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A Summer Camp Themed Birthday
Are you in need of a birthday theme suitable for summer? Well I have a party idea packed with summer FUN! Welcome to "Camp Brandt."
My oldest son turned four, and his birthday falls around the time kids get out of school, so what better way to celebrate summer than with a "summer camp" themed party. Guests were welcomed with a camp directory.
The four main activities set up were the following:
1. Lil' campers were given mini fishing poles with bobbers filled with gummy worms.
2. We held cardboard canoe races.
3. If the campers wanted to get crafty, a tie-dye t-shirt station was available.
4. A s'mores bar was set up so everyone could build their own s'mores creation.
We made camp packs with colored, drawstring canvas bags and applied ironed-on Camp Brandt logos. Campers were then able to create their own camp survival kits.
Items such as toothbrush/toothpaste combos, glow sticks, sunscreen, sunglasses and candy were a few of the selections.
Goldfish crackers, trail mix and gummy worms were put out in plastic berry baskets for snacking.
Candy was creatively placed into glass vases and then displayed inside lanterns.
Each camper received their very own boxed lunch from the mess hall. The boxed lunch included a PB&J sandwich, chips, applesauce, a juicebox and a napkin. All of the kids LOVED getting their very own box to open and snack on.
Dinner was followed up with delicious cookies that were made to match by the amazingly talented Casey's Confections, and delectible cupcakes were topped with delightful fondant toppers from Edible Details.
Here is a fun way to take a plain cake and dress it up to match the theme. DIY cakes have become my party staple. I start with a plain cake from the bakery, then I added a flame cookie from Casey's Confections, a few twix bars to resemble fire logs and some rock candy to look like embers, and there you have it…your very own campfire cake!
I placed the birthday candles down into the cake in front of the flame cookies so it looked real! The birthday boy loved this!
This was such a fun theme and perfect for this time of year. There are so many activities that you can plan to go along with your very own Summer Camp Party. We love seeing your party ideas, so make sure to upload your photos into the gallery.
http://projectnursery.com Melisa
How do you sleep at night? The creativity from your brain is never ending. This is amazing!!!
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Love the cake, Rebecca! So simple…so genius!
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I just love this party–so many truly creative ideas!
Jasmine C.
Hands down, Rebecca. You're one of the most creative moms ever!
Frauline Melfi
Awesome party! Looking at your s'mores bar made me hungry!
Shai Virtuso
Sadly, my kids' birthdays don't fall on the summer. I would have wanted to plan something like this!
I am amazed with your meticulous planning! I love how you really stuck to the theme and how you made everything look so effortless.
I just wish I had half your talent, passion and energy.
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I love your printables! I am working on our VBS this year and we are doing a camping theme- and I can't find anything as cute as your printables- would you mind sharing where you got them?
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Have you ever wondered what is the difference between a counselor or psychiatrist? I tried to find some definitions of the different types of mental health type professionals:
The following definitions of mental health professionals are taken from the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs - Division of Registration.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers, have a master's degree in social work (MSW) and additional supervised experiences. Social Workers are trained in psychotherapy and social work techniques. Generally, social work professionals provide counseling to individuals, couples, families and groups directed toward specific goals. Social workers who work in private agencies or independent practice must hold state licenses from the Board of Registration of Social Workers.
Psychologists may have a Ph.D., Psy.D. or Ed.D degree, all of which are doctoral level credentials. Psychologists have received extensive training in research or in clinical psychology, with additional supervised experiences after they receive their degree. Psychologists may also have training in psychological and/or neuropsychological testing. Psychologists are licensed and their professional conduct is monitored by the Board of Registration of Psychologists.
Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialists (CSs) are Registered Nurses with additional special education in mental health care. These advanced practice nurses may offer mental health care, which includes evaluative, diagnostic, consultative and therapeutic procedures as well as prescribing medications. Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialists must hold a master's degree in mental health nursing, meet the Board of Registration in Nursing criteria for advanced practice and receive its authorization. These advanced practice nurses are also certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Board of Registration in Nursing licenses Registered Nurses.
Psychiatrists (M.D., D.O.) are licensed medical doctors who have chosen psychiatry as their residency, or specialization. Psychiatrists can prescribe medication and often practice some form of psychotherapy. Psychiatrists may be Board certified in psychiatry and/or child psychiatry. Licensing is provided by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine and professional conduct is monitored by the American Psychiatric Association, as well as by the state Board of Medicine.
Licensed Mental Health Counselors, or L.M.H.C.s, hold a master's degree from a graduate program in the field. They may render mental health care services to individuals, families or groups. L.M.H.C.s use therapeutic techniques to define goals and develop treatment plans aimed toward prevention, treatment and resolution of mental and emotional dysfunction. Mental Health Counselors are licensed by the Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professionals, which also monitors professional conduct.

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A former German terrorist once in cahoots with Carlos the Jackal, a gay Christian evangelical who, during his avowedly ''ex-gay'' period, preaches that Jesus has cured his ''homosexual problem,'' a bank robber, and a martial-arts devotee don't walk into a bar in Protagonist. They do, however, form the four male pillars of Jessica Yu's intricate, novel, and altogether fascinating art-piece documentary. The filmmaker incorporates ancient components of drama including the universal appeal of puppetry to explore the shaping of character in the crucible of fanaticism. And she relates her subjects' odysseys to principles of Greek tragedy, pausing to explain such concepts as ''provocation'' and ''catharsis.'' (Those puppets? They form a Greek chorus.)
If all this sounds awfully classroom-bound, it isn't far from it. Each man's story as he tells it is riveting, truly stranger than fiction, and awesome, too, in the way of unfathomable humans. And Yu (who made In the Realms of the Unreal, about ''outsider'' artist Henry Darger) fits her inventive artistic choices to a rigorous, well-thought-out thesis about the tragedy of the extremist and what makes a man a man. B+


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Ergenekon indictment may trouble Turkey
The Ergenekon case was heralded as the end of "deep-state" organizations that undermine democracy through an ultra-nationalist violent agenda. However, Ankara may run into serious trouble over the prosecution of the lawsuit, as many of the disclosed wiretappings may be subject to charges of violation of privacy at the European Court of Human Rights, Milliyet reported yesterday.
The Strasbourg-based court ruled in 2003 that the disclosure of extracts from intercepted conversations of former Italian Prime Minister Benedetto Craxi, who was charged with corruption in the "clean hands" campaign of 1994, was a violation of the European Human Rights Convention. The top European court observed that the revealed scripts of wiretappings had no connection with the charges brought against Craxi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison and died in 2000. The court awarded each of the applicant's heirs 2,000 euros in non-pecuniary damages.
In a similar vein, the 2,500-page-long Ergenekon indictment has been criticized for containing irrelevant information on the accused. The dean of Yeditepe University's law faculty, professor Haluk Kabaalioğlu, noted that phone conversations unrelated to the lawsuit should have been excluded from the indictment all along.
"The Ergenekon indictment showed us that personal rights and freedoms are not observed in Turkey," Kabaalioğlu stressed.
Some parts of the indictment contained tapped conversations that led to claims against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and former State Minster Hayati Yazıcı, Erdoğan's attorney when he was on trial for reading a provocative poem in 1998.
According to tapped conversations added to the appendices of the Ergenekon indictment, National Journal reporter Şaban Kalafat and former deputy Emin Şirin talked about Yazıcı's attempt to bribe judges to save Erdoğan. Yazıcı had rejected the allegations and Kalafat said he did not remember the conversation.
The indictment contains many wiretappings of people not on the list of accused in the lawsuit.
'Turkish laws provide adequate coverage'
Attorney Yusuf Alataş warned that Turkey might face similar problems to Italy if domestic courts fall short of providing compensation for damages, if there are any.
"My impression is that there is a problem on protection of private life in the Ergenekon case," he maintained, and asserted that jurists dealing with the case should have a clearer picture of events.
"We have to wait for the proceedings before any definite conclusions," he added.
"If the accused is facing charges of founding a gang, information unrelated to the crime must be destroyed," chair of the Turkish Judges and Prosecutors Union, or YARSAV, Ömer Faruk Eminağaoğlu asserted.
"Doing otherwise would be a breach of private life. It crosses the accusation line in the lawsuit," he said.
"The lawsuit is continuing, and judicial authority may or may not stand upon this," Eminağaoğlu maintained, noting the ambiguity surrounding the indictment from the start.
"Much information on the Ergenekon case can be found in public discussions, and I think it is imperative to wait for what the judges say," Eminağaoğlu underlined.
Kabaalioğlu asserted that the Turkish Penal Code provides adequate protection for personal privacy and there is no need for a European Court of Human Rights decision to attest to a possible breach of that protection.
"Unfortunately, with this indictment we see that the law on protection of personal rights and freedoms is not observed in Turkey," Kabaalioğlu maintained.


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Andy Johnson could play a part in Queens Park Rangers' play-off bid after recovering from injury.
The 33-year-old striker has been sidelined since February due an ankle problem.
But Johnson proved his fitness with two goals for QPR's under-21 side as they beat Millwall 3-1.
The former Crystal Palace and Fulham frontman's return means boss Harry Redknapp has yet another option in attack having also seen Charlie Austin and Bobby Zamora return to fitness in recent weeks.
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Chapter 5.36
5.36.010 Definitions.
5.36.020 Amount.
5.36.030 Payment.
5.36.040 Account books.
5.36.050 Failure to make return.
5.36.060 Rights granted taxpayer upon payment.
5.36.070 Indemnification of City.
5.36.080 Taxpayer to supply maps.
5.36.090 Penalty for violation.
5.36.010 Definitions.
In construing the provisions of this chapter, the following definitions shall be applied, unless otherwise stated:
(1) "Person" means any company, corporation, association, partnership or individual;
(2) "Taxpayer" means any person subject to payment of a tax herein provided;
(3) "Natural gas utilities system" means the business of constructing, maintaining and selling at wholesale or retail natural gas and the distribution thereof;
(4) "Gross local service revenues" shall be as defined under Order Number 43946 of the Public Utility Commissioner of the State of Oregon, this order being entered on November 6, 1967, and stated as follows:
"Gross Revenue" shall mean revenues received by utilities from operations within the City less net uncollectibles. Gross revenues of gas shall include revenues from the use, rental or lease of operating facilities of the utility other than residential-type space and water heating equipment. Gross revenue shall not include proceeds from the sale of bonds, mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness, securities or stock, sales at wholesale by one public utility to another when the utility purchasing the services is not the ultimate consumer, revenue from joint pool use or revenue paid directly by the United States of America or any of its agencies.
(Ord. 3519 § 1, 1970).
5.36.020 Amount.
The occupational tax upon the natural gas utilities system for the privilege of engaging in business within the City is hereby continued. The tax shall be paid monthly equal to the sum of five percent of gross local service revenues as defined in Order Number 43946 of the Public Utility Commissioner of the State of Oregon, this order being entered on November 6, 1967. (Ord. 4962 § 1, 1991; Ord. 4885 § 1, 1990; Ord. 3519 § 2, 1970).
5.36.030 Payment.
The tax shall be payable monthly on or before the fifteenth day of the month. A report setting forth the gross local service revenues of the business less net uncollectibles during the preceding month covering the report shall be transmitted to the City recorder with the payment. (Ord. 4885 § 2, 1990; Ord. 3519 § 3, 1970).
5.36.040 Account books.
Each taxpayer shall keep books of account which properly reflect the amount of gross local service receipts. The books of account shall be open to inspection by the City Manager or his/her designee for the purpose of verifying the required amount of tax to be paid. (Ord. 5013 § 1, 1992; Ord. 4885 § 3, 1990; Ord. 3519 § 4, 1970).
5.36.050 Failure to make return.
If the taxpayer shall fail to make a return or the City Manager is dissatisfied as to the correctness of the return, the City Manager may fix a time and place for the investigation of the correctness of the return, and may, by subpoena, require the taxpayer to produce for investigation such books of account as may be necessary to properly ascertain the amount of tax due. After ascertaining the proper amount of tax due, the City Manager shall notify the taxpayer of his/her findings. If additional tax is due and not paid within 10 days of receipt of the notice, the City Manager shall notify the City Attorney to enforce collection of the same. It is unlawful for any person liable to tax hereunder to fail to make a return or pay the tax when due, or to make a false or fraudulent return or a statement or representation in or in connection with any such return, or to allow or abet another in any attempt to evade payment of tax or fail to appear and testify in response to a subpoena issued pursuant hereto, or to testify falsely upon any investigation of the correctness of a return, or in any manner to hinder or delay the City or any of its officers in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 3519 § 5, 1970).
5.36.060 Rights granted taxpayer upon payment.
Upon payment of taxes herein provided, the taxpayer shall be entitled to operate and maintain a gas utility system within the City and to install, maintain and operate on and under the streets, bridges and public places in the City, facilities for the transmission and distribution of gas to inhabitants and customers within and without the limits of the City and to transmit and distribute and to sell gas. (Ord. 3519 § 6, 1970).
5.36.070 Indemnification of City.
The taxpayers shall indemnify and save harmless the City and its officers, agents and employees from any and all loss, cost and expense arising from damage to property and/or injury or death of persons due to any wrongful or negligent act or omission of the taxpayer, its agents or employees in the installation, maintenance and operation of the gas utilities system within the City. (Ord. 3519 § 7, 1970).
5.36.080 Taxpayer to supply maps.
The taxpayers shall maintain on file at an office in Oregon, maps and operational data pertaining to its operations within the City. The City may inspect the maps and data at any time during business hours and, upon request of the City, the taxpayer shall furnish the City, without charge, on a current basis, maps showing the location of all gas mains of the taxpayer within the City. (Ord. 3519 § 8, 1970).
5.36.090 Penalty for violation.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in the Municipal Court, shall be punished in accordance with Chapter 1.04 AMC. Each day of continued violation shall be considered a separate offense and be subject to punishment as a separate offense. (Ord. 4885 § 4, 1990; Ord. 3519 § 9, 1970).


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Crafty Individuals time for summer
Whimsy Stamps challenge #36 to use distressing. I have inked all the edges of my papers and card
I Love ProMarkers challenge #114 to have a floral image as the focal point
Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge #136 based around Psalm 119:105 the card to be light, using pastel colours
These two stamps were together on one plate but I separated them so that I could use them individually too
The Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge said to use pastels, which I have, but because of the detail on the stamp the blue looks quite dark
I used a peel off for the sentiment directly on to the card as I didn't want to cover up more of the background which was pre-printed. It was only when I was putting my label on the back that I noticed the manufacturer's name, Studio Light. So even that fits with SSIC challenge lol
Materials used
Base card by Studio Light
Crafty Individuals stamps CI-185
Black Memento ink pad
Desert Sand Memento ink pad for the distressing
3D foam pads
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Artists, Entertainers, and Models in the 'O' and 'P' Nonimmigrant Classifications
On April 13, 2011, Director Mayorkas, and the Office of Public Engagement hosted a stakeholder engagement to discuss issues related to the 'O' nonimmigrant visa. During the engagement, Director Mayorkas outlined the agency's strategies for improving the application and adjudication process including the possibility of involving experts from various industries to inform USCIS of the particulars of their respective industries so that adjudicators and the public could benefit from a greater understanding of the process. Director Mayorkas also noted that RFE templates for the O classification will be posted on the website in the near future and stakeholders are encouraged to review and comment on the language. Additionally, the Director reiterated the process by which stakeholders may contact the service centers in regards to emergency cases.
Principal Themes
Informing USCIS:
Stakeholders provided comments to USCIS related to efforts to better inform USCIS, including adjudicators who are working on the O-1 petitions, about the specific nature of the stakeholder's industry. One stakeholder commented that a wide variety of the various professional organizations that represent particular industries should be consulted to get the most accurate picture of how an industry works. While in general, USCIS efforts to gather feedback about industry particulars was seen as a positive step, one stakeholder commented that, due to the California Service Center's common practice of reassigning their officers to work on different petition types, the effort of educating the current staff would need to be repeated for new adjudicators. One stakeholder suggested that USCIS dedicate a group of consistent, long term staff solely to adjudicate O-1 petitions. Another stakeholder commented that USCIS should take into account that performers who bring in higher numbers of fans operate quite differently than performers with smaller audiences, although both types of performers are of O caliber.
Request for Evidence Issues at the Service Centers:
A number of stakeholders expressed concern with what they considered to be an increase in the number of requests for evidence (RFE) issued at the California and Vermont Service Centers. One stakeholder
The Term Employer in the O Context:
Stakeholders provided feedback to USCIS on what they believe the term "employer" as used in the O context means. One stakeholder commented that, while sometime an agent is an "employer" in one sense they are not an employer in the traditional sense (e.g. one who would give their employee a W-2 tax form). Another stakeholder commented that there are an infinite number of different "employment" relationships between agents, managers, bookers, employers, etc. Several examples of these relationships provided by stakeholders included artist-created and artist-owned entities acting as agents, independent contractors, self-employed agents, and venues featuring the artist. Given these examples, stakeholders commented that the term "employer" has very different meanings for various industries and USCIS should take this into consideration during the adjudication of petitions.
Stakeholders provided a number of comments related to the itinerary requirement. One stakeholder noted that it can be difficult to provide specific timeframes in a situation where the artist is responsible for the final product and thus the artist essentially dictates the timeframe for completion. Furthermore, once the product is complete, it may be turned over to an agent to promote the product. In this type of work scenario it is difficult for a petitioner to provide an itinerary. Another stakeholder commented that, in the modeling industry, it is often difficult to pre-determine event dates three years in advance. There are a few yearly events, such as fashion week in NYC, however others are last minute bookings. Stakeholders commented that the exclusive agreement between the modeling agency and the model should be enough and should be accepted by USCIS in lieu of an itinerary.
Several stakeholders commented that the labor organizations responsible for issuing the consultations are often imposing stricter requirements and/or putting conditions on the issuance of a consultation. This in turn is making it difficult for petitioners to provide consultations in support of a petition. One stakeholder also commented that it was a burden on petitioners to wait 15 days for a consultation. It was noted that although consultations are required, they are advisory and not compulsory.
Communication with USCIS:
Stakeholders provided their feedback to USCIS on how the agency can strengthen its communication with its stakeholders. One stakeholder requested to engage with USCIS on a policy level in order to discuss the regulations more substantively. Another stakeholder inquired about the length of time it would take to receive feedback from SCOPS once they send an email to the service center email addresses. USCIS advised that the general timeframe for a response is 15 days.
Next Steps
On April 28, 2011, USCIS hosted an engagement to discuss issues related to evidentiary requirements for O-1 nonimmigrant petitions. Major issues discussed included increased flexibility in acceptance of comparative evidence as well as taking into consideration the realities of these industries in our more technologically advanced world. In addition, stakeholders again emphasized the need for USCIS to consider the nuances of various industries as they adjudicate these petitions. A memo on evidentiary requirements for O-1 nonimmigrant petitions will be drafted and posted on USCIS.gov in the near future for public comment.
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Leaders from major hunting companies will be in booths to answer your questions face to face. Before making a buying decision, ask our sponsors about everything from bows to rifles to optics to clothing - all things hunting. Take advantage because these folks are the experts!
Country music legend John Anderson will be performing in concert Saturday, August 17. Don't miss the hilarious opening act, comedians Williams & Ree, a.k.a. the Indian and the White Guy. Life members can pick up tickets any time during show hours on Saturday at the information booth, and members can pick up tickets from 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Call Customer Service about our special member VIP package at (800)240-3337.
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ETA: This pattern is now available in my shop.
I've been getting a lot of requests for my old zip bag pattern, so I wanted to do a quick post to let you know that a new pattern is coming (finally)!
The pattern will have three styles, each of which can be made in two sizes.
New to this pattern will be a patchwork variation for each style so, in addition to the two sizes, each style can be made "plain" or "patchwork."
The pattern will be available in November, and I'll post the exact date as soon as it's confirmed. I'm so happy with the way the samples turned out and I know this is going to be a fabulous pattern!
(The large-scale gray and yellow prints are home-dec weight fabric from Jessica Jones' Outside Oslo collection, purchased at Bolt.)


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Tourism in Tomb of Thuthmosis III (KV 34)
Some scholars named Tuthmosis III "Napoleon of the East", but we think that Napoleon is the one who have to be named by the name of Tuthmosis, (Tuthmosis means born by Thoth). In the first twenty-two years of Tuthmosis III's reign, he was co-regent with his stepmother, Hatshepsut. After her death, he ascended the throne and became the pharaoh of the kingdom. He created the largest Egyptian empire that had ever been seen. Officially, Tuthmosis III ruled Egypt for almost fifty-four years, including the 20 years of Queen Hatshepsut. King Tuthmosis III was one of the first pharaohs to be buried in the Valley of the Kings, and his tomb is the oldest decorated tomb in the valley. KV 34 was discovered in 1898 and cleared by Victor Loret, the director of the Antiquities Service. The tomb is...Read More
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McDonald's Needs to Improve on Its 'Super' Message
TheStreet) -- If you look at the
top 10 favorite ads among viewers during the Super Bowl you won't see
(MCD) on that list.
At this year's most important American football championship game, the cost of these TV ads was somewhere around $4 million for a 30-second piece. McDonald's joined the battle to grab the attention of the masses but, alas, the ad didn't even make the top 12 list of ads that were watched online or on TV when it comes to the number of views. It didn't do enough to make viewers " feel good."
You could say the company is having the same problem when it comes to its menu -- which even the company's chief operating officer admitted has become too complicated -- and its shares.
Shares of MCD closed Monday 1.2% lower at $93, off about 4% for the year to date. MCD shares are close to the bottom of its narrow 52-week range of $92.87, compared to a high of $103.70. Having reported flat earnings per share and revenue Jan. 30, the stock seems to be mirroring the same-store sales that have declined for two quarters in a row.
Let's look at a five-year price chart of this top-tier fast-food empire that comprises about 35,000 stores globally. I'll include in the chart some very important financial metrics that tell a good part of the story.
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From the viewpoint of a shareholder, the last five years the stock has nearly doubled, powered by both the growth in its trailing 12-month (TTM) free cash flow and a higher-moving quarterly revenue-per-share performance (red line above). We pay our respects to CEO Don Thompson and his team, who took over the leadership of MCD in the middle of 2012, for trying many innovations to keep the strong sales growth and stock price momentum going that their predecessors forged during the prior eight years.
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(CNN) -- One deal closed, now two more go: Fox announced today that Demi Lovato will return as a judge for the third season of "The X Factor."
Last season, Lovato served as a mentor in the young adults category alongside fellow judges Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid and Britney Spears. Naturally, Cowell will stick around but Reid and Spears both said they won't return.
"I couldn't be happier that Demi wants to come back this year," said Cowell in a statement. "She's a superstar in her own right and was a fantastic mentor last year. Even though she can be really, really annoying -- I truly enjoyed working with her and so did the artists. I'm especially pleased she's back even during her world tour!"
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"I am so excited to return as a judge and mentor on 'The X Factor,'" added Lovato in a statement. "Last season was an unbelievable experience and I really enjoyed developing personal relationships with the contestants and the panel. I look forward to taking my previous experience and applying it to make this season even better!"
Lovato's new deal will help maintain some continuity on the show, which will undergo more change before returning this fall. No word yet on who will replace Reid or Spears, and it's unclear whether Khloe Kardashian will return as a co-host.
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The West Coast Lady and the Bee
Summer is fading and the temperatures are dropping, too.
You're more likely to see Vanessa.
That would be Vanessa annabella, one of the Painted Lady butterflies.
The West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella), is seen more often in cool seasons, says UC Davis butterfly expert, Arthur Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolution.
The West Coast Lady is a member of the Brush-Footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) and the subfamily, True Brushfoots.
On a recent trip to Tomales, we spotted the West Coast Lady and a honey bee sharing the same plant, a Salvia uliginosa (a tall sage that can reach six to seven feet).
The wings of the orange-brown butterfly and the transparent wings of the honey bee glowed in the sunlight as the insects nectared the sky-blue blossoms. The two have at least one thing in common: they love a good sage.
Shapiro, a lepidopterist extraordinaire, covers more than 130 species in his colorful book, Field Guide to Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions, published by the University of California Press. The guide also offers tips on gardening and photography.
West Coast Lady and a Bee
Aware of Each Other
Tiptoeing Through the Lavender
Ever seen a tachinid tiptoeing through the lavender?
The tachinids are parasitic flies that lay their eggs in hosts such as Lepidoptera (butterfly) caterpillars.
As larvae, they live in and kill their hosts.
As adults, they sip nectar and other plant juices.
That's why you'll see the adults tiptoeing through the lavender, sage and mints.
The scenario is unforgettable. The soft, silken flowers contrast sharply with the insect's long, hairy bristles.
But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as entomologists are fond of saying.
This one (below) was exploring a lavender in our yard last weekend.
If it were six-feet tall, it would probably scare little children.
Except for future entomologists!
Tachinid Fly
Going Down
Going Around
Tongue in Cheek
The honey bee nectaring the Penstemon, aka Beardtongue, in Tomales, Calif., didn't seem to mind my presence.
The amber-colored bee was foraging among the purple two-lipped flowers. The plant derives its name from what appears to be a "tongue" (staminode) poking from the "mouth" of the blossom.
It's an attractive flower--indeed, humans hold Penstemon festivals in Flagstaff, Ariz. and Holden, Utah--and the bees like it, too.
The little Marin County honey bee glanced at me and then began cleaning her tongue. Or, as emeritus professor and pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp of the University of California, Davis, said of the photo below: "Caught in the act of cleaning her tongue with the brushes of hairs on the inner sides of her forelegs."
"Even worker bees take time to groom," he said. "Vanity or just good maintenance?"
We like to think she was primping for the photo shoot.
Bee tongue and the Beardtongue.
Honey Bee
Cleaning Her Tongue
It's in the Antennae
Surprise: it's in the antennae!
Neurobiologists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have long wondered how monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) can migrate from across eastern North America to a specific grove of fir trees in Mexico.
That's 2000 miles, as a crow flies--or as a monarch flies.
The scientists figured that the key mechanism that steers the monarchs is in the brain.
Nope. It's in the antennae. The antennae aren't just "noses" or "odor detectors."
"We've known that the insect antenna is a remarkable organ, responsible for sensing not only olfactory cues but wind directions and even sound vibration." said Steven Reppert, professor and chair of neurobiology and senior author of the study, published today (Sept. 25) in the journal Science.
"But its role in precise orientation over the course of butterfly migration is an intriguing new discovery, one that may spark a new line of investigation into neural connections between the antennae and the sun compass, and navigation mechanisms in other insects," he said in press release.
For those of us who are navigationally challenged and have long admired how insects migrate from Point A to Point B, this is amazing. There are circadian clocks in the antennae.This study makes us look at monarch butterflies in an entirely different light.
Like the monarchs we spotted nectaring last weekend on the grounds of the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, Santa Rosa.
Their antennal circadian clocks coordinate sun-compass orientation.
Or, in other words, those antennae are necessary for sun-related orientation.
Monarch Butterfly
It's in the Antennae
Ag Ambassadors from Brazil
Two highly talented and enthusiastic university students from Brazil have joined the Walter Leal lab in the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, as part of a unique and growing international agricultural exchange program.
The program is known as SUSPROT.
SUSPROT? That's the Sustainable Crop Protection in Agriculture Program, a federally funded program designed to promote scientific cooperation and collaborative education between academic and professional communities in Europe (Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands) and the United States.
And now Brazil.
Aline Guidolin (top right) and Diogo Vidal (bottom left) arrived Sept. 14 to work three months with Leal, a noted chemical ecologist and professor of entomology, and with several other researchers in the lab.
Vidal is working with pheromone binding proteins and isolation and identification of pheromones, and Guidolin, gene silencing of pheromone-binding proteins.
"This year we've been able to extend SUSPROT into Brazil," said Brazilian-born Leal, who serves as the UC Davis coordinator of SUSPROT. The organization is headquartered at Pennsylvania State University.
All universities participating in SUSPROT were selected for their strong agricultural programs. "It's a global agricultural industry now, and we need to know how to research the problems and how to solve them," Leal said. "We need to learn from one another."
The two young scientists will join the Leal family for Thanksgiving dinner. You can bet that the turkey will be just one of the main attractions. Expect lively conversations on pheromone-binding proteins and gene silencing.
In multiple languages.
Leal and his wife Beatrix were both born in Brazil and lived in Japan before relocating to Davis. They speak Portuguese, English and Japanese. Their children are also multilingual. Sons Augusto, 18 (now studying at Princeton) and Gabriel, 12, were both in Japan, and daughter Helena, 9, in the United States.
Meanwhile, Walter Leal is gearing up for the SUSPROT exchange trip to Brazil next July. He will accompany a group of UC Davis and Penn State students.
The team "will be exposed to the agricultural or entomology side, the industrial side and the production side," said Leal. "We can learn a lot from Brazil. Brazil is known for its ethanol production and is the world's biofuel industry leader, while the U.S. is still in its infancy. Brazil is the leading soybean producer."
As Leal said, it's "a global agricultural industry now, and we need to know how to research the problems and how to solve them."
Cooperation, collaboration and commitment.
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The DFW Airport is committed to increasing opportunities to involve disadvantaged, minority and women-owned businesses in all Airport contracts. The Airport has recently issued a request for proposals (RFP) for multiple concession locations throughout Terminal A for retail, food and beverage, passenger services and shoe shine locations. This is the first of many opportunities for women owned businesses, no matter where you are headquartered, to become a part of this seven year project.
A certification process gives greater opportunities to businesses that meet specific criteria, though certification is not a requisite to submit a proposal. To become certified, business owners need to go through North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency which has a 90 day application timeframe. ACDBE (Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Program)– Request for Proposal prefers that business owners have a hands-on involvement as equity owners or as subcontracting suppliers.
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By 10/12/2000 00:00:00
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FERRIS — Illegal dumping in downtown dumpsters is about to come to an end in Ferris.
'The ordinance has some teeth in it,' said City Attorney Richard Wilson at Monday night's city council meeting. 'Once the word gets out that people are going to be prosecuted…'
The discussion occurred when Charles Hatfield, representing the Downtown Association, approached the council for assistance with the trash problem. 'The problem is that out of town people are dumping,' said Hatfield, 'and there's no place for merchants to put their trash.'
Hatfield suggested the city purchase and post more specific signs citing the city's ordinance, which allows for a maximum fine of $200, and then increase police patrol of the area. Wilson did not disagree with the suggestion, but said he felt enforcement would be the real key.
'(Police) have to have a call from someone who has seen (the dumping),' Wilson said. 'Merchants could provide the city with valuable assistance (by placing a call).' He went on to say whenever the State of Texas cracks down on illegal dumping, habitual violators stop.
'I've called in on a lot of dumping,' said Mayor Jimmie Birdwell, 'But they're gone when the police department gets there.'
'Get the license plate,' said Council member Jim Parks.
'I've done it,' responded Birdwell. 'I had it run, found out where he lived. I told him if I catch him again it will cost $200. I can issue a warrant for arrest.'
Wilson agreed with Birdwell's statement. 'No doubt about it,' he said. 'But a ticket is their promise to appear. I know they're not hanging around to eat hamburgers. Video cameras would help, or with reasonable prudence, a citizen's arrest.'
Chief of Police Jeff Cottongame volunteered that the city's new code enforcement officer could be called upon to assist with the problem. Public Works Director Charlie Joe James agreed. 'It's one of the discussions we've had,' James said. 'That and just piling trash in the front yard. If he catches them, he has the authority to write a ticket.'
Hatfield also provided the council with information about trash cans and park benches that the Downtown Association has been investigating. 'The trash cans are $599,' he said. 'And I don't even want to tell you how much the park benches cost. We're not sure where the budget is going to come in.'
Council member Lori Perkins suggested that the association contact the school. 'Maybe there's a metals class or something,' she said, 'They could let the kids build one as a class project.'
Hatfield closed his presentation by assuring the council that the downtown merchants will do their part to assist the city with its cleanup effort.


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August 10th, 2011 By John SignorellaNew York, NY- Last winter, by matching four of the top bantamweight (118) fighters in a two bout, single-elimination "winner takes all" tournament to determine who would eventually fight (Nonito Donaire) for supremacy in their respective weight class, another innovative concept that the "suits" at Showtime put forth and a great night of boxing ensued. Here's the low down of the throw down that transpired on that eve: In a rematch of their 2009 war, Joseph Agbeko beat Yhonny Perez (UD 12) while Abner Mares earned a unanimous nod from the judges in a scintillating war against Vic Darchinyan over 12 rounds. Postmortem, in a let down semi final contest between Vic Darchinyan and Yhonny Perez, Vic was credited with a technical decision win after the fifth round due to Yhonny's inability to continue due to a cut from an accidental head butt.
IBF bantamweight titleholder Joseph Agbeko (28-2, 22 KOs) will defend his belt against high volume punching contender Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13 KOs) over 12 scheduled rounds of throw down for the crown at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday at 10 PM ET on Showtime.
Albeit very different in styles, these main event pugs have much in common. Both throw massive amount of punches and statistically have 35 knockouts in 52 fights. Agbeko has turned the lights out of six of his last twelve opponents while Mares has whacked out eight of his last twelve. Hence, if Agbeko and Mares bring their best game to the dance; one can expect a fiery display of fistic combat.
Adhering to the norm, "ESPN Friday Night Fights" kicks off the boxing weekend. Each installment of the decorated series features news, analysis of upcoming bouts, interviews, celebrity guests offering insight into the world of boxing, and competitive scraps. This week's main event showcases former welterweight (147) belt holder and loser of two straight Kermit Cintron (32-4-1, 28 KOs) pitted against rugged journeyman Antwone Smith (20-2-1, 12 KOs) over 10 rounds or less from the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri, Friday at 9 PM ET.
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Oh yeah, I'm looking forward to this saturday. Mares vs Agbeko is a pickem fight, but more importantly I think this will be an excellent back and forth action packed fight. As for Cintron, I hope this is it for him. He seems like a humble guy, but if we're still wondering after 10 years if he's a world class fighter it means he ain't.
The winner of the Mares/Agbeko should definitely fight Donaire. I know everyone talks about Donaire like he is untouchable because of what he did to Montiel but Montiel has always been overrated. He should have lost the fight by TKO to Alejandro Valdez a journeyman but they found a way to let Montiel keep the belt. He was also losing every round to Hasegawa til he landed that sick punch. So lets give Mares/Agbeko some props and throw Donaire in there with the winner I think it's closer than what people say.
TT- I agree with your comment..the winner of the Agbeko/Mares fight should get Donaire next..Nonito has mad skills no doubt but his KO over Montiel is a bit overrated to me..IMO Kochulito would've lost to any of the fighters from the bantamweight tourney..
After one round, it looked like Agbeko's legs weren't good from the start. I didn't really see a punch causing a knockdown, but Agbeko didn't complain about the call and seemed hurt.
My impression of the weigh in footage was Mares looking a lot more comfortable and stronger at the weight.
But even that couldn't really influence me to pick a winner between these two. Watching the first night of the tournament, I couldn't escape the impression that the level in the Mares-Darcnhinyan fight was much, much higher than in Agbeko-Perez 2.
But then Agbeko clearly beat Perez & Darchinyan, whereas I felt Mares' fights with Perez & Darch could have gone either way, so it makes just as much sense to favor Agbeko.
As round 9 is about to start, I feel Agbeko has won the last 4 rounds and while he's still not looking physically strong, I think his akward rythms are confusing and discomforting mares Mares. I think Agbeko is landing cleaner and more effective punches.
OK I'm watching this on the Internet and it's not the sharpes quality but I completely disagree with the commentary. I think Agbeko has totally outboxed Mares from the fourth round on. To me it looks like he's slipping or fading away from most of Mare's headshots and picked Mares apart weith acurate punches.
Take away the illeghal shots and I think Mares is landing fewer puches on Agbeko than Paul Williams did on Lara.


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The new center replaces the NAMI Multicultural & International Outreach (MIO) Center established in 2002.
"This is more than a symbolic move," said NAMI acting executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. "It represents a new strategic phase. We are moving from outreach to action."
"Our entire community is entering a new era," said Majose Carrasco, who was appointed MIO center director earlier this year and now becomes MAC director. "We have the President's New Freedom report. We have the Surgeon General's Report on Culture Race and Ethnicity. We have the Institute of Medicine's report on Unequal Treatment. The challenge now is to use them to shape programs and policies, to achieve cultural competence and broad inclusiveness."
California Director of Mental Health Stephen Mayberg—a member of the New Freedom Commission—served as a panelist at the multicultural forum. The event was held in Universal City and sponsored by the Latino Behavioral Health Institute, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and NAMI.
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What games do most people think of when they hear the name "Konami?" Castlevania? Metal Gear? Yu-Gi-Oh!? How about Ganbare Goemon? No? Well, you're not alone.Ganbare Goemon (known as Mystical Ninja in the West) is a long-running series of video games by Konami that began in 1986 with the release of Mr. Goemon for the arcade. The plots revolve around the chivalrous thief Goemon and his friends Ebisumaru, Sasuke, and Yae as they set out to defeat whatever zany villain is threatening Japan (or the universe) at the time. Surreal Humor ensues.While Western gamers are largely unfamiliar with the series, it's actually one of Konami's biggest Cash Cow Franchises in Japan, having spawned a great number of games (including some manga, a few anime, and loads of merchandise) since its debut. But if the games are so popular, then why aren't more of them released in English?Cultural barriers, mostly. One of Ganbare Goemon's biggest draws - aside from the vibrant graphics, superb music, and great gameplay - is its bizarre brand of uniquely Japanese humor that makes translation difficult. Within you'll find many oddities such as time-traveling transvestite nuns, bunny-obssessed shoguns, and suicidal sportsmen. There's also a great deal of anachronistic elements (such as giant robots) that really have no place in Edo-period Japan. It's all so absurd that you'll just have to experience it for yourself.
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Artificial leaf works like the real thing, is almost as cheap
They say that leaves don't grow on trees, and they're right: leaves grow in labs. Labs at MIT, where some exceptionally clever biochemists have reinvented the ol' tree finger and turned it into something that's useful for more than something to keep giraffes in business: this artificial leaf can take sunlight and convert it straight into hydrogen and oxygen.
The leaf in the above picture is able to perform the same trick as real leaves (the kind from plants) do: using just sunlight, it can split dihydrogen monoxide into a couple of H's and an O. You can drop this thing into some water and take it outside, and it'll happily bubble away, giving off pure oxygen from one side and pure hydrogen from another.
This is not the first artificial leaf, but what makes it special is that it's much, much cheaper than anything that's been produced so far. Instead of using platinum as a catalyst to split off hydrogen, the MIT leaf uses a nickel-molybdenum-zinc compound, with cobalt on the other side to produce oxygen, all of which are metals that are fairly common on Earth.
The MIT researchers say that this could be a great way to deliver inexpensive and self-contained sources of energy to the developing world, but to get all selfish for a second, we're excited that this may provide a way to make hydrogen a viable fuel for everything from next-gen cars to fuel cell electronics. In fact, damn the giraffes, let's just start planting these things instead.
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Sooner or later it had to happen: the rest of the world is discovering Moss Lipow, the brilliant, eccentric eyewear designer/historian who's been a closely-guarded secret of the cognoscenti for years. The New York-based, self-taught fashionista (he attended film school at NYU) is a darling of high-end design aficionados for his one-of-a-kind creations, such as the sci-fi-style metal specs pictured here, made for a *Vogue China* shoot. He also produced the most expensive sunglasses ever, crafted of alligator and ostrich skin with a $3,800 pricetag.
But it's his more down-to-earth men's designs, with their impressive layers of sophisticated stylistic references, that appeal to us, such as the "symphony of angular symmetry" known as the Scimitar, and the genius Double M, which we'd describe as Peter O'Toole in *What's New Pussycat*-meets-Fritz Lang.
Selected pieces from Lipow's collections have been available from time to time at high-end emporia like Barneys and Maxfield in L.A., though those in the know have always preferred a personal consultation with the designer himself, including a tour of his incredible 3000+ piece vintage collection (he's currently writing the definitive book on the history of eyewear design). Now, however, he's gone global; Lipow is in Hong Kong as we speak bringing sartorial enlightenment to the classier masses, and worldwide domination seems just around the corner. Oh well—we knew him when.
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I previously showed you that there are some great tools to save/restore your desktop icon layout in Windows 7. Some tools go even further and create forms, shapes and objects using desktop icons. Sounds crazy? It probably is, but it's some cool desktop art.
Challenge + Reward Inside: Arrange your desktop icons into complex forms and send us a screenshot to firstname.lastname@example.com
Normally it would be pretty time consuming, but also more challenging, to arrange desktop icons into various shapes, forms and objects. Desktop Icon Toy is doing all the work for you and you can easily arrange your desktop icons with just a few clicks into shapes like stars, hearts, rhombus, triangle, pentagon, hexagon, circle or a moving clock.
Let's check out some examples of this desktop art:
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Tip: Because Desksoft's Icon Toy is shareware and would cost you $20, you can do it the free way and arrange your desktop icons manually and then save your desktop icons with the free tool DesktopOK. For some this ain't a solution, but I'm sure some of you will love the challenge to do it manually.
Why is Desktop Icon Toy worth it?
But Desktop Icon Toy is definitely worth 20 bucks, because it can do much more than just arrange desktop icons. You can also use it to animate your desktop icons and make them dance, remove the icon text, save the desktop icon layout, lock desktop icons (make them unmovable), keep your desktop icons on multiple monitors, change the desktop icon size, add some sticky notes to your desktop, activate desktop icons with a single click rather than a double-click, auto-select icons on mouse-over and much more.
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February 3, 2013
No faking it for Beyonce, Destiny's Child
By STEVE TILLEY, QMI Agency
There are no losers in the Beyonce Bowl.
Even if you don't love the Grammy-winning, bazillion-album-selling, Jay-Z-marrying singer's music, it was hard not to be slightly mesmerized by the spectacle of Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show.
Or if not the show, those legs. Lord, those legs. Leather. Lace. Legs.


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Hanging by a Thread: Defending Economic Liberty in Texas
Eyebrow threading is a booming industry in Texas. But state bureaucrats are making it impossible to continue practicing this ancient art. Ash Patel shouldn't need to close his business to take 1,500 hours of beauty school classes that don't even teach threading. Read more
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Before you launch a PR, social media or marketing campaign, you want to make sure that you've outlined your objectives and thoroughly mined your stories. One of the best ways to do this is to set up a marketing brainstorming session. To start, sit down and make a list of objectives that you want to achieve before starting the process. You don't want to limit your ideas, but you do want to define objectives you're setting out to accomplish. When it comes to PR and marketing brainstorming, your goal is to come up with a list of the most important story ideas including new business concepts, the unique value you offer, important information you can give your, and anecdotal stories that illustrate how you work. Also spend some time focusing on how and why you can present yourself as an expert in your overall field. The media needs experts and talking heads to explain various fields. Present yourself as that expert.
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Like many other desirable things not included in the Constitution, "informational privacy" seems like a good idea – wherefore the People have enacted laws at the federal level and in the states restricting the government's collection and use of information. But it is up to the People to enact those laws, to shape them, and, when they think it appropriate, to repeal them. A federal constitutional right to "informational privacy" does not exist.This disagreement by necessity turns on interpretation, because the Constitution simply doesn't address the matter (the word privacy does not appear anywhere within the text of the Constitution or its amendments). Some state governments and many privacy advocates consider this to be a serious deficiency, and aside from federal laws enacted to protect the privacy of personal information in a variety of contexts, 10 states have individual rights to privacy explicitly conferred in their state constitutions.
The reliance on Whalen seems somewhat insufficient, since in that case the court said that the duty of the government to avoid unauthorized disclosure of personal information that could be harmful or embarrassing to the individual "arguably has its roots in the Constitution." In the current case, there is no dispute that NASA, as a federal government agency, is restricted under the Privacy Act (5 USC §522a) to limit the personal information it collects to only what is necessary to accomplish the intended purpose (in this case, to perform a background check) and from disclosing personal information it collects or for using it in any way inconsistent with the purpose for which it was collected. Given these protections regarding personally identifiable information collected on contractors and other individuals subject to background investigations, the only real question is whether the information sought on prior drug use and treatment go beyond what is reasonable or necessary for the government to ask in order to determine if the individuals are sufficiently trustworthy to perform the tasks their contract entails. It seems hard to argue that information about prior illegal activities, especially those involving potential addictions, would not be relevant to making a determination of trustworthiness. If so, then there is really no reason to entertain a debate about whether individual privacy rights are or are not afforded by the Constitution, although exposing the difference of opinion among Supreme Court justices offers some indication that the outcome of future cases that come before the Court on this issue might be hard to predict.


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Bell launches the CDMA BlackBerry Style 9670
Just a few days after Telus, Bell has launched the CDMA BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone. The BlackBerry Style brings the BlackBerry 6 OS experience into a small compact full QWERTY clamshell. The BlackBerry Style is available starting today from Bell for $49.95 with three year contract or $399.95 outright. Sadly the BlackBerry Style operates on Bell's older CDMA network, and not on their newer HSPA network. The device features a 5.0 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and of course is loaded with BlackBerry 6 OS.
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How to Plan a Winter Sledding Party
When the flakes start falling, Maine event planner Kate Martin gathers her nearest and dearest for a rollicking sledding fetethink s'mores, ginger snaps, hot chocolate (with vanilla vodka!), and more winter party ideas.
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Serve One Drink, Two Ways
Kate whipped up two kinds of cocoa—one dark, one pale, both irresistible. Here, marshmallows, a peppermint stick, and vanilla vodka invigorate a cup of cocoa.
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Molalla, Oregon
This iReport is part of an assignment:
Gun control debate: Background checks
A bit long, but more balanced than you might guess...
I have a few guns in my safe, and most of them would not be illegal under the expired weapons ban. The revolvers don't carry over 10 rounds, and none of my hunting rifles carry more than that either. When I think about it, I only have 2 guns that would be illegal. One is a 9mm pistol which holds 13 rounds, and the other is my AR-15 type rifle.
I bought the 9mm right after I got an apartment with my new and pregnant wife. I was lower enlisted in the Army, and my small paycheck didn't allow us to live in a very good neighborhood. It was comforting to know that I had a method to defend my new family, and that when I was away during Army training, my 5' 1" wife had a way to defend herself against an attacker who would doubtless be much bigger and stronger than she.
I bought the AR-15 type rifle for sport shooting. I participate in shooting sports, and the AR-15 is what I am used to from my extensive training as an airborne infantryman. Because of my training, it's what I feel the most comfortable with. I am far more accurate with it than my pistols, and in the case of a serious breakdown of society I would feel most comfortable relying on it to protect my family. However, for me my AR-15 is also a mark of my service, and my commitment to my nation. I swore to uphold and defend the constitution, and I still feel strongly about that commitment. Indeed, it was the civilian arms which famously caused the Japanese to not even consider invading the US mainland during WW2. Switzerland uses a civilian militia to secure it's national defense, and issues everyone a semi-auto rifle and the training to employ it, should the need arise. I believe that every citizen has a responsibility to his nation and society. Each citizen is responsible to pay his taxes, vote, and protect those weaker than themselves. It is a great responsibility, and should not be taken lightly.
I have had my carry permit for the last 6 years, and carry on a daily basis. I am prepared to use my weapon to defend myself, my family, or others if necessary. However, I pray that I never have to pull it out and use it. Taking a life is no small thing, but taking an innocent life is far worse, so I am prepared to use it if the case arises.
I view carrying my pistol similar to fire insurance on my house. I don't think I will ever have a house fire. However if I did, it would be catastrophic for my family, and therefore I pay every month for insurance which I will most likely not ever use, and I seriously hope that I never have to. Likewise, if I or anyone in my family was to be assaulted, shot, raped, etc, that would be catastrophic. Therefore, I carry, and my wife is in the process of getting her carry permit. Just like we don't want our house and all our possessions to burn to the ground, neither one of us wants to be in a position to use our weapons, but we will if we have to.
There are those who want to pant all gun owners as a bunch of crazies who have delusions of the world ending and the carnage which will result. For this reason I hate that "Preppers" show on TV. Your average gun owner is like me. I barbecue with the neighbors on the front porch. I teach my kids to ride their bikes with the other kids in the neighborhood. I'm the guy who you can knock on my door to borrow that tool you need to get the job done. All the while I am an armed, trained citizen. I vote, I pay my taxes, I respect the law and those who enforce it and I am training my children in the same way.
Could the west coast get that earthquake that they keep predicting? Could it knock out power and turn my neighborhood into a hurricane Katrina thugs in the street type scenario? Possibly. Could a budget impasse cause police and other public defenders not be paid and strike? Maybe. Could a major political or social event cause there to be riots in the streets? Who knows. Could my house catch on fire? I sure hope not. My point is that I am a normal citizen, but I am also one who takes responsibility for myself, my family, and my country.
When I heard about the tragedy in Connecticut I felt like someone punched me in the stomach. I wept for those children, so similar to my own. I don't know what the answer is to the sickness our society has, but I'm pretty sure that me and my guns which are safely locked away in a safe aren't the problem. There are two polarized sides to the argument, and the reason which you see so many of us gun owners digging in our heels is that we hear the fraction that wants to ban ALL guns. It happened in England, and Australia, and we are afraid it could happen here too. This is why we resist any notion of gun control.
We have the 2nd amendment, true, but that was upheld by a 5-4 majority. Not much. If I was convinced that the restrictions wouldn't keep going and going till I had to either turn in all my guns or be a felon, I would be open to some "Common sense measures". I think that Congress should draft a "clarification amendment" to the 2nd. In it stipulate that honest, law abiding citizens will be able to own and maintain their arms. Once you do that, I would be open to things like requiring an approved safe if you want to own an "assault weapon". I don't support registration because I don't think it's the government's business to inventory what's in my house, but I do support closing the gun show loophole. I don't support limiting magazine size, (because changing 10 round magazines wouldn't slow down a trained shooter much) but I do support some kind of mandatory safety training before you are allowed to purchase guns. I don't like the notion of arming teachers, but having an armed guard and a few teachers who want the responsibility of carrying a gun might not be a bad idea. And not one of these rent-a-cop guys who couldn't make it through the police academy. Get an ex combat arms military guy who's kids go to the school. I sure wouldn't want to face down an armed man defending his children! Our nation also needs to take a look at how we deal with the mentally ill. I don't believe it's a coincidence that all these shooters had mental problems, and most were prescribed with some sort of powerful psychoactive drug and then turned loose in society again.
As a nation, we need solutions. But the polarity which is stiffing any action on the nation's financial woes is the same kind of polarity which is keeping any progress from happening in the mass shooting arena too. If we were guaranteed that you wouldn't write laws sending ATF to my house to take my guns, even my AR-15, I think that we as the gun community would come together to work with the other side. I know I would.
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Favorite 'no trans fat' snacks
The FDA is changing food labels so you'll now know how much trans fat lurks in your kid's food. Trans fat -- the result of hydrogenating oil -- typically shows up in packaged snacks such as cookies and crackers. Because it's more shelf-stable than regular oil, however, manufacturers use it in all sorts of convenience foods.
I've been a trans fat detective for years. I generally shop at my local natural-foods grocery store or Trader Joe's for snacks, cereals, and other ready-made food. I save money by watching for sales, packing my freezer, and buying staples at conventional supermarkets.
A few favorites:
- Annie's Cheddar Bunnies (Goldfish cracker alternative)
- Trader Joe's Honey Whole Wheat pretzel sticks
- New Morning Cinnamon Grahams
- Kashi GoLean Crunch and Mighty Bites cereals
- Nature Valley Peanut Butter granola bars (if our only shopping choices are the gas station or 7-11)
What are your family's favorite trans fat-free snacks?
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Hello :)
My Monday ending up shaping up pretty well yesterday, even if I fell down the stairs early in the AM! I think the most important thing about changing around your day is changing your attitude. There's no need to be a negative nancy when you can be a peppy petunia!
A few updates:
- Thanks for all your get well wishes yesterday. My tailbone feels a lot better. I actually don't think it was my tail bone that took most of the impact but more of my left butt cheek LOL. It seriously hurt so bad yesterday but today it feels a little better. That's the benefit of having a big booty – quicker healing. Hells yes! I still think I won't run until maybe the weekend? Or until my butt doesn't hurt anymore. Either way, I don't want to potentially injure myself before I start training for my half marathon (on June 6). Which reminds me, I need to start looking for a training plan.. Any suggestions?? I've been looking into Hal Hidgon's plan but I'm open to others as well. I just don't want something super crazy and demanding. I know my limits but I want to also step outside my boundaries a bit. We'll see!
- Yesterday I got a call from the guy at the bike shop and they don't have the bike I want in stock. :( I was looking around and I found this one instead:
What do you all think? I still like the other mint/white one but I really do like this purple one as well. They only have pink/white in the other style and I don't really want a pink cruiser (I feel like it's too cliche). Looks like Trixie is going to have to be purple!!
- I'm blogging from work (on wordpress) and it's so odd compared to using Window's Live Writer. Def like WLW waaaaay better! So bare with me, it's been a while since I blogged on the actual wordpress site.
Breakfast this morning was something I haven't had in a whilllle.
A green smoothie!!
While I was perusing the blog-o-sphere yesterday, I came across Mama Pea's Cake Batter Green Smoothie and knew I just had to make it for breakfast this AM.
The only thing I did differently was that I used 1/2 a frozen banana instead of the tofu/frozen almond milk cubes.
Tasted just like a cake batter milkshake, for reals! I was smitten. :)
I am going to try and make an effort to drink more green smoothies because it's just so easy to get a packed and pumped up smoothie with lots of vitamins and nutrients in one place. I especially love this cake batter one so I bet you'll be seeing it a lot on the blog. ;) I also have a ginourmous tub of spinach in the fridge that expires May 21 so I better get blendin'..
Random yummy eats from yesterday included perfect juicy watermelon:
And open faced Ezekiel low-sodium bread with avocado, mustard seeds, red pep flakes, garlic, and sauteed sweet white onion.
Sprinkled with turmeric and paprika!
I added turmeric because it is an anti-inflammatory and thought it could help with my tailbone – I guess so 'cause I feel better today!
I was lucky, too because I had a super ripe avocado. Yuuuum. I love avocados. They're so creamy!
I'll be enjoying the rest of this for leftovers today. Yummmm.
Yesterday my friend and I went to go get waxed at a waxing center. Usually, my mom does my eyebrows (and nails) since she went to beauty school. She's great at it and why pay $$ to get it done when I can get it done for free? Well, they had a special going so I could get my eyebrows done for free. The place was absolutely gorgeous inside and very intimate and doesn't making waxing awkward at all. They use a certain kind of wax that doesn't need a strip to be applied. They apply the wax, let it cool, and then just rip the actual wax off. It feels totally weird and is way less painful than typical waxed so I was digging it. It actually kind of feels like gel on your eyebrows.
My eyebrows turned out nice but it lead me to thinking.. are women pressured to wax (or be hairless in general)? Honestly, I never cared about my eyebrows until I noticed everyone else was doing it so I thought what the heck. But after I started waxing my eyebrows, I felt really good about myself. I like how I looked with them all shaped up and I didn't feel like I had bushes on my forehead. I love being a girly girl but sometimes the pressure to look a certain way and maintain your look can be overwhelming. Some people take it overboard and tan, get their nails done, and wax constantly, and that's fine, I have no issue with that (except tanning!!!). But what I do have an issue with is where or not girls are doing it for themselves or to fit a social "mold" that is set by the media to look a certain way.
What do you think? Do you feel pressure from the media (and others) to do certains things like wax? Do you wax?
I wax because I feel better about myself overall, not to fit some sort of mold. Although, it can be overwhelming to try and do everything (tan, nails, hair, etc) just because the media acts like you 'should' do those things to look your best.
I'm at work now so I better focus! Sorry for the wonky post, tomorrow I'll be back at it.
Enjoy your day <3
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This is the December 15, 2012 news archive. View today's Bucks rumors and news.
Clippers pick up ninth straight by bullying Bucks
ESPN.com Updated Dec 15, 2012
Matt Barnes scored 21 points, Blake Griffin had 18 points and 11 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the cold-shooting Milwaukee Bucks 111-85 on Saturday night for their ninth consecutive victory.Upvote Share Tweet
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We don't have to yell
When Gov. Rick Snyder announced the confirmation of a financial emergency and the imminent appointment of a emergency financial manager (EFM), he said he wouldn't deal with those who oppose his position by yelling. It must be nice not to have to yell to be heard.
Republican policy makers certainly don't have to.
This week, Lansing threatened to cut $74.8 million from both Wayne State University and University of Michigan's budgets because the legislature believes the schools were bypassing the right-to-work laws passed by legislators in the dark of night during its lame duck session in December. These are contracts that both administration and labor said would make each institution more financially stable. This comes one week after Snyder announced his candidate for EFM, Kevyn Orr of Jones Day law firm in Washington, D.C.
This is the second major policy shift with generational ramifications the tyrannical Republicans have forced on Detroit and Michigan.
Snyder and the legislature also overturned voters in the state of Michigan in the same lame duck session, when the new EFM law, Public Act 436, was rammed through the legislature. It must be nice not to have to yell — who said nerds aren't the nastiest bullies?
This week, a new cadre of EFM protestors emerged in Detroit. Not the activists who are usually first in the fight, but establishment leaders who have come out in opposition of the EFM law. The Council of Baptist Pastors, the Detroit NAACP and public officials from other cities have stepped out to condemn a law that denies half of the state's Black population the right to vote, local input in their schools, transparency in local government and does nothing to guarantee financial solvency.
What we most recognize is that there is no evidence an EFM will improve the financial outcome for the city of Detroit. Most know an EFM can absolutely cripple the city. The problem with having an EFM — along with the civil rights violations and the fact the law is in line with repeated, documented attempts in U.S. history to deny African Americans electoral privileges — is that it just doesn't make financial sense.
An EFM will come in and, likely, immediately sell or transfer assets. The Water Department could go. Belle Isle could be in the hands of the state — or developers — by the summer. In the short term, the EFM can balance the books with these sales. The real problems remain — the falling economic status of most Americans, especially Black Americans.
Real leadership comes with considering opportunities for the city's population living in poverty and developing policy to grow the city and create economic opportunities for its citizens. Detroit will be destitute without its assets. It's one thing to be broke with a car, another to be broke without a car.
The governor, mayor and now Kevyn Orr have not begun to contend with this grim financial fact.
EFMs also bring consultants with expense accounts. As this week's front page story exposes, most people do not understand the nature of corruption can be found in these costs. While consultants propose to save money, they also spend in ways that include thousands of dollars in high-end wine and top-shelf liquor paid for by taxpayers.
These consultants will be in Detroit for the next few years under an EFM.


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Avondale Westview didn't waste any time Friday. The Knights scored three first-quarter touchdowns and rolled to a 35-10 victory over visiting Anthem Boulder Creek (9-2) in a 5A-II state quarterfinal game.
R.J. Robinson capped Westview's opening drive with a 24-yard touchdown run and added a 9-yard score after Boulder Creek snapped the ball over the punter's head.
The Knights (11-1), who will face Tempe Marcos de Niza Friday in the semifinals, took a commanding lead when Nick Sornsin converted a 3rd-and-1 into a 38-yard touchdown pass to put the Knights ahead 21-0 with 2:06 left in the first quarter.
Westview held heralded Boulder Creek quarterback Taylor Davis to 114 yards on 14-of-26 passing with one interception and a 3-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.