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The biggest story out of the past weekend in Georgia Southern baseball would probably have to be Andy Moye.
March Madness bounceball is almost complete. Ironically, the NCAA basketball championship will come to a successful conclusion the first Monday night of April in 2011, which prompts me to wonder if the NCAA, CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV might need to come up with a new marketing slogan for this long, long, sports spectacular.
Two weeks ago one of the young sawtooth oaks in the backyard was still clinging to its winter leaves - tight little wrapping paper tubes of brittle brown. The bigger leaves were long gone; these were the recalcitrant ones, the obstreperous children determined to have their own way.
One of my Bible professors in Graduate School tried to drum into our head the principle that reading the Bible doesn't always lead to understanding it. Nor does comprehension always lead to obedience. The motives of people for reading the Bible are not always as high or pure as they must be to benefit fully from the revelation of God's will.
A reader asks if I have ever written a column on texting while eating in restaurants. She writes: "Recently my husband and I observed a small group at a table near us in a local restaurant. There were two teenage boys and a mother. They never talked to one another the entire time. All they did was text and play with various electronic gadgets. I asked our waiter if this happened a lot and he said it was the norm. He also told us that he often has to wait while taking an order until a person gets off their ...
Sunday, Pastor Jimmy gave me some great insight which I hope to share with you. While some very sincere folks believe that whatever ails us can be cured by faith, the fact is that some problems need earthly medial assistance. If break my arm, God has given some very good doctors who know how to set broken bones and I'll see the physician before I try to fix it myself. If my psychological balance is out of whack, most self-help books are the last resort and the best possible solution is to see a therapist. This is not to ...
Are you a Premillennialist, a Postmillennialist, an Amillennialist or just a plain old Millennialist? I'll say this: I have heard more end of time conversation in the last few weeks than one can imagine and quite a few folks are pretty jittery about the entire scenario. According to Google, 45 million searches are asking about all these catastrophes and disasters, 380 thousand are checking out the latest on the Mayan calendar and about 11 million want to know what the Bible has to say about the end of the world.
Just a few years ago, it seems, many of us never locked our doors. We left our windows rolled down when we went to the store, we never worried about people going into our homes. Now we have security cameras, car alarms and motion lights.
What if the banner over the door to your place of business read, "Never Settle For Less Than Your Best!"
It is grainy and gray, faded and fragile to the touch, a newspaper clipping from 1966. I am bent over it with a combination of amusement and incredulity. The caption says that it is a photograph of Girl Scout Troop 370 on a field trip to the Statesboro Herald. It identifies the 20 or so girls, row by row. There in the middle is my name.
What if a major developer wanted to build a large factory next to where you live? Or a commercial center? Or some other project that would dramatically affect local traffic or the environment in your neighborhood?
When I was called to the pastorate about 40 years ago - even though it seems like yesterday - Communion was not given to children who were not considered capable of "discernment" insofar as communion, The Eucharist or the Lord's Supper is concerned. Dr. Ben Lacy Rose, the wise old professor of church polity, sacramental education and administration, wrote many an article explaining the theological wisdom of those too young to understand but was always a tad fuzzy when it came to adults who may have been born with a handicap, which truly prevented them from having the capacity to figure ...
This word "slick" doesn't always have the best connotation, but it so appropriate in this instance.
In 1968, Dr. Stephen Karpman described the "drama triangle" in his article "Fairy Tales and Script Drama Analysis."
I started working full time and in the managing training program with JC Penney three days after receiving my BBA and was told on the very first day of a promising career, "Forget everything you were taught. We'll make a retailer out of you." And they did.
Where there's watermelon, there's usually a good time. They instantly take a beach trip or picnic to the next level. Georgia may be the Peach State, but we're also among the leading five states in the U.S. that consistently produce watermelons.
"Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing … But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father." (John 15:5-8)
(Note: The following is the second of two columns from Bulloch County resident Ruth Green outlining her concerns with some county government issues. The first column ran in Wednesday's Statesboro Herald.)
(Note: The following is the first of two columns from Bulloch County resident Ruth Green outlining her concerns with some county government issues. The next column will run in Sunday's Statesboro Herald.)
I was listening to good old 91.1, the public radio station, and heard about something I found hard to believe. Hold that thought for just a minute. Trying to find a decent show on television can be a heartbreaker at times. There are so many of those so-called reality shows on these days and I have a very difficult time wondering why anyone would watch them.
I absolutely love it when people begin to realize that the problems they're having with a child are of their own making; when they begin to realize, in other words, that the child is not the problem - they are! All this time (however long that might be), they've been trying to correct the wrong person - the child - getting nowhere and becoming nothing but frustrated in the process. Instead, they need to correct themselves, and it goes without saying that correcting one's self is much, much easier than trying to correct someone else.
(Note: The following is part of a series of articles looking at the growth of roads and transportation in Georgia and Bulloch County beginning in 1807.)
In the minds of students and teachers, summer is over. But sweltering temperatures and the calendar beg to differ. Postpone the culmination of the season with additional summertime fun and memories. Enjoy every minute of leftover summer days with celebrations, including, but not limited to, the following August holidays.
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Three recent semesters of college-level French or equivalent and the ability to follow coursework in French, as assessed by SIT.
The Urbanization and Rural Development seminar is presented in academic French with discussion sessions in English and French. Classroom and field-based sessions focus on a constellation of issues linking urban and rural communities, including rural migration, urbanization and its relationship to rural development, ethnic and cultural differences, history, politics, poverty, public health, ecological impacts in urban and rural areas, and the challenges of adequate infrastructure. University professors and experts in relevant fields teach the course. As part of the seminar, the program visits historical and cultural sites, important agricultural and shipping centers, national parks, development projects, and rural villages.
The Research Methods and Ethics course, conducted in English, focuses on research techniques and cross-cultural adjustment skills and is intended to prepare students for the Independent Study Project. Course readings and classroom sessions are supplemented by a short, independent field research project undertaken in a rural village.
The French language course builds students' capacity through its focus on conversational French and its examination of francophone cultural and literary production in Madagascar as it relates to the program theme. Coursework in Malagasy provides students with the foundational and essential tools required for daily communication.
The following syllabi are either from a recent session of this program or for an upcoming session. Because courses develop and change over time to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, actual course content will vary from term to term.
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Community Development Seminar: Urban and Rural Perspectives - syllabus (PDF)
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An interdisciplinary course conducted primarily in French with required readings in English and French focusing on community work — in urban and rural areas — to explore strategies of adaptability and resilience in Madagascar and the ways in which urban and rural communities are mutually dependent. Classroom lectures, readings, seminar discussions, critical reflection sessions, and field-based activities are designed to be complimentary and, taken together, constitute an experiential approach to learning. Sample classroom lectures include Social Geography of Madagascar, Sustained Local Development, and Malagasy Culture & Global Influences. Examples of field-based activities include visits to outdoor markets, schools, hospitals, government offices, local NGOs, a women's weaving cooperative, a microfinance institution, farms, a commercial port, new housing developments, and national parks.
French in the Malagasy Context - syllabus (PDF)
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French in the Malagasy Context - syllabus (PDF)
(FREN 3000–3500 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
This language course focuses on the rich Malagasy cultural and literary production in French. By studying postcolonial texts, students learn about the postcolonial politics of Malagachization, bilingualism, and the role of French language in the integration of Malagasy society into the international francophone community. In support of these objectives, course content provides additional focus on the fundamentals of spoken and written French to increase student capacity. Based on in-country evaluation, including oral proficiency testing, students are placed in the appropriate level, with additional language practice in homestays and on field visits.
Intensive Language Study: Malagasy - syllabus (PDF)
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Emphasis on beginning speaking and comprehension skills through classroom and field-based instruction. Formal instruction is augmented by language practice with host families during homestays.
Research Methods and Ethics - syllabus (PDF)
(ANTH 3500 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
Conducted primarily in English, this is a course in the concepts of learning across cultures and from field experience, including an introduction to the Independent Study Project. The focus includes cross-cultural adaptation and skills building; topic selection and refinement; appropriate methodologies; field study ethics and the World Learning/SIT Human Subjects Review Policy; identifying contacts and resources; developing skills in observation and interviewing; gathering, organizing, and communicating data; and maintaining a field journal.
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Conducted in any region of Madagascar based on program approval. Sample topic areas: role of fady (taboo) in Malagasy life; urban-rural inequalities; role of ombiasy (traditional healers); push factors in rural out-migration; family planning on the community level; roles of women in society; ethnic dimensions of rural to urban migration; prenatal healthcare in rural areas; malaria prevention and treatment; language teaching in primary and secondary education; local radio as a means of rural communication; HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
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Okuragahama beach
4km long Okuragahama beach is the starting point og Clam Go Stone production at Hyuga-city.
If it were not for this beautiful beach, the Clam Go Stone producing technigue would have vanished.
Now this beach is included in a list of the top 100 beaches in Japan.
Like in old times, the beach sings the sound of the ocean.
The history of the game of go is very old. It is said that people enjoyed the game from about 1100 B.C. in China, and from Taiho-era ( 701 A.D. ~ 703 A.D. ) in japan.
They used to play it with natural white stones and black stones, but began to make go stones of clam shells in the seventeenth century.
It wasn't until the mid-Meiji era ( 1868 ~ 1912 ) however, that the clam shells of Hyuga were discovered as a material for producing Go Stones.
A pharmacist from Toyama came to Hyuga and took clams to Osaka, where they used to make Go Stones brought in from Hitachi and Kuwana at that time.
Compared to those from Hitachi and Kuwana, the clams of Hyuga are much thicker, more beautiful, and have a finer grain.
This led to Hyuga's Go Stones building a great reputation.
In 1908 a Go Stone craftsman moved from Osaka and began making Go Stones at Hyuga city.
Since then Clam Go Stone production became prosperous in Hyuga whilst dying out in other regions.
Though clam shells in Hyuga are on the brink of extinction and are imported largely from Mexico now, the Go Stone making technigue has been handed down from generation to generation, and now Hyuga city is the only place in Japan where Go Stones, including black stones are being produced.
There are several Go Stone manufacturers in Hyuga city, although < the production method and the shape >, < sorting standard > varies depending on the shop.
Nachiguro Black Stone
Black Go stones are made of the highest quality Nachiguro black stone, which is a mineral ore mined at *Kumano City, Mie Prefecture (near Kyoto). Nachiguro is used as a touchstone to check the purity of gold.
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He says small businesses like dentists, orthodontists, funeral directors, and other businesses that accept monthly payments, will feel the biggest impact of the regulatory reform legislation.
"Any retail establishment that charges any amount of interest on a monthly basis is going to be subject to huge federal regulations. That's not what we need to be doing in times when we are trying to create jobs in the small business community."
Senator Chambliss said the bill would do little to stop the lending practices that led to the economic crisis, because Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are exempted from the oversight.
Chambliss said the oil spill in the gulf may turn into one of the biggest and most expensive environmental disasters in U. S. history.
And even though British Petroleum does not have "bottomless pockets," he says the oil company will have to pay for the clean up.
Chambliss said investigations and study are needed to find out what caused the oil rig explosion, and then come up with plans to make sure it never happens again.
"It's pretty obvious here that BP did not have a disaster plan in place. I fault BP for that. They are going to have to suffer for the financial consequences of that."
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Monday, August 31, 2009
TUNE: Praxis and Allies - Chapter 1
Hey friends -- droppin' some big news this morning. Starting today, I'll be serializing my next story, TUNE: Praxis and Allies, right here at lowbright.com! I'll be adding 2 new panel to the story each and every weekday. You can either follow along panel by panel daily on my livejournal blog feed, or if you'd prefer to wait and read in bigger chunks, you can always bookmark the latest chapter and come back whenever.
Hope you enjoy!
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Resistance really is futile it seems. Anyway, after everyone else on the planet Earth, I'm finally on facebook. So if you'd rather keep up with my doings there, feel free to add me and I'll add you back!
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Friday, August 14, 2009
TUNE Book 1 sneak peak
Whoo, long time no update. That's because I'm totally absorbed in working on my next book for First Second Books, TUNE (Book 1): Praxis and Allies. The thumbs have been completed and now I'm knee-deep (well, ankle-deep at this point) in the final art stage. Here's a sample of what the line art will look like:
I have to say, I'm really happy with the way the artwork is coming out on this one. Can't wait to finish this book!!
I have to say, I'm really happy with the way the artwork is coming out on this one. Can't wait to finish this book!!
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tigard Public Library appearance 8/6, 6pm
I'll be speaking the Tigard Public Library tomorrow. I'll be doing a reading and talking about the creative process on The Eternal Smile and my other books. (If you came out to see me at Powell's a couple months ago, it'll be a repeat.) Here's the pertinent info.
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The city has offered to pay $1,000 for a lobbyist this legislative session and says it has had several responses.
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Technology alone won't help the world turn away from fossil fuel-based energy sources, says University of Oregon sociologist Richard York. In a newly published paper, York argues for a shift in political and economic policies to embrace the concept that continued growth in energy consumption is not sustainable.
Research by a University of Leicester sociologist shows that racist jokes can reinforce serious meanings about race issues – and suggests that we should be paying attention to this as well as the offence these jokes can cause.
Have you caught yourself conforming to your friends' opinions? A new study published in Psychological Science found conformity to social norms happens even in our brains! When people change their opinions to conform to social norms, the parts of their brains associated with rewards are engaged, giving us added incentive to fit in.
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The hole in our holiness is that we don't care much about holiness. Or, at the very least, we don't understand it. And we all have our reasons too: Maybe the pursuit of holiness seems legalistic. Maybe it feels like one more thing to worry about in your already overwhelming life. Maybe the emphasis on effort in the Christian life appears unspiritual. Or maybe you've been trying really hard to be holy and it's just not working! Whatever the case, the problem is clear: too few Christians look like Christ and too many dont seem all that concerned about it.
This is a book for those of us who are ready to take holiness seriously, ready to be more like Jesus, ready to live in light of the grace that produces godliness. This is a book about God's power to help us grow in personal holiness and to enjoy the process of transformation.
-John Piper,
Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Twin Cities, Minnesota
My heart resonated deeply when I first heard Kevin speak on this subject. His message is a wake-up call to Gods peopletimely, prophetic, and desperately needed in our day. As a gifted theologian and thinker, Kevin tackles many of the biblical intricacies and nuances of true holiness. As a pastor, he evidences sincere compassion and concern for the condition of the flock. As a fellow pilgrim, he gets to the heart of ways of thinking and living that keep us from reflecting our holy God in this dark world. As a servant and lover of Christ, he holds out a vision of the beauty and power of personal holiness.
-Nancy Leigh DeMoss,
author, Biblical Womanhood in the Home; radio host, Revive Our Hearts
Holiness was once a central component of following Christ. But for many today, the Christian life is little more than a celebration of cheap grace and pseudo-liberty, with a high tolerance for sin. In this well-written and much-needed book, Kevin DeYoung thoughtfully points us to an unpopular yet strangely liberating truththat God is holy and expects us to be holy. With no hint of legalism or drudgery, Kevin offers a balanced and engaging view of law and grace. Kevin DeYoung is one of my favorite writers, and this book demonstrates why. I repeatedly said 'Yes! as I turned these pages. Im convinced that Christ-followers desperately need to read, discuss, and live out the timely, God-exalting message of The Hole in Our Holiness!
-Randy Alcorn,
founder and director, Eternal Perspective Ministries; author, If God Is Good and Heaven
Grace is too amazing to save us from sins guilt only to leave us under its cruel tyranny. In this book, Kevin DeYoung reminds us that the gospel is the ground of our justification and sanctification. At the same time, he reminds us of the many exhortations in Scripture to pursue godliness as the fruit of our union with Christ in the power of the Spirit. The Hole in Our Holiness offers important reflections on a crucial topic in the ongoing conversation about the joys and struggles of the Christian life.
-Michael S. Horton,
J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California
One might expect a book about holiness to be heavy on finger-pointing, leaning toward legalism, and embarrassingly out-of-touch. But The Hole in Our Holiness is none of those things. Instead, Kevin DeYoung gets specific about what Spirit-infused, gospel-driven effort toward holiness looks like. Going way past try harder and believe better, this book implants in readers not just a longing to be holy but real hope that it could happen.
-Nancy Guthrie,
Bible Teacher; author, Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series
J. C. Ryle wrote his classic Holiness out of a concern that practical holiness and entire consecration to God are not sufficiently attended to by modern Christians in this country. It is with the same prescient concern and pastoral insight that my friend Kevin DeYoung has written what I consider to be the modern equivalent, urging a new generation of Christians to obey God's command to be holy, for I am holy. May The Hole in Our Holiness do for our time what Holiness did in a previous age: promote gospel-centered holiness in Christians and churches around the world.
-C. J. Mahaney,
Sovereign Grace Ministries
I have loved being under Kevin's teaching during my college years, specifically on this matter of holiness. This is indispensable reading material for all who desire a life of piety. Though we are fallen people, Kevin points us to our potential for godliness and how our progress in this area is of the utmost importance. Get your highlighter ready!
-Kirk Cousins,
former starting quarterback, Michigan State University; quarterback, Washington Redskins
The strength of this book lies in its biblical understanding that all great renewal is founded upon knowing the goodness and holiness of God. We are commanded to be holy because he is holy, and only in Christ can we be trained accordingly: For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age (Titus 2:11). I pray that Kevins words would be read widely and that the church might be known as a people zealous for good works upon seeing the Fathers holiness and Christs redeeming work.
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For this week's topic, I decided to do something a little bit different. I'm not ranking matches, pay per views, or wrestlers. With the Royal Rumble match coming up any day now, I have decided that I'm going to present to you the Top Ten ROYAL RUMBLE STATISTICS~!, the ten most interesting bits of trivia about the Royal Rumble match which are guaranteed to amuse, amaze, and entertain.
If you want to truly hype yourself up for the Royal Rumble experience while reading this column, I suggest counting down from ten in between each entry and then blowing an airhorn when you reach zero.
Most Men Involved in One Elimination
Gang of eight needed to toss Viscera.
It's a familiar scene in the Royal Rumble match: A dominant superheavyweight has thrown his hat into the ring, so the majority of the men involved a the match at the time of his entry bum rush him en masse, as it is the only way that they feel they can effectuate the elimination. Several big men have been subjected to this tactic over the years, including Yokozuna, Diesel, and Kane. However, no one man has required more wrestlers to throw him out of the Rumble match than Viscera. That's right. When he stepped into the ring for the 2007 installment of the Royal Rumble, the future Big Daddy V and former King Mabel weighed over five hundred pounds and was by far the heaviest competitor in that year's edition of the match. As a result, it's not surprising that eight wrestlers had to gang up on him in order to get him over the top rope. Four of them were the WWE's elite, as Edge, CM Punk, Chris Benoit, and Rob Van Dam were all involved in the fray. They were joined by the lower-card foursome of Kevin Thorn, Johnny Nitro, Shelton Benjamin, and Hardcore Holly. In total, that's over one-fourth of the competitors who were entered in the Royal Rumble match that year. This was not the first time that a mob was needed to get rid of Viscera. In 1999, it took three men to eliminate him, while, in 1994, it took a group of seven.
Least Time Spent in the Ring by a Match Winner
Ultimate Opportunist exerts least effort.
There is always a lot of focus put on the wrestlers who have spent the most time in the Royal Rumble. Everybody knows about the "one hour club" of Triple H, Rey Misterio, Chris Benoit, and Bob Backlund, all of whom spent over sixty minutes in the Rumble. (Ric Flair falls just short of the mark with his 1992 performance, coming in at 59 minutes and 26 seconds.) However, what people often overlook in celebrating these iron men is that staying in the ring for a long time isn't the goal of the Royal Rumble. The goal of the Royal Rumble is being the last man in the ring, regardless of whether you've been there for sixty minutes or sixty seconds. The record of the winning wrestler who spent the least amount of time in the Royal Rumble was actually set just last year in 2010. Edge, who entered the match at number twenty-nine, spent only seven minutes and nineteen seconds in the ring before being declared the victor. Oddly enough, the record that Edge broke had been set just two years prior by one of his biggest rivals, John Cena, who entered the 2008 Rumble at number thirty and walked away with his arm raised after spending only eight minutes and twenty-seven seconds in between the ropes. Of course, in both cases, there was a very good "real world" reason for the wrestlers' late entries and short runs. Both Cena and Edge were making returns in the Rumble match off of very serious injuries, and both of them were making those returns much earlier than had originally been advised by physicians.
Never Even Made it to the Ring
Seven men scheduled to compete never set foot in the ring – with no replacement.
With the exception of the first version, which only involved twenty competitors, the Royal Rumble has always been billed as a thirty man event. However, there have been six years in which the number of competitors was unexpectedly lowered to twenty-nine and one year in which it was lowered to twenty-eight. This is because, from time to time, unforeseen circumstances pop up which prevent every scheduled wrestler from making his way to the ring. The phenomenon first occurred in 1991, when Randy Savage, after costing the Ultimate Warrior the WWF Championship in a match against Sergeant Slaughter, fled the building and chose not to compete in the Rumble match due to fear of retribution by the Warrior. Three years later, reported indigestion kept Bastion Booger out of the Royal Rumble. (No, seriously.) More often than not, though, it is an attack by a rival wrestler which has prevented participants from making their way into the thirty man fray. The first such attack occurred in 1998, when the stable of Los Boricuas was attempting to collect on a bounty placed on the head of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin but instead accidentally ambushed the similar-looking Skull from the Disciples of Apocalypse, keeping him out of the running for the Rumble. In 2004, Spike Dudley was sidelined during his entrance when he passed an enraged and recently eliminated Kane, who chokeslammed him out of commission. A similar scene unfolded the very next year, when Muhammed Hassan laid out Scotty II Hotty as the two were passing in the entranceway. Most recently, in 2008, we saw the first year in which two scheduled participants were prevented from entering the Rumble, as Hornswoggle was a set to be a part of the match but never really competed. Fit Finlay rushed the ring to defend his little buddy when other wrestlers planned to attack him, despite the fact that Finlay's entrance number had not yet come up. In a first for the Royal Rumble, Finlay was actually
for entering before his scheduled slot, and Hornswoggle walked away with him, never really entering the match officially or being eliminated. The way I see it, Hornswoggle haters, the little guy is still owed the championship match he never had his promised opportunity to win.
Longest Gap Between Rumble Appearances
Seventeen years for ole' Hacksaw.
A Royal Rumble match has been held every year since 1988. That's over two decades now, a statistic that makes me feel hopelessly old. Of course, many changes have occurred in the landscape of professional wrestling generally and WWE specifically during that span of time, including many wrestlers leaving the company, entering the company, leaving the company, and returning to the company. As a result, wrestlers will occasionally wind up appearing in two different Royal Rumble matches in two completely different eras. The Big Bossman was one of the first and best examples of this, as he put in an appearance at the 1992 Rumble held during the kiddie-friendly Hulkamania era and wasn't back until seven years later when he popped up during the 1999 Rumble that was smack-dab in the middle of the Attitude Era. That's quite a gap, but it actually doesn't come close to approaching the record. That honor goes to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Duggan won the first ever Royal Rumble match in 1988, and he appeared in a handful more until 1992, when he bid the Rumble adieu. Before long, Duggan would jump ship from the WWF to WCW, where he would wrestle until 2001. In the latter part of the 2000's, WWE would bring Hacksaw back on a part-time basis, appearing occasionally on Monday Night Raw and helping young wrestlers learn the ropes, both in front of the camera and behind it. It was as a result of this new run in the company that Duggan was able to enter the 2009 Royal Rumble match, which would be his first such bout in SEVENTEEN YEARS. Roddy Piper, who had last been seen in the same 1992 Rumble as Hacksaw, could have set the record if he'd waited one more year, but Piper's guest appearance in the 2008 Rumble puts him in second place with a sixteen year absence from the match. Roadwarrior Animal is third with his fifteen year hiatus between the 1991 and 2006 Rumbles.
Though the three men mentioned above are pretty clearly wrestlers from another era who were brought back for nostalgia purposes in their most recent Rumble appearances, there is one wrestler who had a sizable gap in between Rumbles during what can be considered the prime of his career. Current WWE Raw star R-Truth first set foot in the Royal Rumble in 2001 under his former ring name of K-Kwik but was released later that year. He wouldn't participate in a Rumble until seven years later in 2008, being re-signed by WWE after a lengthy stint in TNA Wrestling.
My Own Worst Enemy
Over the years, seven men have eliminated themselves from the Rumble.
You would think that, with the stakes as high as they are in a Royal Rumble match, wrestlers would pay pretty close attention to the rules and not do anything which might cost them a victory. (Which, since 1993, has in theory guaranteed the victor a title match at Wrestlemania.) Despite this, seven different wrestlers in six different Royal Rumbles have undeniably cost themselves this major victory. The first instance of this behavior occurred in 1989, when Andre the Giant was spooked by Jake "The Snake" Roberts' pet serpent Damien and ran from the ring to throw himself out of the bout. Wrestlers were significantly more careful about accidentally eliminating themselves until 1997, when, in an incredibly bizarre turn of events, two different wrestlers cost themselves the match. The first was Ahmed Johnson, who let his temper get the better of him when he chased rivals the Nation of Domination out of the ring, accidentally eliminating himself in the process. Mexican legend Mil Mascaras, who was a guest star in the Rumble that year, suffered a similar fate, as he lost sight of the rules and performed a tope from the top rope down to the arena floor, sealing his fate. (Of course, more cynical observers pointed to the fact that Mascaras is notorious for doing anything he can to avoid showing weakness and speculated that the "self-elimination" was a ploy to prevent some other wrestling from besting him.) Kane would be the next man to eliminate himself, fleeing a group of workers from a sanitarium who were attempting to have him involuntarily committed. I'm still trying to figure out whether that's more or less idiotic than Bastion Booger's no-show due to intestinal difficulties. Definitely not idiotic and pretty damn entertaining for what it was was Drew Carey's appearance in the 2001 Rumble, fleeing from Kane to cause a self-elimination that actually made a fair bit of sense. More recently, Mick Foley has accidentally taken himself out of the 2004 Royal Rumble with his trademark Cactus Clothesline (executed on Randy Orton), and MVP has taken himself out of the running in 2010 as a result of an then-ongoing rivalry with now-WWE Champion Mike the Miz.
Groundhog Day
Eliminated by the same wrestler three years running?
Sometimes one wrestler just has another wrestler's number. That's definitely the case with poor Shelton Benjmain, who has the misfortune of being the only Royal Rumble competitor to be eliminated by the same wrestler three years in a row. Who is that wrestler? None other than "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. Well, Shelton, at least if you're going to perennially be doing the j-o-b, you're perennially doing it to one of the best. Benjamin and Michaels first tussled in the Rumble in 2006, when Shelton drew a very desirable number twenty-eight entry but HBK was too much for the University of Minnesota alumnus, tossing him over the top with ease. Benjamin didn't draw as lucky a number in 2007, entering the match ninth, but the result was the same, as Michaels threw him out once more. Finally, in 2008, Shelton came in at the middle of the pack at number seventeen but Shawn scored a hat trick by ditching him once more. Fortunately for Benjamin, Shawn Michaels wound up suffering severe financial difficulties in the latter part of 2008, which lead to him going to work for John "Bradshaw" Leyfield and thus staying out of the next Rumble match. Unfortunately for Benjamin, the Undertaker saw it fit to pick up where HBK left off, dumping the Gold Standard for the 2009 Rumble match.
In Shelton's defense, it should probably be noted that Kane came close to tying his record, as Triple H has played some role in the Big Red Machine's elimination from the Rumble in 2006, 2008, and 2010. However, that is not quite as impressive a statistic since a) the years are nonconsecutive and b) Trips required an assist from Big Dave Batista in 2008 in order to get the job done against Kane.
Minute Man
Ron Simmons holds record for most sub-sixty second appearances.
As noted previously, there is a lot of attention given to the people who stay in the Royal Rumble the longest but not nearly that much attention given to the people who have short runs in the Rumble. Ron "Faarooq" Simmons holds an unfortunate record in this regard. You see, the former collegiate football great from Warner Robbins, Georgia, has had more sub-one minute appearances in the Royal Rumble than any other person, totaling four in all. Faarooq's bad luck began in 1997, when he was chased out of the Royal Rumble match by a 2x4 wielding Ahmed Johnson. As a result of Johnson's rage, Simmons only lasted forty-one seconds in the ring. Things weren't much better in 2000, when Faarooq was jumped from behind by the Mean Street Posse during his entrance, which softened him up enough for the Big Bossman to eliminate him after eighteen seconds in the ring. I don't know what's more embarrassing – being eliminated quickly or going down in history as the guy who got beat up by the Mean Street Posse. In 2001, Faarooq again had to be attacked by multiple men in order to end his Rumble dreams quickly, as double teaming from the Hardy Boys lead to him being kicked out of the ring fifty-eight seconds after entry. Finally, in 2002, Simmons tussled with the "King of Kings" Triple H, and the result was a thirty-six second ride in the Rumble.
I suppose if you look at things from a businessman's perspective, this isn't all too bad. After all, there's one winner of the Royal Rumble and the other twenty-nine guys involved get paid the same thing, regardless of how you do. As such, if you're not going to win, you might as well do the minimal amount necessary to get your check. Of course, if you care a bit more about glory and you wind up performing like Faarooq did, you're probably going to wind up shaking your head and saying one thing . . .
(Come on, I had to do it.)
Man of Many Faces
Charles Wright appears with four different personae in the Rumble.
As noted above, the Royal Rumble has been going on for a loooooong time, and things have changed a fair amount in the wrestling world over the years. This means that several wrestlers have played a variety of different characters in different Rumble matches. For example, the man most recently known as Rikishi also popped up in the Rumble under his original name of Fatu and later on under a mask as the Sultan. Savio Vega appeared under that name and as the masked ninja Kwang. Ron and Don Harris were in Rumbles as both the Disciples of Apocalypse and Eli and Jacob Blu. Demolition Smash showed up in the Rumble one year, and the Repo Man showed up in another.
However, if you push aside Mick Foley (whose whole gimmick was that he had multiple personalities), one man has appeared in the Royal Rumble match portraying more different characters than any other. Outside the world of professional wrestling, that man goes by the name of Charles Wright. However, if you were to see him in the 1993 Royal Rumble, he would be more recognizable as the voodoo priest Papa Shango. If you saw him in 1996 or 1998, he would be the "Supreme Fighting Machine" and/or militant black Muslim Kama Mustafa. Fast forward to 1999 and he's the fun-loving pimp the Godfather, who would also appear in the 2000 and 2002 Rumbles, being briefly replaced in 2001 by his censorship-lovin' alter ego the Goodfather. That's four different monikers for Wright in different Rumble matches over the year years, more than any other wrestler.
With all of that Rumble experience out of the way, now what we need to do is focus on booking the dream Survivor Series elimination match between the Charles Wright team of Papa Shango, Kama Mustafa, the Godfather, and the Goodfather and the Ed Leslie team of Brutus Beefcake, Zodiac, the Bootyman, and the Disciple.
Most Combined In-Ring Time
Triple H leads the pack with over four hours.
I've mentioned twice already in this column that a large amount of attention is paid to the guys who spend a lot of time in the Royal Rumble match. However, the focus is usually on wrestlers who have a lengthy stay in one match and one match only. Coming into this column, I thought that it would be interesting to see who has the most in-ring time combined across all of his Royal Rumble appearances. The results were not necessarily surprising, but they were interesting. The clear-cut winner is none other than the Game, the King of Kings, the son-in-law, Triple H. If you do the math, Hunter has spent over FOUR HOURS in the ring across eight different Royal Rumble appearances, which is quite impressive when you consider the fact that most wrestlers don't even get to stay in the Rumble for ten minutes at a time. As noted, Trips has been entered in the Rumble match eight times now, and, of those eight appearances, only one has lasted less than ten minutes. The bulk of his time in the match comes in three of the eight appearances, with a one hour run in 2006, a fifty minute run in 2009, and a surprisingly long forty-eight minute run in 1996 before Hunter Hearst-Helmsely had even really started to break out as a singles threat.
Say what you will about Triple H, but the man keeps himself in tip-top condition and knows how to perform in a professional wrestling match so that he can go the distance, and the results show when you look at his track record in the Royal Rumble. Of course, if Bob Backlund had his druthers, he'd have been in every Royal Rumble match since its inception for seventy minutes at a go, but that's another story for another time.
Most Royal Rumble Appearances
Kane has been in over half of the Royal Rumble matches held.
This statistic isn't exactly a surprise. In fact, I'd say that it's brought up quite frequently compared to other Royal Rumble trivia. However, I still had to put it at number one because it's by far the most impressive stat on the books. There have been twenty-five Royal Rumble matches over the years. Kane has appeared in FOURTEEN of them. This shows not just that he's a long-time WWE employee but that he's also a surprisingly healthy long-time WWE employee, as most wrestlers who have been around as long as he has have had to sit out one or more Rumbles due to injury. Even if you throw out the two appearances that Kane made prior to adopting his current persona – one in 1996 as Isaac Yankem and one in 1997 as Diesel – he still has twelve appearances which is enough to tie him in first place for most Rumble appearances with Shawn Michaels. The craziest part of this story may be that it doesn't appear that Kane is going to STOP appearing in Royal Rumbles anytime soon, as he's almost a lock to appear in this year's match to further pad his lead while simultaneously surpassing HBK if you only want to count Kane's appearances as Kane.
In tallying wrestlers' Rumble appearances, I found it interesting that there are only sixteen men in history who have appeared in the match seven or more times. Billy Gunn, Bob Holly, Jake Roberts, Matt Hardy, Owen Hart, Rick Martel, Goldust, the Big Show, and the Godfather all have seven appearances. Triple H and Shelton Benjamin are tied with eight each. Viscera has nine. The Undertaker and Rikishi come in at ten. From there, it's up to Michaels with twelve and Kane with fourteen.
Given the current tendency of WWE to quickly "future endeavor" wrestlers who don't work out for them and the trend of young wrestlers to leaving the sport altogether when they determine that it's not for them, you have to think that a record like Kane's is going to stand for quite some time to come . . . especially if he keeps adding years to his career, for which there is currently no end in sight.
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DREAM's upcoming "Fight for Japan" show will be host to their Bantamweight Grand Prix. Today, two more featherweight fights were announced for the card. Former Bloody Elbow writer, Chris Nelson brings us the updates for this May 29th card:
Dream's "Fight for Japan" has a new pair of featherweight additions, as bouts pitting Joachim Hansen against Mitsuhiro Ishida and Caol Uno against "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura have been confirmed for the May 29 bill.
The matchups, which will play out at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, were announced by event producer Keiichi Sasahara during a Monday press conference at Deep Official Gym Impact in Tokyo.
Sasahara also revealed that current Dream featherweight champion Hiroyuki Takaya -- who was upset by Robert Peralta on the April 9 Strikeforce undercard -- will likely return to defend his belt at an as-yet-unannounced summer event. While streaking power-wrestler Kazuyuki Miyata was mentioned as a top contender, Sasahara noted that the outcomes of the just-announced bouts could also determine the first challenger to the "Streetfight Bancho."
Here is how the card is shaping up so far:
- Joachim Hansen vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
- Caol Uno vs. 'Wicky' Akiyo Nishiura
- Shinya Aoki vs. TBA
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals:
- Masakazu Imanari vs. Keisuke Fujiwara
- Hideo Tokoro vs. Yoshiro Maeda
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Perspectives: Field Notes
Get Your Head Around Shutoff Head
Specifying control valves that may need to provide tight cutoff requires care
A data sheet for a reactor flow-control valve called for a "shutoff head." Given that this control valve handled ethylene oxide (EO), a highly volatile and reactive compound, the requirement gave me pause. Addressing it involved more than defining the pump deadhead pressure. Here're some thoughts to consider.
First, it's important to understand that a control valve isn't a shutoff valve. A control valve must provide precise adjustments to flow. Crunching down on the plug to block flow can cause damage. The actuator and linkage of a control valve aren't designed for tight shutoff; a shutoff valve's actuator is. If you want to prevent leakage, install a shutoff valve.
Unfortunately, no standards define control-valve shutoff head. A few describe leakage through the body of a valve; this leakage is categorized poorly as Class I-VI in ANSI/FCI 70-2, "Control Valve Seat Leakage." Valves also leak from their stems. For stem leakage, refer to ISO-15848, "Industrial Valves — Measurement, Test and Qualification Procedures for Emissions – Part 1..." This specification is best because it recommends helium as the test medium. API-622, "Type Testing of Process Valve Packing for Fugitive Emissions," also describes stem leakage but for methane.
However, we're concerned about defining the shutoff head for a control valve specification, not leakage. For this, understanding the limits of valve body type is important. Obviously, butterfly valves won't provide tight shutoff — although I have seen them used where leaking is acceptable, such as where thermal expansion is allowed. Be aware that thermal expansion could cause the valve seat to stretch or dislodge. In this case, the valve itself limits the shutoff head. Butterfly valves are available with shutoff heads of 175 psi and up, but, in practical terms, the limit is more like 50 psi or less. Diaphragm and other soft-seat valves have the same problem. Gate valves, with their exposed seats and metal-on-metal sealing surfaces, are a bad choice. Globe valves, while often most effective for control, are the worst option. Ball and plug valves probably offer the best choice for shutoff.
Lack of mechanical strength is a common problem with soft seats but less of an issue with hard, metal-on-metal seats. Soft seats are best for sealing against streams containing solids, such as slurries. Hard surfaces, polished smooth, work best at high temperatures, above 250°F, where polymers begin to break down or flow; solids quickly ruin polished surfaces. Fluoropolymers can extend the range of soft seats to 350°F. However, hard plastics retain memory and can be scratched just like metal; memory retention gets worse above 200°F. Partially-fluorinated polymers generally outperform polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in fabricated liners but PTFE serves well as sheets. Ceramics offer a useful alternative to metal in erosive environments but not without sacrificing tight shutoff.
Enough about the peripherals, let's get down to specifications. Several scenarios can define shutoff head: 1) flow provided by a mover, e.g., a pump or compressor; 2) pressure isolation; 3) temperature control; and 4) safety, i.e., prevention of a chemical reaction. In the first case, use the deadhead pressure of the mover. (Deadhead is the extreme left corner on a pump curve.) For a pump, pick the deadhead for the largest impeller possible. For temperature control, use the regulator steam pressure — unless a significant risk is present and the steam is stepped down, in which case use the original pressure. Safety is a tricky subject.
If a chemical such as EO is involved, safety trumps a pump curve. EO leaking past the isolation valves to the reactor could lead to a release or worse. In this situation, as in the others requiring a tradeoff between control and isolation, don't rely on a control valve for shutoff: put automatic valves upstream and downstream of the control valve for isolation. Install pressure switches and pressure transmitters to monitor thermal expansion and use thermal relief valves to blow expanding liquids back to storage. Both switches and transmitters are valuable because transmitters are limited to <100-ms response time and switches don't trend.
Lastly, let's look at actuators. If a control valve is to function as a reliable shutoff valve, a positioner is an absolute necessity. Ideally, use one with a 0–100% position indicator. Specify an open-and-closed position indicator for all automatic valves used for shutoff. Take care in selecting the actuator air pressure and supply; evaluate the pressure reliability before selection; plan for 1 scfm of air per control valve or automatic valve that's 6 in. or less in size.
DIRK WILLARD is a Chemical Processing contributing editor. He recently won recognition for his Field Notes column from the ASBPE. Chemical Processing is proud to have him on board. You can e-mail him at email@example.com
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Thanks for your purchase. If you changed the angle to 0 it should be fine. Maybe you have the cache options enabled and that's why you couldn't see the changes directly after making them.
If you don't want the slopes at all, you can also remove the triangle classes. They are all found in templates/andromeda/index.php.
I have changed the file called css-fa021e40a41460cca52206e3d68ed412.php
Each time I re-open a browser, or even look at the site from a different computer the angles have come back again? Is this the correct file to change?
Okay here lies the problem. This file is automatically generated and compressed, which is useful for a live website. You need to edit template.css (in the same folder). A new compressed stylesheet will be created afterwards. If it doesn't happen immediately you can clear the template cache to force it.


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Hey sweetypie0587 my due date is also feburuary 21 and I was having problems with choosing a date has well so I decided to have my baby shower on december 7 on a saturday because it's after thanksgiving and before christmas and new years this way people cant complain about spending money because its before christmas and thats when people are searching for christmas gifts and while they are in a process looking for christmas gifts they can easily look for a gift. And I feel if you wait till january people are not going to have money like that because they probably will blow all the money up on christmas gifts on top of it all tax season starts january 16 but probably people won't recieve money until the ended of febuary which wouldn't be good for january. So I suggest ending of november or the of december. Hope to here from you soon and good luck!


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Amazing Nursery Furniture Collections from TULIP Juvenile and Natart
One of my favorite visits at the ABC Kids Expo 2013 was the TULIP Juvenile / Natart Juvenile display. With an entirely new, super-modern collection, I had a blast just listening in on the sales director's product demonstrations. I took a seat in one of their incredibly comfortable (and ultra functional) new gliders and just enjoyed the show.
Tulip debuted the Soren Collection, which features angled legs with Mid Century inspiration. The round crib shown here converts to a desk.
The Soren Quattro is a crib and dresser combo which later converts to a twin bed and dresser.
The Soren Bunk is fully upholstered and includes four ladders so it can be placed anywhere in a room.
The Soren collection includes a total of 13 pieces so there's lots to choose from.
The Natart Line features two new glider/recliners that are really unique. The Parker has the square back…
… and the Hannah is a round backed style. Both styles are available in Taupe or Gray microfiber or white or charcoal bonded leather.
What is really interesting about the gliders is that their arms can be raised individually, which can make nursing or just holding baby more upright more comfortable and relaxing. They also have a removable headrest that can better accommodate taller parents or can be used over the armrest for extra padding. These are some really neat new seats to consider.
You should be seeing these products at your favorite local baby stores very soon. They were a bit hit among retailers.
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Coming Soon: New From Monte Design at ABC Kids Expo 2013
We spotted two new items from one of our favorite modern nursery brands, Monte Design at the ABC Kids Expo 2013.
First, they're introducing a walnut base on the Tavo High Chair. This adds even more opportunity for you to match your highchair with your adult dining furniture, and the walnut just looks spectacular, no?
While giggle currently is the exclusive retailer for the beautiful new Como Glider, this will be more widely available in 2014. In our last post we showed the Pebble Gray, but here you can see it in Sand.
Don't you even just want one of these for your living room?
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Coming Soon: New from Oilo at ABC Kids Expo 2013
Oilo shared lots of new and exciting developments at the 2013 ABC Kids Expo. Everyone I talked to was excited to see three new bedding collections on display, but that was just the beginning!
The biggest news at Oilo for 2014 is that all their crib bedding will be sold a la carte. The bumpers will retail for $180, crib sheets for $36 (striped) or $39 (patterned) and crib skirts for $118 (patterned) or $99 (solid).
The first new collections I want to show you is Zara. I love Zara because it's not quite a chevron but more of an updated zig-zag pattern. You can't go wrong with this bold gray set.
The Link motif in Stone is another new design at Oilo, and it's paired with a solid crib skirt. Link is offered on the sheet and a few other decorative accessories.
I'm also really excited about the new Bloom motif. This is available as a patterned sheet with a solid skirt and there are a few additional Bloom accessories as well as other options in the Petal Pink colors.
Brick and mortar retailers will also be offering Oilo's Pure collection. With pure white bumpers and skirts, the Pure collection can be mixed in with any of the other Oilo collections. The pieces can also be enhanced with ties, piping and banding in any of Oilo's signature colors.
Since more people are choosing crib bedding without bumpers, Oilo has reworked some of their previous popular patterns and updated them to suit this increasing trend. Here you can see Modern Berries with a larger pattern on the sheet…
… and here you can see Cobblestone's updated look.
Oilo is also adding two gorgeous gliders to its furniture collection. The Bellingham and Nola gliders will be available in 2014 and retail for about $1400.
Oilo's new hassocks (shown above) can be ordered in all of Oilo's fabrics and will retail for about $100. Use these as an ottoman or beanbag chair and add a pop of your favorite Oilo design.
I think Oilo has a great concept going on with all the mix and match options that it has been developing. You can really create a sophisticated and unique custom look that works perfectly for you. If they just had drapery, you'd have all your fabric needs covered.
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Monte Como Glider and Ottoman
The newest spectacular modern glider from Monte Design is a giggle.com exclusive and is now available for pre-order. It comes in Pebble Gray (shown) and Sand. The Como Glider and Como Ottoman are a brilliant new option in modern nursery seating but also would work beautifully in a more traditional space.
The glider retails for $1195 and the ottoman is $385 and both should be shipping soon.
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New Grazia Glider from Monte
We got a preview of the Grazia Glider back in October, and now here she is. This is a great new addition to Monte's unparalleled collection of nursery seating. I love the high curved back, but what really sets this gorgeous glider apart is the brushed stainless steel base. Like all of Monte's gliders, it is available in a selection of colors and includes a solid lumbar pillow of your choice. Here you can see it in Heather Grey with a Missoni pillow (an $85 option). You can also choose the optional contrast piping on this glider and the matching Grazia Ottoman.
I just have to share a couple more photos because the back of this chair is just as hot as the front.
The Grazia Swivel Glider retails for about $1200 and the matching Grazia Ottoman is $445.
In the photo at the top you can also see Monte's all new Duo Side Table, which is designed to sit perfectly next to your Monte glider or rocker. It comes in walnut (shown $495), espresso and white ($395).
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Nursery Seating for Under $500
Rockers and gliders are one of those nursery furniture pieces that take a big chunk of the budget. Especially if you share our modern aesthetic, finding a rocking chair or glider that you really love for a price that you can be happy about is really difficult. I was shooting for a top 10 list here, but I only found 8 that fit the bill (pun intended!).
1- Calla Glider- sale price $498 There are a couple more color options.
2- Baby Mod Rocker- $300 Available in 3 colors.
This is just like the Nurseryworks Sleepytime Rocker but with different color choices and $200 less.
3- Dorel Nolan Swivel Glider- $400 Available in 3 leather color choices.
4- Enchanted Coronado Glider- $400 Available in 4 colors.
5- Home Loft Concept Tufted Rocking Chair- $425
6- Modernica Arm Shell- $435 Comes in 20 colors and with 4 base options.
The Eames Molded Plastic Rocker is just over the $500 budget here so I selected the Modernica Fiberglass version. You can find lots of other knockoffs of this design for even less. For discussion of knockoffs visit here and here.
7- Rockabye Co. Velvet Lara Glider Chair- $450 Available in 3 colors.
8- babyletto Madison Swivel Glider, Slate- $350
I was trying to be rather selective about style. There are other modern style gliders out there but some of the proportions were just so far off I couldn't bear to subject you to them.
I can't make any guarantees about the comfort or durability of these seats. With so many things, you get what you pay for. On the other hand, we got our glider (no longer available) for under $500 and after 7 years we're still happy with how it looks and functions!
I welcome your suggestions if you know of anything good that I've missed!
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New From Monte for 2013 at ABC Kids Expo
A perennial favorite on BuyModernBaby, Monte Design has a few new things in store for 2013.
The Grazia Glider is Monte's roomiest glider to date. What really caught my eye was the beautiful Stainless Steel swivel base under the seat. Sorry you can't really see it in this photo, but what you CAN see is the beautiful, authentic Missoni fabric lumbar pillow that will soon be available.
Monte's upholstered Dorma Bed has a few new options. It will soon be available as a Double as well as a Twin, and will have an optional trundle and toddler rails.
Finally, they are introducing a side table called the Duo. This elegant little table measures 14″ wide and 20″ tall and will come in walnut, white and espresso. While it's made to go perfectly next to a Monte rocker or glider, this table will fit anywhere in your home!
I'll let you know when these become available.
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Monte Rockers and Gliders Now in Yellow
Yellow is starting to edge out orange for when you need a bright pop of color in the modern nursery. Now that Monte is offering all its rockers and gliders (and their Dorma Twin Bed) with yellow as an upholstery option, it's going to be an even more popular choice!
Top Row: Luca Glider in yellow with white piping and Luca Glider in heather grey with yellow piping
Middle Row: Grano Glider Recliner and Vola Glider
Bottom Row: Joya Rocker and Alto Rocker
Here are some nurseries where you could use the yellow…
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Graham Glider from West Elm
Another stylish glider option for you. This time from West Elm. Here's their new Graham Glider. Available only in this Dove Gray color, it features a nice high winged back.
$800 plus $30 delivery surcharge.
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Kipling Glider & Ottoman from Gus Modern
I love a great glider, probably because years ago I had so much trouble finding one. Today I'm excited to share Gus* Modern's new Kipling Glider and Ottoman with you.
The geometric shape is inspired by children's wood blocks and the upholstery features French seams that are pretty popular right now. The Walnut base is easy to coordinate with many other modern nursery pieces.
The Kipling Glider and Ottoman come in this Muskoka Surf color as well as a gray called Baldwin Mist.
They retail for about $1400 ($1000 for the chair and $400 for the ottoman if you're considering them separately) but right now the set is on sale for $1120. You can find it online at 2modern, YLiving, Bobby Berk Home, babygeared and other great online shops.


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Most fun you have had on 2 wheels: Any time we get the entire staff together for a multi-day Ballyhoo session is always some of the best times a guy/gal can have on a bike.
Favorite Dutch oven recipe: Roasted spuds
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Favorite guest quote: While in the middle of NOWHERE on many trips, "do we have to worry about someone stealing the bikes at night?".
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The Israeli elections are only one week away and the three candidates are at it like hounds. What wins an election in Israel these days? Gideon Levy, reporter for Ha'aretz said it quite eloquently in an interview to Al-Jazeera:
"There is a domestic struggle between candidates and who will be more extreme and who will take a hardline stance towards the rocket fire coming from Gaza… The main lesson is that the Palestinians and Israelis did not learn any lessons from the war – it will bring more agony and destruction. Both parties are in a game of fools."
Here are a few quotes from our candidates:
"We mustn't sign arrangements with Hamas, but rather use force against this organization… Israel will respond whether the Qassam [rocket] causes injuries or not, and this is how I will act as prime minister as well. We must use force and a lot of force."
Tzipi Livni [center-center]
"All of these critics were in decision-making positions and Hamas never received such a blow as this. After eight years of [rocket] fire from the Strip, I arrived and gave the IDF an order to batter Hamas, with deeds and not words."
Ehud Barak [center-left]
"I have no intention of building new settlements in the West Bank, but like all the governments there have been until now, I will have to meet the needs of natural growth in the population. I will not be able to choke the settlements."
Benjamin Netanyahu [center-right]
Tzipi's Choice
Out of the three candidates, Tzipi Livni has the audacity to talk about peace:
"These elections will decide whether we are ready to take that next step toward peace, and that is up to the citizens of Israel to decide."
Don't get your hopes up, folks, this was immediately followed by the obscure:
"The choice will be between a Jewish state and a bi-national state. Will we be a state of fear or a state of hope?"
Ehud's Blindness
Ehud Barak may not win this year's election, but he's won them before and he'll win them again. Because in Israel the candidates never really change. In the meantime, he can enjoy the comfy chair of Minister of
Offense Defense. Since the man has been very vocal, I thought I'd bring you some more fascinating quotes (limited by my translation):
On Spain indicting Israeli Heads of defense:
"Those who call the elimination of a terrorist a crime against humanity are living in an upside down world… [I] firmly reject the Spanish judge's hallucinatory claims."
On Leiberman:
"I don't need Leibermans approval in security matters. He's big on words, but not on action. In words he's already destroyed Teheran and the Aswan Dam, but I don't know how many times, if ever, did he hold a rifle and shoot someone."
On Gaza:
"If Israel was part of the security council, in the war, we could have acted like russia, but we can't, and we would risk alienating ourselves from the world."
On bright ideas from the center-left (this isn't in Baraks words, it's a quote from Ha'aretz):
"Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday proposed the construction of a 48-kilometer long tunnel that would connect the northern Gaza Strip with the southern West Bank, thus enabling freedom of movement between the two disjointed Palestinian territories… Barak said it was possible to dig the tunnel, which would remain under Israeli sovereignty while the Palestinians would maintain authority over the corridor's traffic. The defense minister and Labor Party chairman said the project would cost between $2-3 billion, "a reasonable sum."


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Mark Hayward's City Matters: Abortion battle is fought on a quiet street
Battles have raged ever since, in legislative halls and courtrooms. On sidewalks and chat rooms. With guns, placards and acrimony. Political careers have risen and fallen on the issue. Abortion doctors and their assistants have been excoriated. Some have been shot, some have died.
Here, too, in Manchester, the battle continues.
On a quiet North End street every Thursday, protesters gather outside the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England clinic. That is abortion day at the clinic, they say, a day where they figure that at least a dozen abortions take place.
They plant protest signs and pictures of the Virgin Mary in snowbanks and parked cars. They stand with heads bowed or trudge along a snow-covered sidewalk.
Most clutch rosaries. Their weapons are literature, a lapel pin with a facsimile of fetal-sized feet, and a 4-inch fetus doll as soft as Play-Doh.
Their ammunition is prayer, and - if they can coax a patient to speak to them - encouragement to consider an alternative.
"The only thing that works is if God touches their heart," said Susan Clifton, a homemaker who used to work as a pediatric nurse. Her face holds a look of sad contemplation over the hours she stands outside.
From 8 to 10 a.m., she and two others stand on a sidewalk outside the clinic.
A security guard keeps clear a path for cars into a parking lot. But for the driveway, the lot is shielded by a 6-foot-high picket fence.
"Good morning, can I speak to you?" asks Catherine Kelley, an Auburn resident who is by far the most outgoing of the three. Hers is a loud-speaking voice, registering just below a shout but loud enough to hear 20, 30 feet away.
She speaks to women exiting cars and walking to the clinic. She offers them something to read. "Women do regret abortion," she tells them.
The Manchester clinic opened in 2002, avoiding the late 20th-century tactics of Operation Rescue, when protesters elsewhere chained themselves to the cars of abortion doctors, held aloft images of aborted fetuses and excoriated patients as baby killers.
"You try to engage them. The word 'kill' is a turnoff," Kelley said.
She said she is a quiet person and this does not come easy for her. She spent her energies catching feral cats and having them neutered before turning to anti-abortion activities five years ago.
Most people ignore her, but this is New Hampshire, where people aren't afraid to speak their mind.
"Get a life. You have no idea what's going on," a woman in a group of three young people says as she walks to the door. A man smoking a cigarette outside the door says "No, thank you" when Kelley asks to speak to him. "Not today," said one woman Kelley had managed to speak to during a previous visit.
She gets no thumbs-up, but a few flash another upward-pointing finger her way.
Planned Parenthood is not happy with the protesters.
The organization has to either hire security guards or off-duty police to make sure the protesters don't encroach, said Jennifer Frizzell, senior policy adviser of Planned Parenthood Northern New England.
A greeter walks to cars and escorts patients to the entrance, using an open umbrella to shield them.
About a year ago, the clinic installed security cameras on the perimeter.
Many patients complain, and the organization logs the complaints, Frizzell said.
"We regularly get complaints about verbal harassment, intimidation," Frizzell said. "The protesters get right in their face, their space. Most (patients) have written material pushed on them. It's an extremely disruptive, often upsetting experience for the patient."
She said patients who arrive by foot or public transportation have to walk past the protesters. And she questioned whether they might have been on their best behavior during my visit last week. Last October, she said, protesters followed home a worker and confronted her. The next day she quit.
Frizzell said Vermont and Massachusetts laws establish buffer zones around abortion clinics. "The time has come for us to begin having a conversation, either with state legislators or the city officials in Manchester," about such a zone, she said.
Frizzell also said that the protesters are wrong when they suspect that everyone coming into the clinic on Thursday is there for an abortion; some are making appointments or picking up birth control. But she wouldn't detail when abortions take place.
By 10:30 a.m., two of the original three picketers have left, but about eight others have arrived. One Bedford woman fingers a rosary as large as a lasso.
One woman builds up a snow bank and crowns it with a stuffed Teddy Bear and a toy dump truck. A man with an NRA stocking cap carries a sign that reads "Blessed Mother Stop Planned Parenthood." Most walk and mouth the rosary. I get the notion that the volume of prayer here rivals that said by my mother while raising three reckless teenagers in the '70s.
Kelley is also president of Pray for Life Center, a nonprofit organization that rents an apartment across Pennacook Street from the clinic. Protesters use it to warm up and get a cup of coffee. Rooms are filled with statues, photographs of past protests and pro-life pamphlets.
On the line, the protesters chat with the security guard, who politely tells them when they step over the property line.
Kelley said Planned Parenthood stopped paying the $55-hourly rates for police details recently and opted for $9-an-hour unarmed security guards.
One policeman got an earful from his wife when he called her to say where he was working, Kelley said.
A Muslim security guard and Hispanic interpreter have vowed they will never return after learning it is an abortion clinic, Kelley said.
Patients, on the other hand, generally have made up their minds. One once approached Kelley; she was $35 short for an abortion and tried to hit her up for the rest.
While they have seen some change their minds, it doesn't even happen once a month, Kelley said. And sometimes they won't even know.
But on Dec. 27, as Kelley was shoveling snow away from her car tires, a woman approached her and said she didn't go through with it.
"You see a few saves," she said, "a smile, a relief on their faces."
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