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We're feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy here in Michiana.
It's because a high pressure system Northwest of us and Hurricane Sandy are pushing against eachother.
So what does that all mean?
Essentially, the two systems are creating a wind tunnel right over Lake Michigan.
A lot of wind and major waves on Lake Michigan are attracting people to the coast to see what Mother Nature has to offer.
"We have no control over
it. But it is there and we just have to deal with it. But it's
beautiful eventhough it's frightening. It's really pretty," says Sheila Elkins who was taking pictures of Lake Michigan.
Gregory says, "It's inspiring. There's a lot of energy coming into the
pier and to think of it crashing over like that is amazing, says Gregory Smith, who was taking pictures of the Lake.
The Coast Guard has been monitoring the conditions of the Lake.
Kenneth Sheltry with the US Coast Guard in St. Joseph says, "Right now on the lake we're
seeing anywhere from 6 to 9 foot waves and it's currently building."
The Coast Guard is expecting waves to climb to between 14 and 18 feet Tuesday.
It's a rollercoaster on the water that officers say is no fun and games.
"It's rough, it's windy, it's cold. We don't recommend
going out on the lake. Stay clear of beaches, until the all clear has
been given," says Sheltry.
Spectators say they're making sure not to get "too" close.
"I don't go out on the pier with the waves coming over the pier. I like to keep my feet on the ground," says Smith.
Elkins says, "I don't think I'm far enough away for the family. They always like me to stay farther back."
The Coast Guard strongly recommends that people just stay away from the Lake.
A lot of people were on the pier Monday and as conditions get worse Tuesday, the pier can get really dangerous.
The Coast Guard is expecting winds to peak at around 50 miles an hour.
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reviews for: listing #71034 - Deep Creek Lake, Maryland House rental
- bedrooms 4
- pool no
- type House
- baths 3½
- hot tub yes
- community Waterfront Greens
- sleeps 10
- pets allowed yes
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Epic Weekend
Review submitted: March 14, 2013 Date of arrival: February 15, 2013
I chose to stay in Deep Creek for my cousin's bachelorette party weekend because it's located near Wisp Resort. The pictures online and amenities attracted me to this place. Dragonfly exceeded our expectations! The house is spacious, clean and beautifully decorated. We felt at home as soon as we arrived. The pool table, hot tub and surround sound system made a great place to entertain people! The house is located at the top of a hill and we had the most gorgeous view in the neighborhood.
The particular weekend we stayed there was a snow storm. The owners were available and accommodating. They called someone to plow the driveway so it would be easier to travel. I would love to stay there again during warmer months so I can adventure out on nearby hiking trails.
The experiences we had there will be remembered for a lifetime. I would tell you more details about our weekend if I could. But what happens in Dragonfly, stays in Dragonfly.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing
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Helpful votes: 1 / 2
Outstanding Getaway Vacation
Review submitted: November 13, 2011 Date of arrival: November 4, 2011
Spent a fantastic girls getaway weekend at Dragonfly. The accomodations were perfect - spacious rooms, well stocked kitchen, comfortable beds and outstanding views. The house is well located near amenities in McHenry and Oakland. Property is well-maintained and customer service was excellent. The very clean hot tub and wood burning fireplace were especially enjoyable for a relaxing fall weekend visit with good friends.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 3 / 4
great house for all seasons
Review submitted: November 8, 2011 Date of arrival: November 4, 2011
This beautiful home is located on a golf course adjacent to Deep Creek Lake. It is just a few minutes drive from many restaurants and attractions. The home has a well-stocked kitchen and a large comfortable sitting area with TV and DVD player on each level. The hot tub can easily fit eight people and is clean and well maintained. Both indoor and outdoor activities abound during all seasons in this lovely mountainous area.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 2 / 3
Excellent Experience
Review submitted: January 8, 2011 Date of arrival: December 18, 2010
The views looking out the big glass door over the rolling hills, mountains and then the lake are spectacular! We loved staying here. We rate our experience as excellent. The kids had a great time playing pool each night while the adults relaxed in the hot tub or by the fire. We never went out to dinner because after skiing all day at Wisp, we were exhausted. Anyway, who would want to leave? We will be back! This is our new family tradition!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
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drangon fly
Review submitted: December 21, 2010 Date of arrival: December 10, 2010
Was nice, clean, comfortable, had everything as decribed got off on the wrong foot, water pipe broke the morning of arrival delayed our arrival plumber was working on the problem when we got there could not use tube in master bathroom for the weekend thought they would compensated us for inconvvenience. Hot tub you receive a key in the mail and must return in mail is a small pain. Also the hot sits out under front deck was like a wind tunnel with wind blowing could not use hot tub
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children
Owners response: The master bath tub is fixed! We were so lucky it wasn't more of a problem and we reacted fast to get our renters in as quickly as possible. Returning keys is a pretty standard method in the rental business. Finally, the hot tub is great, but sometimes the weather does not cooperate and it gets windy in the mountains. We love our house and we know you will too!
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First timers, but not last!
Review submitted: May 23, 2010 Date of arrival: July 25, 2009
We were all first timers to Deep Creek Lake and WOW did we have a fantastic time. Your home is beautiful and cozy and we enjoyed the games, hot tub, pool table, well stocked kitchen and AMAZING views!! We really took advantage of the golf course and managed to play every day. Some of our other vacation highlights; horseback riding at the Circle R Ranch (4 year old Annie said it was her favorite thing), going to WISP for the mountain coaster and mountain buggy rides (even our 83 year old Grandpa rode the Mountain Coaster!!!), boat ride and tubing on the lake... even though we were little sore the next day, and just enjoying each others company right here at Dragonfly! We hate to leave, but after such a wonderful time, we will surely be back (hopefully to the Dragonfly)!
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- Lecture Hours:
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Course DescriptionCovers basic features of native American religions, European backgrounds of Christianity, development of different religious groups in the United States and their impact on American life. Prerequisite: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
After successful completion of HST 247 the student will be able to:
- Use critical thinking to analyze and evaluate the nature and impact of religion on American life and culture.
- Understand and appreciate the value of a diversity of religious beliefs.
- Engage in private and public discussions involving the construction of fact-based arguments regarding issues in the history of religion in the United States.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
The SAC expects that instructors will assess student learning throughout the term using a variety of methods. The SAC encourages instructors to consider the following in determining the achievement of course outcomes:
- Analyze primary and secondary sources of information.
- Individual or team oral presentations.
- Formal written papers that present and analyze historical topics or issues.
- Participation in, and contribution to, all class and team discussions and activities.
- Quizzes, exams, and exercises
- Evaluate different interpretations of the same event.
- Associate past events to contemporary times.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Changes and persistence in religious beliefs or practices
- Religion and politics
- Religious movements, revivalism
- Theological commonalities among religious beliefs
- Intolerance
- Religious freedom
- Civic religion
- Religious pluralism
- Self-understanding (world view)
- Utopian communities
- Millennialism
- Freedom of religion
- Immigrant churches
- Ethnicity, gender and social class
- Inter- and intra-religious controversies
- Religious crusades and "revivals"
- Acculturation
- Anti-Communism
- Post-modernism
- Critical thinking
- Evaluate interpretations of historical events
- Effective communication orally and in writing
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Mike Nelson's Colorado: A Lesson In Curling
LITTLETON, Colo. - I keep a crazy work schedule so I missed seeing many of the winter Olympics events, but I heard a lot of people talk about how they were captivated by curling.
Curling, really? I didn't know much about it, other than it looked more like a good social time rather than an Olympic sport. I'm not exactly a chiseled, graceful athlete, so I figured I'd give curling a try. Anyone can do it, right?
Since you need four people on a team, my husband came along to learn with me. We asked two of the top curlers in the state of Colorado to teach us. Pam Finch, a former member of the Women's National Curling Team, and her daughter, two-time Junior National Champ and 2002 Olympic qualifier, Kirsten Berger.
We met up at the Ice Ranch in Littleton, where the Denver Curling Club meets twice a week.
I know what curling is supposed to look like, but doing it is another thing.
Pam and Kirsten had us first do a couple of stretching exercises. Then we began our first ever curling lesson, starting with technique and using a sort of training wheel to hold onto. For you right-handers, basically you put your right foot on a starting block, and wear a slippery cover on your left foot.
The stone, which weighs 42 pounds, has a handle on it. Even though you might want to try lifting it like I did, you don't do that in curling. You just slide it along the ice, aiming for the "house" at the other end. The "house" is what they call the target at the other end of the sheet of ice, and the "button" is the circle in the middle. That's where you want your stone to end up, right on the "button."
Letting go of the stone for the first time was harder than I expected. It wasn't so much the pushing, it was the figuring out what do with the rest of my body. It takes hand-eye-leg coordination and aim. That didn't come naturally for me. My husband Mike had a much easier time of it.
It took me several tries to get the hang of it; I even fell on my face a few times. And even then, I knew I would need many more lessons to get the movements down, and there are not enough hours in the day for me.
I had always wondered about the sweepers. Can they really make a difference in your throw? I was skeptical. But Pam and Kirsten set me straight. You have to see the ice texture to understand. It's not smooth like you'd see on a skating rink. They actually give it a sort of pebbled texture. So the sweepers working in front a stone sort of warm up the ice and smooth it out so the stone can move. It was pretty impressive and those sweepers work hard! I left with a whole new appreciation for this Olympic sport.
What I really liked about curling is that anyone can do it, and plenty of people do in Colorado. You can be 6 or 60 and still have a great time. The Denver Curling Club meets two nights a week and they tell me after every round of Winter Olympic games, people call wanting to learn. Just make sure you go with a sense of humor! You can find out more information or sign up for "learn to curl" classes at the Denver Curling Club.
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I was having one of "THOSE" days yesterday, where nothing was going right!
I swear... NOTHING!
It was almost as if anything I touched turned into a ginormous MESS! :S
First, I had a heck of a time covering this cake in fondant.
In my defense, I DETEST covering square cakes in fondant BUT yesterday was an all-new hellish experience for me!
The fondant kept tearing OR drying up OR it was too thick OR too thin...AHHHH!
Then, the darn candy canes weren't sticking to the fondant.
I tried corn syrup, water, gumpaste glue and nothing worked!
Finally, I figured out that melted white chocolate and very thick royal icing work best.
I just wish it HADN'T taken me a freakin HOUR to figure that out!
Even photographing this cake was a pain...
But, let's NOT get into that coz I have been venting long enough...hehehe :)
Let me tell you more about this cake...
It's a mouth-watering chocolate Oreo cake, which is SOOO good!
I filled it with candy cane buttercream (I used my basic buttercream icing recipe and mixed in 1/3 cup finely crushed candy cane powder).
Keep in mind that this frosting is NOT very smooth. So, I DON'T recommend using it under fondant but it works GREAT as a cake filling.
The rest of the cake was covered in my regular fluffy buttercream icing.
And finally, I covered the cake in homemade marshmallow fondant.
I swear to God each bite of this cake was PURE BLISS! :P
I DON'T think pictures do justice to this cake...
The cake looked much BETTER in reality than it does in these pictures...
When light shines on this cake, those crushed candy cane pieces begin to SPARKLE!
It's very PRETTY! :D
I wasn't planning on making a border around this cake but it was looking NAKED without one...lol.
So, I used broken candy canes to make a SIMPLE border.
To make this cake, you will need the following supplies:
Square cake (I made a chocolate Oreo cake)Green marshmallow fondantMelted white chocolate or thick royal icingButtercream icingPaintbrush Round peppermint candiesMini candy canesCrushed candy canes
And here are the steps:
Step 1: Bake a square shaped cake and allow it to cool.
Step 2:Once it has cooled, fill it with peppermint buttercream (just add 1/3 cup finely crushed candy canes into my regular buttercream icing recipe). Also, frost your entire cake in regular buttercream icing.Step 3:Now, cover your cake in light green marshmallow fondant. Step 4:Arrange the round peppermint candies into square shapes on top of the cake. Stick them into place with some melted white chocolate or thick royal icing.Fill the space between them by sprinkling some crushed candy canes.Step 5: To make the border around your cake, break mini candy canes irregularly.Brush melted white chocolate or thick royal icing to stick them into place.
And you are done!
I bet if you make this cake on Christmas, your guests will be blown away by its beauty! ;)
Well, that's all for today.
If you are looking for more Christmas inspiration, check out my Christmas board on Pinterest.
Until next time, tata my lovelies :)
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December 14. 2013 09:09
ok so...not only is this stunning on the outside BUT it's a delicious oreo cake on the inside???!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
December 14. 2013 20:27
Always so pretty!
December 14. 2013 23:14
We all have our off days, but I would take any of your off cake making days for any of my attempts. I would not have known about any of your trials and tribulations as this cake is beautiful and I am sure it is very tasty and moist inside. Wishing you a super holiday. BAM
Bam's Kitchen
December 16. 2013 10:52
This is just too much fun!! Perfect for the holidays!
December 16. 2013 19:01
All that frustration ends well!
belinda @zomppa
December 19. 2013 18:16
the cake is beautiful!
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Who's this?
Rolf Harris?
Try again. Maybe standing on your head will help.
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That was Sodum in the first one???
Riddle me this brother can you handle it
Your style to my style you can't hold a candle to it
Equinox symmetry and the balance is right
Smokin' and drinkin' on a Tuesday night
It's not how you play the game it's how you win it
I cheat and steal and sin and I'm a cynic
Nah famous dude, not a notorious seppo. Think British, for both of them.
...you mean think limey scumbag?Originally Posted by Magpie
"Goddamn it Lord, bless oh ye this bacon..."
George Liquor American
Sorry Pan...Think Limey scumbags....2 funny cunts
michael caine and peter sellers...
Wrong. Just like the abovementioned. One's dead, one alive
Harry Hill?
Nope. One died recently.....The other is famous for a short lived series that's always on repeats.
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HOWELL, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Education has turned down Howell Public Schools' request to add laptops to a school nutrition program.
The myNutratek program allows students to track what they're eating and their body-mass index.
The district has used the program for the past three school years, but Superintendent Ron Wilson says some students can't access it.
Wilson tells the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus the district proposed using surplus food funds to create a cybercafe. Laptops would have been placed in school cafeterias throughout the district.
Because it oversees food-service spending in Michigan's public school districts, the state education department had to sign off on the proposal.
It didn't, saying using federal money to buy laptops would violate U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations.
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Goodlatte and Scott to Try Their Dairy Program Approach Again
As an alternative to the Dairy Security Act - Virginia Congressman Bob Goodlatte and Georgia Congressman David Scott have introduced the Dairy Freedom Act. Goodlatte says the measure represents a true compromise on dairy policy - adding that the bill will reform and improve current dairy policies. According to Goodlatte - the Dairy Freedom Act would provide producers with a viable safety net - without supply management or new administrative fees for dairy farmers.
Goodlatte says supply management is contrary to the goals of limited government, economic growth and free markets. He says a supply control program puts federal government bureaucrats in the middle of market decisions by manipulating dairy prices, instituting dairy production quotas and penalizing consumers. Higher milk prices - Goodlatte says - would negatively affect American families, food manufacturers, retailers and restaurants. He doesn't believe the government has any business intervening in the market.
While their approach lost in a 17 to 29 House Agriculture Committee vote last year - Goodlatte and Scott hope their legislation will be considered as the base text of the Farm Bill's dairy provisions. International Dairy Foods Association Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs and Economic Policy Jerry Slominski says Congress should use the measure as a way to move the farm bill forward. He calls it a true middle-ground approach where no one gets everything they want. But National Milk Producers Federation hopes the committee will reject this approach again this year. NMPF CEO Jerry Kozak says the market stabilization program in the Dairy Security Act approved last year by the House and Senate Ag Committees makes the program cost effective.
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A stretch of Route 114 that was closed for most of the day on Thursday is open for the morning commute on Friday.
A one-third mile stretch of road at the Danvers-Peabody line was closed just before 10 a.m. on Thursday when strong winds tore down several utility poles, sending wires, poles and transformers to the street.
Utility crews and emergency workers had the road closed into Thursday evening but it reopened overnight on Thursday and repairs were completed.
Peabody police sent out a Nixle alert at 5:54 a.m. saying that the road was open again.


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Programs like Microsoft Outlook, VNC and Cute FTP show the passwords you type in the password box as asterix. The passwords are stored behind the asterix. Asterix logger is a software program that is designed to reveal passwords hidden behind the asterix. Password revelation, information about the revealed password like revealed time, application for which […]Read More
When you browse the web you send out a lot of information to sites that you visit, referrers strings are a part of the information that gets sent out, basically the referrer strings tells websites from which external website a request has come to them.Read More
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Windows Vista service pack 2 had been released and been pushed to most of the users now, it has been pretty stable as we have seen it, however it does use up a lot of disk space to store the old files just in case you want to do a rollback or uninstall the SP2.Read More
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Google Chrome now supports the addition of extensions in the development channel, though there are not many extensions available right now, the few that are there are worthwhile using.Read More
So what do you do in such situations when Google Chrome crashes or you accidentally closed Chrome when 10 tabs were open, turns out that Chrome does have an option to restore previous sessions, albeit they think it's only for the geeks, however we will demystify the process for our readers in three simple steps.Read More
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If you are always on the move and hate to carry your laptop, you can use a portable drive to carry your important files/applications. This is a good setup but has limitations. The PC you plug the portable drive into, should have the necessary software to run the files or applications. A U3 smart drive […]Read More
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When I was a boy growing up in Hayward, California we lived next door to the Grahams—Marie and Bruce Graham and their two sons, Randy and John. Marie, the mom, was one of the sweetest people in the world and their dad, Bruce, had a crusty and ribald sense of humor. He worked at the Ford dealership in San Francisco and would bring home firecrackers from Chinatown for the 4th of July. We'd set up tin cans in their backyard and blow them high into the air using the firecrackers.
I had not seen Randy since his dad passed away years ago, but we happened to connect the other day through Facebook and it turns out he has grown up to be a…vegetarian! Not only that, he writes a popular blog about it, the Valley Vegetarian, as well as being a columnist for some newspapers (he and his wife live in Ojai in southern California). He's also become a vegetarian cookbook author. His latest, just out last month, is So You've Inherited a Vegetarian…Now What?
In our emailing and Facebooking I explained to him that I loved meat too much to give it up but that my wife was a great cook and we'd certainly have fun exploring his recipes. In response he recommended this potato casserole dish that he described as one of his favorite comfort food dishes. It's not his recipe, he explained, but he loves making it for Thanksgiving and other big family meals. If you like to eat, and who doesn't, I say give it a try.


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"Barbara Kay's writing is brisk and clear. She thinks for herself. She bravely resists the turn of the moment, and the preoccupations of the politically correct..." --Rex Murphy
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MARSEILLE - AEL's inexperience at top level football in Europe was exposed on Thursday night after Pambos Christodoulou's side were thumped 5-1 by Group C rivals Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.
The 5-1 scoreline was "harsh" according to suspended coach Christodoulou but the Limassol club was blatantly at fault for the opening three goals they conceded in which Rod Fanni, Michel Lucas Mendes and Loic Remy were all allowed free headers from set-pieces.
Substitute Andre-Pierre Gignac and a Remy second rubbed salt on AEL's wounds as they added further goals to complete the rout late on.
But it was AEL who fashioned the best chances in the first half and the Cypriots took a surprised lead when Marseille failed to deal with Monteiro's corner and Edwin Ouon was on hand to rifle a shot past Steve Mandanda on 22 minutes.
Buoyed on by 800 noisy fans, AEL kept up the pressure and should have added a second goal when Dede placed his shot wide from another corner.
Instead, Marseille equalised from their first proper attack of the game. Joey Barton's corner was not cleared by the AEL defence and Fanni was allowed to much space to place a header past Matias Degra.
Despite the setback, AEL should have regained the lead seconds before the interval when Monteiro's powerful shot from inside the area was brilliantly saved by Mandanda.
But AEL went to pieces in the second half especially after the introduction of Mathieu Valbuena. The Limassol defence was uncharacteristically caught napping when Mendes scored with a free header from another corner on the hour and Remy scored his second in similar fashion to all but kill off the tie.
Gignac made it 4-1 on 90 minutes after playing a neat one-two with Remy and the French hosts made it five in stoppage time when Remy was allowed too much room after AEL were caught in possession.
AEL will next play Fenerbahce in Nicosia on October 25 with the Turkish club having enjoyed a 4-2 win away to Borussia Monchengladbach on the same night.


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Kylie Minogue's breakthrough Fever was so sickeningly cheesy that it should have come packaged with a complimentary bottle of Lactaid. The Aussie hitmaker's follow-up, Body Language, is less immediate and more experimental, a midway point between the alternative/electronica of 1997's Impossible Princess and Minogue's more mainstream post-millennium work. It's no coincidence that Body Language is filled with '80s pop music references (she tips her hat to Reagan-era hits like Janet's "The Pleasure Principle," Chaka's "I Feel for You" and, more directly, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's "I Wonder If I Take You Home" and Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round") since much of the album is steeped in early '80s synth-pop and disco. "Slow," the aptly-titled lead single (few of the tracks on Body Language approach the club-thumping zeal of Fever), is a minimalist electro-pop/disco fusion with percolating crackle-and-pop beats and sugary vocal overdubs. "I Feel for You" directly references the disco era with its muted guitar riffs and bouncy keyboards, while tracks like "Still Standing" follow in the nü-disco dance-steps of Goldfrapp's Black Cherry and almost everything by Jamiroquai. Minogue sings (or chirps), "I'm still standing/Keeping you dancing…Guess who's back on top?" like the EU's equivalent to Madonna. "Chocolate" and "Someday," which features guest vocals by '80s new wave band Scritti Politti's Green Gartside, evoke the breathy, forlorn vocals of Mono and the gauzy melancholy of Madge's Bedtime Stories, while the hip-hop-flavored "Red Blooded Woman" blends Timbaland-style beats with candy-coated la la la's and a ghostly choir of men (the voices of those she's devoured no doubt). With the exception of two tracks, including "After Dark," a lackluster contribution by the writer-producer of Minogue's global smash "Can't Get You Out of My Head," Body Language features all new, up-and-coming collaborators, but the album is surprisingly cohesive. The stand-out, bass-heavy "Sweet Music" is an ode to the magic of the modern singer/producer partnership: "I think we're on to something/Your taste it mirrors mine/So hot and in the moment." Though Body Language isn't likely to fully recapture the ever-fickle stateside audience, Minogue's devotion to the process and her willingness to try something new—even if it's within the confines of dance-pop—is what's made her an international sensation 15 years running.
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Hope for world's rarest bird
Scientists from Slimbridge Wetland Centre are celebrating their success in helping the world's rarest bird - the Madagascar Pochard. At one point there were just 19 left. Now the first ducklings to be bred in captivity have hatched, and the battle's on to bring them back from the brink.


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There are a few methods that can be used for diabetic meal planning. It is good to research more than one, but also important to remember that diabetic diet needs are going to vary based on your sex, age, activity level, medications, height and weight. If you have not yet met with a registered dietitian, seek one out who can help you develop an individualized meal plan that will meet all of your specific needs.
Common Methods of Diabetic Meal Planning
1. Carbohydrate Counting Method
Carbohydrate counting is the most common meal planning method. Most diabetic meal plans will need to have 45 to 60 grams of carbohydrate per meal, but remember that your personal needs may be slightly different. Still, that is a good amount to start with.
For this method, you will need to learn what foods have carbohydrate in them, what information to look for on a food label, and how to approximate a serving of carbohydrate when a food label is not available. Once you become familiar with these, you will be able to easily track your carbs to make sure you're not consuming too much. You may want to keep a log throughout the day.
Carbohydrate Foods:
- Starchy foods like bread, cereal, rice, and crackers
- fruit and juice
- dried beans and soy products
- starchy vegetables, like potatoes and corn
- sweets and snack foods
Food Labels:
Foods might sometimes appear to be packaged into individual serving sizes even though they contain two or more servings per package. To determine that, look at "serving size" and "servings per container" at the top of any food label. For example, if a serving size is 1 and there are 2 servings per container, you will need to double all of the nutrient values on the label in order to get a clear picture of the value of the entire container.
The total carbohydrate will be located after the calories, total fat, cholesterol and sodium on the label. It will be broken down further into how much of the carbohydrate comes from fiber, and how much comes from dietary sugar.
For carbohydrate counting, you only need to pay attention to the total carbohydrate.
Approximate Serving of Carbohydrate:
Some foods don't have labels to check, which is why knowing some estimate carbohydrate counts can help you.
The following represent 15 grams of carbohydrate:
- 1 small piece of fresh fruit (4 oz)
- 1/2 cup of canned or frozen fruit
- 1 slice of bread (1 oz) or 1 (6 inch) tortilla
- 1/2 cup of oatmeal or 3/4 cup of most unsweetened dry cereals
- 1/3 cup of cooked pasta or rice
- 4-6 crackers
- 1/2 English muffin or hamburger bun
- 1/2 cup of black beans or starchy vegetable
- 1/4 of a large baked potato (3 oz)
- 2/3 cup of plain fat-free yogurt (6 oz)
- 1 cup of fat-free or 1% milk (8 oz)
- 2 small cookies
- 2 inch square brownie or cake without frosting
- 1/2 cup ice cream or sherbet
- 1 Tbsp syrup, jam, jelly, sugar or honey
- 2 Tbsp light syrup
- 6 chicken nuggets
- 1/2 cup of casserole
- 1 cup of soup
- 1/4 serving of a medium French fry
- 1/8 of a 12" thin crust pizza
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When I pulled up to the arena it brought back memories from playing high school hockey. There was nowhere to park, every spot was filled. When I entered the building the stands were packed. There was hundreds of people. There were young fans, old fans, old jerseys, new jerseys, and people cheering. Could this really be happening? This felt like the times of old. Fans who are supporting the team, not just game days but practices too.
There was chatter about hockey, not about how bad the Dolphins are playing, not about how aweful the Marlins new logo/uniforms are, not about the possibillity of basketball being played. There was chatter of "So we were in first for one day but we are playing well enough to get back there." "How many goals do you think Garrison will score this year?" "Whats going to happen with Gudbranson and Ellerby?" The more and more you look around, the more and more you see this becoming a hockey town again.
The practice at Pines Ice was a great idea because when the Panthers moved north they "alienated" a bunch of their fans in Miami. Not because they are playing at the "Your name here" arena but because they moved the teams' practice facility out of Miami as well. Gone are the days of the Panthers practicing in Kendall. Gone are the days of the team walking out and signing autographs to fans waiting outside the Miami Arena after games. But today felt right, like a lot of things are feeling right with this team. It started with a promise, one that has been forgotten, at the very first Panthers Townhall meeting for season ticket holders. As I sat there watching and listening to new owners Stu Seigel and Cliff Viner I couldn't help but think "Yeah Right! I have heard this before." I even questioned Michael Yormark about the teams' dedication to its fans by making the players more accessible to us. We were promised change and no one believed it. However, three years later we are looking at the team in a brand new light.
I wish that the answer was simply to say that the team is winning but it goes deeper than that. At last year's Faceoff Gala I was introduced to Dale Tallon and he and I chatted for a brief few minutes. I looked at him skeptically because we have had high profile GM's before and nothing changed. We still hadn't made the playoffs since 2000. He looked me in the eye and said I promise you that things around here are going to change, not just on the ice but off it as well. I can happily say he proved me wrong. Gone are the days that the team plays flat night in and night out "because nobody cares about hockey down here." Gone are the days that we hold our breath with a lead because we all knew the players hearts weren't into winning. This team is held to higher standards and it starts from the top.
The new ownership has shown a commitment not just to winning but also to growing hockey in South Florida and I am under the impression that they are holding true to that promise. Yes they may not be as far South as we may like but they are making attempts to bring this team closer to the fans. They brought in players that want to play here, want to win here, and most importantly play for the fans and not the paycheck. They lowered ticket prices, they are advertising. They are making the arena more of a family enviroment. And with the recent changes to red they are making the arena feel like home.
As we sit in a playoff position and only a handful of points out of first place in the Eastern Conference I can say that even if we dont make the playoffs this feels right. This feels like a team for the fans to get behind and cheer for. I am proud to cheer from my seats on a nightly basis. For the first time in a long time this feels right.
Here is my interview with Harvey from the Sun Sentinal: http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_hockey_panthers/2011/11/panthers-fan-adam-meyers-video-take-on-his-favorite-team.html
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Some cities like Oakland are committed to open government and some cities like Buffalo are not. In previous posts I have discussed the problem with obtaining information from the City of Buffalo.
The City of Oakland working with Code For America has created a great app called RecordTrac. RecordTrac provides an easy on-line tool for citizens to request information from city government in a way that is open for all to see. The response time from city departments is tracked, citizens can see the status of their requests and more importantly all requests and the information provided is available for everyone to see. Posting all requests allows citizens to search for information that has already been provided and saves city officials time in finding and responding to information requests.
Access to information is an important right that many politicians give lip service to but do not back up with policies and procedures that make obtaining information citizen friendly. Oakland and Code For America have created a great app that can be utilized by other communities. All Code for America apps utilize GitHub, allowing for the application to be easily and freely redeployed by other cities and government agencies.
Perhaps RecordTrac can be implemented in your community?
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Love is in the air and you may be looking to buy your little one something special for Valentine's Day. From babies to teens, here are ideas to help you spread the love, including soft and cuddly stuffed animals, chocolate treats, pink clothing, jewelry for teens and more. --Compiled by Jennifer Berger and Beth Whitehouse
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Cottonwood police the reward has been raised for information about the firebombing of two private businesses and the city's Finance and Human Resources building April 1.
Evidence of Molotov cocktails were found at a Spirit Gas Station, Sun West Bank and the city building, all on Main Street, early in the morning of April 1, according to Cottonwood police spokesman Sgt. Cody Savage.
The Human Resources, Finance and Purchasing departments were temporarily moved to the Public Safety building.
Savage said damage was more than $300,000 combined.
He said Cottonwood investigators were still waiting for witnesses to come forward and that the reward had been raised to $10,000.
People with any information about the arson cases are asked to contact the Cottonwood Police Department or Yavapai Silent Witness at 1-800-932-3232.
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Penguins are incredibly cute. It's the rare, hardened soul who can resist their appeal. French filmmaker Luc Jacquet exploits their appeal to tremendous effect in "The March of the Penguins." The eighty minute long film is billed not as a nature documentary (which of course it is) but a love story. Morgan Freeman, whose rich, familiar voice projects both compassion and authority, playfully narrates.
The mating rituals of the emperor penguin are truly something. These poor birds endure what looks like unbelievable hardship in order to mate and produce offspring. The process begins with an insanely long journey across the frozen tundra of Antarctica: a stunning single file progression of determined penguins. From there, the hazards of the emperor penguins' seemingly foolhardy enterprise only increase. Though the goal is to create life, the penguins must defy death every step of the way. Death by starvation, death by snow storm, death at the jaws of hungry seals and swooping bird, death by exhaustion.
But mate these penguins must. And do. The footage is stunning, from the physical magnificence of the barren planet to the marvelous close ups of the penguins themselves. The journey of the empire penguin is engrossing material. The narration, however, is guilty of anthropomorphizing the penguins' single-minded devotion. What seems like love might be genetic programming at work. Jacquet manipulates emotions with a zeal that seems unnecessary. Watching the penguins waddle, cuddle, and feed is enough to turn an audience of hardened film fans into gibbering fools.


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If there's one thing that South Carolina and Florida fans can agree upon (beyond our intense mutual dislike for UGA & Tennessee and all their works) it's this - hooray for the Minnesota Vikings offence. Sidney Rice is fast becoming a true #1 receiver, Percy Harvin is marching towards a possible offensive rookie of the year award, and rings of various sorts could await them both in the post-season.
After today, their respective stat lines read :
Rice : 56 receptions for 964 yards & 4 TDs (1st, 1st and T-2nd on the team; top five for the league in yardage)
Harvin : 42 receptions for 602 yards & 3 TDs (2nd, 2nd and 4th - I believe currently the top rookie in yardage); 11 carries for 91 yards (3rd for both); 31 kick returns for 924 yards and 2 TDs (1st in each)
That's some fine repping for the SEC, ladies and gents, and reason for Gamecock and Gator fans to be proud.


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Reviews for
Paco and the Giant Chile Plant / Paco Y La Planta De Chile Gigante
Horn Book Guide Reviews 2008 Fall
In this southwestern-flavored folktale retelling, Jack is replaced by Paco and his beanstalk by a gigantic chile plant. Spanish words are sprinkled throughout the English-language text, adding spice and facilitating learning of simple Spanish vocabulary. Desert-hued pencil and digital illustrations nicely enhance the telling--with a twist ending. Glos. Copyright 2008 Horn Book Guide Reviews.
Library Media Connection Reviews 2009 January
This is a bilingual retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale. Spanish words are substituted sporadically for English. In this version, the boy uses a bag of hot chiles as defense against the giant. The giant shrinks, and the boy discovers the giant is really his father. Together they chop down the beanstalk and reunite as a family. Students familiar with the traditional tale will be able to figure out most of the Spanish words, but a vocabulary list is given at the back as an aid. However, there is no pronunciation key for the Spanish words. The bold colored illustrations help students comprehend the southwestern setting. This will be a valuable purchase for collections needing bilingual or comparative fairy tales. Recommended. Susan Boatwright, Teacher-Librarian, Prairie Crest Elementary, College Community Schools, Cedar Rapids, Iowa [Editor?s Note: Also available in paperback (978-0-9794462-3-8).] ¬ 2009 Linworth Publishing, Inc.


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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Snack sharing and grocery budgets
This makes my life so much easier because I do not have to spend the hour keeping cereal, crackers and string cheese out of H's reach. I do not have to find a way to politely decline when other moms generously offer to share their snacks with my daughter. We can just enjoy the class. I love it!
Almost everywhere else we go is a different story, though. Last month we attended a few Mommy & Me events at The World Forestry Center, and snacks were provided. I'm sure most moms totally appreciate the free munchies, but for me it is troublesome. Kids run around with little cups of Cheerios and puffs, and I am constantly intervening as H reaches for their snacks (not because she is hungry, but because she wants what they have). I didn't intervene fast enough on every occasion, though, so much to my chagrin my paleo baby has eaten a Cheerio or two. C'est la vie, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. I started bringing my own snacks for her after the first incident, and that helped. Still, it doesn't take away her curiosity about what her friends are eating and it doesn't change the fact that we are going to have lots and lots of experiences like this in the future. Experiences where people offer her food and we have to turn it down. Experiences where she gets a hold of some processed food items. Or experiences where I have to be "that mom" who won't let her child eat the party food. I just wish the practice of non-stop snacking among kids wasn't so prevalent, and I wish more places had no food or beverages policies. I mean, is there really any reason why a child can't go 45 minutes without a snack? I think not (unless the child is truly hungry, in which case perhaps the parent could take them aside and give them something to eat?). But I highly doubt this is going to change in my favor, which means I just have to continue to be hyper-vigilant and I also need to carry patience and grace with me at all times.
Now, on to another topic. Grocery budgets. Or lack thereof. We spend a lot of money on food. A lot. Today I went to the store and spent $144. Some of it was not food (like a mother's day card for my mom and some sunscreen), but it is still a lot -- especially considering that I spent $72 on groceries on Sunday and will probably need to go the store again before the weekend is up. Sometimes I cringe when I swipe my debit card, but then I quickly remind myself that quality food is so, so important. I've noticed that there seems to be an expectation among a lot of people that food should be cheap, and that it is somehow an accomplishment to leave the grocery store having spent as little as possible. While I realize that many families need to be very, very careful about the amount of money they spend on food and other necessities, cheap food is not the answer. I remember seeing a meme on Facebook that said something like "you are what you eat, so don't be fast, easy or cheap." So, so true! I pay $4 a dozen for farm-fresh eggs, and we easily go through four dozen eggs each week. I know I could spend 50% less (or more!) by buying eggs at Winco, yes, but those eggs are not the same as the farm-fresh eggs. They are often pale, small and flavorless. And they tend to come from corn-fed chickens that live in substandard conditions. Their nutritional profile is very sad. Not the type of eggs I want to serve to my growing toddler (or myself!). I personally believe that quality food should be a priority in the budget, even if the budget is $200 a month for the whole family. I'm not saying that everyone should spend and prioritize the way I do, but I think it would be so helpful to public health as a whole if we could somehow move away from the mentality that food should be cheap. Of course, this is a complex issue and I am not even scratching the surface. I'm just stating my thoughts!
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Do you have an actual budgeted amount for groceries? I'm often curious what other Paleo or Paleo-ish people are spending per month.ReplyDeleteReplies
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No, not exactly. It varies depending on whether I need to buy lots of meat for the freezer, for example. I do not have a set budget but I think spend around $600 in a typical month.
We are living in Cincinnati, having recently moved from Pdx and spend WAYYY more than 200 /mo . I think eating whole food/ paleoish in Portland is easy . I too am curious what your actual budgeted amount is for groceries is/ mo. Here I buy as fresh as possible ( and its hard to find that) on discount when possible then employ the freezer method to keep us below 500/ mo for a family of 3. ( Oh and I am the one who is better at/ enjoys cooking/planning/shopping so my budget is usually spot on what we need with very little splurges).ReplyDelete
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- Jennifer L.May 24, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Ours is about $5-600/month for our family of 4 (and that includes laundry soap/dish soap/toilet paper and other basics at the store). Granted, we do nothing else, besides eat :-). We don't eat out often.Delete
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I do not have an exact budgeted amount but I think it typically comes in around $600. I could probably do better though if I were more organized!
My family has the same non-existent budget issue. Our son is a *super* healthy eater thanks to being born with his Celiac and Dermatitis Herpetiformis genes activated. (He requires a no gluten, no soy and no corn diet. This means not even table salt because of the corn in iodized salt.) We have been struggling with our out of control fresh food/farmer's market budget and have come up with a few solutions. We invested in a deep freezer and buy meat like they are running out of it. We called around to local farmers and did the half an animal deals. We also invest in freezer veggies when they are on sale. Our biggest savings will come with our garden which is going to help our budget through the winter as well. While we can't have chickens in our town, our friends town allows it so we bought a few chickens that we leave there. Perhaps you can find a little outsourced food growing to help your egg consumption.ReplyDeleteReplies
I love our freezer, too! It was such a great investment!! And I am hoping our next home has space for a garden and chickens! Thanks for your comment.Delete
- Jennifer L.May 18, 2013 at 8:00 PM
I get a little irked by food sharing too. Yesterday I was helping my 5-year-old look for books in the library while my 16-month-old played in the baby area. A minute or two later, I turned to see her eating a completely paleo 1/2 eaten brown apple--how gross! Why would people bring food in the library? It's not like we live in the artic and can't easily partake of our snacks outside looking at the lovely ocean. My first is gluten and egg intolerant, so we could easily decline The Goldfish offers. Now that I have more parenting confidence, it's easier for me to just tell my younger one that we don't eat those foods, period. Most of the people we see at these play dates already know I am *that* parent who forbids all of the crack-food. I do bring acceptable snacks anywhere I suspect snacks might start to dominate the scenery, but I do not encourage them. The frequent "healthy" food at toddler gatherings these days are sliced grapes, so mine gets to binge on grapes or strawberries at play dates and comes home to her meat and veggies at home. On an exciting front, my daughter got into our local charter school that is a sugar free school--it's definitely a step in the right direction. I was definitely not looking forward to dodging cupcake laden birthdays 20 or more times a year! It's bad enough trying to navigate the birthday party circuit. Leave the cake alone people. My kids get cake about 6 times a year--on our immediate family birthdays--not all of our friends, acquaintances, and cousins. See, even saying cake six times a year seems rather excessive, now that I think about it! That's not even including sweet food for each of the candy-junk-food-laden holidays (XMAS, Valentines, Halloween...). I get tired just thinking about all of it.ReplyDelete
Oh, and our grocery budget is insane. Pastured eggs here are $7-8 a dozen! Luckily, we don't seem to have much luck when it comes to egg re-introduction here.
...this is *first world problems to the extreme.ReplyDelete


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You can apply that word to movie actors, too. The great cast of character actors of "Phantom," a solid Cold War-era submarine thriller of modest ambitions, never reveals that this isn't "The Hunt for Red October" or "K-19: The Widowmaker." Ed Harris, William Fichtner, David Duchovny and Co. show up, hit their marks, give their lines some punch and play the heck out of this B-picture, which could easily have been just a prop (a submarine) in search of a movie.
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Who would have thought trying to avoid falling over on a rock-hard seafront on a chilly Sunday morning would be so much fun?
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While the Nevada State Athletic Commission's shifted stance on testosterone replacement therapy may have meant at least a few new tests and precautions for Dan Henderson in his upcoming fight with Daniel Cormier, it appears that one fighter will have no such hoops to jump through. At least not in his home country. MMAFighting reports that Vitor Belfort has not only been cleared to train in Brazil, but that he won't face any increased testing or monitoring in order to do so. Dr. Mario Tannure, the commission's medical director stated that "Since he doesn't have a license to use TRT anymore, he would be tested like any other fighter."
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User-level scheduling on NUMA multicore systems under LinuxSergey Blagodurov
The problem of scheduling on multicore systems remains one of the hottest and the most challenging topics in systems research nowadays. The introduction of non-uniform memory access (NUMA) multicore architectures further complicates this problem, as on NUMA multicore systems the scheduler needs not only to consider the placement of threads on the execution cores, but also the placement of the memory footprints relative to their respective threads. Hardware performance counters and selective hardware-supported instruction sampling, available on all major CPU models, can help tackle the scheduling problem as they provide a wide variety of potentially useful information about a multicore system behavior. The important consideration here, however, what scheduling information should we obtain from the counters and how to properly obtain it on user level. With many performance monitoring tools available for Linux (perfmon, perf, etc.) it can be hard to select the right one and to construct the user-level scheduler capable of making online scheduling decisions.
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The cool thing about knowing how to label the fractions inside of an inch is that you can use it as a calculator to reduce fractions! Follow along and I'll show you how. This instructable may be a little hard to follow if you don't read it through all the way to the end before trying it out.
Step 1: Start your Inches!
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A few definitions that might help you understand this instructable a little better:
Numerator: The number above the line in a common fraction
Denominator: The number below the line in a common fraction
The easiest way I have found to explain an inch is to draw it out, starting with a mark representing zero and a mark representing 1. These DO NOT HAVE TO BE ACCURATE!!! I find it is a lot easier if you make your "inch" BIG to give you more room to write in the fractions. SO:
On the paper, Draw a rectangle as shown in Picture 2 and 3. This is going to be our "ruler". Remember to make it big! On the ruler, make a mark, also as shown in Pictures 2, 3, and 4. This will be out 1 inch mark.
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Tikal is a spectacular place to tour if you want to see one of the most famous ruined cities of the Classic Period of the Maya. It is located in north central Petén, Guatemala, about 50 miles northwest of the border with Belize. Tikal is the largest and possibly the oldest of the Maya cities. Set in a high canopy jungle, the site encompasses at least 3,000 buildings, including a handful of impressively tall temples that loom above the forest. It consists of nine groups of courts and plazas built on hilly land above surrounding swamps (which may have been lakes in former times) and interconnected by bridges and causeways. The main civic and religious center of the city covers about 500 acres (200 hectares).
At its peak some 1,500 years ago, Tikal was home to an estimated 100,000 Maya. In addition to its numerous well-excavated temples and pyramids, Tikal presents an excellent opportunity for animal and bird watching. Along the paths, spider and howler monkeys, gray foxes and red coatis are visible to the visitor.
Between 600 AD and 800 AD, for what may prove to be a multitude of reasons, the great Maya centers of the southern lowlands fell into ruin - abandoned and left to be adopted by the surrounding rainforest. Many theories have tried to explain this disruption, including over-population, extensive warfare, revolt of the farmer/laborer class, or any number of devastating natural disasters. Whatever the reason, its most severe effect was limited to the central regions and therefore the northern lowlands continued to prosper during what is called the Late Classic period.
Mayan Ruins of Tikal, BelizeThe ancient Maya were not empire builders, like many other Indian populations. Instead, they formed independent commonwealths. Their common culture, calendar, mythology and spiritual view of the world united them as Maya - True People.
The ancient Maya had a complexity of deities whom they worshipped and offered human sacrifices. Maya rulers were believed to be descendants of the gods and their royal blood was the ideal sacrifice. The Maya vision of the universe was divided into multiple levels, above and below earth, positioned within the four directions of north, south, east and west.
Limestone structures, faced with lime clay, were the labels of ancient Maya architecture. The Maya developed several unique building innovations. Tombs were often encased within or beneath Maya structures. Frequently new temples were built over existing structures. In addition to temples, most Maya sites had multi-roomed structures that probably served as royal palaces as well as centers for government affairs.
Mayan Ruins of Tikal, BelizeThe Maya culture flourished and continues to exist in a region of Mexico and Central America often referred to as Mesoamerica. This includes the Yucatan peninsula and Tabasco and Chiapas of present day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador.
To say that the Maya civilization disappeared is not only an inaccuracy, but a great disservice to more than 6 million Maya living today in Guatemala, Mexico and Belize. While the city-states of the Classic period lowlands may have been abandoned in the tenth century, the Maya people did not disappear any more than the Italians when the Roman Empire fell. Modern Maya religion is a colorful hybrid of Catholicism and ancient Maya beliefs and rituals. Today, religious Maya worship at mountain and cave shrines, making offerings of chickens, candles and incense with a ritual alcoholic drink.


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I havnt been using it long so i cant help u there.. it comes with batteries for mouse and keyboard to start you off which is nice.Originally Posted by hiMe
I have rechargeable batteries anyway, got them not long after getting my Wii for my Wiimotes. Thats why I asked earlier in the thread how many batteries it takes, cus if it was 4 like I pressumed it would be, then I wud of needed more batteries.
Its just the two tho so I can have one pair in my Wiimote n the other in keyboard so no money down the drain for me