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Welcome to our Great Bend Class of 1977 page. Our website was created for Great Bend Alumni and School Faculty. Register here to reunite with classmates, plan class reunions or to share school information.
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September 3, 2007
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (TICKER) -- The Kansas City Royals activated outfielder Mark Teahen from the 15-day disabled list on Monday, prior to the start of the team's three-game set with the Texas Rangers.
The 25-year-old has not played since August 18 due to a left forearm strain.
In 119 games this season, Teahen is batting .284 with seven homers and 52 RBI. For his career, the three-year veteran is hitting .273 with 31 home runs and 176 RBI.

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Aishwarya Rai a attiré notre attention non seulement à cause de sa grande beauté, de son intelligence, et de ses films incroyables, mais c'est son style qui nous fait encore plus saliver.
Cela fait presque 20 ans que la porte-parole de L'Oréal a su conquérir nos coeurs en tant que Miss Monde. Plus récemment, la sirène de l'écran a stimulé notre imaginaire, avec ses superbes robes au dernier festival de Cannes, son look royal amusant ou encore son style de maman décontractée.
Mais ce sont les saris de la star, originaire de Mumbai, aux magnifiques cheveux couleur corbeaux, qui font d'elle une star unique (en Occident du moins). Une tenue traditionnelle originaire d'Asie du Sud qu'elle continue de porter malgré les nombreuses robes probablement offertes par les créateurs de Paris, Milan ou New York (voyez ci-dessous le superbe sari couleur or qu'elle portait à Cannes en mai dernier).
Pour celles voudraient essayer le port du sari, sachez qu'il s'enroule autour de la taille et qu'il peut s'accompagner d'un fin drapé posé sur l'épaule, qui met à nu un soupçon de ventre (la star de Bollywood Priyanka Chopra en a une belle collection aussi).
Jetez un oeil à la belle Aishwarya vêtue de son sari or:
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Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan poses on May 23, 2013 as she arrives for the amfAR's 20th Annual Cinema Against AIDS during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, southern France. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for a function at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI) Frames in Mumbai on March 25, 2011. FICCI Frames, the media and entertainment industry convention, brings together global and Indian media and entertainment industry together on one platform. AFP PHOTO/ Punit PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Bollywood actress and daughter-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan (L) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (R) arrive for the 'Big Star Entertainment Awards' ceremony in Mumbai on December 21, 2010. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attend the unveiling ceremony for Hindi movie 'Raavan' directed and produced by Mani Ratnam in Mumbai on April 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan (L) and actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrive to attend an awards ceremony in Mumbai late January 9, 2010. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian film actor Abhishek Bachchan (L) arrives with his actress wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the World Premiere of their film 'Sarkar Raj' (Absolute Ruler) on the first day of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2008, a three-day long Bollywood extravaganza, in Bangkok on June 6, 2008. IIFA - one the most respected South Asian film academy - is a movement aimed to bring together the worlds of Indian and International Cinema and business on one common global platform. IIFA weekend Bangkok 2008, in its ninth year, will see its culmination with the coveted IDEA IIFA Awards 2008 on June 8. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Aishwarya Rai of India competes in the swimsuit parade during the finals for Miss World 1994 in Sun City, November 20, 1994.
Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai of India poses for photographers a day after winning her crown in Sun City, 20 November 1994.
Former Miss World and Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai, poses during a launch campaign of the Longines DolceVita Diamond in New Delhi, 08 December 2001.
Miss World 'Aishwarya Rai' 'Carina Lau' celebration of '170th anniversary of Longines' at Longines by Swatch group.
Aishwarya Rai, a famous Bollywood actress speaks to a reporter at the India premeire of "Devdas" in Bombay, India on Thursday, July 11, 2002.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai poses for photographers during the photocall for Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Devdas' during the 55th Cannes film festival 23 May 2002.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai laughs during the promotion of her signature line jewellery collection 'Nakshatra' in Bombay, 07 May 2003.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai, jury member of the 56th Cannes film festival, arrives on stage during the opening ceremony at the Palais des Festivals on 14 May 2003.
Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of the film 'Matrix Reloaded' at the Palais des Festivals during the 56th International Cannes Film Festival May 15, 2003 in Cannes, France.
Indian actress and jury member Aishwarya Rai poses for photographers as she arrives at the palais des festivals to attend the screening of 'Les Egares' by French director Andre Techine during the 56th Cannes film festival 16 May 2003.
Actress Aishwarya Rai poses at the photo call for 'Pride and Prejudice' during the 56th International Cannes Film Festival 2003 on May 17, 2003 in Cannes, France.
Actress Aishwarya Rai attends the 'Dogville' premiere at the Palais Des Festival during 56th International Cannes Film Festival 2003 on May 19, 2003 in Cannes, France.
Aishwarya Rai attends amfAR's 'Cinema Against AIDS' benefit during the 56th International Cannes Film Festival 2003 on May 22, 2003 in Cannes, France.
Indian film actress Aishwariya Rai addresses a press conference in Amritsar, 06 October 2003.
In this picture taken on 27 February 2004, Indian actors Aishwariya Rai (L) and Ajay Devgan act in the Hindi movie 'Raincoat' during shooting in Calcutta.
Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives at the 57th International Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony dinner May 12, 2004 in Cannes, France.
Former Miss World and Bollywood star, Aishwarya Rai, poses in front of large poster of her at a press conference in Bombay, 28 May 2004.
Actress Aishwarya Rai poses at the 'Bollywood 4 Beginners' photocall at Madame Tussauds on September 30, 2004 in London.
Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives at the UK Premiere of 'Bride & Prejudice' at the London Palladium on October 4, 2004 in London.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai poses at the 4th edition of the International Film Festival in Marrakesh on Dec. 11, 2004.
Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai performs at the 'Help Telethon Concert' in aid of tsunami victims in Bombay in February 2005.
Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the premiere of Miramax's 'Bride And Prejudice' on February 9, 2005 in New York City.
Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for Time Magazine Celebrates New 'Time 100' list of Most Influential People In The World on April 19, 2005 in New York City.
Former Miss World, Indian model and film star Aishwarya Rai attends the premiere for the film 'Lemming' at Le Palais de Festival on the opening night of the 58th International Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2005 in Cannes, France.
India's Aishwarya Rai (top) takes part in a Bollywood performance as part of the closing ceremony for the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 26, 2006.
Actresses Aishwarya Rai, Andie MacDowell and Kerry Washington attend the 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley' premiere during the 59th International Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2006 in Cannes, France.
In this file picture taken May 12, 2005, Indian actress Aishwarya Rai smiles as she arrives for the screening of US director Woody Allen's film 'Match Point' during the 58th edition of the International Cannes Film Festival.
Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai arrives at the MOBO Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall on September 20th, 2006 in London, England.
Former Miss World and Indian film actress Aishwarya Rai reacts at a press conference to launch a new Nakshatra collection of diamond jewellery from Diamond Trading Corporation (DTC) in Mumbai on Oct. 3, 2006.
Aishwarya Rai during World Premiere of 'Guru' in Toronto at Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Actress and L'Oreal model Aishwarya Rai and actor Steve McFadden pose at a photocall for the general release of the film 'Provoked: A True Story' at the Courthouse Hotel on April 3, 2007 in London, England.
Indian actors Abhishek Bachchan (R) and Aishwarya Rai take prasad (blessed food) during a visit to The Lord Venkatesh Wara Temple at Tirupati on April 22, 2007.
Actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai arrive at the 'My Blueberry Nights' premiere on May 16, 2007 in Cannes, France.
Aishwarya Rai at The Martinez Hotel during 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai and her husband Abhishek Bachchan arrive at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFAs) ceremony at the Hallam Arena in Sheffield, northern England on June 9, 2007.
Actress Aishwarya Rai attends the screening of 'Guru' as part of the 'India Splendor' film festival on August 14, 2007 in Westwood, California.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the ramp during the launch of a bridal collection of watches by Swiss watchmaker Longines, in New Delhi on Dec. 5, 2007.
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Review: Hanna
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As usual, I'm being facetious. Truthfully, Hanna and Hit-Girl have little in common other than their gender and their profession - consider this and Kick-Ass at the opposite ends of the same spectrum. Joe Wright's MO is to fill in the gaps between the bouts of ass-kicking, to find out what makes his teen killer tick. You can count his action sequences on one hand; good as they are, in Hanna it feels like they've been somewhat shoehorned into proceedings to make an artful film that little bit more accessible to the Kick-Ass crowd. Like I said, same spectrum, opposite ends.
Saoirse Ronan is excellent as Hanna - the accent never wavers, the puppy-dog eyes are always working overtime, the occasional smile never fails to elicit a response. She's a dynamo in her fight scenes and really manages to convey a degree of physicality (screaming like a banshee helps). Wright doesn't give her much dialogue, but what she has she makes the most of, and in several different languages too. She's a little bleedin' star of the future and no mistake.
Supporting roles are less deserving of kudos - Eric Bana as Hanna's reluctant father is a little thinly-sketched, though as always Bana remains watchable, while Cate Blanchett's government top nob is a bit too pantomime (sharp dresser, bleached teeth, Southern accent) to be anything other than a boo-hiss villain. Her true machinations are hinted at in various not-so subtle ways, but for a movie that seemingly favours personal connections over theatrical grandstanding, it seems a bit 'Scooby Doo' to have her and Hanna face off in final showdown at an unused theme park.
The special award for misjudging tone, though, goes to Tom Hollander, who plays a bizarre Teutonic hitman with the odd knack of carrying out jobs wearing extremely unsuitable attire (including a zip-up tracksuit, and at one point, tight yellow tennis shorts). When we first meet him, he's presiding over his nightclub's Christmas stage show (acted out by dwarfs, natch) and whistles its theme tune throughout the movie. In time, this sort of ham-fisted scene-stealing will become known as 'Michael Sheening it' - for now, it's just distracting.
The worst thing you could say about Hanna is that it's not really much of anything - it's lacking as an action film, hardly an Oscar-worthy drama and keeps moments of levity to a minimum. That's selling it a bit short, though - it's a bold attempt at humanising what's become a fairly clichéd genre and it has several stand-out moments. An early escape from an underground facility is a genuine pulse-racer, while a touching moment between Hanna and her first ever friend beneath a blanket is delightful: all watery-eyed close-ups, soft lighting and repressed sexuality bubbling beneath the surface. Call off the cops: everyone is of age.
Hanna won't be for everyone and it certainly doesn't plant its flag in the pop culture soil half as firmly as Kick-Ass did this time last year, but recognise it for what it is: a well-put-together, well-acted, occasionally indulgent film that's capable of kicking like a mule yet also surprising with its tenderness. And hey, if you really don't like it, consider it an ace new Chemical Brothers album with a free film attached.
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WARNER ROBINS -- Police on Tuesday asked for the publics help identifying the owner and any drivers of a Chevrolet Tahoe seen near the site of a fatal shooting last month.
The blue SUV may be involved in the homicide investigation at the Murphy USA Oil gas station in front of the Booth Road Wal-Mart, police said. Police said they would not release any other information, other than to say they want to speak with the Tahoes owner and anyone who knows anyone whos been driving it.
The picture appears to have been taken from next to the Wal-Mart, and at least one passenger is visible.
Monnie Joseph Brabham IV, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene near the gas pumps Jan. 23. A police report suggests the killing may have been related to a car theft, but police will not discuss it. Brabham drove a silver 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood. The report states he was killed with a shotgun.
Police initially said they may be looking for two men. They have not released descriptions of any suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Mark Wright at 478-302-5387 or Macon Regional CrimeStoppers at 478-742-2330.
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WASHINGTON — At its last meeting of 2012, the Washington City Council approved several transfer resolutions and tabled a redistricting discussion until after the first of the year.
According to Mayor Joe Wellman, the new district boundaries the council recently discussed have created some worries in the Daviess County Clerk's Office. He said there may be other options, and the councilmen agreed it would be best to coordinate with county officials before moving forward with a plan.
"We do have the luxury of a year without an election," said city attorney Tim Dant. "The county clerk is concerned about Precinct 12 being split three ways. It makes it complicated to prepare ballots."
He said the county is mandated to establish precincts by number of registered voters, with no more than 1,200 per precinct. The city, however, is mandated to structure districts by population.
Transfer resolutions were approved for several departments to get them through the end of the year. They included:
* $180 from other services and charges to machinery and equipment for the General IT Fund to help cover the department's share of a new server;
* $1,000 from office supplies to machinery and equipment in the Mayor's General Fund for an updated computer and desk chair for his office assistant;
* In the Parks and Recreation Fund, $3,000 from communication and transportation to improvements other than buildings, $500 from printing and advertising to improvements other than buildings, $500 from repairs and maintenance to operating supplies, $500 from rental to operating supplies, and $1,000 from other services and charges to operating supplies for work on a sidewalk, the Community Building floors, new tires and replacement Christmas light bulbs;
* $2,000 from utilities to machinery and equipment in the Swimming Pool Fund for a new refrigerator, freezer and storage cabinets for the concession stand;
* $2,500 from repairs and maintenance to machinery and equipment for the Police Department to cover unbudgeted equipment for new cars;
* In the EDIT Fund, $8,400 from improvements other than buildings to professional services for the final accountant invoices from the annexation;
* In the Clerk/Treasurer's Fund, $800 from office supplies to machinery and equipment and $1,100 from other services and charges to machinery and equipment for upgraded computer equipment; and
* $1,100 from utilities to machinery and equipment in the Animal Control Fund for computer upgrades.
In other business, the council had the final reading of an ordinance rezoning land on Troy Road near the intersection with the U.S. 50 bypass, which they passed unanimously; reappointed Ray McAtee and Tom Tucker to the Redevelopment Commission for 2013; heard from Wellman that a meeting about the Wastewater Department finances was very productive and he'll be suggesting resolutions for some particular issues after the first of the year; also heard from the mayor that there will be a meeting next week with all parties involved in the Neighborhood Stabilization Project to determine exactly what the city's remaining obligations are for the project; and heard from Parks Superintendent Mike McLemore that Christmas in the Park will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Dec. 20, with Santa, carolers, train rides and refreshments.
Prior to the meeting's start, Jenny Dearwester, of Southern Indiana Development Commission, conducted a public hearing to close out the Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation grant project. She said four contractors from Daviess and Martin counties completed work such as roofing, window replacement, plumbing and electrical on 29 homes in a targeted area. Dearwester said more than $594,000 went into the homes, which were inspected on three different occasions to assure quality work.
"All in all, I think it went pretty well," she said.
Dearwester said the grant will be offered next year, but she expects less money to be available.
The Board of Public Works and Safety met following the council meeting. The board voted to renew contracts with Quest Liner Inc., which cleans tanks at GPC and brings the waste water to the city for treatment; with H.J. Umbaugh & Associates for arbitrage and rebate services on bond issues; and with Liquid Engineering Corp. for inspection and repair of the three water towers.
Water Superintendent Charlie Kane said the work was supposed to be done in the spring, but there was an opening last week so it was completed ahead of schedule. He's awaiting a final report.
The board had further discussion on a bid opened at its last meeting. The original bid request was for a variety of supplies, and Jones and Sons Inc. was the only respondent, bidding on crushed stone or gravel, fill sand and concrete. At the last meeting, the board had voted to rebid the supplies to see if more companies would respond. However, they decided Monday night to award Jones and Sons the bid they submitted and to allow department heads the discretion to find the best prices for other supplies.
"The things that come up week to week, day to day, there's no reason the department heads can't shop for the best deal," Dant said.
The board will meet one more time this year, at 9:30 a.m., Dec. 21, in the mayor's office, to approve claims. The next city council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 14, 2013, in council chambers.


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Autumn and the whole back-to-school rush always caused mixed feelings when I was growing up. On the one hand there was the excitement of a new fall wardrobe and reconnecting with my classmates. But at the same time there was a lot of anxiety about the impending school work, and the worries about whether my friends remembered me and would they eat lunch with me in the coming year.
So before the whirlwind of the new school season takes hold, help your grade-schooler ease back to school by hosting a Back-to-School Party during the final weeks of summer. Invite some of your children's classmates that they haven't seen since school ended, in addition to friends with whom they did play throughout the summer. And for those parents who feel a little too overwhelmed by the pressures of getting ready for the fall to plan a party, consider it a personal celebration of the end of summer and the return to a normal schedule!
The Party Plan
In planning activities, decorations and food, I've worked with the images that September brings to mind including school buses, school supplies, and apples for the teacher!
- Prior to the party, have your children make large collages of back-to-school images cut from newspaper circulars to hang around the room.
- Suspend real or construction paper apples from the ceiling.
- Print, enlarge and color this coloring page for a school bus. Make copies of it to use as a wall decoration or suspend it from the ceiling. You can also cover it with clear contact paper and use it as a festive placemat.
- Make a School Bus Cake with this easy recipe.
- Alphabet and number cookies (one of the activities listed below.)
- Provide a lunch sack for each child using brown paper lunch bags. Fill them with an apple, juice box, mini raisin box, bag of chips and pre-made sandwich (could be peanut butter and jelly, ham and cheese, bologna). As a fun touch, cut sandwiches out using school bus or apple cookie cutters.
- Bobbing for Apples - who says you can only do this at Halloween parties? All of autumn is apple season.
- Apple Craft Projects - Select one of these Apple Craft or baking projects from Sherri Osborn, About Guide to Family Crafts.
- Prepare the children for the inevitable first essay by playing a game of charades with the theme "What I did on my summer vacation."
- Organize a Scavenger Hunt for school supplies. Cute supplies can be found at Oriental Trading Company.
- Make and decorate pencil holders using clean and dried frozen juice cans. Cover with heavy construction paper and let the children decorate them using stickers, paints, crayons, etc. The children can use these to bring home the school supplies they found in the Scavenger Hunt, and any other goodies you send home with them.
- Get them thinking about their letters and numbers again by baking and decorating alphabet and number cookies. Cookie cutters can be purchased at Kitchen Collectables, which has a huge selection of cookie cutters with kid themes including a school bus, numbers and letters.
- Make a Back-to-School Time Capsule with instructions from Family.com, and let the children archive their best and worst summer experiences. You might want to ask parents to bring along photos from the summer to use in this book.
- Play the Alphabet Game, a fun letter game to warm up those brain muscles after the long summer break.


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UNIONVILLE, Ia. — A Centerville man died after being ejected from a truck on Highway T61 northeast of the 331st Avenue intersection.
The minimal crash report filed by the Iowa State Patrol says the crash is still under investigation but that the vehicle was southbound on Highway T61 when the driver lost control of the vehicle and entered the east ditch when it began to roll. The driver was ejected from the vehicle as the truck landed on it's top.
Stephen Nicolas Tibbals, 22, of Centerville, was listed as deceased from the accident.
The vehicle was a 1997 Chevrolet truck. The report states the crash occurred at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Tibbals, according to the report, was transported by Mercy Ambulance to Thomas Funeral Home in Centerville. The report states Tibbals was not wearing a seatbelt.


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CENTERVILLE — An Exline man facing five criminal charges had two dismissed but the judge in the case sentenced him to either prison or jail, suspended to probation for the three charges that were adjudicated.
Byron Dean Foster, 33, was charged by Appanoose County Attorney Richard Scott by trial information filed on July 23, 2013 with eluding while participating in a felony, a class D felony, two counts of assault on law enforcement, aggravated misdemeanors, interference with official acts, aggravated misdemeanor and OWI, first, serious misdemeanor. All five charges came about as a result of events that transpired June 8, 2013.
The criminal complaint and affidavit narrative filed June 10, 2013 by the Appanoose County Sheriff's office states Foster on June 8 at approximately 11 p.m. at 22nd Street and East Maple Street in Centerville was clocked by radar doing 88 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone as he traveled west toward Centerville. Foster would eventually land in a ditch near 217th Avenue and Highway J46 with law enforcement in pursuit.
Law enforcement used a taser twice in order to get Foster to exit his vehicle. Foster still resisted but was arrested and transported to the Appanoose County Jail.
Judge Rose Anne Mefford Nov. 22 sentenced Foster to five years in state prison, all suspended, to five years probation, 365 days in a residential facility, fine and credit for any time served for the charge of eluding, D felony.
Mefford Nov. 22 sentenced Foster to two years in state prison, all suspended, to two years probation to the Eighth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, fine and credit for any time served for the charge of interference with official acts, bodily injury. The judge issued special probation conditions to include Foster cannot have his probation terminated until he settles costs associated with the case and completes a drug treatment program.


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We've made it 5 years and we couldn't have done it without you! Thank you for supporting us from our first release, Eleven Pond "Bas Relief" in July 2009, to today's 3 reissues: Severed Heads "Dead Eyes Opened" 12″ EP with 2 original b-sides from 1984, Executive Slacks self-titled debut EP from 1982 and XYMOX "Subsequent Pleasures" EP from 1984 silkscreened using the original plates!
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The Eighth Annual Valdosta 5K was run early Thursday morning south along Patterson Street to the Talk 92.1 FM Radio Valdosta's studio perched atop the Firm Fitness Center in downtown Valdosta.
The Valdosta 5K, run each year on the Fourth of July, is a race that gives local runners a chance to honor veterans on the most Patriotic day of the year.
All of the proceeds to the 5K benefit the Lowndes Veterans Council.
"It's such a great day," Todd Smoot, race coordinator, said. "Making donations to vets, celebrating vets, what better way to celebrate in a military town. It's tough to coordinate, but it's all worth it. It's a labor of love."
Runners gathered at the registration table in the Winn-Dixie Marketplace at 6:45 in the morning, eating bananas to avoid cramps, drinking water, and stretching in preparation of the race.
Veterans took racing numbers between 1-100, active duty military wore numbers 101-200, and civilians wore numbers 201 and above.
At 7:15, the runners took off down Patterson with a police escort rerouting traffic behind them.
Less than 18 minutes and about 3.1 miles later, fifteen year-old Wright Calhoun of Americus was the first runner to cross the finish line of this year's 5K.
Calhoun, a sophomore at Southland Academy, has been running for two years now, and taking the sport seriously for the last year and a half.
Calhoun, who runs a 5K about every two weeks, doesn't want to give away any of his training techniques to potential racing rivals.
"(My training regiment) that's a secret," Calhoun said. "I can't let anyone catch me, but I'll tell you one thing, the more mileage the better."
Mary Alice Smoot, 17, was the top overall female winner on the day.
"I have not trained for speed in awhile," Mary Alice Smoot said. "I'm just trying to get ready for my last cross country season at Valwood."
Smoot was a popular name on Thursday, as Alice Smoot, mother of Mary Alice, was the Female Masters winner.
The first 25 male and female racers to finish received their award in the finish chute. $50 cash awards will be mailed to the Top Overall, Master and Veteran Male and Female.
The Valdosta 5K has managed to raise between $18,000-19,000 for local veterans in the last eight years.
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It should come as no surprise that heating equipment, which includes fireplaces, fixed space heaters, water heaters or portable space heaters, is the leading cause of home fires during the winter months of December through February, and trails only cooking equipment as the leading cause throughout the entire year.
Where portable space heaters were involved, the leading cause was combustibles too close to the appliance. The leading cause of fireplace or wood stove fires was a build up of creosote (a tar-like build up in the chimney). If you have a natural burning fireplace and haven't had your chimney cleaned recently, now is the time to have a reputable and qualified contractor provide the service it needs. Creosote is the cause of over 14,000 home heating fires each year according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
With high fuel costs, we are likely to see an increase in the use of wood stoves and portable heaters. Fire Service experts are predicting that we will see a shift in homeowners using other means to heat their home other than a central furnace. This means an increase in home fires involving heating equipment, and quite possibly an increase in fire fatalities.
Here are a few safety tips:
- Keep a clear distance of at least three feet around any heating source.
- Never leave space heaters or fireplaces in use unattended. Turn off space heaters, and make sure all embers in a fireplace are extinguished before leaving the home or going to sleep. If you must use a space heater, be sure it's on a flat, firm surface (not carpet or near combustible materials) and keep kids and pets away while it's in use. Also buy one that shuts off automatically if it overheats or tips over.
- NEVER use your stove or oven as a heating method.
- Use only seasoned hardwood when burning wood in a natural fireplace. Green or recently cut wood will not burn cleanly and will create a creosote build up in your chimney. Do not burn trash, construction materials (2 x 4's, plywood, etc.) or any other items not intended to be used in a fireplace.
- Have some protection in front of your fireplace. Either a glass door or screen will help stop embers from jumping out of the fireplace.
- ALWAYS have an escape plan for your family and practice it so that everyone knows what to do and where to meet in the event of a fire.
- Be sure there are working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in your home.
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It's Sunday again; another week in the books, another week ahead. As you relax today, and prepare yourself for the challenges ahead, take a moment to look over some of the quotes I've collected from some of today's more influential personalities. And as always, look, listen, and think.
On the future of US industry and the economy
"Technology is incredibly cheap, but skilled labor is incredibly expensive," -- Caller, Washington Journal
"The last thing that we should be doing is asking middle- class families who are still struggling to recover from this recession to pay more in taxes," -- Pres. Barack Obama
"I am sure the Fed is watching, will try to encourage the economy, but I don't think a massive new QE3 is going to help this economy,"-- Gov. Mitt Romney
On the 2012 US Presidential race
"Now more than ever do we need Gov. Romney. I'm going to be voting for him," -- Clint Eastwood
"It's partly the groups you win, but it's also minimizing your losses among the groups you're going to lose," says Franklin. "If Obama performs as well as he's doing in (these polls), losing white men as a whole, but still getting well over 40% of their vote, that's a big win." -- Charles Franklin, political scientist
"At that point forward, when they (the American voter) see attack ads attacking the candidate they've decided they are going to vote for, the primary effect is to demobilize them," -- Ted Brader, political scientist
2012 London Olympic games
"It feels amazing to be the Olympic champion," -- Gabby Douglas, Olympic gymmast
"I did it," -- Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
"Everyone wants to win, but I'm on the podium .I'm the only American on the podium." -- Carmelita Jeter, Olympic sprinter
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This time it's for real: pop singer Shakira and her soccer-star boyfriend Gerard Piqué welcomed their first child yesterday, a few weeks after Piqué announced the birth on Twitter as a prank. The baby, a boy named Milan Piqué Mebarak, weighed six pounds, six ounces, Shakira's publicist said.
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Milan's name means "dear, loving and gracious" in Slavic, "eager and laborious" in ancient Roman and "unification" in Sanskrit, according to a statement, which also noted that like his father, Milan became a member of the fan-owned FC Barcelona soccer club at birth.
Shakira and Piqué last week launched an online baby shower through Unicef, asking fans to donate life-saving supplies to children living in some of the world's poorest communities. The singer is also said to be working on a new album and will join Usher as one of two substitute coaches replacing Cee Lo and Christina Aguilera on the upcoming season of The Voice.
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The Victoria Police Museum hosts Kelly Gang armour, photos of crime scenes and forensic evidence. Melbourne.
Over in Point Cook the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Museum is on the site of the birthplace of the Australian Flying Corps and the RAAF. Point Cook.
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WASHINGTON - February 21 - Reuters is reporting President Obama will nominate Ernest Moniz "to head the Department of Energy as early as this week, according to a source familiar with the process."
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Jones is the director of the common resources program at Food & Water Watch, which put out this statement: "Mr. Moniz is a known cheerleader for exploiting our reserves of natural gas using a highly controversial and polluting practice known as hydraulic fracturing ('fracking'). His appointment to the DOE could set renewable energy development back years. If we pursue our fossil fuel addiction by expanding fracking, which Mr. Moniz will likely advocate, the oil and gas industry will thrive while true energy efficiency and renewable solutions languish. Our water, public health and climate would suffer.
"Mr. Moniz is affiliated with the industry-backed MIT Energy Initiative, so we shouldn't be surprised about his favorable position on fracking. But President Obama could do a lot better. Appointing Mr. Moniz would be a nail in the coffin for one of his most lauded inaugural speech promises: a commitment to focus on climate solutions."
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As Isaac menaced Haiti Saturday morning, the National Weather Service put the Tampa Bay area under a tropical storm watch that extends from Lee County to Pinellas County.
A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area within 48 hours. The tropical storm watch is from Bonita Beach in Lee County to Tarpon Springs in north Pinellas County.
The following counties are under a tropical storm watch:
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A tropical storm watch also was issued for Florida's east coast north of Sebastian Inlet to Flagler Beach.
Isaac is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday and muscle its way over the Florida Keys, which is under a hurricane watch that extends up the southern Florida peninsula to Palm Beach County.
The storm will churn through the Gulf of Mexico to threaten the Tampa coastline on Monday. If Isaac stays on its projected course, its arrival in the Tampa Bay area will coincide with the start of the Republican National Convention.
The city is preparing for a flood of 50,000 visitors, from media to delegates, for the GOP nomination of Mitt Romney for president.
Isaac is not yet a hurricane, but is already a deadly storm. Three people are reported dead near Port-au-Prince in Haiti, with flooding a major problem.
The storm is expected to crawl by eastern Cuba today and possibly travel over central Cuba tonight. Isaac then will set it sights on Florida and is forecast to travel near or over the Keys and southern peninsula Sunday or Sunday night.
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Agribusiness and Innovation Systems in Africa, by Kurt Larsen, Ronald Kim and Florian Theus shows how agricultural innovation arises in four African countries Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda through the lens of agribusiness, public policies, and specific value chains for food staples, high value products, and livestock.
Following are the volume's main messages on policies, institutions and strategies that nurture innovation in the agriculture sector: agribusiness innovation is in many cases driven by the need to maintain grades and standards within the value chain, not only in the case of export markets, but also in evolving domestic and urban markets and value chains.
Determinants of innovation are not viewed individually but within the context of a complex agricultural innovation system involving many actors and interactions. Agribusiness and Innovation Systems in Africa is based on qualitative interviews with agribusiness representatives that were designed to shed light on their experiences on public policies that either enhances or impedes innovation in Africa s agriculture sector.
In fact, the staple food sector has potential to be a source of growth, innovation and poverty reduction. The successes in value chain innovation and agribusiness production depend critically on the structure of the whole agricultural innovation system and are highly context specific.
The especially successful innovation were dependent on creating synergies between market-based and knowledge-based interactions and strong linkages within and beyond the value chain; and the public sector s innovation support has to extend to interactions, collective action and broader public-private partnership programs. This book will be of interest to policymakers, agribusiness leaders, farmer organizations, NGOs, and researchers.
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Pears in White Grape Juice Concentrate? Are they OK for Ignite?
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I wouldnt. Use a fresh pear. The juice is added calories you dont need.
I agree with the above. Go with the fresh pear and if you still need additional sweetness use agave nectar or xylitol. Both are healthy and natural low glycemic sweeteners. Many people don't know xylitol: it is a natural sugar alcohol derived from tree bark and is very healthy and safe for diabetics. It looks and acts like sugar and it is NOT a fake sugar substitute created in a lab. You can find it at Whole Foods or online at a natural foods retailer
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Learn how these nine students and grads found the school that fit them the best.
As a public health major and premed student, I was able to spend an eye-opening semester living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, working as a public health educator. Later, I had a chance to intern in New Orleans with a nonprofit that worked to reduce the spread of HIV in local communities.
Tulane students value the culturally rich city around them. It's hard not be enamored by the gumbo, jazz melodies and "second line" parades that one can only find here.
Why I Chose University of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.)
Roshan Palli, junior I came to the University of Kentucky for the community: Students, faculty, staff and administrators collaborate to enhance the education and experiences of UK's student body.
Our beautiful, open campus hosts more than 500 student organizations, like the group that organizes Dance Blue, the annual dance marathon that this year raised more than $1 million for cancer research.
UK encourages freshmen to participate in research with professors and take on leadership positions. I was able to study with an economics professor the effects of tax policy on where people choose to live.
Why I Chose Washington University in St. Louis
Mariah Cushman, junior I chose Washington University in St. Louis not only for its wonderful academic reputation, but also because, even on my first visit, I sensed the passion, excitement and mutual supportiveness that binds together the school's tight-knit community.
As a chemical engineering major, I've been able to pursue research in on-campus labs, intern at a national laboratory in São Paulo, Brazil, and develop other interests from intramural soccer to Spanish.
Wash U's drop-dead gorgeous campus in the city makes it easy to take a break to ice skate in nearby Forest Park, eat Italian food in The Hill neighborhood and attend arts festivals downtown.
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Industrial wireless receiver for material handling, heavy transportation applications
Honeywell's Limitless Wireless Din-Rail Receiver connects up to 14 limit-less inputs to programmable logic controllers.
Honeywell recently introduced its new Limitless Wireless Din-Rail Receiver (WDRR) for industrial, construction, machine, material handling, and heavy transportation applications, including agricultural equipment, cranes, lifts, conveyors, grain diverters, and door positions.
The new WDRR is a din-rail or panel-mountable receiver designed to receive wireless signals from up to 14 different position-sensing switches and communicate the individual switch status to a programmable logic controller (PLC) or any controllers capable of receiving NPN/PNP inputs.
Limitless wireless switching can reportedly save up to 60% compared to traditional wired switching by reducing installation time, conduit, wire, clips, and other accessories. Limitless also enables sensing capabilities where it is impossible or very difficult to run cabling, according to Honeywell.
The Limitless wireless network is an easy-to-implement solution for those looking for a cost-effective and reliable switching solution. It includes the WDRR and WPMM receivers, the WLS and WGLA limit switches, utilizes the global, license-free RF wireless 802.15.4 WPAN protocol, provides up to a 305 m (1000 ft) line-of-sight communication range, and prolongs battery life with advanced power management technology.
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A Q&A on McCainomics, everything from tax policy to energy to Social Security.
I recently interviewed Douglas Holtz-Eakin, John McCain's economic guru, over at McCain HQ. Here is some of what he had to say about the weak economy, high gas prices, and the plunging housing market, with the best bits in boldface:
Me: Is the economy a "shambles" like Senator McCain's campaign commercials say it is?
Douglas Holtz-Eakin: It's fair to say that segments of the economy are in shambles. I think the economy has this sort of very interesting character right now. If you make something in America—except a house—you're hanging in there, and exports in particular are helping you tremendously. But if you finance something in America, you are in a world of hurt, and that's what's happening. So we have some regional distress because of the housing market, some sector distress, and we do have a lack of momentum that we would like to turn around.
Me: The next president is likely to face a huge budget deficit and so-so economic growth. How would those conditions affect McCain's economic initiatives?
Holtz-Eakin: Certainly his focus is creating job growth in America, and that would remain the top priority. And there has never been an era of successful deficit reduction that didn't include growth. That is the foundation on which that will happen, and past that, you look for opportunities to restrain spending. This is not a projection, but suppose you get 4 percent growth. That was the Reagan expansion. That is a lot more than 2.8 percent [that the Congressional Budget Office is forecasting], and that is $500 billion more tax dollars during that period. Growth matters; there is no way around that. But this is an effort to not be the rosy scenario. The feedback effects [on the budget] from good tax policy are assumed to be at most 20 percent from a corporate rate that some people believe will pay for itself.
Me: What is the McCain economic narrative?
Holtz-Eakin: Jobs for America. You can look at everything he's doing through the lens of making sure American workers have a job on which they can build the foundation of their family and their personal goals. The energy proposals are a recognition that we have a great problem in the United States providing adequate job growth over the near term—if we don't expand energy supplies, oil, natural gas, coal electricity, nuclear power—all of which Senator Obama has taken off the table. And in the longterm, we have to get off imported oil because too many times the U.S. economy has been held hostage to international oil markets. This [is] about jobs—and the environment and national security as well.
Or healthcare. Look at the cost growth and what it does to our firms' ability to compete internationally, hire people, and give raises to workers they already have. Got to take care of that. Taxes. Let's cut that corporate rate because we know we are driving too many jobs offshore. These are jobs that have health and retirement benefits, typically. Let's keep them here. Give companies a permanent R&D credit because we know if the R&D is done here, the manufacturing is more likely to be done here, according to the research literature. That's a package about jobs. You can go down the list. Trade. Senator Obama has been just very bad on trade; 25 percent of all jobs are trade related. Don't mess with the economy in that deep way.
And reform unemployment insurance and worker-retraining programs so they are effective and not still built on the model of the 1950s: Things get a little slow, and we'll park you over here and wait for the job to come back. It doesn't. Let's provide incentives to get people back into the workforce quickly. Let's provide effective training programs. But don't make it trade related. Why should it be that if someone loses their job because of trade—a minority of job losses—they get better treatment than someone who loses their job because of advances in technology or consumer shifts? But it is all about how we are going to support American workers.
Me: So how would Senator McCain's Lexington Project affect American energy policy?
Holtz-Eakin: What the Lexington Project does is provide substitutes. What the government can do is get out of the way of allowing substitutes to appear. The substitute for imported oil is greater domestic production, then, you can move toward substitutes for oil entirely. Then, over the long term, you substitute away from liquid fuels toward electricity—renewables, nukes, investing in coal.
Me: Senator McCain says he wants to get energy prices down. But wouldn't his cap-and-trade plan for carbon emission raise energy prices?
Holtz-Eakin: Cap-and-trade is the architecture. You want to get to a place where you can have a cleaner energy portfolio. But cap-and-trade is the long run, 2050. If you look at the modeling, there are all sorts of estimates on energy prices, none of which are dramatic.
Me: Lots of budget experts don't think the McCain budget can be balanced. What are the experts missing?
Holtz-Eakin: I don't know what they are missing, but I know the landscape enough to know the mistakes that you can make. Mistake No. 1 is to pretend somehow that our budget is being presented as a long-term budget fix. It's not. The long-term budget will be balanced as quickly as we can get bipartisan entitlement reform and not a bit before. [What's key] is the overall willingness and commitment and ability of President McCain to work in bipartisan fashion with Congress to slow the growth of spending, and that has been missing for the past eight years... People have forgotten the era that preceded this one where you had a Democratic president and a Republican Congress who did that. The third piece they are missing is the willingness to look hard at defense procurements. In the past, there have been parts of the budget that have been off limits.
Me: Why doesn't Senator McCain offer a specific plan to fix Social Security?
Holtz-Eakin: He is very specific about Social Security. The more specific you are about things you will take off the table or insist upon, they more you will polarize the debate and the less likely you are to achieve a solution. And it is Senator McCain's belief that we cannot one more time fail and kick this issue to the next generation. He wants to get the deal done. Let's not begin by draining the trust fund [as Obama would do]. Let's not raise the payroll tax cap and insist on that when, in fact, none of that money is guaranteed to go into Social Security. And No. 3, let's not have a payroll tax credit at the bottom end so that people get benefits on which they haven't paid taxes and thereby break that link [between taxes and benefits]. Those are all steps in the wrong direction that make it harder to get a deal done.
Me: But if Senator McCain lays out a plan and wins the election, wouldn't he have a mandate to implement that plan?
Holtz-Eakin: "Mandate"—I believe those were the words of George Bush. How successful was that? Senator McCain has a record of getting things done in bipartisan fashion, and that will be a change in Washington.
Me: Quick thoughts on Fannie and Freddie?
Holtz-Eakin: Clearly, in the short term, you cannot let the turmoil at these two institutions spill over into the financial markets and housing markets and further hurt American families. But there is an important dividing line. If taxpayer funds are put into these companies, then you have to do something different. It is not appropriate that private firms are playing with public-sector money.


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Perut Ikan Recipe (Nyonya Pickled Fish Stomach Curry)
Perut ikan—literally means fish stomach—is a signature Nyonya specialty that I love very much. The thought of it often sets my stomach rumbling and mouth watering. As unappetizing as it sounds and perhaps a tad weird to many, Perut ikan is a curry-like dish of various vegetables, aromatic herbs, and fermented fish stomach in the bath of rich, savory, sweet, sour, and spicy goodness. My pictures do no justice to this wonderful dish…
During my recent trip home to Penang, I learned the preparation of perut ikan and other Nyonya delicacies from my aunt. (My aunt's perut ikan is the best; you just can't get the same quality at Nyonya restaurants.) For once, I was the chef in her kitchen, cooking up a storm while she patiently narrated the step-by-step of making Nyonya dishes.
"Tumis (sauté) your spice paste until fragrant and add in the fermented fish stomach. This is a very important step as it rids the fishy smell from the fish stomach…that's why coriander seeds are a must in the spice paste, without them, it's not perut ikan…"
"Ok ok…"
"Now, add in some water and bring it to boil before you toss in the pineapples, green beans, and eggplants…"
"What about these daun kaduk (leaves) and aromatic leaves, can I add them in now?"
"No. You have to wait. You need to imbue the curry with the sourness of the pineapples first. Add those aromatic leaves towards the end or they will turn too mushy. It's about balancing the taste and the texture of the ingredients…and don't forget the santan (coconut milk)."
I was enlightened and nodded my head in agreement.
And so I listened carefully. I memorized. I learned.
Nyonya cooking is not to be taken lightly; a misstep in the cooking process or mishandling of the ingredients will render the dish unsuccessful.
No longer was I the child standing beside my aunt who watched curiously as she was cooking her dishes. Over the years, my aunt has aged physically but her skills in making Nyonya food has only gotten better. And now, I must be taught and become skilled at all these nostalgic foods of my childhood…
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Nyonya food is the food of Peranakan people of Malaysia and Singapore. It uses mainly Chinese ingredients but blends them with Southeast Asian spices such as coconut milk, lemon grass, turmeric, screwpine leaves, chillies and sambal. It can be considered as a blend of Chinese and Malay cooking.
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I remember helping my mom cook this 40 years ago. Your recipe is almost the same as my mom's just that she would put the fish intestines,stomach,etc in a bottle and let it ferment for a few months before using it for the perut ikan
Growing up in Penang, I used to enjoy my late maternal grandmother's perut ikan, except she would cook it in the "masak pedas" style… Wished I had learnt the recipe from her before she passed away :(
I like lemak sui and l use ikan tengiri jeruk if I am not in Malaysia . everyone has a slightly different ingredients that's unique to their own


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11.15pm - Paula Bennett holds Waitakere, and Carmel Sepuloni joins Kelvin Davis and Stuart Nash in looking for work. And Clayton Cosgrove is now a list MP; Kate Wilkinson wins Waimakariri.
11.05pm - Just a turnout of 65% today. For those of you who didn't vote; you get the government you deserve.
11.00pm - a TIE in Christchurch Central; has that EVER happened before?
10.55pm - Fighting talk from Phil Goff, even though he has rung John Key and conceded. He's now telling reporters he's made a decision, but will talk to his caucus about it first.
10.45pm - Goff has arrived at Labour HQ; this will be interesting...
10.40pm - Don Brash will tender his resignation as Act Party leader tomorrow
10.35pm - Russel Norman is cock-a-hoop with the Greens now having 13 MP's; congratulations to the Greens; now the rubber will have to meet the road.
10.30pm - Paula Bennett has squeezed ahead of Carmel Sepuloni in Waitakere; that'll be the end for Sepuloni.
10.15pm - Peter Dunne seems to have retained Ohariu, which gives John Key another ally. National will have more MP's than ever before, and Labour has taken a pounding.
9.55pm - John Banks now has a 2000 margin in Epsom; the cuppa worked! And Nikki Kaye has a good margin in Akld Central over Jacinda Ardern.
9.45pm - Winston gives his victory speech; he's back!
9.35pm - John Banks has opened up quite a big lead in Epsom; likewise Peter Dunne in Ohariu.
9.30pm - Is Phil Goff heading into town. Labour seems poised to lose a quarter of its caucus. And who are #'s 7, 8 and 9 on Winston's List?
9.15pm - Having Internet issues; grrrr! But our issues are tiny compared to Labour's
8.35pm - 12% of the vote counted Nationwide, and National has surged to 50.6%; Labour is surging in the other direction; 25.5%.
8.25pm - National's party vote has just moved up to 50.1%; Labour is at 26% and dropping. Winston's coming back, and the Greens look once again to be falling short of some impressive poll results.
8.10pm - Peter Dunne has an early lead in Ohariu; good news for National's prospects. Kate Wilkinson leads Clayton Cosgrove in Waimakariri and Nicky Wagner leads Brendan Burns in Chch Central
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7.45pm - John Banks leads Epsom by 401 with 6% counted
7.15pm - The first counts of the advance votes have been released. It looks as though MMP will be with us for some time to come; bugger!
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I have a leetle problem. Ever since Karen sent us this adorable dress and included a pre-cut size 2 pattern for the dress in the package, the only thing I want to sew is Charlie Dresses for Clementine. Every time I see two matching fabrics I think "that would be so cute as a Charlie Dress"!! Which begs the question, how many size 2 Charlie Dresses is too many for one child? Will people start to wonder if she only ever wears Charlie Dresses? Maybe I will just keep making them and sell the ones she never wears? I don't know. Eventually I will want to sew something else…right?
Pattern: This dress is based on the Charlie Tunic Pattern and no, the dress pattern is not available yet, but I think that would be a good addition to my pattern line-up for fall, don't you think? So you can either adapt your own Charlie or wait for a dress version come fall.
Fabric: Heather Ross' Far Far Away III which I procured at Charmstitch (who is as of today a new sponsor on this blog, yay!!). Pink Castle is also carrying the line as well as a whole bunch of other shops online, Nido, Alewives, Fabricworm, etc.
Let me just say that I think this is my favorite substrate of the Far Far Away lines so far. This is the perfect weight for summer, a soft lightweight linen/cotton blend. Not all of the fabrics in this line are lightweight, but you can read more about the different weights here, here, or here.
I really want to make something for me out of this so I can wear it (which begs the next question: is it OK for a grown woman to wear Snow White? You may want to bear in mind that I wear the unicorns when answering that question). And let's just say what many of you are thinking, which is that it is pretty expensive (the most expensive FFA line so far, I think?). This is why the Charlie pattern is perfect, actually, and I will shamelessly toot it's horn for this reason: because you only need about a 1/2 of a yard for the neck plackets and a strip across the bottom, you can "show off" a little bit of something more pricey. But you don't have to take it from me.
Oh I mentioned more than one Charlie Dress? Here's the other one:
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Darcy says:
We NEED a Charlie dress in a size 2 too! Please please please put out a Charlie Dress pattern! SO adorable
helen says:
Cute as it is it would be odd doing a Charlie dress for my tiny, that's her big brothers name and she'd insist that its his as its a 'Charlie dress'!
Melissa says:
Those are both adorable! I have only been stopping by your blog for the past week as I just found it through a link posted on film in the fridge. I am loving your work and making little notes about which items I want to sew, which patterns to buy, and your fabric choices. I am a mom to 4, with one coming in Sept. This will be my first girl in 16 years, so I am very much looking forward to sewing up a wardrobe for her. I made little dresses for my 1st girl, who is now 16, but I was a new sewer then, and there is so much more available now. I wanted to suggest that you add the Charlie dress as a variation to the Charlie tunic, for those of us who have both boys and girls and want to economize our pattern purchases. You could add a price increase for the extra time put into it, but I think they need to be together ;o) Oh, and I have to ask, is Rae short for a longer name? Our baby girl is going to be named Rayah Joy. Shh, don't tell anyone ;o)
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Hi Melissa:
Thanks for the feedback! Rae is short for Rachel, and I love "Rayah"…congratulations!
Kim says:
Those are so sweet and she looks adorable as always. Her and E look so much alike! I totally think its fine for a grown woman to wear Snow White or anything else she wants and thinks looks good on her. Life is just too damn short!
Kelly says:
They are too cute! The pattern is wonderful! I just finished a little shirt for my little 11 month old's birthday next month! I just love it! I want to make a million more…:o) Thank you for the beautiful pattern and Clementine looks fabulous!
Beth says:
I say make as many as you want!! If I had a little girl (I have 3 boys!) she would wear some type of handmade dress everyday. Plus, she is so darn cute in them! Smiles~Beth
Kathleen says:
So cute! If you love the weight of the fabric but don't want Snow White for you, some of the Echino now comes in the lovely lightweight 85% cotton/15% linen blend and it is 62″ wide, so you can get away with less fabric yardage. I think it retails for $18/yard.
cate says:
These dresses are so cute, and I think she'll wear them for years, first as a dress and then as a tunic. So really, you should not hesitate to make more. and they're trans seasonal. As for the Snow White fabric…. isn't it dreamy! I just sewed some trousers for my daughter but will definitely make something for myself using the wild flowers.
Erin says:
Love these! Look forward to making a few for my girl this fall….
kelly harp says:
THAT is a whole lotta cuteness! & i agree: this pattern is a great way to use expensive fabric & show it off. i've loved those white geese for a while now. maybe i should get on the charlie band wagon!! those dresses would actually be perfect for fall in TX!
Karen says:
I just love these dresses! I have to make another for Ella, because she wears hers ALL. THE. TIME! I'm so happy you made this pattern and let me play with it!
meghan says:
I think you just sold me on the pattern, I saw some beautiful light weight cord today at the fabric shop…would be beautiful for one of these.
KnitSewReadLove says:
Oh my goodness! I was about to buy the Charlie Tunic at the Big Butt Baby Pants… and I saw this gorgeousness! I too need a Size 2 Charlie dress for my wee 2 year old. Waiting ever so patiently for a Charlie Dress pattern! =0)
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why Howie Klein is a netroots hero
by kid oakland, Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 05:04:49 PM EDT
One thing that folks who took a close look at the links in a challenge to the netroots may have noticed is that one blog popped up with informative articles about vulnerable GOP Congressional incumbents time after time. That result is no accident.
Now, that blog is Down with Tyranny. Down with Tyranny is a blogspot group blog based in Southern California led by a blogger who goes by the handle Down with Tyranny (his co-blogger is keninny). In real life, Down with Tyranny's name is Howie Klein and, as many of you well know, he's been running an excellent series about progressive candidates on firedoglake that goes under the header Blue America and features a powerful ACTBlue page.
This essay will explain not simply why Howie is a netroots hero, but also what we in the netroots might learn from how he blogs...
When Howie writes about a race, he gets involved, and in doing so, he gets us involved.
Take this August 11th entry on Democratic candidate John Hall's efforts to unseat GOP Congresswoman Sue Kelly in New York's 19th Congressional district (NY-19). Howie brings us into the race by introducing us to a local blogger...Helen...who recently attended a candidate meeting in the district. He's got a picture of Helen with John Hall right there. (As you can guess from me...local blogger = good.) Typical of Howie, the piece is chock full of links:
That's a lot of useful links. Those links, whether we use them or not, significantly strengthen Howie's case. Further, Howie's blog post also explicity mentions concrete reasons to support John Hall and oppose Sue Kelly:
If you needed reasons to get excited and informed about the race in NY-19, where we have a legitimate shot of picking up a seat, Howie and Helen gave them to you. If you had questions about specifics, you got them. If you wanted more links...specifically links that showed you how to get involved or give money...those links were there. Typical for Howie, this blog post answers the who, what, where, when and why so thoroughly...and so effortlessly...that, in my view, Howie Klein is a role model for what it means to be an effective blogger.
Howie gets local. Howie gets specific. And in the process, he makes sure that politics is not a chore. Even the use of that picture gets us involved. When you read one of Howie's blog posts, he's given you the tools and motivation to do something: and that something is usually kicking out a vulnerable GOP incumbent.
In my view, that's why he's a netroots hero. (For more examples of Howie in action try these links here and here.)
Now, let me step back from that encomium and apply it for a second. I mean Howie's well-known. He's on firedoglake. He's a former record producer who uses music to support his cause. He's tireless. How does his example relate to the vast majority of us in the netroots? (Well those of us who aren't writing on the front pages of blogs like MyDD, SwingstateProject or Dailykos where getting people excited about local races is part and parcel of the job year round.)
Well, if you ask me, Howie's example is relevant to us in the netroots.
Constructive criticism
Please allow me to offer some constructive criticism for one second. We in the netroots are often just way too generic. We talk about DC Dems. We talk about the mainstream media. We gripe about the GOP Congress. (Yes, that's me...guilty as charged and vague as hell.) We rail on the press...hell, we rail about each other sometimes. When we do get specific, it tends to be about the latest outrage and not about what we can DO to take out country's political system back.
Too often, we bloggers don't answer the questions of who, what, why, when and where in ways that could empower folks to get inolved. We don't provide the critical information and links. I guess I'd put it this way: oftentimes, we are so focused on complaining about the effects of the GOP stranglehold on Congress, the Presidency, our Courts and our Statehouses that we don't write strategically about the specific elections and races where we can win them back.
When we talk about Congressional races, however, we need to mention specifics so that any reader can take our pieces and run with it. It's not enough to say, "let's support Patricia Madrid"...though that, of course, is to the well and good. We need to say let's support Democrat Patricia Madrid in NM-01 in her fight to defeat Republican Congresswoman Heather Wilson. (We need to mention the id and location of her race, link to her campaign, and link to a local blog that is covering it, especially an opposition piece about her opponent.)
I'm not saying that we need to write like robots, far from it. But, let me be clear, there are some guidelines that can make our writing about local races more effective in the home stretch. Many of the following are old hat to readers here, but I've created this list because it never hurts to reiterate the obvious:
Now, I've come out strong for locally-focused blogging. For many of the savvy readers and bloggers here on MyDD, I know this is old news. However, I am going out on a limb and re-stating the obvious because it pays to reiterate, as crunch time approaches, that there's a difference between blogging that's foggy and generic, and blogging that is specific, focused and empowering.
Resource list of vulnerable Republicans and worthy Democrats
For those of you interested in picking a local race and writing about it from now till election day here is, once again, a list of races where your input can make a difference broken down by region. The name links are to google blog searches of the names of the candidate or incumbent. Google blog search is a potent tool that can link you what others in the netroots have been writing about a race. The TAG links are to MyDD articles on those races. (ie. You can use this list to track the hot Congressional races here on MyDD.) It's my hope that you use these links to gather more information and to hook up with local blogs that are taking the fight to the GOP.
Western Region:
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Southern Region
Tags: Blue America, Howie Klein, local blogs, local races, netroots, NY-19 (all tags)