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Seattle Bride in the City: Kate Holder
Style Unveiled, as hard as we try, knows that sometimes it takes a woman who's walking in your same 'heels' to help with something like planning a day as big as a wedding. And while we will always be here to help with inspirational photos, real weddings, vendor suggestions, wedding cake inspiration, engagement photo ideas, and more ... we want to bring you something priceless ... Advice from brides who are doing the same as you (right now!!) ... PLANNING THEIR WEDDING :) Our blog addition, Bride in the City will give you inside info from other brides to help you along the way and make you feel like you're not the only one :) So ... get ready to bond with Bride in the City guest: Kate Holder
When did you become engaged?
August 14, 2011
When is the big day?
October 6, 2012
What was your engagement shoot like? What was it like working with your photographer?
Working with our photographers was really amazing. It was the first really fun 'task' we had in our wedding planning process (and was a welcomed respite from all the heavy duty planning we'd been doing!). Both of us enjoyed putting together our outfits for the shoot and I enjoyed getting primped that morning for the shoot at MANE Blow Dry Bar in downtown Seattle. These were the first professional photos either of us had taken before (if you don't count our cheesy senior photos!) and so we were a little nervous about how it was going to go. Thankfully, one of the best decisions we've made in this whole process was hiring Alante Photography. They are phenomenal at what they do and are also fabulous people. They went out of their way to make us super comfortable with the whole process. We felt like we could be ourselves and we had lots of laughs together while we ran around the city capturing fun moments and some awesome scenery. They captured some really magical moments that day and we are so in love with each and every photo they took - we can't wait to see what they come up with for our wedding photos!!
Who are the wedding vendors that you have already decided to hire?
There are so many awesome vendors to choose from in Seattle. We ultimately went with the people who we really connected with and took into account any word of mouth recommendations we had received from others.
For our DJ, we hired Bamboo Beats - we've seen them in action at a wedding before and continue to hear amazing things about them on a regular basis!
For our Cake, we're actually using Whole Foods. They are putting together a buttercream frosted 'tiramisu' wedding cake for us (as a tribute to our Italian Honeymoon) and it tastes and looks AMAZING!
My Dress and Bridesmaid Dresses came from Cynderellie's Closet in Edmonds (the owner Denise is fabulous to work with!) and the Mother of the Bride/Groom Dresses came from Brides & Beyond in Lynnwood. The guys suits will be coming from Men's Wearhouse.
For our Invitations, we're working with Tiffany at 'Seal it with Love' and she is a dream to work with - very patient, helpful and knowledgeable!
As for Flowers, we're incredibly lucky since my parents own Brittany Flowers in Kirkland. My Mom is designing all the flower arrangements and we'll be decking the place out in flowers galore! She does phenomenal work and it's the one area of the wedding I don't have to worry or think about whatsoever because I know it will be fabulous :)
For our wedding night, the out of town guests and the rehearsal dinner we'll be staying/dining at the Alexis Hotel in downtown Seattle.
Still working on finding that perfect vendor for hair/make up and 'day of' transportation... ;)
What is your venue and why did you choose it?
The ceremony and reception are at the Seattle Tennis Club. We looked at venue after venue and were never really 'swooned' by anywhere. The Tennis Club was the only place we visited that we could really envision ourselves getting married at. It has sort of an old school, classy soiree vibe to it, which is exactly what were looking for. I should also mention that their Director of Catering, Amy Rathbone, is one of the most helpful vendors we've worked with throughout this whole process. She is very prompt in responding to our calls/emails (something a lot of venues were terrible at) and she is always more than happy to answer any questions that have popped up along the way. She has made everything really easy for us and I feel 100% confident in our venue and their service level standards moving forward. I think that is a huge thing for brides to look for and feel when booking a venue or hiring a vendor - there's so many other stressful things going on during this time that you need to have 100% confidence in the vendors you hire so you can relax and focus on other important things, like marrying the man of your dreams ;)
What are you most excited about for your wedding day?
We are most excited to have everyone we love in one room to celebrate with for one amazing day! I can't think of many other opportunities where we'll have everyone together and be able to celebrate with them and thank them for being such an integral part of our lives for so many years. I'm also really excited for that moment when we enter the ballroom as Husband and Wife for the first time!
Is there anything you are nervous about for your wedding day?
I'm nervous about saying our own vows (fiance's request) and I am also nervous about everything coming together. It's amazing to me how all the vendors will be working together to make the day happen. I do worry about everyone showing up on time and knowing when to do what and when, but again, I know I've hired a fabulous team, so I just have to trust in their abilities and sit back and let it happen!
What is your wedding theme or concept going to be? What inspired it?
We're loosely categorizing our wedding theme as 'Modern Vintage'. I really don't know that I've even fully figured out what that is, but we're trying to use some vintage elements without getting too kitschy. We're decorating with lots of old books, clocks and vintage bud vases with a single flower but still glamming it up with the modern trumpet vases, big/tall table centerpieces and votives (EVERYWHERE!). The theme sort of took on a a soft, romantic vibe as well with all the votives and the soft blush color we brought in. It's the perfect storm of all our favorite things!
Where are you planning to travel for your honeymoon?
We're traveling to Italy, leaving two days after the wedding. We're headed to Positano on the Amalfi Coast for the first 5 days and then traveling to Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre and Venice after that. We'll be gone for three weeks and we can't wait!!
How is your husband-to-be helping with the wedding planning? What are his tasks?
His biggest job has been supporting me while I run around like crazy lady (which he's been amazing at!). Sometimes after a full day of wedding errands it's nice to come home to a clean house and have a relaxing dinner together. A little bit of relaxation can go a long way. That said, he's been very active in each vendor selection and the groomsmen wear. We spent a lot of time weighing the pros and cons of everything together, we talked about each others personal priorities for the big day and then made each decision together. Thankfully, we've worked really well together throughout the whole process... phew! ;)
What is your best advice to brides who are currently planning their wedding?
Try to enjoy the process. I tend to get wrapped up in the all the details and recently realized the entire process was passing me by and I wasn't having any fun. I'm working really hard to change that and have been having a lot more fun with it, as of late. Like I said before, relax and let your vendors work their magic!
Also - delegate. delegate. delegate. Your friends and family WANT to help, trust me. It can be hard to delegate, but if you put in a little work up front to get organized enough to pass out the tasks, it will really lighten your workload and allow you to enjoy things a bit more!
Lastly, don't lose sight of why you're doing all this. It's supposed to be more about you and your fiance starting your lives together, and less about those roses being a shade too pink ;)
What are 3 words to describe how you feel right now?
Chaotic. Excited. Fortunate.
Photographer: Alante Photography


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Question: Why is the Ice Skating Turn "Mohawk" Named After an American Indian Tribe?
Why in the world is the figure skating move, the mohawk turn, named after American Indians?
In Lynn Copley-Graves' book, Figure Skating History: The Evolution of Dance on Ice, the author writes the following about the origins of the ice skating term "mohawk":
- 'In the 1800's the British were fascinated by stories of American Indians. A few American Indians had been brought to England to entertain the British with war dances. Some skaters who saw them thought the spread-eagle pose done in Indian ceremonies resembled the turned-out position of a turn they did on ice. The tracing made by that turn resembled an Indian bow, so they named the turn the "mohawk" after the visiting tribe from New York State. This analogy fits the inside-to-inside mohawk. Skaters practiced mohawks in repetition on a circle eight. Maxwell Witham and H. E. Vandervell compiled the rules of English style in the first comprehensive study of figure skating in any language in their book, A System of Figure Skating, first published in 1869 and revised in 1880. In the 1880 version, they illustrated and described the outside-to-outside mohawk, as done in the Foxtrot today: "A very pretty combination of the outside forward with the outside backwards has lately come into vogue, and it can be skated by every one who is capable of turning out his toes sufficiently, so as to get into the spread-eagle position. This figure was last year introduced into the Club figures on ice and christened by the name of Mohawk." According to Earnest Jones, writing in The Elements of Skating in 1931, the name "mohawk" for this turn was derived from a cut-like step used by the Mohawk indians in their war dances. Two editions later Max Witham described the choctaw, named for another Indian tribe: "A variation of the Mohawk has lately been introduced, and is called a Choctaw ... the skater goes from the outside forward of one foot to the inside back of the other." '

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Bozell Column: Diane Sawyer vs. 'Too Rich' Romney
Republican strategists should generally be wary of campaign advice from liberals – and when it's from the media, generally becomes definitely. Washington Post political writer Chris Cillizza recently suggested Mitt Romney's general-election strategy should start with getting a "positive first introduction" to voters through the liberal media because "only the national media can provide that megaphone and serve as a sort of validator for him."
How hard did he laugh after he wrote that?
No Republican should think he can end-run the liberal media establishment entirely and not suffer damage. Ask Dick Cheney. On the other hand, no Republican can expect fairness from these people, either. Romney should enter the national-media coliseum fully aware he's designed to be food for the lions.
Exhibit A comes from ABC's Diane Sawyer. This is how Sawyer probed Obama just after the 2006 elections: "Do you think that residual resistance is greater for race or for gender? Is the nation secretly, I guess, more racist or more sexist?"
In keeping with that line, Sawyer would be expected to ask Romney today if he felt his wealth would be used against him by those who begrudge success. Not even close. Instead, she implied Romney should be dismissed as a Richie Rich or Thurston Howell type who can't connect to the Little People. On "World News," she hammered Romney with five questions about his wealth and his tax returns.
Sawyer announced "the Obama campaign is working overtime to paint the portrait of a man whose riches have put him out of touch." She then offered the Obama spin: "The speaking fees, the Cadillacs, the story out now that there's an elevator for your cars in the new house you're planning in La Jolla. Are you too rich to relate?"
There's an obvious answer that Romney did not give. "Diane, you make $12 million a year. The ritzy Manhattan penthouse, the wealthy movie director husband, the estate on Martha's Vineyard. Does that make you too rich and elitist to relate to your audience?"
Romney's actual answer wasn't bad. "We don't divide America based upon success and wealth and other dimensions of that nature. We're one nation under God. We come together. This is a time when people of different backgrounds and experiences need to come together."
Sawyer simply replied by calling it "fairness" to resent the rich: "Do you think the fairness question is about envy?"
Romney adroitly tossed the fairness issue right back. "I think it's unfair that this President has been in office three and a half years and 93 percent of the people who lost their jobs have been women."
Sawyer hammered him about the tax returns: "Why not release 12 years, as your father did?" She said Romney gave 23 years of tax returns to the McCain campaign during the vice-presidential vetting process in 2008, so why not release those?
Do you recall Sawyer even asking for this from John Kerry?
By contrast, Sawyer's last interview with the current president ended with her asking how much Kentucky would win by in the NCAA basketball tournament and she compared Obama to Lincoln as she encouraged him to talk about his prayer life: "What about the famous quote from another beleaguered President, Abraham Lincoln, who said he had been driven many times to his knees because his own wisdom and that around him 'was insufficient for the day'?"
Obama replied: "I do a lot of praying." Actually, he does a lot more golfing on Sundays.
Sawyer asked Romney about Mormonism and whether he "could really about something that holds a lot of curiosity for people? So, do the people think you're reluctant to talk about being Mormon?" Sawyer did not ask Obama, "Your mother was an atheist who married two Muslim men. Are you reluctant to talk about that?" Never mind Jeremiah Wright.
Sawyer even stooped to raising that stupid – and 29-year-old – story about Romney putting his incontinent dog Seamus in a cartop carrier on a family trip. "First about Seamus-- which as you know is out there forever-- would you do it again?"
One host on NPR actually called Romney "the Michael Vick of presidential candidates." Sawyer underlined the vulnerability: "You said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign so far." That's why she wanted to ask it.
So, for the record: Bill Clinton was never asked by a TV anchor if he raped Juanita Broaddrick in 1978. But they can ask Mitt Romney if he shouldn't have put the doggie in a cartop carrier in 1983.
If anyone can point to anything Sawyer has ever asked the Obamas that compares to this low personal blow, they should speak up. This is just the opening mudbath. It's going to get only worse for Romney as we get closer to November.
- Brent Bozell's blog
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Media and Sawyer
Submitted by GigglingGoogler on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 10:43pm.
I agree with Mitt, when he called the Media, "The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy!" It'll be a tough going for Mitt, but I believe he can handle it! GO MITT!!!!
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So the best they have is that
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 10:44pm.
So the best they have is that he is rich and put his dog on the roof of his car 29 years ago? Sounds like a landslide.
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Submitted by rusino on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:04pm.
How did Gov. Romney allow this to happen? I do not want to see him make the same mistake President Bush made in his second term. No matter what you do to placate them the Progresive/Democrats will still hate you. Remember the old story, if Romney got out of a boat and walked on water,the dems and Liberal Press would announce, MITT ROMNEY CAN NOT SWIM!
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just wonderin..
Submitted by MidAmerica on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:06pm.
Would obama be willing to do some DNA tests to really determine who he is?
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Dum-Dum Diane is still on TV?
Submitted by rockyracoon on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:15pm.
Dum-Dum Diane is still on TV?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
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You nailed it Brent.
Submitted by NeoKong on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:25pm.
Whenever he is asked about his wealth he should always ask the question in return as most of the Obama media are a millionaires club.
"How much do you make George....? What did you pay in taxes last year ?"
Make them choke on their own wealth on camera and they will drop the issue soon enough.
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And btw, how much did you give to charity?
Submitted by needle on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 9:53am.
And btw, how much did you give to charity?
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
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$12 Million a year?
Submitted by blazermaniac on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:34pm.
Talk about a waste of money. How can these networks continue to overpay these anchorettes, when no one watches their garbage.
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Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:30am.
waiting for OReilly to collect the money Sawyer owes him for acknowledging she would would be fair and balanced during this election. Have a feeling sawyer will be gone within the year. Who watches her ???
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What bias?
Submitted by Nonanon on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 1:46am.
It is unbelievable that people still deny the so-called news media are biased, much less fully liberal. They should forfeit their voter registration card until they can prove they are informed voters. But we constantly see that truth and reality mean nothing to a large portion of the population.
A typical question for Democrats/liberals is (delivered with a syrupy lilt) "How do you like your new puppy?" versus one for Republicans/conservatives (delivered with a venomous disdain) "Why are you such a horrible person?". Far too many choices are made based on feelings or emotions rather than logic or thought.
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Diane to Mitt
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 6:54am.
"Mitt, should we hate you because you're so rich? Don't hate me because I'm beautiful—OR because I've used my beauty and vapid voice to make 'boatloads of money' (quoting Justice Kagan)."
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Quick comparo
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:22am.
Romney is rich because he knows how to make failing businesses successful.
Sawyer is rich because she got into TV "news" at a time when networks became fearful of "Women's Lib". Oh, yeah--and she married Hollywood money. What an accomplished woman!
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
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Speaking of praying, Diane,
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:23am.
Speaking of praying, Diane, why didn't you ask Obama why, all of a sudden, after years of not doing so, he has decided, now that it's election year, to start attending Church in DC???
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Hit 'em harder, Mitt.
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:55am.
That's the only way you're going to score points during this election cycle.
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an example of the New Math......
Submitted by thescoots on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:22am.
New Math can be found in the fact that John Kerry, when nominated by the Democrats...was NOT "too rich".....but Mitt Romney is.....
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That's O.K.
Submitted by GeneralAl on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 10:00am.
Kerry, like a true Liberal Commie, married his wealth [And Republican wealth at that!]. Romney earned his, so he must have swindled the middle class some how!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
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I will respectfully disagree with Mitt Romney....
Submitted by thescoots on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:22am.
No, Mitt....there is no "vast left wing conspiracy"...there used to be one...Now...these people are in your face...in broad daylight....they don't even try to hide it anymore...so "conspiracy" is a bit much these days....
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Good one
Submitted by gwalt on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:28am.
Lets start calling ABC, CBS and NBC the Obama White House Communications arm.
Keep repeating it with every talking head repeating it and call them out.
"A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered". Ronald Reagan
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Put her in public
Submitted by gwalt on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:25am.
Love Newsbusters and everything that is done here. But we choose to come here. Joe and Jane McMuffin need to know she is a biased political DNC hack and the only way to do it is run ads with her name and face on boards, newspaper ads, and tv ads. Jane and Joe don't come here or Big sites or Drudge.
More people need to know that the news they have been consuming for decades, broadcast news, is now a political party.
"A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered". Ronald Reagan
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Why is Ann Romney wearing a belt around her WAIST?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:33am.
LOL. How stupid can you get?
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Glitterati explain it all to us; should we be grateful?
Submitted by Thalpy on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 8:57am.
Leaders must lead while followers follow. Will Republicans ever learn? More to the point, do they want to learn?
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Hey Diane, when are you going
Submitted by sngnsgt on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 7:12pm.
Hey Diane, when are you going to ask Obama why he ate Lassie? He just authorized his goons to round up My Friend Flicka and Trigger to go to the slaughter house. How do you like your swayback steaks?
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text: HomeAltcoinsWhy NXT is Up While Most Other Crypto Coins are Down Kyle Torpey 14/02/2014 Altcoins, News 26 Comments This beautiful NXT client could attract new users to the proof-of-stake cryptocurrency. This week has been pretty horrible for the Bitcoin community as a whole, but NXT has actually seen its market cap rise as it gets ready to go mainstream with the "second generation of cryptocurrency". There are multiple NXT clients in development right now, and users of this proof-of-stake cryptocurrency will soon be able to trade assets on a distributed exchange. The decentralized exchange space is moving very rapidly, and it seems that NXT will be able to offer access to their exchange around the same time that Mastercoin will be launching one of their own. New projects seem to be popping up in the NXT community on a daily basis, so it will be interesting to see if this crypto coin can carve out a bigger slice of the total cryptocurrency market. 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A NXT Client for Your Grandmother In addition to the distributed exchange, there is another NXT developer, Wesley, who is working on a user-friendly NXT client. It's the kind of simple, beautiful client that will be needed to bring NXT to the mainstream. Using NXT can be somewhat confusing right now, and easy-to-use GUIs are just now becoming widely available. There has been a lot of talk about the possible benefits of NXT as a proof-of-stake coin over some of the other coins on the market, and it seems some of that talk is now being backed up by real development of new, innovative features that are ready for use by the general public. Update: A reader has sent in this helpful website with links to all current NXT clients. A preview of how the distributed asset exchange could work in this new NXT client. distributed exchangenextcoinnxt 26 Responses Daedelus 27/02/2014 The difference with Nxt is that is not designed to be a coin. It is intended to be a system in which a new economy could be built on top of with fast transactions and low cost. Go to the Nxt wiki to find out what is up and running and what is in the pipeline. Log in to Reply Alberto Almeida 26/02/2014 Financial and Business Valuation. Tax Advisory for Portugal and UE. Golden Visa. Portuguese, legal and tax compliance for internacional investment in UE. Contact point, for services and business exporters for all world. Log in to Reply DogeCoin-Joke 21/02/2014 Why so much BS when it's not needed . What is NEXT and really brings something new to table ? What a new Wallet interface ? Seriously ? A joke . Log in to Reply Ivan 16/02/2014 Actually there is one more super easy and userfriendly client coming very soon. 2 clicks and you are ready to go. This will bring a lot more users to the Nxt platform imo. Thanks for the article, waiting for another one! Log in to Reply Mark 17/02/2014 Do you care sharing with us the name of this super easy and userfriendly client that's coming very soon? Log in to Reply nicholas 16/02/2014 At the moment I don't see any reasons why NXT could fail. Lots of new services & clients and a very active community make a bright future for NXT. Log in to Reply cryptonikus 14/02/2014 Best part about NXT is the community, I am constantly lurking in many different crypto communities, but I have never encountered such dedicated and talented people. They are working on it 24/7. You can feel the enthusiasm caused by emerging of new and truly innovative ideas and just witness as they become reality, its fascinating. Log in to Reply No brain 14/02/2014 why is that the Java based client looks and feel diff from the Mac / Windows clients? Log in to Reply Kyle Torpey 14/02/2014 I believe there are many different clients in development right now. Perhaps someone more familiar with NXT could help me out here. Log in to Reply farl4bit 15/02/2014 In the Nxt community everybody puts in it's effort and energy to make Nxt great. The clients are build by enthusiasts on there own account. Everybody has it's own design and advantages. If you want to build a client, you can! ;) Log in to Reply ninely 14/02/2014 What has happened? this is quite amazing… few weeks ago there in various sites NXT was seen as a sc*m. Now it is breaking the image of a currency. Money is just an instrument to exchange things and different items, isn't it. But this … voting? Is this really a currency or some vision of the next generation of … what? Log in to Reply cryptonikus 14/02/2014 Well NXT is not a clone as other altcoins, so many people who invested in clones got scared of competition and bad-mouthed NXT, but time has shown, that none of their claims were true. And yes NXT is far from being just a coin, it is new system with many financial tools, but Its potential goes further. I personally see NXT as new step in evolution of internet. Log in to Reply zorke 14/02/2014 Great article! The only crypto with positive growth in last 2 days, with all the problems Bitcoin is facing that says enough. 2nd generation crypto leader, a real future. Great community and loads of great features. People get on the train before it is too late! Log in to Reply Erik 14/02/2014 Nxt doesn't have a corporation managing their coin. It does have a bunch of great devs and interesting ideas for how to prevent becoming overly centralized. Definitely an interesting virtual currency. Log in to Reply okaynow 14/02/2014 Interesting article Kyle. Nxt is bringing a wave of freshness in crypto. Probably the start of a great Journey, if you ask me. Thank you PS: My granma is already interested in those geeky clients heheh Log in to Reply CoinManiac 14/02/2014 An article worth reading. Most of the alt coins are clone of bitcoins. But NXT is a whole new different code. I have going through the daily development on NXT and am happy to say, the progress is fantastic. Currently I am trying the NXT test exchange and hope it becomes successfully implented Log in to Reply autumnyellow 14/02/2014 I enjoyed your article. Glad to see that the some real innovation taking place in the cryptocommunity in contrast with all the copycat action of the bitcoin code. Log in to Reply cryptolawyer 14/02/2014 The furious activity in the crypto space exciting to watch, and portends enormous opportunity for lots of very applications. Even more exciting are alternatives to Bitcoin, like NXT, that are fundamentally different implementations aiming to avoid Bitcoin's limitations from the outset rather than patch or work around specific shortcomings. Log in to Reply jefdiesel 14/02/2014 Great article. NXT really looks great. And all the more a green positive in a sea of red negs out there. Keep an eye on this one! 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The plain huge size of the bitcoin network and the number of nodes provides a >90% assurance that a small transition will be successful within a few seconds. That simple reality will stand true for most transactions under a few thousand dollars. On the other hand if I was buying a house I would be willing to wait an hour and six confirmations for the million dollar transfer to be 100% confirmed and be part of the blockchain — and not mind a bit:-) The security requirements for sending a $ 1.0M to France and paying $0.15 to read an article are quite different. I think BTC is already as fast as it needs to be. Mises_77 14/02/2014 I have had the pleasure of watching the NXT community flourish since about mid December. You can not help but take notice to the true innovation happening with this crypto. In a world of bitcoin clones, NXT is a standout. I highly encourage anyone to check out what is happening here and prepare to be amazed. It is so much more than a coin. 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Although the show is designed for children, it makes a lot of poignant points in a humorous way about prejudice and bigotry. Very entertaining!
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This show is for children in grades 2 through 5 and teaches them how they can embrace diversity and also how they can defend themselves against being bullied by other children. I loved how there were so many different little skits throughout the...continued
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Great way for parents and children to open a door for conversation on some big topics. Great for schools! Really had a fun time watching it.
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Great show, great deal on tix.
Quotes & Highlights
There is a a post-performance Q&A with the cast after each show.


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Late blight is back in Vermont. The University of Vermont says it showed up on potatoes from Huntington tested in a lab Tuesday.
The deadly plant disease is highly contagious and affects mainly potatoes and tomatoes. The spores produced on infected plants travel through the air and cause new infections. If a plant is infected, there is no cure and it must be destroyed.
"It's hard to keep up with so it's best to just destroy plants, cut them off, bag them, landfill, bury them. Because spores won't live on dead tissue, so you need to kill those as quickly as possible and that's what will decrease the amount of spores in the air and protect commercial growers," said Ann Hazelrigg of the plant diagnostic clinic at UVM.
Since 2009 Vermont has seen late blight every year. The disease thrives in humid, wet weather conditions.
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TFC Michael Murriell
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Drug Seizure and Arrest in Boyd County
Date of News Release: 09/26/2006
(Ashland, KY) - On 09/25/2006 at 10:37 PM the Kentucky State Police in Ashland received a call of an unidentified male at the Cannonsburg BP Gas Station who appeared to be under the influence.
Tpr. Aaron Martin responded and located George R. Connor (30 yoa of Ashland, KY) walking out of the Gas Station. After speaking with Mr. Connor, Tpr. Martin arrested him for Public Intoxication. A search incident to arrest revealed that Mr. Connor had a large amount of pills in his pocket (oxycontin & xanax). Further investigation revealed that Mr. Connor was traveling as a passenger in a 2000 black 4-door Oldsmobile, which was sitting at the Gas Pumps. Tpr. Martin obtained consent to search from the Owner of the vehicle and requested assistance of a K-9 Officer. Boyd County Sheriffs Deputy Robbie Donta arrived and with the use of his K-9 the vehicle was searched. The K-9 alerted on the vehicle and several additional pills were located along with $4999.00 dollars in cash.
Tpr. Martin transported George R. Connor to the Boyd County Detention Facility were he was lodged on the following Charges: Trafficking 1st Degree, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Public Intoxication. Tpr. Brad Simmons and Tpr. Jim Ryland also of the KSP Post 14 Ashland assisted with the investigation.


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Miranda Cosgrove is a Night Owl
Are you an early bird? Or would you rather rise with the moon than the sun? If you find yourself most energized in the evening, then you've got more in common with Miranda Cosgrove than you think! She told HuffPost LA that she's got a bit of a fondness for the after hours. But that doesn't keep her from being the bright and sunny star she is.
"I'm a night owl all the way," Miranda said. "I stay up until 3 a.m. a lot of nights just playing guitar and watching movies with my mom. It gets me into trouble a lot though because I usually have to get up pretty early."
Going to bed late and getting up at the crack of dawn? When does Miranda find time for beauty sleep? Well, she doesn't really need it. She thinks true beauty lies within. "I think beauty comes from being yourself," she said. "I always find that I want to be friends with people that are offbeat and not afraid to embarrass themselves and just have fun. I used to feel the least beautiful when I didn't have makeup on, but over the last couple years I hardly ever wear makeup when I'm out with my friends."
Makeup or no makeup, Miranda always looks gorgeous. And her glam look can be spotted in any crowd. "People come up to me a lot on Sunset Boulevard...and pretty often when I'm out places with my friends," Miranda explained. "Usually fans tell me their favorite [iCarly] episodes and lines... and ask if I'm dating Freddie."
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Get it here – music.lorenradis.com/album/the-beatles-2
So I said there might be another cheat coming, and this is it – I covered the Beatles twice! How could I not though? There are literally hundreds of amazing songs to choose from and they've most definitely been the biggest influence on me as a musician. So you get four more Beatles songs this month, and I'm guessing no one's going to complain about that
For those who don't know, I've been putting out a new album every month in 2013 covering the songs of musicians who've influecned me in my own songwriting. I started and ended with the Beatles, and you can hear each month's entry in the "In Honor Of…" project here – music.lorenradis.com
So this time's a little different – I covered one song written by each Beatle, even Ringo! Here's why I chose the ones that I did
Paul McCartney – I'm Looking Through You
Paul McCartney – sorry, Sir Paul McCartney – is a living legend. He's one of the most prolific and talented songwriters ever and he and John Lennon practically invented numerous genres of music all on their own. That being said, I think my favorite Paul songs aren't the experimental ones ("Helter Skelter") or the throwbacks to old-timey music ("Your Mother Should Know"), but are rather the songs where he just commits to writing a really solid pop song. He was amazing at it, and there's a reason people are still mimicking his style 50 years later. Anyone can tell you that Paul has a way with a melody, conjuring sequences of notes that are irresistable and so simple you wonder how they've never been used before.
I'm Looking Through You is no exception, the melody is catchy as all get up. The lyrics are relatable but not too obvious, the chord progression is unconventional and genius – the changes hit on a really abnormal beat in relation to the lyrics – and the arrangement is just flawless. This song was released on Rubber Soul, thought by many to represent the Beatles' graduation from enjoyably forgettatble pop to truly historic songwriting. The boys and George Martin were just on fire for every single track this album, playing with new sounds and new styles without losing what made them the Beatles. And that attention to detail that they kept honing on through Abbey Road is present here, not a note out of place (unless it improved the song). I think this song really represents a zenith of pop songwriting, commercially viable while maintaining relevance and artistic integrity in a way that very few artists have duplicated since (even Paul, sad to say…)
My cover is a little more mellow, like my Paul Simon covers, I wanted to let the lyrics shine a little (simple as they are, they're still good) and let the melody really take center stage, it blasts by so quickly in the original you almost don't get to appreciate it. I directly copied a few harmonies and came up with several parts of my own, this song was a ton of fun to work on. Hope you enjoy it.
George Harrison – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
George Harrison would have been the standout musician in any band other than the Beatles. He was the whole package – a memorable singing voice, incredible and unique guitar work, and he turned out some really amazing songs both during his time with the Beatles and in his solo career. The only two musicians who could have overshadowed him are Paul and John, and it's a shame that George didn't/doesn't get as much recognition as his more famous frontmen. Hearing stories about how his songs weren't shown the same respect in the studio and how he had a hard time imposing his vision on the others is just heartbreaking.
George wrote a lot of really good songs for the Beatles, and maybe two or three really great – transcendent songs. I consider "Something" and "Here Comes The Sun" to be some of the best work the Beatles ever put out, and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is definitely in the running to be George's 3rd best song ever. I didn't cover either of the other two because, honestly, they're perfect in a way that I don't think I could capture. I know I'm not making any of these songs better, per se, but I think (see: I hope) that I'm presenting them in a new light that is worthwhile on its own. "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" are just too good, and too tied to their original arrangement. If I covered those in any other style, I can only see it being a detriment.
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps", on the other hand, is an amazing song that also has a lot of room for interpretation. George's original demo was a beautiful, sparse, melancholy piece of music featuring only his voice and a guitar, and one extra verse. The White Album version is one of the great rock songs of the past … ever. Eric Clapton's guitar work is some of his best and the whole band contributed perfect performances – the drumbeat in particular is so bizarre but so perfectly in line with the emotional thrust of that version of the song. They experimented with severeal different styles along the way, and my cover most closely emulates George's original acoustic demo. It's almost too melancholy, but not every song needs to be sunshine and rainbows, so I think it's OK. Anyway, hope you like it.
Ringo Starr – Don't Pass Me By
So, let's get right down to it. Ringo (Richard Starkey) is a very talented drummer and he has a unique style that was perfectly suited to the Beatles' sound. Without him they might still have succeeded, but they wouldn't have been the same, and I think they would have sounded worse with any other drummer.
Ringo was not, however, a super awesome songwriter. He only contributed two tracks to the Beatles library, this one, and Octopus's Garden. Octopus's Garden is actually really solid. It's silly and simple but it's catchy and the opening guitar riff (which I'm told Ringo wrote) is downright eloquent. Don't Pass Me By, on the other hand… well, it's one of those cases where it's so bad it's good. OK, it's not that it's bad, it's just that it's so laughably simple. Every lyric is the most obvious rhyme (Don't pass me by/Don't make me cry), the story of the song is just as dull as a highschool hocky game (he's mildly concerned because his date is late, turns out she got in a fender bender and will be there soon), and the instrumentaion, man. It almost seems like the other guys realized what a clunker this was and just owned it, y 'know? "Let's make this sound so boring and amatuerish and phoned in that no one will know it was us." Even the violin seems to be out of tune. Crazy.
But here's the thing. Something about it is just so damned endearing. The song is unassuming. It's not pretentious. It shows you so much of Ringo's character – his life isn't full of these big philosophical questions, he's just worried that his girl is either hurt, or she doesn't care about him anymore. His insecurity is so pathetic that it's kind of sweet, and we've all been there. Even if he was low man on the totem pole, he was still a Beatle, and if even he can get scared that this person he loves doesn't feel the same way about him, then it's OK that I've felt that too, right?
Plus, the image in my head of Ringo walking up to John and Paul (who had just recently put out Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) saying "Hey guys, I've written this song called 'Don't Pass Me By', I'd love it to be on the next record…" is just too funny to ignore.
So what I decided to do was try to highlight the sweet and unassuming nature of this song. Plus, I just got a ukulele for my birthday and wanted to try it out, and nothing says sappy sweet like a ukulele cover of a pop song! I think the song benefits from a simpler renditionlike this, I think it feels a little less silly without all the busy-ness of the original version. No pomp or circumstance, just a sweet love song by a guy who's not super confident in himself. Love ya Ringo.
John Lennon – Don't Let Me Down
John, John, John… He's such a tragic figure… Don't Let Me Down was recorded during the Let It Be/Get Back sessions and never ended up seeing release on a proper album, though it appeared on Past Masters and a few other places. By all accounts, John had mentally checked out during their recording sessions, showing complete apathy towards the Beatles and instead focusing on his solo work with Yoko Ono. George and Ringo had both quit the band (only to rejoin after a brief absence) by this point, and it wouldn't be long before John left and the group disbanded for good. The Let It Be sessions were reportedly the most heated of any in the Beatles' short history together. I wonder when John wrote this song? I wonder who John wrote this song for? I wonder who he wrote it to? Is he pleading with the Beatles to rise above their personal squabbles and be the great musicians he knows they can be? Is he pleading with Yoko not to let him down since he's choosing her over the Beatles? Is he screaming at himself? Is John begging John not to disappoint him? Who knows. I sure don't. But if John was checked out while recording Let It Be, he definitely wasn't when he recorded this song.
Like a lot of his later work, you get a peek behind the curtain at the anger, the insecurities, and the hope that made John who he was. He's divorced his first wife at this point and has a strained relationship with his oldest son, but he has the gall and simultaneously the optimism to say he's in love for the first time, and that he has no doubt it'll last. And yet he begs every chorus not to be disillusioned again. He's a dichotomy, the yelling choruses are so full of anger while he's pleading for love. John was nothing if not complex, and the tension in himself produced some amazing songs. Even though this is so simple lyrically, sonically it's got a depth that resonated with me.
My cover is very toned down, but I did very little to change it, sticking with the same tempo and progression and melody. I don't claim to understand John any better than anyone else, but everyone has a past, a history of defeats, a desire to have their hope rewarded for once. If the song feels like that at all, then I did what I was trying to do.
So if you haven't yet, have a listen, let me know what you think – http://music.lorenradis.com/album/the-beatles-2
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I've set out to answer a question for myself. What does a scoring chance tell us about a player, a line, a team? Why bother tracking them? What is a scoring chance really? (We're getting philosophical up in here!)
On the surface the answer seems simple. Its a high quality opportunity in the offensive zone, or in the defensive zone if you are giving one up to the opposition. But what information is really contained in a scoring chance? I think a quick film study should answer these questions sufficiently.
I've chosen the San Jose game, specifically the performance of the Schenn line.
2nd Line(Lecavalier +2, B.Schenn -1, Simmonds -1) C+
Using Gamecenter and Microsoft Encoder I broke down each scoring chance registered for this line into 30 second videos for review.(I really needed an excuse to play with Encoder this weekend) We'll start with the offensive opportunities.
Flyers Chance 1
1. The sharks start with possession and attempt to move through the neutral zone.
2. Schenn intercepts and sends a quick up to Simmonds
3. Simmonds transitions smoothly and enters the Sharks zone with control
4. He passes off to Lecavalier who moves the puck cross ice unsuccesfully.
5. Gustafsson pinches in and tips the puck deep.
6. Schenn pressures the Sharks d-man and forces a turnover.
7. He passes to an open Simmonds in the circle, and Simmonds is able to get a dangerous shot off from inside the dots.
Almost every Flyer on the ice makes a positive contribution towards generating the chance.
Flyers Chance 2
1. Again, the sharks start with possession and enter the Flyers zone.
2. Schenn pressures Pavelski and forces a turn over to Simmonds
3. Simmonds moves up ice and enters the Sharks zone with control
4. Drop pass to Schenn, whose already sneaked a peek to see who is trailing the play.
5. Cross ice backhand saucer feed to the hash marks.
6. Gustafsson jumps into the play and gets a shot off but misses the net.
Flyers Chance 3
1. Sharks dump the puck into the Flyers zone.
2. Mason clears the puck back out and forces the Sharks to retreat.
3. Simmonds gets on the forecheck and forces a turnover. He passes to a streaking Schenn
4. Schenn gets a shot from the inside has marks.
Flyers Chance 4
1. Sharks have possession, Meszaros forces a neutral zone turnover.
2. Mez dumps the puck into the sharks zone
3. The sharks recover but Schenn steals the puck again the in the neutral zone
4. He enters the zone with control
5. Pulls up and waits for help, Lecavalier goes to the net
6. Schenn sends the puck to the net for a tip play by Lecavalier.
Sharks Chance 1
1. This time around, the Flyers start with possession
2. B.Schenn takes a weak shot which results in an offensive zone turn over.
3. Sharks transition and enter the Flyers zone with control
4. Nieto turns on the jets and goes wide on Streit
5. Nieto gets a chance on net from inside the dots
6. Rebound chance for Thorton in the the slot.
Sharks Chance 2
1. Recurring theme here, Flyers start with possession.
2. Dump in by Simmonds.
3. Corner scrum lost involving Schenn, Simmonds, and Lecavalier is lost.
4. Sharks transition quickly with a hail mary lob pass up ice.
5. Marleau beats Streit wide and gets a shot from the dot.
Sharks Chance 3
1. Lecavalier loses a draw in the Sharks zone.
2. Sharks break out cleanly and enter the Flyers zone with control.
3. Gus blocks a shot and breaks up the initial play
4. Lecavalier steals and starts a breakout to Simmonds
5. Simmonds passes to Schenn, who turns the puck over at the Flyers blue line. Uh oh!
6. Sharks just miss on a cross ice play.
7. Lecavalier loses a board battle and turns the puck over.
8. Stuart misses a shot wide from the dot.
Sharks Chance 4
1. Flyers have control, Lecavalier dumps the puck into the Sharks zone
2. Sharks immediately regain possession and start a break out.
3. Burns tips the puck into the Flyers zone.
4. Flyers gain possession back, but Coburn hesitates with the puck in the corner and turns it over.
5. Lecavalier misses on a clear out.
6. Sharks execute a tip play to Nieto. Schenn has Nieto covered but misses the puck.
Scoring Chances and Sample Size
Scoring chances reveal much more about a player or a line than you might have initially thought. The 8 events I've tracked above actually account for almost 50 individual plays on the ice. Every scoring chance that gets recorded for or against is actually an aggregate of an entire shifts worth of plays. 3, 4, or even all 5 guys on the ice can play a direct part in creating a scoring play. Or conversely, 5 different mistakes can add up into a chance against. This single point of data actually measures d-zone play, neutral zone transition, breakout efficiency, offensive creativity, and more.
The overall point I'm trying to make here is that this single statistical event captures a wealth of information about how this line, or the team as a whole is playing. This is what makes statistical scouting such a valuable tool. It gathers together in a neat, easy to interpret package 3 zones of play. It also illustrates why sample size is such an important factor in statistical evaluations.
Say you were to only evaluate talent by goals scored and points produced. There's about 2 or 3 goals scored in an NHL game on average. Based on the analysis above, you'd only be looking at 10 or 15 individual plays tops, and maybe a cumulative minute of actual ice time. If you're evaluating talent, is it really fair to cut out 59 minutes of the game? Goals are rare events in hockey, and looking at such a limited sample of ice time allows the influence luck to dominate the equation.
So we increase the sample size by looking at scoring chances. Between both teams you're now looking at 30 or 40 events and a cumulative 20ish minutes of ice time. This is a much more representative sample of a player or team's play than goals scored. Its not perfect, but we've minimized the role of luck and gotten a better picture of talent.
Lets say we increase the sample size even further to shot attempts. The same factors are at play here. Every shot attempt for or against has a entire shift's worth of action that leads up to the attempt. A single NHL game has something like 100 shot attempts between both teams. Now you're analyzing 45 to 50 minutes of the action per game and you get the truest account of a NHL player's or team's ability to affect how the game is played. We've sacrificed a bit of shot quality by increasing the sample size this far, but we've gathered a much larger pool of data in return. And we've minimized the impact of luck as best we can. Its no coincidence that Corsi is the dominant mode of evaluating player talent in the analytical community. Its also no coincidence that Zone entries and exits are the new frontier in hockey analytics, considering they account for 150+ events per game.
If you're a fancy stat skeptic, I hope this post has illustrated what a valuable tool of reference they can be. Fancy stats can account for a large portion of games and offer concrete evidence of what a player is or isn't doing on the ice. The average hockey fan doesn't have 2 or 3 hours to sit around breaking down every minute of film. Even professional hockey scouts cannot feasibly watch every game; played by every player, on every team, in every single professional hockey league. Of course they aren't perfect, but they capture the gist of the flow of play on the ice.
P.S. Let me know if you like the videos. They might be low quality but they were easy and quick to put together. I may start including clips in my post game chance summaries so you guys can see exactly what I see when I'm breaking down a game.


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Week Four: Post Game
Yesterday, the Lions won…
And most of it was loads of fun.
We led the game by twenty-three
Our victory was…meant to be?
But when we start to look titanic,
That's the time for us to panic.
Our lead did shrivel, wilt and shrink …
The Lions tottered on the brink.
But never take this team for granted…
Previously cursed, but now enchanted?


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DEKALB COUNTY, ALABAMA -- Chelsie Boatner Black, 20, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at her residence.
Mrs. Black died with her grandmother, Linda Boatner from storm related injuries.
She was a graduate of NSM High School and member of Ider Holiness Church.
She is survived by husband, Bradley Black; daughter, Arabie Elizabeth Black; mother, Brenda Rendahl Capo; father and stepmother, Gary and Sheila Boatner; brother, Joshua Boatner; in-laws, Johnny and Mary Black, Ider.
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We offer many food coloring pages on our website for your children or students to color. Find images of your favorite foods and food groups within the links below. It may be helpful to have your children pick out which of the printable food coloring pages they would like the most. Once you have chosen some, all you have to do is download them onto your computer, and click print. You will be happy to find that these coloring sheets are entirely free of charge. You can save money on them this way, rather than having to go and buy coloring books at the store.
Delicious Food Coloring Pages
There are a wide variety of different food coloring pages for your enjoyment. Take a look through all 12 of the links below to find what you want. Since they are free, you can print out as many as your kids or students would like. Keep a large stack of them handy, for times when your children want to work on something quietly or it is a rainy day. Print out different sheets, or all the same food coloring pages for your students. They are sure to have a fun yet educational experience with this high quality coloring pages for boys and girls. The kids most likely will not even notice that they are learning, because they will be having a lot of fun coloring in the pages.
Enjoy These Food Coloring Pages
If you have a printer at home, you can print out these food coloring pages quickly and easily. Have your children help to choose the ones that they want, so that they are sure to be interested in coloring them. Look over all of the options we have, from fruit and ice cream to chefs and food safety. There likely will be something that is appropriate to your lessons, and that your children or students would enjoy. Supplement classroom or homeschooling lessons with our many food coloring pages, available to you for free. Coloring has been a favorite pastime of children for a long time, and is great for kids who are artistically inclined, so be sure to give your children the opportunity to color often and for long periods of time. Also, these food coloring pages are ideal for introducing young children to what cooking and healthy eating is about, which is an added bonus.


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We have two AskTony and Tucker questions; the first one comes from Matthew Jones in Fort Washington, Maryland.He asks, "Why is it that some times the moon looks so close to the earth,it's like you can reach out and touch it and other times it seems so faraway." Laura P wants to know, "Why do we need the moon?"
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Arthur Lavin, et al v. Jon Husted
|Plaintiff - Appellant:
|ARTHUR LAVIN, M.D., JASON CHAO, M.D., MICHAEL W. DEVEREAUX, M.D., PATRICIA J. KELLNER, M.D., JEROME LIEBMAN, M.D., ERIC R. SCHREIBER, M.D., CONSTANCE D. MARGOULIAS, M.D., PETER A. DEGOLIA, M.D. and NATHAN A. BEACHY, M.D.
|Defendant - Appellee:
|JON HUSTED, In his Official Capacity as Ohio Secretary of State
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Oct. 2, 2004
STILLWATER, Okla. - The Lamar women's cross country team earned its third top 10 finish of the season and the LU men secured 12th place on Saturday morning at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, held at the OSU Cross Country Course.
The Lady Cardinals were the highest finishing Southland Conference member at the meet, beating out Texas-San Antonio (13th) and Sam Houston State (16th). Texas Tech finished first, followed by Georgetown, Texas A&M, Wichita State and Kansas State, rounding out the top five. Miriam Kaumba of Oklahoma Baptist was the top individual finisher with a time of 17:02.
The Lady Cardinals were led by Iowa, Louisiana native Jackie John who placed 12th overall with a time of 18:17. John has been the top LU finisher in all three meets this season. Also scoring for the Lamar women was Sarah Weir (37th, 19:03), Amanda King (43rd, 19:11), Natasha Williams (45th, 19:13) and Clerc Koenck (56th, 19:24). Also running, but not scoring, for the Lady Cardinals was Candace Taylor (66th, 19:37) and freshman Ashley Moss (94th, 20:34).
The Cardinals placed 12th in the 21-team university division and were the top SLC finishers on the men's side. Sam Houston State came in 14th and Texas-San Antonio finished 18th. The University of Arkansas won the meet, followed by host Oklahoma State, Abilene Christian, Texas A&M and Harding (AR) University. Josphat Boit of Arkansas won the men's race, covering the course in a time of 23:52.
The LU men were led by Danny Shaw who covered the 8,000-meter course in a time of 26:38 for 61st place. He was followed by Jake Champagne (67th, 26:43), Martin Husen (73rd, 26:50), Travis Tolbert (77th, 26:54) and Hamish Meacheam (79th, 26:56).
Non-scoring men's team members were Michael Goeddertz, who finished 106th with a time of 27:57, and Ben McBride with a time of 28:25 for 122nd.
The Lamar Cross Country teams return to action on Monday, Oct. 18 with the Lamar Invitational at Idylwild Golf Club.


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I love MAKE magazine; I have subscribed to it
since the first issue. One thing I must say is that all
other magazines that have online versions suck.
They may have the articles themselves online, but
nothing like yours. MAKE's is a pristine digital recreation of the print version, page by page. Good luck
trying to find the article that was on page 89 in the
11th issue of another magazine. You might have luck
searching for the title on their website, but when,
and if, you find the article, the page is riddled with
ads and popups. I don't remember getting those in
my print edition. —Jon Rutlen
The problem is a matter of control of the tree as
it falls, and the hinge described in the article is the
instrument of that control.
I don't want to write an entirely new article in this
already long letter, but bear with me for a minute.
Think of a tree as it is coming down with the sharp,
flat-bottomed notch described in the article. As the
top swings down on the hinge, the top of the notch
will almost always hit the bottom before the tree
has swung more than 45° from the vertical.
If an appropriately sized hinge is in place with an
incorrectly angled notch, it will always snap at this
point, allowing the tree to go wherever it wants.
A good grounding in physics is not necessary to
understand that this is an untenable situation. The
butt end — with the rest of the tree along for the
ride — will kick straight back very quickly, roll off or
kick off to one side, tip the tree in one direction or
the other, or any other of numerous terrifying ways
to be eating maple by the end of the process.
—DeAnna Miller, There is an easy fix for this, and that is to create a
subscriber to MAKE and CRAFT hinge that doesn't break either until the tree hits the
ground, or until a great majority of its momentum is
pointing straight down (which will not happen until
the tree is well past the 45° mark).
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What's the Best "Everywhere Song" of 2007?
What's the Best "Everywhere Song" of 2007?
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Every year has its fair share of songs that seem to be playing everywhere, all the time, but 2007 seemed to have even more inescapable songs than most. Which one do you think is the best of 2007?
goSSIpGirlieGirl 6 years
I have never been a big fan of umbrella, but I love the Plain WhiteT's
luux_lu 6 years
Umbrella is the bast song, but I like young folks too
demonkitty18 6 years
I like 1 2 3 4 the best
KristinDaBomb 6 years
Rehab. All of the other suck.
ilanac13 6 years
gimme more - i have to give something to britney - it's a good song....and i will still listen to it every time it's on the radio
fashion_lover 6 years
alltherage 6 years
i love kanyes stronger. i agree with sugar becky on umbrella (ella ella)
sugarbecky 6 years
I heart me some Kanye, but I'm gonna have to say... "this is why I'm hot, this is why I'm hot. I'm hot cuz I'm fly, you ain't cuz you not..." I love the original and the remixes!! However, had it been up against "Can't Tell Me Nothin'", Kanye would have reigned supreme!! Umbrella was one of those that sticks in your head, but not in a good way.
fashionhore 6 years
I am in love with bitter:sweet or Imogen Heap. I don't find any of these songs to be worth much mention beyond Kanye or Feist.
divinelight 6 years
This is a 3-way tie between Umbrella, Hey There Delilah and 1 2 3 4. "1 2 3 4" was definitely featured on at least 3 commercials this year (HBO, iPod and some other cable tv show). Everyone and their dog did a cover of "Umbrella." And I swear every time I walk into my office or turn on the radio "Hey There Delilah" is playing. I wish I'd heard "Young Folks" being played more. I love that song.
hannegee 6 years
since i havent even heard that 1-2-3-4 song... and some of the others...i would say UMBRELLA...ella elal ey ey.... its EVERYWHERE...not just the US....
hollygo4405 6 years
What? No G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S? The horror!
marcella 6 years
Kanye West, Feist, and Amy Winehouse are the most talented people on this list. The rest are just crap, crap, crap!
Kazagirl 6 years
karisaamy 6 years
Girlfriend, just because I love to sing along to it
designergirl 6 years
1,2,3,4 should easily win this poll, it is by far the best. I immediately change the radio station if that Plain White Tees song comes on. I can't stand it!
LaLaLaurie06 6 years
hmmm looking at this list, there is a reason why i don't listen to Top 40 radio anymore
ElizabethRae 6 years
I've only heard like 2 or 3 of those songs. I got sick of the DJs here and stopped listening to secular radio several months ago.
aistea311 6 years
ella ella ey ey ! Haha Im actually listening to Rihanna's cd right now.
CoconutPie 6 years
So many others too: Fall Out Boys, Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Shakira, Fergie, ...
aimeeb 6 years
Good lord I despise Kanye...
mbrown81 6 years
~Plain White T's~
Gabriela14815884 6 years
As annoying as it was to hear this song every 5 mins on the radio, I would have to say Umbrella.
BriaNNa 6 years
Umbrella definitely.. :)
lala788 6 years
Umbrella" by Rihanna - it was everywhere, i still can't hear the word umbrella without saying ella ella, ella
Tisane 6 years
...but I said NO NO NO! I love Amy's music - but I hope she does go to rehab...
roor 6 years
Def Umbrella. But my personal fave was stronger. I have a friend who CANNOT rap to save his life but when he "raps" to this song it's hilarious but still enjoyable. th' th' that don't kill me , can only make me stronger ... I know I got to be right now cause I can't get much wronger :dance:
pink_magnetism 6 years
Umbrella is my fave.
pargie 6 years
Definetly "1,2,3,4...."
Shoe-Diva 6 years
I can't stand that Umbrella song. :mob: I'm not crazy about any of these songs, but if I have to choose one, I guess the least annoying one is "Hey There Delilah".
amber_castaldo 6 years
Oh my gosh, Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's I love this song, so much. I had no idea who wrote it so now I will find out the actual words.
MisterPinkNoTip 6 years
They're all crap.
snowbunny11 6 years
spacebear 6 years
stronger kept me motivated.
aangel07 6 years
lmao about the sean preston thing!
msshellokitty 6 years
I didn't know we were voting for the best everywhere song.I thought it was just what song has been everywhere.I'm going with Rehab.
msshellokitty 6 years
The first song that came to mind was that Soulja Boy song.That song was everywhere.Natalie Portman was doing it on MTV.It was Best Week Ever on VH1.Even ballet classes were dancing to it.I'm sick of the song but it has been popular.
TASTEthiss 6 years
that that dont kill me... can only make me stronger.
lorenashley 6 years
that soulja boy song was ridiculous! sick of that and that horrible dance. i also agree about suicidal and umbrella.
thoroughlymodern 6 years
I haven't even heard the new Britney song. I think it's funny that "Hey There Delilah" was so big this year. I saw the PWTs literally four years ago for the first time and "Delilah" was old even then. Tom said, "OK, we normally don't play this song anymore, it's one of our older ones, but someone requested it tonight."
killitded83 6 years
girlfriend girlfriend girlfriend!!! <3
crazychica 6 years
alexlove 6 years
Umbrella definitely! Although I really loved Stronger too.
miss-britt 6 years
I'm sorry kauny, i had to laugh at your post. Cause you said Sean Preston who is britney's son who i can probably image want to commit suicide with the stuff he sees with his mother. It's actually Sean Kingston. But he should change his name to Preston.
hollister-chick 6 years
anything by maroon 5!
kauny 6 years
As much as I can't stand the song, Sean Preston's Suicidal was probably the "Everywhere Song" of 2007.
fadedblue 6 years
umbrella was definitely everywhere. if i had another vote i'd give it to young folks...it felt like that song was in every other popular tv show that aired this season!
achie 6 years
umbrella by rihanna! :)
longhorn_sugar 6 years
hard to pick, loved all these songs!
leeluvfashion 6 years
Umbrella by Rihanna (ella, ella, ella...lol.) Love that song! I also like rehab by Amy, also catchy.
boffthewall 6 years
When the sun shines we'll shine together :-)
figurine 6 years
I have been playing Umbrella and Rehab like crazy.
angelinemarie 6 years
you can stand under my umbrella
Hootie 6 years
Gimmie More & Rehab...
miss-britt 6 years
under my umbrella ella ella eh eh eh
RyanRachelFan 6 years
Don´t know, but non of the aboce...
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My research examines the ways in which macro-level social inequalities, particularly gender inequality in the family and workplace, shape men's and women's social roles and relationships, identities and emotions as well as mental and physical health over the life course. My scholarship has a social psychological or micro-orientation and is situated at the intersection of several substantive areas within sociology, including gender, families, emotion, mental health, medical, culture and the life course. I am currently involved in a National Science Foundation funded project examining cross-national variation in the impact of parenthood on adults' happiness and health. Another project investigates parental and other social status differences in self-conception, sense of control, mental and physical health as well as support for public policies that would assist parents and children in the U.S.
I have received six national awards for my scholarship from the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems Section for articles that appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces and the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. I currently serve on the editorial boards of the Journal of Heath and Social Behavior and the Sociology of Mental Health and am an elected member of the Sociological Research Association and the American Sociological Associations' Council on Social Psychology. In addition to teaching Sociology Principles, I teach courses on the sociology of emotion, social psychological perspectives on social inequality, the sociology of health and illness as well as gender, social relationships and health over the life course.
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Wipeout comes to the PSP.
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Sony has closed WipEout developer Studio Liverpool, choosing to focus investments on other studios working on exciting new projects.
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More tracks, craft and skins coming to a European PSP near you.
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Thank You
I sincerely want to thank Firemen/EMTs Rich St. Hilaire and Graham Pellerin, along with Police Officer Bill Harvey, for their quick response to our home recently. Their professionalism goes above and beyond the call of duty.
Our Fire Dept/EMT service has come a long way from the 1960's when we had only the Rescue Wagon. I remember well the way we had to call the Fire number and, at the time, Don Clarke (who now lives in E. Kingston) and the late Al Moore responded to our home. Although they had little at that time to work with in the Wagon, they responded quickly and with professionalism.
When Kingston received the first Ambulance, I believe it was in the 1970's, the "Kingstonian" had an article on the front page that pictured Bill Bartlett and John Merrill with it. They were very active in the Fire Dept. and I believe they were EMTs and were, as far as I can remember, instrumental in obtaining it. (This date might be incorrect, and the info a little off and hope someone will correct it).
From that time, so much has improved with the Fire Dept./EMT services, and our Town should be very supportive of these men and women attending to residents of this and other communities when the needs arise.
When Rich, Graham and Bill were responding to my problem a second call came in and the second ambulance our Town was needed. Thank the Good Lord we have a second ambulance!
Thank you again Rich, Graham, and Bill for your great assistance.
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In today's world, the latest information is always at our fingertips – and that information is always changing. The School of Information Sciences teaches us to keep up with the changes of an ever-growing field.
The department field of Computer Information Science (CIS) stands at the center of change by designing, creating, and maintaining the technology and the systems that are central to the way the world works. Whether it is e-commerce, information retrieval via the World Wide Web, financial transactions at a local bank, or rockets blasting into space, computer scientists and information specialists are responsible for the hardware and software systems used for these endeavors. And although the changes in the world seem chaotic, the computer scientist and information specialist proceed methodically using the tools of industry, logic and mathematics and an evolving engineering discipline to shape this new world being built.
Clarion's Department of Computer Information Science is comprised of faculty who have many years of real-world experience and many years of classroom experience with students. You will develop software for a variety of computing platforms including mainframe and personal computers and the networks linking them together. Software experience includes C#, Java and others. At Clarion, you will get the full attention of the faculty who are in the classroom and in the labs helping the students learn. There is a dramatic need for people to come join the ranks of the professionals who are quietly changing the world.
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Why go to Kefalonia?
The Greek island of Kefalonia has, for many years, been amongst the most popular destinations in the Mediterranean. Matching its striking natural beauty and diverse wildlife with a rich and detailed history that stretches back forty thousand years into the past, Kefalonia offers a once in a lifetime experience for every visitor, whatever their tastes.
The primary island settlements of Argostoli, Lixouri and Skala give holidaymakers every opportunity to relax, indulge and to enjoy the vast local cuisine and the vibrant night life. Travellers whose passions are more nature-orientated will find an unforgettable boat trip into the Melissani cave. Though local folk tales may claim the cave ius the home to the water nymphs, most visitors today are more likely to marvel at the stunning surroundings that marry woodland, mountains, and a lake all within one cave. A short journey along the coast reveals Kefalonia's second geological landmark: the stony Myrtos Beach, whose bright white pebbles create a dazzling effect under the summer sun. Wildlife lovers are known to frequent Kefalonia solely for its rare and endangered animals, from the loggerhead turtle to the monk seal.
But enjoying the sun and the idyllic Mediterranean surroundings of Kefalonia are just one part of any memorable stay on the island. First of all, visitors will have to be aware of travel arrangements and services offered both locally, and internationally.
How far is the airport from the city and which airlines fly to Kefalonia from UK?
Kefalonia Island International Airport is found 6 miles outside Argostoli, and throughout the summer months it is a popular destination for flights from a host of UK airports, including London Gatwick, Luton and Stansted; Birmingham; Manchester; Bristol and Cardiff. Many of the most popular airlines provide services, including easyJet, Monarch, Ryanair, Thomson and Thomas Cook. During the rest of the year it handles traffic from Athens and an Ionian Island Hopper service multiple times a week.
How to get to city centre from the airport?
Kefalonia Island International Airport is easily accessible via taxi or hire car from both the island's capital Argostoli, and from Lassi: one of Kephalonia's most popular resort towns. Public transportation on the island is minimal: buses run infrequently, and there is no direct service to the airport. However, because of this, many of the islands hotels provide their own private shuttle bus service to the airport.
What are the visa requirements for British and non-EU nationals?
As a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) as a part of Greece, Kefalonia is an incredibly accessible destination with anybody holding a European passport, or a Schengen area visa. Indeed, Any UK resident will need only their standard passport to be granted entry to the island, and many other nationalities beyond the EEA enjoy similar freedoms, including Canada, the United States, and Australia.
How to get around the Island?
As previously mentioned, the internal transportation of Kefalonia is limited, and the island's bus service has been reduced in recent years to save money. With no train service, either, tourists are usually reliant on car rental and taxi services. However, the picturesque terrain is reason to enjoy Kefalonia at a slower pace: many visitors choose to travel on foot or cycle over shorter trips.
When to Visit Kefalonia?
The island of Kefalonia is at its most beautiful throughout the summer months, as locals so often refer to the island's incredible quality of light during this time of year. This is also the time when the island is most accessible. However, with temperatures rarely falling to freezing, Kefalonia is a relaxing break at any time of the year, and visitors looking to avoid the crowds will find an unspoilt tranquillity throughout the off-season months.


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The West Virginia Board of Education voted to hire Dr. James Phares as West Virginia's new superintendent of schools.
The board chose the Randolph County school chief on Wednesday over Kathy D'Antoni, a state assistant superintendent.
"I am optimistic about the future of education in West Virginia and welcome this opportunity to give back to my home state," said Phares. "I look forward to working with students, parents, educators, administrators, higher education, all branches of government, business and the community to make the great strides necessary to transform our school system for the benefit of all students. Together, we can improve the academic opportunities of all West Virginia children."
However, the length of Phares' tenure is unclear. The board agreed to conduct a national search for a long-term superintendent. That plan calls on the legislature to revisit the job's qualifications and duties.
Phares fielded questions ahead of the vote on topics such as spending, leadership and the much-discussed audit of West Virginia's education system.
"This is an important position for the children of West Virginia," said board president Wade Linger, in a news release. "The West Virginia Board of Education is confident Dr. Phares will provide the necessary leadership our public schools need as we move forward with education reforms that advance student achievement and the well-being of our students."
The board also interviewed D'Antoni Wednesday but behind closed doors.
The board abruptly fired Jorea Marple as superintendent last month. A pending Supreme Court petition challenges her dismissal.
Phares will take over from Charles Heinlein, a deputy superintendent.
Heinlein took over when the board fired Jorea Marple.
Phares will begin his new post on January 2.
He said his educational experience over the years is an opportunity to once again give back to his home state.
"I have a understanding and a variation of that works from the classroom, being a principal from being a superintendent in a very rural county like Pocahontas, and Randolph as well as a larger county like Marion County there's certain dynamics in play in all of those that have to be addressed," Phares said.
Phares will ask the Randolph County Board of Education to approve his resignation on Monday. His last day will be December 31.