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Together We Can Cure the Loneliness
Acromegaly Community is launching a new campaign to help "Cure the Loneliness"
This campaign is based around the fact that hundreds of people get this disease every year and feel like they have no one to turn to, but that's where Acromegaly Community comes in.
It is our mission to provide an emotional and communal supprt network for people touched by Acromegaly. We offer a central location for medical issues including: surgery, medication, radiation, and post diagnosis support. Most importantly, we work to provide a network of emotional support for acromegaly patients, their friends and their family.
So How Can You Help?
By creating your fundraising page above and raising at least $5, Acromegaly Community will send you one of our famous blue bracelets (see below). For every additional $5 you raise, we will send you another bracelet so you can hand them out to your donors.
Don't forget to take pictures of you and your supporterd wearing the bracelets and post them to your fundraising page and then share them on Facebook, Twitter and email.
Simply click on the bracelet to get yours, and join in the fun!
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Resident receives waiver request
Date: May 18, 2009
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
The Zoning Board of Adjustment will allow a Key resident to build an addition on the side of his house, even though it violates the town's daylight plane ordinance.
But the only reason the zoning board made the decision at its Thursday, May 14 regular meeting was because the addition being constructed will be built next to a neighbor with a double lot, which will not adversely impact the home next door.
To receive approval for the extension, D. Reese Pierce, the owner of the home at 801 Penfield St., asked the zoning board for an 11-degree waiver of the town's daylight-plane ordinance. The waiver will allow
Pierce to build a 979-square-foot addition to the right side of his home.
The home, which has 3,940 square feet of total space under roof, will increase to 4,919 square feet of space under roof once the addition is built. Pierce is building the addition to make room for parents that will be moving in with him and his wife.
But because the home was built in 1994, years before the town's daylight-plane ordinance was adopted, the waiver needed to be requested.
The town was one of the first communities in the area to establish daylight plane requirements, which act as setback requirements as a house is constructed. As a house goes up, the setbacks increase at an angle to prevent 40-foot solid walls at the setback line. The ordinance was created to preserve light and air circulation between neighboring properties and encourages creative architectural design. The ordinance also helps blend larger, new, elevated homes with smaller, older homes in the area.
While new zoning board member Gaele Barthold suggested that Pierce could reduce the angle waiver from 11 degrees to nine degrees to set the addition further back from his neighbor's property, Pierce explained that his contractor discouraged the reduction.
"Not lining up the addition with the existing walls and roof would weaken the home's resistance to hurricanes," Pierce said.
Because the town's planning board found there was not sufficient evidence to make an opinion on the application, the zoning board approved the request by a 4-0 vote.
The board came to its decision after the findings revealed the addition had little adverse impact to the neighbors, and the application had two letters from neighbors who had no problem with the addition.
"If his neighbors don't have a problem with it, I don't either," said zoning board member George Pasini.
Contact Kurt Schultheis at www.yourobserver.com.
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NedFest: The Nederland Music & Arts Festival
Nederland, CO - 17 miles west of Boulder
Last Weekend in August
There's more to Colorado than mountains and snow. Head to Nederland the last weekend in August for NedFest – a three-day outdoor music festival featuring bluegrass and jazz. And like most festivals, you'll find your usual finger food, arts and crafts booths, and good micro-brewed beer, of which Colorado has the finest. The festival takes place at the Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park, on the shores of Barker Reservoir.
Many people like to camp, but if sleeping outdoors for thee days with a bunch of hippies isn't your thing, consider checking into a vacation rental in the area – especially if you're planning to head there with a group. Chip in on a vacation cabin or condo and see how much money you save. Spend it at the festival– or at the after-shows instead. But act fast – tickets sell quickly and they have a 2,000 person a day capacity. Start searching for your Colorado vacation rental today!


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MightyTiles review
Colour by Image and Mosaic
As well as using each brick's individual diffuse image it is also possible to use a separate map to control colour. There are two modes, the default where the brick's colour is matched exactly to the bitmap, each individual pixel takes on exactly the colour in the image found at its UV coordinate. The second mode is called mosaic, where each brick takes on a single colour that is the average of the colours found at the UV coordinate, great for diapered brickwork. The images below help demonstrate these two modes.
One quirk with this technique is the inability to adjust the UV coordinates of the map being used. Changing the tiling, offset, trying a different mapping channel, none of these had any effect on the material. In the painted wall image for example, the sign was centered in the texture and I tried moving it to one side using the offset settings. When this didn't work I had to reposition it in Photoshop before re-importing.
Once activated the effect of the colourisation blends with the original textures using an opacity parameter. When set to 0 it has no effect, and at 1 the image completely effaces the tile's original colours. This works well but it's a pity to lose the textures completely, I would like to see an option to use the transfer modes found in the composite maps for more flexibility.
Renderer Support
At this time MightyTiles supports scanline and V-Ray renderers. Mental Ray is not currently supported for 3DS Max though it is in a Maya version, so this might be added to a Max release in the future.
When installed in demo mode MightyTiles operates as a render node with no license required. To make it even easier to network render, an .ini file can be generated by MightyTiles and copied to every machine to set the library paths.
On its release, MightyTile's predecessor Brix was the only plugin of its kind, however since disappearing other products have tried to fill the gap. Similar results can be achieved with a combination of Jerry Ylilammi's MultiMap and Bercon Tiles, albeit with a substantially more complex shader network requiring 5 separate MultiMaps to achieve the same result.
Since MightyTiles' relaunch, Martin Jann (the other Brix developer) released Walls and Tiles, using the same principles as Jerry Ylilammi, but swapping the MultiMap component for his own CrossMaps plugin and adding the ability to control all 5 maps from a single interface. In some areas these address some of MightyTiles' shortcomings, both for example allow herringbone patterns, and Walls and Tiles automatically loads maps.
However neither of these solutions have the elegance and ease-of-use of MightyTiles. The ability to tilt bricks, the mosaic mode, procedural mortar, the tile designer and library are just a few of the features unique to this plugin, making it the most fully-featured currently available.
It's not perfect, the tile designer badly needs the ability to auto-load bitmaps and there's a niggling crash when using image-based colour control in the Slate editor. Over the period that I have been reviewing this software Dr. Dieter Finkenzeller has been actively responding to users and ironing out bugs promising to fix both these issues in a future release.
Were it the only plugin of this type on the market MightyTiles would be an indispensable purchase; even with free and cheaper alternatives the plugin's unbeatable feature set makes it a highly recommended addition for anyone involved in architectural visualisation.
Paul Roberts is a 3DS Max generalist with over 10 years of experience, lecturer for the last 6 and editor at Max Underground. Based in the UK, he specializes in game environments and architectural visualization. Paul can be reached by writing him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Related Links:
MightyTiles information pages at 48design
Reference manual
How-to guide
Tutorial – first steps
Quick Tip: Easily create tile sets using Photoshop's Slice tool – a tutorial by Paul Roberts that helps speed up individual tile creation for 3DS Max tiling plugins like MightyTiles, MultiMap, or Walls and Tiles. The idea was conceived while writing this review.
- MightyTiles is compatible with V-Ray and Scanline only
- A trial version is available
- Test scene is based on Villa Hendrikx by 70F Architecture
See more expert reviews and MU Features >>
Tags: MightyTiles | tiles | architectural visualization
by 48design - October 24, 2012 11:07 am
Thank you very much Paul! This is really a great article about MightyTiles with lots of details and explanations.
by Matt - October 25, 2012 8:18 am
Really nice review! Thanks Paul :)
by pep - October 29, 2012 9:30 pm
Nice review, could someone explain which are the most important differences between Migthy Tiles and Walls and tiles from VIZPARK? im planning on buying one of them and donow if they are really similar or not (since prices are differents)


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[Omnicat] <Nyaa> Shh, no tears. Only dreams now.
[Omnicat] <Nyaa> We will of course be playing Star Citizen. If you have a game package with alpha access, you can join our subversion efforts right here. See you in the 'verse!
[Sticky] <Daiz> It's all over. This is the end.
[Sticky] <herkz> rip nt
[08-02, 08:37] <bLACK_pants> ? I'm alive!
[08-02, 08:36] <NotSoYans> Yeah, well.. I liked this chat for the lack of that [looks at chat] but now it's sort of pointless to show up at this chatbox for some time.
[08-02, 08:22] <lele102> my bad maybe jealous of nyaa
[08-02, 08:22] <lele102> too many troll
[08-02, 08:21] <lele102> izzit April this months?
[08-02, 08:21] <first_alchemy> Hey NT, Aren't you dead yet?
[08-02, 08:21] <first_alchemy> Hey NT, Aren't you dead yet?
[08-02, 08:18] <Yagami11> bye, nyaa.
[08-02, 08:16] <nzdesign> nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo will be missing NYAA
[08-02, 08:13] <Yagami11> one point, it will be private tracker or open?
[08-02, 08:12] <Yagami11> i think, but data migtare to other servers, so its not a big deal.
[08-02, 08:11] <anddo> Is it really over?
[08-02, 08:10] <Yagami11> source:http://mbspro4.uic.to/user/192427.html
[08-02, 08:09] <Yagami11> Nyaa will migrate to Neo Nyaa, so Nyaa will be closed?
[08-02, 08:04] <Proxi> The trolls are strong... It made me cry...
[08-02, 07:49] <jofs> No, just stupid
[08-02, 07:41] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> The Troll is strong
[08-02, 07:23] <mexatiteam> 12.08.2014 , nyaa for sadly will stop for good.
[08-02, 07:20] <TheCatWalk> BANG BANG BANG ! its all ogre now
[08-02, 07:12] <MoJo-X> You said it. August 1st is now the official animu troll day, for scurvy pirates.
[08-02, 07:12] <JohnVaughan> I didn't know mental retardation could spread through electronics.
[08-02, 07:09] <jamstarfyui> Troll
[08-02, 07:03] <psi237> So, according to the sticky we are now on a site being purged. Oh how clean do I feel.
[08-02, 06:54] <hazardous> 1st August is now considered Trolls Day. cheers!
[08-02, 06:47] <Recyclez> Nyaa and Daiz, stop it, it's not April Fools yet.
[08-02, 06:42] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> I think the whole "Nyaa Shutting Down" Thing was made by a trolls blog.
[08-02, 06:39] <Cickany> Nyaa is never going down!
[08-02, 06:38] <MoJo-X> And the troll train continues its journey across the cyberwebs. Choo!~ Choo!~
[08-02, 06:34] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> Where i live
[08-02, 06:34] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> No it's saturday
[08-02, 06:32] <TheCatWalk> is today sunday? -hangover-
[08-02, 06:31] <hazardous> shh... they are listening
[08-02, 06:29] <TheCatWalk> wasnt the new ep of Aldnoah.zer, SAO II and Mahouka supposed to be out by now?
[08-02, 06:29] <TheCatWalk> wasnt the new ep of Aldnoah.zero, SAO II and Mahouka supposed to be out by now?
[08-02, 06:27] <ghostmw323> They trolling u guys nyaa will be fine
[08-02, 06:24] <hazardous> this will help http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/47660348.jpg :P
[08-02, 06:13] <[TRVE]> Help, the retards have multiplied!
[08-02, 06:11] <Risuruu> so much weaaboo in nyaa-desu~ :/
[08-02, 05:58] <B Boy Rock> Maybe we should revolt and all just go back to watching chinese cartoons!
[08-02, 05:48] <Senpai OKanime> damn for Copyright, I hate that rules
[08-02, 05:46] <Senpai OKanime> we should work revolution
[08-02, 05:42] <Senpai OKanime> Fuck u Japan >_<
[08-02, 05:40] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> It's not gonna die
[08-02, 05:39] <afhollow> hhhoooiihoihoi dont talk like that
[08-02, 05:38] <xell17> Nippa~
[08-02, 05:37] <Senpai OKanime> when?!
[08-02, 05:36] <Senpai OKanime> Are you sure Guys about this news? (Nyaa will be closed)
[08-02, 05:35] <suwan> Don't die
[08-02, 05:34] <Senpai OKanime> Is that True... Please tell us
[08-02, 05:32] <mr.ivantotmo> NYAAAAA~\
[08-02, 05:29] <c0d3_n@m3> stop saying "its all over" just keep sharing thishttps://www.change.org/petitions/japan-s-ministry-of-economy-trade-and-industry-stop-anti-piracy-law-on-anime-and-manga To Support this website !!!!!
[08-02, 05:21] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> But i never use bakabt
[08-02, 05:21] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> But theres also bakabt
[08-02, 05:20] <netmester> i think it,s not true, but we want an admin answer
[08-02, 05:17] <B Boy Rock> Michael, it's ok to be sad. There is no need to run away.
[08-02, 05:15] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> It's not dying
[08-02, 05:15] <B Boy Rock> Please don't leave me Nyaa... idk what I'll do without you! :'( :'( :'(
[08-02, 05:06] <afhollow> Hhhaaa alive nyaa still alive!!!
[08-02, 05:02] <giraty> It's still here! :'D
[08-02, 05:02] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> Nothing is getting removed
[08-02, 05:02] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> No
[08-02, 05:01] <johnpp> is fap will be removed to?
[08-02, 04:56] <OneCrazyRussian> Polyrux did you come from 2013?
[08-02, 04:56] <Hobichan> I SAY CRRRYYYYYYYYYYY
[08-02, 04:54] <E.KORPSE> lalalalalalalalalala >just wasting time< lalalalalalalalalalalala
[08-02, 04:44] <Polyrux> Well shit, anyone can talk now?
[08-02, 04:44] <Polyrux> fuck
[08-02, 04:43] <5H4D0W> Yeah! Like http://mikudb.moe/
[08-02, 04:42] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> But most of the time it's uploaded into parts, Or the video quality is crap.
[08-02, 04:39] <OneCrazyRussian> >streaming sites >YouTube is the only streaming site that doesn't suck and uses user-generated content
[08-02, 04:25] <Kips> you mean 'remember that thing that happened with every illegal streaming site, how it never worked?'
[08-02, 04:25] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> I also heard that there are now sites with the .moe domain name.
[08-02, 04:20] <Veltiel> Listen, remember what happened to Megaupload? It's unlikely Japan can close any streaming site, but if they do, dozens of sites will flourish
[08-02, 04:07] <Res> Ohys deserves trusted status
[08-02, 04:05] <MoJo-X> In other news, it seems that Lionsgate got trolled hard with the Expendables 3 being leaked.
[08-02, 04:04] <AChannelSideB> No Japan can't shut down anything, they just like to whine.
[08-02, 04:01] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> Tv*
[08-02, 04:00] <MichaelMyersIsKawaii> Hey, I heard Japan is shutting down Anime Streaming And Anime torrent sites. Is this true??? If it is then i'll have to go back to watching crappy gaijin
[08-02, 03:59] <Harutora_Rin> I guess i'll just go and watch Boku no Pico to calm me down
[08-02, 03:58] <jerxou> knee high fight!
[08-02, 03:57] <Faggot> Fuck you, I'll panic if I want to
[08-02, 03:47] <Stinky Cheez> Whatever. Just as IsoHunt being unavailable frop US IPs isn't the end of the world, neither will Nyaa shutting down cause the End TImes. Relax, FFS. Either you're being trolled, or it's true, but you can't do dick-all about either situation. Have a beer, joint, or w/e age-appropriate refreshment and chill the fuck out.
[08-02, 03:44] <Stinky Cheez> No one can *stop* piracy, but they can make it far less likely that the Japanese Joe or Jane Average will do it. Just as the majority of ppl in the US aren't conversant with proxies, VPNs, Tor, FTPs, or any other real methods to fly under the radar
[08-02, 03:31] <Harutora_Rin> Do you really think Japan can stop piracy? Even if they block sites within Japan itself that doesn't mean raws can't be uploaded. Because, believe it or not, most raws come from China
[08-02, 03:27] <Jewelpet94> is really the end or is just a nightmare.....
[08-02, 03:19] <Harutora_Rin> IS THIS JUST FANTASY?!
[08-02, 03:18] <TheM4gicMan> IS THIS THE REAL LIFE
[08-02, 03:13] <mikaring> ;;;;;
[08-02, 03:01] <xell17> What is love? Baby, don't hurt me.
[08-02, 03:00] <ebildude123> RIP
[08-02, 02:49] <Harutora_Rin> What is real and what is fake? I actually highly doubt that Japan payed you guys since it was their content first xD
[08-02, 02:48] <Harutora_Rin> I don't know what to believe anymore
[08-02, 02:45] <Veltiel> <hertz> stop trolling please. Some of nyaaers believe it. I guess it's not true.
[08-02, 02:41] <nsfMatt> Since they won't air the 4th episode due to some problems in Japan. But it was streamed by Funimation
[08-02, 02:40] <nsfMatt> Hey guys, the Psycho Pass 04 is the actual 4th episode or the 5th that was aired yesterday?
[08-02, 02:36] <herkz> goodbye, friends


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First Look: Dusen Dusen's Sweet Fall Lookbook
By this point, Ellen Dusen of Dusen Dusen is an expert at walking a tightrope between cute and cool. The Brooklyn-based womenswear designer, who first landed on FADER's radar back in 2010, has a way … read more »
New York Fashion Week Interview: Dusen Dusen
There's not much quiet time during New York Fashion Week, but we grabbed designer Ellen Van Dusen of Dusen Dusen for a brief chat to ask about their brand new Fall 2013 collection.
First Look: Dusen Dusen's New Knits
After years of making us go oooooooooh and awwwwwwww with middle-school style backpacks and cutesy signature prints, Brooklyn's Dusen Dusen have a new trick up their sleeve. Designer Ellen Van Dusen made, for the very … read more »
Itemized: Dusen Dusen Dots Button Up
Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter … read more »
Dusen Dusen is Bugged Out
Leave it to Dusen Dusen to make icky bugs the cutest part of their spring collection. The Brooklyn-based womenswear line has spent season after season making Pixy Stix sweet collections—puppy dogs and striped crop tops … read more »
Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Interviews Her Favorite Designer Dusen Dusen
I was introduced to Dusen Dusen in 2009 when I was interning for The FADER and Ellen Dusen's designs were fan favorites around the office. I remember very specifically the first time I saw some … read more »
Dusen Dusen's Polka Dots and Dogs
Cuteness is a constant for Dusen Dusen, every collection filled with posi vibes and sweet, smiley girlishness. They're like a Dairy Queen on the side of the highway, an oasis of pep on fashion's sometimes … read more »
Dusen Dusen Collaboration is Not All Work and No Play
FADER fave Dusen Dusen joins forces with Daily Candy editor Erin Wylie to create Dusen Wylie, an exclusive collaborative project tailormade for the frigid fall weather. Their capes and coats are obsessively handmade in Brooklyn … read more »
Staff Affections
Every Thursday, FADER style intern Stephanie Osei asks employees and employers at our favorite shops around the world what their most cherished in-store item is at that exact moment. This week, we caught up with … read more »


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At La Jolla Home Theater and Automation we treat our pets and yours like family. And now with technology advancing every day, we can keep better track of our loved ones and keep up to date on their health with the help of apps.
We hope you find these fun finds a great help to your every day needs to keep your pet happy, healthy and safe!
Pet First Aid: for Your Dog, Cat, Puppy, or Kitten
With Pet First Aid you can view detailed videos and illustrations to track your pets health and needs! Your four-legged family members rely on you for their care, so be prepared 24/7 for a medical emergency. From cuts and impalement, to choking and CPR, Pet First Aid is at your fingertips with detailed articles, video, and illustrations to help you care for your dog or cat. Record your pet's vital medical information to ensure their veterinarian is never more than a touch away, and your pet will never miss another vaccination. Pet First Aid is loaded with detailed videos and step-by-step illustrations so you'll know exactly what to do when caring for your pet.
- Videos include: restraint, muzzling, CPR, bandaging, and many more.
- All articles, videos, and illustrations are bundled with the application for offline or wilderness access.
- Featuring dozens of articles. Topics include: bleeding, poisoning , drowning, rescue breathing and CPR , giving medicine, muzzling , restraining , disaster preparedness , bites and stings, burns , fractures and sprains , heat and cold injuries and many more.
- In addition, Pet First Aid allows you to save vital medical information for all your pets. Easily record their vaccinations, identifications, veterinarian contact info, medications, allergies and conditions, and any other notes for reference when visiting the veterinarian!
Petcentric gives animal lovers an easy-to-use guide for finding pet-friendly places and information anytime, anywhere. On Petcentric, you can watch top pet videos, view pet photos, and read the latest pet news stories. Want to find your closest dog park? Need to call a local veterinarian? Petcentric is here for you. They are working to be the most complete destination for finding pet-friendly places for you and your four-legged friend to enjoy.
- Search for local pet-friendly places and services in the following categories, and view their location on Google Maps: lodging , dog parks and beaches, restaurants, bars, animal shelters , veterinarians , pet stores , pet sitters , kennels , and groomers . You can even add your own favorite spots that Petcentric may not have discovered just yet.
- Don't forget to also add your pet's picture to the photo gallery.
- They even have a daily update on pet tips!
Web cams and video cameras can help pet owner's deal with behavioral problems or capture medical mysteries that never seem to be duplicated once you step inside the vets office. Using a pet cam (we recommend the Panasonic pet cam) you can either watch your dog sleeping on the couch while you're at work or find out which one of your cats can't resist peeing on the rug and blaming it on the dog.
- Panasonic's PetCam (pictured to the right) has a built in motion sensor that tells the camera when to start filming and when to go into stand-by mode. If you like this PetCam tip, you can easily recreate the same scenario with any motion activated camera, or by pairing a webcam and motion sensor with UGOlog.
The Tagg pet tracking system uses GPS tracking technology to allow you to see where your dog is and receive a notification if he or she wanders off. The lightweight tracker attaches to your dog's existing collar, and is designed to be worn at all times, even while swimming.
- The Tagg tracker securely attaches to your dog's collar with a two-piece clip. Once the collar clip assembly is attached, putting on the pet GPS device is a snap. If your dog has multiple collars, we recommend one collar clip assembly per collar.
- Messages–Whether it's a text message about your dog leaving the Tagg zone or an email reminding you it's time to charge your tracker, Tagg notifications make it the most efficient dog tracker on the market.
- Pinpoint your dog's whereabouts on the Tagg Map. After you locate him, zoom in. Take a look at his exact location on a computer, smartphone, or using the Tagg mobile app. Need directions? They'll provide that too.
Looking to adopt a pet in need of a loving home? Download the PetFinder app for free to start your search.
- Browse adoptable pets in your area or nationwide.
- Search pets by breed, age, gender and size.
- Swipe and select pet photos to view in more detail.
- View complete pet information and descriptions.
- "Favorite" adoptable pets so you can find them again.
- Add notes and comments to your favorite pet profiles.
- Share pets with your friends via email, Facebook and Twitter.
- Call, email or get directions to the shelter or rescue group that has your perfect pet.
At La Jolla Home Theater we treat our pets and your pets like families, we hope these fun finds will benefit you and your furry friends. Let us know if you have any other pets and technology finds you would like to share.


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The Dual Enrollment program allows high school juniors and seniors to participate in college courses while still in high school. Your high school pays for tuition and fees and you are responsible for purchasing books and supplies for the class(es).
The Getting Started as a Dual Enrolled Student Guide outlines requirements for participation.
Step One: Read the Dual Enrolled Handbook
The Dual Enrollment Handbook contains information you need to know about becoming a dual enrollment student. It defines your responsibilities and provides helpful information.
Step Two: Apply for Admission
Apply Online. You will receive an acceptance letter within 10 days. Included in that letter will be instructions for activating your MCC student e-mail – you must activate your e-mail prior to selecting classes.
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Charming Family Resort Villa,5 BR/3 Full Bath,WiFi,Clubhouse in Bethany Beach
- bedrooms 5
- baths 3
- sleeps 10
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Villa
- community Bayside/Bethany Lake
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$ 1,150 - $ 2,795 / week
Bethany Beach Villa deals
stays between: 8/30/14 & 9/6/14
deal expires in: 16 days
30 Aug to 6 Sept week $200 discount
Just reduced from $1450 to $1250/week. Our Villa accommodates up to 10 people (we have 3 queen and 4 twin beds). Plan your vacation today-16-23 August is the last week of summer for your school bound kids. Don't miss your summer at the beach. Book now.
- $1,450 $1,250/week ($200 off)
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vacation rental description
We are easily accessible from many points in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC , Northern Virginia, and Delaware.
Where Family and Friends Gather"
Our family has been vacationing at the Bethany
Beach"Quiet Resorts" area for over 30 years. Our best vacation memories
have been when we shared a vacation home with our family and friends.
That is why we purchased a Bayside at Bethany Lakes five bedroom three / full bath beach villa -
to continue the tradition of extended family and friends vacationing together.
Our Beach Villa is 2500 sq. ft. on one level with 9 foot ceilings; and sleeps 10 to accommodate large families or group of friends vacationing together. The large fully equipped kitchen with
breakfast bar opens to the Great Room. A gas fireplace adds charm to the family gathering area. Three terrace balconies bring the outside inside. Five bedrooms provide comfortable accommodations for 10 guests: 1) Master Bedroom with Queen Bed & Private Bathroom; 2) Master Bedroom with Queen Bed & Private Bathroom; 3) Bedroom with Queen Bed; 4) Bedroom with two Twin Beds; 5) Bedroom with two Twin Beds; and another full Bathroom. Guests need to bring their own linens & paper goods.
A secure Wi-Fi, located in our Villa allows you to stay connected during your vacation. Also included are a full size washer and dryer. A 11 x 35 foot deep
garage on the ground floor level provides one car parking and second
refrigerator with ample space for golf bags, bikes, beach gear, etc.
Overflow open parking for additional cars is available next to our building.
Vacation Dreams
Our Villa is located in a beach resort community where you can "walk along quiet waters" and
watch sunsets over the Indian River Bay - a place with the natural
beauty, charm and lifestyle reminiscent of days gone by. You will
feel renewed as the tensions melt away. Come enjoy our private
vacation resort in a luxurious retreat where vacation dreams of the
good life become a reality.
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villa rental amenities
Bayside at Bethany Lakes is a Quality Resort Environment, designed by
Toll Brothers, featuring a luxurious Clubhouse overlooking the Indian
River Bay with Grand Room, gourmet kitchen, Outdoor/Indoor Pools, Gas
Outdoor Barbecue, Hot Tub, His/her Steam Room, large state-of-the-art
fitness center with great Bay view, game room, wet bar lounge,
library, and meeting room. A private secure WI-FI is also available in our villa.
Other community activities include 2 Tennis Courts, Fishing & Crabbing Pier (No
boat launch), walking Trails and free summer weekend shuttle service
to the ocean. Ease access to the Indian River Bay for launching your kayak or canoe.
activities and attractions in Bethany Beach Delaware
Bayside at Bethany Lakes located 1 mile from downtown Bethany Beach
is conveniently located between Ocean City and Dewey
Beach/Rehoboth/Lewis. Rehoboth has over 140 sales tax free discount
outlets. Bethany Beach, Rehoboth and Ocean City provide a variety of
boardwalk attractions, shops and amusements. Magnolia's (quarter
mile) and DiFebo's (about 1 mile). Several Delaware Park Beaches
are also available North & South of Bethany Beach for additional
ocean swimming, surf fishing and surfing activities. Harris Teeter supermarket, next to our community, offers upscale quality food shopping.
vacation rental rates
2014 Rental Rate Schedule (5 Bedroom / 3 Full Bath Villa)
Season-Name Begins Ends Weekly Nightly Min. Nights
Spring 2014 March 1 - May 17 $1,150 $200 2 nights
Early-Season May 17 - June 14 $1,650 $200 2 nights
Pre-Peak June 14 - June 21 $1,950, special for $1,450, a $500 savings
Peak June 21 - Aug 16 $2,795
Post-Peak Aug 16 - Aug 30 $1,950
Late Summer Aug 30 - 13 Sept $1,450 3 nights
Off-Season Sept 13 - Dec 29 $1,150 $200 2 nights
Weekly rentals are Saturday, 2 PM to Saturday, 10 AM.
All reservations require a $200 Security Deposit and $75 Cleaning fee
Off-Season guests have convenient arrival/departure time (when schedule permits).
Upon receipt of your reservation request including postal mailing address we will prepare and email your Lodging Agreement.
A Guest Facility Fee is required for use of the Clubhouse and all community facilities. The $25/week or $6/day per person (over age 4) fee is payable to the Clubhouse staff.
Note: We rent only to family groups or adult groups - renters must be 25 years of age or older. No Smoking or Pets.
John & Rosella Lawn
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center


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Put air marshalls in banks and the blogosphere
There are the predictable calls for adding air marshalls to flights in the wake of the attempted bombing of the Northwest Airlines international flight into Detroit on Christmas Day. According to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, there are nearly 29,000 domestic flights a day in the United States. That doesn't include international flights, which can number around 1,000 per day.
I would suggest a more efficient, cost-effective use of tax dollars would be to place air marshalls in East TN banks, which have had their share of, um, flights this year.
P.S. Next week, we'll discuss putting air marshalls in Neyland Stadium, where sensibilities are hijacked by the hundreds every home game.
P.S.S. And the following week, we'll discuss putting air marshalls in the blogosphere, where fiscal responsibility and common sense are hijacked every day.
"29,000 domestic flights a day in the United States."
So how many crew does each plane have? Are you suggesting it's a waste to have a co-pilot or a flight attendant? What's the big deal about adding one more crew member? Would it be OK if the airlines had to pay for it?
"Are you suggesting it's a waste to have a co-pilot or a flight attendant?"
Boy, talk about jetting to an assumption. I have no idea where that comment took off from, or where it's landing.
Here's a suggestion: If you think it is cost effective to have an air marshall, then you pay for it. But be careful when you go into your bank to withdraw the money.
There is no problem government cannot fix!
I think an air marshal has as much jurisdiction at Neyland Stadium as he does an international flight.
Airline payrolls are over $20 billion per year. This program costs about 4.5% of that. Seems like a pretty good deal.
Yeah. In economics they call that "minimum utility."


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Budget Accommodation Europe Albania Tirana Budget Hotels City Hotel Tirana
Great hotel, relatively central in Tirana, though still a bit of a walk to most places. Tirana is just a big place so no problem really.
Private Rooms From US$57 Photos Description Map Guest Reviews
Experience City Hotel Tirana, a high standard hotel, offering exquisite service, located in the very excellent and confidential heart of Tirana.
Just few meters away there are the main governmental, educational and cultural institutions of Albania, Palace of Congress and the embassies of: USA, Italy, France, Holland, etc.
The guestrooms and the hotel interior are designed to exude comfort, warmth and tranquility.
If you plan to travel to Tirana for business or leisure, consider City Hotel as a very good solution.
Front Desk
City guide, City maps, City tour, 24 hour Front desk, Fax service, Safety deposit box, Luggage room, Multilingual staff, Tourist information.
Air conditioning, Credit card accepted, Currency exchange, Groups welcome, Laundry room, Laundry service, Personal waiter, WiFi in Lobby.
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Rent a car in the hotel, Shuttle service, Shuttle service from and/or to the airport.
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Great hotel, relatively central in Tirana, though still a bit of a walk to most places. Tirana is just a big place so no problem really. Some pubs and restaurants nearby, including the Irish Pub!
The people are very friendly and rooms, although not overly big, are comfortable with aircon and a great balcony to enjoy that cold beer after a hot day of walking across the city.
Breakfast is good, with fruits and fresh coffee!
One of the best value (price/quality ratio) anywhere this central in the capital of Albania!
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seasoning with Lard
OK, I am getting some new cast iron cookware today from Lodge.
I really didn't like the result I got from veg. oil, it was always sticky on the outside.
The only argument I heard against lard is that it may turn rancid, but if you use it often, it should be OK?
I always have a problem with the bottom of the cast iron ware rusting though, I think most people seaon only the inside but the outside get dry from flames and heat.
I got my first Lodge about 6 months ago, was using veg oil to season mostly and didnt love it. I use bacon fat now. Cook the bacon in the oven on the skillet, take the bacon out when its done, and throw the skillet back in the oven with the fat still in the pan for an hour or so. I reserve almost all the fat, then rub just the small remainder into the inside of the skillet. I use the reserved fat when I have time to season it and don't feel like cooking up bacon. Seems to be working well for me. Every now and then I'll use veg oil, but mostly bacon fat.
Another option is Camp Chef Cast Iron Conditioner. Haven't used it myself, but it is a favorite among the dutch oven faithful. It's not supposed to get gummy or go rancid. Chime in if you have had experience with this product.
Crisco otherwise is the way to go -- veg oils work, but can get gummy if laid on too thick.


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Women's Networking and Social Community
Hello Diva's- Let's start the Face book social network.
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I'm on Facebook...add me and let's connect and talk about everything under the sun and moon. Send me a message with where you found me (Dive Cafe), as I like to make real friend connections, not people that wants to advertise their business over and over again :-)
OOPS, Forgot to mention the friend request or like might come through as Kat Bryan, the same as Keta Diablo on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/KetaDiablo.Author
Hi everyone! I'm on Facebook too. I'm a romance writer but we do a lot more than chat books on Facebook. There's contests, giveaways, trivia, jokes and much more. Please come like my page and I'll get busy and like everyone below me. Thanks so much Keta Diablo
Inviting you all to friend me up (tell me you're from diva cafe) at http://facebook.com/heatheramyprice
Like me at http://facebook.com/heatheramypricedotcom if you're into skin care, cosmetics, or direct sales/ supplementing your income.
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Walla Walla — A man who allegedly robbed his ex-girlfriend earlier this month was formally charged Tuesday afternoon in Walla Walla County Superior Court.
Marcial Tiscareno Jr., 24, is accused of first-degree robbery -- domestic violence.
Police claim Tiscareno went to the apartment of Nicole ONeel in the 1500 block of West Rose Street on March 13, an argument ensued, and he grabbed her purse and took out money.
Tiscareno and ONeel started struggling, during which Tiscareno kicked ONeel in her right thigh, according to a police report filed in court.
Tiscareno allegedly left with about $450, but ONeel phoned dispatch and pursued him while carrying her infant child.
When he realized the police were en-route, he threw the money back in her face, the police report says.
They then reportedly struggled over the money a second time, with ONeel trying to fend him off by kicking at him before he ran away.
Tiscareno, of 608 N.E. Fifth Ave., Milton-Freewater, was arrested by Walla Walla police Monday evening during a traffic stop.
He was booked into the Walla Walla County Jail, with bail later set at $25,000.


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You Can Help Share The Last Wish Of A Suffering Child On Twitter
By Mary C. Long on May 17, 2013 9:00 PM
This continues our Pay It Forward Friday series.
No one likes to see sick children, it's depressing and makes us worry for our own little ones. But would you be willing to put that discomfort aside for a moment and help ease their suffering?
Hope so. Because all it takes is a tweet to help share a child's last wish – and the smiles you'll create in return are well worth this tiny bit of your time. Read more


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Since June 1, most of the area has received 50% or less of normal rainfall (exception Ozarks and counties along I-44, which received flooding rain in early August).
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Rodney Dean and Kathy Cecil of Bluefield, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their son, Kelly Dean "Kel" Cecil, of Morgantown, to Dr. Mollie Kathryn McCartney, also of Morgantown, daughter of James and Nancy McCartney of Roanoke, W.Va.
Kel is the grandson of Jerry D. and Alice A. Cecil of Princeton and Ernie and Melody Rickman of Bluefield, W.Va. Mollie is the granddaughter of the late June Powers of Buckhannon, W.Va. and the late James and Ruby McCartney of Roanoke, W.Va.
Kel is a 2008 graduate of West Virginia University Institute of Technology of Montgomery, W.Va. with a bachelor of science degree in computer science and is completing a master of sciences in computer science and certificate of computer forensics at West Virginia University's Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Sciences.
He is currently employed by Matthews International Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa., as senior software engineer of Online Services Initiatives.
Mollie is a 2008 graduate of West Virginia University with bachelor of arts degrees in biology and history and a 2012 graduate of the West Virginia University School of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine degree.
She is currently a first-year family medicine resident in the West Virginia University Department of Family Medicine in Morgantown, W.Va. The couple will wed on May 18th at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Weston, W.Va.


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By Rebecca Croomes
Mothers help make a house a home and Habitat for Humanity wants moms to volunteer to be a part of that process for other families in need.
On consecutive Saturdays, May 4, and 11, from 8 a.m. to noon, Habitat of Athens/Limestone County will host a Women's Build event at two local sites. The labor is not construction-intensive, said Amanda Garlen of Limestone Habitat, but will involve painting, landscaping and general cleaning. No prior experience is required.
The event always takes place the week before or after Mother's Day, and this year the theme is a mother-daughter build.
"It's more to challenge women," Garlen said. "Hopefully it'll open the eyes of the community toward what's going on."
Women's Build Week is a national Habitat for Humanity campaign designed to garner more female volunteers, but the gender gap isn't a problem in Limestone County.
"Here in Athens we're very blessed to have a lot of women volunteers," Garlen said.
Though the title implies no boys allowed, Garlen said volunteers of either gender are more than welcome to participate.
Lowe's is underwriting Women's Build, donating money to Habitat for Humanity organizations nationwide to purchase tools and building materials.
No registration is required for Women's Build, but Garlen said registration is preferred to keep track of numbers. Participants can contact Garlen at email@example.com, or 256-230-6001.
All equipment will be provided.
Aside from grants and donations, Garlen is coordinating a bass fishing tournament, scheduled for June 8 at Ingalls Harbor in Decatur. She said she's already had a few anglers sign up, but is still accepting registrations. The tournament is also in need of sponsors.
"We've never had an annual event, so we're hoping this takes off and we're able to do it for many, many years to come," Garlen said.
All money raised from the tournament will go directly to Habitat for Humanity of Athens/Limestone County for future builds.


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Americans Shouldn't Die at Hands of Afghan Troops
The problem of Afghans killing American troops must be addressed.
Michael P. Noonan is the Director of the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The problem of green on blue attacks in Afghanistan—attacks by Afghan security forces (green forces) on U.S. and allied troops (blue forces)—are reaching strategically epidemic proportions. Worse still, this "surge" of green on blue attacks is happening precisely when President Barack Obama's troop surge that sent 33,000 additional troops from 2009 until this past summer has ended. The frustration, justifiably, has reached a boiling point, particularly as this past week marked the 2,000th American death in Afghanistan. As Marine Corps General John Allen, the International Security Assistance Force Commander, told Lara Logan on 60 Minutes this past week:
Well, I'm mad as hell about them, to be honest with you. We're going to get after this. It reverberates everywhere, across the United States. You know, we're willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign. But we're not willing to be murdered for it.
[ Check out our collection of political cartoons on defense spending.]
How bad have the attacks been? Writing in The Diplomat, Robert Dreyfuss has reported that thus far in 2012, 37 separate attacks by Afghan security forces have left 53 International Security Assistance Force troops dead. According to the New America Foundation only 12 soldiers were killed by such attacks prior to 2010—two in 2007 and 10 in 2009. Since 2010 (through September 21, 2012) they claim that 104 International Security Assistance Force troops have been killed by Afghan security personnel—with increases in the number of troops killed in each year. ( The Guardian puts the number at 106 coalition troops killed in 63 attacks since 2010.)
The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group has recently developed a tactical reference guide for U.S. and allied troops to spot warning signs about potential insider attacks. While some have derided this effort as a fool's errand, I disagree. The Asymmetric Warfare Group guide itself is useful; the problem, however, is cross-cultural.
[ Read the U.S. News Debate: Should the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan Sooner?]
I happen to have a little bit of experience in this regard, although not in Afghanistan. In 2006-07, I was embedded with a small group of fellow reservists and active duty soldiers on a Military Transition Team with an Iraqi light infantry battalion in western Ninewa province in the northwest part of the country. While we did not experience directly any green on blue incidents, the issue was never far from our minds. On one occasion, for instance, Iraqi soldiers from the battalion stumbled upon and killed three particularly nasty insurgents. Upon closer examination of these insurgents' effects a list of 10-digit grid coordinates (a 10-digit grid coordinate gives you your location on the earth within roughly 6 feet of accuracy) was found. (One of these coordinates was to a breach in the concertina wire of our Iraqi base that was nearly undetectable.) Worse still, several Iraqi army uniforms were discovered near that breach. That was extremely sobering.
Internally to the battalion there were also concerns. The battalion executive officer (the second in command of the battalion and the person in command when the commander was on his weekly monthly leave) was a former Baath political officer in Saddam Hussein's army from Diyala province. He liked to make veiled, and sometimes unveiled, threats. As we flagged this individual as a problem every month in our reporting, my insurance policy against these threats was to build relationships with his (and the rest of the battalion leaderships') personal security detail every week. Smoking cigarettes and drinking chai with these soldiers (who all were genuinely nice and hilarious), if nothing else, put my mind at ease that they might at least hesitate if they were given an order to do something bad. This is building rapport. Asymmetric Warfare Group discusses this on their reference guide. It is important, but after a decade of war, and after only moving toward the transition strategy to Afghan security forces late in the game it may now be too late. (And, on top of all of that, the services still resist properly screening personnel to determine who should and should not be an adviser. My name for such duty, for instance, was drawn randomly from a computer database.)
[ Read the U.S. News Debate: Was The Iraq War Worth It?]
Much American and allied blood and treasure has been spilled and spent in Afghanistan. As Osama bin Laden is dead and as no future American president, Democrat or Republican, will allow a terror training facility to re-emerge and metastasize in Afghanistan, this spate of green on blue attacks may be an opportunity to push the Afghan government for real change on the ground. If that change does not occur, then the United States should use this justifiable reason to rapidly and immediately begin to draw down the size of International Security Assistance Force forces in Afghanistan and implement a new smaller footprint approach centered around intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance assets, airpower, and special operations forces as argued by analysts such as Austin Long.
American men and women at arms, and those of our allies, should not die senselessly at the hands of our alleged Afghan partners. We need to drastically dial back expectations about the creation of a democratic country in a space that is more geographic expression than state.
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Finally, the relief we've been looking for from a record spell of hot weather came overnight when our temperature dipped into the 60s.
How long has it been since we last saw temperatures in the 60s in the city?
According to the National Weather Service, it was shortly before midnight when the temperature in Philadelphia dropped below the 70-degree mark for the first time since June 23.
As a result, the new record for consecutive days at Philadelphia with a minimum temperature of 70 degrees or higher is now 30. The previous record was 26 days, which occurred from July 12 through Aug. 6 in 1995.
It's a breath of fresh air out there this morning as we are running a good 10 to 15 degrees cooler than where we were at this time Wednesday. It's also a lot less humid.
We're expecting to get to a high of just 77 today under cloudy skies.
However, the seven-day forecast shows the 70s are short-lived as we hit 83 tomorrow with more sunshine. It should be a beautiful end to the workweek.
Expect more clouds and showers over the weekend with seasonable temperatures into early next week.
Wednesday (83/62): Sun/Clouds
Refreshing Forecast
Wednesday will feature another comfortable day with below average temperatures and low humidity. Highs in the upper 70s/Low 80s. Expect a mix of sun and clouds.


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- 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons, or about 20 grams) active dry yeast
- 1 1/3 cups (330 ml) warm (105-115 F, or 42-45 C) water
- 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 cups (400-430 g) all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- A healthy pinch of salt
Begin by dissolving the yeast in the water, in a large mixing bowl; let it stand for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and mix, either by hand or with a mixer set to low speed, until the ingredients are blended. Now hand-knead the dough or mix it with a dough hook setting the speed to low for about 10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Coat the insides of another bowl with olive oil and turn the dough in it to coat it too, then cover with plastic wrap and set it in a warm place to rise for an hour, or until it doubles in volume.
For the baking, if you have a wood-fired pizza oven, fire it up. If you are instead using your kitchen oven, preheat it to 475 F (250 C) -- if you are using a baking stone it should heat for at least 45 minutes. Otherwise grease and dust two flat baking sheets with corn meal. Divide the dough in half, shape each half into a ball and let them sit for 15 minutes. Then shape them into disks, stretching them out from the center on a floured surface. Do not roll them, because rolling toughens the dough.
You are now ready to assemble the pizzas: Ladle and spread a half cup or so of tomato sauce or chopped canned tomatoes over the disks, leaving an inch of sauce-free rim, add the toppings (see next page), and bake.
If you're using a baking stone and have a baker's peel (a thin metal disk with a handle), lightly flour it, slide the pizza onto it, and transfer it to the stone with a deft yank -- the flour will keep the dough from sticking. If you don't have a peel, use a flat cookie sheet instead, lightly flouring it, to transfer the pizza from the work surface to the stone.
If you're using a metal baking pan you should bake the pizza towards the bottom of the oven. In a recent post to Rec.Foods.Cooking Karen suggested baking on the bottom rack for about 4 minutes, or until the pizza is firm enough to slide off the pan, and then slide it from the pan straight onto the rack to finish cooking.
The pizza will in any case be done when the crust is browned and the toppings are cooked; this takes 3 minutes in a wood-fired oven and about 15 at home. If you discover that the mozzarella begins to brown before the other ingredients are cooked to your satisfaction, the next time add it after the pizza (with the other toppings) has baked for about 5 minutes.
Having said all this, once you have your dough, what to do with it? The standard topping combinations one encounters in Italy differ somewhat from those I have encountered elsewhere. The quantities given on the next page will be sufficient for one pizza each, so if you make the dough given above you will need to double the amounts, or select two.
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Editor and lead author
Sebastian K. Herzog [photo]
Born and raised in Germany, Sebastian first came to Bolivia in 1994 and has been studying its birds ever since. He holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and has been Scientific Director of Asociación Armonía (BirdLife in Bolivia) for the past eight years. He has published more than 30 research papers in international and Bolivian journals on the ecology, biogeography, distribution, taxonomy, natural history, and conservation of Bolivian birds, and he coauthored Armonías latest edition of the Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Bolivia (published in 2003). Most recently he edited a book on the effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the tropical Andes. His ornithological expertise are in Andean forest birds, but his birding travels have taken him to several other regions in Bolivia as well.
Coauthors (in alphabetical order)
José Antonio Balderrama [photo]
A biologist with an MSc in Environmental Sciences, José has been dedicated to the study and conservation of birds from an early age. He has surveyed bird communities throughout the country in all of its nine departments, resulting in several important distributional records, and published a number of notes and articles in both scientific and popular outlets in Bolivia as well as in international scientific journals. He also authored two local Cochabamba bird identification guides and is coauthor of other books in preparation. José has worked on several projects with Asociación Armonía, is a research associate of the Centro de Biodiversidad y Genética and instructor of the Avian Systematics undergraduate course at the Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, and president of the Asociación Boliviana de Ornitología.
Víctor Hugo García Solíz [photo]
A. Bennett Hennessey [photo]
Mauricio Herrera Hurtado [photo]
Born in the town of Montero just north of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Mauricio holds a Licenciatura degree in Biology from the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He was a teaching assistant of the Vertebrates undergraduate course at the same university and a curatorial assistant for seven years in the ornithology section of the Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, participating in ornithological expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He also was president of the Bird Observers Club of Santa Cruz. Although his undergraduate thesis dealt with aquatic birds, most of Mauricios work has focused on parrots, his true passion. He authored a conservation strategy for the Hyacinth Macaw in Bolivia and volunteered in the Hyacinth Macaw conservation program in Brazil. He is currently the coordinator of Asociación Armonías Blue-throated Macaw Conservation Program and an advisor to the municipal zoo in Santa Cruz.
Alex E. Jahn [photo]
Alex was born in 1972 the USA but was primarily raised in Bolivia, as his mother is Bolivian. He has studied birds in Bolivia since 1996, working mainly in the departments of Beni, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz. He has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida and has authored or co-authored over a dozen papers on the ecology of birds, mainly in Bolivia. His recent research focuses mainly on the behavioral ecology of migratory birds in eastern Bolivia. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ross MacLeod [photo]
Ross is a Scot who first worked in Bolivia in 1999 and 2001, leading student ornithology and biodiversity inventory expeditions to the Yungas. He has lead or participated in 14 biodiversity survey expeditions to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador and helped organize more than 50 ornithological inventories throughout Bolivia. After finishing his doctorate in Zoology at Oxford University in 2003 he lived and worked in Bolivia for 2 years surveying birds and organizing a project to identify key areas for biodiversity conservation in Bolivia. Since then he has returned annually to work with teams of Glasgow University students on Armonías threatened bird conservation projects in várzea forest and the Beni savanas.
Aidan Maccormick [photo]
Oswaldo Maillard Z. [photo]
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in 1979, Oswaldo developed a strong interest in studying the natural world at an early age, but it wasnt until he enrolled in college that he took ornithological research seriously. In 1997 he began his career as a curatorial assistant in the ornithology section of the Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado. Since then he has traveled widely in all nine Bolivian departments carrying out scientific studies on the distribution, behavior, and reproductive biology of the countrys birds. He is currently a research associate of the Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado as well as Asociación Armonías coordinator of the national Important Bird Areas Program and distributional bird data base manager.
J. Van Remsen, Jr. [photo]
For those familiar with Bolivian ornithology, Van hardly needs an introduction. From the mid 1970s to the late 1980s he probably was the most active field worker in the country (in both highlands and lowlands), and his field and museum research have lead to many publications on the natural history, distribution, biogeography, ecology, and taxonomy of Bolivian birds. In 1989 he published, together with Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., the first checklist of Bolivian birds in almost half a century, and the book has become a milestone in modern Bolivian ornithology. Van is Curator of Birds at the Louisiana State Universitys Museum of Natural Science in Baton Rouge, and he chairs the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists Union. His current research focuses on the biogeography of Neotropical birds and, in particular, diversification in the ovenbirds and woodcreepers.
Julián Quillén Vidoz [photo]
Born in Argentina in 1984, Quillén has lived in Bolivia since 2004 and is currently studying biology at the Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Inspired by his father, he started watching and painting birds at an early age. In 1999 he began carrying out bird inventories and guiding naturalist tours, and for the past three years he has been part of an international research team studying the migration of the Fork-tailed Flycatcher in South America. He has published 10 research papers on the natural history, distribution, and migration of birds in Bolivia. His expertise are in bird communities of the lowlands (Amazonia, Chaco, Chiquitanía, Pantanal, and Cerrado), but he has also watched birds in several other ecoregions.


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The 2011 BET Awards nominees were recently announced. The show will be hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and will air live on BET on Saturday, June 26, 2011 at 8pm ET/7 pm CST from LA's Shrine Auditorium.
The show has been known for stellar performances from great artists. Last year, Gospel music was represented in a big way throughout the show. I enjoyed the Kim Burrell/Alicia Keys duo. I saw Kirk and Tammy Franklin in the audience enjoying Monica & Denice Williams on Monica's hit song "Everything To Me". Marvin Sapp for winning the BET 2010 Award for Best Gospel Artist. Other gospel music artists nominated were The Anointed Pace Sisters, Kirk Franklin & Artists United For Haiti, Tamela Mann, and Vickie Winans.
The gospel music nominees are:
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- Byron Cage
- Deitrick Haddon
- Mary Mary
- Karen Clark Sheard
- BeBe & CeCe Winans
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Andy Dalton completed 8 of 15 passes for just 76 yards in the first half against the Eagles on Thursday Night Football. He is still searching for his first touchdown on the night, and he's also lost two fumbles so far.
The Eagles haven't been stellar against opposing passers in 2012, so Dalton's poor start is disappointing to say the least.
Fantasy Impact: Dalton could sustain a few more drives if he could, you know, actually hang on to the football. Assuming he doesn't match his fumble total in the second half, he should be able to figure out how to get the ball in the end zone.
A.J. Green has four catches for 41 yards. The Bengals haven't taken many shots downfield, so Dalton needs to be a little more aggressive to pay off for his owners.
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Looking back on it, most people might admit that the official 2012 summer song absolutely without a doubt had to be the crazy K-Pop smash hit, Gangnam Style. You've got to admit that it's been stuck in your head for the better part of of the summer.
Originally released in South Korea on July 15, 2012, the ridiculously catchy pop single sung by rapper Psy quickly started gaining steam internationally shortly after it was uploaded on Youtube.
The music video for Gangnam Style features rapper Psy dancing comically in several different interesting settings, including in a horse barn, on the street, on a boat, in a parking garage and many other places - sometimes accompanied by a group of other female dancers.
Haven't seen it yet? Watch it here.
The Horse Riding Dance
Psy's signature Gangnam Style dance move, the horse riding dance, is one of the funniest aspects of the viral video, which eventually sparked a number of flashmob dances carried out in various locations around the world--many of which have been uploaded on YouTube.
GIFs of Psy doing the horse riding dance in the music video have popped up everywhere on social networking sites like Tumblr and Reddit, and, the now iconic dance is even considered to be an Internet meme.
The Spread of Gangnam Style
After the music video took off in its home country and started gaining international attention, it only took a few weeks before several popular media outlets on the web were talking about it. The video was picked up by sites from Gawker, BuzzFeed, FunnyJunk and Know Your Meme, among many others.
Along its viral journey, the Gangnam Style video received some great celebrity endorsements on Twitter, where big name celebs like Katy Perry, T-Pain, Robbie Williams and even Britney Spears helped spread the word.
In August, the video became so popular on YouTube, a few major mainstream media outlets like CNN, ABC News and The Wall Street Journal had reported on it. And by September, Psy had appeared on popular talk shows like Ellen and the Today Show.
The Meaning Behind Gangnam Style
To most of us who don't speak Korean, the lyrics in Gangnam Style sure as heck can't tell us much. But behind the hilarious dancing, catchy beat and over-the-top settings, there's an actual story about wealth and cultural values in an area of South Korea.
Gangnam is a symbol of the South Korean culture of a neighborhood where people are heavy spenders with upscale lifestyles, where the average number of credit cards per adult is five. It's a place of the most conspicuous consumption in the country.
The song and video was made to be a satirical representation of Gangnam and how others outside of Gangnam desire to be part a part of it. In the video, Psy focuses on really highlighting the ridiculousness of Gangnam materialism.
Spin-offs, Parodies and Mashups
Gangnam Style is just one of those things that people can't get enough of, no matter how annoying and repetitive it gets. As a result, the viral video has served as a source of inspiration for many looking to explore their own their creativity.
To start, Psy himself took advantage of the success of Gangnam Style and released a spin-off version of the song and video featuring Hyun-A, member of the K-Pop group 4Minute, and also the same red-haired girl who played Psy's love interest in the original Gangnam Style video.
And if you go ahead and search "Gangnam Style parody" either on Google or on YouToube, you'll be sure to find a good number of results that should keep you entertained for hours on end.
People with experience in mixing audio files have produced a good number of remixed versions of Gangnam Style, and if there's any other song that Gangnam Style would have to compete with in terms of catchiness and popularity in 2012, it would probably have to be Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe.
Of course, someone just had to combine the two into a mashup. It hasn't receive the best of reviews and doesn't sound particularly amazing, but if you really want to, you can listen to it here.


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Oh boy (that is what I said when I woke up this morning only with a few expletives added!)…aww, the 10 hour bus ride was not going to be fun at all! 7.15 and we were on the bus…there was a bit of a race to get on the bus this morning as about 30 people were going back to Berlin, most people could get two seats to themselves on the bus …
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Ah…heaven! How nice is was to wake up without an alarm or wake up call and without having to rush to be somewhere. I wasn't feeling the best though, my cold has got progressively worse over the last couple of days. At about 10.30am we headed downstairs to farewell the group of boys that had hired a van (Max, Aaran, Chris, Lochy, Steve ( …
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immaculate room, close to station and all one wanted for a short stay in Berlin. The perfect base for a visit where the emphasis is on being out sightseeing all day and coming back to the hotel to sleep in a clean bed for a few hours before getting up and doing the same again. Recommended
My wife and I stayed here in April. The hotel is in excellent condition; breakfast was ample in a modern light airy restaurant. The rooms were recently renovated. We travel to many cities and found this a hotel we would use again and recommend to friends. We were surprised at the negative review; compared with chain hotels we have stayed in London and New York this was lovely by comparison. The u bahn is only 3 minutes walk away which is ideal if utilising a cheap 3-day rail card. The area has lots of small late night cafes and takeaways. Definitely use again
Cheap but not really cheerfull
Well all i can say is that expedia rates this hotel as 4 star - no chance - it was a 2/3 at the very most .
The rooms where clean but very sparse - in fact it reminded me of my old school dorm !!!
The staff where very friendly - the resteraunt was fine - Its a little rough and ready in the local area but there where a few 5 star hotels with great bars just round the corner - Its in a cheap and not very cheerfull area -a few of the local girls of the night where prowling around ----- i don't think its a bad hotel just not what i expected for the money paid - and i don't like payin for 4 star when its 2 star .
I don't think i would stay here again unless it was on a really cheap deal.
Great standard for a budget hotel
We are a family of four who stayed three nights at the Aldea, Berlin in June 2004. We found it great, with spacious rooms, nice staff, low prices and in walking distance to many famous places if you are a bit fit.
Enjoyable Hotel
Contrary to the reviewer above, I enjoyed this hotel. I thought the hotel gave an impression of what Berlin is like to average tourists and not for people looking to stay at a very American English-speaking hotel just so they can say they visited Berlin. The elevators were of the older style so we had to remember to open the door of the elevator when it stopped.
I thought the breakfast was very ample with many selections of cheese, meat, and bread.
The room was small but neat and clean.
The hotel was close to the U-bahn so we had access to many restaurants and the area where we could pick up short half day trips.
Budget hotel worth a look
I stayed at this hotel in June 2004 and found it clean and perfectly acceptable for a budget hotel. It is 1/2 block from a U-Bahn station, 10 to 15 minute walk from the Kultureforum in one direction and 20 minute walk from Kadewa in another direction, and 3 to 4 blocks from a street with a number of Indian and Turkish restaurants. It is not, however, in a touristy/nightlife area so it depends on what you are looking for. I enjoyed staying out of tourist area and found it perfectly acceptable. I assume breakfast has changed since the Jan review for we found breakfast to be quite good and served in a very nice restaurant with individual tables, linen tablecloths, etc. The breakfast was above average with lots of fresh fruit, yogurts, cereals, breads, a variety of hot and cold meats, eggs, etc. Again, if you are looking for a clean, budget hotel and don't care about being in tourist area then give this a look.
Aldea was disappointing
A very disappointing hotel in a poor area of town, but close to a U Bahn station. Barren halls and ancient elevators led to rooms which were clean but very small and completely undecorated. It was impossible for a tall person to go to the bathroom without burning themselves on the heater. Breakfast was served buffet style on mass (school-camp style) with budget ingredients on fold away tables. The restaurant used to serve dinner was of only slightly better quality. The overall impression was of a budget hotel certainly not up to the standard of other 3 or 4 star hotels in Berlin. I would recommend that travellers avoid this hotel if at all possible.


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Valpo Drops 5-4 Decision To Akron In Season Opener
Friday, February 25, 2005Clarksville, Tenn. - Kevin Perri had two hits and an RBI, but Valpo lost its season opener to Akron 5-4 in the Austin Peay Invitational. Colin Reynolds had an RBI single for the Crusaders.
Valpo (0-1) put the potential tying run on second base with one out in the ninth, but Akron closer Darek Stanfield retired the last two Crusader batters on fly balls to end the game.
Akron (1-3) scored three runs in the first inning on seven hits. The Crusaders responded with a run in the bottom of the first when Perri singled and advanced to third on Mike Arensdorff's single. Kevin Kutansky grounded into a double play to plate Perri.
Valpo tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the second on Perri's RBI double and a throwing error by the Zips' shortstop.
Akron's Bob Dobovec, who went 2-for-4, drove in single runs in the fifth and seventh to give the Zips a 5-3 advantage. Reynolds delivered his RBI single with two outs in the eighth to pull Valpo within 5-4. Stanfield then entered the contest and retired Jeff Rickert on a groundout to end the threat.
John Giusti led off the ninth for Valpo with an infield single and advanced to second on Brian Rzepka's sacrifice bunt. Stanfield then retired Jon Rupno and Matt Augustine on fly balls to earn his first save.
Harvey Yergin (0-1) suffered the loss, yielding four earned runs on 11 hits in 6 innings. The Akron native struck out three and did not issue a walk. Chris Riley, Jordan Smolar and Adam Knobel pitched 1 inning each of scoreless ball for the Crusaders.
Akron's Ross Liersemann (1-1) allowed two runs on six hits, while fanning seven and walking two in 7 innings.
Valpo finished with eight hits and did not commit an error, while Akron produced 13 hits and committed two fielding miscues.
The Crusaders continue the round-robin Austin Peay Invitational on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Austin Peay.
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Stepping Stones preschool in Derry hosts a Family Fun Day on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The day includes games, music, food and other activities for families.
All proceeds will benefit the school's scholarship fund.
For information, call Stepping Stones at 434-6900. The school is located at 1 Partridge Lane.
Parkland names new CFO
Parkland Medical Center named Jacob Wiesmann as its new Chief Financial Officer. He comes to the Derry hospital after serving as controller at Rose Medical Center in Denver.
Parkland's chief executive officer Tina Legere said she is proud to welcome Wisemann to the team.
To learn more about Parkland, visit parklandmedicalcenter.com.
First Parish hosts harvest supper
For more than 75 years, there has been a tradition in Derry that brings out people from all over the area looking for a great autumn meal.
First Parish Church, 47 East Derry Road, offers its annual Harvest Supper on Oct. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The menu includes a turkey dinner with all the fixings. Tickets are available the night of the dinner or in advance by calling the church office at 434-0628.
The cost is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $7 for children.
Downtown hosts trick-or-treat event
Derry celebrates the season with its annual Downtown Trick or Treat schedule of events on Oct. 20.
A costume parade kicks off the day at 11:30 a.m. at Veterans Hall, 31 West Broadway. The event is for infants and children up through age 12.
Downtown trick or treat action then follows from noon to 3 p.m. with particiapting businesses on Broadway, Crystal Avenue and Hood Commons opening their doors to children and their families.
Halloween night trick or treat hours Oct. 31 are from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Call Parks and Recreation for information at 432-6136.
Save energy at home
Derry's Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee sponsors a free "Energy Savings for the Home" seminar on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at Derry Public Library, 64 East Broadway.
Learn about simple things to do to save energy and money as heating season arrives. Subjects to be discussed include windows, attic insulation and much more.
Call Tom Minnon for information at 721-2994.
Workers volunteer at marion Gerrish
In recognition of its 30th year in business, Work Opportunities Unlimited celebrated Columbus Day on Oct. 8 in service to others. Employees in the Salem/Derry area spent the day volunteering at the Marion Gerrish Community Center.
The community center recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, offering meeting space and programs to more than 150 groups and organizations.
Garden club to meet
The Derry Garden Club meets on Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Derry, 40 Hampstead Road.
The program is the annual auction and Ways and Means table, followed by a harvest lunch.
For information about the club call 432-7195 or visit derrygardenclub.org.
Upper Room hosts 'Red Carpet' event
The Upper Room, a family resource center, hosts its 11th annual Family Matters auction and dinner on Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. at Promises to Keep on Rockingham Road.
The evening includes celebrity impersonators, food, silent and live auction.
Items up for bid include sports tickets, jewelry, theater and dinner packages, golf outings, vacation packages, cooking lessons and much more.
Tickets are available by calling 437-8477 or visit urteachers.org/events-calendar.html.