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« Reply #60 on: July 03, 2012, 09:31 PM »
Andy was serving like a beast whenever he was in trouble today. If he can replicate that tomorrow, I have high hopes he can make it to the SF.
Just like Andy dismantled Rafa in Tokyo after losing to him at USO. Here's hoping Andy will be fired up to make up for losing to David at RG.
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« Reply #62 on: July 03, 2012, 10:53 PM »
^Andy doesn't take any illegal substances.
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Quote from: psychological tennis on July 03, 2012, 06:17 PM
Andy's game seems to be improving along with his confidence round by round, all being well tomorrow and there is no reason why it should not be, i expect our Andy to make the semis and then who knows. Should he make the final, then i am happy that Lendl will be with him to take him over this last hurdle - playing the tennis we all know he can play, rather than the nervous tennis he has shown us in his previous Slam finals. whatever the outcome i am so proud of our Andy.
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« Reply #64 on: July 04, 2012, 07:18 AM »
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He plays one match every Wimbledon on No. 1. It's standard. So I should be looking good with my CC tickets tomorrow. I fear I won't see Herr Kohlschreiber, though. It's looking like Fedex.
I'd spend some time in the beer tent during the opening match if I were you
Enjoy the other match though - get those tonsils lubricated!
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Hi PT
Great to have you back again and I found this and your earlier post very encouraging.
Hi Aileen, its good to be back. Thanks for your kind words, sometimes swimming against the negativity can be tiring. Our Andy will do it, Ferrer will come with a mindset of never stop till the last ball is hit. Our Andy must do the same. No concentration lapses, no tantrums. Just pure focus, focus focus. But above all Our Andy has to be courageous and go for his shots - believe!
I will be away from this afternoon for a couple of days, so i'll be missing the match, but i'll stay tuned to live scores on my phone via the Wimbledon App
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« Reply #66 on: July 04, 2012, 10:23 AM »
Did anyone hear the berk during the first set of the Baggy match the other night who shouted something like 'come on Marcos, do it for England' as Andy was about to serve? Nigel, if you hear such a thing again today then you have my permission to use the MW shotgun. I swear I heard a similar thing during the Gasquet match in 2008. Such wit. I hope the crowd around them told them to FO.
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Hi All,
I could not believe how well Andy served in the resumption of the match against Cilic. He looked in the mood as well, which I think is always a great sign.
I think I've said it before on another thread, so I apologise (I swear my brain is stuck on repeat half the time!) but what really impressed me, other than the serving from our lad, was at 5 all 30 all in that first set. It was all just a bit tight, but there was a sense that Andy could take control if he just remained in control of himself. I could have burst with pride (and would have made a hell of a mess in the living room) when Andy just said 'come on now'. It wasn't remarked upon by the commentators, and wasn't to get the crowd going. It was a calm collection of himself. To me it illustrated so much how Andy's mindset is changing, and for the better.
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Israel oppressed by Midianites. (1-6) Israel rebuked by a prophet. (7-10) Gideon set to deliver Israel. (11-24) Gideon destroys Baal's altar. (25-32) Signs given him. (33-40)
Verses 1-6 Israel's sin was renewed, and Israel's troubles were repeated. Let all that sin expect to suffer. The Israelites hid themselves in dens and caves; such was the effect of a guilty conscience. Sin dispirits men. The invaders left no food for Israel, except what was taken into the caves. They prepared that for Baal with which God should have been served, now God justly sends an enemy to take it away in the season thereof.
Verses 7-10 They cried to God for a deliverer, and he sent them a prophet to teach them. When God furnishes a land with faithful ministers, it is a token that he has mercy in store for it. He charges them with rebellion against the Lord; he intends to bring them to repentance. Repentance is real when the sinfulness of sin, as disobedience to God, is chiefly lamented.
Verses 11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel was with him. Gideon was weak in faith, which made it hard to reconcile the assurances of the presence of God with the distress to which Israel was brought. The Angel answered his objections. He told him to appear and act as Israel's deliverer, there needed no more. Bishop Hall says, While God calls Gideon valiant, he makes him so. God delights to advance the humble. Gideon desires to have his faith confirmed. Now, under the influences of the Spirit, we are not to expect signs before our eyes such as Gideon here desired, but must earnestly pray to God, that if we have found grace in his sight, he would show us a sign in our heart, by the powerful working of his Spirit there, The Angel turned the meat into an offering made by fire; showing that he was not a man who needed meat, but the Son of God, who was to be served and honoured by sacrifice, and who in the fulness of time was to make himself a sacrifice. Hereby a sign was given to Gideon, that he had found grace in God's sight. Ever since man has by sin exposed himself to God's wrath and curse, a message from heaven has been a terror to him, as he scarcely dares to expect good tidings thence. In this world, it is very awful to have any converse with that world of spirits to which we are so much strangers. Gideon's courage failed him. But God spoke peace to him.
Verses 25-32 See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not think it enough not to worship at that altar; he must throw it down, and offer sacrifice on another. It was needful he should make peace with God, before he made war on Midian. Till sin be pardoned through the great Sacrifice, no good is to be expected. God, who has all hearts in his hands, influenced Joash to appear for his son against the advocates for Baal, though he had joined formerly in the worship of Baal. Let us do our duty, and trust God with our safety. Here is a challenge to Baal, to do either good or evil; the result convinced his worshippers of their folly, in praying to one to help them that could not avenge himself.
Verses 33-40 These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midian? Gideon is made to know that God could do so. Is Gideon desirous that the dew of Divine grace might come down upon himself in particular? He sees the fleece wet with dew to assure him of it. Does he desire that God will be as the dew to all Israel? Behold, all the ground is wet. What cause we sinners of the Gentiles have, to bless the Lord that the dew of heavenly blessings, once confined to Israel, is now sent to all the inhabitants of the earth! Yet still the means of grace are in different measures, according to the purposes of God. In the same congregation, one man's soul is like Gideon's moistened fleece, another like the dry ground.
Judges 6:1-6 . THE ISRAELITES, FOR THEIR SINS, OPPRESSED BY MIDIAN.
1. and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian--Untaught by their former experiences, the Israelites again apostatized, and new sins were followed by fresh judgments. Midian had sustained a severe blow in the time of Moses ( Numbers 31:1-18 ); and the memory of that disaster, no doubt, inflamed their resentment against the Israelites. They were wandering herdsmen, called "children of the East," from their occupying the territory east of the Red Sea, contiguous to Moab. The destructive ravages they are described as at this time committing in the land of Israel are similar to those of the Bedouin Arabs, who harass the peaceful cultivators of the soil. Unless composition is made with them, they return annually at a certain season, when they carry off the grain, seize the cattle and other property; and even life itself is in jeopardy from the attacks of those prowling marauders. The vast horde of Midianites that overran Canaan made them the greatest scourge which had ever afflicted the Israelites.
2. made . . . dens . . . in the mountains and caves--not, of course, excavating them, for they were already, but making them fit for habitation.
Judges 6:7-10 . A PROPHET REBUKES THEM.
8. the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel--The curse of the national calamity is authoritatively traced to their infidelity as the cause.
Judges 6:11-16 . AN ANGEL SENDS GIDEON TO DELIVER THEM.
11. there came an angel of the Lord--He appeared in the character and equipments of a traveller ( Judges 6:21 ), who sat down in the shade to enjoy a little refreshment and repose. Entering into conversation on the engrossing topic of the times, the grievous oppression of the Midianites, he began urging Gideon to exert his well-known prowess on behalf of his country. Gideon, in replying, addresses him at first in a style equivalent (in Hebrew) to "sir," but afterwards gives to him the name usually applied to God.
an oak--Hebrew, "the oak"--as famous in after-times.
Ophrah--a city in the tribe of Manasseh, about sixteen miles north of Jericho, in the district belonging to the family of Abiezer ( Joshua 17:2 ).
his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-press--This incident tells emphatically the tale of public distress. The small quantity of grain he was threshing, indicated by his using a flail instead of the customary treading of cattle--the unusual place, near a wine-press, under a tree, and on the bare ground, not a wooden floor, for the prevention of noise--all these circumstances reveal the extreme dread in which the people were living.
13. if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us?--Gideon's language betrays want of reflection, for the very chastisements God had brought on His people showed His presence with, and His interest in, them.
14-16. the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might . . . have not I sent thee?--The command and the promise made Gideon aware of the real character of his visitor; and yet like Moses, from a sense of humility, or a shrinking at the magnitude of the undertaking, he excused himself from entering on the enterprise. And even though assured that, with the divine aid, he would overcome the Midianites as easily as if they were but one man, he still hesitates and wishes to be better assured that the mission was really from God. He resembles Moses also in the desire for a sign; and in both cases it was the rarity of revelations in such periods of general corruption that made them so desirous of having the fullest conviction of being addressed by a heavenly messenger. The request was reasonable, and it was graciously granted [ Judges 6:18 ].
Judges 6:17-32 . GIDEON'S PRESENT CONSUMED BY FIRE.
18. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I . . . bring forth my present--Hebrew, my mincha, or "meat offering"; and his idea probably was to prove, by his visitor's partaking of the entertainment, whether or not he was more than man.
19-23. Gideon went in, and made ready a kid; . . . the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a The flesh seems to have been roasted, which is done by cutting it into kobab, that is, into small pieces, fixed on a skewer, and put before the fire. The broth was for immediate use; the other, brought in a hand-basket was intended to be a future supply to the traveller. The miraculous fire that consumed it and the vanishing of the stranger, not by walking, but as a spirit in the fire, filled Gideon with awe. A consciousness of demerit fills the heart of every fallen man at the thought of God, with fear of His wrath; and this feeling was increased by a belief prevalent in ancient times, that whoever saw an angel would forthwith die. The acceptance of Gideon's sacrifice betokened the acceptance of his person; but it required an express assurance of the divine blessing, given in some unknown manner, to restore his comfort and peace of mind.
24-32. it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him--The transaction in which Gideon is here described as engaged was not entered on till the night after the vision.
25. Take thy father's . . . second bullock--The Midianites had probably reduced the family herd; or, as Gideon's father was addicted to idolatry, the best may have been fattened for the service of Baal; so that the second was the only remaining one fit for sacrifice to God.
throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath--standing upon his ground, though kept for the common use of the townsmen.
cut down the grove that is by it--dedicated to Ashtaroth. With the aid of ten confidential servants he demolished the one altar and raised on the appointed spot the altar of the Lord; but, for fear of opposition, the work had to be done under cover of night. A violent commotion was excited next day, and vengeance vowed against Gideon as the perpetrator. "Joash, his father, quieted the mob in a manner similar to that of the town clerk of Ephesus. It was not for them to take the matter into their own hands. The one, however, made an appeal to the magistrate; the other to the idolatrous god himself" [CHALMERS].
Judges 6:33-39 . THE SIGNS.
33. all the Midianites . . . pitched in Jezreel--The confederated troops of Midian, Amalek, and their neighbors, crossing the Jordan to make a fresh inroad on Canaan, encamped in the plains of Esdraelon (anciently Jezreel). The southern part of the Ghor lies in a very low level, so that there is a steep and difficult descent into Canaan by the southern wadies. Keeping this in view, we see the reason why the Midianite army, from the east of Jordan, entered Canaan by the northern wadies of the Ghor, opposite Jezreel.
34. the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon--Called in this sudden emergency into the public service of his country, he was supernaturally endowed with wisdom and energy commensurate with the magnitude of the danger and the difficulties of his position. His summons to war was enthusiastically obeyed by all the neighboring tribes. On the eve of a perilous enterprise, he sought to fortify his mind with a fresh assurance of a divine call to the responsible office. The miracle of the fleece was a very remarkable one--especially, considering the copious dews that fall in his country. The divine patience and condescension were wonderfully manifested in reversing the form of the miracle. Gideon himself seems to have been conscious of incurring the displeasure of God by his hesitancy and doubts; but He bears with the infirmities of His people.


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D-1.1 6-6 2 INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Date: September 14, 1971 To: FILES From: Weston Bourret Sub: MEXICO - INVESTMENT CONFERENCES AND CONTACTS Ref: Following is a list of business executives, engineers, financial and mining people contacted by Wes Bourret and Hugh Douglas during the week of September 7 while in Mexico City and Xoxtla, Puebla. Phil Dettmer, Consulting Metallurgical Engineer to the Mexican steel group, Hojalata y Lamina, S.A., (Hylsa), presently operating four (4) HyL direct reduction mini-steel mills in Mexico. Mr. Dettmer arranged the visit to Pueblo and accompanied us on the inspection tour. Fred M. G. Sullivan, Administrative Manager, Placer Mexicana, S.A., Niza 12-312, Mexico 6, D. F. Mr. Sullivan spent most a day briefing us on Placers two-year experience in setting up a permanent Mexican exploration organization with a budget of approximately $1,000,000 per year. The Placer people made the decision to enter Mexico following long deliberations and study. Following instructions from Placer's Vancouver office, Mr. Sullivan pulled together a set of reports and documents on Mexicanization laws, taxes, regulations and other subjects pertinent to the subject of organizing an exploration company in Mexico. Stephen G. Kent, Jr., Director of Credit, First National City Bank of New York. Introduced by Drew Leonard. Mr. Kent set up a conference with Ing. Javier Ramiriz Figuera, mining advisor to the Bank. We were very courtesly met and supplied with mining books, bulletins and reports on Mexico. Mineral statistics, deposits and mineral commodity studies by Comision de Fomento Minero. Hylso de Mexico, S.A. We spent Thursday, September 9 at the Pueblo Plant, a new steel mill based on the use of reformed natural gas to make sponge iron from Alzada pellets (Colima) followed by electric smelting. Memo to FILES 9/14/71 page two MEXICO - INVESTMENT CONFERENCES AND CONTACTS We were provided with literature on the economics of the HyL process, or specifi-cations and general cost data. Reserves of Mexican iron ore are limited and coking coal is absent. Long-range problems relating to reserves for steel indus-try growth were discussed. Phil Dettmer had been retained as Hylsa consultant on plant control problems for the past two years. It appeared during the meetings that officers of the Hylsa plant hold Dettmer in high regard. Georges Ordonez, Consulting Geologist I spent most of Friday afternoon with Sr. Ordonez who is probably Mexico's leading mining geologist and currently maintains a staff of six to eight field men, a library and consulting offices in Mexico City; he also lectures on mining at the University. Sr. Ordonez was formerly chief geologist at Kennecott Copper. I know Ordonez well and worked with him on porphry copper investigations in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Weston Bourret WB/nam
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We find in this book excellent examples of faith, piety, patience, humility, industry, and loving-kindness, in the common events of life. Also we see the special care which God's providence take of our smallest concerns, encouraging us to full trust therein. We may view this book as a beautiful, because natural representation of human life; as a curious detail of important facts; and as a part of the plan of redemption.
Elimelech and his sons die in the land of Moab. (1-5) Naomi returns home. (6-14) Orpah stays behind, but Ruth goes with Naomi. (15-18) They come to Bethlehem. (19-22)
Verses 1-5 Elimelech's care to provide for his family, was not to be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. And the removal ended in the wasting of his family. It is folly to think of escaping that cross, which, being laid in our way, we ought to take up. Changing our place seldom is mending it. Those who bring young people into bad acquaintance, and take them out of the way of public ordinances, thought they may think them well-principled, and armed against temptation, know not what will be the end. It does not appear that the women the sons of Elimelech married, were proselyted to the Jewish religion. Earthly trials or enjoyments are of short continuance. Death continually removes those of every age and situation, and mars all our outward comforts: we cannot too strongly prefer those advantages which shall last for ever.
Verses 6-14 Naomi began to think of returning, after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it ought to reform what is amiss there. Earth is made bitter to us, that heaven may be made dear. Naomi seems to have been a person of faith and piety. She dismissed her daughters-in-law with prayer. It is very proper for friends, when they part, to part with them thus part in love. Did Naomi do well, to discourage her daughters from going with her, when she might save them from the idolatry of Moab, and bring them to the faith and worship of the God of Israel? Naomi, no doubt, desired to do that; but if they went with her, she would not have them to go upon her account. Those that take upon them a profession of religion only to oblige their friends, or for the sake of company, will be converts of small value. If they did come with her, she would have them make it their deliberate choice, and sit down first and count the cost, as it concerns those to do who make a profession of religion. And more desire "rest in the house of a husband," or some wordly settlement or earthly satisfaction, than the rest to which Christ invites our souls; therefore when tried they will depart from Christ, though perhaps with some sorrow.
Verses 15-18 See Ruth's resolution, and her good affection to Naomi. Orpah was loth to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab for her sake. Thus, many have a value and affection for Christ, yet come short of salvation by him, because they will not forsake other things for him. They love him, yet leave him, because they do not love him enough, but love other things better. Ruth is an example of the grace of God, inclining the soul to choose the better part. Naomi could desire no more than the solemn declaration Ruth made. See the power of resolution; it silences temptation. Those that go in religious ways without a stedfast mind, stand like a door half open, which invites a thief; but resolution shuts and bolts the door, resists the devil and forces him to flee.
Verses 19-22 Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Afflictions will make great and surprising changes in a little time. May God, by his grace, fit us for all such changes, especially the great change!, Naomi signifies "pleasant," or "amiable;" Mara, "bitter," or "bitterness." She was now a woman of a sorrowful spirit. She had come home empty, poor, a widow and childless. But there is a fulness for believers of which they never can be emptied; a good part which shall not be taken from those who have it. The cup of affliction is a "bitter" cup, but she owns that the affliction came from God. It well becomes us to have our hearts humbled under humbling providences. It is not affliction itself, but affliction rightly borne, that does us good.
Ruth 1:1-5 . ELIMELECH, DRIVEN BY FAMINE INTO MOAB, DIES THERE.
1. in the days when the judges ruled--The beautiful and interesting story which this book relates belongs to the early times of the judges. The precise date cannot be ascertained.
2. Elimelech--signifies "My God is king."
Naomi--"fair or pleasant"; and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, are supposed to be the same as Joash and Saraph ( 1 Chronicles 4:22 ).
Ephrathites--The ancient name of Beth-lehem was Ephrath ( Genesis 35:19 , 48:7 ), which was continued after the occupation of the land by the Hebrews, even down to the time of the prophet Micah ( Micah 5:2 ).
Beth-lehem-judah--so called to distinguish it from a town of the same name in Zebulun. The family, compelled to emigrate to Moab through pressure of a famine, settled for several years in that country. After the death of their father, the two sons married Moabite women. This was a violation of the Mosaic law ( Deuteronomy 7:3 , 23:3 , Ezra 9:2 , Nehemiah 13:23 ); and Jewish writers say that the early deaths of both the young men were divine judgments inflicted on them for those unlawful connections.
Ruth 1:6-18 . NAOMI RETURNING HOME, RUTH ACCOMPANIES HER.
6, 7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab--The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law.
8. Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house--In Eastern countries women occupy apartments separate from those of men, and daughters are most frequently in those of their mother.
the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead--that is, with my sons, your husbands, while they lived.
9. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest--enjoy a life of tranquillity, undisturbed by the cares, incumbrances, and vexatious troubles to which a state of widowhood is peculiarly exposed.
Then she kissed them--the Oriental manner when friends are parting.
11. are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?--This alludes to the ancient custom ( Genesis 38:26 ) afterwards expressly sanctioned by the law of Moses ( Deuteronomy 25:5 ), which required a younger son to marry the widow of his deceased brother.
12, 13. Turn again, my daughters, go your way--That Naomi should dissuade her daughters-in-law so strongly from accompanying her to the land of Israel may appear strange. But it was the wisest and most prudent course for her to adopt: first, because they might be influenced by hopes which could not be realized; second, because they might be led, under temporary excitement, to take a step they might afterwards regret; and, third, because the sincerity and strength of their conversion to the true religion, which she had taught them, would be thoroughly tested.
13. the hand of the Lord is gone out against me--that is, I am not only not in a condition to provide you with other husbands, but so reduced in circumstances that I cannot think of your being subjected to privations with me. The arguments of Naomi prevailed with Orpah, who returned to her people and her gods. But Ruth clave unto her; and even in the pages of Sterne, that great master of pathos, there is nothing which so calls forth the sensibilities of the reader as the simple effusion he has borrowed from Scripture--of Ruth to her mother-in-law [CHALMERS].
Ruth 1:19-22 . THEY COME TO BETH-LEHEM.
19-22. all the city was moved about them--The present condition of Naomi, a forlorn and desolate widow, presented so painful a contrast to the flourishing state of prosperity and domestic bliss in which she had been at her departure.
22. in the beginning of barley harvest--corresponding to the end of our March.


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Local Man Finds Milwaukee Brewers Woes Accurately Reflect His Own Personal Failures
milwaukee brewers May 3rd, 2012
RACINE, WI -- While Milwaukee Brewers fans statewide are trying to figure out what exactly is going on with their local baseball team's string of bad luck, there is one local man who saw it all coming and claims that the Milwaukee Brewers recent troubles are an accurate reflection of every bad thing that has happened to him in his life.
"Baseball is supposed to be an escape, you know? Something fun to take you away from all the bad things happening in your life, but not this year," said Josh Stevens, 35, who is between jobs right now and not really sure how he's going to pay last month's rent. "Everything that has happened to the Brewers this year just reminds me more and more how much of a mess I've made of my life."
"It actually started last year when he broke up with his girlfriend Anna," his roommate Chaz confirmed, "she dumped him right before the playoffs started and he kept saying that if the Brewers won the World Series they would get back together, but we all know that didn't happen. I don't think she even talks to him anymore."
Stevens reportedly started feeling better as the season began, but that ray of light in his life quickly diminished when he was fired from his job at Culver's just days after the Brewers lost their season opening series to the Cardinals, losing two games to one by a combined score of 20-14.
"I had tickets to two of the first three games and I had to work the other day. Guess which day that was? Oh, and I had to sit next to a bunch of Cardinal fans which made it even worse," Stevens admitted that he realizes that it is a long season and losses happen, but the series just completely drained him of any hope. "I went into work Monday and my boss told me that I was working the register, like he didn't even ask and I didn't want to do it after the weekend I'd just had so I told him no way. Then he just started freaking out on me about acting immature or something and then he fired me for no reason. I mean, who acts like that? I tried to tell him I had a bad weekend, but he didn't care. Nobody ever does."
When reached for comment his former manager noted that he was "36 and working the grill at Culver's. I truly hope he gets his life together."
While Stevens believes the Brewers woes align with his failures, their success does not seem to have the same effect on his personal life. According to a source close to Stevens it is quite the opposite.
"I wanted to cheer him up after losing his job so I took him to the Brewers game where they beat the Dodgers in extra innings which was a great game to be at. My company has great season tickets so I used those and we tailgated before too," his step brother Marcus, a 26 year old engineer, told us "but then as soon as we sit down he sees a girl that he thinks is his ex-girlfriend with her boyfriend two rows down. He went catatonic, like Cameron in Ferris Bueller style catatonic. I tried to get him to chill out, but he wouldn't. I didn't get it. Like they only really dated for a couple of months and she wasn't even that good looking, but there he was crying like a baby. The sad part is I don't even think it was her."
The pain didn't stop there for Stevens either. When the Brewers lost starting pitcher Chris Narveson for the season with a rotator cuff injury, Stevens suffered an injury of his own.
"I was trying to help my mom clean her gutters, you know help her out for a couple extra bucks, when I reach into one and cut my hand on the metal. There was blood everywhere and I coulda sworn I needed a tetanus shot," Stevens, who is still looking for work if anyone knows of anything, said "I asked my mom to take me to the hospital for stitches, but she just gave me a band-aid. That's when I told her to forget about it and to clean her own gutters. Forget that. She never even paid me for the work I did before I got hurt either."
To make matters worse for Stevens, Milwaukee also lost its first baseman Mat Gamel. Stevens owns a Mat Gamel shirsey that he claims "wasn't cheap" and says he had a lot invested in the young hitter this season.
"Prince leaving last season reminded me a lot of when my dad left me when I was a kid. I was hoping Gamel could step in and fill the void he left, but once he went down injured I knew it wasn't going to happen. He's just like Marcus's dad Ken. He always played catch with Marcus, but never with me. I'm not jealous or anything, but it just wasn't right you know?"
Stevens, wearing sweatpants in public, says that he isn't too optimistic about the Brewers playoff chances this season or his chances of finding a new job. Or a new girlfriend for that matter.
"What's the point, really? Why try? Look at Mat Gamel he tried to catch a foul ball and he tears his ACL. Season over. You put yourself out there and you get burned. I gave my heart to Anna and I gave my blood, sweat and tears to Culver's and where did it get me? Nowhere. If I was the Brewers I would just stop playing now. Suppan shut you out, just give up. Trying isn't worth it. Trust me."
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I recently purchased a 2007 Sport 4wd V6 with the charcoal cloth interior. After four days, I had several catches in the material. One large catch ocurred when I was merely vacuuming the seat. Has anyone else had this problem? In all my 25 yrs of owning autos, this has never happened. Why would Toyota choose such a non durable fabric - especially for a sport SUV? God forbid if I put my dog on one of the seats, it would be ruined in a matter of minutes. The dealer immediately ordered two new backrest covers and a seat cover - of course they are backordered.
lessbs Posts: 13I own a 2007 Rav4 Limited, V-6. The front door handle assemblies stick out from the door about 3 inches. They hold the buttons for the door locks and automatic windows and are covered with metal that comes to a point at their edge. I am 6' 3" and my leg rests against the pointed metal on long trips (it actually becomes quite painful). I called the Toyota Customer Service Line and they said that I am the first owner to bring up this issue and consequently they don't have a fix for the problem. I can't be the only one that doesn't keep my legs pinned together on long trips. Has anyone else had this problem and come up with any solutions?
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I'd go talk to a body shop (or perhaps an upholstery shop) - they may be able to stick a shorter armrest on there that will hold the switches while you own it. Then when you go to trade, you can put everything back to the original set-up. The dealer may wonder why your several year old RAV4 has a pristine arm rest though.Moderator
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rich1813 Posts: 8How did you convince the reluctant dealer to replace the seat cover. By back do you mean the cloth your back is against, or the backing material under cloth that gives the seat it's shape? I have the same problem. He's agreed to replace the bottom cloth cover, not the seat back cover. The bottom had the foam back behind the cloth separate and it caused a bunch up of the cloth. The seat back is fuzzing near the outside fabric on the outer side. Very frustrating since this is 4 inches away from the defective section. Dealer calls it normal, but I disagree. Friends of ours have 40K miles on their Rav, not such normal wear on the same seats. Similar with another guy. Not wiht our fawn colored seats though on the 08 limited.
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Shippers of Georgia fall vegetables expect normal seasonal shipments of bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, sweet corn, green beans, eggplant and cabbage.
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Brian Rayfield, vice president of sales and marketing for J&J Produce Inc., Loxahatchee, Fla., called late summer prices low.
Rayfield said No. 1 jumbos sold for $5-6 in late July and early August but increased to $8-10 in mid-August.
Prices later strengthened, however, and in late August the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported 1 1/9 bushel cartons of jumbos and extra larges from western North Carolina selling for $10-12.35.
Rayfield said he hopes an early flood of product could play out early and strengthen prices when Georgia begins.
"The summer deals have been putting a lot on the market," he said in mid-August. "I think this heat caused a glut of peppers and caused more product to come on at once. This will hopefully in turn cause a more favorable market for us when Georgia starts because all the product scheduled to come on up north over a period of time came on fast and furious."
Lake Park, Ga.-based Fresh Link Consolidation LLC, the sales agent for Coggins Farm and Produce Inc., plans to begin squash harvesting on time Sept. 15.
Harry Sheaffer, Fresh Link's vice president, characterized the spring deal as fair, saying it had its peaks and valleys but overall wasn't a disappointing season.
"The squash looks good," he said in mid-August. "I think we'll have decent volume and pretty good quality as long as this weather stays off us."
In mid-August, Sheaffer said prices were strong and quoted $12 for green and $14 for yellow.
He said the market normally perks up a little as the northern deals decline.
Sheaffer said prices aren't normally that strong.
In late August, the USDA reported these prices for Michigan squash:
- half-bushel cartons and crates of small zucchini were $14-16.85 and mediums were $12-14.85;
- half-bushel cartons of small yellow straightneck were $14-16.85, mediums were $12-14.85.
- 3/4-bushel cartons and crates of yellow crookneck from western North Carolina sold for $19-19.35 for small, with medium fetching $15-15.35.
Jon Schwalls, director of operations for Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Inc., Norman Park, Ga., said the spring brought a strong deal.
"This past spring, we had an absolutely outstanding crop on cucumbers, the best crop we have ever had on cucumbers," he said. "We had such good quality and high yields, it was fantastic.


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I just completed my sophomore year at the University of Michigan, where I also finished my first economics class, which I took only because no other class was open. I knew at the time that's what I wanted to do, even though I had no idea how I would use it."
Diane Swonk, senior managing director/chief economist, Mesirow Financial
"I was an account executive at Nielsen in New York, helping companies like CNN, MTV and ESPN measure their audiences so they could build their networks."
Susan Whiting, vice chair/chief diversity officer, Nielsen
"I was 32 years old, married six years (now 36!), with a 1- and 4-year-old, trying to juggle it all, learning the commercial real estate biz as principal at Howard Ecker & Co., just before I joined U.S. Equities where I lived 'happily ever after.'"
Nancy Pacher, president/COO, U.S. Equities Reality
"I was a young civil engineer with big dreams and high expectations. I landed a job 2,400 miles away with the Panama Canal Authority in the Gatun Locks Facilities Division."
Nuria Fernandez, COO, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
"I was Senior Vice President at Arthur Rubloff & Co., a full-service real estate company. That year, I won the Chicago Real Estate Board's Commercial Sales Broker of the Year Award. I was just inducted into its Real Estate Hall of Fame, 30 years later."
Goldie B. Wolfe Miller, president, Millbrook Corporate Real Estate Services
"I was starting my first professional job with the Cook County State's Attorney's office as a victim-witness assistant, where I escorted crime victims to court and provided court information. I was also thinking ahead about law school."
Judy Rice, senior vice president of community affairs & economic development, BMO Harris Bank
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Marca Bristo, president/CEO, Access Living
"I was an account supervisor at Bozell & Jacobs Chicago. I was young, single, full of ideas and ready to set the world on fire. I loved what I did and was eager to contribute and learn."
Fay Ferguson, co-CEO, Burrell Communications
"I was district sales manager at MTI/Arrow Electronics. My team and I sold and supported mini computers and peripheral products to Chicago area Fortune 1000 companies. We quickly become the second most profitable branch nationally in this high growth market."
Melissa Bean, president/CEO, The Executives' Club of Chicago
"I was an intern architect with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. I arrived early in the morning to see SOM's Sears Tower and got my heel caught in the revolving door. This was my first message on my path to stay in Chicago to raise a family and create an interior architecture company of my own!"
Suzanne Lovell, architect/interior designer, Suzanne Lovell, Inc.
"I was having a terrific time at Burrell Communications Group working with the best creative and marketing people in the business. As with many entrepreneurs, I wore many hats but my title was Vice President of Finance and Administration."
BarbAra Burrell, president, Burrell Realty
"I was a recent high school graduate preparing for my freshman year at Harvard. My part-time job was in a clothing store in my hometown of Baltimore."
Carole L. Brown, managing director, Barclays Capital
"I was a cub reporter at The Chicago Reporter, quickly turning into a political junkie. I caught the political bug while covering the historic campaign of Harold Washington as he vied to become Chicago's first black mayor."
Laura S. Washington, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times, Political Analyst, ABC 7-Chicago
"I was at First National Bank of Chicago, hired into a one-year training program where I could rotate throughout the bank. One of my rotations was on the trading floor, which I loved! It launched my career in the financial industry."
Kym M. Hubbard, treasurer/chief investment officer, Ernst & Young, LLP
"I was living a wonderful life as a single woman in advertising sales with Hearst Magazines. It was a time of amazing personal growth. I had responsibility, a wonderful circle of friends and an embracing family – a great foundation for the future."
Gloria Castillo, president, Chicago United
"I had a party to celebrate my terrific new job at a San Francisco ad agency. At the party, I fell in love at first sight with the man I would marry. Soon I'll celebrate the 30th anniversary of both the marriage and the marketing passion!"
Marti Barletta, author, Marketing to Women and PrimeTime Women
"I was a sophomore at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas, waitressing in the evening and weekends to help pay to attend an art program abroad my senior year."
Heather Becker, CEO, The Conservation Center
"At age 13, I walked into the World Bank offices in New Delhi to ask how I could get a job. I was told, 'Go get a Ph.D. and come back,' which is what I did."
Rohini Dey, Ph.D., owner/founder, Vermilion
"After only 12 months out of Queens University Ontario, I became CEO for the first time at Mississauga Symphony. I learned valuable lessons that helped me become a successful CEO for the past three decades."
Lynn Osmond, president/CEO, Chicago Architecture Foundation
"I was new to Chicago, just married and starting my career in investment banking. I fell in love with the city, and the skills I learned in investment banking became the foundation of my career."
Adela Cepeda, president, A.C. Advisory, Inc.
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Description: With rich, luscious detailing and a vibrant feel, the Heritage collection brings life to any space. Hand-tufted of pure wool with strong cotton backing, these traditionally beautiful rugs can withstand even the most highly traveled areas of your home. This plush rug fits effortlessly into any traditional or eclectic setting.
- Collection: Heritage
- Brand: Safavieh
- Material: 100% Wool
- Weave: Hand Tufted
- Styles: Traditional Rugs
- Origin: India
- Available in the following sizes: 2' x 3', 2' 3" x 4', 3' x 5', 4' x 6', 5' x 8', 6' x 9', 7' 6" x 9' 6", 8' 3" x 11', 9' 6" x 13' 6", 3' 6" Round, 6' Round, 8' Round, 4' 6" x 6' 6" Oval, 7' 6" x 9' 6" Oval, 2' 3" x 8', 2' 3" x 10', 2' 3" x 12' and 2' 3" x 14'
- Clean & Care: Vacuum regularly as new wool rugs can shed yarn fibers for up to three months. Avoid direct and continuous exposure to sunlight. Do not pull loose ends, clip them with scissors to remove. Clean liquid spills immediately by blotting with cloth or sponge. For hard to remove stains, professional rug cleaning is recommended.
Beautiful and plush. Exactly as pictured. It's perfect!
RECOMMENDED: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.This is a beautiful rug and appears to be well made however it sheds quite a bit. New rugs will do that, but I've had this rug now for 5 months and it's been vacuumed many, many times. If it were only a fiber or three, it wouldn't be a problem but this thing still sheds to the degree that it forms clumps. Otherwise, I love it. Hopefully the shedding will stop someday because I just ordered another rug made by the same company without realizing it.
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Safavieh's award-winning original collections range from the finest antique reproductions to the most fashion forward, contemporary rugs. Safavieh offers a wide variety of transitional area and accent rugs of both Oriental and contemporary designs. Safavieh also produces a variety of rug designs from American Country styles and 19th and early 20th Century European Art.
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Standard IR remote lets you control your robot from a distance, select and start a built-in demo and directly drive the robot with the directional button. With the iRobot Create� Open Interface, you can read all 7 of the signals transmitted by the remote over iRobot Create's serial port to add custom remote control functionality to your own application.
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VA Rush High School Honors to our Players
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Well Done VA Rush All District Public High School Players.
Well Done VARush Players Selected to Girls All-TCIS Teams
Congratulations to all of our Rush players who were selected to the girls All-TCIS Teams.
Alex Connell, Norfolk Academy, So; Kayla Morrison, Cape Henry, Fr; Virginia Sanford, Norfolk Collegiate, So; Hannah Velloney, Greenbrier Christian, Sr.
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Work Changes Require Health Choices...Protect Your Rights
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Opportunities and setbacks are part of life - especially when it comes to work. Learn how changes in employment status can affect health coverage. Whether you are thinking about changing employers, have landed a new job, or lost or retired from one, find out today how to have the health benefits you might need tomorrow. Know your rights. Exercise your options.
Your First Job
Starting your very first job? Consider enrolling in your employer's health care plan. If your employer offers more than one option -- an HMO plan, a preferred provider option, and a fee-for-service plan, for example -- compare each to your needs and preferences before making a decision. Ask for a copy of the summary plan description (SPD) to get details about covered benefits. Ask what type of plan you have, how it works, and what eligibility requirements you may have to meet. Know whether you will be expected to pay a portion of your premium, how much it will be, and who to talk to if you have questions.
Job Loss
What if your health care coverage ends because you lose your job, have your hours reduced, or get laid off? Knowing your rights ahead of time can prevent these situations from meaning an end to health care coverage. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), you may be eligible to enroll in your spouse's health plan without waiting for an open enrollment period. Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), you, your spouse, and dependent children, might be able to purchase extended health coverage for up to 18 months. In the case of individuals who qualify for Social Security disability benefits, special rules may allow for extending coverage an additional 11 months. You may have to pay the entire premium, but the cost is usually less than if you obtained coverage on your own. Also, contact your state government to find out if you or your dependents are eligible for public health insurance, like Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Looking for a New Job?
Before switching jobs, ask about the type of health plan offered by the potential employer, and compare it to your current plan. Ask about the premium you'll pay under the new plan, whether you can continue with the same doctors, or whether you will have to see new ones. And learn about your rights under HIPAA, which protects you and your dependents by limiting preexisting condition exclusion periods. COBRA may give you the opportunity to purchase temporary extended health care benefits offered by your former employer while you are looking for a new job, or during a waiting period for health benefits imposed by your new employer.
When you're thinking about retiring, be sure you understand the documents governing your health care plan. Review your SPD and any documents you have received that modify it. Also, request copies of any formal written documents that outline how your plan operates, and any other information on your employer's policies on retiree health care benefits. Realize that although some employers continue to provide health care benefits to their retired employees, private-sector employers are not required to provide retiree health benefits. And remember, Federal law does not prevent employers from cutting or reducing health benefits under plans available to participants and their families, unless there has been a specific promise to continue them and that promise can be legally enforced. Many employees set aside money to use for any coverage gaps that may occur before becoming eligible for Medicare.
At a Glance
HIPAA. Generally HIPAA limits preexisting condition exclusions to a maximum of 12 months (18 months for late enrollees). HIPAA also requires this maximum period to be reduced by the length of time you had prior "creditable coverage." You should receive a certificate documenting your prior creditable coverage from your old plan when coverage ends. HIPAA may also give you the right to purchase individual coverage if you have no group coverage available, and you have exhausted COBRA or other continuation coverage.
COBRA. If you are covered under your employer's health plan and you lose your job, have your hours reduced, or get laid off, and your employer's health plan continues to exist, you and your dependents may qualify to purchase temporary extended health coverage at group rates under COBRA. Divorce, legal separation, loss of dependent child status, the covered employee's death, or entitlement to Medicare may also give your covered spouse and dependent children the right to elect continued coverage under COBRA. Your plan must be notified of these events. Generally, COBRA covers group health plans maintained by employers with 20 or more employees. The group health plan is required to provide you with a written notice indicating your eligibility for COBRA coverage. If you are eligible, you will have 60 days from the date the notice is sent or from the date your coverage ends -- whichever is later -- to elect COBRA. If the employer is too small to be subject to COBRA, state law may require the plan's insurer to provide some continuation coverage.
ACA. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) adds important protections related to employment based group health plans that will improve health coverage for you and your family. Many of these protections are available now including extending dependent coverage until age 26, prohibiting preexisting condition exclusions for children under 19, and banning lifetime limits on coverage for essential health benefits. Additional protections will be available in 2014. This publbication does not reflect the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. For more information, visit the Employee Benefits Security Administration's ACA web page at www.dol.gov/ebsa/healthreform.
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The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) administers several important health benefit laws covering employer-provided health plans and your basic rights to information on how your health plan works, how you qualify for benefits, and how to make claims for benefits. In addition, there are specific laws protecting your right to health benefits when you lose coverage or change jobs.
Visit the Employee Benefits Security Administration's website at www.dol.gov/ebsa to view the following publications. To order copies or to request assistance from a benefits advisor, contact EBSA electronically at www.askebsa.dol.gov or call toll free 1-866-444-3272.
- Retirement and Health Care Coverage...Questions and Answers for Dislocated Workers
- An Employee's Guide to Health Benefits Under COBRA
- Your Health Plan and HIPAA…Making the Law Work for You
- Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut?
- Filing a Claim for Your Health or Disability Benefits
- Top 10 Ways to Make Your Health Benefits Work for You
- Life Changes Require Health Choices...Know Your Benefit Options
- Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning
Also visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Or, contact your State Insurance Commissioner's office.


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Epicure: a person devoted to pleasure and refined sensuous enjoyment, especially for good food and drink! That is what you can get in Portland, Oregon. Yes, it's a "foodie" tour and it sounds heavenly. The Portland Epicurean Tour takes you on a wonderful journey through Portland letting you taste a bit of what makes this area of Oregon one of the most sought after "food lovers" heaven and the center for culinary tourism. Go through the back door of a distillery and sample the gin or rum and restaurants to check out the beer, coffees, chocolates, bagels, pizzas, gelatos, cheese's and salmon. Every tour is a little different with it's own offering of foods and drink and appeases even the most refined appetites.
As an innkeeper, I as many of my fellow innkeepers, believe it's almost always "about the food!" In our local travels, we have discovered the joy in finding some new way to use the fresh, local and organic ingredients found in abundance at road side stands and farmer's markets in Oregon. In Oregon wine country, you not only find wine grapes, but there are berries growing on the sides of the road, greens growing in rows along winding streets and huge gorgeous pears hanging off trees in the orchards in the Mt. Hood region. So, how can it not be about the food.
The fact is, Oregon has always been in the forefront when it comes to "culinary tourism" and "sustainability". Long before good, local and fresh foods became the popular trend, Oregon led the way in culinary tourism because of all the agricultural treasures found here. Pair all that great food with some spectacular travel options and you have found the perfect draw for visitors seeking the perfect vacation.
The Apple Inn Bed and Breakfast and The River Walk Inn, both Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild inns, share some of their recipes on line along with other websites that offer many recipes that are typically used at bed and breakfasts. Some Oregon Bed and Breakfasts even offer cooking classes often included in the cost your room giving you and your innkeeper the opportunity to share recipes, a meal, and of course the fun. Finding the goods, and taking advantage of the local "booty", is the prime goal for the makings of the perfect meal.
If you are a "foodie", love to cook, and enjoy the whole bed and breakfast package, you might be an epicure! Go to www.obbg.org and click on the "Oregon Bounty" logo to see how Oregon Bed and Breakfasts are using local ingredients in their menu's and still leading the pack in "culinary tourism" in Oregon.


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Drop half, or a whole bath melt into the tub as it fills with warm water. When the tub is full, get in and let the natural oils soften and moisturize your skin. Bath melts are designed to melt at body temperature so keep them in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
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Escape to your own fragrant island and float away to the scent of vanilla, sandalwood and lemon foam to calm a weary mind and restless body. Now, technically, islands don't melt, but you'll be absolutely floating after submerging yourself in the tub with our luxurious, slow-melting, fizzy bath melt. Helen combined creamy cocoa butter with our signature Bath Bomb mixture to create a fizzing bath melt that would melt very slowly in the water, allowing you to lie back and really enjoy the beauty of the experience. Slip away to an island of luxury.
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Chicago's newest blow-dry bar, BloOuts (1872 Sheridan Road Highland Park), will hold its grand opening on Sunday, February 17.
Clients at BloOuts can celebrate the grand opening week with complimentary blow-outs for the first 50 customers and discounted services for the rest of the week.
BloOuts owner Vivian Arpino heard about the concept of a blow-dry bar in 2011 while working as a hairstylist for The Oprah Winfrey Show. After 22 years blow-drying celebrities' hair, as well as working at her previous job as at Charles Ifergan, Ms. Arpino fell in love with the idea of a salon where clients could pay a flat rate for shampoo, a glass of wine and a blow-out.
Ms. Arpino's experience as a hair stylist distinguishes BloOuts from other blow dry bars in the area. According to Ms. Arpino, most people that open blow-dry bars don't have that experience, "They're just business people doing it for the financial investment. I'm a hair stylist. I know hair."
And while other blow-dry bars name their menu items after popular mixed drinks, playing off the 'bar' pun, Ms. Arpino takes advantage of her experience blow-drying celebrities' hair by naming styles after a celebrity she's worked with, namely 'The Jennifer Aniston' or 'The Gwyneth Paltrow.' She even named styles after celebrities with hairstyles she likes: "I have curly hair and I always want to look like Demi Moore. So I named the straight hair style 'The Demi Moore,' because that's what I love." Clients choose from over 20 different styles from an iPad menu at the front of the salon and then have their hair blown out by a stylist. Every blow-out costs $35, regardless of the style.
Ms. Arpino plans on accommodating any and all customers, "We're more than happy to work the Bat Mitzvahs, proms, bachelorette parties, bridal showers. We can accommodate teenagers to 70-year-olds." And while BloOuts has five stylists, Ms. Arpino doesn't want to disappear behind a desk for the future of her business. "I've got the experience with the hair, and I'm going to be there every single day behind a chair, styling, making sure everything is being operated smoothly because I know how these things should be done," she says.
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Material: Murano glass
Brand: Cenedese
Origin: Italy
Gino Cenedese & Son's colorful handcrafted vases, goblets and chandeliers combine age-old Murano-glass techniques with the company's own creative history. Founded in 1946, this Venetian workshop collaborated with artists such as Marc Chagall and Luigi Scarpa Croce on production items, which are sold in boutiques worldwide, as well as one-off pieces, some of which have appeared at art events like the Venice Biennale. And although Cenedese may be best known for its range of Aquarium sculptures — large clear blocks of glass filled with suspended fish and seaweed — it also specializes in the Sommerso — or submerged — technique, which uses layers of contrasting- and/or complementary-colored glass.


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Cultural Geography of Alabama
Alabama Foodways
Barbecue Pit in Pine Hill, ca. 1900
Barbecue, Alabama Style
Frank Stitt
Frank Stitt and Pardis Sooudi
Frank Stitt's Baked Grits
Highlands Bar and Grill
Lane Cake
Lane Cake
Native American Foods
Barbecue, Alabama Style Multimedia
Alabama Barbecue Pit
Alabama Barbecue, ca. 1890s
Archibald's Bar-B-Q
Ball Diamond Bar-B-Q
Barbecue Pork
Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q
Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q
Boar's Butt
Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q
Brick Pit
Bunyan's Bar-B-Q
Dreamland Bar-B-Que
Dreamland Ribs
Golden Rule
Hickory Wood
Jim's BBQ
Leo and Susie's Famous Greentop Bar-B-Que
Pruett's Bar-B-Q
Rabbit's Bar-B-Q
Smoke'n Pit Bar-B-Q
Southern Barbecue
The Bar-B-Q Smoke House
The Spare Rib
Top Hat Barbecue
Vinegar-based Sauce
Aldridge Gardens
Azaleas in a Semmes Nursery
Bellingrath Gardens and Home
Greenhouse Poinsettias
Greenhouse and Floral Production in Alabama
Ornamental Nursery Crops Production
Autauga County Heritage Center
W. C. Handy's Piano
Tales, Superstitions, and Legends
13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey
Alabama Tale Tellin' Festival
Death of Railroad Bill
Prince Madoc
E. S. McMillan
Railroad Bill
Railroad Bill 1 of 2
Railroad Bill 2 of 2
Railroad Bill by Vera Ward Hall
Rube Burrow 1 of 2
Rube Burrow 2 of 2
The James Brothers in Alabama
Kathryn Tucker Windham
Kathryn Tucker at Huntingdon College
Kathryn Tucker Windham
Traditional Medicine
Tommie Bass
Tommie Bass
Tommie Bass
Traditional Music, Folk Dance, and Storytelling
Alabama Center for Traditional Culture (ACTC)
Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Fieldwork
Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Staff
Beside the Gospel Pool, Appointed for the Poor
Blind Boys of Alabama
Denson Brothers
Denson Edition of The Sacred Harp
Gandy Dancer
Gandy Dancer Work Song Tradition
Gandy Dancers
Gandy Dancers
Gene Ivey
Glory Shone Around
Adele 'Vera' Hall Ward
Jerry and Tammy Sullivan
John Lomax Sr. in Sumterville
Benjamin Lloyd
Mercy Seat
Pickens Family ca. 1900
Pickens Home ca. 1900
Benjamin Lloyd's Primitive Hymns
Sacred Harp National Convention
The Speer Family
Ruby Pickens Tartt
Ruby Pickens Tartt
Ruby Pickens Tartt
The Primitive Hymns
Traditional Music
Two Gandydancer Work Songs
Willie King Video
Traditional Music Multimedia
Dorothy Love Coates
Delmore Brothers
Excelsior Band
Happy Goodman Family
W. C. Handy, ca. 1940s
Henry Japeth Jackson
Alan Lomax
Fiddler at Skyline Farms 1937
Mountain Music Festival
Skyline Farms Band, 1937
Speer Family
Sullivan Family
Thrasher Brothers
Vernacular Architecture
Burritt on the Mountain
Central-chimney or 'Saddlebag' House in Tuscaloosa County
Dogtrot House in Clarke County
Dogtrot House in Tuscaloosa County
Double-pen House in Chambers County
Folk Buildings
Gilchrist House
Shoal Creek Church
Two-story Dogtrot House in St. Clair County
V-shaped Corners