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Board the fabulous sailing sloop Ocean Spirit at St Thomas or St John and sail through the beautiful blue Caribbean waters to St. John and nearby islands of Pillsbury Sound.
With a maximum of six passengers or demise charters of groups to ten passengers there is plenty of room to relax in the shaded cockpit or soak up the sun on our spacious decks.
The boat is well equipped for your comfort. Amenities include a private head, fresh water shower, easy access swim ladder, premium quality snorkel gear and flotation. Expert snorkeling instruction is provided to the guests.
Don´t forget your cameras! This is sure to be the highlight of your visit to the US Virgin Islands.
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2-10 people.
We will gladly do private parties as small as 2, we can combine small groups or we can do demise charters for groups up to 10 passengers.
Great prices/value.
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Pristine snorkeling locations.
We don't want to snorkel with 500 of our best friends! Most of our snorkeling stops we have to ourselves. This means vibrant, secluded reefs, teeming with every kind of life but human…..
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We're happy to work with cruise ship and other schedules. Aside from that, we're usually the last boat back to the dock. We love to sail!
Substantial open bar.
Not just the usual rum punch and beer. Pain Killers, Rum Punch, Bloody Marys, Margaritas, Red and White Wine, 4 different Beers, 5 Sodas and tonic, Juice and Water
Fantastic music.
We love music! Captain Dave was a DJ for 15 years. The stereo is always playing relaxing music of varied genre. Did we mention the sea turtles, octopus and sting rays? We sail daily for a full day, half day, romantic sunset sail and/or our exclusive evening entertainment sails.
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What is the USGA?
USGA stands for University Student Government Association.
The USGA is the campus-wide student government that represents UMB students on campus. The USGA is comprised of Student Senators who are elected each year to represent the seven different professional schools and the USGA suppored campus wide orgnaizations at monthly meetings (usually the second Tuesday of each month). The USGA Senate meetings center around issues and events that involve all UMB schools and their respective students.
What does the USGA do?
The USGA works towards enhancing the quality of life for all UMB students. The USGA seeks to address student concerns that may arise throughout the school year, such as parking and campus safety issues to name a few. Furthermore, the USGA promotes the free exchange of ideas and advocates for student rights. It financially co-sponsors events that provide campus-wide educational, cultural, and social programs. The USGA also provides several stress relieving and fun-time activities where students from different schools and programs can meet each other such as our free student appreciation luncheons, Fall Fest, social nights, mixers and much more!
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All students are welcome to participate in all USGA events and attend our monthly USGA Senate meetings (see ) to get involved with the issues discussed or in USGA event planning. Meetings are held in the Multi-Purpose Room on the second floor of the Southern Management Corporation Campus Center on Lombard and Green.
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What Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is and what it ain't has been a source of clothespin tension since its inception. Its new album Beat the Devil's Tattoo, the band's fifth, reconciles much of that tension by yoking together its effects-laden shoegaze and its blues-based rock -- both leer and sneer -- ... More >>
It's not often that the world's biggest pop star comes to St. Louis while at the height of her fame. But the stars aligned Thursday night with the arrival of Lady Gaga, who presented her arena-sized Monster Ball Tour in the cozy Fabulous Fox Theatre. The mood at the venue was appropriately festive a ... More >>
Shows: Ligeia, a locally filmed, very (very) loose adaptation of the short story by Edgar Allen Poe reimagined as a Gothic thriller; Albino Farm, a slasher film that might as well be about my fears of driving to the Lake of the Ozarks.Food: The Edgar Allen Pom, a cocktail I concocted, recipe to ... More >>
On Saturday night at Deluxe, the Nevermores will celebrate the release of its new CD, Nevereverafter, with a show alongside TIRC labelmates Left Arm and the 75s. Sez Christian Schaeffer: For too long Edgar Allan Poe has been the literary specter most associated with the ghostly pallored goth scene. ... More >>
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- February 19, 2013
- Felix Mack
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Taking good care of your skin can help keep you looking young a lot longer and also help you avoid skin problems that can arise as a result of bad skin care practices.
The following tips from the Innutra Prosperity Team can help you get started..
1. Be gentle with your skin
Our daily routines alone can cause damage to our skin over time. Seemingly good actions can take a toll, such as hot baths and shaving. Keep the following few tips in mind to be gentle with your skin:
- Lubricate your skin – Do so on a daily basis and use a moisturizer based on your skin type. Lubricating your skin will help make it softer and pliable and also increase skin hydration.
- Limit hot water – When you shower (or bathe), avoid using water that is too hot. Instead, use warm water.
- Be careful when shaving – Use lotions, gels or shaving cream prior to shaving and also be sure to use clean razors.
2. Sun protection
Excessive sun exposure can cause many skin problems and also increase your risk of skin cancer. Be sure to use sun protection when you know you're being exposed to the sun. Also, remember to reapply sunscreen as time passes (every 2 hours or so).
An SPF of at least 15 is recommended. Ideally, you should just avoid the sun altogether (especially if you have sensitive skin) and stay in the shade as much as you can.
Although it may be uncomfortable (mainly in the summer) try to wear clothing that protects you from the sun – such as hats and long-sleeve shirts.
Following these simple tips can also minimize wrinkles and aging spots.
3. Maintain a healthy diet
Maintaining a healthy diet goes a long way in helping you feel great! Not only that, it can help keep your skin looking good. While the correlation between foods and skin is not entirely concrete, there are suggestions that a healthy diet may promote younger and good looking skin.
Ideally, you'll want to have a diet low in unhealthy fats and processed food. Lean protein, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are the way to go. Also, Vitamin C may also contribute to good looking skin.
In general, you'll want to maintain a healthy diet not only for your skin, but also for your general well being.
4. Keep the stress away
Haven't you heard that stress causes acne?
Whether it does or not, the reality is that stress is a common problem in many of us and can cause you to become more edgy and actually make your skin more sensitive (susceptible to breakouts).
If you have issues with stress, be sure to find ways to manage it or at least minimize it. Take time to enjoy life and remove yourself from stressful situations. Not only will it help clear your mind, but it can keep your skin healthy.
5. Avoid smoking
Smoking is a good way to grow older faster and create wrinkles. You'll want to avoid it if you don't want those results. Aside from all of the bad things smoking can contribute to your health, it decreases the blood flow to your skin and robs it of oxygen and critical nutrients.
Combined with the fact that it erodes fibers that provide your skin its strength, smoking is a habit you want to avoid.
Following these simple tips can improve and maintain the health of your skin.


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Babes in Toyland were an American punk rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1987. Between 1989 and 1995 the band recorded three studio albums, and were associated with grunge music. Though never a part of the riot grrrl scene, media quickly mislabeled their music (and that of other aggressive female-fronted bands) as such. Members included Kat Bjelland (lead vocals and guitar), Lori Barbero (drums) and Michelle Leon (bass), who was replaced by Maureen Herman in 1992.
The band achieved notoriety through Bjelland's "baby doll" image--sometimes referred to as the kinderwhore look--which contrasted dramatically with the raw power of her singing voice and her aggressive lyrics. They have had many members including Courtney Love as a bassist. Babes in Toyland released their first album, Spanking Machine in 1990 and toured Europe with Sonic Youth that fall.
The band's first major label album, Fontanelle, sold around 200,000 copies. The lead song on the album, "Bruise Violet," is said to be an attack on Courtney Love of Hole: "You see the stars through eyes lit up with lies/You got your stories all twisted up in mine." (Love is a former bandmate of Bjelland's.) However, in a recent interview Bjelland has denied this, saying instead that "Violet" was the name of a muse to both her and Courtney. The song's video was shown on Beavis and Butt-Head, where the band was described as "chicks" who are "cool."
The band was picked to take part in the 1993 Lollapalooza tour.
While the band was inspirational to many performers in the riot grrrl movement, they never participated directly.
The band was the subject of the 1994 book Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band by Neal Karlen, which dealt with the band's signing to Warner and the recording of Fontanelle. (Bjelland described the book as being "like cartoon caricatures of us," while Herman said that Karlen "would make a great fiction writer"--Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 18, 1994.) The band also appears in the 1992 documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke and was featured in the 1995 documentary Not Bad for a Girl.
On , 1994, Babes in Toyland played a benefit show for Rock Against Domestic Violence with 7 Year Bitch, and Jack Off Jill in Miami at the Cameo Theater, the same day lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, had been found dead in his Seattle home.
Babes were featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, and were referenced in an episode of the sitcom Roseanne as well as an episode of Absolutely Fabulous.
The band split and reformed throughout the 1990s, losing their record label when Herman left the band in 1996. Dana Cochrane, formerly of the band Mickey Finn, played bass with the band on live gigs in 1996. Leon briefly rejoined for a short period in 1997. In 1998, the band was credited with the song Overtura: Astroantiquity/Attacatastrophy on the CD Songs of the Witchblade: A Soundtrack to the Comic Book, which Bjelland co-produced. Bjelland and Barbero played with a new bassist, Jesse Farmer, in 2000 (St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 24, 2000). But a year earlier, Bjelland had formed a new band, Katastrophy Wife, which seemed to replace Babes as her main vehicle. Babes in Toyland (with Farmer on bass) played a reunion show billed as "The Last Tour" on November 21, 2001--released as a live album called Minneapolism--and this seems to be the last official Babes activity; Bjelland played some shows in Europe in 2002 as Babes in Toyland with a new drummer and bassist, but stopped using the name after Barbero and Herman raised legal issues.
Kat Bjelland ? lead vocals, guitar
Lori Barbero ? drums, backing vocals
Maureen Herman ? bass
Previous Members
Michelle Leon - bass
Courtney Love - bass
Kris Holetz - bass
Jessie Farmer ? bass
Dana Cochrane ? bass
Maggie Dunne ? bass
Jose Camarillo - drums
All Babes In Toyland lyrics
- 22
- Angel Hair
- Ariel
- Arriba
- Big Top
- Blood
- Bluebell
- Boto Rap
- Boto(w)rap
- Bruise Violet
- Catatonic
- Dogg
- Drivin�
- Dust Cake Boy
- Fork Down Throat
- Gone
- Handsome & Gretel
- Hello
- He�s My Thing
- House
- Istigkeit
- Jungle Train
- Killer On The Road
- Laredo
- Lashes
- Laugh My Head Off
- Mad Pilot
- Magick Flute
- Memory
- Middle Man
- Mother
- Never
- Oh Yeah!
- Pain In My Heart
- Pearl
- Primus
- Ragweed
- Real Eyes
- Right Now
- Ripe
- Spit To See The Shine
- Spun
- Surd
- Swamp Pussy
- Sweet �69
- The Girl Can't Help It
- Vomit Heart
- Won�t Tell
- You're Right
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I received this recipe from a friend about 15 years ago. It's a nice surprise for ketchup lovers, and so easy to prepare. The spicy flavor makes this one of the tastiest ketchups I've ever had! —Faith McLillian, Rawdon, Quebec
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Prep: 5 min. Cook: 1 hour + chilling
4 cups diced fresh
frozen rhubarb
3 medium onions, chopped
1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup white vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon pickling spice
In a large saucepan, combine the first eight ingredients. Place
pickling spice on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners
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saucepan. Cook 1 hour or until thickened.
Discard spice bag. Cool ketchup. Store in airtight containers in the
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2 tablespoons equals 43 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 122 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein.
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Family wins the doggy-lottery with two fantastic finds!
New York Times writer David Hochman is looking to offer the best for this new puppy, Pi, so they tired out an agility training class at Zoom Room
Yorkipoo with expressive, emotive eyes named April's Dog of the Month
Zoom Room Belmont is Turning One! We can't believe it's been one year already. It feels like it was only last month when we had our Grand Opening party and met so many wonderful dogs and their owners on the Peninsula. The past 12 months have been an amazing journey and we couldn't have asked for more. […]
As the days get hotter, so does your pup when you take her to the dog park.
Let your little nugget cool off and play around with other petite pups at our Small Dog Meet-Up, Saturday, April 26, from 4pm – 5:30pm.
Dogs 25 pounds and under are invited to play with each other off-leash in our air-conditioned private gym. Mom and Dad can enjoy delicious snacks and refreshments as well as have fun with our complimentary "Photo Booth."
Enjoy the fun and socialization safely with trainer and parent supervision!
Zoom Room Sherman Oaks invites one and all to our dog-centeric Easter Egg/Afikomen! You and your furry friend will enjoy sniffing around the gym for hidden eggs and matzoh with amazing prizes within. These awesome goodies include treats, store credits, even a gym package or two. These eggs may be better than those left by the Bunny himself!
This course could save your pets life!
According to the American Animal Hospital Association, twenty-five percent more pets could be saved each year if CPR was applied. Learning basic First Aid skills can one day save your dog"s life.
This 4-hour course is taught by Jillian Myers, a Pet Tech Certified Instructor and is for humans only (no pets please). The Zoom Room CPR Course includes: Workbook with detailed instructions One on one insturction so that each participant learns through hands on practice 4 Hour Course CPR Completion Certificate.
The Course will also cover: Heat Injuries / Cold Injuries Rescue Breathing Poisoning CPR Bleeding Protocols Choking Management Bites and Stings Wellness/Injury Assessment Situations Requiring Veterinary Care More info. about Jillian can be found online: http://www.healthypawsla.com
March's Dog of the Month is a dog with a blog who knows all the places you and your pup should go!
Golden Retriever's unconditional love helps those around her through the highs and lows of life.
March's Dog of the Month blossomed from "zombie" to "angel" when he met his new family.
Join us at Zoom Room Hollywood for Spring Fling. If you're looking for the chance to mingle with fellow Zoomers and introduce your pup to some new pals, then Spring Fling is the event for you!
Snacks and drinks will be provided, and you'll also have the chance to win some awesome raffle prizes!
Giveaways include chews, bones, toys, an Unlimited Class Package, and 4 and 10 packs of Private Gyms.
You and your on-leash dog will receive four free raffle tickets with entry. Space is limited, though, so sign up now before it's too late!
Choose from a variety of props to give your pooch a springtime glow for a variety of fun poses and looks.
Only $5 reserves you a private 20 minute session with Melinda and the photo packages start at just $15.
Avoid being green with envy and come on down to Zoom Room Culver City to celebrate St. Pawtrick's Day! Join us for an evening of fun and socializing with your best friend.
Enjoy festive food, drinks, and treats, raffles, and activities to keep you and the pup busy. Try your pup's paw at games such as:
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The Hook Up: 8-18-2011
I have been in a relationship with my girl for half a year, and recently we discussed opening up our relationship. She has always been interested in polyamory and made it clear to me from the beginning that this was something that she would want to act on. I am intrigued by the idea, but I am also concerned about jealousy. Is this something I will be able to get over? How do people keep their jealousy in check? Any advice for a successful, healthy open relationship?
Anna says: I've written about polyamory before, but haven't directly dealt with the jealousy aspect, so let's grab that green-eyed betch by its horns and go to town.
First of all, everyone experiences jealousy. Some people experience it less frequently or less intensely than others, but it's an emotion just like any other, like being tired or frustrated or scared. That said, it's not something that you can "get over," per se. But it's definitely something you can confront, and if you do so in a direct, unabashedly honest manner, then it is something you can learn to make manageable, even if doing so scares the crap out of you. You seem to be pretty self-aware already about what your potential triggers might be, so you're one step ahead of the game.
Jealousy is often the manifestation of other types of awful feelings, including, but not limited to possessiveness, insecurity, fear that our partners will leave us, lack of confidence, vulnerability, etc. The first step in dealing with these unpleasant feelings is to admit when you have them. (Ah look, another AA tie-in. Go theme!) It's not helpful for you to lie about jealous feelings or to suppress them. Seen from slightly different angle, if you were feeling hungry, but repressed the urge to communicate that for whatever reason, you'd wind up erupting later. Bottling up unpleasant feelings leads to worse fights later on, and is, incidentally, how one (hypothetically) ends up consuming a whole plate of chocolate chip mini muffins in one sitting. Communicating your fears, even if they are irrational, is a really important way of helping to curb those fears. It takes the oomph out of them, that sucker punch to the gut feeling. It also allows you some distance from the fear when you can verbalize it. "Yes, I am jealous of that girl you are flirting with on Twitter. I know she lives 8,000 miles away and is straight, but that is how I feel."
Another key aspect of all this great communicating you're about to embark on is setting boundaries. This doesn't just involve sex, but everything that could cause a potential snag. Do you care if someone spends the night? Are certain people off limits? How frequently will other dates occur? Etc. If you live together, there's a whole 'nother set of questions you should be prepared to ask yourself. In my column about threesomes, I talked more about this, and setting up a spreadsheet that entails what is/might be/and is not OK. I suggest you take a look at that.
My friend and poly veteran Dan suggested meeting your partner's partners to keep jealousy in check. "This should ideally happen early and, if you get along reasonably well, often. Not only is this a way to defuse your imagination running wild on you, it could also lead to you finding out that you want this new person to be your partner as well."
DeeDee added, "Realizing that the situation is not an invalidation to your current relationship is helpful. It's actually a bonus! That bond with the other person makes your partner happy and, in return, aren't you happy seeing them happy? That's got to count for something." And Andrea suggested that, "As long as you keep the lines of communication open and go at a pace both of you feel comfortable with, it's entirely possible that — by dealing with stuff as it happens, in small chunks instead of in one big glurt — you'll find out you're not as jealous as you thought, or that your jealousy is more localized around certain actions than you expected."
If you want more in-depth takes on jealousy from people who are much smarter and more experienced in the ways of polyamory than me, I'd suggest you read Opening Up, by Tristan Taormino and The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt. Both are excellent primers filled with stories and practical tidbits for dealing with jealousy.
And what about you all? How do you overcome jealousy in your relationships, poly or otherwise?
Hailing from the rough-and-tumble deserts of southern Arizona, where one doesn't have to bother with such trivialities as "coats" or "daylight savings time," Anna Pulley is a professional tweeter/blogger for Mother Jones and a freelance writer living in San Francisco. Find her at annapulley.com and on Twitter @annapulley. Send her your Hook Up questions at email@example.com.


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Recently, a posting on the Daily KOS caught the eye of your own Irritable Pundit. It was something along the lines of "Obama is the greatest President ever!"
Hmmm... OK. Lets look at the greatest President ever.
A lot of stories have been told about him. A less-than-accurate preacher created some of them for his own reasons, spinning tales as he asked for money. Those tales have been repeated endlessly ever since. Other stories told about him were true but accidents really. An event out of context that fortuitously fed the growing sense of wonder that people had about him. Finally, other stories mention a willingness to take risks, and a will undaunted by anything. These are all true. Hope, in the darkest hour, was real to him. And change? Oh yes, there would be change. But his greatest single character driven belief was that power should, in virtually all things, be held by individuals and not the government.
And poof! Liberal dreams of yet another sycophantic paean to Obama vanish. Our greatest President ever was George Washington -- period. Though not simply due to the "celebrity of the first".
The Washington most of us know is a caricature. Parson Weems glossed the reputation of Washington well after the fact. Silver dollars and cherry trees became the fodder of school book readers. Generally Weems' stories were made up out of whole cloth, to preach temperance and restraint in all but his donation box. But interestingly, Washington's life needed no embellishment from public speakers to become legend, as fate took care of creating the legend itself without assistance.
Was Washington honest? Without doubt, but he could tell a lie as well as any other. False teeth? Sure, but he was not the box-mouthed man many of us have been led to believe. For men of history, a great artist would ask to sit and paint his image. Other artists would later view and copy that image for use in their own paintings, wood-cuttings, what-have-you. One of the early sitting portraits was done by a Frenchman who frankly hated Washington, and decided to "emphasize" what he saw. Creating the brutish lantern-jawed image that thereafter became the accepted image of Washington. Yes, the press and their publishing of poor photographs for subjects with whom they disagree has a long pedigree my friends. Was Washington a great military mind? Yes, but that characterization ignores that he lost many more battles than he won. Regardless, the caricatures are nothing compared to the context-lost events that created the abiding legend. Please note: Many early stories of great men and women are anecdotal and one can never be sure of their accuracy on a good day, but such is legend. Ready? lets go!
Example: George Washington could knock a bullet out of the air with his sword.
Oddly enough this apparently actually happened, just not in the manner it was told. "Ball Shot", the early black powder ammunition, did not travel as well as modern bullets. The shape and makeup of its soft metal made ricochets less deadly than the lethal alloy-jacketed kevlar-piercing rounds modern soldiers carry into battle. In the mid to late 1700s, A shot that continued to travel after striking something first was a "spent round", a slow moving ball of lead that could injure, but not generally kill.
A young officer in one of a series of truly amazing circumstances was extolling his company to victory, telling them that they could and would charge and take the enemy position! They would not fail! And shouting such slogans, George Washington drew his saber and waved it around over his head. Please understand that the firearms of the day were extraordinarily inaccurate and quite troublesome to reload, so Officers revving up their command could often be seen quite well while by the opposing side (generally doing the same thing) with never a shot being fired until the charge. It was a drama that was replayed countless times in battle. However this time someone took a shot, naturally missed, and the ricochet bounced back up and hit the sword of George Washington as he swung it mightily while making his impromptu speech. There was a "CLANG!" and the ball landed in a puff of dust at the feet of his horse. Imagine that one was much discussed over ale? You bet.
Example: George Washington was so fierce and brave that he would singlehandedly charge an enemy position.
Well, yes and no. As the story is generally told, young Washington and his small group came upon a hilltop and sighted a larger company below. Having the high ground Washington immediately called for a charge, and in the impetuousness of youth led the charge himself. Washington was blissfully unaware that his men had not in fact followed him and so continued his charge, sword waving overhead and screaming like a banshee. The French company, looking in disbelief at the single madman galloping along towards them simply did not fire, apparently out of confusion and disbelief. Pulling up before the French field officer, Washington realized he was alone and having nothing else to do, hit the officer with the bell-guard of his sword. Washington spun back towards his men, riding like the devil was on his heels.
Our fine Frenchmen were in disarray and their officer, no doubt with ears still ringing, did not immediately order his men to fire. By the time they did fire, Washington was well on his way back to his men. It should go without saying that Washington's men looked on him at that moment and thereafter, with nothing short of awe. When Washington turned and again gave the order to charge, they did so without hesitation. How do you argue with a force of nature? These stories joined with others (some true, many false) as yarns were and still are a pastime among soldiers. By the Revolutionary war, there was no one else who could compare. In the war itself, it is often mentioned that the army would follow no other. After the war, the citizenry felt the same.
For in the darkest hours, the average man had only those stories. Actual news was scarce and often no more well thought-of than our own modern journalists. There were known victories and losses to be sure, but the telling changed from campfire to campfire. Most of our histories as we know them are written by elites, but the common man had neither the learning nor the proximity to know what was happening in Boston or in Lexington. They had word of mouth, and "a friend of my cousin who lives near the Delaware". The tales grew larger and the nights more fearful, but the terrors were held at bay because they had Washington. He was the hope and salvation of the common man even as he led the armies from one ruinous encounter to the next. Above all, Washington was theirs, and there was a surety that in the end Washington would succeed because he could do no other. They placed their faith in his hands as they suffered, and afterwards as the success of the war finally came to be known. And in doing so they unknowingly gave this man of legends the single greatest gift possible. The men and women of the nascent United States gave George Washington a chance to live up to, and beyond, the fanciful stories told of him.
Make no mistake, Washington could have been King with a word. Total authority, power without end for his entire natural life. And yet, a man that people would follow bleeding barefoot through ice and snow, refused the level of power offered and rejected the permanency it could have contained. The history of mankind is replete with actors who have attempted to gather total power and its trappings to themselves, but there is only one who was given it all and opened his hands to give it immediately back. This created the still-abiding transfer of power we all take part in every four years, the quiet revolutions of intent, the freedoms that are a birthright of every child in this land. George Washington created the very concept of what it means to be an American and American exceptionalism itself by an act of personal will that is staggering. He simply stood up, gracefully turned, and walked away from a kingdom. Thereby weaving the very fabric of the American story we all share.
George Washington was and remains the greatest President ever, as without him the Presidency as we know it would not and could not exist -- nor would America itself.
Happy Independence day.
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Geraldine "Gerry" L. Rainer, (1930 – 2013) passed peacefully at her home on Dec. 3, 2013 with family members at her side. Gerry was born on April 18, 1930 in Colville, the daughter of Grant Edward and Josie Celeste (Hauge) Amblie.
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Federal student loan forgiveness programs are designed by the Government to lend a helping hand to those who feel crushed under a heavy debt. However, they have to prove themselves incapable of repaying the amount in full. If you are someone with a willingness to serve humanity, you would not have any difficulty to enjoy the benefits of Federal student loan forgiveness programs. The following are some options which are there to assist you with this regard.
Ontario Student Opportunity Grants
This is a student loan repayment assistance programs which exist to assist you if you are someone who has taken a loan which exceeds the amount of $7,300 for a two-term academic year. To be eligible to enjoy the benefits of this plan, you should be someone who has applied for a loan under the Ontario Student Opportunity Grants program during the academic year 2010-2011. The greatest advantage of this program is that you are not required to submit any specific application to avail this facility. Upon submission of the application for a full-time academic course, the Government verifies that you are eligible for the benefits. Done this, your grant is sent to the bank or any other lender from whom you have taken the loan. You would be informed of the above process with a confirmation letter that you have received the OSOG. However, do not even think of abandoning the course in between. This may create difficulties for you in the form of penalties or any of the sort. The facility would be available only for those who have taken a loan from Canada-Ontario Integrated Student Loan program.
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With a view to strengthen the health sector in rural areas, Government of Canada have initiated a program of student loan forgiveness for those who are willing to serve as physicians and nurses in remote villages. If you are a practicing doctor, you are eligible for student repayment assistance of up to $8000 a year, up to $40000 to the maximum. And a nurse would be able to enjoy this benefit, up to $4000 a year, up to 20,00 to the maximum. And the initiative is gaining momentum in the entire nation as a practical means to boost health-care industry in the remote areas.
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This program exists to assist you if you are willing to assist the community with your qualifications. A person wishing to enjoy the benefits of student loan forgiveness under this program should be a lately graduated candidate who is willing to serve in any of the institutions or facilities run by public funds. There may be instances where you would be required to serve in the remote areas of British Columbia to enjoy the benefits of student loan forgiveness. The eligible professions include the following:
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Even private lenders are there to assist you if you find yourself unable to repay a huge amount of loan taken. However, it is always advised that you apply for a federal student loan forgiveness programs. Government loans give you sufficient time to repay your loans. Furthermore, you are eligible for all the rights of a general citizen. However, before applying for any assistance of this kind, make sure that you pay off all the interests. Defaulters may have a hard time finding a lender who would be willing to take up the case.
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Living life gluten-free is a huge paradigm shift
Published: July 5, 2012
Until just over a year ago I could not have told you what gluten was. I had a vague notion it had to do with grain and flour and was somehow important in baking. Then my son Cole started having trouble in preschool. It wasn't just that he had a hard time sitting still; more like he couldn't sit at all. When the other kids sat in a circle for story time, my darling boy of irrepressible spirit wanted to run laps around (and around, and around) them. Cole's exasperated teacher suggested that he might have some attentional issues, but an alphabet soup of neuro-psycho-behavioral tests found nothing amiss. Then the therapist doing the testing suggested that a sensitivity to gluten could be causing his keyed-up behavior, and that I should consider trying him on a wheat-free diet.
Gluten, I have since learned, is the protein found in wheat (and a few other grains), and gluten sensitivity is increasingly thought to be the cause of a broad spectrum of maladies ranging from digestive distress to tingling feet to ADHD-type behavior problems. So I agreed to give a gluten-free diet a go, figuring less bread and pasta, more rice and potatoes … how hard could it be?
That blithe notion lasted most of one day, right up until Cole's brother requested his favorite leek-and-potato soup for dinner. I chopped the leeks, diced the potatoes, melted butter in an iron skillet and started sprinkling in some flour to thicken into a nice, golden … holy oatmeal, Batman, how the hell do you make a roux without flour?
Going gluten-free, it turns out, is a huge paradigm shift. The gluten, she is in everything. Even places you'd least expect: Cole's aunt, who suffers from celiac disease (a major autoimmune disease caused by consuming gluten when you're – usually unknowingly – allergic), once had to go to the emergency room after using mouthwash that contained 0.03 percent gluten, an amount too small to be listed in the ingredients yet still enough to cause a major immunological meltdown.
Gluten-free diets are a fast-growing nutritional movement, with GF foods one of the biggest trends in 2012 for both restaurants and grocers. This is partly because the number of people seeking to eliminate gluten from their diets is growing rapidly; an estimated 1 in 133 Americans, or about 1 percent of the American population, suffers from full-blown celiac disease. An additional 6 percent of us have, like my son Cole, a less drastic sensitivity to gluten, while another 5 to 8 percent, represented by a recent New Yorker cartoon – "I have no idea what gluten is, either, but I'm avoiding it just to be safe" – are going gluten-free for miscellaneous reasons. My theory, though, is that gluten-free sections are popping up in supermarkets near you because it's a huge potential money-maker. Cooking gluten-free can be such an enormous hassle that ready-made gluten-free products are hugely appealing, despite the fact that they are also ridiculously expensive – according to one study, 242 percent more expensive than regular foods.
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Complete submission to the will of God.
"I have no will but Thy will, O my Lord, and cherish no desire except Thy desire. From my pen floweth only the summons which Thine own exalted pen hath voiced, and my tongue uttereth naught save what the Most Great Spirit hath itself proclaimed in the kingdom of Thine eternity. I am stirred by nothing else except the winds of Thy will, and breathe no word except the words which, by Thy leave and Thine inspiration, I am led to pronounce."
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Veteran Flames backup goalie travelled a long road to join elite of his craft
Jean LeFebvre, Calgary HeraldPublished: Saturday, March 01, 2008
To say young Curtis Joseph was an unlikely candidate to one day have his name mentioned in the same breath as Terry Sawchuk's does injustice to the term "long shot."
He wasn't even known as Curtis Joseph in those days -- it wasn't until years later that Curtis Munro took on his adoptive parents' surname.
The kid from East Gwillimbury, Ont., got a relatively late start to his hockey career because his adoptive mother wasn't keen to see Curtis play a rough-and-tumble sport.
Curtis Joseph's career had a less than inspiring start, put in goal because he was a weak skater. Few would have believed he would go on to match Terry Sawchuk on the NHL's career wins list.
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"They weren't really big sports people," the Flames' veteran backup goalie said of his parents. "That wasn't a big dream of theirs or an interest of theirs. I believe I was 11 (when he first enrolled in minor hockey). It was major atom. Obviously, I never had played before, but I loved the game."
His enthusiasm, however, couldn't make up for all the lost time.
"Not being able to skate," a smiling Joseph admitted, "was a little bit of a drawback to be able to play forward or defence."
As was the norm in those days, the clunkiest skater on the squad was handed lumpy leather pads, a battered blocker and a tattered trapper, and pointed toward the net.
"I had a passion to score goals," said Joseph, "but I wanted to be on the team also. So there was a little give and take there."
Give and take as in Joseph gave up on his dream of being a scorer and took the opening given him. Progress was slow for the neophyte netminder.
"It's not like today when the kids are on the ice four or five times a week," said Joseph. "It was maybe twice a week at the most. I got better as I went along, but I still wasn't a real good goalie, I don't think, because I never got drafted by the OHL. I was good enough to play Tier II and then at 19 or 20, from being at Notre Dame and being on the ice every day, I improved quickly."
Still, there was little to lead anyone to believe Joseph would one day catch Sawchuk, a giant of the goaltending game, on the career wins list, as he did Feb. 20 when he backstopped the Flames to a victory in Dallas for his 447th NHL victory.
Instead, Joseph's ambition at the time was using hockey to advance his education.
"A gentleman who today lives here in Calgary -- Martin Kenney (helped make that happen)," said Joseph. "He was the president of Notre Dame (the famous school and hockey program in Wilcox, Sask.). He told me, which is hard to believe, 'If you come out here, son, I guarantee you'll get a scholarship.' Of course I believed him but, looking back, it was quite a statement.
"I had a good resume because I was MVP of the Ontario league in Tier II. I'm not sure if (Kenney) looked at that or not, but anyway he was right, because I played half a game -- an exhibition game -- in Minot, North Dakota, and I got a scholarship offer. After half a game. It was amazing. I was like . . ." -- Joseph drops his jaw, glazes his eyes and puts on his best dumbfounded expression. "So we went on to play the whole year. Rod Brind'Amour was on the team, so every scout from college and every scout from the NHL was at our rink in Saskatchewan. We all had scholarship (offers) and lots of them. We won the (1988) Centennial Cup, so that's what kind of team we had. It was a special team -- one of those once-in-a-lifetime kind of teams."


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According to Community Board 11 officials, One World, a medical group, may be opening a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in the neighborhood.
District Manager Marnee Elias-Pavia and Chairman Bill Guarinello said they were blindsided by the news, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The community leaders were invited to a meeting with the medical group in order to talk about the plan. The meeting would a preliminary discussion as the board members don't have much information to go on yet.
"We don't have a location," Guarinello told board members during their monthly meeting.
The board members have decided to wait until they have all of the information before they make any decisions concerning the development. Questions remain as to whether or not this would be an-inpatient center, how many patients would be treated and so on.
Guarinello has stated that locals may not approve of a rehab center in their neighborhood.
"People are probably going to go crazy," he said.
Further, the opinions of the board may not even affect the development if the rehab center obtains the right zoning permits.
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The business jet experienced a fire in the aft equipment bay while holding short for takeoff. The two-person aircrew were performing a positioning flight. While the airplane was holding short for takeoff, the crew noticed a Master Caution and a Pack & Aux Overheat warning light illuminated on the cockpit annunciator panel, followed by a Rear Baggage Smoke Detector warning light. The crew shut down the APU. The captain declared an emergency and the crew evacuated the airplane. Fire crews arrived shortly thereafter, and determined that the fire had extinguished itself. Examination of the aft pressure bulkhead by the manufacturer revealed metal discoloration and soot residue, and it was determined that there was structural damage to the aft pressure bulkhead due to a heat induced loss of material temper. After the incident the operator inspected the aft equipment bay and identified a hydraulic line with a pinhole leak. The stainless steel hydraulic line had a small crater like deformation with evidence of recast metal and a 0.005-inch hole at the base of the crater, which is consistent with damage caused by an electrical arc. There was no evidence of chafing on the hydraulic line. Copper, cadmium, and nickel material were acid rinsed from the crater; none of which are listed as alloying element in stainless steel. Copper wire is commonly used as an electrical circuit conductor. A pinhole leak could be expected to atomize the hydraulic fluid that was at 3,000 psi. The hydraulic system working fluid used was Aeroshell Fluid 41, which has a reported flash point between 221F and 230F. The electrical looms/cables that were in the aft equipment bay were disposed of prior to the Safety Board initiating the accident investigation; therefore, determination or identification of the electrical arc source was not possible.
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I bought two bookcases this weekend, as the piles of unshelvable books were getting out of hand. These are probably the last two, as I've now run out of room to put bookcases. I guess I'll have to get a bigger house.
In any case, I use Readerware to catalog my books. It's very convenient for new books, as it can read barcodes and automatically download their information from online sites such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the Library of Congress. I've cataloged >90% of my books, a process which has been going on for some time now. It beats buying books in triplicate.
I just ordered a copy of Shoebox, lexicographical software commonly used by linguists working in the field. It was created by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, the caretakers of Ethnologue. I had known about it for some time, but what finally pushed me to buy a copy was my rediscovery of this article by Sean Burke (creator of the LWP Perl module) on creating nicely formatted dictionary pages from Shoebox files. Some additional Shoebox-conversion links are available at this post on LanguageLog.
An extensive Gallery of Unicode Fonts, at a site that purports to provide four basic travel phrases in many languages. Is the Hittite accurate?
Language Hat left a comment to this post of Irish links asking why he couldn't see the fada's (accute accent marks) on the letters on some pages; in Firefox, they are replaced with question marks in black diamonds (in IE, I think, they are replaced by various symbols, including Chinese characters). There are two issues here. The first, over which the viewer has no control, is how the web page in question is encoded. Specifically, the issue is whether it is Unicode compliant. The second is the encoding setting of your browser; this should match the encoding of the web page to see everything properly. In the case of this page of Irish stories, the encoding is not Unicode-compliant, and so the question marks appear. The default encoding in Firefox is UTF-8 (Unicode). Switch this by going to the View menu, highlighting Character Encoding, and selecting Western (ISO 8859-1). The steps are similar in IE. The characters should appear correctly now. Both IE and Firefox have an option for auto-detecting the encoding; this is turned off by default in Firefox.


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BIG FLATS, N.Y. -- 'Tis the season for some holiday greetings...in October? Target employees have seen the holiday buzz before the trick-or-treating.
"We've seen a lot of interest in it, a lot of conversation with our guests. Everyone's starting to get excited some are a little bit panicked, but we're here to help them out the best way we can," said Ben Hoke, Target store manager.
The retail store has begun stocking Christmas products to beat the economic lull.
"It's that time of year people start to plan for that. In today's economy people are more conscientious about making purchases so by providing them with more time, more ideas we're hoping to capture that crowd," said Hoke.
Right now you can find just two aisles of simple indoor, outdoor holiday products.
"Lighting, your reindeer, Frosty the Snowman is up this year, things aimed towards that right now. And, a lot of greeting cards and seasonal greeting cards as well," said Hoke.
As soon as Halloween is over these shelves are going to be stocked with Christmas items and they have extra employees coming on board to help them prepare for the upcoming holiday season.
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If you're looking for a Christmas tree, it is too early for them, but they are expected to hit the shelves in the next few weeks.
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December 1936. "Wife of owner-operator and wife of hired hand cleaning chickens in cellar preparatory to canning them. Chickens at this time of year are bringing six cents per pound. These are for roasting. Harry Madsen farm, near Dickens, Iowa. 360 acres, owner operated." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Looking at this picture brings back memories of my youth. When I was about 14 I was spending the summer with my grandparents on a farm in Nebraska. One day my grandmother told me that we were going to dress chickens for dinner. When I told her I didn't know how, she was shocked that my mother had not taught me. She said, "well by the end of today you will be very good at it." I was, and very proud of myself, I might add!
I'm surprised at how many of the housewives from this period look like my mother and other relatives. It must be the clothing they wore and maybe their body language.
I've never plucked a chicken, but I've certainly eaten many over my lifetime. Like most folks, I'd bet I'd eat a LOT less if I had to do what it took to get the chicken into the pot.
(Maybe that's why my grandmother and great-aunt were only sent to the yard to wring necks once a week...and why she could work wonders in the kitchen with very little meat...a hambone in the pot of pinto beans, a little bacon grease in her potato salad, etc.!)
Thanks for the reminder that chicken doesn't come from cellophane packages in the grocery store! (Oh, and if you haven't read Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma," named one of the Ten Best Science Books of the Year by the NYTimes, you're missing something. His experiences on Polyface Farm were enlightening!)


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Get ready for the Siemens World Corruption Tour, 2001-08.
Siemens pleaded guilty last week to corruption across the globe, receiving a record-setting $1.6 billion fine (which sounds like a lot, but really, it's just 0.3% of their revenue during those years).
In announcing the fine, the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission released documents detailing how Siemens had bribed government officials around the world. However -- and this is a big "however" if you're into accountability -- they released none of the names of the corrupt bureaucrats who took the cash or the Siemens officials who paid it. (Sunday's New York Times published a ProPublica/Frontline profile of the Siemens accountant at the center of the scandal.)
This was done, Justice folks said, to protect the integrity of continuing investigations and to comply with privacy laws in various countries.
At the Dec. 15 hearing, prosecutors seemed a bit wistful that they couldn't reveal the names, which were provided to Judge Richard Leon in a sealed file. Lori Weinstein, the dogged prosecutor who pursued the case, said the department could not provide exact names. But, she said, the documents were sprinkled with clues to provide "sufficient clarity" for the court to figure out who was who.
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ProPublica figures that with the help of readers, we might be able to identify at least some of these folks. Below, you'll find descriptions of the bribees. Send us a name and a link sourcing the information.
To get things started, take the case of the Argentine identity-card contract. The SEC's complaint said that Siemens paid bribes to a certain "president of Argentina" who left office in 1999. Not too hard to figure out that one; Carlos Menem ran the country from 1989 to 1999. Looks like the buck really did stop there.
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mindseed - 24 November, 2010
U2 - 2011 -Bring it On! Yeah BABYPopMart - and now 360 - what a Xmas Present. I second "Kings of Leon" for Supporting Act. Or maybe "The Rolling Stones" :) Now THAT would be a concert worth paying vast amounts for.
Hemash - 19 November, 2010
Supporting ActI agree.....Snow Patrol!!
HJ_ZA - 02 November, 2010
Support act?In 1998 they had Bayete (who?) in JHB. They sucked badly and were booed off the stage - might not have happened if they actually played music instead of just fooling around. Please give us a good support act, please...
tarientree - 25 October, 2010
DisappointedDidn't make the pre-sale. Official sale was meant to start today, in about 5minutes at 3pm. Instead apparently the tickets have been on sale all along and I missed out... :( Please add another Cape Town tour date - trust me you will love it here!!!
Ilzedeclerck - 24 October, 2010
TicketsAfter waiting 10 years and missing the previous show and hoping to go to the show on the weekend after my birthday - COMPUTICKET f^%$%$^ up their ticketing system - as ususal! so when we finally got online the tickets were sold out - we tried buying online and at the counters all day and night but the site kept slagging and hanging. When you finally got through there are only the very expensive seats left that average joe cant afford. Bummer - now I have to listen to my husband tell stories of the previous show's Backstage experience and I will never have the opportunity to see the greatest band LIVE>
emily_jane - 22 October, 2010
what's wrong with local?knowing Bono he'll probably want a local band - we have some pretty awesome bands here is SA!!
wazzie - 22 October, 2010
U2 need we say moreLegends
SherynLui - 22 October, 2010
Sheryn LuiSnow Patrol for Cape Town show please!!
byronj - 22 October, 2010
Shakira?With the 2010 Soccer world cup, us in Cape Town never got to see Shakira perform So please bring her with :-)
ingridine - 21 October, 2010
please no more SP!I fed up to listen the same setlist of Snow Patrol...please something new for South AFrica !!!
Superolz - 19 October, 2010
Kings of Leon?I rate Kings of Leon would be awesome as a opening act. Just imagine that stadium rocking to U2 and Kings of Leon!
elanem - 19 October, 2010
Snow Patrol?Can we have Snow Patrol back for this show, please!!!


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You'd hardly know Akiko was leading... Even on the tube you could tell she was absolutely flying. Her footwork was thrilling and all of her little expressive details & gestures were genuinely felt. Her musicality is second to none. I hope she has a good free skate...as I hope they all do. Every skater has to have a game plan ,but you're not so aware of it with Akiko. She seems able to just immerse herself in her performance, this year. As an audience member, I love it.
I've always loved Mao's skating but wish she hadn't taken off on this 3A quest to the degree she has. I don't find her skating nearly so enjoyable to watch as I used to, and I feel other areas of her skating are not being given the attention they deserve.