, opposite the Olymic Park, where I have ten old machines to boot up and test.
14.15 Lime Green iMac G3 – doesn't work – darn
14.35 Tangerine Orange iMac G3 – can't find the hard drive – not a good start
14.55 Twentieth Anniversary Mac – I know this one works, running Netscape 3 – beautiful
15.20 Snow White iMac G3 – works but a bit beaten up, running OS X, need to downgrade to OS 8.5
15.45 Graphite iMac G3 – works, also running OS X, need to downgrade
16.05 Flower Power iMac G3 – please let this one work- yes! Also running OS X, darn these people who update their machines
16.25 Bondi Blue iMac G3 – works, also been upgraded
16.55 Packard Bell – not a Mac for a change – nice, Windows 98 and Exporer 5 – loving the Pipes screensaver
17.15 Two Macintosh Performa 5200s – both working running Mac OS 7 – more like it!
17.30 It's Friday! Having drinks with my new colleagues at Fish Island Labs!


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Harrisonville teen charged with making school threat
Police: Jacob Vanderecken admitted wanting attention, desire to scare people
Harrisonville police have arrested a high school student on suspicion of making threats to shoot himself and others at Harrisonville High School last week.
Jacob Vanderecken, 18, has been charged with one count of making a terrorist threat with reckless disregard of risk of causing evacuation or closure of a building.
According to court records, a school resource officer was told last Thursday that a teenage boy had threatened to bring a gun to school Friday. Police spoke to several students, including Vanderecken's former girlfriend, who said he told them he was going to "shoot up the school" and kill himself. The ex-girlfriend told police that Vanderecken also threatened to shoot her and her new boyfriend.
Police said Vanderecken admitted during questioning that he had made the threats, and had recently become angry and depressed. Police said he told people of his plans in order to scare them and to get attention.
According to court records, police searched his home and found no notes or journals to suggest a planned attack. They said they did seize a BB gun, three computers, an iPod and a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
"We take these types of threats seriously as the safety of everyone involved is a concern for our office as well as the Harrisonville Police Department as well as the Harrisonville School District," said Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley.


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(Pocket-lint) - Asus has done some Transformer name tweaking, and has announced a new range of tablets under the banner "Transformer Pad Infinity". Asus claims the tablets are the first to offer full HD quality via their in-built Super IPS+ displays. Indeed, they're actually slightly better than full HD, offering 1920x1200 resolutions and seriously impressive 600nit brightnesses.
From the initial Asus information, it appears that the Infinity range will include a Wi-Fi-only model as well as 3G and 4G models. Perhaps most confusingly though, the processor your tablet is powered by is determined by the version you buy.
The 3G and 4G tablets, will be powered by the dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM 8960 Snapdragon S4 (Krait). The Wi-fi-only version, on the other hand, uses the quad-core 1.6GHz nVidia Tegra 3 system on a chip.
The design also promises to impress, with a depth of just 8.5mm and finished in the Asus spun-metal look, with which it has festooned many of its devices of late. The glass bit will be made out of Corning's Gorilla Glass 2, so scratches and other damage should be shrugged off with aplomb.
All of the tablets will have Asus's new SonicMaster technology, designed to produce super-quality audio, and no doubt, compete with Dr Dre's Beats audio, which will continue to bless HTCs new devices.
The on-board camera also promises some significant improvements, and will perhaps be one of the best fitted to a tablet. The front-facing camera offers 2-megapixel resolution, for video calls and such. The rear camera is a reasonable 8-megapixels and has a 5-element lens and an LED flash, for low-light shots.
Battery life is a claimed nine hours from the tablet alone, but jumps to 16 if you attach the optional keyboard dock. The tablet has a micro HDMI output, as well as a microSD slot - rendering it less useful for photographers. The dock adds a USB output, as well as a full-sized SD card slot.
All of the "Infinity" tablets will ship with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwhich) and what Asus describes as a "Zen design philosophy". We have no idea what that might mean, but let's just assume the Infinity won't be starting any wars and will respect all living creatures.
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ARUBA - A cosy lounge sofa
Clubs and bars have long bet on the special flair of lounge sofas. They are comfortable, invite you to stay and offer enough space. Now, however, this comfortable seating has become a feature we see in homes or businesses. The ARUBA is particularly elegant. The unusual design and high-quality synthetic leather will be a hit straight away. The sofa stands securely on two runners that complete the overall picture of modern harmony. Create your own chill-out area in the living room or a cosy reception area in your office. A number of combinations are possible with the ARUBA! Of course you can combine it with other lounge furniture from our range and put together veritable relaxation zones.
- Comfortable Lounge Sofa
- Wide comfortable seat cushions
- Quality workmanship
- Easy care faux leather cover
- Metal frame in light grey
- Measurements: width 111cm x height 78cm x depth 71cm
Assembly instructions
This item is supplied unassembled.
For assembly by the customer in just a few simple steps.
Of course, for gas springs, chair castors, footrests, etc., no construction is required.


text: Alright, so here's the issue. We open the box and connect to a Sportster SP5 and it works the first time with no issues. The next day we have all the cables connected in the house and we try once again to make sure that the SP5 is getting signal and it comes back with "Antenna Not Detected". We all know that it means that it's not connected through the wires. So we think it's something in the house, check each cable with the antenna to see if we can get the SP5 to see the signal. Nothing. So we then setup the exact set of cables night before and guess what "Antenna not detected" So did we short something in the antenna by testing it? Also, this is the 2nd antenna we've tried this on. Are outdoor antennas faulty to begin with? Audiovox sent us one while it was in the window of the warranty, but they don't really answer any questions. Can't find any real information reguarding the home antenna on sirius website. Let me know if anyone has any ideas. Thanks.


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Below you will find all of our offerings for Week 13 of the 2016 NFL season.
Note: Starred items (noted with ***) will be mailed to the subscriber list.
Note that the projections are updated Sunday morning as well. Please check the active links at the top of this page for the latest.


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Speaking at a NewSchools Summit on educational innovation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted that finding ways to improve children's education is important to him—and he thinks getting children under age 13 on to Facebook could be a key step in that direction.
Currently, Facebook is barred from allowing children under 13 years of age from using the site by the U.S. Children's Online Protection Act (COPA), enacted in 1998 as a way to help protect children from Internet predators and cyberbullying. However, many children under 13 lie about their age to set up Facebook accounts—Consumer Reports estimates as many as 7.5 million children under 13 are using Facebook, and a European study estimated 20 percent of European children between 9 and 12 are on Facebook.
Facebook emphasizes that it provides privacy and safety controls to enable users to protect their privacy, and the company has recently acknowledged that it shuts down about 20,000 accounts a day, many for being underage.
However, Zuckerberg noted that Facebook may be willing to work to have the Child Online Protection Act altered or overturned in an effort to bring Facebook's educational possibilities to younger users. "That will be a fight we take on at some point," the BBC, Fortune, and others quote Zuckerberg as saying. "My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age."
Critics and privacy advocates note there are several dangers with young children using social networking services, including the risk of online bullying and, perhaps every parents' worst fear, being targeted by sexual predators. Children often don't understand the potential consequences of sharing information online, and may inadvertently make themselves and their families vulnerable.
Zuckerberg emphasized that, if the age restriction requirements were to change, his company would take "a lot of precautions" to ensure younger users were safe.
Zuckerberg has inflamed critics in the past declaring privacy is not a "social norm," and Facebook has long been subject to criticism and litigation surrounding disclosure of personal information.
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PEOPLE are being urged to get their tickets now for this year's Essex Book Festival.
The annual festival, supported by Essex County Council libraries, includes top writers such as Joanna Trollope and Peter Snow.
A number of acclaimed Essex authors are also appearing at events during the festival, which runs throughout March.
As well as authors discussing their works, aspiring writers can benefit from workshops and there are some events for children too.
- For more details on the Essex Book Festival, including listings, visit the event website and to book tickets call 01206 573948.


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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
Wonder how many #RSL fans know that GK @NickRimando's former teammate, Ben Olsen (current DC coach), officiated Nick & Jacqui's wedding
Major League Soccer @MLS
Joao Plata changed the game for #RSL on Sunday, but that doesn't mean Jason Kreis is happy: http://soc.cr/ixFJb
Let's give soccer a W in this category: Nick Rimando up for Utah Pro Athlete Award - fans can vote here http://www.football.com/en-gb/real-salt-lake-and-usmnt-goalkeeper-up-for-utah-pro-athlete-award-fans-can-vote-here/ …#RSL #USMNT
64: the # of shutouts by #RSL GK @NickRimando since his 2007 arrival in Utah, 20 more than the 11… http://instagr.am/p/WmqlW9MFWM/
RealSaltLake.com: Video: RSL at DC Match Preview
ESPN 700: Chris Wingert on "The Bill & Hans Show"
ABC4: RSL hoping to build on momentum
MLSsoccer.com: ExtraTime Radio – March 7
Pro Soccer Talk: Highlights: Galaxy plays to scoreless tie in Costa Rica
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Preview: RSL at D.C. United
RealSaltLake.com: Nick Rimando nominated for Governor's State of Sport Awards
RealSaltLake.com: Real Salt Lake announces schedule for 2013 RSL Questar Camps Presented by Thermwise
RealSaltLake.com: Who killed Kenny? Mansally to go by give name Abdoulie
Grantland: The Designated Player: Kyle Beckerman for Real, Part I
MLSsoccer.com: Despite dynamite debut for Real Salt Lake, Jason Kreis "concerned" over Joao Plata's fitness
Deseret News: Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando nominated for pair of Utah Governor's State of Sport awards
ABC4.com: RSL hopes to build on momentum
KSL.com: Real Salt Lake match preview: RSL at D.C. United
For the Fans, By the Fans
RSL Soapbox: Three questions with Black and Red United
Real Nation: RSL at DC Match Preview
RSL Perspective: For Real Salt Lake, one down, 33 more to go
Under the Crossbar: The Buck Shaw Excursion: RSL's 2-0 win over San Jose
MLS, Other News & Notes
MLSsoccer.com: CCL Match Recap: Herediano 0, LA Galaxy 0
MLSsoccer.com: MLS on TV: Where to watch the MLS action in Week 2
MLSsoccer.com: With fitness the final hurdle, Edson Buddle nears return for Colorado Rapids
MLSsoccer.com: With Jay DeMerit out, Kenny Miller primed to take Vancouver Whitecaps captaincy
MLSsoccer.com: Exclusive with Portland Timbers star Diego Valeri: "I wanted to come to MLS badly"
MLSsoccer.com: Utah-bred businessman the unexpected savior for LA Galaxy opponents Herediano
MLSsoccer.com: Panama national team call up MLS duo ahead of World Cup qualifiers
MLSsoccer.com: New England Revolution stick to long view on stadium hunt: "An urban location… is critical"
MLSsoccer.com: Columbus Crew president talks new stadium possibilities, USA-Mexico
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If you still haven't gotten the one you love a little something for Valentine's Day (it's Tuesday!), there's still time. Head to one of these five MetroWest and Milford-area shops to get delicious, locally made chocolate. Or go to all of them like we did!
There's something for everyone, whether your sweetheart likes truffles, solid chocolate, things covered in chocolate (can you say Devil Dogs and potato chips?), chocolate touted as healthy or non-chocolate sweets such as pate de fruit and jellies. Our wastelines took one for the team and sampled more than 20 pieces of deliciousness. Here are some thoughts.
Chocolate Therapy has just what the doctor ordered - chocolate! The shop, tucked in a plaza on Rte. 9 near Bed, Bath & Beyond and owned by David and Pam Griffin, features some of the more adventurous offerings we found in our chocolate travels. Ingredients such as cayenne, cinnamon, green tea and ginseng are featured in chocolates with names such as Gen Mai Cha and The Cure. We sampled the Castaway (dark chocolate, coconut oil and sesame seeds - not very sweet and actually seeming healthy); a sea salt caramel (buttery satisfaction); the Chocolate Fix (dark chocolate and cocoa nibs that we found not as exciting as the rest) and The Cure. The Cure is the one to get for shock value. It features dark chocolate, cayenne, cinnamon and bay leaf. The cayenne will hit you fast, followed by soothing cinnamon. One tester said: "(The) center explodes with savory flavors at first bite. The herbs and dark chocolate create a delicious blend of flavors." Chocolates are individually priced at a little more or less than $2, depending on the one you choose.
Don't pass by Dulce D Leche because you're driving too fast past its Edgell Road nook or because you think it only serves gelato. Owner and chocolatier Jules Remenar makes a case full of beautiful chocolates. The Patriot Uprising truffle will grab your eye with the strokes of red, white and blue. It features Sons of Liberty whiskey - and boy can you taste it! The dark chocolate really complements the smokey alcohol. Tasters had mixed reviews on a beautiful heart-sharped white chocolate painted with red cocoa butter and filled with passion fruit ganache. The tropical fruit was strong, so if you're not a fan of the fruit, this one isn't for you. A cute daisy shaped chocolate filled with dulce de leche hazelnut got rave reviews from an editor who grabbed a bite after the official testing was over. This isn't Nutella - this is real hazelnuts enveloped by dulce de leche. If none of the chocolates call to you (but how can they not?) there are also several pate de fruits - fruit jellies covered in sugar crystals. These are very sweet and a dentist's nightmare, but the fruit flavor is strong and a nibble will do you. We tried the blood orange. The cafe also offers gelato and an assortment of pastries. Chocolates are individually priced at a little more or less than $2, depending on the one you choose. Pate de fruits are 75 cents.
We visited the Hopedale store, which is also where the chocolates are made. Lisa Campbell, one of the owners, spoke passionately about their offerings and she has reason to be proud. The tasters gushed about all of the chocolates they tried. Not only did the heart-shaped candy look nice with its Happy Valentine's Day greeting, but the strawberry preserves inside worked great with white chocolate shell. The dark chocolate caramel sea salt truffle was a favorite among the various sea salt offerings sampled for its bold salt flavor. The double chocolate signature truffle features half dark and half milk chocolate ganache inside a dark chocolate shell with cocoa powder. It all resulted in a nice balance and prompted one taster to observe how thoughtful all of the truffle combinations were. The Kahlua/White Russian truffle drove that point home with its white chocolate shell with a milk chocolate Kahlua-flavored ganache inside. Campbell made sure to point out it was covered not in regular "waxy" sprinkles, but instead with "true chocolate decoratifs." A fan favorite here is milk chocolate-covered potato chips, offering that salty/sweet/crunchy combo so many crave. Beware as you approach the cash register - the chocolate-covered strawberries, Twinkies or Devil Dogs may find their way into your order. The potato chips and some chocolates are $20.95 a pound. Petite truffles are 90 cents each. Bigger truffles are $2.
If you've ever driven down Rte. 20 in Shrewsbury, then you've seen the big Hebert Candy Mansion. And if you've only ever bought one of their fundraiser candy bars, then you're missing out. They make all sorts of chocolates on the premises, including a milk chocolate toasted coconut truffle that tastes just like a Mounds bar. The milk chocolate sea salt caramel was buttery and had a good ratio of caramel to chocolate to salt. We couldn't really detect the raspberry in the dark chocolate raspberry fuschia foil truffle. But for a great fruit flavor, try the clerk-recommended white chocolate blueberry cheesecake truffle. You can smell the blueberry before you even pop it in your mouth. The milk chocolate champagne truffle doesn't have a remarkable champagne flavor, if it's even meant to, although it doesn't quite taste like regular chocolate either. It has pink hearts painted on it, though, so it's a pretty addition to a Valentine's mix. Hebert has a table dedicated to chocolate-covered strawberries for the holiday (not to mention a year-round ice cream sundae bar). The truffles cost $24.95 a pound.
Peanut butter lovers will want to get a peanut butter cup from Pandolfi's. There's more chocolate than peanut butter, but the peanut butter is rich and can handle the chocolate. It's one of the chocolates owner Gary Pandolfi immediately grabbed when asked for their popular offerings. He also put in a classic milk chocolate "double fudgie" truffle (which a customer a minute later happened to order for his own mix) and a salted caramel (more chocolate than caramel but again, the caramel can take it). Acknowledging it isn't everyone's cup of tea, Pandolfi added a dark chocolate raspberry jelly. Although very sweet, it's obvious this is a superior jelly. It's soft (sometimes these are hard) and melts in your mouth. The raspberry flavor is strong, too. Try it. You'll also find a lot of Valentine's Day pre-packaged items throughout the store. Chocolates from the case are $24 a pound.
We knew each chocolate shop would offer its own unique creations but suspected - correctly - that they'd all offer the classic combination of nut, caramel and chocolate known as a turtle. We got one from each store, although each featured a different combination of ingredients. Several tasters thought Chocolate Therapy's turtle had the most balanced taste between the chocolate, caramel and - in this case - walnuts. "While I like pecans, the walnuts added a more mild taste," one taster said. Dulce D Leche's turtle featured a blend of dark and milk chocolate. It was the biggest turtle (and most expensive at $2.75) but won points for looking the most like a turtle. "Now I know why they call it a turtle!" one taster said. Green Mountain's turtle - we chose the one with dark chocolate and pecans - could have used more caramel and chocolate. The Hebert turtle we chose had white chocolate, caramel and almonds, offering "a satisfying crunchy texture and a chewy center. The almonds balanced the sweetness of the white chocolate," said one taster. Finally, from Pandolfi's we picked a turtle with milk chocolate and cashews. The soft cashew made for a turtle that chewed like butter and had one taster raving.
But really, there's no such thing as a bad turtle! Happy Valentine's Day!


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Excerpts from Ohio kidnapper's sentencing
Excerpts of testimony at Thursday's sentencing of convicted Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro:
People are trying to paint me as a monster, and I'm not a monster. I'm sick. My sexual problems been so bad on my mind, I'm impulsive. ... I believe I am addicted to porn, to the point that it really makes me impulsive.
When I picked up the first victim, I hadn't even planned it that day. ... That day I went to Family Dollar, and I heard her, over saying something about she needed to get somewhere and I reacted on that. But when I got up that day, I did not say, "Oh, I'm going to get up and try to find some women." It wasn't my character. But I know it's wrong. I'm not trying to make excuses here. I know I'm 100 percent wrong for doing that."
I am not a violent person. I know what I did is wrong, but I'm not a violent person. I simply kept them here without being able to leave.
I'm not a monster. I'm a normal person. I am just sick. I have an addiction. Just like an alcoholic has an addiction. Alcoholics cannot control their addiction. That's why I couldn't control my addiction.
I would like to apologize to the victims, Amanda Berry, and Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight. ... I am truly sorry for what happened. ... I just hope that they can find it in their hearts to forgive me.
I ask God to forgive me, I ask my family and I apologize to my family also for putting them through all this. I want to apologize to the state of Ohio, the city of Cleveland. ... I just want to apologize to everyone who was touched by these events.
I do also want to mention that there was harmony in that home. There was harmony in that home. I was a good person. Being brought up, I never had a record. I just hope that they find it in their hearts to forgive me, and to maybe do some research on people who have addictions so they can see how their addiction takes over their lives.
My name is Michelle Knight, and I would like to tell you what 11 years was like for me.
I missed my son every day. I wondered if I would ever see you again. He was only 2 1/2 years old when I was tooken. I look inside my heart and I see my son.
I cried every night. I was so alone. I worried about what would happen to me and the other girls every day.
Days never got shorter. Days turned into nights. Nights turned into days. The years turned into eternity.
I knew nobody cared about me. He told me that my family didn't care. He tormented me, constantly, even on holidays.
Christmas was the most traumatic day because I never got to spend it with my son.
Nobody should ever have to go through what I went through or anybody else, not even the worstest enemy.
Gina was my teammate. She never let me fall. I never let her fall. She nursed me back to health when I was dying from his abuse. My friendship with her is the only thing that was good out of this situation. We said we would someday make it out alive, and we did.
Ariel Castro, I remember all the times that you came home talking about what everybody else did wrong and act like you wasn't doing the same thing. You said, "At least I didn't kill you."
You took 11 years of my life away and I have got it back. I spent 11 years in hell. Now your hell is just beginning. I will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell for eternity.
From this moment on I will not let you define me or affect who I am.
I will live on. You will die a little every day. As you think about the 11 years and the atrocities you inflicted on us, what does God think of you hypocritically going to church every Sunday, coming home to torture us.
Death penalty will be so much easier. You don't deserve that. You deserve to spend life in prison. I can forgive you but I will never forget. With the guidance of God, I will prevail and help others that have suffered at the hands of others. Writing this statement gave me the strength to be a stronger woman, and know that's there's more good than evil.
I know that there's a lot of people going through hard times. But we need to reach out a hand and hold them and let them know that they're being heard.
After 11 years, I am finally being heard and it's liberating. Thank you all. I love you. God bless you.
Sir, there's no place in this city, there's no place in this country, indeed there's no place in this world for those who enslave others, those who sexually assault others or those who brutalize others.
For more than 10 years you have preyed upon three young women. You subjected them to harsh and violent conduct. You felt you were dominating them. But you were incorrect.
You could not take away their dignity. Although they suffered terribly, Miss Knight, Miss DeJesus and Miss Berry did not give up hope. They have persevered. In fact, they've prevailed. These remarkable women again have their freedom, which is the most precious aspect of being an American.
Mr. Castro, you forfeited that right. You've now become a number with the Department of the Rehabilitation and Correction. You'll be confined for the remainder of your days.
The impact of these crimes on our family is something that we do not want to discuss with people we don't know. Even if I wanted to talk about it, it is impossible to put into words. For me, I lost my sister for all those years and thought it was forever. And we lost my mother forever. And she died not knowing. My mother and my sister, the two most loving people in the world. It is impossible to put into words how much it hurts.
Amanda is not here today. She is strong, beautiful, inside and out, and is doing better every day. She's not just my only sister, but the best friend I have and the best person I know. She does not want to talk about these things. She has not talked about these things even with me. And she does not want other people to talk about these things.
The main reason she does not want anyone to talk about these things, or be forced to talk about these things, is because she has a daughter. She would like to be the person who decides what to tell her daughter, when to tell her daughter, and how to tell her daughter certain things.
To Ariel Castro's family _ we are saddened that you are burdened with this horror and will unfortunately forever be tied to these atrocities. Please know that we do not hold you accountable and pray that you can one day be whole again. Continue to love and support one another _ we promise you that with this recipe you will be triumphant.
We stand before you and promise you that our beloved family member thrives. She laughs, swims, dances, and more importantly she loves and is loved. We are comforted in knowing that she will continue to flourish. She will finish school, go to college, fall in love, and if she chooses, will get married and have children. She is where we will continue to put in our energy. She lives not a victim, but as a survivor. Her insurmountable will to prevail is the only story worth discussing.
We ask that you continue to give her and our family privacy as we continue this journey back into society.
To Ariel Castro (in Spanish): May God have mercy on your soul.


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8. THE HOLINESS OF GOD"Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for Thou only art holy" ( kjv@Revelation:15:4). He only is independently, infinitely, immutably holy. In Scripture He is frequently styled "The Holy One": He is so because the sum of all moral excellency is found in Him. He is absolute Purity, unsullied even by the shadow of sin. "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all" ( kjv@1John:1:5). Holiness is the very excellency of the Divine nature: the great God is "glorious in holiness" ( kjv@Exodus:15:11). Therefore do we read, "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity" ( kjv@Habakkuk:1:13). As Gods power is the opposite of the native weakness of the creature, as His wisdom is in complete contrast from the least defect of understanding or folly, so His holiness is the very antithesis of all moral blemish or defilement. Of old God appointed singers in Israel "that they should praise for the beauty of holiness" ( kjv@Chronicles:20:21). "Power is Gods hand or arm, omniscience His eye, mercy His bowels, eternity His duration, but holiness is His beauty" (S. Charnock). It is this, supremely, which renders Him lovely to those who are delivered from sins dominion.
A chief emphasis is placed upon this perfection of God: God is oftener styled Holy than almighty, and set forth by this part of His dignity more than by any other. This is more fixed on as an epithet to His name than any other. You never find it expressed His mighty name or His wise name, but His great name, and most of all, His holy name. This is the greatest title of honour; in this latter doth the majesty and venerableness of His name appear (S. Charnock).
This perfection, as none other, is solemnly celebrated before the Throne of Heaven, the seraphim crying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts" ( kjv@Isaiah:6:3). God Himself singles out this perfection, "Once have I sworn by Thy holiness" ( kjv@Psalms:89:35). God swears by His holiness because that is a fuller expression of Himself than anything else. Therefore are we exhorted, "Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness" ( kjv@Psalms:30:4). "This may be said to be a transcendental attribute, that, as it were, runs through the rest, and casts luster upon them. It is an attribute of attributes" (J. Howe, 1670). Thus we read of "the beauty of the Lord" ( kjv@Psalms:27:4), which is none other than "the beauty of holiness" ( kjv@Psalms:110:3).
As it seems to challenge an excellency above all His other perfections, so it is the glory of all the rest; as it is the glory of the Godhead, so it is the glory of every perfection in the Godhead; as His power is the strength of them, so His holiness is the beauty of them; as all would be weak without almightiness to back them, so all would be uncomely without holiness to adorn them. Should this be sullied, all the rest would lose their honour; as at the same instant the sun should lose its light, it would lose its heat, its strength, its generative and quickening virtue. As sincerity is the luster of every grace in a Christian, so is purity the splendor of every attribute in the Godhead. His justice is a holy justice, His wisdom a holy wisdom, His arm of power a "holy arm" ( kjv@Psalms:98:1), His truth or promise a "holy promise" ( kjv@Psalms:105:42). His name, which signifies all His attributes in conjunction, "is holy," ( kjv@Psalms:103:1) (S. Charnock).
Gods holiness is manifested in His works. "The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works" ( kjv@Psalms:145:17). Nothing but that which is excellent can proceed from Him. Holiness is the rule of all His actions. At the beginning He pronounced all that He made "very good" ( kjv@Genesis:1:31), which He could not have done had there been anything imperfect or unholy in them. Man was made "upright" ( kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:29), in the image and likeness of his Creator. The angels that fell were created holy, for we are told that they "kept not their first habitation" ( kjv@Jude:1:6). Of Satan it is written, "Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee" ( kjv@Ezekiel:28:15).
Gods holiness is manifested in His law. That law forbids sin in all of its modifications: in its most refined as well as its grossest forms, the intent of the mind as well as the pollution of the body, the secret desire as well as the overt act. Therefore do we read, The law is holy, and "the commandment holy, and just, and good" ( kjv@Romans:7:12). Yes, "the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether" ( kjv@Psalms:19:8-9).
Gods holiness is manifested at the Cross. Wondrously and yet most solemnly does the Atonement display Gods infinite holiness and abhorrence of sin. How hateful must sin be to God for Him to punish it to its utmost deserts when it was imputed to His Son!
Not all the vials of judgment that have or shall be poured out upon the wicked world, nor the flaming furnace of a sinners conscience, nor the irreversible sentence pronounced against the rebellious demons, nor the groans of the damned creatures, give such a demonstration of Gods hatred of sin, as the wrath of God let loose upon His Son. Never did Divine holiness appear more beautiful and lovely than at the time our Saviours countenance was most marred in the midst of His dying groans. This Himself acknowledges in ( kjv@Psalms:22). When God had turned His smiling face from Him, and thrust His sharp knife into His heart, which forced that terrible cry from Him, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" He adores this perfection"Thou art holy," 5:3 (S. Charnock).
Because God is holy He hates all sin. He loves everything which is in conformity to His laws, and loathes everything which is contrary to it. His Word plainly declares, "The froward is an abomination to the Lord" ( kjv@Proverbs:3:32). And again, "The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord" ( kjv@Proverbs:15:26). It follows, therefore, that He must necessarily punish sin. Sin can no more exist without demanding His punishment than without requiring His hatred of it. God has often forgiven sinners, but He never forgives sin; and the sinner is only forgiven on the ground of Another having borne his punishment; for "without shedding of blood is no remission" ( kjv@Hebrews:9:22). Therefore we are told, "The Lord will, take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth Wrath for His enemies" ( kjv@Nahum:1:2). For one sin God banished our first parents from Eden. For one sin all the posterity of Ham fell under a curse which remains over them to this day ( kjv@Genesis:9:21). For one sin Moses was excluded from Canaan, Elishas servant smitten with leprosy, Ananias and Sapphira cut off out of the land of the living.
Herein we find proof for the Divine inspiration of the Scriptures. The unregenerate do not really believe in the holiness of God. Their conception of His character is altogether one-sided. They fondly hope that His mercy will override everything else. "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself" ( kjv@Psalms:50:21) is Gods charge against them. They think only of a "god" patterned after their own evil hearts. Hence their continuance in a course of mad folly. Such is the holiness ascribed to the Divine nature and character in Scripture that it clearly demonstrates their superhuman origin. The character attributed to the "gods" of the ancients and of modern heathendom are the very reverse of that immaculate purity which pertains to the true God. An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of all sin, was never invented by any of Adams fallen descendants! The fact is that nothing makes more manifest the terrible depravity of mans heart and his enmity against the living God than to have set before him One who is infinitely and immutably holy. His own idea of sin is practically limited to what the world calls "crime." Anything short of that, man palliates as "defects," "mistakes," "infirmities," etc. And even where sin is owned at all, excuses and extenuations are made for it.
The "god" which the vast majority of professing Christians "love," is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish for folly, but leniently winks at the "indiscretions" of youth. But the Word says, "Thou hatest all workers of iniquity " ( kjv@Psalms:5:5). And again, "God is angry with the wicked every day" ( kjv@Psalms:7:11). But men refuse to believe in this God, and gnash their teeth when His hatred of sin is faithfully pressed upon their attention. No, sinful man was no more likely to devise a holy God than to create the Lake of fire in which he will be tormented for ever and ever.
Because God is holy, acceptance with Him on the ground of creature doings is utterly impossible. A fallen creature could sooner create a world than produce that which would meet the approval of infinite Purity. Can darkness dwell with Light? Can the Immaculate One take pleasure in "filthy rags" ( kjv@Isaiah:64:6)? The best that sinful man brings forth is defiled. A corrupt tree cannot bear good fruit. God would deny Himself, vilify His perfections, were He to account as righteous and holy that which is not so in itself; and nothing is so which has the least stain upon it contrary to the nature of God. But blessed be His name, that which His holiness demanded His grace has provided in Christ Jesus our Lord. Every poor sinner who has fled to Him for refuge stands "accepted in the Beloved" ( kjv@Ephesians:1:6). Hallelujah!
Because God is holy the utmost reverence becomes our approaches unto Him. "God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all about Him" ( kjv@Psalms:89:7). Then "Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy" ( kjv@Psalms:99:5). Yes, "at His footstool," in the lowest posture of humility, prostrate before Him. When Moses would approach unto the burning bush, God said, "put off thy shoes from off thy feet" ( kjv@Exodus:3:5). He is to be served "with fear" ( kjv@Psalms:2:11). Of Israel His demand was, "I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified" ( kjv@Leviticus:10:3). The more our hearts are awed by His ineffable holiness, the more acceptable will be our approaches unto Him.
Because God is holy we should desire to be conformed to Him. His command is, "Be ye holy, for I am holy" ( kjv@1Peter:1:16). We are not bidden to be omnipotent or omniscient as God is, but we are to be holy, and that "in all manner of deportment" ( kjv@1Peter:1:15).
This is the prime way of honoring God. We do not so glorify God by elevated admiration, or eloquent expressions, or pompous services of Him, as when we aspire to a conversing with Him with unstained spirits, end live to Him in living like Him (S. Charnock).
Then as God alone is the Source and Fount of holiness, let us earnestly seek holiness from Him; let our daily prayer be that He may "sanctify us wholly; and our whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" ( kjv@1Thessalonians:5:23).
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We have a very special occasion today on this blog.
It's the birthday of my dearest dad, Mr. Ahmad Nordin bin Mohammad :DDD
Once i was in class and we were asked to translate our names, and mine was 'The Praised and Perfecting son of The Praised Light of Religion', so my dad's name should be
'The Praised Light of Religion son of The Praised One'
My dad was born on the 8th March 19** (this is an area of contention for most people), and i'd like to keep the year a secret because a lot of people confuse my dad for my brother and he likes it like that. Either he looks young or i look old, preferably the former. -.-
I remember when i was in MRSM Kuala Klawang, every time i went home for the weekend he'd always drive me back to school, eventhough the roads were like ular kena palu (snakes knocked by something). He was so used to the road that he knew how many bends there were (almost 100, if im not mistaken).
And i remember him saying why he loved his job, and one of the reasons was that it wasn't so demanding, and in the evenings he could come back home and have dinner with the whole family, and during weekends he has time off and could take us for a day out :')
And i remember him emphasizing that we receive religious education, sending us to sekolah agama (religious school), and keeping an immaculate watch whether we have prayed, or are we still in front of tv watching Doraemon.
People say that parents are the best murabbi (educator), and in my case i feel that is 100% true :) Our dads are our heroes, because no matter how crooked things get, great dads always drive you down the road :)
|From left: baba, me, ihsan. This was not a ninja conference, it was piggy flu
Happy **th birthday Baba!! hehe
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Happy Halloween all! We didn't have many Trick-or-Treaters, just 15 (not counting Heidi and Chloe! lol)
Chloe had made plans to go out with friends on her own, but they fell through and so Heidi took her out. The neighborhood was very quiet, but we met a few more neighbors and saw little Izze from across the street, who was dressed up as a ballet cheerleader. lol
Chloe carved pumpkins with her friends yesterday and she did a fantastic job as you can see here. The girls decorated the front of the house with Steve (the big dummy) and Tim (the little one).
Chloe is dressed as an exclamation point- it was Holly's idea.
Tomorrow is November... yikes! Rich and I are heading to Grand Junction to see Becca and I have heard the west of Colorado is simply lovely- I will be armed with my camera for sure!
Friday, October 31, 2008
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Works in progress...
Yesterday I finally went to a quilt class here in town. The store is called Fabric Expressions and has a lot of really nice people there. I have been there a few times- they don't have a huge selection of notions, but their fabric selection is great and so is their book selection. Plus they are friendly and helpful, so I like it. It isn't Taylor's- but it is the closest I can get here.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
My Quilt studio
Since the kids have been back in school, I have been trying madly to get things organized so that I could work on setting up my quilt studio, and I have finally done it. These three photos show the room from enough angles that you can see how I did it. I love it! It has a lot of stuff in it, but there is still plenty of space to move around and I can do all of the steps that quilt-making requires in its proper space.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Congratulations to Donna and Paul Taylor, and the fabulous Quiltathon Committee who pulled off a spectacular event and raised a TON of money!
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Circus!
With all of the excitement of the kids' visit last week, I didn't get to blog a very exciting outing we had- to the circus!!!
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Heidi's friends save the day!
As you likely noticed, I had trouble publishing yesterday's post... something with an internet upgrade. ARGGGGHHH!!!!
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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Canadian family and friends! I hope you all had a wonderful time with loved ones. We sure did.
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Monday, October 6, 2008
Homecoming Dance & Weekend activities
Here is a photo of Heidi and her friends going to dinner before the Homecoming Dance.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Well, we are just coming to the close of our first ever Homecoming- it is really something, that is for sure!
The high school had a whole week of spirit-building activities and pep rallies, and yesterday morning, the local Fox news was at the school to film little segments of some of the groups. The marching band was one of them! Not that you can see much, but if you are interested, you can go to this link:
Click on the Good Day red tab, and from there there is a little photo under the main photo that says "Friday HS Pride- Columbine Rebels". That will pull up a small article with a side bar that has five small photos- click on the fourth photo down to see the marching band- it is a short video. You can see Heidi in it two or three times- she is in the front row with a flute and has a bright green bandana across her forehead. They didn't show much of the band, but it was pretty cool to see her on live TV yesterday just the same!
Last night was the Homecoming football game (which we won 34-14) and Rich, Chloe, and I worked in the pit. The band played the National Anthem, then they played various little ditties throughout the first half from the stands. At halftime, they played just the third song from their show, so I had to snap photos QUICK! lol
Tonight is the Homecoming Dance and Heidi is going with a group of her friends- more on that tomorrow!
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Outdoor Lab girl!
I am back- I just remembered that I forgot to take the photos of Chloe from the other day off of the cameras.
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Playing with the camera
I have to say, playing with a good lens is great fun!
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Race Against The Machine
16.01.09 - By: Andrew Buchanan
The PWA gets the inside scoop on NeilPryde's latest jaw dropping PR stunt, the Race Against the Machine.
The PWA gets the inside scoop on NeilPryde's latest jaw dropping PR stunt, the Race Against the Machine.
Setting new standards in windsurfing PR, industry heavyweights NeilPryde have once again defied convention to publicise their new slalom foils, the RS:Slalom MKIII and the RS:Racing EvoII.
Dubbed 'Race Against the Machine', NeilPryde plucked the cream of their international slalom team to race Hawaii's super ferry across the Molokai channel (see link to video below). The astonishing helicopter footage provides a thought provoking insight into just how fast the slalom fleet travel when gunning it flat stick.
Eager to know more, the PWA hit up wave/slalom specialist and NeilPryde rider, Robby Swift:
"We often test the NeilPryde Racing sails down at Kahului Harbour and so we see the Super Ferry flying in and out of there most days. I am not sure who it was that had the idea of chasing it around to take photos, but it was certainly a fun day out!
It was really windy (I was on a 5.5 RS Slalom, and pretty over powered) so it was also very rough out there. Micah, Antoine, Pieter and myself cruised out to wait for the ferry to make its way out into the shadow of the West Maui Mountains. We had Jason Polakow on the jet ski chasing us for safety, but he turned out to be more of a liability to himself as he was thrown from the ski a couple of times, and only just managed to catch it up again, swimming for his life! You would not want to be lost at sea with no jet ski out there!
We basically chased the ferry all the way from Kahului round towards the Molokai channel. I think Micah said we sailed 80km that day, and it was all full, break-neck speed, very exciting to say the least! At one point the helicopter that was following us so Elliot and Jerome could film managed to flatten me with its downdraft, leaving me floundering on my own, miles from anywhere. Luckily, the ferry switched course to go a little more downwind at that point, so I was able to catch back up again."
Thanks for the insight Swifty. To check out Race Against the Machine, CLICK HERE.
Alternatively, for a different perspective you can view some amateur footage shot from the ferry (including Swifty's wipeout),
Robby Swift is sponsored by JP boards and NeilPryde sails.
Source: PWA
Source: PWA


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(Pocket-lint) - Motorola has announced the Motorola Xoom 2, an update to their existing Motorola Xoom, boosting specs and altering the design. We were on hand at the UK launch of the new Android tablet to have a play with the new tablet and bring you our first impressions.
There are two Xoom 2 tablets: here we are looking at the Xoom 2 10.1-inch model, a direct update to the existing Xoom. We have looked at the 8.2-inch Xoom 2 Media Edition separately.
The original Xoom found itself quickly bettered by rivals such as Asus and Samsung after launch and the Xoom 2 goes some way to correct that. The original was a little fat and heavy, the Xoom 2 is 100g lighter at 599g, with better edge design.
It feels nicer to hold thanks to the sculpting of the edges, which have a softer, more tactile, feel to them than the original. The design is more eye-catching too, fusing that central backplate with the grippy edges. The Xoom 2 measures 253.9 x 173.6 x 8.8mm.
The power/standby button is still on the rear of the tablet, now joined by the volume controls. The speakers sit on the top edge and from what we heard of them they sound pretty respectable.
Like the Sony Tablet S, you'll also find the Xoom 2 equipped with an IR transmitter supporting the Dijit app, so the tablet can be a universal remote.
The screen of the original Xoom was ok, but wasn't the brightest around. It was already an HD display at 1280 x 800 and Motorola haven't revealed exactly what the resolution of the new tablet is: we can't say we noticed that it was any sharper, but it is IPS, with noticeable punch to colours and better viewing angles.
In terms of software, the Motorola Xoom 2 looks to be running a native Android 3.2 build with minimal customisation. Motorola have committed to an Android 4.0 update within 6-weeks of them getting the code from Google, which should be fairly soon.
With few tweaks to differentiate the Xoom 2 from other Honeycomb tablets, Motorola have turned to pre-installing some apps. These have a leaning towards business, with the likes of Citrix, Fuse Meetings and Quick Office HD, along with Motorola's MotoCast software, which will let you access content on your PC back home after you install the server software.
Internally you'll find the Xoom 2 has a Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, bringing a boost to performance, along with 1GB RAM. In our exploratory pokes it all seemed to run smoothly, but this being a pre-production device with only limited content, it's difficult to gauge what the final performance will be like.
The Xoom 2 in the UK is being sold as Wi-Fi only, but interestingly the pre-production device we saw today had both a SIM and microSD card slot under a flap on the bottom. A Moto Agent told us that these were disabled, the 3G radio not included, but there could be potential to activate the microSD card slot down the line.
We got the impression that that wasn't on the immediate agenda, so you'll be looking at 16GB of internal storage. Motorola told us they were looking towards cloud solutions via MotoCast, rather than seeing users fill the device with lots of content.
In terms of physical connections you'll get Micro-USB and HDMI and we saw the Xoom 2 connected to a huge Samsung screen and we have to say the quality of the mirroring was very impressive, ideal for showing off photos or movies.
Our time with the Motorola Xoom 2 was brief, but it looks like good solid Honeycomb device. There isn't a huge amount that makes it stand out, but we do like the new design, with those grippy edges and cut-off corners.
The Motorola Xoom 2 will set you back £379.99. We'll be bringing you a Motorola Xoom 2 review as soon as we can.


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MOVIES: Bond gets back to the basics in the very entertaining 'Skyfall'
The bullets, babes and bad guys are all a notch or two above recent Bond exercises
"Skyfall" is far and away the best and the most British of the Daniel Craig-era James Bond movies. Director Sam Mendes ("Road to Perdition") gets Bond back to the basics — bullets, babes, big time bad guys and bawdy humor. And the result is an entertaining romp, an old (spy) school Bond film that reins in the more violent and Germanic Bond of Marc Forster's "Quantum of Solace."
In the film's opening gambit, Bond bites the bullet. He's accidentally shot while wrestling with a generic villain on the roof of a train speeding through Turkey.
Since he's chased this guy by car and motorbike through the crowded bazaars and narrow streets of Istanbul (and settings from "Taken 2"), spy chief M (Judi Dench) is willing to risk the marksmanship of a fellow agent, played with a sexy pizazz by Naomie Harris, best known as the sexy witch of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
What Bond was trying to nab was a computer hard drive with a "list" on it. Some supervillain with Wikileaks tendencies wants to expose spies. Bond getting "killed" means that he's failed. And that M has failed, too. The fallout for 007 is an obituary. For M, it's a political raking over the coals, where she's called an "old fashioned" relic of a bygone era, "the golden age of espionage."
"We can't keep living in the shadows," her new boss, the intelligence minister (Ralph Fiennes) tells her. "There are no more shadows."
We, of course, know better. When MI6 is hacked and bombed, Bond comes back from his babe-and-beers and drinking games (very Indiana Jones) to save the day. Except he's gotten old. He's lost a step. And he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a Walther PPK. No matter — M won't have anybody else.
The biggest problem with the first two Craig Bonds — both films were huge hits — was the villains. This time, Oscar winner Javier Bardem shows up as a murderous hacker with a Julian Assange blond mop top. And he brings the pain — and the homoerotic undertones (OK, overtones).
The writing — three screenwriters pitched in — is jokier, crisper. The "Bond Girl" is played by the ultra-exotic Bérénice Marlohe.
And there's a new quartermaster, "Q" — played by waif-thin Ben Whishaw in a radical re-interpretation of a witty role that has been beloved by fans of the series for nearly 50 years.
"Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that any more."
Yes, this marks 50 years of James Bond films, and Mendes and Co. use the film as an excuse to joke about age and trot out old props and older actors (Dench and Albert Finney). Mendes gets that the familiar ingredients are what have made this series, and that "reinventing" Bond was never necessary. He just needed a new suit.
The finale is straight out of John Wayne's "Rio Bravo," and the violent set pieces — ranging from Shanghai and Macao to Parliament and the bunkers of London — are blandly predictable.
But that's kind of the point here. This is action comfort food, from the brand of gun and martini recipe to the quips and coital interludes. It's all good, clean, British fun. "Skyfall" — the title's a tease to a third-act surprise — ensures continuity in that comfort food: that as long as there's a Britain, there will be a "Bond, James Bond" to look after her interests.
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Rated: PG-13 (intense violent sequences throughout, sexuality, language, smoking)
Running time: 2:23
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes
Showing: Bainbridge, Olympic, Poulsbo, Rose, See-Film, Silverdale, South Sound, Uptown (Gig Harbor)


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