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Larry Day passed away on April 4. Why am I writing about Larry Day? Because Larry and his lifelong friend, Charlie Knuth, taught me about the value of friendship. So often we hear about women's friendships. But let me tell you about this "guy's friendship." I've worked at the Manhasset Public Library for 15 years and over that time I observed them and marveled at their relationship.
Until Larry could no longer engage in his daily ritual, he could be seen with his best friend, Charlie, taking their daily "good health" walk down Plandome Road, chatting up a storm. So, what did they talk about — two grown men in their 70s and 80s? Life...they shared their joy and their grief. Charlie, reflecting on his days as patent director at Pfizer, and Larry about the good ol' days at Pepsi. But, more importantly, they chatted about their families — their grown children, grandkids, and their beloved wives, Nancy Knuth and Elizabeth Day. And when Larry got sick, Charlie faithfully visited him up to the last.
And so, we look at two senior gents walking down the road and we don't give it a thought. But, this friendship was rare — they told the truth to each other, discarded the male ego and were there for one another emotionally. Think about it — you don't see them anymore, but they set the example of cherished friendship of the most important kind. I miss seeing Charlie and Larry together on library bus trips — they were always such good friends.
Debbie Dellis-Quinn
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Manhasset Public Library
Friday, 17 January 2014 00:00
Negotiations are currently underway between the Village of Farmingdale and members of the local CSEA labor union. After a closed door executive session meeting, on Jan. 6, village trustees met with members of the labor counsel to iron out terms of a new contract proposal, which they said will hopefully meet the fancy of union leaders.
"We have sent our proposals out there," said Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand, "we are just waiting for the CSEA membership to approve it."
Thursday, 12 December 2013 00:00
A new Child Care Centerfor children ages eight weeks through Pre-K—opened at Farmingdale State College this week, which will be open to the community and the college campus.
"The College owes a great deal of thanks to everyone involved in this project," said Farmingdale State College President Hubert Keen. "This center provides a safe and nurturing environment for the children of our students, faculty and staff.
Especially for our students, the availability of quality child care can determine whether or not they are able to complete their education."
Thursday, 28 November 2013 00:00
On Saturday, November 9, the MHS Girls Swim Team competed in the Nassau County Team Championships. After a strong preliminary performance on Friday, the girls had their sights set on swimming even faster on Saturday at the finals. On Friday, Manhasset qualified 14 individual swims in the top 10 and all three relays. The team also had an additional 7 swims in the consolation finals (places 11-20). On Saturday, the top 20 individuals and relays compete in each event, all finishers scoring points towards their team total.
In the championship's opening event, the 200 yd. medley relay team from Manhasset set the tone for what turned out to be a historic day in Manhasset Girls Swimming. The relay team of Grace Kenlon, Allegra Sodi, Megan Smith and Meredith Johnson finished third and set a new school record time of 1:51.96, also qualifying for the New York State Championships.
Thursday, 28 November 2013 00:00
The Indians' regular season came to a close recently, but not before the boys locked up several more post-season honors to complete a highly successful campaign that brought an undefeated season as well as Division and Conference Championships. Manhasset headed into the post-season with high aspirations and battled it out with rival Wantagh High School for two weekends in a row—at both the Class Country Championships and the State Qualification race—coming up just short on both occasions, but achieving many milestones along the way.
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LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) --A Tennessee couple is jailed in Illinois after the abduction of a 14-year-old girl police say they met through Facebook.
Logan County State's Attorney Michael McIntosh said Wednesday that 30-year-old Jarrod S. Sanford and 21-year-old Jessica M. Lidy are initially charged with human trafficking, child abduction, involuntary servitude of a child after their arrests Friday in Lincoln. The town is 35 miles northeast of Springfield.
McIntosh said the couple have not appeared in court and do not have attorneys. Police say they are from Friendship, Tenn.
Investigators say the girl is safe after being returned to her family in Tennessee.
Police say they arrested the couple after getting a call from a restaurant about a girl being held against her will. Police said the girl met Lidy through Facebook.
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Gift Baskets
One of the things we're most excited about at Uncorked Ventures is the launch of our gift basket program. Over the past few months we've spent time attempting to create what we think is the correct look and feel as well as product offerings for our gift baskets.
The focus for us and our gift baskets was two fold. To start, we wanted to only include products which fit well with our wine offerings. While quality is our foremost concern, smaller, artisan family owned businesses without wide distribution were what we were looking for if possible. I think you'll find that the companies we've been able to partner with meet both of those parameters while offering some of the best gourmet foods available anywhere. We'll talk more in this space in the coming weeks and months about what we like so much about Hurley Farms, Sonoma Valley Nut Company, Del Olivia olive oil and TCHO.
Packaging was the second aspect we were concerned with. While we don't necessarily have a problem with the sort of industry standard packaging (cellophane around a light wooden basket) we simply didn't think those type of baskets would hold up when shipped across the country nor did we think that they offered the right high end feel to match the quality of products we'll be including. Instead, we opted for wooden boxes to hold our products which we know will hold up better when shipped, as well as becoming an item which our gift basket customers will keep over time to store practically anything. Additionally, for our corporate gift basket clients, we can brand their company logo and a phone number directly on the wood box. I think our corporate clients will find that these branded wooden box options offer a lot of value.
Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear them, but we're very happy with the three gift baskets which we currently have available with either one bottle or two bottles of wine included. Lastly, I should mention that all of our gift baskets feature Free Shipping.
More About that Happy Hour
As you can tell by our Happy Hour post, it has been an enjoyable weekend. We celebrated the launch of the new and improved Uncorked Ventures Website, by opening a few bottles of our favorites from past shipments.
Sojourn Sangiocamo Pinot Noir: Sojoun's winemaker Erich Bradley has been a favorite of ours since we first tasted his work at Audelssa. Auselssa features mountain fruit and we enjoyed seeing how he was taking intense fruit and applying Burgundian winemaking principles to it, in order to help it become more approachable. We also noted, that since Erich was a Burgundian winemaker that it would make sense to find a winery at which he made Pinot Noir. Sojourn Cellars is that winery and we have especially appreciated Erich and his business partner Craig Hansert for both the wines they make, but also the way they do business. Sourcing fruit from some of the best vineyards in California.
Priest Ranch Petite Sirah 2007: Petite Sirah has become something of a favorite varietal for Uncorked Ventures. Yes, the grape does create a "big" wine but it is also only grown and made into quality wine by a select few vintners across the state. We think this version from Priest Ranch is among the best. With the 07 scored at 95 points by Robert Parker, we're not alone and our customers can appreciate their $40 price point which makes this Petite Sirah among the best values anywhere in Napa Valley.
JR Wines Cabernet Sauvignon: While prices for top flight Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon have seemingly started to get out of control, we find one which delivers incredible value. JR Wines Cabernet Sauvignon, scored in the mid 90 point range by Robert Parker delivers the type of classic Napa Valley Cab which has made the region famous. A great wine to experience the best of Napa Valley, without the $100+ price point.
Robert Keenan Napa Valley Merlot: Keenan is one of the larger wineries we have featured in any of our wine clubs, with a total production of around 15,000 cases of wine per year. We thought that their Napa Valley Merlot was simply too good of a value to pass up for our Wine Exploration club. In a wine club which averages $20 per bottle, it is typically difficult to find quality wines from Napa Valley. Keenan is a mountain vineyard located on Spring Mountain.
Time Flies By + Price Inflation
How time seems to fly by and price inflation.
As we continue to transition to the new UncorkedVentures.com both on the front end (the portion you see on the website) as well as on the back end (customer data etc) we're also making plans for upcoming shipments.
The summer is a fun time for us for a number of reasons. Matt and I both try and catch a week or two away, sometimes more successfully than others while the summer also offers a good buying season for upcoming wine club shipments.
What we're finding? Pinot Noir seems to continue to be an especially good deal, with quite a few world class Pinot Noir's priced in the mid to upper $40 range.
We're also continuing to explore Napa Valley for Cabernet Sauvignon. We've heard from a few people in the industry that $65 per bottle for Cab is the new $55 (which I might mention was the new $45 only a few years ago) which can create its own set of challenges both for independent wine clubs such as ours as well as the wineries themselves.
As the weather continues to be warm, we'll continue looking. There is a lot of great wine out there and we appreciate the opportunity to work to find it on your behalf.
How Robert Parker became Robert Parker
After our short entry yesterday about wine reviews, it made me realize that not all of our readers would be completely familiar with the most influential reviewers and perhaps more importantly, how they were able to obtain that level of influence.
Robert Parker and his Wine Advocate Magazine:
Parker's personal story is an interesting one and I'm surely not the first person to ask how someone from Baltimore (hardly the wine center of the world) who is a practicing lawyer ends up as the most influential wine critic in the world, especially when it comes to California and Bordeaux vintages.
Part of Parker's rise to fame was his insistence, correctly stated at the time, that most reviewers in the 1970's had some vested interest in the wine industry. That's hardly seen today outside of a few examples (Wine Enthusiast both rates wine as well as sells it) in large part because of Parker and some of the changes he helped to create. Parker is also largely credited with inventing (or popularizing) the 100 point scale which has helped consumers make some independent assessment about the value of a wine (we all love 90 point wine, but not if it's priced at $200), without having ever purchased a bottle themselves. Parker's 100 point system is often misunderstood, but the idea is to score wines based on the amount of pleasure one derives from them. For the average consumer, this is a powerful statement. While so many within the industry preach that you should know what a classic Right Bank Bordeaux is suppose to taste like, that's not important. The only real question is how much did you enjoy the wine?
So why is Parker the foremost wine critic of our time? Personally, I think his combination of unbiased reviews, easy to understand language, standardized evaluation criteria and attempting to keep industry influences at bay as much as possible. He was the first wine critic able to successfully build a career as a consumer centric critic, instead of an industry mouthpiece.
There are, of course, plenty of criticisms of Robert Parker and his affect on the wine industry-we'll follow up with some of those tomorrow. Some of these are valid, or somewhat valid and others are more fantasy than reality. At the end of the day, at Uncorked Ventures we recognize Parker's work for what it is: some of the most valuable wine reviews available anywhere.
The Best Wine Reviews
Where to go for wine reviews?
It's one of the most common questions people ask when they are first beginning to drink wine, where should they go to find quality wine reviews. There are, of course, quite a few significant wine critics whose opinions come formed in vastly different formats.
Robert Parker: Despite having recently retired from current California vintages, has the highest profile of any individual wine taster and unlike many others, his name is more recognizable than his magazine which is called Wine Advocate. For the first time wine drinker, Wine Advocate might not be the best choice because it is basically written in black and white (yes, there is some red) and only offers scores and commentary. When I first started drinking wine, I needed more education about the wine industry and winemaking process.
Wine Spectator Magazine: In my opinion a good starting place for a new wine drinker. Yes, there are plenty of scores but the magazine also does full lgenth features on wine regions, wineries and winemakers. As an educational tool Wine Spectator is top notch and can have the effect of getting your non wine drinking friends and family to pick up the magazine because it is beautifully presented. My only real complaint is that the wines which are often scored as "Best Values" are often impossible to find.
Cellartracker: Without a doubt the king in online, consumer generated reviews. Cellartracker allows you to review wines as well as keep track of your own personal cellar. I think it's useful as a tool because you can find other consumers with similar palate's to your own and use their positive reviews to help you find other wines to try. It also relieves the problem of keeping small pieces of paper or a book with your reviews (since those are generally not accessible when ordering at a restaurant)
While many people seem to get caught up with finding the best reviews, we can't neglect to mention that no one is going to ever know your own tastes and palate better than yourself. Drink what you want! At Uncorked Ventures we firmly believe that over time your palate is going to evolve and change and more than anything else, wine is meant to be enjoyed.
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Due to the gross inaccuracies, I suspect the entry below is either a prank or coming from a parent whose child did not get accepted into St. Rita. As a St. Rita parent for many years, I know first hand what a treasure our school is and what an excellent job the teachers do in preparing the kids for high school and beyond. The vast majority of St. Rita graduates earn high honors and are in the National Honor Society in high school. St. Rita's buildings and grounds are beautiful, the curriculum is challenging but fair, and the teachers are top notch. My children are very happy and safe at St. Rita, and the quality of education is well worth the tuition. Keep up the great work, St. Rita.
Very dirty school (one bathroom for entire student body), overworked teachers, no set curriculum to show for ( I challenge you to ask for one on a visit.. They will not be able to produce one but the diocesan guideline written vaguely). Teacher has full discretion, so if you happen to get a 'know it all', a 'I want to be friends with the student so i don't offend the parent', or 'ancient teaching methods' kinds of teacher.. Then you are stuck. They have all those described .. Take your pick..Forget about the arts (art class only 1/2 a semester, music education includes only singing for masses- no theory, music appreciation or education). Big classses... Gives an excessive amount of homework because of class size.. Spend your money elsewhere..
If you are looking for a safe environment for your kids, this is the place to be. Overall the staff is good. However, too many of the teachers here need to get with the times. Less homework would make for a better family life. Students need to do more learning during the school day through activities (not just worksheets), and less should be left for the parent to try to teach at home. I believe that students should be graded on how they are meeting the standards for that subject, not so much weight on homework, which is often 'busy work' for my kids. If you have a child going into 4th or 5th grade, you're in luck. Mrs. Marben and Miss Clendening use a variety of teaching styles. They help children suceed and feel good about learning. Your child is sure to benefit from them!
I love the new principal, Pat Flanagan. St. Rita's best days lie ahead. We are blessed.
Both my children attended PK-8th grade and received and excellent foundation that has allowed them to do very well in high school (honors and AP classes) and one is now in U of I. Plus they both liked going to school everyday.
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I really love the new champ Nocturne and would love to talk shop with other people who play him. I love to continually tweak builds/runes to try and reach the most min/maxed play possible. Here is the build I've been using lately to good effect:
Runes: ArP Quints/Marks, Dodge seals, 5 Flat CDR glyphs, 4 per/lvl mana regen glyphs(no built in mana regen in spec tree).
Spec: 21/9/0 Getting Sorcery x4 and AS x1 but standard damage tree(both + damage to minions) and armor 3x/nimbleness in defensive.
I find that he's pretty squishy and the dodge/nimbleness helps late game. The extra armor/dodge from defense helps the early jungle a bit also.
I have just been jungling with him and am only really interested in jungling on him.
I find even the above spec performs better than the champ spotlight spec and would love to hear other peoples ideas/specs. I've also ran him all AS runes and it was ok. I just find the 31 ArP from runes/masteries to be really important for the first gank.
Thanks in advance!
K ten
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His ult should not cancel out other global ults. TF's ult is unusable during as well as shens you can't even click on the portrait to teleport.
I noticed that you don't have increased experience gains. If you're in the jungle, you need to at least keep up with the 2v2 lanes in levels, and without increased exp, that will be difficult. I use my Udyr page to jungle with, which has a combination of attack speed, armor pen, armor, and mana regeneration. If you use dodge runes, you're killing Blue Golem at level 1 purely by chance, which is why flat Armor is typically prefered over dodge. Now, if you're not going after Blue at level 1 then dodge works okay as you're likely to have enough damage and HP by the time you do go after him to make up for the lower armor.
i stopped using dodge and switched to armor because it is a safe more efficient rune set up for early jungle, also i would like to recommend trying to go 21-0-9 because the extra 15% buffs/experience buff is very important to being a successful jungler
Is his 120% passive counted as a crit that will proc the IE passive? I'm trying to figure out why everyone has an IE for him in a build in lieu of 1 or 2 bloodthirsters
Gato Muerto
My personal preference is to go with a 1/18/11 build, and start at the enemy's wraiths with a Vamp Scept.
I have ArPen/Armor/AttackSpeed/HealthQuints
Jungle path is: wraiths (smite), wolves, wraiths, minigolems (smite), go b (Cloth, 2 health pots), and start at blue and work through my side of the jungle again.
I end at level 5 w/ enough health to gank and both buffs.
At the very least, it disrupts your opponent's jungle (rare to see an opponent start at their own wraiths), or gets you a little more exp (and cash) if there is no opposite jungler.
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I personally take 9/21/0, I like being less squishy.
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Karen Kennedy
Karen Kennedy is associate professor and director of choral studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music where she conducts the Frost Chorale and other choral ensembles. She is also artistic director of the Master Chorale of South Florida.
She previously held the positions of chorus director for the Honolulu Symphony, director of choral activities at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, and director of choral activities at Towson University. She earned a D.M.A. degree in choral music from Arizona State University, a M.M. in choral conducting from Butler University and a B.M. in Music Education from DePauw University. Dr. Kennedy regularly conducts choral festivals featuring major works such as Orff's Carmina Burana, Durufle's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor and Rutter's Gloria and presented concerts in such venues as the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. She has received numerous awards for teaching, including the University of Hawai`i Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching, Arizona State University's Manzanita "Top Prof" Award and Butler University's Faculty Distinction Award.
Dr. Kennedy is well known as a choral clinician and adjudicator, regularly working with all-state and festival honor choirs. Her workshops have been a part of recent ACDA and MENC regional and state conventions and she has served as the ACDA Eastern Division Collegiate Repertoire and Standards Chair and as a founding member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization.
Jerry Blackstone
Grammy Award winning conductor Jerry Blackstone is Director of Choirs and Chair of the Conducting Department at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance where he conducts the Chamber Choir, teaches conducting at the graduate level, and administers a choral program of eleven choirs. In February 2006, he received two Grammy Awards ("Best Choral Performance" and "Best Classical Album") as chorus master for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom's monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
Professor Blackstone is considered one of the country's leading conducting teachers. In 2004, Dr. Blackstone was named Conductor and Music Director of the University Musical Society Choral Union, a large community/university chorus that frequently appears with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and presents yearly performances of Handel's Messiah and other major works for chorus and orchestra. In March 2008, he conducted the UMS Choral Union and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a special performance of the Bach, St. Matthew Passion. Choirs prepared by Dr. Blackstone have appeared under the batons of Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Leonard Slatkin, John Adams, Helmuth Rilling, James Conlon, Nicholas McGegan, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Peter Oundjian, and Yitzak Perlman.
Santa Barbara Music Publishing distributes Dr. Blackstone's acclaimed educational video, Working with Male Voices and publishes the Jerry Blackstone Choral Series, a set of choral publications that presents works by several composers in a variety of musical styles. As a strong advocate for the training of young musicians, Professor Blackstone serves as Director of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance's summer programs for high school students and adults.
Joshua Habermann
Joshua Habermann was named director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus in December 2010 and began his tenure in August 2011. Dr. Habermann comes to the Chorus from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where he was associate professor and program director of choral studies and conducted the Frost Chorale and other choral ensembles. He also led the Master Chorale of South Florida (Miami, FL) through the 2010-2011 academic year.
A native of California, Dr. Habermann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed doctoral studies in conducting with Craig Hella Johnson. He has also studied under Helmuth Rilling (conducting), Scott Foglesong (piano) and David Jones (voice).
From 1996-2006, Dr. Habermann was assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and in 2006-2007 served as interim director. In that capacity he prepared the chorus for performances with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Charles Dutoit in concerts of Mozart, and Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust. Recordings as a singer with the SFSC include Christmas by the Bay (Decca Records), and Mahler Symphony No. 2 (London Records), also a Grammy nominee for Best Choral/Orchestral Recording.
Dr. Habermann has appeared in numerous conferences and festivals, including international engagements in Havana, Cuba (2002 Festival Internacional de Coros), Germany, Czech Republic, China and France. As a singer (tenor) he performs with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus (Eugene, Oregon), where he can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning recording of Krzystof Penderecki's Credo. Other projects include two recordings with Austin-based Conspirare: Through the Green Fuse, and Requiem, a Grammy nominee for best choral recording in 2006. He also maintains an interest in the Hawaiian choral tradition, and sings periodically with Kawaiolaonapukanileo, an ensemble dedicated to performing and preserving this unique repertoire.
Gene Peterson
Gene Peterson is the University of Tennessee's Director of Choral Music Education. He also conducts the UT Concert Choir and UT Men's Chorale. Dr. Peterson teaches courses in undergraduate choral conducting and secondary choral methods.
Prior to his arrival to Tennessee, Dr. Peterson has held posts as music director and conductor for college, high school, church, and community choirs in California and Washington. Ensembles under his leadership have performed in venues throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, including the Sistine Chapel, the Sydney (Australia) Opera House, and Chicago Symphony Hall. Dr. Peterson has served in professional leadership roles such as High School Standards and Repertoire Chair for the California American Choral Directors Association and as Bay Area Choral Representative for the California Music Educators Association.
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Our Signature Fundraising Event
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Meet Margaret Roach
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Did you grow a really big turnip this year? The most beautiful ever?!? Name your turnip and enter it into the contest. Be famous! Bring your entry in by 12 noon on the Festival Day to participate. All ages welcome to enter and join the fun. OUR CELEBRITY JUDGE this year is Margaret Roach, noted garden author. Read her blog at awaytogarden.com
A Brief History of the Gilfeather Turnip
This turnip became part of Wardsboro history when John Gilfeather started growing them on his farm in the early 1900's.
He planted many rows of turnips and sold them in Brattleboro, Northampton and other local towns. He cut the tops and bottoms of his turnips so they could not be reproduced.
The secret of the Gilfeather Turnip may have died with John but a small bottle of seeds were saved by a neighbor. This saved our unique vegetable that we celebrate annually at our Festival. Paul Dutton is now the authorized distributor of Gilfeather Turnip seeds.
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An entire family-oriented day dedicated entirely to one of Vermont's tastiest heirloom vegetables. What would old Farmer Gilfeather think to see us having such a good time with his unusual hybrid tuber? He'd be thrilled! SHOP for turnip gifts, the commemorative Gilfeather T-shirt, Gilfeather movie DVDs, and the ever-popular
Gilfeather Turnip Cookbook. Come to the TURNIP CAFE for the turnip tastings, where local cooks show off their best Turnip Recipes. Stay for lots of live music, strolling musicians and more. This is a one-of-a-kind culinary event! SHOP the Farmer's Market and Craft Tables, BUY tons of turnip sat the FRIENDS TURNP CART, EAT at the TURNIP CAFE, listen to live music, see the Friends fundraising exhibits. culinary event!
We invite artisans, crafters and farmer's market vendors to set up their space for a fee of $40.00. Spaces are available in a heated 40' x 40' outdoor tent, or you may set up your own 10' x 10' well-anchored pop up tent. You must provide your own décor and an 8 foot table. If you require us to provide an 8 foot table there will be a $5 charge. No spaces will be sold for tag sales. Your cancelled check will be your confirmation and your space will be clearly marked with your name when you arrive.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Assembly Democrats plan to unveil an alternative to Gov. Scott Walker's tax cut plan that will increase spending on worker training and put more money into the state's rainy day fund.
Democrats plan to introduce their alternative during debate of the $504 million tax cut bill on Tuesday. An Assembly committee Thursday passed the measure on a party line vote, with all Democrats against.
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no it's not an anime but a gud atempt I say.
Teen Titans is not an anime......
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no it's not an anime but a gud atempt I say.
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Haha. Its not that bad. I watch all the time with my lil sis. Gives me time to spend time with her. Anyhow, I don't think its an anime. Yeah, Japanese had something to do with it but nah.Originally Posted by Wonderlandless
well i personally am not fond of teen titans...but I would have to say...hmm...Ill get back to you on this matter
It's definately Americanime. Its a fun little show i guess....i dont catch it too often but it has some things going for it and there are far worse cartoons out there
Could someone define what anime is? Also define what american anime is? I need to know the exact differences and why american anime doesnt fall in the whole anime category. And also tell me what teen titans is if it's not anime? What would it be called then?
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I think we need to leave the Anime up to the Japanese.
Don't get me wrong, I love anime to death but I seriously can not wait until this goes out of style.
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I say that anime has stories you'd see more often in movies and not cartoons and that US anime is non-story driven cartoons with anime style in the art therefore teen titans is not anime it is just is drawn similar to it.


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Recommended: The Resonance of Allah: Resplendent Explanations Arising from the Nur, Allah's Wisdom of Grace7 09 2014
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Only God will know the glory of God.
Only God will know His power and His creation. Amin.
In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate.
The secrets of every one of God's creations and the explanations about them, the explanations regarding His prophets, the explanations regarding gnanam, 'ilm, and wisdom, and the explanations about the lives—explanations of various things regarding His creations that were resonated by the Power that is God to His prophets and His saints—are being revealed in this book.
In these pages Allah explains that there are two parts within man—the inner and the outer, the inner prayer and the outer prayer. One is heaven, the other is hell; one is true, the other is false.
Many such meanings are explained by God in this book—the reality of: that which is God, that which is mankind, and that which is Truth. God provides these explanations through two lights of wisdom—the wisdom that is the Nur, and the wisdom that is the Qutb, both of which are the completeness. For my brothers and sisters—those who trust in God, those who have faith in God, and those who are human beings. This book serves to dispel their doubts, and fill them with wisdom and firm faith in God.
My brothers and sisters, please take this book, lay open your hearts (the land to God) to God, and then read it. Then the connection between God and us will be understood.
You should not think that just by reading this book once, you will have understood all the meanings contained in it. As you read it over and over again, more and more explanations will be forthcoming. As your wisdom unfolds, deeper and deeper meanings will be revealed. The more you read this book, the more meanings will be revealed.
May God help you. Amin.
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What can i say that hasnt already been said? Great formula, glides on the skin with buildable coverage. Smells great too! The only downside is the poor range of colours.
I heard A TON about this product through different reviews and friends raving about it.
The gel consistency makes it easy to blend in seamlessly and the color range seems fair for a DS brand. This foundation is clearly not for oily or combination skin. After a few hours, the foundation seemed to build up and "swell" almost in the areas where there was oil, powdering helped to stem this slightly but it still happens.
If you have combination/oily skin, avoid this foundation. Normal to dry skin, I would expect this to be a wonderful foundation for you.
Great everyday foundation, better than some high end ones I've had before it. I wear it at day time and it looks like I'm not wearing foundation, like I just have naturally beautiful glowing skin.
I would recommend this to anyone, except maybe if you have really oily skin.
For reference, the color 52 vanilla was a great match for my NC25 skin.
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I hate to say it but I don't like this foundation at all. It has sheer coverage and in a couple of hours it simply disappears from my skin. Besides, if you have a sensitive skin you may experience break outs after using it. This foundation also shows dry skin on my nose. There are lots of drugstore foundations at a low price which are much better than this one.
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I really like this product, it produces a natural dewy finish which photographs really well. It is very watery but a little goes a long way and it feels really good on the skin. It is perfumed but I really like the smell so that doesn't bother me.
I have combination skin (oily t-zone, dry between eyebrows and around nose) and unless I keep my skin very moisturised and moisturise before applying it picks up on the dryness and makes my skin look very flakey.
It doesn't hide pimples or imperfections very well and you'd want to wear concealer with it.
I have very pale skin and the shade matches me perfectly, however the same shade (51) in the Healthy Mix Foundation is too orange for my skin. It is sheer but it's also buildable and whenever I get a really nasty spot some concealer and a couple layers are enough to distract from it enough.
I've noticed that it disappears throughout the day however I use a translucent powder on top and that keeps it on.
The bottle is a little on the smaller side for $30 (AUD) but as I said before it's quite watery so a little goes a long way. I've used it nearly everyday for 4 months and it's shown no sign of stopping soon.
I would definitely recommend to anyone who wants lightweight, soft sheer coverage as a daily foundation.
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-stays on all day
-makes skin look flawless and it doesn't emphasise those dry flaky bits around the face
-relatively cheap = got it off asos with promo code for around AUD$13 +free shipping
-slightly dewy finish but not to the extent where you are noticeably shiny
-hygienic as it has the pump
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Really like this foundation when I'm looking for something to give me a healthy look but not look like I'm wearing makeup. The coverage is sheer - I still need to use concealer to hide any blemishes or dark circles. BUT it gives a really lovely even tone to the skin and a nice dewy finish.
I wouldn't recommend for oily skin because it doesn't seem to absorb oil at all. It doesn't highlight pores or flaky patches and is comparably long wearing (not noticeably longer or shorter than most foundations I've tried). Personally, I'd rather have to re-apply if I'm going out that night but have a super natural look. Most foundations that actually last a long time I find end up looking cakey anyways. This one just disappears after a while.
I'm still using my summer shade from when I had a slight tan and now it gives a bit of color to my much too pale winter skin (I use it on my neck too) without looking dirty.
One thing to note - it is smelly! It has lychee, goji and pomegranate in it so it smells fruity. I like that, but it is quite noticeable right after you put it on. The boyfriend said "Oooh I like your new perfume" about this foundation.
I have very sensitive skin and this product does not aggravate it unless I'm already in a full fledged reactive state.
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I've completely used up one bottle and repurchased this twice. No clogs, no trouble removing it, very smooth, cool feeling (not minty or anything, but clean) and importantly for me, it mixes well with everything. Big fan of the air pump (huzzah for hygiene).
I love it more than Tarte's smooth operator (my second favourite), and it's not as shiney. It IS moist-looking though, so if you're going for that dewy complexion thing and don't want to blind people in the sun, this is a safe bet. As for coverage, I just want something to even out my complexion and cover capilliaries, and this does the trick. It needs a few minutes but cooks* in so nicely, settling into my skin without settling into my lines, and it builds well so I use it as a concealer for my eye circles too.
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Settlement reached in Marvel 'Ghost Rider' lawsuitSeptember 9, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - A writer has reached a settlement with comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment over claims he owns the rights to the Ghost Rider character.
The deal was revealed in a one-page court filing Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that said both sides had "amicably agreed to resolve all claims."
No information about the terms of the settlement was mentioned and the court case was not yet formally dismissed because the deal had not yet been executed, according to a letter to U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest. She suspended deadlines in the case.
Gary Friedrich had sued Marvel in 2007, saying he was owed a cut of the box office proceeds from a film version starring Nicolas Cage.
The comic features a motorcycle-riding character with a flaming skull named Johnny Blaze, who had agreed to let the devil have his soul in return for his adoptive father being cured of cancer.
The cover of the 1972 "Ghost Rider" debut says it was conceived and written by Friedrich. A lower court found Friedrich relinquished his rights in 1979, but an appeals court in June reversed the ruling.
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Bulls guard Derrick Rose and Heat forward LeBron James show the emotions of who won and who lost as the Miami Heat came back to beat the Chicago Bulls 83-80 in game five of the Eastern Conference Finals Thursday May 26, 2011 at the United Center. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
Updated: July 3, 2011 1:43PM
This is the way it should've ended for the Bulls, with miles and miles still to go.
They're not a championship- caliber team yet. You can't amble through the playoffs without having paid any dues, unless you're the Heat, which piled on talent.
The Bulls don't have that kind of talent, and for all the heart and teamwork and effort they showed this season, it's still about talent. Derrick Rose is a wonderful player, but he has very little to lean on offensively.
LeBron James has Dwyane Wade. Wade has James.
Rose has . . . somebody help me here. Carlos Boozer? We'll get to him in a moment.
You couldn't help but be reminded of the talent disparity in the final minutes Thursday night, in the way you can't help but be reminded of the mallet that just hit you in the head. James and Wade looked at each other, nodded, went to work and surgically separated the Bulls from their hearts.
The Heat won 83-80, moving Miami into the NBA Finals against Dallas. The Heat won the series 4-1, which is as it should be, too. The Heat is that much better.
Rose missed a free throw with 26.7 seconds left that would've tied the game at 81. After two Chris Bosh free throws, Rose had a chance to tie the game on a three-pointer but found himself staring into the chests of James and Udonis Haslem. The ball and the Bulls were going nowhere.
Wade has James, and James has Wade.
Whom does Rose have? Rose has Luol Deng, OK? I like Deng, but the next time he creates his own shot, the game will be stopped to commemorate the rarity.
The Heat went on a 16-2 run in a 21/2-minute span to take an 81-79 lead with 29.5 seconds left. Wade and James each had eight points in that run.
I guess James was right about The Decision.
"He's got something different inside him,'' coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Which brings us to Boozer and whatever's inside him. If someone can explain coach Tom Thibodeau's infatuation with him, speak up. And if it's because of Boozer's Megaball contract, shame on Thibs.
In the first half, Boozer had as much of a presence as hair does on his head, with three points, three rebounds and three fouls. So there were issues heading into the second half, with everything on the line.
In the third quarter, Boozer threw up a weak jump hook that had no chance. The next time down, Bosh blocked his shot.
At that point, the only thing that saved the Bulls was that Wade basically canceled out Boozer with eight turnovers, including traveling calls within a minute of each other in the second quarter.
Despite all that, the Bulls had a 57-44 third-quarter lead, with Rose and Deng doing most of the damage.
Two things might have made the Bulls think it wasn't their night. James got away with a very bad acting job, leading to a Rose foul. And Mario Chalmers banked in a three-pointer.
Late in the third, James drove to the basket, where his head was met by Boozer's left forearm. It was a cheap shot, which was why Boozer was called for a flagrant foul. It was also incredibly stupid. Why wake up James?
By the end of the third, Boozer, Deng and Joakim Noah each had four fouls.
James has Wade, and Wade has James. Rose has Ronnie Brewer and Kurt Thomas, the would-be heroes of the fourth quarter.
Thomas, playing for Omer Asik, hit two jumpers early in the fourth quarter, and the Bulls led by 11.
That's it for your highlights, Bulls fans.
The Bulls need a shooting guard in the worst way.
Rose needs to work on his outside shot and his defense.
Boozer looks like more of a liability than an asset.
Taj Gibson needs to spend the entire summer shooting jump shots.
The Bulls' 62 regular-season victories weren't fiction, but they weren't the whole story. The playoffs are different, better. The Bulls stayed the same.
The signs were there throughout the entire playoffs, but nobody seemed to want to look at them.
Everyone associated with the Bulls told us during the Indiana and Atlanta series that the postseason was about victories, not style points. But despite the difficulties in those series, those opponents were inferior. Miami was a different story.


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More than 97% of all e-mails sent over the net are unwanted, according to a Microsoft security report.
The e-mails are dominated by spam adverts for drugs, and general product pitches and often have malicious attachments.
The report found that the global ratio of infected machines was 8.6 for every 1,000 uninfected machines.
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Afghanistan has been the main battleground in the war on terrorism. The conflict began in October 2001, after the Taliban regime refused to hand over Osama bin Laden without evidence of his participation in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked and crashed four airplanes on Sept. 11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people.
At least 1,885 soldiers—including 1,139 Americans—have died in the war on terrorism, either in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
In December 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama revealed that his administration plans to "begin the transfer of our forces out of Afghanistan" in July 2011.
McChrystal and his staff made some disparaging comments about several U.S. government officials—including Vice President Joe Biden, National Security Advisor James L. Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke—in a profile that was published this month in Rolling Stone magazine.
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DiminutivesYou're reading a Russian-written and/or set novel in which there's a hot Soviet spy (with blonde highlights, natch) called Ekaterina Ivanovna Smirnova. She hangs around Moscow and goes to Moscow Centre to do her work, where she's called Major Smirnova or Ekaterina Ivanovna. Then she goes to visit her friends, who start calling her Katya. Then she visits her parents at their dacha (they're senior CPSU members, so they have a dacha) and they call her Katen'ka. No, you haven't gone mad. Nor has the author engaged in a stunning display of inconsistency. You've just entered the world of the Russian diminutive. Russian diminutives are kind of like standardised nicknames in English-speaking countries, where a character called Joseph would often be called "Joe". Except there's three different types of them:
Naming ConventionsSo we're back to our hot female spy. Her full name is Ekaterina Ivanovna Smirnova. Her first name is obvious- the Russian form of Katherine. But what about the other two:
SurnamesRussian, Ukrainian and Belarusian surnames have a variety of different types, usually tallying with ethnic origin. The Russian ones:
First NamesWhat follows is a list of first names commonly found in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (with added English equivalents where they exist). Male names:
Trope Son of TropeWhat to call Russians. In Russia, when you're referring to someone in a formal setting, you don't just use their first name, but their first name and patronymic, i.e. "Ekaterina Ivanovna" or their diminutive. ("Ivan Ilyich" is a name familiar to Tolstoy wonks, who will tell you that that's not the character's full name; Soviet history buffs will tell you the same about Ivan Denisovich.) Oddly, even though addressing a person by the first name and patronymic is very formal, addressing them with the patronymic alone is seen as highly informal, even less formal than First Name Basis. In this informal usage male patronymics usually get shortened by removing the "ov/ev" (e.g. Ivanovich becomes Ivanych, Sergeyevich - Sergeich, etc.), unless that syllable is stressed (e.g. Petrovich). In addition, some names have completely idiosyncratic short forms (e.g. Pavlovich - Palych, Dmitriyevich - Mitrich, etc.) As a way of emphasising his closeness to the people, Lenin was often referred to simply as "Ilyich" in speeches and Soviet media. In contrast, no one ever (except maybe general Vlasik — they were reportedly quite close) referred to his successor as "Vissarionych". When it comes to name orders, Russian does not stick to just one, unlike English or Japanese. The most formal order is family name first, followed by given name, followed by patronymic (e.g. Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich). However, this order is only used on official documents and when introducing or referring to people in a very formal setting (for instance, dinner at the Kremlin or a courtroom in session), never as a direct form of address. This does not differ too much from the equivalent Western usage; think of the situations someone might use the phrasing "Smith, John Michael," and you have a rough (but hardly complete) idea when "Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich" might be used in Russia. The more Western order of given name-patronymic-family name (Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov) is a less official, but more commonly used way of giving someone's full name. When the patronymic is left out both the Western (Ivan Ivanov) and Eastern (Ivanov Ivan) orders are acceptable. The media nowadays uses the Western order almost exclusively (which also means that most official anime dubs reverse the Japanese names, just like they do in the West), while in schools and colleges the Eastern order is generally preferred. The only strict rule in Russian naming orders is that the patronymic can only be placed immediately after the given name (so "Ivan Ivanov Ivanovich" is always unacceptable). The surname alone is used in some formal situations as surname and first letters of name and patronymic in many documents. It assumes authority of the caller, such as of teacher in a class or a drill sergeant before a rank of enlisted men. The Russian equivalents to Mr. and Mrs. aren't really used save in older literature. Lack of an easy pronoun to call someone actually became a problem a few years ago. "Gospodin" or "gospozha" (equivalents to Mr. and Mrs. respectively) were only recently returned to use and are used mostly by businessmen or civil servants to address each other, very formally. (Don't call a Russian the equivalent of "citizen"; that's how cops address a perp, so it sounds offensive.) The address "comrade" (historically rendered tovarishch) is used only in the army and in the Communist Party, which is removed from power and is slowly dying out. The most common forms of address between common people are the Russian equivalents of "man", "young man", "woman" or "girl". Note that "girl" ("devushka") is MUCH more preferable then "woman" ("zhenshina") as the latter may and frequently will be interpreted as connoting significant age and thus offensive (in this sense, it's a lot like Ma'am for people residing outside of the Deep South). Children mostly address unfamiliar adults as "dyadya/dyadenka" and "tyotya/tyotenka". These words literally mean "uncle" and "aunt", but they do not imply family ties in this case. Similarly, in the predominately Muslim regions of Russia and the former USSR it may be customary for young and middle-aged people to address all elderly people as "father" and "mother", saying either "otets" and "mat'" in Russian, or a corresponding term in the local language. In Soviet times, tovarisch ("comrade") was more or less universal, but depending on its mode of usage, it could be more or less a honorific. Simply "comrade", as in "sir" or "madam", was considered polite address fitting for any honest Soviet citizen; criminals and enemies of the people, however, were forbidden both to be called comrades and call anyone comrades. That's why they were addressed grazhdanin ("citizen") and how that word became offensive (another honorific, grazhdanin nachalnik "citizen boss" or "citizen master" was reserved for non-comrades to address policemen and prison guards). The form "comrade + Name" (as in "Mr. Name") was more of a honorific, used to address important people. Its most formal usage was dorogoy tovarisch ("dear comrade"). When writing full Russian names in English, you either skip the patronymic, initial both names, or do it in full. Usually. Some people get the "Name Patronymic-initial Surname" treatment, most famously Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, frequently called "Vladimir V. Putin" in the Western press.
Ancient Slavic NamesBefore the Christian era, the Slavic peoples inhabiting what is now Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc. gave their children a wide variety of names of native origin, most of which were nature names (ie Zima, winter) or names reflecting personal attributes that the parent presumably hoped the child would have. A few are still used to this day, while many others fell by the wayside.